Revelations & Revivifications is the eleventh episode of Fantasy High: Sophomore Year.
Recap[]
"And so, here we are, back in the world of Spyre, following the Bad Kids, a group of teen adventurers from the Aguefort Adventuring Academy, the world's premier high school for heroes. We find ourselves midway through their spring break project to retrieve the lost Crown of the Nightmare King that has brought them to the elven nation of Fallinel, after rescuing their party member, Adaine Abernant, and her former villain in season one, sister, Aelwyn Abernant from Calethriel Tower, our heroes have found themselves back in Kei Lumennura, the ancestral lands of Fabian Seacaster's mother's side of the family, a place where the rowdy teens of Fallinel are banished until they get sad and wistful, as all elves should be. We awaken the following morning with our various heroes. We've had, Fig Faeth had a slumber party with party ally, Ayda Aguefort."
"And of course, Adaine and Aelwyn slept arm in arm. The last we truly left off was a heartbreaking moment where our dear Adaine Abernant went into the mind of her sister to find a charm, an enchantment locked away, bound in Aelwyn's natural abjurative magic saying, "Despite all the torment and tribulation, let this be proof I always knew there was just one person clever enough to find this," and having dispelled it, Adaine reset Aelwyn's memory to a version Aelwyn had created. Basically, at some point during her capture or after you guys had defeated her in your freshman year, she created a backup version of her mind far from where anyone but Adaine could find it, and after all of the heartbreak that Adaine had found in her sister's mind, Aelwyn, as you remember her from freshman year has had that version of her mind restored."
Synopsis[]
Fabian's mother turns up. She, Fabian and Telemaine dance in the forests. She later walks through the woods with Fabian, revealing that the libido tempering grapes don't work at all despite what the adults seem to think.
Aelwyn and Adaine speak while Aelwyn relaxes in the bath. She doesn't remember anything beyond being extracted from the jail in freshman year. As she is back to her old self the conversation goes poorly She does indicate that Adaine's mother and father aren't on the same side, but opts to dissemble rather than elaborate. Eventually Adaine gets so frustrated that she casts Tasha's Hideous Laughter on Aelwyn who is still weak enough that this knocks her out.
Fig talks to Telemaine, who doesn't know the necessary spells to safely intervene with the gem holding Gorthalax. he offers to try to find out, but Fig thinks this will take far too long.
Adaine casts detect thought on Aelwyn and delves into her thoughts, revealing that the Kalina was present during Adaine and Aelwyn's earlier conversation. During the conversation she tells Aelwyn that her mother is working for her, that she has the and that they need to talk later. Adaine casts scrying on Kalina based on the image from Aelwyn's memory and her powers as oracle she sees several scenes: a small village in the red waste with an orcish man with a red scimitar walking along with a dark cloak, ... a light-blue robed eleven individual in a council meeting with a picture of Arthur Aguefort, ... a wood elf ranger walking with a wolf animal companion walking near the border of Sylvaire. ... another high elf in a tavern enjoying a breakfast in a port city on the edge of Fallinel, ... an enormous beast walking through an evil looking forest ... momentary impressions of Kalina. Riz, Tracker, Sandra Lynn Tracker, Kristen and she ends up scrying on Kristen who is looking at Alewyn. She sees a horrible dark tangled forest with a wounded wood elf who looks like they have wounds that have been festering for hundreds of years and partially covered in vines that have been growing over them and bleeding into their mouths. The elf stands up and scratched "hello Adaine, glad you could join me" into the ground and her vision resets to Kristen.
Adaine still can't see Kalina in the photo. On a hunch, Gorgug shows the photo to Fathathriel who can see Kalina in the picture. They work out that the ability to see it is from the exchange of bodily fluids. They theorise that Kalina is the goddess of mystery. Adaine messages Fig to say that they don't think they should speak too freely in front of those who can see Kalina as she might be able to scry through them.
They decide to flee. Telemaine says they can use his library for research but they find that it is largely focussed on meditation. He does have the required materials for Kristen to cast her permanent Hallow spell on the Hang Van. She updates Tracker on everything she knows. Tracker decides to talk to Sandra Lynn and says that she loves Kristen even when she's mad at her.
Adaine and Gorgug go to work on the Hangman. Kristen gathers the stuff for her Hallow spell. Fabian talks to his mother about his father and his exploits so far. She tells him that Arthur Aguefort has jeopardise the schools funding with his exploits in Fallinel and has it no money for hirelings anymore, she also wants Cathilda to come home as she doesn't know where to get more food or how to cook. Cathilda and Fabian talk and agree that she will return and she, has encouraging words for Fabian and is proud of him.
From Adrianwen's record Riz figures out that the wood elf woman was a refugee, one of the first accepted into the Even secret service after the fall of the nightmare king and was eventually executed for espionage. It appears that she was secretly a cleric for someone other than Galacaia and was introducing heretical things into those she healed. When Kalvaxux was defeated and the Nightmare King destroyed a number of devils assisted in containing the spread of the demonic influences from the forest of the Nightmare King. The documents have previously been checked out by both Adaine and Riz's fathers. The barriers put in place by the devils can only be passed with the approval of a high ranking devil who would have to be trapped in a gem and placed in a deceased body (assuming they weren't willing to help).
Fig impersonates Adaine's mother and hexes Aelwyn. While looking for Ragh, Fathathriel tells her that Ayda has created a portal and gone through to somewhere fiery. Gorgug relieves Fig when she goes to investigate and realises that Aelwyn's reactions are fake and that she's an elemental illusion. Fig sees that there is no portal where Fathathriel said there was, and is frozen by a spell. She sees Gorthalax's gem stolen from her by an invisible Aelwyn who becomes visible with her spellbook and the gem in her hands and teleports just as Fig's flatulence spell begins to take hold on her.
When questioned, Fathathriel reveals that he lied for the promise of a trivial amount of money that he didn't even bother to get up front. Fig knocks him unconscious. Sandra Lynn and Tracker say they're willing to stay on without the school stipend. Cathilda says goodbye to all of them. Ayda transports them to Leviathan.
Kristen starts casting Hallow on the van. Sandra Lynn and Ayda go off so she can send a message to Jawbone. Adaine goes to look for more information at the library, but there is no information on whether her mother borrowed anything from there. She learns that there were heretic oracles that were cast out before the leaders could try to unmake the mysterious Witch Goddess and that the goddess did the following to try to survive the coming unnaming:
Four normal transubstantiations:
- spellbook to coin
- familiar to plague
- sanctum to curse
- arcane focus (a broomstick) to tree.
Turned her name into something undetermined.
Riz learns that in the alliance between Kalvaxux and the nighmare king was the addition of a single coin to add to Kalvaxus' hoard. He learns that Arianwen had done a deal with the Fallinel government that if she recovered the crown of the nightmare king her family's status would be restored, but this was not honoured.
Fig, Ragh and Fabian go to Garthy's for more information about what Arianwen Abernant was doing. It turns out the ship she was on never made it to Fallinel, but instead diverted to Arborly near the forest of the Nightmare King. Fig happens to have met people from there at one of her gigs. There are a lot of wood elves and gnomes who are trying to reclaim what they can from Sylvaire but have been thwarted by an impenetrable barrier. Garthy says they will not come with them as the party have insufficient money.
Gorgug notices a tin of motorcycle polish in Fabian's old OwlBear's jacket when trying to repair the Hangman. He successfully fixes him and is surprised to realise that he has latent knowledge on how to fix things as a result of his upbringing.
The next day Kristen has finished the Hallow spell on the Hang Van and them. Ayda says she will need to recover all the books stolen in her absence, but transports them to Arborly.