TMC: The Mercurial Avengers

As we come upon our party waking up in the Lion’s Den Inn, they ready themselves in their new garb. Having visited a few services offered to them by the Lion’s Den and its associates, they were able to exchange some of their equipment for something they would find more useful for the upcoming mission. Cereius, covered in a lighter mithril armor with an amulet of the devout, found himself read...

The party found themselves back at the Lion’s Den after meeting Arnable and making the exchange for the false Amulet against Proof and Detection with Weaqha’s belongings. There, they ran into Big Fish, the proprietor of the Lion’s Den Inn.  Minnow introduced them as people seeking a joint business venture, and so they headed to Big Fish’s office to discuss matters at greater length. Having ta...

Having found themselves at Horsing ‘Round, the group now found themselves in the presence of one Joe Bronco, an interesting and quite literal Headless Horseman. Turns out this man was the very owner of said establishment, and that he was keyed in on the many operations and odd jobs all around Nymora. When asked about getting information pertaining to the Vitalis, Joe pulled them into his office fo...

Last time, the group found an inn called the Lion’s Den and rested for the night after making their way into Nymora again in another past time jump. Kyver, Rig, and Cereius each had their own visions, delving into their fate and other powers in their lives. Kyver met with the goddess Aphy, who took many forms in a blighted swamp. There, he was asked to deal with the blight to protect the lands of...

The party had decided to take a short jump back into the past to set themselves up for success before moving forward with plans to tackle the Sons of the Serpent, as well as others who have dealings in the Vineyard. Kyver said goodbye to his family after a short time together. Rig called on the power of her bracers, and with that, the party skipped back to when they first reached the outskirts of...

Last we left off with the Mercurial Avengers, Kyver and company had found themselves back at Kyver’s old residence with his father, Marlow, coming out to meet his mother, Rhea, who was carrying a young Beatrice. Their happy reunion was short-lived as they found themselves meeting a strange woman who was part of an agency looking to reunite Beatrice with her lost family. As Rig and this woman, Leil...

Last we heard from our adventuring friends, they were trapped in the distant future, where they met some of their future selves. Old man Attros had pointed them out in the general direction of future Cereius, led there by Beatrice, future Kyver’s adopted daughter. Face to face with his future self, Cereius had come to learn the truth of how he succeeded and how it would lead to a cruel twist of fa...

Last we left off with our friends, the Mercurial Avengers, who had found themselves in a distant future. There, they came into contact with an old Attros who didn’t believe that he had run into them. As they spoke with him, another stranger appeared- a younger black cat Tabaxi named Beatrice, the adopted daughter of Kyver. As they had learned, Weaqha found himself taken by his rage and killed Kyve...

The party had gotten to see Rig’s memory of the day she was betrayed by her adopted kin and cast out into the world. As they wandered into the next memory, they found themselves at a tower of sorts, Kyver having recognized it as the same one from his recent visions. As it had occurred to him that he was related to the possible murder of the angry spirit that dwells inside Weaqha, he couldn’t help...

The party continued traveling through the memories of their fellow companions. They found themselves in a dungeon in which Cereius himself had traveled once before, with old friends in search of the Hourglass of Phantasia, only to find that it was a ruse by the elven wizard Kaela in the party, who sought out a ruby gem that was found between 2 pillars guarded by gigantic statues of Displacer Beast...

Last time on Mercurial Avengers, Kyver had just found himself home and face-to-face with his mother, but time stood still as the group saw a rift that opened up behind them. As they ventured through it, they traveled through the memories of their companions, gaining a peek into Attros’ past and the day Kyver was taken away to the Vineyard. Theme music written and composed by ⁠ Efflorescence ⁠ Edit...

The party found themselves in a tight situation, surrounded by many people involved in the operations of the Vineyard, but an old friend of Cereius, Satela, joined them as Kyver held back on lashing out against those who had wronged his kind. After coming back together and reassessing the situation, the party decided to leave the vineyard for now, to return with a more formulated plan to shut...

The party had split up, Rig and Kyver going with Robin Lynxley to rob the Western Branch of the Drakewood Travels. Robin served as a distraction, picking a fight with the outside guards while Rig and Kyver headed in, disguised as a shorter Shanks and a stocky Zechs. While inside, they happened to run into an older Tabaxi gentleman named Rinde, whom they had fooled into thinking they were from an o...

Last time with the Mercurial Avengers, Rig and Weaqha took a look at some wares while in the market area. Weaqha learned what a black market really was, opting not to purchase a presumably stolen moon sickle. Meanwhile, Cereius, led by a strange vision of his wife, Valencia, came to a fortune teller. There, he received fortune-telling from an elderly goblin shaman woman, showing him visions of his...

Last time on the Mercurial Avengers, the party set off to the Greatsword Village, where the barracks of the city guards and knights were. There, they went to meet Arnable and came across many of the warriors training. The group disguised themselves as Fat Arguile made his crunchy appearance through town.  After getting up to some antics and familiarizing themselves with one of the guards, they wer...

Last time on Mercurial Avengers, the party had a close call with some of the guards looking for them, but after being commanded by their leader to return to patrol, they headed off, leaving the Cat’s Cradle Inn, where We'aqha, Cereius, and Rig were currently at. Rig headed out to meet Kyver, who brought his friend Robin Lynxley to meet the group after a bit of an exchange. During this time, Ce...

Picking up from last time with the Mercurial Avengers, We'ahqa departed and set out to return to Cat’s Cradle, while the others set out with Poncho to find We'ahqa. However, when the rest of the group made it to the location where We'ahqa him were left. After a few inquiries from Rig to an elderly green Tabaxi lady with golden eyes, they were able to determine that she is a “cleaner” o...

Last time, our group found themselves outside the eastern gate of Nymora, where Kyver had seen his past tormentor, the son of the Vitalis family, Abraxis. Although he had to hold himself back from chasing after him, Rig and the others used this opportunity to disguise themselves and head in while playing themselves off as a noble and their bodyguards.  Despite hearing noises coming from behind the...

In the dead of night, a shadow moved through camp: a panther that vanished into the dark with Poncho in its jaws. Without We’ahqa, who had gone missing hours earlier, the Mercurial Avengers gave chase. Guided by Franchise, We’ahqa’s familiar, they ventured into a mist-choked bog where twisted Jaculi vipers and a blighted elder lizard struck from the murky water. Kyver’s blades found their mark, cu...

After exploring the outskirts of Grimdale, the party set off from town, following new leads and fragments of information. Guided by Rubin, an old Earth Genasi guard who’d long left city life behind, they traced signs of the spreading blight to a nearby river, where corrupted remnants lingered. Rubin shared what he knew about Nymora and its darker dealings, pointing them toward the forest ahead. As...

The party arrives in Grimdale, a town plagued by blight and disease. Investigating its source, We’ahqa communes with nature and learns that the corruption stems from the hells, infecting the river through poisoned roots. When Kyver collects samples, the residue manifests into a black ichor slime that attacks. They meet Ruben, a cynical Earth Genasi guard with a grudge against nobles, who warns of...

Last we left off, the Beholder was defeated, and Aldis was released from his prison within the Tome. The Party interpreted the clues from the Tome and found the cure for the bard’s affliction. With Aldis free and restored, the party brings him back to Amina, who rewards them with gratitude and a piece of the Root of the Heartwood. She imbues the piece into Cereius’s rings and makes a subtle sugges...

Last we left off, the Beholder was defeated, and the search for Aldis was at the forefront. With the corpse of the Beholder looted and picked clean for ingredients, the party splits. Rig and Kyver make their way through the mansion while Cereius, Attros, and We’ahqa try to figure out where the bard may be. Using various spells, the three in the ballroom discover that the large painting in the room...

Last we left off, several things were happening at once. We’ahqa, Cereius, and Attros started and then quickly finished an altercation with two sets of animated armor. While this happened, Kyver revealed himself to Aldis and the Beholder, pleading with them not to attack himself or his friends. After the animated armor sets were defeated and stuffed into Attros’s bag of holding, the three combatan...

The party had made its way into the Arbiter’s Tome in search of Aldis, a powerful bard who could help protect the Heartwood from extraplanar forces. They emerge from the portal and find themselves in a forest, on a path that leads them to a small and idyllic village. But something is off with its inhabitants, and We’ahqa is the first to notice. They eventually figure out, through several interacti...