Recaps

Recaps are what happens every so many pages, to go over what's been asked in whispers as well as in the official pages so far. They can be found on the tumblr with the tags #ssrpgau recap and #ssrpg au recap

*summarize the events of the comic and asks, and lore that has been revealed thus far!*

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## Recaps:

#### Recap 01

https://ask-fantasy-sanders-sides.tumblr.com/post/188464591128/i-just-recently-started-following-you-and-dont

**Virgil** buys passage on a pirate ship to flee the country and evade two groups of people that are tailing him, one of which is **Dee and Remus.**

* On this ship, his familiar **Charlotte** finds three people stuck in cells! Virgil is tempted to help them, but won’t do any more then stealthily unlocking the cage of a child so it can escape on it’s own.
* He goes to do that, and realizes that is Not a child when it screams at his familiar and alerts the other two prisoners.
* Virgil panics, and de-summons Charlotte to avoid her getting hurt!

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* The not-child, introducing himself as **Patton** the Halfling, grabs Virgil’s hand and takes him to his two other companions, one of which has busted his door down by possibly breaking his shoulder.
* The injured one, a “Human” (Secretly half-angel, something called an Aasimar!) Paladin named **Roman**, immediately distrusts Virgil because of the scream, but starts to ease up after he agrees to help **Logan** – a Half-elf bard and the third prisoner – out of his cell.
* As the three former inmates discuss their next plan of action, Virgil tries to sneak off the boat without them, avoiding becoming part of their strange little group.

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* Virgil is stopped by the pirates (including **Captain Stover**), who were waiting to ambush him when he was asleep, and haven’t left the boat like they said they did!
* Roman chases Virgil when he notices that he’s gone, Logan and Patton follow. The Captain announces for the crew to lock the other three back up and kill Virgil.
* The other three start to yell back at him, and a sword is pointed at virgil’s throat. He panics, and loses control of the volatile lightning magic stored in his body, which lashes out at the crew and knocks them all out. Virgil is left in critical condition from the blast.
* Roman catches Virgil as he passes out, and uses one of his Angelic Powers (a healing kiss) to keep Virgil from the brink of death. Virgil has a momentary spell of consciousness, in which he confuses Roman for his brother Remus, and apologizes for being a burden. Roman is gay and confused?
* Logan urges the others to help him look for their things, so they can inform the police of what happened and continue on their way. Patton clowns on Roman for his crush on the new guy.

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The next three updates are self-contained: Introduction of Marissa Reséndiz (the Dragon Witch), introduction of Nicodemus White, and some Backstory on how Remus and Virgil met!

* **Marissa Reséndiz (the Dragon Witch)**: Some combination of Half-Dragon and Yuan-Ti, class and level unknown?
* She has the power to change her appearance at will, and used this to assume the role of a High Priestess in Virgil’s Drow Colony, training him as an assassin since he was 80, and commanding him to kill **Thomas** (which she is very mad at him for failing to do)
* She is cruel and vain, keeps various dragon-like monsters as pets, and refuses to call Dee and Virgil by their names (She calls Dee by his proper Yuan-Ti Pureblood name, Deceit, and calls Virgil by the Drow name she game him while he was under her custody, “Aenxiétee”). She eats people, and is just generally unpleasant in every way.
* She has a creepy fascination for Logan, and an absolute hatred of Patton.

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* **Nicodemus White:** A friendly, older half-elf who helped raise Roman and Remus, before and after their ‘birth mother’ passed away.
* He was very much in love with their birth mother **Amaryllis**, but never told her. Roman and Remus seem entirely aware of this.
* He is called various iterations of ‘Grandpa’ by Roman and Remus, as a joke about how old he was in comparison to everyone else in the temple, and since it was the closest they were allowed to calling him dad.
* He despises Sune and her teachings now, but stayed within the church in order to be close to them while they were growing up.
* When they left the church after Remus’s scar, he did as well, switching to the faith of Ilmater, the god of self-sacrifice. He started up his own apothecary in town.
* He seems to be close with Lord Thomas, for some reason…

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* How Remus and Virgil met: Virgil had been ordered to assassinate a young Thomas, but befriended him instead, and helped him escape the Underdark!
* Virgil was caught right after getting Thomas to the surface world, and was imprisoned by his Priestesses for breaking their laws. His punishment was to be turned into a *Drider* – a terrible, mindless spider-centaur creature.
* Remus was captured by the same colony, and thrown into the cell next to Virgil’s by chance. After some tense banter and mutual lamentation, Remus broke both of their cells open, and asked Virgil to come with him. Virgil joined him.

#### Recap 02

https://ask-fantasy-sanders-sides.tumblr.com/post/188882637158/oh-man-we-were-super-fucking-busy-and-a-lot-of-the

* Roman, Logan, and Patton spend four days watching over Virgil and waiting for him to wake up. Patton and Virgil share a room so he can make sure he doesn’t freeze at night!

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* **Logan and Roman** leave to take care of some errands out on the town.
* Roman wanted to visit his Goddess’s temple, and Patton and Logan know it makes him really upset whenever he goes there for some odd reason, so they refuse to let him go on those trips alone.
* **Patton** stays to watch over the unconscious Drow!

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* While Logan and Roman are gone, **Virgil** wakes up! He’s scared at first, since there is a stranger in bed with him and he’s unarmed, but Patton explains the situation. Virgil has a mild panic attack, but calms down when he notices Patton is unarmed, and Patton gives him some space.
* Patton explains to Virgil that the three of them are on the road because Logan’s teacher, Master **Talyn**, gave him the following task: “Solve a mystery of the world.” Virgil’s magic has, so far, been the best ‘subject’ they’ve come across.
* Virgil asks Patton if Logan would be able to remove the magic from him. While he’s talking, Virgil (who is still feeling slightly unsafe, as expected) sneakily equips his dagger, just in case. Patton sees this, and simultaneously receives a warning from a whisper that Virgil is not to be trusted!! (There is evidence that Dee did something to this whisper, to make Patton pay more attention to it.)
* Patton informs Virgil that Logan could probably take the magic away, if that’s what he wanted, but he would need to talk to Logan about it. Virgil cautiously agrees to hear him out. Patton shakes away the doubtful whisper, and asks Virgil to be his friend! Virgil is shocked, but doesn’t exactly decline…
* You see Virgil and Patton’s *Bond Level!* Their friendship marker has increased, but going forward (due to whisper warnings), Patton will be wary of Virgil, and Virgil will be wary of Logan.

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* You have found out why Virgil is fleeing from **Dee and Remus** in the first place!
* Virgil began growing afraid of his friends after The Cave Incident, where the three of them each got new and explosive magical powers (Virgil’s obviously being the most potent). Dee and Remus began acting strangely, and Virgil was afraid something about the magical blast they suffered was driving them crazy, or driving *him* crazy!
* When he tried to run away, he was caught, and a mind-control spell was cast on him, compelling him to stay!!
* He assumes Dee cast the spell, because he remembers seeing Remus knock Dee out with a blow to the head – at which point, the spell ended, and Virgil successfully fled!
* **Dee** has revealed that he didn’t actually cast the spell on Virgil, but you don’t know who did.

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* There is someone else pretending to be Virgil to buy ‘shady ingredients’ from **Nicodemus**, that they give to DW and Dee!
* Dee has revealed that he and DW made a deal, when they reunited after the Cave Incident: She had promised not to hurt Remus or Virgil, and in return, Dee and Remus cannot harm her!
* DW tricked Dee when they made their deal, promising she wouldn’t harm “Virgil”, meaning the person masquerading as him to buy medicine for their ~evil plans~!

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* We cut to the **Dragon Witch**. She is seen using her influence to try and keep a bunch of whispers from their target, but it is too much for her, and they escape!!
* A ton of whispers hit **Dee** at once, warning him about the Dragon Witch’s loophole in their agreement!!!
* Dee is overwhelmed by the psychic energy, and fails a *Sanity Saving Throw*, meaning you whispers get to take control of his body.
* Remus hears the clatter of Dee’s cane hitting the ground, and runs in to check on him.
* His reaction implies that Dee being ‘possessed’ in some way is a regular occurrence, since he does not seem surprised, and asks if this is “The whispers or **the *other guy?***”
* Dee is commanded to tell Remus the truth, and to give him a hug. Dee tells Remus he is being compelled by the whispers, and Remus thinks it’s cute that the first thing you told him to do is give him a hug.
* Remus gives Dee a healing kiss for the psychic damage he took, and Dee is commanded to answer questions like “who really cast that Crown of Madness spell on Virgil” and “who is your patron.” Before he can answer, Remus covers Dee’s mouth. (This way, he can still tell you the answer, but it’s muffled so you cannot understand him.) You relinquish control of Dee, and he praises Remus for his quick thinking. Dee goes to sleep, exhausted from the entire ordeal.

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* You all realize that there was something off about Dee in the post where he was introduced under the name “Yellow???”. Dee wakes up, and is acting strangely. This character, the “other guy” who regularly possesses Dee, introduces himself as **Horace**. He is revealed to be **the Shaman**, who was the head of Dee and the Dragon Witch’s Yuan-Ti tribe, and a cult leader!!
* He regards you whispers as his ‘children’, and is able to do strange things like interact with you physically (he gave several hugs). He speaks highly of Dee and Marissa, and expresses remorse for causing Dee and Virgil (who he does call by their chosen names, unlike DW) pain. He tells you he was trapped in a crystal as a ghost for a long time, and that night in the cave, Dee, Remus, and Virgil set him free on accident. It is his magic that is trapped in Virgil, while his spirit is trapped in Dee, and energy from the Far Realm that was trapped with him escaped and mutated the three boys, magically and physically.
* He explains that Dee is his son by blood, and while Dee and the Dragon Witch are the only surviving members of their clan, all of you are the ghosts of it’s fallen members. He seems to be an open book, and he is very kind, but there are several discrepancies in his story.
* You ask him to give Dee back control of the body. He obliges.

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* Remus, who was missing during this entire conversation, returns when he hears Dee is back. He helps Dee get back to bed (Dee is even more exhausted now, having been possessed twice today), and answers some questions about what Horace said.
* He reveals that, as for physical mutations, his bone-y fallen angel wings have turned into green tentacles that sprout from his back, and he can “do more than fly” with them. He also tells you that Dee has a crazy ‘true form’ now, with extra limbs of his own, but doesn’t really elaborate. He confirms that Virgil also has a physical mutation, but won’t explain it.
* Dee explains that when Horace is controlling him, he can see and hear through Horace’s eyes and ears, and sense heat signatures like he does, but doesn’t get the sensation of feeling, as in pain or texture, and cannot hear Horace’s thoughts, only what he says out loud. Meanwhile, while in control of the body, Horace can hear Dee’s thoughts. All of this seems to be the same for Horace, when Dee is in control – Dee can hear Horace’s thoughts, and Horace can see and hear the outside world through Dee.

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and that brings us to the present! We cut back to Logan and Roman, to see what they’ve been doing on their trip…

#### Recap 03

https://ask-fantasy-sanders-sides.tumblr.com/post/189912558203/theres-a-fake-virgil-could-you-either

* **Nicodemus** was asked if he knew any people named ‘Dee’ or ‘Virgil.’ He replied that he did not know a ‘Dee,’ but mentioned doing business with **“Virgil”** semi-regularly – although Virgil had previously admitted he has *never been* to the city of Rótaldë before
* **Serenity** (his cat familiar, housing the ghost of **Amaryllis**) does not trust him. She says she feels illusion magic surrounding him constantly, as if he is using it to change his appearance, and anyone who goes to buy medicine under false pretenses must be planning something sinister. She told you the medicines he buys are sedatives and soothing agents, and that she’s seen him spending a lot of time with Emile, as one of their patients.
* Nicodemus was first visited by him “about a year ago,” and the last time he saw him was about three weeks ago, as of now. He commented that he tends to come by once a month for medicine.
* When Nicodemus was asked to describe what he looked like, he described hair that was basically the same style as real Virgil’s, but tied back out of his face and colored its natural white. He also said he did not have any bandages or scars.
* Nicodemus said he acts very shady, akin to how a criminal would behave, but hasn’t had enough evidence of wrongdoing to report him in any way – He keeps to the shadows, sticks to alleyways as much as possible, and avoids the city guard.
* **Marissa** has confirmed she is in on this nonsense, and knows the true identity of the fake, but won’t reveal it. She did say, though, that the medicine he is sent to get is for her and **Dee** – getting her supplies for poisons, and getting Dee pain relief and sleeping medicines.
* **Kai** is aware that the “Virgil” who visits **Remy and Emile** is a fake, and has implied he knows the person’s true identity. But, he insisted that it would be safer for everyone if it remained secret, and that he is protecting Emile and Remy should anything go wrong.

#### Recap 04

https://ask-fantasy-sanders-sides.tumblr.com/post/189566619263/i-leave-for-a-couple-of-hours-and-suddenly-horace

* Dee and Remus went to sleep
* **Horace** took control of Dee, repressed him, and cast a curse on Remus
* The curse, made by **Marissa** and dubbed “sleeping beauty,” forces the victim to endure vivid, looping dreams of distorted memories, trying to get them to learn a lesson determined by the caster. The caster does not determine how the spell manifests, just the question and answer.
* Horace’s question for Remus was “Why does everyone I love leave me?”
* Horace’s answer to the question was “It is not your fault they leave.”
* There is a loophole, though – the curse can be broken without learning the lesson if the victim receives ‘true love’s kiss,’ or whatever Marissa determines that to mean
* Remus cycles through good and bad memories of Virgil, Remus, and his mother Amaryllis, all figures who he loved and eventually ‘left’ him in one way or another.
* Horace explains that he incapacitated the two of them to get them to take a break, and allow **Virgil** some time to rest with his ‘new friends’ while not worrying about them tailing him.

* While Dee is incapacitated, **Logan, Virgil, and Roman** were warned about the situation
* Roman was told Remus was put under a sleeping spell where he relives nightmares, and assured that you were doing your best to fix it, but danger was on it’s way and he needed to watch over the others and prepare his wings. Roman agreed to do so.
* Logan was warned of incoming danger, and told The Shaman had Remus under a spell. It was discovered that the ()/[]/{} messages hurt him a lot.

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* **Virgil** was shakily told Remus was ‘asleep,’ which made him assume you meant ‘passed out’ or ‘dead’. He immediately gathered his things and attempted to make a run for it, to save Remus and Dee from whatever was attacking them. As soon as he had gotten the window open to flee through, he realized what he was doing, and forced himself away from it, to keep from going after them. He debated with himself over his next course of action, falling into a horrible spiral. His bonds with Remus and Deceit got worse (17 spades)
* You all rushed to tell Virgil to sleep, causing a lot of psychic damage! Virgil gained another point of exhaustion (mark 2) and hit 0 HP, so he began dying.

* **Patton** was warned of his condition and came to aid him! Patton healed Virgil, gently calmed him down, reassured him of their friendship, and coaxed him into taking a nap. Patton and Virgil’s bond improved (6 stars)

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* **Remus** is broken out of his trance in-dream when he realizes that, in scenes were he should be, Dee is not present: the only people he is interacting with are Roman, Amaryllis and Nicodemus, and Virgil. He continues cycling through the dreams, but is now self-aware.
* He is angry at first at his circumstance, but begins to genuinely enjoy reliving moments with the three of them, and starts to get swept up in the memories.
* Remus is warned that he must either learn the lesson above or receive a true love’s kiss to wake up. He is exasperated by the first solution, but laughs at how easy the second one is. He asks Virgil for a kiss during one of the dream cycles, and dream-Virgil easily complies.
* Remus wakes up from the Sleeping Beauty curse, but is immediately put back to sleep by **Horace**, who laments that Remus will miss out on learning such a valuable lesson.

#### Recap 05

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* **Horace** is a self-made God, Yuan-Ti Anathema-and-dragon hybrid creature that was slain years ago by Thomas and crew, then imprisoned into a crystal “indestructible by mortal hands”
* Years later, he called to **Dee** and lured him back to their home caves, subconsciously leading him to the crystal
* Dee touched the crystal, and Horace’s soul started infecting his body. **Remus** panicked and attacked the crystal, shattering it and releasing half of Horace (he wasn’t done seeping into Dee) into the open air
* those pieces of him struck out violently, looking for a host. It started gunning for Dee and Remus, looking intent to kill them, and **Virgil** pushed them out of the way to save their lives
* The three of them are now infected with his energy, with his general consciousness stuck in Dee!

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* Remus and Virgil were killed in the blast – Remus suffered blunt force trauma while protecting Dee, and a portion of the cave collapsed on Virgil, crushing him.
* Horace spoke to Dee from within his mind, saying he could save them….*if* Dee gave him control over the body. Dee agreed.
* Horace puppeted Dee for several weeks, getting infected with Dee’s emotions and suppressed thoughts.

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* Remus noticed near-immediately that Dee was being weird after that, and suspected he was being controlled or imitated somehow. He kept this from Virgil, knowing Virgil would panic (cause now every time Virgil panics he nearly kills himself with lightning magic)
* Virgil also noticed Dee was acting weird and that Remus was keeping something from him. For various reasons, he decided to run away.
* Horace and Dee, fighting for control of the body, cast a mind control spell to keep Virgil from leaving. Remus knocked them out to stop them, and Virgil ran away

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* For the next two years, Horace and Dee traded control of the body, working towards some “prophecy” they keep mentioning, which Horace supposedly wrote. Horace continued to be infected with and changed by the feelings Dee suppressed, which – over the past two years – was a *lot* of how much Dee loved and missed Virgil
* Horace, corrupted by dee’s suppressed affection and his access to Dee’s memories, has become very fond of Virgil, possibly even to the point of romantic pining. Dee is *extremely uncomfortable with it,* and so is literally everyone else, cause it’s creepy and bad

#### Recap 06

https://ask-fantasy-sanders-sides.tumblr.com/post/190509070683/hi-ive-said-before-ages-ago-that-im-only

* **Roman** visits his Goddess Mother, **Sune**! He tells her about what he’s been doing since the last time they spoke, including telling her about Virgil.

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* She and Roman explain a few things about the gods, including:
* Sune’s mortal enemy, **Talona**, the goddess of Poison. Marissa and Donovan are worshippers of hers, and Sune believes this is the reason Marissa targeted Roman in the first place. She seems to blame herself for this. The pirates were also Talonites, which is a large reason why Roman attacked them.
* Sune’s good friend, **Ilmater**, god of Self-Sacrifice! He is the one Nicodemus serves now.
* **Lolth**, a rival goddess of Beauty, as well as goddess of Drow and Spiders. Virgil used to serve her as a child, but he didn’t exactly have a choice in the matter. Sune does not seem to like her at all.
* **The Barrier!** Many of the good-aligned gods, along with Sune, hold a magical barrier over the surface world in the warmer months, when their power is stronger. It keeps most monsters and hostile creatures docile, or hibernating.
* It is revealed that, though Roman can see Sune when he attempts to commune with her, he cannot hear her voice. He has not been able to since the day **Remus** got his scar. Sune cannot explain why, but it makes her very sad.
* From what you could tell, Sune expressed remorse over what she did to Remus, and wishes he would visit her, so she could tell him so in person.

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* **Logan** calls his brother, **Remy**! He tells him what he’s been doing since the last time they spoke, including telling him about Virgil, though he does not mention Virgil by name.
* Remy doesn’t chew Logan out too much since it’s not his fault they got captured, but does threaten him never to pull that stunt again.
* Remy warns Logan that the **Dark Season** (the name of the phenomenon where Monsters and other evils are more active in the colder months because the Barrier is weaker) has been getting more and more severe over the past few years, being so dangerous that most people aren’t even leaving the city for fear of attack.

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* **Logan and Roman** finish their respective conversations, reconvene, and are warned that Virgil has woken up and taken a lot of damage since they left. They return to check on him and Patton.
* When they get back, **Patton** meets them in the general room of the inn. They compare notes from the warnings you whispers have given them, and try and put together a cohesive story from the different elements.
* They assume that Virgil is being hunted by the **Dragon Witch** for escaping her control, in the same way she is hunting **Kai**, who they now know to be his brother. They assume their two other brothers are still being held hostage, and are the two ‘old friends’ Virgil told Patton about. They agree not to bring this up around Virgil, to avoid hurting him.

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* They go back up to talk to **Virgil**!
* **Roman** scares Virgil by barging in without knocking, and Virgil shoots at them. He misses, because he’s exhausted and very, very wounded.
* Patton tells Roman it was just a warning shot (it wasn’t, but Virgil plays along) and Logan reminds him that Virgil’s sortof a cornered animal right now. Roman doesn’t blow up on him.
* **Logan** asks Virgil if he wants to join their party! Virgil says yes, but the other three are warned that he doesn’t actually intend to stay for long, and is going to attempt to run away.
* **Patton** suggests that Roman stay with Virgil to heal him and make friends, while he and Logan go get a wagon ready! Roman agrees, and Virgil does not look happy about it.

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* **Roman** offers to heal Virgil, and **Virgil** kisses him. Roman gets embarrassed, and Virgil backs off, noticing that nothing magical is happening. Roman kisses Virgil’s hand, and heals him that way instead. They are both very embarrassed about the entire encounter.
* Virgil explains that some old friends told him a kiss on the lips was the only way it worked, and realizes that Roman and Remus are brothers. He tries to run away, but Roman stops him. They talk about it, and Roman is able to befriend Virgil!
* Virgil realizes he’s been keeping his Aasimar blood secret from Logan and Patton, and yells at him for neglecting his wings. He offers to help Roman with them while the other two are gone. Roman agrees, and takes off his armor and cape so he can summon his wings comfortably.
* Virgil starts to groom Roman, in a similar way to how he would help Remus with his own wings. Virgil and Roman continue to talk through this process, and seem to be becoming very good friends! Roman is happy to be able to be open with someone like this.
* Virgil thinks Roman is just acting vulnerable so that Virgil will put his guard down in return; he doesn’t believe that Roman genuinely wants to be nice to him.
* Roman catches on to this, and dismisses his wings. He holds Virgil’s hand, and explains to him that he and Patton are genuinely trying to become his friends. Virgil doesn’t try to argue, but it might just be because he’s tired, or doesn’t feel comfortable having the conversation. Still, he lets Roman hold his hand.
* Roman notices that Virgil is about to fall asleep on his feet, exhausted from the events of the day, and his magical outburst earlier. Encouraged by all of you, he sings Virgil to sleep.
* As per usual, Virgil clings to him in his sleep, and starts to sleep-talk in Undercommon. Roman doesn’t understand him, but is advised to lay down before he passes out, since he is blushing red as a beet. He and Virgil lay down, and both fall asleep.

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* **Patton** is told that Roman and Virgil matchmaking is going well!
* Patton is warned that “one friend of his is keeping something secret from him, and another friend knows but friend 1 doesnt know he knows, and dont be mad when you find out what im talking about”
* Patton is not unwise, and Patton knows his friends. He asks **Logan** what **Roman** is hiding from him.
* Logan convinces Patton to let Roman tell them himself. Patton is angry with Roman, and their bond decreases by two measures (from 13⭐ to 11⭐. Still very much good friends, but Patton trusts Roman less now.)

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* **Nicodemus** went to visit **Sune**, and they did some sort of magic ritual together that hurt Nicodemus a whole lot… and brought Amaryllis back to life?!
* **Amaryllis** immediately started using long-distance messaging spells to contact **Remus**! They had as much of a conversation as the spell’s small parameters would allow. Remus is elated.
* **Dee** looked somewhat uncomfortable, but assured you they would be going to the city to see her, since he knew Remus needed to. He revealed that he is the Fake **“Virgil”** Serenity/Amaryllis disliked so much.

#### Recap 07

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* **Patton and Logan** make their way back to Roman and Virgil, after securing a wagon for travel and loading it with any supplies they needed (along with two unnamed horses!)

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* **Logan** is asked to explain what **Adventurer Level** and **Challenge Rating** are! He explains that they are both measurements in a system used to help organize Adventurer’s guilds and military units, to make sure no one soldier or adventurer is faced with more then they can handle. There are various classes you are sorted into, based on how you use your magic or what skills you have, and your Level is a general marker of how difficult you are to face in battle!
* He remarks that, though recorded Levels can go up to 20 and beyond, there has hardly been anyone past level ten in many, many years, and even level 5 is rare and powerful enough to be regarded as a Legendary Hero! He clarifies that **Lord Thomas, Masters Joan and Talyn, and the rest of their party** fit this criteria!
* **Patton** asks what level the four of them are! Logan remarks that, though he, Patton, and Roman would be classified as Level Four **Adventurers**, Virgil…. is technically a **Monster**. He finds the Challenge Rating for a Drow Assassin in his blue book - CR 8. (Meaning he is a proper challenge for a team of 4 8th Level Adventurers in his home terrain)
* Patton is incredibly upset by the idea that most people Virgil encounters seem to see him as a Monster instead of a person. Logan agrees, and promises to re-evaluate him with a Level, since he is technically an Adventurer now that he has joined their party!

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* **Virgil** tells you that he doesn’t actually like **Roman**, he’s just initiating the same ‘hit and run’ tactic he has used on every guy he’s been with. He is using Roman’s obvious crush on him to manipulate Roman, making Ro trust him, so he won’t expect him to run away later that night!
* (…Virgil is lying when he says he hasn’t become attached to Roman, but he is being honest about manipulating him.)
* **Logan** is warned about this, and becomes *furious!* But, he promises he will wait until he can talk alone with Virgil to bring it up.
* Virgil is pushed about his motivations, and finally admits that though he DOES genuinely like Roman; They bonded over stories about Remus, and shared antagonistic banter, and Virgil was genuinely touched by how vulnerable Roman was willing to be around him.
* But, he doesn’t really know how to handle it, and is too scared to back out of what he’s already started. He is still certain the three of them don’t actually like him, and has been trying to push them away, or at least trick them into letting him run off before he can get any more attached
* You try to go back on what you told Logan, but he is already Too Mad!
* You are put in a sticky situation: **Logan** is definitely in the right here, because what **Virgil** is doing is cruel, but it is also stemming from Virgil’s inability to comprehend positive relationships, and fear of showing or receiving genuine affection. And, it is *very clear* that any attempts Logan makes to reprimand Virgil, who is already planning to run away because he suspects they hate him, will scare Virgil away for good. So, who do you side with??
* …You decide you can’t side with either of them, and ask **Patton** to fix it

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* **Patton and Logan** return to **Virgil and Roman!**
* Patton wakes Roman up, freeing Virgil from the guardian angel’s grasp. After observing the feathers on the floor, Roman’s general state, and remembering the warnings of a Hidden Secret, Patton insists Roman tell them the truth!
* Roman relents, and tells them that, not only is he not Human, but he’s not technically a Paladin either – he is an Aasimar (or Half-Human Angel), born 128 years ago, and never actually completed his Paladin training.
* Patton’s trust in Roman is still damaged, but he’s not going to let that ruin their friendship! He doesn’t forgive Roman yet, but he does insist that he won’t give him the cold shoulder over it. Roman is incredibly relived that, at least, Patton still wants to be his friend.
* Throughout this exchange, **Logan** has been observing Virgil’s reactions to the tense situation, and contemplating the things he already knows and has learned about the Drow and his behaviors. He seems to be formulating a plan…
* **Patton** is warned that Logan and Virgil might be having a huge misunderstanding!!

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* It becomes incredibly clear that **Virgil** has fallen ill!
* The exhaustion, the various degrees of over-stimulation, the frequent anxiety attacks, the side effects of that dangerous caffeinated fruit he ate earlier to stay awake, and the psychic damage he has been taking all day are catching up to him!
* He is cold-blooded, so his symptoms aren’t as noticeable: He’s hiding in his cloak, and his posture is stiff and movements are slow and jerky.
* Since he’s just been sitting still and listening to what everyone else is doing for the most part, and his posture is just as bent and stiff as it always is, Patton and Roman have no idea!
* Logan, who knows as much as a surface-born can of Drow physiology and has been watching Virgil carefully since returning to the room, has realized that he is desperately ill.
* When asked if that would change how much he wants to yell at Virgil for being mean to Roman, Logan said no. He’s not soft like that

#### Recap 08

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* **Donovan** was the king before Thomas, supposedly Thomas’s Uncle, who was a frequent visitor to Amaryllis, and also her murderer.
* …And also a vampire.
* He worked for Horace, which is how Thomas knew about the whole Shaman problem, and set off on his quest to stop it~!
* They thought he was killed by his wife, **Queen Malinda,** a long time ago, but his body was never found… and, turns out, he never died! He’s been building an army of Vampires to attack the city with, out of the bodies of drained citizens, including many prominent Suneites!
* He is friends with Marissa, as a fellow Talonite, and it seems he was on friendly terms with Virgil before Virgil betrayed her.

#### Recap 09

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* **Logan** psycho-analyzes **Virgil**, impressing him and surprising Patton and Roman. **Patton and Roman** go to get Virgil something to drink, and give Logan and Virgil some free time to talk.
* Logan asks Virgil if he will stay with them after all. Virgil agrees to do so, “at least for a little while.”
* It is discovered that Roman, who has used all of his spells for the day, is now Exhausted as well! He’s only at 1 mark, though, and brushes it off by insisting he will get a full night’s sleep tonight.
* They all drink some water and talk, getting ready to embark on the road~!

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* You cut back to **Lord Thomas** and his Court, discrepancies in his “Escaping the Underdark” story making you think that Lord Thomas might actually be **Lord Donovan in disguise!**
* He is strategizing with his Council, and a now armor-clad **Amaryllis**!
* From their interactions, it seems like Thomas is listening more to her than to **the Council**, which the Council does not look comfortable with. **Theocritus** specifically looks like he *really* doesn’t like Amaryllis, but this is probably for a deeper reason…
* **Remy** watches from the shadows, seemingly distrustful of,,,something?

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* **Amaryllis** is warned that Donovan might be Thomas! She excuses herself to a separate room to talk to all of you, insisting you bring forth proof for such a serious claim.
* She casts Hold Person on **Remy** when she catches him sneaking into the room to spy on her, and the two of them are informed about the suspicions. Amaryllis laughs them off, having known both men personally, and insisting they cannot be the same.
* She un-frezes Remy, and their friendly-if-awkward interactions hint at a shared past! It is revealed that Amaryllis was a friend of Remy’s mom, **Nyx**, and spent a lot of time with her and Remy before she died!
* More details about Donovan, Nyx, and Amaryllis’s friendship lead both all of you and Amaryllis to realize that Theocritus was not Remy’s father – Donovan was. Making Remy a Half-Vampire?
* Amaryllis puts the rest of the details and memories together, realizing that *Remy* is the one who killed her, Nyx, and **Andromeda**, by draining their blood while ‘sleepwalking’.

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* Amaryllis brings Remy back to **Theocritus** after the end of the Council meeting, and the three of them – along with **Joan**, who keeps sending coded messages back and forth with Theocritus under the other two’s noses?? – figure out the entire situation together.
* Theocritus admits that he knew Nyx was cheating on him, but didn’t know with who, or about Remy’s moonlight vampirism.
* You pay a visit to **Emile** to try and find any bite marks on him, and you find a small cluster of them!
* Theocritus assures Remy that he always has been and always will be his son, and by that measure, Logan’s brother – no matter who his blood father is. Remy goes home to process all of this new information.

#### Recap 10

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Amaryllis has just revealed that when **Remus and Roman were born, Remus was actually human…**and, not alive.

* She was *already pregnant* when Sune chose her to be the mother of an angel – With Remus, a human boy.
* Sune didn’t know this, and blessed her with Roman.
* When they were born, Roman was small (premature, since she was already a few weeks on with Remus before getting Roman) and Remus was stillborn.
* Roman, with the ‘heightened intelligence and magical power’ angel babies are innately born with, didn’t want to lose Remus. He reached out to him, and somehow, split his **Spark of Divinity** with him. This brought Remus back to life, and made them *both* pseudo-angel Aasmiar – each with half of the **Emblem of the Guardian.**
* This is why they seem to have ‘split’ the powers Aasimar are given in lore: Remus is inhumanly strong and durable, and Roman has incredible healing powers.
* This is also why Roman grew up to be so fragile, compared to your standard aasimar: He gave half of his life force away.

This changes and/or explains a few things you have learned about the twins so far:

* Roman and Remus can always sense each other’s general location and feel when the other is close to death *because* they share a life force.
* Roman hasn’t been able to hear Sune’s voice since Remus ‘Fell’ because part of *his* Divinity – the part in Remus – is not present!

#### Recap 11

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* **Virgil and Logan** have a talk one-on-one.
* Virgil agrees to be upfront with Roman about his true feelings for him – that he’s totally definitely not interested. Logan tries to imply that Virgil isn’t being honest when he says he has no feelings for Roman. Virgil ignores this.
* Virgil the proceeds to flirts with Logan. Logan is amused by Virgil’s peculiar defense mechanism.
* They convene with **Roman and Patton** downstairs. Patton, Roman, and Logan get food and drink. Roman drinks wine, and it is implied that he might have a little bit of a problem there…
* Virgil drinks some water, but does not eat anything. The other three do not notice this. Virgil insists he just doesn’t need to eat as often as other people – which is true of drow – but he *does* seem to be hiding something…

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* They set out on the road, and **Chapter One: Introductions and False Pretenses** Ends! (Bond Updates and Menu Screen are shown in ask 49)
* You have saved **Path 1: Communication** into '***File A.'***

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* **Chapter Two: Reunions and Resurrections** begins with a four-hour timeskip:
* The sun is slipping over the horizon, and **Logan and Patton** are talking about new boundaries, now that they are entering a romantic relationship. Meanwhile, **Virgil and Roman** are sleeping in the cart.
* Virgil was only pretending to sleep, but he did end up healing quite a bit, from resting his body and from Logan’s **Song Of Rest** skill. He helps Logan and Patton find a place to camp.
* Virgil and Patton make the campfire while Logan and Roman tie up and feed the horses. Virgil says he’s going to go stretch, and tells Patton the three of them can eat without him. Before Patton can protest, he’s run off and climbed into the trees.
* When they join him at the campfire, and Logan begins to cook, Patton asks Roman to take the First Watch that night with Virgil. Roman agrees, and goes off to find him.

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* **Roman and Virgil** run around in the forest, Roman completely incapable of finding Virgil, who is dancing around the tree limbs right above his head. (Roman has darkvision, but can only see in shades of grey, and Virgil blends seamlessly into the shadows even without his cloak.)
* They seem to be having a lot of fun playing hide and seek, and Roman doesn’t even mind that Virgil is probably making him look like a fool right now. Virgil pulls his scarf up to cover his face when you accuse him of smiling.
* Roman is asked about his plan for wooing Virgil! He says he’s just going to go for it, because tact is for losers. He is thoroughly reprimanded for this, and mopes a little
* (Virgil drags you for scaring Roman away. He was having fun)
* By phrasing it like you are issuing him a ‘Quest of Patience’ as a Knight, you are able to convince him to at least take it a little slow
* Roman is told that Remus is a better himbo than him. It’s probably supposed to be a joke, but Roman doesn’t take it that way. Actually, he’s pretty crushed.

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Important things revealed along the way!!:

* Logan and Patton’s past relationship experiences:
* **Logan** was in a lot of relationships in school, but he was never really into it. He purposefully dated people that were bad for him, started fights, skipped class, and got himself in trouble often to get his somewhat absent father’s attention. He and his father are much closer now then they were back then.
* **Patton** had a very very bad time with one guy, back when he still lived in the temple. It is also revealed that, for related reasons, he is unable to have children.
* This is a very sensitive topic for him, and when you try to hint at it, Logan becomes furious. It seems to fly right over Patton’s head, but you get the idea that Patton’s just *pretending* he doesn’t know what you’re talking about.

* Some new stuff about **Virgil**’s past is learned:
* He got married to some Elven Cleric named **Nate**, who he knew for like a week, while blackout drunk. He promptly,,,,,, ran away. They have not seen each other since
* He has two adopted tiefling children. He rescued the toddlers from a burning building, back when he and Remus were travelling together on the surface. He is very attached to them. They are like 19 now, and members of a travelling troupe of performers. They keep in touch when they can. Their names are **Missy** and **Jester**

* **Remy** (being actually, secretly, a vampire, who has been unknowlingly feeding off of the people he knows while sleepwalking his whole life) is the cause of **Logan**’s fairly weak physicality. Logan just thinks he’s anemic.

* You learn about the boy’s **Ideals**, a game mechanic that explains the boy’s personalities and reactions to certain things: Five ‘Ideals’ that summarize their personal drives and beliefs.

#### Recap 12

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* The squad is attacked by Displacer Beasts!
* One of the beasts nearly kills Logan, and Patton throws it 15 feet into the air in retaliation. This makes them Very Angry
* **Virgil** claims Rite of Combat, initiating the battle and protecting the other three. He tries to get them to run away without him, but they refuse to
* Virgil casts a spell to kill both displacer beasts, but it also kills him and Patton, and hurts Logan and Roman
* **Roman** uses Turn the Tide to resurrect and heal everyone! (except for the beasts, of course)
* Patton wakes up, and insists that no one tell Virgil what he did
* Virgil wakes up with no memory of the second half of the fight. He takes off his ripped jacket, and gets ready to field dress the displacer beasts
* Logan tells you what time it is
* Virgil plans to make Logan some armor out of the Displacer Beast’s hides!

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* You get another headcannon infodump thingy!
	+ Some clarification on that bit about how Logan and Roman became friends

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* You get another vision of the future!

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* You started poking holes in Roman’s beliefs about Romance again
	+ He opens up about his relationship with Marissa!
	+ It seems he has had a session with Emile?
	+ Remus passive-aggressively explains Roman’s issues from his perspective
	+ Roman thinks about the people he cares about to make himself feel better

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Things learned along the way:

* Drow  and Yuan-ti Stuff
	+ how drow children are raised
	+ Charlotte was Virgil’s mom-spider-guardian thing!
	+ Charlotte has forgiven Virgil for killing her, they’re cool dont worry
	+ Drow fighting styles! (and which ones Virgil knows)
	+ Drow Hairstyles
	+ how different substances (alcohol / catnip / honey / caffeine) affect Virgil differently than other races
	+ Virgil (and Deceit’s) diets differ from other humanoids
	+ And so do their healthy temperatures
	+ Dee might not be strictly Yuan-ti?
	+ Logan intends to ask Virgil about what Drow Society is really like
* Game Mechanics: Battle!
	+ What is armor class?
	+ how much does not having training actually hinder roman?
* Holidays!
	+ Drow and Halfling Holidays
	+ Elven Holidays + “Elven Hide and Seek”

#### Recap 13

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* The crew wakes up, *finally* on day two!
* **Virgil** throws a rock at **Logan** for not waking him up like he promised he would. Logan promises not to trick him like that again.
* Virgil eats another Sorbillis fruit. The other three try to tell him not to, but he’s not having that.
* Virgil and **Roman** spar, so Roman can learn to use his sword~! They continue to flirt throughout, but Roman does learn a few things. He still needs more training, though.
* They take a break, and just then, **Amaryllis** calls!
* She and Roman share a *plethora* of “I love you”s, and Amy warns Ro to look out for Vampires before cutting off the call.
* Roman is confused, but so elated his True Form slips out! Logan and Patton get a good look at him, and then they pack everything up to start on the road again.
* Virgil reveals that he didnt know it had been 2 years since he last saw **Remus** and **Dee** (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

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* While in the back of the wagon, **Logan** gives **Virgil** and **Patton** a lesson on how Magic works, and what Wild Magic Surges are!
* After the lesson, Logan casts *Find Familiar* to summon his mother, **Andromeda**, in her corvid form!
* Virgil, copying him, uses the same spell to re-summon **Charlotte**!
* You all warn Logan, Patton, and Charlotte that Virgil is getting to shut down levels of cold, so they cuddle up to him to help keep him warm.
* Virgil’s Cool Guy Persona™ is in danger, so he protests. Logan is not having that, so – using his elven True Name – he commands Virgil to sleep.
* Virgil has two true names
* You are all worried Virgil will be furious, but Charlotte is sure he won’t be.
* Charlotte explains why Virgil has been refusing to sleep!
* And, you see a vision about the day Virgil is dreaming about.
* While Virgil is asleep, you note that his teeth are looking a little grey
* Virgil is asleep for about an hour. He wakes up, and a whisper repeats the command for him to go back to sleep, so he does.

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* While Virgil is asleep, you ask various questions!
* You discover Logan may not be entirely honest when he says he doesn’t like to sing.
* You get an update about how the boys feel about each other
* You try several times to give Roman a solution for talking to his mother (sign language, pen and paper, morse code, etc) before you realize he’s really just saying no because he doesnt want to talk to Sune.
* Which, of course, might have something to do with his backstory
* Logan and Patton elaborate on those Pirates from the beginning of the game
* You learn about some more **weaknesses** they have

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* You find out about **Jisiri the White Dragon**, who is currently being sent by Marissa to….attack the party
* She was raised with **Virgil** by **Marissa** (after Virgil went under Marissa’s custody when he was 80, and Jisiri was already fairly old herself)
* Jisiri would eat the people who asked Marissa for Virgil’s hand
* Using a necklace Marissa put on her, that is an artifact, you saved the game!
* Jisiri seems to respect Virgil.
* Virgil confirms that most of the scars on his back are from her, but that he also left a few scars on Jisiri, so he doesn’t feel too back about it. Marissa used to make them fight, as training.

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* You ask **Janus** if you can see what really happened the night **Remus** got his scar.
* With the new information, you find out it was **Marissa** disguised as **Sune** that scarred Remus, not Sune herself!
* Janus puts the pieces together
* Janus feels bad for Sune
* Janus warns you that Sune is in grave danger, and can no longer be contacted via mirror
* Janus tries to figure out Marissa’s plan?

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* **Janus** starts to figure out what **Remy** has to do with this
* Janus thinks this might go deeper than anyone originally thought (1) (2)
* **Marissa** explains why she did it, sortof?
* Marissa explains what happened in ‘33
* Janus decides he will hold off on telling Remus about any of this.
* Marissa reveals that **Nyx** was her in disguise, and what exactly remy has to do with this (1) (2) (3)
* A pretty significant flaw in Marissa’s plan is exposed

#### Recap 14

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* Logan made fun of Roman for “dressing like a tramp” while playing dress-up during one of their sleepovers, and when you asked Logan what he meant by tramp, he meant that he could see Roman’s ankles under the hem of his dress (think Rapunzel’s dress in Tangled)
* Virgil expressed his frustration with the surface’s ideas of “modesty” in comparison to the Underdark’s (1) (2) (3)
* Roman explains the layers of a typical dress
* Roman is asked to explain why old-timey times thought Ankles and stuff were so scandalous in the first place (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
* Taking off your shirt tho? Totally fine, for any gender
* Apparently, the rules are totally different at a bath house (1) (2)
* The conversation changes slightly when someone brings up Cinderella and how the princess tale actually relates to the ankle thing (3)
* and the little mermaid (2), and Rapunzel (1) (2) (elf hair thing)
* Someone brings up snow white, and Roman can hardy get through explaining the fact that they kiss on-stage
* Roman’s only ever been kissed twice, the poor baby (and yes, one was yesterday with virgil)
* As far as Ro is concerned, a kiss on the hand is as far as you can go without getting intimate
* Roman elaborating on the hand thing (1) (2) (handkerchiefs) (hand-holding) (this is why they wear silk gloves at parties)
* Roman elaborating on the eye thing
* Roman explains that hugs are fine when it’s between family (and Patton, apparently), and cuddling up at night is totally different, because he sees it as a medical thing, keeping each other from getting sick.
* ….And, would now be a *bad time* to find out Roman doesn’t know what “Touch Starved” is?
* Logan expresses his frustrations on that particular point

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* During this conversation…
* Virgil explains some more about Liar’s Night
* Logan explains that, during holidays like LN, the rules are more lax
* Virgil tells you he usually goes to Liar’s Night in drag
* Virgil reluctantly allows you to help pick him and Logan’s outfits
* Speaking of dancing and singing, Virgil informs you that Elves have a natural charming ability they exude when they sing or dance, and it is particularly strong in Drow. And, a Drow’s charm works better on elves and humans that others. So, if he started singing right now, Logan and Roman would probably become incapacitated. (2) (3)
* Roman even gets thralled by seeing a picture of Virgil dancing, like its bad yall lmao (2)
* Virgil slips up a little bit while making fun of how gay Roman is
* You compare Virgil and Roman’s blushy moments

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* As a tangent to this conversation, Roman is asked about various groups’ courtship rituals!
* Roman explains different Marriage ceremonies
* Virgil explains the drow versions of things
* Roman explains different ways to Propose
* Virgil, again, explains how Drow do it (1) (2)
* They share about times they have been proposed to themselves (2)

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And I realize now I forgot to cover Patton’s backstory reveals in the last one, so here it is:

* You got to meet Patton’s parents! (1) (2)
* Patton talks about his siblings (2)
* Conrad and Keegan used to be adventurers
* Conrad has plenty of nicknames for Patton (2)
* You tell them about Logan!
* You also tell them about Virgil, which they do not respond to well at first.
* Especially not Keegan.
* Eventually, though, they agree to give him a chance.
* Keegan tells you why Patton is afraid of spiders
* They are very proud of Patton, and miss him very much.

**Also, don’t forget that This Happened~!**

#### Recap 15

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As for the main plot,

* Logan, Patton, Roman, and Virgil are attacked by Perytons!
* They do not survive the encounter, and receive a Game Over screen.
* Virgil somehow freaks out upon his death and rewinds time, and the boys wake up at the last save point with memories intact from the previous file!
* Virgil’s sorbillis wears off and takes out half of his health bar and leaves him 3x exhausted, but he doesn’t tell anybody that
* He decides he wont take another one
* They make a plan to deal with the encounter better the second time around! (And Logan does another lore dump)

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…In other news,

* Yall snitch about Virgil dying his teeth
* You ask Logan about everyone’s running speeds, and you find out Virgil is way too fast (Movement mechanics explained here)
* Roman discusses his prepared spells for today (and explains them in a bit more depth here and here and here)
* You ask the boys how they bathe, for some reason (1) (2)
* Virgil starts purring and Logan explains why he is able to do that, and what it means
* Baby!! Janus!! Is a tiney winged snek, apparently
* Virgil officially gives up on pretending he doesn’t like Patton
* You ask about the pirates from the beginning of the game! (after janus implies they are working for marissa)
* Roman explains a bit about exorcisms! (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
* You ask Virgil to teach the others how to dance (2)
* Roman talks about the rodeos he went to as a kid!
* Virgil talks about his old priestess’s habit of turning into a giant dragon
* You’re reminded of their holidays! (it was a while ago)
* Logan reveals he is a Noble!
* Logan talks about unsolved mysteries, and how they are connected to his parents (1) (2) (3) (4)

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Virgil explains some more drow stuff,

* Like the social structure, and where our boys would hypothetically fall under it
* How to greet Nobles, Colony architecture, and passtimes (including why Virgil wont hardly let anyone touch his hair)
* some proverbs
* some games
* How to pronounce the language
* How he’s not technically a criminal
* (Logan expresses some discomfort on asking Virgil all of these questions)

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And we had some new NPCs introduced~!

* Roman talks about that Travelling Troupe everyone keeps mentioning!
* He talks about a pair of runaway lovers he married while on the road with them – Sloane and Corbin! (1) (2)
* Logan and Patton give their impression of the group
* Virgil gives his own impression of them
* It seems you can talk to some of them! (2)
* Ian the Ice Genasi can hear you as well~!

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In Marissa’s little corner of the mess,

* Marissa is asked why she is the way she is, and gives a very odd answer
* she elaborates on the painting she seems to like so much (and the inspiration behind it)
* Marissa is asked why she sends Virgil’s brothers after him if she doesn’t actually expect them to capture him.

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And on the Game Mechanics side,

* You learn that each Artifact can only be used once! So, you can no longer save with Jisiri’s collar.
* Sanity and Bravery scores are explained in detail!
* You get some details on how specifically Elven Name Commands work (2) (3)

#### Recap 16

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* Patton and Logan sit up front as they re-do the day’s events but more prepared this time, driving past the Perytons!
* Virgil is asleep in the back, much deeper than you’ve seen him asleep before…
* It seems to be going smoothly! It’s been a few hours since the Perytons attacked the first time, and they haven’t shown their faces yet.
* …But now, of course, there are other pressing problems coming out of the woodwork…

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Among them are…

* Some Fairies – which Logan identifies as Dragonfly Peri (1) (2) – are following them around from the treeline! (which might further explain why the Perytons aren’t showing up, honestly)
* Their Mistress, what appears to be a Water Nymph Child of some kind, is injured, and calling out for help from “The Man With Healing Hands” (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
* (the translations are in the tags dont worry)
* You assume this means Roman, with his Healing Hands Aasimar ability, though some of you think she’s confusing him for Remus.
* …And then, there’s the creatures that supposedly attacked her
* Logan, Roman, and Patton are warned about the situation, and just as some of you come to realize how shady the entire situation is, they’ve already made up their minds about helping the possibly injured girl
* …Meanwhile, Virgil is having some very upsetting nightmares (1) (2), and is at risk of something worse (1) (2) (3) if he is woken up prematurely…
* And, according to Janus, remaining asleep only makes it *easier* for any nearby Meenlocks to attack him.

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In other news…

* Roman and Logan argue about a book (1) (2) (3) (4)
* Roman reveals he hasn’t painted anything in a long time, and regrets that he dropped the creative hobby
* Roman is asked to describe his companions as Love Interest Troupes (and gets a very flattering response)
* You ask about what would happen to everyone in the afterlife if they were to pass on as they are now (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
* (You tell Patton about Virgil’s current fated afterlife, and he threatens to fight the Spider Goddess if she dares hurt his friend. It is very sweet of him)
* Logan is asked to assess the attractiveness of his party members (1) (2)
* Roman talks about how he literally hung out with some gods when he was younger! (1) (2) (3)
* You get a Bond Update!

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You unlocked a bit of Logan’s tragic Backstory!

* Like how his explosive temper and magic ability clashed a bit violently (2) (3)
* And he was a bit of an outcast (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
* Which wasn’t really helped by his family’s general absence (1)
* (Logan insists they have since rectified the situation with some therapy and open communication, and he, his Father, and his brother are good now, but obviously some of it has irreparably shaped him as a person)
* Patton seems aware of this tragic backstory information, and defends Logan

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You found out that Roman isn’t actually an Aasimar…

* He’s an Empyrean, also known as a Titan!
* The child of two gods, **Sune and Lathander**
* The form he takes now is simply an Avatar of his True Form (which is resting in Sune’s garden in **Ysguard, the Domain of Heroes**) (art! and height comparison)
* Amaryllis knows this, but never got the chance to tell him (yet)
* You can assume what his Avatar’s purpose is, from all this new info
* Lathander seems to be a cool guy, fond of both Remus and Roman (1) (2) (3)
* Roman explains a bit about Avatars (1) (2) and Aspects
* You learn that only one form can be Active at a time, and while Titan Roman retains both his own memories and the memories of any life he lives through an Avatar, the Avatars (until he becomes more powerful) will be created without memories of their Titan self or previous lives…
* Marissa hints that she is an Avatar as well – possibly even the one Roman was made to thwart – and hints that Dee and Horace might be Avatars as well
* You ask Janus about the situation, and he is cryptic and sassy as always (2)

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Which leads to some more questions about Followers and Purposes…

* Questions about Remus’s purpose (1)
* And how Roman was able to fall if he’s a Titan?
* Questions about how to become a follower of Roman (1) (2)
* And how he already has one, though neither of them know it, and Roman doesn’t seem to want to talk about it (1) (2)
* What IS a soul, exactly?