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Episode 110: In the Shadow of War

After returning from their trek to the Fey Realm and thwarting a meeting between the Vanguard and the Unseelie to possibly put them in an advantageous position to defend themselves against the powers of Exandria.
You succeeded in speaking with the Arch Heart within his abandoned temple, as well as bringing the unfortunately slain body of Zathuda back to Nana Morri’s, where he was turned into a piece of furniture.
After having some time to think of the recent events, you returned (with Morri’s help) back to Exandria. Here within Vasselheim, one of the core locations where the war effort for the coming assault on Ruidus, the Vanguard, and what lies beyond has been building and mounting. You stopped into the Duskmeadow, the region of Vasselheim where the Matron of Ravens holds dominion. You went into the Raven’s Crest (the great citadel of the Matron), met with some of the high priestesses of this Raven’s Crest. All of you delved into the pool of blood to have communion with the Matron of Ravens. There, she was short, threatening, and eager to lead you on an unkind trial where you were forced to face a figure of dark Exandrian history long passed and two very familiar ones still entwined in your current fates. After which you learned quite a bit of her history, perhaps long hidden, and her opinion of the goings on in this wild, tangled gods’ experience that seems to be mounting towards the red moon in the sky.
After this conflict and conversation, you all were sent back to Exandria proper, where you all clambered out of the blood pool and onto the darkened polished floors of the interior of the Raven’s Crest. Here as you cough up the remnants of the red viscous liquid from your lungs, you look up to this trio of veiled priestess figures around.

Previous Episode: “A Test of Fate”

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    Highlights

    • 00:10:59 *What’s black, and white, and red all over?" (old joke reference)
    • 00:11:36 Laudna is naked and covered with blood.
    • 00:15:34 Items on “The Suck List”:
      • The Summit Blade
      • Dusk Hunger
      • The Pearl of Power
      • Braius’ Battering Shield
      • Feywild Shard
    • 00:17:15 Taliesin:“How was the GWAR concert?”
    • 00:23:00 Ashton considers communing with the corpse of the titan
    • 00:24:35 Imogen:“She said ‘nope’.”
    • 00:26:29 Dorian:“I’m a sucker for a mask.”
    • 00:30:33 Imogen calls her mom (Liliana Temult)
    • 00:31:19 Imogen:“Mom! You have to hang up!”
    • 00:31:09 Imogen:“Not everyone’s a liar, Braius.”
    • 00:35:00 The Thick of the Brink of War
    • 00:35:55 War elephants
    • 00:37:37 “Guys!” The Return of Xandis
    • 00:40:43 Stop it! (Ashley sneezes)
    • 00:43:09 Laudna:“Xandis the Man-dis?”
    • 00:43:55 Chetney:“Is it a beefy thing? meaty? veiny?”
    • 00:45:45 Taliesin:“The Puckered Starfish.”
      Travis:“The Dirt Bud.”
      Liam:“You oughta nose around in there.”
      Robbie:“Hollow Haven.”
    • 00:47:05 Braius:“Have fun at your key party or whatever…Bidet.”
      Xandis:“Smiley day to you, too.”
    • 00:49:46 Laudna:(theatrical voice)“Who would you pray to?”
    • 00:50:25 Robbie talks about the thread he touched in the Matron’s vision
    • 00:50:46 Dorian:“It felt ‘wild’ and ‘mounty’.”
    • 00:54:37 Imogen:“We should say goodbye to you every night, Chet.”
      Fearne:“Bye, Chet.”
      Chetney:“If you start doing that, I will leave.”
    • 00:56:17 Orym:“Titan’s Taint Inn”
      Fearne"The Watering Hole…Maybe it’s called ‘The Brown Note’?"
    • 00:57:52 Allura!
    • 01:00:35 Liam:(Sam’s husky cat voice)“I’m a horse.”
    • 01:01:54 “That’s a horse of a different color!”
    • 01:05:14 Allura’s briefing
    • 01:07:33 Matt:“That limitation has lifted.”
    • 01:11:42 Orym:“Your wife is a very lucky woman.”
      Allura:“Yes. She is. But so am I.”
    • 01:13:42 Braius:“You go down on each other a lot.”
    • 01:18:18 Allura:“I’m going to start spreading the news.”
      Ashton:“We’re leaving today.”
    • 01:20:09 “Team Titan GO!”
    • 01:21:04 Chetney:“Sweet surrender!” (playing off accidentally mentioning Rome as a sort of aneurysm hallucination)
    • 01:21:31 Fearne:“I have 69 gold.”
      Taliesin and Liam:“Nice.”
    • 01:22:12 Dorian:“I know you love certain things: wood, money, vague sexual inuendo.”
    • 01:23:51 Chetney is clearly delirious and wants to go shopping.
    • 01:26:29 Cedric’s shines and Keepsakes
    • 01:30:16 “Close the door.”
    • 01:37:52 Marquesian Fusaka (aka ‘Spice’)
    • 01:42:06 Sam references Pee Wee Herman’s Big Adventure with “Large Marge”
    • 01:44:38 Dorian the busker

    INTERMISSION

    Here within the central region (not far from the Quadroads) of Vasselheim, the trio of Fearne, Laudna, and Ashton step closer on approach to the massive long-dead titan that looms over the central part of the city.
    Ashton as you sense that subtle reverberation of proximity to this awe-inspiring shell of a creature with a connection to that shard that sits within you. You all begin to cluster towards the base of its nearest leg. This massive mountain-like column of rough stone and rock, where you can see a staircase has since been carved into the base of the ankle, and a coupld of neighborhood kids sit around hanging out in the snow chatting with each other, and eating snacks and jerky on the side. As soon as you all begin to step up they glare at you.
    The closest you’ve been is where you stand now, and this incredible wide leg, which is city blocks in width. From where you’re approacing, you can see there’s a staircase entryway. It’s base has been carved and then vanishes up into the interior. You can see, there’s a couple hooks and lanterns that hang from them that aren’t lit at the moment, and there’s some discarded refuse and a bit of muck and snow mud that’s built up around the base of it, and then there’s six of these kids sitting on the front stairs and off to the side, talking, and as soon as you approach, they get quiet and stare at the rest of you.

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      • 02:06:18 Robbie:“This cookie is ookie.”
      • 02:07:49 Laudna:“Go around where?”
        Kid:“Around.”
      • 02:08:14 Kid:“Yeah, the Shanks Cantina. It’s right in the asshole.”*
        Insight Check by Fearne brings whispers!
        Robbie:“The old whispering asshole.”
      • 02:09:41 Marisha:“It’s basically Beetlejuice.”
      • 02:13:31 Ashton notices that the neighborhood has a cultural theme similar to the ones in Jrusar that he lived in before joining the Hells.
      • 02:17:16 Laura laughs at what Liam’s been writing down for the last few minutes (probly a list of ‘butthole bar’ names)
      • 02:23:15 As Ashton searches for a location to attempt to commune with the titan corpse, Something is pulling you towards the center of this chamber…You’re not in the head, but you’re certainly somewhere near the core of its chest.
      • 02:26:27 Fan Art Moment Laudna, Spider Climbing, dropping titan chunks down to Fearne catching them in her marsupial pouch.
      • 02:27:01 The combination of Fearne encouraging Ashton to “get in there” like he’s assisting the birth of a calf and Marisha’s mime gag make Travis snarf his beverage.
      • 02:28:31 Ashton’s ‘titan reforged arm’ seems willingly absorbed into the structure of the titan’s corpse, but stops once meeting his flesh. This turns out to be a vision he is having.
      • 02:34:28 Ashton attempts to interact via his barbarian rage.
      • 02:35:45 She’s part of you. We are the rock and stone
      • 02:42:13 Fan Art Moment Ashton’s vision of the earthen hand grabbing him, then releasing to reveal a bright green burning eye.
      • 02:48:37 Fearne:“Where’d you go?”
      • 02:49:57 Laudna:(gasps)“Exandria’s a she?! I KNEW it!”
      • 02:51:24 Sam:“His ass is on the front now, though.”
        Matt:“Not every vision gives you a vestige, guys.”
      • 02:52:49 Chaos starts in the asshole
      • 02:53:37 Welcome to Shank’s
      • 02:54:59 Travis decides to topple Robbie’s dice towers “from a distance”
      • 02:55:30 As Laudna tells Imogen “We’re in the butthole zone”, Sam reveals his mug message.
        Imogen:“Y’all wanna stop at a fuckin’ bar?!”
        Laudna:“I’m sorry, I don’t get good service in the ass.”
      • 02:56:25 Shanks tastes like rubbing alcohol with a hint of clove and cinnamon. Still not as bad as Malört
      • 02:58:02 “If you’re gonna save the world I wanna have your signatures on the wall.”
        Liam:“Just the symbol of The Whispered One and Fearne’s autograph.”
      • 02:59:05 “Nah, it’s too blocked up here at Shank’s. You gotta run down the leg.”
      • 03:00:20 Chetney and Braius do some arts and crafts while they wait.
      • 03:13:36 One of them’s a little jade egg.
      • 03:05:14 Chetney meets the Kryn envoy
      • 03:07:33 Skysibil Mirimm
      • 03:10:08 Fearne:(sarcastically)“Thank you for bringing enough for everyone.”
      • 03:10:34 Braius:“I have to say, the last four days with you guys have been incredible. I mean, I have met the ruler of every single land. I’ve gone to four different dimensions. It’s fuckin’ amazing.”
      • 03:12:21 Robbie playing along like he gets all these references.
      • 03:13:29 Two Potions of Possibility and a
        ::: Sphere of Dumamantic Restoration Single use. Smash the orb to affect a 15ft radius around it (30ft diameter). All creatures affected gain the benefits of a short rest and immediately regain half of their expended hit dice, rounded up. Casters regain 1d4+4 spell slots of their choice. :::
      • 03:16:09 Fearne:“Platinum Sancsh?”
      • 03:17:54 Laudna:“This isn’t goodbye.”
        Chetney:“This is 'Go get ‘em’.”
      • 03:19:10 Keyleth’s bodyguard Leeta and Maeve (Orym’s sisters-in-law;Will’s sisters)
      • 03:20:53 Laudna:“How’s Ropey?”
      • 03:22:20 Tree travel
      • 03:28:41 Sam claims Ropey became a noose and died
      • 03:35:12 Orym’s loose lips
      • 03:36:41 Orym’s message to his mom.
      • 03:38:16 Imogen’s message to her dad.
      • 03:39:45 Fearne:“It’s okay, we brought presents. Just in case you wanted to try Shank’s Asshole.”
      • 03:40:52 Braius gets sage advice from Dorian
      • 03:43:11 Dorian:“Do you trust them?”
        Braius:“Oh, I mean, I hardly know them.”
      • 03:44:15 Braius:“…I don’t really have anyone to say goodbye to. And from what I gather from most of them, I don’t think they do either.”
      • 03:45:11 Braius:“The short one, Orenthal.”
      • 03:46:14 Braius:“The others’ distrust of me will perish in a wall of fire.”
      • 03:46:02 Braius:“I won’t try to fuck everybody. But I might still try to fuck him (Orym).”
        Dorian:“We’ll talk about that later.”
      • 03:49:10 Laudna:“Imogen? I’m just wondering. I don’t know, this could be our last time.”
        Laura grins
      • 03:53:19 Ashton gets sage advice from Dorian
      • 03:55:44 Dorian:“Would it be the greatest tragedy if you became more likable?”
      • 03:57:45 Liam tries to fit as many dice between his knuckles as possible
      • 03:58:48 Dorian yoinks Ashton’s hooch
      • 03:59:50 The other group appears in the distance and begins to approach. Braius:“Quick, clean up, make it look like we’re cool.”
      • 04:01:22 Fan Art Moment The Bell’s Hells attempting their “cool entrance” from the shack to greet the Mighty Nein.
      • 04:02:37 In order of appearance: Caleb Widogast, Jester Lavorre, Beauregard Lionet, Yasha, Veth Brenatto, Fjord, Caduceus Clay
      • 04:04:11 Laudna:“So wait, you all are the Mighty Nein. Why are there only seven of you?”