Episode Introduction
Our brave heroes of the Mortal Guardians have been captured by the undead giants of the Kingdom of Zaulgarde! After meeting one of these giants, a librarian called Kindlecrag—and his pocket-sized ooze-gnome companion, Guddben!—the group discovered that the giants of Zaulgarde have been infiltrated and subverted by undead uulthyr working for the Coven of Zul. Nearly all the giants are infected by mindseizers: tiny centipedal worms that latch onto the brains of sentient creatures and bend them toward the will of their master. The Guardians acted immediately to break this malevolent abuse of the people of Zaulgarde, but have found themselves facing a powerful foe: the coven’s ally within Zaulgarde and the king’s very own vizier, Mauggnar. To thwart this vile orchestration by the coven, the adventurers will need to use all their courage and cunning, for an elaborate and labyrinthine battle awaits them in the halls of the kingdom of dead giants!
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Episode Recap
Through courage and sheer commitment—and the aid of clever allies—the Mortal Guardians escaped the dungeons of Zaulgarde and took shelter within the long, winding tunnels hidden in the city. Their allies, the brilliant undead giant librarian Kindlecrag—and his half-ooze gnomish companion, Guddben—guided them through the cavernous city as they evaded the guards and traversed the vast, ancient library to reach a secret laboratory. Here they finalized research and development of a vital artifact that could break the influence of Herald R’Xahl over the people of Zaulgarde and free them from her psionic domination. In a daring effort, the heroes and their allies charged into the throne room of the kingdom and activated the device to free the leaders of the giants, beginning a rebellion against those who had treacherously joined the herald.
After liberating the people of Zaulgarde, her Guardians pursued the escaping agents of the Coven of Zul and their few remaining co-conspirators in a deadly chase on the giants’ elemental railway tracks across many miles of wastelands to the city of Dimnuor. As they reached the city the Guardians fought an exciting battle over the racing rail cars and overwhelmed the coven’s powerful Zaulgarde mastermind. With his defeat, and a narrowly avoided catastrophic crash, our heroes climbed down from the rails and pressed forward in the search for the coven’s final sanctum in Dimnuor—and the pathway forward to that would lead them to the herald and her dark fortress in the Shadowreach.