Heart of Tyre: Episode 16

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***Heart of Tyre* Episode 16** was streamed on Arcadum's Twitch channel on November 16, 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 begins. In its Vanity initiative, Requiem starts off the fight by attempting to confuse Neve, Derok, and Morc. Neve falls under the ability’s effect, but Derok counterspells the effect. With a Halting Look(?), The Violet enemy then attacks Morc with 6 Spindles that linger on the field, hurting any adjacent enemies. Requiem then plants a flower called “Graceful Bloom” which has an aura that hinders directed attacks. Every time the Tops attack within this flower’s aura, the aura’s effect gets stronger.

Derok uses two Blights on Requiem, dealing terrible terrible damage as the spell is effective against plants. In its Affliction initiative, The Requiem will summon a “Painful Bloom”, a flower that damages all enemies within range when any creature takes damage. She will also attempt to use Blinding Blood(?) against Morc and Derok, but Derok makes the INT saving throw. She continues to do this throughout the fight, but one of the two targets always makes the save. The Requiem then uses Slowing Stride, restraining both Neve and Derok with spectral vines.

Neve struggles with getting out of her bind for the entire session. Ives uses two Amber arrows to get rid of both flowers. In its Abundance initiative, the Requiem plants a “Blooming Life”, another flower which heals the Requiem. Overabundance goes off, healing all of the perfectly healthy Tops. The amount of HP is stored as a stockpile for other abilities. Throughout the fight, the Requiem plants these flowers, and these flowers have special interactions with some of her abilities.

The Requiem enforces a Graceful Bloom with spectral thorns which may both block an attack on the flower and attack in retaliation. Derok attempts to use fireball on the flowers, but the flowers are immune to AoE spells. The Requiem then uses Pollen to duplicate some of the remaining flowers. Seren summons two dire wolves who are on weeding duty. Morc learns of Heartstop, an ability that paralyzes an opponent for a minute. The Requiem kills off one of the wolves with a Light Thorn, a powerful attack that deals guaranteed damage which may be shared with allies.

As Spindles kills off the second wolf, Derok decides to Misty Step out of his bind, causing another Indigo Event. This time, the event doubles the amount of summons on the field, including flowers. Derok says nope with the negator. A Blinding Haze covers a part of the field, covering all of the flowers and the Requiem herself. Seren learns of Peril Production, an ability that allows the Requiem to summon Treant Guardians. There are two conditions for this ability. The first is to reach a threshold with Overabundance. The second is for the Requiem to be in its Garden state. Ives lands an Amber Arrow on Requiem, but due to the Haze, no one sees what happens. Morc continues weeding, stating “fuck the pain away.”

With Pollen, the amount of flowers increases significantly. Derok attempts to cull the flowers with some effect. Seren dispels the Haze. Before Ives Hides behind the Lord of Donuts, another Amber Arrow hits the Violet servant.

At the start of the fifth round, Pollens goes off. There are now 2 Graceful Bloom, 2 Painful Bloom, and 5 Blooming Life flowers. Coursing Venom(?) lands on Morc, triggering several things. First, the Painful Blooms harm Morc, Neve, and Derok. This causes the Blooming Lives to heal Requiem. At this point, a Violet cylindrical ability hits Ives, Morc, Derok, and Neve. Ives and Derok avoid the effect, but Neve and Morc get affected. The PCs have to choose which type of flower to double. Neve chooses Painful Bloom, and Morc chooses Blooming Life. There are now 2 Graceful Blooms, 4 Painful Blooms, and 10 Blooming Life. Requiem floats off the ground, eyes glowing Violet. She is the Garden state.

## Featured Characters

### Main Characters

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

## References

1. ↑ Tweet by @gloriousArcadum. *Heart of Tyre Ep. 16 ft. @SummersSalt @Russ\_Money @msf\_actual @ScottJund @NaomiOop at twitch.tv/arcadum*