Fritz Lago (The Rabbit Knight)

Fritz Lago is a player character of Rakugaki Otoko.
All Art was created by Rakugaki Otoko / @Dreamsbell

Fritz Lago, also known as The Rabbit Knight is a traveling Animal Hybrid Human who travels Dioya as a Mercenary. Fritz Lago is nearly entirely a human in physical form with exception of his ears and feet which resemble that of a Rabbit.
Fritz Lago is a skilled Thief with a knack for improvised fighting and stealth based combat. Fritz often times wears Dwarven Plate Armor and wields Grandleon, a cudgel forged by the master smith Myath Varythis and imbued with magic from the blood of a primordial elemental.
As of 2718, Fritz Lago is 17 years of age

Birth:

Fritz Lago was born to unknown parents in an unknown location in Dioya not long after The Great Disturbance in 2701. While Fritz' origins are unknown, what is known is that one day while searching the ruins of a trade outpost in The Wild Open Region of The United Lands of Midvail, a group of bandits from of The Broken Crown Alliance stumbled upon the young Animal Hybrid Humanoid nestled deep in the trunk of a tree. The first bandit who spotted Fritz was an Orc named Jukk Ob'barian who took the child in his arms. Fritz apparently did not enjoy this, because the baby tore at Jukk's beard with ferocity. Jukk, both amused, yet slightly pained by the infant, called the child "Mephit" and brought him back to his home in the town of Winham within The Broken Crown Alliance. In his new home, Fritz was raised by Jukk and his recently married compatriots, a Tiefling named Erris and a Dwarf named Gwanra. The name "Mephit" eventually turned into the simpler "Fritz" and Erris gave the child a last name so as to not distance the youth more from other humans.

Fritz Lago - Raised by Bandits of the Broken Crown Alliance by Rakugaki Otoko / @Dreamsbell

Childhood

As Fritz grew, his three guardians tried their best to keep up with the young Animal Hybrid. Jukk fawned over the youth while Gwanra and Erris gave him space to grow and learn at his own pace.
At the age of 6, Jukk gave Fritz his first weapon, a rusty dagger. Jukk trained Fritz every day in the basics of daggercraft, impressed with the child's natural ability to not just wild a weapon, but do so with profound dexterity. It didn't take long until Jukk realized that Fritz's ability to use a dagger was not because he was strong, but because he was quick, clever, and had remarkable dexterity. This became painfully clear to all when Jukk gave Fritz his first axe and the child simply was not strong enough to even lift it. Jukk did his best to turn Fritz into a berserker like himself, but realized that maybe the thin rabbit hybrid human would not be the best unchained warrior.
Fritz' training was eventually taken over by Gwanra and Erris. Erris, formerly a highwayman taught Fritz the importance of stealth while Gwanra indirectly taught Fritz' most important lesson, the value of lying. Gwanra was a notorious liar and after many years of seeing Gwanra successfully fool friend and foe alike, Fritz not only unlocked a profound natural ability to dupe others, but a keen sense of when the best time was to bend the truth.

At the age of 10, Fritz decided that he needed to make his own way in life and told his guardians that he was to leave home. The only member of his family to protest was Jukk, but after a stern talking to by Gwanra, the Orc eventually gave his adopted son his blessing. Before he left, Fritz was given some Dwarven armor from the fallen city of Korrvigsguard that Jukk had taken off of a corpse he found not too long after The Great Disturbance. The armor was too heavy for Fritz, but it was perfect. Fritz left Winham and traveled west.

The Birth of the Rabbit Knight:

In the year 2715, Fritz traveled the roads from The Broken Crown Alliance directly east into The United Lands of Midvail. Though he was slow to travel the roads, Fritz proved to be quite the survivalist, adapting to his new life of travel quite quickly, applying all that he learned from his parental trio directly to his survival.
At this time, Fritz came across the corpse of a humanoid who was trapped in a divot in the ground. The corpse was well armored and they died with their hand posed upwards, clutching a peculiar looking mace. Fritz, wanting to make the most out of the unfortunate fate of the skeleton took the mace as his own.
Two years into his journey, Fritz came across the town of Fierath within the Brevia Territory of The United Lands of Midvail. At the time, Fierath was in a state of crisis, with half of the town burnt to the ground. Fritz inquired about the rubble and was told that for many months, Fierath was raided by a gang of bandits known as The Horned Menace. Marauders from the bandit gang would come every week and slaughter civilians and guards alike. Fritz had no familiarity with The Horned Menace, but he knew that since he was no longer in Broken Crown territory, the bandits were likely from his homeland. Recognizing an opportunity, Fritz offered to rid Fierath of their bandit problem. At first, the citizens of Fierath were confused by the offer, after all, Fritz was only a child. But his confidence and the plating of his armor made the youth seem quite competent, so he was put up in the local in and hired to take care of the bandit threat.
Days passed and Fritz was treated like royalty by the townsfolk. When the fateful night where the marauders of The Horned Menace came, Fritz took to the street and yelled for them to stop their pillaging. The heavyset, powerful bandits were surprised to see a child try to stop them, a few even let him speak. Given the opportunity to talk, Fritz revealed that he was originally from the Broken Crown and that if they don't leave, they'll ruin his good reputation. The marauders initially didn't care, but Fritz sweetened the pot by telling them that he had a better place for them to raid. The marauders took an interest to this information but insisted that if they were to return to their camp, they needed Fritz to join them and inform their leader of this better raiding location. Fritz agreed, walking out of Fierath much to the surprise of the citizens who hired him.
Fritz and the Horned Menace marauders traveled to their basecamp about an hour east of Fierath where the young mercenary came face to face with the gang's leader, a Minotaur named Kiatris Fearlessbane. Kiatris was livid that not only her marauders came back with no loot, but a child in tow. Fritz thought on his feet, promising Kiatris that there was a much better location up north where the Horned Menace could make far more money. Kiatris was interested, but did not fully buy the lie, insisting on details. Fritz wove an epic tapestry of words in front of The Horned Menace: a Golden City known as Charlios housed deep in the northern mountains. When Kiatris pushed and asked where, Fritz simply said, "It's hidden." Kiatris and The Horned Menace were interested and convinced. They thanked Fritz and packed their belongings to travel north to the city of gold.

Fritz tricks Kiatris of the Horned Menace by Rakugaki Otoko / @Dreamsbell

Fritz returned to Fierath and told the townsfolk that The Horned Menace was gone, telling them that he had snuck up on Kiatris and knocked her out with one blow from his mace, scaring the rest of the gang into leaving. Many townsfolk scoffed at this claim, but upon checking the location where the Horned Menace used to be, the citizens of Fierath celebrated Fritz as their hero. Fritz was housed in Fierath for many months, celebrated and rewarded for his cleverness and bravery. Tales of the youth spread throughout the Brevia Territory, with the "Legend of the Rabbit Knight" told at campfires all around. When Fritz eventually left Fierath, his reputation proceeded him.

ARC 1 - The Brevia Plan

The Tale of the Rabbit Knight Arc 1 Poster

by Rakugaki Otoko / @Dreamsbell

Vibblen

2 years passed after Fritz left Fierath and most of The Rabbit Knight's time was spent in the wilderness of east Brevia territory. Fritz' reclusion in the wild ended when his mace broke at the handle after hitting a boar he was hunting for lunch over the head. Out of necessity, Fritz traveled from the forest to a path that lead to the nearby town of Vibblen.
Upon entering the Vibblen outer area, Fritz met an elderly Aasimar woman who was hired as a mercenary to protect Vibblen from a ferocious beast that had attacked it a few days earlier. Fritz informed the Aasimar that he was something of a hero and walked into town to offer his services to the people of Vibblen.
After walking around Vibblen and sampling the wares of The Stuffed Pig inn, particularly a mushroom slurry made by the goliath owner, Volgu, Fritz made his way to The Grass Blade, the local blacksmithy owned by the Gnome Morti Madii. Fritz asked Morti to repair his mace and the gnome recognized the mace as the work of Brevia's master blacksmith, Myath Varythis. Morti told Fritz he would repair his mace, but he must offer to help Vibblen's herbalist, a Halfling named Elden Navoz in recovering his daughter who was stolen away by the beast that was plaguing Vibblen. Morti even said that if he was successful, he would imbue Fritz' mace with a piece of Primordial Elemental Blood. Fritz accepted the job and was directed to Elden's hut. Fritz learned that one night, Elden's house was cursed by a creature that destroyed his house and stole away his daughter Vana in the night. Elden ranted that the beast was likely the pet of a bard named Herold the Herald who had recently visited the town and started a romantic relationship with Vana. All Elden could offer in terms of further information was that his house was cursed and pointed Fritz in the direction of it, citing that a child of Galaxa was on the premises and was trying to lift the curse.
Fritz made his way to the house where he met a Three-Finger member of the Children of Galaxa, a middle aged Wood Elf named Kelnan Valmoira. Fritz introduced himself as 'The Rabbit Knight' both qualifying himself and impressing Kelnan who informed him that the house was covered entirely in a thin layer of blood. Fritz inspected the blood and noticed that it was not blood at all, but red ink. Following his nose, Fritz discovered the source of the ink, a lute. Looking inside the lute, Fritz discovered a piece of parchment made out of flesh that illustrated a contract written by someone named Gotara Rootwart and Vana Navoz that promised Vana that she would always be within reach of her love. Kelnan deduced the nature of the magic surrounding the house as the remnants of a curse and the parchment to be a pact between Vana and a Hag. Kelnan used his magic to augment the red ink into a tracking beacon that allowed the two to follow red footsteps to the mouth of a frigid cave known as The Shivering Cavein the outskirts of Vibblen.
Upon approaching The Shivering Cave, Kelnan and Frritz were attacked by Ice Mephits. The two quicky dispatched the Ice Mephits, Kelnan blasting them with radiant fire and Fritz using trickery and deception to mislead and sneak attack his targets. When the Ice Mephits were disposed of, the two found themselves face to face with a Yuan-Ti Pureblood who immerged from the Cave. The Yuan-ti introduced herself as Suti, a member of the Al Vedal, a group of Monster hunters who traveled Dioya. Suti informed the two that she was in The Shivering Cave hunting a Mephit Patriarch, but Fritz told her of the existence of the far more dangerous beast that was plaguing Vibblen, allying he and Kelnan to the monster hunter. Suti mentioned that despite being able to see in the dark, an experienced tracker like herself had a hard time navigating the reflective ice walls of the cave. Kelnan told Fritz that he could try to channel Galaxa, the Bidivine of Enlightenment to give him a rough outline of the cave's walls. Fritz told Kelnan to do so and the apprentice cleric started the ritual, describing what he saw as Fritz produced a piece of parchment paper to map out Kelnan's vision, eventually creating an impressive yet rudimentary map.

Fritz the Map Maker by Rakugaki Otoko / @Dreamsbell

The three made their way through The Shivering Cave, fighting Mephits within the frigid interior of the cave before reaching a massive Heleg Stone in the center of the cave. There, the Mephit Patriarch revealed itself to the group and before Suti could fire upon it, Fritz attempted to talk with it. Using hand signals, Fritz succeeded in communicating with the Mephit Patriarch and learned that the creature that attacked Vibblen was within the cave and was disturbing the Mephits. Fritz convinced Suti to hold her fire and let the Mephit Patriarch live, continuing into the cave to reach the creature.

The Rabbit Knight and Crew enter the Shivering Cave by Rakugaki Otoko / @Dreamsbell

After fighting a Frost Spider, the trio discovered the creature they had been hunting. The creature that attacked Vibblen was a multi armed, multi-eyed monster known as a Slinger and it had in fact not stolen away Vana, but the bard she was involved with Herold the Herald. The trio sprung into action, Kelnan and Suti attacking The Slinger as Fritz weaved through The Slinger's clutches and ran over to Harold, burning away his frozen restrains enough for him to introduce himself. Amongst self-declarations and theatrics, Harold revealed that The Slinger was actually Vana and that she returned to her normal form when she was unconscious. Fritz turned his attention to The Slinger just as it landed a devastating blow on Suti, knocking her down and wounding Kelnan. Fritz succeeding in sprinting up the appendages of The Slinger and slamming his mace down on the creature's skull, knocking it out. As it fell unconscious, The Slinger's form changed to that of Vana Navoz. Suti approached Vana, bow drawn, ready to kill her. Harold pleaded for Suti to refrain, but Suti told Kelnan and Fritz that if she was cursed, she had to be killed. Kelnan told Suti that if she could be brought to Brevia, he could bring her to more powerful members of The Children of Galaxa to be healed. Harold offered to magically put Vana asleep as they traveled, but Suti said that it was too far and too dangerous. Ultimately, Fritz made the decision to command Harold to cast Sleep on Suti, capitalizing on her weak state. Just before she fell asleep, Suti let loose an arrow on Fritz that barely missed before Kelnan caught her. Upon leaving the Shivering Cave, the Mephit Patriarch thanked Fritz and gave him 5 handheld Helig Stones as thanks.

Fritz keeps the Peace, for Now by Raku / @Dreamsbell

The group returned to Vibblen and Fritz guided the party to the Stuffed Pig Inn where Volgu gave the group a discount on a room to stay for the night. Suti and Vana were left in the room while Harold, Fritz, and Kelnan went to the bar and drank mushroom slurries with Volgu, a delightful treat for Frtiz and a nausiating experience for Kelnan and Harold. Harold better introduced himself to the duo as a traveling bard and adventurer who had been a witness and participant in innumerous important events since his graduating of the Glenarm Bardic College 26 years ago. Whether his importance in the forming of Dioya as it currently exists was true or not, Kelnan and Fritz parsed that Harold was quite well traveled and his arcane abilities as a bard were competent. At this time, Kelnan laid out the entire plan to transport Vana to Brevia but said that in order for the travels to be safe, she'd have to be unconscious the entire time. Harold offered to travel with the party and keep Vana asleep. Kelnan relented a bit, but Fritz convinced him to let the bard help.
Fritz, Kelnan, and Harold approached Elden Navoz, ready to inform him of the truth, but a crowd gathered around them to hear what happened to Vana and Harold. Fritz leapt into action, weaving a story of how they slayed The Slinger, but Vana was now cursed. The Vibblenites were thoroughly entertained by the story, but Elden was quick to accuse Harold of being responsible. Both Fritz and Kelnan clarified that Vana suffered from a curse from the Slinger's "venom" and that they were going to travel to the Tower of Galaxa south of Brevia to cure her. The elderly Halfling accepted this story with a heavy heart, thanked the duo for their kindness and rewarded them with some supplies for their trip.

The trio returned to the inn to find Vana asleep and Suti nowhere to be found. On Suti's bed a note in common read "thanks for not killing me" and the window to the room was left open, her escape route. Uncertain about Suti but relieved that she was ok, Fritz rested in the room with the group until morning.

Before leaving Vibblen, Fritz returned to The Grass Blade where Mortii, grateful for Fritz' service to Vibblen and Elden made good on his word and installed the Primordial Elemental blood droplet he had to Fritz cudgel. This process rendered the weapon magical in nature and imbued with raw elemental energy. Fritz was told that because the blood droplet was so magically powerful, he could utter a command once a day, either Burn, Freeze, Shock, Decay, or Purify; and it would react by eminating the weapon in the according element. Mortii told Fritz that a weapon of such incredible make, now empowered by magic deserved to be named. Fritz settled on the name Grandleon.

The Road to Gendamyr - The Arrows of Zephyr

After a night of resting at the Stuffed Pig Inn, Kelnan, Harold, and Fritz left Vibblen with an unconscious Vana Navoz and a small rucksack of supplies being pulled by Harold's Unseen Servant, Scribe. The first stop on their journey was a fishing and trade town on the coast known as Gendamyr, two week's travel from Vibblen.
The group had a run-in with the Aasimar Mercenary as they left, with Fritz telling her all about what happened but managing to make her suspicious due to his lie about Vana being cursed by Slinger poison not tracking with what the Aasimar knew about Slingers. The mercenary let them go, revealing her name, Norii Henrisa, and warned Fritz not to return with Vana ever again, picking up the danger within the young woman.
The group traveled for hours, eventually stopping by the ruins of a forgotten hamlet, abandoned and left as ruins likely after The Great Disturbance's geographic shift. In this abandoned hamlet, Fritz spotted a Rotfig tree, moving to pick some of its fruit but accidently waking up a massive Girallon who was sleeping under the tree. The Girallon atacked the group heavily wounding Kelnan to the point of Kelnan passing out. Harold rushed to heal Kelnan as Fritz tried to fend the creature off with Grandleon, commanding the weapon to "Burn" but the Grillion was killed by a hail of arrows shot from the wilderness, followed up by the brutal swing of a jagged longsword wielded by a Gnoll. With the group heavily wounded and Kelnan unconcious, Fritz thanked the Gnoll for the help, but the Gnoll revealed many archers and other armed folk, all with their weapons pointed at the group. The Gnoll knocked Fritz unconcious and brought the party back to their camp.


When Fritz came to, it was afternoon and he was fully restrained and beside Harold, who was gagged. A Dwarven woman named Bonwin Tysres was in the room with them, performing restorative druidic magic on a still unconscious Kelnan. Fritz inquired about where they were and Bownin told them that they were the prisoners of The Arrows of Zephyr, a group of bandits who operated in the Brevia territories. Bonwin clarified that while she was the "Guiding Hand" of the group, Zephyr would be the one to decide their fate. Noticing that Vana was not in the room Fritz panicked and asked where she was only for Bonwin to answer, telling him that she was in Bonwin's tent and that she had been awake for a while. Sensing Fritz' confusion, Bonwin offers to take Fritz to see her and does so, transporting Fritz through the camp of ragtag bandits and past their enforcer, the Gnoll named Ingram.
Fritz was brought into Bronwin's tent and came face to face with a tied up but conscious Vana Navoz. Fritz and Vana chatted about who he was, where they were, and the curse that was on her. Vana's relationship with Harold being one of passion but also one of acceptance of Harold's immense pride. Fritz and Vana got along well immediately and Fritz assured Vana that he would make sure she never hurt anyone ever again.
Eventually, Zephyr returned to camp and Fritz, Vana, Harold, and a now-concious Kelnan were brought before the Arrows of Zephyr. Zephyr appeared before the group amongst cheers from their gang as they sprinted into the camp with incredible speed, propelled by the wind itself. Zephyr was elf by blood, but was born a Genasi of the Air with innate control over the wind. Zephyr inquired about the group, recongizing Kelnan as a Child of Galaxa member and Harold as the traveling Bard, Harold the Herald, knowing that they would fetch good ransomes. Fritz introduced himself to Zephyr and cited that he grew up amongst bandits in The Broken Crown Alliance. Zephyr does not believe him due to him being called the "Rabbit Knight" but Fritz insists that he's just friends with Kelnan and Vana. Zephyr tells Fritz that because they are cut from the same cloth, instead of ransoming he and his friends, he could pay for their weight in gold by helping them rob a Smiling Caravan Company carriage. Despite worrying what Kelnan would think of him, Fritz agrees to help.
Fritz was untied and his belongings were given back to him with the understanding that if he did anything to harm Zephyr he would be killed. Fritz reassured his friends and parted ways with them, leaving with Zephyr on foot.


As they walked together, Zephyr and Fritz got to know each other. Fritz told Zephyr about his upbringing in the Broken Crown Alliance. Fritz tells Zephyr that he's not actually a knight and Zephyr tells him that they admire that they'd lie about something so honorable.
Zephyr told Fritz about their own upbringing. Zephyr was the child of two elvish guards in Brevia who fought in the Battle for Dioya and were killed in combat. Though their parents died heroes, the Brevian government did nothing to help the young orphaned Zephyr and they lived on the streets begging for scraps until Bonwin found them and raised them, teaching the young Genasi to control their natural born air powers. Eventually, as a teenager, Zephyr told Bonwin that they were going to make a gang of "free folk" who would what was kept from the less fortunate. Zephyr wanted her to be the group's "Guiding Hand." Bonwin agreed and over time, they accumulated more followers who all fought for Zephyr, believing them to be someone who understood the plight of the outsider.

After talking, Fritz and Zephyr had a race to see who could make it to the road where the carriage would pass by first. Despite his rabbit speed, Fritz could barley keep up with Zephyr who summoned a powerful gust of wind to propel themselves ahead and win the race.
On the road, Fritz told Zephyr to hide in the bushes while he painted on himself to make it look like he has been mortally wounded.
Fritz laid on the side of the road and managed to flag down the carriage as it passed, warning the guards and Smiling Caravan representative inside of bandits ahead. The representative of the Smiling Caravan Company, a gold Dragonkin named Bhajurn told the two head guards to run ahead and search the bushes while one of the remaining guards offered to look at Fritz' wounds. Fritz, panicking told them that a curse was put on him by the bandits and that if they touched him, they'll be cursed too.
Fritz then took his painter's set and painted a circle with fake Vancian symbols in it on the ground. Fritz told the group that the circle would protect them from curse magic if they stepped in. The guards believed the lie and stepped in, but Bhajurn was not sure. While this performance happened, Zephyr snuck into the carriage, and discovered that the gold was not in the carriage but physically on Bhajurn. Upon communicating this to Fritz through Thieves Cant, Fritz tried to convince the dragonkin to step into the circle, making Bhajurn turn on him, accusing Fritz of being a bandit and blowing flames at him. Fritz narrowly dodged out of the way of the flames and activated a Heleg Stone, crushing it and spellthrowing a ray of frost all over the three guards. The guards were frozen solid, but the Dragonkin managed to resist being frozen. Bhajurn turned to attack Fritz again, but Zephyr appeared behind him with their bow drawn and an arrow lined up to his head. Zephyr threatened to kill Bhajurn if he didn't hand over the gold, persuading the Dragonkin to drop his gold and let them be on their way.

As the sun set, Zephyr and Fritz broke free from the crime scene, speeding down the road and laughing at their success. Zephyr told Fritz that they were impressed with his grifting abilities, saying that if he wasn't so good to his friends that they would try to recruit him to be a member of the Arrows. This moment of comradery was interrupted as they made their way back to the camp at sundown and discovered that off in the distance, the Arrows of Zephyr camp was aflame. The duo sprinted to the scene, Fritz using his rabbit speed to pull far ahead of Zephyr, demonstrating speed far faster than the race the two shared earlier in the day. Fritz appeared at the camp to see Vana, fully turned into the Slinger slaughtering Arrows of Zephyr members.
Fritz sprung into action, trying to distract the creature by attacking it. Fritz managed to pull the Slinger's attention from Kelnan, who was now free from his bindings and healing wounded Arrows of Zephyr members. A human bandit named Cothana attacked the Slinger, prompting the creature to slash at her, clawing her left eye out. Fritz attempted to save Cothana, using Grandleon empowered by the "Freeze" command to break the creature's right-front hand, sending it into a fit of fury. Zephyr finally arrived at the camp and blasted the Slinger away from Fritz to allow the Rabbit Knight to disengage from the creature and spot Harold who was still tied up. Fritz dodged oncoming blows from the Slinger as Kelnan and Zephyr attacked it with the help of Bonwin who conjured arcane roots to spring from the ground and restrain the creature. Fritz found his way to Harold and ungagged the Bard so he could cast a Sleep spell, calming the Slinger into a deep sleep and forcing it to turn back into Vana.
Many Arrows of Zephyr insisted that they kill Vana, Fritz pleaded with them, telling them that they were traveling to heal her. Zephyr stepped in and told their gang that the Rabbit Knight and his party would leave in the morning, untouched. As the Arrows of Zephyr collected the dead and put out flames caused by the Slinger's rampage, Kelnan approached Fritz and Harold telling them that they were wrong about the curse. It was not tied to Vana just being awake, it was tied to Vana being awake any time after sundown.

The next morning, Fritz and his party prepared for their departure. Before they left, Fritz found Vana staring off into afire of the burning wreckage of The Arrows of Zephyr camp that had been gathered together. Fritz apologized to her for breaking his promise so quickly. Vana confided that she remembered what it felt like to be the Slinger. She said that she was surrounded with darkness but had flashes of feeling like she was actually in her own body as the Slinger. Vana asked Fritz for another promise, to always put her down when and if turned and if he needed to, to kill her. Fritz obliged.

The Road to Gendamyr - Farmlands

As thanks for Fritz and his party's assistance during the Slinger attack and to make up for holding the group hostage, Zephyr entrusted Cothana with escorting the Rabbit Knight's party to Gendamyr. Along with Cothana, Grozzy, Meel, and Pek, Goblin triplets known as "The Falcon Shots" would travel with them for added protection. Fritz and Zephyr exchanged a friendly goodbye and the unified group headed west to Gendamyr.
Many days passed as Fritz' party traveled together. The journey so far made an impression on Fritz who learned how to command his allies better, hunting with the Falcon Shots as well as his ability to sneak around, finally mastering the "Skulker" stealth technique Erris introduced to him when he was a child. The groups' travels took them through Trillten Farms, a farm that the Arrows of Zephyr preyed on until it was mysteriously abandoned. The Arrows of Zephyr members were confused as to what caused the farm to be abandoned, but the confusion was cleared up quickly when from the grain silo of the farm a massive blue Shockwing Moth took to the sky and attacked the party.
Kelnan and the Falcon Shots laid down cover fire from range against the massive insect, but its stunning spores proved too powerful for some of the party, knocking many prone. Cothana jumped on top of the moth's back to kill it, but the creature flew directly into the air, taking her with it. Fritz chased after the moth, using his rabbit speed to jump high into the air and grab ahold of the creature. Fritz commanded Grandleon to "Burn" and slammed the weapon into the creature's head, killing it and sending he and Cothana rocketing to the ground on its back. Fritz grabbed Cothana, jumping from the moth just before it landed on the ground and just barely found his footing to land safely.
After the battle with the Shockwing moth, Vana showcased her alchemical prowess, using the dust from the Shockwing Moth's wings to create 5 Shockwing Dust bombs that Fritz could use in battle. Vana told the group that she was her father's apprentice for most of her life and had a strong comprehension of basic alchemical and apothecary practices.
That night, the group looked for a place to make camp, Fritz and the Falcon Shots eventually finding a cave with a bear in it. Fritz and the Falcon Shots snuck into the cave, but Pek woke the bear up and immediately got mauled. Grozzy and Meel shot arrows at the bear from a distance while Fritz tried to defend Pek, nearly getting killed in the process. Eventually, Fritz felled the Bear and the group managed to use the cave as shelter and the Bear as food.
After a few more days of traveling, the party eventually reached the outer gates of Gendamyr. The group parted ways with Cothana and the Falcon shots and proceeded onwards.

Gendamyr

Entering Gendamyr proved to be a difficult task for Fritz and his party as Kelnan were greeted aggressively at the front gates of the city. The party learned that the Children of Galaxa had wreaked havoc on the town, summoning a massive water elemental in the ocean that kept all ships locked in the Gendamyr harbor and even harming a young local halfling boy named Andes Sandfoot. Kelnan told Fritz that the group couldn't have been Children of Galaxa as doing such things would be highly uncharacteristic of members and Fritz hatched a plan to get the group in.
Fritz told the guards to reward them for their hard work as guards, the world reknown musician Harold the Harald will perform for them. Harold, who fully appreciated the introduction performed his most well known song, "Light at the Edge of Oblivion" flawlessly, and managed to enrapture the guards into being so distracted that the rest of the party made it into town. For the first time in his experience with Harold, Fritz also recognized the undeniable musical talents of Harold.
In Gendamyr, Fritz and his party found the entire city at a standstill, with many out of work fishermen and traders landlocked due to the threat of the elemental in the harbor. The group found Kelnan a change of clothing at the Fisherman's guild so the Child of Galaxa could blend in. The party found their way to the Seafoot family residence to talk with Andes. The child told them all about the Children of Galaxa who had visited the city and remaked that one of them had armor just like Fritz' under their cloak. Andes told the group that he woke up one night to see the Children of Galaxa members walking into the ocean and that when he tried to stop one of them, he cast a spell on his arm that hurt him. Kelnan helped heal Andes' arm while Fritz assured the young Halfling that they would find whoever did that to him, telling him that he was "The Rabbit Knight." As the party left the Seafoot home, Kelnan asked Fritz if they could make good on Fritz word to Andes. Fritz complied and Kelnan told him that when they first started traveling with each other Kelnan was unsure of Fritz's morals, but over time he became proud to call The Rabbit Knight his friend and ally.

The party agreed that the first thing they needed to do to help Gendamyr was to defeat the Water elemental that was blocking trade. Because the day was ending, party split up; with Harold and Vana booking a room in the Galewind Inn and Fritz and Kelnan heading to the Riptide Saloon, a local watering hole for sailors and fishermen. Harold would stay behind to ensure that Vana was put to sleep before sundown, but promised to stay up in case Fritz and Kelnan needed help. Kelnan and Fritz walked to the Saloon, in search for someone to take them into the ocean by boat to fight the elemental and after Fritz gave an ill received speech to the locals at the saloon, the duo drew the attention and interest of a Tabaxi named Mavris Moira. Mavris revealed himself to be a retired pirate and a fisherman who lived in Gendamyr. Mavris offered to take them into the sea so long as any reward they received was split evenly between The Rabbit Knight's party and him. The group agreed and the trio boarded Mavris' fishing boat ' The Tamed Storm.' As they left the harbor of Gendamyr, Fritz, Kelnan, and Mavris came face to face with the massive Water Elemental that destroyed any and all ships that tried to enter or exit the city. Using a Heleg Stone to freeze a portion of the Elemental and Grandleon to deal more damage to the creature, Fritz noticed something in the ocean under the elemental. Kelnan was knocked off the ship and Fritz jumped in after him only to see that what Fritz saw under the elemental looked like the inside of a room under the water. Fritz and Kelnan flagged off Mavris and swam under the elementa, falling into a current that dropped them into an underground cave that was outfitted to be a room.
Fritz and Kelnan recovered themselves and noticed that the perpetual waterfall that was flowing into the room was hitting a massive vancien spell circle that Kelnan deciphered as the source of the Water Elemental. Fritz destroyed the spell circle with Grandleon, but the two had to hide themselves as a female tabaxi walked into the room after hearing them. The tabaxi, who was in a deep purple and blue cloak spotted Kelnan, but Fritz managed to sneak up on her and knock her out, tying her up. Kelnan and Fritz made their way through the underwater cave, revealing more and more of what they deduced to be some sort of hideout until in a bedroom, Kelnan recovered a prayer book that had a sigil of a Black Sun with an eye in the center.
Through great dismay, Kelnan told Fritz that the sigil on the prayer book had the sigil of an organization known as The Orphans of the Apocalypse, an off shoot of the Children of Galaxa that immerged after The Great Disturbance. When the Bidivine Champion of Galaxa was killed during the War for Dioya in 2693, many of the Children of Galaxa thought that the Bidivine Champion was not actually Galaxa in flesh form, but a false prophet and that they were used by the false prophet to fulfill their agenda. Many of the Children of Galaxa who felt betrayed by this revelation turned on their own and formed The Orphans of the Apocalypse. Where the Children of Galaxa believed in enlightenment through assisting others and community service, The Orphans of the Apocalypse believe that enlightenment comes from education, power, and aggression.
Kelnan and Fritz found the center room of the underground cave and in it saw an aasimar woman in armor with The Orphans of the Apocalypse sigil on her chest. The Aasimar spoke to a man in the flames of a fire lit in a fireplace at the center of the room. The man in the flames sensed Kelnan and Fritz and ordered the Aasimar to attack them. Fritz engaged with the Aasimar, dodging swings of an arcane longsword that she wielded and commanding Grandleon to Freeze, swinging into the Aasimar's legs with such power that they froze instantly and shattered, leaving the woman maimed. The Aasimar continued to fight and managed to grab Kelnan, casting Inflict Wounds on the Elf who retaliated with a point-blank Magic Missile to her head which kiled her. Fritz sensed that killing this woman caused Kelnan great anguish and tried to comfort her, but the man in the fire stole their attention. The man in the fire asked for Fritz' name, but he refused to answer. The man in the fire told Fritz that the plan they had was already in motion and disappeared.
Fritz and Kelnan recovered information from documents inside the room. The Orphans of the Apocalypse had come to Gendamyr and the locals assumed that they were Children of Galaxa. The underwater hideout they had, acted as an outpost for the cult to funnel intel to Brevia. This intel would be used to execute a separate plan only called "The Brevia Plan" which hoped to see the citizens of Brevia turn on the Children of Galaxa and support the Orphans of the Apocalypse. While the wordage was vague, Fritz and Kelnan agreed that they needed to go to Brevia as soon as possible.
Fritz and Kelnan returned to Gendamyr, noticing the Tabaxi Orphan of the Apocalypse they tied up had disappeared. Upon their return to Gendamyr, Kelnan and Fritz were celebrated as heroes. The Fisherman's Guild rewarded the two with 100 gold as reward which was given in portion to Mavris for his assistance. Kelnan and Fritz celebrated with the sailors and fishermen of Gendamyr at the Riptide saloon where Fritz bought drinks for the entire town and Mavris credited the two for reigniting his youthful spirit, gifting the Rabbit Knight with a rare vintage Left Foot Brew ale that he stole from the Saloon. As they drunkenly walked back to the inn, Kelnan confided in Fritz that he always wanted to be brave and good like Fritz, Fritz returning the complements back to him.
After a hungover morning aided by a medicinal concoction that Vana whipped up for Fritz and Kelnan, the party left Gendamyr with their sights even more firmly on Brevia. As they decided the best route to go on to get to Brevia, Andes Seafoot caught up with the party and between celebrating their victory over the Water Elemental, he revealed that he saw a Tabaxi woman immerge from the ocean and head north. So the party decided to follow and traveled on the northern path. Leaving Gendamyr, Fritz stopped by the Temple of Dresdar, the Bidivine god of the Winds. The priest there, a Kenku named Gi who gifted him a glove with the Gust of Wind spell imbued in it, deeming it a Glove of Dresdar.

The Road to Brevia - King Dink of Akveria

Not long after leaving the outskirts of Gendamyr, Fritz and his party came face to face with a middle aged Triton man with shining, regal armor. The Triton commended the Rabbit Knight for his actions to assist Gendamyr and asked him if he would assist a truly noble cause. Fritz said he would, but the Triton then challenged him to a 1 on 1 fight to see if he really lived up to his name. Fritz agreed to this test and fought with the Triton who was surprised at The Rabbit Knight's speed, getting knocked to the ground by a swing from Grandleon. The Triton recovered effortlessly and kicked Fritz' legs out from under him, knocking him prone and then telling the Rabbit Knight that while he was talented, he was clearly untrained. The Triton still accepted Fritz's help and introduced himself as Zolsamm.
Zolsamm lead Fritz and his party to a crashed Akverian Anglerfish-class airship where he introduced King Dink Knickles of Akveria to the party. Fritz knew of Dink, a former bandit like himself who served with The Boys before they were The Broken Crown. Dink traveled with the adventuring party known as The Kings before The Great Disturbance and is credited in assisting defend Dioya during the Battle for Dioya. Since the country's establishment after The Great disturbance, King Dink served as the crown king of Akveria, the unified islands of the Sea Elves or Tritons. While Dink was only a King in status and had little actual power, Fritz was excited to be face to face with a bandit who rose to power and fame.
Zolsamm informed Fritz and his party that Dink, Zolsamm, and Dink's youngest son, Prince Fink were traveling Dioya by air when they were attacked, robbed, and capsized by Rose Pirates, Warlock bandits who roamed the Skies and Seas who drew power from the Demonic prince of Greed, Bayez. Among gold and treasures, Prince Fink was taken by the pirates. King Dink asked for Fritz and his party's help and after a bit of convincing of Kelnan, the group agreed to assist.
The party, lead now by King Dink made their way to a hidden tavern located within a massive bolder known as The Mossy Rock Tavern. The tavern was the last known location of the Rose Pirates in the area. Dink showcased his crafty and shady background to Fritz by inadvertently using Thieves Cant to open the secret doorway into the tavern. After getting rid of every bit of his noble's attire but his coral crown in order to blend into rough looking bar-goers, Dink recruited a group of rough looking men lead by an orc named Borm M'garin to assist them in their inevitable showdown with the Rose Pirates. Much to Zolsamm's dismay, Dink gave Borm his Coral crown as payment. More focused on the task at hand, Fritz met the last remaining Rose Pirate in the bar, a drunkard human named Tarnell who the duo befriended, sized up, got information from, and knocked out when he tried to use a Misty Stone that would take them to the deck of the Rose Warlock ship.
The group rendezvoused back at the wreckage of the anglerfish and left a passed out Tarnell tied to the mast of the wrecked ship. Fritz used the Misty stone on himself, Vana, Kelnan, Zolsamm, Borm, Borm's human ally a bandit named Tarth, and King Dink to teleport themselves onto the deck of the Rose Warlock ship that was floating hundreds off feet off of the Brevian Territories' shore. Rose Pirates of varying races and ranks decended upon the party, but before a fight could ensue, Dink pushed Borm and Tarth to fight the Rose Warlocks. The two bandits turned on the group when they realized that Dink planned to use them as fodder, but Dink killed Borm, getting his crown back and Tarth was disarmed by Fritz who stole both of his swords from him, causing the human to surrender. A battle between Zolsamm, Vana, Harold, Fritz, Dink, and Kelnan ensued against the Rose Warlock as the party cut their way through the pirates. When only a few Rose Pirates were left, a Batfolk member started the ritual to summon a demon. Despite Dink and Fritz attacking and jumping on the Batfolk as he spread blood to summon the demon, the ritual was a success and a tall Bulezau was summoned. The party banded together to attack the demon, gathering around Kelnan's Magic Circle to be protected from the foul creature's attacks and after suffering multiple attacks from Fritz' Grandleon which was commanded to Purify with radiant light, Dink killed the creature by using his Wand of Wonder to pummel the demon with gemstones that fired from it and leaped forward, stabbing it in the head and killing it.
With the demonic ship theirs and Prince Fink saved. Dink took full command of the Rose Airship. Dink initially looked forward to doing more traveling, but Zolsamm informed him that Fink was ill with Dry-Gill, a sickness that happened when Tritons were above land for too long. Dink settled on returning to Akveria for a bit, but obliged Fritz when The Rabbit Knight requested for them to drop them off in Brevia.
As the Rose Airship flew to Brevia, Fritz and Dink had a long conversation about what it meant to be from The Broken Crown alliance. Both former bandits had made a life for themselves beyond their initial station in life and while Dink had a hard time being honest with most people, he told Fritz that it was good to know there were others like him that rose above where they came from. While the rest of the party slept, Fritz asked Zolsamm to teach him how to better fight with Grandleon. Fritz and Zolsamm trained until dawn, with Fritz learning a few martial techniques developed by Akverian Triton knights. Zolsamm told Fritz that while he was talented, he should seek out for someone to train him to become a proper knight instead of someone who just pretended to be a knight.

Brevia

Fritz and his party parted ways with King Dink, Prince Fink and Zolsamm as they were transported to the docks of Brevia and immediately confronted by Brevian guards lead by the captain of the guards, a dwarf named Arlan Hakar. Fritz was initally suspicious of Arlan, but revealed the Brevia Plan to him and warned him of the Orphans of the apocalypse. Arlan appreciated this information and informed them that the Brevian guard had heard of The Orphans of the Apocalypse. Arlan asked Fritz that if he was to find the Orphans, if he could call upon his help. The Rabbit Knight complied.
Fritz and his party were allowed into Brevia and they made their way through the massive coastal city. Fritz and his friends remarked that as soon as they made it to the local Temple of the Bidivine, their journey to cure Vana would be over. The party reminesced upon their adventure and also remarked about how many other Children of Galaxa like Kelnan there were in Brevia.
At the Temple of the Bidivine, the party met the local high priest, a human named Quinn Dunsmane who told them that while their journey to Brevia was over, there was no one in the temple that was powerful enough to cure Vana. Quinn revealed that all of the highest ranking Children of Galaxa members that resided in Brevia were gone thanks to the teleportation circle in the temple being destroyed. Quinn told the party that someone had destroyed the teleportation circle in the middle of the night a few months before and that the only person who may know more would be the former captain of the guards, an elderly tiefling named Makarides.
Fritz, Vana, and Harold traveled to the outskirts of Brevia to find Makarides while Kelnan stayed in the Temple of the Bidivine to repair the teleportation circle. They ended up meeting Makarides who identified that Grandleon was the work of Myath Varythis. Makarides mentioned to Fritz that his sward, Soulsinger was forged by Varythis and inquired about Fritz and his party. Fritz told Makarides all about him and the old Tiefling immediately recognized that Fritz was not a trained knight just by his posture. Makarides then told them that he had been investigating the Orphans of the Apocalypse with a Three-Finger ranking member of the Children of Galaxa named Vendove when one night as he was guarding the Temple of the Bidivine, a man with armor that had lights shining on it took a warhammer to the temple's teleportation circle. Makarides continued that him failing to catch up with the criminal was the straw that had the Brevian ministry replace him with Arlan. Fritz comforted Makarides and thanked him for the information. As Fritz, Harold, and Vana left Makarides' house, Makarides yelled out for Fritz to get proper training. Fritz responded asking if Makarides would train him and Makarides rejected him. As the party left to return to the Temple of the Bidivine, Harold mentioned to Fritz that Makarides was a legendary soldier who fought in the Great Midvailian Wars known as "The Knight of Sun's Rise."
Fritz, Vana, and Harold returned to Brevia only to be captured by Orphans of the Apocalypse members and put to sleep with a Sleep spell. When Fritz awoke, it was nighttime and The Brevia Plan had started. The one who captured them, none other than Arlan Hakar revealed that all the Children of Galaxa that they had seen in Brevia were actually Orphan of the Apocalypse members who were now terrorizing Brevia and destroying its businesses and buildings to make public enemies out of the children of Galaxa. Arlan left Fritz and the still sleeping Harold and Vana behind as Harold revealed via the Message spell that he was awake and pretending to be asleep. Harold told Fritz to leave he and Vana behind and to find Kelnan. Fritz used his slight of hand abilities to undo his bindings, but triggered an Orphan of the Apocalypse member to attack him with Grandleon who was now in the cultist's possession. When Fritz saw an opportunity, he escaped from his chair, stole back Grandleon, and threw a pot from his pack on to the ground, waking up Vana who immediately started to change form into the Slinger.
Fritz escaped the warehouse he and his friends were kept in, using his Rabbit Speed to nimbly sprinting through the streets of Brevia which were packed with civilians who fled falling towers and buring buildings all being destroyed by Orphans of the Apocalypse members in Children of Galaxa attire. Fritz found his way to the Temple of the Bidivine to find Kelnan protecting a mortally wounded Quinn Dunsmane from incoming Orphans of the apocalypse cultists. Fritz used a Heleg stone and threw it into a pool of water in the center of the temple, causing massive shards of ice to erupt from it and kill the cultists. Fritz told the panicked Kelnan what was happening and Kelnan told Fritz that they needed the help of the Children of the Galaxa. Kelnan told Fritz that he needed to protect him while he finished mending the spell circle and Fritz turned to engage with incoming cultists who entered the temple. Fritz sprung into action, attaching a Brevian guard with little success. Fritz found better luck using the Glove of Dresdar to blast the cultists and corrupt guard back with wind, following up with a Shockwing Dust bomb that stunned a few of the enemies. While he fought as hard as he could, Fritz was eventually knocked to near unconsciousness by the corrupt guard, leaving Kelnan vulnerable. Before a death blow could be struck to Kelnan by a cultist, the spell circle was completed and from it came 4 high-ranking 4-Finger children of Galaxa members lead by the Guiding Hand of Galaxa who helped saved Dioya from destruction 25 years ago, the Half-Aasimar/ Half-Deva, Lerai.
Lerai healed Fritz from the brink of death, using her magic to heal Kelnan and Quinn as the 4-Finger Children of Galaxa members routed all of the remaining Orphan of the Apocalypse cultists in the Temple of the Bidivine. After getting his bearings, Fritz and Kelnan introduced themselves to Lerai who emphatically thanked them for protecting her hometown. A 4-Finger member informed the trio that their scouting magic counted over 100 cultists and corrupt guards actively destroying buildings and attacking civilians, too many for them to handle on their own. Lerai ordered the 4-Fingers to teleport to the Temple of Enlightenment, a pocket dimension that housed a large sub-plane where the Children of Galaxa watch over Dioya. Lerai ordered them to bring back as many willing members of the Children to assist in the fight against the Orphans, but Fritz and Kelnan warned her that the Orphans were dressed in the attire of lower ranked Children of Galaxa members. Looking for alternative solutions, Lerai told Fritz and Kelnan that if they knew anyone who could help them, she could teleport the trio to any location that she had memory of. Fritz immediately thought of the Arrows of Zephyr, but bashfully told Lerai that unless she knew how to read minds, he doubted she had been to their camp before. Luckily, Lerai could read minds and after getting permission to do so from Fritz, Lerai channeled the power of the God of Enlightenment to leap into Fritz' mind and live through his memories with a touch of her finger to his forehead.
After living Fritz' entire life through his memories, Lerai kindly reintroduced herself to Fritz, recognizing that like many of her past travel companions, Fritz was a rogue with a good heart. Lerai then mentioned that if The Arrows of Zephyr encampment was in the same place, she could take them there. Fritz complied and took Lerai's hand as she cast a powerful teleportation spell that took them both to the camp of the Arrows of Zephyr. Despite Fritz' good intentions, the Arrows of Zephyr were not thrilled to be woken up by the light of a teleportation spell and nearly attacked Fritz and Lerai. They were called off when Bonwin immerged from her tent, recognizing Fritz. Upon realization that The Guiding Hand of Galaxa was before her. Bonwin bowed to Lerai, prompting other members to do so as well. Zephyr immerged from their tent and saw their gang bowing the knee to Lerai, upsetting and confusing them at first, but then after recognizing Lerai, Zephyr too bent the knee. Fritz pleaded with The Arrows of Zephyr to help save Brevia, but Zephyr interrupted him, telling him that they along with their entire group are wanted by the Brevia Guard and that Brevia deserved to burn. Zephyr pushed on, saying that when they needed Brevia the most after their parents death, the city and its people did nothing for them. Lerai chimed in, recalling her own upbringing in Bevia. As a Half-Deva, she was viewed as an outsider and her family was not trusted thanks to their affiliation with The Devic Order. Lerai mentioned that Brevia never saw her for who she was, rather what she was, until after the events of The Great Disturbance. Lerai told the Arrows of Zephyr that while she can't fix the past, she would personally ensure that the Arrows of Zephyr could become allies of Brevia if they assisted in saving the city. Zephyr rebuttled, throwing out that offer and replacing it with a new one. if they helped save brevia, the Bravian government would forgive them for all past transgressions. Lerai thought it over, met eyes with a pleading Fritz, and gave her word to The Arrows of Zephyr. The bandits would help save the city.
With the Arrows of Zephyr mustered to protect the city that once outcast their leader, Lerai teleported the group into the town square of Brevia where they were informed by a Child of Galaxa that most of the townsfolk had managed to evacuate. Upon noticing the massive group teleport into town square, the Orphans of the Apocalypse members and corrupt town guards charged at Fritz’ party only to be eviscerated by the might of an electric imbued Fireball from Lerai’s fingertips.
Zephyr and their forces climbed to the rooftops of Brevia while Lerai commended 3 & 4-Finger members of the Children of Galaxa to enchant the turned bandits’ weapons.
Lerai, Kelnan, and their fellow Children of Galaxa fought off reavers on the ground as Fritz jumped up to the Brevian rooftops to assist the Arrows of Zephyr. Zephyr became flanked by cultists, and Fritz engaged them from behind, taking one's legs out from under Zephyr’s potential assailant, allowing Zepyr to channel the wind and blast him off of the roof to the ground below.
The descent of the cultist prompted the attention of Captain Arlan who threatened Fritz, in disbelief that he managed to get free. Lerai pleaded with Arlan to call off his men, but Arlan insisted that Brevia was going to fall that night, resurrecting the fallen cultist with necromancy.
The Zombified cultist attacked Fritz, nearly crushing his leg, but from behind the cultist with a brilliant and blinding flash of light, a sword was plunged through the Zombie’s chest and a shockwave of radiance obliterated the husk to reveal the shining form of Makarides in his knights’ armor wielding his sword soulsinger.
Fritz watched Makarides dispatch 2 living cultists as the old knight pays his respect to Lerai before he had to take a breather.
Makarides mentioned to Fritz that when he saw the smoke, he knew that Brevia needed more help than that of an untrained knight.
Arlan approached Makarides and Fritz, ready to unleash arcane fury on the two, hurling Guiding bolts at them, but Lerai flew over to the duo and summoned her Spirit guardian, a massive form of the Bidivine champion of Galaxa whose extended hands restrained Arlan.
Makarides, Fritz, Kelnan, and the Arrows of Zephyr picked off the remaining cultists and corrupt guards, leaving Arlan to grovel for his life. Makarides and Zephyr endorsed executing him, but Fritz asked Lerai to let him live.
Lerai agreed, but the decision was interrupted as a horrible sound pierced the air.
Fritz immediately recognized the sound and turned to order the Arrows to lower their weapons. The turned bandits refused until Zephyr barked the same order at them.
The group watched as The Slinger appeared atop the roof of a building and started bounding towards the town square. Fritz started telling Lerai that the Slinger was the reason that they were traveling to Brevia in the first place, but was interrupted as Lerai smiled and tapped her head, telling him that she knows all about Vana.
Lerai dispelled her spirit guardian, letting Zephyr restrain Arlan as she charged towards The Slinger and cast Remove Curse, empowered by her Channel divinity, immediately turning The Slinger back into Vana. For good.
Fritz and Kelnan ran to Vana, checking on her as Harold ran from where the Slinger came from. The group embraced, Vana’s curse was finally lifted. But Fritz knew that the time for celebration had to wait.
Fritz, Zephyr, Makarides, and Lerai interrogated Arlan, learning that The Head of the Orphans was atop the great Statue of Lerai by the bay of the city. Lerai told Fritz that she could take him and one other member of his party with him. With Harold, Kelnan, Makarides, and Zephyr to choose from, Fritz chose Kelnan, telling him it was time that they finish what was started in Gendamyr.
As they were about to leave, Vana and Harold approached the two, giving them one last hug, Harold inspiring the two with promises of great tales sung in their name after they saved Brevia, and Vana giving Fritz healing potions. More children of Galaxa members arrived via teleportation along with Blood of the Elemental members. Lerai told them to help undo the damage the cultists made to the city and flew off with Fritz and Kelnan in each arm.

The trio soared to the top of the statue of Lerai to find the same Drow Fritz saw in the fire in Gendamyr in mid-ritual with 4 hooded members of the Orphans of the Apocalypse who wore masks like Children of the Galaxa members, but instead of protruding fingers or even eye slits, each mask was void except for a painted on eye.
The Head and Fritz met eyes first, then he and Lerai. Overwhelmed with emotion, Lerai conveyed to Fritz that she knew The Head when he was a member of the Children of Galaxa many years ago, Rizoyn Eilsrahel.
Rizoyn introduces himself to Fritz as The Head of the Orphans and tells him that he’s impressed that the boy who refused to introduce himself in Gendamyr made his way to him.
Lerai, heartbroken reached out to Rizoyn, pleading with him to stop the senseless violence against the people of Brevia.
Rizoyn ignored her and proceeded to monologue:
"Rabbit knight!!! Do you know the history of the Children of Galaxa?!"
Before The Great Disturbance 25 years ago, people started disappearing randomly. Nobles, Commoners, Brothers, Sisters... Parents. Randomly. Suddenly. Children like myself, like Lerai, woke up one day to find that their parents had disappeared, leaving us orphans. It just so happened at this time that a creature who believed themselves the avatar of the god of enlightenment, Galaxa was roaming around Dioya recruiting these Orphans and giving them powers to heal, to help, and to fight. They recruited these vulnerable youths under their wing and gave them holy powers, the Children of Galaxa were formed. We were to fight another avatar at the Threshold of man, the avatar of Aeya, god of Invention. So we prayed, we trained, we fought alongside adventuring party, army, and more to get ourselves ready for the war that was to happen and when it did....
You...your, god. The false avatar Champion of Galaxa left us, left all of us on the battlefield to die 25 years ago. They gave us power, they made us think we were cared for and that we were watched over by their benevolence. We held on to that faith even when we saw our brothers and sisters get slaughtered at the Threshold of Man. We were just kids. It was all we had. And in the end Aeya fell... we won, didn't we Lerai? Dioya was saved.
What happened next. The world moved on, Rabbit Knight. And eventually, those people that disappeared so mysteriously, many of them came back. But some... some didn't... some... were gone. The world advanced. But not for us, not for me. We were alone. We were supposed to keep helping others long after the world was saved. But who would help us though, Lerai? Who would save us. We were pawns. We had a purpose and the purpose was to aid in saving Dioya and when that purpose was fulfilled we were abandoned by the only leader we had. It was a lie.
"We are here to re-educate Dioya what it means truly to follow Galaxa. No false idols, no guiding hands. Enlightenment is found through power. It's time that Dioya becomes enlightened and grows beyond the grand lie of Children of Galaxa.

Your apologies mean nothing Lerai. You're a hero. You're a leader. You got a happy ending and look at you, still guiding the Children. I knew you would come. And here you will fall."


Lerai knew that the time for talking had ended and urged Fritz to raise Grandleon. Rizoyn charged at the trio as the hooded cultist attempted to blind them, but failed. Lerai let loose arcane blasts on the hooded cultists, killing many of them and pleading with Rizoyn to stop again, getting rejected again as his attacks connected with Lerai. Much to Lerai’s surprise, Rizoyn managed to channel his divinity and forced her to experience Rizoyn’s entire life sending her into an illusory daze.

Kelnan drew his sword, slashing at Rizoyn to distract him as Fritz tried to sneak attack The Head of the Orphans, failing as an arcane eye appeared on the back of his head to spot Fritz.
Rizoyn pushed Kelnan back and started wailing on Fritz, nearly killing him before Kelnan jumped in front of Fritz, casting Shield to protect the Rabbit Knight. Kelnan’s eyes met Rizoyns as he swore he would never let him hurt his friend, Rizoyn smiled and told Kelnan that he’d die for his friend then” and landed a radiant empowered blow into Kelnan’s chest, knocking him out.
Fritz screamed out for Kelnan, snapping Lerai out of her vision and prompting her to give up reaching her old friend, unleashing radiant eldrich blasts at Rizoyn. As Rizoyn and Lerai clashed again, Fritz used Rabbit Speed to make his way to Kelnan and feed him a potion. Kelnan urged Fritz to run away before passing out.
Fritz turned to look at Lerai and Rizoyn, the Head of the Orphans of the Apocalypse casted Contagion on Lerai, making her weak enough to overpower and knock to the ground.
Fritz watched Rizoyn raise his hammer to finish Lerai off and felt as if Grandleon was speaking to him. The word Fritz heard from his weapon was echoed by Fritz, “Push” and a blast of powerful raw energy swirled around Grandleon.
Knowing what he had to do Fritz sprinted at Rizoyn, throwing a shockwing dust bomb, stunning Lerai and Rizoyn. With Rizoyn stunned, Fritz was able to reel back and unleash the full force of Grandleon upon Rizoyn, sending him hurtling into the side of the statue and cracking his celestial armor.

Fritz stood over Lerai, Grandleon humming with power. Rizoyn, barely able to catch his breath from the attack made eye contact with the half-conscious Lerai and reluctantly uttered the words “Very well sunken one, I will give you what you wish.” This sentence summoned a massive purple tentacle from the ground that pulled Rizoyn’s body into a void and away from Brevia.

With Rizoyn away, the contagion in Lerai’s body wore off and Fritz fell to the ground, the trio gasping after the close, but victorious battle.

Returning to downtown Brevia, Lerai, Fritz, and Kelnan saw civilians, Children of Galaxa, Blood of the Elementals, and Arrows of Zephyr helping put out fires and salvage what was destroyed.
Fritz, Kelnan, Harold, Vana, Zephyr, Makarides, and Lerai found a bar, the Black Barrel Tavern and drank to their victory.
Kelnan asks Lerai what she will do after this event, Lerai tells him that she needs to spend time to connect to the people of Dioya, since clearly people still feel left behind.
In secret, Kelnan mustered the courage to ask Lerai if he can train with the other Children of Galaxa at the Temple of Enlightenment, Lerai wholeheartedly accepted.

Meanwhile, Makarides paid compliments to Fritz, telling him that while his stance is bad and he has poor prowess, he could one day be a competent fighter. Makarides gets to the point and offers Fritz the ability to train under him, telling him that they’d have to travel east. Fritz thought it over and looked at his friends, his quest to help Vana and save Brevia complete. With a swig of ale, Fritz accepted Makarides’ offer.

The Arrows of Zephyr parted Brevia with thanks to Fritz and an open invite to always visit them. The Arrows’ crimes were forgiven by order of Lerai. As they parted, the Arrows were offered positions as knights of Brevia, an offer Zephyr took great pleasure in refusing.
Lerai and Fritz parted ways next. Lerai thanked Fritz for all of his help and told him she was sure that he would see him again. Lerai prompted Kelnan to come with him, but Kelnan held back.
Kelnan approached Fritz and told him that he always struggled being a Child of Galaxa and that adventuring with him, Harold, and Vana made him realize that he really, truly wanted to help people. Kelnan vowed to Fritz that when he became even better at protecting the people he loved he would join Fritz’s side. The two embraced and solidified the promise that they would reunite.
Vana and Harold said their goodbyes to Fritz next, Harold telling Fritz that he will immortalize Fritz’ heroism forever in song. Vana thanked Fritz for everything he had done for she and Harold, calling him a true hero and the kindest knight one could ever meet. Vana gave Fritz a herbalism kit so he could brew his own potions. The two parted ways with The Rabbit Knight to travel freely across Dioya, no longer burdened by the dreadful curse of The Slinger.

With the city under repair and the sun rising on the shores of Brevia, Fritz looked out across the ocean beside his new master, Makarides, ready for new adventures.

ARC 2 - A Knight's Tale

Journey to the Tribelands

After the Brevia Event, Fritz and Makarides traveled to the Brevian docks and booked passage aboard a small trading vessel known as The Sandppiper, owned by “Trapper and Tracker Shipments.” The owner of the ship was a Kenku named Trapper who served as a Ranger in hiss younger years and fought alongside Makarides during the Draconic War of the Great Wars of Midvail over 50 years ago. The ship was making passage to the Tribelands of Fera, a continent across the Great Sea that was previously a portion of the landmass known as the Clansplains before the Great Disturbance. The Tribelands of Fera was the historical homelands of the animalfolk and Goblinoids, and contained many different nations within them.
Aboard the Sandpiper, Fritz met the rest of the ship’s crew, most notably, a soft spoken Warforged cleric named HM-64 who served as the ship’s First Mate, and a stoic Sea Elf ex-mercenary named Legalia Beckwitt who served as the ship’s Striker.
For 2 weeks, the crew of the Sandpiper sailed east across the Great Sea. While Fritz’ training had not officially begun, Makarides had him spar with Legalia daily. Over time, Fritz identified that Legalia’s combat manauvers were similar to that of King Dink’s bodyguard, Zolsamm. Fritz tried his best to match Legalia’s martial prowess with his speed and resourcefulness, but was consistently outmatched by the Sea Elf’s martial training, ending every bout on his backside.
Through a puff of pipe smoke, Makarides instructed Fritz that if he sensed an oncoming attack, he should to stop focusing on how he could use his surroundings to his advantage, but to instead focus on his enemy’s foot positioning and the posture of their blade.
Taking Makarides’ guidance to heart, Fritz managed to learn and master the Uncanny Dodge over many bouts with Legalia.
It took some time for Fritz to break through Legalia’s tough exterior, but the two eventually formed a friendship and Legalia helped teach Fritz Primordial, the language of the Tribelands.

Training Under Makarides