#c2e70

[ariadne-mouse]

Still laughing about Caleb casually telling Essek in front of the Marble Tomes that he was in training to be a Scourger, when they have one in custody right that second for attempted murder in the Dynasty. Like from Caleb's perspective he'd established his goodwill pretty loudly via the beacon and even said he was from an "inner circle" of the Empire. But I feel like "btw that inner circle was assassins" is like a next level of bold to say when there has just been an assassin attack. And Essek maybe reads Caleb's earnestness correctly because he doesn't seem alarmed and just quips "are you telling me you're a Scourger?" and easily accepts the answer of no; it came across almost more like a teasing remark than anything else. But I also can't help but wonder if Essek, secretly-working-with-the-leader-of-said-assassins-(among-others) Essek, was also playing 5D chess with himself in his head for a moment as Caleb unknowingly threw yet another wild curve ball specially formulated to incite Crisis Mode for one (1) traitor in particular

[lonely-space-ace]

On episode 70 and I love Caduceus being like "jesus christ have yall just never been trusted before?"

And then Beau (daddy issues) being like "No" while Fjord (daddy issues), Jester (chaos incarnate), Caleb (everything issues), and Nott all stare at him

[mareastrorum]

Nein Again music for Episode 70: Causatum under the cut! Quite a few songs this week.

At 13:50, Matt finally gets the music player working partway through his recap with Wilderness from Diablo II.

At about 21:50, Cursed music from World of Warcraft begins to play. I timestamped Cursed 8 below.

At about 23:40 or so, Crypt from Diablo II plays as the Nein discuss the kiln Caduceus is looking for.

At 29:20, The Tomb of Sargeras from WoW: Legion plays as the Nein decide to bed down and inform the Bright Queen in the morning.

At 30:50, Jungle from Diablo II plays as Matt describes the next morning and the Nein decide what to do.

At 39:15, Whispers of the Old Gods from Hearthstone plays as the Nein debate how to respond to the Bright Queen's message.

At 44:40, Rogue Encampment plays as Fjord relents to the arguments for telling the Bright Queen what happened.

Around 53:00, Crypt repeats as Jester scrys on Yasha and watches Obann's resurrection.

At 57:15, Wilderness repeats as Matt discussed what Caleb would know about fiends' ability to reconstitute if they aren't killed in their home plane.

At 1:09:00, Jungle repeats as the Nein take in the defenses at the front gate.

At 1:17:40, The Tomb of Sargeras repeats as the Nein do some errands for the day.

At 1:19:10, Rogue Encampment repeats as Jester immediately makes the guards think Nancy McFancypants is a spy.

At 1:22:10, the music skips to Cursed as Jester tries to get them to let her operate the Aeorian ballista.

At 1:28:25, Whispers of the Old Gods repeats as Jester checks in with Beau.

At 1:29:50, Cursed briefly repeats before Matt switches playlists to a song I couldn't ID. I think it's from either WoW or Pillars of Eternity, but I didn't have any luck tracking it down.

At about 1:37:20, Sacred Stone from WoW: Legion plays as Caleb worries that the group may fracture.

At 1:40:05, New Dalaran from WoW: Legion plays as Fjord searches for a soldier to relay a warning through.

At 1:46:45, Winds of Vol'dun from WoW: Battle for Azeroth plays as Fjord thinks better of trying to also warn an officer and he returns to the Ready Room.

At 1:52:05, Toru from Diablo II plays as Caleb suggests they take Yeza to Nicodranas via a teleportation circle to Yussa's tower.

At about 1:55:10, Winds Out of the East from WoW: Legion plays as Jester communes with the Traveler.

Around 1:58:15, Stormsong Valley plays as the Traveler comforts Jester about Yasha and whether other gods are watching and through the start of break.

At 2:24:20, The Tomb of Sargeras was already replaying as the cast returned from break and Travis has a really dramatic fart.

At 2:26:20, New Dalaran repeats as the Nein review their inventory to see if they have jade Caleb needs for his new spell.

At 2:29:45, Sacred Stone repeats as the Nein arrive in Rosohna.

At 2:33:00 or so, Winds Out Of the East repeats as the Nein enter the Bright Queen's throne room.

At 2:35:50, Toru repeats as the Bright Queen addresses the Nein and informs them of the captured Scourger.

I'm pretty sure the next few songs are from the Elder Scrolls series, but I wasn't able to track them all down. I'll keep looking.

At 2:48:25, Masser from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim plays as Caleb takes back his request for training and instead asks to know more about the Scourger.

Around 3:00:00, Stormsong Valley repeats as the Nein enter the Dungeon of Penance to see the Scourger prisoner.

At 3:03:20, Matt switches playlists to replay Crypt from Diablo II as Caleb tells the Scourger to wake up in Zemnian.

At 3:09:00, Cursed music repeats as Caleb asks if the Scourger knows Bren.

At 3:12:40, Rogue Encampment repeats as Caleb presses to see if the Scourger will give any info, then ends the conversation.

At 3:17:40, The Tomb of Sargeras repeats as Yeza greets the Nein at the Xhorhaus.

At 3:19:05, Matt switches playlists again beginning with Twisted Path from Hearthstone. I timestamped it in a compilation.

At 3:22:05, Gilneas from Hearthstone (from the compilation mentioned above) plays as the Nein discuss checking in on Orly and the ship in Nicodranas.

At 3:25:15, The Grand Bazaar from WoW: BfA plays as Caleb speaks with Essek at the Lucid Bastion.

At 3:30:55, Blood Moon from Hearthstone (from the compilation mentioned above) plays as Caduceus tells the story of Clay, Stone, and Dust to Jester.

At 3:34:00, Gilneas repeats as Caduceus wraps up his story.

At 3:37:05, Twisted Path repeats as Caduceus adds a new earring and the group discusses the shrine at the tree.

At 3:40:05, Blood Moon repeats as Jester sends to Dairon and talks about it with Beau.

At 3:43:15, The Grand Bazaar repeats as Caleb returns to the Xhorhaus and awkwardly tries to socialize while Jester and Beau prep for Dairon.

At 3:48:55, Blood Moon repeats as most of the Nein decide to go to bed.

At 5:52:00, Gilneas repeats after the game ends and the cast chatters.

That's all for this week!

[exandrianpunk]

i've gotten to c2 e70 in my current mighty nein rewatch, and listening to Caduceus tell the story of how his family is tied to Melora (3:31:05) after everything we've learned through Downfall and especially what the Hells heard from the Matron of Ravens in c3 e109 got me thinking...

is the body that the Raven Queen had Clay, Stone, and Dust ask for Melora to help dispose of the body of the prior good of death?!?!?

they were given the task the day after her ascension, were told it was the body of a hero of the war, and "his body could not be maintained within a city for reasons that are lost, he had to be vanished"

the gods know there was someone else before the current goddess of death, but can only feel that loss in abstract without true memory of him. they all essentially knew something had happened and that the Matron was new but not the specifics. and at least a few of them seemed to not be all that fond of this newcomer

so my theory is that she wanted to use the burial of this hero as an opportunity to rebuild some familial bonds

the day after she came into being the Matron of Ravens essentially went to Melora and said "hey i have a super special body of a war hero that i need some help dealing with, any ideas?"

and the Wildmother turned his burial into gifts for three of the other gods in turn: to remind the Changebringer that nature is infinite, the Archeart that nature is beautiful, and the Allhammer that nature is the origin of material

it makes sense to me that any mortally-accessible remains that would come from the death/replacement of a *god* would have some sort of magical properties to begin with, so that could've even helped jumpstart the temples that were created

anyways. that's just a theory :)

[vexahlias-bow]

Caleb said “do you know Bren Aldric Emmendrud” and I threw my fucking phone.

[inktrailing]

The Wildmother and Gifts (campaign 2)

From c2e70 3:31:33

[This is solely from campaign 2 but I'm tagging Downfall for context and spoilers just because I rather be safe.]

These three heroes were named Clay, Stone, and Dust. They argued for many days what to do and Stone said that they should give him to the air, so the beasts of the realm may carry his memory. Clay said we should give him to the earth, and what grows from them will be a monument to his glory. And Dust said that we should give him to the fire. From the ashes of that fire, great works would arise.

And they prayed to the Raven Queen for guidance in these early days. And the Raven Queen eventually answered. She said that she had already taken what belong to her, and that we were to, these three heroes were to find the Wildmother, and ask her guidance for what do do with what was left.

They traveled far into the woods and waited for their visions and eventually, she spoke to each of them in turn, and she told Stone that he should take the limbs of this hero and walk the planes until he found an oasis and a red and gold-veined cave and that beasts would gather there, that he would feed the limbs of these heroes, to the beasts that would water there, and upon that site would be a menagerie with creatures that would be a gift to the Changebringer from the Wildmother, to remind her that nature is infinite.

And then, Clay entered into a forest until he found a spring of water surrounded by a circle of crystalline stone. There she put the head of the hero. Upon that site will be a garden whose flora shall be my gift to the Arch Heart, to remind her that nature is beautiful.

And then, Dust took all that was left and walked into the mountains to the north. Found a cave with black onyx pool of fire and magma, was told to burn what remained, that the ashes would be mixed into the brick and ink and steel and everything that is made there will hold that hero's mark and this kiln will be the creations as a gift to the Allhammer to remind him that nature is the origin of material.

[I started to go down a further deep-dive about why I don't think the Savalirwood is related to Erathis but I Needed to Stop and Go to Bed and despite where that deep-dive was heading I think it could still be possible regardless.]

[ravendruid]

"You can't really have an atheist in D&D, because then you just have a moron."

Taliesin is so right...

[lessattitudemorealtitude]

Caleb, referring the scourger: "She is me if I had turned out to be me.”

It’s such an interesting statement. Like he thinks being a volstrucker - the person who tortured and killed, who killed his parents in the name of the Empire - is who he really is. He thinks that everything he’s built himself to be since is somehow a lie or not who he ‘really’ is...