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KEVIN: All right! (cheers) Welcome! Is my mic on?
It's on, whoa, yeah, welcome to the very first

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inaugural premiere edition of Critical Role live!
Guys, my name's Kevin. I am the social media

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director for Geek and Sundry-- yes, thank you very
much, I am indeed a very cool person. I've been

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with Geek and Sundry for about eight months now,
it was really intimidating at first because I kept

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mixing up Vax and Vex. Yeah, I still mix up Vax
and Vex. But okay, what I was going to say was

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that Critical Role fans are the warmest, most
welcoming fans.

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(cheering)

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KEVIN: Yeah! Except for that guy. Right? But no, I
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
time doing this, this is as I said the first

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inaugural premiere, they're all synonyms, right?
So if you're like me you're extremely excited. But

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please remember that all the people at home are
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
phones on silent, all right? The house lights are

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going to be kind of dim, so you can use your
phones, you can tweet, you can do social media

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posts, whatever you want, if there's a Cubone
somewhere please let me know, tweet at me. I need

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like ten Cubones. So yeah, just put everything on
silent and be silent about it. You can tweet about

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the show, please use the hashtag
#CriticalRoleLive, surprisingly enough. Do me

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another favor, don't do the concert pic thing
where you put your phone up and record for ten

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minutes at a time, because there are people behind
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
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
"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
this as a funny play. You can laugh, you can woo,

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but maybe don't shout out suggestions. Especially
the suggestions that I know a lot of you have in

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your heads, right? Wait, I have one other thing.
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
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
going to get another chance to get merch, so don't

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worry about that. Is there something else? VIPs
will get your posters after, so if you're a VIP,

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you'll get a poster, just come-- where? Upstairs.
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
them out?

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(cheering)

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KEVIN: All right. Let's start with the master of
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
a car!

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KEVIN: Guys, get your tickets to the gun show,
because the gun show's coming to town. Playing

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Percival Fredrickstein von Mussel Klossowski de
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
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
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
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
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
all, I don't...

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KEVIN: And the next guy, the next guy, get out
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.
Guys, there are certain names that people whisper

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with reverence. Because those names belong to the
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.
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
people.

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LAURA: Oh my gosh.

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MATT: All righty, let me shore up my positioning
here on the camera for you fine folks and open my

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energy drink because that's what makes this show
happen.

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TRAVIS: Caffeine and drugs.

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MATT: (shushing noises) Anyway, welcome everybody
to our first Critical Role live, all of you folks

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there on the internet and everyone here in person
in Los Angeles, California.

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(cheering)

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MATT: Welcome to Critical Role, where a bunch of
us nerdy-ass voice actors get together, roll dice,

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and play Dungeons and Dragons. Tonight we have a
fantastic pick-up of last week's story where the

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adventuring party Vox Machina found themselves
wandering through the Feywild. However, before

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that happens, let us get to our fantastic sponsor
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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
fixated-- it's cool.

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MATT: And the paint is actually healthy to eat,
apparently. That's not at all the reason why

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Grog's intelligence is that low. So, if you
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thank you guys so much for sponsoring our show, we
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
want to take that away for me.

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LAURA: Oh, this? Okay, so I get to announce who
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
the official winner of the first Critter contest

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is... Against the Chroma Conclave, designed by
Antmageddon!

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(cheering)

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LAURA: So! As of right now, that shirt is
available in the Geek and Sundry store for

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preorder. It's going to be there for I think two
weeks? And it's available in sizes small through

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3XL, which we're really excited about. And yeah,
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,
even with shenanigans.

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MATT: There were so many amazing contenders for
that contest that the community puts out, so we--

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MARISHA: And we got hacked, which means we made
it.

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MATT: Yay! Next announcement I have, when I
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
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,
okay, give me something! All right, anyway. Yeah,

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it's become a thing. And we have another cool
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
was so amazing that we are super stoked to

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announce that we are going to also be doing
Critical Role live in Indianapolis during GenCon

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on August 6, Saturday night. Tickets will go on
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,
silently on your phone or just ignore it because

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it's a much bigger venue, so tickets should be
available, but we're all going to be in

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Indianapolis on Saturday night and GenCon to roll
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
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
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.
So. Check it out. Hopefully we'll see you guys

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there. That brings us to the end of our
announcements and will bring us down--

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LAURA: Wait. Before we go into not-regular
announcements, should we make sure that people

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know that we're not having an episode next week
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
be at Comic-Con doing panels and scheduling and

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stuff, there will be no episode next week, but I
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
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
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
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
Machina, found themselves recently traversing the

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Feywild in search of another Vestige of
Divergence. In doing so, they managed to find an

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old friend in the nymph Nahla, acquired some
information, trading a book, and found their way

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towards the ever-shifting grasses northward in
search of where the Divergence, the object of the

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Divergence lies. In doing so, they found a new
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
made some really interesting sketches of the party

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upon being caught was then dragged into Scanlan's
magnificent mansion, at which Pike asked him to

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make a fantastic mural for the interior of that
place, which I think still resides there to this

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day. And on the internet, as we've discovered.
Upon traveling further north, hopefully to find

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their final destination in the form of the
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exists, you instead came upon Syngorn, the city
from the youthful days of Vex and Vax. Upon

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speaking to the head-- pardon me; you see, all the
nerves gets the belching out. It works out well.

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Upon encountering Watcher Iova watching the gate,
recognizing the twins, let them within the actual

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city of Syngorn. And that is where we left off.
So, as you guys walk through the beautiful verdant

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city, tall seemingly endless trees around you,
many buildings naturally formed and built from

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smoothly carved stone, various ancient <i>sigils</i>
carved throughout the entire cityscape, the very

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heavy-armored Verdant Guard gathered in places,
and a general air of intensity and building

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military might within the city of Syngorn, you
have your invisible companion Garmelie, who at

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some point in the near future agreed to tell you
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
would you like to do?

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LIAM: I feel like I should be very stern right
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
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
to the rest of the city.

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LIAM: All right. Is Iova still here, or has she
trundled off?

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MATT: She's walked off. She literally let you guys
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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
is following us.

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LIAM: And we remember where we're going, right,
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
home. His home.

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LAURA: What time is it? I mean, we don't know what
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
my skirts, basically?

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MATT: You actually don't feel a general presence,
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
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,
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
your ear, strangely given the fact that he's so

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small, so the voice is being thrown right into the
side of your eardrum, goes, "Just be quiet! Find a

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"place in which we can speak privately, and then I
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
of yours with him back there.

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TRAVIS: Oh, you're so right. Hey, pull my finger.
(fart sound)

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MATT: (coughs)

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TRAVIS: Yeah. That's the family reserve. Oh, he
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
to go find our father.

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TALIESIN: We also don't know where we're sleeping
tonight, or whether or not it's even permissible.

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We should probably have a conversation with
whoever's in charge. Is your father in charge?

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LIAM: No.

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LAURA: Ish.

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TALIESIN: Ish.

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LIAM: He's a bureaucrat.

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TALIESIN: Excellent.

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(laughter)

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LIAM: All right, let's go see Dad, then.

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MARISHA: (whispers) Grog.

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TRAVIS: What?

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MARISHA: (whispers) Your pants, they're sagging a
little bit, why?

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TRAVIS: What?

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MARISHA: (whispers) They're sagging.

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TRAVIS: Oh, it's like the new rage amongst the
kids. It gives me super street cred.

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MARISHA: Where's Garmelie?

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LAURA: Keyleth, shut up about Garmelie!

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TRAVIS: Yeah, ix-nay on the Garmelie-- I think I'm
doing Pig Latin wrong. Yeah.

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LIAM: It's this way. And I start walking off
towards Dad's house.

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TALIESIN: I'm going to follow the twins.

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SAM: Sounds good.

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MARISHA: I look regal and as we pass elves I say,
good day.

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MATT: The few that look in your direction,
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then continue walking, seemingly perturbed by the
sudden interaction and the immediate realization

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that you're not of full blood.

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LAURA: Yeah, sorry Keyleth, your ears aren't large
enough.

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MARISHA: That's not normally what people tell me.

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SAM: It's not the size of your ears...

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MARISHA: That's right.

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MATT: So. As you guys continue following Vax'ildan
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out towards the rest of Syngorn proper. You see
the further into the city you go, interspersed with

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a few Emon guards, you see a handful of
individuals that are human, and they're dressed in

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the actual attire of the guards of Emon, and
they're intermingling right now with the Verdant

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Guard, the military might within Syngorn.

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MARISHA: What were the name of the guards in Emon?
Did they have a name?

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MATT: The Emon guard.

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MARISHA: Yeah, totally.

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MATT: There is a name, and it's somewhere in my
notes but we're good.

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TALIESIN: From this perspective, I can see your
panic folder. It's so exciting. That's where the

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magic happens.

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MARISHA: Yeah, that's true, we never really see
that!

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TALIESIN: This is exciting for us.

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(laughter)

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MATT: So. You guys continue making your way
towards the abode. After traversing on the

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outskirts of what would be the tangleward side of
the city, the eastern side, you travel in through

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an area of buildings that are very beautifully
crafted, many of which seem to have stemmed from

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some sort of a tree growth, but upon closer look
you can see that it's actually carved stone to

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resemble a tree. And then it eventually rises up
into a somewhat spherical building, and there are

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many that build off of that to create this kind of
neighborhood of various elven abodes within

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Syngorn.

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LIAM: Fucking hate this place.

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LAURA: Me, too. It's hideous.

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MARISHA: This is gorgeous. Look at the
craftsmanship. It's incredible.

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SAM: Good day.

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MARISHA: Good day.

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MATT: You make your way towards the end of this
particular--

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(laughter)

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MATT: The guards still keeping track behind you.
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it splits into two smaller avenues. You know to
take the left that leads deeper into the more

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political family houses of Syngorn. While your
family is not a political house per se, your

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father, as an ambassador to Emon, was given a home
in this location. It is your old home, although it

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appears to have been even further renovated and is
much nicer than you remember, but the door is

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closed and the dusk sun leads you to pause as you
look upon the outside of this abode you have not

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seen in many, many years.

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SAM: Do you want me to burn it down?

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LAURA: Yes.

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TRAVIS: No, just seriously, you seem super gloomy.
Are we getting in a fight?

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LAURA: No. No fights.

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MATT: The guards now step up and flank a little
bit, keeping a close eye as you've now approached and

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effectively knocked on the handle of a relatively
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society. Eventually the door opens and you see a
woman standing there: bright blonde hair, braided

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and tied up in the back. She's wearing more of a
work-gown for the day. You recognize her as

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Devana, the new wife of Syldor, the one that you
had once met before in Emon when you guys came

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upon your father last time. As the door opens up,
she looks out for a second, taking in the whole

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group that has gathered on the outside of their
home and goes, "My god. Vax'ildan, Vex'ahlia, we

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"weren't expecting you!"

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LAURA: No. I can't imagine you were. Is he here?

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MATT: "He is."

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LAURA: What time is it?

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MATT: She glances out, looks up. "That's always a
good question. The longer we stay in these realms,

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"the more confused my daughter becomes."

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LIAM: How long has that been?

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MATT: "Weeks now, I assume. Best that our
timepieces can keep."

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LAURA: Is Velora around?

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MATT: "She is, would you like to see her?"

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LAURA: Of course.

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MATT: "Come in. Is it just you two?"

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LAURA and LIAM: No.

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LAURA: It's everyone.

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TRAVIS: Hi.

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LAURA: And Trinket, you remember Trinket.

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MATT: (bear noises) Nudges your arm to the side
and comes forward and sniffs out to Devana. She

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shrinks back a little bit and reaches her hand out
to the nose and taps the edge of Trinket's face,

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and Trinket licks her fingers.

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MARISHA: Good day.

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SAM: Good day.

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MARISHA: Good day. They respond better if you say
"good day" and if you have your head up.

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TRAVIS: If we say "bidet?"

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MARISHA: Bidet, yes. Good day.

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TRAVIS: Bidet.

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TALIESIN: So close. So very close.

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MATT: The two guards closest to you, within their
helmets their eyes narrow, they look at each other

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and shake their heads.

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TRAVIS: Oh, bidet.

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LIAM: Your accent is perfect. Don't change a
thing.

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MATT: Devana goes, "Very well. If you would all
proceed to be quiet if you could, Syldor is

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"working. And you may stay outside," she says to
the guards.

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And they both, "We were given orders, milady,
to--"

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"I understand that. But this is already a lot of
people in our home. Stay close within earshot,

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"it'll be fine. I trust them." The guards, (sighs)

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LAURA: I wink at them as I walk inside.

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MATT: No reaction whatsoever. You guys make your
way into the home and are immediately caught with

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a very strong smell of cedar. It's a very
pleasant-smelling home, and the hearth is warm.

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It's everything you wanted your home to be, and it
immediately hits you to walk in here and see this

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kind of life away from a life, seeing elements of
it that remind you of your childhood, things about

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it that flag memories to your head of good times
and bad, in just a few mere moments. And at that

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same time, there's a sadness because so much of it
has changed, so much of it seems better than the

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memory. And for a moment there, you feel a little
tinge of wondering how different it might've been.

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At which point that thought process is broken as
Devana steps in and goes,

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"Would anyone like tea, perhaps?"

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SAM: Sure, yes, do you have an oolong?

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MARISHA: Maybe a chamomile, it would be great.

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MATT: "Something like that, yes. It's been a
little scarce in the Feywilds. More difficult to

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"farm herbs here than you'd think."

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MARISHA: Oh, here. I pull out some herbs that I
brought from my garden.

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Some glisfoil and other things.

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MATT: "Thank you. Appreciate that."

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MARISHA: They won't scream at you when you pick
them. Good. It's good.

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MATT: "Thank you. What was your name again?"

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MARISHA: Oh, I'm Keyleth of the Ashari.

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MATT: "A pleasure to meet you again--"

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MARISHA: Good day.

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MATT: "That's, that's really not necessary in my
home. You, sir, your name?"

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TALIESIN: Whatever's available would be just
fine.

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SAM and MARISHA: I think she means your name.

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MATT: "That's a curious title."

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MARISHA: But you can call him whatever's
available, as well.

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MATT: "Very well, coffee table. What's your
name?"

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(laughter)

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LIAM: It's easier than the actual name.

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TALIESIN: For you, it is just Percival, and I am
another visiting royal from man's world.

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MATT: "All right. You, sir?"

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SAM: I am called the Kingslayer, Chuck Norris,
Burt Reynolds. I have many names. You see, when

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you've traveled a road as long as I have--

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MATT: "Black tea, got it. And you, sir, the large
one?"

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TRAVIS: Oh, yeah. Bidet. The name is Grog.

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MATT: "Very well. I'll return with Syldor once he
knows you're here. It may be a while if you don't

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"mind waiting, but the tea will come out
posthaste."

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LAURA: And Velora? Where's she?

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MATT: "Let me get her for you, she'll be very like
to see both of you, she asks from time to time."

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She brushes a little lock of hair that's fallen in
front of her face behind her ear, and smiles and

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darts off towards the kitchen. A few moments pass with
you guys sitting in awkward silence, looking about

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the space in the vicinity. Looks to the twins.
Eventually Devana comes out and sets tea for all

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of you across the central table in this meeting
area, and behind her you see, clutching the edge

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of the skirt, you see this tiny, long brown hair
that is braided, but the braid's coming undone,

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tomboyish looking elven girl that peeks around the
side of her dress and hides

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again behind the back.

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[high-pitched noise]

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MATT: Welcome back, sorry about that.

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(cheering)

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SAM: What a battle!

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MATT: The technical aspects. We're working through
it, but we got through it, thank you for your

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patience. So the last few minutes, we're not quite
sure how much you guys may have missed, but the

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party wiped. We're rolling up new characters. No,
for the Monday episode we'll go ahead and make

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sure to splice in anything that may have been
missed for the past minute. But the party had come

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to the home of Syldor, the father of Vax and Vex.
They had a brief discussion with Devana, his new

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wife. They were given tea after introductions and
then briefly discussed the merits of being a

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warrior with their half-sister Velora Vessar, and
upon discussing apparently a war of some kind,

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Syldor made his way into the room, and you look
and you see the long dark hair of Syldor, his pale

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complexion, his stern face, staring back at you
all from within the doorway as he closes it behind

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him and steps into the room. You see Devana sits
up now and comes over to him and says,

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"My dear, would you like us to leave you alone?"

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He goes, "Don't worry, it will be fine. Have a
seat. Besides, we're all family.

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"Well, some of us, at least." 
And he looks over to Grog.

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TRAVIS: Bidet.

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(laughter)

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MATT: "Good day, indeed." He comes up and sits,
and he's wearing long, dark brown robes with

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golden and red embroidery on the side, but it's
very casual home wear, and he sits down, pulling

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up a chair across from you guys in this area, and
takes one of the cups of tea and sips it. And you

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can see there's an intensity to his face. He's
here, and he looks like he's partially

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inconvenienced by your presence like he always
did, but he also looks like he hasn't slept well,

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there's some dark circles under his eyes and he
seems a little distracted for such a climactic

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re-meeting.

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LAURA: Surprise!

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MATT: "Surprise, indeed. So. It's good to see you
both. Glad you're in good health. You've come

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"quite a ways to come speak with me, being as we
currently reside within the Feywild."

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LIAM: It's a little bit further than we thought
we'd have to travel, why... the presence around

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the city we're seeing? We understand why you fled,
but what's going on?

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MATT: "Look. We had the entire Fort Daxio army
down here and we were to give aid to push into the

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"nearby mountain range where apparently there was
an influx of lizardfolk, had been a continuous

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"problem, and apparently a break had been seen
somewhere. However, we had sent most of our forces

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"into the mountain range and then received word
that three great drakes were making their way

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"straight toward Syngorn after the destruction of
Emon. Knowing that, we had no recourse but to flee

408
00:32:37,856 --> 00:32:43,645
"and prepare when it was time. Had we stood our
ground, we would be the same burning crater that

409
00:32:43,645 --> 00:32:45,313
"your fair city is now."

410
00:32:45,313 --> 00:32:50,600
LAURA: So you intend to go back? You're amassing
this army to go back and join the fight.

411
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:56,733
MATT: "That is exactly what we're doing. The
remnants of the Emon army we currently have here

412
00:32:56,769 --> 00:33:01,744
"in the city, we've been building armor and weapons
to make sure the most sure-footed and

413
00:33:01,744 --> 00:33:06,198
"strong-of-arm men and women of our fair city can
make it to that battlefield

414
00:33:06,198 --> 00:33:07,645
"and tear that beast down."

415
00:33:07,645 --> 00:33:11,071
LAURA: That's wonderful news.

416
00:33:11,071 --> 00:33:14,631
MATT: "Good. Why are you here?"

417
00:33:14,631 --> 00:33:20,947
TALIESIN: We are here on a very similar range of
business, to be honest.

418
00:33:20,947 --> 00:33:22,413
MATT: "And you are?"

419
00:33:22,413 --> 00:33:30,320
TALIESIN: Ah, yes. Percival Fredrickstein von
Mussel Klossowski de Rolo III of the royal house

420
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:36,506
of Whitestone, representative of man's world, here
on very important business dealing with dragons.

421
00:33:36,506 --> 00:33:48,937
We are looking for some objects: a few things that
may help us in our fight against these dragons

422
00:33:48,937 --> 00:33:52,872
that have attacked us. We've already made headway
against them, and we've already made headway on

423
00:33:52,872 --> 00:34:00,413
our quest to destroy them. Any help that your
wonderful city could provide would be most

424
00:34:00,413 --> 00:34:01,757
agreeable.

425
00:34:01,757 --> 00:34:11,601
MATT: "Well. We currently have all of our
resources engaged in our plans of attack. There is

426
00:34:11,601 --> 00:34:16,529
"not much we could offer you other than, if you
wish to stay here within the city, we could

427
00:34:16,529 --> 00:34:22,527
"provide a place to sleep, food, and when the time
is right you may join our ranks into the fray."

428
00:34:22,527 --> 00:34:25,149
LIAM: We've come to the Feywild for something
specific.

429
00:34:25,149 --> 00:34:28,853
MARISHA: We're trying to head to the Shademirk
Bog.

430
00:34:28,853 --> 00:34:33,204
MATT: "Why on earth would you be heading to the
Shademirk?"

431
00:34:33,204 --> 00:34:40,607
MARISHA: We're looking for the bow of Fenthras. It
supposedly lives inside of a cancerous tree.

432
00:34:40,607 --> 00:34:49,146
MATT: "Right. Well. Good luck with that."

433
00:34:49,146 --> 00:34:52,292
LAURA: Do you think it's possible?

434
00:34:52,292 --> 00:35:02,415
MATT: "I think it's a fool's errand to chase a
fleeting rumor into a location that is known to

435
00:35:02,415 --> 00:35:09,286
"devour and destroy anyone who steps within its
bounds. But by all means, you've always been ones

436
00:35:09,286 --> 00:35:11,604
"seeking the darkness."

437
00:35:11,604 --> 00:35:16,445
LIAM: He and I are wearing fleeting rumors. That
one's got one hidden up his butt.

438
00:35:16,445 --> 00:35:25,641
(laughter)

439
00:35:25,701 --> 00:35:30,964
MATT: You hear Velora chuckle. Devana's like,
"Shh! Quiet!"

440
00:35:30,991 --> 00:35:34,231
LAURA: I want to pull Velora over and sit her in
my lap.

441
00:35:34,231 --> 00:35:38,320
MATT: She (raspberry noise) at her mom as you pick
her up there. You can see Devana smiles as she

442
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:39,714
does so.

443
00:35:39,714 --> 00:35:49,443
LIAM: Syldor, we have killed two of these dragons
already. Nothing could please me more to hear that

444
00:35:49,443 --> 00:35:54,693
you are amassing forces here to go back; that is
possibly the greatest thing I've ever heard you

445
00:35:54,693 --> 00:35:56,775
say to me.

446
00:35:56,775 --> 00:35:59,293
LAURA: I want to insight check him and see if he's
really saying--

447
00:35:59,293 --> 00:36:00,476
TRAVIS: Yeah, do that shit!

448
00:36:00,476 --> 00:36:02,159
MATT: Roll an insight check.

449
00:36:02,159 --> 00:36:07,453
LIAM: Him or me?

450
00:36:07,453 --> 00:36:10,181
LAURA: 26 on him!

451
00:36:10,181 --> 00:36:18,840
MATT: All right. I'd whisper, but the microphone
makes it useless. It's fine. He appears tired, he

452
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:23,516
appears like a lot of his intention and time has
been put towards something important--

453
00:36:23,635 --> 00:36:24,951
LAURA: Being a giant dick?

454
00:36:24,951 --> 00:36:33,681
MATT: Possibly. But he doesn't appear to be lying
or fudging the truth at all, he's just tired. He

455
00:36:33,681 --> 00:36:43,176
says, "Look. There are a lot of pieces at work
here. If you have your own path, by all means. And

456
00:36:43,176 --> 00:36:50,538
"while I have heard of some of your exploits, and I
am quite impressed, I hate to be blunt, but it's

457
00:36:50,538 --> 00:37:01,789
"difficult and strange to mingle family new and
old. Your presence here brings up difficult

458
00:37:01,789 --> 00:37:03,560
"memories for me."

459
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,431
LAURA: Oh, you poor man.

460
00:37:07,431 --> 00:37:14,608
LIAM: Don't worry. We're not here to look for
family. That would entail some amount of

461
00:37:14,608 --> 00:37:23,498
investment on either our side or yours. There is
clearly none. We are here to do business. Do you

462
00:37:23,498 --> 00:37:25,475
know where the bog is?

463
00:37:25,475 --> 00:37:30,423
MATT: "Yes. It's duskward of here."

464
00:37:30,423 --> 00:37:32,053
SAM: Duskward.

465
00:37:32,053 --> 00:37:35,611
TRAVIS: Fucking shit.

466
00:37:35,611 --> 00:37:41,731
LIAM: Well, some people go this way, and some
people go that way, and some people go both ways.

467
00:37:41,731 --> 00:37:45,418
MARISHA: It's like being on a ship forever.

468
00:37:45,418 --> 00:37:51,850
MATT: "I have not traversed this land extensively.
I've been here working along with the heads of the

469
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:53,809
"city to make sure we are ready for this attack."

470
00:37:53,809 --> 00:37:55,809
LAURA: When do you plan to attack?

471
00:37:55,809 --> 00:37:58,072
MATT: "A few weeks."

472
00:37:58,072 --> 00:38:03,685
LAURA: You're joining other armies. You don't plan
to fight Thordak on your own?

473
00:38:03,685 --> 00:38:11,496
MATT: "Well. There is an attempt to join up with
the remnants of the Fort Daxio force. They have

474
00:38:11,496 --> 00:38:17,508
"not gone to Emon themselves and they currently
reside camped out near where Syngorn usually is.

475
00:38:17,508 --> 00:38:24,554
"We have a few groups that are set on the other
side of the veil in the prime realm and they are

476
00:38:24,554 --> 00:38:29,126
"keeping an eye out for this. A few scouting
parties are in Emon as we speak, trying to gather

477
00:38:29,126 --> 00:38:33,784
"intel on Thordak himself. Once we have that
information and we can formulate what to expect,

478
00:38:33,784 --> 00:38:35,596
"then we can attack."

479
00:38:35,596 --> 00:38:42,280
MARISHA: So you're trying to go after Thordak
himself. That's your first target, Thordak?

480
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:49,882
MATT: "He's currently the largest threat to our
safety, our home, and our return. Don't think this

481
00:38:49,882 --> 00:38:55,636
"is the first time a red dragon of that size has
been felled. There have been ancient ages of

482
00:38:55,636 --> 00:39:02,392
"various deaths from his people. It's not
impossible, but we need to be ready."

483
00:39:02,392 --> 00:39:06,477
TRAVIS: Just a heads-up, pro tip: dragons can
fly.

484
00:39:06,477 --> 00:39:16,599
(laughter)

485
00:39:16,599 --> 00:39:19,583
MATT: "And I take it you're their leader."

486
00:39:19,583 --> 00:39:21,160
TRAVIS: Of the dragons?

487
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,365
(laughter)

488
00:39:23,512 --> 00:39:27,538
MATT: He very slowly sighs while grabbing his
tea.

489
00:39:27,538 --> 00:39:33,833
TRAVIS: I've clearly lost your father. It's all
right.

490
00:39:33,833 --> 00:39:37,141
LAURA: His intelligence is very low, Grog.

491
00:39:37,141 --> 00:39:44,140
TALIESIN: In the interest of dealing with Thordak,
we are going to need access to libraries, any of

492
00:39:44,140 --> 00:39:51,194
your people who may know something about this bog,
and accommodations befitting those of us who are

493
00:39:51,194 --> 00:39:52,143
titled.

494
00:39:52,143 --> 00:39:55,900
SAM: As well as access to certain parts of the
city. We need some items to acquire within the

495
00:39:55,900 --> 00:39:57,532
city before we set out.

496
00:39:57,532 --> 00:40:01,648
MARISHA: Also, it would be nice to find shelter
for those of us who are not titled.

497
00:40:01,648 --> 00:40:04,747
SAM: And I had asked for an oolong tea.

498
00:40:04,747 --> 00:40:10,607
(laughter)

499
00:40:10,607 --> 00:40:14,758
SAM: This is more of an assam, I would say? A
black tea.

500
00:40:14,758 --> 00:40:16,738
TALIESIN: This is technically what you do, though,
isn't it?

501
00:40:16,738 --> 00:40:18,978
MATT: Devana says, "I'm terribly sorry, I didn't
mean that--"

502
00:40:18,978 --> 00:40:21,438
MARISHA: No, not you.

503
00:40:21,438 --> 00:40:34,144
MATT: Syldor crosses his fingers together and, "I
can give you a letter that will grant you entry to

504
00:40:34,144 --> 00:40:42,865
"a few of our general storehouses. However, most of
you are outsiders and others have been ostracized

505
00:40:42,865 --> 00:40:44,265
"in their own right."

506
00:40:44,265 --> 00:40:51,516
TALIESIN: But you will respect titled entry. Those
of us who are court can converse with court.

507
00:40:51,516 --> 00:40:58,218
MATT: "Your title, your court, is unfamiliar with
me. I doubt it will hold sway within this town,

508
00:40:58,218 --> 00:41:05,173
"this city, this entire realm. But you speak of
great importance, are you the leader of this

509
00:41:05,173 --> 00:41:09,827
"troop, he who brings up words of courts and
titles?"

510
00:41:09,827 --> 00:41:18,007
TALIESIN: For the moment, why not? I will say, I
know the Feywild by reputation, and by reputation

511
00:41:18,007 --> 00:41:25,396
you are known for your manners, and any kingdom
should be measured by manners as the currency that

512
00:41:25,396 --> 00:41:27,265
is the easiest to come across.

513
00:41:27,265 --> 00:41:34,229
MATT: "Manners, by the way, are extremely
effective in times of peace. This is not one of

514
00:41:34,229 --> 00:41:40,269
"those times. However, I appreciate that you at
least acknowledge the way things sometimes work.

515
00:41:40,269 --> 00:41:49,024
"So. Daughter. Son. What else do you need of me?"

516
00:41:49,024 --> 00:41:56,107
LIAM: Honestly? Nothing.

517
00:41:56,107 --> 00:41:59,183
LAURA: We don't need or want anything from you.

518
00:41:59,183 --> 00:42:01,989
MATT: "Yet you still came to my home."

519
00:42:01,989 --> 00:42:11,014
LAURA: Oh, well. Yeah. We got what we wanted,
which is access to the city.

520
00:42:11,014 --> 00:42:16,016
LIAM: We're not here to be friends or rekindle
anything, but it seems like we want the same

521
00:42:16,016 --> 00:42:27,012
thing, in a roundabout way. We want to end these
dragons. We want to return the world to what it

522
00:42:27,012 --> 00:42:37,648
once was. Any help you can give in spite of our
past, in spite of all the bullshit between us will

523
00:42:37,648 --> 00:42:41,548
be appreciated by more than just she and I.

524
00:42:41,548 --> 00:42:52,698
LAURA: We know you have no love for us. Think of
those you do love. And I hug Velora. Don't you

525
00:42:52,698 --> 00:42:55,328
want to make her safe?

526
00:42:55,328 --> 00:43:08,088
MATT: "That's exactly what I intend to do. If you
wish to help in that, then so be it. I'll pull

527
00:43:08,088 --> 00:43:19,201
"what I can within the city. (sighs) Just leave me
to my business, please." You see for a moment

528
00:43:19,201 --> 00:43:24,736
there, for all the facade, all the front that he
puts up, that strong distance facade, you see the

529
00:43:24,736 --> 00:43:39,004
fatigue break through, and there's a, like a dark
heartbreak. "This is a greater threat than we've

530
00:43:39,004 --> 00:43:47,886
"ever faced in our lifetime, and many of those in
this city have lived quite a while. We have to do

531
00:43:47,886 --> 00:43:55,703
"things right. Don't be foolish. Too many lives
have been lost at the hands of these dragons, some

532
00:43:55,703 --> 00:43:58,320
"closer than others."

533
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:03,718
LAURA: Do you know of anyone that has traversed
more of the Feywild, that would know of what we

534
00:44:03,718 --> 00:44:06,043
might expect?

535
00:44:06,043 --> 00:44:17,356
MATT: "One who's seen the most would be the High
Warden. I could probably get you passage to see

536
00:44:17,356 --> 00:44:27,155
"her, but you're going to be <i>heavily</i> guarded."
You guys do know the High Warden, Tyrelda is her

537
00:44:27,197 --> 00:44:35,396
name, and she is actually of the bloodline of
Gynlara who founded Syngorn centuries ago. She

538
00:44:35,396 --> 00:44:43,066
currently is essentially the de facto leader,
though in terms of public, she is the final

539
00:44:43,066 --> 00:44:52,205
decision-maker on most of Syngorn's political and
social endeavors. "Will that suffice?"

540
00:44:52,205 --> 00:44:54,928
LIAM: It will.

541
00:44:54,928 --> 00:44:56,510
LAURA: It will.

542
00:44:56,510 --> 00:44:59,065
SAM: Good day.

543
00:44:59,065 --> 00:45:00,098
MARISHA: Good day.

544
00:45:00,098 --> 00:45:02,699
(laughter)

545
00:45:02,699 --> 00:45:09,360
MATT: "Curious manners, your friends." He takes
his tea and pours another cupful, and leans back

546
00:45:09,436 --> 00:45:13,069
in his chair. "Two dragons you say you've
killed."

547
00:45:13,069 --> 00:45:15,445
LIAM: That's right.

548
00:45:15,445 --> 00:45:17,553
LAURA: More than that, isn't it?

549
00:45:17,553 --> 00:45:19,474
TRAVIS: Of the Conclave.

550
00:45:19,474 --> 00:45:21,273
LAURA: Of the Conclave, we've killed two.

551
00:45:21,273 --> 00:45:22,860
MATT: "Which ones?"

552
00:45:22,860 --> 00:45:30,811
LAURA: Umbrasyl. And. What was the other one?

553
00:45:30,811 --> 00:45:31,778
LIAM: Blitzen?

554
00:45:31,778 --> 00:45:38,923
LAURA: Blitzen, Donner? What was the name of the
other one? Oh, it was General Krieg!

555
00:45:38,923 --> 00:45:40,950
MARISHA: Yeah, that one.

556
00:45:40,950 --> 00:45:42,174
LAURA: The blue one.

557
00:45:42,174 --> 00:45:43,937
MARISHA: And then we've also killed a white one.

558
00:45:43,937 --> 00:45:46,880
SAM: We thought so little of him we didn't even
remember his name.

559
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:52,286
(laughter)

560
00:45:52,286 --> 00:45:53,587
LIAM: Brimscythe?

561
00:45:53,587 --> 00:45:55,556
MARISHA: Brimscythe. That's the one.

562
00:45:55,556 --> 00:45:58,097
SAM: But also we respect him enough to learn his
name.

563
00:45:58,097 --> 00:46:12,952
MATT: "Well, your story has charm. I have to
admit, I have gotten word of at least one dragon

564
00:46:12,999 --> 00:46:15,336
"felled on the other side."

565
00:46:15,336 --> 00:46:23,010
MARISHA: I pull out a dragon's tooth from Umbrasyl
out of my pocket and I toss it to him. That's the

566
00:46:23,010 --> 00:46:27,814
result of the doings of your children. You should
be very proud.

567
00:46:27,814 --> 00:46:48,431
MATT: "I am proud. I. Am proud. But the city lives
differently. Understand the difficulty that your

568
00:46:48,431 --> 00:46:59,210
"presence puts upon our family with you being here.
I mean no disrespect, and it's fine in this trying

569
00:46:59,210 --> 00:47:09,017
"time. But while you two may have undergone much
ridicule in your youth, I saved you from the brunt

570
00:47:09,017 --> 00:47:11,234
"of it."

571
00:47:11,234 --> 00:47:22,444
LAURA: You-- headphones, dear-- you fucked some
random woman in a city you passed through, and you

572
00:47:22,444 --> 00:47:25,004
expect us to feel sorry for you?

573
00:47:25,004 --> 00:47:28,065
LIAM: You should've left us to be with our mother
when she died!

574
00:47:28,065 --> 00:47:36,810
LAURA: Why? Why pull us away from her if you had
no love? We would have been happy with her.

575
00:47:36,810 --> 00:47:45,830
MATT: "Because I had hope that you would be worth
more, given that you had my blood in your veins,

576
00:47:45,867 --> 00:47:49,065
"than to waste away in some small hovel."

577
00:47:49,065 --> 00:47:56,180
LAURA: If I could pull the blood of you from my
veins and give it back, I would.

578
00:47:56,180 --> 00:47:58,616
I want no part of you.

579
00:47:58,616 --> 00:48:03,725
MATT: "There are many things we wish for but we
have no choice but to take what we are given and

580
00:48:03,725 --> 00:48:17,299
"make the best with what we have. Even with this
rift, there is still a part of me that cares for

581
00:48:17,299 --> 00:48:24,908
"you both and is genuinely happy that you live. And
that you rise. And that you prove what the rest of

582
00:48:24,908 --> 00:48:35,907
"these fools in this city said you were incapable
of. Yes, I am prejudiced. But I still fight it

583
00:48:35,907 --> 00:48:52,252
"every day. And I'm not going to lie, every time
that my daughter, your half-sister, laughs and

584
00:48:52,252 --> 00:49:06,180
"plays stealthy Vax and Vex on her own, it makes me
smile. You inspire those outside of our city walls

585
00:49:06,180 --> 00:49:14,862
"with your doings. I think that's rather large of
you. As foolish and as damned deadly as some of

586
00:49:14,862 --> 00:49:31,838
"these endeavors may be, you inspire. That's more
than I've done in my lifetime. So. Care not what I

587
00:49:31,838 --> 00:49:42,950
"think. Care not how your mother died. Just avenge
it. For both of us. Show your little sister that

588
00:49:42,950 --> 00:49:55,976
"you can rise up and destroy whatever comes in your
way. Hate me all you want. It's only half-scorn

589
00:49:55,976 --> 00:50:06,367
"from me. I live with my regrets. I tried to bring
you up right. But that upbringing was not

590
00:50:06,397 --> 00:50:13,674
"right for you. And by the time I tried to return
you, it was too late.

591
00:50:13,674 --> 00:50:23,065
"I'm sorry. That's all I can say."

592
00:50:23,065 --> 00:50:30,056
Devana goes, "Anyone want any more tea? Oolong,
you said."

593
00:50:30,056 --> 00:50:31,277
SAM: You got it!

594
00:50:31,277 --> 00:50:34,559
MATT: "Right, yes." And she leaves, awkwardly.

595
00:50:34,559 --> 00:50:41,270
TRAVIS: Just so you know, what they did against
the dragons was incredible. All of the rest of us

596
00:50:41,270 --> 00:50:45,698
were like, "Ah! Oh, we're dying! We don't have
anything we can do!" And then they were like

597
00:50:45,698 --> 00:50:47,288
"Kill! Stab!" And then--

598
00:50:47,288 --> 00:50:49,338
MARISHA: Percy! No, don't die!

599
00:50:49,338 --> 00:50:50,472
TALIESIN: What are you doing?

600
00:50:50,472 --> 00:50:53,995
MARISHA: I'm being blood out of your jugular, just
go with it.

601
00:50:53,995 --> 00:50:58,066
TRAVIS: And then they killed them all! It's the
only reason we're alive, really.

602
00:50:58,066 --> 00:51:04,690
SAM: It's true. Vax wanted to go inside the
dragon, I was like, no! No, let's do it!

603
00:51:04,690 --> 00:51:09,173
(laughter)

604
00:51:09,173 --> 00:51:13,702
SAM: Cut his way out, went back and saved me.
Crazy.

605
00:51:13,702 --> 00:51:16,981
MATT: "That does indeed sound quite crazy."

606
00:51:16,981 --> 00:51:21,054
TRAVIS: I mean, the balls on this one-- this one.

607
00:51:21,054 --> 00:51:28,156
MATT: "Let's be honest, Grog. They both have--"

608
00:51:28,156 --> 00:51:33,362
TRAVIS: Lord Grog Peanut Butter of Strongjaw. I'm
titled.

609
00:51:33,362 --> 00:51:42,700
MATT: "I'd say they've both proven to have more
balls than most of those in our city."

610
00:51:42,700 --> 00:51:45,594
LIAM: Look, we're never going to be a happy
family.

611
00:51:45,594 --> 00:51:48,011
MATT: "No. That is right."

612
00:51:48,011 --> 00:51:56,099
LIAM: But if you want to make reparations, help us
on our path. It will only help you on yours.

613
00:51:56,146 --> 00:52:02,343
MATT: He stands up from his chair and walks his
way back to his study and

614
00:52:02,343 --> 00:52:04,216
closes the door behind him.

615
00:52:04,216 --> 00:52:06,973
LAURA: Well, fuck. Guess he's not into us now.

616
00:52:06,973 --> 00:52:08,965
TRAVIS: I thought we weren't getting in a fight!

617
00:52:08,965 --> 00:52:10,347
TALIESIN: No, this is good.

618
00:52:10,347 --> 00:52:14,028
SAM: Do you want me to take a dump somewhere?

619
00:52:14,028 --> 00:52:15,737
TALIESIN: Not yet.

620
00:52:15,737 --> 00:52:18,205
LAURA: Oh, headphones, darling.

621
00:52:18,205 --> 00:52:19,382
SAM: Oh, sorry.

622
00:52:19,382 --> 00:52:24,749
MATT: She pulls your hand down, looks at you,
says, "Take a dump!"

623
00:52:24,749 --> 00:52:27,203
LAURA: Oh, shit. I mean, shoot!

624
00:52:27,203 --> 00:52:30,898
MATT: "I like him."

625
00:52:30,898 --> 00:52:33,790
SAM: That's gnomish. Doesn't mean the same thing.

626
00:52:33,790 --> 00:52:38,454
MATT: She's now transfixed on Scanlan.

627
00:52:38,454 --> 00:52:43,600
LAURA: Darling, he takes blue sparkly poos!

628
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:47,920
MATT: "Blue sparkle poos? Can you teach me?"

629
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:52,680
(laughter)

630
00:52:52,680 --> 00:52:54,816
SAM: Do you have any blueberries?

631
00:52:54,816 --> 00:52:57,025
MATT: "I'm going to ask my mom if we've got
blueberries."

632
00:52:57,025 --> 00:52:58,393
TRAVIS: Holy shit.

633
00:52:58,393 --> 00:53:04,729
MATT: She runs off to the kitchen. A few minutes
pass, and Devana comes out holding the tea on the

634
00:53:04,729 --> 00:53:08,679
cart and goes, "Who taught my daughter to say
'blue sparkly poo?'"

635
00:53:08,679 --> 00:53:12,400
LAURA: I don't know what you're talking about.

636
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:14,718
MARISHA: Is that a swear word?

637
00:53:14,718 --> 00:53:19,697
LAURA: You should really control the people in
this city from talking about that,

638
00:53:19,697 --> 00:53:20,957
because it's weird.

639
00:53:20,957 --> 00:53:22,269
SAM: She got it at preschool.

640
00:53:22,269 --> 00:53:23,698
TALIESIN: So many soldiers everywhere.

641
00:53:23,698 --> 00:53:25,480
MATT: "Velora, go to your room."

642
00:53:25,480 --> 00:53:30,512
MARISHA: I've never heard a soldier say, "Ah, blue
sparkly poo!" I feel like she didn't get that from

643
00:53:30,512 --> 00:53:31,294
a soldier.

644
00:53:31,294 --> 00:53:34,140
TALIESIN: You've never really been in war, have
you?

645
00:53:34,167 --> 00:53:39,254
MATT: The door opens from the far study, and you
see Syldor walk back in holding what looks to be a

646
00:53:39,254 --> 00:53:47,805
rolled-up piece of paper with a seal on it. He
heads over and tosses it onto the table. "That

647
00:53:47,805 --> 00:53:53,499
"will grant you passage through the city. That will
grant you a single meeting with the High Warden.

648
00:53:53,499 --> 00:53:58,166
"That's the most my power can do at this time."

649
00:53:58,166 --> 00:54:00,625
LAURA: This is a belt buckle, why are you passing
me this?

650
00:54:00,625 --> 00:54:02,194
LIAM: (stage-whispering) We're playing pretend.

651
00:54:02,194 --> 00:54:05,914
LAURA: Okay, oh, it's a sealed scroll now.

652
00:54:05,914 --> 00:54:14,746
TALIESIN: May I see that really quickly? Don't
throw it! Pretend!

653
00:54:14,746 --> 00:54:17,258
MARISHA: Pretend. I'm pretend handing it off.

654
00:54:17,258 --> 00:54:18,635
SAM: Ooh, good object work.

655
00:54:18,635 --> 00:54:23,933
LIAM: Now get in the canoe!

656
00:54:23,933 --> 00:54:28,345
LAURA: Yes, yes.

657
00:54:28,345 --> 00:54:30,783
TALIESIN: Right, they're all elves. I can't look
at them.

658
00:54:30,783 --> 00:54:32,735
SAM: Oh, it flew away!

659
00:54:32,735 --> 00:54:37,942
TALIESIN: This grants an audience for all of us,
then?

660
00:54:37,942 --> 00:54:39,751
MATT: "Yes."

661
00:54:39,751 --> 00:54:44,973
TALIESIN: You're going to have to amend that one
name, though, just to be fair.

662
00:54:44,973 --> 00:54:46,210
It's Lady Vex'ahlia.

663
00:54:46,210 --> 00:54:47,866
MATT: "Lady?"

664
00:54:47,866 --> 00:54:51,944
TALIESIN: Lady Vex'ahlia, Baroness of the Third
House of Whitestone and Grand Mistress of the Grey Hunt.

665
00:54:51,944 --> 00:55:08,709
(cheering)

666
00:55:08,709 --> 00:55:16,461
TALIESIN: So good sir, despite your relationship
with her, do watch your manners.

667
00:55:16,461 --> 00:55:22,565
SAM: Tea spit take!

668
00:55:22,565 --> 00:55:25,951
MATT: "My apologies, Lady Vex'ahlia."

669
00:55:25,951 --> 00:55:27,792
LAURA: Well, you didn't know.

670
00:55:27,792 --> 00:55:31,153
(laughter)

671
00:55:31,153 --> 00:55:40,210
MATT: You can see, there's confused surprise, but
a smile does curl across the corner of his mouth.

672
00:55:40,242 --> 00:55:46,750
"I will make the amendment immediately." And he
stands back up, takes it from Percival and makes

673
00:55:46,750 --> 00:55:48,480
his way back to the room.

674
00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:51,210
LIAM: Darth Vader.

675
00:55:51,210 --> 00:55:58,889
MATT: He returns, hands you the amended paper.
"Good luck."

676
00:55:58,889 --> 00:56:00,911
LAURA: This is a belt buckle-- oh.

677
00:56:00,911 --> 00:56:02,785
(laughter)

678
00:56:02,785 --> 00:56:05,669
MATT: It's a gift from your mother.

679
00:56:05,669 --> 00:56:08,476
TRAVIS: You should thank Percy.

680
00:56:08,476 --> 00:56:17,564
MATT: "If you do intend to make your way towards
the Shademirk, be careful. Be safe. And if

681
00:56:17,564 --> 00:56:23,619
"anything comes your way that you feel you are
incapable of handling, run. We don't need heroes

682
00:56:23,619 --> 00:56:25,931
"right now, we need survivors."

683
00:56:25,931 --> 00:56:36,315
TRAVIS: No promises?

684
00:56:36,315 --> 00:56:39,734
MATT: He shoots you a very dark look.

685
00:56:39,734 --> 00:56:47,090
TRAVIS: Right. Sorry. The House of Peanut Butter
will continue its bloodline. I don't know.

686
00:56:47,090 --> 00:56:57,872
MATT: "I will send word. Where can I send word to
retrieve you when the time is ready for us to attack?"

687
00:56:57,872 --> 00:56:59,795
SAM: Do we have accommodations in the city?

688
00:56:59,795 --> 00:57:02,451
LAURA: Yes, but we'll be in Whitestone.

689
00:57:02,451 --> 00:57:08,995
MATT: "I will send word to Whitestone when we plan
to return to the Prime Material, and preparing our

690
00:57:08,995 --> 00:57:11,327
"forces for attack upon Thordak in Emon."

691
00:57:11,327 --> 00:57:13,122
MARISHA: If not, reach out to Allura of Emon.

692
00:57:13,122 --> 00:57:16,594
MATT: "I know Allura well, and I can reach to
her."

693
00:57:16,594 --> 00:57:18,188
MARISHA: I had a feeling you did.

694
00:57:18,188 --> 00:57:28,007
(laughter)

695
00:57:28,052 --> 00:57:30,866
SAM: Are you hitting on their dad?

696
00:57:30,916 --> 00:57:32,709
MATT: "Anyway."

697
00:57:32,709 --> 00:57:35,077
MARISHA: Does everything look like hitting on
people to you, Scanlan?

698
00:57:35,077 --> 00:57:36,500
SAM: It does.

699
00:57:36,500 --> 00:57:38,642
MATT: It's the Scanlan filter. It's on Snapchat.

700
00:57:38,642 --> 00:57:43,422
MARISHA: Take off the beer goggles, take them off!
Those are plus-two magical beer goggles.

701
00:57:43,422 --> 00:57:44,444
Take them off!

702
00:57:44,444 --> 00:57:56,384
MATT: He stands up and at this point Devana enters
beside him, puts her hand on his shoulder. He

703
00:57:56,384 --> 00:58:02,571
looks to you with his hands crossed before him and
goes, "I wish you luck and safe journeys. I

704
00:58:02,571 --> 00:58:06,291
"appreciate you coming by. It was good to see you
both."

705
00:58:06,291 --> 00:58:08,337
LIAM: Where did our sister go?

706
00:58:08,337 --> 00:58:14,138
MATT: Turns and Devana goes, "She's in her room
for using bad language."

707
00:58:14,138 --> 00:58:20,582
LAURA: Poo is a really terrible word to say, I
think. Good thing she didn't say any of the other

708
00:58:20,582 --> 00:58:22,873
words that she heard in here.

709
00:58:22,873 --> 00:58:27,332
MATT: "Hold on." And she leaves and comes back,
this time pushing Velora from the back, and Velora

710
00:58:27,332 --> 00:58:30,737
walks up pouting with her arms crossed, holding
her little owlbear under her arm.

711
00:58:30,737 --> 00:58:32,940
LIAM: Come here.

712
00:58:32,940 --> 00:58:37,273
MATT: She runs up and gives you a big hug. "Are
you leaving?"

713
00:58:37,273 --> 00:58:39,066
LIAM: Yeah, just for a little bit, though.

714
00:58:39,066 --> 00:58:40,148
MATT: "You just got here!"

715
00:58:40,148 --> 00:58:47,390
LIAM: I know. Listen, do me a favor? Keep scraping
up those knees, will you? You crawl anywhere you

716
00:58:47,390 --> 00:58:54,558
want in this city, the higher the better. And
listen to your parents some of the time. But not

717
00:58:54,558 --> 00:58:56,168
all of the time.

718
00:58:56,168 --> 00:58:57,676
MATT: "I can already do that."

719
00:58:57,676 --> 00:58:59,487
LAURA: Oh, and!

720
00:58:59,487 --> 00:59:05,196
MATT: She gives you a little kiss on the cheek and
then runs up and puts her arms around you and

721
00:59:05,196 --> 00:59:07,636
almost pushes you back, she's bigger than you
remember.

722
00:59:07,636 --> 00:59:15,301
LAURA: She is. I pull out one of my owlbear
feathers that I picked up with Zahra and I tuck it

723
00:59:15,301 --> 00:59:17,027
behind her ear.

724
00:59:17,027 --> 00:59:18,445
MATT: "What's this?"

725
00:59:18,445 --> 00:59:22,399
LAURA: It's an owlbear feather. I know!

726
00:59:22,399 --> 00:59:24,704
(laughter)

727
00:59:24,704 --> 00:59:28,463
MATT: She steps back down and looks at her little
plushie and--

728
00:59:28,463 --> 00:59:33,496
LAURA: You keep that behind your ear, and you wear
your necklace, and you never forget that Vex and

729
00:59:33,496 --> 00:59:36,981
Vax love you very, very much, dear.

730
00:59:36,981 --> 00:59:43,997
LIAM: Listen to us. You are not our half-sister.
You are our sister.

731
00:59:43,997 --> 00:59:54,185
MATT: She runs up and hugs you both, one in each
arm, and then steps back down.

732
00:59:54,185 --> 00:59:57,184
"Thank you. Come back soon, please!"

733
00:59:57,184 --> 01:00:00,677
LAURA: Of course, come visit me in my baroness...
isity.

734
01:00:00,677 --> 01:00:05,040
MATT: She runs back to her mom's side and looks at
her mom and goes, "Poo."

735
01:00:05,040 --> 01:00:13,072
(laughter)

736
01:00:13,072 --> 01:00:24,519
MATT: Devana rolls her eyes and goes, "Ugh. Thank
you. So much."

737
01:00:24,557 --> 01:00:27,810
LIAM: Shit's a good word, too.

738
01:00:27,852 --> 01:00:30,646
MATT: Covers her ears.

739
01:00:30,646 --> 01:00:32,939
TRAVIS: Are we doing that now? Penis wiggle!

740
01:00:32,939 --> 01:00:35,336
(laughter)

741
01:00:35,336 --> 01:00:40,085
MATT: You see Devana's looking cornered, it's
like, (shushing noises). Syldor actually starts

742
01:00:40,085 --> 01:00:45,337
laughing. "I hope that's good day, then!"

743
01:00:45,337 --> 01:00:46,698
SAM: Good day.

744
01:00:46,698 --> 01:00:47,539
LAURA: Good day.

745
01:00:47,539 --> 01:00:48,772
TRAVIS: Bidet.

746
01:00:48,772 --> 01:00:50,121
MARISHA and TALIESIN: Good day.

747
01:00:50,121 --> 01:00:54,065
MATT: "Good day." And Syldor bows, you all slowly
leave the door, and right before the door closes

748
01:00:54,065 --> 01:00:56,244
behind you hear a little voice go, "Shit."

749
01:00:56,244 --> 01:00:58,430
(laughter)

750
01:00:58,430 --> 01:01:05,768
MATT: "No!" The door closes.

751
01:01:05,768 --> 01:01:10,115
MARISHA: We're those terrible-influence side of
the family, aren't we?

752
01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:14,670
LAURA: I run up and I give Percy the biggest hug.
Percival!

753
01:01:14,670 --> 01:01:16,748
TALIESIN: It's the gift of smugness, it never goes
away.

754
01:01:16,748 --> 01:01:20,913
LAURA: Wait, is it real-- no. Was it all just
to--

755
01:01:20,913 --> 01:01:28,189
TALIESIN: No, I actually, it occurs to me that we
did kill two of the three barons of Whitestone the

756
01:01:28,189 --> 01:01:29,850
last time that we were there.

757
01:01:29,850 --> 01:01:39,039
(laughter)

758
01:01:39,039 --> 01:01:41,237
TALIESIN: There's no house and there's no money--

759
01:01:41,237 --> 01:01:43,303
MARISHA: It's the one Scanlan burned.

760
01:01:43,303 --> 01:01:44,806
TALIESIN: It's the one that Scanlan burned.

761
01:01:44,806 --> 01:01:49,024
SAM: Oh, you're the lady of the house that I
burned down.

762
01:01:49,024 --> 01:01:53,614
TALIESIN: And there's just a crypt and that's
being used for other things, but--

763
01:01:53,614 --> 01:01:55,471
MARISHA: But you have a title!

764
01:01:55,471 --> 01:01:59,592
TALIESIN: But you do have a title, at the very
least. And once a year, you have to do something

765
01:01:59,639 --> 01:02:00,574
ridiculous.

766
01:02:00,574 --> 01:02:01,824
LAURA: Even so, Percy.

767
01:02:01,824 --> 01:02:02,579
TALIESIN: You're welcome.

768
01:02:02,579 --> 01:02:03,595
LAURA: I thank you so much.

769
01:02:03,595 --> 01:02:05,330
TALIESIN: Use it in good health.

770
01:02:05,330 --> 01:02:16,131
TRAVIS: I lean over to Scanlan and I say, did you
notice that their dad was saying "bidet" wrong?

771
01:02:16,131 --> 01:02:19,704
SAM: I did. I did.

772
01:02:19,704 --> 01:02:22,155
TRAVIS: I thought he was like a highfalutin type.

773
01:02:22,155 --> 01:02:25,870
SAM: You should just say it even louder to make
sure people know the correct pronunciation.

774
01:02:25,870 --> 01:02:30,804
TRAVIS: I know. We could be a force for good in
and outside of the city. Bidet!

775
01:02:30,804 --> 01:02:32,084
SAM: Bidet!

776
01:02:32,084 --> 01:02:39,999
MATT: The guards that are waiting for you outside
of the house just sigh very loudly. (sighs)

777
01:02:39,999 --> 01:02:42,379
TRAVIS: Change is hard.

778
01:02:42,379 --> 01:02:50,032
MATT: All right, so you have your parchment.
Within the next half-hour or so it's not difficult for

779
01:02:50,032 --> 01:02:55,606
you guys to go ahead and find sleeping
arrangements for the evening within Syngorn.

780
01:02:55,606 --> 01:02:59,910
You're met for the most part with standoffishness
and curiosity with your approach, but upon showing

781
01:02:59,910 --> 01:03:05,560
the paper there is a sudden realization and a
formality that is brought to the conversation, and

782
01:03:05,560 --> 01:03:09,800
it's, you can't help but enjoy it, the two of you.
You haven't walked through Syngorn and been

783
01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:14,207
forcing people to show you the respect you've
always wanted, and there is something slightly

784
01:03:14,207 --> 01:03:23,678
cathartic about that. But you manage to find
accommodations for the evening's rest. The guards

785
01:03:23,678 --> 01:03:31,618
proceed up into the secondary floor where your
room is kept. Will not enter the room, but

786
01:03:31,618 --> 01:03:35,520
notify you that they will be staying outside of
the doorway to ensure that both you are protected

787
01:03:35,570 --> 01:03:38,646
and that you don't do anything crazy in the
night.

788
01:03:38,646 --> 01:03:39,667
TRAVIS: What?

789
01:03:39,667 --> 01:03:40,692
LAURA: That's stupid.

790
01:03:40,692 --> 01:03:42,728
MARISHA: We're respectable.

791
01:03:42,728 --> 01:03:45,614
TALIESIN: It's adorable that they think they could
stop us if we tried.

792
01:03:45,614 --> 01:03:49,675
MARISHA: I know! Are we all in rooms next to each
other, are we in one room?

793
01:03:49,675 --> 01:03:56,606
MATT: It's a series of rooms within what looks
like it was at one time a military barracks that

794
01:03:56,606 --> 01:04:02,907
has since been renovated. It's not really an inn
or tavern; there aren't a lot of travelers that

795
01:04:02,907 --> 01:04:08,108
come through Syngorn that don't actually live
there or have a home, so it's more being used for

796
01:04:08,108 --> 01:04:13,546
storage, but they cleared out an area and they put
up beds and it looks-- Syngorn storage room is

797
01:04:13,546 --> 01:04:17,986
pretty nice by the standards of like Kymal or
Westruun, so it's not too bad.

798
01:04:17,986 --> 01:04:22,245
TALIESIN: There's some art nouveau happening.
That's all I can really ask.

799
01:04:22,245 --> 01:04:24,194
MARISHA: Have they already locked us in our
rooms?

800
01:04:24,194 --> 01:04:27,562
MATT: No, you've just gotten to your rooms now,
so.

801
01:04:27,562 --> 01:04:31,403
TRAVIS: We're a very religious group and we like
to have a family prayer.

802
01:04:31,403 --> 01:04:35,747
LAURA: Speaking of, wait. Where the fuck is Pike?

803
01:04:35,747 --> 01:04:37,256
SAM: Oh shit.

804
01:04:37,256 --> 01:04:43,565
MARISHA: She was right behind us!

805
01:04:43,565 --> 01:04:51,869
MATT: You all, you all realize in the chaos and
the tension of meeting your father--

806
01:04:51,869 --> 01:04:53,404
LIAM: Must've gotten lost!

807
01:04:53,404 --> 01:04:55,938
TRAVIS: No, she's here.

808
01:04:55,938 --> 01:05:02,495
MATT: You catch a sudden flicker of divine energy
in the space of the hallway near you. The guards

809
01:05:02,495 --> 01:05:11,051
step back, looking a bit freaked out and grabbing
their weaponry, and you see a burst of Pike's face

810
01:05:11,051 --> 01:05:17,909
coming through, her divine form, and she says,
"I'm sorry--" (static) Disappears, comes back.

811
01:05:17,909 --> 01:05:26,432
"The walls--can't maintain--" And her form
vanishes once again.

812
01:05:26,432 --> 01:05:27,709
TRAVIS: Fucking Verizon.

813
01:05:27,709 --> 01:05:31,568
(laughter)

814
01:05:31,568 --> 01:05:36,355
LAURA: Great, now we'll never have them as a
sponsor. Thank you, Travis.

815
01:05:36,355 --> 01:05:38,988
LIAM: Go T-Mobile.

816
01:05:38,988 --> 01:05:42,178
MATT: Go AT-- No.

817
01:05:42,178 --> 01:05:51,719
MARISHA: So can we have like a little family
pow-wow in maybe one of the rooms before we all

818
01:05:51,800 --> 01:05:57,806
tuck in for the night and you put the masking tape
over each of our doors so we don't sneak into each

819
01:05:57,806 --> 01:06:00,923
other's rooms. High school field trip, yeah?

820
01:06:00,923 --> 01:06:04,116
SAM: I don't know any of those words.

821
01:06:04,116 --> 01:06:07,421
MATT: "Do as you wish, we'll be here if you need
us."

822
01:06:07,421 --> 01:06:10,180
TRAVIS: Do you need anything, drinks?

823
01:06:10,180 --> 01:06:12,743
SAM: We need to talk to the little fucker.

824
01:06:12,743 --> 01:06:20,001
TRAVIS: Then-- oh, what? Oh, yeah! Well, let's all
head inside for prayer.

825
01:06:20,001 --> 01:06:21,452
LAURA: Actually--

826
01:06:21,452 --> 01:06:23,859
TALIESIN: We'll need food and drink.

827
01:06:23,859 --> 01:06:30,105
LAURA: Guard! One of you, could you go get us some
food? We're very hungry.

828
01:06:30,105 --> 01:06:33,295
MARISHA: And wine? Maybe some wine?

829
01:06:33,338 --> 01:06:38,731
LAURA: As a baroness, I'm very used to getting
food when I want it.

830
01:06:38,731 --> 01:06:45,567
MATT: One of the guards steps forward and says,
"Let me see that parchment once more, please?"

831
01:06:45,567 --> 01:06:47,352
TRAVIS: That's not it.

832
01:06:47,352 --> 01:06:49,344
MATT: That's a belt buckle.

833
01:06:49,344 --> 01:06:54,828
(laughter)

834
01:06:54,828 --> 01:06:57,395
LIAM: My belt buckle!

835
01:06:57,395 --> 01:07:05,220
MATT: Rolls it back up, hands it back. "I will
retrieve your necessary meal, drink, and other

836
01:07:05,220 --> 01:07:06,955
"requests you may have."

837
01:07:06,955 --> 01:07:08,458
LIAM: Chicken, please.

838
01:07:08,458 --> 01:07:10,684
LAURA: Thank you. I want anything but chicken.

839
01:07:10,684 --> 01:07:16,567
MATT: "Noted and noted." And he turns around and
leaves the three other guards standing outside of

840
01:07:16,567 --> 01:07:19,870
your rooms to do about as you please.

841
01:07:19,870 --> 01:07:23,076
SAM: Right, so we pick the biggest room and we all
enter it.

842
01:07:23,076 --> 01:07:29,284
MATT: It's a two-bedroom, opposite sides, and
there is a window that has a beautiful view of the

843
01:07:29,284 --> 01:07:34,835
central lake that sits at the center of Syngorn,
the entire city's built around, before it meets

844
01:07:34,835 --> 01:07:37,371
the base of the mountain range that it's
buttressed against.

845
01:07:37,371 --> 01:07:38,667
SAM: Titicaca.

846
01:07:38,667 --> 01:07:43,597
MATT: That sounds Elvish, but it's not.

847
01:07:43,597 --> 01:07:47,009
SAM: No, I just like saying that.

848
01:07:47,009 --> 01:07:49,165
MATT: Door closes behind you guys.

849
01:07:49,165 --> 01:07:52,180
TRAVIS: Gormidi?

850
01:07:52,180 --> 01:07:59,992
MATT: There's a little flash, a sparkle of arcane
light as the satyr form goes, (breathes heavily)

851
01:07:59,992 --> 01:08:02,808
"That was a little harrowing. You didn't tell me
you were going to bring me into the belly of the

852
01:08:02,808 --> 01:08:06,702
"beast so soon, we didn't even talk about-- that
was really good tea, by the way;

853
01:08:06,702 --> 01:08:08,259
"that was quite delicious."

854
01:08:08,259 --> 01:08:10,209
TALIESIN: You were drinking our tea?

855
01:08:10,209 --> 01:08:12,250
MATT: "Very quietly."

856
01:08:12,250 --> 01:08:14,379
MARISHA: I was wondering where my tea went.

857
01:08:14,379 --> 01:08:18,248
TRAVIS: Now, hold on. Did you steal anything while
you were in there?

858
01:08:18,248 --> 01:08:19,485
MATT: "No!"

859
01:08:19,485 --> 01:08:20,956
MARISHA: Garmelie...

860
01:08:20,956 --> 01:08:23,366
MATT: "No!"

861
01:08:23,366 --> 01:08:25,797
SAM: Insight-check him.

862
01:08:25,797 --> 01:08:27,340
TRAVIS: Insight-check that bitch!

863
01:08:27,340 --> 01:08:29,063
SAM: Natural one.

864
01:08:29,063 --> 01:08:33,551
(laughter)

865
01:08:33,551 --> 01:08:36,931
MATT: He is about as hard to read as anyone you've
come across in the Feywild.

866
01:08:36,931 --> 01:08:38,054
MARISHA: Can I try?

867
01:08:38,054 --> 01:08:39,120
MATT: Sure.

868
01:08:39,120 --> 01:08:41,538
LAURA: I feel like we don't need an insight check
to know he was lying.

869
01:08:41,538 --> 01:08:48,835
MARISHA: Oh, I got a 17. I'm way more better than
Scanlan. Natural insight. 28.

870
01:08:48,835 --> 01:08:54,250
MATT: 28. Through his teeth.

871
01:08:54,250 --> 01:09:04,551
MARISHA: I do a little entangling underneath of
him and start checking his pockets, TSA style.

872
01:09:04,551 --> 01:09:06,578
Start giving him the frisk.

873
01:09:06,578 --> 01:09:09,823
MATT: These vines wrap up around his legs and he's
like, "Oh, I was just!"

874
01:09:09,823 --> 01:09:11,972
MARISHA: Into the pockets.

875
01:09:11,972 --> 01:09:13,678
TRAVIS: Just let it happen.

876
01:09:13,678 --> 01:09:15,576
LAURA: Where are the pockets?

877
01:09:15,576 --> 01:09:16,557
MATT: In his vest.

878
01:09:16,557 --> 01:09:17,969
MARISHA: In his vest pockets.

879
01:09:17,969 --> 01:09:22,936
TALIESIN: There better not be an owlbear in there
or I'm going to be very upset.

880
01:09:22,936 --> 01:09:27,670
MATT: No, you reach into one pocket, it's empty.
You reach into the other, and your arm goes quite

881
01:09:27,670 --> 01:09:29,826
far into the pocket, farther than it should--

882
01:09:29,826 --> 01:09:31,497
MARISHA: You little devil.

883
01:09:31,497 --> 01:09:39,973
MATT: "What? This is extremely degrading! We had a
deal." It's empty.

884
01:09:39,973 --> 01:09:51,283
MARISHA: Is this a pocket of holding? I think
about the fancy silverware that I might've seen in

885
01:09:51,283 --> 01:09:53,249
Syldor's house.

886
01:09:53,249 --> 01:09:55,920
MATT: Nothing. Just an empty space.

887
01:09:55,920 --> 01:09:57,180
TRAVIS: Come on, keep going.

888
01:09:57,180 --> 01:10:01,010
MARISHA: I think of fancy teacups, because he
mentioned drinking tea.

889
01:10:01,010 --> 01:10:03,120
MATT: (melodically) Nothing!

890
01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:04,869
MARISHA: Goddamn it.

891
01:10:04,869 --> 01:10:06,710
TRAVIS: You've never stolen anything, shit!

892
01:10:06,710 --> 01:10:08,727
LAURA: Think of gold. Think of gold, Keyleth.

893
01:10:08,727 --> 01:10:10,030
TALIESIN: I cast Friends.

894
01:10:10,030 --> 01:10:12,769
MARISHA: I think of gold? Oh, I think of gold.
Sorry, I'm not materialistic.

895
01:10:12,769 --> 01:10:16,382
TALIESIN: We're going to have to have a working
relationship.

896
01:10:16,382 --> 01:10:18,456
LAURA: Why do you say that like it was a bad
thing?

897
01:10:18,456 --> 01:10:22,319
MARISHA: I mean, I'm not. I'm a Barbie girl in a
Barbie world.

898
01:10:22,319 --> 01:10:24,721
(laughter)

899
01:10:24,721 --> 01:10:27,483
MATT: He smacks the side of your arm and is like,
"Get your hand out of my pocket!"

900
01:10:27,483 --> 01:10:28,732
MARISHA: Ow!

901
01:10:28,732 --> 01:10:31,350
LIAM: Keyleth. Check the fur.

902
01:10:31,350 --> 01:10:33,184
LAURA: No, don't check the fur.

903
01:10:33,184 --> 01:10:35,679
MATT: "Excuse me?!"

904
01:10:35,679 --> 01:10:39,687
TALIESIN: Let's give him a chance to 'fess up.

905
01:10:39,687 --> 01:10:47,762
MATT: "This is not why we're here to talk. We are
here to discuss the elements of our agreement. Two

906
01:10:47,762 --> 01:10:53,731
"things I require your aid in taking, and then I
show you to the outskirts of the Shademirk."

907
01:10:53,731 --> 01:10:57,733
LAURA: I feel like now we already know where the
outskirts of the Shademirk are.

908
01:10:57,787 --> 01:11:00,630
MATT: "But do you know of the dangers that are on
your way?"

909
01:11:00,630 --> 01:11:03,144
SAM: Yeah, you told us about all three dangers
that we have to face.

910
01:11:03,144 --> 01:11:05,310
MARISHA: That's true. I have them written down.

911
01:11:05,310 --> 01:11:09,381
(laughter)

912
01:11:09,381 --> 01:11:13,602
MARISHA: The Hut of Wodenna, the Last Camp of
Sorudun the Happy, and the theatre.

913
01:11:13,602 --> 01:11:22,390
MATT: "And you think those are all the dangers?!
There are so many! It's a dangerous place!

914
01:11:22,453 --> 01:11:25,769
"Stop touching me!"

915
01:11:25,769 --> 01:11:28,296
TRAVIS: All right, hands off him.

916
01:11:28,296 --> 01:11:31,165
SAM: Just tell us what the two things are we that
we need to steal.

917
01:11:31,165 --> 01:11:37,350
MATT: "All right. I require a piece of a threshold
crest."

918
01:11:37,350 --> 01:11:38,953
LAURA: What the fuck is that?

919
01:11:38,953 --> 01:11:40,327
MARISHA: Of a threshold crest?

920
01:11:40,327 --> 01:11:42,466
LIAM: Giant stones on the outside of the city.

921
01:11:42,466 --> 01:11:46,914
MATT: "Threshold crest." Which you recall are the
blue stones that are in the wall around the city.

922
01:11:46,914 --> 01:11:48,336
LAURA: That's the stupidest thing.

923
01:11:48,336 --> 01:11:50,214
MARISHA: Oh no!

924
01:11:50,214 --> 01:11:51,820
MATT: "Why is that stupid?"

925
01:11:51,820 --> 01:11:53,713
LAURA: Because then they can't go back!

926
01:11:53,713 --> 01:11:57,010
MATT: "You don't have to get it from the wall. I'm
sure they build it from something and there might

927
01:11:57,056 --> 01:11:58,485
"be a reserve somewhere."

928
01:11:58,485 --> 01:12:03,465
MARISHA: Right, in the other dimension that they
came from. You realize Syngorn didn't originate

929
01:12:03,465 --> 01:12:04,841
here in the Feywild, right?

930
01:12:04,841 --> 01:12:06,512
MATT: "I understand, but just..."

931
01:12:06,512 --> 01:12:09,593
MARISHA: Oh, lord have-- oh, sweet Sarenrae.

932
01:12:09,593 --> 01:12:13,749
TALIESIN: Wait, okay, a threshold-- a piece?

933
01:12:13,749 --> 01:12:17,701
MATT: "A piece of a threshold crest. Just but a
sliver."

934
01:12:17,701 --> 01:12:21,199
LIAM: The same material?

935
01:12:21,199 --> 01:12:27,050
MATT: "The same material enchanted that is
functionally able to be

936
01:12:27,050 --> 01:12:28,971
"utilized in the same fashion."

937
01:12:28,971 --> 01:12:30,408
TRAVIS: No problem. What else?

938
01:12:30,408 --> 01:12:37,570
MATT: "Great. I also want the High Warden
Tyrelda's hat."

939
01:12:37,570 --> 01:12:39,446
TRAVIS: Her hat?

940
01:12:39,446 --> 01:12:44,063
LAURA: Do we know what her hat looks like?

941
01:12:44,063 --> 01:12:45,298
MATT: You do, actually.

942
01:12:45,298 --> 01:12:46,417
LAURA: What does it look like?

943
01:12:46,417 --> 01:12:50,261
MATT: It's a pointed, small tricorn made of green
velvet that she wears when she goes on like

944
01:12:50,261 --> 01:12:52,151
excursions outside of the city.

945
01:12:52,151 --> 01:12:55,005
MARISHA: Oh my god, she's got a pirate tri-corner
hat?

946
01:12:55,005 --> 01:13:00,808
MATT: It's small and very long. Imagine a pirate
hat with a little more of an

947
01:13:00,808 --> 01:13:01,951
elven sleekness to it.

948
01:13:01,951 --> 01:13:04,691
LAURA: Wait, like a Robin Hood hat? Like Peter
Pan!

949
01:13:04,691 --> 01:13:05,881
MARISHA: Oh my god, like Peter Pan!

950
01:13:05,881 --> 01:13:07,762
MATT: Sure, yeah!

951
01:13:07,762 --> 01:13:15,116
LIAM: I wasn't looking forward to this moment, but
that actually sounds like fun.

952
01:13:15,164 --> 01:13:19,217
LAURA: That's it, that's all you need?

953
01:13:19,217 --> 01:13:22,780
MATT: "That's all! And I will fulfill my side of
the deal."

954
01:13:22,780 --> 01:13:27,995
MARISHA: I have a vague idea of why you might want
a piece of the threshold crest, but why would you

955
01:13:27,995 --> 01:13:30,198
want the High Warden's hat?

956
01:13:30,198 --> 01:13:32,355
MATT: "Because I have my reasons."

957
01:13:32,355 --> 01:13:38,137
TALIESIN: So. Are you going to give us what you
stole now? We have an arrangement.

958
01:13:38,137 --> 01:13:40,032
MATT: "We do have an arrangement."

959
01:13:40,032 --> 01:13:44,274
TALIESIN: It's only fair. Come on.

960
01:13:44,274 --> 01:13:54,952
MATT: Reaches into his pocket and pulls out what
looks to be a very finely sculpted bronze statue

961
01:13:54,952 --> 01:14:03,964
of Syldor that was gifted for essentially his work
with Emon and establishing better trade routes

962
01:14:03,964 --> 01:14:10,766
between that city and this city. It's basically a
good job, salesman of the year award of Syldor's.

963
01:14:10,766 --> 01:14:12,115
MARISHA: They stole his Emmy?

964
01:14:12,115 --> 01:14:13,138
MATT: Kind of, yeah.

965
01:14:13,138 --> 01:14:15,190
LAURA: No, it's like they stole his gold watch.

966
01:14:15,190 --> 01:14:20,932
LIAM: I yoink it out of his hand. I'll take that.
I got it right here.

967
01:14:20,932 --> 01:14:22,546
SAM: It's a belt buckle.

968
01:14:22,546 --> 01:14:23,940
LIAM: Right on my belt.

969
01:14:23,940 --> 01:14:30,222
TRAVIS: So weird, you pickpocketed the thing that
wasn't even expensive.

970
01:14:30,354 --> 01:14:31,842
LAURA: Why did you take that?

971
01:14:31,842 --> 01:14:33,751
SAM: He can't help it, he's a klepto.

972
01:14:33,751 --> 01:14:36,576
MATT: "No! It was there and nobody was looking."

973
01:14:36,576 --> 01:14:41,276
MARISHA: Because it ultimately doesn't matter. You
know how awards work. Come on.

974
01:14:41,276 --> 01:14:47,678
MATT: "Regardless, we have business to tend to.
Come, we have a hat to catch!"

975
01:14:47,678 --> 01:14:51,433
LIAM: Oh, you want to come along?

976
01:14:51,433 --> 01:15:03,855
MARISHA: Oh, hang on, before we all leave. Vex and
Vax, what did your dad do back in the day? Because

977
01:15:03,855 --> 01:15:07,195
he knows Allura and he talked about knowing
Thordak.

978
01:15:07,195 --> 01:15:09,207
LAURA: He's an ambassador to the city.

979
01:15:09,207 --> 01:15:11,934
MARISHA: Does he have any type of fighting
capabilities?

980
01:15:11,934 --> 01:15:14,996
LAURA: Ugh. If he does, we never saw it.

981
01:15:14,996 --> 01:15:17,194
LIAM: Yeah, he'll bore you to death.

982
01:15:17,194 --> 01:15:19,676
LAURA: Yeah, he can talk a lot.

983
01:15:19,676 --> 01:15:26,924
MARISHA: Because it sounds like he was a part of
the mission to lock in Thordak

984
01:15:26,924 --> 01:15:28,930
11 or so years ago.

985
01:15:28,930 --> 01:15:31,636
LAURA: What? No way.

986
01:15:31,636 --> 01:15:35,790
MARISHA: He mentioned that he's been down this
road before.

987
01:15:35,831 --> 01:15:39,762
LAURA: He knows Allura because he knew the Council
members.

988
01:15:39,762 --> 01:15:41,937
He was the one that sent us off to find...

989
01:15:41,937 --> 01:15:48,590
LIAM: He's a traveling salesman that sells
politics. He's not anything all that fancy.

990
01:15:48,590 --> 01:15:56,970
MARISHA: Well, if he sells politics, there could
be a lot in selling war against a dragon. I'm not

991
01:15:56,970 --> 01:16:02,376
trying to be a dick, but your father was kind of a
dick so I'm just questioning it.

992
01:16:02,376 --> 01:16:04,837
LAURA: No, he's an asshole. That's totally fine.

993
01:16:04,837 --> 01:16:06,484
MARISHA: I'm not trying to talk shit about your
family.

994
01:16:06,484 --> 01:16:07,845
LAURA: No, feel free.

995
01:16:07,845 --> 01:16:09,066
MARISHA: Okay.

996
01:16:09,066 --> 01:16:13,687
TRAVIS: Y'all should totally fight right now. Just
fight in the room while we're all here and take

997
01:16:13,687 --> 01:16:14,828
off your clothes.

998
01:16:14,828 --> 01:16:16,523
MARISHA: I'm just saying.

999
01:16:16,523 --> 01:16:19,444
TRAVIS: Only way to solve it.

1000
01:16:19,444 --> 01:16:20,947
LAURA: Totally, totally.

1001
01:16:20,947 --> 01:16:21,889
TRAVIS: Yep.

1002
01:16:21,889 --> 01:16:24,314
TALIESIN: No, that's a very dark and disturbing
thought. I'm very impressed.

1003
01:16:24,314 --> 01:16:26,390
MARISHA: Thank you! I've been learning from you.

1004
01:16:26,390 --> 01:16:28,678
TALIESIN: Thank you. Now I feel guilty.

1005
01:16:28,678 --> 01:16:34,817
MARISHA: I don't mean to question to him, he just
said a few things that raised a few hairs on the

1006
01:16:34,817 --> 01:16:36,043
back of my spine.

1007
01:16:36,043 --> 01:16:39,877
LAURA: Well, maybe we can ask him about it?

1008
01:16:39,877 --> 01:16:41,865
TRAVIS: You have hair on your spine?

1009
01:16:41,865 --> 01:16:51,069
MARISHA: About this time I use Alter Self to go a
little half-Minxie and get those-- like when a dog

1010
01:16:51,069 --> 01:16:54,419
is pissed off and it puffs up the hair, towards
Grog.

1011
01:16:54,419 --> 01:16:59,193
MATT: She shows you this emerging patch of fur
that is like, shh, pushing out the back of her

1012
01:16:59,193 --> 01:17:00,176
shoulders.

1013
01:17:00,176 --> 01:17:01,338
LAURA: That's real sexy.

1014
01:17:01,338 --> 01:17:02,461
TRAVIS: Pretty sweet.

1015
01:17:02,461 --> 01:17:03,670
LAURA: Pretty hot.

1016
01:17:03,670 --> 01:17:11,002
TALIESIN: It is a very fair point, although I
would say I think it would be best to talk to

1017
01:17:11,002 --> 01:17:17,637
Allura about your father rather than talk to him
again, I think he's possibly had enough of us for

1018
01:17:17,637 --> 01:17:18,776
a while.

1019
01:17:18,776 --> 01:17:25,032
TRAVIS: So we have the meeting, we go get the
tricorn hat from her, like, boudoir and then we go get

1020
01:17:25,104 --> 01:17:27,133
the crest on the way out, right?

1021
01:17:27,133 --> 01:17:31,815
SAM: Maybe we can even find a clue about where
this crest thing is from the meeting.

1022
01:17:31,815 --> 01:17:37,141
MATT: "Grand! That's a great idea! That's a great
idea."

1023
01:17:37,141 --> 01:17:39,642
LAURA: Should we sleep before the meeting?

1024
01:17:39,642 --> 01:17:41,961
TALIESIN: I think the meeting is actually
tomorrow.

1025
01:17:41,961 --> 01:17:44,251
LAURA: Yes.

1026
01:17:44,293 --> 01:17:49,537
SAM: It just says we get one meeting, I don't
think it's been "sheduled" yet. Should we go

1027
01:17:49,537 --> 01:17:50,825
"shedule" it?

1028
01:17:50,825 --> 01:17:53,321
LAURA: Let's "shedule" the meeting.

1029
01:17:53,321 --> 01:17:57,348
TRAVIS: Or maybe we could send one of the shitty
guards to go "shedule" it for us.

1030
01:17:57,348 --> 01:18:02,966
LAURA: Is he back from getting us food? Oh no, I
hope he's not, because I want to send a second one

1031
01:18:02,966 --> 01:18:04,304
out there.

1032
01:18:04,304 --> 01:18:06,035
SAM: Ooh! Because you're a lady.

1033
01:18:06,035 --> 01:18:07,479
LAURA: Because I'm a baroness.

1034
01:18:07,479 --> 01:18:09,241
TRAVIS: I don't think they're going to leave us
all alone.

1035
01:18:09,241 --> 01:18:10,889
TALIESIN: I have made such a terrible mistake.

1036
01:18:10,889 --> 01:18:14,676
(laughter)

1037
01:18:14,676 --> 01:18:19,870
MATT: You go and check, you check the hallway, and
the guard hasn't returned and the three suddenly

1038
01:18:19,870 --> 01:18:21,498
spin around as the door opens.

1039
01:18:21,498 --> 01:18:26,637
LAURA: Hello! We require a meeting with the High
Warden.

1040
01:18:26,637 --> 01:18:31,762
MARISHA: I do a little gust cantrip from behind
the door to make her hair blow in the wind.

1041
01:18:31,762 --> 01:18:48,407
(laughter)

1042
01:18:48,407 --> 01:18:55,409
MATT: "I need to take this with me. To make the
meeting schedulable."

1043
01:18:55,409 --> 01:18:57,264
TALIESIN: Yes, of course.

1044
01:18:57,264 --> 01:18:58,448
LAURA: "Shedulable."

1045
01:18:58,448 --> 01:19:00,385
MATT: "Shedulable."

1046
01:19:00,385 --> 01:19:01,605
TRAVIS: Bidet!

1047
01:19:01,605 --> 01:19:06,955
SAM: When would we like the meeting? Tonight or
tomorrow?

1048
01:19:06,955 --> 01:19:08,556
LAURA and LIAM: Tomorrow.

1049
01:19:08,556 --> 01:19:11,445
MATT: You guys did wake up about four hours ago?

1050
01:19:11,445 --> 01:19:12,626
LIAM: Did we?

1051
01:19:12,626 --> 01:19:14,194
SAM: Today! Later today.

1052
01:19:14,194 --> 01:19:15,395
TALIESIN: We'll take the meeting today.

1053
01:19:15,395 --> 01:19:16,895
SAM: Right after siesta.

1054
01:19:16,895 --> 01:19:19,202
LIAM: It's like northern Alaska.

1055
01:19:19,202 --> 01:19:29,041
MATT: "Very well. I'll return." He turns around
and leaves and the two guards look at each other

1056
01:19:29,041 --> 01:19:34,344
like, thank god it wasn't us. They both stand at
the ready as he goes.

1057
01:19:34,344 --> 01:19:39,970
TALIESIN: Let that be a lesson to the two of you
about making fun of a foreigner's accent. I'm

1058
01:19:39,970 --> 01:19:41,496
watching you.

1059
01:19:41,496 --> 01:19:43,577
MATT: As the door slowly closes.

1060
01:19:43,577 --> 01:19:45,122
TALIESIN: Schedulable!

1061
01:19:45,122 --> 01:19:51,559
MATT: The faun, of which is currently-- Garmelie
is up on one of the beds right now, stretched out.

1062
01:19:51,665 --> 01:19:55,578
"So! What are you waiting for?"

1063
01:19:55,578 --> 01:19:57,018
LAURA: That's your bed, Keyleth.

1064
01:19:57,018 --> 01:19:58,397
MARISHA: Aw, man.

1065
01:19:58,397 --> 01:20:01,289
LAURA: Yeah.

1066
01:20:01,289 --> 01:20:03,092
MATT: Brings up one leg.

1067
01:20:03,092 --> 01:20:06,306
LAURA: Trinket jumps up on the bed and snuggles in
with him.

1068
01:20:06,306 --> 01:20:09,202
MATT: "No, don't, ugh!" (bear noises)

1069
01:20:09,202 --> 01:20:10,812
MARISHA: Aw, they're shedding on it!

1070
01:20:10,812 --> 01:20:15,974
MATT: (creak, crash) The bottom cracks and the bed
actually falls flat on the ground. The springs

1071
01:20:15,974 --> 01:20:17,101
destroyed.

1072
01:20:17,101 --> 01:20:19,334
TALIESIN: It's all right, it's a futon now. It's
like college.

1073
01:20:19,334 --> 01:20:24,796
TRAVIS: Have we seen any of these threshold crests
on our way in?

1074
01:20:24,796 --> 01:20:26,408
LIAM: Yeah, we walked past some.

1075
01:20:26,408 --> 01:20:29,908
MARISHA: They're those little blue stones that are
keeping the city here.

1076
01:20:29,908 --> 01:20:32,598
TRAVIS: Don't say it like it's obvious. I don't
pay attention to shit.

1077
01:20:32,598 --> 01:20:35,037
LAURA: But we just need a sliver of one.

1078
01:20:35,037 --> 01:20:40,158
TRAVIS: Right, so like, I could take Vax's head
and smash it against one and then pick up the

1079
01:20:40,158 --> 01:20:43,502
pieces. No, that's a bad thing from your frown.

1080
01:20:43,502 --> 01:20:50,815
MARISHA: Although Grog doesn't have the worst
idea. And I don't mean smashing Vax's head. That's

1081
01:20:50,815 --> 01:20:58,809
not what I mean. But don't we have some hidden
gems, because I'm really terrified if we start

1082
01:20:58,809 --> 01:21:02,142
hacking away at these stones what might happen.

1083
01:21:02,142 --> 01:21:04,113
LAURA: They might not be able to return.

1084
01:21:04,113 --> 01:21:06,094
MARISHA: So maybe we can do something kind of
fakey.

1085
01:21:06,094 --> 01:21:08,310
SAM: He's in the room.

1086
01:21:08,310 --> 01:21:10,391
(laughter)

1087
01:21:10,391 --> 01:21:12,181
MARISHA: Is he asleep? He's asleep, right?

1088
01:21:12,181 --> 01:21:14,323
MATT: No, he's currently partially crushed by
Trinket on the bed and goes like,

1089
01:21:14,323 --> 01:21:16,476
"I can hear you!"

1090
01:21:16,476 --> 01:21:23,485
TRAVIS: I mean, we have jewels and shit, just
stuff hanging around, but what does that do?

1091
01:21:23,485 --> 01:21:26,546
SAM: No, how do we know if we can chip
a piece off without ruining it?

1092
01:21:26,546 --> 01:21:28,036
LAURA: I wouldn't risk it.

1093
01:21:28,084 --> 01:21:31,701
LIAM: I think we should talk to some people and
ask a couple of questions around town first.

1094
01:21:31,701 --> 01:21:36,358
LAURA: Yeah. Maybe somebody, maybe the High Warden
knows. Maybe we can sneak it out of there or

1095
01:21:36,358 --> 01:21:37,227
something.

1096
01:21:37,227 --> 01:21:38,223
LIAM: Just drop it in passing.

1097
01:21:38,223 --> 01:21:40,715
TRAVIS: Ooh! Like a souvenir. "Can we have a piece
of your threshold crest?"

1098
01:21:40,715 --> 01:21:43,330
LAURA: Exactly like that, Grog, exactly like
that.

1099
01:21:43,330 --> 01:21:45,979
TRAVIS: Shit, I have got all the good ideas
today.

1100
01:21:45,979 --> 01:21:48,471
(laughter)

1101
01:21:48,471 --> 01:21:58,116
TRAVIS: I'm the leader. So what do we do until the
guard comes back?

1102
01:21:58,116 --> 01:22:03,139
MATT: The door opens, the guard comes around with
food and hands it out to the rest of--

1103
01:22:03,139 --> 01:22:06,095
LAURA: Does anybody have money for a tip? Because
I think you're supposed to tip them.

1104
01:22:06,095 --> 01:22:07,302
TRAVIS: Yeah.

1105
01:22:07,302 --> 01:22:14,985
MATT: "You're not supposed to tip your guards."
(boof) Slams the door behind.

1106
01:22:14,985 --> 01:22:19,519
MARISHA: That's an Emon tradition. We're overseas,
remember.

1107
01:22:19,519 --> 01:22:22,833
TALIESIN: I like it here.

1108
01:22:22,833 --> 01:22:25,880
MATT: All right. You finish your meal.

1109
01:22:25,880 --> 01:22:27,223
LAURA: It's delicious!

1110
01:22:27,223 --> 01:22:33,507
MATT: And prepare yourselves for an excursion into
the city of Syngorn to seemingly steal a piece of

1111
01:22:33,507 --> 01:22:37,031
the threshold crest and the High Warden Tyrelda's
travel hat.

1112
01:22:37,031 --> 01:22:43,802
MARISHA: I turn into Minxie and resign to the idea
that I'm going to be sleeping with Garmelie and

1113
01:22:43,802 --> 01:22:47,728
Trinket and just cuddle next to them in Minxie
mode.

1114
01:22:47,728 --> 01:22:49,668
LAURA: Are you coming with us, though, Keyleth?

1115
01:22:49,668 --> 01:22:51,013
MARISHA: Oh, we're not sleeping?

1116
01:22:51,013 --> 01:22:56,094
SAM: No. It's like one in the afternoon, so we'll
probably just go.

1117
01:22:56,094 --> 01:22:58,030
LIAM: But you know, blow a couple more spells.

1118
01:22:58,030 --> 01:23:01,049
MATT: So that's one use of your beast form.

1119
01:23:01,049 --> 01:23:05,705
LAURA: Just come on, then.

1120
01:23:05,705 --> 01:23:07,156
MARISHA: I'll come on.

1121
01:23:07,156 --> 01:23:09,769
LIAM: Just save it. You can stay like that, just
walk close to me.

1122
01:23:09,769 --> 01:23:12,542
MARISHA: Am I going to freak people out if I walk
around like this?

1123
01:23:12,542 --> 01:23:13,646
TALIESIN: God, I hope so.

1124
01:23:13,646 --> 01:23:15,365
LAURA: Fuck them, that's what I say.

1125
01:23:15,365 --> 01:23:21,331
MATT: All right. You guys make your way outside
into the city streets of Syngorn to hopefully wait

1126
01:23:21,331 --> 01:23:26,876
for the other guard, who returns about ten minutes
later to tell you, "It has been 'sheduled.'"

1127
01:23:26,876 --> 01:23:28,567
TRAVIS: Ah, very good.

1128
01:23:28,567 --> 01:23:34,417
MATT: "As soon as you wish, attend to the central
palace and there you will be greeted."

1129
01:23:34,417 --> 01:23:35,672
LAURA: Okay.

1130
01:23:35,672 --> 01:23:36,753
TRAVIS: Yep.

1131
01:23:36,753 --> 01:23:38,928
MATT: "Are you leaving now?"

1132
01:23:38,928 --> 01:23:39,892
SAM: Yes.

1133
01:23:39,892 --> 01:23:41,767
TRAVIS: Well, we waste no time.

1134
01:23:41,767 --> 01:23:46,020
MATT: Makes a big whistle and the other guards
come down, and collectively you now have four

1135
01:23:46,020 --> 01:23:47,537
guards watching you guys.

1136
01:23:47,537 --> 01:23:48,606
TRAVIS: Four?

1137
01:23:48,606 --> 01:23:50,225
LAURA: Yeah. There were four of them.

1138
01:23:50,225 --> 01:23:54,689
MARISHA: I drop Minxie form, because that seems
very aggressive.

1139
01:23:54,689 --> 01:24:04,937
SAM: As we walk I say to Vax: Oi, Vax. What is the
reason for this meeting? When we get in there,

1140
01:24:04,937 --> 01:24:06,635
what do we say to her?

1141
01:24:06,635 --> 01:24:08,479
MARISHA: Can we have your hat?

1142
01:24:08,479 --> 01:24:15,604
LIAM: I don't think we should lead with that.
Maybe work our way around to it. Well, I would

1143
01:24:15,604 --> 01:24:21,918
like advice other than this little hairy man for
how to get to the bog.

1144
01:24:21,918 --> 01:24:23,839
LAURA: And also what we might face.

1145
01:24:23,839 --> 01:24:25,170
LIAM: Yes.

1146
01:24:25,170 --> 01:24:27,530
LAURA: And how we can fight what we might face.

1147
01:24:27,530 --> 01:24:29,673
MARISHA: She might know about Fenthras and the
bow.

1148
01:24:29,673 --> 01:24:30,770
LAURA: Yes, exactly.

1149
01:24:30,770 --> 01:24:35,520
TRAVIS: Wait, Scanlan, can't you go invisible too?
What if you two little buggers just went off and

1150
01:24:35,520 --> 01:24:39,259
like found it on your own while we were
distracting Captain Fancy Hat.

1151
01:24:39,259 --> 01:24:43,185
SAM: Find Fenthras on our own, what?

1152
01:24:43,185 --> 01:24:47,372
TRAVIS: Yeah, you go invisible along with Fauny
Tim over here and you just

1153
01:24:47,372 --> 01:24:48,856
go find the fucking hat.

1154
01:24:48,856 --> 01:24:49,808
SAM: Oh, the hat.

1155
01:24:49,808 --> 01:24:51,078
TRAVIS: Yeah.

1156
01:24:51,078 --> 01:24:54,339
MARISHA: What if she's wearing the hat? What if
the hat is on her head?

1157
01:24:54,339 --> 01:24:56,611
TRAVIS: We kill everybody.

1158
01:24:56,611 --> 01:25:02,126
(laughter)

1159
01:25:02,126 --> 01:25:04,302
TALIESIN: To be fair, that usually is the plan.

1160
01:25:04,302 --> 01:25:10,249
MATT: And thus ended the story of Vox Machina,
murdered terribly in the streets of Syngorn by

1161
01:25:10,249 --> 01:25:11,502
their own people.

1162
01:25:11,502 --> 01:25:12,871
TALIESIN: Clutching a hat.

1163
01:25:12,871 --> 01:25:14,224
TRAVIS: Tarantino film.

1164
01:25:14,224 --> 01:25:18,206
MATT: As you guys make your way towards the
palace, formulating your plan, we're going to go

1165
01:25:18,206 --> 01:25:23,646
ahead and take a quick bathroom break here. Guys,
about ten, 15 minutes or so, we'll be back here in

1166
01:25:23,646 --> 01:25:29,233
just a little bit. So use your restrooms, stretch
your legs and come back. We'll see you all here in

1167
01:25:29,233 --> 01:25:30,427
a few minutes.

1168
01:25:30,427 --> 01:25:32,444
[no audio]

1169
01:25:32,444 --> 01:25:45,239
(cheering)

1170
01:25:45,239 --> 01:25:55,074
MATT: That's a lot of people. Welcome back. First
off, I want to say a big thanks to Amanda Mclean

1171
01:25:55,074 --> 01:25:58,983
for making our awesome graphic for our
intermission, thank you Amanda, appreciate that.

1172
01:25:58,983 --> 01:26:02,444
(cheering)

1173
01:26:02,444 --> 01:26:09,038
MATT: We are back. Brought to you by Loot Crate.
Let's dive back in, as you guys make your way

1174
01:26:09,038 --> 01:26:16,096
through the city of Syngorn towards the palace to
what would be the northern side of the city.

1175
01:26:16,096 --> 01:26:22,240
Eventually you come upon the large, slightly
swirling stairs that lead to the front of the

1176
01:26:22,240 --> 01:26:28,627
large brass and ivory surrounded doorway that
leads to the interior. You guys have not actually

1177
01:26:28,627 --> 01:26:32,941
been inside this palace before; you've only seen it from a
distance, as your father would not let you in too

1178
01:26:32,984 --> 01:26:40,047
close to the center of the city. As you make your
way up the stairs, you can see guards, the Verdant

1179
01:26:40,047 --> 01:26:44,380
Guards step out in an aggressive and defensive
way, but the guards to your sides immediately put

1180
01:26:44,380 --> 01:26:50,013
their hands up and signal them to put their arms
down and to stand at ease. You guys are brought to

1181
01:26:50,013 --> 01:26:58,574
the front, the doors open, and a small elderly
elvish gentleman comes out, his long white hair

1182
01:26:58,574 --> 01:27:05,162
almost touching the ground as he shuffles up. He
brings a small monocle up to the side of his face.

1183
01:27:05,162 --> 01:27:12,237
"Yes? Do you have business in the palace?"

1184
01:27:12,237 --> 01:27:13,704
LIAM: G'day mate.

1185
01:27:13,704 --> 01:27:15,089
MARISHA: Good day.

1186
01:27:15,089 --> 01:27:19,882
LAURA: We do. We have a meeting with the High
Warden Tyrelda.

1187
01:27:19,882 --> 01:27:30,599
MATT: "Let me see your papers. Oh, I see they're
right here. Very well. Follow me, please." He

1188
01:27:30,599 --> 01:27:37,159
turns around and walks his way into the building.
You all follow suit and are led through the main

1189
01:27:37,159 --> 01:27:43,098
entryway to the palace itself. On the inside you
can see these giant archways that the pillars that

1190
01:27:43,098 --> 01:27:48,531
hold them up look like trees that spread to the
top like the stone boughs actually hold a canopy

1191
01:27:48,531 --> 01:27:58,373
made of marble with beautiful portraits and long
artistic renditions of the creation of Syngorn,

1192
01:27:58,373 --> 01:28:03,479
the people, each bloodline that has progressed and
taken on the central political structure of the

1193
01:28:03,479 --> 01:28:11,011
city. As it goes, you can see busts of people who have
been of historical importance to Syngorn, and

1194
01:28:11,044 --> 01:28:14,966
eventually you're brought to the very end of this
hallway. Amongst a series of other offshoot

1195
01:28:14,966 --> 01:28:21,958
hallways and doors, there is the next portion of
this journey, this large central chamber. The door

1196
01:28:21,958 --> 01:28:27,324
is already partially ajar. You are led into what
seems to be the equivalent of a throne room, but

1197
01:28:27,324 --> 01:28:32,019
it appears that there is a half-circle table in
the center of the room and a series of chairs that

1198
01:28:32,019 --> 01:28:38,371
now sit empty across from one side. Your side. The
other side of the table, you see sitting quietly

1199
01:28:38,371 --> 01:28:45,606
and patiently, an older elven woman, you can see
the grey in her hair and the crow's-nests at the

1200
01:28:45,606 --> 01:28:51,414
corner of her eyes, which in elven years means
she's quite old, she's probably close to 150 or

1201
01:28:51,414 --> 01:28:59,286
200 years old, by your gathering. They can live
quite a long time. She would be in the equivalent

1202
01:28:59,286 --> 01:29:02,392
of her late 50s.

1203
01:29:02,392 --> 01:29:07,177
SAM: Not old enough for our party to kill
mercilessly.

1204
01:29:07,177 --> 01:29:10,097
MATT: No, that's a whole different gauge.

1205
01:29:10,097 --> 01:29:12,092
LIAM: Throwback Thursday.

1206
01:29:12,092 --> 01:29:14,596
LAURA: Is she wearing a hat?

1207
01:29:14,596 --> 01:29:16,196
MATT: She is not wearing a hat.

1208
01:29:16,196 --> 01:29:19,133
TRAVIS: Shit. All right, she lives.

1209
01:29:19,133 --> 01:29:28,561
MATT: The guard behind ushers you guys forward
toward the chairs. You all get the idea that you

1210
01:29:28,610 --> 01:29:29,712
should sit.

1211
01:29:29,712 --> 01:29:31,907
SAM: We sit.

1212
01:29:31,907 --> 01:29:33,292
MATT: All right.

1213
01:29:33,292 --> 01:29:35,080
MARISHA: Are there chairs for all of us?

1214
01:29:35,080 --> 01:29:42,804
MATT: There are chairs for all of you but Trinket,
who currently, one of the guards is helping to put

1215
01:29:42,804 --> 01:29:45,122
his hands out in front to keep back, like.

1216
01:29:45,122 --> 01:29:46,517
LAURA: No.

1217
01:29:46,517 --> 01:29:47,978
LIAM: That's a good way to lose a finger.

1218
01:29:47,978 --> 01:29:53,543
LAURA: I wouldn't mess with him if I were you,
just to be safe. And I walk up and I give Trinket

1219
01:29:53,543 --> 01:29:56,564
a kiss on the nose and I put him in his Pokeball.

1220
01:29:56,603 --> 01:30:01,916
MATT: The guard leaps back for a second. "That's
much easier."

1221
01:30:01,916 --> 01:30:05,597
LAURA: Just watch closely, buddy.

1222
01:30:05,597 --> 01:30:08,712
MATT: You step back, you all find your seats.

1223
01:30:08,712 --> 01:30:13,333
LAURA: Just talking to my boobs. No big deal.

1224
01:30:13,333 --> 01:30:15,046
LIAM: Buddy, buddy.

1225
01:30:15,046 --> 01:30:21,141
(laughter)

1226
01:30:21,141 --> 01:30:27,097
MATT: This meeting room pavilion, and as you all
have your seat, you see the High Warden waiting

1227
01:30:27,181 --> 01:30:34,062
there patiently, smile on her face but definitely
an expression that shows both intelligence and

1228
01:30:34,116 --> 01:30:43,588
guard. As you all sit, she looks about the group,
asks, "So you've all come and made arrangements to

1229
01:30:43,588 --> 01:30:50,176
"meet with me. You've come quite a ways and with
very short notice. I'm curious as to what your

1230
01:30:50,176 --> 01:30:53,185
"reasonings are. Please, state your business."

1231
01:30:53,185 --> 01:31:03,919
LIAM: You probably recognize the two of us even if
you don't know us. We're Syldor's children. This

1232
01:31:03,919 --> 01:31:06,729
is my sister Vex'ahlia. I'm Vax'ildan.

1233
01:31:06,729 --> 01:31:12,798
MATT: "Strange. It has been some time since you've
been within the city. Welcome."

1234
01:31:12,798 --> 01:31:14,471
LIAM: Thank you.

1235
01:31:14,471 --> 01:31:27,216
LAURA: We're back because we're searching for a
certain bow, Fenthras? Said to be within the Murk

1236
01:31:27,216 --> 01:31:28,690
something?

1237
01:31:28,690 --> 01:31:31,326
LIAM: Bog of Eternal Stench, I believe.

1238
01:31:31,326 --> 01:31:35,386
MARISHA: Shadowmurk Bog. That's the one.

1239
01:31:35,386 --> 01:31:36,532
MATT: "The Shademirk?"

1240
01:31:36,532 --> 01:31:38,133
MARISHA: Shademirk. That's it.

1241
01:31:38,133 --> 01:31:48,947
LIAM: It's not on a lark. We're not a bunch of
fly-by-nights. We've already stopped to see Vex's

1242
01:31:48,994 --> 01:31:56,493
and my father. Over the last several months, we
have been dealing, a little more closely than most

1243
01:31:56,493 --> 01:32:04,759
would want, with the Conclave, these dragons. We
know that you are struggling to do the same. We

1244
01:32:04,759 --> 01:32:14,505
have felled two of them, and I don't say that to
brag, just to impress upon you how serious we are.

1245
01:32:14,505 --> 01:32:28,728
We've come a long way, and we are in need of help.
Thank you, darling. I think that the city's

1246
01:32:28,728 --> 01:32:38,778
intentions are in the best possible place. Brings
me a great deal of personal satisfaction,

1247
01:32:38,778 --> 01:32:53,455
actually. I would like to offer our aid in service
of the very same purpose, and that bow, in my

1248
01:32:53,455 --> 01:32:59,754
sister's hands, will go a long way to felling more
of these beasts.

1249
01:32:59,754 --> 01:33:13,293
MATT: "Well. You stroll in here with a great deal
of arrogance and an air of self-importance. Not in

1250
01:33:13,293 --> 01:33:21,078
"a way that is negative, more in a way that means
you aspire, and I hope, not reaching beyond your

1251
01:33:21,078 --> 01:33:28,559
"means. If you have indeed felled these two members
of the Conclave as you say, then perhaps this

1252
01:33:28,559 --> 01:33:34,936
"errand to the Shademirk is not as dangerous as one
would expect. I would not deny you this, and if

1253
01:33:34,936 --> 01:33:39,311
"you indeed have these capabilities, you should
have no issue surviving the Mirk,

1254
01:33:39,356 --> 01:33:41,356
"you and your companions."

1255
01:33:41,356 --> 01:33:49,077
LAURA: Syldor sent us here because he said you
would know what we might face in the Shademirk.

1256
01:33:49,077 --> 01:33:59,181
MATT: "Well. The Shademirk, as far as I
understand, was once a very beautiful landscape.

1257
01:33:59,181 --> 01:34:07,396
"That once was the fountain heart of the Gilded Run
that provided the flowing rivers that spun

1258
01:34:07,396 --> 01:34:17,488
"throughout this entire region. There was an
archfey many years before who was turned on by his

1259
01:34:17,488 --> 01:34:25,375
"beloved, who had been growing so spiteful, so full
of angst and anger and vengeful thoughts that it

1260
01:34:25,375 --> 01:34:33,014
"turned his heart dark and black and he began to
spill into the fen around him. It was there that

1261
01:34:33,014 --> 01:34:38,577
"these lands became the Shademirk. It was there
that he became one with the land and corrupted it

1262
01:34:38,577 --> 01:34:46,144
"and turned it. Dryads turned foul and shadowed.
Other creatures began to crawl up from the bog

1263
01:34:46,144 --> 01:34:50,986
"itself, and to this day feed off the life of those
they can reach. The only thing that holds its

1264
01:34:50,986 --> 01:34:58,842
"spread at bay is the Gilded Run, the rapids. Now,
it's found balance, and we watched it spread, as

1265
01:34:58,842 --> 01:35:05,331
"those who've lived here for a long time do. It
does not force any sort of immediate threat to any

1266
01:35:05,331 --> 01:35:11,365
"of us, and it serves its own purpose. It has its
new-- I shouldn't say new, it's been hundreds of

1267
01:35:11,365 --> 01:35:21,961
"years now-- but its own life, its own biome. And
we could not be ones to mess with that, if you

1268
01:35:21,961 --> 01:35:28,863
"will. But it is dangerous, and it is, for those
who have scouted far enough to see it, say it is

1269
01:35:28,863 --> 01:35:38,464
"akin to wading through an oil slick. It is to walk
into a hungry swamp that

1270
01:35:38,464 --> 01:35:41,703
"never gives up its need to feed."

1271
01:35:41,703 --> 01:35:43,458
LAURA: Sounds lovely.

1272
01:35:43,458 --> 01:35:45,067
MATT: "Yes, quite."

1273
01:35:45,067 --> 01:35:56,492
LAURA: You say you've lived here. I know the city
goes back and forth between the Feywild. Do you

1274
01:35:56,492 --> 01:35:58,429
travel more freely?

1275
01:35:58,429 --> 01:36:04,126
MATT: "I haven't in my older years. When I was
younger, perhaps. It is important to maintain an

1276
01:36:04,126 --> 01:36:11,260
"idea of the current state of the Feywild. Every
few decades, perhaps every generation, just to be

1277
01:36:11,260 --> 01:36:16,108
"certain when we have to undergo this transition
that we don't come into the middle of a war zone

1278
01:36:16,108 --> 01:36:23,119
"in its own right. But I grow tired in my older
years, and find myself chained to politics more

1279
01:36:23,119 --> 01:36:24,764
"often than not."

1280
01:36:24,764 --> 01:36:30,700
LAURA: How did you make that transition so easily?
I know that the threshold crests are how the city

1281
01:36:30,700 --> 01:36:32,991
gets around.

1282
01:36:32,991 --> 01:36:36,936
(laughter)

1283
01:36:36,936 --> 01:36:45,790
MATT: "Well, there are thin areas between the
planes, there are doorways, and we have magical

1284
01:36:45,790 --> 01:36:50,554
"means to send small scouting parties between this
veil."

1285
01:36:50,554 --> 01:36:54,713
SAM: Go on.

1286
01:36:54,713 --> 01:37:03,942
LAURA: Well, I don't want to be a bother, yes,
but. Do they entail any part of those threshold

1287
01:37:03,942 --> 01:37:09,848
crests? I'm wondering because perhaps we might
find ourselves in need of traveling, as well.

1288
01:37:09,848 --> 01:37:16,223
LIAM: We know we're strangers. But we read much
wisdom and experience in your eyes, and it would

1289
01:37:16,223 --> 01:37:22,547
seem that you have encountered this place
yourself, or have experience in the past with

1290
01:37:22,547 --> 01:37:26,146
those who have, and we're just looking for an
edge, really.

1291
01:37:26,146 --> 01:37:28,866
MATT: You make a persuasion check.

1292
01:37:28,866 --> 01:37:32,414
LAURA: Oh, do I want to roll this one or do I want
to roll--

1293
01:37:32,414 --> 01:37:33,559
TRAVIS: Oh, just pick one.

1294
01:37:33,559 --> 01:37:34,853
LAURA: Okay.

1295
01:37:34,853 --> 01:37:37,141
MATT: The ever-plight of Laura Bailey.

1296
01:37:37,141 --> 01:37:40,132
LAURA: Ooh! That's a good, that's a good, I'm glad
I switched!

1297
01:37:40,132 --> 01:37:44,067
TRAVIS: There are 300 fucking dice on this table.

1298
01:37:44,067 --> 01:37:46,641
LAURA: 27.

1299
01:37:46,641 --> 01:37:48,437
LIAM: Ooh.

1300
01:37:48,437 --> 01:38:03,106
MATT: "We have refined the art of creating the
threshold crests. We have personalized

1301
01:38:03,106 --> 01:38:14,007
"enchantments that can be utilized for our trained
spies, our trained guides, our trained scouts. We

1302
01:38:14,007 --> 01:38:20,176
"keep them under lock and key, but when an endeavor
requires the transference between planes, we do on

1303
01:38:20,176 --> 01:38:25,419
"occasion allow these to go into the hands of our
greatest guides."

1304
01:38:25,419 --> 01:38:38,360
LAURA: If a party would be in search of an item
that would be of great use to your survival, would

1305
01:38:38,360 --> 01:38:40,905
that be worthy?

1306
01:38:40,905 --> 01:38:42,895
LIAM: Listen, we know we're bastards.

1307
01:38:42,895 --> 01:38:45,380
LAURA: Stop bringing up the bastard part!

1308
01:38:45,380 --> 01:38:59,369
LIAM: Clearly. Look into my eyes, we share the
same goal. Half of my blood is yours. I want to

1309
01:38:59,369 --> 01:39:12,474
kill the threat to your city and to all cities. I
ask with complete humility. I know what I'm

1310
01:39:12,474 --> 01:39:15,964
asking. Please.

1311
01:39:15,964 --> 01:39:19,826
MATT: Make a persuasion check.

1312
01:39:19,826 --> 01:39:22,195
LAURA: Which one? Him or me?

1313
01:39:22,195 --> 01:39:23,402
MATT: Him.

1314
01:39:23,402 --> 01:39:26,045
LAURA: Fuck, can I give him advantage, can I help
him?

1315
01:39:26,045 --> 01:39:27,114
LIAM: Using Luck.

1316
01:39:27,114 --> 01:39:28,985
MATT: No, he's got Luck. He has his own.

1317
01:39:28,985 --> 01:39:31,718
LAURA: Come on, you motherfucker.

1318
01:39:31,718 --> 01:39:37,643
LIAM: Ouch. I rolled the same thing. Low number
twice. No, that's a big five.

1319
01:39:37,643 --> 01:39:40,711
LAURA: Wait, no, everything's ten. I thought
everything was a ten!

1320
01:39:40,711 --> 01:39:45,891
LIAM: No, that's right, you're right. So that is
a--

1321
01:39:45,891 --> 01:39:48,127
LAURA: 12.

1322
01:39:48,127 --> 01:39:49,370
LIAM: No, 13.

1323
01:39:49,370 --> 01:39:51,326
SAM: Oh, that's better.

1324
01:39:51,326 --> 01:39:53,234
MATT: It's better.

1325
01:39:53,377 --> 01:39:58,050
LAURA: Why did you talk? I think she would've
listened to me.

1326
01:39:58,106 --> 01:40:04,926
(laughter)

1327
01:40:04,961 --> 01:40:15,534
MATT: "I appreciate your intent, and I understand
that our current paths will hopefully align in the

1328
01:40:15,534 --> 01:40:23,907
"near future. However, such artifacts are very
important to us and the business within Syngorn,

1329
01:40:24,036 --> 01:40:29,799
"and I mean no offense in saying that you are no
longer residents of our city. As such, no, I

1330
01:40:29,799 --> 01:40:38,372
"cannot provide you with these crystals. However, when
the time comes, and you retrieve this bow which

1331
01:40:38,372 --> 01:40:43,177
"you say you seek, I hope that we can count each
other brethren on the battlefield."

1332
01:40:43,177 --> 01:40:50,330
TRAVIS: Can I look around the room? Are there any
doors open, ajar, leading into a bedroom with a

1333
01:40:50,330 --> 01:40:51,912
hat on a rack?

1334
01:40:51,912 --> 01:40:54,552
MATT: Make a perception check, Grog.

1335
01:40:54,552 --> 01:40:56,435
SAM: Are there any guards in here with us?

1336
01:40:56,435 --> 01:40:59,373
MATT: Yeah, the guards have led you in, they're
just back by the front door you entered.

1337
01:40:59,373 --> 01:41:03,209
TALIESIN: There's a hat rack and a Starbucks,
that's what's in the room right there. It's a hat

1338
01:41:03,209 --> 01:41:04,452
rack and a Starbucks.

1339
01:41:04,478 --> 01:41:08,887
TRAVIS: 19. Natural.

1340
01:41:08,887 --> 01:41:13,627
LIAM: I'm rusty on my rules. That should've been a
17.

1341
01:41:13,627 --> 01:41:15,101
MATT: What'd you roll?

1342
01:41:15,101 --> 01:41:21,180
LIAM: I rolled a three, but because of reliable
talent, anything lower counts as a ten. Ten plus

1343
01:41:21,180 --> 01:41:25,336
my persuasion of seven is 17. I'm just rusty.

1344
01:41:25,336 --> 01:41:27,830
MATT: I understand. Same answer.

1345
01:41:27,830 --> 01:41:30,816
(laughter)

1346
01:41:30,816 --> 01:41:33,892
LIAM: That is racist!

1347
01:41:33,892 --> 01:41:39,167
MATT: No, that is a very closely guarded item that
would've required a roll of 20 or higher to

1348
01:41:39,167 --> 01:41:40,535
succeed.

1349
01:41:40,535 --> 01:41:44,068
LIAM: The whole time I was like, that seems wrong
to me; that it's so low.

1350
01:41:44,068 --> 01:41:46,236
MATT: Yeah man, reliable talent's good for that
reason.

1351
01:41:46,236 --> 01:41:48,364
LAURA: Why did your luck suck that time?

1352
01:41:48,364 --> 01:41:57,451
MATT: It's all right. Grog, glancing about the
room, your suddenly strangely keen giant eyes

1353
01:41:57,488 --> 01:42:02,485
in an elvish realm, you who can read patterns in
rock and mountain faces, but when looking at

1354
01:42:02,485 --> 01:42:08,934
finely crafted marble it's just a big mess. You
see at the very back of the chamber what appears

1355
01:42:08,934 --> 01:42:16,892
to be an imprint into one of the sculptures, one
of the almost silver and brass latticework that

1356
01:42:16,892 --> 01:42:21,713
tends to look like climbing roots and vines across
the back of the room. There is a door that is

1357
01:42:21,713 --> 01:42:24,664
recessed within that, though it's hidden in
the sculpture itself.

1358
01:42:24,664 --> 01:42:31,257
"Now. Unless you have other business?"

1359
01:42:31,299 --> 01:42:33,591
SAM: I have a little bit of business.

1360
01:42:33,591 --> 01:42:34,694
MATT: "Yes."

1361
01:42:34,694 --> 01:42:39,927
TALIESIN: Good, carry on. Sorry.

1362
01:42:39,927 --> 01:42:45,768
SAM: Everyone who meets me knows I am a collector
of hats.

1363
01:42:45,768 --> 01:42:55,226
(laughter)

1364
01:42:55,226 --> 01:43:05,619
SAM: I take out my beret and I put it on and I
say, why, this one was a very special beret I got

1365
01:43:05,619 --> 01:43:10,303
by defending Whitestone against an invasion of
vampires, singlehandedly

1366
01:43:10,335 --> 01:43:13,278
freeing the city from the scourge.

1367
01:43:13,278 --> 01:43:15,608
MATT: "That sounds entirely believable."

1368
01:43:15,608 --> 01:43:22,106
SAM: Yes. It's a fine garment woven by a master
craftsman. I hear you have a fine hat, as well,

1369
01:43:22,106 --> 01:43:26,246
that you've been seen wearing about town. Is that
true?

1370
01:43:26,246 --> 01:43:32,335
TALIESIN: I wish I could say this isn't true, but
it's actually true. He is genuine.

1371
01:43:32,335 --> 01:43:37,366
MATT: "I have been known to have a few garments
based on where I'm going, yes."

1372
01:43:37,366 --> 01:43:42,530
SAM: As a fine appreciator of the haberdasher
arts--

1373
01:43:42,530 --> 01:43:51,136
(laughter)

1374
01:43:51,136 --> 01:44:00,311
SAM: A connoisseur, really. Could you humor an old
gnome like me and show me... I hear tell of a

1375
01:44:00,311 --> 01:44:04,641
green hat. A tri-tip hat, right?

1376
01:44:04,641 --> 01:44:05,968
MARISHA: I thought it was blue.

1377
01:44:05,968 --> 01:44:06,964
SAM: Blue hat?

1378
01:44:06,964 --> 01:44:08,133
MARISHA: Might be green.

1379
01:44:08,133 --> 01:44:10,562
TALIESIN: He's also colorblind, I should
mention.

1380
01:44:10,562 --> 01:44:15,603
SAM: Tri-tip, triangular-- I just hear it's
fantastic, I've never seen one quite like it up

1381
01:44:15,603 --> 01:44:18,764
close. I was wondering if I could take a
look-see.

1382
01:44:18,764 --> 01:44:21,086
MATT: Make a deception check.

1383
01:44:21,086 --> 01:44:24,908
SAM: With disadvantage.

1384
01:44:24,908 --> 01:44:26,732
MATT: Yeah, because you didn't sleep.

1385
01:44:26,732 --> 01:44:28,937
MARISHA: Yeah, you didn't sleep, Scanlan!

1386
01:44:28,937 --> 01:44:38,600
SAM: Well, that was a natural 20. But the first
one was a six.

1387
01:44:38,648 --> 01:44:40,662
Luckily, it's plus 14, so 20.

1388
01:44:40,662 --> 01:44:44,231
(laughing and cheering)

1389
01:44:44,231 --> 01:44:47,385
[no audio]

1390
01:44:47,385 --> 01:44:54,195
MATT: Bards! "From political requests to a hat
collector, this is indeed a very strange afternoon

1391
01:44:54,195 --> 01:44:58,718
"in the palace. Yes, I can have one of my servants
show you."

1392
01:44:58,718 --> 01:45:04,500
SAM: Thank you so much, it would mean so much to
me. I've never met a hat I didn't like.

1393
01:45:04,500 --> 01:45:08,822
MATT: "Then I am certain you will be fulfilled."

1394
01:45:08,822 --> 01:45:14,302
SAM: Should we just wait here, or is it going to
be a while?

1395
01:45:14,414 --> 01:45:18,864
MATT: "No, I'll have a servant bring you up." And
she puts her hand up and the guards open the door

1396
01:45:18,864 --> 01:45:27,069
and you see a servant walk out who looks to be a
younger elven man. Actually probably about the age

1397
01:45:27,069 --> 01:45:31,519
of Vax there. Short tattered hair comes across in
front of his eyes.

1398
01:45:31,519 --> 01:45:34,850
He enters. "Yes, mother?"

1399
01:45:34,850 --> 01:45:42,014
"Could you please show this strange little gnome
man to the hat room?"

1400
01:45:42,014 --> 01:45:47,993
"Yes, of course. Yes. Follow me."

1401
01:45:47,993 --> 01:45:51,267
SAM: There's a hat room? I have a hat room in my
place, too!

1402
01:45:51,267 --> 01:45:55,674
MATT: "That's splendid. Now, is there any other
business?"

1403
01:45:55,674 --> 01:46:02,948
TALIESIN: Just to be clear, you would say that the
river is probably our safest mode of entry into

1404
01:46:02,948 --> 01:46:04,064
the bog?

1405
01:46:04,064 --> 01:46:09,572
MATT: "It surrounds the bog and runs past the
southern portion of it, so you'll most likely come

1406
01:46:09,572 --> 01:46:14,690
"upon the river one way or another. Lest you wish
to traverse the Green Sea, but that I would not

1407
01:46:14,690 --> 01:46:16,130
"recommend, either."

1408
01:46:16,130 --> 01:46:19,945
MARISHA: So there's no real easy way into the bog,
is what you're saying?

1409
01:46:19,945 --> 01:46:22,816
MATT: "There's no easy way to anything in the
Feywild, my child."

1410
01:46:22,816 --> 01:46:23,817
MARISHA: Got it.

1411
01:46:23,817 --> 01:46:26,343
LAURA: Have you seen the tree yourself?

1412
01:46:26,343 --> 01:46:27,599
MATT: "I have not."

1413
01:46:27,599 --> 01:46:32,330
TALIESIN: Are there river men who run boats on the
river?

1414
01:46:32,330 --> 01:46:36,023
MATT: "No, the river tends to run itself."

1415
01:46:36,118 --> 01:46:39,999
(laughter)

1416
01:46:40,068 --> 01:46:42,322
TALIESIN: I had that coming. That's fair.

1417
01:46:42,463 --> 01:46:43,973
TRAVIS: That's good.

1418
01:46:43,973 --> 01:46:51,112
MATT: "Do you wish to inquire about my shoes? My
coat perhaps..."

1419
01:46:51,112 --> 01:46:56,563
MARISHA: Oh my god, they're so cute, though.
They're amazing shoes. I didn't notice them until

1420
01:46:56,610 --> 01:46:59,888
you pointed them out, sorry. No, continue on.

1421
01:46:59,888 --> 01:47:00,987
MATT: "Is that all?"

1422
01:47:00,987 --> 01:47:02,089
TALIESIN: I think that's all, yes.

1423
01:47:02,089 --> 01:47:05,903
MATT: "All right. Good luck. I wish you safe--"

1424
01:47:05,903 --> 01:47:07,129
MARISHA: Oh, wait, wait, lady!

1425
01:47:07,129 --> 01:47:10,394
SAM: High Warden, High Warden.

1426
01:47:10,394 --> 01:47:18,489
MARISHA: High Warden. I'm sorry. I was just
curious. It's my first time to Syngorn, and it's

1427
01:47:18,489 --> 01:47:35,228
in the Feywild. It's special, right? Is there a
gift shop? A visiting the temple and sights of

1428
01:47:35,228 --> 01:47:37,094
Syngorn type of shop?

1429
01:47:37,094 --> 01:47:39,447
SAM: I went to Syngorn and all I got was this
lousy shirt?

1430
01:47:39,447 --> 01:47:40,533
MARISHA: Right!

1431
01:47:40,533 --> 01:47:42,946
LAURA: We have to make that shirt!

1432
01:47:42,946 --> 01:47:49,087
LIAM: Shirt after this one.

1433
01:47:49,087 --> 01:47:55,759
MATT: "I'll see what Braum can do. Braum, please
escort them to some semblance of a gift shop."

1434
01:47:55,759 --> 01:47:57,012
MARISHA: Oh, thank you!

1435
01:47:57,012 --> 01:47:58,265
TALIESIN: Good luck.

1436
01:47:58,265 --> 01:48:06,203
MATT: "Now, I have important business to tend to.
Good luck. Safe travels. Don't die. Let us see

1437
01:48:06,203 --> 01:48:10,624
"each other on the battlefield soon to slay a
dragon. Now, please, be on your way."

1438
01:48:10,624 --> 01:48:12,237
LAURA: We appreciate your time.

1439
01:48:12,237 --> 01:48:14,826
MATT: You guys get up and leave, Trinket goes--

1440
01:48:14,826 --> 01:48:17,094
LAURA: Trinket's in my necklace.

1441
01:48:17,094 --> 01:48:20,734
MATT: That's right, Trinket is in your necklace,
so Trinket does nothing.

1442
01:48:20,734 --> 01:48:23,288
LAURA: Trinket does nothing but stare outside of
the necklace.

1443
01:48:23,288 --> 01:48:27,721
MATT: You make your way out of the room, the
guards following suit. You can see the lightish

1444
01:48:27,721 --> 01:48:31,711
brownish reddish tousled hair of the elven boy
who's waiting, he's wearing very fine clothing,

1445
01:48:31,711 --> 01:48:38,396
though very baggy on his scrawny frame. As you all
step out, he says, "All right, so, I'm to take you

1446
01:48:38,396 --> 01:48:44,831
"to the hat room, I believe. Oh, you're going to be
very happy. It's quite the room."

1447
01:48:44,831 --> 01:48:48,916
SAM: The room I could care less about, it's those
hats!

1448
01:48:48,916 --> 01:48:54,637
MATT: "Well, I think you'll still be pleased. Are
you all coming?"

1449
01:48:54,637 --> 01:48:58,900
(noises of agreement)

1450
01:48:58,900 --> 01:49:02,401
LIAM: Traveling with Scanlan, we've all become
amateur hat enthusiasts.

1451
01:49:02,401 --> 01:49:04,187
LAURA: I pull out my hat and I put it on.

1452
01:49:04,187 --> 01:49:06,915
TRAVIS: Yep, I pull out the rhinoceros horn.

1453
01:49:06,915 --> 01:49:08,320
LIAM: (gong)

1454
01:49:08,320 --> 01:49:15,896
(laughter)

1455
01:49:15,896 --> 01:49:20,259
MATT: And he pulls out a little masquerade mask
and goes like, "Oh my goodness!"

1456
01:49:20,259 --> 01:49:21,614
SAM: You're a hatter, too!

1457
01:49:21,614 --> 01:49:23,436
MARISHA: Do you get the monthly newsletter?

1458
01:49:23,436 --> 01:49:29,658
MATT: "Well, I used to, until we came to the
Feywild. It's very boring these days. Well, come,

1459
01:49:29,658 --> 01:49:37,145
"please!" And he darts off excitedly down the
hallway. The guards groan loudly behind you. You

1460
01:49:37,145 --> 01:49:42,384
make your way through the second hallway on the
left of the palace, down a flight of stairs into a

1461
01:49:42,384 --> 01:49:48,806
storage room. To the left you can see what looks
to be the entrance to some sort of a heavily

1462
01:49:48,806 --> 01:49:56,147
barred metallic doorway, about ten feet wide,
about 12 feet tall. Further down you come to two

1463
01:49:56,147 --> 01:50:02,713
doorways. He pulls out a keyring, goes, "No, not
that one. Ah, here we are." It opens up into a

1464
01:50:02,713 --> 01:50:08,357
small room, you can see in here, it's a display
room. In here you can see ornamental armor and

1465
01:50:08,357 --> 01:50:15,894
helmets and all sorts of classic Syngorean
designs, which change often because, well, elves

1466
01:50:15,894 --> 01:50:19,350
when they don't have a lot of things to fill their
time with, it's all about designing new outfits

1467
01:50:19,350 --> 01:50:27,886
and new armor. There's a whole display of very
classic designs for the guards, for the watchers,

1468
01:50:27,886 --> 01:50:35,646
for the people who first founded Syngorn. It's
like a history walk through. But there is a

1469
01:50:35,646 --> 01:50:40,848
section that is primarily helmet designs for
different stations and, "This is as close to a hat

1470
01:50:40,848 --> 01:50:51,125
"room as we have. This here is part of the original
Temple of Ioun design. It is a delightful piece."

1471
01:50:51,125 --> 01:50:52,663
He keeps going on and on.

1472
01:50:52,663 --> 01:50:56,048
LAURA: Do we see the hat that we're looking for in
here?

1473
01:50:56,048 --> 01:51:00,815
MATT: You do see there is a small rack to the side
which is for more just things that are used and

1474
01:51:00,815 --> 01:51:06,157
you can see there are like wide-brim, rainy-day,
carriage-driving hats, you can see there are

1475
01:51:06,157 --> 01:51:15,689
far-brimmed cloak hoods that are used for
horse-riding beneath the rain, you can see there

1476
01:51:15,689 --> 01:51:23,145
are a few more curved up to one side archer-based
hats, and you can see there a nice green velvet

1477
01:51:23,145 --> 01:51:25,624
hat that is resting across.

1478
01:51:25,624 --> 01:51:27,488
LIAM: Is that the one area with hats?

1479
01:51:27,488 --> 01:51:29,818
LAURA: Are they all just jumbled in together?

1480
01:51:29,818 --> 01:51:33,761
MATT: They're all jumbled in together in that
corner and then the actual helmets are against the

1481
01:51:33,761 --> 01:51:35,097
wall in different setups.

1482
01:51:35,097 --> 01:51:36,371
LIAM: Go ahead.

1483
01:51:36,371 --> 01:51:40,435
LAURA: I nudge Vax and I point it out.

1484
01:51:40,435 --> 01:51:44,393
LIAM: Scanlan, look at all those codpieces across
the room!

1485
01:51:44,393 --> 01:51:46,651
LAURA: Are the guards in here with us?

1486
01:51:46,651 --> 01:51:47,954
MATT: They are, yes.

1487
01:51:47,954 --> 01:51:52,544
LAURA: I prat-fucking-fall. I pratfall right in
front of the guards, on

1488
01:51:52,544 --> 01:51:53,724
the opposite side of the room.

1489
01:51:53,724 --> 01:51:54,794
MATT: Which one?

1490
01:51:54,794 --> 01:51:57,015
LAURA: I walk to the other side of the room and I
just fall over.

1491
01:51:57,015 --> 01:51:58,566
LIAM: Eat shit, knock shit over.

1492
01:51:58,566 --> 01:51:59,983
MATT: Make a perform check.

1493
01:51:59,983 --> 01:52:05,560
LAURA: Oh, shit. Can it be acrobatics, though?

1494
01:52:05,560 --> 01:52:08,682
MATT: No, acrobatics is avoiding the fall.

1495
01:52:08,682 --> 01:52:11,301
LAURA: Shit. Okay. 19?

1496
01:52:11,301 --> 01:52:12,578
MATT: 19!

1497
01:52:12,578 --> 01:52:14,379
LAURA: I want to take some shit down with me.

1498
01:52:14,379 --> 01:52:19,751
MATT: And you do, delightfully so. You fall over,
trip, go into a tumble, grab arm over pieces of

1499
01:52:19,751 --> 01:52:21,378
metallic armor, (crashing sound).

1500
01:52:21,378 --> 01:52:23,396
LAURA: Ah, oh god, did you see that--

1501
01:52:23,396 --> 01:52:25,461
MARISHA: Oh my god, Vex, are you okay?

1502
01:52:25,461 --> 01:52:28,092
LAURA: I think there was a marble on the ground.

1503
01:52:28,092 --> 01:52:32,592
MARISHA: Oh no, what? Keyleth turns to the guard.

1504
01:52:32,592 --> 01:52:43,776
(laughter)

1505
01:52:43,776 --> 01:52:52,838
MARISHA: That was Lady Vex'ahlia, the Baroness of
Whitestone. I could sue you! I could sue you for

1506
01:52:52,838 --> 01:52:53,805
negligence.

1507
01:52:53,805 --> 01:52:55,861
MATT: Make a sleight-of-hand check.

1508
01:52:55,861 --> 01:52:58,447
SAM: Hold on, he's making a check.

1509
01:52:58,447 --> 01:52:59,507
LIAM: 24.

1510
01:52:59,507 --> 01:53:08,351
MATT: All right. You take the hat. You place it
away. Everyone seems to be focused on the

1511
01:53:08,351 --> 01:53:10,537
currently yelling Vex'ahlia--

1512
01:53:10,537 --> 01:53:12,726
LAURA: Ow, I think I hurt my wrist!

1513
01:53:12,726 --> 01:53:17,184
MARISHA: You will get a letter from me, good sir.
You will get a letter, okay?

1514
01:53:17,184 --> 01:53:21,839
MATT: "This was, look, I apologize if your friend
is clumsy, but this wasn't part of our job

1515
01:53:21,839 --> 01:53:23,766
"description, okay, it's been a very--"

1516
01:53:23,766 --> 01:53:28,350
MARISHA: Your five-star review just went to a
four, okay? I just want to say.

1517
01:53:28,350 --> 01:53:33,739
MATT: Braum pushes his way in and goes like, "I am
so terribly sorry. I didn't mean-- I hope this

1518
01:53:33,739 --> 01:53:35,728
"hasn't ruined your opinion of the hat room."

1519
01:53:35,728 --> 01:53:39,839
LAURA: If we could just see a gift shop, I would
be thrilled.

1520
01:53:39,839 --> 01:53:42,519
TRAVIS: And I say to the side, I go, (coughs)
pinch my knee, is that the one?

1521
01:53:42,519 --> 01:53:45,669
MARISHA: What?

1522
01:53:45,669 --> 01:53:47,275
MATT: "Are you feeling all right, sir?"

1523
01:53:47,275 --> 01:53:53,924
TRAVIS: Yeah, no, (coughs) pinch my knee if that's
the one. No, to the little, to the little satyr.

1524
01:53:53,924 --> 01:54:01,799
TALIESIN: Let's just find a gift shop, Lady Tyrell
doesn't need to hear anything about this. Let's

1525
01:54:01,799 --> 01:54:03,289
just move on.

1526
01:54:03,289 --> 01:54:05,210
MATT: "Lady who?"

1527
01:54:05,210 --> 01:54:08,125
MARISHA and SAM: High Warden Tyrelda.

1528
01:54:08,125 --> 01:54:09,852
TALIESIN: Tyrelda.

1529
01:54:09,852 --> 01:54:15,063
SAM: Yes, well, there's another lady named Lady
Tyrell, who's...

1530
01:54:15,063 --> 01:54:18,897
TALIESIN: No, this is amazing what my handwriting
does.

1531
01:54:18,897 --> 01:54:21,527
LIAM: What did you put in that tea, Percival?

1532
01:54:21,527 --> 01:54:29,355
MATT: "Well, I'm glad to see this hasn't ruined
your opinion of the collections here."

1533
01:54:29,355 --> 01:54:31,889
LIAM: Just the safety codes, really.

1534
01:54:31,889 --> 01:54:37,414
MARISHA: If you took us to the gift shop, it might
fix things. Okay?

1535
01:54:37,414 --> 01:54:42,795
MATT: "Then come, come! You two clean this up!"
And the two guards go, "What?"

1536
01:54:42,795 --> 01:54:53,350
"Yes, my lord." And the two guards eye you very
intensely as they walk over and start picking up

1537
01:54:53,350 --> 01:54:54,796
all the pieces of armor--

1538
01:54:54,796 --> 01:54:57,014
LAURA: Ow!

1539
01:54:57,014 --> 01:55:01,208
MARISHA: I start pretending like I'm doing a Cure
Wounds spell to her wrist, you know?

1540
01:55:01,208 --> 01:55:04,058
MATT: All right. As you guys make your way out,
with two of the guards now; two of them are now

1541
01:55:04,058 --> 01:55:05,039
left behind.

1542
01:55:05,039 --> 01:55:07,861
TALIESIN: As we walk out, I just make sure the two
guards are, I hope this didn't interrupt your

1543
01:55:07,861 --> 01:55:09,463
schedules for today.

1544
01:55:09,463 --> 01:55:11,592
SAM: "Shedule."

1545
01:55:11,592 --> 01:55:13,093
TALIESIN: Yes, schedule.

1546
01:55:13,093 --> 01:55:20,695
MATT: Somehow their chin goes higher. It's
impressive, really. You make your way through,

1547
01:55:20,695 --> 01:55:25,369
down another set of hallways, back towards the
beginning of the palace, he goes, "It's not really

1548
01:55:25,369 --> 01:55:31,559
"a gift shop, the closest thing that we could
ascertain based on your request is, we do have a

1549
01:55:31,559 --> 01:55:37,253
"small collection of gifts and knick-knacks we've
received from allies over time that really aren't

1550
01:55:37,253 --> 01:55:38,752
"much use to us."

1551
01:55:38,752 --> 01:55:47,474
MARISHA: Wait, you're taking us to the lost and
found? Please! This is the high baroness Lady

1552
01:55:47,474 --> 01:55:48,527
Vex'ahlia!

1553
01:55:48,527 --> 01:55:51,361
MATT: "Perhaps you'll find something you like."

1554
01:55:51,361 --> 01:55:54,349
LAURA: No, lost and found is a wonderful place to
go.

1555
01:55:54,349 --> 01:56:02,108
MATT: "It's a combination lost and found and
just... gifts from political allies that didn't

1556
01:56:02,108 --> 01:56:08,742
"understand the High Warden's aesthetic. Yes, no,
please, this way please." And he leads you back to

1557
01:56:08,742 --> 01:56:12,027
the main hallway you guys walked through, a little
ways towards the entrance, and then another

1558
01:56:12,027 --> 01:56:18,587
hallway to the left, he unlocks and this is
straight-up like a dark storage room, it is just

1559
01:56:18,587 --> 01:56:24,589
boxes and boxes that are sealed and he lights a
small lantern on the side. It flickers to life,

1560
01:56:24,589 --> 01:56:29,307
and the flame itself, as opposed to a low oil
lantern flicker is like a bright glowing light,

1561
01:56:29,348 --> 01:56:33,196
you can see this is a magically set lantern, as
most of the lights in the city are just everlit

1562
01:56:33,196 --> 01:56:37,190
torches or things that flicker on and off as a
light spell. It illuminates the room around you

1563
01:56:37,190 --> 01:56:39,959
and you can see no one's walked in here in a
while.

1564
01:56:39,959 --> 01:56:41,550
LIAM: These are for sale?

1565
01:56:41,550 --> 01:56:45,168
MATT: "No, these are for the taking should you
wish."

1566
01:56:45,168 --> 01:56:47,012
LAURA: Awesome.

1567
01:56:47,012 --> 01:56:49,953
SAM: Well, what do we see?

1568
01:56:49,953 --> 01:56:52,558
MATT: Go ahead and make an investigation check.

1569
01:56:52,558 --> 01:56:55,232
MARISHA: Can I ask a logistical question?

1570
01:56:55,232 --> 01:56:56,097
MATT: Sure.

1571
01:56:56,097 --> 01:56:58,780
MARISHA: Is Garmelie with us or did we leave him
behind?

1572
01:56:58,780 --> 01:56:59,867
MATT: You don't know.

1573
01:56:59,867 --> 01:57:00,988
MARISHA: What?

1574
01:57:00,988 --> 01:57:02,193
TALIESIN: You don't know.

1575
01:57:02,193 --> 01:57:03,352
SAM: Grog might know.

1576
01:57:03,352 --> 01:57:04,686
LIAM: 18.

1577
01:57:04,686 --> 01:57:06,017
MARISHA: Grog.

1578
01:57:06,017 --> 01:57:07,272
LAURA: 19.

1579
01:57:07,272 --> 01:57:09,323
MATT: 18, 19, are you searching, Grog?

1580
01:57:09,323 --> 01:57:10,156
TRAVIS: Yeah.

1581
01:57:10,156 --> 01:57:10,975
MATT: What'd you get?

1582
01:57:10,975 --> 01:57:11,782
TRAVIS: Nine.

1583
01:57:11,782 --> 01:57:13,261
(laughter)

1584
01:57:13,261 --> 01:57:15,083
MARISHA: Wait, is this an investigation?

1585
01:57:15,083 --> 01:57:16,180
LAURA: Come on, natural 20!

1586
01:57:16,180 --> 01:57:17,364
MARISHA: Natural one.

1587
01:57:17,364 --> 01:57:19,465
LIAM: Oh, propeller beanie!

1588
01:57:19,465 --> 01:57:22,374
MATT: Keyleth is distracted by the pretty light in
the fixture.

1589
01:57:22,374 --> 01:57:23,803
SAM: Natural one.

1590
01:57:23,803 --> 01:57:25,922
(laughter)

1591
01:57:25,922 --> 01:57:31,392
MATT: Scanlan comes up next to her and is equally
distracted by this wonderful magical light. Like

1592
01:57:31,392 --> 01:57:34,513
two moths to a flame. Percival?

1593
01:57:34,513 --> 01:57:35,529
TALIESIN: Nine.

1594
01:57:35,529 --> 01:57:44,917
MATT: Nine. All right. The two twins, you guys
spend some time looking through the nearby

1595
01:57:44,917 --> 01:57:53,163
riffraff and Braum is in the back, hoping you find
something to satiate your need for gifts. The

1596
01:57:53,163 --> 01:58:02,122
twins find their way through a few boxes, and you
open up and there's small porcelain dolls, dressed

1597
01:58:02,122 --> 01:58:10,621
up in ancient Emon's outfits and designs. You can
see what looks to be very dusty Kraghammer

1598
01:58:10,621 --> 01:58:19,381
designed weaponry, you can see what looks to be a
bunch of small game pieces that half of them have

1599
01:58:19,381 --> 01:58:24,735
been lost, like a chessboard of some kind, but
only part of it's there. This is really the junk

1600
01:58:24,735 --> 01:58:31,009
room. This is where all the really bad Christmas
presents get put every year.

1601
01:58:31,009 --> 01:58:32,643
"No, thanks, it's great!"

1602
01:58:32,643 --> 01:58:35,409
SAM: Is it like Storage Wars, where there might be
something?

1603
01:58:35,409 --> 01:58:40,097
MATT: It could, it could be depending on how well
you search.

1604
01:58:40,097 --> 01:58:41,734
SAM: Well, I searched terribly.

1605
01:58:41,869 --> 01:58:43,144
MATT: You did.

1606
01:58:43,144 --> 01:58:45,912
MARISHA: Keyleth starts talking up Braum. Braum?

1607
01:58:45,912 --> 01:58:46,962
MATT: Okay. Braum.

1608
01:58:46,962 --> 01:58:50,752
MARISHA: Braum. So, Braum. Where're you from?

1609
01:58:50,752 --> 01:58:54,203
MATT: "Syngorn?"

1610
01:58:54,203 --> 01:58:56,258
(laughter)

1611
01:58:56,258 --> 01:58:57,220
TRAVIS: Good start.

1612
01:58:57,220 --> 01:59:01,440
SAM: We don't have to distract him, he said it's
all for the taking.

1613
01:59:01,440 --> 01:59:03,304
MARISHA: Oh, it's all for-- really, oh.

1614
01:59:03,304 --> 01:59:04,994
SAM: No, that's fine, we don't have to.

1615
01:59:04,994 --> 01:59:10,969
MARISHA: You didn't see any distraction. You
didn't see anything.

1616
01:59:10,969 --> 01:59:13,655
MATT: "I am so confused by all of you."

1617
01:59:13,655 --> 01:59:16,178
LAURA: Can I try to do an arcana check to see if
there's anything magic in the room?

1618
01:59:16,178 --> 01:59:20,550
MATT: Sure. Make an arcana check.

1619
01:59:20,550 --> 01:59:25,722
TRAVIS: I'll join you. Two.

1620
01:59:25,722 --> 01:59:31,430
LAURA: Oh shit, I just rolled off the table. How
did I do that? 16.

1621
01:59:31,430 --> 01:59:37,039
MATT: Your untrained, though natural arcane
instincts reveal to you that--

1622
01:59:37,039 --> 01:59:38,463
LAURA: I can speak with animals.

1623
01:59:38,463 --> 01:59:44,996
MATT: Yes, you can. And there are no animals here.
Nothing even remotely magical seems to cross your

1624
01:59:44,996 --> 01:59:49,067
attention span, unfortunately, and you guys spend
a good hour in here sifting through--

1625
01:59:49,067 --> 01:59:56,373
LIAM: As, as we're digging in the corner, I say, I
thought maybe coming back here I might like this

1626
01:59:56,373 --> 01:59:59,381
city a little bit better, and I was fucking
wrong.

1627
01:59:59,381 --> 02:00:02,325
LAURA: This place fucking sucks.

1628
02:00:02,325 --> 02:00:03,777
SAM: Let's get out of here.

1629
02:00:03,777 --> 02:00:05,046
TRAVIS: Yeah, there's nothing in here.

1630
02:00:05,046 --> 02:00:07,064
SAM: No, let's leave.

1631
02:00:07,064 --> 02:00:09,836
MARISHA: Okay, yeah, sure. Yeah.

1632
02:00:09,836 --> 02:00:10,981
TRAVIS: Let's go.

1633
02:00:10,981 --> 02:00:12,117
TALIESIN: Pick something pretty.

1634
02:00:12,117 --> 02:00:14,579
MARISHA: Your four-star rating just went down to a
three.

1635
02:00:14,736 --> 02:00:19,267
TALIESIN: I am picking something random from the
room.

1636
02:00:19,267 --> 02:00:25,798
MARISHA: And I'll also pick something random out
of spite. I'll take this.

1637
02:00:25,798 --> 02:00:29,763
MATT: You have a fine tobacco box at your disposal
now, Keyleth. You can write that down.

1638
02:00:29,763 --> 02:00:33,295
MARISHA: I like it. I chose it on purpose.

1639
02:00:33,295 --> 02:00:37,416
MATT: Percy, you find half of a jeweler's kit.

1640
02:00:37,416 --> 02:00:38,856
TALIESIN: That's perfect.

1641
02:00:38,856 --> 02:00:40,312
MARISHA: That's awesome.

1642
02:00:40,312 --> 02:00:45,624
TALIESIN: I am excited. Was it literally cut in
half, like literally?

1643
02:00:45,624 --> 02:00:47,283
MATT: Half the supplies are there.

1644
02:00:47,283 --> 02:00:50,400
MARISHA: And did you say I had a half a tobacco
box? Or no, just a tobacco box?

1645
02:00:50,400 --> 02:00:51,633
MATT: You had an older tobacco box.

1646
02:00:51,633 --> 02:00:53,783
MARISHA: An old tobacco box. All right. Yeah,
sure.

1647
02:00:53,783 --> 02:00:57,414
MATT: Braum at this point goes, "I hope you've all
found something you liked."

1648
02:00:57,414 --> 02:01:03,088
LAURA: All right, I grab something random, too. I
mean, if we're all doing it.

1649
02:01:03,088 --> 02:01:10,206
MATT: All right. You reach into the Syngorean
Wal-mart gift bag on the way out.

1650
02:01:10,206 --> 02:01:11,844
LIAM: Come on, secret Santa.

1651
02:01:11,844 --> 02:01:14,565
LAURA: Come on. Roll for value.

1652
02:01:14,565 --> 02:01:17,225
MATT: No. I'll do that.

1653
02:01:17,225 --> 02:01:19,814
LAURA: No whammies.

1654
02:01:19,814 --> 02:01:28,261
MATT: You bring out what looks to be a really
intricately carved music box made of dark wood.

1655
02:01:28,261 --> 02:01:30,413
LAURA: Ooh, that's neat.

1656
02:01:30,413 --> 02:01:34,741
MATT: As you shake it, you hear (ting-ting) little
remnants of the last winding come through, and it

1657
02:01:34,741 --> 02:01:36,283
seems to still play.

1658
02:01:36,283 --> 02:01:39,371
LAURA: Mine. I'm writing it down.

1659
02:01:39,371 --> 02:01:45,387
TRAVIS: All right, I want to reach in and grab
something out of there too. All right, fine!

1660
02:01:45,387 --> 02:01:47,328
MATT: You reach in and you pull out a potato.

1661
02:01:47,328 --> 02:01:57,213
(laughter)

1662
02:01:57,213 --> 02:01:59,986
MATT: But it's been there for a while, so like the
roots are growing out and everything.

1663
02:01:59,986 --> 02:02:01,607
LIAM: Oh, with leaves coming out of it.

1664
02:02:01,607 --> 02:02:02,378
MATT: Yeah.

1665
02:02:02,378 --> 02:02:04,585
TRAVIS: I take a bite out of it.

1666
02:02:04,585 --> 02:02:07,186
MATT: That is a stale potato.

1667
02:02:07,186 --> 02:02:09,810
LIAM: Make a constitution check.

1668
02:02:09,810 --> 02:02:13,279
MARISHA: Keyleth takes the potato. Okay, give it
to me, give it to me.

1669
02:02:13,279 --> 02:02:15,294
TRAVIS: Oh here you go. And I squash it in my
hand.

1670
02:02:15,294 --> 02:02:21,985
MATT: (squelch) up the sides of it. Braum goes,
"If you could clean that up?" And the guard goes

1671
02:02:21,985 --> 02:02:27,788
aww and starts picking up the potato chunks off
the ground.

1672
02:02:27,788 --> 02:02:29,294
LAURA: We're down to one!

1673
02:02:29,294 --> 02:02:31,346
LIAM: Hey gang, I feel like we've lost focus
here.

1674
02:02:31,346 --> 02:02:32,729
(laughter)

1675
02:02:32,729 --> 02:02:34,689
LIAM: Maybe we should--

1676
02:02:34,689 --> 02:02:35,670
SAM: --get out of here.

1677
02:02:35,670 --> 02:02:38,425
LAURA: Oh, do we find any broken threshold
crests?

1678
02:02:38,425 --> 02:02:39,739
MATT: You do not.

1679
02:02:39,739 --> 02:02:40,776
LAURA: Damn it.

1680
02:02:40,776 --> 02:02:46,388
MARISHA: Okay, wait, do we find any pictures of
threshold crests? Or a postcard?

1681
02:02:46,388 --> 02:02:47,393
MATT: Nope.

1682
02:02:47,393 --> 02:02:48,505
TALIESIN: We're fine.

1683
02:02:48,505 --> 02:02:49,476
LAURA: All right.

1684
02:02:49,476 --> 02:02:50,375
TRAVIS: We leave.

1685
02:02:50,375 --> 02:02:52,448
MARISHA: We'll just go.

1686
02:02:52,448 --> 02:02:54,149
SAM: We got the hat.

1687
02:02:54,149 --> 02:02:55,543
TALIESIN: We have a plan.

1688
02:02:55,543 --> 02:03:00,889
MATT: Braum leads you out of the room, closes and
locks it behind, you guys walk back to the hallway

1689
02:03:00,889 --> 02:03:05,506
that split off, you go past the large metal door
again, find your way up into the foyer area at the

1690
02:03:05,506 --> 02:03:10,607
front of the palace, he goes, "Well, I hope I've
been of help to you. I hope I've delivered your

1691
02:03:10,607 --> 02:03:14,131
"interest in seeing our fine selection of helmets
and hats here in Syngorn?"

1692
02:03:14,131 --> 02:03:18,330
SAM: I am more than satisfied. I will write a
five-star review.

1693
02:03:18,330 --> 02:03:24,140
MATT: "I don't know what any of that means, but I
assume that's good, and I thank you for that.

1694
02:03:24,140 --> 02:03:26,842
"Goodbye."

1695
02:03:26,842 --> 02:03:27,926
LAURA: Thank you.

1696
02:03:27,926 --> 02:03:28,925
TALIESIN: Charming.

1697
02:03:28,925 --> 02:03:29,944
MARISHA: Good day.

1698
02:03:29,944 --> 02:03:31,195
LAURA: Good day.

1699
02:03:31,195 --> 02:03:35,046
MATT: The guard that was cleaning the potato
follows suit, you guys now have two guards, the

1700
02:03:35,046 --> 02:03:37,551
other two have not returned. So you have two
guards following you.

1701
02:03:37,551 --> 02:03:43,185
TRAVIS: I don't know if you guys noticed, but
there was this recessed door up in the queenie's

1702
02:03:43,185 --> 02:03:47,741
room, but I don't know if maybe she would have
some fancy stuff back there.

1703
02:03:47,741 --> 02:03:49,696
Can't shake these guards.

1704
02:03:49,696 --> 02:03:55,166
SAM: Well, some of us could slip in anyway, but
what do you think we will find there?

1705
02:03:55,166 --> 02:03:59,266
TRAVIS: Well, I don't know. I just noticed,
because I wasn't paying attention to all the

1706
02:03:59,266 --> 02:04:00,436
talking.

1707
02:04:00,436 --> 02:04:05,693
MARISHA: I think Percy and I can fake them out.

1708
02:04:05,693 --> 02:04:07,693
SAM: Fake them out? What do you mean, fake them
out?

1709
02:04:07,693 --> 02:04:09,694
MARISHA: Wait, is he around? Don't say it out
loud.

1710
02:04:09,694 --> 02:04:18,068
TALIESIN: There's no fake. It's not faking. I've
got a plan. It's not fake, I've got a plan. It's a

1711
02:04:18,068 --> 02:04:23,570
good plan. But we should sit, recuperate, go
somewhere quiet and figure out how we're getting

1712
02:04:23,570 --> 02:04:24,989
to the bog.

1713
02:04:24,989 --> 02:04:27,371
MARISHA: How long have we been awake at this
point?

1714
02:04:27,371 --> 02:04:32,382
MATT: You mean since you guys woke up this
morning, I'd say six hours?

1715
02:04:32,382 --> 02:04:33,882
LAURA: That's it?

1716
02:04:33,882 --> 02:04:37,531
TRAVIS: We don't want to go try and bust one of
the crests we already saw?

1717
02:04:37,531 --> 02:04:42,489
LAURA: We could seriously like fuck it up, what if
they can't get back?

1718
02:04:42,489 --> 02:04:44,661
TRAVIS: Who gives a fuck?

1719
02:04:44,661 --> 02:04:48,127
LAURA: They have an entire army to help fight
Thordak.

1720
02:04:48,127 --> 02:04:51,359
TRAVIS: I didn't think that far ahead, I'm sorry.

1721
02:04:51,359 --> 02:04:57,116
SAM: Well, Vex, they could repair it; they have
magicians here and stuff.

1722
02:04:57,116 --> 02:04:58,374
TRAVIS: Thank you, Scanlan.

1723
02:04:58,374 --> 02:04:59,858
TALIESIN: How do you repair a--

1724
02:04:59,858 --> 02:05:02,786
SAM: With arcane juju.

1725
02:05:02,786 --> 02:05:07,088
LAURA: You make a very good point. A very good
point.

1726
02:05:07,088 --> 02:05:12,642
MARISHA: But they said they got these stones from
the other side, from our realm.

1727
02:05:12,642 --> 02:05:14,782
LAURA: Maybe we should just go fucking check them
out.

1728
02:05:14,782 --> 02:05:17,637
LIAM: The two guards are here to whole time,
right?

1729
02:05:17,637 --> 02:05:18,602
MATT: Yes.

1730
02:05:18,602 --> 02:05:23,231
LIAM: Yeah. We should really go take a nap, I
think we should go take a nap.

1731
02:05:23,278 --> 02:05:27,496
LAURA: This dusk is really making me--

1732
02:05:27,496 --> 02:05:31,183
MATT: Vex. You hear muttered under the breath of
one of the guards, "Thank god."

1733
02:05:31,183 --> 02:05:33,337
(laughter)

1734
02:05:33,337 --> 02:05:35,059
MATT: Very low; nobody else hears it.

1735
02:05:35,059 --> 02:05:37,199
MARISHA: I've got plenty of energy.

1736
02:05:37,199 --> 02:05:40,615
LAURA: I mean, is, is anyone else super duper
tired? Are you guys tired?

1737
02:05:40,615 --> 02:05:41,887
MARISHA: I'm--

1738
02:05:41,887 --> 02:05:44,380
MARISHA and TALIESIN: Tired.

1739
02:05:44,380 --> 02:05:47,400
MARISHA: So tired.

1740
02:05:47,400 --> 02:05:54,358
LAURA: I look at the guards. I mean, are you guys
tired? I mean, how do you even know what fucking

1741
02:05:54,358 --> 02:05:56,032
time it is, right?

1742
02:05:56,070 --> 02:05:57,218
MARISHA: Right?

1743
02:05:57,218 --> 02:05:59,754
MATT: "Do you wish to be escorted to your
quarters, then?"

1744
02:05:59,754 --> 02:06:01,859
LAURA: I would love to get some sleep.

1745
02:06:01,859 --> 02:06:07,128
MATT: "Please follow us." And they both lead on,
leading you back to the rooms you guys had set for

1746
02:06:07,128 --> 02:06:12,004
the evening's rest. Eventually you get to your
rooms, the guards stay stationed outside, and you

1747
02:06:12,004 --> 02:06:14,293
are led into your individual spaces.

1748
02:06:14,293 --> 02:06:15,408
LAURA: There's windows though, yeah?

1749
02:06:15,455 --> 02:06:16,542
MATT: Yes.

1750
02:06:16,542 --> 02:06:18,637
LIAM: And the guards leave us in our rooms,
obviously.

1751
02:06:18,637 --> 02:06:19,639
MATT: Yes.

1752
02:06:19,639 --> 02:06:21,511
MARISHA: So wait, are we all in our own individual
rooms?

1753
02:06:21,511 --> 02:06:24,793
TALIESIN: We have earrings, we could just talk on
the earrings.

1754
02:06:24,793 --> 02:06:26,185
MATT: You all go into a room together, then.

1755
02:06:26,185 --> 02:06:27,863
LAURA: Super duper happy, all together.

1756
02:06:27,863 --> 02:06:31,666
MATT: You have four rooms at your disposal and you
all say, we're going to go sleep, and all go into

1757
02:06:31,666 --> 02:06:33,485
one room with a broken bed.

1758
02:06:33,485 --> 02:06:35,918
SAM: We're a close-knit family.

1759
02:06:35,918 --> 02:06:37,549
LIAM: You can make your own assumptions.

1760
02:06:37,549 --> 02:06:40,811
MARISHA: We can go into our own rooms and I can
fix it if we don't want to tip people off.

1761
02:06:40,811 --> 02:06:44,164
SAM: No, we do what we want.

1762
02:06:44,164 --> 02:06:46,030
TRAVIS: Yeah, we're fucking close, man.

1763
02:06:46,030 --> 02:06:51,288
MATT: All right, you guys all enter the largest
room where you met before, and as you all find

1764
02:06:51,288 --> 02:06:55,038
your way in there, one of the guards goes, "You're
going to sleep--"

1765
02:06:55,038 --> 02:06:58,739
MARISHA: It's for prayer. We have to pray. 
Remember, right, Grog?

1766
02:06:58,739 --> 02:07:02,077
TRAVIS: Oh yes, we're very holy.

1767
02:07:02,112 --> 02:07:07,259
LAURA: Yes, it's been quite a while. I'm rather
hungry.

1768
02:07:07,259 --> 02:07:09,368
SAM: We all sleep together; it's a polyamorous
thing.

1769
02:07:09,368 --> 02:07:13,036
(laughter)

1770
02:07:13,036 --> 02:07:15,019
TRAVIS: I told you we were holy.

1771
02:07:15,019 --> 02:07:17,618
MATT: Scanlan and Vex, make deception checks,
please.

1772
02:07:17,618 --> 02:07:18,556
LAURA: Perception?

1773
02:07:18,556 --> 02:07:19,736
MATT and LIAM: Deception.

1774
02:07:19,736 --> 02:07:24,976
LAURA: Deception. Oh. Ten?

1775
02:07:24,976 --> 02:07:28,181
SAM: 21.

1776
02:07:28,181 --> 02:07:31,703
LIAM: (cackles) That's the lie that goes through.

1777
02:07:31,703 --> 02:07:37,739
MATT: When you say you're tired and ready to rest,
the guard goes, "Mm-hm." And then when you say

1778
02:07:37,739 --> 02:07:40,188
polyamorous, the guard goes, "Oh."

1779
02:07:40,188 --> 02:07:43,363
(laughter)

1780
02:07:43,363 --> 02:07:55,838
SAM: Yeah, man. We are freak-ay.

1781
02:07:55,879 --> 02:07:59,608
LIAM: I grab Grog by the circlet thing and say,
come on, I'm tense. Let's go.

1782
02:07:59,651 --> 02:08:14,495
(laughter)

1783
02:08:14,495 --> 02:08:21,056
MATT: The two guards, the two guards look at each
other and take two steps away from the room.

1784
02:08:21,056 --> 02:08:24,555
"We'll keep a close watch."

1785
02:08:24,555 --> 02:08:29,095
MARISHA: Keyleth says, we're totally
polyamorous--

1786
02:08:29,095 --> 02:08:30,425
TALIESIN: You! No!

1787
02:08:30,425 --> 02:08:40,990
MARISHA: And I turn Percy and Vax into squirrels
with Polymorph. See? Polyamorous.

1788
02:08:40,990 --> 02:08:44,845
MATT: The two guards look at each other, very
disturbed and say, "You've already shared too

1789
02:08:44,845 --> 02:08:56,663
"much, we don't judge, just please go 'sleep'." They
both hold their blades at the ready, both just

1790
02:08:56,703 --> 02:09:02,628
like, "What is my life right now?" All right.

1791
02:09:02,628 --> 02:09:05,270
SAM: We may need you to clean up for us later.

1792
02:09:05,270 --> 02:09:18,160
MATT: "Please! Go! Sleep!" You guys are now closed
off inside your room.

1793
02:09:18,160 --> 02:09:19,514
LAURA: And the squirrels.

1794
02:09:19,514 --> 02:09:21,438
MATT: As squirrels. What are you going to do?

1795
02:09:21,438 --> 02:09:27,204
MARISHA: Okay, I drop Polymorph. That's what
polyamorous means, right, guys?

1796
02:09:27,204 --> 02:09:28,138
TALIESIN: Yes.

1797
02:09:28,138 --> 02:09:29,340
MARISHA: Okay.

1798
02:09:29,340 --> 02:09:31,971
SAM: Garmelie, show thyself.

1799
02:09:31,971 --> 02:09:34,618
MATT: He appears and goes like, "Was that true?"

1800
02:09:34,618 --> 02:09:46,432
(laughter)

1801
02:09:46,432 --> 02:09:49,956
MATT: He has his sketchbook at the ready and is
like, "Because I mean..."

1802
02:09:49,956 --> 02:09:51,941
TALIESIN: No. No.

1803
02:09:51,941 --> 02:09:55,381
SAM: You don't know.

1804
02:09:55,381 --> 02:10:05,365
MATT: "Well." He closes the book. "So. I believe
someone here took a hat?"

1805
02:10:05,365 --> 02:10:15,230
LIAM: I might have a hat for you. The other
adventure didn't turn out so well, and I really

1806
02:10:15,230 --> 02:10:20,681
want to give you this hat. I'm wondering-- fuck
it, I don't have anything to say, take the fucking hat.

1807
02:10:20,681 --> 02:10:27,791
MATT: And he puts it on. It's a little small. But
he goes, "Ah, it's fine." Smiles back.

1808
02:10:27,832 --> 02:10:29,766
LIAM: So worth it.

1809
02:10:29,766 --> 02:10:32,568
LAURA: Yeah. That was definitely worth it.

1810
02:10:32,568 --> 02:10:39,399
MATT: He seems extremely proud and happy that this
hat is now in his possession. "One of two. Now,

1811
02:10:39,399 --> 02:10:41,261
"the second part."

1812
02:10:41,261 --> 02:10:43,751
SAM: Any ideas there, Garmelie?

1813
02:10:43,751 --> 02:10:45,157
MATT: "No."

1814
02:10:45,157 --> 02:10:49,334
LAURA: You passed by those threshold crests
several times, I'm assuming.

1815
02:10:49,334 --> 02:10:54,614
TALIESIN: Let me get this straight, Garmelie. You
require of us a piece of a threshold crest.

1816
02:10:54,614 --> 02:10:55,538
MATT: "Yes."

1817
02:10:55,538 --> 02:10:56,692
TALIESIN: Any threshold crest.

1818
02:10:56,692 --> 02:10:57,475
MATT: "Yes!"

1819
02:10:57,475 --> 02:10:58,841
TALIESIN: Just as long as it's a threshold crest.

1820
02:10:58,841 --> 02:10:59,674
MATT: "Yes!"

1821
02:10:59,674 --> 02:11:00,810
MARISHA: And looks like a crest.

1822
02:11:00,810 --> 02:11:01,773
TALIESIN: It's a threshold crest.

1823
02:11:01,773 --> 02:11:02,743
MATT: "A threshold crest."

1824
02:11:02,743 --> 02:11:05,380
TALIESIN: Okay, Keyleth. The thing we talked
about.

1825
02:11:05,380 --> 02:11:12,290
MARISHA: And I start casting Stone Shape right
under the threshold of the door to the room that

1826
02:11:12,290 --> 02:11:21,800
we're in, and I cut out a crest from the
threshold.

1827
02:11:21,800 --> 02:11:23,811
MATT: What crest do you create? What does it look
like?

1828
02:11:23,811 --> 02:11:32,683
MARISHA: A Whitestone crest. From the threshold of
the door.

1829
02:11:32,683 --> 02:11:34,927
TALIESIN: We break it.

1830
02:11:34,927 --> 02:11:39,476
MARISHA: There's a piece of your threshold crest.

1831
02:11:39,476 --> 02:11:48,549
(laughing and cheering)

1832
02:11:48,549 --> 02:11:51,405
TALIESIN: Don't cast Friends on people. It's not
nice.

1833
02:11:51,405 --> 02:11:56,760
MATT: You watch as his ears, his pointed ears
slowly slink back and his hair stands up all

1834
02:11:56,760 --> 02:12:03,131
across the back of his head, his beard almost
bristles out into spines as the hat goes (poink)

1835
02:12:03,131 --> 02:12:07,566
and pops off and hits the ground. He snatches it
up. Grabs the piece.

1836
02:12:07,566 --> 02:12:12,017
TALIESIN: That's your threshold crest. Piece of a
threshold crest.

1837
02:12:12,017 --> 02:12:14,123
MATT: "Thank you."

1838
02:12:14,123 --> 02:12:15,510
LAURA: Yay!

1839
02:12:15,510 --> 02:12:21,611
MATT: "Well, it appears that our deal has been
kept."

1840
02:12:21,611 --> 02:12:31,557
(laughing and cheering)

1841
02:12:31,557 --> 02:12:42,389
MATT: He snaps his fingers and you feel like this
sudden, this almost unnoticeable pressure at the

1842
02:12:42,389 --> 02:12:51,218
base of your neck that you had felt since you made
the deal release and absolve, on both of you. "All

1843
02:12:51,218 --> 02:13:01,376
"right, so. Well, at least I got the hat out of it.
So. The Shademirk, then? Come, follow me, grab

1844
02:13:01,376 --> 02:13:02,980
"your things." (laughs)

1845
02:13:02,980 --> 02:13:04,515
MARISHA: Let's go.

1846
02:13:04,515 --> 02:13:06,563
TALIESIN: I cannot wait.

1847
02:13:06,563 --> 02:13:13,660
MATT: "Now." He vanishes. And Grog, you feel a
little tug on your finger to pull you forward.

1848
02:13:13,660 --> 02:13:14,944
TRAVIS: I fart.

1849
02:13:14,944 --> 02:13:20,127
(laughter)

1850
02:13:20,127 --> 02:13:29,814
MATT: "I had that coming. We now have even more of
a reason to make haste. This is a very small room,

1851
02:13:29,814 --> 02:13:36,709
"and I've been following behind him for quite some
time. Let's go. Now, quickly." And you see Grog

1852
02:13:36,709 --> 02:13:40,453
being pulled forward by the finger, and you guys
get the feeling that he's leading you out of the

1853
02:13:40,453 --> 02:13:42,922
city, invisible, by Grog's finger.

1854
02:13:42,922 --> 02:13:49,202
TRAVIS: We're going this way. Follow me, chaps!

1855
02:13:49,202 --> 02:13:50,673
MARISHA: Follow the finger.

1856
02:13:50,673 --> 02:13:52,303
SAM: Are the guards following?

1857
02:13:52,303 --> 02:13:54,504
MATT: The two guards are following, yes.

1858
02:13:54,504 --> 02:13:57,476
LAURA: Woo, that was really fun.

1859
02:13:57,476 --> 02:13:59,845
MARISHA: My hair is messed up.

1860
02:13:59,845 --> 02:14:01,377
SAM: Good sesh.

1861
02:14:01,377 --> 02:14:03,531
LAURA: Good. That was really...

1862
02:14:03,531 --> 02:14:04,943
LIAM: Thanks, Grog.

1863
02:14:04,943 --> 02:14:16,541
(laughter)

1864
02:14:16,541 --> 02:14:21,463
LIAM: I feel loose as a goose. Let's go see this
bog.

1865
02:14:21,463 --> 02:14:26,227
MARISHA: And I transform into a goose and come out
as a goose.

1866
02:14:26,227 --> 02:14:36,942
MATT: "You-- (frustrated noise) Never mind." The
guards follow at a very healthy distance now, both

1867
02:14:36,942 --> 02:14:39,903
whispering to each other as they watch you walk.

1868
02:14:39,903 --> 02:14:45,349
LAURA: I think we made a really good impression on
this city coming back.

1869
02:14:45,349 --> 02:14:49,187
TRAVIS: I'm going to kill you later.

1870
02:14:49,187 --> 02:14:54,706
MATT: You guys are led back through the main
portion of Syngorn, towards the front gates where

1871
02:14:54,706 --> 02:15:00,112
the watchers reside. The doors are opened for you,
and you are escorted out the front gate, where the

1872
02:15:00,112 --> 02:15:08,469
guards very happily leave you to be. And both turn
around at each other and go, (heavy sigh) and they

1873
02:15:08,469 --> 02:15:13,490
walk back inside the confines of the outer
Syngorean wall. You guys are now back out in the

1874
02:15:13,490 --> 02:15:21,749
wilds of Syngorn, the finger tugs lead you out
past the front of the city, through the marshlike

1875
02:15:21,749 --> 02:15:27,915
mandrake fields that you initially traversed when
you made your way to Syngorn, and then find your

1876
02:15:27,915 --> 02:15:33,105
way back into the Ever-Shifting Grasses, heading
duskward, towards where

1877
02:15:33,105 --> 02:15:35,125
it seems the dusk sun will set.

1878
02:15:35,125 --> 02:15:36,337
LAURA: Duskward.

1879
02:15:36,337 --> 02:15:37,293
TALIESIN: Duskward.

1880
02:15:37,293 --> 02:15:38,718
MARISHA: Always duskward.

1881
02:15:38,718 --> 02:15:40,829
SAM: I hate that direction.

1882
02:15:40,829 --> 02:15:43,816
MATT: There's also nightward, seaward, or
tangleward. Which would you prefer?

1883
02:15:43,816 --> 02:15:45,056
SAM: Are those different directions?

1884
02:15:45,056 --> 02:15:47,172
MATT: Yes, those are different directions.

1885
02:15:47,172 --> 02:15:49,054
LAURA: Tangleward? Did you say tangleward?

1886
02:15:49,054 --> 02:15:50,805
MATT: Tangleward. It was mentioned before, yeah.

1887
02:15:50,805 --> 02:15:55,475
LAURA: Oh. I just thought of the Disney movie and
I think I spaced out there.

1888
02:15:55,475 --> 02:15:59,862
MATT: I'm pretty sure that the people in the
Feywild haven't seen that. Not yet. They're

1889
02:15:59,862 --> 02:16:05,275
waiting for it to come out on Blu-Ray. All right.
So you make your way towards where the grasses get

1890
02:16:05,275 --> 02:16:12,181
heavy again, and you see Garmelie (foosh) once
again take visible form again and be like, "Ah, sorry,

1891
02:16:12,181 --> 02:16:19,890
"that concentration for a while really gets to you,
I'm so glad to be out of that stuffy place. So!

1892
02:16:19,890 --> 02:16:25,915
"Shall we?" Rights his hat. And even in righting
it, it's a little crooked to one side and he

1893
02:16:25,915 --> 02:16:28,396
begins marching duskward.

1894
02:16:28,396 --> 02:16:30,309
LAURA: Onward to the theater!

1895
02:16:30,309 --> 02:16:35,333
MATT: "No! No theater! We are avoiding the
theater! No."

1896
02:16:35,333 --> 02:16:40,300
TRAVIS: Garmelie, how far of a journey is it to
this bog?

1897
02:16:40,300 --> 02:16:45,476
MATT: "Say about four times since we met?"

1898
02:16:45,476 --> 02:16:47,326
LAURA: Okay.

1899
02:16:47,326 --> 02:16:49,134
TRAVIS: That doesn't mean anything to me.

1900
02:16:49,134 --> 02:16:50,913
LAURA: Four times since we met.

1901
02:16:50,913 --> 02:16:55,988
LIAM: I'm just curious, why are you so worried
about the theater? I love the theater.

1902
02:16:55,988 --> 02:16:59,971
MATT: "I have my reasons." And he continues
walking forward.

1903
02:16:59,971 --> 02:17:03,223
LIAM: Thanks, great. Good talk.

1904
02:17:03,223 --> 02:17:05,255
LAURA: It's been 14 hours since we've met.

1905
02:17:05,255 --> 02:17:10,160
SAM: Can we travel any faster than that? Can we
mist, can we tree, can we...?

1906
02:17:10,160 --> 02:17:16,330
LAURA: Wait a minute, you could-- if you know a
tree is-- that would be pretty stupid, to just pop

1907
02:17:16,330 --> 02:17:23,342
out of the cancerous tree, but if we know a tree
is there, couldn't you potentially

1908
02:17:23,342 --> 02:17:25,111
just fucking do it?

1909
02:17:25,111 --> 02:17:29,441
LIAM: You've had a lot of good ideas. That's not
one of them. That's a bad idea.

1910
02:17:29,441 --> 02:17:30,925
MARISHA: She's not wrong.

1911
02:17:30,925 --> 02:17:34,730
LAURA: Wait! Keyleth, what if you just open up the
cancerous tree, we reach through, we grab the

1912
02:17:34,730 --> 02:17:37,019
fucking bow, and then we're out.

1913
02:17:37,019 --> 02:17:44,103
MARISHA: Well, you're not entirely wrong, I don't
know if I can Teleport via Plants because

1914
02:17:44,103 --> 02:17:55,349
generally that takes knowing the plant. However, I
do have Tree Stride, which means we can-- nope,

1915
02:17:55,349 --> 02:17:58,168
never mind, I can only do that on myself.

1916
02:17:58,168 --> 02:17:59,563
MATT: Wah-wah.

1917
02:17:59,563 --> 02:18:09,681
TALIESIN: We are not sending Keyleth the goose
into a bog to retrieve a bow from an angry

1918
02:18:09,681 --> 02:18:11,513
cancerous tree.

1919
02:18:11,513 --> 02:18:13,416
MARISHA: But I'm loosey! I'm a loosey goose.

1920
02:18:13,416 --> 02:18:15,922
MATT: That would look amazing on an epitaph, I'm
just saying.

1921
02:18:15,965 --> 02:18:17,934
MARISHA: We can mist there.

1922
02:18:17,934 --> 02:18:20,176
SAM: Would that save time, I don't remember how
fast we go.

1923
02:18:20,176 --> 02:18:21,778
MARISHA: I might have to take a hot nap.

1924
02:18:21,778 --> 02:18:23,511
TRAVIS: A hot nap?

1925
02:18:23,511 --> 02:18:24,706
MARISHA: Yeah.

1926
02:18:24,706 --> 02:18:26,475
MATT: Didn't you guys just take a hot nap?

1927
02:18:26,475 --> 02:18:35,341
(laughter)

1928
02:18:35,341 --> 02:18:41,854
MARISHA: Yeah. The answer is yes. I can do all those
things.

1929
02:18:41,854 --> 02:18:45,396
TALIESIN: Well, let's travel for a bit and then
we'll take a proper break.

1930
02:18:45,396 --> 02:18:48,845
MARISHA: If we can get to the edge of the bog,
then we'll take a sleep.

1931
02:18:48,845 --> 02:18:52,486
LAURA: Wait, I think the edge of the bog is kind
of far, though.

1932
02:18:52,486 --> 02:18:56,557
TALIESIN: We'll start our journey, and the next
leg of our journey.

1933
02:18:56,557 --> 02:18:57,675
TRAVIS: Yeah, let's get going.

1934
02:18:57,675 --> 02:18:59,122
MARISHA: We'll go until we're tired.

1935
02:18:59,122 --> 02:19:01,756
MATT: "I like the sound of that."

1936
02:19:01,756 --> 02:19:03,906
LAURA: Oh. (belches)

1937
02:19:03,906 --> 02:19:15,405
(laughing and cheering)

1938
02:19:15,405 --> 02:19:18,203
MATT: "Most impressive for a lady."

1939
02:19:18,203 --> 02:19:22,591
LAURA: Thank you. That's a baroness burp.

1940
02:19:22,591 --> 02:19:25,913
MARISHA: Robert Durst shit.

1941
02:19:25,913 --> 02:19:34,922
MATT: As you guys push on further northward at the
behest of Garmelie, you push for another two hours

1942
02:19:34,922 --> 02:19:40,421
or so through the Ever-Shifting Grasses, and as
you get further and further north, the color of

1943
02:19:40,421 --> 02:19:47,331
the grass seems to go from that deep verdant green
to almost a maroon purplish color.

1944
02:19:47,331 --> 02:19:51,134
LAURA: I pop Trinket out of the necklace.

1945
02:19:51,134 --> 02:19:53,402
MATT: He attacks some of the grass and chews it
up.

1946
02:19:53,402 --> 02:19:54,471
LAURA: Yeah, get it!

1947
02:19:54,471 --> 02:19:59,208
MARISHA: Don't touch the grass, it'll get angry at
you! It'll yell at you for a week!

1948
02:19:59,208 --> 02:20:01,106
TRAVIS: I don't think that applies here.

1949
02:20:01,106 --> 02:20:06,643
LAURA: It's okay, darling. It's okay. Keyleth.

1950
02:20:06,643 --> 02:20:07,516
MARISHA: What?

1951
02:20:07,516 --> 02:20:09,196
LAURA: Do not yell at my bear.

1952
02:20:09,196 --> 02:20:10,817
MARISHA: I was just trying to protect him.

1953
02:20:10,817 --> 02:20:12,332
LIAM: I give him some grass.

1954
02:20:12,332 --> 02:20:13,349
MARISHA: Don't!

1955
02:20:13,349 --> 02:20:14,420
SAM: It's fine.

1956
02:20:14,420 --> 02:20:15,653
TALIESIN: It's fine.

1957
02:20:15,653 --> 02:20:19,913
MATT: And just keeps going forward through the
grass fields.

1958
02:20:19,913 --> 02:20:21,806
MARISHA: Does the grass seem angry?

1959
02:20:21,806 --> 02:20:23,445
MATT: No, it just seems to be changing color.

1960
02:20:23,445 --> 02:20:25,395
MARISHA: Suck it, grass!

1961
02:20:25,395 --> 02:20:31,251
MATT: As you say that, the grass goes from a
purplish color to a deep, deep red around you.

1962
02:20:31,251 --> 02:20:32,615
SAM: Oh god.

1963
02:20:32,615 --> 02:20:41,343
MARISHA: Because you... suck out the joy of all of
us living around you, and you're so amazing.

1964
02:20:41,343 --> 02:20:42,662
TRAVIS: That makes it even worse.

1965
02:20:42,662 --> 02:20:43,534
SAM: Not a compliment.

1966
02:20:43,534 --> 02:20:44,719
TRAVIS: You're still going in the same direction.

1967
02:20:44,719 --> 02:20:47,833
MARISHA: I mean, you suck out bad--

1968
02:20:47,833 --> 02:20:51,008
LIAM: I grab Keyleth's hand. Let's take a walk.

1969
02:20:51,008 --> 02:20:54,506
MATT: All of you, as you're walking, the actual
grasses around you are getting more and more dense

1970
02:20:54,506 --> 02:20:57,890
and are catching on your feet and you're finding
that your progression

1971
02:20:57,890 --> 02:20:59,681
is getting slower and slower.

1972
02:20:59,681 --> 02:21:06,487
LAURA: Wait, no. I have Landstride, which means I
don't slow against any land.

1973
02:21:06,487 --> 02:21:10,990
MATT: Yeah, so you're fine, you just coast ahead.
The rest of the party, it's like they're going

1974
02:21:10,990 --> 02:21:16,495
through waist-high thickets. The grass looks
gentle, but as soon as it hits your body, it rakes

1975
02:21:16,495 --> 02:21:22,000
across it almost like very fine serrated plants,
and it's catching on your clothing and pulling you

1976
02:21:22,000 --> 02:21:24,502
back. It's almost like since those statements were
made...

1977
02:21:24,502 --> 02:21:30,740
(laughter)

1978
02:21:30,740 --> 02:21:36,112
TRAVIS: I have a hooded lantern. I could set this
whole fucking thing ablaze.

1979
02:21:36,112 --> 02:21:37,583
ALL: No!

1980
02:21:37,583 --> 02:21:42,112
MATT: The red goes to a deep cinder-like red.

1981
02:21:42,112 --> 02:21:44,236
SAM: Are we going to have roll initiative on
grass?

1982
02:21:44,236 --> 02:21:46,736
LAURA: No, wait.

1983
02:21:46,736 --> 02:21:49,751
TALIESIN: Does no one-- I'm going to take a
moment.

1984
02:21:49,751 --> 02:21:51,907
MARISHA: I feel like the grass feels our
emotions.

1985
02:21:51,907 --> 02:21:55,841
SAM: Your emotions. Because you yelled at it.

1986
02:21:55,841 --> 02:22:02,834
TALIESIN: Lovely field, I apologize for the
rudeness of my compatriots. We will be gentle

1987
02:22:02,834 --> 02:22:08,672
trouncing through you. We will make as little mark
as we can and enjoy the splendor of your

1988
02:22:08,672 --> 02:22:17,218
ever-changing colors. You are majestic, you are
windswept-- I'm flirting with grass-- you are

1989
02:22:17,218 --> 02:22:20,665
everything I could hope for in a beautiful view.

1990
02:22:20,665 --> 02:22:21,948
SAM: I sing a song.

1991
02:22:21,948 --> 02:22:23,152
MATT: What do you sing?

1992
02:22:23,152 --> 02:22:27,415
(cheering)

1993
02:22:27,415 --> 02:22:39,028
SAM: (singing) Keep growing. Keep flowing, knowing
you can always count on me.

1994
02:22:39,028 --> 02:22:41,694
TRAVIS, LAURA, and SAM: (singing) For sure.

1995
02:22:41,694 --> 02:22:43,886
SAM: (singing) That's what Scanlan's for.

1996
02:22:43,886 --> 02:22:49,939
(cheering)

1997
02:22:49,939 --> 02:22:53,401
MATT: Percy, I want you to make a persuasion check
against the grass?

1998
02:22:53,401 --> 02:22:58,899
Adding the d10 inspiration die.

1999
02:22:58,899 --> 02:23:01,251
TALIESIN: Oh, d10 inspiration. Come on.

2000
02:23:01,251 --> 02:23:02,635
MARISHA: I do an interpretive dance.

2001
02:23:02,635 --> 02:23:04,252
SAM: Come on, persuade that plant.

2002
02:23:04,252 --> 02:23:05,720
TALIESIN: That was leaning.

2003
02:23:05,720 --> 02:23:07,252
SAM: That was a leaner.

2004
02:23:07,252 --> 02:23:14,326
TALIESIN: That jumped, but that's still fine,
okay, it's. Persuasion check? Oh yeah, that's not

2005
02:23:14,326 --> 02:23:17,826
bad. 24.

2006
02:23:17,826 --> 02:23:19,402
MATT: What was it?

2007
02:23:19,402 --> 02:23:25,352
TALIESIN: Eight plus six plus seven. (counting)
21.

2008
02:23:25,352 --> 02:23:27,906
SAM: It's more than that.

2009
02:23:27,906 --> 02:23:33,695
MATT: Between the interpretive dance of Keyleth
amongst the tattered angry grasses, the beautiful

2010
02:23:33,831 --> 02:23:40,567
vocal stylings of Scanlan Shorthalt, and Percy
speaking out a wondrous poem towards the

2011
02:23:40,567 --> 02:23:48,376
Ever-Shifting Grasses, you watch as the deep
bright red subsides into the relaxed purple, and

2012
02:23:48,376 --> 02:23:53,982
eventually goes back to a dull green, and you find
your traveling no longer impeded as it once was.

2013
02:23:53,982 --> 02:23:54,987
LAURA: Yeah.

2014
02:23:54,987 --> 02:23:56,114
MATT: Good job!

2015
02:23:56,114 --> 02:23:57,522
LAURA: Good job!

2016
02:23:57,522 --> 02:24:03,346
MATT: You successfully parlayed with a field.

2017
02:24:03,346 --> 02:24:07,107
TRAVIS: First doors, then grass.

2018
02:24:07,107 --> 02:24:12,607
LIAM: Don't talk shit to grass!

2019
02:24:12,607 --> 02:24:16,007
SAM: How do you want to mow this?

2020
02:24:16,007 --> 02:24:23,643
(laughter)

2021
02:24:23,643 --> 02:24:32,223
MATT: So. About another half an hour of travel
before in the distance ahead of you can see the

2022
02:24:32,223 --> 02:24:37,872
dark edge of what looks to be another forest ahead
of you, wide and almost end-to-end, you see it. A

2023
02:24:37,872 --> 02:24:41,913
lot of these wooded areas almost meet the horizon,
it's like you're stepping into just an endless

2024
02:24:41,913 --> 02:24:49,161
wall of trees. As you begin to approach closer to
the edge, Garmelie looks up and says, "All right.

2025
02:24:49,161 --> 02:24:55,930
"So we have choices now. We have the Moonbrush
before us, or we have the Green Sea, which is far

2026
02:24:55,930 --> 02:24:59,094
"seaward of here. I would recommend the
Moonbrush."

2027
02:24:59,094 --> 02:25:03,486
SAM: Then we should go the other way. Because we
don't trust a fucking thing you say.

2028
02:25:03,523 --> 02:25:04,898
MATT: "Very well."

2029
02:25:04,898 --> 02:25:06,318
LAURA: Wait.

2030
02:25:06,318 --> 02:25:08,059
TALIESIN: No, the High Warden did say--

2031
02:25:08,059 --> 02:25:09,538
MARISHA: -- to avoid the Green Sea.

2032
02:25:09,538 --> 02:25:11,854
LAURA: Why do you recommend the Moonbrush?

2033
02:25:11,854 --> 02:25:15,460
MATT: "Because it's the only real route to get to
the Gilded Run."

2034
02:25:15,460 --> 02:25:17,065
LAURA: What is the Gilded Run?

2035
02:25:17,065 --> 02:25:18,866
MATT: "The Gilded Run are the rivers that surround
it."

2036
02:25:18,866 --> 02:25:20,351
LAURA: Right, those.

2037
02:25:20,351 --> 02:25:26,258
MATT: "Yes. You're looking for the Shademirk. You
have to get through the Gilded Run to get the

2038
02:25:26,258 --> 02:25:29,724
"Shademirk. You have to go through the Moonbrush to
get to the Gilded Run."

2039
02:25:29,724 --> 02:25:30,925
LIAM: Where's the theater?

2040
02:25:30,925 --> 02:25:34,715
MATT: "No theater!"

2041
02:25:34,715 --> 02:25:40,536
TRAVIS: Right, so we're going through the brushy
moon?

2042
02:25:40,536 --> 02:25:42,303
MATT: "Yes! Come, come."

2043
02:25:42,303 --> 02:25:44,021
LAURA: Yeah? Are you okay with that, Scanlan?

2044
02:25:44,021 --> 02:25:46,135
SAM: I'll allow it.

2045
02:25:46,135 --> 02:25:49,300
MARISHA: How long have we been awake?

2046
02:25:49,300 --> 02:25:56,242
MATT: You are... you've been awake for about 12
hours now, I'd say.

2047
02:25:56,242 --> 02:26:04,776
MARISHA: If we want to mist there, then we have to
sleep. But we'll press on for a few more hours.

2048
02:26:04,776 --> 02:26:09,309
MATT: Certainly. About another 40 minutes of foot
travel before you begin to hit the edge of the

2049
02:26:09,309 --> 02:26:15,614
Moonbrush Forest. As you approach, Garmelie says,
"All right, so things you should know about the

2050
02:26:15,614 --> 02:26:21,097
"Moonbrush. One: it is home to a number of
denizens." And as you look overhead, you can see

2051
02:26:21,097 --> 02:26:28,267
it's a thick fog that permeates the entirety of
this forest. You can see the outline of every tree

2052
02:26:28,267 --> 02:26:34,003
trunk towards the outer rim of this entire brush.
The canopy of the trees themselves are like long

2053
02:26:34,003 --> 02:26:40,665
weeping willows that sag and give this very
ominous feeling to the entire forest. You can see

2054
02:26:40,665 --> 02:26:45,777
small mountain spires breaking through portions of
the tree line in the distance occasionally, miles

2055
02:26:45,777 --> 02:26:55,711
between each other, sometimes a cluster far closer
together. He says, "There is a clan of sorts that

2056
02:26:55,711 --> 02:27:01,254
"lives amongst the forest, we'll try our best to
avoid. They are natural hunters and they are of

2057
02:27:01,254 --> 02:27:06,307
"the lycan persuasion."

2058
02:27:06,307 --> 02:27:08,941
SAM and TALIESIN: Oh.

2059
02:27:08,941 --> 02:27:19,050
MATT: "So, best that we avoid interaction. They
are well-read, they have a society; we should

2060
02:27:19,050 --> 02:27:20,652
"touch none of it."

2061
02:27:20,652 --> 02:27:26,832
MARISHA: Question. You mentioned we are going into
the Moonbrush with lycan hunters?

2062
02:27:26,832 --> 02:27:28,596
MATT: "Yes. It's a necessity."

2063
02:27:28,596 --> 02:27:31,337
MARISHA: Yeah, no, it sounds like it. Yeah.

2064
02:27:31,337 --> 02:27:37,526
MATT: "Yes. But they do have natural enemies.
There is a faction of pixies that live within,

2065
02:27:37,593 --> 02:27:43,811
"known as the Wishers, and they are forever locked
in a struggle. So avoid both, do not get involved

2066
02:27:43,849 --> 02:27:46,148
"at all, and we'll be fine."

2067
02:27:46,148 --> 02:27:55,713
LAURA: Do the lycan tend to populate trees, or if
we stay up high can we maybe avoid them?

2068
02:27:55,713 --> 02:27:58,929
MATT: "Actually, they travel mostly in the trees.
That's the easiest way for them

2069
02:27:58,929 --> 02:28:00,211
"to hunt, is unseen."

2070
02:28:00,211 --> 02:28:01,622
LAURA: Well, there you go.

2071
02:28:01,622 --> 02:28:13,205
MATT: "They are ruled by a singular lycan lord,
who goes by the name of Ukurat."

2072
02:28:13,205 --> 02:28:14,241
MARISHA: What?

2073
02:28:14,241 --> 02:28:15,842
SAM: Ulurat?

2074
02:28:15,842 --> 02:28:16,871
MATT: "Ukurat."

2075
02:28:16,871 --> 02:28:17,967
MARISHA: Ukurat.

2076
02:28:17,967 --> 02:28:20,839
LAURA: Ukurat or Udurat?

2077
02:28:20,839 --> 02:28:21,869
MATT: "Ukurat."

2078
02:28:21,869 --> 02:28:22,801
LAURA and LIAM: Ukurat.

2079
02:28:22,801 --> 02:28:26,054
MATT: "U-K-U-R-A-T."

2080
02:28:26,054 --> 02:28:27,521
TRAVIS: Bob.

2081
02:28:27,521 --> 02:28:29,496
MATT: "He is to also be avoided."

2082
02:28:29,496 --> 02:28:31,630
TALIESIN: Is that an elven name? Is that an elven
word?

2083
02:28:31,630 --> 02:28:33,175
MATT: "It was, once."

2084
02:28:33,175 --> 02:28:37,397
LAURA: Wait, he used to be elven? He used to be
elven.

2085
02:28:37,397 --> 02:28:42,667
MATT: "They all used to be many things. He
happened to be elven at one time, yes? So. Anyway.

2086
02:28:42,667 --> 02:28:45,776
"We'll avoid them, and avoid the Wishers, and also
those things,

2087
02:28:45,776 --> 02:28:48,000
"the little plants that you saw before?"

2088
02:28:48,000 --> 02:28:48,887
LAURA: Mandrakes?

2089
02:28:48,887 --> 02:28:50,792
MATT: "Mandrakes? Also everywhere. Avoid them."

2090
02:28:50,792 --> 02:28:51,985
LAURA: Okay.

2091
02:28:51,985 --> 02:28:57,292
MATT: "And we'll just avoid the other things I
mentioned, so. Shall we?" And he begins to step

2092
02:28:57,292 --> 02:28:58,942
and march up to the edge of the Moonbrush.

2093
02:28:58,942 --> 02:29:01,137
TALIESIN: Okay.

2094
02:29:01,137 --> 02:29:04,120
SAM: It's fine. We've killed dragons, we'll be fine.

2095
02:29:04,120 --> 02:29:06,247
TRAVIS: I'm so stoked right now.

2096
02:29:06,247 --> 02:29:12,054
MARISHA: Did we-- okay, yeah. Sure. Yeah.

2097
02:29:12,054 --> 02:29:20,742
MATT: All right. You guys make your way into the
dark Moonbrush itself and as you walk into the

2098
02:29:20,742 --> 02:29:27,467
forest, immediately you can hear the swell of
distant crickets, thousands upon thousands,

2099
02:29:27,467 --> 02:29:29,918
sourceless, fill the air around you.

2100
02:29:29,918 --> 02:29:32,197
SAM: Audience, please.

2101
02:29:32,197 --> 02:29:35,056
(cricket noises, laughter)

2102
02:29:35,056 --> 02:29:38,520
MATT: That works, I was going to look for cricket
sounds here. That's also totally doable.

2103
02:29:38,520 --> 02:29:41,797
MARISHA: Someone's got a really good one.

2104
02:29:41,797 --> 02:29:49,430
MATT: As you walk in, the actual dusk light that
has permeated the Feywild begins to give way to

2105
02:29:49,430 --> 02:29:54,515
the first signs of night. You can look up through
the different breaks in the tree line, you can see

2106
02:29:54,515 --> 02:29:59,877
stars for the first time. And you can see what
looks to be a very dull white glow of moonlight

2107
02:29:59,877 --> 02:30:06,900
hitting some of the trees and breaking through
some of the treetops themselves. The underbrush

2108
02:30:06,900 --> 02:30:17,059
itself is very soft and spongy, with a lot of
leaves that have fallen and given this soft setup.

2109
02:30:17,059 --> 02:30:26,511
As you guys push forward for another half-hour or
so, you in particular, Vex'ahlia, come upon what

2110
02:30:26,511 --> 02:30:35,224
looks to be a series of stones, what looks to be a
series of small structures, almost. Not like

2111
02:30:35,224 --> 02:30:46,298
buildings per se, but intently placed obelisks of
raw, rough stone. And as you come across and look

2112
02:30:46,298 --> 02:30:49,620
on that side, you can see what looks to be the
base of one of the mountain spires that sticks

2113
02:30:49,691 --> 02:30:51,306
out, a large cave.

2114
02:30:51,306 --> 02:30:54,808
LAURA: Do I see any kind of markings on the
obelisks?

2115
02:30:54,808 --> 02:31:00,380
MATT: Make a perception check.

2116
02:31:00,380 --> 02:31:04,604
LAURA: Oh. Get out of here!

2117
02:31:04,604 --> 02:31:06,561
MATT: What'd you get?

2118
02:31:06,561 --> 02:31:07,398
LAURA: Natural one.

2119
02:31:07,398 --> 02:31:08,468
MATT: Natural one.

2120
02:31:08,468 --> 02:31:09,820
LAURA: I know!

2121
02:31:09,820 --> 02:31:16,740
MATT: They just look rough and old. They've been
placed there. It's old magic.

2122
02:31:16,740 --> 02:31:19,622
LIAM: God, you're so bad at D&D!

2123
02:31:19,622 --> 02:31:21,000
LAURA: I suck!

2124
02:31:21,000 --> 02:31:25,889
MATT: But you do see around the ground right out
in front of this cave what appears to be hundreds

2125
02:31:25,889 --> 02:31:32,988
and hundreds of small objects, piles, what looks
like fruits and flowers and bones and stone

2126
02:31:32,988 --> 02:31:36,578
carvings, all sorts of things placed in front of
this cave.

2127
02:31:36,578 --> 02:31:40,042
MARISHA: Can I do a nature check on one of the
bones to see if I can identify

2128
02:31:40,042 --> 02:31:41,386
where it came from?

2129
02:31:41,386 --> 02:31:44,580
MATT: Okay. So you head out and take one of the
bones and look at it.

2130
02:31:44,580 --> 02:31:45,835
Go ahead and make a nature check.

2131
02:31:45,835 --> 02:31:49,759
MARISHA: Yeah, the closest bone, I don't want to,
ooh. Yeah.

2132
02:31:49,759 --> 02:31:51,809
TALIESIN: That ain't nothing to sneeze at.

2133
02:31:51,809 --> 02:31:54,609
MARISHA: No, it's not. 28.

2134
02:31:54,609 --> 02:32:03,901
MATT: 28. This bone belongs to a larger bird, like
a great eagle, you can't quite specifically make out

2135
02:32:03,901 --> 02:32:07,764
what it is, but it's been carved with
small letters into it of a language you can't

2136
02:32:07,807 --> 02:32:12,262
understand. It looks like it's some sort of a
ritual item that's been placed there in the

2137
02:32:12,262 --> 02:32:15,514
ground. But as you pick up and make this moment
noticed--

2138
02:32:15,514 --> 02:32:17,509
LIAM: I'm going stealth just because.

2139
02:32:17,509 --> 02:32:21,337
MATT: You all hear a giant, echoing roar coming
from the cave.

2140
02:32:21,337 --> 02:32:22,441
LIAM: Was I fast enough?

2141
02:32:22,441 --> 02:32:24,991
MATT: (roars) What'd you roll?

2142
02:32:24,991 --> 02:32:25,847
LIAM: 30.

2143
02:32:25,847 --> 02:32:32,881
MATT: 30. Okay, yeah. You just (bip) out; you are
gone. The rest of you are right at the outside of

2144
02:32:32,881 --> 02:32:37,906
this small clearing where all of these small
objects have been placed, you hear this rumbling

2145
02:32:37,906 --> 02:32:40,266
loud roar come tearing through.

2146
02:32:40,266 --> 02:32:42,885
MARISHA: I step back with the bone.

2147
02:32:42,929 --> 02:32:45,969
MATT: Okay. What are the rest of you guys doing?

2148
02:32:45,969 --> 02:32:48,024
LAURA: I pull the broom out from behind my back.

2149
02:32:48,024 --> 02:32:49,225
MATT: Okay.

2150
02:32:49,225 --> 02:32:54,229
MARISHA: Can I lean the bone over to Vex'ahlia and
be like, is this Draconic?

2151
02:32:54,229 --> 02:32:55,497
LAURA: Is it Draconic?

2152
02:32:55,497 --> 02:32:56,543
MATT: It is not Draconic.

2153
02:32:56,543 --> 02:32:58,365
MARISHA: God fucking damn it.

2154
02:32:58,365 --> 02:32:59,800
LAURA: Is it anything that I recognize, though?

2155
02:32:59,800 --> 02:33:00,901
MATT: What languages do you know?

2156
02:33:00,901 --> 02:33:05,003
LAURA: Elvish, Abyssal, Undercommon.

2157
02:33:05,003 --> 02:33:06,698
MATT: No, none of those.

2158
02:33:06,698 --> 02:33:07,806
LAURA: Shit.

2159
02:33:07,806 --> 02:33:11,308
MATT: However, at this time the trees behind you
two, because the rest of you guys

2160
02:33:11,308 --> 02:33:12,274
were staying back--

2161
02:33:12,274 --> 02:33:13,346
LAURA: Who's you two?

2162
02:33:13,346 --> 02:33:19,079
MATT: Vex and Keyleth. The trees (fwoosh) shift
and close off the exterior. As you turn towards

2163
02:33:19,079 --> 02:33:25,383
the entrance of the cavern, you can see emerging
from the front a giant-- it's hard to really tell

2164
02:33:25,383 --> 02:33:32,534
the first moment that it appears, but you see what
looks to be a gargantuan dire bear-like entity

2165
02:33:32,534 --> 02:33:40,117
made of crackling blue ghostly energy, shimmering,
translucent, not actually a physical form, but

2166
02:33:40,117 --> 02:33:48,442
massive in size. (stomping noises, roar)

2167
02:33:48,442 --> 02:33:53,212
MARISHA: Wait, did we get cut off? Did Vex and I
get cut off from everybody else?

2168
02:33:53,212 --> 02:33:54,501
MATT: Yep. From everybody else.

2169
02:33:54,501 --> 02:33:57,397
LAURA: Shit! I grab Keyleth's wrist and I fly into
the air.

2170
02:33:57,397 --> 02:33:59,900
MARISHA: I hold on for dear fucking life.

2171
02:33:59,900 --> 02:34:03,821
MATT: As you grab her wrist as you fly up, the
trees, swoosh, close off and you go slamming into

2172
02:34:03,821 --> 02:34:08,710
the tree boughs (crashing sound). You lose the
broom for a second. Go ahead and hold your grip.

2173
02:34:08,710 --> 02:34:11,506
Go ahead and make a strength check.

2174
02:34:11,506 --> 02:34:12,861
LAURA: A strength check!

2175
02:34:12,861 --> 02:34:14,482
SAM: We can't even see them, Matt?

2176
02:34:14,482 --> 02:34:17,132
MATT: You guys can't see them and they just closed
off in the trees.

2177
02:34:17,132 --> 02:34:24,128
LAURA: Come on! Is that a saving throw or just a
check?

2178
02:34:24,128 --> 02:34:25,289
MATT: Just a check.

2179
02:34:25,289 --> 02:34:26,254
LAURA: Five.

2180
02:34:26,254 --> 02:34:32,627
MATT: Five? You lose your grip on the broom, and
both Vex and Keyleth tumble down about 20 feet,

2181
02:34:32,627 --> 02:34:37,508
you both suffer seven points of damage as you slam
into the center of another pile of what looks like

2182
02:34:37,508 --> 02:34:41,195
knick-knacks and things that are gathered on the
floor. It's at this point that your mind hits that

2183
02:34:41,195 --> 02:34:44,689
these are probably offerings, these are things
that are left as some sort of offering to this

2184
02:34:44,689 --> 02:34:50,844
bear-like spirit entity that exists in this cave.
The bear, which is now, (stomping sounds), coming

2185
02:34:50,844 --> 02:34:55,580
up towards you on the ground. Looks to Keyleth,
(roars).

2186
02:34:55,580 --> 02:34:56,582
MARISHA: Hi!

2187
02:34:56,582 --> 02:34:58,311
LAURA: I cast Speak With Animals!

2188
02:34:58,311 --> 02:34:59,434
MATT: Okay, you cast Speak With Animals.

2189
02:34:59,434 --> 02:35:00,281
LAURA: Yeah.

2190
02:35:00,281 --> 02:35:01,720
MARISHA: Like I taught you!

2191
02:35:01,720 --> 02:35:03,272
LAURA: (weak growling sounds)

2192
02:35:03,272 --> 02:35:10,795
(laughter)

2193
02:35:10,795 --> 02:35:16,952
LAURA: And I say, we mean you no harm, great ghost
bear! In fact, we brought you an offering and we

2194
02:35:16,952 --> 02:35:19,934
just accidentally touched the other offering of
yours.

2195
02:35:19,934 --> 02:35:21,723
LIAM: Où est la bibliothèque?

2196
02:35:21,723 --> 02:35:23,564
(laughter)

2197
02:35:23,564 --> 02:35:26,472
LAURA: The cheese is old and moldy.

2198
02:35:26,472 --> 02:35:36,171
MATT: None of the bear's face moves at all, but an
echoing voice, in Common, not animal speak, comes

2199
02:35:36,171 --> 02:35:40,722
blasting into both of your minds, and those of you
guys outside of the trees, trying to find a way

2200
02:35:40,722 --> 02:35:51,817
through, also hear this echo, "You have entered
the domain of Orlan. You destroy and disgrace that

2201
02:35:51,860 --> 02:36:00,244
"which was gifted. What do you offer in response to
your travesty?"

2202
02:36:00,244 --> 02:36:03,158
LAURA: Yeah, well, I--

2203
02:36:03,158 --> 02:36:05,807
SAM: We have a hat. A really good hat.

2204
02:36:05,807 --> 02:36:09,482
MARISHA: I've got an old tobacco box I got from
lost and found.

2205
02:36:09,482 --> 02:36:19,208
LAURA: Ooh, yeah, that's pretty good. I offer him
a tea set.

2206
02:36:19,208 --> 02:36:27,211
MATT: As you pull the tea set out, the bear claw
reaches out and smashes it out of your hand and

2207
02:36:27,211 --> 02:36:33,667
goes scattered and breaking across one of the
stones and goes, "You walk into the realm of the

2208
02:36:33,667 --> 02:36:41,563
"wild, unwatched, unrespecting. The beasts of this
land hold no kinship with you. You will prove

2209
02:36:41,563 --> 02:36:44,692
"offering yourself." And the tongue licks the
lips.

2210
02:36:44,692 --> 02:36:51,218
MARISHA: What? I turn into a giant scorpion.

2211
02:36:51,218 --> 02:36:54,406
MATT: The scorpion takes its form, as it does the
bear, (growls).

2212
02:36:54,406 --> 02:36:58,972
MARISHA: You want an offering, you can have mine.

2213
02:36:58,972 --> 02:37:01,293
MATT: Make a persuasion check on that.

2214
02:37:01,293 --> 02:37:02,953
MARISHA: Oh god.

2215
02:37:02,953 --> 02:37:07,761
LIAM: By the way, am I hidden in or outside?

2216
02:37:07,761 --> 02:37:08,818
MATT: You're outside.

2217
02:37:08,818 --> 02:37:09,947
MARISHA: 21.

2218
02:37:09,947 --> 02:37:11,202
LAURA: Good job, Keyleth!

2219
02:37:11,202 --> 02:37:12,369
MARISHA: Thank you!

2220
02:37:12,369 --> 02:37:20,190
MATT: "I sense you have kinship with beasts. You
may pass, though I will not forgive this

2221
02:37:20,190 --> 02:37:22,503
"infraction. You."

2222
02:37:22,503 --> 02:37:23,809
LAURA: Yeah?

2223
02:37:23,809 --> 02:37:25,795
MATT: "You shall be the prize."

2224
02:37:25,795 --> 02:37:27,877
LAURA: Oh, fuck.

2225
02:37:27,877 --> 02:37:32,596
MATT: The giant bear is looming over you now, and
its size is so immense, probably 15 or 20 feet to the

2226
02:37:32,596 --> 02:37:34,397
top of its shoulders.

2227
02:37:34,397 --> 02:37:36,814
LAURA: Trinket! I call Trinket.

2228
02:37:36,863 --> 02:37:38,335
MATT: You call Trinket?

2229
02:37:38,335 --> 02:37:39,452
LAURA: I call Trinket.

2230
02:37:39,452 --> 02:37:44,222
MATT: Leaps out of your necklace and lands right
beside you and just roars, (roars) up to the

2231
02:37:44,222 --> 02:37:52,320
spirit. The spirit pulls back, (roars), roars
back. And Trinket is so tiny by comparison and is

2232
02:37:52,320 --> 02:37:57,769
up to the elbow, but Trinket lashes out at the
giant bear, just leaps up towards it, pushes into

2233
02:37:57,769 --> 02:38:02,856
it and starts tearing at its throat. The giant
bear takes Trinket with one claw and slams him

2234
02:38:02,856 --> 02:38:08,495
into the ground. Trinket rolls and gets back up,
(growls), you can see a little bit of blood at the

2235
02:38:08,495 --> 02:38:12,348
corner of its mouth, and just lunges again, this
time jumping up onto the bear's back and clawing

2236
02:38:12,348 --> 02:38:17,131
up onto its, onto the top of its torso. The bear
(growls).

2237
02:38:17,131 --> 02:38:18,950
LAURA: He's pretty cool.

2238
02:38:18,950 --> 02:38:24,813
MATT: The bear head looks up at Trinket now
gnawing onto its hide, (gnawing sounds), seemingly

2239
02:38:24,813 --> 02:38:30,544
to no real effect, and the bear reaches up and
grabs Trinket and plucks him off the side and sets

2240
02:38:30,544 --> 02:38:37,869
him down next to you. The bear now begins to speak
in the language of bears, which only you can

2241
02:38:37,869 --> 02:38:46,557
understand at this moment, says, "You walk with
this one. Is she your charge?" And Trinket voices

2242
02:38:46,557 --> 02:38:54,589
back, you hear the (bear noises) up to the bear,
as you hear coming out, "She is everything. Her

2243
02:38:54,589 --> 02:39:04,426
"life is mine. You take her, you take me, or we
walk on and remember you as a kind soul."

2244
02:39:04,426 --> 02:39:18,551
The giant bear looks down, "Very well. If you are
at her side, I take your charge, as well." And the

2245
02:39:18,551 --> 02:39:25,326
spirit bear steps forward, passing through you,
and passing through Trinket's form, and what feels

2246
02:39:25,326 --> 02:39:32,412
like this rush of warm air. And then disperses
into a series of sparkles. You watch the energy

2247
02:39:32,412 --> 02:39:38,418
slowly drift down and fade into the ground around
you, and everything gets quiet. The trees slowly

2248
02:39:38,418 --> 02:39:45,974
creak back and open the perimeter of this forest
around you, leaving you alone. And Trinket comes

2249
02:39:45,974 --> 02:39:48,847
up and licks your face.

2250
02:39:48,847 --> 02:39:50,230
LAURA: Oh!

2251
02:39:50,230 --> 02:39:58,954
(cheering)

2252
02:39:58,954 --> 02:40:02,639
MATT: As he's looking at you, you look down and
you can see the necklace that you hold is actually

2253
02:40:02,639 --> 02:40:10,345
shimmering with a blue light that passed through
you, and it slowly fades to its dark normal form.

2254
02:40:10,345 --> 02:40:17,253
SAM: You're part bear now!

2255
02:40:17,253 --> 02:40:20,047
MATT: So. That's your new item card for Raven's
Slumber.

2256
02:40:20,081 --> 02:40:23,744
(cheering)

2257
02:40:23,793 --> 02:40:26,015
AUDIENCE MEMBER: What's it do?

2258
02:40:26,015 --> 02:40:28,017
LAURA: I don't know.

2259
02:40:28,017 --> 02:40:34,485
MATT: So. I've got to finish this quickly because
we've got to get to the Q and A, but as of this

2260
02:40:34,485 --> 02:40:39,117
point in time, and I'll give you an ability card,
but Trinket now benefits from your Hunter's Mark.

2261
02:40:39,117 --> 02:40:42,637
(cheering)

2262
02:40:42,637 --> 02:40:46,904
MATT: And has an ability called Primal Fury you
can use once per short rest that I'll get to next

2263
02:40:46,904 --> 02:40:58,941
episode. As you all gather around this moment of
silence, this quiet tension that has now

2264
02:40:58,985 --> 02:41:04,739
dispersed, you see Trinket lift up Vex from the
base of her cloak and put her back on her feet,

2265
02:41:04,739 --> 02:41:10,452
nuzzles the side of her, and you can see the trees
overhead open up a little wider than they were

2266
02:41:10,452 --> 02:41:14,705
before, leaving some moonlight to hit the two of
them. And that's where we'll go ahead and leave

2267
02:41:14,705 --> 02:41:16,158
this session this week.

2268
02:41:16,158 --> 02:41:23,052
(cheering)

2269
02:41:23,052 --> 02:41:26,701
MATT: Thank you, guys!

2270
02:41:26,822 --> 02:41:45,302
(cheering)

2271
02:41:45,302 --> 02:41:47,224
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Is it Thursday yet?

2272
02:41:47,224 --> 02:41:53,622
(cheering)

2273
02:41:53,622 --> 02:42:01,931
MATT: Thank you. (laughs) Thank you guys so much
for joining us here live, this has been an awesome

2274
02:42:01,931 --> 02:42:06,919
and incredible first experience for all of us.
Thank you so much for tuning in and watching with

2275
02:42:06,919 --> 02:42:10,921
us this week. We're looking forward to the GenCon
show in a few weeks, so some of you guys over on

2276
02:42:10,921 --> 02:42:15,039
that side of the US can hopefully come and see us
here as well, and join in this fantastic energy

2277
02:42:15,094 --> 02:42:19,627
that tonight was just filled with. So hopefully
we'll do more of these as time progresses.

2278
02:42:19,627 --> 02:42:20,735
TRAVIS: Thank you, Loot Crate!

2279
02:42:20,735 --> 02:42:22,531
LAURA: Thank you, Loot Crate!

2280
02:42:22,531 --> 02:42:27,867
MATT: Thank you Loot Crate for supporting us and
being so awesome, being a fantastic sponsor, and

2281
02:42:27,867 --> 02:42:35,254
yeah, I guess, is it Thursday yet? We'll see you
guys in a couple weeks.