Episode 82:With Malice Aforethought
Traveling to Boston, the group confronts the gargoyles who
inhabit Omega's cathedral, then fight off shadow assassins. Takeda
is wounded by the knife Malice; in an effort to save his life, he ends
up destroying most of his memory with Oblivion. The group travels to
Tibet, GHK, the South Pacific, and finally San Francisco.
Episode 83: Mists and Fools
Arriving in San Francisco on April 1, the Feast of Misrule,
the group has a number of odd encounters and Teg learns more about himself.
Not liking what he learns, when the group finally meets with Chien Tang,
the group has the Dragon King separate Teg's spirit from the Book of Souls.
The Iceheart is drained of magic in the process.
Episode 84: Trying To Find Myself
Chien Tang asks the group to take his son, Chien Miu, with them,
in much the same way that Chien Tang accompanied them when they
left his father's domain. Thiothar breaks the rules of San Francisco
and forfeits his stake: 3 months of freedom. The group heads off to
find the version of Ling Mae which, according to her visions, holds
the Fireheart. Some divination problems send them to China, 1357 AD
(Templar timeline), where they discover that Japan is colonizing. They
then head off to the Middle East where they discover that they are
running behind the other Ling Mae and her group.
Episode 85: Living With Myselves
In southeast France, in the domain of Atamara, the group finds
a battle royal: the 1357-Templar versions of the splintered ones versus
their 1357-Roman versions. The group eventually manages to end the fight,
though both versions have lost about half their members.
Episode 86: Beats A Boulder In The Face
The group travels to 1357-Roman Zimbabwe, by way of Lake Geneva
and an encounter with a much younger Koshchei. There they get in a fight
with this juncture's version of Chu and a demon-machine of Atamara's.
Ling Mae takes a boulder or two to her head and is critically injured.
Medical attention, overseen by Masata (her dead alternate's lover)
pulls her through.
Episode 87: The Duke, The Ambassador, The Druid and Her Demons
Conversations with Duke Shajula and Ambassador Chu (from 1946-Roman)
reveal some interesting facts. The group sets out after Brigid and gets
ambushed by her forces, including a pair of demons. After the group
defeats them soundly, they track them back to their lair and try to
talk Brigid out of her campaign. They fail, Brigid being surprisingly
confident in her ability to take on the Duke. Returning to Zimbabwe,
they find it suffering from plague.
Episode 88: Urban Renewal
The plague afflicting Zimbabwe turns out to be due to exceedingly
bad feng shui, caused by Brigid's carefully planned attacks. Ling Mae
uses her sorcery to repair the damage and the group heads out after
Brigid again. Another ambush results in much the same conclusion.
This time, however, Brigid is caused to see the light. Globetrotting
follows, and the group recovers the Iceheart from 1357-Roman Rome.
Episode 89:Dragonshadows
In Teotihuacan, the arrival of Jubei from the Void causes an
Iceheart/Iceheart reaction with uncertain results. Using Teg as
bait, the group tracks the local cultists to the temple of Tezcatlipoca,
who is revealed to be a flame dragon and wielder of the Shadowheart.
A vicious battle ends in the group narrowly defeating Tezcatlipoca
and picking up Ilse Freki, an SS agent who is actually a mole for
Die Gartnerin's resistance.
Episode 90: Chasing Shadows
The group takes the Shadowheart to a gate along the Mississippi
River, acquiring Cora Eats-Two-Portions as an observer. Taking the
Shadowheart into the Netherworld proves to be a mistake, and they
end up making a run for 1357-Templar, where they lose the Heart.
An encounter with Shambhala and the destruction of an Aztec temple
follow.
Episode 91: Maneuvers In The Dark
The whim of Weaver Between leaves the group with no one who
understands where they are or what they are doing. They end up
proceeding north and arranging an uprising to overthrow the Aztec
control of Copan.
Episode 92: Dragonshadows, Revisited
After attempting to repeat the Copan maneuver at Palenque,
the group instead finds themselves in Teotihuacan, where they
battle this timeline's version of Tezcatlipoca, now armed with
a full-strength Shadowheart. They eventually prevail, freeing
"Quetzalcouatl," who turns out to be the Smith.
Episode 93: Talking Heads
A long conversation is held with the Smith, revealing much
about the nature of the world. In the end, the group decides
to take the Shadowheart to the ghost of the original timeline.
Along the way, they fight a number of beasties, including
a centipede made of human heads.
