TL;DR Episode 4 - Vergissmeinnicht (Forget-me-not)

**Short Summary:**

In the middle of the party accepting a mission, the Caller stops time and appears to Uriah disguised as a noble from Il Aluk. He teases Uriah with information and gives him a powerful invisibility potion. When he leaves, time restarts and Isolde tries to see Nahara’s past. She can’t, but she discovers Nahara is a Mist Walker, and gives her a talisman that will allow her to get them to Falkovnia.

As the party prepares to leave, Tatyana says goodbye to Carrador, Valentine finds out Tregrum can appear to her as a cat, and Desmond hangs out with Hermos. Valentine also goes to check on the body from earlier and meets a duergar who runs the ring toss stall. He lets her win a prize and Valentine chooses a stuffed boneless to give to Uriah. Brother Uriah decides to tell Isolde about the strange visit he got earlier, and she recognizes his visitor as the Caller. Unfortunately for him, Isolde decides Uriah must be colluding with the Caller and prepares to kill him. Fen stops her at the last minute, but the party leaves in a hurry before Isolde changes her mind.

As they travel through the Mists, the party has a vision of a meteor falling into a forest and Tatyana meets Soth alone. They arrive in Falkovnia and meet a nude man who leads them back to his village. The villagers are acting strangely and seem very focused on their plants. Valentine learns the villagers are protected by a wondrous plant that speaks to them. She asks to meet the plant, and the party follows a woman into the forest. We end on a cliffhanger as a mysterious voice speaks to them.

**Notables this episode:**

Mark asks for an NPC’s pronouns above-table

We learn Nahara is a Mist Walker, and what that is

We find out Stewart is sentient enough to give consent, as it does not want the zombie flesh put in its jar

We learn a bit of Hermos’ backstory and that the Carnival is a collection of strays Isolde has taken in

We see that Fen is the only person who can stop Isolde when she’s in a rage

Plot foreshadowing in the ring toss’ prize selections

**Firsts:**

Introduction to the Eris family of Il Aluk

First official glimpse of the Caller

First view of cat-Tregrum

First time Nahara uses her Mist Walking ability

Uriah tries to convert people to the church of Ezra for the first time in our story

Our first hint of Strahd’s one desire

**Crit Count:** 2 success (Fen's perception check to hear the villagers speaking Deep Speech and B. Dave for Isolde to figure out Oscanor was the Caller in disguise), 0 failures

**Memorable Lines:**

Albrecht: You are lost? You do not look like brigands. I do not think you will rob me. As you see, I have very little you can take from me.

Nahara: Yes, very little indeed.

Tatyana: Just your dignity–but wait.

Albrecht: Sorry, I do not speak your dialect; I do not understand your accents. I think you are making the funny, though. (laughs)

Nahara: (shouting) We are not from around here.

Albrecht: Oh, I understand when you say it louder. No, I don’t. But okay. Hi, hello.

Fen: We have a naked man, we’re in Falkovnia, and we’re arguing over zombie meat!

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