secrets kept

When entering the jail, the king shares that he does know J’hara as being wanted for selling palace secrets. As J’hara left, she whispered quietly to the king, causing him to pale. When asked, she shares that she was asked to provide the same for Prince Porter as she had with the king. Fix tells the king that neither he nor any of his descendants shall have the throne again.

While the others discuss their next steps, Evangeline uses her crystal ball to look toward the castle. Forcing it to focus on the gates, she finds them open and Hervan and Diel (along with a band of villagers) enter to converse with the guards, looking prepared for confrontation. She also sensed a rapid heartbeat pass by overhead which she later confirmed was Forsythe. The vision in the crystal ball then shifted to the throne room where the mage activated a device on his chest. An image of the king appeared, they had a brief conversation, then it was deactivated. Once she pulls back, she shares all that she saw with the group.

Meanwhile, Forsythe took flight and headed to the castle. Once over the castle, he watched as Hervan and Diel speak with the guards. The outcome was peaceful, so he landed on an upper balcony and entered through the second floor. Inside the castle he could hear Hervan and Diel informing others of the change in leadership. Forsythe decided to follow the sound and found them with his family in the throne room. He escorted his sister to the dungeon and released another prisoner being held for treason.

Fix rushed to the central square and discovered J’hara giving groups of people directions and watching them disperse. An elderly lady generously gave J’hara a cloak which she put on immediately and continued in her mission. He searched over the mage, confirming his death and checking on the circular device on his chest. As he stuffed the mage into the bag of holding, J’hara was asked to send two trusted men to the jail to guard the king. He then went back to the jail to wait.

When the two guards arrived, the group headed out. They decided to head toward the castle, however they were met on the road by Hervan, Diel, Forsythe, and Forsythe’s parents. Having already been encouraged to leave town, they quickly decided this was the best course of action when Fix tossed them the bag of coins intended to pay J’hara for her services.

This only left one loose end, the Prince. Evangeline sat and focused once more on the crystal ball pushing it until finally seeing a young man near a lake. After a moment, the man shrugged and walked away, beyond the town. The group decided to follow and catch up to the man that evening. After some questions, they discover he was the Prince and he left under the advice of J’hara. He also shares his lack of desire to be king.

While at the campsite with Porter, Evangeline checks her crystal ball and sees Gavyn in battle with drakes and his fall to the ground. She shares the vision with Fix and the group gathers themselves to teleport directly to Gavyn. They arrive outside of Yosh-ul next to him, in full view of aerial combat. Forsythe gives him a quick healing and takes to the air. They aid Arias in battle, ending it quickly.

The group learns these were the Angulan Knights who were est. 5th age to bring order and remove the mutants causing chaos. They stand on a “humans first” platform combating and removing any non-human or mutants, and are often hired by the Order of Truth for their fighting force. The knights are led by the Grand Knight who resides at the Sanctuary of the Eye in Ghan, located on the northern cliffs, and can only be seen from an aerial approach.
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Episode 92