S3 E4

Summary
The team discuss their next move and decide to go to Frandelle in search of the Jade Lady. They make preparations, seek information from Zarasmus and kill a few civilians along the way, as the kuo-toa pour into the streets. With Jean's cart and horse in tow they make for the gates of Hygard, and are stopped by Krogal and his mob.

Appearances
In order of appearance
 * Greta
 * Dazzbang
 * Stevens
 * Adelais
 * Prince
 * Tektite
 * Blam (lost kuo-toa)
 * Cult of The Drowned
 * Zarasmus
 * Slake
 * Jean
 * horse
 * Biscuit
 * Pabu
 * Poe
 * mob
 * Krogal
 * The Radiant

Locations
Hygard
 * The Herald

Quote of the Week
''"..it is not so much that I will look at him to make puke, it is pity, it is pity to his face.." ''- Jean Midmarket

Events
Greta greets Dazzbang

Prince is at the bar, leaning on it

“let me know when you get a sense of humour Greta?”

Stevens is staring at a wall

Adelais addresses Mr Prince - “may I speak to you in private?”

they go to one side

“I’m not going to ask you, if you’re alright, since you’re clearly not. If you need to talk to someone you can talk to me, or Greta, or any of us, really. Don’t, whatever it is, the more you bottle it up the harder it will be to sympathise.”

“I’m a little taken back, I appreciate the sentiment, although I would find it hard for anyone to draw common ground…”

“You don’t have to, don’t feel like you have to bottle things - we’re going to be travelling around the world, and things could get messy”

Adelais says we don’t actually know each other that well - let’s start again, I’m Adelais of Stormroque, I like dogs, horses and the colour blue

Prince’s turn - “I’m a century’s old fallen angel, and yes I like white”

Greta asks if everything’s alright, he says things were a little tense

Dazzbang says he hopes he’ll see us again sometime after we leave

Eggs and meat, breakfast

Prince asks if we can get to the point, rather than breakfast

Greta says we mortals talk over food

Prince says don’t send a golem to talk to Kuo-toa

Stevens says the information was not forthcoming

Greta said that’s very “general”

Stevens says the specifics are irrelevant - they gave us nothing of Mortallous

Prince says, we met Jennifer and Ariel though

Prince says Ariel was melancholy

Stevens says Jennifer seemed unaffected

Greta said is she a skeleton

Prince says no

Adelais says we need to decide where we’re going

Adelais says Jean gave us a lot of information, more than the other leads - there are good libraries there, and Hygard libraries are keeping information from us

Prince says the path well trodden is the North, and he has contacts in the north but the area we need to go to is northwest

Stevens says “mammals can regulate their heat, but Tektite however...”

Tektite “hyeeehhh” (guttural noise)

Greta, what are you cold blooded?, haven’t seen you sunning on any rocks, or nothing

Tektite after some time of silence, “yessss”

Stevens “maybe Fizzlesnitch can create something to keep Tektite warm”

Greta says what about south

Tektite “the dragon will kill us”

Adelais says we have the north and Frandelle, we need to find out about everywhere

Greta says there’s a chance to find something out in Frandelle

Prince says at least with Frandelle, we have a guide

Team decides to go to Frandelle

Greta says he’ll send Slake ahead to Jean Midmarket, and he’s going to go shopping for supplies, “I’ve got Besh, she moves pretty quick - you guys go ahead and we’ll meet up at the gate”

Prince asks if Besh can pick up Pabu

 Adelais asks if Tektite wants  to go shopping or accompany Prince and Stevens

Tektite says “either”

 A knock

 Greta says, Mr Stevens “you’re pretty strong…”

Mr Stevens said he’d be “happy to carry your burdens”

 A knock to the front door of The Herald

Prince answers the door

“hello”

“do you want in?” Prince says

He answered the door to a kuo-toa

Prince says “we don’t want any...”

“wait, what’s your name?”

“Blam”

“and what are you here for?”

Blam says “um, looked nice”

 Stevens looks on edge

Prince says “he responded to being asked his name”

 Greta and Adelais and Tektite say hi Blam gets up on the stool

Blam says “somebody cut the swamp up, it’s in bits,

I am stood on a swamp that is stood on small swamps”

Blam is pointing at the floorboards

 Greta says “who cut up the swamp? he can have a look”

 Blam is trying to eat a chair

Tektite says “I used to do that, but then I learnt manners”

Tektite gives him a knife and a fork and a pie and teaches him how to use them

Prince says to Greta, “I think Tektite has a rapport”

 Blam says “I’m just here now, I was in the road, but now I’m in here”

 Greta asks if he was born in Hygard

Blam says he was

“what like this morning?”

 Greta asks if he has heard of Mortallous

Blam said he’s heard of Mornious

Stevens looks shifty

Blam thinks Mortallous is made up Greta asked if he knows Priest Gillian Cesswater?

Blam doesn’t

Greta asks if he needs an escort to the swamp

Blam says he’s going to go, everywhere

 Greta asks if anyone can get hold of Krogal, with his hand of the god boys

 Adelais tries to show Blam the map

Blam says what’s a map

Adelais says it’s where you draw locations so you know where to visit

Blam says, this is a location, the swamp is a location and there’s a bit in between

Adelais says yes that’s right

Blam says thank you

 Adelais says we have this area to the west, I don’t suppose you know anything about it, if Hygard is here *points to Hygard on the map*

Blam says am I in Hygard now?

Adelais says yes

Blam says then this is the swamp *points to the west*

Adelais says what’s your swamp like?

Blam says just swamp...everybody lives in the swamp and there is food, I haven’t been here for very long

 Prince says this is getting tiring

 Greta says you were born this morning on the streets

Blam says yes, yes

Greta but you are referring to the time at the swamps?

Blam says, yes, this morning

Stevens their time is not straightforward

Greta says ah it’s like clams Greta says I knew of Phin Barbles, pillar of the gods and all that

Blam doesn’t know that

 Prince says he’ll freshly hatched I don’t think…

 It seems completely reasonable that he was not hatched, as in born this morning

It seems that he could have popped into existence

 Greta asks if he could tell us.. oh god..

Blam says I don’t have any gods yet, I am still looking for some - are you gods? you’re much taller than me

Greta says it’s not all about being tall is it

 Adelais says so you have some gods, which ones do you have

Blam said, the road god, the swamp god, the swamp god makes it so the swamp is everywhere, we all like the swamp so we like the swamp god, food god, we eat that a lot, grandpa, he was a god,

 Greta asks his name

Blam says I don’t know, he was too godly

 Blam says then there was popa, he was Man Flay, he was born when Mornious came, that was nice

 Greta said who is Mornious?

Blam says Mornious was a god, he took the morning away and bought it back, I wasn’t there much then Man Flay told me that

 Adelais asks where he was

Blam says he doesn’t know where he was before he was on the road, I was probably before alive *gasp* I was dead!

Adelais says it doesn’t really work like that, you’re not dead before you’re alive, anyway

Blam says “thank my some gods, I don’t have many yet”

he’s still looking

 Blam is sticking a fork up his nose,

Tektite tells him to put the fork in the pie and then the pie in his mouth - fork goes in as well

Tektite pulls his mouth open and gets the fork out

Blam says “manners are hard”

Adelais agreed that they are

 Adelais asked how he got free from the swamp

Blam “maybe they were already free, but now they are free in a bigger place”

 Adelais says you have quite an obsession with gods

Blam says yeah, gods are great

 Prince has left, and there are kuo-toa in the streets, the swamp is spilling out into the streets

Hygard looks more Black Crag like

Prince shrugs

 Greta says we found the kuo-toa in the Undersea

Adelais says there's an ocean under the city? has anyone ever fallen through?

“Yes” Greta and Stevens say together

 Stevens says it has been pointed out that the maps are wrong on the Hygardian maps, but

Zarasmus lived amongst the kuo-toa for some time

 Greta tries to contact Zarasmus

 Tektite says to Blam “one day we’ll all be accepted, keep trying”

Blam says he’ll teach everyone “manners”

 we say goodbye to Dazzbang

Adelais says “keep busy”

Greta said “yeah, keep a purpose”

Dazzbang says “someone has to keep everyone comfortable”

 we see kuo-toa and swamp spilling out into the streets

 Greta wants to get hold of Krogal so they can contain the Kuo-toa, they put up the warning system

Stevens says don’t ring the bell

 Prince says Krogal has gone quiet

Greta says we need to give him a purpose

Adelais suggests we ring the bell

 more kuo-to appear, Greta and Adelais run

 Greta, Stevens and Tektite go with Besh to shopping

Adelais and Prince go to see Jean Midmarket

 The Drowned *cult* coming out of the Underbelly

Greta says Zarasmus about?

someone asks who Greta is

Greta says he’s a friend

“Zarasmus is kicking us out”

some guy says “something about him dying”

Greta says “you what!?” and pushes the guy aside

 there’s a crowd

Stevens pushes through - kills a couple of people

the crowd outside disperses, some start running back into the underbelly to escape Stevens

Greta heals any one left

 Greta says Stevens should stay

 Tektite is hissing

Greta says Stevens and Tektite just stay here

and Tektite gives a look of don’t leave me with him

 Greta gives “token” some beer (the one guy who didn’t die)

the guy says, “ah, now I can die”

Greta says “Zarasmus has kicked you all out?”

“yeah he’s trying”

Greta said “I’m sorry about your mates”

 Tetkite says “Stevens scares me”

Greta says “you wanna come with me then”

Tektite nods

 Stevens is standing really still

 push through the masses, to a load of drunken people in the corridors

Greta is looking for Zarasmus

people they ask just say he’s back there and point vaguely

Zarasmus is shouting to people, saying they are all going to die if they stay here

“there is only so much I can do for you”

 Zarasmus is physically pushing a lot of people

Greta calls to him

Zarasmus is looking heavier than before

Greta says “you’re clearing the place out? Moving out or somethin’? because it’s reverting to what it was before”

Zarasmus says “I’m glad someone understands”

Greta begins “you’re a man of the world, a knowledgeable man”

Greta asks how much he knows of the kuo-toa -they are spilling into the streets from the undersea

Zarasmus says, not migrating to the undersea, they move through it

Greta asks how big is the undersea

Zarasmus replies, stretches a few leagues

Greta says “thing is, we’ve come across the name Mortallous, which is the name of a kuo-toa swamp god”

Zarasmus laughs, “who told you that?” Mortallous has nothing to do with the kuo-toa, for all the kuo-toa gods, mortallous is not one of theirs - the tribes to the West worship Mortallous

 Greta said “hey, how old are you exactly, Zarasmus?”

Zarasmus says “older than the city”

 Zarasmus says he doesn’t know where to take his people but staying in Hygard is death

Greta says you know nothing about the dragons then? even though you’re old like Prince

Zarasmus says, no the dragon is news to me

 Greta says, Reginald, the King said back in the day Igneon was bound to the mountain, carved out the city by king tribnik and four figures

he explains them and where they are

 Zarasmus says “the voice from above sounds like it’d come from the North”

Greta says “the tyrant of the peak is north”

Zarasmus says the mountains? you chasing concepts again? its basically the oceans, and the storms

Greta says so we’re harnessing the elements or something, this is bullshit

Zarasmus says it sounds like it me

Greta invites him to come, but he says he’s busy Zarasmus says there was a Black Crag, and then the city of hygard, I thought there was a productive kobold at work, I ended up at the undersea

 Greta says kuo-toa spreading into the streets, can you give Krogal a kick up the arse or something, we rang the bell and everything, well, Adelais did

 Tektite appears from behind Greta

Zarasmus says “you’re no lizardman”

Tektite says “dragon”

and Greta is like “what!?”

Zarasmus says “lizardmen don’t have wings”

Tektite says “it doesn’t matter”

Tektite asks about the tribes in the West

Zarasmus its been thousands of years, they worshipped Mortallous, they praised it as the sea or the storms, and other people ranted, some of them read signs into flocks of gulls

hardy races, orcs and such, and some lizards far West

Zarasmus says “nothing like you”

 Tekite says “I don’t quite know what ‘me’ is”

Zarasmus says “if the dragon is a bad thing, then we’re going to have to hope you were a lizard that grew up wrong, because if you are a dragon.. well.. that’s two bad things”

Tektite narrows his eyes at Zarasmus

 Greta sees that Tektite is a “shell holding something more powerful”

 Tektite says “Tektite is as Tektite decides”

Zarasmus says, “well there is that” Greta says we’ll be going then

Zarasmus says you’re really chasing the dragon?

yes, we’ve been asked by Reginald

Zarasmus says well he’s no king, and this is no city

Greta says someone’s gotta do it Zarasmus well if the dragon comes back here I’ll knock it one

Greta says you’re all mystical and shit

I prefer Divine - Zarasmus

Greta says you’ve got some way to contact me haven't you

Greta says it’ll be nice to stay in touch with everything going to hell

Zarasmus says, you’ll be leaving the area of influence

Greta says, I’ll keep  the tankard, area of influence right here

Zarasmus says, he’ll try that... don’t die

Greta says I’ll try my best… well, if I do you can come to Grimms door

Zarasmus says he won't have me

Greta leaves, but comes back and hugs Zarasmus

 

Adelais gets to Jean Midmarket (Prince isn’t there yet)

he’s riding the wagon, dragged by a horse

he is leaving the Innermarket

Adelais yells, “sir midmarket, sorry we are late, did you get our message?”

Jean said no

we did send a message - did you see the fox?

Jean says some small and furry demon

Adelais says that was Slake, we were running a bit late, we sent him to tell you

Jean says, have you apprehended le reaper?

Adelais the priority is going to Frandelle, saving the world and all that - may I join you on the wagon?

and Biscuit fades (like an old 90s show effect)

 

the wagon will be too small for everyone, miracle that Adelais and Jean fit

Adelais says “it’s a bit cramped - shall I get Biscuit?”

Jean says “if that is more comfortable”

Adelais says no need to be polite about it 

Biscuit’s head comes out the back of the wagon

Adelais apologises

Jean “says is it only you?”

Adelais “no the others are on their way (I did not trust Prince to reach in time)”

Jean says Prince won’t be welcome in Frandelle, he lacks beauty

Adelais asks if that is what Frandelle is about? - they prefer people to be what they perceive to be beauty?

Jean says - Beauty is the heart of Frandelle, also the lips - it is not so much that I will look at him to make puke, it is pity, it is pity to his face

Adelais says that is not fair, Jean, come on, people are entitled to their own opinion but that was unnecessarily mean

Jean says oh that is life, everyone does not have the same face

Adelais says she has an odd question, if that’s alright

Jean says it does not sound alright, why would you ask an odd

 Jean says I do like the monsieurs

Adelais says it is about me

Jean says qui no? It is just you on this trip?

Adelais asks if “you think I look Frandellese?”

Jean says, “yes you have the heart, and the lips”

Jean says I thought you would have known with your emblom (emblem)

Adelais points to  the symbol of Ebere

Jean says no, the kite

Adelais says oh my shield! my maternal figure made it for me - why? do you know her? - her name is Florence

Jean, no, I have seen this - thinking it is one of the ...um…

Adelais’ armour is rattling

what is this? do you hear a flying sting? - Jean

Jean, um, yes, the “maison de trade”, they make “pet”

Adelais says, like breeders?

Jean says I think they make “pet”, magnifique maison de trade, difficult to think many

Adelais says you may have just filled in a part of my life I didn’t know - and I am scared a bit, I have to tell the truth - I don’t know anything about my blood family

Jean says if they live in Frandelle, they will be magnifique, and beautiful, and speak with beauty and heart with beauty, from the maison de trade will be numbers with beauty, qui no, perhaps you will have beautiful money, if you find them, if you find your blood Jean says and if not, we will go to restaurant, and the bibliotek, and you may dine by the sea

Adelais says one thing at a time

Jean says we must first survive this city

Adelais says yes this is the scariest thing we are dealing with right now

 Jean is making no attempt to stop at the Amber Hall first

he’s heading out to the gate

 plan is the meet everyone else by the gate

 Adelais will ask for some basic phrases in Frandellese

 Prince arrives at the Amber Hall to find the doors already open, people all over the place, one over the counter

Prince kicks one of them over to see his face

the guy has taken a beating

Prince puts his hand on scimitar, ready for a fight

Prince investigates - there seems to be three different “factions” in whatever brawl erupted

all were trying to fight each other

it is impossible to tell what started this

everyone that is here is a regular of the Amber Hall, it looks like they all started to try and kill each other with their fists

 Prince calls out “anybody here, still alive?”

Pabu appears, he limps out

Prince says “buddy, I thought you were S rank C grade, who did this to you?”

Pabu gestures

“there was nine of them? nine words?”

Pabu gestures again

“Nine of them, one of you?”

Pabu hangs his head

“good job on surviving”

Pabu raises both hands

 Prince touches Pabu’s little paw, and heals his wounds

Pabu kicks his leg out a bit and gives thumbs up

Prince says did you recognise them?

Pabu eeks

goes to the office and tries to draw some faces on paper

Prince follows

 Pabu has drawn a couple of circles with pointy ears, one head that’s bigger than the others’

not really much to go on

 Prince asks if there is anyone else here, Poe for example?

Pabu shakes his head

“Oh, for once I needed him here”

Pabu scampers up the stairs

Prince follows

Pabu starts tugging at someone’s boot, tugging at Poe

 Prince flips him over

Poe has been done right in as well, roughed up

“might do him some good”

 Prince attempts to heal Poe too

Poe sits up “oh blimey!” “what didn’t I drink?” “oh hello, here to kick me out again?”

“did you see what zeppelin hit you?” - Prince

“Oh I wish it was a zeppelin” - “goblins, elves, orcs, everyone just went at each other” - “think they started getting a bit… racist”

Prince says “ah has the melancholy started to affect people in a aggressive manner?”

Poe said “somebody says something to somebody and everyone fought”

 Prince “poe,”

Poe says “yes, I’ll see myself out…”

Prince say “I can trust you can’t I?”

Poe says “of course”

Prince says “I have a very important task for you, this city is going to hell, we’re trying to save it - I need you to get to Samuel and get him out of this city, somewhere safe”

Poe, “ I wonder how far I can carry him without needed a drink” -“I’ll figure something out sir” (wheelchair or something for him)

Prince gives him money, so they can look after themselves and get somewhere safe

 Prince - “go to the farmlands, their hospitality is renowned” (the farmlands of the Fieldkin)

Poe says “and you’ll meet us there?”

Prince says “if successful we can return to Hygard together”

Prince says “you might have to be firm with him but keep the information minimal, blame it all on me, I’m sure he will”

Poe says “as you wish”

Prince says, “oh and Poe, thank you”

Poe says “sir, you sure you don’t want to kick me out?”

prince says “just go”

“good day to you sir” - Poe

Pabu raises his paws

 Prince packs old handmade books filled with bookmarks, journals and things (personal)

Pabu on his shoulder and walks out

Jean isn’t at the market when he gets there

Prince knows the meet at the gate plan

 there’s a gathering and a hubbub at the gate, the cart is a little way behind

Mr Stevens has his saddle bags full of supplies

Adelais gives a look like please come over here, she’s been alone with Jean for a while

Greta asks if Adelais is okay

Prince is wearing a cloak

 Greta says “what’s all that going on at the gate”

Jean says “I hope they are not all reapers”

Adelais says “we’ve been through this many time, statistically one might be however you’re with us”

Jean hands tense around the horse’s reigns

 Greta says he’s nervous, he’s not been travelling much outside of the city

Adelais said we’ll look after you

Greta says thanks princess

 Greta adds we’ll be going through Stormroque, that okay?

 a drove of people, drum fires and people sitting in groups, all clearly armed

it’s orcs, it’s lizardfolk, it’s goblins

one is sat down, going through the old fair ground (from season 1) - a particularly large example sat on the centre stage, raises its head - starts strutting up

“ello again, my friends” Krogal

Greta says “how you doing?”

Krogal says “things aren’t good at the moment, this is the problem, I have done everything to keep people safe and happy and to make order from all of this mess, people have made this very hard (gesturing with a mace which is bloodied), I have managed to bring together everyone I have found who still cares about being together. you have been good people, so I will ask you as well.. and I think you will say a thing you have said before, and before this was okay, but now I ask….”

there is dread in the emphasis as he shoulders the weapon

“you join mob?”

After Credits
The reception of Jack’s message to the Radiant,

“Do you know where I can find either the Tyrant of the Peak, Jade Lady, the Voice from Above, or Mortallous…”

this message in Jack’s voice, steadying asked, going up to church to the Radiant

to the exposed perch at the top, where the Radiant sits

conveniently overlooks the team walking towards the mob in the streets below

the Radiant is no longer the glowing phoenix fire it was, the aarakocra is sooty and has cracks with embers coming through

The Radiant looks down at the mob and falls off the perch