The Fated Episode 4: The Fast and the Furriest

"'His palms are sweaty, knees weak, Hilltree's heavy. The group has a close shave in the most thrilling and absolutely insane episode yet.'"

Summary
The Fated travel down beneath the Wharf into the Underdark, with Olguart. Searching in order to find some answers about the Barber, and maybe, just maybe, find something shiny.

Episode Events
In the opening of the episode travel into the Underdark, led by Hilltree who claims that there was a 'shiny' at the end of the caves.

As they journey through the Underdark they have to manoeuvre through the darkened environment, at some point having to climb a rope down a large cavern, messily tied by Br'aad and resulting in multiple injuries. Traveling though the cavern the party come across a mysterious group of people, and locate a mural on the wall. The mural depicts multiple fish like people taking over the world.

Sneaking past the party realise that Olguart, who they had been travelling with, had been kidnapped by these mysterious figures.

After some more searching they find a prison, with tens of prisoners locked in bone cages. swiftly locating Olguart After distracting the guards Taxi and Mountain begin to break down the cage. Cracking at the bones and chains respectively. During this break out, at which its revealed that Olguart is dangerously injured, Sylnan, Taxi and Mountain argue over weather to leave the prisoners or break them out, at which Mountain offers that they come back later to break out all of the prisoners, not just Olguart. However this discussion is cut short as Br' aad receives a vision of the Barber slowly approaching their location. After a failed charmed person, Br'aad tries to woo the barber, serenading him, asking him to join a barbershop quartet and even asking him if he likes jazz.

The Barber offered Br'aad and his party freedom in return for the ' fainted ones'. Br'aad tries to speak into the mind of The Barber, and gets a dagger thrown at him in response. In the mean time Mountain and Taxi successfully break out Olguart.

The Barber began to chase Taxi, who split from the party to try and seperate the danger, however unsuccessfully. returning before any significant damage to the Barber could be done.

However in the final minutes of the episode, with the Barber close on the party's tails, Hilltree, using the power from his head tumour, evicts a large stone wall in-between the party and the Barber. Allowing the party time to decide wether to leave the Underdark, or to continue father into the caves to find the 'Shiny.'