Where Evil Grows

The Acolytes in Sexy Tights infiltrate Hexanholt, the domain of Baba Yaga.

## Major Plot Points

#### War Plans

* The Raven Queen hosted a brunch for the Acolytes and her war council of Lolth, Magpie, Duke Darling, Duke Glow, Duchess Celestia, Duchess Una, Ambassador Lyra, Prince Keeryn, and Aryan Grande Queen of the Frogs.
* Xanthoria's support wavered after Dewey Thundersnatch resurrected Bromo at McSpanky's tea party. In order to secure her support for the war effort, Sybil Ringwell promised to plant one of Xanthoria's mushrooms on top of Baba Yaga's hut. The Archfey of Autumn and Decay would then let the hut loose across the multiverse to spread her spores, which will enhance her reach and prevent undead from rising.
* The Raven Queen shared that she would lead the air assault while Aryan led the ground troops. The Acolytes agreed to act as a strike force that would sneak into Baba Yaga's hut to slay the Grim Court Queen.
* Before they left, the War Council offered the Acolytes unique boons to help in their fight.
	+ Lolth gave Dikarus Bottombane a vial of her poison
	+ Prince Keeryn gave Bromo temporary resistance to charms
	+ Una gave Muchomucho M Amor the ability to see briefly into the future, which allows him to give himself advantage on any roll or he can give another creature disadvantage on any roll.
	+ Xanthoria gave Sybil hallucinogenic spores.
	+ Ambassador Lyra gave Clows Kufas a holy water grenade and Dewey an acid rain cloud.
	+ Duke Darling imbued Juxxtina's spear with radiant energy so it deals an additional 2d8 radiant damage.
	+ Aryan gave Barbara Duke bardic inspiration.

#### Hexanholt

* The Acolytes arrived at Hexanholt's borders with the Raven Queens forces of bullywugs, elves, fairies, dryads, tritons, and beasts. Baba Yaga's forces of trolls, giants, and hags were ready to meet them.
* The Acolytes successfully dodged boulders thrown by giants, hag runes, and made their way through a squad of trolls.
* When they uttered, "Reveal the path to Baba Yaga's path," the tree line parted for them and they entered the Witch Queen's woods.
* Instead of following one of two paths, Bromo decided to feed his axe and cut his own path through the trees. The Acolytes eventually ran into Titeville, an old acquaintance they met in Morning Tide.
* Titeville was dancing around a fire trying to calm her ancestral lands. She shared she was Baba Yaga's sister and anyone who knew the Witch Queen's true name would have power over her. A curse prevent Titeville from uttering her true name. Sybil tried to modify her memories so she believed another childhood friend shared the same name as Baba Yaga. Sybil thought they could work around the curse if Titeville said the name thinking of someone else. When Titeville tried to utter it, she burst into flames and became a pile of ash.

#### The Dancing Hut

* The party arrived at Baba Yaga's property shortly after. Barb deceived the gate into letting the Acolytes onto the grounds. They could see the hut spin on top of its dancing chicken legs.
* They met a literal hedge hog named Illya. She said she was once one of Baba Yaga's daughters, but Baba Yaga cursed her after she ate all of their leftover noodles. Dewey was able to break the curse and return her to her dragonborn self. Before taking her leave, she shared the passphrase to Baba Yaga's hut to make it stop spinning.
* Bromo did a wonderful performance in order to trick the hut to stop dancing, but sadly it didn't stay still long enough for his comrades to get the glass slippers on its chicken feet. When that failed, Bromo started hacking at the hut with his axe. When it was weakened, Barb was able to lasso its legs with her fire whip. Dikarus then slid the glass slippers onto its feet, which atrophied its legs.
* The hut itself continued to spin until the Acolytes said, "Little hut, Little hut, open up your butt." The hut stopped spinning and opened its backdoor to them.

#### Baba Yaga's Home

* The Acolytes entered a foyer decorated with paintings of Baba Yaga and her daughters. Phylis Croax's painting was destroyed - most likely because she forsaken her mother to join the Raven Queen's army. Muchomucho could hear a frightened man whispering, "Please don't find me. I hope he doesn't find me." But he couldn't see anything. He was able to notice some kind of camouflage magic at work. After some coaxing, the gnome revealed himself as Dyddlestyx the Red Wizard. He defected from Emperor Szass Tam and sought out Baba Yaga for protection. Sybil told the red wizard Szass Tam was no longer in power so it was safe for him to return to Thay. While Baba Yaga gifted him the ability to hide, she also trapped him inside her hut.
* Dyddlestyx warned that the passphrase only stop's the hut's spinning for a short time. And while it spins, there's no telling what room any door will lead to unless the Acolytes could find the control room.
* The Acolytes walked through a door and found themselves in a kitchen. An ogre chef was trying to force a child into a large oven. Barb tried posing as a health inspector to throw the ogre off, but he just grew annoyed and shoved the kid inside the burning oven. Barb killed him with her heartthrob rod. Juxxtina was able to bring the little boy back to life who then promptly hid in a cupboard.
* Inside an observatory, Dewey looked into a telescope that had a large eye as a lens. The telescope could show its users the past, present, and future of a person they're familiar with. Dewey decided to check in on the current state of his father. He saw the police chief writing a report at his desk. The calendar said it was 2 years in the future since the Acolytes entered the Feywild. The report detailed how Dead Amy's forces had conquered much of the surface world and he feared the underwater realms would be next. Barb checked on the current status of her sister and found her serving as Dead Amy's Master of Treasury in Avernus. When Juxxtina scried on Jaime, she discovered her lover in the bed of another. Sybil looked at her past and saw her mother throwing coins at her while she was stuck in the well. Her mother kept shouting about how she wished she had a better daughter. Sybil had forgotten these memories during her Feywild travels and felt greatly impacted by remembering them now. The party then looked to see what Baba Yaga was up to and they saw her taking a bath.
* The group then entered a cozy study where Baba Yaga was knitting by the fire. This was completely contradictory to what they'd seen in the telescope. Not falling for the trick, they perused the room and found a ledger of all of Baba Yaga's warlocks. None of the names inside stuck out to them.
* The Acolytes then found themselves in a chamber that housed three fountains. Each had a unique statue standing in the center - a mermaid queen, a satyr bard, and an elven monk. The Acolytes figured out each fountain represented an alignment: lawful, chaotic, and neutral. By sitting in their respective alignment fountain, Sybil, Mucho, and Bromo each got temporary HP.
* The next door led them to a room rilled with magical darkness that blinded even those with darkvision. Dewey used his radiant magic to light up the room to reveal it had a dragon statue in each corner. They then made it safely to the next room.
* Inside Baba Yaga's trophy room were prisoners trapped in crystal-like structure that constantly electrocuted them. Also on display were a stuffed unicorn and owlbear as well as a beholder with a missing center eye. Dewey cast shatter to free the trapped prisoners.