11. Into Avelis (Part 2)

## Starring

Kaitlin as CorbinSophia as Laika

Noel as Fran

and

Kat as your DM

—Sophia

## Intro

The podcast is now old-timey and Sophia  ruminates on why the 1920’s were bad. They banish the ghost of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

## Fran is a Wild Horse

Fran  and Corbin  awake half-buried in damp sand. They are inside a tent and to the side is a very old orc woman pouring a potion over the sand they are buried in. After a brief attempt to communicate wherein they find that the Guardians do not know her language, she leaves the tent. She returns with a younger male orc while Fran doing magic. They are scared momentarily but deem her not a threat. The Guardians are given some clothes and the male gestures for them to leave the tent. Naturally, Fran dives under the opposing wall flap and tries to run away.

Outside, she sees the orc camp. They are harvesting the bulette efficiently, not wasting any of it. The sand is very hot and soon the male orc comes and gives the skittish Fran a pair of sandals. Deciding that this is the only person that she trusts now, Fran follows him around for the rest of the day. The male orc seems to be the leader of the caravan and he offers Fran and Corbin ownership of the bulette’s jawbone. They do not understand and so the interaction gets dropped.

Eventually they are herded back to the tent by the old lady orc. When she witnesses Corbin doing magic she bows. This leads the Guardians to the conclusion that there is no magic on the world below. The orc woman retrieves a book which contains drawings of the symbols of the gods. Fran points to the symbols of Fenrir  and Cernunnos  but the symbol of Muninn  is different to what they know and does not get acknowledged. Fran and Corbin deduce that she is asking if they are gods and obviously they say yes. The Guardians spend the night eating food around a bonfire with the rest of the caravan. They learn the names of the old lady: Dokella and the male: Nodrig (affectionately dubbed Not-Rick).

## Laika Makes a Decision

After Laika  sees that the island the people are on is not sinking, she decides to save Zarun. He is panicking when she reaches him, but the group makes it back to land and Laika builds a shelter. In the middle of the night, while they are all snuggling, very loud screams and a massive roar come from the direction of the island. Then there is a loud splash and silence.

The bodies begin to wash ashore in the morning. Before burying them, Laika takes their clothes for extra warmth. Speaking to Zarun, he tells her that before he heard her call, he was in a deep black place. Assumedly dead. He doesn’t know what happened to the other greater animals.
After a small meal of raw lizard, Laika ties the still sleeping Goddess to Zarun’s back and they head into the desert.

## Library

The next day Corbin and Fran are given a pair of goggles each and the orc caravan sets off into the desert. Not too long into the journey, Fran and Corbin spot a crater in the distance with the ladle-shaped top of the Estran library  sticking out of it. Fran immediately stops the caravan and they run towards the building. They find only the top half of the tower, with its broken bottom stone-shaped shut.

The inside of the library is in disarray and the little wisps that served the librarians are drifting aimlessly. They find Luelle  pinned under a bookshelf, barely breathing. Before Corbin can heal her, she passes. The wisps flicker out with her. The Guardians are beginning to look for useful books, when a young orc woman comes into the library. When she sees the books she begins to cry and gathers as many books in her arms as she can. Soon, many orcs are carrying books to the sleds. As they are doing this, Corbin turns into a deer and Fran helps him put Luelle’s body onto his back. As they are carrying her to the sleds, Nodrig takes her body from them. When all the books that can be carried are loaded up, the caravan sets off once again.

## Cast Away starring Laika

Laika’s group travels across the desert begins well, and they manage to find shelter in a fallen piece of Estran rubble before a lightning storm hits their location. As they hunker down through the evening, Laika is able to build a fire and cover the windows of the room. However, she is unable to find any food that night.

The next day isn’t any kinder to them. Still unable to find food and water, both the wolves and Laika are feeling very weak. The Goddess, still strapped to Zarun’s back, looks ashen and her breathing has shallowed. Just as the sun is going down, Laika notices a spot of green in the distance.  The group manages to reach the oasis by nightfall. The next morning Laika is awoken by a camel (although she doesn’t know what a camel is) saying: ‘What are you?’

## A Message to Chantel

**Noel:** Chantel, I am so glad you left that iTunes review. It is beautiful and perfect. I am, however, I guess a little confused? Because you said that you black out during out episodes? Uh, I'm not sure why that would be. Sorry if you're waking up covered in blood, but you know, good luck out there!

**Kat:** Alright, Chantel. The code word is: Renegade-bisexual-dog-stealer. Obviously.

**Sophia:** And here's a message to my brother, who I'm trying to get to listen to the podcast. Who has been listening, and he likes it so far. Anyways, the code word is: he's a fart-mouth.

## Featured Characters

### PCs

* Fran
* Laika
* Corbin

### NPCs

* Nodrig
* Gingie
* Zarun
* Luelle
* Nodona
* Camel :)

## Featured Locations

* The Ocean
	+ A beach next to the ocean
* The Desert
* The Estran Library (crashed onto the desert)