Season 2 Aftermath Recaps

Session 23

• The group left the Forge of Fury behind them - coming out the way they came in... 
• On the road back to the campsite, the group encountered a set of tracks. It appeared two people were being chased by another...
• Following the tracks, the group discovered that the two genasi women they rescued hiding in the trees. 
• Tracking them, a humanoid in a letterman jacket wielding a baseball bat with a bear mask on. Covered in blood, the group was on guard -- some thought this might be their ally (Maddox) from the bus but others feared he was truly an enemy. 
• After some miscommunication between the two, eventually, Maddox revealed his true identity and the genasi woman came out of hiding. 
• Maddox claimed to be out in the woods to hunt orcs and he came looking for the genasi women after they escaped. 
• Reio got some insight into Maddox's past. The bear mask was a 'totem' that the man put his spiritual energy and faith into to protect him. He was a former member of BARBARIAN, a subsection of KNIGHT that specialized in tough, almost suicidal shock troopers. 
• After that mishap was cleared up, the group finally got in touch with the campsite. Ashley, their hostess, revealed that she had fled from the campsite when orcs attacked. She was heading back there, unsure of Rashida's fate who had stayed behind to battle them. 
• In a little more of a hurry, the group made it to the campsite... 
• Scores of orc corpses were scattered about - the majority of them killed by some kind of arcane explosions and bludgeoning damage. 
• The overall campsite wasn't damaged too badly, beyond what occurred during the skirmish.
• With some investigating, Rashida's near-dead body was located under the bus.
• She had numerous wounds, a poisoned dagger, her artificial arm severed off, severe blood loss, internal damage, and head trauma.
• Rashida underwent emergency medical treatment...
• Selks lead the extensive care for the elf and everyone did their parts as well - Aurora testing people for their blood in order to find a donor. Eventually, Nimue was decided on. 
• Everyone loaded themselves on the bus and began traveling, hoping to find a real hospital to take care of Rashida. However, they passed the first town they came across, fearful of the cartel presence at the entrance of it... 

Session 24 (Out of Timeline Sync due to missing numerous PCs)

• Aurora grabbed Nimue, Reio, and Setis to accompany her and her assistant (Haidra) to the Oni Caravan. Through some paid contacts (a fae soothsayer and an otter-ish freediver), Aurora learned that a contact by the name of Mei-Xing at the Oni Caravan would have the information on how to locate Nerva (an infamous dragonborn convicted murderer) who may be able to help Aurora with Ashardalon's curse.... 
• The group needed to find the Apple Blossom Teahouse. 
• Finding a hengeyokai guide (a weasel) by the name of Taro, the group inquired about the location of the Teahouse. Aurora managed to convince Taro to wave his usual fee in exchange for filming a viral video of the tour to boost his renown as the best tour guide around. 
• On the way to acquire a rickshaw, the group ran into a stable of exotic mounts and animals - filming a quick video of them goofing around with them before being chased off by a keeper.
• Taro met up with his contact: Shiro. An oxen hengeyokai with little room for nonsense, it seemed he owed Taro a favor and utilized his crab-themed rickshaw to transport the group around. 
• Shiro had little care for traffic laws or the like, leaping around and bulldozing through people as necessary. The group held onto their breakfasts barely. 
• Along the way, Taro shared some of the lore about the Oni Caravan with the group. 
• Taro and Shiro parted ways from the group after delivering them to the Apple Blossom Teahouse. 
• A popular manga and anime store across the street was playing the latest episode of Himawari on their display television; detailing the exploits of a modern day ronin. 
• The group also spotted a curious pair; an Ezra-descent human posing as a swordsman meeting with a younger spellcaster-type woman who appeared to be speaking with a dog who could teleport to and from them with ease. 
• After getting a quick look at the menu outside, the group entered the Apple Blossom Teahouse.
• The teahouse's staff seemed to treat everyone with the same courtesy and politeness regardless of their status. The staff also all looked similar - perhaps some kind of illusion effect, but they all appeared to be beautiful androgynous humans in kimonos. 
• The group opted to rent out a private dining room that seemed modest, but contained an ordinary black cat hanging around. 
• After placing their orders and catching the server off guard, the group discovered that the cat was in fact: Mei-Xing. A cat hengeyokai of a foreign persuasion. 
• After speaking back and forth, the group came to a deal. Mei-Xing provided the location of Nerva (a Genesis mobile fortress/prison called 'The Country'), but would leave it at their discretion on how to get in. 
• In exchange, the group agreed to free another prisoner there by the name of Roan Mitchell - a Genesis sniper convicted of assassinating the Genesis president awhile back. 

Season 25 (Directly after Season 23)

• Ashley revealed that she had been in contact with Holden and the Storyteller; attempting to make arrangements to get treatment for Rashida.
• Selks took offense to this, but the reality of the situation is that the elf would not survive without the right cure; a supernatural and ancient poison had been used against her. 
• The group refused to do business with Cartel, so they sought out for the unaligned town of Neutral who had somehow managed to avoid the influence and corruption of the cartels. 
• The goal was to find a contact by the name of Ganymede who could locate an ex-genesis medic with advanced medical technology nearby. 
• Parking the bus outside the edge of town, the majority of the group went on foot.
• Outside of the town, the sheriff (a hengeyokai tortle by the name of Shell Dorado) was a strange sight for a gunslinger in these neck of the woods. Nevertheless, he was cordial and friendly, inviting the strangers into town and giving them an honest assessment of the establishment.
• Reio and Nimue both caught glimpse of a strange metal-scaled bull creature that breathed poisonous gas grazing at a nearby watering hole. This seemed to be a supernatural monstrosity of old, but it didn't bother the townspeople none. In fact, it seemed to act as a guardian of sorts. 
• The group proceeded to the saloon in hopes of finding Ganymede, but fate decided to throw the man right out a window and at their feet. And also with a group of Giff (Hippo-Men) bounty hunters and mercenaries. 
• The british-like military men were very reasonable, but lawful to their contracts. They had been hired to deliver Ganymede alive to their employer and by implementing their impressive and strong headbutts, they had incapacitated the man and restrained him. 
• The party entered into tense negotiations...
• The Giff were unwilling to let Ganymede leave. However, they did not care what information he parted with. 
• Ganymede did not want to give up his information without assurances, however, he could not convince the group to openly attack the Giff. After some persuasion and reading between the lines, Ganymede revealed what he knew in hopes that the group would save and rescue him later. 
• Ganymede knows of an Ex-Genesis Medic turned Tomb Raider by the name of Angel Mauer. A deva of an extraordinary intellect, she is a moral and upstanding person interested in philosophy and history - pursuing the answer to a personal question in these tombs and dungeons from the Old Days. He claims the coordinates to her location are on his laptop in his room at the local inn.
• As the Giff and the party prepared to head to Ganymede's room, the Giff Leader discovered that his four snipers had been killed without a word; the corpses tumbling off roof tops after a strong gust of wind. A new comer arrived on the scene; a modern-day street samurai with red hair (Kembu) who demanded that Ganymede be turned over to him, or face his wrath...
• The group was now between a rock and a hard place. Do they turn on the Giff and hope to side with the stranger to save Ganymede, or do they side with the Giff and try to take down this powerful swordsman? 
• Meanwhile, during the Giff negotiations, Selks snuck away to try and solve this issue without Ganymede...
• Entering the Boots n' Saddles saloon, Selks made good conversation with a female halfling bartender by the name of Abril Sand. The halfling had once had ties to the cartels, but managed to break free somehow and came here to live a peaceful life. 
• After asking around about an ex-genesis medic, Abril revealed that a woman matching that description had been staying at the nearby inn. She also claimed that Ganymede wasn't a bad fella, but seemed to always have his head into the wrong thing. 
• Selks headed to the Cheap Rates Motel to find Anna; an ex-genesis executive who quit the rat race to run a personal business. While Abril seemed more extroverted and at ease, Anna struggled to overly compensate for her social anxiety and introverted behavior. 
• Selks managed to convince Anna (by being transparent about his injured friend) to search Angels' rooms for clues. Selks managed to find what he believes to be GPS coordinates for Angel's location and Anna handed him a grenade (from Angel's equipment) after she heard trouble brewing on the street.

Session 26

• Giff battle Kara and lose
• Tamoachan. 
• Gremlin steals data from Ganymede.
• Ganymede lets the group keep his trinkets as gratitude and he flees town with the sheriff after him.
• Travel through the jungles; located Doctor Angel Mauer. 
• Selks requested to bring all celestial/fiendish info.
• SD card to Kara.
• Angel gave a book of philosophy to Setis.

Session 27

• The Divers return to the bus. 
• Hop the border.
• Rashida wakes up.
• Storyteller wants to meet.
• Bribe the Genesis Security at Babylon.
• Mimic Museum. 
• Selks worried, Calubris saw halflings stalking him.
• Holden makes the group agree to a Geas.
• Aurora took in Reio, Trader.
• Beholder...

Session 28

• Storyteller gives his spiel. 
• Gifts... monster hunting kit and bag of colding.
• Rashida's bag of holding attachment.
• Dungeon Starts.
• Fey Court Room. Nimue perturbed because they aren't 'right'.
• A swarm of cockatrice on Gremlin!
• And then a basilisk!
• And a medusa on Aurora!
• Aurora activated the Princess statue.

Session 29

• Group defeats monsters.
• Court of Spring. Princess' blessing, but spurned by Nimue,
• Rose Court of Spring, before Aoibie the Shining Queen. Awakened.
• Aurora is knighted and gifted an Alchemy Jug.
• Existence is gifted to Calubris.
• Central room with boss doors.
• Reio finds the Mimic Barracks. The group executes a Mimic Chest.
• Leaving the mimic barracks unfinished, the group explores the next corridor and discovers Intellect Devourers! 

Session 30

• The group battles an ooze and intellect devourers!
• Minotaur Hero Statue from the Red Hand of Doom.
• Reio's artifact: Oxford!
• The group finds an abandoned barroom.
• Rust Monsters and Carrion Crawlers in there attack the group.
• Selks throws' Angel's Holy Hand Grenade! Reio took the brunt of it.
• Selks discovers his artifact: Proto!
• Aurora set-up Setis' social media account.
• The group finds a kitchen next with Rebecca von Sankt the Monster Chef and the Deck of Many Things.
• Nimue decides to be the one to draw from it...

Session 31

• Nimue & the Wand of Wonder.
• Nimue & the +2 Charisma!
• Nimue's artifact: Mirrogold!
• Rebecca draws... the Devil and Ruin. 
• Calubris, taking pity, draws a card with the woman... and they get the moon!
• Aurora convinces Rebecca to join her as part of her entourage.
• The alchemical lab and the flumphs! 
• Gremlin creates a Potion of Acid Breath and passes the challenge.
• Gremlin's artifact: ATHENA!
• Golden Retriever Wizard and his riddles... Ser Cornelius!
• Aurora's artifact: Dov'Zul!
• The group goes back and finishes the mimic's room... Setis' artifact: Jaunt!

Session 32

• The Final Boss Battle! Ettins, Gazer, Spectator, Gauth, Flail Snails! And the storyteller's beams!
• Calubris told the funniest joke to ever exist during the fight...
• In the end, only the Spectator survives who reveals his name: Ghialdiqseals. Ghia works as the 'monster rancher' for Storyteller and offers the group money if they bring back any interesting monsters.

Session 33

• The Storyteller congratulates the group!
• Setis has Reio write a letter to her 'parents'. 
• The group meets for drinks at S1-G1-L.
• Aurora reveals her connections with the Lunatic, and how she will need help to tame Ashardalon. 
• Nimue reveals that her powers were revoked from her warlock patron; an entity calling itself the Fame Monster in connection with the Living Light. She believes her friend, Fiona Flowers, to be a servant of his.
• Selks appears to have been promoted to a lieutenant position within the Gomez Cartel after delivering dwarven weapons found in the Forge of Fury to Ramon, the cartel leader.

Session 34

• The group plans on how to break into the 'Country' in order to rescue Nerva and Roan.
• The group touches base with their merchant contacts for items and help with disguises. 
• The group is approached by Aria Jaegar (an amnesic assassin), Managirl (a self-proclaimed superhero), and Oro (a yuan-ti wu jen) who seem to be connected to Mei-Xing. The group receives the location of the Country and make plans for their prison break...
• Reio has tea with Holden.
• Setis visits her 'parents' and runs in with Lukas Baer.
• Calubris has a dream with a Sage of the Ages.

Session 35

• Given some sort of 'magical GPS' by Oro, the party donned disguises and posed as a Genesis Delivery Team and made it to the Super Prison called 'The Country'. 
• The group was granted entrance through the forged information Death Otter provided them.
• The group began a delivery to first class Genesis agents: Johnson, Luna, and Nakamura.
• Paul, Nick, and Jill (low level Genesis agents) were at the check-in counter once the group made it to floor 7.
• The group is lead into the office area by Nick where they spot an active OGRE automaton. Nick escorts Setis to the restroom where she shapeshifts and scouts through the vents.
• When making contact with Agent Johnson, he quickly made the group and upon realizing that, Calubris went to get the jump on him.
• After slamming Calubris through a table, Johnson defended himself against an attacking Managirl and got her in a chokehold, stabbing her while grappling her. Aria rushed to Managirl's defense.
• Selks tried to get a jump on the OGRE mech before it attacked them; firing a blast through it. Meanwhile, Calubris used a figurine of wondrous pwoer to summon Peanut the Elephant into the room. Security automatons also descend onto the group while Aurora tries to hack Johnson's computer to find where the prisoner they're looking for is.

Session 36

• Combat continued...Managirl unleashed her apex superpower and ignited the entire area in flames much to Nakamura's dismay--she found out it wasn't magic. Johnson managed to avoid the flames. The OGRE took ahold of the elephant and ran a few dozen minigun rounds through it to finish it off.
• Turning the tide suddenly, Nakamura disabled both Managirl and Aria with a Hold Person spell. Johnson slammed Managirl in the stomach for a few times, but she stubbornly clinged to consciousness still.
• Setis, meanwhile, continued scouting in the vents and discovering all sort of prisoners...
• Automatons continued their assaults against Reio and Calubris while Aurora conjured a pack of demons to cause some mayhem against their foes. Reio and Calubris both assaulted the OGRE; opening to tear it down.
• KNIGHT Luna came out of her office and was shocked to discover the office now turned battlefield. The OGRE took a hold of Calubris and nearly killed him; tossing his dying corpse aside afterwards. Nakamura focused on taking care of herself with some mending. 
• Setis emerged from a vent and let loose a Horror Filled teleportation madness of attacks before shapeshifting into a monster to fight against the OGRE.
• Selks, meanwhile, tended to the wounded Calubris and got him back to fighting speed. Fearlessly, the dragonborn charged back into battle against OGRE. The demons meanwhile cackled and attacked whoever was closest to them. 
• Leaping onto the OGRE, Reio ripped out the power source from the creature and darted off with it after he finished the machine off.
• Luna then grabbed her sword and started slashing into the demons assaulting the place. 
• The OGRE's secondary power source began to boot up...
• Nakamura killed some demons with magic missile, then her and Johnson (who still had managirl hostage) fled into a nearby office and closed the door behind them. 
• Aria let the oni within her ninjato take control of her to break free of the paralysis spell and sliced the demon attacking her in half. She then dashed after Nakamura and Johnson in this heightened shadow-state. Whatever she did, the four of them disappeared. 
• Aurora's hacking became successful! 
• Luna and Reio recognizing each other from their time at Genesis. Setis tried to bargain for the release of three prisoners (Roan, Nerva, and Mack).
• Discovering the hengeyokai Roan and the half-dragon Nerva, Setis used Jaunt's power to teleport the group to safety right as Aurora decided to unlock every prisoner's cell. 
• Appearing in some sort of deep underground ruin beneath the city, the group prepared to head out when Nerva recognized Roan and prepared to assault him for the hengeyokai putting him in prison all that time ago...

Session 37

• Aurora managed to sue for peace between Nerva and Roan, though Nerva swore to track down the man later for vengeance. 
• The group made it back to the surface, but Roan gave them the slip. Nerva eventually agreed to an interrogation of sorts with Aurora and company.
• And then, some down time happened for a month or so while people put affairs in order. When it came time for Season 3 of the Dungeon Divers, the group reunited in the Sector Three Business District at the new tavern: The Yawning Portal.
• Nimue showed off her new graffiti look to the group. 
• Rashida, dressed as a knight, greeted the group. The interior seemed to be an old fashioned taproom. Various runners, celebrities, and business folk seemed to be using the interior. The most prominent thing on display was a giant well in the middle of the tavern that lead into the Undermountain. 
• The tavern appeared to be an official Dungeon Divers associate and sold merchandise, along with taking bets on the upcoming events.
• Many of the past associates and friends of the Divers seemed to have ended up here in one capacity or another.
• The group took bets on themselves for the tavern's deadpool.
• Rabbit gave Calubris his ordered 'predator disc'.
• After a brief photo-op, the group then was lowered into the Undermountain for their journey. they would have a day headstart, at which point other teams would be allowed entry into the dungeon.
• The group explored the first few rooms cautiously and eventually stumbled on a hall of mirrors where illusions of the party stepped out from to combat them...