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Episode 109: A Test of Fate

After heading back into the Fey Realm to thwart a meeting between Ludinus Da’leth, the Sorrowlord Zathuda, and the Unseelie Court (which had been strangely absent in the goings on of the Ruby Vanguard), you managed to (one-by-one) take out their guard, assault the entire Unseelie crew, and brought down the entire abandoned temple of the Arch Heart.
Afterwards you were beckoned to a meeting with the Arch Heart (brought into their realm) where they expressed an interest in your path and a unique perspective on the current events happening in Exandria. After sharing this with you, they also implored you to speak to what you seem to imagine as the Matron of Ravens of a similar swapping of thoughts. You then took your captives, or tried to, as they rapidly attempted to escape. Dragged them back, mostly alive, other than the Sorrowlord (who was slain in his attempt to get out of your grasp) and rode back with the aid of Gloamglut (which was mourning the loss of its master), Nanna Morri in her transformed state, and your (Dorian) summoned mount. There, the Sorrowlord Zathuda (Fearne’s biological father, and with her permission) whose corpse was taken to The Loom underneath Ligament Manor, where it was turned into furniture. Furniture that keeps his essence within it (which allowed you to have an extended conversation with his stretched fleshy face against a hexagonal frame, gaining maybe some dark closure or at the very least gathering some more information about some of the ‘behind the scenes’ of the Vanguard, and a hint to move more quickly than the window of time previously alotted.
You went to rest for the evening. Fearne and Ashton clambered to the rooftop garden of the Manor released Gloamglut from his bindings, and convinced the dragon to allow you to curl up with it for the evening. The three of you fell asleep and a night of rest after a very long and arduous day. With that the morning eventually greets all of you. The absence of Fearne and Ashton within the guest chambers marks your attention, but expecting an evening with the dragon was discussed. Meanwhile, Fearne, you and Ashton both awaken to the sound of the deep breathy slumber of Gloamglut. A chest expanding beneath you, like a massive scaled Totoro.

Previous Episode: “Looming”

  • Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPMEnglish
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    30 days ago

    “Thrice you have sought me. Why?”

    • 02:03:56 Laudna:“It would be nice to corroborate some of what the Arch Heart said.”
      RQ:“What did he say?”
      Laudna:“That the gods are scared, yet unaligned on how you all choose to resolve this little Predathos issue.”
    • 02:06:22 “We watched you hold an imp in your titties!”
    • 02:06:50 Ashton:“Thankfully you didn’t make us good, did you?” (referencing the Solar’s words from Downfall)
    • 02:11:56 Braius:“It’s hard to read your body language.” (RQ is just a mask)
      Sam and Ashley do versions of the John Cena ‘you can’t see me’.
    • 02:12:53 Science Bish Moment Heat Death of the Universe
    • 02:13:16 Home? Where’s that?
    • 02:17:34 Orym:“Only you have one foot on each side.”
    • 02:19:29 The avatars of Liliana Temult and Opal materialize in this realm, followed by a large Vespin Chloras
    • 02:22:13 Imogen gives qualifications for group members
    • 02:27:56 Roll Inish Bish
    • 02:30:12 Laura:“What the fuck is that?” (mocking Ashley’s illegible dice)
      Liam:“?”
    • 02:30:21 Travis:"It was a three-way rollies, you fuckin’ shmucks. I toasted both of you.
    • 02:31:18 Liam:“What’s the stone called?”
      Laura:“She’s a stone cold raven biiitch.”
    • 02:33:55 Liam:(Connery voice)“Let’s fucking go. Shining smite.”
      Robbie:(Connery)“Can you feel it?”
      Liam:(Cv)“Roll you handsome cow-man.”
    • 02:35:11 Dorian:“I will not allow another god to make a mockery of you.”
    • 02:37:39 Dorian:“And him’s just a little guy.” (lute stilletto)
    • 02:41:28 A regal Riegel belch
    • 02:44:52 Chetwolf:“I got pokey things, too.”
    • 02:46:58 Robbie lets Sam copy some important notes
    • 02:56:49 Travis:“What? You said ‘interesting’.” (poking fun at Taliesin’s catchphrase)
    • 02:59:05 Exalted Imogen takes a lightning form.
    • 03:03:48 Marisha:“Gonna be a no from me, dawg.” (rejecting her own American Idol audition)
    • 03:10:53 Dorian:(to Imogen)“Do you think this is real?”
      Imogen:“No!”
    • 03:12:18 Sam:“It’ll come back around…in Campaign 4.”
    • 03:13:03 Sam:“Everything you do is tacky.”
    • 03:16:50 Fireball on Vespin Chloras
    • 03:19:10 Marisha:“She’s a Sky Dancer.”
    • 03:20:30 Fan Art Moment Dorian Incapacitated hanging upside-down by his flying boots.
    • 03:26:49 Laura:“He slapped the highlights out of her hair!”
    • 03:27:16 Laura:(game announcer voice)“K.O.”
      Ashley:(grunts)
    • 03:31:28 Matt:“Very cenobite-like.”
    • 03:33:08 Matt quick with the “stop it” catchphrase
    • 03:33:55 It was super-effective!
    • 03:34:10 Matt:“So your monkey’s going to throw flaming poop at the man responsible for the Calamity.”
      Sam:“Yeah, while he’s being bitten by a dog.”
      Matt:“I love this so much.”
    • 03:37:43 Travis inspects the other side of the table
    • 03:40:27 Taliesin:“Oookay.”
    • 03:44:16 Laura:“Fails, motherfucker!”
    • 03:47:47 Jazz hands and all
    • 03:49:10 Sam:“It’s called The Moonwalk.”
    • 03:49:26 Dorian can only move, and decides to fly into a thread of fate nearby.
      Taliesin:“Who’s your other character?”
    • 03:50:11 The memories of the thread of Opal
    • 03:53:10 “Feels like it’s time for weird shit.” Laudna takes a Raven Queen aesthetic for her Form of Dread, then manifests a Spirit of Death that resembles Emhira (the mortal form the RQ took in the Downfall series)
    • 03:59:41 HDYWTDT#1
      Chetney:“Vespin Chloras. Feels like I’ve killed you before.” (a reference to another character Travis played, Cerrit Agrupnin)
    • 04:03:23 HDYWTDT#2 Orym takes out the manifestation of Liliana Temult
    • 04:05:27 RQ:“I’m sorry, I had to see if you were capable of what needs to be done.”
    • 04:07:35 Raven Queen unmasked!
      “I grow tired.”
    • 04:11:25 RQ:“I dissent, not because I wish to die or flee. I wish to let you, the peoples of Exandria, the greatest creations, decide what you wish, what you need.”
    • 04:12:21 “I’m a clever girl.”
    • 04:14:54 RQ:“Some part of me just wanted to see if I could.”
    • 04:15:26 Lore Drop Raven Queen meets the previous God of Death “in his frozen enclave”.
    • 04:21:43 RQ:“But if I’m to become the villain, so be it. I still believe in this. I still believe in you.”
    • 04:23:25 RQ:(to Chetney)“I’ll be seeing you soon enough.”
      Chetney:“No, see, that’s…you didn’t…that’s not cool. I know you’ve been tryin’. I’m sure I must be high on the ‘Wanted List’.”
    • 04:24:21 Predathos Lore Drop By its nature, it undoes and unravels the power that they’ve relied on since they came here.
    • 04:25:37 Braius accepts the RQ’s gift.
    • 04:27:00 The Rite of Ascension used by the Raven Queen cannot be replicated.
    • 04:27:50 The RQ’s last time being surprised
    • 04:31:09 Vax’ildan can be released if the Malleus Key he is tied to is destroyed, but the Luxon beacon must be removed beforehand.
    • 04:35:25 RQ doesn’t consider Laudna’s condition to be an abomination (and won’t destroy her)
    • 04:37:16 Vision over. Closing time.
    • 04:38:00 Laura:“Did you fight that whole fight naked?”
      Marisha:“I did.”
      Matt:“And that’s where we’re gonna finish the night’s episode!”