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Welcome to Vikings and Valkyries, an actual play podcast. We are playing When the Wolf

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Comes, a game where the gods play dice with the universe. My name is Ian Stuart Sharpe

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and I will be your Lord of the Hanged for the ongoing campaign, which we call the Thought

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and Memory Saga. Joining us to Ragnarok and roll this week are Bill, Steve, CJ and a new

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guest, a Norse-minded medievalist, Stephen Dunn, known mainly by his pen name Fjorm.

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Welcome to you all.

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Welcome, welcome.

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Hello, hello, I'm glad to be the next sacrifice.

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That's not certain. That's not certain. You might survive.

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Welcome, sacrificial lamb.

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Now, Fjorm, you are an avid plunderer of the past. Can you tell us a little bit about your

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mission to make all things Vikingr accessible?

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Okay, so I have studied in academic settings up to the master's degree, but I didn't want

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to just write articles for the ivory tower. I preferred making more content like videos,

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interactive maps, blog posts, stuff like that. So now I focus all my effort on actually engaging

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with the public, trying to give people what they actually want and give them access without

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charging like $3,000 for an article. So I do that right now mostly on YouTube and my

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own website, and I do have a podcast. I try to get it out on as many formats as possible.

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So everyone can jump on to Fjorm the Skald on YouTube and on your websites and take a

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dive into some very well-crafted and well-produced videos. Now, a few years back, Fjorm, you

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helped me with a Kickstarter, and we sent everyone a little concoction called the Tea

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of Suttinger. And for those of you who don't know, that's a pun on the mead of Suttinger,

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a mythical beverage that anyone who drinks becomes a skald or a scholar, able to recite

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any information and solve any question. In that myth, Odin turns up, drinks the mead,

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bleeds from the giant Suttinger, and heads back to the ice here with the mead in his

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belly. And the crucial part is this, is that-

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At the droppings.

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Exactly. As he returns to Asgard in fear and haste, he lets some of the precious liquid

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fall from his behind. And it turns out that anyone could drink of that sullied portion,

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which was known as the Rhymester's share. So if you're a bad poet, then you probably

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drunk the Rhymester's share, as opposed to the full mead of poetry that he spat into

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a cauldron for the gods. Now, in that myth, Odin posed as Bolverk to trick his way into

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getting the mead of poetry. And so this week, for you to all earn your inspiration points

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and to see whether you have indeed drunk from Odin's cauldron or from his anus, can you

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name me three other disguises, and crucially real disguises, not just epithets, that Odin

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has used in his time to fool both kings, princes, and commoners?

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You guys go ahead. I'm waiting for the Tolkien question.

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Yeah.

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Okay, I know one, this one's maybe a little obscure because it's a saga of Heidricks, which

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I think is less commonly read, but Grani Horse hairs is one. That's the one he uses when

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he tries to trick King Vikar into sacrificing himself to Odin. Then there's Hrani in Hrolf's

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saga. He's just a normal farmer, and he tricks the group because they don't give him good

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gifts or they don't welcome his hospitality when he gives them bad gifts. I can't remember

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the name he uses in Volsunga saga when he puts the sword in the tree.

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It's pretty good though. See, this is why you bring someone on board the podcast with

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an MA in history, because he can just trot this stuff out.

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But he had like 137 different names given to him at some point.

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Sure, I think 170, but I'm avoiding the epithets.

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Something like that. Yeah, so we've got to find three. I know this is going to be terrible

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to say, but didn't the show Vikings have Odin show up? What was his name? That weird looking

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dude who came in and seduced Ragnar's wife?

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Harbard.

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Harbard is one. I'm going to give you that because in the lay of Harbard, he does disguise

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himself as a ferryman when Thor seeks passage over a river. So that combined with Fjorn's

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first two gives you the three.

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Wasn't our ferryman also Harbard?

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He was.

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Oh, did we just figure something out?

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Probably not, CJ.

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Who knows? I'll give you some of the other names that I had jotted down. There was Gestum

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Blindi who also contests riddles with King Hithreka. There's Bruni, who was the steward

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of Harald Wartooth at the Battle of Brevellir. And again, Bill, I really hope that you would

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have got that one because you would have been acquainted with Bruni.

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Oh, Jesus. Yes, yes. He's even on my character sheet. Yeah, I was going to say that, but

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I didn't want to embarrass anyone.

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There's Grimnir. When Odin travels to the underworld, he calls himself Vegtam. When

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he contests the Battle of Wits with the Jotunn Vaththrudnir, he calls himself Gangrathir.

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And then he also poses as Hord who tricks Ivar Widefathom into throwing himself overboard.

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The point is with Odin is you can never be sure what mask he is wearing. So make sure

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to tip your ferryman the next time you go across.

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All right. You got three. So we will give you your inspiration point. Let's dive back

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Ljomi, the elf, is standing at one side of a trapping pit surrounded by fangstones. Eir

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is powered down and dozing at one side of the mineshaft. And Gigi is standing at the

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entrance to this forsaken diamond mine, looking into this gaping maw, into the impenetrable

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darkness, the glitter of the kingstones winking at you from the gloom. To your rear, you can

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see advancing several of the statuesque dökkálfar. And in front of you, again, just at

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the edge of your torchlight, are some more of the creatures from Myth and Lore. How would

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you like to proceed?

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Ljomi says out loud, this is fine. This is fine. And tucks one of his stun grenades sort

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of deep under the foliage that in below the bugs.

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You often say this is fine. I'm beginning to question whether you know what that word

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means.

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It's a meme, as all the young people will know. I'll explain it to you later.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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CJ.

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Aren't you invisible?

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He is, but he's going to wear off very shortly. It's just a round or two of invisibility.

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Nothing good lasts, CJ.

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Now, if I want to join them, I would need to leap across this chasm in which we have

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just lost Timmy number four. Five, six?

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Alma.

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How many people have we killed?

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Alma, I don't know. I'm thinking of opening a cemetery.

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So I'd have to leap across it. I mean, I'm a large man. Is it leapable? Is the ceiling

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too low? Could I just straddle it?

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They had all previously leapt across it, although they were forced to do so.

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Would it be a good idea for me to leap across it and join everyone or should I just saunter

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away?

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Definitely saunter away. Here's your chance.

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Yeah, finally free of these idiots.

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It's difficult for me to give you guidance on that subject without involving any bias.

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What I will say is that out of the gloom, you hear whispering echo and this is what

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you make out.

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Hrist ok Mist vil ek at mér horn beri skægg öld ok skögul,
hildr ok Þrvðr, hlökk ok herfjötur
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Steve, could you read that for the rest of us?

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You do speak Old Norse, do you not?

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A little bit. When I'm reading it.

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As opposed to my butch of pronunciation, but...

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Oh no, I liked that voice. That was a good voice.

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So CJ, you, your character Gigi actually has a fluency in Old Norse, no?

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True Norse?

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Yes, yes. So he should have understood what was just said.

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You recognize some kind of binding spell. The dökkálfar Masters of Seidr. You feel instantly

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paralyzed, as if cold iron shackles are clamping tight on your limbs.

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Can I do Unravel Magic? I have a thing for this. I've been studying.

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You can certainly try.

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Which means I'm revealed, but that's OK. I'll do anything for my friends. I'm very oriented

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around my friends.

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Wow.

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So I have to make a wits challenge to end an effect created by a spell you did not have.

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If the spell is of a rank higher than you, you make the roll with two woes.

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It's higher than you? It is higher than you, so give me two woes.

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I rolled a nine, but for wits I add three, so that's 12. And so we take six off of that.

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So not really. Sorry.

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You attempt to counteract the dökkálfar magic as they murmur their seidr spells. The war

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fetters that they cast prove your undoing. You are stripped of your dignity and your

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might bound in their presence. You realize now that you are pitiful prey subjected to

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the whim of these victorious dökkálfar.

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Can I at least mock them?

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You may indeed.

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Give it your worst.

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I should come prepared to have mocking taunts. Wait, I'll do it next turn.

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Wow, that's a cop out. How do you say cop out in Old Norse?

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Listen, Ian, if I heal Eir, would that wake him up?

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Can I use a healing spell to try and wake him?

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You can, but he is atop the pit and you are on the other side.

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And so unless you have incredible reach, that's going to be difficult.

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Immediately beside you, the wall seems to part and allow a figure to emerge who whispers

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very close to whatever passes for an Alfar ear. He says,

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Maurr á ekkert sǫkótt vit stigvél.

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That's not good.

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And were Fjorn or CJ to translate for you, it would translate as an ant has no quarrel

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with a boot. And at that, you are stomped into unconsciousness.

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The same goes for you, Gigi. You are swarmed whilst paralyzed by these war fetters.

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And the world around you goes black.

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For the record, I don't blame Fjorn.

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I do blame Fjorn.

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Did we die?

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Well, that remains to be seen.

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You can determine whether this is Valhalla or not from my description.

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You awake in a gloom.

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There is nothing but blackness.

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It is impenetrable to the eyes of Mennfolk or the Jöfurr.

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Bill and Steve, with your tree sight and your infrared, I will describe to you.

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And Steve, you've now come back to consciousness.

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So with tree sight.

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Loading, please wait.

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With tree sight, you send out your chemical hormonal, your slow pulsing electrical signals,

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and you can sense even the small gravitational changes that have happened.

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You are clearly at some kind of depth in the mineshaft.

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You can also detect, because you're quite good at working out where necrotic rotting material is,

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because you like a nice leafy bath.

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There is a rotting head in the room that appears to be impaled with a spear.

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Steve, with your lens of thermal vision, the pitch-back chamber comes to life more.

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There is a warmer hue that reveals three distinct figures in this room.

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One you recognize as your good friend and colleague, the alf.

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No, don't be hasty.

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The other is sizable and is clearly the scald.

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But the third is unknown to you.

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You can only see the warm hue bound by frosted chains against the cold wall.

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All of them have ragged breathing and rapid heartbeats.

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It creates these halos of heat that you can see.

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The mennfolk see nothing.

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So within that dark confine, we will introduce Fjord and his character,

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who is, as with all of you, is hanging by manacles against this cold, damp wall.

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Sorry, I'm downloading updates.

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Ljomi says, release us at once.

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That'll work.

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The words echo in the silence.

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Is this your chains?

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You are all in manacles pinned to the wall.

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Like stretched out or the hands in front where I could reach into my jacket and pull out a flashlight.

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More Monty Python, you know, in the correct above your head.

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This is uncomfortable.

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Is that the bear lady over there?

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OK, so my character is mumbling.

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I know that I hung on a wind battered tree nine long nights pierced by a spear and given to ode myself to myself.

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On that tree, whose roots grow in a place no one has ever seen.

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We already have a skald in the party.

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Thank you very much.

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I see Gigi.

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I see Ljomi, unfortunately, but you, I don't know you.

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Cattle die.

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Kinsmen die.

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Two of you have already died.

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The light elf, you died at Bravellir and you, Dark Elf, died at the Kalka River.

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But the God Tongue, I want nothing to do with.

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It's mutual.

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You see much that is unseen.

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What quarrel? No one gave me food.

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I don't think you'll find much food down here.

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No one gave me food.

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No one gave me drink.

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At the end, I peered down.

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I took the runes screaming.

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I took them and then I fell.

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Ljomi says, how do we get down?

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Release us at once.

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Gigi kind of shakes on his chains too.

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Yes, down.

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Get me down, you boulder bastards.

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Oh, good.

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Air just dangles from the manacles and awaits the inevitable.

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I'm quite tempted in this episode to really recreate the decades of Perjury and Penury,

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you know, just leave you hanging on the wall as you drive towards madness, insanity, thirst,

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starvation, we'll just let it play out with a deafening silence.

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Can I use biting charms to break my manacles?

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I understand they're good against armor.

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No, there is such a thing called the loosening charm, which would enable you to do that,

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which is a rúnar spell.

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I don't have that one.

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You don't have that one.

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Is there a, where's the chain hooked into?

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Impossible for you to tell because you cannot see a thing.

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Even if you stretch and crane your neck, you can't see more than an inch in front of your

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face.

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Now, are my hands bound together or are they bound apart, far apart?

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Am I splayed out or am I hanging with hands that are tied together?

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It's very important to know.

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You are hanging, you are dangling.

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It's not that you are in a pose of the White Christ, you aren't crucified, you aren't splayed,

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you are just dangling each arm in a separate manacle.

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Are we up against a wall?

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Like we're sort of manacled, you know, manacles are on a wall, right?

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Exactly.

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Is there room to swing?

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Could I swing through the wall, like to see what's behind?

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Using your stone walk ability, which is the natural ability of dökkálfar to pass through

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solid objects, you could certainly try where the wall's relatively thin.

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Because you would get stuck and effectively kind of submerge yourself in the rock.

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I mean, that's not entirely unattractive, but I mean, we could, yeah, if it's more than

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a yard, then it's not going to work.

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But we can stick our head, you know, stick our head a little bit into the wall and see

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if there's another side.

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If there isn't, then we'll come back.

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Okay, using your stone walk, you try and force your way through the mineshaft wall, but you

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need immediate resistance because indeed the walls are thick, the caverns are deep, and

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you are unable to make much progress.

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How far apart are we on the wall?

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Are we like opposite walls, like, or a few feet apart or one up over the other?

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You are all on a separate wall.

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So two of you face each other and the other two face each other.

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Too far away to kick.

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Too far away to kick as far as you can tell.

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The room is at least 10 yards wide.

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Well if we're going to be here for a while, might as well make introductions proper.

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Stranger, I'm Grjogarth, the Magnificent.

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You may have heard of me, I won the silver medal in the old Asgard games at the Tonga

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Honk.

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And what is your name, sir?

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Hrani.

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Just Hrani.

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Hrani, well met.

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Hrani, how long have you been here?

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I was young once, I walked alone, and I became lost on my way.

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It's a long time then.

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It's good we haven't acquired another irritating personality.

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What are you talking about?

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Can you tell us anything about this chamber that we're trapped in?

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Is there an exit?

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Can things come in and out to check on you?

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Or is it more like an oubliette?

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You've just been here.

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How did they bring us in?

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Is there a way in?

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Is there a way out?

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Is there a way up, down?

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A portal?

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Or have we always been here?

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If I knew the way out, would I be here?

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That depends who you are.

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You could be one of them.

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Hrani.

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Posing.

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You want information.

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You'll never get the deed.

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It's ours.

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You will hurt yourself with all your talking if you never close your mouth.

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There is a voice from the wall behind you.

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The rock itself parts as if to form lips, and you hear...

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It is useless to struggle.

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My Fjandi are the most skilled crafters in the Níu Heimar, able to forge tethers from

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things that do not exist, and chains from which it is impossible to escape.

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You menfolk whisper that the Dökkálfar alone maintain the binding of the Great Wolf Fenrir,

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and without us, the stars will be torn from the heavens.

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Yomi offers, release us at once!

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To that, loud music begins to blare from hidden speakers, and the lights in the room spark

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to life, strobing and pulsing in time to the music.

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You recognize a kind of almost childish rhyme that is played on the sidebands for a show

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called Bjarni in Bla Dreki.

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I think it's Barney the Dinosaur.

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Yeah, it would translate to Bjarni the Purple Dinosaur.

305
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Yeah.

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Have an inspiration point.

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Thank you very much.

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One of my very own.

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For that?

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That's the first time he's ever translated Old Norse in ten episodes.

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Come on!

312
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Wow.

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I'm learning.

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I learn.

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I learned, Mr. Fawlty.

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I learned.

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Yes.

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The music plays on incessantly, only replaced by a few of Svartr Sunnudaga's greatest hits,

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and you hear the crooning of your old friend Rognvalda Oss, and it starts to drive you

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insane after the 19th repetition.

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See, that's the secret.

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I'm already insane.

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Oh great vagina lips in the rock wall.

324
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Please come back.

325
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Come back.

326
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Turn off the music, please.

327
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I heard you say you're threatening to let Fenrir go.

328
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I'm curious what you meant by that.

329
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I'm just a humble, lonely, not a jarl.

330
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Be quiet wretch.

331
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A greater shame never came to the gods.

332
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You are defiled with your own filth, your britches' reek of the dung beetle.

333
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Don't make me do it.

334
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No, you should do it.

335
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You are bold in your words, but not in your deeds, jarl, adorner of walls.

336
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I shall have your flayed skin from my lampshade.

337
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I have one word for you, rock man.

338
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Erosion.

339
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Shall we see how the cock struts without his balls?

340
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Is that your face or is it just bad quarry work?

341
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Rassragr, shall I offer you a little ring?

342
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I've met sturdier gravel on a muddy road.

343
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You only suggest release us at once.

344
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Do you rattle when you think or is it always that hollow?

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From out of the darkness you see a shining blade, the strobing lights are now dimmed

346
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and you see this shining blade come and hover immediately below your midriff.

347
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Shall you keep speaking or shall I test the keenness of my blade?

348
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Maybe pointing at some poignant and private areas.

349
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Yeah, I think we all get it.

350
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So can we talk yet?

351
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Are you willing to have a chat?

352
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Who sent you?

353
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,480
We were not sent ourselves.

354
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We're adventurers looking for information to confirm a certain deed.

355
00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:46,000
Who sent you?

356
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,600
He did, I point at Eir.

357
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:57,180
It didn't send us, but we are here on a mission of our own devising.

358
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One involving considerable return on investment.

359
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Is that so?

360
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Yeah.

361
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Dverg were born from Ymir's blood and as the sun breeds maggots in a dead dog, being

362
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a good kissing carrion, I do not care for what knowledge you impart.

363
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,280
Look closer, do you see a Dverg?

364
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,880
What do you see inside the Dverg?

365
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,520
I had wondered whether you would be honest.

366
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Eir enn kvensammi.

367
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:32,600
Of course we know who you are.

368
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There is no disguising stupidity.

369
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:40,160
You had but one errand to force our claim on mine number seven.

370
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:43,480
Have you completed it?

371
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,560
There have been complications, but progress is being made.

372
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Yet they say that in Spikborg you worked like witches with spells and charms and married

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and ogres.

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Your soul must seem unmanly.

375
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,040
You believe what they say?

376
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,920
That's unwise.

377
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,280
Why would you believe what lesser people say?

378
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:05,280
Seemly.

379
00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,520
The only says what?

380
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,880
Yes, I think he does.

381
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:11,880
What?

382
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:12,880
No, what?

383
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:17,840
No, no, I had no I had a friend, my good friend.

384
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,840
He was a dokkalfar.

385
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,720
Eir we were very we were.

386
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:24,720
He died.

387
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:25,720
He died.

388
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:26,720
He did.

389
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:30,520
They called you that name.

390
00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:33,680
You lying to me.

391
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,640
I've been here the whole time.

392
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,600
You've been lying to me.

393
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,440
Foul abomination.

394
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:42,440
You've been delusional.

395
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:43,440
Clockwork rock.

396
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:44,440
Oh my god.

397
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:45,440
Garbage.

398
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:50,400
No wonder bugs are your only friends.

399
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:55,920
They are true and living beasts and loyal and like some others and they're on your level

400
00:28:55,920 --> 00:29:00,040
die and pretend to be my friend.

401
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,200
Dung beetles especially adore you.

402
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,760
I'm off of this nonsense.

403
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,080
We have plenty of other nonsense if you care to wait.

404
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:16,760
You will speak only in answer to my questions or I will burn your álfar friend.

405
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,360
Is that a promise?

406
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:23,880
Why is the evergreen signal fluctuating?

407
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,540
What is frequency one one one one?

408
00:29:27,540 --> 00:29:34,720
We suspected it was a transmission from the men some power contrivance that they were

409
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,440
that they were trying to foist on the world.

410
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,360
Some incompetence of theirs.

411
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:45,960
The only incompetence I see is yours and the amorous.

412
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:46,960
What do you want?

413
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,480
You will not take that tone with me.

414
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:50,480
What would you like?

415
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:54,400
What did the shipwise find in the Nail fairer?

416
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,760
I have no idea.

417
00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:01,120
I will ask you one more time.

418
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:05,040
What did the Shipwise find in the nail fairer?

419
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:06,680
Okay, above table.

420
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,960
I have no idea what you're talking about.

421
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:16,080
That's as maybe but those are the questions that are being asked by you by the position

422
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,680
then get a verbal equivalent of a blank stare.

423
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:27,280
I would like to point out that you are hanging on a wall with an Odinic figure who appears

424
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to be able to peer into the past, present and future and may be able to questions were

425
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:38,640
you to leverage your clear soothsayer abilities.

426
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:45,760
Okay, new best friend, Fjorn, do you have any insight into that which is unseen of which

427
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,280
our tormentors speak?

428
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,000
So like sacrificial chip.

429
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,800
Sacrificial chip is a good one.

430
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:54,200
Or chip.

431
00:30:54,200 --> 00:31:03,360
You're effectively casting your mind out to the spirits to gain an insight into the future.

432
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,560
The spell is named Blottspan.

433
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:13,960
It would originally be this kind of a bloody wafer of wood perhaps etched with runes, but

434
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:21,480
whatever it is that enables you to see what is unseen and speaking of what will come to

435
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:29,640
pass, you can prophesize the the or log of man, the law of what will be.

436
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,680
I think I'll use Udall right then.

437
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:35,680
Bear in mind because there are perils with this because it has to be answered yes, no,

438
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:40,520
and many people have found the answer in the affirmative or negative not very helpful because

439
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,320
they didn't pose the question properly.

440
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:44,760
I'm sure that won't happen.

441
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,880
Don't feel any pressure.

442
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,400
You guys, what would what do you want to know?

443
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:54,640
Because I have I could ask about who our captors are, but would that help you?

444
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:59,040
I think we can guess that the captors are dökkálfar.

445
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:06,400
I'm trying to think how do we assemble it into a yes no question?

446
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:11,640
Because what we want to know is asking you know what the fuck is going on is not actually

447
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:12,640
a yes no question.

448
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:13,640
I checked.

449
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,560
Is it is it where the deed is?

450
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:18,960
Is that really trying to find out?

451
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:23,560
No, we're no, we know where the deed is.

452
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:24,560
It's with the law speaker.

453
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:25,560
Oh, yeah.

454
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,360
Also, that's not yes, no.

455
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:32,520
It would be we could ask.

456
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:42,560
I think do we ask if Bernie or Daniel are the legitimate inheritors or are legitimate

457
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,200
owners of the deed.

458
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,000
But the law speaker is looking into that anyways, and I'm not sure how that would help us.

459
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,680
We got information from the palace that confirmed as much, right?

460
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,280
So also true.

461
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:54,280
Yeah.

462
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:55,920
So we kind of know that already.

463
00:32:55,920 --> 00:33:00,480
They didn't they didn't seem to be very interested in what we were actually doing.

464
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:06,320
They seem to be interested in whatever strange idea they had in their head.

465
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,440
And they did mention something about they are the ones who hold the chains that bind

466
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:10,440
Fenrir.

467
00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:14,400
And well, since there is a giant rapture in the sky and everybody's like, well, could

468
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:15,400
that be a Ragnarok?

469
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:16,960
Maybe we should go that direction.

470
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:20,400
Like, are you are you planning on unleashing Ragnarok?

471
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:27,880
OK, so we could ask something about is that is the are the lights in the sky related to

472
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:31,520
the binding of Fenrir or Ragnarok or something specific?

473
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,400
Would that be useful to us?

474
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:38,420
Information wise, perhaps in terms of getting out of the situation?

475
00:33:38,420 --> 00:33:39,420
Not at all.

476
00:33:39,420 --> 00:33:40,640
In terms of current situation?

477
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,920
No, not at all.

478
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:48,120
Does Grjotgarth still have a blade up to his groin?

479
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:49,680
Who hasn't had days like that?

480
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:50,680
Yes.

481
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:57,560
And in order to just add a little bit of incentive to the proceedings here, you hear another

482
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:10,440
voice saying, perhaps we ought to light a fire under proceedings and a kind of incandescent

483
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:21,040
flame erupts under Ljomi's feet and starts to smolder at the bark.

484
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:29,040
So I'm going to ask you to take five damage as your limbs erupt.

485
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,960
Terrific.

486
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:36,960
Can you just give me the kind of woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo

487
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:40,560
release us at once.

488
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:41,560
Release us, I say.

489
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:49,800
So they think you guys are part of some kind of conspiracy thing, right?

490
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:54,280
They think you're the ones responsible for the lights in the sky?

491
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:55,280
Is that what you're getting?

492
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,360
They're asking us about the signal, which we actually do know about.

493
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:02,880
I mean, we thought we were investigating it, but then we blew up the place that had the

494
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:03,880
answers.

495
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,600
And it didn't stop.

496
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:07,600
And Eir died.

497
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:08,600
Oh, that's true, yeah.

498
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:09,600
No, he didn't.

499
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:10,600
He's still here.

500
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:14,760
A lot of other people died.

501
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:16,000
We killed a lot of people.

502
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,520
I died, but then I got better.

503
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:18,520
Well, slightly better.

504
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:22,000
RIP Brynn.

505
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:32,920
What did the shipwise find in the Nailfarer and what has the Empire hidden away in  Sökkvabekkr?

506
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,840
I think he's talking about a ship.

507
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,640
Yeah.

508
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:38,640
Is it?

509
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:39,640
Are they?

510
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,760
It's something about a ship.

511
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:42,760
What's in it?

512
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:43,760
A cargo?

513
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,400
Are they looking for cargo?

514
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:47,400
Precious cargo?

515
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,560
Something about the shipwise in Nailfarer?

516
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,440
Is Nailfarer a place?

517
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:56,520
It's a boat made entirely from the fingernails and toenails of the dead.

518
00:35:56,520 --> 00:36:03,000
I just remembered.

519
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,120
Very timely memory.

520
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:05,600
Thank you for that.

521
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:12,280
Some of you do speak true Norse, so you may be familiar with one of the words he's mentioned,

522
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:13,280
 Sökkvabekkr.

523
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:19,320
 Sökkvabekkr translates as sunken bank.

524
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:26,720
Since you have a familiarity with the sagas and eddas, beyond you may well recognize that

525
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:32,400
word itself as where Odin and Saga drank daily from cups of gold.

526
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:36,360
It was one of the abodes of the Aesir.

527
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:42,920
The question you were being asked is what has the Empire hidden there?

528
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,440
Where is the place and what has the Empire hidden there?

529
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,240
We could guess.

530
00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:49,600
We don't know.

531
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,480
We haven't the faintest.

532
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,480
We don't work for the Empire, obviously.

533
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,720
If we do, they should fire us.

534
00:36:56,720 --> 00:36:59,720
Release us quickly.

535
00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:05,520
Breathe of my smoke, my brothers.

536
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:09,360
Well, Fjord needs to ask this question.

537
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:14,720
Grjotgarth is going to lean over and be like, I would ask them if we were to agree to help

538
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:18,680
them find out whatever the Empire has hidden, if they would let us go.

539
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:19,680
That's good.

540
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:20,680
And that's a yes or no question.

541
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:21,680
Yeah.

542
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:22,680
All right.

543
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:23,680
You're asking the gods, basically?

544
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:27,920
Are you asking the gods, basically?

545
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,400
Asking whatever creature has a knife held to my groin.

546
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:31,400
Yes.

547
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:32,400
Oh, I thought, okay.

548
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:33,400
Okay.

549
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:34,400
The powers that be.

550
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:35,400
Good launching off place.

551
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:36,400
Yeah.

552
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,080
So your question is?

553
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:44,080
And they release us if we agree to help them find that which the Empire has hidden in the

554
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:45,080
boat.

555
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:48,080
 Sökkvabekkr

556
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:49,080
Yes.

557
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:52,080
We'll do it.

558
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:53,080
Hey.

559
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,800
What's another quest?

560
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:57,800
Release us.

561
00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:58,800
It's getting very warm.

562
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,520
We all immediately grasp at the straw.

563
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:02,520
Yes.

564
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,920
Bale and hatred I bring to the Empire.

565
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,680
I will tell you a story.

566
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:15,960
We dökkálfar discovered the potential of Eitr much sooner than men.

567
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:22,260
Our subterranean complexes are a vast trove of rare minerals and metals.

568
00:38:22,260 --> 00:38:29,200
Deep mining experiments exposed us to fleeting transuranic elements embroiled in their dance

569
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:30,200
of death.

570
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:38,080
And as we sought to unlock the secrets of Eitr, to gain mastery over Roteind and Ratheind,

571
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:43,720
each breached atom released impressive bursts of energy.

572
00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:49,720
We were persistent and adaptive from our long years living in the shadows.

573
00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:54,760
Although not even this nuclear blast could undo our curse.

574
00:38:54,760 --> 00:39:01,080
Even when reduced to constituent atoms, our spirits find new shells.

575
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:06,880
And so our generals decided to sell their deadly secrets, the secrets of the death metals

576
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,200
to the highest bidder.

577
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:17,200
They created a chain reaction with unfathomable consequences, the great winter that surrounds

578
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:18,200
you.

579
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:22,260
So, we ask again, what are the secrets of the ice?

580
00:39:22,260 --> 00:39:26,960
What have the Ivaldians hidden in  Sökkvabekkr?

581
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:28,840
We know the answer.

582
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,000
It is death metal.

583
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:37,120
For now we have become death, the destroyers of worlds.

584
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:38,120
Very hot.

585
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:39,120
Hot.

586
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:40,120
He's burning.

587
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:44,880
I'm sure it's just a meme.

588
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:51,840
Someone does extinguish your flaming leg with a bucket of water.

589
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:54,040
Or at least you hope it's a bucket of water.

590
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,120
Yes, I had that thought.

591
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:57,120
Do we have a deal?

592
00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:00,120
We do not have a deal.

593
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:05,480
But we will issue you a challenge.

594
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:10,200
For we cannot trust Eir, the Amorous.

595
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:15,840
We have assigned him this mission once before and he has failed us.

596
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:25,040
But we will offer you this chance, answer for us these riddles.

597
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:35,280
And for each riddle that you answer correctly, we shall spare one of you from the Grove of

598
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:36,280
Fetters.

599
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,800
Do you agree to our terms?

600
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:48,400
You will answer and you will face the same fate as the Orcneas whose head lies severed

601
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,400
on the floor.

602
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:56,640
Grjotgarth looks at everybody and says, so are you all ready to die?

603
00:40:56,640 --> 00:41:01,280
Yeah, it's not that big a deal once it happens a couple of times.

604
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:07,720
I mean, don't get me wrong, it's no screaming hell, it's not pleasant, but you know.

605
00:41:07,720 --> 00:41:12,400
Oh, Rockface that is giving us this challenge.

606
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:13,400
Do we have a choice?

607
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,320
Could we just say no and walk free?

608
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,560
Is that on the table?

609
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:28,960
You can say no and remain hanging on the wall until I turn your flayed skin into my lampshade.

610
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:36,160
Is there anything else we could convince you with, such as anything else you want?

611
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:37,160
Yes.

612
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:40,560
We want dominion over the Death Metal.

613
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:45,520
We want control of all of the mineral wealth of these lands.

614
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:52,360
We want to know why the Empire toys with what is rightfully ours.

615
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:59,160
We have already sent Eir, the Amorous, in order to find out what their plans are, but

616
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:05,200
he was waylaid by a Jotun wench.

617
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,240
So you want the deed.

618
00:42:07,240 --> 00:42:08,560
That's what this is all about.

619
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,440
Well, we have it.

620
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:11,440
Let us go.

621
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:12,440
We'll go fetch it.

622
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:13,440
We'll bring it back.

623
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:14,440
Yes.

624
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:21,400
Any number of you may leave our hallowed Halls should you answer the riddles.

625
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:28,500
And of course, we will be watching as we watched your wedding vows.

626
00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:35,640
By which he means, obviously, that they have somehow gleaned knowledge of your movements

627
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:41,560
across Heimslit from Spikborg to the Troll's Tongue and clearly know what you have been

628
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:46,640
up to and are able to report quite incisively on it.

629
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:48,200
Are the riddles a group effort?

630
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:49,200
Do we all get to guess?

631
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:50,200
Oh, that's true.

632
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:51,200
One riddle each, maybe?

633
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:52,680
Or is it a group effort?

634
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:54,600
No, for each riddle, every one.

635
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:55,600
We all get to guess.

636
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:56,600
Yes.

637
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:57,600
Gets an answer.

638
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:58,600
That sounds good.

639
00:42:58,600 --> 00:42:59,600
Four guesses per riddle.

640
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:00,600
Worth a try.

641
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:10,520
And if you get the riddle wrong, prepare yourself to be impaled upon the spear.

642
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:19,720
I will read to you the first riddle since you have engaged in this contest of wits.

643
00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:25,080
And Bill, no hastily typing into the internet.

644
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:27,680
That's good.

645
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:33,080
Yeah, I think that everyone should actually do the pose that they're in the dungeon and

646
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:34,640
show me their hands.

647
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:40,520
I won't mention the new foot keyboard I acquired earlier in the week for just such an occasion.

648
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:46,400
All right, the first riddle is this as you bargain for your release with this contest

649
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:50,080
of wits.

650
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:59,040
What is that lamp which lights up men but flame engulfs it and wargs grasp after it

651
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:04,280
always?

652
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:07,800
The sun.

653
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:12,900
Fjorn has saved one of you and salvaged your reputation.

654
00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:22,040
One person will be able to leave the dungeon and emerge into the sunlight once again.

655
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:26,680
The second riddle in the dark is this.

656
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:33,880
Who is that giant that goes over the earth, who swallows the waters and woods, who dreads

657
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:40,560
the wind but doesn't fear men and fiercely fights the sun?

658
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,560
Let me have that one again.

659
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,560
Please?

660
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:50,840
Depends on the tone of your please.

661
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:57,600
Who is that giant that goes over the earth, who swallows the waters and woods, who dreads

662
00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:09,160
the wind but doesn't fear men and fiercely fights the sun?

663
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:12,600
I mean I feel like that should be the moon.

664
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:15,760
That's all I can think of too, yeah, but I'm not going to guess it either.

665
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:17,400
Get Steve to say it.

666
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:21,880
Either that or night.

667
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:26,280
I would refer you to your resident, Soothsayer, who's not homely.

668
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:31,440
Hold on, he fears the sun, you said?

669
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:32,440
Fights the sun.

670
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:39,040
Fights the sun and goes across the land and swallows the woods?

671
00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:47,680
Flows the waters and woods, dreads the wind, and fiercely fights the sun.

672
00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:53,200
Am I able to use stuff like sacrificial chip to ask if my answer is right or wrong before

673
00:45:53,200 --> 00:46:00,920
I actually ask?

674
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:04,820
I think I might know it, but I don't want to kill anybody.

675
00:46:04,820 --> 00:46:07,880
I think I know it too, but I also don't want to kill anybody.

676
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:10,480
It would be okay if I erred on it.

677
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:12,600
I actually know, that's a fair point.

678
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,080
You'll just move into another rock body, right?

679
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:18,960
Yeah, okay, fog.

680
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:19,960
Is it fog?

681
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:20,960
Oh, he's correct.

682
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:23,240
Oh, wow, nice.

683
00:46:23,240 --> 00:46:24,240
That hurt my brain.

684
00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:25,240
Bad riddle.

685
00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:26,240
Nobody's died yet.

686
00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:36,680
I'm very sweaty, I don't know about the rest of you guys, but in real life I'm very sweaty.

687
00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:43,080
The third riddle is this.

688
00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:49,520
What is that wonder I saw outside before the doors of day?

689
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:59,680
White they whirl, strike stone, and bury themselves black in the sand.

690
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:09,080
Can we have that again, please?

691
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:14,360
It's a bit like a game show.

692
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:16,680
I'd like an R, please, Bob.

693
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:17,680
With more death.

694
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:20,800
I'd like to phone a friend.

695
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,360
I'd like to have new friends, please.

696
00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:25,240
Do you want me to call the audience?

697
00:47:25,240 --> 00:47:31,040
50-50, what is that wonder I saw outside before the doors of day?

698
00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:37,680
White they whirl, strike stone, and bury themselves black in the sand.

699
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:41,520
Black in the sand?

700
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:43,920
Yeah, that's the part I'm getting confused on.

701
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:45,160
Yeah, go ahead.

702
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:49,160
I mean, I want to say clouds, but like rain clouds?

703
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:50,160
Rain clouds?

704
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:51,160
Or lightning?

705
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:55,640
I keep thinking lightning, but the black in the sand is what's confusing me.

706
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:57,640
And why before the dawn?

707
00:47:57,640 --> 00:47:58,640
I'm gonna...

708
00:47:58,640 --> 00:47:59,640
Okay, water.

709
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:00,640
I mean, is it like...

710
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:01,640
Fjorn is close with water.

711
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:02,640
I'm just gonna emphasize the words white they whirl.

712
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:03,640
White they whirl.

713
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:04,640
White they whirl.

714
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:05,640
Oh, and he was...

715
00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:21,440
Snow?

716
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:25,640
I mean, whirled?

717
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:26,640
Flowers?

718
00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:27,640
A fjord?

719
00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:28,640
Clouds?

720
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:29,640
I don't know.

721
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:36,840
You have to opt for an answer.

722
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:39,600
Here's the word...

723
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:40,600
I'm just...

724
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:43,840
Again, because I am a benevolent, almighty god.

725
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:46,080
I'm gonna suggest that you do have yes-no questions.

726
00:48:46,080 --> 00:48:49,480
So one of the phrases that you could use, for example, if you were to phrase a question,

727
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,320
you could say, is the answer weather-related?

728
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:54,920
Or does the answer begin with the letter H?

729
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:56,400
For example, those kind of things.

730
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:58,400
Do you have 26 questions?

731
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:09,880
We can narrow it down.

732
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:20,440
It definitely involves precipitation.

733
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:25,000
And yes, for the viewers at home, this is real-time silence, as four people stare back

734
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:26,000
at me.

735
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:29,800
Can we hear it just one more time, please?

736
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:30,800
Please?

737
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:40,560
What's in my pocket, hobbitses?

738
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:43,080
What is that wonder I saw outside?

739
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:48,240
Before the doors of day, white they whirl, strike stone, and bury themselves black in

740
00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:49,240
the sand.

741
00:49:49,240 --> 00:49:50,240
It's hail.

742
00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:51,240
It is hail.

743
00:49:51,240 --> 00:49:52,240
Oh, good.

744
00:49:52,240 --> 00:49:56,280
Good job, CJ.

745
00:49:56,280 --> 00:49:57,280
Yeah.

746
00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:01,920
Guys, that was just totally out of my ass.

747
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:03,920
Oh, that's good.

748
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:06,080
Well, that's just like last week, then.

749
00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:07,080
The tradition continues.

750
00:50:07,080 --> 00:50:08,080
Again, the...

751
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:15,200
I'm just gonna go have a quick shower, because I'm like so...

752
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:22,160
The Odinic inspiration kicked in, and you've obviously drunk deeply from the cauldron.

753
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:27,200
All right, the last one is...

754
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:29,520
The last riddle is this.

755
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:33,920
So right now, let's just make sure we're clear on the stakes.

756
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:41,000
Right now, three of the four of you are able to walk free.

757
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:46,060
And so you've got to get this one right for a clean sweep, a full house, and for everyone

758
00:50:46,060 --> 00:50:51,000
to be able to leave the dungeon of death and doom.

759
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:52,360
This one is...

760
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:55,560
It's gonna be the easy one, right?

761
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:56,560
Yeah.

762
00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:58,720
Yeah, it is.

763
00:50:58,720 --> 00:51:08,160
I saw a most wondrous tree raised on high, wound round with light, the brightest of beams.

764
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:11,320
All the englar of the Lord looked on.

765
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:19,240
I saw a road under them, and a road over them, and a road fair throughout eternity.

766
00:51:19,240 --> 00:51:22,120
What is this felon's gallow?

767
00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:30,960
Yeah, it's the easy one.

768
00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:31,960
You went for Yggdrasil?

769
00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:34,680
Are you saying that out loud?

770
00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:36,880
At the risk of impalement?

771
00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:37,880
Yeah.

772
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:41,880
I'm on board with the confidence.

773
00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:43,120
Yeah.

774
00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:46,120
We shall remember him.

775
00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:54,000
Okay, so to be clear, Fjorn, I think there's a problem.

776
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:56,000
To be clear once again.

777
00:51:56,000 --> 00:52:04,040
Just to be clear, just to be double-check, you're just going for Yggdrasil.

778
00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:05,840
Feels like there's a hint there.

779
00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:07,200
That confidence is gone now?

780
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:08,200
Yeah.

781
00:52:08,200 --> 00:52:11,040
I'm gonna use Sacrificial Chip to ask a question.

782
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:12,040
Sure.

783
00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:15,040
By all means.

784
00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:22,040
Is the answer mythological?

785
00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:25,040
No.

786
00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:33,480
There were some stunned looks on the faces of our riddlers.

787
00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:34,480
You almost died.

788
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:35,480
Please be more careful.

789
00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:38,480
I've been hanging in here for a while.

790
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:48,160
If we need you with the party, we might run into an ice bjorn.

791
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:52,160
We have the riddle again, please.

792
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:59,800
I saw a most wondrous tree, raised on high, wound round with light in the brightest of

793
00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:01,360
beams.

794
00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:04,360
All the englar of the Lord looked on.

795
00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:11,800
I saw a road under them and a road over them and a road fair throughout eternity.

796
00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:17,000
What is this felon's gallow?

797
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,640
Might be the 401 for the Toronto people.

798
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:21,120
Especially in Russia.

799
00:53:21,120 --> 00:53:25,880
I don't know if you know the poem, The Dream of the Rood.

800
00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:30,960
I haven't read that in a long time.

801
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:32,440
What did it translate into?

802
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:33,440
The cross, maybe?

803
00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:35,480
With a Christmas tree?

804
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:39,280
With a railroad under it?

805
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:41,040
And garlands on top of it?

806
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:44,600
Steve, don't let that utterance pass.

807
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:46,960
You have spake words of wisdom.

808
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:47,960
What did you say?

809
00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:50,960
I don't listen to you generally.

810
00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:53,480
I know that, trust me.

811
00:53:53,480 --> 00:54:00,920
I was suggesting that if they're Christianizing Norse mythology, then talking about a tree

812
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:06,120
that is also a gallow surrounded by angels, I'm thinking the tree becomes the cross.

813
00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:12,080
Oh, because there's angels and yeah, and a path to eternity.

814
00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:13,720
And gallows and things like that.

815
00:54:13,720 --> 00:54:18,640
So that constitutes my suggestion for the group's consumption.

816
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:21,880
I think you might be right.

817
00:54:21,880 --> 00:54:25,520
Well, it was bound to happen eventually.

818
00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:27,680
Stunned silence.

819
00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:34,520
Just trying to decide how to say please this time so I can get one.

820
00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:35,520
You know what?

821
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:38,360
It's going to be on, if we're wrong, it's going to be on Eir.

822
00:54:38,360 --> 00:54:45,280
He will happily sit impaled on a tree for an indefinite period or stick or whatever.

823
00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:48,920
So yeah, Eir is going to go ahead and say tree.

824
00:54:48,920 --> 00:54:52,440
No, cross, sorry.

825
00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:53,960
What's your favorite colour, Steve?

826
00:54:53,960 --> 00:54:54,960
Blue, no red.

827
00:54:54,960 --> 00:55:00,280
European or African?

828
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:04,120
I'm afraid we can only take the first answer, Steve.

829
00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:06,160
Oh no.

830
00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:08,320
No, I'll be nice.

831
00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:09,320
I'll be nice.

832
00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:17,640
It was indeed the cross, that riddle referencing the glowing crimson scar that forms the cross

833
00:55:17,640 --> 00:55:27,960
sheep in the sky above you, the dökkálfar clearly referring to in their riddle.

834
00:55:27,960 --> 00:55:35,840
The voice from the wall, from the darkness says, correct.

835
00:55:35,840 --> 00:55:42,720
You have answered all of our riddles, the contest of which is won.

836
00:55:42,720 --> 00:55:52,000
You may exit the diamond mines.

837
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:54,760
I'll need to be released from the shackles first.

838
00:55:54,760 --> 00:55:57,080
Thank you very much.

839
00:55:57,080 --> 00:56:01,200
Use small words.

840
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:04,320
Release me from the chains.

841
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:07,480
Thank you.

842
00:56:07,480 --> 00:56:14,360
The chains clink and clatter to the floor released by unseen hands.

843
00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:19,960
Again most of the time here the dökkálfar have just literally reached through the walls

844
00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:24,840
or else been invisible because of their sorcery.

845
00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:28,120
Perhaps they have been hidden under helms of concealment.

846
00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:34,160
Whatever it is, you haven't so much as detected anything other than their whispers and the

847
00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:36,880
odd flaming torch.

848
00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:41,800
Oh and the vagina shaped wall mount I believe someone mentioned.

849
00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:48,040
As the lights come on you are able to see in the center of the room piled up all of

850
00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:56,720
your equipment that you may collect.

851
00:56:56,720 --> 00:57:06,500
And you also see for the first time clearly this new comrade, Rani, who is, how would

852
00:57:06,500 --> 00:57:09,640
you best describe yourself there, Fjorn?

853
00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:11,080
He's very haggard looking.

854
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:14,120
He's been in there for quite a long time.

855
00:57:14,120 --> 00:57:17,800
Hasn't been well nourished so he's a bit weak.

856
00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:24,980
He is a little fritzy because he has some mental issues.

857
00:57:24,980 --> 00:57:30,240
And he's got one eye which you can kind of tell was gouged out.

858
00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:34,880
And his hair is kind of somewhat long, very messy grade.

859
00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:37,640
He looks messed up.

860
00:57:37,640 --> 00:57:41,160
Fits right in.

861
00:57:41,160 --> 00:57:46,640
You take a look at each other and gain the measure of your new companion.

862
00:57:46,640 --> 00:57:55,400
Obviously it's not the time for pleasantries, but even were you to at least clasp hands

863
00:57:55,400 --> 00:58:02,000
and praise the gods for your salvation, you hear in the distance a burst of gunfire that

864
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:09,520
breaks the eerie silence, the furious echo cascading through the labyrinth of tunnels.

865
00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:17,040
And you can see just in the distance flashes of flicker-like lightning singing a song of

866
00:58:17,040 --> 00:58:21,440
chaos as the harsh roar of gunfire splits the darkness.

867
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:28,560
The mind morphs into a deadly echo chamber, amplifying the sounds of war into a relentless

868
00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:32,680
storm of violence and murder.

869
00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:36,680
Something is going on in the tunnels without.

870
00:58:36,680 --> 00:58:43,240
It's not us doing it.

871
00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:46,680
Are we still manacled to the wall?

872
00:58:46,680 --> 00:58:49,520
No, I think they freed us.

873
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:50,520
We've been released.

874
00:58:50,520 --> 00:58:51,520
OK.

875
00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:54,520
You can stay manacled if you like for a little bit longer.

876
00:58:54,520 --> 00:58:57,520
Busman's holiday, you know.

877
00:58:57,520 --> 00:59:00,920
Grjotgarth is going to grab his machine gun.

878
00:59:00,920 --> 00:59:02,680
Yep, yep.

879
00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:04,920
And load it.

880
00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:09,440
And then say, let's get the fuck out of here.

881
00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:16,560
Ljomi's going to ready a stun grenade and after picking up the rest of his equipment.

882
00:59:16,560 --> 00:59:25,480
If you don't have much more than rags and a rather flamboyant beard, having spent several

883
00:59:25,480 --> 00:59:30,160
months chained to a wall, so presumably you're going to hang back a little bit.

884
00:59:30,160 --> 00:59:32,000
Yeah, I'm going to hop along.

885
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:33,000
Hop along.

886
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:34,000
Very good.

887
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:37,000
Steve, what was your plan?

888
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:39,320
My plan?

889
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:41,560
Well, I can't stay.

890
00:59:41,560 --> 00:59:47,760
I can't come back empty handed, so we will have to go with the group and try and do what

891
00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:52,000
they ask or at least come back with something.

892
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:59,400
OK, I'm specifically referring to the gunfire, the gun battle that is apparently raging somewhere

893
00:59:59,400 --> 01:00:03,040
in the tunnels beyond.

894
01:00:03,040 --> 01:00:05,240
Doesn't Gigi have a second machine gun?

895
01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:08,240
Do we have two as a group?

896
01:00:08,240 --> 01:00:10,200
Is the other one lost?

897
01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:12,800
No, no, I'm sure he's still got it.

898
01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:14,280
Very, very sure.

899
01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:17,200
Clearly, yeah, clearly he's still got it.

900
01:00:17,200 --> 01:00:21,280
Ljomi can give Fjorn his shotgun because I have a shotgun also.

901
01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:23,200
I got other things I can do.

902
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:29,840
Your second one went over the edge of the Troll's tongue with the hapless detective.

903
01:00:29,840 --> 01:00:33,480
We have three, so he brought us down to 12.

904
01:00:33,480 --> 01:00:36,640
Right, it was still after that, right, CJ?

905
01:00:36,640 --> 01:00:38,040
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

906
01:00:38,040 --> 01:00:39,040
That's how I remember it.

907
01:00:39,040 --> 01:00:44,080
CJ just had the one, but you do have the heirloom sword, Bearpaw.

908
01:00:44,080 --> 01:00:53,840
The gunfire has caused the Dökkálfar to question their deal as you hear one of them shout,

909
01:00:53,840 --> 01:00:59,640
Abate the edge of traitors, Lord of the Slain, those that would reduce these bloody days

910
01:00:59,640 --> 01:01:04,360
again and make the North weep in streams of blood.

911
01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:13,560
The walls begin to bulge with these new forms of the Dökkálfar miners that start to enter

912
01:01:13,560 --> 01:01:19,000
the chamber again, intent on reneging on their deal.

913
01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:23,960
Leomi suggests, time to go.

914
01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:26,640
Are they trying to stop us?

915
01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:29,320
They're getting ready to renege on their deal.

916
01:01:29,320 --> 01:01:30,760
Right.

917
01:01:30,760 --> 01:01:35,160
Well, we could kill them all and then leave.

918
01:01:35,160 --> 01:01:42,120
Grjotgarth is already storming down the passageway.

919
01:01:42,120 --> 01:01:43,760
And I was following behind him.

920
01:01:43,760 --> 01:01:47,960
It was minutes ago he grabbed his machine gun and was like, let's go.

921
01:01:47,960 --> 01:01:52,960
One other thing to remind you is that right now you are in this, as we affectionately

922
01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:55,640
call it, the antiquated hunk of old junk.

923
01:01:55,640 --> 01:02:05,000
Were you to transmute your body into a new magnificent specimen, then you could do so

924
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:08,360
here as part of this melee.

925
01:02:08,360 --> 01:02:13,920
So we just have to kill one of these dökkálfar miners, just for the benefit of those at home.

926
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:18,640
A little bit of insight into dökkálfar relations.

927
01:02:18,640 --> 01:02:21,520
I mean, doing in...

928
01:02:21,520 --> 01:02:24,200
Hang on, have we gone to an X-rated podcast now?

929
01:02:24,200 --> 01:02:25,200
Dökkálfar relations?

930
01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:31,160
I believe you're talking about fucking up one of the dökkálfar that's coming through

931
01:02:31,160 --> 01:02:32,160
the walls.

932
01:02:32,160 --> 01:02:35,480
Ah, Bill's, yes, he's got to the heart of it.

933
01:02:35,480 --> 01:02:42,960
If Eir was to, let's say for instance, lightly murder one of his kin in order to purloin

934
01:02:42,960 --> 01:02:46,760
their body, how would that be received, generally speaking?

935
01:02:46,760 --> 01:02:52,520
Is that seen as, oh yes, just one of us trying to get ahead, or would it be you horrible

936
01:02:52,520 --> 01:02:55,000
creature will hunt you down forever?

937
01:02:55,000 --> 01:02:57,200
Or something in between, maybe?

938
01:02:57,200 --> 01:03:03,440
All murder in Norse lore, and bear in mind that the dökkálfar are effectively caged spirits

939
01:03:03,440 --> 01:03:11,080
of Norsemen who've fallen in battle over the centuries and just got stuck like you.

940
01:03:11,080 --> 01:03:20,600
All murder is broadly defensible if insults are bandied, or if there's a reason for the

941
01:03:20,600 --> 01:03:21,600
murder.

942
01:03:21,600 --> 01:03:25,440
It's murdering in cold blood is frowned upon.

943
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:32,320
Certainly the dökkálfar are motivated by greed and aberrance, and were you to find

944
01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:38,960
yourself a new diamond-encrusted body, I think everyone would go, oh, good on you.

945
01:03:38,960 --> 01:03:39,960
Well done.

946
01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:41,880
You stepped up in the world.

947
01:03:41,880 --> 01:03:43,760
These miners have totally been...

948
01:03:43,760 --> 01:03:46,680
These miners coming through the wall, would they happen to be diamond-encrusted by any

949
01:03:46,680 --> 01:03:48,680
chance?

950
01:03:48,680 --> 01:03:56,680
Your best chance at the kind of Rolls Royce of dökkálfar bodies is the leader of the

951
01:03:56,680 --> 01:04:06,080
Enclave, a dökkálfar called Heidrik Radgulur, or Heidrik Redgold.

952
01:04:06,080 --> 01:04:08,720
Right.

953
01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:12,400
He's not here right now, is he?

954
01:04:12,400 --> 01:04:19,360
He's not immediately apparent, but then neither have any of the dökkálfar been readily apparent

955
01:04:19,360 --> 01:04:22,760
and standing in front of you throughout this whole esplanade.

956
01:04:22,760 --> 01:04:24,960
Yeah, but you said a couple just came in the room.

957
01:04:24,960 --> 01:04:27,440
They would constitute a pretty dramatic upgrade.

958
01:04:27,440 --> 01:04:29,160
Is that a fair statement?

959
01:04:29,160 --> 01:04:34,800
Beyond your ZX Spectrum or your BBC Micro style.

960
01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:36,440
This is Vic 20 I'm walking around in.

961
01:04:36,440 --> 01:04:37,440
It's Sinclair.

962
01:04:37,440 --> 01:04:40,520
Yeah, Atomic Sinclair, yeah.

963
01:04:40,520 --> 01:04:44,160
And they're clearly here to renege on the agreement, and that counts as treachery for

964
01:04:44,160 --> 01:04:47,240
which vengeance demands that they shall perish.

965
01:04:47,240 --> 01:04:51,360
They've been trashing your girlfriend the whole time as well.

966
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:54,800
Okay, I'll deal with that later.

967
01:04:54,800 --> 01:05:00,280
Okay, yeah, I think that's enough for Eir to talk himself into it.

968
01:05:00,280 --> 01:05:05,720
Aer will call out to his friends.

969
01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:09,120
We're being double-crossed.

970
01:05:09,120 --> 01:05:14,520
Let's get him.

971
01:05:14,520 --> 01:05:17,680
It's just so in-genre, I was laughing with the light.

972
01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:18,680
Yeah.

973
01:05:18,680 --> 01:05:20,680
I'm sorry, what?

974
01:05:20,680 --> 01:05:22,360
Are we following the gunshots?

975
01:05:22,360 --> 01:05:24,520
Why are we pausing?

976
01:05:24,520 --> 01:05:29,520
Wait, are you, was Gigi going towards the gunshots or towards the exit?

977
01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:31,320
Yeah, towards the gunshots.

978
01:05:31,320 --> 01:05:32,320
Both, yeah.

979
01:05:32,320 --> 01:05:36,120
My sense was the gunfight is in the way where we need to go.

980
01:05:36,120 --> 01:05:37,400
Oh, that wasn't my expectation.

981
01:05:37,400 --> 01:05:39,560
Okay, that wasn't my understanding.

982
01:05:39,560 --> 01:05:44,840
The Dark Elves seem to think that the people with the gunfire are on our side because they

983
01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:49,680
seem to think that hearing that is what made them think we crossed them first, right?

984
01:05:49,680 --> 01:05:54,200
So if you go towards the gunfire, we may find that someone is already doing the work for

985
01:05:54,200 --> 01:05:55,200
us.

986
01:05:55,200 --> 01:05:56,640
We might get a better chance, yes.

987
01:05:56,640 --> 01:05:58,640
Oh, that's way easier.

988
01:05:58,640 --> 01:06:00,160
Okay, no, that's...

989
01:06:00,160 --> 01:06:03,600
Isn't it nice to have a clear thinker like Fjorn join the team?

990
01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:04,600
Yes, thank you.

991
01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:06,160
Tell him what's going on.

992
01:06:06,160 --> 01:06:09,280
I'm so glad he's here forever and a day.

993
01:06:09,280 --> 01:06:12,800
Rather than blundering around in the darkness.

994
01:06:12,800 --> 01:06:15,200
Our never-ending quest for competence, yes.

995
01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:17,240
Ljomi pauses.

996
01:06:17,240 --> 01:06:20,760
You can almost see the bolt of inspiration striking him.

997
01:06:20,760 --> 01:06:23,780
I know, I know what to do.

998
01:06:23,780 --> 01:06:26,120
We go towards the battle.

999
01:06:26,120 --> 01:06:29,000
I'll throw a grenade.

1000
01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:33,680
Fjorn will cast Crow-Road, I believe it's called.

1001
01:06:33,680 --> 01:06:41,600
CJ does sharp runes and the Abomination, the foul, lying, stinking filth that pretended

1002
01:06:41,600 --> 01:06:48,840
to be my friend, will do wounding wand and we shall overcome.

1003
01:06:48,840 --> 01:06:50,000
You make it all sound so simple.

1004
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:51,520
I didn't know you were...

1005
01:06:51,520 --> 01:06:53,720
When did you become a seer?

1006
01:06:53,720 --> 01:06:59,520
I've just been doing a lot of reading and thinking and getting more in touch with myself

1007
01:06:59,520 --> 01:07:07,120
and the great tree and realizing that I can't trust anyone if you know what I mean.

1008
01:07:07,120 --> 01:07:10,240
Just 10 episodes to read the full book, that's basically what we're talking about.

1009
01:07:10,240 --> 01:07:12,480
Well, I've read it several times.

1010
01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:15,800
Everyone, Gigi is already halfway down the tunnel.

1011
01:07:15,800 --> 01:07:16,800
Yeah, let's go.

1012
01:07:16,800 --> 01:07:19,800
Okay, yeah, let's go.

1013
01:07:19,800 --> 01:07:20,800
Wait for us at once!

1014
01:07:20,800 --> 01:07:21,800
Do-well, hallo!

1015
01:07:21,800 --> 01:07:28,840
Okay, Gigi, you have absconded from the immediate environs.

1016
01:07:28,840 --> 01:07:30,760
Oh, Jesus.

1017
01:07:30,760 --> 01:07:40,760
Immediately behind Fjorn and Eir, Red Gold, especially vain, dökkálfar, leader emerges from

1018
01:07:40,760 --> 01:07:48,440
the wall, his headdress dripping with diamonds from the mine, swaying almost like a chandelier

1019
01:07:48,440 --> 01:07:56,040
and he yells out at the receding, retreating forms,

1020
01:07:56,040 --> 01:08:04,280
Munu evi finol vigemada en mesti.

1021
01:08:04,280 --> 01:08:09,080
Which translates as, game over, player one.

1022
01:08:09,080 --> 01:08:12,880
Oh, good lord.

1023
01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:15,680
Thee, fast turn or slow turn?

1024
01:08:15,680 --> 01:08:18,160
Fjorn, fast turn or slow turn?

1025
01:08:18,160 --> 01:08:19,160
Fast turn, crow road.

1026
01:08:19,160 --> 01:08:21,960
Fjorn fast turn or slow turn?

1027
01:08:21,960 --> 01:08:25,680
I kind of wanted to use ancestral wisdom before getting into a boss fight, but I don't know

1028
01:08:25,680 --> 01:08:27,240
if that's the best route.

1029
01:08:27,240 --> 01:08:28,920
Certainly something you can do.

1030
01:08:28,920 --> 01:08:37,400
Your character is a speaker, and so you are able to talk to the spirits of the ancestors.

1031
01:08:37,400 --> 01:08:41,560
I mean, obviously you're surrounded by the spirits of the ancestors in terms of Bill

1032
01:08:41,560 --> 01:08:48,640
and Steve here, but your ancestral spirits will come to your aid.

1033
01:08:48,640 --> 01:08:55,600
Your dead kin will confer their blessings upon you for perhaps the duration of the fight.

1034
01:08:55,600 --> 01:08:57,560
Well, hey.

1035
01:08:57,560 --> 01:09:03,120
Well, I'm throwing a grenade because I still think I have a really good plan.

1036
01:09:03,120 --> 01:09:04,640
OK.

1037
01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:07,600
What do I need to do, Ian, grenade-wise?

1038
01:09:07,600 --> 01:09:09,680
Grenade-wise, you need to give me a sleight roll, please.

1039
01:09:09,680 --> 01:09:13,520
That's one of my not too bad ones.

1040
01:09:13,520 --> 01:09:16,800
It's a 1d100 plus 50, I think.

1041
01:09:16,800 --> 01:09:20,680
16 plus 2 is 18.

1042
01:09:20,680 --> 01:09:24,840
OK, quickly check the blast radius.

1043
01:09:24,840 --> 01:09:26,840
3 yards.

1044
01:09:26,840 --> 01:09:28,880
3 yards.

1045
01:09:28,880 --> 01:09:30,520
Where are you tossing it towards you?

1046
01:09:30,520 --> 01:09:32,040
Aiming at Red Gold's feet?

1047
01:09:32,040 --> 01:09:33,720
Yeah, right at Red Gold.

1048
01:09:33,720 --> 01:09:34,720
Yep.

1049
01:09:34,720 --> 01:09:35,720
Right up the old Red Gold.

1050
01:09:35,720 --> 01:09:37,480
Oh dear.

1051
01:09:37,480 --> 01:09:43,920
The flashbang erupts right in front of the Enclave leader.

1052
01:09:43,920 --> 01:09:49,960
It flashes and reflects a thousandfold in the diamonds on his headdress.

1053
01:09:49,960 --> 01:09:54,040
He staggers back, blinded and stunned.

1054
01:09:54,040 --> 01:09:56,160
I love how he feels.

1055
01:09:56,160 --> 01:10:00,960
So, Gigi, here's the explosion and turns back around, thinking...

1056
01:10:00,960 --> 01:10:03,960
They started without me!

1057
01:10:03,960 --> 01:10:07,680
The battle's this way! What do you mean you're going this way?

1058
01:10:07,680 --> 01:10:08,680
Their leader is over here.

1059
01:10:08,680 --> 01:10:10,880
Bjorn, what did you want to do?

1060
01:10:10,880 --> 01:10:13,840
Am I able to use Crow Road for whoever's attacking next?

1061
01:10:13,840 --> 01:10:15,280
You can indeed.

1062
01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:22,520
In order to cast Crow Road, you will choose an enemy and effectively what it enables you

1063
01:10:22,520 --> 01:10:29,120
to do is peer into the future and work out all of the many ways in which he might meet

1064
01:10:29,120 --> 01:10:34,920
his demise and so you can help marshal the future to orchestrate events to bring that

1065
01:10:34,920 --> 01:10:37,600
target to its fate.

1066
01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:45,240
So from now on, when someone else tries to attack Red Gold, you may give them three wheels.

1067
01:10:45,240 --> 01:10:51,400
So were CJ to bustle into the room and smite him, he would do so with even more wheels

1068
01:10:51,400 --> 01:10:52,600
than he usually does.

1069
01:10:52,600 --> 01:10:55,120
Steve, what would you like to do?

1070
01:10:55,120 --> 01:11:03,200
I think that Ljomi actually did see a little speck of the future because Eir is going to

1071
01:11:03,200 --> 01:11:10,440
cast Wounding Wand and use the Evening Rider.

1072
01:11:10,440 --> 01:11:11,440
Is it the Evening Rider?

1073
01:11:11,440 --> 01:11:12,440
I think that's what it's called.

1074
01:11:12,440 --> 01:11:13,440
Yes, right.

1075
01:11:13,440 --> 01:11:17,360
To accept, to essentially strain himself.

1076
01:11:17,360 --> 01:11:19,140
We know how that ends.

1077
01:11:19,140 --> 01:11:22,680
To strain himself to get himself an extra wheel.

1078
01:11:22,680 --> 01:11:26,960
Yeah, so it's going to be Wounding Wand at Red Gold.

1079
01:11:26,960 --> 01:11:32,400
That's wits with, I see one wheel.

1080
01:11:32,400 --> 01:11:33,400
No, wait a minute.

1081
01:11:33,400 --> 01:11:36,760
I get some from Fjorn, I think, right?

1082
01:11:36,760 --> 01:11:43,200
Fjorn can give you three more, but I'm also going to remind you that presumably you took

1083
01:11:43,200 --> 01:11:50,560
your second gift and you took wise counsel, which enables you to be prepared for eventualities

1084
01:11:50,560 --> 01:11:55,840
and so you can use your own triggered action to cast the spell effectively twice.

1085
01:11:55,840 --> 01:12:00,000
You're using a triggered action on your turn to perform an activity that usually requires

1086
01:12:00,000 --> 01:12:01,000
an action.

1087
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:05,460
So your action is Wounding Wand and your triggered action can be Wounding.

1088
01:12:05,460 --> 01:12:07,280
So what would the trigger be?

1089
01:12:07,280 --> 01:12:09,480
When I cast Wounding Wand, I cast Wounding Wand?

1090
01:12:09,480 --> 01:12:10,840
There you go.

1091
01:12:10,840 --> 01:12:13,400
Your kind of double-fisting Wounding Wand.

1092
01:12:13,400 --> 01:12:15,160
Wow, thanks for the visual.

1093
01:12:15,160 --> 01:12:17,200
Yeah, that's great.

1094
01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:20,360
We will, yeah, okay, double Wounding Wands it is.

1095
01:12:20,360 --> 01:12:26,680
I would take strain from both of them or can I do that only once a round?

1096
01:12:26,680 --> 01:12:30,920
It doesn't say I can't do it more than once a round.

1097
01:12:30,920 --> 01:12:38,680
Whenever you cast a spell, one of them will be with one weal, one of them will be with

1098
01:12:38,680 --> 01:12:40,600
four weals.

1099
01:12:40,600 --> 01:12:46,120
Red Gold is impaired for a number of rounds as well as being blinded and deafened.

1100
01:12:46,120 --> 01:12:47,640
Hey, fantastic then.

1101
01:12:47,640 --> 01:12:52,440
Okay, so the first attack will be with four weals, did we decide?

1102
01:12:52,440 --> 01:12:53,440
Yep.

1103
01:12:53,440 --> 01:12:54,920
Good Lord, that's a lot.

1104
01:12:54,920 --> 01:12:55,920
Okay.

1105
01:12:55,920 --> 01:12:57,920
That's rightly in Carr.

1106
01:12:57,920 --> 01:13:02,120
Oh my heavens.

1107
01:13:02,120 --> 01:13:10,480
That's one is a five, so that's 18 plus five is 23 and four which is 27.

1108
01:13:10,480 --> 01:13:11,480
Very good.

1109
01:13:11,480 --> 01:13:16,200
That's an immense sorceress blast.

1110
01:13:16,200 --> 01:13:19,160
Yeah, excellent.

1111
01:13:19,160 --> 01:13:24,480
So that's 2d6 plus one and then an extra d6 because it was over 20.

1112
01:13:24,480 --> 01:13:31,480
Nine plus one is 10 points, 10 points a time from the first Wounding Wand.

1113
01:13:31,480 --> 01:13:35,960
Okay, and then unleash your second.

1114
01:13:35,960 --> 01:13:37,960
And then we do it again.

1115
01:13:37,960 --> 01:13:46,120
Oh, I mean, not as great for eight, 13, 13 to hit.

1116
01:13:46,120 --> 01:13:47,880
Okay, that will suffice.

1117
01:13:47,880 --> 01:13:48,880
That hits as well.

1118
01:13:48,880 --> 01:13:49,880
Wonderful.

1119
01:13:49,880 --> 01:13:52,600
And six, nine, 10 again.

1120
01:13:52,600 --> 01:13:54,760
I will call that a successful round.

1121
01:13:54,760 --> 01:13:55,760
Holy crap.

1122
01:13:55,760 --> 01:13:58,120
Thanks for showing up.

1123
01:13:58,120 --> 01:14:07,080
You fire your sorceress blast from each hand delivering these pulses of Gand energy at

1124
01:14:07,080 --> 01:14:11,640
the dökkálfar leader who staggers backwards.

1125
01:14:11,640 --> 01:14:20,680
He is fortifying himself and so manages to resist some of that damage as his body hardens

1126
01:14:20,680 --> 01:14:22,760
into a carapace.

1127
01:14:22,760 --> 01:14:31,000
Immediately at his back, two of his fellow dökkálfar are springing into action, taking

1128
01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:33,120
each of his flanks.

1129
01:14:33,120 --> 01:14:37,420
It does say any creature that is friendly to the target and that can see it must make

1130
01:14:37,420 --> 01:14:41,480
a Will Challenge Roller become frightened for a minute.

1131
01:14:41,480 --> 01:14:42,480
Nice.

1132
01:14:42,480 --> 01:14:43,480
All right.

1133
01:14:43,480 --> 01:14:47,680
And also the old Red Gold, he was stunned as well.

1134
01:14:47,680 --> 01:14:49,440
Can he still?

1135
01:14:49,440 --> 01:14:50,440
He was impaired.

1136
01:14:50,440 --> 01:14:51,440
He was impaired.

1137
01:14:51,440 --> 01:14:52,440
He was impaired.

1138
01:14:52,440 --> 01:15:05,840
Okay, the dökkálfar make their rolls and so they stand ready to cast its spells and red

1139
01:15:05,840 --> 01:15:18,040
gold himself is clutching a hellstone in this universe that is equivalent to a lump of radioactive

1140
01:15:18,040 --> 01:15:19,040
uranium.

1141
01:15:19,040 --> 01:15:26,160
And can put two and two together about why they want the vast mineral wealth of these

1142
01:15:26,160 --> 01:15:27,160
lands.

1143
01:15:27,160 --> 01:15:30,160
Clean, abundant power.

1144
01:15:30,160 --> 01:15:32,240
That's why.

1145
01:15:32,240 --> 01:15:33,600
Well?

1146
01:15:33,600 --> 01:15:38,000
They're inherently green, just like Bill.

1147
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:44,840
So what I'm going to do is Steve, the dökkálfar miners, they fire you.

1148
01:15:44,840 --> 01:15:51,120
They fire the same kind of lead balls that you have been issuing, the GAN flyers, and

1149
01:15:51,120 --> 01:15:54,680
you are hit for five damage.

1150
01:15:54,680 --> 01:15:58,080
Yeah, I deserve it.

1151
01:15:58,080 --> 01:16:09,760
And then it's as if the dökkálfar leader has a dirty bomb held in his hands, a dreadful

1152
01:16:09,760 --> 01:16:16,840
ray full of Thurs radiation or gamma radiation in this world.

1153
01:16:16,840 --> 01:16:24,080
Obviously, instead of using the Greek, they use the Norse letters from the Futhark.

1154
01:16:24,080 --> 01:16:36,760
There is a concentrated beam of pure Thurs energy that strikes out at Fjorn.

1155
01:16:36,760 --> 01:16:40,640
That is a hit.

1156
01:16:40,640 --> 01:16:52,240
And that is going to be 21 damage as you are hit by the critical mass of this concentrated

1157
01:16:52,240 --> 01:16:59,360
Thurs energy and irradiated by the power of the dökkálfar our sorcery.

1158
01:16:59,360 --> 01:17:01,440
I'm sure he'll be fine.

1159
01:17:01,440 --> 01:17:03,680
Yeah, yeah, you know, just walk it off.

1160
01:17:03,680 --> 01:17:06,280
You're doing great before.

1161
01:17:06,280 --> 01:17:09,240
Your beard was once long and flowing.

1162
01:17:09,240 --> 01:17:11,000
It might be a little bit patchy now.

1163
01:17:11,000 --> 01:17:13,760
But I mean, still in that improvement to your day.

1164
01:17:13,760 --> 01:17:15,080
And you've still got one eye.

1165
01:17:15,080 --> 01:17:17,240
I mean, let's concentrate on the .

1166
01:17:17,240 --> 01:17:19,040
Look on the positives here.

1167
01:17:19,040 --> 01:17:20,040
Yeah.

1168
01:17:20,040 --> 01:17:22,360
And you're not tied up.

1169
01:17:22,360 --> 01:17:28,600
I think you've got a few extra health on the barometer, so to speak.

1170
01:17:28,600 --> 01:17:30,800
So you're not quite dead yet.

1171
01:17:30,800 --> 01:17:32,840
It's just a flesh wound.

1172
01:17:32,840 --> 01:17:33,840
Round 2.

1173
01:17:33,840 --> 01:17:35,840
Fast slow attacks.

1174
01:17:35,840 --> 01:17:37,840
Is Gigi back yet?

1175
01:17:37,840 --> 01:17:39,700
Yeah, he's very fast.

1176
01:17:39,700 --> 01:17:40,700
You take big steps.

1177
01:17:40,700 --> 01:17:45,000
Feel free to burst into the room with aplomb.

1178
01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:46,000
With vigor.

1179
01:17:46,000 --> 01:17:47,000
It's vim.

1180
01:17:47,000 --> 01:17:48,000
It's vim.

1181
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:50,200
Grjotgarth gets to burst in the room.

1182
01:17:50,200 --> 01:17:51,200
Yeah.

1183
01:17:51,200 --> 01:17:53,680
Yes, he's burst into the room.

1184
01:17:53,680 --> 01:17:59,400
Looks at the chieftain, the rock chieftain in the back and says, today is the day you

1185
01:17:59,400 --> 01:18:01,640
hit rock bottom.

1186
01:18:01,640 --> 01:18:04,600
And he's going to fire off with a quick shot.

1187
01:18:04,600 --> 01:18:07,320
Rambo with his machine gun storm shooter.

1188
01:18:07,320 --> 01:18:08,320
Nice.

1189
01:18:08,320 --> 01:18:12,800
And yeah, let's let's rambo it.

1190
01:18:12,800 --> 01:18:14,160
OK.

1191
01:18:14,160 --> 01:18:19,640
The only challenge with that is, and I'm absolutely fine for you to do it, but Stephen Fjorn will

1192
01:18:19,640 --> 01:18:25,640
be potentially in the radius of your blast, in the area of effect.

1193
01:18:25,640 --> 01:18:26,960
They will be splashed.

1194
01:18:26,960 --> 01:18:27,960
Damn it.

1195
01:18:27,960 --> 01:18:28,960
That's no problem.

1196
01:18:28,960 --> 01:18:29,960
That's their problem.

1197
01:18:29,960 --> 01:18:30,960
That's their problem.

1198
01:18:30,960 --> 01:18:31,960
All right.

1199
01:18:31,960 --> 01:18:32,960
Roll your dice.

1200
01:18:32,960 --> 01:18:33,960
Duck!

1201
01:18:33,960 --> 01:18:34,960
Do what?

1202
01:18:34,960 --> 01:18:41,960
If I do the machine gun burst, I don't need to roll, right?

1203
01:18:41,960 --> 01:18:42,960
I didn't have to roll last time.

1204
01:18:42,960 --> 01:18:45,320
No, you don't, but you're rolling dice for damage.

1205
01:18:45,320 --> 01:18:49,280
And if you're using all log, you're adding more damage.

1206
01:18:49,280 --> 01:18:50,280
All right.

1207
01:18:50,280 --> 01:18:52,280
What level of spell are you doing?

1208
01:18:52,280 --> 01:18:53,280
Two?

1209
01:18:53,280 --> 01:18:54,280
Yeah, I mean, let's go big.

1210
01:18:54,280 --> 01:18:55,280
OK.

1211
01:18:55,280 --> 01:18:59,280
I think you're going to roll five dice sticks.

1212
01:18:59,280 --> 01:19:02,280
Oh, and that one.

1213
01:19:02,280 --> 01:19:05,280
And one more.

1214
01:19:05,280 --> 01:19:07,280
19 total.

1215
01:19:07,280 --> 01:19:08,280
OK.

1216
01:19:08,280 --> 01:19:09,280
Oh, boy.

1217
01:19:09,280 --> 01:19:14,280
So the interesting thing there is, Steve, what's your health?

1218
01:19:14,280 --> 01:19:16,520
I am at...

1219
01:19:16,520 --> 01:19:17,920
My total health is 19.

1220
01:19:17,920 --> 01:19:20,760
I'm currently at 11 damage.

1221
01:19:20,760 --> 01:19:23,840
So I detect a problem.

1222
01:19:23,840 --> 01:19:28,640
Do you want to make a slight roll?

1223
01:19:28,640 --> 01:19:34,760
And Fjorn, appreciating that you helped save the group with your Riddle Me This answers,

1224
01:19:34,760 --> 01:19:40,040
can you also make a slight roll, please, because CJ has burst back into the room and effectively

1225
01:19:40,040 --> 01:19:44,880
sprayed the whole chamber with bullets and possibly gunned everybody down.

1226
01:19:44,880 --> 01:19:47,120
It's like a...

1227
01:19:47,120 --> 01:19:49,320
Like, eh?

1228
01:19:49,320 --> 01:19:50,320
It is in keeping.

1229
01:19:50,320 --> 01:19:57,040
Steve, is your ability to be self-fortified, is that an action or is that a...

1230
01:19:57,040 --> 01:19:58,040
It's an action.

1231
01:19:58,040 --> 01:19:59,040
Yeah.

1232
01:19:59,040 --> 01:20:01,920
But you can use it as a triggered action.

1233
01:20:01,920 --> 01:20:08,040
You could wise counsel and trigger the action to protect yourself somewhat.

1234
01:20:08,040 --> 01:20:09,040
Sidebar...

1235
01:20:09,040 --> 01:20:12,720
Well, kind of a sidebar question, though, is that in order to inhabit...

1236
01:20:12,720 --> 01:20:19,400
In order for Eir's spirit to inhabit a new body, the old body would have to die, right?

1237
01:20:19,400 --> 01:20:20,400
I'm doing you a favor.

1238
01:20:20,400 --> 01:20:21,400
He's correct.

1239
01:20:21,400 --> 01:20:22,400
Yeah.

1240
01:20:22,400 --> 01:20:25,320
From a certain point of view, this is super helpful.

1241
01:20:25,320 --> 01:20:26,320
OK.

1242
01:20:26,320 --> 01:20:32,920
So, him mowing you down like a human scythe...

1243
01:20:32,920 --> 01:20:35,760
As long as you get the leader, this could work.

1244
01:20:35,760 --> 01:20:42,160
Well, the leader is already stunned by the stun grenade, reeling back because of that,

1245
01:20:42,160 --> 01:20:49,600
has been hit by two simultaneous sorceress blasts from your Wounding Wand and now met

1246
01:20:49,600 --> 01:20:55,600
a hail of bullets from our skaldic Hero here.

1247
01:20:55,600 --> 01:21:00,200
So it may well be that everything is eviscerated in one go.

1248
01:21:00,200 --> 01:21:09,400
Yeah, so I will instead move closer to red gold so that if with the diverged body going

1249
01:21:09,400 --> 01:21:15,320
off, it has a blast radius, then that would hopefully catch the red gold and the other

1250
01:21:15,320 --> 01:21:17,360
dökkálfar in it.

1251
01:21:17,360 --> 01:21:18,360
OK.

1252
01:21:18,360 --> 01:21:24,480
Are you actively aiming to fail your sleight roll as well and just holding up your arms

1253
01:21:24,480 --> 01:21:28,600
to put an end to your metal purgatory?

1254
01:21:28,600 --> 01:21:34,120
It's the part of the episode.

1255
01:21:34,120 --> 01:21:35,240
Yes he is.

1256
01:21:35,240 --> 01:21:38,960
This is his moment to shine like a little detonating sun.

1257
01:21:38,960 --> 01:21:46,800
All right, in which case you suffer 19 damage along with everyone else in the radius and

1258
01:21:46,800 --> 01:21:55,000
your circuits fritz, your body slumps and begins to spark and your spirit rises like

1259
01:21:55,000 --> 01:21:58,640
it once did before in search of a new home.

1260
01:21:58,640 --> 01:22:07,600
Immediately behind you, the diamond-strewn form of Red Gold, which now lies crumpled

1261
01:22:07,600 --> 01:22:12,560
and shattered in the hail of bullets, may well be a ready receptacle.

1262
01:22:12,560 --> 01:22:21,440
However, poor Fjorn, the old man who you found hanging on the wall, may well also be shredded

1263
01:22:21,440 --> 01:22:30,640
by CJ's bullets, which will be a first actually just killing one of your player characters.

1264
01:22:30,640 --> 01:22:36,160
The only thing the CJ suggests is to try and be more careful.

1265
01:22:36,160 --> 01:22:40,920
I mean, I really do hope you're going to go and watch his YouTube channel after this

1266
01:22:40,920 --> 01:22:42,920
for atonement.

1267
01:22:42,920 --> 01:22:46,520
Fjorn, can you give me that sleight roll please?

1268
01:22:46,520 --> 01:22:47,520
It's a difference between...

1269
01:22:47,520 --> 01:22:48,520
Yeah, what do I need?

1270
01:22:48,520 --> 01:22:52,240
So it's a roll of dice 20 and whatever your slight is 10.

1271
01:22:52,240 --> 01:22:55,320
So roll of dice 20, tell me what you need.

1272
01:22:55,320 --> 01:22:56,320
10.

1273
01:22:56,320 --> 01:22:57,320
It's a 10.

1274
01:22:57,320 --> 01:23:03,000
It's the difference between 19 and 9 damage, which I think puts you unfortunately over

1275
01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:04,560
the edge.

1276
01:23:04,560 --> 01:23:14,400
So you are riddled with bullets and fall to the ground, bleeding out on the stone mine

1277
01:23:14,400 --> 01:23:15,400
floor.

1278
01:23:15,400 --> 01:23:19,640
Can you give me a fate roll, which is a dice 6 if you would?

1279
01:23:19,640 --> 01:23:23,280
Yep, 5.

1280
01:23:23,280 --> 01:23:31,160
You are crushed underfoot as scores of savage dökkálfar soldiers advance from the walls,

1281
01:23:31,160 --> 01:23:38,200
hurling their sable bodies into the fray, swarming through the pitch darkness.

1282
01:23:38,200 --> 01:23:42,080
Okay, I have I want to say my final words.

1283
01:23:42,080 --> 01:23:44,280
Can I do that before I die?

1284
01:23:44,280 --> 01:23:48,960
No, of course you may.

1285
01:23:48,960 --> 01:23:50,680
Of course you may.

1286
01:23:50,680 --> 01:23:57,000
Okay, because I entered this mumbling the Havamal in the dark to people I've never

1287
01:23:57,000 --> 01:24:01,480
seen before, but I knew from my foresight or hindsight.

1288
01:24:01,480 --> 01:24:06,400
Anyway, I want to say one more line from the Havamal and that is even a cow knows when

1289
01:24:06,400 --> 01:24:08,600
they should go home.

1290
01:24:08,600 --> 01:24:11,720
It's very apt.

1291
01:24:11,720 --> 01:24:13,440
Very apt.

1292
01:24:13,440 --> 01:24:21,240
Fjorn, thank you for joining us and allowing yourself to be murdered by CJ.

1293
01:24:21,240 --> 01:24:25,880
That's an interesting turn of events.

1294
01:24:25,880 --> 01:24:27,280
I have all these healing spells.

1295
01:24:27,280 --> 01:24:28,640
I haven't used them yet.

1296
01:24:28,640 --> 01:24:29,640
We know.

1297
01:24:29,640 --> 01:24:31,200
Every time someone goes down.

1298
01:24:31,200 --> 01:24:33,480
So you just let him die?

1299
01:24:33,480 --> 01:24:37,080
I was busy scowling at your character.

1300
01:24:37,080 --> 01:24:47,680
I like the notion of me letting him die from the guy who just shot him.

1301
01:24:47,680 --> 01:24:57,560
I did tell you to duck, didn't I?

1302
01:24:57,560 --> 01:25:02,600
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1303
01:25:02,600 --> 01:25:08,840
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1304
01:25:08,840 --> 01:25:09,840
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1305
01:25:09,840 --> 01:25:16,200
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1306
01:25:16,200 --> 01:25:24,760
Steve, Your spirit is able to possess the rather sublime and fetching body of Red Gold.

1307
01:25:24,760 --> 01:25:32,480
And as you shimmer back into consciousness, marvelling at the form in which you now inhabit,

1308
01:25:32,480 --> 01:25:38,920
you see from the corner of your eye something approaching in the direction of the gunfire

1309
01:25:38,920 --> 01:25:46,960
and popping up in the mineshaft entrance is none other than the Wolverine Alma, who

1310
01:25:46,960 --> 01:25:51,080
stands there, her battle rifle smoking.

1311
01:25:51,080 --> 01:25:59,200
She has obviously been engaged in combat with all kinds of dökkálfar and blasted them to

1312
01:25:59,200 --> 01:26:00,200
smithereens.

1313
01:26:00,200 --> 01:26:03,200
Hey, hey friends.

1314
01:26:03,200 --> 01:26:06,600
I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.

1315
01:26:06,600 --> 01:26:09,200
Did you hear me shout from the pit?

1316
01:26:09,200 --> 01:26:10,760
Don't worry.

1317
01:26:10,760 --> 01:26:37,760
Oh, looks like you got yourself in a pickle.