Goblins of IO Episode 1

### YouTube VOD

***Goblins of Io* Episode 1** was streamed on BrettUltimus' Twitch channel on the 22nd of October 2020 , and premiered on the World of Io's YouTube channel on the 2nd of Novemeber 2020.

The goblin circus erupts in total chaos as word makes it around that a human has been sighted in the area. Ordered by the ringmaster to take care of it, the newly formed party, as well as Cheezle's new ogre "friend", start looking for the human. Working their way through the commotion, helping and/or killing some of the goblins caught up in the chaos on the way, they eventually find what is definitely a human and totally not two goblins in a trenchcoat. A boss encounter ensues.

## Summary

The circus grounds quickly fall into disarray as goblins are panicking and fearing the possibility of nearby humans. Skagzag declares his hatred towards humans, while the group discusses what they should do. Cheezle starts going southward into the nearby goblin village, intending to fight the humans, while Happy suggests to Klernt that they should begin looting like many of the other goblins are doing right now. They all follow Cheezle, all while doing some minor looting on the side. As they travel south through the chaos, the group runs into the warg merchant. The Warg merchant lost his pups, and the group decides to help him. They find and free a warg that is trapped under some rubble. However, the warg begins to run off, and the merchant chases after it, leaving the group.

Klernt and Mottle get separated from the group, because they were too focused on looting. As the two travel separately from the group, a goblin mugger accosts them. Klernt manages to kill the goblin by tripping onto him and accidentally crushing him with the impressive weight of his instruments. Since this was Klernt's first kill, he starts freaking out and feeling guilty. In time, the party regroups and heads east, following Cheezle once again.

Suddenly two flaming and panicking goblins come running towards the party, flailing and yelling in pain. Cheezle gets lit on fire when the goblins tackle him. He then decides to light Skagzag on fire and succeeds in his plan, then the initial two goblins both burn to death. Skagzag angrily retaliates against Cheezle, extinguishing the flames on Cheezle in the process. At Cheezle's command, Dungo then extinguishes Skagzag’s flames. Upon looting the dead goblins, the party finds a burned hand drum, and Klernt mourns the loss of a precious instrument.

After the battle and unbeknownst to the party, Mottle pickpockets Dungo, stealing all the gold from the circus ticket sales of the day. The group continues through the burning village, and Cheezle immediately attacks a merchant who is selling water at highly inflated prices due to the rampant fires. For the first time, Klernt uses his instrumental prowess to bardically inspire Cheezle. Cheezle decries the commoditization of water and kills the water merchant. Soon after, there are goblins, fleeing from the north and shouting that there are humans towards the north. Skagzag leads the group north and towards the supposed human presence, intending to deal with the threat.

The group is told the human is at the gobby vault, a place where treasures are stored. They arrive there where they encounter a tall and lanky human. The human takes a hostile stance, and combat ensues. The human is split in half vertically when the group knocks down the top half, and Skagzag casts Fog within the vault. Mottle climbs on top of the bottom half of the surprisingly living human. The fact the human is still alive leads to significant confusion. However, Mottle solves the mystery and discovers that the human bottom half is actually a single goblin in disguise. Mottle kills the goblin beneath him and reveals to the party that the human is actually two goblins in a trenchcoat. After the fight, the group loots the vault, acquiring useful and valuable treasures which dwarfs the loot from before. Skagzag proceeds to immediately drink an unidentified potion that poisons him. Yet it also fills him with euphoria and temporarily makes him resistant to pain.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Date is shown on YouTube VOD