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S3 The Story So Far: Eps 31-40 · Tale of The Manticore, a Dark Fantasy Dungeons & Dragons Audiodrama

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  Speaker 1: Tale of the Manticor bonus material the story so far
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  Speaker 1: chapters thirty one to forty. The following few minutes of
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  Speaker 1: audio is not an episode of Tale of the Manticor,
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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 summary of the most recent
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  Speaker 1: ten chapters, told as briefly as possible. Let's begin. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: thirty one takes place in the derowth of past and present,
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  Speaker 1: alternating between two narratives. We begin with the PCs it
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  Speaker 1: discover a private bedroom. In it is a bed with
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  Speaker 1: a rock where the pillow ought to be. The narrative
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  Speaker 1: then flashes back to the aftermath of the fight between
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  Speaker 1: Rector Bium and Curate Amazon. The rector is consumed with
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  Speaker 1: horror after killing his former colleague. Back in the present,
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  Speaker 1: the companions find a beautiful crystal chapel and then another
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  Speaker 1: storage room containing an ancient silver scroll case with a
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  Speaker 1: roll of parchment inside. The next chapter picks up with
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  Speaker 1: the discovery of the first Scroll of Galandal, the Derothis'
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  Speaker 1: greatest treasure. Since it is written in Old Zation, the
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  Speaker 1: pieces don't know what it is and simply pack it
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  Speaker 1: away to go over at a later time, when they
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  Speaker 1: continue their investigation of the caves, they find the map room.
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  Speaker 1: In addition to the map, it contains a skeleton clutching
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  Speaker 1: a note in its bony fingers. The note is the
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  Speaker 1: diary and confession of Rectorbiome. In it, he asks whoever
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  Speaker 1: finds the note to deliver the map and the sacred
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  Speaker 1: scroll to a certain cleric Inzatia. He also mentions a
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  Speaker 1: devil that lurks outside the cave mouth. The pieces decide
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  Speaker 1: that it's time to go back, and when they reach
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  Speaker 1: the exit, they are stunned to find a gigantic, misshapen
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  Speaker 1: creature outside. Chapter thirty three is really just about one thing,
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  Speaker 1: the fight to escape du Roth. To do that, the
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  Speaker 1: companions must get past a giant forest troll. Between the
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  Speaker 1: use of a glitterjust spell and the surprise reappearance of
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  Speaker 1: the blink Dog, who aids them in the fight, they
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  Speaker 1: eventually hurt the troll badly enough to drive it off.
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  Speaker 1: In the next chapter, the companions leave de Roath and
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  Speaker 1: head north, still in search of the recluse Odok Zagog.
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  Speaker 1: A conversation in which Drenny quotes a dwarven idiom leads
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  Speaker 1: to a flashback, where we learn that the elf before
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  Speaker 1: he became a hunter began his adult life as a traitor.
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  Speaker 1: The story then shifts to a second flashback, this one
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  Speaker 1: concerning Aldbai. One day before a Killy was born. He
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  Speaker 1: finds a young elfin woman asleep in the forest. When
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  Speaker 1: they off, wakes up and the two look into each
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  Speaker 1: other's eyes. They immediately fall in love. Chapter thirty four
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  Speaker 1: concludes when the party makes camp and Achillia gives their
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  Speaker 1: newest companion a name. In chapter thirty five, Flicker officially
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  Speaker 1: becomes a member of the party. Fairwin has his first
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  Speaker 1: real chance to study the first scroll of Galandal and
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  Speaker 1: learns about something called the Golden Path that the Drothi
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  Speaker 1: were seeking. He also learns that there is another scroll
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  Speaker 1: and that both are needed for clear instructions on finding
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  Speaker 1: the path. Later, Duranny calls a sudden halt when he
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  Speaker 1: spies the Iron Tower once again, but it disappears long
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  Speaker 1: before the pieces can approach it. Instead of causing Anchilla
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  Speaker 1: grief and anger, this sighting only strengthens her resolve. It
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  Speaker 1: also leads her companions to speculate about why the tower
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  Speaker 1: seems to be following roughly the same path that they are. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: the party has a run in with a dryad. Luckily
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  Speaker 1: for them, the dangerous forest spirit is neither offended nor
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  Speaker 1: threatened by their presence. She allows them to take some mushrooms,
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  Speaker 1: and they are able to walk away from the encounter unentered.
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  Speaker 1: In the next chapter, Tentu's life is placed in jeopardy
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  Speaker 1: when he eats one of the dryad's mushrooms. Instead of
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  Speaker 1: harmless hedgehog mushrooms, they are fools funnel, a fungus that
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  Speaker 1: is deadly if ingested. Fortune favors the elf, however, for
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  Speaker 1: he is able to split the mushroom out before its
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  Speaker 1: poison can enter Assistace. During the following day's travel, when
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  Speaker 1: the companions emerge from a hilly forest and get a
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  Speaker 1: clear view of the mountains to the north, Achillier recognizes
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  Speaker 1: the vista from Odok's ketchbook. Now they are certain that
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  Speaker 1: the reclusive historian is not far off. In chapter thirty
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  Speaker 1: seven is the companions draw closer to their destination, the
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  Speaker 1: inter a region where the land is more highly infused
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  Speaker 1: with the magic. They begin to encounter strange creatures and
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  Speaker 1: have vivid dreams. Dernni has a troubling one. In it,
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  Speaker 1: he relives the real memory of being commanded to abandon
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  Speaker 1: his former mentor, the Old Crow, to a group of works.
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  Speaker 1: Dernnie still wonders if he should have disobeyed orders and
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  Speaker 1: fought alongside the other elf. Later in the day, the
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  Speaker 1: companions encounter a displacer beast, drawn to them by the
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  Speaker 1: presence of Flicker. The battle is furious but short in it,
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  Speaker 1: the pieces take some injuries but ultimately slay the monster.
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  Speaker 1: In the next chapter, the companions continue their journey in
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  Speaker 1: search of the historian odok Zygog, but their progress is
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  Speaker 1: altered by a terrible storm, forcing them to take shelter
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  Speaker 1: in the hollowed out bowl of a giant oak. The
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  Speaker 1: story now changes point of view to the occupants of
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  Speaker 1: the Iron Tower. We learn that they are in possession
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  Speaker 1: of the missing second Scroll of Galindal, and presumably are
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  Speaker 1: in this region to search for the Golden Path. We
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  Speaker 1: also learn that the master and servant relationship between fimgrim
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  Speaker 1: Atrash and Bellario is not as it first appeared. We
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  Speaker 1: return to the companions in the morning after the storm
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  Speaker 1: has passed, to find dur Reni gone. Tenttu goes off
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  Speaker 1: to find him, leaving the others to wait. Episode thirty
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  Speaker 1: nine begins with the flashback in which Aldby and the
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  Speaker 1: elfin maiden Eulalon share a blissful life together. Eulaluon teaches
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  Speaker 1: Aldve the magical art of imbuing life into inanimate things,
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  Speaker 1: and Aldve creates Robin. When we rejoined the Companions and
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  Speaker 1: the present ten Tier has gone off to comfort his brother,
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  Speaker 1: who has been suffering from guilt, regret, and self doubt. Later,
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  Speaker 1: when the party members are all together again, they visit
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  Speaker 1: all here. Court succeeds in communicating with an old willow.
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  Speaker 1: From this, he manages to figure out the location of
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  Speaker 1: odok Zagog's home. A few hours later, the Companions arrive
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  Speaker 1: at the spot, and while they do find a cottage,
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  Speaker 1: to everyone's disappointment, it appears to be abandoned. The last
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  Speaker 1: episode of this roundup concerns the exploration of that cottage.
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  Speaker 1: It certainly appears to have been abandoned, but when Fairwind
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  Speaker 1: closely inspects a certain boot mat, remembering a past lesson
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  Speaker 1: about seeing the true nature of things, the illusion is
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  Speaker 1: broken and everyone can see that it is not a
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  Speaker 1: mat at all, but a door and a strange one.
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  Speaker 1: When Achillea opens it, the party is astounded to find
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  Speaker 1: themselves looking down into what seems like an underground complex
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  Speaker 1: that has been turned on its side. B