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[2.4s] And they begin cracking and moving and screaming.
[5.2s] Well, something may be a little worse than undead kicking around in here, guys.
[8.4s] Happy news.
[9.4s] You step out into this forest, hit a hot wave of humid air.
[13.2s] Not too far. A clearing.
[16.0s] I think we can follow the path there.
[19.4s] Okay. Yeah, that's our best bet.
[21.4s] You look in and you see inside.
[25.2s] There are seven figures inside seven cells.
[29.8s] The cells themselves are constructed with what looks like melded together skeletal figures.
[38.0s] What are you doing here?
[40.4s] Well, this is gonna sound lame. Saving you guys?
[42.6s] I don't know.
[43.8s] We were coming to rescue you and bring magic back to the world.
[47.8s] Oh, delightful. Excellent.
[49.6s] Do me first. Do me first.
[51.2s] And you are?
[53.2s] Didn't you recognize me in my fine janitor outfit?
[57.0s] Just a janitor over here.
[60.4s] That's what I thought.
[63.6s] Fucking janitor.
[64.6s] I'm gonna go knock on Bahamut's cell.
[67.6s] The old man, he naps through everything.
[70.4s] Yenbul goes behind Sirik and then just like plants herself and pushes as hard as she can.
[81.2s] Clerics!
[82.2s] With you all huddled close, we see him blink.
[89.0s] As you all teleport out of the prison.
[98.2s] Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons.
[99.8s] I'm your Dungeon Master Russ More.
[101.2s] He, him. Also with me today is Amy More.
[103.4s] I am here and I play Thea Amastasia, a female high elf druid and we both go by she, her.
[111.2s] And Carla Maxted.
[112.8s] She, her.
[114.0s] I'm playing Yen Bolnuri, a Kalishtar cleric.
[117.0s] Also she, her.
[118.6s] And Tom Laird's here.
[120.2s] He, him.
[121.0s] And I am playing Tulgier Heavyfoot, a mountain dwarf pAlydin who I don't know where to go with that sentence.
[128.8s] Who is a cool guy?
[131.0s] Cool guy.
[132.2s] It's a real cool guy.
[133.4s] I somehow have blanked out that his last name was Heavyfoot.
[136.4s] Yeah.
[137.2s] That seemed like brand new information to me, which it definitely wasn't.
[142.0s] Which Tulgier is a patron named character.
[146.2s] So thank you, Christian Brown, for naming Tulgier Heavyfoot for us.
[151.0s] You know who's not here?
[151.8s] Kristen. Sorry, Kristen.
[153.0s] Wait, I thought she was a new permanent cast member.
[155.2s] I know. What the heck?
[156.8s] I'm sorry.
[157.6s] We tricked her time and again and somehow she became wise to our tricks.
[162.6s] And then was like, nah, even though my character's still around, I got to go my separate ways.
[167.2s] It's fair.
[168.4s] That's understandable.
[169.0s] I mean, a goth is around, obviously, because we're...
[171.8s] Yeah, a goth and rax are out having adventures, doing cool stuff.
[175.2s] They got their own things to do.
[176.4s] You know what? They might even be standing right next to you for the rest of forever until
[179.6s] Kristen decides she wants to come back.
[181.2s] Who knows?
[181.8s] Fun.
[182.6s] Who knows? Just following around.
[184.2s] We'll see how the game plays.
[186.4s] But you can...
[188.8s] This is going back to the other thing that I mentioned previously.
[191.2s] You can name characters over at Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast, but also get an episode
[198.4s] dedicated to you like today's patron, Eric Houlihan.
[202.2s] Hey, thank you, Eric, with a super fun last night.
[206.2s] I know it's so fun.
[207.2s] Hey, it's fun to see.
[208.0s] Houlihan.
[209.2s] Obligatory mash joke right here.
[212.8s] Yeah, mash.
[217.2s] You did it.
[218.0s] Yay.
[219.8s] Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast.
[221.6s] Now, fuck it.
[222.2s] Let's play.
[223.6s] An icy, stale wind blows across the city of Bryn Shander as our group appears in an
[235.8s] illuminated shudder.
[237.0s] The city is destroyed, flattened to the ground.
[248.0s] Thea, Yenbul, Talgir, Agoth and Rax huddle around the recovering human form of Bahamut.
[256.6s] He looks frail and disheveled and begins to collapse after having teleported the group
[262.4s] back to Corsair.
[263.4s] A sickening and all-too-familiar sound begins to cut through the wind.
[271.6s] It's the sound of a horde.
[276.0s] You look around and all streets leading to this town center, or what was town center,
[283.0s] begin overflowing with flesh-rotted zombies.
[287.0s] This is not good.
[289.0s] We thought this was the last stronghold.
[292.0s] What does this mean?
[294.0s] Got any magic in you, Bahamut?
[296.0s] How you doing here, buddy?
[298.0s] He just groans and lifts his head, but...
[304.0s] Does he give me the hang loose, but his heart isn't in it?
[309.0s] Yeah, that's the feel you get from the eyes rolling back in his head.
[315.0s] Alright, well, if he can't really help us, I think I got something that might...
[322.0s] I've had this thing for a while and I've yet to use it.
[326.0s] I know the situation isn't great, but this is actually kind of exciting.
[330.0s] I'm excited for you. What you got?
[332.0s] Telgir roots around in his bag and you see him pull out a conch shell.
[340.0s] It's two and a half feet long. Looks like it weighs a few pounds.
[345.0s] And it's got a rune engraved in the side of it.
[350.0s] Oh, that's pretty.
[352.0s] Everybody...
[354.0s] Can we get inside here?
[356.0s] I don't really know how this is going to feel when I do this.
[360.0s] Where are you putting this?
[362.0s] Should we hold hands?
[364.0s] Yeah, I don't really know.
[366.0s] Maybe we all link hands and you can grab Bahamut's hands there.
[373.0s] I'm going to blow on this thing and it's going to take us back.
[376.0s] How do you know that?
[378.0s] The horde's 15 feet away.
[380.0s] I don't care, blow.
[382.0s] And he takes a big lungful of breath and blows into the conch.
[387.0s] What's the sound like, Tom?
[395.0s] The sound of the conch of teleportation echoes out.
[400.0s] As regal as it sounds.
[402.0s] Super regal.
[404.0s] As the dirt and frost around the heroes begins to rise, their eyes are drawn to a high point.
[410.0s] A hill at the edge of the city on the horizon.
[414.0s] And the dimly lit silhouettes of a tall dragonborn and a hooded gnome appear before them.
[421.0s] In an instant, the spiraling energy, as if drawn from the centre of the group, pulls quickly in and the group is gone.
[432.0s] It's quiet.
[434.0s] Until we hear a build-up and...
[437.0s] POP!
[439.0s] Followed by the settling of dust to the stone floor in the sewer hideout beneath Castle Orcus.
[447.0s] There's a gasp as everyone in the area turns with panic and then relief as they see your group before them.
[457.0s] There's a beat and you hear from within the group.
[462.0s] Holy fuck!
[467.0s] Flamekins runs forward towards the group and, before Thea can say anything, leaps high in the air and wraps herself around your neck.
[478.0s] They said you were back, but then you left before I came back and then I thought you might not come back, but you're back and Flint's still out and she's shaking you.
[491.0s] Get your boobs out of my face!
[493.0s] Put you back!
[495.0s] You're back!
[497.0s] Yes!
[498.0s] She breaks into tears and you feel her sobbing as she hugs you.
[502.0s] Oh, I hug her back tight.
[505.0s] Yeah, we're back.
[508.0s] Stepping out from the crowd is Leosin and a group of resistance who move towards you and begin checking your wounds and tending to the old man who you are all surrounding and appear to be protecting.
[521.0s] You came back. Who's this? Come in, quick!
[526.0s] Oh yeah, careful with the merchandise over here.
[529.0s] Who is this?
[530.0s] We found one.
[531.0s] You don't recognize him?
[533.0s] We have returned with a god.
[534.0s] Come on, he's a really cool guy.
[538.0s] Wait, you found Bahamut?
[543.0s] Yeah, we wanted the best one, I assume.
[547.0s] He's speechless.
[550.0s] He snaps quickly to the resistance who have come and with all arms ushering them to move him back to a bed somewhere where he can rest.
[561.0s] How did you?
[564.0s] Do you know what this means?
[566.0s] Do we have a fighting chance in this thing?
[569.0s] Yeah.
[570.0s] Okay, good, because that's why we did. Is this not why we're doing this?
[576.0s] I feel very overwhelmed right now.
[578.0s] There's a lot going on.
[579.0s] Yeah, I'm just gonna hold you a little bit longer.
[582.0s] Yeah, I feel like her legs are wrapped around my waist and I'm just like cradling her like, you know, like you do a toddler.
[591.0s] Come in, come in, have a rest.
[596.0s] I assume we were gone for the appropriate amount of time.
[600.0s] There hasn't been any sort of extreme time jumps while we're gone.
[604.0s] It's been a couple weeks.
[608.0s] Honestly, quicker than I thought we would be.
[610.0s] We unfortunately have bad news, too.
[614.0s] Okay.
[615.0s] We went to Luskin.
[617.0s] Yes.
[618.0s] And?
[619.0s] And you found the Brotherhood?
[621.0s] No.
[622.0s] Not exactly. The tower still stands, but no one is there manning it.
[627.0s] There were clues and we followed them to Icewind Dale.
[633.0s] There was a god there.
[635.0s] A small god.
[636.0s] Aureal?
[637.0s] Aureal, yes.
[639.0s] Nailed it.
[640.0s] They were remaining.
[645.0s] They were remaining.
[648.0s] Then we returned with Bahamut.
[652.0s] The city had been taken by the dead.
[655.0s] We would have too if...
[660.0s] Fulgur had a giant shell.
[662.0s] That's right, yes.
[663.0s] Sorry.
[664.0s] I can't breathe.
[665.0s] Can you loosen up a little bit?
[667.0s] Yeah, sure.
[669.0s] Just going to stretch it out here.
[671.0s] Totally cool.
[672.0s] Playing it cool.
[673.0s] It's good to see you.
[674.0s] Alright.
[675.0s] Fist bump.
[676.0s] Where are your friends?
[677.0s] That's okay.
[678.0s] We don't have to explain it right now.
[680.0s] I'm sure it's been explained before.
[682.0s] I'll go ask somebody else.
[683.0s] I'll see you in a minute.
[684.0s] She's lined up pretty tight that one.
[686.0s] Yes, she is.
[687.0s] And also, I apologize in advance.
[690.0s] You'll know why.
[692.0s] Veliosan...
[695.0s] What do we do now?
[696.0s] We have returned Bahamut.
[699.0s] We have seen other gods in a prison.
[705.0s] If there's a way we can get back there, we could get them out.
[708.0s] It just requires a little tradesies.
[711.0s] He doesn't appear to be at peak performance, I will say.
[717.0s] Yeah, there was a few there.
[720.0s] And really, the only one that seemed to be high functioning was Sirik.
[725.0s] Yeah, that sounds like a recipe for not ending up where we wanted to end up,
[732.0s] if you were to have brought him back.
[734.0s] Yeah, we tricked the trickster.
[736.0s] He's probably really mad.
[738.0s] He's probably pretty upset with us when we do free him.
[743.0s] Great.
[744.0s] If.
[745.0s] I think he'll be stoked to be free, though.
[748.0s] True.
[749.0s] That's for another time.
[751.0s] We'll worry about that when we have to cross that bridge.
[754.0s] It sounds like they don't let them out quite at any...
[758.0s] They don't let them out from the sounds of it, correct?
[761.0s] No.
[762.0s] Yes.
[763.0s] I mean, that was what we were led to believe.
[765.0s] Well, they take them out, but only to exterminate or destroy them.
[772.0s] Yeah, Sirik said once they go out, they don't come back.
[777.0s] This last couple weeks has been the most relief we have seen in more than 10 years.
[789.0s] But I fear that we are creating ripples in Orcus's...
[797.0s] Nipples.
[799.0s] The old ripple nipple.
[801.0s] Yes.
[802.0s] That is bad.
[803.0s] I'm glad I have this halting speech pattern where you can fill in exactly what you want to say.
[809.0s] Everything I want.
[810.0s] Yes.
[811.0s] Ripples in his security.
[814.0s] Don't say nipples again.
[816.0s] She almost did.
[817.0s] She was this close.
[820.0s] Waves in his butt.
[825.0s] Waves in his butt.
[826.0s] Yep.
[827.0s] See, I beat you to it.
[828.0s] We got good bloops already for this episode.
[830.0s] It wasn't good though.
[836.0s] Did you see anyone, obviously not if they didn't come back with you, but anyone remaining in Icewind Dale where you were?
[846.0s] Just a rather large crowd coming in from where the barriers were down.
[852.0s] We saw someone up on the hill.
[855.0s] I don't know who.
[857.0s] Yes, we saw Dragonborn and a gnome on the hill.
[862.0s] Yeah, there were two people there.
[867.0s] We had met them in the pyramid.
[869.0s] Yeah.
[870.0s] Could it be Orcus's right hand Vorunax?
[877.0s] I believe so with his left hand Lipsinki.
[883.0s] Well, the relief is that we have a god who hopefully is mending and replenishing themselves enough to help us with whatever we need to do next.
[899.0s] With Bahamut and Grancys.
[904.0s] Sorry.
[908.0s] Flamekins came back from the abyss and brought Grancys.
[914.0s] She did what now?
[916.0s] Well, I fear for you that we need him.
[921.0s] Oh, son of a bitch.
[923.0s] He is also recovering in a comatose state induced.
[931.0s] Okay, now how long can we keep that like maybe just till the last minute?
[935.0s] I'm kidding.
[936.0s] We need him to be up to his power.
[940.0s] He's one of the last trained wizards left in the world, Thea.
[946.0s] I know.
[949.0s] Guys, he's just so irritating.
[951.0s] He's a friend of yours?
[953.0s] Uh, yeah, sort of, I guess.
[956.0s] Yeah.
[957.0s] I mean, the man makes a mean pancake.
[959.0s] I'll give him that.
[960.0s] I mean, the more the merrier, right?
[962.0s] Yes.
[963.0s] I've never actually seen him do anything useful, but I keep being told he is very powerful.
[969.0s] So, Leosin, that's on you if that doesn't pan out.
[974.0s] Fine, totally on me.
[975.0s] Okay, cool.
[976.0s] I'll fill out the paperwork that says, nope, he wasn't that powerful.
[979.0s] I don't think you do paperwork anymore, do you?
[980.0s] My question is to you.
[981.0s] He's been down there for this long.
[983.0s] Why would Orcus keep him?
[986.0s] He's turned everybody else.
[988.0s] Probably to turn him on to us and cause some disgruntled Thea where I'm just going
[998.0s] to wreck everything in here now.
[1000.0s] I can see your hair going grayer as I'm talking.
[1005.0s] I'm messing with you, Leosin.
[1007.0s] The more, not the merrier, I will be terse, but the more power we have on our side,
[1014.0s] the better.
[1015.0s] As I was saying with Bahamut and Grancis back, we will have been creating points
[1027.0s] to notice in Orcus and his followers.
[1031.0s] If it was in fact Vorunax and Lipsinki that you saw, they will be on the lookout
[1036.0s] for anything out of the ordinary.
[1038.0s] As they must know, you have returned.
[1041.0s] Well, they did see us disappear in a giant flash of magic, so that we couldn't help.
[1049.0s] And appear in one.
[1050.0s] Well, then it might not be long before they are able to find us.
[1057.0s] There are two things that we can do.
[1063.0s] We have another party out trying to recover a relic of supposed teleportation.
[1071.0s] It was used in the fight against Tiamat to bridge the planes between the material
[1082.0s] and the nine hells to bring the devils here.
[1086.0s] And we want that because...
[1092.0s] Because we can't get anywhere outside of our present time.
[1100.0s] If we have a god who can harness that power, there's no stopping us from being
[1109.0s] able to move through not only space, but maybe time.
[1115.0s] Oh.
[1116.0s] That would be good.
[1121.0s] That seems very important.
[1123.0s] I would say time travel relic top of the list, right?
[1128.0s] Yes.
[1129.0s] What's number two?
[1131.0s] If our location is found out, we believe there may be a refuge on the continent
[1141.0s] of Mastika.
[1143.0s] Flamingons has a vessel available to take us there.
[1151.0s] It's across the sea.
[1154.0s] We hadn't traveled because we had no way.
[1158.0s] No way to get out.
[1160.0s] No way to get there.
[1161.0s] And no real...
[1162.0s] I mean, we still don't have real proof that there is life there as well.
[1168.0s] But with you saying that the last refuge that we didn't know about on this land
[1176.0s] is gone, there's nothing for us here.
[1181.0s] Okay.
[1183.0s] So plan.
[1186.0s] We need to go and get this relic and also escape with pirate Flamingons to
[1199.0s] Mastika.
[1201.0s] Mastika.
[1203.0s] Mastika.
[1204.0s] Mastika.
[1205.0s] The land of cheese.
[1207.0s] To Mastika.
[1210.0s] Toriel can't be dead.
[1212.0s] If it was dead, Orcus would stop having his forces hunting refugees and patrolling every
[1220.0s] way.
[1221.0s] He would have got his way.
[1222.0s] Everyone would be pain free and able to just go about their business.
[1228.0s] But he's still hunting.
[1230.0s] He still has Varnax and Lipsynki going out and destroying.
[1233.0s] That means they know that there are places.
[1236.0s] And that's why I hope Mastika is one of those places.
[1241.0s] We will rest here as long as we can.
[1245.0s] Hopefully give Bahamut and Flint and Grants his time to recover.
[1255.0s] How's Flint doing?
[1257.0s] No positive change.
[1260.0s] He hasn't woken.
[1261.0s] Barely stirred.
[1262.0s] He is still breathing.
[1264.0s] The transformation has maintained where it was when you left, which was almost
[1270.0s] entirely.
[1272.0s] Would you like to see him take some time?
[1278.0s] Let me think on it.
[1282.0s] Okay.
[1283.0s] So what's the word on this relic?
[1285.0s] Where do we need to go?
[1286.0s] Who do we have to kill?
[1287.0s] What's the plan?
[1289.0s] Well, we actually have a group out who's due back hopefully soon.
[1297.0s] I've asked you to do enough.
[1302.0s] If they return with it, then we can use it.
[1306.0s] And if not, well, then we will send you following them.
[1311.0s] But let's hope that they make it back.
[1314.0s] It's not passed when they should be due back yet.
[1322.0s] And in the meantime, we should be preparing.
[1326.0s] Packing, becoming as mobile as we can so we can escape.
[1330.0s] Exactly.
[1332.0s] Knowing that Vorunax and Lipsinki will likely be returning to here.
[1340.0s] Castle Orcus, Waterdeep, whatever we want to call it now.
[1344.0s] We should probably make our go-bags, so to speak, and be ready to move.
[1351.0s] Agatha, come with me.
[1354.0s] We can feed Rax some and some people would like you to meet in the back.
[1361.0s] Maybe you can help arrange things back here.
[1364.0s] Agatha, thank you.
[1366.0s] Yes, thank you.
[1367.0s] For fighting with us.
[1368.0s] We could not have done any of this without you, without either of you.
[1374.0s] We are not done yet.
[1376.0s] I will expect to see you back.
[1380.0s] You do not disappoint me.
[1384.0s] I want to go see Flint.
[1386.0s] Okay.
[1387.0s] And I'm going to go and I'm going to meditate beside him.
[1390.0s] Okay.
[1391.0s] You walk back further into the refuge and back to the makeshift triage center where Flint is laid out.
[1401.0s] And as you enter, you see Grancis in the cot beside him.
[1408.0s] Flint would be so pissed right now.
[1412.0s] Yeah, he'd probably be okay given the circumstances, you know, with comas and stuff.
[1418.0s] Did you say comos?
[1420.0s] Well, Perry was a good friend of mine.
[1423.0s] You know, comos.
[1425.0s] It's just a saying.
[1426.0s] When you're sleeping, you're down and you're going to go all around.
[1431.0s] I'm going to let myself out, okay?
[1433.0s] Well, it's nice seeing you there, I guess.
[1435.0s] I feel real weird.
[1437.0s] That's okay.
[1438.0s] Would it have been more entertaining if Thea had, like, grabbed a pillow and was moving it toward Grancis and then Flamikinskins interrupted her?
[1446.0s] No, Thea wouldn't.
[1449.0s] Thea just finished saying we need his help.
[1452.0s] But maybe we don't.
[1456.0s] Oh, I thought that was Flint.
[1457.0s] I was going to put him out of his misery.
[1460.0s] I'll just give you a moment there with Flint.
[1463.0s] Thanks, Flamikinskins.
[1465.0s] It's nice to see you.
[1467.0s] It's fucking great to see you.
[1471.0s] Okay, I'm going to go now.
[1473.0s] Okay, bye.
[1476.0s] I don't know what to say.
[1477.0s] You're both, you know, in a coma.
[1484.0s] Plus, I'm really just talking to you, Flint and Grancis.
[1489.0s] You're very much, like, putting your nose where it doesn't belong just by being here.
[1494.0s] But it'd be really, well, it'd be awful nice if you guys could wake up.
[1505.0s] And, you know, there's quite the, quite the shit storm happening.
[1509.0s] So if maybe he had anything in there that help you to get on up, or at least just, you know,
[1521.0s] don't turn into a dragonborn completely and lose yourself to another soul inside you,
[1529.0s] that'd be great because I'm still working on it.
[1535.0s] What if he lost himself to the music?
[1538.0s] Flamikinskins, it's like a personal moment.
[1541.0s] Sorry, I was just around the corner.
[1543.0s] I'm not listening.
[1544.0s] It's a small place.
[1546.0s] It's not. It's enormous.
[1548.0s] You guys will figure that out when you wake up, either here or you may be on a boat.
[1556.0s] Just going to hang out for a bit.
[1559.0s] I'm going to meditate in the corner until I regain my hit points.
[1564.0s] Thea, you sit down and begin meditating.
[1568.0s] And we fade out on that scene and into a dark space.
[1583.0s] It's the middle time.
[1588.0s] Oh, I feel like you were a gong.
[1591.0s] I did feel kind of gongish.
[1592.0s] I felt a little flat from where I wanted to be, so I just kind of just held it a little longer.
[1597.0s] Then it seems intentional.
[1600.0s] It was very mellow and yeah, like we're meditating.
[1606.0s] Let's just bring everyone just way down in the middle of this podcast.
[1610.0s] Just the energy, just drop it.
[1613.0s] Let's just very calmly talk about 100 episodes.
[1617.0s] Exhale.
[1622.0s] Sneak attack.
[1625.0s] Hey, we're almost at 100 episodes for season two.
[1628.0s] They said it couldn't be done and we did it.
[1630.0s] So we showed them.
[1632.0s] We looked at season one, we were like 84 episodes.
[1637.0s] We can do that in our sleep.
[1639.0s] Let's add a second timeline and double that.
[1643.0s] When you put it like that, it's crazy.
[1646.0s] It's really, I mean, decisions were made.
[1650.0s] But wouldn't that be really cool if while we hit our 100th episode, we also had 100 patrons?
[1656.0s] That would be very cool.
[1657.0s] It'd be so good because then our patrons could hear the Grants of Slammikins episode that is ready.
[1664.0s] Oh, it's just waiting.
[1665.0s] It's ready and waiting.
[1666.0s] It's just waiting.
[1667.0s] It's in the Disney vault waiting to be released.
[1670.0s] Exactly.
[1671.0s] Does Disney still have a vault?
[1672.0s] Are we allowed to say Disney?
[1673.0s] I don't think so.
[1674.0s] I mean, now with Disney Plus, I would assume not.
[1675.0s] I mean, I think everything's out of the vault.
[1677.0s] They took it out of the vault.
[1678.0s] Maybe they should put Little Mermaid 2 back in the vault.
[1681.0s] Some Ariel.
[1684.0s] Ariel's not even in it, is she?
[1687.0s] Barely.
[1688.0s] I didn't know there was a sequel.
[1690.0s] Is it about her daughter?
[1691.0s] Yeah, she has a talk being all like.
[1692.0s] We've really gotten sidetracked, guys.
[1693.0s] Hey, 100 patrons.
[1695.0s] We would love to have 100 patrons by the time we reach 100 episodes, mostly because it would be really cool.
[1703.0s] It's just the optics of 100 to 100.
[1706.0s] I mean, it's nice.
[1707.0s] Well, and we have that cool bonus episode burning a hole in our pocket.
[1710.0s] It's so hot.
[1712.0s] It's like sizzling.
[1714.0s] I mean, it has Grancis in it, it's just not that hot.
[1716.0s] I got it all edited, ready to go.
[1718.0s] I just got to hit schedule.
[1720.0s] And then as soon as we hit that 100 patrons, it goes live, baby.
[1724.0s] And you can get Grancis and flame beacons.
[1726.0s] Me!
[1727.0s] Oh, I couldn't even jump it.
[1729.0s] Dang.
[1730.0s] I've been on summer break.
[1731.0s] It's been a long time.
[1732.0s] Me, me, and me.
[1734.0s] Yeah, there we go.
[1735.0s] I had to go.
[1736.0s] Grancis to flame beacons.
[1738.0s] If every one of you were to tell a friend, maybe then.
[1744.0s] To go listen to all 100 episodes.
[1746.0s] And then at this point, join us.
[1750.0s] Oh, okay.
[1751.0s] Well, I was just going to say.
[1753.0s] Go back and listen to all, what, 96 episodes up to this point, and then finish it off.
[1758.0s] Yeah, absolutely.
[1759.0s] That'd be great.
[1760.0s] I'm just saying, if everyone tells one person, we need a handful of patron lists, we'll make it to 100.
[1768.0s] I mean, if everybody who listened to the show signed up for our lowest tier, I mean, we'd be.
[1774.0s] Having so many patrons.
[1775.0s] Having so many patrons.
[1776.0s] Having so many talks, so many gook hangs.
[1778.0s] We need so many more bonus episodes.
[1780.0s] So many more bonus episodes.
[1781.0s] And that's the thing, when you are a patron, you get access to so many bonus episodes.
[1785.0s] Tom runs a game over there that I can't wait to play.
[1787.0s] I can't wait to play.
[1788.0s] I think we get to play it later this month.
[1789.0s] Do we?
[1792.0s] It's tomorrow, Tom.
[1793.0s] Get on it.
[1794.0s] Jeez.
[1796.0s] But I'm really looking forward to that.
[1797.0s] Where I play Tabaxi Bard and Amy plays a surly Goliath barbarian.
[1807.0s] And Elia plays just the most delightful Asimar monk.
[1810.0s] Well, Carla plays Elia.
[1811.0s] What did I say?
[1812.0s] Elia plays an Asimar monk.
[1814.0s] Oh.
[1815.0s] Elia is an Asimar monk.
[1816.0s] I mean, Carla just embodies every character she steps into.
[1818.0s] Same, same, same.
[1819.0s] I also do a lot of flips and punches and kicks and real fast moves.
[1824.0s] And you're so fast.
[1825.0s] In my daily life.
[1826.0s] She's doing them right now.
[1827.0s] Like amazing mic presence.
[1828.0s] It's incredible.
[1829.0s] As it's happening.
[1830.0s] Just flipping.
[1831.0s] The body control.
[1832.0s] You could be a part of that.
[1833.0s] Amazing.
[1834.0s] You could be a part of that Patreon family.
[1835.0s] Patreon.com.
[1836.0s] Slash dumb dragon cast.
[1837.0s] We'd love to see you over there.
[1839.0s] Get you back to the episode now.
[1840.0s] Thanks so much for being here with us.
[1842.0s] We'll talk to you soon.
[1843.0s] Okay, bye.
[1844.0s] Love you, bye.
[1846.0s] The smell of fresh baked goods permeates the senses.
[1862.1s] As we open on a quiet and modest underground dwelling, we hear movement through and beyond
[1872.5s] the door.
[1873.5s] And as we enter, we see Flint standing in the kitchen, rolling out dough, a filling boiling
[1883.0s] on the hearth with his sister, Helges, tending it.
[1886.5s] I can't believe you volunteered us both to make all of these pies for the block
[1891.2s] party.
[1892.2s] It did.
[1893.2s] Well, it didn't seem like everybody was going to come.
[1897.3s] But I mean, once they found out that we were making our special peach pies, everybody
[1901.7s] signed up.
[1902.7s] I know.
[1903.7s] I'm sorry.
[1904.7s] I know you had a few other things to do, but I appreciate you helping and actually
[1909.3s] sticking around and helping me because doing it myself would have been nightmarish.
[1914.5s] Oh, you wouldn't have got it done.
[1917.2s] There's no way.
[1918.2s] Okay.
[1919.2s] So what do I have to add now?
[1920.2s] Like you have to stir it for 45 minutes and then and then add there was a there
[1925.5s] was a special ingredient.
[1926.8s] Yeah.
[1927.8s] So let that one boil for a little bit.
[1930.1s] It's already done.
[1931.7s] As far as this one over here, though, yeah, that's where we need to add the special
[1936.3s] ingredient.
[1938.6s] Mom's little secret, cinnamon.
[1942.3s] I know what you're thinking.
[1943.3s] Well, that's a pretty common ingredient, especially in a peach pie.
[1947.0s] It really, really takes it above and beyond.
[1950.7s] Door swings open on the other side of the room.
[1953.8s] Your mom steps out in her nightgown.
[1956.0s] Are you giving everybody my special secret again?
[1958.5s] What?
[1959.6s] I mean, everybody.
[1960.6s] It's only me and Helga here.
[1962.0s] Everybody's listening, Flint.
[1963.0s] Everybody's listening.
[1964.0s] I mean, I don't think.
[1967.0s] Okay.
[1968.0s] Sure.
[1969.0s] Yeah.
[1970.0s] You know what?
[1971.0s] Everyone's listening.
[1972.0s] We'll keep it under wraps.
[1973.0s] Her eyes dart to a window beside you.
[1975.3s] You see the neighbor boy, Timber, who's peeking up kind of like Kilroy style over
[1980.5s] the edge, and he locks eyes with your mom and bolts down and you hear footsteps
[1985.3s] running off.
[1986.3s] Okay.
[1987.8s] Okay.
[1988.8s] Well, he was watching, but I don't think that really means everyone was watching.
[1995.2s] That Timber has got loose lips and loose lips sink ships, which really isn't a great
[2000.3s] saying when you're underground.
[2001.3s] I mean, I think it still works.
[2004.3s] Tell you what, I'll stop by his house later on and I'll have a little chat with
[2008.7s] him and we'll make sure that it stays hush hush.
[2010.9s] All right.
[2011.9s] You make sure that kid knows to keep the cinnamon to himself.
[2014.8s] I mean, I'll bring him a pie too.
[2016.6s] So that'll probably help.
[2018.5s] Door slams shut behind her.
[2019.5s] She goes back into her room.
[2022.5s] Okay.
[2023.5s] So we have to speak quieter.
[2024.5s] Yeah.
[2025.5s] Yeah.
[2026.5s] Turns out, turns out everyone is watching and listening.
[2032.9s] Scene fades and it's, it's later in the day.
[2038.9s] And where would Flint go for his axe training?
[2046.0s] There is next to the smithing shop.
[2050.5s] There's like a little kind of a warehouse type thing that, you know, normally when,
[2055.9s] when times are really good, it is filled with goods and materials and things that
[2059.6s] are, you know, taking up a lot of the space.
[2061.8s] But lately it's, it's been a little bit slow in the dwarven community here.
[2067.4s] So he's kind of carved out a little area complete with like training dummies and blocks
[2073.6s] of wood and various other things so that he can get some axe training in.
[2079.9s] This area is clear and it's perfect for you.
[2082.2s] And if the where in this space says you've been going at this training for a little
[2087.9s] while when you hear just a clear of the throat behind you, you're a little, a little
[2096.4s] loose on the right there.
[2098.7s] Okay.
[2099.7s] I, I hear what you're saying.
[2101.8s] I just want to remind you that I'm trying out this like new two acts technique and it's,
[2108.0s] it's just, I mean, I don't know.
[2109.8s] I prefer the big old battle acts, but like, this is pretty fun too.
[2112.8s] Yeah, I know.
[2113.8s] It looks really good, especially as it probably could have snuck in there and
[2117.5s] stabbed you right in the side.
[2119.9s] Hey, wouldn't do that though.
[2122.0s] All right.
[2123.0s] Glory jam.
[2124.0s] Let's just take it easy here.
[2125.7s] Why did you want me to do this two acts technique anyway?
[2128.2s] Like I'm down for trying something new, but like, is there an actual reason or just, just
[2132.7s] for funsies?
[2133.7s] I wanted to see if you could do it because if you could do it, then I could do it.
[2137.2s] Okay.
[2138.2s] All right.
[2139.2s] I got you there.
[2140.2s] Yeah.
[2141.2s] What about the axe throwing?
[2142.2s] Have you been practicing?
[2143.2s] Have I been practicing?
[2144.2s] He takes a hand axe from his belt and whips it at this, this wooden pole.
[2148.9s] That's a wooden support pole.
[2151.4s] I'll roll for it.
[2153.2s] It hits it, but it doesn't stick in and kind of bounces off to the ground.
[2158.0s] I've been working on it.
[2160.0s] All right.
[2161.0s] Well, the thing you have to remember when you're doing the throwing is, is depending
[2164.6s] on how close or far away you are is how many rotations and of course how, how hard
[2168.8s] you throw it as well.
[2170.0s] So with the effort you put in there and you stopped a little bit short.
[2173.4s] So I mean, just take like half a step forward and do it again.
[2176.8s] You should be able to hit it.
[2177.9s] No problem.
[2178.9s] Hit and stick.
[2179.9s] That's what we call it.
[2180.9s] He takes half a step forward, skeptically looking at you, looses the hand axe and it
[2187.9s] sticks in perfect.
[2190.7s] So if one caravan leaves Mithril Hall and going, going at two horsepower and one caravan
[2199.2s] leaves Waterdeep leaving at three horsepower, where do they collide?
[2204.7s] I mean, this is not the time or the place for your, your brain teasers.
[2210.4s] This is Axe practice and we will leave it as Axe practice.
[2214.6s] That's just what you.
[2215.6s] Okay.
[2216.6s] Yep.
[2217.6s] You got it.
[2218.6s] You got it.
[2219.6s] Smarty pants.
[2220.6s] As I kind of turn away, I'm like, he moves in to kind of show you where your, where
[2226.9s] your loose side is that he was, he was saying, and we fade to a very familiar
[2233.3s] place to Flint and it's the Smith shop of your father, Fargram.
[2241.4s] Describe to me what stands out to you for Flint in this.
[2246.3s] The thing that stands out the most in, in Fargram shop to Flint, there is a beautiful
[2255.1s] set of like Mithril chain mill that his dad made years ago and even when the shop
[2263.5s] would fall on hard times or whatever it is, he would never sell it.
[2268.9s] It was, it was the thing that he was the most proud of that he made as far as with
[2274.4s] his two hands and yeah, it was, it was his, it's his pride and joy and it's,
[2279.8s] it's front and center behind the counter in the shop.
[2282.8s] You hear the sound of like heavy hammering and the forges are blazing.
[2287.4s] It's a good day, like a really good day and you're staring up at this Mithril chain
[2296.0s] mill, a sense of calm or peace washing over you.
[2301.0s] Hammers and axes aren't going to make themself there Flint.
[2304.0s] Yeah, yeah, I know, I know that, but I mean, you took this big order for
[2308.6s] bracers and you know, it's finicky work.
[2310.6s] So it's going to take me a little bit of time to get through it.
[2313.4s] Look, it's not my fault.
[2314.6s] She decided to make all the pies for the village on the same day we got this order.
[2319.4s] Well, no, it's not your fault.
[2320.3s] That's Helge's fault.
[2321.7s] And we're both on the same page as far as that's concerned.
[2324.8s] All right. Yeah.
[2325.9s] Well, as long as you saved me a slice here.
[2328.0s] Yeah, come on over and give me a hand here.
[2330.4s] Yeah, no problem.
[2331.2s] I did have to give a pie to the neighbor kid, Timber, just so he
[2336.2s] wouldn't blabbed everyone about mom's secret ingredient.
[2338.8s] What, the cinnamon?
[2340.4s] Yeah, I mean, I know, but she was very offended.
[2343.4s] Someone needs to tell her the cinnamons in every peach pie.
[2346.0s] I mean, I've tried to tell her before, but she says it's a special cinnamon
[2350.3s] that she gets from the Elven caravans that come through every couple of months.
[2354.9s] So I don't know.
[2355.8s] Maybe there's something different about it.
[2358.1s] But yeah, I mean, it just seems like normal cinnamon to me.
[2360.7s] Right.
[2361.2s] Elven caravan.
[2362.2s] That's fun. That's fun.
[2363.1s] That's a good time.
[2365.3s] You walk over to him and he hands you a piece of like un-forged steel.
[2372.9s] You know exactly what to do with it.
[2374.6s] And the two of you begin going to work in this forge.
[2378.8s] Describe to me this scene or how Flint is feeling in this moment as
[2384.4s] he's living this moment with his father.
[2388.6s] Flint is feeling really good.
[2391.0s] It's hot. It's hard work, but it's work that he loves.
[2396.0s] And, you know, it's kind of like outside of his daily meditations.
[2401.4s] It's like as close to Zen as he can get during his day to day.
[2406.1s] You two are...
[2408.2s] There are a few other workers there, but you two are working in unison.
[2411.4s] And it almost becomes musical, the motions that you're going through.
[2418.8s] And we catch a moment where you look over to Fargrim, to your father,
[2425.4s] and he looks back at you and there's this small smile.
[2432.4s] Not that it's unheard of that he would do that, but there's just this look of recognition.
[2438.8s] And almost as if he's saying with his eyes, you're doing a good job.
[2447.8s] And as that moment fades, we find Flint in a quiet place.
[2457.2s] Deep in thought and meditation.
[2462.1s] Yeah, he's all crisscross applesauce, as as Amy loves to say.
[2467.8s] He's all crisscross applesauce on the floor and he's got kind of just hands on his knees.
[2473.4s] And he's quietly repeating a mantra that just says,
[2481.2s] My life is full of joy.
[2484.5s] My life is full of joy.
[2487.6s] My life is full of joy.
[2490.0s] This mantra continues for a good amount of time.
[2496.8s] The room otherwise is quiet.
[2499.1s] And in your sight, your eyes are closed.
[2504.8s] So in your vision, there's this flash of bright light.
[2511.4s] This gray and then green and then red.
[2515.8s] And then two dragon eyes staring back at you, not with any sort of malicious intent,
[2524.8s] but two dragon eyes staring back at you, and they look equally surprised.
[2531.8s] Then they're gone.
[2534.6s] Well, that's that's never happened before.
[2541.9s] We cut back to Yen Bull, who after Leosin had left, you quickly followed him into the next room.
[2550.6s] Leosin.
[2552.1s] Oh, yes, sorry.
[2554.3s] Hi, Yen Bull.
[2556.0s] Hi.
[2557.0s] I, how can I help?
[2559.6s] I am, I am ready.
[2560.7s] I have, this is all I have, but you know everyone and everything here.
[2566.6s] So who do I, who can I go and help?
[2570.3s] Who needs assistance or what can I do?
[2574.8s] There are some families further, further in who would likely need help getting their
[2584.1s] children ready.
[2585.5s] If you go see Amelie and Torrance in the back, they will at least be able to direct
[2590.8s] you of what they, what they need help with.
[2592.8s] They kind of take care of most of the children and probably would need the most
[2597.4s] help right now.
[2598.4s] Wonderful.
[2599.4s] I will help.
[2600.4s] But first, how are you?
[2605.0s] Do you feel a little hopeful?
[2611.6s] More so than in a long time.
[2616.4s] Yeah.
[2617.4s] Yeah.
[2618.4s] We know the gods are not all dead.
[2621.2s] We will get more.
[2624.8s] One is a start and if he can recover, if he can use his power and if this,
[2637.3s] teleportation object works, like we could, we could change what has happened.
[2652.1s] I don't know how that looks.
[2653.4s] I don't, I haven't, there's no books that say how time ripples out and changes if
[2661.2s] we are able to even do it.
[2664.4s] The fact that you and Thea and Flint had come from the past to get here, it leads me to
[2672.6s] believe that we, we are putting the pieces into play to allow us to do the opposite.
[2683.8s] There must be a way.
[2685.7s] There must be.
[2687.2s] It's nice to see you again.
[2689.6s] It is nice to see you too.
[2691.4s] I will, I will go help with the children.
[2695.0s] Thank you.
[2696.0s] Leosan, I wanted to, well, I just want to, like, how possible is it that this thing
[2706.4s] will work if they even come back with it?
[2712.6s] The Soul Bridge is what it's called.
[2717.4s] It's powerful enough that it tore multiple rips in the fabric of reality between planes
[2726.8s] at one time.
[2728.3s] And our plan is to create one really big rip?
[2733.0s] And our plan is to basically accordion time itself and tear a hole in it and step
[2741.4s] through and hope we step through to the right moment.
[2745.8s] I mean, there's two parts to this, Talgir.
[2749.1s] There's the object and there's Bahman.
[2754.6s] What can the old man do?
[2755.6s] Well, the old man's the power source.
[2759.5s] The old man's the one who can make the tear as big as it needs to be.
[2769.2s] If what you're saying is true and the Arkane Brotherhood is now in fact gone, if they didn't
[2777.3s] flee.
[2778.4s] I don't know if it's true or not, but the tower itself deserted.
[2785.8s] One of the last members that we were able to talk to.
[2790.3s] She was in Bryn Shander when we left.
[2793.4s] She was not there when we returned.
[2796.2s] I don't know where she is.
[2797.8s] I don't know if any of their other search parties came back, but I wouldn't say it's
[2803.7s] too likely that any of them are out there.
[2806.0s] It's my experience that it's probably true.
[2811.5s] And if they were overrun that quickly and that severely, it's not likely that they
[2818.5s] survived.
[2819.5s] And if they didn't survive, we need a massive power source.
[2826.5s] And the only other massive power source right now is Orcus.
[2832.4s] And harnessing Orcus's power is not something that I'm comfortable doing.
[2841.1s] I just don't think we'd have the opportunity, would we?
[2844.7s] Not likely.
[2845.7s] Okay, so when you say harness, like basically we're going to use the old man up.
[2853.6s] I hope not.
[2854.9s] But in his current state, I mean, how much power can he...
[2858.2s] In his current state, he can't, like, I don't know if he could do it.
[2862.4s] It looks like getting out of wherever it was that you were, back here, spent whatever
[2871.4s] he has.
[2872.4s] So now we have to hope that now he's back in the material plane, a rejuvenative
[2877.6s] factor is in place.
[2880.0s] Okay, so he needs, huh, isn't ironic.
[2883.5s] We all just need time.
[2885.3s] Which I feel is ticking ever so quickly.
[2888.7s] Well, I mean, if they're right, and it was Vorunax and Lipsynche, yeah, we're running
[2895.9s] short.
[2899.5s] There's a beat before he says anything.
[2905.2s] And all of you, everyone, we see Talgir and Leosin, we see Thea meditating beside Flint.
[2918.1s] Flamikins is rushing about trying to pack up things with some of the more military
[2923.9s] folk.
[2924.9s] And Yembol is back, corralling children and placing tattered toys and clothes into
[2931.7s] bags as quickly as she can.
[2934.2s] There's a pulse that echoes out, causing the entire refuge to go silent.
[2942.9s] The ground and walls begin to shake.
[2948.2s] And those close to the front of this refuge would be Talgir and Leosin.
[2955.6s] Thea, you would feel this in your meditative state.
[2961.3s] The ceiling is torn open, and the main entry to the resistance's hold is blown in.
[2968.1s] Debris is thrown, and people scream as they are struck by heavy stone.
[2978.5s] I think Talgir and Leosin make a dexterity saving throw.
[2983.5s] One story, guys, it's just the returning search party, they found that item.
[2987.2s] I really wanted to make an entrance.
[2990.2s] Yeah.
[2991.2s] Dex save, you said, Ross?
[2993.2s] Yes, please.
[2994.2s] That is a 21.
[2995.2s] Okay, Leosin got a 21 as well.
[3000.3s] Both of you see this and quickly jump out of the way as this boulder of a stone
[3006.5s] rockets between the two of you.
[3009.8s] People are running and fleeing from this explosion, and as you move forward to look
[3016.5s] and see what caused the chaos, you see the head of a zombified dragon peering down into
[3024.1s] the sewer through the torn-up earth, the flesh decaying from its face, an open chest
[3030.7s] cavity where inside you see black rotting intestines.
[3035.6s] Thea, as you step into this room, you recognize this dragon, having fought them
[3044.3s] once before.
[3046.7s] It comes back to you in a flash of a memory, back to a greenery-filled cave with Flint
[3052.9s] and Nularaaaa at your side as an adult green dragon emerges from the watery cave and
[3059.3s] roars before you.
[3061.7s] Staring through at you is an undead cooth.
[3071.0s] Dumbgeons and Dragons, Season 2, Episode 96.
[3074.9s] Starring Amy More as Thea Amastasia, Carla Maxted as Yen Bol Nuri, Tom Laird as
[3079.6s] Tulgear Heavyfoot, with guest Kristen Flemmons as a Goth god-lost catho Alavi, and Russ
[3084.8s] More as your dungeon master.
[3086.7s] Editing, production, and sound design by Russ More.
[3089.6s] This episode featured music from Epidemic Sound and sound effects from Epidemic
[3093.3s] Sound, Boom Library, and Sound Ideas.
[3095.9s] A huge thank you to our supporting producers, Gabriel Lynch, Jessica Babyok, Cat Waterflame,
[3100.9s] Stevie, Jacob Madden, Devin Michaels, Christian Brown, Aaron Stevens, Lulahan, and Charlie
[3106.4s] Warley.
[3107.4s] To support Dumbgeons and Dragons and our many other productions and get access to an
[3110.6s] exclusive podcast called The Adventures Of, bonus episodes, and much more, please join
[3115.3s] our Patreon at Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast.
[3119.1s] Where when we reach 100 patrons, we'll release an exclusive, Grantzis and Flamekin's
[3123.4s] bonus episode, Escaping the Abyss.
[3126.1s] You can also follow us at Facebook dot com slash dumb dragon podcast, and on Instagram
[3130.7s] and Twitter at dumb dragon cast.
[3133.2s] Thank you for listening.
[3134.3s] Have a great week.
[3135.4s] We'll talk again soon.
[3136.4s] We were way too happy for this.
[3138.4s] I know.
[3139.4s] I'll bring us down right now.
[3142.1s] Let's bring it down.
[3144.5s] So hot.
[3145.5s] So dark.
[3146.5s] It is very warm.
[3147.5s] Yeah.
[3148.5s] It is the darkest timeline.
[3149.5s] Instant.
[3150.5s] The spiraling energy.
[3151.5s] Vroom vroom.
[3152.5s] Get out of here.
[3153.5s] The gnome rips off on a radical motorcycle.
[3156.5s] Yep.
[3157.5s] That's right.
[3158.5s] We'll see y'all later.
[3161.5s] Got spoilers, baby.
[3162.5s] Okay, bye sound like we were on the phone.
[3165.5s] Okay, bye.
[3166.5s] Okay, bye.
[3167.5s] Bye bye.
[3168.5s] You hang up first.
[3169.5s] You hang up first.
[3170.5s] You hang up first.
[3171.5s] Click.