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(cheering)

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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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SAM: Music's working?

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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,
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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
Shademirk Bog, where the Fenthras bow seemingly

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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
in the city and went, do what you've got to do,

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and then turned away and the rest of the guards--

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LAURA: Oh seriously, so like... no, no the guard
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.

00:19:05.156 --> 00:19:06.053
LAURA: Ish.

00:19:06.053 --> 00:19:07.153
TALIESIN: Ish.

00:19:07.153 --> 00:19:08.458
LIAM: He's a bureaucrat.

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TALIESIN: Excellent.

00:19:09.423 --> 00:19:12.093
(laughter)

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LIAM: All right, let's go see Dad, then.

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MARISHA: (whispers) Grog.

00:19:21.911 --> 00:19:22.835
TRAVIS: What?

00:19:22.835 --> 00:19:25.758
MARISHA: (whispers) Your pants, they're sagging a
little bit, why?

00:19:25.758 --> 00:19:27.007
TRAVIS: What?

00:19:27.007 --> 00:19:28.157
MARISHA: (whispers) They're sagging.

00:19:28.157 --> 00:19:33.777
TRAVIS: Oh, it's like the new rage amongst the
kids. It gives me super street cred.

00:19:33.777 --> 00:19:36.352
MARISHA: Where's Garmelie?

00:19:36.352 --> 00:19:39.239
LAURA: Keyleth, shut up about Garmelie!

00:19:39.239 --> 00:19:45.562
TRAVIS: Yeah, ix-nay on the Garmelie-- I think I'm
doing Pig Latin wrong. Yeah.

00:19:45.562 --> 00:19:49.558
LIAM: It's this way. And I start walking off
towards Dad's house.

00:19:49.558 --> 00:19:50.871
TALIESIN: I'm going to follow the twins.

00:19:50.871 --> 00:19:52.809
SAM: Sounds good.

00:19:52.809 --> 00:19:59.986
MARISHA: I look regal and as we pass elves I say,
good day.

00:19:59.986 --> 00:20:06.905
MATT: The few that look in your direction,
Keyleth, take a moment to nod, look you over and

00:20:06.905 --> 00:20:13.564
then continue walking, seemingly perturbed by the
sudden interaction and the immediate realization

00:20:13.564 --> 00:20:15.849
that you're not of full blood.

00:20:15.849 --> 00:20:18.331
LAURA: Yeah, sorry Keyleth, your ears aren't large
enough.

00:20:18.444 --> 00:20:23.054
MARISHA: That's not normally what people tell me.

00:20:23.054 --> 00:20:25.490
SAM: It's not the size of your ears...

00:20:25.490 --> 00:20:26.538
MARISHA: That's right.

00:20:26.538 --> 00:20:34.795
MATT: So. As you guys continue following Vax'ildan
towards the abode of their father, you keep an eye

00:20:34.795 --> 00:20:41.023
out towards the rest of Syngorn proper. You see
the further into the city you go, interspersed with

00:20:41.023 --> 00:20:47.523
a few Emon guards, you see a handful of
individuals that are human, and they're dressed in

00:20:47.555 --> 00:20:53.217
the actual attire of the guards of Emon, and
they're intermingling right now with the Verdant

00:20:53.217 --> 00:20:55.817
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?

00:21:01.233 --> 00:21:02.586
MATT: The Emon guard.

00:21:02.586 --> 00:21:03.852
MARISHA: Yeah, totally.

00:21:03.852 --> 00:21:09.378
MATT: There is a name, and it's somewhere in my
notes but we're good.

00:21:09.378 --> 00:21:16.038
TALIESIN: From this perspective, I can see your
panic folder. It's so exciting. That's where the

00:21:16.038 --> 00:21:17.058
magic happens.

00:21:17.058 --> 00:21:18.535
MARISHA: Yeah, that's true, we never really see
that!

00:21:18.535 --> 00:21:19.771
TALIESIN: This is exciting for us.

00:21:19.771 --> 00:21:28.325
(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

00:21:44.285 --> 00:21:49.527
an area of buildings that are very beautifully
crafted, many of which seem to have stemmed from

00:21:49.527 --> 00:21:52.840
some sort of a tree growth, but upon closer look
you can see that it's actually carved stone to

00:21:52.840 --> 00:22:00.313
resemble a tree. And then it eventually rises up
into a somewhat spherical building, and there are

00:22:00.313 --> 00:22:05.313
many that build off of that to create this kind of
neighborhood of various elven abodes within

00:22:05.313 --> 00:22:06.323
Syngorn.

00:22:06.323 --> 00:22:07.650
LIAM: Fucking hate this place.

00:22:07.650 --> 00:22:09.018
LAURA: Me, too. It's hideous.

00:22:09.018 --> 00:22:14.510
MARISHA: This is gorgeous. Look at the
craftsmanship. It's incredible.

00:22:14.510 --> 00:22:16.553
SAM: Good day.

00:22:16.553 --> 00:22:17.786
MARISHA: Good day.

00:22:17.786 --> 00:22:23.642
MATT: You make your way towards the end of this
particular--

00:22:23.642 --> 00:22:27.576
(laughter)

00:22:27.576 --> 00:22:34.564
MATT: The guards still keeping track behind you.
You find your way to the end of the main road, and

00:22:34.564 --> 00:22:38.820
it splits into two smaller avenues. You know to
take the left that leads deeper into the more

00:22:38.820 --> 00:22:44.974
political family houses of Syngorn. While your
family is not a political house per se, your

00:22:44.974 --> 00:22:51.977
father, as an ambassador to Emon, was given a home
in this location. It is your old home, although it

00:22:51.977 --> 00:22:57.083
appears to have been even further renovated and is
much nicer than you remember, but the door is

00:22:57.083 --> 00:23:03.818
closed and the dusk sun leads you to pause as you
look upon the outside of this abode you have not

00:23:03.818 --> 00:23:06.093
seen in many, many years.

00:23:06.093 --> 00:23:10.305
SAM: Do you want me to burn it down?

00:23:10.305 --> 00:23:11.942
LAURA: Yes.

00:23:11.942 --> 00:23:18.312
TRAVIS: No, just seriously, you seem super gloomy.
Are we getting in a fight?

00:23:18.312 --> 00:23:19.768
LAURA: No. No fights.

00:23:19.768 --> 00:23:27.220
MATT: The guards now step up and flank a little
bit, keeping a close eye as you've now approached and

00:23:27.248 --> 00:23:33.199
effectively knocked on the handle of a relatively
middle-to-high-ranking individual within Syngorean

00:23:33.199 --> 00:23:40.374
society. Eventually the door opens and you see a
woman standing there: bright blonde hair, braided

00:23:40.374 --> 00:23:47.567
and tied up in the back. She's wearing more of a
work-gown for the day. You recognize her as

00:23:47.567 --> 00:23:53.526
Devana, the new wife of Syldor, the one that you
had once met before in Emon when you guys came

00:23:53.526 --> 00:23:59.024
upon your father last time. As the door opens up,
she looks out for a second, taking in the whole

00:23:59.024 --> 00:24:08.573
group that has gathered on the outside of their
home and goes, "My god. Vax'ildan, Vex'ahlia, we

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:10.287
"weren't expecting you!"

00:24:10.287 --> 00:24:15.259
LAURA: No. I can't imagine you were. Is he here?

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:17.416
MATT: "He is."

00:24:17.416 --> 00:24:19.681
LAURA: What time is it?

00:24:19.681 --> 00:24:27.477
MATT: She glances out, looks up. "That's always a
good question. The longer we stay in these realms,

00:24:27.477 --> 00:24:30.162
"the more confused my daughter becomes."

00:24:30.162 --> 00:24:32.131
LIAM: How long has that been?

00:24:32.131 --> 00:24:36.138
MATT: "Weeks now, I assume. Best that our
timepieces can keep."

00:24:36.138 --> 00:24:38.770
LAURA: Is Velora around?

00:24:38.770 --> 00:24:40.663
MATT: "She is, would you like to see her?"

00:24:40.663 --> 00:24:41.872
LAURA: Of course.

00:24:41.872 --> 00:24:44.452
MATT: "Come in. Is it just you two?"

00:24:44.452 --> 00:24:45.960
LAURA and LIAM: No.

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:47.804
LAURA: It's everyone.

00:24:47.804 --> 00:24:48.977
TRAVIS: Hi.

00:24:48.977 --> 00:24:51.838
LAURA: And Trinket, you remember Trinket.

00:24:51.838 --> 00:24:59.228
MATT: (bear noises) Nudges your arm to the side
and comes forward and sniffs out to Devana. She

00:24:59.228 --> 00:25:02.366
shrinks back a little bit and reaches her hand out
to the nose and taps the edge of Trinket's face,

00:25:02.366 --> 00:25:05.670
and Trinket licks her fingers.

00:25:05.670 --> 00:25:06.676
MARISHA: Good day.

00:25:06.676 --> 00:25:08.166
SAM: Good day.

00:25:08.166 --> 00:25:11.464
MARISHA: Good day. They respond better if you say
"good day" and if you have your head up.

00:25:11.464 --> 00:25:13.013
TRAVIS: If we say "bidet?"

00:25:13.013 --> 00:25:15.741
MARISHA: Bidet, yes. Good day.

00:25:15.741 --> 00:25:16.809
TRAVIS: Bidet.

00:25:16.809 --> 00:25:21.693
TALIESIN: So close. So very close.

00:25:21.693 --> 00:25:24.979
MATT: The two guards closest to you, within their
helmets their eyes narrow, they look at each other

00:25:24.979 --> 00:25:26.303
and shake their heads.

00:25:26.303 --> 00:25:27.803
TRAVIS: Oh, bidet.

00:25:27.803 --> 00:25:31.988
LIAM: Your accent is perfect. Don't change a
thing.

00:25:31.988 --> 00:25:40.433
MATT: Devana goes, "Very well. If you would all
proceed to be quiet if you could, Syldor is

00:25:40.433 --> 00:25:44.659
"working. And you may stay outside," she says to
the guards.

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:48.520
And they both, "We were given orders, milady,
to--"

00:25:48.520 --> 00:25:53.474
"I understand that. But this is already a lot of
people in our home. Stay close within earshot,

00:25:53.474 --> 00:25:58.948
"it'll be fine. I trust them." The guards, (sighs)

00:25:58.948 --> 00:26:01.003
LAURA: I wink at them as I walk inside.

00:26:01.003 --> 00:26:08.635
MATT: No reaction whatsoever. You guys make your
way into the home and are immediately caught with

00:26:08.635 --> 00:26:14.991
a very strong smell of cedar. It's a very
pleasant-smelling home, and the hearth is warm.

00:26:14.991 --> 00:26:22.975
It's everything you wanted your home to be, and it
immediately hits you to walk in here and see this

00:26:22.975 --> 00:26:27.657
kind of life away from a life, seeing elements of
it that remind you of your childhood, things about

00:26:27.657 --> 00:26:33.148
it that flag memories to your head of good times
and bad, in just a few mere moments. And at that

00:26:33.148 --> 00:26:39.691
same time, there's a sadness because so much of it
has changed, so much of it seems better than the

00:26:39.691 --> 00:26:47.580
memory. And for a moment there, you feel a little
tinge of wondering how different it might've been.

00:26:47.580 --> 00:26:52.191
At which point that thought process is broken as
Devana steps in and goes,

00:26:52.191 --> 00:26:54.692
"Would anyone like tea, perhaps?"

00:26:54.692 --> 00:26:57.919
SAM: Sure, yes, do you have an oolong?

00:26:57.919 --> 00:27:01.469
MARISHA: Maybe a chamomile, it would be great.

00:27:01.469 --> 00:27:06.523
MATT: "Something like that, yes. It's been a
little scarce in the Feywilds. More difficult to

00:27:06.551 --> 00:27:08.309
"farm herbs here than you'd think."

00:27:08.309 --> 00:27:12.948
MARISHA: Oh, here. I pull out some herbs that I
brought from my garden.

00:27:12.948 --> 00:27:16.292
Some glisfoil and other things.

00:27:16.336 --> 00:27:18.516
MATT: "Thank you. Appreciate that."

00:27:18.516 --> 00:27:22.810
MARISHA: They won't scream at you when you pick
them. Good. It's good.

00:27:22.810 --> 00:27:29.536
MATT: "Thank you. What was your name again?"

00:27:29.536 --> 00:27:31.625
MARISHA: Oh, I'm Keyleth of the Ashari.

00:27:31.625 --> 00:27:35.163
MATT: "A pleasure to meet you again--"

00:27:35.163 --> 00:27:36.445
MARISHA: Good day.

00:27:36.445 --> 00:27:41.348
MATT: "That's, that's really not necessary in my
home. You, sir, your name?"

00:27:41.348 --> 00:27:43.858
TALIESIN: Whatever's available would be just
fine.

00:27:43.858 --> 00:27:45.736
SAM and MARISHA: I think she means your name.

00:27:45.736 --> 00:27:48.201
MATT: "That's a curious title."

00:27:48.201 --> 00:27:49.978
MARISHA: But you can call him whatever's
available, as well.

00:27:49.978 --> 00:27:53.783
MATT: "Very well, coffee table. What's your
name?"

00:27:53.783 --> 00:27:55.101
(laughter)

00:27:55.101 --> 00:27:57.522
LIAM: It's easier than the actual name.

00:27:57.522 --> 00:28:02.803
TALIESIN: For you, it is just Percival, and I am
another visiting royal from man's world.

00:28:02.803 --> 00:28:05.157
MATT: "All right. You, sir?"

00:28:05.157 --> 00:28:19.571
SAM: I am called the Kingslayer, Chuck Norris,
Burt Reynolds. I have many names. You see, when

00:28:19.571 --> 00:28:22.012
you've traveled a road as long as I have--

00:28:22.012 --> 00:28:26.539
MATT: "Black tea, got it. And you, sir, the large
one?"

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:31.398
TRAVIS: Oh, yeah. Bidet. The name is Grog.

00:28:31.398 --> 00:28:38.269
MATT: "Very well. I'll return with Syldor once he
knows you're here. It may be a while if you don't

00:28:38.316 --> 00:28:40.804
"mind waiting, but the tea will come out
posthaste."

00:28:40.804 --> 00:28:42.840
LAURA: And Velora? Where's she?

00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:47.585
MATT: "Let me get her for you, she'll be very like
to see both of you, she asks from time to time."

00:28:47.585 --> 00:28:51.857
She brushes a little lock of hair that's fallen in
front of her face behind her ear, and smiles and

00:28:51.857 --> 00:28:58.174
darts off towards the kitchen. A few moments pass with
you guys sitting in awkward silence, looking about

00:28:58.218 --> 00:29:04.434
the space in the vicinity. Looks to the twins.
Eventually Devana comes out and sets tea for all

00:29:04.434 --> 00:29:09.440
of you across the central table in this meeting
area, and behind her you see, clutching the edge

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:17.091
of the skirt, you see this tiny, long brown hair
that is braided, but the braid's coming undone,

00:29:17.091 --> 00:29:24.440
tomboyish looking elven girl that peeks around the
side of her dress and hides

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:26.713
again behind the back.

00:29:26.713 --> 00:29:29.447
[high-pitched noise]

00:29:29.447 --> 00:29:31.092
MATT: Welcome back, sorry about that.

00:29:31.092 --> 00:29:33.906
(cheering)

00:29:33.906 --> 00:29:35.178
SAM: What a battle!

00:29:35.178 --> 00:29:39.888
MATT: The technical aspects. We're working through
it, but we got through it, thank you for your

00:29:39.888 --> 00:29:46.648
patience. So the last few minutes, we're not quite
sure how much you guys may have missed, but the

00:29:46.691 --> 00:29:51.712
party wiped. We're rolling up new characters. No,
for the Monday episode we'll go ahead and make

00:29:51.712 --> 00:29:54.681
sure to splice in anything that may have been
missed for the past minute. But the party had come

00:29:54.681 --> 00:30:01.560
to the home of Syldor, the father of Vax and Vex.
They had a brief discussion with Devana, his new

00:30:01.560 --> 00:30:07.278
wife. They were given tea after introductions and
then briefly discussed the merits of being a

00:30:07.278 --> 00:30:15.598
warrior with their half-sister Velora Vessar, and
upon discussing apparently a war of some kind,

00:30:15.598 --> 00:30:21.606
Syldor made his way into the room, and you look
and you see the long dark hair of Syldor, his pale

00:30:21.606 --> 00:30:27.835
complexion, his stern face, staring back at you
all from within the doorway as he closes it behind

00:30:27.835 --> 00:30:32.171
him and steps into the room. You see Devana sits
up now and comes over to him and says,

00:30:32.171 --> 00:30:36.086
"My dear, would you like us to leave you alone?"

00:30:36.086 --> 00:30:41.946
He goes, "Don't worry, it will be fine. Have a
seat. Besides, we're all family.

00:30:41.991 --> 00:30:45.338
"Well, some of us, at least." 
And he looks over to Grog.

00:30:45.338 --> 00:30:46.840
TRAVIS: Bidet.

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:49.134
(laughter)

00:30:49.134 --> 00:30:57.327
MATT: "Good day, indeed." He comes up and sits,
and he's wearing long, dark brown robes with

00:30:57.327 --> 00:31:05.427
golden and red embroidery on the side, but it's
very casual home wear, and he sits down, pulling

00:31:05.427 --> 00:31:09.791
up a chair across from you guys in this area, and
takes one of the cups of tea and sips it. And you

00:31:09.791 --> 00:31:15.536
can see there's an intensity to his face. He's
here, and he looks like he's partially

00:31:15.536 --> 00:31:22.259
inconvenienced by your presence like he always
did, but he also looks like he hasn't slept well,

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:29.241
there's some dark circles under his eyes and he
seems a little distracted for such a climactic

00:31:29.241 --> 00:31:30.626
re-meeting.

00:31:30.626 --> 00:31:32.174
LAURA: Surprise!

00:31:32.174 --> 00:31:41.819
MATT: "Surprise, indeed. So. It's good to see you
both. Glad you're in good health. You've come

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:48.233
"quite a ways to come speak with me, being as we
currently reside within the Feywild."

00:31:48.233 --> 00:31:55.067
LIAM: It's a little bit further than we thought
we'd have to travel, why... the presence around

00:31:55.067 --> 00:32:00.888
the city we're seeing? We understand why you fled,
but what's going on?

00:32:00.888 --> 00:32:12.635
MATT: "Look. We had the entire Fort Daxio army
down here and we were to give aid to push into the

00:32:12.635 --> 00:32:17.070
"nearby mountain range where apparently there was
an influx of lizardfolk, had been a continuous

00:32:17.070 --> 00:32:24.983
"problem, and apparently a break had been seen
somewhere. However, we had sent most of our forces

00:32:24.983 --> 00:32:31.079
"into the mountain range and then received word
that three great drakes were making their way

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:37.856
"straight toward Syngorn after the destruction of
Emon. Knowing that, we had no recourse but to flee

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

00:32:43.645 --> 00:32:45.313
"your fair city is now."

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.

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

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

00:33:01.744 --> 00:33:06.198
"strong-of-arm men and women of our fair city can
make it to that battlefield

00:33:06.198 --> 00:33:07.645
"and tear that beast down."

00:33:07.645 --> 00:33:11.071
LAURA: That's wonderful news.

00:33:11.071 --> 00:33:14.631
MATT: "Good. Why are you here?"

00:33:14.631 --> 00:33:20.947
TALIESIN: We are here on a very similar range of
business, to be honest.

00:33:20.947 --> 00:33:22.413
MATT: "And you are?"

00:33:22.413 --> 00:33:30.320
TALIESIN: Ah, yes. Percival Fredrickstein von
Mussel Klossowski de Rolo III of the royal house

00:33:30.320 --> 00:33:36.506
of Whitestone, representative of man's world, here
on very important business dealing with dragons.

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

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

00:33:52.872 --> 00:34:00.413
our quest to destroy them. Any help that your
wonderful city could provide would be most

00:34:00.413 --> 00:34:01.757
agreeable.

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

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

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."

00:34:22.527 --> 00:34:25.149
LIAM: We've come to the Feywild for something
specific.

00:34:25.149 --> 00:34:28.853
MARISHA: We're trying to head to the Shademirk
Bog.

00:34:28.853 --> 00:34:33.204
MATT: "Why on earth would you be heading to the
Shademirk?"

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.

00:34:40.607 --> 00:34:49.146
MATT: "Right. Well. Good luck with that."

00:34:49.146 --> 00:34:52.292
LAURA: Do you think it's possible?

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

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

00:35:09.286 --> 00:35:11.604
"seeking the darkness."

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.

00:35:16.445 --> 00:35:25.641
(laughter)

00:35:25.701 --> 00:35:30.964
MATT: You hear Velora chuckle. Devana's like,
"Shh! Quiet!"

00:35:30.991 --> 00:35:34.231
LAURA: I want to pull Velora over and sit her in
my lap.

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

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:39.714
does so.

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

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

00:35:54.693 --> 00:35:56.775
say to me.

00:35:56.775 --> 00:35:59.293
LAURA: I want to insight check him and see if he's
really saying--

00:35:59.293 --> 00:36:00.476
TRAVIS: Yeah, do that shit!

00:36:00.476 --> 00:36:02.159
MATT: Roll an insight check.

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:07.453
LIAM: Him or me?

00:36:07.453 --> 00:36:10.181
LAURA: 26 on him!

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

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:23.516
appears like a lot of his intention and time has
been put towards something important--

00:36:23.635 --> 00:36:24.951
LAURA: Being a giant dick?

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

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

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

00:36:50.538 --> 00:37:01.789
"difficult and strange to mingle family new and
old. Your presence here brings up difficult

00:37:01.789 --> 00:37:03.560
"memories for me."

00:37:03.560 --> 00:37:07.431
LAURA: Oh, you poor man.

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

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

00:37:23.498 --> 00:37:25.475
know where the bog is?

00:37:25.475 --> 00:37:30.423
MATT: "Yes. It's duskward of here."

00:37:30.423 --> 00:37:32.053
SAM: Duskward.

00:37:32.053 --> 00:37:35.611
TRAVIS: Fucking shit.

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.

00:37:41.731 --> 00:37:45.418
MARISHA: It's like being on a ship forever.

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

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:53.809
"city to make sure we are ready for this attack."

00:37:53.809 --> 00:37:55.809
LAURA: When do you plan to attack?

00:37:55.809 --> 00:37:58.072
MATT: "A few weeks."

00:37:58.072 --> 00:38:03.685
LAURA: You're joining other armies. You don't plan
to fight Thordak on your own?

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

00:38:11.496 --> 00:38:17.508
"not gone to Emon themselves and they currently
reside camped out near where Syngorn usually is.

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

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

00:38:29.126 --> 00:38:33.784
"intel on Thordak himself. Once we have that
information and we can formulate what to expect,

00:38:33.784 --> 00:38:35.596
"then we can attack."

00:38:35.596 --> 00:38:42.280
MARISHA: So you're trying to go after Thordak
himself. That's your first target, Thordak?

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

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

00:38:55.636 --> 00:39:02.392
"various deaths from his people. It's not
impossible, but we need to be ready."

00:39:02.392 --> 00:39:06.477
TRAVIS: Just a heads-up, pro tip: dragons can
fly.

00:39:06.477 --> 00:39:16.599
(laughter)

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:19.583
MATT: "And I take it you're their leader."

00:39:19.583 --> 00:39:21.160
TRAVIS: Of the dragons?

00:39:21.160 --> 00:39:23.365
(laughter)

00:39:23.512 --> 00:39:27.538
MATT: He very slowly sighs while grabbing his
tea.

00:39:27.538 --> 00:39:33.833
TRAVIS: I've clearly lost your father. It's all
right.

00:39:33.833 --> 00:39:37.141
LAURA: His intelligence is very low, Grog.

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

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

00:39:51.194 --> 00:39:52.143
titled.

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

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:57.532
city before we set out.

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.

00:40:01.648 --> 00:40:04.747
SAM: And I had asked for an oolong tea.

00:40:04.747 --> 00:40:10.607
(laughter)

00:40:10.607 --> 00:40:14.758
SAM: This is more of an assam, I would say? A
black tea.

00:40:14.758 --> 00:40:16.738
TALIESIN: This is technically what you do, though,
isn't it?

00:40:16.738 --> 00:40:18.978
MATT: Devana says, "I'm terribly sorry, I didn't
mean that--"

00:40:18.978 --> 00:40:21.438
MARISHA: No, not you.

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

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

00:40:42.865 --> 00:40:44.265
"in their own right."

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.

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,

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

00:41:05.173 --> 00:41:09.827
"troop, he who brings up words of courts and
titles?"

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

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

00:41:25.396 --> 00:41:27.265
is the easiest to come across.

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

00:41:34.229 --> 00:41:40.269
"those times. However, I appreciate that you at
least acknowledge the way things sometimes work.

00:41:40.269 --> 00:41:49.024
"So. Daughter. Son. What else do you need of me?"

00:41:49.024 --> 00:41:56.107
LIAM: Honestly? Nothing.

00:41:56.107 --> 00:41:59.183
LAURA: We don't need or want anything from you.

00:41:59.183 --> 00:42:01.989
MATT: "Yet you still came to my home."

00:42:01.989 --> 00:42:11.014
LAURA: Oh, well. Yeah. We got what we wanted,
which is access to the city.

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

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

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

00:42:37.648 --> 00:42:41.548
be appreciated by more than just she and I.

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

00:42:52.698 --> 00:42:55.328
want to make her safe?

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

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

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

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

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

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

00:43:55.703 --> 00:43:58.320
"closer than others."

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

00:44:03.718 --> 00:44:06.043
might expect?

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

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

00:44:27.197 --> 00:44:35.396
name, and she is actually of the bloodline of
Gynlara who founded Syngorn centuries ago. She

00:44:35.396 --> 00:44:43.066
currently is essentially the de facto leader,
though in terms of public, she is the final

00:44:43.066 --> 00:44:52.205
decision-maker on most of Syngorn's political and
social endeavors. "Will that suffice?"

00:44:52.205 --> 00:44:54.928
LIAM: It will.

00:44:54.928 --> 00:44:56.510
LAURA: It will.

00:44:56.510 --> 00:44:59.065
SAM: Good day.

00:44:59.065 --> 00:45:00.098
MARISHA: Good day.

00:45:00.098 --> 00:45:02.699
(laughter)

00:45:02.699 --> 00:45:09.360
MATT: "Curious manners, your friends." He takes
his tea and pours another cupful, and leans back

00:45:09.436 --> 00:45:13.069
in his chair. "Two dragons you say you've
killed."

00:45:13.069 --> 00:45:15.445
LIAM: That's right.

00:45:15.445 --> 00:45:17.553
LAURA: More than that, isn't it?

00:45:17.553 --> 00:45:19.474
TRAVIS: Of the Conclave.

00:45:19.474 --> 00:45:21.273
LAURA: Of the Conclave, we've killed two.

00:45:21.273 --> 00:45:22.860
MATT: "Which ones?"

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:30.811
LAURA: Umbrasyl. And. What was the other one?

00:45:30.811 --> 00:45:31.778
LIAM: Blitzen?

00:45:31.778 --> 00:45:38.923
LAURA: Blitzen, Donner? What was the name of the
other one? Oh, it was General Krieg!

00:45:38.923 --> 00:45:40.950
MARISHA: Yeah, that one.

00:45:40.950 --> 00:45:42.174
LAURA: The blue one.

00:45:42.174 --> 00:45:43.937
MARISHA: And then we've also killed a white one.

00:45:43.937 --> 00:45:46.880
SAM: We thought so little of him we didn't even
remember his name.

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:52.286
(laughter)

00:45:52.286 --> 00:45:53.587
LIAM: Brimscythe?

00:45:53.587 --> 00:45:55.556
MARISHA: Brimscythe. That's the one.

00:45:55.556 --> 00:45:58.097
SAM: But also we respect him enough to learn his
name.

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

00:46:12.999 --> 00:46:15.336
"felled on the other side."

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

00:46:23.010 --> 00:46:27.814
result of the doings of your children. You should
be very proud.

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

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

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

00:47:09.017 --> 00:47:11.234
"of it."

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

00:47:22.444 --> 00:47:25.004
expect us to feel sorry for you?

00:47:25.004 --> 00:47:28.065
LIAM: You should've left us to be with our mother
when she died!

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.

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,

00:47:45.867 --> 00:47:49.065
"than to waste away in some small hovel."

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.

00:47:56.180 --> 00:47:58.616
I want no part of you.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

00:50:06.397 --> 00:50:13.674
"right for you. And by the time I tried to return
you, it was too late.

00:50:13.674 --> 00:50:23.065
"I'm sorry. That's all I can say."

00:50:23.065 --> 00:50:30.056
Devana goes, "Anyone want any more tea? Oolong,
you said."

00:50:30.056 --> 00:50:31.277
SAM: You got it!

00:50:31.277 --> 00:50:34.559
MATT: "Right, yes." And she leaves, awkwardly.

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

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

00:50:45.698 --> 00:50:47.288
"Kill! Stab!" And then--

00:50:47.288 --> 00:50:49.338
MARISHA: Percy! No, don't die!

00:50:49.338 --> 00:50:50.472
TALIESIN: What are you doing?

00:50:50.472 --> 00:50:53.995
MARISHA: I'm being blood out of your jugular, just
go with it.

00:50:53.995 --> 00:50:58.066
TRAVIS: And then they killed them all! It's the
only reason we're alive, really.

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!

00:51:04.690 --> 00:51:09.173
(laughter)

00:51:09.173 --> 00:51:13.702
SAM: Cut his way out, went back and saved me.
Crazy.

00:51:13.702 --> 00:51:16.981
MATT: "That does indeed sound quite crazy."

00:51:16.981 --> 00:51:21.054
TRAVIS: I mean, the balls on this one-- this one.

00:51:21.054 --> 00:51:28.156
MATT: "Let's be honest, Grog. They both have--"

00:51:28.156 --> 00:51:33.362
TRAVIS: Lord Grog Peanut Butter of Strongjaw. I'm
titled.

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."

00:51:42.700 --> 00:51:45.594
LIAM: Look, we're never going to be a happy
family.

00:51:45.594 --> 00:51:48.011
MATT: "No. That is right."

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.

00:51:56.146 --> 00:52:02.343
MATT: He stands up from his chair and walks his
way back to his study and

00:52:02.343 --> 00:52:04.216
closes the door behind him.

00:52:04.216 --> 00:52:06.973
LAURA: Well, fuck. Guess he's not into us now.

00:52:06.973 --> 00:52:08.965
TRAVIS: I thought we weren't getting in a fight!

00:52:08.965 --> 00:52:10.347
TALIESIN: No, this is good.

00:52:10.347 --> 00:52:14.028
SAM: Do you want me to take a dump somewhere?

00:52:14.028 --> 00:52:15.737
TALIESIN: Not yet.

00:52:15.737 --> 00:52:18.205
LAURA: Oh, headphones, darling.

00:52:18.205 --> 00:52:19.382
SAM: Oh, sorry.

00:52:19.382 --> 00:52:24.749
MATT: She pulls your hand down, looks at you,
says, "Take a dump!"

00:52:24.749 --> 00:52:27.203
LAURA: Oh, shit. I mean, shoot!

00:52:27.203 --> 00:52:30.898
MATT: "I like him."

00:52:30.898 --> 00:52:33.790
SAM: That's gnomish. Doesn't mean the same thing.

00:52:33.790 --> 00:52:38.454
MATT: She's now transfixed on Scanlan.

00:52:38.454 --> 00:52:43.600
LAURA: Darling, he takes blue sparkly poos!

00:52:43.600 --> 00:52:47.920
MATT: "Blue sparkle poos? Can you teach me?"

00:52:47.920 --> 00:52:52.680
(laughter)

00:52:52.680 --> 00:52:54.816
SAM: Do you have any blueberries?

00:52:54.816 --> 00:52:57.025
MATT: "I'm going to ask my mom if we've got
blueberries."

00:52:57.025 --> 00:52:58.393
TRAVIS: Holy shit.

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

00:53:04.729 --> 00:53:08.679
cart and goes, "Who taught my daughter to say
'blue sparkly poo?'"

00:53:08.679 --> 00:53:12.400
LAURA: I don't know what you're talking about.

00:53:12.400 --> 00:53:14.718
MARISHA: Is that a swear word?

00:53:14.718 --> 00:53:19.697
LAURA: You should really control the people in
this city from talking about that,

00:53:19.697 --> 00:53:20.957
because it's weird.

00:53:20.957 --> 00:53:22.269
SAM: She got it at preschool.

00:53:22.269 --> 00:53:23.698
TALIESIN: So many soldiers everywhere.

00:53:23.698 --> 00:53:25.480
MATT: "Velora, go to your room."

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

00:53:30.512 --> 00:53:31.294
a soldier.

00:53:31.294 --> 00:53:34.140
TALIESIN: You've never really been in war, have
you?

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

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

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.

00:53:53.499 --> 00:53:58.166
"That's the most my power can do at this time."

00:53:58.166 --> 00:54:00.625
LAURA: This is a belt buckle, why are you passing
me this?

00:54:00.625 --> 00:54:02.194
LIAM: (stage-whispering) We're playing pretend.

00:54:02.194 --> 00:54:05.914
LAURA: Okay, oh, it's a sealed scroll now.

00:54:05.914 --> 00:54:14.746
TALIESIN: May I see that really quickly? Don't
throw it! Pretend!

00:54:14.746 --> 00:54:17.258
MARISHA: Pretend. I'm pretend handing it off.

00:54:17.258 --> 00:54:18.635
SAM: Ooh, good object work.

00:54:18.635 --> 00:54:23.933
LIAM: Now get in the canoe!

00:54:23.933 --> 00:54:28.345
LAURA: Yes, yes.

00:54:28.345 --> 00:54:30.783
TALIESIN: Right, they're all elves. I can't look
at them.

00:54:30.783 --> 00:54:32.735
SAM: Oh, it flew away!

00:54:32.735 --> 00:54:37.942
TALIESIN: This grants an audience for all of us,
then?

00:54:37.942 --> 00:54:39.751
MATT: "Yes."

00:54:39.751 --> 00:54:44.973
TALIESIN: You're going to have to amend that one
name, though, just to be fair.

00:54:44.973 --> 00:54:46.210
It's Lady Vex'ahlia.

00:54:46.210 --> 00:54:47.866
MATT: "Lady?"

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.

00:54:51.944 --> 00:55:08.709
(cheering)

00:55:08.709 --> 00:55:16.461
TALIESIN: So good sir, despite your relationship
with her, do watch your manners.

00:55:16.461 --> 00:55:22.565
SAM: Tea spit take!

00:55:22.565 --> 00:55:25.951
MATT: "My apologies, Lady Vex'ahlia."

00:55:25.951 --> 00:55:27.792
LAURA: Well, you didn't know.

00:55:27.792 --> 00:55:31.153
(laughter)

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.

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

00:55:46.750 --> 00:55:48.480
his way back to the room.

00:55:48.480 --> 00:55:51.210
LIAM: Darth Vader.

00:55:51.210 --> 00:55:58.889
MATT: He returns, hands you the amended paper.
"Good luck."

00:55:58.889 --> 00:56:00.911
LAURA: This is a belt buckle-- oh.

00:56:00.911 --> 00:56:02.785
(laughter)

00:56:02.785 --> 00:56:05.669
MATT: It's a gift from your mother.

00:56:05.669 --> 00:56:08.476
TRAVIS: You should thank Percy.

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

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

00:56:23.619 --> 00:56:25.931
"right now, we need survivors."

00:56:25.931 --> 00:56:36.315
TRAVIS: No promises?

00:56:36.315 --> 00:56:39.734
MATT: He shoots you a very dark look.

00:56:39.734 --> 00:56:47.090
TRAVIS: Right. Sorry. The House of Peanut Butter
will continue its bloodline. I don't know.

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?"

00:56:57.872 --> 00:56:59.795
SAM: Do we have accommodations in the city?

00:56:59.795 --> 00:57:02.451
LAURA: Yes, but we'll be in Whitestone.

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

00:57:08.995 --> 00:57:11.327
"forces for attack upon Thordak in Emon."

00:57:11.327 --> 00:57:13.122
MARISHA: If not, reach out to Allura of Emon.

00:57:13.122 --> 00:57:16.594
MATT: "I know Allura well, and I can reach to
her."

00:57:16.594 --> 00:57:18.188
MARISHA: I had a feeling you did.

00:57:18.188 --> 00:57:28.007
(laughter)

00:57:28.052 --> 00:57:30.866
SAM: Are you hitting on their dad?

00:57:30.916 --> 00:57:32.709
MATT: "Anyway."

00:57:32.709 --> 00:57:35.077
MARISHA: Does everything look like hitting on
people to you, Scanlan?

00:57:35.077 --> 00:57:36.500
SAM: It does.

00:57:36.500 --> 00:57:38.642
MATT: It's the Scanlan filter. It's on Snapchat.

00:57:38.642 --> 00:57:43.422
MARISHA: Take off the beer goggles, take them off!
Those are plus-two magical beer goggles.

00:57:43.422 --> 00:57:44.444
Take them off!

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

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

00:58:02.571 --> 00:58:06.291
"appreciate you coming by. It was good to see you
both."

00:58:06.291 --> 00:58:08.337
LIAM: Where did our sister go?

00:58:08.337 --> 00:58:14.138
MATT: Turns and Devana goes, "She's in her room
for using bad language."

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

00:58:20.582 --> 00:58:22.873
words that she heard in here.

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

00:58:27.332 --> 00:58:30.737
walks up pouting with her arms crossed, holding
her little owlbear under her arm.

00:58:30.737 --> 00:58:32.940
LIAM: Come here.

00:58:32.940 --> 00:58:37.273
MATT: She runs up and gives you a big hug. "Are
you leaving?"

00:58:37.273 --> 00:58:39.066
LIAM: Yeah, just for a little bit, though.

00:58:39.066 --> 00:58:40.148
MATT: "You just got here!"

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

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

00:58:54.558 --> 00:58:56.168
all of the time.

00:58:56.168 --> 00:58:57.676
MATT: "I can already do that."

00:58:57.676 --> 00:58:59.487
LAURA: Oh, and!

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

00:59:05.196 --> 00:59:07.636
almost pushes you back, she's bigger than you
remember.

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

00:59:15.301 --> 00:59:17.027
behind her ear.

00:59:17.027 --> 00:59:18.445
MATT: "What's this?"

00:59:18.445 --> 00:59:22.399
LAURA: It's an owlbear feather. I know!

00:59:22.399 --> 00:59:24.704
(laughter)

00:59:24.704 --> 00:59:28.463
MATT: She steps back down and looks at her little
plushie and--

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

00:59:33.496 --> 00:59:36.981
Vax love you very, very much, dear.

00:59:36.981 --> 00:59:43.997
LIAM: Listen to us. You are not our half-sister.
You are our sister.

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.

00:59:54.185 --> 00:59:57.184
"Thank you. Come back soon, please!"

00:59:57.184 --> 01:00:00.677
LAURA: Of course, come visit me in my baroness...
isity.

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."

01:00:05.040 --> 01:00:13.072
(laughter)

01:00:13.072 --> 01:00:24.519
MATT: Devana rolls her eyes and goes, "Ugh. Thank
you. So much."

01:00:24.557 --> 01:00:27.810
LIAM: Shit's a good word, too.

01:00:27.852 --> 01:00:30.646
MATT: Covers her ears.

01:00:30.646 --> 01:00:32.939
TRAVIS: Are we doing that now? Penis wiggle!

01:00:32.939 --> 01:00:35.336
(laughter)

01:00:35.336 --> 01:00:40.085
MATT: You see Devana's looking cornered, it's
like, (shushing noises). Syldor actually starts

01:00:40.085 --> 01:00:45.337
laughing. "I hope that's good day, then!"

01:00:45.337 --> 01:00:46.698
SAM: Good day.

01:00:46.698 --> 01:00:47.539
LAURA: Good day.

01:00:47.539 --> 01:00:48.772
TRAVIS: Bidet.

01:00:48.772 --> 01:00:50.121
MARISHA and TALIESIN: Good day.

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

01:00:54.065 --> 01:00:56.244
behind you hear a little voice go, "Shit."

01:00:56.244 --> 01:00:58.430
(laughter)

01:00:58.430 --> 01:01:05.768
MATT: "No!" The door closes.

01:01:05.768 --> 01:01:10.115
MARISHA: We're those terrible-influence side of
the family, aren't we?

01:01:10.160 --> 01:01:14.670
LAURA: I run up and I give Percy the biggest hug.
Percival!

01:01:14.670 --> 01:01:16.748
TALIESIN: It's the gift of smugness, it never goes
away.

01:01:16.748 --> 01:01:20.913
LAURA: Wait, is it real-- no. Was it all just
to--

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

01:01:28.189 --> 01:01:29.850
last time that we were there.

01:01:29.850 --> 01:01:39.039
(laughter)

01:01:39.039 --> 01:01:41.237
TALIESIN: There's no house and there's no money--

01:01:41.237 --> 01:01:43.303
MARISHA: It's the one Scanlan burned.

01:01:43.303 --> 01:01:44.806
TALIESIN: It's the one that Scanlan burned.

01:01:44.806 --> 01:01:49.024
SAM: Oh, you're the lady of the house that I
burned down.

01:01:49.024 --> 01:01:53.614
TALIESIN: And there's just a crypt and that's
being used for other things, but--

01:01:53.614 --> 01:01:55.471
MARISHA: But you have a title!

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

01:01:59.639 --> 01:02:00.574
ridiculous.

01:02:00.574 --> 01:02:01.824
LAURA: Even so, Percy.

01:02:01.824 --> 01:02:02.579
TALIESIN: You're welcome.

01:02:02.579 --> 01:02:03.595
LAURA: I thank you so much.

01:02:03.595 --> 01:02:05.330
TALIESIN: Use it in good health.

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?

01:02:16.131 --> 01:02:19.704
SAM: I did. I did.

01:02:19.704 --> 01:02:22.155
TRAVIS: I thought he was like a highfalutin type.

01:02:22.155 --> 01:02:25.870
SAM: You should just say it even louder to make
sure people know the correct pronunciation.

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!

01:02:30.804 --> 01:02:32.084
SAM: Bidet!

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)

01:02:39.999 --> 01:02:42.379
TRAVIS: Change is hard.

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

01:02:50.032 --> 01:02:55.606
you guys to go ahead and find sleeping
arrangements for the evening within Syngorn.

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

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

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

01:03:09.800 --> 01:03:14.207
forcing people to show you the respect you've
always wanted, and there is something slightly

01:03:14.207 --> 01:03:23.678
cathartic about that. But you manage to find
accommodations for the evening's rest. The guards

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

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

01:03:35.570 --> 01:03:38.646
and that you don't do anything crazy in the
night.

01:03:38.646 --> 01:03:39.667
TRAVIS: What?

01:03:39.667 --> 01:03:40.692
LAURA: That's stupid.

01:03:40.692 --> 01:03:42.728
MARISHA: We're respectable.

01:03:42.728 --> 01:03:45.614
TALIESIN: It's adorable that they think they could
stop us if we tried.

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?

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

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

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

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

01:04:13.546 --> 01:04:17.986
pretty nice by the standards of like Kymal or
Westruun, so it's not too bad.

01:04:17.986 --> 01:04:22.245
TALIESIN: There's some art nouveau happening.
That's all I can really ask.

01:04:22.245 --> 01:04:24.194
MARISHA: Have they already locked us in our
rooms?

01:04:24.194 --> 01:04:27.562
MATT: No, you've just gotten to your rooms now,
so.

01:04:27.562 --> 01:04:31.403
TRAVIS: We're a very religious group and we like
to have a family prayer.

01:04:31.403 --> 01:04:35.747
LAURA: Speaking of, wait. Where the fuck is Pike?

01:04:35.747 --> 01:04:37.256
SAM: Oh shit.

01:04:37.256 --> 01:04:43.565
MARISHA: She was right behind us!

01:04:43.565 --> 01:04:51.869
MATT: You all, you all realize in the chaos and
the tension of meeting your father--

01:04:51.869 --> 01:04:53.404
LIAM: Must've gotten lost!

01:04:53.404 --> 01:04:55.938
TRAVIS: No, she's here.

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

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

01:05:11.051 --> 01:05:17.909
coming through, her divine form, and she says,
"I'm sorry--" (static) Disappears, comes back.

01:05:17.909 --> 01:05:26.432
"The walls--can't maintain--" And her form
vanishes once again.

01:05:26.432 --> 01:05:27.709
TRAVIS: Fucking Verizon.

01:05:27.709 --> 01:05:31.568
(laughter)

01:05:31.568 --> 01:05:36.355
LAURA: Great, now we'll never have them as a
sponsor. Thank you, Travis.

01:05:36.355 --> 01:05:38.988
LIAM: Go T-Mobile.

01:05:38.988 --> 01:05:42.178
MATT: Go AT-- No.

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

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

01:05:57.806 --> 01:06:00.923
other's rooms. High school field trip, yeah?

01:06:00.923 --> 01:06:04.116
SAM: I don't know any of those words.

01:06:04.116 --> 01:06:07.421
MATT: "Do as you wish, we'll be here if you need
us."

01:06:07.421 --> 01:06:10.180
TRAVIS: Do you need anything, drinks?

01:06:10.180 --> 01:06:12.743
SAM: We need to talk to the little fucker.

01:06:12.743 --> 01:06:20.001
TRAVIS: Then-- oh, what? Oh, yeah! Well, let's all
head inside for prayer.

01:06:20.001 --> 01:06:21.452
LAURA: Actually--

01:06:21.452 --> 01:06:23.859
TALIESIN: We'll need food and drink.

01:06:23.859 --> 01:06:30.105
LAURA: Guard! One of you, could you go get us some
food? We're very hungry.

01:06:30.105 --> 01:06:33.295
MARISHA: And wine? Maybe some wine?

01:06:33.338 --> 01:06:38.731
LAURA: As a baroness, I'm very used to getting
food when I want it.

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?"

01:06:45.567 --> 01:06:47.352
TRAVIS: That's not it.

01:06:47.352 --> 01:06:49.344
MATT: That's a belt buckle.

01:06:49.344 --> 01:06:54.828
(laughter)

01:06:54.828 --> 01:06:57.395
LIAM: My belt buckle!

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

01:07:05.220 --> 01:07:06.955
"requests you may have."

01:07:06.955 --> 01:07:08.458
LIAM: Chicken, please.

01:07:08.458 --> 01:07:10.684
LAURA: Thank you. I want anything but chicken.

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

01:07:16.567 --> 01:07:19.870
your rooms to do about as you please.

01:07:19.870 --> 01:07:23.076
SAM: Right, so we pick the biggest room and we all
enter it.

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

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

01:07:34.835 --> 01:07:37.371
the base of the mountain range that it's
buttressed against.

01:07:37.371 --> 01:07:38.667
SAM: Titicaca.

01:07:38.667 --> 01:07:43.597
MATT: That sounds Elvish, but it's not.

01:07:43.597 --> 01:07:47.009
SAM: No, I just like saying that.

01:07:47.009 --> 01:07:49.165
MATT: Door closes behind you guys.

01:07:49.165 --> 01:07:52.180
TRAVIS: Gormidi?

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)

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

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;

01:08:06.702 --> 01:08:08.259
"that was quite delicious."

01:08:08.259 --> 01:08:10.209
TALIESIN: You were drinking our tea?

01:08:10.209 --> 01:08:12.250
MATT: "Very quietly."

01:08:12.250 --> 01:08:14.379
MARISHA: I was wondering where my tea went.

01:08:14.379 --> 01:08:18.248
TRAVIS: Now, hold on. Did you steal anything while
you were in there?

01:08:18.248 --> 01:08:19.485
MATT: "No!"

01:08:19.485 --> 01:08:20.956
MARISHA: Garmelie...

01:08:20.956 --> 01:08:23.366
MATT: "No!"

01:08:23.366 --> 01:08:25.797
SAM: Insight-check him.

01:08:25.797 --> 01:08:27.340
TRAVIS: Insight-check that bitch!

01:08:27.340 --> 01:08:29.063
SAM: Natural one.

01:08:29.063 --> 01:08:33.551
(laughter)

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.

01:08:36.931 --> 01:08:38.054
MARISHA: Can I try?

01:08:38.054 --> 01:08:39.120
MATT: Sure.

01:08:39.120 --> 01:08:41.538
LAURA: I feel like we don't need an insight check
to know he was lying.

01:08:41.538 --> 01:08:48.835
MARISHA: Oh, I got a 17. I'm way more better than
Scanlan. Natural insight. 28.

01:08:48.835 --> 01:08:54.250
MATT: 28. Through his teeth.

01:08:54.250 --> 01:09:04.551
MARISHA: I do a little entangling underneath of
him and start checking his pockets, TSA style.

01:09:04.551 --> 01:09:06.578
Start giving him the frisk.

01:09:06.578 --> 01:09:09.823
MATT: These vines wrap up around his legs and he's
like, "Oh, I was just!"

01:09:09.823 --> 01:09:11.972
MARISHA: Into the pockets.

01:09:11.972 --> 01:09:13.678
TRAVIS: Just let it happen.

01:09:13.678 --> 01:09:15.576
LAURA: Where are the pockets?

01:09:15.576 --> 01:09:16.557
MATT: In his vest.

01:09:16.557 --> 01:09:17.969
MARISHA: In his vest pockets.

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.

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

01:09:27.670 --> 01:09:29.826
far into the pocket, farther than it should--

01:09:29.826 --> 01:09:31.497
MARISHA: You little devil.

01:09:31.497 --> 01:09:39.973
MATT: "What? This is extremely degrading! We had a
deal." It's empty.

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

01:09:51.283 --> 01:09:53.249
Syldor's house.

01:09:53.249 --> 01:09:55.920
MATT: Nothing. Just an empty space.

01:09:55.920 --> 01:09:57.180
TRAVIS: Come on, keep going.

01:09:57.180 --> 01:10:01.010
MARISHA: I think of fancy teacups, because he
mentioned drinking tea.

01:10:01.010 --> 01:10:03.120
MATT: (melodically) Nothing!

01:10:03.120 --> 01:10:04.869
MARISHA: Goddamn it.

01:10:04.869 --> 01:10:06.710
TRAVIS: You've never stolen anything, shit!

01:10:06.710 --> 01:10:08.727
LAURA: Think of gold. Think of gold, Keyleth.

01:10:08.727 --> 01:10:10.030
TALIESIN: I cast Friends.

01:10:10.030 --> 01:10:12.769
MARISHA: I think of gold? Oh, I think of gold.
Sorry, I'm not materialistic.

01:10:12.769 --> 01:10:16.382
TALIESIN: We're going to have to have a working
relationship.

01:10:16.382 --> 01:10:18.456
LAURA: Why do you say that like it was a bad
thing?

01:10:18.456 --> 01:10:22.319
MARISHA: I mean, I'm not. I'm a Barbie girl in a
Barbie world.

01:10:22.319 --> 01:10:24.721
(laughter)

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!"

01:10:27.483 --> 01:10:28.732
MARISHA: Ow!

01:10:28.732 --> 01:10:31.350
LIAM: Keyleth. Check the fur.

01:10:31.350 --> 01:10:33.184
LAURA: No, don't check the fur.

01:10:33.184 --> 01:10:35.679
MATT: "Excuse me?!"

01:10:35.679 --> 01:10:39.687
TALIESIN: Let's give him a chance to 'fess up.

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

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."

01:10:53.731 --> 01:10:57.733
LAURA: I feel like now we already know where the
outskirts of the Shademirk are.

01:10:57.787 --> 01:11:00.630
MATT: "But do you know of the dangers that are on
your way?"

01:11:00.630 --> 01:11:03.144
SAM: Yeah, you told us about all three dangers
that we have to face.

01:11:03.144 --> 01:11:05.310
MARISHA: That's true. I have them written down.

01:11:05.310 --> 01:11:09.381
(laughter)

01:11:09.381 --> 01:11:13.602
MARISHA: The Hut of Wodenna, the Last Camp of
Sorudun the Happy, and the theatre.

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!

01:11:22.453 --> 01:11:25.769
"Stop touching me!"

01:11:25.769 --> 01:11:28.296
TRAVIS: All right, hands off him.

01:11:28.296 --> 01:11:31.165
SAM: Just tell us what the two things are we that
we need to steal.

01:11:31.165 --> 01:11:37.350
MATT: "All right. I require a piece of a threshold
crest."

01:11:37.350 --> 01:11:38.953
LAURA: What the fuck is that?

01:11:38.953 --> 01:11:40.327
MARISHA: Of a threshold crest?

01:11:40.327 --> 01:11:42.466
LIAM: Giant stones on the outside of the city.

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.

01:11:46.914 --> 01:11:48.336
LAURA: That's the stupidest thing.

01:11:48.336 --> 01:11:50.214
MARISHA: Oh no!

01:11:50.214 --> 01:11:51.820
MATT: "Why is that stupid?"

01:11:51.820 --> 01:11:53.713
LAURA: Because then they can't go back!

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

01:11:57.056 --> 01:11:58.485
"be a reserve somewhere."

01:11:58.485 --> 01:12:03.465
MARISHA: Right, in the other dimension that they
came from. You realize Syngorn didn't originate

01:12:03.465 --> 01:12:04.841
here in the Feywild, right?

01:12:04.841 --> 01:12:06.512
MATT: "I understand, but just..."

01:12:06.512 --> 01:12:09.593
MARISHA: Oh, lord have-- oh, sweet Sarenrae.

01:12:09.593 --> 01:12:13.749
TALIESIN: Wait, okay, a threshold-- a piece?

01:12:13.749 --> 01:12:17.701
MATT: "A piece of a threshold crest. Just but a
sliver."

01:12:17.701 --> 01:12:21.199
LIAM: The same material?

01:12:21.199 --> 01:12:27.050
MATT: "The same material enchanted that is
functionally able to be

01:12:27.050 --> 01:12:28.971
"utilized in the same fashion."

01:12:28.971 --> 01:12:30.408
TRAVIS: No problem. What else?

01:12:30.408 --> 01:12:37.570
MATT: "Great. I also want the High Warden
Tyrelda's hat."

01:12:37.570 --> 01:12:39.446
TRAVIS: Her hat?

01:12:39.446 --> 01:12:44.063
LAURA: Do we know what her hat looks like?

01:12:44.063 --> 01:12:45.298
MATT: You do, actually.

01:12:45.298 --> 01:12:46.417
LAURA: What does it look like?

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

01:12:50.261 --> 01:12:52.151
excursions outside of the city.

01:12:52.151 --> 01:12:55.005
MARISHA: Oh my god, she's got a pirate tri-corner
hat?

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

01:13:00.808 --> 01:13:01.951
elven sleekness to it.

01:13:01.951 --> 01:13:04.691
LAURA: Wait, like a Robin Hood hat? Like Peter
Pan!

01:13:04.691 --> 01:13:05.881
MARISHA: Oh my god, like Peter Pan!

01:13:05.881 --> 01:13:07.762
MATT: Sure, yeah!

01:13:07.762 --> 01:13:15.116
LIAM: I wasn't looking forward to this moment, but
that actually sounds like fun.

01:13:15.164 --> 01:13:19.217
LAURA: That's it, that's all you need?

01:13:19.217 --> 01:13:22.780
MATT: "That's all! And I will fulfill my side of
the deal."

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

01:13:27.995 --> 01:13:30.198
want the High Warden's hat?

01:13:30.198 --> 01:13:32.355
MATT: "Because I have my reasons."

01:13:32.355 --> 01:13:38.137
TALIESIN: So. Are you going to give us what you
stole now? We have an arrangement.

01:13:38.137 --> 01:13:40.032
MATT: "We do have an arrangement."

01:13:40.032 --> 01:13:44.274
TALIESIN: It's only fair. Come on.

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

01:13:54.952 --> 01:14:03.964
of Syldor that was gifted for essentially his work
with Emon and establishing better trade routes

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.

01:14:10.766 --> 01:14:12.115
MARISHA: They stole his Emmy?

01:14:12.115 --> 01:14:13.138
MATT: Kind of, yeah.

01:14:13.138 --> 01:14:15.190
LAURA: No, it's like they stole his gold watch.

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.

01:14:20.932 --> 01:14:22.546
SAM: It's a belt buckle.

01:14:22.546 --> 01:14:23.940
LIAM: Right on my belt.

01:14:23.940 --> 01:14:30.222
TRAVIS: So weird, you pickpocketed the thing that
wasn't even expensive.

01:14:30.354 --> 01:14:31.842
LAURA: Why did you take that?

01:14:31.842 --> 01:14:33.751
SAM: He can't help it, he's a klepto.

01:14:33.751 --> 01:14:36.576
MATT: "No! It was there and nobody was looking."

01:14:36.576 --> 01:14:41.276
MARISHA: Because it ultimately doesn't matter. You
know how awards work. Come on.

01:14:41.276 --> 01:14:47.678
MATT: "Regardless, we have business to tend to.
Come, we have a hat to catch!"

01:14:47.678 --> 01:14:51.433
LIAM: Oh, you want to come along?

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

01:15:03.855 --> 01:15:07.195
he knows Allura and he talked about knowing
Thordak.

01:15:07.195 --> 01:15:09.207
LAURA: He's an ambassador to the city.

01:15:09.207 --> 01:15:11.934
MARISHA: Does he have any type of fighting
capabilities?

01:15:11.934 --> 01:15:14.996
LAURA: Ugh. If he does, we never saw it.

01:15:14.996 --> 01:15:17.194
LIAM: Yeah, he'll bore you to death.

01:15:17.194 --> 01:15:19.676
LAURA: Yeah, he can talk a lot.

01:15:19.676 --> 01:15:26.924
MARISHA: Because it sounds like he was a part of
the mission to lock in Thordak

01:15:26.924 --> 01:15:28.930
11 or so years ago.

01:15:28.930 --> 01:15:31.636
LAURA: What? No way.

01:15:31.636 --> 01:15:35.790
MARISHA: He mentioned that he's been down this
road before.

01:15:35.831 --> 01:15:39.762
LAURA: He knows Allura because he knew the Council
members.

01:15:39.762 --> 01:15:41.937
He was the one that sent us off to find...

01:15:41.937 --> 01:15:48.590
LIAM: He's a traveling salesman that sells
politics. He's not anything all that fancy.

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

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.

01:16:02.376 --> 01:16:04.837
LAURA: No, he's an asshole. That's totally fine.

01:16:04.837 --> 01:16:06.484
MARISHA: I'm not trying to talk shit about your
family.

01:16:06.484 --> 01:16:07.845
LAURA: No, feel free.

01:16:07.845 --> 01:16:09.066
MARISHA: Okay.

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

01:16:13.687 --> 01:16:14.828
off your clothes.

01:16:14.828 --> 01:16:16.523
MARISHA: I'm just saying.

01:16:16.523 --> 01:16:19.444
TRAVIS: Only way to solve it.

01:16:19.444 --> 01:16:20.947
LAURA: Totally, totally.

01:16:20.947 --> 01:16:21.889
TRAVIS: Yep.

01:16:21.889 --> 01:16:24.314
TALIESIN: No, that's a very dark and disturbing
thought. I'm very impressed.

01:16:24.314 --> 01:16:26.390
MARISHA: Thank you! I've been learning from you.

01:16:26.390 --> 01:16:28.678
TALIESIN: Thank you. Now I feel guilty.

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

01:16:34.817 --> 01:16:36.043
back of my spine.

01:16:36.043 --> 01:16:39.877
LAURA: Well, maybe we can ask him about it?

01:16:39.877 --> 01:16:41.865
TRAVIS: You have hair on your spine?

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

01:16:51.069 --> 01:16:54.419
is pissed off and it puffs up the hair, towards
Grog.

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

01:16:59.193 --> 01:17:00.176
shoulders.

01:17:00.176 --> 01:17:01.338
LAURA: That's real sexy.

01:17:01.338 --> 01:17:02.461
TRAVIS: Pretty sweet.

01:17:02.461 --> 01:17:03.670
LAURA: Pretty hot.

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

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

01:17:17.637 --> 01:17:18.776
a while.

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

01:17:25.104 --> 01:17:27.133
the crest on the way out, right?

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.

01:17:31.815 --> 01:17:37.141
MATT: "Grand! That's a great idea! That's a great
idea."

01:17:37.141 --> 01:17:39.642
LAURA: Should we sleep before the meeting?

01:17:39.642 --> 01:17:41.961
TALIESIN: I think the meeting is actually
tomorrow.

01:17:41.961 --> 01:17:44.251
LAURA: Yes.

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

01:17:49.537 --> 01:17:50.825
"shedule" it?

01:17:50.825 --> 01:17:53.321
LAURA: Let's "shedule" the meeting.

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.

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

01:18:02.966 --> 01:18:04.304
out there.

01:18:04.304 --> 01:18:06.035
SAM: Ooh! Because you're a lady.

01:18:06.035 --> 01:18:07.479
LAURA: Because I'm a baroness.

01:18:07.479 --> 01:18:09.241
TRAVIS: I don't think they're going to leave us
all alone.

01:18:09.241 --> 01:18:10.889
TALIESIN: I have made such a terrible mistake.

01:18:10.889 --> 01:18:14.676
(laughter)

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

01:18:19.870 --> 01:18:21.498
spin around as the door opens.

01:18:21.498 --> 01:18:26.637
LAURA: Hello! We require a meeting with the High
Warden.

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.

01:18:31.762 --> 01:18:48.407
(laughter)

01:18:48.407 --> 01:18:55.409
MATT: "I need to take this with me. To make the
meeting schedulable."

01:18:55.409 --> 01:18:57.264
TALIESIN: Yes, of course.

01:18:57.264 --> 01:18:58.448
LAURA: "Shedulable."

01:18:58.448 --> 01:19:00.385
MATT: "Shedulable."

01:19:00.385 --> 01:19:01.605
TRAVIS: Bidet!

01:19:01.605 --> 01:19:06.955
SAM: When would we like the meeting? Tonight or
tomorrow?

01:19:06.955 --> 01:19:08.556
LAURA and LIAM: Tomorrow.

01:19:08.556 --> 01:19:11.445
MATT: You guys did wake up about four hours ago?

01:19:11.445 --> 01:19:12.626
LIAM: Did we?

01:19:12.626 --> 01:19:14.194
SAM: Today! Later today.

01:19:14.194 --> 01:19:15.395
TALIESIN: We'll take the meeting today.

01:19:15.395 --> 01:19:16.895
SAM: Right after siesta.

01:19:16.895 --> 01:19:19.202
LIAM: It's like northern Alaska.

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

01:19:29.041 --> 01:19:34.344
like, thank god it wasn't us. They both stand at
the ready as he goes.

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

01:19:39.970 --> 01:19:41.496
watching you.

01:19:41.496 --> 01:19:43.577
MATT: As the door slowly closes.

01:19:43.577 --> 01:19:45.122
TALIESIN: Schedulable!

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.

01:19:51.665 --> 01:19:55.578
"So! What are you waiting for?"

01:19:55.578 --> 01:19:57.018
LAURA: That's your bed, Keyleth.

01:19:57.018 --> 01:19:58.397
MARISHA: Aw, man.

01:19:58.397 --> 01:20:01.289
LAURA: Yeah.

01:20:01.289 --> 01:20:03.092
MATT: Brings up one leg.

01:20:03.092 --> 01:20:06.306
LAURA: Trinket jumps up on the bed and snuggles in
with him.

01:20:06.306 --> 01:20:09.202
MATT: "No, don't, ugh!" (bear noises)

01:20:09.202 --> 01:20:10.812
MARISHA: Aw, they're shedding on it!

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

01:20:15.974 --> 01:20:17.101
destroyed.

01:20:17.101 --> 01:20:19.334
TALIESIN: It's all right, it's a futon now. It's
like college.

01:20:19.334 --> 01:20:24.796
TRAVIS: Have we seen any of these threshold crests
on our way in?

01:20:24.796 --> 01:20:26.408
LIAM: Yeah, we walked past some.

01:20:26.408 --> 01:20:29.908
MARISHA: They're those little blue stones that are
keeping the city here.

01:20:29.908 --> 01:20:32.598
TRAVIS: Don't say it like it's obvious. I don't
pay attention to shit.

01:20:32.598 --> 01:20:35.037
LAURA: But we just need a sliver of one.

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

01:20:40.158 --> 01:20:43.502
pieces. No, that's a bad thing from your frown.

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

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

01:20:58.809 --> 01:21:02.142
hacking away at these stones what might happen.

01:21:02.142 --> 01:21:04.113
LAURA: They might not be able to return.

01:21:04.113 --> 01:21:06.094
MARISHA: So maybe we can do something kind of
fakey.

01:21:06.094 --> 01:21:08.310
SAM: He's in the room.

01:21:08.310 --> 01:21:10.391
(laughter)

01:21:10.391 --> 01:21:12.181
MARISHA: Is he asleep? He's asleep, right?

01:21:12.181 --> 01:21:14.323
MATT: No, he's currently partially crushed by
Trinket on the bed and goes like,

01:21:14.323 --> 01:21:16.476
"I can hear you!"

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?

01:21:23.485 --> 01:21:26.546
SAM: No, how do we know if we can chip
a piece off without ruining it?

01:21:26.546 --> 01:21:28.036
LAURA: I wouldn't risk it.

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.

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

01:21:36.358 --> 01:21:37.227
something.

01:21:37.227 --> 01:21:38.223
LIAM: Just drop it in passing.

01:21:38.223 --> 01:21:40.715
TRAVIS: Ooh! Like a souvenir. "Can we have a piece
of your threshold crest?"

01:21:40.715 --> 01:21:43.330
LAURA: Exactly like that, Grog, exactly like
that.

01:21:43.330 --> 01:21:45.979
TRAVIS: Shit, I have got all the good ideas
today.

01:21:45.979 --> 01:21:48.471
(laughter)

01:21:48.471 --> 01:21:58.116
TRAVIS: I'm the leader. So what do we do until the
guard comes back?

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--

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.

01:22:06.095 --> 01:22:07.302
TRAVIS: Yeah.

01:22:07.302 --> 01:22:14.985
MATT: "You're not supposed to tip your guards."
(boof) Slams the door behind.

01:22:14.985 --> 01:22:19.519
MARISHA: That's an Emon tradition. We're overseas,
remember.

01:22:19.519 --> 01:22:22.833
TALIESIN: I like it here.

01:22:22.833 --> 01:22:25.880
MATT: All right. You finish your meal.

01:22:25.880 --> 01:22:27.223
LAURA: It's delicious!

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

01:22:33.507 --> 01:22:37.031
the threshold crest and the High Warden Tyrelda's
travel hat.

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

01:22:43.802 --> 01:22:47.728
Trinket and just cuddle next to them in Minxie
mode.

01:22:47.728 --> 01:22:49.668
LAURA: Are you coming with us, though, Keyleth?

01:22:49.668 --> 01:22:51.013
MARISHA: Oh, we're not sleeping?

01:22:51.013 --> 01:22:56.094
SAM: No. It's like one in the afternoon, so we'll
probably just go.

01:22:56.094 --> 01:22:58.030
LIAM: But you know, blow a couple more spells.

01:22:58.030 --> 01:23:01.049
MATT: So that's one use of your beast form.

01:23:01.049 --> 01:23:05.705
LAURA: Just come on, then.

01:23:05.705 --> 01:23:07.156
MARISHA: I'll come on.

01:23:07.156 --> 01:23:09.769
LIAM: Just save it. You can stay like that, just
walk close to me.

01:23:09.769 --> 01:23:12.542
MARISHA: Am I going to freak people out if I walk
around like this?

01:23:12.542 --> 01:23:13.646
TALIESIN: God, I hope so.

01:23:13.646 --> 01:23:15.365
LAURA: Fuck them, that's what I say.

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

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.'"

01:23:26.876 --> 01:23:28.567
TRAVIS: Ah, very good.

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."

01:23:34.417 --> 01:23:35.672
LAURA: Okay.

01:23:35.672 --> 01:23:36.753
TRAVIS: Yep.

01:23:36.753 --> 01:23:38.928
MATT: "Are you leaving now?"

01:23:38.928 --> 01:23:39.892
SAM: Yes.

01:23:39.892 --> 01:23:41.767
TRAVIS: Well, we waste no time.

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

01:23:46.020 --> 01:23:47.537
guards watching you guys.

01:23:47.537 --> 01:23:48.606
TRAVIS: Four?

01:23:48.606 --> 01:23:50.225
LAURA: Yeah. There were four of them.

01:23:50.225 --> 01:23:54.689
MARISHA: I drop Minxie form, because that seems
very aggressive.

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,

01:24:04.937 --> 01:24:06.635
what do we say to her?

01:24:06.635 --> 01:24:08.479
MARISHA: Can we have your hat?

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

01:24:15.604 --> 01:24:21.918
like advice other than this little hairy man for
how to get to the bog.

01:24:21.918 --> 01:24:23.839
LAURA: And also what we might face.

01:24:23.839 --> 01:24:25.170
LIAM: Yes.

01:24:25.170 --> 01:24:27.530
LAURA: And how we can fight what we might face.

01:24:27.530 --> 01:24:29.673
MARISHA: She might know about Fenthras and the
bow.

01:24:29.673 --> 01:24:30.770
LAURA: Yes, exactly.

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

01:24:35.520 --> 01:24:39.259
like found it on your own while we were
distracting Captain Fancy Hat.

01:24:39.259 --> 01:24:43.185
SAM: Find Fenthras on our own, what?

01:24:43.185 --> 01:24:47.372
TRAVIS: Yeah, you go invisible along with Fauny
Tim over here and you just

01:24:47.372 --> 01:24:48.856
go find the fucking hat.

01:24:48.856 --> 01:24:49.808
SAM: Oh, the hat.

01:24:49.808 --> 01:24:51.078
TRAVIS: Yeah.

01:24:51.078 --> 01:24:54.339
MARISHA: What if she's wearing the hat? What if
the hat is on her head?

01:24:54.339 --> 01:24:56.611
TRAVIS: We kill everybody.

01:24:56.611 --> 01:25:02.126
(laughter)

01:25:02.126 --> 01:25:04.302
TALIESIN: To be fair, that usually is the plan.

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

01:25:10.249 --> 01:25:11.502
their own people.

01:25:11.502 --> 01:25:12.871
TALIESIN: Clutching a hat.

01:25:12.871 --> 01:25:14.224
TRAVIS: Tarantino film.

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

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

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

01:25:29.233 --> 01:25:30.427
a few minutes.

01:25:30.427 --> 01:25:32.444
[no audio]

01:25:32.444 --> 01:25:45.239
(cheering)

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

01:25:55.074 --> 01:25:58.983
for making our awesome graphic for our
intermission, thank you Amanda, appreciate that.

01:25:58.983 --> 01:26:02.444
(cheering)

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

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.

01:26:16.096 --> 01:26:22.240
Eventually you come upon the large, slightly
swirling stairs that lead to the front of the

01:26:22.240 --> 01:26:28.627
large brass and ivory surrounded doorway that
leads to the interior. You guys have not actually

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

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

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

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

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

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.

01:27:05.162 --> 01:27:12.237
"Yes? Do you have business in the palace?"

01:27:12.237 --> 01:27:13.704
LIAM: G'day mate.

01:27:13.704 --> 01:27:15.089
MARISHA: Good day.

01:27:15.089 --> 01:27:19.882
LAURA: We do. We have a meeting with the High
Warden Tyrelda.

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

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

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

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

01:27:48.531 --> 01:27:58.373
made of marble with beautiful portraits and long
artistic renditions of the creation of Syngorn,

01:27:58.373 --> 01:28:03.479
the people, each bloodline that has progressed and
taken on the central political structure of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

01:28:59.286 --> 01:29:02.392
of her late 50s.

01:29:02.392 --> 01:29:07.177
SAM: Not old enough for our party to kill
mercilessly.

01:29:07.177 --> 01:29:10.097
MATT: No, that's a whole different gauge.

01:29:10.097 --> 01:29:12.092
LIAM: Throwback Thursday.

01:29:12.092 --> 01:29:14.596
LAURA: Is she wearing a hat?

01:29:14.596 --> 01:29:16.196
MATT: She is not wearing a hat.

01:29:16.196 --> 01:29:19.133
TRAVIS: Shit. All right, she lives.

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

01:29:28.610 --> 01:29:29.712
should sit.

01:29:29.712 --> 01:29:31.907
SAM: We sit.

01:29:31.907 --> 01:29:33.292
MATT: All right.

01:29:33.292 --> 01:29:35.080
MARISHA: Are there chairs for all of us?

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

01:29:42.804 --> 01:29:45.122
his hands out in front to keep back, like.

01:29:45.122 --> 01:29:46.517
LAURA: No.

01:29:46.517 --> 01:29:47.978
LIAM: That's a good way to lose a finger.

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

01:29:53.543 --> 01:29:56.564
a kiss on the nose and I put him in his Pokeball.

01:29:56.603 --> 01:30:01.916
MATT: The guard leaps back for a second. "That's
much easier."

01:30:01.916 --> 01:30:05.597
LAURA: Just watch closely, buddy.

01:30:05.597 --> 01:30:08.712
MATT: You step back, you all find your seats.

01:30:08.712 --> 01:30:13.333
LAURA: Just talking to my boobs. No big deal.

01:30:13.333 --> 01:30:15.046
LIAM: Buddy, buddy.

01:30:15.046 --> 01:30:21.141
(laughter)

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

01:30:27.181 --> 01:30:34.062
there patiently, smile on her face but definitely
an expression that shows both intelligence and

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

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

01:30:50.176 --> 01:30:53.185
"reasonings are. Please, state your business."

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

01:31:03.919 --> 01:31:06.729
is my sister Vex'ahlia. I'm Vax'ildan.

01:31:06.729 --> 01:31:12.798
MATT: "Strange. It has been some time since you've
been within the city. Welcome."

01:31:12.798 --> 01:31:14.471
LIAM: Thank you.

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

01:31:27.216 --> 01:31:28.690
something?

01:31:28.690 --> 01:31:31.326
LIAM: Bog of Eternal Stench, I believe.

01:31:31.326 --> 01:31:35.386
MARISHA: Shadowmurk Bog. That's the one.

01:31:35.386 --> 01:31:36.532
MATT: "The Shademirk?"

01:31:36.532 --> 01:31:38.133
MARISHA: Shademirk. That's it.

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

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

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

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.

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

01:32:28.728 --> 01:32:38.778
intentions are in the best possible place. Brings
me a great deal of personal satisfaction,

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

01:32:53.455 --> 01:32:59.754
sister's hands, will go a long way to felling more
of these beasts.

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

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

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

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

01:33:34.936 --> 01:33:39.311
"you indeed have these capabilities, you should
have no issue surviving the Mirk,

01:33:39.356 --> 01:33:41.356
"you and your companions."

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.

01:33:49.077 --> 01:33:59.181
MATT: "Well. The Shademirk, as far as I
understand, was once a very beautiful landscape.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

01:35:28.863 --> 01:35:38.464
"akin to wading through an oil slick. It is to walk
into a hungry swamp that

01:35:38.464 --> 01:35:41.703
"never gives up its need to feed."

01:35:41.703 --> 01:35:43.458
LAURA: Sounds lovely.

01:35:43.458 --> 01:35:45.067
MATT: "Yes, quite."

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

01:35:56.492 --> 01:35:58.429
travel more freely?

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

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

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

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

01:36:23.119 --> 01:36:24.764
"often than not."

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

01:36:30.700 --> 01:36:32.991
gets around.

01:36:32.991 --> 01:36:36.936
(laughter)

01:36:36.936 --> 01:36:45.790
MATT: "Well, there are thin areas between the
planes, there are doorways, and we have magical

01:36:45.790 --> 01:36:50.554
"means to send small scouting parties between this
veil."

01:36:50.554 --> 01:36:54.713
SAM: Go on.

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

01:37:03.942 --> 01:37:09.848
crests? I'm wondering because perhaps we might
find ourselves in need of traveling, as well.

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

01:37:16.223 --> 01:37:22.547
seem that you have encountered this place
yourself, or have experience in the past with

01:37:22.547 --> 01:37:26.146
those who have, and we're just looking for an
edge, really.

01:37:26.146 --> 01:37:28.866
MATT: You make a persuasion check.

01:37:28.866 --> 01:37:32.414
LAURA: Oh, do I want to roll this one or do I want
to roll--

01:37:32.414 --> 01:37:33.559
TRAVIS: Oh, just pick one.

01:37:33.559 --> 01:37:34.853
LAURA: Okay.

01:37:34.853 --> 01:37:37.141
MATT: The ever-plight of Laura Bailey.

01:37:37.141 --> 01:37:40.132
LAURA: Ooh! That's a good, that's a good, I'm glad
I switched!

01:37:40.132 --> 01:37:44.067
TRAVIS: There are 300 fucking dice on this table.

01:37:44.067 --> 01:37:46.641
LAURA: 27.

01:37:46.641 --> 01:37:48.437
LIAM: Ooh.

01:37:48.437 --> 01:38:03.106
MATT: "We have refined the art of creating the
threshold crests. We have personalized

01:38:03.106 --> 01:38:14.007
"enchantments that can be utilized for our trained
spies, our trained guides, our trained scouts. We

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

01:38:20.176 --> 01:38:25.419
"occasion allow these to go into the hands of our
greatest guides."

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

01:38:38.360 --> 01:38:40.905
that be worthy?

01:38:40.905 --> 01:38:42.895
LIAM: Listen, we know we're bastards.

01:38:42.895 --> 01:38:45.380
LAURA: Stop bringing up the bastard part!

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

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

01:39:12.474 --> 01:39:15.964
asking. Please.

01:39:15.964 --> 01:39:19.826
MATT: Make a persuasion check.

01:39:19.826 --> 01:39:22.195
LAURA: Which one? Him or me?

01:39:22.195 --> 01:39:23.402
MATT: Him.

01:39:23.402 --> 01:39:26.045
LAURA: Fuck, can I give him advantage, can I help
him?

01:39:26.045 --> 01:39:27.114
LIAM: Using Luck.

01:39:27.114 --> 01:39:28.985
MATT: No, he's got Luck. He has his own.

01:39:28.985 --> 01:39:31.718
LAURA: Come on, you motherfucker.

01:39:31.718 --> 01:39:37.643
LIAM: Ouch. I rolled the same thing. Low number
twice. No, that's a big five.

01:39:37.643 --> 01:39:40.711
LAURA: Wait, no, everything's ten. I thought
everything was a ten!

01:39:40.711 --> 01:39:45.891
LIAM: No, that's right, you're right. So that is
a--

01:39:45.891 --> 01:39:48.127
LAURA: 12.

01:39:48.127 --> 01:39:49.370
LIAM: No, 13.

01:39:49.370 --> 01:39:51.326
SAM: Oh, that's better.

01:39:51.326 --> 01:39:53.234
MATT: It's better.

01:39:53.377 --> 01:39:58.050
LAURA: Why did you talk? I think she would've
listened to me.

01:39:58.106 --> 01:40:04.926
(laughter)

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

01:40:15.534 --> 01:40:23.907
"near future. However, such artifacts are very
important to us and the business within Syngorn,

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

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

01:40:38.372 --> 01:40:43.177
"you say you seek, I hope that we can count each
other brethren on the battlefield."

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

01:40:50.330 --> 01:40:51.912
hat on a rack?

01:40:51.912 --> 01:40:54.552
MATT: Make a perception check, Grog.

01:40:54.552 --> 01:40:56.435
SAM: Are there any guards in here with us?

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.

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

01:41:03.209 --> 01:41:04.452
rack and a Starbucks.

01:41:04.478 --> 01:41:08.887
TRAVIS: 19. Natural.

01:41:08.887 --> 01:41:13.627
LIAM: I'm rusty on my rules. That should've been a
17.

01:41:13.627 --> 01:41:15.101
MATT: What'd you roll?

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

01:41:21.180 --> 01:41:25.336
my persuasion of seven is 17. I'm just rusty.

01:41:25.336 --> 01:41:27.830
MATT: I understand. Same answer.

01:41:27.830 --> 01:41:30.816
(laughter)

01:41:30.816 --> 01:41:33.892
LIAM: That is racist!

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

01:41:39.167 --> 01:41:40.535
succeed.

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.

01:41:44.068 --> 01:41:46.236
MATT: Yeah man, reliable talent's good for that
reason.

01:41:46.236 --> 01:41:48.364
LAURA: Why did your luck suck that time?

01:41:48.364 --> 01:41:57.451
MATT: It's all right. Grog, glancing about the
room, your suddenly strangely keen giant eyes

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

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

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

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

01:42:21.713 --> 01:42:24.664
recessed within that, though it's hidden in
the sculpture itself.

01:42:24.664 --> 01:42:31.257
"Now. Unless you have other business?"

01:42:31.299 --> 01:42:33.591
SAM: I have a little bit of business.

01:42:33.591 --> 01:42:34.694
MATT: "Yes."

01:42:34.694 --> 01:42:39.927
TALIESIN: Good, carry on. Sorry.

01:42:39.927 --> 01:42:45.768
SAM: Everyone who meets me knows I am a collector
of hats.

01:42:45.768 --> 01:42:55.226
(laughter)

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

01:43:05.619 --> 01:43:10.303
by defending Whitestone against an invasion of
vampires, singlehandedly

01:43:10.335 --> 01:43:13.278
freeing the city from the scourge.

01:43:13.278 --> 01:43:15.608
MATT: "That sounds entirely believable."

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,

01:43:22.106 --> 01:43:26.246
that you've been seen wearing about town. Is that
true?

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.

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."

01:43:37.366 --> 01:43:42.530
SAM: As a fine appreciator of the haberdasher
arts--

01:43:42.530 --> 01:43:51.136
(laughter)

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

01:44:00.311 --> 01:44:04.641
green hat. A tri-tip hat, right?

01:44:04.641 --> 01:44:05.968
MARISHA: I thought it was blue.

01:44:05.968 --> 01:44:06.964
SAM: Blue hat?

01:44:06.964 --> 01:44:08.133
MARISHA: Might be green.

01:44:08.133 --> 01:44:10.562
TALIESIN: He's also colorblind, I should
mention.

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

01:44:15.603 --> 01:44:18.764
close. I was wondering if I could take a
look-see.

01:44:18.764 --> 01:44:21.086
MATT: Make a deception check.

01:44:21.086 --> 01:44:24.908
SAM: With disadvantage.

01:44:24.908 --> 01:44:26.732
MATT: Yeah, because you didn't sleep.

01:44:26.732 --> 01:44:28.937
MARISHA: Yeah, you didn't sleep, Scanlan!

01:44:28.937 --> 01:44:38.600
SAM: Well, that was a natural 20. But the first
one was a six.

01:44:38.648 --> 01:44:40.662
Luckily, it's plus 14, so 20.

01:44:40.662 --> 01:44:44.231
(laughing and cheering)

01:44:44.231 --> 01:44:47.385
[no audio]

01:44:47.385 --> 01:44:54.195
MATT: Bards! "From political requests to a hat
collector, this is indeed a very strange afternoon

01:44:54.195 --> 01:44:58.718
"in the palace. Yes, I can have one of my servants
show you."

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.

01:45:04.500 --> 01:45:08.822
MATT: "Then I am certain you will be fulfilled."

01:45:08.822 --> 01:45:14.302
SAM: Should we just wait here, or is it going to
be a while?

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

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

01:45:27.069 --> 01:45:31.519
of Vax there. Short tattered hair comes across in
front of his eyes.

01:45:31.519 --> 01:45:34.850
He enters. "Yes, mother?"

01:45:34.850 --> 01:45:42.014
"Could you please show this strange little gnome
man to the hat room?"

01:45:42.014 --> 01:45:47.993
"Yes, of course. Yes. Follow me."

01:45:47.993 --> 01:45:51.267
SAM: There's a hat room? I have a hat room in my
place, too!

01:45:51.267 --> 01:45:55.674
MATT: "That's splendid. Now, is there any other
business?"

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

01:46:02.948 --> 01:46:04.064
the bog?

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

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

01:46:14.690 --> 01:46:16.130
"recommend, either."

01:46:16.130 --> 01:46:19.945
MARISHA: So there's no real easy way into the bog,
is what you're saying?

01:46:19.945 --> 01:46:22.816
MATT: "There's no easy way to anything in the
Feywild, my child."

01:46:22.816 --> 01:46:23.817
MARISHA: Got it.

01:46:23.817 --> 01:46:26.343
LAURA: Have you seen the tree yourself?

01:46:26.343 --> 01:46:27.599
MATT: "I have not."

01:46:27.599 --> 01:46:32.330
TALIESIN: Are there river men who run boats on the
river?

01:46:32.330 --> 01:46:36.023
MATT: "No, the river tends to run itself."

01:46:36.118 --> 01:46:39.999
(laughter)

01:46:40.068 --> 01:46:42.322
TALIESIN: I had that coming. That's fair.

01:46:42.463 --> 01:46:43.973
TRAVIS: That's good.

01:46:43.973 --> 01:46:51.112
MATT: "Do you wish to inquire about my shoes? My
coat perhaps..."

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

01:46:56.610 --> 01:46:59.888
you pointed them out, sorry. No, continue on.

01:46:59.888 --> 01:47:00.987
MATT: "Is that all?"

01:47:00.987 --> 01:47:02.089
TALIESIN: I think that's all, yes.

01:47:02.089 --> 01:47:05.903
MATT: "All right. Good luck. I wish you safe--"

01:47:05.903 --> 01:47:07.129
MARISHA: Oh, wait, wait, lady!

01:47:07.129 --> 01:47:10.394
SAM: High Warden, High Warden.

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

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

01:47:35.228 --> 01:47:37.094
Syngorn type of shop?

01:47:37.094 --> 01:47:39.447
SAM: I went to Syngorn and all I got was this
lousy shirt?

01:47:39.447 --> 01:47:40.533
MARISHA: Right!

01:47:40.533 --> 01:47:42.946
LAURA: We have to make that shirt!

01:47:42.946 --> 01:47:49.087
LIAM: Shirt after this one.

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."

01:47:55.759 --> 01:47:57.012
MARISHA: Oh, thank you!

01:47:57.012 --> 01:47:58.265
TALIESIN: Good luck.

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

01:48:06.203 --> 01:48:10.624
"each other on the battlefield soon to slay a
dragon. Now, please, be on your way."

01:48:10.624 --> 01:48:12.237
LAURA: We appreciate your time.

01:48:12.237 --> 01:48:14.826
MATT: You guys get up and leave, Trinket goes--

01:48:14.826 --> 01:48:17.094
LAURA: Trinket's in my necklace.

01:48:17.094 --> 01:48:20.734
MATT: That's right, Trinket is in your necklace,
so Trinket does nothing.

01:48:20.734 --> 01:48:23.288
LAURA: Trinket does nothing but stare outside of
the necklace.

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

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,

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

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."

01:48:44.831 --> 01:48:48.916
SAM: The room I could care less about, it's those
hats!

01:48:48.916 --> 01:48:54.637
MATT: "Well, I think you'll still be pleased. Are
you all coming?"

01:48:54.637 --> 01:48:58.900
(noises of agreement)

01:48:58.900 --> 01:49:02.401
LIAM: Traveling with Scanlan, we've all become
amateur hat enthusiasts.

01:49:02.401 --> 01:49:04.187
LAURA: I pull out my hat and I put it on.

01:49:04.187 --> 01:49:06.915
TRAVIS: Yep, I pull out the rhinoceros horn.

01:49:06.915 --> 01:49:08.320
LIAM: (gong)

01:49:08.320 --> 01:49:15.896
(laughter)

01:49:15.896 --> 01:49:20.259
MATT: And he pulls out a little masquerade mask
and goes like, "Oh my goodness!"

01:49:20.259 --> 01:49:21.614
SAM: You're a hatter, too!

01:49:21.614 --> 01:49:23.436
MARISHA: Do you get the monthly newsletter?

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,

01:49:29.658 --> 01:49:37.145
"please!" And he darts off excitedly down the
hallway. The guards groan loudly behind you. You

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

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

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

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

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

01:50:08.357 --> 01:50:15.894
helmets and all sorts of classic Syngorean
designs, which change often because, well, elves

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

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,

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

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

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."

01:50:51.125 --> 01:50:52.663
He keeps going on and on.

01:50:52.663 --> 01:50:56.048
LAURA: Do we see the hat that we're looking for in
here?

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

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

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

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

01:51:23.145 --> 01:51:25.624
hat that is resting across.

01:51:25.624 --> 01:51:27.488
LIAM: Is that the one area with hats?

01:51:27.488 --> 01:51:29.818
LAURA: Are they all just jumbled in together?

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

01:51:33.761 --> 01:51:35.097
wall in different setups.

01:51:35.097 --> 01:51:36.371
LIAM: Go ahead.

01:51:36.371 --> 01:51:40.435
LAURA: I nudge Vax and I point it out.

01:51:40.435 --> 01:51:44.393
LIAM: Scanlan, look at all those codpieces across
the room!

01:51:44.393 --> 01:51:46.651
LAURA: Are the guards in here with us?

01:51:46.651 --> 01:51:47.954
MATT: They are, yes.

01:51:47.954 --> 01:51:52.544
LAURA: I prat-fucking-fall. I pratfall right in
front of the guards, on

01:51:52.544 --> 01:51:53.724
the opposite side of the room.

01:51:53.724 --> 01:51:54.794
MATT: Which one?

01:51:54.794 --> 01:51:57.015
LAURA: I walk to the other side of the room and I
just fall over.

01:51:57.015 --> 01:51:58.566
LIAM: Eat shit, knock shit over.

01:51:58.566 --> 01:51:59.983
MATT: Make a perform check.

01:51:59.983 --> 01:52:05.560
LAURA: Oh, shit. Can it be acrobatics, though?

01:52:05.560 --> 01:52:08.682
MATT: No, acrobatics is avoiding the fall.

01:52:08.682 --> 01:52:11.301
LAURA: Shit. Okay. 19?

01:52:11.301 --> 01:52:12.578
MATT: 19!

01:52:12.578 --> 01:52:14.379
LAURA: I want to take some shit down with me.

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

01:52:19.751 --> 01:52:21.378
metallic armor, (crashing sound).

01:52:21.378 --> 01:52:23.396
LAURA: Ah, oh god, did you see that--

01:52:23.396 --> 01:52:25.461
MARISHA: Oh my god, Vex, are you okay?

01:52:25.461 --> 01:52:28.092
LAURA: I think there was a marble on the ground.

01:52:28.092 --> 01:52:32.592
MARISHA: Oh no, what? Keyleth turns to the guard.

01:52:32.592 --> 01:52:43.776
(laughter)

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

01:52:52.838 --> 01:52:53.805
negligence.

01:52:53.805 --> 01:52:55.861
MATT: Make a sleight-of-hand check.

01:52:55.861 --> 01:52:58.447
SAM: Hold on, he's making a check.

01:52:58.447 --> 01:52:59.507
LIAM: 24.

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

01:53:08.351 --> 01:53:10.537
currently yelling Vex'ahlia--

01:53:10.537 --> 01:53:12.726
LAURA: Ow, I think I hurt my wrist!

01:53:12.726 --> 01:53:17.184
MARISHA: You will get a letter from me, good sir.
You will get a letter, okay?

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

01:53:21.839 --> 01:53:23.766
"description, okay, it's been a very--"

01:53:23.766 --> 01:53:28.350
MARISHA: Your five-star review just went to a
four, okay? I just want to say.

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

01:53:33.739 --> 01:53:35.728
"hasn't ruined your opinion of the hat room."

01:53:35.728 --> 01:53:39.839
LAURA: If we could just see a gift shop, I would
be thrilled.

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?

01:53:42.519 --> 01:53:45.669
MARISHA: What?

01:53:45.669 --> 01:53:47.275
MATT: "Are you feeling all right, sir?"

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.

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

01:54:01.799 --> 01:54:03.289
just move on.

01:54:03.289 --> 01:54:05.210
MATT: "Lady who?"

01:54:05.210 --> 01:54:08.125
MARISHA and SAM: High Warden Tyrelda.

01:54:08.125 --> 01:54:09.852
TALIESIN: Tyrelda.

01:54:09.852 --> 01:54:15.063
SAM: Yes, well, there's another lady named Lady
Tyrell, who's...

01:54:15.063 --> 01:54:18.897
TALIESIN: No, this is amazing what my handwriting
does.

01:54:18.897 --> 01:54:21.527
LIAM: What did you put in that tea, Percival?

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."

01:54:29.355 --> 01:54:31.889
LIAM: Just the safety codes, really.

01:54:31.889 --> 01:54:37.414
MARISHA: If you took us to the gift shop, it might
fix things. Okay?

01:54:37.414 --> 01:54:42.795
MATT: "Then come, come! You two clean this up!"
And the two guards go, "What?"

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

01:54:53.350 --> 01:54:54.796
all the pieces of armor--

01:54:54.796 --> 01:54:57.014
LAURA: Ow!

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?

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

01:55:04.058 --> 01:55:05.039
left behind.

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

01:55:07.861 --> 01:55:09.463
schedules for today.

01:55:09.463 --> 01:55:11.592
SAM: "Shedule."

01:55:11.592 --> 01:55:13.093
TALIESIN: Yes, schedule.

01:55:13.093 --> 01:55:20.695
MATT: Somehow their chin goes higher. It's
impressive, really. You make your way through,

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

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

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

01:55:37.253 --> 01:55:38.752
"much use to us."

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

01:55:47.474 --> 01:55:48.527
Vex'ahlia!

01:55:48.527 --> 01:55:51.361
MATT: "Perhaps you'll find something you like."

01:55:51.361 --> 01:55:54.349
LAURA: No, lost and found is a wonderful place to
go.

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

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

01:56:08.742 --> 01:56:12.027
the main hallway you guys walked through, a little
ways towards the entrance, and then another

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

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,

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,

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

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

01:56:37.190 --> 01:56:39.959
and you can see no one's walked in here in a
while.

01:56:39.959 --> 01:56:41.550
LIAM: These are for sale?

01:56:41.550 --> 01:56:45.168
MATT: "No, these are for the taking should you
wish."

01:56:45.168 --> 01:56:47.012
LAURA: Awesome.

01:56:47.012 --> 01:56:49.953
SAM: Well, what do we see?

01:56:49.953 --> 01:56:52.558
MATT: Go ahead and make an investigation check.

01:56:52.558 --> 01:56:55.232
MARISHA: Can I ask a logistical question?

01:56:55.232 --> 01:56:56.097
MATT: Sure.

01:56:56.097 --> 01:56:58.780
MARISHA: Is Garmelie with us or did we leave him
behind?

01:56:58.780 --> 01:56:59.867
MATT: You don't know.

01:56:59.867 --> 01:57:00.988
MARISHA: What?

01:57:00.988 --> 01:57:02.193
TALIESIN: You don't know.

01:57:02.193 --> 01:57:03.352
SAM: Grog might know.

01:57:03.352 --> 01:57:04.686
LIAM: 18.

01:57:04.686 --> 01:57:06.017
MARISHA: Grog.

01:57:06.017 --> 01:57:07.272
LAURA: 19.

01:57:07.272 --> 01:57:09.323
MATT: 18, 19, are you searching, Grog?

01:57:09.323 --> 01:57:10.156
TRAVIS: Yeah.

01:57:10.156 --> 01:57:10.975
MATT: What'd you get?

01:57:10.975 --> 01:57:11.782
TRAVIS: Nine.

01:57:11.782 --> 01:57:13.261
(laughter)

01:57:13.261 --> 01:57:15.083
MARISHA: Wait, is this an investigation?

01:57:15.083 --> 01:57:16.180
LAURA: Come on, natural 20!

01:57:16.180 --> 01:57:17.364
MARISHA: Natural one.

01:57:17.364 --> 01:57:19.465
LIAM: Oh, propeller beanie!

01:57:19.465 --> 01:57:22.374
MATT: Keyleth is distracted by the pretty light in
the fixture.

01:57:22.374 --> 01:57:23.803
SAM: Natural one.

01:57:23.803 --> 01:57:25.922
(laughter)

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

01:57:31.392 --> 01:57:34.513
two moths to a flame. Percival?

01:57:34.513 --> 01:57:35.529
TALIESIN: Nine.

01:57:35.529 --> 01:57:44.917
MATT: Nine. All right. The two twins, you guys
spend some time looking through the nearby

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

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

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

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

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

01:58:24.735 --> 01:58:31.009
room. This is where all the really bad Christmas
presents get put every year.

01:58:31.009 --> 01:58:32.643
"No, thanks, it's great!"

01:58:32.643 --> 01:58:35.409
SAM: Is it like Storage Wars, where there might be
something?

01:58:35.409 --> 01:58:40.097
MATT: It could, it could be depending on how well
you search.

01:58:40.097 --> 01:58:41.734
SAM: Well, I searched terribly.

01:58:41.869 --> 01:58:43.144
MATT: You did.

01:58:43.144 --> 01:58:45.912
MARISHA: Keyleth starts talking up Braum. Braum?

01:58:45.912 --> 01:58:46.962
MATT: Okay. Braum.

01:58:46.962 --> 01:58:50.752
MARISHA: Braum. So, Braum. Where're you from?

01:58:50.752 --> 01:58:54.203
MATT: "Syngorn?"

01:58:54.203 --> 01:58:56.258
(laughter)

01:58:56.258 --> 01:58:57.220
TRAVIS: Good start.

01:58:57.220 --> 01:59:01.440
SAM: We don't have to distract him, he said it's
all for the taking.

01:59:01.440 --> 01:59:03.304
MARISHA: Oh, it's all for-- really, oh.

01:59:03.304 --> 01:59:04.994
SAM: No, that's fine, we don't have to.

01:59:04.994 --> 01:59:10.969
MARISHA: You didn't see any distraction. You
didn't see anything.

01:59:10.969 --> 01:59:13.655
MATT: "I am so confused by all of you."

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?

01:59:16.178 --> 01:59:20.550
MATT: Sure. Make an arcana check.

01:59:20.550 --> 01:59:25.722
TRAVIS: I'll join you. Two.

01:59:25.722 --> 01:59:31.430
LAURA: Oh shit, I just rolled off the table. How
did I do that? 16.

01:59:31.430 --> 01:59:37.039
MATT: Your untrained, though natural arcane
instincts reveal to you that--

01:59:37.039 --> 01:59:38.463
LAURA: I can speak with animals.

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

01:59:44.996 --> 01:59:49.067
attention span, unfortunately, and you guys spend
a good hour in here sifting through--

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

01:59:56.373 --> 01:59:59.381
city a little bit better, and I was fucking
wrong.

01:59:59.381 --> 02:00:02.325
LAURA: This place fucking sucks.

02:00:02.325 --> 02:00:03.777
SAM: Let's get out of here.

02:00:03.777 --> 02:00:05.046
TRAVIS: Yeah, there's nothing in here.

02:00:05.046 --> 02:00:07.064
SAM: No, let's leave.

02:00:07.064 --> 02:00:09.836
MARISHA: Okay, yeah, sure. Yeah.

02:00:09.836 --> 02:00:10.981
TRAVIS: Let's go.

02:00:10.981 --> 02:00:12.117
TALIESIN: Pick something pretty.

02:00:12.117 --> 02:00:14.579
MARISHA: Your four-star rating just went down to a
three.

02:00:14.736 --> 02:00:19.267
TALIESIN: I am picking something random from the
room.

02:00:19.267 --> 02:00:25.798
MARISHA: And I'll also pick something random out
of spite. I'll take this.

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.

02:00:29.763 --> 02:00:33.295
MARISHA: I like it. I chose it on purpose.

02:00:33.295 --> 02:00:37.416
MATT: Percy, you find half of a jeweler's kit.

02:00:37.416 --> 02:00:38.856
TALIESIN: That's perfect.

02:00:38.856 --> 02:00:40.312
MARISHA: That's awesome.

02:00:40.312 --> 02:00:45.624
TALIESIN: I am excited. Was it literally cut in
half, like literally?

02:00:45.624 --> 02:00:47.283
MATT: Half the supplies are there.

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?

02:00:50.400 --> 02:00:51.633
MATT: You had an older tobacco box.

02:00:51.633 --> 02:00:53.783
MARISHA: An old tobacco box. All right. Yeah,
sure.

02:00:53.783 --> 02:00:57.414
MATT: Braum at this point goes, "I hope you've all
found something you liked."

02:00:57.414 --> 02:01:03.088
LAURA: All right, I grab something random, too. I
mean, if we're all doing it.

02:01:03.088 --> 02:01:10.206
MATT: All right. You reach into the Syngorean
Wal-mart gift bag on the way out.

02:01:10.206 --> 02:01:11.844
LIAM: Come on, secret Santa.

02:01:11.844 --> 02:01:14.565
LAURA: Come on. Roll for value.

02:01:14.565 --> 02:01:17.225
MATT: No. I'll do that.

02:01:17.225 --> 02:01:19.814
LAURA: No whammies.

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.

02:01:28.261 --> 02:01:30.413
LAURA: Ooh, that's neat.

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

02:01:34.741 --> 02:01:36.283
seems to still play.

02:01:36.283 --> 02:01:39.371
LAURA: Mine. I'm writing it down.

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!

02:01:45.387 --> 02:01:47.328
MATT: You reach in and you pull out a potato.

02:01:47.328 --> 02:01:57.213
(laughter)

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.

02:01:59.986 --> 02:02:01.607
LIAM: Oh, with leaves coming out of it.

02:02:01.607 --> 02:02:02.378
MATT: Yeah.

02:02:02.378 --> 02:02:04.585
TRAVIS: I take a bite out of it.

02:02:04.585 --> 02:02:07.186
MATT: That is a stale potato.

02:02:07.186 --> 02:02:09.810
LIAM: Make a constitution check.

02:02:09.810 --> 02:02:13.279
MARISHA: Keyleth takes the potato. Okay, give it
to me, give it to me.

02:02:13.279 --> 02:02:15.294
TRAVIS: Oh here you go. And I squash it in my
hand.

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

02:02:21.985 --> 02:02:27.788
aww and starts picking up the potato chunks off
the ground.

02:02:27.788 --> 02:02:29.294
LAURA: We're down to one!

02:02:29.294 --> 02:02:31.346
LIAM: Hey gang, I feel like we've lost focus
here.

02:02:31.346 --> 02:02:32.729
(laughter)

02:02:32.729 --> 02:02:34.689
LIAM: Maybe we should--

02:02:34.689 --> 02:02:35.670
SAM: --get out of here.

02:02:35.670 --> 02:02:38.425
LAURA: Oh, do we find any broken threshold
crests?

02:02:38.425 --> 02:02:39.739
MATT: You do not.

02:02:39.739 --> 02:02:40.776
LAURA: Damn it.

02:02:40.776 --> 02:02:46.388
MARISHA: Okay, wait, do we find any pictures of
threshold crests? Or a postcard?

02:02:46.388 --> 02:02:47.393
MATT: Nope.

02:02:47.393 --> 02:02:48.505
TALIESIN: We're fine.

02:02:48.505 --> 02:02:49.476
LAURA: All right.

02:02:49.476 --> 02:02:50.375
TRAVIS: We leave.

02:02:50.375 --> 02:02:52.448
MARISHA: We'll just go.

02:02:52.448 --> 02:02:54.149
SAM: We got the hat.

02:02:54.149 --> 02:02:55.543
TALIESIN: We have a plan.

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

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

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

02:03:10.607 --> 02:03:14.131
"interest in seeing our fine selection of helmets
and hats here in Syngorn?"

02:03:14.131 --> 02:03:18.330
SAM: I am more than satisfied. I will write a
five-star review.

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.

02:03:24.140 --> 02:03:26.842
"Goodbye."

02:03:26.842 --> 02:03:27.926
LAURA: Thank you.

02:03:27.926 --> 02:03:28.925
TALIESIN: Charming.

02:03:28.925 --> 02:03:29.944
MARISHA: Good day.

02:03:29.944 --> 02:03:31.195
LAURA: Good day.

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

02:03:35.046 --> 02:03:37.551
other two have not returned. So you have two
guards following you.

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

02:03:43.185 --> 02:03:47.741
room, but I don't know if maybe she would have
some fancy stuff back there.

02:03:47.741 --> 02:03:49.696
Can't shake these guards.

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?

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

02:03:59.266 --> 02:04:00.436
talking.

02:04:00.436 --> 02:04:05.693
MARISHA: I think Percy and I can fake them out.

02:04:05.693 --> 02:04:07.693
SAM: Fake them out? What do you mean, fake them
out?

02:04:07.693 --> 02:04:09.694
MARISHA: Wait, is he around? Don't say it out
loud.

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

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

02:04:23.570 --> 02:04:24.989
to the bog.

02:04:24.989 --> 02:04:27.371
MARISHA: How long have we been awake at this
point?

02:04:27.371 --> 02:04:32.382
MATT: You mean since you guys woke up this
morning, I'd say six hours?

02:04:32.382 --> 02:04:33.882
LAURA: That's it?

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?

02:04:37.531 --> 02:04:42.489
LAURA: We could seriously like fuck it up, what if
they can't get back?

02:04:42.489 --> 02:04:44.661
TRAVIS: Who gives a fuck?

02:04:44.661 --> 02:04:48.127
LAURA: They have an entire army to help fight
Thordak.

02:04:48.127 --> 02:04:51.359
TRAVIS: I didn't think that far ahead, I'm sorry.

02:04:51.359 --> 02:04:57.116
SAM: Well, Vex, they could repair it; they have
magicians here and stuff.

02:04:57.116 --> 02:04:58.374
TRAVIS: Thank you, Scanlan.

02:04:58.374 --> 02:04:59.858
TALIESIN: How do you repair a--

02:04:59.858 --> 02:05:02.786
SAM: With arcane juju.

02:05:02.786 --> 02:05:07.088
LAURA: You make a very good point. A very good
point.

02:05:07.088 --> 02:05:12.642
MARISHA: But they said they got these stones from
the other side, from our realm.

02:05:12.642 --> 02:05:14.782
LAURA: Maybe we should just go fucking check them
out.

02:05:14.782 --> 02:05:17.637
LIAM: The two guards are here to whole time,
right?

02:05:17.637 --> 02:05:18.602
MATT: Yes.

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.

02:05:23.278 --> 02:05:27.496
LAURA: This dusk is really making me--

02:05:27.496 --> 02:05:31.183
MATT: Vex. You hear muttered under the breath of
one of the guards, "Thank god."

02:05:31.183 --> 02:05:33.337
(laughter)

02:05:33.337 --> 02:05:35.059
MATT: Very low; nobody else hears it.

02:05:35.059 --> 02:05:37.199
MARISHA: I've got plenty of energy.

02:05:37.199 --> 02:05:40.615
LAURA: I mean, is, is anyone else super duper
tired? Are you guys tired?

02:05:40.615 --> 02:05:41.887
MARISHA: I'm--

02:05:41.887 --> 02:05:44.380
MARISHA and TALIESIN: Tired.

02:05:44.380 --> 02:05:47.400
MARISHA: So tired.

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

02:05:54.358 --> 02:05:56.032
time it is, right?

02:05:56.070 --> 02:05:57.218
MARISHA: Right?

02:05:57.218 --> 02:05:59.754
MATT: "Do you wish to be escorted to your
quarters, then?"

02:05:59.754 --> 02:06:01.859
LAURA: I would love to get some sleep.

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

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

02:06:12.004 --> 02:06:14.293
are led into your individual spaces.

02:06:14.293 --> 02:06:15.408
LAURA: There's windows though, yeah?

02:06:15.455 --> 02:06:16.542
MATT: Yes.

02:06:16.542 --> 02:06:18.637
LIAM: And the guards leave us in our rooms,
obviously.

02:06:18.637 --> 02:06:19.639
MATT: Yes.

02:06:19.639 --> 02:06:21.511
MARISHA: So wait, are we all in our own individual
rooms?

02:06:21.511 --> 02:06:24.793
TALIESIN: We have earrings, we could just talk on
the earrings.

02:06:24.793 --> 02:06:26.185
MATT: You all go into a room together, then.

02:06:26.185 --> 02:06:27.863
LAURA: Super duper happy, all together.

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

02:06:31.666 --> 02:06:33.485
one room with a broken bed.

02:06:33.485 --> 02:06:35.918
SAM: We're a close-knit family.

02:06:35.918 --> 02:06:37.549
LIAM: You can make your own assumptions.

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.

02:06:40.811 --> 02:06:44.164
SAM: No, we do what we want.

02:06:44.164 --> 02:06:46.030
TRAVIS: Yeah, we're fucking close, man.

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

02:06:51.288 --> 02:06:55.038
your way in there, one of the guards goes, "You're
going to sleep--"

02:06:55.038 --> 02:06:58.739
MARISHA: It's for prayer. We have to pray. 
Remember, right, Grog?

02:06:58.739 --> 02:07:02.077
TRAVIS: Oh yes, we're very holy.

02:07:02.112 --> 02:07:07.259
LAURA: Yes, it's been quite a while. I'm rather
hungry.

02:07:07.259 --> 02:07:09.368
SAM: We all sleep together; it's a polyamorous
thing.

02:07:09.368 --> 02:07:13.036
(laughter)

02:07:13.036 --> 02:07:15.019
TRAVIS: I told you we were holy.

02:07:15.019 --> 02:07:17.618
MATT: Scanlan and Vex, make deception checks,
please.

02:07:17.618 --> 02:07:18.556
LAURA: Perception?

02:07:18.556 --> 02:07:19.736
MATT and LIAM: Deception.

02:07:19.736 --> 02:07:24.976
LAURA: Deception. Oh. Ten?

02:07:24.976 --> 02:07:28.181
SAM: 21.

02:07:28.181 --> 02:07:31.703
LIAM: (cackles) That's the lie that goes through.

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

02:07:37.739 --> 02:07:40.188
polyamorous, the guard goes, "Oh."

02:07:40.188 --> 02:07:43.363
(laughter)

02:07:43.363 --> 02:07:55.838
SAM: Yeah, man. We are freak-ay.

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.

02:07:59.651 --> 02:08:14.495
(laughter)

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.

02:08:21.056 --> 02:08:24.555
"We'll keep a close watch."

02:08:24.555 --> 02:08:29.095
MARISHA: Keyleth says, we're totally
polyamorous--

02:08:29.095 --> 02:08:30.425
TALIESIN: You! No!

02:08:30.425 --> 02:08:40.990
MARISHA: And I turn Percy and Vax into squirrels
with Polymorph. See? Polyamorous.

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

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

02:08:56.703 --> 02:09:02.628
like, "What is my life right now?" All right.

02:09:02.628 --> 02:09:05.270
SAM: We may need you to clean up for us later.

02:09:05.270 --> 02:09:18.160
MATT: "Please! Go! Sleep!" You guys are now closed
off inside your room.

02:09:18.160 --> 02:09:19.514
LAURA: And the squirrels.

02:09:19.514 --> 02:09:21.438
MATT: As squirrels. What are you going to do?

02:09:21.438 --> 02:09:27.204
MARISHA: Okay, I drop Polymorph. That's what
polyamorous means, right, guys?

02:09:27.204 --> 02:09:28.138
TALIESIN: Yes.

02:09:28.138 --> 02:09:29.340
MARISHA: Okay.

02:09:29.340 --> 02:09:31.971
SAM: Garmelie, show thyself.

02:09:31.971 --> 02:09:34.618
MATT: He appears and goes like, "Was that true?"

02:09:34.618 --> 02:09:46.432
(laughter)

02:09:46.432 --> 02:09:49.956
MATT: He has his sketchbook at the ready and is
like, "Because I mean..."

02:09:49.956 --> 02:09:51.941
TALIESIN: No. No.

02:09:51.941 --> 02:09:55.381
SAM: You don't know.

02:09:55.381 --> 02:10:05.365
MATT: "Well." He closes the book. "So. I believe
someone here took a hat?"

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

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.

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.

02:10:27.832 --> 02:10:29.766
LIAM: So worth it.

02:10:29.766 --> 02:10:32.568
LAURA: Yeah. That was definitely worth it.

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,

02:10:39.399 --> 02:10:41.261
"the second part."

02:10:41.261 --> 02:10:43.751
SAM: Any ideas there, Garmelie?

02:10:43.751 --> 02:10:45.157
MATT: "No."

02:10:45.157 --> 02:10:49.334
LAURA: You passed by those threshold crests
several times, I'm assuming.

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.

02:10:54.614 --> 02:10:55.538
MATT: "Yes."

02:10:55.538 --> 02:10:56.692
TALIESIN: Any threshold crest.

02:10:56.692 --> 02:10:57.475
MATT: "Yes!"

02:10:57.475 --> 02:10:58.841
TALIESIN: Just as long as it's a threshold crest.

02:10:58.841 --> 02:10:59.674
MATT: "Yes!"

02:10:59.674 --> 02:11:00.810
MARISHA: And looks like a crest.

02:11:00.810 --> 02:11:01.773
TALIESIN: It's a threshold crest.

02:11:01.773 --> 02:11:02.743
MATT: "A threshold crest."

02:11:02.743 --> 02:11:05.380
TALIESIN: Okay, Keyleth. The thing we talked
about.

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

02:11:12.290 --> 02:11:21.800
we're in, and I cut out a crest from the
threshold.

02:11:21.800 --> 02:11:23.811
MATT: What crest do you create? What does it look
like?

02:11:23.811 --> 02:11:32.683
MARISHA: A Whitestone crest. From the threshold of
the door.

02:11:32.683 --> 02:11:34.927
TALIESIN: We break it.

02:11:34.927 --> 02:11:39.476
MARISHA: There's a piece of your threshold crest.

02:11:39.476 --> 02:11:48.549
(laughing and cheering)

02:11:48.549 --> 02:11:51.405
TALIESIN: Don't cast Friends on people. It's not
nice.

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

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)

02:12:03.131 --> 02:12:07.566
and pops off and hits the ground. He snatches it
up. Grabs the piece.

02:12:07.566 --> 02:12:12.017
TALIESIN: That's your threshold crest. Piece of a
threshold crest.

02:12:12.017 --> 02:12:14.123
MATT: "Thank you."

02:12:14.123 --> 02:12:15.510
LAURA: Yay!

02:12:15.510 --> 02:12:21.611
MATT: "Well, it appears that our deal has been
kept."

02:12:21.611 --> 02:12:31.557
(laughing and cheering)

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

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

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

02:13:01.376 --> 02:13:02.980
"your things." (laughs)

02:13:02.980 --> 02:13:04.515
MARISHA: Let's go.

02:13:04.515 --> 02:13:06.563
TALIESIN: I cannot wait.

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.

02:13:13.660 --> 02:13:14.944
TRAVIS: I fart.

02:13:14.944 --> 02:13:20.127
(laughter)

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,

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

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

02:13:40.453 --> 02:13:42.922
city, invisible, by Grog's finger.

02:13:42.922 --> 02:13:49.202
TRAVIS: We're going this way. Follow me, chaps!

02:13:49.202 --> 02:13:50.673
MARISHA: Follow the finger.

02:13:50.673 --> 02:13:52.303
SAM: Are the guards following?

02:13:52.303 --> 02:13:54.504
MATT: The two guards are following, yes.

02:13:54.504 --> 02:13:57.476
LAURA: Woo, that was really fun.

02:13:57.476 --> 02:13:59.845
MARISHA: My hair is messed up.

02:13:59.845 --> 02:14:01.377
SAM: Good sesh.

02:14:01.377 --> 02:14:03.531
LAURA: Good. That was really...

02:14:03.531 --> 02:14:04.943
LIAM: Thanks, Grog.

02:14:04.943 --> 02:14:16.541
(laughter)

02:14:16.541 --> 02:14:21.463
LIAM: I feel loose as a goose. Let's go see this
bog.

02:14:21.463 --> 02:14:26.227
MARISHA: And I transform into a goose and come out
as a goose.

02:14:26.227 --> 02:14:36.942
MATT: "You-- (frustrated noise) Never mind." The
guards follow at a very healthy distance now, both

02:14:36.942 --> 02:14:39.903
whispering to each other as they watch you walk.

02:14:39.903 --> 02:14:45.349
LAURA: I think we made a really good impression on
this city coming back.

02:14:45.349 --> 02:14:49.187
TRAVIS: I'm going to kill you later.

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

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

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

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

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

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

02:15:27.915 --> 02:15:33.105
way back into the Ever-Shifting Grasses, heading
duskward, towards where

02:15:33.105 --> 02:15:35.125
it seems the dusk sun will set.

02:15:35.125 --> 02:15:36.337
LAURA: Duskward.

02:15:36.337 --> 02:15:37.293
TALIESIN: Duskward.

02:15:37.293 --> 02:15:38.718
MARISHA: Always duskward.

02:15:38.718 --> 02:15:40.829
SAM: I hate that direction.

02:15:40.829 --> 02:15:43.816
MATT: There's also nightward, seaward, or
tangleward. Which would you prefer?

02:15:43.816 --> 02:15:45.056
SAM: Are those different directions?

02:15:45.056 --> 02:15:47.172
MATT: Yes, those are different directions.

02:15:47.172 --> 02:15:49.054
LAURA: Tangleward? Did you say tangleward?

02:15:49.054 --> 02:15:50.805
MATT: Tangleward. It was mentioned before, yeah.

02:15:50.805 --> 02:15:55.475
LAURA: Oh. I just thought of the Disney movie and
I think I spaced out there.

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

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

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,

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!

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

02:16:25.915 --> 02:16:28.396
begins marching duskward.

02:16:28.396 --> 02:16:30.309
LAURA: Onward to the theater!

02:16:30.309 --> 02:16:35.333
MATT: "No! No theater! We are avoiding the
theater! No."

02:16:35.333 --> 02:16:40.300
TRAVIS: Garmelie, how far of a journey is it to
this bog?

02:16:40.300 --> 02:16:45.476
MATT: "Say about four times since we met?"

02:16:45.476 --> 02:16:47.326
LAURA: Okay.

02:16:47.326 --> 02:16:49.134
TRAVIS: That doesn't mean anything to me.

02:16:49.134 --> 02:16:50.913
LAURA: Four times since we met.

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.

02:16:55.988 --> 02:16:59.971
MATT: "I have my reasons." And he continues
walking forward.

02:16:59.971 --> 02:17:03.223
LIAM: Thanks, great. Good talk.

02:17:03.223 --> 02:17:05.255
LAURA: It's been 14 hours since we've met.

02:17:05.255 --> 02:17:10.160
SAM: Can we travel any faster than that? Can we
mist, can we tree, can we...?

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

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

02:17:23.342 --> 02:17:25.111
just fucking do it?

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.

02:17:29.441 --> 02:17:30.925
MARISHA: She's not wrong.

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

02:17:34.730 --> 02:17:37.019
fucking bow, and then we're out.

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

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,

02:17:55.349 --> 02:17:58.168
never mind, I can only do that on myself.

02:17:58.168 --> 02:17:59.563
MATT: Wah-wah.

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

02:18:09.681 --> 02:18:11.513
cancerous tree.

02:18:11.513 --> 02:18:13.416
MARISHA: But I'm loosey! I'm a loosey goose.

02:18:13.416 --> 02:18:15.922
MATT: That would look amazing on an epitaph, I'm
just saying.

02:18:15.965 --> 02:18:17.934
MARISHA: We can mist there.

02:18:17.934 --> 02:18:20.176
SAM: Would that save time, I don't remember how
fast we go.

02:18:20.176 --> 02:18:21.778
MARISHA: I might have to take a hot nap.

02:18:21.778 --> 02:18:23.511
TRAVIS: A hot nap?

02:18:23.511 --> 02:18:24.706
MARISHA: Yeah.

02:18:24.706 --> 02:18:26.475
MATT: Didn't you guys just take a hot nap?

02:18:26.475 --> 02:18:35.341
(laughter)

02:18:35.341 --> 02:18:41.854
MARISHA: Yeah. The answer is yes. I can do all those
things.

02:18:41.854 --> 02:18:45.396
TALIESIN: Well, let's travel for a bit and then
we'll take a proper break.

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.

02:18:48.845 --> 02:18:52.486
LAURA: Wait, I think the edge of the bog is kind
of far, though.

02:18:52.486 --> 02:18:56.557
TALIESIN: We'll start our journey, and the next
leg of our journey.

02:18:56.557 --> 02:18:57.675
TRAVIS: Yeah, let's get going.

02:18:57.675 --> 02:18:59.122
MARISHA: We'll go until we're tired.

02:18:59.122 --> 02:19:01.756
MATT: "I like the sound of that."

02:19:01.756 --> 02:19:03.906
LAURA: Oh. (belches)

02:19:03.906 --> 02:19:15.405
(laughing and cheering)

02:19:15.405 --> 02:19:18.203
MATT: "Most impressive for a lady."

02:19:18.203 --> 02:19:22.591
LAURA: Thank you. That's a baroness burp.

02:19:22.591 --> 02:19:25.913
MARISHA: Robert Durst shit.

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

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

02:19:40.421 --> 02:19:47.331
the grass seems to go from that deep verdant green
to almost a maroon purplish color.

02:19:47.331 --> 02:19:51.134
LAURA: I pop Trinket out of the necklace.

02:19:51.134 --> 02:19:53.402
MATT: He attacks some of the grass and chews it
up.

02:19:53.402 --> 02:19:54.471
LAURA: Yeah, get it!

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!

02:19:59.208 --> 02:20:01.106
TRAVIS: I don't think that applies here.

02:20:01.106 --> 02:20:06.643
LAURA: It's okay, darling. It's okay. Keyleth.

02:20:06.643 --> 02:20:07.516
MARISHA: What?

02:20:07.516 --> 02:20:09.196
LAURA: Do not yell at my bear.

02:20:09.196 --> 02:20:10.817
MARISHA: I was just trying to protect him.

02:20:10.817 --> 02:20:12.332
LIAM: I give him some grass.

02:20:12.332 --> 02:20:13.349
MARISHA: Don't!

02:20:13.349 --> 02:20:14.420
SAM: It's fine.

02:20:14.420 --> 02:20:15.653
TALIESIN: It's fine.

02:20:15.653 --> 02:20:19.913
MATT: And just keeps going forward through the
grass fields.

02:20:19.913 --> 02:20:21.806
MARISHA: Does the grass seem angry?

02:20:21.806 --> 02:20:23.445
MATT: No, it just seems to be changing color.

02:20:23.445 --> 02:20:25.395
MARISHA: Suck it, grass!

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.

02:20:31.251 --> 02:20:32.615
SAM: Oh god.

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.

02:20:41.343 --> 02:20:42.662
TRAVIS: That makes it even worse.

02:20:42.662 --> 02:20:43.534
SAM: Not a compliment.

02:20:43.534 --> 02:20:44.719
TRAVIS: You're still going in the same direction.

02:20:44.719 --> 02:20:47.833
MARISHA: I mean, you suck out bad--

02:20:47.833 --> 02:20:51.008
LIAM: I grab Keyleth's hand. Let's take a walk.

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

02:20:54.506 --> 02:20:57.890
and are catching on your feet and you're finding
that your progression

02:20:57.890 --> 02:20:59.681
is getting slower and slower.

02:20:59.681 --> 02:21:06.487
LAURA: Wait, no. I have Landstride, which means I
don't slow against any land.

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

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

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

02:21:22.000 --> 02:21:24.502
back. It's almost like since those statements were
made...

02:21:24.502 --> 02:21:30.740
(laughter)

02:21:30.740 --> 02:21:36.112
TRAVIS: I have a hooded lantern. I could set this
whole fucking thing ablaze.

02:21:36.112 --> 02:21:37.583
ALL: No!

02:21:37.583 --> 02:21:42.112
MATT: The red goes to a deep cinder-like red.

02:21:42.112 --> 02:21:44.236
SAM: Are we going to have roll initiative on
grass?

02:21:44.236 --> 02:21:46.736
LAURA: No, wait.

02:21:46.736 --> 02:21:49.751
TALIESIN: Does no one-- I'm going to take a
moment.

02:21:49.751 --> 02:21:51.907
MARISHA: I feel like the grass feels our
emotions.

02:21:51.907 --> 02:21:55.841
SAM: Your emotions. Because you yelled at it.

02:21:55.841 --> 02:22:02.834
TALIESIN: Lovely field, I apologize for the
rudeness of my compatriots. We will be gentle

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

02:22:08.672 --> 02:22:17.218
ever-changing colors. You are majestic, you are
windswept-- I'm flirting with grass-- you are

02:22:17.218 --> 02:22:20.665
everything I could hope for in a beautiful view.

02:22:20.665 --> 02:22:21.948
SAM: I sing a song.

02:22:21.948 --> 02:22:23.152
MATT: What do you sing?

02:22:23.152 --> 02:22:27.415
(cheering)

02:22:27.415 --> 02:22:39.028
SAM: (singing) Keep growing. Keep flowing, knowing
you can always count on me.

02:22:39.028 --> 02:22:41.694
TRAVIS, LAURA, and SAM: (singing) For sure.

02:22:41.694 --> 02:22:43.886
SAM: (singing) That's what Scanlan's for.

02:22:43.886 --> 02:22:49.939
(cheering)

02:22:49.939 --> 02:22:53.401
MATT: Percy, I want you to make a persuasion check
against the grass?

02:22:53.401 --> 02:22:58.899
Adding the d10 inspiration die.

02:22:58.899 --> 02:23:01.251
TALIESIN: Oh, d10 inspiration. Come on.

02:23:01.251 --> 02:23:02.635
MARISHA: I do an interpretive dance.

02:23:02.635 --> 02:23:04.252
SAM: Come on, persuade that plant.

02:23:04.252 --> 02:23:05.720
TALIESIN: That was leaning.

02:23:05.720 --> 02:23:07.252
SAM: That was a leaner.

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

02:23:14.326 --> 02:23:17.826
bad. 24.

02:23:17.826 --> 02:23:19.402
MATT: What was it?

02:23:19.402 --> 02:23:25.352
TALIESIN: Eight plus six plus seven. (counting)
21.

02:23:25.352 --> 02:23:27.906
SAM: It's more than that.

02:23:27.906 --> 02:23:33.695
MATT: Between the interpretive dance of Keyleth
amongst the tattered angry grasses, the beautiful

02:23:33.831 --> 02:23:40.567
vocal stylings of Scanlan Shorthalt, and Percy
speaking out a wondrous poem towards the

02:23:40.567 --> 02:23:48.376
Ever-Shifting Grasses, you watch as the deep
bright red subsides into the relaxed purple, and

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.

02:23:53.982 --> 02:23:54.987
LAURA: Yeah.

02:23:54.987 --> 02:23:56.114
MATT: Good job!

02:23:56.114 --> 02:23:57.522
LAURA: Good job!

02:23:57.522 --> 02:24:03.346
MATT: You successfully parlayed with a field.

02:24:03.346 --> 02:24:07.107
TRAVIS: First doors, then grass.

02:24:07.107 --> 02:24:12.607
LIAM: Don't talk shit to grass!

02:24:12.607 --> 02:24:16.007
SAM: How do you want to mow this?

02:24:16.007 --> 02:24:23.643
(laughter)

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

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

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

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.

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

02:24:55.930 --> 02:24:59.094
"seaward of here. I would recommend the
Moonbrush."

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.

02:25:03.523 --> 02:25:04.898
MATT: "Very well."

02:25:04.898 --> 02:25:06.318
LAURA: Wait.

02:25:06.318 --> 02:25:08.059
TALIESIN: No, the High Warden did say--

02:25:08.059 --> 02:25:09.538
MARISHA: -- to avoid the Green Sea.

02:25:09.538 --> 02:25:11.854
LAURA: Why do you recommend the Moonbrush?

02:25:11.854 --> 02:25:15.460
MATT: "Because it's the only real route to get to
the Gilded Run."

02:25:15.460 --> 02:25:17.065
LAURA: What is the Gilded Run?

02:25:17.065 --> 02:25:18.866
MATT: "The Gilded Run are the rivers that surround
it."

02:25:18.866 --> 02:25:20.351
LAURA: Right, those.

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

02:25:26.258 --> 02:25:29.724
"Shademirk. You have to go through the Moonbrush to
get to the Gilded Run."

02:25:29.724 --> 02:25:30.925
LIAM: Where's the theater?

02:25:30.925 --> 02:25:34.715
MATT: "No theater!"

02:25:34.715 --> 02:25:40.536
TRAVIS: Right, so we're going through the brushy
moon?

02:25:40.536 --> 02:25:42.303
MATT: "Yes! Come, come."

02:25:42.303 --> 02:25:44.021
LAURA: Yeah? Are you okay with that, Scanlan?

02:25:44.021 --> 02:25:46.135
SAM: I'll allow it.

02:25:46.135 --> 02:25:49.300
MARISHA: How long have we been awake?

02:25:49.300 --> 02:25:56.242
MATT: You are... you've been awake for about 12
hours now, I'd say.

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.

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

02:26:09.309 --> 02:26:15.614
Moonbrush Forest. As you approach, Garmelie says,
"All right, so things you should know about the

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

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

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

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

02:26:40.665 --> 02:26:45.777
small mountain spires breaking through portions of
the tree line in the distance occasionally, miles

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

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

02:27:01.254 --> 02:27:06.307
"the lycan persuasion."

02:27:06.307 --> 02:27:08.941
SAM and TALIESIN: Oh.

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

02:27:19.050 --> 02:27:20.652
"touch none of it."

02:27:20.652 --> 02:27:26.832
MARISHA: Question. You mentioned we are going into
the Moonbrush with lycan hunters?

02:27:26.832 --> 02:27:28.596
MATT: "Yes. It's a necessity."

02:27:28.596 --> 02:27:31.337
MARISHA: Yeah, no, it sounds like it. Yeah.

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,

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

02:27:43.849 --> 02:27:46.148
"at all, and we'll be fine."

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?

02:27:55.713 --> 02:27:58.929
MATT: "Actually, they travel mostly in the trees.
That's the easiest way for them

02:27:58.929 --> 02:28:00.211
"to hunt, is unseen."

02:28:00.211 --> 02:28:01.622
LAURA: Well, there you go.

02:28:01.622 --> 02:28:13.205
MATT: "They are ruled by a singular lycan lord,
who goes by the name of Ukurat."

02:28:13.205 --> 02:28:14.241
MARISHA: What?

02:28:14.241 --> 02:28:15.842
SAM: Ulurat?

02:28:15.842 --> 02:28:16.871
MATT: "Ukurat."

02:28:16.871 --> 02:28:17.967
MARISHA: Ukurat.

02:28:17.967 --> 02:28:20.839
LAURA: Ukurat or Udurat?

02:28:20.839 --> 02:28:21.869
MATT: "Ukurat."

02:28:21.869 --> 02:28:22.801
LAURA and LIAM: Ukurat.

02:28:22.801 --> 02:28:26.054
MATT: "U-K-U-R-A-T."

02:28:26.054 --> 02:28:27.521
TRAVIS: Bob.

02:28:27.521 --> 02:28:29.496
MATT: "He is to also be avoided."

02:28:29.496 --> 02:28:31.630
TALIESIN: Is that an elven name? Is that an elven
word?

02:28:31.630 --> 02:28:33.175
MATT: "It was, once."

02:28:33.175 --> 02:28:37.397
LAURA: Wait, he used to be elven? He used to be
elven.

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.

02:28:42.667 --> 02:28:45.776
"We'll avoid them, and avoid the Wishers, and also
those things,

02:28:45.776 --> 02:28:48.000
"the little plants that you saw before?"

02:28:48.000 --> 02:28:48.887
LAURA: Mandrakes?

02:28:48.887 --> 02:28:50.792
MATT: "Mandrakes? Also everywhere. Avoid them."

02:28:50.792 --> 02:28:51.985
LAURA: Okay.

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

02:28:57.292 --> 02:28:58.942
and march up to the edge of the Moonbrush.

02:28:58.942 --> 02:29:01.137
TALIESIN: Okay.

02:29:01.137 --> 02:29:04.120
SAM: It's fine. We've killed dragons, we'll be fine.

02:29:04.120 --> 02:29:06.247
TRAVIS: I'm so stoked right now.

02:29:06.247 --> 02:29:12.054
MARISHA: Did we-- okay, yeah. Sure. Yeah.

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

02:29:20.742 --> 02:29:27.467
forest, immediately you can hear the swell of
distant crickets, thousands upon thousands,

02:29:27.467 --> 02:29:29.918
sourceless, fill the air around you.

02:29:29.918 --> 02:29:32.197
SAM: Audience, please.

02:29:32.197 --> 02:29:35.056
(cricket noises, laughter)

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.

02:29:38.520 --> 02:29:41.797
MARISHA: Someone's got a really good one.

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

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

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

02:29:59.877 --> 02:30:06.900
hitting some of the trees and breaking through
some of the treetops themselves. The underbrush

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.

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

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

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

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

02:30:49.691 --> 02:30:51.306
out, a large cave.

02:30:51.306 --> 02:30:54.808
LAURA: Do I see any kind of markings on the
obelisks?

02:30:54.808 --> 02:31:00.380
MATT: Make a perception check.

02:31:00.380 --> 02:31:04.604
LAURA: Oh. Get out of here!

02:31:04.604 --> 02:31:06.561
MATT: What'd you get?

02:31:06.561 --> 02:31:07.398
LAURA: Natural one.

02:31:07.398 --> 02:31:08.468
MATT: Natural one.

02:31:08.468 --> 02:31:09.820
LAURA: I know!

02:31:09.820 --> 02:31:16.740
MATT: They just look rough and old. They've been
placed there. It's old magic.

02:31:16.740 --> 02:31:19.622
LIAM: God, you're so bad at D&D!

02:31:19.622 --> 02:31:21.000
LAURA: I suck!

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

02:31:25.889 --> 02:31:32.988
and hundreds of small objects, piles, what looks
like fruits and flowers and bones and stone

02:31:32.988 --> 02:31:36.578
carvings, all sorts of things placed in front of
this cave.

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

02:31:40.042 --> 02:31:41.386
where it came from?

02:31:41.386 --> 02:31:44.580
MATT: Okay. So you head out and take one of the
bones and look at it.

02:31:44.580 --> 02:31:45.835
Go ahead and make a nature check.

02:31:45.835 --> 02:31:49.759
MARISHA: Yeah, the closest bone, I don't want to,
ooh. Yeah.

02:31:49.759 --> 02:31:51.809
TALIESIN: That ain't nothing to sneeze at.

02:31:51.809 --> 02:31:54.609
MARISHA: No, it's not. 28.

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

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

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

02:32:12.262 --> 02:32:15.514
ground. But as you pick up and make this moment
noticed--

02:32:15.514 --> 02:32:17.509
LIAM: I'm going stealth just because.

02:32:17.509 --> 02:32:21.337
MATT: You all hear a giant, echoing roar coming
from the cave.

02:32:21.337 --> 02:32:22.441
LIAM: Was I fast enough?

02:32:22.441 --> 02:32:24.991
MATT: (roars) What'd you roll?

02:32:24.991 --> 02:32:25.847
LIAM: 30.

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

02:32:32.881 --> 02:32:37.906
this small clearing where all of these small
objects have been placed, you hear this rumbling

02:32:37.906 --> 02:32:40.266
loud roar come tearing through.

02:32:40.266 --> 02:32:42.885
MARISHA: I step back with the bone.

02:32:42.929 --> 02:32:45.969
MATT: Okay. What are the rest of you guys doing?

02:32:45.969 --> 02:32:48.024
LAURA: I pull the broom out from behind my back.

02:32:48.024 --> 02:32:49.225
MATT: Okay.

02:32:49.225 --> 02:32:54.229
MARISHA: Can I lean the bone over to Vex'ahlia and
be like, is this Draconic?

02:32:54.229 --> 02:32:55.497
LAURA: Is it Draconic?

02:32:55.497 --> 02:32:56.543
MATT: It is not Draconic.

02:32:56.543 --> 02:32:58.365
MARISHA: God fucking damn it.

02:32:58.365 --> 02:32:59.800
LAURA: Is it anything that I recognize, though?

02:32:59.800 --> 02:33:00.901
MATT: What languages do you know?

02:33:00.901 --> 02:33:05.003
LAURA: Elvish, Abyssal, Undercommon.

02:33:05.003 --> 02:33:06.698
MATT: No, none of those.

02:33:06.698 --> 02:33:07.806
LAURA: Shit.

02:33:07.806 --> 02:33:11.308
MATT: However, at this time the trees behind you
two, because the rest of you guys

02:33:11.308 --> 02:33:12.274
were staying back--

02:33:12.274 --> 02:33:13.346
LAURA: Who's you two?

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

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

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

02:33:32.534 --> 02:33:40.117
made of crackling blue ghostly energy, shimmering,
translucent, not actually a physical form, but

02:33:40.117 --> 02:33:48.442
massive in size. (stomping noises, roar)

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?

02:33:53.212 --> 02:33:54.501
MATT: Yep. From everybody else.

02:33:54.501 --> 02:33:57.397
LAURA: Shit! I grab Keyleth's wrist and I fly into
the air.

02:33:57.397 --> 02:33:59.900
MARISHA: I hold on for dear fucking life.

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

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.

02:34:08.710 --> 02:34:11.506
Go ahead and make a strength check.

02:34:11.506 --> 02:34:12.861
LAURA: A strength check!

02:34:12.861 --> 02:34:14.482
SAM: We can't even see them, Matt?

02:34:14.482 --> 02:34:17.132
MATT: You guys can't see them and they just closed
off in the trees.

02:34:17.132 --> 02:34:24.128
LAURA: Come on! Is that a saving throw or just a
check?

02:34:24.128 --> 02:34:25.289
MATT: Just a check.

02:34:25.289 --> 02:34:26.254
LAURA: Five.

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,

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

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

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

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

02:34:50.844 --> 02:34:55.580
up towards you on the ground. Looks to Keyleth,
(roars).

02:34:55.580 --> 02:34:56.582
MARISHA: Hi!

02:34:56.582 --> 02:34:58.311
LAURA: I cast Speak With Animals!

02:34:58.311 --> 02:34:59.434
MATT: Okay, you cast Speak With Animals.

02:34:59.434 --> 02:35:00.281
LAURA: Yeah.

02:35:00.281 --> 02:35:01.720
MARISHA: Like I taught you!

02:35:01.720 --> 02:35:03.272
LAURA: (weak growling sounds)

02:35:03.272 --> 02:35:10.795
(laughter)

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

02:35:16.952 --> 02:35:19.934
just accidentally touched the other offering of
yours.

02:35:19.934 --> 02:35:21.723
LIAM: Où est la bibliothèque?

02:35:21.723 --> 02:35:23.564
(laughter)

02:35:23.564 --> 02:35:26.472
LAURA: The cheese is old and moldy.

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

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

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

02:35:51.860 --> 02:36:00.244
"which was gifted. What do you offer in response to
your travesty?"

02:36:00.244 --> 02:36:03.158
LAURA: Yeah, well, I--

02:36:03.158 --> 02:36:05.807
SAM: We have a hat. A really good hat.

02:36:05.807 --> 02:36:09.482
MARISHA: I've got an old tobacco box I got from
lost and found.

02:36:09.482 --> 02:36:19.208
LAURA: Ooh, yeah, that's pretty good. I offer him
a tea set.

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

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

02:36:33.667 --> 02:36:41.563
"wild, unwatched, unrespecting. The beasts of this
land hold no kinship with you. You will prove

02:36:41.563 --> 02:36:44.692
"offering yourself." And the tongue licks the
lips.

02:36:44.692 --> 02:36:51.218
MARISHA: What? I turn into a giant scorpion.

02:36:51.218 --> 02:36:54.406
MATT: The scorpion takes its form, as it does the
bear, (growls).

02:36:54.406 --> 02:36:58.972
MARISHA: You want an offering, you can have mine.

02:36:58.972 --> 02:37:01.293
MATT: Make a persuasion check on that.

02:37:01.293 --> 02:37:02.953
MARISHA: Oh god.

02:37:02.953 --> 02:37:07.761
LIAM: By the way, am I hidden in or outside?

02:37:07.761 --> 02:37:08.818
MATT: You're outside.

02:37:08.818 --> 02:37:09.947
MARISHA: 21.

02:37:09.947 --> 02:37:11.202
LAURA: Good job, Keyleth!

02:37:11.202 --> 02:37:12.369
MARISHA: Thank you!

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

02:37:20.190 --> 02:37:22.503
"infraction. You."

02:37:22.503 --> 02:37:23.809
LAURA: Yeah?

02:37:23.809 --> 02:37:25.795
MATT: "You shall be the prize."

02:37:25.795 --> 02:37:27.877
LAURA: Oh, fuck.

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

02:37:32.596 --> 02:37:34.397
top of its shoulders.

02:37:34.397 --> 02:37:36.814
LAURA: Trinket! I call Trinket.

02:37:36.863 --> 02:37:38.335
MATT: You call Trinket?

02:37:38.335 --> 02:37:39.452
LAURA: I call Trinket.

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

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

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

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

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

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

02:38:12.348 --> 02:38:17.131
up onto its, onto the top of its torso. The bear
(growls).

02:38:17.131 --> 02:38:18.950
LAURA: He's pretty cool.

02:38:18.950 --> 02:38:24.813
MATT: The bear head looks up at Trinket now
gnawing onto its hide, (gnawing sounds), seemingly

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

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

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

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

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."

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

02:39:18.551 --> 02:39:25.326
spirit bear steps forward, passing through you,
and passing through Trinket's form, and what feels

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

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

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

02:39:45.974 --> 02:39:48.847
up and licks your face.

02:39:48.847 --> 02:39:50.230
LAURA: Oh!

02:39:50.230 --> 02:39:58.954
(cheering)

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

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.

02:40:10.345 --> 02:40:17.253
SAM: You're part bear now!

02:40:17.253 --> 02:40:20.047
MATT: So. That's your new item card for Raven's
Slumber.

02:40:20.081 --> 02:40:23.744
(cheering)

02:40:23.793 --> 02:40:26.015
AUDIENCE MEMBER: What's it do?

02:40:26.015 --> 02:40:28.017
LAURA: I don't know.

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

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.

02:40:39.117 --> 02:40:42.637
(cheering)

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

02:40:46.904 --> 02:40:58.941
episode. As you all gather around this moment of
silence, this quiet tension that has now

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,

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

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

02:41:14.705 --> 02:41:16.158
this session this week.

02:41:16.158 --> 02:41:23.052
(cheering)

02:41:23.052 --> 02:41:26.701
MATT: Thank you, guys!

02:41:26.822 --> 02:41:45.302
(cheering)

02:41:45.302 --> 02:41:47.224
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Is it Thursday yet?

02:41:47.224 --> 02:41:53.622
(cheering)

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

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

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

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

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.

02:42:19.627 --> 02:42:20.735
TRAVIS: Thank you, Loot Crate!

02:42:20.735 --> 02:42:22.531
LAURA: Thank you, Loot Crate!

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

02:42:27.867 --> 02:42:35.254
yeah, I guess, is it Thursday yet? We'll see you
guys in a couple weeks.