Story Summary: S1E01 - S1E05


 * There is a quick summary up to ep 15 on Twitch in Rob's words https://www.twitch.tv/videos/905281011

Missing Mead, Meeting Mel
Twitch Tales starts with Apis waking up from a nightmare near the town of Shadridge. They went into town, via their stash of money they keep in a secret hidey hole in the riverbank, to catch up with local news and resupply themselves. They discovered that the town's supply of mead had stopped and decided to go and investigate.

The mead was made locally by Jack Creed on his farm just outside Shadridge. They discovered clear signs of a fight in Jack's house and following a blood trail, they find the body of the man himself outside an unusually large bee hive. The door is smashed open. After looting the house, Apis followed the tracks near the bee hive and came across a group of goblins dragging a giant bee deeper into the woods. They dispatch the goblins and rescue the bee, who introduces themselves as Mellifera.

Returning to Jack Creed's house with Jack's stolen property, they meet Kathleen and Warren, Knights of Kevostna and pass themselves off as an undercover agent for the Knights to explain why they have the items. Kathleen suggests that Apis might want to investigate where the goblins were trying to take Mel. Kathleen also says that a distant cousin of Jack's was coming to learn meadery from him and is expected any day now.

Toria appears during Jack's funeral a few days later and is distraught to hear the news. She agrees to think about taking over the Meadery but is unsure. To put her mind at rest about the possibility of more goblins, Apis agrees to track them down. The Mayor mentions something about a reward for sorting this issue.

Goblin Camp
Returning to where Apis found Mel, they follow the direction of tracks in a straight line, till they come on more recent tracks going in the same direction, three goblins and another goblin riding a wolf. They tail them till it looks like they are stopping for the night, then sneak away and find a PEA shack to spend the night in. It seems like the goblins are patroling a circuit. In the morning, they discover the main goblin camp.

They agree to lure the goblins out one by one using Mel as a distraction. They trap one using a hunting trap, and try to ask him information about the camp. He doesn't know very much and they leave him tied up. Sneaking round the camp they dispatch a goblin but attract the attention of a pet wolf, whose howling rouses the Goblin Leader. Working together, Apis and Mel (and her Melitia) manage to take him down. They also befriend the wolves.

Just after Apis had finished exploring and looting the camp, a returning goblin patrol (4 goblins) suddenly appears and attacks Apis and Mel. With last minute help from the wolves, who weren't well treated by the goblins, they manage to kill two of the patrol, including the leader. Leaving the wolves to it, Apis and Mel make their way back to the PEA hut to rest up and heal.


 * Apis levels up from level 1 to level 2 at this point.

Meeting Verryn
Both Mel and Apis manage to get a full nights sleep, but in the morning, both mention they had some disturbing dreams. Apis reflects on the goblin camp and their actions. Were they too quick to take a life? They want to investigate the camp further but they want to let Shadridge know about the goblins. Apis decides to head back to their riverside money stash to deposit the money they looted. On the way, they share their history with Mel, including what happened in Schafguchel. Apis thinks about how it must have been for the villagers to be attacked by the green dragon. Mel shares her dream about having sway over all insects.

On reaching the river, Apis adds the looted gold to their cache of money and gathers some mushrooms for breakfast. While cutting them up, Apis notices a cord leading to a bush, which on investigation, seems to be part of a snare trap. Triggering the trap, they meet a wood elf, who shares that their town was just attacked by goblins and an Ogre and they have much to rebuild. He introduces himself as Verryn, of Helwyrryn. Apis offers to come help his town, especially with hunting, and after some initial refusal (as elves are not often friendly to non-elves), Verryn agrees.

On getting to Helwyrryn, Verryn goes to get Saiden, the leader of the town, who asks them what they can do to help. The towns best warriors were mediating when the goblin/ogre attack came, which is why they were taken down. The raiding party took alot of their dry stores and small trinkets. Apis offers to help replenish their stores, in return for some food and a rope. Apis also asks Saiden if they can identify a potion they found in the Goblin camp. Apis, Mel and Verryn then head out to hunt an elk.