Arc 7 Descriptions

## Episode 0: Opening Monologue

[00:43:00]

"There is a bustling crowd around you, dense and loud. It parts, and a disinterested carrier hurriedly pushes an envelope into your hands. The parchment is thick and heavy, well made for travelling long distances. Your fingernails find the edge of a rounded gold wax seal, and carefully peal it upwards. Inside is a letter, carefully folded and pressed just so. The writing is angular, spiky and slanted, penned with a deep blue ink. It reads as such:

My dearest friend!

It has been too long. Your travels have taken you far from the Verdant Bay, from the Grand Heritage Library, and the Rose and Thorn. I hope to hear all the stories from your time away when next we meet. I'm thrilled to inform you that this letter to a dear friend has another agenda: It doubles as an invitation to return to Summerview, for the most grand occasion. My precious son, my most beautiful gift, turns one year old next month. Amara has conceited me a small get-together of family and close confidants, and neither of us could imagine celebrating this miracle without you at our side. I know it has been over two years since you assisted me in obtaining the egg we hatched Arthur from, and you're not close with him. We do hope you'll still attend for our sake, if not his. This invitation has been extended to all members of your daring crew. I truly cannot wait to see you all together again.

Sincerely, and openly yours,

Aura Ashcreek

PS: Oh! And remember your swimming gear. The Azure Sea is beautiful this time of year."

## Episode 1: Sunrise

[00:07:16]

"We see a beautiful sunrise. The world is painted orange with streaks of lavender outstretching towards an emerging blanket of pale blue, the Azure Sea shimmers under the dawning sky warm and inviting, we hear a small town waking up. The stable caretakers yawn and stretch and crack their backs, the cobbler opens their window with a splitting creak and sighs in the warm summer air, the first words are bubbling up in homes, on streets, and between friends. There are little homes, dotted around the little town of Summerview, full of little people living their little lives, and one of these homes with a friendly yellow door and intricate lace curtains blowing in the breeze sits near the bakery. Inside, just awoken, by the raze of light filtering through her window, a gnomish woman adjusts her nightgown and carefully steps down a short flight of stairs. She is met with a closed door. She takes a deep breath, puts on a smile... 'Sweetie? Are you up?'"

## Episode 1: Danger at the Docks

[01:38:08]

"You're all pretty far away from it, based on where you were, but you can watch. There's a ripple in the ocean, pushing back separate from the tide, from the waves. And theres another one, and there's another one. And then you all hear a deep groan, and then the water is moving. And there is something huge rising sloly, maybe a hundred feet away from the shoreline. And everyone at this party at this point turns toward the sound of rushing water, of the tides themselves being moved back, pushed together, against each other, by the bulk of something entirely gargantuan. And you can all see this thing is like a dark sea green with spikes all along the back, and those of you with really good eyes can catch these dark beady eyes poking just above sea level, staring down at the crowds of people in the ocean, on the beach, and even further up into the party. This thing is maybe, from your estimates, fourty feet long, twenty feet wide, and it's barreling on at just incredible speeds. This is a Dragonturtle. And on its back are hundreds of blue-green figures, humanoid, spilling off of it, streaking through the water, shooting towards people. And I'd like you all to roll Initiative, and that's where we're going to call the first episode of Arc 7: Wizards off the Coast."