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Ep. 167 Fire and Passion - Bellum Draconis
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With the world momentarily holding its breath, the fellowship settles into an unexpected stretch of downtime. Baal and Nyx reconnect and take stock of where they stand, while Emron and Seth attempt to preserve a sense of normalcy amid lingering tension. Elsewhere, Alpha and Tharok turn their attention to tactics and preparation, knowing that peace rarely lasts forever.
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Chaos at the Forge
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in a random side They got into the forge and there's M-Rod and Alpha stood against the wall again. What the hell? Leopar's ashes are just being thrown around everywhere.
Episode Introduction
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Now you wear the armour. You wear the armour.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to this week's episode of the Fellowship of the Tabletop, Belem Draconis.
Meet the Cast
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We are a live play 5E 2024 D&D podcast set in the magical home-brewed world of Aerith, currently in the kingdom of Dralak.
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Joining you for this week's episode, we have Pubey, who plays the human rules consultant, human cleric, Emron. This all became a dick-swinging contest. Pubey. The apple-pie-smashing edgelord, Callum, who plays the war-forged Shartificer, Alpha.
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Where's the stick? we hear new Ian, who plays the tiefling war star in Nick's corral. Did you just say Wean? i was going to say Will, and then I got confused.
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Will, who plays the dragonborn druid Balvalkon. I'll take the six inch, please. Darren, who plays the half-orc barbarian Thalaxan Jari. Something is up inside this chamber.
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My name is Mark and I am playing the human sausage swinger, uh, Safari. And last, but my name is least is, got well i really got well um is our dungeon master.
80s Theme Song Introduction
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But I feel like this time he needed his own theme song.
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And so I stole from the eighties and thought I'd only be right if we called him, Danny the Dungeon Master, you just can't catch him. Danny the Dungeon Master, you just can't catch him. Match his tail to the story. he You just can't catch him. Danny the Dungeon Master.
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get inspiration. No one's no one's no one's embellished a cartoon for me. It wasn't a cartoon. was the advert to Wiggly Worms. You just can't catch them. Match their tails to the card. he You just can't catch them. Wiggly Worms.
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You don't get inspiration anymore. Get rekt.
Plot Developments and Recap
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Did you catch the pigeon, Danny? I did think it was Catch the Pigeon. Catch the Pigeon, Catch the Pigeon. What if I go, okay, and I've got better one. I've got a better one. Sugar, spice, and everything nice. These are the ingredients chosen to make the perfect little girl by Professor Utoni and Max Dandy. Add another ingredient to the concoction. Thus, Dungeon Master Danny was born. Using his super vocal powers.
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Danny. Oh my God, we could totally do the whole thing. Fucking Powerpuff Girls is elite. There you go Do I get it back? Yes. Oh, Jojo, Jojo. Yes. And speaking of mojos, in your Jojo. such a big brain. and We see old Gal staring into this. He has on he a huge brain on his head, doesn't he? It sticks out of his head in the glass.
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I imagine old Gal has a really big brain now. this That's what he says. Will's gone redder than his top. Yeah.
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Anyway, an old girl is sat, his long toe scraping the soil as he sits still in his park, which he's allowed to be in, um and says... I'm just swinging my sausage.
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Ooh, trunks in green. Black Dragon Land! It's exhausted. It's Ghostwing. He's injured, but he gets healed up pretty quickly. He tells Baal that Galefire's brood, all the golden dragonborns, have left Dralak and Chondralakar's lair and are headed right here.
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Emron spills the beans on Leopold's death and Alpha retells everything in absolutely perfect memory. Just listen back to last episode.
Confrontation and World-Saving Plans
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Ghostwing tells the group about the Steel Nightmare's curse. It inverted gravity and the anchors seem to be the thing that's keeping the nightmare tethered to Aerith, the group.
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seem to favor Valkyraeth as the Ascending Dragon. Ghostwing suggests that maybe he gonna fight on the front lines alongside Delmontrace. Seth gets some spark notes on the plan. Emron suggests that the group chat in private, and they plan questions for Tilwa to find out what happened last time. And it's showtime. Nix begins brain-fucking and only hears a crying, fearful child. Oh, shit. Seth asks some questions but gets some pretty shitty answers.
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Nix and Baal help Tharok contract the cape of exploding flight. Tharok, nice cock, bro. Sebastian has returned. He's upset and confused. Seth better start talking.
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Thunder strikes in this
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defining moment now.
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As a very worried looking sparrowhawk struggles to maintain his composure. His lip is quivering. He's looking beaten.
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He's looking tired as though he's almost been running.
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He places down the bow that he recently fired in your direction accidentally, it seemed,
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and marches up to Seth and Tharok, who are stood in the doorway, with an intensity of somewhere between panic and
Tensions and Battle Preparations
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desperation.
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What's going on? Why are we acting like this?
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And just looks down, distractingly, at Darok's lack of clothing.
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Struggling to read the humour in this situation. And then eyes with a steel gaze back at yours, Seth.
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There's no humour here. We shall just find ways to calm our nerves before battle. You want to know what happened? We went to Sleetgaard.
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who went to fix what was broken.
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And, uh, Isaiah looks down to the floor for a second. Your father, the king, gave us an ultimatum, which we had no choice.
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He begged us into a corner, and we fought. All of us, we fought.
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And your father died. Sebastian, your father is dead.
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And I, I landed the killing blow to protect what I think is right.
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For that I am sorry. The son should never speak to his father's killer.
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But know that this father killer is loyal to you.
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and to your cause, and whilst the world spins in chaos and the demons pour up and the mechanical beasts pour down, that will be a constant.
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If you see me as done wrong, and I need to die, so be it. I feel therefore I've done my part in this, but know that with our plans afoot,
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And know that I am truly sorry.
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And he kind of bows his head down awaiting Sebastian's judgment. And he kind of dips his head to not allow you to break your eye contact with him
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in some mixed cocktail of trying to intimidate you, but also completely feeling, um,
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alone and like desperate for the only remaining bond he feels he has to to offer some comfort in this chaotic situation is just staring at you.
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You drop your head even lower and he takes a step closer and you can hear his heart pounding in his breath. It's
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It's
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the grief isn't surfacing properly and it's, it's stuck in a, in a bottleneck full of rage that he can't quite place.
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I'd set a step forward if he could see and perceive that. and quickly unclasp his belt and allow his blade of simsaur of wounding to fall, clanging to the ground so it seems that he is unarmed.
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Sebastian, I need you to hit me. You need to unbottle that cork. You need to let this out. You've got to do something.
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Open palms, inviting a hip.
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He stands there stunned, his mouth agape, almost unblinking at you.
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And he speaks,
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but doesn't stop looking at your direction.
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This was your plan all along, Trace, wasn't it?
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still eyes on Seth the whole time.
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Trace says nothing on the other side of this room.
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Leave. If it was his plan, we were outmaneuvered. But as far as i I was aware, this was our plan. We did not intend to kill your father He left us no choice.
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But we needed trace for answers for our next steps. We needed information. We were running blind, sailing across the sea like fools.
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Now we have a plan. A solid plan. A plan to fix what has gone wrong this cycle. and make right for once and for all.
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But now is not tactics time. Now is emotions and thinking.
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As Seth says that, Farrakh is going to... He's gradually backed away from this as he's pulling clothes back onto himself. And what he will do is he's just going to give Alpha a little shove and go...
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I don't think he knows about the cycles. You have to tell him and you have to tell him now. This is not the first time we've done this. This is not the first time we've gone through this time.
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From the unmending to now, to the to the fall of civilization, we've repeated this many times, 12, 13 times. But last time, some of us broke that which repeats itself.
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And every time before this we have failed. Yet there are things this time that are different. Alpha exists. Baal won the competition, the jewel of the desert champions and took the egg.
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There is a new dragon that was not predicted last time. I know this is a lot to take in. But know that this is different.
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That we have a chance here.
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It was not all for naught. For that I promise.
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i have no fucking idea what you're talking about. Yeah, that's what I said to her at first.
Private Dialogues and Strategy
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That's why we needed Trace. He had all this information. So much of it relied on us understanding what happens. What happened in the past and what will happen now.
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And why things felt like it was led. We were led to things. We were pushed to things. It all makes sense now. Because it's happened before. Multiple times.
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And some people remember. Trace remembers. ah Part of Emron kind of remembers slowly. There are others that remember bits. And with that info, Brego, he remembers, but no, he's in hell. So, you know, that's a good and a bad thing.
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So we have a couple of, you know, bit more information, a lot more information. And with that, a plan. We did not have a plan before. And then after Sleetgaard and what happened there, we have a plan to save the goddamn world.
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Then I'll hear it. I'll hear your plan. What, the whole plan? father died.
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my father died.
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I'll hear it.
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and There's a lot of steps. ah ah we yeah Well, let's just, you know, maybe ah I'll take my time and maybe, okay, well, you know, you do you, bro. But let while I tell you the story really, he's looking to everyone really, really slowly, maybe everyone else can come up with an idea ah for that thing. So.
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Everyone sort of pulls out Leopold's crown and goes, think this should belong to you then. Well, I don't know if that will help her now.
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He kind of beelines past and out into the storm, ah overcome with that token you hold.
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yeah. I'm on. And kind of doesn't make his reaction visible to any of you. thought that would help. I'm sorry.
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Bro, I was perfect. And then that happened. I didn't make one single mistake. Oh, God. Flawless. At least he's not in the room to kill Trace. Delmon, do you want to? Come on.
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Come with me. Just in this room here. As Nick's gestures to take him into the. that's You're all kind of like huddled there at the doorway. And Trace it moved closer to the center of the room.
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And it's holding a bag. It's holding a satchel.
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The satchel that all of your belongings went into that you gave to Sebastian.
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Trace.
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The stone.
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He's here. You have my word. Give us the bag, please.
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He slowly walks towards Alpha.
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before he hands it to you.
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Alpha will take the bag.
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I will rummage around for the stone, which I assume is indeed in the bag. All of the items you left for Sebastian are in there.
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I'm going to hold on to and just stare at it for a brief moment. There's so many things going through Alpha's head right now.
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He still believes that he's doing the right thing. He's hoping that he's doing the right thing with this. And he's just going to offer it open-palmed to Dalmont Trace.
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He's very carefully going to take it.
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You... are the plan. This...
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This is just... the beginning.
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One thing at a time, Tracy.
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He said with a little bit of bile in his voice.
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Before I leave...
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The Erythian leaders.
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Who wants returning first?
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Baal? You said you have Helena? Yes. We need her back. And am I looking now at what's in Emron's hand taking that?
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Do we need a coronation?
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Or is... He.
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And Bal will look to the group.
Debate for Sleetguard's Leadership
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She, from what I've heard, is a mighty warrior, yes?
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She's also, by succession, the rightful queen. She's his elder sister. And Bal will look at Seth.
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With all due respect, and he'll kind of motion over his shoulder to where Sebastian went.
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Is he going to be more useful than she is for what's to come?
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For the future, he'll be ruled by his emotions. Is that what we want?
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I just want one of the slidguards on the throne. i don't mind which it is. And you think, Helena,
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Someone will need to defend here in Sleetguard, now with them. The rock and stone going crazy down here.
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If she's half the warrior we've heard about, she'll hold her own. The warrior queen.
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Didn't she have a group before? Like, can't they protect her?
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Yes. I mean, we might need them to help with us with the other things. but But if we're not powerful to deal with what's up there, then... I'm just saying she's not alone by the sounds of things. And she's fierce by her own means. But like if she's a part of a group and they've done like heroic things before, it sounds like as if one of us was going to be coronated. We wouldn't be doing on our own.
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That's true. So we're in agreement then, Helena, for ruler of Sleet God. feel weird that the undying champions are making the choice on the future king or queen of sleet guard i let's just take a moment here to realize how far we've come like we should all pat each other on the back i feel like we're making big big changes now regicide and kingdom makers Yeah, I mean, so much so to whatever plan that you put out there, Trace. This is still a big moment for us. And now and now this group of mits misfits are are'm making big power plays here.
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It's pretty cool. I'm just putting out there. And to be fair, if you go back through history, the successful regicides tend to end with monarch making. So any objections?
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Helena? i mean I mean, she needs to decide whether she wants it, doesn't she? She does? Yes. And she doesn't, then Sebastian will have to take the place.
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And the rule is rightful, right? That that that is what it says. By Schleckardt's laws, even before this fact, no offence, he'll point to Dermontraith, took over, that crown should be hers.
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Don't know how it works with abdication and the power of the dragons, but... i Wasn't it kingdom-wise belief? Did I not hear somebody mention that?
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She will be... She is the successor. It is Helena, then. Lucien abstained. Okay.
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I know that the others would be... Well, useful to return for the power of the dragons, but if we can't guarantee... a direct aid to our cause.
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Do we keep it at just Helena then?
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I think so. For now. All or nothing.
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Helena it is. And he'll nod at Delmontrace.
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Signed, The Undying Champions. Adds more flair. shuni sequa And do you hand him your crown?
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Emron sort of looks to the pizzazz to the group.
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Do wait we give him the crown? Well, what else is he going to do with it? I can't. ah he I mean, maybe they want to be the ones that crown Helena. Maybe ah might like she might like us to do it rather than, you know, twat feet to show her.
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I have never met her. I do not believe my presence in her coronation would make any difference. We have been keeping her safe for a number of months. And there are people coming here who do know her.
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That's just the other thing to consider. There are people coming here who do know her. It's not just going to be us. I mean, he's got the soul stone. What is it if he takes the crown as well? like The crown allows him to create the ruler.
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But that's what we've just decided, isn't it? Yeah, but if Trace decides, I don't know, go, actually, I don't like that idea. So i'm going to kill off the two remaining heirs and then make my own thing. May remind you? This is the first part of our proposal here. And he's also got a longer plan, guys. he He's already done it, Emron. He's already taken Sleetgaard. He did it back when they were fighting the Blight. If he wanted to keep Sleetgaard, he'd already have it.
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And if he wanted to kill Helena, she'd be dead. The point is this. Is Helena coming here or is he going to he wherever Helena is, that crown needs to get to her. If she's coming here, it stays with us. If she's not coming here, it goes with him and he finds her as part of the deal. That's what he's saying. He's going to go over there and he'll get to her before we ever do.
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when i The Nixis sums it up perfectly. He takes the crown. Okay. And everyone will hand over the crown. ah Do you need the breastplate of... No.
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No. Okay. And I probably shouldn't tell Sebastian about the ashes and the and kind of motion to his own bag of holding. I feel like, you know, he's in his place right now. i know the crown set him off. Maybe you could make a candle out of it later and give it to him for like Christmas or something like that. Just like, oh i put I thought of you and... I'll make a bottle of his ashes or but I'll think about it.
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Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Something. This is goodbye again. He looks around. I'll get you a queen.
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Before the seven gates. The right one though. No, no, no, no, no. I know these games. Not just a queen. Helena Slitgard. With the crown. Slitgard. In Slitgard.
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For Slitgard. None of this bullshit chicanery, bro, okay? I've had enough of it. Agreed. Good. I'll get her on the throne. She will be queen within the next five days. Wow. I'll also get your boat safely out of Goldview if I can.
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Ship. Apologies.
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i love Sorry, I'm really sorry, but Ian looked genuinely offended when he called it a boat. I think that was more Ian than Nick's.
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In seven days... You have to do this.
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Once Helen is on the throne,
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the obchuska will press
Final Preparations and Alliances
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the anchors as hard as we can. And on the seventh, the dawn, on the seventh day, i will use this.
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And he raises the stern.
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And heavens and hells will resume here.
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Then you go.
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and don't need... So saying we've got, what, seven days to get ready? Yes. Yes. We need to finalize our Hell Team, Sky Team, and ship. We've got a lot of resources we're going to need to put how long train can montage ghost sweet How long was it until the others arrived? Did you say five days until they all arrived?
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I think I can get them here quicker now I know this. Okay. If so... The furthest party out are those that are returning from Tolcolons.
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Citadel...
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Let's see if we can move them quicker with this news. Right. Okay. We have a plan. We have a heading. Savvy.
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Goodbye. Come here, Tracy. And Nick's will walk over and give Delmontreus a big hug.
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And unlike the last time you attempt this where it was completely wooden and did nothing back... Now he just kind of leans a little bit.
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There we go makes Good luck. All of you. call love you
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And he nods.
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And walks out into the night. You know, i feel like We're his favourite ones. I know he's had 12 of us before, but I feel like there's something special here. I feel like if pushed to come to shove, he would choose us.
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I mean, at least I've kept all of his father's sword for Sebastian. So, you know. you attempt You are determined to see that man cry, aren't you?
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And then later on, everyone would just pour out his ashes onto the floor, making eye contact. That's probably your father's head. That's his wife. That's his wife. want to see your dad. Val, get your bag out.
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Oh, look, there's still pieces of up on the breastplate. Sorry. Achoo. Val will be able to tell you all about how he smashed up. I don't want to say anything, but it was the best day of my life. That's the last day of his. Everyone's like, yeah, but if he's getting the crown, I think...
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sebastian or helena's released have the sword you know before we can worry about the sentiment later he's got that trace is going to totally it screw us after this isn't he as long as there's an after this that's i mean that's that's what we're all doing here we we've never really been as much in the know as we are now but we are still a piece of a bigger game and i just want to get to the next level Even if he has aspirations to conquer the land afterwards, there must be a land to conquer.
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So, for now, at the very least, our objectives are aligned.
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Jesus! What the... Good point. Wow! As much as it's uncomfortable to think, yes, the Akriska really are allies right now.
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Despite
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all of my kin being enslaved.
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Well, you're not going to let that one go, are you? Would you? No. It was more of a commentary on the situation rather than any judgment at all.
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Rest. In the morning, I'll... I'll return to Drago, and Sayangar, Ren, and the Red Rook, and retrieve them. That might be the quickest way of getting them here.
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I'd say leave Sebastian.
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He knows the weight of what you did, but he also knows that you wouldn't have done it unless you had to. would just take him time to balance those thoughts.
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Rest if you can.
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and I know I will. Or try at least.
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He just returns to the common room.
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It's now of approaching midnight.
Reflections and Character Growth
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Is anything you'd like to do?
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Bart will just kind of sign up to Nyx and just say, could we talk? Yes, very much yes. In private or like, is this another thing where we get Tharok and get naked again or something?
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No, I didn't think I could. who I don't need to see that again. Well, I could see that again. we call your do Do you want? no No, no, no, no, no. It was more of a like, um yeah. In private.
00:32:34
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Yeah. Private. Yeah, we could. Let's go private. Okay. And it'll lead you away elsewhere, probably to some shitty goblin piss-stained den.
00:32:47
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Yeah, and Nick's will would just comment on the the decor of the place. You know, considering this is meant to be like the holding party, the the the fate of the world is going to take place here, the meetings and so forth, would you... You'd think it'd have a bit more of a grandeur about the place. mean, you feel like they could make me make it an illusion that it was this shit and literally shit, but maybe have it cleaner on the inside. But yeah, no, I agree.
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It's a bit gross. Not a fan. No, no. It's not in future times. This will be used as like a museum. And i mean, this isn't where I would want to bring people to go. The great plan to save Aerith took place here.
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Nyx, did you love Valkyra?
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It's okay if you did. Um. Okay. Okay. Like, like rip that bandaid right off. Um... I assume you mean... Valkyrie. The Valkyrie. She's on my brain. I mean the Valkyrie. We can call her Marota. That's how I knew her. I've already ruined it. No, no, no, no. I understand. We don't have to talk. It's very painful, but if there's anyone I'm going to talk to about Marota, it's going to be you. Okay?
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um And I know I haven't been so like talkative.
00:34:26
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I assume you mean during this like cycle as well, because obviously everything we heard about other me's. I don't think there were many other me's. No, hope but that's that's so very faithfully you.
00:34:41
Speaker
um I kind of like there was no other use. Oh, but
00:34:48
Speaker
yeah we never defined.
00:34:53
Speaker
never defined. Me and Marota, this is never defined what we were.
00:35:05
Speaker
And I don't mean that to say to get out of a conversation or to to start an argument ah because truly could it have gone somewhere? Yeah, I think so.
00:35:26
Speaker
However, I didn't mean to get in the way. no No, no, no, no, no. It's not like you got in the way of what you think is fate. I got in the way, if anything.
00:35:41
Speaker
Twelve.
00:35:45
Speaker
Twelve other timelines, all of them, this the same.
00:35:50
Speaker
12 other timelines where I fell in love were we on the assumption that was always Marota. Some of those times had kids. I mean, that fucking weirds me out. Imagine me as a dad.
00:36:02
Speaker
Like, come on now.
00:36:08
Speaker
I only know me now. I don't know the other me's. I don't know the fates of other me's. I only know what I know now.
00:36:20
Speaker
And could we have been something?
00:36:24
Speaker
Thinking back. I don't know. Was she always a safe space? Very much so. And did that mean a lot to tiefling that didn't have a safe space before?
00:36:38
Speaker
Yeah.
00:36:42
Speaker
Are you the reason she's no longer here? No.
00:36:48
Speaker
Am I the reason she's no longer here?
00:36:54
Speaker
Yeah.
00:36:57
Speaker
Marot is not here anymore because of anything you did, Val.
00:37:02
Speaker
ah She's not here anymore because something I did.
00:37:08
Speaker
If she could be here.
00:37:13
Speaker
She could have.
00:37:17
Speaker
Don't forget.
00:37:21
Speaker
I made that choice.
00:37:25
Speaker
Sebastian, Sleetguard, saviour of Aerith.
00:37:31
Speaker
Chose him. I did not choose Morota. I did not choose my captain.
00:37:39
Speaker
Is it because the choice was taken from you?
00:37:44
Speaker
Because she's gave her life and battled enough. And although I clearly didn't know her as deep as other Mies did, I knew enough that she had fought enough and that she was done.
00:38:06
Speaker
I could feel it.
00:38:11
Speaker
So please don't ask what would happen if she was here now, because that I feel...
00:38:20
Speaker
is more of an insecure question rather than a true answer that I could give, uh, regarding me and Marota's relationship. Um, I knew enough to know that she
00:38:36
Speaker
wouldn't want to come back.
00:38:40
Speaker
Um, right.
00:38:43
Speaker
It's not about, who I would choose between you. No. It's about
00:38:52
Speaker
what we can do with the time we have. If I've learned anything,
00:39:00
Speaker
is there's no guarantees.
00:39:05
Speaker
I'm sorry. I don't mean to seem... him I'm not insecure. I'm not sat here worrying. I know that's probably how it seems.
00:39:16
Speaker
No. You feel like you got in the way of fate. And probably my happiness. That's exactly how I feel.
Forging Bonds and Trust
00:39:29
Speaker
Nix will take your hands in his and has been looking away from your eyes. the This time of recollecting the decisions he made and the death caused.
00:39:42
Speaker
But on this, he will look you in the eye.
00:39:47
Speaker
What's important is what we do with the time we have. And you're my choice for the time we have.
00:39:59
Speaker
And for my sins to which there are more than I can count.
00:40:09
Speaker
I can't believe how lucky I am that you're stood right here and you're my choice.
00:40:19
Speaker
And a couple of tears will start streaming down Baal's face now.
00:40:27
Speaker
And he'll say, I...
00:40:34
Speaker
I'm not going to leave you. I'm not going leave your side.
00:40:39
Speaker
ah If you're on the boat, I need to be on the boat too. Yeah. we need to We need to talk about what we're doing with the groups. Okay. I don't like the idea of us all splitting up.
00:40:51
Speaker
No, ah but I'm glad you said that. ah Nix looks a little bit visibly calmer at that, and and he's trying he's trying to blink. He's blinking quicker than usual, as if like his eyes are getting wetter.
00:41:09
Speaker
He won't succumb. um Yeah, I...
00:41:19
Speaker
I just want to make the note most of the now. ah If you choose to stay with me, though, um in the battles to come, yeah, sure. I can.
00:41:29
Speaker
That's all right. i I can guess I can look after you.
00:41:39
Speaker
I would say don't do anything stupid. You've not got the best track record. Yeah, it's never been my strong suit. the But at least we can do stupid shit together. Chaos together.
00:41:52
Speaker
The chaos crew. Yeah.
00:41:57
Speaker
Right. Okay. Okay. Thank you. i Thank you. Yeah. It's nice not having to to take thoughts to know what someone is thinking truly. So appreciate Good if you wanted to.
00:42:12
Speaker
I know. and I know. But um sometimes it doesn't feel
00:42:22
Speaker
I'd rather you talk um if if anything's ever on your mind like this I'll be as honest to say can be always with you
00:42:40
Speaker
okay okay okay so Do we fuck now or later on? mean, i yes. And he'll just kind of he'll stop what you're saying and literally push you up against the wall. And yeah, anyone nearby will hear horrific things. It begins.
00:42:59
Speaker
ah
00:43:03
Speaker
Does anyone else have any other ah rotations or activities they would do before turning down? When does that all take place? None of us can go to the bookstores in a random side group. They got into the forge and there's M-Rod and Alpha stood against the wall. Leopold's ashes are just being thrown around everywhere. Now you wear the armour. You wear the armour. ah It's a show of our love.
00:43:35
Speaker
ah so Wear the armour and I'll smash you. but Oh. ah
00:43:42
Speaker
I imagine to the bunk room, in which case, where are you going? Well, the bunk room is like, it's all in that common room where everyone has been. So they went elsewhere and that would leave a storeroom to the north, the forge to the east, ah sort of ah kitchen, dining um chamber.
00:44:03
Speaker
And another chamber you haven't entered yet. Is that the middle one? ah I'll double check.
00:44:11
Speaker
But it wouldn't have been the common room. It wouldn't been where everyone was sleeping because that's where everyone left from.
00:44:23
Speaker
ah The Eastern Chamber, which has just got lots of tables. Yeah, I thought ah thought we were in there. Yeah. That's where Trace and where the kitchen is. that Sorry, correct. Yes. that So that's where Trace and that lot were. Correct. That's where we were.
00:44:38
Speaker
Arlen and Nix went out to fuck...
00:44:42
Speaker
In any of the other rooms, but the bunkhouse would have been where Ghostwing went, so you wouldn't have been in private. Ghostwing just in the corner watching the look horror on his face. would not have been in private for the previous conversation, which might dictate where your ah locale is for this one.
00:45:02
Speaker
Camera just pants to Ghostwing's face.
00:45:07
Speaker
Surely there's other characters around here ready to take the stage. Farok, Farok. I will just follow fall past Seth at one point and we'll just go. he knows deep down what his father was, just as I'm sure that Helena did.
00:45:29
Speaker
i think he will come round, but he's mourning his father. He won't sleep tonight. He will be tired, he will be emotional.
00:45:42
Speaker
But I know him well enough from traveling with him to know that he is smart enough and pragmatic enough and aware enough of the world to know that you had no choice.
00:45:55
Speaker
Still, it doesn't sit right that I've put that on him this close to the end.
00:46:04
Speaker
He won't recover from this, not quickly. Not ever.
00:46:10
Speaker
You were at the end of the sky, yes? I somewhat... Yeah. You were there. I was there too.
00:46:18
Speaker
We were positioned on the right flank, right before Helena. The other ones who were with her rode right through towards that tower. Our job was to stop anything getting on their back. Everyone who I fought with, everyone who was in my caravan, including my own mother, perished safe from me at that point.
Emotional Struggles and Strategies
00:46:38
Speaker
No, he will not recover.
00:46:42
Speaker
But he will go on.
00:46:45
Speaker
He will be by his sister's side.
00:46:50
Speaker
And when this is done, he will find a purpose for his life. Just as I have done. He'll find a new caravan. and Just as I have done.
00:47:03
Speaker
And so long as his heart beats,
00:47:09
Speaker
He will have something.
00:47:13
Speaker
Yeah. And during that, Seth's been kind of looking, listening, but looking out whilst listening to Theric's words of hope for Sebastian.
00:47:25
Speaker
And as that moment kind of passes, it was just a, I don't know if you would have seen it on the right flank, but on the left, the Aromancer that got us through to the divine old battle,
00:47:37
Speaker
After he opened the portal, I watched him fall flat on his face in the mud. Honestly, the funniest, I would have laughed if I wasn't about to piss myself. Yeah, we still laugh about that now.
00:47:50
Speaker
Do you know that half a looting is supposed to be around the whole place, big powerful wizards? Fell in his face. Didn't have Feather Full for that, did he cunt? No, he didn't. Do you remember the collection that we used to have around the, that used to form around the big ghouls? Those fuckers were unbelievable.
00:48:09
Speaker
Different times, eh?
00:48:13
Speaker
There was something quite simple in it, though, that it was a fight between living and death. This seems much more complicated. Yeah. I think life gets more complicated as we get older, you know?
00:48:26
Speaker
It was so easy. If you had a pulse, you were with us. And if you did not have a pulse, we would kill you or die trying. Simple, you know?
00:48:37
Speaker
Fuck. everybody That's why I need context. It's confusing. Now there are dead people that are good and good people that are alive and bad people that are living. in Yeah.
00:48:52
Speaker
I don't like it. I like it simple. The best people. the people who shaved the world from that while we were standing on the sides of periphery, keeping the tides at bay, the people who saved the world when the battle cleared, do you remember seeing that fucking thing? They call it Grisette that Demi fuck.
00:49:13
Speaker
Yeah.
00:49:16
Speaker
I saw a dragon born foul that thing, With a single swing of a great sword. Best move I've ever seen with a blade. That fucker is on our side.
00:49:27
Speaker
I saw those people. Including that woman. Right up to that tower. She is our queen now. She is Sleetguard's queen. She is on our side. Everyone else who went with her. Apart from the little fucker who died. Trying to bring down the tower.
00:49:42
Speaker
They're all still here. And they're all still on our side. When you break it down. That's not so bad. The people... who really, really matter, the people who ended the last one, they're on our side.
00:49:57
Speaker
So there is there's many things that we should be hopeful for.
00:50:03
Speaker
Yeah, you know, I didn't think of it in those ways before. It feels very lonely doing what we do sometimes. It does.
00:50:15
Speaker
Thank you, Taroq. You have given me something to hope for. I'm going to rest now because I'm fucking tired, but thank you. I like the simplicity with which you speak.
00:50:26
Speaker
i'm glad We need to talk more about that battle at some point because I'm sure there are some other fucking funny bits that we have not talked about yet. it wasn't I also need to tell you how I fell off my horse and lost my eye.
00:50:39
Speaker
Funniest thing, if you were not me, to watch apparently. I fucking hated it. obviously Anyway, for another day perhaps. I am going to turn in. Thank you again.
00:50:50
Speaker
And then Seth will give a polite nod and not salute, but give the impression like he would be about to, almost like a gesture of like old soldier to old soldier.
00:51:01
Speaker
a militaristic a militaristic militaristic offering of some... A nod of the head or just a lift of the head or just something or a click of the boots, something just to give the impression of it. And with a slight terse smile would then him.
00:51:15
Speaker
Yeah, Farrakh, who's normally quite steely, will grin. There's a grin or a rise in his cheeks um towards that. he's He's known for a while, obviously, that Seth was at the Ember Scarf. Seth hasn't had a voice, so Farrakh hasn't brought it up until this point. But Farrakh will nod at that in reciprocation and will actually follow off towards the the bunk rooms with Seth. It's gone midnight and it's it's time to recuperate from some burns.
00:51:45
Speaker
Yeah, and it it it maybe feels like a fitting way to pair off, that the lovers would go and spend their time together, that the the veterans of war would discuss their war stories, and that Alpha and Emoron would get the forges ready for Alpha's great creation for the next couple of days.
00:52:07
Speaker
And there's nothing from you pair, the final pair, then...
00:52:14
Speaker
good the evening, or transitioning today without incident. You complete a long rest.
00:52:25
Speaker
And when you all begin to awake,
00:52:31
Speaker
there are eight of you occupying beds.
00:52:37
Speaker
You six, Ghostwing, and Sebastian.
00:52:44
Speaker
And in the morning, as you begin to rise, Sebastian asks you, Alpha, and before you get started and what you're planning to do,
00:53:00
Speaker
if you would retell everything that happened after you guys left Goldview, specifically want not not not wanting to know any of the details about his father's demise.
00:53:17
Speaker
Yeah, if if that's Sparrowhawk's request, then for Sparrowhawk and out of respect for Sparrowhawk, then yeah, nothing would be left out unless he has specifically requested it.
00:53:29
Speaker
And he sits there, probably breaking into some of the provisions that Tharok prepared last night, listening for maybe an hour, two hours about what it is you have to say. Well, everyone's kind of waking and stirring in that time as well.
00:53:47
Speaker
It doesn't interrupt you once. But as you all realize Alpha's getting to the final moments, the moments before Sparrowhawk turned up,
00:54:01
Speaker
do you lean back in for this moment? Do you wait to see what Sparrowhawk's kind of follow-ups would be? How would your morning start here?
00:54:15
Speaker
So you all kind of can half sleep through a third re retailller a second retelling of the events that were told to you, that you experienced rather.
00:54:26
Speaker
But anyone not want to be around for the end of Alpha's telling.
00:54:32
Speaker
So to be there
00:54:36
Speaker
mix everything is set.
Divided Missions, Unified Resolve
00:54:39
Speaker
um everything is set
00:54:44
Speaker
The only thing Nix is is doing, and I've said it before, is um in between these times, he's heard this story now, if Alpha's recounting it again, this is like the full fucking time. And to get recounted couple more times when people get here. so you Understandable. So it's it's becoming almost like, if you will, a podcast at this point for Nix. It's just kind of voices in the background. oh meta. ah So while this is going on, ah and Nix has has done this before, ritualistically, and he's doing it again, he's got...
00:55:13
Speaker
Old girl's cracked, not cracked anymore, glass orb. And he is i a taking the time to concentrate upon it and reach out through it communally to any part of him from the other times.
00:55:33
Speaker
And that's what he's been doing. Any spare moment, he's got that glass orb and that's what he's doing. Unless someone's naturally come to talk to him and he's he's not it's not like he's ignoring anyone, he'll carry on a conversation. But any spare moment, he's just constantly doing that. It's almost... um You know the labyrinth where he's got that glass orb and he's just continuously playing with it. So even if Nix is talking to someone, that orb is close to his hand and he's either fondling it in that way or he's not doing the cool David Barry moves. He'll practice, but he doesn't want to crack the orb anymore. You know what mean? But he's got it in his vicinity.
00:56:07
Speaker
And you tried this yesterday and you've tried it a number of times previous to this, but yesterday you armed with a lot more of the knowledge that you know now. And it was it was barren, it was empty, you got nothing back. But what you were able to do was reflect on the past you have experienced, that you know you have experienced.
00:56:29
Speaker
That is this cycle, the one that you actively hold memory for.
00:56:36
Speaker
And prompted by perhaps some of things that Baal evoked and asking you to speak about Marota.
00:56:48
Speaker
It's kind of like you're adding a layer of emotion that you didn't put in yesterday and that exists now. Can you make a history check for me as you're just
00:57:01
Speaker
Nothing magical is happening, but you're just really focusing on what is it your true past, the task the past that you have experienced. can i Can I guide myself as I do this, please?
00:57:13
Speaker
Yeah. Okay. History check. here we Let's go.
00:57:19
Speaker
Oh, fuck off, you stupid bastard, Nix. Let's hope your guidance comes up. Yeah, 11. 11.
00:57:36
Speaker
You're taken back to the memory of the first time you met Marota in Goldview. You know, that that's kind of like just based on what Baal was raising last night.
00:57:48
Speaker
Yeah. In your head, not physically raising.
00:57:54
Speaker
And you think about the events of that day, the dragon attack on Goldview. And then you're thinking about your journey to Goldview. You're thinking about the Esmeralda. the time on the earth, on how it ended.
00:58:11
Speaker
And you linger in resentment for a while, whether it's resentment at the idea that the rotor is gone, or whether it's resentment for
00:58:24
Speaker
resentment for the idea of being kicked off the ship and what what happened then. The resentment turns to anger because you there was an individual responsible for that moment,
00:58:41
Speaker
And you begin to question the randomness of that individual. Get the fuck out.
00:58:48
Speaker
But you can't quite recall his face. Get the fuck out I need to fucking deep detect my own thoughts.
00:59:05
Speaker
Ah!
00:59:08
Speaker
Just can't quite make out any features. No! But your emotions are kind of leading you here.
00:59:17
Speaker
I know! i don't know what to do with this! Nick says out loud. ah don't know what to do!
00:59:27
Speaker
Alpha meets the end of the story of the the events. And there there is a a adultll quiet pause Meanwhile, you're kind of fumbling, fundling that orb, and then you're just squeezing it really intently as you're processing that anger. And then just this moment of of realization kind of feels like it appeared, but then disappeared.
01:00:00
Speaker
Sparrowhawk clears his throat.
01:00:09
Speaker
Why aren't...
01:00:12
Speaker
Why aren't we... Being attacked by demons right now?
01:00:20
Speaker
The assumption is that... They seek their princess. Yeah. And as she is not here, the... Demons... Are not pursuing us.
01:00:41
Speaker
Do you think
01:00:44
Speaker
you think Trace knows that?
01:00:50
Speaker
I do operate under that assumption, yes. It is his plan to manipulate the way the demons can sense and follow the stone.
01:01:08
Speaker
in order to create space for our opportunities.
01:01:16
Speaker
Will it work?
01:01:20
Speaker
This counter-alignment. Can you make that thing? Can we do these things?
01:01:28
Speaker
There is a lot of ifs, ands, and variables to consider. Rather than think of that, I choose to believe that we must.
01:01:43
Speaker
If everything is true, then we have no more chances for this. We have to succeed. I have to be able to build this incredible device that my father has left me from a different cycle.
01:02:05
Speaker
Yeah.
01:02:08
Speaker
Really fucking annoyingly yet to die.
01:02:13
Speaker
Yes. Definitely, um... Definitely something that to still...
01:02:26
Speaker
It leaves a void. Yeah, because... Within you.
01:02:33
Speaker
One that does not get filled.
01:02:43
Speaker
and you wanna kill the person that did it, don't you?
01:02:52
Speaker
You wanna kill the person that killed your father?
01:02:56
Speaker
I do.
01:02:58
Speaker
Yeah, me too.
01:03:03
Speaker
I understand.
01:03:09
Speaker
your need, your desire.
Internal Conflicts and Duty
01:03:13
Speaker
It's the first time I ever really felt the desire to end another life. I have been angry before, sad before. This rage was more...
01:03:31
Speaker
it's hard to describe, but direct, unrelenting. But...
01:03:39
Speaker
I had announced to my friends, to those that I travel with, that this was my goal. I intend to end Urian's life in exchange for rings.
01:03:56
Speaker
And not one of them thought it was a good idea.
01:04:03
Speaker
They all offered very convincing arguments for me to
01:04:11
Speaker
perhaps not seek solace but to attempt to let it go as it is not the path that my father would have wanted me to follow he wanted would have wanted me to be better to be the alpha I was born to be
01:04:35
Speaker
and do you think I should let it go I think my father would want me to avenge him.
01:04:44
Speaker
I think it is a decision that only you can make.
01:04:50
Speaker
My preference, I will not attempt to hide, is for you to not go after the person who killed your father.
01:05:04
Speaker
But with that in mind as well,
01:05:07
Speaker
Do not believe I would stop you if you wished.
01:05:14
Speaker
I am fortunate that our path brings me my vengeance. But it is only for the greater good.
01:05:28
Speaker
i had made other plans for my future, not involving Eurion.
01:05:38
Speaker
It was difficult.
01:05:42
Speaker
But I was going to let it go.
01:05:50
Speaker
You loved your father. With every fibre of my being. Did you love the loyals? No. Not with any fibre of mine.
01:06:06
Speaker
I felt
01:06:10
Speaker
And he's purposely saying this in front of everyone in the room. So everyone is hearing this, but he's only really focusing on how far he says it.
01:06:24
Speaker
I felt
01:06:28
Speaker
more of a family connection with my father's murderer than I did with my own father.
01:06:43
Speaker
I don't know. don't know I can be angry about this.
01:06:52
Speaker
Emotion, I have learnt, is a very complicated spectrum. And here I am discussing it with an object made of metal.
01:07:06
Speaker
The only thing I can say is that I found solace in my friends. So may I ask that out of everybody here, who do you believe you could turn to to talk about how you are feeling?
01:07:25
Speaker
You, apparently.
01:07:28
Speaker
You talk to me because I have similar experience. Yes. But I would not believe that I am your closest friend. No.
01:07:43
Speaker
So what's our plan? He now looks around the room.
01:07:50
Speaker
um I was hoping to have a conversation with you all regarding that as well.
Strategic Planning for Battle
01:07:59
Speaker
I know yesterday we talked about splitting our group thin, two and two and two apiece.
01:08:09
Speaker
I... don't like the idea of spreading ourselves so thin. I know I said yesterday for the better of Aerith that it might be the right thing to do, but
01:08:25
Speaker
we we discovered yesterday as well from Tilwa that we were not powerful enough to take on the Cronomancer above.
01:08:37
Speaker
I wonder if it might be a good idea to talk to the most powerful of the winged watch to maybe take on that. Yeah, maybe we let that the other heroes of Aerith do that one.
01:08:55
Speaker
The other heroes of Aerith? How modest.
01:09:01
Speaker
Okay, you're the actual heroes Aerith, not just the ragtag bunch we are. I think you are heroes. If not now, then soon.
01:09:13
Speaker
Okay, well, we... Okay, thanks. to But the point... What are we going to kill then? Seth, you and I are going to hell. I still think that might be the best choice. Emron, you you have the ability to... Well, you've stepped in where I couldn't and even before I could. You you can heal.
01:09:34
Speaker
It makes sense for you and I to... Split up? Yes. And Nick, uh, Bar will sidle up next to Nick's as well. I just say, I don't want to leave Nick's on his own.
01:09:50
Speaker
He has a propensity for getting yeeted from towers and stabbed and killed more ways than one. And it's true. I do. If I can bring always falling. Yes, that's true.
01:10:01
Speaker
If I can bring alpha back, if that needs to happen, I'm, Arguably of all of us, he is the one that needs to survive. So I think it makes sense that I go with these. Tharok... None of us would expect you to leave Nyx's side. Don't worry. I know. feel like a dick because yesterday I said I could, but I don't think I can.
01:10:22
Speaker
Tharok, I don't want to make your decision for you, but I don't want you to go up above by yourself. I don't think it makes sense. I think you choose Hell's or...
01:10:37
Speaker
to the seas.
01:10:42
Speaker
I think we came to a realization of it the most appropriate way to do this. And I think we did that without putting a emotion into it.
01:10:53
Speaker
I think now we only make deviancet deviations to that plan when we have everyone here and we know who we have at our arsenal. What I do know is this.
01:11:07
Speaker
Every time I've heard a story about how we failed, every other time we failed, it's because we failed up there. I am not going to stand down here. I have not got my dick out and put this cape on to fucking stay down here.
01:11:21
Speaker
If I am going to fly, I'm going to fly up to there and I'm going to punch that coronamancer fucks away in his ugly fucking face. But one thing is for certain.
01:11:32
Speaker
There should be no change to the plan until we know now fully what we have at our disposal. Everything else is just pissing in the wind until we have that. We have to take the emotion out of this.
01:11:44
Speaker
Yeah, but if the emotion...
01:11:48
Speaker
What? We're not going to be like that, Nick. well I just like wanted you to have your say. You've recently found your voice again. Who am I to try and take it away from you? at Talking as well as I am doing, I still want you to have your voice. I was just going to make a dick joke, but no, you you say something important. I was going on about the emotional strand. Like if, hey, taking emotion out of it takes Bahl away from me, can we put the emotion back on the table? Just saying.
01:12:15
Speaker
I think the point is, and I i agree with... I agree with Baal. I think I'm potentially tempted to say we get others to go in up into the sky because at the end of the day, as we've said before, we've tried that way several times. It's never worked.
01:12:37
Speaker
Therefore, doing something different is potentially what the Grand Cronomancer won't know what to expect. That makes sense, but I believe a little bit of what Tarak said as well.
01:12:52
Speaker
look I think what might be good to find a nice middle ground here is to go, all right, when we have everyone together, we, the undying champions, will try to stick together in some way and put other groups, instead of trying to split ourselves thin, we stick together, others stick together, and it's separate groups doing it Well, how about that as a middle ground? We're not coming to a hard, fast decision, but we'll consider, we'll try to stay together. I think it makes sense. stay yeah Alpha can't go to the L's.
01:13:27
Speaker
Yeah, apart from Alpha, he stays here in charges or some shit. i don't know. He could be in charge of the Goblin. And we need to go get Prego back. and And don't forget that when we discussed this, the two things that have not ever been up to that thing before were me and Baal.
01:13:42
Speaker
The dragons that are essential to getting through that thing are clearly connected to Baal. Baal been there in the Now, I to go up there and I'm willing to die if that's what it fucking takes. But I am not prepared to just shit it out because of whatever reason. No you to shit out, Tharok. None of us are going to sit it out. It's which part of the three essential pieces we need to do, whether that means that you kill demons or kill kings or kill rocks and stone and metal.
01:14:14
Speaker
You are so cruel to this now. like You couldn't come away from us even if you wanted to. like You are so far in. We're just trying to give you choices of, like do you want to go hell diving or do you want to go sailing?
01:14:29
Speaker
You're so in, Theruk, you're basically the herpes of Nix's dick. I mean, there's other a ways to say it especially without the STDs, because Bahl is very clean. I am. i I burn it clean. But it's more like the hammer. I've seen his hammer. It's pretty big. He's he's the hammer of the group.
01:14:47
Speaker
Yeah.
01:14:50
Speaker
Slapping that down. It would be against every good plan going to ask you to sit out. i't thought um I don't see fighting Euron as sitting out. I don't see going to the hell as sitting out.
01:15:06
Speaker
It's just every time that we have lost, it's because we didn't do enough up there. Now, I know other things have to happen, but... We have to, for now, just assume that we need to wait until those people are here. We don't know what information Drago is coming back from the hells with. I hard agree.
01:15:25
Speaker
But let's not forget that we were told yesterday, to Baal's point, that in the previous cycles, albeit you were not there, and you could be the different maker for all I know. Absolutely, to your Thawak. Shame him. He'll point at Baal. Shame for him.
01:15:39
Speaker
Baal has been up there before. Apparently I was in Emond's dreams. So I'm just saying we were told very little yesterday from Tilwa.
01:15:50
Speaker
But what we did hear was we were not enough. We need a lot more going up there. So right now, I agree. Let's wait for everyone to be here. But let's not send one person up at the top when, like Seth says, we can stick together as much as possible, I feel like. I think ah our strength lies in knowing how we all fight.
01:16:16
Speaker
as well And as much as we could split ourselves among whatever force we have here, we know each other, we know our strength, we have each other's back.
01:16:27
Speaker
And I think we're stronger as a group, or maybe I just don't think we should spread ourselves so thin. You're right though, Tharik, we need to wait until we know exactly what we have at our disposal.
01:16:41
Speaker
I just worry that splitting into such smaller groups, we weaken ourselves too much. When are they getting here? And should we put food? Like, Tharok, shouldn't you be in the kitchen creating some amazing grub for, like, the army of the champions? Nick, this is a post-blight era. You can't say those things anymore. they don't fly I'm just saying, we can at least clean up a little bit. Like, I saw some goblin shit by the front door that wasn't cleaned up. We could just do a little bit.
01:17:12
Speaker
Actually, I saw Emron doing that. he Gross. e at least plopping in this lake.
Mobilization and Resource Coordination
01:17:21
Speaker
As someone who actually you know started off in this place and you know partly owns it, that that's not on.
01:17:29
Speaker
All right, all right, I'm joking. I tidying earlier. I was cleaning everything. i was tidying up earlier i was cleaning Ghostwing just kind of clears his throat. While you were circle jerking in the bloody forge, I was gleaning.
01:17:42
Speaker
You were there pumping your billows like a big boy. i was picking up goblin dung and piss walls. Oh, good. So, carry on. I can't believe that at the end of all of this, you're making dick, poo, and worse jokes.
01:18:01
Speaker
It's the last thing that he'd expect, to be fair. He wouldn't expect to be so incompetent. We didn't ask him what colour his shit is. We didn't ask for this kind of weight on our shoulders, Ghostwing. So you know what?
01:18:15
Speaker
you Like it or lump it. You know what? You're right. We didn't expect this weight on our shoulders and Tharok didn't expect that weight between his legs. But we're all here now.
01:18:26
Speaker
You know? certainly didn't.
01:18:30
Speaker
you notice You notice that you crack a small smile out of Sebastian. We've got some preparations to The question is, we've got a week until we have to go.
01:18:42
Speaker
We need supplies. We need portions. We need equipment. We need everything we can get. Now we have to decide, is the city going to be totally fucked and therefore not worth going to? Do we need to go back into there to try and get portions and supplies?
01:18:55
Speaker
What do we think? This is where we can come in.
01:19:00
Speaker
I will hasten everyone's journey here.
01:19:06
Speaker
Sebastian has networks Goldview that can get you what you need.
01:19:13
Speaker
Alpha and you need time to create this thing.
01:19:17
Speaker
We cannot break your focus. The rest of you prepare how you seem best, whether that is removing layers of excrement Whether it is just preparing this keep to host a small army.
01:19:39
Speaker
Whether it's saying your goodbyes, who knows. But let us do the running. You are our hope now. Speaking of which, though, and I feel this is very pertinent right now.
01:19:54
Speaker
Alpha, where the fuck your goblins? And why aren't they here cleaning this shit up? I honestly have no idea where they have gone. You have no control over a whole army of goblins just running around Slidgard.
01:20:07
Speaker
This is not some kind of security problem, surely.
01:20:11
Speaker
I haven't had a chance to attempt to find them. No? I saw you just staring at the wall for 12 hours last night. You haven't got no time?
01:20:23
Speaker
see Staring. was in the middle of it. Yeah, I know what it is. But like, could you not just try it then?
01:20:34
Speaker
There's an army of goblins that would be quite useful for menial tasks like cleaning up their own cucka.
01:20:44
Speaker
So...
01:20:51
Speaker
You've broken him again, him again. That's okay. Okay. i how and How about then, and he turns you, are there any villages nearby? la i could go and visit and say, look, the place is fucked, the world's ending, but do you want to be a bit of cash for cleaning up some goblin turds? And we could get some people here.
01:21:11
Speaker
ah If Emeron and myself and Dadok try and do this like... We're not going to get anywhere. But if we get a couple of other people involved, maybe we can get things moving quicker. We've got a kind of gold.
01:21:24
Speaker
We can make it fit for the final conversations that take place for Eres Saving Grace, which is us. And and then when when future people come to visit, like people go and visit that area of the blight all the time. They're like, they're walking along the dead and the graveyards and they're like, This place was amazing and someone killed a would-be god and someone threw themselves into hole. We could make this the place that you come to. We can make it the next tourist destination in Aerith and make fucking loads in the future if we win.
01:21:58
Speaker
I don't want to make excuses and be like, I can't help out or anything. But i'm I'm probably going to try and commune with nature a little bit more and maybe take myself away from the shit and the piss and the stench and the bile and the vomit. I think that is in the corner that's staining those bits of brick there. But I feel like you know my my whole thing is is fire and flame and heat.
01:22:21
Speaker
and ash and fighting demons and you know things like that might not be the best bet so i'm going to try to commune with the other half of my order and probably take myself away from the piss and shit just for a little while maybe i don't know however long it takes you to clear it up and then return with ah other kind of elements of skill set, spells, things like that that don't require me being ineffective against demons.
01:22:47
Speaker
you don't Obviously, I don't mean to make excuses, but that's probably what I'm going to do, you know, instead of clearing up and helping. so ah it sounds This sounds like a plan.
01:23:00
Speaker
Seth?
01:23:03
Speaker
The closest town that's going to have any sort of personnel like that is going to be Snake Run. I can leave word that there's coin available. I'm sure I can muster people.
01:23:15
Speaker
Just be prepared to pay them. Or, um... Well, you've met Kareem Snake Run before. Snake Run really the closest thing? Well, Goldview's the closest, but if you think about where we left things, I don't imagine there's much of a populace left.
01:23:32
Speaker
but Okay, and we need to put together a list of stuff we want, yeah? And Sparrowhawk will deal with that.
01:23:39
Speaker
For now... I will lead on the cleaning of the place and making it all effective for an army. ah And now we can best use this place efficiently in order to house a lot of people in a setup that would be effective.
01:23:52
Speaker
I will send you labour, if I can. Thank you. For now, until we know more from Red Rook, you're leaning on the side of...
01:24:05
Speaker
Seth, Emron,
01:24:09
Speaker
going to Tolkelon's Citadel. Baal, Nyx, and Alpha pursuing Uriand. It's useful to have a position going into that conversation and leaving the champions of the Blight for the final drop.
01:24:29
Speaker
Tharok, if you decide
01:24:33
Speaker
Something in my gut tells me that me and Bala need it up there. I know nobody else wants to hear this, but it's what I believe. But for now, I will wait until...
01:24:45
Speaker
I'll go wherever I get the chance to fucking kill something.
01:24:53
Speaker
We'll wait for more information, but consider your position.
01:24:59
Speaker
If I'm not back, In a few days, please don't fear the worst.
01:25:08
Speaker
I will bring you... I will return those we're waiting on, by hook or by crook.
01:25:18
Speaker
Sebastian, good luck.
01:25:22
Speaker
And he steps out, goes to a much clearer part of the keep. And this black swirling mist around him begins to form and it grows bigger and bigger and bigger to the size of almost the keep itself.
01:25:38
Speaker
And this adult black dragon in broad daylight, the hail has stopped, ascends into the sky and flies eastward.
01:25:51
Speaker
You will disperse and go about making your preparations. Alpha drawing up another list of things you need, components you need.
01:26:07
Speaker
A spiral hawk just turns to the group whilst mounted at this point later in the morning.
Final Plans and Departure
01:26:14
Speaker
Any other commands? Any other instructions?
01:26:21
Speaker
You've got the list of things we need, yeah? yeah Yeah, and I'll um ah find where your ship is now. Sammy. Do you need gold and and stuff from us for things we need?
01:26:35
Speaker
No. Do you have any gold and stuff that we need from you? It's in the bag that Thrace had. He gave it back to us, didn't he? Emron. Talking about a would-be throne sitter.
01:26:49
Speaker
I don't get it. Never mind. Have a safe journey. Nothing else? um No. Everyone thinks. Then he's about to say something he goes, maybe not now.
01:27:03
Speaker
No.
01:27:07
Speaker
Good luck. Yeah. Be safe.
01:27:12
Speaker
He ignores you, Seth. Doesn't even give you eye contact. Goodbye. Goodbye.
01:27:21
Speaker
And the six of you are left alone in Goldport Keep, deciding on your futures.
01:27:34
Speaker
And when we return, the full assembly of the Winged Watch
01:27:43
Speaker
will decide the play for the final stage of Belem Draconis. We're ending there?
01:28:00
Speaker
but the laes the be but of dro news so
01:28:12
Speaker
we're ending there
01:28:17
Speaker
yeah Yeah. As the as as the narrator in his very reverberant voice echoes across the kingdom and whatever Mark was doing there.
01:28:30
Speaker
I'm so sorry. I don't know why that happened. I just felt like it needed to happen. I had Mongolian throat song in a while. It's the Seasiders Blade song. That's where we get the end game music starts coming in now. That's what think. That's the feeling I got was the final level. The golden curtain drops. We can't turn back. This is where the prompt comes The golden shower. Save your game now.
01:28:53
Speaker
This is our point of no return. this is Are you sure you wish to proceed? have a health push You still have outstanding quests? Quick save.
01:29:04
Speaker
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01:30:02
Speaker
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01:30:09
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