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Maybe it's Cursed

The group continues to make their way toward Westbourne. They pass near a town called Reizen, and have to decide whether to go south toward Val-Zara and catch a boat to Rai'Sharr or go to Quan'Mal through the desert and catch an airship. They decide to cross the desert.

Eventually, they come to the town of Sora Springs on the river that cuts through the desert. They head to a tavern, where they found a rather large bounty board with many missing people, including a half-orc face that Kesra recognizes, by the name of Kireen. In the wanted section, Kesra also recognizes an extremely pretty young woman by the name of Larkin with whom she took a very drunken walk to a Sun Tree quite some time ago.

They sit and drink for a while, and ask Kesra about Kireen. She answers sparingly, but does admit that Kireen was a mercenary with the Red Banner, and one day she took a black-list contract and never came back. Eventually, they head to bed for the night.

In the morning, they buy some basic desert supplies and head off into the desert. On the second day, in the afternoon, they see two airships collide in the sky. One is an imperial ship, called The Herald, and the other is called the Pathfinder. As they rush up to help, they see the two crews fighting it out on the ground. They recognize Captain Amelia Burke leading the crew of the non-imperial ship.

Aureo drops his disguise and orders the imperial soldiers to stop, but they refuse. He incinerates them with a fireball. Their captain tells them that he was under orders to take down the Pathfinder. Captain Burke admits that she's been working with the rebellion for King Theo, and slits his throat.

As they loot the imperial ship, Kesra find some very nice plate-mail armor. Aureo tells them that Captain Burke's mother was the one who flew his mother and Marshall back to Senmarria from I'ollyn. They find a barrel full of gunpowder, and Aureo is surprised to see that the imperial army has access to that. Burke tells them that, once she gets Pathfinder fixed up, they're welcome to use her ship as a mobile base.

They continue their way toward Quan'Mal, and, on the way, they discover that Kesra's armor is cursed. They begin identifying all her other equipment, and discover that her sword is cursed too, and she is unable to ever give it to anyone else. During the night, on her watch, Deirdre tries to steal the sword from Kesra, and Kesra stabs Deirdre in the stomach in her sleep.

On Kesra's watch, Red tells her that the pieces of the Veldahar are cursed, too. She tells her that Aureo has one piece of it already, and that he's an heir. They also talk about the prophecy that Kesra is going to be the one to put the pieces of the Veldahar together and stop the Dark Commander.

In the morning, Aureo removes the curses from Kesra's armor and sword. She warns him that the Heart of the Guardian is cursed, and that her horse told her about the Veldahar. He realizes that she could be the subject of the prophecy, and Kesra tells him that Red is a fallen angel.
Jail

Jail is a feature unlocked after player kill BOSS on chapter 2.

Players can obtain items from jail by hitting prisoners with renown points available. Each chapters cleared in Stage(Adventure) yields 50 renown and daily renown gain is 25. Every refresh time players can gain renown up to half of total renown capacity.
Azmarin 8

The group charges into combat with the aboleth. During the course of the fight, a second aboleth awakens from the depths of the lake. Charlie banishes that one, and Jude manages to kill the other, and the group proceeds, relatively unscathed. After several hours, the group emerges from underground, outside the city. They look out over the city of Azmarin, contemplating their next actions, as they hear the sound of 3 bells, indicating the death of another Delaney - this one being Olympia.

Charlie takes a few moments to herself to remember Olympia. Tarian creates a bracelet from Charlie's favorite memory of Olympia to put around her wrist. Meanwhile, Jude and Briar share a moment of enjoying the scenery outside the city. Briar breaks down in tears, struggling with what she did about Hellbreaker. She asks him about his dad, and he admits that he still loves him. She tells him about the deal she made for Charlie's life.

Tarian tells Charlie that they don't have to go back to Azmarin. She insists that they still have people that they can help back in the city. He tells her he would give up every person in the city 5 times over to keep her alive, but she tells him she's going back.

At this point, Theo arrives and introduces himself to the group. As Briar introduces herself as The Reaper, she takes on an otherworldly form. They decide to rest for the night, and Jude updates him on what's happened in the city, including that only his sister Ingrid is left of the Delaneys. Theo suggests that they can mass-produce versions of his gun and arm the rebellion with them.

As they settle down for the night, Briar summons Najua and asks for a vision. She sees the rebellion succeed, but at great cost. During their watches, Tarian tells Charlie that he will stay with her to try to keep her alive in Azmarin. They also name the pseudo-dragon Moira, after Tarian's mother. In the morning, they head back into the city and Charlie contacts Dave and checks in with him.

They escort Theo to the rebellion, to much gratitude, and are invited to join him in talking to the leaders of the rebellion to make a plan. Briar sends Najua, but doesn't go herself. They all find Hellbreaker and the leaders and sit down together.
Safe as Heck

*Maudit and Zephaliar leave Fieldcrest, and Maudit climbs onto his massive black dragon form. They fly to the island of Dragonshire, with the skeleton of an incredibly massive dragon. Zephaliar leads him into one of the last standing temples to Tiamat.*

*Zephaliar tells Maudit the history of the Dawn War, and of the history of Bahamut and Tiamat during it. He tells him of the fall of Tiamat to the 9 hells, dooming all chromatic dragons to the same fate. He tells Maudit that he will be the one to open the Divine Gate and raise Tiamat again.*

*Maudit says that he doesn't understand why his mother kept so much from him, and Zephaliar tells him that perhaps he should ask her. He doesn't know what the right thing to do is any more, but he wants to protect his friends.*

*Zephaliar tells him that he now commands the cult of Tiamat, and can use them to protect his friends, if he so wishes. Maudit asks him about his brother, and they discuss him. Zephaliar also tells him that the Covenant would even kill the Keepers to protect the Divine Gate.*

Zephaliar *speaks of Sarenrae and her injury during the Dawn War. He suggests that the two of them go speak to the Stormwildes, to ask Sarenrae about Tiamat's actions during the Dawn War, and then go speak to Maudit's mother, so that Maudit will be committed to the cause.*

Kesra, Leona, Deirdre, Aureo, and Yugi camp for the night. On the first watch, Deirdre tells Yugi that she's a member of the Covenant. She tells him about her new ability to detect portals, jokingly pretending to sense one nearby. She also tells him about having lost her warlock abilities.

As Leona takes her shift, she tells Deirdre about the vision she had of Maudit, and that he's heading for Rai'Sharr. On Leona and Kesra's watch, Leona hears a sound and goes to investigate, finding 2 orcs having sex.

In the morning, Sentinel tells them that he needs to get going. Kesra asks Yugi to keep an eye on Deirdre and Leona while they travel. Leona tells Kesra and Deirdre about the vision she had of Maudit and his father. They think that they should go to Rai'Sharr and try to find him there, but don't want to follow Maudit when he asked them not to.

Shortly thereafter, Aureo's horse, Courage, steps in a trap, and the group is swarmed by quite a few orcs. Aureo grasps his holy symbol and burns a number of them in radiant fire. The tide of battle turns, and the group defeats the rest of the orcs.

Yugi rushes to Courage to heal his leg where the trap had caught him. He discovers that the trap is much more well-made than the usual orc trap. Kesra finds a map of the area on one of the orcs, showing the territories of the different orc tribes. They realize that the orcs are actually banding together into a coalition.

Yugi says his goodbyes, taking a letter from Leona to the Divine Covenant, recommending that he be re-instated. He pulls them all into a group hug, healing them a little. They exchange several gifts, with Yugi giving Deirdre his cowboy hat. He heads out on his horse, Choo-choo.
Session 17

Salix and Dev head back to the bounty board and discuss whether they want to do any of them. Meanwhile, Kyrie and Kendell head to the blacksmith. On the way, they talk about the White Witch that they were told about. They also discuss the undead army they heard about, and what the adventuring life has been like for them all so far, including Kyrie’s winter form.

There are two elves there manning the blacksmith’s - a father (Orym) and son (Vesper). Kendell asks about getting a custom scabbard made for the Sword of Kas, and they begin to trace it. While they do, they ask Kendell and Kyrie a little bit about themselves. After they finish tracing it, Kendell asks them if they can work a dragon tooth into it.

As Kendell and Kyrie go to meet back up with Salix and Dev, Kendell feels the ground rumbling, as if something really big were rising from it. A portal to the 9 hells opens, and 20 devils pour through it. The devils begin to attack homes, causing frightened people to run out, and then eviscerating them.

Salix manages to cause the ground to quake enough to break the portal, closing it. The blacksmith father and son come running in to help, with Orym pulling out a moon blade. With their help, the group gets a lot of people out of Grassgrave.

They reconvene out in the forest. The devils seem to be headed toward Azmarin. Vesper tells Kyrie that his father didn’t make it alive out of the town alive. Sentinel arrives and Salix fills him in on what has happened. He seems to think these devils are a group called the Black Watch.

Dev goes off and hides in a tree to get some space. Kendell and Salix hunt down some food for the villagers, and Sentinel goes and finds Vesper, learning the news of Orym’s death. They recover his body and his moonblade.

Sentinel tells the group that this is the work of the Assembly - a faction that seems to follow the bidding of Asmodeus. He also tells them about the Divine Covenant, whom he works for.

Kendell takes some food and leaves it near where Dev is. When Dev doesn’t come to take it, he leaves his raven to watch the food for any sign of them. Salix eventually switches into wolf form and finds where Dev is hiding. She finds them curled up and sobbing.

Kendell finds a spot to be alone, using the sword of Kas to take out his frustration on a tree. Kastirnya talks to him, telling him that he did everything he could, and he shouldn’t be mad at himself for not doing so much that he died. She tells him that there is something he can do - activate her abilities. The first step to doing that is to coat the blade with a willing creature’s blood. He does so, opening a cut in his palm.
Session 8

The group continues to prepare for the final battle, near the northern city of Taversdale. The ruler of the city is an Aasimar named Gemma Wolf. The group convinces Gemma to move the city, which renames itself Wolfecrest. Maddrian has been spending a lot of time with his family, but also training some pacifists who go around and helkp people, naming them the Dawn Watchers. He gives them all the details of the notes from his arms.

Sura has become a lot more serious after learning that her mentor was Nerull. She begins taking on some mentees of her own, wizards and spellcasters. Seema grows distant from her family, leaving one night in the middle of the night. Aero approaches Maddrian, asking for Assara's hand in marriage, which he grants. Maddrian also gives Aero and Assara his old sword.

Ruby names her book "The Birth of Life and Truth". Signe tells Aero that her moonblade is his legacy, that she will pass it down to him after the battle. She also returns to visit the Feywild over the years, being hailed as a Queen there, and spending 50 years there, which is much less during the Prime Material plane. Aravad also takes opportunities to go and secretly leave notes of wisdom for Jonathan, the priest of Osiron.

The group meets back up again in the same tavern where they first met. As they are greeting each other, the ground begins to rumble, and they see 2 enormous primordial creatures, hundreds of thousands of feet tall, on their way to Taversdale.

The group springs into action, with Signe summoning a massive Elk, and Ruby calling for her mount, Charlie, and Aravad taking flight. They rush toward Taversdale, casting massive spells to slow down the incoming primordials, forcing them to go around, with Signe extending her aura of protection quite a distance around her.

The Dawnbringers ride into battle, armies at their backs. Asmodeus, Leonis and Amy Stormwild, Sarenrae, Tiamat, and Bane at their backs. During the battle, a pre-planted series of glyphs go off, transporting the battle to a place called Death's Reach, in the Feywild.

Timesus badly injures Sarenrae, flinging her away from the fight. She flied back, but Timesus smashes her against the ground, extinguishing her light. Asmodeus and Bane bash Timesus, and Aravad flies at him, blasts him with two massive Inflict Wounds spells, destroying him. Aravad grows in size, taking on the form of Osiron himself.

Ruby moves to where Sarenrae fell, sobbing uncontrollably over her. Leonis Stormwild also cries out, his wife Amy have disappeared during the battle. Aravad/Osiron eventually rise, sending out orders to help any followers of Sarenrae that can be helped. He moves and takes Ruby in his arms, telling her that she embodies everything that Sarenrae loved. He instills in her all the knowledge he has of Sarenrae, asking her to keep the light of Sarenrae alive on the material plane.

The Primal Spirits call to them all, saying that the time has arrived to enact the Primal Ban. They say that they will meet them in 2 week's time, in a certain place in the Astral Sea.
Azmarin

An immense, gorgeous city in Senmarria. Most buildings are made of a granite, light speckled stone, which comes from the mountains just to its north. Some buildings are scarred from a battle in years past. It's 1.5 times the size of Wolfecrest, second in size only to capital city of Zandaria.

It is ruled by King Theodor Van Der Born Delaney. The guards are outfitted with rifles, invented by the Delaney family.
Lafcadio Whitehorn

Lafcadio is one of the tabaxi that lives in the Gulthmere Forest on the southern coast of the Sea of Fallen Stars. Several tabaxi tribes dwell in the forest, each controlling different areas. This territorialism is a conspicuous difference among these tabaxi, as others of the species are more nomadic. These Gulthmere Forest tabaxi also have a more lion-like appearance compared to their more tiger-like kin.

## Background

Lafcadio was a member of the Sunsoaked Clearing tribe, and when he came of age trained as a warrior. But tribalism and fighting over borders didn’t appeal to him. He considered the conflicts petty and yearned to become a player in the affairs of the larger world. He had heard the tribe’s priests talk about the return of Nobanion, knew his tribe could not lay sole claim to a deity, and figured the other tribes similarly recognized the Lion King’s authority. Lafcadio therefore decided to become one the Pride of Nobanion, a religious group dedicated to learning and teaching His path.

Shortly after joining this order, he learned of the trials Nobanion faced during the Spellplague, and his subsequent rescue by a Chosen of Lathander. The notion that a mortal could be chosen by a god to be an instrument of the deity’s will on the Material plane captured Lafcadio’s imagination. That this Chosen then went on to rescue Lord Firemane told Lafcadio that Nobanion did not have a Chosen of his own, so he began to pray fervently to win the Lion King’s favor. One day, Lafcadio heard back.

Nobanion began to grant the tabaxi powers, and in exchange Lafcadio was to spread his teachings and live as an example. Lafcadio adopted the surname of Lathander’s Chosen to honor the fellow’s service to the tabaxi’s god, and became Lafcadio Whitehorn. Because Nobanion’s body of followers had largely dwindled during the century he was mad with blue fire, there was little infrastructure Lafcadio could leverage in order to spread the good word. The Lion King instructed the tabaxi to become a member of the Emerald Enclave, as their message was not very different from his own. Lafcadio did as the deity directed.

The Emerald Enclave welcomed the charismatic tabaxi, and put his general amiability to good use as an operative specializing in infiltration. His natural charm made it easy for him to get into places others couldn’t, and his ability to change his appearance compounded his efficacy. Lafcadio was happy to serve and hungry to explore. His willingness to travel made him a particularly valuable asset, as many members often joined in response to some local disturbance. But he would go anywhere the Enclave needed him, happy to bring word of Nobanion’s return to increasingly distant locales.

## Personality

Lafcadio is optimistic and easy going, and is always open to conversation. He is super interested in what you’re saying, but is easily distracted by shineys.
Sunday Friends Premiere

At 3 in the morning, northeast of Val Zara, Dev wakes up, curled against a tree, and looks around for their companion. They push their way through the trees looking for Kyrie. They find a spot where it looks like there was a struggle and drag marks lead away from the spot.

Meanwhile, Kendell also suddenly realizes that his sister is not nearby and goes looking for her. He also finds a spot where it looks like there was a struggle. He quickly runs into Dev.

Dev greets him, clearly excited to meet "another elf". They quickly fill each other in on what they are doing, and realize that they are following tracks going in the same direction. They decide to continue together.

Meanwhile, Salix wakes up, bound and slumped against a wall underground somewhere. Several dead bodies lie around the area, and she also sees another figure tied up there, and goes and wakes them up. The two work to try to get their bonds free, but are interrupted by a human man in fine robes.

He tells them that he's not going to tell them, but he requires them to do some work for him. If they comply, he says he will set them free. He asks for their word not to struggle when he approaches them, and he gives it. Salix is immediately able to tell that he is a magic user. They follow him through a door.

The introduces himself as Azarkai, the Dark Master. Kyrie recognizes the name as that of a necromancer, who is trying to raise an undead army. He gives them each a shovel and orders them to dig graves. Several skeletons are milling around the area where they are digging.

Kendell and Dev find the graveyard and hold a quick whispered conversation about what to do. Kendell sees the skeletons and 3 figures in the distance. Kendell begins to sneak up on the 3 figures, finding Salix. Meanwhile, the necromancer animates 2 zombies. Dev begins to loudly bang a pan and distract and everyone springs into action.

Kyrie, Dev, Kendell and Salix manage to work together to fight off Azarkai and his undead minions long enough to flee away. Salix and Kyrie, already in bad shape, both get knocked out and revived again during the course of the fight. They all introduce themselves to each other.

Kendell goes to hunt down some food for them. Dev makes a campfire, and Salix starts to gather up herbs to replace the ones that were on her flower crown, which she lost. Dev tells her that they are from the town of Featherton near Faybreach, and have been travelling with Kyrie for a few weeks.

Salix gets a Sending from Leona asking her about a flower she found. Kendell returns with some rabbits and a couple of herbs. The new friends share a meal together. Kyrie does detect the presence of the whisper of a celestial, but it quickly goes away.

Dev asks Kendell and Salix what they're doing out in the woods, and they all get to know each other a little bit. Dev shows Kendell some maps they've been making. Kendell points to an unmarked spot on the map and says he wants to go there. They wonder if they need to go back to Azarkai's to the rest of Salix' belongings.
The Hopeless Gardens

The group wakes, feeling unsettled. They press onward into the swamp, with Alexander molding the earth into a path in front of them. After a few hours, they get attacked by 5 crocodiles, swarming out of the swamp.

As they continue, Leona sees some kind of flying, screeching creatures. Not knowing what else to do, though, they continue on. They spot a patch of beautiful orchids, which smell really amazing. They quickly realize that the flowers had some kind of enchanting effect on them, and they've been standing around for a while. Leona goes to sketch the flowers, and Alexander blasts all the flowers, making them wither and die.

The next thing of interest that they find is a clearing, with a number of light-producing nuts, of which they collect a few. They run into a group of territorial-looking apes, but Leona manages to charm the leader with a quick little song on her lute. They find an enormous frog, with a sword stabbed through it from the inside, where they find a half-digested halfling. They take the corpse with them and continue on.

The next encounter they have is with a tiger in their path, but Alexander shoots off a power of sparks, which frightens it away. By this time, it's getting dark, and they decide to stop for the night, staying in a magical hut, conjured by Leona. However, Alexander and Leona quickly show symptoms of a fever. Alexander tries to walk Kesra through using her paladin abilities to remove the fever, but she's unable to do it.

Kesra goes out into the forest, hunting for beetles or berries that might help. Unfortunately, she runs into a rot troll first. It's a nasty fight, but she is barely able to kill the troll. As she recovers, she finds that the troll was feasting on a huge pile of beetles, which she brings back to the dome. Alexander tells her how to make some tea, which helps both him and Leona feel better.

In the morning, before the others rise, Alexander goes through the pockets of the halfling, finding a note from some loved one. They friends pack up and head back out into the jungle. They quickly come across a massive creature, several times the size of an elephant, munching on some leaves. Elden wants to befriend it, but the others rush him along. They come across another large creature, which is clearly undead.

As they move on from that, the sky suddenly opens up and begins raining blood on them. Just as they finally get clear of the rain, they come across two of the biggest creatures they've ever seen, wrestling back and forth across the path. They race forward through the jungle, barely avoiding being trampled.

Finally, they reach the heart of the Grim. They find a lone figure there, sitting with his head in his hands.
Sura, Saved

Larkin says that they saw Kyrie recently, coming out of the bookstore. Salix, in wolf form, carries Dev on her back, following the trail, while Kendell goes to find Kyrie. Kendell explains to Kyrie along the way what's going on, and they quickly catch up with Salix and Dev.

They follow the trail for half an hour, before leading them to a darkened cave. As Kendell and Salix move in ahead, Dev shows Kyrie a picture they drew of the two of them holding hands, captioned 'Best friends'. Meanwhile, a large spider pounces on Salix and Kendell. They quickly dispatch it.

They find several paths forward, and Kendell find some drag marks down the middle path. They come to a cavern with 8 figures, with a figure of an eye painted on the wall in the back of the cavern in blood. Sura is there, suspended and bound, with a pentacle under her. One of the other 7 figures is reading from a book. As the group prepares to attack, the figures all turn toward them - all missing an eye.

One of the cultist calls to the other "We must protect the heir at all costs!" - Dev kills one of the cultists, and another unleashes a swarm of insects on them. The insects take down Salix, and Kendell rushes to heal her and get her out of the swarm, getting knocked unconscious himself in the process. Kyrie completely destroys one of the cultists, and Dev fires an exploding arrow into a bunch of them. Overall, the group quickly dispatches the cultists, taking one captive.

Kendell and Kyrie go to Sura, finding that she is paralyzed, with bites on her neck. The remaining cultist says his name is Amos, and the leader is Ralston. They recognize the symbology in the cave as being of Vecna. Salix recognizes the ritual as somewhere between trying to locate something and convey something. Dev takes the book that the cultists were reading from. Kyrie clearly reacts to the killing they've done, and the group makes their way out of the cave.

Salix manages to apply some herbs to bring Sura out of her paralysis. She tells Kendell that she is an oracle, and descended from a Macierre, and that, if the ritual had completed, "they" would have known where she was. She tells him of a vision she had when she was 10 of a battle in Senmarria. She saw a beautiful red-robed, horned person with a hell-hound, destroying everything.

Kendell and Salix share a long embrace, and a few words, before he heads off to hunt down some food for them. Meanwhile, Dev approaches Kyrie, to find that their form has changed - growing darker and sadder. Dev asks them what's going on, and Kyrie admits that they don't like the idea of having had to kill again. Dev reminds them that they are not alone, showing them the "best friends" drawing again.

Kendell returns with the food, and he and Salix mechanically make up some dinner. Sura catches Kendell's eye and says "I think she's going to pick you". She tells him that she sees him and all of them as strong warriors, and she is sure that he will do well if he is chosen.
Stormbreaker

Elden hears approaching wingbeats. He alerts Kesra who shouts for Leona, and they all tie themselves down. It begins to rain, and a gargantuan creature attacks out of the clouds. This creature is a living embodiment of a nasty storm. As the party battles it, it also summons several air elementals to fight with it.

Atlas, Leona, and Captain Burke get knocked unconscious. Kesra gets knocked over the side of the ship, hanging by her rope. She cuts through the heart of the beast, but cuts her own rope in the process, beginning to free-fall. As she does, she says a quick prayer to Pelor, asking for help for her friends.

Atlas manages to pull himself back onto the deck, and everyone looks around for Kesra, realizing that she went over. As she falls, Red swoops under her, sprouting Griffin wings again, bringing her back to the deck of the ship. Alexander thanks Red profusely, and she flies away again.

Burke lands the ship on a large earth mote, and says they will need to do some repairs before they can continue. Three crew members have been lost. Atlas slips away below deck, and Burke tells them that she's going to need about a day to do repairs on the ship.

Leona goes and checks on Atlas, healing him a little. He assures her that he will be ok, eventually leaving behind his white over-robe on the floor. Alexander sits with Kesra for a while. She tells him that it doesn't feel real, the fact that she's still alive, but that the creature is dead. He tells her he's glad she's back.

The remainder of the crew say goodbye to those who were lost, and Leona sings a few songs, and says a prayer to Sarenrae. Afterwards, she contacts Aureo, and then scries on Roman. She sees him going through some letters between his father and Zanelor Sylvarian, discussing the Divine Covenant, and mentioning Leona's name several times. As she goes to sleep, she has a vision.

In her vision, she sees a figure surrounded in blue light, who seems to be in mourning. A figure in red approaches with a blade behind its back, and stabs them to death. As it starts to fade, she tries to hold onto it, and the scene rewinds. She sees Sarenrae get struck from the sky by Timesus. As the figure in red strikes down the figure in blue again, she hears a curse, and everything begins to burn.
Camille

## Background

Camille first got her start as a Dungeon Master in the summer of 2015, running Pathfinder for her fellow coworkers. She has always been telling stories in one way or another; from Play-by-Post RPGs to writing fantastical prose, Camille has diligently worked to hone her bardic abilities over the last fifteen years.

By day she is a software engineer, by night she runs the channel Open for Adventure. She is obsessed with getting her players to Feel and Think and is a master of surprise and plot twists.

## Hobbies

Camille has about a million hobbies, but for the sake of this article we'll list a few:

* D&D/tabletop gaming
* Programming/technology
* Traveling solo
* Yoga
* Graphic design
* Writing
* 3D Printing
* Spending ridiculous amounts of money on home improvement
* Gardening
* Napping
* Eating
* Forgetting to unmute her players on Twitch
* Saying "You're muted."
* Making her players cry
* Snuggling
Moving On

Allinae tells Kyrie that Oberon is beside himself over Eachthighern's death. They talk about what life is like being on the material plane after the war.

Dev wakes up in the library, having fallen asleep while they were researching. They go looking for the rest of their friends, but find the entire monastery empty. About that time, Salix and Kendell find Dev asleep in the library, and wake them up from their nightmare.

They all meet up in the dining hall, and get to know Allinae a little. After a while, Allinae excuses herself, and the rest discuss their next steps. They decide to go back to the mill in the morning, so Salix goes and gets some training from Allinae.

Meanwhile, Kendell goes back to his room, pulling out the Godfall book and beginning to read. The book talks about taking down the gos that mortals have put on a pedestal. It mentions "He who was" as a notable example of a god who was taken down by Asmodeus, his right-hand. Asmodeus struck him down with a spear designed by "He who was" himself, erasing him right out of history.

Meanwhile, Dev asks Kyrie about their friend, and why they tried to kill each other. Kyrie tells them that they wound up on opposite sides of the wary, and felt like they lost perspective. In turn, Kyrie asks them what sleeping is like, and they discuss it a bit.

After Allinae and Salix finish training, they go get a bath. Dev goes and finds Kendell to let him know where Salix is before going to sleep. Kendell uses 'detect portal' to sense that there is a portal within a mile. Everyone rests for the night. In the morning, they go to find Kyrie, who comes out of Allinae's room.

They talk about the portal that Kendell detected, before Dev joins them all for breakfast. Afterward, Salix turns into a wolf to carry Dev, and they head to check out the portal. They find a large clearing with a lake. Kendell runs and jumps into the lake. The water seems to go much deeper than he expected, as far as he can see, and tastes salty. He turns to go back and has to fight to get back out.

From there, they make their way back to the mill. Kyrie senses undead below the mill, and they investigate. They find an elven figure, who asks what they have brought her. Salix asks if there's anything they can do to help her move on, and she says they will have to kill her and end her suffering. Kendell asks if she knows "He who was". She recognizes the name as that of an old god, whom nobody serves any more. He also asks what she knows about Asmodeus - she says that his real form is hundreds of miles long, and he is the lord of lies.

The group decide to attack the creature, to free it from whatever is keeping it there. Dev gets knocked unconscious from an initial shriek from the creature, and Kendell gets injured too, but they are able to kill her. While Kendell is unconscious, he gets a vision of the Raven Queen holding a midnight black sword.
What the Bird Said

The four friends settle in for the night, with Kyrie taking the first watch. Salix takes the second watch, talking with Kendell about how things have changed for both of them.

As they are watching, Kendell smells something strange in the air, like decay. Salix transforms into a wolf to try to figure out where it's coming from. Kendell casts a spell, detecting aberrations, celestials, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, and undead - all within a mile. Salix, in her wolf form, manages to locate the direction the decaying smell is coming from.

Eventually, Kyrie wakes up. They get the attention of a bird and ask it about what's going on. The bird tells them that some kind of plant-looking thing is uprooting and moving, and that they should stay away. After breakfast, they head to check it out.

As they walk, Kendell asks Kyrie about their ability to speak with animals. As they talk about it, Kendell admits that he's never had a good experience with a fey.

As they continue, the smell gets even worse. They continue forward tentatively, finding a massive aberration of a plant. It's a mass of vines and skeletons, which it seems to be pulling up out of the ground. The group peppers it with arrows and attacks, putting it to death.

Salix investigates the creature, finding that it was pulling bodies out of the ground. It reeks of necromantic magic. Kendell finds an entry about it in one of the necromancer's books. Salix and Kyrie decide to re-bury the bodies while Kendell and Dev collect some firewood.

Salix sees a Raven nearby, watching, and speaks with it. It quickly becomes clear that this is no normal raven, as it knows everything the group has done, and says it is from the Shadowfell. It thanks them for their service, and asks what they intend to do with the book. Salix says she doesn't know, and asks if it has any insight - it says the decision is hers, and that there are temples where the book might be safe.

The group discusses what to do with the book. They are concerned about what happens if someone more powerful comes along and steals the book from them. Eventually, they decide to find the smallest town and try to find someone there that can help them.

They wind up in Ilverness, where they do some shopping for pineapples and some meat. Salix spots a woman putting a wanted poster in the trash with Leona's face on it - with a reward of 50,000 gold listed. The woman throwing the wanted posters out says that they are old, and introduces herself as Larkin. She points Salix to a tavern called the Basilisk and the Bastille. They discuss getting some drinks together later.

Kyrie and Dev take the group's gems to get them appraised. The jeweler that they find buys 5 gems off them all for 25 gold pieces, and they return to Salix and Kendell.
Wren

Rusty, horrible gremlin

Cinna, professional spazz

Wren plays Devereux Thistlebrook in the Sunday Friends stream. Please see Devereux's wiki entry for information on their character.

## Background

Wren began their time as a role player in 2002 when a friend introduced them to Dungeons & Dragons, 3.5 edition. Wren's first character was a halfling ranger. Since their first session, they took to the social aspect of the game and have developed a deep love of shared story-telling. Wren took some time off from role-playing during their first few years in college, until they found a reliable group of folks to play in an AD&D campaign for roughly 6 years. Since then, Wren has explored all sorts of new game systems, like Cypher, Genesys, Fate, and Pbta.

Wren also worked for a brief stint at a local gaming store, where they met their wife. The two of them share a mutual appreciation and love of story-telling, roleplay, and D&D with friends. These days, Wren enjoys a quiet life that is rich with the love of their wife, dogs, family and friends.

## Hobbies and Interests

Wren has quite a few hobbies besides D&D. *Seriously*.

Here's a list of some of them:

* Audio Editing
* Bird Watching
* Cooking
* Colors
* Costuming
* Doodling
* Drenching their dogs in love and compliments
* Gardening
* Good eats
* Interior design
* Playing Music (Clarinet / Trumpet)
* Painting
* Penny (their Boston Terrier)
* Sewing
* Streaming vidja games
* Teaching new games to folks
* Throwing emotional support at their friends
* Video Games (particularly RPG's and metroidvanias)
* War gaming
* Whistling
* Writing
The Devils Went Down to Fieldcrest

Marshall receives a message during the night from Synestra, letting him know that they're leaving. In the morning, Aureo brings Leona some leather armor which can changed to look like whatever she wants. Alexander hears back from Apollo, telling him that he will be there with a few others. Sentinel comes to find Deirdre, giving her a gorgeous elven bow.

They start the three-day trip toward Fieldcrest, and after about half a day, they hit a roadblock, but they are able to sneak by. During one night, Kesra and Alexander go to a nearby graveyard to get some skeletons for Alexander. They leave Maudit on watch, but he falls back asleep. Marshall and Aureo cover the rest of his shift, chatting about what's upcoming.

They come across a river with a burned-out bridge over it. Alexander and Maudit use Alter Self to grow gills and webbed feet and take a rope across. Leona casts Fly on Kesra, and they manage to get everyone across.

On the third day, they talk strategy about the upcoming fight. Alexander also talks to Leona about her oracle abilities. She considers forcing an oracle vision, but decides to hold off. That night, Marshall tries to contract Synestra, Evan, and Analena, but is unable to reach them. Leona spends some time prayer to Sarenrae about whether or not she should try for a vision.

When they get near Fieldcrest, they get stopped by a legion of soldiers, who recognizes Aureo's horse. Between a sneaky illusion from Alexander, and some fervent words from Marshall, they manage to get the captain to let them go. Alexander steps aside and animates the corpses from the graveyard.

Leona gives an inspiring speech to them all about their own heroic duty. Aureo makes Marshall swear on Helm that, if it comes down to a choice between the rest of the party and Aureo, that Marshall keep the others safe.

They are met at the town gate by a group of devils. Meanwhile, a group from the Divine Covenant takes on another group of devils in a different part of the city. A third group of devils attacks the Sun Tree in Fieldcrest, met by Apollo Lightbringer, Zanelor, and others. Fate's Chosen fights their way through the front of the gate and the city.

As they finish off the bulk of the devils, a Pit Fiend comes roaring out of a nearby building. As it leaps into battle with them, it says "Androllenak takes no prisoners - flee now". As the fight is looking bad, Marshall reaches to banish the pit fiend, but it grabs him and they both disappear.
Big Brother

This was the 7th production. It was an interesting game which originally only had 7 competitors, but luckily we gained 2 more minutes before the game started!

It was a weird season. With a 6-3 majority, the game was spelled out from the beginning, but it was a fantastic season! :)

## Contestants

\*Signifies how many times they've competed before, "Big Brother".
Senmarria NPCs

Campaign Premiere

* Ilverness
	+ Anna - bartender at the The Basilisk & The Bastille, short pink hair, nose ring
	+ Lady Aurelia
	+ Roman Kentigern
	+ George, the gruff 7’ tall owner of the general store
	+ Sentinel
	+ Bounty Hunters from Quan Mal
		- Charles (wild messy blonde curls)
		- Will
		- Ben

Curiosity (Almost) Killed the Party

* Kiral
	+ Childress family
		- Sister (unnamed)
		- Brother (unnamed)
	+ Mercenary group
		- Declan, human – tall with bright red hair, freckles and massive beard, sturdy build
		- Lang, human – short skinny guy, bald, no facial hair
		- Kir, half orc – piecemeal armor
		- Torbyn, red dragonborn - wears ornate robes with sun and moon
		- Ivy, human - woman long brown hair, big green eyes, wielding short swords and wearing brown leather
* Azmarin
	+ Very bubbly elf waitstaff. 16 yo girl, spiky blue hair, nameless, of the tavern Where Both Ends Meet
	+ Old man that challenges Kesra to a sparring match
	+ Maude, human woman, plainly dressed in dark clothes, scarf around her hair
	+ Conrad, bartender of Where Both Ends Meet
	+ Venvyre, winter Eladrin with long, deep blue cloak trimmed with fur, all her clothes in the same blue, half of hair is deep turquoise that fades to white toward the bottom, cold as ice to the touch
	+ Balthazar - young Gnome with a mohawk and handlebar mustache, blonde, owns Balthazar's Bookstore
	+ Meg (bright red hair and beard), Keg, and Amara - sisters and all owners of Blackdog Craftsman
	+ a young elven man, straight dark brown hair with red undertones, no facial hair and dressed finely (no name), proprietor of The Needle and Thread
	+ Sister Breeta, works at Agatha's Home for Children

Gone with the Wounds

* Azmarin
	+ Three Tiefling orphan girls at Agatha's Home for Children:
		- Tatyana (small horns, pale skin)
		- Ally and Leah (both have thick red horns going back and pale skin, twins)
	+ Old halfling who is possibly a priest of Avandra
	+ Herschel, half-orc, a farmer south of Azmarin
	+ Abrahm, nine years old, tiefling with pale skin and horns, short black hair. Adopted son of Herschel
	+ Aimee Stormwilde
	+ Leonis Stormwilde
	+ Unnamed, teenage cleric of Sarenrae

Misery Loves Company

* Azmarin
	+ Misery - purple tiefling with pure black eyes, fine clothes, large horns that go up and forward, dark black curly hair past shoulders
	+ Zarakas - bronze dragonborn with a milky white left eye and trailing scar over side of face
	+ Ailen - Drow that has a scar on her face, crosses her lips, long ears that are pierced
	+ Drazaros - red half-dragon, a few shades lighter than brother
	+ Kilziar - dark red half-dragon

Divine Intervention

* Azmarin
	+ Soren Sylvarian
	+ Kyuu
Endurance: South Jordan

This was the 1st season I hosted featuring a total of 22 contestants! I convinced 20 of them to pay me $10 to provide funding, and there was a total of 10 months of production for this season. (December 2013 - October 2014.)

I was inspired by Jake Spartz for hosting, "Survivor: Backyard" and have attempted to continue hosting as long as I can!
Alexander Lightbringer

Apollo (eldest brother)

Dawn (elder sister)

Zain (elder brother)

Meira (younger sister)

Uri (younger brother)

Alexander Lightbringer is the 4th of 6 children born to Lord Godfrey and Dame Catherine Lightbringer.  His father Lord Godfrey is the High Protector of the Faith and is a paladin of great renown. His Mother Dame Catherine is a Dawnbringer,  the highest rank a Cleric can earn in the Church of Pelor. The rest of his brothers and sisters are well on their way to religious fame as well.  Alexander though has always been a bit of a black sheep.

from an early age his interest in books and knowledge showed through.  He would spend hours in the family or church library, much to the chagrin of his father.  His mother encouraged the reading till she found him one day in the Forbidden section of the the church's library,  halfway through a demonic tome.

It would soon come to light that Alexander was gifted with languages, just not the ones that anyone wanted him to learn.  In his marathon library sessions he had started to pick up some of the arcane knowledge contained within. So to make good of a bad situation, his family sent him to the Crystalline Academy to become a wizard at the age of 15.  If he could not be a part of the church, at least he would be good at something**.**

The first 4 years at the academy went well with good reports and excellent progress being made,  the last 4, not so much. After 8 years , 4 with little progress and most of that destructive or accidental Alexander was quietly asked to leave.  His family ever vigilant of their place at court thought it best he take an extended holiday where he could do less damage to the family name. And so they sent him to Beths Chapel,  a small rural village near Wolfcrest.

Unbeknownst to his family Alexander had become an somewhat accomplished "Afterlife Arcanist". He spent a few years in Beth's Chapel, keeping a low-ish profile, mostly just being the gregarious fop at local festivals, and often going on "holiday" to explore nearby tombs and ruins. On one such excursion he happened upon a real life damsel in distress. Saving her he was pulled into the intrigue and danger that surrounds Fates Chosen. Soon his fate was irreparably intertwined with that of Kesra, Leona, Elden, and Aureo.
Session 7

After the big fight, the group recovers. Signe asks Maddrian to teach her the Sending spell, which he does. She sends a message to her son, who says that he's getting strong like her, and wants to fight alongside her in battle. She confers with her party, and decides that she's ok with it. Erro comes and joins the group, with Signe introducing him very intentionally to Maddrian's daughter, Assara.

During the preparation for the final battle of the war, Maddrian tries to force more visions. He notices, however, that Sura is having visions, and the more she has, the fewer he gets. He has the vision of one figure stabbing another, and it begins to feel like it might happen sooner. He has several other visions of various deities dying, and of the primordials winning the war.

Ruby works on her journals, writing stories about her experiences, and notes about how to cure ailments. Aravad, seeing what she is doing, assists her with finding the right words for it. He also helps with the rebuilding, and with infusing glyphs of protection into various pieces of gear.

Over the next 5 years, Erro and Assara get involved. Ruby also gets invited to the wedding of Leonis and Amy Stormwild, officiated by Saranrae herself.

Also, during that 5 years, they meet a primal spirit, who tells them about the primal ban they wish to enact. This, however, will affect how directly people can interact with the deities. They would call it "The Divine Gate", and establishing it would require a ritual. Maddrian tells the others of his visions of the gods being defeated. They all discuss and agree that it is for the best.

Aravad calls on his ancestor, an angel named Tevlaniel. Aravad explains to Tevlaniel what the Primal Spirit told him. Tevlaniel agrees to tell the others, and leaves, giving them Osiron's blessing as he goes.

Signe takes some time to commune with Corellon, demanding an answer from him. He comes to her, and she tells him that, as the creator, he has a responsibility to listen to his subjects, and he says he has no interest in doing so. He does, however, grant her a visit from her husband, Asmund.

Ruby also communes with Sarenrae. She assures Ruby that, one day, she will be with her for all of eternity. She also gives Ruby several new abilities to channel Sarenrae's own power directly through her, and summons an enormous hound for Ruby to ride as a mount.

Maddrian contacts Eliza Kentigern, the woman whom he saved during the fight with the Primordial. She says she is well and married now, and thanks him again. He also contacts Lakal, apologizing for not saving her.

Aravad also returns to a crafter he had commissioned many years ago. There, he retrieves a gorgeous scepter, the craftman's masterpiece, which took him a decade a craft.