TG111

One Lie Leads to Another

Episode Number: (TG111)
Original Airdate: 2/2001

The party returns home and finds a bit more than they bargained for. The I'kliat come to reclaim their heritage and help heal the party. A strange artifact Salin had under his altar gives the party prophetic dreams.

Plot Points:

• The I'kliat were the original caravan raiders. The goblins just came in and picked up the spoils and kidnapped the wagonneers once the I'kliat were finished sabotaging the caravan. It appears that they did this at the urging of the BlackPillar, who told the I'kliat that the wagonneers would harm the forest..
• An artifact discovered under Salin's altar has the power to give people dreams.

Unanswered Questions:

• What did people dream?
• What are the ramifications of the BlackPillar trying to destabilize trade? Is this a prelude to hostilities?

Analysis:

(3/2001): Tierney's dream, as he revealed to Gryff and the others, involved a group of skeletons watching the dead bodies of two dwarves who apparently killed each other with dwarven ritual weapons -- an Urgosh and a Dwarven Waraxe. Their blood is utterly black and has stars visible in it, and something looks like it's coming through that blood like a doorway. This dream seems to relate somehow to the concept of dwarves never ever harming other dwarves. It also raises the question of what is going to come through.

(7/2001): Leny's dream, as articulated by the alternate-world Arlemis, involved DukeEledin playing chess with some horrible monster, and the horrible monster gradually winning. The chessboard was also a doorway of some kind. This is the second metaphor for doorways in the dreams. It's also an indication of how powerful the dreams were, if they affected the alternate-world versions of each person.

Arlemis also related his own dream, which involved a blue-skinned elf clutching a winged halfling who bled silver, with a trail of silver blood that appeared to be the way the elf found the halfling. Whether this has any relevence, or is just a red herring, remains to be seen.

(9/2001): At some point a few months back, Timus revealed his dream to Tierney (only, so far): a man he'd never seen before (but who he later met and found to be Simon of Ironpass) is in a grand ballroom, dancing with a dead woman in a lovely dress.

DMP Speaks:

Dreams

Dreams are important in this world. You saw Gryff get a dream from the BrightBlade, and Lome received a message in his dreams that helped him start down the path to paladinhood. Since most of these dreams occur offstage, it's tough to tell the whole audience what's going on, but they're still vital, pivotal forces.

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