Tales by Daggerlight

Episode SummaryHallowmere has been warned, and this time the Mare of Echoing Roots is very clear: something is coming.The party spends the daylight turning a swamp village into a fortress. Seraphina gives the people something to hold onto. Zeph and Severian fortify the Rootbound Hall. Kua arms civilians with whatever Hallowmere can spare. And Basagar, caught between the people he came from and the people he’s choosing to protect, reaches into the Mare for help, and finds something ancient reaching back.Then the forest goes silent.Briar Warriors pour into Hallowmere from every direction, and the village answers with steel, magic, tooth, claw, and a surprising amount of weaponized swamp water.The first wave breaks.Then Oryx steps out of the trees.And he came for Basagar.Content Warnings• Warfare and mass violence • Blood, gore, and decapitation • Body horror and magical corruption imagery • Civilians and children in danger • Refugees and displacementMusic / SFX LicensingMusic and Sound by Soundstripe, Monument Studios’ Fantasy+, and Syrinscape!https://www.soundstripe.com/https://www.fantasyplus.app/https://syrinscape.com/Tales_by_DaggerlightBecause Epic Games Need Epic Sound!Complete list of Syrinscape credits here: https://tinyurl.com/TBD-Syrinscape-18LinksSocials: https://talesbydaggerlight.com/communityDaggerheart NoticeThis product includes materials from the Daggerheart System Reference Document 1.0, © Critical Role, LLC. under the terms of the Darrington Press Community Gaming (DPCGL) License. More information can be found at https://www.daggerheart.com/. There are no previous modifications by others.

Episode SummaryHallowmere has shelter.It also has questions.Beneath the Chapel of the Ninefold Root, the party meets Thistle, the last of the Rosari, and finds that the Verdance has been trying to speak through rot, memory, and blackwater.The Lumora offer answers, but not gently.Zeph sees old ties tightening in Virelia. Kua finds proof that hope may still be moving inside the fallen city. Seraphina remembers fire as something other than fear. Severian sees what his people were, what they may have become, and what Oryx has taken from them. Basagar is shown a beginning he was never meant to remember.Every vision gives them something useful.Every truth takes something back.And somewhere beyond Hallowmere, the Heartwood is still bleeding.Content Warnings• Disturbing visions and memory loss • Body horror imagery • Blood and injury • References to death and public execution • War / apocalyptic imagery • Family trauma and lost identity • Prejudice / dehumanizing language Music / SFX LicensingMusic and Sound by Soundstripe, Monument Studios’ Fantasy+, and Syrinscape!https://www.soundstripe.com/https://www.fantasyplus.app/https://syrinscape.com/Tales_by_DaggerlightBecause Epic Games Need Epic Sound!Complete list of Syrinscape credits here: https://tinyurl.com/TBD-Syrinscape-17Additional Freesound credit:25th of May 2014 thunderstorm in Pécel by csengerihttps://freesound.org/s/238678/ -- License: Attribution 4.0LinksSocials: https://talesbydaggerlight.com/communityDaggerheart NoticeThis product includes materials from the Daggerheart System Reference Document 1.0, © Critical Role, LLC. under the terms of the Darrington Press Community Gaming (DPCGL) License. More information can be found at https://www.daggerheart.com/. There are no previous modifications by others.

Episode SummaryThe Verdance does not sleep quietly.After a night beneath the trees, Basagar wakes from a vision of rot, blood, and a voice that should not have found him. Oryx is searching. The Heartwood may be dying. And the road to Haemawud suddenly feels much shorter than anyone would like.But the forest has its own delays.The party pushes deeper into the Verdance with royal refugees, exhausted nobles, and the Ghore Bound in tow. There are old bridges, strange tracks, bad decisions, and one very important lesson about eating unidentified forest delicacies.Then a new path appears.Hallowmere waits in the blackwater.And whatever happened to Haemawud did not stay there.Content Warnings • Body horror imagery • Refugees fleeing political violence • References to public execution • Panic and trauma response • Burn injuries • Drugged / intoxicated behavior • Prejudice / dehumanizing language • Threats of violence Music / SFX LicensingMusic and sound by Monument Studios’ Fantasy+ and Syrinscape.Fantasy+: https://www.fantasyplus.app/ Syrinscape: https://syrinscape.com/Tales_by_Daggerlight Complete Syrinscape credits: https://tinyurl.com/TBD-SyrinscapeBecause Epic Games Need Epic Sound!Additional Freesound credit:tibetan chant falsalama d# low reverb.wav by Falsalama — https://freesound.org/s/64617/ — License: Sampling+LinksSocials: https://talesbydaggerlight.com/communityDaggerheart NoticeThis product includes materials from the Daggerheart System Reference Document 1.0, © Critical Role, LLC. under the terms of the Darrington Press Community Gaming (DPCGL) License. More information can be found at https://www.daggerheart.com/. There are no previous modifications by others.

Episode SummaryThe campfires are lit, but no one is really resting.Deep in the Verdance Forest, the party finally has enough quiet to ask the questions that have been waiting too long. Zeph learns more about the mother he lost, the father he never knew, and the royal bloodline that left him behind. Seraphina finds herself tied to a name from the Fey Realm. Basagar reaches into the First Blood and hears something reaching back.And then the old map opens.What was carried out of Virelia may be more than a way forward. It may be a warning, a confession, and the first real clue to what the First Blood cost.The Heartwood is waiting.So is Oryx.Content Warnings• Family trauma and abandonment • Discussion of parental neglect and alcoholism • Political violence and aftermath of a coup • References to public execution • Bloodline persecution • Magical corruption / spreading sickness • Panic and trauma response Music / SFX LicensingMusic and sound effects licensed via Soundstripe (Pro), Fantasy+ (Monument Studios).Track/playlist details used under subscription license:Intro Music: Kai Bittner, “Tales by Daggerlight Theme Music”Soundstripe: https://www.soundstripe.com/Fantasy+: https://www.fantasyplus.app/Monument Studios: https://www.monumentstudios.net/LinksSocials: https://talesbydaggerlight.com/communityDaggerheart NoticeThis product includes materials from the Daggerheart System Reference Document 1.0, © Critical Role, LLC. under the terms of the Darrington Press Community Gaming (DPCGL) License. More information can be found at https://www.daggerheart.com/. There are no previous modifications by others.

Episode SummaryVirelia burns behind them.The Verdance waits ahead.After escaping Ghorelitch Mesa, the party leads a frightened group of royal survivors into the cold, wet dark beyond the city walls. For most of them, the forest is a mystery. For Basagar and Severian, it is something stranger than safety.It is home.But home does not mean harmless. The Abrogate is hunting royal blood, the refugees are exhausted, and every fire they light risks being seen by someone, or something, in the trees.The party needs food, shelter, and one quiet night.The Verdance offers two out of three.Content Warnings• Civil unrest and aftermath of a political coup• References to public execution / body display• Refugees fleeing violence• Exhaustion and survival stress• Animal hunting and field dressing references• Animal attack / bite• Blood and injury• Mild body horror / corrupted wildlife• Family tension and hidden parentageMusic / SFX LicensingMusic and sound effects licensed via Soundstripe (Pro), Fantasy+ (Monument Studios), and Syrinscape.Track/playlist details used under subscription license:Intro Music: Kai Bittner, “Tales by Daggerlight Theme Music”Soundstripe: https://www.soundstripe.com/Fantasy+: https://www.fantasyplus.app/Monument Studios: https://www.monumentstudios.net/Grunts Roar by TheVeoMammoth11-- https://freesound.org/s/492652/ -- License: Attribution 3.0Music and Sound by Syrinscape.syrinscape.com/Tales_by_Daggerlight"Because Epic Games Need Epic Sound"Complete list of credits here: https://syrinscape.com/attributions/?id=928LinksSocials: https://talesbydaggerlight.com/communityDaggerheart NoticeThis product includes materials from the Daggerheart System Reference Document 1.0, © Critical Role, LLC. under the terms of the Darrington Press Community Gaming (DPCGL) License. More information can be found at https://www.daggerheart.com/. There are no previous modifications by others.