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Ep. 172 Dragons, Dragons and Dragon Kin - Bellum Draconis
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Episode Introduction and Banter
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Give me the D. Nice. Sorry, I'm laughing at jokes. so Good, because no one else did.
Podcast and Character Introduction
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Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode of the Fellowship of the Tail, the top bell and draconis. We are a live play 5e 2024, the D&D podcast set in the magical homebrew world of Aerith in the kingdom of Sleetgard. Joining you for this week's fucking episode, we've got Darnie, who knows the E, fuck I got it wrong, and Will who plays the Dragonborn Druid of Valvalkon.
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We've got E and he plays the Tiefling Wharf, so we're our next Coral. What? Coral.
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How's it taken 172 episodes to get to that? Grimes. ah The apple pie smashing, Braben apple pummeling, the Granny Smith shafting, just the absolute monster when it comes to the pitted fruit, Edgelord Callum, who plays the warforged Shartificer Alpha.
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I bow to the Serenite.
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And good, we are playing. My name is Mark. I'm i'm off my kills. are slightly My name's Mark and I'm playing the newly knighted human blade singer, Sir Seth Farrow Reaver. And by last, it's my no means least. And because he's knighted me, I can't say any mean things about him, except I will just say this.
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I will say that he is the book learned boss man, the brigand of ballads, the balancer of belief, the back throat scraper and hymen breaker.
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Oh, that's an old favourite. Dungeon Master
Storyline Recap and Character Updates
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Danny. I do break some of those high men. When you say it's so much worse. And speaking of which, saying things...
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Speaking of saying things and them sounding much worse, we see two very confused old men walking away going, I just didn't understand what he meant. right and old girl is giggling quietly to himself as he picks at some old corn between the two remaining teeth he has in the bottom of his mouth.
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He flicks the orb and bounces it in the pit of his earl up, up in the air and catches it with his right hand, stares into it so that his eye becomes large and and fractured through from our view and then begins.
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Ooh, what a night! Bal starts off with his question, and he's all like, what'd you do wrong at the end of last cycle? And Tilwa says that they weren't all of the same mind.
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Ooh. Bal's like, what would you do differently? And Tilwa, before he leaves, is all like, well, not them point into Drago and Drago Gaw gets offended like a little bitch. Karstan suggests some sort of expediation and decides that he should go to
Future Plans and Strategic Decisions
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Shondrala Carr. Nix is all like, hey, maybe you should use Baal as bait and be like, oh, Baal said do this and do this and say he's such a dick and then you get her on side and maybe that will work. We shall see. Staining his name for benefit might actually work. So Karstan heads off and the mansion fades. Baal gets a send in stone. Kareem and Vordan leave with Karstan And Drago convinces Alpha to get cracking on his artificery. And then they rest.
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But Drago's night is not restful. Akiva's static seems to return, however, and Akiva's all like, I couldn't find you, Drago. Couldn't find you in the hells. You need to amplify my reach by, um I don't know, sacrificing some bitches, maybe some of the denizens of the keep to give me a little bit more power. And Drago's like, no. Akiva's like, oh, but Drago, if Toke Long kills you which he wants to because he knows who's you is then uh you gonna die in the hells and your soul's gonna be lost forever and draco's all like well if that happens that happens so who gives a shit sith
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wakes up the following morning when there's only 41 days left to the alignment, and he just wants to feel normal in all of the chaos. And as he's there feeling all normal, Sparrowhawk returns, and it's a little bit awkward, maybe a little bit content. They seem to start to reconcile. Seth talks of his first encounter with Sleetguard and how he just seems to fit in. Sebastian has come to terms with his father's death and apologizes to Seth. And then he gives Seth a handwritten scroll that states that Seth...
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Feral Reaver is made a knight of the realm, saith Feral Reaver, and it's signed Queen Helena Sleetgaard.
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And the sun now reaches its zenith in what is the final day before the party who are destined to sail to meet Uriand Cardinal in the ocean need to depart.
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That is Alpha, Baal, Nyx and Tharok. Sparrowhawk leaves Seth with this scroll. and as he reads it, finds a moment where Seth is deep in that verse to exit.
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Sparrowhawk makes strides for the forge where he produces a satchel of all of the components requested by Alpha and by Emron to finish this artifact, the pocket portal, the pocket dimension. the The exact translation from Reigns' Elvish doesn't land particularly neatly in common.
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As well as that, Emron had supplied Sparrowhawk with a list of things to purchase for their final adventure before the counter alignment begins. Those are also returned to the party. So ah we'll get Poo Bear to adequately kind of distribute the goods on the next episode, but there was a series of potions and equipment that you will benefit from next week.
In-Game Dialogue and Narrative Enrichment
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However, Also, what happened towards the end of last episode was our party, that is the Undying Champions, our party of Season 2, leveled up. So, ah going first on my order of personnel is Alpha. Alpha, now benefiting from Level 8 Artificery.
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What on earth it does that mean for you? It means i get to take the fabulous Warcaster feat, which increases my intelligence by one, taking it up to a plus four. I also get to cast spells as opportunity attacks.
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have advantage on Constitution Saving Throws four spells.
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i learned something else, but it's Warcaster in it, which is really, really cool. um I also get to add a new spell into my repertoire, so I have gone for Web,
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And i get to change a cantrip ah out. So I have dispensed with the light cantrip and change it for green flame blade. Awesome.
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Thank you, Alpha. Alpha, Nyx, you act in fact to level nine. What does that mean for you? ah So as always, I like make a little indent in my notebook of what spells I'm taking from what area. And I have, um because it's been relatively quick on this ah old layer level up and you love to see it. Hopefully we get another one before the big bad.
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I'm just gonna... put it out there I'm now a level 3 sorcerer and a level 6 warlock. um The cool thing is about but becoming a level 3 sorcerer is you get to choose like some subclass of sorcery of your choice. and there I've gone for aberrant sorcery because you wield unnatural psychonic power, which really fits well with what Nyx has been meddling with. It has given me a double up on some um standard spells that I've got, ah but we lean into it. So...
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I've got um always access now to Arms of Hader, Calm Emotions, Detect Thoughts, Dissident Whispers, and Mind Slava. And I also gain telepathic speech, which is exactly what I already had from the great old one as well. So they're kind of working and overlapping, which I just feel like fits really well in the fact that he's becoming more of a ah mind demon in battle and um and in his just his general day-to-day usage. So yeah, there we go.
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Awesome. Thank you very much. apologize Barl's gone for another level in Druid, obviously. schla And I've gone for an ASI bump, both of which I've put into Wisdom, which brings my Wisdom up to a total of 20, which gives me a lot of benefits. More spell... Well, not more spell slots, that's just level eight. But increases my spell save DC, gives me an extra spell to learn, bumps up my passive perception now to 23, boosts my saves, boosts my skills in perception and insight and survival.
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um And gives me another the level 8 gives me another spell slot for level 4. And also, now as a level 8 druid, I have access to CR1 wild-shaped beasts, including those that are able to fly. So that is Baal's main increase, as well as the other standard things.
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Thank you, Baal. Seth?
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I've very simply gone for another level into Wizardry, putting up to level 8 Wizard, which again, similar to Baal, I'm getting an ASI, and I put them both into Dexterity.
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which has done wonders to my AC, which makes me now nigh on impossible to hit. But then when you do hit me, I die. I have now a set AC of 18, Bladesong 22, Shields impenetrable pretty much if you if you put the Reaction Shield on top of that, um but with 50 hit points. So half decent spell, a level 8, you know, I'm...
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I'm a floppy little husk of South African mess. No, sorry. Heralian mess. Anyway. and Yeah. So that's, that's all I've got really. Yeah. Bumped up. So I've got a 20 now for my dexterity and 18 for intelligence. I'm as good as I'm going to get with the blade song.
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Nice. Excellent. And to find out about what Tharok and Emron benefit from, we'll find out next week. Now,
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Sparrowhawk, after dropping off the shopping list with Emron and Alpha, makes a beeline into the Great Hall, where Baal and Nyx are tucking into their luncheon.
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There is a knowing nod from Sparrowhawk towards you both, and a smile, a very warm smile, before he joins Ghostwing and the Red Rook.
Strategic Planning and Foreshadowing
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nixon as nix um sees him give a knowing nod makes nix feels important right this this person of high authority and he's singled out him and bal gives a nod with a warm smile and then fucks off in a different direction nix's smile fades and he just kind of flips him a bird from do what do you think that was about why why didn't he come over I don't know. just Maybe he's got people he needs to speak to. dont You would have thought that. You know, you come to the heroes of this time.
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i just think it was a bit rude. We are hosting these fuckers after all. That's true. Not everyone likes foreplay, Nick. Some people just dive straight in, you know. And now he's looping back towards you, bastard. Hi! Hi there!
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Hi! Good to see you We weren't talking about you its No Want some food?
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Amidst all this The fact that you two Still hold such high spirits It is admirable To say the least You would have high spirits If you had a night with him To be fair ah You'd be in the infirmary if you had a night with me, to be fair. Yeah, you do have to handle the heat, and I am very good at it, right? Right? listen't See?
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He looks uncomfortably straight. and Whoa, okay. Don't bring that over here. That judgment. doesn't Doesn't quite know where to place his eyes in this moment.
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Before kind of clearing a throat through a silence. Mm-hmm.
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It's done.
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We have a queen. A coronation. Therefore.
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Therefore. Holy shit. Therefore. Nix, you don't know what we're talking about, do you? Nope. Therefore what? Yeah, it's Valkareth. Valkareth. Oh! Ascendancy. Therefore.
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Therefore. Oh, great. This is good. This is very good. I need to... Oh, shitting fuck. I can't just be sat here eating breakfast. ah Sorry. ah Really good to see you, Sparrowhawk. Nyx, save the sausage for me. I need to go. i need to get i need to go i need to go. Where's my brood? Where are they? And Barth's going to kind of frantically look around now, almost sheepishly having forgotten his M.O. from the previous night. Nyx has obviously managed to wipe that from his mind. and he will kind of search out anyone that he can from kind of within his brood.
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They're all camped just to the north and outside the kind of boundary of the keep, but 60 feet at best. uh it's very easy to kind of make out from that group where varion and aurelia your sort of friends are um but they're very much there in waiting occasionally they're kind of around helping do chores and odds and ends but um they they They aren't kind of performing the labor that the indentured servants are.
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ah Very much waiting for news. Cool. ah Yeah, he'll approach them and he will kind of ah yeah definitely embrace Aurelien Veyron. And he'll just say...
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Is, uh, Vascal, is he around? Could he kind of assemble the brood? I've got lots of news that I need to impart. There is this thaumaturgical announcement in Draconic that just says, gather quick.
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The Harbinger speaks, the Herald is here. And it just kind of echoes around the keep. Those of you in Undying Champions who speak Draconic will have heard that.
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Alpha, it's unlikely that um deters you from your focus at this moment, but it's worth saying it does still register. And it takes seconds for everyone to kind of muster in this this very aged, withered dragonborn ah kind of forms a bit of a moot a meeting circle, quarterstaff in hand and just open palms towards you expectantly awe and anticipation.
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I have news. um Please accept my apologies for not coming to speak to you all sooner. Nick, are you here as well? Absolutely. Like a cheerleader watching his boyfriend fucking go.
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at certain moment, he's using press agitation. He's going to hold it. Until the right moment where there's plenty of plumb and there's just going to be like jets and fireworks and golden sparkles centered around Baal.
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But he's holding it at the moment. He's waiting for the the opportune moment.
Plot Developments and Critical Decisions
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Nice. Give me the D. Nice. Sorry, I'm laughing at my jokes. so Good, because no one else did.
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um Baal will say... Lots have or has transpired over the last a few days um within our meetings as well with regards to our direction. the most recent news that I have just discovered myself is fantastic.
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ah Queen Helena Sleetgard has claimed the throne. There is a hubbub amongst the the group. Which means that- Fireworks, sparkles, everything's happening. It's like the end of a NFL game. wo Valkyrette should have ascended.
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She should have been able to reclaim her full power from these kingdoms. The fireworks are now encouraging members of the Winged Watch to gather, though it's unclear if they speak Draconic.
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ah Which is the really good news. um There is other news that I needed to bring to you. I didn't quite know the right time. um
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i don't know what you know of the situation. and don't know what you've been made privy to. But in not very many days, a few of us are setting off on a specific quest mission thing to... Sparkles fade a little.
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Shit, more sparkles. ah to To bring about the end of of all the shit that's going on and...
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We need help. We need numbers. And I know that you have been through so much already, and I will 100% stand by your decisions if you choose to remain here, remain safer, remain away.
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how do i How do I break this down? um There are a series of events that need to happen to bring about the end of the steel nightmare.
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It involves traveling to the hells. It involves traveling to the seas and it involves traveling to the skies.
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I need to grant an audience with Valkyret and I need to do it today. think I might have the means to find out to how.
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I'm going to try to bring her closer to us here.
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And I'd like you all to be with me when I do.
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Um...
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But... For what's to come... I'm not gonna sugarcoat it It's... Well, it's an all or nothing.
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It's kind of our last hope for Aerith. If we fail, if we fuck this up, there's not going to be a sleep guard.
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There won't even be ashes to rule over. The hells will break free. The skies will come down on us and our newly found queen and our newly found matriarch will Be no more. It sounds shit, I know. One final firework just goes poof.
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Oh, fuck. I wish I had ah ways to inspire you all. I can't, but fuck it. I'll tell you how it is. If any of you are willing to aid in what we need to do, you would be more than welcome along for the journey.
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I intend to take a small group along to the seas, to fight the forces of Shadowmend, namely the Cardinal.
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He needs to die. We need something of his.
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There is another group heading into the Hells to free someone of great importance and to break a curse that is affecting the Steel Nightmare.
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And I'm going to need to ask for Valkyra's help with the final part, which involves breaking through the Steel Nightmare itself.
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It's an impossible ask. I know.
Intense Character Interactions
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earth
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Is anyone willing to join any one of these groups, myself or my companions, in their quest? Or maybe to... If Valkareth is willing to lead this fight to the Steel Knight, may join her?
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Shit. And he'll turn back over his shoulder. Nyx, how the fuck do you inspire? oh fuck. and'll kind of you'll see him physically wither a little bit at this. this is The enthusiasm is gone as nerves take over as he's not used to this. The rest of your kin are giving themselves side glances of uncertainty, but hopeful uncertainty.
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Will any of you stand and fight with me?
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Varion raises an arm.
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Though we aren't fighters,
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we will defend our mother Valkyraeth.
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Good. We will defend Sleekard.
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Whatever that means.
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Okay. Good. Good. Um...
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I will not be able to be with her for this particular part of the mission, so... Varian, that actually fills me with confidence.
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We will go home
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to the Skileroad Mountains.
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There, we will warm her great seat. We will have eyes on the skies and eyes on the kingdom.
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We'll do our part.
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Thank you.
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Those of our order that are further along in our training. He's kind of scouting around the group now, but many of the faces I imagine would not be closely familiar. People that he wouldn't necessarily... or Well, he hasn't seen for a long time, yes, but also...
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Having, when he rejoined this actual party, the Undying Champions, he'd been away. Baal had been away for years, completing his own tasks with the Blight.
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So he he wouldn't be too familiar with everyone. So he'll say to the group, those of you further along in your training, those of you that have taken
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the spirits to heal, to cleanse,
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If you would be willing to lend yourselves to Valkyret to ensure she is as safe as she can be, if she if she if she even ah decides to to go along with with what I'm hoping will happen,
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how many of you would be willing?
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There was a momentary silence in the crowd. And then there is this shout in common that just says eggs. Um, shit. Uh, and then there is, does anyone speak giant in the party?
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Who's here? holt No, a word is then shouted followed by in common. Ah, shit. No, fuck. What is the word?
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What is the word in... Eggs is shouted again in infernal, if anyone speaks infernal. I do. And then there's an uncertainty amongst the crowd before Ren steps into the kind of gathering here.
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I'm sorry, I know like five words in your language and none of them I think are eggs, but... um
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Valkyraeth needs to nest.
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If she can... If she can have her first brood, we can get those to...
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We get those to Lucien.
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Ren.
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We were told all the time wells were broken and destroyed. There might be a way.
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For the future? It's a good idea. As a safeguard, I suppose.
00:27:18
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How would that work for now?
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i don't I don't know, but there might be a way.
00:27:29
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Do you understand what this one is saying but when they they're saying eggs?
00:27:37
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oh you well You want me to translate? I can translate if you want to translate. I didn't know the language they spoke. They tried Infernal, but then they just said eggs again. I'm sorry, it's me. I don't know the word for eggs in Draconic.
00:27:51
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Bluster. Bluster. Blat. Okay. Right, Val? That's what I mean. is Close enough. ah If you're... If Val Kareth is at full strength now, if she can lay before tomorrow, I don't know. Maybe there's a way we can get those eggs to Lucian.
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Maybe iss that there's a way that we could fill the skies above Sleetgard again.
00:28:23
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Shit, I don't know how it works. Nor do I, but... It's worth a shot.
00:28:32
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i' I mean... and he'll turn to the fairy on... Could she be pregnant this fast? How does it work? It's been so long.
00:28:47
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Need me to fuck a dragon, I'll fuck a dragon. Thanks. You've already fucked one dragon. course.
00:28:55
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There's a lot of uncertainty around the group. This is... This is a conversation we need to have with Kareth. I need to see what I can do about... Yeah, I need to i need to talk to her. i need Consent is everything. You're right. I'm glad we cleared that up.
00:29:17
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Right. Well, that's another... Spanner in the works. Egg in the nest. Whatever the fucking idiom is. but but What? Closing hole. You have a day. I mean, just try stuff.
00:29:29
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Right. Try stuff! Okay. yeah Put everything in there! That's fine. Yeah, i can I can try stuff. Anyway, there's something that i kind of wanted to try anyway. um Anyway, a hustle over. Do we do do we hands in? do we ah well How do you finish this?
00:29:47
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good Good chat. Aurelia just kind of steps up. We've never been in this position before.
Tension and Climax
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ah You decide.
00:29:59
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All eyes are on you, Baal. Oh, fuck me. Okay, yep, fine. Do you know what? Give me some fucking space. Thumb-a-touchy.
00:30:11
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Thanks, babe. I got you.
00:30:16
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But I'm going to try something different. Give me some space. Move back. Oh, shit. I've seen this, guys. don't want to miss it. He's about to explode. It's going to be the coolest shit you'll ever see in your life.
00:30:29
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Gather around. You're about to be inspired like never before. And this motherfucker is going to lead you like the sun leads the sky into morning. Witness, Balvalcon.
00:30:44
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And somewhat inspired by Nyx's flourish there, what he's going to do is he's going to summon his wildfire spirit, but he's going to do it in a slightly different manner. He is going to cock his head back and just breathe flame into the air and birthed from that flame in a fire explosion far enough away from everyone so it doesn't hurt everyone. He is going to summon his wildfire spirit with a use of his wild shape.
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this wyven, two-legged, winged, wildfire spirit as it has been is going to kind of burst into life above him. And then what he's going to do he's to- Before you carry Oh, sorry.
00:31:24
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Carry on. As that spirit that you have known as a companion on the road for years- that companion that's always taken a certain form for years has been ah comfort to you. It's been hope for you of a better future.
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takes a different form.
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It bears the exact resemblance now of Valkyraeth just in miniature
00:32:01
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image, oh shit but looks exactly like her now.
00:32:07
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Scaled down, proportionate, but no longer this kind of uncertain, unspecific, ethereal, elemental creature, specific, but detailed and in her image.
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That's new.
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And he'll kind of, don't want to say command, but he'll kind of summon that spirit back down to him to kind of be face to face with him. And he'll kind of take it in. He'll press his head to its head.
00:32:56
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He'll kind of, almost nuzzle it in a way, brush his hands across the neck.
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And he'll close his eyes now, kind of with it there in front of him.
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And because he can communicate telepathically with this.
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He won't say this out loud, but he will kind of... And he'll speak in Draconic, in his own mind, to this. um But he'll simply say...
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Valkareth, can you hear me?
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The creature animates happily.
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He'll continue kind of in... Draconic.
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I need you.
00:34:10
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ah need to talk to you.
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I don't know if this... will work at all.
00:34:23
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We're stationed at Goldport Keep.
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Your brood is here with me.
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Can you bring yourself to us? And he'll kind of open his eyes, staring at the spirit.
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And the spirit's kind of swirling, floating, making small curvatures looping around itself.
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Doesn't really give you any feedback.
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maybe 30 seconds to a minute since you posed that question pass and it just behaves as though it's not been asked anything.
00:35:17
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And then there is a swift change in the wind.
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There is a warm breeze coming from the north to you where you are in the south of this kingdom.
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and the creature just dances a little more in flight.
00:35:44
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Baal will tilt his head back again, eyes closed, senses completely open, flaring his nostrils to the wind, breathing in the sense.
00:36:01
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He's going to kind of pull his sleeves up as well to kind of give his bare arms out and just raise them kind of almost out to his sides, palms facing upwards, just to feel that change on his scales.
00:36:20
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Again, not saying a word, but just trying to be as much as possible in tune with alterations, still with this connection with his wildfire spirit still there, not saying anything. one minute turns to five.
00:36:44
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Five minutes to 30. And to an hour.
00:36:51
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And at this point, much of your group resolve back to their camps, brutees,
00:37:04
Speaker
and kind of pastime. But that warm wind is unchanged. It is focused. It is fierce.
00:37:19
Speaker
By this point, Baal will have kind of sagged, will have slumped, probably will have sat down. don't whether if Nix would still necessarily have been nearby, but Baal would have kind of been focused in this each minute the pass is going, well, maybe not, but still having a glimmer of hope. Like, um'm I'm going to wait just in case.
00:37:39
Speaker
Like you say, up until that hour pretty much passes. And then he'll kind of hang his head a little bit and go, fuck. Nix, do you stay for that time? Yeah, Nix has been trying to go, ah okay it it like it will happen. It will happen. Trust me Explosion coming.
00:38:00
Speaker
i everyone Just give him some space. Give him some space. This is the first time he's done this. He's shy. Tell you what, guys, take five. Everyone take five. We're going to come back. We're going to regroup. We're going to get our rah It's going to be awesome.
00:38:16
Speaker
So let's just let Baal do his thing. You can see there's this whole there's this whole metaphysical different realms and time and space has become fluid. And he's he's tapping into an eternal essence here, which will...
00:38:32
Speaker
will light the fire of war that is to come. And that fire will be lit in all of you. But take five for now. Take five for now. I'll see you see you in a bit. See you in a
Cliffhanger and Anticipation
00:38:41
Speaker
bit. right. And then once people filter off, Nyx will just kind of sit cross-legged and depending on how long this actually takes, past all of that, we'll just get out old Gelb's orb and do what he does and just wait.
00:38:58
Speaker
I suppose on occasions in this hour that's passed, where some members of Baal's extended family come up to find more information. You repeat that, Nix. You repeat that. Don't worry, it's going to be great. It's happening. It's coming. And you kind of reinforce it to kind of be a shield to Baal so that no one bursts that bubble.
00:39:20
Speaker
But Baal, after an hour, you hang your heads a little bit. The hope kind of fizzles very quietly in the back. Yeah.
00:39:32
Speaker
Before too long, you feel another presence around you.
00:39:40
Speaker
This ghost wing.
00:39:43
Speaker
Places a hand upon your shoulder, looks down to where Nyx is sat on the floor with his orb and smiles.
00:39:52
Speaker
He is healthier. He is healed mostly by the looks of it and walking confidently again. He looks out on that northern vista, that northern horizon with you.
00:40:08
Speaker
She is coming.
00:40:15
Speaker
You've done it. I have?
00:40:20
Speaker
You have.
00:40:23
Speaker
Oh shit, I thought I'd fucked it up again.
00:40:27
Speaker
Okay. I could feel that there was a change. I was like thought going to be one of those cool things, you know, where I just kind of do this pose and she arrives and people cheer. And then um then I thought I'd fucked it.
00:40:43
Speaker
I regret this is our last meeting. I cannot stay in this kingdom now. For it is an act of war against her that I do not wish to start.
00:40:59
Speaker
She is at full power and will not take to another dragon invader as I will be seen. Those are the laws of our kin.
00:41:13
Speaker
Can the laws not be rewritten?
00:41:16
Speaker
Our laws transcend magical objects, men and mortals. We are Arithians first.
00:41:30
Speaker
And this is her realm now. And I am a trespasser.
00:41:41
Speaker
I'll admit I'm at a loss of what to do now.
00:41:45
Speaker
I cannot move and help you against Dorion.
00:41:51
Speaker
You do not need me for the skies and the mission into the steel nightmare.
00:42:00
Speaker
The Winged Watch is over. It's not... It's not over. We have been found.
00:42:09
Speaker
No more watching needed. It's evolved.
00:42:14
Speaker
It's... Transcended its purpose.
00:42:20
Speaker
Perhaps... Without you, without what you've accomplished, and we wouldn't be here. None of none of this would stand. situation we find ourselves in.
00:42:34
Speaker
And that was maybe my leg of the race to run.
00:42:38
Speaker
But I am not welcome in Sleekhart. And now that Shondrala Khar is also at her full strength, I am no longer welcome in Drala.
00:42:54
Speaker
Western Aerith is closed to me now. What about the seas?
00:43:03
Speaker
They are full of ships intent on killing my king, at least the one that has a claim to that throne. Whether that be Oriond, or I understand it, whether that be the trade lord Bossan, I cannot interfere, for I be moving against my own.
00:43:26
Speaker
I will find another kingdom to help. I'm still carrying some strength. I can hold back some tide in some kingdom elsewhere than the two here.
00:43:46
Speaker
This is goodbye, I think.
00:43:53
Speaker
I am sorry, Ghostwing.
00:44:02
Speaker
It is a dark day and a dark time in the history books for Shadowmend. A kingdom that promised so much
00:44:15
Speaker
yet delivered very little.
00:44:21
Speaker
I wouldn't say that.
00:44:26
Speaker
I wouldn't say that. All the hope of our kingdom
00:44:32
Speaker
resides in that tiny little machine who has worked non-stop for the last 14 hours.
00:44:44
Speaker
If anything,
00:44:49
Speaker
I am proud of him.
00:44:57
Speaker
His accomplishments are of your helping.
00:45:02
Speaker
Like you say, if there's nothing more you can do here,
00:45:09
Speaker
that doesn't diminish your accomplishments to this point.
00:45:17
Speaker
I got you all here. And hell, if we all fuck it up. Addison.
00:45:26
Speaker
To a spymaster.
00:45:29
Speaker
And an aggrieved prince.
00:45:35
Speaker
We created a thing, an organization to try and understand what other threats would exist after the blight, and we found those threats.
00:45:48
Speaker
And we assembled a very capable group to deal with them.
00:45:54
Speaker
I am an old dragon.
00:46:00
Speaker
It is time, and he looks at the skies. for the next generation.
00:46:14
Speaker
Good luck, all of you.
00:46:18
Speaker
Baal holds out a hand to shake.
00:46:25
Speaker
And this dark green lizardkin grasps it firmly.
00:46:37
Speaker
Thank you, Ghostwing.
00:46:42
Speaker
Truly.
00:46:55
Speaker
Witness. this
00:46:59
Speaker
Let not all those who sacrifice their lives be in vain.
00:47:09
Speaker
We will.
00:47:12
Speaker
We have to.
00:47:18
Speaker
Thanks, Karel. Ah, I kind of just was letting you guys have your moment. I didn't, you know, i we just sat here. Um, hi. Thank you for making me smile again.
00:47:34
Speaker
i mean... You're welcome. that's That's what we do here at the Undying Champions. We are clowns, but not idiots.
00:47:45
Speaker
You have an incredibly unique ability to provide some light in the darkest of times.
00:47:58
Speaker
And that is a rare quality that is seldom treasured enough.
00:48:05
Speaker
Oh. Nick looks down at the ground, slight red in his blue cheeks, ah the sincerity of ah of a compliment on his character, which outside a bowl seldom happens.
00:48:25
Speaker
And his boots kind of shuffle against the ground as he doesn't know how to take a genuine compliment without, uh, making a joke.
00:48:37
Speaker
Go swing kneels where you try and figure out that silence to try and catch your gaze as it's low edge.
00:48:48
Speaker
Well, I, I'm afraid the seas are taken.
00:48:58
Speaker
but I will watch you from the skies. Next, Correll.
00:49:05
Speaker
I and the seas will
00:49:13
Speaker
feel our collective fury upon them and we shall make it bend to our will.
00:49:28
Speaker
Ghostwing stands.
00:49:32
Speaker
Looks back
00:49:36
Speaker
towards Goldport slash Nickran keep.
00:49:41
Speaker
He sees one of his colleagues, Sebastian Sleetgaard, embracing ah very excited and proud-looking one-eyed, gingered war veteran.
00:49:59
Speaker
he scans over and sees another of his colleagues,
00:50:06
Speaker
a red-skinned tiefling, deep in concentrated consideration and conversation with two dragonborns who traveled here from a distant realm, and smiles,
00:50:32
Speaker
I didn't think it was possible to achieve this.
00:50:40
Speaker
And then the winds around you sweep into almost a tornado. The hot air that's coming in from the north meets this acrid, cool air from your immediacy.
00:50:52
Speaker
And it creates this very seismic monsoon of an event for seconds. And this dark green stroke black dragon form pushes off from sleek guardian soil and flies east
00:51:19
Speaker
away from the rising sun.
00:51:26
Speaker
boom boom boom we pan back to alpha hu oh my god i thought we were east ended ending there
00:51:36
Speaker
but no we're going back to callum that will be interesting oh yeah i'm here are 12 hours i
00:51:45
Speaker
you are twelve hours in to the most important piece of craftsmanship you have ever attempted in your life. Can I ask you please to make an appropriate role for this kind of level of arcane craftsmanship?
00:52:02
Speaker
It might be that you need to rely on a certain tool. You choose that. and I'm aware that in your capacity as Artificer, you're basically proficient in everything. So you are making ah at least two diametric transportable dimensional pockets that are capable of moving a key between planes of existence. and So whatever you think is the most appropriate tool to help you in that job and the most appropriate skill, declare that now. And I'd really like for the first time in a few hours you to roll some dice.
00:52:40
Speaker
Sounds good. In fact, I think you say a few hours. I think it's been a few sessions. I rolled one last session.
00:52:49
Speaker
I think makes perfect sense, Arcana, to kickstart the roles I'm trying to make this portal. Mm-hmm.
00:53:04
Speaker
I add my proficiency bonus to that role because I'll be using the Trinket's tools for it, wouldn't I? I am proficient with the Trinket's tools. So that would be 16. Nice. And using Mark's homebrewed rules as the original DM of this campaign, Emron is helping you and you can add two to that role. 18.
00:53:24
Speaker
Lovely.
00:53:28
Speaker
I think for the second one, it's craftsmanship. And it's light of hand. I like the idea that he's kind of took a little bit of the knowledge of Reigns and a little bit of knowledge of Emron. He's combining them to create this as they did to himself as well.
00:53:54
Speaker
Plus the two from Emron, if that's still... Yeah, that's... 14. Great.
00:54:03
Speaker
ah The first roll outcome was 18? Yes. You make very good progress throughout the day. ah You're on course to have this completed by lunchtime tomorrow if you do not stop.
00:54:18
Speaker
Okay. I am plowing through. You feel as though you need exactly 24 more additional hours. if If that is the case, Alpha will plow through.
00:54:30
Speaker
And he's going to put another constitution saving throw as we are. Every 12 hours, he's going to check in with this exhaustion check. He is not going to stop. He's going to keep going. Oh, wait, I've just done a constitution roll there.
00:54:42
Speaker
and So saving throw would be 19. Get the fuck in. You pass, but the DC is getting higher. You lock in. Lock the fuck in. You are driving on pure adrenaline, my friend. Yes, Alpha. Bring it.
00:55:02
Speaker
He's gone into, like, super safe mode. He's starting super safe mode. We fast forward a few hours. And Seth, now buoyant from recent...
00:55:17
Speaker
Empirical documentation. ah Baal, a withered heart eye on the northern horizon, just hoping and praying ah for what is to come next. Nyx, unable to really leave Baal's side in ah in a kind of comforting and supportive stance.
00:55:36
Speaker
Alpha and Emron locked into this crafting machine. Our eyes, however, do just glance.
00:55:46
Speaker
to the brothers of Syengar and Drago
00:55:53
Speaker
and where they spend this day on the eve of separating from each other once again.
00:56:07
Speaker
So Drago having had a few days here now and um
00:56:16
Speaker
trying to really, truly ground himself back with being in Eryth and not in the hells and trying to rid himself of any lingering darkness that he carried when leaving would do a lot of and die It's probably a lot like Seth mentioned earlier, just busy work. He would notice that things here needed to be worked on, that this was not a staging place for the end of the world. There's no grand speeches being held. There's no master plan that seems to be dictating everyone. Everyone has a focus, yes, but in his mind, he's been pushed away from the final
00:57:06
Speaker
call to the sky so he's angry and he's also looking inside himself and he's seeing feelings of fear about returning to hell. And he doesn't like that. He's not good with dealing with fear. He doesn't. He's actively just walking around little bit angry, agitated. Akiva's asked him to go and collect souls if he wants him with him. There's just a lot going on in Drago's mind. His party has separated.
00:57:37
Speaker
He's dealing with all these new people around. He's not the best at that. So he would look to work alongside Syengar. A lot of the time would be wordless unless Syengar would offer a conversation. It would be that brotherly kind of, we've been here, we've done this, we know what we've got to do. um So he would busy himself.
00:58:00
Speaker
But the only thing he would do, the ah the the only extra thing he would do outside of just trying to make sure that the camp is in a good place and that things are being fixed and that people are doing something he would hate it if someone was just kind of leaning or resting he would try and order he would be periodically checking on alpha because that he knows in his mind having heard the conversations is the linchpin the most important person right now is the tools The tool that is Alpha. It's the tools that Alpha's creating.
00:58:33
Speaker
ah So he would be just checking in every now and then. Not talking to him. but just making sure that he was busy. Yeah, and the the forge is kind of like open on two sides. So it's easy enough to kind of look to the east, you know, 120 feet away and see him and Emron continually hard at work. And you're just about your day on patrol every 15 minutes, half an hour, just making sure that industry is continuing. That's easy enough for you to kind of survey without ah it impacting the rest of your day too much.
00:59:06
Speaker
um i what he would do with Syngar is, um, he would ask Syngar to follow him to do any monster patrol, like a 360, set up a secure perimeter and just make sure that no nefarious types were coming in onto the camp.
00:59:27
Speaker
Um, and during one of these walks would remember what Akiva said about,
00:59:39
Speaker
if he goes into hell again, chances are he's going to be alone and chances are he's not going back. And while he's trying to push these thoughts out of his mind during one of these patrols would turn to Saengar.
00:59:59
Speaker
haven't really spoken to you much about Akiva.
01:00:08
Speaker
na
01:00:13
Speaker
You're aware of his importance to me? Yeah.
01:00:29
Speaker
He was a gift from an old friend of mine, Claude.
01:00:37
Speaker
And what started
01:00:43
Speaker
as a to gain more power so that I could conquer Grazit has become bond of friendship and trust and respect
01:01:02
Speaker
Akiva's will on Aerith acts almost as a protection and a guide To those who perish, he acts as a gatekeeper for their souls.
01:01:26
Speaker
Syngar's not going to hell. Am I right in thinking that as a side note? No, you're right. Good.
01:01:37
Speaker
communed with me a couple of nights back.
01:01:43
Speaker
When I was down, when we were down you hell,
01:01:51
Speaker
I couldn't reach him. I couldn't feel my link or bond, whatever the fuck it is that connects me to a God.
01:02:07
Speaker
His power, his protection,
01:02:13
Speaker
has no worth which was fine for a scouting mission
01:02:27
Speaker
what we're doing next ain't no scouting mission it's a search and rescue there's a very
01:02:44
Speaker
strong chance that me and Dolculon will clash blades
01:03:00
Speaker
and although I will as you know fight with everything I have
01:03:15
Speaker
Drago looks away. I say, patrol.
01:03:20
Speaker
You.
01:03:28
Speaker
I need someone who can take on
01:03:37
Speaker
the gift of Akiva, who can be there on the surface.
01:03:47
Speaker
to act as the link between life and death. have you got in mind?
01:04:12
Speaker
You.
01:04:16
Speaker
Fuck. Yeah.
01:04:20
Speaker
Right. Yeah.
01:04:25
Speaker
He's got to talk to you.
01:04:28
Speaker
In your mind. Mind conversations.
01:04:34
Speaker
Can't be any worse than talking to myself.
01:04:39
Speaker
I've never particularly liked them. But you do get used to it.
01:04:47
Speaker
Alright. I'll do it for you, brother.
01:04:54
Speaker
But don't expect me to become one of you Akiva loving Bible smashing, praying earlier than thou at the end of this. It's not you guys get people, is it?
01:05:07
Speaker
It's not a fucking cult. Yeah, i know, but it feels a bit like a cult. if you Looks like a cult, smells like a cult. Look, it probably is a cult. It's little bit like a cult.
01:05:18
Speaker
No, don't say I'm not in a cult. I'm not in a cult. Alright, you're not in a cult, but it feels bit like one. No, I've never been a part of a cult. Alright, you're not in a cult. I'm not in a cult. Just keep saying No.
01:05:29
Speaker
But you're a secret bunch of people who work together. Just because you say many times doesn't make that mean I'm a part of a cult. Alright, fine. But, on the other hand though, who's to say I'll survive this as well?
01:05:44
Speaker
You and I, we live on the edge of a blade. We'll tip over eventually.
01:05:58
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah.
01:06:04
Speaker
Fuck.
01:06:06
Speaker
Do you still believe there's glory in death if it's from a battle? Yes. Always, brother.
01:06:19
Speaker
I do too.
01:06:22
Speaker
Good young lost a touch then. He smiles.
01:06:29
Speaker
Jago smiles back.
01:06:35
Speaker
To your point,
01:06:39
Speaker
do you have anyone in mind for Akiva?
01:06:45
Speaker
Our group is pretty small and I don't think Helena would take kindly to it. It's like you asking me who I'd want to give a venereal disease to Drago.
01:07:00
Speaker
It's not a cult. I know, I know you keep saying it isn't of course it isn't because you keep saying it isn't. but It's not one of those things that I'm trying to deny.
01:07:14
Speaker
Yeah, but you wouldn't say you ain't a cult. look No, I'll take it. I just want you to know that if you come out and I haven't of this, you know, I'll i'll make sure Ren picks it up of my cold dead corpse in battle.
01:07:33
Speaker
So at least you can have your talk with your little little god back again. i understand you can't take it to the hells. That makes sense. Nothing travelled up from that place.
01:07:46
Speaker
Nothing travelled in.
01:07:50
Speaker
I cannot go back there.
01:07:54
Speaker
So yeah, I'll hold your little amulet. I'll talk to your little god friend. I'll keep him safe and babysit him until you're back. Right, Saiyangar, you're... you'
01:08:08
Speaker
Am I annoying you, Drago? Drago? Are you getting annoyed? You're doing the thing where you get annoyed where you flex and hold your sword and threaten me with violence.
01:08:19
Speaker
That thing that tells me I think you're annoyed. Drago's muscles do appear to be flushing with blood somewhat as if he's flexing and tensing like Terry Crews.
01:08:32
Speaker
Drago. Drago, just tell me to stop if I'm annoying you. I know I don't get under your skin. But just tell me if I become annoying, Drago? Drago? Sorry, I can't stop.
01:08:43
Speaker
Okay.
01:08:51
Speaker
Give here then.
01:08:54
Speaker
Yeah. I don't know if there's initiation or some ceremony...
01:09:07
Speaker
No, and probably not because it's it's not a cult. It's not a cult. I'll just put it on because it's not a cult. No. All right. Okay. And he puts it on.
01:09:19
Speaker
shit Shrugs his shoulders. Cool. Oh, I'm so Akiva. It's dead. I'm joking. Yeah, I'm joking. belong to a great man. He looks down at the amulet and yeah, on that, those kind of take back his little comment and yeah.
01:09:36
Speaker
Say what you will about Kiva. I had my misforgivings too. Trust me.
01:09:44
Speaker
But the person who gave me that. Claude.
01:09:49
Speaker
Died in battle. Yeah. I remember the stories.
01:09:56
Speaker
I remember him too. Through you. Dying in battle.
01:10:03
Speaker
I appreciate that. Yeah. We're back when we're back.
01:10:11
Speaker
Drago would nod his head.
01:10:15
Speaker
And won't carry on the I hope you don't.
01:10:23
Speaker
I'm go sharpen some blades.
01:10:29
Speaker
Always keep a whetstone handy.
01:10:34
Speaker
what that needs to say. it is. I'll go to the Metal One and ask him. sure there's one around here somewhere. No, go to Emron.
01:10:47
Speaker
Alpha needs to stay working. Okay. If you are going there, though, just um
01:10:56
Speaker
be intimidating. Yeah. Make sure that he's working. Obviously. Obviously. If he's slow, I'll tell him to speed up or I'll cut his... Gods, does even have a throat? I... Unsure.
01:11:13
Speaker
Fuck it. I'll cut it anyway.
01:11:17
Speaker
If he's not working fast enough, obviously. Yeah, obviously. Maybe if he even is. Thanks for... Thanks for the jewellery... I'll, uh, he smiles.
01:11:31
Speaker
I'll look after it. And how much it means to you. Even that means fuck all to me. It's all that matters.
01:11:42
Speaker
I will, um, check in before I go. Yeah, sure. Right. We'll check in. Bye.
01:11:54
Speaker
Drago will not. It's Sankar.
01:11:59
Speaker
splits away, Draga will complete another lap. um
01:12:07
Speaker
Yeah. Okay. Zynga, have access to the Commune spell once per day.
01:12:14
Speaker
Thank you, Kenny. And as the afternoon pushes towards the evening... i' ah Just a ah technical question, if you will. Now that I've given essentially Akiva away, am I still a paladin or am I full barbarian?
01:12:30
Speaker
You do not need the amulet to remain a paladin. The amulet is just for communing. ah And you now have that ability regardless of the amulet.
01:12:42
Speaker
Sweet.
01:12:45
Speaker
Everyone slowly begins to gather around Tharok's evening offering of another fantastically spiced stew with catchings caught by Drago, no doubt, from an evening of patrolling monsters and and ah settling for game meats.
01:13:10
Speaker
While everyone is recharging and gathered for a moment,
01:13:15
Speaker
The Red Rook makes a suggestion of speaking with Tilwa again to the room.
01:13:27
Speaker
I think it certainly makes sense to. mean, if you can do it once a day, right, Emron? You can you can bring Tilwa out? Yeah.
01:13:38
Speaker
Let's do it. I mean, i I nominated myself last time for the questions. I feel like I did a relatively good job, by the way. this Do you know what your next questions are going to be? I'm not nominating myself again.
01:13:51
Speaker
Is Drago here at this? Everyone. We're at dinner. Yeah. Why the fuck am I not allowed to go up? That's the question we should be asking. No, do'll just take your bloody pride out of it.
01:14:02
Speaker
God. You're so stubborn. um Who's the smartest among us come up with a good question? Alpha? Oh shit, where is Alpha? Everyone's here.
01:14:14
Speaker
yeah everyone Everyone's having a dinner break. Alpha, get the fuck out of here. I don't eat. ah dont what are you i don't What are you doing here?
01:14:26
Speaker
You pointless motherfucker. Go in there. Are you going to say anything? No, course you're not. Get the fuck to work. Have I gone for a stroll?
01:14:36
Speaker
There was a ah general call to assembly, so, you know, You can choose to ignore it or you can participate. I didn't say any of that. i that By the way, you're free to do as you will. like but Impending time constraints. He said, obviously, I need to kind of focus on it and I have 24 hours to get it done. You think? Yeah. Oh, I think I can get it done in 24 hours and I need 24 hours. I ain't shifting from that armory. Yes, Alpha. That's what I'm talking about. Yeah, my guy. All right.
01:15:06
Speaker
Nix is coming to get you. No, he's not. The fuck is he? with his toys. um ah Questions?
01:15:18
Speaker
Tell me how you feel about me. No, Nix, just take... You spend time around Drago and you're becoming... No, never mind. i haven't spent any time around that.
01:15:31
Speaker
You're the only Dragonborn I need. Jesus, have you seen him? He looks angry. yes and Yes, yes, yes. All the time as well. Like, it's just this big fucking... It's so angry. Why? Anyway, I don't know. And he's imposing his will over our group. Can I just say, like, fucking respect? I think he saved Aerith once, but that seemed to be a long time ago, and we're talking about saving the entire fucking planes of existence. But he might have some merit in asking...
01:16:04
Speaker
why not him or that group or if there's anyone else that we should probably not be taking up top with us right okay that's fair so first question why not that guy and second question what would you do differently this time round well i said that last time but didn't really get a response Okay. of How do we win? Other not take that person.
01:16:30
Speaker
In fact, that was the question. What would you do differently? And they said not take them, pointing at Drago. Hmm. How do we win? That that seemed too simple.
01:16:44
Speaker
Hmm.
01:16:47
Speaker
How can we better defend ourselves? Oh. Like, i don't know if they've got shit that disintegrates you. I don't fucking know.
01:16:58
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Did we ask why they failed? Well, kind of. And they said they weren't of the same mind.
01:17:07
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They need to clarify that. Good idea. Question number one, clarify what the fuck you mean when you say they're not all of the same mind. Yeah. Yeah, perfect. Okay.
01:17:17
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Number one, done. Number two, who else should we most probably not be taking with us that's going to fuck our chances? No, no, no, no, no. No? Because there's many people that we can't take with us. Who are the people we absolutely need to take with us?
01:17:33
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Point in this room, the cunts that we can't go up there with. But then again, like, there's too many cunts.
01:17:43
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That's true. There's a lot of cunts in the room. So many, right?
01:17:51
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Seth, what do you think, Seth?
01:17:55
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Simple. All we need to know is, like, how do we kill it? and Yeah? it Did we not ask that before? how do we get How do we kill it? That should be question number one big breath I just thought, like, I'd missed it by when I was getting chicken and stuff.
01:18:14
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It's very possible. All right. but Yeah. I don't know how I'm going to save the world by killing something, which is quite truthfully the only way I know how to save things.
01:18:27
Speaker
It's by murder. So how do we kill the steel nightmare? Well, okay. just as I can ask that. No, I don't have a good rep for that. I won't ask it.
01:18:39
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Bal licks his finger and kind of almost ignites the tip, turns it into a pen like he did almost like two years ago of recording. Nick shudders. Describing this. Nick shudders at this.
01:18:49
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How do we kill it? Question one. Question two. At Seth's comments though, Drago just with Sign Guard next to him just as an aside going, give him the amulet.
01:19:02
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Huh? He's good. Good question. He just wants to kill it. Just wants to get it done. Well, that's enough for Akiva, is it? It's enough for me. All right, fair enough.
01:19:15
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Not now. I'm just saying you were unsure. right You were unsure. You said, I will make sure it goes to someone else. Like, yeah if you're number two, he's number three.
01:19:27
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Oh, Jesus. How long is this list going to go? Yeah. Okay. Well, that's up to him. He can choose number four. All right. All right. I will let him choose. Yeah. Okay. He just seemed like-minded. Like-minded. I love that. Yeah. i love that conversation with him later. Am I doing this or what? He's number four. yeah we've got two well We've got two questions and I've forgotten one of them already. Fuck. I didn't like- wonder they ah what Look, we need to find out what was not in their mind. They said like they weren't of one mind. What was the thought? Clarify that.
01:19:57
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like Yeah. And the other one was who definitely needs to be there. And then my one was about ah how do we kill it?
01:20:06
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Right. Okay. and But the only thing is... They've not killed it before. So how's he going to know what he needs to kill it?
01:20:16
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Maybe they got some information last time that we don't have. don't know. Veritas reset it, that he didn't agree with the decision or or something like that. so oh they like they did they almost we almost They almost did it last time. And so that's why he reset it. and couldn No, because we broke it, didn't we?
01:20:33
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Oh, shit. They weren't of the same mind.
01:20:38
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emron We saw Emron bleeding out, didn't we? Or? So they weren't of the same mind and they turned on each other? what that Again, this is why we need the clarification. Why did they turn on each other? Oh shit, why not? What was the last decision? Oh yeah, that's good.
01:20:57
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Try it. Emron says.
01:21:01
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that was but That was better than normal Emron. We got it. yeah Right, order of questions. Are we going for clarify they weren't of the same mind? What was the last decision, like the the decision that was made at the end?
01:21:17
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Or how do we kill it? or what do we want to know first? Because we go down into that exact order. Oh, shit. Okay. well and then And then as a fourth, who was still was favourite of the group? Yeah, we've got to remember also that the group is very different this time around to last time. So not being of the same mind might not affect us.
01:21:39
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As much? well Yeah, we get on. we We all have the same thoughts, don't we? Well, I mean, like, Tilwa definitely pointed at him and said he can't come. Who was in the last group?
01:21:51
Speaker
Well, apparently me. Yeah. And the dwarf. Yeah. Bothering? Bothering? no he's not in this assembly, but he is around.
01:22:02
Speaker
Oh, well, him. Maybe that cunt can't come. Is he a cunt? Might not be. They're all cunts. Yeah.
01:22:14
Speaker
Well, shit, let's get this done, shall we? Who's asking?
01:22:20
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thought you were asking. How about Seth? How about Seth? Seth, like... No, i did I did bed last time and Bard did a good job. I think I vote Boll. Yeah, I vote Boll too. I don't.
01:22:37
Speaker
Grouch. I'll ask then. Okay. Jay, I'm going to try something again. Yeah, can you not, like, when you're doing your incantations last time, I didn't have very long. I had, like, 60 seconds, and then I heard you muttering doing your incantations. I mean, you didn't give me chance. were doing it partway through. You shot too soon. I had, I, sorry, happens sometimes, but you interrupted me. I wasn't going to bring it up. I was just going to do it differently this time without having to have this conversation, because I didn't want you to feel bad. That's fine. No, I don't feel bad. I feel, I just felt a little bit pissed off. Look, I'm just saying that your voice is heard. Your opinions have been taken into account. just changing the way that I'm doing it. I'm going first. I'm going to go first this time.
01:23:26
Speaker
While that's happening, Asanga turns to Drago and says, I don't think they're talking about spells. I don't think they're going to save the world. Maybe this is how they fall out.
01:23:40
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And just as we started the episode last week, light erupts. I i need 16 saving throw this time. Before he pressed the start.
01:23:52
Speaker
On Emron at this time. I need a 16. Emron fails. You have tech thoughts on Emron. And I'm deep. ah Are you saying it's going to fucking go? Are fucking?
01:24:04
Speaker
if i right okay If I sense it goes, I'm going to recast straight away and it it will be a 16 saving and throw again. Slots for days.
01:24:16
Speaker
I'm ready. So far, Emron made that save and failed it. so you have What's Emron thinking right now? i'mron um What is Emron thinking right now? Deep thoughts.
01:24:27
Speaker
I'm in there. i am in him. He's incredibly anxious about what he's decided to do. He does not think that this is going to work, but he is putting on a show of hope for his friends.
01:24:39
Speaker
Hold on. He doesn't think what's going to work. Insecurities. The plan or this conversation. Hard to tell. oh He doesn't think it's going to work.
01:24:52
Speaker
Just as an aside, Nix will just go, yo, I've got some shit to tell you after this. Spill the tea, spill the Drama. Light erupts.
01:25:03
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Unlike what happened in Kastan Finbin Valhorn's opulent mansion, now it is the stone of Snake Run once Goldport Keep that is reverberating under this radiant boom.
01:25:22
Speaker
Emron's form folds into this non-silhouette ball of light. Your connection, your magical connection next to Emron fades in an instant. That ball of light regrows a new silhouette, this time with wings. Those wings grow bigger and bigger. The light is then absorbed into the silhouette and Tilwa is here once more. You have one minute.
01:25:47
Speaker
Connection? Do i have connection? Don't you fucking do this again to me! Wisdom 16, save and throw! This happens simultaneously. will start once we've resolved Nix's thing, don't worry. My horns are just purple, constantly.
01:26:01
Speaker
Lightning flashing.
01:26:06
Speaker
Tilwa saves. Oh, for fuck's sake! Nick says out loud. So you say that instantaneously once Tilwa smiles at the group again, and then that is when, Baal, you take your breath to speak.
01:26:18
Speaker
Okay. ah Tilwa, continuing from yesterday's conversation, I need to know what was the last decision that you all came to in the steel nightmare that was rejected?
01:26:30
Speaker
Tilwa motions to open his mouth and speak.
01:26:35
Speaker
And that's where we're going to end this week's episode of the Fellowship of the Tabletop. You bitch. You bitch. Wine. Alpha's the edgelord. What the fuck is this? Yeah, come
01:26:49
Speaker
on. Fuck! I'm so pissed off. I've got wait a week for the next one. annoyed. The next one's whole week. Total edging. I can't wait an edging.
01:27:02
Speaker
I wonder if I could get another spell off. Mate, that was the best. I segwayed the shit out of that.
01:27:10
Speaker
I'm pissed off. just I can tell. he totally ignored the perfect segway. Everyone just fucking tune in next week. Farewell.