Editing Chapter 4.29

{{Infobox_episode|title = Chapter 4.29|published = April 18, 2018|previousChapter = [[Chapter 4.28]]|wordcount = 12,368|nextChapter = [[Chapter 4.30]]|link=[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/04/17/4-29/ Chapter 4.29]}}'''Chapter 4.29''' is the 35th chapter of [[Volume 4]] and [[Book 5]], '''The Last Light'''.

== tl;dr ==
The inn's renovations are finished. Az'Kerash orders his Chosen to bring him Ryoka's head after all. Erin finds out the two adventurers are undead and a fight breaks out between them, Zel, Ilvriss, Griffon Hunt and the Half-Seekers. [[Ulrien Sparson|Ulrien]] is beheaded by Venitra.

== Synopsis ==

* Pawn finishes the renovations and Bird's disappointed by the tower's height being shorter than his structurually unfeasible request. Erin asks why the Tower isn't in the center of the inn, but Pawn explains that it leaves room for a second tower if needed in the future with a ballista or other attachments. Erin offers the two a drink and Bird begins to argue with Pawn over not being able to sit in his new tower due to the social obligations of friendship.
* Erin asks Lyonette whether it's safe that Apista is always riding on top of Mrsha's head but Lyonette reassures her. Erin asks where Ryoka is and Lyonette tells her that she left in the morning. Krshia arrives and asks if Erin's seen Brunkr as she hasn't seen nor smelled him since the party. Erin mentions that the Horns are in Celum looking for a gauntlet for Yvlon. Pawn introduces Yellow Splatters to Erin until the Antinium leave later.
* Krshia returns a few hours later still looking for Brunkr, she leaves once again but later she returns and Erin sees the look on her face this time. Krshia tells him they found his body with the Gnoll adventurers and all of the Gnolls begin to howl. Ryoka returns to the inn and sees Ishkr crying and she realises what's happened too.
* Ryoka exclaims her anger to Ivolethe who dissuades her from telling Zel or anyone else Regrika's identity. She's approached by Relc who starts talking to her and realises that the two of them had raced before and challenges her again but Ryoka is annoyed and wants him to leave. Relc says that he hadn't realised Ryoka knew Brunkr but tells Ryoka that he's here investigating his death. Relc takes a Truth Gem out and asks Ryoka if she did it, she says no, it flashes blue and Ryoka returns to the inn.
* Klbkch is busy asking everyone with a different gem that flashes white as all the Gnolls and other guests answer. Klbkch asks Regrika and it also flashes white. Erin approaches Ryoka who's about to leave again and asks if they can talk upstairs but Ryoka declines and leaves. Klbkch concludes his round of asking everyone and prepares to leave, but Erin feels something is off and approaches the Named adventurer and asks if she liked her food. Regrika answers that she did and Erin feels more certain.
* Ryoka stands outside the inn as Ikriss, controlled by Az'Kerash, approaches her. Az'Kerash merely tells Ryoka that Venitra was at fault for killing Brunkr and she has suffered his ire but he doesn't apologize for his death. He assures her that Venitra won't take any more actions but Ijvani is suddenly hit by snow from Ivolethe. Az'Kerash is unable to see the Frost Faerie through his link but manages to stop Ijvani from attacking back and then he orders her back to the inn and to find out more about the runner.
* Ryoka speaks to Ivolethe knowing it's the only thing Az'Kerash would be unable to detect. Ivolethe suggests she fights back but Ryoka isn't sure if they could win. Ivolethe thinks that Zel might be able to put up a fight but Teriarch is one who doesn't fear them. Ryoka is sure she wouldn't be able to make it in time but Ivolethe tells her that she can play pranks and create a distraction. Ryoka realises that Ivolethe interfering will have a cost - Ryoka's inevitable death.
* The inn was empty of guests with Lyonette consoling Mrsha, Erin was preparing to cook with a range of strange ingredients. Pisces enters the kitchen to offer his sympathies to Erin and to inform her that the adventurers are heading to the city so they don't bother Erin. Erin however was considering cooking something for Regrika and Ikriss after feeling that the two had hated the cooking from the previous nights despite the amount they ate. She asks if there's any way to deceive a truth detection spell, and Pisces tells her that it's not possible for anyone they know but in theory it's possible if the stones are flawed.
* Pisces suggests to Erin that it might be better to let whatever she's thinking go. He tells her that his intuition is telling him that he cannot tell anything about the two and that they frighten him. He tells her to be careful before he leaves to join his team. Erin thinks for a moment and follows through on her hunch, she grabs an ingredient for Regrika and begins to cook until eventualy she stares down at the dish she made and knew the truth.
* Ryoka returns to the inn which is completely empty. She heads to the room she stays in with Lyonette and Mrsha and writes a letter and leaves it with her belt pouches in the room. Ryoka leaves for Celum after speaking to Ivolethe and she promises that she'll watch her to the end.
* Venitra and Ijvani in disguise begin their report to Az'Kerash about Ryoka and Erin. They inform him of her run to the High Passes, her link with Magnolia, relation to Mrsha and the Horns. For Erin they explain that she appeared out of nowhere a few months ago and began to run the inn. The previous inn was destroyed and she obtained the magical door from the Horns. She is rumored to have killed Skinner, befriended the Antinium, has magical dishes and can shoot blood from her crotch. Az'Kerash orders the pair to bring back Ryoka's head; frozen or kept in stasis. Oom will be sent to act as the culprit for Brunkr and Ryoka's murder.
* Regrika and Ikriss arrive at the inn, Erin's there with a few guests: Griffon Hunt, the Half-Seekers, Zel and Ilvriss but some of the tables had been overturned. She invites the two in and asks if they'd have a taste of some of her food ignoring their haste to get to Celum. Erin returns with two plates and the two reluctantly choose to eat. They are surprised at how tasty it is and finish the meal asking what it's made of. Erin tells them it's made of bone ground up and made to look like a steak, mixed with mana potions. Something nobody else would eat but the two of them. Erin also points out how strange Regrika is for not commenting about Mrsha's fur. Lastly Erin reveals that the way Regrika smiled when lying about Brunkr's death was the same way a naughty child would to hide their mistake.
* Ilvriss moves asking why they were asking about Ryoka and who they are and then everyone begins to fight. Ijvani gets shot in the back of the head by Halrac but manages to teleport herself, Zel and Ilvriss away. Ulrien and Jelaqua advance on Regrika and Ulrien uses his skill to cut her, but it just stops on her body. She counterattacks and Ulrien blocks the first blow but is beheaded by the second. Typhenous throws magic at her but nothing phazes Venitra.

== Characters ==
* [[Pawn]]
* [[Erin Solstice]]
* [[Bird]]
* [[Lyonette du Marquin]]
* [[Mrsha]]
* [[Yellow Splatters]]
* [[Krshia Silverfang]]
* [[Apista]]
* [[Octavia Cotton|Octavia]]
* [[Ryoka Griffin]]
* [[Ishkr]]
* [[Ivolethe]]
* [[Relc Grasstongue]]
* [[Klbkch]]
* [[Xrn]]
* [[Horns of Hammerad]]
** [[Pisces]]
* [[Ulrien Sparson]] (''Deceased'')
* [[Halrac Everam]]
* [[Revi]]
* [[Typhenous]]
* [[Jelaqua Ivirith]]
* [[Seborn]]
* [[Moore]]
* [[Zel Shivertail]]
* [[Ilvriss Gemscale|Ilvriss]]
* [[Drassi]]
* [[Regrika Blackpaw]] / [[Venitra]]
* Ikriss Southwing / [[Ijvani]]
* [[Az’kerash]] (''Only as Audio'')
== Locations ==
* [[Floodplains]]
** [[The Wandering Inn]]

== Items ==
* Truth Stone
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