Act 5, Episode 3, Scene 24

A Tithe Too Large to Pay

2026-01-29 / Reliquary corridor

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2100 M.B. / recorded 2026-01-292100 M.B.

Session LogAdapted RecapAct 5Episode 3Seaside CathedralReliquary Corridor+11 tags

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The reliquary standoff resumes as the sentries demand a massive tithe and the rival looters wait to see whether the party survives.

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Cardinal - Jonah Subramountian Foulcrum - Ash Stonefist Granny Handjobs - Bertha Granderson Lamia - Morgan Draxtler Maine - M.A.I.N.E.Nightshade - Dhaz Pelosh+1 more

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My Alchemical RomanceThe primary adventuring orbit of the current campaign. My Alchemical Romance is the adventuring name people use for the party; officially, the team operates as Q.U.E.S.T. under Von Queef University.Von Queef UniversityVon Queef University currently has 76 linked character entries in the World of Jericha archive.

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The next session began with everyone still standing inside the reliquary's trap.

The sentries wanted payment. The rival looters wanted to see whether My Alchemical Romance would die first. The party tried, briefly, to make the room into something other than a fight.

Jonah called out to the sentries and asked what tithe was owed.

The answer was obscene: two thousand gold, calculated from the cathedral goods the constructs believed had been stolen. It was not negotiation so much as accounting with blades attached. The same corrupted logic that had priced relics and sold shame now counted the party's bodies against the property they carried.

Everyone took positions while the room decided what kind of violence it wanted.

Ash found a defensive perch. Dhaz slipped near the boxes. Morgan offered a sheath, then escalated in the way Morgan does and summoned Granny Handjobs. Maine tried to convince the rival looters to help, but they held back, content to watch from the south and the catwalks.

The reliquary had become a courtroom for thieves.

No one had brought enough gold.

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Episode Scenes

Scene 1Homecoming Waits Over the Fallout Scene 2The Mystery Machine Comes to VQU Scene 3Hex Hands and Strange Jelly Beans Scene 4Ash Names Salvator's Game Scene 5Victor Pranks the Rival Table Scene 6Jonah's Workshop and the Baby Titian Scene 7What Loss Makes Room For Scene 8Maine Turns the Explosion Into a Case Scene 9The New Centrum Security Forces Take the Stage Scene 10Yuri Shows Up in Pelosh Colors Scene 11Protesters and Illegal Dungeon Scrolls Scene 12Dhaz Wins Big Bazooka Scene 13Yuri Was a Portal Away Scene 14The Scroll Opens Onto a Seaside Cathedral Scene 15Jonah Calms the Causeway Sea Scene 16The Bad-Boy Paragon of Djeebus Scene 17The Door Wants a True Offering Scene 18Dhaz Builds a Cardinal That Prays Scene 19The Cathedral Sold Shame Scene 20Good Does Not Guarantee Profit Scene 21The Relics Were Priced Like Shop Goods Scene 22Gold From the Reliquary Scene 23The Sentries Demand Teeth Scene 24 - CurrentA Tithe Too Large to Pay Scene 25Glass Shrine Sentries Wake to War Scene 26Seven Voices Answer Jonah Scene 27The Catwalks Start Shooting Scene 28Djeebus Forgive Me Scene 29The Raiders of the Lost Park Fall Fast Scene 30Some Enemies Were Left Breathing Scene 31Two Doors Beyond the Reliquary Scene 32After the session, the group discussed Nathan’s in-development Jericha digital/card game inspired by Magic-style commander play Scene 33Paulus Levius Calls in the Debt Scene 34The Guardians Demand the Right Kind of Force Scene 35Dhaz Is Crushed Under the Trial Scene 36Jonah Solves the Spirit-Guardian Trial Scene 37Jonah Vouches for the Unfinished Scene 38Gifts for the Worthy and the Waiting Scene 39The Cathedral Falls Behind Them Scene 40Lawful Waits at the Portal Scene 41Dhaz Goes Home for Maine Scene 42The Portal Opens Onto Vithyrex Scene 43After the session, the group discussed Power Nine holidays and lore retcons

Episodes In This Act

Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12

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Current Campaign / 2100 M.B. / recorded 2026-01-29

Story Type: Recap Story
Timeline Bucket: Current Campaign
Chronology: 2100 M.B. / recorded 2026-01-29
In-World Date: 2100 M.B. exact day TBD
Campaign Year: 2100 M.B.
Recorded Date: 2026-01-29