Last we heard from our adventuring friends, they were trapped in the distant future, where they met some of their future selves. Old man Attros had pointed them out in the general direction of future Cereius, led there by Beatrice, future Kyver’s adopted daughter. Face to face with his future self, Cereius had come to learn the truth of how he succeeded and how it would lead to a cruel twist of fate- Between Utholok and the senior Abraxis Vitalis, they sought to raise an army of undead beneath the manor and to rise to lichdom through a ritual to Orcus. Cereius, in his blind path of vengeance, got caught up in it, killed Utholok, and took his place as the lich created by the ritual. 

Having learned the truth, Kyver steeled his resolve and swore an oath to help defeat the Vitalis and Utholok, as well as freeing the Tabaxi of the Vineyard from the horrible future that awaits. As the group passed onto the next rift, they found a small house in the woods, a dream place that Rig could only imagine having one day. As they headed in, they came face to face with an older future Rig that had gone so far back in time and chronicled the happenings that would lead to this future timeline. She warned the group of things to watch out for, opening up a rift to send them back. As Kyver parted with final words and departed through the rift, he turned back to see a glimpse of a shadow behind Rig with a knife to her throat as the rift closed. 

Back in the present, Rig was able to sense that a distortion in time had happened and that the present had changed slightly. As they stood back at the front doorstep of Kyver’s old house again, they saw that Secret, Ligven the white tiger tabaxi, and Weaqha were nowhere to be found. Kyver proceeded forward, knocking on the door and meeting his father, Marlow Sabertooth, again after years long past. As they spent time reminiscing, Kyver explained the tales of his long journey that brought him home today. After a short reprieve, Marlow stood on the porch and went rushing towards the road, seeing his wife, Ria, Kyver’s mother, in a hurried pace towards their home. Kyver took off running for his mother and was stunned to see that in her arms, she carried a small bundle, a young tabaxi that would be the young Beatrice that he adopted in the distant future he saw.

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Edited & Mixed by Thomas Lapierre III

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