Episode 2: Rolling Down in the Fight Pit
Original Air Date: 31st August 2021
General Summary
The Tainted Tendril, Dellwyn
1 Octavium – 2 Octavium 301 DR
Over drinks, Attenborough told the party he'd been sent out into the world to study the trees; he's writing a book about them. He said other people from the Elder Tree Tribe have been sent out to explore as well.
The group organised two adjoining rooms in the Tainted Tendril with Bran, the barkeep.
Friend asked their new friends whether any of them used to be children. Friend told them that they were only about 13 weeks old, and the group promised that Friend would receive "the talk" when they reached 18 weeks - a promise made in an effort to stall for time.
Attenborough explained that while he and Temi could both Wild Shape into animals, they were from vastly different places, and thus had different “libraries” of animals to choose from.
Eluderefound the deactivated anchor using her tuning fork, the same that had resonated with Illuanna's Pendant lodged in Friend's chest. She said she's been searching for a stolen family artefact for 70 years; a sword tied to the Lunalaedis bloodline, meaning the thieves probably haven't been able to make use of it "fully". The thieves had used another family as "cover" to steal it, meaning there were no real leads.
After persistent asking by Friend, Eludere told the others she is 342 years old.
During the night, Eludere finished her rest first, being an elf, and saw that Friend cast a shadow with 8 long spider legs and had a glow in their eyes. In the morning, Friend once again awoke in a cocoon, and had 10 minutes with their spider legs before they dissolved into dust.
Temi made sure to check in with Toddlington in the morning - he was okay sleeping on the windowsill, but he told her he prefers the ground.
Friend checked in with their warlock, Ludan Krisvaris, through their tome. They hadn't tried communicating with him in this way before, but it worked: Everyone could see Ludan's face appear on a blank page in the tome. He, with Illuanna in the background, was still at the Death Tower in the library. He said he'd been looking into the leg of Odabh'itrusz kept at the Animus Hall library; trying to figure out how they could take it to repurpose the earthquake summoning to bring back Odabh'itrusz instead. He asked how Friend had been doing since "their time in Hell", something not yet mentioned or explained to Temi, Attenborough, or Eludere.
Downstairs, the third tournament hosted by The Hellfires for the current year started. The different divisions for the tournament were sorted, and it meant that Attenborough, Temi, Eludere, Gee, Friend, and Terra would be competing against each other, as well as Manfred (who they'd met the day prior) and a tall, half-orc woman named Brewar, who kept winking at Terra. The prize for their division was revealed to be a relic set of genuine silver-dragon scale armour, much to the group's disgust.
Manfred, Brewar, and Terra were disqualified from the first round of the division, leaving Attenborough, Eludere, Friend, Gee, and Temi to compete against each other in the following two rounds.
Rewards Granted
- 2 summoned wolves, 2 summoned spiders, and 2 druids Wild Shaped into a wolf and a snake
- 1 overcooked paladin - Heat Metal: 1, Terra: 0
- Endless eyebrow raises from Eludere at things Friend says
- Endless love for Toddlington the Brave
Missions/Quests Completed
- FRIENDSHIP
- Oh, and advancing to the next round of the tournament to win some morally-dodgy armour
- Just because you can hunt dragons does not mean you should; take notes, Hellfires
Quick Summary:
The party get to know each other a little better, and the Hellfires' tournament begins.
Players:
DM: BurrowsRed
Attenborough: CarubiChips
Eludere: Alishiera
Friend: CatRoulette
Gee: Mel_eficent_
Temi: PastelSparkles
Terra: Friendoboi
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Quotes:
"Sometimes maybe I'm a spider, but we don't know." - Friend
"Drow don't age, they just get hotter." - Eludere