- Karissa wakes up in a panic, struggling to comprehend the changes around her. - Steve now has both legs - There are four Goblins - There is a new party member (Torvek) - There is a hippo named Moo - A Goblin named Number 4 seems combative with Steve - Graxen advocates for the Goblins but Steve retorts that he is in a "glass house of war crimes" - Karissa force feeds one of the Goblins rations after he asks for food but does - As Number 4 begins to incite the others, Karissa and Graxen attempt to restrain him. He eludes both, but is then grappled by Torvek. - Ellette takes the Goblin's ring, casting enlarge on it before giving it to Steve. This is a Ring of Intelligence. - This grants Steve the ability to read, causing her to notice writing on her hammer. It says "Grott's True Love" - We attempt to replace the Ring of Intelligence on Number 4. In its Enlarged state, it is too big to fit him. - Karissa casts Reduce, and Steve places it back on Number 4's finger. His intelligence is restored - Number 4 continues to antagonise, causing Karissa to lash out in anger - beating the Goblin to a pulp. She tosses his limp body from the cart. - Ellette recovers him, unwilling to leave him for dead. - She takes the ring, giving it to Number 3 instead. - He gains Intelligence but is immediately bullied by 1 and 2, before being pushed out of the cart - 1 and 2 then attack Steve in an attempt to mutiny - Karissa renames 3 as Oakley - Steve reprimands 1 and 2, demanding that they sit still and behave until we reach the keep - They both refuse, causing Steve to throw both out of the cart - Both 1 and 2 refuse Ellette's offer to remain with the group, choosing instead to make their own way. 2 requests a single ration each and a bag. Ellette supplies these - with 2 instantly using the bag to suffocate and strange 1. He takes the other ration and makes his way into the nearby forest - Karissa gives chase, giving 2 a devastating kick - beheading him. - Oakley sits at the front of the cart with Ellette as we continue onwards towards the cart - A man stands in the middle of the road - wearing a big hood and wearing a necklace with a large skull - He introduces himself as Sugon, before leaning close and saying "sugon these nuts", he then runs into the forest leaving Graxen bewildered - As the cart continues onwards, we see a blue Dragonborn on the road ahead - The Dragonborn is familiar with Zargathax - and also seems familiar with us as a group that oppose him - The Dragonborn also speaks of the black dragon that attacked Luskan. - The Dragonborn uses Cure Wounds on Number 4 to heal the damage dealt by Karissa as a demonstration of her abilities - The group interviews the Dragonborn, learning that she is from a circle of Druids who guided sailors near Luskan by reading the stars - She claims the "stars went wrong" when the black dragon appeared - She identifies herself as Droxic Kazys - but prefers to be called Kaz - When asked what the stars said, she speaks of a great downfall of cities and an onset of widespread madness - Droxic is fond of the willow tree - We welcome Droxic among us, before continuing onwards - arriving outside Grayhallow - Two people stand beside an overturned cart, both are screaming about a beast - They say there is a beast underground that responds to loud noises. Karissa responds by screaming - The ground underneath the cart bursts, shattering the cart beneath us. One of the horses (bette) is crushed and dragged underground - Oakly is killed in the earthly explosion - A ridge breaks the surface as the creature moves around, followed by the sound of subteranean rumbling - The creature explodes from the ground, attacking Steve - Steve recognises the creature as a Bullette - but it is much bigger than any she has seen previously, and its body is metallic - During the battle, the Bullette pulls the two men underground - shredding them alive -