Into the Mists: Episode 07

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***Into the Mists* Episode 7** was streamed on Arcadum's Twitch channel on May 29, 2021, and premiered on Arcadum's YouTube channel on May 31, 2021, and premiered on Arcadum's YouTube channel on May 31, 2021.
Following Rzamd's map, the adventurers discover a huge door and meet Minshi Sho who is studying the Mist for the Eclipse. The party scout the location thereby fighting different creatures of the Mist.

## Summary

*Originally written by u/AsAlternateAsItCanBe*

After resting overnight, the party continues their journey and exits the cave. As they trek through the mountains, they decide to consult the map that Rzamd gave them, which points them towards a door. On their path, the group finds a slippery icy bridge that leads towards a shut door. Kiliwen smoothly crosses the bridge, but the others decide to throw rope towards the other side first to steady themselves. Baëth attempts to throw the rope but misses, and the end of the rope falls into the chasm. As he pulls the rope back, the party hears skittering sounds from below the chasm. Talis then throws the rope and succeeds, allowing Kiliwen to tie the rope to a huge rock.

When everyone has crossed, they inspect the stone door; it seems to be unlocked, and there is a Phantasmal writing on the door which Obu translates: “Never forget the crimes the mortals have made, but here are promises kept against a new world made.” As Talis pushes the door open while using Divine Sense, she senses a great evil can coming from it. Entering the dungeon, they are greeted by a Tearn named Minshi; he bears the markings of the Eclipse and the tattoo of the Blood Clan, though it seems to have faded. He also wears one of the cultist masks that Rzamd talked about. He claims to be doing a mission for the Emperor here, but he is unable to proceed further because of a thick Mist in the complex. Although he is unable to discuss what his mission is, Minshi explains that he is here because there is information that suggests there is a cult in the area, but it seems that the cult has merged with the Mist. He also says that he uses the mask to disguise himself as one of the cultists. Baëth senses that Minshi isn't telling the full story, so he intimidates him, but Minshi insists that he is unable to speak the whole truth as he is bound by secrecy. However, he does say that there are hostile creatures in the Mist within the complex, and the source can be found at the end.

Kiliwen summons an imp who introduces himself as Menzanbozakar, but Kiliwen finds it too long and renames him SIMP. As the group tries to pierce the Mist, Minshi gives them a parchment that contains some information about the monsters. At this point, Baëth decides to shove Minshi and robs him. He finds gold, rations, a strange, silver chain, a badge of the Eclipse, and several letter scrolls. As Baëth tries to take the silver chain, Minshi snatches it and holds it close. Vasily convinces Baëth to not take the chain but agrees to take everything else. The party then decides to examine the letters and find that Minshi has been solely researching the Mist and the Mistwalkers. Furthermore, there is a map that shows the way to go through the Mist, so the Eclipse can gain a foothold in the West.

When the party continues, they come across a horned statue with no eyes between two locked, iron portcullises. The statue holds a bowl of liquid with a moving, crying face below the surface. Garlic tastes the liquid before Kiliwen realizes it is a bowl of tears. Some of them try to interact with the face and the bowl, but nothing happens. Kiliwen then orders SIMP to talk with the face, and he finds out that the face is sad and wants to be loved. Baëth declares that he loves himself and slits his palm to mix blood with the tears. This opens both of the iron portcullises, and the party decides to move to the left. Vasily pulls a lever near the portcullis. The gate slams shut loudly, but there is another lever to again open the way. As they move in further, the Mist begins pouring in. It seems that the loud noise of the gate has alerted the creatures. The party quickly hides inside a storage room full of barrels while Vasily stands outside keeping watch. When she hears screeching, she calls Talis and Baëth to come out. Numerous creatures start swarming towards them; a Misted wind begins to blow.

The notes from Mishin reveal the creatures to be called Mistbirths, relatively weak monsters that have succumbed to the Mist only a short while ago. However, Vasily notices that more and bigger creatures are coming and summons her Spiritual Weapon. As the rest of the party joins them, Talis breathes fire at the Mistwalkers moving towards her. Meanwhile, Obu uses a paper tag and Blesses Baëth, Garlic, and Talis. As the group slays one Mistwalker after another, Talis notices more creatures coming in. The approaching Lost Souls vanish from sight, while the incoming Mistcallers summon more Mistwalkers inside the storage room. The creatures continue to swarm in as one of the Mistcallers starts firing skulls towards Yukina. Soon after, the Lost Souls appear inside the storage room. As the situation grows more dire, Talis takes a Haste Potion and drinks it. She immediately shoves one of the Mistbirths to get closer to a Mistcaller. Meanwhile, Obu holds his ground as he activates his Yokai form, and Yukina continues firing more Magic Missiles. Talis strikes and Smites the Mistcaller in front of her, which destroys it immediately. It screams in agony and damages all Mistbirths around it. Vasily uses her Spiritual Weapon to kill the other Mistcaller, taking down all the nearby Mistbirths as well. With the Mistcallers gone, slowly but surely the party clears out the remaining Mistbirths.

## Featured Characters

### Main Characters

* Baeth Wellington
* Garlic Crouton
* Kiliwen Joy
* Talis
* Vasily
* Yukina

### New

* Lost Soul
* Menzanbozakar
* Minshi Sho
* Mistbirth
* Mistcaller

## References

1. ↑ Date is shown on YouTube VOD
2. ↑ Verum Weekly: Summary of Streamed Games of the Week (June 3rd, 2021)