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The Red Warren
What happens
- 00:00:38 Aabria opens the season; cast greeting "Hi, stupendous stoats!"; the players introduce themselves with their characters.
- 00:02:42 Setting: the dark earth of the warren, four dozen stoats in the Blue Forest, beneath a red oak.
- 00:03:52 Auntie Beatrix puts Jaysohn and Lila to bed; Jaysohn jumps off a rock and Lila punches him up in the air; they wrestle; Beatrix bribes them with dried meat.
- 00:12:37 Beatrix tells the story of the Blue as a shadow-play on the dome; she leaves.
- 00:14:09 The siblings whisper theories of the Blue and fall asleep; Lila sneaks out and overhears Big Walmer murmuring about Tula; she snaps a root and flees back to bed.
- 00:19:48 The Lukura camp, 30 minutes from the warren: Thorn with his Beacons Olliver and Teedles; Viola enters; the badger needs soothing.
- 00:27:18 Thorn and Viola talk; Thorn wants to move; a flash of Blue after his Wisdom save; Viola decides to go to the warren to speak to her family.
- 00:34:15 Viola walks to the Red Warren with Teedles and Prue; she snags a thorn; Teedles befriends her.
- 00:39:54 Ava grooms Tula; Walmer's interest in Tula; the middle of fall; Viola arrives and proposes moving; Lila overhears.
- 00:59:26 The children burst in; family argument over Walmer, Thorn and the move (Tula: "it would be great to get something more specific from your husband" — 00:58:39); Teedles is sent to fetch Thorn then sent back for the morning.
- 01:03:13 Thorn alone listens to the forest, rolls a natural 1 on Survival and slips into a vision of the Blue and a dust storm; he wakes in daylight to the storm.
- 01:08:14 Thorn orders Olliver and Teedles to rally everyone to the Red Warren and sets off for it, slowed by the dust.
- 01:10:05 Morning at the warren: Ava goes up, meets Mila, smells a scorched stone smell, and sends her to gather everyone.
- 01:16:12 Family breakfast; Ava calls Tula and Viola aside; Tula casts Bless on the children; Lila hears a scream.
- 01:19:15 Viola calls Thorn in the dust; Thorn arrives wheezing; Viola scoops him toward the burrow, then Tula decides the family must run; Jaysohn leads them to high ground.
- 01:32:36 Ava looks down the tunnels, sees bodies, refuses Walmer's call to hide; Walmer seals the warren.
- 01:35:47 Arrival at a hill; the home is swallowed; Olliver and Teedles arrive; eight or nine other Lukura are seen moving away, how many stay is not said; the badger and others have fled.
- 01:41:27 Aftermath: Ava gives Jaysohn a dried strawberry; Thorn apologizes to the Lukura; Tula praises Jaysohn.
- 01:43:57 Viola climbs a tree and sees the dust coming from a gray river-like path; the episode ends.
- 01:45:34 End of episode; "next time" card (see Table talk).
Frames
Key quotes
- “Earth, soft and rich and fragrant with the life and death of the forest that surrounds you” — Aabria 0:02:50
- “Everything begins with the Blue.” — Beatrix 0:12:41
- “What do you think the Blue is?” — Lila 0:14:10
- “You're terrifying, but we do like you.” — Teedles 0:38:04
- “Winter is coming.” — Ava 0:56:13
- “There's no hiding from the Blue.” — Ava 1:33:53
- “Brighter than the sun, swifter than the wind.” — Thorn 1:30:32
Who and what appears
Player characters
NPCs
- Beatrix
- Geoffrey
- Kenji
- Mila
- Olliver
- Prue
- Teedles
- The Curtises
- The badger
- The pine marten
- Unnamed stoat with Walmer
- Walmer
Locations
- The Blue Forest
- The Lukura camp
- The Red Warren
- The gray river-like path
- The hill / high ground
- The jerky rack "under that old piece of glass
- The river (Burrow's End)
Items and artifacts
Factions and organizations
- The Lukura
- The Red Warren stoats
- Thorn's Beacons
- Thorn's followers' ranks
- those other folks on the outside of town
Creatures
- Birds (Burrow's End)
- Lynx / bobcat
- Pine martens
- Rabbits
- Stoats
- The Blue / the thing Thorn remembers
- Wild hares
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:05:54 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Acrobatics check | 21 | — | jump off the rock; Aabria's reply |
| 00:07:35 | Lila (Izzy) | Stealth check | 22 | — | hides; gets advantage on attack |
| 00:08:02 | Lila (Izzy) | attack roll, advantage | 21 | Jaysohn AC 19 | punts Jaysohn skyward |
| 00:08:34 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | grapple attack roll | 12 | — | does not catch Lila |
| 00:11:56 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Insight check | "Dirty 20" | — | not lying, Beatrix has few tricks |
| 00:12:10 | Lila (Izzy) | Insight check | 7 | — | settles down |
| 00:16:25 | Lila (Izzy) | Stealth check | 26 | — | "a ghost here" |
| 00:18:04 | Lila (Izzy) | Stealth check, advantage | 13 | — | snaps a root |
| 00:19:11 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Perception check, disadvantage | 15 (8 + 7) | — | half wakes |
| 00:22:50 | Thorn (Jasper) | Deception check | "Dirty 20" | — | hands badger task to Olliver |
| 00:29:55 | Thorn (Jasper) | Wisdom saving throw | 10 | — | slips into memory; flash of Blue |
| 00:34:26 | Viola (Rashawn) | Survival check | 6 | — | Aabria: "pretty terrible" |
| 00:36:26 | Viola (Rashawn) | Acrobatics check | 9 (6 + 3) | — | snags a thorn, 2 piercing damage |
| 00:45:16 | Tula (Brennan) | History check | 15 | — | Walmer only a litter or two older |
| 00:46:39 | Tula (Brennan) | Insight check | 15 | vs Ava | result: Walmer is siccing Ava on Tula |
| 00:46:42 | Ava (Erika) | Intimidation | 12 | vs Insight 15 | Aabria: "Big 'cause I said so' energy" |
| 00:48:11 | Tula (Brennan) | Survival check | 25 | — | knows it is mid-fall |
| 00:50:27 | Tula (Brennan) | Perception check | 19 | — | hears Viola approach |
| 00:50:28 | Ava (Erika) | Perception check | 9 | — | busy |
| 00:54:13 | Tula (Brennan) | check vs Viola's Insight (skill not named), advantage | 12 | vs Viola's Insight | against Viola's 7 |
| 00:54:18 | Viola (Rashawn) | Insight | 7 | — | said "I got a seven" |
| 00:56:53 | Lila (Izzy) | Stealth check, advantage | 22 | — | overhears |
| 01:05:02 | Thorn (Jasper) | Survival check with Guidance | total 9, natural 1 | — | panic; vision follows |
| 01:08:43 | Thorn (Jasper) | Intimidation check, advantage | 22 total | — | Beacons rally the camp |
| 01:09:32 | Thorn (Jasper) | Acrobatics check | 2 on die, total 7 | DC 16 | slowed in the dust |
| 01:11:55 | Ava (Erika) | Nature check | 10 | — | blames her eyes |
| 01:14:01 | Ava (Erika) | Perception check | 18 | — | smells the scorched stone |
| 01:14:10 | Ava (Erika) | History check | 2 | — | cannot place it |
| 01:17:32 | Lila (Izzy) | Perception check | 21 | — | hears a distant scream |
| 01:20:49 | Thorn (Jasper) | Luck check, "High" | 17 | — | hears Viola call; realigns |
| 01:21:37 | Thorn (Jasper) | Constitution saving throw | 9 | — | 5 damage |
| 01:22:58 | Viola (Rashawn) | Perception check | 15 | — | morning, no birds |
| 01:24:35 | Tula (Brennan) | Luck check | 5 | — | the child tunnels are gone |
| 01:25:09 | Tula (Brennan) | Survival check | 2 on the die, "2 plus 6 is 8" | — | instinct is "Get away" |
| 01:26:16 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Constitution save, disadvantage | 8 | — | takes 11 damage |
| 01:26:23 | Tula (Brennan) | Constitution save, advantage | 22 | — | fine |
| 01:26:25 | Viola (Rashawn) | Constitution save | 14 | — | takes 4 damage |
| 01:26:27 | Ava (Erika) | Constitution save, disadvantage | 21 | — | fine |
| 01:26:29 | Lila (Izzy) | Constitution save, disadvantage | 19, then "actually, 21" | — | fine |
| 01:27:34 | Thorn (Jasper) | History / Arcana | "16, for a 15" [?] | — | takes Arcana; sees a connection |
| 01:28:42 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Perception check, advantage | 24 | — | high ground; nose and ear bleed |
| 01:31:25 | Lila (Izzy) | Investigation check | nat 1 | — | learns nothing |
| 01:35:36 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Survival check, advantage | 28 ("plus 7, so 25… 28") | — | leads to the hill |
| 01:37:45 | Thorn (Jasper) | Investigation check | 3 | — | cannot see the Lukura |
| 01:39:28 | Thorn (Jasper) | Animal Handling, advantage | 21 (17 said first) | — | reads Beacons and animals |
| 01:44:27 | Viola (Rashawn) | Perception check | "20. Dirty 20." | — | sees the gray path |
Damage and healing without a roll: Viola takes 2 piercing (thorn) 00:36:30; Thorn 5 01:21:39; Viola 4 and Jaysohn 11 01:26:46; Tula's Lay on Hands heals 11 01:29:15. Natural 20s: none said. "Dirty 20" is the players' own phrase at 00:11:56 (Jaysohn), 00:22:50 (Thorn) and 01:44:27 (Viola); whether it was a natural 20 or a total is not said. Natural 1s: Thorn 1 on Survival 01:05:02, Lila 1 on Investigation 01:31:25. Ava's History 2 01:14:10 is not called a natural 1.