Episode 36: Deadly and Wild

**Episode 36: Deadly and Wild** (1x36) - Things in nature that are dangerous: poison thorns, spreading flames, carnivorous plants. Things with natures that are dangerous: pirates, skin-stealers, mighty trolls. They are all here and more, deadly and wild is the name of the game as The Nearlies desperately seek to enact their plan to save the surviving villagers in Thistleberry Hollow from a terrible curse. Standing in their way is a swath of the Lionflower Alraune, miles and miles of deadly flesh eating roses controlled by devious blood drinking fairies. At least the battle will smell nice.

## Cast

### Nearlies

Josh | Xenator Brisbane
Kathy | Lavaleen Crest
Andy | Martin Sirque
Amanda | Gwendylyn Cloot
 Robbie | The Speaker
 Aaron |  Production & Sound

### NPCs

APPEARING
 Dodderfell
 Von Dark
 Nighgod

## Synopsis

### Prologue

John Vomit and Phlegm McCallister is watching the town of Thistleberry burn in the fey attack.  They feel responsible for the attack as they have tons of fairy dust, created by the grinding up of fairies.  They’re trying to figure out what they should do.  They knew it had been dangerous dealing in the fairy dust drug, but the lack of heroes made it even easier for them and they had ramped up distribution.

They are remembering when they first got started as a flying ship drugrunner.  They utilized their own supply’s power of flight to fly the ship away from any fey ambushes that they encountered.  Now having a safe and fast means of transport the crew was doing quite well for themselves. That is, until a gust of wind pushed them up, higher in the skys over the grimmwood.  They were then attacked by a powerful flying fey creature who knew what cargo they carried.  Her attack split their ship in half and killed half of the crew.  When they crash landed in Thistleberry, most of the crew fled, leaving only John and Phlegm, who weren’t willing to leave their stash of pixie dust.  They explained their presence in the village as being caused by a giant waterspout that made them crash, and then began their pixie dust trade to the locals.

John is feeling guilty about causing the attack on the village.  He asks Phlegm if they would be able to find the Fey leaders and take the blame for bringing the pixie dust to the area.  Phlegm obviously regards this plan as ridiculous, and promptly slaps the sense back into John.  Once he is slapped enough, John acknowledges that it would be stupid and suggests, as pirates, that they run away instead.  This was decided to be a better plan.  Before they can escape, the Rose Alraune creeps around their ship, trapping them.

### Episode

The episode opens on the aftermath of the confrontation between Gamoletahgg and Kell. There is only white smoke where Gamoletahgg stood, and Kell is nursing a massive burn on her side.  Needing a medic, she puts the Martin consumed Fey Knight in charge, telling him to take the Nearlies to Hacket.

Kell leaves, but there are other Fey knights still around.  Martin then works on reducing the number of knights guarding them.  He orders a detailed scouting report from one group of 5, leaving 11 knights to watch/escort the Nearlies.  He orders another pair to carry Nighgod’s body and the group sets out. Martin manages to whisper to Lavaleen who he really is, asking for her help as this situation is in over his head.  Meanwhile, the remaining knights are asking Martin/Corefeather what to do.  He sends another group of knights to fetch Lord Hacket, telling them that they can’t have Queen Lavaleen seen being taken prisoner with the rest of the commoners for political reasons.  He tells them to get Hacket and to meet them at the overturned pickle stand that’s in front of the Stone Folk Inn.  This leaves 6 knights remaining.  They realize that they are now outnumbered by their prisoners, but Martin/Corefeather reassures them that it’s fine, even though the Nearlies are still armed.  More of Martin’s reassurances follow, which mostly serves to confuse the knights rather than reassure them.

With that, everyone rolls initiative, and the Nearlies are afforded an ambush round thanks in part to Xenator who was still in hiding.  The battle begins.  Two of the knights are taken down in the ambush round.  Gwendylyn then uses Verdant Lightning to entangle the Fey Knights in foliage, allowing the rest of the group to continue to attack.  They are eventually successful, and the final knight throws down his sword and surrenders.  Lavaleen, steeped in the traditions of the Fey was willing to accept his surrender unconditionally.  Gwen, still feeling the bloodlust of battle, wants to kill the knights to the last man. She is successfully talked down and satisfies with simply clubbing him unconscious.

As patrols can still be heard overhead, the Nearlies decide to quickly cover their tracks and leave the area.  Gwen volunteers to cast Verdant Lightning on the surrounding plants to hide the bodies in tall grass and plant matter. In what was almost certainly not intentional, she rolls a 1, meaning instead of targeting the plants she is forced to target a living creature of her choice.  As everyone else in the area is an ally she targets the unconscious Fey Knight, killing him instantly.  Gwen gains 1 reckoning.  The Nearlies decide to revert back to a manual, but safer tactic, and physically hide the bodies before quickly leaving the area.

The Nearlies are approaching the crashed ship of John and Phlegm.  The six dead bodies scattering the area attest that the pirates have at least a modicum of fighting ability.  But the carnivorous alrune is quickly encroaching on them, and they implore the Nearlies for help.  Val promises to help in exchange for the pixie dust she knows is in their cargo hold. Quite literally with their backs against the wall, they accept.

The sky is starting to fill with a purple haze over the mayor’s house, and it is pointed out that they are likely running out of time to escape.  The Pirates run down to ready the pixie dust and the Nearlies begin their attack against the alrune.  Lavaleen and Val make it up to the ship and begin slashing at the rose heads, while Gwendylyn and Xenator create fire via magical means.  Xenator’s fireball, unfortunately, critically fails, blasting his staff apart and sending him flying backwards.

Martin attempts to shrink down into an easily throwable size.  He is slightly off, and everything except his head shrinks.  Now small, he turns into a bobble headed sugar glider and Artax hurls him onto the ship.

Lavaleen has gone down the to the cargo hold of the ship to assist John and Phlegm in the loading of the pixie dust.  Unwilling to attempt to manfully moving these barrels she utilizes the pixie dust flying properties and rubs the pixie dust on the barrels to lighten the burden.

Meanwhile the rest of the party attempts to attack the Alrune. Valeriana attempts to dominate the Alrune.  This is unsuccessful but she does manage to inform the creature that’s controlling the nerve center of the Alrune of her existence. Xenator promptly attacks the nerve center to draw her ire away from Valeriana.

The group then, in the middle of the battle, start trying to plan the actual logistics of this bottle in a ship escape plan. The Nearlies start funneling the now floating  barrels of pixie dust into the bottle with the tiny ship.  As the battle rages on, Martin grabs the float stone from the original pirate ship and runs towards the bottle.  In his shrunken size, when he gets close enough, the bottle’s magic vacuums up both him and the float stone.

### Epilogue

Dodderfell is carrying the Cambien, the Applejack chickens, and the baby bears through the dark Grimmwood. Captain Von Dark is scouting ahead, leading them all along a safe path.  He was scared and crying, but carried on.  Von Dark comforts him, telling he was brave because he was continuing on despite being scared.  They were within sight of the Wizard Tree, when they are attacked.  It’s the She-Wolf that had eaten Valeriana.  The Glen was full of wolves.  Dodderfell, despite his intense fear, attacks the wolves with a massive punch.  He then takes all those he is carrying, including Von Dark, and throws them through the window of the Wizard’s Tree then, by himself, prepares to fight.

## Notables

Episode 36

 Objects Acquired

 Spells Used

Forked Tongue
Verdant Lightning
Spirit Fire
Fireball
 Metamorph Attempts

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