WIL Episode 12: A Grave Reunion

## A Grave Reunion

Theodore

Deft Punk

Sirius Corvus Blackenwell

Unknown #4

The Dreamer

Triss Darkenwell

King Azadea

Time

The Soul of the Moon Wisp

Galron

Master Galio

Hemocraft Originator

## Scenes

* Evelyn, weak and shot with bolts, is in Tealo's arms. A dinghy arrives off of the starboard bow containing Captain Graves
	+ The crew readies to fight the figure. Hamlet casts Zone of Truth
	+ He confirms he is in fact Captain Graves and that when his ship was going down he had intended to go down along with it. A half-elf wizard wearing Faulton clothes with sandy hair, green eyes, and resembling Pit, though, forced him off of the ship and told him he was needed. When Graves attempted to shoot the wizard, the bullet was stopped in mid-air
	+ Hamlet has Tealo take the Captain to her quarters where they work on healing and removing the bolts
	+ Recognizing Atten's stare, Hamlet subversively requests Atten assist them in tending to Ophelia afterward in order to talk
* Hamlet heals the Captain, taking her harm on themself; they exit with Atten
* Pittacus and Tealo search for anything magical in the Captain's quarters
	+ Graves, before leaving, reveals that part of the deal for him to survive and get to *The Moon Wisp* was that he would deliver a note to Evelyn
	+ The note, from Miss Fortune, was meant to be given with the rose she offered at the Gala but was refused. In it, she details that she spared Graves out of respect, but was powerless to save anyone else. She also notes that in 3 weeks time a shipment will come to Nagura and Abnos from Faulton of magical items created by stardust. Hidden inside the same crates will be serum from stardust that will give non-magical people magical abilities. They intend to use it as a profitable underground item for both Omna and Faulton. They also intend to use it as a means of negotiation with Kurcoza
	+ Tealo and Triss work on removing the bolts
	+ While working, Tealo sings. As he does, a woman's voice joins in the back of his head. He looks around to find no one else in the room had joined him
* Hamlet joins Atten in the stable room while Hamlet tends to Ophelia, avoiding Atten's gaze
	+ Atten admits he was entreated by Thane to take up Hamlet's mantle when his powers were taken. He threatens that if Hamlet takes any action against the Captain he will stop them.
	+ Hamlet stands his ground and they end on threats. Hamlet returns to tending to Ophelia and Atten exits.
* Evelyn finds a rose in her quarters, flooding her mind with a memory
	+ The same half-orc woman, heavy with sadness, is looking at a humanoid man who seems to be hiding his pain. She expresses her desire to be with him, but that she cannot after learning something about him. She removes a bracelet resembling a mermaid's tail, lays it on a table, and leaves
	+ Evelyn gives a well wish for the evening to the crew from her door way, finds Grave's gaze, returns to her quarters and breaks down
	+ Anya notices some pirates expressing trepidation about the Captain. Graves threatens them and puts them in line. He muses on crew loyalty and asks if she thinks the Captain will ever trust him
	+ Anya and Graves drink together for the evening
* Pit reaches out to his childhood friend, Theodore, needing to know that he was not in fact hired by Fortune Ships and the wizard Graves spoke of
	+ Theodore replies "It's not that simple" and admits that he is "the bad guy now"
* Tealo finds Triss looking out over the water, heavy with circumstances, but willing to help
	+ He entreats her to help him reach out to Umberlee
	+ They go to the bow, where he made the original transgression. He calls out to Umberlee, ready to spill a blood offering, apologizing for his transgression, and promising to protect the Captain as long as he sails on the ship and a blood offering on every Blood Moon until his debt is paid. He offers diamonds or gold or whatever material it takes to return to good graces. He cannot offer fealty, but he will do what he can.
	+ As he cuts his hand, the blood surrounds him in an orb. Within the orb, the face of Umberlee emerges.
	+ She revels in his bardic tendencies and asks no material offering from him. She only asks that he sings a song, one specific haunting song, for her when the time comes.
	+ A nervous Tealo asks Triss to join him for drinks. They join Graves and Anya.
* Hamlet sit on their hammock, seething. They finally get up and retrieve the book on Hemocraft. They read:
	+ The passage is quotes of the mysterious originator of Hemocraft speaking on the limitations and subservient nature of other magics. This entity sought to create a power that would be of ultimate ego and self-autonomy.
	+ They check to see if anyone unseen is around while they are reading before going to bed
* During the night, Anya finds herself in a dream
	+ She is once again at the pond with the hole in the ice that she created, the fox beside it
	+ Nearby though, there is a window. She picks up the fox, readying to climb through the window.
	+ She opens the frosted window and out comes the visage of a little girl covered in stars and nebula like Death
	+ She says she is "all of this, dreams"
	+ She speaks about how Anya's dreams have been "messed up" out there and how she and he dream together
	+ She tells Anya a long time ago there was a horrible man with a horrible dream so powerful that it changed her. A group of people came together and had a dream stronger than his and altered her again. Now she is new, there is a new dream but something is wrong again. "Someone is doing it again to us. They think its me but it's not me this time."
	+ She says she is a Dürer like Death, Happiness, Friendship, Sadness, Fear, and Time
	+ In a rush to leave, she explains that because someone is altering the Dürer again the others are going to keep her from meddling even though she is not to blame this time. Without her, the mortals don't have dreams. Without dreams, she fears the mortals will not have the strength or hope to fix what's wrong. She asks Anya to find out who's doing this. She rushes back through the closing window.
	+ Anya is confronted by a cloaked figure and fights it. The black robed figure is covered and bound in chains adorned in rubies, sapphires, and emeralds.
	+ During battle, the smoke of Death surrounds the figure. The smoke entreats Anya to go and Anya obliges. As she looks back, the smoke surrounds the figure. The cloak falls, the figure dissipates, and all that's left are the chains.
	+ She awakes the next morning.
* The next morning, Feb 1, Evelyn looks over the water during sunset
	+ Hamlet approaches her, noting Atten's eyes on them, and asks how she is doing.
	+ She speaks about not remembering the experience of the transformation the previous evening and how the ritual was supposed to go. Pirates of *The Moon Wisp*, every Blood Moon, perform a blood letting ritual and always have as far as she can remember, with one exception where one was missed.
	+ Hamlet offers some some illumination on the subject of her transformation. They tell her she transformed into Galron, a fiery beast imprisoned in the tower in Bao. They recommend research on the subject.
	+ Tealo comes down and interjects with an offer for tea; Atten leads Tealo away

* Evelyn seeks out Graves, who is drunk and surrounded by rum bottles
	+ He accidentally uses her name and stumbles through the story of what happened to his ship and his regret for not going down with his crew.
	+ He admits she still feels like home to him
	+ She asks him for help on this voyage for the time being
* The crew convenes for breakfast
	+ Anya is out of sorts and speaks of the dream; Hamlet attempts to help heal, but Thane will not allow help for the Champion of Death
	+ Tealo intends to speak with Galio about not working closely with Lumis
	+ Hamlet suggests Anya speak with Triss about dream interpretation
	+ Tealo explains what happened with Umberlee; Hamlet shows vested interest in the experience; Tealo apologizes to an uncomfortable Hamlet for insinuating that Thane was not a God.
	+ Pit speaks on failing to mend the Nagura anomaly and there is one more anomaly than they thought, 8 in total
	+ Anya finally opens up about the Dürer; they discuss the difference between gods and Dürer
	+ Pit opens about about Theodore; at the academy he studied chronurgy, Theodore studied graviturgy. Had Pit not ended up with Jenny, he would have been with Theodore. Based on the level of magical ability Graves has described, it's clear that Theodore is receiving help from Fortune Ships as a part of his deal with them
	+ They discuss Miss Fortune's situation of being bound to her family's whims, Azadea and a possible pardon for the Captain for saving his life, and plans ahead in terms of the two Omnan anomalies
* They go to see King Azadea at the palace
	+ There are piles of bodies around the palace: the bodies of those suspected to be in league with those that attempted to kill him
	+ They ask the king for permission to take care of the anomalies and any aid he can provide; the king admits they are thin on aid but allows them to tackle the anomalies starting with Abnos
* They use a royal teleportation circle to get to Abnos
	+ They are met by the (surviving) guards they met before.
	+ They are led to the anomaly
* Pit returns into the anomaly
	+ He finds himself surrounded by buildings, strange Mayan architecture. It's familiar in the way that maybe he saw it in a textbook.
	+ He walks through looking for Time and hears a mans voice high up on one of the buildings; he watches the man speak in Talian and work complex magics around a Talian woman's body. The sky cracks open in a tear into somewhere else. He sees the man manipulate a crackling orb of energy broken and remade over and over. After too long, the orb rests into the woman's body.
	+ Pit runs into the building and finds Time, everything the same as last time in here.
	+ Pit mends the small wound on his neck. Time thanks him and he is outside the cottage looking in. Inside there is a woman and a tiefling. The tiefling leans over and says something and the woman laughs, rolls her eyes, and leans on his shoulder.
	+ He's released from the anomaly and a dock plummets into place where the anomaly was
* The others show Pit the scroll that came out of the anomaly while he was inside
	+ It's covered in Talian circular script that Pit intends to investigate later
* They are escorted back to the royal teleportation circle. Evelyn takes a moment at the town square.
* They return to Nagura.