Episode 35: A Brief Clash of Legends

**Episode 35: A Brief Clash of Legends** (1x35) - Kel Under the Waters has found the Nearlies and against such a foe they may have no hope. A desperate scramble to escape and survive, using shared pasts, wild lies and painful truths are all deployed. An evil legend rises. An old legend ends. When caught in the crosswinds of great myths, just hold on and try to survive the storm.

## Cast

### Nearlies

Josh | Xenator Brisbane
Kathy | Lavaleen Crest
Andy | Martin Sirque
Amanda | Gwendylyn Cloot
 Robbie | The Speaker
 Aaron |  Production & Sound

### NPCs

APPEARING
 Dodderfell
 Kell Under the Waters
 Nighgod

## Synopsis

### Prologue

Kell Under the Waters grew up in an idyllic region of Avalon, the Prismarshes.  She was raised with love and kindness among the noble Fairy folks, but something was always wrong with her.  Bad things always seemed to happen to her playmates and always around her. Then the dead plants came.  It was finally determined that the poison came from within, from Kell.  When questioned, she could not explain it, but that all she could think of was drowning those around her.

It was determined that Kell was the result of an improper sorting and determined that Kell should be banished.  The Elders were happy that they figured it out so quickly. They called the wicked fairies of Briarwood and the Queen of Spite responded.  They met on neutral ground and they gave Kell to the Wicked Court. As they departed, a portion of dead, brackish swamp began to follow her.  In the empty space that once held Kell’s swamp it was discovered that Kell had been killing humans for years.  Dozens of bodies were pulled from that space.  The King sent word to the Queen of Spite, insisting that Kell be returned to answer for her crimes.  But the Queen refused, citing that Kell was a citizen of Briarwood and had broken none of their laws. Not only that, she was thriving, becoming the first of her knights to break and ride a Kelpie.  She will be a knight of the Spindle Stair in no time.

### Episode

The Nearlies are trying to find out how to escape from Molly’s house.  The cottage is now in the middle of a swamp.  While the rest of the Nearlies are trying to figure out how to escape, Lavaleen is outside attempting to stall by talking to Kell.  Lavaleen has actually met Kell before, and knows her to be one of the inner court’s knight for the Queen of Spite.  It is her swamp that follows her around that has encroached on Molly’s house.  Lavaleen knows her to be an evil, vile person, willing to kill anything, but cares very strongly about ranks and protocol.  Lavaleen have some verbal sparring back and forth as they each try to get information from the other.

Meanwhile, the rest of the Nearlies are still trying to figure out an escape plan.  The escape route in the basement has been filled in by Kell’s swamp.  Val does manage to come up with a plan on how to escape the entrapped town altogether.  She figures out that Phlegm and Vomit brought the pixie dust drug trade to the town, and therefore will have lots available to sprinkle onto the ship in a bottle that was stolen from the Guildmaster.  She theorizes that once the bottle is broken, the ship, now able to fly once its covered in pixie dust, will return to a normal sized ship, allowing them all to fly off in escape. Grisbell and Gregory and the mini toy soldier are sent to tell Lavaleen the plan.

Lavaleen’s stalling continues as she continues to verbally jab at Kell.  This escalates until Kell makes a decision and seems to be quite calm all of a sudden. She offers Lavaleen an escort to wherever she might need.  Lavaleen agrees to an escort, but insultingly sends Kell to go fetch one for her.  Kell agrees, but cautions Lavaleen to stay inside in order to stay safe from the Alraune.  She then puts a magical symbol on the door, stating that it will prevent the house from being attacked, and again cautions Lavaleen about leaving.  Lavaleen sends her off and shutting the door behind her before revealing the panic that the confrontation had caused her.

With Kell gone the Nearlies decide to walk out the front door and skulk their way to the crashed pirate ship.  Before they leave Molly Marrow hocks up a spell that she had stored in the back of the throat and sends it to Gwen, giving her the spell Sky Brew.  Spell sorted the Nearlies head outside.

Xenator sees the mark on the door that Kell had placed, and knows that it is called the Veil of Ways, a spell that hides things from sight.  Just a few steps from the door Lavaleen steps into a swamp.  The magical veil breaks, and they can suddenly see Kell and 15 armed Fey knights surrounding the front door.  The Nearlies (except Xenator who has disappeared somehow) are rounded up at sword point and taken to Lord Hacket.

Xenator is soon left alone, unsure how he was overlooked, until he realizes that Brisbell has been whispering and invisibility spell over him.  With the danger gone, Brisbell collapses in exhaustion.  Xenator catches him, and then sees a gnarled tree, different from the rest.  It’s Gamoletahgg and his wizard’s tree.  He had had a moment of clarity, and remembered when Xenator had saved his life by consuming his portion of Raven pie, so he came to help.  He starts by gifting Xenator with his Wizard’s tree and his Wizard’s staff.  Then he disappears.

Meanwhile the Nearlies are being led along.  In order to extend protections to the group, Lavaleen declares that everyone there is her entourage.  Kell seems to accept it, until her eyes land on Nighgod, a former citizen of the Revelwood.  She declares that the King of the Revelwood had bent the knee to the Queen of Spite, making Nighgod also a subject of the Queen, and therefore a traitor.  She promptly stabs him in the chest with her spear. Valeriana tries to save Nighgod, but the wound is too dire, and Nighgod dies in her arms.

Before the Nearlies can process this loss, the night sky lights up with crackling lightning, fireballs and the cackling of an old man. Gamoletahgg has begun his attack.  In the distraction, Sirque is able to take over Martin’s body once again, this time splitting open his body and completely consuming one of the Fey Knights that were guarding them.  Then the skin pushes outward, and Martin is now wearing the Fey Knight’s skin like a suit.

### Epilogue

Gamoletahgg is describing Martin/Sirque’s action as the only true crime; theft of a self.  When the loss of his mind began, he wrote himself a letter stating three things that he could not bear to forget; her face; blueberry tea; the sound of children’s running feet.  The sound of the children went first. Then he forgot the blueberry tea, and all of the people that were dear to him that the blueberry tea signified. Finally, he forgot her face, forgot even who ‘her’ referred to.

He was determined to go out in a meaningful way. He was there to change an outcome. He had seen in his looking glass, that while Kell is present, the Nearlies will not prevail.  So he had to remove her.  Since he only cared to win, not necessarily survive, he was going to win. Her spear thrust into his chest. He then casts Embiggen on himself, the last spell he will ever cast.  His enlarged form soaks up her swamp and he strikes out at Kell.  It will not be enough to kill her, but it takes her out of this fight, which was his goal.  And with that, he was able to go out on his own terms.

## Notables

Episode 35
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