1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 previously on Dumbgeons and Dragons. 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:09,359 Orcus has a lot to thank you both for. The Decimators have truly, truly done Orcus a great service. 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,320 What are you doing here, though? 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,320 Well, destroying a Lich, obviously. 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,699 Yeah, no, knock knock. Who's there? 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,000 Daddy loves me more! 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,500 It's so weird you call him... Daddy. 8 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:22,500 Well... 9 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:24,000 Did... did... 10 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000 Did Orcus bang your mom? 11 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Hasn't Orcus banged all of our moms? 12 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 I mean... 13 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Oh, damn, you got me there. 14 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,000 You brought the plaything? 15 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,000 I brought the plaything, because guess who Daddy loves? 16 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:49,000 I take the wand of Orcus, and I kind of like, as I bust it out, I give it like a little spin and whatnot, 17 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:56,000 and I just point it right into Shangalar's chest over time, just causing him to disintegrate from that point outwards. 18 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:01,000 Well, thanks, V, that means a lot to me. I'm sorry you had to kill your brother. 19 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:06,000 Or your spiritual brother, or your Orcus brother, you know what I mean. 20 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:13,000 He'll be back in some 1d10 days or something, and I could probably do it all over again if I really wanted to. 21 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,000 Yeah, I guess I stroll over and pick up that amulet out of that orb. 22 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Does it inspire me with wonder, Russ? 23 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,000 It inspires you with wonder. 24 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Well, this looks like it's the beginning of the end for old Bort and me. 25 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons. I'm your Dungeon Master Russ Morn. With me today is Tom Laird. 26 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Hey, that's me. Third time's the charm. I'm playing Flint Firebeard. 27 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Secrets, Tom. Secrets. And Carla Maxted. 28 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:45,000 It's me. I love secrets. Take all of the flubs out, Russ. Make us sound like geniuses. 29 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,000 And I play Yen Vol Nuri. 30 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,000 And Amy More. 31 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,000 There are no secrets with me. I am an open book. And I play Thea Amastasia. 32 00:01:53,000 --> 00:02:00,000 No secrets over here. I didn't take my book away from Amy three times to avoid the possibility. 33 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:05,000 We don't know what's going to happen this episode, obviously. We never know what's going to happen, except for Russ. 34 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Even if I tell you, sometimes you don't know. 35 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Almost certainly. 36 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:14,000 I said off the air that even if you told us everything that was going to happen 10 minutes before we played, 37 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,000 we'd all be like surprised when it was happening. 38 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Remember that there's trains in this world? 39 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Impossible to remember. But Russ left the room, 40 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,000 covered his book, decided that wasn't enough, took his book with him. 41 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:32,000 And now I'm a bit nervous about what's going to actually happen in this episode that it's so top secret. 42 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,000 He didn't trust his beloved wife not to like sneak a peek. 43 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,000 And that wasn't even that wasn't even all he did. 44 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,000 First, he put his book down. Then he put a book on top of his book. 45 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Then he took his books off and put them on his chair, which is just literally right beside me. 46 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,000 I'm not quite sure what the thinking was. 47 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:52,000 And then before he left, he just turned around, picked up the books and then left. 48 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,000 I was like, well, that was a big that was a little bit of a song and dance. 49 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 What's in the book, Russ? 50 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 I don't know. What's in the book, Russ? 51 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,000 What's in the box? 52 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 I came back with a big glass of wine, though, so it makes it all better. 53 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,000 It's true. 54 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,000 We have a Patreon community that we're very proud of. 55 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,000 And we love all the people over there and we would love you to be a part of it. 56 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Patreon.com slash Dumb Dragon Cast. 57 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,000 When you are a patron, you get an episode dedicated to you like today's patron. 58 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,000 Rev from The Crit Show. 59 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Rev, we know that guy. 60 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Thanks, Rev from The Crit Show. 61 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Margaret, thanks. 62 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Frequenter of being, yeah, Margaret on the podcast. 63 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,000 Just, you know, side hobby, Margaret. 64 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:36,000 I don't know if it's too inside baseball, Russ, and you feel free to edit this out. 65 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,000 But the artwork that Chrissy is doing of Margaret is a top notch. 66 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:42,000 It's so great. 67 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,000 I don't know if it will have been posted by this point, but if not, it will be shortly after. 68 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:51,000 It'll be coming and it's so like she looks tough but sweet. 69 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Like, it's so great. 70 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,000 Yeah, it's perfect. 71 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,000 I sent it to Rev and he loved it. 72 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 Like, over the moon, excited about it. 73 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:03,000 And patrons get early access at seeing all of our new designs and character artwork, too. 74 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,000 So come join us, Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. 75 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 And now, fuck it, let's play. 76 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:20,000 We find ourselves back in Calumport. 77 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:29,000 The three of you overseeing the wreckage of the city. 78 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,000 You guys want to get a drink or something? 79 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:37,000 I just, I cannot believe this is my city. 80 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,000 It is, this is the city of glory, Calumport. 81 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:45,000 It is, it is like it is destroyed and. 82 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:51,000 What, what can we do to, to help? 83 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,000 What needs to be done first to rebuild? 84 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000 And so what do we see, Russ? 85 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:01,000 It's like right after we just got back after the adventure of the floating pyramid. 86 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Right. 87 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 That's what I'm calling it. 88 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Yeah, the adventure of the floating pyramid. 89 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:14,000 What you see is you have made your way back from the pyramid. 90 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:24,000 It's taken a couple days because as we said, the pyramid replaced itself on top of the mountain. 91 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:33,000 On your way back, cities appeared empty in comparison. 92 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:45,000 You arrive back in Calumport and you see standing still and motionless in the streets are the hordes of undead. 93 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:58,000 The sand has been blown up from the desert over the walls and appears to be burying them. 94 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:02,000 You don't see or hear anyone. 95 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:06,000 There are no soldiers moving about. 96 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:16,000 It doesn't appear that there are people trying to rebuild or clean up. 97 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Did we on our way back from the pyramid ever meet up with the, the genocide? 98 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,000 You did not see them, no. 99 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000 It just stood us up. 100 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Sand. 101 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,000 I don't know, where do you, where do you begin to clean up a mess like this? 102 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Get rid of the undead first? 103 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 What do you do with them? 104 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Throw them in the ocean? 105 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:50,000 And is it that we are not, sorry, is that we are like not seeing any people or they're just don't seem to be actively trying to fix anything. 106 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 But we are seeing them. 107 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:59,000 You are not seeing anyone other than these motionless undead. 108 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Where do you think an entire city would flee? 109 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:11,000 I think we should go to visit one of my friends, right? 110 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,000 I mean, she wouldn't just be like, shit, city's destroyed. 111 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,000 She's from here. 112 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:22,000 She would go try and see if like any of her people are still here or are alive. 113 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Would you try and go home? 114 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 Would you try and go see a friend? 115 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Would you, where would you go first? 116 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Should we go to Mannix's family and tell him that they're not here? 117 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Mannix was a solitary creature. 118 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,000 He had a daughter. 119 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,000 No. 120 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Had being the operative word. 121 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 As far as Mannix goes. 122 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Yeah. 123 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,000 We've got to just east out on him. 124 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Let's clear that up. 125 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Okay. 126 00:07:48,000 --> 00:08:01,000 After Shangalar was defeated, you waded through the rubble of undead and could not find Mannix. 127 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:10,000 You found a torn up and tattered bag that you believe belonged to him. 128 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,000 In fact, once you opened it and looked through some of the contents, 129 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:20,000 could confirm that it had some of his journals and belongings inside of it. 130 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:25,000 So MIA presumed KIA. 131 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Yeah. 132 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,000 Okay. 133 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Okay. 134 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,000 There's no one on the street. 135 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Let's go see my friend Drzul Na'axam and see what they know or if they are alive or where all the people are. 136 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,000 I mean, it sounds like as good a plan as any. 137 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,000 Let's lead on there, Anbel. 138 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:52,000 I guess we're kind of on the outskirts of town and have just kind of gotten into town and seen that there is nothing there. 139 00:08:52,000 --> 00:09:04,000 So I probably walking pretty briskly because it's incredibly creepy and weird to be in what is this like great thriving metropolitan city 140 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:09,000 and instead seeing no people and only frozen undead. 141 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Bit unsettling. 142 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,000 So I think we'll take sort of some more back routes. 143 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Like we're kind of going down alleys and this is the city where I grew up and I like to know everything about every place I am. 144 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:28,000 So we are not taking like Main Street and then turning on to, you know, Nurikshus Street. 145 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:34,000 We're going down through alleys, past the house where my second grade loot teacher lived, 146 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:47,000 passed around everything until we get to what appears to be a very small, non-descript sort of bungalow, 147 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:54,000 you know, a sand bungalow in sort of a neighborhood of similar looking places. 148 00:09:54,000 --> 00:10:00,000 So it's it's not a big place, but everything aside from undead and sand 149 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:06,000 looked like it was probably like a fairly nice, just like normal, non-descript neighborhood. 150 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Now, is loot class like a staple of the curriculum or is that like an elective? 151 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 That was an extracurricular. 152 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:22,000 You arrive at Drzul's home and you go up to the door and it is wide open, 153 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:30,000 like pushed open and held open with a bank of sand that extends into the home. 154 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:38,000 From what you can see from the front step, it looks like the place has been like turned over. 155 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:43,000 There's damage inside. There's books strewn all over the floor. 156 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Much of the furniture is damaged. That's what you see. 157 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:53,000 So I sort of raise my hand to knock and then realize that's unnecessary since the door is wide open. 158 00:10:53,000 --> 00:11:02,000 And I start to walk in and sort of automatically reach down to start to pull my shoes off because Drzul's is a shoes off house. 159 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:07,000 But again, stop and look around and realize maybe today's not a normal day. 160 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Maybe I don't need to follow these normal rules that I would. 161 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:16,000 And I enter. I do knock just to like if someone's there, let them know. 162 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:24,000 And I just go in and say, Drzul, are you here? Are you hurt? Are you here? 163 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,000 You wait for a moment for a response. 164 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:32,000 Aside from the blowing wind banging some shutters against the side of the house, 165 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:36,000 you don't hear any sound of movement or response to your call. 166 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:43,000 I think I'll go in and sort of look around like I've been there before and see if I don't know, 167 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:51,000 they're hiding under a bed or under in a closet or something seems unlikely, but certainly worth a shot. 168 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:57,000 I'd like to see something like anything that seems sort of normal right now would probably be nice. 169 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:03,000 You look through the home like the books you see are not books of importance. 170 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:08,000 They're story books, city history. 171 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:12,000 You don't see any of Drzul's spell books anywhere. 172 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:19,000 You go to their casting chamber and all of their components, 173 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:26,000 or at least the better portion of their components and spell books have been looks like they've been taken. 174 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:33,000 As you look through the home, there are a couple closed doors that you are able to open, 175 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:42,000 and inside there are, it looks like there's a thick layer of dust along a lot of the shelves, 176 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:48,000 and sand has made its way in through some of the broken and open windows, 177 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,000 kind of pushed up and through some of the doors. 178 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:57,000 This is so strange. 179 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:04,000 I expected maybe we would come back and there would be undead or destruction when we left. 180 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:12,000 It was very bad here, but I did not expect no one, nothing. 181 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Well, we escaped through the tunnels. 182 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:21,000 Do you think that perhaps the guard would have rounded people up 183 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:25,000 and brought them down to the tunnels for safety? 184 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:29,000 Well, I mean, this is a great suggestion. We should look there. 185 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:36,000 It just seems like Kalimport is a city beside the sand, 186 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,000 but it is not a city that is overtaken by sand. 187 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:44,000 It is strange that so much would have entered the city already. 188 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:52,000 Just in the two days since we defeated Shangalar and returned. 189 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Ah! There's... Oh, that hurts. 190 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 Wait, are you okay, Flint? 191 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,000 Are you okay? 192 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Oof, I gotta... Is there a chair or something? I gotta sit down. There's a pain in my chest. 193 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:15,000 Well, can I grab a chair and give it to him? 194 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,000 Grab a chair and help Flint? 195 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Can't see a roll for panicked look on her face? 196 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:29,000 You grab a chair and set it before Flint, and Thea and Yenbul, you see... 197 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:35,000 You look at Flint, and while Flint has... 198 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:40,000 You know that he has dragon scale beginning to show. 199 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:46,000 From what you can see is it is taking over his body. 200 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:54,000 Like, fast. From the last time you looked at him to now, like it's moved up onto his face, moving down his arms. 201 00:14:54,000 --> 00:15:01,000 I don't want to be insensitive, Yenbul, and this is terrible for what's happened to your city. 202 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:06,000 I don't know if we have time to solve this mystery. 203 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:15,000 Yes, you must... You have your amulet. What is the next step? 204 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Flint, what needs to happen now to save you? 205 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:31,000 We have to... I'm having trouble remembering... Arcane Brotherhood? Thea, is that right? 206 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,000 We need to get back to Waterdeep. 207 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:39,000 How do you plan to do this? It's very far. 208 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:49,000 Well, we were portaled here, and then they were supposed to send airships after us. Is that right? 209 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,000 I feel like that's right, because they were like, you could take airships there. 210 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,000 And we were like, well, no, why don't we portal there, and then you send the airships because they're going to take a few days. 211 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:10,000 I believe what they said is we can portal you down there, but you would have to arrange either by ship or by portal to get back once you got there and made contact. 212 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,000 Yeah, via the airships they were sending for us several days. 213 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 That's what I thought. 214 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,000 Airships were all destroyed in the army, in the battle. 215 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Sons of bitches. 216 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Yeah, dragons took all those babies out. 217 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Right, I do remember that. I remember riding on one. 218 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Okay, um, all right. Just occurred to me, no one's coming for us, and there's nobody here. 219 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Yes, well, my friend Drusul is a wizard with perhaps just the portal magic you need. 220 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,000 That would be great. 221 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:53,000 So we find Drusul, we can get Flinda home and stop the spreading, and perhaps at the same time discover where everyone has gone. 222 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,000 Well, let's check the tunnels, I guess. 223 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Flint, are you okay to travel? Do you? 224 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:04,000 All of you hear a door slam at the back of this building. 225 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Drusul? 226 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,000 See, it bolts towards the sound. 227 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,000 Go towards the sound, yeah. 228 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:15,000 There's a back kitchen area with a door that exits down onto one of the back alleyways. 229 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:19,000 You hear footsteps running quickly down wooden stairs. 230 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:33,000 You look out the window or the door, and you catch sight of a person in a green hooded cloak duck underneath the stairs and into the shadow behind the building. 231 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:34,000 I pursue. 232 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,000 Wait, please wait. 233 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,000 I am going to come as well. 234 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,000 I'll start making my way towards that back door. 235 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Flint, the pain is subsiding for the moment, and you look down at your arms and you now see what brought the panicked face on Thea and Yembol, is that your skin is being consumed by the dragon scale. 236 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,000 Thea, you rush out first, followed by Yembol. 237 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,000 You follow the direction you saw the figure go. 238 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:08,000 You see some footsteps, and they go into a shadowed building a few blocks over. 239 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 There's not much light inside. 240 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:20,000 You can't see beyond where the, you see like the footprints terminate in the sand that's created there, but you don't see much beyond that as Yembol kind of catches up. 241 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Well, I want to go through because I have dark vision. 242 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Yeah, I know the area, and it's possible this is my friend, and even if it's not, it is a living person from my city. 243 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000 So WTF. 244 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,000 Get back here. 245 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Thea, you quickly pursue inside. 246 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Like both of you do, Flint, you're taking a while to get back going, but you're following the footsteps that are left. 247 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:58,000 You follow them in and down a flight of stairs that go down into the tunnels, and you get down to the base there, and you see the figure down at the end of a long corridor. 248 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:06,000 And they're looking back, like almost like they're waiting for you, or at least to see if you're coming. 249 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:11,000 And they pause for a moment as the two of you rush around the corner. 250 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Wait, please wait! 251 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:24,000 Yembol, you come around the corner, and it looks like this person, this figure, is about to turn as Thea's panting and getting out of breath. 252 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:32,000 And they see you, and they stop, and you catch like a glint of their eyes. 253 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,000 What? We thought you were dead. 254 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Oh, it is so nice to see a person. I'll be honest, we thought we were dead sometimes too. 255 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:52,000 I have to, I have a question. How long has this city... 256 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,000 Who is this? 257 00:19:53,000 --> 00:20:00,000 These are my friends, Thea and Flint. Yes, yes, the Thea and Flint. They are my friends. 258 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Okay. 259 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,000 The Decimators of Dragons. No, it doesn't matter. 260 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:10,000 How long has the city been like this for? 261 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:17,000 It's been... I stopped keeping track after some time. 262 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Some time being... 263 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,000 Time becomes irrelevant. 264 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,000 We just defeated Shangalar two days ago. 265 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:30,000 Two days? How did the sand overtake the city? Why are the undead still in the streets? Where is everyone? 266 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:36,000 Come with me. We're not safe here. 267 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:42,000 You follow this person, who you now recognize the voice as Drazul Gimble. 268 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:48,000 Flint, you come around the corner as he's beckoning your friends. 269 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Is everything all good? Is this the guy we were looking for? 270 00:20:52,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Yeah, but it seems like... I feel like we've been gone for a lot longer than we think we have been. 271 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:10,000 Well, I mean, that would make a certain amount of sense when, well, when you see what I've got going on. 272 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:14,000 Yeah, you seem to have been fast forwarded a little bit. 273 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:19,000 You follow Drazul, and he leads you down these corridors, down deeper. 274 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:25,000 If you recall from when Mannix was leading you down the corridors, you passed by some that went deeper into the land. 275 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Oh, we were told not to go down to the party town? 276 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Yeah. 277 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Are we going down to party town? 278 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:36,000 He takes you down below this level of tunnels. 279 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:43,000 There's not the same music or cacophonous laughter or sound coming up from the tunnels. 280 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:52,000 It's dark and cold, and it doesn't sound like there are many people down there at all. 281 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:57,000 He leads you down, lights a torch as you get down further. 282 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:10,000 And you see this chamber ahead of you that opens up, and it's wide, and the ceilings are unusually high. 283 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,000 You're not quite sure how long you've been traveling down these stairs. 284 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:20,000 It doesn't seem like it makes sense how wide these chambers are compared to how many steps you've walked down. 285 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,000 But it is completely an open tunnel system. 286 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:35,000 He leads you down into a carved out chamber that he closes a door behind you as he enters, lights a few candles. 287 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:41,000 It is Yenbul. You immediately recognize Drisul's spell books on a shelf. 288 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:52,000 He moves his hands around the door, and you see an arcane sigil illuminate on the door. 289 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,000 We will be safe here. 290 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Why weren't we safe up there? 291 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:03,000 There are many who wish to take advantage of any opportunity. 292 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,000 And new blood is new opportunity. 293 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,000 What happened? 294 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,000 The city was attacked by undead. 295 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 It was swarmed. 296 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:23,000 Those of us that could grabbed what we could and fled to the tunnels, barred them as best we can. 297 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,000 The guard were quickly overrun. 298 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:30,000 The royal palaces were decimated. 299 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:37,000 And then one day it just stopped. Everything stopped. 300 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:42,000 What you see up there is what remains. 301 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:48,000 If you go to move any of them, they come back to life. 302 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:53,000 So we couldn't move any of them. 303 00:23:53,000 --> 00:24:03,000 We're forced down here, and a few of us went up for as many supplies as we can, as safely as we can. 304 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Time, I don't know exactly how long it's been since we've been down here. 305 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:17,000 I mean, we haven't seen nearly as many sunsets or sunrises. 306 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,000 Every day rushes together. 307 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:25,000 It's been at least years. 308 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:29,000 Years. 309 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:35,000 So we were in that pyramid for years? 310 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:41,000 If that's where you say you came from, I don't know where you have been. 311 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,000 I can only tell you my story. 312 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,000 We went. We went to stop Shangalar destroying the city. 313 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:53,000 We went in the pyramid and fought and won. 314 00:24:53,000 --> 00:25:02,000 And it was my sort of look at my friends like just a few days. 315 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:10,000 Then we travel back two days and now... 316 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:17,000 I thought we could help rebuild. Instead it is all destroyed. 317 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,000 Worse than destroyed. Dangerous. 318 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:28,000 Nothing that we could throw at it was a match for his forces. 319 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:36,000 The Genisars showed up. Even they were not a match. They were overrun almost instantly. 320 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,000 Oh good, that's not going to be on my conscience. 321 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Right? 322 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Glad we had nothing to do with that decision. 323 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:56,000 They were just in the woods defending the defenseless for generations until I sent them here to help. 324 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 That's not really true. We didn't ask them to go to the city. 325 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,000 We asked them to come help us at the pyramid. They decided to go to the city. 326 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:08,000 So let's not take their agency and heroics away from them. 327 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,000 Whatever helps you sleep at night, Carla. 328 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:20,000 None of this is helping me sleep at night. My beloved city is destroyed. Everyone's dead. 329 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:24,000 Listen, I'm really sorry about all this. 330 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:29,000 Though, have you tried chopping off their heads in the streets? 331 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:35,000 You know, just like a five-on-one situation? 332 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:44,000 At first, yes. You tire. Did you see how many are out there? There are thousands. 333 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,000 Yeah. 334 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:54,000 It's like walking through a landmine. If you sneeze wrong or bump the wrong way or get blown by the winds coming through, 335 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:59,000 you could trigger three or four of them, which then trigger four or five more. 336 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,000 How many people are down here with you? 337 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:10,000 Not many anymore. Many tried to get out. Many took ships to go elsewhere. 338 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Some of us tried to come up with ways to fix the city or at least restore it to something that could be rebuilt. 339 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:33,000 There's a few hundred we keep to ourselves now. Trust is long gone. 340 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:37,000 Why stay? 341 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,000 Where else am I going to go? 342 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:51,000 Well, my friend Yen Bull here has suggested that you may have the ability to leave anywhere you like. 343 00:27:51,000 --> 00:28:02,000 Yes, can you not open a portal? I love Callamport more than anything, but I fear Callamport is gone. 344 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:08,000 This is not Callamport. This is a nightmare city full of undead. 345 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:17,000 Drazul at that finally lowers their hood. You look upon them, Yen Bull, and they look old. 346 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:25,000 Like they weren't exactly young to begin with. They would probably place them late 40s, mid 50s tops. 347 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:31,000 But now they look worn down and weathered. 348 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:45,000 He looks to you. I think I have enough to get you somewhere else. I just hadn't had it in me to leave. 349 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:51,000 You know more than anyone, Yen Bull. This is home. 350 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:59,000 I appreciate the love you both have for your city, and she grabs Flint's arm and says, 351 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:05,000 my home is here, and we're running out of time. 352 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:16,000 Let me look around, see what I have. He steps back and begins to look through his components and his books, giving you a moment. 353 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,000 Sorry to get all mushy on you there. 354 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:22,000 A little worried about you. 355 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,000 Fair. Having all sorts of trouble. 356 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:36,000 Yen Bull, are you coming with us? If we can go. I mean, that hasn't been decided yet, but you're more than welcome to come with us. 357 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:42,000 I do not know what to do. This is my city and my people, and they are trapped here. 358 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:48,000 But I am only one person. 359 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,000 Potentially the youngest person now. 360 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:59,000 Almost certainly. And Drusul was very strong and very powerful, and he is so drained. 361 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:10,000 I wish there was a way to destroy the undead so they could at least leave these tunnels or find a way to get them somewhere safe. 362 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:22,000 I would love to travel with the Decimators of Dragons and go to these other new, exciting lands I have not been to, but how do I just leave? 363 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:40,000 Maybe when we get to Waterdeep, we can get some of our friends to maybe send a zombie hit squad or something, a team of clerics, maybe get rid of all these undead for them? 364 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:45,000 It's too bad we couldn't just set them all on fire or something. 365 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:53,000 I mean, I kind of thought when we took care of the Lich that they would just disappear, but yeah, I guess that wasn't meant to be. 366 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,000 Or at least die dead. 367 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,000 Yes, yes. 368 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:03,000 Not just pause and suspended animation until they get nudged. 369 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:12,000 I'm glad we had two days to enjoy sinking. We saved everything until we came here to find out it was not so much the case. 370 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,000 Yes, we were not able to ride that high for very long. 371 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,000 No. 372 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:28,000 J'zul steps back over and I have the spell that can get you. I believe I even have an anchor to Waterdeep. 373 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:34,000 I'm missing a component though. 374 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:38,000 An ink is required. 375 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:44,000 I know of a place down here where we might be able to get it. 376 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:49,000 I don't know how willing they will be to part with it though. 377 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,000 Usually comes at a high cost. 378 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,000 I got money, honey. 379 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,000 Well, like I said, new blood, new opportunity, right? 380 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,000 That's okay. I could always kill him for it. 381 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,000 Kidding! 382 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,000 She looks at Yenbul. 383 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,000 Hmm. 384 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:12,000 Well, let's go see Noodle then. 385 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:16,000 Welcome to the middle. We're here to talk about some things. 386 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,000 And stuff. 387 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,000 And stuff. Mostly stuff. 388 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,000 And maybe our feelings. 389 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,000 Oh, alright. 390 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,000 I don't know. Maybe. 391 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,000 I've got feelings. 392 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,000 Do you? 393 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,000 Share them, Russ. 394 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:30,000 I mean, the joke around the podcast is that you're a robot without feelings. 395 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,000 So I'm curious to hear what they are. Please share. 396 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:38,000 Well, I have good feelings about our patrons and how they gave us some sick cop out. 397 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,000 Right. 398 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,000 I love it. 399 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,000 That was so good. 400 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,000 Don't be a jerk. 401 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,000 Our patrons are amazing. 402 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,000 We can't contradict you. 403 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,000 I know we know. 404 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,000 Our patrons are amazing. 405 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,000 Exactly. 406 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,000 Which is why we can't contradict you. 407 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,000 And it's such a trick because you still have not revealed feelings. 408 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,000 You just said something that was true. 409 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,000 A very smart workaround. 410 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,000 Yeah. No feelings over here. 411 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,000 But you're right. 412 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,000 Our patrons, amazing 10 out of 10. 413 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:05,000 I would specifically like to call out a couple who gave us names in this episode. 414 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,000 Oh. 415 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:10,000 Drazul Naksin was gifted. 416 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,000 Is not our patron. 417 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:12,000 Is not our patron. 418 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:17,000 But was a name gifted to us by Mark Heartless, one of our patrons. 419 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:18,000 Thank you, Mark. 420 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,000 Thanks, Mark. 421 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,000 It's a fun one to say. 422 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,000 And Noodle, who was just mentioned right before we got into this. 423 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,000 We'll hear more about them very soon. 424 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,000 Our patron was gifted to us by ALex Garrity. 425 00:33:29,000 --> 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00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,000 Yep. 453 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,000 But now let's get you back and see what Noodle's all about. 454 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:35,000 I bet you Noodle's got some deals. 455 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,000 I'm just going to let that linger for a minute. 456 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,000 That was the right approach. 457 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,000 Yep. 458 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,000 Have a good night, everybody. 459 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,000 Goodbye. 460 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,000 Bye. 461 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:48,000 Bye. 462 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,000 I will take this person seriously. 463 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,000 The chance to herself over and over again. 464 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:58,000 I want to look inside my pouch because that's where I had put Donnie. 465 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:03,000 You look down and into your satchel and he stirs. 466 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,000 I give his tummy a scratch. 467 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:10,000 You follow Drazul who drops the sigil on his door. 468 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:15,000 He leads you down some corridors and you begin to hear the sound of music. 469 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,000 Soft. 470 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:22,000 The closer you get, you find you're coming up to what looks like a worn down shop front, 471 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,000 store front. 472 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:27,000 Drazul is holding a torch that illuminates the sign. 473 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:32,000 Previously had something scrawled into it, but now just over top in what looks like 474 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:38,000 a deep red ink, maybe, says Noodle's shop. 475 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:43,000 And inside Drazul calls out Noodle. 476 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:48,000 Got some friends here and we need to see if you've got something. 477 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,000 If you wouldn't mind. 478 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:59,000 You hear a deep laughter come from deep within another room and out floats an old 479 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,000 graying beholder. 480 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,000 It's got hair coming out of pretty much everywhere. 481 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:13,000 Not in like a fur fashion, but like old man hairs. 482 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,000 Like wispy grays? 483 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,000 Wispy grays. 484 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:16,000 Okay. 485 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,000 Like all over the place. 486 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,000 I have a really good visual of this beholder. 487 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,000 Yeah, me too and it is unsettling. 488 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:23,000 A beholder is pretty gross anyway. 489 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,000 But with hair? 490 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,000 Now it's a hairy beholder. 491 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,000 Gross. 492 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,000 I look deep into this beholder's eye. 493 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:35,000 All of the stalks turn towards you as you're looking in his eye. 494 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,000 Do I know you? 495 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,000 His entire body turns. 496 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,000 No. 497 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,000 Are you sure? 498 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,000 How long have you had the name Noodle? 499 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,000 Since I was created. 500 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:51,000 Do you know who created you? 501 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,000 He squints towards you. 502 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,000 What do you want? 503 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,000 Some rare ink, please. 504 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,000 Drazul steps forward. 505 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,000 Yeah. 506 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:06,000 We need to create a teleportation spell and hands him the lists. 507 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,000 Or just shows it to him rather. 508 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:13,000 He looks at it and says, yeah, I might have it. 509 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:17,000 It's going to run a pretty high tab though if you're trying to get out of town there. 510 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:21,000 Drazul says, no, I'm not getting out of town. 511 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,000 It's just for my friends here. 512 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,000 What do you got for me? 513 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:35,000 Well, do you want gold or what is your economy based on here in the tunnels? 514 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,000 Well, it's generally what you got. 515 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:39,000 I mean, if you got gold, that's great. 516 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,000 If you got limbs, that's fine too. 517 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,000 We could take that. 518 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,000 I'm sorry. 519 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:44,000 Did you say limbs? 520 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,000 Yeah. 521 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,000 Look, things have gotten a little, you know, the economy. 522 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,000 What is money? 523 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,000 What is money now that there's not many people down here? 524 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,000 Food. 525 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,000 Food is money. 526 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:59,000 Ever since the noodle incident, really, anything goes. 527 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,000 Cool. 528 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,000 Okay. 529 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:12,000 Well, on my person, I bring out a giant diamond. 530 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:18,000 You feel it like pull in your hand? 531 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,000 Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. 532 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:26,000 Well, I'd like to inspect the goods before I know exactly what we're working with here. 533 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:33,000 Well, you have to be very careful with it because you might fuck it up. 534 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:37,000 This is a very special teleportation diamond. 535 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,000 Oh, if you got a teleportation diamond, what do you need ink for? 536 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,000 It's not quite as far as I want to go. 537 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,000 And look how pretty it is and how big. 538 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:50,000 Very, very pretty and very big. 539 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,000 Just let me look at it. 540 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:55,000 I bring it closer, but I keep it well within my grasp. 541 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,000 Looks nice. 542 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,000 You need some ink? 543 00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,000 Mm-hmm. 544 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:00,000 All right, give me a sec. 545 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,000 Let me see what I got here. 546 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,000 Purple, if you've got it. 547 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:07,000 Stinking newbies bringing me in. 548 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:15,000 Drizzle looks to you as he goes back and whispers, it was a lot more fun before, before all of this. 549 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,000 I bet that could probably be said about a lot of you. 550 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,000 Yeah, that's true. 551 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:27,000 I mean, he went from selling like he was the joke shop owner up above to this, bartering for limbs. 552 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,000 Oh. 553 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:33,000 And are the limbs to eat or? 554 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,000 Eat, trade. 555 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,000 Let's trade. 556 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,000 I do not understand. 557 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,000 Trade for what? 558 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,000 People lose arm, they need a new one? 559 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,000 This is the kind of magic you can do now? 560 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,000 Well, yeah, I mean, here and there. 561 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:51,000 I mean, mostly it's food or components or sustenance. 562 00:39:51,000 --> 00:40:00,000 Trigger for, you know, throw it over there when we're trying to get somewhere, let some undead go for it. 563 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:04,000 You all need to leave this place. 564 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,000 We were just in the forest outside the city. 565 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,000 It is not this. 566 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:14,000 It is not undead and sand. 567 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,000 It is as it was. 568 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,000 No city, but. 569 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,000 You could rebuild in the forest. 570 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,000 Yeah. 571 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:25,000 Trust me, when I say people live in the forest, I point to my ears. 572 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,000 The forest has its dangers as well. 573 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:31,000 It's the danger you're willing to accept, I guess. 574 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,000 I know, but there's also like food in a forest. 575 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,000 Yes, and the sun. 576 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,000 And you're going to run out down here. 577 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,000 You guys are all going to go mad down here. 578 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:46,000 Yeah. 579 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:47,000 That was unsettling. 580 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,000 Noodle comes back. 581 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,000 I got your ink. 582 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,000 Here you go. 583 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,000 He places it on the table. 584 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:56,000 It floats down and rests on the table. 585 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,000 Leave your diamond. 586 00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,000 I'm no noob. 587 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:00,000 I put my diamond down. 588 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,000 I keep my hand on it. 589 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,000 I grasp the ink well. 590 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:05,000 Do I feel it? 591 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:06,000 It is corporeal. 592 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,000 Yeah, it's corporeal. 593 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,000 OK. 594 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,000 You feel it? 595 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,000 I like that you think you're going to get swindled. 596 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:15,000 I do think that immediately any transactions happening in D&D, I'm like, this person's 597 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:20,000 about to fuck me over now before I fuck them first. 598 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,000 Very aggressive. 599 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,000 I don't know why I have this distrust in me. 600 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,000 I do not think this way in real life. 601 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:31,000 Well, there's been multiple instances where we've had things not be as they appear 602 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,000 thanks to our lovely dungeon masters. 603 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:38,000 Sometimes we trust the wrong people, creatures, which is children. 604 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,000 There's no children in this scene. 605 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:47,000 I have my hand on the ink, and as I grasp the ink, I let go of the diamond. 606 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,000 And I say, if you want to use it. 607 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,000 Well, sorry, that's assuming you don't know how to use it. 608 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,000 Would you like an explanation of how to use it? 609 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,000 And I pass the ink well to Drzul. 610 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,000 I'll figure it out. 611 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,000 All right, but you only get one chance. 612 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,000 Fair enough. 613 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:02,000 Best of luck to you. 614 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,000 Hey, what's your shop called? 615 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:08,000 Like noodles, oodles of magic? 616 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,000 You've been. 617 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,000 No, but great name in. 618 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:13,000 Thanks. 619 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:14,000 Hey, don't lose your spark, man. 620 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:15,000 I'll do what I can. 621 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,000 Better hurry along. 622 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,000 Why? 623 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,000 What's going to happen to that ink? 624 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:20,000 Nothing. 625 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,000 Okay. 626 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,000 Be safe, Drzul. 627 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:26,000 Drzul begins to walk out of the shop, leading you out. 628 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,000 I guess. 629 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,000 That was a weird transaction. 630 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,000 Yep. 631 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,000 It's all unsettling down here. 632 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,000 Very much is. 633 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:40,000 There's just a cackle of laughter coming from the shop mixed in with the music as 634 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:43,000 you begin to walk back down. 635 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,000 Drzul turns and says, we should probably go quickly. 636 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,000 Okay. 637 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:48,000 Yes. 638 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,000 Okay. 639 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:50,000 Yes. 640 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:53,000 He leads you back down the corridors and back to his home. 641 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:58,000 And you hear high pitched laughter coming from down the halls. 642 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:04,000 He opens the door and closes it and puts up the sigil. 643 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:11,000 And as it activates, you hear a loud thud and an explosion out on the other side of 644 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:12,000 the door. 645 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:13,000 Was that Noodle? 646 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,000 No, probably his thugs. 647 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:20,000 This only holds for a few more hits though, so we should probably get you going. 648 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:21,000 Yes. 649 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:26,000 What about, uh, you come with us? 650 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:32,000 You go to the city, you learn how to defeat undead, you come back, you save everyone. 651 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,000 That sounds nice. 652 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,000 Another explosion goes. 653 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:40,000 Um, I'll get started here. 654 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:44,000 He goes over to his spell book. 655 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:48,000 You can see through like the cracks in the door, there's small figures on the 656 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:52,000 other side moving back and forth, pacing in front of the door and there's like 657 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,000 mumbled chatter. 658 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:58,000 You can't quite make out what they're saying because of the sigil, but it 659 00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,000 sounds like they're arguing. 660 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:02,000 And then it sounds like there's hands like hitting together. 661 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:09,000 There's a little rock paper scissors happening on the other side. 662 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,000 Another explosion goes after a few minutes. 663 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:16,000 The sigil, does it just stop things from coming in or would it stop 664 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,000 something from going out? 665 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,000 It prevents movement from either side. 666 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,000 Well, that's less than helpful. 667 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:24,000 Never mind. 668 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,000 Okay. 669 00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:28,000 He goes back to prepping the room. 670 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:33,000 Drazul turns to you and says, okay, I think, I think we're ready. 671 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,000 If you just cluster together there. 672 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:38,000 Yen Bol, are you coming? 673 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:43,000 Yes, I, I, I can't fight everything here. 674 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:47,000 I must get stronger or get allies. 675 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:52,000 Don't know where this is going to bring you up in Waterdeep, but, um, 676 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:53,000 best of luck. 677 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:56,000 I hope it's not in between a wall. 678 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:57,000 What? 679 00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:01,000 He begins moving his hands in the air. 680 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:05,000 Lenergy begins to glow on this, on the sigil. 681 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:11,000 He's traced and written out in the chalk and ink on the ground. 682 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,000 Says, I'll see you. 683 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:19,000 The light around you shoots up and you, the room begins to fade as you hear 684 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:23,000 another explosion from the door. 685 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:27,000 It flickers in and out of your vision. 686 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:32,000 The room that you were in and the street in Waterdeep. 687 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:38,000 You're in an alleyway, flicks back and forth and you see the door break open 688 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:48,000 as three thugs begin to rush into the room and grab at Drazul. 689 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:51,000 And then you're in an alleyway in Waterdeep. 690 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:56,000 You look around, you see people walking down on the main road. 691 00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:03,000 Flint, you feel like a super sharp pang in your head. 692 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:08,000 We gotta, we gotta hustle here, peeps. 693 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:11,000 You definitely look like you're in hustling form. 694 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:16,000 And I look around for a cart or a carriage or something to flag down 695 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:20,000 to get us quickly to the people I need to see. 696 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:23,000 You're bracing Flint as you walk down towards the main road 697 00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:29,000 and as you step out into the main road, you look up 698 00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:39,000 and immediately what catches your eye are dark black banners hanging from the streets. 699 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:48,000 With the symbol of orcas along all of them. 700 00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:53,000 You look at the people and they're quickly rushing about from place to place. 701 00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:56,000 Some of them looking at the sun. 702 00:46:56,000 --> 00:47:02,000 A lot of doors are shutting up as you realize it's getting towards sundown. 703 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:14,000 The song Nowhere Land is by Kavin McLeod of incompetech.filmmusic.io. 704 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:19,000 All other music and sound effects can be found at epidemicsound.com or boomlibrary.com. 705 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,000 A huge thank you to our supporting producers. 706 00:47:21,000 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Did you just say sexy goblin? 718 00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,000 How do I just leave? 719 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:15,000 Well, that's a pickle. 720 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:16,000 No, I'm just kidding. 721 00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,000 Seems like a no-win situation. 722 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:24,000 It's funny though, because when we win, Russ really makes it feel like not winning. 723 00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,000 Do you ever get that feeling? 724 00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:29,000 This is why I didn't want you to look at my book. 725 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:31,000 A book full of terrible secrets. 726 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,000 Yeah, no one wants to look at my book. 727 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,000 Goes back to, I never interrupted him. 728 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:38,000 Well, he stopped to speak with you. 729 00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:40,000 I was asking Russell. 730 00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:43,000 Russell doesn't know. 731 00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:45,000 Drazul knows. 732 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,000 Look, that's how you get mmm-Judith, okay? 733 00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:52,000 Mmm-Judith. 734 00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:56,000 I just wanted to poison spray underneath it, but whatever, it's fine. 735 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:57,000 Yeah, no. 736 00:48:57,000 --> 00:48:58,000 Fine. 737 00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:00,000 Dumbgeons & Dragons is a Dumb Dragons production.