Hello, Venturers, and welcome to another episode of Venture Maidens.

We are so thrilled to have you here with us and can't wait to get into the action.

Of course, before we do, I have got to say a huge thank you to the talented Emily Mayo

for composing our themes on and to Cyrunscape for providing all the other ambient music you

here.

I also want to give a super special thank you to all the wonderful folks who hang out

with us and our Discord server, and to the incredible patrons who make the show better

with their Patreon pledges each month.

Folks who donate as little as $1 a month or make a one-time annual pledge of just $11

can get access to so much bonus content, including shiny podcast versions of our Icewind

Dale, Rhyme of the Frost Maiden playthrough stream that just aired its finale episode.

If you are looking for some good side quest action, you can find the first six episodes

of that playthrough on our main podcast feed and grab the rest of the episodes on Patreon.

As of January 2022, episode 18 is about to drop and the final four episodes will be posted

there every other Sunday.

Alright, let me hit you with that recap of what happened last time, then we'll dive right

in.

Last time, on Venture Maidens, our heroes rendezvoused at the Chicken Hut in exchange tales of everything

they had been up to during the day.

As a couple of them went to sleep, Tony was put on guard by a weird noise at the door.

Once again, everyone was up, only to discover a bloody and unconscious rook outside their

door.

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