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76. Story time · 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.
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A fake. Whoa.
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As I say, Dick. So welcome to episode 76.
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This is another one. Sounds rich because he has big
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cut in the back of his head and staples and the whole lot.
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You'll find out next week hopefully what what's happened
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to Rich when we do our cosmic legions predictions.
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Would that be fun, man? As I say, I've already started
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on reading the as people are going to hear in this episode.
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Reading the story had me clocking the names and what it
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had, the description, and thinking about what we might
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get. Exactly.
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So this week we have three of the latest horror stories that
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the wonderful Jeremy Gerard published on Source Horseman,
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and I believe he wrote them. So that's going to be fun.
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There's lots of different voices, there'll be sound
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effects, there'll be all sorts of fun stuff.
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Bit of ham voice acting. Bit of ham we're going to, we've
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already recorded that part, so there's going to be some strips
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that's involved, some chamomile tea and stuff to to cool down
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those vocal chords, man. Huh.
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Yeah, you know, it's typically as well my hay fevers playing up
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or I've got a bit of a cold one or other.
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So the voice is, yeah, you know, feeling it a bit.
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It's weird. It's weird.
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This time of the year, there's still hay fever going on, but
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the summer has just been so weird that I don't know what to
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make of it. Yeah, well, sunny, Sunny.
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Sunny. Rain, Rain, Rain, rain.
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Sunny. Sunny.
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It's like, well, suddenly. Perfect for hay fever.
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Yeah, suddenly the last couple of days, it having been a bit
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overcast and a bit wet, we've suddenly gotten a couple of
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really warm, sunny days again. It's nuts.
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Yeah, it's not. So how's your, how's your wallet
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been? Have you, have you been taken it
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easy on that credit card this month after the assault of last
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month? No.
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No, our credit card is absolutely been rinsed at the
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start of this month again before before it even paid off last
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month it was it's I don't know what was that.
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We we know in August that a new cosmic waves come in.
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And of course you're a cosmic guy.
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I am, I love cosmic and I'm becoming more and more in love
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with cosmic as I'm doing some custom paint jobs, either some
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of the stuff Rich has asked me to paint for him or some of the
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cosmic related heads that I have that I'm trying to get painted
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up for. Legions Con and the world is
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your oyster in Cosmic. You can just you can go
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anywhere, you know? Yeah.
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And I love Mythic as well, don't get me wrong, But there's a,
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there's a certain aesthetic depending on the type of head.
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I mean, we haven't quite gone there yet with Mythic where
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there is a lot of creatures. I hopefully think there's going
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to be more and more of that. But you know, Knights, yeah,
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there's a certain aesthetic for Knights, you know, elves,
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whatever. There's been a certain
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aesthetic. Even skeletons, but cosmic, you
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know, Well, I mean, big fish, fishy tentacle guy, you know,
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put him on a sentry, put him on a Traxion scout.
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When he comes out, put him on, you know, any sort of a body.
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It's going to work. This is it.
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There, isn't it? Riches cried out for his lizard
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men and his fishy creatures. So that would add a variety.
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But you're right. I mean, you see it when the Motu
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tributes are released or people talk about the Motu tributes,
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you know, even they get a bit more colourful and people like,
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oh, I'm not sure about that. It doesn't quite work for me.
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And whereas cosmic. It doesn't matter.
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Yeah, it's so good. That's one of the things, as I
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always say, I really like about it is all the colours and the
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DNA. And Jeremy has posted some
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pictures, Arnold, Joe Vasabolo, sorry, posted some pictures of a
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cosmic part swap that he did with the heavy gunner and I
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think Bardrick and Crotos. So again, staying in the orangey
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type round with the green of the heavy gunner and that looks
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awesome. Well.
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I'm again sketching around my my spares back here and I'm just
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going to have I got a Bard. I think I have a Bard, Rick.
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Oh, I've got a crow toss. Woo Hoo.
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They say, well conveniently I've got those parts in my bits box
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to beam like. I want to.
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Use them but yeah, just just poke them to the side there now
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and you know, keep them for keep them for cosmic that heavy
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gunner. I mean, I and I'm, I'm so I'm,
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I'm kind of happy that he's he's going to be coming in September
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where they're going to put him up for the in stock.
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So we'll have him before Legion's gone.
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So there's even a chance of maybe getting some of those.
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I mean, I know we have the parts, but you know those, those
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colors we could make you. We always say the factory parts
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are. Better, yeah.
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And you can use maybe some of those parts as part of a custom
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for Legion's gone or maybe to inspire some more custom heads
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that might go really with that color scheme.
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Because, yeah, you can put any head on the cosmic body almost.
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But it it sometimes works if the the head is this, you know,
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either completely contrasting, you know, opposite side of the
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color wheel maybe to the armor. That looks really cool.
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Sometimes if you have the same colour of the armor that works,
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although sometimes you can get a bit washed out.
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So it depends on the what you're doing, but it's always good to
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have it in hand and then you can stick your paint job on and go
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Oh yeah, maybe I need to put a wash on it or maybe I need to do
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something. So a.
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Lot I didn't think kebab to the time and I don't know if we come
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into the uneven, but I suppose the colors are quite their
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colors quite associated with Ireland as well, aren't they?
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Oh, they are, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
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Yeah. So, so that should be fun.
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And and if we yeah, if we get our some of our you know, we
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might do and not exclusive head scope for allegiance gone that
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we might be selling. And so, you know, mark that in
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your in your wallets and maybe we'll have a cosmic one that we
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could do a couple of painted off ones for the heavy gunner or so.
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So that's something to think about.
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But yeah, and my wallet has been reasonably OK.
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I'm loving those monster forces now is what I'm looking at a lot
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aside from legions. So that's something that hasn't
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quite been you know, there's there's been a couple of waves
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solicited and it's coming through big bad, fresh monkey
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fiction through big bad. I believe Chris Gorge might be
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happening with the production. I believe so he was definitely
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happening on the naughty and I stuff for fresh monkey fiction.
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So he must be helping them these and they look really cool for,
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you know, and a line that's also it's kind of outside of the
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legions round, but it has a lot of stuff that you could maybe
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kind of use in legions if you did with the customizing or you
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know, it just has that similar vibe to me, you know, that it's
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a kind of an independent toy maker that's doing cool stuff.
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So I'm excited to see what those, but I'm kind of happy
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that those waves are not out yet in terms of kind of I'm not
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going to go all in and I'm going to choose.
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But, and I know Rich is all in and he's currently crying about
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the fact, but every time they do a reveal or a tease, he's
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literally more or less. But we will make sure to, you
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know, keep him in the allegiance round as well, you know.
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Or we might just have to start doing a second podcast for a
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month to force right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Or maybe, you know, as as time goes by, maybe we might need to
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alternate weeks or something. It'd be fun, fun thing to do
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occasionally depending, you know, there is ups and downs
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with stuff that's difficult to think about.
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But at the moment we're having fun with this.
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So you got more to get off your chest before we get right into
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the stories. No, I think that was everything.
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I think I mentioned Brutal Realms on the last one.
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I'm just what we're recording this a bit before it's going to
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be released, so I'm just still hanging on to see what they do
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in terms of releasing it to big bad for the international
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audience. We shall see.
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Very good and the reason we're recording this advance is
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because your Co host here, Mr. Caulfield, is off to Taylor
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Swift in Hamburg with these kids.
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Very nice, very nice. And also spend a few days around
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Hamburg, might look at where The Beatles used to play and get a
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fish that we were in Hamburg once before I went to see a
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football match, Hamburger against Byron when they were
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actually in the Bundesliga. It's been a 10 years ago.
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It was just before my first kid was born.
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And she's now eleven. Wow.
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And we went down the harbour on Sunday morning and we had a
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little baguette roll, like a little half a baguette with
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breaded fish, a bit of salad and a little bit of kind of not
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mayonnaise, but that kind of tartar sauce and the sea air
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blown in on top. Yes.
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You know, it's just absolutely perfect.
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Yeah. And we will most certainly be
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doing that again maybe more than once, if we can wait our way
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through the Swifties, because we're going to the second night.
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So the the first night we're we're going to be arriving in
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the city. So yeah, hopefully my kids mind
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is blown by the whole thing. Yeah, that should be fun.
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I'm sure it'd be fantastic. And it, it should be fun.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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In the big football stadium. What can go wrong?
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Nothing, in fact, apart from the fact that she plays for three
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hours. And you know, my, my 9 year old
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boy, he's, he's really into it. But I don't know if he's into it
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for three hours. We might have to bring a couple
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of sneaky bags of sweets in the back pocket to to keep him.
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And take his iPad in his console.
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Actually, probably no, I'm not that guy.
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No less screen time the better. You know, if he wants to lie on
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the floor, that's fine, but you know you're not having that
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screen. All righty.
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Well, let's let's get on with the stories.
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Enjoy that for this week. We will be back next week with
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the predictions, which is always our one of our most fun episodes
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and often one of our most popular in the cycle is when
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we're doing a predictions episode the week before a
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reveal. So get strapped in for that.
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In the meantime, hopefully Jeremy will drop a few hints so
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that we can be steered. He's dropped one hint obviously
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already with a little bit of a lore, which is in this in this
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podcast, but maybe he drops one or two more hints so that we
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don't make too much of A fool of ourselves, you know, start
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predicting, you know, vehicles and all sorts of stuff.
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Well, sorry, so far, so far, I'm predicting it, that's for sure.
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But, you know, I'm hoping that the either kind of pushes this
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one way or the other so that I can kind of, you know, pull my
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expectations in. So let's see more of those
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little scenery pieces though. That'd be, yeah.
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I reckon we will get that for sure and that'd be awesome.
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Absolutely. Well here we are.
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Two mythics, Legion story and the Cosmic Legion story.
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I'm not sure what order I'm going to put them in yet, so
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have fun finding out. Cheers.
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Corgan Ox Log entry 603.24 It has been just over 5 cycles
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since our ship, the Corgan Ox, crashed on the remote planet
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known as Thraxen. Six of us that survived had
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fallen into a good routine with each of us taking on specific
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roles as we work to communicate with X or three or really anyone
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in the vicinity of Thraxen so that we could facilitate a
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rescue. As the Ox's communications
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officer, that is my assignment to continue broadcasting our
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distress signal. We're also recording the
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day-to-day activities of our crew per X or three operating
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guidelines. Not sure what good these logs
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will be to anyone, but Veloc told me to keep recording,
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especially now our crew is being split apart.
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So that's what I'll do. Up until today, our crew had
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been spending the day supporting our camp and assuring there was
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no more unintended encounters with the planet's nature
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population after some pretty close.
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Calls with the. Thraxians and a herd of skate
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backs. It was nice to not have to worry
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about attacks on our camp. I hate to admit it, but I think
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the routine allowed us to let our guard down a bit.
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We had been so focused on the camp security in those early
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days after. The crash.
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There'd been so much activity with the thrack scenes that the
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relative quiet that followed allowed us to perhaps forget
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that we're in a hostile environment of which we still
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know so little. Today began like any other.
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Things very quickly took turn as two events broke our routine and
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changed everything we have known so far on planet Thraxen.
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First of these was an answer to our distress signal.
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The answer was garbled and very brief.
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But. Someone finally heard our call
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and they responded. I reported this to Veloc and
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Alaria immediately and we've been trying to re establish a
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connection with whomever out there had received our signal.
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The prospect of making connection with someone outside
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tracks and immediately sent our crew at camp into celebrations.
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But that mood quickly changed when two members of the crew did
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not report back from their recovery mission and there was
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no reply on their com units. Our science officer Thrayer and
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our demo expert. Orvar.
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Taking a trip to the main crash site for the ox.
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It is a trip we've. Made many times to retrieve
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additional bits of tech or supplies for our camp that they
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had left before. The reply to our signal came in
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and we immediately tried to mesh them to tell them the good news.
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There was no response from them, but we didn't get too concerned
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at first since it's often hard to communicate during the trek
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to the. Ox.
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As the day grew later and later began to get worried and that
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something had happened, Velux suited up and was ready to head
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out in search of the others when our range sensors began to
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register movement coming towards our camp.
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Something large, but it seemed to be a single object rather
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than the number of creatures moving towards us like we'd seen
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with the skate back Stampede. Veloc told us to be prepared,
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and he and Cog grabbed the few weapons we had available to wait
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for whatever was coming our way to say we were.
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Surprised, but what we saw driving.
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Towards us was an understatement.
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It was some kind of large Rover vehicle, possibly of Tusk
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origins, but obviously not something that was native to
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Thraxen. This.
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Could be our first encounter on this planet with the non-native
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life forms. To be honest, it was exciting to
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see this as it proved that others had landed on tracks in
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the past if there was a way onto the planet.
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Should also be a way off. Our excitement diminished once
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the strangers aboard this transport arrived at our camp
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and told us they had our missing crew members.
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The leaders of these strangers was an Atha Korean who
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introduced herself as Kern. Removing a large helmet, she
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explained that our fellow crew members had been attacked by a
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party of Thraxian hunters, but let her people had rescued them.
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We're obviously relieved to hear this, but our relief was short
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lived when Kern explained that they would only return our
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science officer in exchange for COG First.
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We weren't sure what was happening, but our visitors saw
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our confusion and it quickly explained the situation to us.
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They'd been observing our camp from afar, and they'd been
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watching each of us perform our daily duties.
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They needed a mechanic back at their own settlement, and they'd
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seen COG repairing various items.
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Basically, they were holding our science officer ransom in
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exchange for our mechanic, whose skills they said they needed for
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their own survival. As a show of good faith, Kearns
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two associates dragged the unconscious body of Ovar from
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the vehicle and dumped him at our feet.
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They sent Veloc into a rage and he moved to attack the visitors,
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but Kearns associates were fast and they had stun sticks in the
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hand. Veloc barely got moving before
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they both hit him with a ZAP and he went down hard.
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Thankfully, Ellaria stepped in before the situation could get
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any uglier. She asked where the COG would be
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allowed to return, along with our science officer once they
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were done with him. Strangers refused to elaborate
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any further, only explaining that they needed to set out
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before nightfall if they hoped to make it to where they were
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going. The road was dangerous, they
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said, and they needed to head out soon.
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Velak had recovered quickly from the stun sticks, and he refused
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the stranger's demands, but COG stepped forward and shook his
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big head. He said that he would go with
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the strangers and he'll bring Thrayer back.
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Bellock started to protest, but we could all see there was no
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change in Cog's mind. He's as stubborn as they come
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and as loyal to our crew as one could ask for.
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I imagine that he felt it was his duty to do what he could for
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a friend. Bellock eventually accepted
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Cog's plan, but he insisted that he be allowed to accompany the
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stranger as well. First, they refused the request,
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but Veloc argued that if he truly was dangerous out there,
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then he could help provide a measure of security.
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During the journey. Kern conferred with her two
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companions and eventually agreed to allow Veloc to come with
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them. It was hard to see Alaria and
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Veloc say goodbye to each other, clearly not sure if they would
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ever see each other again. Normally Larry would be right by
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her husband's side, but we needed her here at the camp to
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help make sure of I was OK and to assist me with coordinates
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should I be able to re establish a connection with our would be
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rescuers. We all have a job to do in Ox
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Crew and as hard as it may be to do sometimes, we'll do that job
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regardless of what it costs us personally.
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We saw the group off as they climbed aboard the stranger's
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vehicle. It rumbled away, kicking up dust
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as it speed off in the distance. It was out of sight within
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minutes and the sense of loss immediately swept over us as we
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wondered what the next cycles would bring.
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Having lost so much in the crash, 6 fish had grown even
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closer and now a group have been cut in half.
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Three of us remained here in camp and two had gone off to an
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uncertain fate to hopefully save another.
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As I sit here and record these events, our camp is silent.
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My com gear is also silent. Whoever connected with earlier
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has not responded to any of our signals since.
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I keep sending those signals though.
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That's my job. It's one thing that I can do to
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try and to help as we remain stuck here on planet Thraxen.
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I wish my friends luck. I expect that they will need it
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as they head out to an uncertain fate in what the strangers
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called the Harrow Zone distress signal.
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Hakes or vessel designation. Korgenops requesting immediate
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assistance. Current location equals
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fraction. Current status equals 6.
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Surviving crew members split across multiple locations
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ensuring current safety status. Native contact.
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Maid. Multiple species comb band reply
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requested. Immediate evacuation requested.
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The sacrifice of the Blue Shield.
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The old wizard bends down, leaning on his staff for support
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as he rifles through the rubble and ashes before him.
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A quick glance at the charred landscape that was once the
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Great Library of AG Bendor shows the devastation left in the wake
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of the Second Great War, but Joae knows that underneath the
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ruins of the library, there is much to be salvage.
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Not all has been lost to the machinations of the Dark Four
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and the Legions of the Dark, and the realm has already begun to
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rebuild. Shway never wished to be the
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Master of Records Rag Bendor, but it is a role that he has
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accepted, knowing that there are few others remaining in the
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Convocation who could reasonably hold this title.
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The fact that he is the head of the library, which no longer
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stands, is not lost on him, but that simply means that the task
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ahead of him is one of rebuilding rather than
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governance. He's an old man and he knows
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that this task will stretch beyond the years that he has
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left, but while he draws breath, this should be his sole focus.
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A gust of wind blows, kicking ashes into the air and forcing
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those working amongst the remains of AG Bendor to close
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their eyes and cover their faces.
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Juei pulls his voluminous hood over his head and waits for the
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winds to die down. Once they do, the old wizard can
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see a blue covered book that was hidden beneath the ash, which
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has now been uncovered. Shui reaches down and gently
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picks up the book, fearing that it may be damaged and wanting to
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ensure he does not damage it further by handling it.
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Thankfully, other than some charring along the edges of the
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cover, the volume looks to be intact.
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Shui wraps it in a cloth and places it into a satchel at his
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side. He's found many books like this
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amidst the Ashes of Bendor, volumes which survived the
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assault from the Circle of Poxus.
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They will be the foundation which the new library is built
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upon, the knowledge which will begin to grow until a Bender is
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restored to its former status as the Nexus of all learning in
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mythos. The new Master of Records is not
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a fool. He knows that the road ahead is
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long, and it will be many years before the lost knowledge of
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Ophidian can be recovered or rewritten.
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But that is the task at the head for the convocation.
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Shui leans back in his chair and tries to get comfortable.
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While the library in the Tower of Basilia were destroyed in the
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Circles attack and Ophidian, most of the buildings that
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made-up the Schools of Magic survive.
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Many of those buildings have been repurposed, and this one
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has become a refuge for the surviving members of the Order
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of the Learned, the Convocation's most accomplished
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masters, and what remains of the faction's leadership.
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What have you dare? A fellow learned master in the
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room actually, as he removes the blue covered volume from his
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bag. A book that survived the fire.
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The master of record replies as he opens to the first page and
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finally begins to examine the volume more closely.
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It seems to be Tales from the First Age, specifically those
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collected from what would become Leandor.
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Not the most useful histories from a purely magical
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perspective. The other master states.
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But any knowledge recovered has value at this point.
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Schwain nods as his company begins to pour a glass of red
23:57
wine for himself. I see your bottles of Mercurian
24:00
Red have miraculously survived the war, he muses.
24:04
It is as if Vasilia herself protected them.
24:08
The master answers. And thank goodness for that, for
24:12
with Mercurius in even worse shape than Afidian, who knows
24:17
when the next vintage will be. Can Ioffer you a glass?
24:21
No. No.
24:22
Shui says with a wave of his hand.
24:24
Save it for yourself and for others who will enjoy it more
24:28
than I do. Besides, I have a long night of
24:31
reading ahead of me, so I will get to it as you wish.
24:34
The master smiles, happy that he's not being forced to share
24:37
from the rapidly dwindling supply of his favorite wine.
24:41
Shui looks back to his book and begins to flip the pages.
24:45
The other master exits the room, which Ray does not even notice
24:48
as he quickly becomes engrossed in the recovered volume.
24:51
He does find that the first few pages are a bit charred, but he
24:55
can still read them, and the damage ends before the 1st tale
24:58
contained in the book begins. It is a story he's familiar
25:01
with, as are most of mythos, but which he has never read for
25:05
himself. It is the story of Leander's
25:08
fabled Blue Shield and the incredible sacrifice they made
25:11
during the First Great War. Shui flips the page and begins
25:16
to read. My name is William Tornshaw, and
25:20
I'm making this record on the order of Sir Loric of the Blue
25:23
Shield. I was assigned to the Blue
25:26
Shield to serve as a Squire, but my skills as a chronicler were
25:30
quickly discovered, and I was instead asked to document the
25:33
events of the battles as I saw them.
25:36
I will do this task dutifully and I hope that future.
25:38
Generations are able to read my. Words and learn more about the
25:42
troubled times we find ourselves in right now.
25:46
As our name suggests, the Blue Shield has been tasked with
25:49
providing protection for the rest of the army of the
25:52
Odysseus. The Divine Mother has called all
25:55
her children to her as we. Fight against the evil forces.
25:58
That have risen up in our realm. Those forces are doing all in
26:02
their power to prevent us from reaching the Mother, and the
26:05
road has been fraught with danger.
26:08
We've been attacked relentlessly by creatures that have become
26:11
known as orcs, ogres, and trolls, but most of the attacks
26:15
have come from those that have been called goblins.
26:19
These goblins are the smallest. Of the creatures.
26:22
That they have lined against us. But the number of them and the
26:25
sheer ferocity of their attacks have been a horrible thing to
26:28
bear witness to. I am not a knight, and I know
26:31
now that my calling truly is behind a desk with a pen and
26:35
paper rather than upon a battlefield with a sword and
26:38
shield in my hands. I look at the brave Knights of
26:41
the Blue Shield and I see a sense of courage and resolve
26:44
that eludes me. They do not hesitate as our
26:46
enemies fall upon us. They do not slow or fall back,
26:50
but rather they push ahead, refusing to lose ground to our
26:53
enemies. These nights which I have
26:55
travelled with are everything I am not and all that I strive to
26:59
be. Shui begins to flip through the
27:02
pages of the book. Much of it is a detailed account
27:05
of the Blue Shield's movements during the days of the First
27:07
Great War. The author Wilhelm Tornshaw has
27:12
done an admirable job of capturing the uncertainty of
27:14
those early battles, back when the impure were new to mythos
27:19
and the denizens of the realm were coming to terms with the
27:21
horrors that they'd been set against them by the Dark Four's
27:24
armies. The old wizard jorns a day on
27:28
his feet, collecting whatever scraps of writing he could find,
27:31
and directing others in the recovery efforts has left him
27:34
more drain than he cares to admit.
27:37
He knows he will only be able to keep sleep at Bay for a little
27:40
while longer. And he now?
27:41
Turns to look at the ending pages of the Blue Shield's tale
27:44
and he knows this volume must include.
27:49
He finds it and continues to read.
27:55
Lee Odysseus has taken the rest of the army ahead towards the
27:58
centre point of mythos. We are told that this is where
28:01
the Great Mother awaits her children and where our combined
28:04
forces will make stand against the evil creations of Helios.
28:09
As for us, the Blue Shield will provide cover and ensure that
28:13
the rest of the army can advance quickly and without harassment
28:17
from our enemies. In the course of us providing
28:21
protection to our forces, we've also discovered where the
28:24
goblins are coming from and how they're able to move against us
28:27
without us detecting their advances.
28:30
They travel underground, using tunnels beneath our very feet to
28:34
close the distance and ambush us when we least prepared.
28:38
Unfortunately, this discovery has also made us realise that
28:42
we've seen only a small portion of the goblins forces.
28:45
We have greatly underestimated their numbers and we know now
28:48
that we have had no chance to keep them at Bay for long.
28:52
They will overwhelm us if they are allowed to keep coming and
28:55
so our course of action is all but decided for us.
29:00
The tunnels that the goblins have been using to hide their
29:02
true numbers and launch their attacks on us have been part of
29:06
their strength, but they can also be turned against them.
29:10
This is what Solaric has said in the plans he has laid out.
29:15
Our commander has proposed that we travel into the goblins
29:17
tunnels to engage our enemy there.
29:21
Furthermore, he has suggested no one cannot win against their
29:24
superior numbers, that we will collapse the tunnels upon our
29:28
enemies to strike a decisive blow to them.
29:31
This should cut off their means of escape or ability to attack
29:35
our advancing armies. It is a solid plan, but it's
29:39
also one we must be accomplished from within The Cave structure
29:42
itself, which means we will also be trapped in the collapse with
29:46
our enemies. Sir Lauric has proposed this
29:50
plan, which be the end of the Blue Shield, but which will
29:53
hopefully afford the Odysseus and his forces the time to meet
29:57
with other armies of the Great Mother.
29:59
There are only a few dozen of us left at this point, and Sir
30:03
Lauric asks every one of us individually if we wish to lay
30:06
down our shield and walk away from this task.
30:10
He said there was no shame in doing so, yet not one knight
30:14
took this offer. Every man and woman in the Blue
30:16
Shield proudly bowed the head to Sir Lauric and repeated their
30:20
oath to defend the realm under the banner of the Great Lion.
30:25
I write this count as my final entry.
30:28
Sir Lauric sought me out and told me I was not expected to
30:31
join the others for their task. He said that my job was to
30:34
record these deeds for future generations so that they may
30:38
know of the sacrifice of the Blue Shield and that I was free
30:41
to carry this account away with me and make my way to the rest
30:44
of our army. I will admit, I was relieved to
30:48
be absolved of the responsibility of joining the
30:50
Blue Shield in what is certain to be their final act of
30:53
bravery. Still, as I write these words, I
30:56
find myself unable to imagine not joining the others in this
30:59
task. Regardless of the finality of
31:02
this decision, I have stated clearly in this account that I
31:06
am no knight. I barely even had time to be a
31:10
Squire, but I am a member of the Blue Shield.
31:13
If this final act is a blow that we can strike against our
31:17
enemies, I will do so with sword and shield in my hands, along
31:21
with those who fight for the future of Mythos.
31:24
I will place this account where it will hopefully be found in
31:27
time. It will be well outside the
31:29
tunnels, so the collapse, if it is successful, will not bury it.
31:34
If this account is found, Please remember us on what we do here
31:37
this day. May the example of the Blue
31:40
Shield give you the courage to do what must be done and the
31:43
resolve to make even the greatest sacrifice for all that
31:47
is right and good. We shall be the shield that
31:49
defends the realm and the sword that smite the enemies who dare
31:52
to stand against it. The next pages in the book are
31:55
clearly written by another as the change in tone is
31:58
unmistakable. This of volume is not the
32:01
original one that Wilhelm Tornshaw carried with him during
32:04
his travels with the Blue Shield.
32:05
Rather, it is a. Retelling of this tale presented
32:08
alongside additional details gathered after the end of the
32:10
First Great War once the author's book was found.
32:14
The identity of this next author is not mentioned.
32:17
In the book. As their contribution is not as
32:20
important as will Elms. But the final.
32:22
Pages provide context to how this account impacts the realm
32:26
even today. Schwe turns the page and
32:30
continues to read. The account of the Blue Shield
32:34
as presented in this volume has been transcribed in full from
32:38
the original writings of Sir Wilhelm Tornshaw, a chronicler
32:42
and former Squire who was given the rank of the Knight of
32:46
Leander posthumously for his sacrifice and bravery during the
32:50
First Great War. No changes have been made to the
32:54
original text except for the spelling of Orcs and trolls to
32:59
Orcs and Trolls, the latter being the accepted spelling of
33:04
these races after the First Age. The Blue Shield's plan did
33:09
indeed work as intended, and the Goblin's army's attacks were
33:14
stopped when the tunnels they were using were collapsed.
33:17
Sir Wilhelm Tornshaw's accounts do not detail how this class was
33:21
achieved, and no definitive proof has arisen in time since
33:26
to answer this question. Popular theory is that magical
33:30
means were used to accomplish this task.
33:32
While no evidence exists that the Blue Shield counted magic
33:36
users amongst their ranks, there is also nothing to say that they
33:40
did not. Calls to evacuate the area near
33:44
where Sir Wilhelm's book was found have been resoundingly
33:47
denied, as the heir is held as a place of honor and an act of
33:52
burial sight for some of the realm's greatest heroes.
33:56
The story of the Blue Shield is told throughout mythos, and as
33:59
one would expect, it is most ardently revered within the
34:02
Kingdom of Leandor, which was formerly by the soldiers who
34:06
fought under the banner of the Great Lion.
34:09
Today, the 2nd in command of that army is the lone soldier
34:13
permitted to wear blue. This is done as a reminder of
34:16
the Blue Shield sacrifice and acknowledgement of the
34:20
willingness of the second in command to do whatever is
34:23
necessary for the king and Kingdom.
34:25
As for the goblins who provide the great threat center to this
34:28
tale, their defeat was unfortunately not a final one.
34:32
While the sacrifice of the Blue Shield prevented those goblins
34:35
from taking part in the final battles of the First Great War,
34:39
we know now that their kind retreated deeper into the
34:43
subterranean passages, eventually making their way to
34:46
the Graveyne Mountains to establish what would become Gob
34:50
Hollow. The history of this impure race
34:53
can be found in subsequent volumes, including The
34:56
Malignancy of Gob Hollow and History of Mythos's Goblins by
35:01
Master Scroll. Shui closes the book.
35:04
The stories are familiar one, but reading the words of the
35:08
original author has much more of an impact than the simple
35:11
retellings of the tale. The new Master of Records for
35:15
the Library of AG Bendor cannot help but see similarities in the
35:19
heroic deeds of the Blue Shield and those of the Convocation
35:23
members who stood against the circle of Pox's during the
35:26
attack on Ophydian. Bravery in the face of much evil
35:31
and such seemingly overwhelming gods is worthy of note.
35:34
This has clearly been proven by the longevity of the Blue Shield
35:38
story, many years after those soldiers had made their
35:41
sacrifice. Shui is tired, but he knows his
35:45
work for the night is not done. He places the book on the table
35:48
beside him as he reaches for some parchment and writing
35:52
implements. There are stories that must be
35:54
told from this Mon nature mythos.
35:56
Tales of the Second Great War and the heroes who fought in
36:00
those battles. This is also part of his job and
36:03
the Master of Records of Ephidium.
36:06
Not only must he try to salvage what he can of the library's
36:08
former knowledge, or work to replace what cannot be salvage,
36:12
he must also begin the arduous process of writing the new
36:16
stories of the realm. For those who will rule the
36:19
mythos of tomorrow must know of the heroism, a sacrifice that
36:23
helped win the Second Great War and which ended the rise of the
36:26
Dark. 4 Shui dips his quill into an ink bottle and carefully
36:31
presses it to the parchment before him.
36:33
He begins to write. The Second Great War is over.
36:38
The Legions of Light have won, and yet we have also lost so
36:42
much. Those of us who remain now work
36:45
to rebuild our shattered world. But to move forward, we must
36:49
first record what has already come to pass.
36:53
One by one, the Dark Four were called back to Mythos, from
36:56
where they had been banished since the First Age of the
36:58
realm. But as in that First Age, the
37:01
Heroes of Light refused to cower to these great evils.
37:05
We fought against Arathea and Lithia, Poxus and Necronominus.
37:10
Let us look back now. For this should be an.
37:13
Account of those battles and the story of the Rise of the Dark 4.
37:24
The stand of the angels of Cyrus.
37:27
Master Shui, you have some visitors.
37:29
One of the junior Librarians that has been tasked with
37:32
helping restore the volumes of AG, Ben Dorsay's The new Master
37:37
of Records for Ophidian, is hard at work in his study recording
37:41
tales of the Second Great War of Mythos.
37:43
The recovery and restoration of books is going surprisingly well
37:47
as the librarians dig deeper and deeper into the ashes of
37:49
Agbendur. As such, Zwey has recently spent
37:52
much of his time adding new stories and knowledge to the
37:55
library that is being built to replace what was lost in the
37:58
Circle of Pox's attack on Ophidian.
38:01
See them in. Shui says as he puts down this
38:04
quilt and looks up from his work.
38:07
A shadow falls across the room as a massive form blocks the
38:10
doorway to Jerry's study. A towering presence stands in
38:14
the entrance before ducking down to clears the doors frame.
38:18
Shui stands up as a massive worrying clad in pearlescent
38:21
armour enters the room. The top of his great helmet
38:25
nearly touches the ceiling, and the giant form looks like a
38:28
cathedral that has come to life before the old wizard's eyes.
38:32
A night clad in the unmistakable tunic of Etheron's Templars
38:36
steps from behind his gigantic companion and bows to Jway.
38:40
Good. Day, Master Librarian.
38:42
The Templar says. My name is Sir Elijah of the
38:46
Templar Emissaries. My companion is Sir of Jack,
38:50
Paladin of Etheron. We come on your behalf to the
38:53
Crown City with an offering to rebuild your great library with
38:58
these. Words.
38:59
The giant paladin reaches out a massive armoured hand, offering
39:03
up a large parcel tied neatly with the golden roof.
39:06
What is it? Zwei asks as Sir Ukchak gently
39:09
places the parcel down on the table before them.
39:12
These are volumes of our history taken from our own archives.
39:17
Sir, Elijah replies. They are precious to the Order
39:21
of Etheron, but we know that they will be well cared for here
39:25
in Orfidian. The Crown City recognizes the
39:30
Great Lost, the Convocation sustained during the war, and we
39:34
wish to do our part to help you rebuild.
39:38
That is most generous of you. Sway replies with a smile.
39:42
Please offer our gratitude to the Crown City.
39:46
We shall as soon as we return. Sir, Elijah answers.
39:50
But that may not be for some time yet, for in addition to the
39:54
gift of the volumes we bring, we are here to offer our services
39:59
to your cause. Dre cannot hide his surprise of
40:02
that last statement, and the Templar continues.
40:05
As an emissary, Mass deed and myself are at your disposal to
40:10
convey any messages you may need to deliver.
40:14
I am aware that you have magical means of communicating, of
40:19
course, but with the Convocations powers as stretched
40:22
as they are, the Crown City felt that mass services could prove
40:26
helpful in certain instances. Rest assured, I am fluent in all
40:31
commonly spoken tongues and should have no problem
40:34
delivering any messages you may have.
40:38
That is good indeed. Shrey Notz.
40:41
This will be helpful for us and your large companion here.
40:45
Is he here to accompany you as you deliver these messages?
40:49
Sir Jack is here to lend his strength to rebuilding efforts
40:54
once again. You may have the magical means
40:58
to move heavy stones and debris as you rebuild the great
41:01
library, but you will not find a harder, more dedicated worker
41:06
than he, and I would wager he can haul more.
41:10
With his back. Then even the finest witch, our
41:13
wizard, could move through spells.
41:15
The giant paladin nods his head as he places his hands together
41:18
in a gesture of supplication and bows to the old wizard.
41:22
I help you. A deep voice says from behind
41:25
the great helmet and Shui returns the bow.
41:28
Thank you both. The master of record says before
41:31
calling back the junior librarian.
41:33
Please see that our friends are attended to and given proper
41:38
accommodations. They will be with us for a while
41:41
and will join our rebuilding efforts.
41:44
The junior librarian nods and hurries from the room.
41:47
If you would follow my young friend, he will get you all set.
41:52
Thank you again for your vows of service and of course for your
41:56
gift of these volumes. I assure you they will indeed be
42:00
well cared for and will make welcome addition to our new
42:05
library. It has been an eventful day for
42:07
Jway, and he can feel his eyes growing weary as he puts away
42:11
his quill and scrolls. His assistants have prepared his
42:14
meal and some mint tea and the wait for him in his room.
42:19
No doubt both the food and the tea have grown cold by this
42:21
point, but Jway does not mind. Food is a matter of necessity
42:25
rather than comfort for the old wizard, and so long as it
42:28
provides his body of what he needs to continue his work, he
42:31
finds that he has very little to complain about.
42:34
As Jway rises from his writing desk, he looks again at the
42:38
large parcel of books from Etheros.
42:40
He's had them sorted, and they've temporarily been placed
42:43
on a bookshelf for him to review and decide how they should be
42:46
catalogued in the new library. Jway selects one of the books
42:51
and takes it. With him to his chambers.
42:53
He needs to personally examine the volumes before they add to
42:57
the permanent collection and he figures now is as good as time
43:00
as they need to begin the task. Sitting down in his chair he
43:05
takes a drink of cold tea and opens the book.
43:08
It is a fairly nondescript edition with very little in the
43:10
way of decoration on the books cover or pages.
43:13
He has visited the library of the Temple of Ethron before and
43:17
he knows that many of their books are quite lavishly
43:19
illuminated, so this volumes plainness it's of interest to
43:23
him from the start. Recollections and Prayers from
43:27
the First Great War of Mythos. Title is written simply on the
43:31
1st interior page of the book. No author is listed beneath the
43:34
title as you're expects it to be one of many volumes from shortly
43:38
after the First Great War that gathers together various stories
43:42
and information from the First Age of the Realm.
43:45
Each of the four factions that the Legions of Light have
43:47
volumes like this. Many of them are written by
43:50
scribes whose names have been lost to time.
43:53
The stories they relate are all that truly matters, and as such,
43:57
they're all that remains. Shui turns to the first tale in
44:02
the book and reads the title The Stand of the Angels of Cyrus.
44:07
He's immediately intrigued. The angelic beings of the
44:11
Celestial City of Cyrus are a topic he knows very little
44:14
about. You and Mythos know much about
44:16
these angelic beings, in fact, for their presence has long been
44:19
a mysterious curiosity amongst the rest of Mythos.
44:23
Shui begins to read. The.
44:26
Angels of Cyrus descended from their city in the clouds during
44:30
the later days of the war against Helios and his dark
44:34
minions. As the heavens opened, we saw
44:37
these perfect. Beans fly down upon feathered
44:40
wings. The glory of their presence was
44:43
seen in their likeness and in their armour that they wore, for
44:47
both seemed to glow with the radiance that told of their
44:50
celestial. Lineage.
44:53
The angels were commanded forth by one called Iosef.
44:57
Behind him formed a battalion he named the Golden Spear.
45:02
The angelic army was numerous, and as we looked upon their
45:06
glory, our hearts leapt with joy and a renewed sense of hope came
45:11
over us. On the battlefront.
45:15
Our forces were being led by the Crowned Eagle, with Sir Gregory
45:19
on the ground at the front of our army.
45:22
Our faith was strong, but the enemy we faced was terrible.
45:27
Iosif and the Angels of the Golden Spear spread their golden
45:31
wings and made for the front. There they confronted the most
45:36
terrible of all our enemies, a Reaper in black robes that has
45:41
come to be known as the Harvester.
45:44
There is an undeniable terror in confronting Death itself, and
45:49
our enemy's forces were indeed Death given a natural life once
45:54
again. The Harvester, however, was even
45:57
more terrible than the rest of our foes.
46:01
While the rest of his undead army fought with a kind of
46:04
mindless push towards Death, the Harvester seemed to relish his
46:09
work. Seemingly blind due to the bones
46:12
fused over where his eyes would be, the Harvester still had no
46:17
trouble seeing the victims before him.
46:20
He find joy in the fields of soldiers which he reaps,
46:25
creating a blanket of corpses for his master.
46:29
I am ashamed to admit that the sight of this unholy creature
46:33
was enough to cause myself and many within our ranks to
46:37
question our convictions and wish to be anywhere but on that
46:40
battlefield against this monster.
46:43
O Etherum, praise thy light and protect me from this evil which
46:47
I face. Iosif and his angels showed no
46:51
such fear. They confronted the Harvester
46:54
immediately upon entering this battle, and our hearts did
46:57
indeed leap with joy and hope. That joy was short lived, for
47:02
the Harvester was not to be stopped.
47:04
The first Angel to encounter Necronominus's Reaper was also
47:08
the 1st to fall. His armour proved no match as
47:12
the harvester swung his scythe wide, cleaving through the
47:16
angels breastplate and smiling as the celestial being rushed
47:20
lifelessly to the dirt and grime of the blood soaked battlefield.
47:26
Another Angel thrust a spear towards the Harvester, and the
47:29
tip tore through the Reapers black robes, but the blow did
47:33
nothing to slow him down. The Harvester reached ahead with
47:38
an hourglass, swimming with souls of his victims, and the
47:42
Angel fell to its knees, clutching its throat as the life
47:47
was drawn out of its body and into the hourglass. 1 by 1 the
47:53
angels of Cirrus fell. Divine and powerful they were,
47:58
and yet they could do nothing to slow the advance of the
48:01
Harvester. They were little more than a
48:04
momentary nuisance to him, and our forces began to weep for
48:08
what we had lost. And still the situation was
48:13
about to grow worse. For there is a fate more
48:16
terrible than death, when death is not the natural end of one's
48:20
life, but rather a prolonged state of being.
48:24
The Harvester stood amidst the bodies of the fallen angels of
48:27
Cyrus as his master, Necronominus himself rode
48:32
forward upon his skeletal steed. The clapping of the horse's
48:36
soothes seemed to echo across the battlefield like bells
48:40
tolling on the Thunder of a coming storm announcing its
48:44
arrival. Raising his weapon, the God
48:48
Raiser above his head, Necronominus began to sing a
48:52
chilling hymn, the sounds somehow emanating from him
48:56
within the bones of his hollow. Chest.
49:00
There is no natural way that the dead can sing, and yet sing he
49:04
did, and it was terrible. The God Raiser began to glow as
49:10
a green and yellow haze trailed down like tendrils towards the
49:13
fallen bodies at the harvester's feet.
49:17
The mist enveloped those bodies as the Lord of Death continued
49:21
his song and the dead began to stir.
49:24
Unnatural life entered their bodies, and their forces watched
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in horror as the flesh of the angels slowly melted away,
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revealing golden bones and eyeless skulls that peered out
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from behind the face plates of their angelic armour.
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These golden skeletons began to rise, still possessing their
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feathered wings as a mockery of the celestial beings they once
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were. The golden light of Cyrus was
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gone from those wings, however, and the greenish shoe had begun
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to seep out of the feathers, almost as if life itself was
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being drained from them. Rise, children of the.
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Clouds, Yacronominus commanded. Upon my altar you now pray.
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Bring me death, for this is the end of time.
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And to the cold nothing. We shall be this block.
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The last of the angels, Cirrus, was their commander, Iosif.
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To his credit, he did not waver in the face of certain doom.
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And he beat. His wings to now confront not
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only the Harvester and his unholy master, but also a
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battalion of undead angels who once fought by his side.
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Iosef knew his end was near, and yet he fought even then.
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Praise be to the brave and the righteous, for in their example
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shall we find the path to victory.
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The angelic warrior was joined by the crowned Eagle and Sir
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Gregory, the man who would in time become the 1st to brandish
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the Heaven's Brand Sword and take that name as his own.
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Together they faced the unstoppable evil, and they
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stopped it, for the light of Etheron shone brightly on this
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day, and not even the blackness of the grave or the cold grip of
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death could diminish the great light.
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Etheron be praised, For in your name and in the name of the
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Great Mother do we fight. In the end, Iosif defeated the
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Harvester, beating his large wings against the Reaper to
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confuse him. The Angel aimed not to injure a
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being who had thus far proven impervious to physical damage,
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but rather to separate him from his tools of power.
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Snatching the scythe and the hourglass from the Harvester's
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hands, he flew away as a horrible whale emerged from the
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monster. It was the only sound the silent
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Harvester had made on this day, and all who heard that whale
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fell to their knees, covering their ears as tears of blood
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poured from their eyes. Ether on.
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Shield us and let us not hear Evil's voice or know it speak.
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The whale affected Iosef as well, and he began to stumble,
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but he refused to drop what he had taken.
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Pushing the terror away, the Angel flew high and far to where
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the Harvester could not follow. A score of Tupercula gave chase,
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but their vestigial wings were no match for those of Iosif, and
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he quickly pulled away from his enemies and made his escape,
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dropping the scythe and the hourglass into the deep waters
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off the shores of what is now known as Etheros.
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Iosif immediately raced back to the battlefield.
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By the time he returned, the battle was all but finished, the
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diseased 1 Poxus had been banished along with many of his
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minions, and the other dark powers would soon follow.
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Great Mother be praised, and may the legions of Light live long.
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So it is written here in this account that the angels of Cyrus
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gave their lives in defence of our realm.
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The angels are now only a memory of our.
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Past. And Cyrus has remained silent
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and unknown to US ever since. O angels of Cyrus, we pray for
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you and honour your sacrifice in our name and in the name of
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Etheron. May his light guide thee home,
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and cast out the darkness of death.
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So it is written. Praise be for all days that thus
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remain. Shui closes the book and sits
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silently for a time. He considers the parallels
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between the battles of the First Great War and the losses that
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the Legions of Light sustained in the latest battles to save
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the realm. The more he reads of the past,
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the more he realizes the importance, recording the
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stories of the Second Great War for future generations to learn
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from. The old wizard rises from his
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seat and finishes his tea. It is late, but he feels renewed
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vigor in his bones, and he knows there will be no sleep for him
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this night, for there is much work to be done.
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Returning to his study, Shui opens a new scroll and dips a
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quill in something. He knows which story he will
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record next, for it is one he has thus far been hesitant to
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commit to words. The fall of Ophidian and the
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burning of the Great Library of AG Bendor.
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He begins to write The Circle of Epoxys attack on the Tower of
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Basilia. Came when we.
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Least expected it. We should have been prepared for
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such an assault, yet for all our knowledge and years of study we
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did not see the signs, nor did we understand the true scope of
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the power which are only brought to bear against us.
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In the end. It was one of Poxy's own who
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saved us from total destruction, a necromancer whom the diseased
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one called forth in the first Age of the realm for her powers,
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her fearlessness, and her commitment to our convocation.
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Alongside the spirits of the learned who once ruined the
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dusty corridors of Ophidian were our salvation on this fateful
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day. This is the story of how the
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Convocation of Basilia was nearly destroyed, and how, like
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the great fiery phoenix of legend, we rose from the ashes
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of our Bendor to the dawn of a new day.
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So begins this tale. Music.