Broken Promise, Broken Heart Part 4

## Episode 16 - The FeyWild West

Seline dreams of being back at Kan Ranch. She remembers being put under the floorboards in her family's house during the undead attack. It's been quiet for a while so now she leaves the crawl space and looks around outside. It's still foggy outside while a young Seline calls out for her mother. While looking, she trips over the body of a stable boy that she used to play with not far from his mother. Around her the fog lifts, and she sees the ground is littered with bodies and someone standing among them, her mother before fog re-blankets everyone. Seline runs through the fog toward where she saw her mother tripping over bodies in the process. When she reaches where her mother was standing she finds the Undertaker taking her mother's measurements.

> **The Undertaker**It is alright my child I shall take good care of her.**Seline Argent-Grey**Is she going to be in pain?**The Undertaker**no, for one such as her there is no pain after.**Seline Argent-Grey**Where is she going?**The Undertaker**With me. All come with me eventually, my child.**Seline Argent-Grey**Can I come with you too?[Undertaker smiles]**The Undertaker**Someday but not today. However, I will give you something to comfort you until that time.**DM Molly**He reaches out a hand and suddenly in it is a key it looks like it's made from obsidian. The teeth appearing almost razor-sharp and he takes the key (the handle is shaped like a crow in flight,  molly s3e17) and just presses it flat against your chest and you feel this icy burn. He takes his hand away and it is gone.

He says it is a gift and a responsibility, before taking Seline to somewhere safe. Here the dream ends. Talia also dreams about running through her home village while it burns. She just saw her father killed before running into a goliath who drops his gun. She tries to shoot him with it but it doesn't fire. Her fear turns to anger as she runs into the woods and she turns around, stalking back. Her boots crunch the ground, her duster billows in the wind, the bite on her arm is fresh, and she can feel the barbed wire tattoo across her skin. Talia finds Constance Melody on her knees. Talia stops her from taking her own life before shooting her. She chases down the goliath before he loses her in the buildings and flanks her. He hits her in the back of the head but she quickly recovers and shoots him as well. Rain begins to fall on a blood-spattered Talia as she looks to Brown. Brown's look of smug self-confidence turns to terror as he meets Talia's eyes. Brown runs. Talia shots hit Brown's shoulder and knee but he's able to limp on into the woods. Talia starts to follow him but puts down her guns. Realizing it's a dream, Talia looks around. She finds the entire village there as it was before and a weight is lifted off her shoulders. She is aware of the heavy weight of her gun Retribution in her hand and she drops it. When she does, the dream tumbles in around her. She feels like she's falling until she finds herself sitting upright in bed. It's before dawn, Talia decides she will talk to Seline about going to her village after Bluepeak before making breakfast. Talia lets Captain Wilde into the house. James says the Lord Mayor will announce the dissolution of the Dead Man's Promise and the subsequent formation of the Airpike Militia in a few hours. He politely declines breakfast and leaves to get ready.

Seline wakes up thinking about the dream and how that was not what she remembered happening. She touches her chest and is aware of something narrow about 6 in long in her chest before the sensation disappears. At breakfast, Talia lets Seline know about the DMP’s impending disbandment and the militia.

In the Town Square at noon, the Lord Mayor, in his dress uniform, precedes to make his announcement. He announces a set of orders ratified by the council will go into effect as early as tomorrow. While some of them are minor concerning traffic changes in the district, he is also having funds put into the rail system to improve transit between the towns in the district. A more extensive background check will be instituted for candidates for Lord Mayor despite there should have already have been a background check for candidates. James confirms that they should have already been a background check and wonders what the changes were. Captain Wilde is called forward and he officially announces the dissolution and replacement of the Dead Man's Promise. The New Airpike Militia will protect the district from outside influences. DMP headquarters will be converted to Militia Base 1. All active-duty DMP are encouraged to join as well as any volunteers. The militia will be under the command of Lieutenant General Hector Travers. General Travers moves to take Captain Wilde’s place at the podium and his fellow military officers clap for him. Seline makes the sound of the clapping change into crows cawing while Talia makes the sound of flapping wings. Seline makes a sigh drift out through the crowd and then silence as the crowd looks up at General Travers expectantly. The general stresses unification of the district as well as the militia’s improved ability to aid law enforcement over the previous DMP for the good of the district. After the Lord Mayor concludes the presentations Talia spots some other now-former DMP: Rhenalle, Slog, and Bramble. Rhenalle thinks that this is the precursor to war. Rhenalle is from out east beyond the confederacy. Her father was a town elder and the king of her home started saying similar things for the good of the town. Soon he found that other towns weren't acting in the best interests of their city. Rhenalle has decided to move south, maybe to district 3, maybe further.

## Location

* Airpike
* Feywilds

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey

### NPCs

* The Undertaker
* Lord Mayor Galen VanAlden
* Lieutenant General Hector Travers
* Captain Wilde
* Rhenalle
* Slog and Bramble