Aerois - Episode 189: Hope Won't Fall

Katie Morrison as Aila

Kim Richards as Nova V'ger

Rhiannon Frost as Sentry

Tom Hazell as Qillek Ad Khollar

**Hope Won't Fall** is the 189th episode of the Aerois Campaign. It was prerecorded and broadcast on both the Yogscast Twitch channel and highrollersdnd Twitch channel on 18th June 2023 from 5PM to 8PM BST.

*The Stormchasers continue their battle against the evil Witch Queen Xarkira at the height of the assault on Entropis!*

## **Summary**

### **Announcements**

* Mark welcomes everyone and introduces the players.
* Live watchers have 12 hours to pick up the last of the merch available on sale – all remaining merch will be thrown into the sun and will not be available again. As of midnight 19th June 2023, the merch will no longer be available from FreshStore.co.
* If you like what HR does, consider supporting on Patreon, YouTube, sub on Twitch, etc. All of this helps with studio costs and helps with growth. If you cannot afford to support the show financially, please spread the word about the show, especially with campaign two coming to an end soon.

### **Recap**

*"Our Champions have arrived on Entropis – they have fought their way to the breach point into the Far Realm to face Hadar, but one foe stands in their way. Having appeared through deception, weakening Siaska with a poison, trapping Valla in some sort of spell or magical trap, and summoning an ancient enemy of Kalus’ – Xarkira, a mage that you have encountered previously, stands before you… one final obstacle. The battle has been desperate at times – bad luck plagued the first half of the battle until Qillek Ad Khollar pushed the first domino. Engaging an anti-magic field around himself, flying into Xarkira to disable her magical flight, sending her down to the ground so that Aila and the others could finally begin to land some attacks, and from there, things continued on.*

*Xarkira attempted to use a powerful 9th level spell, channelling the power of Hadar to overcome the anti-magic field, and try to kill Quill, but it was stopped by a desperate counter-spell, fuelled with Quill’s own portent from Lucius. The counter spell disrupted the spell and things began to shift, attacks were made – Aila’s hammer, Sentry’s lance, Nova’s sword, all dealing damage upon Xarkira’s form and even as she desperately tried to get away to unleash more spells, Lucius conjured a powerful Chromatic Orb. Surging with arcane power, Xarkira attempted to deflect it, but was unable [to], dealing a hundred and twenty points of damage which forced Xarkira to reveal her true form. In a shroud of red and black mist, Xarkira’s body was transformed into the monstrosity that you now see before you – still the upper torso of the mage, the female woman that you knew, but now with serpent-like hair, monstrous wings, and an enormous serpent’s tail that coils around beneath her.*

*Her strength magnified - her toughness, her durability, increased by numerous thresholds, and her magic still as potent, our battle continues…"*
### **Part 1**

*Xarkira shows her true form and turns her attention to the squishiest of the bunch, Qillek Ad Khollar!*

Part 1 Full Description

### **Part 2**

*A partially restored party continues their assault against the Hadar infused Xarkira!*

Part 2 Full Description

## **YouTube Timestamps**

0:00:00 - Intro
0:03:25 - Dun Duns
0:04:23 - Part 1
1:33:13 - Part 2

## **Featured Characters**

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

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

#### **New NPCs**

* New NPC 1
* New NPC 2

#### **Returning NPCs**

* Returning NPC 1
* Returning NPC 2

#### **Mentioned NPCs**

* Mentioned NPC 1
* Mentioned NPC 2

## **Featured Locations**

* Location 1
	+ Sublocation 1
	+ Sublocation 2
* Location 2

## **Trivia**

* Trivia 1
* Trivia 2

## **Quotes**

* **I was dealing with my own problems...** ([ link])
**Tom**: I died again‽
**Katie**: Well apparently... I dunno, a fucking meteor hit me in the face!

* Quote 2