Heart of Tyre: Episode 12

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***Heart of Tyre* Episode 12** was streamed on Arcadum's Twitch channel on October 5, 2020, and premiered on Arcadum's YouTube channel on October 29, 2020.

## Summary

Summary by av5hadow, copied from Verum Weekly:
As the Tops look at the building they found in the darkness, they notice that there are scorch marks littered on the building. It’s as if the building was on fire before. Derok opens the doors. In the first room, they see so much arcane experimental stuff going on. The crying fades when Derok opens the door.

Derok inspects the notes on the northern desk. The notes contain information on the Ki of the human body. Derok also notices a familiar symbol (Taladoni), but they do not know what it is for. Seren prays to Lorita. She catches on fire and hears the screams of children. She receives a vision of children being tortured. Seren inspects the southern desk. There are notes on essence. The notes contain info essences related to each and every emotion. Seren takes the notes on love. Derok opens the door to the next room that leads to three other rooms.

Derok opens the northern door which leads to a library. Derok sees an azure tome that emits visible magic. Neve opens the book with Mage Hand. It radiates a bright and thick blue light. Neve attempts to close the book with mage hand, but the hand dissipates in the light. Neve and Derok leave the open book alone. However, Ives, afraid that something might come out of the book, takes a shovel from Morc and attempts to close the book. However, when the shovel pierces the light, the light spreads and surrounds him. He then disappears, and the book closes. The party then finally looks at the cover. “The Edge” is written in indigo.

Ives finds himself on a floating mass surrounded by black space. The floor is full of indigo crystals. Ives goes into combat mode, but sees no threats. He wanders until something appears. A creature (“The Neverend”), wearing indigo robes with three eyes, white pale skin, and black hair, shows up before him. Ives begins to ask a few questions, and it answers with gestures. The creature offers its bandaged left hand towards Ives who then takes it. She begins to talk to him through telepathy. She says that Ives is at the Indigo Scar which she has watched over. She describes the Scar as a requirement for preventing The End as it is her duty to see that it is never The End. She tells Ives that they are in the 6th iteration. Each iteration has done what it can. The prism has refracted as much as it can. Each color has expended their strength, except for the Indigo. Since the next color is the traitor (Violet), the current iteration may be the last chance they have. Ives asks how they can succeed this time.

“You”. She gazes at Ives’s not-yet-refracted and small soul before returning to Ives. She then tells Ives that they are at the End now. It is her purpose to test Ives and his might. If he succeeds, he will gain the power of the Indigo. The creature tells Ives to look at the ground. The crystals are the souls who have failed the test. The test is to defeat those who failed the test. If Ives fails, then he will join their ranks. The Neverend asks Ives if she should get his party, and he nods. The scene cuts to the party, panicking what they should do before they get transported.

The Neverend tells the party that they will assist Ives in his test. Ives tells the party that they are in the 6th iteration, and that they are the last hope. He then asks for their approval to help him. The Tops say that they will, surprised that he even asked. The party then asks more questions. The Neverend has existed as long as the scar. The scar was made by the first iteration. There are several questions that it cannot answer, even with the cardinal present.

The Neverend explains the trials. 6 pillars of amethyst pops up. The party can influence what they have to fight. Arcadum explains that they will be facing 7Y7D bosses, and that they will gain several levels by the end of this. The party gains a complete rest between each fight, with some exceptions. The power of the gods is not available here aside from spellcasting (praying and Seren’s candles don’t work). The players can use their knowledge to make three decisions to influence on who they will fight

1. Creature type (under the Ranger Class)

2. Player Class (This is more vague, and somewhat describes what the boss may be capable of)

3. Two traits to omit. (Depending on the trait, they may raise the tier of the enemy).

For their first boss, they chose the following. Humanoid Fighter. Omit Spellburn (Has the ability to permanently remove spellcasting from a PC) & Humiliation (Remove limbs and destroy objects after killing a PC). The party buffs up before the fight. This includes Derok summoning Burden and his Shadow Demon and Seren putting on her Brass Mask. She still has the muffler on.

The Neverend summons The Steel Storm, the scorn Lord of Dabarok. Legendary warrior who died 60 years ago. He is known to be proficient in spears and leading and is blessed with the power of the storm.

In the first six seconds, the Steel Storm charges through the party, striking Ives. Ives is knocked back 30 feet and knocked prone. The others take their held actions. Seren identifies the traits of the fight. Martial Adept. Momentum. Improved Combo. Recovery Adept. Unrelenting.

In the next round, Neve identifies the Falling Star skill. If there are no more than 3 adjacent enemies, the Storm may leap in the air then strike the ground, dealing 3d6 damage in 200 ft range. Those affected must make a CON save to not be knocked prone. Ives takes flight while Neve, the Shadow Demon, and Derok joins Morc in the melee. Derok deals 100 damage, but that activates one of Storm’s abilities which luckily didn’t do any damage to anyone. The Storm summons a cylinder of lightning under Ives. He will then use its defense action and rushes up to Seren, taking opportunity attacks. He attacks Seren who goes down.

## Featured Characters

### Main Characters

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

### New

* The Neverend
* The Steel Storm

## References

1. ↑ Tweet by @gloriousArcadum. *Heart of Tyre Ep. 12 ft. @ScottJund @msf\_actual @NaomiOop @Russ\_Money @SummersSalt at twitch.tv/arcadum*