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(cheering)

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KEVIN: All right! (cheers) Welcome! Is my mic on?[br]It's on, whoa, yeah, welcome to the very first

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inaugural premiere edition of Critical Role live![br]Guys, my name's Kevin. I am the social media

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director for Geek and Sundry-- yes, thank you very[br]much, I am indeed a very cool person. I've been

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with Geek and Sundry for about eight months now,[br]it was really intimidating at first because I kept

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mixing up Vax and Vex. Yeah, I still mix up Vax[br]and Vex. But okay, what I was going to say was

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that Critical Role fans are the warmest, most[br]welcoming fans.

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(cheering)

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KEVIN: Yeah! Except for that guy. Right? But no, I[br]love you guys, give yourselves a big hand, thank

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you so much.

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(cheering)

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KEVIN: I want you guys to know, this is our first[br]time doing this, this is as I said the first

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inaugural premiere, they're all synonyms, right?[br]So if you're like me you're extremely excited. But

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please remember that all the people at home are[br]still watching, say hi to the people at home, hi

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people at home.

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AUDIENCE: Hi!

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KEVIN: Right? So please do me a favor, put your[br]phones on silent, all right? The house lights are

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going to be kind of dim, so you can use your[br]phones, you can tweet, you can do social media

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posts, whatever you want, if there's a Cubone[br]somewhere please let me know, tweet at me. I need

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like ten Cubones. So yeah, just put everything on[br]silent and be silent about it. You can tweet about

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the show, please use the hashtag[br]#CriticalRoleLive, surprisingly enough. Do me

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another favor, don't do the concert pic thing[br]where you put your phone up and record for ten

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minutes at a time, because there are people behind[br]you, as you may or may not know, so I'd really

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appreciate that. The other thing is, this not a[br]Rocky Horror thing, so don't shout out like, I

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would like to rage. Don't do that stuff, don't[br]"how do you want to do this?" Don't do that stuff.

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Be respectful of the people on stage. Think of[br]this as a funny play. You can laugh, you can woo,

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but maybe don't shout out suggestions. Especially[br]the suggestions that I know a lot of you have in

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your heads, right? Wait, I have one other thing.[br]There's a merch thing. The merch table's going to

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be open after the show, is that right? Yes. After[br]the show, the merch table's going to be open, so

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if you didn't get a chance to get merch, you're[br]going to get another chance to get merch, so don't

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worry about that. Is there something else? VIPs[br]will get your posters after, so if you're a VIP,

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you'll get a poster, just come-- where? Upstairs.[br]Okay. Don't worry. Right. Thank you. Let's hear it

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for Claudia once again, guys.

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(cheering)

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KEVIN: All right, so, do you guys want to bring[br]them out?

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(cheering)

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KEVIN: All right. Let's start with the master of[br]dick-lightning and shit-scrying, playing Scanlan

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Shorthalt, Mr. Sam Riegel!

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(cheering)

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KEVIN: All right!

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SAM: Thanks! You get a car! You get a car! You get[br]a car!

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KEVIN: Guys, get your tickets to the gun show,[br]because the gun show's coming to town. Playing

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Percival Fredrickstein von Mussel Klossowski de[br]Rolo III of Whitestone. Yeah, right, right.

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Taliesin, let's bring him out, Taliesin Jaffe!

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(cheering)

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KEVIN: Guys, put your hands together, put your[br]antlers on your head, for Keyleth. Marisha Ray!

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(cheering)

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KEVIN: Is she here? She's so stealthy, I don't[br]understand.

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MARISHA: I'm an independent woman, all right?

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TALIESIN: Never mind, I give up.

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KEVIN: All right, let's bring out the man I have a[br]massive man-crush on--

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SAM: I'm already here!

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KEVIN: Liam O'Brien as Vax'ildan!

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(cheering)

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LIAM: What the hell!

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KEVIN: This next woman was stuffing exotic animals[br]into tiny balls before it was cool. Laura Bailey

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as Vex'ahlia!

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(cheering)

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KEVIN: She's got the hipster glasses to prove it.

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LAURA: Yeah, that's right. It's not for seeing at[br]all, I don't...

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KEVIN: And the next guy, the next guy, get out[br]your tubs of mayo for Mr. Travis Willingham as

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Grog freaking Strongjaw!

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(cheering and chanting)

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KEVIN: All right, let's, let's bring it down.[br]Guys, there are certain names that people whisper

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with reverence. Because those names belong to the[br]breakthrough artists in their field. Jim Henson,

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Bob Dylan, Madame Curie.

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(laughter)

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KEVIN: Tonight we have one of those names with us.[br]You may know him. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Matt

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Mercer.

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(cheering)

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MATT: Oh boy. That's a lot, that's a lot of[br]people.

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LAURA: Oh my gosh.

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MATT: All righty, let me shore up my positioning[br]here on the camera for you fine folks and open my

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energy drink because that's what makes this show[br]happen.

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TRAVIS: Caffeine and drugs.

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MATT: (shushing noises) Anyway, welcome everybody[br]to our first Critical Role live, all of you folks

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there on the internet and everyone here in person[br]in Los Angeles, California.

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(cheering)

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MATT: Welcome to Critical Role, where a bunch of[br]us nerdy-ass voice actors get together, roll dice,

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and play Dungeons and Dragons. Tonight we have a[br]fantastic pick-up of last week's story where the

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adventuring party Vox Machina found themselves[br]wandering through the Feywild. However, before

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that happens, let us get to our fantastic sponsor[br]for the evening. Once again, this episode is

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(cheering)

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SAM: Music's working?

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LAURA: Music works, you guys, music works.

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TRAVIS: I chew on Goku's head a lot. I'm a[br]fixated-- it's cool.

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MATT: And the paint is actually healthy to eat,[br]apparently. That's not at all the reason why

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Grog's intelligence is that low. So, if you[br]haven't checked it out yet, check out Loot Crate,

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thank you guys so much for sponsoring our show, we[br]love you. Great. So. Next up we have-- we recently

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had a t-shirt contest, didn't we? Laura, if you[br]want to take that away for me.

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LAURA: Oh, this? Okay, so I get to announce who[br]the official winner is?

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MATT: You do, actually, yeah.

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LAURA: Oh my gosh, this is so exciting. Okay. So[br]the official winner of the first Critter contest

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is... Against the Chroma Conclave, designed by[br]Antmageddon!

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(cheering)

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LAURA: So! As of right now, that shirt is[br]available in the Geek and Sundry store for

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preorder. It's going to be there for I think two[br]weeks? And it's available in sizes small through

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3XL, which we're really excited about. And yeah,[br]so that's that, so.

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TRAVIS: Go get one!

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LAURA: Go you guys for voting on that, you rock,[br]even with shenanigans.

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MATT: There were so many amazing contenders for[br]that contest that the community puts out, so we--

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MARISHA: And we got hacked, which means we made[br]it.

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MATT: Yay! Next announcement I have, when I[br]arrived here I discovered that there was an actual

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PokeGym as a part of this mall, I'd like to ask[br]Team Valor to go ahead and make sure that shit

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leaves red.

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(cheering and booing)

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TRAVIS: What a response!

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LAURA: That was a mixed reaction.

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MATT: Look, the whole San Fernando Valley's blue,[br]okay, give me something! All right, anyway. Yeah,

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it's become a thing. And we have another cool[br]announcement. Travis, do you want to take it away

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on that one?

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TRAVIS: Yes we do, the response to this live event[br]was so amazing that we are super stoked to

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announce that we are going to also be doing[br]Critical Role live in Indianapolis during GenCon

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on August 6, Saturday night. Tickets will go on[br]sale- I think they're on sale now.

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LAURA: Right now.

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TRAVIS: Right now, so if you want to like,[br]silently on your phone or just ignore it because

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it's a much bigger venue, so tickets should be[br]available, but we're all going to be in

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Indianapolis on Saturday night and GenCon to roll[br]some dice with you bitches live.

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(cheering)

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MATT: Hell yeah. So if this wasn't nerve-wracking[br]enough for me, we have another one in a

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couple of weeks.

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TRAVIS: Pressure's on, dude, pressure's on!

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MATT: But I'm super stoked, it's going to be my[br]first time at GenCon, I've been wanting to go for

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many years and this is a nice way to go, I guess.[br]So. Check it out. Hopefully we'll see you guys

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there. That brings us to the end of our[br]announcements and will bring us down--

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LAURA: Wait. Before we go into not-regular[br]announcements, should we make sure that people

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know that we're not having an episode next week[br]because of Comic-Con?

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MATT: That's true, actually, yeah.

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SAM: Way to bring down the room.

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LAURA: I'm sorry, guys.

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MATT: Because all the company, everyone's going to[br]be at Comic-Con doing panels and scheduling and

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stuff, there will be no episode next week, but I[br]promise that we'll make the episode the week after

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that extra cool.

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(cheering)

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MATT: I hope. So yeah, let's go ahead and dive[br]into tonight's episode of Critical Role.

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[dramatic music]

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SAM: We're on!

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(cheering)

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MATT: All right, all right, we've got to do a[br]story here! It's appreciated, but--

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SAM: We should probably just finish.

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MATT: All right, so, bringing us in now, back to[br]tonight's episode of Critical Role. Guys, pay

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attention.

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LIAM: Illithid syphilis.

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MATT: The camera's already on.

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LIAM: Yeah. Okay.

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MATT: So. Our intrepid band of adventurers, Vox[br]Machina, found themselves recently traversing the

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Feywild in search of another Vestige of[br]Divergence. In doing so, they managed to find an

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old friend in the nymph Nahla, acquired some[br]information, trading a book, and found their way

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towards the ever-shifting grasses northward in[br]search of where the Divergence, the object of the

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Divergence lies. In doing so, they found a new[br]ally, a new friend. A little satyr by the name of,

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where is it here--

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ALL: Garmelie.

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MATT: Garmelie, thank you. Now Garmelie, who had[br]made some really interesting sketches of the party

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upon being caught was then dragged into Scanlan's[br]magnificent mansion, at which Pike asked him to

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make a fantastic mural for the interior of that[br]place, which I think still resides there to this

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day. And on the internet, as we've discovered.[br]Upon traveling further north, hopefully to find

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their final destination in the form of the[br]Shademirk Bog, where the Fenthras bow seemingly

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exists, you instead came upon Syngorn, the city[br]from the youthful days of Vex and Vax. Upon

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speaking to the head-- pardon me; you see, all the[br]nerves gets the belching out. It works out well.

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Upon encountering Watcher Iova watching the gate,[br]recognizing the twins, let them within the actual

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city of Syngorn. And that is where we left off.[br]So, as you guys walk through the beautiful verdant

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city, tall seemingly endless trees around you,[br]many buildings naturally formed and built from

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smoothly carved stone, various ancient <i>sigils</i>[br]carved throughout the entire cityscape, the very

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heavy-armored Verdant Guard gathered in places,[br]and a general air of intensity and building

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military might within the city of Syngorn, you[br]have your invisible companion Garmelie, who at

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some point in the near future agreed to tell you[br]what it is he wishes you to steal for him as part

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of the deal that was made by the twins. So. What[br]would you like to do?

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LIAM: I feel like I should be very stern right[br]now, but I can't stop smiling.

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TRAVIS: You're gloomy. Lock it up, here we go.

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LAURA: I feel like the first thing we need to do[br]is go see our father.

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LIAM: Right off the bat?

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LAURA: He's the one that's going to give us access[br]to the rest of the city.

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LIAM: All right. Is Iova still here, or has she[br]trundled off?

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MATT: She's walked off. She literally let you guys[br]in the city and went, do what you've got to do,

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and then turned away and the rest of the guards--

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LAURA: Oh seriously, so like... no, no the guard[br]is following us.

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LIAM: And we remember where we're going, right,[br]because it's all the same as it was.

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MATT: The city is the same as it was.

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LIAM: Well, I imagine we'd go to his home. Our[br]home. His home.

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LAURA: What time is it? I mean, we don't know what[br]time it is.

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TALIESIN: It's dusk.

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LAURA: Thank you, Percy.

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SAM: But we just woke up.

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LAURA: All right. Okay.

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LIAM: Look at all those elves.

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LAURA: So many elves.

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TRAVIS: Is the little satyr-- is he holding onto[br]my skirts, basically?

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MATT: You actually don't feel a general presence,[br]and then as you move you feel a

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slight tug at your belt.

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TRAVIS: Right, so can I like, how far away is that[br]guard that's on our tail?

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MATT: About 15, 20 feet back.

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TRAVIS: Oh yeah. Can I like super slyly whisper,[br]okay, so at any point are you going to tell us

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what it is you want us to fucking steal?

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MATT: You hear a whispered voice that curls up by[br]your ear, strangely given the fact that he's so

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small, so the voice is being thrown right into the[br]side of your eardrum, goes, "Just be quiet! Find a

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"place in which we can speak privately, and then I[br]will be happy to tell you. Shh! Stop talking to

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"the air; it upsets them."

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TRAVIS: It's really quite normal for me.

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LAURA: Hey, Grog. You should really watch that gas[br]of yours with him back there.

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TRAVIS: Oh, you're so right. Hey, pull my finger.[br](fart sound)

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MATT: (coughs)

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TRAVIS: Yeah. That's the family reserve. Oh, he[br]said we're supposed to find somewhere

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quiet to talk.

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LIAM: Maybe we should do that first, actually.

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LAURA: We have guards fucking following us. We have[br]to go find our father.

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TALIESIN: We also don't know where we're sleeping[br]tonight, or whether or not it's even permissible.

0:19:00.387,0:19:04.129
We should probably have a conversation with[br]whoever's in charge. Is your father in charge?

0:19:04.129,0:19:05.156
LIAM: No.

0:19:05.156,0:19:06.053
LAURA: Ish.

0:19:06.053,0:19:07.153
TALIESIN: Ish.

0:19:07.153,0:19:08.458
LIAM: He's a bureaucrat.

0:19:08.458,0:19:09.423
TALIESIN: Excellent.

0:19:09.423,0:19:12.093
(laughter)

0:19:12.093,0:19:20.172
LIAM: All right, let's go see Dad, then.

0:19:20.172,0:19:21.911
MARISHA: (whispers) Grog.

0:19:21.911,0:19:22.835
TRAVIS: What?

0:19:22.835,0:19:25.758
MARISHA: (whispers) Your pants, they're sagging a[br]little bit, why?

0:19:25.758,0:19:27.007
TRAVIS: What?

0:19:27.007,0:19:28.157
MARISHA: (whispers) They're sagging.

0:19:28.157,0:19:33.777
TRAVIS: Oh, it's like the new rage amongst the[br]kids. It gives me super street cred.

0:19:33.777,0:19:36.352
MARISHA: Where's Garmelie?

0:19:36.352,0:19:39.239
LAURA: Keyleth, shut up about Garmelie!

0:19:39.239,0:19:45.562
TRAVIS: Yeah, ix-nay on the Garmelie-- I think I'm[br]doing Pig Latin wrong. Yeah.

0:19:45.562,0:19:49.558
LIAM: It's this way. And I start walking off[br]towards Dad's house.

0:19:49.558,0:19:50.871
TALIESIN: I'm going to follow the twins.

0:19:50.871,0:19:52.809
SAM: Sounds good.

0:19:52.809,0:19:59.986
MARISHA: I look regal and as we pass elves I say,[br]good day.

0:19:59.986,0:20:06.905
MATT: The few that look in your direction,[br]Keyleth, take a moment to nod, look you over and

0:20:06.905,0:20:13.564
then continue walking, seemingly perturbed by the[br]sudden interaction and the immediate realization

0:20:13.564,0:20:15.849
that you're not of full blood.

0:20:15.849,0:20:18.331
LAURA: Yeah, sorry Keyleth, your ears aren't large[br]enough.

0:20:18.444,0:20:23.054
MARISHA: That's not normally what people tell me.

0:20:23.054,0:20:25.490
SAM: It's not the size of your ears...

0:20:25.490,0:20:26.538
MARISHA: That's right.

0:20:26.538,0:20:34.795
MATT: So. As you guys continue following Vax'ildan[br]towards the abode of their father, you keep an eye

0:20:34.795,0:20:41.023
out towards the rest of Syngorn proper. You see[br]the further into the city you go, interspersed with

0:20:41.023,0:20:47.523
a few Emon guards, you see a handful of[br]individuals that are human, and they're dressed in

0:20:47.555,0:20:53.217
the actual attire of the guards of Emon, and[br]they're intermingling right now with the Verdant

0:20:53.217,0:20:55.817
Guard, the military might within Syngorn.

0:20:55.817,0:21:01.233
MARISHA: What were the name of the guards in Emon?[br]Did they have a name?

0:21:01.233,0:21:02.586
MATT: The Emon guard.

0:21:02.586,0:21:03.852
MARISHA: Yeah, totally.

0:21:03.852,0:21:09.378
MATT: There is a name, and it's somewhere in my[br]notes but we're good.

0:21:09.378,0:21:16.038
TALIESIN: From this perspective, I can see your[br]panic folder. It's so exciting. That's where the

0:21:16.038,0:21:17.058
magic happens.

0:21:17.058,0:21:18.535
MARISHA: Yeah, that's true, we never really see[br]that!

0:21:18.535,0:21:19.771
TALIESIN: This is exciting for us.

0:21:19.771,0:21:28.325
(laughter)

0:21:28.325,0:21:35.484
MATT: So. You guys continue making your way[br]towards the abode. After traversing on the

0:21:35.484,0:21:44.285
outskirts of what would be the tangleward side of[br]the city, the eastern side, you travel in through

0:21:44.285,0:21:49.527
an area of buildings that are very beautifully[br]crafted, many of which seem to have stemmed from

0:21:49.527,0:21:52.840
some sort of a tree growth, but upon closer look[br]you can see that it's actually carved stone to

0:21:52.840,0:22:00.313
resemble a tree. And then it eventually rises up[br]into a somewhat spherical building, and there are

0:22:00.313,0:22:05.313
many that build off of that to create this kind of[br]neighborhood of various elven abodes within

0:22:05.313,0:22:06.323
Syngorn.

0:22:06.323,0:22:07.650
LIAM: Fucking hate this place.

0:22:07.650,0:22:09.018
LAURA: Me, too. It's hideous.

0:22:09.018,0:22:14.510
MARISHA: This is gorgeous. Look at the[br]craftsmanship. It's incredible.

0:22:14.510,0:22:16.553
SAM: Good day.

0:22:16.553,0:22:17.786
MARISHA: Good day.

0:22:17.786,0:22:23.642
MATT: You make your way towards the end of this[br]particular--

0:22:23.642,0:22:27.576
(laughter)

0:22:27.576,0:22:34.564
MATT: The guards still keeping track behind you.[br]You find your way to the end of the main road, and

0:22:34.564,0:22:38.820
it splits into two smaller avenues. You know to[br]take the left that leads deeper into the more

0:22:38.820,0:22:44.974
political family houses of Syngorn. While your[br]family is not a political house per se, your

0:22:44.974,0:22:51.977
father, as an ambassador to Emon, was given a home[br]in this location. It is your old home, although it

0:22:51.977,0:22:57.083
appears to have been even further renovated and is[br]much nicer than you remember, but the door is

0:22:57.083,0:23:03.818
closed and the dusk sun leads you to pause as you[br]look upon the outside of this abode you have not

0:23:03.818,0:23:06.093
seen in many, many years.

0:23:06.093,0:23:10.305
SAM: Do you want me to burn it down?

0:23:10.305,0:23:11.942
LAURA: Yes.

0:23:11.942,0:23:18.312
TRAVIS: No, just seriously, you seem super gloomy.[br]Are we getting in a fight?

0:23:18.312,0:23:19.768
LAURA: No. No fights.

0:23:19.768,0:23:27.220
MATT: The guards now step up and flank a little[br]bit, keeping a close eye as you've now approached and

0:23:27.248,0:23:33.199
effectively knocked on the handle of a relatively[br]middle-to-high-ranking individual within Syngorean

0:23:33.199,0:23:40.374
society. Eventually the door opens and you see a[br]woman standing there: bright blonde hair, braided

0:23:40.374,0:23:47.567
and tied up in the back. She's wearing more of a[br]work-gown for the day. You recognize her as

0:23:47.567,0:23:53.526
Devana, the new wife of Syldor, the one that you[br]had once met before in Emon when you guys came

0:23:53.526,0:23:59.024
upon your father last time. As the door opens up,[br]she looks out for a second, taking in the whole

0:23:59.024,0:24:08.573
group that has gathered on the outside of their[br]home and goes, "My god. Vax'ildan, Vex'ahlia, we

0:24:08.620,0:24:10.287
"weren't expecting you!"

0:24:10.287,0:24:15.259
LAURA: No. I can't imagine you were. Is he here?

0:24:15.259,0:24:17.416
MATT: "He is."

0:24:17.416,0:24:19.681
LAURA: What time is it?

0:24:19.681,0:24:27.477
MATT: She glances out, looks up. "That's always a[br]good question. The longer we stay in these realms,

0:24:27.477,0:24:30.162
"the more confused my daughter becomes."

0:24:30.162,0:24:32.131
LIAM: How long has that been?

0:24:32.131,0:24:36.138
MATT: "Weeks now, I assume. Best that our[br]timepieces can keep."

0:24:36.138,0:24:38.770
LAURA: Is Velora around?

0:24:38.770,0:24:40.663
MATT: "She is, would you like to see her?"

0:24:40.663,0:24:41.872
LAURA: Of course.

0:24:41.872,0:24:44.452
MATT: "Come in. Is it just you two?"

0:24:44.452,0:24:45.960
LAURA and LIAM: No.

0:24:45.960,0:24:47.804
LAURA: It's everyone.

0:24:47.804,0:24:48.977
TRAVIS: Hi.

0:24:48.977,0:24:51.838
LAURA: And Trinket, you remember Trinket.

0:24:51.838,0:24:59.228
MATT: (bear noises) Nudges your arm to the side[br]and comes forward and sniffs out to Devana. She

0:24:59.228,0:25:02.366
shrinks back a little bit and reaches her hand out[br]to the nose and taps the edge of Trinket's face,

0:25:02.366,0:25:05.670
and Trinket licks her fingers.

0:25:05.670,0:25:06.676
MARISHA: Good day.

0:25:06.676,0:25:08.166
SAM: Good day.

0:25:08.166,0:25:11.464
MARISHA: Good day. They respond better if you say[br]"good day" and if you have your head up.

0:25:11.464,0:25:13.013
TRAVIS: If we say "bidet?"

0:25:13.013,0:25:15.741
MARISHA: Bidet, yes. Good day.

0:25:15.741,0:25:16.809
TRAVIS: Bidet.

0:25:16.809,0:25:21.693
TALIESIN: So close. So very close.

0:25:21.693,0:25:24.979
MATT: The two guards closest to you, within their[br]helmets their eyes narrow, they look at each other

0:25:24.979,0:25:26.303
and shake their heads.

0:25:26.303,0:25:27.803
TRAVIS: Oh, bidet.

0:25:27.803,0:25:31.988
LIAM: Your accent is perfect. Don't change a[br]thing.

0:25:31.988,0:25:40.433
MATT: Devana goes, "Very well. If you would all[br]proceed to be quiet if you could, Syldor is

0:25:40.433,0:25:44.659
"working. And you may stay outside," she says to[br]the guards.

0:25:44.659,0:25:48.520
And they both, "We were given orders, milady,[br]to--"

0:25:48.520,0:25:53.474
"I understand that. But this is already a lot of[br]people in our home. Stay close within earshot,

0:25:53.474,0:25:58.948
"it'll be fine. I trust them." The guards, (sighs)

0:25:58.948,0:26:01.003
LAURA: I wink at them as I walk inside.

0:26:01.003,0:26:08.635
MATT: No reaction whatsoever. You guys make your[br]way into the home and are immediately caught with

0:26:08.635,0:26:14.991
a very strong smell of cedar. It's a very[br]pleasant-smelling home, and the hearth is warm.

0:26:14.991,0:26:22.975
It's everything you wanted your home to be, and it[br]immediately hits you to walk in here and see this

0:26:22.975,0:26:27.657
kind of life away from a life, seeing elements of[br]it that remind you of your childhood, things about

0:26:27.657,0:26:33.148
it that flag memories to your head of good times[br]and bad, in just a few mere moments. And at that

0:26:33.148,0:26:39.691
same time, there's a sadness because so much of it[br]has changed, so much of it seems better than the

0:26:39.691,0:26:47.580
memory. And for a moment there, you feel a little[br]tinge of wondering how different it might've been.

0:26:47.580,0:26:52.191
At which point that thought process is broken as[br]Devana steps in and goes,

0:26:52.191,0:26:54.692
"Would anyone like tea, perhaps?"

0:26:54.692,0:26:57.919
SAM: Sure, yes, do you have an oolong?

0:26:57.919,0:27:01.469
MARISHA: Maybe a chamomile, it would be great.

0:27:01.469,0:27:06.523
MATT: "Something like that, yes. It's been a[br]little scarce in the Feywilds. More difficult to

0:27:06.551,0:27:08.309
"farm herbs here than you'd think."

0:27:08.309,0:27:12.948
MARISHA: Oh, here. I pull out some herbs that I[br]brought from my garden.

0:27:12.948,0:27:16.292
Some glisfoil and other things.

0:27:16.336,0:27:18.516
MATT: "Thank you. Appreciate that."

0:27:18.516,0:27:22.810
MARISHA: They won't scream at you when you pick[br]them. Good. It's good.

0:27:22.810,0:27:29.536
MATT: "Thank you. What was your name again?"

0:27:29.536,0:27:31.625
MARISHA: Oh, I'm Keyleth of the Ashari.

0:27:31.625,0:27:35.163
MATT: "A pleasure to meet you again--"

0:27:35.163,0:27:36.445
MARISHA: Good day.

0:27:36.445,0:27:41.348
MATT: "That's, that's really not necessary in my[br]home. You, sir, your name?"

0:27:41.348,0:27:43.858
TALIESIN: Whatever's available would be just[br]fine.

0:27:43.858,0:27:45.736
SAM and MARISHA: I think she means your name.

0:27:45.736,0:27:48.201
MATT: "That's a curious title."

0:27:48.201,0:27:49.978
MARISHA: But you can call him whatever's[br]available, as well.

0:27:49.978,0:27:53.783
MATT: "Very well, coffee table. What's your[br]name?"

0:27:53.783,0:27:55.101
(laughter)

0:27:55.101,0:27:57.522
LIAM: It's easier than the actual name.

0:27:57.522,0:28:02.803
TALIESIN: For you, it is just Percival, and I am[br]another visiting royal from man's world.

0:28:02.803,0:28:05.157
MATT: "All right. You, sir?"

0:28:05.157,0:28:19.571
SAM: I am called the Kingslayer, Chuck Norris,[br]Burt Reynolds. I have many names. You see, when

0:28:19.571,0:28:22.012
you've traveled a road as long as I have--

0:28:22.012,0:28:26.539
MATT: "Black tea, got it. And you, sir, the large[br]one?"

0:28:26.539,0:28:31.398
TRAVIS: Oh, yeah. Bidet. The name is Grog.

0:28:31.398,0:28:38.269
MATT: "Very well. I'll return with Syldor once he[br]knows you're here. It may be a while if you don't

0:28:38.316,0:28:40.804
"mind waiting, but the tea will come out[br]posthaste."

0:28:40.804,0:28:42.840
LAURA: And Velora? Where's she?

0:28:42.840,0:28:47.585
MATT: "Let me get her for you, she'll be very like[br]to see both of you, she asks from time to time."

0:28:47.585,0:28:51.857
She brushes a little lock of hair that's fallen in[br]front of her face behind her ear, and smiles and

0:28:51.857,0:28:58.174
darts off towards the kitchen. A few moments pass with[br]you guys sitting in awkward silence, looking about

0:28:58.218,0:29:04.434
the space in the vicinity. Looks to the twins.[br]Eventually Devana comes out and sets tea for all

0:29:04.434,0:29:09.440
of you across the central table in this meeting[br]area, and behind her you see, clutching the edge

0:29:09.440,0:29:17.091
of the skirt, you see this tiny, long brown hair[br]that is braided, but the braid's coming undone,

0:29:17.091,0:29:24.440
tomboyish looking elven girl that peeks around the[br]side of her dress and hides

0:29:24.440,0:29:26.713
again behind the back.

0:29:26.713,0:29:29.447
[high-pitched noise]

0:29:29.447,0:29:31.092
MATT: Welcome back, sorry about that.

0:29:31.092,0:29:33.906
(cheering)

0:29:33.906,0:29:35.178
SAM: What a battle!

0:29:35.178,0:29:39.888
MATT: The technical aspects. We're working through[br]it, but we got through it, thank you for your

0:29:39.888,0:29:46.648
patience. So the last few minutes, we're not quite[br]sure how much you guys may have missed, but the

0:29:46.691,0:29:51.712
party wiped. We're rolling up new characters. No,[br]for the Monday episode we'll go ahead and make

0:29:51.712,0:29:54.681
sure to splice in anything that may have been[br]missed for the past minute. But the party had come

0:29:54.681,0:30:01.560
to the home of Syldor, the father of Vax and Vex.[br]They had a brief discussion with Devana, his new

0:30:01.560,0:30:07.278
wife. They were given tea after introductions and[br]then briefly discussed the merits of being a

0:30:07.278,0:30:15.598
warrior with their half-sister Velora Vessar, and[br]upon discussing apparently a war of some kind,

0:30:15.598,0:30:21.606
Syldor made his way into the room, and you look[br]and you see the long dark hair of Syldor, his pale

0:30:21.606,0:30:27.835
complexion, his stern face, staring back at you[br]all from within the doorway as he closes it behind

0:30:27.835,0:30:32.171
him and steps into the room. You see Devana sits[br]up now and comes over to him and says,

0:30:32.171,0:30:36.086
"My dear, would you like us to leave you alone?"

0:30:36.086,0:30:41.946
He goes, "Don't worry, it will be fine. Have a[br]seat. Besides, we're all family.

0:30:41.991,0:30:45.338
"Well, some of us, at least." [br]And he looks over to Grog.

0:30:45.338,0:30:46.840
TRAVIS: Bidet.

0:30:46.840,0:30:49.134
(laughter)

0:30:49.134,0:30:57.327
MATT: "Good day, indeed." He comes up and sits,[br]and he's wearing long, dark brown robes with

0:30:57.327,0:31:05.427
golden and red embroidery on the side, but it's[br]very casual home wear, and he sits down, pulling

0:31:05.427,0:31:09.791
up a chair across from you guys in this area, and[br]takes one of the cups of tea and sips it. And you

0:31:09.791,0:31:15.536
can see there's an intensity to his face. He's[br]here, and he looks like he's partially

0:31:15.536,0:31:22.259
inconvenienced by your presence like he always[br]did, but he also looks like he hasn't slept well,

0:31:22.259,0:31:29.241
there's some dark circles under his eyes and he[br]seems a little distracted for such a climactic

0:31:29.241,0:31:30.626
re-meeting.

0:31:30.626,0:31:32.174
LAURA: Surprise!

0:31:32.174,0:31:41.819
MATT: "Surprise, indeed. So. It's good to see you[br]both. Glad you're in good health. You've come

0:31:41.819,0:31:48.233
"quite a ways to come speak with me, being as we[br]currently reside within the Feywild."

0:31:48.233,0:31:55.067
LIAM: It's a little bit further than we thought[br]we'd have to travel, why... the presence around

0:31:55.067,0:32:00.888
the city we're seeing? We understand why you fled,[br]but what's going on?

0:32:00.888,0:32:12.635
MATT: "Look. We had the entire Fort Daxio army[br]down here and we were to give aid to push into the

0:32:12.635,0:32:17.070
"nearby mountain range where apparently there was[br]an influx of lizardfolk, had been a continuous

0:32:17.070,0:32:24.983
"problem, and apparently a break had been seen[br]somewhere. However, we had sent most of our forces

0:32:24.983,0:32:31.079
"into the mountain range and then received word[br]that three great drakes were making their way

0:32:31.079,0:32:37.856
"straight toward Syngorn after the destruction of[br]Emon. Knowing that, we had no recourse but to flee

0:32:37.856,0:32:43.645
"and prepare when it was time. Had we stood our[br]ground, we would be the same burning crater that

0:32:43.645,0:32:45.313
"your fair city is now."

0:32:45.313,0:32:50.600
LAURA: So you intend to go back? You're amassing[br]this army to go back and join the fight.

0:32:50.600,0:32:56.733
MATT: "That is exactly what we're doing. The[br]remnants of the Emon army we currently have here

0:32:56.769,0:33:01.744
"in the city, we've been building armor and weapons[br]to make sure the most sure-footed and

0:33:01.744,0:33:06.198
"strong-of-arm men and women of our fair city can[br]make it to that battlefield

0:33:06.198,0:33:07.645
"and tear that beast down."

0:33:07.645,0:33:11.071
LAURA: That's wonderful news.

0:33:11.071,0:33:14.631
MATT: "Good. Why are you here?"

0:33:14.631,0:33:20.947
TALIESIN: We are here on a very similar range of[br]business, to be honest.

0:33:20.947,0:33:22.413
MATT: "And you are?"

0:33:22.413,0:33:30.320
TALIESIN: Ah, yes. Percival Fredrickstein von[br]Mussel Klossowski de Rolo III of the royal house

0:33:30.320,0:33:36.506
of Whitestone, representative of man's world, here[br]on very important business dealing with dragons.

0:33:36.506,0:33:48.937
We are looking for some objects: a few things that[br]may help us in our fight against these dragons

0:33:48.937,0:33:52.872
that have attacked us. We've already made headway[br]against them, and we've already made headway on

0:33:52.872,0:34:00.413
our quest to destroy them. Any help that your[br]wonderful city could provide would be most

0:34:00.413,0:34:01.757
agreeable.

0:34:01.757,0:34:11.601
MATT: "Well. We currently have all of our[br]resources engaged in our plans of attack. There is

0:34:11.601,0:34:16.529
"not much we could offer you other than, if you[br]wish to stay here within the city, we could

0:34:16.529,0:34:22.527
"provide a place to sleep, food, and when the time[br]is right you may join our ranks into the fray."

0:34:22.527,0:34:25.149
LIAM: We've come to the Feywild for something[br]specific.

0:34:25.149,0:34:28.853
MARISHA: We're trying to head to the Shademirk[br]Bog.

0:34:28.853,0:34:33.204
MATT: "Why on earth would you be heading to the[br]Shademirk?"

0:34:33.204,0:34:40.607
MARISHA: We're looking for the bow of Fenthras. It[br]supposedly lives inside of a cancerous tree.

0:34:40.607,0:34:49.146
MATT: "Right. Well. Good luck with that."

0:34:49.146,0:34:52.292
LAURA: Do you think it's possible?

0:34:52.292,0:35:02.415
MATT: "I think it's a fool's errand to chase a[br]fleeting rumor into a location that is known to

0:35:02.415,0:35:09.286
"devour and destroy anyone who steps within its[br]bounds. But by all means, you've always been ones

0:35:09.286,0:35:11.604
"seeking the darkness."

0:35:11.604,0:35:16.445
LIAM: He and I are wearing fleeting rumors. That[br]one's got one hidden up his butt.

0:35:16.445,0:35:25.641
(laughter)

0:35:25.701,0:35:30.964
MATT: You hear Velora chuckle. Devana's like,[br]"Shh! Quiet!"

0:35:30.991,0:35:34.231
LAURA: I want to pull Velora over and sit her in[br]my lap.

0:35:34.231,0:35:38.320
MATT: She (raspberry noise) at her mom as you pick[br]her up there. You can see Devana smiles as she

0:35:38.320,0:35:39.714
does so.

0:35:39.714,0:35:49.443
LIAM: Syldor, we have killed two of these dragons[br]already. Nothing could please me more to hear that

0:35:49.443,0:35:54.693
you are amassing forces here to go back; that is[br]possibly the greatest thing I've ever heard you

0:35:54.693,0:35:56.775
say to me.

0:35:56.775,0:35:59.293
LAURA: I want to insight check him and see if he's[br]really saying--

0:35:59.293,0:36:00.476
TRAVIS: Yeah, do that shit!

0:36:00.476,0:36:02.159
MATT: Roll an insight check.

0:36:02.159,0:36:07.453
LIAM: Him or me?

0:36:07.453,0:36:10.181
LAURA: 26 on him!

0:36:10.181,0:36:18.840
MATT: All right. I'd whisper, but the microphone[br]makes it useless. It's fine. He appears tired, he

0:36:18.840,0:36:23.516
appears like a lot of his intention and time has[br]been put towards something important--

0:36:23.635,0:36:24.951
LAURA: Being a giant dick?

0:36:24.951,0:36:33.681
MATT: Possibly. But he doesn't appear to be lying[br]or fudging the truth at all, he's just tired. He

0:36:33.681,0:36:43.176
says, "Look. There are a lot of pieces at work[br]here. If you have your own path, by all means. And

0:36:43.176,0:36:50.538
"while I have heard of some of your exploits, and I[br]am quite impressed, I hate to be blunt, but it's

0:36:50.538,0:37:01.789
"difficult and strange to mingle family new and[br]old. Your presence here brings up difficult

0:37:01.789,0:37:03.560
"memories for me."

0:37:03.560,0:37:07.431
LAURA: Oh, you poor man.

0:37:07.431,0:37:14.608
LIAM: Don't worry. We're not here to look for[br]family. That would entail some amount of

0:37:14.608,0:37:23.498
investment on either our side or yours. There is[br]clearly none. We are here to do business. Do you

0:37:23.498,0:37:25.475
know where the bog is?

0:37:25.475,0:37:30.423
MATT: "Yes. It's duskward of here."

0:37:30.423,0:37:32.053
SAM: Duskward.

0:37:32.053,0:37:35.611
TRAVIS: Fucking shit.

0:37:35.611,0:37:41.731
LIAM: Well, some people go this way, and some[br]people go that way, and some people go both ways.

0:37:41.731,0:37:45.418
MARISHA: It's like being on a ship forever.

0:37:45.418,0:37:51.850
MATT: "I have not traversed this land extensively.[br]I've been here working along with the heads of the

0:37:51.920,0:37:53.809
"city to make sure we are ready for this attack."

0:37:53.809,0:37:55.809
LAURA: When do you plan to attack?

0:37:55.809,0:37:58.072
MATT: "A few weeks."

0:37:58.072,0:38:03.685
LAURA: You're joining other armies. You don't plan[br]to fight Thordak on your own?

0:38:03.685,0:38:11.496
MATT: "Well. There is an attempt to join up with[br]the remnants of the Fort Daxio force. They have

0:38:11.496,0:38:17.508
"not gone to Emon themselves and they currently[br]reside camped out near where Syngorn usually is.

0:38:17.508,0:38:24.554
"We have a few groups that are set on the other[br]side of the veil in the prime realm and they are

0:38:24.554,0:38:29.126
"keeping an eye out for this. A few scouting[br]parties are in Emon as we speak, trying to gather

0:38:29.126,0:38:33.784
"intel on Thordak himself. Once we have that[br]information and we can formulate what to expect,

0:38:33.784,0:38:35.596
"then we can attack."

0:38:35.596,0:38:42.280
MARISHA: So you're trying to go after Thordak[br]himself. That's your first target, Thordak?

0:38:42.280,0:38:49.882
MATT: "He's currently the largest threat to our[br]safety, our home, and our return. Don't think this

0:38:49.882,0:38:55.636
"is the first time a red dragon of that size has[br]been felled. There have been ancient ages of

0:38:55.636,0:39:02.392
"various deaths from his people. It's not[br]impossible, but we need to be ready."

0:39:02.392,0:39:06.477
TRAVIS: Just a heads-up, pro tip: dragons can[br]fly.

0:39:06.477,0:39:16.599
(laughter)

0:39:16.599,0:39:19.583
MATT: "And I take it you're their leader."

0:39:19.583,0:39:21.160
TRAVIS: Of the dragons?

0:39:21.160,0:39:23.365
(laughter)

0:39:23.512,0:39:27.538
MATT: He very slowly sighs while grabbing his[br]tea.

0:39:27.538,0:39:33.833
TRAVIS: I've clearly lost your father. It's all[br]right.

0:39:33.833,0:39:37.141
LAURA: His intelligence is very low, Grog.

0:39:37.141,0:39:44.140
TALIESIN: In the interest of dealing with Thordak,[br]we are going to need access to libraries, any of

0:39:44.140,0:39:51.194
your people who may know something about this bog,[br]and accommodations befitting those of us who are

0:39:51.194,0:39:52.143
titled.

0:39:52.143,0:39:55.900
SAM: As well as access to certain parts of the[br]city. We need some items to acquire within the

0:39:55.900,0:39:57.532
city before we set out.

0:39:57.532,0:40:01.648
MARISHA: Also, it would be nice to find shelter[br]for those of us who are not titled.

0:40:01.648,0:40:04.747
SAM: And I had asked for an oolong tea.

0:40:04.747,0:40:10.607
(laughter)

0:40:10.607,0:40:14.758
SAM: This is more of an assam, I would say? A[br]black tea.

0:40:14.758,0:40:16.738
TALIESIN: This is technically what you do, though,[br]isn't it?

0:40:16.738,0:40:18.978
MATT: Devana says, "I'm terribly sorry, I didn't[br]mean that--"

0:40:18.978,0:40:21.438
MARISHA: No, not you.

0:40:21.438,0:40:34.144
MATT: Syldor crosses his fingers together and, "I[br]can give you a letter that will grant you entry to

0:40:34.144,0:40:42.865
"a few of our general storehouses. However, most of[br]you are outsiders and others have been ostracized

0:40:42.865,0:40:44.265
"in their own right."

0:40:44.265,0:40:51.516
TALIESIN: But you will respect titled entry. Those[br]of us who are court can converse with court.

0:40:51.516,0:40:58.218
MATT: "Your title, your court, is unfamiliar with[br]me. I doubt it will hold sway within this town,

0:40:58.218,0:41:05.173
"this city, this entire realm. But you speak of[br]great importance, are you the leader of this

0:41:05.173,0:41:09.827
"troop, he who brings up words of courts and[br]titles?"

0:41:09.827,0:41:18.007
TALIESIN: For the moment, why not? I will say, I[br]know the Feywild by reputation, and by reputation

0:41:18.007,0:41:25.396
you are known for your manners, and any kingdom[br]should be measured by manners as the currency that

0:41:25.396,0:41:27.265
is the easiest to come across.

0:41:27.265,0:41:34.229
MATT: "Manners, by the way, are extremely[br]effective in times of peace. This is not one of

0:41:34.229,0:41:40.269
"those times. However, I appreciate that you at[br]least acknowledge the way things sometimes work.

0:41:40.269,0:41:49.024
"So. Daughter. Son. What else do you need of me?"

0:41:49.024,0:41:56.107
LIAM: Honestly? Nothing.

0:41:56.107,0:41:59.183
LAURA: We don't need or want anything from you.

0:41:59.183,0:42:01.989
MATT: "Yet you still came to my home."

0:42:01.989,0:42:11.014
LAURA: Oh, well. Yeah. We got what we wanted,[br]which is access to the city.

0:42:11.014,0:42:16.016
LIAM: We're not here to be friends or rekindle[br]anything, but it seems like we want the same

0:42:16.016,0:42:27.012
thing, in a roundabout way. We want to end these[br]dragons. We want to return the world to what it

0:42:27.012,0:42:37.648
once was. Any help you can give in spite of our[br]past, in spite of all the bullshit between us will

0:42:37.648,0:42:41.548
be appreciated by more than just she and I.

0:42:41.548,0:42:52.698
LAURA: We know you have no love for us. Think of[br]those you do love. And I hug Velora. Don't you

0:42:52.698,0:42:55.328
want to make her safe?

0:42:55.328,0:43:08.088
MATT: "That's exactly what I intend to do. If you[br]wish to help in that, then so be it. I'll pull

0:43:08.088,0:43:19.201
"what I can within the city. (sighs) Just leave me[br]to my business, please." You see for a moment

0:43:19.201,0:43:24.736
there, for all the facade, all the front that he[br]puts up, that strong distance facade, you see the

0:43:24.736,0:43:39.004
fatigue break through, and there's a, like a dark[br]heartbreak. "This is a greater threat than we've

0:43:39.004,0:43:47.886
"ever faced in our lifetime, and many of those in[br]this city have lived quite a while. We have to do

0:43:47.886,0:43:55.703
"things right. Don't be foolish. Too many lives[br]have been lost at the hands of these dragons, some

0:43:55.703,0:43:58.320
"closer than others."

0:43:58.320,0:44:03.718
LAURA: Do you know of anyone that has traversed[br]more of the Feywild, that would know of what we

0:44:03.718,0:44:06.043
might expect?

0:44:06.043,0:44:17.356
MATT: "One who's seen the most would be the High[br]Warden. I could probably get you passage to see

0:44:17.356,0:44:27.155
"her, but you're going to be <i>heavily</i> guarded."[br]You guys do know the High Warden, Tyrelda is her

0:44:27.197,0:44:35.396
name, and she is actually of the bloodline of[br]Gynlara who founded Syngorn centuries ago. She

0:44:35.396,0:44:43.066
currently is essentially the de facto leader,[br]though in terms of public, she is the final

0:44:43.066,0:44:52.205
decision-maker on most of Syngorn's political and[br]social endeavors. "Will that suffice?"

0:44:52.205,0:44:54.928
LIAM: It will.

0:44:54.928,0:44:56.510
LAURA: It will.

0:44:56.510,0:44:59.065
SAM: Good day.

0:44:59.065,0:45:00.098
MARISHA: Good day.

0:45:00.098,0:45:02.699
(laughter)

0:45:02.699,0:45:09.360
MATT: "Curious manners, your friends." He takes[br]his tea and pours another cupful, and leans back

0:45:09.436,0:45:13.069
in his chair. "Two dragons you say you've[br]killed."

0:45:13.069,0:45:15.445
LIAM: That's right.

0:45:15.445,0:45:17.553
LAURA: More than that, isn't it?

0:45:17.553,0:45:19.474
TRAVIS: Of the Conclave.

0:45:19.474,0:45:21.273
LAURA: Of the Conclave, we've killed two.

0:45:21.273,0:45:22.860
MATT: "Which ones?"

0:45:22.860,0:45:30.811
LAURA: Umbrasyl. And. What was the other one?

0:45:30.811,0:45:31.778
LIAM: Blitzen?

0:45:31.778,0:45:38.923
LAURA: Blitzen, Donner? What was the name of the[br]other one? Oh, it was General Krieg!

0:45:38.923,0:45:40.950
MARISHA: Yeah, that one.

0:45:40.950,0:45:42.174
LAURA: The blue one.

0:45:42.174,0:45:43.937
MARISHA: And then we've also killed a white one.

0:45:43.937,0:45:46.880
SAM: We thought so little of him we didn't even[br]remember his name.

0:45:46.880,0:45:52.286
(laughter)

0:45:52.286,0:45:53.587
LIAM: Brimscythe?

0:45:53.587,0:45:55.556
MARISHA: Brimscythe. That's the one.

0:45:55.556,0:45:58.097
SAM: But also we respect him enough to learn his[br]name.

0:45:58.097,0:46:12.952
MATT: "Well, your story has charm. I have to[br]admit, I have gotten word of at least one dragon

0:46:12.999,0:46:15.336
"felled on the other side."

0:46:15.336,0:46:23.010
MARISHA: I pull out a dragon's tooth from Umbrasyl[br]out of my pocket and I toss it to him. That's the

0:46:23.010,0:46:27.814
result of the doings of your children. You should[br]be very proud.

0:46:27.814,0:46:48.431
MATT: "I am proud. I. Am proud. But the city lives[br]differently. Understand the difficulty that your

0:46:48.431,0:46:59.210
"presence puts upon our family with you being here.[br]I mean no disrespect, and it's fine in this trying

0:46:59.210,0:47:09.017
"time. But while you two may have undergone much[br]ridicule in your youth, I saved you from the brunt

0:47:09.017,0:47:11.234
"of it."

0:47:11.234,0:47:22.444
LAURA: You-- headphones, dear-- you fucked some[br]random woman in a city you passed through, and you

0:47:22.444,0:47:25.004
expect us to feel sorry for you?

0:47:25.004,0:47:28.065
LIAM: You should've left us to be with our mother[br]when she died!

0:47:28.065,0:47:36.810
LAURA: Why? Why pull us away from her if you had[br]no love? We would have been happy with her.

0:47:36.810,0:47:45.830
MATT: "Because I had hope that you would be worth[br]more, given that you had my blood in your veins,

0:47:45.867,0:47:49.065
"than to waste away in some small hovel."

0:47:49.065,0:47:56.180
LAURA: If I could pull the blood of you from my[br]veins and give it back, I would.

0:47:56.180,0:47:58.616
I want no part of you.

0:47:58.616,0:48:03.725
MATT: "There are many things we wish for but we[br]have no choice but to take what we are given and

0:48:03.725,0:48:17.299
"make the best with what we have. Even with this[br]rift, there is still a part of me that cares for

0:48:17.299,0:48:24.908
"you both and is genuinely happy that you live. And[br]that you rise. And that you prove what the rest of

0:48:24.908,0:48:35.907
"these fools in this city said you were incapable[br]of. Yes, I am prejudiced. But I still fight it

0:48:35.907,0:48:52.252
"every day. And I'm not going to lie, every time[br]that my daughter, your half-sister, laughs and

0:48:52.252,0:49:06.180
"plays stealthy Vax and Vex on her own, it makes me[br]smile. You inspire those outside of our city walls

0:49:06.180,0:49:14.862
"with your doings. I think that's rather large of[br]you. As foolish and as damned deadly as some of

0:49:14.862,0:49:31.838
"these endeavors may be, you inspire. That's more[br]than I've done in my lifetime. So. Care not what I

0:49:31.838,0:49:42.950
"think. Care not how your mother died. Just avenge[br]it. For both of us. Show your little sister that

0:49:42.950,0:49:55.976
"you can rise up and destroy whatever comes in your[br]way. Hate me all you want. It's only half-scorn

0:49:55.976,0:50:06.367
"from me. I live with my regrets. I tried to bring[br]you up right. But that upbringing was not

0:50:06.397,0:50:13.674
"right for you. And by the time I tried to return[br]you, it was too late.

0:50:13.674,0:50:23.065
"I'm sorry. That's all I can say."

0:50:23.065,0:50:30.056
Devana goes, "Anyone want any more tea? Oolong,[br]you said."

0:50:30.056,0:50:31.277
SAM: You got it!

0:50:31.277,0:50:34.559
MATT: "Right, yes." And she leaves, awkwardly.

0:50:34.559,0:50:41.270
TRAVIS: Just so you know, what they did against[br]the dragons was incredible. All of the rest of us

0:50:41.270,0:50:45.698
were like, "Ah! Oh, we're dying! We don't have[br]anything we can do!" And then they were like

0:50:45.698,0:50:47.288
"Kill! Stab!" And then--

0:50:47.288,0:50:49.338
MARISHA: Percy! No, don't die!

0:50:49.338,0:50:50.472
TALIESIN: What are you doing?

0:50:50.472,0:50:53.995
MARISHA: I'm being blood out of your jugular, just[br]go with it.

0:50:53.995,0:50:58.066
TRAVIS: And then they killed them all! It's the[br]only reason we're alive, really.

0:50:58.066,0:51:04.690
SAM: It's true. Vax wanted to go inside the[br]dragon, I was like, no! No, let's do it!

0:51:04.690,0:51:09.173
(laughter)

0:51:09.173,0:51:13.702
SAM: Cut his way out, went back and saved me.[br]Crazy.

0:51:13.702,0:51:16.981
MATT: "That does indeed sound quite crazy."

0:51:16.981,0:51:21.054
TRAVIS: I mean, the balls on this one-- this one.

0:51:21.054,0:51:28.156
MATT: "Let's be honest, Grog. They both have--"

0:51:28.156,0:51:33.362
TRAVIS: Lord Grog Peanut Butter of Strongjaw. I'm[br]titled.

0:51:33.362,0:51:42.700
MATT: "I'd say they've both proven to have more[br]balls than most of those in our city."

0:51:42.700,0:51:45.594
LIAM: Look, we're never going to be a happy[br]family.

0:51:45.594,0:51:48.011
MATT: "No. That is right."

0:51:48.011,0:51:56.099
LIAM: But if you want to make reparations, help us[br]on our path. It will only help you on yours.

0:51:56.146,0:52:02.343
MATT: He stands up from his chair and walks his[br]way back to his study and

0:52:02.343,0:52:04.216
closes the door behind him.

0:52:04.216,0:52:06.973
LAURA: Well, fuck. Guess he's not into us now.

0:52:06.973,0:52:08.965
TRAVIS: I thought we weren't getting in a fight!

0:52:08.965,0:52:10.347
TALIESIN: No, this is good.

0:52:10.347,0:52:14.028
SAM: Do you want me to take a dump somewhere?

0:52:14.028,0:52:15.737
TALIESIN: Not yet.

0:52:15.737,0:52:18.205
LAURA: Oh, headphones, darling.

0:52:18.205,0:52:19.382
SAM: Oh, sorry.

0:52:19.382,0:52:24.749
MATT: She pulls your hand down, looks at you,[br]says, "Take a dump!"

0:52:24.749,0:52:27.203
LAURA: Oh, shit. I mean, shoot!

0:52:27.203,0:52:30.898
MATT: "I like him."

0:52:30.898,0:52:33.790
SAM: That's gnomish. Doesn't mean the same thing.

0:52:33.790,0:52:38.454
MATT: She's now transfixed on Scanlan.

0:52:38.454,0:52:43.600
LAURA: Darling, he takes blue sparkly poos!

0:52:43.600,0:52:47.920
MATT: "Blue sparkle poos? Can you teach me?"

0:52:47.920,0:52:52.680
(laughter)

0:52:52.680,0:52:54.816
SAM: Do you have any blueberries?

0:52:54.816,0:52:57.025
MATT: "I'm going to ask my mom if we've got[br]blueberries."

0:52:57.025,0:52:58.393
TRAVIS: Holy shit.

0:52:58.393,0:53:04.729
MATT: She runs off to the kitchen. A few minutes[br]pass, and Devana comes out holding the tea on the

0:53:04.729,0:53:08.679
cart and goes, "Who taught my daughter to say[br]'blue sparkly poo?'"

0:53:08.679,0:53:12.400
LAURA: I don't know what you're talking about.

0:53:12.400,0:53:14.718
MARISHA: Is that a swear word?

0:53:14.718,0:53:19.697
LAURA: You should really control the people in[br]this city from talking about that,

0:53:19.697,0:53:20.957
because it's weird.

0:53:20.957,0:53:22.269
SAM: She got it at preschool.

0:53:22.269,0:53:23.698
TALIESIN: So many soldiers everywhere.

0:53:23.698,0:53:25.480
MATT: "Velora, go to your room."

0:53:25.480,0:53:30.512
MARISHA: I've never heard a soldier say, "Ah, blue[br]sparkly poo!" I feel like she didn't get that from

0:53:30.512,0:53:31.294
a soldier.

0:53:31.294,0:53:34.140
TALIESIN: You've never really been in war, have[br]you?

0:53:34.167,0:53:39.254
MATT: The door opens from the far study, and you[br]see Syldor walk back in holding what looks to be a

0:53:39.254,0:53:47.805
rolled-up piece of paper with a seal on it. He[br]heads over and tosses it onto the table. "That

0:53:47.805,0:53:53.499
"will grant you passage through the city. That will[br]grant you a single meeting with the High Warden.

0:53:53.499,0:53:58.166
"That's the most my power can do at this time."

0:53:58.166,0:54:00.625
LAURA: This is a belt buckle, why are you passing[br]me this?

0:54:00.625,0:54:02.194
LIAM: (stage-whispering) We're playing pretend.

0:54:02.194,0:54:05.914
LAURA: Okay, oh, it's a sealed scroll now.

0:54:05.914,0:54:14.746
TALIESIN: May I see that really quickly? Don't[br]throw it! Pretend!

0:54:14.746,0:54:17.258
MARISHA: Pretend. I'm pretend handing it off.

0:54:17.258,0:54:18.635
SAM: Ooh, good object work.

0:54:18.635,0:54:23.933
LIAM: Now get in the canoe!

0:54:23.933,0:54:28.345
LAURA: Yes, yes.

0:54:28.345,0:54:30.783
TALIESIN: Right, they're all elves. I can't look[br]at them.

0:54:30.783,0:54:32.735
SAM: Oh, it flew away!

0:54:32.735,0:54:37.942
TALIESIN: This grants an audience for all of us,[br]then?

0:54:37.942,0:54:39.751
MATT: "Yes."

0:54:39.751,0:54:44.973
TALIESIN: You're going to have to amend that one[br]name, though, just to be fair.

0:54:44.973,0:54:46.210
It's Lady Vex'ahlia.

0:54:46.210,0:54:47.866
MATT: "Lady?"

0:54:47.866,0:54:51.944
TALIESIN: Lady Vex'ahlia, Baroness of the Third[br]House of Whitestone and Grand Mistress of the Grey Hunt.

0:54:51.944,0:55:08.709
(cheering)

0:55:08.709,0:55:16.461
TALIESIN: So good sir, despite your relationship[br]with her, do watch your manners.

0:55:16.461,0:55:22.565
SAM: Tea spit take!

0:55:22.565,0:55:25.951
MATT: "My apologies, Lady Vex'ahlia."

0:55:25.951,0:55:27.792
LAURA: Well, you didn't know.

0:55:27.792,0:55:31.153
(laughter)

0:55:31.153,0:55:40.210
MATT: You can see, there's confused surprise, but[br]a smile does curl across the corner of his mouth.

0:55:40.242,0:55:46.750
"I will make the amendment immediately." And he[br]stands back up, takes it from Percival and makes

0:55:46.750,0:55:48.480
his way back to the room.

0:55:48.480,0:55:51.210
LIAM: Darth Vader.

0:55:51.210,0:55:58.889
MATT: He returns, hands you the amended paper.[br]"Good luck."

0:55:58.889,0:56:00.911
LAURA: This is a belt buckle-- oh.

0:56:00.911,0:56:02.785
(laughter)

0:56:02.785,0:56:05.669
MATT: It's a gift from your mother.

0:56:05.669,0:56:08.476
TRAVIS: You should thank Percy.

0:56:08.476,0:56:17.564
MATT: "If you do intend to make your way towards[br]the Shademirk, be careful. Be safe. And if

0:56:17.564,0:56:23.619
"anything comes your way that you feel you are[br]incapable of handling, run. We don't need heroes

0:56:23.619,0:56:25.931
"right now, we need survivors."

0:56:25.931,0:56:36.315
TRAVIS: No promises?

0:56:36.315,0:56:39.734
MATT: He shoots you a very dark look.

0:56:39.734,0:56:47.090
TRAVIS: Right. Sorry. The House of Peanut Butter[br]will continue its bloodline. I don't know.

0:56:47.090,0:56:57.872
MATT: "I will send word. Where can I send word to[br]retrieve you when the time is ready for us to attack?"

0:56:57.872,0:56:59.795
SAM: Do we have accommodations in the city?

0:56:59.795,0:57:02.451
LAURA: Yes, but we'll be in Whitestone.

0:57:02.451,0:57:08.995
MATT: "I will send word to Whitestone when we plan[br]to return to the Prime Material, and preparing our

0:57:08.995,0:57:11.327
"forces for attack upon Thordak in Emon."

0:57:11.327,0:57:13.122
MARISHA: If not, reach out to Allura of Emon.

0:57:13.122,0:57:16.594
MATT: "I know Allura well, and I can reach to[br]her."

0:57:16.594,0:57:18.188
MARISHA: I had a feeling you did.

0:57:18.188,0:57:28.007
(laughter)

0:57:28.052,0:57:30.866
SAM: Are you hitting on their dad?

0:57:30.916,0:57:32.709
MATT: "Anyway."

0:57:32.709,0:57:35.077
MARISHA: Does everything look like hitting on[br]people to you, Scanlan?

0:57:35.077,0:57:36.500
SAM: It does.

0:57:36.500,0:57:38.642
MATT: It's the Scanlan filter. It's on Snapchat.

0:57:38.642,0:57:43.422
MARISHA: Take off the beer goggles, take them off![br]Those are plus-two magical beer goggles.

0:57:43.422,0:57:44.444
Take them off!

0:57:44.444,0:57:56.384
MATT: He stands up and at this point Devana enters[br]beside him, puts her hand on his shoulder. He

0:57:56.384,0:58:02.571
looks to you with his hands crossed before him and[br]goes, "I wish you luck and safe journeys. I

0:58:02.571,0:58:06.291
"appreciate you coming by. It was good to see you[br]both."

0:58:06.291,0:58:08.337
LIAM: Where did our sister go?

0:58:08.337,0:58:14.138
MATT: Turns and Devana goes, "She's in her room[br]for using bad language."

0:58:14.138,0:58:20.582
LAURA: Poo is a really terrible word to say, I[br]think. Good thing she didn't say any of the other

0:58:20.582,0:58:22.873
words that she heard in here.

0:58:22.873,0:58:27.332
MATT: "Hold on." And she leaves and comes back,[br]this time pushing Velora from the back, and Velora

0:58:27.332,0:58:30.737
walks up pouting with her arms crossed, holding[br]her little owlbear under her arm.

0:58:30.737,0:58:32.940
LIAM: Come here.

0:58:32.940,0:58:37.273
MATT: She runs up and gives you a big hug. "Are[br]you leaving?"

0:58:37.273,0:58:39.066
LIAM: Yeah, just for a little bit, though.

0:58:39.066,0:58:40.148
MATT: "You just got here!"

0:58:40.148,0:58:47.390
LIAM: I know. Listen, do me a favor? Keep scraping[br]up those knees, will you? You crawl anywhere you

0:58:47.390,0:58:54.558
want in this city, the higher the better. And[br]listen to your parents some of the time. But not

0:58:54.558,0:58:56.168
all of the time.

0:58:56.168,0:58:57.676
MATT: "I can already do that."

0:58:57.676,0:58:59.487
LAURA: Oh, and!

0:58:59.487,0:59:05.196
MATT: She gives you a little kiss on the cheek and[br]then runs up and puts her arms around you and

0:59:05.196,0:59:07.636
almost pushes you back, she's bigger than you[br]remember.

0:59:07.636,0:59:15.301
LAURA: She is. I pull out one of my owlbear[br]feathers that I picked up with Zahra and I tuck it

0:59:15.301,0:59:17.027
behind her ear.

0:59:17.027,0:59:18.445
MATT: "What's this?"

0:59:18.445,0:59:22.399
LAURA: It's an owlbear feather. I know!

0:59:22.399,0:59:24.704
(laughter)

0:59:24.704,0:59:28.463
MATT: She steps back down and looks at her little[br]plushie and--

0:59:28.463,0:59:33.496
LAURA: You keep that behind your ear, and you wear[br]your necklace, and you never forget that Vex and

0:59:33.496,0:59:36.981
Vax love you very, very much, dear.

0:59:36.981,0:59:43.997
LIAM: Listen to us. You are not our half-sister.[br]You are our sister.

0:59:43.997,0:59:54.185
MATT: She runs up and hugs you both, one in each[br]arm, and then steps back down.

0:59:54.185,0:59:57.184
"Thank you. Come back soon, please!"

0:59:57.184,1:00:00.677
LAURA: Of course, come visit me in my baroness...[br]isity.

1:00:00.677,1:00:05.040
MATT: She runs back to her mom's side and looks at[br]her mom and goes, "Poo."

1:00:05.040,1:00:13.072
(laughter)

1:00:13.072,1:00:24.519
MATT: Devana rolls her eyes and goes, "Ugh. Thank[br]you. So much."

1:00:24.557,1:00:27.810
LIAM: Shit's a good word, too.

1:00:27.852,1:00:30.646
MATT: Covers her ears.

1:00:30.646,1:00:32.939
TRAVIS: Are we doing that now? Penis wiggle!

1:00:32.939,1:00:35.336
(laughter)

1:00:35.336,1:00:40.085
MATT: You see Devana's looking cornered, it's[br]like, (shushing noises). Syldor actually starts

1:00:40.085,1:00:45.337
laughing. "I hope that's good day, then!"

1:00:45.337,1:00:46.698
SAM: Good day.

1:00:46.698,1:00:47.539
LAURA: Good day.

1:00:47.539,1:00:48.772
TRAVIS: Bidet.

1:00:48.772,1:00:50.121
MARISHA and TALIESIN: Good day.

1:00:50.121,1:00:54.065
MATT: "Good day." And Syldor bows, you all slowly[br]leave the door, and right before the door closes

1:00:54.065,1:00:56.244
behind you hear a little voice go, "Shit."

1:00:56.244,1:00:58.430
(laughter)

1:00:58.430,1:01:05.768
MATT: "No!" The door closes.

1:01:05.768,1:01:10.115
MARISHA: We're those terrible-influence side of[br]the family, aren't we?

1:01:10.160,1:01:14.670
LAURA: I run up and I give Percy the biggest hug.[br]Percival!

1:01:14.670,1:01:16.748
TALIESIN: It's the gift of smugness, it never goes[br]away.

1:01:16.748,1:01:20.913
LAURA: Wait, is it real-- no. Was it all just[br]to--

1:01:20.913,1:01:28.189
TALIESIN: No, I actually, it occurs to me that we[br]did kill two of the three barons of Whitestone the

1:01:28.189,1:01:29.850
last time that we were there.

1:01:29.850,1:01:39.039
(laughter)

1:01:39.039,1:01:41.237
TALIESIN: There's no house and there's no money--

1:01:41.237,1:01:43.303
MARISHA: It's the one Scanlan burned.

1:01:43.303,1:01:44.806
TALIESIN: It's the one that Scanlan burned.

1:01:44.806,1:01:49.024
SAM: Oh, you're the lady of the house that I[br]burned down.

1:01:49.024,1:01:53.614
TALIESIN: And there's just a crypt and that's[br]being used for other things, but--

1:01:53.614,1:01:55.471
MARISHA: But you have a title!

1:01:55.471,1:01:59.592
TALIESIN: But you do have a title, at the very[br]least. And once a year, you have to do something

1:01:59.639,1:02:00.574
ridiculous.

1:02:00.574,1:02:01.824
LAURA: Even so, Percy.

1:02:01.824,1:02:02.579
TALIESIN: You're welcome.

1:02:02.579,1:02:03.595
LAURA: I thank you so much.

1:02:03.595,1:02:05.330
TALIESIN: Use it in good health.

1:02:05.330,1:02:16.131
TRAVIS: I lean over to Scanlan and I say, did you[br]notice that their dad was saying "bidet" wrong?

1:02:16.131,1:02:19.704
SAM: I did. I did.

1:02:19.704,1:02:22.155
TRAVIS: I thought he was like a highfalutin type.

1:02:22.155,1:02:25.870
SAM: You should just say it even louder to make[br]sure people know the correct pronunciation.

1:02:25.870,1:02:30.804
TRAVIS: I know. We could be a force for good in[br]and outside of the city. Bidet!

1:02:30.804,1:02:32.084
SAM: Bidet!

1:02:32.084,1:02:39.999
MATT: The guards that are waiting for you outside[br]of the house just sigh very loudly. (sighs)

1:02:39.999,1:02:42.379
TRAVIS: Change is hard.

1:02:42.379,1:02:50.032
MATT: All right, so you have your parchment.[br]Within the next half-hour or so it's not difficult for

1:02:50.032,1:02:55.606
you guys to go ahead and find sleeping[br]arrangements for the evening within Syngorn.

1:02:55.606,1:02:59.910
You're met for the most part with standoffishness[br]and curiosity with your approach, but upon showing

1:02:59.910,1:03:05.560
the paper there is a sudden realization and a[br]formality that is brought to the conversation, and

1:03:05.560,1:03:09.800
it's, you can't help but enjoy it, the two of you.[br]You haven't walked through Syngorn and been

1:03:09.800,1:03:14.207
forcing people to show you the respect you've[br]always wanted, and there is something slightly

1:03:14.207,1:03:23.678
cathartic about that. But you manage to find[br]accommodations for the evening's rest. The guards

1:03:23.678,1:03:31.618
proceed up into the secondary floor where your[br]room is kept. Will not enter the room, but

1:03:31.618,1:03:35.520
notify you that they will be staying outside of[br]the doorway to ensure that both you are protected

1:03:35.570,1:03:38.646
and that you don't do anything crazy in the[br]night.

1:03:38.646,1:03:39.667
TRAVIS: What?

1:03:39.667,1:03:40.692
LAURA: That's stupid.

1:03:40.692,1:03:42.728
MARISHA: We're respectable.

1:03:42.728,1:03:45.614
TALIESIN: It's adorable that they think they could[br]stop us if we tried.

1:03:45.614,1:03:49.675
MARISHA: I know! Are we all in rooms next to each[br]other, are we in one room?

1:03:49.675,1:03:56.606
MATT: It's a series of rooms within what looks[br]like it was at one time a military barracks that

1:03:56.606,1:04:02.907
has since been renovated. It's not really an inn[br]or tavern; there aren't a lot of travelers that

1:04:02.907,1:04:08.108
come through Syngorn that don't actually live[br]there or have a home, so it's more being used for

1:04:08.108,1:04:13.546
storage, but they cleared out an area and they put[br]up beds and it looks-- Syngorn storage room is

1:04:13.546,1:04:17.986
pretty nice by the standards of like Kymal or[br]Westruun, so it's not too bad.

1:04:17.986,1:04:22.245
TALIESIN: There's some art nouveau happening.[br]That's all I can really ask.

1:04:22.245,1:04:24.194
MARISHA: Have they already locked us in our[br]rooms?

1:04:24.194,1:04:27.562
MATT: No, you've just gotten to your rooms now,[br]so.

1:04:27.562,1:04:31.403
TRAVIS: We're a very religious group and we like[br]to have a family prayer.

1:04:31.403,1:04:35.747
LAURA: Speaking of, wait. Where the fuck is Pike?

1:04:35.747,1:04:37.256
SAM: Oh shit.

1:04:37.256,1:04:43.565
MARISHA: She was right behind us!

1:04:43.565,1:04:51.869
MATT: You all, you all realize in the chaos and[br]the tension of meeting your father--

1:04:51.869,1:04:53.404
LIAM: Must've gotten lost!

1:04:53.404,1:04:55.938
TRAVIS: No, she's here.

1:04:55.938,1:05:02.495
MATT: You catch a sudden flicker of divine energy[br]in the space of the hallway near you. The guards

1:05:02.495,1:05:11.051
step back, looking a bit freaked out and grabbing[br]their weaponry, and you see a burst of Pike's face

1:05:11.051,1:05:17.909
coming through, her divine form, and she says,[br]"I'm sorry--" (static) Disappears, comes back.

1:05:17.909,1:05:26.432
"The walls--can't maintain--" And her form[br]vanishes once again.

1:05:26.432,1:05:27.709
TRAVIS: Fucking Verizon.

1:05:27.709,1:05:31.568
(laughter)

1:05:31.568,1:05:36.355
LAURA: Great, now we'll never have them as a[br]sponsor. Thank you, Travis.

1:05:36.355,1:05:38.988
LIAM: Go T-Mobile.

1:05:38.988,1:05:42.178
MATT: Go AT-- No.

1:05:42.178,1:05:51.719
MARISHA: So can we have like a little family[br]pow-wow in maybe one of the rooms before we all

1:05:51.800,1:05:57.806
tuck in for the night and you put the masking tape[br]over each of our doors so we don't sneak into each

1:05:57.806,1:06:00.923
other's rooms. High school field trip, yeah?

1:06:00.923,1:06:04.116
SAM: I don't know any of those words.

1:06:04.116,1:06:07.421
MATT: "Do as you wish, we'll be here if you need[br]us."

1:06:07.421,1:06:10.180
TRAVIS: Do you need anything, drinks?

1:06:10.180,1:06:12.743
SAM: We need to talk to the little fucker.

1:06:12.743,1:06:20.001
TRAVIS: Then-- oh, what? Oh, yeah! Well, let's all[br]head inside for prayer.

1:06:20.001,1:06:21.452
LAURA: Actually--

1:06:21.452,1:06:23.859
TALIESIN: We'll need food and drink.

1:06:23.859,1:06:30.105
LAURA: Guard! One of you, could you go get us some[br]food? We're very hungry.

1:06:30.105,1:06:33.295
MARISHA: And wine? Maybe some wine?

1:06:33.338,1:06:38.731
LAURA: As a baroness, I'm very used to getting[br]food when I want it.

1:06:38.731,1:06:45.567
MATT: One of the guards steps forward and says,[br]"Let me see that parchment once more, please?"

1:06:45.567,1:06:47.352
TRAVIS: That's not it.

1:06:47.352,1:06:49.344
MATT: That's a belt buckle.

1:06:49.344,1:06:54.828
(laughter)

1:06:54.828,1:06:57.395
LIAM: My belt buckle!

1:06:57.395,1:07:05.220
MATT: Rolls it back up, hands it back. "I will[br]retrieve your necessary meal, drink, and other

1:07:05.220,1:07:06.955
"requests you may have."

1:07:06.955,1:07:08.458
LIAM: Chicken, please.

1:07:08.458,1:07:10.684
LAURA: Thank you. I want anything but chicken.

1:07:10.684,1:07:16.567
MATT: "Noted and noted." And he turns around and[br]leaves the three other guards standing outside of

1:07:16.567,1:07:19.870
your rooms to do about as you please.

1:07:19.870,1:07:23.076
SAM: Right, so we pick the biggest room and we all[br]enter it.

1:07:23.076,1:07:29.284
MATT: It's a two-bedroom, opposite sides, and[br]there is a window that has a beautiful view of the

1:07:29.284,1:07:34.835
central lake that sits at the center of Syngorn,[br]the entire city's built around, before it meets

1:07:34.835,1:07:37.371
the base of the mountain range that it's[br]buttressed against.

1:07:37.371,1:07:38.667
SAM: Titicaca.

1:07:38.667,1:07:43.597
MATT: That sounds Elvish, but it's not.

1:07:43.597,1:07:47.009
SAM: No, I just like saying that.

1:07:47.009,1:07:49.165
MATT: Door closes behind you guys.

1:07:49.165,1:07:52.180
TRAVIS: Gormidi?

1:07:52.180,1:07:59.992
MATT: There's a little flash, a sparkle of arcane[br]light as the satyr form goes, (breathes heavily)

1:07:59.992,1:08:02.808
"That was a little harrowing. You didn't tell me[br]you were going to bring me into the belly of the

1:08:02.808,1:08:06.702
"beast so soon, we didn't even talk about-- that[br]was really good tea, by the way;

1:08:06.702,1:08:08.259
"that was quite delicious."

1:08:08.259,1:08:10.209
TALIESIN: You were drinking our tea?

1:08:10.209,1:08:12.250
MATT: "Very quietly."

1:08:12.250,1:08:14.379
MARISHA: I was wondering where my tea went.

1:08:14.379,1:08:18.248
TRAVIS: Now, hold on. Did you steal anything while[br]you were in there?

1:08:18.248,1:08:19.485
MATT: "No!"

1:08:19.485,1:08:20.956
MARISHA: Garmelie...

1:08:20.956,1:08:23.366
MATT: "No!"

1:08:23.366,1:08:25.797
SAM: Insight-check him.

1:08:25.797,1:08:27.340
TRAVIS: Insight-check that bitch!

1:08:27.340,1:08:29.063
SAM: Natural one.

1:08:29.063,1:08:33.551
(laughter)

1:08:33.551,1:08:36.931
MATT: He is about as hard to read as anyone you've[br]come across in the Feywild.

1:08:36.931,1:08:38.054
MARISHA: Can I try?

1:08:38.054,1:08:39.120
MATT: Sure.

1:08:39.120,1:08:41.538
LAURA: I feel like we don't need an insight check[br]to know he was lying.

1:08:41.538,1:08:48.835
MARISHA: Oh, I got a 17. I'm way more better than[br]Scanlan. Natural insight. 28.

1:08:48.835,1:08:54.250
MATT: 28. Through his teeth.

1:08:54.250,1:09:04.551
MARISHA: I do a little entangling underneath of[br]him and start checking his pockets, TSA style.

1:09:04.551,1:09:06.578
Start giving him the frisk.

1:09:06.578,1:09:09.823
MATT: These vines wrap up around his legs and he's[br]like, "Oh, I was just!"

1:09:09.823,1:09:11.972
MARISHA: Into the pockets.

1:09:11.972,1:09:13.678
TRAVIS: Just let it happen.

1:09:13.678,1:09:15.576
LAURA: Where are the pockets?

1:09:15.576,1:09:16.557
MATT: In his vest.

1:09:16.557,1:09:17.969
MARISHA: In his vest pockets.

1:09:17.969,1:09:22.936
TALIESIN: There better not be an owlbear in there[br]or I'm going to be very upset.

1:09:22.936,1:09:27.670
MATT: No, you reach into one pocket, it's empty.[br]You reach into the other, and your arm goes quite

1:09:27.670,1:09:29.826
far into the pocket, farther than it should--

1:09:29.826,1:09:31.497
MARISHA: You little devil.

1:09:31.497,1:09:39.973
MATT: "What? This is extremely degrading! We had a[br]deal." It's empty.

1:09:39.973,1:09:51.283
MARISHA: Is this a pocket of holding? I think[br]about the fancy silverware that I might've seen in

1:09:51.283,1:09:53.249
Syldor's house.

1:09:53.249,1:09:55.920
MATT: Nothing. Just an empty space.

1:09:55.920,1:09:57.180
TRAVIS: Come on, keep going.

1:09:57.180,1:10:01.010
MARISHA: I think of fancy teacups, because he[br]mentioned drinking tea.

1:10:01.010,1:10:03.120
MATT: (melodically) Nothing!

1:10:03.120,1:10:04.869
MARISHA: Goddamn it.

1:10:04.869,1:10:06.710
TRAVIS: You've never stolen anything, shit!

1:10:06.710,1:10:08.727
LAURA: Think of gold. Think of gold, Keyleth.

1:10:08.727,1:10:10.030
TALIESIN: I cast Friends.

1:10:10.030,1:10:12.769
MARISHA: I think of gold? Oh, I think of gold.[br]Sorry, I'm not materialistic.

1:10:12.769,1:10:16.382
TALIESIN: We're going to have to have a working[br]relationship.

1:10:16.382,1:10:18.456
LAURA: Why do you say that like it was a bad[br]thing?

1:10:18.456,1:10:22.319
MARISHA: I mean, I'm not. I'm a Barbie girl in a[br]Barbie world.

1:10:22.319,1:10:24.721
(laughter)

1:10:24.721,1:10:27.483
MATT: He smacks the side of your arm and is like,[br]"Get your hand out of my pocket!"

1:10:27.483,1:10:28.732
MARISHA: Ow!

1:10:28.732,1:10:31.350
LIAM: Keyleth. Check the fur.

1:10:31.350,1:10:33.184
LAURA: No, don't check the fur.

1:10:33.184,1:10:35.679
MATT: "Excuse me?!"

1:10:35.679,1:10:39.687
TALIESIN: Let's give him a chance to 'fess up.

1:10:39.687,1:10:47.762
MATT: "This is not why we're here to talk. We are[br]here to discuss the elements of our agreement. Two

1:10:47.762,1:10:53.731
"things I require your aid in taking, and then I[br]show you to the outskirts of the Shademirk."

1:10:53.731,1:10:57.733
LAURA: I feel like now we already know where the[br]outskirts of the Shademirk are.

1:10:57.787,1:11:00.630
MATT: "But do you know of the dangers that are on[br]your way?"

1:11:00.630,1:11:03.144
SAM: Yeah, you told us about all three dangers[br]that we have to face.

1:11:03.144,1:11:05.310
MARISHA: That's true. I have them written down.

1:11:05.310,1:11:09.381
(laughter)

1:11:09.381,1:11:13.602
MARISHA: The Hut of Wodenna, the Last Camp of[br]Sorudun the Happy, and the theatre.

1:11:13.602,1:11:22.390
MATT: "And you think those are all the dangers?![br]There are so many! It's a dangerous place!

1:11:22.453,1:11:25.769
"Stop touching me!"

1:11:25.769,1:11:28.296
TRAVIS: All right, hands off him.

1:11:28.296,1:11:31.165
SAM: Just tell us what the two things are we that[br]we need to steal.

1:11:31.165,1:11:37.350
MATT: "All right. I require a piece of a threshold[br]crest."

1:11:37.350,1:11:38.953
LAURA: What the fuck is that?

1:11:38.953,1:11:40.327
MARISHA: Of a threshold crest?

1:11:40.327,1:11:42.466
LIAM: Giant stones on the outside of the city.

1:11:42.466,1:11:46.914
MATT: "Threshold crest." Which you recall are the[br]blue stones that are in the wall around the city.

1:11:46.914,1:11:48.336
LAURA: That's the stupidest thing.

1:11:48.336,1:11:50.214
MARISHA: Oh no!

1:11:50.214,1:11:51.820
MATT: "Why is that stupid?"

1:11:51.820,1:11:53.713
LAURA: Because then they can't go back!

1:11:53.713,1:11:57.010
MATT: "You don't have to get it from the wall. I'm[br]sure they build it from something and there might

1:11:57.056,1:11:58.485
"be a reserve somewhere."

1:11:58.485,1:12:03.465
MARISHA: Right, in the other dimension that they[br]came from. You realize Syngorn didn't originate

1:12:03.465,1:12:04.841
here in the Feywild, right?

1:12:04.841,1:12:06.512
MATT: "I understand, but just..."

1:12:06.512,1:12:09.593
MARISHA: Oh, lord have-- oh, sweet Sarenrae.

1:12:09.593,1:12:13.749
TALIESIN: Wait, okay, a threshold-- a piece?

1:12:13.749,1:12:17.701
MATT: "A piece of a threshold crest. Just but a[br]sliver."

1:12:17.701,1:12:21.199
LIAM: The same material?

1:12:21.199,1:12:27.050
MATT: "The same material enchanted that is[br]functionally able to be

1:12:27.050,1:12:28.971
"utilized in the same fashion."

1:12:28.971,1:12:30.408
TRAVIS: No problem. What else?

1:12:30.408,1:12:37.570
MATT: "Great. I also want the High Warden[br]Tyrelda's hat."

1:12:37.570,1:12:39.446
TRAVIS: Her hat?

1:12:39.446,1:12:44.063
LAURA: Do we know what her hat looks like?

1:12:44.063,1:12:45.298
MATT: You do, actually.

1:12:45.298,1:12:46.417
LAURA: What does it look like?

1:12:46.417,1:12:50.261
MATT: It's a pointed, small tricorn made of green[br]velvet that she wears when she goes on like

1:12:50.261,1:12:52.151
excursions outside of the city.

1:12:52.151,1:12:55.005
MARISHA: Oh my god, she's got a pirate tri-corner[br]hat?

1:12:55.005,1:13:00.808
MATT: It's small and very long. Imagine a pirate[br]hat with a little more of an

1:13:00.808,1:13:01.951
elven sleekness to it.

1:13:01.951,1:13:04.691
LAURA: Wait, like a Robin Hood hat? Like Peter[br]Pan!

1:13:04.691,1:13:05.881
MARISHA: Oh my god, like Peter Pan!

1:13:05.881,1:13:07.762
MATT: Sure, yeah!

1:13:07.762,1:13:15.116
LIAM: I wasn't looking forward to this moment, but[br]that actually sounds like fun.

1:13:15.164,1:13:19.217
LAURA: That's it, that's all you need?

1:13:19.217,1:13:22.780
MATT: "That's all! And I will fulfill my side of[br]the deal."

1:13:22.780,1:13:27.995
MARISHA: I have a vague idea of why you might want[br]a piece of the threshold crest, but why would you

1:13:27.995,1:13:30.198
want the High Warden's hat?

1:13:30.198,1:13:32.355
MATT: "Because I have my reasons."

1:13:32.355,1:13:38.137
TALIESIN: So. Are you going to give us what you[br]stole now? We have an arrangement.

1:13:38.137,1:13:40.032
MATT: "We do have an arrangement."

1:13:40.032,1:13:44.274
TALIESIN: It's only fair. Come on.

1:13:44.274,1:13:54.952
MATT: Reaches into his pocket and pulls out what[br]looks to be a very finely sculpted bronze statue

1:13:54.952,1:14:03.964
of Syldor that was gifted for essentially his work[br]with Emon and establishing better trade routes

1:14:03.964,1:14:10.766
between that city and this city. It's basically a[br]good job, salesman of the year award of Syldor's.

1:14:10.766,1:14:12.115
MARISHA: They stole his Emmy?

1:14:12.115,1:14:13.138
MATT: Kind of, yeah.

1:14:13.138,1:14:15.190
LAURA: No, it's like they stole his gold watch.

1:14:15.190,1:14:20.932
LIAM: I yoink it out of his hand. I'll take that.[br]I got it right here.

1:14:20.932,1:14:22.546
SAM: It's a belt buckle.

1:14:22.546,1:14:23.940
LIAM: Right on my belt.

1:14:23.940,1:14:30.222
TRAVIS: So weird, you pickpocketed the thing that[br]wasn't even expensive.

1:14:30.354,1:14:31.842
LAURA: Why did you take that?

1:14:31.842,1:14:33.751
SAM: He can't help it, he's a klepto.

1:14:33.751,1:14:36.576
MATT: "No! It was there and nobody was looking."

1:14:36.576,1:14:41.276
MARISHA: Because it ultimately doesn't matter. You[br]know how awards work. Come on.

1:14:41.276,1:14:47.678
MATT: "Regardless, we have business to tend to.[br]Come, we have a hat to catch!"

1:14:47.678,1:14:51.433
LIAM: Oh, you want to come along?

1:14:51.433,1:15:03.855
MARISHA: Oh, hang on, before we all leave. Vex and[br]Vax, what did your dad do back in the day? Because

1:15:03.855,1:15:07.195
he knows Allura and he talked about knowing[br]Thordak.

1:15:07.195,1:15:09.207
LAURA: He's an ambassador to the city.

1:15:09.207,1:15:11.934
MARISHA: Does he have any type of fighting[br]capabilities?

1:15:11.934,1:15:14.996
LAURA: Ugh. If he does, we never saw it.

1:15:14.996,1:15:17.194
LIAM: Yeah, he'll bore you to death.

1:15:17.194,1:15:19.676
LAURA: Yeah, he can talk a lot.

1:15:19.676,1:15:26.924
MARISHA: Because it sounds like he was a part of[br]the mission to lock in Thordak

1:15:26.924,1:15:28.930
11 or so years ago.

1:15:28.930,1:15:31.636
LAURA: What? No way.

1:15:31.636,1:15:35.790
MARISHA: He mentioned that he's been down this[br]road before.

1:15:35.831,1:15:39.762
LAURA: He knows Allura because he knew the Council[br]members.

1:15:39.762,1:15:41.937
He was the one that sent us off to find...

1:15:41.937,1:15:48.590
LIAM: He's a traveling salesman that sells[br]politics. He's not anything all that fancy.

1:15:48.590,1:15:56.970
MARISHA: Well, if he sells politics, there could[br]be a lot in selling war against a dragon. I'm not

1:15:56.970,1:16:02.376
trying to be a dick, but your father was kind of a[br]dick so I'm just questioning it.

1:16:02.376,1:16:04.837
LAURA: No, he's an asshole. That's totally fine.

1:16:04.837,1:16:06.484
MARISHA: I'm not trying to talk shit about your[br]family.

1:16:06.484,1:16:07.845
LAURA: No, feel free.

1:16:07.845,1:16:09.066
MARISHA: Okay.

1:16:09.066,1:16:13.687
TRAVIS: Y'all should totally fight right now. Just[br]fight in the room while we're all here and take

1:16:13.687,1:16:14.828
off your clothes.

1:16:14.828,1:16:16.523
MARISHA: I'm just saying.

1:16:16.523,1:16:19.444
TRAVIS: Only way to solve it.

1:16:19.444,1:16:20.947
LAURA: Totally, totally.

1:16:20.947,1:16:21.889
TRAVIS: Yep.

1:16:21.889,1:16:24.314
TALIESIN: No, that's a very dark and disturbing[br]thought. I'm very impressed.

1:16:24.314,1:16:26.390
MARISHA: Thank you! I've been learning from you.

1:16:26.390,1:16:28.678
TALIESIN: Thank you. Now I feel guilty.

1:16:28.678,1:16:34.817
MARISHA: I don't mean to question to him, he just[br]said a few things that raised a few hairs on the

1:16:34.817,1:16:36.043
back of my spine.

1:16:36.043,1:16:39.877
LAURA: Well, maybe we can ask him about it?

1:16:39.877,1:16:41.865
TRAVIS: You have hair on your spine?

1:16:41.865,1:16:51.069
MARISHA: About this time I use Alter Self to go a[br]little half-Minxie and get those-- like when a dog

1:16:51.069,1:16:54.419
is pissed off and it puffs up the hair, towards[br]Grog.

1:16:54.419,1:16:59.193
MATT: She shows you this emerging patch of fur[br]that is like, shh, pushing out the back of her

1:16:59.193,1:17:00.176
shoulders.

1:17:00.176,1:17:01.338
LAURA: That's real sexy.

1:17:01.338,1:17:02.461
TRAVIS: Pretty sweet.

1:17:02.461,1:17:03.670
LAURA: Pretty hot.

1:17:03.670,1:17:11.002
TALIESIN: It is a very fair point, although I[br]would say I think it would be best to talk to

1:17:11.002,1:17:17.637
Allura about your father rather than talk to him[br]again, I think he's possibly had enough of us for

1:17:17.637,1:17:18.776
a while.

1:17:18.776,1:17:25.032
TRAVIS: So we have the meeting, we go get the[br]tricorn hat from her, like, boudoir and then we go get

1:17:25.104,1:17:27.133
the crest on the way out, right?

1:17:27.133,1:17:31.815
SAM: Maybe we can even find a clue about where[br]this crest thing is from the meeting.

1:17:31.815,1:17:37.141
MATT: "Grand! That's a great idea! That's a great[br]idea."

1:17:37.141,1:17:39.642
LAURA: Should we sleep before the meeting?

1:17:39.642,1:17:41.961
TALIESIN: I think the meeting is actually[br]tomorrow.

1:17:41.961,1:17:44.251
LAURA: Yes.

1:17:44.293,1:17:49.537
SAM: It just says we get one meeting, I don't[br]think it's been "sheduled" yet. Should we go

1:17:49.537,1:17:50.825
"shedule" it?

1:17:50.825,1:17:53.321
LAURA: Let's "shedule" the meeting.

1:17:53.321,1:17:57.348
TRAVIS: Or maybe we could send one of the shitty[br]guards to go "shedule" it for us.

1:17:57.348,1:18:02.966
LAURA: Is he back from getting us food? Oh no, I[br]hope he's not, because I want to send a second one

1:18:02.966,1:18:04.304
out there.

1:18:04.304,1:18:06.035
SAM: Ooh! Because you're a lady.

1:18:06.035,1:18:07.479
LAURA: Because I'm a baroness.

1:18:07.479,1:18:09.241
TRAVIS: I don't think they're going to leave us[br]all alone.

1:18:09.241,1:18:10.889
TALIESIN: I have made such a terrible mistake.

1:18:10.889,1:18:14.676
(laughter)

1:18:14.676,1:18:19.870
MATT: You go and check, you check the hallway, and[br]the guard hasn't returned and the three suddenly

1:18:19.870,1:18:21.498
spin around as the door opens.

1:18:21.498,1:18:26.637
LAURA: Hello! We require a meeting with the High[br]Warden.

1:18:26.637,1:18:31.762
MARISHA: I do a little gust cantrip from behind[br]the door to make her hair blow in the wind.

1:18:31.762,1:18:48.407
(laughter)

1:18:48.407,1:18:55.409
MATT: "I need to take this with me. To make the[br]meeting schedulable."

1:18:55.409,1:18:57.264
TALIESIN: Yes, of course.

1:18:57.264,1:18:58.448
LAURA: "Shedulable."

1:18:58.448,1:19:00.385
MATT: "Shedulable."

1:19:00.385,1:19:01.605
TRAVIS: Bidet!

1:19:01.605,1:19:06.955
SAM: When would we like the meeting? Tonight or[br]tomorrow?

1:19:06.955,1:19:08.556
LAURA and LIAM: Tomorrow.

1:19:08.556,1:19:11.445
MATT: You guys did wake up about four hours ago?

1:19:11.445,1:19:12.626
LIAM: Did we?

1:19:12.626,1:19:14.194
SAM: Today! Later today.

1:19:14.194,1:19:15.395
TALIESIN: We'll take the meeting today.

1:19:15.395,1:19:16.895
SAM: Right after siesta.

1:19:16.895,1:19:19.202
LIAM: It's like northern Alaska.

1:19:19.202,1:19:29.041
MATT: "Very well. I'll return." He turns around[br]and leaves and the two guards look at each other

1:19:29.041,1:19:34.344
like, thank god it wasn't us. They both stand at[br]the ready as he goes.

1:19:34.344,1:19:39.970
TALIESIN: Let that be a lesson to the two of you[br]about making fun of a foreigner's accent. I'm

1:19:39.970,1:19:41.496
watching you.

1:19:41.496,1:19:43.577
MATT: As the door slowly closes.

1:19:43.577,1:19:45.122
TALIESIN: Schedulable!

1:19:45.122,1:19:51.559
MATT: The faun, of which is currently-- Garmelie[br]is up on one of the beds right now, stretched out.

1:19:51.665,1:19:55.578
"So! What are you waiting for?"

1:19:55.578,1:19:57.018
LAURA: That's your bed, Keyleth.

1:19:57.018,1:19:58.397
MARISHA: Aw, man.

1:19:58.397,1:20:01.289
LAURA: Yeah.

1:20:01.289,1:20:03.092
MATT: Brings up one leg.

1:20:03.092,1:20:06.306
LAURA: Trinket jumps up on the bed and snuggles in[br]with him.

1:20:06.306,1:20:09.202
MATT: "No, don't, ugh!" (bear noises)

1:20:09.202,1:20:10.812
MARISHA: Aw, they're shedding on it!

1:20:10.812,1:20:15.974
MATT: (creak, crash) The bottom cracks and the bed[br]actually falls flat on the ground. The springs

1:20:15.974,1:20:17.101
destroyed.

1:20:17.101,1:20:19.334
TALIESIN: It's all right, it's a futon now. It's[br]like college.

1:20:19.334,1:20:24.796
TRAVIS: Have we seen any of these threshold crests[br]on our way in?

1:20:24.796,1:20:26.408
LIAM: Yeah, we walked past some.

1:20:26.408,1:20:29.908
MARISHA: They're those little blue stones that are[br]keeping the city here.

1:20:29.908,1:20:32.598
TRAVIS: Don't say it like it's obvious. I don't[br]pay attention to shit.

1:20:32.598,1:20:35.037
LAURA: But we just need a sliver of one.

1:20:35.037,1:20:40.158
TRAVIS: Right, so like, I could take Vax's head[br]and smash it against one and then pick up the

1:20:40.158,1:20:43.502
pieces. No, that's a bad thing from your frown.

1:20:43.502,1:20:50.815
MARISHA: Although Grog doesn't have the worst[br]idea. And I don't mean smashing Vax's head. That's

1:20:50.815,1:20:58.809
not what I mean. But don't we have some hidden[br]gems, because I'm really terrified if we start

1:20:58.809,1:21:02.142
hacking away at these stones what might happen.

1:21:02.142,1:21:04.113
LAURA: They might not be able to return.

1:21:04.113,1:21:06.094
MARISHA: So maybe we can do something kind of[br]fakey.

1:21:06.094,1:21:08.310
SAM: He's in the room.

1:21:08.310,1:21:10.391
(laughter)

1:21:10.391,1:21:12.181
MARISHA: Is he asleep? He's asleep, right?

1:21:12.181,1:21:14.323
MATT: No, he's currently partially crushed by[br]Trinket on the bed and goes like,

1:21:14.323,1:21:16.476
"I can hear you!"

1:21:16.476,1:21:23.485
TRAVIS: I mean, we have jewels and shit, just[br]stuff hanging around, but what does that do?

1:21:23.485,1:21:26.546
SAM: No, how do we know if we can chip[br]a piece off without ruining it?

1:21:26.546,1:21:28.036
LAURA: I wouldn't risk it.

1:21:28.084,1:21:31.701
LIAM: I think we should talk to some people and[br]ask a couple of questions around town first.

1:21:31.701,1:21:36.358
LAURA: Yeah. Maybe somebody, maybe the High Warden[br]knows. Maybe we can sneak it out of there or

1:21:36.358,1:21:37.227
something.

1:21:37.227,1:21:38.223
LIAM: Just drop it in passing.

1:21:38.223,1:21:40.715
TRAVIS: Ooh! Like a souvenir. "Can we have a piece[br]of your threshold crest?"

1:21:40.715,1:21:43.330
LAURA: Exactly like that, Grog, exactly like[br]that.

1:21:43.330,1:21:45.979
TRAVIS: Shit, I have got all the good ideas[br]today.

1:21:45.979,1:21:48.471
(laughter)

1:21:48.471,1:21:58.116
TRAVIS: I'm the leader. So what do we do until the[br]guard comes back?

1:21:58.116,1:22:03.139
MATT: The door opens, the guard comes around with[br]food and hands it out to the rest of--

1:22:03.139,1:22:06.095
LAURA: Does anybody have money for a tip? Because[br]I think you're supposed to tip them.

1:22:06.095,1:22:07.302
TRAVIS: Yeah.

1:22:07.302,1:22:14.985
MATT: "You're not supposed to tip your guards."[br](boof) Slams the door behind.

1:22:14.985,1:22:19.519
MARISHA: That's an Emon tradition. We're overseas,[br]remember.

1:22:19.519,1:22:22.833
TALIESIN: I like it here.

1:22:22.833,1:22:25.880
MATT: All right. You finish your meal.

1:22:25.880,1:22:27.223
LAURA: It's delicious!

1:22:27.223,1:22:33.507
MATT: And prepare yourselves for an excursion into[br]the city of Syngorn to seemingly steal a piece of

1:22:33.507,1:22:37.031
the threshold crest and the High Warden Tyrelda's[br]travel hat.

1:22:37.031,1:22:43.802
MARISHA: I turn into Minxie and resign to the idea[br]that I'm going to be sleeping with Garmelie and

1:22:43.802,1:22:47.728
Trinket and just cuddle next to them in Minxie[br]mode.

1:22:47.728,1:22:49.668
LAURA: Are you coming with us, though, Keyleth?

1:22:49.668,1:22:51.013
MARISHA: Oh, we're not sleeping?

1:22:51.013,1:22:56.094
SAM: No. It's like one in the afternoon, so we'll[br]probably just go.

1:22:56.094,1:22:58.030
LIAM: But you know, blow a couple more spells.

1:22:58.030,1:23:01.049
MATT: So that's one use of your beast form.

1:23:01.049,1:23:05.705
LAURA: Just come on, then.

1:23:05.705,1:23:07.156
MARISHA: I'll come on.

1:23:07.156,1:23:09.769
LIAM: Just save it. You can stay like that, just[br]walk close to me.

1:23:09.769,1:23:12.542
MARISHA: Am I going to freak people out if I walk[br]around like this?

1:23:12.542,1:23:13.646
TALIESIN: God, I hope so.

1:23:13.646,1:23:15.365
LAURA: Fuck them, that's what I say.

1:23:15.365,1:23:21.331
MATT: All right. You guys make your way outside[br]into the city streets of Syngorn to hopefully wait

1:23:21.331,1:23:26.876
for the other guard, who returns about ten minutes[br]later to tell you, "It has been 'sheduled.'"

1:23:26.876,1:23:28.567
TRAVIS: Ah, very good.

1:23:28.567,1:23:34.417
MATT: "As soon as you wish, attend to the central[br]palace and there you will be greeted."

1:23:34.417,1:23:35.672
LAURA: Okay.

1:23:35.672,1:23:36.753
TRAVIS: Yep.

1:23:36.753,1:23:38.928
MATT: "Are you leaving now?"

1:23:38.928,1:23:39.892
SAM: Yes.

1:23:39.892,1:23:41.767
TRAVIS: Well, we waste no time.

1:23:41.767,1:23:46.020
MATT: Makes a big whistle and the other guards[br]come down, and collectively you now have four

1:23:46.020,1:23:47.537
guards watching you guys.

1:23:47.537,1:23:48.606
TRAVIS: Four?

1:23:48.606,1:23:50.225
LAURA: Yeah. There were four of them.

1:23:50.225,1:23:54.689
MARISHA: I drop Minxie form, because that seems[br]very aggressive.

1:23:54.689,1:24:04.937
SAM: As we walk I say to Vax: Oi, Vax. What is the[br]reason for this meeting? When we get in there,

1:24:04.937,1:24:06.635
what do we say to her?

1:24:06.635,1:24:08.479
MARISHA: Can we have your hat?

1:24:08.479,1:24:15.604
LIAM: I don't think we should lead with that.[br]Maybe work our way around to it. Well, I would

1:24:15.604,1:24:21.918
like advice other than this little hairy man for[br]how to get to the bog.

1:24:21.918,1:24:23.839
LAURA: And also what we might face.

1:24:23.839,1:24:25.170
LIAM: Yes.

1:24:25.170,1:24:27.530
LAURA: And how we can fight what we might face.

1:24:27.530,1:24:29.673
MARISHA: She might know about Fenthras and the[br]bow.

1:24:29.673,1:24:30.770
LAURA: Yes, exactly.

1:24:30.770,1:24:35.520
TRAVIS: Wait, Scanlan, can't you go invisible too?[br]What if you two little buggers just went off and

1:24:35.520,1:24:39.259
like found it on your own while we were[br]distracting Captain Fancy Hat.

1:24:39.259,1:24:43.185
SAM: Find Fenthras on our own, what?

1:24:43.185,1:24:47.372
TRAVIS: Yeah, you go invisible along with Fauny[br]Tim over here and you just

1:24:47.372,1:24:48.856
go find the fucking hat.

1:24:48.856,1:24:49.808
SAM: Oh, the hat.

1:24:49.808,1:24:51.078
TRAVIS: Yeah.

1:24:51.078,1:24:54.339
MARISHA: What if she's wearing the hat? What if[br]the hat is on her head?

1:24:54.339,1:24:56.611
TRAVIS: We kill everybody.

1:24:56.611,1:25:02.126
(laughter)

1:25:02.126,1:25:04.302
TALIESIN: To be fair, that usually is the plan.

1:25:04.302,1:25:10.249
MATT: And thus ended the story of Vox Machina,[br]murdered terribly in the streets of Syngorn by

1:25:10.249,1:25:11.502
their own people.

1:25:11.502,1:25:12.871
TALIESIN: Clutching a hat.

1:25:12.871,1:25:14.224
TRAVIS: Tarantino film.

1:25:14.224,1:25:18.206
MATT: As you guys make your way towards the[br]palace, formulating your plan, we're going to go

1:25:18.206,1:25:23.646
ahead and take a quick bathroom break here. Guys,[br]about ten, 15 minutes or so, we'll be back here in

1:25:23.646,1:25:29.233
just a little bit. So use your restrooms, stretch[br]your legs and come back. We'll see you all here in

1:25:29.233,1:25:30.427
a few minutes.

1:25:30.427,1:25:32.444
[no audio]

1:25:32.444,1:25:45.239
(cheering)

1:25:45.239,1:25:55.074
MATT: That's a lot of people. Welcome back. First[br]off, I want to say a big thanks to Amanda Mclean

1:25:55.074,1:25:58.983
for making our awesome graphic for our[br]intermission, thank you Amanda, appreciate that.

1:25:58.983,1:26:02.444
(cheering)

1:26:02.444,1:26:09.038
MATT: We are back. Brought to you by Loot Crate.[br]Let's dive back in, as you guys make your way

1:26:09.038,1:26:16.096
through the city of Syngorn towards the palace to[br]what would be the northern side of the city.

1:26:16.096,1:26:22.240
Eventually you come upon the large, slightly[br]swirling stairs that lead to the front of the

1:26:22.240,1:26:28.627
large brass and ivory surrounded doorway that[br]leads to the interior. You guys have not actually

1:26:28.627,1:26:32.941
been inside this palace before; you've only seen it from a[br]distance, as your father would not let you in too

1:26:32.984,1:26:40.047
close to the center of the city. As you make your[br]way up the stairs, you can see guards, the Verdant

1:26:40.047,1:26:44.380
Guards step out in an aggressive and defensive[br]way, but the guards to your sides immediately put

1:26:44.380,1:26:50.013
their hands up and signal them to put their arms[br]down and to stand at ease. You guys are brought to

1:26:50.013,1:26:58.574
the front, the doors open, and a small elderly[br]elvish gentleman comes out, his long white hair

1:26:58.574,1:27:05.162
almost touching the ground as he shuffles up. He[br]brings a small monocle up to the side of his face.

1:27:05.162,1:27:12.237
"Yes? Do you have business in the palace?"

1:27:12.237,1:27:13.704
LIAM: G'day mate.

1:27:13.704,1:27:15.089
MARISHA: Good day.

1:27:15.089,1:27:19.882
LAURA: We do. We have a meeting with the High[br]Warden Tyrelda.

1:27:19.882,1:27:30.599
MATT: "Let me see your papers. Oh, I see they're[br]right here. Very well. Follow me, please." He

1:27:30.599,1:27:37.159
turns around and walks his way into the building.[br]You all follow suit and are led through the main

1:27:37.159,1:27:43.098
entryway to the palace itself. On the inside you[br]can see these giant archways that the pillars that

1:27:43.098,1:27:48.531
hold them up look like trees that spread to the[br]top like the stone boughs actually hold a canopy

1:27:48.531,1:27:58.373
made of marble with beautiful portraits and long[br]artistic renditions of the creation of Syngorn,

1:27:58.373,1:28:03.479
the people, each bloodline that has progressed and[br]taken on the central political structure of the

1:28:03.479,1:28:11.011
city. As it goes, you can see busts of people who have[br]been of historical importance to Syngorn, and

1:28:11.044,1:28:14.966
eventually you're brought to the very end of this[br]hallway. Amongst a series of other offshoot

1:28:14.966,1:28:21.958
hallways and doors, there is the next portion of[br]this journey, this large central chamber. The door

1:28:21.958,1:28:27.324
is already partially ajar. You are led into what[br]seems to be the equivalent of a throne room, but

1:28:27.324,1:28:32.019
it appears that there is a half-circle table in[br]the center of the room and a series of chairs that

1:28:32.019,1:28:38.371
now sit empty across from one side. Your side. The[br]other side of the table, you see sitting quietly

1:28:38.371,1:28:45.606
and patiently, an older elven woman, you can see[br]the grey in her hair and the crow's-nests at the

1:28:45.606,1:28:51.414
corner of her eyes, which in elven years means[br]she's quite old, she's probably close to 150 or

1:28:51.414,1:28:59.286
200 years old, by your gathering. They can live[br]quite a long time. She would be in the equivalent

1:28:59.286,1:29:02.392
of her late 50s.

1:29:02.392,1:29:07.177
SAM: Not old enough for our party to kill[br]mercilessly.

1:29:07.177,1:29:10.097
MATT: No, that's a whole different gauge.

1:29:10.097,1:29:12.092
LIAM: Throwback Thursday.

1:29:12.092,1:29:14.596
LAURA: Is she wearing a hat?

1:29:14.596,1:29:16.196
MATT: She is not wearing a hat.

1:29:16.196,1:29:19.133
TRAVIS: Shit. All right, she lives.

1:29:19.133,1:29:28.561
MATT: The guard behind ushers you guys forward[br]toward the chairs. You all get the idea that you

1:29:28.610,1:29:29.712
should sit.

1:29:29.712,1:29:31.907
SAM: We sit.

1:29:31.907,1:29:33.292
MATT: All right.

1:29:33.292,1:29:35.080
MARISHA: Are there chairs for all of us?

1:29:35.080,1:29:42.804
MATT: There are chairs for all of you but Trinket,[br]who currently, one of the guards is helping to put

1:29:42.804,1:29:45.122
his hands out in front to keep back, like.

1:29:45.122,1:29:46.517
LAURA: No.

1:29:46.517,1:29:47.978
LIAM: That's a good way to lose a finger.

1:29:47.978,1:29:53.543
LAURA: I wouldn't mess with him if I were you,[br]just to be safe. And I walk up and I give Trinket

1:29:53.543,1:29:56.564
a kiss on the nose and I put him in his Pokeball.

1:29:56.603,1:30:01.916
MATT: The guard leaps back for a second. "That's[br]much easier."

1:30:01.916,1:30:05.597
LAURA: Just watch closely, buddy.

1:30:05.597,1:30:08.712
MATT: You step back, you all find your seats.

1:30:08.712,1:30:13.333
LAURA: Just talking to my boobs. No big deal.

1:30:13.333,1:30:15.046
LIAM: Buddy, buddy.

1:30:15.046,1:30:21.141
(laughter)

1:30:21.141,1:30:27.097
MATT: This meeting room pavilion, and as you all[br]have your seat, you see the High Warden waiting

1:30:27.181,1:30:34.062
there patiently, smile on her face but definitely[br]an expression that shows both intelligence and

1:30:34.116,1:30:43.588
guard. As you all sit, she looks about the group,[br]asks, "So you've all come and made arrangements to

1:30:43.588,1:30:50.176
"meet with me. You've come quite a ways and with[br]very short notice. I'm curious as to what your

1:30:50.176,1:30:53.185
"reasonings are. Please, state your business."

1:30:53.185,1:31:03.919
LIAM: You probably recognize the two of us even if[br]you don't know us. We're Syldor's children. This

1:31:03.919,1:31:06.729
is my sister Vex'ahlia. I'm Vax'ildan.

1:31:06.729,1:31:12.798
MATT: "Strange. It has been some time since you've[br]been within the city. Welcome."

1:31:12.798,1:31:14.471
LIAM: Thank you.

1:31:14.471,1:31:27.216
LAURA: We're back because we're searching for a[br]certain bow, Fenthras? Said to be within the Murk

1:31:27.216,1:31:28.690
something?

1:31:28.690,1:31:31.326
LIAM: Bog of Eternal Stench, I believe.

1:31:31.326,1:31:35.386
MARISHA: Shadowmurk Bog. That's the one.

1:31:35.386,1:31:36.532
MATT: "The Shademirk?"

1:31:36.532,1:31:38.133
MARISHA: Shademirk. That's it.

1:31:38.133,1:31:48.947
LIAM: It's not on a lark. We're not a bunch of[br]fly-by-nights. We've already stopped to see Vex's

1:31:48.994,1:31:56.493
and my father. Over the last several months, we[br]have been dealing, a little more closely than most

1:31:56.493,1:32:04.759
would want, with the Conclave, these dragons. We[br]know that you are struggling to do the same. We

1:32:04.759,1:32:14.505
have felled two of them, and I don't say that to[br]brag, just to impress upon you how serious we are.

1:32:14.505,1:32:28.728
We've come a long way, and we are in need of help.[br]Thank you, darling. I think that the city's

1:32:28.728,1:32:38.778
intentions are in the best possible place. Brings[br]me a great deal of personal satisfaction,

1:32:38.778,1:32:53.455
actually. I would like to offer our aid in service[br]of the very same purpose, and that bow, in my

1:32:53.455,1:32:59.754
sister's hands, will go a long way to felling more[br]of these beasts.

1:32:59.754,1:33:13.293
MATT: "Well. You stroll in here with a great deal[br]of arrogance and an air of self-importance. Not in

1:33:13.293,1:33:21.078
"a way that is negative, more in a way that means[br]you aspire, and I hope, not reaching beyond your

1:33:21.078,1:33:28.559
"means. If you have indeed felled these two members[br]of the Conclave as you say, then perhaps this

1:33:28.559,1:33:34.936
"errand to the Shademirk is not as dangerous as one[br]would expect. I would not deny you this, and if

1:33:34.936,1:33:39.311
"you indeed have these capabilities, you should[br]have no issue surviving the Mirk,

1:33:39.356,1:33:41.356
"you and your companions."

1:33:41.356,1:33:49.077
LAURA: Syldor sent us here because he said you[br]would know what we might face in the Shademirk.

1:33:49.077,1:33:59.181
MATT: "Well. The Shademirk, as far as I[br]understand, was once a very beautiful landscape.

1:33:59.181,1:34:07.396
"That once was the fountain heart of the Gilded Run[br]that provided the flowing rivers that spun

1:34:07.396,1:34:17.488
"throughout this entire region. There was an[br]archfey many years before who was turned on by his

1:34:17.488,1:34:25.375
"beloved, who had been growing so spiteful, so full[br]of angst and anger and vengeful thoughts that it

1:34:25.375,1:34:33.014
"turned his heart dark and black and he began to[br]spill into the fen around him. It was there that

1:34:33.014,1:34:38.577
"these lands became the Shademirk. It was there[br]that he became one with the land and corrupted it

1:34:38.577,1:34:46.144
"and turned it. Dryads turned foul and shadowed.[br]Other creatures began to crawl up from the bog

1:34:46.144,1:34:50.986
"itself, and to this day feed off the life of those[br]they can reach. The only thing that holds its

1:34:50.986,1:34:58.842
"spread at bay is the Gilded Run, the rapids. Now,[br]it's found balance, and we watched it spread, as

1:34:58.842,1:35:05.331
"those who've lived here for a long time do. It[br]does not force any sort of immediate threat to any

1:35:05.331,1:35:11.365
"of us, and it serves its own purpose. It has its[br]new-- I shouldn't say new, it's been hundreds of

1:35:11.365,1:35:21.961
"years now-- but its own life, its own biome. And[br]we could not be ones to mess with that, if you

1:35:21.961,1:35:28.863
"will. But it is dangerous, and it is, for those[br]who have scouted far enough to see it, say it is

1:35:28.863,1:35:38.464
"akin to wading through an oil slick. It is to walk[br]into a hungry swamp that

1:35:38.464,1:35:41.703
"never gives up its need to feed."

1:35:41.703,1:35:43.458
LAURA: Sounds lovely.

1:35:43.458,1:35:45.067
MATT: "Yes, quite."

1:35:45.067,1:35:56.492
LAURA: You say you've lived here. I know the city[br]goes back and forth between the Feywild. Do you

1:35:56.492,1:35:58.429
travel more freely?

1:35:58.429,1:36:04.126
MATT: "I haven't in my older years. When I was[br]younger, perhaps. It is important to maintain an

1:36:04.126,1:36:11.260
"idea of the current state of the Feywild. Every[br]few decades, perhaps every generation, just to be

1:36:11.260,1:36:16.108
"certain when we have to undergo this transition[br]that we don't come into the middle of a war zone

1:36:16.108,1:36:23.119
"in its own right. But I grow tired in my older[br]years, and find myself chained to politics more

1:36:23.119,1:36:24.764
"often than not."

1:36:24.764,1:36:30.700
LAURA: How did you make that transition so easily?[br]I know that the threshold crests are how the city

1:36:30.700,1:36:32.991
gets around.

1:36:32.991,1:36:36.936
(laughter)

1:36:36.936,1:36:45.790
MATT: "Well, there are thin areas between the[br]planes, there are doorways, and we have magical

1:36:45.790,1:36:50.554
"means to send small scouting parties between this[br]veil."

1:36:50.554,1:36:54.713
SAM: Go on.

1:36:54.713,1:37:03.942
LAURA: Well, I don't want to be a bother, yes,[br]but. Do they entail any part of those threshold

1:37:03.942,1:37:09.848
crests? I'm wondering because perhaps we might[br]find ourselves in need of traveling, as well.

1:37:09.848,1:37:16.223
LIAM: We know we're strangers. But we read much[br]wisdom and experience in your eyes, and it would

1:37:16.223,1:37:22.547
seem that you have encountered this place[br]yourself, or have experience in the past with

1:37:22.547,1:37:26.146
those who have, and we're just looking for an[br]edge, really.

1:37:26.146,1:37:28.866
MATT: You make a persuasion check.

1:37:28.866,1:37:32.414
LAURA: Oh, do I want to roll this one or do I want[br]to roll--

1:37:32.414,1:37:33.559
TRAVIS: Oh, just pick one.

1:37:33.559,1:37:34.853
LAURA: Okay.

1:37:34.853,1:37:37.141
MATT: The ever-plight of Laura Bailey.

1:37:37.141,1:37:40.132
LAURA: Ooh! That's a good, that's a good, I'm glad[br]I switched!

1:37:40.132,1:37:44.067
TRAVIS: There are 300 fucking dice on this table.

1:37:44.067,1:37:46.641
LAURA: 27.

1:37:46.641,1:37:48.437
LIAM: Ooh.

1:37:48.437,1:38:03.106
MATT: "We have refined the art of creating the[br]threshold crests. We have personalized

1:38:03.106,1:38:14.007
"enchantments that can be utilized for our trained[br]spies, our trained guides, our trained scouts. We

1:38:14.007,1:38:20.176
"keep them under lock and key, but when an endeavor[br]requires the transference between planes, we do on

1:38:20.176,1:38:25.419
"occasion allow these to go into the hands of our[br]greatest guides."

1:38:25.419,1:38:38.360
LAURA: If a party would be in search of an item[br]that would be of great use to your survival, would

1:38:38.360,1:38:40.905
that be worthy?

1:38:40.905,1:38:42.895
LIAM: Listen, we know we're bastards.

1:38:42.895,1:38:45.380
LAURA: Stop bringing up the bastard part!

1:38:45.380,1:38:59.369
LIAM: Clearly. Look into my eyes, we share the[br]same goal. Half of my blood is yours. I want to

1:38:59.369,1:39:12.474
kill the threat to your city and to all cities. I[br]ask with complete humility. I know what I'm

1:39:12.474,1:39:15.964
asking. Please.

1:39:15.964,1:39:19.826
MATT: Make a persuasion check.

1:39:19.826,1:39:22.195
LAURA: Which one? Him or me?

1:39:22.195,1:39:23.402
MATT: Him.

1:39:23.402,1:39:26.045
LAURA: Fuck, can I give him advantage, can I help[br]him?

1:39:26.045,1:39:27.114
LIAM: Using Luck.

1:39:27.114,1:39:28.985
MATT: No, he's got Luck. He has his own.

1:39:28.985,1:39:31.718
LAURA: Come on, you motherfucker.

1:39:31.718,1:39:37.643
LIAM: Ouch. I rolled the same thing. Low number[br]twice. No, that's a big five.

1:39:37.643,1:39:40.711
LAURA: Wait, no, everything's ten. I thought[br]everything was a ten!

1:39:40.711,1:39:45.891
LIAM: No, that's right, you're right. So that is[br]a--

1:39:45.891,1:39:48.127
LAURA: 12.

1:39:48.127,1:39:49.370
LIAM: No, 13.

1:39:49.370,1:39:51.326
SAM: Oh, that's better.

1:39:51.326,1:39:53.234
MATT: It's better.

1:39:53.377,1:39:58.050
LAURA: Why did you talk? I think she would've[br]listened to me.

1:39:58.106,1:40:04.926
(laughter)

1:40:04.961,1:40:15.534
MATT: "I appreciate your intent, and I understand[br]that our current paths will hopefully align in the

1:40:15.534,1:40:23.907
"near future. However, such artifacts are very[br]important to us and the business within Syngorn,

1:40:24.036,1:40:29.799
"and I mean no offense in saying that you are no[br]longer residents of our city. As such, no, I

1:40:29.799,1:40:38.372
"cannot provide you with these crystals. However, when[br]the time comes, and you retrieve this bow which

1:40:38.372,1:40:43.177
"you say you seek, I hope that we can count each[br]other brethren on the battlefield."

1:40:43.177,1:40:50.330
TRAVIS: Can I look around the room? Are there any[br]doors open, ajar, leading into a bedroom with a

1:40:50.330,1:40:51.912
hat on a rack?

1:40:51.912,1:40:54.552
MATT: Make a perception check, Grog.

1:40:54.552,1:40:56.435
SAM: Are there any guards in here with us?

1:40:56.435,1:40:59.373
MATT: Yeah, the guards have led you in, they're[br]just back by the front door you entered.

1:40:59.373,1:41:03.209
TALIESIN: There's a hat rack and a Starbucks,[br]that's what's in the room right there. It's a hat

1:41:03.209,1:41:04.452
rack and a Starbucks.

1:41:04.478,1:41:08.887
TRAVIS: 19. Natural.

1:41:08.887,1:41:13.627
LIAM: I'm rusty on my rules. That should've been a[br]17.

1:41:13.627,1:41:15.101
MATT: What'd you roll?

1:41:15.101,1:41:21.180
LIAM: I rolled a three, but because of reliable[br]talent, anything lower counts as a ten. Ten plus

1:41:21.180,1:41:25.336
my persuasion of seven is 17. I'm just rusty.

1:41:25.336,1:41:27.830
MATT: I understand. Same answer.

1:41:27.830,1:41:30.816
(laughter)

1:41:30.816,1:41:33.892
LIAM: That is racist!

1:41:33.892,1:41:39.167
MATT: No, that is a very closely guarded item that[br]would've required a roll of 20 or higher to

1:41:39.167,1:41:40.535
succeed.

1:41:40.535,1:41:44.068
LIAM: The whole time I was like, that seems wrong[br]to me; that it's so low.

1:41:44.068,1:41:46.236
MATT: Yeah man, reliable talent's good for that[br]reason.

1:41:46.236,1:41:48.364
LAURA: Why did your luck suck that time?

1:41:48.364,1:41:57.451
MATT: It's all right. Grog, glancing about the[br]room, your suddenly strangely keen giant eyes

1:41:57.488,1:42:02.485
in an elvish realm, you who can read patterns in[br]rock and mountain faces, but when looking at

1:42:02.485,1:42:08.934
finely crafted marble it's just a big mess. You[br]see at the very back of the chamber what appears

1:42:08.934,1:42:16.892
to be an imprint into one of the sculptures, one[br]of the almost silver and brass latticework that

1:42:16.892,1:42:21.713
tends to look like climbing roots and vines across[br]the back of the room. There is a door that is

1:42:21.713,1:42:24.664
recessed within that, though it's hidden in[br]the sculpture itself.

1:42:24.664,1:42:31.257
"Now. Unless you have other business?"

1:42:31.299,1:42:33.591
SAM: I have a little bit of business.

1:42:33.591,1:42:34.694
MATT: "Yes."

1:42:34.694,1:42:39.927
TALIESIN: Good, carry on. Sorry.

1:42:39.927,1:42:45.768
SAM: Everyone who meets me knows I am a collector[br]of hats.

1:42:45.768,1:42:55.226
(laughter)

1:42:55.226,1:43:05.619
SAM: I take out my beret and I put it on and I[br]say, why, this one was a very special beret I got

1:43:05.619,1:43:10.303
by defending Whitestone against an invasion of[br]vampires, singlehandedly

1:43:10.335,1:43:13.278
freeing the city from the scourge.

1:43:13.278,1:43:15.608
MATT: "That sounds entirely believable."

1:43:15.608,1:43:22.106
SAM: Yes. It's a fine garment woven by a master[br]craftsman. I hear you have a fine hat, as well,

1:43:22.106,1:43:26.246
that you've been seen wearing about town. Is that[br]true?

1:43:26.246,1:43:32.335
TALIESIN: I wish I could say this isn't true, but[br]it's actually true. He is genuine.

1:43:32.335,1:43:37.366
MATT: "I have been known to have a few garments[br]based on where I'm going, yes."

1:43:37.366,1:43:42.530
SAM: As a fine appreciator of the haberdasher[br]arts--

1:43:42.530,1:43:51.136
(laughter)

1:43:51.136,1:44:00.311
SAM: A connoisseur, really. Could you humor an old[br]gnome like me and show me... I hear tell of a

1:44:00.311,1:44:04.641
green hat. A tri-tip hat, right?

1:44:04.641,1:44:05.968
MARISHA: I thought it was blue.

1:44:05.968,1:44:06.964
SAM: Blue hat?

1:44:06.964,1:44:08.133
MARISHA: Might be green.

1:44:08.133,1:44:10.562
TALIESIN: He's also colorblind, I should[br]mention.

1:44:10.562,1:44:15.603
SAM: Tri-tip, triangular-- I just hear it's[br]fantastic, I've never seen one quite like it up

1:44:15.603,1:44:18.764
close. I was wondering if I could take a[br]look-see.

1:44:18.764,1:44:21.086
MATT: Make a deception check.

1:44:21.086,1:44:24.908
SAM: With disadvantage.

1:44:24.908,1:44:26.732
MATT: Yeah, because you didn't sleep.

1:44:26.732,1:44:28.937
MARISHA: Yeah, you didn't sleep, Scanlan!

1:44:28.937,1:44:38.600
SAM: Well, that was a natural 20. But the first[br]one was a six.

1:44:38.648,1:44:40.662
Luckily, it's plus 14, so 20.

1:44:40.662,1:44:44.231
(laughing and cheering)

1:44:44.231,1:44:47.385
[no audio]

1:44:47.385,1:44:54.195
MATT: Bards! "From political requests to a hat[br]collector, this is indeed a very strange afternoon

1:44:54.195,1:44:58.718
"in the palace. Yes, I can have one of my servants[br]show you."

1:44:58.718,1:45:04.500
SAM: Thank you so much, it would mean so much to[br]me. I've never met a hat I didn't like.

1:45:04.500,1:45:08.822
MATT: "Then I am certain you will be fulfilled."

1:45:08.822,1:45:14.302
SAM: Should we just wait here, or is it going to[br]be a while?

1:45:14.414,1:45:18.864
MATT: "No, I'll have a servant bring you up." And[br]she puts her hand up and the guards open the door

1:45:18.864,1:45:27.069
and you see a servant walk out who looks to be a[br]younger elven man. Actually probably about the age

1:45:27.069,1:45:31.519
of Vax there. Short tattered hair comes across in[br]front of his eyes.

1:45:31.519,1:45:34.850
He enters. "Yes, mother?"

1:45:34.850,1:45:42.014
"Could you please show this strange little gnome[br]man to the hat room?"

1:45:42.014,1:45:47.993
"Yes, of course. Yes. Follow me."

1:45:47.993,1:45:51.267
SAM: There's a hat room? I have a hat room in my[br]place, too!

1:45:51.267,1:45:55.674
MATT: "That's splendid. Now, is there any other[br]business?"

1:45:55.674,1:46:02.948
TALIESIN: Just to be clear, you would say that the[br]river is probably our safest mode of entry into

1:46:02.948,1:46:04.064
the bog?

1:46:04.064,1:46:09.572
MATT: "It surrounds the bog and runs past the[br]southern portion of it, so you'll most likely come

1:46:09.572,1:46:14.690
"upon the river one way or another. Lest you wish[br]to traverse the Green Sea, but that I would not

1:46:14.690,1:46:16.130
"recommend, either."

1:46:16.130,1:46:19.945
MARISHA: So there's no real easy way into the bog,[br]is what you're saying?

1:46:19.945,1:46:22.816
MATT: "There's no easy way to anything in the[br]Feywild, my child."

1:46:22.816,1:46:23.817
MARISHA: Got it.

1:46:23.817,1:46:26.343
LAURA: Have you seen the tree yourself?

1:46:26.343,1:46:27.599
MATT: "I have not."

1:46:27.599,1:46:32.330
TALIESIN: Are there river men who run boats on the[br]river?

1:46:32.330,1:46:36.023
MATT: "No, the river tends to run itself."

1:46:36.118,1:46:39.999
(laughter)

1:46:40.068,1:46:42.322
TALIESIN: I had that coming. That's fair.

1:46:42.463,1:46:43.973
TRAVIS: That's good.

1:46:43.973,1:46:51.112
MATT: "Do you wish to inquire about my shoes? My[br]coat perhaps..."

1:46:51.112,1:46:56.563
MARISHA: Oh my god, they're so cute, though.[br]They're amazing shoes. I didn't notice them until

1:46:56.610,1:46:59.888
you pointed them out, sorry. No, continue on.

1:46:59.888,1:47:00.987
MATT: "Is that all?"

1:47:00.987,1:47:02.089
TALIESIN: I think that's all, yes.

1:47:02.089,1:47:05.903
MATT: "All right. Good luck. I wish you safe--"

1:47:05.903,1:47:07.129
MARISHA: Oh, wait, wait, lady!

1:47:07.129,1:47:10.394
SAM: High Warden, High Warden.

1:47:10.394,1:47:18.489
MARISHA: High Warden. I'm sorry. I was just[br]curious. It's my first time to Syngorn, and it's

1:47:18.489,1:47:35.228
in the Feywild. It's special, right? Is there a[br]gift shop? A visiting the temple and sights of

1:47:35.228,1:47:37.094
Syngorn type of shop?

1:47:37.094,1:47:39.447
SAM: I went to Syngorn and all I got was this[br]lousy shirt?

1:47:39.447,1:47:40.533
MARISHA: Right!

1:47:40.533,1:47:42.946
LAURA: We have to make that shirt!

1:47:42.946,1:47:49.087
LIAM: Shirt after this one.

1:47:49.087,1:47:55.759
MATT: "I'll see what Braum can do. Braum, please[br]escort them to some semblance of a gift shop."

1:47:55.759,1:47:57.012
MARISHA: Oh, thank you!

1:47:57.012,1:47:58.265
TALIESIN: Good luck.

1:47:58.265,1:48:06.203
MATT: "Now, I have important business to tend to.[br]Good luck. Safe travels. Don't die. Let us see

1:48:06.203,1:48:10.624
"each other on the battlefield soon to slay a[br]dragon. Now, please, be on your way."

1:48:10.624,1:48:12.237
LAURA: We appreciate your time.

1:48:12.237,1:48:14.826
MATT: You guys get up and leave, Trinket goes--

1:48:14.826,1:48:17.094
LAURA: Trinket's in my necklace.

1:48:17.094,1:48:20.734
MATT: That's right, Trinket is in your necklace,[br]so Trinket does nothing.

1:48:20.734,1:48:23.288
LAURA: Trinket does nothing but stare outside of[br]the necklace.

1:48:23.288,1:48:27.721
MATT: You make your way out of the room, the[br]guards following suit. You can see the lightish

1:48:27.721,1:48:31.711
brownish reddish tousled hair of the elven boy[br]who's waiting, he's wearing very fine clothing,

1:48:31.711,1:48:38.396
though very baggy on his scrawny frame. As you all[br]step out, he says, "All right, so, I'm to take you

1:48:38.396,1:48:44.831
"to the hat room, I believe. Oh, you're going to be[br]very happy. It's quite the room."

1:48:44.831,1:48:48.916
SAM: The room I could care less about, it's those[br]hats!

1:48:48.916,1:48:54.637
MATT: "Well, I think you'll still be pleased. Are[br]you all coming?"

1:48:54.637,1:48:58.900
(noises of agreement)

1:48:58.900,1:49:02.401
LIAM: Traveling with Scanlan, we've all become[br]amateur hat enthusiasts.

1:49:02.401,1:49:04.187
LAURA: I pull out my hat and I put it on.

1:49:04.187,1:49:06.915
TRAVIS: Yep, I pull out the rhinoceros horn.

1:49:06.915,1:49:08.320
LIAM: (gong)

1:49:08.320,1:49:15.896
(laughter)

1:49:15.896,1:49:20.259
MATT: And he pulls out a little masquerade mask[br]and goes like, "Oh my goodness!"

1:49:20.259,1:49:21.614
SAM: You're a hatter, too!

1:49:21.614,1:49:23.436
MARISHA: Do you get the monthly newsletter?

1:49:23.436,1:49:29.658
MATT: "Well, I used to, until we came to the[br]Feywild. It's very boring these days. Well, come,

1:49:29.658,1:49:37.145
"please!" And he darts off excitedly down the[br]hallway. The guards groan loudly behind you. You

1:49:37.145,1:49:42.384
make your way through the second hallway on the[br]left of the palace, down a flight of stairs into a

1:49:42.384,1:49:48.806
storage room. To the left you can see what looks[br]to be the entrance to some sort of a heavily

1:49:48.806,1:49:56.147
barred metallic doorway, about ten feet wide,[br]about 12 feet tall. Further down you come to two

1:49:56.147,1:50:02.713
doorways. He pulls out a keyring, goes, "No, not[br]that one. Ah, here we are." It opens up into a

1:50:02.713,1:50:08.357
small room, you can see in here, it's a display[br]room. In here you can see ornamental armor and

1:50:08.357,1:50:15.894
helmets and all sorts of classic Syngorean[br]designs, which change often because, well, elves

1:50:15.894,1:50:19.350
when they don't have a lot of things to fill their[br]time with, it's all about designing new outfits

1:50:19.350,1:50:27.886
and new armor. There's a whole display of very[br]classic designs for the guards, for the watchers,

1:50:27.886,1:50:35.646
for the people who first founded Syngorn. It's[br]like a history walk through. But there is a

1:50:35.646,1:50:40.848
section that is primarily helmet designs for[br]different stations and, "This is as close to a hat

1:50:40.848,1:50:51.125
"room as we have. This here is part of the original[br]Temple of Ioun design. It is a delightful piece."

1:50:51.125,1:50:52.663
He keeps going on and on.

1:50:52.663,1:50:56.048
LAURA: Do we see the hat that we're looking for in[br]here?

1:50:56.048,1:51:00.815
MATT: You do see there is a small rack to the side[br]which is for more just things that are used and

1:51:00.815,1:51:06.157
you can see there are like wide-brim, rainy-day,[br]carriage-driving hats, you can see there are

1:51:06.157,1:51:15.689
far-brimmed cloak hoods that are used for[br]horse-riding beneath the rain, you can see there

1:51:15.689,1:51:23.145
are a few more curved up to one side archer-based[br]hats, and you can see there a nice green velvet

1:51:23.145,1:51:25.624
hat that is resting across.

1:51:25.624,1:51:27.488
LIAM: Is that the one area with hats?

1:51:27.488,1:51:29.818
LAURA: Are they all just jumbled in together?

1:51:29.818,1:51:33.761
MATT: They're all jumbled in together in that[br]corner and then the actual helmets are against the

1:51:33.761,1:51:35.097
wall in different setups.

1:51:35.097,1:51:36.371
LIAM: Go ahead.

1:51:36.371,1:51:40.435
LAURA: I nudge Vax and I point it out.

1:51:40.435,1:51:44.393
LIAM: Scanlan, look at all those codpieces across[br]the room!

1:51:44.393,1:51:46.651
LAURA: Are the guards in here with us?

1:51:46.651,1:51:47.954
MATT: They are, yes.

1:51:47.954,1:51:52.544
LAURA: I prat-fucking-fall. I pratfall right in[br]front of the guards, on

1:51:52.544,1:51:53.724
the opposite side of the room.

1:51:53.724,1:51:54.794
MATT: Which one?

1:51:54.794,1:51:57.015
LAURA: I walk to the other side of the room and I[br]just fall over.

1:51:57.015,1:51:58.566
LIAM: Eat shit, knock shit over.

1:51:58.566,1:51:59.983
MATT: Make a perform check.

1:51:59.983,1:52:05.560
LAURA: Oh, shit. Can it be acrobatics, though?

1:52:05.560,1:52:08.682
MATT: No, acrobatics is avoiding the fall.

1:52:08.682,1:52:11.301
LAURA: Shit. Okay. 19?

1:52:11.301,1:52:12.578
MATT: 19!

1:52:12.578,1:52:14.379
LAURA: I want to take some shit down with me.

1:52:14.379,1:52:19.751
MATT: And you do, delightfully so. You fall over,[br]trip, go into a tumble, grab arm over pieces of

1:52:19.751,1:52:21.378
metallic armor, (crashing sound).

1:52:21.378,1:52:23.396
LAURA: Ah, oh god, did you see that--

1:52:23.396,1:52:25.461
MARISHA: Oh my god, Vex, are you okay?

1:52:25.461,1:52:28.092
LAURA: I think there was a marble on the ground.

1:52:28.092,1:52:32.592
MARISHA: Oh no, what? Keyleth turns to the guard.

1:52:32.592,1:52:43.776
(laughter)

1:52:43.776,1:52:52.838
MARISHA: That was Lady Vex'ahlia, the Baroness of[br]Whitestone. I could sue you! I could sue you for

1:52:52.838,1:52:53.805
negligence.

1:52:53.805,1:52:55.861
MATT: Make a sleight-of-hand check.

1:52:55.861,1:52:58.447
SAM: Hold on, he's making a check.

1:52:58.447,1:52:59.507
LIAM: 24.

1:52:59.507,1:53:08.351
MATT: All right. You take the hat. You place it[br]away. Everyone seems to be focused on the

1:53:08.351,1:53:10.537
currently yelling Vex'ahlia--

1:53:10.537,1:53:12.726
LAURA: Ow, I think I hurt my wrist!

1:53:12.726,1:53:17.184
MARISHA: You will get a letter from me, good sir.[br]You will get a letter, okay?

1:53:17.184,1:53:21.839
MATT: "This was, look, I apologize if your friend[br]is clumsy, but this wasn't part of our job

1:53:21.839,1:53:23.766
"description, okay, it's been a very--"

1:53:23.766,1:53:28.350
MARISHA: Your five-star review just went to a[br]four, okay? I just want to say.

1:53:28.350,1:53:33.739
MATT: Braum pushes his way in and goes like, "I am[br]so terribly sorry. I didn't mean-- I hope this

1:53:33.739,1:53:35.728
"hasn't ruined your opinion of the hat room."

1:53:35.728,1:53:39.839
LAURA: If we could just see a gift shop, I would[br]be thrilled.

1:53:39.839,1:53:42.519
TRAVIS: And I say to the side, I go, (coughs)[br]pinch my knee, is that the one?

1:53:42.519,1:53:45.669
MARISHA: What?

1:53:45.669,1:53:47.275
MATT: "Are you feeling all right, sir?"

1:53:47.275,1:53:53.924
TRAVIS: Yeah, no, (coughs) pinch my knee if that's[br]the one. No, to the little, to the little satyr.

1:53:53.924,1:54:01.799
TALIESIN: Let's just find a gift shop, Lady Tyrell[br]doesn't need to hear anything about this. Let's

1:54:01.799,1:54:03.289
just move on.

1:54:03.289,1:54:05.210
MATT: "Lady who?"

1:54:05.210,1:54:08.125
MARISHA and SAM: High Warden Tyrelda.

1:54:08.125,1:54:09.852
TALIESIN: Tyrelda.

1:54:09.852,1:54:15.063
SAM: Yes, well, there's another lady named Lady[br]Tyrell, who's...

1:54:15.063,1:54:18.897
TALIESIN: No, this is amazing what my handwriting[br]does.

1:54:18.897,1:54:21.527
LIAM: What did you put in that tea, Percival?

1:54:21.527,1:54:29.355
MATT: "Well, I'm glad to see this hasn't ruined[br]your opinion of the collections here."

1:54:29.355,1:54:31.889
LIAM: Just the safety codes, really.

1:54:31.889,1:54:37.414
MARISHA: If you took us to the gift shop, it might[br]fix things. Okay?

1:54:37.414,1:54:42.795
MATT: "Then come, come! You two clean this up!"[br]And the two guards go, "What?"

1:54:42.795,1:54:53.350
"Yes, my lord." And the two guards eye you very[br]intensely as they walk over and start picking up

1:54:53.350,1:54:54.796
all the pieces of armor--

1:54:54.796,1:54:57.014
LAURA: Ow!

1:54:57.014,1:55:01.208
MARISHA: I start pretending like I'm doing a Cure[br]Wounds spell to her wrist, you know?

1:55:01.208,1:55:04.058
MATT: All right. As you guys make your way out,[br]with two of the guards now; two of them are now

1:55:04.058,1:55:05.039
left behind.

1:55:05.039,1:55:07.861
TALIESIN: As we walk out, I just make sure the two[br]guards are, I hope this didn't interrupt your

1:55:07.861,1:55:09.463
schedules for today.

1:55:09.463,1:55:11.592
SAM: "Shedule."

1:55:11.592,1:55:13.093
TALIESIN: Yes, schedule.

1:55:13.093,1:55:20.695
MATT: Somehow their chin goes higher. It's[br]impressive, really. You make your way through,

1:55:20.695,1:55:25.369
down another set of hallways, back towards the[br]beginning of the palace, he goes, "It's not really

1:55:25.369,1:55:31.559
"a gift shop, the closest thing that we could[br]ascertain based on your request is, we do have a

1:55:31.559,1:55:37.253
"small collection of gifts and knick-knacks we've[br]received from allies over time that really aren't

1:55:37.253,1:55:38.752
"much use to us."

1:55:38.752,1:55:47.474
MARISHA: Wait, you're taking us to the lost and[br]found? Please! This is the high baroness Lady

1:55:47.474,1:55:48.527
Vex'ahlia!

1:55:48.527,1:55:51.361
MATT: "Perhaps you'll find something you like."

1:55:51.361,1:55:54.349
LAURA: No, lost and found is a wonderful place to[br]go.

1:55:54.349,1:56:02.108
MATT: "It's a combination lost and found and[br]just... gifts from political allies that didn't

1:56:02.108,1:56:08.742
"understand the High Warden's aesthetic. Yes, no,[br]please, this way please." And he leads you back to

1:56:08.742,1:56:12.027
the main hallway you guys walked through, a little[br]ways towards the entrance, and then another

1:56:12.027,1:56:18.587
hallway to the left, he unlocks and this is[br]straight-up like a dark storage room, it is just

1:56:18.587,1:56:24.589
boxes and boxes that are sealed and he lights a[br]small lantern on the side. It flickers to life,

1:56:24.589,1:56:29.307
and the flame itself, as opposed to a low oil[br]lantern flicker is like a bright glowing light,

1:56:29.348,1:56:33.196
you can see this is a magically set lantern, as[br]most of the lights in the city are just everlit

1:56:33.196,1:56:37.190
torches or things that flicker on and off as a[br]light spell. It illuminates the room around you

1:56:37.190,1:56:39.959
and you can see no one's walked in here in a[br]while.

1:56:39.959,1:56:41.550
LIAM: These are for sale?

1:56:41.550,1:56:45.168
MATT: "No, these are for the taking should you[br]wish."

1:56:45.168,1:56:47.012
LAURA: Awesome.

1:56:47.012,1:56:49.953
SAM: Well, what do we see?

1:56:49.953,1:56:52.558
MATT: Go ahead and make an investigation check.

1:56:52.558,1:56:55.232
MARISHA: Can I ask a logistical question?

1:56:55.232,1:56:56.097
MATT: Sure.

1:56:56.097,1:56:58.780
MARISHA: Is Garmelie with us or did we leave him[br]behind?

1:56:58.780,1:56:59.867
MATT: You don't know.

1:56:59.867,1:57:00.988
MARISHA: What?

1:57:00.988,1:57:02.193
TALIESIN: You don't know.

1:57:02.193,1:57:03.352
SAM: Grog might know.

1:57:03.352,1:57:04.686
LIAM: 18.

1:57:04.686,1:57:06.017
MARISHA: Grog.

1:57:06.017,1:57:07.272
LAURA: 19.

1:57:07.272,1:57:09.323
MATT: 18, 19, are you searching, Grog?

1:57:09.323,1:57:10.156
TRAVIS: Yeah.

1:57:10.156,1:57:10.975
MATT: What'd you get?

1:57:10.975,1:57:11.782
TRAVIS: Nine.

1:57:11.782,1:57:13.261
(laughter)

1:57:13.261,1:57:15.083
MARISHA: Wait, is this an investigation?

1:57:15.083,1:57:16.180
LAURA: Come on, natural 20!

1:57:16.180,1:57:17.364
MARISHA: Natural one.

1:57:17.364,1:57:19.465
LIAM: Oh, propeller beanie!

1:57:19.465,1:57:22.374
MATT: Keyleth is distracted by the pretty light in[br]the fixture.

1:57:22.374,1:57:23.803
SAM: Natural one.

1:57:23.803,1:57:25.922
(laughter)

1:57:25.922,1:57:31.392
MATT: Scanlan comes up next to her and is equally[br]distracted by this wonderful magical light. Like

1:57:31.392,1:57:34.513
two moths to a flame. Percival?

1:57:34.513,1:57:35.529
TALIESIN: Nine.

1:57:35.529,1:57:44.917
MATT: Nine. All right. The two twins, you guys[br]spend some time looking through the nearby

1:57:44.917,1:57:53.163
riffraff and Braum is in the back, hoping you find[br]something to satiate your need for gifts. The

1:57:53.163,1:58:02.122
twins find their way through a few boxes, and you[br]open up and there's small porcelain dolls, dressed

1:58:02.122,1:58:10.621
up in ancient Emon's outfits and designs. You can[br]see what looks to be very dusty Kraghammer

1:58:10.621,1:58:19.381
designed weaponry, you can see what looks to be a[br]bunch of small game pieces that half of them have

1:58:19.381,1:58:24.735
been lost, like a chessboard of some kind, but[br]only part of it's there. This is really the junk

1:58:24.735,1:58:31.009
room. This is where all the really bad Christmas[br]presents get put every year.

1:58:31.009,1:58:32.643
"No, thanks, it's great!"

1:58:32.643,1:58:35.409
SAM: Is it like Storage Wars, where there might be[br]something?

1:58:35.409,1:58:40.097
MATT: It could, it could be depending on how well[br]you search.

1:58:40.097,1:58:41.734
SAM: Well, I searched terribly.

1:58:41.869,1:58:43.144
MATT: You did.

1:58:43.144,1:58:45.912
MARISHA: Keyleth starts talking up Braum. Braum?

1:58:45.912,1:58:46.962
MATT: Okay. Braum.

1:58:46.962,1:58:50.752
MARISHA: Braum. So, Braum. Where're you from?

1:58:50.752,1:58:54.203
MATT: "Syngorn?"

1:58:54.203,1:58:56.258
(laughter)

1:58:56.258,1:58:57.220
TRAVIS: Good start.

1:58:57.220,1:59:01.440
SAM: We don't have to distract him, he said it's[br]all for the taking.

1:59:01.440,1:59:03.304
MARISHA: Oh, it's all for-- really, oh.

1:59:03.304,1:59:04.994
SAM: No, that's fine, we don't have to.

1:59:04.994,1:59:10.969
MARISHA: You didn't see any distraction. You[br]didn't see anything.

1:59:10.969,1:59:13.655
MATT: "I am so confused by all of you."

1:59:13.655,1:59:16.178
LAURA: Can I try to do an arcana check to see if[br]there's anything magic in the room?

1:59:16.178,1:59:20.550
MATT: Sure. Make an arcana check.

1:59:20.550,1:59:25.722
TRAVIS: I'll join you. Two.

1:59:25.722,1:59:31.430
LAURA: Oh shit, I just rolled off the table. How[br]did I do that? 16.

1:59:31.430,1:59:37.039
MATT: Your untrained, though natural arcane[br]instincts reveal to you that--

1:59:37.039,1:59:38.463
LAURA: I can speak with animals.

1:59:38.463,1:59:44.996
MATT: Yes, you can. And there are no animals here.[br]Nothing even remotely magical seems to cross your

1:59:44.996,1:59:49.067
attention span, unfortunately, and you guys spend[br]a good hour in here sifting through--

1:59:49.067,1:59:56.373
LIAM: As, as we're digging in the corner, I say, I[br]thought maybe coming back here I might like this

1:59:56.373,1:59:59.381
city a little bit better, and I was fucking[br]wrong.

1:59:59.381,2:00:02.325
LAURA: This place fucking sucks.

2:00:02.325,2:00:03.777
SAM: Let's get out of here.

2:00:03.777,2:00:05.046
TRAVIS: Yeah, there's nothing in here.

2:00:05.046,2:00:07.064
SAM: No, let's leave.

2:00:07.064,2:00:09.836
MARISHA: Okay, yeah, sure. Yeah.

2:00:09.836,2:00:10.981
TRAVIS: Let's go.

2:00:10.981,2:00:12.117
TALIESIN: Pick something pretty.

2:00:12.117,2:00:14.579
MARISHA: Your four-star rating just went down to a[br]three.

2:00:14.736,2:00:19.267
TALIESIN: I am picking something random from the[br]room.

2:00:19.267,2:00:25.798
MARISHA: And I'll also pick something random out[br]of spite. I'll take this.

2:00:25.798,2:00:29.763
MATT: You have a fine tobacco box at your disposal[br]now, Keyleth. You can write that down.

2:00:29.763,2:00:33.295
MARISHA: I like it. I chose it on purpose.

2:00:33.295,2:00:37.416
MATT: Percy, you find half of a jeweler's kit.

2:00:37.416,2:00:38.856
TALIESIN: That's perfect.

2:00:38.856,2:00:40.312
MARISHA: That's awesome.

2:00:40.312,2:00:45.624
TALIESIN: I am excited. Was it literally cut in[br]half, like literally?

2:00:45.624,2:00:47.283
MATT: Half the supplies are there.

2:00:47.283,2:00:50.400
MARISHA: And did you say I had a half a tobacco[br]box? Or no, just a tobacco box?

2:00:50.400,2:00:51.633
MATT: You had an older tobacco box.

2:00:51.633,2:00:53.783
MARISHA: An old tobacco box. All right. Yeah,[br]sure.

2:00:53.783,2:00:57.414
MATT: Braum at this point goes, "I hope you've all[br]found something you liked."

2:00:57.414,2:01:03.088
LAURA: All right, I grab something random, too. I[br]mean, if we're all doing it.

2:01:03.088,2:01:10.206
MATT: All right. You reach into the Syngorean[br]Wal-mart gift bag on the way out.

2:01:10.206,2:01:11.844
LIAM: Come on, secret Santa.

2:01:11.844,2:01:14.565
LAURA: Come on. Roll for value.

2:01:14.565,2:01:17.225
MATT: No. I'll do that.

2:01:17.225,2:01:19.814
LAURA: No whammies.

2:01:19.814,2:01:28.261
MATT: You bring out what looks to be a really[br]intricately carved music box made of dark wood.

2:01:28.261,2:01:30.413
LAURA: Ooh, that's neat.

2:01:30.413,2:01:34.741
MATT: As you shake it, you hear (ting-ting) little[br]remnants of the last winding come through, and it

2:01:34.741,2:01:36.283
seems to still play.

2:01:36.283,2:01:39.371
LAURA: Mine. I'm writing it down.

2:01:39.371,2:01:45.387
TRAVIS: All right, I want to reach in and grab[br]something out of there too. All right, fine!

2:01:45.387,2:01:47.328
MATT: You reach in and you pull out a potato.

2:01:47.328,2:01:57.213
(laughter)

2:01:57.213,2:01:59.986
MATT: But it's been there for a while, so like the[br]roots are growing out and everything.

2:01:59.986,2:02:01.607
LIAM: Oh, with leaves coming out of it.

2:02:01.607,2:02:02.378
MATT: Yeah.

2:02:02.378,2:02:04.585
TRAVIS: I take a bite out of it.

2:02:04.585,2:02:07.186
MATT: That is a stale potato.

2:02:07.186,2:02:09.810
LIAM: Make a constitution check.

2:02:09.810,2:02:13.279
MARISHA: Keyleth takes the potato. Okay, give it[br]to me, give it to me.

2:02:13.279,2:02:15.294
TRAVIS: Oh here you go. And I squash it in my[br]hand.

2:02:15.294,2:02:21.985
MATT: (squelch) up the sides of it. Braum goes,[br]"If you could clean that up?" And the guard goes

2:02:21.985,2:02:27.788
aww and starts picking up the potato chunks off[br]the ground.

2:02:27.788,2:02:29.294
LAURA: We're down to one!

2:02:29.294,2:02:31.346
LIAM: Hey gang, I feel like we've lost focus[br]here.

2:02:31.346,2:02:32.729
(laughter)

2:02:32.729,2:02:34.689
LIAM: Maybe we should--

2:02:34.689,2:02:35.670
SAM: --get out of here.

2:02:35.670,2:02:38.425
LAURA: Oh, do we find any broken threshold[br]crests?

2:02:38.425,2:02:39.739
MATT: You do not.

2:02:39.739,2:02:40.776
LAURA: Damn it.

2:02:40.776,2:02:46.388
MARISHA: Okay, wait, do we find any pictures of[br]threshold crests? Or a postcard?

2:02:46.388,2:02:47.393
MATT: Nope.

2:02:47.393,2:02:48.505
TALIESIN: We're fine.

2:02:48.505,2:02:49.476
LAURA: All right.

2:02:49.476,2:02:50.375
TRAVIS: We leave.

2:02:50.375,2:02:52.448
MARISHA: We'll just go.

2:02:52.448,2:02:54.149
SAM: We got the hat.

2:02:54.149,2:02:55.543
TALIESIN: We have a plan.

2:02:55.543,2:03:00.889
MATT: Braum leads you out of the room, closes and[br]locks it behind, you guys walk back to the hallway

2:03:00.889,2:03:05.506
that split off, you go past the large metal door[br]again, find your way up into the foyer area at the

2:03:05.506,2:03:10.607
front of the palace, he goes, "Well, I hope I've[br]been of help to you. I hope I've delivered your

2:03:10.607,2:03:14.131
"interest in seeing our fine selection of helmets[br]and hats here in Syngorn?"

2:03:14.131,2:03:18.330
SAM: I am more than satisfied. I will write a[br]five-star review.

2:03:18.330,2:03:24.140
MATT: "I don't know what any of that means, but I[br]assume that's good, and I thank you for that.

2:03:24.140,2:03:26.842
"Goodbye."

2:03:26.842,2:03:27.926
LAURA: Thank you.

2:03:27.926,2:03:28.925
TALIESIN: Charming.

2:03:28.925,2:03:29.944
MARISHA: Good day.

2:03:29.944,2:03:31.195
LAURA: Good day.

2:03:31.195,2:03:35.046
MATT: The guard that was cleaning the potato[br]follows suit, you guys now have two guards, the

2:03:35.046,2:03:37.551
other two have not returned. So you have two[br]guards following you.

2:03:37.551,2:03:43.185
TRAVIS: I don't know if you guys noticed, but[br]there was this recessed door up in the queenie's

2:03:43.185,2:03:47.741
room, but I don't know if maybe she would have[br]some fancy stuff back there.

2:03:47.741,2:03:49.696
Can't shake these guards.

2:03:49.696,2:03:55.166
SAM: Well, some of us could slip in anyway, but[br]what do you think we will find there?

2:03:55.166,2:03:59.266
TRAVIS: Well, I don't know. I just noticed,[br]because I wasn't paying attention to all the

2:03:59.266,2:04:00.436
talking.

2:04:00.436,2:04:05.693
MARISHA: I think Percy and I can fake them out.

2:04:05.693,2:04:07.693
SAM: Fake them out? What do you mean, fake them[br]out?

2:04:07.693,2:04:09.694
MARISHA: Wait, is he around? Don't say it out[br]loud.

2:04:09.694,2:04:18.068
TALIESIN: There's no fake. It's not faking. I've[br]got a plan. It's not fake, I've got a plan. It's a

2:04:18.068,2:04:23.570
good plan. But we should sit, recuperate, go[br]somewhere quiet and figure out how we're getting

2:04:23.570,2:04:24.989
to the bog.

2:04:24.989,2:04:27.371
MARISHA: How long have we been awake at this[br]point?

2:04:27.371,2:04:32.382
MATT: You mean since you guys woke up this[br]morning, I'd say six hours?

2:04:32.382,2:04:33.882
LAURA: That's it?

2:04:33.882,2:04:37.531
TRAVIS: We don't want to go try and bust one of[br]the crests we already saw?

2:04:37.531,2:04:42.489
LAURA: We could seriously like fuck it up, what if[br]they can't get back?

2:04:42.489,2:04:44.661
TRAVIS: Who gives a fuck?

2:04:44.661,2:04:48.127
LAURA: They have an entire army to help fight[br]Thordak.

2:04:48.127,2:04:51.359
TRAVIS: I didn't think that far ahead, I'm sorry.

2:04:51.359,2:04:57.116
SAM: Well, Vex, they could repair it; they have[br]magicians here and stuff.

2:04:57.116,2:04:58.374
TRAVIS: Thank you, Scanlan.

2:04:58.374,2:04:59.858
TALIESIN: How do you repair a--

2:04:59.858,2:05:02.786
SAM: With arcane juju.

2:05:02.786,2:05:07.088
LAURA: You make a very good point. A very good[br]point.

2:05:07.088,2:05:12.642
MARISHA: But they said they got these stones from[br]the other side, from our realm.

2:05:12.642,2:05:14.782
LAURA: Maybe we should just go fucking check them[br]out.

2:05:14.782,2:05:17.637
LIAM: The two guards are here to whole time,[br]right?

2:05:17.637,2:05:18.602
MATT: Yes.

2:05:18.602,2:05:23.231
LIAM: Yeah. We should really go take a nap, I[br]think we should go take a nap.

2:05:23.278,2:05:27.496
LAURA: This dusk is really making me--

2:05:27.496,2:05:31.183
MATT: Vex. You hear muttered under the breath of[br]one of the guards, "Thank god."

2:05:31.183,2:05:33.337
(laughter)

2:05:33.337,2:05:35.059
MATT: Very low; nobody else hears it.

2:05:35.059,2:05:37.199
MARISHA: I've got plenty of energy.

2:05:37.199,2:05:40.615
LAURA: I mean, is, is anyone else super duper[br]tired? Are you guys tired?

2:05:40.615,2:05:41.887
MARISHA: I'm--

2:05:41.887,2:05:44.380
MARISHA and TALIESIN: Tired.

2:05:44.380,2:05:47.400
MARISHA: So tired.

2:05:47.400,2:05:54.358
LAURA: I look at the guards. I mean, are you guys[br]tired? I mean, how do you even know what fucking

2:05:54.358,2:05:56.032
time it is, right?

2:05:56.070,2:05:57.218
MARISHA: Right?

2:05:57.218,2:05:59.754
MATT: "Do you wish to be escorted to your[br]quarters, then?"

2:05:59.754,2:06:01.859
LAURA: I would love to get some sleep.

2:06:01.859,2:06:07.128
MATT: "Please follow us." And they both lead on,[br]leading you back to the rooms you guys had set for

2:06:07.128,2:06:12.004
the evening's rest. Eventually you get to your[br]rooms, the guards stay stationed outside, and you

2:06:12.004,2:06:14.293
are led into your individual spaces.

2:06:14.293,2:06:15.408
LAURA: There's windows though, yeah?

2:06:15.455,2:06:16.542
MATT: Yes.

2:06:16.542,2:06:18.637
LIAM: And the guards leave us in our rooms,[br]obviously.

2:06:18.637,2:06:19.639
MATT: Yes.

2:06:19.639,2:06:21.511
MARISHA: So wait, are we all in our own individual[br]rooms?

2:06:21.511,2:06:24.793
TALIESIN: We have earrings, we could just talk on[br]the earrings.

2:06:24.793,2:06:26.185
MATT: You all go into a room together, then.

2:06:26.185,2:06:27.863
LAURA: Super duper happy, all together.

2:06:27.863,2:06:31.666
MATT: You have four rooms at your disposal and you[br]all say, we're going to go sleep, and all go into

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one room with a broken bed.

2:06:33.485,2:06:35.918
SAM: We're a close-knit family.

2:06:35.918,2:06:37.549
LIAM: You can make your own assumptions.

2:06:37.549,2:06:40.811
MARISHA: We can go into our own rooms and I can[br]fix it if we don't want to tip people off.

2:06:40.811,2:06:44.164
SAM: No, we do what we want.

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TRAVIS: Yeah, we're fucking close, man.

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MATT: All right, you guys all enter the largest[br]room where you met before, and as you all find

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your way in there, one of the guards goes, "You're[br]going to sleep--"

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MARISHA: It's for prayer. We have to pray. [br]Remember, right, Grog?

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TRAVIS: Oh yes, we're very holy.

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LAURA: Yes, it's been quite a while. I'm rather[br]hungry.

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SAM: We all sleep together; it's a polyamorous[br]thing.

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(laughter)

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TRAVIS: I told you we were holy.

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MATT: Scanlan and Vex, make deception checks,[br]please.

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LAURA: Perception?

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MATT and LIAM: Deception.

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LAURA: Deception. Oh. Ten?

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SAM: 21.

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LIAM: (cackles) That's the lie that goes through.

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MATT: When you say you're tired and ready to rest,[br]the guard goes, "Mm-hm." And then when you say

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polyamorous, the guard goes, "Oh."

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(laughter)

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SAM: Yeah, man. We are freak-ay.

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LIAM: I grab Grog by the circlet thing and say,[br]come on, I'm tense. Let's go.

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(laughter)

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MATT: The two guards, the two guards look at each[br]other and take two steps away from the room.

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"We'll keep a close watch."

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MARISHA: Keyleth says, we're totally[br]polyamorous--

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TALIESIN: You! No!

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MARISHA: And I turn Percy and Vax into squirrels[br]with Polymorph. See? Polyamorous.

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MATT: The two guards look at each other, very[br]disturbed and say, "You've already shared too

2:08:44.845,2:08:56.663
"much, we don't judge, just please go 'sleep'." They[br]both hold their blades at the ready, both just

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like, "What is my life right now?" All right.

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SAM: We may need you to clean up for us later.

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MATT: "Please! Go! Sleep!" You guys are now closed[br]off inside your room.

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LAURA: And the squirrels.

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MATT: As squirrels. What are you going to do?

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MARISHA: Okay, I drop Polymorph. That's what[br]polyamorous means, right, guys?

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TALIESIN: Yes.

2:09:28.138,2:09:29.340
MARISHA: Okay.

2:09:29.340,2:09:31.971
SAM: Garmelie, show thyself.

2:09:31.971,2:09:34.618
MATT: He appears and goes like, "Was that true?"

2:09:34.618,2:09:46.432
(laughter)

2:09:46.432,2:09:49.956
MATT: He has his sketchbook at the ready and is[br]like, "Because I mean..."

2:09:49.956,2:09:51.941
TALIESIN: No. No.

2:09:51.941,2:09:55.381
SAM: You don't know.

2:09:55.381,2:10:05.365
MATT: "Well." He closes the book. "So. I believe[br]someone here took a hat?"

2:10:05.365,2:10:15.230
LIAM: I might have a hat for you. The other[br]adventure didn't turn out so well, and I really

2:10:15.230,2:10:20.681
want to give you this hat. I'm wondering-- fuck[br]it, I don't have anything to say, take the fucking hat.

2:10:20.681,2:10:27.791
MATT: And he puts it on. It's a little small. But[br]he goes, "Ah, it's fine." Smiles back.

2:10:27.832,2:10:29.766
LIAM: So worth it.

2:10:29.766,2:10:32.568
LAURA: Yeah. That was definitely worth it.

2:10:32.568,2:10:39.399
MATT: He seems extremely proud and happy that this[br]hat is now in his possession. "One of two. Now,

2:10:39.399,2:10:41.261
"the second part."

2:10:41.261,2:10:43.751
SAM: Any ideas there, Garmelie?

2:10:43.751,2:10:45.157
MATT: "No."

2:10:45.157,2:10:49.334
LAURA: You passed by those threshold crests[br]several times, I'm assuming.

2:10:49.334,2:10:54.614
TALIESIN: Let me get this straight, Garmelie. You[br]require of us a piece of a threshold crest.

2:10:54.614,2:10:55.538
MATT: "Yes."

2:10:55.538,2:10:56.692
TALIESIN: Any threshold crest.

2:10:56.692,2:10:57.475
MATT: "Yes!"

2:10:57.475,2:10:58.841
TALIESIN: Just as long as it's a threshold crest.

2:10:58.841,2:10:59.674
MATT: "Yes!"

2:10:59.674,2:11:00.810
MARISHA: And looks like a crest.

2:11:00.810,2:11:01.773
TALIESIN: It's a threshold crest.

2:11:01.773,2:11:02.743
MATT: "A threshold crest."

2:11:02.743,2:11:05.380
TALIESIN: Okay, Keyleth. The thing we talked[br]about.

2:11:05.380,2:11:12.290
MARISHA: And I start casting Stone Shape right[br]under the threshold of the door to the room that

2:11:12.290,2:11:21.800
we're in, and I cut out a crest from the[br]threshold.

2:11:21.800,2:11:23.811
MATT: What crest do you create? What does it look[br]like?

2:11:23.811,2:11:32.683
MARISHA: A Whitestone crest. From the threshold of[br]the door.

2:11:32.683,2:11:34.927
TALIESIN: We break it.

2:11:34.927,2:11:39.476
MARISHA: There's a piece of your threshold crest.

2:11:39.476,2:11:48.549
(laughing and cheering)

2:11:48.549,2:11:51.405
TALIESIN: Don't cast Friends on people. It's not[br]nice.

2:11:51.405,2:11:56.760
MATT: You watch as his ears, his pointed ears[br]slowly slink back and his hair stands up all

2:11:56.760,2:12:03.131
across the back of his head, his beard almost[br]bristles out into spines as the hat goes (poink)

2:12:03.131,2:12:07.566
and pops off and hits the ground. He snatches it[br]up. Grabs the piece.

2:12:07.566,2:12:12.017
TALIESIN: That's your threshold crest. Piece of a[br]threshold crest.

2:12:12.017,2:12:14.123
MATT: "Thank you."

2:12:14.123,2:12:15.510
LAURA: Yay!

2:12:15.510,2:12:21.611
MATT: "Well, it appears that our deal has been[br]kept."

2:12:21.611,2:12:31.557
(laughing and cheering)

2:12:31.557,2:12:42.389
MATT: He snaps his fingers and you feel like this[br]sudden, this almost unnoticeable pressure at the

2:12:42.389,2:12:51.218
base of your neck that you had felt since you made[br]the deal release and absolve, on both of you. "All

2:12:51.218,2:13:01.376
"right, so. Well, at least I got the hat out of it.[br]So. The Shademirk, then? Come, follow me, grab

2:13:01.376,2:13:02.980
"your things." (laughs)

2:13:02.980,2:13:04.515
MARISHA: Let's go.

2:13:04.515,2:13:06.563
TALIESIN: I cannot wait.

2:13:06.563,2:13:13.660
MATT: "Now." He vanishes. And Grog, you feel a[br]little tug on your finger to pull you forward.

2:13:13.660,2:13:14.944
TRAVIS: I fart.

2:13:14.944,2:13:20.127
(laughter)

2:13:20.127,2:13:29.814
MATT: "I had that coming. We now have even more of[br]a reason to make haste. This is a very small room,

2:13:29.814,2:13:36.709
"and I've been following behind him for quite some[br]time. Let's go. Now, quickly." And you see Grog

2:13:36.709,2:13:40.453
being pulled forward by the finger, and you guys[br]get the feeling that he's leading you out of the

2:13:40.453,2:13:42.922
city, invisible, by Grog's finger.

2:13:42.922,2:13:49.202
TRAVIS: We're going this way. Follow me, chaps!

2:13:49.202,2:13:50.673
MARISHA: Follow the finger.

2:13:50.673,2:13:52.303
SAM: Are the guards following?

2:13:52.303,2:13:54.504
MATT: The two guards are following, yes.

2:13:54.504,2:13:57.476
LAURA: Woo, that was really fun.

2:13:57.476,2:13:59.845
MARISHA: My hair is messed up.

2:13:59.845,2:14:01.377
SAM: Good sesh.

2:14:01.377,2:14:03.531
LAURA: Good. That was really...

2:14:03.531,2:14:04.943
LIAM: Thanks, Grog.

2:14:04.943,2:14:16.541
(laughter)

2:14:16.541,2:14:21.463
LIAM: I feel loose as a goose. Let's go see this[br]bog.

2:14:21.463,2:14:26.227
MARISHA: And I transform into a goose and come out[br]as a goose.

2:14:26.227,2:14:36.942
MATT: "You-- (frustrated noise) Never mind." The[br]guards follow at a very healthy distance now, both

2:14:36.942,2:14:39.903
whispering to each other as they watch you walk.

2:14:39.903,2:14:45.349
LAURA: I think we made a really good impression on[br]this city coming back.

2:14:45.349,2:14:49.187
TRAVIS: I'm going to kill you later.

2:14:49.187,2:14:54.706
MATT: You guys are led back through the main[br]portion of Syngorn, towards the front gates where

2:14:54.706,2:15:00.112
the watchers reside. The doors are opened for you,[br]and you are escorted out the front gate, where the

2:15:00.112,2:15:08.469
guards very happily leave you to be. And both turn[br]around at each other and go, (heavy sigh) and they

2:15:08.469,2:15:13.490
walk back inside the confines of the outer[br]Syngorean wall. You guys are now back out in the

2:15:13.490,2:15:21.749
wilds of Syngorn, the finger tugs lead you out[br]past the front of the city, through the marshlike

2:15:21.749,2:15:27.915
mandrake fields that you initially traversed when[br]you made your way to Syngorn, and then find your

2:15:27.915,2:15:33.105
way back into the Ever-Shifting Grasses, heading[br]duskward, towards where

2:15:33.105,2:15:35.125
it seems the dusk sun will set.

2:15:35.125,2:15:36.337
LAURA: Duskward.

2:15:36.337,2:15:37.293
TALIESIN: Duskward.

2:15:37.293,2:15:38.718
MARISHA: Always duskward.

2:15:38.718,2:15:40.829
SAM: I hate that direction.

2:15:40.829,2:15:43.816
MATT: There's also nightward, seaward, or[br]tangleward. Which would you prefer?

2:15:43.816,2:15:45.056
SAM: Are those different directions?

2:15:45.056,2:15:47.172
MATT: Yes, those are different directions.

2:15:47.172,2:15:49.054
LAURA: Tangleward? Did you say tangleward?

2:15:49.054,2:15:50.805
MATT: Tangleward. It was mentioned before, yeah.

2:15:50.805,2:15:55.475
LAURA: Oh. I just thought of the Disney movie and[br]I think I spaced out there.

2:15:55.475,2:15:59.862
MATT: I'm pretty sure that the people in the[br]Feywild haven't seen that. Not yet. They're

2:15:59.862,2:16:05.275
waiting for it to come out on Blu-Ray. All right.[br]So you make your way towards where the grasses get

2:16:05.275,2:16:12.181
heavy again, and you see Garmelie (foosh) once[br]again take visible form again and be like, "Ah, sorry,

2:16:12.181,2:16:19.890
"that concentration for a while really gets to you,[br]I'm so glad to be out of that stuffy place. So!

2:16:19.890,2:16:25.915
"Shall we?" Rights his hat. And even in righting[br]it, it's a little crooked to one side and he

2:16:25.915,2:16:28.396
begins marching duskward.

2:16:28.396,2:16:30.309
LAURA: Onward to the theater!

2:16:30.309,2:16:35.333
MATT: "No! No theater! We are avoiding the[br]theater! No."

2:16:35.333,2:16:40.300
TRAVIS: Garmelie, how far of a journey is it to[br]this bog?

2:16:40.300,2:16:45.476
MATT: "Say about four times since we met?"

2:16:45.476,2:16:47.326
LAURA: Okay.

2:16:47.326,2:16:49.134
TRAVIS: That doesn't mean anything to me.

2:16:49.134,2:16:50.913
LAURA: Four times since we met.

2:16:50.913,2:16:55.988
LIAM: I'm just curious, why are you so worried[br]about the theater? I love the theater.

2:16:55.988,2:16:59.971
MATT: "I have my reasons." And he continues[br]walking forward.

2:16:59.971,2:17:03.223
LIAM: Thanks, great. Good talk.

2:17:03.223,2:17:05.255
LAURA: It's been 14 hours since we've met.

2:17:05.255,2:17:10.160
SAM: Can we travel any faster than that? Can we[br]mist, can we tree, can we...?

2:17:10.160,2:17:16.330
LAURA: Wait a minute, you could-- if you know a[br]tree is-- that would be pretty stupid, to just pop

2:17:16.330,2:17:23.342
out of the cancerous tree, but if we know a tree[br]is there, couldn't you potentially

2:17:23.342,2:17:25.111
just fucking do it?

2:17:25.111,2:17:29.441
LIAM: You've had a lot of good ideas. That's not[br]one of them. That's a bad idea.

2:17:29.441,2:17:30.925
MARISHA: She's not wrong.

2:17:30.925,2:17:34.730
LAURA: Wait! Keyleth, what if you just open up the[br]cancerous tree, we reach through, we grab the

2:17:34.730,2:17:37.019
fucking bow, and then we're out.

2:17:37.019,2:17:44.103
MARISHA: Well, you're not entirely wrong, I don't[br]know if I can Teleport via Plants because

2:17:44.103,2:17:55.349
generally that takes knowing the plant. However, I[br]do have Tree Stride, which means we can-- nope,

2:17:55.349,2:17:58.168
never mind, I can only do that on myself.

2:17:58.168,2:17:59.563
MATT: Wah-wah.

2:17:59.563,2:18:09.681
TALIESIN: We are not sending Keyleth the goose[br]into a bog to retrieve a bow from an angry

2:18:09.681,2:18:11.513
cancerous tree.

2:18:11.513,2:18:13.416
MARISHA: But I'm loosey! I'm a loosey goose.

2:18:13.416,2:18:15.922
MATT: That would look amazing on an epitaph, I'm[br]just saying.

2:18:15.965,2:18:17.934
MARISHA: We can mist there.

2:18:17.934,2:18:20.176
SAM: Would that save time, I don't remember how[br]fast we go.

2:18:20.176,2:18:21.778
MARISHA: I might have to take a hot nap.

2:18:21.778,2:18:23.511
TRAVIS: A hot nap?

2:18:23.511,2:18:24.706
MARISHA: Yeah.

2:18:24.706,2:18:26.475
MATT: Didn't you guys just take a hot nap?

2:18:26.475,2:18:35.341
(laughter)

2:18:35.341,2:18:41.854
MARISHA: Yeah. The answer is yes. I can do all those[br]things.

2:18:41.854,2:18:45.396
TALIESIN: Well, let's travel for a bit and then[br]we'll take a proper break.

2:18:45.396,2:18:48.845
MARISHA: If we can get to the edge of the bog,[br]then we'll take a sleep.

2:18:48.845,2:18:52.486
LAURA: Wait, I think the edge of the bog is kind[br]of far, though.

2:18:52.486,2:18:56.557
TALIESIN: We'll start our journey, and the next[br]leg of our journey.

2:18:56.557,2:18:57.675
TRAVIS: Yeah, let's get going.

2:18:57.675,2:18:59.122
MARISHA: We'll go until we're tired.

2:18:59.122,2:19:01.756
MATT: "I like the sound of that."

2:19:01.756,2:19:03.906
LAURA: Oh. (belches)

2:19:03.906,2:19:15.405
(laughing and cheering)

2:19:15.405,2:19:18.203
MATT: "Most impressive for a lady."

2:19:18.203,2:19:22.591
LAURA: Thank you. That's a baroness burp.

2:19:22.591,2:19:25.913
MARISHA: Robert Durst shit.

2:19:25.913,2:19:34.922
MATT: As you guys push on further northward at the[br]behest of Garmelie, you push for another two hours

2:19:34.922,2:19:40.421
or so through the Ever-Shifting Grasses, and as[br]you get further and further north, the color of

2:19:40.421,2:19:47.331
the grass seems to go from that deep verdant green[br]to almost a maroon purplish color.

2:19:47.331,2:19:51.134
LAURA: I pop Trinket out of the necklace.

2:19:51.134,2:19:53.402
MATT: He attacks some of the grass and chews it[br]up.

2:19:53.402,2:19:54.471
LAURA: Yeah, get it!

2:19:54.471,2:19:59.208
MARISHA: Don't touch the grass, it'll get angry at[br]you! It'll yell at you for a week!

2:19:59.208,2:20:01.106
TRAVIS: I don't think that applies here.

2:20:01.106,2:20:06.643
LAURA: It's okay, darling. It's okay. Keyleth.

2:20:06.643,2:20:07.516
MARISHA: What?

2:20:07.516,2:20:09.196
LAURA: Do not yell at my bear.

2:20:09.196,2:20:10.817
MARISHA: I was just trying to protect him.

2:20:10.817,2:20:12.332
LIAM: I give him some grass.

2:20:12.332,2:20:13.349
MARISHA: Don't!

2:20:13.349,2:20:14.420
SAM: It's fine.

2:20:14.420,2:20:15.653
TALIESIN: It's fine.

2:20:15.653,2:20:19.913
MATT: And just keeps going forward through the[br]grass fields.

2:20:19.913,2:20:21.806
MARISHA: Does the grass seem angry?

2:20:21.806,2:20:23.445
MATT: No, it just seems to be changing color.

2:20:23.445,2:20:25.395
MARISHA: Suck it, grass!

2:20:25.395,2:20:31.251
MATT: As you say that, the grass goes from a[br]purplish color to a deep, deep red around you.

2:20:31.251,2:20:32.615
SAM: Oh god.

2:20:32.615,2:20:41.343
MARISHA: Because you... suck out the joy of all of[br]us living around you, and you're so amazing.

2:20:41.343,2:20:42.662
TRAVIS: That makes it even worse.

2:20:42.662,2:20:43.534
SAM: Not a compliment.

2:20:43.534,2:20:44.719
TRAVIS: You're still going in the same direction.

2:20:44.719,2:20:47.833
MARISHA: I mean, you suck out bad--

2:20:47.833,2:20:51.008
LIAM: I grab Keyleth's hand. Let's take a walk.

2:20:51.008,2:20:54.506
MATT: All of you, as you're walking, the actual[br]grasses around you are getting more and more dense

2:20:54.506,2:20:57.890
and are catching on your feet and you're finding[br]that your progression

2:20:57.890,2:20:59.681
is getting slower and slower.

2:20:59.681,2:21:06.487
LAURA: Wait, no. I have Landstride, which means I[br]don't slow against any land.

2:21:06.487,2:21:10.990
MATT: Yeah, so you're fine, you just coast ahead.[br]The rest of the party, it's like they're going

2:21:10.990,2:21:16.495
through waist-high thickets. The grass looks[br]gentle, but as soon as it hits your body, it rakes

2:21:16.495,2:21:22.000
across it almost like very fine serrated plants,[br]and it's catching on your clothing and pulling you

2:21:22.000,2:21:24.502
back. It's almost like since those statements were[br]made...

2:21:24.502,2:21:30.740
(laughter)

2:21:30.740,2:21:36.112
TRAVIS: I have a hooded lantern. I could set this[br]whole fucking thing ablaze.

2:21:36.112,2:21:37.583
ALL: No!

2:21:37.583,2:21:42.112
MATT: The red goes to a deep cinder-like red.

2:21:42.112,2:21:44.236
SAM: Are we going to have roll initiative on[br]grass?

2:21:44.236,2:21:46.736
LAURA: No, wait.

2:21:46.736,2:21:49.751
TALIESIN: Does no one-- I'm going to take a[br]moment.

2:21:49.751,2:21:51.907
MARISHA: I feel like the grass feels our[br]emotions.

2:21:51.907,2:21:55.841
SAM: Your emotions. Because you yelled at it.

2:21:55.841,2:22:02.834
TALIESIN: Lovely field, I apologize for the[br]rudeness of my compatriots. We will be gentle

2:22:02.834,2:22:08.672
trouncing through you. We will make as little mark[br]as we can and enjoy the splendor of your

2:22:08.672,2:22:17.218
ever-changing colors. You are majestic, you are[br]windswept-- I'm flirting with grass-- you are

2:22:17.218,2:22:20.665
everything I could hope for in a beautiful view.

2:22:20.665,2:22:21.948
SAM: I sing a song.

2:22:21.948,2:22:23.152
MATT: What do you sing?

2:22:23.152,2:22:27.415
(cheering)

2:22:27.415,2:22:39.028
SAM: (singing) Keep growing. Keep flowing, knowing[br]you can always count on me.

2:22:39.028,2:22:41.694
TRAVIS, LAURA, and SAM: (singing) For sure.

2:22:41.694,2:22:43.886
SAM: (singing) That's what Scanlan's for.

2:22:43.886,2:22:49.939
(cheering)

2:22:49.939,2:22:53.401
MATT: Percy, I want you to make a persuasion check[br]against the grass?

2:22:53.401,2:22:58.899
Adding the d10 inspiration die.

2:22:58.899,2:23:01.251
TALIESIN: Oh, d10 inspiration. Come on.

2:23:01.251,2:23:02.635
MARISHA: I do an interpretive dance.

2:23:02.635,2:23:04.252
SAM: Come on, persuade that plant.

2:23:04.252,2:23:05.720
TALIESIN: That was leaning.

2:23:05.720,2:23:07.252
SAM: That was a leaner.

2:23:07.252,2:23:14.326
TALIESIN: That jumped, but that's still fine,[br]okay, it's. Persuasion check? Oh yeah, that's not

2:23:14.326,2:23:17.826
bad. 24.

2:23:17.826,2:23:19.402
MATT: What was it?

2:23:19.402,2:23:25.352
TALIESIN: Eight plus six plus seven. (counting)[br]21.

2:23:25.352,2:23:27.906
SAM: It's more than that.

2:23:27.906,2:23:33.695
MATT: Between the interpretive dance of Keyleth[br]amongst the tattered angry grasses, the beautiful

2:23:33.831,2:23:40.567
vocal stylings of Scanlan Shorthalt, and Percy[br]speaking out a wondrous poem towards the

2:23:40.567,2:23:48.376
Ever-Shifting Grasses, you watch as the deep[br]bright red subsides into the relaxed purple, and

2:23:48.376,2:23:53.982
eventually goes back to a dull green, and you find[br]your traveling no longer impeded as it once was.

2:23:53.982,2:23:54.987
LAURA: Yeah.

2:23:54.987,2:23:56.114
MATT: Good job!

2:23:56.114,2:23:57.522
LAURA: Good job!

2:23:57.522,2:24:03.346
MATT: You successfully parlayed with a field.

2:24:03.346,2:24:07.107
TRAVIS: First doors, then grass.

2:24:07.107,2:24:12.607
LIAM: Don't talk shit to grass!

2:24:12.607,2:24:16.007
SAM: How do you want to mow this?

2:24:16.007,2:24:23.643
(laughter)

2:24:23.643,2:24:32.223
MATT: So. About another half an hour of travel[br]before in the distance ahead of you can see the

2:24:32.223,2:24:37.872
dark edge of what looks to be another forest ahead[br]of you, wide and almost end-to-end, you see it. A

2:24:37.872,2:24:41.913
lot of these wooded areas almost meet the horizon,[br]it's like you're stepping into just an endless

2:24:41.913,2:24:49.161
wall of trees. As you begin to approach closer to[br]the edge, Garmelie looks up and says, "All right.

2:24:49.161,2:24:55.930
"So we have choices now. We have the Moonbrush[br]before us, or we have the Green Sea, which is far

2:24:55.930,2:24:59.094
"seaward of here. I would recommend the[br]Moonbrush."

2:24:59.094,2:25:03.486
SAM: Then we should go the other way. Because we[br]don't trust a fucking thing you say.

2:25:03.523,2:25:04.898
MATT: "Very well."

2:25:04.898,2:25:06.318
LAURA: Wait.

2:25:06.318,2:25:08.059
TALIESIN: No, the High Warden did say--

2:25:08.059,2:25:09.538
MARISHA: -- to avoid the Green Sea.

2:25:09.538,2:25:11.854
LAURA: Why do you recommend the Moonbrush?

2:25:11.854,2:25:15.460
MATT: "Because it's the only real route to get to[br]the Gilded Run."

2:25:15.460,2:25:17.065
LAURA: What is the Gilded Run?

2:25:17.065,2:25:18.866
MATT: "The Gilded Run are the rivers that surround[br]it."

2:25:18.866,2:25:20.351
LAURA: Right, those.

2:25:20.351,2:25:26.258
MATT: "Yes. You're looking for the Shademirk. You[br]have to get through the Gilded Run to get the

2:25:26.258,2:25:29.724
"Shademirk. You have to go through the Moonbrush to[br]get to the Gilded Run."

2:25:29.724,2:25:30.925
LIAM: Where's the theater?

2:25:30.925,2:25:34.715
MATT: "No theater!"

2:25:34.715,2:25:40.536
TRAVIS: Right, so we're going through the brushy[br]moon?

2:25:40.536,2:25:42.303
MATT: "Yes! Come, come."

2:25:42.303,2:25:44.021
LAURA: Yeah? Are you okay with that, Scanlan?

2:25:44.021,2:25:46.135
SAM: I'll allow it.

2:25:46.135,2:25:49.300
MARISHA: How long have we been awake?

2:25:49.300,2:25:56.242
MATT: You are... you've been awake for about 12[br]hours now, I'd say.

2:25:56.242,2:26:04.776
MARISHA: If we want to mist there, then we have to[br]sleep. But we'll press on for a few more hours.

2:26:04.776,2:26:09.309
MATT: Certainly. About another 40 minutes of foot[br]travel before you begin to hit the edge of the

2:26:09.309,2:26:15.614
Moonbrush Forest. As you approach, Garmelie says,[br]"All right, so things you should know about the

2:26:15.614,2:26:21.097
"Moonbrush. One: it is home to a number of[br]denizens." And as you look overhead, you can see

2:26:21.097,2:26:28.267
it's a thick fog that permeates the entirety of[br]this forest. You can see the outline of every tree

2:26:28.267,2:26:34.003
trunk towards the outer rim of this entire brush.[br]The canopy of the trees themselves are like long

2:26:34.003,2:26:40.665
weeping willows that sag and give this very[br]ominous feeling to the entire forest. You can see

2:26:40.665,2:26:45.777
small mountain spires breaking through portions of[br]the tree line in the distance occasionally, miles

2:26:45.777,2:26:55.711
between each other, sometimes a cluster far closer[br]together. He says, "There is a clan of sorts that

2:26:55.711,2:27:01.254
"lives amongst the forest, we'll try our best to[br]avoid. They are natural hunters and they are of

2:27:01.254,2:27:06.307
"the lycan persuasion."

2:27:06.307,2:27:08.941
SAM and TALIESIN: Oh.

2:27:08.941,2:27:19.050
MATT: "So, best that we avoid interaction. They[br]are well-read, they have a society; we should

2:27:19.050,2:27:20.652
"touch none of it."

2:27:20.652,2:27:26.832
MARISHA: Question. You mentioned we are going into[br]the Moonbrush with lycan hunters?

2:27:26.832,2:27:28.596
MATT: "Yes. It's a necessity."

2:27:28.596,2:27:31.337
MARISHA: Yeah, no, it sounds like it. Yeah.

2:27:31.337,2:27:37.526
MATT: "Yes. But they do have natural enemies.[br]There is a faction of pixies that live within,

2:27:37.593,2:27:43.811
"known as the Wishers, and they are forever locked[br]in a struggle. So avoid both, do not get involved

2:27:43.849,2:27:46.148
"at all, and we'll be fine."

2:27:46.148,2:27:55.713
LAURA: Do the lycan tend to populate trees, or if[br]we stay up high can we maybe avoid them?

2:27:55.713,2:27:58.929
MATT: "Actually, they travel mostly in the trees.[br]That's the easiest way for them

2:27:58.929,2:28:00.211
"to hunt, is unseen."

2:28:00.211,2:28:01.622
LAURA: Well, there you go.

2:28:01.622,2:28:13.205
MATT: "They are ruled by a singular lycan lord,[br]who goes by the name of Ukurat."

2:28:13.205,2:28:14.241
MARISHA: What?

2:28:14.241,2:28:15.842
SAM: Ulurat?

2:28:15.842,2:28:16.871
MATT: "Ukurat."

2:28:16.871,2:28:17.967
MARISHA: Ukurat.

2:28:17.967,2:28:20.839
LAURA: Ukurat or Udurat?

2:28:20.839,2:28:21.869
MATT: "Ukurat."

2:28:21.869,2:28:22.801
LAURA and LIAM: Ukurat.

2:28:22.801,2:28:26.054
MATT: "U-K-U-R-A-T."

2:28:26.054,2:28:27.521
TRAVIS: Bob.

2:28:27.521,2:28:29.496
MATT: "He is to also be avoided."

2:28:29.496,2:28:31.630
TALIESIN: Is that an elven name? Is that an elven[br]word?

2:28:31.630,2:28:33.175
MATT: "It was, once."

2:28:33.175,2:28:37.397
LAURA: Wait, he used to be elven? He used to be[br]elven.

2:28:37.397,2:28:42.667
MATT: "They all used to be many things. He[br]happened to be elven at one time, yes? So. Anyway.

2:28:42.667,2:28:45.776
"We'll avoid them, and avoid the Wishers, and also[br]those things,

2:28:45.776,2:28:48.000
"the little plants that you saw before?"

2:28:48.000,2:28:48.887
LAURA: Mandrakes?

2:28:48.887,2:28:50.792
MATT: "Mandrakes? Also everywhere. Avoid them."

2:28:50.792,2:28:51.985
LAURA: Okay.

2:28:51.985,2:28:57.292
MATT: "And we'll just avoid the other things I[br]mentioned, so. Shall we?" And he begins to step

2:28:57.292,2:28:58.942
and march up to the edge of the Moonbrush.

2:28:58.942,2:29:01.137
TALIESIN: Okay.

2:29:01.137,2:29:04.120
SAM: It's fine. We've killed dragons, we'll be fine.

2:29:04.120,2:29:06.247
TRAVIS: I'm so stoked right now.

2:29:06.247,2:29:12.054
MARISHA: Did we-- okay, yeah. Sure. Yeah.

2:29:12.054,2:29:20.742
MATT: All right. You guys make your way into the[br]dark Moonbrush itself and as you walk into the

2:29:20.742,2:29:27.467
forest, immediately you can hear the swell of[br]distant crickets, thousands upon thousands,

2:29:27.467,2:29:29.918
sourceless, fill the air around you.

2:29:29.918,2:29:32.197
SAM: Audience, please.

2:29:32.197,2:29:35.056
(cricket noises, laughter)

2:29:35.056,2:29:38.520
MATT: That works, I was going to look for cricket[br]sounds here. That's also totally doable.

2:29:38.520,2:29:41.797
MARISHA: Someone's got a really good one.

2:29:41.797,2:29:49.430
MATT: As you walk in, the actual dusk light that[br]has permeated the Feywild begins to give way to

2:29:49.430,2:29:54.515
the first signs of night. You can look up through[br]the different breaks in the tree line, you can see

2:29:54.515,2:29:59.877
stars for the first time. And you can see what[br]looks to be a very dull white glow of moonlight

2:29:59.877,2:30:06.900
hitting some of the trees and breaking through[br]some of the treetops themselves. The underbrush

2:30:06.900,2:30:17.059
itself is very soft and spongy, with a lot of[br]leaves that have fallen and given this soft setup.

2:30:17.059,2:30:26.511
As you guys push forward for another half-hour or[br]so, you in particular, Vex'ahlia, come upon what

2:30:26.511,2:30:35.224
looks to be a series of stones, what looks to be a[br]series of small structures, almost. Not like

2:30:35.224,2:30:46.298
buildings per se, but intently placed obelisks of[br]raw, rough stone. And as you come across and look

2:30:46.298,2:30:49.620
on that side, you can see what looks to be the[br]base of one of the mountain spires that sticks

2:30:49.691,2:30:51.306
out, a large cave.

2:30:51.306,2:30:54.808
LAURA: Do I see any kind of markings on the[br]obelisks?

2:30:54.808,2:31:00.380
MATT: Make a perception check.

2:31:00.380,2:31:04.604
LAURA: Oh. Get out of here!

2:31:04.604,2:31:06.561
MATT: What'd you get?

2:31:06.561,2:31:07.398
LAURA: Natural one.

2:31:07.398,2:31:08.468
MATT: Natural one.

2:31:08.468,2:31:09.820
LAURA: I know!

2:31:09.820,2:31:16.740
MATT: They just look rough and old. They've been[br]placed there. It's old magic.

2:31:16.740,2:31:19.622
LIAM: God, you're so bad at D&D!

2:31:19.622,2:31:21.000
LAURA: I suck!

2:31:21.000,2:31:25.889
MATT: But you do see around the ground right out[br]in front of this cave what appears to be hundreds

2:31:25.889,2:31:32.988
and hundreds of small objects, piles, what looks[br]like fruits and flowers and bones and stone

2:31:32.988,2:31:36.578
carvings, all sorts of things placed in front of[br]this cave.

2:31:36.578,2:31:40.042
MARISHA: Can I do a nature check on one of the[br]bones to see if I can identify

2:31:40.042,2:31:41.386
where it came from?

2:31:41.386,2:31:44.580
MATT: Okay. So you head out and take one of the[br]bones and look at it.

2:31:44.580,2:31:45.835
Go ahead and make a nature check.

2:31:45.835,2:31:49.759
MARISHA: Yeah, the closest bone, I don't want to,[br]ooh. Yeah.

2:31:49.759,2:31:51.809
TALIESIN: That ain't nothing to sneeze at.

2:31:51.809,2:31:54.609
MARISHA: No, it's not. 28.

2:31:54.609,2:32:03.901
MATT: 28. This bone belongs to a larger bird, like[br]a great eagle, you can't quite specifically make out

2:32:03.901,2:32:07.764
what it is, but it's been carved with[br]small letters into it of a language you can't

2:32:07.807,2:32:12.262
understand. It looks like it's some sort of a[br]ritual item that's been placed there in the

2:32:12.262,2:32:15.514
ground. But as you pick up and make this moment[br]noticed--

2:32:15.514,2:32:17.509
LIAM: I'm going stealth just because.

2:32:17.509,2:32:21.337
MATT: You all hear a giant, echoing roar coming[br]from the cave.

2:32:21.337,2:32:22.441
LIAM: Was I fast enough?

2:32:22.441,2:32:24.991
MATT: (roars) What'd you roll?

2:32:24.991,2:32:25.847
LIAM: 30.

2:32:25.847,2:32:32.881
MATT: 30. Okay, yeah. You just (bip) out; you are[br]gone. The rest of you are right at the outside of

2:32:32.881,2:32:37.906
this small clearing where all of these small[br]objects have been placed, you hear this rumbling

2:32:37.906,2:32:40.266
loud roar come tearing through.

2:32:40.266,2:32:42.885
MARISHA: I step back with the bone.

2:32:42.929,2:32:45.969
MATT: Okay. What are the rest of you guys doing?

2:32:45.969,2:32:48.024
LAURA: I pull the broom out from behind my back.

2:32:48.024,2:32:49.225
MATT: Okay.

2:32:49.225,2:32:54.229
MARISHA: Can I lean the bone over to Vex'ahlia and[br]be like, is this Draconic?

2:32:54.229,2:32:55.497
LAURA: Is it Draconic?

2:32:55.497,2:32:56.543
MATT: It is not Draconic.

2:32:56.543,2:32:58.365
MARISHA: God fucking damn it.

2:32:58.365,2:32:59.800
LAURA: Is it anything that I recognize, though?

2:32:59.800,2:33:00.901
MATT: What languages do you know?

2:33:00.901,2:33:05.003
LAURA: Elvish, Abyssal, Undercommon.

2:33:05.003,2:33:06.698
MATT: No, none of those.

2:33:06.698,2:33:07.806
LAURA: Shit.

2:33:07.806,2:33:11.308
MATT: However, at this time the trees behind you[br]two, because the rest of you guys

2:33:11.308,2:33:12.274
were staying back--

2:33:12.274,2:33:13.346
LAURA: Who's you two?

2:33:13.346,2:33:19.079
MATT: Vex and Keyleth. The trees (fwoosh) shift[br]and close off the exterior. As you turn towards

2:33:19.079,2:33:25.383
the entrance of the cavern, you can see emerging[br]from the front a giant-- it's hard to really tell

2:33:25.383,2:33:32.534
the first moment that it appears, but you see what[br]looks to be a gargantuan dire bear-like entity

2:33:32.534,2:33:40.117
made of crackling blue ghostly energy, shimmering,[br]translucent, not actually a physical form, but

2:33:40.117,2:33:48.442
massive in size. (stomping noises, roar)

2:33:48.442,2:33:53.212
MARISHA: Wait, did we get cut off? Did Vex and I[br]get cut off from everybody else?

2:33:53.212,2:33:54.501
MATT: Yep. From everybody else.

2:33:54.501,2:33:57.397
LAURA: Shit! I grab Keyleth's wrist and I fly into[br]the air.

2:33:57.397,2:33:59.900
MARISHA: I hold on for dear fucking life.

2:33:59.900,2:34:03.821
MATT: As you grab her wrist as you fly up, the[br]trees, swoosh, close off and you go slamming into

2:34:03.821,2:34:08.710
the tree boughs (crashing sound). You lose the[br]broom for a second. Go ahead and hold your grip.

2:34:08.710,2:34:11.506
Go ahead and make a strength check.

2:34:11.506,2:34:12.861
LAURA: A strength check!

2:34:12.861,2:34:14.482
SAM: We can't even see them, Matt?

2:34:14.482,2:34:17.132
MATT: You guys can't see them and they just closed[br]off in the trees.

2:34:17.132,2:34:24.128
LAURA: Come on! Is that a saving throw or just a[br]check?

2:34:24.128,2:34:25.289
MATT: Just a check.

2:34:25.289,2:34:26.254
LAURA: Five.

2:34:26.254,2:34:32.627
MATT: Five? You lose your grip on the broom, and[br]both Vex and Keyleth tumble down about 20 feet,

2:34:32.627,2:34:37.508
you both suffer seven points of damage as you slam[br]into the center of another pile of what looks like

2:34:37.508,2:34:41.195
knick-knacks and things that are gathered on the[br]floor. It's at this point that your mind hits that

2:34:41.195,2:34:44.689
these are probably offerings, these are things[br]that are left as some sort of offering to this

2:34:44.689,2:34:50.844
bear-like spirit entity that exists in this cave.[br]The bear, which is now, (stomping sounds), coming

2:34:50.844,2:34:55.580
up towards you on the ground. Looks to Keyleth,[br](roars).

2:34:55.580,2:34:56.582
MARISHA: Hi!

2:34:56.582,2:34:58.311
LAURA: I cast Speak With Animals!

2:34:58.311,2:34:59.434
MATT: Okay, you cast Speak With Animals.

2:34:59.434,2:35:00.281
LAURA: Yeah.

2:35:00.281,2:35:01.720
MARISHA: Like I taught you!

2:35:01.720,2:35:03.272
LAURA: (weak growling sounds)

2:35:03.272,2:35:10.795
(laughter)

2:35:10.795,2:35:16.952
LAURA: And I say, we mean you no harm, great ghost[br]bear! In fact, we brought you an offering and we

2:35:16.952,2:35:19.934
just accidentally touched the other offering of[br]yours.

2:35:19.934,2:35:21.723
LIAM: Où est la bibliothèque?

2:35:21.723,2:35:23.564
(laughter)

2:35:23.564,2:35:26.472
LAURA: The cheese is old and moldy.

2:35:26.472,2:35:36.171
MATT: None of the bear's face moves at all, but an[br]echoing voice, in Common, not animal speak, comes

2:35:36.171,2:35:40.722
blasting into both of your minds, and those of you[br]guys outside of the trees, trying to find a way

2:35:40.722,2:35:51.817
through, also hear this echo, "You have entered[br]the domain of Orlan. You destroy and disgrace that

2:35:51.860,2:36:00.244
"which was gifted. What do you offer in response to[br]your travesty?"

2:36:00.244,2:36:03.158
LAURA: Yeah, well, I--

2:36:03.158,2:36:05.807
SAM: We have a hat. A really good hat.

2:36:05.807,2:36:09.482
MARISHA: I've got an old tobacco box I got from[br]lost and found.

2:36:09.482,2:36:19.208
LAURA: Ooh, yeah, that's pretty good. I offer him[br]a tea set.

2:36:19.208,2:36:27.211
MATT: As you pull the tea set out, the bear claw[br]reaches out and smashes it out of your hand and

2:36:27.211,2:36:33.667
goes scattered and breaking across one of the[br]stones and goes, "You walk into the realm of the

2:36:33.667,2:36:41.563
"wild, unwatched, unrespecting. The beasts of this[br]land hold no kinship with you. You will prove

2:36:41.563,2:36:44.692
"offering yourself." And the tongue licks the[br]lips.

2:36:44.692,2:36:51.218
MARISHA: What? I turn into a giant scorpion.

2:36:51.218,2:36:54.406
MATT: The scorpion takes its form, as it does the[br]bear, (growls).

2:36:54.406,2:36:58.972
MARISHA: You want an offering, you can have mine.

2:36:58.972,2:37:01.293
MATT: Make a persuasion check on that.

2:37:01.293,2:37:02.953
MARISHA: Oh god.

2:37:02.953,2:37:07.761
LIAM: By the way, am I hidden in or outside?

2:37:07.761,2:37:08.818
MATT: You're outside.

2:37:08.818,2:37:09.947
MARISHA: 21.

2:37:09.947,2:37:11.202
LAURA: Good job, Keyleth!

2:37:11.202,2:37:12.369
MARISHA: Thank you!

2:37:12.369,2:37:20.190
MATT: "I sense you have kinship with beasts. You[br]may pass, though I will not forgive this

2:37:20.190,2:37:22.503
"infraction. You."

2:37:22.503,2:37:23.809
LAURA: Yeah?

2:37:23.809,2:37:25.795
MATT: "You shall be the prize."

2:37:25.795,2:37:27.877
LAURA: Oh, fuck.

2:37:27.877,2:37:32.596
MATT: The giant bear is looming over you now, and[br]its size is so immense, probably 15 or 20 feet to the

2:37:32.596,2:37:34.397
top of its shoulders.

2:37:34.397,2:37:36.814
LAURA: Trinket! I call Trinket.

2:37:36.863,2:37:38.335
MATT: You call Trinket?

2:37:38.335,2:37:39.452
LAURA: I call Trinket.

2:37:39.452,2:37:44.222
MATT: Leaps out of your necklace and lands right[br]beside you and just roars, (roars) up to the

2:37:44.222,2:37:52.320
spirit. The spirit pulls back, (roars), roars[br]back. And Trinket is so tiny by comparison and is

2:37:52.320,2:37:57.769
up to the elbow, but Trinket lashes out at the[br]giant bear, just leaps up towards it, pushes into

2:37:57.769,2:38:02.856
it and starts tearing at its throat. The giant[br]bear takes Trinket with one claw and slams him

2:38:02.856,2:38:08.495
into the ground. Trinket rolls and gets back up,[br](growls), you can see a little bit of blood at the

2:38:08.495,2:38:12.348
corner of its mouth, and just lunges again, this[br]time jumping up onto the bear's back and clawing

2:38:12.348,2:38:17.131
up onto its, onto the top of its torso. The bear[br](growls).

2:38:17.131,2:38:18.950
LAURA: He's pretty cool.

2:38:18.950,2:38:24.813
MATT: The bear head looks up at Trinket now[br]gnawing onto its hide, (gnawing sounds), seemingly

2:38:24.813,2:38:30.544
to no real effect, and the bear reaches up and[br]grabs Trinket and plucks him off the side and sets

2:38:30.544,2:38:37.869
him down next to you. The bear now begins to speak[br]in the language of bears, which only you can

2:38:37.869,2:38:46.557
understand at this moment, says, "You walk with[br]this one. Is she your charge?" And Trinket voices

2:38:46.557,2:38:54.589
back, you hear the (bear noises) up to the bear,[br]as you hear coming out, "She is everything. Her

2:38:54.589,2:39:04.426
"life is mine. You take her, you take me, or we[br]walk on and remember you as a kind soul."

2:39:04.426,2:39:18.551
The giant bear looks down, "Very well. If you are[br]at her side, I take your charge, as well." And the

2:39:18.551,2:39:25.326
spirit bear steps forward, passing through you,[br]and passing through Trinket's form, and what feels

2:39:25.326,2:39:32.412
like this rush of warm air. And then disperses[br]into a series of sparkles. You watch the energy

2:39:32.412,2:39:38.418
slowly drift down and fade into the ground around[br]you, and everything gets quiet. The trees slowly

2:39:38.418,2:39:45.974
creak back and open the perimeter of this forest[br]around you, leaving you alone. And Trinket comes

2:39:45.974,2:39:48.847
up and licks your face.

2:39:48.847,2:39:50.230
LAURA: Oh!

2:39:50.230,2:39:58.954
(cheering)

2:39:58.954,2:40:02.639
MATT: As he's looking at you, you look down and[br]you can see the necklace that you hold is actually

2:40:02.639,2:40:10.345
shimmering with a blue light that passed through[br]you, and it slowly fades to its dark normal form.

2:40:10.345,2:40:17.253
SAM: You're part bear now!

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MATT: So. That's your new item card for Raven's[br]Slumber.

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(cheering)

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AUDIENCE MEMBER: What's it do?

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LAURA: I don't know.

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MATT: So. I've got to finish this quickly because[br]we've got to get to the Q and A, but as of this

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point in time, and I'll give you an ability card,[br]but Trinket now benefits from your Hunter's Mark.

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(cheering)

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MATT: And has an ability called Primal Fury you[br]can use once per short rest that I'll get to next

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episode. As you all gather around this moment of[br]silence, this quiet tension that has now

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dispersed, you see Trinket lift up Vex from the[br]base of her cloak and put her back on her feet,

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nuzzles the side of her, and you can see the trees[br]overhead open up a little wider than they were

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before, leaving some moonlight to hit the two of[br]them. And that's where we'll go ahead and leave

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this session this week.

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(cheering)

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MATT: Thank you, guys!

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(cheering)

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AUDIENCE MEMBER: Is it Thursday yet?

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(cheering)

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MATT: Thank you. (laughs) Thank you guys so much[br]for joining us here live, this has been an awesome

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and incredible first experience for all of us.[br]Thank you so much for tuning in and watching with

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us this week. We're looking forward to the GenCon[br]show in a few weeks, so some of you guys over on

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that side of the US can hopefully come and see us[br]here as well, and join in this fantastic energy

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that tonight was just filled with. So hopefully[br]we'll do more of these as time progresses.

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TRAVIS: Thank you, Loot Crate!

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LAURA: Thank you, Loot Crate!

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MATT: Thank you Loot Crate for supporting us and[br]being so awesome, being a fantastic sponsor, and

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yeah, I guess, is it Thursday yet? We'll see you[br]guys in a couple weeks.