Reunion

"Reunion" is episode 64 of SuperQuest Saga. Reunited with Primina, the party prepares to continue their mission and gathers information from some unexpected sources.

## Synopsis

### Introduction

* Will Stark shall be your unifying dungeon master for this evening.
* Josh Freeland is playing Sebastian Crenshaw.
* Your Special Guest Jake is playing Persephone Goldpetal.
* Brian is playing Echo. 2 levels rogue, 11 levels wizard.

### Recap

Last time on SuperQuest Saga the party made it back to Haven with the Waters of Thalassia in tow to save their friend. They were greeted by the Council and the Singers, and anybody else who was curious, and were informed that Primina was in bad condition; she essentially looked like she was starving to death. The Song of Renewal, also known as the Song of Rebirth, ensued with Percy as the cynosure guiding the energy of the waters to the spiritual realm. Prim came back, rejuvenated and reborn, but she was not ready to face the party right away and took off into the desert. Echo, Persephone, and Sebastian chased her to a giant sandstorm around a plateau; followed her down into the catacombs and found Prim, in her dragon form, in a central cavern where she was processing her emotions amidst some swirling winds and sand. Persephone reached out to hug her, and the winds stopped and Primina reverted to her humanoid form and said “Hey."

### New Prim, Who Dis

Echo, Persephone, and Sebastian all notice that Primina has a new look; her hair is longer, her eyes are fully draconic reptilian slits, she is now almost 6’ tall, her build seems to be more athletic and well muscled, and she no longer has the szuldar lines. Persephone pulls out a cloak to cover Primina’s naked form and Sebastian runs up to check on her. Primina tells Sebastian she is okay and apologizes to the party because it looks like she deserted them when they needed her most, again. Echo tells her it’s cool. Prim says that she keeps depending on the party to save her; it’s not fair to them and it isn’t who she wants to be.

Prim notices Sebastian’s face injury and asks him what happened. He tells her it’s fine, but she keeps pressing, so he admits that he played with fire and got burned. Sebastian is more concerned with how she’s doing, and notices that she’s gotten taller and stronger. Primina looks down at herself and speaks.

“It appears I have changed, and not just on the outside. No amount of gratitude or words of thanks are sufficient to express how indebted I am to all of you. You’ve put your lives on the line repeatedly, sacrificed your bodies and well being to get us this far, every step of the way you’ve been my friends, my family, my guardians, and in return you have asked me for nothing. And all I have given you is my fears and anxieties; I gave into my powerlessness and instead of being inspired by your example, I pitied myself. And when Victoria sacrificed herself for us, for me, I just broke down inside. I could not accept it.”

She sighs. “I have stood by to be protected by others enough. I refuse to stand behind others in idle fear; I have to be stronger, for you, for Victoria, for myself, and by all accounts for all we’ve learned, for the galaxy itself. I’ve been reminded of what Lightsong said to me so long ago; I have to accept myself. I am many things, but above all else, I am who I choose to be. A sister, an ally…” she stands straighter and looks everyone in the eye with a burning confidence, “A dragon. And dragons do not cower, they are fierce. And they do not abandon their allies, they protect them.”

Echo, Persephone, and Sebastian all give her a hug, and she embraces everyone. She steps back and starts to speak, but Echo interrupts to tell everyone to put their hands into the center. Prim starts again. “We have to find the Lost City of Kadath, but first, we have to give Victoria a proper memorial.” Persephone notes this doesn’t feel like a hands-in moment, and Echo slowly retracts his hand. Persephone is excited to hear Prim say all this, and she is ready and willing to follow Prim to the end of the universe. That’s what families are for. Sebastian adds that it’s time to kick ass again, and he likes kicking ass.

### Where's Watt Tho

Sebastian tells Prim that he missed her, and Prim missed everyone too. She looks around and asks where Watt is. Persephone tells her that the three of them came straight to find her, so they need to reconvene with Watt. She calls him on the bracer jack, but no one picks up. Percy texts him an update instead, and Watt does respond, but the text is garbled gibberish. Echo casts Comprehend Language in an attempt to decipher the message, but he gets nothing. They know that wherever Watt is, he’s very drunk.

The party retraces their steps up to *The Starling* and are able to fly back to Haven. Echo plays *Sandstorm* on his playlist. On their way back, Echo gets an incoming radio transmission from the Council. Jendrick asks for an update and tells Echo that they’ll be waiting when *The Starling* lands. When the Council and their retainers are in sight, Echo spots five additional robed figures standing off to the side. They look ominous with their features hidden and shrouded. Echo recognizes them as the illithids he met previously, and warns the rest of the party to play it cool since he wasn’t supposed to reveal the information to them. Primina asks what’s going on, since she missed this entirely, but she agrees to be chill.

*The Starling* lands and the observers can hear the muffled sounds of *Sandstorm* from inside the closed ship. Jendrick rushes up by himself, signaling to turn down the volume, and tells Echo that he doesn’t know why the illithids are here. He tried to stop them, but they completely disobeyed Jendrick’s orders. The five illithids make it clear they wish to approach, and stare intently at Primina. From this angle, everyone can see what they look like. Each is tall and lithe in form, their rubbery skin raging from blue to purple in hue. Each cephalopodic head has four dangling tentacles over their mouths, and their eyes gleam a bright white without pupils.

The illithids step forward, slowly, in a “V” formation. Sebastian pulls out his sword, and Echo steps up to stay Sebastian’s hand, putting himself between the illithids and Primina. Primina is silent with a grimace on her face. When the illithids are around 30-ft. away, Sebastian puts his hand up in a stopping motion. All five stop in unison, then, still in unison, all five kneel and prostrate themselves before the party. Everyone present hears a telepathic voice.

“Child of The Prime, The Last Son of Nishrek, Ancient Singer, Second Child of The Bladesong. We are The Last Concord of The Cthonians, the remnant vestiges of a soon to be extinct species. We come before you in peace, and to offer our grievous regret and apology. We deserve not forgiveness, but know we have paid for our transgressions a thousand-fold. The Crawling Chaos is the punishment for our hubris; it has taken all but us five. You do not remember me,” the most forward of the five stands, and turns to look directly at Primina, “but I remember you. I am called Creedmaster Zig'nath, I was one of many Creedmasters designated for your programming, and I... did my duty to my master’s satisfaction.” Primina snarls at this, and he bows his head and kneels again. “We do not seek clemency, we seek only to serve. We are the last of The Cthonians; we have secret knowledge you will need to find Kadath and claim the seal. We will give this to you freely, without obligation, let, or lien, if you would have it, please, call on us. We will come.” At this point they stand and start to walk back towards the city.

Sebastian looks at everyone else and asks if they heard it too. Persephone asks if they should let them leave, the party does need the info to get to Kadath. Jendrick asks that the party not harm the illithids, they haven’t broken any of the city’s laws and they were granted sanctuary. Echo thinks they can catch up with the illithids later, the party has more pressing matters to discuss with Jendrick. Jendrick arranges a celebration feast where the party can share their story. He’s glad that they are safe and is sorrowful that the Council cannot grant the party permanent sanctuary, but they will be able to stay for a couple weeks. Percy asks if Jendrick knows where the illithids are residing, and learns that the illithids have been giving a dwelling on the southwest outskirts of the city. They’ve been nothing but peaceful and have caused no trouble since they have been here. If the party needs to call on them, Jendrick will allow that.

Persephone suggests they go find Watt. The last thing Primina remembers is the jump from the Shardlar system, so the party gets her up to speed as they walk. Primina is impressed by their adventure and upset about Sebastian’s face. They check Watt’s location and find him in The Dusty Dunes bar.

### This Irresponsible Barkeep...

The party arrives at the bar; a clay colored building with rounded corners and saloon-style doors. To the right is the bar, and to the left is a stage for karaoke. Watt is slouched over the bar in a state of semi-consciousness. The barkeep is cleaning glasses and shaking his head. Sebastian walks up to the bartender and asks how long Watt has been here. The barkeep, a gnome standing on a stool behind the bar, wants to know if Seb means today, or since Watt has been in town. He’s been in from sunrise to sundown every day. Persephone asks if there is no cut-off limit, and the bartender responds that Watt has already been cut off; he’s been like this for an hour. Persephone questions further, asking why the bartender kept selling him drinks after the cut off. The gnome reveals that Watt also brings in his own drinks and that he doesn’t know what to tell her, he’s just trying to run a business here. He curtly tells them that if they want to take Watt and go, that’s fine, but he’s not willing to sit around and be questioned. This is The Dusty Dunes, they don’t tell people how to live their lives here.

Persephone tries to pick up Watt, and Watt mumbles and throws up. Echo quickly casts Prestidigitation to clean up the mess. They hear him mumble “..we failed… we failed her” before he slumps over unconscious. Percy picks him up, and turns off her translator to cuss out the bartender in Old World giant. This startles him; he falls off his stool and stands there in shock before promptly banning all of them from The Dusty Dunes. Echo tries to smooth things over, but the barkeep is very upset about having to babysit Watt for the past three weeks, and then on top of that he’s getting yelled at in a language he doesn’t understand. Echo puts a little money on the counter to apologize. The bartender huffily accepts the money because he’s known Arcadion for so long and his parents are cool people, but he warns him to keep Watt and Persephone out. Echo Misty Steps out to join Persephone and Sebastian.

Primina looks concerned and tries to talk to Watt, but he’s unconscious. She asks if they should take him back to the ship. Echo suggests they put him in bed with a trash can next to him. Persephone suggests Space Advill as well. They manage to get him to his quarters and give him any medical care he needs, hooking him up to an IV. Primina makes him some soup and offers to take care of Watt while everyone else goes to the dinner. She feels really responsible for Watt’s state of being, and she wants to talk to him privately one he comes to. If that’s what she wants, then the party is happy to let her stay. Echo tells her they almost always do hushpuppies, and the party will bring her some after.

Echo, Persephone, and Sebastian head to the Council Hall and the feast is ready, including the hushpuppies made with Jendrick’s family recipe. Echo brags to his people about the technological advances he’s made to his suit with the help of his sister. Echo texts Alloea to join the celebration as well, and she texts back confused since she’s already there. Persephone spends time with Rohorn and the Singers; Rohorn is very impressed with her performance in the Song of Renewal. She thanks him for his help, and he tells her it is their duty to help those in need. Sebastian is hungry and goes directly for the food. He tries to store some hushpuppies in his armor to bring back to Primina, and Jendrick sees and offers to have a plate made for her.

Echo brings over Alloea to officially meet Sebastian. Alloea looks a lot like Echo; her build is similar, though her black hair is longer and fuller. Sebastian tells Alloea he was impressed when he saw her leading her class; he thinks their fighting style is cool stuff. Alloea remarks that Seb has seen many battles, gesturing to his scars, so he has seen that the elves of Arvandor are formidable. Sebastian mentions that he and Echo have been training, and he would love to learn from her as well. Alloea has to assess his skills, but if he has some free time she will definitely show him a thing or two. Alloea also tells Echo that their parents are due back any day now. Persephone also meets Alloea and absolutely gushes about how awesome she is.

### The Real Deal

The Council wants an update on what Echo, Persephone, and Sebastian were up to since it took longer than expected for them to return. The party had previously discussed how to handle their involvement with Archduke Ramazall; Echo wants to come clean and Sebastian would prefer not to tell the whole truth, but understands if they have to. There seems to be no way around it, so the party tells all. The Council is properly horrified at the news; there are dramatic gasps, sideways glances, and disapproving head shakes in Sebastian’s direction, but they don’t interrupt and listen to the whole thing. Echo makes it clear that he has Sebastian’s back.

When the tale is finished, there is a stunned moment of silence from the Council. Jendrick speaks up to affirm that the Council will honor their promise of safe shelter, and even extend the welcome for another two weeks so that the party can make preparations for the quest ahead of them. Sebastian nods in thanks, and Persephone thanks them for their hospitality. Echo agrees. Jendrick asks if they plan to call upon the five Cthonians. Echo confirms that does, and Sebastian reluctantly agrees. Jendrick excuses himself, but informs the party that the Cthonians are usually up at all hours of the night, he does not think they sleep, so the three will not have to worry about interrupting them if they would call upon them tonight. The rest of the Council start to say their goodbyes as well.

Echo sticks around to look at the fish tank for a while. The room has a large, circular table around a tubular aquarium that goes all the way up to the ceiling, which is also an aquarium, where there are fish swimming around and a light show. There are also big, gothic, arched windows on the side of the room that look out at the desert expanse.

Echo, Persephone, and Sebastian check in with Primina and Watt. Prim reports that Watt woke up and ate the soup she made, but he’s not talking much. She thinks he will be okay. Echo orders a runner to drop off hushpuppies at the ship so the party can visit the illithids. He tells her that Kenny will be there in eight minutes, and Echo included a tip in the purchase. Prim thanks him, and will see them when they return.

### S'more What?

Echo, Persephone, and Sebastian make their way across town; it’s a quiet, cool night with a clear sky. They exit the southwest walls of the city and find the small, humble abode of the five Cthonians. Echo sends Jhank to peek into the window and sees all five Cthonians sitting in meditation in a circle. He knocks on the door.

The door is answered by Zig'nath and he says, “We are humbled by your presence. Do you wish to speak now?” Echo asks if this is a good time, and Zig'nath looks up to the sky and says that it is. He asks them to meet on the grassy knoll near the dragonforged ship; the information they wish to impart requires a bonfire. Echo, Persephone, and Sebastian go on ahead to the ship.

Primina is just finishing her meal and Watt is asleep again. Primina wants an update, but hasn’t brought up the illithids. She thought the hushpuppies were delicious, and Sebastian pulls out the remains of the hushpuppies he tried to bring back in his pockets. Primina thanks him, but she’s full, and she asks what’s next. Echo casts Prestidigitation to clean up the hushpuppy mess, and Sebastian, in error, thinks that someone ate them fast. No one corrects him.

Persephone tells Primina that the illithids are going to come over and they’re going to have a bonfire sleepover. Primina sounds nervous, but she assures them that she is fine. Echo tells her not to worry, if anything goes south then the party will destroy them. Primina pulls up surveillance footage from outside the ship, and the party sees five robed figures carrying logs and preparing a bonfire. Primina seems surprised that they’re really doing it. Persephone asks if there are graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows to make s’mores. Sebastian asks s’more what. Percy doesn’t find any supplies, and pleads with everyone else to help. Echo has no interest in helping, but Prim steps in to help and remembers she saw the ingredients earlier when she was making soup. She asks if they want cinnamon graham crackers, or honey, and Percy tells her to bring both.

Zig'nath telepathically reaches out to tell the party that the illithids are ready for them. Primina pulls up the surveillance and they see that the fire is going; the illithids are in a close circle and facing the fire. Echo says “That’s not weird.” Sebastian wonders if the illithids will ask the party to dance around the fire, and admits he’s not much of a dancer. Primina, based on her limited interactions with illithids, does not think they are a dancing society. The party joins the illithids outside.

### Are You Afraid of the Dark?

As the party approaches, Zig'nath speaks again. “We are humbled by your presence. Please, have a seat outside our circle. The intercommunication will begin shortly.” The party sits down; Primina sits next to Percy and whispers “I don’t think they’re gonna let us make s’mores, Percy.”

At this point, the five illithids sit and outstretch their arms toward each other without touching. One by one, their eyes begin to glow a deep purple. As each illithid’s eyes light, a deep, resonant sound escapes their throat. The sounds blend together in a discordant and haunting harmony. It sounds otherworldly, and even wrong, to the party’s ears. Just as it begins to become unbearably uncomfortable, it stops, and the fire roars and erupts in a purple blaze. Zig'nath’s voice can be heard in the minds of all present.

*"To tell this tale, we must go back to a time before time, to the origin of the illithid."* The fire begins to move and writhe; first forming patterns, then entire images, and then, somehow, darkness.

*"We were once from a realm that was not a realm, a place beyond places, where time had no meaning."* Dark nothingness is portrayed in the fire, and in the distance, the party sees milky white streaks flow like water through this infinite void. These streaks begin to draw closer, and as they do, a pale gray shape expanding and crinkling, glistens and shakes as it oozes in the periphery of the vision; but then it’s gone. Beyond the countless white strands, they then see a forest of writhing alien vegetation crawling with gelatinous worms. The tentacled vegetation is encrusted in an orange moss; the entire forest seems to be growing atop a pulsing amoeba-like sea. A squat toad-like figure with no eyes and a massive red tentacle at the end of a faceless snout lets out a horrid sound, but the image keeps going deeper and deeper into the forest. Then the image in the flame pans upwards; floating above the twisted vegetation lies a hideous, monolith crowned citadel. Its geometry is abnormal, and even loathsome to behold.

*"We dwelled in the corpse city of R’lyeh*." Above the city, huge multi-layered shapes drift at the limit of their sight, vaguely resembling nightmare creatures of the deepest seas in greater size than the city itself. The shapes are barely visible against the black void. The image then changes; a new scene seems to form within the horrid city itself. Atop an unfinished tower, workers toil. Humanoid in shape, illithids. Driving them with black and slimey whips are bizarre monsters with insectile wings and pyramidal, fleshy rings with antennae where a head should be. "*We were slaves, driven unto death by a noble purpose."* The slave driving horror in the image whips an illithid down to the ground in a frenzy until it dies. Then, it along with two others of its kind, rush the bloody corpse and begin to feed as the rest of the illithid slaves look on in dejection.

*"And though there were rumors and tales of some of our kin escaping away to far off paradise…"* The image of illithid slaves sitting in circles telling stories appears in the fire. "*Most of our kind knew only unending toil beneath the court of the Outer Gods."* Dark, tentacled silhouettes the size of cities orbiting a dark spiral vortex above the city is portrayed in the fire. "*Strange eons passed in this way, in unending cold, indifferent terror. And countless more may have passed again if not for… The Awakening."* The black vortex in the image begins to convulse and then it explodes in what can only be described as a supernova of black light. The light pulverizes and disintegrates the city-sized Outer Gods encircling it in an instant. Below, the city begins to shake; the impossible architecture begins to crumble, crushing illithid and slave drivers alike.

*"The Unnameable One had arisen from his eternal slumber. Reality was being unmade. Most of us were lost in this event, but some of us escaped."* Within the crumbling city, tears in reality begin to open to other places in the cosmos. One in particular opens to what looks like a desert canyon that looks very, very familiar to Persephone and Sebastian. The fleeing group of thirty or so illithids jump through before the city completely collapses behind them. "*We knew we were on borrowed time. The Unnamable One would come even here; and we were right."* Above the illithids the sky begins to darken, beneath them, the earth begins to quake, and they flee into a very familiar looking black iron tower. "*Our ancestors found a vessel, one that reacted to their presence and listened to their will. They used it to flee yet again."* An image of a black umbrium ship freeing itself from the earth and launching itself into the atmosphere is shown. The view from the rising ship shows a land torn asunder below, and colossal black tendrils enveloping an entire planet. "*We thought all was lost, but then something we could not explain happened."* The planet below bursts with a blinding light. A pulse of energy sends the illithids and their ship tumbling, and then all goes dark.

*"When we awoke, it was to a reordered cosmos. The Unnameable God had fallen. Outside, we witnessed the remnants of its blackened body."* Outside the ship is a blackened, tentacled mass made out of pitch black stone the size of a planet. "*It is here you must go to open the door… to God’s Fall at the galaxy’s center. But alas, were it that simple. The path there is secret, known only to the Elder Minds which have all fallen to Nyarlathotep, and… also to one other. The secret knowledge was given to the now Emperor ninety millennia past in exchange for peace and surrender. The map given to him lies on Arvandor in the Library of Ancients. You must retrieve it, or you will never find the path to your destination."* The flame goes out.

### A Minute

Sebastian says that was some crazy-ass shit. He asks Percy if she remembers the iron tower, and she did recognize it as their ship to the future. Echo looks uneasily at Persephone and Sebastian. Sebastian is staring stone-faced in the fire as he’s processing the information. Echo’s understanding of the galaxy is that the closer you get to the center, the more populated it is by supermassive black holes. Illithid Territory covers a large portion of the central area.

“Well, at least we have some sort of heading now. Echo, do you have any idea how we can navigate that section of space safely to get to Arvandor?” Persephone asks. Echo suspects their new ship might be able to help them do that, and his parents continually run missions to help elves flee the Empire, so they have specialized knowledge. Echo will call on them for guidance.

The illithids rise and Zig'nath speaks. “That is all the information we have. If you need anything from us five, we will forever be at your service. Just call us.” Echo will call on them for a flash mob, and Zig'nath is down. The party thanks the illithids.

Echo, Persephone, Primina, and Sebstian light up the fire pit and make their s’mores. They take a minute to forget about all the fucking bullshit, and just enjoy the starry night and the s’mores as friends and family.

### It's Mom and Dad Day (ft. Special Guest Jake's Special Guest Stella)

The next day, Echo gets a text from Alloea informing him that their parents are returning within the hour. She also sends some digital guest passes to allow the party access to the military base. Echo and Persephone check on Watt; he is awake and in bed, but he looks bad. He didn’t eat the s’more Echo left. Watt doesn’t think it looks good to eat anymore, and Echo casts Prestidigitation to change the flavor. Watt shrugs and eats it.

Watt speaks. “I must apologize to all of you, I’ve been next to useless and I let my… my… my despair…” Echo interrupts, “You tried to flood it.”  Watt starts getting choked up. “It’s just, you know, Victoria’s like... very much like my daughter.” Persephone goes in to hug Watt, and he lets her. “Oh, Percy. I’ve missed you. I’ve missed all of you, and I’m sorry. Victoria is not just mine to grieve. I’ve been talking with Prim, and it’s important that we hold a memorial service for her before we leave this place. I don’t know what the plan is, I know I’ve been out of the loop for some time, I just want you all to know no longer. I’m here for you and I’m here for this. No more drinking for me, I’m all about the mission. Let’s go. Let’s save the fucking galaxy.”

Sebastian says “It’s good to have you back, little guy” and clasps Watt’s hand. Echo removes the IV from Watt’s hand and tells him they have to go meet Echo’s mom and dad. Watt says he would love to go and Echo offers to carry him on his back. Persephone casts Greater Restoration to help make Watt feel better. She starts humming a variation of the Song of Grieving and starts to glow, she puts her hand on his cheek to cast the spell. She tells him that she has ideas about something to memorialize Victoria as well and would like to talk to the group about it later.

There’s quite the crowd at the military base; a huge military formation is ready, the Council of Seven is present, and Alloea escorts them to some seats at the front. Echo introduces Watt to Alloea. Within fifteen minutes a ship arrives; it has an ovular dome that comes down to a point like a bird beak in the front, with another section that is like the underbelly of a whale, decked out in guns. After a moment, both Echo’s parents emerge; they are Arvandor elves, super tall and super strong. Arcadia looks like a very stern and strong version of Alloea, a clear military leader wearing armor with a cape. Archeon is a little heavyset, also tall, but not as muscular as his partner, and wearing robes. The crowd cheers, but Arcadia and Archeon make no regard for the crowd because they only have eyes for their son. They run forward, Arcadia is in tears, a shocking display of affection, and Archeon is close behind, bringing Alloea into the family embrace. Through tears he just says, “My son…. My son!” After some time, the embrace breaks and Echo introduces the party. Tears are had, the crowd knows the story and everyone is crying as they watch the family reunion.

Echo’s parents remember there is a crowd, and Archeon steps up. “My people, thank you for gathering here to welcome us home and for your patience with our family reunion. We are unworthy of such grace. I only wish we had come with glad tidings. Unfortunately we have returned with only news of grim events. The Draconic Star Sovereignty and its Alliance has just launched a full-scale assault; an invasion of Arvandor. They aim to end the war in one final battle. It will likely end in an insurmountable loss of life, casualties will, in all likelihood, be in the billions.” The crowd gasps in horror at the idea of their former homeland being assaulted in such a way. There’s complicated feelings about the Empire, but the loss of life is somber.

## Characters

### The Party

* Sebastian Crenshaw: a half-orc paladin/former warlock. Ready to get back to kicking ass.
* Persephone Goldpetal: an albino firbolg druid. Somehow knows all the Giant curse words.
* Codename: Echo: an elf wizard/rogue. So excited for mom and dad day.

### NPCS

* Primina: a genetically engineered young woman. The MacGuffin. Hell yea she's a dragon!
* Jendrick: a human man. Council leader. His family knows how to make a mean hushpuppy.
* Zig'nath: an illithid. One of "The Last Cthonians," formerly worked as a Creedmaster for the illithid portion of Primina's creation.
* Watt: an elderly gnome. Last remaining original crew member of *The Brunhilde*. Realized he was struggling with grief.
* Dusty Dunes Owner: a gnome. Doesn't tell people how to live their lives, but will take their money.
* Rohorn: a firbolg member of the Council and mentor to Persephone.
* Alloea Galanthur: Echo's older sister. First Child of The Bladesong. She's just super rad.
* Kenny: a food delivery runner.
* Nyarlathotep: liaison to The Crawling Chaos. Haven't heard about this fool in a while. What's he been up to?
* Arcadia Galanthur: Echo's mother. An Arvandor elf and military leader of Arcadia. Surprisingly emotional during the reunion.
* Archeon Galanthur: Echo's father. An Arvandor elf. Had just the worst news to bring to the party.

## Trivia

### Out of Character

* It's canon that the party just has a "Prim's Nude Cloak" on hand to cover her up when needed.
* Codename: Echo is Arcadion's soldier name used when he is on official business and missions. He has not officially extended an offer for the party to call him by his birth name, but they could during their "off time" if it felt right.
* Watt has been using Victoria's "Ramen Budget" to pay for his binge drinking.
* Alloea is Brian's backup character.
* Sebastian does want to go back to his original time.

### Behind the Scenes

* Special Guest Jake's cat Stella interrupted the video briefly and everyone was excited to see the cat on screen.