Act IV
Dark Nexus

Act III Recap & Review

A rundown of all that’s happened, plus some rules check-ins, before the launch of Act IV.

Dora sits up from a cot, crying, while Dabwick, Vik, and Grip comfort her.

Act IV, Prologue & Chapter 151
AWAKENINGS

Wherein they rejoin the waking world.

A demonic figure with a lion's face and angel's wings point in fury.

Act IV, Chapter 152
ADVERSARY

Wherein they face the fiend.

The negative-space shapes of Stazi and Stanhope stand before a brick wall.

Act IV, Chapter 153
ABSENCE

Wherein their lost friends cannot be easily found.

Dabwick stands among a group of chalk outlines of bodies on a city street.

Act IV, Chapter 154
“ACCIDENTS”

Wherein unsettling rumors emerge from the shipyards.

A sad and exhausted old gnome looks through a narrow crack.

Act IV, Chapter 155
ANGUISH

Wherein a troubled soul makes an impossible request.

A half-elven woman dances in the street with two magpies circling around her.

Act IV, Chapter 156
ASSISSTANCE

Wherein they all get the answers they’ve sought.

The party does battle in a room filled with crawling fungus.

Act IV, Chapter 157
AFTERMATH

Wherein they confront what Lowls left behind.

An unremarkable-looking humanoid man sits on a stool in an empty space holding an object he is contemplating.

Act IV, Chapter 158
ARCHI

Wherein the last Knight in Cassomir tells his tale.

A giant octopus envelops a shark in its tentacles.

Act IV, Chapter 159
AURORA

Wherein predators lurk beneath the waves.

A demonic figure is seen from behind, where a second face is erupted from behind its head.

Act IV, Chapter 160
AGAIN

Wherein return visitations are made.

Bash picks the locks of a door, hounded by Grip, while Miacknian Mun waits on the other side, smiling.

Act IV, Chapter 161
ABODE

Wherein they approach the home of the Great Philanthropist.

A taxidermied monkey plays a violin.

Act IV, Chapter 162
AESTHETIC

Wherein the decor says much about the man.

A pair of hideous Skinstitches approach, surrounded by wasps.

Act IV, Chapter 163
AAAARRRRGGGHHHH

Wherein… SWARMS.

A four-armed gorilla towers over Grip and a Hollow One of Miacknian Mun.

Act IV, Chapter 164
ALTERCATION

Wherein there’s more than they bargained for on the fourth floor.

Two armed derro emerge from under a gruesome sheet.

Act IV, Chapter 165
ANTAGONISTS

Wherein they battle the crime lords.

A flayed face stares up from a large jar of fluid.

Act IV, Chapter 166
ANXIETY

Wherein they really don’t want to go upstairs.

Two derros ride giant centipedes.

Act IV, Chapter 167
ASSAULT

Wherein they take the fight to the Derro.

A giant, tree-shaped horror with mouths and tentacles looms over the party, while a young boy gestures for help.

Act IV, Chapter 168
ANOMALOUS

Wherein they climb to the top of the tower.

Dabwick stare at a picture of their pals from 11 years earlier, now all much older.

Act IV, Chapter 169
AMBIVALENCE

Wherein four old pals are reunited.

Dabwick stands in front of a crowd of folks ready to back them up.

Act IV, Chapter 170
ALLIES

Wherein help manifests in unexpected ways.

Dabwick's flag staff leans against the wall in an empty apartment as a shadowy figure is seen through an open door walking away into the night.

Act IV, Chapter 171
ADIEUX

Wherein the “Official” Premiere (Honorary) Building Inspector bids farewell.

The party steps through a lemon tree from a forest to the interior of a city.

Act IV, Chapter 172
ARRIVALS

Wherein blind jumps lead to exotic locales.

Pandora stands before the Mysterium: a striking building with a pyramid shape, decorated with angels.

Act IV, Chapter 173
ACCESS

Wherein the team must find a way inside.

Stanhope, Stazi, Tharivol, Nheb and Ulf stand together in a picture labeled "The Backup Buddies in... The Other 80 Days."

Act IV, Interlude Part 1
 

Wherein paths converge.

Tharivol raises his holy symbol and points, while in inset boxes, a Hound of Tindalos lurks and Elder Lythiin makes a warding gesture.

Act IV, Interlude Part 2  

Wherein all hell breaks loose.

Stazi is armed with a dagger while being menaced by a looming wraith in an inset box.

Act IV, Interlude Part 3  

Wherein death rises and sanity falters.

Stanhope backs away in terror from a tentacled mouthy creature while in an inset box three Stewards of the Vault lurk with dark looks.

Act IV, Interlude Part 4  

Wherein everything falls apart.

Nheb stares sadly amidst jets of acid, frost, electricity, and fire.

Act IV, Interlude Part 5  

Wherein they reach the Menagerie.

Tharivol and Stazi walk hand in hand into a bright light, while tentacles threaten at the edges of sight.

Act IV, Interlude Part 6  

Wherein the survivors go below.

Grip lies writhing on a table, arms outstretched, while Dabwick, Pandora, and Bash tend to him and his tattoos.

Act IV, Chapter 174
AFTERWARDS

Wherein they work out how to move forward.

An alien figure with tentacles and three eyes holds a book-like object while the sky behind it is filled with dark amorphous figures. Writing reads "Defeat the Polyps! Drive them underground!"

Act IV, Chapter 175
ALIENS

Wherein the tale continues, across distance and time.

An airy, translucent hand reaches down toward an angel's open mouth.

Act IV, Chapter 176
ANEW

Wherein a second team enters the Mysterium.

Pandora looks up at a black-robed figure towering over her.

Act IV, Chapter 177
ARCANA

Wherein things have changed on the second level.

Bash floats upsidedown while holding a white rabbit and reaching into the mouth of a tentacled monster.

Act IV, Chapter 178
AMOK

Wherein something’s rampaging in the Menagerie.

Two Miacknian Muns and an unknown woman gripping a club menace their surroundings.

Act IV, Chapter 179
ALCHEMISTS

Wherein they enter the laboratory.

A grinning Mun stares at the viewer, with Bash, Dabwick, Pandora & Grip reflected in his glasses.

Act IV, Chapter 180
ACTUAL

Wherein the real Miacknian Mun is revealed.

A black cube rests on outstretched hands at the center of a circle of angelic figures.

Act IV, Chapter 181
ANTECHAMBER

Wherein they approach the puzzle box.

Bash stares down into a series of glowing magical square and cube shapes.

Act IV, Chapter 182
APPARATUS

Wherein failure meets consequence.

Count Lowls holds the Necronomicon high in triumph, while white feathers rain down all around him.

Act IV, Chapter 183
ANGEL

Wherein the Keeper welcomes visitors to the Soul.

Tharivol is pulled from a parade of moth-faced psychopomps back into a bright light.

Act IV, Chapter 184
ACCOUNTING

Wherein they take stock of what they learned and what they lost.

An alien being stands beside an elderly human woman while the words WHEN IS NOW repeat around them.

Act IV, Chapter 185
AGES

Wherein the Prisoner’s tale concludes.

A bespectacled and bearded man adjusts his glasses.

Act IV, Chapter 186
ACCLIMATION

Wherein they all adjust to new realities.

Tharivol stares into Stanhope's dead eyes and stardust passes between them.

Act IV, Chapter 187
AFTERLIFE

Wherein souls are released.

Nheb. Frederick, Pandora, Bash, Grip, Dabwick, and Tharivol stand in a circle over a butterfly shape.

Act IV, Chapter 188
ANALYSIS

Wherein they gather information on their next target.

A gigantic Grip punches a Gnoll in the face.

Act IV, Chapter 189
AMBUSH

Wherein the mission begins.

A massive battle with gnolls is depicted; at its center is a tall dinosaur eating a hyena and flanked by a four-armed white gorilla on the left and a towering Grip on the right.

Act IV, Chapter 190
ATTACK!

Wherein forces converge atop the fortress.

Bash lays his hand on a cell wall covered in hash marks while Grip looks on.

Act IV, Chapter 191
ANARCHY

Wherein order breaks down in Blossoming Thorn.

The party stands atop a building in Okeno and Pandora's voice rings out.

Act IV, Chapter 192 & EPILOGUE
ANNOUNCEMENT

Wherein a voice rings out.

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Act IV POSTSCRIPT
 

A conversation about our experiences in Act IV.

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Act IV Q&A
 

Wherein we answer questions submitted by YOU!

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