"The Adventurers" (Rod Espinosa), "Diebold" (John Holland, Brian Clifton)

"The Adventurers" (Rod Espinosa): Despite Deren's angry disapproval, Clari decides to help Mecomi and rescue two children from lowlands slavers.  Intending to catch up the Warriors of Dawn, Clari, Jolfe and Ariarra make their way to Bridgetown, but their mission is derailed again when Clari and Ariarra come to the rescue of a cruelly maltreated child, who leads them to a strange circus featuring monsters!  "Diebold" (John Holland, Brian Clifton): As the quest to find the body of Ed the Talking Head continues, we hear multiple reasons for why Ed lost his body in the first place.   What's the real reason he's a talking head now?