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The Soul Of Frost Episode 18: The Burdens Of Brotherhood
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The party gets back to Galenod and figures out their next steps.
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Imillon is a dark fantasy setting, and while we tend to keep things lighthearted for the most part stories in this world will often touch on the less than savory subjects of: genocide, human experimentation, colonialism, eugenics, torture, and slavery.
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Transcript
00:00:00
Speaker
Hey everyone,
Introduction to Episode 18
00:00:01
Speaker
this is Kan, the GM for Life from Dice Jail. You're currently listening to episode 18 of our Soul Frost campaign, The Burdens of Brotherhood. Thank you so much for tuning in, we hope you enjoy.
Prophecy and Transformation
00:00:16
Speaker
A heart without a soul on cannot beat.
00:00:23
Speaker
A heart that cannot beat turns to ice.
00:00:32
Speaker
The ice hides what once was until the soul to awaken what lies beneath the frost.
Battle with Icons
00:01:02
Speaker
We fought a god. We fought an icon of the god. We fought the icon of sin.
00:01:13
Speaker
The longer the icon of sin is on earth, the stronger it will become.
Caves and Blood Pit
00:01:20
Speaker
No, but we were in the caves in the wind caverns, ah doing a little hunting for our kidnapped friends, as well as the Hermanthonys that had taken them, and the other wind cultists that had taken them. ah Well, we got deeper into the cave, fought a Hermanthony, and then we found um a big blood pit ah full of people. And around that blood pit were ah classic characters such as the secretary,
00:01:48
Speaker
um Uh, Samuel and, um, God, what's Samuel's brother brothers? brothers i'm I'm blanking on it. Gilbert. I almost said Jacob.
00:02:02
Speaker
And then. Gilbert got pushed in? Yeah, Gilbert got
Becoming the Icon of Wind
00:02:07
Speaker
pushed in. That's why you're thinking of calling him Jacob, because, you know, that's what I want to do to Jacob right now, is push him in the cockpit. Yeah, that's true. That's very true. I like to imagine that Thub just immediately passes back out in the snow. but um Oh, you'll see what happens to him. Oh, God.
00:02:26
Speaker
But um yeah, we ah Gilbert got pushed into the blood pit, ah after which he was transmuted into the Icon of Wend, which ah we were on a, I believe, six-turn time limit to ah get the fuck out of there, because every time we tried to fight it, well, ah bad shit happened. I finally ah decided to resummon Cranberry, um and he immediately got killed.
00:02:52
Speaker
um Morgrim attacked. Uh, and, uh, almost died. Uh, she got wounded. Got her finger bitten off. Got her finger bitten off. Um, and then, uh, Wyatt, uh, also got knocked the fuck out, but he survived. He's okay now. Uh, so we all ran, and as he got better, and as we were running, Morigrim burst into flames.
Morgrim's Fiery Transformation
00:03:18
Speaker
Uh, I'm talking like Anakin Skywalker type deal.
00:03:22
Speaker
And ah her eyes burned off. um She's charred and we're all traumatized in the snow. It's been a bad time. I think there's one other thing to note with you resummoning Cranberry. um Oh, yes, yes. The icon of when to recognize him, which is fucking terrifying and spoke to him.
00:03:46
Speaker
And also Cranberry had his first words understandable to thicket, which unfortunately happened to be a mind shattering psychic scream of no upon getting absolutely schwacked by the icon of wind. But ah yeah, Cranberry's had his first words now. Yeah. You know, he they grew up so fast.
00:04:14
Speaker
You know, much like a mid-century royal in Europe, um I'm terrified of this child. I fear he may one day overpower me.
Escaping the Ritual
00:04:30
Speaker
And so with seeing the icon of wind melt back into the pit after you seemingly prevented the ritual
00:04:46
Speaker
And all of you, including Dawncaller, got out of there. Nice. We got a witness. ah Specifically the last moment we left off on, Morgrim had stopped burning and sat up, realizing that she cannot close her eyes.
00:05:11
Speaker
so um you all look upon well all of you except thicket i guess thicket you you smell upon here upon i don't know whatever whatever senses your combination of senses you're using here you all you you all look upon morgrim with emotions i would say probably um as Her skin is charred, crackling black, almost as if it's been turned to charcoal. And there's just this flaming glow underneath her skin.
Exploring Morgrim's Condition
00:05:53
Speaker
And as she she turns, you can see that her eyes have been replaced seemingly with orbs of flame. Oh, boy.
00:06:06
Speaker
Let me go ahead and show you what she looks like now. Oh oh my god. Oh boy. Is she still alive? More Grim? Is she breathing? Friends, I know we're hungry, but now's not the time for wouldn't get too hungry. That's more Grim.
00:06:30
Speaker
I hit her with a two-action heel. What? There's a lot going on right now. I'm just... I'm processing.
00:06:56
Speaker
Morgan you're processing you get ice. She's looking at like her hands lie down in the ice right now. Hey, buddy. Can you hear me? She's was like completely zoned out. I'm going to put a ah ah hand on her shoulder basttion as he put a hand on her
00:07:24
Speaker
Like not, not necessarily hot, but definitely warm. If it makes you feel better, you get 35 hit points. um This is out of character. It makes me feel better. I don't know. Out of character, out of character, I press like snow covered hands onto your skin to try and like somehow apply ice in a way.
00:07:49
Speaker
I don't think it's gonna work. Why it's doing is best to make you feel better. And the healing magic definitely is causing some of the pain to subside, but there was This whole thing is very confusing. I need you to make a recall malice check, Murgrim. I would say arcana nature or society. We'll go with nature.
00:08:18
Speaker
and okay
00:08:25
Speaker
26. 26. You look down at your which you're just now processing. Maybe that might
Ochronal Revelation
00:08:44
Speaker
be deluxe to my concerns. And you, you feel like this is something you've you You're not entirely sure if it is what you think it might be, but you feel right now as though the fire is no longer just something you're tapping into. You feel like the fire has become part of you, more integrally than any, than any primogenia has been that you've ever known.
00:09:26
Speaker
but you do know that there is a word that your people use for those who, those of this world who bind themselves to the power of fire. Ochronol.
00:09:45
Speaker
Now, would I know that as a good word or is it a bad word for my people? It is
00:09:56
Speaker
It is a word that can have different meanings depending on context. Most of the time, it's negative. Because most of the time, someone voluntarily bis becomes an Ochronal by binding themself or their bloodline to a Lord of Flame.
00:10:21
Speaker
Though that doesn't always, as in your case, that doesn't always happen consensually. So, the word ochronol is still the general term. However, you don't you don't think in your case it would necessarily be as negative?
00:10:43
Speaker
It's still not good. It just might not be, is not by choice. Yeah, it's definitely not positive to your people. It's neutral at best.
00:10:59
Speaker
But hey, at least your clothes and your rug seem to be okay. Little, little ashed up, but nothing a little soap and water can fix.
00:11:23
Speaker
So, what now? We're in really uncharted territory.
00:11:41
Speaker
Well, um there was there was that summoning circle back at the other place. We'd go back.
00:11:52
Speaker
We might want to rest up before reading that. Yeah, please.
Decision on Summoning Circles
00:12:02
Speaker
You also would note at this point, judging by the position of the sun in the sky, it's around five o'clock in the afternoon or in the evening, I suppose. And how far away was that first place we ended up?
00:12:23
Speaker
All right, who is in favor of camping here? And who is in favor of heading back? Hear me out. We go back to the weird place. And are we sure these summoning circles are two way?
00:12:44
Speaker
Well, there is a different summoning circle. We just don't know where it goes. That's right. Why don't we go there and stay there in the building and then we'll figure out what to do in the morning. Because as we're being pelted by this snow in an unknown land, I really don't want to be camping out in the wilderness unprotected. There is a summoning circle.
00:13:12
Speaker
What did you say? There is a summoning circle. Whoa! Where did you find that? It's in a tent. Whoa. Cool. You found multiple summoning circles. And you would have been very helpful for activating them. Thub shrugs their shoulders. Whoopsie daisy.
00:13:40
Speaker
We're going to need to have a long talk about this whoopsie daisy bullshit. Find your own way back. Now is not the time. Morgan, are you OK to walk?
00:13:54
Speaker
Shouldn't be alive. And make sure Morgan isn't just going to like heal over dead. Like she isn't actively dying. Go ahead and go ahead and make a medicine check. Like the Hiroshima victims, man. Oh, God.
00:14:09
Speaker
Oh, God. radiation man. ah Twenty nine. Well, Wyatt, in your medical opinion, um shit's fucked. But i she you're not sure if she's actively dying because you don't really feel a pulse. ah Nor do you really see blood.
00:14:40
Speaker
coming from any of her wounds. It almost looks like molten magma is pouring from her wounds.
00:14:51
Speaker
Okay, so we need like a doctor. He'll be fine, Borgroom.
00:15:01
Speaker
Okay,
00:15:14
Speaker
so so I would say, Morgan, you pretty easily can tell that he has no fucking clue what's happening. And I want to make even more important thing. He's very, very, very distraught at your condition right now. I have a question. Is Morgan currently standing or or on the ground still on the ground? OK. It's sort of figuring out where you are. I'm going to say.
00:15:52
Speaker
Murgram, I want you to look at me. Look at this. Everything that's happened to me in this chunk of rock in my chest. If I'm still walking, I'm sure you can too.
00:16:13
Speaker
A touching speech. Karma. I'm not entirely sure she's not undead.
00:16:25
Speaker
Would that change anything at this point? I'm not even sure I'm not undead. I will say you did just witness Wyatt use healing magic on her. Oh, I thought you just treat wounds. No, I use healing. I use a two-action heal for 35 fucking hit points. So if she is undead, then...
00:16:45
Speaker
I don't know. She must be something like the frost zombies that wasn't functioning like a normal undead.
Portal Journey to Samuel's House
00:16:51
Speaker
Well, they didn't have souls. I'm pretty sure she still has her soul. OK. Do I um do I still have my soul as far as you're aware that she still have her soul as far as you're aware. All right. wicked Quick, quick. Use a soul attack. I don't have to do that. I'm I am so fucking spent right now. You have no idea.
00:17:16
Speaker
Morgan, I'm gonna try and help you to your feet, okay? Okay,
00:17:24
Speaker
okay I'm gonna take both her arms and I'm gonna help her up. She crumbles and falls apart. um Just a cloud of ash splits away into the distance. You you help her stand up and, Morgan, you get to your feet, albeit a little bit shakily, but you do get to your feet.
00:17:54
Speaker
feel your body
00:18:18
Speaker
He doesn't know what he's talking about. She's just all right. I just make sure you're all there. Let's let's go. I'm not all here. Is that not obviously that's up there. I point to my head, which is really comfortable because I have like, why would she be in your head? I mean, she, fuck you.
00:18:41
Speaker
who's krista Bite me. It really doesn't make sense. It should be in your head, little man. It's it's it. I'm asking if she's still all there. Her mental faculties are intact. Are your mental faculties intact? If we're going with thickets plan of going back to the other building, we need to leave now before something worse joins us out here there and before it gets to nighttime. And we have 10 minutes. Oh, what GM? Sorry, not the GM.
00:19:13
Speaker
Are we picking third level spells right now or are we just gonna wait till tomorrow? You can if you want to. Can I prep them right now or no? Sure. You have the spell slots. I do. If we're heading back, I have something to help us.
00:19:35
Speaker
By all means. I take 10 minutes and why it, because I can't repeat this because I'm really tired, but why it does a swear-filled, curse-filled prayer to secede for like 10 whole minutes, so a point where it gets kind of awkward, and he casts show the way. So, I'm gonna, hold on, no, I'm gonna cast, okay, hold on, I'll cast this in the chat so we can see it.
00:20:09
Speaker
I cast this thing.
00:20:27
Speaker
don't we all. Let's say, theoretically, if I was out of a 10 20 ranks, I was I was actually four out of 10, but now I'm a five out of 20.
00:20:40
Speaker
I see. Doesn't it? Well, anyway, I'd better give be a better give asshole. I'm sorry.
00:20:48
Speaker
OK, so. All of you begin heading back towards the building.
00:21:00
Speaker
Morgan I'm guessing you're not leading the way this time we have this this path thing showing us right ah that just makes it so that you can travel at full speed through difficult terrain oh well so it doesn't actually show the right way Uh, no. Um, but it, well, it allows you to get through confusing or difficult terrain. So it it helps you, uh, get through the actual terrain. Um, helps you find the best path through the snow. Uh, but it doesn't actually show you where you're supposed to go. Oh, it doesn't show the way. Has it been snowing? Like are our tracks still visible? Uh, it has been snowing, not too heavily.
00:21:52
Speaker
Um, like it's not white out conditions.
Planning and Rest at the Inn
00:21:54
Speaker
So your tracks are very faint, but they are still there. Okay. Good. We follow the tracks. Sure. So, uh, you start following the tracks. Um, why had, I guess you're in the lead this time to make a check. I am showing the way.
00:22:21
Speaker
Bible, he said? Yes. Oh, I'm on trade. May I assist? Sure. Not never mind. Twenty four. Never mind. He. Yeah, he. Yeah, you're good. All right. So Wyatt, with the assistance of Sir Sheen's magic, you are able to get yourself and your crew where you need to go.
00:22:49
Speaker
relatively fast fashion, only around 90 minutes or so. Wow. OK. At least you you would assume you're in the right place. ah The building itself is gone. Hmm. But the tent is still there.
00:23:12
Speaker
We don't have any tents, do we? No, you don't. All right. How much time do we have before the sunset? Well, it's currently close to quarter to seven. So, sun's gonna be up for a little bit longer. You've got maybe another, maybe another 50 minutes tops. Okay. Because it's still mid sprint. How is everyone doing health wise?
00:23:52
Speaker
i We're all, I mean, I'm at least, I will say, now I will say everyone other than Wyatt could have taken a breather while Wyatt was taking 10 minutes to cast a spell. yeah Oh my God.
00:24:07
Speaker
But like how, get you spent a resolve point for that? Yeah, you spent a resolve point for that. I have zero, so, okay. on In that case, Morgrim, unfortunately, is SML. But everyone who has a resolve point can spend one.
00:24:21
Speaker
Except for me, right? Except for why, yes. Now that we're here, can I take 10 minutes? Depends on what the rest of the group is doing. Can I take 10 minutes? Well, I'm trying to figure out how everyone's doing. Like, basically, my thought is we have to go through this portal because we cannot survive out on the planes with no shelter. Correct. Agreed? Agreed.
00:24:48
Speaker
So I want everybody to be in as good a shape as possible so that if something happens on the other end of that portal, we don't immediately die.
00:25:03
Speaker
Oh, good God. I'd rather us just go back to a warm bed, but I know that's not an option anymore. As much as I'd like that. As much as I'd like that. That would be really nice, says Don Collier. Hi. Hi, they would. Wouldn't they? They would indeed. Much better than the cage. Well, I didn't plan the situation. So we're going to have to go through the portal. Does anyone need healing? I need to rest up for like 10 minutes. Anybody else? I'm fully healed. I just have no stamina. I could use a little pick me up.
00:25:43
Speaker
All right, I am gonna go ahead and I am going to try and treat Mr. Thicket's wounds. Okie doke. Okay, that is a 25. All right, that is a critical success. So 4d8. Oh, 48. 48. 48. You get 25 points of healing.
00:26:09
Speaker
Oh, I'm Jay, OK. Excellent. I don't want clerics, man. Well.
00:26:23
Speaker
Sorry, what was your question? Dawncaller, well, Dawncaller is still concussed, but, you know, she's gone all the way here. All right. You guess she's probably about as good as she can be.
00:26:38
Speaker
Okay. Here's the plan. and Unless anyone else has a better one. And the plan is we're going to go through the portal and if shit goes down, we're going to keep more grim and Don color in the middle of the pack and as much out of harm's way as possible. I, I good. When done resting. Yes. I spent a resolve point. We'll go in. Okay.
00:27:09
Speaker
All right, one by one is all you can really fit through the door at once, but who's going first?
00:27:26
Speaker
I'm squishy. Bastion will if no one else wants to. Oh, more room is walking in. um she'll do it she's already half dead twice as well cause this is going to culminate in bastion racing after her
00:27:46
Speaker
Morgan do you allow Bastion to go before you?
00:27:53
Speaker
Everybody was hesitant, so she's gonna do it. Both of you roll initiative, please. We have athletics. That's not good for me. With athletics instead of perception. Oh, okay, okay, that's better for me. I just roll athletics since there's no encounter thing. Yeah. What's a 16? Oh no, that's a six. Oh, it's a seven. Oh, it's high. However, Morgrim,
00:28:20
Speaker
have the higher athletics modifier. So I would say that plus the head start means that Morgrem gets there first, by like a second. Morgrem, you sprint through the 10 flaps and ah into the portal circle and just... Bastion. Do you follow just immediately? Oh, yes. Yes, yes. Bastion also just straight through.
00:28:49
Speaker
Yeah, I run after them. All right. Dawncaller, the second she saw Bastion run, start running, also sprinted after her and gets in before anyone else. Thicken, you're going in. Shoom! Wyatt.
00:29:07
Speaker
Oh yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah. Why? I thought I was trying to beat thick into the punch too, but okay. Why and thick? You both are pushing and shoving until one of you goes in first and the other goes in second. All right. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Y'all are fighting like roll athletics initiative or athletics? Okay. Athletics. That's fine.
00:29:35
Speaker
Oh no, I'm absolutely effed on this. I gotta roll natural 20 to beat that. No, I'm not beating that. I think it gets in first. Yeah. I imagine you just showed me a side. Sorry, I punted him.
00:29:51
Speaker
yeah You just, boom, football pumped him five feet back. ah And as far as you're aware, Thub is right behind you, Wyatt. But you all through the portal, and it's just like before where it's as if the world is flashing before your eyes.
00:30:13
Speaker
You're in a familiar place. You do not see Jantique. You're in a familiar place, however.
00:30:27
Speaker
of mannequin heads on it Oh You're in Samuel's house However, Thub is nowhere to be seen God's damned it. I'm not even surprised at this point in the hells is The dragonborn dragkien fuck yeah That you see you actually call the dragon for a hard D. Yeah, I Didn't realize you were that prejudiced Wow Fucking I play yeah, I was that you say I was mean can't believe it best Yeah, fuck. Where are they?
00:31:18
Speaker
I'm looking to the- to the last two to come through. He was right behind me. Maybe first and last. Well, they're not here now.
00:31:31
Speaker
Suddenly, zoom! Thub comes through the- through. Oh! Ah! Okay, we fought you, uh... Nevermind. What? You love what?
00:31:47
Speaker
No, we fought, we fought, a we fought, you weren't coming. You went AWOL for like a week. I did most actually, I was sleeping. Are you sure you don't have brain damage? Thub just sort of raises an eyebrow. Yes.
00:32:17
Speaker
I'm going to I'm going to lean over to who's closest to me right now. Why? Why? I lean a God all the way. I'm like I'm like a four foot difference between us. There are five. Yeah. I mean, all the way down like a giraffe. Nobody sleeps that long without brain damage. I'm I'm privy to a agree with you there, pal.
Town Leadership Discussion
00:32:45
Speaker
Anyway, are we back in town? Seems like we're back in town. What do you mean? We know where we are. Yes, um um it's a rhetorical question.
00:32:58
Speaker
Didn't seem particularly rhetorical, but OK. It's rhetorical. It's rhetorical now. All right, well, let's get out of here without impaling ourselves, shall we? You imagine if this is a TPK, we die at the spikes?
00:33:15
Speaker
Actually, it seems like the whole place has been torn apart by guards, especially since ah you don't see any of the guard corpses that were here the last time you were here. Oh, good.
00:33:34
Speaker
Alright, we're getting to the inn, we're going to bed, and tomorrow we figure out what comes next. Hi, and preferably you get ready for for the chief to get here not tomorrow but the day after oh right at least that's what he's supposed to get here so the fact that the mayor is dead yeah well that's not great uh need to figure that out typically these aren't things that happen
00:34:10
Speaker
So um I don't know who the acting mayor would be. I suppose it might be me for now. ah But I don't know how the Cloudveil doesn't feel about that. They get very skeevy when one of their own isn't in charge. Okay, well, both of the Cloudveil people who were in line to be mayor are dead and one of them is a horrifying cultist so they may have to just make do. I'm sure that the Cloudvilles have sent somebody else pretty quick from Nilbud before before too long after they hear what's happened. Which means we need to send word to Nilbud. I'm sure that that's already been taken care of
00:35:02
Speaker
I get the feeling that they're very tight-knit.
00:35:09
Speaker
Sorry. Everyone to the end. Okay. Well, I guess you can go home, I said to Dawncaller, if you want to. I mean, sure, I suppose it it depends a little bit on where you're getting the drink first. The drink would be bloody fantastic. Great that I'm coming with you.
00:35:31
Speaker
You can do what you want, but I'm coming with this one and she bash and she grabs you by the arm and starts pulling you along Oh, I'm right there with you. I Need to drink today away Yeah, I need something really hard Now as you leave Samuel's house The Sun is nowhere to be seen
00:35:59
Speaker
It is pretty firmly midnight right what?
00:36:15
Speaker
That's a mystery. I'm going to leave for tomorrow.
Socializing at the Tavern
00:36:18
Speaker
That recording doesn't normally do that, does it? Well, if you make a shitty circle. Ah, so you say.
00:36:32
Speaker
Alright, come on, let's go. We've got to get drunk. Hi, let's get drunk. Morgan, are you going with the rest of the gang? She will follow behind, hobbling quietly.
00:36:50
Speaker
So, you all make your way back to the inn. the ye olde ugly wolf. Well and odd, oh my gosh, for a while. Good old gallanted. And yeah,
00:37:27
Speaker
Assuming it is still. Midless. Or I guess mornless into midless. Is that damn that calendar that we have. ah Monday into Tuesday. Right. Oh, I hate Monday functionally. um Don't worry, it's already over. Yeah, that's a pretty bad Monday. It was. Mm hmm.
00:37:53
Speaker
We've definitely had better. All right, when we get inside, I would like to ask the bartender what day it is. ah It's, a well, he looks at the clock in the corner. If you'd asked me about five minutes ago, I would have said more or less the 42nd of first Equinox. But now I guess it's the Midless. The 42nd of gods.
00:38:31
Speaker
think I speak for everyone when I say a round of drinks, please. All right. Well, can I get you? What's the strongest thing you have?
00:38:52
Speaker
very small
00:38:55
Speaker
Dark brown bottle. Uh-oh. With a pore spout on top. pulls out a couple of shot glasses. One for each AI, I suppose. yeah face Yes. Please. Yes. Morgram shakes her head. Yeah, Morgram, I don't think you should drink. Dawn Collar sees Morgram shake her head. All right, don't take hers.
00:39:26
Speaker
Borgram saying no to a drink has bashed you like a little alert.
00:39:33
Speaker
ah So. burn' perform there you definitely should be The bartender pours all of the shots and as each shot goes into the glass, the liquid, which
00:39:55
Speaker
All right, drink it fast before it evaporates. All right, then. I'll take my shot. Oh, yeah. You you all take your shots. Dawncaller takes two of them in quick succession. um And I need all of you to make fortitude saves. Oh, lovely. Even why. I hope I fail. To be fair, he is half the size of it. You can choose to fail the drunkenness, but this isn't just for the drunkenness. um This is 22. I see.
00:40:28
Speaker
t six fifty six fifteen I'll roll for Thub. Why not?
00:40:38
Speaker
Okay. Thub gets a 25. Of course. Okay. Let me roll for Dawncaller. Okay. So...
00:40:57
Speaker
ficket and thub and dawncaller, you all start almost immediately gasping for air. Cause holy oh shit, he wasn't lying when that's strong stuff. God damn.
00:41:13
Speaker
Tastes pretty good, though. Nice and sort of oaky, nutty. Definitely some notes of, ah you know, pure fucking grain alcohol in there. But yeah, it was definitely aged at least a little bit and something. um Oh, God. Wyatt, you... Fucking dead.
00:41:34
Speaker
...are... Wyatt almost immediately just falls off his bar stool.
00:41:44
Speaker
why you're not like the drinker why you're not like drunk or anything you're just like huh how how bad is this I mean, it's not your favorite. You know, you would have thought that something really strong like that would be really up your alley, but it's definitely not your favorite. I'm seizing. i'm like You're not even seizing. It just like, it really doesn't taste good. Ah. Nowhere near the flavor you like. Ah, this is terrible. I actually thought it was pretty good.
00:42:31
Speaker
There we go, it's the acquired taste. I've had as much of it as you have, so I don't know about acquired. Yeah, it's an acquired taste. What do you think, we're doing another round?
00:42:45
Speaker
I... I slam down the shot glass. Or I like, I tap it against ah the bar. You force another round for each of you who wants
00:43:01
Speaker
This is quite literally the strongest I think is physically possible to drinking off of it, yeah. And before you ask, yes, I am willing to sell you enough to kill you so long as you pay me first. Guys, guys we're doing we're not doing this on a tab, are we?
00:43:28
Speaker
You can start a tab if you'd like. How much for the two rounds of shots? Eh, I'd say probably a solid seven gold a round. Alright, well I will cover one round. I'll cover the next. I'll take the next. Alrighty then. Eh, you there. Ash your face. You want a written? Or could just cut your eyes at him and just stare at him.
00:44:00
Speaker
Space, water, is there a, milk? Wait, and why it's medical knowledge, is there something that's good for really burnt people? ah Sure, go ahead and make a medicine check. Medicine checkup. Is there any like weird cures, like natural remedies for for horrible six degree burns? 25. Well, you've heard of this magical mystical plant called aloe vera that you've heard is pretty good. Oh, we're not here though. yeah But that's not native to this continent, so... Somewhere deep, I think, so-so's has happened, like, oh, there's plenty of elevator here. Yeah.
00:44:40
Speaker
Down in Omen, right? That's where it's from? Yeah, yeah. Oh, great. Shit. I don't suppose you have, like, a... Hold on.
00:44:55
Speaker
This is this does not happen in game. I know why it will as like a fourth lot of fourth break You don't have like the target aloe vera multi symptom drink, right? Like that's not for human consumption. Everyone can still drink it But um, but yeah Why it's got enough, no recommendations in this case. He's just gonna, he's gonna keep an eye on Morgra, make sure she's okay. Do we still have our rooms here, or do we have to pay for them tonight? Eh... You gotta pay for them. This fucker here, and he points at Thub. He's gonna pay for the nights he owes first.
00:45:42
Speaker
Thub just looks at him, turns around and starts running. Where the fuck are you going? Not here! I cannot be in death again! What? The room? Thought it was gone now. He's no longer my problem. This girl leaves you with style to make her run for it. He's no longer my problem for this session.
00:46:15
Speaker
Sorry. Well. Eh. Rums aren't too expensive around, I think, uh, raiseable enough is five-ish copper piece. It's late at night. We also don't really have any solo rooms, so you're, you're going to have to be okay with, uh, bunking up. We can live with that.
00:46:38
Speaker
Let's turn in. I'm going to pass out. All right. Dawncaller is going to hold on to Bastion's hand and keep her at the bar. Just just a moment, we've got to talk. Okay.
00:47:01
Speaker
um Has everyone left at this point?
Reassurance and Reminiscence
00:47:07
Speaker
Yes. Okay. Okay, so
00:47:16
Speaker
I wanted to ask if everything's okay. You seem a little extra shaken by everything that's happened in the caves there.
00:47:31
Speaker
said It was a day. You scared me half to death.
00:47:39
Speaker
went there, and everyone seemed to be a pretty much of the opinion that I should be in the cult. Including the the icon of the god. Which, you know, is isn't pleasant.
00:48:08
Speaker
I'm sorry, I don't know much that I can do to really help. Um... I don't think any anyone does. But, uh... Why do you think they were so convinced that you should be there? I mean, look at me.
00:48:27
Speaker
Pull down the scarf. She looks you up and down. I don't understand, still. All I see is my friend.
00:48:39
Speaker
Yeah, but most people don't. They don't see anyone human or Moffat. They don't see anyone orc. They don't see anyone who's anything, really. Well, most people fucking suck. Aye, but when a cult of a god of monsters tells you that you look like you belong with them, hard not to take it to heart.
00:49:11
Speaker
Okay, but you don't belong with them. You're not with them. Clearly they made a mistake.
00:49:32
Speaker
right, as I tend to be. Aye, well if you'd like to have a chat with some of my organs, They seem, uh... not convinced by the path I'm taking. Heart's been a real bitch, actually. She gets real close to your Heart. Oi! Fuck her! Lay off Bastion, will ya? She's good people.
00:50:05
Speaker
She leans back in her stool. Did that hurt at all?
00:50:11
Speaker
Not sure. I should have Wyatt look and see if he can figure out what creature my heart came from. I don't know if I trust anything that little fucker has to say. I mean, I don't either, but I haven't been able to figure it out, so... ah Well... Um... Are you ready to meet the Chief?
00:50:42
Speaker
Oh, not in the slightest. That's fair. He, um... He can be a little intimidating, I won't lie. But, uh, you get used to... He's not gonna be happy with me. Sorry, say again? He's not gonna be happy with me.
00:51:00
Speaker
Um... Well, actually, when I told him everything that I knew, he already was... It's not that he... I think he'll be unhappy. I think he'll just be kind of curious.
00:51:12
Speaker
I'll be honest, I think, well, what is the reason that you think he's not going to be happy with you? She slams another shot. I let the kid put the damn thing in his chest. I, yeah, and well, to be entirely honest,
00:51:31
Speaker
um Well, you might have lost points with me for that. You'll probably gain points with him. Because, uh... He didn't think he'd put it in his chest. Well, you know... The Chief is all about keeping these kinds of things with tender people. So he's probably gonna be a little disappointed that it didn't immediately go to me. However...
00:51:58
Speaker
uh, you know, or that I frankly didn't immediately take it from you and bring it to stick in some irony's chest. But, uh, frankly, I think he can suck it the fuck up. Um, cause I don't, I, I don't know if there's any better people are to trust it to than you. And, uh, honestly, I feel like for the most part, your, your crew is pretty trustworthy.
00:52:37
Speaker
not letting you walk back on your own. Last time I left you alone, you got kidnapped. This is fair. and I do have a pretty solid concussion.
00:52:49
Speaker
All right, let's go. All right. All right. So the two of you start walking back to Don Collar's house. Um, What do you talk about on the way there, if anything? Um, um probably reminiscing about the old crew and how they died in a bunch of gruesomely ways. Yeah, Don Collar... Don Collar also is laughing with you about those old stories and... Oh, here remember the time we went to the forest? That nightmare in place? Did we consider anything up here a forest? Well, yeah, a hollow forest.
00:53:28
Speaker
It's quite literally the only forest we've got. That's what I'm aware of, at least. It's where we found that temple would ah with the mummy inside it. Oh, the temple, yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was in the Hollowood.
00:53:45
Speaker
Strange bloody place. Yeah. What do you think ever happened to the mummy? I don't know. All I know is that we booked it out of town. a
00:53:57
Speaker
I won't lie, kinda glad that fucking werewolf kid died. He was annoying. He was a real prick, honestly. The rest of them were okay, they were fine, they were a little off, but that werewolf guy was real fucking weird. ah they real rush yeah I you. I think he did, he made me real uncomfortable. Well, what do you expect from a werewolf? Eh, I suppose so.
00:54:26
Speaker
That fucking idiot who decided to fight a dragon? Come on. Well, it's not that he decided to fight a dragon. We were all fighting the dragon. He decided to climb onto the dragon as it was flying away. Oh, that's right. Okay, right, right. After somebody else... ah After... what Who is it? I think it was Sleed. Shot a fucking slingshot of fireworks into the thing's nose. Yes. Fucking idiots. I'll never say they were the brightest crew.
00:54:55
Speaker
But they were one. They were certainly a crew. I think I like your new one a lot better. Aye. At this point, you've reached Don Collar's front door. All right, well, this is me. If you want, I don't know if you already paid for your room at the end, but I do have a spare bed here, and it's probably going to be a bit more comfortable.
00:55:25
Speaker
than the floor at the end. I'll take you up on that offer. Great. The lads might think I've been kidnapped, but we'll figure it out. That's a fine-making fucking deal.
00:55:38
Speaker
Anyway, I'm not any more missing than Thub is, so. What the fuck is that person's deal? ah We're not sure.
00:55:49
Speaker
as As she leads you inside, she, you know, takes off her jacket and you look around and realize that the the entire house is a bit of a mess.
00:56:09
Speaker
papers everywhere. Papers and books and pens. You could swear. You didn't know that one woman could own so many inkwells.
00:56:22
Speaker
Why do you even have an office if all of this stuff is here? I've got to take my work home with me sometimes. Just ignore it. All right.
00:56:35
Speaker
OK, well, here's the spare room. If you need anything, there should be some water and a pitcher in the kitchen over there. And I'm sure I've got some wine stashed in there as well if you want it.
00:56:52
Speaker
But, uh, I'm going to bed. Sounds like a plan. Thank you for not dying. That would have put a real, uh, real hitch in my day. Thank you for also not dying and preventing me from probably dying. And probably a lot more people, let's be entirely honest. You saved probably a whole ton of lives today.
00:57:18
Speaker
Well, do my best. You did good. Your best is good. And she gives you a, she gives you a hug, very firm hug.
00:57:29
Speaker
Bastion's gonna go in the room and just lie down and stare at the ceiling until she falls asleep. All right. So that brings us now, well, I guess let's also go to Morgrim. Morgrim,
00:57:48
Speaker
You lay down in your spot on the floor in the
00:58:03
Speaker
Yeah, not having eyelids makes it very difficult. Especially since in the darkness, you've realized that your eyes are pretty constantly emitting a glow.
00:58:16
Speaker
that you can see reflecting off of your own skin. It's very distracting. But after an extra, what you think is probably an hour or so more than it normally would take for you to fall asleep, you do manage to get yourself to sleep.
00:58:40
Speaker
Everyone else, you sleep like babies.
00:58:46
Speaker
And you wake up around 8.30 in the next morning. So, all of you awaken to the hustle and bustle of a mid-last morning.
00:59:18
Speaker
Thicket, what do you do with your morning? We have full rest? not Well, not full rest. But rest for the night, right? You sleep. So you get your spell slots back, you get your resolve back. Oh, gods. OK, thank you. I don't like that there's not a setting that would like be like, oh, I can rest for the night without fucking with my hit points. I know. Yeah. It is what it is.
00:59:46
Speaker
Yeah, I, uh, I'm getting breakfast. Okay. Bastion is going to try and cook breakfast in Don Collar's home? Before or after Don Collar wakes up? Before, probably. Okay. Um, all right. So, uh, you start rooting around the kitchen. You do find that bottle of wine that she was talking about looks like a ah bottle of red that is yet to be opened. Um,
01:00:17
Speaker
imported seemingly from omen, which is much fancier than you would have expected for her. And you also find ah in her cold chest, a couple of cuts of meat, what you think are some strips of bacon, ah some eggs,
01:00:47
Speaker
couple other little things, little vegetables here and there, scattered around the kitchen. Definitely not the best condition. It seems like she hasn't done a whole ton of cooking recently. Let's try for bacon and omelets. Bacon and omelets. Okay, go ahead and make a crafting check for me.
01:01:08
Speaker
Keep forgetting that I'm trained in crafting for some reason. Yeah. That's a 22. A 22. Well, you'll be damned if these aren't the best-smelling bacon omelets you've made in your entire life. They're so good-smelling, in fact, that Dawncaller wanders out of her room half-awake. Holy shit, is that breakfast? upwardly holds out a plate of omelet. She takes the plate...
01:01:53
Speaker
have real coffee here? Uh, no.
01:01:59
Speaker
Well... Frost coffee? I do have a little real coffee, to be honest. Little bit. Ah, maybe save that for a special occasion. This feels special enough. If you want it, of course. I wouldn't say no to some coffee. Alright, I'll make some real coffee.
01:02:18
Speaker
Get the one of her lower counter cabinets, opens it up, and you hear clicking. You look over and you see that she's opening a safe. um And out of the safe, she pulls a small satchel.
01:02:43
Speaker
ah from which you can just smell that beautiful, beautiful smell of coffee beans. Real coffee beans. understand why you would need that in a safe here. Oh, I'm not joking. i would I'm not joking. I've prosecuted multiple cases where people have outright committed murder for half this bag.
01:03:14
Speaker
God damn. I know. People miss their fucking coffee, man. and I've got to say, I didn't really understand why until I tried this stuff. I don't know how my people have lived without it for however many millennia. Well, you know. I guess you don't know. You don't miss what you don't know. I suppose that's true. I suppose that's true.
01:03:42
Speaker
She makes the coffee, brings it over, and you all have a nice little breakfast together.
01:03:51
Speaker
And as you're having your breakfast, Bastian, you've probably got maybe two bites left in your a knock at the door. Dawncaller just stops.
01:04:12
Speaker
The food falls out of her mouth. Someone know you're back in town?
01:04:28
Speaker
I'm gonna throw a shirt on real fast. And she goes, she quickly runs into her room and puts some nicer clothes on ah that weren't her pajamas. This begs the question, was she not wearing a shirt? She was wearing her pajamas, but like not not her formal shirt. Okay. Whoa. I realize I phrased that wrong. I was just confused. so I was like, what? Whoa. But she...
01:04:59
Speaker
God damn it, Colby. She runs in. And then like, quick as lightning runs back out ah with her normal like sort of nicer, like work attire on. She opens the door and Bastion on the other side, you see a hulking Nonton man.
Chief Bravewalker's Visit
01:05:24
Speaker
This guy outright does not have a shirt on. Oh,
01:05:29
Speaker
um He does, however, have a giant double-ended spear in his hand. ah And he's wearing a lot of fur on his lower half, covered in tattoos. And you also see a large scar across his abdomen.
01:05:54
Speaker
Red-O.
01:05:58
Speaker
What was that? It said righto. Ah.
01:06:11
Speaker
Don Collar leads some in. Please, can I take... Did you bring any luggage? No. Travel lighter this way.
01:06:25
Speaker
Right, I see. But I'm sure you're hungry or thirsty or something. No. Okay. Can I get you an omelette?
01:06:37
Speaker
The Nuntan just looks at you with these pale, all-knowing eyes. I don't know what that is. So I'm going to say probably not.
01:06:54
Speaker
He looks back then at Dawncolor. Who is this? This is Bastian. Bastian Parker. A very good friend of mine who I told you about when I came to visit.
01:07:19
Speaker
And immediately the Nontan's face sort of lightens up and softens. Oh, you're Bastion. I've heard about you. And he ah sticks his spear into the wooden floor and stomps on over, stomping snow all over the papers on the floor and just sticks out a hand to you Bastion. A gloved and gauntleted hand. I shake the hand. Jeff Bravewalker, pleasure to meet you at long last.
01:07:56
Speaker
pleasure so you're the one who Don Calder says found a soul of frost my crew found it but I was there my companion has it I see it's currently lodged in his chest
01:08:27
Speaker
He raises, I would say he raises an eyebrow, but he he's a Nuntan, so he doesn't have any hair. um So he raises a brow. I see. All right, then. I would like to meet these companions of yours. And see you solo frost. Stephanie, you've reached. Would you like to follow me to the inn, where I think they are?
01:08:56
Speaker
He nods. Turn to Dawn Keller. Are you coming or? Yes, Basson, you can very easily tell that she is. Absolutely bewildered and scared shitless right now. Fair enough, right? Let's let's go. All right, so.
01:09:26
Speaker
The rest of you are all having your breakfast at the inn, assuming you're having breakfast at the inn. um When you hear the door open, and in walks Bastion, Dawncaller, and this absolutely gargantuan mountain. He's like pushing eight feet tall. So he's taller than Thicket by a wide margin.
01:09:57
Speaker
And thicket, I should note it. I should note that the second the door opens, you are hit by this absolute sense of power.
01:10:13
Speaker
I'm really going to write that regal might. What is that?
01:10:25
Speaker
I would like I'm assuming. but where Where is the door in relation to me right now? um It's behind you. It's behind you. So I think you come over here. move on over. OK. Do the rest of you also move over?
01:10:55
Speaker
Wyatt and Morgram, do you also join? Yeah. Yeah, sure. I was wondering if something bad happened to you after you didn't come back last night. Nope. I just stayed at Dawn Collars. This is the chief. Chief. This is Thicket. I have a quick question for you, Cam. Yes.
01:11:26
Speaker
What should Thicket's response here be? Like knowing that this is a Nonton chief? so Like, would would he kneel bow? How does he show reference? This is, I should note, not just a Nonton chief. This is the chief of the RNA. The RNA are the tribe of all tribes. So he is basically chief of all Nonton. Right. ah So your response would likely be something of, ah A, bewilderment that you're even in his presence, ah but B, i yeah, you you sort of, you revere, you would revere chiefs as like,
01:12:14
Speaker
you You would probably see him not not quite as a king, but probably closer to a probably like a step above a president of the United States. Okay, a step of Biden ho like one step above a POTUS.
01:12:31
Speaker
okay you mean tre of england step above ke of england noman king of england doesn't mean shit ah I guess the super president No,
01:12:54
Speaker
shaken by just this this figure's mere presence in front of him is going to to one knee and bow his head in reverence and in your presence.
01:13:23
Speaker
before you feel a hand on your chin, very gently lifting your chin up. Look at the non-tan. You're the one who, right of crush. Very interesting.
01:13:44
Speaker
You can feel him moving your face around, getting a good look at you. Stand up, brother. i stand up i should note uh that a chief referring to you as brother is like referring to you as an equal i have no brother i'm but a humble uh
01:14:24
Speaker
I don't even know anymore. I think at one point I was treading to be a spring keeper, my clan. I'm just a humble recluse, a hermit of a tribe long since, well, I guess not long, well,
01:14:50
Speaker
I don't really know what I am or or or where I am to be in the world at this moment anymore. But I... I'm not sure I yeah deserve the title of your chin to your shoulder as he just firmly grips your shoulder.
01:15:20
Speaker
Stand up, brother. The title does fit you. And I think, while I may not be able to tell you what happened to Croschel, or why you're here seemingly missing several years of your life, but I can tell you,
01:15:42
Speaker
is that I may know your new purpose. And you feel his hand rest his other hand rest on the soul of Frost in your chest. And you feel for just a moment, his presence mingles with yours and Cranberry's. All three of you and the soul of Frost are one for half a second.
01:16:11
Speaker
And you can you can feel you can feel cranberry is also in a sense of wonder about what's happening right now. You can feel the chief calm,
01:16:33
Speaker
stoic, respectful, knowing. But
01:16:43
Speaker
You also feel there's something there that he's not letting you see.
01:16:53
Speaker
And you feel absolutely nothing from the soul of Frost. As he helps you stand and helps you into a seat. My this very clearly is.
01:17:15
Speaker
what Don Calder said it would be. This has the sort of frost.
01:17:26
Speaker
So. Don Calder says you found it in a cave. Beneath. Yes. Speak, brother.
01:17:43
Speaker
Not just any cave. It remnants of Croucho. I believe that may make sense. And was it your idea to bind the soul of Frost to that being in your chest? What did you call it? Cranberry?
01:18:13
Speaker
I thought his name is the Guardian of wouldn't say it was neither my or idea or his
01:18:45
Speaker
And none of the rest of you had any interactions properly with the Soul of Frost beyond looking at it.
01:18:57
Speaker
but go Oh, I'm amazed. Why is he saying fire was a gray ice cube? I'm just going to say that. I eated the soul of frost. Well, it's going to cough as he says any other purpose because he remembers when he says an ice cube.
01:19:19
Speaker
Chief Brave Walker looks dead into your eyes. Nothing. why And you could you could swear that he sees right through you. In every sense of the word, take the flask, take a sip.
01:19:38
Speaker
And what of you, dwarf? You've got nothing. Nothing from the soul of frost perhaps, but you've certainly gotten something from somewhere.
01:19:55
Speaker
I take it this is a recent development. not as in tune with the elements as I...
01:20:09
Speaker
many of my kin. But I can definitely feel power.
01:20:34
Speaker
Very interesting.
01:20:40
Speaker
All right. So,
01:20:46
Speaker
Brother Thicket here be the guardian of the Solar
01:21:08
Speaker
and that means the rest of you are as protectors.
Mission to Hunt the Cottie Wren
01:21:15
Speaker
Of course, there's one small problem. The only ones worthy to be protectors of the soul of Frost or anything so powerful are members of the irony.
01:21:36
Speaker
Bastian, you notice at Brave Walker saying this, Dawn Collar, like her eyes go wide. She's been staring like at the table this whole time. And her eyes just go wide. And she looks at
01:22:08
Speaker
In order to be trusted with this power. This great task.
01:22:18
Speaker
You must complete an initiation. Great, it's like a frat. I'm not entirely sure what that is. You're definitely not getting haste. I do know what that is.
01:22:38
Speaker
No. Those who are outsiders who wish to prove themselves worthy of the
01:23:00
Speaker
And at this fashion, I'm assuming you're sitting next to Dawncaller. Yeah.
01:23:08
Speaker
At this point, Dawncaller starts very quietly saying no under her breath. I'm gonna grab her hand. She sharply like jumps and then looks down, sees your hand, and you can see her breathing start to slow a little bit. And she she grabs her hand back and squeezes really hard.
01:23:35
Speaker
Your task to prove yourselves to me and to the irony is to hunt the Cottie Wren in the Hollow Forest.
01:23:50
Speaker
And what? Bring it back to me. And what is that? The Cottie Wren. Yeah, I know, but what is it? Would I know what that is? I am going to have each of you make a recall knowledge check of your choice. Thicket, I am going to account for your being an old time. Okay. Would Morgrem even have any idea being so isolated the way he was? You might. Still go ahead and give a roll.
01:24:23
Speaker
That full 20 nature check. I don't think she did. OK. And any of you have to be knowledge? I think it has to be a knowledge. Yes, I do, but I got a twenty one. OK. OK, so. Morgan and Bastion, you're both like, what the fuck?
01:24:51
Speaker
thicket and especially quiet. You've heard of the Qatiren. It is a legendary bird.
01:25:06
Speaker
Oh, that honestly, Wyatt, you thought they were mythical. Frankly, they're real. You thought that these were mythical creatures, um like out of ancient storybooks. ah Because reportedly, they The power of nature itself.
01:25:35
Speaker
to the point where many cultures outright believe Qadirens to be emissaries of the Deep Green.
01:25:48
Speaker
You're kidding, right? It's not a real creature. It's just fake in front of us. know A mythical creature doesn't exist. Chief Brave Walker looks at he just looks at you, Wyatt. And you can see in his eyes this man has not told any semblance of a joke. Fucking Sersene's well, this is not a joke anymore. What is it?
01:26:21
Speaker
You are to haunt the Kottiran of the Hollow Forest. You are to bring its carcass to the irony camp
01:26:35
Speaker
If you succeed, you will be irony. If you fail, the soul of frost will still have a guardian, though it will not be you any all just, like, ditch the soul of frost here. We all run somewhere nice, like, omen. Just, uh, retire on a beach somewhere. You could choose to do that.
01:27:07
Speaker
That is entirely within your right and your power. Picket is going to puff his chest up. I'll do it. Good.
01:27:23
Speaker
Will the rest of you go and protect your guardian? So has someone explained to Bastion that this bird thing is related... that A, it is a bird thing, and B,
01:27:35
Speaker
It is connected to the deep green or whatever. Why it passes her a note.
01:27:44
Speaker
Excuse me, chief. Why? Why would we kill something connected to the deep green? Because the power of the deep green flows through it. And we can use that power. Okay.
01:28:06
Speaker
Worry not, the balance will not be upset. Cool, cool, cool. Just wanted to make sure we didn't like end the world by killing a bird. No, no, no. It's the tradition that has gone on for as long as the RNA have existed. Would I know if like this type of initiation rite is commonplace among Nonton? Not among Nonton? Among RNA?
01:28:34
Speaker
you would have heard you would have heard that this is like how you as an outsider become a transplant to their tribe i see okay which basically means that nobody ever does it like it's it's so rare that quite literally several of your people's folk tales are of people managing, like, that is sort of the end goal. like it Like, in Greek myths, the end goal is to, oh, you go to Olympus, ah or in Norse mythology, it's, oh, you go to Valhalla, or to Asgard, or whatever. ah In Nonton culture, it's you become a member of the Arane, and you get to live in the glacier this is a mythical task that you've been assigned.
01:29:29
Speaker
quite literally a task that is the subject of several of your people's myths.
01:29:41
Speaker
We literally sing songs of this. Great GM. Oh, fuck yeah. We will go down I will sample of the local cuisine.
01:30:00
Speaker
and he stands up taking his giant double-ended spear with him to the bar Bastion Dawncaller has been shaking like a leaf Why don't you want us to do this? I don't think anyone's ever survived He's asking me to go on a suicide mission. I can't fucking believe him. I can't fucking believe he did this.
01:30:39
Speaker
You've always come back before, right? Hi. Hi. Okay. Maybe. However, have you ever thought... Have you ever... Have you ever thought of fucking caught your end? I'm still not entirely sure what that is. Fucking terrifying is what it is!
01:30:59
Speaker
Right? Okay. I don't think we have much anyone else see a plan B?
01:31:19
Speaker
Let them get other guardians? Why would you want a plan B? We've been given a great honour. And it's our duty to fulfill it. I'm not of your people. You can be. I get the feeling if we hold this off, we will be one of them. They're going to tell stories about this. Hundreds of years from now, just as my people tell stories of the last to do this. Assuming we do this and not get eaten horribly.
01:31:58
Speaker
Actually, even if we get eaten horribly, they'll probably tell us as a, uh, warning. So. Oh, you're forgetting. We've got something that the icon of a God knows on our side and a cursed stone to go with it. So if anyone can do this, it's us.
01:32:29
Speaker
We've also got one of the Hyena barrels. I've heard in my time among this civilization here that your family has done quite a bit. We've got... ah You could say that. An incredible amalgamation of... I'm sure many heroes make you up, Bastion.
01:32:58
Speaker
I really think that's not the case. Bastion, your heart starts screaming, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you! Yeah, my heart ah is literally objecting. I ignore that. Morgan, you are made of fire. You've died and risen and come back like a phoenix, which I've recently heard of. You don't understand the implications of what's going on. me It's not a good thing. We're being asked to undertake a legendary task here. But we are legendary people.
01:33:40
Speaker
Legendarily horrible? a andra You hear a voice from under the table. What about me? Am I a legendary people? You're... I don't know you well enough to save your legendary.
01:33:58
Speaker
Their life goal is to go to another planet and kill the god that killed their dragon parent. Oh, I can get behind that. You, my friend, are trying to leave this planet to fight a god. Hooray! I think I have forgotten that that is my backstory.
01:34:22
Speaker
As have I. Love melts back into the floor. Oh, Jesus. Fantasy Jesus. yeah um None of that was canon.
01:34:38
Speaker
We're all legendary and we can do this. I'm going to turn to Dawncaller. If you tell me not to do it, I won't.
01:34:53
Speaker
I can't make that choice for you, Bastion. Please don't make me make that choice for you. Then you know I have to do it. I know what happens if you give up the soul of Frost. What happens? I can't say. There's... There's... There is no winning situation.
01:35:21
Speaker
Why can't you say? I just, I can't. I'm bound by oath. And I'm bound by him. She nods over at Chief Brave Walker, who's currently walking back to the table, munching on a Danish.
01:35:46
Speaker
He sits back down. Very surprisingly gently for someone of his size. It doesn't make a noise, the chair doesn't even What do you call this thing?
01:36:13
Speaker
It's a Danish. Danish. Don't call her, we should learn to make this.
01:36:22
Speaker
Don color just doesn't respond. She knows I'm right. What happens if he gives up the solid frost?
01:36:34
Speaker
Well, it'd be quite the dishonorable thing to do at this point, though none could blame. I look at Don color. Does that look like all the answer?
01:36:53
Speaker
Um, you can't really tell. Dawncaller is kind of receded into herself at this point and is just making herself very small.
01:37:17
Speaker
So fuck it. We've got some talking to do about the soul of Frost.
01:37:51
Speaker
ay
Soul of Frost's Power
01:38:18
Speaker
Aye. One or two?
01:38:25
Speaker
that should be enough you can expend that energy once you feed the soil frost you can expend the energy that you feed to it in order to release a portion of its power you should be able to do that well the soul is in your chest but When Cranberry is out, all of that power lies in his hands.
01:39:18
Speaker
will the soul to release, and it will do so. Assuming you've created a strong enough bond with it. I, but I'm afraid of whatever's in there. Do not be afraid, brother. The soul is a gift, a powerful gift, but a gift and nonetheless. Chief.
01:39:57
Speaker
Thank you.
01:40:03
Speaker
But... How do you know this? Chief Bravewalker... Gently... Rolls your hand into his. Because... Fuck it. These are the tales that have been passed down between the Chiefs of the Arony.
01:40:33
Speaker
This is the day
01:40:45
Speaker
For the soul ought to be found.
01:40:53
Speaker
I think it's nervousness is going to sort of give way as he straightens back out. Then I'll put it to good use. Good man. I know you well.
01:41:17
Speaker
He's going to lift up your blindfold.
01:41:24
Speaker
What do Fickett's eyes look like? They are just dull, clouded, gray eyes.
01:41:40
Speaker
You feel as Brave Walker places his hand over your eyes.
01:41:53
Speaker
and for a moment you almost feel like you can see you will put it to good use brother thank you feel it brother thank you he replaces the blindfold all right then
01:42:26
Speaker
Is there anything else that any of you have to ask of me? Or wish to say? Wish to say?
01:42:40
Speaker
No? Well then, I shall take my leave. I'm gonna die. It's gonna be real cool, I guess. In that case, I shall take my leave.
01:43:05
Speaker
Until then, I wish you well, Guardians. And he stands up and exits the inn.
01:43:31
Speaker
He was a day early. certainly was. It's just fucking like him.
01:43:47
Speaker
Oh, no. Okay. Well, um...
01:44:00
Speaker
Congrats, you all met the Chief, and I think he liked you.
01:44:09
Speaker
At least there's Well... I wish there was much of anything I could do to really prepare you for the Cutty Ren. Unfortunately, um...
01:44:32
Speaker
Are there any weaknesses?
Researching the Mythical Bird
01:44:34
Speaker
Any like massive true names we could call out to it? What are the what are the myths saying? I can't tell you. I'm i'm bound by
01:44:54
Speaker
Can we just go through a list of like maybe weaknesses and then if it ah if it is that point to one and it's a weakness, you nod. That would be me assisting and breaking my oath. Quiet. I think we have to go to a library and hope that there is some accounting of the stories of this thing. Is there anything I would know? Go ahead and make another recall notice check.
01:45:24
Speaker
and bell
01:45:27
Speaker
23. 23. In all your recollection of the tales involving the Qadiran, you remember that those who try to combat the beast
01:45:54
Speaker
rarely survive. Those are not happy stories.
01:46:05
Speaker
Let's go to the library. We can find some weaknesses there. I believe in ah the oral history of my people. There's been talk of those that have wounded the beast come close to killing it.
01:46:25
Speaker
And of course, there's the mighty few that have. I don't see any reason why yeah we can't do it either. I'll meet you there.
01:46:42
Speaker
Okay. So, Thicket's heading to the library. Who's heading to the library with Thicket? Yeah, I guess I'll follow. I mean, I... I feel like there's more productive things I could do than go to the library. Well, I suppose I could assist the people reading. You can't read, boy. I could answer questions. Well, other than the library, what if they could want to do right now?
01:47:20
Speaker
So, Morgan, would you still go to the library then? I guess I would. Why would you go to the library with Morgan or would you do something else? I get a drink and then you're the library.
01:47:44
Speaker
OK, and Bastion, what are you doing? I'm going to talk to Dawncaller real quick and then go to the library. OK. So Morgan and Wyatt, you set off to the library. Thicket, you go to wherever it is that you're going to meditate, which is where, by the way. Just like a field of snow. OK. Plenty of those around. Oh, yeah. Isolated away. Mm hmm.
01:48:12
Speaker
Um, okay. Uh, so Bastian, you and Don Color are alone. In a public inn, but alone. but Yes. Alone for people that we know and are relevant. Yes. All right. Look at me. She looks at you. I'm coming back.
01:48:41
Speaker
I don't care about this stupid fucking bird.
01:48:47
Speaker
I will be coming back. I'm going to choose to believe you. Don't choose to believe me. Know that I'm right. That's difficult considering we lost our previous crew to the Hollow Wood. Yeah, well, our previous crew was a group of idiots.
01:49:08
Speaker
I'm not entirely convinced that you're not with a group of idiots for now. Oh, come on. Though I will say that Morgram's got a good head on her shoulders. Yeah, it's nearly been burned off her shoulders, but she's got a good one. Aye.
01:49:33
Speaker
I'm going to figure this out. I don't care what the fuck this thing is. If I have to get through it to get out of here, then that's what I'm going to do. Get out of here. This whole clusterfuck of a situation. So I can have something other than ever the hell this is.
01:50:04
Speaker
Though gods know that my lovely body parts will only protest if I try and retire. I think that'll protest no matter what you do, to be honest. You're not wrong.
01:50:32
Speaker
this is... The route he decided to go to, it's what I was afraid of. And of course I was right. This is an incredibly dangerous task.
01:50:58
Speaker
Well.
01:51:02
Speaker
I guess that's what we're here said before, my oath does prevent me from helping in any way, shape or form. Yeah, well, then it'd be too easy.
01:51:24
Speaker
I... I... It would be...
01:51:32
Speaker
I should probably get to work and start figuring out what the fuck to do with the town. Oh yeah, finding out who's in charge of town would be great. I'm not the worst thing to get handled. You gotta to promise me that while you do it, you don't worry about me. I don't think I can.
01:52:10
Speaker
least until the next Cloudfell shows up. Ah, who knows when that'll be. Well, you're probably gonna be passing through Nilbod on your way to the Hollow Forest, so... Who knows, we might run into our next mayor on the way. Well, if he seems like a dick, we'll kill him for ya.
01:52:35
Speaker
Oh, please do. They'll just send the mother of those fuckers at her time, it doesn't. Though, hopefully we don't get another wind cultist. Yeah, that would be, uh, pretty damn bad. Aye, it would be pretty damn bad. Let's stick to the cult of capitalism. That's bad enough. Aye. Alright. Alright. Will I see you before we leave? I would imagine so.
01:53:03
Speaker
She puts a hand on your cheek. I would imagine so.
01:53:10
Speaker
Take care. Best do some research then. ay You best do that. And she lets out. Go to the library. All right. You go to the library, um, Morgan and Wyatt, you get a head start. So, uh,
01:53:34
Speaker
I guess that means the two of you better start doing some research. So, um yeah.
01:53:51
Speaker
I guess go ahead and make recall knowledge checks of your choice. Watch this, baby. I say as Wyatt Basically can only reach up to the second aisle of
01:54:21
Speaker
22, not great. 22, Morgan. 26. For what skill? Nature. Nature, okay.
01:54:34
Speaker
Yeah, there's not a lot of Nuntan history written down. You definitely have gathered that they are an oral culture that does not like having their culture written down, ah necessarily.
01:54:52
Speaker
um
01:54:56
Speaker
You do... uh morgrim managed to find a e mention of the kadiran um at least you think it's the same creature it's not really named but the general description is of a massive bird with deep connections to the deep green um
01:55:28
Speaker
but you can't really find a whole lot about it. ah All you can really find is just generally that they tend to live in forests and they tend to be found in cold environments and that they are extremely dangerous.
01:55:58
Speaker
um though they, from from what you see here, they they are not actively aggressive creatures.
01:56:12
Speaker
So from what you can tell from this ones to strike first, or at least not unless they're provoked.
01:57:01
Speaker
I guess we're gonna go with nature. Okay. Okay, well that's only a 15. Yeah, Bastion, you're not able to find anything that you didn't know already.
01:57:20
Speaker
Thicket. I... Go ahead and make a cranberry lore check. Oh boy.
01:57:33
Speaker
Son of a bitch. You know what? You know what? We're close to the end. I'm going to hero a point that because we're close to the end of the session. I've got to admit, I'm not surprised that you didn't. Wait, is he next to us right now? No, no, he's off in a field. He's in a field.
Unity and Legacy Speech
01:57:47
Speaker
have it I've got to admit, Colby, I'm kind of surprised that you didn't make yourself an expert in this.
01:57:52
Speaker
ah I forgot that I could do that. I'm going to be perfectly honest. great quick re Retrain yourself on the field. I forgot that lore skills are skills. ah Skills. Yeah, they are indeed.
01:58:12
Speaker
Oh, that's much better. There we go. Twenty five. Twenty five. OK. Are you trying to communicate anything specific to Cranberry?
01:58:23
Speaker
Yes.
01:58:27
Speaker
I want him to know that, um... Ah, fuck. I'll just act it out. Right. Listen to me, bud. Please. I know we've been through a lot at this point, and, uh... I don't know what's been going on.
01:58:52
Speaker
why you've done some of the things that you've done.
01:59:01
Speaker
And if it's out of rage, then I get it. But this, what we have right here is an opportunity to return to our people. I've been lost without crucial.
01:59:23
Speaker
trying to figure out where I am in all this. And why I was And I know now that this
01:59:56
Speaker
So we truly... need to work together. I want to call you my friend. More than just me, Guardian. You and I are the last remnants of the crucial people. It's up to us now to carry on that legacy.
02:00:21
Speaker
So... I'm gonna bring you back into the fray. bring you back into battle.
02:00:31
Speaker
I'll have your back if you have mine, okay? You can feel that Cranberry wants out. I release him. Release Cranberry, Cranberry turns back to you.
02:00:53
Speaker
goes down as if on one knee, but he doesn't really have knees, touches two fingers to the soul of Frost in his forehead, then touches those same fingers to your forehead.
02:01:18
Speaker
Aye, that's a deal then.
Hunting Strategy Debate
02:01:32
Speaker
Granbury retracts himself. I get up and, uh, brush the snow off. All right.
02:01:51
Speaker
Okay. So around noon at this point.
02:02:07
Speaker
What would you like to do?
02:02:14
Speaker
I suppose we should start figuring out logistics. How do we kill a bird? We need magical spells that can lock a bird down. I imagine it's the same thing as like killing a fish, right? <unk>s but way aid Is that in character? Yeah.
02:02:38
Speaker
Why would you assume that killing a bird is like killing a fish? I'm from a place where there's a lot of fish and big whales and sharks. You didn't have birds there? Not. Yeah. Were there birds in the city of ships? Any big birds that you had to kill? Nothing like this. No. Yeah. Nothing like this. No. Basically equivalent. Fucking like trying to kill a fucking whale.
02:03:01
Speaker
one of One of the spell options that I had for level up ah was a spell that literally brought flying creatures to the ground and stopped them from flying. Earthbind. And I'm very much regretting not taking that. I was like, oh, I'm not going to need that. What are we going to fight a flying creature? Earthbind. Do I have it? It's primal. I don't think so.
02:03:24
Speaker
I guess not concerned at all that this thing is not aggressive and it's got a deep connection to the deep green. Oh, I'm concerned. I'm actually very concerned about it. If I may. Yeah, I don't. If I may offer my yeah two cents as a non ton. Are we not animals hunting and being hunted?
02:03:51
Speaker
You hunt for food and for necessity. Just because it has a deep connection to some ass place does not mean it's anything any better than anything else. This is just as much a necessity as it is as as food is. This is just the natural progression of events. I feel like that I would probably disagree with that. That's funny. Hold on.
02:04:19
Speaker
In what way is this as much of a necessity as food? Well, we're going to die if we don't get this whole ordeal figured out. No, we don't. We don't just die if we don't go on this hunt to kill this legendary creature.
02:04:45
Speaker
I mean, we might. You don't know what Dawncaller can't tell us, so...
02:04:52
Speaker
Besides, have you any idea the number of bugs you've stepped on your entire life? How many mosquitoes have landed on you that you've slapped away? Are there a lot of bugs in this Arctic wasteland? No. I've heard of bugs, but there are pests. Rats. I don't kill rats. Yeah, I don't think I've ever accidentally stepped on a rat.
02:05:20
Speaker
I have plenty of times. Believe me, I have. I kill dangerous and aggressive creatures. Rats? Yeah, I don't have a fondness for rats. I don't like killing things, but sometimes push comes to shove. It becomes totally necessary.
02:05:42
Speaker
I'm sure if we give the beast a fight, a good fight, It'd be honored to die for our cause. So if I gave you a little bit of research on what you've done. From my natural point of view, are these creatures like intelligent, like sentient, safety levels of intelligent, or are they just like ah massive animals that are just like, I don't really know. from From what you've gathered, all accounts seem to point to them being animals.
Deep Green Exploration
02:06:13
Speaker
Okay.
02:06:15
Speaker
You ever have a really, really good steak? I i say in character. I say in character. Where is this going? A really, really good steak. I don't mean some like bullshit fish steak or whatever. I mean like a real steak. What the import it is fuck are you talking about? Midah used to make the finest lamb steak. There's lambs out here? There used to be. Oh, gods. Midah ate them all.
02:06:46
Speaker
Okay, back in character, back in character. Think it's dad outright caused the extinction of at least one species on this continent. I like that as canon now. That is canon now. To be fair, to be fair, we've seen Ficket eat an entire wheel of cheese in one go. Have you for so easily forgotten the shit out of a shingle incident? so No. The shit out of a shingle incident of 746ACS.
02:07:19
Speaker
Don't think we really think about what we killed Dewey these days. Can I? I think. Try and recall what I know about the Deep Green. Sure, make a check of your choice. Oh, Christ. Um, we're gonna go with Arcana, maybe? That's a 22. Well, the Deep Green is far from Arcan. So... Damn. Yeah, no. Would I know anything about it? Sure, make a check of your choice.
02:07:59
Speaker
28 with what skill? Nature. Nature. Okay, yeah, thicket. To your knowledge, the deep green is where all natural life, like plant life, comes from. Like all plant life on Aymalan is the deep green, attempting to push through and take over the world.
02:08:27
Speaker
Are you actually serious? Yeah, every tree, every flower, every blade of grass, that is the deep green, another plane of existence trying to take over this world. Well, that's terrifying. That's my next character is just an anti-aborist. And the deep green has an odd relationship with people. It has a good relationship with animals because animals, all animals have a have at least some innate connection to the deep green. People are different. People don't have that innate connection for the most part, which is where druids come from. Druids and I guess wood kineticists are people who
02:09:19
Speaker
put the effort in to build that connection to the Deep Green in order to further its cause of claiming Imalon as its own.
02:09:36
Speaker
And I should note that as far as people are aware as far as most druids will tell you uh the deep green taking over isn't necessarily like uh oh it's gonna wipe out all life like no it what it wants to do is cover the world in plants it would destroy cities and all that possibly but uh
02:10:07
Speaker
To your knowledge, the deep green is not
02:10:20
Speaker
So that's what you get with the 28. Oh my god. This is such deep lore. Wait, what? The thing about nature is that it doesn't think. It just is.
02:10:35
Speaker
And from what I've heard about the deep green is that it just is the blades of grass, the flowers, everything plant, pushing into this world, trying to make it its own. And so I think in this grand scheme of things,
02:11:01
Speaker
To assume that we, subject to nature's will, we think that we're making this decision, but truly, I believe it was all fated to be in the first place. We were just at the beck and call of this chaos of a world, this cause and effect. Nature doesn't think and we as nature are not thought of, nor will the beast be.
02:11:27
Speaker
It's a very deep statement. I just want to make off million fried chicken with his corpse. ti Such nature. I am. I am being serious right now, though. The fact that we're putting this much thought into it
02:11:48
Speaker
fried chicken on Voffaville? There's tendies, right? That's the national food. Chicken tendies are like Orc street food. Chicken tendies? This is huge. There's ketchup made from imported tomatoes. I'm assuming I just never got those. Yes, correct. Okay. Except for, you know, when are you raided Orcish settlements while you were in the military. But you know,
02:12:18
Speaker
Those weren't sanctioned rations.
02:12:25
Speaker
Look, I took a tenement to preserve as much life as I could. Really? with this a never I never have guessed. Fuck you. As long as we
02:12:48
Speaker
Should be alright. Did you just say we're treating it with too much respect? and I said it we're treating it with and enough respect that, well, makes it more justified.
02:13:01
Speaker
I don't think that's how it works. I do think the implication was too much, but... No, I wasn't trying to go there. Sorry, my communication skills are really, really bad if you can't tell. Well, we knew that.
02:13:16
Speaker
Let's go at this with the assumption that I i can't communicate that well because i'm I feel like I'm in character most of the time. And I'm a terrible actor.
02:13:31
Speaker
Okay, so. So anyway, when do we want to leave? and this How
Journey Planning
02:13:36
Speaker
do you want to leave? Because as far as you're aware. By the way. Yeah. But this is this is this is Yodo speaking for Wyatt.
02:13:46
Speaker
because of he's looking at what we have currently. Do we need to do any logistic logistical planning? um I'm not saying this in character. I'm just saying it out in general as a player that it gave. But imagine why it's saying this. You mean the logistics I'm currently trying to plan? Yes, but specifically planning for, hey, do we need any... That wasn't a word. Fuck.
02:14:12
Speaker
rush Striking, striking weapons, magical items that are hands for stuff. It certainly wouldn't hurt to do some magic item shopping. Yeah, um so magic items shopping. I will say you, you are, so you basically have two options involved for your travel.
02:14:32
Speaker
You can either take the roads, which will lead you ah down the road past Croquetook's trading post, through Wilco, along the the biggest settlement in the entirety of Salter.
02:14:56
Speaker
um And then that'll lead you down to America, which is the town that borders the Hollow Forest. And if you take that route, it'll take you approximately 14 days. Alternatively, you could just cut across the open tundra, ford the river instead of taking a boat, and it would get you to the forest in around nine days, approximately.
02:15:24
Speaker
Granted, this is all also assuming that you're using your snowmobile, which, at last check, still needed some repairs.
02:15:39
Speaker
My vote is that we do the 14-day version, see if we can get some job delivering something to Nilbud.
02:15:53
Speaker
to make some extra money and then stock up on provisions and stuff there.
02:16:08
Speaker
I think that's fine to me. Yeah. How obviously we're going to have to go see a head trick. How long did we think it was going to take to repair the the mobile?
02:16:25
Speaker
you don't remember but it seemed like it was at least close to being functional again like solidly functional again the last time you went to help him out how much cash we all have on hand by the way I have 10 gold we can look we with fire cells
02:16:52
Speaker
Because I feel like we got what I don't want to liquify that would hurt. Oh, sorry Why why casually why it smokes the cigars I don't fucking mean liquify I mean we sell our shit How many when like when cobblades do we have? I Have 32 gold Speaking of claw blades, you also took those six claw blades from the um saber tooth raiders that you fought. Oh, yeah, we did.
02:17:34
Speaker
How long would it take to train someone else to drive this ledge as well? That would take some time.
02:17:45
Speaker
Is that something we can do while we're on the road? Theoretically.
Mysterious Package from Croquetuck
02:17:54
Speaker
Because I really genuinely believe that we should have more than one person who knows how to operate this thing. Far from the worst idea you've had.
02:18:14
Speaker
And do we maybe, maybe ah want to take Margrim to a doctor or an occult specialist?
02:18:30
Speaker
I don't think the doctor should get a help if they weren't last time. True. Do we want to research this? Figure it out maybe a little bit?
02:18:56
Speaker
Fair enough.
02:19:09
Speaker
Okay. So- I'm sorry, these are worth 79 gold pieces? Yes.
02:19:16
Speaker
Yeah, the claw blades are worth a lot of money. Oh, holy shit. They're silver plated. I forgot they were silver plated. Literally, so we can literally like start an upscale restaurant, serve food on these. Wow. You know, got the dream. We could liquidate my waffle iron. Oh, wait, wait. Out of character. It's priceless. Here's here's another question.
02:19:44
Speaker
um Where are you guys having this discussion?
02:19:54
Speaker
Outside the library where I assume we all met? Okay. Okay. So we're talking about Wed right in front of like in public. Okay. So as you're all having this conversation,
02:20:14
Speaker
A little... little avion approaches. Little crow-like avion bird person approaches. Holding a... with a very large parcel on their back. Ah! Hi! I'm uh... I'm looking for a Wyatt Aina barrel?
02:20:41
Speaker
I pointed the small man. Oh, don't fucking sell me out like that. You bet.
02:20:48
Speaker
Well, that's the thing. I love how it erupts, like this interruption, as I imagine the cake who gives me the the package. Well, this is just going to stare at him. I've got a delivery for Wyatt. How you know if you could just sign here. Well, who's it from? Unless they broke a tuck.
02:21:15
Speaker
Take it. I'll sign first and then I'll give you the package. God, sorry, I signed it. All right, you sign the little waiver. He takes it, shoves it in his bag, takes the package off his And the avion runs off.
Session Reflection and Transition
02:21:45
Speaker
The delivery service. Why, you now have a fairly heavy box in your hands.
02:22:00
Speaker
It's probably a solid two by two square box. Who is it sent from again? Crocatuck.
02:22:14
Speaker
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. The merchant guy. Yes. Oh my God.
02:22:24
Speaker
I immediately pull out my dagger and I started just cutting it open. i Sorry. I have my wet blade out because I'm showing it to everybody getting a price. I use it. Try to cut the box open. you ta it is I'm very careful, though, because I know it's a fragile item. I don't want it to break. You know, you take your wind blade, you open up the box, you'll watch as he just opens up this paper like it's holiday morning. And he why you open this box city of ships from. Just disordered home.
02:23:11
Speaker
I look at each of them like it's like a newborn child. At each of them, I carefully stuff it in my pocket. One and each of them you look and each of them is a different label. Oh. You got a variety pack. Crocoduck is I'm spending the rest of my cash at his store. Gods.
02:23:40
Speaker
Bloody well hope not.
02:23:44
Speaker
All right, I put it all in my backpack. How many is that, six? is a light bulk. Light bulk. Let me just add that.
02:24:13
Speaker
Does anyone else have anything they wish to do?
02:24:26
Speaker
All right, I'll take the silence as a no. Okay, so the plan is I'm assuming to take the snowmobile. Yes. And Bastian, you said you wanted to take the long route?
02:24:43
Speaker
Yes. So everyone agree with that?
02:24:54
Speaker
would any of you want to go check on Hetrick and maybe let them know the plan? Yes. But honestly, I thought that you were looking for an out for the session. So I yell I am. However, I would like to know where you guys are going. Yes, we are heading. We are heading to Hetrick. There we go. Okay. So as you make your way in the direction of Hetrick, that is where we're going to end tonight's session. So Bastian,
02:25:28
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how are you feeling?
02:25:34
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Still in a lot of conflicting things, I think. Yeah. Yeah. Conflicting in what way?
02:25:45
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She's like happy with things with Dawncaller, but at the same time she's frustrated because, as per usual, things with Dawncaller are never simple. And now she has to go kill this mythical bird.
02:26:12
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feeling particularly good about anything. Yeah, that, that checks out. If you are feeling good about it, we should be even more worried.
02:26:27
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Thicket, how are you feeling?
02:26:35
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conflicting emotions but you know what the one that's bubbling to the surface or i guess rather the one that's stopping the other ones from bubbling to the surface is a new sense of purpose which uh can absolutely not backfire at all oh not at all sure sure sure sure sure sure and uh Last but not least, Wyatt, how are you feeling? One after another, he feels better now with the small gift, but before he just going with the motion, going for the motions, you know? That's what it does.
02:27:19
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And how are we all feeling as players?
02:27:25
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Great! You know what? That was- This is ominous as fucking hell, Cameron. Yeah, I know. Oh, God. I don't even have a quest out, right? This is quite a hook for a new chapter. Yeah. Welcome to the hunt of the Qadiran. Well, you are. Yeah. Is this our third arc? Second? Fourth. Fourth. But what the fuck?
02:27:52
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First one was Yawgwall. Second one was heart Attack of the Heart Eaters. Third one was Children of Wind. Now you're on to Hunting the Cutty Run.
02:28:05
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ah Interesting. yeah very yeah Very excited to see where this goes. i've This can only go places.
02:28:18
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I've been prepping this one since pretty much since the end of chapter one so what's very interesting is that this almost feels like the start of a different. I don't want to say saga, but I guess act maybe because like like the previous three chapters all had to do with when. Right. And then it culminated in fighting the icon. So we got a lot of. Oh, oh, sorry. Wow, I thought that was the icon of when. No, Yagwa was a soul of frost.
02:29:00
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This is a side quest, dude. Oh, oh yeah. had to do with what we we were fighting a lot of.
02:29:15
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Chromefox and Hermanthenes and Wencultists. And now it seems like we're not going to be doing that. And that's ah interesting where the the things we're going to encounter going forward. We might even see some greenery. I think maybe I don't know. i'm not I'm not the GM. You are planning to go to the Hollow Forest. We are. And that is someplace that Bastion has been before.
02:29:42
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Is it green there, Bastian? You know, it's where everyone that I know on this continent, well, almost everyone that I know on this continent died, but you know.
02:29:53
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But it wasn't green. I don't remember, was it green? Yes. Okay. It is quite literally the only green on this entire continent. You have to remember, this was like two years ago that we played this. Hold on, I'm gonna show you, I'm gonna pull up the salter map real quick.
02:30:12
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um Oh right, you can't see it. ah hold lot let me Let me make it so that you can see it real quick, just for the sake of it. oh This is the only green on the entire continent.
02:30:26
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<unk> Oh, it's like a hop, skip and a hop okay there away. Goodbye. Can we actually wait in theory? Can we buy a world map from somebody and in theory, I'll like our map. OK, OK. Yeah. In theory, you
02:30:55
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Probably wouldn't be the worst idea in the world, but
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