The Promise and the Deal Part 1

## Episode 30 - The FeyWild West

Thinking of the Feywilds Seline touches the door, Talia watching it change. Talia enter the Glade. Seline can see a tower through the branches of the Glade when Talia notices the the Broker behind a tree. Broker offers Raven’s soul exchange for 10 Souls. He also admits that some of the lesser fey are getting through his doors. Once they return to their estate, Talia goes for run, and Seline tries to go to bed. Unable to sleep, Seline goes to her bedroom door. When she touches it, the cool Autumn air of the feywilds come through it. Feeling  confused and her current situation she pulls out her cards to consult the Undertaker (10 of Wands – burden, responsibility, stress, achievement; four of Pentacles – an inflexible attitude that is resistant to change;  the magician – power, skill, action, concentration, resourcefulness). Seline tries to go to sleep with mixed success. Meanwhile during Talia's run she comes across a tree with blue leaves and the Broker. He explains the problem in Duskdown is a pest he would like eradicated. However, this is not one of the three for Talia's first deal. Talia offers in exchange for the immediate return of Raven’s soul as it was when he took it if she deals with the pest in Duskdown. Reluctantly Talia agrees and receives two more marks as confirmation.\*\*\*

With Talia returns to the estate, Captain Wilde awake on the couch. He claims he heard her come back in and he doesn't sleep heavily. Talia goes up to bed.

> **DM Molly**You find yourself in the house. You're standing in the bedroom but there's no bed. Instead, there's just a giant (gray) wolf rug... the bedroom door creaks open and cold Autumn air wafts into the room. You find yourself floating through the door. You're not in the Glade. You float down long corridors, made of stone, lit irregularly by weak torchlight, ragged remains of what look to have once been a beautifully designed rug that just stretches the entire length of the corridor. Cobwebs hang in windows and dust coats everything. You float down until it opens up into a large dance hall. The room is full of people, all in the most spectacular ball gowns and suits, the most exquisite forms of dress. The music is soft and sweet and the dance smooth and flowing. And looking down upon this from a carved white stone throne is an old man. He sits with a powdered white wig upon his head and a silver crown. And he looks down upon the scene with a merry gleam in his eye and he sees you float into the room. And he smiles...**The Moonlit King** *(holding out hands in a welcoming gesture.)*Welcome! Welcome! Please, won't you join the dance?**DM Molly**And then the scene starts to shift. his hand withers a bit, turning a rotten green. And it spreads up his arm and starts to tinge into his face, tendrils of it reaching up his neck. The room starts to crack dust crumbling from the ceiling. And the dancers as they continue to start to change. They're exquisite ball wear becoming tattered and ragged, full of holes. The people becoming gaunt shadows of their former selves. The soft music becoming strained but never losing tempo.**The Moonlit King**Welcome, my child, join the dance.**DM Molly**And then you wake up.

Seline wakes up still exhausted from restless sleep. She mentions her dream to hey just waking Talia. Soon they're back on the road. By mid-afternoon, Talia brooches the subject, saying the Broker would return Raven’s soul if the pest in Duskdown was dealt with. Seline is devastated when she realizes Talia's made another deal. When evening comes and a campsite is set up, Seline enters the estate heading straight for Jareth's room and shutting the door. James settles down on the couch before Talia goes for a run. Meanwhile Seline is crying and sleeping. At a point, she thinks about all the deals Talia's made and feels like she means very little to Talia. Talia returns checks on Seline before stay in the stables for the night. On the road in the morning, they find increased trade traffic as they get closer to Castle Ridge. Captain Wilde is going to check in at the local DMP office before moving on toward Airpike. Although he quietly wishes Talia luck before leaving. Talia tries to talk Seline about Duskdown but Seline is being aloof in her responses. Talia explains she took the deal because she wanted to give something back to Raven after Talia took her father.

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey

### NPCs

* Captain James Wilde
* The Broker
* The Moonlit King

## References

1. ↑ 21:00
2. ↑ in Battle of Crankshaft Part 5 t