Freedom and Failures

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## *Check Please!* Episode(s)

### Released

10 Dec 2022 (Twitch)
14 Dec 2023 (YouTube)

## Players

### Cast

Keni as
    R'issen
    Mar'ku'lus
    Sol'una
Xeno as Vera
Grem as Lovette
Screwy as Petravian
Foaly as Kurla

## NPCs

### Major

Jiro
Karis

### Recurring

Kimbell
Vurla

### Deities

That Which Hungers
Voluna

## Links

### *Check Point!*

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"**Freedom and Failures**" is the 60th episode of the second season of *Check Please!* Campaign One. It was live-streamed on December 10th, 2022 on the Check Republic's Twitch channel, and premiered on YouTube on December 14th.

## Key Points & Highlights

### General

* In Prae'si'dium, Mar'ku'lus and Sol'una display a less fearful interest in R'issen.
* Petravian reveals several new spells learned since his power increased after Fortune's Favor returned from the Kin-Tau Empire.
* Kurla belatedly realizes that they instinctively purchased the diamond because they have become powerful enough to attempt to resurrect Vurla.
* Karis and Lovette further discuss their respective projects.
* The Party members discuss potential strategy for dealing with the giants in Rasvir.
* Kurla tearfully releases Vurla's spirit and offers her the chance to be resurrected; her sister declines, moving into the afterlife and finding peace and safety with the deity Voluna.
* Before R'issen attempts to sever Kurla's connection with That Which Hungers, the half-orc reaches out to the elder being to offer it the chance to willingly withdraw its power. In doing so, they inadvertently open up Ris to potential retribution.
* Ris sacrifices every last piece of their accumulated wealth in order to power the magic necessary to free Kurla from That Which Hungers.
* That Which Hungers, outraged by Kurla's "ingratitude", retaliates by again cursing the half-orc, which Ris is only partially able to stop, leaving the fateweaver devastated and perceiving themself to be a failure.
* Kurla, now both powerless and also disfigured and disabled with spider legs, is nonetheless overjoyed to be rid of the insatiable hunger that has been with them for so many years.
* Vera attempts to help by offering to slice Kurla's legs off, an idea which the half-orc rejects, to Vera's disgust.
* Ris and Jiro share a quiet moment as the ninja attempts to console them, to little avail.
* Kurla reaches out to Voluna, offering the deity their service and worship in gratitude for giving their sister peace. After taking on this fresh source of divine power, they beseech their new god for a Miracle, requesting that Voluna give full, clear, and unambiguous aid to Ris to ease the latter's heavy burdens. Voluna grants this request, instructing Kurla to accompany R'issen to the Harvest Festival the following day.
* The Party members attend the festival alongside Karis's children. A local child, selling pinwheels, offers Ris the opportunity to "buy the wind" – a now-penniless Ris is unable to do so, but Kurla purchases pinwheels for them both. In that moment, R'issen's lost memories return.

### Continuity

* The meaning of the enigmatic phrase "Not until you have enough gold to buy the wind!", spoken to R'issen in "Tilting at Windmills" (C1 S2 E25), is partially revealed.