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S3 The Story So Far: Eps 1-10 · Tale of The Manticore, a Dark Fantasy Dungeons & Dragons Audiodrama

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  Speaker 1: Tale of the mantagor bonus material the story so far
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  Speaker 1: chapters one through ten. What follows over the next few
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  Speaker 1: minutes is not an episode of Tale of the Mantigor,
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  Speaker 1: and it will not take the place of a real episode.
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  Speaker 1: It's just bonus content, a mini summary of the last
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  Speaker 1: ten chapters told in the fewest words possible. Let's begin.
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  Speaker 1: In chapter one, we meet the human wizard Oldve and
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  Speaker 1: his apprentice Achillea. Achilia believes she's an elf. In reality,
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  Speaker 1: she is a half elf. She is also Aldve's daughter,
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  Speaker 1: but the elder wizard has hidden this fact from her.
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  Speaker 1: As far as she knows, she was adopted by her master.
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  Speaker 1: Despite these secrets, the two live together in harmony, along
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  Speaker 1: with several magical constructs in the uninhabited wilderness east of Zasha.
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  Speaker 1: Their peaceful life is interrupted one day a second, powerful
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  Speaker 1: magic zer comes into their territory. For reasons unknown, Aldve
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  Speaker 1: sends Achillia to meet with the stranger, and a few
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  Speaker 1: hours later, the nervous young apprentice finds herself in front
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  Speaker 1: of a weird tower of iron. When the door opens,
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  Speaker 1: she's met by a gnome who welcomes her inside. The
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  Speaker 1: next chapter begins with Achillia's meeting with the wizard fimgrim Atresch,
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  Speaker 1: who is big in both size and personality. Finn claims
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  Speaker 1: not to have been aware of Aldveay's presence in the Veil,
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  Speaker 1: though he does not explain his business there either. Before
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  Speaker 1: Achilia takes her leave, they exchange gifts. On the way home.
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  Speaker 1: Achilia frets over a notion that she had said too
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  Speaker 1: much and learned too little, but her worry is overridden
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  Speaker 1: by panic when she gets home to find that someone
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  Speaker 1: has broken into it. She races around the small dwelling,
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  Speaker 1: calling out for Aldvay and getting no response. She soon
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  Speaker 1: discovers that her master's spell book has been stolen, and
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  Speaker 1: then much worse, She finds Aldvay in the basement, but
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  Speaker 1: he has been turned to stone. In chapter three, Achilia
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  Speaker 1: tries to with the sudden upending of her old life.
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  Speaker 1: Her master has been turned into a statue and his
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  Speaker 1: spell book stolen. Her first idea is to run back
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  Speaker 1: to the Iron Tower, but when she arrives at the spot,
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  Speaker 1: it's gone. She returns home and begins looking for clues.
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  Speaker 1: She finds three. First, there are a few drops of
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  Speaker 1: blood in the bedroom. Second, when she goes downstairs, Achilia
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  Speaker 1: finds the components for a poison slowing remedy on Aldway's workbench. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: beside the statue that her master has become and scratched
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  Speaker 1: into the dirt of the basement floor is a name
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  Speaker 1: Audoc Court. The construct recognizes the name from a sketchbook
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  Speaker 1: in Aldway's book collection. Audoc is the name of the artist,
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  Speaker 1: and on the final page there is an inscription that
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  Speaker 1: invites Oldvay to come back north some time. At this point,
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  Speaker 1: Achilia makes a decision and a promise. She will go north,
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  Speaker 1: find this Adoc and get some answers. She packs her
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  Speaker 1: own spell book and some traveling supplies into her bag.
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  Speaker 1: In the morning, along with Cord and Robin, she leaves
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  Speaker 1: home and begins her quest. In the next chapter, Achilia
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  Speaker 1: and her companions set off in search of Adoc. On
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  Speaker 1: the first day, they encounter no more trouble than a
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  Speaker 1: hungry raccoon, But on the very next day, the trio
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  Speaker 1: runs into a solitary human. Achillia shares a bit of
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  Speaker 1: food with him, and the two make camp together. In
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  Speaker 1: the morning, Achilia asks this man, whose name is Edo,
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  Speaker 1: if he knows anyone by the name of Attok. Incredibly,
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  Speaker 1: he says he does. In chapter five, Achillie, Robin, and
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  Speaker 1: Cord meet Itto's former friends. They aren't on such good
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  Speaker 1: terms anymore. In fact, they want Toto dead and have
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  Speaker 1: set up an ambush. Things do not look good when
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  Speaker 1: the pieces walk right into their trap, three archers hidden
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  Speaker 1: in the trees. When the trap is sprung, Achillia runs immediately.
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  Speaker 1: Arrows are loosed, and while she, Cord and Robin get away,
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  Speaker 1: Edo is slain. Luckily, the archers do not pursue. The
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  Speaker 1: next day, the quest North resumes. On the night of
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  Speaker 1: their fifth day of travel, Achillia hears an evil laugh
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  Speaker 1: and a cry from somewhere nearby. Amazingly, the second voice
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  Speaker 1: is speaking in Elvish. The next chapter concerns the rescue
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  Speaker 1: of this elf who is being tormented by three orcs.
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  Speaker 1: Using her only spell, shrink, Achillia manages to free the captive.
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  Speaker 1: A pursuit follows, but the Demi humans prove to be
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  Speaker 1: the faster and get away unharmed. Once at a safe distance,
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  Speaker 1: Achillia stops for her party to regroup and to meet
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  Speaker 1: the person she is liberated. Chapter seven begins with a
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  Speaker 1: meeting between Achillia and do Renni, who seems unconvinced that
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  Speaker 1: his savior is what she claims to be. Despite misgivings,
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  Speaker 1: the courtet sets off together in the direction of Dorni's home.
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  Speaker 1: Achilia is hoping that someone there will recognize the name Adoc.
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  Speaker 1: The unlucky Pieces stumble across a second group of Orcs
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  Speaker 1: on that very next day. Again, they run, and this
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  Speaker 1: time take shelter in a small cave that's big enough
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  Speaker 1: for a quille Is party to enter, but too small
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  Speaker 1: for the Orcs to follow. Inside, they discover a crawl space,
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  Speaker 1: which they used to seek out another exit, but they
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  Speaker 1: end up disturbing a nest of giant centipedes on their way.
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  Speaker 1: In the ensuing battle, the Pieces are victorious.