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C1 Ep 89 The Road Below Chapter Three
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The party has arrived in Flamekeep! Now it is time to figure out why the attempts at resurrection have failed and what they must do to remedy the situataion.
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Introduction and Gratitude
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Hosts Introduction & Podcast Setting
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D20 radio, your gamer's role.
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Welcome to Ever Under New to D&D 5th edition actual play podcast set in the Eberron campaign setting.
Recap of Previous Session
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I'm your dungeon master, Eric. And I'm Philip. I'm Jeff. Gentlemen, what happened last time? P.S. Randy's still not here. Yeah, okay. Let's see if I can remember. We literally just stopped recording it.
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there was a conversation between Barak and his sword, where we learned that while the sword, while Erebus has not necessarily gained any of Lucan's knowledge, he does feel himself becoming more complete. And we learned that no one's really sure what's gonna happen when all 13 packs are reunited, including the creator of the packs.
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We learned the, uh, uh, uh, Dex and, uh, Graham had a conversation, uh, wherein Dex was able to continually continue admitting that he's just a dumb idiot. Uh, and that Jacob's not doing great back in miss March, which is a bummer.
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And then Gerald had a lot of questions for Dex about the future, which like Dex is not concerned with us right now.
Journey to Flamekeep
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The immediate future. Dex is more concerned by making sure there is a future right now than planning for it. And Orianna reconciled with Beric and we started walking into Flamekeep. The lion's dead. Nope, just Flamekeep.
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Graham obviously knows the way to the Cathedral of the Silver Flame, which all of the architecture kind of points to it. It's the highest, most central point in Flame Keep. The spire rises even taller than the airship dock, which seems kind of silly
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Okay, well...
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But based on everything you know about the Council of Cardinals, it makes total sense.
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eventually reach a point within Flame Keep where basically it's built kind of on a hill for lack of a better way to put it, where there are different tiers of the city, the cathedral being on the highest tier.
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you all reach a gate leading into the kind of religious district of the city, which is the highest here. And there are a couple of closest to God and all that. There are a couple of gilded and all that. There are a couple of paladin standing guard at the gate that you approach. The font of the silver flame is literally subterranean. No.
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And they see you all approaching and just kind of hold their hands up and what business do you have in the cathedral? Eric
Encounters and Entry to Cathedral
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is going to let Keeper Tagore do the talking here. Yeah. Yeah. Dex says I'll handle this one. No, shut up. Graham looks up at them and
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It says, I am former Keeper Tagore here to see Keeper Jayala for counsel. They both kind of glanced at each other and looked down at Crammon. Do you have any papers to verify that claim?
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Madam, and she kind of looks up at them, but yet still somehow down her nose and gives
Meeting with Keeper Jayala
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a dericed hut and reaches into her bag and fiddles through and finds that chest and kind of looks around and says, come here. There it comes here.
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You put out your hand, palm up. Beric does. She sets the chest on your hand and opens it. How heavy is it? It falls to the ground. It's like literally measured in inches. Beric hasn't been eating well lately. She rifles through and pulls out identification papers and hands them to the paladin and he looks at it and for
Prophecy and the Torchbearers
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a moment his eyes just get wide and then
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They both he drops to a knee and the other one kind of looks and then drops to feels like a real dingbat It's a very pretty woman moment
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and then Graham goes Graham goes to put her paper back in the chest and Barrick slams it shut for a second. He does not. I'm just having a little fun with the speaker keeper. Um anyway um it's it's it's late everybody it's gonna be a real wacky episode. We gotta stop using that as an excuse and just play the stinking game. Um
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so um they apologize and say if we we can escort you to the cathedral if you wish uh keep it to go oh that would be fine my companions are more than capable of escorting me where i need to go thank you she snatches her identification papers back out of his hand and shuffles past them as we go past boar and now goes hello
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They definitely both go a look up and down from Dex as we walk past them. Probably should've just listened to her. They are
Discussion on the Flame's Power
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still in shock. Yeah, they know I'm right. Barret condescends to no one. At this time, Barret condescends to no one. Okay, I was like, excuse me.
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Um, you all see, uh, at once they're past the guards, as you all are approaching the cathedral, Bornell, uh, walks up next to Graham and starts walking in stride with her. Um, but see, Bornell's talking in a tone that is a hushed whisper, but seems to be talking with Graham. You all can try to listen in if you want, or if you don't care, that's fine.
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Okay. Yeah, I bet he's just talking old. I will attempt to hear despair because Eric looks disappointed. No, no, no, no. I'm not disappointed. I mean, here's the thing. I don't have to attempt it because I rolled a three and that's a 17.
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I mean, you both are able to catch enough words to catch Borenel saying, for the most part, like, we haven't had much of a chance to talk
Descent to the Silver Flame
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yet. And I just, we seem to be on the same side of things right now. And I just, I, sorry about all that business back then. Just there, he's talking in very,
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very much like she knows what he's talking about and
Erebus and Fate's Debate
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he doesn't feel the need to specify and she's responding kind of thing. Yeah, but he just said, sorry about the war. No, it's going to be something more personal. Breland and Thrain were allies at the end. Oh, are they OK? OK, so I get from making assumptions. I don't know anything about this world. Sarlona, though, got that a lockdown, right? Evidently not. Not like I thought I did, because I have certainly been corrected.
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Um, okay. So, um, you all approach the doors of the cathedral, um, which are, uh, are closed. Um, and do I have to pick a lock? You can try it. Absolutely not. Don't do that. I'm absolutely not going to try to pick a lock one. I'll fail two. It's not a good idea. Um, um,
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keeper decor. It says the same thing she said to the gate guards, but they are more believing and say, oh, you can head on in.
Jayala's Conflict and Promise
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The keeper is currently in dispose, though you may need to wait.
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And Graham does not ask, she says, Oh, that, that won't be any trouble. You may, you may let me in now. Um, and the door's open and you all are able to walk in. Um, I every step further, we get.
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Dex kind of checks out Barrick. Is he freaking out yet? Is he smiling yet? Is he interested yet? Is there anything about him that is... I mean, this is a thing that he's... He is focused.
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So as you all enter, you hear a booming voice speaking very heatedly and you see a person in red robes who's the one talking very commandedly to three other people in white robes who seem very meek in comparison.
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Um, as you all enter though, he stops and looks down the aisle in between the pews to the front of the cathedral. Um, and immediately stops looks, his head kind of turns and. La Vera. What are you doing back in flame keep? Oh, just here to make your life worse. I suppose like old times. Um, how are you frozen?
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Well, who, who are these people with you? Oh, this, um, this is better growing. And what do you have a surname for the purposes of introductions? Uh, we can go with Lyle. Not sure. Lyle. Not sure. No way. Booyah.
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No. Bugha Grigal. And Jeremiah Smith. They are my entourage here. I'm here to see Kepa Jayala. I'm gonna have to remember his name is Jeremiah Smith now. You should have made it like Richard Biggerstaff or something dumb. I don't remember that.
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This is John Hammercloak. Yeah, I'd remember that one. This is dingbat St. Bernard. And Crozen looks at you all. She's busy. She can't be bothered with such meetings with general rabble and washed up clergy.
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Everyone give me perception checks. 20. Passive? Sure. 16. Oh, then 21. You hear a faint
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lilting echoing like it's almost like a soft voice speaking but the like it's too far away for you to hear as Crozen stops and kind of looks over his shoulder and very well you may go see her apparently and he kind of gestures to the other robed men and they begin marching out a side door
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and he does not seem very happy. As you all make the long, arduous journey of keeping up with Graham's pace down this cathedral aisle, I'm terribly sorry about that. That was High Cardinal Crozen. He's just a tempetuous man. The reason I warned you about the Cardinals, they all follow his lead and he's just not a very pleasant person to be around. And I lean in very quietly and go, thanks for the warning. That guy sucks. He does suck.
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Are you okay, Beric? I'm fine.
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So this is the Cathedral of the Silver Flame. Have you ever attended service here? I have not. It's general, it depends obviously on who is conducting the service as to what kind of experience you're going to get. Traditional services at eight and contemporary services at 9.30. Got a potluck starts at noon. It's just once they introduce percussion, it just ruins the whole ceremony. There's just something about holding a handle. I don't care for these projector screens.
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um somebody worked in a church in the early 2000s so oh man um you all reached the pulpit um and you see um behind where um crozen was standing there is an opening that uh has a there's no door um it seems to be almost a natural opening like the way the
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It's like a crack in the wall, but there are stairs leading down and torches lighting the way. And Graham goes, I keep forgetting that you're following in a PC, so I don't have to ask what you do. I shove Graham aside and say, I'll take this. So I gently nudge Graham aside. Down one flight of stairs kind of spirals down. You all find yourself in a large chamber.
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and at the far end of the room there is a very cool looking chair that's kind of the back is shaped like a flame and there's also the image of a flame on it all silvery and stuff and you see
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You see a 11-year-old girl with dark skin and gray eyes, black hair with white streaks going through it that is cropped rather short, sitting on her chair with one leg kind of propped up and the other one swinging free, reading a book. And there is a terrifying creature sitting at the foot of her
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chair that has four horns coming out of the side of its head, six legs, and a whole lot of teeth. And I wonder he's man, he's got all those extra parts. It seems to be very passively sitting. And it kind of looks up and regards you as you walk in. And it hops up on its feet and begins sprinting across. I said, Barrick, it likes us.
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I think Barak knows this creature and probably knows there's really not anything he could do about it. So he just braces himself in hopes. I look at Graham and I say, you said this thing wasn't going to attack without reason.
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and when you get to without. I didn't know how far away it was.
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He could probably give you a run for your money in a foot race. You know, I may have to test that theory because it's running right for me. You hear a thud as soon as you get to without and then look down and the thing is on its back belly up in front of Graham. And she very laboredly bends down and begins rubbing his belly. Like, oh, hello, old friend. Dex goes, can I pet your dog?
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um well hold up your hand so he can sniff at first don't just reach out and start petting I do that you're joking it hops up on all six feet and kind of oh and I draw my hand away he doesn't he doesn't care for deception he can sense drop the
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Whoa. And I say like, he won't let me pet him or he might attack me. I would, I didn't think about it before. All right. He's designed to prevent assassinations. And so I look like Voldemort. Um, they do. Yeah, it's a little bit. Yeah.
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Um, as soon as you drop your form, he relaxes and just goes back to sniffing your leg. Okay. Um, I don't want to pet him anymore. He made me, he made me, he made me mad. Um, and you hear a soft voice say, Oh, come back. And he turns and she looks at all of you and says, it took you quite long enough to get here.
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And she closes her book and shoves it next to the arm. I don't want to talk loudly. You can come closer and Graham shuffles and says, hello, Jayala. Hi, Graham. Who are your friends? Well, you can introduce them. I know of them. I just don't know your names.
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Uh, my name is Dex. It's a pleasure to meet you. Pleasure to meet you. I'm Barrick Roland. Your Excellency. Nice to meet you, Barrick.
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Booyah. He's not a Pokemon. Booyah, booyah, booyah. And then the hood drops and my lady. Oh, I didn't know that you'd be here. Hi, King.
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So, Graham, what do you, what do you need? I knew that you'd be coming here needing something. Well, Barrick, why don't you explain to Kiba Jayala what brings us here? A companion of ours.
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was killed in a fight. I'm sorry. Four days ago. Keeper Tagore. Actionously attempted to bring her back. And the spell failed.
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Keeper Doref seemed to believe that was a sign of significant trouble. I've heard similar reports from people within Flamekeep that that's what Crozen was screaming about up there, that for some reason some people aren't being brought back. Some are, but some aren't.
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And it seems like it's certain people really like.
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Like there was a farmer that got killed by bandits and they, the town that he lived in saved up all their money and pulled it together to afford him being brought back. And he did. And it was really good, but one of the paladins of the silver flame died and he wouldn't come back. And so there's confusion as to why. And Crozen was mad at me for not having an answer for him.
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Um, but he was being kind of jerk, um, about all of it. And I wouldn't do it actually, but I want so badly. Yeah, that guy sucks. He would never interrupt the key bro. Um,
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I could go ask and try to figure it out. Go ask. I can go speak to the flame. That's how I knew that you were coming, but it's complicated.
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The flame gives me warnings about what's going to happen. And then usually I tell the Cardinals and we act on it. Um, and so it told me that you all were going to be here, but not for this. So this is confusing. A lot of things have been confusing lately. There's another matter.
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You want to take the flame. I kind of lean over to Graham and I say, I mean, is that essentially what we're doing? Yeah. Well, what, what did the fame tell you? And told me that there would be torch bears that would come and they would want to carry the flame, at least part of it away.
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for a great fight. And one of them was a soldier's son. One of them was a deceiver. And one of them was small, like me. That's all I knew. I didn't know that Graham would be here. I didn't know that the king would be here. Dex things, I'm not that small.
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so yeah um do you have what you would need to carry the flame we we have to go two we have three because we have booyah had one we we got two and we got two because it's the last one we got from the vault and we'd already had the one so we did
00:25:42
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So yeah, uh, yeah, yes. Uh, your, your, uh, your excellency. We do. Um, and I, I pull mine out. I'm not going to pretend I have all three of them. We probably each have one, but say we, uh, well, uh, this is, oh, okay. It's like the one that you have. And she points at Graham, but bigger.
00:26:11
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Right. And, and, and different color, right? No, Graham's was right. Graham's was right. Okay.
00:26:21
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This was actually the almost as a gram as speaker to goers keeper keeper to go. He said he said it right f off. This is your fault I'm gonna stand on record that I think you called it the flame keep the first time to said uh, I Mean I can say it. It's true. It's like there's recording Don't reverse time shut up keeper to go or this is actually her
00:26:52
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hypothesis that this might be helpful. And, uh, I don't mean to sound, uh, insolent when I say, and the flame is right, but I want to, to corroborate that it is a great fight that could have great implications for our entire world. I, I know, and I understand, um,
00:27:27
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The flame was worried though when it spoke to me because you all are torchbearers that want to carry away the light and that could weaken the light. But no, it's okay.
00:27:58
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could weaken light. Well, it's, it's finite that there is the silver flame and as souls join with it, it grows stronger. But what, what you all need to do would take quite a bit because it needs to be powerful for what you need it for.
00:28:29
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And so either the flame would need to be returned or a lot of souls would need to join with the flame to make up the difference. But as long as you bring the flame back,
00:28:50
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Well, I think I speak for all of us when I say we certainly intend to do our level best to bring them back, uh, personally. And, uh, that is not an option to send them back with someone else. I have no, I have no desire to keep the flame for myself. Uh, it is something that we need. A side question. What.
00:29:20
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precisely do we think we need them for? A side answer at this point. Do we know? Did we know? We did at one point know that that the red stone imbued with the flame was going to help us conquer the problems in a bar.
00:29:48
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I don't know if that part was, no, it kept Jacob safe and Graham said it was gonna work. I don't know, let's make believe, say a reason and we'll say that was it. Well, the fact that the Giants used them to banish two Delcor. No, they were already in Delcor, they just made it so Delcor can't be. Oh, okay. Coterminous with Eberron anymore.
00:30:19
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They killed all the ones that were here. That's right. Yeah. Well, most of them. OK. I mean, we're here now. Might as well. I hate to make another trip if you turn out to need it later. Plus. New. Weapon things, which matter to me, I don't get every 30 minutes.
00:30:52
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What were we talking about? Bringing them back. Right. Jayala kind of hops up out of her seat and lands on the ground. And while you all talk, can I. Graham and she waves Graham over and they begin talking keeper to keeper.
00:31:26
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Um, do we, I want to tell her that the person we're asking to be brought back died in the service of the great fight that the flame says is going to happen. Is there, you think that it, you know,
00:31:54
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Grease the wheels with the flame? Hey, I'm just being Dex, man. No, I don't think it's a good idea to lie to the keeper. Oh, you don't? Okay. Guess we have different thoughts on that then.
00:32:18
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Cause if we're trying to banish the dream thieves, we need the packs. We needed the packs. We got five of them. But I understand where you're coming from.
00:32:42
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Anyway, born all this is cool, right? It has never been down here before. Been in the upstairs part. Yeah. Well, we were up and then we kicked. No, I didn't say up. I said, uh, Oh, I thought you said up. Sorry. No, that's all right. I've misheard some things. I got really excited earlier when she called me a torch bear. Uh, how are you? I'm fine. He's not.
00:33:10
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Eric and I both looked at each other and shook our heads. I realized in an audio medium, that doesn't track. Jayala's voice rings out again and says, okay, well, we can go down if you want. Dyed down to the flame, all of us together.
00:33:39
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Well, if you're going to bear the torches, then you'll need to be in the presence of the flame. Um, you'll need to keep a safe distance until the word comes. Um, but, and I'll, I'll, I'll speak to it and, um, I'll, I'll try to convey what it's saying and, um,
00:34:09
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Let me actually, I guess I need to ask you what order of operations do you wanna do this in? Do you want me to speak to the flame about the death first and then we deal with the torch bearing? Probably. I mean,
00:34:39
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Side question. Is the silver flamey gin esque in that he might get tired of being asked for things? It might get tired of being asked for things. I feel like we need to petition for paladin's life first. I mean, the method of communication is the soul of a paladin that died centuries ago.
00:35:06
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Say that again. The method of communication from the flame. Mm-hmm. The voice of the thing is this Tierra Myron person that Eric refers to every now and again. Right. It's this paladin who sacrificed herself and bound herself with the flame. Okay. And that's why the flame can talk. Right. So your question is complicated. I understand.
00:35:37
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Unintentionally so, sorry. I don't know any of these things, so Dex is going to leave that decision to Graham and Beric if they want to talk about it. But if Beric doesn't want to talk about anything, Dex will ask Graham.
00:36:06
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keeper to gore Yes, you know more about this you spent more time in the presence of the flames than Anybody in this room. I assume my apologies keeper If I'm wrong, but uh How do you think we should do this? I'm afraid I'm being very quiet now
00:36:31
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Well, I think that, um, figuring out what based on Kepa Jayala's words, it seems that, uh, the problem that I experienced trying to retrieve Lady Umberin's soul is not an isolated incident. And it seems that, uh, perhaps, um, it would be wise to figure out what's going on. All right.
00:37:03
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Okay, well, um, you know, I, I always hear the flame, but if I want to speak to it, I need to go down to it. Um, if you want me to figure out what's going on with our ability to bring people back.
00:37:23
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probably go down there alone. And then when it's time for you all to light your torches, then we can do that. But I would be concerned very few people can handle being in the presence of the flame.
00:37:39
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I don't know why I can. I'm very small and I have no money. So things have been very hard for me right now. And so she walks around the chair that she was sitting in and you now realize that there is a set of stairs behind her chair that go down.
00:38:03
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The dragon hound walks to the top of the stairs and sits and just stares at you all. Cool. After a moment. You all. See brilliant silver light erupt up, not actual flames, just. Ambient light erupt from the stairs.
00:38:28
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kind of washing over the entire room for a moment. And you all feel everything, just everything in that moment. And then everything subsides and
00:38:57
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It, it takes a moment. Eventually Jayala walks back up the stairs with a furrowed brow. Um, and she's, she seems befuddled and confused. Um, for a moment, the voice.
00:39:29
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spoke spoke of a descendant, a child of the voice that is interfering. Not
00:40:00
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I asked if it was the keeper. She, she said no. Melissa Myron. Who's that? She rejected his keeper.
00:40:30
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long time ago, was petrified and put in the Dreadhold. And now in Dolor, she is an entity called the Raven. She's been collecting souls, protecting them from the Keeper, and she claims ushering them on to their ultimate destiny.
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Hmm. Why is she... Why hasn't she been doing this the whole time? She's stronger now. She is... She is bound to me through this. And he runs his hand over the floor in front of him and lets Erebus lie there.
00:41:39
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was on his knees in front of the sword. She's bound to be through this, and as I have increased in power, so has she. I can't think of no reason why she would
00:42:05
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interfere in the resurrection of any of the other individuals. And the only reason I can think of that she would interfere in the resurrection of Lady Paulo is spite. I didn't think her spiteful.
00:42:28
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At this point, you notice that the dragon hound had gotten up and walked over to you once Erebus appeared on the floor. And very, very consciously not touching the sword. Scaravosian, is that what I said before? Scaravosian sniffs Erebus and kind of walks around
00:42:53
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And then reaches down with his mouth and grabs Erebus by the hilt and turns and trots back to Jayala and drops it on the floor in front of her. Merrick does not move. And she regards Erebus on the ground in front of her and kind of kneels in front of it and touches one of the runes. Hello.
00:43:27
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You sound different. Okay. And she lifts her finger off of it. And then Erebus disappears. I have questions.
00:43:58
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As you might imagine. My lady. It seems that. Whatever. Whatever gives you your power and by extension. This. Melissa Myron that you speak of. Seems to be connected somehow to me.
00:44:31
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You are to the flame. I've been told there's not much distinction. I don't have the answer for you. I'm very small. Every time she says that, I picture Winnie the Pooh.
00:45:09
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My lady, I don't know what to do. This being is not mortal anymore, I think. And she has power that I don't understand. And yet you say that her power and your power
00:45:38
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are drawn from the same source. It sounds like that's what she claimed in the first place. It is. Then why would she do this? I don't know. So
00:46:12
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So she's gone then. She can't be, she can't be brought back. If we've already tried what we can do, then unless, unless something changes with whatever is barring her return,
00:46:47
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I'm sorry. I know you want it different for me. I understand. I want to help. I want to help everyone.
00:47:29
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If you're nevermind, I'm sorry. What? No, it's stupid. Something you ought to have already thought of. I find that highly unlikely. I was just going to say that you said yourself that you're connected.
00:48:00
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So surely there must be, like I'm connected to her. You're connected to your her. There must be some way to communicate. I have tried. I have tried.
00:48:31
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There was, I have tried for nothing but the sake of it. I reach out again and try again. Um, as you reach out with your mind in the familiar way, um, you feel
00:49:00
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Erebus pull towards the stairs behind the chair. I look at in jail.
00:49:34
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I kind of sigh when I stand up. I start to move towards the stairs. We can go down there now. You want to? Yeah. Uh, yeah. Yes. Your ex was the, I'd like to do that.
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I would recommend those of you that don't need to be down there to be torchbearers. I'm sorry, King, but you're pretty old, and I worry about you. And Borno was already like five steps towards the stairs, like, all right.
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her so much. Stay here with the dog. But make sure you put your hand down for her to sniff it first. So you all descend the stairs and you begin to see kind of that ambient silver light that you saw flare up grow stronger and stronger.
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Um, Jayala leading the whole way. Um, and finally she reaches a landing and stops and turns around as you all reach her and you see you are now in this immense cavern underground.
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And there is a stone walkway that leads closer to an immense swirling column of light, silvery light in front of you. Beric, you've seen it before in the sky back when you were in Dohler. And.
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Once again, you don't feel heat from it. You just feel radiance. The property of your cloak decks just intents it. Like you feel awesome. Or awesome in every sense of the word. Awesome and awestruck. And...
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Once you reach the landing, Erebus slowly forms in your hand barrack. And you feel Erebus vibrate. And it's, it's almost like he's, you hear, but I, what,
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You tempted with fate. Beric. Actually it wasn't my doing this time. And that wasn't her fault. I never claimed it was, but...
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It was her time. What right do you claim to decide that? I claim no rights. I witness. And I hold true.
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See how angry with me. Eric, I have no use for anger. Are you stronger? Yes, I now see the threads of time of the world. I see the tapestry.
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For this, you interfere with the resurrections. I interfere with nothing. They interfere. They ignore. They neglect. They tear the tapestry apart because they are selfish.
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It doesn't mean anything. How is it selfish? How is it selfish to undo a wrongful death? How is death wrongful? How is death right? Death is death.
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When it comes not in its time, it's forced by cowardly villains. Stupidity. Beric, I...
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I once believed that certain death should be undone, as you know firsthand. And I wonder now, had you not been brought back the first time, how different would the world be?
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How many wrongful deaths would not have occurred? You laid that on me. You put that on me. You put that in me. I know. Though now I know not why. You wanted the power? No.
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I do not want power. It was thrust upon me. I seem to recall you did quite a lot of the thrusting.
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So that's it then. You decided to be something else. I have grown into something else. Do we decide our fate? Did you decide to be what you are today? Decide what I do with it. But it happened to you. It formed. It changed you. You may think that you... decided how to be who you are.
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But fate makes no mistakes. You are not who you were yesterday. Tomorrow you will not be who you are today. Not because you choose, but because it must be so. Same for me.
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The world... needs death. When... It didn't need hers. It serves nothing. I'm sorry, Beric. That...
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I failed you. And that you decided to leave. But we are on our paths. And I foresee that this will not be the last time. I'm not interested in being your weapon.
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You are not what I made a deal with. I never considered you a weapon, Beric. You're a soldier. You always have been a soldier. You tried to run from that fate, and it pulled you back.
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Well, I'm not interested in being in your army. And you're not the one we came to see. Very well, Belleric. Good luck. End of episode.
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