Umbalin & Oblivion

In case you missed it in our last session, everyone gathered in the audience chamber after their disparate breakfasts and made their way over to the Temple of Zerhōss and Ashtakrrok. Less one arm, yet on the mend, Ashtakrrok, sagacious as ever, helped put the puzzle pieces together. The attack came from Kar’tum, which might need investigation. Jōlahr should probably leave Rejlaz and someone disgui...

In case you missed it in our last session, the party arrived back at Rejlaz Rhekōlb to find things oddly calm. Bursting into the king’s audience chamber (with Ahnen doing the doorcrashing), they found a pleasant dinner taking place with Jōlahr entertaining faces both new and familiar. Conversations ensued with only occasionally raised voices. Over a dozen Zōrheg and many upper-tier Kisstyral had a...

In a follow-up to our previous session, Bjōlan dines with Jōlahr about the future of Ōjmat and the battle of Rejlaz Rhekōlb before going to find Ahnen. That conversation gets both heady and heavy. Up+Out is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. All tracks are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license....

In a follow-up to our previous session, Åthedræl talks with Geteshol over breakfast about what exactly happened in the battle of Rejlaz Rhekōlb, what Jōlahr should do now, and what is expected of Åthedræl. Up+Out is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with othe...

In a follow-up to our previous session, Fisvénir talks with Melbim over breakfast about their theories concerning the Zōrheg attack, the prince... sorry, king, and what should happen now. Up+Out is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or g...

In a follow-up to our previous session, Ūpŏnōr talks with his brother, Fwēfrăn, over breakfast about what they are both doing in Rejlaz Rhekōlb and where they would be going from here. Up+Out is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...

In case you missed it in our last session, with victory imminent, plans began to be made for how to triage the aftermath; however, Fisvénir realized he had a message pending on his sending stone. It was Melbim. The Battle of Nerhtan was a diversion and Rejlaz Rhekōlb had been attacked, assailed by many Zōrheg and Kisstyral. But, the assault was repelled, though at great cost. The king survived and...

In case you missed it in our last session, they won! And with that, you’re caught up for today’s episode of Umbalin & Oblivion. Up+Out is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. All tracks are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Machinations by Kevin Ma...

In case you missed it in our last session, we've got you covered. Check out the full abridged year of sessions. That's 40 hours of live play condensed down to the YouTube maximum 12 hours. And with it, you’ll be caught up for February's episode of Umbalin & Oblivion. Unfortunately, the video is too large for Substack, so if you want to watch it, you’ll have to go to YouTube. Up+Out is a reader-sup...

In case you missed it in our last session, the plans were made for the defense of Nerhtan. Nyb’drum, having received an emergency approval for implantation within the capital, was not allowed to travel with Fisvénir up the coast, but our intrepid elderly Leylüdm was not dissuaded, joining up with the roughly 1000 soldiers on their way to the fight. In the meantime, the desperate defense of Nerhtan...

In case you missed it in our last session, we caught up with the boys who didn’t go up to Ōjmat. Fisvénir and Nyb’drum made a speedy return back to Rejlaz Rhekōlb, notwithstanding a night of horrid insect attacks and a major distraction in Ykoel in the form of a book shop operated by a Tsåshek. Their short sail across the Thejan aided by exceedingly favorable winds, they found a stranger acting pr...

In case you missed it in our last session, the boys got fully split up, so the ones at the table today don’t know what happened in the last session. So as to not influence their game, go back and watch the adventures of Bjōlan and Ūpŏnōr. For this one, all we need to know is that a message arrived from Bjōlan that he was caught up in Ōjmat and would be returning to Rejlaz Rhekōlb as soon as he cou...

In case you missed it in our last session, the boys stumbled their way into Rashbogash and took up residence at the Brawny Brawler for some much-needed R&R. Ūpŏnōr returned to Bblipshpipsh’s shop, The Wandering Hammer, and worked down his debt by helping him fulfill some simple orders. In the meantime, Fisvénir and Nyb’drum visited some of the local book shops, some of them significantly better th...

In case you missed it in our last session, the boys awoke in the morning after reaching Telbrhirk’s homestead to find... nothing unusual. Telbrhirk made them some scrambled eggs for breakfast and he informed them of the thoughts he had accrued over his previous night of rather sleepless rest. While there was nothing definitive, the idea that the ritual that took place in Rejlaz Rhekōlb was a combi...

In case you missed it in our last session, the boys continued their journey from Rejlaz Rhekōlb to Berhidon, passing through Ahkulb, Piter Halut, and Răshbōgăsh mĭ Kăncĭc. Ahkulb was nothing of note. In Piter Halut, they learned of the local industry, the husbandry of Pĭkn Pōrpblŭshp, massive creatures used in farming and freight transport. Nothing useful at the moment, but a point of interest. In...

In case you missed it in our last session, the trek from Rejlaz Rhekōlb began. Given the option of a quickish trip over the Thejan Bay or a long dusty land route across the whole of the Pătpăkn, the boys obviously chose the long way, setting off upon the drümyl lent to them by Jōlahr and Ashtakkrok. It was not an uneventful few days. After a night in Rhilun, they managed to hunt, butcher, and sell...

In case you missed it in our last session, the boys were presented to King Jōlahr. It was a less than ceremonious affair, out on the lawn of the palace grounds, with Jōlahr returning from a morning stroll in the Queen’s Glade. They found him less than imposing, a young ruler of slight frame and a poor constitution. Very poor. Sickly and with concerning black veins spidering from beneath a bandage...

In case you missed it in our last session, Bjōlan and Ūpŏnōr set off from the palace to the site of the collapsed ruin within the sewer system of Rejlaz Rhekōlb. Accompanied by a small dispatchment of soldiers, including an irascible old coot named Jōkund, they worked to clear the rubble from the ritual site and uncover the remains that Melbim had glimpsed on the other side; however, when a path w...

In case you missed it, in our last session, the boys picked up down in the bowels of the palace of Rejlaz Rhekōlb with the mysterious etched rune. Ashtakrrok handed them off to a new friend, well acquaintance, the Right Honorable Melbim of the Legislature of the Kisstaylnryd, the other region nominally controlled by Kisstōn on the opposite side of the continent. Together, they entered the literal...

In case you missed it, last session, our boys here showed up down in Rejlaz Rhekōlb, the site of a recent massive tragedy where hundreds of thousands of people died. It was all very cheery as they walked through a city full of standing corpses and tried not to touch them so that those corpses wouldn't disintegrate into a choking dust. Then, they met a guy named Ashtakrrok, who's about six foot sev...

The adventure begins with four strangers arriving in Rejlaz Rhekolb, the capital of the Fahnril kingdom, to find the remnants of a city once thriving, now dead quiet. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit upandoutshow.substack.com/subscribe