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I'll be writing up a rundown on the church/government structure at some point, just letting y'all know!

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Of Fate and Balance Recaps Masterpost

S2E1: Secrets on the Sea

S2E2: Nothing's Fair in Love and War

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Of Fate and Balance, Season 2 Episode 2

Last episode ended with the party on the boat, finally seeing land on the horizon, getting ready to arrive in Icobury. They discuss plans moving forward before deciding that they'll all, except for Gorvi and Elemin, go to Pool's house about 30 min from the docks and split off from there.

They get off the boat, and Ruthie immediately spots someone who clocks the tilted scale on the ship and runs; Ruthie starts to run after them. Acera stops her though and sends Arawn after the person instead, and Pool, Carlin, Acera, and Ruthie head to the library.

Gorvi, on the docks with Elemin, is confronted by a dock worker who asks for 30GP per day for the ship to stay. Gorvi intimidates him into taking 10GP per day.

Arawn, following the person who saw the scale, catches up as they approach the local Church of Kalama - the ruling church of Icobury. Arawn, now knowing the person's destination, grabs and threatens them. The person says that any information they give up with land them in a worse situation, and eventually tries to escape, leading Arawn to stab and kill them. Arawn drags their dead drunk body back to an alleyway and put it in their portable hole before heading back to the ship. Arawn investigates them and their body on the ship and finds the symbol of the cult stitched into their cloak and a note about payment for information, though no brand on their body.

In his home, the library, Pool grabs three sets of sending stones, a magic pearl for Elemin, and a hat for Ruthie that allows her to cast disguise self at will. Pool runs a set of the sending stones back to the ship for Gorvi while Carlin, Ruthie, and Acera head to a nearby Church of Lev so Acera can get her letters sent off.

Carlin, Ruthie, and Acera arrive at the Church of Lev to find a person keeping the place up. Upon seeing Acera, they immediately run over and offer a seat and tea and anything she needs. They introduce themself as Dagny, a head of this church. Acera asks for a messenger to send some messages immediately, and Dagny sends a local messenger off to the Church of Kalama for one of their long-distance messengers. The messenger returns with an additional messenger and a note from the Church of Kalama asking for a meeting with Acera. She eventually decides to agree and offers to arrive at the Church in the morning. They head back to the library.

In the meantime, Pool arrives back at the ship, hands off a sending stone, and takes Elemin back to the library to show off his magic items. Pool gets the update via Carlin's new sending stone but heads off to see Aleem, his librarian mentor.

From the ship, Arawn spots a faded poster hanging on a message board on the docks - a poster with Pool's face on it that says "Wanted" above and "for murder" below, with a gold piece reward for capture.

In the library, Ruthie and Carlin argue about who will go with Acera to meet with the Church of Kalama in the morning. Acera slips away, and when Ruthie walks out, Elemin follows. Carlin finds Acera, and they talk. Ruthie and Elemin talk as well, and eventually, they all find themselves preparing to rest.

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Of Fate and Balance, Season 2 Episode 1

As a recap, the party has just destroyed the orb and is now relaxing outside the cathedral room, Acera having brought life back to portions of the garden.

Eventually, they look up at the sky and realise that they can no longer see the sun or moon or stars, and they begin to panic a little before deciding to take the boat and leave.

On their way out, Allura is encouraged to stay behind, and a voice (suggested to by Nyssa) promises Acera that Allura will be safe, granting her a mirror that Allura can communicate through.

The rest get on the boat and start to sail towards the mainland with Arawn's guidance and Acera's magical House of Aroth homing beacon. After leaving some border of the island, the sun, moon, and stars become visible again.

On the boat, Pool knocked out asleep, everyone else does a little exploring, finding rations in the storage room, maps to Thrallia in the captain's quarters, and shrines to Rua in the sleeping quarters. Everyone takes a break for lunch but Acera asks Ruthie to leave for a second before arguing with Arawn and Carlin over telling her about the brand. Finally, they both leave and Acera is left in the galley with Gorvi and a soon returning Ruthie, Carlin secretly hiding somewhere nearby.

Acera reveals the brand and the nature of the previous conversation and Ruthie does, indeed, freak out about it a bit. She storms into the captain's quarters where she sees Elemin looking for something, and then kicks them out and starts to read the updated copies of the Zenith Scrolls stored there.

Acera and Gorvi decide to sleep on the deck rather than the sleeping quarters around the shrines, and Arawn joins them. Elemin offers to make dinner, and that's that as most people bed down for a rest.

Until Pool wakes up, and Ruthie leaves the captain's quarters, having just trashed it, and attacks him. She punches him multiple times before flying up above the ship, among the clouds.

Everyone has dinner, and after, Ruthie and Acera have a talk until they realise Carlin is and has been missing. Ruthie tracks Carlin's cape with Acera and Pool not far behind, and finds him hiding in the storage room.

Ruthie and Carlin almost get into a fistfight, in part because Carlin references Ruthie's "girlfriend," but Acera stops them before it can happen. Ruthie and Acera leave back to the main deck, and Pool talks to Carlin for a bit ("what's your favorite animal?" "I can't answer that question right now") before heading back up.

Pool and Ruthie talk, and finally, they all rest.

The rest of travel is largely uneventful. Pool and Elemin practice magic stuff together (turns out Elemin was looking for a replacement spell book for theirs that got destroyed in the water), Ruthie is tense but not necessarily aggressive, Acera is tired, Arawn leaves notes for Acera and Ruthie, Gorvi is seasick and nervous, Carlin is nowhere to be found as long as he can help it.

And then, there's land on the horizon, and they must prepare.

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Hey what does each of the gods represent??? I can’t remember and the fandom wiki is down. Can someone plz explain what each of them stands for…

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Hey y’all! I’m going to write recaps for every episode of Of Fate and Balance (and any other Lunch Bunch properties 👀). Recaps should come out a day or two after episodes. Let me know if there’s anything you want me to tag!