Shadows and Silence Part 4

## Episode 4 - The FeyWild West

In Villvale, the old constable/DMP station has been completely converted into a militia station. Inside, Jameson is at the front desk. Talia yells asking him why he thought it was okay to pursue the bouncy on a fellow DMP member. He says it was for the money but didn't check with the bounty was for besides murder. He also doesn't believe that it was self-defense until Talia shows him silver burn scars from when Jim Walker killed her. He stammers out "I didn't think that uh..." He stands looking down after Talia helps him up. She puts her shirt and coat back on before they leave. While having a quick drink at the Wandering Ox, they noticed militia tailing them. After deciding to disappear for a little bit they go to Seline's realm of Pale Shadows. Reginald is ready with the response from Nicnevin who accept her invitation. Seline and Reginald discuss some rules for hosting. Talia in wolf form, smells something and goes to investigate it. What looks like purple moss, until it unfurls and scrambles off the tree with eight pairs of squirrel-like limbs. A little face stares down her with red eyes, hisses, and scurries further up the tree. Reginald says that they are small fey who also are like the squirrels with butterfly wings, the monkeys with bat wings, etc. Before they leave, Seline wills a white tree seedling to grow, picks it up, and puts it in the bag of holding. Now that night has fallen, they dig up the bones of Zachariah. From there they travel back to the feywild and then to an inn in Treldale which exhausts Seline. Talia asked The Innkeeper where their restroom is and uses the door to put Seline on their sofa in the mansion. After exiting the "restroom," Talia leaves the inn, and set up a door in an alley. Inside the mansion, Talia encourages Seline to talk to Zachariah. Talia checks on Adrienne. Adrienne says that Seline doesn't understand why she painted the Realm of Pale Shadows. Adrienne says because she can see into it and feel it, she feels safer and decides to sleep in the art room. When Talia asks about getting Death’s Whisper’s list updated from The Undertaker, they go to Seline's shrine and set up divination to ask. As one of Seline's feathers she used for the spell turns to ash, it swirls and expands until the room becomes black. A door opens and shuts and the Undertaker approaches. After they exchanged greetings, Talia explains Death’s Whisper is working off an old list and she's worried for his mental health. The Undertaker could end Death’s Whisper’s purpose and in turn his existence or make him a part of himself. In Talia's hand, Death’s Whisper is a full scythe that is dripping blood. Talia can feel his suffering and gives him over to the Undertaker. The scythe is transformed into a wooden cross handle attached by a silver coupling to long pole. At the end of it is a silver shovel head. The Undertaker returns the shovel to Talia. He is no longer Death’s Whisper but the Grave’s Silence. With Talia's pact transfers to the Undertaker, her duties now are to protect Seline, maintain the sanctity of the grave, create no abominations, do not struggle to extend your life beyond the width of your measurements. He might need other things in the future. Seline asks what does she need to hear. As the Undertaker leaves, he replies bring a plank of wood when you head down south. The room returns back to the shrine. Grave’s Silence as a gun has a crow’s skull instead of a human one. Grave’s Silence is a plus 3 weapon. In the morning Jareth asks to go to a party. There should be music dancing and food and parents would be there. For the next 2 days moving south, the land becomes drier and drier with less and less vegetation. On the second night, they get ready to greet Nicnevin for her visit. Talia greets Nicnevin and guides her to the cottage where Reginald announces her arrival. Nicnevin and Seline exchange greetings while Talia goes to hunt caterpillars. Although Nicnevin was indisposed at the time, she heard what transpired at the wedding of the Moon and how the Moonlit King has not been in his realm. She cautioned Seline saying the mantles and titles grant influence over the land but the land also affects the holder of the mantle or title. With the Moonlight King being absent someone could influence him through his realm. At Nicnevin’s suggestion, Seline uses her awareness of the realm to find Talia chasing a squirrel-o-pillar. The Moonlit King has not been seen for more than a week. There are rumors that Sarastra is moving troops but it is hard to see into the inky blackness that is her realm. A dark keep under a dark sky similar to the one that Adrienne saw. Seline and Talia mention that Adrienne can see into the feywild. Nicnevin explained because she spent so long in the feywild she's been changed by it. Adrienne could be considered a powerful fey lord herself although without title or lands. Additionally, there is no guest right if you go into a fey lord's realm uninvited or if they're not there. They are more dragons in the feywild. Dragons used to be as common as giants in the material plane and used to rule kingdoms and built legendary hordes. The void dragon that was behind the moon and stars was put there by the Queen of Night and Magic. Nicnevin suggests that the Broker might come back to Seline and Talia for their help. Both deny that they will aid the Broker again. After exchanging farewells, Talia escorts Nicnevin to the edge of Seline's realm where Nicnevin transforms into a flock of ravens. Seline is furious at the thought of the Broker using her again. Talia comforts as best she can but Seline is still about to kill the broker if he ever tries to contact them again. Later at home Seline dreams of someone knocking on the door. She tries to reach for the door while knocking continues to sound but she can never seem to reach it as it stretches further and further away. Until she hears the Broker's voice asking for her help again, she wakes up screaming crying never again. Talia tries to calm Seline down and Jareth arrives also to help. The kids return to bed. Talia holds Seline while Seline still upset repeats it won't be me over and over until they fall asleep. In the morning, Jareth says Seline's scream shook the floor over in his room. Seline in her anger at the Broker in her dreams, smashes the mirror in her room and cries amongst the shards.

> Long may he burn!
>
> Seline Argent-Grey

In the realm of Pale Shadows, Seline formally forbids The Moonlit King from her realm before returning home. Talia has one of the unseen servants reassemble the mirror and then uses mending on it. Seline goes to Jareth and has him do her makeup to avoid having to look at her reflection. As he did with Talia, Jareth tells Seline about the party the night before. He had a good time and spend some time with a new friend, tabaxi named Water Under the Bridge or Bridget. With his homework finished, he plans on hanging out with friends later. In 3 days travel, the ground transitions to sand and our adventurers enter District 3.

## Location

* Villvale
* District 3

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey

### NPCs

* Jameson (DMP)
* Reginald
* Adrienne Argent-Grey
* The Undertaker
* Jareth Argent-Grey
* Nicnevin, Queen of Witches