Season 1 Session 4

Joe

Alex P.

Collin

Alex M.

After saving a town from a crisis, the Infernal Genesis party gains a new friend and continue on their way to Dam. However, something interrupts their journey, and shocking news about one of their party members is revealed.

## Summary

After pulling from Enzo Clemente's magic bag, Mar'khovis goes back to Mayor Baldwin, asking if he could possibly provide them as much food as possible (in order to take care of the forever hungry hydra). While hesitant, he eventually agrees to give Mar'khovis a wagon of food. He also goes to the leathersmith, and he requests a saddles for a large creature that could seat six people.

Meanwhile, Cassim uses the money he got from the quest and pulls from Enzo's magic bag. And while he does try to convince Enzo to lower the price, he ultimately fails and pays full price. He then pulls out a pair of boots of leaping and striding.

The party proceeds to discuss what they will do with the hydra, deciding to ultimately keep it for the time being until they find a safe place for it to rest with the egg. Bruh attaches the wagon of food to his horse, and Molly and Charmara leave their donkey in town to ride on the wagon. Getting on top of the hydra, which he proceeds to name Legion, Mar'khovis leads the party and up towards Dam.

At this point, the party has travelled for seven days. That night, the party rests, but Cassim suddenly sees black hands reach for him and grab him before he passes out. He then finds himself emerge from an icky pool of darkness. A white hand emerges before it grabs his face, ripping it off of his body and dipping it into the pool. The hand puts Cassim's head back on his body, and Cassim screams in pain as the black starts to drip onto the rest of his body. Waking up, Cassim's insignia burns and his veins turn black before they go back to normal. He learns eldritch blast and one warlock invocation due to this.

Another day passes, and the party reaches Syfon. Once there, Bruh explains that currently at Dam, there is an inverse vortex at the Dam. Mar'khovis also manages to teach the hydra how to sit on command. Despite the seemingly lighthearted mood, it is interrupted as they suddenly see the trees and foliage are toppled over and burnt. Using find familiar, Molly sends out a raven to check out the area ahead. She sees there’s a circle formation with a rock formation/pillar in the middle. There’s burnt down greenery and large footprints, however they suddenly hear a giant roar and Molly snaps out of find familiar. Looking up, the party sees a giant red dragon, the hydra panicking a bit to where Mar'khovis is jostled off the hydra.

As the party is knocked off their feet due to the dragon's roar, the hydra slides into the valley and begins to fight the dragon. However, the fight ends with the dragon's victory as it burns the dragon to a crisp. It is then that a metallic dragon suddenly flies over and lands in front of the party. The metallic dragons speaks, questioning how the red dragon is alive and out of the grail. Mar'khovis does mention that he was the one who did it, but is distracted by the hydra. He and Bruh then run down to the hydra. He tries healing it, along with having Bruh cut into the hydra to see if another head could come out, but nothing happens. Bruh then grabs as many scales as he can along with the gemstones while Mar'khovis sits there in despair. Grabbing Mar'khovis, Bruh hurries back to the party. The golden dragon instructs them to stay behind and charges up an energy blast. The fire dragon prepares a fire blast and the two clash. Cassim, Molly, and Mar'khovis are knocked out as a result with the rest of the party, horses, and the wagon of food are burnt. The two dragons then proceed to fly away as they fight.

Left there in the aftermath, the remaining three panic about what to do. It's then that Lancer emerges from behind a rock with the hydra egg. They stabilize the knocked out party members before resting for the rest of the day, Lancer offering to watch for the night. However, Mar'khovis powers through the night without sleeping, mourning over his lost pet hydra.

In the morning, the party began to get ready to continue towards Dam before they are suddenly surrounded by a group of Syfon soldiers. Speaking in Elvish, Cassim and Molly try to explain that they are just trying to make their way through Syfon to reach Dam. However, when they are asked their names, a soldier suddenly bows to Molly as she says her name. The captain tells Molly and Cassim that their king would always talk about his daughter Molly to their surprise. The soldiers tell them they must bring the party to the king and proceed to guide them towards a treetop village.

The party then meets King Volodar, with the soldier telling him about Molly. The king asks if Molly was the daughter of Delilah and Molly says yes. King Volodar rejoices, asking how she has been and how long it had been since he had last seen her. A woman comes over to Molly, placing a crown and robes around her while Molly mentions her mother had never mentioned her father, let alone him being a king. Volodar apologizes, explaining that after she was born, he had to return to Syfon as his father had died, so he could become king. It is then that he mentions Molly is his only child and his heir to the throne. An elven woman comes up, questioning if they could trust the foreigners, but King Volodar proclaims they are guests as they are his daughter's friends.

Deciding to throw a party that night for his daughter's return, King Volodar invites the party to join. However, they explain that they don't have much time due to the time limit on their collars. Lancer ends up explaining the situation, to which Volodar gives the party a document that would allow them to pass easily through Syfon as well as tells them they may leave as his daughter's health and safety are most important. In the end, the party does decide to stay for the celebration.

The party splits up to look around the town. Molly and Charmara go shopping while the remaining four begin pregaming for the party. Molly buys a bag of holding from the magic shop before she and Charmara return to the rest of the group before the party begins. Cassim, Bruh, and Weslyn are all drinking, Lancer is being edgy in a corner and Mar'khovis is drinking but also mourning over his hydra. Charmara and Molly sit together watching over the festivities. When asked to dance, Molly denies but directs the elves to Lancer. With some convincing and drinks, Lancer eventually starts busting out moves on the dancefloor. Meanwhile, Bruh and Cassim are downing barrels of wine, eventually collapsing and having to be put in a room for the night. When Molly gives Mar'khovis some wine, he too passes out and is put into the room. Lancer eventually tires out from dancing and also soon is put in the room with the rest of the boys. Charmara also wins a lizard race and wins some gold.

At some point during the party, King Volodar asks Molly if they can talk in private. Looking out over the party from a different platform, King Volodar asks Molly how her mother is. She replies that she's fine, and that her mother has also remarried and has another daughter. While surprised, Volodar says he hopes that Delilah is happy, and that he will support her in any way he can. He then explains to Molly how many have tried to have him remarry and have another child so he could have a full-elf as the heir to Syfon. However, he tells Molly that he doesn't wish to betray Delilah in any way and proclaims Molly is his only child. Choking up over the joy of seeing his daughter again, he apologizes to Molly about his leaving to which Molly accepts his apology. Unsure as to how to feel about him, she returns back to Charmara and two watch the celebration. Later that night, they, along with Weslyn, retire for the night.

During the middle of the night, Charmara is woken up and realizes that she had been strapped to a horse. Unable to move, she hears someone speak before she is knocked out. Bruh wakes up as well in a cart, seeing the rest of the party has been captured. Calling out to them, Bruh is also knocked out. The rest of the party soon wakes up and finds themselves gagged and bound. They are sitting in cages in what appeared to be a theives' camp. Cassim tries to escape, however he is easily caught by a giant spider and goes back into his cage. When Bruh asks for some water, an elf tells another thief to get him some before water is tossed onto Bruh's face. Threatening Bruh and Mar'khovis to be quiet, the elf then turns to Charmara. He mentions how lucky the group is to have found her, and his boss wants to see her. Questioning why her, the elf replies that the boss is the one who had burnt down her village. Suddenly enraged, Charmara demands to be taken to the boss.

It's then that the elf turns to Molly, explaining how Syfon doesn't want a half-elf as a princess. Another elf approaches, introduced as Lhoris Carvarus, the minister of Syfon. The elf, now known as Nadu, explains that Lhoris conspired with them to kill the heir, before they discuss "what happened to the princess". A giant spider then crawls out of the forest, the elf dragging Molly out of the cage and tying her up to a pole. Just as the spider is about to eat her, they suddenly hear horses in the distant. They stop what they're doing and hide the cages and place a bag over Molly's head. During the struggle, Cassim manages to escape, but the others are still bagged and bound in the cage. Whilst struggling, Molly doesn't manage to escape and the party listens to what is happening.

The party hears the woman from before, Delia, explain that the princess and her party had gone missing during the night, to which Nadu says that they hadn't seen them. He explains the cages were game while Molly was a thief who tried to steal from them. It's then that Mar'khovis casts thaumaturgy, creating a loud scream. Hearing this, Nadu makes some clicking sounds before giant spiders invade the area. A fight erupts between the thieves and the Syfonian soldiers while the party is still restrained.

Cassim, sitting on a tree and watching the fight sees a spider start to crawl over Molly, but then a sudden blur passes by him. Molly's bag is ripped off, Delia noticing the princess is there and Nadu commanding the spider to eat Molly. But then the spider is promptly knocked off of Molly and sent flying into the air. Molly sees Sir Goostopher Honksalot standing there, now wearing a top hat suit jacket, and a monocle. He proclaims that he said he would be there in the group's time of need, going over to the cages and destroying them. Opening a portal, he returns the party's items to them before telling them to "fly free", and he flies away. The party, now armed, proceeds to enter the fight against the thieves.

## Characters

* Sir Bruh of Dam
* Cassim
* Charmara Little-Leaf
* Mar'khovis Grunlow
* Molly
* Weslyn O'Raghallaigh
* Lancer
* Angra Mainyu
* The Hydra
* Sir Goostopher Honksalot
* Enzo Clemente
* Mayor Baldwin
* King Volodar (*first appearance*)
* Delia (*first appearance*)
* Nadu (*first appearance*)
* Lhoris Carvarus (*first appearance*)
* Indriss, Eternal Fire (*first appearance*)
* Adult Golden Dragon (*first appearance*)
* Delilah (*mentioned*)
* Molly's Stepfather (*mentioned*)
* Isabelle (*mentioned*)
* Sir Lancelot {*mentioned*)
* Artoria Pendragon (*mentioned*)
* Tim: Lord of All Evil, Master of the Three Seas, Consumer of All Souls (*mentioned*)