Heralds - E5 Summary

**The Heralds of Wayinar: Episode 5-Prime Before The Storm**

**Cast (In order of appearance)**

Player                                                   Role

Russel E. Welch III                            Dungeon Master

Ariel Quinn                                         Rosara

Brad Marsh                                         Obi

Josh Jenkins                                      Vano

Nick Little                                       Cendrillion

The group meets the Cendrillion as Rosara cries for help. Vano answers Rosara's cry for help, and Vano attacks Cendrillion. Cendrillion responds by using spiritual weapon to attack Vano, but his spell Sacred Flame missed. The fight is broken up by cultists who show up from the woods. While Obi fires his crossbow to deeply wound the cultist. Rosara fails her attack. The cultists then respond by hitting Rosara with well-placed arrows. Vano rages and attacks the one who harmed his friend with his halberd.

Cendrillion attacks everyone, both Vano and the cultists. In response to the chaos of the fight, Obi climbs onto the roof and hides. Meanwhile, Rosara attacks an archer cultist with her blade now covered by magic vines, and she successfully causes damage to the cultist. Other cultists try to find Obi with the archers firing at Vano and Cendrillion. The last cultist focuses their attacks on Rosara. One manages to score a hit on the Cendrillion. Another lands a sword swing on Vano. Now on the roof, Obi shoots a cultist, and lets the group know there are more coming. Cendrillion gives a bracelet to Rosara, protecting her. With her new power from the bracelet, she kills a cultist with her sword. This new display of awesomeness leads the cultists to run away from the group. As they retreat, Vano lops a head off one, Obi shoots one in the heel, and Rosara kills one with her sword. The group captures the one Obi shot and tortures them for information. Cendrillion gives the cultist the option of a swift death or be tortured, and the cultist chooses to be tortured. The group learns that the cult is called The Gatherers; they kill to collect souls for the Ancients. They took over a local city. Cendrillion kills the cultists after the questions have been answered.

The group starts to discuss the situation with Cendrillion. They do not trust him, and he seems to be indifferent to them. As tensions rise, the group discover a sick baby is crying in this house. The homeowner chooses to side with Cendrillion as he describes the issues with the baby. He descirbes how his daughter cannot get medicine because of the bandits blocking the path. Rosara pieces together the whole picture. The villagers are being raided by cultists, and the monster they described is Cendrillion. She thinks that they should travel with the man, Daben, and his sick daughter Ilsea. They decided to go to the city to help the child and seek out answers. After the crew settles in for the night, Obi climbs onto the roof. He and Cendrillion discuss if Obi's memory of the Primes can be brought forth by magic. The episode ends with Cendrillion looking at the stars and Obi drifting into his memories as he drinks a vile of streak, that he possibly stole from Gritzen’s corpse.