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129. Figura Obscura - The Jersey Devil Plus Horror of Einsamall Stories 5-8 · The Euro Legions Podcast

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My wallet is sobbing. I can hear it.
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I can hear it in the hall now. It is breaking down crying.
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It turns out that Attila the arrogant so and so he's got a
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fake hammer. Oh, A.
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Fake. Yeah.
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Whoa. As I say, Dick.
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Welcome to episode 129 of the Allegiance Podcasts.
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And we're back again. And we have some figure Obscura
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Jersey Devil to talk about. And unfortunately this week Rich
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started a new YouTube channel where he's just going to
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continuously count his fish over and over again.
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And he started this afternoon recording the first video and
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he's still counting. So he wasn't able to join us.
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So it's just me and Mal for the I think it's every other week at
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the moment now. What's going on?
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Fishy fingers. I believe he's calling it
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because it counts using his fingers still.
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So he's up to 9 now. So, you know, maybe in an hour's
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time you get to 10. You just see his head kind of
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going around. Oh, oh, there.
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No, no, no, you know, And then he loses count and he has to go
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back to the start. But he, he heard me talking a
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couple weeks ago by him and Mr. Beasts started a YouTube channel
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where, where he was just counting up numbers.
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And now he's like gazillionaire. So he thought, he thought this
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was his way out of the civil service.
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So, you know, have to admire the man you know.
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Even if it's been done before, you got to try it again.
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Try it. Yeah, Yeah.
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Well, he's he's unique. Unique taken.
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It's the fishy, fishy angle. Yeah.
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Yeah. And in the meantime, he'd be
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designing more custom fishy heads for religions.
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Khan. Yeah.
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So unfortunately, Byler Frost Fir will be having a slightly
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different voice than he might have had.
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And he is Byler. He.
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I don't know. We don't know, really.
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Yeah, I kind of assume he is, but I'm not sure he actually
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specified as yeah. Having genders, are they?
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Yeah, so we got a couple of after we do the figure of Skura
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and whatever else we talk about, we will put in a few more of the
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stories from our vines, man, maybe them all, maybe not, maybe
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some. Let's see how we get we go.
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We'll definitely try and record them all and then it'll be
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whether I get them all done in time for release.
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So that's between my laziness and my pretend busyness, you
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know? Not at all.
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And otherwise Mal all good. Yeah, yeah.
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All good. Yeah, yes.
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Do you regret and spend the money in those test shots when
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the the figure dropped? Yes and no.
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The test shots I've got I'm very happy with.
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So yeah, you know, I didn't mind too much and it's one of those,
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as much as I was tempted by loads of the figure obscure
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don't really need them. I haven't got any real ideas for
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them, so I just. I think if you, if you realistic
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and I'm talking from my perspective now, and I'm sure
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you're the same, if you realistically see how many
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customs you get through with all the stuff that you think you're
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going to do, you probably don't need more than an extra 1 or so
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for the moment, you know, and I'm sure that as we'll see that
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I'm sure those parts will will crop up again, you know, Oh.
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That's definitely. I'm almost certain they will.
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But you're definitely not when talking to test shots.
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You're not as bad as the guys in the mythic enablers who went
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test shot crazy. I listened to their episodes
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from this week today and yeah, why it got 12.
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He had he had a number of muse. Right.
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Who were helping him so he's girlfriend and then he had I
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think Brett helped him with one, Rick Emmert helped him with
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another one and various other people, be it from his family or
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from the cabal picked up different head shots from and
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then he went back and picked up a couple I think from you know,
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that were leftover. I mean, he is one of the admins
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in the test shot Facebook group, so, so I suppose it is his
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thing. But still I was, I was a little
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bit on the floor listening to that.
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Yeah, that's a lot of test shots in one go particularly.
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That's what it is. Yeah, and I think Eric, who
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picked up a number as well, he's, he's a test shot fan.
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He likes test shots. Yeah.
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And Joe Russo has buddy that collects test shots.
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So Joe eh gets as many test shots as he can in the sale and
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then does all sorts of deals with his friend to get like
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older figures from the line and stuff.
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That's how he got his auto before and stuff.
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So right that I mean, that's different ways of, you know,
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collecting and it's all for it's all for the goal of collecting.
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It's you know, in the end, it's not really about eh the Jones
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1234 or anything. You know, it's although you
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could even say with Rich that the money he gets from that does
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just go back into other. Figures.
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Hopefully that's. What?
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He's not. He's recently he's not.
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Old stuff to buy new stuff. Yeah, we can confirm with his
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wife Kerry, but he's not he's not putting an extension on the
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back of the house with the the eBay money or anything.
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It's just a, it's just a circle as Richard.
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Don't give her. Don't give her any ideas.
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I think we can safely say she probably won't listen to this
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anyway. Yeah, I can see him there.
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He's just come back. He's just gone back to one
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again. He lost count.
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I see him there. He's using our stream yard as
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well to do his channel until he makes a few quid and gets his
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own. So I can just see he's gone back
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to one. Yeah, he's got it.
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He's got. He's gone off to get another
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beer. He's probably won't be able to
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count by the time. So anyway, the figure Obscura
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did drop Jersey Devil and I think with the little teaser
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that we got, and I'm kind of glad that they dropped the
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teaser just the day before now so that we don't have to spend a
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bit of an episode trying to make films of ourselves predicting
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what it's going to be. Yeah, yeah.
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I'm like, oh, this week's episodes done.
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That's great. And it's coming on Saturday, so
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I don't need to, but it's cool. It's fun in our Discord, for
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example, with our Patreon friends.
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Eh, that's always fun because you can make food yourself in
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there and you know, it's not really making a feel yourself
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really speculating. And yeah, it's fun and
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speculation, isn't it? So I think with the little lore,
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I mean, Jersey Devil was definitely a stand up Bigfoot,
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Bigfoot or something like that and other ones of that kind of
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ilk. Or also I think good guesses,
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but it was the Jersey Devil and which has quite a goofy
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depiction, the most famous depiction.
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So I think we would have been worried that it was going to
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look a bit goofy. But I think the horsemen did
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their best to to make it really cool looking figure.
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Yeah, I think it looks great. Yeah, yeah, I like, I like the
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kind of whole silhouette with the wings.
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And OK, there is some comment that the head is a bit big, but
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I think in this type of Cryptid type creature that can work, you
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know? Yeah, you know, and you get
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figure stand in the figure. So you always get something big
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and bulky and plasticky like a Dio piece or something in the
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figure box. This time it's an orange stand.
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Never had that colorway stand for sure.
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I'm thinking that might end up reusing that for Aritha in my.
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That's a good one. Yeah, Yeah.
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That blend in well with him. Yeah.
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Yeah. And, but makes sense with this
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guy's, well, he's got wings. So you could you could you can
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lift up that little metal piece and put him in a sort of a
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flying or taking off pose. And so, yeah, you get the
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figure. And this figure is big.
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It's AI think I'm watching Dorkers video.
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It's pretty much the same height as an ogre, so about the 9
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inches up to the top of the horns.
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And it dwarfs a regular one point O figure.
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So even though it's using a lot of one point O compatible parts
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like the legs, they're from Windaji the cockler.
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So that's a very early preview of those because, I mean, we
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won't get that rise of the base way till least next year
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sometime. Yeah.
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And the upper body is a Frankenstein's monster, but it's
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without all the stitching. Basically the scarring, the
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stitching. So yeah, it's been retooled to.
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Yeah, So what they said was that Jeremy had written in the
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article on the website that and in the darker video he says it
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as well that they had sculpted this at the same time.
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So they did 2 scopes and actually two of them at the same
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time as well and put it in the kind of vault for future use.
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So obviously able to fit it in the same tool and then maybe
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save a little bit of money. So and that gives us this cool
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figure here because yeah, it is hard to reuse that parts, which
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is the stitches me fine. For us customizers, we could you
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know, we can make great all sorts of weird monsters.
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But if you're doing, using, doing it kind of commercially
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like this, it still just looks like Frankenstein.
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Yeah. It's but you know, and and and
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kind of then looks a bit weird tail pretty cool as well.
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That's a new kind of it has that devil classic devil kind of
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looking tail and an open mouthed head as well as a closed mouth
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head. So.
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And the tail is flexible like the monkey.
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Yeah, tail as. Well, yeah, bendy wire and stuff
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like that. And we have the translucent
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wings for the minute I saw them on.
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You can see them a bit better in a few minutes.
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Now on Trevor's photos, the dog are the kind of scene photos
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that he does and you can see with the lights that kind of
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sees through. So it's kind of, it's painted so
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that it kind of gets lighter towards parts of the wings and
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you can see through them even better.
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So that's really cool and I think appeals to you, Mal.
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You always love a bit of translucent in your figure, you
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know? Yeah, I do, definitely.
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And some of these shots that Trevor took, he just shows it
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off amazingly well. So cool.
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Absolutely, and then we get some bone club weapons which I
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believe are from Thraxian sketch.
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Yeah. And one of the skulls which we
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may have got with tuberculos I think already, or, or the heads
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back. Yeah, I can't tell.
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It reminded me of the chimera, but I'm not sure if it is.
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I'm not sure it is if it is though.
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Yeah, cool. And then extra stuff you get
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with it as well, which is the pin set.
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Always a sucker for the pins myself, which always makes me go
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on the all in. Yeah, the mug which makes up the
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all in. Yep.
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And, and it's one of those told my, I think this, this to me
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looks like the same type as the Father Christmas mug.
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Yeah. And which I think is my favorite
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type so. Yeah, I think.
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Win, win their. Favorite like that they've done
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so far and yeah, just something about it.
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And I love the way the pins have an open they have the two head
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sculpts that they're closed an open mouth.
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Just really cool to have both of them bit of value there.
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You see the box art on the on the middle picture here.
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And then retro rags do always with the figure obscure the
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design on different pieces of apparel.
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So if you want to go over to retro rags to get your apparel
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to go with this, that's what you can do.
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So that doesn't that part of it doesn't come in the all in.
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It's fair enough. I mean, that would be very
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complicated to try and do all insurance with different size
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shirts and stuff like that. So it's a separate website if
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you're not familiar with retro rags, but they basically work
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alongside the horsemen for apparel for this type of stuff.
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You can get a bunch of mythic and cosmic designs over there as
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well. So we take a look at the couple
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of pictures here of him front and back.
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The wings go into the fur piece and that fur piece goes into the
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neck be like in the neck hole or whatever.
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And then there's another ball joint on that fur piece with the
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neck that goes and then the two different heads can can go into
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that ball joint. So I think pretty secure there.
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You don't need to worry. It's not one of those fur pieces
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that just sits on the on the torso.
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Get a good look at the tail there.
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So you can see it does look like a devil's tail and see a couple
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of different angles there on him.
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This is the cool one with the open mouth.
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So you can see that the the open mouth sculpt just brings a lot
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of character to it. I think, yeah, there's so, yeah,
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I think the whole thing just looked great.
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And they've so the whole, the whole figure who's his character
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and the combinations of parts. I think some of the most fun
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we've had with the, with the fur bottom and the, you know, the
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bare torso and then this big, huge furry head.
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Yeah. It's just, yeah, so much going
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on. I love it.
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Absolutely. And then we get to Trevor's
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photos as a couple. He's done a couple.
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I think he always goes all out with the figura.
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So there's the one where you can see the translucent wings and
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how they work. Really cool, creepy in the
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forest. There's a couple of the rain
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shot, I mean. I hadn't seen that one.
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Yeah, yeah. That was in the source Horseman.
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And then you have just a cool one on a wall, like a castle
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wall or something like that, and then there's one in the forest.
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The screaming head given all the character.
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That's that's my favorite one. Yeah.
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Thank you. Looks exception.
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Excellent. The way the light comes through
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the through the wings. Yeah, so as you say, they always
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go all out for the figure. Obscure releases, Trevor,
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Wonderful photos as always. And we also got a little map of
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Jersey with the different, the different places, I guess
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they're the different sightings. And there's a place called Leeds
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where the Jersey Devil is believed to have been born.
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So it's not Leeds as in in England where the football club
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comes from. No, there's a Leeds in Jersey.
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And I see down the bottom here. The scale of this map is in
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British statute miles. There you go.
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That one sent to ME3 course 10 miles.
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Possibly, Yeah, Yeah. Oh, we can't be bringing
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centimeters into this. Come on.
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Inch. Let's say an inch to a mile, 10
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miles, Yeah. I'm not going to finish that.
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Thought no don't. So Tom Tolman was also involved
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in the art here as well as Nate Birch and Tom Tolman.
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Also, you would have seen some visit art on Ganesha so.
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He's doing a great job, isn't he?
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As well? It complements Nate.
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It's art perfectly. So I believe Nate would have
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done a lot of the, you know, maybe original sketches or, you
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know, first passes and then Tom Tolman came in and did, you
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know, finished off them. And there's probably some of his
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art as well. I don't know the exact
17:13
breakdown, but it seems like they they really work well
17:17
together. So.
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So Nate's working full time for the Horseman, and now it seems
17:23
that he still has too much to do.
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So that's pretty incredible. Well, I mean, that was one thing
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that I caught from some of the conversations.
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I think it was Bill said it on like the reveal special that
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yeah, that Trevor does. And he said that Jeremy had said
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the reason they're releasing it early is because there's more
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stuff to come. So we could have even more stuff
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coming in September. Yeah, I'm, I'm going to, I'm
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going to bet the house on legacies of mythos coming up in
18:05
the next couple of weeks after this.
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So, so one more chance for this on this Friday, which is the day
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this episode goes public. Well, probably Thursday night in
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the US, but Friday is the day for the second pre-order.
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I think 9:00 AM again EST on Friday, something like that.
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OK, so look out for that. If you want to have another go
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at it. By the urge not to go back in
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for more the mug, I want another one of the mugs so I can have
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one to use and one to keep. I am such so bad for the source.
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That sort of thing. Yeah.
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So I guess there's been all the reaction shows are real shows,
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so we don't need to dwell too much more.
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I like the figure. I think it's cool.
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I just got the all in and have it in my collection.
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I don't have any custom ideas or custom time.
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We have so much other stuff to do so going to leave it for the
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moment. And Mike attempted by second one
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if they did have them. Allegiance can, but won't be too
19:12
worried otherwise. Wouldn't say it's my favorite
19:17
figure ever, but it's pretty cool.
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I think I think it's one of my one of my, you know, up there in
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terms of my favorites, the cryptids, and I know I can speak
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for Rich on this one as well. The cryptids are something I
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would love more of in this line and this is a great start for
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that. Absolutely.
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Yeah. So maybe just to finish out
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here, just read the little description of the Jersey Devil
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for those that are not that familiar.
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One of the most well known and legendary creatures.
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OK, the Jersey Devil is the first crypto to make its way
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into the ranks of Figure Obscura.
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While many have heard of this monster from the Pine Barons of
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New Jersey, far fewer will know of the strange origins of this
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creature from the cursed 13 child of a witch who lived
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during the 1700s. To the product of a dispute
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among the pre revolution Quakers who had settled in southern
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Jersey. To a grisly joke perpetrated by
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one of the United States founding fathers.
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The history of the Devil of Leeds is as strange as the
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creature itself, making it a perfect addition to the figure
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obscura. And if you want to read more
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about that, there is a figure Obscura section on the
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horsemen's horse horsemen website and a bunch of cool
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detail there about this figure. So get stuck into that.
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And they do say one more thing. It's definitely not the last
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crypted in figure obscure first, but not the last.
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So that's a very they don't say things without purpose.
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So, you know, making that what you will so very cool.
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So looking forward to get that. We'll definitely talk a little
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bit more about it with Rich and when he's back next time.
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And we'll of course have a little worried about what we
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think about it in hand as we go along.
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But I guess to continue on here, we're going to do what we're, I
21:23
hope, good at, which is continue with the stories of our
21:26
advancement and get back to it. It's it's very getting close to
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Leeds can now it's amazing. What are we talking?
21:35
We're nearly at the end of August.
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I mean, I saw school, I saw pictures of people whose kids
21:42
going back to school. Now we go back very late here.
21:45
We're 15th of September because we finish very late sometime in
21:50
July. So going back to school seems
21:54
pretty early now, but yeah, that's the time here we're
21:57
getting to. It'll be no time at all.
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It's. Nuts isn't it?
22:01
This month seems to have just flown by.
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Yeah, amazing. Wait for Legions Con guide to
22:08
see everyone as well. Yeah, awesome.
22:10
That's going to be awesome. Yeah, I'm going to try and take
22:13
a breath this time and actually enjoy it even more.
22:16
And for sure if we have the free day on the Thursday because we
22:22
didn't get lucky out of the G Con draw.
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So we'll we'll have fun that day, then let's see what we do.
22:29
Would you spend that day crying as we think about all the people
22:32
having a lovely time at the sobbing in abbeys, in the in the
22:37
old, Yeah. Let's just get slashed in the
22:41
old. Come on.
22:42
That would be. That would make it a tough
22:44
weekend if we already got slashed on Thursday.
22:49
Let's try not do that. Let's see if anyone designed any
22:52
ideas what we should do on the Thursday of Allegiance con that
22:55
doesn't involve action figures. Let's know.
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We'll be off for. Yeah, we'll be off for, you
23:02
know, visiting something cool or doing something cool, you know,
23:07
let's see. And yeah, So my Silver Knights,
23:10
I got the shipping notice and I preached priority shipping.
23:14
So this was in two days. Can't believe it.
23:17
So that would be exciting and and my package on the way to
23:23
Anthony has arrived in the States.
23:24
So hopefully, hopefully it gets through customs without getting
23:30
blocked. Back of the bus.
23:32
You got to pay your money. Riches apparently got through
23:35
and got delivered. So happy for him.
23:38
Yeah, counting his fish up. He's back to he's back to 1
23:41
again. He's never going to get it done
23:45
this this channel. He might be back to us next
23:47
week. Tab between his legs, right?
23:50
Enjoy those stories. Horror of Einser Mull Part 5
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Byla frost fur. It had to have been the Orc, the
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grain said. The entire party was weary, but
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none of them could sleep after the events of the previous
24:15
night. They sat in the backroom of the
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inn while Birla served them bowls of porridge and more
24:20
plates of sausages. Jacul is 1 tough customer.
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Boris replied. But this is not like him.
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Why would he want to kill our people?
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He needs us and our trade as much as we need him and the game
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he brings for us. He's not part of Iron Small, is
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he? Igrain asked.
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It depends what you mean. Einsmail is the name we use for
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our town and also for this area of the Northlands as a whole.
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Boris explained. The orc is not townsfolk, but
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he's unsworn like the rest of us, and he lives in this area.
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He's had his share of scrapes with some of the townsfolk for
25:01
sure, but he's been around for years and years and we've never
25:05
had any serious trouble with them.
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It just doesn't make sense for him to be behind any of this.
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You saw him have words with our party yesterday, Graham said.
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And then our paladin turns up dead.
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Same paladin that this Jacoline Bones confronted in.
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You're in. There's too much of A
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coincidence for us to ignore. As of now, the orc is our best
25:26
lead. We need to find him and bring
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him back here to be questioned. The gnome side.
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He did not believe that Jacol was behind the killings or that
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he had taken the paladin, but he had to admit that it looked bad
25:38
for the orc, and he did not have a better potential suspect to
25:42
offer up in place of old iron pones.
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I know someone who can find his lair.
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Boris finally said, but before he could finish, the mage and
25:53
the Ranger entered the room. They were wrapped in the heavy
25:56
cloaks with their packs on their backs.
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Where were you going? Igrain asked.
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We are headed back to the Castle of the Four Sides.
26:06
The mage replied. What?
26:09
Igrain said We can't leave now. Our mission was to find out what
26:15
is happening up here and to help if we could, or report back if
26:19
we couldn't. We've now lost one of our own
26:23
and we believe there is a chance that this orc is a part of the
26:27
hidden force from the Legion of Aretha.
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There could be an enemy force who survived the Second Great
26:33
War and has been hiding up here in the north.
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That is ridiculous. Boris snapped.
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The Tundra Orcs never fought for Arethea.
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How would you know who fought for who?
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Weren't you hiding up here? And I smile during the war.
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The maid shot back. Don't presume that you know what
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I know. Boris answered.
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I was not born in the fair N I've travelled in Mithas, I've
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seen your tower of Wizards, or at least I've seen it before it
27:06
fell. I know something of the realm
27:10
and its people, and I tell you the tundra arcs were never
27:14
aligned with out there or his warmonger.
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Then maybe this orchid, his kin or with one of the other evil
27:20
powers as Arlenian Ranger chimed in.
27:23
That's not important. What is important is that we
27:26
need to return to the castle to report what has happened.
27:30
If the five seats so wish, they can send a larger party to hunt
27:34
down the orc or whatever else may be at play here.
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These people will not survive if we leave them, E Graham pleaded.
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You go and you assure their deaths.
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If we stay, we assure our own. The mage answered.
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I am sorry Commander, but my first allegiance is to my
27:52
faction and my second to the five seats.
27:56
Staying in Nine's MA and laying down my life for people who
27:59
would not do the same for us when we needed help is a fool's
28:02
task. Our mission was to help these
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people, E Grain replied, making sure our words were firm and
28:09
left no room for debate. And I command you to stay and
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fight with me. The mage and the Ranger were
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silent. Very well, Commander E Grain.
28:21
The mage finally replied. You are a leader after.
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All. Igrain nodded and then excused
28:28
herself. The exchange had shaken her and
28:30
she couldn't avoid sleep any longer.
28:33
Her body needed rest and her eyes closed.
28:35
As soon as her head hit the pillow on her bed, Igrain's eyes
28:40
opened to see the light of the mid afternoon sun shining into
28:43
the room. They are gone.
28:46
Called a voice to her left. Igrain startled and turned
28:49
quickly, but it was just Halvardi sat in the room beside
28:53
her. What's he saying?
28:56
She asked as she rubbed the fogginess of sleep from her
28:59
eyes. The mage and the Ranger are
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gone. He repeated.
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They left shortly after you came upstairs.
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Did you try to stop them? A Grain said as she bolted out
29:10
of bed. How long ago did they leave?
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I did not try and stop them. Their minds were made-up, and
29:18
they will be too far away now for us to try and catch them.
29:21
The mage used a transport spell. It may work, it may not, but
29:26
they were eager enough to leave to try it anyway.
29:29
Igrain swore and slammed her fists down on the night stand
29:33
beside her. It was her first command and she
29:35
had now lost 1 soldier to violence and seen two more
29:39
abandoned their posts. General Dofina would not be
29:42
impressed by her results, and Igrain fully expected to be
29:46
demoted upon her return to the castle.
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Come on. Alvard said.
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You are awake now we must go. I'm not leaving these people,
29:55
Igrain said. Hi, neither am I.
29:59
Alvard replied. The gnome found us a tracker.
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We do not run from this fight, we go and seek it out.
30:07
What manner of creature are you? Igrain asked in amazement as she
30:10
looked at the fox like creature before her.
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I am a vulpine. Aimed the reply in a small voice
30:16
that matched the small size of its speaker.
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Isla Frostfur is by name. Your race is not known in our
30:22
kingdoms. Alvard said, explaining the look
30:26
of surprise on Igrain's face. Not even in the coals of
30:30
Bjorngar have we seen your kin. Well met, Boris.
30:34
Said. I am so used to bailor here that
30:37
I haven't even remembered that I had a similar reaction when I
30:40
first met him and his family. Needles to this area by what I
30:44
can tell, but that's not important now.
30:47
What's important now is that he can help you find.
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Jacol, we do not have much light left, Bailor said.
30:55
Heading out now would be bad. We got first light good.
30:59
Ukraine began to protest that there was no time to lose, but
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the Volpine tracker was unmovable in his insistence that
31:06
they had to wait until morning. Eventually Ukraine stopped
31:10
arguing, realising that there was no changing Byla's mind.
31:14
Whatever was out there waiting for them would have to wait
31:17
another day. Grain and Halvard found Byla by
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a fire the next morning just as the first rays of light began to
31:24
make their way into the sky. The tracker had a frying pan on
31:27
the fire as he cooked a few of the sausage links that seemed to
31:30
be part of every meal in ice and malt, along with some chunks of
31:34
heavily seasoned potato. He said as he offered food to
31:39
his two new companions. The Grain accepted a plate and
31:43
passed another to Halvard. Eat up fast, then we go.
31:48
Viola said as he devoured the food in front of him and licked
31:51
his lips to clean up any last bits of greasy goodness.
31:54
The pan sizzled in the snow as the Volpine cleaned it off and
31:58
clipped it to the pack that he then hoisted upon his back.
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Come, he said. I will take you now.
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Grain and Halvard struggled to keep up with the tracker.
32:08
Despite the small size of his legs, the Volpine was incredibly
32:11
fast and agile, and his furry poured feet allowed him to
32:16
seemingly bounce off the icy train as he easily navigated the
32:19
landscape before them. Even the armour that Byler wore
32:23
did not seem to slow him up as he bounded her head with his
32:26
walking stick in one hand and a small blade at his side.
32:30
I'm surprised to see you in heavy armour.
32:32
The grain said, more to break the silence than anything else.
32:36
Neither Byler nor Halvard were big talkers, and it was too
32:40
quiet for a grain's liking. The North is dangerous.
32:44
Byla shrugged. Armor keeps me safe.
32:47
It's not too heavy. Too heavy for me.
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No, look, I can still jump. Byla said as he bounded before
32:54
them, clearly proving that his choice, Varman would not impede
32:58
his mobility. Suddenly the tracker stopped.
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SH, he said. Stay.
33:04
By the motion for Grain and Halvard to get down.
33:08
Once they crouched down, the tracker took off, bounding ahead
33:11
and making his way over a large snowdrift, who turned a short
33:15
time later and quietly reported what he had found.
33:20
The Oak's cave is near, he said. We must be quiet.
33:24
He is a hunter. He can hear.
33:26
He can smell. Trio made their way quietly
33:29
forward, eventually finding a spot where they could clearly
33:31
see the mouth of the large cave, but where they were also
33:34
somewhat hidden from view. Did you see Jacal?
33:37
The Grain asked. SHHH.
33:39
Isle scolded. Look and see.
33:42
They waited in silence as the cold winds whipped around them.
33:46
The grain pulled a cloak closer and wondered how long they would
33:49
have to wait for some signs of their quarry.
33:52
By the whispered pointing to the horizon, 3 shapes began to
33:55
emerge from the distance. One was very small, one quite
33:59
large, and one was very, very large.
34:02
They come. The tracker said.
34:04
Stay down. The sun was getting low in the
34:07
sky and it shined from behind the three approaching forms,
34:11
silhouetting them against the horizon.
34:13
As they grew closer, Grain began to make out what she was seeing.
34:17
The Tundra Orc, Jacal, Iron Bones was the large form they'd
34:20
seen. He trudged along, holding his
34:22
bone club. In front of him modelled a small
34:25
goblin like creature with the same ice blue skin as the oar.
34:29
This was the smallest of the three approaching forms.
34:33
Grain had seen her fair share of goblins during the Second Great
34:36
War, but never 1 like this. His little red eyes darted about
34:41
as he scouted ahead. Grain hoped that he wouldn't see
34:44
them, and thankfully his gaze never drifted their way.
34:48
The final form and the largest of the three took a Grain's
34:52
breath away and it suddenly made the direness and danger of their
34:55
situation very, very clear. It's pure.
35:00
Alvard whispered before translating.
35:02
It's an ice bear. Horror of Einsermal Part 6 is
35:27
beyond. The problem before them was
35:30
suddenly very clear, and also much bigger than they had
35:33
bargained for. The Grain had expected that they
35:36
would need to contend with the Tundra Org or whatever violent
35:39
grudge he had for the people of Einsmore, but looking after the
35:43
massive white bear that trailed behind the oar, she knew that
35:46
they'd greatly underestimated what they were going up against.
35:51
We must go. Vilas said.
35:53
And he began to scamper away. We must go now.
35:56
Alvard and the Grain followed, doing their best not to disturb
36:00
the icy landscape or alert their quarry to their presence.
36:03
They had to get back to the inn so they could figure out how
36:06
they would deal with the ice bear.
36:07
The Jacola iron bones seemingly turned against einsermal.
36:12
How big was the bear? Boris asked, amazed at the story
36:16
that the trio told after arriving back in Einsermal Inn
36:19
and Public House. Best guess 150 to 160 stone.
36:24
Alvard replied. And solid muscle.
36:27
If it attacked we could not take the creature down with just
36:30
weapons we have. We need to find a way to
36:32
incapacitate it if we hope to stop it.
36:35
A. Trap a grain asked.
36:38
You want us to capture it? It is our only chance in a
36:42
straight fight. We do not have the strength in
36:44
numbers to overwhelm it. The bear would take us down 1 by
36:48
1 before we could do enough damage to stop it.
36:51
If we trap it, we can render its claws and bite useless and give
36:57
ourselves a chance to strike a killing blow.
37:00
Are. You sure the bear is our killer?
37:02
Boris asked. I have to say, I'm still not
37:06
convinced that Jacquel is behind all this.
37:09
He has a fully grown ice bear that he keeps in his lair,
37:12
Igrain replied. You've said that the York is
37:15
well known here in Einsermal, but I expect he failed to
37:18
mention that he's housing 160 stone ice bear, no.
37:23
Boris did not reply, his silence answering the question for him.
37:28
He kept the fact that he had this bear from you for some
37:31
reason. The grain continued.
37:33
The victims of iron somole were torn to shreds.
37:36
The claws on this bear were gigantic.
37:39
They absolutely could have made those wounds you've described.
37:42
Boris contemplated the situation and finally nodded his head in
37:46
agreement. Something felt off to him, but
37:49
he had to accept what was in front of him and the likeliest
37:52
answer was that the Orcs bear was the monster that had
37:56
terrorized his people. What is your plan?
37:59
The gnome finally asked. How will we catch this beast?
38:07
The trap was set. Halvard and Bylick had come up
38:10
with a contraption that wouldn't stare the bear's feet when it
38:12
walked upon the trap, rendering the powerful claws useless and
38:16
making it nearly impossible for the creature to move.
38:19
With the bear trapped, they expected that the org would
38:22
immediately attack, and perhaps even the goblin would prove to
38:25
be a threat if they were all together on a hunt.
38:27
This meant that they would need to deal with Jacol quickly and
38:30
stop him before the bear had time to break free and join the
38:33
fight. To this end, Igrain had asked
38:36
for every able bodied resident of Einser Mole to take up arms
38:39
and be ready. Alvard was right, they were not
38:43
an army, but they were defending themselves from something that
38:46
had taken some of their own, and those who remained would do
38:49
whatever they had to in order to end this nightmare.
38:52
He will come at night. Alvard said as they planned
38:55
their course of action, they had emptied the town and brought
38:59
everyone into the inn. Most of the town's residents
39:01
were there already, and the few who resisted coming over for
39:05
safety but eventually convinced of the need to do so.
39:08
There was no one in the streets of Einsermal and the entire town
39:11
was eerily quiet. We have a few hours until dark,
39:15
Grain said to Alvard, slapping him on the back.
39:18
Come, we will eat whatever food we can find and share stories of
39:22
the wars we've fought, the battles we've won and those
39:26
we've said goodbye to. Along the way.
39:30
Commander Egrain and Halvard of Frothfard downed their 4th pints
39:33
of Boris's Wolfbane Lager. They had both seen battle during
39:37
the Second Great War, and they're both bled for their
39:40
kingdoms. Since the end of the war, they'd
39:43
found themselves sitting in debates at the Castle of
39:45
Foresight rather than wielding weapons against the enemies of
39:48
the realm. For a barbarian soldier from the
39:51
Colds of Buongar and a young knight raised on the Warm Coast
39:54
of Ethos, these two warriors discovered that they had much
39:57
more in common than one would initially expect.
40:00
They were both proud warriors who believed that the time of
40:03
usefulness had passed, and that the glory of death in the duty
40:06
of battle had slipped away from. Do you miss the battles?
40:10
The Grain asked, somewhat embarrassed to do so.
40:12
I. Alvard nodded.
40:14
We fought for peace and we got it, so why aren't we happy?
40:19
The Grain mused. It was a question she'd quietly
40:22
considered and asked herself many times, but this was the
40:25
first time she'd ever vocalised these sentiments to another.
40:29
We shouldn't long for war. It's not natural and it's not
40:32
right. Such is the curse of the
40:35
soldier. Alvar answered.
40:37
We fight for a peace that we find that we cannot ourselves
40:40
enjoy. Suddenly, the doors of being
40:43
burst open and Jacola Iron Bones flew into the room.
40:47
Ukraine and Halvar jumped from their seats and drew their
40:49
blends, but the pair immediately noticed that the Tundra Orc was
40:53
not wielding a weapon. They also saw he was covered in
40:57
blood but did not have any visible wounds upon him.
41:00
It's attacking Ibar, get your weapons, the monster is here.
41:07
The bears roar came from outside the doors of the inn and the orc
41:11
turned back towards the doorway he had entered from.
41:14
Had the bear gone mad and attacked the orc?
41:17
That couldn't be it. Jacole did not appear to be
41:20
wounded despite the blood on his chest and hands, but something
41:24
had been hurt, and by the amount of blood on the orc it had been
41:27
a significant attack. Another roar cut through the
41:31
night air, it was a clear challenge from the beast trying
41:35
to claim its dominance. The bears roar was followed by
41:38
another sound, a blood curdling howl that answered the beast
41:42
challenge. Jacole Iron Bones turned and ran
41:47
from the inn, a cold fear in his eyes as he rushed into the
41:50
night. The Grain and Halvard followed
41:53
him with their weapons ready. They expected to see the ice
41:56
bear before them, crazed and ready for a fight, and perhaps
42:00
caught in the trap they'd set. Even if the bear was not in
42:04
their trap, the heroes knew that they would need to fight the
42:08
beast they were ready to die protecting the people of
42:11
Einsermar. Making their way outside of the
42:14
inn, they did indeed see Jacol's white bear, but not as they'd
42:18
expected. The massive ice bear was locked
42:21
in a battle with something that was somehow even larger than it
42:24
was. The bear's muzzle was torn and
42:27
blood had turned much of its white fur red.
42:30
The great bear roared, gaining pain and confusion as it
42:34
grappled with its enemy. This beast was an apex predator,
42:38
and nothing had ever truly challenged its dominance.
42:42
But now it's struggled for survival as it looked into the
42:45
green eyes of a creature that was stronger, more ferocious,
42:49
and more dangerous than it was. The Tundra yelled as he rushed
42:56
forward to help the bear. The monster before them brushed
43:01
the orcas side without a second thought and then sunk its teeth
43:06
into the side of the bear's neck.
43:08
The wounded ice bear let out a sad whale and his grip on the
43:12
opponent slowly relaxed as his body started to go limp.
43:16
The grain gasped as the monster lifted up the entire massive
43:19
weight of the bear and easily tossed at the side.
43:24
The bear's body crashed into the icy landscape and slid a short
43:28
distance before coming to a stop, blood seeping from its
43:32
numerous wounds. It did not move any longer, and
43:36
the grain and Halvard could not tell if it was breathing any
43:39
longer. The heroes from the Castle of
43:43
Four Sides looked in stunned silence at the answer to the
43:47
question they had sought. What was attacking the people of
43:50
Einsermann? Now they knew the answer, and
43:54
they each held their breath as the monster turned to face them.
43:58
They held their breaths as they looked into the wolf like eyes
44:01
of the towering nightmare. It's terrible.
44:04
Blood soaked teeth bared in a vicious snarl.
44:07
The monster reared its head back, let out a howl of
44:10
challenge. Once again, the horror of Einsa
44:14
Marl had returned. Horror of Isomol Part 7 Garmi
44:47
The ancient sagas of the Northlands tell of a monstrous
44:51
creature known as Fenrikin, towering beasts said to be the
44:54
offspring of the Great Wall. There has not been a confirmed
44:57
sighting of one of these creatures in mythos in ages, and
45:01
their existence were deemed the stuff of fiction long ago.
45:04
As Ukraine Halvard and the surviving residents of Einsermal
45:08
looked out across the frozen landscape before them, they
45:11
realized that the stories of these monsters were not fiction
45:15
at all. The Fenrikin existed, and one
45:18
had come to hunt in the colds of Einsermal.
45:22
Commander Grain and Halvard of Frothfar gripped their weapons
45:25
and planted their feet, preparing for the assault they
45:28
knew was coming. The beasts before them stood
45:31
well over 9 feet tall. It's body was thick with
45:34
powerful muscles and covered in grey fur.
45:37
It was clad in strange armor with chains hanging off in many
45:40
places, including the pair of large shackles that covered its
45:44
lower arms. The armor was gouged and broken
45:47
in places, and the chains were snapped.
45:50
At a glance, it was clear that they were the same kind of
45:53
chains that Boris had shown them earlier, chains that seemed to
45:56
suggest that this monster had been a captive at some point.
46:00
Those broken restraints suggested that it had escaped
46:02
its captor, fleeing whoever had once bound it.
46:06
The wolf had somehow made its way to find some hole.
46:09
Is it from the brood? Alvard said to a grain.
46:12
It's belt look. Igrain noticed the emblem on the
46:15
Fenrikun's waist. It was a vampiric sigil and the
46:19
markings on the beast's armour also had a broodish feel to
46:22
them, but unlike any the Tigrain had even seen on Elythia's
46:26
faction. The vampires had been soundly
46:28
defeated during the Second Great War and their vampiric mother
46:31
had been killed. Or had she?
46:34
It had been nearly 10 years since the Dark Four had fallen
46:37
and whatever remained of the brood had been silent all these
46:39
years. But looking at the motifs on the
46:42
armour of the wolf like creature before her now, the grain
46:45
questioned whether the vampiric threat had really been defeated,
46:48
or if it had perhaps gone into hiding in the coldest places of
46:51
the realm. The Fenrikin howled and drew a
46:54
large Obsidian sword. The black blade glistened in the
46:58
moonlight, and the beast bared its cavernous mouth of teeth,
47:02
ready to tear into whomever stood in this monster's way.
47:05
Here it comes. Alvard said.
47:08
As the beast charged, the wolf swung its black bladed sword and
47:13
Halvard used his shield to block the blade.
47:16
The force of the attack was incredible and Halvard nearly
47:19
lost his footing, but he held strong and pushing the sword
47:23
away with his shield. The phone Rakim was focused on
47:26
Halvard and so Igrain used the beast's distraction to find an
47:30
opening to attack. Her broadsword sliced deeply
47:33
into the monster's leg and it roared in pain and surprise.
47:37
Turning towards a grain, it lashed out with a wicked claw.
47:41
The grain could not believe the beast's speed, and she had just
47:45
enough time to turn so that her shoulder armour caught the brunt
47:48
of the blow. The monster's claw raked across
47:50
her armour. While that armour did its duty
47:53
and protected the grain, the force of the attack knocked her
47:56
off her feet and threw her back across the ice. 2 of Eins and
48:00
Mull's hunters leaped to attack next, but the wolf mowed them
48:04
both down with a single swing of his sword.
48:07
The blade tore through the hunters, spraying an arc of
48:11
blood across the front of the inn as their bodies felt
48:14
lifeless to the snow. Halvard let out a battle cry as
48:17
he threw his axe at the beast. The blade clanged harmlessly off
48:21
of its black armor and the weapon flew away, far from
48:24
Halvard's reach. The wolf attacked Halvard once
48:27
again, and the barbarian held his shield out before him to
48:31
deflect the torrent of blows. The wood of his shield began to
48:34
splinter, and Halvard knew that it would fail him soon, leaving
48:38
him defenceless against the monsters at the maps.
48:41
Wolf Beast. Called the known innkeeper, who
48:44
rushed out into the night. The monster turned to the sound
48:48
just in time to see the gnome toss a bottle towards him.
48:52
Instinctively, the monster swiped at the projectile headed
48:54
his way, shattering it before he could touch him.
48:58
As the glass bottle broke, the liquid inside sprayed across the
49:02
beast, soaking into its fur and dripping from its armour.
49:06
Quick. Boris yelled as he looked at the
49:08
grain. Throw a torch at it, set it on
49:11
fire. Grain did not have to be told
49:13
twice. She grabbed a torch from outside
49:16
the end and hold it towards the wall.
49:18
Once again, the monster swatted at the projectile and the flames
49:22
of the torch exploded in a shower of embers, igniting the
49:25
liquid that dripped from the creature's body.
49:28
The wolf let out a howl of surprise and pain as flames
49:31
raced up his chest and arm. It dropped the Obsidian blade
49:35
and tried to batter the flames to extinguish them, but the
49:39
bottle that Boris had thrown was filled with pure no mish mean
49:42
shine, and there were few substances in mythos more
49:45
flammable than that. Howling in anger and pain, the
49:49
wolf turned and bolted away, the flames still trailing off its
49:53
body as it disappeared into the night.
49:55
Hurry. Boris called.
49:58
Into the inn. It will be back soon.
50:01
We need to block the door. Everyone poured into the
50:04
Einsermalin in public house. Alvard and a few other men began
50:08
to move tables and chairs against the doorway to reinforce
50:12
it against the beast that they knew would soon return.
50:15
Cries of fear and anguish could be heard in the inn, for the
50:18
horror that had come to Einsermal was so much worse than
50:22
the town's folk had ever imagined.
50:25
They were strong, hard people in the far north, but the sight of
50:29
the Fenrikin broke them. The innkeeper's wife tried to
50:33
calm those who are most distraught.
50:35
Bring them upstairs, Burris said.
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Only those who can fight should stay down here.
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If the beast gets in, we will try at least to keep it away
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from the upstairs rooms. Berla Burger Story nodded and
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ushered dozens into the upper level of the inn.
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Only a handful of the town's residents remained on the ground
50:52
floor. They held weapons in their
50:54
hands, but the fear was clear in their eyes and in their heavy
50:57
laboured breathing. Speak true.
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Can we kill it? Igrain asked Halvard.
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She had lost her sword outside and instead had found a large
51:06
warhammer that she lifted with both hands.
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She'd retrieved her helmet from her pack and placed it on her
51:13
head, ready for the next assault.
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I don't know. Alvard admitted.
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He also put on his helmet. The chainmail of the helm
51:20
covered his lower face as he drew a short sword from the side
51:23
of his belt. He still held his shield and he
51:27
gripped that as well. Allow.
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Bang knocked at the insurance door.
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Let me in. Called a deep voice.
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Open up. It's.
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Jacol. Burris commanded.
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Quick, open the door, let him in.
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The men began to dismantle the barrier they'd constructed so
51:44
they could open the door. Once they had done so, the
51:47
Tundra Org flew inside the room. Where is the bear?
51:50
Alvard asked. Dead.
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Wounded but not dead escaped, the Org replied as he helped
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rebuild the barricade. The work was completed just in
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time as the door began to rattle with Thunderous.
52:04
The Fennecam was back, desperately wanted to get
52:08
inside. Alvard, Jacole and a dozen
52:10
others pressed themselves against the makeshift blockade
52:13
to reinforce it against the attack of the howling monster.
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On the other side of the doorway, Byla Frost Furred
52:19
jumped upon the bar, his small sword drawn as he sniffed the
52:23
air, looked about the room. He's moving.
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The tracker called Listen. There.
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The attack at the door had indeed ceased and the room was
52:31
silent as everyone listened. Is there another way inside the
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grain Asbury? Two other doors.
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The no replied. But one is a hatchway that is
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buried on the ice right now and the other is in the store rooms
52:45
and blocked by piles of debris. We boarded up all the windows
52:49
and secured them after the third attack the.
52:51
Windows began to rattle and shake as the Fenrikin tested
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each one, trying to find a way inside.
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The inhabitants of the inn listened as the monster crept
53:01
outside. All would be silent for the time
53:04
before violent shaking would rattle as the beast tried to
53:07
break in again. How long were those windows
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hold? Igrain asked.
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They're strong, but eventually that thing will find a way in.
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Alvard said. The door began to rattle once
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again as pounding blows rang upon him.
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The wolf moved back to the entrance and now was hacking
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away thick wood with its obscene blade, chopping into the door
53:28
and splintering it with each blow.
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Get ready. Alvard called.
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We stand against great evil on this day, knowing that our lives
53:37
have been lived well and our ends shall be the stuff of which
53:40
the tales of honour and duty are.
53:42
Written, the tundra orc repeatedly slammed his bone club
53:45
against his shoulder armour and ruled an appreciation of
53:48
Halvard's worth. A Grain gripped her hammer and
53:52
Baila prepared to pounce upon whatever to be in.
53:55
Even the mare of Einsermole was armed and ready to defend his
53:58
home, pickaxe gripped tightly in his small hands.
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Suddenly the rattling at the door stopped and it all went
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quiet once again. Is he going back to the windows?
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Grain asked. No.
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Byler replied as he sniffed the air, confusion on his face.
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Something else is up there. The wolf let out another
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terrible howl. It was a challenge similar to
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how he called out a challenge to the ice bear earlier that night.
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Who's the bear back? Alvard asked.
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He may be, the orc said, but in certainty was clear in his
54:33
voice. Each Bjorn has never been
54:35
beaten. He may have come back to fight
54:37
again. We need to see what's happening
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out there, one of the men of Einsermoll said.
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Open the door. Do not open that doorway, Igrain
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commanded. Whatever has come to challenge
54:48
the wolf, we cannot risk opening that door.
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These were hard words for a grain to say for the warrior and
54:54
her wanted nothing more than to rush into the night and engage
54:57
the beast in battle once again. But she was more than a soldier
55:01
now. She was a commander, and every
55:04
life in that inn was hers to defend.
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The best way she could do so was by keeping that door closed.
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Let me see what I can see. Boris said as he tried to peek
55:13
out of the crack in the side of the doorway.
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He'd wedged his small body between the barricade and was
55:18
trying to catch a glimpse of what was happening outside
55:21
without opening the door. I cannot see clearly, but I do
55:25
see shapes moving bodies. Perhaps there are many of them.
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I do not think it is the bear. I think something else is
55:34
fighting the monster. What else could be out there?
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Alvard asked Byler. I do not know.
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Tracker. Replied spells are not ones I
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know, and sounds are so quiet all I can sense for sure is the
55:47
wolf beast. He's mad.
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The sounds of struggle echoed in the night.
55:51
Chains rattled and the wolf howled.
55:52
But eventually all this climate points again.
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What do you see? Grain?
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Asked Boris. He was still trying to peek
55:59
through the small crack in the doorway.
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Nothing. He replied.
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I can't see anything anymore. The wolf is gone.
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Isla finally announced. No more smells, all gone.
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Can we open the door then? Alvard asked.
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Is it safe? The tracker nodded and jumped
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down from the bar. The barricade was slowly removed
56:20
from the front of the doorway as Five as clearly hesitant to
56:23
dismantle their defences and head back into the cold where
56:25
the wolf may still be prowling about.
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Eventually, the last table was shoved aside and the door was
56:31
opened. Halvard was first to walk
56:33
outside the inn, shield held out before him and a short sword in
56:37
hand. A Grain followed with the Tundra
56:40
Orc and the residents of EIN Somal, who had chosen to stand
56:42
with them behind her. The door didn't have much left.
56:46
Alvard said as he pointed at the front of the Inns door.
56:50
The black blade was stuck deep into the wood and splinters were
56:53
strewn about the snow in front of the doorway.
56:56
The wolf's blows would have destroyed the door had something
56:58
not interrupted its attack. Dawn had come and the sun was
57:06
just starting to rise in the sky.
57:08
They'd survived the night and the monster was nowhere to be
57:11
seen. What is that?
57:15
Igrain said. She spotted something across the
57:17
ice at the edge of the settlement.
57:19
Jacol made his way over to investigate and he retrieved the
57:22
object. It's a large muzzle like
57:24
contraption made of heavy iron with a pair of fangs protruding
57:28
from the front, a large chain hanging from the middle of the
57:31
muzzle. The beast had been a captive.
57:33
Alvard said. That was clear from the chains
57:36
that bore. Someone must have come back for
57:39
it. Who in the creative name could
57:41
have captured that monster? Igrain asked as she inspected
57:44
the muzzle. What could possibly have
57:46
defeated it? We tried, all of us together.
57:50
We did nothing but make it angrier.
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He's gone, Viler confirmed. No more Wolf.
57:55
Beast. For now, at least, but we need
57:57
to know what had happened and if it had truly gone, Rain said.
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Until we know for certain, we won't know if these people are
58:04
safe or if that thing will return.
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Can you track where it was taken?
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The Volpine tracker nodded. OK then.
58:13
The grain said as she retrieved her sword from the snow where it
58:16
had fallen. She looked at Halvard and her
58:19
companion nodded his understanding of what she would
58:21
command. She turned to the York next.
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Go find your bear. You her coming with us?
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Where are we going? Wherever the tracker leads us.
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The grain replied. We were sent here to discover
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what the horror of Einsomal is. We did that, now we're going to
58:38
hunt it. Horror of Einsermar Part 8
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epilogue. The hunt had been on for three
59:13
full days. The Volpine tracker, Baylor
59:16
Frost Fir, led the way, with Commander Igrain and Halvardar
59:20
Frothvar close behind. The Tundra Hawk and his Iceberg
59:24
guarded the rear of the hunting party.
59:27
Even the gnomeish mayor of Einsomal had insisted on being
59:30
part of a hunt for the Fenrikun monster who had terrorised his
59:34
town and then mysteriously disappeared.
59:38
He rode upon the bear's back, which was the only logical
59:41
option since his short legs would have slowed down the
59:43
others. The group had barely stopped to
59:46
eat or sleep since they'd left Eyes.
59:49
Finding the beast and ending the threat it posed carried them all
59:53
forward and gave them the strength needed to push ahead.
59:57
Do you still have the trail Train?
59:59
Asked Byler as he sniffed the air.
1:00:02
The tracker nodded That he did. It caught the centre of the
1:00:05
wolf, like Fenrick in shortly after the second killing.
1:00:09
But having never encountered one of the beasts before, had
1:00:12
assumed that the wolfish scent belonged to one of the compacts
1:00:15
that roamed the ice peaks of Einstein.
1:00:17
Once he had seen the monstrous beasts for himself, he knew that
1:00:20
he'd been wrong, and the scent was now impossible for him to
1:00:23
miss. I can smell it, Viola said.
1:00:27
It goes down under. Down.
1:00:31
What do you mean? Alvard asked.
1:00:34
I don't smell the wolf in front of us.
1:00:37
The tracker. Answered.
1:00:38
I smell it under the ice, under our feet.
1:00:42
Ah, the cracker has lost the trail, Jacob barked.
1:00:46
I have not. Viola said defensively.
1:00:49
Look at the bear, he knows. He's beyond The bear was
1:00:52
sniffing the ground, and it began to pour at something that
1:00:55
it clearly sensed under the ice. Is there something down there?
1:01:00
Grain asked. The words barely left her mouth
1:01:03
when the world around them began to shake.
1:01:05
Hold on. Halvard cried as the thunderous
1:01:08
raw record in the air and waves of snow and ice topping from
1:01:11
mountain peaks. Jacole caught forests that only
1:01:14
fell from the bear's back, and both the Grain and Halvard took
1:01:17
a knee to steady themselves. Thankfully they were in the open
1:01:21
of the ice shelf and not in the shadows of the mountain, so The
1:01:24
Avalanches of snow that crashed down from Einsamol's highest
1:01:27
peaks were not a threat to them. Those avalanches would
1:01:30
absolutely make their way back to Einsamal, even halved,
1:01:33
however, should they be able to find their way back at all.
1:01:38
Another tremor shook the ice and the travelers fell to the
1:01:41
ground. Began.
1:01:43
Alvine yelled as a giant Fisher opened in the ice shelf and the
1:01:47
Volpine tracker disappeared into the gaping more.
1:01:50
We need to help him. The grain said as she tried to
1:01:53
rise and run towards the Fisher, but a third tremor knocked her
1:01:57
back down again. Suddenly, the shaking stopped.
1:02:01
Everything was eerily quiet. Is he gone?
1:02:03
Igrain asked as they raced towards the giant crack that had
1:02:06
torn itself into the ice before them.
1:02:09
Bailer, are you down there? Alvard yelled down into the
1:02:13
crevasse. I'm here.
1:02:15
Called a soft voice back. Are you safe?
1:02:18
Igrain cooled down into the darkness.
1:02:21
I'm safe. The tracker called back before
1:02:23
adding. You need to come down and see
1:02:25
this. It was decided that Igrain and
1:02:27
Halvard would rappel down into the crevasse.
1:02:31
A long rope was tied to the bear to provide them an anchor point.
1:02:34
Jacol needed to stay behind to control the bear, and Boris
1:02:37
simply wasn't strong enough for this task, his years of mining
1:02:41
deep caverns long behind him now.
1:02:43
Do not leave us here. Alvard said to the York.
1:02:47
A few days ago they'd suspected Jekyll Iron Bones of being the
1:02:50
killer of Einsermal. Today they were trusting him
1:02:53
with their lives. You will not die by my hand, the
1:02:57
Tundra Hawk replied. I will hold this rope for you
1:03:00
and bring you up when you call. This is the word of Jacol, Iron
1:03:05
Bones. Alvard nodded, satisfied with
1:03:07
the Orcs promise. Down we go.
1:03:10
He said as he and Igrain gripped the ropes and slowly made their
1:03:13
way into the darkness beneath the ice.
1:03:16
Keep coming. You're getting close.
1:03:18
Came Byla's voice. The crevasse was deep, and it
1:03:21
was a miracle that the tracker had fallen all this way without
1:03:24
injury. Igrain felt her feet touch solid
1:03:27
ground. Good.
1:03:29
Pilot said. Now Alvard come next.
1:03:33
Alvard touched down. The air was somehow a bit
1:03:36
warmer, and they were no longer in pure darkness.
1:03:38
He hadn't noticed it as they made their way down into the
1:03:41
rift, but now that his feet had touched solid ground again, he
1:03:45
realised that the air felt and smelled so much differently than
1:03:48
it had on the surface. It was salt water.
1:03:52
He was smelling the ocean. Alvard Grain said softly.
1:03:57
Look. Alvard looked ahead and saw that
1:04:01
they were in a very long and narrow cavern, and at the end of
1:04:05
the cavern was an opening that was the source of the dim light
1:04:08
that they were seeing. The opening was far away, but
1:04:11
not so far. They couldn't see what lay
1:04:13
beyond it. They saw the blue expanse of a
1:04:16
great body of water. The smell of the wolf.
1:04:21
Said Byla, pointing towards the end of the cavern.
1:04:24
It goes that way and fades. The trio carefully made their
1:04:29
way towards the end of the cavern, the light growing bright
1:04:32
as they came closer and closer to the end.
1:04:35
Finally, they stood upon the edge of the cavern, and what lay
1:04:38
before them was not the vast ice sheet of Northlands, but deep
1:04:42
blue stretch of the great sea. It was a hidden inlet of water
1:04:46
that seemingly ran under the ice, emptying into the cold
1:04:49
waves of a Bay that stretched further than they could see.
1:04:54
The wolf is there. Bila said, pointing to receding
1:04:57
shape on the horizon. A great black ship.
1:05:01
Blood red Sails slowly sailed away, its form moving further
1:05:06
and further away until it was little more than a dot on the
1:05:09
horizon. Who are they?
1:05:12
Grain asked. And where are they going?
1:05:14
Bila shook his head. I do not know, he replied.
1:05:19
There are no ports around here. Around here shouldn't even be
1:05:22
here, this is new. Have you ever been this far away
1:05:26
from the town? Alvard asked.
1:05:29
The tracker nodded. 1. He said.
1:05:33
And this was not here, this water.
1:05:37
Biola shook his head. Just ice.
1:05:40
He replied. This ice stretches and stretches
1:05:43
to a Cliff, but not water below, just more ice and more snow.
1:05:47
This was under the ice, the grain said, looking at the
1:05:50
expanse of sea before them, hidden away somehow.
1:05:54
Not he didn't, Isla said. Not here.
1:05:57
Smells were different this time. This is new, I tell you.
1:06:00
This is new. The Grain thought for a moment
1:06:03
before speaking again. Remember.
1:06:06
What as a? Spirit Bender said in the
1:06:07
audience chamber at the castle. She asked as she looked at
1:06:10
Halvard. She said that the convocation
1:06:13
had detected some kind of anomaly here in the north.
1:06:17
Could this be it A. Hidden cavern under the ice
1:06:20
leading to an unknown Bay that dumps out into the sea.
1:06:23
Halvard said. You think that is the
1:06:25
strangeness that the spirit Bender spoke of?
1:06:28
Perhaps, Igrain replied. Look at this sea.
1:06:31
What sea is this? Have you ever seen a body of
1:06:34
water like this on a map of the Northlands?
1:06:37
I have not, and I've looked at many a map of mythos.
1:06:41
Tracker is right. Should not be here.
1:06:44
Alvord, where are we? Alvord shook his head.
1:06:48
He did not have any answers. The Fenrikin was gone, a fairy
1:06:52
tale nightmare proven to be all too real, which left a bloody
1:06:56
mark on the ice of the Northlands.
1:06:58
Still, while the monster may have disappeared, something told
1:07:02
Halvard that this was just the beginning of the troubles the
1:07:05
heroes of Mythos would soon fate, and that those troubles
1:07:08
would stretch far beyond the frozen peaks.
1:07:10
Find some more.