A very special Holiday episode! Holiday sweaters! Singing! Surprises! In the aftermath of their most harrowing battle yet, the Heroes of Bingle take stock of their losses, emotional and physical, and try to make it safely to the town of Marsh. With the danger of Skyscorcher Peak looming, will their relationships with each other be a bigger threat to the team than even the Ashen Mage’s magic?
DM/GM Intro[]
Twas the night of a simple dungeon run…
And all throughout Ain,
not a creature was stirring, or so said the sign.
The parchment was hung, on a signpost with care
To loot an abandoned old dragon’s lair
The Amulet was nestled, all snug in that cave
These adventurers retrieved it, more greedy than brave
But when the Amulet flashed and they saw the eye blink-it
Made them understand it’s much more than a trinket
It grants you the Watchers the power to give
Forces of chaos to James or to Siv
Or Lily or Uggo or Fahima too
They all feel the impact of things that you do
But much more than that, it’s the key to unlocking
The memories of Wardens whose powers can be shocking
Or firey or earthen or airy or wet
But the team hasn’t found all of those Wardens yet
The Wardens had long been protectors of Ain
During their watch the realms had done fine
But the Wardens were captured and our team traveled far
To free one in the sea and one in a Lodestar
Now they’re heading to find one inside a volcano
Or maybe they won’t, after all what do they know?
They found clues about it inside a spell tower
Along with experiments of dark undead power
A hodgepodge of bodies all cobbled together
So they left in their vardo pulled by birds of a feather
But they didn’t get far when more battles broke out
Then their camp was invaded by a girl with a snout.
Xenalka - a werewolf! - gave all them a scare-but
She seemed to be nice, and had a great haircut
She and Fahima shared a connection
Together they cured their bird’s lycan infection
Then she told them her brother was bound by a coil
Rooted in blood on thick bloody soil
The apprentice named Vargen was off in the woods
Drawing blood from some werewolves, he was up to no good
So they stashed their Achaierai and vardo and snuck
Seeing scarier sights than a Duke as a Duck
Vargen the wizard in a foul bloody shell
The only thing worse than the sight was the smell
And just when you thought it couldn’t get any sicker
The ground was a bubbling layer of ichor
Each footfall they took was sticky and wet
They were facing their deadliest enemy threat.
James tried suggestion but it was resisted
Nevertheless these heroes persisted
The battle erupted; excitement and fear
The audience tensed up and started cheer
On Lily, on Uggo, on Fahima and James
On Siv and on Watchers with so many names
Use Forces of Good, use your spells and your maul
Now smash away, smash away, smash away all!
It took all they had and I’m not going to lie
For a second there, I thought that Uggo might die
When what to my wondering eyes did appear?
A Force of Good Hamlet; Uggo’s pain disappeared
With the help of the Watchers the heroes succeeded
Fighting Vargen even after the blood had receded
When he finally was vanquished, the ground ‘neth them cracked
Causing Lily the amulet bearer to react
She was drawn to a curtain of hovering drops
Saw a vision of rangers perched in the treetops.
As Lily relayed the details of this dream-a
Xenalka tried reaching her hand to Fahima
But Siv with a threat put a quick stop to that
Even werewolves are weary of our resident cat
Fahima was once again losing a crush
But before Xenalka leapt away in a rush
She turned to Fahima, gave her reassurance
And a tube on a chain, saying simply: “Insurance”
Then Fahima and Lily found Vargen’s spellbook
And Fahima saw something - a cliffhangery hook
Then I turned to the camera to say - and I quoth, “
"Dungeon Run is now done, Humankind, go be both."