Season 12 Chronology

Episode summaries and written pieces taking place during Season 12: Inquisition and Rebellion.

Y196 - 211

Date	Title and Synopsis	Involved
78 Autumn 196	The Return	Astarael
	Leona Belree returns to Maiden’s drink to find her sister has broken their promise.
72 Winter 196	A Bad Omen Indeed	Astarael
	Leda Belree’s daughter is born.
Y200 - 207	Whispering Her Wishes	Sav
	Memories of Sav’s mother.
23 Spring 203	Unlucky	Astarael
	Astarael is rejected by the other children of Maiden’s Drink for being cursed.
68 Autumn 205	Rare and Beautiful	Sav
	Sophronia learns about death.
Summer 207	Where the River Flows	Vanja
	Vanja’s father and the River’s fated flow.
Early Winter 207	The Most Important Bean	Sav
	Lusira Savoule debates the certainty of existence.
Mid-Winter 207	A Moment Apart	Sav
	Sav’s mother dies.
Y207 - 209	Name Taken	Sav
	Sav shelters for a time at the Spindlemark Theater.
Y209 - 211	No One’s Listening	Sav
	Surviving on the streets of Galoring.

Y212 - 216

Date	Title and Synopsis	Involved
Y212	The Sound of Iron Shots	Sav
	Training under Arjuvh with the Two Shoes.
	Awe	Sav
	The Octurne and the stars return.
	Addressing the Choir	Tyr Isendel
	The Baroness tries her hand at being a motivational speaker.
Summer 212	Shells and Stones	Astarael
	Aunt Leona dies, the people of Maiden’s Drink suffer from the curse, and Astarael runs away.
Summer 213	The Boy in the Tavern	Astarael
	Astarael plays a game and finds a room for the night, no charge.
	Getting Into Trouble	Astarael
	Astarael interferes with Swan duties.
	Burn the Witch	Astarael
	A witch is captured and a woman burned at the stake.
Fall 213	Woke in a Sea	Sav
	The Two Shoes are slaughtered, and one walks away.
Y213 - 214	In Crystals	Sav
	Journeying north.
Y214	Hellhound	Astarael
	Astarael is trained.
	Confession	Astarael and Tyr Isendel
	A witch confesses and meets her master.
Winter 214	A Chance for Reprieve	Sav
	Finding the fallen aasimar ruins beneath Northgate.
Y214 - 217	Control	Sav
	Looting the leavings of a dead culture for power.
Y215	Connections	Sav
	Sav namedrops her leitmotif.
Y215 - 216	Earth Not Above	Sav
	Musings on the Octurne.
Spring 216	The Storm’s Gift	Astarael and a Power
	Astarael receives a gift from a power that be.
Y216	Lightbringer	Sav
	Sav makes stuff.
Autumn 216	Still On My Own	Sav
	Emma Spinsugar disappears from the Observatory.

Y217

Date	Title and Synopsis	Involved
Y217	The Sculptor of Northgate	Ethan
	Ethan visits an old sculptor and tells his stories of times past.

Spring & Summer

Date	Title and Synopsis	Involved
Spring 217	The Sons of Linjor	Vanja
	The Painted Swans come to Linjør, but Sigruid the healer has only sons for them to find.
	Theft of a Lifetime	Ethan
	Ethan steals an old man’s life.
	The Gallows and the Petriar Estate	Talith & Vivian
	Two bodies are removed from the Gallows, by special order, and Talith thanks a friend.
	Shut Up and Fight	Roux
	Roux copes poorly with events.
Summer	Sheep for Pillows	Bax
	Bax befriends some sheep, befoes some Swans, and is rescued by a tribal acquaintance.
	Last Call for the First Round	Ethan
	Ethan stirs up chaos for no reason.
68 Summer	I’m Skau Vanja	Bax and Vanja
	In a small village, two witches meet.
	The Northern Woods	Vanja
	Keeping watch at night.

Autumn

Date	Title and Synopsis	Involved
1 Autumn	Vanja, Meet Ethan	Bax, Ethan, Vanja
	Bax brings Vanja to Ethan in Northgate, who finds her a place to stay. Things quickly go wrong.
	Giant King of Jorung	Vanja
	A small interlude where Vanja tells a story her father used to tell, within the above scene.
2 Autumn	Vanja in Shock	Vanja
	A girl cleans herself up.
18 Autumn	The Isendel Tops	Ethan and Roland
	Estranged brothers touch base over steak.
	One Last Cook	Ethan
	The Blind Baker dies in an unfortunate accidental fire.
	Missed Connections	Sav
	A street urchin finds no more havens in Northgate, but a thread of hope remains.
19 Autumn	The Death of Ethan Fairchild	Vanja
	Vanja hears her benefactor is dead.
	After the Fire	Ethan
	Ethan enjoys a late morning.
	Spoiling for a Fight	Roux, Vanja
	Vanja finds the fighting pit and Roux.
26 Autumn	The New Client	Talith, Vanja, Vivian
	Talith visits an interesting new brothel and makes a poor choice.
38 Autumn	Ethan’s Checklist	Bax, Ethan, Roux, Talith, Vanja
	Ethan tracks down likeminded conspirators.
47 Autumn	Arrival	Astarael
	A witch arrives in Northgate.
54 Autumn	Two Fortunate Meetings, But a Bad Day for Clavard	Astarael, Roux, Talith, and Miscellaneous Swans
	Talith recognizes a keepsake, Astarael runs from Swans, and Roux gets run over.
61 Autumn	The Most Intimidating Eating of an Apple	The Grand Inquisitor
	The Grand Inquisitor takes reports.
68 Autumn	S12 E01: The Autumn Festival	(Sep 4, 2020)
	The conspiracy meets (and in most cases, reunites) in catacombs and a closed-down tavern.
	Beer, and a Little Conversation	Astarael and Vanja
	Vanja talks at Astarael.
	Scribbles	Sav
	Sav leaves a suggestion for a conspiracy meeting code.
	A Memory of Scars	Bax and Ethan
	Bax and Ethan have a moment after the meeting at the tavern.
	Can We Be Roommates?	Astarael and Sav
	Astarael suggests to the other homeless girl that they room together.
69 Autumn	A Respectable Ally	Ethan and Talith
	Ethan catches up with Talith and warns him about the dangers of associating with the Petriars.
	A Lesson of Scars	Ethan and Vanja
	Ethan delivers more warnings, this time to Vanja about laying low and bouncing back too quickly.
70 Autumn	S12 E02: You Can't Go Home Again	(Sep 11)
	Some head into the sewers to try to get to Sav’s home. It goes badly.
71 Autumn	Hair Dye and Breakfast Pie	Astarael and Sav
	Sav and Astarael discuss how badly things went the night before, while Sav shifts their appearance.
	Authentic Jorungun Woodworking	Sav and Vanja
	Sav checks in with Vanja.
72 Autumn	A Meeting of the Sneaky-Sneaks	Ethan and Sav
	Sav meets with Ethan to find out exactly what he was thinking.
	The Gallows	Ethan and the people of Northgate
	Ethan looks for recruits at an execution.
	Always Up for a Fight	Bax and Vanja
	Bax calls on Vanja to test her fighting capabilities, but pushes too far and things go awry.
71–72 Autumn	Bullshit	Astarael and Ethan
	Astarael and Ethan discuss the disastrous sewer fight, and Ethan makes the choice to lie.
73 Autumn	Thank You for Trusting Me	Astarael and Talith
	Astarael and Talith discuss the sewer (yet again), and reveal sensitive matters in their past.
	Instant Betrayal	Talith
	Talith and Amberlyn meet for a tryst, pretty much immediately after Astarael leaves.
	Reunion I	Danica and Ethan
	Ethan and Danica have a chance to talk in private.
74 Autumn	I Can Make Ye Fly, Too	Bax and Sav
	Bax goes to fight Sav, but instead they end up discussing tactics.
75 Autumn	Let’s See What You’ve Got	Astarael and Bax
	Bax completes the girl tour by finding and sparring with Astarael.
78 Autumn	Vanja Lays Low	Vanja
	Vanja does not fight.
80-83 Autumn	S12 E03: I'll Fix Anything	(Sep 18)
	Vanja, Ethan, Roux, Lumotu and Astarael travel south of Northgate to steal a wagon of items from some Silverun guards.
	Whatever Keeps Them Alive	Astarael, Vanja, Ethan, Lumotu
	The capturing team discuss what to do with the captive guards.
84–85 Autumn	S12 E04: Hampton and Goldfairy	(Sep 25)
	Sav, Astarael and Talith investigate the sewers beneath the northern slums, finding the Suffering at the heart of some shenanigans, and help a band of orphaned children.
	The Blacksmith’s Apprentice, Part 2	Astarael
	Astarael gets some.
	A Lonely Company	Sav
	Sav gets a memory of a single hug.

Winter

Date	Title and Synopsis	Involved
Winter	Cracked Potts	Warbler
	On a snowy winter afternoon, Ringo Potts forges through the forest, bears attack swans, and he has a memory of home.
1 Winter	S12 E05: The Aasimar Relic	(Oct 2)
	Ethan, Talith, Sav, Vanja and Astarael steal an Aasimar object from a caravan heading from the northern mine to the Painted Swan headquarters.
3 Winter	Daring Deren Gets the Girl	Vanja
	Vanja meets trouble in the form of a handsome Swan.
7 Winter	Girl, Look At Yourself	Astarael and Vanja
	Astarael and Vanja have words.
8 Winter	Vanja Goes North	Vanja
	Vanja reflects on finding her brothers alive and well, heads over the mountains to Jorung to look for Bax and also maybe the Yeti…?
11 Winter	S12 E06: Another Man's Treasure	(Oct 9)
	The group meets to discuss the aasimar artifact and decide to head west to find out what kind of ruins were discovered in the mountains. They make preparations to leave.
20 Winter	S12 E07: Scorpion Meat	(Oct 16)
	In which they fight frost scorpions.
	A Pleasant Reminiscence	Vanja
	Vanja stays warm remembering hot dates.
21 Winter	The Almost Kiss	Astarael and Talith
	Two others find more immediate ways to stay warm.
20s Winter	Of a Giantess and a Questionable Ally	Astarael, Bax, Ethan, Talith, Vanja
	Ethan tells a tale of a tall woman, and Talith defends the reputation of a medium one.
26 Winter	S12 E08: Lair of the Hunter	(Oct 23)
	Vanja, Bax, Ethan, Lumotu and Astarael discover Bax’s yeti cave and learn he is indeed the yeti. They fight and slay some ogres and travel on the River thanks to Vanja.
29 Winter	S12 E09: Onsen Nonsense	(Oct 30)
	The boys decide to discuss leadership amongst themselves. A mock battle ensues, snowballs are thrown, and a hot tub is built. It’s a good day.
	Testing the River	Astarael, Sav, Vanja
	The girls chat about magic.
	Baxaminations	Bax and Sav
	Sav inspects the flows of Stuff around Bax, but finds little.
33 Winter	S12 E10: The Yeti of Jorung	(Nov 6)
	The team gets caught in a blizzard, and Vanja dreamwalks. They watch Bax’s transformation into the Yeti, but Ethan brings him back to himself.
34 Winter	Alright, Bax?	Bax and Vanja
	The two forest friends talk about the dream they shared and the transformation.
	Vanja Follows the River	Vanja
	Vanja gains some control over sailing the River.
37 Winter	Wild-Eyed	Sav
	Sav works out a problem and goes flying with a friend.
39 Winter	S12 E11: Spiders and Backpacks	*(Nov 13
	Ethan, Sav, Roux, Vanja and Astarael encounter frost spiders, recover some backpacks with information on Harvey’s Digsmen, and collect a bunch of gems.
41 Winter	Forming a Plan for the Digsmen	Astarael, Bax, Ethan, Sav, Vanja
	The team plans an approach to the ruins.
45 Winter	S12 E12: Rog Hodun Revealed	(Nov 20)
	An earthquake reveals an entrance to Rog Hodun.
47 Winter	Strengths, Weaknesses, and a Hint of Blueberries	Astarael, Bax, Ethan, Roux, Sav, Talith
	Sav goes over the items they found, and the team discusses battle roles.
48 Winter	S12 E13: The Legend of Fun Jelly	(Nov 27)
	Sav, Ethan, Vanja, Bax and Talith enter Rog Hodun to see what they can find (mostly a lot of trouble).
51 Winter	S12 E14: Digsman Samsel	(Dec 4)
	Astarael, Roux and Vanja go into Rog Hodun to try to find a way to the frost forge. They find Digsman Samsel instead.
	A Plan to Help Samsel	Astarael, Bax, Ethan, Samsel, Vanja
	Discussions on how to approach Rog Hodun with Samsel.
54 Winter	S12 E15: The Frost-Forged Dragon	(Dec 11)
	The group tries to find the remaining Digsmen, but find the Frost Forged Dragon instead. Roux dies. Vanja tries to Revive him, but Bax ends up trading his own soul for Roux’s life. They return to find the main camp raided and Paloma, Danica, Talith and Sav missing, presumed captured.
	Despair and Porridge	Astarael and Vanja
	Astarael has a nightmare. Astarael and Vanja argue. Vanja discovers she can use magic to make food. Vanja offers some to the boy who was Bax.
57 Winter	S12 E16: Kelwin Returns	(Jan 8, 2021)
	The remaining party pursues the wagons to rescue their friends. The wagon explodes, Sav appears, and Kelwin, the Grand Inquisitor and the Wolf appear through a golden portal, along with many more Swans.
	S12 E17: The Wolf	(Jan 15)
	A brawl ensues. It ends with the Wolf and the Grand Inquisitor dead. Kelwin appears just long enough to take in the scene. No sign of Talith, Danica or Paloma.
	Fate’s Mistaken Fairchild	Ethan and Bishop
	Ethan reflects on Roland.
60 Winter	The Path	Warbler
	Stalking Swans and memories of a spring day.
61 Winter	S12 E18: The Mole and the Scorpion	(Jan 22)
	The party encounters Warbler. They make plans to move towards the Swan fort to see if any of their friends are held there, or if they can get info on their whereabouts.
	The Scorpion and the Mole	Warbler
	Warbler’s first meeting with the party, from his point of view.
63 Winter	S12 E19: Yarm and Tethir	(Jan 29)
	They interrogate and accidentally kill two Swans. Bax proves to be sharing his body with several personalities. The group arrives at the fort to find it seemingly affected by the Suffering.
54 – 63 Winter	The Heart of Who We Are	Sav
	Sav realizes she’s no longer a helpless child, and she is inextricably tied to the others.
64 Winter	S12 E20: The Black Sun	(Feb 5)
	They find Talith in the fort, and almost immediately lose him to the Suffering.
	The Weight of What We Owe	Sav
	Sav makes a promise.
	Vanja Thinks of Death	Vanja
	Vanja reflects on death in general.
	Love, Loss, and Laundry	Astarael and Vanja
	Shared reflection on the loss of Talith. Both do some laundry. Vanja gifts Astarael with a replica of Talith’s necklace.
65 Winter	Multiple Occupancy	The Boy Who Was Bax, Quori, Tarth, Rethi, others
	Glimpses into the many personalities inside Bax’s body.
70 Winter	S12 E21: Between the Toes of Giants	(Feb 12)
	Astarael parts from group. The rest use Vanja’s magic to fast travel back to Northgate, but Lumotu, the Boy Formerly Known as Bax and Roux get split from party. The rest have a battle and make it into Northgate.
71 Winter	I Love You	Astarael
	Astarael splits from the group to head directly to Portsmouth.
73 Winter	Daring Deren Wins the Day	Vanja
	Vanja has another date with Deren the Swan after their reunion and learns of his role in the death of her brothers.
69 – 75 Winter	Don’t Hurt Me No More	Sav
	Sav reflects on love and friendship.
75 Winter	Country Mouse in the Big City	Warbler
	Warbler discovers Northgate.
	S12 E22: The Lady Lace	(Feb 19)
	Ethan pulls one over on the house of Chance and all his friends. Astarael wades through a freezing river.
76 Winter	Calculated Risks	Ethan and Vanja
	A conversation to decompress from the previous night’s events.
	The Sculptor of Northgate, Part 2	Ethan
	Ethan takes a walk to view the product of his storytelling.
77 Winter	Luke Bastion’s Final Drink	Ethan and Leon Silverun
	Luke Bastion has an ill-fated final encounter with Leon Silverun, but locates Vengeance. The new magistrate of Northgate is murdered, and the city’s bells begin to toll.
	S12 E23: The Price of Bacon	(Mar 5)
	Warbler, Roux and Vanja try to find Ethan and get into trouble. They return to the inn to find him with Bax, poisoned. Astarael converses with Vivian.
79 Winter	S12 E24: Join the Army, They Said	(Mar 12)
	Ethan recovers. Warbler and Tarth bond and go bar hopping. The gang tries to leave the city. Vanja gets captured. Astarael has her meal stolen by a horrible beast and her horse dies.
	The Fall of Vanja
	The Majestic is burned and Vanja is captured and executed in Northgate after Ethan’s failed rescue attempt, which resulted in the wounding of Deren.
81 Winter	Change the Board	Ethan, Tarth, Warbler
	Warbler plays a game with Tarth and Ethan.

Year 218

Spring

Date	Title and Synopsis	Involved
79 Winter 217 – 47 Spring 218	S12 E25: Reunions (Part 1)	(Mar 19)
	Ethan, Roux, Warbler, Bax, Athelia and Avarian travel with a few crew members south to Portsmouth, where they reunite with Astarael and Sav. The party boards the Beauty. So do an Inquisitor and a few Painted Swans.
54 Spring	S12 E26: Reunions (Part 2)	(Apr 2)
	The boy who was Bax plays a game with the Inquisitor Sylas, eats his soul, and starts a fight. Vanja is discovered, bound and doubled-up inside a chest.
	A Chest of Horrors	Ethan
	Ethan practices escaping from the chest Vanja was locked in.
55 Spring	S12 E27: The Remnants	(Apr 9)
	Vanja reunites with her friends. The lone remaining Swan prisoner is interrogated, roughly. Sav kills him.
	Birds in the Nest	Sav and Warbler
	Sav brings Warbler up to date, and they talk magic.
	Curiosity	Astarael and Sylas
	Astarael shares a drink with the new Sylas.
56 Spring	Mending Sails	Sav and Vanja
	Sav and Vanja speak over chores.
56-57 Spring	S12 E28: The Broken Garden	(Apr 16)
	Warbler and Vanja garden. Vanja tells everyone what happened during her capture, and confesses she told them everything. The ship arrives at the next port town to find it destroyed, and investigate. A fish-man invades.
	Learning to Breathe, and an Inquisition	Astarael and Ethan
	Astarael tries out her new water breathing ability. Ethan comes to speak to her about the Inquisitor’s journals and his suspicions of Sav.
	Ship’s Healer	Athelia and Vanja
	Vanja seeks out Athelia to offer her services as the new ship’s doctor.
	Something I Can Do	Ethan
	Ethan cooks a meal.
58 Spring	S12 E29: The Kelp Herder	(Apr 23)
	Vanja and Roux talk. The fish-man gives Athelia eggs. A gross veiny serpent attacks and kills the fish-man before being killed in turn. Sylas discovers a parasite in its head. Astarael has a vision of a ship named the Belree.
	A New Baseline	Sylas and Vanja
	Vanja examines Sylas, and he tells her to get over herself.
	A New Power for Ethan Fairchild	Ethan
	Ethan conquers a word.
63 Spring	The Early Bird and the Worm	Warbler
	Warbler approaches the box, and the parasite inside.
68 Spring	S12 E30: Treading Water	(Apr 30)
	All talking, all feelings.
	S12 E31: The Sovereign Tide Must Rise	(May 7)
	The Beauty finds Safeharbor abandoned and somewhat damaged. Athelia and Roux play a song and attract the corrupted möther sërpënt. They bargain for safe passage in return for help. Athelia is also revealed to be lugging about a cask full of fey folk.
70 Spring	Poker Night, Round 2	Ethan
	Ethan manipulates games with the crew, but not to win, merely to learn.
75 Spring	S12 E32: You Are Worthy	(May 14)
	The return of Talith, but in actuality the Suffering. They fight, and win. Actual Talith returns.
	What Under the Harvest ‘Turne	Sav and Sylas
	Sav asks what the hell Sylas was doing and how he’d figured out how to stab Vivian.
76 Spring	A Haircut and a Ritual	Astarael and Sav
	Sav gets a haircut and tries to reassure Astarael on Talith-watch.
77 Spring	S12 E33: Parasite	(May 21)
	The Swan fort is discovered abandoned and ruined. A corrupted child sërpënt attacks them on the way back to the ship, while a dead Swan attacks Astarael and Talith on the ship.
	S12 E34: The Lobster	(May 28)
	Swan-zombies prove to be adept at dodging lightning. Warbler is eaten by a sërpënt. Sav goes after him into the gullet of the sërpënt with a poison, but forgets she has it.
	S12 E35: Surface Tension	(Jun 4)
	Another serpent appears, but both are defeated. Talith wakes and talks to Vanja. Astarael discovers them and they start to argue. Talith tells Ethan and Roux that Vanja is in danger from the Suffering.
	Just Another Slug Hunt	The crew of the Beauty
	Noncanonical. The crew hunts down the parasitic grubs.
	The Siren and Her Sailor	Athelia and Avarian
	A soldier chases a siren until she takes him in her clutches.
	I Am Myself	Talith and Vanja
	Talith and Vanja speak of their pasts, of right and wrong, and tell a simple truth: they are themselves, for whatever that signifies.
	Staring Into the Blackness	Sav
	Sav upbraids herself, ruminating over her failures in the latest battle, before having a flash of inspiration.
	Long Live the King	Ethan
	Ethan almost beats Garbon’s record, until Sav comes to Garbon’s rescue.
78 Spring	Potatoes Can Wait	Astarael and Talith
	Astarael catches Talith up on the events he’s missed, and they catch up on time together.
	Don’t Eat Your Vegetables	Ethan, Warbler, York
	Ethan invents French fries potato poles, York fends off haunted peppers, and Warbler finally makes some good fucking food.

Summer

Date	Title and Synopsis	Involved
78 Spring – 3 Summer	S12 E36: Behind the Veil	(Jun 11)
	They make preparations, and most of the party except Ethan departs the ship, chasing the Swan trail and the traces of the fallen star from the Octurne. The Feywild encroaches. Swans flee from the Fade Beast.
3 Summer	S12 E37: The Fade Beast	(Jun 18)
	The Fade Beast is defeated with Greased Lightning. They find aasimar weapons in its gullet.
	S12 E38: Constellation of the Swan, Part 1	(Jun 25)
	Roux helps Nancine die. Sylas and Bax talk. The party finds Kelwin has beaten them to the fallen star, which turns out to be an aasimar ruin, and they scheme about how to defeat him. They narrowly avoid a trap.
	S12 E39: Constellation of the Swan, Part 2	(Jul 2)
	They battle Kelwin for the aasimar ruin. Kelwin and Samwise escape. An intact power orb is found to awaken the Aasimar Relic Sav has named Nurie’te.
	Just People	Athelia and Vanja
	Athelia and Vanja talk about choices and Swans.
	A Peaceful Exchange	Astarael and Warbler
	Astarael and Warbler exchange weapons and words about Galoring.
	S12 E40: Grim Psychometry	(Jul 9)
	Sav speaks with Nurie’te and Sylas uses his strange powers to peer into the history of the Aasimar. Astarael tries to mend her relationship with Vanja. Ethan is on the Beauty when Imago Weygarde and Lieutenant Deren Lake arrive on the Trident.
9 Summer	Dreams and Visions and Nightmares	Sylas
	Sylas sleeps restlessly.
3–13 Summer	S12 E41: River of Blood	(Jul 16)
	The party destroys the eggs in the Nest of the Fade Beast. Vivian, now the avatar of the Suffering, is revealed by the magic of Talith’s Puresilver Longsword. Vanja rebuffs the party’s comfort and strengthens her bond with Vivian. Ethan reunites with the party.
10 Summer	What Survives	Vanja and Warbler
	Vanja and Warbler talk about home.
11 Summer	Afterlife	Athelia and Vanja
	Athelia and Vanja speak of death, and beliefs of what comes after.
12 Summer	Shadows Unseen	Sylas
	Sylas is beginning to hallucinate from lack of sleep.
	Moment of Solace	Danica and Ethan
	A dream, perhaps, or a desire.
13–15 Summer	S12 E42: [The Buddy System]()	(Jul 23)
	Vanja tries to escape, but is thwarted. She warns Deren about the party’s approach. Imago dumps a hostage into the river, goading the party to attack. Roux and Athelia get the möther sërpënt to destroy the Swan ship and Deren Lake. Vivian offers Vanja the chance to restore him to life, as well as everyone else important to her, if she but only give herself over to the Suffering.
	S12 E43: [War Bler]()	(Jul 30)
	The group continues the battle against the Swan Soldiers and Kharakhan mercenaries, resulting in the rescue of all 3 captive members of the ship’s crew. Warbler reveals his giant gecko form, the terrifying War Bler, rampaging among the soldiers.
	S12 E44: [Reckoning]()	(Aug 7)
	Imago bleats, shoots and leaves. … a.k.a. he’s interrogated and reveals Vanja warned Deren of their approach, shoots Avarian, and is killed by Ethan. Avarian is saved from the poisoned bullet. Athelia gently confronts Vanja about the betrayal, and Sav attempts to kill her. Nurie’te reveals more powers in an attempt to help.
16 Summer	Un Schou	Astarael and Warbler
	A conversation on monstrosities and forgiveness.
	S12 E45: [Follow the River]()	(Aug 13)
	Ethan finds Deren’s diary. Vanja is interrogated and exiled under an oath to find Lumotu Musket.
	What’s Left Behind	Vanja and Warbler
	Vanja and Warbler make their farewells, and a bonsai is killed.
	Diary of Deren Lake	Deren Lake
	Extracts from a dead, deluded Swan.
17 Summer	S12 E46: [The Belree]()	(Aug 17)
	Lightning strikes the ship, spiriting Astarael away. She learns why she’s cursed and what the curse is about. Sylas gets twitchy from lack of sleep until he’s forced to sleep, where he fights spirit beings. Ethan and Sav talk about Swans and battles that left no survivors.
	I’m Not Okay	Sav
	Sav suffers from nightmares and a realization.
20 Summer – 9 Autumn	S12 E47: [Revelation]()	(Aug 27)
	They get repairs and fresh clothes in Delk, and spinny time skip forward most of a season. Sylas has handy loredump visions. They catch up to the Long Winter, Danica’s jailing ship, and rescue Carter from the wreckage the Swan ship left behind.
25 Summer	Poor Unfortunate Souls	Athelia and Sav
	Sav delivers a gift to Athelia and agrees to help her with a project.
33 Summer	A Good Day	Sylas and Warbler
	Fishing, with optimism.
20-80 Summer	Ripples on the River	Sav
	Moments in Sav’s journey as they sail down the river.

Autumn

Date	Title and Synopsis	Involved
2 Autumn	The Thief King of Ven	Ethan, Margret, Maude, Roger
	The identity of the Thief King of Ven is revealed.
9 Autumn	The Last Moments of the Harrington	Carter
	A Briarbird ship is torn apart by Swans with witchcraft, and the lone surviving noble reflects on her time with the rebellion.
	Opportunity	Danica
	In the midst of battle, Danica fights her way out of her bindings.
	S12 E48: The Long Winter, Part 1	(Sep 10)
	They find a few survivors from the attack of the Long Winter and catch up to it. Warbler and Ethan fly invisibly to infiltrate the Swan ship and find Danica already out of her cell. The others catch up and start the attack.
	S12 E49: The Long Winter, Part 2	(Sep 17)
	The fight continues, forcing Kelwin to start retreating as Danica goes angelic to pursue.
	S12 E50: The Long Winter, Part 3	(Sep 24)
	Kelwin appears to escape, but is found at the bottom of the ship, preparing to explode it, true to form; he is stopped, with finality.
	An Empty Gesture	Sav
	Sav loots Kelwin’s body and realizes the futility of revenge.
10 Autumn	S12 E51: Fragments	(Oct 1)
	The disparate forces are introduced to each other. The state of the Briarbird rebellion is updated and the magic-users put on a show. They decide to join forces, at least to get back to Galoring.
	Magic Lessons	Carter and Sav
	Carter takes Sav up on her offer to introduce folks to magic.
10 – 15 Autumn	S12 E52: Planning	(Oct 15)
	The team sails toward Pashat, divvy up people among the different ships, and plans are made.
11 Autumn	Hidden Thorns	Sav and Talith
	Talith returns a rope to Sav, who makes a jest of it. This somehow leads to Talith telling her about his little snake (not a euphemism).
12 Autumn	Lead in Our Minds Unfold	Ethan and Sav
	Sav unloads a bunch of memories of the Two Shoes on Ethan.
16 Autumn	Begrudging Acceptance	Carter and Sav
	Sav returns a valuable gem to Carter with news, and they talk about past histories.
25 Autumn	Knowing’s Cost	Carter and Warbler
	Carter asks Warbler about magic, and he demonstrates, to her dismay.
30 Autumn	S12 E53: Planning, Part 2	(Oct 22)
	what we always do
	S12 E54: Hemlock	(Oct 29)
	The crew enters Pashat. Astarael commits sabotage. Carter notices somebody rich she used to know. The birth of the legend of the Goof Troupe. The Swans discover Astarael’s sabotage and, indignant, close the port for a few days on a witchhunt.
	S12 E55: Vethrir Estate	(Nov 5)
	An innocent is scapegoated for the blame, but the team decides not to intervene. Astarael confesses she did it to Talith and Roux. Ethan and Warbler team up to investigate Amon Vethrir’s mansion and kill him.
31 Autumn	S12 E56: Nemra	(Nov 12)
	Sav smuggles a body in her bag for (probably?) the first time. Talith goes rogue and breaks the innocent woman out of jail, who turns out to be a not-all-that-innocent Briarbird. Alarms go up as Swans realize their prisoner escaped. Astarael attempts to leave and turn herself in, which Sav cockblocks.
	S12 E57: Inspector Ringeld	(Nov 19)
	Half the party hides while the Swans arrest the other half of the party. Carter enjoys the privileges of rank. A second body is stuffed into the Bag of Holding. A plague of tiny spiders invades the prison.
	S12 E58: The Death of Warbler	(Nov 26)
	The water-party concocts a plan and split. Warbler dies. Athelia learns an Inquisitor has been called to investigate all these reports of witchcraft. Carter enjoys the privileges of rank some more.
	S12 E59: Prison Break	(Dec 3)
	Ethan and Sav explode two ships to signal the prison team to escape. Carter does not enjoy the privilege of rank when it means kidnapping. Talith, Roux and Avarian retake the Tide’s Song. Astarael wrecks the Swan warship on the river.
	S12 E60: Prison Break, Part 2	(Dec 10)
	Escaping is still underway. Astarael and Sav continue to wreck the ship. Danica and Nemra help a Briarbird and get information in return. Carter kills her kidnapper/rescuer and joins the Briarbird team.
	S12 E61: Prison Break, Part 3	(Dec 17)
	Astarael and Sav finish wrecking the warship. The Tide’s Song casts off. The prison team escapes. The Briarbird team rescues a Briarbird leader and Vengeance. Everyone reunites, to Talith’s regret when Sylas stabs him.
	Fleeing Pashat	Athelia and Warbler
	Athelia and Warbler catch up briefly after the escape, speaking of death rites and what comes after this rebellion.
31–32 Autumn	S12 E62: [Shallow Wounds]()	(Jan 7 2022)
	Roux beats up Sylas for stabbing Talith. They make contact with the Briarbirds in the mountains. They realize from Sylas’s memories that the Baroness probably launched her wars to gain access to aasimar ruins.
32 Autumn	S12 E63: Turn Around	(Jan 14)
	Sylas and Danica share visions pulled from Ana’s feather. They see Omen. They also accidentally connect with the other bearers of a feather, Tyr Isendel and Inquisitor Blackwood. Oops. Later, Roux and Athelia bring a shred of the Feywild into this plane when they play beautiful music together. Oops x2.
	Fox Hunting	Ethan and Carter
	During a break in the planning, Carter and Ethan speak of motivations and death. As always.
	S12 E64: Bishop	(Jan 21)
	Ethan’s secret man is revealed (only to Astarael). Sav conducts anti-magic tests. Sylas fights a spirit in his head and learns he willed himself into being. Aloysius finds a ship flying Inquisition flags not far away.
	S12 E65: Blackwood	(Jan 28)
	They attack the ship, and Carter’s not-at-all secret but certainly unexpected brother reveals his dragon form.
	S12 E66: Omen	(Feb 4)
	They taunt happy fun Holland Blackwing, and just make him mad enough to kill Danica. She gets better immediately.
	Memories, Dreams, and the Worlds Between	Ethan
	Inside Ethan’s mind prison.
	Baric Blackwood	Carter
	Carter Blackwood remembers her brother.
	No Second Chances	Athelia and Avarian
	Athelia is haunted by what just happened, and Avarian speaks of the practicalities to keep them alive.
33 Autumn	S12 E67: Bucket	(Feb 11)
	Sylas rants drunkenly to Danica and vomits in her closet afterward. Danica confesses her love to Ethan. Holland’s papers reveal Alistair-Lin Isendel, the true heir to the Barony, is still alive and in Tyr Isendel’s power. They have a funeral for Holland Blackwood. Bax reads Sylas to filth. Sylas realizes and tells Sav that Adelard Sylas was her father.
	S12 E68: Seals	(Feb 18)
	Sav sinks a Swan warship and shows Ethan, Warbler and Astarael the correct elements for the teleportation circle (learned of from Kelwin’s journal) in the basement of the Cathedral.
	Sticks and Stones	Carter and Warbler
	Of justifications, dying Swans and protecting home.
33–34 Autumn	S12 E69: Ash	(Feb 25)
	Sav scouts the docks of Galoring, visits her mom’s grave in the cemetery, and stalks an old acquaintance. Warbler asks Athelia to be godparent to his garden. Ethan, Warbler, Avarian and Astarael have a secret meeting about secret tunnels. Carter and Athelia enjoy the sun.
	Storm in the Morning Light	Sav
	Sav visits her mother’s grave and catches her up on her new friends, then has a mini-breakdown over what she’s become.
34 Autumn	S12 E70: The Gardener	(Mar 5)
	stuff happens, wasn’t here and there’s no recording I know of
	Blackwood to Fairchild	Carter, Ethan
	Carter’s letter to Ethan.
	Dancing Around With Words	Ethan and Warbler
	Warbler and Ethan speak a little of the city on settling into their inn room in the port town south of Galoring.
33–36 Autumn	S12 E71: Coming Home	(Mar 11)
	Sav, breaking and entering, finds letters from Adelard Sylas indicating he sent funds for years. Ethan, Warbler and Grisham meet with Miriam, who proposes a deal: help for theft. Danica and Sylas talk about Bax, but Sylas doesn’t tell her Bax is still around. Carter grills Avarian. The team decides terrorism and kidnapping is the logical next step.
35–36 Autumn	S12 E72: Eavesdropping	(Mar 18)
	Sav breaks into the Spindlemark Theater and finds evidence of embezzlement, then magically scouts the Cathedral until she can’t. Ethan and Warbler are given their target for the theft. Talith and Sylas talk and come halfway to agreement. Carter and Danica talk, but Danica evades talking about Ethan. Nemra asks Astarael about Talith.
36–51 Autumn	S12 E73: Welcome to Glenhollow	(Mar 25)
	Warbler and Ethan investigate the hospital and refuse the job. Ethan flexes on Miriam. Carter grills Astarael on her plans and tries to get her on board her side. Danica thanks Athelia. Roux plays Athelia a song and sucks them into the Feywild. Sav is left bewildered when nobody shows up at the rendezvous point.
	Vanished
	How the Prime Material team got its groove back while the Tide’s Song was gallivanting in the Feywild.
	S12 E74: Spindlemark	(Mar 31)
	Warbler finds out the fate of his beloved hometown. The Tide’s Song returns to this plane. The Galoring team extorts Reis out of his ill-gotten gains. The team decides to meet up with the Briarbird forces on an island.
	Trust and Celebrations	Astarael and Sav
	Astarael and Sav catch up, Astarael quizzes Sav on Carter, and Sav asks Astarael to bake a half-birthday cake for Sylas.
	A Heavy Duty	Carter and Sav
	Sav goes to ask Carter to take care of the Spindlemark Theater, should anything happen to her; Carter in turn asks Sav to take care of the Blackwood smallfolk, should anything happen to her.
52–53 Autumn	S12 E75: The Feywild	(Apr 8)
	A Templar invites Warbler for tea. Reunions happen on the Briarbird islands. Roux figures out how to get back to the Feywild, and a rescue mission is launched. Sylas gains some inches.
	S12 E76: Cake	(Apr 15)
	Scouting happens and the ability to conference call is debuted. Plans are made. Sylas has some realizations. Warbler witnesses Worthiness.
54 Autumn	S12 E77: Discourse	(Apr 22)
	More family reunions happen, to Ellie’s confusion. Sylas and York swear an oath, and Sylas is almost immediately yeeted into the ether when he tells Danica that Bax is still out there. Found family reunions happen, to Bax’s confusion.
59 Autumn	The Other Kind of Cake	Bax, Tobias, Resh
	Two Briarbirds watch a strapping young lad pour water on himself.
55? / 63 Autumn	S12 E78: The Autumn's Turn Festival	(Apr 29)
	the one in which I was not really here and drunk when I did show up, but also ended with the Baroness killing Ellie in an Autumnal Harvest Wedding
63 Autumn	S12 E79: The Gifts of Moraeth	(May 6)
	Lots of planning.
	Dreams	Ethan
	Ethan suffers a recurring dream and comes to a realization.
64 Autumn	Times Change	Warbler and Hock
	Warbler plays a final game of Glenhollow Junction with Hock.
64–65 Autumn	S12 E80: Infiltration, Part 1	(May 13)
	The beginning of the end.
	S12 E81: Infiltration, Part 2	(May 20)
	Eirlys is rescued, and the alarm goes off. Opening shots are fired, and a Teleportation Circle is fixed.
	S12 E82: The Briarbird Rebellion, Part 1	(May 27)
	1.75 rounds of battle pass. Sylas and Bax talk a bit.
	S12 E83: The Briarbird Rebellion, Part 2	(Jun 3)
	Enormous slaughter happens, and a staircase is collapsed. Power sources, machines, and research is found, and general regrouping happens.
	S12 E84: Kill-Stealing	(Jun 17)
	They take the final fight to the final boss.
65–68 Autumn	S12 E85: Her Final Form	(Jun 24)
	Wait no this is the final boss. Recoveries and discoveries happen. So does behemoth-on-behemoth action.
68 Autumn 218	S12 E86: The Fall of the White Tower	(July 1)
	… wait no this is the final boss. Unfortunate discoveries are made.
	Epistolary Farewells	Astarael, Carter
	Astarael departs while the others are away, leaving only words behind.
	Personal Isn’t the Same as Important	Sav and Talith
	Sav finds a letter from Astarael and goes to commiserate with Talith.
72 Autumn – 80s Winter	Strength in Words	Bax
	Bax beat-slay-toughs himself into a bit more self-actualization after being named Ranger Warden and heading north to break up resistant Swan operations in Jorung.

219

Date	Title and Synopsis	Involved
Mid-Summer 219	Picking Up Where We Left Off	Bax and Sav
	Bax and Sav unexpectedly run into each other in the midst of a last-gasp Swan caravan near Northgate.
33 Winter 219	Ain’t Gonna Matter	Roux, Pip, Fingers
	Roux always finds himself in a pickle.