Watch the episode live on Twitch and YouTube at 7pm PST. Restreams on Twitch at midnight and the next day at 9am PST

Runtime Break start
4h 36m 2h 8m

Episode 108: Looming

Bell’s Hells (after being granted one of the highest responsibilities in the days to come) had intercepted via your (Imogen) mother psychically telling you of a meeting between (a Simulacrum of) Ludinus Da’leth, the Sorrowlord Zathuda, and the Unseelie Court in the Fey Realm to shore up and discuss the coming conflicts.
You then traveled to the Fey Realm to intercept this communication. You slowly destroyed all the guardians on the outside of the abandoned Arch Heart temple where they were having this meeting, and then stepped in to talk, and then ambushed them. A massive conflict ensued in which the structrure of the temple was heavily fractured, and then eventually set to collapse. With the Sorrowlord brought to near death, the emissary left onconscious as well, Ludinus’ simulacrum destroyed, and Gloamglut, the fey dragon, escaped through the temple roof as it collapsed. You all rushed to the exterior, with only most of you making it out. However, Imogen and Braius, who were left in the rubble, found themselves protected by some unseen force, and the crumbled temple reassembled itself and called you all into its sanctum. There, the (now restored statue of the) Arch Heart spoke to you as you were plucked from your current awareness and brought to the Arch Heart’s realm into communion with one of the gods of Exandria, the one that you saw in your vision of the fall of Aeor.
Here, you conversed. Here you were asking questions of each other, debating, and then eventually given a surprising message of intent from the Arch Heart. That the god (of beauty, art, arcana, and the fey) seems to believe that the time of the gods is done and wishes you all to be the harbingers of Predathos’ release, to chase the Pantheon away and begin a new age where mortals reign over their future.
As that vision came to a close, you all found yourselves set back into the sanctum of this Shrine of Gilded Gifts.
As you still process the moments that have just transpired, you glance around at this quiet space, at each other, and the two unconscious prisoners that you keep here.

Previous Episode: “Under the Arch Heart’s Eye”

  • Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPMEnglish
    1·
    8 hours ago

    ♪Episode Song References♪

    ᕕ( ᐛ)ᕗ

    Highlights

    • 00:12:21 Imogen starts with 2 HP
    • 00:13:05 Braius:“How about we, you know, Double Team them a little bit?”
      Dorian:“Do you mean that the way I think–”
      Imogen:“No, Braius. No.”
      Fearne:“Like a sandwich.”
      Braius:“When we played Spin the Bottle, I just felt like there was maybe something…”
      Imogen:“There was nothing…you’re great.”
      Travis:“Oof, the You’re Great.”
    • 00:19:56 Do you prefer Nightmare King?
    • 00:21:10 Strategizing with Modify Memory
    • 00:21:53 Emissary’s named Cashadoor
    • 00:22:18 Lore Drop Sammanar is the leader of the Unseelie Court
      Sam makes a joke about a samovar of wine and chicken cacciatore
    • 00:25:31 Ira:“Shh. It’s been a long day…”
    • 00:27:34 Just a little 7th level Psychic Lance
      The guard that falls is called Ademadon by the one still conscious.
    • 00:31:35 Emissary is awake and signals the guard to flee with him
    • 00:34:54 Fuck it, kill him.
    • 00:37:00 Dorian goes for the RNC (Rear Naked Choke)!
    • 00:38:26 She has the meats?
    • 00:39:16 Ira’s abilities were wasted manipulating the minds of people that got killed or knocked out anyway.
    • 00:40:08 Dorian’s equine dragon is a coupe that seats only two.
    • 00:43:00 Marisha gets in ‘The Perch’ position
    • 00:44:41 NM:“Apologies for the smell.”
    • 00:48:07 Zaddy gets the bonk.
    • 00:48:48 Laudna conjurs the memory of Bor’dor into her next Spirit of Death
    • 00:51:41 Braius:“You know me. I love lying.”
    • 00:53:11 CEO gets called away
    • 00:53:31 Sam:“You got hammered for geass?”
      Robbie:“Well…”
    VA Lore

    several of the CR cast did the English dubbing for characters in an animated series called Code Geass (pronounced like geese). Sam was Clovis la Brittania, Laura was Rakshata Chawla, Travis was Andreas Darlton, and Liam was Lloyd Asplund.

    • 00:54:54 Braius:“We’ll all be dead by then and we’ll be living in the third circle of hell.”
      Fearne:“Okay, Negative Nancy.”
      Braius:“No, that’s positive! That’s where I wanna go…Rents are crazy.”
    • 00:58:17 Liam:“How’s magic work?”
    • 00:58:32 Sam snatches an item from Travis that he didn’t really want and immediately returns it.
    • 00:59:17 Fan Art Moment Matt describes the Fey Elf Emissary
    • 01:02:10 Green screen techniques
      Liam:“T-pose, please.”
      Taliesin:“Too many moving parts.”
      Travis walks off laughing loudly
    • 01:03:38 Imogen:“He knows you’re Zathuda’s daughter. You can’t be in this play.”
      Fearne:“I’m gonna cover my head.”
      Imogen:“No, get out. You have hooves!”
    • 01:04:48 Emissary’s eyes open. Action!
    • 01:05:38 Matt:“Oh, you knocked him out. I just wanted them to do the scene.”
    • 01:07:28 Chet’s taking a nap.
    • 01:07:57 Ashton wants to direct the play
    • 01:09:13 Take 2! Action!
    • 01:12:30 Braius:“Let’s all take five…”
    • 01:12:58 Sam:“Who has my d6? My black and white d6?” (only the most common dice design on the planet)
    • 01:13:34 Sam removes his hoodie revealing a new shirt to torment Matt
    • 01:15:46 Fan Art Moment Chet snipes a fleeing Zathuda in a comical fashion (C-POP brand on the butt) and finishes his nap
    • 01:16:40 Gloamglut is back!
    • 01:20:00 Matt:“Aww, I just fuckin’ saw your shirt. Goddamn it.”
    • 01:23:54 Zathuda fails his last death save
    • 01:27:37 Gloamglut in mourning
    • 01:29:08 Braius:“It’s bad out there…He turned into a dragon.”
    • 01:30:21 Imogen is on the saddle
    • 01:32:33 Braius:“It’s bad out here.”
    • 01:34:16 A clutch Persuasion roll gets Ashley to hoot like a monkey.
      Sam:“Chimp stuff.”
    • 01:35:19 Laura:“Do the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’.”
    • 01:37:20 Fearne:“Can we keep him?”
    • 01:42:13 Laura steps out
    • 01:46:58 No word from Nanna
    • 01:48:54 Robbie whistles well
    • 01:51:55 Fan Art Moment Braius leaves graffiti on the face of the Arch Heart

    INTERMISSION

    Coasting across the fey horizon, you guide your (currently mounted) fey dragon, clutching half of your team and the corpse of Sorrowlord Zathuda in the direction of the Ligament Manor. Behind that, Dorian carrying the emissary atop your dragon horse. The third troop is being held by the bird form of Nana Morri (Morrigan, the Fatestitcher). Not quite knowing where to go, you pull back a little bit until Morri can lead the charge. An hour transpires (getting you to the Harrowcall Fens, the fey marshland where the Ligament Manor sits).
    Following the stretched black feathered wings, of the Morrigan as she circles down atop a large reaching portion of the Harrowvall Fens canopy, you pull the dragon to follow and you shortly thereafter towards the treetop garden topiary that she has cultivated for quite some time. As you begin to circle and come to land amongst it, you can notice, the two of you for the first time, the extensive, hedgemaze-like experience here. Numerous overgrown hedge tops reach up to eight, 10, 12 feet tall. Fountains throughout the entirety of this beautiful (if slightly Tim Burton-esque garden). Numerous colorful flowers all turn and greet you as you begin to arrive. You can see little firebug-type glowing bits, or are they will-o-wisps? Too far to tell. Numerous stone statues and massive green sculptures of carved bushes in the shapes of people (whether they be dancing or reaching, just a beautiful expression of art in this somewhat dark and lively space).
    A number of critters and creatures begin to skitter out from the nearby roots, brush, and branches to watch the arrival as Nana Morri scoots down and then plops her clutched payload down into the center of this central garden region. She flaps her wings twice and they shrink in quickly and she returns to her hunched, hulking hag form.
    She steps off the side from the center stone plinth-like raised platform in the middle of the garden where you had previously had your awakening ritual of the Titan shards within you. There you (Dorian) land with your mount, and the dragon glances down, you can feel tension in it. In the vicinity of this space, you get a quick sense (especially with your psychic connection towards it) this has been previously considered to be a “Do Not Go Here” type of location within the Fey. An off-limits locale and Gloamglut just hovers.

    • 02:11:08 Braius:“Do you want your father to be alive!?”
      Imogen:“You hear somethin’?”
      Fearne:“I didn’t hear anything. God it’s beautiful here.”
    • 02:12:05 Fearne:(referring to letting Zathuda expire)“We can’t. If we wake him up the whole thing could go kaput.”
      Sam:“Are you a Russian asset?”
    • 02:14:15 Nanna reverts back from Ghibli Raven to her hulking hag form.
    • 02:16:51 Thanks for the rescue
    • 02:17:37 Orym is thinking about Fearne and fathers.
    • 02:19:05 Fan Art Moment Nanna Morri:“Welcome to my domain.”
    • 02:20:25 Nanna Morri:“Perhaps I’ll put him through The Loom.” (more “Fate Stitcher” references)
    • 02:27:14 Heading into the Manor towards The Loom Room.
    • 02:29:23 NM:“You probably don’t want to see this.”
    • 02:31:30 Fan Art Moment Zathuda’s stretched face in the hexagonal frame
      NM:“It’s good to have hobbies. Isn’t that right?”
      Zathuda:“That’s right.”
    • 02:33:30 Ligament Manor Theme
    • 02:34:46 Fan Art Moment The fun fey foray has Fearne looking ‘extra’ and she adds a cast of Primal Savagery on top of it.
    • 02:36:51 Fey cocktails
    • 02:37:35 Travis:“You okay, Matt?”
    • 02:42:05 Zaddy:“…So keep taking. Carry on my memory.”
    • 02:45:54 Zaddy:“From what I understand, the final boundary that holds the god eater is built of similar material as the Divine Gate.”
    • 02:47:53 Laura laughs at Zaddy saying “I would’ve opened every back door…”
    • 02:50:00 What about the dragon?
    • 02:50:33 Braius:“Guys, let the painting answer.”
    • 02:51:26 Chetney’s Blood Magic is useful for bonding with dragons.
    • 02:52:15 Marisha catches Robbie up on the ghost pirate cuddle.
    • 02:52:47 Sam:“He’s got an itch.”
    • 02:53:53 The Vanguard has had heavy losses, but the Ruidian army brings massive Vidulches, a deadly warrior named Ozo Cruth (who rides a Vidulch), ‘Though Eaters’, and more combatants and assassins as well.
      Zaddy:“It’s an extermination squad. It’s an invasion. So the question is, who is going to strike first? And why are all the exaltants disappearing?”
    • 02:57:40 The Unseelie have strong doubts about Ludinus. Combined with their opportunistic nature, it can be used to undermine their support to keep the Unseelie forces out of the fight.
    • 02:59:02 “Why the long face?”
    • 03:00:28 “We call it the Misty Step.”
    • 03:03:23 Ollie and Birdie arrive. Nanna hides Zaddy and fixes them a drink.
    • 03:05:32 Tummy:“We’ll miss you.”
    • 03:08:50 Ashton talks about his migraines and fears of abandonment, then asks about the dragon.
    • 03:10:10 Imogen:“I barfed down there. I threw up.”
      Dorian:“Oh, I absolutely saw it…”
      Imogen:“Dorian, that shit was nasty.”

    (continued)

    • Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPMEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago
      • 03:27:45 Braius:“No, I think I was doing a higher-pitched thing.”
      • 03:29:12 Bane
      • 03:31:00 Sam:“Save the cheerleader.” (Heroes reference #1)
        Laura:“Damn the man, save the empire.”
        Sam:“Geass it.”
      • 03:31:52 Dorian lends Coriolis to transport the guard to the Unseelie faster.
      • 03:32:08 Liam’s Mr Ed impression.
      • 03:42:42 Orym:“…we at least have a chance to cut off his hand before he pulls it.”
      • 03:43:40 Orym mentions a coin toss being bad and Ashton gets triggered, lashes out, and walks away.
      • 03:47:04 Laudna doubts that Ruidusborn have god-like or god-eating powers
      • 03:49:54 Three spoopy ladies
      • 03:51:31 Imogen:“Did we go too far today?”
        Braius:“Oh, never. We’re on a mission to save the world.”
      • 03:54:10 Laudna:“We’re not speaking in absolutions.”
      • 03:54:58 Dorian:“I would imagine if you could see the future, the one future you couldn’t see is the future where the gods come to an end.”
      • 03:57:21 Dorian:“Don’t worry, I’m not casting a spell on you.”
      • 04:00:07 Fan Art Moment Floating frog cups in the hot springs
      • 04:00:33 Pâté returns
      • 04:01:38 To which god do you direct your prayer?
      • 04:02:59 …As horns rise, framed in shadow within the dark…
        “If what is to come is inevitable, then chase the rest away, and we remain.”
      • 04:04:02 Nanna Morri:“Beautiful work you do.”
      • 04:05:03 Braius:“I don’t want to be alone tonight.”
        Nanna Morri:“I’m in the Cherry Blossom Suite”
      • 04:05:57 Marisha:“MILF Manor (Morri I’d Like to Fuck)”
      • 04:06:10 Sam:“You can date the paintings!”
        (reference to a game Date Everything that Robbie is part of)
      • 04:07:46 Chetney:“Jacknife!”
      • 04:08:12 Fan Art Moment Bompers copying (and exceeding) Chetney’s splash in the springs
      • 04:11:18 Liam:“It’s feeling smol.”
      • 04:15:47 Gloamglut’s mourning call
      • 04:17:12 Matt:“It’s Horror Cozy.”