The party deals with new challenges, and the enemy takes advantage of their distractions.
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 begin to draw on their magic Eight is forced to drop to the floor to dodge it. They retaliate, immediately dropping two of them. The remaining cultists try to escape but find their boss has locked them in the room with the construct, and today Eight takes no prisoners.
As Eight fights the cultists, Trix is carried up to the top of the fortress by a dragon. When they arrive at the nest, the dragon turns Trix to face her and asks why Trix was climbing out of the window in the middle of the night. They try to hide their true motivation, but the dragon can tell Trix is lying and crushes them in her claws just enough to cause them to lose consciousness.
Rou comes back to the mortal realm, his spirit caught in limbo and unable to return to his body. He watches as someone, bald and covered in tattoos, removes one of his fangs and is forced to follow along when they leave the room. While the party is distracted, Erdir takes the opportunity to question someone from Eight’s past.
Follow Dax @gmdax, Kappa @TheKappaChris, Sebastian @sebastianyue and Wren @ThornyDryad