Truents

School of United Kingdoms and Clans (SUKC)

> *"Dear Parent or Guardian,*
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> *It has come to our attention that your child has, in some way or another, found themselves to be placed into summer school. The circumstances that got them here does not matter but know that they must attend the first day this coming Saturday. Failure to show up will result in them being dropped from the program. We understand the strangeness of this being done on a weekend, but this is the only day such a thing will happen. Other meetings will take place during the weekday.*
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> *Your child will be left in the hands of Ivar Storm; our fighter teacher. Along with that, they will be meeting in the portable building D5 at the back of the school. We hope to see them all there this coming Saturday. Please make sure you have everything in order. "*
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## Characters

### Erin Helmer

Erin is a 17 year old Half Elf. She is a Forge Domain Cleric as she is the daughter of the local blacksmith. She sports a leather jacket embellished with her family shop's logo, which includes the emblem of the Green Dragon. She is often seen on her motorcycle or seen working on it. Erin spent the majority of her high school years without any friends. The isolation from her peers led her to focus on her love of making jewelry, specifically piercings. Her love for her craft led her to fall behind on her schoolwork. This is how she was inevitably forced into summer school.

### Jet Ruth

Jet Ruth loves only two things in this world: his girlfriend and stacking paper. He is a 17 year old Half Orc Totem Barbarian. When he's not taking long walks on the beach with his girlfriend Samantha, he is making birdhouses. He is often seen wearing his signature SUKC letterman jacket. He landed both himself and Sam in summer school when Sam was caught giving answers to Jet during a huge test.

### Inigo B. Mann

Inigo (Dubbed "Boy Wonder" by player Kip) is a 17 year old Artificer. He is shy and awkward, muttering curse words under his breath. He is dependent on his caretaker Roger. His hobbies include playing guitar, playing Pokémon, and cooking with Roger. Inigo wound up in summer school after failing math.

## Chapters

### A Boy and His Retriever

We begin the tale of the Truents during the first day of summer school. They are strangers to each other and know nothing about the other. During that first day, the group find themselves under Mr. Storm’s teachings. A call to the class is done and the group are tasked to work with lunch desks. That is when a monster appears, this mechanical arachnid that seems to go after the party artificer, Inigo. As quickly as it came, the beast is slain and a small golden piece falls from it, being held onto by Inigo. The next day, however, it attaches to his arm.

### EP (The Extraplanar)

The day begins with Erin. It’s Sunday so there isn’t much to do until two people come to her door, claiming to be the authorities. Her parents tell her to get out of the house and she takes that time to do some research on the thing that attacked her friend. Going to the library, the City of Law seems to be a constant name brought up. She decides that she wants to meet up with everyone, finding Shinra at the park and following a squirrel to Inigo’s location with Jet going by car. They all congregate at Inigo's house, asking for answers on where the mysterious device is but getting little information. During this time, a mechanical orb that was ripped out of the arm attempts to attack Inigo, though is captured by Erin. The group decides to call it a day but before they do, the world grows hot and they are teleported to somewhere entirely new. They land in a pit of tar and are saved by a woman with flaming hair. She offers them a place to stay and there it is revealed they are in the plane of fire…

### Bat Out of Hell

(Kip/Erin was not present during this session due to sickness [being drunk])

After a run in with this new figure, calling herself Smokey, the group make it to her snail ranch. They are told they should go to the City of Brass but are also given the option to do work in favor of items. While that deal was being set up, Inigo found a small toad like creature in his jacket and Jet/Shinra decided to provoke a snail to see if it was somehow a slave. After being scorched, Jet and Shinra were revealed this was Brutus, an aggressive snail needing to be slain. The group decided to split these tasks, Inigo gathering berries while Shinra and Jet killed Brutus. They then gathered to do the final task, slaying a group of flaming bats. With the last task completed, they were given the shell of Brutus as armor, the talons of the bats as a boomerang, and an axe embedded into the bats as payment, and a snail to guide them and keep infernal spiders away from them. And with that, they set off towards the City of Brass.