Episode 1: The Hunt For The Bastard Son

"'With a new world in front of them, The Fools become The Fated. Taxi gets a weird dog, Br'aad commits a crime, Mountain gets drunk, Velrisa gets a new haircut, and Sylnan is right handed.'"

Episode Events
The party find themselves in a meadow outside of Lorenburg, new items in their hands and new information in their minds. Br'aad takes out his new Wand Of Wonder, a mahogany wand with a metal handle, embedded with various gems of all colors, that knots towards the end and ends in a point, with one monochromatic gem at the top. He points the wand at a grasshopper, and fires out a large fireball. Velrisa and Mountain dodge, getting hit by the edges of the fire, and the meadow begins to catch on fire, spreading rapidly. Velrisa takes the wand from Br'aad.

The party panics as the fire heads towards both the forest and the nearby village. The party, with assistance of the commoners, grab buckets of water from the well to douse the flames. As the party searches their belongings, desperately looking for something to put out the flames, Taxi pulls out his small marble elephant statue, throwing it into the air and activating it, making a large elephant appear. Taxi commands the elephant to fill it's trunk with water, and sprays it over the fire, which significantly helps. The fire is suppressed.

The party, angry at Br'aad, scold him. The elephant pushes Br'aad over with his trunk at Taxi's command, and Velrisa uses Thamaturgy to make her eyes red as she stares down at him. The town's innkeeper walks over, praising the party for their assistance. Sylnan asks if there are rooms available, to which he replies that they are granted free rooms for the night for their assistance. Velrisa, angry, refuses, telling the innkeeper that Br'aad started the fire. The innkeeper tells them that he does not want them in his town again, and points them towards Shaygrove.

Taxi gets onto the elephant, and noticing the anger that Velrisa and Mountain have towards Br'aad, pull Br'aad onto the elephant as well. The party begins to travel to Shaygrove. Mountain talks briefly with Sylnan about being dead, while Taxi and Br'aad have a deep discussion while trying to name the elephant. They end up naming it Ugarth, after their lost friend.

As the party walks and rides among the tattered road, they approach an area of the path that was once a battlefield. Across the field lay humanoid bodies, but ones that are not made of flesh. They are made out of wood, with metal holding it together but none are human. All of the bodies are of the same material and build, some missing various limbs or rotted with time. The party investigates the field, noticing piles of bones among the wooden humanoids that have been there for over 50 years. The wooden humanoids are referred to as Automatons, made to be soldiers to fight in a war between dwarves and locals, to fight for the dwarves.

The party continues on the path, finally reaching Shaygrove. They head to the tavern and inn, approaching the bar. The barkeep, Hera, knows the parties names even before introduction. She explains that it's a talent she has picked up over time. Upon Br'aad's request, Hera explains that the dressed up people all over the town are travelling actors that are in Shaygrove to attend a large week-long theater festival at the town's theater, The Crossing Hammers.

Sylnan looking around notices a dragonborne, who Hera says his name is Malfus, who seems unfriendly.

Br'aad buys rooms for everyone, and the party drinks together. Sylnan and Velrisa retire for the evening, Mountain drinks in the corner, and Taxi and Br'aad party with the rest of the tavern. Taxi has extremely drunken sexual relations with a Drow in the gardens.

As the party awakens, they all go to the tavern's bathhouse. While bathing, Br'aad recalls a dream he had. He was in the orphanage, young, a child again. His father was there, hand on Br'aad's shoulder. Brendon tells Br'aad he does not blame him for killing him, and that he was not around because he was not allowed to be. Brandon tells Br'aad that Sylnan has been corrupted by a shadow demon from another realm, and that he will be nothing more than a vessel soon enough. Reality around Br'aad fades, and now Ob'nockshai is standing in front of him.

The party discusses who they saw during the final events of season 1 episode 27, The Fated. Mountain suspects he saw his parents, since he saw two dwarves, but he does not recall ever seeing his parents faces before.

As the party exit the bathhouse, Hera stops Mountain. She tells him that he received a message from one of the actors who recognized him, and hands him a phamplet. On the cover, there is a drawing of a dwarf with strikingly similar resemblance to Mountain, on his knees, chained to a nearby wall, titled 'The Hunt for The Bastard Son'.