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No. No, I don't think you can say that one. Come
on back. Now, though the methods and lack of
approval from the speakers is problematic, Antaj
and his party guard are to be commended once
again for their heroism in foiling the machinations
of Marfil and the pig man. Apparently, evidence
against Marfil and the treasonous wrongdoings
has been discovered, with more hopefully on the
way. I mean, with Sturgeon on the case, nothing
is likely to go undiscovered. Rami Rasool, the
young child reborn by our times, was involved
in the raid as well and tragically died in service
to the world's liberation. And he did not die
alone. Eight party warriors were removed from
our plane in the battle. We have yet to count
the number of fallen amongst the people of the
old city who fought hard to keep reinforcements
from the angels' fight. There have also been
three names spoken with particular awe by the
good people of the city. Three heroes who played
instrumental roles in the shifting of these tides.
Jean Franklin Montelio is most notably known
as Zebulon Black's sidekick. But what most don't
realize is that his very father is the seventh
king of Cog and Zinda. Blanche Trudeau, reports
say, is the master defense for the Montelio family,
Jean Franklin's mentor. And then there's Dresden
Kellig, formerly Salerno LaRouche's personal
guard, who seemingly left his lofty position
in pursuit of greater justice. These three names
have been spoken time and time again. Their actions
swiftly become a legend on Sansation. And I think
you're going to want to remember these three
names. I think you'll be hearing these names
a lot in the future. For should they choose to
accept it, these three could well become our
three newest luminaries. Well, that's exciting.
Yeah. A lot of exciting things. A lot of exciting
things. I mean, I told you before. A couple episodes
ago, how this mounting feeling of like something
ending was just building. And here the building
stops. Here the tower crumbles, gentlemen. Oh
God, I don't like that. Shut up. Here, Saint
-Cityon ends. This arc that's been half our show
about to end. That's wild. It's crazy. I know.
That's what Danny said. That's what Danny said.
I don't know if the mic's picked up on that groan.
She couldn't handle it. Yeah, I said it just
a minute ago. I almost forgot there were other
worlds out there. Right, yeah. Yeah, yeah. So
many of them and so many more arcs and stories
to explore. But we're not going to think about
those tonight. Tonight we're putting this one
to bed. We're tying up the loose ends and we're
saying some goodbyes. Once and for all. All right.
I am not ready. I'm going to try to get ready.
Get it? Oh, hell yeah. Now, there is so much
happening in Fantasy Pants, the metaverse, the
meta story of these three nerds in the studio
that I really want to talk about. So many great
people who are doing really cool things for us
and with us, and I really, really want to discuss
them and shout them out. But we haven't unzipped
next week. I think that's the time to talk shop
like that because... There's a lot to get to
and I want to make sure we get to all of it tonight.
Yeah. And I think, I think it's gonna be a long
one. Yeah. I mean, yeah, there's so much to talk
about. So many questions. A lot of questions.
Thank you to everybody who submitted questions,
by the way. Thank you everyone. We might do it
tonight. I don't know if we do, we might sound
really tired. You'll know. So without further
ado, let's get started. The lab, the. Chamber
is dead silent. The fight has just concluded.
I think the first sound that breaks the silence
in this sort of post -battle kind of cool -down
is round stuff. You just hear her crack into
this sort of light, tinkering sort of laughter.
And you can see she's looking at the... The steaming
toad bile covered bones of Zavar. Oh my God.
Jesus. just like, just like pointing towards
them and like, just like laughing so hard, almost
belly laughing. You see like their, her like
chain and her foot almost like, like rattles
and she falls on her back and you can see Miskin's
already moving across the room, dropping there.
He's got his lock pick that you created for him
in hand, rushing over. It's the same kind of
mining, old mining chains. I mean, back in the
day, those were used a lot for, uh, Insanityan.
Um, They're kicking around in places, and he's
kind of, he's practiced now, so he's kind of
working on that while she laughs. And you can
see as she laughs, like, the horrors of her days
trapped in this lab start to, like, they're getting
pushed back, pushed somewhere farther away from
her eyes, from her mind, from the forefront.
And I think as, like, the change comes unlocked
very swiftly, and she kind of, like, stands up.
She just looks over at all of you. I knew you'd
come. And her wide, thankful eyes are moving
from Miskin. to Jules, to Zebulon. I knew it.
I never stopped knowing. Thank you. That was
close, though. That was really... He was going
to do some stuff. I don't really know. I don't
understand it, but like a bird. Like a bird.
He's just looking. He's got a blank face on.
A void? I don't... You know what? Is that what
you were waiting for? No, I forgot. All right.
Yeah, even as she's saying this and kind of rambling
on, Jules is slowly walking over to her, bending
down, and the moment that she stops talking,
grabs her shoulders and pulls her in tight. We
got you. We got you. No, I knew. I knew. And
you could feel warm tears kind of running down
your neck as she buries her face in. Maybe those
horrors aren't so gone after all. But in this
moment, there is just a peace. Now, while this
is happening, what are everyone else's immediate
actions following the fight? So Arhalon is still
stable but unconscious, right? Still unconscious,
yes. You have no idea what, you still don't know
what happened to him, what was affecting him,
and if it will be there if he wakes up, you don't
know. Crispin's going to fall out of wild shape.
What can you tell me about the manacles that
were on round stuff? Is it like a set of handcuffs,
or is it like a neck collar that's attached to
the ground? It was wrapped around her ankle,
so it was a small kind of cuff there. It was
the handcuffs, yeah, that were kind of like...
They're usually used for ankles, so people would
be using them to work in the mines. Way back
when, they'd be manacled to certain spots of
higher ore. Sure. It's almost like a two -sided
cuff. Zebulon wants to run over and grab it.
He hugs Roundstuff, too. Hey, Roundstuff. Can
I borrow this for just a minute? He grabs the
manacles, and he wants to go over and... manacle
one of Arhalon's hands to his opposite leg. Okay.
Just so he's not going to get up and start running
or hurting anybody. And then cast Gift of the
Metallic Dragon. Oh. I don't know if HP is relevant.
I can actually cast it if you want. No, we'll
just say at this point, it's not relevant. Yeah.
You go to cast so this magic sort of flows out
of you. This magic given to you by Xole. now
here to help save your brother. And Crispin's
going to think to himself, boy, I wish Shola
could see this. And he's going to use Mazir to
come. Oh, yes! Yes! You had this look in your
eyes. I was waiting for something. Oh, man. In
this area, your chances of this happening are
double level five. If you hit 10, you can feel
like you say this wish, and your thoughts, you're
feeling, there's something like this deep trembling
that leaves you, pushing down into the ground,
into that very fossil, which seems to glow a
little brighter. And something besides rage is
channeling through it, something almost joyful.
And you press into that, you feel it, you reach
out, and maybe, maybe, make that roll. Gonna
roll our... Orange, a D100. The soccer ball.
So let's go for the high end. Okay. 90 to 100.
It works? Yeah. Okay. 62. 62. Damn. Here's what
I'm going to say. I want to have a little fun
with this because you're going for high end.
That was above 50. You're not getting what you
wanted. It's not going to activate. But just
as a teaser. There's, like, this moment where,
like, the light, sort of like this flash of light
sort of sparks above the fossil sort of in the
room's corner. And for this flash, you see, like,
an image appears. This almost like, almost like
a holographic image of Xole just kind of, like,
staring down into, like, her hand. Her hand's,
like, shaking as she reaches up behind her neck.
And she sort of stops. Her fingers kind of resting
on some scales. Her claws like digging into them.
And she turns her eyes and looks. And for the
barest moment, it looks like she sees everything.
And gone. Like you almost had this, but it slipped
away. And it's hard. It's so hard. You think
about Paul, how he managed to create some grand
miracle. And maybe there's some sliding scale
of like your sort of, Ability to utilize this
power. Paul is much more powerful than you. Damn,
Paul. I think like Zebulon, you heal Arhalon.
And then as you heal him, you see that image
up here. You look up and just see that. And beneath
you, Arhalon kind of... Zebulon. Can you hear
me, brother? Zebulon. Zebulon. Zebulon. What's
going on with you? His eyes are still just, like,
not focused. Snap out of it. Do you want to roll,
like, a medicine check? Yeah, I'll have Zebulon
roll a medicine check. Do you think that... What
would Crispin think to roll? Is medicine just,
like, pretty obvious, or is it Arcana? Medicine's
probably the best one. Medicine would make the
most sense. I'd allow Arcana as well. Okay. I'm
just going to roll medicine for both of them.
Okay. Wow. Nobody has any idea what's going on.
They don't know what's going on, yeah, but he
just seems like he's aware. He's awake, but he's
still very out of it. It's almost like he sees
you, but he's blinking. His pupils are, like,
wide, like, dilated. He's just kind of, like,
I think I will say this. I think this is even
when you're passing because there's almost, like,
something on him you didn't notice before, like,
over, like, kind of by his nose and kind of around
his mouth is slight, like, almost like reddish
pink, like ash or powder. But he's just sort
of blinking. Rastaf, did you see what they did
to him? I was in the other cell for a while,
but when that last time, when there was a box,
Zivar said it was from Zinda. I don't know. He
was making him take it after he healed him. He
looked bad. Arhalon, he... I thought he was coming
for me again. He was so scary when they brought
him in. There was blood and burns and... Part
of me kind of feels like if we, I don't know,
if we give this a little bit of time, is he going
to come out of it? Yeah, that's what I'm wondering.
Like if he has to keep re -upping on it. Right.
It sounds like it was done multiple times. Yeah,
so I think like when you first walked in, it
was, I think Zavar even said, give him another
dose. Use it all. Okay. So... So Crispin will
walk up and wipe the dust and powder off his
nose and mouth. Let him rest. Let him come out
of this. I think you feel a presence move up
behind you, Zebulon. He turns, he dances, like,
looking at you. And he's got this sort of quizzical
look in her eyes, and she's, I don't understand.
What is he? Where is Mateo? I saw him in you.
When you were first transforming, it's his. Isn't
it? I'm sorry. That's why you're here now. Instead
of him, it's his spark. He wasn't strong enough.
He wouldn't have been able to come anyways. He
asked me. I'm really sorry. But I talked to him
and he loves you and misses you so much. I think
at this, she smiles slightly and says, he wouldn't
say that. Well, I mean, he didn't. But I know.
He said that you would know. And she actually
just fully kind of laughs. That's Mateo. Wait,
that's right, that's right. The message, Jules.
Before you even finish saying it, like, dance.
I think her eyes go wide. Jules, he's vanishing.
You look down, Zebulon, to see that. The edges
of your, like, bony toes are starting to sort
of vanish into this light. And this vanishing
is starting to travel up your body, down to your
ankles. Your time is running out now. Julius,
there's not much time, but Mateo, when we were
in the... He said that... So the fugue plane,
when you die, people who die in that area, they
show up where you are. It's like a different...
And nobody showed up on Tythos. Everybody who...
would have died, would have showed up right there
with Mateo, but they didn't. So I don't know.
What are you saying? I don't know where they
are. I don't know where Tychus is, but they're
not dead. Up to your knees. He's gone. They're
somewhere out there still? They're somewhere
out there, Jules. You have to go find them. And
Jules, Jules, don't give in to the darkness.
Just love. He reaches out and he holds your hand,
your blackened hand. Turn away from them, from
those bad people. I'm so angry, Seb. You don't
need that power to win, to save them. Up to your
hip is gone. Seb, don't go. I need you. I don't
know how to do this without you. Just stay. You're
going to be okay. And I did everything that I
could, and I'm so grateful for a friend like
you. All the experiences, and, I mean, I became
a luminary. Your ribs. We weren't done yet. And
that's kind of the beauty of it, right? Because
you don't know. You just don't know. Your neck.
It's not fair, and I'm sorry, but I think my
time is up, but just please tell Arhuan, tell
Soleil that I don't regret anything. Okay. I'll
tell him. Seb, you... step back with this body
that no longer exists. You begin to let yourself
fade away. The top of your head now is all that's
left, and you can vaguely see what's still there.
I love you, Zeb. You're the best friend I ever
had. I love you too, Jules. Not all of you guys.
I think in this moment you hear something else.
Zeb. Zebulon. No. No! Don't you dare leave me!
Not again! I'm not letting you leave me behind
again. You hear me? You hear me, Zabulon? Don't.
Don't. He's up. He's awake. He's staring in your
way as you're about to be gone. No. Zabulon,
hey. Help Jules. Please. Hey. I'm sorry. I'm
sorry. I'm sorry, Zabulon. I forgive you. I didn't
want to face that. I needed you. I needed you
behind me to make me feel strong. And I held
you back. You were the wind beneath my wings.
But I couldn't hold the wind, brother. I should
have told you. And you're gone, Zebulon. Your
light has extinguished. Your world has gone black.
And only four more words find you in the void.
I'm proud of you! And now, just as with the first
time you died, we're going to leave you in that
darkness, Zeb. But we will come back for you
one day. Last time. At the end. I'm shaking a
little bit. Same. Holy shit, guys. Dude, there
was like so much that I wanted to say. Yeah.
But I just like couldn't think. I couldn't. Dude,
it was beautiful. I like tried to squeeze everything
in. I know I missed something. I think it was
beautiful. I'm going to be driving home and I'm
going to be like, should have said that. Both
of you, I, yeah. Goddamn. But for now, we linger
in this mine. Arhalon, one hand sort of cuffed
to his leg, is just like, you see his eyes are
still dilated and kind of like shrinking and
going back. Like he doesn't, like he's experiencing
a dream and he's just staring at that spot where
Zebulon just, and he raises sort of this shaking
hand before him, like kind of reaching out. And
you could see Jules and you could see his eyes
fall on it too. A light begins to sort of shine
very, very dimly off of his hand. He's staring
at it. My oath. My light. It was never about
the children, was it? It was about Zebulon and
me. I've been a fool. And he just, like, drops
face down into the dirt, weeping. Crispin unlocks
his manacle. Thank you. So he can cry in peace.
Just give me a second. Wow, man. Wow. Oh, we're
not done yet. I think everything goes quiet again.
And I think, Jules, as you're staring off and
seeing someone who is there who is not anymore,
a realization does hit you. Paul. Paul is not
here. Jules in the center of this cavern. Shit,
I forgot about Paul. There was so much happening.
Even in character, I think Jules could have.
Because you couldn't quite see the cells before.
So I think after saving round stuff was your
number one priority. It's like the cooldown,
Zebulon, and then suddenly it hits you like it
wasn't just supposed to be round stuff. You were
expecting them both. But you look at the cells
and they're empty. One for Arhalon, one the headman
roundstuffs. Where's Paul? Roundstuff. And she's,
like, crying, like, looking at his butt. Is he
gone? What happened? Why was he bones? Where's
Paul? What? Where's Paul? And she won't look
you in the eyes. She kind of, like, looks down.
Where's Paul? They took him. Savart had some
of the... The guard take him days ago, right
after Miskin escaped. He said unto someone, a
woman, Calypsula? I'm sorry, I don't remember
the name. I'm sorry, I was scared. I couldn't
stop it. I couldn't stop it, Jules. Jules stands
up. Calypsania. Was that it? And she nods. Tears
sort of spilling down her cheeks. Jules looks
over to Crispin and dance. It's not over. Does
Crispin know who Calypsani is? You've only heard
the name just now. Okay. When Zavar spoke. Who's
this Calypsani? Jules, you've heard it a few
times in your past, spoken by your mother and
by others around her, and you've got the impression
she's someone very, very important to the cult.
Someone... maybe above Cerise, or at least sort
of a rival of hers. I've never met her. She's
bad news. Well, Crispin's looking around. There's
a lot of stuff here. Maybe we can find a clue
or something. And he starts to dig through the
bones. As you do that, Crispin gets to work investigating.
You feel a small hand wrap around one of yours.
Jules bends down and takes them both in, one
in each arm. Shut up, Miskin. Don't take this
from me. And he absolutely hugs you back. You're
investigating the bones. I actually will say
there is something to them. And I'm going to
go ahead and say, like, you might take a second
and investigate the room. Yeah, that's the intention.
Okay. First things first. The bones. As you go
into them, you see there's like this glint of
like gold and like a ruby. amongst them. Kind
of knocks them out of the way, gets some gross
toad bile on your fingers. You wipe it on your
chin because you're gross. You lick it off. You
lick it off. Oh, God. You know, it's kissing
yourself. Now who's gross? And you pick up, it
looks like some kind of pendant. Some sort of
magical pendant. Okay. Can I check to see what
it is? Give me an arcana check. I reached for
Zebulon's dice, but I'm... Not going to use those.
Unless you have Identify, then you can just forgo
with anything. I don't think so, no. Let's go
with Arcana here. Okay. 15. That's pretty good.
I'm going to actually re -roll that for everything
you find in this room. Save some time. Okay.
Let's go with you. Yeah, and I'm just going to
say it so I don't forget about it. As Crispin's
digging through the bones, he looks over his
shoulder. Hey, pick up that recording diamond.
I might have some clues on there, too. Hell yeah.
I knew it was on the ground. I just didn't want
to forget about it. Yeah, Jules will reach over
and pick it back up and pocket it again. So I'll
get to you in a minute, Crispin. First things
first, the recording diamond. You see it lying
on the ground, Jules, where Arhalon kind of stepped
into a stair, stepped it down deeper in, and
you actually see that main facet have to be facing
the side of the room where you were all, like,
fighting. Though it was pressed in the dirt,
it's just slanted right towards the actual action.
If it were recording, if it were only recording,
it would have caught... Everything. Ahem. Flashback!
We're back in the first round of battle. Jules
uses dissonant whispers on the ghoul by round
stuff, causing it to flee from her side. And
you see the shine of the diamond catches her
eye, and she reaches forward, desperate to help
in any way. She's straining against the chain,
her finger trembling. She reaches far enough
to press it down on top of the diamond and yell,
Record! Hell yeah. And as you pick it up, Jules,
you see the diamond is still recording. And it
has indeed caught everything. You wanted this
to happen. I'm just a nice... You guys made this
story amazing. Don't say I never did nothing
for you. Miskin had his little moment of helping.
Roundstuff had hers. I think that's awesome.
And speaking of don't say I never did nothing
for you, what you picked up just now, that pendant,
is called a pendant of minor... or no, amulet
of minor health. Ooh, okay. If your con is below
14 and you attune to this thing and you're wearing
it, it becomes 14. Ooh. Nice. That sounds like
a tool for jewels. Sounds like it might keep
our bard alive if he wishes to use up that attunement
slot. Probably, because my con is 11. Yeah. That
will go from plus zero to a plus two. Putting
it on now would give you an extra 10 HP for all
the prior levels you have. You have not had the
con bonus. Hey, Jules, hold on to this, will
you? Hold on to it or put it on? I don't care
what you do with it. My con's 18. I don't need
it. Stupid druid. Yeah, Jules is going to put
it on. Hell yeah. It takes time to like, you
can feel like this magic is kind of flowing into
you and you can kind of like attune to it. But
almost like you can feel something happening
to your body. Like your muscles are getting a
little like tougher and thicker. It's weird.
your body is, like, straining and squirming as
this thing goes on, but it feels great. Oh, Crispin,
is this what decent HP feels like? I like to
imagine, because we talked about how it's, like,
every being in these worlds has, like, some innate
kind of regeneration. And I like to think of
Khan as being, like, you have a higher level
of that regeneration, right? Sure. So you can
just regenerate out poison really fast. So I
think in this case, like, your natural power
is sort of growing. You're even more Wolverine.
After tossing the amulet, once Crispin figures
out that, you know, He's pretty much found all
the clues he can find. With some of his druidic
magic and Augury in mind, Crispin picks up some
of Savar's knuckle bones. I thought you were
going to say an apple. That's awesome. I like
that. Like a broom and a tea. I mean, I've never,
like, used knuckle bones, but I don't think that's
how they use them. I'll just give you a quick
rundown of what else you find. by Arhalon's sort
of cell in the north part of the room. There
is that aforementioned sort of little box filled
with this, or actually it's empty now, but you
can see a bit of this pinkish sort of reddish
residue kind of on the floor at the bottom of
the box. Again, just this weird powder ash something
that looks like it's probably what drove him
wild. Crispin flips it over and reads the label.
Nope. Wrong. I mentioned a desk very messy earlier
on, and you do see this, like, looks like a sort
of bottle kind of versed into the desk. It's
a really neat little inscribed bottle. You kind
of reach and touch it, and it's a little warm
to the touch as you read the inscriptions while
you're rolling over your check. Oh, this one's
got an inscription, huh? You see a bottle of
boundless coffee. It's basically just, like,
filled with coffee forever. Pretty cool. Zavar
definitely drank from it, so that's indirect
kiss territory. So that's a little gross. That's
kind of icky. Smells a little icky. This is something
exactly like Steven and Crispin would love. Dude,
Zebulon would be all over a bottle of endless
coffee. Oh, yeah, endless coffee? No, he'd be,
yeah, that would be tough. 20 gold scattered
around on the desk. All right. You see two scrolls.
Oh, here we go. These are pretty cool scrolls.
One actually is very spelled as Dance's Lucha
Libretto's namesake. A scroll of Dance Macabre.
Ah, cool. And another scroll of Create Undead.
Oh. So if we ever want to use those, we'll go
over what they do later on when the time comes.
It's more dramatic that way. But they're, I believe
it's a fourth level and a fifth level spell.
You said Create Undead? Create Undead, yes. All
right, we will dig into that later. There's also,
the last thing you find is a small black book
that only has these two, like, stylized horns,
silver -threaded on the cover. It looks like
a small, almost like pocket edition of the holy
text. I believe it's called, you probably had
to read this when you were young, Jules. It's
called The Tenants of Freedom. It's actually
pretty fun because I actually like, this was
not initially on my notes, but real quick, shouting
out. So Megan, 100 familiar, is putting together
a new zine, which is all about just like. books.
It's really cool. The Book Den, this bookstore
owned by, I won't spoil anything. It's really
cool. It's really cool. We'll get more into it.
We might get more into it in this podcast. But
basically, long story short, there's a lot of
really cool different kinds of books, descriptions,
titles, things like that in this that have really
cool functions. But one thing that was mentioned
is essentially a pocket sort of religious text
for a deity that could give you sort of bonuses
if you read it. Nice. And sort of checks revolving
around religion, checks revolving around that
deity. Wow. This would do that for Zomate Shab,
should you want to read it all the way through.
You would know the inner workings of what the
cult's all about, what their goals are. It's
a pretty big deal. Maybe you were supposed to
read it, Jules, but you never really did when
you were younger because, like, I don't got to
read that crap. Well, thank you, Meg, for letting
us put that in the show. Yes, that's awesome.
Super, super fast. Dude, she's sold so many of
those zines. Like, on Kickstarter, she was setting,
like, stretch goals and meeting them and setting
more and more, and she kept having to think of
new stretch goals. That's so cool. She blew the
roof off it. Yeah, it was awesome. Really, really
cool. Yeah. Hungry familiar, everybody. You've
heard her before. Look her up. And honestly,
I have more to say on Meg because she's done
some amazing things for me. You guys don't even
know about yet. Oh, okay. All right. Well, she
answered some questions unzipped. So yeah, that's
next week. Keep your secrets. Stay tuned. That's
all you find in here. So with nothing else to
do here in the lab, in the mine. I will say,
at this point, you are about an hour away from
the city, actually. You've kind of been traveling
southward since you went to Milpazul, and this
is actually fairly close. When you first arrived
here in Manzanares, you saw a branching road
between Hollow and Sanctityan City. You're very
close to everybody else, to home. Crispin reaches
his hand way up onto Jules' shoulder. Way up.
Real Zeb energy there. Jules, uh, we gotta meet
them at, uh, we gotta meet the others back at
Moreno. Are you ready to leave? We gotta move
forward. I'm ready. You hear, like, how as round
stuff kicks Zavar's skull across the room. All
right, I'm ready now. He just crushes it with
a barf and crushes it into, like, Maybe it was
a crack. Skulls are hard. But hey, Toad... How
do you know? Toad... Stomach acid probably weakens
it a little bit. I don't know. There you go.
It's brittle. It's brittle, brittle, brittle.
Toad weakened bones. Maybe it was undead sort
of anyway, so... Yeah, I'm ready too now. Let's
go. Into the night. All right. Ready to move.
Yeah. I think Dance has a sort of far -off look.
And she's got nods and moves as well. Arhalon.
He's unlocked. I think he just sort of stands
up as well and looks around. Yes. You go ahead.
I will head for Mandanares. I will take the next
gemstone off world. There's much to do. Tythos
is alive. Crispin walks over to Arhalan and holds
out a hand to shake. And he shakes it. I have
not been myself. Not the me I wish to be with
you all. I... I'm sorry. And he locks eyes on
you, especially Jewels, and says, I'm very, very
sorry. But I will be your stalwart ally in all
things. I promise. Zebulon gave me a chance to
see what I was and what I was not. I won't let
him down again. Jules will walk over to him,
kneel down so they're eye level. We're family
now. We'll do this together. And he goes in for
a hug. Crispin wants to roll insight on Arhalon.
I will say with, I think there's like stiffness
suddenly, like almost like a jerking motion.
And then just kind of like, I think you could
see that after he's kind of recovered. From this,
like, whatever's happening to him, his arm has
sort of fallen once again, a little sort of limply
to his side. But with his good left arm, he wraps
it around you and presses you in tight. Fuck
yeah. Wow. Arholon hug. Zebulon could never.
Great. Oh, hell yeah. And so you guys leave?
Mm -hmm. Hell yeah. As we're walking out, though?
Yeah. I think Jules is holding the hands of both
Roundstuff and Miskin. Oh, he has to skip it
along beside you. So happy to get out of here.
He's going to lean down to Roundstuff. Hey, Roundstuff.
Yeah? Don't tell Chester about that, you know,
Zebulon being my best friend and everything.
Hmm. We'll talk costs later. Just a devilish
little grin. You taught those cherry delights
well. They know leverage when they see it. Can't
wait to see half of your payout from the whole...
I think it was 80 gold I saw. Was it? No, 20?
I don't remember. We'll talk. We'll talk. You
guys step out from the mine, the great sort of
doors you push open. Maybe Arholon helps push
them before he kind of sets off his own way.
As you step out, you're looking out at this sort
of quarry that opens up around you. You're kind
of resting at the bottom of it. There's sort
of a slope on the other side, and you see a number
of tents are set up all around. This is probably
where the guard was sort of hiding out and camped.
You can see a number of the tents are burned,
still smoking, sort of charred ruins of their,
like, tent. What's the word? Enough canvas. The
supports. What do you call that? Frame. Tent
frames. They're burning. There's bodies. Kind
of littered around tracks of people who had fled
from a fight here. Some bodies bleeding out with
great sword cuts. Some bodies burned. Damn, Arhalon.
Arhalon did some good work. He was inspired.
He gave him bardic inspiration. He kicked some
ass. That's true. I think he looks out at this
with this almost sickly, almost looks ashamed
for a second. And kind of blinks it away and
shakes his head and just gives you all one last
nod, gives the kids one last goofy smile. And
they're terrified, and he just flies off into
the sky. He tries. He tries. They have not seen
the best of Arhalon. There's nothing really here
to gain in the camp, so I imagine you push through.
No chests in the tents or anything? Yeah, I want
to loot. Get some shitty armor and burn. Okay,
let's spend ten minutes writing it all down.
I'll fight you both. You'll never get a button
again. You push past the camp. You open up the
slope of the quarry, and as you kind of push
a little more south, you roll down this hill,
and you're looking over this small town, completely
abandoned. I think you see one of those old western...
Tumbleweed? Tumbleweed. Thank you. Through the
town, because it's awesome. You're on a roll
tonight. I'm on a roll tonight. I know, right?
I used it all. It's gone. The mojo's gone, and
we're working with nothing. And we got unzipped
next, so relax. Oh, boy. Dance is actually...
kind of looking towards his town, just staring
at the sunken, weathered buildings. And she actually
kind of, almost like to nobody in particular,
just says, this is where he was born, Mateo.
Our parents moved to the city before they had
me. It used to be beautiful, he said. Just beautiful
before the mines ran dry. And I think she just
keeps moving. You brought him in a great sacrifice.
He was a good man. It's hard feeling that mask.
As you push to the south, crossing the borderlands,
you see that it's probably about 1 o 'clock in
the morning. By the time you hit the city, maybe
1 .30. And yet, the closer you get to the city,
you can see that there is the sounds of raucous
festival emanating from the city. All sorts of
lights glow. Everywhere but Paplati on Hill,
which seems to have gone in a weird kind of reverse
of how things normally go. Totally dark. Like,
the whole city is celebrating apart from the
hill, which is left in just this solemn darkness.
I think Danza's looking at this like, what is
happening? Like, this is weird. And as you approach
the gates to the city, the gates that lead into
Los Cavalanes, the old city, which is usually,
when you left, very, very heavily guarded. People
aren't normally allowed to just wander out of
the city. They don't want... you know, a lot
of the folk to just get out. Yet you see no guard.
Not one. And Dan's staring at this with, like,
just such awe and disbelief. What is going on?
And the other side of the group would probably
know that the guards, they all fled when the
angels attacked. They're unsure of what side
they're supposed to join. I mean, do we stay
loyal to the Tressida and Marfil when fucking
Atos is raging war against them? Of course not.
They're gone. They just took off. They hid. The
battles of the armors, but the human element
or dwarven element, whatever races were making
up the actual city militia, had nothing to do
with it. And so you push into the city. And again,
it is in the throes of great celebration. The
living and dead alike are dancing in the streets.
The air is heavy with the smell of spices, tobacco,
and beer. Marple is overthrown. And somewhere
at the top of the hill, Atash is looking down
on a free world. His warriors rounding up evidence,
collecting any incriminating images, items, and
people they can find. I will tell you that somewhere
up there, Samuel LaRoche is sweating rivers.
His wrists shackled, overseen by a Pari warrior.
The Tresina all surround him. A number of other
allies of the Tresina surround him. And amongst
them, as we kind of pan up here, we see Itzmin
Del Prado. claimed, resurrected, and sealed in
a crystal prison. Holy fuck. His face is yet
locked in an expression of disbelieving horror.
Oh, there's no way Atash is letting him die.
Yeah, sure. Fair. Wow. Not with what he's digging
up. Not with what the Tressina have been saying.
No. The mastermind behind it all? He's going
away for many, many lives. And though... The
eyes of the Tresna and the frozen eyes of Itzman
look down upon the city from the top of the hill.
Those on top have never been lower. I will say,
though, don't worry. You guys went back, other
party, city party. You got the goods from Itzman
before this all went down, before the angels
claimed him. You got a payout. There was some
stuff he dropped. Okay, cool. I'm not going to
deny you your loot because you went and helped
some people fight. You get your loot. I'm a nice
guy today. I love the idea of, like, Blanche
and Dresden looting Eatsman's body and then like
looking up to see Atash walk through the garden.
Oh shit, run! Dive into the roads where she just
picks it up like, I thought I saw. Never mind!
It's like coins scattering everywhere. And now
the good people of the old city are celebrating!
But there is a shadow behind it all. Folk did
die in the battle against the armors. It seems
the return tactically took the heavier brunt
of the damage by Paloma's sort of command. And
so like many skeletal bodies you see sort of
around the celebration are sort of cracked and
leaking light. There's new forms injured. Many
of them sent back into death before they could
finish the night. But by taking the hits, the
living yet live. But true blood was spilled.
And the clergy at Moreno have their work cut
out for them. There were... Those who did die.
Among the fallen you can see, or we can see,
the camera can see, Ramin Rasool has been laid
out in a place of honor. Many gifts of spiral
-shaped flowers resting around his body as if
ushering him into a deep and peaceful sleep.
And not far from him is Serapio. I imagine Jean
Franklin informed the good people of the old
city about his situation, his curse. Serapio
wanted to fight back against his father, but
he had to play around the restrictions Zavar
put on him. It's quite possible that his every
move had been in pursuit of this end, his own
death and the death of his father. But these
intentions, his true intentions, can never really
be known. Was he a bad guy through and through?
Maybe. But the body of Serapio is laid out in
honor nonetheless. You can see he has reverted
to his human form, though his right hand is still
corrupted, the black, wrinkled skin curving into
short talons, much like a bird of prey. might
recall as players in this moment that Serapio
was always wearing gloves. Okay. Yes, I do recall.
Yes. Why are you retelling us information that
we already know, David? I'm sorry. Foolish of
me. Everyone remembers that. Of course. Let's
go back to the streets, to the party that has
come back from the battle in Hollow. I will say,
just as you start entering the city, a small
form just kind of very excitedly bursts through
the crowd, runs up to you. You see Grindy comes
across you, Jules, having heard your arrival
from, like, the grapevine. People are talking
all over when you guys pop back into town. And
maybe he's filling all of you in on everything
that has happened. You know, dance, listening
intently to it all. And I think as, like, information
comes across her, the death of Ramin, the fall
of Yitzmin, the death of so many of the revolutionaries,
like, all these people, this whole fight, she...
Kind of just steps away from you all. I need
some time. And sort of wanders off for now, kind
of on her own. But Grindy is just chattering
and chattering as you travel through the night.
Just like, I guess you have to tell me your story
or is he just taking up all the air? Like me,
right now. I think Jules is silent in thought.
processing what just happened. A lot of what?
Yeah. After everything that happened, you come
back here and you're like, oh, they overthrew
the city actually. What the hell? Yeah. I don't
think we're really spilling the beans to Grindy
about our, you know, fight in the caves and,
you know, all this stuff about where Paul is
and whatnot. I'm trying to keep that on the DL.
Yeah. As need to know. And Grindy, love you,
man. But you don't need to know. So as you travel
through this raucous night, as you're pushing
through, let me ask, what are Blanche, Dresden,
and Jean -Franklin Montelio up to? I mean, I
got to imagine that they're back at Moreno, you
know, patiently waiting. Yeah. You know, kind
of on, like, the edge of their seats. Are you,
like, strip soldier waiting, kind of, like, still
kind of in the, I guess, like, in service? Or
are you, like, drinking and kind of having a
good time, too? Do these guys settle ever? For
Dresden's part. I think he actually did settle.
Oh, shit. Yeah. Hell yeah. That was a lot. That
was a lot. That was a lot. I mean, you guys earned
a party. I mean, he's not sitting there like,
you know, crying and showing emotion. He's just,
I think he's sitting slumped over and he's, for
the first time in this campaign, relaxed. Hell
yeah. I love it. Blanche is at the door. She's
trying to get whatever information. We'll walk
through it. You know, I'm sure she's talking
to if Paloma's there or whoever is coming and
going, trying to get a sit rep, I guess, and
asking, has Jules LaRoche arrived? Has anybody
heard of Jules LaRoche? I think, like, eventually
you do get that. Maybe Paloma is coming by, just,
like, checking on, you know, maybe, like, check
and make sure her people are being well taken
care of. And, oh, he has a news. He's coming
your way. Grindy got him. He's bringing him over
here right now. Jules is here. He's back. He's
all right. He looks a little beat up, but he's
all right. Too attention, boys. Jules is on his
way. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Sir! And Sorceress Atal
is like, he is, I believe, my luminary now. I
should make sure to announce him properly. He
doesn't have a title, though. He does. He's a
prince. This is rather tricky. So I'm just kind
of like mulling this over. As you guys are kind
of standing, getting ready for the arrival of
the remainder of your party, I will tell you
this. Following the fight with Itzmin, you got
a couple things. Itzmin on his person had a small
wallet with six platinum. Whoa. Oh, yeah. Rich
man's little travel wallet. Nice. Just in case
he wants to go out for lunch. Just in case he
wants to go out for lunch and leave the most
outrageous tip possible. It's a small steel book
with metal sheets for pages that basically won't
burn. That's kind of why you'd have a book like
this, so you can't ever lose it. It's very small.
The text is almost illegibly tiny. I think when
you picked it up, you're like, I don't even see
what's going on in this book to retrace it. Then
you notice the spectacles had fallen off when
he had died. And you might have picked those
up and looked through them, and you realize...
These are eyes of minute seeing. Whoa. These
spectacles essentially give you, I think it's
an advantage on investigation checks. They just
kind of let you see like even the tiniest. So
as you look at the book, you can almost feel
your eyes can focus in zooming in on the paper
and you can make out his writing clearly. I will
tell you that, do spell books give you cantrips?
I forgot to look this up. Yeah, I'm not positive
actually. Well, if it gives you cantrips, I'll
tell you all the spells. Okay, so what's a spell
book? It's Spellbook, yeah. Sorry. Of course
it's Spellbook. He's a wizard. Spellbook, Cantrips,
Light, Mage Hand, Shocking Grasp. I'll give you
all this later on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. First level
spell, Detect Magic, Mage Armor. Second level
spells, Magic Weapon, Mirror Image. Third level
spells, Blink, Glyph of Warding. Fourth level
spell, Resilient Sphere. I don't know Resilient
Sphere. It is, in fact, the spell he was casting
when Dresden cut him down. Huh. Huh. Well, we'll
get to that later. We'll find out about it. You
could, as a wizard, record some of these into
your own book. Certainly some useful ones in
there, I think. Yeah, some good stuff. And so
maybe you'll scroll through this book a little
bit while you're kind of waiting, and you sort
of put it down. With the spectacles on the edge
of her nose there. Does Blanche take the spectacles?
Are you wearing them? Well, she needs them to
read the spellbook, at least. You look so good
in those. You stand at attention. The crowd begins
to part. People just kind of moving out of the
way in awe as the party from the Borderlands
is returning. You see Jules and Crispin moving
alongside Grindy. I mean, these are luminaries.
These are big deals. Even the old city folk are,
like, excited as they push up towards the steps
leading up to Moreno. And at the base of those
steps, Jean Franklin, Dresden, and Blanche. Who's
the first to move forward? Does Dresden make
a move on Jules? or is Jaune going to hug him
first? It's Jaune. Yeah, that's where I was going
with that. Of course it's going to be Jaune.
He waited for you to open your mouth. He just
charges over, just wraps his arms around you.
Ha, you're back. We did it. We killed the thing.
You're good. You feel warm. You're not cold.
You're better, right? I'm good. Yes. And he looks
down, he sees the Mexican round stuff, and you
did it, you... Wait, hang on. And he looks up,
and he just realizes there's supposed to be three.
Without a word, before Jean Franklin can say
anything... Yeah. Jules nods and says, We'll
talk. Very well. I mean, things have been crazy
here, I... Jean. Yeah. Thank you. Of course,
I... Everyone... This is, it's Jules, Jules LaRoche.
And he's trying to think. No. The Midnight Prince
has returned. And there's like, just like cheers.
Jules looks at John and just mouths, what the
fuck? It's cool. I just thought of it. Does Dresden
approach this? Yeah, I think he comes up behind
John and just stands and waits his turn. And
I think John steps away. I don't know if these
two are... No, they're not. They do a lot of
their speaking without speaking. Very convenient.
Yeah. I think at first it's a quick initial genuine
hug, and then they both pull back, put each other's
hands on each other's shoulders, just give a
good squeeze and a good shake and a nod. Hell
yeah. I don't know if Dresden's anything for
Crispin. These two are kind of like, they were
kind of partners before they split up. Yeah,
Crispin reaches up for a little fist bump. Fist
bump roll. It's so good. I just love that you,
I love that you make it a point every time. I'm
reaching up. Reaching up, yeah, seriously. He's
a small -sized creature. He's a Haringan. Yeah.
And then I think. Dresden and Jaune sort of part
to the side as Jaune's like, oh, right, I should
introduce you. This here is Blanche Trudeau,
master defense of the Metellia family and my
mentor. Blanche, she was instrumental. Jules,
she was amazing. She jumped right to it, helped
us in big ways, and I think he's kind of rambling,
almost like stammering, and Blanche Trudeau's
eyes meet Jules LaRoche's. Yeah, Blanche steps
forward. Jules Trudeau, I've... Had a lot about
you, and I'm looking forward to a debrief. You
said Jules Trudeau. You said Jules Trudeau. Oh,
my God. Are you serious? Blanche be crushing.
Damn. That's not what I wanted to do at all.
I'm not going to redo it, but let's pretend she
said. Jules LaRoche. Pretend in Dungeons and
Dragons? Come on. Hey, man. This world is wild
and crazy. All right. And after she says that,
she just bows very deeply at the waist. Jules
puts a hand on her arms to lift her up. Stares
her straight in the eye. Eyes. She got two. My
eyes are up here, Jules Trudeau. My eye are up
here, Jules. Sorry. Anna's tradition for the
last 30 minutes just pulls her in for a hug.
All right. Yeah. Yeah. Blanche returns the hug.
I think there's... Well, hug us, I see. I think
there's... This will take a little getting used
to. ...an energy almost here. I think it's something
that both of you almost feel. Jaune feels it.
The children feel it. This almost a feeling of
just fate, like a fated meeting. Kind of like
main character energy? Kind of like it. I think
nobody seems to feel this more than Crispin Dubois.
Crispin, you've felt it this entire time in the
city, but almost right now, almost like it's
sort of been growing and growing, and there is
a magic in the air here. Maybe they don't...
See it the way you do. Feel it the way you do.
But it's everywhere. It swirls all around you,
mingling with every element of the festivities.
A magic that surges out through the earth far
beneath your feet. You glance down, I think,
feeling this energy so familiar. Not a rage like
the others, but something joyous yet sorrowful.
Bittersweet. There is no voice grating in your
mind, but there are eyes. Feel them looking at
you. Looking at her city. Her people. And she
is proud. It's vague, but this is what you feel.
Okay. From here, from this moment, I simply want
to ask that you paint me a few scenes of this
night. Dance still away. What... What are you
guys doing, I'll ask, basically, during these
festivities? How do these characters sort of
spend the evening as the city celebrates its
freedom, as you celebrate your victories? I need
you to hit pause real fast first because there
is no way that there is going to be a party before
Blanche Trudeau sits down, Jules, and has, like,
a serious debrief. Oh, that's what you're doing.
Yeah. Yeah. It's a party. Like, yeah, like, blow
by blow. Like, this is what happened. This is,
you know what I mean? If we're in a tavern, we're
in our own corner booth drinking and going over
stuff. You guys find a tavern. This is what happens.
You go find a tavern. You find a corner booth.
Everyone else is kind of doing their thing. Yeah.
Yeah. I mean, I love that. Yeah, you guys are
really talking. This is Blanche's military mind.
Like, there is still business to wrap up before
we can enjoy ourselves. Yep. I have to imagine
you guys are, like, wandering off to do this.
And then John's like. Wait, sir, what about that?
And the children are like kind of all around
him. It's like, what do we do with these? And
they kind of grab his arms. No, no! Start pulling
away. Come on, John. Come on, Uncle John. No,
wait. Uncle John. I don't know what to do with
kids. As this all goes around, you can see Blanche
and Jules in the corner talking a little bit
of business. You see John getting dragged away
and you can kind of see out the window. Crispin's,
you know, leaning against the side of the building.
You know, he's got his pipe out and he's chatting
with maybe a couple other people who are, you
know, in the fight, in the melee, you know, they're
talking about. Maybe Dresden. He was in it. Yeah,
totally. And they're catching up. Yeah, that
strikes me as a really good combo. Doing their
own much more casual debrief. More as like a,
hey, we're just hanging out, having a drink and
a smoke. Yeah. Hell yeah. I love it. And now
let's push ahead in time. Let the hours of the
night rush by us as we reach very near the hours
of the morning, very near the coming of the dawn
for one last scene. As the sky begins to light,
we move back to Moreno, back to those very steps
where dance is kind of resting against the door,
just looking out over all of it. Same door she
just barged into yesterday during Zebulon's funeral,
and now she's just at the top. Her eyes taking
in the celebration but holding no joy. And I
think maybe we see, moving up the stairs towards
her, his jewels. She kind of looks over at him.
Maybe her eyes are slightly red -rimmed, like
she'd been crying some time ago. Now she's just
kind of looking a little numb. And she just says,
I'm sorry about Paul. But you'll find him. If
he's this important Drakkan guy they mentioned,
they won't hurt him, right? Jules sits down next
to Dan's. We'll get him. I'm sorry about Mateo.
I'm sorry he wasn't there. I've been waiting
for something. Some kind of guide to know what
I do. Now it feels like it's all just looks.
That everything. There was a moment where I thought
that I might go with you, Jules. After all of
this. And that I missed everything. The revolution's
fight. Ramin. And... Stupid, but even Serapio,
my old friend, he'd been suffering all this time
with this darkness and I never knew. He was a
pest, a villain to me. And now I can't leave.
It's all so uncertain. They cheer for our angelic
saviors, yet I worry we have only traded our
captors. Mateo told me things about him, Atash.
You... And she looks down at your, like, arm
and just puts her hand on it. You should hide,
Jules. Hide your arm hard. The corruption. Please,
please, for me. He will lock you away if he sees
you like that. And his eyes are going to reach
so much farther soon. Please, I... I don't want
to lose anybody else that I am. Care about. And
her eyes sort of lock onto yours. They've never
seemed so deep, so warm. I think there's like
this long sort of held moment and then she just
sighs. I'll keep it covered. If only for you.
Thank you. I think you feel her hand sort of
slides down to yours. Almost sort of weakly kind
of holds it. And she looks up again, just looks
around at everything, taking it all in, just...
I've always loved this night. I just wish I could
celebrate too. This is your home. And you're
going to celebrate when you help it rebuild.
I know you'll do it. When it's you. I think I
believe it. It's stupid. Sorry. We've won. We've
had... Victory after victory, I shouldn't be
so down. Mishador stands up, kind of like stretches,
a quick sort of fighter stretch. I'm letting
your knight down too, George, so... No, I'm right
where I want to be. Oh? And what do you want
to do right where you want to be, George LaRoche?
Well, you never answered my question. Got a cocks
on my row? Question? Look, I know it's scary
to be vulnerable, okay? But, I mean, look at
us, really. Come on. We're two peas in a pod.
And I got you. And if you wanna... want to dance.
Holy shit. Fucking awesome. God, that was cool.
Yeah, dude. Wow. Dude, that fucking exploded.
You're right. Holy shit. Oh, fuck. Oh, my God.
Amazing. Amazing. Oh, Mr. Jeremy Wolf. Round
of applause. Mr. Jules LaRoche. Come on. Mr.
Jules LaRoche. Yeah, give credit where credit's
due here. I think as this song ends. Dance is
fixing you with this annoyed, suffering look.
But the play facade melts away in a burst of
laughter. Those last few, like, words. Her smile
is just so wide. Her eyes so warm. They are burning,
smoldering. And she grabs you suddenly. One hand
in your hair, the other around your waist. She
presses close and says, Yes, I want to dance
too. And you are pulled fiercely into a kiss.
Holy shit. I have to imagine the whole scene
is bathed in good old red loot light. Did you
do that on purpose? What? It's blue loot light.
No, when you go, I think the last time she embarrassed
you, it was red. I thought it was different for
different emotions. Oh yeah, that's right. Thanks
for reminding me guys. So you see, you're flustered.
Like maybe the bright pink is red or whatever.
Like that first time when she like. cornered
you in the market um and you're just like i think
like maybe full -on sort of reaching down full
sort of graceful dancer's position um very much
taking the lead and it's it's magical i think
we pan back from this down the steps where jean
blanche crispin and dresden are sort of watching
odd of you guys happen upon this scene hearing
the music and And maybe I imagine, could be wrong,
but do you think we're seeing a rare Dresden
smile at this? I think so. You led me into it,
but yeah, I think so. John Franklin sort of beside
him looks almost quizzical, just, chosen dance?
Really? I had no idea. And you see something,
something turns, like his eyes sort of wide,
to an empty space to his right, his eyes sort
of fixing on. Nothing. How very odd. I thought
I felt... And then he smiles too, his eyes sort
of welling up. And after a moment, he breaks
eye contact with this space beside him. He turns
back towards Jules and Dance. And as he does,
everything begins to sort of slowly vanish. The
partygoers in the street, the buildings, the
music, all fading into the grayness of the fugue
plane. We see dance and jewels are fading to
Blanche and Dresden, Crispin and Jean. And right
beside the smiling tortle, we see Zebulon. The
scene all fades. The magic of the city starting
to wane at this early hour. But the night of
the remembered gave you one last miracle. All
those restless souls were not summoned back.
Much like it was with your link through Jamal,
you saw everything. You were there. Walking the
streets alongside your friends one last time
for one last night. But now only the familiar
gray wasteland surrounds you, Zebulon. You see
a beacon of light shines far in the distance.
Its warmth washing over you, drawing you in.
It feels wonderful. Like coming home after a
very long day. And you know there are promises
behind that light. Offers of new adventures should
you still desire to fight. Should you still want
to walk the path of the hero? And funnily enough,
the second time you died, you also died, I'm
almost 100 % certain, with bardic inspiration
intact on you. And so as you stare into this
light, we see the familiar projection of Jamal
the Pangolin rests on your shoulder, no longer
a tether to a material plane, but a comfort all
the same. You got this, Zeb. Thanks. I guess
I don't know anymore, but are you coming with
me? Yeah, I'll be by your side. It's hero time.
And so you go? Let's go show that lady I'm not
afraid. And so this is the last we ever see of
Zebulon Black. Marching on towards that light.
and towards his next and his final and eternal
adventure. And we'll call it there.