--- > [!Danger] Disclaimer > *This transcript was auto-generated by a model and may not be perfectly accurate. In particular, the speaker labels may sometimes overlap with other speakers and cause the model to label one speaker as someone else.* --- 07:12.638 --> 07:21.069 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Should we jump channels? 07:22.711 --> 07:24.694 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, this is fine. 07:25.275 --> 07:26.296 [Riv (DM)]: I don't think it matters too much. 07:27.097 --> 07:27.938 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, fantastic. 07:29.981 --> 07:33.065 [Riv (DM)]: So I guess I'll do a bit of a recap again because it's been quite a while. 07:33.326 --> 07:38.933 [Riv (DM)]: I'll kind of cover a bunch of stuff that we've done lately, especially for Kiwi who's been away. 07:38.913 --> 07:46.052 [Riv (DM)]: So I guess the big main thing that happened initially was the trip to bring the girl Leah to Val Miriel. 07:46.934 --> 07:55.437 [Riv (DM)]: She was being contracted to do a job for the Ravens in Val Miriel and so you were kind of 07:55.417 --> 07:57.380 [Riv (DM)]: Hired to bring her there safely. 07:57.840 --> 08:08.435 [Riv (DM)]: Along the way you found the Fine Gold Caravan crew who had been captured by the lady who has been dogging your steps for a while. 08:09.796 --> 08:19.129 [Riv (DM)]: Harland was killed by her and you went in and were able to rescue the group, killing the woman in the process. 08:19.109 --> 08:23.759 [Riv (DM)]: Traveled onwards, arrived at Val Miriel and checked into a tavern called the River's Watch. 08:25.763 --> 08:37.168 [Riv (DM)]: There was a note that was fired into your room with an arrow that said something along the lines of, tomorrow night midnight, meet at Miriel's Rest, which is the big royal graveyard beside the keep. 08:38.498 --> 08:49.390 [Riv (DM)]: The girl Leah, she was taken by one of the ravens, Gideon I believe, and Erendor gave her the Dagger of Warning as she left. 08:51.633 --> 09:02.785 [Riv (DM)]: Gemma had spoken around the town, spoken to a few of her contacts, and informed Vaeloran, who had asked a few questions, that this person, that he was called Corvas, 09:02.765 --> 09:09.015 [Riv (DM)]: Or someone known by that name was the head of the Imperial Garrison in Val Noren. 09:10.978 --> 09:11.298 [Riv (DM)]: What else? 09:11.599 --> 09:12.260 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You explored the city? 09:12.280 --> 09:13.682 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Did we get that information? 09:13.822 --> 09:14.603 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I don't recall getting that. 09:14.623 --> 09:15.665 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I don't remember that. 09:15.685 --> 09:19.210 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think you may have just spoiled yourself, Riv. 09:19.230 --> 09:19.811 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: No way. 09:20.633 --> 09:21.975 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We did not get that information. 09:21.995 --> 09:22.596 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Oh, there you go. 09:22.616 --> 09:23.918 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We were going to get the information. 09:24.018 --> 09:24.999 [Riv (DM)]: We went shopping. 09:26.301 --> 09:29.246 [Riv (DM)]: I wrote it in my notes, though, that we talked about it. 09:29.847 --> 09:29.987 [Riv (DM)]: Nope. 09:30.997 --> 09:32.403 [Riv (DM)]: Oh well, there you go. 09:32.423 --> 09:33.809 [Riv (DM)]: We'll see. 09:33.829 --> 09:34.914 [Riv (DM)]: That'll come up apparently tonight. 09:34.934 --> 09:38.610 [Riv (DM)]: Oh well, good memes. 09:40.143 --> 09:43.129 [Riv (DM)]: You explored the city apparently and that didn't happen. 09:43.990 --> 09:55.532 [Riv (DM)]: You went to a fine weapons store and you also went to the Green Griffin Guild, picked up a job for the investigating the gold mine. 09:56.875 --> 10:01.223 [Riv (DM)]: And I believe that the guild 10:02.840 --> 10:08.656 [Riv (DM)]: Uh, was going to arrange a meeting with the benefactor, um, because he wanted some more information. 10:09.879 --> 10:13.048 [Riv (DM)]: Um, scouted Miriel's Rest, the graveyard, had a quick look around. 10:13.088 --> 10:17.560 [Riv (DM)]: Um, I think one of you grabbed a dice or something from, from a grave. 10:19.004 --> 10:19.144 [Riv (DM)]: Mm-hmm. 10:19.124 --> 10:26.132 [Riv (DM)]: Kai went off by himself, visited the High Sept and spoke with the High Priest Uldir. 10:28.675 --> 10:45.435 [Riv (DM)]: In this meeting he shocked the priest by revealing his starry form and upon recovering from his near seizure the priest explained the disparity between the gods that Kai was seeing in his visions compared to the supposed god of the moon from the Seven. 10:45.415 --> 10:48.320 [Riv (DM)]: The seven are not actually real gods. 10:48.861 --> 10:51.585 [Riv (DM)]: They were just champions from a time ages past and long forgotten. 10:52.367 --> 11:06.831 [Riv (DM)]: And then on your way back through the market to meet back up again at the tavern, you got sprayed with glittery dust or something and you all had a big tripping session where you fought monsters and somebody died. 11:06.871 --> 11:09.536 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 11:09.876 --> 11:10.377 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Wait, what? 11:12.179 --> 11:14.628 [JC (Ryo)]: You all died before we got new character sheets, except you. 11:15.130 --> 11:15.371 [JC (Ryo)]: True. 11:20.089 --> 11:23.421 [Riv (DM)]: That was essentially the justification for... 11:24.008 --> 11:28.676 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, that was essentially justification for having the one shot where you fought a bunch of monsters. 11:29.317 --> 11:32.482 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know if we want to consider it canon or not, but there you go. 11:32.582 --> 11:37.531 [Riv (DM)]: So we can pick up there, coming through the market if you like. 11:38.532 --> 11:44.903 [Riv (DM)]: I guess the guys kind of look at you, one of them draws their swords and just says like, 11:44.883 --> 11:45.584 [Riv (DM)]: Back off. 11:46.425 --> 11:47.607 [Riv (DM)]: Don't tell anyone about this. 11:48.548 --> 11:54.395 [Riv (DM)]: You saw nothing or something along those lines and they menacingly try to usher you along. 11:57.920 --> 12:07.653 [Riv (DM)]: As you guys are sort of like blearily wiping your eyes and coming conscious again, anything you want to do or we just we're just going to keep on going? 12:09.915 --> 12:12.879 [Lacer (Kai)]: So we're covered in like some drug dust, are we? 12:12.899 --> 12:14.181 [Lacer (Kai)]: Something like that, yeah. 12:18.447 --> 12:20.550 [Lacer (Kai)]: I guess I open my eyes. 12:20.590 --> 12:21.532 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm like spluttering. 12:21.772 --> 12:24.416 [Lacer (Kai)]: I look up at the sun and go, how long has it been? 12:24.476 --> 12:25.738 [Lacer (Kai)]: How long were we out for? 12:28.342 --> 12:34.070 [Riv (DM)]: Um, they kind of just look at you and like, it's just a few seconds. 12:39.959 --> 12:40.780 [Riv (DM)]: Well then. 12:40.800 --> 12:45.126 [Riv (DM)]: They look very shifty and shady and they clearly want you to, to, you know, move on. 12:45.267 --> 12:46.048 [Riv (DM)]: Don't tell anyone about it. 12:46.548 --> 12:47.610 [Riv (DM)]: Probably this is illicit. 12:49.042 --> 12:49.883 [Riv (DM)]: I look around. 12:49.963 --> 12:51.485 [Riv (DM)]: Who's on the ground around me? 12:52.006 --> 12:52.527 [Lacer (Kai)]: Is everyone up? 12:52.987 --> 12:55.530 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, everyone's kind of standing up, looking a bit shaky. 12:57.052 --> 13:06.585 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, I get in defensive, what's it called, formation and try and gather everyone together back away from the shifty people. 13:09.308 --> 13:09.529 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 13:11.671 --> 13:15.336 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, we can slide on past. 13:17.105 --> 13:19.953 [Riv (DM)]: So, easy enough, heading on back through the market. 13:20.053 --> 13:24.525 [Riv (DM)]: At this point it's kind of evening, heading towards evening, sun's just starting to set. 13:24.585 --> 13:28.095 [Riv (DM)]: And you can get back to the River's Watch. 13:28.596 --> 13:30.000 [Riv (DM)]: And as you enter in... 13:31.685 --> 13:42.636 [Riv (DM)]: You see the familiar interior that you've come to know now after being here for a day or two. 13:42.696 --> 13:59.734 [Riv (DM)]: You can see Lyla who's dancing around tending to the tables and she is just coming back from one table in the middle of the room after delivering a large mug of ale to your dwarf companion Dondar who is sitting down having a drink. 14:01.807 --> 14:02.508 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Hey, boys. 14:06.694 --> 14:07.515 [Lacer (Kai)]: Hey, Dondar. 14:07.535 --> 14:08.336 [Lacer (Kai)]: How's it going? 14:11.421 --> 14:11.961 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Good maid. 14:13.664 --> 14:14.265 [Lacer (Kai)]: How are you doing? 14:14.785 --> 14:16.989 [Lacer (Kai)]: I think I need a drink, I think. 14:17.529 --> 14:26.041 [Lacer (Kai)]: We just passed out for a second and we've been exposed to some foreign drug or something. 14:26.542 --> 14:27.223 [Lacer (Kai)]: Not too sure. 14:27.710 --> 14:31.756 [Lacer (Kai)]: Are we all, we're still like covered in like some sort of flower, right? 14:32.797 --> 14:37.984 [Riv (DM)]: I think it probably wasn't like dense enough to, you know, land on your clothing and actually look very perceptible. 14:38.765 --> 14:43.051 [Riv (DM)]: It was more of like a cloud of dusty gaseous stuff that you breathed in. 14:50.261 --> 14:51.663 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Undar decides to ignore that. 14:53.225 --> 14:53.886 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Come, have a drink. 14:56.093 --> 14:59.277 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, I plonk myself down next to Dondar. 15:00.539 --> 15:05.065 [Lacer (Kai)]: And you find anything you were looking for today when you were out shopping? 15:08.469 --> 15:09.090 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Actually, no. 15:09.130 --> 15:12.334 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I'm sure something will come to me. 15:14.998 --> 15:16.179 [Lacer (Kai)]: Fair enough, fair enough. 15:19.223 --> 15:22.668 [Riv (DM)]: Are there any other sort of stories or anything? 15:22.688 --> 15:25.932 [Riv (DM)]: Like what do you imagine Dondar got up to, Kiwi, during the day? 15:28.814 --> 15:29.595 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: How long has it been? 15:30.536 --> 15:31.076 [Riv (DM)]: It was just today. 15:31.176 --> 15:33.258 [Riv (DM)]: You would have gone off by yourself in the morning. 15:35.981 --> 15:36.101 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Oh. 15:38.464 --> 15:47.112 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, I was probably being the good wizard, going to all the places that JC had robbed and compensating the owners. 15:50.456 --> 15:54.460 [Lacer (Kai)]: I haven't robbed anyone in this town. 15:54.480 --> 15:56.422 [Lacer (Kai)]: We didn't see anything. 15:56.442 --> 15:57.943 [JC (Ryo)]: I haven't done shit in this town. 15:59.341 --> 16:04.512 [JC (Ryo)]: Also, who's this JC bloke? 16:05.053 --> 16:05.434 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Ryo. 16:06.837 --> 16:07.598 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: That dodgy Ryo. 16:11.466 --> 16:13.190 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Preemptive apologising, mate. 16:17.880 --> 16:19.543 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: And on the lookout for a familiar. 16:24.080 --> 16:24.461 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 16:26.785 --> 16:40.249 [Riv (DM)]: So at this point, why don't we say that Valoran, you see Gemma off to the side, sitting with a couple of other people from the group, and she motions for you over to come and have a chat. 16:40.313 --> 16:41.595 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 16:41.615 --> 16:59.061 [Riv (DM)]: Um, yeah, and she, you know, comes over and just essentially says, yeah, I, you know, asked around town a bit, spoke with a few contacts, um, and it turns out that this Corvas, there is a person that goes by that name who was the head of the Imperial Garrison at Val Noren. 16:59.682 --> 17:01.946 [Riv (DM)]: Um, I'm sure you're shocked to hear that for the first time. 17:01.986 --> 17:03.368 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 17:05.390 --> 17:09.800 [JC (Ryo)]: Didn't someone call Valoran Corvass ages ago? 17:10.461 --> 17:11.724 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah, that's why I was asking about the name. 17:13.087 --> 17:16.735 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright. 17:16.755 --> 17:18.138 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 17:18.158 --> 17:19.140 [Lacer (Kai)]: That is quite shocking. 17:19.180 --> 17:20.804 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I do remember something about that. 17:20.904 --> 17:21.846 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Maybe it was Matriarch. 17:23.564 --> 17:29.212 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Wasn't it the red hand at the bridge assault? 17:29.232 --> 17:34.078 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It said the name and the mentor, but nothing about Noren. 17:34.599 --> 17:38.044 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, the guy basically just called him that. 17:38.064 --> 17:38.925 [Riv (DM)]: He seemed to recognise him. 17:40.046 --> 17:45.033 [Riv (DM)]: She says he hasn't been seen for a handful of months, apparently. 17:46.715 --> 17:52.243 [Riv (DM)]: Couldn't get any information about where he'd left or gone to, but that's the word on the street. 17:52.263 --> 17:53.284 [Riv (DM)]: There's missing in action. 17:54.243 --> 17:55.425 [Riv (DM)]: Any reason why you're asking about him? 17:59.774 --> 18:01.077 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Just a name that came up. 18:02.119 --> 18:03.061 [Riv (DM)]: Any more specifics? 18:03.101 --> 18:07.209 [Riv (DM)]: I could try and narrow things down a bit. 18:08.572 --> 18:13.281 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Probably how he disappeared, if any information on that. 18:14.624 --> 18:15.846 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: What sort of commander was he? 18:16.720 --> 18:18.422 [Riv (DM)]: I didn't get too many details. 18:18.542 --> 18:21.325 [Riv (DM)]: I've got one more person I can try and track down tomorrow who might know more. 18:23.147 --> 18:25.650 [Riv (DM)]: So I'll let you know if I have any luck there. 18:26.270 --> 18:28.613 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Let's see what we can do to flesh it out, but play it safe. 18:30.234 --> 18:30.455 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 18:31.556 --> 18:36.922 [Riv (DM)]: As in, we should be concerned that we don't want anyone to hear about this and getting back to us. 18:38.343 --> 18:43.629 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We heard the name from a red hand, which should probably tell you everything you need to know about playing it safe. 18:45.010 --> 18:45.691 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 18:45.711 --> 18:46.592 [Riv (DM)]: I'll keep that in mind. 18:48.985 --> 18:50.788 [Riv (DM)]: Well, you guys settling in alright? 18:51.529 --> 18:53.451 [Riv (DM)]: Anything interesting happen in town? 18:57.337 --> 18:58.658 [Lacer (Kai)]: Not too much. 18:58.719 --> 19:04.186 [Lacer (Kai)]: Everything is spaced out quite far apart, but otherwise it's a pretty nice place. 19:04.466 --> 19:07.350 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, we like it. 19:07.771 --> 19:08.192 [Riv (DM)]: We like it. 19:11.817 --> 19:12.057 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 19:14.956 --> 19:19.441 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I'm sorry about spoiling that shit in the intro. 19:19.461 --> 19:20.302 [Riv (DM)]: That is super wacky. 19:20.462 --> 19:22.805 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know how that happened. 19:22.825 --> 19:23.646 [Riv (DM)]: Because that was... 19:24.867 --> 19:28.451 [Riv (DM)]: I have like a post-session notes and that was written in the notes. 19:28.471 --> 19:32.055 [Riv (DM)]: I was like, oh, I must have said it in the thing. 19:32.215 --> 19:33.597 [Riv (DM)]: So there you go. 19:33.617 --> 19:35.819 [Riv (DM)]: Weird. 19:36.700 --> 19:37.421 [Riv (DM)]: Anyway, all good. 19:37.961 --> 19:42.246 [Riv (DM)]: As you guys are sitting around the table, having drinks, catching up with Dondar, 19:43.255 --> 19:50.544 [Riv (DM)]: You see old fella sitting up at the bar who's just been having sort of polite conversation with Laila. 19:51.906 --> 19:56.892 [Riv (DM)]: He gets up from one of the stools and starts wandering over in your direction towards the table. 19:57.713 --> 20:01.418 [Riv (DM)]: He's like quite hunched over, leaning heavily on a cane. 20:02.459 --> 20:10.289 [Riv (DM)]: He's got a black hat, sort of like jaunty worn at an angle, and this like deep grey wool and like a scarf around his neck. 20:10.329 --> 20:12.992 [Riv (DM)]: He looks like he's quite bundled up. 20:12.972 --> 20:18.040 [Riv (DM)]: And he sits down at the table and just starts up a conversation as if he'd been here the whole time. 20:18.421 --> 20:22.387 [Riv (DM)]: He's like, oh, I don't think I've been in this tavern for about 20 years. 20:22.427 --> 20:25.071 [Riv (DM)]: The ale's just as good as it used to be, though. 20:27.956 --> 20:30.019 [Riv (DM)]: The new maidens are delightful, though, aren't they? 20:31.366 --> 20:32.527 [Riv (DM)]: He just looks around and he's smiling. 20:33.809 --> 20:38.193 [Riv (DM)]: Up close you can see he looks ancient, like late 90s, maybe even 100. 20:38.213 --> 20:44.640 [Riv (DM)]: He's got like a scar on his neck and you can see from his hands, also a bit scratched up. 20:49.685 --> 20:51.708 [Riv (DM)]: Is there dirt underneath his fingernails? 20:52.629 --> 20:53.369 [Riv (DM)]: No, it doesn't seem to be. 20:53.610 --> 20:54.250 [Riv (DM)]: Pretty clean hands. 20:55.812 --> 20:57.374 [Riv (DM)]: He's just making small talk. 20:58.955 --> 21:00.597 [Riv (DM)]: So what are you guys drinking? 21:02.365 --> 21:03.927 [Riv (DM)]: What do you say about the maidens? 21:05.648 --> 21:06.309 [Riv (DM)]: They are fair. 21:07.130 --> 21:07.711 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, yes. 21:08.812 --> 21:09.613 [Riv (DM)]: Beautiful young things. 21:10.033 --> 21:10.994 [Riv (DM)]: Much too young for me, though. 21:14.097 --> 21:16.880 [Riv (DM)]: Well, what are you guys up to tonight? 21:20.124 --> 21:20.804 [Lacer (Kai)]: Out to have dinner. 21:21.305 --> 21:24.388 [Lacer (Kai)]: Out to have dinner, just catching up with mates. 21:26.971 --> 21:29.233 [Lacer (Kai)]: I go, who wants some food? 21:31.913 --> 21:35.657 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Let's have a long burp, followed by, Food here! 21:35.697 --> 21:43.385 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, I get up, I go up to the bar to get some food to share. 21:45.547 --> 21:48.810 [Lacer (Kai)]: I look towards the old fella and go, you want anything? 21:49.851 --> 21:52.374 [Riv (DM)]: Oh yes, anything you've got, I'm happy. 21:54.076 --> 21:55.417 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 21:55.437 --> 22:00.182 [Riv (DM)]: If you want to cross off like, five silver per person for food. 22:01.647 --> 22:02.209 [Lacer (Kai)]: Sure. 22:04.583 --> 22:13.231 [Lacer (Kai)]: I like to, um, when I go to the bar and collect the food, I like to, like, sprinkle... 22:13.831 --> 22:20.718 [Lacer (Kai)]: I like to put some of that poison mushroom I picked up and put it in its food. 22:21.979 --> 22:23.100 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 22:23.500 --> 22:24.721 [Riv (DM)]: When are you going to do that? 22:24.761 --> 22:26.082 [Riv (DM)]: At the bar. 22:26.483 --> 22:26.903 [Riv (DM)]: At the bar. 22:27.063 --> 22:28.424 [Riv (DM)]: They'll bring the food to the table. 22:28.465 --> 22:30.727 [Riv (DM)]: They won't, like, give it to you at the bar. 22:30.747 --> 22:30.887 [Lacer (Kai)]: Right. 22:31.307 --> 22:32.148 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay. 22:33.709 --> 22:34.590 [Lacer (Kai)]: Well, then. 22:34.570 --> 22:36.952 [Lacer (Kai)]: Actually, I'll order, I'll put in his drink. 22:37.173 --> 22:40.015 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll try and like, crush it and put into his drink. 22:40.816 --> 22:43.779 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll buy another, another ale or something. 22:44.219 --> 22:45.000 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 22:45.020 --> 22:47.282 [Riv (DM)]: Um, roll a sleight of hand chip for me. 22:49.805 --> 22:51.466 [Riv (DM)]: And remind me again which mushroom this is? 22:52.107 --> 22:55.690 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's that poison one that I picked up in the, the ghost cave. 22:55.750 --> 22:57.232 [Lacer (Kai)]: Well, not the ghost, the banshee cave. 22:57.492 --> 23:02.037 [Lacer (Kai)]: Ah, gotcha, gotcha, okay. 23:02.057 --> 23:02.857 [Lacer (Kai)]: Uh, sleight of hand. 23:03.458 --> 23:03.598 [Unmatched Speaker]: Mm-hmm. 23:09.130 --> 23:10.511 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, that's decent. 23:10.531 --> 23:11.192 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, it's not too bad. 23:11.252 --> 23:15.597 [Riv (DM)]: I believe you're exhausted at the moment, which means... Ooh, how's that work? 23:16.338 --> 23:18.900 [Riv (DM)]: You have disadvantage on ability checks, so please roll it again. 23:18.920 --> 23:20.222 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, I will roll again. 23:26.108 --> 23:26.929 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, no way! 23:27.449 --> 23:30.653 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah! 23:30.673 --> 23:31.333 [Riv (DM)]: Oh gosh. 23:32.034 --> 23:33.916 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, um, 16. 23:34.056 --> 23:34.937 [Riv (DM)]: Let me roll it. 23:36.439 --> 23:37.720 [Riv (DM)]: Oh shit, where did my dice go? 23:39.303 --> 23:39.864 [Riv (DM)]: One second. 23:41.307 --> 23:43.190 [Lacer (Kai)]: Wait, how much silver am I ticking off, again? 23:43.972 --> 23:45.355 [Lacer (Kai)]: Five, five per person? 23:46.136 --> 23:47.739 [Lacer (Kai)]: So, like, thirty, thirty silver? 23:48.020 --> 23:48.641 [JC (Ryo)]: Hmm, where did my dice go? 23:48.661 --> 23:51.346 [JC (Ryo)]: Are we all ticking off five gold, or just, uh... No, it's me. 23:51.406 --> 23:52.869 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm shouting you guys food. 23:53.350 --> 23:54.712 [Lacer (Kai)]: Five, five silver per person. 23:55.494 --> 23:56.456 [Lacer (Kai)]: So, thirty silver. 23:56.836 --> 23:57.017 Okay. 23:57.939 --> 24:00.123 [Riv (DM)]: Um... Yeah, my dice are all gone. 24:00.143 --> 24:01.345 [Riv (DM)]: That's disappointing. 24:05.003 --> 24:06.104 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, cool. 24:06.925 --> 24:13.273 [Riv (DM)]: No one seems to notice as you crush up a mushroom in your hand or something and sprinkle it into the drink so you can bring it back to the table. 24:17.778 --> 24:21.022 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah? 24:21.803 --> 24:26.088 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I hand over the drink with a smile to Old Mago. 24:26.468 --> 24:28.210 [Lacer (Kai)]: Here you go, on the house. 24:29.877 --> 24:31.259 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, thank you, young lad. 24:31.299 --> 24:31.940 [Riv (DM)]: Thank you, young lad. 24:31.960 --> 24:33.964 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, I don't know if I need to drink this whole thing. 24:34.565 --> 24:38.171 [Riv (DM)]: I've already had a little bit, and it'll put me straight to sleep, but I appreciate the gesture. 24:38.591 --> 24:42.398 [Riv (DM)]: And he reaches for it, and starts picking it up and just swirling it around a bit. 24:47.326 --> 24:53.116 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: So, unless there's any sort of other... Dondar looks at him and says, that looks nice. 24:54.838 --> 24:55.800 [Riv (DM)]: What you're referring to? 24:57.063 --> 24:57.644 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yo, drink. 24:58.304 --> 24:58.985 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: This looks nice. 25:01.507 --> 25:03.268 [Riv (DM)]: He, um, looks at it, looks up at you. 25:03.509 --> 25:04.589 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, I suppose so. 25:05.050 --> 25:07.932 [Riv (DM)]: Like I said, ale here is some of the best in the city. 25:11.896 --> 25:12.696 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: You come here often? 25:13.958 --> 25:14.738 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: No, no. 25:15.539 --> 25:17.100 [Riv (DM)]: Last time I was here was about 20 years ago. 25:17.120 --> 25:19.562 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: 20 years? 25:21.244 --> 25:21.964 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah. 25:21.984 --> 25:23.005 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: That must be pre-Empire, surely. 25:24.106 --> 25:26.108 [Riv (DM)]: No, what do you mean pre-Empire? 25:27.421 --> 25:28.423 [Riv (DM)]: Everybody's been around for what? 25:28.443 --> 25:28.963 [Riv (DM)]: What's it been? 25:29.845 --> 25:31.828 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, gotta be about 100 years by now, right? 25:34.913 --> 25:36.095 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: My god, how time flies. 25:38.319 --> 25:38.839 [Riv (DM)]: You're telling me. 25:39.200 --> 25:39.581 [Riv (DM)]: Look at this. 25:40.141 --> 25:43.607 [Riv (DM)]: Reaches up and touches the wrinkles on his face. 25:45.123 --> 25:50.851 [Riv (DM)]: So as these, like, sort of conversations carry on pretty surface level, he seems pretty jovial, pretty happy. 25:51.192 --> 25:59.804 [Riv (DM)]: He does pick up the drink to drink it at one point, and then sort of puts it down and starts talking about something else. 26:00.605 --> 26:05.572 [Riv (DM)]: Sort of like, you know, a new conversation point makes him sort of, you know, lose focus. 26:06.753 --> 26:09.257 [Riv (DM)]: And then at one point in the conversation, 26:10.418 --> 26:19.729 [Riv (DM)]: You can see he pulls out like a little cube, like a little wooden puzzle cube or something like that, and he just sort of absentmindedly starts playing with it, shifting a few pieces around. 26:19.749 --> 26:22.572 [Riv (DM)]: It essentially looks like a Rubik's Cube, something like that. 26:23.573 --> 26:31.102 [Riv (DM)]: And after a few moments, he throws it directly, Erendor, at your face. 26:31.923 --> 26:33.945 [Riv (DM)]: What do you do? 26:40.388 --> 26:49.759 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: First, I forget that I've got Discord on a different device than the machine, so I start talking and no one hears me. 26:49.779 --> 26:51.641 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: And then, most likely... 26:54.064 --> 26:57.108 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I'm probably not paying attention to him, so it probably just hits me. 26:59.311 --> 27:02.494 [Riv (DM)]: Would you like to roll a Dexterity Saving Throw or something? 27:05.498 --> 27:06.379 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Why not? 27:08.114 --> 27:11.239 [Riv (DM)]: Unless you just, unless you really just think Erendor would just, like, take it. 27:12.661 --> 27:14.203 [Lacer (Kai)]: You've got elf eyes, man. 27:15.224 --> 27:15.785 [Lacer (Kai)]: Would you see it? 27:15.865 --> 27:18.589 [Lacer (Kai)]: Would he, would he notice it being thrown at him? 27:18.609 --> 27:19.431 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's up to Erendor, I guess. 27:20.893 --> 27:23.356 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I don't think I would have been focusing on him. 27:24.678 --> 27:28.524 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: So I think I will opt to roll with disadvantage on it. 27:28.544 --> 27:29.846 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright. 27:29.866 --> 27:34.813 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I was gonna say, if I'm sitting within five feet, can I counter that with protection fighting style? 27:36.363 --> 27:39.046 [Riv (DM)]: It would, um, you'll be able to give like a couple AC, right? 27:40.108 --> 27:42.891 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Uh, it's, yeah, it's disadvantage on the attack. 27:43.071 --> 27:46.635 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: If I'm wielding a shield, so I probably don't have my shield out. 27:46.655 --> 27:46.856 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 27:49.238 --> 27:52.583 [Riv (DM)]: So you take... You take 8 damage. 27:54.685 --> 27:55.546 [Riv (DM)]: Wait, what? 27:56.227 --> 27:58.289 [Riv (DM)]: As it just like smashes into the side of your face. 27:59.911 --> 28:01.333 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, I thought you said 8 damage. 28:01.373 --> 28:03.696 [Riv (DM)]: I'm like, holy shit, that's a strong damage. 28:03.716 --> 28:06.319 [Riv (DM)]: Nah, sorry, 8 in singular damage. 28:06.772 --> 28:07.853 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Oh, okay. 28:08.734 --> 28:09.174 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: And then... 28:09.194 --> 28:10.175 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I don't hate as well. 28:11.696 --> 28:16.981 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, and he just leans forward, puts his shoulders, uh, his elbows onto the table and just looks intently at you, Erundor. 28:17.041 --> 28:18.562 [Riv (DM)]: His eyes sort of squint a little bit. 28:20.604 --> 28:22.105 [Riv (DM)]: What do you do? 28:22.125 --> 28:26.029 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Ooh. 28:26.049 --> 28:27.790 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Uh... 28:27.810 --> 28:34.976 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I'm going to find, well, pick up this cube puzzle thing. 28:34.996 --> 28:35.597 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: And... 28:36.623 --> 28:38.332 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I would like to investigate it. 28:40.404 --> 28:41.892 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, roll investigation. 28:49.145 --> 28:52.188 [Riv (DM)]: So yeah, it's a puzzle cube as far as you can tell. 28:53.209 --> 29:01.938 [Riv (DM)]: It's got like different symbols on each of the cubes and it seems that you can sort of twist different faces of them to try and get the symbols to align. 29:01.998 --> 29:16.232 [Riv (DM)]: As you're investigating it, the man who is leaning forward intently now, a lot of the kind of happy-go-lucky expression has kind of dropped him and he's just kind of staring at you and he says, 29:17.360 --> 29:19.283 [Riv (DM)]: Hmm. 29:19.303 --> 29:20.224 [Riv (DM)]: Disappointed young man. 29:30.557 --> 29:31.499 [Riv (DM)]: Does he look familiar? 29:34.062 --> 29:35.965 [Riv (DM)]: Roll a perception check. 29:38.748 --> 29:39.609 [Riv (DM)]: Or something else. 29:39.629 --> 29:41.612 [Riv (DM)]: History of Investigation or something. 29:42.689 --> 29:46.397 [Riv (DM)]: Um, there is definitely something familiar about him. 29:46.978 --> 29:49.664 [Riv (DM)]: You can't quite place it though, now that you're kind of looking a bit closer. 29:50.425 --> 29:52.369 [Riv (DM)]: And he's kind of like, leaning forward, staring at you. 29:53.552 --> 29:54.273 [Riv (DM)]: But you can't place it. 29:59.164 --> 30:02.250 [Riv (DM)]: And then he says... Hmm... 30:04.053 --> 30:05.156 [Riv (DM)]: Very disappointing indeed. 30:05.176 --> 30:11.815 [Riv (DM)]: I didn't spend all those years training you just so you could get smacked in the face by some old man in a tavern. 30:12.156 --> 30:13.540 [Riv (DM)]: What are you thinking about, boy? 30:25.687 --> 30:31.855 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: What I'm thinking is that I again forgot my Discord on a different show. 30:31.875 --> 30:34.638 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Oh my god, you couldn't do better than this. 30:40.486 --> 30:42.408 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: And then I tap the screen and the button disappears. 30:42.428 --> 30:42.929 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Damn. 30:50.599 --> 30:54.023 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Dondar whispers to Kai, why is Erendor mumbling? 30:54.897 --> 30:55.578 [Lacer (Kai)]: I don't know. 30:56.078 --> 30:59.362 [Lacer (Kai)]: Must be some sort of elf thing, maybe. 30:59.602 --> 31:00.042 [Lacer (Kai)]: I don't know. 31:00.062 --> 31:07.270 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: 20 years, did you say? 31:09.853 --> 31:10.674 [Riv (DM)]: Something like that, wasn't it? 31:12.315 --> 31:12.716 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Maybe longer? 31:12.736 --> 31:14.878 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah, 20 years since you've been there. 31:14.898 --> 31:15.559 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I've been to that inn. 31:19.943 --> 31:23.487 [JC (Ryo)]: Every time Kai mentions elf, he just gets glared at by Ryu. 31:27.483 --> 31:32.648 [Lacer (Kai)]: So it's not my fault Erendor's got some pointy ears, or slightly pointy ears. 31:33.870 --> 31:34.350 [Riv (DM)]: Yaruk? 31:39.135 --> 31:40.616 [Riv (DM)]: Oh sorry, did you say- was that your deathmouse? 31:41.958 --> 31:42.218 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yes. 31:44.200 --> 31:48.384 [Riv (DM)]: When you say this his face breaks, and he starts smiling again. 31:48.404 --> 31:52.849 [Riv (DM)]: I see you haven't lost all of your wits. 31:54.770 --> 31:55.551 [Riv (DM)]: And he stands up. 31:55.571 --> 31:56.533 [Riv (DM)]: You've gotten old! 31:57.094 --> 31:59.637 [Riv (DM)]: Moves around the table and opens his arms to give you a hug. 32:02.662 --> 32:04.104 [Riv (DM)]: And I stand and embrace him. 32:05.086 --> 32:05.867 [Riv (DM)]: He is old. 32:05.987 --> 32:08.631 [Riv (DM)]: He's gotta be a hundred or more, maybe. 32:08.731 --> 32:14.320 [Riv (DM)]: You know, he's like leaning heavily on a cane, his eyes and face are heavily lined. 32:15.221 --> 32:20.389 [Riv (DM)]: And as he pulls away from the embrace he kind of looks up at you now as you're much taller. 32:20.369 --> 32:24.035 [Riv (DM)]: And just sort of like reaches out, touches your shoulder, side of your face. 32:24.676 --> 32:24.976 [Riv (DM)]: Gosh. 32:26.338 --> 32:27.420 [Riv (DM)]: You haven't aged that much. 32:28.221 --> 32:35.812 [Riv (DM)]: I would have expected you to look a bit older, but I guess your mother's blood is apparently beating mine when it comes to you. 32:40.019 --> 32:41.541 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I never expected to see you again. 32:41.561 --> 32:46.188 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I got word not long ago that you were still around. 32:47.671 --> 32:48.672 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: How did you get out? 32:50.052 --> 32:52.095 [Riv (DM)]: Aye, and same for you. 32:52.696 --> 32:57.622 [Riv (DM)]: I have to say that I spent... You know what? 32:57.642 --> 32:58.343 [Riv (DM)]: Do you want to walk? 32:58.443 --> 33:00.867 [Riv (DM)]: Shall we walk outside and we can talk about it? 33:01.688 --> 33:03.110 [Riv (DM)]: It's a bit cooped up in here. 33:05.413 --> 33:08.557 [Riv (DM)]: Of course, let's go. 33:08.698 --> 33:10.160 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I'm gonna eat your food! 33:14.225 --> 33:15.547 [Lacer (Kai)]: Does he take his drink with him? 33:16.528 --> 33:17.089 [Riv (DM)]: He does not. 33:18.115 --> 33:18.556 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright. 33:18.916 --> 33:26.448 [Lacer (Kai)]: Well, when he leaves, I would like to ritual cast Purify Food and Drink on his ale. 33:27.069 --> 33:27.750 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 33:27.770 --> 33:30.534 [Lacer (Kai)]: And then shape water and add some ice cubes to it. 33:31.335 --> 33:32.256 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, fair enough. 33:33.699 --> 33:36.543 [Riv (DM)]: He offers you his arm, Erendor, as you start heading out. 33:37.865 --> 33:41.491 [Riv (DM)]: And yeah, and you can make your way out of the tavern. 33:41.911 --> 33:45.777 [Riv (DM)]: If anyone at the table who, I guess, 33:45.757 --> 33:47.461 [Riv (DM)]: Feels like they would have been paying attention. 33:47.641 --> 33:49.245 [Riv (DM)]: Please roll a perception check for me. 33:53.194 --> 33:54.797 [JC (Ryo)]: Who are or who are not paying attention? 33:55.539 --> 33:57.363 [Riv (DM)]: If you think, anyone who thinks that they would be. 33:58.967 --> 34:00.209 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: What, to notice them leaving? 34:01.131 --> 34:02.314 [Riv (DM)]: To notice something else. 34:11.002 --> 34:11.383 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 34:13.646 --> 34:19.536 [Riv (DM)]: Let's say Dondar and Vaeleran as the two head out of the store, the tavern rather. 34:20.938 --> 34:29.032 [Riv (DM)]: You notice there's another man who was very very like sort of nondescriptly sitting in the corner of the room, not eating or drinking anything, just sitting there. 34:29.873 --> 34:36.604 [Riv (DM)]: Black cloak hood up, he stands up and slowly follows them out of the room at a distance. 34:37.968 --> 34:41.113 [Riv (DM)]: You know, maybe like, you know, heads out 30 seconds a minute after one. 34:43.496 --> 34:44.658 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll step out after him. 34:45.880 --> 34:46.120 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 34:47.001 --> 34:48.704 [Riv (DM)]: Um, are you gonna... 34:48.724 --> 34:50.006 [JC (Ryo)]: I'll go with Vale, Valorant. 34:50.466 --> 34:51.127 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 34:51.148 --> 34:52.129 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 34:52.149 --> 34:56.836 [Riv (DM)]: So, um, Erendor and, um, Jerick head on out and down. 34:56.876 --> 34:59.520 [Riv (DM)]: Uh, he sort of like, leads you towards the side of the river. 35:01.082 --> 35:04.347 [Riv (DM)]: Um, and... yeah. 35:06.537 --> 35:12.103 [Riv (DM)]: For Valeran and Rio who are following, you see the man is following along behind them. 35:12.423 --> 35:15.446 [Riv (DM)]: He's not looking like he's trying to be stealthy. 35:16.027 --> 35:19.731 [Riv (DM)]: He's just sort of keeping a distance, maybe 100 or so feet back. 35:19.831 --> 35:21.392 [Riv (DM)]: Just wandering along, hands in his pockets. 35:22.454 --> 35:25.116 [Riv (DM)]: Are you guys also going to be following and are you going to be doing it stealthily? 35:27.839 --> 35:30.442 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm not going to follow stealthily. 35:30.722 --> 35:36.308 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I will be obviously following, but I'm not going to be right behind. 35:36.727 --> 35:38.791 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 35:38.811 --> 35:39.352 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 35:39.373 --> 35:40.415 [JC (Ryo)]: Hunter's mark on the bloke. 35:41.156 --> 35:41.537 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 35:42.760 --> 35:45.786 [Riv (DM)]: Does he need to make a save or something if he detects it? 35:45.806 --> 35:47.089 [Riv (DM)]: Or does he not detect it? 35:48.271 --> 35:48.532 [Riv (DM)]: It is verbal. 35:48.552 --> 35:49.233 [Riv (DM)]: I don't think so. 35:49.253 --> 35:53.782 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, but we're like 80, 90 foot back, aren't we? 35:53.803 --> 35:56.228 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, you can probably be far enough back. 35:56.248 --> 35:56.548 [Riv (DM)]: That's alright. 35:56.568 --> 35:56.929 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, cool. 35:58.732 --> 36:16.590 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, so you sit down, find a bench near the river, and Yorick just sits there quietly for a moment and says, Gosh, many years ago, on the night of that heist, I'm sure you remember, we were separated. 36:16.630 --> 36:19.012 [Riv (DM)]: I got captured. 36:19.032 --> 36:20.494 [Riv (DM)]: It was foolish, of course. 36:24.258 --> 36:28.722 [Riv (DM)]: They interrogated me for, it feels like days. 36:30.946 --> 36:34.071 [Riv (DM)]: I can proudly say that I didn't actually give them any information. 36:36.494 --> 36:48.853 [Riv (DM)]: Weeks later, I was able to escape, pickpocketed a key from a foolish guard who wasn't looking, and when I got back to the nest, they said that you also hadn't returned. 36:51.398 --> 36:54.661 [Riv (DM)]: I fed the worst and I went looking. 36:55.282 --> 36:57.024 [Riv (DM)]: I couldn't find any sign of what happened to you. 36:58.045 --> 37:01.268 [Riv (DM)]: You know, the bodies of Yarna and Ilta, I'm sure you remember them. 37:01.308 --> 37:06.093 [Riv (DM)]: They were, you know, they had been killed and left behind. 37:07.094 --> 37:07.295 [Riv (DM)]: You? 37:07.335 --> 37:08.776 [Riv (DM)]: Nothing. 37:09.617 --> 37:11.179 [Riv (DM)]: I looked for months, years. 37:12.039 --> 37:14.582 [Riv (DM)]: I watched garrisons to see if you were being held. 37:14.662 --> 37:20.308 [Riv (DM)]: I asked other nests to see if they had heard anything, but there's nothing. 37:21.959 --> 37:25.023 [Riv (DM)]: Years went by and I just, I guess I presumed that you were dead. 37:25.764 --> 37:31.651 [Riv (DM)]: I always kept my ears and my eyes open but I started losing all hope. 37:34.274 --> 37:37.277 [Riv (DM)]: The two most important people in my life were gone now. 37:37.958 --> 37:45.207 [Riv (DM)]: At this point he starts coughing quite heavily and pulls up like a handkerchief to cover his mouth while he's coughing. 37:45.988 --> 37:48.591 [Riv (DM)]: Eryndor, do you want to roll a perception check for me? 37:56.654 --> 38:01.709 [Riv (DM)]: As he goes to put the handkerchief back into his pocket, you can see there are like drops of blood inside it. 38:05.921 --> 38:08.208 [Riv (DM)]: Well... 38:08.228 --> 38:11.237 [Riv (DM)]: Eventually, I heard some rumors that 38:13.867 --> 38:20.320 [Riv (DM)]: People who had been, I guess, working in Val Luminor. 38:22.985 --> 38:29.598 [Riv (DM)]: Rumors that some elves had been seen being taken captive into the dungeons beneath the capital city itself. 38:31.081 --> 38:32.263 [Riv (DM)]: This gave me some hope. 38:32.243 --> 38:34.445 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe Araneth had been taken there. 38:35.827 --> 38:46.238 [Riv (DM)]: I always wanted to try and plan a heist, but the Ravens, they considered it too risky after the expulsion from the capital city a few decades earlier. 38:46.879 --> 38:48.921 [Riv (DM)]: Very reluctant to go there and do any work. 38:50.203 --> 38:56.850 [Riv (DM)]: Risk of members being captured, you know, a breach into the security. 38:58.282 --> 38:59.344 [Riv (DM)]: Years went by. 38:59.384 --> 39:05.154 [Riv (DM)]: I became too old to do it myself and now I guess it's the only thing that's really driving me. 39:05.174 --> 39:05.936 [Riv (DM)]: I need to know. 39:05.956 --> 39:07.298 [Riv (DM)]: I need to know if she's there. 39:10.964 --> 39:12.808 [Riv (DM)]: But that's me. 39:12.968 --> 39:13.469 [Riv (DM)]: What about you? 39:13.870 --> 39:18.377 [Riv (DM)]: Where were you all these years? 39:18.518 --> 39:23.226 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: That's more information about Araneth than I've ever gotten. 39:27.340 --> 39:30.805 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Have you heard anything further about the elves that were held there? 39:32.106 --> 39:34.530 [Riv (DM)]: It's difficult to get information in Val Luminor. 39:34.690 --> 39:39.616 [Riv (DM)]: The city was cleansed entirely of ravens. 39:39.656 --> 39:45.444 [Riv (DM)]: The eyes of the Empire, they wiped out the nest there and those few that were able to escape. 39:45.644 --> 39:55.137 [Riv (DM)]: Well, the horrors they tell makes anyone else reluctant to try and do any sort of operation there, but... 39:57.243 --> 39:57.824 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know. 39:59.105 --> 40:04.753 [Riv (DM)]: It's a lot to ask, but seeing you again, it's giving me hope. 40:10.381 --> 40:12.443 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: If there's any time to do it, it's now. 40:13.345 --> 40:14.386 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Rebellion is building. 40:16.489 --> 40:19.012 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Action is happening. 40:21.095 --> 40:21.175 Hmm. 40:27.432 --> 40:28.153 [Riv (DM)]: I've heard things. 40:28.734 --> 40:29.716 [Riv (DM)]: We've got many eyes out. 40:29.756 --> 40:34.123 [Riv (DM)]: Certainly things are heating up all over the place. 40:35.285 --> 40:36.808 [Riv (DM)]: Some nasty business apparently down south. 40:36.828 --> 40:37.849 [Riv (DM)]: You didn't know anything about that? 40:40.394 --> 40:41.395 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Not a thing at all. 40:45.242 --> 40:48.247 [Riv (DM)]: He gives you a bit of a knowing look maybe? 40:48.367 --> 40:50.410 [Riv (DM)]: Or are you trying to deceive him? 40:50.450 --> 40:52.073 [Riv (DM)]: Would you like to roll a deception check? 40:52.745 --> 40:54.627 [Riv (DM)]: I am not trying to deceive him. 40:55.348 --> 40:55.788 [Riv (DM)]: He chuckles. 40:55.848 --> 40:56.649 [Riv (DM)]: He chuckles heartily. 40:57.069 --> 40:58.391 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, my boy. 40:58.451 --> 41:00.233 [Riv (DM)]: Wow. 41:00.773 --> 41:01.814 [Riv (DM)]: It's given me a bit more pride. 41:04.918 --> 41:06.019 [Riv (DM)]: That's a beautiful evening, isn't it? 41:06.419 --> 41:07.160 [Riv (DM)]: It's getting cold, though. 41:07.340 --> 41:08.922 [Riv (DM)]: He pulls his coat around a bit more. 41:10.523 --> 41:12.606 [Riv (DM)]: We'll go quickly to Vaeleran and Rio. 41:12.626 --> 41:13.607 [Riv (DM)]: What are you guys up to? 41:17.551 --> 41:21.655 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: This guy that's following them, he's obviously not trying to be stealthy about his following, is he? 41:22.006 --> 41:25.636 [Riv (DM)]: Nah, he's just, he's, he's standing a wee way up the road from them just to like lean against the wall. 41:26.719 --> 41:31.832 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yep, I, I, uh, take him as he's just a guard for the old man. 41:31.872 --> 41:35.863 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll probably just move up to a similar position with him. 41:37.278 --> 41:38.079 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Just nod to him. 41:38.620 --> 41:39.060 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 41:39.080 --> 41:40.182 [Riv (DM)]: You come up beside him and he does. 41:40.222 --> 41:41.283 [Riv (DM)]: He looks at you and nods. 41:43.146 --> 41:45.509 [Riv (DM)]: He seems to recognize you. 41:45.789 --> 41:50.014 [Riv (DM)]: I'm sure that your group is probably known-ish. 41:50.815 --> 41:54.600 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll just sort of hold position with him and start scanning. 41:55.201 --> 41:56.343 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: He's scanning, I'm scanning. 41:56.723 --> 41:59.507 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 41:59.527 --> 42:00.568 [Riv (DM)]: Well, 42:02.928 --> 42:17.745 [Riv (DM)]: Unless there's anything else Erendor you wanted to chat about, the old man will start getting ready to get up and move on. 42:17.765 --> 42:21.109 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: How are your ties with the local raven nest? 42:22.931 --> 42:25.994 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, I guess I live there. 42:27.776 --> 42:30.239 [Riv (DM)]: Too old to get out and do anything these days, but they take care of me. 42:32.462 --> 42:32.682 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 42:35.699 --> 42:42.345 [Riv (DM)]: I guess once you become a raven, you never really leave them. 42:42.385 --> 42:42.885 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: As it should be. 42:45.027 --> 42:46.649 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: You've done enough to help them over the years. 42:46.709 --> 42:49.751 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I'm glad that they're looking after you. 42:49.771 --> 42:50.072 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yeah. 42:51.693 --> 42:51.973 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 42:54.495 --> 42:56.998 [Riv (DM)]: No, they're up to some... 42:57.198 --> 42:59.079 [Riv (DM)]: They've got some good operations in the work at the moment. 42:59.900 --> 43:05.385 [Riv (DM)]: I try to help out where I can to give advice and the like, but mostly I just try to stay out of their way. 43:09.449 --> 43:18.308 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Have you heard of an operation occurring either now or very soon involving a young girl? 43:19.110 --> 43:21.074 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, I was going to mention actually. 43:21.415 --> 43:24.041 [Riv (DM)]: I believe that she came in with you. 43:24.602 --> 43:25.805 [Riv (DM)]: Leah her name was, right? 43:28.390 --> 43:29.112 [Riv (DM)]: That's it, yes. 43:29.243 --> 43:34.713 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know all the details, but I believe they're trying to infiltrate the bastion itself here in Val Miriel. 43:35.795 --> 43:40.063 [Riv (DM)]: Something to do with trying to get some dirt on the general, on General Varana. 43:41.085 --> 43:41.406 [Riv (DM)]: Varna. 43:43.489 --> 43:46.876 [Riv (DM)]: Don't know all the details, but sounded like they needed an infiltration specialist. 43:47.316 --> 43:48.899 [Riv (DM)]: Someone who can get into small tight places. 43:52.586 --> 43:53.007 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I... 43:57.644 --> 43:59.993 [Riv (DM)]: Ah, that's good, that's good. 44:00.715 --> 44:03.245 [Riv (DM)]: Ugh, it's starting to get cold. 44:03.465 --> 44:04.650 [Riv (DM)]: Should we head back inside? 44:06.537 --> 44:08.042 [Riv (DM)]: Of course, let's get you inside. 44:10.199 --> 44:10.840 [Riv (DM)]: You can head on in. 44:12.102 --> 44:15.987 [Riv (DM)]: The group kind of meets up and you can all wander back in. 44:16.788 --> 44:19.872 [Riv (DM)]: Come to the table where the rest of you are finishing off your meals. 44:20.373 --> 44:24.018 [Riv (DM)]: And they don't sit down, Jerick and the other man. 44:24.058 --> 44:29.626 [Riv (DM)]: They just kind of stand there and nod, say farewell, and start to head out. 44:30.567 --> 44:37.236 [Riv (DM)]: And as they're on their way out, Jerick comes back and just places his hand on your shoulder, Kai, and says, 44:37.638 --> 44:47.050 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know what you were trying, but it's very foolish to try and spike any sort of food of a raven if I wasn't such a kindly old man. 44:47.090 --> 44:55.020 [Riv (DM)]: Well, let's just say things might have gone very differently for you, so I recommend in the future be a bit smarter. 44:56.082 --> 44:56.602 [Lacer (Kai)]: Any heads off? 44:58.204 --> 45:03.050 [Lacer (Kai)]: I smirk, I go, noted, noted. 45:03.070 --> 45:05.113 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Dondal laughs out loud. 45:09.127 --> 45:09.548 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 45:11.871 --> 45:14.155 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, anything else you guys want to do in the evening? 45:17.279 --> 45:21.265 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We've got the graveyard meeting on tonight, don't we? 45:21.285 --> 45:21.366 [Riv (DM)]: Mhm. 45:21.386 --> 45:21.466 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 45:21.486 --> 45:24.250 [Riv (DM)]: So you just wanted to chill until then, or...? 45:24.270 --> 45:25.612 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah, check your rest up. 45:26.133 --> 45:28.136 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah, go back to our rooms and have a rest. 45:28.156 --> 45:34.285 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Everyone here conspiringly to HP by making sure everyone's spells in order. 45:35.567 --> 45:36.889 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Try and recover your exhaustion. 45:38.810 --> 45:39.170 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 45:40.532 --> 45:42.554 [Lacer (Kai)]: I need a long rest, right? 45:42.634 --> 45:42.995 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 45:44.356 --> 45:49.882 [Lacer (Kai)]: But at least if I take a short rest I can get my, what's it called, my wild shape back. 45:49.902 --> 45:51.464 [Riv (DM)]: Mm, the one you burned at the cathedral. 45:52.025 --> 45:52.225 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 45:52.745 --> 45:55.108 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, fair enough. 45:55.128 --> 45:56.049 [Riv (DM)]: Cool, yeah, easy. 45:56.249 --> 46:04.578 [Riv (DM)]: I mean it's probably still mid-evening at this point so you can burn off for a short rest. 46:04.598 --> 46:06.100 [Riv (DM)]: Um, great. 46:07.177 --> 46:10.823 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And everyone has nine temporary hideaways. 46:10.843 --> 46:11.304 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, annoying. 46:16.673 --> 46:16.933 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 46:19.798 --> 46:31.497 [Riv (DM)]: So you can head out of the tavern after making some preparations, getting bundled up with your gear, putting on some warm clothes as it is now very cold and now that we're sort of mid-winter. 46:33.653 --> 46:35.375 [Riv (DM)]: You can head up through the city. 46:35.936 --> 46:37.958 [Riv (DM)]: The marketplace is much more quiet now. 46:38.358 --> 46:41.021 [Riv (DM)]: Most of the stalls are closed, very few torches are lit. 46:41.562 --> 46:44.305 [Riv (DM)]: The odd straggler is still sort of packing up boxes and stuff like that. 46:44.325 --> 46:46.467 [Riv (DM)]: But yeah, not too many people around. 46:46.507 --> 46:55.157 [Riv (DM)]: And you can head over Valina's Bridge to the other side of the river and make your way up the Royal Way. 46:55.897 --> 46:58.260 [Riv (DM)]: Now how do you intend to get there? 46:59.877 --> 47:03.525 [Lacer (Kai)]: Can we stop before we get there for a moment to discuss? 47:04.447 --> 47:05.068 [Riv (DM)]: What's going on? 47:05.088 --> 47:05.629 [Riv (DM)]: Where are we going? 47:07.252 --> 47:13.065 [Riv (DM)]: So Miriel's Rest is the graveyard on the riverside of the keep. 47:14.367 --> 47:19.438 [Riv (DM)]: And yeah, the message he received said to meet there tonight at midnight. 47:20.313 --> 47:22.496 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, I pause our team. 47:22.577 --> 47:27.684 [Lacer (Kai)]: I look at Valeran, Earendor and Dondarr. 47:28.365 --> 47:29.287 [Lacer (Kai)]: Just give me a moment. 47:29.688 --> 47:31.070 [Lacer (Kai)]: Let me cast aid. 47:31.470 --> 47:34.775 [Lacer (Kai)]: So I cast aid at second, wait, second level? 47:35.817 --> 47:37.059 [Lacer (Kai)]: No, third, third, third. 47:37.079 --> 47:38.441 [Lacer (Kai)]: You're not planning to pause on anyone else? 47:38.742 --> 47:40.104 [Lacer (Kai)]: No, aid, no, no, no, no. 47:40.524 --> 47:42.467 [Lacer (Kai)]: So, I cast aid at third level. 47:45.672 --> 47:48.717 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, um, so... 47:52.679 --> 47:56.263 [Lacer (Kai)]: So your hit points will increase by 10. 47:57.104 --> 48:00.047 [Lacer (Kai)]: Dondar, Erendor, and yeah, three people. 48:00.087 --> 48:01.168 [Riv (DM)]: Three creatures. 48:01.469 --> 48:02.670 [Riv (DM)]: Can you upcast it? 48:03.111 --> 48:03.331 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yep. 48:04.412 --> 48:05.033 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, okay, cool. 48:05.333 --> 48:08.477 [Riv (DM)]: So it doesn't increase the number of people you can do it on, it just increases the hit points. 48:08.877 --> 48:08.957 [Lacer (Kai)]: No. 48:08.977 --> 48:15.825 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yep, so Dondar, Erendor, and Valerian, you gain 10 additional hit points. 48:15.865 --> 48:20.610 [Lacer (Kai)]: Not temporary, but additional hit points for the next eight hours. 48:23.527 --> 48:27.992 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: So they're not temporary hit points, but they are temporary hit points. 48:28.012 --> 48:28.292 [Riv (DM)]: Yes. 48:28.653 --> 48:29.614 [Riv (DM)]: Kind of, yeah. 48:30.114 --> 48:30.915 [Riv (DM)]: It's a bit of a different way. 48:30.935 --> 48:32.296 [Riv (DM)]: It's like, so you can heal these. 48:32.817 --> 48:34.539 [Riv (DM)]: If you were to take damage, you can heal back up to it. 48:36.000 --> 48:38.723 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I don't know if there's a good way to adjust that. 48:39.384 --> 48:40.065 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Nah. 48:40.325 --> 48:41.366 [Riv (DM)]: Just remember it. 48:41.386 --> 48:45.851 [Riv (DM)]: And the master is also on D&D Beyond, so we can adjust it back to that. 48:46.091 --> 48:53.179 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Top left corner of the character sheet, you can change to edit mode and you can override the maximum hit points temporarily. 48:55.690 --> 49:00.298 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Like, I think overall bonus will allow us to just, like, put that in for the moment. 49:00.318 --> 49:02.843 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, there is a temp max HP slot. 49:02.863 --> 49:03.524 [Riv (DM)]: That's nice. 49:05.788 --> 49:06.389 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Oh, did you look at that? 49:09.535 --> 49:13.282 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: You gotta click on the cog. 49:13.302 --> 49:15.286 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Oh, I see, yep. 49:15.306 --> 49:17.249 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Although it didn't change anything in the main sheet. 49:17.730 --> 49:18.812 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Oh, that didn't actually save. 49:22.606 --> 49:30.277 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Once you change it, save, then close, then it updates. 49:30.297 --> 49:33.601 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Ah, there it is. 49:34.042 --> 49:37.146 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Put 10 in and then it adds someone. 49:37.166 --> 49:39.990 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It doesn't heal us though? 49:40.291 --> 49:41.813 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We do. 49:42.314 --> 49:43.555 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Our current and maximum. 49:48.743 --> 49:49.744 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright, there we go. 49:51.918 --> 49:53.841 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, so how are we approaching? 49:57.445 --> 50:03.433 [Lacer (Kai)]: I would like to wild shape into a cat and hang by Dondar. 50:04.675 --> 50:04.775 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay. 50:04.795 --> 50:05.636 [Lacer (Kai)]: And go meow. 50:10.422 --> 50:13.526 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Um... And it's guarded. 50:13.646 --> 50:14.928 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: There'll probably be two guys on the gate. 50:16.670 --> 50:18.853 [Riv (DM)]: That is what you remember from earlier in the day, yeah. 50:19.373 --> 50:21.735 [JC (Ryo)]: Didn't we also ask and they said it's shut during the night? 50:27.902 --> 50:27.982 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yep. 50:28.002 --> 50:30.564 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I look around at the party and pull out the corner of the red cloak. 50:31.285 --> 50:32.646 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Do we go with the old tried and tested? 50:37.391 --> 50:39.033 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: How much noise do you want to make doing that? 50:41.335 --> 50:44.939 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Remembering it backed up onto the wall of the keep, didn't it? 50:45.519 --> 50:47.221 [JC (Ryo)]: Didn't it back up onto the river as well? 50:47.281 --> 50:49.043 [JC (Ryo)]: Can't we just jump the wall on the riverside? 50:51.402 --> 50:53.644 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, I'll draw a little sketch for you guys. 50:54.605 --> 50:55.186 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Over here. 50:55.206 --> 50:56.688 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Fly, swim, whatever. 50:56.708 --> 50:58.570 [Riv (DM)]: So it's like, Keef is here. 50:58.610 --> 51:01.593 [Riv (DM)]: This is the main road. 51:01.633 --> 51:06.618 [Riv (DM)]: And then this area here is the, is the graveyard. 51:07.259 --> 51:08.020 [Riv (DM)]: And this is the river. 51:09.802 --> 51:12.024 [Riv (DM)]: And there's like a, there's like a road that came out this way. 51:12.465 --> 51:18.791 [Riv (DM)]: That's sort of like, into it. 51:18.811 --> 51:20.413 [Riv (DM)]: So the cross is where you're trying to head to. 51:26.215 --> 51:30.859 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I can either knock them out, talk our way in, or sneak in. 51:40.728 --> 51:42.630 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Sneak in would be preferable, I would have thought. 51:46.994 --> 51:48.455 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Can we knock them out without killing them? 51:52.499 --> 51:55.682 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Sleep would probably do it, if we had sleep still. 51:57.265 --> 51:59.027 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Oh, meow. 52:07.538 --> 52:09.761 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: That's probably the cleanest method. 52:15.969 --> 52:18.633 [Lacer (Kai)]: Just tell me if you want me to transform back. 52:18.653 --> 52:21.376 [Lacer (Kai)]: Because I can still understand English. 52:21.396 --> 52:24.420 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Technically, I could ask them to leave. 52:25.463 --> 52:27.448 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: With my suggestion spell. 52:30.355 --> 52:34.244 [JC (Ryo)]: Does it say in the spell that they know that they've been deceived after X amount of time? 52:35.146 --> 52:41.281 [JC (Ryo)]: It does not. 52:41.301 --> 52:42.403 [Riv (DM)]: You're talking about suggestion, right? 52:43.265 --> 52:43.506 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah. 52:43.992 --> 52:47.616 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, basically they all just perform an activity until they complete it. 52:48.557 --> 52:49.798 [Riv (DM)]: They act sort of compelled to do it. 52:50.259 --> 52:53.902 [Riv (DM)]: But I don't believe they would, you know, like lose their memory of it or anything. 52:54.723 --> 52:57.706 [Riv (DM)]: So they would like be totally happy to let you through the gates. 52:58.187 --> 53:00.990 [Riv (DM)]: But then afterwards they'd be like, huh, we let those guys in the gates. 53:01.891 --> 53:02.271 [Riv (DM)]: That was weird. 53:03.793 --> 53:05.114 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Well, it lasts for eight hours. 53:05.194 --> 53:09.038 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I was more thinking, tell your friend, take your friend. 53:09.406 --> 53:10.988 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: And go drinking in town. 53:11.209 --> 53:11.890 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 53:11.910 --> 53:12.851 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 53:12.871 --> 53:14.073 [Lacer (Kai)]: Go drinking in town. 53:18.841 --> 53:18.941 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah. 53:18.961 --> 53:21.224 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Although I suppose the friend probably wouldn't go. 53:23.508 --> 53:25.030 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Does it affect multiple people? 53:25.171 --> 53:25.732 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I don't know. 53:26.493 --> 53:27.214 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I don't think so. 53:27.955 --> 53:32.482 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: You'd have to persuade him. 53:32.502 --> 53:35.306 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: If there are two sentries, I can't remember. 53:35.326 --> 53:36.388 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'd guess it'd be two. 53:36.488 --> 53:37.590 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Nighttime, maybe only one. 53:38.532 --> 53:54.653 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, we can say you get a bit closer and you can see up ahead of you the same gates now closed that you've been to earlier in the day and there are two guards carrying torches that are just standing stationary and to the right the wall just carries on down towards the river. 53:55.054 --> 54:01.082 [Riv (DM)]: The wall is like seven to ten feet tall and steel spikes along the top. 54:01.543 --> 54:03.325 [Riv (DM)]: It's a classic graveyard sort of wall. 54:06.865 --> 54:09.931 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: What do you think they'd do if we snuffed out their torches? 54:13.278 --> 54:14.400 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Probably get suspicious. 54:16.144 --> 54:19.511 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Long enough for us to sneak through? 54:20.352 --> 54:21.936 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Or do we have to open the gates still? 54:24.401 --> 54:26.545 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I mean, I'm sure we've got someone who can open gates. 54:33.359 --> 54:38.484 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Sneaking is not a strong point of everyone in the party. 54:42.567 --> 54:47.692 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: The idea of jumping a wall in the dark covered in splint mail is probably not going to end well. 54:48.653 --> 54:49.493 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep. 54:49.513 --> 54:51.635 [JC (Ryo)]: How long does it take to take it off and put it back on? 54:51.655 --> 54:56.460 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think it's like 10-15 minutes. 54:58.141 --> 55:01.324 [JC (Ryo)]: Take it off, put it in your pack, hop the wall, put it back on. 55:01.726 --> 55:02.908 [JC (Ryo)]: I mean, we're early, aren't we? 55:02.928 --> 55:03.689 [JC (Ryo)]: We still have time. 55:04.750 --> 55:06.092 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah, we would have tried to get through earlier. 55:11.120 --> 55:14.665 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I don't like the idea of taking my armor off going into unknown dangerous areas. 55:17.189 --> 55:19.532 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Are these red cloaks or just town guards? 55:20.473 --> 55:22.336 [Riv (DM)]: They appear to be standard soldiers. 55:23.578 --> 55:30.568 [Riv (DM)]: Probably higher in skill and expertise than your common city guards, but they're not hands of the Empire. 55:32.455 --> 55:42.026 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 55:42.206 --> 55:46.551 [Riv (DM)]: Apparently it takes ten minutes to take off the armor. 55:47.271 --> 55:49.554 [Riv (DM)]: Sorry, five minutes to take off the armor and ten minutes to put it on. 55:52.237 --> 55:53.919 [Lacer (Kai)]: I can set it to sleep but I didn't get it. 55:54.719 --> 55:57.102 [Lacer (Kai)]: Interact with the cat and I can do it. 55:58.624 --> 55:59.745 [Lacer (Kai)]: Talk to the cat. 56:04.096 --> 56:10.625 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: My personal take is, we try and bluff our way in, and if that doesn't work, we put them to sleep. 56:12.948 --> 56:13.529 [Lacer (Kai)]: Permanently. 56:14.130 --> 56:20.078 [Lacer (Kai)]: Well then, I resume my human form. 56:20.098 --> 56:22.701 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: That would be a great distraction though, wouldn't it? 56:22.721 --> 56:24.163 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Wouldn't that put them at a disadvantage? 56:28.042 --> 56:31.986 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, no, but I'm the one with sleep spell now that I am human again. 56:32.006 --> 56:35.909 [Lacer (Kai)]: I say, yeah, I've got sleep ready. 56:40.073 --> 56:40.413 [Riv (DM)]: Alrighty. 56:41.294 --> 56:41.755 [Riv (DM)]: So what have we done? 56:41.875 --> 56:42.315 [Riv (DM)]: What's the plan? 56:46.559 --> 56:48.421 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Looks like we're going to try and bullshit our way in. 56:49.762 --> 56:54.687 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm going to roll out the red cloak. 56:54.707 --> 56:56.108 [Lacer (Kai)]: I think JC's got one as well. 56:57.337 --> 56:58.499 [JC (Ryo)]: I don't think so. 56:59.281 --> 57:00.303 [Lacer (Kai)]: He doesn't need one. 57:00.443 --> 57:06.775 [Lacer (Kai)]: He can just... transform. 57:06.795 --> 57:09.060 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, no red cloak in my inventory, man. 57:10.182 --> 57:10.282 [JC (Ryo)]: Okay. 57:10.302 --> 57:11.284 [JC (Ryo)]: Don't you have one? 57:11.304 --> 57:12.807 [JC (Ryo)]: No, I used Disguise Self last time. 57:15.452 --> 57:15.693 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Okay. 57:16.254 --> 57:16.354 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Oh. 57:16.374 --> 57:17.155 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I know someone else had one. 57:17.777 --> 57:18.518 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Oh well, whatever. 57:21.434 --> 57:24.777 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, just give me the signal. 57:24.877 --> 57:32.744 [Lacer (Kai)]: If you want me to knock them out, I'll be 90 feet away from them. 57:33.744 --> 57:37.147 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You probably want to be close enough so that we can all get in, unless I can tell them to go away. 57:38.929 --> 57:39.870 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, okay. 57:40.510 --> 57:42.071 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm ready on your mark. 57:43.813 --> 57:50.839 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright, I'll strap on my most arrogant face and start marching on up. 57:50.859 --> 57:51.019 [Unmatched Speaker]: Alright. 57:54.593 --> 58:10.337 [Riv (DM)]: The two guards see a large party of people approaching and you see them stand upright a bit more at attention, holding their torches out a bit to try and get a bit more light down the street towards where sound is coming from and you hear them say, who goes there? 58:14.363 --> 58:17.889 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll just keep walking on up so that they can see the colour of the cloak. 58:18.970 --> 58:20.753 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: They don't need names, they only need to see the 58:22.336 --> 58:23.317 [Riv (DM)]: Reveal yourselves. 58:23.417 --> 58:25.119 [Riv (DM)]: What are you doing here at this time of the night? 58:25.420 --> 58:27.042 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, oh, I'm sorry. 58:27.142 --> 58:29.845 [Riv (DM)]: So what brings you out here? 58:29.865 --> 58:34.290 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Important Imperial business. 58:35.471 --> 58:37.794 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Stuff you don't need to know about and stuff that never happened. 58:40.898 --> 58:44.101 [Riv (DM)]: You're not supposed to let anyone inside. 58:45.263 --> 58:47.145 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: That's a good thing I'm not just anyone. 58:49.201 --> 58:53.206 [Riv (DM)]: Who are these people with you? 58:53.266 --> 58:54.889 [Riv (DM)]: I don't recognize anyone. 58:54.929 --> 59:01.237 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: That's information you don't need to know. 59:04.161 --> 59:04.882 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I could tell you. 59:04.922 --> 59:06.644 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Do you really want details? 59:09.108 --> 59:14.635 [Riv (DM)]: The other one's like, hey, come on, just listen to what he says. 59:15.492 --> 59:18.636 [Riv (DM)]: I feel like we might need to just, like, check with someone. 59:19.437 --> 59:22.641 [Riv (DM)]: Roll Intimidation check. 59:22.661 --> 59:27.286 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll do this with the commander's presence, commanding presence as well. 59:29.389 --> 59:30.310 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Extra D8 on this. 59:32.492 --> 59:34.274 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Find it. 59:35.776 --> 59:38.219 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Persuasion or Intimidation, I suppose it's a plus six either way. 59:39.441 --> 59:40.001 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, you can choose. 59:40.562 --> 59:41.483 [Riv (DM)]: Probably Intimidation. 59:43.707 --> 59:45.690 [Riv (DM)]: That's close to a twenty on my screen. 59:46.772 --> 59:47.132 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 59:48.274 --> 59:48.815 [Lacer (Kai)]: Twenty-one. 59:52.220 --> 59:52.440 [Riv (DM)]: Twenty-one. 59:52.460 --> 59:58.610 [Riv (DM)]: Um, he's like, uhhhh, yeah, uh, probably not necessary, right? 59:59.731 --> 01:00:00.332 [Riv (DM)]: Just between us? 01:00:00.873 --> 01:00:03.176 [Riv (DM)]: Look, just, just don't tell anyone, please. 01:00:06.421 --> 01:00:09.546 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Trust me, this never happened from both sides. 01:00:10.977 --> 01:00:13.341 [Riv (DM)]: That sounds reasonable. 01:00:14.123 --> 01:00:16.427 [Riv (DM)]: How long do you think you're going to be in there? 01:00:18.491 --> 01:00:20.735 [Riv (DM)]: Like, do you want us to expect you? 01:00:22.939 --> 01:00:23.700 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We'll be in and out. 01:00:24.241 --> 01:00:24.902 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Don't worry about it. 01:00:26.350 --> 01:00:27.111 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 01:00:28.413 --> 01:00:32.540 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I guess see you or rather didn't see you. 01:00:33.361 --> 01:00:38.309 [Riv (DM)]: And then he turns and pulls out a key and opens up the gate and swings it for you. 01:00:39.831 --> 01:00:42.836 [Riv (DM)]: Boy that red cloak has been paying dividends this campaign. 01:00:46.943 --> 01:00:47.403 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: So the gates. 01:00:47.443 --> 01:00:51.049 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think at some point word will get around that it's a thing. 01:00:51.069 --> 01:00:54.214 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: That works for us because then people will start questioning red cloaks too. 01:00:55.122 --> 01:00:55.924 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, I don't know. 01:00:56.765 --> 01:00:58.148 [JC (Ryo)]: I've been waiting for you to burner on us. 01:00:58.549 --> 01:00:59.812 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, we'll see. 01:00:59.932 --> 01:01:01.816 [Riv (DM)]: Anyway. 01:01:02.818 --> 01:01:06.887 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: The problem with giant visible badges of authority is 01:01:07.053 --> 01:01:08.135 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: People can just put it on. 01:01:08.235 --> 01:01:08.456 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah. 01:01:09.618 --> 01:01:12.845 [Riv (DM)]: Especially when they're known to just, like, slay people in their way. 01:01:15.410 --> 01:01:16.312 [Riv (DM)]: The gates swing open. 01:01:16.653 --> 01:01:18.517 [Riv (DM)]: The wonders of Rusty Screech. 01:01:18.878 --> 01:01:19.559 [Riv (DM)]: Both ways. 01:01:19.579 --> 01:01:19.840 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:01:20.200 --> 01:01:22.024 [Riv (DM)]: Hey, I gave you the tools. 01:01:22.485 --> 01:01:23.046 [Riv (DM)]: You're using them. 01:01:23.066 --> 01:01:23.387 [Riv (DM)]: It's good. 01:01:24.209 --> 01:01:27.255 [Riv (DM)]: And you can head on into the dark. 01:01:27.235 --> 01:01:30.960 [Riv (DM)]: The graveyard is only lit by faint moonlight now. 01:01:31.500 --> 01:01:35.365 [Riv (DM)]: Most of the torches, well all the torches inside have been let out. 01:01:36.507 --> 01:01:41.173 [Riv (DM)]: And you hear the gates close again behind you with a steel slam. 01:01:42.114 --> 01:01:43.235 [Riv (DM)]: And you're inside. 01:01:43.716 --> 01:01:44.196 [Riv (DM)]: It's quiet. 01:01:44.317 --> 01:01:45.158 [Riv (DM)]: You don't see any people. 01:01:47.120 --> 01:01:49.463 [Riv (DM)]: And it's, how early are you? 01:01:54.134 --> 01:01:54.334 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: 15? 01:01:54.354 --> 01:01:56.758 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: 15 half hour? 01:01:56.778 --> 01:01:58.280 [Riv (DM)]: 15 minutes before midnight? 01:01:59.742 --> 01:02:00.082 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Sounds good. 01:02:00.623 --> 01:02:00.924 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 01:02:01.785 --> 01:02:06.872 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Enough time to eyeball around, but not so much that we're sitting there twiddling our thumbs. 01:02:06.892 --> 01:02:07.193 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:02:07.914 --> 01:02:08.114 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:02:08.154 --> 01:02:10.638 [Riv (DM)]: So once you're inside now, what do you want to do? 01:02:10.918 --> 01:02:12.000 [Riv (DM)]: What's the plan? 01:02:19.951 --> 01:02:22.034 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Dondar is full retard at the moment. 01:02:22.214 --> 01:02:22.875 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Why are we here? 01:02:23.986 --> 01:02:25.368 [Lacer (Kai)]: I have no idea, Dondar. 01:02:27.591 --> 01:02:28.692 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We got a message to meet. 01:02:29.413 --> 01:02:30.494 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We're checking it out. 01:02:30.735 --> 01:02:32.777 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Could be a trap, could be something important. 01:02:34.960 --> 01:02:36.842 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Oh, this was a message from the Ravens, right? 01:02:37.223 --> 01:02:39.245 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: No, this was a message from not the Ravens. 01:02:40.307 --> 01:02:43.631 [Riv (DM)]: Mystery message that you received the first night you arrived in the city. 01:02:45.594 --> 01:02:47.176 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Oh, the arrow through the window, right? 01:02:47.196 --> 01:02:47.997 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, that's the one. 01:02:48.998 --> 01:02:49.699 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Mmm, gotcha. 01:02:52.563 --> 01:02:52.963 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I would... 01:02:53.686 --> 01:02:57.411 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Probably just start walking towards the center and I'll bundle up the cloak and put it away. 01:02:57.451 --> 01:03:03.961 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Probably sneaky, maybe want to spread out. 01:03:08.787 --> 01:03:11.852 [JC (Ryo)]: So we're about 15 before midnight, did you guys say? 01:03:18.481 --> 01:03:18.561 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yep. 01:03:18.581 --> 01:03:23.288 [Lacer (Kai)]: I uncork my decanter of endless water, but I stay near Valeran. 01:03:26.727 --> 01:03:27.088 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alrighty. 01:03:29.131 --> 01:03:35.382 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I would like to try and find a darkish spot near the wall next to the river. 01:03:37.846 --> 01:03:38.807 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 01:03:40.911 --> 01:03:46.500 [Riv (DM)]: It's quite a big graveyard, so that'll mean you're separating a ways off from the group? 01:03:46.640 --> 01:03:47.622 [Unmatched Speaker]: How far? 01:03:48.631 --> 01:03:52.116 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, it's probably a good few hundred feet long, I would say. 01:03:52.176 --> 01:03:53.418 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe even a bit longer than that. 01:03:53.438 --> 01:03:57.604 [Riv (DM)]: Like, it's the main graveyard for the whole royal area of the city. 01:03:58.685 --> 01:03:59.847 [Riv (DM)]: So it's quite large, yeah. 01:04:02.531 --> 01:04:02.851 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Okay. 01:04:03.312 --> 01:04:11.063 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: In that case, try and find somewhere darkish, 50, 60 foot away from... From the group? 01:04:11.123 --> 01:04:12.084 [Riv (DM)]: The rest of the group, yep. 01:04:12.104 --> 01:04:13.246 [Riv (DM)]: Of course, you're sort of spreading out. 01:04:13.286 --> 01:04:14.447 [Riv (DM)]: Do you want to roll a stealth for me then? 01:04:15.208 --> 01:04:18.553 [Riv (DM)]: While he's doing that, is there anyone else that was doing something similar? 01:04:18.938 --> 01:04:19.219 [JC (Ryo)]: Mhm. 01:04:19.240 --> 01:04:20.426 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, cool. 01:04:20.526 --> 01:04:21.853 [Riv (DM)]: Rio, you do the same. 01:04:21.873 --> 01:04:24.165 [JC (Ryo)]: So there's just the one structure type thing in this place? 01:04:25.130 --> 01:04:25.793 [JC (Ryo)]: They're a big-ass team. 01:04:26.127 --> 01:04:27.589 [Riv (DM)]: Do you mean in terms of graveyard? 01:04:28.570 --> 01:04:30.212 [JC (Ryo)]: Inside the graveyard only, yeah. 01:04:30.232 --> 01:04:34.757 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, no, so there are plenty of sort of just like headstones dotted about. 01:04:35.078 --> 01:04:36.500 [Riv (DM)]: Some of them are slightly larger than others. 01:04:36.540 --> 01:04:44.469 [Riv (DM)]: Some of them have that big like, you know, concrete flat bed surrounded by steel, like, you know, half height steel walls. 01:04:45.811 --> 01:04:54.261 [Riv (DM)]: There are a few larger buildings that are like crypts and things like that scattered about here and there as well that some of the more wealthy or important people would be buried in. 01:04:54.241 --> 01:05:00.368 [Riv (DM)]: And there's even the odd building that, you know, looks like a large full-on multi-person crypt as well. 01:05:00.689 --> 01:05:01.790 [Riv (DM)]: So yeah, all sorts. 01:05:04.914 --> 01:05:05.395 [JC (Ryo)]: Any trees? 01:05:07.637 --> 01:05:08.358 [Riv (DM)]: There are trees. 01:05:08.398 --> 01:05:17.329 [Riv (DM)]: There's one big tree right in the centre and a few smaller bushes dotted around as well. 01:05:17.545 --> 01:05:21.383 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Medium, like, small-sized objects a dwarf could climb. 01:05:21.444 --> 01:05:25.001 [Riv (DM)]: You could find a cryptic climb up on top of them. 01:05:25.021 --> 01:05:25.885 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: A line of sight over top of, uh... 01:05:26.860 --> 01:05:27.521 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Gravestones? 01:05:27.541 --> 01:05:28.122 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, okay. 01:05:28.142 --> 01:05:28.282 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah. 01:05:28.442 --> 01:05:29.043 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, pretty easily. 01:05:29.063 --> 01:05:31.727 [Riv (DM)]: You can find one that is dwarf-sized for you. 01:05:33.229 --> 01:05:33.410 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:05:33.430 --> 01:05:35.433 [Riv (DM)]: So we've got a few people spreading out doing stealth. 01:05:36.053 --> 01:05:38.437 [Riv (DM)]: The rest of you, are you just sort of slowly proceeding? 01:05:39.519 --> 01:05:40.099 [Lacer (Kai)]: Who's with me? 01:05:40.179 --> 01:05:41.902 [Lacer (Kai)]: Who's with Vale? 01:05:41.922 --> 01:05:42.182 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:05:42.923 --> 01:05:44.165 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, tell me what's going on, guys. 01:05:46.709 --> 01:05:46.989 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright. 01:05:47.510 --> 01:05:49.373 [Lacer (Kai)]: Do I see any... Is there any torch? 01:05:49.393 --> 01:05:53.920 [Lacer (Kai)]: Do I see any light source? 01:05:54.380 --> 01:05:55.602 [Riv (DM)]: Roll a perception check for me. 01:05:57.455 --> 01:05:58.136 [JC (Ryo)]: Val Aran. 01:05:59.377 --> 01:06:02.921 [JC (Ryo)]: Do you want me to hang near you or do you want me to go find a tree as I wave my bow? 01:06:05.003 --> 01:06:07.967 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Probably, um, somewhere sneaky in Overwatch. 01:06:09.789 --> 01:06:11.130 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: No idea what we're walking into here. 01:06:11.330 --> 01:06:15.255 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I have suspicions, but... 01:06:15.275 --> 01:06:18.458 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I don't expect too much combat. 01:06:18.478 --> 01:06:21.882 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: There'd be much easier ways to ambush us. 01:06:21.902 --> 01:06:26.247 [JC (Ryo)]: The crypt closest to where Val Aran's hanging around, is that, say, you know, ten foot high or...? 01:06:27.813 --> 01:06:29.718 [Riv (DM)]: You can probably find one that's 10 feet high. 01:06:30.139 --> 01:06:38.418 [JC (Ryo)]: I want to stay, find a crypt that's within, say, 60 feet of Val Aran and jump, get on the top and lie down and stealth. 01:06:39.120 --> 01:06:40.964 [JC (Ryo)]: Or try to hide while lying down. 01:06:41.646 --> 01:06:42.628 [Riv (DM)]: Sure, yeah, all good. 01:06:45.014 --> 01:06:46.277 [Riv (DM)]: You can roll a stealth check as well. 01:06:47.658 --> 01:06:52.203 [Riv (DM)]: Kai, as you're looking about, just wanted to double check with you. 01:06:52.243 --> 01:06:55.887 [Riv (DM)]: Do you really only have three abilities that you're proficient in? 01:06:56.047 --> 01:06:58.069 [Riv (DM)]: I thought you were proficient in perception. 01:06:59.210 --> 01:06:59.471 [Lacer (Kai)]: I am. 01:07:00.612 --> 01:07:01.853 [Riv (DM)]: Doesn't look like it according to your sheet. 01:07:03.515 --> 01:07:06.438 [Lacer (Kai)]: I updated my sheet. 01:07:06.458 --> 01:07:09.261 [Lacer (Kai)]: Something janky is happening. 01:07:09.281 --> 01:07:12.324 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, maybe we should check that against D&D Beyond or something. 01:07:13.566 --> 01:07:14.847 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, it should be perception. 01:07:17.645 --> 01:07:18.406 [Riv (DM)]: Anyway, all good. 01:07:18.626 --> 01:07:21.189 [Riv (DM)]: We can have a look at that. 01:07:21.229 --> 01:07:21.870 [Riv (DM)]: Separately, maybe. 01:07:22.330 --> 01:07:23.652 [Riv (DM)]: Or maybe it's worth looking at now. 01:07:23.772 --> 01:07:24.813 [Riv (DM)]: It might matter. 01:07:25.514 --> 01:07:27.836 [Lacer (Kai)]: I would say, yeah, no. 01:07:28.717 --> 01:07:31.300 [Lacer (Kai)]: I've got, yeah, Perception. 01:07:31.320 --> 01:07:32.702 [Lacer (Kai)]: I've got a plus four to Perception. 01:07:32.722 --> 01:07:33.743 [Lacer (Kai)]: I thought it was actually higher. 01:07:33.823 --> 01:07:36.846 [Riv (DM)]: Plus four is from your Wisdom mod, which is already pretty good. 01:07:37.447 --> 01:07:41.491 [Riv (DM)]: I just, for some reason, I was sure that you were proficient in Perception. 01:07:42.352 --> 01:07:43.213 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I was. 01:07:43.774 --> 01:07:44.234 [Lacer (Kai)]: Maybe you're not. 01:07:44.254 --> 01:07:46.757 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm pretty sure my Passives was... 01:07:47.817 --> 01:07:48.878 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, your passive will be 14. 01:07:48.898 --> 01:07:50.940 [Lacer (Kai)]: It used to be 16. 01:07:51.441 --> 01:08:01.691 [Riv (DM)]: No, according to D&D Beyond, you're only proficient in those three, which seems weird because most people are normally proficient in like at least four things, but maybe it's just the choice of backgrounds that you chose. 01:08:01.711 --> 01:08:03.272 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe you had a few overlapping skills. 01:08:04.133 --> 01:08:06.676 [Riv (DM)]: Anyway, just maybe one for you to check separately after the game. 01:08:06.716 --> 01:08:07.156 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll check. 01:08:07.296 --> 01:08:09.238 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, all good. 01:08:09.258 --> 01:08:09.538 [Riv (DM)]: Great. 01:08:09.799 --> 01:08:14.263 [Riv (DM)]: But Rio, you are blending in nicely, laying down on top of a crypt nearby. 01:08:14.767 --> 01:08:17.591 [Riv (DM)]: Kai, up ahead of you, as you see, you know, the group has sort of been spreading out. 01:08:17.611 --> 01:08:21.377 [Riv (DM)]: A few people have headed off into different areas to hide. 01:08:22.739 --> 01:08:29.489 [Riv (DM)]: In towards sort of the centre, it feels like probably the centre most part of the graveyard. 01:08:30.771 --> 01:08:33.615 [Riv (DM)]: Close-ish to the wall of the keep itself. 01:08:33.635 --> 01:08:38.142 [Riv (DM)]: So imagine like the centre line that runs up from the keep to the river. 01:08:38.903 --> 01:08:39.945 [Riv (DM)]: That's sort of like the central line. 01:08:40.005 --> 01:08:43.390 [Riv (DM)]: And this is like a very, probably the largest building that you can actually see. 01:08:43.370 --> 01:08:47.077 [Riv (DM)]: That is close-ish to the Wall of the Keep. 01:08:47.878 --> 01:08:51.865 [Riv (DM)]: You can see a faint bit of illuminated light in the area. 01:08:52.386 --> 01:08:56.012 [Riv (DM)]: The rest of the graveyard is completely darkened. 01:08:56.333 --> 01:08:57.515 [Riv (DM)]: There are no more torches burning. 01:08:58.216 --> 01:09:04.888 [Riv (DM)]: But here, up against this large building, you can see it's almost like someone's shining a torchlight against the front of the crypt. 01:09:07.703 --> 01:09:13.589 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, since I'm near Valeran, how's your eye holding up? 01:09:13.609 --> 01:09:14.330 [Lacer (Kai)]: Can you see anything? 01:09:16.172 --> 01:09:17.614 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'd probably see a light in the dark. 01:09:17.914 --> 01:09:20.777 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, once it gets pointed out, you can kind of pick it out as well. 01:09:22.018 --> 01:09:30.868 [Lacer (Kai)]: Well, when I noticed that and I'm kind of worried, I used my ability, Eyes of the Night, on Valeran. 01:09:30.888 --> 01:09:33.711 [Lacer (Kai)]: Is anyone else 10 feet, within 10 feet of me? 01:09:35.480 --> 01:09:37.525 [Riv (DM)]: I'd say Erendor's probably not. 01:09:39.310 --> 01:09:45.507 [Riv (DM)]: Dondar is also probably not, but Ryo probably is because I think he said he wanted to jump on a Crypt nearby. 01:09:46.188 --> 01:09:47.211 [Lacer (Kai)]: Well, he gets that too. 01:09:47.748 --> 01:09:49.771 [Riv (DM)]: Cool, alright. 01:09:49.791 --> 01:10:16.185 [Riv (DM)]: So yeah, with the night vision that gets applied, you can now quite clearly see up and standing in front of this building is a single figure, quite slender in physique, fully robed with a black hood up, although I guess it's hard to tell colour when you just start vision, but yeah, dark, dark hood, long flowing robes and no other features that are discernible. 01:10:16.165 --> 01:10:21.593 [Riv (DM)]: Just staring, unmoving, staring and standing before this large building. 01:10:26.661 --> 01:10:32.750 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Probably gesture around to people, tap my eyes, tap, point in the direction. 01:10:35.294 --> 01:10:36.997 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Well, there's only one way to find out. 01:10:39.841 --> 01:10:42.605 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And we'll wander on up. 01:10:42.625 --> 01:10:42.846 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 01:10:44.288 --> 01:10:45.109 [Riv (DM)]: Are you... 01:10:46.540 --> 01:10:48.483 [Riv (DM)]: Stealthing or just going to wander straight on? 01:10:49.705 --> 01:10:50.606 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Wander straight on. 01:10:51.007 --> 01:10:51.167 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah. 01:10:52.609 --> 01:10:53.170 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Waiting for us. 01:10:55.233 --> 01:11:00.181 [Riv (DM)]: At the sound of footsteps approaching, the figure slowly turns towards you. 01:11:01.122 --> 01:11:05.829 [Riv (DM)]: Are the rest of you guys going to group as well or are you going to kind of keep into the darkness? 01:11:07.752 --> 01:11:09.255 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Have we seen them? 01:11:10.597 --> 01:11:14.182 [Riv (DM)]: You would have seen the group heading towards this figure now probably, yeah. 01:11:15.384 --> 01:11:15.484 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Okay. 01:11:16.730 --> 01:11:20.974 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: As long as I can see them and the figure, I'm going to stay where I am. 01:11:20.994 --> 01:11:21.095 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Okay. 01:11:23.757 --> 01:11:23.918 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright. 01:11:23.938 --> 01:11:34.529 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: As we're wandering out, I turn to the people with me and say, we should probably work out like a whistle or something so we can communicate without having to yell. 01:11:38.913 --> 01:11:39.774 [Lacer (Kai)]: Something to think about. 01:11:40.655 --> 01:11:43.398 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, at some stage I think it's a bit late now. 01:11:43.518 --> 01:11:46.081 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yep. 01:11:46.101 --> 01:11:46.281 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 01:11:47.965 --> 01:12:02.583 [Riv (DM)]: As you get closer now, the figure's turned to watch your approach and you can see they're holding up a lantern that's hooded so that there's just a peak hole in the front that allows just a sort of, you know, beam of light to come out quite in a focused way. 01:12:02.603 --> 01:12:09.311 [Riv (DM)]: And they're not like shining directly into your face but just sort of like in your general direction so they can kind of see you approaching. 01:12:10.032 --> 01:12:14.597 [Riv (DM)]: And as you come up to them you hear a young female voice say, 01:12:15.573 --> 01:12:17.672 [Riv (DM)]: Ah, I'm glad you chose to come. 01:12:18.358 --> 01:12:19.710 [Riv (DM)]: It's good to see you again. 01:12:22.137 --> 01:12:45.751 [Riv (DM)]: And the figure, she reaches up and pulls back the hood and you see a fairly young looking woman with long blonde hair, blue eyes, faint spattering of freckles across the face and quite a warm smile just kind of, you know, as she kind of looks at you. 01:12:47.673 --> 01:12:50.237 [Riv (DM)]: Just the three of you. 01:12:55.212 --> 01:12:58.016 [Lacer (Kai)]: Wait, who's the third guy with me? 01:12:59.137 --> 01:13:00.800 [Riv (DM)]: Did you not join? 01:13:00.820 --> 01:13:02.101 [Riv (DM)]: Are you still on top of the building? 01:13:02.642 --> 01:13:03.624 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm still on top of the building. 01:13:03.644 --> 01:13:04.164 [Riv (DM)]: Ah, okay, well good. 01:13:04.405 --> 01:13:05.066 [Riv (DM)]: Just the two of you. 01:13:05.166 --> 01:13:08.931 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm assuming that, well, within 150, 600 feet of me? 01:13:09.091 --> 01:13:09.412 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah. 01:13:14.338 --> 01:13:16.401 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Do we recognise it? 01:13:16.421 --> 01:13:17.362 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Roll a perception check. 01:13:19.926 --> 01:13:20.647 [Lacer (Kai)]: Both of us? 01:13:20.667 --> 01:13:21.088 [Lacer (Kai)]: Or just...? 01:13:21.108 --> 01:13:21.688 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, sure. 01:13:23.631 --> 01:13:25.033 [Lacer (Kai)]: Or should I just give advantage to things? 01:13:29.266 --> 01:13:32.109 [Riv (DM)]: Um, yeah, there is definitely something familiar about her. 01:13:32.390 --> 01:13:37.136 [Riv (DM)]: Um, this was the woman that you saw when you first entered the city. 01:13:37.176 --> 01:13:48.710 [Riv (DM)]: There was a parade that was moving up through the Royal Way, and you saw the governor, and you also saw a young blonde girl who was in the same carriage. 01:13:48.730 --> 01:13:50.051 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, is this the daughter or something? 01:13:50.692 --> 01:13:53.155 [Lacer (Kai)]: We don't know who she was, but she had blonde hair, right? 01:13:53.375 --> 01:13:53.936 [Riv (DM)]: That's right, yeah. 01:13:54.557 --> 01:13:55.678 [Riv (DM)]: Seems to be the same person. 01:13:59.860 --> 01:14:06.848 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You know, when it was this close to the keep, I kinda suspected someone up top. 01:14:06.869 --> 01:14:08.651 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Let me guess, you got a secret door somewhere? 01:14:11.795 --> 01:14:13.657 [Riv (DM)]: Or a passage. 01:14:14.638 --> 01:14:15.779 [Riv (DM)]: You certainly haven't changed much. 01:14:16.380 --> 01:14:17.762 [Riv (DM)]: Straight to business, aren't you, Valoran? 01:14:20.165 --> 01:14:22.047 [Riv (DM)]: It's good to see you again, Kai as well. 01:14:22.347 --> 01:14:22.828 [Riv (DM)]: How are you going? 01:14:24.430 --> 01:14:28.495 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm good, but I don't know who you are. 01:14:28.515 --> 01:14:29.496 [Riv (DM)]: You don't recognise me? 01:14:30.775 --> 01:14:33.678 [Lacer (Kai)]: No, not currently. 01:14:34.198 --> 01:14:42.307 [Lacer (Kai)]: I got touted by some illegal drugs recently, so my memory's kinda foggy. 01:14:44.829 --> 01:14:46.551 [Riv (DM)]: She chuckles a bit and gives you an odd look. 01:14:47.792 --> 01:14:48.393 [Riv (DM)]: Interesting. 01:14:50.735 --> 01:14:51.236 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, that's funny. 01:14:51.276 --> 01:14:53.898 [Riv (DM)]: I guess I probably did look quite different, didn't I? 01:14:54.759 --> 01:14:55.900 [Riv (DM)]: Does this jog your memory? 01:14:56.361 --> 01:14:59.584 [Riv (DM)]: She wanders over to a nearby 01:15:00.762 --> 01:15:12.342 [Riv (DM)]: Grating that's around a grave area with a gate and she slips inside and stands up against the the gate like holding on to the steel bars and like pressing pressing her face through staring at you guys. 01:15:17.271 --> 01:15:21.979 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Oh was this someone we broke out of prison way back in Darmouth? 01:15:21.999 --> 01:15:25.926 [Lacer (Kai)]: Is this the dark head girl? 01:15:26.530 --> 01:15:29.073 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Or the one we rescued from the goblins. 01:15:29.613 --> 01:15:35.359 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm confused, we rescued so many maidens it's like... 01:15:35.379 --> 01:15:37.802 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: There was the one we broke out for the ravens. 01:15:38.322 --> 01:15:39.023 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: The Nia? 01:15:40.144 --> 01:15:42.286 [JC (Ryo)]: Is this Nia that we broke out from the goblins? 01:15:43.888 --> 01:15:45.269 [Riv (DM)]: Or is this the one that had a jail? 01:15:46.170 --> 01:15:46.370 [Riv (DM)]: Well, Rio. 01:15:46.390 --> 01:15:47.191 [Riv (DM)]: Rio, you are not there. 01:15:48.192 --> 01:15:48.513 [Riv (DM)]: But... 01:15:50.575 --> 01:15:50.815 [Riv (DM)]: Yes. 01:15:51.536 --> 01:15:52.757 [Riv (DM)]: I guess it does appear to be. 01:15:53.632 --> 01:15:58.499 [JC (Ryo)]: But if Rio can see her, as Favourite Enemy, I've got advantage on remembering humanoids? 01:15:58.700 --> 01:15:59.521 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah. 01:15:59.541 --> 01:15:59.881 [JC (Ryo)]: I dunno. 01:16:00.583 --> 01:16:01.284 [Riv (DM)]: No, but you correct it. 01:16:02.045 --> 01:16:02.866 [Riv (DM)]: She looks very different. 01:16:03.407 --> 01:16:05.610 [Riv (DM)]: Her hair is now beautiful, straight, and clean. 01:16:05.951 --> 01:16:11.799 [Riv (DM)]: Before, when you knew her, her face was smeared with dirt and blood, and her hair was darkened with dirt and mud. 01:16:12.280 --> 01:16:16.467 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Eyes glazed with the trauma of sliced ears. 01:16:16.907 --> 01:16:17.608 [Riv (DM)]: That's right, yeah. 01:16:18.630 --> 01:16:20.112 [Riv (DM)]: But no, this is her. 01:16:22.083 --> 01:16:24.786 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh wow, you clean out quite nice. 01:16:25.967 --> 01:16:28.549 [Riv (DM)]: She comes back around from the gate. 01:16:32.433 --> 01:16:34.975 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I'm glad you chose to come. 01:16:35.456 --> 01:16:43.644 [Riv (DM)]: I apologize for the secrecy, but for reasons that we can discuss soon, it's imperative that no one knows that you're here. 01:16:48.749 --> 01:16:49.069 [Lacer (Kai)]: Well... 01:16:49.623 --> 01:16:53.529 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Seeing that the others have relaxed a bit, I'm going to approach. 01:16:55.372 --> 01:16:57.815 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I don't know if I've relaxed. 01:16:58.156 --> 01:16:59.418 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I might be even more on edge. 01:17:01.361 --> 01:17:01.961 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You might be. 01:17:02.001 --> 01:17:05.326 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, there's Erendor. 01:17:06.789 --> 01:17:07.510 [Riv (DM)]: Good to see you around. 01:17:08.151 --> 01:17:08.732 [Riv (DM)]: Are the others here? 01:17:09.853 --> 01:17:11.175 [Riv (DM)]: Dondarr and Ryo? 01:17:14.400 --> 01:17:15.081 [Lacer (Kai)]: They're around. 01:17:15.241 --> 01:17:16.423 [Lacer (Kai)]: They're keeping watch. 01:17:17.956 --> 01:17:22.863 [Riv (DM)]: Alright well I guess it's fair enough you might be a little on edge given the circumstances. 01:17:22.883 --> 01:17:24.285 [Riv (DM)]: I assure you I mean you no harm. 01:17:29.413 --> 01:17:36.724 [Riv (DM)]: There's something I wish to discuss with you and I hope given our history that you might be willing to listen. 01:17:40.906 --> 01:17:55.009 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, and I should also say, I do apologize for leaving so abruptly, um, given all that you did for me, but I'm sure now, given the circumstance, you can understand why I didn't wish to go onto Camaar, at the risk of someone recognizing me in the wrong place at the wrong time. 01:17:55.069 --> 01:17:59.236 [Lacer (Kai)]: True. 01:17:59.256 --> 01:18:05.786 [Lacer (Kai)]: Camaar has a few little sneaky people around there. 01:18:05.806 --> 01:18:08.230 [Riv (DM)]: Yes, could potentially be a bit of a political nightmare. 01:18:11.146 --> 01:18:18.515 [Lacer (Kai)]: Instead of hanging around this dark, dingy graveyard, do you have a better place? 01:18:18.535 --> 01:18:22.860 [Lacer (Kai)]: A place that potentially might not carry our voices? 01:18:24.142 --> 01:18:24.582 [Riv (DM)]: Indeed. 01:18:24.823 --> 01:18:25.964 [Riv (DM)]: Why don't we get to that? 01:18:25.984 --> 01:18:30.249 [Riv (DM)]: Do you want to call the others and we'll head inside? 01:18:35.275 --> 01:18:38.840 [Lacer (Kai)]: Can I see Dondarr and Ting with my darkvision? 01:18:38.860 --> 01:18:40.782 [Lacer (Kai)]: Do I need to do a perception check because they're hiding? 01:18:41.116 --> 01:18:47.463 [Riv (DM)]: Um no I think you can probably just see them because you would have seen where they went to when they went to hide and um... 01:18:47.483 --> 01:18:51.368 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: They'd be watching us it's pretty easy to wave and wave people in. 01:18:51.388 --> 01:18:55.753 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah I stick my hand up and do a circle and it's a motion to come in. 01:18:58.817 --> 01:18:58.917 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:18:58.937 --> 01:18:59.538 [Riv (DM)]: Alright the other side. 01:18:59.558 --> 01:18:59.838 [Lacer (Kai)]: Dondar comes. 01:19:02.161 --> 01:19:02.461 [Riv (DM)]: Rio? 01:19:03.983 --> 01:19:05.525 [Riv (DM)]: Arrow through the eyes or are you going to come join? 01:19:08.308 --> 01:19:10.971 [Lacer (Kai)]: Hunter's mark. 01:19:11.390 --> 01:19:13.458 [JC (Ryo)]: Sorry, laugh and press the wrong push to talk. 01:19:13.659 --> 01:19:15.345 [JC (Ryo)]: No, no arrow through the eye. 01:19:15.365 --> 01:19:15.847 [JC (Ryo)]: Don't come over. 01:19:16.710 --> 01:19:17.794 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:19:17.814 --> 01:19:20.083 [Riv (DM)]: She smells at the both of you as you join as well. 01:19:22.004 --> 01:19:31.418 [Riv (DM)]: You'd spent a good most of the week, I think, traveling with this girl, so you would have had a lot of time to get to know her, but she was very careful to, you know... 01:19:31.438 --> 01:19:35.123 [Riv (DM)]: I think a few of you had tried to offer her, like, cleaning and help and stuff, but she always refused. 01:19:35.143 --> 01:19:38.708 [Riv (DM)]: She always tried to keep herself as dirty as possible just to try and disguise herself. 01:19:39.569 --> 01:19:39.810 [Riv (DM)]: But yeah. 01:19:40.731 --> 01:19:41.052 [Lacer (Kai)]: Anyway. 01:19:42.193 --> 01:19:43.235 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yes, I remember now. 01:19:43.635 --> 01:19:43.876 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:19:44.697 --> 01:19:48.282 [Riv (DM)]: She turns towards this large crypt and says, 01:19:50.067 --> 01:19:55.717 [Riv (DM)]: My family has been buried in here for generations, as far as I'm aware and have been told. 01:19:57.380 --> 01:19:58.161 [Riv (DM)]: It's quite a special place. 01:19:59.243 --> 01:19:59.624 [Riv (DM)]: Observe. 01:20:00.205 --> 01:20:06.817 [Riv (DM)]: And she walks forward and places her hand on a plaque that's built directly into the stone door. 01:20:07.478 --> 01:20:13.088 [Riv (DM)]: And at the response to her touch, the door immediately just starts grinding as it opens. 01:20:14.536 --> 01:20:20.695 [Riv (DM)]: She didn't appear to press any, you know, she didn't push or apply any pressure, it just seemed to respond to her touch. 01:20:22.200 --> 01:20:25.129 [Riv (DM)]: She looks over her shoulder and smiles a bit and says, shall we go in? 01:20:26.834 --> 01:20:27.837 [Riv (DM)]: And she wanders inside. 01:20:29.065 --> 01:20:33.072 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We're walking in and they'll say, you probably want to get a bit of oil on that if you're going for stealthy entrances. 01:20:35.696 --> 01:20:37.039 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, fair enough. 01:20:37.079 --> 01:20:44.111 [Riv (DM)]: Difficult to oil up stone to be fair, but I'll maybe talk to someone about it. 01:20:45.112 --> 01:20:46.254 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright, lard. 01:20:46.495 --> 01:20:48.157 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Lard probably works a bit better. 01:20:48.177 --> 01:20:49.099 [Riv (DM)]: I'll keep that in mind. 01:20:49.855 --> 01:20:54.260 [Riv (DM)]: She closes the door and inside she opens up the lantern to provide a bit more light now. 01:20:55.361 --> 01:20:56.922 [Riv (DM)]: Even though it's probably not necessary for most of you. 01:20:57.663 --> 01:21:03.249 [Riv (DM)]: And she, yeah, she starts leading you through this crypt. 01:21:03.509 --> 01:21:04.570 [Riv (DM)]: It's almost a mausoleum. 01:21:04.991 --> 01:21:14.020 [Riv (DM)]: The first room that you enter is, there are urns and sarcophaguses sort of in openings to the stone walls themselves. 01:21:15.321 --> 01:21:18.765 [Riv (DM)]: You know, there are bits of trinkets and things like that scattered around. 01:21:18.745 --> 01:21:34.169 [Riv (DM)]: And heading on down there's a slight sloping set of stairs that go in towards the back room and then there is a larger room that seems to be more ornate maybe, like more central. 01:21:34.750 --> 01:21:41.260 [Riv (DM)]: Along the way, openings everywhere, there are probably dozens if not many dozens of people interred here. 01:21:41.240 --> 01:22:05.965 [Riv (DM)]: In this back room there is a single large sarcophagus in the centre of the room and then openings all the way around on the walls as well and once again she steps forward and presses her hand against the top of the sarcophagus on the plaque and the whole thing itself starts to shift over grinding along on the stone floor revealing a set of stairs that go down and she pauses here 01:22:07.430 --> 01:22:17.445 [Riv (DM)]: And just looks at you kind of more seriously this time and says, I trust you, but I also need you. 01:22:17.485 --> 01:22:19.128 [Riv (DM)]: And I want to be honest about that. 01:22:23.895 --> 01:22:24.556 [Riv (DM)]: You are anonymous. 01:22:24.737 --> 01:22:25.638 [Riv (DM)]: People don't know who you are. 01:22:26.299 --> 01:22:29.324 [Riv (DM)]: And that's very useful to me and my father. 01:22:32.328 --> 01:22:34.071 [Riv (DM)]: I don't want to force you into anything. 01:22:34.091 --> 01:22:35.513 [Riv (DM)]: So I'll give you the choice right now. 01:22:37.265 --> 01:22:43.893 [Riv (DM)]: You can come and hear what we have to say, or you can turn around and pick your own path. 01:22:44.273 --> 01:22:44.874 [Riv (DM)]: The choice is yours. 01:22:52.162 --> 01:22:55.626 [Lacer (Kai)]: At this time, I have reached into my bag and pulled out the clicking candle. 01:22:56.067 --> 01:22:59.030 [Lacer (Kai)]: I click my finger. 01:22:59.050 --> 01:22:59.271 [Lacer (Kai)]: Nice. 01:22:59.831 --> 01:23:00.572 [Lacer (Kai)]: Little lights. 01:23:02.695 --> 01:23:07.419 [Lacer (Kai)]: Dondar takes out his stool and holds it as if it were a torch. 01:23:10.142 --> 01:23:14.286 [Lacer (Kai)]: Mission Dondar, do you want me to light that for you? 01:23:14.306 --> 01:23:15.167 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Dondar looks annoyed. 01:23:16.488 --> 01:23:17.389 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Just do its lit already. 01:23:21.493 --> 01:23:25.036 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Well, I think we're between jobs at the moment. 01:23:30.001 --> 01:23:30.101 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Good. 01:23:30.121 --> 01:23:32.483 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: The only question I have is... 01:23:33.492 --> 01:23:37.899 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: If we don't like what we hear, what then? 01:23:40.163 --> 01:23:41.645 [Riv (DM)]: That is a good question. 01:23:41.665 --> 01:23:46.533 [Riv (DM)]: I can't promise I'll know how my father would respond. 01:23:48.777 --> 01:23:55.568 [Riv (DM)]: To be completely honest with you, I haven't actually told him about this, so this is 01:23:56.932 --> 01:24:02.401 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe gonna be a bit of a rocky start, but I think it should be okay. 01:24:02.902 --> 01:24:05.326 [Riv (DM)]: He's been looking for someone to help for a while. 01:24:05.366 --> 01:24:11.515 [Riv (DM)]: It's just difficult because everyone close to us is potentially, you know, contaminated. 01:24:11.576 --> 01:24:13.178 [Riv (DM)]: They're compromised, rather. 01:24:13.218 --> 01:24:18.687 [Riv (DM)]: We can't trust anyone, but I know that you all 01:24:18.667 --> 01:24:23.153 [Riv (DM)]: I have no ties to the Empire, and many reasons to hate them. 01:24:23.994 --> 01:24:26.618 [Riv (DM)]: Plus, no one knows who you are, so it's perfect. 01:24:26.638 --> 01:24:28.600 [Riv (DM)]: I think it's perfect, and I think he'll understand that. 01:24:30.763 --> 01:24:33.948 [Riv (DM)]: But if you wish to turn around and leave? 01:24:35.610 --> 01:24:39.715 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I guess it depends how much we reveal before you make that choice. 01:24:42.679 --> 01:24:45.383 [Riv (DM)]: It's a fair question, but are you willing to take that risk? 01:24:49.902 --> 01:24:51.203 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I've had worse odds before. 01:24:53.566 --> 01:24:53.946 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah. 01:24:53.966 --> 01:25:01.434 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think the information we're not being told probably gives us more information than if you were telling us, so... 01:25:01.454 --> 01:25:04.117 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm happy to have a bit of a listen, if he's willing to talk. 01:25:04.958 --> 01:25:05.638 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:25:05.658 --> 01:25:06.459 [Riv (DM)]: Well, that'll be the trick. 01:25:06.900 --> 01:25:08.902 [Riv (DM)]: He's a bit of a grumpy old man these days. 01:25:09.702 --> 01:25:11.865 [Riv (DM)]: I know how to get him to my side. 01:25:13.006 --> 01:25:13.827 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, let's go then. 01:25:14.467 --> 01:25:16.990 [Riv (DM)]: And she leads the way downstairs. 01:25:18.758 --> 01:25:21.161 [Riv (DM)]: And now these stairs descend down, deep down. 01:25:21.201 --> 01:25:24.225 [Riv (DM)]: They must be going a few dozen feet beneath the ground. 01:25:24.766 --> 01:25:29.312 [Riv (DM)]: And a tunnel that carries on for 10, 15 minutes maybe. 01:25:29.332 --> 01:25:29.953 [Riv (DM)]: It's quite a long tunnel. 01:25:30.293 --> 01:25:32.736 [Riv (DM)]: You can't even see the end of it with the lantern light. 01:25:33.958 --> 01:25:39.585 [Riv (DM)]: Until eventually, after some time, you get to some stairs that start ascending. 01:25:41.808 --> 01:25:42.669 [Riv (DM)]: And you get to the door. 01:25:43.310 --> 01:25:46.875 [Riv (DM)]: You place your hand against it and it looks back at you, just sort of nods once and then opens it. 01:25:47.800 --> 01:25:49.642 [Riv (DM)]: Revealing a room. 01:25:54.629 --> 01:25:55.410 [Riv (DM)]: Why don't we take a break here? 01:25:55.450 --> 01:26:01.138 [Riv (DM)]: This is, I think, probably a reasonable place to stop and we can see what happens on the other side. 01:26:01.498 --> 01:26:04.783 [Riv (DM)]: You can all take a drink, think about what you want to say or do. 01:26:05.664 --> 01:26:07.586 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I bet we'll find Lenny inside. 01:26:08.668 --> 01:26:09.609 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: He is the mastermind. 01:26:10.270 --> 01:26:11.752 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: It was Lenny all along. 01:26:12.313 --> 01:26:14.596 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, cool. 01:26:15.117 --> 01:26:16.158 [Riv (DM)]: What are you having a go at? 01:26:16.178 --> 01:26:17.740 [Lacer (Kai)]: 10 minutes? 01:26:19.289 --> 01:26:19.690 [Riv (DM)]: Sweet. 01:26:20.791 --> 01:26:21.171 [Riv (DM)]: Alrighty, cool. 01:26:21.191 --> 01:26:22.453 [Riv (DM)]: Catch you guys in a sec, eh? 01:26:22.473 --> 01:26:40.517 [Riv (DM)]: I'm gonna make up a deal or something. 01:26:40.537 --> 01:45:22.270 ================ Session Break ================ 01:45:27.700 --> 01:45:42.722 [Riv (DM)]: Sweet. 01:45:44.424 --> 01:45:50.012 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, so the door opens and Nia leads you in. 01:45:52.372 --> 01:45:57.939 [Riv (DM)]: Inside you find the room, so stone walls, no windows, clearly still underneath the keep somewhere. 01:45:59.121 --> 01:46:03.567 [Riv (DM)]: There is only a single door into the room other than the one you just came through, which is on the far wall. 01:46:04.308 --> 01:46:11.878 [Riv (DM)]: And inside the room, up on the wall, you can see there's like a massive map that's, you know, a few dozen feet. 01:46:12.619 --> 01:46:13.741 [Riv (DM)]: Well, maybe not a few dozen feet, but you know. 01:46:14.582 --> 01:46:18.808 [Riv (DM)]: Takes up a large chunk of the wall, just dedicated to a map of the continent. 01:46:20.169 --> 01:46:22.092 [Riv (DM)]: There are 01:46:22.544 --> 01:46:25.087 [Riv (DM)]: Wooden closets scattered around the room along the walls. 01:46:25.227 --> 01:46:26.329 [Riv (DM)]: There are bookshelves. 01:46:26.910 --> 01:46:30.775 [Riv (DM)]: There's a big table in the centre of the room with a few seats that have been spread around it. 01:46:31.476 --> 01:46:35.521 [Riv (DM)]: And even there are a few weapons just hanging up against one of the walls. 01:46:35.541 --> 01:46:39.165 [Riv (DM)]: Kind of looks like a secret planning room, something like that. 01:46:40.567 --> 01:46:45.213 [Riv (DM)]: The bookshelves you can see there are like letters and books and things like that just sort of scattered around them. 01:46:45.754 --> 01:46:51.201 [Riv (DM)]: And yeah, Valania, she leads you in and gestures to the table. 01:46:51.181 --> 01:46:58.052 [Riv (DM)]: For you to sit and just kind of says, all right, well, wait here. 01:46:58.393 --> 01:46:59.194 [Riv (DM)]: I'll go and get my father. 01:47:01.918 --> 01:47:08.789 [Riv (DM)]: Hopefully it won't be too long and hopefully he's open to the idea, but just don't touch anything. 01:47:11.734 --> 01:47:12.676 [Riv (DM)]: Shouldn't be too long. 01:47:13.337 --> 01:47:14.459 [Riv (DM)]: And she races off. 01:47:15.741 --> 01:47:18.505 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I immediately start looking over the maps. 01:47:19.092 --> 01:47:23.418 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yeah, try and find anything on that map that doesn't exist on ours. 01:47:24.359 --> 01:47:25.700 [Riv (DM)]: Ah, interesting point actually. 01:47:29.505 --> 01:47:30.687 [Riv (DM)]: That is an interesting point. 01:47:31.969 --> 01:47:34.472 [Riv (DM)]: There definitely will be some stuff. 01:47:36.815 --> 01:47:37.516 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, cool. 01:47:37.536 --> 01:47:38.497 [Riv (DM)]: Roll an investigation check. 01:47:43.644 --> 01:47:45.606 [Riv (DM)]: While I pull up the other map. 01:47:48.708 --> 01:47:50.450 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Dundar is immediately paranoid. 01:47:52.673 --> 01:47:56.298 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Mysterious woman that brings us in then disappears. 01:47:59.221 --> 01:48:03.026 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, so what don't you have? 01:48:08.433 --> 01:48:15.222 [Riv (DM)]: Well, you can see there is Skyreach is marked on the map. 01:48:19.825 --> 01:48:21.327 [Riv (DM)]: There isn't actually too many other things. 01:48:21.367 --> 01:48:25.414 [Riv (DM)]: There are a few cities down here. 01:48:25.634 --> 01:48:27.698 [Riv (DM)]: So there's a city here. 01:48:27.738 --> 01:48:34.429 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm just sketching it. 01:48:34.549 --> 01:48:36.572 [Riv (DM)]: And there's another one over here. 01:48:36.592 --> 01:48:44.024 [Riv (DM)]: Those are probably the two major cities that would be there. 01:48:44.445 --> 01:48:47.149 [Riv (DM)]: There's something here as well. 01:48:50.048 --> 01:48:53.134 [Riv (DM)]: Um, but that one doesn't have, that one doesn't have any text on it. 01:48:54.698 --> 01:48:59.989 [Riv (DM)]: Um, yeah, I can, why don't I... You know what? 01:49:00.109 --> 01:49:01.251 [Riv (DM)]: I'll just give you an updated map. 01:49:01.312 --> 01:49:02.955 [Riv (DM)]: I'll just like actually import it next time. 01:49:03.075 --> 01:49:04.879 [Riv (DM)]: But yeah, so you can see there's, there's a city. 01:49:04.919 --> 01:49:08.226 [Riv (DM)]: This one here is called, it's labeled, um, 01:49:09.792 --> 01:49:11.854 [Riv (DM)]: New text. 01:49:11.954 --> 01:49:12.595 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know about that. 01:49:12.875 --> 01:49:19.463 [Riv (DM)]: That one's called Celembrindal and this one is called the Temple of Eorlunda. 01:49:23.447 --> 01:49:28.753 [Riv (DM)]: Don't think there's any other Imperial specific stuff necessarily. 01:49:32.358 --> 01:49:38.044 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Is there anything on the map that would indicate they know that Skyreach has fallen? 01:49:40.285 --> 01:49:45.232 [Riv (DM)]: Probably not to be honest, no. 01:49:45.252 --> 01:49:48.196 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I was looking more to see what was being tracked on it. 01:49:48.216 --> 01:49:55.005 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Was there like troop icons or was it just a general map of the component? 01:49:55.025 --> 01:50:05.359 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, so there isn't actually anything on the map itself, but if you want to roll an investigation check to kind of have a look around the room, see if you can spot some other things, you can go for that too if you like. 01:50:07.382 --> 01:50:08.503 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: If I do better this time. 01:50:11.504 --> 01:50:12.486 [Riv (DM)]: Nope. 01:50:13.507 --> 01:50:14.128 [Riv (DM)]: Nope. 01:50:14.149 --> 01:50:15.331 [Riv (DM)]: Iryndor, what were you looking for? 01:50:20.840 --> 01:50:27.451 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: What I was primarily looking for was just literally anything Imperial that wasn't on our map. 01:50:27.491 --> 01:50:35.605 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: So like if there were small cities, small villages, camps or anything that had been listed. 01:50:36.563 --> 01:50:49.560 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah um nah there's no like military looking camps that have been put on there um there might there are probably a few like smaller towns and things like that um dotted about that are 01:50:51.920 --> 01:51:20.222 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah I'm just trying to see, it's kind of difficult to compare and like pick them out to be honest so yeah I don't know I'll update the map eh and then we can actually have a proper one if you wanted to like sketch some stuff in um but yeah other than that I guess with the three you don't find anything immediately in and amongst the books um like you do find like some miscellaneous things in the bookshelves there are like correspondence between some of the cities like there's the old book that's talking about like 01:51:20.692 --> 01:51:26.480 [Riv (DM)]: Food supplies and supply chains and stuff like that but it's kind of taking a while to leaf through so you can't actually get any details. 01:51:27.021 --> 01:51:31.787 [Riv (DM)]: Anyone else doing anything or people chilling? 01:51:34.751 --> 01:51:42.021 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I'd have a look around see if there's anything that would make us suspicious or more suspicious of the situation. 01:51:43.343 --> 01:51:45.906 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah I mean other than what I've described probably 01:51:46.493 --> 01:51:50.397 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know if the weapon's on the wall or, like, it looks like a safe room, right? 01:51:50.477 --> 01:51:53.921 [Riv (DM)]: Like some sort of secret planning room that they've tried to keep away. 01:51:56.584 --> 01:51:56.785 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:51:58.567 --> 01:52:07.737 [Lacer (Kai)]: While they're doing that, I go closer to the center of the room and I do Detect Magic, or Ritual Cast Detect Magic. 01:52:08.638 --> 01:52:08.738 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 01:52:11.857 --> 01:52:15.482 [Riv (DM)]: I think they'll probably return in 10 minutes before you'd finished casting it. 01:52:16.664 --> 01:52:17.645 [Riv (DM)]: So you might need to do it with a slot. 01:52:18.907 --> 01:52:19.247 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright. 01:52:22.391 --> 01:52:22.592 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 01:52:26.117 --> 01:52:30.062 [Riv (DM)]: The aura of magic bursts out around you. 01:52:31.063 --> 01:52:34.528 [Riv (DM)]: There is actually something magic in here. 01:52:34.708 --> 01:52:41.037 [Riv (DM)]: On the bookshelf there's like a small chest that's latched and there's a lot of magic coming from it. 01:52:43.109 --> 01:52:45.353 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, I point out to Erendor. 01:52:46.094 --> 01:52:47.937 [Lacer (Kai)]: See that bookshelf over there? 01:52:49.239 --> 01:53:00.037 [Lacer (Kai)]: There's a magical aura coming from there, maybe a chest of some sort. 01:53:00.337 --> 01:53:03.683 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I will, I guess I'll have a bit of a look around and see. 01:53:05.266 --> 01:53:05.927 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: What I can find? 01:53:06.027 --> 01:53:10.931 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Can you point me in a bit more of a... any more specific of a... what I'm looking for? 01:53:10.951 --> 01:53:12.453 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I walk over and I help him. 01:53:13.273 --> 01:53:16.797 [Lacer (Kai)]: Point him closer to the direction of the chest. 01:53:16.817 --> 01:53:17.537 [Lacer (Kai)]: Just be careful. 01:53:18.038 --> 01:53:19.499 [Lacer (Kai)]: I mean, the chest is just sitting there on the shelf. 01:53:19.559 --> 01:53:20.700 [Lacer (Kai)]: Like, you can just see it there. 01:53:21.761 --> 01:53:23.022 [Riv (DM)]: Watch out for booby traps. 01:53:24.664 --> 01:53:29.788 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And also, let's probably not rob our new allies before we get the job. 01:53:29.828 --> 01:53:32.691 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Oh yeah, forgot about that. 01:53:33.127 --> 01:53:34.789 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: We haven't killed them yet. 01:53:34.809 --> 01:53:37.192 [Riv (DM)]: I have laid out some bait, and it is going swimmingly. 01:53:39.475 --> 01:53:40.997 [Riv (DM)]: Are you- Just this chest you say? 01:53:41.417 --> 01:53:41.577 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:53:47.084 --> 01:53:48.866 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: We now know that it's here. 01:53:49.607 --> 01:53:55.975 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Let's just keep- Worst case we take it and run, but uh... Yeah. 01:53:55.995 --> 01:53:56.776 [Lacer (Kai)]: We'll see what happens. 01:53:56.796 --> 01:53:57.777 [Lacer (Kai)]: We'll keep our eye on it. 01:54:00.240 --> 01:54:00.400 [Unmatched Speaker]: Alright. 01:54:02.692 --> 01:54:05.858 [Riv (DM)]: Five or so minutes later, you hear footsteps when you come down the stairs. 01:54:05.918 --> 01:54:07.380 [Riv (DM)]: Sorry, Val Aran, is there anything? 01:54:09.684 --> 01:54:14.252 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I guess I'll put everything generally back and take up a seat. 01:54:14.272 --> 01:54:15.555 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, yeah, cool. 01:54:16.897 --> 01:54:20.283 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, steps coming down. 01:54:22.286 --> 01:54:26.674 [Riv (DM)]: The door opens and you see the girl come in. 01:54:27.970 --> 01:54:31.995 [Riv (DM)]: And she's, yeah, she's kind of got a measured look on her face. 01:54:32.696 --> 01:54:38.383 [Riv (DM)]: And behind her, a man walks in who is tall, slender, solid. 01:54:39.364 --> 01:54:42.288 [Riv (DM)]: You know, slender man, but quite solidly built. 01:54:42.708 --> 01:54:49.557 [Riv (DM)]: He's got brown hair that's cropped very, very neatly and tightly on the side of his head and then styled, you know, quite cleanly on top. 01:54:49.537 --> 01:54:52.883 [Riv (DM)]: Goatee, also trimmed to perfection. 01:54:53.865 --> 01:54:59.696 [Riv (DM)]: He's wearing comfortable evening clothes but these clothes themselves probably wouldn't be out of place in like a court. 01:55:00.297 --> 01:55:06.769 [Riv (DM)]: And around his neck you can see the big amulet with massive red ruby in the centre. 01:55:06.749 --> 01:55:26.897 [Riv (DM)]: Looks like a man who spends a lot of time caring about his appearance and then seeing you in the room he immediately like a stern expression comes over his face and he reaches to his side and draws or starts to draw a dagger and says Valania what is the meaning of this? 01:55:27.157 --> 01:55:30.462 [Riv (DM)]: Who are these people and why have you brought them here of all places? 01:55:30.442 --> 01:55:32.525 [Riv (DM)]: She's like, look, I told you I'd explain, father. 01:55:32.545 --> 01:55:33.706 [Riv (DM)]: I told you they can help us. 01:55:34.367 --> 01:55:36.230 [Riv (DM)]: What do you, how can you possibly trust them? 01:55:37.011 --> 01:55:38.112 [Riv (DM)]: I know them, father. 01:55:38.132 --> 01:55:39.234 [Riv (DM)]: They saved my life. 01:55:40.095 --> 01:55:42.298 [Riv (DM)]: Each of them have a reason to hate the Empire just as much as us. 01:55:42.458 --> 01:55:43.840 [Riv (DM)]: Just listen, please hear us out. 01:55:44.961 --> 01:55:46.243 [Riv (DM)]: What do you mean they saved your life? 01:55:48.826 --> 01:55:53.833 [Riv (DM)]: At this she immediately starts to look a little bit more... 01:55:54.758 --> 01:55:57.622 [Riv (DM)]: Shy and nervous, like she maybe let something slip she hadn't meant to. 01:55:58.523 --> 01:56:01.346 [Riv (DM)]: Remember that hunting trip I was late coming back from? 01:56:03.129 --> 01:56:03.609 [Riv (DM)]: Yes. 01:56:05.111 --> 01:56:09.517 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Well... Let's just say we worked together to deal with a goblin threat. 01:56:10.638 --> 01:56:10.798 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah. 01:56:10.818 --> 01:56:11.920 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It was isolating, Darmouth. 01:56:13.422 --> 01:56:13.822 [Riv (DM)]: Goblins? 01:56:14.643 --> 01:56:16.906 [Riv (DM)]: Vlani, what are you doing messing around with goblins? 01:56:16.926 --> 01:56:18.488 [Riv (DM)]: They're nasty folk, dangerous. 01:56:21.016 --> 01:56:23.540 [Riv (DM)]: She shakes her head a bit. 01:56:23.560 --> 01:56:25.564 [Riv (DM)]: Look, I didn't mean to. 01:56:25.584 --> 01:56:27.447 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know. 01:56:27.527 --> 01:56:29.651 [Riv (DM)]: Sometimes you just get caught up in things. 01:56:30.612 --> 01:56:31.514 [Riv (DM)]: Look, it's fine. 01:56:31.534 --> 01:56:32.456 [Riv (DM)]: We got up there all right. 01:56:34.740 --> 01:56:36.462 [Riv (DM)]: Young lady, we're going to talk about this later. 01:56:36.683 --> 01:56:37.845 [Riv (DM)]: These hunting trips of yours. 01:56:40.890 --> 01:56:43.014 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I can't wait for that conversation. 01:56:44.757 --> 01:56:46.720 [Riv (DM)]: The man turns now to look at you. 01:56:48.623 --> 01:56:49.023 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 01:56:49.864 --> 01:56:54.429 [Riv (DM)]: Well, it seems I am once again held at the whim of my very young daughter. 01:56:54.449 --> 01:56:55.931 [Riv (DM)]: He looks at her. 01:56:57.973 --> 01:57:03.398 [Riv (DM)]: I can either trust that you are able to help us, or I can have you all killed, now that you know about this place. 01:57:04.439 --> 01:57:06.221 [Riv (DM)]: So, tell me about yourselves. 01:57:06.241 --> 01:57:06.481 [Riv (DM)]: You can try. 01:57:07.983 --> 01:57:08.824 [Riv (DM)]: Don't test me, young man. 01:57:10.566 --> 01:57:11.146 [Riv (DM)]: Please, speak up. 01:57:11.166 --> 01:57:11.927 [Riv (DM)]: Tell me about yourselves. 01:57:17.653 --> 01:57:17.753 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Um... 01:57:18.914 --> 01:57:21.517 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You're a man in a position to obtain knowledge. 01:57:21.537 --> 01:57:24.701 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You probably already know who we are if you don't know us personally. 01:57:26.564 --> 01:57:27.985 [Riv (DM)]: Can't say that I do, I'm afraid. 01:57:29.367 --> 01:57:29.688 [Riv (DM)]: Should I? 01:57:33.652 --> 01:57:35.595 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I look over to Erendor. 01:57:37.177 --> 01:57:38.539 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You have that little spy candy? 01:57:40.801 --> 01:57:44.466 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I'll just pull out the nail and leave it on the table. 01:57:46.707 --> 01:57:47.208 [Riv (DM)]: He walks forward. 01:57:47.689 --> 01:57:48.089 [Riv (DM)]: Picks it up. 01:57:48.911 --> 01:57:49.432 [Riv (DM)]: Glances over it. 01:57:50.534 --> 01:57:50.894 [Riv (DM)]: What's this? 01:57:51.976 --> 01:57:55.763 [Riv (DM)]: What am I supposed to... Am I supposed to know what this is? 01:57:55.783 --> 01:57:57.145 [Riv (DM)]: Kinda holds it a bit distastefully. 01:57:58.888 --> 01:58:00.331 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm a bit surprised. 01:58:00.411 --> 01:58:01.332 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Word hasn't gotten around. 01:58:04.037 --> 01:58:07.203 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Or maybe the Empire's keeping things a bit closer to the chest than they should be. 01:58:09.286 --> 01:58:10.268 [Riv (DM)]: Wait, you don't mean... 01:58:12.442 --> 01:58:20.694 [Riv (DM)]: You don't mean the... the... the rabble, the... the crowds of people chanting, talking the iconography of the Nel's this? 01:58:21.034 --> 01:58:21.575 [Riv (DM)]: He holds it up. 01:58:22.456 --> 01:58:24.078 [Riv (DM)]: What's your involvement with that? 01:58:27.443 --> 01:58:30.968 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll just reach over and tap on the map where Skyreach was. 01:58:31.008 --> 01:58:34.533 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, interesting. 01:58:37.057 --> 01:58:37.858 [Riv (DM)]: Interesting. 01:58:39.442 --> 01:58:44.258 [Riv (DM)]: You had some place in this, I take it? 01:58:44.278 --> 01:58:47.349 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: There were several places. 01:58:48.191 --> 01:58:49.857 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: There was one on each tower and one in the middle. 01:58:52.486 --> 01:58:52.947 [Riv (DM)]: Wow. 01:58:53.728 --> 01:58:56.992 [Riv (DM)]: It does seem that I'm standing in the midst of celebrity. 01:58:58.113 --> 01:59:00.256 [Riv (DM)]: Gosh, that's a ballsy thing to pull off. 01:59:01.037 --> 01:59:02.599 [Riv (DM)]: Although you've put me into a world of hurt now. 01:59:03.120 --> 01:59:03.861 [Riv (DM)]: Empire everywhere. 01:59:04.081 --> 01:59:06.745 [Riv (DM)]: Before they used to give us a little bit of rain. 01:59:07.386 --> 01:59:08.067 [Riv (DM)]: But now? 01:59:08.547 --> 01:59:11.031 [Riv (DM)]: Gosh, I can't even look sideways without people. 01:59:11.391 --> 01:59:12.512 [Riv (DM)]: Red cloaks in my vision. 01:59:17.299 --> 01:59:20.082 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: We wouldn't happen to still be wearing the red cloaks, would we? 01:59:20.663 --> 01:59:21.244 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: No. 01:59:21.815 --> 01:59:26.099 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: That goes into the pack and makes it nice to come in. 01:59:26.119 --> 01:59:29.583 [Riv (DM)]: Well, Valania, maybe you were right. 01:59:30.283 --> 01:59:32.846 [Riv (DM)]: It seems that they have been resourceful. 01:59:33.907 --> 01:59:36.590 [Riv (DM)]: She says, look, father, honestly, I actually didn't know about that. 01:59:36.950 --> 01:59:38.632 [Riv (DM)]: I was just going based on them helping me out. 01:59:38.672 --> 01:59:41.374 [Riv (DM)]: But I mean, no, yes, of course, absolutely. 01:59:42.816 --> 01:59:46.940 [Riv (DM)]: She puts two thumbs up and smiles like a daughter knows how to smile to her father. 01:59:47.821 --> 01:59:50.944 [Riv (DM)]: All right, then, well. 01:59:52.915 --> 01:59:53.676 [Riv (DM)]: Gosh, alright. 01:59:53.716 --> 01:59:54.317 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I guess... 01:59:55.339 --> 01:59:56.400 [Riv (DM)]: I guess let's do it. 01:59:56.480 --> 01:59:57.141 [Riv (DM)]: Let's talk about it. 01:59:58.584 --> 02:00:00.647 [Riv (DM)]: I assume you have any idea what you're getting into? 02:00:00.707 --> 02:00:03.711 [Riv (DM)]: Has my daughter told you anything about this, or are we starting fresh? 02:00:05.374 --> 02:00:10.922 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Starting fresh, but we can draw inferences given information. 02:00:13.045 --> 02:00:17.252 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Dundar puts down the stool he was holding as a torch and sits upon it expectantly. 02:00:17.632 --> 02:00:18.113 [Riv (DM)]: Fair enough. 02:00:19.443 --> 02:00:26.680 [Riv (DM)]: Well, after the incident down south, plus whatever the hell is going on up in Val Noren, things are starting to heat up around here. 02:00:26.981 --> 02:00:28.324 [Riv (DM)]: I'm sure you've seen yourselves. 02:00:29.186 --> 02:00:31.973 [Riv (DM)]: It's brought up my plans, shall we say. 02:00:31.993 --> 02:00:33.196 [Riv (DM)]: Need to start moving quickly. 02:00:35.582 --> 02:00:37.907 [Riv (DM)]: Before we get into this, I need to set a few ground rules, however. 02:00:39.946 --> 02:00:43.010 [Riv (DM)]: Never attempt to contact me or my daughter in public. 02:00:43.471 --> 02:00:45.895 [Riv (DM)]: It cannot be known that I have any involvement in sedition. 02:00:46.696 --> 02:00:49.580 [Riv (DM)]: General Varan has been looking for an excuse to replace me for years, honestly. 02:00:49.620 --> 02:00:51.563 [Riv (DM)]: Take any opportunity you could. 02:00:53.546 --> 02:00:55.489 [Riv (DM)]: Don't speak to anyone about what we're doing. 02:00:56.390 --> 02:01:02.098 [Riv (DM)]: Unless they happen to be related or are a target of the plan itself, or if you have complete trust in them. 02:01:03.701 --> 02:01:05.363 [Riv (DM)]: And three, don't get captured. 02:01:06.237 --> 02:01:10.803 [Riv (DM)]: Or if you do, ensure that you won't be able to speak or reveal any knowledge. 02:01:11.685 --> 02:01:12.265 [Riv (DM)]: Do you understand? 02:01:12.326 --> 02:01:18.254 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Fairly standard operating procedures. 02:01:19.516 --> 02:01:19.756 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 02:01:19.776 --> 02:01:22.239 [Riv (DM)]: I place my trust in you. 02:01:23.141 --> 02:01:25.103 [Riv (DM)]: But before that, is there anything I should know about you? 02:01:27.326 --> 02:01:27.847 [Riv (DM)]: Or any of you? 02:01:32.614 --> 02:01:32.734 [Unmatched Speaker]: Hmm... 02:01:40.173 --> 02:01:44.642 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think at this stage we're just interested parties. 02:01:46.145 --> 02:01:48.049 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, just know we get things done. 02:01:49.913 --> 02:01:51.997 [Lacer (Kai)]: I think that might be all you need to know. 02:01:52.037 --> 02:01:54.121 [Riv (DM)]: Very well. 02:01:55.364 --> 02:01:56.005 [Riv (DM)]: It's a business thing. 02:01:56.226 --> 02:02:00.274 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: And we like money. 02:02:00.322 --> 02:02:01.203 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Well, the dwarf does. 02:02:02.646 --> 02:02:03.026 [Riv (DM)]: Fair enough. 02:02:03.407 --> 02:02:07.454 [Riv (DM)]: And I can arrange compensation as well, of course. 02:02:07.594 --> 02:02:11.200 [Riv (DM)]: I wouldn't necessarily expect you to do this for free, out of the goodwill of your heart. 02:02:12.222 --> 02:02:14.526 [Riv (DM)]: Alright then. 02:02:15.006 --> 02:02:20.055 [Riv (DM)]: He goes over to the bookshelf and pulls out a few papers and a few books and things like that. 02:02:21.397 --> 02:02:21.798 [Riv (DM)]: Sits down. 02:02:23.180 --> 02:02:23.781 [Riv (DM)]: Looks up at you. 02:02:25.921 --> 02:02:28.465 [Riv (DM)]: The kingdoms of old should never have fallen. 02:02:28.505 --> 02:02:33.494 [Riv (DM)]: They'd grown complacent, weak, and were unsuspecting of any threat. 02:02:34.635 --> 02:02:39.824 [Riv (DM)]: The Empress burned across the land like a wildfire, and before any of them began to take her seriously, it was too late. 02:02:40.645 --> 02:02:43.390 [Riv (DM)]: Her army was too large, and their defenses not fortified enough. 02:02:44.635 --> 02:02:47.178 [Riv (DM)]: I believe there is still strength in the old kingdoms. 02:02:48.059 --> 02:02:49.300 [Riv (DM)]: I aim to reunite them. 02:02:50.281 --> 02:03:01.454 [Riv (DM)]: Alone, any one of us would fall easily, but together, with the right people leading the way, I believe that we can expel the Red Cloaks from our cities and march on Val Luminor, tearing this empire apart once and for all. 02:03:02.756 --> 02:03:06.400 [Riv (DM)]: But do you see the problem with this idea? 02:03:08.542 --> 02:03:09.423 [Riv (DM)]: As he looks around at you. 02:03:11.285 --> 02:03:13.528 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I see quite a few problems with the idea. 02:03:15.128 --> 02:03:17.091 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Domdar's throne is made of wood. 02:03:20.696 --> 02:03:21.356 [Riv (DM)]: Look at Val Noren. 02:03:22.618 --> 02:03:27.204 [Riv (DM)]: The smallest bit of sedition, the Empire would fall upon us immediately. 02:03:27.945 --> 02:03:33.553 [Riv (DM)]: So we can't just go bandying about walking into courts and kingdoms talking about alliances. 02:03:34.094 --> 02:03:37.238 [Riv (DM)]: Word would get back the Empire's eyes everywhere. 02:03:41.808 --> 02:03:45.593 [Riv (DM)]: Communication, in and out of our keep itself, constantly being monitored. 02:03:46.134 --> 02:03:48.036 [Riv (DM)]: The eyes are everywhere, and nowhere at once. 02:03:48.396 --> 02:03:50.179 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know who to trust. 02:03:50.699 --> 02:03:51.881 [Riv (DM)]: So this is where you would come in. 02:03:52.822 --> 02:03:57.628 [Riv (DM)]: You are nobodies, as far as I'm concerned, and as far as the rest of the world is concerned, hopefully. 02:03:58.569 --> 02:04:01.193 [Riv (DM)]: You can easily traverse the continent without anyone taking notice. 02:04:01.974 --> 02:04:04.697 [Riv (DM)]: You can bring my message to the right people in the right places. 02:04:05.498 --> 02:04:06.880 [Riv (DM)]: Here, look, let me... 02:04:06.940 --> 02:04:10.785 [Riv (DM)]: He stands up, walks back over to the bookshelf, and grabs that wooden chest that you're looking at. 02:04:12.250 --> 02:04:18.961 [Riv (DM)]: Sets it down on the table, unlashes it and opens up and inside you can see there are a bunch of like stones, rocks kind of sitting in there. 02:04:21.244 --> 02:04:21.785 [Riv (DM)]: Picks one of them up. 02:04:22.586 --> 02:04:29.377 [Riv (DM)]: These are cute little things that I've been just slowly gathering over the past little while. 02:04:29.397 --> 02:04:31.861 [Riv (DM)]: He picks up another. 02:04:33.283 --> 02:04:34.185 [Riv (DM)]: Each one of these is a pair. 02:04:34.906 --> 02:04:40.114 [Riv (DM)]: Speak into one of them and anyone holding the other will hear them no matter how far apart you are. 02:04:41.697 --> 02:04:59.393 [Riv (DM)]: So what I propose is, you get to the kingdoms, deliver these stones to the right person, and I will arrange a meeting, a war council of sorts, bring everyone together, sit down once and for all, and talk about how we're gonna get this bloody thing resolved. 02:05:03.717 --> 02:05:04.138 [Riv (DM)]: What do you think? 02:05:06.980 --> 02:05:08.802 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Do you know who the right people are? 02:05:09.743 --> 02:05:16.233 [Riv (DM)]: Yes, well, he starts shuffling through the notes, pulling out a few bits of paper in there. 02:05:16.975 --> 02:05:17.315 [Riv (DM)]: Tricky. 02:05:17.996 --> 02:05:18.417 [Riv (DM)]: It's tricky. 02:05:18.437 --> 02:05:19.859 [Riv (DM)]: It's difficult to know who to trust. 02:05:20.039 --> 02:05:26.910 [Riv (DM)]: So I have been spending a lot of my time gathering that information discreetly, you know, where possible. 02:05:27.571 --> 02:05:30.336 [Riv (DM)]: I will give you what I have. 02:05:31.217 --> 02:05:33.140 [Riv (DM)]: Some of it's not much, but hopefully some of it is helpful. 02:05:34.222 --> 02:05:35.464 [Riv (DM)]: And he starts going through the list. 02:05:37.469 --> 02:05:38.330 [Riv (DM)]: Val Aerie. 02:05:38.350 --> 02:05:40.634 [Riv (DM)]: I don't think this one will be too bad. 02:05:40.674 --> 02:05:45.502 [Riv (DM)]: Our two kingdoms have historically always been on fairly well, good terms. 02:05:46.544 --> 02:05:51.152 [Riv (DM)]: I believe the High Priest there at the Sept is a cousin of Governor Alina. 02:05:52.574 --> 02:05:54.297 [Riv (DM)]: He very likely can arrange a meeting for you. 02:05:55.897 --> 02:06:01.907 [Riv (DM)]: Val Noren, well, I imagine they won't take much convincing considering the current situation up there. 02:06:02.387 --> 02:06:05.913 [Riv (DM)]: The tricky part is I don't know who currently holds power up there in the turmoil. 02:06:06.053 --> 02:06:09.058 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know if the governor was dead or replaced. 02:06:10.841 --> 02:06:17.972 [Riv (DM)]: But if you can find the right person, help them stabilize the city, the region, I'm sure they would be willing to lend us aid. 02:06:20.116 --> 02:06:22.900 [Riv (DM)]: Val Aran is another one that might be tricky. 02:06:23.774 --> 02:06:27.819 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know who can get you in contact with the governor. 02:06:28.620 --> 02:06:30.101 [Riv (DM)]: Governor Baron, I believe it is now. 02:06:32.644 --> 02:06:37.430 [Riv (DM)]: Word has been getting to me that the dead have been seen working again in the Boreala Forest. 02:06:38.692 --> 02:06:42.676 [Riv (DM)]: If that is true, it's the first time in over a century, so I imagine they have a lot going on up there. 02:06:43.517 --> 02:06:49.764 [Riv (DM)]: It might be tough to convince them to leave that to join our cause, but see what you can do. 02:06:52.227 --> 02:06:53.629 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 02:06:54.402 --> 02:06:56.667 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: DM, did he just say the dead? 02:06:58.722 --> 02:07:00.043 [Riv (DM)]: He looks over to Indeed. 02:07:02.225 --> 02:07:08.210 [Riv (DM)]: That forest was beset with evil necromancers for centuries. 02:07:08.731 --> 02:07:24.285 [Riv (DM)]: It wasn't until a bit over 100, maybe 200 years ago, some Valiant heroes slowly and systematically took down their structure of power and the dead were wiped out, but they've been seen again, unfortunately. 02:07:24.325 --> 02:07:26.687 [Riv (DM)]: At least that's the word that we're getting. 02:07:26.667 --> 02:07:31.179 [Riv (DM)]: It's difficult to really pin down what's actually happening, whether it's just stories or truth. 02:07:34.688 --> 02:07:39.180 [Riv (DM)]: This one up here, and he taps far up to the top of the map, Val Solis. 02:07:39.200 --> 02:07:42.128 [Riv (DM)]: Now, this may be the most challenging of them all. 02:07:42.547 --> 02:07:45.554 [Riv (DM)]: As you may know, it never actually fell to the Empire. 02:07:46.817 --> 02:07:54.655 [Riv (DM)]: They closed their docks and their gates and have been behind their walls for over a century or close to a century. 02:07:56.799 --> 02:07:58.363 [Riv (DM)]: I've seen agents to try and infiltrate. 02:07:58.944 --> 02:08:00.167 [Riv (DM)]: They've never returned. 02:08:01.717 --> 02:08:13.995 [Riv (DM)]: So, I don't know how much help I can give you there, but if they've been able to avoid the Empire for this long, surely they have power and the forces to lend some aid. 02:08:14.596 --> 02:08:16.578 [Riv (DM)]: They might be just waiting for such an opportunity. 02:08:21.145 --> 02:08:24.269 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: So they've been shut away for as long as possible, they just don't care. 02:08:25.091 --> 02:08:26.372 [Riv (DM)]: It is also entirely possible. 02:08:27.234 --> 02:08:30.238 [Riv (DM)]: I guess we'll only know once we get inside. 02:08:32.176 --> 02:08:38.142 [Riv (DM)]: Now, we shouldn't just consider the human kingdoms of old. 02:08:39.724 --> 02:08:40.825 [Riv (DM)]: Glimmerforge, for example. 02:08:41.385 --> 02:08:42.807 [Riv (DM)]: Any nods to you, Dondar? 02:08:43.628 --> 02:08:57.762 [Riv (DM)]: I'm not sure how versed you are with the history of your people, but Forgar and Hilda Immel, the current stewards of the Dwarven Kingdom, they appear to be almost entirely, if not entirely, bought by the Empire. 02:08:58.417 --> 02:09:06.869 [Riv (DM)]: Considering the continued suffering inflicted upon your people by the Empire, there must be factions in the city that would be sympathetic to our cause. 02:09:07.490 --> 02:09:16.904 [Riv (DM)]: You just need to be able to get in there, find the right people, push the right levers, and potentially the dwarves could be some of our greatest allies. 02:09:21.391 --> 02:09:25.116 [Riv (DM)]: And lastly, yeah, lastly, 02:09:26.530 --> 02:09:27.091 [Riv (DM)]: The elves. 02:09:27.792 --> 02:09:31.136 [Riv (DM)]: I'm sure that you've been thinking about this as well. 02:09:31.356 --> 02:09:34.661 [Riv (DM)]: They've been conspicuously missing for the past century. 02:09:35.742 --> 02:09:36.283 [Riv (DM)]: Where did they go? 02:09:36.323 --> 02:09:37.745 [Riv (DM)]: Why did they go? 02:09:37.765 --> 02:09:46.576 [Riv (DM)]: If we could find that out, surely they must know more than any of us, maybe, about what's really been going on. 02:09:47.778 --> 02:09:51.222 [Riv (DM)]: And their fighting force was apparently unrivaled at the time. 02:09:53.446 --> 02:09:58.155 [Riv (DM)]: The cities, as far as I'm aware, are empty and uninhabitable. 02:09:58.836 --> 02:10:04.547 [Riv (DM)]: Anyone that's returned have said that the cities are cursed and that you cannot stay there for more than a few days before going mad. 02:10:07.072 --> 02:10:11.320 [Riv (DM)]: So this could be a long shot, but we have to try. 02:10:11.468 --> 02:10:14.312 [Riv (DM)]: There must be some full-blooded elves around still who know where they went. 02:10:14.332 --> 02:10:16.955 [Riv (DM)]: I'm not sure. 02:10:16.995 --> 02:10:23.042 [Riv (DM)]: Any that I have heard rumors of have just gone missing, taken by the Empire or killed. 02:10:25.125 --> 02:10:33.055 [Riv (DM)]: But if you've heard anything, then we have to try any leads we might have. 02:10:35.667 --> 02:10:42.657 [Riv (DM)]: So I guess the idea is, go to each of these places, find the right people, give them a stone, and I will coordinate the council. 02:10:44.299 --> 02:10:52.550 [Riv (DM)]: He offers to write these notes up for you, so that you don't have to... Don't say things. 02:10:52.570 --> 02:10:52.650 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 02:10:52.670 --> 02:10:53.131 [JC (Ryo)]: Thank you. 02:10:53.171 --> 02:11:01.202 [JC (Ryo)]: These elven cities you speak of, where did they used to be? 02:11:03.595 --> 02:11:06.879 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, the Isle of Erevin down to the south, right? 02:11:08.862 --> 02:11:10.484 [Riv (DM)]: He taps down on the map. 02:11:14.550 --> 02:11:14.910 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, okay. 02:11:14.930 --> 02:11:15.251 [Riv (DM)]: Thank you. 02:11:23.642 --> 02:11:24.022 There you go. 02:11:25.484 --> 02:11:25.865 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Thank you. 02:11:27.467 --> 02:11:33.535 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: So, essentially, travel to every corner, godforsaken corner of the world, 02:11:36.552 --> 02:11:40.116 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Infiltrate people who do not want to be found and infiltrated. 02:11:40.156 --> 02:11:42.399 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Coordinate them. 02:11:46.184 --> 02:11:47.726 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And see what we can do from there. 02:11:48.346 --> 02:11:49.428 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Not a small task. 02:11:51.090 --> 02:11:53.873 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: In fact, I would say it is probably one of the biggest tasks ever created. 02:11:53.893 --> 02:11:59.420 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: A perfect size for me, says Dondarr. 02:12:01.883 --> 02:12:03.124 [Riv (DM)]: You almost seem to say that with excitement. 02:12:03.144 --> 02:12:04.686 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: While the Empire is making their own maneuvers. 02:12:06.556 --> 02:12:07.057 [Riv (DM)]: Yes, indeed. 02:12:07.838 --> 02:12:13.666 [Riv (DM)]: I know that this is going to be tricky, and it's a lot to ask, but... 02:12:13.686 --> 02:12:14.968 [Riv (DM)]: I believe it to be our best shot. 02:12:16.850 --> 02:12:18.172 [Lacer (Kai)]: That's a lot of travelling. 02:12:19.374 --> 02:12:20.015 [Lacer (Kai)]: Not much time. 02:12:25.001 --> 02:12:26.063 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Well, it's been a hundred years. 02:12:27.285 --> 02:12:27.865 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It's another hundred. 02:12:30.409 --> 02:12:33.834 [Riv (DM)]: Hopefully not that long, but... We'll see, I guess. 02:12:35.115 --> 02:12:36.377 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Is there a time restriction? 02:12:38.348 --> 02:12:41.134 [Riv (DM)]: Well, difficult to say really. 02:12:42.598 --> 02:12:52.180 [Riv (DM)]: With the Imperials marching on Val Noren, who knows when they will start spreading elsewhere, clamping down on all the cities across the land. 02:12:52.822 --> 02:12:55.648 [Riv (DM)]: I'm not privy to the Empress's plans, but... 02:13:01.737 --> 02:13:08.928 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Noren is definitely the most time-pressing one at this stage, but who knows what's happening with that. 02:13:09.709 --> 02:13:16.379 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: They are getting some small reinforcements at the moment, but hopefully they can hold a bit longer, especially... Hmm. 02:13:16.399 --> 02:13:17.380 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It's hard to say with winter. 02:13:17.841 --> 02:13:21.146 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Winter definitely is not a good time to fight, but it also means they're most accessible. 02:13:22.628 --> 02:13:22.848 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Indeed. 02:13:22.868 --> 02:13:26.193 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: If you can hold the line there until spring, they're probably good to stabilize for a while. 02:13:27.856 --> 02:13:28.757 [Riv (DM)]: Reinforcements, you say? 02:13:30.914 --> 02:13:34.561 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'm sure you would have noticed the lack of Mawbreakers in the bay. 02:13:35.824 --> 02:13:37.547 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, I was wondering. 02:13:37.567 --> 02:13:41.154 [Riv (DM)]: I was wondering their cause for their disappearance. 02:13:41.956 --> 02:13:43.960 [Riv (DM)]: So they've gone to help up in the north. 02:13:46.845 --> 02:13:51.775 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I think they've just kind of bailed out to cause as much trouble as they can. 02:13:52.733 --> 02:13:53.394 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Sounds about right. 02:13:53.494 --> 02:13:54.116 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Bloody pirates. 02:13:54.256 --> 02:13:55.458 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Half rebel, half pirate. 02:13:55.939 --> 02:13:56.320 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Who knows. 02:13:56.961 --> 02:13:57.902 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, they're very useful. 02:13:58.644 --> 02:14:01.148 [Riv (DM)]: I've definitely been making good use of them over the years. 02:14:04.254 --> 02:14:08.281 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Definitely puts you in a unique position with Skyreach down. 02:14:08.923 --> 02:14:12.970 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You've got a stranglehold on sea transport to the capital. 02:14:13.979 --> 02:14:14.400 [Riv (DM)]: Indeed. 02:14:15.802 --> 02:14:16.943 [Riv (DM)]: As it has been for some time. 02:14:18.926 --> 02:14:22.972 [Riv (DM)]: But, you know, publicly, I support the Empire, right? 02:14:23.733 --> 02:14:30.402 [Riv (DM)]: I can't, unless I, you know, try some subterfuge to slow things down at the docks. 02:14:30.422 --> 02:14:33.226 [Riv (DM)]: It's not like I can just go out there and just close things down. 02:14:33.286 --> 02:14:36.190 [Riv (DM)]: My head would be on the pike the next day. 02:14:40.372 --> 02:14:42.976 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: A future reference would be handy. 02:14:43.937 --> 02:14:44.158 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah. 02:14:50.908 --> 02:14:54.733 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, well, I guess we've talked enough. 02:14:55.154 --> 02:14:59.981 [Riv (DM)]: Are you willing to try? 02:15:00.021 --> 02:15:05.830 [Lacer (Kai)]: Nothing ventured, nothing gained. 02:15:08.534 --> 02:15:09.535 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: What if we say no? 02:15:11.860 --> 02:15:13.823 [Riv (DM)]: Well, then I guess I would just have to have you all killed, wouldn't I? 02:15:15.406 --> 02:15:16.768 [Riv (DM)]: You can't be knowing about this place. 02:15:18.131 --> 02:15:18.551 [Riv (DM)]: He smiles. 02:15:19.733 --> 02:15:20.996 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Knowing about what place? 02:15:21.957 --> 02:15:22.318 [Riv (DM)]: Exactly. 02:15:22.338 --> 02:15:28.829 [Riv (DM)]: Good point. 02:15:28.849 --> 02:15:35.621 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: If nothing else, it'd be good to touch base with, um... Anti-Empire... Anti-Empire? 02:15:36.843 --> 02:15:37.564 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Anti-Imperialist? 02:15:38.658 --> 02:15:42.543 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Revolutionaries around. 02:15:42.843 --> 02:15:46.527 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It's always good to have a bolt hole and people to watch your back. 02:15:51.934 --> 02:15:58.322 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: What are your plans in the event that some of these places turn out to be pure loyalist? 02:16:02.466 --> 02:16:07.112 [Riv (DM)]: I guess we just have to take what we can get, right? 02:16:08.915 --> 02:16:11.419 [Riv (DM)]: Even just a few of the cities is better than nothing. 02:16:12.481 --> 02:16:13.883 [Riv (DM)]: I see no other way to win this war. 02:16:15.065 --> 02:16:17.889 [Riv (DM)]: Divided, we've got nothing against them, against the Empire. 02:16:17.909 --> 02:16:19.051 [Riv (DM)]: Their forces are just too strong. 02:16:25.781 --> 02:16:27.143 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: What are these stones you have? 02:16:28.846 --> 02:16:35.817 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, like I said, so you take these and he starts picking through them, pulls out six. 02:16:37.805 --> 02:16:38.806 [Riv (DM)]: And passes them over. 02:16:38.846 --> 02:16:42.591 [Riv (DM)]: One for each location. 02:16:43.573 --> 02:16:47.818 [Riv (DM)]: Give to the right person and on my end I'll be able to discuss with them and plan. 02:16:50.462 --> 02:16:54.467 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Are there only seven stones? 02:16:54.507 --> 02:17:00.435 [Riv (DM)]: There are twelve in total in the box so he has six on his side and then he's giving you six. 02:17:00.455 --> 02:17:01.897 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: They're sending cards? 02:17:01.917 --> 02:17:02.277 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:17:04.737 --> 02:17:07.962 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: So no one else can listen in, even if they have a stone. 02:17:08.743 --> 02:17:08.903 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:17:11.087 --> 02:17:13.971 [Riv (DM)]: It's like a SSH key encryption. 02:17:16.835 --> 02:17:19.660 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Ah, okay. 02:17:19.700 --> 02:17:23.886 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Wanna go to Lord of the Rings seeing stones with Sauron? 02:17:23.906 --> 02:17:25.028 [Riv (DM)]: Ah, right, yeah, nah. 02:17:25.048 --> 02:17:27.792 [Riv (DM)]: This is exactly Piers, only goes one-to-one. 02:17:28.793 --> 02:17:29.935 [Riv (DM)]: Right. 02:17:30.893 --> 02:17:37.379 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: There is another option, one that I'm sure has been tried but has to be considered. 02:17:39.381 --> 02:17:39.961 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Please, go ahead. 02:17:39.981 --> 02:17:41.543 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And I tap on Val Luminor itself. 02:17:43.224 --> 02:17:44.105 [Riv (DM)]: Size narrow a bit. 02:17:44.966 --> 02:17:46.147 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You go for the head of the snake. 02:17:49.270 --> 02:17:49.670 [Riv (DM)]: Dangerous. 02:17:51.472 --> 02:17:52.113 [Riv (DM)]: Very dangerous. 02:17:52.193 --> 02:17:54.295 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Openly take on the Empress. 02:17:56.937 --> 02:17:57.778 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Maybe not openly. 02:18:00.037 --> 02:18:02.781 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Who would be stupid enough to try that? 02:18:03.903 --> 02:18:15.921 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It's a long shot and I would imagine a shot that has been taken many times and failed but worth considering. 02:18:17.103 --> 02:18:18.585 [Riv (DM)]: Well I can honestly say 02:18:18.970 --> 02:18:29.326 [Riv (DM)]: I have not actually heard of any attempts whether they have been and they have just been brushed away under the rug or if just her defenses are too strong and no one can get close. 02:18:30.808 --> 02:18:31.930 [Riv (DM)]: Let's just remember, right? 02:18:33.111 --> 02:18:34.874 [Riv (DM)]: She's been in power for about a hundred years. 02:18:39.301 --> 02:18:40.843 [Riv (DM)]: There's something different about that woman. 02:18:41.684 --> 02:18:44.046 [JC (Ryo)]: How has she been alive for so long? 02:18:44.066 --> 02:18:45.067 [Riv (DM)]: I have no idea. 02:18:45.087 --> 02:18:49.591 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know if she's an elf or some other species that lives long. 02:18:50.832 --> 02:18:58.078 [Riv (DM)]: From all I've heard and the few times I've seen her at ceremonies and the like, she appears to just be a young-looking girl. 02:18:58.098 --> 02:18:59.279 [Riv (DM)]: A human woman. 02:18:59.580 --> 02:19:03.083 [Lacer (Kai)]: But... Must be a disguise. 02:19:05.305 --> 02:19:05.665 [Riv (DM)]: Something. 02:19:05.885 --> 02:19:08.147 [Riv (DM)]: There's something off about her. 02:19:09.528 --> 02:19:10.189 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Or... 02:19:11.705 --> 02:19:17.832 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: See, the problem here, Riv, is I've probably read a lot of the fantasy books that everyone riffs their homebrew from. 02:19:18.733 --> 02:19:18.834 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Okay. 02:19:18.854 --> 02:19:20.476 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: So I have a lot of suspicions. 02:19:21.657 --> 02:19:22.858 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You've already tripped me with a few. 02:19:27.023 --> 02:19:36.154 [Riv (DM)]: I think, um... Yeah, well, we'll see if you can figure it out. 02:19:36.595 --> 02:19:37.616 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: That's the outer character. 02:19:38.237 --> 02:19:38.337 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah. 02:19:38.587 --> 02:19:40.310 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: In character, hmm. 02:19:40.330 --> 02:19:46.699 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: At a character, I'm like, hmm. 02:19:46.719 --> 02:19:48.402 [Lacer (Kai)]: Hey, I mean, if you want to try... 02:19:48.482 --> 02:19:52.168 [Lacer (Kai)]: I don't think mushrooms are gonna cut it. 02:19:55.673 --> 02:19:57.456 [Riv (DM)]: Just, I'll give you this bit of advice. 02:19:58.437 --> 02:19:59.599 [Riv (DM)]: The eyes of the Empire. 02:20:01.520 --> 02:20:08.793 [Riv (DM)]: If you're trying anything close to going, you know, near Val Luminor, just keep your eyes over your shoulder. 02:20:09.193 --> 02:20:13.881 [Riv (DM)]: They're this secretive group. 02:20:14.482 --> 02:20:16.847 [Riv (DM)]: People don't even know of their existence. 02:20:17.468 --> 02:20:20.132 [Riv (DM)]: Spies, assassins, murderers. 02:20:20.152 --> 02:20:21.214 [Riv (DM)]: You can run into one of them. 02:20:22.556 --> 02:20:22.937 [Riv (DM)]: Oh. 02:20:23.828 --> 02:20:25.670 [Riv (DM)]: And you came out on the better part of that arrangement? 02:20:26.751 --> 02:20:27.633 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I guess clearly. 02:20:28.934 --> 02:20:30.296 [Riv (DM)]: They did not. 02:20:31.097 --> 02:20:33.259 [Riv (DM)]: Mostly intact. 02:20:33.279 --> 02:20:33.660 [Riv (DM)]: That's good. 02:20:33.960 --> 02:20:35.442 [Riv (DM)]: Well, there's many more where that comes from. 02:20:36.904 --> 02:20:39.667 [Riv (DM)]: So, just keep your eyes peeled. 02:20:39.727 --> 02:20:45.634 [Riv (DM)]: Eyes? 02:20:48.719 --> 02:20:50.000 [Riv (DM)]: Poor choice of phrase, perhaps. 02:20:55.166 --> 02:21:00.933 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I've heard reports of troop movements dealing with Val Noren. 02:21:02.174 --> 02:21:05.178 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You're probably responsible for supplying a lot of that. 02:21:05.618 --> 02:21:07.701 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Do you have any idea on positioning numbers? 02:21:09.022 --> 02:21:09.623 [Riv (DM)]: Indeed, yeah. 02:21:09.643 --> 02:21:11.385 [Riv (DM)]: Let me just go and check the latest reports. 02:21:11.946 --> 02:21:17.612 [Riv (DM)]: He goes up and grabs a few more scrolls and papers and stuff like that. 02:21:21.136 --> 02:21:21.546 [Riv (DM)]: Well... 02:21:23.735 --> 02:21:39.231 [Riv (DM)]: As far as I can see, Point Blackrock has entirely been taken by the army and yep, they have crossed the ice bridge and seems like there is a struggle going on in the city at the moment for power. 02:21:40.072 --> 02:21:42.434 [Riv (DM)]: It does seem like there is rebellion there. 02:21:42.474 --> 02:21:43.435 [Riv (DM)]: There are people fighting back. 02:21:44.096 --> 02:21:48.220 [Riv (DM)]: As for how the war is going, I'm not sure. 02:21:48.260 --> 02:21:51.463 [Riv (DM)]: The initial forces... 02:21:51.443 --> 02:21:59.351 [Riv (DM)]: That arrived numbered on I believe about 10,000. 02:21:59.371 --> 02:22:03.996 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know if there have been any additional troops. 02:22:05.057 --> 02:22:13.045 [Riv (DM)]: We've had scouts out but you know again it's difficult for me to really gather too much information without exposing myself as well. 02:22:13.465 --> 02:22:17.649 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: A question then. 02:22:18.690 --> 02:22:20.252 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: You might know, you might not. 02:22:22.173 --> 02:22:26.661 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: How many troops ballpark do you think the Empire has on hand? 02:22:29.606 --> 02:22:32.871 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Does he recognize the phrase of ballpark? 02:22:32.891 --> 02:22:34.434 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: That's a numbers question. 02:22:37.960 --> 02:22:39.222 [Riv (DM)]: Very difficult to say. 02:22:40.364 --> 02:22:45.733 [Riv (DM)]: Of the core force, if you're talking about the hands themselves, 02:22:46.979 --> 02:22:53.208 [Riv (DM)]: I believe it's not a large number, somewhere in the order of five to ten thousand hands. 02:22:56.192 --> 02:23:01.360 [Riv (DM)]: For reasons that I'm not particularly privy to, the number hasn't grown. 02:23:01.780 --> 02:23:09.251 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe it's just a strict training regiment, maybe she intentionally keeps that force small to try and keep the most loyal people as possible. 02:23:10.052 --> 02:23:13.577 [Riv (DM)]: But in terms of the soldiers themselves, could be hundreds of thousands, I don't know. 02:23:17.472 --> 02:23:26.923 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: They said they're just watching in the city itself, which means we're probably dealing more with an insurgency rather than a stage situation. 02:23:26.943 --> 02:23:27.384 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, indeed. 02:23:27.404 --> 02:23:28.285 [Riv (DM)]: That was my take as well. 02:23:29.627 --> 02:23:29.947 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Messy. 02:23:30.528 --> 02:23:39.939 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah. 02:23:39.959 --> 02:23:44.104 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Do you have a ball sign? 02:23:45.029 --> 02:23:53.825 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: With the use of these stones, how will you verify that whoever is speaking is who they say they are? 02:23:53.845 --> 02:23:53.925 [Riv (DM)]: Hmm. 02:23:55.188 --> 02:23:55.909 [Riv (DM)]: It's a good question. 02:23:55.989 --> 02:24:10.948 [Riv (DM)]: So what I was intending on doing was just keeping them with me in the late evening for a couple of hours and just waiting to hear if anyone contacts me and then try again the next day. 02:24:11.048 --> 02:24:18.478 [Riv (DM)]: So I guess that would be your window of opportunity for someone to try and contact me because I won't have them on me at all times. 02:24:18.458 --> 02:24:22.563 [Riv (DM)]: In terms of callsign, a codeword, yes, that's probably not a bad idea actually. 02:24:24.185 --> 02:24:26.247 [Riv (DM)]: Just so that we can ensure that we know. 02:24:27.248 --> 02:24:29.030 [Riv (DM)]: Would you like to suggest something? 02:24:30.752 --> 02:24:31.513 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Not swordfish. 02:24:33.656 --> 02:24:35.838 [Riv (DM)]: I don't know what that means, but fair enough. 02:24:41.165 --> 02:24:43.327 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Let's make the codewords Lenny. 02:24:45.190 --> 02:24:45.630 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Lenny. 02:24:46.707 --> 02:24:47.108 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Lenny. 02:24:48.670 --> 02:24:48.971 [Unmatched Speaker]: Why not? 02:24:49.291 --> 02:24:50.133 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Lenny it is. 02:24:50.193 --> 02:24:51.215 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Lenny the Green. 02:24:53.058 --> 02:24:55.502 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: That phrase is spoken, you should know it as someone. 02:24:56.664 --> 02:25:04.116 [Riv (DM)]: Why don't we say that you ask for Lenny and we'll take that to mean myself. 02:25:07.161 --> 02:25:08.684 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright. 02:25:08.704 --> 02:25:09.085 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Alright, excellent. 02:25:09.105 --> 02:25:12.310 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Maybe someone writes that down because we're totally going to forget that. 02:25:17.048 --> 02:25:20.471 [Riv (DM)]: At this point, Valania comes forward. 02:25:23.374 --> 02:25:27.737 [Riv (DM)]: Well, this is all very interesting, I guess. 02:25:28.098 --> 02:25:36.826 [Riv (DM)]: In terms of if you want to contact us back in the city, my room is just up there at the top of the keep. 02:25:36.906 --> 02:25:38.787 [Riv (DM)]: I look out over the top of the graveyard. 02:25:39.768 --> 02:25:45.233 [Riv (DM)]: If you light three of the torches on top of the tomb, the one that I led you through, 02:25:45.213 --> 02:26:06.258 [Riv (DM)]: I'll keep an eye out in the evening and I'll take that as a signal to know that I will come down and and bring you in uh the next evening um but as we've mentioned don't let anyone see you come into the graveyard um you were you were never here um and we'll try to keep it that way for everyone's safety DM. 02:26:06.478 --> 02:26:08.841 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Where you go to the gate make it a bit inconvenient 02:26:09.817 --> 02:26:10.798 Wow. 02:26:10.818 --> 02:26:13.301 [Riv (DM)]: I'm afraid that we don't have a lot of control over that. 02:26:13.761 --> 02:26:16.124 [Riv (DM)]: It would be suspicious if we told them to move on. 02:26:16.444 --> 02:26:20.488 [Riv (DM)]: They're not exactly under our control, right? 02:26:21.489 --> 02:26:23.992 [Riv (DM)]: They answer to the general. 02:26:27.776 --> 02:26:30.439 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah. 02:26:30.459 --> 02:26:33.462 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Do you have another way out of the keep that doesn't involve the graveyard? 02:26:34.960 --> 02:26:39.926 [Riv (DM)]: It's the best route and the most secure because only a member of my family is able to open it. 02:26:41.288 --> 02:26:49.038 [Riv (DM)]: The only other way would be up through and into the keep itself proper, but that would just bring risk of anyone else seeing you. 02:26:51.221 --> 02:27:00.533 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Fair, fair. 02:27:00.553 --> 02:27:03.837 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I guess it's getting late. 02:27:06.112 --> 02:27:06.873 [Riv (DM)]: Got a lot to think on. 02:27:09.435 --> 02:27:12.638 [Riv (DM)]: Unless there's any other final questions, shall we call it, for the night? 02:27:14.620 --> 02:27:20.946 [Lacer (Kai)]: Sure. 02:27:22.128 --> 02:27:26.972 [Lacer (Kai)]: Are there any groups, other groups you are working with to achieve? 02:27:27.032 --> 02:27:32.658 [Riv (DM)]: There are not, no. 02:27:32.678 --> 02:27:34.920 [Riv (DM)]: I've been struggling to find people that I'm able to trust. 02:27:37.651 --> 02:27:54.796 [Riv (DM)]: I've considered going to the Ravens but they have their own agenda and I'm always a little bit suspicious that the eyes are close to what they're doing, you know, keeping an eye on things. 02:27:56.159 --> 02:27:59.203 [Riv (DM)]: So I thought that might just be too much risk. 02:28:00.972 --> 02:28:01.493 [JC (Ryo)]: Hang on. 02:28:01.733 --> 02:28:07.505 [JC (Ryo)]: So you want us to go around and make all these resistance contacts, yet you have no contacts. 02:28:11.272 --> 02:28:11.973 [Riv (DM)]: My hands are tied. 02:28:12.394 --> 02:28:13.777 [Riv (DM)]: What am I supposed to do? 02:28:14.077 --> 02:28:15.099 [Riv (DM)]: I'm a figurehead. 02:28:16.101 --> 02:28:20.550 [Riv (DM)]: If I speak out against the Empire, my head disappears and they replace me the next day. 02:28:20.570 --> 02:28:22.373 [JC (Ryo)]: That is not what I asked. 02:28:23.703 --> 02:28:24.184 [Riv (DM)]: Context? 02:28:25.085 --> 02:28:26.047 [Riv (DM)]: Context with who? 02:28:26.067 --> 02:28:29.672 [Riv (DM)]: With other Rebellion sympathizers? 02:28:29.713 --> 02:28:32.497 [Riv (DM)]: How would I possibly find a Rebellion sympathizer? 02:28:34.961 --> 02:28:37.785 [JC (Ryo)]: You're asking us to go and find sympathizers for you? 02:28:38.707 --> 02:28:41.391 [JC (Ryo)]: I thought you'd already have some sort of a network started. 02:28:42.856 --> 02:28:43.557 [Riv (DM)]: It's very tricky. 02:28:43.678 --> 02:28:50.751 [Riv (DM)]: I've given you the information I can, but like I said, a lot of these places themselves are already in their own turmoil. 02:28:50.831 --> 02:28:56.602 [Riv (DM)]: It's difficult really to nail down a specific contact that can be the right... 02:28:56.622 --> 02:29:02.132 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: So you're asking us to help appoint you as the leader of the resistance? 02:29:03.455 --> 02:29:04.136 [Riv (DM)]: Not necessarily. 02:29:04.837 --> 02:29:06.400 [Riv (DM)]: The resistance doesn't need a leader. 02:29:08.641 --> 02:29:14.087 [Riv (DM)]: This is just a way to organize the resistance, to get some structure to it. 02:29:14.607 --> 02:29:19.773 [Riv (DM)]: At the moment, the crowds out there, the unrest that is growing, it's disorganized. 02:29:19.793 --> 02:29:20.353 [Riv (DM)]: It's dysfunctional. 02:29:20.373 --> 02:29:21.475 [Riv (DM)]: It's not going to achieve anything. 02:29:21.755 --> 02:29:23.116 [Riv (DM)]: It's only going to cause people to die. 02:29:28.902 --> 02:29:30.764 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Maybe we should ask for John Connor instead. 02:29:32.807 --> 02:29:33.567 [Riv (DM)]: John Connor. 02:29:36.370 --> 02:29:37.011 [Riv (DM)]: Doesn't ring a bell. 02:29:41.142 --> 02:29:43.305 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Sarah? 02:29:45.628 --> 02:29:46.950 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: That's Terminator. 02:29:47.050 --> 02:29:47.751 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I'm sorry. 02:29:47.971 --> 02:29:48.572 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm sorry. 02:29:48.592 --> 02:29:49.293 [JC (Ryo)]: I had to. 02:29:49.434 --> 02:29:50.395 [JC (Ryo)]: I had to follow up. 02:29:58.787 --> 02:29:59.247 [Riv (DM)]: Alrighty. 02:30:02.512 --> 02:30:07.358 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Well, it's better than just blowing up a random keep every now and again. 02:30:07.378 --> 02:30:10.643 [Riv (DM)]: I hope so. 02:30:15.095 --> 02:30:16.980 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: That said, that never hurts either. 02:30:19.426 --> 02:30:21.331 [Riv (DM)]: Just be careful that the right people are inside it. 02:30:27.687 --> 02:30:29.391 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I guess... 02:30:31.582 --> 02:30:34.225 [Riv (DM)]: I guess better time to call it. 02:30:34.526 --> 02:30:40.133 [Riv (DM)]: If there's any other final questions or concerns, now's the time. 02:30:40.173 --> 02:30:44.539 [Riv (DM)]: Otherwise, well, I guess you can use one of these stones if you want to contact me. 02:30:45.620 --> 02:30:47.963 [Riv (DM)]: Use the word Lenny and I'll notice you. 02:30:47.983 --> 02:30:54.892 [Riv (DM)]: But until then, I guess, good luck. 02:30:54.912 --> 02:30:57.015 [Riv (DM)]: And I don't know what... 02:30:58.413 --> 02:31:00.458 [Riv (DM)]: For the resistance, what do I... Ah, that doesn't sound right. 02:31:00.578 --> 02:31:00.738 [Riv (DM)]: No. 02:31:00.939 --> 02:31:02.663 [Riv (DM)]: Forget I said anything. 02:31:02.683 --> 02:31:03.806 [Riv (DM)]: He, um, stands up stiffly. 02:31:04.728 --> 02:31:05.570 [Riv (DM)]: Looks a bit sheepish. 02:31:07.134 --> 02:31:08.497 [Riv (DM)]: Nods, and starts to head out. 02:31:13.589 --> 02:31:15.814 [Lacer (Kai)]: For Lenny. 02:31:18.427 --> 02:31:27.059 [Riv (DM)]: As he, as the door closes behind him, Valania just says, well, that went better than I thought it was going to go, honestly. 02:31:27.940 --> 02:31:30.704 [Riv (DM)]: He only threatened to kill you once, I think? 02:31:33.087 --> 02:31:34.349 [Riv (DM)]: Almost twice. 02:31:35.170 --> 02:31:36.512 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, that's about on par. 02:31:38.615 --> 02:31:46.746 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I guess, sorry for getting you caught up on this, or maybe I'm excited that you did, depending on how you're feeling, but... 02:31:49.325 --> 02:31:55.712 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Not a lot to work with, but we didn't have much to start with in the beginning. 02:31:59.616 --> 02:32:01.999 [Riv (DM)]: Well, like I said, you know how to contact me. 02:32:03.720 --> 02:32:06.904 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Do you need to let us out? 02:32:09.286 --> 02:32:09.507 [Riv (DM)]: I do. 02:32:13.071 --> 02:32:14.772 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 02:32:14.792 --> 02:32:16.294 [Riv (DM)]: She will lead you out. 02:32:19.497 --> 02:32:25.223 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, so I assume you guys are all good? 02:32:25.243 --> 02:32:26.344 [Riv (DM)]: No final stuff? 02:32:29.348 --> 02:32:32.110 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I'll put the sending stones in the bag of holding. 02:32:32.971 --> 02:32:33.152 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Nice. 02:32:34.613 --> 02:32:34.974 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Cool. 02:32:34.994 --> 02:32:38.137 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Not in that ill arrangement, but sure. 02:32:40.179 --> 02:32:41.761 [JC (Ryo)]: We have a bag of holding, I forgot about that. 02:32:43.803 --> 02:32:44.424 [JC (Ryo)]: Who's holding it? 02:32:44.784 --> 02:32:45.104 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: You are. 02:32:45.945 --> 02:32:46.686 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Oh, I think so, yep. 02:32:49.450 --> 02:32:50.614 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah, I'm not. 02:32:50.694 --> 02:32:55.209 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Bag of Holdings, generally just kind of a group holding. 02:32:57.397 --> 02:32:57.537 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:32:59.170 --> 02:33:09.265 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, so she leads you back down the tunnel again, easy enough, up through the tomb and out into the open. 02:33:10.267 --> 02:33:14.793 [Riv (DM)]: She stands at the doorway and just says farewell as you head out and bids you luck. 02:33:15.755 --> 02:33:26.511 [Riv (DM)]: With a little smile and a wave and she heads back inside and the stone door grinds closed behind her, leaving you back out into the open graveyard. 02:33:30.912 --> 02:33:34.155 [Riv (DM)]: Plan for... How do you want to get out? 02:33:34.175 --> 02:33:35.457 [Riv (DM)]: Do you want to just sort of hand wave it? 02:33:36.938 --> 02:33:44.887 [Riv (DM)]: Or do you want to chuck on the... What's the idea, do you reckon? 02:33:44.947 --> 02:33:46.909 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Well, we should strut out. 02:33:48.931 --> 02:33:49.732 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Leave the way we came? 02:33:50.633 --> 02:33:51.014 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah. 02:33:53.556 --> 02:34:00.784 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Be unusual enough for red cloaks to enter the graveyard and more unusual not to exit. 02:34:02.182 --> 02:34:03.183 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:34:03.203 --> 02:34:03.584 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, cool. 02:34:04.044 --> 02:34:04.445 [Riv (DM)]: Cloak on. 02:34:05.626 --> 02:34:13.736 [Riv (DM)]: You head out towards the gate and hearing the footsteps, the guards sort of turn and don't really look at you, just open it. 02:34:14.557 --> 02:34:15.118 [Riv (DM)]: You walk through. 02:34:15.939 --> 02:34:17.361 [Riv (DM)]: Again, they're not looking at you. 02:34:17.901 --> 02:34:18.642 [Riv (DM)]: Eyes straight forward. 02:34:19.223 --> 02:34:21.185 [Riv (DM)]: And you pass them through, no problem. 02:34:22.347 --> 02:34:25.410 [Riv (DM)]: They did see you come in, for whatever that is worth. 02:34:26.011 --> 02:34:30.096 [Riv (DM)]: And you're out of there, heading back along the street. 02:34:33.755 --> 02:34:35.518 [Riv (DM)]: I assume back to River's Watch? 02:34:38.743 --> 02:34:40.346 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I guess so. 02:34:41.568 --> 02:34:41.748 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 02:34:42.830 --> 02:34:44.973 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, you arrive, it's late. 02:34:46.255 --> 02:34:49.981 [Riv (DM)]: People have already sort of packed up the bar and the tavern. 02:34:50.602 --> 02:34:56.792 [Riv (DM)]: You can head to your rooms and is there any sort of, now that you're away and alone, would you like to have any conversations? 02:35:00.873 --> 02:35:09.124 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, let's have a debrief, a quick debrief in one of the rooms. 02:35:09.144 --> 02:35:09.765 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: One of the rooms? 02:35:10.846 --> 02:35:10.986 [Lacer (Kai)]: Mm-hmm. 02:35:11.006 --> 02:35:11.447 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, either room. 02:35:11.507 --> 02:35:12.368 [Lacer (Kai)]: Doesn't matter whose room. 02:35:14.991 --> 02:35:16.213 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, you're just breaking up a bit again. 02:35:17.735 --> 02:35:24.664 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Um, well, wasn't a lot to work with, but we didn't have much thought to begin with. 02:35:24.985 --> 02:35:26.066 [JC (Ryo)]: Hang on a sec. 02:35:26.086 --> 02:35:26.847 [JC (Ryo)]: Detect Magic. 02:35:28.497 --> 02:35:32.603 [JC (Ryo)]: Anything in the room that's pinging off that wasn't before? 02:35:34.265 --> 02:35:34.886 [Riv (DM)]: No, you're good. 02:35:36.929 --> 02:35:40.775 [Riv (DM)]: The only new thing would be the Zenning Stones, although, yeah, she wouldn't see them because they're inside the bag. 02:35:40.795 --> 02:35:42.016 [Riv (DM)]: So yeah, you're all good. 02:35:44.300 --> 02:35:45.642 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Hey, we could close the window this time. 02:35:46.863 --> 02:35:48.025 [Unmatched Speaker]: True. 02:35:56.290 --> 02:35:57.331 [JC (Ryo)]: What the hell are my tabs? 02:35:57.571 --> 02:35:58.552 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh, for fuck's sake. 02:35:59.953 --> 02:36:00.234 [JC (Ryo)]: Sorry. 02:36:01.735 --> 02:36:03.076 [JC (Ryo)]: Maybe you should pay your tabs. 02:36:08.361 --> 02:36:08.641 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 02:36:09.042 --> 02:36:09.322 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 02:36:09.982 --> 02:36:10.203 [Riv (DM)]: Well. 02:36:12.164 --> 02:36:12.665 [Riv (DM)]: Take a rest? 02:36:13.205 --> 02:36:13.706 [Riv (DM)]: Or go to sleep? 02:36:21.533 --> 02:36:25.116 [Lacer (Kai)]: I would like to make some good berries before I go to bed. 02:36:27.037 --> 02:36:27.838 [Lacer (Kai)]: Cool. 02:36:27.858 --> 02:36:30.262 [JC (Ryo)]: So was her name Nia or was it something longer? 02:36:31.183 --> 02:36:37.412 [Riv (DM)]: Well, she introduced herself as Nia, but from the conversation and what her father had called her, her full name is Valania. 02:36:40.957 --> 02:36:42.359 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Valania. 02:36:43.841 --> 02:36:47.046 [Riv (DM)]: V-A-V-A-L-L-A-N-I-A. 02:36:49.329 --> 02:36:52.553 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Val names seem to be popular in this world. 02:36:53.555 --> 02:36:53.635 [Riv (DM)]: Hmm. 02:36:56.703 --> 02:36:59.767 [Riv (DM)]: Yes, the bridge in the middle of the city is called Valina's Bridge. 02:37:04.793 --> 02:37:07.997 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: While I'm thinking of it, why did you try to kill the old man? 02:37:10.681 --> 02:37:11.682 [Lacer (Kai)]: Are you talking to me? 02:37:12.683 --> 02:37:12.963 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yes. 02:37:14.706 --> 02:37:15.887 [Lacer (Kai)]: I wasn't trying to kill. 02:37:15.947 --> 02:37:21.134 [Lacer (Kai)]: It was making him a little bit sick. 02:37:21.534 --> 02:37:22.255 [Lacer (Kai)]: A little bit sick. 02:37:23.956 --> 02:37:28.622 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm sure one little bit of poison mushroom won't kill him off. 02:37:30.125 --> 02:37:31.927 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: He was nearly a hundred years old. 02:37:34.170 --> 02:37:35.572 [Lacer (Kai)]: He was with the Ravens. 02:37:38.136 --> 02:37:39.117 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I didn't know that. 02:37:40.419 --> 02:37:41.360 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, he told us at the end. 02:37:43.143 --> 02:37:46.587 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: You nearly killed my father. 02:37:48.791 --> 02:37:49.351 [Unmatched Speaker]: He... 02:37:49.932 --> 02:37:50.192 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Your father? 02:37:50.213 --> 02:37:53.457 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Don't you ever make that mistake again. 02:37:55.917 --> 02:37:57.720 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yes, kill him properly, Gekstar. 02:38:00.584 --> 02:38:01.345 [Lacer (Kai)]: I will... 02:38:01.366 --> 02:38:02.227 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll try not to. 02:38:03.309 --> 02:38:04.190 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm very sorry. 02:38:13.064 --> 02:38:19.774 [Lacer (Kai)]: But then again, how did you not recognise your father... who was right in front of you... the whole time? 02:38:19.814 --> 02:38:22.819 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: It's been over 20 years. 02:38:25.432 --> 02:38:26.954 [Riv (DM)]: But longer, I think, actually. 02:38:27.475 --> 02:38:28.877 [Riv (DM)]: It's probably been more like 40 or 50. 02:38:29.438 --> 02:38:29.578 [Riv (DM)]: 40? 02:38:29.598 --> 02:38:31.701 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, something like that. 02:38:33.043 --> 02:38:34.825 [Riv (DM)]: It's been a long fucking time. 02:38:35.146 --> 02:38:35.847 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: He's gotten old. 02:38:37.469 --> 02:38:38.030 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: And I haven't. 02:38:42.957 --> 02:38:45.380 [JC (Ryo)]: Well, I'll try not to... You don't look 50 years old. 02:38:45.420 --> 02:38:45.921 [JC (Ryo)]: What the hell? 02:38:48.635 --> 02:38:54.143 [Lacer (Kai)]: In half our years, 50 years is not that long, is it? 02:38:54.163 --> 02:38:55.205 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's long but not that long. 02:38:55.245 --> 02:38:58.109 [Lacer (Kai)]: Nah, he's probably not even middle-aged. 02:38:58.129 --> 02:39:03.137 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I mean, I shouldn't talk. 02:39:03.157 --> 02:39:05.581 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: And Elven hand cream. 02:39:09.847 --> 02:39:11.169 [Riv (DM)]: Alrighty, alrighty. 02:39:11.690 --> 02:39:17.038 [Riv (DM)]: You can take a rest and see what the day brings. 02:39:18.436 --> 02:39:28.087 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Well, seriously though, are we just gonna, if we're gonna sit out on this right away, are we just gonna pick a city and go? 02:39:28.127 --> 02:39:30.229 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: What do we wanna do? 02:39:30.269 --> 02:39:45.085 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Honestly, looking at it, it's a bit of a, to use gaming parlance, this is like your main in-game meta quest. 02:39:46.853 --> 02:39:51.999 [JC (Ryo)]: I mean, I pull out the world map and I'm like, so we're here, we're in Val Miriel, right? 02:39:53.741 --> 02:39:53.821 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep. 02:39:53.841 --> 02:39:55.943 [JC (Ryo)]: So he wants us to go up there. 02:39:55.963 --> 02:39:58.066 [JC (Ryo)]: Everywhere. 02:39:58.326 --> 02:39:59.587 [JC (Ryo)]: Val Arn, did he say? 02:40:00.148 --> 02:40:00.308 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Val Arn. 02:40:00.328 --> 02:40:11.621 [JC (Ryo)]: Val Arn is north of... Val Arn wants to go to that island all the way at the top, wants us to go to the mountains over to the east, uh, west. 02:40:11.641 --> 02:40:12.422 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We're going everywhere. 02:40:13.752 --> 02:40:17.197 [JC (Ryo)]: I mean, it's going to take forever on horses and shit to get around. 02:40:18.038 --> 02:40:19.380 [Riv (DM)]: It's probably going to be six months or so, yeah. 02:40:20.963 --> 02:40:21.704 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: That's just horses. 02:40:21.824 --> 02:40:24.768 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We can probably ship a bit of it if we need to. 02:40:25.810 --> 02:40:29.315 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: But yeah, this is not something we're just going to sit out and immediately do. 02:40:29.415 --> 02:40:32.520 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: It'll be something we work our way through. 02:40:32.737 --> 02:40:35.740 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, so I guess taking off the... 02:40:37.461 --> 02:40:45.369 [Riv (DM)]: I did have a couple more things I actually wanted to do tonight, but I think things are getting a bit late now, so I'm kind of leaning towards closing now. 02:40:45.809 --> 02:40:47.991 [Riv (DM)]: Unless you guys want to go a bit longer, up to you. 02:40:49.413 --> 02:40:51.815 [Riv (DM)]: But yeah, so I guess out of game. 02:40:52.716 --> 02:40:59.082 [Riv (DM)]: Essentially, I wanted to open up the world and let you guys just choose to go wherever you want. 02:40:59.062 --> 02:41:00.524 [Riv (DM)]: Um, rails are off now. 02:41:00.624 --> 02:41:05.410 [Riv (DM)]: The first part of this campaign has been very much on a rail track and now it's kind of like, do whatever you guys want to do. 02:41:05.931 --> 02:41:07.573 [Riv (DM)]: Go somewhere, there'll be stuff to do along the way. 02:41:07.613 --> 02:41:09.996 [Riv (DM)]: If you want to explore, go and explore. 02:41:10.476 --> 02:41:12.659 [Riv (DM)]: There's a bunch of stuff now that you already know about, right? 02:41:12.879 --> 02:41:27.297 [Riv (DM)]: You've got the gold mine, um, you've got Jerick's request to try and investigate the dungeons of Val Luminor, um, you've got the insurrection happening in Val Noren, um, you've got the 02:41:27.277 --> 02:41:31.465 [Riv (DM)]: You know, obviously the big main quests to go and get the rebellion going. 02:41:31.485 --> 02:41:33.208 [Riv (DM)]: You've got questions about the elves. 02:41:33.289 --> 02:41:35.012 [Riv (DM)]: There's all sorts of things you can go and do. 02:41:37.156 --> 02:41:39.120 [Riv (DM)]: So yeah, I'm kind of just leaving it up to you guys. 02:41:44.570 --> 02:41:46.073 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Time for indecision paralysis. 02:41:46.253 --> 02:41:49.740 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, exactly. 02:41:50.598 --> 02:41:52.822 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: We've got a little bit in the local area. 02:41:53.182 --> 02:41:58.070 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I think we finish the mine job first, and then figure out what to do after. 02:41:58.110 --> 02:41:59.192 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Resources? 02:41:59.693 --> 02:42:11.051 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: The only one that may or may not be on a quote-unquote time is Val Noren, because it's... Well, even if it's not really on a time, because it's in interaction now, and those can go on further. 02:42:13.194 --> 02:42:13.295 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 02:42:13.315 --> 02:42:14.076 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's winter now. 02:42:14.096 --> 02:42:17.922 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: But there's probably, like, a seasonal thing we probably want to look at up there, because it's winter now. 02:42:18.492 --> 02:42:23.902 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: If we can clear it before spring then they should be relatively safe for another six months. 02:42:25.525 --> 02:42:27.529 [Riv (DM)]: That's the right thinking, yeah. 02:42:28.671 --> 02:42:30.274 [Riv (DM)]: The bridge is there at the moment. 02:42:30.795 --> 02:42:36.366 [Riv (DM)]: If the city can be retaken by the time the bridge melts then it'll be extremely difficult for the city to get taken again. 02:42:42.961 --> 02:42:47.707 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And from there we can probably ship out to close to wherever we want to start pushing things. 02:42:49.850 --> 02:42:50.992 [Lacer (Kai)]: Sounds like a plan. 02:42:52.174 --> 02:42:58.562 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: And we've already got some contact up there maybe because that's where the Mawbreakers were kinda headed, or some of them. 02:43:00.225 --> 02:43:00.645 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Correct. 02:43:04.490 --> 02:43:06.093 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: That's more contact than we've got anywhere else. 02:43:11.240 --> 02:43:11.500 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:43:15.192 --> 02:43:18.579 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah, I'd say local area, my initial thinking would be Dairon. 02:43:20.483 --> 02:43:22.928 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: But, open to alternatives. 02:43:24.492 --> 02:43:31.266 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I clearly have not been paying enough attention, I couldn't name any of those options. 02:43:33.932 --> 02:43:35.395 [Riv (DM)]: You got the map open aim. 02:43:36.522 --> 02:43:38.284 [JC (Ryo)]: Completely forgot which way the Mawbreakers went. 02:43:38.824 --> 02:43:39.685 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: They went north. 02:43:39.886 --> 02:43:49.215 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: I saw you tapping around, I mean... Mawbreakers generally scattered, but I think the last we were talking with Barak, they were heading towards Val Noren to see what they could do to assist. 02:43:53.159 --> 02:43:53.380 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah. 02:43:53.580 --> 02:43:56.483 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I just meant I didn't know these other quest options. 02:43:57.764 --> 02:43:57.944 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Yeah. 02:43:58.084 --> 02:44:00.026 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Just couldn't remember them. 02:44:00.047 --> 02:44:00.827 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: Right, we've got notes. 02:44:00.847 --> 02:44:06.293 [Vael (Vaeleran)]: If you go into your notes and letters, we've got an entire plan of basic 02:44:09.884 --> 02:44:10.786 [JC (Ryo)]: They're shared? 02:44:11.347 --> 02:44:12.329 [JC (Ryo)]: When did those get shared? 02:44:13.712 --> 02:44:15.676 [JC (Ryo)]: Since day one, since we got the captain's letter. 02:44:16.919 --> 02:44:17.260 What? 02:44:18.743 --> 02:44:19.524 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I knew we had notes. 02:44:19.585 --> 02:44:25.758 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I didn't know there were notes not written by us as individuals. 02:44:29.125 --> 02:44:29.265 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Mm-hmm. 02:44:29.285 --> 02:44:29.766 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Well, well. 02:44:33.509 --> 02:44:36.573 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, well, um, yeah. 02:44:36.593 --> 02:44:43.782 [Riv (DM)]: I was hoping to get to a couple of other little bits and pieces so that we weren't just sort of talking the whole night, but I guess that's what it is. 02:44:44.123 --> 02:44:46.306 [Riv (DM)]: We always end up having shenanigans. 02:44:47.628 --> 02:44:49.710 [Riv (DM)]: People trying to murder each other's fathers. 02:44:50.672 --> 02:44:51.232 [Lacer (Kai)]: I didn't know. 02:44:51.332 --> 02:44:54.076 [Riv (DM)]: I didn't know at the time. 02:44:54.537 --> 02:44:58.201 [Riv (DM)]: So yeah, I think it's probably starting to get a bit too late now, so I reckon we call it here. 02:44:58.582 --> 02:45:00.985 [Riv (DM)]: It's starting to get a bit tired, so. 02:45:00.965 --> 02:45:05.851 [Riv (DM)]: And yeah, and then it gives you an opportunity to have a think and you guys can chat as well where you want to start heading next. 02:45:06.292 --> 02:45:08.134 [Riv (DM)]: And yeah, there we go. 02:45:08.555 --> 02:45:15.644 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe just also give me a heads up so that I don't have to build the entire world just in case you pick somewhere that I wasn't expecting. 02:45:16.405 --> 02:45:19.029 [Riv (DM)]: Going west, then north, and then south. 02:45:19.910 --> 02:45:30.043 [JC (Ryo)]: If everyone was to open the calendar, when's everyone probably free next? 02:45:33.432 --> 02:45:34.554 [Riv (DM)]: What is next weekend? 02:45:35.535 --> 02:45:43.266 [Riv (DM)]: I think I'm probab... Ah, it's my birthday weekend next weekend, but... Oh, happy birthday, dude! 02:45:43.286 --> 02:45:45.288 [Riv (DM)]: I never really do anything for my birthday, so... 02:45:45.929 --> 02:45:47.091 [Riv (DM)]: I wouldn't mind playing. 02:45:47.111 --> 02:45:48.072 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: D&D birthday! 02:45:48.092 --> 02:45:48.193 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah. 02:45:50.035 --> 02:45:51.537 [Lacer (Kai)]: Next... wait, next weekend? 02:45:51.657 --> 02:45:54.401 [JC (Ryo)]: JC's out next... Yeah, it's Mum's birthday. 02:45:54.421 --> 02:45:55.923 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm going to spend the weekend with her. 02:45:56.384 --> 02:45:57.946 [JC (Ryo)]: Nice. 02:46:00.730 --> 02:46:00.970 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Wow. 02:46:01.671 --> 02:46:02.933 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I haven't booked anything. 02:47:45.344 --> 02:47:46.884 Subtitles by SteamTeam 02:52:38.665 --> 02:52:41.858 Subtitles by the Amara.org community 02:53:36.766 --> 02:53:38.710 Dwarven. 02:54:38.647 --> 02:54:39.814 Thank you for watching!