Arthur Opens the Portal Toward Dallas's Mother

The Pink Pony Tavern tried to become a performance space again. Zsa Zsa performed. The room had music, energy, and the fragile promise of a normal night. Then a Lawful decree interrupted everything, and Gemma Goldgrace warned the group about abductions. The investigation pulled the party through Gravenhurst streets and toward the Lawful barracks. City Dan revealed Janna Brightspark's connection to Braska. The party infiltrated the barracks and found Harvey Dewglade, Braska, prisoners in withdrawal, and a shapeshifter outbreak ready to turn the whole place into panic. Magistrate Thorne arrived as the situation broke open. Then the portal appeared. Arthur stepped through and told Dallas he was there to help save her mother. That sentence changed the scale of Dallas's story. The episode tied her to K'Zhara Flamehand more directly, put Arthur into the active campaign as a guide or problem, and accelerated Lawful oppression around the team. Dallas would be marked publicly after being placed on the Top 10 Most Wanted list for allegedly killing Horace Vessel, while Braska, Janna, Harvey, and the shapeshifter infiltration all remained active threats. The tavern night became a portal. The portal became a family rescue.