Episode 12 - Grand Goals

Recap
After a dream sequence involving all three of the party members where they were being chased and met the demon king, Dariun and Norman ended up seeing where Zippy was in the real world. Zippy woke up dangling from a tree and the woman who helped him was revealed to be Carmin, the sister of Carmine, who planned to use Zippy to help her get in his good books. Dariun and Norman showed up to help Zippy who had summoned a polar bear to kill Carmin and the two other Limbo members she was with. The group got back together and planned to go save Colm from the cave.

Episode Summary
Dariun, Norman and Zippy ride towards Limbo's cave to find Colm. They come up to a rock, covered in blood from Zippy's nub removal. Zippy recognizes the area and know they are close to the cave. Norman can see that the entrance of the cave is well trafficked and that there was a lot of people who have come through this area very recently. Before they move, they have a moment to ensure that everyone is ready to go forwards and discuss their goals for the grand treasures.

Norman pulls out his medallion telling them he was found with this when he was a child and he believes he was Royce's son. He believes that finding a grand treasure is his destiny however he wants to save Colm as he feels responsible for the death of the king of Aurum. Dariun asks Zippy why he wants to find the grand treasure which he tells the team he has always wanted to be someone. The Bramble Patch is filled with many Lapines and it was hard for Zippy to shine through, so finding a grand treasure would lead him to recognition. Dariun has a hard time opening up himself but tells the team that he, like Norman, has father issues. Dariun is the son of an Arch Fey, basically the gods of the Feywild who were created after Aurella, God of the Elves, left after the Feywild's creation. Living in the shadow of an Arch Fey left Dariun with little freedom therefore, his hunt for a grand treasure is aimed to give him the strength to find his freedom. After they tell each other about their goals, Norman brings up the Jau situation from earlier in the day. Norman asks that they discuss these big decisions that have long term ramifications. Dariun agrees and explains that he acted impulsively in order to protect Norman but agrees to ensure they work together as a team continuing on.

The team get back on track, Zippy looks around and deduces that they are probably not in the cave anymore and decide to head into the harbour to find Limbo's ship with the black eye. When they get to the harbour, they see many shops and trading places with commoner people selling and shopping. Zippy uses locate object on Colm's clothes he was wearing and he can tell Colm is east of where they are towards the water. Dariun casts pass without a trace and Zippy leads the team to where he senses Colm is. Zippy and Norman take off their Greeder's cloaks and put them into Dariun's bag of holding as Zippy puts on his hat of the drunkard and notices an old bottle of rum nearby.

They walk around the crowded streets of merchants and even hearing a familiar voice of a young man selling raisins. One man pulls Norman over to sell him some pills and Zippy thinks he recognises the salesman. The man tells them he's selling Ammow, the real deal, and realizes Zippy is a big deal in the in the company after some little white lies he tells. The salesman asks is he will see Zippy at the retreat at Bayside in a month before they part ways and head to the boat. As they walk, Dariun asks is Zippy is part of a pyramid scheme which he denies but both Norman and Dariun as suspicious.

Norman, Dariun and Zippy sneakily make their way through as they see some big burly orcs walk past them and ask they get closer to the boats, they notice the crowd starts to thin. They spot some people surveying from a high point likely looking for Zippy but they walk past without them noticing. As they continue through, Dariun and Zippy make it through stealthily however Norman is stopped by a human asking about his tattoos but gets away without arousing suspicion. However, Norman notices the man he just spoke to, getting onto a ship with a black eye on it.

They see some men loading the last lot of crates onto the boat as Zippy focuses and can sense Colm's clothes on the boat. They head into an alley and scare off some pirates/merchants. They devise a plan to get onto the boat with Zippy turning into an octopus and getting put into the water by Dariun and opening a door with his magic doorknob into the ship. Dariun gets octopus Zippy into the water and makes his way back to the alley. Octopus Zippy makes his way to the boat and ends up at the back of the ship and can hear muffled voices. He makes his way onto the side of the boat as he hears Carmine and one other man who is advising Carmine to rest up due to his exhaustion caused by his dagger's properties. Carmine plonks onto the bed in the room and the other voice leaves the room.

Zippy transforms back into himself and casts pass without a trace on himself while putting the doorknob onto the back of the boat, creating a door way into the ship. Norman and Dariun see Zippy as he hops into the ship without anyone else noticing. Zippy silently lands on a desk and sees an exhausted Carmine on the bed. After dancing with an idea of entangling Carmine in vines using the wood, Zippy pulls out Carmine's knife and holds it above the goliath before stabbing it into his chest. Carmine wakes up yelling in pain and falls off the bed as he pulls the blade from his chest and looks around.

Zippy quickly gets to the wall of the ship and puts his doorknob in the wall as Carmine starts to storm towards Zippy. Zippy jumps out into the water as a fist comes through the hull as hits Zippy in the back of his head, dazing him. Dariun and Norman notice something went down and see everyone scrambling on the ship. Dariun stops Norman as he runs over to Zippy and jumps into the water. He sees Zippy and Fey steps him to Norman and then casts misty step on himself and teleports beside Zippy. Dariun does this completely under the radar and no Limbo members notice him or Zippy.

Dariun, Norman and Zippy run further into the alley way as they can see the boat is slowly starting to sink from the hole made by Carmine. They hear a booming voice of Carmine pledging to kill Zippy.

Quotations

 * Norman "I know deep inside that a grand treasure will be the key to unlocking the rest of my destiny."
 * Zippy "I've always just wanted to be someone."
 * Dariun "I can't help that I feel responsible for people at times, it's an upbringing thing."
 * Dariun "I'm tired of being told how to live my life and what I need to be and I'm ready to find my own power in that."
 * Dariun "You can't necessarily stand up to a god without the power of a god."
 * Denmark "I don't like the fuzzy bottom on my hide."
 * Zippy "The birth of the turf is where your herth… comes through..."
 * Zippy "You're not trying to suggest that this whole grand treasure thing me just playing the long game…"
 * Jacob "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? I’M DOING THIS FOR YOU! I SAID FISH SO MANY TIMES!"
 * Zippy "The ever elusive rabbit."

Main Cast

 * Norman D
 * Dariun Branch
 * Zippy Westborrough

Returning Characters

 * Tealeaf
 * Denmark
 * Dylan/raisin boy
 * Carmine

New Characters

 * Aurella God of the Elves (mentioned)
 * Ammow salesman/Gus Grimbly
 * Limbo guy (tattoo guy)

Locations

 * Limbo Cave
 * Aurum Harbour
 * Limbo Ship

Episode Tidbits

 * First mention of the Ammow company