EP31: The Red Field

The spirit of Jason Tenderheart, the former champion of the Goddess of Justice, holds a brief conversation with Marcus, whom he now refers to by the title of Emissary.

The Red Field Caepio Secundus parts company with the Fellowship. Once away from them, he revels in the memory of murdering his longtime lover Neria. He has now reduced her to the skull. He compulsively strokes a trapped soul he may torture at will thanks to his foul craft of death. Taming Tesserin, Warden of the Storm, has stepped aside, clearing the way for the Fellowship to continue towards their objective. He offers to protect the relatively fragile Vibius second mate of the ship they came on, while the party seeks its goal. Heeding Tesren's advice, the party recuperates, allowing Lord Titus a chance to regain some of his depleted spiritual essence. While they make camp, Marcus draws to himself a remarkable visitor in a dream. The spirit of Jason Tenderheart, the former champion of the Goddess of Justice, holds a brief conversation with Marcus, whom he now refers to by the title of Emissary. Herein Jason explains what he can of the complex nature of the gods in the short time he has. Upon waking, Weisa and the others notice that the enemy camp of Berolus seems more orderly than before. Weisa has a bad feeling that this means that their ally, young Jason of Macaria, has at last been subd Pressing on the Fellowship enter the red field of which Tesserin had warned them. Each member of the Fellowship face their doppelganger, some with more success than others. Nilishli in particular doesn't defeat her double. Instead she makes a powerful case for why their shared rage must be controlled and directed, relating to her experience. Having found love. At the very least, all of the mirror images are dealt with. The defenders of Juramentum press on.