Arcane Academy Ep 6

### YouTube VOD

***The Arcane Academy* Episode 6** was streamed on BrettUltimus' Twitch channel on the 20th of August 2020, and premiered on the World of Io's YouTube channel on the 26th of August 2020.

## Summary

The students all wake up, finding themselves in the Astral. At first Tremmer accuses Aldoras of their current predicament, but Gideon makes the realization that he is the one that causes their transportation into the realm. He explains that while he was drawing the ELF rune, he thought to leave their previous predicament and to go back in time. Tremmer looks around, surrounded by the remains of the circular room they were in. Both he and Gideon gaze over the ledge of the platform they are standing on, seeing that they are very high up from the ground. Suddenly, the party hears something moving in the sky. Both Tremmer and Gideon look up and spot the winged statue from the circular room falling right on top of them! Gideon manages to dodge the debris, but Tremmer gets hit. Once the statue breaks, the Djinn that was trapped inside is now free and loose in the Astral Veil.

The party travels around, eventually making their way to a seemingly empty keep. As soon as they come into the structure, they immediately take a long rest. Tremmer is upset about the entire situation as his party members are actively working against him. He thinks that he is upset for the greater good, but he’s actually upset that he didn’t get his wish. Gideon is on the verge of giving up. He is sleeping easily, because he doesn't want to move. He doesn’t want to think for a bit but has been racking his mind on any ideas to leave the Veil. Elenora is trying to hold it together. She’s overconfident that they’ll figure things out, but deep down, she is terrified. Aldoras is fine. While this breaches his schedule, this is a new experience, but his personality is forming into something he isn’t comfortable with.

They party wakes up, oddly feeling no hunger, then they begin to explore the keep. Aldoras says that they may be the first people in the keep for thousands of years and says that the teachers would be impressed by this discovery. The party stops, and Tremmer says that this isn’t the Academy anymore and demands him to take the situation more seriously. They hear sounds of flowing water, and they find three statues across the water and an orb on their side . Each statue represents one of three concepts: “Protector, Heroism, and Death.” The party can choose their fate in a future encounter. Their choices are to be defensive, to be offensive, or to seek a rewarding challenge. Tremmer eventually throws the orb at the Death statue. It shatters, and the statue illuminates a deep purple. Tremmer says to Aldoras that they are even now, reminding him that he conjured an illusion of Ellie’s dead head in front of Tremmer. Aldoras queries, “Do you think that’s the equivalent to murdering three more students?” Aldoras then claims that he, Gideon, and Elenora will get out of this situation alive.

The party then ventures into a classroom. There, they come across an elderly kobold. Elenora asks where they are. The elder reflects the thought back. He doesn’t seem to even recall how long he has been here. He says that he was given instructions to guard this classroom by “Headmaster Levin”, because there is an Astral menace that plagues this place which the Elder refers to as some sort of archive. During this conversation, Gideon is not getting involved, believing that he should never enroll in the Exodus Academy. He should have stayed in the outer areas of the city. Suddenly, the room shakes. An Elementia, a spherical, mechanical, and winged creature with a chromatic eye, appears along with 10 elemental orbs.

The kobold tells everyone to be careful and prepares himself for combat. Gideon asks the kobold if there’s any way to leave the Astral. However, the elder is more concerned about the treat in front of them. Gideon doesn’t do anything about the Elementia or the orbs. The Elementia uses its Elemental Simulation orbs to attack the party and even uses a laser gun which refracts the orbs to attack the party. Each Elemental Simulation represents an element and is able to shield the Elementia from receiving damage from the same element, and each Simulation can summon an aberration which can directly attack with an elemental surge. The party picks up the gimmick quickly and shatters the Force and Lightning Simulations, and Gideon soon helps his party to take down the Elementia. Elenora goes in with the Mordove Handshake, but it turns out to be a bad move as the laser gun refracts the orbs to attack Elenora. Soon, Elenora goes down. However, Tremmer gets her back up by feeding her a Healing Potion. Eventually, the Elementia falls into a crumpled heap of its remains.

The kobold doesn’t know how the Elementia got here, but now he has won his keep in the Archives. Tremmer examines the remains and gathers a purplish dust. The elder notices the gloom casted over Gideon and places his hand on his shoulder. Gideon confesses that he is the reason why they are in the Astral. The kobold assures him that they’ll get out of here and that he’ll speak to the Headmaster. The party leaves, following the kobold out of the room. They see that the statue that represents challenge is no longer emitting its purple glow.

## Cast

### Player Characters

* Elenora Mordove
* Tremmer Kushions
* Gideon Snowfall
* Aldoras Theletian

## Trivia

* JoeFudge, the player of Aldoras Theletian, and BreeBunn, the player of Elenora Mordove, recognizes the kobold, Rorn, from a previous and offline campaign.