Due to some violent content. B Rental discretion is advised. In the year
to forty seven, in the Age of Judges, Fartan was summoned home after
the death of his father. Upon his return, Farten discovered something evil fester
in beneath the city of Eterno. With the help of some very unlikely allies,
Fartan works to uncover the mysteries of his hometown and put an end to
the nightmares the plagueist people. Welcome to Ethereal embrace. Hey, that's me
Barten. I wonder what more again? In By talked about hopefully they're becoming
friends. I feel like we're really starting to get on the same page.
Day three, The cabin in the woods. Another room. I'd love to
see it. I mean, it's just further down into the cave. If
I remember correctly, that other room had a ledge where you could fall off,
right, it was a will a well oh well yeah, well so
it was a sewage like well, that's where the sewage stuff came came out.
So you guys didn't go down to see what kind of water was down
there, but you definitely noticed that there was water down at the bottom of
miah well. But yeah, all right, So you guys take morerigan back
there. Yeah, yeah, all right, So you walked for a little
bit. I think I said it was like ten minutes to get back there.
So you follow the path, go back there ten minutes and as soon
as you are Ruh Vartan and Baya, you don't even need to roll for
it. You can see someone else has been here and they set up shop
at that desk. I'm gonna I'm gonna squat and be like, oh be
still. Yeah, I guess go in. I want to check the well
to see if there's any sign of them coming in and out through the well,
because we haven't. I mean, I guess we weren't looking, but
I don't know if there's any footprints leading the way we came from. But
I mean climbing out of sewage. I mean, it can't be. There's
gotta be some sign, I would think. But we'll see. Yeah,
what do you want me to roll? Either in sight or investigation? I
mean, really, it's pretty easy for you to find. So it's eleven
investigation, okay, And a lot of them will tell you because it is
easy to find. There are some footprints that are around the room, but
none of them show that they are from the well or the Seuer system.
They seem to have come in through the main cave entrance, the same path
that you took. That's all you're gonna get out of an eleven. But
you can tell nobody's been trapesing around in sewage. What's the size of the
feet? Size of the feet are are a little bit bigger. They're a
decent sized feet some some might say furbog size. I'm gonna put my foot
right next to it, be like, I mean, I don't know,
I might have my mother's feet. Yeah, these footprints are are pretty big
for I mean, everybody else in town. I mean, it's not quite
as big as mine, but they're pretty big. And it doesn't look like
they came from the sewage unless I mean, I mean they could have cleaned
it up or something. But I mean they did get rid of their footprints
in the woods. H But yeah, we got to check the rest of
this stuff out. Maybe we can figure out who it is. Yeah,
Morgan, this was not here when we came here last time. And I
thought you said there really weren't many people who knew where this place was.
Well, Bastille and Cody but I don't think they would have come here.
They seem far too invested in keeping everyone else away. But it could be
the cultest, but one of them, at least of the larger variety.
Well, let's take a look around and see if we can figure something out,
because this is not good. Yeah, are we investigating? Yeah?
I was gonna say, I think that this might throw out the Morrisey idea
because I know we took care of the Morrisy and these footprints are still big,
so maybe that image was was heard. Yeah, I guess we'll see.
So I got a seventeen on investigation. I'm kind of looking around the
desk really to see if I can find any notes or anything like that.
So during your investigation, you do find some notes that have some very detailed
equations, which is kind of interesting. And I'll need an Arkana check to
tell you what these equations are for math, is arcona choking? Yeah?
Yeah, I got a science Yeah, so ten's not gonna get it.
You do know that these are some pretty elaborate equations, though, I am
going to actually ask Baya because I've accepted the fact that BIA's just here.
Uh, Baya, can you come over here and look at these there's equations
written down. Do you recognize them? Maybe? Let's see by the way,
I was investigating their runs along the wall to see if anything had been
added or messed with, and I had gotten a nine for Arkana, I
got seventeen. Okay, So for the ruins that you investigated, you really
can't tell much, but you get maybe a feeling that they've been cleaned.
But uh, you know, so like you kind of remember them being dirtier
and they hadn't been cared for, but it looks like somebody went around and
wipe them all down. Maybe, or you could be remembering wrong. You
can't really tell. But with the Arcana check, you can tell that this
is a some kind of energy power formula and they are trying to figure out
how many magic items or how many magic spells need to be put together to
power one specific unit that requires x amount of power. So the the equation
is solving for X and X is the amount of power that it's going to
take to power up what you assume is meant to be the portal in the
other room, oh Man, for an unexpected amount of time for why so
why would be the set amount of time X would be the amount of power.
Well, Morgan, this equation is asking how much power will be needed
for x amount of time to keep the portal open. It seems like so
it doesn't look like they finish the equation, but they are solving for how
much power they need and how long that power will open the portal for.
So it's just if you have a certain amount of power, you can put
in that number and it will solve for how much time. If you want
it to be open for a certain amount of time, you put in that
number and it will tell you how much power. That's what this equation is
for. Hmm. I hope this information has been has not been passed along
to others well. The fact that somebody has it in the first place where
I was trying to work it out, is obviously concerning. Very yep,
and y'all just brought a arsenal of magic items to power this thing exactly,
and in the interest of full disclosure amongst friends, the Robin doesn't just want
to open the portal. He wants to cross it. He wants to know
what's on the other side. And as we all saw, it is possible
to cross the portal. I wonder if your robin's working with this cult.
I'm beginning to have my suspicions. That was definitely the first thing I brought
up when you came to town. Okay, well it wasn't me. I
was here for the investigation because investigating is fun. This is a little bit
fun, but this is also very dangerous, and we have much more than
just your town to protect. I agree. If your Robin is compromised,
dove Brie might also be compromised potentially, or she's watching him. I don't
know which they shared a room. We can't we can't throw it out for
sure, true, but we can check with her pair and see if anything
odd has been going on. Do you think he's capable of controlling somebody's mind?
Not to my knowledge, but he's not really someone I tend to converse
with. All Right, either way, we need to head back to town.
We need to find out what's happening. Yeah, and we need to
we need to throw the robin off. He needs to think that I've not
found the cave, that it's been destroyed or something at least to buy us
sometime. Yeah, and uh, and we can stop buy up up.
We can stop by my house, and uh grab a snack on the way
as we head down to the robin and uh, I mean we won't be
coming from the cave direction, so nobody's gonna see us do that, all
right, Uh, you can check on Temka as well. Yeah, let
me here we go. We got the stone here and I'm going to activate
it and after you, oh, don't walk too far. Stop as soon
as you get on the other side. I was walking through as he was
saying that. So where is her foot going to land? You land in
this little safe spot spot that is there where the portal opens up, so
you're fine. But there is a little rock wall that you would need to
potentially step through or over that that is kind of right in front of you.
So yeah, Bartan calls it out and you safely make your way into
his basement. Okay, we'll walk through. Oh glad you didn't get hit
by the traps. Thanks for the warning, really glad. There's a little
wall thing here. That's the trick. The wall thing is the trap,
right, Yeah, So you gotta you gotta walk over here and then get
up here and then and you don't want to step there, all right.
Yeah, now you're good. All right, yep, that's it. Thanks,
thanks, Yeah, okay, stage just gets weirder and weirder. That
was the weird thing. Definitely not the lamp that gave us a movie and
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truly appreciate your support. Now back to the town of Eterno. All right,
guess we'll head up. I'm gonna grab out what, I'm gonna grab
something whatever, Emory, Yeah, what emery and set out or something for
lunch that day. Okay, So you grab some food and you hear the
town meeting bell being rang from the middle of town, summoning people to come.
Oh, we weren't going to make it to Cody, so glad to
grab something. Oh hey, we should check on Tell Mika make sure she's
she gets to the meeting safe. Yeah, go upstairs and bring her a
muffin. She's not there, she's not in your house right now. Maybe
she's in the temple. Let's just right across the street. So well,
we can check there on the way. Yeah, I'll glance at the stables
as we walk past to see if anyone's in there. Yeah, there is
the person that Cody hired to be in there taking care of the horses there
and there. Okay, Penny, Penny, Yeah, good job, Penny.
Are you coming to the town meeting. Yeah, I'll be there in
a minute. Okay, I'm sure, nice staring adult stuff. Yeah,
yeah, you're probably right. Good job taking care of the horses though they
look I love them. So you make it down to the town hall area.
It's not really a town hall, but you make it down to like
the town square area right in front of where the judge's office is and where
the bricks are. You actually see priest. Tell Mika is out in the
streets talking to people as you arrive. Hey, tell Mika how you feel
in Oh Vartan and h Baya and uh Ovic. Ah, yeah, well
it's uh. I've come across some horrible news from Bastile. I heard him
talking with the new Robin, and it sounds like the town is in danger.
So I've been telling people to pack up their homes tonight and we might
be going to the next town over to stay at the church there for a
little while. We can't do that. Tell Mika, what what did?
What? Do you? What did Robin? What did? Okay? What
exactly was that? What's got you so worried? Robin Torman came over to
the church and said to Bastile that there's no way we couldn't know that the
demons were gone, that if they came through the portal once, they would
come through again. And I just don't think I can watch any more of
my friends die because of demon attacks. And if gray Stone and Timmerin aren't
aren't strong enough to rally up these people on their own, well, I'll
do it myself. Morgan's gonna go up to her and just you know,
show her proper reverence as a priest of the Church of gray Hawk, and
priest, tell me, Ka, my name is Morgan. I am a
member of the Piteousness of Doves that has arrived here. We're here to protect
you and your town. And I can say from the investigation that I have
been conducting, I have not seen any evidence of demons. And I think
that this is a bit premature, and I would hate to see everyone panic.
Well, we're not panicking. This is an orderly exodus. We're all
packing tonight and then we'll leave in the morning. I wouldn't say that's panic.
That seems rather rushed to me, to uproot everyone's homes and families and
take them away when there's probably no cause. And just between you and me,
the robin's a bit of a warrior, we'll just put it that way.
He tends to make mountains out of mole hills quite frequently. Really,
yes, then where are the briars Bartan now? But that's a good question.
Listen, Tomka, I got this, Tartan, don't worry. Listen,
Temmika, I understand the concern, and especially after everything that you went
through, but do you really want to uproot people from their homes over you
know, hearsay? The demons aren't coming back. We took care of them.
We've closed the portal. Unless someone is intending on opening the portal,
there's no worry. Well, I would like to believe you. So what
if as a compromise, we make emergency bags for everyone. If a demon
attack does happen, we will all grab our things and leave, and we
can take the camping gear and the travel supplies that are kept in in the
warehouses and outfit each home with what they would need to travel in case of
an emergency. That sounds like a great compromise. I think it might also
be a good idea to open up the church to let people stay there if
they're not feeling comfortable in their home currently. I don't know, I don't
feel like the church is a safe place anymore. Now that gives me an
idea. By what if we do get everybody in one place, it would
be easier to fortify. I mean, I mean my house is pretty big.
There's also Timberan's barn. It make everybody feel better. I mean,
we can get those emergency bags for everybody, so everybody has something on them,
but and whatever they need to keep comfortable from their homes. I mean,
it's not going to be as dangerous as whenever the demons were actually here.
So more for just peace of mind without worrying about demons outside while we
figure out what's going on. I'd be okay with us putting together a plan
for that. All right, is U is judge Greystone nearby? Greystone is
not. But you do see brass Cane and Timmerin standing off to one side.
Timmerin wears a very sad expression on his face. This is the exact
opposite of what he wanted to happen, and brass Cane watches quietly, trying
to take everything in around him that's happening. Some distance away from Braskane,
Sean is watching brass Cane. Still they're clearly not connected like you you are,
so Sean's still at a distance. More following, I think we should
we should wave over Timmerin and Braskane to come over and explain to them this
plan. Yeah, as they're coming over and Telmika has left our vicinity,
yes, yeah, yeah, okay, she'll go do the things. Yeah,
Baia says, I'm not sure, but I think maybe our our I
think we should be transparent with everyone about the cult. Yeah, Telmika and
the townsfolk. We seem to have a cult here. We learned that there
are cultists in the town and on the edge of the woods. Let's talk
to Braskane and Cody about it first. But I think with the knowledge,
people might be safer and if they choose to leave, you know, that's
that is their choice. Obviously we don't want that to happen. But yeah,
Morgan's going to go and grab Sean since Braskane is walking in their direction,
and you know, so Sean's going to be following at a distance anyway,
So she's going to walk over and grab Sean and find out what's been
going on since they separated last You grab Sean as as she's going over,
and she says, well, this is a shit show, isn't it.
That's one way to put it. What's been happening on your side? Trying
to follow this brass cane character around is exhausting, but he seems very organized.
He is training his recruits, he is stationing homes and doing walkarounds.
His scheduling has been staggered. Quite honestly, he's a pretty formidable city guard
for as young as he is. Yeah, they've had a lot to deal
with, I think more than you and I know. I don't think the
Dove's got the whole story. I don't think we're still getting the whole story.
Oh I've got a story to tell you, but not right now.
Have you noticed anything strong amongst the other doves, specifically Dovebrie. No,
she's been around Torman, that's all I've noticed. Kept her post. I
checked in with her this morning after breakfast. Did she seem herself as much
as anyone? Yes? Yeah she did. Has she been spending more time
alone with Torman? I mean, everywhere he goes, she's with him.
But that's the way it's supposed to be. Nothing out of the norm.
I hope not. I'm fairly certain brass Cane knows you're tailing him, and
I don't know how much longer that's going to be practical. So you might
as well come over and see if you can work with him rather than follow
him. I need my partner on this one. Do we just tell them
the truth? We need to figure out what's going on, and we'd like
it if they cooperated, yes, but if they don't, we'll keep making
it awkward. Oh, just tell them you're going to show up anyway,
and then just keep showing up. It worked for me. That sounds like
a plan. All right, let's go all right, So, well they're
over there having their sidebar. Brass Cane walks up to you and says quietly
under his breath to where the doves can't hear, if they're really getting ready
to pack up a bunch of the stuff out of the warehouses, I'm gonna
have to move those bodies. That's the whole town going in and out of
there. I can't keep up with that. Well, yeah, I think
we should have everybody instead of trying to travel, you know, I mean,
they wouldn't really need stuff out of the warehouse. Instead, let's get
everybody at what Timorin's barn again, and maybe we need to explain to the
town what's going on with the cult. You want to tell them about the
colt Now they think there's demons. They think there's still demons here, and
they're trying to leave. We got it. I mean, maybe we just
need to put a little bit of trust in them and be honest with them.
Maybe it'll help calm them down. We'll get them in all one location.
There'll be guards. I mean, I trust that you can handle that.
I don't think we need to keep those demons in the warehouse anymore.
I think we need to actually burn them. Okay, has anybody been asking
about the demons? Just Dorman. She shows him the burnt paper. What's
this? So? I found this at the cultist campground. Looks like they
were trying to burn it. But it's parts of the zill the chasms and
this one is it looks like the Morrisy So their body parts to create these
magic items spells, which is concerning. So we need to get rid of
those bodies as quick as possible before any of the cultists find out they're still
here and tries to use them. Oh, get it done as quickly and
quietly as I can. I'll uh, I'll see what I can do,
and might have to wait till tomorrow so we don't get seen. They're coming,
and he nods his head over to Morrigan and Sean as they're approaching.
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