HoA Ep.11 - Beauty in the Eye-dol

After our heroes successfully recovered Rizbul from his prison and returned to the raft nest to discuss their next steps with the Sanction, they have begun making their way east to the Cave of Lightning. It is here that the party finds hope in discovering the mysterious "Sovereign Glue" that can aid in fixing Dipple's legs. On the way, they also hope to discover crossing into a realm known as the Feywild, a mirror dimension to their own where time works weirdly, and everything is lush and green. It is in this odd place that they believe their ticket back to Drailea and finally stopping Theodosin once and for all exists, but first, they must deal with the dangers along their path, and Thoradin must pull himself together and kill a few Wyverns!

An old "friend" has joined the party! Saved by his brother's student, Nimdioc, Rizbul has come with more dire warnings about the power and danger of Theodosin, a.k.a "The Great One".In response to his information, the party has decided the best course of action is to return to the raft nest outside of Blackwolf Citadel and join the Sanction of the Duck in their search for unicorns, to hopefully find a way into the mirror dimension of the Feywild. This, according to Rizbul, is the only way back into Drailea, and our hero's only path to saving their friends, family, and people.

After multiple days spent in and out of Blackwolf Citadel, our party has learned much of the situation they find themselves in, yet are missing so many pieces of the puzzle. The party has decided to spend a few last days in town to relax and prepare themselves for the rough journey ahead of them, Thoradin fighting, Angus drinking, Dipple tinkering, Sheik reading, and Nimdioc, now left adrift from his master The Mysterious, having seen a vision of what appeared to be his demise, searches the Shadowfell for answers, and deep in that dark dark place, a voice calls back to him... but who could it be?

Our heroes have been on a non-stop, action-packed series of events over the past few episodes, and in doing so have left their crew on the Boar's End ship alone for a while now. One begins to wonder what must go down on a pirate ship filled with goblins, kittens, and rowdy pirates when they begin to get bored. Well, this episode, follow along as Red Cheek (Thomas), Driden Hemsworth (Andrew), Gary (Serenity), Tiki'Taki (Dominic), and Gerblow (Bri) join our special guest star Ben Stacey, playing as Browntooth, on the misadventures of the Boar's End crew!

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Our heroes successfully saved the forest surrounding the Raft Nest of the local Sanction of the Duck from a horrible wildfire. With the powerful aid of Shiek's Tidal Wave spells, the fires were made short work of, and the cultists were discharged with little remorse, save for their leader. The mother owlbear, who was caught hibernating when the fires erupted, was saved by the two Sanction members who came to assist, and the leader of the cult was put in chains. But, now what will the party do? They know Theodossin is headed to the Elemental Kingdom to find the final book he has been searching for, but there is a nearly impenetrable storm between the party and stopping him. So for now, some learning needs to be done, and some money needs to be earned for the long road ahead...

After a long and tough battle deep in the heart of the Blackwolf Citadel, our party has 24 hours to solve the problem of Dipple and Angus' rotting condition. Angus and Thoradin both found leads to an odd colony of healers just a few miles down the mountain, and without much of a moment's hesitation, the party decided to follow the trail, desperate for aid from any lead. This led our heroes to a small cave, wherein they found an odd frog fellow who spoke surprisingly good Duckese. So good in fact that Shiek realized where she was, she had finally met a member of the secret organization she has been unwittingly chasing since those many months ago back in Drailea. Now it is just these people that will be her and her friend's saviors, but perhaps the party will need to be their's as well...

Mummys, Red Guard, and Spiders oh my! The party has narrowly escaped with their lives for a deadly fight between two powerful enemies all for... a rusty iron helmet? Is it all worth it as the party now suddenly realizes just how deadly the disease of Mummy Rot truly is, as they watch Dipple, Convel, and Angus deteriorate before their very eyes. The party must rush their decaying friends back up to the city above in hopes of finding someone, anyone who can help them before they turn to dust. But, perhaps help does not lie within the city of forge and steel, but outside in the nature around it where an unlikely ally may be found...

Our heroes find themselves in the, recently apparent, ancient city of Blackwolf Citadel, which is home to, unusually, both Giants and Dwarves living in peace and harmony. This is all thanks, in part, to the founders of this great city who found the deep veins of gold believed to be non-existent beneath large chunks of fools gold. Our party has followed on the tail of a mysterious group of red armored soldiers bearing a red gemstone eye, similar to an "old friend" from back home... After navigating the dangerous dungeon made to honor and protect the tomb of the founders, the party has found the tomb itself ransacked and broken by these soldiers. In an effort to surprise their enemy before they have a chance to react, and after Angus seemingly failed to instill fear within their leader, Nimdioc chucked a fireball pearl from his necklace setting off an explosive chain of events they did not see coming!

Hot off the escape from the Iron empire our heroes find themselves in a new land altogether. After entering the city of the Blackwolf Citadel some of our party entered themselves into a light-hearted drinking contest, while the others sat by and laughed as they failed. To make up for his failure Angus started playing dice games which was Nimdioc's idea, Dipple... went to sleep which was Sheik's idea, and Thoradin got in a fight. After a few rounds of bets Nimdioc, Angus, and Convel followed Thoradin to the Fists Gold where he single-handedly beat a stone giant while remaining completely unscathed. The arena paid out big for himself and his party, but as they made their way back to the inn where their friends lay waiting for them, they noticed some odd soldiers in red armor. Each adorned with a red gemstone over their left eye, a reminder of an old "friend" of theirs, one whom they are finding themselves increasingly at odds against.

The party has escaped the Iron Empire and made their way across the ocean along a long and arduous journey to the Sunless Dominion. Along their journey they discovered they were being watched, which was quickly dealt with by Shiek's masterful understanding of the arcane, Nimdioc gained a better understanding of his connection to the Shadowfell, Thoradin meditated on himself and his past, Angus worked on creating his first-ever stick of Dwarvenite, and Dipple took her first picture! Much has occurred, but much more is to come now that they are tailing the last known lead of the book of power called the Weapons Securitas in the mountain city of Blackwolf Citadel.