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C2 Ep. 50 Grave Providence Chapter One
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There is a somber air over the day as the party reckons with the aftermath of their last job.
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Intro and Acknowledgements
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Hello and welcome to Eberron Renewed, an actual play podcast set in the Eberron campaign setting. I'm your game master, Eric. I'm Phillip. I'm Trevor. I'm Randy. I'm confused. I put a cookie in my mouth right before. I'm Jeff. Welcome to another episode of us Around the Table. Gentlemen, what happened last time? We had some words. Words. We talked.
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Some things were resolved, some things were not resolved, some things were clarified. Some revelations were made. Some bombshells were dropped. Yeah. Yeah. It was a good character-heavy episode. And it was all in passive voice, just like that. So yeah, we are picking up three days after that conversation that you
Continuing the Story: The First of Nim
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all had. The first of Nim.
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The First of Nim, thank you. In the year of our Lord, YK 998. It's not in the year of our Lord, YK. In the year of the kingdom, 998. And it's International Labourer's Day. Yes. That is the officially recognized Eberron holiday that we are celebrating. Mark it down. The First of Nim, which works because it's Nim Day. It is, in fact.
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Okay, so the first thing we need to do is who spent experience. I did. I did. Trevor. I'm just not me again. Yes. Always just not you.
Character Development and Upgrades
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OK, who would like to share first the new fiddly bits that your characters have? Mine's easy because mine's easy because I don't stockpile experience. So it's easy for me to express this. I bought a third tier talent that is tuned thrusters. So Tasha's handling has improved by one. And so her handling is now zero instead of negative one. So Tasha handles slightly less like a sale. Good. OK.
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Milo, um, Milo spent his on talents and he took in source sold. Okay. And we'll see what that is. That's what, okay. And also he, I took grit also to give me, I think the first, first tier of grit to give me an extra strain.
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I forgot one thing, uh, during our last arc, uh, you let me spend a story point to spend the handful of experience that I had banked and it left a blank spot in my talent tree. I went back and filled that with the first level with the first year talent talk shop, which lets me anytime I'm talking to another gear head, I can use mechanics instead of charm. Nice.
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So I took ranks in a few things with mine, Knowledge Underworld, and I added one in Streetwide, I believe. I went from one rank to two in that. And then I got two talents, and both of them are
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make me beefier. So I took one called Berserk. It's actually the one that I talked about in the last Everon reviewed where I automatically add. I start all melee checks with a success and two advantages. And then I took one called Ring Fighter that if I'm one on one with an opponent, I get a boost die. But if I am outnumbered, I take a setback.
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by three, like if two people are on you, then yeah. Sure, if it's a group of two, it's a wash. I just roll what I roll. But once it hits three on one, which I feel like we're gonna deal with more often than some people probably do, because we get a lot of minions given our station, I actually have to take a setback on those, so. Okay. Which I assume will just wash with my fresh success and two advantages that I have. So that is what I took. Okay.
Invitation to Froude's Memorial
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So, um, yeah, you all were paid eight gold pieces for the last, um, that was dropped off for you all at the four sales often held it in escrow for you. Um, and yeah, so over the couple of days, few days, three days specifically, uh, since the downtime, uh, each of you would have had an interaction with Sana, uh, that we don't need to get into, but her coming to each of you and basically saying that,
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Uh, Froude's memorial is going to be held at her parents' house and that Cath would never herself come. Uh, but it would mean a lot if, if you all were there. Um, so that, that, that was Sana going around and asking you all. Um, so I, I assumed that all of you would honor that request.
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Yeah.
Travel to the Memorial
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Yes. Okay. So yeah, you all were told the service was set to start at mid-ish morning, like 10. So arriving there, do you all, how do you get there? Do you all meet up together or?
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What would be the? It's up. Yes, it's it's up and up in the fancy part. Aris would take Tasha up. Hobb would ride with Aris if. Yeah. OK. At this point, we've we've done whatever reconciling we need to be able to be in each other's presence again. Sigil actually would have been at the for sales waiting for you all as well. OK, great. They can ride too. So.
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Yeah, so you all arrive in the upper part of the city in front of their house, and the doors are open.
Memorial Begins: Diverse Characters
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And as you all enter, you see Drawther with Catherine and Malin, Cath, Sana are all there. Ulfin, you actually see kind of walking around up there, but Ulfin seems to be
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in work mode, he seems to be setting up. Kittering. Providing for the week. Kittering. Nice. Okay. Side hustle. But you do see a few figures that you all do not recognize. You see two half orcs and one full orc. The full orc is...
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They're all dressed very similarly to Faroo. Do they look like they're on high demon alert? No. No. OK. They look to be in a certain level of mourning. But they all have the dragon tattoo on their face that Faroo had, the kind of stylized draconic head. And the full orc is in what looks to be, you all would guess, their formal attire, obviously by Sharn standards.
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furs and leathers are not formal but it seems to be very well made and like and he the full orc is talking to talking to the other orcs just giving you a full lay of the land
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Okay, can I clarify my question? I said it jokingly, but the looks of them, just simply because I can't remember from when you first arrived Peru, are these familial relations or are these demon hunter relations? These two works, half works and orks? They seem to belong to the same order that Peru did. Okay.
Reflections and Grief at the Memorial
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The so there's a very young looking male half work that is just seems to very distraught deeply in mourning. Female half work seems to exude a certain level of awkwardness and discomfort in this situation. Drawther, Kath's father, is none of you have any real desire to approach him in this moment because you feel like it would be inappropriate because he is
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Catherine and Malen are next to him holding hands and he is not doing well. And so, so yeah, that is, and Sigil seems very distracted. Like, Sigil didn't talk to you all a whole lot. Sigil just seems to be there because they were asked to be there by Sana and wants to be a supportive friend, but
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their mind is elsewhere. So that's the lay of land that you all have. They're all in the general gathering area that you all attended the unity party in. So yeah. But what do you all do? Sana is also helping Ulfin. Kath is standing by herself.
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I imagine Eris is real awkward here. Eris is in the same outfit that she wore to commencement. It's her updressed clothing. Yeah, Eris walks in and moves a little bit into the room so that she's not just standing in the door and then just kind of stands.
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Yeah, I mean, like, what do you do? Yeah. Question to Hob is Hob stays out of the way. Yeah. You know, he might. If if if Eris kind of makes it seem like she wants to stick together or if any of the others do, just because he's already said everything, he would be amenable to that or if anybody comes to him, but that walking up and introducing himself to. OK.
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Milo is going to basically do the same thing that they would have done for Milo okay when Kylie passed so you know he's gonna
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Show that same amount of respect, you know, if they came up to him when Kylie passed, you know, he would, I assume that they probably did. Yeah. So Milo would, you know, make his way to Sana and, you know, express his condolences. Okay. Oh, well, Sana is running around helping Ulfin, so you can, you can catch her at some point, but Kath is standing near a wall.
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lack of emotion on Kath's face. She is just kind of passively standing there just observing. So... Milo, after... maybe before he catches Sana or after he catches Sana, he's just gonna go to Kath. Okay. And...
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Does she have a drink or anything in her hand? No. Sue Milo probably knows what she likes. He will take a drink with his drink and he'll just go stand beside her on the wall. Just kind of hold it up. Not even say anything. He'll just kind of hold it up to her.
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Eris will attach herself from more alike to Milo and mimic his correct social behavior at a funeral. So, Kath, kind of after a beat of you holding up, the glass just reaches over and takes it and doesn't say anything, doesn't just- Yeah, and Milo's not gonna say anything. He just wants her to know that, you know, I'm here. Okay. Raynard?
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I have, well, Raynard decides that being quiet is probably the best approach to this. So he's just going to go find a seat and sit and not observe, I guess, but just kind of be respectful. Yeah. Okay. Present. Yeah. Um, hob. Um, after, after a beat,
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you see the female half orc approach you. She is broken away from her compatriots. And she is also in red robery and furs and leathers. And she walks up to you and says, are you? Excuse me, I, I just assumed seeing you walk in. Are you a member of the group that was with Faroo?
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Yes, I was with Faroo. I would love a firsthand account of what happened. We... Eris attached herself to the wrong scene. Okay. When I return to the clan, they're gonna want to know what
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What happened and I've heard bits and pieces here and there, but I would love to be able to celebrate his final moments. He sacrificed himself so that the rest of us could get out. We fought an opponent that we weren't prepared for.
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and several of us barely made it out and wouldn't have if it were not for him telling us to go. That's exactly what happened. Did you fight beside him? Oh, yeah, absolutely. We all did. Everyone gave their all. Everyone gave
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A lot. You know, because there's a really easy comeback at the funeral that everyone gave their all. Well, you're here. Everyone fought their hardest.
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Okay, I just wasn't sure if you were somebody that Farooq felt was in need of rescue or a compatriot that he was fighting beside. So I just wanted to get a clearer picture. We all entered together. Okay, okay, excellent. And we all fought together. Why were you there fighting? And she seems wrapped in this conversation. We were
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tracking down the source of some disappearances. And Faroo came with us because of his belief that it could have been related to demon activity. I know why it was here. Yeah. Yeah. So clearly he thought he was on the trail or something. So that's why he was there. Okay. And
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And then we were set upon, not set upon, we... It's so hard to be like we were surprised by the thing we chased. But that's what happened. Yeah. And then it turned out to be something we didn't expect it to be. Right. It turned out that the villain we were chasing was stronger than we anticipated. Okay.
Dorla's Quest for Understanding
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I'm also a member of the Murut Galashka with, sorry, my name is Dorla. And I- I'm Hob. Nice to meet you. I was also a Kalasha-like Faroo, a holy warrior is basically the translation that would have- Hob's eyes shifted a little bit when she said what she was, because those words did not come out. Yeah. A holy warrior, much like Faroo. And so I,
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This is, and she kind of looks around and I would rather celebrate who he was than mourn the empty vessel left behind. I understand that. Well, who he was at the entire time that I knew him was a driven, brave,
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and ultimately selfless person. Good. Good. Milo and Eris. And I'm sorry for your loss. Kath eventually finishes the drink and kind of just holds the glass passively by her side.
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She is kind of quietly. I think I may have been too hard on him.
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Yes, yes, you are. Harris looks at watches her reflection in her drink really carefully. OK, what did she say? I may I may have may have been too hard on him.
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You don't have to say anything. I mean, she like. Yeah, I'm just trying to think if Milo would and what would his reply be to that? That would be respectful and. Not stir the waters any. You know, I think you really nailed it with that strangled noise. That was Milo's internal monologue at that moment. No, I think Milo's going to say this.
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I know it's quite difficult. There are many things now that I wish I could have said to Kylie that I did not say. We had had an argument that morning and we hadn't really made up before that evening.
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you know sometimes things just they just happen that are out of our control and it's hard not to you know to beat yourself up over it but
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you know, just celebrate the life that he had. And, and, you know, we, we must, we must go on, you know, we must go on living and, and I'm, you know, I know that's what Carly wanted for me. And I'm certain that's probably what, you know, Faroo would, would want for you.
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The last thing he saw me do was run away. Carrying. Go ahead. So you're carrying a comrade.
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I guess. If it would have been there with him at the end. I don't know what would have been different.
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Rainard. As Sana's- Are they gonna get increasingly more awkward? Well, it's your turn, so- No. It's real odds are. No, yours is gonna be less. Bruce Dack comes up to you and says, just explain your whole thing. No, as Sana's rushing around and trying to help Ulfin, because
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You all haven't had a whole lot of contact in the past week or so. Uh, and she wasn't even there for what happened. So she just absent mindedly as she's walking by your chair and presumably you're just sitting there like this. She, you feel something into your hand as Sana walks by and she just gives it like half-hearted wave as she walks away and she has put a drink in your hand. Just cause it's on it. Like Sana assumes like you're here. Oh, okay. I think just out of respect to Rayna holds it. Okay.
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doesn't drink it. Yeah, just holds it. Okay. So yeah, but Sana is continuing to bounce around the party and you can you have them since you're not actively engaged, you can kind of see that Sana seems lost, I guess like she's desperately looking for something to do. And you all
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can see those of you over with Kath. Sana keeps coming to check in with Kath and try to engage with her. And I mean, Sana's just bouncing off whatever walls Kath has up. And it seems like Sana's never been on that side of Kath's walls, and so she's
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frantically trying to help Ulfin just for anything to do. So. I think then the next time she walks by Raynard, he'll just stand up, kind of put himself in front of her and say, you need to drink this. Okay, thanks. And she... What am I supposed to do?
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She won't let me help. I don't know how to answer that. Something majestic. I've asked the person with the highest intelligence. Well, she looked like. I've never lost family before. I don't like what
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What do you do? Well, I mean, just take the two of you for an example. Everyone grieves in a different way. You're trying to busy yourself to maybe forget. And she is distancing herself to to reflect and remember as much as she can.
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Do you ever have those moments where you're about to say something and you know what you want to say is incredibly selfish and wrong, but it's the way that you feel? I mean, a week ago I would have said no, but
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And these are your feelings and your emotions. There shouldn't be anything selfish about that in this moment in time. It's always been. Us. And anytime something's happened. Been there for each other, and I don't know why, but. She doesn't want me around.
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And I know Faroo wasn't my brother. I never even met Faroo. I don't know what to do, Raynard. Well, touching off this situation currently, she's probably very fragile and afraid she'll lose you as well.
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I don't know if there's anything that can remedy the situation other than time. You're probably right. I just, I don't, don't like it. I don't like not being there for my sister.
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Well, we are all here for the both of you. And I'm sure after the service, after a little more time has passed, things will start to feel more normal. I've lost my accent.
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I don't know anything about that. At that, you all see the the full orc kind of look at Drawther and Drawther gives a nod and he kind of
00:28:39
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Gestures, everybody. Please, everyone have a seat. We will begin the service now in remembering Faroo Dalak, the honorable Kalash Shah of the Ghash Kala. I think Rainard turns his head and says, you're more than welcome to sit by me if you would like. Thanks. So everyone,
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everyone that's not you all that I can't dictate the actions for to take a seat. This is in the house. Is this a like, are there rows or no, it's a just it's a wherever there is a seat. Yeah, wherever you can find a seat. Very informal kind of affair. I'm just trying to remember. For whose father lives in this
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Like, it is Faroo's father that lives in Sharn, his cat's father. Yes. And his former spouse is Faroo's mother. Yes. I'm trying to correct when Hobb's brain who this, so Hobb's reasoning is this is the leader of their order. Yes. Who is going to be conducting the ceremony. Yes. Not a family member. Correct. Making sure that was what Hobb was thinking. I appreciate that too. Yeah. Okay, cool, cool, cool.
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Especially since, you know, he was talking to this half-orc woman whose name you said several times, and I don't recall. Vrothor D'Ola. Hey, I got it. D-O-apostrophe-O-R-L-A. P-H-A. But he was kind of, just that real quick nod and gesture, like, wait, hang on. What did they come over here to figure out? But then the ceremony starts to go, oh, OK, that's all.
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Because those were pointed questions she was asking. Yeah. Were you being saved? Or did you bravely fight along with my fallen friends? Lady, listen, we just met. And I'm sad, too. Justify your survival. Right. Yeah, Eris will find a seat, like, in a corner. OK. Out of the way. Yeah, Hobb's definitely a Vacro Baptist on this one. Eris's whole objective is to be out of the way.
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In fact, if there are two seats, Hobb would grab one and then try to get Aeris' attention and be like, no one can get behind us back here. Milo, where are you? Milo would find a seat, closest seat or, you know, just wherever. Asana sits down next to you, Reynard. For those of you that are unfamiliar with myself and the order that Faroo belonged to,
Herok's Memorial Speech
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My name is Herok and I'm a Korta Shah. I am a leader of our faith of the Gashkala. And I had the great privilege of knowing Faroo from a very young age. The faith of Kolakshash, the binding flame.
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is harsh, simple, and compassionate. It is the duty of the strong to protect the weak. It is the duty of the living to fight the fell, whether with the sword or in the case of those who are not warriors by caring for warriors and producing more warriors. Harsh sacrifice is often necessary, but the loss of any innocent life is a tragedy.
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and it is our sacred duty to ensure that no innocent life is lost, especially at the hands of a fel. For those of you here who are unfamiliar with our language, the easiest translation of fel is a demon, fiend, so on. But as with most things, much is lost in translation. We dedicate ourselves to rooting out corruption,
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Fel is a being of life corrupted. That is what Faroo sought to fight and eradicate with every breath. But we do not do this alone, nor do we do this exclusively amongst our own rank. There's no greater sin in this life than having the power to protect others and not using it. To wield the ability to save lives while those lives are lost
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is tantamount to striking down those lives yourself to us in our order. Faroo would not associate with such people. And you see that as he's scanning and talking at this part, he's kind of briefly hovering on those of you that he would have come to understand those who fought beside Faroo at the end.
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Those of us lucky enough to have drawn weapons beside Faroo can know in our hearts that he considered us a fellow kala, a warrior that roots out the fel, whether you are a member of our order or not. But the gashkala means ghost guardian, for we know that our duty is with us from birth to death and beyond.
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for Faroo's spirit now strengthens all of us through the Kalakshash, the binding flame. We all shall carry Faroo with us from this day forward. And may all of us live as Faroo saw us, honored and worthy. At the request of Faroo's father, Drothim, and his sister, Kath,
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The family has requested to be observers for this service and be allowed to mourn in their own way. However, if there's anybody here present who wishes to share words about Faroo, to remember and celebrate his life, the floor is now open. However, there's no obligation to do so. It is my understanding that
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as is customed with families in this city that following this service, there will be libations. It says here punch and punch. And you're welcome to stay.
Sharing Memories of Froude
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And if any of you have questions about Farooz life before he came to this city, we are here at your disposal.
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and he kind of takes a step back. There is not a force on this planet that would convince Hobbes to get up and say a few words, especially after the beat down, he's just gotten passive aggressively from these two people that do not know him and that he does not know. Milo gets up. Okay.
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I will keep this short. I did not know Faroo for very long at all. He was with our group a short time, but I can say in all honesty, he was one of the bravest I have ever seen.
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He followed us. He went along with us as a companion and did not hesitate. He did not back down, even faced with what we were faced against. He did not hold back. He was a true warrior. And he is definitely an honor to you and yours.
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his sacrifice for us will never be forgotten. Thank you. Once the silence has stretched on for a very long time,
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Harris gets up out of the chair chair. Who saved my life? I don't I don't know why.
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I... I sealed him in a room with a monster. He told me to, but I did it. I'm sorry.
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people I don't know much about what, um, or for we believed, but I became very familiar with some others who valued courage.
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It's not something I have. When I was younger, I saw them tell stories about their lost warriors. They always said, the story stops, never ends.
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And she sits down really fast and probably like half knocks over her chair. Thank you.
00:40:13
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I was clapping to ask something. Yeah. Oh. I thought you were soft clapping Aaron's to make sure. I would have been disrespectful. Thank you. I was going to I was going to ask. Yeah. Would it be like totally offensive? It's like. Since right now it's a bard. He's not a bard. Yes, you are. You have the first guess. Yes, I guess I am.
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I was like, no, I am. Hey buddy, do you know where you are? Not really. I mean, I don't think he would know a song in Orcus or anything. No, but it would not be an appropriate time to try one. Okay, well, first time for everything, right? I've heard this like five times. It seemed to be a lot of SHs. No, but yeah, no, it would not be inappropriate. It's like an Elvis-y tune of a hero. Yeah, I mean, would you like to give a little...
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Yeah. If you want to give a little like intro into what you're doing, then feel free. But yeah, I'm not going to sing. No, I'm not going to actually sing on our podcast, but I'm saying Raynard in the fiction wants to get up and say, hey, I'm going to do this thing here. Like I knew I'm not going to sing. I'm going to sing something.
00:41:32
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Well, after another length of silence, after Aerith, Reynard just begins to sing an Elvish tune of heroism and the loss of a friend and hero. After a few bars, Melon joins in, since he is also an elf and would know that song and so sings with you. OK. That's very nice.
00:42:02
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Okay, I was moved by that. So yeah, after after the silence is it's clear that her are clicking rather than nobody else's is moved to speak as well. To those of you that shared thank you and to those of you morning deepest condolences, but remember that through would want you to know
00:42:34
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that he carries on in each of you and that his fight is not done. Thank you. And then at that, in the silence, Ulfin starts bringing
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different plates out to a table and crack. So yeah, food is brought out drinks are are laid out. So yeah, anything additionally that you all are going to want to do?
00:43:19
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Riddle me this. Is there a point at which Kath begins to... It's so hard when talking about this stuff to not seem flippant. It often sounds terrible. Yeah. Talking with people, engaging in conversations beyond cursory, like, you know, thank you.
00:43:40
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Once people start eating and Katherine feels compelled to kind of go into hostess mode, Kath goes and sits down next to her father and they seem to be consult, but that's the most she seems to like open up, is going to sit with her dad and you can see her quietly talking to Jother. Okay. I do think at that point, Hob gets up. And Jother still seems wrecked. Right, because he's not,
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trying to avoid anybody, he just doesn't know what to do. I think at that point, though, he knows that he needs to say something to Kath and ought to draw, or not drawther, yeah, yeah, drawther as well. So he goes over and he just says, he just says, you know, Kath, if you ever want to talk, or if you ever want to,
00:44:38
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You let out some rage. I'm happy to be here for you. And sir, I'm terribly sorry for your loss. I don't know if this is of interest to you now or ever, but I fully intend to stop.
00:45:07
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the terror that did this to your son. And I know I speak confidently, I believe I'm correct, that the rest of the group is behind me on that. In the meantime, if you need anything, I will do my best to be here for you.
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And I think he gives like just a quarter second for reactions and you know, like he's done in the past. He's like, yeah, you have this long to engage and I am extricating myself from the situation. Drawther like kind of passively nods, but you do see Kath looks up at you with without saying anything, but there's thanks in her eyes kind of thing. So, yeah. And Milo would have made his way around to the family and we'd have to play it out or anything. Yeah, he would have done that.
00:46:03
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I like to think that Kath knows, when Hob said that, that either option, if she just wants to spar and kind of kick back at him for a while, or if they just want to take out some thrash thugs. Yeah, some goons, yeah. He would go to the cogs and find some little dasks and just whomp them. Eris stays in the corner with her staring into whatever drink has been served.
00:46:28
Speaker
Um, so after, um, Raynor, what are you doing? I was going to say, I assume Sana probably hasn't really calmed down and it's still probably going to run around. No, because I mean, there is also an aspect of she, she agreed to help open with this kind of bigger task. So she's, she is helping, but she seems to be a little bit.
00:46:49
Speaker
less manic about it. I was just going to say pretty much anytime Sana passed Raynard, he was going to like hand her a drink or hand her a bite of food or something and just be like, just chill. Yeah. OK. Calm down. A shot every time she passes by. Eventually Sana's just stumbling around. Not trying to. Yeah. He's just pushing his alcoholism onto her now. Just through osmosis. No. But just trying to help. For me. Trying to help calm her down. Sure.
00:47:19
Speaker
So, Eris, as you're sitting in the corner, Dorla finds her way over to you and sits down next to you.
Dorla's Decision to Stay
00:47:29
Speaker
I feel like you asked for this. No, you're absolutely right. I liked what you had to say. It was nice. I'm Dorla, by the way. I'm Eris.
00:47:47
Speaker
Nice to meet you. You know, the first time that Fru and I ever fought together, there's a group of barbarians trying to escape the demon wastes to go do who knows what doesn't matter. But
00:48:16
Speaker
the way that he wielded his flame was so clumsy. He actually burned his own eyebrows off trying to strike one of the barbarians with his flaming axe. Just because it was too powerful, he didn't know how to control it. And it mortified him. I would still bring it up to him basically every time we drink together.
00:48:46
Speaker
And I don't know if you've ever seen an orc blush, but our cheeks get a really weird color. And it was really fun to see that. But I always think any time I would see him on the battlefield later as this just powerful, intimidating kalasha. I would think back to that young,
00:49:16
Speaker
Silly half-orc with no eyebrows. So what kind of stories would they tell where you're from? She doesn't know. I know, I know. You. I didn't. Sorry, I'm working on how Eris is processing this because I imagine this is like someone sits down next to me at a funeral and says,
00:49:44
Speaker
So when we were battling Romulans off of Zandar... Anyone sits down to me anywhere ever and starts to talk. How do I handle this? Right, but it's not like a... You know, when me and him started working at the Cheesecake Factory together...
00:50:08
Speaker
There I was. Blood everywhere. The president's angry. Oh my god! I told a lot of stories. About old wars.
00:50:43
Speaker
people they conquered. The same is nice. You all would see those of you walking around the party that Eris is one on one with a stranger, so react however you want with that information.
00:51:18
Speaker
Do you, oh, go ahead. How'd I start walking that way? But you definitely let Aeris. Yeah. Like, he might come up from behind Doorland and be like, do you need me? Do you want to? Should I? You good? You're good. And Aeris wouldn't understand any of these cues. No. Yeah. I was always worried when he got sent down here.
00:51:49
Speaker
unfamiliar territory and whatnot. When you're trying to root something out, you can't just stab it. It's easier up in the demon wastes. Enemies in front of you. Did he, uh,
00:52:18
Speaker
Did Fru tell you what he was looking for here? Demons. Looking for demons. Demons. Yeah. We, uh, we found out that there might be something
00:52:48
Speaker
going on in the city. If Ru was our scout to come check things out. It's a big city. It's a big threat. Probably something going on somewhere anytime.
00:53:12
Speaker
Do you know, and Hob, if you're nearby, I mean, she's not talking quietly, like, but. Yeah, I mean, Hob definitely turned his attention that way because of how weird his conversation was with her. Yeah. And how filterless he knows Eris is. Yeah. The stories that they tell from
00:53:40
Speaker
where you're from and the old wars. They typically go back way back. This chair's never been this loud in my life. Back to the days of demons walking the continent.
00:54:14
Speaker
Had a lot of stories. They fought a lot of things. It's what they did. They fought. They liked to fight. That's what they valued. I don't know if I like to fight. I like the result of fighting. I don't know if I like to do it though.
00:54:55
Speaker
Well, I came for two reasons. A, I deeply, deeply loved Faroo. And we'll miss him greatly. But his work here wasn't done. So I'll be around.
00:55:26
Speaker
If you're... I don't know. I don't know anybody here. So... This was her attempt to make a friend? Um...
00:55:48
Speaker
I mean, asking where you're from and the stories they would tell and perfectly valid attempt to make a friend with a stripped nerve. Yeah. Like, hey, you brought up this topic. Let's share some common ground. Yeah, totally. No, it makes it makes perfect sense. I mean, if
00:56:19
Speaker
What Herak said. If Furu trusted you enough to fight beside you, then I do too, so. I didn't fight beside Furu. I didn't fight anything. I didn't even, I didn't even take out my weapon.
00:56:50
Speaker
saw the thing and I ran and then I locked him in the room with it and for all I knew at the time I locked one of my crew in with him and just now I
00:57:19
Speaker
keep using words about warriors and heroes and fighters and you just it's just not
00:57:30
Speaker
You're talking to the wrong person. Other people here who do that sort of thing. And you're just talking to the wrong person. I'm sorry. Excuse me. And Eris gets up and beats a hasty retreat. This is a big house. Have a yard. Sure. Yeah. This is a cliff, buddy. Be careful. Into the backyard or something. Like through the house, into the backyard. Not. Eris is off to find the dog. Not smoothly. Yeah.
00:57:59
Speaker
And that was not quiet. Yeah. Those of you observing this, who... Just to say, all attendance at the funeral. Yeah, presumably along with everybody else at the service, look at Dorla after Aeris, Stormsway, and Dorla seems...
00:58:20
Speaker
Fleeze. Fleeze. Fleeze. It was not a I'm storming away from you because you have made me angry. Yeah, but like Dorlin is still very confused and seems uncomfortable with all of the attention that is now on on her. I think Hob goes up. He's already right there. Yeah. Which he says.
00:58:43
Speaker
It's been a very trying week. And the week before that was no picnic. And the week before that was quite difficult as well. So we're all a bit on edge. I have a feeling based on conversations with Faroo that you won't take my word for this, but whatever
00:59:11
Speaker
demon stuff you guys have found out about here in Sharnite. I don't know that it necessarily crossed paths with what we're working on. That's fair. Essentially, my charge is to look for extraordinary patterns.
00:59:45
Speaker
we think that there's something here that fortunately can't leave here. And we found some ancient texts that indicate that a great force is imprisoned here. And in our experience, the way these things work is they are
01:00:13
Speaker
fueled by behavior. It influences people to do things that they then do, which grows its power and which gives it more power, which therefore allows it to influence more people, which so on and so forth. And the best way to combat it is to combat the behavior.
01:00:40
Speaker
Something fueled by war loses a lot when a peace treaty is signed. So that's all Faroo was looking for. That's all I'm looking for are extraordinary patterns in behavior. Things that weren't happening before that all of a sudden are growing and escalating. Gorilla, have you spent a lot of time in a big city? No.
01:01:06
Speaker
There are going to be a lot of things that will be extraordinary seeming to you. Many strange patterns will present themselves while you're here. I would urge you to have caution in ascribing many of them to demons. For all of his bravery, all of his prowess in battle, his single-mindedness,
01:01:38
Speaker
could have proved a deterrent. That's fair. And like I said, I don't think that I don't I don't think that demons are skulking about every corner and causing this. It's more of a
01:02:04
Speaker
environmental hazard, I guess would be a better way to describe it than to state that there's a puppet master pulling the strings. Sure. So like I told your friend, I'll be in the city looking for such things. So if you
01:02:32
Speaker
if for some reason you think you may see something and wish to say something. I don't know that I'll recognize a demon... Like I said. Signature when I see it, but I'll look for the patterns and the extraordinaires. What I mean.
01:02:50
Speaker
if it was something that, like I said, an influence of war or violence, as its influence grows, not talking about people stabbing each other, that's an everyday occurrence anywhere in the continent, but riots, wars, battles, overt acts of grand violence. If those started happening every week, even in a city like this, I imagine that would be
01:03:20
Speaker
in odd or extraordinary behavior. Things like, now obviously that would be the easiest spot, but one of subterfuge, you might see all of a sudden five bureaucrats in a month get assassinated. Extraordinary and odd. So things like that.
01:03:49
Speaker
It's a conceptual influence. Tough to root out, tougher to stop. Understood. If it's all the same to you, I'm gonna go check after my friend now. Absolutely.
01:04:06
Speaker
And he does, he just goes to kind of look for Aerys and I don't necessarily even know that he says anything to her if he finds her. He just makes sure that she's around and okay seeming. And she's probably just, I don't know, wherever the, wherever the overlook is, she's just leaning against the railing of the overlook and just watching the ships go by. Okay.
01:04:34
Speaker
I was going to say, I think Reynard overhears most of that conversation. Yeah. Close enough by and just decides to go and talk to Sigil and tell them tell them what she had said and just saying something along the lines of like, you may want to make contact with this person since there's so many hate crimes going on against the warforged. Hmm.
01:05:07
Speaker
but I said it in my accent. Yes, that might be something worth looking into. Thank you, Reynard. You're welcome. Sober. It definitely says that.
01:05:33
Speaker
Milo sees Reinhardt over with Sigil and meanders over there too as that conversation's going on and notices the mark on Sigil. Yeah. And it jogs his memory. And I can't recall exactly what Milo recognized about
01:06:05
Speaker
the mark, but it's something that he knew that. It looks like the house, Kenneth Mark of making. It looks like a dragon mark. Oh, that's right. Yeah. OK. And. He's not going to say anything about it now, OK? OK, this is not the place where the time. Yeah, it jogs his memory, OK?
01:06:35
Speaker
Um, okay. Well, unless you all have something else that you wish to do in the context of the, the service, then things begin to wrap up. Um, Oh, while it's happening. So right after this conversation, uh, a late arrival comes in through doors, kind of in a hurry. Uh, Milo and, uh, Reynard, you're still in the room to see this. Not appropriately dressed at all. In fact, pretty dirty, pretty stinky. Um,
Conclusion and Listener Engagement
01:07:03
Speaker
Like they like they just heard that this was happening and came straight away. Grum walks through the door and kind of looks around. No decorum. No, like no care. Like in a in a in a puppy dog kind of way of like, oh, my God, he sees Kath and walks across the room and just like goes and hugs her and just
01:07:30
Speaker
Yeah, like no regard for whether or not she wants it, but gives her a hug, so. I do not like this new grub. And Kath hugs him back, you can see. Not like I, oh my God, thank you for hugging me, but an A.
01:07:49
Speaker
It's like she's hugging him for his sake kind of hug. Like you need me to feel touched by this kind of thing that you do that you do with a family over funeral. Let's just be real honest. So so yeah, but that's that's what you all see. Unless you all want to talk to Graham for any reason, then we can call the service there.
01:08:13
Speaker
end of episode thank you all so much for listening this particular set of episodes got away from us at the table we were just too excited to be playing in person together again and so this is me by myself cutting off this episode since we recorded a whole lot more before we did a proper outro after this point
01:08:31
Speaker
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01:08:59
Speaker
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