Aerois - Episode 116: The Darkness Inside

Katie Morrison as Aila

 Kim Richards as Nova V'ger

Rhiannon Frost as Sentry

 Tom Hazell as Qillek Ad Khollar

**The Darkness Inside** is the 116th episode of the Aerois Campaign. It was broadcast live on both the Yogscast Twitch channel and highrollersdnd Twitch channel on 13th June 2021 from 5PM to 8PM BST.

*Hadar hungers...*

## **Summary**

### **Announcements**

* Mark welcomes everyone and introduces the players.
* Last week was cut short because Trott, who hosts the stream, had a power cut.
* This week's sponsor is D&D Beyond.
* HR is only 5,500 subs away from 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.
* Merch: the EU store has sold out of a lot of stuff. The US store still has some other items that are no longer available on the UK store. The Quill plushies are all sold out.

### **Recap**

*"After returning from rescuing Valla with plans to head to the City of Glass to aid the gathered guardians, Sentry was lured out into Horizon's streets and confronted by a group of corrupted guardians who now call themselves Dominators, and [got] into battle. The three foes had proven themselves to be dangerous adversaries, and whilst one of them has been defeated, The Stormchasers have taken significant damage, and their opponents show no sign of stopping.*

*Last week's episode was cut short due to a power cut. For those not in the know, Trott does run the streams, and has all the software, overlays, music, etc.,* *but we are working on ways to make sure this doesn't happen again. Thank you for sticking with us through the shorter episode last week.*

*We jump back into the battle. To set the scene, we are currently in a darkened street on Horizon, there are a few lanterns offering light nearby, and a couple of the houses seem to have lights, and you have heard some very nervous movement coming from within, people hurriedly trying to get out of the way of windows and doors in case the fighting escalates there. We currently have Aila, Sentry and Quill all surrounding this large armoured commander-like figure who's been issuing orders and tactics to his companions. He is currently being affected by a slow spell that was cast by Nova and has dramatically prevented him from being able to attack en masse. One of the Dominators is dead, having been destroyed by Aila and Lucius as well, a combination of might and magic, however, in some more concerning situations, one of these Dominators, this ninja-like assassin that sped over the rooftops and clambered over the walls has managed to heavily injure Nova who has had to retreat into the ethereal plane, and has backed away in a ghostly form, but has now left Lucius undefended and open to this Dominator stalker to now come and aid in the battle against the commander."*

### **Part 1**

*We continue the battle against the Dominators and Sentry attempts to return their souls to the Prime Matrix!*

The battle so far has only lasted 18-20 seconds, so there is no chance that guards will arrive any time soon. Nova is still maintaining concentration on her Slow spell, even in ethereal form. The commander casts Frighten Foe, letting out a wailing screech while his body pulses red, and the red tendrils try to reach out and grab anyone nearby: Sentry's Aura of Courage, however, prevents any of them from being frightened, as her matrix glows. Quill casts Shocking Grasp on the commander, then backs up out of range and heals himself. Sentry attacks and hits the commander twice for significant damage - he is now heavily injured, and Sentry moves back from him. The commander calls for the stalker to come and help, and it comes running up the wall and over the roof towards him, landing beside Aila. It attacks her, hitting twice, doing moderate damage, but it fails to drain health from her this time.

Lucius casts a twinned Chromatic Orb at the stalker and the commander, hitting the stalker, but the commander blocks his orb again; the commander orders the stalker to attack Aila again, and it hits her for moderate damage. The commander’s red vines attach to Aila and drain more of her life energy – Quill and Sentry have fortunately moved away at this point, so it is unable to drain any life from them. The commander (still slowed by Nova's spell) attacks Aila with his Draining Blade, and while he only hits for minor damage, she is now unable to heal. Aila hits the stalker twice, doing significant damage with both hammer and lightning as it tries to leap out of the way, but fails to move far enough – it is blasted along an arm, and parts of it begin to fall to the ground as it is heavily injured. The commander tells the stalker to attack Aila again, and it hits twice to do minor damage and again failing to heal with its tendrils.

Nova moves to cover and ends Etherealness: she casts Eldritch Blast on the commander and hits three times, doing significant damage – the commander is becoming less aware and tactical, almost becoming more feral as he becomes more injured. The commander turns to Nova, his eye lights up, and he fires an eye beam at Nova – as the beam approaches Nova, Tiangong activates the Tomb of Levistus to save her. Quill waits until Nova is free of the tomb to heal her. The commander orders the stalker to attack Aila before they flee – it hits for minor damage with its armblades, failing yet again to heal with its vines. As the commander is turning as if to flee, Sentry casts Shield of Faith on Aila and attacks the commander, missing with her first sword blow, but hitting with her second – she thrusts her sword, while also adding a Divine Smite, into the commander’s matrix while uttering, “such a disappointment”. The commander goes down, calling out to his master, “Overlord, I have failed you!” As Sentry withdraws her sword from the commander’s matrix, he slumps down and she notices that the matrix begins to crack and break, and starting to crumble into a powder, almost as if being eaten away by an acid or a virus. Sentry can almost hear a voice, but is distracted as she moves away towards the surviving stalker.

The stalker disengages and runs up along the wall and onto the roof of a nearby building, attempting to escape. Lucius begins to chase after it, but cannot see the stalker, so casts Fly on himself.  Aila jumps onto the roof, but still cannot see the stalker – as she runs over to the other side of the roof, she sees it directly below her, pressed up against the wall. She jumps off the roof to land in front of it, and attacks, sending the stalker sprawling into the building behind it, and it falls to the ground, non-functional. Aila shoulders her hammer, and casually walks back to the group.

After a couple of minutes, a halfling sticks his head out of a window of the building they have been climbing on, asking if it is all over before closing and locking the shutters; the Horizon guards are closing in on their position.

They wonder (using the messenger rings) what these things were, why they were on Horizon, and what Breeze has been up to. Sentry thinks it was a waste, saying that they were strong and would have been good allies; Lucius says that Hadar-touched are consumed and very hard to bring back, and that it is likely that Breeze himself is Hadar-touched after wanting to extend the lives of the guardians in his gruesome way. Quill wonders what is happening with the Dominators’ matrices – the commander’s is almost gone (only a chunk is remaining), the stalker’s in breaking down with almost half left, but as they watch, it breaks down and turns into a powder that dissolves. Sentry looks closer and hears a faint whispering, echoing voice – she senses pain and fear, then hears a voice “They are mine!” and feels a horrid spiritual agony: it appears that as the matrices dissolve, the spirits are being consumed by Hadar.

Sentry wants to commune with Root, but has no charges or time to waste. Sentry wants to determine if there is any goodness or uncorrupted part of the commander’s spirit left in its matrix, so she picks up the chunk that is left. When she does so, connects to the emotions within the commander’s matrix, and feels fear – fear of death as guardians know it, a long endless sleep or a maddening hunger and need to feed (almost to the point of becoming feral). This fear has grown like a tumour, becoming twisted, shaped and warped; its matrix has become enriched with magical life because the guardian has glutted on magical energies wherever it could. Despite this corruption, Sentry can still feel within the matrix a peerless warrior and a tactical mind: this guardian spirit has fought for millennia, and its fear stems from the fact that it has been so strong for so long, but it is now terrified of simply fading away and becoming nothing.

While Sentry's spirit holds the commander's spirit by one hand, she suddenly feels a red, callused, clawed being gripping the other hand of the commander's spirit. Sentry cannot see or hear it, but she knows it is there, and it is immensely powerful; she can also see that much of the commander's spirit has already been destroyed, but there is enough remaining that within the Prime Matrix, it could heal and be re-born to be given a second chance. Sentry begins to pull the spirit into the Prime Matrix, when she sees in the golden void that is the spirit world of the Prime Matrix, a figure begins to take shape, a twisted form of the guardian that she is trying to save appears: it has a red, balding humanoid head, with no nose or eyes, but has an enormous, wide-spread toothy maw. “I see you!” it says as it begins open its mouth wider and wider to swallow Sentry. It is Hadar.

The rest of the party sees Sentry holding the remaining shard of the commander’s matrix: it begins to glow bright red, and all of her vines and parts of her arm begin to become red as if being infected by a virus spreading through her. Sentry’s eyes and the Prime Matrix begin to flash, before Sentry collapses to the ground, convulsing. Aila tries to knock the shard out of her hand, but the minute she touches it, wracking pain shoots through her body, and she feels as if her blood is on fire – Sentry is gripping this with an unnatural strength. Aila grips the shard with both hands and pulls at it with her mighty strength, even though she is in intense agony, and notices as she pulls on the shard that it has embedded crystal-like vines into Sentry’s own. It is taking all of Aila's strength to hold the shard away from Sentry, but she cannot pull it free.

Sentry is engulfed in darkness, and begins to see visions:

> *She sees sprawling space, crimson jagged crystal formations form a hollow as if she is inside a great geode. She realises that these are not crystals, however, but bone covered with gore and cysts and mouths everywhere she looks. At the centre of it all, she sees a sprawling palace crafted from blood-red rock shaped into a giant, screaming mouth. In the centre of it all is a throne made of teeth and bones; sitting on it is an androgynous humanoid form, limbs too long, no eyes, features or muscle definition, just red energy with a huge mouth.*
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> *Her mind begins to become overwhelmed by her fears, and she can feel parts of herself – her memories, beliefs and her very essence – being eaten away from her and consumed by this thing. She is unprotected in this space: this is its realm, its space, and here, Sentry is its pawn or puppet. She can only hope that it will either let her live or consume her outright.*
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Quill tries to use the wand that he had received to stop Sentry going feral, but because the cause of Sentry's malady is the power of Hadar, the wand has no effect. Lucius touches Sentry’s matrix, knowing that he can connect to her, and wanting to save her from inside the Prime Matrix. Lucius has a vision through red glass like he is on the outside:

> *He sees Sentry standing in the middle of a crystalline cavern of mouths surrounding the temple and throne. While he cannot see the being, he can feel the ancient, powerful, god-like thing, and he can feel that it is eating Sentry. He bangs on the glass, then as he casts Prismatic Spray, bending light to break the glass that is keeping him from his friend; his eyes begin to glow with prismatic colour, and a column of magic hits the glass and breaks it. He immediately feels an overwhelming strength billow over him as he enters the god-like realm. He starts to feel everything that makes him Lucius being pulled out of him as he sees Hadar. It is a humanoid figure with an eternal mouth that has consumed gods, worlds, civilisations and universes, and Lucius knows that he is next.*
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Nova can see Aila desperately trying to hold the shard away from Sentry, and the crystal vines coming from the shard, embedded into Sentry’s hand and now starting to spread over her whole arm. She casts Arcane Gate to sever the vines: Tiangong attempts to cut the space where Nova wants to create her portals – the vines try to resist, but start to splinter. Tiangong glows blue, and Nova just manages to keep conscious as it drains power from her to cast the gate, and as the vines part, Lucius and Sentry’s visions cease immediately, and they waken back in the material world.

As the crystal vines part, Aila falls backwards and the chunk flies out of her hands – it immediately evaporates. Sentry, lying on the ground, curls into a ball and begins sobbing huge, wracking sobs: they have never seen her so unhappy. Everyone is exhausted: Aila has never had a test of strength like this, Nova feels like she is going to pass out, and Sentry and Lucius are exhausted. Sentry’s arm slowly returns to normal as the red vines disappear. Sentry acknowledges to Nova that she saw Hadar, and says that she was stupid, not knowing what she was doing, but is very relieved to feel that in the end, she managed to save the commander’s spirit. She feels guilty for almost being responsible for the death of the rest of the party, but says that they can’t let Hadar win, that no one deserves that; they urgently need to head to the City of Glass.

Quill scries on Overlord Voracitor through the storm eye:

> *Quill’s vision becomes cloudy, there is a crack of lightning. He focuses in and does not recognise Breeze as he was: he is now 9ft tall, skeletal with a red matrix, with 6 red eyes, a crown like curved horns and a giant staff in one hand. He sits on an airship, and around him are a dozen more Dominators, kneeling as if to a king. Overlord Voracitor looks around, “Soon we will have many brothers and sisters to add to our new glorious empire. My Lord Hadar has informed me that some of our brothers and sisters have failed in their task, but a blow has been delivered to the pretender, to the false Prime! We will have victory, my brothers, we will rule over the barren worlds left by our mighty Lord and we will conquer again and again until all is left but rock and iron. And I see you, little spy!” He dismisses Quill’s scrying beacon and the vision ends.*
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Quill tells them what he has seen, and advises that they need to get to the City of Glass as soon as possible. Guards eventually arrive and confirm from the people in the surrounding houses that the Stormchasers were attacked. They do not know how the guardians got into the city, but are happy to help with having the bodies thoroughly destroyed by Horizon’s mages. They ask the Stormchasers to check in with Commander Reyn and leave them to return to the citadel. Sentry heals Nova and Aila. When they get back, Reyn will tell them that Dannica will make a proclamation to the city, and then she will begin transporting the city to Giselle in the morning.

### **Part 2**

*With the help of the entire city of Horizon, the Stormchasers make plans for their invasion of the City of Glass!*

The Stormchasers take a long rest and wake to a new day. Things are busy in the Citadel of the Reborn, with soldiers rushing backwards and forwards. Valla has been working on something – the main desk in their quarters is covered with lots of books, and she has parchments filled with diagrams and notes. Maximillion has refused a bed, and has made a makeshift bed by the desk: he has not been eating, and is looking somewhat worn-out and dishevelled.

Lucius has had some nightmares, having almost seen Sentry being consumed, and does not emerge in the morning. As the rest of them emerge, Valla asks if they are ok – she has heard something about what has happened. Sentry is pottering around in the kitchen, cleaning, and appears a little too cheerful. Quill says that they need time to work out what has happened: Valla understands and offers to help in any way she can: she says that Dannica still won’t let Max and her out of their quarters, but has given her a lot of books that are helping her with trying to pinpoint the location of the titans. Quill says that he feels like he is still treating Valla like a child, but probably shouldn’t be since she has clearly grown – Valla says that it’s odd, because it has been such a short timeframe, but that the magic is making her mind older as her powers grow, almost like she is becoming someone else. She believes that her answers will come in time, and that Siaska may hold a lot of the answers to her questions. Valla tells Quill that she is worried about Max: he is not eating and he won’t let her help him – Quill doesn’t know what to do. Valla says that Max is acting subservient to her: he will eat when she tells him to, but it’s like he has given up on himself.

Quill asks Sentry if she is alright – Sentry says yes, but she is clearly not ok. Lucius comes out about an hour after everyone else, knowing that if he stays in his room for too long, he will worry them. Aila takes some food over to Max – he looks up at her with bags under his eyes, and he declines with thanks. Aila asks how he will protect Valla if he is too weak: he denies being weak, saying that he has eaten what he needs and that he does not need Aila to tell him how to do his job (but does not object when she places the food next to him). Aila tells Max that if he wants to talk… to talk to someone other than her, and he watches her go wondering if she is trying reverse psychology. Nova has used the long rest period to swap out her messenger ring for the Helm of Teleportation from the Xarkira simulacrum.

Reyn comes to see them in the morning, and tells them that Dannica wishes to see them, as she is about to make a speech to the city and get the city underway. When they get to the balcony, they see that the city streets are filled to capacity – mages are conjuring illusions of Dannica that echo her words and movements. Dannica says that she heard about their battle of the evening before, but needs them to look as powerful as they can before the crowd – Sentry casts Enlarge. Dannica is wearing her long formal robes with glamourweave that make it look like she has rolling flames coming off her dress, a golden collar mantle, her hair has been styled to be like long waves, and her eyes are glowing red. The city cheers as soon as she appears on the balcony: it is clear that she is very popular with the citizenry.

“Good people of Horizon,” Dannica proclaims, “you have no doubt heard the proclamation by Kalus Starbane, and by now you know my stance on his offer of “peace”. Champions of Aerois,” and she gestures towards the Stormchasers, “have shown me proof that his beliefs are not just misguided, but will bring about a greater doom than can be imagined. When Kalus was defeated and our city was set free into the winds, it was fear and desperation that drove the High Elves mad, and turned them against their people they had sworn to protect: they made deals with beings they did not understand, and we paid the price in blood. I will not decide my future or yours because I am afraid, because I am desperate. Kalus thinks us a city to be conquered: let him meet the same fate as those who have tried to conquer us before. We will not go quietly on currents or paths set for us: we are Horizon, we are the future, we are the dawn, and we are the dusk. I will light a new future for us, and it begins today as we blaze a trail into the unknown with all the fury of a flame. Launch the Horizon engine!”

Dannica steps back and a magical voice is projected across the city: “All citizens – Horizon is preparing to activate skycity engines. Proceed to civilian shelters or militia posts immediately.” The Stormchasers notice two large golden disks set into the floor of the balcony spin open like irises, and from each, a control orb emerges. Dannica places a hand on each and then ignites like an inferno: this magical flame channels down into the columns, and they hear the rumbling of stone. The docks where the skyships would normally attach begin to split apart with golden cogs and gears, and hundreds of brass cylinders begin to emerge from either side of the city. Flame begins to erupt from them, and for the first time, Horizon begins to deviate from the course it was set on by H’esper so long ago.

There is screaming and cheering from the citizenry, guards are rushing to posts and gesturing to the people as Horizon gets underway.

Reyn comes over to the party, and tells them that they believe it will take about three days to reach Gisella – Horizon is not as fast as many airships. They will send out scout vessels to monitor the situation, but until then, the citizens will be kept in shelters, militias will be trained to use all sorts of weapons, and the turrets and city defences are prepared – Reyn wants the Stormchasers involved in all of this.

Reyn tells them that the Sanzesian Commonwealth is infamous for their shipwrights, and has a large navy of airships. They are currently blockading their territory with airships, but may send more to the City of Glass if they believe it will give them a tactical advantage – if not, Horizon may be able to get close enough to send them down in a transport skiff, allow them to do what they need to, and then evacuate the guardians to Horizon. Nova tells Reyn that they need some anti-scrying magic for some of them; he tells them that they are making preparations to ward their quarters, but for individuals, they should look to independent scribes or companies (such as the Dalegeld (sp?) Company) within the city – there may be scrolls, relics or spells that can be purchased.

Reyn says that he has considered how the Dominators entered the city – given that none of them seemed to be able to cast magic (to disguise themselves), and that there is no record of them coming through the dock area (the only guardians going through the docks were leaving Horizon for the City of Glass), the only possible way that Reyn thinks they could have entered Horizon was if a small airship was to fly under the skycity, and that they climbed up into the city through the waste ports. Reyn has now dispatched guards to patrol the ports and sewer systems, and deployed someone to the docks to ensure that no one is entering under a magical disguise.

Sentry offers to assist with aerial reconnaissance, and Aila offers to train some recruits.

Quill is concerned that if Gisella sees Horizon flying towards their territory and their barricade of airships, that they will see this as a declaration of war. He wonders how they will get through the barricade to the City of Glass. Nova wonders if they can make Horizon invisible, but it is too big. Sentry suggests they use Horizon as a distraction while they stealth in – Aila is concerned about the safety of the people in Horizon if they do that, even if Horizon acts as a diplomatic distraction. Lucius agrees that using Horizon as a distraction is probably the best idea, but is worried how they will get the guardians out: they can save a few with the Wayfinders Guide, and perhaps a few more with the Stormchaser.

Regarding Overlord Voracitor, they don’t know exactly where he is, but Horizon could act as a distraction for him, too. Quill thinks they could use the eye to find him in three days when they get to the City of Glass.

Looking at the map, they can see that the bulk of Gisella is a huge mountain range that covers the centre of the continent, and Reyn tells them that the Sanzensian Commonwealth is built into mountain cities that are connected by roads dug through the mountains themselves. They all have airship towers, and shipyards because they build airships and trade via airship – they also have lots of metal, gold and gems that they mine from the mountains. The inhabitants of the Commonwealth are primarily goliaths, humans and dwarves.

The party believes that the Stormchaser will take about two days to meet them, but may be delayed if they hit bad weather. Given that, Quill’s final plan is this: the Stormchaser docks at Horizon before they get to Gisella, they leave on the Stormchaser, leaving Horizon to “be all spooky off the coast in the distance”, “everyone gets freaked out in Gisella and they move all their troops”, the Stormchasers then go into the City of Glass, save the world, and kill Voracitor. Easy.

Reyn comes to tell them that Arval Dagos has left the civilian shelters and is demanding to see them - he has been waiting for an update from their mission to rescue Valla. He barges into Valla's room, demanding that Max puts his sword down when he is challenged - he sees Valla, now 20-something years old, and cannot believe his eyes, but recognises her immediately. He immediately goes to hug her, and sobs quietly: Valla is now taller than Arval, and Max is standing nearby holding the sword to Arval's neck, but looking perplexed that Arval simply does not care about it. Valla explains the effect of the magic on her and asks Max to put his sword down. Lucius stands nearby with his hands clasped in front of him, tearing up and enjoying Arval and Valla's reunion. Arval looks over Valla's paperwork and insists that she needs better parchment and ink, and a few select books on the gods by A. Plumbus.

Sentry slips out and goes to visit Petal - her shop is closed and she has gone to the nearest shelter with the rest of her street. The secured shelter is heavily guarded with thick walls, and individual areas with bedrolls have been curtained off for privacy. Petal is helping with stacking supplies, cataloguing medicinal herbs and doing other tasks - Sentry offers to help with the odd jobs that she is doing, including working on a couple of little constructs. They have a chat about everything that Petal has been doing, before Petal says that Sentry must meet someone, then introduces her to Rosemeadow.

In Horizon, Nova or Lucius can buy up to five scrolls of Nondetection. The other ways that they might be able to avoid being scried on is by using spells like Leomund's Tiny Hut, or Quill can cast Temple of the Gods. Nova can also use the Rod of Alertness to cast See Invisibility at will in order to see any scrying sensor that would be present. Nova does the latter, refreshing her spell every hour, and notices that on the second day, a sensor begins to follow Lucius - she warns him, he runs for their quarters, and the sensor disappears: it does not come back again once noticed.

Quill receives a Sending spell from his mother: *Qillek, long time no message. Have heard from your ship - encountered bad weather, will be delayed. Messenger Guild passing on the message. Your mother. Goodbye.* He responds: *Mother, been busy. You're embarrassing me! Try to get here as soon as you can. Love you, sorry. Again. Will be better. Clear skies.*

At the start of day 3, they are about 12 hours out from reaching the City of Glass, and Reyn comes to tell them what the scouts have found. He takes them to the war room with Dannica and other officers: a map is being magically projected on the table before them. There is a fleet of 10 airships hovering over the City of Glass, there are battalions of soldiers encamped outside the main entrance to the city and in the plains at a distance from the city as well. The scout ships were fired upon by the Sanzesian Commonwealth, but they confirmed that there has been a significant force dispatched by the Commonwealth to attack the City of Glass - Dannica does not know why they are attacking the city and whether it has anything to do with their upcoming mission, whether there is something in the city that they want, or whether it is on the orders of Kalus. Dannica also tells them that there are rebels fighting off the attackers, made up of guardians and Sanzesian Commonwealth troops. The airships are also not firing on the City of Glass itself - almost as if they do not want to damage the city. This pitched battle concerns Dannica - she was not planning on fighting a pitched battle, and the scouts believe there may be reinforcements on the way. Horizon does have some defenses - arcane turrets and cannons, ground troops and a small fleet of airships.

Horizon will have to engage the enemy forces if it is to pick the party and guardians up after their mission, and Dannica would like to rescue the rebels if they are potential allies. Reyn is concerned that the rebel force will be decimated if they do not get support soon, but the airships are too numerous for Horizon to take on without help - the party will need to assist one or the other. If they can take out 3-4 airships, Horizon should be able to hold off the rest, but the rebels will be overrun; if they help the rebels, there is a higher likelihood that significant damage will be done to Horizon. None of the scouts were able to locate Herald, and no one knows where she is. Quill is concerned that entering Gisellan territory will be tantamount to declaring war, and that there will be significant repercussions worldwide, but Dannica says that since they have already sided with Starbane, war has already been declared.

Quill casts Sending to ask Herald where she is and what the situation is in the City of Glass. The response comes back with magical interference: *"...battle...turned desperate...made decision... city...leave...matrix...solution...find...Rook...forgive me."*

Nova tries to scry on Herald to see what is happening:

> *The image is distorted as if through a fuzzy lens, and the sound is garbled. Nova sees Herald inside the City of Glass, fighting something with magic. An explosion or spell goes off nearby and she is thrown to the side. She bursts in through an old wooden doorway to take refuge and calls over her allies from another area. 4-5 other guardians come over, one of which is massive and has a flail on the end of a chain, it smashes through the wall, yelling "SMASH!" There is also another, more lithe guardian with 8 eyes around its head, looking around and holding and firing a bow. Yet another has a vice grip for a hand and a giant hammer in the other. The team seems to be a tactical one, and they are moving through the ruins as if Herald is trying to find something. The interference gets more and more severe until the scry cuts off.*
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## **YouTube Timestamps**

0:00 - Episode Start
1:26 - Announcements
7:30 - DUN DUNs
8:29 - Recap starts
9:17 - Part 1
1:21:21 - Break time/Donations
1:30:15 - Part 2
1:31:46 - Trigger Warning Section
1:33:42 - Trigger Warning Section Ends
2:55:32 - Outro/Donations

## **Featured Characters**

#### **The Stormchasers (Player Characters)**

* Aila
* Nova V'ger
* Lucius Virion-Elluin Elenasto
* Qillek Ad Khollar
* Sentry

#### **Returning NPCs**

* Reyn Talevir
* Hadar
* Valla
* Maximillion Taldros
* Dannica Bloodfire
* Arval Dagos
* Petal
* Rosemeadow

## **Trivia**

* Trott says that there is a level of the idea of Hadar that seems, on a very base level to Lucius, that it’s an option. The fight has been so hard, nothingness is what’s left - giving up is easy. It is something that Hadar could fester upon.
* Tom thinks that Lucius has been in too many mouths, and Kim suggests coating him in the nail biting stuff.