The Snipping of Shears | Critical Role | Campaign 4, Episode 3 | Part 1

Summary

Critical Role: The Snipping of Shears | Campaign 4, Episode 3, Part 1 (Podcast Summary)

Date: October 23, 2025
DM: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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Episode Overview

Set in the fractured world of Ahriman, the party navigates political intrigue and mounting supernatural threats in the aftermath of a pivotal funeral. Episode 3, Part 1 blends world-building with personal reckonings, as secrets unravel and characters are forced to confront their destinies—sometimes against their will. This episode deepens the party's ties to the shifting power structure, plunging them further into danger, exposing family machinations, and building toward a fraught new alliance.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. Teor Pridesire's New Marching Orders

(03:13–07:09)

• Context: Teor receives payment and instructions from an upper-class sponsor after the funeral, solidifying his new role as "guardian errant" for Lord Wakanda Hailovar. The dialogue brims with double meanings about loyalty, violence, and family image.

• Interaction with Sir Felonious Hailovar:

  • Sir Felonious introduces his magical, angelic dogs Wrath and Judgment ("They can't stop singing. The song confuses spellcasters," Sir Felonious, 05:12), emphasizing the power and peculiarity of the Hailovar family.

• Teor’s insistence on remaining covert: Teor suggests plainclothes to better serve as security (03:13-03:32), but the family is clearly set on symbolism and tradition.

• Hand-off for next task: Teor is directed to the Merckonard Couturier to acquire proper gear—an errand that portends more than a simple tailoring.

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2. Political Intrigues in the Marketplace

(09:02–14:48)

• Julian Devinos and Teor Cross Paths:

  • A loaded encounter weaves past history with present suspicion. Julian identifies Teor as an ally of the Candescent Creed and offers a tentative alliance:
    • "If you find yourself in need of business with the Candescent Creed...You will find an ally if you should need one." — Teor (13:18)

• Themes: Grieving nobles, shifting allegiances, open wounds from a shattered status quo, and the tension between covert loyalty and overt symbolism.

• Insight into the Merckonard family:

  • The Merckonards, tailors to the Hailovars, are rumored to act as cleaners—“making problems go away” (13:37). Teor’s next steps seem to walk a line between luxury and lethal intent.

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3. Secrets Beneath the Hailovar Estate

(19:14–39:23)

• Wakanda (“Wick”) learns family secrets:
  • The Hailovar matriarch, Yanessa, reveals the family's hidden heritage—a celestial chained in their basement provides “filament” (condensed light) that they use in tattoos and rituals, passing power through blood rather than faith.
• The core deception:
  • The Candescent Creed was constructed as a form of control:
    • “The Creed is exactly what we need it to be.” — Yanessa (33:44)
    • “Faith fuels us…so you gotta give people something to believe in.” — Yanessa (23:13, 23:15)
• Wick’s crisis of purpose:
  • His personal faith is revealed as a tool for family politics; even his planned marriage is a calculated alliance to control a key alchemical resource (35:20–35:58).
• A rare moment of honesty:
  • “I’ve been keeping my body pure for all these years.” — Wick, after learning that his divine birthright is one of literal blood, not spiritual virtue (38:19)
• Demon confidante:
  • Wick’s demon aide (Tyranny), finally reveals her true allegiance was never truly to him, but to her own family (“I was hired by your family. I am not going to be saved. I’m a demon.” — Tyranny, 41:25), questioning what Wick will choose now that he knows the truth.

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4. The Crow Keeper Ambush & The Tavern Battle

(66:47–101:13)

• The fight kicks off at the Crow Keeper’s tavern:
  • A chaotic melee erupts after the party prods the city’s organized crime syndicate, seeking information on Kazmir—who turns out to have betrayed everyone, used hidden wagon compartments to profit, and may have participated in the murder of Thiazi.
• Notable Combat Moments:
  • Thimble attempts an audacious threat (“Call your henchmen off or I chop off his balls.” — Thimble, 70:33), but the intimidation fails spectacularly.
  • Vaelys (Ashley Johnson's character) bursts through a window in dramatic rescue:
    • “Are you striking to kill?” “To kill, yeah.” — Vaelys (87:12-87:13)
    • Vaelys immediately kills a rogue with lethal efficiency using her sensor whip.
  • Octis, disguised, tries to throw magical fear into the fray; Faerie Fire glimmers; Wulfric the wolf is briefly hogtied; the Guildmaster is killed by a devastating Guiding Bolt (98:27–98:57), causing the surviving Crow Keepers to flee.
  • “Vaelys whispers: Run.” — All enemies but one break and flee (100:21).
• Result: A single terrified Crow Keeper is left for questioning.

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5. Kazmir’s Deception & Aftermath

(101:27–109:22)

• The surviving Crow Keeper offers critical insight:

  • Kazmir repaid his debts suddenly and fled, having sold out information and crew, and probably the party’s “stone” of importance (104:43–106:11).

• Sid's involvement:

  • Sid, previously suspected of being an accomplice, instead seems to have tried to intercept Kazmir after realizing something terrible had happened (105:37–106:11).

• New Quest Direction:

  • The team resolves to regroup with Teor and pursue Kazmir north to Gormalay in Timony (108:07–108:13).

• Obtaining the gibbet list:

  • Thimble asks: “Would it be possible to receive a copy of that list?” — referring to the Crow Keepers’ “gibbet” debtors (111:41), potentially setting up future plot hooks.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Quote | Speaker | |----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------| | 05:12 | “They can’t stop singing. The song confuses spellcasters. They’re good dogs.” | Sir Felonious Hailovar | | 13:18 | “If you find yourself in need of business with the Candescent Creed...You will find an ally if you should need one.” | Teor | | 23:15 | “Faith fuels us. Yes, of course.” | Wick | | 29:00 | “If you can’t be an empire, you take your licks, you pick yourself up, you dust yourself off, and you start a church or a merchant company. Something.” | Yanessa | | 33:44 | “The Creed is exactly what we need it to be.” | Yanessa | | 38:19 | “Oh, I’ve been keeping my body pure for all these years.” | Wick | | 41:25 | “I was given a body six months ago with the explicit purpose to make you look good... I am hired by your family. I am not going to be saved. I’m a demon.” | Tyranny | | 70:33 | “Call your henchmen off or I chop off his balls.” | Thimble | | 87:13 | “To kill, yeah.” | Vaelys | | 98:57 | “What used to be green and growing is now as dark as midnight...surges forward from you, slams into Solomon’s chest for 18 points of damage.” | Brennan (Narration) | | 100:21 | “Vaelys whispers: Run.” | Brennan (as Vaelys) | | 111:41 | “Would it be possible to receive a copy of that list?” | Thimble |

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Important Timestamps & Segments

• 03:13 – Teor negotiates with Hailovar estate; introduction to Sir Felonious and his angelic dogs
• 09:02 – Tense meeting between Teor and Julian Devinos; market intrigue
• 19:14 – Deep beneath Hailovar Estate: Wick’s celestial heritage is explained; Yanessa’s revelations
• 33:00+ – Philosophy of power; Yanessa’s fish analogy and utilitarian view of religion
• 41:25 – Tyranny reveals her demonic contract and the family’s manipulation to Wick
• 66:47 – Battle at the Crow Keeper’s tavern begins
• 87:13 – Vaelys enters, kills a foe; the fight turns
• 98:57 – Solomon (Crow Keeper Guildmaster) is killed; remaining Crow Keepers routed
• 104:43–106:11 – Crow Keeper reveals Kazmir’s recent betrayal and Sid’s interruption
• 111:41 – Thimble secures the debtors’ ledger ("gibbet" list) from the Crow Keepers

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Tone & Style

The episode deftly swings from grim political scheming to comedic mishaps in combat, peppered with gallows humor, pathos, and moments of path-breaking heroics. The tone is classic Critical Role—improvisational, dramatic, and at times irreverent.

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Summary

Part 1 of "The Snipping of Shears" marks a major pivot: personal revelations rock the party, alliances grow more complicated, and a bloody skirmish with the city’s underworld leaves the group set on a new course. Secret histories are unveiled, the nature of power and faith is questioned, and the stage is set for an urgent pursuit north, with hard-won clues in hand and new enemies (and moral quandaries) at every turn.

Next Up: The party regroups to chase Kazmir to Gormalay—likely with more secrets, more danger, and a lot more questions about who they can really trust.

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Summary compiled for listeners seeking the core story and character beats without spoiler-heavy combat minutiae or non-content interruptions.

Transcript

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[B]

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[C]

Oh, that is most understood. I think if I might suggest an alternative, perhaps for an extra level of security. Perhaps I could stay as I am plainclothes, not draw attention to anything that needs to be done on behalf of the Candescent Creed, a more covert security force.

[B]

Give me a persuasion check.

[C]

Five beach.

[B]

Intimidation, she goes. A splendid suggestion. It is such an exciting proposition to imagine that by wearing the symbol of the Candescent Creed, you may attempt to be covert in proudly wearing the symbol of the Order. I see close behind you, you hear as a door flies open. And on these sets of silvery white chains, this massive knight walks in. Heavily armored, gray bearded human knight. You see, he's got gleaming luminous tattoos all around his neck that curl up around over his eyes. He walks in and goes. You're the former bannersman?

[C]

Yes, that would be me. Teor.

[B]

Very well. Well, Teor, it's a pleasure to meet you.

[C]

Your name?

[B]

My name? I am Sir Felonious Hailuvar. These are my dogs, Wrath and Judgment. I can't tell which one is which. But then again, when it comes to Wrath and Judgment, who can?

[C]

Indeed. Both beautiful companions.

[B]

You see that? One of them snarls and it has a dull glow from the back of the dog's throat. You hear a sort of faint humming from its vocal cords. Almost like it can't stop whining. And this whining is sort of beautiful, ethereal, almost angelic.

[C]

Such a beautiful noise they make. I have never heard the like.

[B]

Oh, yes. They can't stop singing, these dogs singing. The song confuses spellcasters. They're good dogs. Glad to have you aboard. Claps you on the shoulder and says, well, you'd best on your way to the couturier. We expect you back first thing tomorrow.

[C]

It will be done.

[B]

You see that? The handmaiden smiles. Sir Fallonius walks off with the dogs looking over. Give me an insight check.

[C]

This guy, natural 19 for a 23.

[B]

There's gold in a pouch in front of you. This has all happened so quickly. You wonder on that high insight roll. I think you just wonder what's waiting at that couturier. But you see, a servant opens the door leading to exit the estate. We shall be in touch when the Lord Wakanta calls for you.

[C]

Most certainly. And I shall, of course, come more appropriately dressed next time.

[B]

Of course. Thank you very much, Master Pride, sire. And may the Beam reach you.

[C]

May it reach us all.

[B]

It always does. Goodbye. You see that? As you exit to the street, we move over nearby. Not far away from the Via Aurora, at the Palazzo Divinas, we see walking out under the early afternoon sun, Julian Devinos. Where are you headed to on this morning? If I'm looking for this Octis figure, I recall we had an encounter when.

[C]

He was very young, many years ago.

[B]

And I thought I caught a keen. There's a look about the family that's very specific. But was in the company of Tysha last I saw. Yeah. So I would likely be heading towards. Probably to Hal's domain to see if I can find where she might be. And then through her, find out where this boy might be. Teor, you remember the events of the previous day, but you've had business to attend to. With Loza's departure and everything else that's been occurring, where do you think you would head in this moment?

[C]

I actually think I would head to this place they've sent me to. At least to know what the next step would be. But I would also be trying to keep an eye out for anyone from the funeral that we've seen. Just in case our paths might cross.

[B]

Give me a perception check with advantage. And Matt, I'd like you to do the same.

[C]

Yeah, that's a 17. 19.

[B]

That was two natural 19s in a row for a 20.

[C]

Not a competition.

[B]

Walking through the Orgrimoc marketplace, towering shelves of ripe fruit, spices, produce. You see there's a hanging fish market with blocks of ice that they've been delivered on raw foodstuffs. And you see fine tapestry, silk and armories like you wouldn't believe. The overmach marketplace has some of the finest weapons dealers and armorers in all the world. This is the home of the Loy family, where they built, they smithed the blades made to kill a God. And so you smell steel and forge craft all around you. You also see parchment nailed with daggers to posts all throughout. By order of the chamber of the Lord's advisory, all arcane magic is forbidden by law within the confines of the marketplace. On that high perception, as you keep your head on a swivel, the strange in a lively market that's still muted feeling Julian and Teor catch each other's eye as you move to go to the couturier and you move to the broader across the river Vroche, to the rookery.

[C]

Can I help you, stranger? Not the particulars of this moment.

[B]

Teor. You look down and see the symbol. Subtle but on the belt of House Divinos. You briefly saw this guy at the funeral last night. You didn't speak, but you saw him in the room.

[C]

That's right.

[B]

Or. Sorry, Redline. That you left before he got there.

[C]

Thought that was. Yeah.

[B]

You look and see the symbol of House Divinos there in that moment. And I think, Julia, you recognize him as a former companion of Thiazi's.

[C]

No issue at all.

[B]

He.

[C]

You just.

[B]

You reminded me of someone. He's not a concern.

[C]

Well, that seems like an unlikely possibility. I see you are from House Divinos. I am. How fares your family?

[B]

Well, our family is in. In the throes of mourning. As are all at recent events.

[C]

Yes. Upset by yesterday's events. Are they as tense as our history might have been?

[B]

The Aussie is a fixed point in our history.

[C]

Yes. A good man. And history it should stay. I say let bygones be bygones. I am Teor Pridesire. Your name?

[B]

This gentleman is in the middle of a marketplace. Unnaturally friendly and stepping forward. Can I glean his intent or try and see if I should just brush past? Give me an insight. Check.

[C]

9.

[B]

You cannot read the intent of this commoner here in this place.

[C]

Ser Julian Davinos.

[B]

Knight of the Vassal. House Divinos.

[C]

Sir Julian.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Your name carries as much weight as your family's. I have heard much about you and your great deeds.

[B]

Not all of us can have the.

[C]

Reverberations through history as souls of such lineage.

[B]

But it is nice to meet you.

[C]

I have business elsewhere.

[B]

And here he begins to step away.

[C]

If you find yourself in need of business with the Candescent Creed. I have recently allied myself with them. You will find an ally if you should need one. But I will take my leave. Sir Julian.

[B]

The villains give me one more perception with advantage. Julian. 19. You look and see Teor traveling with a small satchel of coin with the Candescent Creed's symbol on it. And you know that you're nearby this place. The Merckonod Couturier in the sundered houses. You've heard some rumors here in Dolmak. There are other people that you've consorted with. That. The Murkonad are a family that have worked for the hail of ours for a long time. That have a lot of fronts. But their main purpose for the Hailovars is making problems go away. And I think you look over Teyr's shoulder and see the direction he was headed in is to. Towards the Murkinaut Couturier. I make distinct note of that. And then briskly head towards Howe's home.

[C]

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[B]

Do not respond and we'll find out. May the light find you.

[C]

May the light find you.

[B]

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[A]

Yep, Ronan keeps asking for grog song all the time.

[C]

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[B]

That actually concludes our announcements. So you know what? Let's go ahead and jump back into Armand. Final touches. All right, here we go.

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[B]

We return deep underground in front of the opening of the prismatic retort, whereupon a towering celestial with gnashing teeth strains and fights against massive chains, each link more than an arm's width around. Enormous muscles ripple across this monster's body. Multiple skeletal fingers, more like a bat's wings than a bird's, stretch out and grind and crack against more chains enclosures. You see the face ravaged by pain and misery as gleaming saliva or perhaps blood spills down from his mouth. Your grandmother Yanessa turns and says it's something that's almost too hard to be believed. Wiki I'm a little ducky. I. I love you. And I understand that this is unusual.

[C]

I take a step back, gripping my cane, and I think, just looking around at the craziness of this image of this gigantic monster thrashing about and then also juxtaposed with everybody feeling like it's commonplace or looking like they've seen this a hundred times before. And I guess I'm just staring at different faces to try to register who is surprised by this, if anyone.

[B]

You see, she says, your father does not look surprised at all. Nearby, you see your elder sister emerges. This is the Lady Zabani Haylevar. And trailing behind her is your sister. Tyranny, cruelty. Zivani steps forward. Your older sister. Glad you're finally, in the fold, Wick.

[C]

I look to tyranny just to sort of find any sort of support in anyone's glance. And. And I'll just sort of nod to my sister and say, yes, I've been, I suppose, educated as to. I'm sorry. The filament is. Is that. Is that creature's blood?

[B]

No, no, no, Wiki. Oh, it ain't got blood. It is light, you know, but they don't. It's in his body. Yeah, but it's also his spit. You know, it's hard to say. It is light. It's just. It's just what he's made of.

[C]

It's not the distilled liquid of the universe. It's not. We've been drinking this from the radiant chalice. We've been tattooing it on my body.

[B]

Many, many people's bodies. Yeah, a lot of bodies, Wick. Seventy years ago, a bunch of lunatics and idiots stood up to kill the gods. Now the gods died. So maybe they weren't gods. If you can kill them, Are there gods? Seems unreasonable. But that doesn't mean that the world was ready to stop believing in something. What's more beautiful than believing in something?

[C]

Nothing.

[B]

Nothing.

[C]

Faith fuels us. Yes, of course.

[B]

So you gotta give people something to believe in.

[C]

And we gave them this.

[B]

Yes, the filament. We don't know that. It's not condensed light from the cosmos. We just have a place that we get it from.

[A]

I.

[B]

When I was a young girl, they came for us. They wanted to destroy our family. The Haylous. We were the family of flames. We were the right hand of the Obra Demian royal house. We served what we believed to be a God. True. And they cast us down. Slaughtered us. They would have preferred that we all be destroyed. Your grandfather, Ethion, Efion, Itheon.

[C]

The way that you sort of cocked your head made me think that maybe that's not his name or.

[B]

No, it is. Okay, okay, well, it was. It still is. But he was the servant of the.

[C]

Sun and you married him.

[B]

No, no, no, no. Don't be disgusting. No, I didn't. He's your grandfather. Because I took some of his blood and I used it for a spell and I made a wish. And my wish was to have a child.

[C]

Oh.

[B]

And that was your father. Goddard. And Goddard's always had a gift. You see, your father has this blindfold on again. And you look at that enormous top, heavy protrusion in his back. And you see, he turns and goes, mother, might I. And she says, yes, darling. You see, he removes his coat, undoes his shirt, and you see tight wrapped bandages. There's no red. But you realize that some kind of bright light fluid is coming through on his back as he releases it. You see, these two stunted, naked wings extend from his back and immediately grow luminous, beautiful feathers. White eagle's wings. Thank you, Mother. I had a baby boy.

[C]

Yes, you did.

[B]

Well, it was all taken from us, you understand? The hail of ours were. All we ever did was serve the light. We served the light when we thought that the light was from Tansel. And then Tansel died. And when Tansel died, the heart of the Obra Demian Empire erupted into eternal darkness. Lands shriveled, crops failed, and entire people dispossessed. Tell me, what is the justice of that revolution?

[C]

There's none know. Something needed to be done, something that people needed to be shown goodness again.

[B]

When the houses were sundered as we were, our lands destroyed, we had to act. The Royce had their golden orchard halfway between here and the Fairies and the Taconis, whatever they did, we used our wealth. We started trading. We had some holdings in other lands. We got back on our feet. We helped. After the Shapers war, didn't we? We.

[C]

Of course.

[B]

We accepted what had been. But we didn't forget, did we? And when I was a young girl, Ethion, without the God of the sun, he went feral. He'd lost his connection to his maker. You understand why that would be frightening, right? Tyranny.

[A]

Of course.

[B]

Votarch, see? And the demons. You know, people need a good story to believe in. When I found Ethion, I knew that he shouldn't fall into the wrong hands. And I knew that he would still want for the light to shine. Now, we couldn't call it Tansel because everything happened, but the light could come back. They can have their revolution. They can say that mortals will stand where the gods once did, but nobody really fucking believes that. People need the light.

[C]

They do. I. I'm sorry. I'm just taking this all in and.

[B]

No.

[C]

No, what? What you're saying, it rings true. We were doing this for the right reasons, of course. We were to give the people hope and faith in something. To maintain the good trust of the Haylovars, to spread joy amidst chaos.

[B]

If you can't be an empire, you take your licks, you pick yourself up, you dust yourself off, and you start a church or a merchant company. Something. Sure. You understand, don't you? I know it's an enormous secret, and I do feel bad.

[C]

No no, I'm just a bit shocked that everyone.

[B]

Well, that was your mother. Everyone knew that was your mother. Iris. Iris loves the whole creed. I mean, she just. It's like she. She keeps reciting it. She'll recite it to me interpersonally and I'll be like, I wrote that. Don't. Why are you talking to me about that?

[C]

She does. She did read it to me as sort of a bedtime every night for my whole life.

[B]

Right. And I let her. Sort of. Your elder sister had to be brought. You see, Zabani is just staring straight ahead. We needed someone that could run the basement. And your mother had a very convincing argument that we needed you to marry Ibeka, Young Ibeka. We needed you, and we didn't want the secret to spread out to them. And keeping a secret from your spouse. So we said, what if he's a true believer? And there was some part of me that said, well, if the creed. If I've done my job and the creed is that believable, that even my grandson believes it, then that sort of poetry isn't there?

[C]

Yes. Yes, Grandmother, it is poetic. I just sort of shrink back at the sight of the thrashing monster. Yes, I suppose it is beautiful in its way. And forgive me for just taking a moment to take it all in. But of course, you had your reasons, and of course they were right. I suppose I'll just need a moment to process it all, that's all. And to find out what I'm meant to do. What am I meant to do?

[B]

Everything.

[C]

Am I still the scion of the family? Am I still.

[B]

You see, Zabani said, that's a great question. And you see that the. You see that Yanessa turns to her and says, zaboni, that's enough out of you. Your sister. Everyone has their gifts. Sister's very skilled. She's not set up to be the face of much of anything, is she?

[C]

She's a lovely. She's lovely.

[B]

We need a little more honesty around here.

[C]

I think I could carry the family's name very well.

[B]

I suppose you can, too. But the reason I had to tell you is this whole thing with the Az Fang and you pushing this thing with Hal. It was just the things that we say in the creed. It's good rules. You write down these rules because you know that people you don't know are going to read them. And you want there to be something that makes the ground under your feet steady. You need some reliability, right? Sort of like, think about this, right? There's A lake with fish in it. And it's good fish, but it's not yours, it's the king's. And you want to poach those fish. Yeah, but if everybody does it, it'd be all out of fish. Cause that's why the rule's there. So the ideal situation is only you poach the fish. So you get your fish, but nobody else does because they believe in the rule that you shouldn't do that. Does that make sense?

[C]

I mean, couldn't you just share enough fish with.

[B]

I need you to listen to me.

[C]

Yes. It's not about the fish, is it?

[B]

The Aussie fang had to die for reasons that are political, for reasons that are setting ourselves up to stay close to people that we don't know what they're doing. So I got you in my ear like a gnat, talking about spreading the faith and listening. We do need to spread the faith to Del Marchia for sure. But the zeal was coming from something in your heart that you thought we needed to listen to These. You're quoting the Creed to me all the time.

[C]

It's beautiful.

[B]

I mean, just don't do it anymore. The Creed is exactly what we need it to be.

[C]

It serves a perfect purpose. Like a tool.

[B]

Exactly. Yes, exactly. And a smith looking at hammer and saying, well, I'll let the hammer boss me around. That's demented.

[C]

Yes, of course. I've been looking at it the wrong way, I suppose. I know.

[B]

I hate your mother. She. I am so sorry. I should never have let this happen. And it's gone too long. But we're fixing it now, right?

[C]

Right. Yes. Yes, we are fixing it now. And I think I understand and I'm up to the task. Yes. Just. Sorry. Yes.

[B]

Grandma, you see, she looks at you and says, I know you had this romance thing with the one who got away, but this marriage to the Dantonios needs to happen.

[C]

Right? Yes. And while all cards are on the table, so to speak, why again must I marry this woman? I mean, she seems lovely on paper, but, I mean, I don't know her at all.

[B]

And so her father is very old in age, and I believe their son is younger and is more or less abdicated from his position. There they sit on a plot of land with a series of vineyards that produce a magical sort of an alchemical element within the fruit of that vineyard that will allow the filament, that we can dilute it pretty considerably. And it will be. We'll be able to increase the production point. Absolutely sure.

[C]

No, that sounds reasonable. As well. Yes. All right.

[A]

Photoarchy. Nessa. Oh, I'm so sorry to speak out of the turn. It's been a big day for my scion, and I was wondering if I might go draw him a hot bath so he can decompress and think about his next steps.

[B]

You see? She smiles and says, what a thoughtful demon you are. That sounds lovely. Now, not as hot as you'd like it. Otherwise, my little grandson will get burned.

[A]

Don't want to cook them.

[B]

Don't want to cook them. Oh, boy. Or grand.

[C]

Oh, that would not be good.

[A]

Shall we?

[C]

Yes, Anything. One more thing. Sorry. Earlier, you said to get rid of Teor. That Teo the Lion fellow. Did you mean for me to get rid of him?

[B]

My grandson? I would never ask you to do such a thing. It's already done. Oh.

[C]

All right.

[B]

Your life will be mostly the same going forward. We just needed you to know enough to stop. Stop believing.

[C]

Well, thank you for that. That gift.

[B]

I'll.

[C]

I'll. I'll go get in that bath now and wash this day away.

[B]

That's what I like to hear. Wiki. I'll see you bright and early. The rising of the sun. Nice heart bath. And maybe a little sweet treat. And by the way, now that you've disabused yourself of some of these extremely oppressive convictions, if there's any treats you have been missing, Accommodations can be made when you know the truth.

[C]

Oh, I've been keeping my body pure for all these years.

[B]

You've actually been. Is that true?

[A]

It's true.

[B]

Well, what a diligent. Your willpower will be of great benefit to this family moving forward. I can only imagine what your dedication will manifest for this family now that it might be turned to more fruitful purposes.

[C]

Right? Yes, I. Yes. Yes. I suppose a new horizon is ahead of me.

[B]

And you are the grandson of a Celestial. You do not get your powers from your devotion to poetry. You get them because of the blood that runs in your veins. It's our family first. Always. Wakanda.

[C]

All. All is bright. All is right.

[B]

All is right. I love you.

[C]

I love you, Grandma.

[B]

Hot. Baby.

[C]

You.

[B]

Whitney, could you describe the beautiful Clawfoot bathtub?

[A]

Oh, my God. It's like 20ft.

[B]

It's so big. The size of a pool. Gorgeous.

[A]

And it. It is ornate. Gold and turquoise inlay, claw feet. There's a roiling fire underneath that is enchanted to keep it at just the perfect temperature. And it is surrounded by shimmering curtains that are a mosquito net but fancy.

[B]

Gorgeous, scorching hot water. Water Steam and noise. Noise of hot running water covering any conversation as the two of you move into Wakander's private chambers.

[C]

You knew? You knew?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

How? Okay.

[A]

All right.

[C]

You're supposed to protect, observe, and obey.

[A]

I was supposed to keep you believing, Wick. Okay, I'm just gonna run this down. Detect means telling me things I couldn't tell you. Let me just. I was given a body six months ago with the explicit purpose to make you look good. Okay. I am hired by your family. I am not gonna be saved. I'm a d. Demon, man. You can't save a demon. I was hired.

[C]

I think you've made a lot of progress.

[A]

Thank you. Your family has been in bed with my family for a very long time. Okay. My maker, Karvi, the High Prince of demonkind and the shadow of suffering. Okay.

[C]

Brilliant.

[A]

Brought me to you to spread the word of the Candescent Creed. In exchange, he is getting filament. He is getting souls. This is a harmonious relationship that your family has had with my family since I was just swirling in the pit.

[C]

Of course. No. Of course. I should have expected this. You're a demon. You tantalize humans with your words, and you corrupt us with your lies. If you're just like them.

[A]

No, I understand.

[C]

No.

[A]

Okay, listen. I'm not like them. I will admit, first month I was here, I thought it was kind of funny that you didn't know my sisters were very much in on it. But then I saw that you were the only one who actually believed in it and also really believed that you could save me. And you can't. I'm sorry. You can't. But I think your family is afraid of you. You're not me. You're not a pariah. What you did, you went off book with Yazzie. You have willpower. And that's why they brought you in, because they're scared of you. And I just want to say that my contract is with you. It's not with your family. And you can cast me back to the pit anytime you want. And I will go back, and I really don't want to. And you're gonna really have to figure out what your actual beliefs are, because all of this is a lie. In exchange for power, my sisters are doing insane shit to hypnotize masses, to do crowd control, to spread the power of your family to keep them rich and powerful. They don't care about what happens to people after they die. They don't care. But you do. And if you want to just be A noble and be like, turn the other way. I don't know where your head is, actually.

[C]

What else? What are my choices? My grandmother commanded me to do this, and my father, my sister. Everyone expects me to sort of toe the family line, so I must do that.

[A]

I think you're gonna really need to think about what you believe in. And I'm not gonna try to sway you. I will say that. Big, tall lion man.

[C]

All right.

[A]

Teor.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I think that we should look into his story.

[C]

Wait, she said they were gonna kill.

[A]

I know. I don't know about that.

[C]

No, no, no. We can't let that happen. I. I don't forgive you for not telling me, but I suppose I understand. If everyone was in on this, then you couldn't just very well expose yourself and go against the family. It seems like they. They have command over large creatures and small and demonkind as well.

[A]

And Wick, they don't have command over demonkind. You're not like your family, and I'm not like my family. For a minute, they kept you out because they thought you couldn't handle it. Because you were the face and your belief, which is still true, by the way. All of the things that you've taught me. I think you really believe.

[C]

I do. Everyone is inherently good and has the light flowing within them. Listen, I need to think about this. But before I do, I really think we need to go warn that. That hairy man that he's about to die. Do you know where he might have gone?

[A]

Do I.

[B]

You know exactly where he would get sent if. If the grandma already took care of him. There's a tailor shop in the market they would have sent him to, and they'd be dealing with him.

[A]

Yeah, there's a tailor shop in the market, and he'll be dealt with there.

[C]

Why a tailor? That seems like a. I don't know. I think that's dangerous.

[A]

I'm sure. I mean, tailors have needles.

[B]

I don't know.

[C]

Okay, well, then, do you know where this tailor is? Could we go there?

[A]

I know where he is. Can you.

[C]

Can you show me the way? Even though I guess I'm a failure and.

[A]

Hey, you're not a.

[B]

No, no.

[C]

I'm just. I've been easily bamboozled my entire life, and I.

[A]

No. You were taught to believe in something, and you do. That actually shows that you have strength of character and believe in something. My sisters are so happy to see all of this puppet mastery and see the crowd getting manipulated and your family be brought into this place of control. Because they get souls, and I don't want to be a part of that. Please don't send me back.

[C]

Of course I'm not gonna send you back. You've been my.

[A]

Here's what I think. Here's what I think. Play the part. Go with it. Play the part. And we'll talk to Teor and we'll figure out what to do next. But you cannot betray that you feel any different. You did really good in there.

[C]

I think I peed my robes a little bit.

[A]

I know. There was a reason that I wanted to draw you back.

[C]

Right. All right. To the haberdashery we must go.

[A]

The tailor.

[B]

But.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Tyranny. You rush to get a carriage together. And wakander, as you prepare to head out and worn this wielder of the light you saw earlier today, you look and see on your desk a small silver filigreed frame turned the other direction amongst your belongings.

[C]

Is it not normally like that?

[B]

It's normally like that. You turned it around a long time.

[C]

Oh, may I shift it around?

[B]

It's the face of a commoner who once mattered a great deal to you. But you were told that the light had not chosen for that love to unfold. It was not destiny to be.

[C]

Yes, I just sort of pick up her portrait and stare at it a bit as tyranny's off making preparations to leave. And I will. Oh, no.

[A]

I am watching you. Watch that picture.

[B]

I am looking.

[C]

I'll take it out of the frame, put it in a small satchel, gather a few items unclear of when I'll come back, grab my cane, grab a flask of water, and I guess head out.

[B]

You head out. And with that, I'll say goodbye to you both. Marisha, you want to jump in?

[C]

Do we say we go?

[B]

You go.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

We can party now. It took me everything in my being to not make a joke about squirt. When you said demon blood is made up of my. I wasn't expecting to jump in here now either.

[B]

Okay, here we go.

[A]

I'm here. I'm here. Where's my iPad?

[B]

Go grab your iPad.

[A]

Lock in. We're live at this.

[B]

Hi, America, it's Brennan Lee Mulligan here. Check in with yourself. You can't prove there's allegory in this.

[C]

Help.

[B]

Help.

[C]

It's again.

[B]

Help. Help. Murray.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

So standing across from you in the doorway is the tall figure of the lord primus taconus, gazing at you and dean tallberyl. His eyes pass over you and you feel the saliva Cool in the back of your mouth, almost like you're choking for a moment as his eyes glance across and alight on Dean Tallbery. Elipides, I am given to understand that until the stroke of six this evening, you are dean of this institution, are you not? You see that? Dean Tallberyl goes, yes, I am. It's true. It's true. He sneers a little bit and says, I'm searching for my son. Octys. He was sent here some years ago to your boarding school. He arrived at the age of maturity and manifested no sorceress powers whatsoever. Our family, you see. He looks over at you and says, is something wrong with your eyes?

[A]

Sorry, now I just think it's allergies.

[B]

I wouldn't be surprised. There's something wrong with your teeth, certainly.

[A]

Oh, yeah. You like them?

[B]

No?

[A]

Oh, well, fuck you.

[B]

You see, Elliptus goes. And just. You see, he says, what does he mean to say? And you see that Primus turns and says, of course, language like that will not be tolerated. I'll speak to Dean Cora about disciplinary measures. I'm looking for my child. I understand that he boards here in your dormitories.

[A]

Octis, right? Little. Little weaselly fucker, right? Little gangly man like.

[C]

Little.

[A]

Built like Stringbean.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

I think that's who you're talking about, right?

[B]

Yes, honestly.

[A]

Good kid.

[B]

You see, Dean Tallbarrow looks at you and hears you say the first name. Nice thing you've said about Octys. A minor message cantrip comes from Elliptus to you and says, you hate Octys. Shut up. See that? Primus looks and says, my house has arrived here in Dhulmarkia for the events of the execution of the criminal who attacked our guards in the marketplace. I had hoped to entreat with my son, who I'm given to understand has somehow worked out a way to acquire the gifts of shadow and the realms. Beyond that, his own constitution was either too weak or sclerotic to arrive at under normal means.

[A]

The back of Murray's head is just on fire and she's chewing on the inside of her mouth almost to the point where it's starting to bleed a little bit, as a way to quite literally bite her tongue so that she does not make a massive mistake. What was it? Primus? Can I call you Primus? Is that I don't want to be.

[B]

You would like to call me Primus? My first name. Even though you are a ragamuffin and a commoner.

[A]

Oh, my God. Thank you so much. I haven't been Called ragamuffin. Since my early 20s. Yes. You know, that's the thing. That's what we actually believe here in the Pentevral, is that, you know, despite anyone's status, they can rise above what they were born into, whether it be wealth or poverty, and actually make something of themself. And regardless of what I think about your family, I gotta give credit where credit is due. Octus did just that. But, you know, I haven't seen Octis. It's actually kind of funny. I kind of forgot about him a little bit. I haven't seen him in.

[B]

I'm gonna need you to give me some time. I'm gonna give me a wisdom saving throw.

[A]

21. Rolled a natural 18.

[B]

21. The Lord Primus doesn't do anything, but you feel a cold settle upon you as his gaze descends. And feel yourself repel a powerful curse that alights on you. Had you not been able to resist the spell, you would have spent a length of time unknown to you, rolling a wisdom save at the beginning of every turn. And if, failing, not being able to take an action during that turn, the spell feels on the side of my face ice cold.

[A]

Murray.

[B]

But you see, there's no component. There's no spell casting he does to be the one doing it.

[A]

Just kind of, you know, run my tongue across the top of my teeth, give you a few glances around, look at Primus, give a little bit of a knowing nod. You know, I actually thought Octus was with you. You all maybe on vacation. Whatever you rich people do. I thought you were like, in a lakefront property somehow, maybe up in the sunset mountains. You know, I'm actually from there. So if you ever want any recommendations, I got you.

[B]

If you continue to speak to me, I'm going to kill you where you stand. Okay.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

You see, Dean, Tall girl says, I think this probably is it. All we can. We can be finished here.

[A]

Can I even do just knowing that something nefarious is happening here? Kind of pick up my teeth and do a little detect magic myself to see if I can sense where the source is coming from. But I don't want to.

[B]

Do you want to give me a sleight of hand? A sleight of hand or a deception?

[A]

I'll do deception.

[B]

Mm.

[A]

If I fuck this up, this could be bad. I can feel it. I can feel it in my knees.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

14. 14.

[A]

Mm.

[B]

Um.

[A]

I got a hair. Oh, shit. Sorry about that premise.

[B]

You see that Primus does not notice that you are doing this, but a 14 is not high enough to stop Ellipides. Who goes, tea for everybody. And pours tea. And as he does, the teapot bursts into steam and he counterspells your detect magic. Oh, dang it. I spilled. Lord Tokonis, please have a. And you see the message. The in your head just says, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

[A]

Uh huh.

[B]

And you see that Taconus says, you're a ridiculous man, Elliptus. And Elliptus says, ha ha. Well, that's why I'm resigning.

[A]

And clumsier than a blind badger, that one. Okay. It's nice meeting you, sir.

[B]

Bye. Mary. You see that he. As he walks out, you hear pro primus saying, that woman, I want you to fire her. And you see that Dean Tallberrow says, oh, I'll make sure to explain it to Kora. I don't have enough time with. But we'll make sure that actions are taken, Lord Taconis. And I'll say as well, in terms of cursing her, what worse curse could there be than allowing a commoner to strike, struggle with magic. And he walks out. Give me insight if you want.

[A]

Fuck me.

[C]

On my. Fuck me.

[B]

Fuck you.

[C]

Die.

[A]

So it's a one.

[B]

Dean Tallbarrel has fundamentally betrayed you.

[A]

He.

[B]

As you walk, you hear a voice saying, octis must be retrieved at once. I would like the resources of your institution to bring my son to me. We are at Obramus Manor in the Tanner Obermist. Obramass.

[A]

Obramass.

[B]

You see? Dean Tolle says, of course we'll find octys right away. Murray leaving the room. What do you do?

[A]

The fucking rich bastards. I'm gonna fucking take my school back. I'm gonna take my school back. I'm gonna fucking Zune a Zune.

[B]

And I just take off. Just.

[A]

But it's not like her boobies are moving. She is power walking to Azune.

[B]

Power walking to Azune as swiftly as your feet can carry you. Somewhere in the city, Octus Taconis, much searched for, has rolled initiative.

[A]

I gotta fucking find this kid.

[B]

Go ahead and get.

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[A]

Oh.

[C]

Oh.

[B]

There's only three of us. Is there only three of us?

[C]

Yeah. Three.

[B]

Yeah. I don't know what's happening.

[A]

Oh, God.

[B]

If there's anyone who's going to go first.

[A]

Is that my dream? Am I leaking.

[B]

Right before a fight?

[A]

Am I leaking?

[B]

Am I leaking?

[C]

2, 3, 3, 2. This way.

[B]

Okay. Oh, yeah. I'm not nervous at all. No, I didn't hear anything.

[A]

I feel like I'm gonna pee.

[B]

Oh, boy. I'm lasting long. I've got so much room.

[A]

Right? I was. I rolled a 25.

[C]

25?

[B]

21 octus thimble.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I have a guy.

[A]

Let's ride. A burlap sack was being thrown over my body.

[B]

That's right, boy. Cat again. You're right here with Wolfric. Hell yes. Okay, we're gonna go. I'm so stressed I'm so stressed coming for you. I'm so stressed.

[C]

Okay, wait.

[A]

What? What'd you do? What'd you forget?

[B]

No, I'm missing my two sheets. It's all good. Hold on one second, gang. Okay. Okay. You see that? We arrive in the midst of combat. Fimble. This is the guard tower. It is the home base of the Crow Keepers. There's some servant rogues abound. This one has come up right behind you with a burlap sack whistling in the air. We have our Initiative order locked and loaded. And with this, we are going to move into Initiative. Duh duh duh ba ba ba. Okay, we're gonna move into initiative. And Thimble. Hearing the whistling of the sack behind you, you see about 10ft in front of you is Solomon, who's one of the Guild Masters of the Crow Keepers, who you were talking to. You mentioned Kasimir to him as you did. So you see that this is the rogue who set up behind you here with a burlap sack. Incredibly, even though they're going for you, nobody gets to jump on Thimble. So you actually are going to go first in this fight. It is your turn on a 25 initiative. Is there anything you want to do before taking any actions in combat? Any perception checks, anything else like that that you want to do before we jump into it?

[A]

I can do that even though this is coming at me.

[B]

Even though this is coming right at you.

[A]

I mean, how many people are in this room right now?

[B]

In this room? Go ahead and give me a perception check.

[A]

Okay. No, I don't see shit.

[B]

Okay. In this case, you know that there were two at the door when you came in, and you're talking to a guy, and someone's right behind you. So four.

[A]

I hear the whistle of the. There's a couple people.

[B]

There's a couple people.

[A]

Okay. I heard. Hear the whistle of the bag, and I am going to fly backwards.

[B]

Cool.

[A]

Straight into the guy that is trying to come down.

[B]

So I'm going, hell, yes, you're gonna fly straight back into that person. So avoid the bag there as you're going for that person. You also see that with the bag. You see that Solomon standing in front of you. These other people here do not are standing up. But you see, do not have weapons drawn. Right now as you fly backwards, what do you do in this moment? What action take. Are you attacking that person or are you just trying to avoid getting in the bag?

[A]

I don't want to get in a fight with the entire Crow Keepers. Doesn't seem like a smart move in this moment.

[B]

Why? There's three them of you and a wolf. I'll go ahead and say you took your perception. Give me an insight check.

[A]

Okay, okay, okay. Listen. This has got to be better. That's 15.

[B]

No weapons drawn. This can break a lot of different ways. They escalated. You said a name and they leapt into action. But also, you guys are running pretty ragged. You're here. Like in the past, you and Thiazi would have come here together. You're now here alone. Thiazi just died. Everything's. It's also a tense time in the city. These new arcane laws just got passed. So you coming in and saying, kasimir, they're leaping into action. They don't know Katogan. They don't know Octis. Right? Octus doesn't look like Octis. He's a random man right now. So with all that being said, no weapons are out right now, but you don't think going in the bag is good. But in other words, everything's on a fuse, but it can break a lot of ways right now.

[A]

Okay, in that case, I'm going to fly backwards towards the guy, and I'm going to fly down.

[B]

Cool.

[A]

Needle's out. And I'm gonna get right up to his junk. I'm gonna fly backwards and fly down to his legs and stick my needle into the pants and say, call your henchman off or I chop off his balls.

[B]

Okay, give me. This is going to be your action. I'm going to ask. In this case, with your action, I'm going to ask for an intimidate check.

[A]

I didn't put any points in that, though.

[B]

I know. And I am going to be mean. And the difficulty is going to. To be 20. He's got tiny balls. He won't miss him.

[A]

He's going to lose them then if he doesn't pick the wrong. Okay, all right.

[B]

All right.

[A]

This one. No, no, no, no, no.

[B]

So bad.

[A]

No, no, I rolled.

[B]

I rolled five. Five. Gotcha. You rolled a five. You yell out and give me your best thundering thimble voice.

[A]

Call up your henchmen. All right. Slice off his balls.

[B]

The guy right behind you, he gasps. He's not into this. You see, Solomon says you're gonna slice balls with a sewing needle. That'll take all day. Go for it. I'm gonna need either a movement or bonus action from you.

[A]

Oh, can I. I can't attack with bonus action.

[B]

Can I can't attack with a bonus action.

[A]

In that case, I'M gonna. I'm gonna go into his pants.

[B]

Give me a hide. Give me a hide check.

[A]

Why am I rolling? Okay, wait. What am I.

[B]

What is this?

[A]

How do I roll for hide?

[B]

Jesus.

[A]

Okay, look, it's a 14. It's not awful.

[B]

It's not awful.

[C]

Oh, my goodness.

[B]

Let's see how good a14 is. Hold on one sec. As you rush in, you see that rushing into this room on a 14, you get into this guy's pants successfully on a 14. It's bad in here. It's not.

[A]

It's unpleasant.

[B]

It's bad. It's unpleasant. The wash of embarrassment and sort of apology of the thief whose pants you are in as he's like, ah, I'm sorry, you.

[A]

Why did I choose the pit?

[B]

You leap into action here, and as you do so, you hide on that 14. The next in the initiative order for us is going to be Octis on a 21. So Octus sees you fly into his pants and sees your intimidation check completely not go off.

[A]

No.

[B]

And he goes and looks at Solomon and says, I. I think maybe you should be a little more scared than you are and cast cause fear on Solomon. Hell, yes. Let's do it. It's only a vocal component, so I don't need to make any hand motions or anything to give myself away. He needs to make a Wisdom 14 save. Gotcha. He's gonna make a Wisdom 14 saving throw. There we go with a 19 on the die. He looks at you and says, oh, throwing a little bit of magic around. I don't need anything other than a knife to make you scared, my friend. And you see that the guy next to him flips a coin in the air, grabs it, and goes, what you really look like. As you. Any bonus action from Octis?

[A]

Cry.

[B]

Cry. No bonus actions. I love it. That's great. With that, Khadigon, you are going to go. Okay. This is going great, guys.

[A]

This is going really good.

[B]

Really good. Really good. Where am I? As, like, a man, you have something? No. Is that one of the henchmen over there by me by the bar? That over by the bar. You're right here. You've got one right behind Thimble. There's two behind you over here. And you can give me an insider perception if you want. Hmm. Just so I'm clear, he said, what do you really look like? Did he do any. Have I. No. No spells.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Okay. No spells happened yet. Great. Okay. I just wanted to make sure it.

[C]

Wasn'T just me standing there.

[B]

You're in the man's. You're in the man's pants.

[A]

I'm in the man's pants.

[B]

And he's just flipping a coin. I have no idea what that means.

[A]

Just do it.

[B]

I'm gonna just jump over the bar and. No weapon, fisticuff the first guy in the room. Hell yeah. Leaving over the bar to the one that. This is the guy that fimbles in his pants.

[C]

Perfect.

[B]

Okay, great. Yep. You rush over to this dude here. Go ahead and give me an attack roll. You're just going fisticuffs, right? Yeah. Yes, actually. Actually, I want to. Yes, but I want to do it in a way. We'll see if it was. We are cooked fam. I know.

[A]

Are you feeling really bad?

[B]

We're the worst. In fact. I'm a child.

[A]

You're not a child.

[B]

You're 22 for an eight. Hey, hey, hey, listen, I gotta have an excuse. My intention is to jump over and grab this man by the back of his lapel and I rolled an 8. You rolled an 8. As you rush him, he looks out. As you go for the back of his lapel, you see, he bends down to open the inseam of his pants with his hands. Rip it open as he goes like, get out of there to the ferry as you go and just. Boom. Go over the top. Tumble ass over tea kettle in front of him. This is an auspicious, ambitious first combat for Campaign four. We're doing great. We can only go up. I don't know how to say this other than it's the rogue's turn.

[A]

Oh, God.

[B]

This guy is going to make a grapple check for you. He is going to. I want to double check here if you have anything special about being grapple dude due to your small size. I don't believe so.

[A]

I don't think so. I just have a high dex.

[B]

Just have a high dex. Okay. He is going to. He's going to reach out. Going to attempt to make an opposed athletics check.

[A]

But I can use acrobatics.

[B]

Yes, that's correct. You can use acrobatics. That's what it was. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he's going to make a post athletics acrobatics. He rolls.

[A]

Did he roll a what? Did he roll.

[B]

Did roll a 20? He rolls an 18. So what do you need to roll to beat an 18?

[A]

I need to roll to get a 19. I have to roll a 10 or higher.

[B]

Go ahead and roll.

[A]

Okay. Okay, here we go.

[B]

10 or higher is doable.

[A]

Why? Oh, no.

[C]

What is.

[A]

Wait, I'M rolling so wildly I can't even get it in the box. I'm just gonna see if I would have rolled in the box what it would have been. It was worse. Don't kill us. We haven't even started.

[B]

I have so much to live for. So the first rogue reaches into his pants. His ruined pants grabs Thimble and shoves you in a bag and pulls the drawstring closed. Man. Blam. And then ten other rogues go. Hey, gang. Tough. This is tough. Oh, God. Okay. Okay.

[C]

Ah.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, sure. Listen. Yeah, we're good. You guys are good. Here we go.

[A]

So this is how I wanted it to go. This is how we get into.

[B]

This is all part of the plan.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

These guys are so unbothered that they are not going to fight. The Guild Masters just sit there.

[A]

So pathetic.

[B]

These three rush you. This guy just took care of Thimble. We'll move Thimble off the board momentarily. Because you're in a bag. These 2, 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 are going to close. You're wolf. Oh, Cadigan. But no. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I passed.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay. These two rush up here. And these are going to rush down the stairs.

[A]

Game's over, fellas. We lost D and D.

[B]

This is my fault. I practice D and D a lot. I do other games. So two of them are going to attempt to basically bind Wulfric with binds. I'm gonna need two opposed athletics checks from Wulfric. Okay.

[A]

Roll higher.

[B]

Did you roll a nat 20 already? I just hit a nat 20.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Jesus Christ. I'm sure. I'm sorry. It's okay. Nothing will happen. Seventeen. Okay. I promise. So Wulfric is pinned. Sure. I'm gonna roll in front of the board to prove that this is not pre planned to go this badly. I'm gonna roll in front of the board for the next one. Wulfric is already pinned. So this is gonna be with advantage to tie up Wulfric. Oh, my gosh. So that's an 18, which is just a flat 18. No, 16. 16. Two of these crow keepers leap on the wolf, throw him to the side and get rope around his legs. Just hog tying this wolf. Another three are going to. The others take their turn to get downstairs through. Three of them are coming for Khadigan at the same time. No weapons drawn. They're just using fists and knees.

[A]

Rub it in.

[B]

You're saying this like it's supposed to make us feel better, but it just makes me feel worse. I don't have any weapons and I'm.

[A]

Like, yeah, I know. Do something.

[B]

That's a hit. Okay, so they're only dealing two points of damage with Fist and east, but they're adding sneak attack to that. Okay, sure. Seven points of damage to Katagan as a fist connects under the ribs. Solomon looks at you and says, my condolences for your loss to the bag. As for you, I don't know who the fuck you are. So you're just going to die? Uh. The window shatters, you turn and an Elven warrior leaps into the tavern. Ashley Johnson, would you come out to the table and join us? Oh, my God. Save us.

[A]

Save us. Save us, Ashley Johnson.

[B]

Hey, Ash. I hope you're rolling hot.

[A]

I think, though, we got our information because I think the Crow Keeper sucks.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. I think we're not friends with them anymore.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Oh, God, that was bad. Roll so good. Okay, I'm gonna roll so good. I'm gonna roll so good right now.

[B]

It's all happening.

[A]

It's all gonna come together. I remember how before the game, you and I were rolling and it was like, Nat 20. Nat 20. And I was like, don't waste them. We're gonna roll like shit.

[C]

Yeah, of course.

[B]

Why'd you do that?

[A]

I don't know. Okay.

[B]

Incredible. So this is like, you know, you guys are some rough and tumble rowdies to the Crow Keepers. A creature of myth and legend. A elf from the far north. Fully armored, veil of mourning, religious garb. You crash through the window. You can crash through whatever window you want. You want to be over here? You want to be behind these guys?

[A]

Okay, where is everybody?

[B]

Oh, I see this guy's got thimble in a bag. Octus is here. These two rogues just found Wulfric in the center of the tavern. Kadigan's got his fists. Kadigan's got his fists up. And three of the Crow Keepers are just sucker punching, kidney punching, like, again. There's no lethal weapons here, but rogues, when they do that melee attack, can add their sneak attack damage to it. So they hit fucking hard.

[A]

All right, I think I'm going to come through this window over here.

[B]

Okay. And so right behind me.

[A]

So I see somebody. Do I clock that this is Octus? No, no, no. Okay, so I see the only person that I really recognize in this room right now is Cadigan.

[B]

That is correct. You recognize Katican? I'll say this, give me a perception check.

[A]

Are you following us? Can you hear? I mean, I was following.

[B]

Yeah, you know, the rainy. Oh, yeah, sorry. You followed them the whole time. You know that that's Octis. You know that's Octis. And I think that bag is glowing slightly.

[A]

Great. Okay, so I am going towards the person that I see holding the glowing bag.

[B]

Hell yeah. Okay, you go to the person that you see holding the glowing bag, brushing along the bar top. You close another 10ft of movement. What do you want to do?

[A]

Okay, I want to. She moves so lightly and quietly and undoes her sensor whip.

[B]

Okay. And.

[A]

I'm going to take the whip and sort of take it around the back of my neck and roll it all the way around for propulsion.

[B]

And.

[A]

At the end of the sensor, there's little blades and.

[B]

Naive.

[A]

So I just wanna just chuck it right into his cheek.

[B]

Hell yeah. Give me an attack roll.

[A]

Okay. Okay. Okay. Which one do I pick? Cause we need some help right now. I'm feeling like this one is gonna do well. You're one that. Okay, I can read it for starters.

[B]

For starters.

[A]

It'S so bad. Better than a one. But it is a two, which takes me to a seven.

[B]

Copy that.

[A]

Fucking piece of shit.

[B]

With that, I leave. What an entrance. Though I promise this is not a consolation prize. We are not currently adjusting for the fact that Katagan is on the direct opposite side of that figure. So for flanking purposes, we do have advantage.

[A]

Okay. Okay. I knew I should have picked this one. Anyway, Remember it.

[B]

I felt it for all of you. Complicated battle set out here, but the reason we use minis is for strategy. No.

[A]

I'm not rolling it in here anymore.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

That's what the problem was.

[B]

Okay, so, yeah, everything's fine now.

[A]

Okay. Actually, I'm gonna roll in here. It's a little less quiet.

[B]

Oh, my God. Cool.

[A]

More quiet. Okay, so.

[B]

Jesus.

[A]

So I almost just hit because I was celebrating so hard. All right, so for starters, that is five points of damage.

[B]

So you're rolling that. But you're gonna double that because you're due. Because that's 20.

[A]

That is correct.

[B]

That's five.

[A]

Oh, five. So 10.

[B]

10. And then you're adding your ability modifier, which is in the case of the whip. Is this your dexterity or your strength?

[A]

This is my.

[B]

You got it.

[A]

Where am I?

[B]

Sorry.

[A]

Sorry. Where am I?

[B]

800 years of knowledge.

[A]

I'm so old, I can't.

[B]

It's our first combat. We're running these bad boys for the very first time.

[A]

It's actually. There is not one. It's just one D8.

[B]

Sorry, you add plus three. You're adding.

[A]

I'm adding that as well. Okay, sorry.

[B]

So that's 13 points.

[A]

13 points of damage. But also I would like to divine Smite as a bonus action. Am I allowed to do this?

[B]

You are. But I will say this right now before you divine smite on 13 points of damage, before you even need summon the spell to your call, you hit this guy for 13 points of damage, and he flies to the ground unconscious. So Vaelys, you leap forward, bam. The bag flies open, Fimble, you tumble out onto the ground as this crow keeper goes down and is unconscious. I would ask this Vaylis, are you.

[A]

And his dick's out cause he took his pants off.

[B]

Are you striking to kill in this moment or just striking to. To wound?

[A]

To kill, yeah.

[B]

Hell yeah. You leap up, this guy's got Thimble in a bag, you head to the side, and these sort of city thieves and pickpockets watch as an ancient elven warrior who beheld the death of the last God, slashes the throat open to one of their compatriots and he hits the ground dead as he falls. That's your action. Any bonus actions from you?

[A]

Bonus action. I'm going to look around to see who is trying to make their next move. And I want a Divine Smite.

[B]

Hell yes. Your divine Smite. In this move, I'll say this Divine Smite only can be added to an attack. I just didn't want you to waste the spell slot on the.

[A]

I understand. Okay, so you know what? Actually, is there a way that. That I could, since I sort of yanked the sensor out while slashing his throat, that I can with that sort of pick up the bag of thimble, chuck it up and try to catch it?

[B]

Hell yes. Absolutely. Give me sleight of hand.

[A]

Okay, but I'm out. On the ground already.

[B]

You've tumbled out. But you're. Oh, you're tumbled out. Yeah, she's prone. She's all good.

[A]

I'm good.

[B]

Not freaking out.

[A]

Not so much happening at all.

[B]

So much performance make you think we're not good.

[A]

I should be scared.

[B]

If you're bonus action. I believe the bonus actions that you have available to you, you have like Hunter's Mark, you also have shield of faith, which is one of your abilities.

[A]

Yes, I have Hunter's Mark.

[B]

You have Hunter's Mark.

[A]

Okay, I chose that for you.

[B]

Aw.

[A]

Okay, I'm in a hunter's mark. Solomon.

[B]

Solomon, what does this look like in this moment as you, Hunter's Mark, he turns to you. He thought this was going to be. We're Going to rough you up and toss you in the back. And a mythical elf surged through a window and immediately killed someone with a weapon he's never seen before. He looks at you genuinely frightened. In this moment.

[A]

You just see Vaelys eyes just go completely black just for a split second. And he just feels kind of feels like heartburn. He doesn't know what it is next to him.

[B]

The guy who flipped the coin looks and goes, evil eye. And seeing Solomon completely in fear of you. I just go. That's what I was trying to do. Incredible. That is Vaelis's turn. We go back to Thimble at the top of the order. Thank you.

[A]

Oh, you guys are fucked now. I tried to warn you. You guys are so fucked. I'm going to fly up in the air and I'm going to cast. Just spread my wings out of my arms and fairy dust is to going fly out in all directions from me and I'm going to fairy fire the room.

[C]

Ooh.

[B]

Well. Yes. Awesome as you faerie fire the room. Is that pixies? What does that look like? As we see that?

[A]

That is glowing dust. Which always kind of comes out of me. Just scatters around its bright spring green gold sparkles everywhere. Coating everyone except for who I don't want it to.

[B]

Incredible. Okay. This guy next to Solomon succeeds. But Solomon fails on the faerie fire check. And the other rogues are all gonna roll. Hell yeah.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

Bad rolls. Okay. Three of them that came from the stairs. Get out of the way in time. But everybody fighting Khadigan around here fails. So there's advantage on all of these guys right in front of you. That is your action. Any bonus action from you?

[A]

Yeah. I'm going to dart up and hide in the rafters.

[B]

Hell yeah. Flying up into the rafters of the tavern. You get out of range of any melee weapons and can actually get half cover as you're up there hiding in the rafters. That is going to be Octis.

[C]

All right.

[B]

Seeing just in his head hyping himself. He's like, you got this.

[A]

You got this.

[B]

You can do this. You've done this before. And is going to look at Solomon. And still attempting to keep his adult voice.

[A]

You are an adult.

[B]

Don't pull my cover. She says, what does a dagger do against fire? And just firebolt straight at you. Will make this attack roll with advantage. I will make this attack roll with. I'm not using any D.C. mother. Okay. And the fire starts building around his hand. But it does not. It's not orange and red. It Is this kind of sickly sort of green fire that starts wrapping around his arm as he rears his hand back.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

Double 11's wild. That is a 17 to hit. 17 hits. Okay, so go ahead and roll damage.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

What the hell is my.

[A]

You have so many dice.

[B]

I have so many dice. Leave me alone. That's so bad. That is three points of fire damage. Singed by this fire, Solomon flies back. In this moment, he is looking extremely perturbed. Even though you see that he manages to dodge most of the fire. He thought he was going to be counting money this, and instead one of his crow keepers is dead and he just had magical fire thrown at him. Not a great morning for him. Any bonus actions? I have no bonus actions to use, But I will use my movement to kind of jump up on the bar behind Vaelys and as I do, just go, oh, my God. Thank you for being here.

[A]

Hello.

[B]

You look.

[A]

You're a bit young to be in this fight. Where is your mother?

[B]

I'm an adult. I promise I'm an adult. As you leap up there at kadigan, that's gonna be your turn. Sure. These guys don't have me grappled. They're just still punching on me. Still punching on you. Okay, cool. I'm gonna take an attack on the closest guy in the middle. Yeah. Because I have a good advantage on it. Or good advantage on it. Yep. Okay, cool. Gonna need it.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Thank goodness.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

We just need to work out the kink. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We're getting there. We're getting there. 25 wiggles that. 25 to hit. That is a hit. Go ahead. And you're still going with your fists. Well, I wanna pull my weapon out. I think it's time. Yeah. Let's go for it.

[A]

Now we're pissed. Now we're pissed.

[B]

Well, yeah. And he looks down at the dead guy that Vaelys just mercs first blood. All right. And then from behind his back, he pulls. He pulls out this thing. And at first glance, it looks like a club, but it's not quite a club. It's got a stone knot on the side, but on the back is this horrific Damascus steel looking blade. And there's a notch that you can't quite figure out. It doesn't look right. And it's definitely something cobbled together, crafted together and well loved. And he's going to flip it over to the bludgeoning side and grab it with both hands and not great, but fine. Nine. Oh, no, sorry. That's a ten because it's that. No, it's still nine. Nine points of bludgeoning damage. You reach out and crack this guy across the skull. As he stumbles back, blood gushing down his face, covered in pixie dust. All three of them are caught coughing, glitter falling out of their mouths. Nine points of damage. He hollers back, any bonus actions from you? As a bonus action, can I have Wulfric try to break the pin? Yes, go ahead with the pin. Here. It's a DC18. Athletics check. Okay. And I use his. Is it saving throw or athletics? If he's got athletics. Okay. Do I use mine? Oh, no, that's tough. I don't have my little shield. Let me go ahead and see if I can pull that up for you. Hold on one second as you jump forward. Go ahead and roll. Let's see what he gets here. The straight roll is a 12. Don't think he'll do it. Probably not gonna get a plus six here. Yeah. But let's just double check. Unfortunately, no. He adds a plus two to that two. Okay. Struggling against the bonds there. On that bonus action, it goes back to Vaelys. Vaelys, it is your turn once more. Give me an insight check, if you'd be so kind.

[A]

Yes, I will.

[B]

Okay. Sweating.

[A]

14 on a 14.

[B]

Looking throughout this place. One man lies dead. Thimble is free. Octys is up behind you. The wolf is bound here. You know that. This is your last action before these Crow Keepers get back on their footing. These on a 14, these are petty criminals. They don't look like they want to all die here in this tavern. But also, they don't know what they're facing. They don't know if you're a fucking ghost or an avenging demon or something like that. And I think that you have a turn before they act. It's an extremely dicey move either way. They look panicked, which means that they might fight to the death. But also, these are not. You can tell, you fought warriors. These are not warriors.

[A]

I don't care about these people.

[B]

Great.

[A]

So I would like to just keep killing.

[B]

Great.

[C]

So.

[B]

Jesus, I'm so scared right now. You've Hunter's marked the Guildmaster right here.

[A]

And that's Solomon. So knowing that that's him, I am going to just look his way.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I'm going to cast Guiding Bolt.

[B]

Hell, yeah.

[A]

And that just happens?

[B]

That just literally happens. You have advantage on this.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

You have advantage on this. So go ahead and roll, I believe. Yeah. You. Yeah, you roll plus six. Yeah. Come on.

[A]

Come on. Come on. Okay, that's pretty good. Okay, 20. Dirty 20.

[B]

Dirty 20. That is a hit.

[A]

Great.

[B]

So you are gonna go ahead and I believe that Hunter's mark, you hit it with an attack roll. So you can also add one D6.

[A]

Another D6.

[B]

Another D6. That's correct. All right, so it should be five D6.

[A]

Oh, okay. That's pretty good.

[B]

Oh, my gosh.

[A]

All right, so we've got 15, 16, 18 points of damage.

[B]

God damn.

[A]

And I feel like the guiding bolt. If you do see it. It's just black dark energy.

[B]

Hell yes. Bayless. You believe in something that's been dead for a long time. And what used to be green and growing is now as dark as midnight. And it surges forward from you, slams into Solomon's chest for 18 points of damage. And he shudders back, falls to the ground dead.

[A]

I walk right over to him.

[B]

You step over. He is dead. You see the chill of death moves out over all of the Crow Keepers here in this moment. You still have a bonus action.

[A]

I'm just going to start swinging my sensor and look at the rest of them.

[B]

Run. Give me intimidate with advantage. You just blew a hole with magic in his chest. We're going to call this straight up. I'll say a difficulty 10 gets some of them. Difficulty 15 gets everybody in the fucking room.

[A]

Great. Okay, so 17 plus 4.

[B]

Yes. 21. Baelus whispers. Run. And these petty criminals make for every door and window in the place and begin to bolt as fast as they can.

[A]

Can I jump out of hiding and come down and fly right in front of the guy with the coin?

[B]

Yes, you can.

[A]

Right before he leaves and go. Not you.

[B]

He turns to you as you get the needle in front of him. He stops. But he looks and says. You can tell he will take a needle in the eye to not disobey the command that Vaelys just gave. He looks to you if he should continue running with one less eye. No.

[A]

Please stay.

[B]

As he does so, we come out of combat as all of the rogues flee. Except for this last one with the coin.

[A]

Can I take my whip around the bottom of his ankles and make him sit?

[B]

You. He slams into a chair in front of you.

[A]

He's all yours.

[B]

Well, get off the bar.

[A]

He didn't hate us before. I'm looking for Casimir.

[B]

Kazmir's gone. Kazmir's gone.

[A]

When did he leave?

[B]

What kind of gone? He says Kaz has been on the gibbet for a moment. That's. That's Our list of people who have owed money for long enough that they're not gonna survive the next new moon. We found out that K. Kaz had been skimming off the top for a while. We figured out how much money he owed. He worked at. He worked at a place called Underwallen and Sisters. They were a wainwright that worked in the Ambers. They made wagons. And he worked putting compartments in the wagons. Places that shouldn't be there. Ran a racket off the smugglers there. But knowing what he knew, he'd been hitting some of the people that had been coming. Because he knew that there were gonna be things hidden in those compartments he built. And rather than taking a flat fee, he thought he might help himself. Every once in a while. He recognized his own handiwork. Started taking where he shouldn't. All well and good. We all got to make a living. But he got greedy. He didn't report back to. And he gestures over to Solomon, says he didn't report back to Saul. So we tabulated his debt. Told him he had a certain amount of time to get back to us, to make everything right. And he made it all right yesterday.

[A]

Did he tell you guys about the hideout? Were you there?

[B]

I wasn't there. I didn't know Kaz had his own crew. Four or five Crow Keepers that were loyal to him. I didn't know anything. The last thing we would have done is. Is frankly fuck with someone as connected as the azi.

[A]

Can I think back to the attack. Did any of the masked figures look as big as Kazim? Motherfucker.

[B]

Kaz came in here yesterday and settled his debts in full. We told him if he could pay off even half of it, that we would extend. We'd take him off the gibbet until he could make it right. He owed more money then. You can't let people walk around owing you that amount of money. But we were understanding. We tried to do business in this town over a long time. You understand. He came in yesterday. Him and his crew had new gear. He dropped a sack of money on the bar, paid off his whole debt. And he had a deed of title to a strong house in Gourmet. He said he was getting out of town. And right after that, you know, that. It wasn't a Crow keeper, but he knew someone. It was a nominal.

[A]

Sid.

[B]

Sid barged in, started shouting at him. Sid worked up a lather. His fur was matted. He'd been sweating. Looked like he'd run here from Marut or wherever. I know he drives wagons for The Revolutionary council up there. He came in screaming about, where's the wagon? We're already too late. And he saw the money on the table, and CID grabbed that deed of title and ran out the door. And Kaz and his boys took off after him. It's the last we saw Kaz.

[A]

I thought Sid might have been in league with him.

[B]

I guess not.

[A]

We have to tell T.

[B]

Yeah. That means they sold it, right?

[A]

The stone. Yeah, your stone. It's probably where they got all this money. Yes, and everything else in there.

[B]

You're talking about a stone.

[A]

Don't worry about it. Does this sound familiar to you?

[B]

I think Kaz had been on the low end for a long time. There's a look people start to get in their eyes when they just can't take losing anymore. I don't know what he took or who he crossed. Clearly, you see, he looks at his dead Guildmaster next to him. Clearly, Kaz has crossed some very dangerous people. You'll have no trouble from the Crow Keepers. But he's gone. And I don't know what he got his hands on to walk in with the gear he had. He's moved up in the world and out of Dolm. Mark Yar. Well, that was the plan before Sid ran off.

[A]

We have to get back to Teor. We have to get to Gormalay.

[B]

Gormalay.

[A]

That's where they're heading.

[B]

Gormalay. It's. It's north. In Timony.

[A]

That's right.

[B]

You say Tim. That's right. You see that? He looks and says, you've made your point. You've drawn blood.

[A]

This wasn't the intention. I am sorry about your boss.

[B]

Wasn't you who drew first blood, you see, he looks over and says, we. We handle our own, but we understand when the waters run deeper than we had first anticipated. I don't know what happened to cross you, my lady, but whatever forces you represent, they'll receive no trouble from the Crow Keepers. Kaz meddled in magics that perhaps he shouldn't have. All lessons learned.

[A]

Do you know where he might have sold? Do you have a contact? Somebody he. He worked with mostly?

[B]

Kaz was on a list of people that were not long for this world. On our account, he had. He had scammed his way into an early grave on our behalf. But the kind of people that can pay that kind of gold in that short amount of time, I think. I think Kaz had been at the end of his rope for a while, and he saw an opportunity.

[A]

We don't need anything Else from you. Let's go.

[B]

This whole time, Pin has been gnawing at the bindings on Wulfric to try and untie the wolf. Gnawing at them. You see, he turns around and I think gnawing awake. Wulfric comes undone from the bindings. And with that. Where do you all head at this moment?

[A]

Do we have any idea where Teor would have gone? Because we need to tell him about Cid.

[B]

The only place you know, Thimble. That Teor. You don't know where he was staying with Loza. But you know that he would know eventually to head back to Hal's.

[A]

Then we should go back to Hal's. Yeah. Yes.

[B]

We go back there. And if we're going to Timony, we'll need everyone we can get.

[A]

Are you in?

[B]

Am I what?

[A]

Are you in to make Kasimir pay?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Good man.

[B]

How?

[A]

And my tiny little fist. I have a question.

[B]

Yeah?

[A]

The Crow Keepers have a list.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Of people who have.

[B]

Owe them money.

[A]

Okay. Before we go.

[C]

I.

[A]

What is your name?

[B]

Me? Oh, Gavri.

[A]

Gavri, do you have. Would it be possible to receive a copy of that list?

[B]

The gibbet?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You want a list of. These are people whose character falls beneath the standard of a Thieves Guild. You want a list of those names?

[A]

Just to see. Just a little pixies.

[B]

He pulls a little ledger book out, looks at it, reaches into the pocket of dead Guildmaster next to him, pulls out a similar ledger, tosses it to you.

[C]

You.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

I hope I never see you again.

[A]

I hope the same.

[B]

And you all leave. And that's where we'll take our break. And that's where we'll leave our story for now. Part two of this episode of Campaign 4 drops this Tuesday. Thanks for listening and we'll see you soon for more critical role.

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