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Interlude – Saliss the Adventurer | ![]() Forsooth! Missing Information? It cannot be! This page is incomplete! Please help us finish this by adding information from the chapters. In quadruplicate! Xrn kidnaps Ryoka to have a conversation. Saliss gets a summons for a military operation, and hides in Erin's inn, talking to Bird, Numbtongue, and Erin, because he doesn't want to go. He's convinced to go anyway by General Shirka, and Chaldion bribes him into the attack on the Hivelands by offering to take six names of Turnscales off wanted lists and redirect the Watch's efforts for three months. Saliss, Mivifa of Feathers (Oteslia's Named Adventurer), Zeter (Manus' Named Adventurer), and a bunch of soldiers attack the Antinium hives and damage the Armored Queen's "Steelclad" project. Saliss fights Wrymvr and Klbktch, finding himself unable to kill Wrymvr. Klbktch gets chopped in half by Wrymvr on purpose, so the Queens can rebuild him. Saliss returns home and announces that he's going to make the antidote for the Strategists. Meanwhile, the Couriers from first landing (including Mihaela Godfrey) attempt to deliver the cure to Tyrion and run into the top Assassins from the Guild. Lacel the Leaper and a Drake courier is killed, Mihaela is severely injured, and the delivery fails. |
Chapter 7.56 | ![]() Forsooth! Missing Information? It cannot be! This page is incomplete! Please help us finish this by adding information from the chapters. In quadruplicate! Ryoka takes Mrsha on a bike ride. Xrn has a conversation with Ryoka, in which she presses Ryoka for actual aid from the self-professed "ally" of the Antinium. Ryoka tells her Wistram is spying on the Queens through their scrying mirrors, and gives Xrn microscopes and knowledge of how to sterilize an area of bacteria (which mess with the Antinium Queens' experiments). Numbtongue and Mrsha get into an argument over the laptop, and Lyonette is pulled into it, ending in a physical altercation in Invrisil. Zevara attempts to arrest the Gentlemen Callers, but Erin helps them escape. The Players of Celum finally convince Erin to attend their play in Invrisil, all the Earthers and mages from the Inn, as well as Ryoka, Fierre, Salamani, Numbtongue, Lyonette, Mrsha, and a lot of other friends of the inn (including Xrn in a human disguise). The Players set up a huge parade to celebrate, and the attention starts to make Erin feel socially awkward. At the Djinni's Spoon, Barelle the Bard tries to perform a song about her deeds, but she faints. She goes on a walk to clear her head and calm down, gets lost in the bad area of Invrisil, tries to stop a mugging, and finds some of the Brothers of Serendipitous Meetings. She follows them back to their hideout and chats with them, Wilovan, and Ratici, then invites them to come see the play with her. Afterwards, she returns to the Wandering Inn to discover that Badarrow and Snapjaw are there. |
Chapter 7.57 | ![]() Forsooth! Missing Information? It cannot be! This page is incomplete! Please help us finish this by adding information from the chapters. In quadruplicate! Bird reunites with Badarrow, Snapjaw meets Erin and is impressed with the free food. Ryoka, Fierre, and Salamani buy magic items, including a Golem, and Ryoka gives some magic gear to Mrsha, Bird, Badarrow, and Snapjaw. Ryoka discovers Tyrion Veltras' plea, and keeps wanting to investigate it despite everyone else telling her it's suicide. Persua accepts the delivery of the cure from Lady Ieka, who has recieved conflicting orders from the Circle. Ryoka brings Delanay d'Artien to the Wandering Inn. Selys meets Todi, who came to the Wandering Inn to try to get what the Horns of Hammerad, Halfseekers, and Griffon Hunt got from the inn, and she considers hiring his team. An [Assassin] inspects Octavia's shop to make sure she's not making Tyrion's cure. Earl Altestiel of Desonis arrives in the inn, playing chess against Olsem and Erin, and has his [Strategist] take a mage-picture of Erin to send to Niers Astoragon (to ask if she's his chess partner). Xif and Saliss come to the inn, Xif haranguing Saliss about taking credit for the cure for the [Strategists] in Oteslia, before accidentally revealing that Saliss has been making the cure for Tyrion instead. Saliss kills a few [Assassins], then brings the cure to Invrisil's Runner's Guild. |
Chapter 7.58 | ![]() Forsooth! Missing Information? It cannot be! This page is incomplete! Please help us finish this by adding information from the chapters. In quadruplicate! Saliss promises to defend Invrisil's guild from [Assassins] for two hours, awaiting a runner to deliver the cure. Ryoka prepares to accept, and her friends try to stop her. Ryoka convinces her friends one-by-one not to stop her. Erin resolves to help Ryoka get out of the city, and Snapjaw asks Erin not to ask Numbtongue and Badarrow for help. Many runners and Ryoka's friends join her plan to make a distraction while she sneaks into the Runner's Guild. Her plan immediately falls apart and she's captured, but Erin leads multiple armies into Invrisil through her door, including part of Pallass' 1st Army, Liscor's guard, human soldiers from the Lords she has trade deals with, and an army of Antinium lead by Xrn. Ryoka gets rescued, then grabs the cure from the Guild, only to discover once she's out of the city that the vial is just water. Saliss meets her with the real cure, along with Maviola, and they begin running for House Veltras. Maviola makes an appeal on the scrying orb, and a bunch of people start wrecking the assassins to help them escape (the Silver Swords and Lord Gralton). Belavierr, watching on the scrying orb, sends a rain of needles after Maviola. Ryoka, Maviola, and Saliss take cover, then transform into horses once the scrying spell cuts out. Fierre drinks the blood of [Assassins] in Invrisil, and gains [Assassin] levels for the first time. |
Chapter 7.59 | ![]() Forsooth! Missing Information? It cannot be! This page is incomplete! Please help us finish this by adding information from the chapters. In quadruplicate! Ryoka, Maviola, and Saliss have four hours of reprive from their "transform into horses" gambit. As they're found again, and start fighting through more waves of [Assassins] while running, the Singer of Terandria co-opts the scrying broadcast to sing to them, granting them benefits from her Skills. Chaldion starts using his Skills on Saliss, and the King of Destruction grants them a [Greater Blessing of Armor] from afar. People from all over start using Skills and magic to influence the run. Archmage Viltach launches lightning at the assassins. When the [Assassins] cut the trio of runners off at a bridge, guarded by thousands more [Assassins] (a third of all the assassins on the continent), Saliss stays behind to take them all on, detonates all his potions, and uses his capstone skill: [Disable Friendly Fire]. Gresaria Wellfar attacks the Guild of Assassins in First Landing, and is immediately killed. The rest of the Five Families, [Sailors], etc, all attack and blow up their headquarters. Maviola El turns back to stop the [Assassins] using her new level 50 skill, trapping them in a burning forest filled with fire elementals. Only four Faces manage to escape, chasing Ryoka. Ryoka dons a glider and flies away, but the [Assassins] shoot at her and one of them is a Garuda. Mavika and Alevica come to help, delaying the [Assassins], and Ryoka summons Typhoon Erannda, killing one of the assassins in her escape. When she lands, three [Assassins] catch up to her. Tritel, Salamani, and Hawk intercept the assassins, killing one. Another fled. The third, Ferin, killed Tritel and Ci before running after Ryoka again. Tritel used a Skill to sacrifice himself to save Ci. Ferin shoots Ryoka in the back with a crossbow, and Tyron Veltras arrives to take the cure. Ryoka is rushed to a [Healer], uncertain if she will survive, and Ferin is killed by Tyrion. Maviola El and Saliss both survived. Mihaela Godfrey declares Ryoka is a Courier. |
Chapter 7.60 | ![]() Forsooth! Missing Information? It cannot be! This page is incomplete! Please help us finish this by adding information from the chapters. In quadruplicate! The [Assassins] try to kill Farmer Lupp and Ryoka's friends in revenge. The Five Families kill them, and conduct a massive purge, blowing up their ships, unmasking and executing their agents with truth spells. House Veltras finds Mire the [Assassin]-[Alchemist] Face, and executes her in front of her family. Jericha (is implied to have) tortured the [Toxins Expert]. Half the leaders of the Circle of Thorns reveal that they were foreign adversaries that infiltrated the Circle. Erin experiments with her new [Boon of the Guest] skill, giving people [Boon of Relc] and [Boon of Saliss]. Pawn and Xrn test his [Prayer: A Leaf in the Wind]. Fierre uses a new skill, [Body: Reject Toxins] to cough up more silver dust. Fetohep of Khelt orders bicycles from Solar Cycles (Kevin, Selys, Hedault, and Pelt's bike shop), and reveals that he knows Kevin is an Earther, inviting him to come to Khelt. Chaldion, Altestiel, Olsem, Bird, Erin, Niers (through the magic chessboard), and a bunch of others have a chess tournament. Troy starts giving tips to the Flying Gnoll of Pallass. Badarrow and Snapjaw buy out Octavia's stock of mana and healing potions for Goblinhome. Invrisil tries to poach Joseph for their football team. Hexel bolts the magic door to the wall and installs a truth stone in an arch above it, to check for [Assassins], and Lyonette hires him to help design stuff for the inn. Krshia tells Erin it's time for the Meeting of Tribes, and wants to talk about Mrsha. |
Interlude – The Tribes of Izril | ![]() Forsooth! Missing Information? It cannot be! This page is incomplete! Please help us finish this by adding information from the chapters. In quadruplicate! Inkar travels towards the Meeting of Tribes with the Longstalker's Fang tribe. They meet up with the Greenpaw tribe, whose chieftain shows them half of a crashed commercial plane from Earth. Gaarh Marsh, Demas Metal, and Inknight tribes make a Drake army nervous as they march with their Earth Elemental to the Meeting. Lehra Ruinstrider, a Gnoll Named Adventurer, fights off the corrupt Wall Lord Dragial as she and her team heads for the Meeting. The Ekhtouch tribe (a eugenics-obsessed Gnoll tribe) meets up with the Longstalker's Fang and Greenpaw tribes. The Plain's Eye Chieftain and Shaman see Mrsha on the scrying orb, and send a group to kill her. Krshia tries to convince Lyonette to allow Mrsha to come to the Meeting of Tribes. The King of Destruction sends an envoy, conveying that he will give Gnolls who follow him Medain and the Claiven Earth once they are conquered. Erin plans to attend the Meeting of Tribes. |
Interlude – The Innkeeper’s Knight | ![]() Forsooth! Missing Information? It cannot be! This page is incomplete! Please help us finish this by adding information from the chapters. In quadruplicate! Rabbiteater and the Order of Seasons' [Knights] make a failed escape attempt, and [General] Yerzhin of Ailendamus orders them to be ransomed. Talia Kallinad offers to have her family pay his ransom, but Rabbiteater is certain they'll remove his helmet and kill him. Unsatisfied with extracting a ransom from House Kallinad, Ailendamus' ransomers interrogate Rabbiteater to find more people who might pay for his release and eventually send a message to the Wandering Inn. Erin has a 3-way conversation with the ransomer and Rabbiteater, immediately agreeing to pay 300gp for his release. Earl Altistiel guarantees the ransom immediately. Meanwhile, Earl Altestiel asks to court Erin after being ordered to return home. She's shocked and flustered, but eventually agrees. A group of her female friends tries to prepare her as some of her male friends (or potential romantic partners) start trying to court her as well, starting with Garry baking her a cake so she doesn't leave. Altestiel shows up after she has a bit to prepare, summoning a gentle rain and rainbows, and using his skills to walk on bridges made of water, taking Erin on a walk. Erin begins to consider relationships, and starts imagining good days and bad ones with various of her suitors, making her very uncomfortable. After Altistiel pays Rabbiteater's ransom, they play Go and discuss what love is, with Erin ultimately rejecting him. Altistiel takes it well, sulking only a little that he's being ordered back home. Some of the soldiers in Ailendamus' camp decide to violate their agreement and take off Rabbiteater's helmet anyway, since some people were willing to pay for that information. Erin senses Rabbiteater in danger, and uses [Boon of the Guest: Zel Shivertail] on him. The soldiers pry Rabbiteater's helmet off and he kills them. The other [Knights] stage an escape, angry that their captors are breaking their honor. Rabbiteater has a fistfight with General Yerzhen, with Zel Shivertail and Erin coaching him and helping him get back up. He beats Yerzhen, and the [Knights] escape. Ser Markus and a few other [Knights] see Rabbiteater with his visor up, and rather than abandoning him, Markus gets him a new helmet. |
Chapter 7.61 | ![]() Forsooth! Missing Information? It cannot be! This page is incomplete! Please help us finish this by adding information from the chapters. In quadruplicate! Niers Astoragon announces to his top officials he's going on vacation, today. Earl Altestiel is practically dragged away to go home to Desonis. Hexel begins work on moving the teleportation door to a secure room, and Erin attends the funeral of Lord Toldos. Erin returns to the inn and makes preparations to go to Ryoka's Solstice party in Riverfarm. Niers Astoragon teleports to Invrisil, hiding in a wine bottle. Erin messages Laken about the party, annoying him with her sass. Four ambush squads from Hectval set up around Liscor, ready to do some damage in retaliation for Lism punching their bigoted diplomat. The Antinium notice the ambush squads and eventually decide they are indeed a hostile force. Niers realizes he's been betrayed and kills the traitorous agent, and tries to kill the Gold-rank team hired to kill him. He mostly succeeds, but is carried off by a bird before he can finish the job. Hectval's strike forces shoot Erin by accident with poisoned crossbow bolts, and she dies. Her body is frozen and placed into the Garden of Sanctuary at Kevin's insistence, and Liscor declares war on Hectval. |
Chapter 7.62 | ![]() Forsooth! Missing Information? It cannot be! This page is incomplete! Please help us finish this by adding information from the chapters. In quadruplicate! People in the inn grieve for Erin. The news reaches Krshia on the road, and Rags in Goblinhome. Maviola El and Saliss return to Liscor and discover Erin's death. Maviola tries to convince the inn they need to bury or cremate Erin, since she doesn't believe in the cryogenic freezing. Numbtongue, at Reiss' direction, casts [Detect Death] along with Montressa, showing that Erin is neither dead nor alive, and that her Skills are still functioning. They contact Geneva, and get her rough instructions on what would need to be done to revive Erin, if it's even possible. Olsem leads a mob of angry citizens, [Guards], and adventurers towards Hectval, intending to burn the city to the ground. The Hectval armies in his path keep surrendering, and after a while he realizes they're using it as a trick to slow his advance. Hectval lures the army into a trap, along with forces from Drisshia and Luldem. Maviola catches up, bringing the portal door and reinforcements, and they redouble their attack. Maviola is "killed" in the battle, and Olsem executes the enemy general before capturing the rest of the surrendering troops and ransoming them back to Hectval, promising to return with another army. Belavierr captured Maviola, faking her death, intending to use her as a vessel for her "new daughter" after torturing her for months. Az'kerash mercy-kills Maviola before Belavierr can torture her. |
Solstice (Pt. 1) | ![]() Forsooth! Missing Information? It cannot be! This page is incomplete! Please help us finish this by adding information from the chapters. In quadruplicate! |
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