Loam contemplating a strange burn from an old light spell....

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The empress and The emperor

I want fearne to get the other shard so bad, just burn everything in her path, have chaos and warmth renewed in her soul tenfold (and then gush about it to her demon boyfriend)

Hey, we saw you from across the bar and we really hate your vibe

Start Running

personally i think it will be very funny if we end up with Imogen who can go Moon Power Mode or Exalted Mode, Chetney who can go Wolf Mode, FCG who can go Murder Bot Mode, Laudna who can go Dread Mode and maybe even Soul Sucking Necromancer Woman Mode, Ka'Mort-powered Ashton who can go Earth Titan Mode, Rau'shan-powered Fearne who can go Fire Titan Mode, and Orym

Finally happened, the shards are awake and THEY ARE AWESOME (it was a big piece of paper :D :D :D )

I loved the whole trust exercise, how they played each other, the whole time...... cant wait for finally going to the moon.... the playing fields are evening out, WATCH YOUR STEP LUDINUUUUUUUS!! :D :D

Hello it's Thursday, that means you get an Ashton

godddd thinking about the red war first couple missions and going insane . that was so good and for what

VERY glad that Evontra’vir said “the titans are dead” because like there are currently living beings that will suffer if Ludinus’s plan succeeds and they just don’t seem to matter compared to titans that died a millennia ago??? (After trying to wipe out mortals themselves)

Hey anon,

Agreed. The thing about the titans coming up is that it does, actually, make a lot of sense for the two characters who have been most vocal about it - Ashton and Laudna - to feel this way! But it doesn't come from a rational place; it comes from profound trauma and loss about which they can't be objective.

Taliesin talked about this on 4-Sided Dive: Ashton is grabbing on desperately to the one piece of information they know now about their missing childhood and is "leaning into it...probably before he should." We know this about them; Ashton's been emblazoning themself with the Hishari and Dunamancy symbols without having a single clue what they were. The titans are part of that. Did you notice how he keeps saying "things are changing" and didn't actually like...provide any meaningful information? Again to quote 4SD: "...there's not a lot of judgment happening about whether or not that's a good thing or not, and what it actually means." Like, I think that, based on Ashton's past position of "don't kill everyone for your goals, that is shitty" if they did stop, and process, and set aside that strong emotional factor that's in play (which is not something I'd expect them to be able to do easily!) They'd realize that the titans returning, were that possible, would be cataclysmic. But that's not what they're thinking about right now. I think Evontra'vir bluntly stating that the titans are dead was a needed splash of cold water on that line of thinking.

My thought re: Laudna is that it's slightly more metaphorical. Consider her backstory: a conquering force swept in and destroyed most of what had been there before. She is a relic both of that earlier time and of that conquering force, and the subjugation she experienced never truly stopped, even though Whitestone has moved on. Of course she'd see herself in the titans in the telling of stories about the titans! People like Percy get to return and revitalize and build a new family and grow old and happy and die, despite their trauma, and she's caught between life and death forever. Of course she'd relate to some half-buried thing that people call monstrous and ancient and displaced! But that doesn't actually help her do anything about her situation and it's not a philosophy that really is useful in understanding the larger geopolitical (and, frankly, cosmic) reality happening right now, because, yeah, if you let the titans back, people will die.

For both these characters - who have spoken to each other about being physically altered and left for dead, alone, in ways no one else can quite understand, I think there's something immensely seductive about the idea of something older than the gods, something defeated but could rise again, which both is relatable to their own situations and comes neatly packaged with a reason why it didn't save you when you called out. But it's still a fantasy. It's not real, it's not going to happen, and so it's important that Evontra'vir, who as Jirana said, does not mince words, called it out for what it is. The titans are dead. Something of their essences does remain for you to use to make a choice. You are going to have to do this using your own judgment; you are doing the saving; stop worrying about the dead and start thinking about what you will do to serve the living.

I think an emerging theme of this campaign - and arguably a secondary theme of the past campaigns, and really, the theme of D&D if you think about it, is that the person you developed into because of your trauma, and the coping mechanisms and behaviors and presentation you developed as a result may eventually cease to serve you once you find a support network and begin to be given more and more agency within the world; and indeed, if you cling to these things they will begin to hurt those around you, and eventually you as well. I think "The Titans are dead" is one way to very, very bluntly and effectively communicate that.

Was thinking about the first ExU today and I have come to the conclusion that Ashton and Fy’ra Rai need to meet. I think it could be so good for him.

Like, the way she always treated Dorian like a brother because of their genasi blood? Imagine Rai treating Ashton the same way. His elemental blood for the first time bringing them new family instead of being a reminder of what was lost.

Desperate Measures

idk if the video embed will work out, but  👀

“your potential is vast and frightening.. let’s just say that i am glad you’re at orym’s side” :)

not at OUR side, not at the GOOD side, not at the RIGHT side………………….. orym’s side. let’s unpack that :3

life-affirming and very cutieful moment shared while camping in the woods a while back :'] tzip carries a lot of guilt surrounding the circumstances of his recent rescue. loam uh. well he knows that's bunk!!!!

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Ashton Greymoore of the Hishari. Titan Blood.

I thought Matt name-dropping Laerryn was a fun little easter egg because Aabria was at the table, but.... no. If the Great Tree of Atrophy really is the remnants of the Tree of Names, then Chetney could use grim psychometry on it, he could see Laerryn casting blight, hear her name being called, and connect her to the name in Ludinus' notes.

feare and ashton trying out there new powers like

Black Manta DND design wip

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