Ep. 135 Seeking the Answers Chapter One (C2)

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C2 Ep. 135 Seeking the Answers Chapter One

—Reynard

Calvert takes his sons and Basil to meet with Elvinor, so Reynard can share everything he knows about Saidan's death and Viggo's part in it. Calvert is furious when Elvinor says they need to cut ties with Solman Calloway, and when they return home, he gives Reynard the responsibility to take her out.

They crew meets back up at Luca's house, and share what happened at each of their meetings. Milo turns down Erys's offer to fake his identity into becoming head of the Boromars. Hob forces Reynard to share what happened with his father.

## Synopsis

Reynard dresses for the meeting with Elvinor; he's the most gold-plated and gawdy as he can. It's made of metal as much as possible. Calvert, Alister, and Basil are all dressed in dark greys with black accents. Calvert asks about his outfit; Reynard insists that he wanted to look nice to meet the Baron. Even so, he takes up a couple of gold chains, and leaves them on an entry table. They get into a private skiff and go up to a very nice-looking house. It has very dark accents, even in the morning light. The stone is dark, and where other houses might have braziers of flame, this one has black smoke coming out, like shadows wisping out of the brazier.

When they get within ten feet, the doors open, and they see an astonishingly old elf. He welcomes them in. They're taken into a sitting room, and Elvinor sits in large chair with a glass of some brown viscous liquid. Reynard shares what he knows about Viggo. He plays the recording for her. She believes she knows why they struck first; the relationship with Solman Calloway has put them far too close to the other houses, and threatens to cut Thuranni out. She thinks the relationship has hurt more than it's helped, and she wants to terminate it. Reynard notices Calvert is extremely upset about this. He tells Elvinor that he understands.

They head back to Calvert's estate, and he tells Alister and Basil to stay behind while he talks to Reynard. They go into his study. He says Elvinor is a fool. He presents Reynard with his first job: take care of Elvinor. They can't give up Calloway; it gives them security and longevity. If she's not willing to go along with it, someone else needs to replace her, and Calvert will need a strong right hand when that time comes. Reynard balks, but Calvert threatens him until he stops objecting.

Reynard finds Alister for a word, and gets advice on how to deal with Calvert, without giving any specifics. After hearing that Calvert seemed to be getting anger get the better of him, he suggests going away for a few days, and coming back around to see if he's changed his mind.

*"Has father seemed unhinged to you recently?"
—Reynard*
Hob gets them a room at Luca Syara's house, since they don't feel safe meeting at the Four Sails with Ilyra as a threat. Luca sits with them and offers tal and caf. Hob tells them what he learned from Do'orla about the Draconic Prophecy. Erys shares about her meeting with Verla and Coaldoor. Milo asks how they feel about breaking into the Dreadhold to rescue Erin Boromar. Reynard is quiet, until Hob asks what happened at his meeting. Reynard finally shares that Calvert wants him to kill Elvinor.

*"We just have to murder the head of House Phiarlan."
—Reynard*
End of episode.
## Locations

* Calvert's estate
* Elvinor's estate
* Luca's house

## Quotes

"Reynard's gonna be as gold-plated as he can."
*—Trevor*

"We just have to murder the head of House Phiarlan."
"End of episode."
"Do you like that the next episode's gonna start with you getting punched?"
*—Reynard, Eric, and Jeff 0:47:12*