The Slaywrights

With no other choice, the Fellstar pirates press deeper into the derelict research facility that is crawling with undead. If they had a nickel for every time this has happened, they'd only have two nickels, but it's weird that it happened twice.CW: Zombies

Eo asks if the crew should possibly make use of that business card she got from Auntie Sage several chapters ago, the mystery of Kong Maat is solved, and the crew dock at their next destination to attempt to save the life of one Dr. Xalbar Gelko.

In addition to finding the Divine Rune, the Fellstar Pirates also have the opportunity to awaken Mielikke, Lady of the Forest - which, naturally, they jump at. Once Mielikke is taken care of, the crew wrap things up in the Feywyld and take off, leaving behind a host of new allies and a grateful, chaotic planet.CW for substance use

The Fellstar Pirates have finally acquired the Divine Rune, and Galva and Finch have gained a bonus session of mind-fuckery. Now it's time to wind down in the aftermath of the Ascension Ceremony assault, and make plans for the crew's unexpected diplomatic meeting with Eclipse Lightwave, the Platinum Alloy.

The Fellstar Pirates complete their assault on Tassarion Sunhold's Ascension Ceremony, setting the stage for a truly shocking plot-twist.

With a very short time between the announcement and the Ascension Ceremony to officially place Tassarion Sunhold in the most powerful seat in the Feywyld, the Fellstar Pirates get in touch with their few allies and make plans. and Galva and Eo make a friendly suggestion to an unlikely ally.

In which the Fellstar Pirates are caught red-handed by Amaryllis Bri, Zellias is mean to Wilhelm, and the crew finally begin the Ultimate Heist, AKA ransacking Tassarion Sunhold's hotel room.

Continuing their investigation, the Fellstar Pirates uncover what appears to be the smoking gun, but something just doesn't add up.

With the Platinum Alloy closing in, the Fellstar pirates only have a few precious minutes to make their escape from Vulparia's slumber party. It's lucky for them they brought along Eo's friend, regular Human Man David Cosa!

The first part of the Fellstar Pirates' clever plan to solve the murder mystery goes into full swing - at a spoiled sorority girl's fanclub slumber party. Featuring a special guest appearance of Maarg the Mad as played by Dr. Finch Okafor. Absolutely nothing could go wrong with this plan!

The Fellstar Pirates have been given a map and directions to solve the assassination of the Titania, so that's what they're going to try to do! First stop: Grandma's House!

In which the Fellstar pirates must solve a murder before they're accused, themselves.

The Fellstar Pirates just clown it against a pack of horrifying slot machine chimeras for the amusement of the fae aristocracy. After the fight, and surprising absolutely no one, they learn that their elaborate disguises and perfectly convincing fake names were ultimately pointless, but hey, at least they're getting a banquet thrown in their honor. They've got this whole “private audience with the Titania” thing in the bag!

Now that he finally has his prosthetic, Zellias returns to the Black Bazaar to update his wardrobe. Once that's taken care of, and Finch receives their promised gift from Dr. Knight, the Fellstar Pirates finally travel to the Feywyld, where they are faced with an obscene amount of paperwork.

Finch shares the absolutely mind-blowing information they received at the end of last week's session with the rest of the crew. Zellias has some things to do before going under the knife, and then…It's surgery time. We've got to get this boy a new arm before our next adventure. Also, Galva calls her little brother Col to see how he's been.

The Fellstar Pirates finally get answers to some of their most burning questions, but there's no good news.

After surmounting far too many obstacles, the Fellstar Pirates are finally able to see what The Resonance is all about.

The Fellstar pirates and Tempus take on Helsif, the Unending Cyclone in the penultimate fight to recover Oghma and the Gilded Way. But just when things seem to be winding down, an old foe makes a surprise reappearance.

The fight with Wavebog the Maelstrom Knight is a rough one.

Galva's first encounter with a real giant does not go her way, in any capacity. The Fellstar Pirates and Tempus clown their way through the underwater caverns of Galla'na in their quest to unseat Umberlee.

The Fellstar pirates and Tempus make the perilous trek over the crumbling, dangerous natural bridge known as The Shifting Expanse. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

The final challenge at the top of the obelisk is a fight with Tempus himself. Once that's sorted out, the Fellstar pirates share their discovery with Elder Atsu, and a feast of celebration is prepared. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

Locked inside the obelisk to Tempus, the Fellstar pirates enter a gauntlet of themed fights designed to test the might of those who wish to ascend to the top. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

The intrepid adventurers ignore the DM's hints that a long rest would be in their best interest and press onward to look for a less wet place to camp. Instead, they find more trouble. But they also find a very nice man named Yokoze, who is gracious enough to guide them to his settlement of Zoashell. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

After being knocked completely off course by the deep sea turbo kraken, the Fellstar Pirates gather their wits about them and venture forth, into a luminescent and statistically improbable system of deep-sea caves filled to bursting with dark, gloomy water and the monsters that lurk therein. Content Warnings for thalassophobia and bathophobia --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

With the shockingly specific prophecy fresh on their minds, the Fellstar pirates have a mandatory team-building meeting initiated by Zellias. After that, they finally confirm what they plan to do next. They need to start getting the prophecy into the hands of the people who are best positioned to help get the Clockwork Nebula on their side, and they need to get in touch with Novaguard to learn where he's keeping his ship The Gilded Way. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

The gang take Bunga's siblings shopping for costumes, then swing by the graveyard for a little playful grave robbing before returning to the clubhouse to set their plans into motion. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

After spending the night and eating breakfast, the outlaws head into town to chat with the mayor and to run some errands for Bunga's mom. Meanwhile, the kiddos head out to their clubhouse, and encounter some strange men. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

Scott once again takes up the DM reins to give Anthony a break, and we return to the Fantasy Wild West to check in with our four outlaws. It's been six months since Clair and Co. stole the Radiant Empress. They've been driving it through the countryside ever since.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

In which Dakka and the crew hold a funeral for a legendary adventurer, Finch makes a deal, Eo & Dakka have a rematch, Galva rolls the world's greatest Nat 20, and Zellias puts on his captain pants. Also, MUUT is blossoming into a beautiful and snarky badass. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

In which the crew wind down from the Talos fight with some social links and testing their might against an Alloy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

Galva has unwittingly unleashed the Shade of Talos onto her crew, so that needs to be dealt with. After that, our heroes finally discover the secret Giga stole from the Aether Council that they desperately want back. CW for emetophobia --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

The crew and Dakka square off against a pack of metal-eating earth elementals, and discover the guardian of Gond's inner sanctum, who puts them through a gauntlet of tests. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

Finch grabs a moment to prod at Galva's frustration, and the crew finally learn some of their awkward fighter's core memories and trauma. Wilhelm and Finch have a heart to heart, and the crew finally step foot into the temple of Gond. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

After being explicitly warned not to make any deals with the Gondian Fae, Galva does an oopsie.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

In which Eo rolls a lot of 0s, 1s, and 2s, Khardak tips his hand and reveals his big secret, Finch shares their water phobia with Galva (who takes entirely the wrong message), and the crew finally make it to the Construct's Cloister. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

It's a rock ‘em sock ‘em beatdown featuring the Fellstar Pirates, their buddy Khardak, and the aptly-named Ruin Grinder! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

The crew and Khardak wind down after a rough fight. Galva tries to get Khardak drunk while Finch tries not to doom spiral. After a restful break, the gang venture forth into the abandoned town they have discovered, and incidentally learn something very interesting about fairies. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

In which the cave known as Lolth's Maw is full of spiders, actually. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

Zellias and Finch have another epic Swan Boat Moment while Galva and Eo perform their tasks competently and with great style. The crew and Khardak encounter a derelict Adamantine Authority cruiser in the midst of the Gamma Bramble, which leads to some interesting revelations, and nudges Khardak to confess one of his main motivations for joining the Fellstar Pirates in the first place. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

The Fellstar Pirates follow Shavhaga home, where they meet her children and she feeds them dinner. Halfway through the meal, Shavhaga's older brother Khardak arrives, and HE invites the crew out for drinks and to talk business.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

Eo and Finch have private heart-to-hearts with MUUT. MUUT looks to Zellias for another heart-to-heart, Eo has a brilliant plan for taking care of the Tiamat phone, and Jonye finally shares the name of her contact who might know someone descended from Giga the Dreamer --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

The crew return to the Black Bazaar and report their discoveries to Admiral Jonye. Their discussion takes an unexpected turn, and with a few key pieces of information from Jonye, a lot of little puzzle pieces suddenly fall into place. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

With the Death Tyrant dead, the Fellstar Pirates need to get OUT of the facility, which weirdly turns out to be more complicated than getting in. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

Zellias' draconic diplomacy goes about as well as can be expected given the circumstances. Once that all shakes out, the crew finally discover what waits for them at the bottom of the mine, and it's not anything they were hoping for. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

The Fellstar Pirates have a lot to process in the aftermath of Zellias' injury. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

The crew press deeper into the abandoned Adamantine Authority facility on their quest for answers. Unfortunately, they're mostly just finding more questions, along with an unpleasant number of Fiends. CW for Dismemberment and amputation injuries --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

Things are tense as the crew are dogpiled by an irresponsible amount of Hellhounds.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

The crew return to the Black Bazaar, meet up with some old friends, and do a little shopping before their next employer seeks them out. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

There are a lot of loose ends to tie up on Geebos, and a number of repairs to be made to the Reliable. Not all of the goodbyes made by the crew are happy ones, but they are at least hopeful. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support

Things are popping off faster than our heroes can predict in this action-packed, emotionally-charged penultimate session of Chapter 9. Content warning for botanical body horror --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-slaywrights/support