S2E3 (New Pantheon: Academia episode)

"S2E3" is the third episode of the second season of the Academia campaign of New Pantheon. This episode aired live on March 14, 2021 on the Saving Throw Twitch channel and The Fantasy Network, and is archived on the YouTube channel. Of note, this episode was streamed remotely due to precautions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Summary
One week has passed since the events of the haunted house. The School Safety Squad find themselves face-to-face with a fiery horse in a room in the North Point Academy library. After inflicting serious damage to the god kids, especially Kwame, it is Manny that deals the final blow to the horse, slicing the horse in half. Afterwards, Manny is in possession of the prom court crowns, which emit an orange glow. The squad is soon joined in the cafeteria by Kim and Nick, and they begin discussing the crow encounters they've had. As they are discussing this, they begin to notice a parallel to chess, with the rook, the horse = a knight, and the dog and penguin = pawns. It is here that a startling revelation is made: the people who become prom court also become new chess pieces, the king and the queen. Manny uses Ma'at's abilities to discern what magic possesses the crowns. Alas, Loki appears in bunny form and takes one of the crowns before being stopped by the squad. It is revealed that Loki is being punished for helping to open the door to Oblivion, but it is not known by whom. Finally, there is a cliffhanger where Kim may know who it is, but this will not be revealed until the next episode.

Locations

 * North Point Academy, in Washington State, USA
 * The library
 * The cafeteria

Main Cast

 * Steven Pope as the Headmaster (GM)
 * Emancipation "Manny" Brown, played by Aki
 * Dahlia Windgrove, played by Mika Midgett
 * Kwame Akinyemi, played by Omega Jones
 * Lennox "Lenny" Thatcher, played by Eric Reichert