Realms S1E26 Crown of Ceros

Torq and Burakubuu scour the sewers for their kidnapped friends. Why do the kidnappers want to sacrifice Denahi? And who is Jaren?

Player Characters Present
Jeidobii, Torq, Denahi, Burakubuu

Synopsis
In the sewers beneath the city, the party surveys the room for anything worth taking. In hand, a magically-protected crown that seems tailor-made for a horned king. They return to the prior chamber to gather parts of use from the snake men and find themselves ambushed by a strange acidic blob of a creature, giant and terrifying. A difficult battle, indeed, but they prevail without major injuries.

They follow the path up the stairs and out of the sewer to find themselves, surprisingly, in the cellar of the tavern where they first met King Maxtheald. Suspecting there may be some connection between Crowhill’s guard conspiring in the sewers beneath and the owner of the tavern, Buu goes to interrogate while the others recuperate and mingle.

Buu being Buu, he takes the honesty approach but it pays off. The tavern owner was unaware of the secret meetings below, and adds that the door should have been sealed magically. Just then, Max appears, fresh from a fight and ready to drink. Elated, Buu calls out to him and the massive monarch joins the party for libations.

Jeidobii hears a familiar song coming from an unfamiliar face, and finds himself captivated. He leaves the others to listen. At the table, Denahi hands the crown to Max, and it’s a perfect fit, manifesting a suit of gleaming armor upon him as he places it on his horns. Buu starts to realize his lemonade may be more than lemonade, but not before he says a little too much. They find themselves joined by Heelya and Reeta, and somehow things are getting very amorous all ‘round. Even Torq has some difficulty shaking off the drow woman.

Jeidobii introduces himself to the singer, but she gives him the name “Kayla,” to his surprise. He tries to continue conversation with the melodic elf woman but she spurns him. Just then, Burakubuu pulls himself together and comes to his sense, scanning the room to find he and his friends are surrounded by violent aggressors. ax is captivated with Denahi so Buu smacks him, shouting at him to snap out of it.

Thankfully the powerful king regains his composure, and calls out, “Cease your song, enchantress!”

With that, battle. They subdue the singer but she vanishes in a black cloud of smoke. Behind them a powerful Trevyll appears, taking control of Torq through his demon axes. A difficult encounter ensues but King Max strikes down the Trevyll.

The tavern a wreck, the party are the last ones standing.