Stick to Your Guns

Leona and Maudit struggle(15:54) to get Deirdre's cursed dress off of her while Leona keeps her alive. Kesra is a little slower to get there, but quickly heads downstairs to ask Konrad to get a cleric, before heading back up and helping as well. Rey also rushes in to try to help keep Deirdre alive. Maudit doesn't want to take the dress off because doing so is hurting her. They write in Deirdre's journal to try to get help from Eachthighern.

Eventually(53:52) they manage to get the dress off of her. As Kesra comforts Deirdre, her hands glow without her noticing, healing Deirdre some more.

As Kesra heads to(1:03:43) get Deirdre some water, a cleric of the Raven Queen arrives. With not much left for her to do, she soon leaves, however. Deirdre asks the rest of the party if she can speak with Maudit alone, and they head down to the bar.

Deirdre tells Maudit(1:10:59) that she's sorry, and that she feels that she's put him in danger. She says that she wants to go back to her village after the wedding, to try to figure out what happened to it. Maudit pledges to go with her, and stays with her until she falls asleep.

As she does fall asleep(1:18:23), Echthighern comes to visit her. She doesn't trust him at first, as Varonestra took his form previously. But she eventually fills him in on what happened.

Meanwhile, in the bar (1:27:06), Kesra tells Rey how typical this is for their group. Leona steps outside for some fresh air and sees movement - it's Kyuu. She tells Leona that some powerful archfey is visiting Deirdre. Leona asks her about several fey, and Kyuu tells her about them. Leona asks Kyuu to tell her if she hears talk about Varonestra. Kyuu also asks Leona about Roman and Leona says that one day she'll live happily ever after with him.

As Rey and Kesra are chatting(1:49:32), Rey tells her that he's going to be travelling east after the wedding. He volunteers to travel with them if they're heading that way.

Kyuu tells Leona(1:52:09) that fey creatures can tell when other fey creatures are around. With a sudden warning about being careful at the upcoming wedding, Kyuu leaves.

As Leona heads to bed(2:08:23), Rey asks Kesra about how she healed Deirdre, and she insists that she didn't, even though he saw her do it. She seems utterly unaware of what happened, and he eventually drops it, and says good night. They all go to bed, and Maudit wakes up feeling something burning in the back of his throat.

Once they're all up (2:16:05), Leona heads out to try to find Roman. Unable to do so, she goes looking for Rey. Once she finds him, she asks Rey if he could help her train with her rapier, and he agrees. The two spend some time training. Kesra stops by the armorer for her armor, but it's not quite ready yet. Deirdre asks Maudit to put some numbing cream on her back. Deirdre and Leona convince Kesra to allow them to pay her gold to do her hair. While they are getting ready for the wedding, Leona tells Deirdre what Kyuu said about fey being able to sense other fey, and Deirdre summons Amaryllis. Deirdre also gives Maudit the horn and ear jewelry she had made for him.

The head to the castle for the wedding(2:46:28). The wedding is a lovely affair, and Lord Theo makes a speech to the people immediately after the ceremony. As he does so, the crowd suddenly begin calling out "Long live the king!" and "All hail King Theo!". Theo silences the crowd, but declares Azmarin an independent sovereign nation. As the crownsguard step in to stop the crowd from chanting, the city guard begin firing at the crownsguard to stop them. It's a mass of chaos, as Fate's Chosen try to make their way out, but eventually the Crownsguard surrender.

The party heads(3:13:05) into the castle, where they overhear Zora yelling at Theo for allowing things to come to this. Zora tells them how to get out of the castle to avoid the crowd, and they do so, preparing their things to leave the city entirely, as Rey gets them some horses

They head east(3:23:15) out of the city, eventually making camp. Rey is clearly upset about the coming war, and Leona talks to him about its significance. He says that he has a familial obligation to the crown, but mostly just wants to get to the bottom of what's going on.

During Kesra's watch (3:39:58), she finds the old gentleman who stabbed her. He tells her that she's going to need her friends if she's going to break her curse. He tells her she should have repented, and that now Pelor expects her to defend her friends to atone for her sins. Specifically, she needs to defend Leona. He calls her "Sandovaran", and says that he doesn't know why Pelor's putting so much effort into her.

After he leaves(3:55:55), Kesra sees that Amaryllis was watching that whole conversation. During Maudit's watch (the final watch), he hears a creature in camp - it's a goblin!