Deals in the Dark: Episode 06

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***Deals in the Dark* Episode 6** was streamed on Arcadum's Twitch channel on November 22, 2019, and premiered on Arcadum's YouTube channel on January 7, 2020.

## Summary

The party discusses how to get to a sewer entrance. They somehow come to a plan to buy shovels to get into the sewers. They make their way to the general store and purchase 5 shovels from Cappers, the store owner. Neve asks if he has badges to access the sewers, and he implies that he would be able to procure them. After she places payment on the counter, he leaves to obtain the badges. Turr Khei asks Cappers for a shovel to use as a weapon, and he receives a bloodied shovel. As they head to the noble's district, Turr Khei bends his shovel into a shiv.

The party hears a greenskin angrily cursing ahead of them. They approach him and see what's the problem. He informs them that his name is Dope, that he's an engineer, and that his apprentice seems to have died down in the cistern. Madd Morc and Turr Khei offer to help Dope bring his apprentice's body out of the cistern. Dope hands the party 20 pieces of gold each.

The party proceeds to a wishing well. Turr Khei makes a wish, and Rivitah hears some bagpipes. He follows the sound and sees a very comely dwarf. He then carries on trying to find an entrance to the sewers. The rest of the party learns that the dwarf is called Dwani, though they quickly find that the dwarf has two personalities (the second being Darren) and is searching for the other. After seeing their reflection in the wishing well, they dive in over and over until becoming unconscious.

When Seren wakes it up, it introduces itself as Dukhil, who last remembers being in Orde and gives a date from three months ago. The party leaves the dwarf back at the Broken Crown in front of a vampire, who proceeds to drain it. As they go back to the noble's district, Seren purchases a medical kit from the general store.

When they reach the wishing well again, Rivitah informs the party that he's found a sewer entrance. Turr Khei, Seren, Neve, and Madd Morc dive into the sewer. Neve isn't strong enough to make it through the pipe in one go and ends up in a different spot from the other three. Rivitah, on the other hand, goes back to Dope and asks him to let him into the sewer system.

Once inside, Turr Khei, Seren, and Madd Morc realize Neve is not with them. She has fallen into a pool with a strong suction force below her and begins to drown. Rivitah is able to find the group and meets up with them. They begin looking for Neve, who draws close to drowning. Seren is able to hear something, and points out where to go. While Rivitah and Seren take the safe pathways, Turr Khei tries to imitate Madd Morc's impressive acrobatics but slips and falls into the water himself. He finds himself in a different pool.

Madd Morc flips back across the pipe and follows Turr Khei into the pipe, popping up into the same pool. He's able to grab Turr Khei and leap out of the pool with Turr Khei on his back. Meanwhile, Rivitha identifies the spot Neve is, attaches a rope to a pipe and fails to throw the rope to her. On the second throw he's able to get the rope to her and pull her out with Seren's help. He then starts cleaning people's clothes while Turr Khei cures Neve and Seren from their dire states.

After being cleaned up, Seren is able to make out a song, and begins leading the party towards it. Chanting can be heard as they get closer, and when Seren places her hand against a wall it passes through. The party goes through the wall and enter a carbon marble room containing a bright light and 5 mirrors. Seren recognizes this as an unsuccessful attempt to make a mirror portal.

The party walks up to the mirrors and see other people frozen in place, staring back. One of the mirrors contains a man with blond hair, scars, and a horrified expression. Having identified Darreth, Seren warns against breaking the mirrors, or even touching them. The party makes various checks to examine the mirrors. They find that the ritual was left incomplete, and that they need to move the mirrors into position to complete the ritual.

They discuss how to get Darreth to the Half-Father, but Seren sees that the back of the mirrors have a glyph saying "activate". Turr Khei touches one glyph, and a ray of light comes out of the mirror. He then activates another one, but touches one ray of light and is sucked into that mirror. Neve turns the middle mirror towards the portal, then the party aligns the rest of the mirrors to strengthen that mirror's light to reach the portal. The braziers in the room light up, and as the portal comes alive, a spectral creature comes out of the portal.

Seren is able to understand the figure speaks Sylvan and asks forgiveness for disturbing it. It touches a mirror, and all the people inside rapidly age and turn to dust. Seren then recognizes the figure as a mirror wraith, and requests Darreth and Turr Khei to be spared. It gestures towards Neve and implies a trade using her for the two. Neve turns herself ugly, and when it approaches Seren, she backs off.

Nonplussed, the mirror wraith then drains the second mirror. As the party discusses what to do, the last irrelevant mirror is consumed. It approaches the mirror containing Turr Khei, but Rivitah activates the mirror. It briefly becomes trapped in the mirror, but immediately pulls itself free. It then says it will drain everything. Upon hearing that, the party prepare to fight the mirror wraith.

## Featured Characters

### Main Characters

* Rivitah
* Neve
* Madd Morc
* Turr Khei
* Seren

### New

* Dope
* Dukhil
* Darreth