Beyond the Heart City

is the seventh episode of Exandria Unlimited.

Previously on Exandria Unlimited
''You've survived weeks of treacherous travel south through the feral splendor of the Rifenmist Jungle, a land that seems almost sentient, animated with the breath of Melora, the Wildmother. And she guards a great secret, one that you have finally discovered for yourself: a great civilization known as the Qoniira Tetrarchy, believed to have been lost in the violent chaos of the Calamity eons ago. It still stands, very much diminished but alive and well in its capital of Niirdal-Poc.''

''Fy'ra Rai, the mysterious fire genasi monk that led you here, escorted you to the city and to a trusted friend of hers, Elam Genar, an earth genasi, before moving towards the central plaza dominated by a massive statue of a feline humanoid with four outspread feather wings and an uplifted hand grasping a strange gray-gold light that you see permeates every part of the city. In the presence of The Observer, our divine soul sorcerer Dariax experienced a moment of communion with this being, and they spoke of The Gift, and spoke kindly and ebulliently of your predilection for chaos and curiosity.''

''You all met one of the four Tetrarchs, an elephantine cleric of the moons named Thrascuur, that saw ill omens and imminent disaster written across the night sky. They translated the fiery rune of the ash-blown mesa as "a place of burning", a point in the world so white-hot with potential energy, both fiery and arcane, that it was marked by glyphs that predate the gods' vulgar Celestial language. You also learned of Tetrarch Umejii's solo mission south through the Beynsfal Peninsula headed toward Tz'Arrm, the heart of the ominous Iron Authority, to suss out if they're the source of Thrascuur's ill omens.''

''Headed back from that meeting, you were accosted by invisible mages bent on abducting Opal. A chase ensued through the streets and valleys of Niirdal-Poc, and through cunning spell work, stone-shattering swordsmanship, and some good old-fashioned fanged violence, you all won the night. But one very powerful spellcaster escaped. Bloodied and exhausted in the foggy darkness, you collected yourselves and parted ways with Fy'ra Rai, whose destiny for now, at least, lay northward toward her long-lost sister.''

Player Characters

 * Dariax Zaveon
 * Dorian Storm
 * Fearne Calloway
 * Little Mister
 * Opal
 * Orym of the Air Ashari

Returning

 * Lolth
 * Neera
 * The Observer
 * Thrascuur

Mentioned

 * Ted
 * Umejii