Blast from the Passed is the fifteenth episode of Fantasy High: Sophomore Year.
Recap[]
"Last we left off, our intrepid heroes, they were in the skies of Avernus, the first layer of Hell! We return now to the deck of the Goldenrod, AKA the body of Kalvaxus, big spoilers for season one-- What are you doing watching this show if you haven't seen season one of Fantasy High? Spoiler alert, our Bad Kids here, a group of teen adventurers from the Aguefort Adventuring Academy, have gone on their spring break of sophomore year for their big year project to return the Crown of the Nightmare King."
"They are at the borders of the forest when all of a sudden, some shenanigans happen and some of the party has to go to hell to resolve some legal disputes having to do with Fig, the party's bard, and her devil dad, Gorthalax the Insatiable and his abandoned fiefdom the Bottomless Pit in hell. Our party has just rejoined on the deck of the ship but the father of Fabian Aramaris Seacaster, the archdevil, Captain Bill Seacaster and his rebel armada of dragon carcass ships fly through the skies of hell as Ayda Aguefort, the new flame of one Figueroth Faeth has also come here to attempt to flood hell, rescue Fig."
"The party is reunited and, you now are conducting a daring raid to smash through to the second level of hell to rescue Riz's captured father, Pok Gukgak, who he saw in an interaction with the Shadow Cat, being trapped by devils on the second level of hell. Tl;dr, pirate devil dad and friends meet up using a Plane Shift spell to rescue Riz's dad from interrogation and also maybe flood hell and start a war with all the devils."
"Moments before, our crew from the edge of Sylvaire, Plane Shifts. Just to, again, paint the picture of where we are in space, right? The Goldenrod, which is the transmogrified body of the big bad from season one, Kalvaxus, with the deck of a ship built into him, a bunch of cinder zombie pirates all over him, his wings spread, he's flying through the skies of hell. Blasted red rock beneath you and a roiling sky of fire above you. At the helm, at the back of the ship, at the wheel, is Captain Bill Seacaster, an enormous devil: burning ember eye, an insignia of flames, skull and crossbow floating over his head, giant weird third arm with a like, a devil bone hook on the end of it, laughing uproariously at the helm. On the deck with him are not only his cinder zombies, but also Riz, Fig, Gilear and the Hangman along with Wretchrot, your personal valet, as the newly minted archdevil."
"You were all lifted up out of the Bottomless Pit on ropes that like, basically yanked you up on rope ladders from this rescue from Bill, you guys lit that beacon. You also see tons of crates and boxes coming up out of the Bottomless Pit that Bill's pirates, on his other ships, have just yoinked, and this ship as well, have just yoinked a bunch of stuff out of the Bottomless Pit treasure, books, weaponry, you know, doing their pirate thing. And a bunch of that is coming onto the ship as well. As that happens, your friends arrive. You also saw Alistair Ash, the pirate and formerly living warlock of Bill Seacaster who is now an intern on the Goldenrod."
"The rest of our intrepid heroes, Kristen Applebees, Fabian Aramaris Seacaster, Adaine Abernant and Gorgug Thistlespring all arrive as well with Sandra Lynn, her griffin Baxter in tow, Ayda Aguefort, Plane Shifting, Ragh Barkrock, Tracker O'Shaughnessy and I think that's actually everybody."
Synopsis[]
The Arborly squad shifts planes to Avernus, where Fabian is immediately greeted by his father and threatened by Alistair Ash. Devils of the Armies of the Nine Hells begin to teleport onto Bill's fleet of ships via an odd ground-air missile. Bill calls out for his fleet to move on to the Iron City of Dis, where Riz's father is being held captive and tortured. Just as everyone is about to fight, Gilear asks Bill if there's anywhere he can safely hide, to which Bill replies "For the honor less dog that fucked my wife, no!" and then promptly shoots Gilear in the chest, killing him instantly.
Cannons on the Goldenrod are loaded with holy objects, water, and the bones of saint corpses. Bill steers the ship into the sky where cargo on the deck explodes injuring some members of the party. Alistair continues to attack Fabian for getting him killed in Leviathan and tells him that he is going to eat his brain like how Captain Whitclaw ate his. Sandra Lynn asks Fabian if she should do something about Bill for killing Giliear. Fabian assures her Bill likely won't kill any other members of their party as long as they don't attack him first. Sandra Lynn asks Kristen to heal Gilear and she then swan dives off of the Goldenrod onto a flying Baxter while shooting arrows.
Suddenly, Vraz the Mean, Lorzug the Impaled, and Kaistrana the Chained appear onto the ship and Vraz attempts to arrest Bill Seacaster for attacking them. They begin to fight. Vraz orders Fig to return the stolen objects back to The Bottomless Pit, to which Fig tells her to eat her ass. Vraz then mocks the party and magically breaks all contracts that Gorthalax previously held with warlocks. Johnny Spells and six of his goons suddenly appear having been previously under these contracts. They threaten Fabian with a dance fight, which he begrudgingly accepts. With his previous master, Johnny Spells, returned, a conflicted Hangman is comforted by Fabian by telling him that he knows which side he belongs to. Johnny summons The Hangman and he resists saying that Fabian is his master now as he gave him a name. The Hangman attacks Johnny Spells' Gang with Fabian fighting both Johnny and Alistair, injuring them badly.
Johnny Spells' Gang fight the rest of the party. Fig reminds them that all she did was put them to sleep and they remind her that when you put someone to sleep while they are driving a motorcycle at 80mph, they die. Adaine simply throws Johnny off the side of the ship with Arcane Hand. Riz unsuccessfully tries to attack one of the Greasers. While inspecting the artifacts being shot out of the cannons, Kristen learns that Bill uses the theft of holy artifacts from different worlds as a payment for his MLM. As devils are all immune to fire damage, he uses holy ammo to kill devils. She brings Gilear back to life and Bill tosses him a glowing sword, telling him to join the fight. He tells Gilear that he just wants his wife to be happy and is fine with her enjoying Gilear's company. Ragh tosses two more Greaser over the side of the ship. Gorgug then kills another Greaser and stands in front of Gilear telling him to lie down on the ground. Fig attacks the final two Greasers and kills them instantly with the her prowess as an archdevil. Fig turns "Baby" invisible and he is very excited.
As soon as all of the Greasers are dispatched, at the front of the ship, Penelope Everpetal appears in her prom dress with jagged pieces of silver stabbed into her head to form a crown. In front of her are four horrible-looking charred scarecrow men as well as the twisted corpses of Coach Daybreak and Dayne Blayde. The Bad Kids immediately chastise Daybreak about getting killed by Riz. Dayne attacks Adaine but misses. Daybreak charges Tracker with his now silver-plated halberd to which the group call him homophobic. Ayda rushes to Fig and tells her that she told everyone that they kissed and makes sure that she is okay. She tells her she knows Fig is strong and can handle herself, but just likes her too much to not worry. Fig tells Ayda that as an archdevil she is now immune to fire and winks at her. Ayda then flies into the sky to help Sandra Lynn with protecting everyone from incoming attacks.
Bill continues to fight the devils of the court at the helm of the ship. The Goldenrod gets hit and knocks everyone down onto the deck. Alistair continues to attack Fabian, injuring him badly. Vraz and Lorzug attack Bill ineffectively. Kaistrana whips a chain out to a falling Johnny and he is able to grab it. The scarecrow Harvestmen rush Tracker and she becomes hurt. Fabian spins Alistair with his battle sheet knocking him prone. The Hangman then runs him over and Fabian, using Fandrangor, eviscerates Alistair. As he dies, Alistair calls Fabian the chosen one and says he had to die so Fabian could realize his destiny which makes Alistair think he is the real chosen one. Fabian asks him if Chungledown Bim is still alive and Alistair confirms that he is and he is going to shit in Fabian's mouth. His soul then appears inside a bottle on Bill's belt. Bill tears up with his good eye watching his son succeed so greatly in combat. Johnny climbs back onto the ships deck. Adaine tries to throw Dayne off the ship, but he is able to resist. He calls them "freshmen-ass nerds" and they tell him they are sophomores now and that he has only been in hell for a year even though for him it has felt like much longer. Adaine attacks Dayne and Penelope with lightening but only injures Dayne and destroys a nearby Harvestman.
Daybreak commands Dayne to attack Fabian but he misses, Fabian hits Dayne and tells him "Toxic masculinity is dead. I dance now!" causing Daybreak scream "Noo!". Gilear hides in a sarcophagus within Bill's stolen reliquary. Riz shoots Dayne injuring him badly. Daybreak tries to frightens Fabian but can't because he's wearing Bill's eyepatch. Kristen walks up to Daybreak and sees he is not a devil, but is a damned soul powerful enough to fight alongside them and that his punishment is to never figure out why he's in hell and he will never find peace. Spiritually drinking a cortado, she then kills every remaining Harvestman with a destructive wave, knocks Dayne on his ass, but Daybreak stays up. Kristen then spits at him and her "gay spit" burns him and he unwillingly shouts "Love wins!" realizing that he is hate. While prone on the ships deck, Dayne mockingly asks Kristen if Tracker is her girlfriend. Ragh charges yelling how much shit he did for him when they were on the Owlbears and working for Daybreak because of his feelings for Dayne. Kristen tells Ragh they'll get through this together and that they're family. Gorgug walks up and Dayne tries to appeal to him with how they are both Owlbears. Gorgug tells him he's not an Owlbear anymore and decapitates Dayne. He picks up his head and uses it to play bloodrush with Ragh and Fabian. They do a three-way chest bump and Gorgug throws his head at missile incoming from an enemy ship.
Fig sends an invisible Baby to pick Vraz's pocket, successfully getting an unknown scrap up paper out of her satchel. Fig instructs him to continue to try to get things off of her. She also heals Fabian. Penelope casts Cone of Cold, completely eviscerating Bill's crew, badly injuring Gorgug and Kristen and hurting Fig, Fabian, and Adaine. Boggy is temporarily destroyed and The Hangman and Tracker are dropped. Daybreak attacks Kristen with his halberd. Kristen tries to shield but doesn't actually have that ability. Ayda flies down at the sight of the chaos happening on the deck of the ship and destroys Penelope's globe of invulnerability.
The ship with its crew destroyed plunges through the fiery air above, emerging through smoke into thick freezing rain. They behold an endless cast iron metropolis of dread, misery, and torture, the second level of the Nine Hells, Dis. Bill asks Riz if he loves his father and calls him a good lad. Sandra Lynn smashes back onto the ship, curing Tracker. Fabian jumps to close with Penelope, slashes at her and to kicks her overboard. Daybreak takes a legendary action to swing at Kristen, hitting her. Adaine tries to throw Daybreak off the ship, Riz shoots him. Coach Daybreak downs Kristen. Ragh slams into Daybreak.
Gorgug runs over and attacks Daybreak. Fig heals Kristen then attacks Daybreak. Penelope Misty Steps back onto the ship and casts Firebolt on Fabian. Daybreak continues to swing. Ayda flies toward the ship, teleporting many times per second and slashing with her talons injuring both Daybreak and Penelope. Riz is blasted off into the city via cannon, nearly killing him. Riz appears in a familiar room near the dark hallway he encountered before the room where his dad was being held. He starts moving towards the door. Tracker yells for everyone to look away as she 69's Kristen to heal her. Sandra Lynn shoots Daybreak with her bow. Fabian blinds Penelope briefly with a quick flash of his sheet, catches her off guard and spins her off the ship, and she bursts into silvery motes of light. Bill congratulates his son, to which Fabian tells him he doesn't live in his shadow anymore, and he's congratulated once again.
Johnny Spells gets razzed by the group after trying to be cool and immediately gets counterspelled by Adaine before we even know what he does. Adaine attempts to throw Daybreak off of the ship again, Daybreak getting a Nat 20 to succeed. He is then hit with another fourth level Chromatic Orb, taking 27 damage. He tries to hit Kristen again and fails. Riz investigates and finds the door, as well as another one ajar that lets him see through to the interrogation room. There are no illusions present here. He attempts to stealthily open the door to see his father, but a pit fiend is standing right over his dad. We do not know if he succeeded or not yet. Kristen casts Dimension Door away from Daybreak with Tracker, casting Mass Healing Word for 14 on the Bad Kids minus Riz and Gorgug, healing Tracker instead. Ragh exclaims how shitty Daybreak was for forcing his religion on the Bloodrush team, getting more closure than a lot of people would get and attacks Daybreak. Gorgug does another Reckless Attack at Daybreak and hits thrice again, dealing another 48 damage, truly on his last legs. He crits on hitting Gorgug, only dealing 11. Fig casts Psionic Blast again, sending him flying back and killing him before he can even fall. Baby attempts to steal from Vraz again, failing.
Ayda says she finds watching Fig fight attractive, the group chastises Kristen and Tracker for 69ing on the battlefield. She then casts Clairvoyance and directs the party to the building where Riz is. Murph initially rolls a Nat 1 on the lair check due to the lack of cheering from the table, but Fig spends her last luck point to reroll it. He gets a two instead, even with cheering. Everyone (bar Rizz) makes strength/dex saves, grasping onto the ship for dear life as the gravity begins to shift. Johnny Spells is sent flying off of the ship. Bill gains a maniacal smile, stating that Fabian is indeed his own man, and therefore can be the helm of the Goldenrod. He jumps, lets the gravity change, and all of the devils grappling him fly off of the ship with him. Fabian directs Kalvaxus to flip back over. Adaine attempts to grab Bill with the Forceful Hand, but only manages to pull him away from one of them. Gorgug gives his spring boots to Fig and proceeds to throw her in order to get her up to Bill to cast Dimension Door. She does so, in addition to finally stealing a scroll off of Vraz.
Combat ends! But Riz is still in danger. The Pit Fiend, with a barbed devil henchmen at each side, splashes acid onto Pok and prodding at him to confess his sins. Pok states that he's killed people, he's lied, he did what he had to do and has nothing to apologize for. The Pit Fiend tells him that that simply isn't how things work here, asking him if he regrets anything. Pok looks up, eye swollen, claiming that he regrets nothing. The Pit Fiend asks again, also asking if there's nothing in the mortal world he misses. Pok says "I miss my job, I miss the hunt, I miss... I miss the mission." The Pit Fiend chuckles, confirming with a question that Pok misses nothing else, that he doesn't regret not having seen something. Pok only looks confused, asking what else he could miss. The Pit Fiend states that he may miss his friends and family, to which Pok asks "Is that why I'm here? Did I not treat them right?" The Pit Fiend asks if Pok regretted dying, if he regretted not seeing his son's life. Before he can answer, Rizz rolls an insight check with disadvantage, getting a 13 and gaining nothing. Pok looks up and goes, "I don't... I don't miss... I don't know what to tell you... I don't know what to tell you. You get married, you have a kid, it's what you do. Makes me a fucking monster that I don't give a shit? Does it make a fucking monster that, I don't know... wife constantly nagging at you, 'be a better father, be around more'? He's a kid. She wanted one. The fuck do you want me to say? Fuck off. I did what I had to do." And he snarls.
The Pit Fiend smiles, saying that "This one has promise. Do not create a lemure from his soul. We will keep this one as is." The Pit Fiend turns around as the Barbed devils whip Pok with thorned rope, sending Pok unconscious. He says "Why am I here? Why am I here?" as he coughs up blood, the devils leaving the room stating that Bill Seacaster is here, possibly calling for backup. Riz Misty Steps into the room, going up to his unconscious father. Murph has Riz roll a wisdom save to see if he can detect if Pok is acting strange, getting a Nat 20. He tries to wake up Pok, feeling conflicted, putting him into the Briefcase of Holding. But before he can, the two barbed devils open the door and see Riz. Riz makes an athletics roll, gets a Nat 1, and enters the restrained condition as they both stop him from getting Pok. He tries again, rolling an 8 on a perception check, realizing his gun is gone. Both devils heads get blown off by Pok. Pok calls for backup, sending a halo around his head and a beam of celestial light smashing through the ceiling. Riz realizes his father is an undercover angel, both of them presumably shooting through it.
Locations[]
Featured Characters[]
The Bad Kids[]
New[]
Returning[]
Mentioned[]
- Hallariel Seacaster
- Kalina
- Chungledown Bim
- Captain James Whitclaw
- Jawbone O'Shaughnessey
- Sklonda Gukgak
Quotes[]
"Hi Daybreak, it's so great to see you. I've been praying for you!" ― Kristen to Coach Daybreak