Heart of Tyre: Episode 17

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***Heart of Tyre* Episode 17** was streamed on Arcadum's Twitch channel on November 23, 2020, and premiered on Arcadum's YouTube channel on December 2, 2020.

## Summary

Summary by av5hadow, copied from Verum Weekly:
The fight against the Requiem Rose continues. Derok starts an Arcanic Clash using Blight and the Rose using her Spindles. The Clash is close, but the Rose is weak to Blight and loses the Clash, taking the effects of both abilities. In addition, all Blooming Lives are destroyed. The Rose successfully uses Binding Blood, this time on Morc and Neve. Seren learns that this ability copies the damage dealt on someone affected by this ability and applies it to everyone else who is affected, so she Dispells it. Ives flies over a heavily wounded Neve and drops Stompy on her. Morc identifies The Herald Remembers, a Violet ability that activates once the Rose reaches a certain health threshold. When the threshold is reached, each Top will take damage that scales with the amount of flowers destroyed.

The Requiem Rose uses Perfect Body, covering her skin with diamonds. This ability allows her to heal major wounds, but the Tops hit her to reduce the future mending. Once she is hit five times, she will be stunned for a moment. Seren uses Hidden Paths to get Neve out of her entanglement. Morc unleashes his Action Surge to hit the Rose and destroy her diamond skin.

The scene jumps to the Neverend who is observing the fight. Koga shows up before her, and she kneels, recognizing the Color. Koga recognizes her as a descendant of Jarlaxle(?) and asks her about the battle. She informs him of the Indigo Trial and Ives who seeks to be his herald. He joins her, but unlike her, Koga can indirectly affect the fight. When he Observes, he can change the outcome of an event (a d20). When he Tests a Tops member, that person will have to pass a Test or be stunned for a moment. If they pass the Test, they will gain a boon after the fight. As the main challenger, Ives has a boost in Tests. Lastly, Koga can Interfere with a boss’ ability. However, this pulls the Indigo from other places, allowing the Violet to gain 1 Entropy. The scene moves back to the Tops, unaware of the Color.

Ives tosses Neve a single amber arrow for her to use, then hits the Violet Servant with another. The Rose launches her Spindles at Morc, downing him. However, the ever relentless Morc stands right back up. Koga then Tests Ives, whispering “Walk with the shadows with me.” Ives suddenly enters the shadows, yelping “The Hell?” He then returns to the field, succeeding in the Test.

The Rose attempts to bait an attack from Morc, but he doesn’t react, afraid of The Herald Remembers. Seeing that he won’t attack, she appears right next to Seren and uses Perfect Body. In an attempt to seal the Rose’s connection to the Violet, Derok starts another Clash with her, but this time with his soul. Koga sees the shape of a cardinal - no, an old comrade, an experienced warrior who has long since been put to rest. The Indigo decides to Interfere, and the Color manifests the warrior. (With Naomi/Neve’s Birthday 20 to negate Koga’s Nat 1), the Cardinal and the Indigo join forces. Derok’s hammer transforms into a banner embedded with the symbol of the warrior, a symbol of hope. Derok slams the banner into the Violet. The beauty the Rose has is no longer, her right arm missing. Her Vanity (initiative) is sealed. The warrior’s shape then fades away, and Koga bids farewell to the old friend.

Neve shoots her amber arrow at the Rose, bringing her to the threshold. The Herald Remembers. 29 flowers destroyed. Derok breaks concentration on Haste, going down. The attack incapacitates Ives, Morc, and Seren. Neve is the only Tops member standing.

The Rose wails on the downed companions, bringing them closer to death. However, (WITH A NAT 20 ON A DEATH SAVE) Madd Morc gets back up, going into his Iass form. He chomps down on green herbs and rushes down the Rose while screaming some Healing Words at Seren. The Rose takes a gamble and clashes against Morc with her Cracking Will. Reality contorts in front of Morc, and he will see the demise of the Tops. However, hope brings Morc back to his senses, and he swings his weapon. The Rose’s last hand lands on the ground and The Herald no longer Remembers.

Shadows comes out at Neve, but she dodges them, passing Koga’s Test. Neve rushes to Ives’ side, reviving him with herbs. The Rose covers herself with another Blinding Haze. Seren traverses through Hidden Paths to escape the magical darkness. Morc lands a crit, and his Iass form manifests a Balance which allows him to give some of his health to an ally. With the last of the three Iass abilities finally activated, Morc is now able to enter his Iass form once per long rest.

Derok dumps out his donut box, and with Animate Objects, 10 donuts come to life and launch themselves at the Rose, with only 2 missing their mark in the Haze. The Rose then Binds the Blood between Morc and Neve and performs an unseen action in the darkness.

## Featured Characters

### Main Characters

* Lord Antonius Volnaris
* Ives
* Neve
* Madd Morc
* Seren

### Returning

* The Requiem Rose
* The Neverend

## References

1. ↑ Tweet by @gloriousArcadum. *The* Heart of Tyre *Ep. 17 ft. @ScottJund @NaomiOop @msf\_actual @Russ\_Money @SummersSalt at twitcht.tv/arcadum*