Episode 10: Bed, Bath, and the Beyond
In this milestone TENTH episode of Dungeons and Airwaves, Kodak and Lejonet sense something wrong and rush through the Ironback Forest, desperate to find Katya. They learn of her fate… and are stalked through the forest by unholy creatures, eventually being overwhelmed, outmatched, and severely wounded. They wake up deep beneath the ground and prepare for an emotional send-off for their lost friend.
SPOILERS - DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE UNTIL YOU HAVE LISTENED TO EPISODE 9!
Immediately sensing that something has gone very wrong, Lejonet rides Midnight at breakneck speed towards the sound of Katya and Mercer Green screaming and doing battle. Kodak is racing along as fast as his bear form can possibly run, having too grown very worried at the uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach. Despite their desperate efforts, they arrive too late to save Katya and both arrive at the same time to see her and Mercer's lifeless bodies. After futilely attempting to heal and revive their fallen friend, they resolve to bring Katya with them to lay her to rest properly. However, after setting out on Midnight and Onyx to find their wagon, they find themselves being surrounded and swarmed by even more otherworldly demonic beings. They do not even have the chance to draw their weapons before they are attacked and both stabbed in the chest, looking up at a being that should not exist before falling off the edge of reality...
...And waking up deep underground. Just as our remaining party members looked lost, they were rescued by a group of mountain dwarves including Lejonet's closest and longest friend, Finellan Fireforge. They were nursed back to health and they learn a little about the disturbances the dwarves have been experiences and realize with growing horror that fiendish beings are crossing into the world in greater strength, numbers, and regularity. With heavy hearts, they jointly prepare Katya to be laid to rest and conduct an emotional but heartfelt funeral for her along with Mercer; sharing emotions and sentiment before crafting personal touches to her pyre before sending them both to the next world. Realizing they are still in no state to continue travelling having been brought back from the brink of death, they accept Finellan's offer of temporary hospitality and resolve to continue travelling to Halfway to answer Esharl's increasingly desperate call for help after a few nights of rest and recuperation and use scrolls of sending to inform Ser Aurum and the Chieftain of Kodak's clan of their decisions and the tragic death of their companion.
Rest in peace, Katya...
Make sure to tune in next week as our campaign continues, and don't forget to visit dungeons-and-airwaves.tumblr.com for maps, artworks, backstories and lore, along with other complementary campaign resources!
Song Breaks:
1. You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
2. Stuck in the Middle with You - Stealers Wheel
3. My Immortal (Band Version) - Evanescence
4. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) - Fall Out Boy
5. Sending Out an S.O.S. - Kryder vs. Danny Howard; Joel Edwards
Outro. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Immediately sensing that something has gone very wrong, Lejonet rides Midnight at breakneck speed towards the sound of Katya and Mercer Green screaming and doing battle. Kodak is racing along as fast as his bear form can possibly run, having too grown very worried at the uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach. Despite their desperate efforts, they arrive too late to save Katya and both arrive at the same time to see her and Mercer's lifeless bodies. After futilely attempting to heal and revive their fallen friend, they resolve to bring Katya with them to lay her to rest properly. However, after setting out on Midnight and Onyx to find their wagon, they find themselves being surrounded and swarmed by even more otherworldly demonic beings. They do not even have the chance to draw their weapons before they are attacked and both stabbed in the chest, looking up at a being that should not exist before falling off the edge of reality...
...And waking up deep underground. Just as our remaining party members looked lost, they were rescued by a group of mountain dwarves including Lejonet's closest and longest friend, Finellan Fireforge. They were nursed back to health and they learn a little about the disturbances the dwarves have been experiences and realize with growing horror that fiendish beings are crossing into the world in greater strength, numbers, and regularity. With heavy hearts, they jointly prepare Katya to be laid to rest and conduct an emotional but heartfelt funeral for her along with Mercer; sharing emotions and sentiment before crafting personal touches to her pyre before sending them both to the next world. Realizing they are still in no state to continue travelling having been brought back from the brink of death, they accept Finellan's offer of temporary hospitality and resolve to continue travelling to Halfway to answer Esharl's increasingly desperate call for help after a few nights of rest and recuperation and use scrolls of sending to inform Ser Aurum and the Chieftain of Kodak's clan of their decisions and the tragic death of their companion.
Rest in peace, Katya...
Make sure to tune in next week as our campaign continues, and don't forget to visit dungeons-and-airwaves.tumblr.com for maps, artworks, backstories and lore, along with other complementary campaign resources!
Song Breaks:
1. You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
2. Stuck in the Middle with You - Stealers Wheel
3. My Immortal (Band Version) - Evanescence
4. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) - Fall Out Boy
5. Sending Out an S.O.S. - Kryder vs. Danny Howard; Joel Edwards
Outro. Highway to Hell - AC/DC