Zeitgeist S04E04: Grand Chaos
The Bloodstone Vigil quickly ran to the top of the train and attacked the giant monster. It was a great tentacled mass that reeked of swamp, as though the tainted land itself had come to life.
As they fought off its tendrils, the party saw bandits riding out of the Malicelands, attacking the freight carriage. Fighting past the monster, the Vigil converged on the freight carriage where they fought off a group of bandits. One of them almost stole a pearl, but the Vigil killed the bandits. They ascertained that the bandits were able to work with or control the monster by using its scent.
The owner of the pearl, a man in black called Nicholas Nikolovich, claimed it and thanked the Vigil for returning his property.
The train started again and arrived in the town of Nalaam. Ruled by organised crime groups, Nalaam was the place where anything could be gotten for a price. It was also the place where Elanor was planning to sell her captive.
The Vigil split into two groups. Mickey and Robert went to the casino, trailing Verzublack Tantalovich and Bree, to see if they made contact with any more Obscurati members. Sora, Bram and Tal'zahr followed Elanor, who was taking her bound captive, Isobel, one of the last eladrin, to a slave auction. Sora gave her familiar rock to Mickey, saying it would give him a headache as a message if they needed help.
Sora, Bram and Tal'zahr followed Elanor to an exclusive hotel and wondered how to interrupt the auction. Sora's plan, to copy the priest, was written off when she realized how closely he interacted with his entourage. Instead, the group was joined by Mr. Mapple , who asked them what they planned to do.
The auction began, and Sora didn't have a clear plan. She activated her magic stone.
Meanwhile, Robert and Mickey learned that Bree and Verzublack were receiving instructions from another party -- but they didn't know who this person was. And then a splitting headache crossed Mickey's mind, stunning him; Sora had activated her stone.
Robert and Mickey knew that Sora needed their help, but where was she?
Meanwhile, back at the hotel, Sora's attempt to cast a spell backfired in the wild magic zone, transforming her into a stone statue. Without any better idea, Tal'zahr and Bram carried the statue into the auction of insanely rich crimelords and pretended they were setting up the statuary. It had started — in attendance was the priest, Father Balthazar, the necromancer Nicholas Nicolovich, and a man covered in crawling insects called Jaime the Weevil.
Tal'zahr grew frantic at the prospect of dooming one of his eladrin relatives to slavery, and decided to cast spells until he triggered a wild magic surge. Eventually, one triggered and...