The Barrens Part 1

## Episode 11 - The FeyWild West

The Barrens, District 3, there's a rock approaching Talia, Seline, Rhenalle, and Brother Martin as they make their way across the Barrens. A pillar of purple flesh is threading its way in and out of the ground causing it to rumble and the worm gets closer. Talia, Seline, and Rhenalle defeat the worm while Brother Martin leads the horses away from the fight. They're able to harvest acid, some of the armor plating, and some of the teeth from the giant purple worm. They continue to travel until 7:00 and go inside to meet Talden. Talia asks Talden to get Ernest who is more than elated to receive the worm plating and a jar of acid. Seline tells them about her dream about the purple energy people asking for help. Ernest says that he's pretty sure they are First Ones but it doesn't make sense because First Ones were beings of energy and don't need arms and legs. They want to study the crystal still further. Ernest returns home while Talden, Seline, and Talia go into the realm of Pale Shadows. Hearing that the River King has accepted her invitation, Seline decides to create a dueling ground. By the trees behind her cottage, a giant spiral staircase appears. At the top is the large dueling arena and in the middle of the spiral staircase is an elevator. Passing by the outside of the forest a waterway appears. The River King sails in on a boat that looks like it was carved from a coral reef. After Talia and the River King exchange greetings, Talia escorts the River King to Seline’s dueling ground. Before the duel starts the River King gives Seline a present to make the duel more challenging… for him. Seline takes a pearl from the offered box and it flows over her forming a pearlescent white and silver set of full-plate armor. This mithril armor does not hinder her movement. It is lighter and more flexible than the adamantine armor she was wearing before. It has no disadvantage on stealth checks. The forging of mithril has been a lost art in the Fey Wild West. Seline disarms the river King and forces him to yield. Talia returns the River King to his boat. While on the border, Talia finds out that the Broker had been on the border 8 days ago and askes Reginald not to mention it to Seline unless asked directly for the rest of the day. Talia chases a squirrel-o-pillar into Talden, who stays for Talia's final 8 hours of training. Talden stays to explore a little while Talia and Seline go for a walk and discuss a few things. After one of the things they discussed is a title for Talia. Seline declares Talia the Iron Reaper, Defender of the Dark Wild. The title makes Talia's unarmed strikes to be considered iron. While returning from the feywild, Talden let's slip that they're going to return to Ernest's for the evening. Rhenalle reports that Martin is still feasting. Eventually, Talia and Seline go to sleep for the evening. Seline dreams of wandering the Old City. What are ruins now, are towering structures with interconnected runes with people wandering the streets. They're not paying any attention to Seline and one by one they start disappearing.. most of those moving around are elves. Humans, dwarves, and gnomes give the elves a wide berth. The elves are all well-dressed. The non-elves begin to disappear first until only elves are left. Before the dream ends, there is a whisper, “let us rest.” About the dreams, Seline's cards say Six of Pentacles. She interprets this as generosity with power. At breakfast, Talia tells Seline that the Broker’s scent is on the border. Seline seems to take this well and tells Talia about her dream. Brother Martin is on the portly bulky side. He smells human with a hint of Elvish.

## Location

* The Barrens, District 3

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey

### NPCs

* Rhenalle
* Brother Martin
* Talden
* Ernest Felson
* The River King