S4E4 (Pirates of Salt Bay episode)

"S4E4" is the fourth episode of the fourth and final season of Pirates of Salt Bay. This episode aired live on September 15, 2020 on the Saving Throw Twitch channel, and is archived on the YouTube channel. Of note, this episode was streamed remotely due to precautions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Summary
We jump ahead a few years and see what the Salt Baes have been doing for the last 20 or so years. When they're called for an event, things take a turn.

Full Synopsis
Addi goes to join the rest of the Baes in Freyr, and meets up with them in the office of Dean Bowden Brightmast in time to see him restored from being frozen in time with a fatal injury via a wish spell from Brae Gol'bck.

While the Dean catches up on the safety of the children he sent to hide and the fate of the goliaths and robed figure that attacked him, Addi is going through the orphanage's records and finds a sketch of a young boy she knows must be her son. Dean Brightmast finds the full record of the child, Peter Gale, and tells her what he can remember about Peter's childhood, graduation and future plans.

Bael Kiori and Trislynn have a long overdue conversation about Malina and come to an understanding, with tentative plans to be a part of each others' futures.

Cut to twenty years later, the crew are living in Waterdeep. Dirty Hank owns a vineyard that he lives and works at with Trislynn and her menagerie of strange and slightly satanic pets. Eoj owns and runs a fairly successful shop called Raisin' Bread, and is friends with a genie who lives in a ring he found. Addi found and made amends with Peter, although it looked rocky for a while when he said she would have to give up a life of crime first. Addi eventually agreed and Peter offered her a job bartending at his pub, Gale's Ales, where he had his own stage to perform on. Addi and Eoj live upstairs at the bar. Trislynn's best and worst moments were spent getting to know Bael, Raya and their children, with the bitter regret of thinking it could have been her sister and niblings she was visiting, but eventually meeting and getting to know and appreciate Bael's family as their own people rather than an idea of what could have been. Fair Juliet is now captained by Sirda, but often checks in with Eoj over their mind link.

We return to the Baes as they are gathering as they occasionally do at Gale's Ales, and Rose is reminding them all how important it is that they attend the upcoming gala where she officially moves from an intern to a full Grey Hand.

They attend the party, mostly following Rose's instructions, but it is disrupted by the appearance of a robed figure they recognise from an incident at Freyr 20 years earlier. The figure shoves a spike of chardalan through Blackstaff Vajra Safahr, casts circle of death instantly killing scores of nobles attending the party, before spraying another 8 enormous spikes out into Waterdeep - one of which hits a massive statue that begins to become animate. We end on a cliffhanger with battle about to break out.

Locations

 * The Island of Freyr
 * Mercy Bard College - A bard college in Freyr that doubles as an orphanage - all the children they take in are trained to be excellent bards
 * Waterdeep

Main Cast

 * Aabria Iyengar as the GM
 * Addi Balmyar, played by Havana Mahoney
 * Eoj Reymurts, played by Teri Gamble
 * Trislynn Orana, played by NegaOryx
 * Dirty Hank, played by Eric Reichert

New

 * Peter Gale - Son of Addi and her first husband Yannick Hyperion. Addi abandoned Peter, although we don't find out under what circumstances, and he ends up at the Mercy Bard College orphanage.

Recurring

 * Dean Bowden Brightmast - Dean of the Mercy Bard College in Freyr. Bowden is a dark skinned human man in his early 60s, slightly chunky with a beard, curly mop of hair and nice robes. (he/him) Introduced S4E3
 * Malina - Trislynn's sister who was kidnapped and killed when Trislynn was a child - she blames herself for not acting when she saw Malina leave with someone they thought they could trust. (she/her) Introduced S3E7
 * Bael Kiori - Former lover of Trislynn's sister Malina, he later married into the ruling family of Freyr, but he and his wife Raya were on the run after they were ousted from power by goliaths. Introduced S4E0
 * Rose -  Eoj and Addi's child, conceived S1E1, introduced S2E1, met as a time-travelling adult (essentially) in S2E7, baby Rose sometimes played by NegaOryx. Rose has shown some magical ability and cast prestidigitation as a baby. (she/her)
 * Fair Juliet - The Salt Baes' sentient ship. Introduced S2E5