The Emerald Collective Podcast

The caves have become less of a rescue mission and now more of a fight for survival. With threats now lurking around every corner, the investigators scramble to make sense of where they are and how to get out with their bodies and minds intact. As they venture further, they encounter an ancient temple deep within the cave system. But there is also something else... and someone else.

Having left the haunting tragedy of the duergar settlement behind, the Curtain Callers venture deeper into the Underdark, where they encounter something as ancient as it is mysterious; The Memory Root. A colossal tree whose gnarled roots stretch through the depths, the Memory Root holds within it the echoes of countless lives, preserving the memories of all who have crossed its path. For Shadar, i...

The depths loom over the investigators even more as they continue their search for Josh within the strange and imposing caverns. Something deep within stirs as they make a gruesome discovery.

Believing himself infected with the Violet Madness, Shadar keeps his distance from the Curtain Callers, uncertain of what may be happening within him, or what danger he might now pose to his companions. Meanwhile, Daemon and Aelfric’s investigation of the ruined duergar settlement finally begins to bear fruit. The strange inhabitants, the abandoned homes, and the unsettling silence surrounding the...

The trio of investigators push further into the depths and begin to uncover more unsettling clues as to what is happening beneath the hills of Providence. As they venture into the darkness, they find remnants of civilisation. Not particularly human, and not particularly hospitable...

Deep within the Underdark, a moment of unexpected tenderness takes a horrifying turn, leaving Shadar facing a threat unlike anything the Curtain Callers have encountered before. As the party rushes to their cleric’s aid, uncertainty forces them to take precautions. Something has changed, and until they understand exactly what they’re dealing with, even standing too close could prove dangerous. Mea...

Beneath the hills, the darkness is not empty. The investigators leave the safety of the surface behind and descend into places where daylight has never fallen. Each step carries them farther from the world they know, through passages shaped by old hands and into depths where the silence seems less an absence than a watchful presence. There are signs that others came before them, but in the earth b...

Deep within the Underdark, the Curtain Callers attempt to unravel the mystery surrounding the ruined duergar settlement and its peculiar inhabitants. While Sir Tirion and Mina question their unusual hosts, Daemon and Aelfric take a more methodical approach, searching the abandoned village for evidence of what happened here, and whether the survivors they've encountered can truly be trusted. But pa...

The earth remembers what men choose to forget. Drawn together by a mystery rooted in years long buried, a group of investigators begins to disturb the settled dust of the past. Old accounts are revisited, uneasy questions are raised, and beneath the ordinary details of human history they glimpse the outline of something that should not be there. There are absences where answers ought to be, and be...

Deep beneath the Krynell Mountains, the Curtain Callers encounter an unlikely ally in the form of Rilk, a drow who claims to have helped Galfond Illemis escape the cult’s grasp. Armed with a map of the Underdark and a troubling revelation about Aelfric’s connection to the Violet Madness, the party presses deeper into the maze below. Along the way, Daemon meets a strange stick-like creature named B...

With Mina and Shadar safely across the gorge, the task falls upon Daemon to clear the void with whatever tricks he has left up his sleeve. After a perilous journey through the mines at break-neck speed, his tricks were running out.  Elsewhere, Tirion and Aelfric find themselves level with another drow and a fatal obstacle ahead of them. With tensions sunning high and spell slots running low, there...

The mine shafts run deeper and more dangerous. As the tracks deteriorate, the Curtain Callers advance at breakneck speed through obstacles, ruined structures, and relentless pursuers. As Daemon, Mina, and Shadar pave the way in front of them, Tirion and Aelfric leave a trail of destruction in their wake.  As they approach the deeper parts of the mines, they find a wide gorge they will need to jump...

Never split the party... unless of course, circumstances separate the party against their will. That is what the Krynell Mines have been laid out to do. With Daemon, Mina and Shadar now zooming through the weaving tracks to the south, the cult chase in hot pursuit.  Meanwhile, Sir Tirion and Aelfric veer to the west, where the tracks lead to darkness. With the mine carts racing through the darknes...

The tension, and the railroad tracks, are heating up. As the pursuit through the mines continues, the party travel at breakneck speed fending off the Drow cultists. As spells and crossbow bolts fly, the Curtain Callers find themselves split up form each other by shifting tracks. Daemon takes the lead down one route, fending on the brutal assault while trying to stay aboard his cart, while Tirion a...

With a group name set and arrangements made to leave Berinthas, the group now known as "The Curtain Callers" venture forth the the Krynell Mines.  As they enter the abandoned caves, they soon find that it is not as dishevelled or derelict as they supposed. Sconces were lit to guide the way toward... mine carts, set on tracks leading deeper into the mines. Daemon figures it's a pretty fast way of g...

The party discuss their current situation, past choices, and future goals over magical brews and obnoxious amounts of bacon and eggs. The group discuss the prospect of breaking anonymity and travelling under a shared banner. As the evening progresses, Shadar takes time to contemplate after an upsetting conversation with Daemon. Mina comes to his side and the couple share a reflective conversation...

With the Living Paint vanquished, the party regroup to tend to the lesser of their wounds. As they rest, the blaze engulfing Berinthas is reduced to a smoulder. The party go back to town to assess the damage and find Rocket and Ven. It is there, they discover Rocket deactivated and Ven missing. Daemon and Shadar send a message to the white Tiefling and their message is answered... but it may not b...

Mina and Aelfric arrive at the Krynell Mountains to find Daemon and Sir Tirion in battle with The Living Paint while Shadar is bound by magical chains and seemingly lost within himself. As the pair join the fray, the painted creature lashes out with powerful attacks and magic, forcing the party to pull out all the stops to vanquish the beast. With no sign of Dleight to aid them, the party fight on...

After a harrowing and humbling trek through the swamp of sorrows in the pocket dimension created by The Living Paint, Shadar and Mina find themselves back in Berinthas where the battle is set to begin. Daemon and Sir Tirion tend to the mortally wounded Ven, whilst Mina calls for Miel as the creature flees with Delight on its back. Shadar uses his divine power to give chase, and Tirion calls on his...

Shadar and Mina find themselves in some sort of pocket dimension. They stand within a swamp teeming with the writhing souls of those The Living Paint has consumed. Concerned that they may share the same fate, the duo navigate the swamps. But what lies beyond the veil of fog is something much more dangerous than any physical threat. Shadar and Mina see their younger selves through the mist, and at...

Aelfric, Daemon and Delight forge a plan to take the magical painting abilities from Mayor Hasker, right in the middle of the town festival. With a distraction in place, Daemon steps up to the task. Sir Tirion meets with a man who claims to know Hasker and the link to his abilities. Meanwhile, Shadar and Mina cut their date short to investigate the mass hysteria coming from the town centre. As the...

While Shadar and Mina are on their date, Sit Tirion goes to report the success of the absolved Death Knight to Cynthessia in the Temple of Torm. Pleased with the Paladin's work, she offers him an audience with Mayor Julianus Hasker, a man Tirion has been eager to meet since his arrival in town.  Meanwhile, Daemon and Aelfric get ready for their dinner with Ven, a young Tiefling with ivory skin and...

With the immediate danger behind them, Berinthas finally seems a little safer, at least on the surface. As the town settles into a rare moment of calm, Shadar prepares for an evening he’s been quietly dreading: a date with Mina. Awkward moments give way to genuine connection as the pair explore a festival filled with games, food, and romance, letting themselves enjoy a fleeting sense of normalcy....

The battle beneath Berinthas reaches a breaking point as the party faces the full fury of the Death Knight. Mettle is tested, faith is pushed to its limits, and the chance at victory even comes at a cost. As Sir Tirion becomes the focus of the fallen paladin’s final malice, the group must rally together, battered and exhausted, to protect one of their own. Bonds are tested, strengths are revealed,...

The battle rages on and the party are down but not out. Tirion and Shadar provide the offensive regime to keep the Death Knight entertained while Aelfric, Mina and Daemon help with the crowd control, keeping the wraiths at bay. As the fight enters its terminal velocity, Aelfric comes up with a clever idea that he think will buy them some time... probably.