Chapter 4: Delve

This is the fourth arc of the Four Keeps campaign. This arc has seven episodes of the main campaign, one one-shot, and two crossover episodes.

## Delve Part 1 - S1 E16

### Plot Summary:

Gwen, Blake, and Cori are in the woods, cutting down trees for firewood, so they can set up pyres for the fallen. Cutting down trees and hauling them back to town in a difficult, exhausting endeavour. While in the forest, they can hear the calls of an owlbear. This is not surprising at night- Jadie warned them that there was an owlbear in these woods. But there's something off about the noise. Gwen notices that one call of the owlbear gets cut off abruptly- something happened

They investigate the owlbear. When they arrive, they find its corpse. It has been mostly disemboweled. There are two creatures feeding on it.  Cave fishers.

Combat! They discover that cave fishers have flammable blood. Blake collects some cave fisher blood.

They haul the rounds of wood back to town. They realize they don't have nearly enough for all the pyres, and must go out again later.

Meanwhile, in town, Caelum has been administering funeral rites to the fallen. Casting *ceremony: funeral.* At the beginning, he is met with hostility.

>       "You're supposed to be a cleric, why can't you HELP them?"
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>       "I'm just not strong enough"
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>       "Why couldn't you be stronger?!" from those who are grieving
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Caelum talks to the mayor Maxwell, who lost both his wife and his son. The mayor repeats the story of the medicine man who came through, saving his son. This happened last Hollentide. As the day grows later, Caelum gets more appreciation for what he is doing, more folks offering thanks for his efforts. Less hostility.

The town holds a collective funeral/ memorial. They remember the lives of those they lost. A bard performs. This bard sings and plays a lute. He's a younger man. He sings of the events of the past day.

      The Day the Dragon Came       @1:12:00

The 4Keeps are all described. Including Caelum getting possessed, getting the crap kicked out of him, and the appearance of Tarlaen.

The rest of the party returns to town. They have some down time.

They decide to purchase a horse and cart to help haul wood. They buy Ol' Bess and Parnell's cart from the stable master. Gwen struggles with animal handling. Jadie is helpful. Jadie reveals she had a collar made for Cybra. Her friend, Tavrell, is the town's leatherworker.

Cori hears of this and insists upon thanking Tavrell herself. Upon meeting Tavrell, Cori realizes he is crushing hard on Jadie. Cori grabs Gwen (literally), and the two of them play matchmaker to get Jadie and Tavrell together. This is awkward. Gwen has bragged about her skills in getting people together. Cori wants her to act as Tavrell’s wingman. Cori, not quite understanding the term, decides that a person who helps another to hit on someone is a hitman.

   Meanwhile, Blake, exhausted from chopping down trees, plays with Cybra then takes a nap. Blake has grown (literally). He is now taller than before, and broad enough across the chest his armor doesn't fit. He is wearing common clothes, but no shoes. Which isn't a detriment, since his "malformed" scales are now legit dragon scales and he has a natural armor bonus.

## 2018 Holiday Crossover Part 1 - HannuCori

Hubris and Kronk from Waterdeep: Dragon Heist meet Gwen and Cori

### VOD:

the VOD for this episode has been lost to the ravages of time. You can find the audiocast for this episode here.