Empyrean Decree: Recent Episodes
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Empyrean Decree, hosted out of the Adventures Academy, is a Dungeons and Dragons campaign set in the world of Celennial. Season 1 starts our adventurers in the middle of the dock district in the port city of Cabrygg. With the hustle and bustle of a port during wartime, eight small crafts launched their first attack on the mainland of Celennial. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/empyreandecree/support
Rhyn finds himself in the fighting pit beneath Mola while the party comes face to face with the notorious Briar Queen.
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The team meets with Director Calanmai of the Oakenshield conservatory, and gets entrusted with a task that may see them on the wrong side of the city.
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The party finds themselves under fire when they have to report to the Arken for questioning following the murder of a criminal in the middle of the Gravely Mare by the kenku Willhelm. Will Rhyn be able to navigate the military process and get them through the ordeal, or will they find their new accommodations include bars?
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The threads of fate have started to twist, bringing together an unlikely group of people at the Gravely Mare. While Willhelm is just trying to make a delivery, nothing goes according to plan when the Legion is involved.
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Are you ready for Season 2 of Empyrean Decree? We're BACK! The Elven empire has fallen, and the heroes disappeared. Join us tonight to meet the cast and characters of season two, joined by two new players!
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Thea gets escorted back to the ruins of Budri Veldt by Lady Von Drak, and scrambles to reunite with the team while holding off the apocalypse.
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Asterion finds himself alone in the vault, or is he? [REDACTED] throws down with the ancestor of the Drow, their first queen. Will this fight bring the team closer together or shatter an already cracking bond?
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[REDACTED] fights their way through the temple trials, hoping to win the coveted spot in the vault. Who among them will take the champion spot and earn that right?
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[REDACTED], having reached their snowy destination in the north, splits up as Varek and Asterion head to the temple's ancient forge. Thea and Nadal head into town and settle in at the local tavern, where the two of them have some drinks and try to relax.
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[REDACTED] gears up for some cold weather as they set off north. With a quick stop in Loch 'Tiela, Varek and Thea have a quick conversation with their parents while Belorage renovates the rear gardens. The team stops in Loch Astora for the night where Varek finds his abandoned town has been filled with displaced refugees from the Budri Veldt.
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[REDACTED] comes together to try and find a path forward when the darkness starts to encroach further west. They break, each of them trying to find their own path forward through prayer to their own deities. While Nadal finds direction, Varek finds his first real connection to a higher power and Thea discovers that her new goddess is a ruthless, jealous one.
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The final four members of [REDACTED] gather for a somber evening as the air over Castle Laythe grows heavy. The team, along with everyone there, attend the funeral of Nailoshal before taking time to reflect on their journeys together.
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[REDACTED] chases down the bugs that are streaming into the Drow battlefield after taking on and releasing Tranchevant from her suffering. The adventurers find themselves fighting among each other as Thea takes risks, Varek and Asterion do some investigating, and they discover a pocket plane that might contain one of the tears of eternity, but they're not the only ones searching for it.
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While [REDACTED] continues their recovery, Belorage picks up on a faint feeling that he and Nadal had been searching for. Alerting Rygolean and Varek, the two try to find the lost Wyvern, Tranchevant but will they be able to with Thea hot on their trail?
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[REDACTED] starts to regroup and recover after their time looped morning, and Thea opens up a little bit about what happened to Nadal. Belorage gets stuck hunting when he runs into the pioneer for Lady Synestra, the Herald of Withering. Lady Nailo returns to the castle to deliver some grim news about her true age.
Thea wakes up to find herself, along with Nadal, in an interesting time loop. Will they be able to figure out a way to break the breakfast cycle before whatever lurk behind them pounces?
Elaina is joined by Empyrean favorites Kiri and Kayla and new faces Brynn and Lissy for this special holiday one shot! Ten days ago, the world went dark. 5 days ago, they came. Join our players as they fight for survival as the world around them gets dimmer, hope gets lost, and they come to the end of their own journeys.
[REDACTED] hits the ground at full speed outside their keep at Castle Lathern. Scrambling to save Gideon, the party is able to stabilize him before they each set off to recover and reflect on the disaster they had just survived. With no way forward, they regroup to discuss what's next..
With the prison bars removed, Thea faces down four Heralds from the celestial realm heading back off into the city that is now in turmoil. While Nadal takes flight with Belorage, Asterion and Gideon grab his family and start moving for an escape, but will they make it now that a new army is being created inside the capitol walls?
Conalai takes on her sister Seraphina in the Fire Genasi ritual combat of Barathur after the rightful queen gets help from Varek's forge skills and Gideon's Father's educational skills, but will [REDACTED] be ready for what's to come after?
[REDACTED] enjoys a quiet morning after a long night of celebrating until Gideon's wife Elmora shows up with two new guests looking for their Queen. Will the group step in on this fiery family feud?
With Thea still missing, [REDACTED] joins the Elmora Gollor and her father in the staff suite at the arena while Gideon faces down his trials. As he takes on Temptation, Sacrifice, Mercy and Peace, he must not only overcome his fears, but himself to join the rank of Elder.
[REDACTED] moves through the hills of the Empire on their way to the crown jewel and capitol - Budri Veldt.
[REDACTED] is visited by a strange traveler after Thea awakens, and the squad may have gotten more than what they bargained for.
Varek successfully evacuates all of [REDACTED] while delivering the group and their fire genasi queen to his lair in Loch Astoria. Thea, still asleep, is out in safe storage while Conalai makes herself at home in the master suite.
While Thea is at castle Von Drak after being summoned to return, [REDACTED] joins forces with a Tabaxi member of the Purple Raven known as Shadow to head back into the underground to save the her.
With 48 hours to go until the wedding of Isabella and Alayce, Thea flexes some impromptu family love and escorts the next key underground while the rest of [REDACTED] scramble to support her.
[REDACTED] splits up to gather intel and investigate the island in Krystalia Lake. Thea ventures into high society as the newest Von Drak daughter.
[REDACTED] cuts across the open wilderness to save time on the way to Llassy. These forests, however, aren't as friendly as they appear.
Thea has restored the memories of Isabella Von Drak, returning to her multiple lifetimes worth of experiences with the spell. The mental shock of it causes her to strike out, and she sinks her fangs into the closest living being - Thea.
After a festive night celebrating the summer solstice, REDACTED finally departs to the south where they plan on cashing in and getting what they're due from the Wyvern Corps at Tower Liniath.
Three months have passed since Thea was able to return her father's soul to his body. Nadal and Thea returned to Lock 'Tiela to help rebuild the city. Lock Tiela, now fully recovered, has been gearing up for their Summer Solstice Festival, an event that is sure to bring REDACTED back to each other and off on their next adventure.
Join our Empyrean Report host Rew as he returns to close out 2022 with an end of year recap. A lot of things have changed at the table, and through weddings, conventions, and a pandemic we have managed to bring our story to the world.
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[REDACTED] faces off with one of the Ankashka members that Thea tracked down, hoping to get her father's soul back into his body and bring balance, order, and their freedom back to Lock T'aila.
On a hunt to restore her father's soul, Thea leads [REDACTED] north across the river to the lair of one of the Ankashka members, hoping to not only remove a major threat to her hometown but bring Lord Arannis back from beyond the grave.
Varek takes over as interim Lord of Loch Teila while Thea pulls all the punches to bring her father back from the grave. Nadal slips into a trance and goes out of commission while Asterion tends to Gideon who is still recovering from Kragheim.
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Redacted takes the road north while Thea fights the growing hunger inside her. After an hour on the road, the unconscious professor Gallor looks mighty tasty...
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Redacted splits up once again with half the party recovering while Varek runs interference above ground. As the wyvern corps finally arrives, the party reconvenes for a full night of rest, but not before an entourage of Dwarven descent arrives...
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Redacted gets into a battle of attrition with the source of their original mission that takes them to the edge of their lives as they take on the source of their first mission together.
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Redacted finds themselves split up in the Dwarven catacombs under the Kaldheim cathedral. While Nadal, Asterion and Thea take care of rescuing dwarven stragglers, Varek returns to the city after following the carriage north. The party slips up during a routine bag and grab, alerting the city to their presence and trapping them under ground.
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The members of Redacted take a breather while Belorage delivers a drool covered scroll to Thea from her brother Varek. With him departing north on the hunt and Gideon receiving word back from the Tower, they choose to re-enter the Dwarven city of Kragheim under the cover of night.
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Now... Redacted finds themselves deep within the cultist invaded dwarven city of Kragheim. With Nadal hiding as their sister Narcelia and Thea posing as a Von Drak, the two find themselves in growing danger.
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Redacted enters the mountains of a dwarven outpost, only to find danger in 8 legs surrounding them. Surviving the floods of underground spiders, the escape through the other side of the tunnel to find the city of Kragheim below -bustling in the valley. The party took in the air, happy to be out of the underground. While Varek investigated the towers, Asterion and Nadal looked down at the city below. The party took a minute to catch their breath, however, they felt the ground slowly began to shake, almost as if it was humming. Shingles fell from the cathedral below, revealing a crackling green light surrounded by dragon heads in the four cardinal directions. The spiderwebs covering the cathedrals grand architecture were slowly melted off as a shadow was cast across the valley.
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Redacted returns to Castle Lathern to regroup before heading west. They meet with Granny Nailo, hold a funeral for their recently fallen comrade, and hit the road again as they hunt down the Ankashka.
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The party returns to the city in an attempt to uncover another of the dangerous carapace pieces only to find the Tower under attack by the Ankashka.
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Our party finds themselves resting after the fire of the night before. After discussion at breakfast, they took a hard left and went north, returning to the home of Varek and Thea. While the Arannis siblings have lunch with their parents for the first time (joined by their new friends), it takes a turn for less civil discussion and the group departs to help Thea reconnect with her patron.
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Our party is split up under ground, finding themselves among a cultist auction event. During the item release, Nadal recognizes one of the items up for sale - their former compatriot Embra. The group reorganizes in an attempt to set her free and escape.
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Our party finds themselves on the hunt for Thea's first mark as the siblings decide the best way to keep peace is to feed the sisters new urge. When this turns south and the group ends up at a cultist auction, what will happen?
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Our party finds themselves at odds with their own destinies as they work to bring Castle Lathern under the academy and Gallor family's control.
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Thea breaks from the party as they reach Loch Stilo, opting to head to the inn and rest for a bit as her hunger begins to grow. The rest of the group heads to the constables before departing north on a quick venture to investigate the haunted castle north of the city.
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Thea and Izzy have a lovely morning while the party searches for the newly hatched Tranchevant. With a wyvern missing and on the loss, they part ways with Isabella, but not before she can share a quick kiss with Thea. The group travels west to Loth Stilo where they uncover even more questions as they dive into the rapidly growing disappearances of young women across the city.
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With a trade meeting going on, Narcellia slips out of the castle with the intention of ending the family feud between her and Nadal. Nadal, however, has other plans. While the party goes to give support, they immediately drop pretense and help Nadal with his family quarrel, putting the drow sister to rest for the final time. Thea meets up with Isabella Von Drak and the two return to the Purple Raven while everyone enjoys the first night of the moon festival.
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Our party reconvenes at the purple raven where they discuss the recent happenings. Nadal contemplates morality and Gideon joins them for a jaunt in Castle Von Drak where they come face to face with young Isabella Von Drak and Thea enjoying an afternoon tea.
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Greetings adventurers! Our host Rew is joined by Gideon Gallor's player Mike as the discuss Episode 15: Bone Snake Mamba.
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The party splits with Varek, Asterion and Sam heading to the tower with Gideon's Uncle while Thea spends a romantic afternoon with Isabella Von Drak. The two open up to each other, enjoying their company as Nadal and Gideon continue their research into the secrets of the second age.
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Our party reconvenes under the granary to find another piece of carapace, however the darkness above has other plans! While Nadal's blood curse locks the new enemy down, Sam takes an opportunity to use it like a ladder and climb up to the ceiling where something seems to be calling him...
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Rew is joined by Mike and Ryan as they reflect and analyze on Episode 14 of Empyrean Decree: Winds of Change
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Our party finds themselves beaten and battered after their run in with Nadal's sister, and while they were able to fend her off her counterpart in the porcelain mask came to her rescue while blowtorching the street. Nadal laid on the floor, Belorage curled on his chest while Sam and Thea treated their wounds. Varek, shocked at a glance of his own morality, went to his room with Rygolean. Soon after, Thea stopped by to check in on her brother but quickly departed, leaving him to his own space. Rygolean, having tasted fire more powerful than any before, amassed the energy needed to hatch. Belorage came upstairs to join his little wyvern brother, and the party closed down for the night... only to be sent on a new adventure south the next day.
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Join Rew on this weeks episode of Empyrean Report as he recaps Episode 13 with Ryan and Artemis!
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As Lord Thereon Arafall and Lady Narcellia Dryallis enter the Moon Festival dinner, Nadal begins to panic at the shock of his sister being alive. He shares their last meeting, where he ran a sword through her and left her for dead before fleeing the under dark. The dinner party begins before they can flee, will the night take a turn for the worse?
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Kick back for your weekly edition of the Empyrean Report! Our host Rew is joined by Mike and Eric as we take an in-depth dive at the happenings behind Episode 12: Ghosts of Yesterday.
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Our party finds themselves calling it a night at the crossroads south of Kabronoa where Thea and Gideon have a heart to heart about life. She expresses her frustration at 'giving up her life' to another and not wanting to be connected to another being that's always in her head. Gideon opens up a small space to chat, giving Thea a break from Tranchevant. Rygolean and Varek have their own chat while Nadal goes fox hunting for Belorage's dinner. Artemis hangs out while Sam makes a few new friends.
At daybreak, a military convoy moves south and Varek gets to see their Uncles banner flying among the lead cavalry. He makes a final report to Lt Alma. An older gentleman approached the group, delivering a mini keg of stout to Sam, who slips him two blue pills. They pack up and hit the road, spending the entire day to Llassy on the road west.
It’s fairly busy and Llassy is known as the gateway to the west. Before they see the city, they can see the purple and black spires lined in silver reflecting in the distance as it stands over the hills. To the south are open plains and speckles of trees with a small settlement. There are three windmills and a few houses close together. The road brings you through the sparsely laid trees and splits in several directions that all lead into farmland that approach the city's walls.
All of the roads rejoin at different places in the farmlands to the southwest of the city walls. The group can see two entrances, one to the northern side of the wall, and one on the more southern side of this wall. There are people working in the fields beginning to plant their crops that they hope to see bountiful in the coming months. They decide to enter the closest one and Sam calls upon a raven to help them find a purple one.
The party finds themselves at an historic archives, where Gideon meets his aunt and uncle for the first time. His mother had sent a letter and item. They discuss the growing problems across the realm and start to put some of the pieces together before the two elder elves send them to the pre-festival dinner held at Castle Von Drak.
The party arrives, being announced as “Black Dawn” before spreading out and mingling. Thea and Varek approach Isabelle, Nadal heads for the food, and they all end up reconvening before a startling name is announced that shocks Nadal.
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Join Rew with a packed house on this episode of Empyrean Report! Kiri, Ryan, Mike, Artemis and Elaina talk shop about Episode 11: When Friends Become Family.
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Our party finds themselves moving forward with their questioning of their goblin prisoner, finding vague details of a manufactured drug that might be useful against the Empire of Divine Spiritas. After much debate on which direction to proceed in, they decide to continue on their journey west, stopping to finally make camp at the crossroads before Kabronoa.
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Join our host Rew on this weeks Empyrean Report as we recap episode 10 with Ryan and Artemis(Asterion, FIRST TIME!)
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Episode 10, Riverside Trouble finds our party continuing their journey West and looking for leads as they attempt to track down the culprit and cure for the Oakenshield heir. Coming across a campsite that looks to be raided, they follow the tracks south, coming across a raiding party too far north.
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Our host Rew is joined by Kiri, Ryan and now Kayla, for a three way analysis of Episode 9: Traveling Circus.
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Jaws drop at Thea's grand idea to wait while she gets her first familiar. As a first time magic user, it doesn't coming out entirely as planned, but her new cat Rufus proves to serve her well when it sneaks into the storehouse to investigate. Finding nothing but more danger and trouble, the party weighed their moral options before fleeing the city and heading forward in their journey.
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Join Rew as he catches up with Kiri and Elaina this week to talk about Episode 8: Belorage Awakens!
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Thea has a heart to hear with her wyvern Tranchevant where her integrity is called into question after being used as a scapegoat by her. Varek, picking up on something being wrong, pulls Thea upstairs to have a one on one with his sister where she comes clean about the nightmares she has been having most of her life. As she finally goes to sleep, Varek sneaks out and makes his way to a smithy, eager to get some alone time in his element with his own egg. Rygolean, feeling more at home, makes the first crack in his egg. With the sun coming up, he wraps things up and shakes hands with the Forgemaster, Karo Dawnhart. Gideon and Sam head to the apothecary where Sam is eager to show off his own magic, only to have it land flat when the twins aren't there. He gets a new book, and the party reconvenes at the Red Harvest Inn.
Captain Theo arrives, requesting their presence as a member of Internal Affairs has arrived from the capital. The meeting turns sticky and Nadal is placed in an awkward situation, forcing the emergency of their lightning wyvern Belorage.
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Welcome to this weeks Empyrean Report, hosted by Rew! He's joined by Ryan and Kiri with a special drop by in by dungeon master Elaina as they discuss "Roast Peasant", Sam and Nadal's friendship, Thea's approach to shrine heisting and Vareks guide to finding religion.
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As our party winds down after the last days events at the Red Harvest Inn, they start to open up to each other. Nadal and Sam share secrets of their past, Varek asks Thea for guidance on her faith, Asterion takes a curious walk up to the docks, and Gideon discovers that he has had a pearl the entire time.
With day turning to night, they settle in and start their rest before emerging back downstairs to chat around 2am. Now that their sleep schedule has been flipped, the party finally convinces Thea makes her hat feather pink but Gideon, concerned for her safety with a cursed item, takes it from her. She finally goes upstairs to get some rest, only to find that she's been cutoff from her Wyvern and it is unable to hear her. Immersed into a nightmare, she wakes up startled, but reconnected. Unhappy with the situation that has occurred, her Wyvern begins to have a heart to heart.
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Welcome to a Special Empyrean Report! Our host Rew sits down with dungeon master Elaina for the first time to get an insider look at the world of Celennial, the players, the story and as much behind the scenes action as can fit in an hour long show.
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Our host Rew is joined by Kiri, Ryan and Mike as they review this weeks events in Empyrean Decree!
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Our party finds themselves in a showdown with an old Genasi friend while they attempt to clear their names of the murder charges currently hanging over their heads. As the sun comes to its peak, Sam gathers a flock of seagulls, Nadal finds themselves face to face with other Drow for the first time since leaving the underdark, and #TeamWoodElf fills out crosswords. As combat ensues and disaster falls against the Conservatory, the town guard emerges while a fire takes the north side of the building. The genasi, seeing he is coming into the end of the line, breaks his necklace apart before he disappears into a blue fog.
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Welcome to Episode 3 of the Empyrean Report! Our host Rew is joined by Ryan (Varek), Eric (Sam) and Kiri (Nadal) to discuss the trials and tribulations, puzzle breaking, crypto solving and prayer requiring challenges of this weeks Empyrean Decree!
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The party finds themselves in hot water as they figure out the puzzle, giving their own life force to break the barriers surrounding the carapace chiseled key. Knowing that it must be approaching dawn and they didn't want to miss their ride, they quickly moved through the rest of the rooms before coming on an office that held evidence of potential foul play. As they emerged through the end of the tunnel, they found themselves behind a secret passageway inside an unknown office. Hearing a scream from the floor above, followed by a moment of silence before another scream, Thea erupted from the room with Nadal and Varek giving chase. Not wanting to leave someone in need, they moved upstairs and slammed through the doors to the master bedroom only to find themselves facing a most grizzly murder.
Glowing red eyes underneath a shadowy cloak and a creepy smile flashed to the party before it leapt to the grounds from the balcony and snagged its horse. The party gave chase as the town guard showed and apprehended them on the count of murder against the Talo family. Without a governor presiding over the city, word was sent for both verification of identities as well as assistance in the investigation. Sam escaped by turning into a beetle and giving chase while Asterion moved as fast as genasily possible to catch up to the cloaked figure. He followed it to the north docks where he moved under water and followed it out of town, only for a larger ship to take a stop next to it and return to the ports of Ehthenae. Asterion followed the figures coach back to the Oakeshield conservatory.
Inside the stockade, Nadal found themselves subdued with a bag over their heads. Taking a moment of silence, they reached out, praying to their patron for assistance, but at a great cost.
The party was released, on grounds that they would catch the killer within 36 hours. They regrouped, and moved south through the city towards the Oakenshield Conservatory's merchant building.
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Join our host Rew as he's joined by Elaina, kiri and Ryan to recap this weeks episode of Empyrean Decree! Will there be any insight into the dreams of our players? What about the mysterious gentleman? What political conflict is slowly unfolding above ground?
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Our party begins the night with the giant crypt door exploding into Asterions face, sending him tumbling to the ground. Gideon moved quickly to the side to avoid it, only for them to be met with a two headed creature standing upwards of seven feet high. They immediately engaged in combat, slowly dealing the damage they needed before Sam and Gideon rammed a bench into him at full speed. The force of the bench sent him tumbling back where he moved into a magical field surrounding an obelisk that held a strange looking rock. The creature fell forward, its back side melted. Thea looted its pockets, finding a sapphire pyramid that she discovered fit into the a tapestry of a woman on the wall. The group spent an hour testing and experimenting, Gideon found a piece of a journal by Duke Austera Balokaii that brought to light the war of the 2nd age, and how he had made the decision to abandon the Drow in place of a greater conflict. Sam turned into a beetle and went up to the surface with his new friend, 'Beetles', to scout the temple.
The party made their beds and took to resting, with the elves taking shifts of watch. During the night, each of them had their own strange dream of events scattered across time.
Gideon, Varek, Thea and Nadal left Asterion to cover down for Sam while he finished his rest and moved back to the crypts. They walked through, discovering that the swords on the mausoleums caskets was not across their bodies, but through it. They found at the other side a single large door. Entering it, they were left face to face with an empty room save but a single throne. On it sat an armored elven body, dried up to the ages with a sword through his chest that his fingers still wrapped firmly around. The blade glistened in the light, the only signs of blood soaked into the plush chair in which the body sat. Varek, wanting to remove the blade had second thoughts at the idea of desecrating the body. As him and Thea returned to the door, Gideon strolled past them before planting his foot on the figures chest and ripping the sword out.
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Tune in for our weekly recap show, the Empyrean Report! Hosted by Rew from the Adventurers Academy, he will interview members of the Empyrean Decree podcast every Wednesday! This week, we recap Episode 3 of Empyrean Decree, focusing on the merchant relationships and what may be going on behind the political scenes.
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Isabella hands the rock over to Thea, the carriage looking at her curiously while she explained the stressful expectations from her and Vareks mother. The stone glowed a pale warm light with black spots appearing and disappearing across its surface. The party discussed, with Gideon doing his best to explain what may have happened. Without warning, the carriage came to a stop and Isabella moved to the forward one with her father before the carriages turned north to the city of Ehthenae.
The carriages split apart, with the party getting dropped off at one of the Inns. They observed the city, taking note of strange claw marks across the stone buildings. Curious, Thea asked an elven man who was passing by for any info on them. The man looked weary, but answered. He informed them of Tu-Pali's temple closing, and the gods forsaking the city. Curious, they redirected from the inn, not checking in and went straight for the temple...
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Nadal wakes in the middle of the night to discover they had been bitten by one of the spiders earlier in the day. After being checked on by Thea, the two return to their affairs. The next morning, they break to go find supplies where they encounter Lady Isabella Von Drak. In her panic, she declared to the guards that Thea was her friend from home, and the party was swept into breakfast at the castle. As she was sent to her room to pack, our adventurers also went their separate ways to gather their much needed supplies before returning to the castle to depart.
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6 intrepid adventurers find themselves united through disaster when an attack occurs in the dock city of Cabrygg. As they bond in combat, the mysterious Lady Eleanor Oakenfold brings them to the Oakenshield Conservatory to handle a more.. private issue. Note: studio tech had not arrived until episode 3, apologies on the sound quality!
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Welcome to Session Zero of Empyrean Decree, a Dungeons and Dragons campaign hosted out of the Adventurers Academy! Session Zero will introduce you to not only the world of Celennial, but also each of our players characters! Get ready to rock with this crazy group of players
Rolling highlands stretched for hundreds of miles, unobstructed by the harshness of the north, filled with lush greenery that was dotted by trade routes and elven cities. At its center where the three rivers converged, a circular city sat behind walls built to the sky. Wyverns dotted the air between the four towers that sat at the primary cardinal directions, their wings spreading as they periodically took to the air for their rounds. The city curved up a tall, elegant spire lined with beautiful chromatic gardens and flowing waterfalls. It stood as a testament to the joint venture of elves and dwarves of the previous age. The spires peak housed a single palace that dotted the clouds, owning the title of Epskil.
A pale white hand curled across the edge of a window while a figure stood atop a wrapped balcony, staring down across the high hills of Budri Veldt. A pair of pale blue eyes slowly opened, a look of panic growing across her face. It was the first time in her life that she had ever experienced that feeling. What was it? The feeling of darkness, of blindness, of isolation. An elderly elven man stepped into the tower floor from a dimly lit stairwell. The crevices that lined his face showed his age, even among his race.
“Thamior, Ha na-lelya, im tur-baw” (it’s gone..I can’t see.)
The elder stopped in his tracks, stunned at her words.
“nin ris, wha ceri-cin—" (your highness? What do you –)
“Ennas na- a beleg fuin i balind nin” (Its gone. There is a great darkness blinding my divination.)
He stood there for a moment in panic filled thought.
“Nin rís, mín must nall- i thangail “ (Your highness, we must gather our forces..)
“Leith- i arat decree a notifui nin herven” (Send the royal decree, alert my husband.)
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