The Great Stag

The Great Stag is the eighth episode of The Broadswords.

Summary

Synopsis
The group are approached by a Hathryn wearing a bear mask. The woman asks Mepris to come with her.

She takes Mepris to a large mound, like other buildings in Urling. They enter and the room has a roaring fire in it, making the room incredibly hot. The woman begins to circle Mepris and says that Mepris loves to fight, that she relishes the rage inside her. Mepris nods. She begins to feel like she's in a trance. The woman hits Mepris in the side of the head and Mepris crumples.

Keilah goes up to Novik and asks what had been happening. He explains that he and Mepris fought.

We cut to Mepris in a den-like cave. A path leads down to a lake. She follows it, and a great stag appears before her. They head toward the lake together. At the lakeside she asks to ride the stag and it settles to allow her to climb it's back. They swim out to the boat, and Mepris climbs aboard. The stag morphs into a man and gets in the boat with her with a grin. He says that he rules this realm, Lake Ashane. They talk about where his power comes from and who he is to different people.

Meanwhile, Keilah fails a saving throw against the Fire wine and passes out for six hours.

Mepris awakens to see the hathryn standing above her. Their fight continues and the hathryn puts Mepris in a headlock. Mepris asks for a break, tired and confused. She explains that she say the Stag King, and the hathryn says that, if she has seen the Great Stag then she has been chosen by him and must go to Immilmar.

Locations

 * Lake Ashane

Main

 * Mepris
 * Keilah

Returning

 * Novik