In the DVD set, we are given a bonus - an audio version of the actual final episode of the series, which was written but never produced as a fully animated episode.
First I watched/listened to the "radio play" in the DVD set, then I watched the fan-made animated version. The fan version is a lot of fun. They also added to the ending, and in my opinion, the fan ending is far, far superior to the original in the script.
The images I am using for this come from the fan version, which you can watch right here.
There is apparently also a comic book version of this episode. I'm not really sure where you can get it, though.
You can buy the complete series right here.
Check out the previous episode recaps:
Part One (Episodes 1-6)
Part Two (Episodes 7-13)
Episode 14
Episode 15
Episode 16
Episode 17
Episode 18
Episode 19
Episode 20
Episode 21
Episode 22
Episode 23
Episode 24
Episode 25
Episode 26
Episode 27
Episode 28
Episode 28 - Requiem
The heroes fight a hydra. Well, run from it.
They had to use different voice actors. Bootleg Uni sounds very odd.
The group is having a hard time fighting the hydra. They spot Dungeon Master and shout for his help. Dungeon Master says they must defeat it themselves. Eric is outraged.
Hank's superbow blows a hole in a rock wall, allowing the group to flee. But, the hydra follows. They run through a swamp, the hydra close behind.
They enter a green bog and scatter. The hydra blunders into the bog and sinks into the murky depths.
Continuing on, the group comes to a crossroads. The sign has fallen to the ground, and the group isn't sure which way to go. Eric wants to go one way, Hank the other. Eric is sick of Hank being the leader. The group is split on which way to go.
Hank says the group is mad at Dungeon Master, not each other. Hank lets Eric choose which way to go. They head to the Sea of Sorrows and make camp, as night has fallen.
Eric says they are all prisoners of the Realm. Shiela wonders what they'll do without Dungeon Master's help.
Venger appears, and says that he can help them. He tells them to travel to Realm's Edge, where they will find a key in a cenotaph. If the group throws the key into a chasm, he will send them home.
Eric decides to go ahead with Venger's plan. Hank, Bobby, Diana and Uni refuse. Presto and Shiela go with Eric.
Eric, Presto, and Diana find a ruined ship. Presto makes it float, and it becomes a flying vessel for them to use.
The dragon catches up to the ship and Hank tries to force them to land. He fires an arrow that bounces off of the cavalier's shield, causing a jet of lava to shoot up and strike the ship, which catches fire and sinks down toward lava.
Hanks and the adventurers on the dragon lose sight of the ship. They continue on, thinking their allies are dead (!).
Watching on, Venger tells Dungeon Master that the group's desire to return home is stronger than anything else.
The group reunites at the entrance to the cenotaph, and are happy to see each other.
Presto uses his hat to shatter the entrance door. They end up being attacked by an ooze. Bobby buries it under debris.
Climbing up and exploring more, the group comes to the literal edge of the Realm. It is the "ultimate gulf," an endless cliff. They spot continent-sized pillars that support the Realm itself (this isn't really depicted in the fan version, I imagine it would be difficult to create).
They find a sarcophagus with the visage of Venger on it - presumably from when he was a good guy.
Opening the sarcophagus, there is nothing inside except the key. Eric wants to throw it into the void. They raise their weapons.
The ooze is back. Eric goes to throw the key, but Hank grabs him and stops him. Hank says he thinks Eric is right, the Realm itself is a dungeon - and this is the key.
Bobby uses his club against the ooze, causing Hank to drop the key and fall over the edge. The ooze surrounds the group.
Eric has the key. Venger shows up and tells him to throw it into the abyss. Eric spots a keyhole in the vault door nearby.
Venger tries to attack Eric, but the ooze grabs him in a tendril. Eric races over to the vault door and puts the key in the lock.
As the vault door opens, light spews forth, causing the ooze to vanish. Venger is transformed by the light. Magic rolls over the land, opening portals in many locales in the Realm. Even Venger's servants see portals to their home worlds open. Even shadow demon!
I should note that in the fan version, a ray of light shatters Venger's home - his first home, that is. The hanging stalactite one.
Hank is hanging on to the side of the cliff. The group pulls him up.
Venger is hit with energy.
The energy transforms him into a noble, majestic human - his old self. Hank realizes that their mission wasn't to defeat Venger, but to redeem him.
Venger kneels before Dungeon Master. "Father, I have returned."
Venger explains that he chose to follow a master of evil, but that the group has set him free.
Dungeon Master opens a portal to Earth. Good lord, he could have done that at any time?! He gives the group a choice - go home, or stay and have more adventures.
They take one more look at the land...
That's the end of the "official" version. The fan version creates a much more elaborate ending, and it is much better, in my opinion.
This was a pretty great episode. The fan version was kind of amazing, though redeemed Venger's voice was no good. I feel like Matt Mercer would have been nice enough to lend his voice for those 5 lines and it would have been tremendous.
Also, my mind is boggled that Dungeon Master could have sent them home at any time. He literally risked the lives of little kids to deal with his rotten son.
I would say the one issue I have with this whole endeavor is that they didn't include Tiamat in the final story. Tiamat was a big part of the show, and to not include her in the finale feels wrong.
Redeemed Venger, teaming with the heroes, to defeat her once and for all seems like something that should have happened.
Stuff that Presto's Hat Does:
63. Turns a ruined ship into a flying vessel.
64. Calls forth a bolt of energy that shatters a door.
Hank's Bow Can:
76. Shoot an arrow that wraps all of a hydra's heads together.
77. Blow a hole in a rock wall.
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