Episode 1: Welcome to Yabrana! Beginning of the Heroes!

**Episode 1: Welcome to Yabrana! Beginning of the Heroes!** is the first session of The Curse of The Dark Dragon campaign and the first episode of the story. It also features the beginning of the Goldscar Arc.

## Synopsis

Yabrana, a magical world, has fallen into darkness. The Dark Dragon has awoken from his sealing, and his dark power is changing the very fabric of reality. Now, Heroes have been summoned by a dessert chieften to save not only her town, but also the entire country of Yabrana. How will these heroes fair in this newly raging war?

## Plot

The session starts with the players in a pure white void. They feel nothing but their souls, and are only able to look around, seeing 5 other pairs of eyes. Though one is kept at a standstill, 4 others along with themselves are pulled towards a glowing golden orb. The world turns black, and a large golden face can be seen before them, glowing with a a large smile. It tells them a tale about the Demonic, a powerful sorcerer, and how it corrupted a Dragon to do its bidding. It tells of how the dragon killed very many heroes before being sealed by two of them. Eventually, the being introduces itself as the God of Creation and they summon 5 Dragonic symbols. The symbols choose a player each and enter into their spirits, altering their abilities. They then use their powers to send the heroes through a bunch of different planes of existence, before they pass out.

Eventually, they all wake up in a small room, made of sandstone with loose sand on the ground. First to awaken is the Humagear, Iris, followed by the Human Daniel, the Megid Yuu Yuuto, the Hylian Meiko and the Undead Azuma. Eventually, led by Meiko, who had become a defacto leader of the group, they headed up the stairs that led outside, avoiding an arrow from the oversize of the stairwell, and eventually opening the door to see 2 men with spears

The first man was rather dark skinned, with a bald head and large muscles, matched with 2 swirly goat horns on the side of his head. The other was blonde, with a neat moustache, and the same horns on his head. They spoke roughly to the heroes, making sure they were who they thought they were, and led them through the village, seeing many of the goat like people. Eventually, they come to a white palace, and as soon as the door opens, they meet the chieftain of the village, Zaria Oasis.

Zaria introduced herself to the players, and calls upon her slaves to provide her with a small chest. After opening the chest, she shows the players 5 small gems called Source Stones with different colours, and they each grab one. The element of the dragon that entered their spirits swirls around them, and they end up with Drivers around their waist, before receding back into their bodies.

The final thing Zaria does is give a magical, but non-powered orb to Azuma, who seemed to have a bond with the Dragon of Lightning. Soon, the players leave, but not before Yuu insults the chieftain and is dragged out of the palace by Meiko. Meiko and Daniel end up at the blacksmith, with Yuu joining them but almost immediately running off to find the others. Meiko ends up spending most of her money to buy a very shiny looking golden bow with both fake and real gems on it, whilst Daniel buys a mace, avoiding being scammed in the process.

Meanwhile, Iris and Azuma make their way to the Adventurers guild and get themselves set up as Adventurers by the Guilds receptionist, Aria. They then assign themselves to a team, called Royal Flush. Soon, they head out, but not before Azuma greats a man named Orion Shadowblade, a high ranking adventurer. He leads the new group outside and transforms into a Manticore like monster, summoning a group of Animus monsters to take over the village. With a laugh, he unleashes the monsters onto the heroes, and they charge forth.

## Cast

* Iris Parker - Twoey
* Meiko Jackson - Doc
* Daniel Darkborne - Evo/Chris
* Yuu Yuto - Carmen
* Azuma Hebiguchi - K0nnected/K
* NPCs: Toxi