Season of the Witch

The Acolytes in Sexy Tights get to know the Raven Queen and secure an alliance with the rebellious town of Upfall.

## Major Plot Points

#### A Queen's Brunch

* The morning after they arrived at Avros, the Acolytes enjoyed a brunch hosted by the Raven Queen and Magpie. The Acolytes formerly introduced themselves to the Raven Queen, and she was quite impressed with her son's companions. Barbara Duke spent the day hungover and with Captain Catscade.
* In their conversation, the Raven Queen explained how the Feywild was once a place of magical chaos. Natural disasters would start and end without warning. Lands and oceans would appear and disappear. She was once a girl named Zayera Neros of a nomadic tribe that was wiped out by these chaos magic events. The talented witch created the first mythalar and it bound her to the Feywild, making her the Archfey of Creation and Destruction and the first of her kind. She then used the mythalar to turn her friends Celestia and Titania into archfey.
* Before aligning themselves to her, the Acolytes asked the regent if she would speak under a zone of truth. She agreed. Magpie brought out her zone of truth projector and the Raven Queen answered their questions. She confirmed her affair with the Lord of Bats, which was heavily disapproved of by the Feywild court because the Lord of Bats was a vampire and ruled the Shadowfell, a land of necromancy. Titania used this as a rallying cry and justification for her rebellion. The Raven Queen wants Titania dead, but agreed to the Acolytes' plan to embarrass her out of power. She professed her love for Bromo and his sister Magpie and even kept the egg shells they hatched from. She blessed Bromo's relationship with Keeryn so as long Queen Titania's son makes him happy.
* The Raven Queen asked the party what allies they could depend on in their fight for the Feywild. Muchomucho M Amor spoke up for Una, the Archfey of Beasts, as the two bonded at the royal ball. Bromo said they could trust Prince Keeryn. Dewey Thundersnatch advocated for aligning with Atlas, the Archfey of Water. Sybil Ringwell promoted Xanthoria, Archfey of Autumn and Decay, The awakened queen then asked the party to go to Upfall and see if the self-declared King Lollihop would join their fight and to eliminated Phylis Croax, Baba Yaga's daughter spotted in that area. Meanwhile, The Raven Queen would send word to the other potential allies, including Lolth.
* Sybil asked about becoming an archfey. The Raven Queen warned her that the mythalar had only a 5 percent success rate. All others who tried were obliterated body and soul. Sybil attempted anyway and was destroyed by the mythalar. The Raven Queen used her power to rewind time to just before Sybil touched the device. With her knowledge of the future, Sybil didn't attempt to touch the Mythalar knowing the inevitable outcome. The Raven Queen fell unconscious from the strain. Dewey examined her and found she simply needed rest.

#### Upfall

* The Acolytes then headed out to Upfall. They were greeted by talking heads on spikes warning them not to disrespect King Lollihop. They soon found a hot air balloon factory up in flames. Their old acquaintance Avarice Niveus went to Upfall for hot air ballon repairs but drunkenly crashed her vessel into the factory. Dewey used his control water spell to douse the flames with the nearby river. Bromo used his druid craft spell to make it seem like Avarice farted extremely loudly. The embarrassed and drunk tiefling stormed off.
* A traveling coven of merchant hags parked their storm cloud hot air ballon in town to sell their wares. Aryan Grande performed a song to pay for some potions. Unfortunately, her chaos magic accidentally turned her into stone for one minute. Muchomucho stepped in to serve as her manager. He was able to talk to coven into giving them potions since Aryan was a literal rock star and would serve as their exclusive brand ambassador.
* The Acolytes visited Upfall's O-Well. The group immediately thought the well needed a lid. Upfallian Ribble explained bullywugs throw stones with their wishes painted on them so they can come true. When the Acolytes dropped a stone inside, the well's water shot up like a geyser with a loud moan. Ribble was thrilled and said they made the well come true.
* King Lollihop and his subjects watched as a bullywug chef fought a froghemoth in a stone arena. The Acolytes learned the chef served the king cheese despite his lactose intolerance and the king charged him with treason for the attempted poisoning. Muchomucho made himself look like the Raven Queen and tried to intimidate the king to make this stop alongside Bromo. The "mother, son" act didn't work though. Aryan tried charming the froghemoth but it resisted her magic. Bromo then persuaded the crowd to turn against Lollihop. Fifty robed bullywugs took out daggers and stabbed the king to death.
* With no clear successor, the people of Upfall organized a leaping contest with Bromo's help to decide the next ruler. Bullywug citizens Ribble, Grumple Bogbottom, and Gunk all leapt off a roof but weren't very impressive. Avarice tried and failed as well. Bromo did a medium well. Aryan did a beautiful leap off the roof and stuck the landing perfectly. The bullywugs rallied around her and crowned her Queen of the Frogs.

#### Swamp Witch

* Aryan then performed a war song for her people. This inspired dozens of bullywug warriors to follow the Acolytes to Phylis Croax's cabin in the swamp. The party also secured several potions from the merchant hags, which they used to enlarge their frog warriors and give them frost breath.
* Phylis' cabin had no obvious entrance so Sybil cast passwall to create one. A few frog warriors followed them inside while the rest surrounded the cabin. One of the frog warriors accidentally bumped against a collection of mannequins in poorly made garments. A witch hat came to life and wrapped around the frog's face and started suffocating her. Aryan shot it off with her icicle rifle. Muchomucho found another O-Well and rubbed its rim until it exploded. The rush of water was too much for Dewey and Clows Kufas and shot them into the air and right into the second floor.
* Dewey and Clows were confronted by Phylis in her dirty (and now flooded) kitchen. The rest of the Acolytes rushed up to join them. Aryan called out to the frogs outside and they unleashed their ice breath, freezing the base of the cabin. An intimidated Phylis yielded. She was always jealous of her prettier sisters who Baba Yaga favored over her. The half bullywug witch then joined the Acolytes' cause.
* As a token of good faith, Phylis shared her moonbeam shine with the Acolyte. The alcohol was made with a radiant moonstone that made the beverage quite powerful. The drink proved too strong for Dewey, Sybil, and Dikarus Bottombane. Bromo, Mucho, and Aryan were able to swallow the liquor and moonstone. This made their skin glow with a low moonlight and increased their AC by one.