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Chasing Shadows | Critical Role | Campaign 4, Episode 28 Part 2
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Here are some things you ought to know today. People who switch their car insurance to geico save about $900 a year. Experts are calling that nice to know. Also, plants can hear when bees buzz. My ficus just heard that. And finally, animal experts have confirmed that goats have regional accents. I'm getting a hint of Irish there. It feels good to get good news. It feels good to Gecko. Hello again, it's Brennan Lee Mulligan and you're listening to part two of this episode of Critical Role. If you haven't checked out part one yet, pause this now and head over there first. What are you doing? Otherwise, let's jump right back into this adventure and the world of Ahriman. The amount of dirty words. We return to the Archonaut here in Dolmak Yar Museum of the Revolution. Tysha. Yep. Get it out quick. You saw a couple. As you cast your lollipop aside, I require you to pick up two D8 and roll hit points. Yay. I did roll hit points when we did our level four level up. Okay. Yes, you did. So this is just a new one for five. Yes. Thank you. That's right. For people watching at home, Aabria was sitting on her Seeker's arc. Level up since the Seeker. That's another five. Hell yeah. And I know I said before I was gonna take durable as a feat. I'm taking Mageslayer because I'm fucking done with the sunder. Yes. Hell yeah. Fuck yes. Incredible. Tysha. As the energy of opposing the strange magics you see working against the fabric of reality. Natural order. That phrase sometimes carries Too much coldness and sterility. You're not here to preserve order. You're here to preserve life itself. And these fools know not what they meddle with, but they will ask everyone else to pay for it before them. And you feel that power of that mage slayer energy and all of these new hit points as you walk. Where else but the loy wing of the Arcanade? Tycha, you thimble, Velis, octus, all arrive at the museum at the same time that Hal and Cadogan arrive. You see the beautiful museums and you see the gorgeous Pariah blade. You see the central marble hall and the Pariah blade stationed there in this beam of light. A humble blade of iron. No frivolous adornment, no gem studded noble haughtiness. A blade perfectly balanced, perfectly smithed and forged to save a people and a world below. Those of you who have been speaking with Cid can see that our hero goes, oh, I think I hear him upstairs. And hero is going to run and collect and bring all of you guys together into a chamber where there is food. And you see, Hiro goes. Hi, Taisha. Hey. Hi. I heard you made a potion that on Basilisk. Yeah, yeah. Are you a wizard now? I'm studying at the Pentaveral. Oh my God. Congratulations. Thank you. I'm really excited about it. And I just did this whole thing and I made a potion and it took a guy who some of the things he said are important enough that I shouldn't be the one to tell them to you. But it's really good to see you. And also, I've done something that Shadia hasn't. So now I have that. I like the sensitive energy. I like that a lot. And you. You see, she goes. Dad. Hey. Hey, sweet pea. Hey, everybody. We're meeting downstairs in an area that is slightly more secret, but to my understanding, not the most secret. Great. Thank you for all of that information. She brings you guys. You assemble downstairs with food. And as you do, black fur, black mane, amber eyes, just howls. He's opened like a roast beef sandwich. Throwing the bread away. And just the rare roast beef. Timbuh. I'm so glad you're not rock. You see that? He goes, I understand I have you to thank for saving my ass. Only me. Only you. Don't forget it. Okay? No, I won't. Credit due to you. He looks over and says, cat. Good to see you, my friend. It's been a long time. Yeah, you look a lot better like this. Yeah, I appreciate it. I cannot believe that rude Things were not drawn on my stone body. You have changed and grown. Yes, I'm a very mature and responsible adult now. It seems like it. I can tell this is true. See, he looks over and says, asune, good to see you. You see, he goes in, he's like, he's seen you much more recently than Cat or Teor. But you see, he goes and gives you a big hug as well. Good to see you. All right. For everyone else, hello. I am. He says, I am. He just regnated. He's just giving. He's just with all his falconer's buddies, you see, he looks out and goes, I am Thal Siddimir bride sire. I. Oh God. How long was I stoned for? 20 years. What the. How do you look normal that don't crack, you see, He looks out and says, well, I probably don't have my job anymore, but I used to drive carriage for revolutionary council, so. Yeah, you were only gone a few days. I'm probably fired. I don't show up for work for a while. Also. Maybe they find out I using the job to do big crimes. So probably that's all she wrote. I mean, from our perspective, you didn't do a crime. Cause you never showed up. I want you to be my lawyer. Who are you? Ah, Octis. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. We were going to get to your cart if we got the Oscar. This is right. You see, he looks at you and goes, taisha. Hi. Big hug. This is the wizard who you traveled to Venatius. 100%. You see that hero gets all of you guys seated and you all look at each other. After a long day of your last day before the play before Primus to Kannis is rumored to be back in town. Blah blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Share information. Who are all you people? You guys share the event is there. I will say this. Several things have happened since you all met this morning. It's been a long day. There was going to knife and Palate pigment the demon Sol Rakshi. There was going to Harving Bowsprit's manor and meeting with King Gus. There was going to the Fo tarks and her talking to Hal Kadigan and Tysha Thiazzi's grave. Preparing Demidus for testimony and running to the hallowed round to prepare people for this fake run through tomorrow. Is there anything that has occurred at any of those scenes that would be left out? Left out? Left out. I'm asking. I think if you guys are just sharing everything because all of this has just happened in very recent memory and we don't need to rehash it. All right. Is there anything that is left out? Going once, going twice. I would say maybe. Only that we have the plan to get Demidus Blix out to Timony. Not because I don't trust people, but because you don't trust people. I don't trust people. Less information to accidentally be leaked of his hideaway since he is going to be a fugitive. Murray. As people divulge. I think Azane and Murray, you have that moment where Murray, you realize you're protectiveness over Demidus as your student is going to even amongst people you trust. That will be kept close to the vest. So you guys recount all that information in total? Yes. I was just going to bring up the one thing specifically that was the newer information to us that turns out wasn't so new. But now we have different contexts, which is about Maya, the Falcon. Mara. Mara. Mara, the Falcon. I will share with the group that we now know that she is at Obra Dus Manor. Currently. Currently. The Falcon has just been delivered to Obradis Manor. Is. Oh, sorry, Obramus. Obramus. The Falcon has been delivered to Obramus Manor. Is something that our edematus, your student, shared with us. And now that we understand the significance of the Falcon. How old is that information? Yeah, he heard it when he was cleaning up the crime scene for the night of the Divinos mass. Not recent. 10 days. It's been probably eight days. Eight days. Eight days that she's been there. Since she looked. Allegedly, yes. At least this is what is being suggested. If this is the Falcon. Sounds like this is. We've got to get her out. We have to. I mean, if she's still there or she's not planeswalking through the underworld or whatever she does. If they are aware that she can do that and if she is actually at my family's home, I think it'll be difficult for her to get through the veil if they don't want her to. What if they are forcing her through? What if they're making her search for. It's a different story. The Azzy. May I ask also, did anyone know that the AZI and Mara were members of the Cloak? Not specifically. Do we know who the Cloak is? We just know that they're trying to return Wunjani blood and going to the Gavzidra river and stuff. Do I know who you're worrying Cloaks. Does that sound familiar to me? The Cloak. I don't think the word cloak sounds familiar to, but actually, you know what? Fuck it. Give me a history check. You learned a bit, at least. The Cloak, from what we understand, are like a group of watchers, regulators over the sundered houses and apparently quite secretive. It's alluded that Thiazi and his troop were at least engaged with them. 17. But we don't know what they want or what their goal is. Well, they seem to be doing business over where we were and the eternal night. Yeah, they seem to have. You're not going to hit me again, are you? You hit him? Yeah. Oh, I missed it. He took it like a champ. Does he have a shiner or anything? I healed myself. I punch him again. Wait, above table. Yeah. Didn't we find out Thiazi and Mara were in the cloak? That's what we're just covering. Yeah, we had a missive in the tent that I think you saw that was like. The cloak is moving faster than we expected. Yes, correct, but no actual confirmation. Also, the cloak is this group that does this thing that was not included in the letter. Yeah, okay. Okay. I'll also put a fine point on new bits of information that came from today. Above table. Hal shares that Yanessa is still worried sick, or at least concerned with finding her grandson, Wakander, and now believes that Teor has either kidnapped him or brainwashed him and is looking for you. And you believed her when she said that? No. Didn't you try to tell her that he's off on his own? Say that again. Didn't one of you try to tell her that he's off on his own because he craves adventure and to get the heat off of Teor? Uh, I. That is the general gist. I tried to. Does she believe you? Uh, I think she believed me. Hey, I've been. What are you looking at me for? You're supposed to be so. You know, introspective and. And figuring out what people's emotions are. Ah, that bitch was lying through her teeth. She fucking knows. She's after you. And I know you weren't planning on going home, but let me confirm it. Fucking don't. But if she. If she believes me to be innocent, then maybe that's a way I could get in. She does not believe you to be innocent. You can do whatever you want. I really don't care. But I'm telling you, if you go back home, she gonna fucking dice you into little pieces. Just so we're all clear, I don't want you going back home anyway. I don't know if you're going to tell them everything we've been talking about. Mm. You can trust me. Absolutely. I can't. The gauntlet on my other hand tightens. I don't even know who this one is. Except for she tried to eat me. Shut up, Snack. You're on my list. We've been fighting alongside. I will happily banish you back to the plane where you came from. I'd like to see you try. Okay. He'll have help. Whoa. Taisha. Yeah? Watch your mouth. We're cool. No, we're not. Who are you? I'm Tyranny. Obviously. No one's ever stated your name to them. We've been in the same room. I figured it would have flipped twice. We've been in the same room. Listen, we've been fighting. I will reiterate. What do you mean, we've been fighting? Wicander has been putting his life on the line. He knows he's in trouble with his family. I'm telling you that we don't have. I mean, we don't have any intentions to go home. Am I speaking out of turn? Only unless it could be helpful to us. Yeah, I'd happily go into the belly of the beast if it was. Which is a lovely cover to go and give them all the information. It's not out of consideration to use Wick's leverage that he has in town. If we need data. I think there's a very simple way to prove everyone's point on this. Uh, wake. Would you be willing to lie and say you were working for your mother if I tore both your arms off and let you slowly bleed over several hours? What? I don't. You're a traitor, aren't you? Admit it. I'm gonna tear your arms off. I don't. I. All right, here we go. Say I'm a traitor. Say I'm a traitor. And I slowly, I pull out the glass. Are we play acting here? No, we are really not. What are you doing? Is this an exercise? It's a kid. You are going to break like a tiny child. He needs to know the answer that you want him to say. And then he'll say, tell that you're a traitor, or I'm going to hurt you. Just to prove that you will. If I hurt you. I don't understand what's happening. He's so breakable. It's stupid. Say no. Say no. He does. He takes a swig of the yard grass bottle that she's been carrying around. Let's refocus yes, please. The major power players are meeting at the Via Aurora tomorrow night when the sun goes down. What time does the play go on? When the sun goes down. We have one night to tie up any loose ends. And? And I think at this point it's been shared the understanding of what the river. This is the end of us divulging all this information to each other. Are we any closer to understanding what these sundered houses intend to do tomorrow? Is it the sundered houses or is it Thiazi? I think they both intend to do something. Do they both? What's the over under that? Thiazi wanted to die. That's my hypothesis right now is that he went to the other side in order to oppose what my family is doing. I'm almost positive, at least in his motivations. That's so something he would do. But my father and my grandfather are waiting on the other side right now, so. But they haven't found him yet. Apparently not. Wait, did you say they're meeting at the Via Aurora? I did indeed. I have a mole in the Einfassen family and I get reports and they're supposedly all converging. And we have no plans or ability to get in there to hear what they're talking about. I could place a bug in there and listen in without any of us having to be in the room. But I have to get into the room to place a bug. I can get in. Technically have a snake in their house right now. Did you just warg into the snake? Oh, that's true. No, no. I'm assuming he's still in his cubicle. But that snake above table goes away if I take a long rest. Take the long rest. Sounds like we have a solution to the problem. Wait, can you listen through the snake or. Now I'll do it. I think I just grab whoever's close to me. I need a buddy so I don't fall over. And I'm going to Worgen the snake. What? Hiding under a desk. A massive coiled python. Eyes gaze out. It is now midnight and the serpent looks throughout this area. Much quieter. Much fewer eyes. It's been hiding here all day. A snake in the Chapel of Light. What do you tell Hala to do? New orders. Get somewhere high and away. Avoid the hounds that sniff for magic. And when people start to gather, find a dark corner. Watch them. Give me stealth with advantage. Gives you a snake. Guidance. Guidance. Can I remote guidance the snake? Sure. Throwing it out there. I'll let Bayless throw guidance on there. This is A room full of powerful people. Let's do with advantage. With advantage. With advantage. Yeah. Oh, thank you, Jason. I'm sorry. I got scared. That was worse. Plus 4. 14. 14. Python is moving. It's like the adventure of the Speckled band. Python is moving through the space. 14. Going to add a plus five to this roll. So a nine or higher. That's a 16. Oh, no. You watch. You move into a large chapel as Hala is ascending. Thereafters, you hear a. And look up and you see there is a woman dressed in a beautiful white gown who is walking into this banquet hall where you see there is a raised throne and another and some places that are put out. And she's clearly setting some placemats for a gathering. Eat that bitch. Kill her. What's that? Kill her. Great. Go ahead, give me an attack roll. Okay. Please roll better. That'll do. That's a dirty 20 to hit. None of us know what's happening. It's a dirty 20. Yeah. The attack is successful. Your snake is just eating nine points of piercing damage. And then Candor's mom, she'll try to wait. Hollow constraints. She doesn't know who it is, this woman under the table or out of the way. Great. Do you. Do you want, in this moment, do you wish for Hala to subdue, restrain and remove this person? Do you wish for Hala to make this person go away? I took Mageslayer. Make her go away. In the Chapel of Light, where the Creed is worshiped, someone has had their final beam reach them as a massive serpent summoned from the force of life on Ahriman itself, this area has had a temple built to revere a divinity that is voiceless and mindless, so that it can be perfectly spoken for by those who seek power, their dominion over the natural world so absolute that none of them for a second of their lives have ever imagined that they'd get eaten by a big fucking snake in the house. Hala is very sleepy. Yeah. Go curl up. You're doing great. Who was it? Also, was it Sam's mom? She wasn't wearing a name tag. Can you see what she looked like? Did the python consume the entire body? There's just a dead body on the floor now. No, no, that's not how big snakes work. Yeah, big snakes eat body. The beam comes inside you and. And she had a light meal. What? And how big is this snake size? Large size. Large size. Large. This is an anaconda. It's an enormous. Are you telling us what's happening? I don't say anything out loud, but my eyes flick to where I remember you were last. And then you just see me take a little knife out and hit a notch of one on my belt. Are you above table? Are you able to see what this person looks like? Yeah. A snake. Yeah, it was worked through. Okay. What was their name? Curious about that. We'll talk about that later. What do they look like? Rude. What do they look like? They looked like a Lux. They looked like a Lux. Attending to the business of the. I will say as that happens, that's one way to solve a problem. Go ahead and give me stealth with advantage. Again. Looks like tomorrow's movie. That was an advantage. 14 again. 14 again. Great. Yeah. Okay. 14. Another. Lex. Okay. Yeah. No, not too. Ascending into the shadows, there is a massive statue of a moment from the luminous text from the missives of the Candescent Creed. And you see that there is an image of a chosen one, a holy saint of the Candescent Creed, reaching up towards the light that is shining through the leaves of a massive apple tree that is growing beside this chapel. And you see Hala snake up the statue's arm into the tree of fruit and rest there and slowly digest this form. A nose. Snakes don't have noses. Incredible. We return to this. So I ate a guy. You ate a guy. There was a Lux walking around. What did he look like? She was. And I described the statistical average of a Creed believer. Oh, sound familiar? I don't. You just said a person with hair and a face. They have hair like a person has, and a face like a person has. And they're inside the belly of a snake that's modeled after Osgra's river. As we used to prepare for war, what we're hearing is that there was now a direct attack inside the Candescent Creed. And who do you think they will be going for once they find that one of their luxes has dropped dead? To be fair, it was a snake attack. Snake attack. Loose snake. Just a loose snake. Because I think that they're smarter than to assume that there's just a snake. Does your snake just last there forever? She will disappear when I take a long rest. So we're not going to. But when you go to sleep, would the dead body just fall out of her? Oh, I don't know. They're food. I tend to not. She's normally a deer that doesn't eat people. So we're all gonna learn something very interesting the next time I get to sleep. Tyche. Would someone theoretically be able to Trace the. The snake back to you? Depends on how adept they are with magic. I think we can assume that they're going to be adept at magic. Okay, but let them fucking come. The Candescent Creed has not felt enough fear for what they're putting in the world. I know you're not scared, but I am. Why are you scared? Because I don't want my friend to die. If your motivations are purely you don't want Wick to die, then I don't know how trustworthy either of you are. That's rude. Are we all looking out for each other here? I think it's a little. You said you're looking out for Wick specifically. We. We are running out of time. Listen, please. Everybody, listen. Enough, enough, enough, enough. We're running out of time. And this is the meeting. Not the first one, but this is the meeting where everybody decides to go full into petty squabbles. We don't have the time for that. We don't have the time for that. Don't underestimate the power of these sundered houses. They can wipe us out. The only way we stand a chance is if we play the smart. What are we going to do with the little time that we have left? If they go in there and see a dead body, fantastic. Because guess what? They're starting to suspect Taconus. They know that Taconis is not playing by their rules. So that's buying us a little bit of time. What have we learned about the ritual that either Thiazi or they intend to do tomorrow? What are the components? The pariah blades at Hal's. The blood or the paint on the walls that we now know is. What kind of blood? The blood of Osgra. No, it is Orcish blood. Specifically. Specifically, we knew that font. From the river Grazzri. The river to the dying field. What else are the components for whatever we think this ritual is the play itself. They need an anchor. And what is the anchor? We don't know specifically what they intend to use. Potentially. The Stone of Nightsong. Potential potentially. Arctis or the blades. Or me. The stone was the anchor. The stone was the anchor. For my ritual? Yes. Can it be used again in such a way? Your letter said to turn the pariah Blaze into an anchor. Yeah. Sword does in hand, we'll need the steel. And you said you can convince her to reshape it into an anchor. But I don't know if that means the steel needs to be reshaped or if the stone needs to be reshaped. You wouldn't think I would know how to reshape the stone. I think that we're onto something because I think this gives us what we might be able to accomplish between now and tomorrow. Everything is about the intention behind the act of creation. Think of this. There's one slab of clay and two different people are racing to grab that clay, put their hands on it, and shape it into whatever they desire for it to become. And it's the intention behind that desire that's going to determine what happens tomorrow. I don't think the AZI was working with the Sundred Houses. I think we now see more evidence that that that states that. Which means that he was trying to do something that is in parallel to them so that he gets his hands or he delivers the clay to the people that he trusts the most, which I think is Hal and I think it's Taisha. Those are the two that I'm the most certain of. Because we've learned that the act of creation needs you to have a vision for what you want the future to look like. Isn't that what the Pariah Blades were created for anyway? Yes. Isn't that what the Hallowed Round was? It was a place where ritual and worship was done to pay reverence to a God of destruction. And now, Hal, you are changing it. The same place, a different kind of ritual, but still storytelling and ritual in story the same way. But now it's meant to honor the people. I think we need to know what intention we're putting behind what is being created. That is, I think, the task that the Aussie set forth before us and how the paints were intended for you because he kept you out of all the dirty shit so that your vision would stay clean. We have an incomplete picture of the. But we still have to move our pieces. Something is happening tomorrow night somewhere in the city. Quite possibly the Hallowed Round. We know that the major players of the Houses are meeting via Aurora. What if they do their ritual and we do ours at the same time? I think that's exactly what's going to happen. They're scrambling to get whatever finishing pieces they have. We open the door to the. Is there a reason why we have to wait until they play their plan or can we cut them off beforehand? I think we. Before they've come together. Very good point. I think also that we should refrain from poking at the veil as much as possible. They're watching on that side. Every time we interact with it, they see it. Yes. So don't. Warm weather is finally here. 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And now you can try it for free at ZipRecruiter.com critical that's ZipRecruiter.com critical meet your match at @ziprecruiter touch it for now and correct me if I'm wrong. Didn't CID also say something about something? 47 men needing to be sacrificed. 7 Lords. I. What I witnessed in my time captive by the Taconis was them headed north through Timony. They said they need to to meet with a fleet and it was delayed because of. Now what I understand understand to be. I'm sorry, young man. Your absence at the Golden Orchard meant what was supposed to be the ultimate destruction of House Royce, Davinos, El Brendi, all of the vassal houses of Royce. Instead became, yes, the destruction of the Golden Orchard, but also the total rout and massacre of the Taconis forces. With the exception of your sibling Koral, who escaped. I saw what the Taconis were planning. Even though I'm not a wizard or a sorcerer. Lot of words. They said that all these failures meant they would have to wait for the rest of the fleet. Whatever this means. But I know they were headed north. And I know that they tossed to the destruction of the old path. That's all I need to know. So if the city don't blow up tomorrow night, I'm going with my brother where he said to go. But I'm gonna try to convince him that we go north and we stop these. So here's the thing. What are we going to do about all the people who are showing up at your play tomorrow? Yep, it's. That's the question of the hour. We have everyone in this room. We have 350 sword hands. Are we putting all our chips in at the round? Are we slicing off a cut to be at the Via Aurora? Just to put it out there. Do we have any knowledge of how many people are going to this meeting at the Via Aurora? I mean, it's all the sundered houses, it's all the sund houses, but could there be exactly 47 lords invited to this meeting? Would we know that we have an idea. Not through Romina. Hala is still viewing this room, this large chamber. You could take a look at it again if you wanted to. Because we do know they can do rituals at a distance. Are we underground right now or are we in a room with one? You're underground. You're in a more private. You're not in the secretest vault, but you're in a private area. You're in my private office at the moment, it'd be very unlikely for anyone to even know how. Remind me where the quote this window is. It would be the exit to the warehouse. You would have to go out about the room from where you exit the backstage of a convention to the point at which you can get fresh air all Right. So while the room deliberates, I just take a moment to step away. I walk. I follow Balare's instructions. I walk to the open air and I warble like a magpie till one lands on my shoulder. Find Romina. See if she has a headcount at the Einfasten estate. Go. Bird flies off into the night. Will be back as swiftly as it can. Gazing at the banquet table. Just counting placements at the table. There are many chairs, but there are are not 47. You look out and see that there is a banquet table that has placemats on a number of different areas and a white section that sort of looks like. Why is that like a table runner or something? Like what is that? Has been placed over. And Hala, gazing down, sees translucently through the white cloth that it has been placed almost in an act of modesty over the tree and key which is the symbol of House Royce, who will not be attending. Stole the. But you see the other places are there. The largest by far is Hailovar, who will be hosting. But you see that there are many seats at the Taconis area as well. And the smallest are Cormoray and Ironfacen. But even they have five or six chairs apiece. There's probably a dozen each at the Taconis and Hailuvar. Ends of the table. That's what you were able to count in. That doesn't look like 47. Right. We gotta get eyes in that room. People in that room wouldn't be killing themselves for a ritual. No, I'd be somewhere else in the the building. They all bring a delegation with them. They all bring their share of sacrifices for a ritual. Where did you find that information for that ritual that you're talking about the 47 Lords. Is that on a piece of paper? It's from Sid. Oh, you see that Cid goes. I heard something that univer Taconis your cousin said the two Score and Sednan lords. But I don't know what lords, what lords she's referring to. That could also be the corpses that they were trying to. There could also be a hundred lords and ladies in the audience tomorrow night. Right. I wish we could get our hands on that extra Taconus fat candle. We know that there's one more Taconis candle floating around out there. Should we break into Deconis Estate tonight? Should we break into the Via Aurora? I think that might be great before it's. That's filled with our enemies that are powerful. You see that Cid looks up for a second and looks over at Teor and Cadogan and leans over as all these very magical people look at him and he goes. I thought this was going to be more low key, but everyone looking at me, I lean over. You said you need to rescue this, Mara. Yes. This. I'm not magic like that. I'm just going to think like soldier. You're going to attack Obramis Manor. Where the Tacones are is a suicide mission. Yes. Unless there you have the military intelligence to know when the Tacones aren't going to be there. They're not going to be there during this supposed meeting. Maybe not. Just want to say if I am on team rescue Bird woman, I would love to go during the play. Not when all the Tsukones are home. Yes, I agree. Yeah. Yeah, Okay. I suppose I unfortunately, is that. Are we gonna have two teams? Mud, sand, snow, the track. Places where excuses don't work. Where capability is something you prove one race at a time. Off road racing, Formula one. 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I think it's also important to acknowledge that we are not the players of this game. We are the pawns. This is the Aussie's game. And if anything, he was hoping and expecting us to be ourselves and to make the moves that we would think are right. So doubting what one wants right now is probably a bad decision. Murray takes another swig of Yargrass and hands over to Cadogan. That we are hoping for right now is that the distrust and avarice of our enemies will tear them apart. Which means that our weapon is trust. Let us not be vulnerable the same way that our enemies are. If you have distrust, put it away. Yeah. I love you, darling. If you have distrust, put it away. Because it would be better to be betrayed than to destroy a friend. Right now, we are all. We have to speak to that. I have a meeting. I'm being called upon by Einfossen first thing in the morning. Yeah, and Mary's going to be accompanying me. I intend to increase this sort of panic and distrust that's building from them towards House Taconis. But it will also give me an opportunity to see where they might be at. And hopefully I'll be able to report back before we set forth on the night of the plague. So we have three important locations. We have Obermas Manor, my home. We have where the meeting is taking place, and we have the theater Azunay. Yes. We are to be talking with House Einfasn, and we are interested in trying to test their alliances. If there is an opportunity to see what their knowledge could be. Carefully. Regarding the attack on the Plaza de Vinos. Otto. So Rayn Fazen was notified of what occurred to my family there personally by myself, Octys Tysha and Varis. If he denies such information, that would be a confirmation of some kind. We also know that Otto met with my sisters, Petra and Raya. Are they the ones. Yes. That wrote this? Why is the. Why is it Torn in half. He did that. It was necessary. Was it? Well, King Gus needed the info, so. It was a king. Oh, yeah. Also, King Gus is on our side. You guys all know that. And he's going to be sending goods. And if we need to send any refugees out of the city, he has agreed to take them over. Antimony. I place the seed down. He gave us his seed. Is it that big for thimble? Sitting on that. Go on. We can plant this anywhere and it'll give their troops access in like a day's time to get to us. Maybe two, depending. So I'm trying to think of where the best location is for it. Outside of the round. Yeah. So I was going to say maybe like south. South of the hallowed round in the woods is something we can do tonight. He never answered how long it takes to grow, though. It's magic. It'll grow fast. Tasha, do we have a thought on a way to make that a little. Yeah. Oh. So are we planning to have troops in all the locations? What's the goal? Are we having soldiers everywhere? Are we having our armies everywhere? What are we doing? I think ground zero is the hallowed realm. Large contingent there. Maybe if anyone is sneaking into the to help our bird friend rescue mission. A small group of these allies to cause a stir in the street while some of us sneak in. Yes. We also have warehouses across town that we can hide people in small groups. And as long as we have eyes and ears everywhere, we can maintain flexibility, which I think is going to be very important. How are we keeping eyes on the Aurora? Just through your serpent. If anyone's got a better idea. I did have a better idea, but everybody said no. I can get into the fucking place. I think it would be good. I'm tired of being disrespected by everyone. I am a Halovar. I can walk right through the front fucking door. I'm sorry. Your 18 foot, blood dripping snake is definitely going to stay stealthy. Or all day and all night in a room full of the fucking most magic people you've ever met. That's a fucking brilliant idea. Taisha supposed to have ever heard us? I'm just going to say it. He needed to be punched. But he's making a good point. That was so cool. I'm gonna punch Julian. Yes. Let's go. 18 plus 4. 18 plus 4. That definitely hits my head. 18 plus 2. Sorry, is it dirty? 20 and 16. Is my 16. Hell yeah. One point of damage. One point of damage. Get it out. I take it across the Chin and kind of grin. All right, point made. I agree with Wicked. I do, too. We're going to need. I agree with you. But if you ever cuss at me like that again, I'll kill you. I'll eat you with my 18 foot fucking snake. It felt very wrong. I don't like to. No, it's okay. It was a good moment for you. No, no, you did it well. No, no. There was a lot of conviction. I apologize. No, don't get automatically. They can be that again. You should. You should go, man. But I'm pretty sure they're gonna kill you. I'm just being honest. I agree that it's a good plan. Here's. Here's the thing that we need to figure out if you're going to go and. It was not disrespect. No, it was. Can they grind you up into paste and use you for a ritual now that we know what you are? As far as I'm aware, no. At least not to summon a Celestial. He was set to be the mouthpiece of the Candescent Creed. If they were to kill or disappear Wicander. That is a clear signal that there is something crumbling from within. That's not a very good show of power. I don't think that they're gonna. I think it actually could be great. They could turn him into a martyr. Yeah. We need to. Everyone loves Wakander. You take him out and you blame it on the rebels. You blame it on. Everyone loves Wakander. Look, not us. In the Candescent creek. We need. If you're going to go in. We all need a way to get you out. If everything goes to. No, you don't. We really. You're too important. But for what? This is what I'm important for. You are more than. I hate this. Your name. But we understand. If I can get in, maybe with Tyranny. Tyranny could let some others of you in through a back door or a rear chamber. While I'm busy. Your sisters do owe me. What? Why are you looking at me like that? Do we have any. Any. Do we have a. Maybe a spell glyph we could give him? Anything. I've thought about it. I've thought about it. Sorry. I'm a little confused as to why he's so important. Belair, I'm. I am, too. I don't think I'm very important at all right now. Because you also said I'm very important. And I'm starting to think you just think we're important because we're a little weird. And that's not a way for you to keep other people dying to our points of chaos. Points of chaos are going to be important. And they're the things that people who want power want to control. Which means that people are going to come for you. You are magnets for trouble. No matter what you can do. All right, so we have three teams. Yep, we know that. Julian and. Nope, nope, that's you. We know that Izune and I are going to be going to the meeting at the Ivanhausens first thing in the morning. That will hopefully be illuminating. No pun intended. From there, it seems like we're going into show night and we'll need two teams. The majority of us. Or sorry, the majority of us at the theater. And then also rescue mission. The rescue mission. A chalkboard slides across and Hiro takes off her giant leather gloves and begins. Thank you, Hiro. Yeah. She goes. All right. Professor Magnussen, Team theater location. Hallowed round. Atta girl. Thank you. We're gonna write out our plan on a board. Great idea. We can erase it. Are you aware of how chalk works? I've never heard of it. Be. Listen, you are funner. Damn. Been around for a thousand years. Magic Chunk. All right. Yeah. Elf Ojai. Never heard of it. Ohio. Trust me, there were 800 years. I think I would have heard a chalk. Oh, man. She writes Team theater and it says team number two, Professor Magnussen, Team Bird Rescue. Yep. Team bird rescue location. Obramas Manner. I can print directions for everybody that needs them. I'll scribe them. But then beyond that, obviously me and Izune will be at Einfaen. But then who is gonna be heading to Team Spy at the Viaurora? Obviously led by Wake and Tyranny. I think also, Murray, you'd recognize that the morning people will have their day tomorrow. It's really about what happens at some point Sundown. Right. Because. And then also correct me, Bran, is. Is the. The meeting at Via Aurora happening at the same time as the play is kicking off? Correct. Sundown both times. Okay, okay, okay, okay. So, yeah, Team Spy, literally all three things have to happen at the same time because we need the. Because there's 13 people. Oh, right, yeah, yeah. It also needs to happen when they're at the meeting. Yes, but I understand that the meeting at the. Come back from the meta. Brendan, what is the name of the place where the Lords are meeting again? Or Via Aurora. So he says, Team Spy, location Via Aurora. Okay. Three teams. I would love to work this angle of Wick. And I returning home really fast. Wherever Teor is going to be, he should be protected. Because my thought is we're going to need to answer for why we have been gone. And I think that it would be very prudent of us to give them some sort of information. Let's say that Wick's grandma is bluffing and they don't really think that we were stolen by Terror. Okay, fine. But we can go and say, yeah, he was the guy and we learned this and give them something, anything. If it's a misdirect or if it's a piece of information that they want so that they know that we are on their side. What if you say you killed Teor? Yes. And you got free? Or even better, do we know anything that they don't think we know? So that you don't necessarily have to give them anything. They just know your trustworthy. Yeah, exactly. Something that we can say that would make them think that we're returning home in earnest. Teorg gives him a finger. I was going to say a braid. But you see that? Gimme fingy. I won't eat it. You become aware too. In the same way that Azune and Murray have this Einfather meeting in the morning. Once again, this triple mission is sundown. But you have the whole day tomorrow if you need to return to the Via Aurora. That is something you could do tomorrow in anticipation of the meeting. Right. Cool. But if they ask where I've been and how I got free, they also might want to know who sent Teor to get to corrupt me. And who are we saying? Hired tail? The Aussie plot. A previously established the Azzy plot. They already killed him. I think any opportunity that we can point the finger to another sundered House Royce. Teyr is working for House Royce is the story. House Royce is already sundered. So why not House Taconis to Konis isn't gonna be there. They will be. Yes, they will. They have a huge tablespoon. They already have suspicion on House Taconis. Yes. Then put it on the Einfahd. Taconus wouldn't have hired Teor to take Wick. That's not how they work. They would have just killed Wick. You could say that with the fall of Royce prevented Teor from having backup. And that was how you were able to free yourselves and slay him. Was the fall of the Golden Orchard. Will they believe that? Sorry. This young man could have killed Teor. Two against one. With tyranny. With aid from the Taconeses. I just mean just you guys. I agree. Too complicated. Yeah. We. Keep it simple. Stupid. We. We. Okay. Yeah. We went to. After Wick found out about his angel stuff in the basement. Went to free Teor because he thought that that's what a good leader does. Teor kidnaps him. Big mistake. We're sorry, mommy. We're sorry, grandma. And here we are. And we're. I guess in maybe knocks you unconscious so that you couldn't protect him. To save your skin. Yeah, sure. And then we're just in your. Your old house. I'd like to mark you both down for team spy. Yes. Thank you, Hiro. And you see that she marks down the first names that appear are Wick and Tyranny on Team Spy. Tyranny? How good are the two of you at bullshitting? I am fantastic at it. He is very charming, but amongst family. I don't know how he'll do under pressure. What I do know how good I am. You've been teaching me. I also feel like if I spend a little time tonight, I can put a little bit of acting magic. Acting magic? In some of the spell glyphs. We have a dress rehearsal. A little instant break in an emergency. Great. I also feel like that's where you thrive. Right. So if she's good. So I make one for you and one for Wick. You mentioned I always am fine. Or somebody mentioned perhaps letting others in through a back door. Oh my God. It's always. You gotta cool it. The back door is hot, man. I don't think that's what it means. To what? Letting in people to the room. Tierney. Sorry, there was a previous conversation. Do you ever want anyone else? We would love backup. 100%. Who do you want? Are you offering? Should you need backup. How possible is it for them to see through a magical disguise? Would you think? It depends where and who. My question is, what's your goal there other than to observe and figure out what's going on? It was floated that we needed eyes in there. Beyond the snake. You'll need the eyes. You also don't need to rely on magical disguises. I have every costume you can imagine. Right. But the second any sort of magic goes off, his face is going to glow like a light bulb. No, no, no. I'm gonna be me. Yeah. I meant for any ride alongs like Julian. Dress him like an aspirant. Dress him like a Lux. Whatever would help. Yeah. Pick your team. I'm Team Bird. Great. All right. Thimblett is on Team Bird rescue. And that Is the technical term is Team Bird Rescue. Are we? We got the better feel than here, dad. Team theater. I think that stands to reason. Yeah. I'll also be at the theater. I think I will as well. Did you say you tricky. You were putting the fairy doors back? Yes. Not until just before the show, but yes. Does that get us anything? Well, I can spend the day tomorrow talking to some fairies, some pixies. See if I can get him to show up tomorrow and give us an extra hand in the fight. Please. I guess I'm on Team Bird Rescue. That makes sense to me. Only if you're comfortable. This is too much for me. I'm Team Spy. I can't let any more of you die. I know the way around. You're Team Spy. Well, if you're saying Team Spy is earlier in the day, perhaps that's all happening. No, it's all happening at sunset. These three things happen. Oh. Team Spy can get in though early and be in place. Yeah, Prefer Wick and I do well with explicit instructions. What exactly do you want us to find out? Or are we trying to get the creed away from. I don't think we're going to know exactly what we're going to need to do until we get there and see. Oh, all right. Wing it. Sorry, there's been some cross talk. Are you Master Lothalia? Are you on Team Spy? I love her. I wish I weren't. Yeah, right. But I think I am. Okay. Master Lothalia. Sir Divinos. You had mentioned an interest in Team Spy. Are you confirming that I am? Okay. Puts Julian under Team Spy. How sneaky are you? You see, Kasimir looks over at you, Teor, and goes. I mean, I love Theodore as much as the next guy, but I feel like bird rescue feels like where I want to be. Sounds good to me. Unless you would like to walk me in as a prisoner or something. No. They'll kill you. You don't know that. Yeah. Yeah, they will. You're gonna be super dumb. Yes. Not for sure. Don't be a chicken. Do you want us to bring your finger? Why the finger when I am here? I'm ready to roll. You gotta think that's a good idea. Should we do that? I mean, how else are they going to believe that you are what you say you are? Do you have an object? Something that they would know belongs to you, that you would never let go of? Nope. Should we rough you up a little bit? Yes. I just worry if we bring you in as a prisoner, they're gonna Lock you up somewhere where we can't get you out if we need you. Oh, I trust you to save my life after all. Teo, we're gonna need you in a fight. Yeah, this is. Are you sure? Have you seen my fights? Why don't I just grab a tuft of your hair and say that I ripped it out of you as we were escaping. So that we don't have to try to convince Wick's family that we put you down. Okay. Maybe I can just tag along until you get to the outside. If you change your mind. You like us to the little guy? I will need you to rough me up, though. I think there are a few people that would volunteer. No, no. It's got to look like. It's got to look like cat paw scratches. At least. I can do it. But if you do not need me, then yes. Bird watching. You see, a hero goes. Team Bird Rescue watching. More of a code name. Actually. Bird watching is good. Let's change it. Hiro. Let's change it to bird watching. Just in case any eyes come. I don't know what the parliamentary system is. We're just. Okay. I'm going to trust Professor Magnasso. Team bird watching. You see? She looks over and says, tysha, where are you gonna be? I would rather. What do you want? Go where the city needs you. Birdwatch. Tasha, you said you can also throw signals up into the cloud as well. Yeah, I think it's good. If me and you are separate that away, we can cover multiple areas of the city if we need to signal to one another. Look for a magpie in the sky. Copy. You see that? Hero looks at you, Mr. Vale. There's space on every team. We haven't set a maximum capacity for teams. Oh, cool. Fuck. I can go do whatever. Aren't you fighting in the show? Sure. You have to be at the theater. Do I actually have the part? I thought I was just doing a thing. I mean, spear carrier is pretty low hanging fruit. I think if you're a game. That's my. Is that a team spy, you guys? No. We need more muscle at team theater. I have a feeling shit's going to be bad. That's going to be ground zero. Do you guys. Do you guys just curse in your house? You seem like a liberal family. I mean, we love everybody, Julian. Yourself included. What is the best place for me to fuck somebody up? The theater. The theater. Theater all gone. Team Theater, Mr. Bale. Great. Julian turns to Octis and says, as far as you understand from your family, important relics Things of political necessity or magical prowess. Are they likely to keep them locked within their domain or keep it on themselves? You mean for your sister? Possibly. They'll probably be kept somewhere in the house. I will look for. Keep my eyes open. I'm going on team birdwashing. Oh, okay. We're having a team switch. This is. Okay, this is. We haven't done this yet. You see that? She turns around, Races. Hold the mat, Bayless. Sorry. She's going to change the shaft. Sorry. You do have to say something. Sorcery. Is that old magic? What is it? Julian, when I say this, I need you to understand that I'm not trying to stop you from the thing that I know you want to do. But if you are coming to my home with me to save Mara, I can't have you just killing people. Oh, you don't think my initial purpose for going with them was to not kill members of your family? I don't care if you did it there. I care if you do it in the house where we are all sneak again. If you start losing control and just slaughtering people while you're in there, that will give us all away and we will all die. I think I'd be more of a danger. Should I be staying at the house, Aurora, where the houses are gathering for this meal? You're not understanding. We will die at the house, which means they got all of our spirits. Then we should be careful. Yes. That's what I'm asking you to do. Oh, getting tense. You see this. Batting average hero turns to velis. Yeah, I'm sorry, miss. Your name is Veilis? Yes. You're the last unassigned person. Okay. Valis. Yes, Bolair. Perhaps it's time. I beg you. Perhaps it's time to be a team player. Save the boy by saving the city. What boy? Where do you think would be the best place for the stone not to be? The theater. Yeah. Then I will go to the theater. No, sorry. Not to be. Not to be. Not to be at the theater. Then I am not going to. To be or not to be. I understood. That's what I said. I think the best place for you to go. You can go wherever you want. But don't bring the stone to my house. That's what I was thinking. We're going somewhere where they will not know who you are. Which makes you. If you come with us, you could be very helpful. They don't know what you're capable of. Yeah, we could say that you helped save us. I like that. A good Samaritan or honestly just a have things you want you saved. You did them a favor. Maybe you're trying to barter. Sure. What candor. Does your family have respect for the sisters of Salandri Brennan? Does my family have respect for the sister sisters of Selundry? Give me a history check. Can I join this? No, I wouldn't go. Nevermind. I think that Hiro is not writing this down at all. But you see, she says for people that are doing things during the day. Tomorrow should we make teams? But also you're all adults and probably you don't need permission to go places. I think we all know what we're doing during the day. I think it's all right, Hiro. Thank you. Okay. But I can help organize. You're already doing the most right now. You're super helpful. Okay. Thank you. You are the hero of the hour. Thanks, dad. Thimble, is it tonight that you'll go plant that cherry seed just in case we need. Yeah, I don't think they would get there by tomorrow night though. They wouldn't. I mean, I know how it works with. You said it grows faster. Technically, no, they can't. They got it. Organ. No, he's not even back to Tim yet. Even if he took the Miller's Road, there's no way. Is it able to be used as an escape route for refugees if we need it. Definitely. But someone, either one of the Hounds or the Fae would have to show you normal people can't see it. Sorry. Mortals. You see, Cid looks over at Cat Terra, who he's gravitated towards and says, what are we doing tomorrow? If we are on team birdwatching, should we be? It's your house. We could do maybe a little casing a little bit. So. Yes, if you're inconspicuous and can get the layout. I haven't been back in a number of years, so just seeing what's going on from a distance might be helpful. From a distance? How many people did we say are going on right now are going on? Teor comes to bird watching. Including Cid. That means we have six people. Six people with Teor. But if Teor Gore's spy. Then we have five and five. Right? I don't know where Vaelys is going. I rolled a natural 20 on this history. Oh, you sat on that. Let's go. Your family has a. Your mother has a particularly. She has a disregard for Druids and an even more potent one for people that revere the shapers. On a Nat20, she's trying to have 100% market share. So maybe not. Maybe not. All right. Just maybe not. I think team theater is looking light. I hate to say it. I know we have feelings about the Stone of Night song being at the theater, but. Yeah, you need muscle at the theater. Here's the thing. If Thaz wanted everything together, I trust him. I think he should go. What if a big, beefy Orcish God, Thaz, marches through the portal at the theater tomorrow night? Thaz didn't want to be a God? No. The Aussie hated authority. He would never want to do that. Seems like y' all are missing the point, but whatever. Maybe it wasn't his choice. No, he's still missing. His soul is missing. He's not. Look, I'm just saying. Yeah, for now, we have to be prepared for things to not happen because we like the person. It seems like a lot of what Thaz was trying to do was thwart what was to come by, trying to get there first. So why wouldn't he think that he could see step into this role if it meant that a celestial Tokonus God of Undeath is the alternative? You may be right. But all we have are question marks. And as you told me, Takonis Grandpa is looking for him. Whatever he did that day on the gallows, he did it on purpose. I choose to believe that he is flying fast and loose under their radar. I am a swing vote for the theater. If you need. I just am ready to fight you. You tell me where, I will fuck it up. This is just the three of us going into your home then. So far. Go to the theater and send a friend with Team Bird Watch. They do. Annie, how is your relationship? Your mother loathes me. His grandmother loathes. I don't. I'd take Teor to the theater. Taylor to take Tayor a lot. Yeah, yeah. We'll put him in a tux. He'll be a cat in a bow tie. It'll be super cute. That's too far. So right now that's seven at the theater? Yes. Sorry. Who's the seven in the theater? Hal, Murray, Azune, Cadogan, Vaelis, Teor and Tysha. No, no, no. I think Tysha should stay on Team Bird Watch. Tyha's bird watch. Just kidding. You can send Han and to the theater. Who's Hanon? I need to ask. Who is Hanon? Six? A druid friend. He will possibly be a liability at my house. I'm feeling good about these teams. Team Birdwatch, Thimble, Octis. Julian. Sid. Taisha. Yeah. Can you list off the team for us? Hiro. Team Theater. My Dad. Professor Magnessen. Lieutenant Nyar. Mr. Vale. Ms. Valis. Mr. Pride. Sire. And a person who is not currently recorded in the minutes of this meeting but is referred to as Hanon two N's. Oop. Sorry. Hanson Hannon. Team Bird Watching Thimble. Lord Taconis. Mr. Pride. Sire. The younger Tycha. The only first name she used. Cause you're her sister's mom. She's like I don't want to call you Ms. Lloyd. Doesn't feel right. She says. And Sir Divinos. Team spy. Lord Hailovar. Miss Tyranny and Master Lothalia. Feels good. Small group. I think that's okay. Though. I think you want a smaller one for spies. And besides the birds. How do we communicate with each other? If I can keep my snake safe then we'll have the ability to. What about those stones? But you won't be able to see. I could try and put some effort into the stones tonight. If the Dungeon Master will get me. Yes. No. But it's on my to do list. You. Wherever you are. Don't you have to sort of go into a trance to see through it or to. We are used to that. Can you check it to a little mouse or something less? Not from here. Oh. Big snake. Baleric. Can you send messages or move quickly? Probably not. There are some. Murray got some stones that maybe she can turn into like old school sending stones. I don't know if we have time. Ones from Tanasar. I can try my best. But we have to wrap up this fucking meeting because it's getting late. I'll say here too. I am going. This day began with some of you landing on Alt Radler. This day began with some of you coming in through the pass at the mountain. It's been an insane day for a lot of you. Anyone who attempts to do something. Something. Tonight we'll be making constitution saving throws to avoid exhaustion. Just letting you all know that on that note. Are we turning the Pariah Blades into an anchor tomorrow. I need to stay up all night if you're going to. Yeah. I. I can assist. How? Murray? I don't sleep. I. I just want to remind us of what you discovered when you. When you. When you looked into the paint. And I think now that we understand things a little bit better. You registered that the paint itself was the photo negative of what the Stone of Night song was. And I think that was the intent. Thiazzi's intent is Already dreamt into the paint handed to Howl. I think to continue to pass on what that dream might be. As you're part of the creation. He wanted you to do something with the Pariah blades. And I think Tycha. We don't know if what we're doing is going to stop the ritual. If we at least try to affect the components with a little bit of what we wish. I think it must happen. I think the register that I was picking up is on the same wavelength of the Stone of Night song. And now that we know that this is obviously Oscara attached. I'm assuming that's what I was missing is that it's just Orcish in its shape or nature. Well it is just a theory. But just in case. Wouldn't hurt to put your intention behind it. If it helps bring the blades, let's put some inlay on the stage. And if it helps, I can take a look at those stones while you're sleeping. See if I can figure anything out that would hasten the application of you using them. Let me help you. I'll stay up for a little bit. But I do feel compelled to remind everybody that it is a school night. It is a big day tomorrow and we do all need to get some good rest. Sorry. I regret to inform you I can no longer sleep. I'm not. It's not all about you Octus. I'm just saying who else is School age. Correct. You know what I'm saying. It's a turn of fr. You know what? Are we all good? Can we break? We're good. You guys break you head out that night in secret. Is who are. Who are. Who is. Who's Are you calling us? Who's you guys? Lucy. You're a bunch of who's. The houses aren't that bad. Guilty as judge who's fucking with a constitution. Saving throw that night Just Tyson. How long do those runes take the runestones to infuse with a spell? About four or five hours. I rolled real good and it still took me half a day. Yeah, I can't lose. The night of sleep is a brief errand. Running to the round just to pick something up. Considered doing something you'd be going to the very bottom of the city. You're talking about like a 12 mile walk. So you'd be getting in at like 4 or 5 in the morning. In terms of going to the ground and coming back. It's like going from the top of Manhattan to the bottom. Back to the top again. There's a subway system oh, no, no, no. Let's go ahead and. Unless someone is. I think only Tysha's staying up that night. You know what? I'm going to do it. Okay, let's go. Sneakers. All right. I also might try and help octus, but. Okay. Can you give us what I do not want to be. I'm working. I'm going to be mean as hell. If you guys stay up at night and don't use your day tomorrow to do the last minute things you have to do, I'm going to punish you severely. Just do it tomorrow. But I mean, what's the DC we're looking for for this Concave 18. Don't let him scare you. I've got luck points. I'm. I. Can you say what you just said one more time? I will punish anyone who stays up severely rather than using the full day you have tomorrow. Can you say that again? But can you whisper this time? Got it. Assume I found a book for you. Maybe I can do those clips. It's not even until sunset. Yeah, yeah, that's fair. Why don't you get us you get a heads up? Have I done. What is that? I'll look into it. Think about it while you're to do research. Or did I? I didn't. I came back. So I don't know if I have the glyph yet, do I? Have I? No, you haven't done it yet. We got tomorrow. We have tomorrow all day. We're gonna break here and we're gonna go down to eight chairs. Cool. Yes. Following your extremely clandestine conspiratorial meeting, Hera Divion, the daughter of Hallendil Fang, destroys the chalkboard where the firebolt cantrip erase. You've erased it. Some uses of a mending cantrip can restore chalk drawings. Oh, it's good to be sure. Good to be sure. Cool kid. Very smart. Couldn't it just repair the board? She sweeps up the ash and goes. I'm going to find a monster to feed this to. And for the rest of you here, is anyone attempting to do anything that night? Is there something that is so dear for your being pressed of time that you would risk exhaustion on the day of all days? The only thing I want to do is just as I'm lulling myself to sleep, I want to thumb through some books, maybe brush up on some old spells that I hadn't used, hadn't had any. Any need for. And then I'm going to just read until it whisks me away to a sweet slumber. You Go over with your new understanding of the gems, of fate, of destiny. You reach out and a lot of things click into place. After all, you're not just a Berser. Magic is yours to command. Anything else that occurs that night. I gotta try to keep this snake up to provide a little bit of backup at the Via Aurora. So. So we're gonna make a con save. We're gonna make a con save so that you don't take a long rest. I'm not taking a long rest. And if those pariah blades ended up at Hal's house, the Loy estate has. All of those. Forges are cold. But I have a knight. Yeah. Let's see if we can make some magic. Tycha and I assume Hal head back to Hal's home. I follow. Octis follows. Before Hal takes off. Cadigan has been dozing in an armchair for a while with boredom. Cadigan and I'm kind of like, that's worse somehow. And he's going to walk along with you guys and kind of try to catch Hal's ear. That theater experience was pretty magical. That's some cool stuff you're doing there. I've thrown my wife, my life away. Technically, yes. It's nice to see you do that with your kids. Can I ask you a question? Yeah. In addition to staging the place, you. From what I understand, you built the place, right? You had it commissioned or. Well, the site existed. We really augmented it. There's a stone structure that has stood there for centuries. We built some buildings alongside it. Yeah, but you built it, right? Yeah. You have the plans for that theater somewhere? I do. Mind if I take a look before I nod off? Absolutely. Got that. In my study. So if we make it back with them, I'd like to take a minute and look at what they've cooked in. As far as any sort of structure, I'm looking for structural weaknesses and points of entry. Anything that would expose them to danger from any kind of military force or anything like that. Give me investigation. Sure. Man, I am bad in the city. Fuck me. Fiverr. Yeah. You review the plans. This is one of the least defensible buildings you've ever seen in your life. There are enormous broad stairways allowing multiple points of access. The stage is effectively a kill box. If you were going to design a theater, the play would be happening behind a wall rather than out in the open. It's like trying to defend Woodstock. Yeah, exactly. Maybe the actors could do this in a separate building, far away from where the audience is. And that way there wouldn't be any risk because that audience could be filled with any number of people. You know, it all seems ill advised to catachin. That's what I thought. Then I'm gonna wind it up. I fall asleep cleaning up against someone's door. Tycha. Yeah. You arrive back that night at Hal's, you find the coffin of Oblad. But there are no pariah blades. He has one jungle. I'm so tired, Misha. Yeah. Hello? Yes. Oh, hello. Big night. Better get some sleep. Big night. Just want to make sure that all our ducks are in a row before turning in. Those props are. Yeah, I notice they're still not here. Oh, they were supposed to come back. Yes. Oh, I can take a look around for them. Do you know where Shadia is at the moment? Not at the moment, Hal. But, you know, I could run down to the theater myself. Insight check. Give me insight, damn it. 13. He's genuine. He just goes the. I mean, I'm under a house arrest. What hour are we at right now? Bufftable? It's one in the morning. One in the morning. Is anyone over at the round right now? Late as it is right now, probably not. Shadi is not here. She's not come back. That's not good. No, That's. No. Where might you be? Where might you be? Hal, if we don't have the swords to work on, I can go back to the theater. I don't need. You know, I can look for him. Where would you be? Can we ask the magpies? I mean, that seems above table. Seems outside of the scope of the rules as written spell. Mm. She's not at the theater. She's not here. Are we worried about where Shadia is? I mean, the night before the biggest show we've ever produced and she's just mia. Yeah. I love that you don't look for her. What's this? What's this? What's the magpie thing again? Please explain it to me. Oh, I can just. I've always been a good mimic. I can talk with the birds and get you a message if I know where you are. Can they scout and see if they can also look for her? You see, there's a small bouquet of flowers on the kitchen table. Is there any kind of card or anything? There is a card, yeah. The card says, love you, dad. I'm scared, but I'm proud. P.S. brought the swords back home. And you realize it's from Shadia. You told Shadia to stay at Elodie's, so she went home to Elodie's. Too many plates in the air. I go back to the room in the house with all the props stored in it, and I push on the blade handles. Well, first of all, they're not there, are they? Yeah. Oh, the prop. No, you see from the card that Shadia brought them home, meaning the home she's staying at. She brought them back to Elodie's. Okay, well, mind palaces are all over. I love that the fate of Ahriman hangs on the complex complexities of a broken family. Or, sorry, what's the word? Not broken. The mixed family. Extended was unconventional. Unconventional. I forget what you're supposed to call it. But the one I grew up in, Not broken. Different. Jumbled. More this way than this way. Horizontal family. I still got wrong family. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I got the slots. I'll go to a window, whistle to another magpie, and say to it, hey, hon, glad you're safe. Do me a favor and bring the prop swords when you find me tomorrow. The magpie flies off. A few minutes later, you get a response from Shadia. The magpie lands and in a very sleepy voice, says, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I will, Dad. I love you. I'll bring him. You woke up in the middle of the bird landed on the window and woke her up. No, I'm listening. I'm listening to two people speaking magpie to each other like. Well, no, I mean, you hear her voice inside of the magpie. Why did you tell her I need them now? I'm so tired. I can go get them. Where's the place? I don't have the map memorized. It's in a mercantile section of town. Is it adjacent? Dm? Yeah. Seven Star. Where does Elodie live? Elodie lives in Merchants Ward lives in Rosegar. Yeah, Merchant's Ward. Which is over a bridge and down the road. There we are. We're over here. All right. That fox. The theater. I'm just gonna go get him. So cool. I'm just gonna go get him. Don't do your thing. You gotta. I don't sleep anymore. He can go grab them and then meet me at the theater. Loy Estate. Loy estate. Oh, could we do this the. No, I need the forge. Yeah, we gotta do this at home. I think that. Yeah, Octis, you can absolutely go there this night. And I just go get the. Collect them, come back, bring them back to the loyal estate. Cool. Okay. Above table question. I can give you a little help with constitution. That's going to happen for staying up late. Yeah. Okay. I'M trying to stay up late no matter what. So have a task. Even if I am not able to do it will keep you awake. What I'm going to do is sit down in the middle of the floor with you and wrap my pinkies around your pinkies and say they're. They're threatening our city. Let's not make it easy for them. Yeah. Our blood is on the stage. The stage was in service to them. If I can whatever I have to bring to this Azane said set intention in my intention is to protect our people. Know that I've got you and I know that you have me. And that last word echoes in the back of your mind. And I cast enhance ability. And you have advantage on constitution. Last. Last second slap after the one I wasted. Octus. You venture across town in disguise. In disguise. In the middle of the night, you arrive at the divine Merchant estate. There is a stately wooden door. You, I presume, knock on the door. Knock on the door. You see that? Elodie opens the door. Sleepy. Hello. Hi, Elodie. I'm here from hell. I'm here to collect the swords. We ended up needing them now as opposed to bringing them in the morning. So if I could just collect those, that would be great. Oh, the prop swords. Shania brought them with her. Stay here. And you see, she walks away. And you see that she comes back and hands a group of brightly painted swords to you. Do you have. I'm sorry to bother you, but any sword. Do you have just a blanket I could borrow? Just to throw open. Throw over the sword. Do you like tassels? It doesn't matter. She does it up and she says thank you. I appreciate it. I'm so sorry to wait. Tell Hal that this last minute extra task adding is mania and the play is going to be fine. This is why I left him. You see, she hands you the swords and you take them. I appreciate it. Thank you very much. I will tell him your message. Tysha, you receive the pariah blades wrapped up in your baby daddy's other baby's baby mama's blanket. Thank God I'm already sleep deprived. I'm sorry. I just. I needed something to cover them up. Otherwise I was carrying painted sleeves. No, it's fine. Oh, it smells like lilac. She's so cool. I think Hal is already asleep on a couch in this room. Set to work. Before you have gone to bed. Did we have our little conversation where you gave us extra theater magic? That's not. Oh, sick. You guys are blind. Blind. Tysha you receive these blades. Give me your constitution savings. Let's go. I can be with you until I need to meditate for the night. No, thank you. Oh, God. Not great. Fifteen. You are exhausted. Yeah. All right. Shite, kid. Level of exhaustion. You have the swords. You are at the Loy estate. There is a smith's forge here. You have all the things you need. Think of you were on Altrodler as the sun rose this morning. And everything that has happened since then. You look at the blades and I would like you to give me a Smith's proficiency check. You will be doing so at a minus two, which is the new way that exhaustion works. Can I give the help action? Just by holding things for her and being an extra pair of hands. You stand in the yard where you were resurrected. All right, rude. I cast guidance on myself. No, I'm saying you help Octus, you help Tysha. Thank you. But you can see that there's a little bit of over the green there. There's a glassiness as I realized where I am in this moment. Okay. Just a little bit of a panic attack. Let's go. There we go. That's good. 17, 18. Dirty 20. I have to whisper. Whisper. Is this a whisper? This is my first whisper. Guys, check out shop.critroll.com. there's all sorts of new products out. And there's shop. There's. We have shops in Australia. Wow. The eu, Canada. We have so much good stuff. Nothing I'm wearing Nothing anyone's wearing. No. Let's trust it. Maybe some. Alison was wearing dice. Right? Dice. Dice and dice. Somebody's got one with the dice. You know, you can also give gift cards. These are whisper. There we go. You can buy this. We have socks. Oh, the socks that you wore at the panel that Ashley sniffed. The socks that I wore to Seattle for three days in a row were critical. Critical role. Branded socks. They held in there. They held up. And now I've thrown them in the trash. No, but I can get more at shop. Critrole.com monster. More like these are beyond saving. I mean, he wrote, I pull out the loy staff and turn it into its full self. And I just sit and stare at these brightly colored swords and the thing that my daughter has done to them. They had their task. They killed Oscra. They freed our people. And now they are props for a story that we will tell so that our people will always know the story of what we've overcome. There is nothing for me to forge here. I wrap them back in the blanket and I will bring them back to the theater and go to sleep. Your adjustments removed. Whoa. She got me. You got your adjustments removed? Yeah, I got a bed. Watching Tycha Lee stand in this courtyard, you also, I think Tycha, in that moment on that 20 octus, you look at Tysha, and I think you both share a moment as you watch Tysha realize that life does defeat death. She's been casting spells her whole life that she's never gotten to see because she has beautiful children that are working their magic on the world. Shadia was part of the troupe that all spent that time painting the blades and making everything ready. Octis, this is the woman who looked after you in the long journey to Fornadus and still looks after you. Tension, though it arises from time to time as you look down at these swords, ready to do whatever you need to do. On the barest hint of a clue that Fiazi might have depended on you for something. You were ready to fly into the unknown, to rest some bit of hope when you know that your family was being counted on. Your family was counted on. I think I look over at Ogden's and like, as I kind of get up and wrap them. Thank you for being here with me. You're welcome. You've given up so much to help me protect my family. And you're my family too. And I tackle you with a hug. You have no, no way of getting at us. As I land with you on top of me, I just say I kind of was born here in a weird way. Oh, that's morbid. Does that make you a loy? You were reborn in the loy home. If you are going to bed, I think I'm just going to sit here for a while. And I'm going to stay in the courtyard. And this is where I will meditate tonight. You draw. You have a room. As I walk in, you drop. You draw tremendous power from this place where you were reborn to the world. And I want you to give me an arcana check with advantage. Come on, boy. Aabria. Go. Aabria. That was beautiful. I'm so glad you did that. Don't cry yet. Don't cry yet. Big number 27. Let's go on a 27. Azune. I'm just in the family. Azunay Nayyar has one of the most profound intuitive understandings of magic you've ever, ever recognized. He spoke of intention and of clay. And I think that metaphor, you know that Azune has some sorcery. And sorcery is not a skill less Endeavor. We have spoken very ill of sorcerers much at this table because of the nature of the sundered houses. But just to understand something intuitively and through your sense of charisma does not mean that you do not understand it. And I think that clay metaphor, Ozune, was the one saying, intention shapes magic. And you realize that even though their fundamental form was not altered at all when they were made bright and shining to tell a story that the people of this city and this land and this world need to hear, in what way were they not reforged? And that was exactly what Azune had said. Ditch. I'm gonna go sleep till the crack of noon. Can I leave now? Yes, you can leave now. You can leave now. We are gonna move. Touch it with Tasha. Is there anything you do the following day? Sleep for as long as I need to and then go get ready for bird watching and go ready to watch some bird. Okay, great. You're good to go. Octis, you're meditating. Is there anything you're doing during the day? Helping him with her mission. Okay, so you're good. You stay here. We are going to move to the following day. There's no more. I don't believe there's any more nighttime stuff done. Tyranny. Wicander. Let us continue our story. Gulp. Morning comes. Glorious morning. The light. Oh, no. I'm punchy. And this is going to be a beefy episode. Everybody strap it. Get the Celsius crack back there, and we can get someone else out here at the table too. Okay, I believe that both of you probably sleep in hiding, either at the Arcanade or elsewhere. I think wherever Bolaire is. Because he was gonna tell us some secrets about himself, about how the mask works, how we can sneak him into the place as a mask. That kind of stuff. Does it make more sense? Is there anyone else who is not doing. I think everyone else is just doing stuff during the daytime. Da, da, da. Let me. In that case, I actually want to make sure that Tal can be here for your guys to see. I was just going to send them a letter. Okay, so I'm getting it. I'll text it to you. Perfect. Thank you, Tal. Appreciate it. So you will have a letter. Great. How do you approach Vivia? Aurora? I'll do this. Oh, we're there. We're doing this. We are. Let's just get on the same page, because if you surprise me again, I might kill you. I think we have to be as truthful as truthful can be. Okay. And what is the Truth. Right now. The truth is, I. I had doubt. I left. I trusted people I shouldn't have trusted. They led me into dangerous places. I saw death. I saw betrayal. And only after going through all that did we realize that we had made a huge, huge mistake. I love that. And let's not forget that you are fully actualized in your power. Maybe you are ready to be Sion. You have discovered new things about yourself. I think you are returning a very different type of guy. I don't think that they'll believe that I killed Taylor. No, but we can say that. I have the. Wait. I have the test. We escaped. Yes. You helped me. Yes. Yeah. Here. Scratch up my face. A bite my face. Are you sure? Draw blood. I do. So you bite his face. That's good. It's good. And you begin to approach the Via Aurora. As you begin to walk through the grounds, look out. Carriages, filament, bustling. It is busy here. You see throngs of people across from the Via Aurora heading towards the main cathedral of light. They are piling in crowds like you've never seen in Dolmakyar before. The news of the Fotarch's resurrection spreads far and wide. You enter and at the gate, the gate opens. Oh, can I just add that I have the mask? We're carrying. We're carrying. Bowl air. Are we in now? We're doing it. We're here, baby. We're already doing it. Yeah, we're doing it. Actually, I was going to tell you to. There was a scene. I was going to tell you to wear it. I don't even know how that works. If we should come Tal. If we should wait for you to do this. Well, I mean, yeah, if they're doing the. If they're actually doing their thing. I was gonna be with them one way or another. So that's a whole. Okay, got it, got it, got it, got it. Let's do that. In that case. I'm so sorry. No, you're totally good, Alex. UK's swapping out very briefly for Tal to jump in. Tal, you're gonna jump in here. Prior to this, you guys are prepared with a plan for Bow Lair for Team Spy later that day. Are you down the wheel? I don't know how that works. Okay, that's fine. That's fine. I don't even understand how that works. I'm literally one goth allowed at the table. I will say you are eminently smugglable. Which is why I sent you a letter. You found a letter at your house this morning. And in the letter, it said tyranny. Inside this envelope, you'll find a key to my apartment. Please take this key. Go to my apartment immediately. You will find me dead in my bedroom. Take the mask and please put it on. I don't even know what the. I trust. I trust you. And I hope you trust me. It will not bond to you. You will be safe. Okay, so you don't have to put it on. You can carry it with you. But that is what you will find if you go to my. Maybe a. Whoa. Break glass in case of emergency. Perfectly fine as well. Okay. I have the mask. And I have not worn it yet. You have met Borlaer several times. What do you think? What do you. Whatever. Hey, man, I live to serve. I'm here. I'm here for you. And if that means putting on a spooky mask and getting my face ripped off or whatever's going on under there. There was also. There were two books that were also left right in the front of the room. And one was a book called the Arcanium Dividorum, which was all about Aasimars. And there's one. What was the name of that book? Visages of Creation. Visages of Creation. Which is up to you. If you want to. There is a bookmark in there, but it's up to you. Sure, I will have leafed through it. I'm a very good reader. Yes. I don't know. What does it tell me? Yeah, go ahead. Up to you. I will be cruel as I must. Yeah, sure. Please. Yeah, go. Trains me. Ain't nobody got time to read a book today. I know. You're wrong. So we will be moving forward. You've got the books. You've got the mask. And you enter into the Via Aurora. As you move forward with Bolaire in your messenger bag, you approach. The gates open wide and you see a figure step out and go. Who now approaches the Via Aurora? Home of the. She's fucking. The light is all. Wakanda. And all in the light. Wakanda. Yes, it is I. He grabs your head. Oh, but it hurts. It hurts, it hurts. Ow. I got you one. Mode. Where have you been? All over. It's. I've traveled so far and so long. I need water. And then. Lion. Man, what did he do to you dark things? Before anything happens, we need rest. And we need a meal. For the Radiance. Wakander, it's been a really rough time. Please show me to the Quarter. My quarters, please. Right this way. But first, your grandmother. Please alert Everyone that I'm returned? Yes, everyone. Just like that. Shut up. No one is talking. Shut up. Lord Wakanda has returned and you will face his wrath. No, no, there's no wrath. No wrath. You see, he grabs your wrist and begins to march you into thing. And he whips around and says, have you betrayed us? No, no. You said he did something bad. That's what we thought. Might. Maybe. Who? No, tell me the truth. Food and water. Like a bath. Sorry. Lucy whips down the hallway and as you rush down, he throws you into your chamber. And probably five minutes later, the door swings open and Yanessa Haylevar is standing there. Oh, boy. She looks and says, I know. Thank you. Felonious closes the door and goes, well, well, well. Hey, little wiki. That's right. Where you been, my grandson? What happened to your fucking face? Here. You see that? She puts her thumb up. Heals you. By the way, just while we were in the quarters, retroactively, I'm going to cast protection from good and evil on myself. I don't think it's concentration. It lasts for 10 minutes. Here we go. Can I cast it a second time on tyranny? Let's find out. Hold on. It is not sorry. It is concentration. Okay, then just on me. You gassed it for the first time. I'm gonna be selfish. She looks at you and goes, bagander, you've been missing for over a week. Lovey. What happened? Did that lion man or that dirty fucking drunkard put their paws on you? Grandmother, I. I, I have dimmed. I. I betrayed you. I. When you told me everything, when you revealed the truth to me, I. I thought that you were evil. I thought that everything was wrong. I thought the creed was a lie. I. I turned my back on you and I left. I. I hated you in that moment. And I went and we found the lion man and we saved him because we thought that was the right thing to do. But it turns out we were wrong. We were wrong. And he took us with him on committing terrible acts of violence and betrayal. And I saw him kill people. I saw. We met other people too. A horror. A bloodthirsty little creature that uses a needle to stab people and kill them in cold blood. We met a man with a wolf who has no regard for human life. He's a drunk and a foul, foul creature. And they took us on. Their horrible misadventures. I almost died. Tyranny. Almost died. But in my darkest moment, I realized this was a test. This was all a test. There are. There are Four types of light. The flame, the spark. The prism and the shadow. This was my shadow. This was my lowest moment. I searched for a sign, any sign to know what to do next. And that's when I heard it. The call in the town square. Someone saying that you had been resurrected from death. This was a sign. As bright a spotlight as I could ever have realized shining down on me. And I knew that the light was calling me back. That my betrayal was intended somehow. That I was being carried on the river of light back to your bosom. I can't. I can't apologize enough. And I will receive any punishment you give me. But. But I have dimmed and I seek the spark once more. Flotharch, if I may. There is a. She was great, by the way. She saved my life like 20 times. His radiance is leaving out. And that is that he has discovered on his journey the man which he is meant to be. Sion. He has powers never seen before. That's right. I had we coming back. Wings. A brand new, more competent, more capable leader. And I'm so proud to stand at his side. And I take out the tuft of hair. I say, we didn't kill him, but we put up a great fight. I've said this to Sam before, and I'll say it now, now to both of you. Occasionally, while playing these games, players will, without rolling dice, give you a Nat 20. I am staggered and floored by that. I could not. I had so many things in my flow sheet and not any of them were saying the truth. But. The truth is the light. She looks at you. Wait. You have come back to my bosom, my little wickhand. And you see, as she looks at you, she goes. I thought this was what happened to come here. And she holds your head close, you see. She whispers into your ear. It's all right, little. No, it's not. It's not. No. The big bad worlds. I'm sure you had to go with people who. My God, you must have had to use money. You must have had to open your own doors. You must have had to. It must have been awful. Dear. Remember you traveled in carts. In the back of carts. God awful. Never, never, never. There were dogs. I knew it was too much. Disgusting stuff. I lied to you for your whole entire life. Your religion was made up. I made it up. And I told you just a week ago. You see, she says. I could tell. I saw it in your eyes. But you've seen that some body somebody loves you. And just because some things that Are true. Are ugly and wicked. So what do you do? Say something beautiful. And the light is beautiful. And you are beautiful, my boy. I was so ready for you to come in here and say that you'd been kidnapped. And I had a list of things that I secretly knew. And if you contradicted them, I was gonna slit your throat, my little ducky. But you didn't. But you didn't. You've asked for. You should. You should slit. No. Shut up, Ducky. No. Oh, my God. You are. More important than killing you. Because I'm angry. I have put too much work into you. My little duck, my little sweet pea. You are to be the face of this creed. And of course, you ran away. But there is only darkness away from the light. Where could you go? There is nowhere but here. I'm so proud that you have submitted. And I am filled with resolve. Because if you had not been shaken, you would be a fool. If you had not fled, you would not be strong. And I need you to be strong instead. You merely failed. You failed because you went away from me. And you will never fail again. She grabs your head and leans in and goes. Because I'm never letting you out of my sight again, My baby boy. Thank you, Tyranny. See? She pinches your cheek, looks at the hair. Well done. I have been on a knife's edge about whether you aspirants should continue to exist. And you have just saved not only yourself, but your sisters. Might I also say, proving his strength was not the only thing Sir Wicander did. Many people saw the light. Many people saw his power. And I think that we made quite an impact. We will continue to make even more of an impact. Your timing could not be more impeccable, my son. For I require you at my side. Duffy. Tonight. Tonight? Oh, I should rest. I should rest. If there's a function. Rest. No, no, no. Here. She hands you a vial of filament. Drink up. You'll be fine. We're having a rather large gathering. House Taconis. House Taconis has been mucking about. And we are. Myself and the iron fasten and the Cormoray, all quite cross, so. I am so proud of you. If you need me to be there, I will. But I can't promise I'll be at my best. The light will bind us closer than it ever has. And you know why? Because the light, it only exists in what we have made ourselves. We do not truly answer to it, Wick. It answers to us. And that means we can be even closer Together. I love you. Thank you for knowing that you could not do this alone. May the beam reach us. I suppose. And you see, she opens the door and walks out. My gosh. I vomit. I give it to you. Un fucking believable. I. I really. To have asked. Asked for a role in that scene would have felt so wrong. I was fucking staggered by that choice. I was just staggered by it. Okay. Incredible. You guys can head out. You guys can head out. Get me out of here. Incredible. Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. Yeah, I think we'll see you guys at showtime, right? Sure. Hell, yeah. That was fucking crazy. Those acting lessons paid off. Glad you all paid for them. Unbelievable. Holy. Okay. Murray. No. Azune. You guys. You guys head over to. You guys are gonna head over. Nope. Nope, nope, nope. Thank you. It's a new day. New day. Roll your portents. It's a new dawn. It's a new day. Come on, come on. Be good, be good, be good today. Okay. Well, it's something. It's something. It's not great. It's a one and an eight. Well, it's good in a different way. It's good in a different way. Harmful. Harmful one. No. I would have liked this. Bread could also take a long rest. Take a long rest. Yep. You guys take a long rest. I'm also sorry I was so. I didn't do. Because we had talked about that scene and the plan was to fabricate different. Different stuff about Teor attacking other stuff like that. Sam, can you come out here real quick? I'll grab him. Okay. Thank you. You grab him. Great. Sam, you guys head to the Einfassen estate. As you do so entering that place. Okay. Come on. He's shaking. You enter. You grab Demidus. Yes. Hey, Brennan. Yeah, Sam. Sir, you need me? I need. Just come back real quick for one second. Sorry. Tyranny's well. Or just Sam. Just Sam. As you drink the filament and your grandmother leaves the room. Yes. Yes. You are level five, back in the Via Aurora. As your grandmother sees your wings outlined behind you, your wings flash behind you. And she sees the true sorcerer's power. You finally have a name for what you are. Which is Aasimar. And you finally know where your power comes from. And you have walked back in the front door of your home. And when that entire group of people were calling you a dunce and a fool, you have walked in and done exactly what they feared you could not do. You are level five, boy. Thank you. Great. Am I done? You're done. Great. Okay. Azune. And Murray, you enter this meeting chamber. And just to set it up, we would have arranged. We would have talked to Verin. We would have arranged an escape. Carriage is nearby. Everything is ready to go. It is going to set course for Timony as soon as we are out of this fucking meeting. And Demetus knows where to and Diminish, he has a plan. And Grotto's with us as well. Yes. And before entering the Einfossen estate. Yeah. I would like to cast a spell. Go for it. What do you cast? I'm going to cast alter self. Great. And I'm going to do go a little further with what I've done once before. Because there are some people who I think will listen to more intently and take more seriously what they hear when the person in front of them looks a little bit more like them and feels a little bit more like them. So I'm going to Einfossen myself. I love it if their eyes are blue. The blue part of my eyes matches theirs. My cheekbones, my. My shape of my face just ever so subtly becomes a little bit more killer. You are brought to the Stahlkeep. Enormous. Like something from Riesengurl. This enormous stone keep with massive steel buttresses and battalions. This mighty fortress here in Dolmakyar. Entering this space you have your printed case files. And we find you guys looking at these massive 14 foot arched windows looking out over Dol Makyar. This place is way up in Marud, the top of the city. Looking down over everything. You see the gray clouds overhead as a table with Lord Otto Einfassen, the Lady Cordelia Einfassen. You see the Horondas Einfass is here. The younger brothers of Lady Ingrid are here. There's a whole bunch of people here. Alys Volkschief, some of his vassal houses in attendance are here. They review the case. Otto looks at it. Much of the information detailed within this report corroborates information that was gathered in recent girdle. Specifically the possible murder of Octus Taconis by his own family. He holds a letter up that you don't recognize. But is the letter Octus wrote back in recent. He puts it down and says, Inspector Grotto, we commend your thoroughness regarding this report. Additionally, the testimony of young Master Blix is extraordinarily persuasive. Indeed it points the crime that was perpetrated against the house of Royce and the house of Davinos is of great significance to the sundered houses. The COVID up is a crime against house Einfassen, to be deceived is a breach of our alliance. However, Master Blix is a commoner. Master Blix, do you have anything more than tactile you might be able to show us that would prove your testimony beyond simply your written word? Damadus looks at you two. Because he was told not to do anything fancy here. I will produce a few more items of evidence. I will produce the candle that was used in the ritual. I will also produce the half of the letter that I have from Petra and Raya. Yes, I will hand it to them. You see. He hands it over to one of his sons, Runebrom, who looks at it and goes. It is their script, Father. I recognize it from the invitations. You see? He says. Hmm. He looks at the candle. He hands it over to this woman dressed in black with red spiked pauldron, who appears to be in a house of sorcerers. She looks like not a mixed martial caster, but full caster who takes it casts identify on the candle. And Murray, you can tell that she sees the full picture. Sees she knows. All right. She nods to Lord Einfassen. Otto looks up at you. Demetus looks to see if he can add anything. If that's okay for him to do here. I kind of look at Demetus. I'm assuming there are torches and whatnot on the wall. Yeah, just tell him give your signature flame effect to the room. He. I just. I have Hal in my mind and I see him hesitating. And I will once again put my hand on his shoulder just as Hal did. And I'm going to subtle spell cast guidance on him. Come on. Come on. You see? Just slightly. Just slightly. Demetus clicks the candles go the exact color that Horondas saw on the torches in Palazzo Divinos. Unmistakable. What I would like for us to do now is in this final moment, Azune looking up at you as they see something familiar in you. You see that I'm going to ask you to roll persuasion. And what I'd like you to do is in acknowledgment of all that you guys did on your adventures rescuing Demetus and getting Grotto's testimony. I would like you to add a D8 to the roll for Demetus being here in person and a D8 to the roll for Grotto being here person. We have to reward big swings. Okay. Come on, baby. Okay. With that alter self, I will allow you to roll with advantage as they see a familiar. Okay, 2D8. That's a plus nine so far. Advantage. I already know what it is. But I still need to see my seat. As I'm in this moment, I'd like to subtle spell guidance myself. Go for it. Yep. That's 11m20. Where's the music? You see, Otto Einfen steps out. Yes. He goes. He looks out and you see, he says. He's so big. Looks out and you can see his stature increase. Looking out the windows over Dholmakyar, A storm is going on in his mind. And he looks at you and says, commendations are due, nephew. To you. Your selection of personnel is extremely impressive. This case has been assembled in a week's time. Yes, sir. This level of diligence cannot go unobserved. Professor Magnason, you have already overly generously lent your time. I am sure that your academy keeps you very busy. Yes, sir. Our friends in House Cormory will be alerted to your your compliance and help in this regard. Thank you, sir. We have heard everything we need to from you and your student. You are dismissed. Thank you, sir. I look at Uzune. You all right? I grab Diminus and we get the fuck out. You get down to the street and Demidus looks up and says, Did I fuck up? Did I do okay in there? You fucking crushed it, baby boy. And I just give him like a big, big hug. You gotta go now. You gotta go now. You did it. You did it. You did it. You did so good. I'm so proud of you. That means everything to me. You have graduated from the school, from the Pentavrel. You're a mage now. All right. Consider this your diploma. He looks around, you see his fingers almost cast a spell. And he goes, no, wait. I want this one to be real. And you see, he grabs it and takes a blank piece of parchment and says, can you just write diploma on it? And my name? Yeah, yeah. I take my scroll finger and I just give him a quick, like, acknowledgement. I sign it. I do a little. I write something for him, roll it up. And I'd take a little bit of my magic and I write a nice little red ribbon around it and hand it to him. Maybe if people are trying to kill me, I could come back for an alumni function. Yeah, I'll let you know when there's homecoming, all right? And I give him a handshake. He grabs your hand and just goes and leans forward and embraces you and goes. I don't have. You're. You're who I've got. And I'll really miss you. Hey, you still got me. All right? You still got me. If you ever need anything, or if a bunch of demons attack tonight, I'll make sure that whatever I do intimidate. Okay? Congratulations, Mr. Mr. Blakes. Thanks, Professor. Now get the fuck out of here and keep your head down. You understand? Don't stop till you're in, Timothy. He nods, grabs his belongings, boards the carriage. Vera nods at you and says, we got four men. Bos predomtes. We'll see the kids safe to Timmins Rock. Thank you. And you see the carriage takes off. Inside, Grotto is congratulated. And you see they say, Inspector Grotto, your insight into matters arcane, your ability to receive visions is of great usefulness too. City of Dolmarkia, the Revolutionary Guard and House Einfassen. We would like to offer you a promotion to the role of Lieutenant. Given Lieutenant Ilcasre's recent recusal from that role. Zigrato nods and looks at you and walks out. And you are alone in the chamber with the Einfasten. Otto looks at you with a look of familiarity. Lieutenant Nyah. Are you aware of the origin of your sorceress abilities or no? I was tutored by the professor that was here earlier. You are no wizard then? I'm not aware. I see the honor and nobility that you carry, and I recognize it. Perhaps some research is in order. I would not be surprised if you walk in the footsteps of giants. That would be a great honor to walk amongst them. It has come to the attention of my House that there are some in the Candescent Creed who believe you to be a man of devotion. Is this a reputation you hold within that House due to active deception or simply a mistake? I believe I know the moment you are speaking of, and I think I owe that simply to a moment of kindness. Kindness? I was approached by a member of the Candison Creed and I gave him attention. I serve everybody in the city. Would you be willing to consider further kindling that kindness and doing very little to dissuade any member of the Candescent Creed and indeed of the House Hailovar of that conviction they hold. What I am asking, Lieutenant, is that it may be very useful in the days to come if a man of your honor and integrity is believed by the Creed to be a man of devotion? Do you understand what you are being? I understand what you're saying perfectly. Do you accept my House would be very amenable to reward you for such a skilled act? We are possessed of great statecraft and politics, but from time to time it is helpful to have Those who can command belief in that way at our side. Would you accept kindling this belief of theirs, perhaps in defiance of real truth, as a favor to the House of Einfasm? My aim is only to serve this House. And I will do what I must. If that be. Play a role. Tell a lie for the greater good. Not only nobility and integrity, but vision. Are you sure you're not an Einfasten? The table laughs. He looks and says yeah. Then we owe you a great deal, Captain. Nya. Ooh. Take that in with that breath. And he reaches out to the table. A box is opened and an enormous stone leather wrapped. A stone headed leather wrapped hammer is taken. Taken out. A weapon befitting your new role. I give a stiff nod and I take the weapon. Very well, Captain. Captain Fezir's office has been cleared out as of this morning. Those will be your new new quarters. Oh. Understood. He turns and you walk out of that room. Level five. Let's go, baby. You're level five. You're level five. You'Re level. Level four. Hell yeah, baby. Cashed in a lot of chips. Let's do it. Okay. Long game. Okay, you guys are good. You're done. That's our. Let's get. Let's get Matt and Travis out here if we can. Matt and Travis. Matt and Travis. I think you guys aren't up until showtime. Not until sundown. Right? So let's go ahead and do Robbie and Liam. You guys, your ta ta ta. These guys are gonna come in and join hallowed round. Walking up as you guys are doing the howler round, getting ready for this big fake production. A woman walks in, a representative of the Candescent Creed who introduces herself. Her eyes are puffy and looks like she's been weeping. She walks in and says. Hello, Mr. Fang. Welcome. Welcome to the round. We've been expecting you. Can I get you anything? Can I get you water? Cup of wine? I'm all right. I'm just here to watch and make sure that the play aligns with our values. Of course. I'm the lady. Iris Haylovar. It's a pleasure to meet you. Well, please let me escort you down right to the front. We have a seat waiting for you. Water at the ready. And everyone is very excited. We think these changes are a major improvement. And we are sure that the Creed will be happy. Go ahead, Liam, and give me persuasion. That is a 23. She watches the play. Your troupe does a phenomenal job. Somehow people are off book. It's astounding. You see, at the end. You look over on that 23, hoping for a look of, I don't know, enthusiasm, and she's just bawling. Is this over the baggage she's brought with her? Can I tell? It doesn't look like. It looks like she's trying to play God. Wakander would have. I sit next to her and place a hand gently on her shoulder. Wakander would have loved this. I couldn't agree more. Everything that the Havar family has done for my family here at the round is unparalleled. I only wish there was more I could do to repay all the hail of ours have done. This is a beautiful play, and it's going to make a lot of difference, and it's going to mean a lot to a lot of people. And my son believed in you, and I believe in him. Pattering Tonight is for the city. Tonight is for Wicander. She clasps your hand, says, I'll let the fotarch know everything's in order. And she turns to walk from here, and Shadia and the rest of the gang all look around. Inez looks around, and you see, she. She pulls out the carriage, pulls away, and as she does, you see that Nevada goes, all right, get this bullshit down. Everything back up the way it was. Strip that tripe out of your mind and put the original back in. Hey, it's showtime. Hell, yes. You guys can actually remain here. Ashley, can we get you to jump out? We'll get Ashley out here and then. Da, da, da. Laura. Me. You. Okay, Ash? Yeah. Here. But, Laura, the next day, you had some stuff you wanted to do during this daytime thing. You wanted to go and round up as many fairies as possible, right? Go ahead and give me either investigation or persuasion. Okay. I feel like. I mean, I know where a lot of them are. Absolutely. Let's just see how many you can gather. In short, what is this? What is this? What am I writing? Or investigation? Mm. Okay. That is a 22. 22 on a 22. You find so many fairies in the town. All of them are nervous and worried. The Candescent creed gaining more power these last two days does not spell good things for magical creatures living in the city. And you find Temelo, the sort of antler, glass stick. And she goes, right, I'll be there. And if I see anything untoward, then you can count on the fair folk to mark the way. Be ready to fight. Be ready to fight if we need to. I will. I will. Timlo, totally off subject. Have you seen a lizard folk? His Name was. He was from the Sunset Mountains. He had a bit of an accent. Would have been here a while ago, she says. Aye, I did. About five or six weeks ago. Is he in the city or did he leave? No, no, he didn't stay for long. But he. No, he ventured farther out, I'm sorry to say. But I'll keep an eye out if I hear anything. Thank you. Um. Do you hear, by the way. What? They put fairy doors up on the front of the theater. The front. I know. It's happening. All right. Hey. Yes? Fuck the Candescent Creed. Fuck the Creed. Up the Creed's arse. Fucking hate the Creed. I'll get eaten by big snakes. Yeah, you see? And she heads out from there. Hell yes, Alex. Just been shadowing Thimble on her journey in case anything happened. Great. That's my job. That's your job. That day. Awesome. Matt and Travis, I believe that Julian and Taylor had a moment prior to departing from the meeting last night. If I'm not much mistaken, you guys had a moment together more or less. Just as everyone was scattering. Stopped you for a moment. Theor. Was that right? I am Theor. I am. War has a fundamental anything of changing over time. And sometimes those you see on the other side of that field might one day end up on the same. Given what is happening at this time around us and what we are trying to accomplish, I hope we can put that past beside us and behind us. I'm not opposed to these. You don't happen to have use for a great axe, would you? A great axe? Consider it a momentary loan. A. A gift. As a gesture of goodwill. A gesture of temporary alliance. We're so close to having such a good name for it. Yes, I could put a Greataxe to excellent use. Very well. Under one condition. You cannot have any more of my hair. Don't lose it. Like I said, it's unlown. And I think for political future sakes, it would be very nice to. To still have access to it at some point down the road. Don't lose it. Don't break it. Return it. Maybe when all of this is done. Yes. This I can do. All right. Where are you staying? Where am I staying? I think you're probably one of the people that's going to the theater that night. But you're still being hunted. So it's probably good to just lay low for the day. Yeah. It's either the maybe at Howls. Yeah. Or Howls are bow layers players. Okay. I'll say then as everyone else Is coming. Getting your business done for the day. Make a trek down to try and find whatever closet you locked it in at the round. Spend probably a good hour. It's where all the lice written wigs were. Yeah, I'll say too. You were able to grab the axe and give it to Teor. Given that you are headed towards Obramus Manor. I will also remind you of the Dame Saramai's body. Yes. Is that something that you would want to. Yeah, I could bring that with us. Okay. To the manor. Yeah. Just can't stay in the theater's closet. There is a crypt there for the vassal houses of Taconis, which is at least a respectful place for her body to go. Yes, you gather that, Julian. You get the axe and then prepare for what you're doing that day. All of you know where you're going for sundown. Bayless, where do you go during the day? I would like to go find Hanon. Yes. I think the Tintasi wood is right past the theater. So I'll just say out of curiosity, if Cadogan would see Vaelys peeling off. Yeah. Because we're. How close is it to the theater? Literally, it's in the wood. Yeah. And he sees her. Because he and Wulfric are everywhere in the theater. They're underneath, they're in the rafters. They're literally scouting every single part. And on the roof, looking at vantage point, they see you slightly slip into the forest. And Cadogan just goes. Wulfric takes off down the stairs. And he follows. And we're on your tail. Okay, great. Because it's weird. What are you doing? None of your business. That's about to be Vaylis. You head off. As you arrive at the promontory, Red tailed hawk sails down out of a tree. And wolf shirt heads down out of a tree, lands and assumes Hanon's form. Hi. Hello, Alice. I'm glad you're here. I thought I'd stay here towards the end of day. Been searching. How's your. How's your business fared in the city? Have you heard anything of Mara? Are you busy tonight? I didn't have any plans. I thought maybe I was gonna catch some fish. But we could use your help with the theater. The theater? Is Mara there? What's happening at the theater? I don't quite know. But I think something. A ritual of some sort. Something bad. A bad ritual for you or a bad ritual for me? Our rituals tend to oppose each other. I think something. I don't know. The sundered Houses have been planning something. Will you be there? Yes, I'll be there. I'll be there, too. Hey, look. Bear. No. Who's this? This is Hannon. Who are you again? Who the fuck are you? You saved my life in the bar. I remember that. You. That's right. You're part of the team. Hello. You're a person, not a bear. Elven druid. With this hawk mask and a wooden rib cage with visible organs. Through this mossy wood, ribs looks at you. Hello, woodsman. Hello. He looks out and he goes. So a ritual's happening. You don't know what it is? Do you know who's doing it? We might be the wrong two people to ask. Yes. I've got a limited understanding of almost everything that's happening. I feel like you might know a little bit. Sir. Yeah. She's a priest. Super. Yeah, I'll just. Super priest. Um. I have a question for you. I'm gonna take out my sprig of holly. Mm. Would you be able to take a look at this for me? He takes it. What am I looking. It's from the Mourn Vale. Can you tell who has taken it or. Incense old. Anything else? One of your sisters offered this. Yes. That. I know. Um. I know you have certain feelings towards me. You towards me? Yeah. Um. I hate to break up the awkward sexual tension here, but it's not what it is. I'm not good at reading this sort of thing. Are you meant to help us? Is that what's going on here? I hope so. Sorry. I just saw you creeping through the woods and I don't know you very well, so. May I have a moment? Cat Again? Yes. Thank you. I'm just gonna stand. I'm gonna. I'm gonna take Haddon and just step him to the side just a little bit. Got it. Jesus. I don't know how to say this. I don't pray much anymore. I know. I can feel your thoughts of me. But I think they are wrong. You don't know me. You don't know what I stand for. You don't know who I pray to anymore. Enlighten me. Seems weird to pray to a God that is not here anymore, doesn't it? Some of us think it's weird to pray to a God at all. But I take your meaning. You aren't praying to her anymore. You also said you're not praying that much anymore. What are you doing? I'm just trying to figure it out. I think it's weird that she took something from. From us. She did the last of us that will ever walk this earth has already been born. The number of elves on the surface of Ahriman will only diminish. Why do you think she would do that? I think she hated us. I think. I think when you love a version of a person that isn't real, it makes you hate the version of. Of them that exists in the real. Their truth. We said flower Doll not because that's how we saw you, but because it's what we knew. She saw you as an eternity. To have all of your comfort, complexity, all of your possibility, all of your dreams folded into an idyllic paradise where you would be punished for the most minor infraction. Where you had to supplicate yourself and pray to have a child. Are immortal lives given to. And in exchange we gave up the ability to have freedom. To make our own families, our own lives, our own cities, our own stories. Everything was hers. What is that other than hate? Dressed in flowers. Sparkling light blossoming vines wrapped like garlands around the body of a being that loathed what we might be without her. It feels awful to hear, but I think you're right. Well, who did you lose? I lost my. My wife. And I think about her every day. And it's been many years. I'm sorry. I'm sorry I lost them all. But we must go on. Thank you for being so candid it with me. I would like to go back to the Mourn Vale at some point. Is there any reason that you would maybe accompany me? I may need some help. Sister. We may be sharing this world for another thousand years. So let's get that journey started sooner rather than later. He puts a hand up. I take his hand and I put it to my forehead. He puts his forehead to yours. And Cadigan puts his forehead down. Hanon puts an arm around you and pats you and says, you can be in this too. Yeah. I am going to look straight at Cadigan and say. Family is complicated, isn't it? What? I wouldn't know. Sure you wouldn't. Hanan walks off with you and says, let's talk about what this ritual might be. We've been around a lot longer than these kids. Sure, there's things that we know to look out for. You have the artifact on you? I do. Hold it. I don't want to be near it. But we should talk about what might happen. Let's go talk to Tysha. All right. We'll go talk to Tysha. He looks and says, because I've spoken very candidly. To you. I honor your journey. And I speak from passion, not from authority. We call it a path because we're all still just walking it. I'm happy to walk by your side. I still have the rest of my life left to learn. Amen, sister. He turns from there to walk with you and Kat again. I think you look into the waters of Lake Nahami. Based on that thing you said, you don't have a family. And we are going to move to one last thing. Liam. Your cast gathers together and it is right before showtime. People are already starting to trickle into the seats up ahead. But you got your whole cast with you before things get started. All right everyone, this is it. We have a lot of history within this family. Every day of it has been a joy. I have enough golden memories to last me to the end of my days and then some. But I hope you all will join me in this current moment. To celebrate what we do today. The responsibility of it. The gift to tell this story in this place, In a time when it is needed. Are we entertainers? Bet your fucking ass we are. But know with every word you breathe tonight, you will be giving this city something to believe in. Two hundred years before the shapers were stricken from the firmament, one Runani stood when none other would. Seeking to topple Osgra's chosen priests high in their own esteem, but cruel and self abasing in their scrabbling for some little bit of power. Murzot is betrayed. His masters orchestrate his down downfall. The heretic, the renegade is undone. But the spark of Murzot's defiant took to the wind like an ember and found the heart of every wrong Yani. Until finally one day the God that lorded over us, feeding us war till we choked, was undone. Well, the gods are all dead. And yet some in this world are scarcely out from under their heels and have already turned to replacing our old masters to new ones. Will we abide it? Or will they hear our defiance? Because that's the question we pose today. Here in this hallowed place. That is why we tell these truths. Past is prologue. I know this stage will sing tonight. Trust in your hard work. Take what your family gives you and carry it forward. For all that's left to do now. Is step into the round and play Hands. Enter. Shadia full weeping. A painted pariah blade at her side. Love you dad. Let's put on one hell of a show. The hands go up as the cast cheers. Vaelys, you standing by the woodside watching this thing, baby. The ritual's already started. Hanon takes your hand. You are brave, Pales. I think we're about to see some real magic. And as you grasp his hand, and he yours, you level up to level five. That's all for this episode of Critical Role. I'm gonna be on the fly rail. 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