Eloy

Official artwork of Eloy by Jack Kaiser.

**Eloy** is a protagonist of Team Four Star's D&D series "TFS at the Table". He is portrayed by Ben "HBI2K" Creighton.

## **Biography**

Eloy is a good old boy from Old Lady Big Rock Mountain. His father had the only book in the village and used it to teach Eloy how to read and write. The tribe would dance and make drum circles to pray to Old Lady Big Rock Mountain not to crush them with rock slides.

One day a two legger entered the village. He never gave his name, so the villagers just called him Halfie, on account that he looked like someone cut his back half off. Halfie would join in the villagers' music-making by playing a flute.

Eloy had never heard such music before and wanted Halfie to teach him. Eloy started to make up his own songs to play with his new flute. He noticed when he played his songs for the sick and wounded they start feeling better so much faster. He also started playing a song to help folks sleep.

The village elders heard of the things Eloy was doing and became suspicious that he was performing black magic. When the news reached Eloy, he had a long talk with his father and decided he would leave the village.

His father gifted him the village's only book, "101 Arr-ful Pirate Jokes," as a parting gift. He and Halfie set out early the next day to explore the world. On the way down the mountain, a rock slide crushed Halfie's head right in. Eloy did his best to bandage Halfie up and played his special song, but Halfie wouldn't wake up.

Eloy traveled to a nearby harbor town. There, he met a traveling band. They taught Eloy how to play the piano and other instruments. Eloy was having fun playing with them but wanted to set out to the open waters.

One day, he asked a captain of a ship if he could join them. The captain said no, but Eloy tried playing his song that makes people more agreeable. After that, the captain allowed Eloy to stay and gave him a bunch of apples to eat. The next morning, the captain was mad at Eloy and accused him of doing some kind of trick on him. He took Eloy's flute and locked him up. The captain said he would sell Eloy into slavery at the next port. Eloy didn't know what slavery was, but he was awfully mad that the captain took his flute. He broke down the door in his cell and escaped.

## **Appearance**

Being an asinine centaur, Eloy is shorter than most would expect at only four feet and eleven inches. He has black, curly hair atop his head and gray fur covering his donkey parts. He isn’t one for caring too much for his personal appearance. He only wears clothes covering his human half. In chapter one, he wears a baggy, white tunic, a brown vest, and studded leather armor. In chapter two, he gets a fine feather coat to wear during performances.

## **Personality**

Eloy is friendly albeit slow-witted at times. Having lived his whole life in a mountain village of centaurs, he knows little of “two-legger” ways and social situations. Eloy is normally happy and easily excitable, only once has he ever really lost his temper. One of the biggest faults of his personality is his honesty. He often has trouble with trying to hide things from people. He does not like AJ Arandale Jaerkaender.

## **Adventures at the Table**

### **Chapter One**

In episode one, Eloy was traveling as a passenger aboard the Voltun. He was approached by Ezra and Skrung, who were both eyeing him as a potential mark, and struck up conversation with the two of them. Although he was unable to discern the secret ingredient after tasting Grammy’s soup, he was given a vial of cat’s grace when Wake guessed correctly. Eloy passed the time by eating, drinking, and conversing with the other passengers.

Later, Eloy was brought onto the main deck and questioned with the rest of the passengers at the request of the captain. After the ship was attacked by a group of orc pirates, Eloy returned below deck with Ezra and Wake. There, they confronted and defeated a group of orcs that had broken into the ship and were stealing some of the cargo, rescuing Skrung from being betrayed by his former allies.

Hearing a commotion from another room, Eloy and the others went to assist Redd against the orc captain and two of his crew. Working together, they managed to subdue the captain before the reinforcements arrived.

In episode two, Eloy, along with Ezra, Wake, Skrung, Redd, Pliskin, and Risf, were held separately after the orc raid. After arriving at Jahal Cove and being greeted by Timothy at the docks, they were taken to see Meed, a pirate lord and governor of Jahal Cove, who explained that the island was on lockdown due to abyssal monsters threatening the seas, and they were offered the chance to help investigate the situation.

At the Flappy Stingray, they met with Harros and Mary Pibbs, who owned the inn. Consuming more alcohol than he could handle, Eloy had to be assisted to his room by Ezra and Redd.

The next morning, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, and Risf visited several of the town’s many shops. At the Gimmi Brothers’ Eloy requested a portable piano to be made. They also visited the general store and the Collective, where they met with Father Dorn, before stopping by the carve house.

In episode three, Eloy, Ezra, and Wake met Onslow Green at Jahal Cove’s carve house. Eloy impressed the gator-man with his skills after besting him in a friendly musical duel. The trio then headed to Black Street to gather some more information before setting out on their mission the next day.

After getting turned around by the locals’ trickery, they eventually found their way to Black Street where they ran into Skrung. When they garnered the attention of the crowds, Eloy distracted the onlookers with the Ballad of Billy Punchyface. Skrung, also seeking information, led them to an audience with Deimos, where they were told to seek out Yeldin Cave. The party then returned to the Flappy Stingray and rested for the night.

The morning before they set out, Harros explained the mission would be to scout out a Navy company on the island, and Eloy provided the best argument for taking Onslow with them. Once they had resupplied, the group left along the western path out of down, which took them down the Squawking Path. There, they were attacked by a group of dire macaws. They defeated the beasts, but Eloy had to quickly heal a battered Ezra during the fight.

In episode four, Eloy’s flute was stolen by a toucan hanging around the area. When the bird dropped his flute after Ezra hit it with a rock, Eloy tried to catch it but instead fell onto it, breaking it. Fortunately, Wake was able to repair the instrument with only minor discoloration, earning Eloy’s gratitude.

Eloy, Ezra, Wake, and Onslow regrouped with Redd, Risf, Skrung, and Pliskin at Onslow’s village in Piranha Bog. To assist with their mission, the group hired Old Young Cletus, Onslow’s hunting rival, to travel upriver on an airboat as a distraction.

The two groups split up, with Eloy’s team going toward Yeldin Cave and the other going ahead to scout the navy camp. On the way, they were attacked by a group of stirges.

In episode five, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, and Onslow found and explored Yeldin Cave. Searching the area, they came across two mimics: a chest that Ezra dubbed Trunky and a sword sheath called Kevin. Advancing further into the cave, the group encountered large spiders and red, abyssal-infected slimes.

As they approached the deepest reaches of the cave, Onslow was ambushed and nearly dragged off a ledge by a slime-controlled rat-man cadaver. Fortunately, Eloy and Ezra were able to pull the gator-man back up but not before the creature bored into his head.

Then, they came upon the Manmaw, a two-story tall, red slime filled with corpses and a giant, rat-faced tumor. Together, the group managed to slay Onslow’s long-sought prey.

In episode six, after killing the Manmaw, Eloy found a heart-shaped locket among the carnage. While Onslow rested, Eloy, Ezra, and Wake explored more of Yeldin Cave, coming across a laboratory that had been used by Viktor and two more mimics: a trunk named Roy that ingests organic material and a ring named Lancy that produces skeleton keys in exchange for eating a finger bone.

Continuing north, they regrouped with Redd, Risf, Skrung, and Pliskin who had captured and bound a Yuan-ti woman by the name of Zia’ka. After an exchange of words, they agreed to help Zia’ka in her quest if she would help with theirs.

When Ezra, Wake, Risf, and Skrung infiltrated the camp, Eloy cast sleep on several of the guards and stole their uniforms with Redd and Pliskin. From the loot obtained in the raid, Eloy received ten gold bars and a mythril helmet that was sent flying from the explosion caused by Wake’s group.

In episode seven, once they had safely made camp away from the naval outpost, Eloy gave Wake the heart shaped locket from Yeldin Cave. Back at the Piranha Bog village, they ran into Old Young Cletus, who had returned from his hunting trip with a dead, male Yuan-ti.

Eloy, Ezra, and Wake took Redd, Skrung, and Zia’ka with them to investigate the Yuan-ti temple while Onslow, Pliskin, and Risf returned to Jahal Cove to report to Meed. After being greeted by Pinches, the crab mascot, they ran into Mr. Thoroughday, the head of the Fine Day Boardwalk Company in Jahal Cove, who gave them a verbal tour.

While waiting for Wake to challenge the carnival’s champion, Eloy visited a music stand with numerous instruments on display where he bought some thaumaturgy bagpipes. Before the fight began, Eloy bet one gold bar on Wake. As Wake entered the arena, Eloy used his bagpipes to cheer the merman on. After Wake won the match, Eloy took his 9K gold in winnings and reimbursed Skrung for the 500 gold the goblin had lost betting against Wake.

After Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Redd, Skrung, and Zia’ka regrouped in the champion’s room, they talked with Nedra and Mr. Thoroughday and arranged to investigate the temple underneath the fight pit.

In episode eight, before venturing into the Yuan-ti temple, Eloy went to get some cotton candy and struck up conversation with a couple of goblins who mentioned that Skrung looked strangely similar to the goblin king. When he rejoined the rest of the group, Eloy told them about this bit of information, but Skrung played off the situation.

After a brief discussion, Eloy descended into the Yuan-ti temple with the others. The party learned from the temple’s undead Yuan-ti guardians that the Collective One’s heart had been stolen and returned to report to Mr. Thoroughday.

When the group informed Mr. Thoroughday of the situation, he was displeased it could not be resolved immediately. During the negotiation to buy out Nedra’s contract, Eloy tried to assist in moving the conversation along peacefully, despite not being familiar with the concept of buying and selling people.

Back at the Flappy Stingray, they rejoined Risf, Pliskin, and Onslow to tell Mary what they had learned on their expedition. Then, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, and Nedra went to visit Mr. Rattles, the local necromancer. There, the lich showed them an image of Viktor and told them that the abyssal were a reaction to too much magic being used by the navy. With the help of Mr. Rattles and Ezra, who allowed himself to be placed under suggestion by the donkey-man, Eloy learned that his skills were magic and that magic is not inherently bad.

After receiving an enthusiastic high five from Nedra, Eloy was launched through the wall and into the general store where he met Timothy and Abigail, but Mr. Rattles repaired the damage to the shops for a small fee. Eloy purchased some healing rock candy from the store before learning that Timothy had necrotic damage on his arm and might be Viktor’s next target.

Sending Timothy and Abigail to wait at the Flappy Stingray, the group visited the Gimmi Brothers next. Eloy requested a cotton candy machine, but it was beyond the Gimmi’s capabilities.

In episode nine, Eloy, Ezra, and Wake went to speak with Deimos to reveal what they had learned on their trip to Yeldin Cave. Each of them were given a potion of invisibility for their services. Then, they visited the Collective so Eloy could confess his worries for having used magic. There was no visible sign from Uddath’s statue, but Eloy felt as though his words had been heard. Eloy and Wake returned to the Flappy Stingray while Ezra visited the Gimmi Brothers. When Ezra returned, he gave Eloy the portable piano that had been commissioned from the Gimmi Brothers.

That night, everyone involved in recent events convened at the Flappy Stingray to participate in a parley with Ave Lo Eshtali, Arundhati, and Troy Hultch from the navy. Eloy, Ezra, and Wake agreed to go with the naval officers to the southern island in pursuit of Viktor. After seeing Troy mend Nedra’s and Timothy’s wounds, Eloy was impressed by the display and asked Risf which gods would allow him to help people. They decided to take Zia’ka, Gulfur, and Skrung with them on the expedition.

The next morning, they headed to the docks to depart for the southern island. On their way to the boats, Grammy gave them some pufferfish pie, which did not sit well with Eloy.

Traveling to the southern island, Wake swimming while everyone else stayed aboard boats, they were attacked by an abyssal bloater fish. When the boats capsized, Eloy had to swim to shore. All of them managed to it to the island safely.

Once ashore, the party headed into the woods to search for Viktor. After some time, it became clear they were traveling in circles under the influence of the Green Ones, which Zia’ka explained protect the forests and can manipulate nature. Soon, they came upon a red cap, and, with a coordinated effort, they killed the creature before it could escape.

In episode ten, the southern island expedition party proceeded through the forest until they came upon a pack of velociraptors. Despite their attempts to hide, Eloy was discovered and bitten by one of them, prompting Wake to kill the creature. Continuing on, they met a gnoll leading another group of raptors. After Ave Lo asked if the gnoll had seen someone matching Viktor’s description, Eloy traded his fae glass sculpture of Sealy for one of Viktor’s fingers that the gnoll had.

The gnoll introduced himself through broken common as Quickin and explained that a deal had been made with Viktor to resurrect the alpha gnoll’s dead mate. When the party informed Quickin that Viktor was not to be trusted, the gnoll agreed to take them to his alpha, Yawrugrik. Quickin let some the two-legged party members ride some of his raptor mounts while Eloy carried Gulfur.

Traveling through the woods, their path was soon barred by traps and they were confronted by Glorriosa, one of the Green Ones that protects the forests on the island. They informed her that they were pursuing Viktor, and she showed them the numerous abyssal and corpses left in Viktor’s trail when, suddenly, the abyssal attacked.

Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Skrung, and Gulfur fought one wave of enemies while Quickin, Glorriosa, and the naval officers dealt with another. Once they had defeated the first wave, a massive, abyssal treant rose to face them. Using unprecedented cooperation, they eliminated the creature with ease.

In episode eleven, Quickin led the group through the path Glorriosa opened for them to the gnoll camp, which resided up on the mountain closer to the volcano. There, they met the tribe’s alpha, Yawrugrik, and explained the threat Viktor posed.

Yawrugrik led them to where Viktor was being held, but all they found were abyssal gnolls waiting for them. Pursuing the elf deeper into the volcano, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Skrung, and Gulfur followed Yawrugrik down the southern path while Ave Lo, Arundhati, and Troy proceeded along the northern path.

Investigating the caverns as they went, they came upon a red cap in a glass display case, which Skrung immediately killed. As Skrung looted its treasure, he triggered a force rune, causing an explosion of glass to hit Eloy. Skrung offered Eloy the plunder, a bag of explosive runes, but Eloy wanted nothing to do with them and handed the bag to Wake.

Further in, they wandered into a ship graveyard where they found the mimic ship Yeldin. From him, they learned how his crew was turned into mimics by mind flayer experimentation and that a red cap may be lurking nearby.

Noticing Skrung sneak off into one of the wrecked vessels, Eloy followed Wake and Ezra after the goblin, who was pursuing another red cap. However, when Eloy approached to try and assist, he alerted the red cap to their presence, causing it to vanish and angering Skrung.

Leaving Gulfur and Skrung behind, the rest of the group continued into the depths of the volcano. They swam through a submerged corridor filled with searing, sulfurous water.

Deep within the volcano, they regrouped with the naval officers outside of a massive chamber where Viktor was conducting some sort of ritual, guarded by several abyssal mind flayers. They managed to defeat Viktor’s horrifying entourage and converged on the elf.

Wake launched an explosive rune into the portal that Viktor was opening, causing the creatures inside to scream in agony and turn on the elf, corrupting him into an abyssal and mind flayer abomination beyond recognition. After the transformed Viktor unleashed a mighty roar, only Eloy, Ezra, Wake, and Yawrugrik remained standing to fight.

A fierce battle ensued between the remaining party members and Viktor, who now had several independently acting heads on long tentacles. However, Eloy came under the spell of Viktor’s worm head and began attacking Slurag, who was still incapacitated. It wasn’t until Wake slew the creature that Eloy was freed from its grasp, whereupon he immediately began healing the injured raptor. As an abyssal lord began to emerge from the portal, Zia’ka appeared with other Yuan-ti and a massive avatar of their god, the Collective One, which slammed the portal shut and sealed it.

### **Chapter Two**

In episode twelve, after receiving a playful bite from Slurag, Eloy returned to the ship graveyard with the rest of the party to discover that the Voltun had arrived. When Grammy saw the state Eloy was in, she pulled him into the ship to fix him up a bit with some of her cooking. Eloy fed Yeldin the helmet obtained from the raid on the naval camp and voyaged back to Jahal Cove on the Voltun, leaving Gulfur behind to continue working on the mimic ship.

During the party at the Flappy Stingray celebrating Viktor’s death, Eloy approached Redd to learn more about the magical arts. She gave him a brief introduction into the different types of magic and shared a bit of her past as a spy with him. She told him about her previous job to stop an uprising of vampires, which Eloy believed to be humanoid stirges after hearing Redd’s description.

Later, Eloy talked to Risf about the different gods and which would be the best suited to helping people without angering another god. During the conversation, Risf revealed that he came from another realm after stepping through a portal.

After spending the evening making merry with their allies, Eloy, Ezra, and Wake followed Meed into the back to discuss their future plans. They decided to form a traveling group of entertainers with some of their allies and go from port to port, freeing slaves along the way. Meed informed them of the Grand Design, the secret of Barnacle Bay, and the Navy’s experiments pulling in magic from other realms. Then, he gave them a parcel to deliver to his pirate lord allies.

In episode thirteen, Eloy, Ezra, and Wake spent a couple of weeks relaxing and preparing for their next adventure. Eloy purchased four rowboats for the Yeldin and a chariot. He also approached Mr. Rattles for some last minute training in the arcane before leaving Jahal Cove. Rattles, after breaking and fixing Eloy’s flute, gave him a mend spell to practice along with two scrolls and a wand.

Later, Eloy went with Wake to challenge the captain of the Voltun to recruit Grammy as their cook. After Wake won Grammy, she approached him and Eloy and wrapped a piece of seaweed around one arm for each of them, claiming them.

At the Flappy Stingray, everyone spent one last night together before the Wonders were to set sail the following morning. Eloy gave Timothy a parting gift, a toy flute in the shape of a donkey-man. Mary provided the crew with a set of silver and jewel encrusted mugs as a memento of where their adventure began. Lastly, Meed provided a map of La Circunus marked with numerous places of interest. Moving on to business, the crew decided what role each of the members would take on the ship, with Eloy being the bard.

The next morning, the crew boarded the Yeldin and set sail eastward. After being at sea for a time, they came upon the Witness Tower, a massive, porcelain structure protruding out of the sea. Eloy, Ezra, Skrung, Onslow, and Zia’ka examined the tower above water while Wake dove into the ocean to investigate it from below. The surface party was able to unknowingly cooperate with Wake to solve the puzzle of the Witness Tower.

Several nights later, the crew was awoken in the middle of the night when Yeldin suddenly stopped before a ghastly scene. Bodies and blood filled the waters ahead, leading to another ship.
From a sample Wake retrieved, Redd revealed the blood belonged to vampires, and Pliskin identified the ship as the Mantaruva.

In episode fourteen, Eloy, Ezra, and Wake decided to take Redd and Risf with them to investigate the Mantaruva, leaving the other crew members behind to defend the Yeldin. The five of them took a rowboat over to the mysterious vessel, meeting resistance from the sharks and blood filling the waters.

Aboard the wreck, they found zombies wandering the decks and corpses piled together. Laying to rest any undead they came across, the group proceeded deeper into the Mantaruva. During the exploration, Eloy conjured an illusion of Rey, a tap-dancing zombie, to assist them. Following the sounds of a woman crying, they snuck into a room with a man crucified in the center of a pentagram and a vampire lady in a white dress franticly searching through crates.

After Ezra stepped on a loose floorboard, the woman noticed them and immediately vanished. With their combined efforts, the group was able to take her down, but the man on the cross broke free and turned to face them.

Using the heat metal spell, Eloy turned the paladin’s own armor against him. Then, Ezra littered the floor in front of the enemy with ball bearings. When their flaming opponent approached, he slipped on the small orbs and launched the cross he was wielding into the air, which came crashing down on its owner, plunging him through the deck of the ship.

Searching the room, they found various gems, artifacts, and other items of value. Setting the decrepit vessel ablaze as they left, the group returned to their rowboat and began the voyage back to the Yeldin.

Having successfully made their way back through the blood and vampire shark filled waters, the Wonders decided to end this threat of vampirism before it spread, so they dumped several barrels of oil into the ocean and burned away any trace of the disease before continuing their travels eastward.

In episode fifteen, the Natural Wonders continued their voyage eastward. Eloy spent his free time practicing the mending spell, making slow but consistent progress towards mastering it. He also talked to Zia’ka and Onslow as potential singers to accompany his music but to no avail.

At Wake’s instruction, Eloy assisted in Nedra’s training with his magical abilities. First, he placed her under brief mind control. Then, he conjured Rey, the tap-dancing zombie, for her to punch. When Rey proved to challenging an opponent for both Nedra and Wake, who both fell overboard trying to punch the illusion, he summoned an image of Billy Punchyface to defeat Rey.

Making landfall on an unmarked island, several of the crew were confused by the presence of so many deer. Leaving Onslow, Gulfur, and Grammy on the ship, Eloy went ashore with the others to explore the island’s town. While searching, they came across deer with strangely humanoid eyes exhibiting odd behavior. Eloy was shocked to discover that Onslow had been transformed into a deer and helped move the former gator-man to the local tavern., the Toad in the Hole

Resuming their investigation, they came upon a small, female kobold named Jalael. With Risf as an interpreter, she explained that the inhabitants of the island were turned into deer by “Him” and she had been researching the events for the past eight years. Then, she guided Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Risf, Redd, and Zia’ka to her den, where she showed them everything she collected from the town.

Learning of something at the lighthouse built to protect it from the wendigo, which caused the island’s population to turn into deer, the group left Jalael in her den to venture across the island to find a way to reverse the enchantment. As they passed through the forest, they were confronted by Calliope, a faun girl warning them to leave the island.

After Eloy tried to use suggestion to convince Calliope to stand aside, it became clear that she was under the influence of some spell, so Zia’ka placed her into an enchanted sleep. Taking the young faun with them, they arrived at the lighthouse and were greeted by a gargoyle at the entrance, Carble. Hearing their plight, Carble allowed them into the lighthouse.

In episode sixteen, they searched the lighthouse for any useful items or information. As they ascended the tower, Wake found an incomplete cure disease potion.

When Calliope woke up, she was terrified of the wendigo, but Eloy, Ezra, and Wake were able to comfort her slightly and convince her to help them. They discovered that Carble was an incomplete project made to combat the wendigo.

On the top floor, they found the corpse of the lighthouse’s previous master and a note indicating that Carble only needed the completed cure disease potion, which still required poison oak, before he would be finished. Eloy also obtained a robe that improves illusion magic from an armoire in the room.

As the group left the tower to pursue the missing ingredient, Calliope and Carble coming along with them, they came upon several deer abominations, macabre hybrids of deer and the island’s inhabitants. The strange creatures were easily dealt with by Carble’s sonic screams, however.

Deeper in the forest, they came upon more abominations and horrific, skeletal deer monsters blocking their path. Eloy caught several of the abominations in a trance using hypnotic pattern and put one of the skeleton creatures to sleep.

Once they had retrieved the poison oak, the group returned to town and regrouped with Nedra, Pliskin, Skrung, and Onslow at the Toad in the Hole.

In episode seventeen, Calliope revealed to everyone that the beans Pliskin’s group had found around town were what remained of the townspeople. Then, Eloy and the rest of the crew that was out all night investigating the island took some time to rest at the tavern.

After waking that afternoon, the crew went about preparing for an oncoming attack that night, setting up traps, barricades, cannons, and anything else they deemed useful. When they were finished, Eloy took up a position within the tavern along with Ezra, Wake, and Nedra as a last line of defense for Onslow and Calliope.

Numerous deer abominations and skeletal monsters charged the Toad in the Hole, but defenses held for the early waves. During the third and fourth waves, some enemies broke through the back of the tavern. Eloy cast silence over the defenders each time Carble screamed, eliminating the groups. After the fourth wave, Eloy gave Ezra a scroll of mend to repair the damage Carble had sustained from using his sonic screech.

On the fifth wave, the Toad in the Hole was invaded by more of their monstrous foes. They were quickly dispatched, but, in the midst of the fray, Onslow disappeared, with only a small, green bean remaining where the gator-deer had once been. With time running short for Onslow, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Nedra, and Carble proceeded to the lake at the center of the island to confront the wendigo.

At the lake, Carble opened a pathway into the wendigo’s lair. While Carble remained outside, the others entered the strange realm created by the wendigo and came face-to-face with Him. The wendigo attempted to negotiate, but the crew was unimpressed. Then, the creature vanished into the shadows, animating the bodies of Wake and Onslow to fight the intruders.

After failing to place Onslow’s body under suggestion, Eloy was attacked by the wendigo, who appeared behind the donkey-man striking with sharp claws. Eloy retaliated by casting dissonant whispers, sending the wendigo retreating into the shadows again. When the wendigo reappeared to attack Wake, Eloy trapped both him and Onslow’s body in a hypnotic pattern, stopping them in their tracks.

While the wendigo was dazed, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, and Nedra managed to return Onslow to his body by forcing the bean left behind at the tavern down the gator’s throat.

Cast out of the collapsing dimension with numerous other souls, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Nedra, and Onslow landed in the lake at the center of the island. Returning to the town with Carble, they were greeted with cheers and treasure by the revived townspeople and agreed to travel to Bulkard to request aid for the village, taking Calliope as an ambassador.

In episode eighteen, the Natural Wonders spent a few days on Vennin Island resting after defeating the wendigo. Eloy learned from the local bard that music could be written down with the proper instruction from a college. While speaking with the village elder, they were told to contact Lieutenant Gore about potential aid for the town. However, when Eloy asked Calliope about the bard college in Bulkard, she warned him about the College of Whispers.

After departing from Vennin Island, Wake, Eloy, and Ezra showed Calliope around Yeldin and introduced her to the rest of the crew.

That night, Eloy heard footsteps outside his cabin. Investigating the noises, he came upon Raniero Confictura, a lavishly attired, black-and-white colored tabaxi. Confictura asked what business the ship and crew had within the territory of the Fine Day Boardwalk Company, and he gave Eloy some sheet music and a message for Isaac Thorne, a bard at Bulkard’s college, from the College of Whispers. Becoming increasingly flustered by the tabaxi’s behavior, Eloy brought him to see the captain, Ezra.

By the time Eloy roused Ezra from his slumber, however, Confictura had vanished, leaving no trace of his existence except the pamphlet in Eloy’s hand. Alarmed by the presence of an intruder, Ezra woke the rest of the crew. They were unable to determine exactly how Confictura managed to sneak aboard the ship, but Redd found a scrying orb in the galley. After Nedra launched the orb into the ocean with her bat, Eloy returned to sleep.

The next morning, they sailed into Bulkard’s port. Eloy was practicing his music above deck when he caught a glimpse of a familiar tabaxi, but the cat-person was gone before Eloy could get a better look.

Docking with the merchants, they informed one of the port workers, a bobcat tabaxi by the name of Bob, about the fate of the Mantaruva, providing the ship’s manifest as proof. Eloy, Wake, Skrung, and Gulfur went to the carve house to chat up some of the locals. They learned from a friendly tabaxi by the name of Pistachio that some children and gremlins had been causing trouble in the area under the flag of Blurderek Rumblood, one of the pirate lords.

After settling their business at the port, the crew was gathered and permitted entrance into the upper area of Bulkard.

In episode nineteen, Eloy and Ezra went to the College of Wandering Scripts, Bulkard’s bard college. There, they spoke with Isaac Thorne about enrolling in the traveler’s program. Although the prices were quite steep to join – 25,000 gold per institution visited – they were able to lower the initial payment to 10,000 gold by providing the tale of solving the Witness Tower’s riddle. As a new member of the college, Eloy was given a medallion imprinted with Eburkal’s flag and a turner, a magical obelisk that allows its owner to write song spells down on scrolls once per day for anyone to use. In a side room, they informed Thorne about their encounter with Confictura, but he alleviated their worries about the macabre tabaxi.

That afternoon, Eloy and Ezra regrouped with Wake, Calliope, Zia’ka, Onslow, and Grammy at the Shipwrecked tavern for the meeting with Oso, the Kals’ advisor, Serpil, the Kals’ bodyguard, and Lieutenant Gore. After discussing the events on Vennin Island, Oso and Gore agreed to assist with rebuilding the town by providing trade and defense. However, they requested that the investigation into the whereabouts of the Collective One’s heart be handled by Kals.

Oso provided the Wonders with rooms at the Kal embassy for their stay in Bulkard and consented to let Zia’ka cooperate with the investigation into the heart’s location.

In episode twenty, Eloy was relaxing in the Kal embassy with several other members of the crew when they were interrupted by AJ, a raggedy looking elf. He claimed to have been cursed by Schrodinger, the god of time, to teleport around the world every twelve hours in search of 100 items on a list.

After AJ stole guard uniforms from the embassy and they debated among themselves, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, and Nedra agreed to assist the stranger in recovering a dire elephant tusk from Bulkard’s zoo. Before going to the zoo, Eloy and AJ concealed the donkey-man’s back half with some illusion magic.

At the zoo, the group convinced one of the zookeepers that they were sent by the Kals and she gave them several tasks to attend to before letting them see the elephants. First, they were instructed to remove an object from the wing of Bruce, a giant bat. Walking through the enclosure, bats swarmed Eloy, and, when AJ tried to knock some of them away, he hit Eloy in the face with his pistol. The irate donkey-man promptly walked AJ back to the room’s entrance and ordered him to stay there.

On the third floor, Eloy put the bats to sleep so Ezra could climb onto Bruce and extract a sickle from his wing. After the object was removed, Eloy healed the wound the weapon had inflicted on the giant bat. Unfortunately, Bruce woke up during the procedure, but Eloy made it out of the area while the bat was stunned by a fierce blow from Wake.

Their next task was to remove a fae creature from the purple worm enclosure. They deduced that the creature was a faerie dragon and used a pile of magical artifacts to lure it out. With a bit of cajoling and the offer of enchanted sweets, they convinced the small dragon to come with them and named it Yt.

Lastly, they were asked to check on the herd of nightmares, which shared a large enclosure with the dire elephants. The heat exuded by the steeds barred their path, but they lured the animals off to one side with, leaving Nedra behind to look after them.

Coming upon a band of sleeping hyenas, AJ conjured a small house on top of them, allowing the party to pass without disturbing the slumbering creatures. When they were blocked from crossing a river by several hungry sahuagin, AJ convinced them to eat the hyenas, opening the path to the elephants.

Entering the enclosure, the elephants were alerted to the group’s presence by the scream of a child in the observation deck. After successfully retrieving the dire elephant’s rotting tusk, the rest of the herd was panicked by Ezra spraying toy snakes over the area and two children were knocked into the enclosure. Eloy used a hypnotic pattern to distract the animals while he and Wake rescued the kids and retreated from the elephants.

Eloy, Wake, and AJ escaped by using a maintenance tunnel alongside the river as Ezra retrieved Nedra and left the way they had entered. Regrouping in front of the zookeeper, they released the children, and Eloy, no longer disguised by the illusion spells concealing his back half, drank an invisibility potion to return to the ship.

In episode twenty-one, an exhausted Eloy sat around a table at the Kal embassy with Ezra, Wake, Nedra, Calliope, and Zia’ka. Using his alchemy jug, Ezra created some coffee to start off the morning with, which Eloy enjoyed after it was cooled down by Wake. They were soon joined by Lieutenant Gore, Serpil Juniem, Oso, and Prince Ozlem Kal.

During the conversation, Ozlem revealed that he would be receiving a gift for his younger brother, the king, from the Fine Day Boardwalk Company within the next few days. After hearing about the duel with the bard college headmaster, Ozlem offered to have it delayed so Eloy could be fully prepared, which the donkey-man gratefully accepted. Gore also asked the crew to visit Fort Dizmak later to discuss other business that he had in mind for them.

Later, Eloy and Ezra stopped by the local magic shop to look for anything that would enhance Eloy’s upcoming performance. For 5000 gold, Legitimate Larri, the exuberant air genasi that ran the shop, offered them an enchanted crystal that can be used to create a spotlight in various colors, summon an illusion of rippling water, and amplify Eloy’s own magical skills. When Eloy used his turner to give Larri a scroll of faerie fire to impress his next customer, Larri gave Eloy 500 gold back as a show of gratitude.

After regrouping with Wake and Nedra, who were now dressed in their fight pit costumes, the four of them headed to the bard college to meet with the headmaster. Isaac Thorne introduced them to Headmaster Nergalt, a graceful high elf who explained how the battle between himself and Eloy would be conducted. Eloy suggested the Yeldin as the setting for the duel, and Nergalt accepted, though Wake seemed unsettled by this.

On their way to the fight pit, the group came across Onslow enjoying the results of a successful hunt. Before they left, he introduced them to Pogo Gama, the head of the hunting lodge.

While waiting for the match between Nedra and Barabus to start, Ezra and Eloy bet 2000 gold each for her to win. After Barabus defeated Nedra, Ezra informed Eloy that the gold they had wagered on the match was now gone.

Back on the ship, Eloy was at the crew meeting where Wake explained his plan to use the blink pyramids to transport the Collective One’s heart aboard Yeldin after it had already set sail back to Jahal Cove. During the conversation, Eloy noticed a familiar red-coated tabaxi in the room, though nobody else could see him.

In episode twenty-two, the crew meeting was interrupted by Raniero Confictura. The macabre tabaxi had arrived to parley with them on behalf of Lot Nyeth, the pirate lord. He also revealed himself to be a potential opponent for Eloy should the donkey-man challenge the College of Whispers in the future. After some debate, they decided to try and cooperate with both Gore and Lot in an attempt to avoid making enemies unnecessarily.

Eloy stayed on the Yeldin to prepare for his upcoming musical duel while Ezra, Wake, Redd, and Pliskin went to see Lieutenant Gore at Fort Dizmak. To assist with the preparations, Eloy enlisted the aid of Grammy and Zia’ka, who reluctantly revealed her ability to make objects appear gold.

When Grammy made Pistachio stew for the crew, Eloy unknowingly ate the tabaxi.

As final preparations were under way for the upcoming bard contest, Eloy noticed that Zia’ka seemed uncomfortable with her role. Giving her some encouragement, Eloy told her that she could sit out this time and they could work on something for future performances later.

The following day, Eloy’s duel with the bard college headmaster was set to begin. After letting Headmaster Nergalt begin the competition with his retelling of the Onrush, Eloy used all of his skill, both musical and magical, to recite Spumoni’s Lament, the fantastic epic of Peter Spumoni. Showing mastery of the various instruments and spells at his disposal, Eloy triumphed over his opponent and was rewarded with 20000 gold, a scroll of Nergalt’s performance about the Onrush, a certificate, a badge, and the opportunity to choose a pen name. Then, Eloy was approached by Prince Ozlem Kal and asked to perform for the new king, which Eloy gratefully accepted.

In episode twenty-three, after congratulating Eloy on his performance, Confictura requested the Wonders’ presence at the arranged meeting with Lot. It was decided that Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Pliskin, Skrung, and Zia’ka would go to Jovial Lot to participate in the parley.

Upon entering the carnival, they met up with Gavriil Bezumets, head of Lot’s research and development team, who guided them into the large complex beneath the carnival. They were taken into a tower-like structure where they were confronted by Saga, Lot’s quartermaster and owner of Bulkard’s zoo. She was not pleased that they had disturbed her property and growled at them as they all entered Lot’s room, where Lot and Confictura were waiting for them.

After Confictura verified that Meed’s parcel was untouched, the parley began in earnest. They discussed a variety of topics, including the fiasco at the zoo, Nedra’s past, and the Collective One’s heart, which Caster had purchased as a gift for the Kals. As neither group wanted Caster to hand the heart over to the Kals, Lot advised them to take the aasimar to the Unwitnessed Kingdom and obtain something of equal value to trade for the heart.

On their way out, Lot gave one of his dogs to Eloy. Then, they followed Gavriil back to the entrance of the compound. When Gavriil offered to make something for them, Eloy requested a cotton candy machine that could infuse healing potions into its sweets. Eloy put in 4000 gold and Ezra put in 3000 gold toward the investment, but, to hasten the process, Eloy offered a scroll of hypnotic pattern and Ezra provided three glass beans for the tabaxi to experiment with.

To demonstrate the power of the glass beans, Ezra shattered one against the ground, resulting in a large glass bean stalk sprouting from floor. Five beholder eyes blossomed from it and began firing lasers at everyone nearby. After nearly being killed, Gavriil agreed to have the project completed in three days.

Before returning to the ship, the group, now without Zia’ka, went to the Catnap Inn to seek out Edward Caster. Despite Wake’s attempt to make another bet with the lawyer, it was decided that they would take Caster and Barabus to the Unwitnessed Kingdom to look for treasure, with Caster taking 95% of anything he deemed valuable. Eloy, Ezra, and Wake were marked to seal the deal, though Skrung and Pliskin avoided the same through deception.

Back on the Yeldin, the crew discussed the plans for both traveling to the Unwitnessed Kingdom and completing the mission assigned to them by Gore. They agreed to split into two parties to complete both quests in a timely manner. Eloy would accompany the party heading to the Unwitnessed Kingdom.

In episode twenty-four, Eloy made a quick stop by Legimite Larri’s to purchase a scroll of water breathing before the voyage to the Unwitnessed Kingdom. Once they had obtained the diving bell from Lt. Gore and were joined by Caster and Barabus, the crew departed. Arriving at the approximate location of their destination, Wake dove into the sea to get a more precise idea of where the submerged empire resided.

After Wake investigated the ocean floor and returned to the ship, Eloy, Ezra, Redd, Risf, Caster, and Barabus climbed into the diving bell and descended beneath the waves while the merman swam alongside them. Confined to the small space, Redd became uncomfortable. Eloy attempted to calm her with some music, but the notes rebounded within the metal container in a terrible cacophony. When they reached the bottom, Redd cast water breathing on the group inside the diving bell.

Walking along the seafloor, they approached the large, domed barrier containing some remnants of an ancient civilization that Wake had found on his reconnaissance. Going into a cavern near the base of the arcane shielding, they used a weak spot in the barrier as an entrance to the long-forgotten realm.

Before braving the unknown ahead of them, the party took a short rest. Then, they ventured further into the caves, finding evidence of ancient equine centaurs and troglodytes, a race of lizard-like folk. Coming upon a submerged passage, Wake scouted out the path, returning with the terrifying knowledge that a blue dragon had made its nest on the other side.

They decided to attempt to sneak past the creature, hoping a fight with it would be unnecessary. Eloy entered the dragon’s den after Wake and cast silence over its head, preventing it from hearing the rest of the party coming into the room. Unfortunately, due to Caster’s actions, the dragon woke from its slumber, immediately noticing the intruders in its lair. Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Redd, and Caster were unable to make it out of the room before the dragon blocked the exit with a massive claw.

In episode twenty-five, Eloy attempted to trick the dragon with a minor illusion of voices from the tunnel they had entered from, but the creature saw through the ruse and slapped the donkey-man with an electric tendril. The dragon introduced himself as Pabsvadri and blocked the other exit with his tail before demanding an offering from each of them.

Eloy first proffered a wand of mending, which Pabsvadri incinerated in displeasure, and a sample of music, which Pabsvadri also found to be unsatisfactory, before providing a perfect ruby that Ezra had managed to slip into the donkey-man’s pocket during the performance.

Satisfied with the gifts he had received, Pabsvadri raised his claw to let them pass, whereupon Wake immediately dashed down the corridor, still holding onto a suit of armor that he had stolen from the dragon’s hoard. Infuriated by this slight, Pabsvadri slammed his mighty paw back down, demanding recompense. Fortunately, Ezra and Redd were able to convince the dragon that a naval uniform was equally valuable, and Pabsvadri allowed them to continue onward.

Rejoining Wake in the hallway beyond, Eloy was severely disappointed in the merman, but the group pressed on to the tunnel’s exit, where Risf and Barabus were waiting for them.

Proceeding deeper into the lost kingdom, the party stopped to rest in large room containing old medical equipment and centaur skeletons that seemed to have fused into the building. After the encounter with Pabsvadri, they decided to take a long rest with Wake, Barabus, and Risf keeping watch. Upon waking up, Risf was nowhere to be found, though his belongings remained.

Investigating the area, Ezra discovered a trail of unnatural coldness leading from where Risf was up a nearby spiral staircase. They followed the trail up the staircase, which was lined with centaur gargoyles armed with shields and spears. When Eloy spoke to one of the gargoyles, they attacked the party, shouting about “lesser ones” throughout the encounter.

One of the gargoyles struck Eloy with the butt of its spear, pinning him in place. After nearly being knocked off the staircase by a shield bash from the gargoyle, Eloy managed to pull himself up and retaliate with his short sword, which had been magically enhanced by Redd. As they slowly whittled away at the gargoyles’ numbers, they were able to work together to defeat all of the enemies, with Eloy landing the final blow.

Ascending the staircase once more, their path was blocked by two stone guardians wielding tower shields. Eloy placed one of the guardians under the suggestion that its partner was an enemy, causing it to hurl the other off the staircase. Then, Caster approached the remaining guardian and exorcised it with divine power, clearing the way for the rest of the party.

Further up the staircase, they entered a room where Risf was being held by a bodak, a spectral monster that appeared to be pulling out the kobold’s soul. After Wake leapt forward to attack the creature, it let out a horrible screech, summoning the souls of Risf and three centaurs to its aid, though Risf’s soul remained tethered to his body.

In episode twenty-six, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Redd, and Barabus attempted to defeat the bodak and rescue Risf from its clutches. Using dissonant whispers, Eloy was able to frighten one of the summoned centaur souls so badly that, when it tried to escape, it severed its connection to the bodak, killing itself.

When two of the centaur souls had been defeated, the bodak summoned another pair to replace them. Eloy cast a more powerful dissonant whisper spell at the bodak, but the magic was less effective than it had been against the centaur soul.

As the situation continued to decline, Caster walked into the room. The aasimar’s divine aura illuminated the room, damaging the bodak with holy light. Noticing this, Eloy convinced Caster to assist them in the battle. With the malevolent spirit now weakened, Eloy cast dissonant whispers at it once again, causing it to retreat to such a distance that Risf and one of the centaur souls were released from its control. Working together, they were able to successfully defeat the bodak.

Having conquered the ethereal foe, Eloy discovered that what remained of the creature had transformed into a sentient staff that introduced itself as Grand’ejurefalt and explained some of history of the Unwitnessed Kingdom, including that it had been caught in the middle of a battle between two earth titans millennia ago, which caused it to sink beneath the ocean. In exchange for passage to the surface, Grand’ejurefalt agreed to guide the party through what remained of the fallen kingdom.

After the exhausting encounter, the party settled down for a long rest to recover before continuing on their adventure. During this period, Eloy spoke with Grand’ejurefalt and agreed to help spread the history of the Unwitnessed Kingdom.

Resuming their journey, the party, now guided by Grand’ejurefalt, headed further up the spiral staircase and through more rooms, eventually coming upon a long bridge that led into a castle. Deciding to go across in two groups, Barabus, Risf, and Caster began traversing the bridge first. When the first group had made it nearly halfway to the castle, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, and Redd followed them, but a group of troglodytes launched a boulder at them with a catapult, hitting the bridge instead. As their footing gave way beneath them, the second group rushed forward, but a troglodyte grabbed Eloy and pulled him over the edge of the collapsing structure.

In episode twenty-seven, Eloy grappled with the trog, pushing the creature downward as he reached for Wake, who had dove after the donkey-man. Wake, still attached to his spear that Ezra was holding onto, managed to catch Eloy, but the trog grabbed ahold of one of Eloy’s back hooves. Fortunately, Ezra accidentally dropped a hammer that hit the trog, which lost its grip on Eloy and plummeted into the abyss. With the trog gone, Eloy was able to throw a grappling hook onto the bridge for a more secure link to solid ground.

During the trio’s struggle to stay on the bridge, another boulder was fired from the ballista, hitting a nearby wall and showering them with rubble. Using the rope from the grappling hook, the three of them climbed back onto the bridge and hurried into the castle. As soon as they had entered the building, Redd closed an iron gate behind them, locking the trogs outside.

Venturing further into the castle, the party came across a young unicorn called Gilbert. After convincing him that they meant no harm, Gilbert led them to Gorroc, the elder unicorn, so they could speak with him.

Entering into a central chamber, they met Gorroc and explained their purpose for being in the Unwitnessed Kingdom. After they agreed to assist the unicorns in returning to the surface, Gorroc told them where to find an artifact that could amplify his abilities and strengthen the barrier he was maintaining over the castle, but he warned them that they would have to pass a trial to obtain the device.

Leaving the safety of Gorroc’s barrier, the party made their way into the remnants of a small town outside the castle grounds. Sneaking through the streets to avoid alerting any trogs, they came upon a house containing what appeared to be a troglodyte brood. When Ezra discovered that its head protruded from the building’s roof, Ezra and Wake decided to try sneaking through the second floor window.

After Ezra and Wake emerged from the house, they were followed by Uxekulvax, the alpha trog, who summoned the others of his race and led them into the caverns surrounding the kingdom.

In episode twenty-eight, the party continued to travel through the ruins of the ancient town until they wandered into a coliseum where they were greeted by a semi-functional sphinx. Once they had confirmed that they were there to take the Trial of Wills, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Redd, Risf, and Barabus stepped into the central ring of the building and prepared to face the test. As an aasimar, Caster was exempt from participating and took a position in the stands.

When the sphinx began the trial, ethereal doppelgängers of the six participants appeared across from them. With the party preparing to take on their duplicates, the copies appeared to perfectly imitate each member’s actions. Suddenly, Ysoria, a stout, halfling-sized, female aasimar, appeared out of a portal. Appraising the situation, she began assisting the party by attacking their wraith-like clones.

Using the differences in the two sides of the coliseum to his advantage, Eloy went over to a broken pillar and head-butted the empty space where the column used to be. His doppelgänger did the same on the opposite side, but, instead of empty space, it bashed its head into an intact pillar. Sticking with the same plan, Eloy once again caused his doppelgänger to head-butt the pillar, but, this time, he pretended to collapse onto the floor, causing his duplicate to also fall. Eloy’s performance was so convincing that his shadow failed to continue imitating his actions. With his shadow-self no longer moving, Eloy took the opportunity to cast dissonant whispers at the clone of Barabus, vanquishing the doppelgänger.

After Risf’s and Barabus’ counterparts were defeated, the remaining enemies each grew slightly larger. Due to Wake’s actions, Ezra’s clone was also vanquished, causing the remaining three foes to grow even bigger. Using his short bow, Eloy fired an arrow at the gargantuan version of Wake.

With a powerful blast of lightning, Ysoria slew Wake’s doppelgänger, whereupon the final two opponents were enlarged once more. When Redd launched a firebolt at Eloy’s gargantuan duplicate, her massive clone fired an equally large blast at the real Eloy. As Eloy attempted to have his copy head-butt the pillar again, the ethereal centaur instead took out a sword and cleaved the column in two. Then, Wake defeated the duplicate of Redd with a strike from his water whip, leaving only Eloy’s copy remaining. As the ethereal centaur began growing once again, it also ceased copying its original, gaining its own sentience instead.

Facing his enormous doppelgänger, Eloy cast dissonant whispers at it, but the spell had little effect. However, casting it a second time proved more successful than the first attempt. After the entire party worked together to chip away at the creature before them, Barabus landed the final blow with his hammer, and the shadow deformed.

Having passed the test, the sphinx allowed the party to take a glowing cube that appeared to be emitting the same energy as the shield protecting the undersea kingdom. On the way back to the unicorns with the artifact, they noticed that Pabsvadri appeared to be trapped on the outside of the barrier.

When they returned to Gorroc, the cube’s energy rejuvenated the ancient unicorn and provided him with the strength to repel both Pabsvadri and the trogs. Thrilled to hear that the entire herd of unicorns would be able to escape through the portal Ysoria had appeared from, Gorroc escorted the party back to Pabsvadri’s den so they could recover their lost items and plunder the dragon’s hoard. Leaving the unicorns and Ysoria to pass through the portal, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Redd, Risf, Barabus, and Caster rushed back to the diving bell.

Taking the bell back to the surface, they noticed that the Yeldin was accompanied by a naval vessel. Just as they made it back onto the ship, Pabsvadri emerged behind them, furious at the theft of his treasure. However, before Pabsvadri could make another move, the claw of an ancient brass dragon suddenly erupted from the water and grabbed the much younger dragon by the neck. As the brass dragon’s head rose from the beneath the waves, it revealed itself to be Lieutenant Gore.

In episode twenty-nine, the entire crew was stunned to discover that Lieutenant Gore was actually an ancient brass dragon. After he launched Pabsvadri far into the horizon, Gore returned to his human form and approached the Wonders, informing them that Skrung had been injured on his mission and was receiving treatment at Bulkard.

Before making their way back to port, there was an accounting of the treasure that had been collected on the expedition to the Unwitnessed Kingdom. Caster accepted Grand’ejurefalt’s knowledge as his share, leaving the vast quantities of gold and treasure for the Wonders to keep. Hoping they had retrieved enough to trade for the Collective One’s heart, the crew returned to Bulkard.

Back on land, Eloy, Ezra, and Wake went to visit Skrung in a medical ward at Bulkard, where they saw that he had a wooden peg in place of the lost limb and suggested replacing it with a prosthetic that doubled as a gun. Then, taking Zia’ka with them, they met with Lot Nyeth again to settle the deal that had been arranged. In exchange for all of the magical items they had discovered in the Unwitnessed Kingdom, Grand’ejurefalt’s journal, and a map of the undersea realm, Lot agreed to give them the heart of the Collective One.

After Eloy and Ezra bought some additional lumber, they fed it to Yeldin so he could make room aboard the ship to store the heart. When the preparations were complete, the blink pyramids were used to teleport the heart onto Yeldin. However, standing in such close proximity to the heart, Eloy and Ezra were overwhelmed by the light and heat it emitted. Onslow pulled them to safety but not before Eloy accidentally rubbed his face on a honey-soaked Yt, which caused severe hallucinogenic effects in the donkey-man.

Before departing from Bulkard, Eloy, Ezra, and Wake made one last stop at Legitimate Larri’s shop. Remembering his recent fall off of a bridge, Eloy purchased a scroll of featherfall from the genasi. Also making a quick stop at the carnival, they retrieved the cotton candy machine that Eloy had ordered from one of Lot’s researchers.

With their business on the island concluded, the Wonders set sail for Jahal Cove to return the heart of the Collective One to its proper location. During the voyage, Eloy continued to practice his magic and successfully learned to mend objects. Along the way, Pliskin, Onslow, and Skrung began trying to replicate Yt’s bodily secretions with Ezra’s alchemy jug, and Gulfur offered to refine the concoction for various uses. After arriving back at Jahal, Zia’ka used the blink pyramids to transport the heart back to its proper location. Anointed the role of priestess to the Collective One, Zia’ka gave them the magical compass she had used to find the heart and granted the Wonders the protection of the Collective One. Bidding farewell to Zia’ka for the time being, the rest of the Wonders departed Jahal Cove on their next adventure.

### **Chapter Three**

In episode thirty, the Wonders began making their way to Eburkal. After retracing their path to Bulkard for a time, they diverged from familiar waters and turned more toward the mainland. As they continued their journey, the ship and crew were plagued by torpedo snails, small, black, poisonous creatures that occasionally turned invisible.

One night, a mysterious fog beset the Yeldin, and it was infested by numerous torpedo snails. Spending the night removing the scourge of snails from the ship, the Wonders were exhausted when dawn broke.

That morning, Yeldin ran aground onto the sandbar of an archipelago as they sailed through the fog. Deciding to take a short break after the long night, each of the crew took shifts on watch to look out for any danger. Eloy enchanted the rope ladder leading onto the deck with a magical trap to protect against potential intruders. After everyone had rested up, they awoke to find Poliffi, a female, seagull aarakocra, entangled in the Yeldin’s rigging. She had gotten lost in the fog and requested to stay with the Wonders while regaining her bearings.

Bursting onto the deck, Redd revealed that the torpedo snails were infected with vampirism and demanded that the island be investigated. While the others stayed behind to watch over the ship and scavenge materials from other wrecks on the beach, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Redd, and Nedra set off to explore.

After passing through a jungle filled with poisonous plants, the group came onto a beach where they could see a galleon buried upside-down in the sands on a nearby island and flying a Rumblood flag. When Wake attempted to swim over to it, he was dragged underwater by a large, jawed tentacle.

In episode thirty-one, when Wake broke free from the unknown creature’s grasp, it emitted a black cloud of ink that enveloped the merman. Wake emerged from the darkness, and Eloy assisted the merman with some bardic inspiration before casting faerie fire, which illuminated the undersea foe in a pillar of light. After it had taken numerous hits from the party, Eloy cast a dissonant whispers spell that finished off the sea monster, which turned out to be a goblin squid.

Now that it was safe to cross the water, the party made their way onto the next island to investigate the large shipwreck. Finding torpedo snails along the shaded side of the vessel, they decided to search the inside of the ship, using a hatch that was placed on the top of the ship to enter it.

Within the dilapidated structure, they found evidence involving the Bottled Lightning Project, similar to what had been seen on the Mantaruva. As they delved deeper into the ship, they came upon a massive, millipede-like creature that could form and deform human faces along its carapace. When they attempted to pass by it in a hallway, it lurched upward, revealing a bloody, human ribcage on its underside, grabbed Nedra, and dragged her through a small opening into another room. The rest of the group immediately chased after it to rescue her.

Keeping his distance, Eloy used his magic (aura of vitality) to heal Nedra, who was still firmly within the grasp of the monster. Eloy, Ezra, and Redd were caught in a toxic mist that was expelled from the upper torso of an elf that had emerged from the creature’s body. Turning toward Eloy, the elf torso clamped down on the donkey-man and attempted to inject him with some type of venom. Eloy broke free from its clutches, still maintaining the healing spell on Nedra. After successfully defeating the monstrosity, the ribcages along its underside melted away, leaving only the millipede shell remaining.

Taking a brief moment of rest after the battle, the party healed their wounds. Then, they were joined by a large orc and an adolescent half-elf with two pseudodragons on his shoulders. The pair introduced themselves as Mite and Roc Ashdrake, members of a group of paranormal investigators looking into the Bottled Lightning Project. The two parties agreed to work together to search for any clues that might be found on the decrepit ship.

In episode thirty-two, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Nedra, Redd, Roc, and Mite continued to explore the ruins of the overturned galleon. As the investigation took them deeper within the vessel, they found evidence that it was being inhabited by vampires. Their previous encounter and the remains of gruesome experiments also indicated the presence of flesh golems.

Suddenly, Nedra was struck with a poisonous dagger from an unseen assailant. Chasing after the shadowy figure, the group subdued and captured a young, sickly goblin vampire. With the group divided on whether to kill the thrall or not, they agreed to keep him alive until they had searched the entire ship. Leaving Mite and Roc behind to look after the captive, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Redd, and Nedra pushed forward in the hopes of finding and killing the head vampire.

Proceeding onto the next floor of the ship, they came upon a room filled with traps. When they attempted to open a door leading out of the room, they discovered that it froze anything that came into contact with it. With some clever thinking, Wake was able to force open the door. Inside was a laboratory that had been used to create flesh golems. The room contained trunks filled with various body parts, and corpses comprised of an amalgamation of races hung on crosses.

As they made their way back out of the lab, a wall of ice covered the doorway, trapping Nedra inside. However, when the ice melted away a moment later, Nedra had vanished. Then, Eloy, Wake, and Redd were caught in an enchantment as they heard a strange humming in their minds and a halfling girl activated a machine in the center of the room. The three of them converged on the machine in a trance as numerous blades, guns, and other weapons closed in on them from every side. Wake managed to break free of the spell and attacked the small girl with his water whip, which freed Eloy and Redd from her influence as well. The child retreated to the other side of the room as the weapons came together, making a wall that hid her from view.

Enraged at the girl’s escape, Wake punched through a wall. On the other side of the hole stood a large flesh golem, and a panicked girl’s voice rang out, “Get him Mr. Slaps!” Then, the golem smashed through the wall, revealing itself to be constructed from various pieces of human, ogre, troll, griffon, and octopus bodies.

Seeing this terrifying new foe, Eloy called out to Mite for assistance and began healing Ezra (aura of vitality). Mr. Slaps charged into the room and attacked Eloy, but the donkey-man nimbly dodged out of the way. Maintaining the healing spell on Ezra, Eloy cast a dissonant whispers spell on the golem, causing it to retreat back through the destroyed wall.

As combat wore on, Mite, followed shortly by Roc, appeared to assist in the fight against Mr. Slaps, charging the flesh golem and raining down a series of heavy blows. With the detonation of one of Ezra’s explosive bolts, Mr. Slaps burst into pieces, but two vampire children had joined the battle. Eloy downed a potion of firebreathing and belched an intense inferno at the vampires, incinerating them. With their foes finally defeated, the party took a moment to heal up and recover their strength.

In episode thirty-three, Eloy, Ezra, Wake, Redd, Roc, and Mite searched the ship for Nedra. In the deepest reaches of the vessel, they came upon a magically protected door that emitted bolts of electricity whenever anything living attempted to open it. By showing the gargoyle overlooking the door the vampire child they had captured earlier and asking politely, Eloy convinced the gargoyle to let them pass.

Inside the enchanted door was another laboratory where they found Nedra encased in ice and a vampiric doctor by the name of Gustav Murgun. After a brief dialogue with the doctor, he vanished, and they were able to free Nedra from her confinement. Scavenging what they could from the lab, the group left the galleon and began heading back to their own ships.

Walking down the beach, Eloy and Ezra saw Pliskin, Gulfur, and Poliffi stealing crates of equipment from the Ashdrakes’ vessel and taking them to the Yeldin. Ezra excused himself from the conversation to approach the trio about their actions.

When Ezra returned, he left with Roc and Mite to tour their ship, leaving Eloy, Wake, Nedra, and Redd to go back to the Yeldin.

After Ezra had been shown around the Ashdrakes’ vessel and they had given the Wonders two crates of the bladed cannonballs and materials for repairing Yeldin, Roc and Mite were invited aboard the mimic ship. They were intrigued by Risf’s relationship with Vexkor and pursuit of godhood but satisfied that the kobold did not seem malicious in his intentions. Before parting ways, the two crews exchanged symbols showing that they had met and were on cordial terms with each other. With the Ashdrakes taking custody of the captured vampire child and burning down the vampire-infested shipwreck, the two groups set sail once more.

Staying near the archipelago, the Wonders made for the port of Rite. Eloy made more scrolls of healing word with his turner and managed to successfully learn the mending spell he had been practicing since leaving Jahal Cove. After Gulfur had gone into a seizure as a result of sampling faerie dragon secretion manufactured with Ezra’s alchemy jug, Eloy, Ezra, and Wake managed to stabilize the dwarf. As loud noises beset the crew, Risf came in to oversee Gulfur’s recovery and Eloy, Ezra, and Wake rushed above deck to investigate.

During the voyage, the Yeldin had wandered into the presence of a massive storm giant and was caught amid numerous large manta rays trying to escape. Eloy garnered the giant’s attention by playing a soothing song on his bagpipes, but, when the song stopped, the giant seemed displeased. He grabbed the ship in his massive hands raised it to his face.

Eloy was killed alongside Ezra, and Dagon during the fall of Eberkal.

## **Notes & Trivia**

* Eloy's character was inspired by Huckleberry Finn. He is very moral but lacks confidence in himself. It doesn't occur to him that he may be right and everyone else may be wrong.
* Eloy's name was inspired by a highway exit sign for Eloy, Arizona that Ben used to pass by as a child.
* Eloy's favorite animals are lizards. He is amused by them skittering around on their little legs and how they stand up on their hind legs when it's hot.
* Eloy's favorite food is Grammy's seagull soup.
* Asinine centaurs, due to living communally as a herd, do not have a concept of privacy or modesty. Therefore, Eloy is amazed by the concept that outside of Old Lady Big Rock Mountain folks people keep their privates - private. On Old Lady Big Rock Mountain, everyone is aware of "the pecker order".
* Eloy is confirmed by Ben to not wear "undergarments" in episode twenty-eight.
* The death of Eloy, and indeed Ezra, Dagon and any of the characters in Eberkal was deemed to be a necessary change bought about by Ben’s departure from Teamfourstar.