Roads Uncharted

CW:This episode deals with character death. While we discuss these things above table and feel safe exploring them, we realize this might be difficult for some audience members. Please skip 30:03 to 32:51 if this would be triggering for you. As always, your safety and enjoyment is important to us. As Eight and Trix plummet toward a pool of molten earth the rest of the party races to help them. Tal...

With Erdir defeated, Talbain and Trix take an opportunity to rifle through his pockets. They divide the goods among the rest of the party and Trix tries to peer into Erdir’s magic orb but to no avail. When Rou shifts back into his human form, Talbain reveals that he also is of the shapeshifter persuasion these days due to an incident while on a job. Rou lets him know that they have a deity that wa...

After being stabbed in the back, Trix frees themself from Faerlin and notices that Faerlin does not appear to be ensorceled. When they ask why Faerlin would stab them, he reveals that the Emperor would not have abandoned them at the outpost without reason. The pair of Adar-Kai briefly engage in hand-to-hand combat before Eight utilizes the orb to cast a deadly spell at Faerlin. Unknown to Eight, t...

A lantern illuminates the cell and reveals to Trix and Talbain that Faerlin is alive and well. It seems he’s come to escort Trix to their “proper chambers”, all the while shifting their eyes to the ceiling. Trix catches on to Faerlin’s hints and the pair agree to bring Talbain on as “another servant” so that Talbain can escape too. Faerlin escorts Trix and Talbain out of the cell through a hidden...

A younger Rou is leaving the office where he has been hired to perform some clerical work and off in the distance sees a familiar face among the market-goers. A tall, athletically built dark-skinned person with round glasses is bribing a vendor with some cinnamon buns. The person spots Rou and immediately rushes over, hastily grabbing their purchase before doing so. Rou tries his best to disappear...

Realizing they have a moment to breathe, the party takes a break to tend to their wounds and enjoy a short rest. They can hear the alarm still ringing in the distance, so they know it’s only a matter of time before they’re confronted by the enemy. As break draws to a close, Eight approaches Mongo and tries to convince them that they’ve been fooled and should tear through the Emperor’s fortress as...

The Dragon’s voice has echoed through the room, the temperature has dropped and the sconces have been blown out. Forced to scramble in the dark, Rou hears a low rumbling nearby and extends his senses to try and gauge Mongo’s mood. When Mongo makes an angered exclamation, Trix responds by firing an arrow toward where they believe the creature is. They’re successful, and an explosion briefly lights...

Realizing the creature can talk, Rou tries to engage it in a dialogue to avoid a fight. He makes his introductions of the group but the creature is not impressed that Eight is Rou’s friend, still mad that Eight hurt them. Rou continues to try and placate the creature and eventually learns that it has a name: Mongo. Mongo claims to have been ordered to guard the children, and gets clearly mad when...

CW: This episode contains a brief mention of dislocating limbs. Please skip 31:16 to 31:21 if this would be triggering for you as your safety and enjoyment are important to us. Trix leads Rou through the halls toward where they believe the dungeon, and subsequently Zero and the children, might be. The pair successfully avoid guards and find themselves halted by a pair of locked doors. Trix is able...

With Rou hiding in the wardrobe ready to enact their plan, Trix calls for a guard to get some food. However, with the alarm blaring the guard admits food will have to wait as they don’t know what the alarm is for yet. When the guard tries to go to the bathroom for water, Trix stops him and says that they’d much rather take a nap as they’re not feeling well and he can leave. Rou attempts an attack...

CW: This episode has a reference to self-harm to activate a spell. If this would be triggering for you, please skip 10:27 to 10:48 as your safety and enjoyment are important to us. Trix reviews the information received from Ikar and decides to take a chance. They get the dagger out of hiding and try talking to it. Surprisingly, Rou and Trix find they can communicate just like they do with the Seve...

CW: This episode includes scenes that imply torture. If this would be triggering for you, please skip 22:20 to 22:44 and 40:26 to 40:30. Your safety and enjoyment are important to us.  Zero makes their way down the dark strange hallway, grabbing a pebble and turning it into a little light as they do so. As they follow the hallway they find that there is strange tubing connected to the ceiling. Fol...

CW: This episode deals in blood magic and therefore has a small reference to self-harm, blood. If this would be triggering for you, please skip 15:29 to 15:41. Your safety and enjoyment are important to us. Zero makes their way through the fortress, dodging guards for the most part. Unfortunately, one guard sees through their ruse. Though they are captured temporarily, they are able to make a smoo...

CW: This episode contains themes of PvP, and while we discuss this above table we recognize this may be difficult for some audience members. Please listen at your own discretion as your safety and enjoyment are important to us. Eight updates Trix briefly on the situation before Raspy calls for the guard escorting Trix to apprehend “the construct”. When the guard makes his attempt, Eight blasts ene...

CW: This episode includes the description of bugs. If this would be triggering for you, please skip 35:38 to 36:09, 45:32 to 45:36, 50:38 to 50:45 and 1:08:18 to 1:08:24. It also contains themes of PvP, and while we discuss this above table we realize this may be difficult for some audience members. Your safety and enjoyment are important to us. Trix wakes in the arms of Faerlin, who gives them a...

CW: This episode includes a scene implying torture. If this would be triggering for you, please skip 30:00 to 30:30. As always, your safety and enjoyment are important to us. Eight is left alone in a room with four robed cultists, Rou’s corpse on a platform in the center. As the cultists approach, Eight warns them to stay away or they’ll be destroyed. At first they seem to listen, but when they be...

Trix dangles from the window ledge, nearly falling to their death, when they realize a patch of sky seems to be missing. The shadow moves and is revealed to be the dragon Faerlin warned the group about. She snatches Trix and carries them up to the roof of the stronghold. As she climbs, Trix tries to escape her grasp but there is a thin mucous substance that prevents them from getting good traction...

Rou finds he’s running in the woods, a raven flying at his right side. Given that wolves and ravens have been allies in his experience, he follows the raven to a patch of woods. The raven, perched on a large rock, shifts into the form of a woman wearing a silver pendant in the shape of a raven’s head. Out of the shadows appears a form draped in black robes, face covered by an ivory mask. The woman...

CW: This episode deals with the repercussions of character death. While we discuss these things above table and feel safe exploring them, we realize this might be difficult for some audience members. Please listen to this episode only if the content would not be triggering for you. As always, your safety and enjoyment is important to us. With The Dragon’s words echoing in the chamber that they’ve...

CW: This episode deals with character death. While we discuss these things above table and feel safe exploring them, we realize this might be difficult for some audience members. Please skip 47:15 to 49:42 if this would be triggering for you. As always, your safety and enjoyment is important to us. With the doors locked and nowhere to escape, the party hears a crackle of lightning and suddenly The...

With the alarm ringing through the fortress, the group makes a dash for the barracks. On their way, they’re nearly caught by guards rushing down the hallway past their hiding spot. The alarm eventually shuts off and the party continues on toward the barracks. When they arrive, Rou and Trix start to sift through the supplies for uniforms and equipment, while Eight follows Faerlin to the hallway to...

Faerlin has convinced the guards to drop their weapons under the guise of a “training exercise”, so Eight takes Jimothy and Bessie down to the stables where they should be safe from harm. While they’re gone, Rou unintentionally undermines Faerlin’s deception when he reveals he and the others have not been hired for any purpose, training or otherwise. Realizing the reality of the situation, one of...

Trix and Faerlin, having met no resistance, head off toward the barracks. Sneaking through the fortress, they are able to avoid detection and arrive at their destination surprised to find Rou and Eight aren’t there yet. They wait for a bit before going off to search for their companions. Meanwhile, Rou and Eight have been surrounded by guards. Looking around the room, Rou notices that there is a l...

As the party watches the guards march from the fortress below, they discuss their plans for infiltration. Faerlin offers a few options: directly up the treacherous path to the front door, through the servant’s entrance, or a secret passageway around the back. All options have their benefits and risks, but none seem the obvious best choice. Deciding it would be best to consider their options while...

CW: This episode references miscarriages and the grief associated with them. While this is implied to have happened off screen, we take your safety and enjoyment seriously. Skip 02:55 to 03:31, 07:45 to 8:08 and 10:58 to 11:12 if this would be triggering to you. Join Dax as she shares another story from the War of Seven Hells. This is the fifth and final in a series of short episodes that give a p...