Episode 1 - Transcribed

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## Episode 1 - The Ring Bearers

**Steve (as Introducer):** This is Quid Pro Roll, a fantasy live-play adventure, where a party of unlikely heroes embark on a quest to bring dragons back to their world.

[Jaunty, happy music in the background; the Quid Pro Roll theme song]

**Alex:** My name is Alex Smith. I will be DM’ing this adventure and the voice of the NPC Guide, the Dragon Priestess Aelita.

**Chapman:** Hi, I’m Chapman Adams and I’ll be playing Eek, the Kobold Wizard.

**Josh:** I’m Josh Maltby and I will be playing Solanar Vakkus, Half-Elf Rogue.

**Brandon:** I’m Brandon Dingess and I’ll be Gravy Boat Barnes, the human monk/pro-wrestler.

**Alain:** My name’s Alain, and I will be playing Johannes, the Halfling Paladin. And uh, welcome to Quid Pro Roll.

**Alex:** Alright, so… jumping right in then.

**Alex (as Narrator):** The world since its creation has always been balanced by the forces of good and evil. Good arises victorious and evil, ever resilient slinks to the darkness and grows in power once more. 300 years ago, this balance was shattered with the disappearance of the metallic dragons through the world, leaving the evil chromatic dragons unchecked.

**Alex (as Narrator):** What followed was a chaos that mankind was never meant to endure. However, the world did endure. Setting into a new normal, corruption and death became commonplace with the reign of the chromatic dragons. With many bowing down to evil and power simply to survive. One day, the balance will be restored.

**Alex (as Dungeon Master):** You all find yourselves in this world after the ri – the rise and victory of the chromatic dragons 300 years ago. You find yourself in the Kingdom of Alaria, in the town of Oakmell, Oak – yes the town of Oakmell. Umm… which is a small, you know … to mid-sized town focusing heavy on logging, woodcutting, and artisans. Umm… it’s right at the base of the forest that stretches across the continent. You find yourselves there for your own various reasons but we are going to start.

**Alex (as DM):** It is seen in the town square, with a particular wrestler and a particular wrestling squire – I guess is what you are now?

**Brandon (as Boat):** He’s my hype-man.

**Alex:** He’s…He’s…He’s…He’s your squire is what he is.

[Josh laughing in the background.]

**Chapman:** Hype-squire.

**Alain:** Con-man.

**Alex:** Hype-squire! Hype-squire. #Canon

**Alex (as DM):** Umm, so you find yourselves in the center of the town, which is just trampled dirt with a fountain in the center of the square. Umm, all the buildings around you are thickly built with thick heavy logs and wood. Everyone around you kind of has the build of a lumberjack, even the children look kind of beefy and scary to approach. Umm, but you guys roll your cart in regardless and do what you do…

**Brandon:** Okay, so are we at the town square?

**Alex (as DM):** You are in the town square.

**Brandon:** Okay. Umm… alright I hop out of the cart and find a place to --- er, first find a place to park it and tie it up, tie up Snuffles T. Ponie and uh, I get my buddy here and

**Brandon (as Boat):** Let’s, uh let’s get the ring set up.

**Josh (as Solanar):** You’ve got it.

**Brandon:** Alright, so we’re going to spend a few minutes setting up the ring in the town square.

**Alex (as DM):** Alright. As you guys begin sort of setting up, you know the ring and getting everything set up, which is pretty much you guys just have like dirt and enchanted ropes ---

**Brandon:** Mmhmm.

**Alex (as DM):** That you guys are just, you know, stringing along. A couple of the townsfolk are passing you and looking at you curiously. Umm, a figure in gleaming armor also seems to regard you curiously.

**Brandon:** How is he regarding us? He or she?

**Alex (as DM):** It is a gentleman though it is difficult for you to tell because he’s very short with very long hair.

**Brandon:** Okay.

**Alain:** Is that hair possibly long and flowing and golden?

**Alex (as DM):** It is long and blonde, yes.

**Alain:** Is there wind blowing it?

**Alex (as DM):** Not at this moment but give it a minute.

**Alain:** I, if I blow hard enough behind me I can blow my hair in the wind.

**Alex:** How…?

[Group laughter]

**Alex:** Okay. You know, whatever blows your hair.

**Alain:** I – I. What- whatever blows your hair. [Alain chuckling throughout]

**Alain:** I uh, I cccuuriously uh watch these people, these two men seemingly setting up for a stage, a show. Perhaps I am the lead actor, I know not.

[Alex bursting out laughing]

**Alain:** They have not posted the cast results yet from my play from three years ago and this might be it.

**Alex (as DM):** Perfection. Alright so, you guys have the ring set up. Umm, ag- again a small crowd has sort of gathered in interest but they’re not regarding you with any rapt attention yet. It’s more just kind of like *I’ve never seen these people and they seem to be setting up some form of rope contraption*. They are but simple townsfolk.