dungeons-and-dragons/beyond-the-veil/episode/pt5.md

# Part 5

## Episode 49: The Great Babu

> Summary: The party went back in time minus Camilla, they need to figure out what to do next...
> The party goes to Taterthorn the Timeless.

As the party travels to Taterthorn, Noxx and Bit begin carving the insignia of the Traveler in the trees.

We encounter an old man on the travel. We end up in a weird situation where we seem to be in a space paradox.
The man has odd tattoos on his hands and is squeezing his eyes shut beneath his hood.

The man is chanting something. I hear 'order', and identify the language as old valerian. It sounds like a prayer. Likely for Imperious, a minor god of order.
Locke recalls that the tattoos in the olden times were normally on those who were the most devoted to a diety.

We continue traveling and we notice something in the distance. A clearing from the woods.
We push our way through and we see a rather beaten down trail, oddly it seems to only be maintained for someone of Neil's height.
Following the path we eventually make it to a visible light. We see a minurature wizard tower in an area that is semi maintained.
There is a lot of clutter, with many of the items visible being potato related. However, nothing like we had seen at the warehouse.
Someone irrily similar to Nern comes out of hiding. A skinny harry potter looking human man, holding a bundle of sticks. He is rather startled when we see him. His name is Keth.
We are required to climb up the tower for some reason. As we enter there is a hatch that we go through. As we enter the hatch we are transported somwhere.
The room we teleport to is the equivalent to the Roman Coloseium. An ever expansive library.
Taterthorn gives us quite an excuisite entrance.
There was another scenario like ours. 'Tillia' apparently this happened to. Because he revealed this information Taterthorn tells him to 'explode'.
He is rather interested when we mention the book 'When Death Marches'. A book from his personal chambers.
Tillia references an angel.
A few days ago Tillia came to Taterthorn's doorstep claiming to have lost her brother; Orso.
She was traveling along the lines of what we know as the thunder coast. They stopped to setup camp and nearby there was a crack of sorts and her brother was missing.
Right now we are in year 12,389, our world is 7,999 After Eternity.
Locke recalls that around this time it is speculated to be the beginning of the Throne of Eternity conflict. So we are around 8,000 years in the past. The ball park is around 1,000 years of conflict.
Taterthorn is currently 4,586 give or take a few centuries. He recommends not reading the book.
Babu/Taterthorn's grandfathers name is Shmebulock.
Wendig the Glutton, is a fae creature that he knows. The angel's name is Remis of the goddess of time.
We tell him about the Imperious cultist, and he says we probably encountered a liberator. They have divine magic outside the realm of his understanding.
Noxx asks him about the Espata, and he seems well aware of them. The Espata are valeria's finest. They are genetically alterd for war.

> Theory, Duskar was a dead Espata

The text was given to him by his father, it was his lifes work to destroy every copy of it. It teaches a very dark path of magics. Its a lot like litchdom.
When death marches isn't talking about an event, its talking about a person, the death march. Even he doesn't want to read the text.
He doesn't know if the death march is something to come, he isn't sure what it is. He can say that the information shouldn't fall into any hands.
Babu/Tater was unaware of the book being blank.
Empress Nymn, the god touched. Gave the thunder coast its name.
We are going to go to the coast, and find the angel Remis with Tillia. Remis is an angel of the time goddess so we might get more information if we find him. Also we need to find Tilla's brother Orso.

As we fall asleep, Neil wakes up to a bright light on some dirt path. From behind something is behind him...
He turns to see, a foot behind him, a hunched over figure. He is on a path he was on before.
The eyes are cross stiched shut, and as he looks up his teeth are gray and rotted. Face is artifically old looking like the life was sucked out of a younger man.
The chant stops... A smile grows, 'hello boy, tell me, may I have your name'
Neil demands his name..
'I am your liberator' Neil casts guiding bolt.
As the creature gets hit, Neil sees a familiar yellow glow come from the crevices of the stitched eyes.