The Emerald Collective Podcast

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.

Now at the end of the catacombs, Sir Tirion and the party find themselves face-to-face with Sir Daygar the Death Knight. The imposing figure bears down upon them with relentless malice and seeks to put an end to Sir Tirion's holy conquest beneath the Temple of Torm. In the dark and dank tomb of the dead, who will emerge among the land of the living?

With the party now entering the belly of the beast, the Death Knight calls out to Sir Tirion even more intensely. Along the way to the end of the catacombs, Tirion faces more challenges of faith. The challenges laid before him comes with several choices. Is Tirion's resolve pure enough to overcome such horrendous trails and difficult choices? Stoic as ever, he believes just so. Meanwhile, Mina, Sh...

As the party bolster themselves before their descent into the catacombs that house a supposed Death Knight, Mina offers some inspiration and respite. Shadar uses the downtime to scry on the entity that tried to grab Aelfric back in Pethlan, only to reveal a new lead... and not a friendly one. The morning after, Sir Tirion leads the way to the catacombs, where the sir is cold and still. An unseen v...

The party regroups at the tavern where Old Wilf met his end, only to learn that the townsfolk reacted to his death with eerie smiles and unsettling cheer. Suspecting foul magic at work, Mina takes the stage and unleashes a countercharm that shatters the illusion, revealing a crowd silently screaming beneath forced joy. A haunting vision pulls Mina into a meadow of unnatural light, while Shadar’s T...

TVM - Episode 25: Whilst Sir Tirion shakes off the eerie vision he beheld within the Temple of Torm, Daemon engages in a rather interesting conversation with a fellow Tiefling. Though this Tiefling is none like which he'd ever seen before. Meanwhile, back at the Briarhearth Inn, Shadar secures lodgings and shares a lunch with Mina and Aelfric. It is during their feast, however, that an ill fate be...

In the morning following Aelfric's shared tale of his troubled past, the group pack up camp and head North. Despite the segregated travelling arrangement, the group finally reach the town of Berinthas; a town supposedly tormented by a Death Knight. Sir Tirion and Shadar remain keen to rid the world of the undead abomination, however the people of Berintahas don't seem too troubled.  A very warm an...

Shadar, disgruntled and frustrated, retires to his apartment where, in the rare instance of solitude, he decides to scry on his father - only to have a stark vision that rattles him to the core. The frustrations carry into the following morning as the party decide to head to Berinthas and bid farewell to Pethlan. On their travels, Aelfric finally tells the party of Naren; a land that they learned...

With the party now back in Pethlan to deliver news of the slain dragon in the woods, Mina brings her horse, Miel, back to the stables. On her way, she reminisces about her morning; before the battle with the Madness inflicted winged beast, when she met with Lloris and the exchange they had about Ambersand Isle, their common goals, and their future plans. Is this a flashback episode? You bet!

In the aftermath of the battle with the dragon, Aelfric narrowly escapes the clutches of an entity that emerged from the remains of the fearsome beast. But the entity did not disappear again without leaving a message. With the help of Tirion's Helm of Comprehend Languages, the party are able to translate the entity's words. The message, directed at Aelfric, is cryptic in nature, and leaves the par...

The battle with the Violet Madness afflicted dragon rages on. With Shadar and Sir Tirion taking the beast head on, Aelfric deals some crowd control from a distance as the accompanying shambling infected claw their way ever closer to the party.  Meanwhile, Mina and Daemon suffer the effects of the Nightmare Spores inhaled from the dragon's scales. Mina remains conscious, but her visions torment her...

Mina arrives on the the scene in the nick of time to save the party from the imminent peril of the Dragon's infectious breath. Having seen acolytes and servants of the mysterious blue robed cult transformed instantaneously into shambling creatures riddles with The Violet Madness from inhaling the dragon's spores, the party seek to dispatch the vile creature with haste. As the fight rages on, the g...

The streets of Pethlan are engulfed in pandemonium. The citizens make their way to shelter after a dragon is seen soaring the skies above. The town guard ready their battalions and ballista for the looming danger as a strike is anticipated at any moment.  In the midst of the chaos and confusion, Deamon, Shadar, Aelfric and Sir Tirion make their way to the gates to better understand the situation....

Before setting out on their journey to Berinthas, the party have some business to attend to. Mina seeks out Lloris so that she can get some closure on the previous day's peril and also to see if she can be of any further assistance to her people and their cause. Aelfric seeks out the library so that he can glean as much information about their destination as he can. Shadar travels through the town...