Episode Recaps

## Campaign 1: Defying Odds and Defining Gods

#### **C1E0: I Met God In a Pumpkin Patch [pre-stream episode]**

The party consists of six members: tiefling ranger Basil, human barbarian Firenze, aasimar warlock Fynn, human rogue Kali, faun druid Kokiia, and changeling bard Lim. The six of them accepted a quest from the strange, shifty info broker called Farryn. The quest Farryn provided the party was helping an elderly farmer and his grandchild in Outer Woodhurst, a town located in the country of Alfos. Relocating to the Ravenwood Pumpkin farm, the party met Jun Ravenwood, a 10 year old part human part dragonborn boy. Jun informed the party that his grandpa was scared of the pumpkins in the patch and that they birds have been acting odd. Jun also claimed to be friends with and talk to the scarecrow. With the grandpa picking herbs behind the house listening to music at a loud volume, this conversation went unnoticed by the grandpa and resulted in Jun leading the party to the pumpkin patch. At the pumpkin patch, the party discovered some but not all of the pumpkins were mimics. The part also discovered a swarm of ravens that each had 3 glowing red eyes. The eyes were indicators that the ravens were connected to one of the old gods, The Raven Queen. In addition to this, the party also discovered an awakened scarecrow that they would later realize to be some sort of god. Scarecrow told the party "I trusted wrong person, I hurt them, I don't know where they are, and now I can't go to them, because SHE would find them." Scarecrow seems to be scared of HER, and won't even say her name. The party doesn't know who SHE is.

Scarecrow also helped the party discover a box that was buried beneath the patch. The metal box contained the following items:

* 700 gp
* A photo of a half-orc woman with dark brown hair cut into a bob, wearing light leather armor roughly the same color as her armor and there’s a grin on her face, standing beside her also smiling is a fair skinned half elf woman with fiery red hair and purple eyes, she’s wearing similar armor of the half orc woman, both of them look a little messy, like they had just got done sparring or training, both people in the photo were wearing Remembrance Guild patches. The patches are magical and when attached to your clothing allow you to cast Disguise Self at will once per long rest.

Firenze was especially interested in the photo from the box and took it for himself. When Firenze asked the grandpa about the box he was confused and knew nothing about it. The Grandpa was able to recommend a few places for the party to go such as the Forest Shop, a shop that in the small town of Woodhurst is both a store and serves as a sort of hang out spot. Fynn asked his patron about the Remembrance Guild patches. Through talking with his patron, he learned that the Remembrance Guild is a secret society that serves demigods. There are two types of demigods: demigods that are the offspring of a god and a mortal and demoted/punished gods. If the punished god type of demigod is forgotten they become mortal and die. The Remembrance Guild strives to prevent these types of demigods from dying.

#### **C1E1: Questions and Origins [1st live episode]**

The party visits the Forest Store in the town of Woodhurst in the country of Alfos. They acquire some new gear and search for answers. Fynn, and Lim gets caught stealing by half-elf pianist Henry Farlan. By speaking with halfling clerk Lizzy and Henry at the Forest Store (both worshippers of the Traveller), the party learned that a Remembrance guild recruiter may be able to answer their questions. Accepting a quest to meet an undercover half-orc agent in the Dracoa Republic, the party set off to find the missing recruiter.

#### **C1E2: All Aboard the Dracoa Express!**

The party encounter several new NPCs such as the rabbitfolk triplets known as the Newberry Siblings who work at the train station, Hug the warforged train attendant, and a group of train thieves lead by Native American half-elf Taylor Farlan. Taylor claims Haven Enterprises, the company that made the same train the party was riding, killed their parents. According to Taylor, they made a plan with Farryn to have the train be nearly empty so they could safely steal and destroy the train to exact their revenge against Haven Enterprises. Unfortunately, the train *did* have passengers on it, including the party. Thankfully, with a bit of negotiating, Taylor offers to get the passengers wherever they needed to go horseback. With the tracks blown out, everyone on the train takes up the offer, travelling with the very same "train thieves" that caused the whole mess.

#### **C1E3: Freeze the Day (Seize the Day)**

After being unconscious for the duration of episode 2, Firenze learns from the party what happened in episode 2. Firenze, upon learning about Taylor's motivation for derailing the train, has a heart to heart conversation with them. During the new experience of riding on horseback, the party gets to know their newfound allies and enjoys downtime, eating, sleeping and building snow people. While on watch, Firenze gives Fynn some much-needed space to vent, and he confides in them about becoming a warlock, disappointing his religious, demanding parents, and leaving home. Lim, who had passed out shortly after helping Hug, has a strange dream involving a green-cloaked figure and an owl with a clock for a face. They wake up during a long rest and immediately goes to grab snacks while on watch.

#### **C1E4: Strange Dreams and Strange Coincidences (The Ryan, Ryyan and O'Brian episode)**

The party finishes their long rest, but while they do, they each experience strange, targeted dreams. Through the quick thinking of Steven the fairy camera, the party discovers they were visited by two different Scarecrows. One of them is their old friend from session 0, and the other is a dangerous being they have never met before. Completing their journey to the ice caves, they meet up with undercover Remembrance Guild agent Oliver Ozback (and his service dog Jack Frost). With Oliver's help, they initiate their search for the missing recruiter.

#### **C1E5: The End is the Beginning**

The party enters the ice caves and searches for the recruiter, last seen as a calico tabaxi named Sunset. In the cave, they find more than they were bargaining for, encountering a wolf and her pups, corrupted sabertoothed tigers, and Kaerrar, a high-level fire genasi adventurer that serves the Raven Queen. They nearly avoid the fire genasi and instead are able to track down the missing recruiter, who heals a corrupted miner using but hurts themself in the process. This recruiter, a middle-aged tiefling named End, has an unexpected connection to Firenze, having found and taken care of his daughter Byron for a period of time. End offers to assist the party with joining the guild, and they all leave the caves for some much-needed rest.

#### **C1E6: Family by The Fireside**

The party rests at a local inn, the Nocturnal Soul, owned and operated by two vampires. The party gets to know End better and Firenze has a fireside chat with the party about their past and why they're looking for their daughter. The next morning, Fynn encounters friendly calico dragonborn Grant, who teaches him how to ice skate. Watching from inside the inn, Firenze and Lim take pictures with Steven, who chants for Fynn to "Fall, fall, fall!" The party reunites with their agent/info broker Farryn, who gives them vague but helpful information. Farryn teleports the party to Fynn's hometown, Skystead (Oshel), to resolve some of Fynn's lingering problems and answer the party's burning questions. Fynn immediately disguises himself using his Remembrance Guild patch and tells the party that he knows where to go, leading them all towards his parents' church.

#### **C1E7: The Autumn Wizard**

The party enters Fynn’s hometown of Oshel to learn more about the corruption process and help those affected by corruption. Arriving in town during the time of an Autumn/fall festival, the party was stops by food stalls and interacts with a street performer before getting back on track. Thanks to the help of a half elf, half fey wizard called “The Autumn Wizard” they party finds Fynn’s mom and foils a plot that would’ve resulted in the whole town becoming corrupted. While the party prevented more folks from becoming corrupted, they have not healed Fynn’s mom or helped treat any of the already corrupted people yet.

#### **C1E8: Going Owl Out**

Firenze who was resting at a local inn after experiencing some post-teleportation sickness finally wakes up. On his way out of the inn he encounters a rude, not easily intimidating Yuan Ti person who is intent on finding Farryn for nefarious reasons.  Firenze and the Yuan Ti argue and after getting nothing helpful out of their conversation, part ways. Upon rejoining the group Firenze is filled in on how the party found Fynn’s corrupted mom and foiled a plot that would’ve resulted in the whole town becoming corrupted. While talking with Fynn’s mom, the party encounters a were-owl who attacks an acolyte who was rendered harmless while under a charm person spell. Upon getting injured, the acolyte is freed from the effects of charm person and starts battling the party.

#### **C1E9: Divine Intervention**

The party remains in Fynn’s hometown of Skystead. Successfully saving the town from becoming corrupted by candy tainted by evil gods, the party shifts their focus to helping Fynn’s corrupted mom and a corrupted were-owl. While trying to heal these folks they are confronted by Honey, a corrupted grung who was not only corrupted but temporarily possessed by the evil Raven Queen. Via Honey, The Raven Queen ridicules her demigod child/ally of the party, End. The corrupted people and End are defended/saved by the party, Fynn’s mysterious otherworldly tarot card deck and the middle god, Auril, who is the goddess of seasons and nature. Auril is the child of two old gods, Lyra and Adia. Lyra is most notably the goddess of life. After healing those who were corrupted, the party rests at a local orchard where Auril provides the party with much needed information about the Traveller, Lyra, the Raven Queen and the Feywild.

#### **C1E10: Revenge of the Rose**

The party begins their journey to meet Lyra, the goddess of life in the Feywild so they can remove Theodore's curse. By removing Theodore's curse, they hope their secretive godly ally can use Theodore as a vessel and help them in a more reliable and upfront manner. On their way to the country of Alfos where a Feywild portal is located, the party discovers that there is an ongoing and large scale strike going against engineering/transportation company Haven Enterprises. During their travels they meet quirky fairy airship captain "Sassafrass," his unusual first mate and former god of Roses, Farewell, and a few other memorable NPCs. Given a ride in exchange for helping out around the ship, the party is given time to explore the ship and ponder whether they should stop in Caroon and participate in the heart of the protests or power on to Alfos.

#### **C1E11: Party Crashers**

The party continues their journey to meet Lyra, the goddess of life in the Feywild so they can remove Theodore's curse. By removing Theodore's curse, they hope their secretive godly ally can use Theodore as a vessel and in turn help them in a more reliable and upfront manner. A side quest of stopping to Caroon to participate in the strike against engineering/transportation company Haven Enterprises is added to their to do list. Traveling across the country with the help of fairy airship captain "Sassafras" and his four person crew, the party enjoys their dinner until they are suddenly attacked by pirates. The pirates, who are riding mechanical dragons made by Haven Enterprises, were hired by the company to silence folks participating in or otherwise supporting the strikes.