A Match Made in Seven

* Teddy G. Rizzly
* Lysander
* Googar

**A Match Made in Seven** is the 21st episode of the campaign in which the party inexplicably take part in the Pharoah's tournament.

## Synopsis

The team arrived back from the Elemental Plane of Earth and fell asleep in The Brave Men's guild. After waking up, they were offered sweet black tea by Jack Toast. Teddy G. Rizzly hated it and instantly spat it out.

They walked back out onto the streets of Al Ramard on Day 30. Googar purchased a pair of mummified hands from a bhuka named Listening Lari who was selling a wheelbarrow full of mummified limbs that the Cyrenians had dug up in abundance over the past few years. They were used for fire fuel, to seal up cracks in walls and as a medicine.

### The Pharoah's Tournament

It was the day of the Pharoah's Tournament and Lysander and Googar really wanted to participate despite reluctance from the rest of the group. Despite not wanting to waste time participating, Bertram Q. Muldoon IV suggested that it might be a good idea to meet the Pharoah anyway as he could provide some insight.

Upon meeting the Pharoah, he told them that the Cyrenians were rebuilding the ancient city of Ordasia which had been abandoned many years ago after the Ordasi River dried up. He had no idea what the Black Pyramid was. He also explained that Commander Tytos had entered his tournament and was planning on playing the long game - having his son (who would be the future Pharoah) hand the kingdom over to the Cyrenian Empire instead of attempting to fight the Pharoah and eliminate their source of fresh water. The group agreed to enter the tournament, if only to prevent the Cyrenians from completing their plan.

Jack Toast also wanted to participate as a squire. Lysander refused his help but Teddy G. Rizzly agreed, wanting to teach Jack Toast a thing or two. The Pharoah pulled Googar aside, beleiving him to be plantlife and therefore not automatically eligible for the tournament. He would, however allow him to be a part of it and offered him a lifetime supply of sausages and the city of Al Ramard (once they leave for Ordasia) if he didnt let Tytos or Teddy win, as he didn't want them marrying his daughter.

The other competitors were Phag, a Bullywug magician, and Scra'peh - a jakalfolk guard. The tournament seemed simple enough, rescue Dagha from the middle of the arena and be the first one to bring her to safety. Lysander approached her first but the ground became lava and a Hydra emerged from the ground. Teddy G. Rizzly jumped onto the hydra's back and managed to punch two of it's heads off, however later grew back another four in response. Jack Toast helped Teddy out while he was injured, handing him a milkshake. During the fight, Teddy G. Rizzly punched Phag's face in and the Hydra bit Tytos's face off.

Scra'peh won the tournament, successfully bringing Dagha to safety but Googar used his geas spell on the Pharoah, changing his mind and declaring Lysander the winner. Lysander and Dagha were married on the spot with a huge audience that included the Hydra who affectionately licked Teddy's hand.

### The High Protectors

Also in the audience was High Protector Astrid who was in the palace making a deal with the Pharoah for some fresh water. She approached Lysander after the wedding, noticing his sash and beleiving him to be a member of The Brave Men. She explained that she and a troupe were transporting some cargo over to Ordasia and were looking to enlist members of The Brave Men to guide them there as they knew the land and the monsters within it. Lysander let slip that they were all from Aurelius and Astrid immediately became uninterested in working with them, claiming that if they weren't related to the Pharoah they should be killed for trespassing in land claimed by the Cyrenian Empire. Outside, it appeared that she and 11 other men were carrying an enormous coffin - The Emperor's Coffin.

Before they left, Lysander asked his new "daddy" the Pharoah if he could release two Yuan-ti prisoners - Semily and Kalabar II. Teddy also vomited up Jack Toast's milkshake which Googar inspected and found it to have some scryery magic about it. Teddy went to investigate the mango and papaya milkshake stall where Jack bought it only to find it completely unsuspicious. He also bought a crossbow for Jack Toast.

Captain Potiphar approached with Semily and Kalabar II, telling them that they must leave the city as Yuan-ti are not allowed. Semily could not remember the Rakshasa at all.

### Montage

The party decided to travel ahead of the High Protectors towards the Black Pyramid. What followed was a travel montage to the song *Accidentally in Love.*

* Lysander turned a stick into a snake with the Sticks to Snakes spell
* Teddy G. Rizzly attempted to navigate but Lysander had to correct him by turning the map the right way up.

### The Camp

They eventually came to an encampment with white and purple tent full of more of the High Protector's men. Bertram Q. Muldoon IV remarked at how well structured Cyrenian encampments were and how the Aurelian military borrowed quite a bit of strategy from them. They decided to camp out a little away from the camp. In the morning, Jack Toast offered Teddy and the gang a bowl of soup each which Teddy drank and fell asleep. This left them without water, which Lysander wanted to enter the camp to get. He managed to sneak inside, cut open the back of the storage tent and take a look inside. He stole a few waterskins and observed that the Emperor's coffin was being stored here with a purple keyhole. The key for this hole, he soon discovered, was around Astrid's neck.

Upon retuning to the group, he told them what he saw. They had a huge debate on what to do - poison their water supply, sneak into Astrid's tent at night and steal the key... Ultimately, they decided it was too risky and carried on towards the Black Pyramid.

## Featuring

### The Team

* Teddy G. Rizzly
* Lysander
* Googar

### New

* Pharoah Vis
* Dagha
* Listening Lari
* Commander Tytos
* Captain Potiphar
* Scra'peh
* Phag
* High Protector Astrid

### Returning

* Bertram Q. Muldoon IV
* Jack Toast
* Semily
* Kalabar II

### Deaths

* Commander Tytos
* Phag