Episode 20: The Great Escape

"'Follow Me! Set me free! Trust me and we will escape from the city!'"

Episode Events
Taxi, who had run to the docks in episode 19, Into The Dire, sits on the dock edge as he closes his eyes, reopening them to see his deity, Nula, sitting in front of him in the form of a monkey. They talk briefly and Taxi is back at the docks, where he leaves and returns to where he last saw the party.

Br'aad and Velrisa discuss what to do with Sylnan's body and how to proceed from here, missing both Mountain and Taxi. As this happens, Dominion appears with 6 fully-armored guards in search of Taxi for arrest. He stops both Br'aad and Velrisa, and questions what occurred and where their friends are. At this moment, Taxi steps out, surrendering for arrest. Dominion and his guards arrest him, dragging him back to the castle.

The perspective shifts over to Mountain, who is in a small storage room. He awakens, noticing two men with him, introducing themselves as Ugarth and Tristan. They explain they dragged him back to the storage room and treated his wounds.

Br'aad and Velrisa decide to store Sylnan's body at the graveyard with the Embalmer, who appeared in episode 1, The Great King's Wharf. The Embalmer agrees to take Sylnan for up to 10 days in exchange for a trinket coin that Br'aad convinced him was worth 500 gold.

Perspective shifts once again, as the setting changes over to Taxi, who is jailed in the castle dungeon. In the cell across from him is Jaquot, who engages in conversation with Taxi about the history of Brendan, Jaquot, and King Rigmund. Jaquot expresses his hatred for the king, revealing that his parents were taken and killed by Rigmund after they discovered his dark past. It is revealed that Rigmund poisoned the previous king and kidnapped his children in order to gain the throne. It is also revealed that Rigmund had Brendan's wife, who is the Vengolor's mother, killed as he disproved of their relationship.

Velrisa, Br'aad, and Hilltree all travel into the sewers in search of Brambleshank. They sought him out to hire him as an extra measure of protection. Once they meet and pay for his service to travel with them, Brambleshank takes them down to the 'pit', a common area for the Thieve's Guild. There, they meet up with Mountain, Ugarth, and Tristan.

The party devises a plan to break Taxi out of jail. Br'aad and Tristan will pose as a guard and a Noble accordingly, and sneak into the dungeon, meanwhile Brambleshank overlooks from high up to alert Velrisa, Hilltree, Mountain, and Ugarth to blow through the castle wall in case the plan goes wrong.

The plan succeeds, and Br'aad and Tristan break both Taxi and Jaquot out of jail, and escape the castle with ease.