Welcome back venturers to another episode of Venture Maidens. We are so happy you're here.

Before we dive in, I want to say a thank you, as always, to Emily Mayo for composing our theme song

and to Tabletop Audio for providing additional ambient music this episode.

I also want to say a huge thank you, of course, to our Patreon donors.

Patreon is an awesome website where you can support the creators you love by donating monthly,

even for as little as $1. If you head on over to patreon.com slash Venture Maidens,

you can support us and make this show even better with your box. You also have a ton of

cool rewards available for anyone who donates at regardless of pledge level. We have all kinds of

different rewards, including hundreds of hours of additional bonus content. Look at some of our

campaign notes. We've got new magic items and plot hooks to pull you into the world of Venture Maidens.

It's so much good stuff, so we really encourage you folks to head on over to Patreon if you haven't

already, and you know, maybe give us a few bucks if you enjoy the show. I don't have a ton

of news for you this time, so let's just go ahead and do it. dive right in here. I'm going to give you

the recap of what happened last time, and then we will start the show. Last time. Our heroes successfully

slew the wicker beast, playing the changeling town of Storyville, and in the process, saved young

Hayden by freeing his captured soul. The party received the gratitude of the small community

and a gift, a key to openness hidden safe left behind by Penny Dreadful. After a night celebration,

the crew used the contents of the safe, a curious story book called Alice in Wonderland,

and written instructions from the missing archfay to step through a portal into her dwelling.

And that's what happened, so now here's the show.

Gather round travelers to hear our tale. The usual guy is away, so it's this phase time to play.

We step into a nightmare land to lend Penny a helping hand. Here our survival is on trial,

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