The Fellstar Pirates are joined by the aarakokra Ranger Zalik as they enter a suspiciously nostril-shaped cave on their quest to find the goddess Chauntea.

CW for emetophobia

The crew need to repair The Reliable before they can leave Geebos as the cranky druid commands. Zellias convinces her to provide a safe shelter while the crew does that. Meanwhile, the cranky druid’s cleric companion takes a keen interest in the Fellstar pirates, and facilitates a round of much-needed communication.

The Fellstar Pirates get to know their guests. Zellias and Zalik make a friendly wager, Eo teaches Larz some basic self-defense, and Finch learns all about Larz’s research and about a mythical sect of Druids known as the Riders of Yggdra. After a short journey, the group locate and land on the fabled Geebos.

The Fellstar Pirates travel to the Black Bazaar, a massive flotilla of repurposed cargo ships, cruisers, and junkers. Here they meet many interesting characters, and pick up a thread for their next adventure.

Dr. Okafor does individual check-ins with the crew, and discovers something very exciting in one of the books they liberated from Fort Olor.

Our intrepid heroes finally make it to nightfall and head to the front of the train to put their grand plan into motion. On the way they encounter an unpleasant specter from Cowa’s past, and absolutely crush him. After that, nothing stands between these four unlikely companions and victory except for a very rich, very confident capitalist.

By a remarkable coincidence, this train comes pre-loaded with character-specific side-quests! Clair and Toby each discover a little business that needs taking care of, and the gang get ‘er done.

The gang pile into a dining car to grab some lunch, and Bunga has a thing or two to teach Toby and Cowa about sandwiches. After lunch, Bunga runs into an old friend, Toby takes a nap, and Clair and Cowa see how close they can get to the front of the train.

Scott takes the DM seat as we conduct a small interlude! Introducing the one-shot heroes of the Fantasy Steampunk Old West! Join them as they illegally board the world’s most lavish luxury passenger train, the Radiant Empress.

In which the Veda Force is a pack of schoolyard bullies, Lucenti is a shitty hypocrite, and the forces of good prevail in the end.