Welcome to Wildtrace

"Welcome to Wildtrace" (2x01) is the first episode of the first chapter of Wildtrace. A band of strangers are called upon a job with very little detail about it. This new group of strangers must traverse the forests to deliver their cargo, but something is amiss...and something else is within their sights.

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Previously on Wildtrace
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Story
Darkness shrouds the party as they feel the motions of the ship to Wildtrace. They soon hear the door open as the hoods are removed and sunlight hits the party. The stranger instructs them to meet outside when their vision clears up from the darkness. Mathias is the first to acknowledge the circumstances, followed by Nerida. Valkira calls Nerida and Mathias wimps for the circumstances they were in. Zhaleska watches from afar as the group (mainly Mathias) decides to make pleasantries with each other.

After that, the group gathers their belongings and meet outside with Giy, the person who had hired them with this task. He reveals that he was hired to do this job, but was forced to hire outside help. He lists three rules: 1) listen to him and follow his orders; 2) don't die, and 3) help each other to an extent. As Mathias corrects the number of the rules, he is still willing to abide by the rules. Valkira begrudgingly agrees, only for her to get it done and never see the group again. Mathias says to her that the group would eventually break through her rough shell. Valkira responds by baring her claws and warning Mathias to not test her. The latter responds with using Thaumaturgy by making his eyes spark and warning her of the same thing. Zhaleska steps in between the two of them. Giy shows them the live cargo, a chained and bagged humanoid of an unknown race, and reveals that they are instructed to deliver him to the monastery. Nerida tries to communicate with the bagged creature, but gets no response.

As Giy takes them to the Great Dragon Bridge, he lies about no people being harmed on the bridge. The group comes to a consensus that Giy is lying. Zhaleska seduces Giy into telling the truth about the bridge, which he eventually does.

After they dock on the island, Mathias tries to get Nimbus to see the area, but as the result of a natural 1, Nimbus is attacked by a vulture and disappears. Nerida then notices a blue light from far away. She tries to get the others to see, but fails to do so. She shrugs it off as her possibly seeing things. As they make it to the camp, they play a game of 21 with Valkira as the dealer. Valkira wins the first round and Giy wins the second round. Before resting for the night, Mathias notices Giy asleep by the fire and tries to put him in the tent. On another natural 1, the tent collapses on Giy. Giy, irritated by the deed by Mathias, wraps himself in a burrito and sleeps near the fire.

The group sleeps in shifts (Valkira first, then Nerida, Mathias, and finally Zhaleska). Nothing eventful happens to Valkira.

During Nerida's shift, she plucks at her lyre and sings to herself in the moonlight. The bagged creature is charmed by the song and communicates to her telepathically, begging her not to send him back. As Nerida approaches him, the creature begs her not to send him back to the monastery due to the fear of death. He explains to her that the monastery he is from is one of the oldest ones of his people. He attended there as a young man and trained there. However, he was exposed to things that he did not wish to learn. The people at the monastery deemed him too powerful and were scared of him. The leader, an old gnome, sentenced his execution and the creature ran away. It was not long until he was captured once again.

The creature reveals that he does not wish to hurt people with his powers, saying that he has the powers of a god. Nerida asks him his name, but before he was able to answer, Mathias wakes up for his shift. Nerida returns to her tent, thoughts of the conversation racing through her head.

Mathias resummons Nimbus, who helps him with his watch due to having 120 feet of darkvision. Nothing else happens during Mathias's shift.

Zhaleska wakes up during her shift and the thoughts of helping the creature go through her head briefly before shaking them off and remembering that she has a job to get done.

The group wakes up and hikes through the forest before Giy sets off a trap, causing the entire group to fall through a deep pit. Mathias and Nerida notice a light in the pit and out of the blue, a mysterious hand reaches out to grab Mathias. The latter dodges out of the way and a stone construct appears in front of the group.

Featured Characters

 * Main
 * Mathias Erranduil
 * Zhaleska
 * Valkira Acoria
 * Nerida Trenchfell
 * Supporting
 * Giy
 * Chained Prisoner