Jesters of Ravenloft is a D&D 5e podcast where a group of improvisers and comedians are thrust into a D&D campaign only to find out that THEY are the characters - and their sketch comedy troupe now has to escape the nightmare that is Ravenloft. A new episode drops every Friday and Saturday.
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Meaghan and Deanna discuss Dungeons and Dragons, horror gaming, and the dark domains of Ravenloft.
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The troupe is locked in combat with the Gargoyle King and five miniature gargoyles. New Rogue focused his powers entirely on keeping his goat safe, Shadow Nemesis tried to strike at the king, but hit Del instead, Tyler effectively conjured illusory clones of himself to draw the attention of the gargoyles, and Del psychically attacked with a Cronenb…
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Wet Change entered the church in the Nameless Graveyard and, when Del realized it was Thanksgiving, they decided to celebrate and found some food and drinks. Rumpleforeskin made a berry jelly and baked a calzone inside themself, they all played cards, and the Doctor Deputy put on such an incredible show with the Tech Deck that Tyler gave it to him …
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2.20 - Thanksgiving in Ravenloft
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The troupe left Protection Town and set off toward the Barren Hills. Del got her phone out and shared photos of them all in happier times and New Rogue connected again with Shadow Nemesis by reminiscing about Wet Change’s more bizarre sketches until they arrived at the Nameless Graveyard. Coming upon a church, they investigated the strange statues …
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2.19 - Extended Abstract Bits
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The troupe had some loose ends to tie up before leaving Protection Town. Tyler saved the Doctor Deputy’s life by transferring him into a rat and then into the extra doll he’d kept, Shadow Nemesis returned from the ethereal plane and the best sex of his life and threatened to slice up New Rogue if he ever touched the squire again, Del received Unsoi…
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2.18 - We Need A Common Enemy
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The troupe has become further divided! While Shadow Nemesis was being charmed by the demoness Lucretia, Tyler and Del noticed that they always seem to need something to fight against, otherwise they devolve into petty infighting, and New Rogue taught the Doctor Deputy to channel prayer into magic before the squire revealed he’d in fact been praying…
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The troupe suffered fallout from the bathroom ordeal that began at Chateau Nemesis. Tyler fastened a cloak into a kilt and gave Del his pants along with his jug of alchemy, which produced only mayonnaise, leaving it to Rumpleforeskin to lead a firefighting robot over to Del to finally spray her off. Meanwhile, New Rogue began the Doctor Deputy’s fi…
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2.16 - Do You Have Spare Pants
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After hearing the Doctor Deputy’s concerning intentions, Tyler and Del convinced Denton Arthur to program safeguards into the squire’s robot body, Shadow Nemesis tried to teach the squire to not kill innocent people unless he was told to, and New Rogue unconsciously destroyed Ivan with his spectral hands and was left feeling even more distraught. A…
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After the robots saved the burning church, the troupe tried to get their bearings. Shadow Nemesis convinced Denton Arthur to make a robot suit for the Doctor Deputy, the squire voiced his excitement about shooting villagers, Del and Tyler realized they would have to be the ones to teach the squire to be a better person, and New Rogue was incensed b…
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The troupe entered Denton Arthur’s workshop, where the old man scanned their souls to distinguish them from doll swaps or doppelgangers in the future. Shadow Nemesis posed as a like-minded scientist type to ingratiate himself, Tyler covertly warned Denton of Shadow Nemesis’s nefarious ways, and New Rogue asked him to make him some protective gauntl…
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The troupe were pursued by stitch monsters, but robots soon arrived and blasted them back. They set off toward the nearby town, Shadow Nemesis tried and failed to seize control of the robots, New Rogue tried to indoctrinate the Doctor Deputy about Ezra, Tyler conferred with the god and learned there might be other hero-like folk around, and Del had…
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As the troupe trundled along, they were beset by two Frankenstein-like stitch monsters. Tyler summoned vinegar and put Del’s finger in it to preserve it, I guess, Shadow Nemesis destroyed the carriage when he raged into a giant while still inside it and then hurled half of it at the monsters, Del drew some of her ghost friends into existence to hel…
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After the terrify demon encounter, the troupe paused to assess the situation. New Rogue had a crisis about not being great at healing, Shadow Nemesis found out that Shadow Master doesn’t know anything about this realm, Tyler determined that Del’s ring couldn’t be removed without high-level magic, and Del got so upset and pulled at the ring so hard,…
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2.10 - How Many Is One?
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After Del put out the fire by miraculously conjuring rain, the troupe set off deeper into the new realm. They had finally deduced that Del’s oppositional nature was due to her new ring, when a meteor crashed into the ground and a demonic figure arose before them. New Rogue tried to befriend the demon, but was instead declared the chosen one of this…
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2.09 - A Hero and His Wet Change
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As the raging forest fire approached, the troupe fought off a large spectral doll! The Doctor Deputy accidentally stabbed Tyler with a steak knife, Shadow Nemesis retreated with the squire to the carriage, New Rogue managed to calm the doll’s mind slightly, and Tyler hit the spectre, giving everyone else the chance to escape. Del managed to defeat …
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Introducing... Blood & Syrup - Episode 2.01
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Since part of Wet Change and our DM were out sick this week, we'd like to introduce you to another Dumb-Dumbs & Dice show we think you'll enjoy: the second season of BLOOD & SYRUP, a Vampire the Masquerade podcast featuring familiar regulars Tyler Hewitt and Del Borovic as players and Ryan LaPlante as Storyteller, as well as Clare Blackwood (The My…
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Introducing... Hack N Slash - Episode 1
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Since part of Wet Change and our DM were out sick this week, we'd like to introduce you a new show by Dumb-Dumbs & Dice we think you'll enjoy: HACK N SLASH! HACK N SLASH is a four-part improvised comedic mini-series featuring Ryan LaPlante as the Keeper, Del Borovic as Shadow Lady, and three new voices: Josh Halbot as Bloody Mark, Kevin Hanna as Ta…
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2.08 - The Fire’s A Ghost Now
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The troupe was finally reunited! New Rogue had found himself inside the stomach of an owl, tickled his way out, set the forest on fire, failed to befriend a wolf, and was rescued by Del’s boar, who carried him back to the cottage and his real body. Del—under the power of the Ring of Contrariness—provoked the Doctor Deputy into trying to steal her b…
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2.07 - The Umbilicus of Ezra
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The troupe fought for the bodies and the lives of their friends. Del used the hand of the deceased Amena Savant to release Rumpleforeskin, Shadow Nemesis tried to knock out the possessed Doctor Deputy, but accidentally killed him, and Tyler negotiated with the doll inhabiting New Rogue to stop fighting. But in a tense moment, the doll stabbed New R…
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The troupe fought to take back their real bodies! New Rogue was immediately eaten and carried off by an owl while his possessed body attacked the others, Tyler catapulted himself and Del upon the corpse of an owl to his own body and managed to needle himself back into it, Del leapt off Tyler’s head and onto her body, regaining possession of it, and…
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2.05 - Riding an Owl to Glory
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The doll forms of Wet Change made it out of their box and tried to find their bodies. Del was distraught over Rumpleforeskin and was haunted by the ghost of the innkeeper, New Rogue cracked his wooden butt getting to the floor but managed to find a magical collar amongst the bone horse’s bones, Tyler called to his bat familiar, Ivan, who spotted th…
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After being stabbed in the ankles by living dolls and passing out, the troupe woke up to find themselves transformed into dolls and trapped in a box! Shadow Nemesis attacked Tyler before realizing who he was, Del tested a wand gifted to them by the Watchers but accidentally blasted Tyler into unconsciousness and shattered the doll form of a fellow …
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2.03 - My Nemesense is Tingling
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After the Clockwork Watch was easily dispatched by the citizens of Happy Town, the new dark lord was suddenly keen to leave the realm and the troupe entered a mysterious domain with their trusty bone horse. They were joined by the newly resurrected Doctor Deputy, met a strange creature called the Nilbog, and arrived at a cottage. Del, New Rogue, an…
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2.02 - Ezra Gives and Ezra Takes
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While Happy Town celebrated the “We Hate Shadow Nemesis” Festival, Wet Change found themselves in the Dark One’s castle, trying to determine their next move. New Rogue ventured into town to find out that the citizens only hate Shadow Nemesis, Tyler finally spoke with Ezra again and learned how Ravenloft works, Del was thrilled that her bone horse f…
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2.01 - Burned by God’s Flame
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Welcome to Season Two of Jesters of Ravenloft! If you’re joining the show now, I’ll give you a quick recap! The sketch comedy troupe Wet Change were sucked into Ravenloft by Ezra, the god of the mists, and were changed by their journeys. Del became a bard who can talk to ghosts, Tyler turned green and became a combat wizard with massive horns, Guy …
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The troupe fought to escape their own personal nightmares and the all too real nightmarish enemies before them. Tyler and Shadow Nemesis figured out that when they were in contact, they both had Tyler’s immunity to the nightmares and Shadow Nemesis’s ability to see in the dark, so they fought their way to Del and woke her up. But Tyler was struck d…
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The troupe faced their trial and were found guilty. Shadow Nemesis was offered a place beside the Dark One, and when he refused, they were all plunged into combat in the dark, but New Rogue had distracted the Clockwork Watch earlier to smuggle their weapons inside. Tyler was led by the Reality Blade to Shadow Nemesis, who could see in the dark thro…
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1.28 - An Unbalanced Trial
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The troupe are going to mount a legal defence, but also attempt to smuggle weapons into their trial, just in case. Del talked with Tyler about her moral turmoil at having killed people in Ravenloft, Tyler passed the bar—so to speak—and was declared the best lawyer in town by the local solicitor, New Rogue tried on some gloves and booties that shoul…
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1.27 - Group Accountability
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The troupe and all of Happy Town were visited by the terrifying spectral face of the Dark One in the sky! They have to report to the Dark One, Judge Karma, for trial, or their friends’ lives will be forfeit. Tyler couldn’t contact Ezra and noticed the mists looking strangely dark and solid, New Rogue prayed and decided that Del’s boar went to heave…
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Happy Town was attacked by the Clockwork Watch, but the townsfolk, the Vistani, and the troupe all fought back! New Rogue set a bunch of the robotic police on fire with his sacred flame and Tyler did some major damage with an icy spell, both breaking the enemy’s ranks and allowing the town to push them back. Del directed her boar into the battle, b…
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1.25 - I’m a Good Guy, Don’t Be Suspicious
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The troupe fought off the rats from the hat! After the play, which seemed remarkably similar to the plot of Quantumania, Shadow Master recognized one of the Vistani and commanded Shadam to kill him, Del was pressured by the bards into becoming a candidate in a snap election for their new leader, running against Rupert Darrlin, and when Rupert’s spe…
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The traveling Vistani are putting on a show in Happy Town! Del convinced the local bards to stop following Rupert Darrlin, New Rogue accidentally hurt Tyler with his hands again, and Tyler became aware that Shadow Jimmy, Glow, and the Omega Sergeant were all giving him dirty looks. Meanwhile, Shadam bullied Paul Rudd until he realized the townsfolk…
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The troupe concluded their training! Tyler completed his malodourous, combative lessons to become a Bladesinger, Del started sketching out spells to help tidy up the town and discovered that her D&D pokeball animals only live for a day, Shadow Rogue learned to be briefer in his prayers and started to feel Ezra’s presence, and Shadam unlearned all h…
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1.22 - Lessons and a Letter
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The heroes of Wet Change are mastering new skills in preparation to face the Dark One! Shadow Rogue studied with a cleric and realized he needed to pray outside of moments of crisis, Del butted heads with the arrogant leader of the bards but learned some spells along the way, Shadam channeled his rage alongside the barbarian leader, and Tyler had t…
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Back in Happy Town after defeating the lizardfolk, the troupe chose the guilds they want to learn from. Shadow Rogue spoke with Tyler and realized the puppet show Ezra put on was heavily inaccurate, leading those two to reconnect with a trust fall, Del received a D&D pokeball, which produced a weasel for her and a giant rat she gave to Shadam, and …
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Having defeated the Lizard Mayor, the troupe set out back to Happy Town. Shadow Nemesis—now calling himself “Shadam”—tried and failed to take charge of the Lizardfolk, Shadow Rogue took pity on the squire and tried to connect with him, Tyler used skills bestowed upon him by Ezra to lead them safely back to shore, and Del was able to concentrate ove…
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1.19 - I DON’T KNOW, I’M CONFLICTED
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The troupe fought the chieftain of the Lizardfolk! Shadow Nemesis tried to eat Hazel after she accidentally shot him in the eye but Tyler calmed him with a healing potion, Shadow Rogue got his hands on the lizard but his attack had no effect, Tyler struck the lizard with his greatsword but the sword shattered, and Del—realizing they might need more…
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1.18 - Battling the Lizard Mayor
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The troupe reached the temple at the top of the ziggurat and decided to wait for Adam to join them. Del did a card trick to pass the time, but was really bad at it, Tyler disguised himself as a Lizardfolk to venture into the temple, and Shadow Rogue proposed that they pretend to be prisoners to get further inside. When Adam—now styling himself as ‘…
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The troupe managed to survive the blast from the squire’s gems! Shadow Rogue received a Lifewell tattoo from the Mists, Adam congratulated Hazel on taking a life and encouraged her to keep doing evil things, Tyler overheard their conversation and confronted Adam about having not reformed his evil ways, and he, Del, and Shadow Rogue got sick of Adam…
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While the rest of the troupe had been setting sail, Shadow Rogue watched a puppet show of the events of his life, albeit a bit skewed toward Ezra’s best guesses, before popping back to the troupe with a general sense of his life before his amnesia. Adam was gifted a Bag of Holding from the Watchers, the troupe was gifted a shield, which Tyler wield…
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1.15 - The Life of Guy Bradford
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The troupe set out to fight the Lizardfolk! With Shadow Rogue still in a trance over Werner Herzog’s body, Ezra took him to try to get him his memories back, and in his place, summoned the troupe’s old friend Kat Letwin! Adam tried to annoy Shadow Master into leaving him with his incessant singing, Tyler received a very Useful cloak as a birthday g…
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1.14 - It’s OK for Symbiotes to Cry
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The troupe set out to fight the Lizardfolk! With Shadow Rogue still in a trance over Werner Herzog’s body, Ezra took him to try to get him his memories back, and in his place, summoned the troupe’s old friend Kat Letwin! Adam tried to annoy Shadow Master into leaving him with his incessant singing, Tyler received a very Useful cloak as a birthday g…
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1.13 - Setting Sail toward the Lizardfolk
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The troupe were once again met by the shadowy figure, who declared that the Dark One—furious about the defeat of the Skinless—had removed the Spiderfolk and brought forth a more dangerous horror: the Lizardfolk. They returned to Happy Town to find the Skinless reintegrating with the citizens and met Paul Rudd, the new mayor. Tyler faced the permane…
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1.12 - You Gotta Change Up the Key Words
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The troupe went through the hell door and faced down a demon to save Werner. Adam used Werner as a human shield, who was then partly eaten by the demon, Del saved Tyler by knocking the demon into a cauldron of bloodr, and Shadow Rogue pinned the demon beneath the surface using his Immovable Rod. When Adam started eating the rest of Werner’s body, t…
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1.11 - Promoted to Soup
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The troupe ventured into the caves to save Werner Herzog and fought off some Skinless, a werewolf, and a demon! Del was unintentionally hurt by Shadow Rogue, first when she high-fived him without thinking and again when he tried to heal her, Adam picked up a decapitated Skinless head to supposedly check for traps but then tasted its brain, and Tyle…
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1.10 - The Principal Skinner
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The troupe had been captured by the Dark One’s servants and brought to the Skinless because they’d defeated the Black Knight. The Skinless liked Del’s skin the best, Shadow Rogue started to remember various pop culture references, and Adam convinced a recently-skinless Peter Nutter to let them out of their cage only to promptly eat him to the horro…
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1.09 - Trickle-Down Skinomics
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The troupe returned to Happy Town and were met with a parade in their honour. Shadow Rogue started praying to Ezra through song, while Tyler tried to strategize with Werner Herzog but instead scared Werner so much, that the mayor renounced his atheism and joined in singing praise to Ezra. Del became drinking buddies and good friends with Rumplefore…
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1.08 - I Want to Get Drunk with the Horse
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The troupe called upon Ezra to bring Guy back to life, but he came back with ghostly hands and no memory and renamed himself Shadow Rogue. Del tried to rally them all to hurry up so they could get Tyler the medical help he urgently needed, but as they left the ruined temple, Adam got distracted: first by the squires, who he recruited to fight the S…
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1.07 - Doctor Deputy Establishes Dominance
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Having made it past the slime mummies, the troupe met Rumpleforeskin, an intelligent skeletal horse who offered to help them defeat the Black Knight. Del stood atop the human pyramid of the troupe, removed the Knight’s helm, and stabbed him, thus beginning a desperate combat. Tyler grappled him, Del got locked in a psychic battle, Adam picked up th…
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1.06 - Too Many Prime Ministers
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The troupe finally entered the ruined temple of Ezra and began fighting off the Black Knight’s defences! Del took a stand against three Nightmare Dogs, but ultimately ran away as Adam distracted one of them with pizza, Guy accidentally released a slime monster when he hurled a sarcophagus lid at the pursuing dogs, and Tyler threw himself onto the l…
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The troupe finally got outfitted in their fighting gear! Now that they’ve accepted the role of the Chosen One and his entourage, the troupe learned that they’ll have to defeat the three great evils over the next three days, or they’ll be executed as pretenders who took advantage of the prophecy. The only question now is: can they make it to the Bla…
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