S2E9 (New Pantheon: Academia episode)

"S2E9" is the ninth episode of the second season of the Academia campaign of New Pantheon. This episode aired live on May 2, 2021 on the Saving Throw Twitch channel and The Fantasy Network, and is archived on the YouTube channel.

For highlights of this episode, check out the Clips of the Week.

Summary
In the penultimate episode of season two, the North Point Academy School Safety Squad strategizes with Morpheus on ways to get more students to vote for them for prom court, given that their popularity and standings are going down. Manny gets a startling surprised, as the King in White appears to them, asking for compromise. This compromise would see the King getting the prom court crowns, ensuring the safety squad are unharmed. However, no assurances are given that the deities would be unharmed, and so Manny refuses. The King in White leaves, but before that lets it be known to Manny that the safety squad are risking their lives by refusing to compromise. Meanwhile, Kwame and Anansi weave a story that changes the timeline, where Kwame got into North Point on an athletic scholarship and is captain of the basketball team, in order to get the athletic votes for Lenny for prom court. Dahlia, Lenny and Morpheus, on the other hand, are using social media targeted ads to get votes for Dahlia. The squad is shaken when a giant, transparent, crab-like creature crashes into the side of the building where the safety squad clubroom is. Kwame and Manny were outside, while Dahlia and Lenny were inside the clubroom. Combat initiates, and goes on for a while before Lenny deals the final blow to the crab creature, making it explode after hitting it with a small dot of liquid in its weak spot. Back in what's left of the clubroom, the safety squad learns of Kwame's story change and Manny's encounter with the King in White. There is white sand in the room, and Dahlia spots a pink key of divinity, belonging to Aphrodite. Finally, firefighters come into the room to evacuate the group.

Locations

 * North Point Academy in Washington State, USA

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