Episode 004

After returning from the Button fairy burrow, the group chats with Renlock. Renlock tells them a little about himself and his family, who own the nearby city of Rendon. Renlock chose to leave Rendon and make a name for himself in Priom, and he’s set his sights upon exploring the portals. Renlock sees a great deal of opportunity to set up trade and sell his new invention: the TeleFan! He offers the group free Telefans, and everybody sets their Teletags!

Renlock goes by: Renier7’salot!

Trisden goes by: Great show everybody (accent)

Aramaya goes by: You’re the one that gives it all, you’re the one I can always call (sung)

Cypress goes by: TrustIssues69

Inara goes by: A/S/L?

Renlock informs the others he’s bought them a night at the tavern and hopes to hear from them soon. He asks for a word alone with Cypress and informs him that a powerful group of people have been searching for a red Dragonborn. He’ll investigate more into it if Cypress agrees to work with him.

At the tavern, the 4 adventurers discuss their options and decide that Renlock matches better with their interests than the Alliance. Having made an important decision, the group heads to sleep.

Trisden once again has a now-familiar nightmare: he’s waking up in a strange bed, and outside a familiar figure is crying for help. This time, his friend Kentil awaits him… or at least something that looks like her. She speaks of the Lyceum Bell and the power it contains, and Trisden is filled with a God-like power. In a burst of rage, he wipes out the entire battlefield… unwittingly killing innocents. He wakes up.

Or does he? Into the bar he wanders, but it’s abandoned… except for an old man. He asks Trisden what he wanted to become when he was a child, and why. Trisden responds that he wanted to be a knight… because he wanted to help people. With this answer, Trisden awakes.

Inara wakes up and walks through her morning routine, scrying for visions of the future. She sees the group running past a green prayer circle, jumping into a sewer, and walking through a wall. When she awakens from her visions, her spell book is glowing and offering her yet another spell. Inara reads it, and is given another vision: Herself in Willagia, running after a figure that turns out to be her sister. Inara gathers and tells the others. Ready to get started, the group head out to join Renlock.

Renlock is thrilled! He offers them a MapMap and another new invention: The Tuliport! This flower will instantly take them back to Renlock’s headquarters upon first use, and return them to the starting position upon second use. Everyone gets ready to head out towards East Mah’r and the nearest portal… when TRUMPETS SOUND! The Alliance is making an announcement!

The final 4 Champions have been chosen! Our party suddenly has competition!

A dwarven barbarian named Smeeve Thicke, whom Trisden knows and considers a traitor to his kind.

A famous and arrogant elven wizard named Jus Chadd who has 2 gnomes that do all his work for him.

A dominatrix genius tiefling sorceress who is good at everything named Luly Ciu AND

An Aarakocra Blood Hunter monk that used to stalk Cypress in his home forest named Calypso.

As the town celebrates their new champions, Smeeve recognizes Trisden. Trisden accuses the dwarf of being a traitor to his kind, and Smeeve loudly announces Trisden as a Knight of LaGreane, alerting the guards to his presence. Renlock makes a distraction while the others flee, but the knights quickly block off the city entrance, leading the group speeding through the alleyways of Priom. Inara spies signs of this moment from her earlier vision and guides the group down a sewer entrance, where a hidden pathway mysteriously reveals itself.

In a room filled with green lights and a giant skull doorway, the group is attacked by a giant centipede!

They quickly dispatch the many-legged creature and head through an illusionary wall that Inara saw in her vision. In a dark room, the group discovers an active Portal, right there in Priom. Where does it lead? Only one way to find out!