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THIS IS NOT ASHLEY OR VAELUS HATE SO HATERS CAN LEAVE.

For the past couple of Seekers sessions, it feels like Ashley has become aimless/doesnt know what to do with Vaelus anymore. Vaelus’ sacrifice of her entire reason for being in Dol Makjar and the campaign as a whole was a huge swing.

Now, it just seems like there’s nothing else for her??? Especially since she has no magic and kind of no class??????

I’m assuming Brennan and Ashley have a plan, but it’s sad to see the person who was Pike/Yasha/Fearne only do anything when called upon/interacted with.

A lot of yall thought Travis was not having fun with Teor, but I feel like Ashley might be feeling that way with Vaelus??

(Love Tal and his dedication to the character)

But at what point with the other PCs not picking up the rage bait that is Bolaire will he stop being soooooo grating that he switched tactics. Even in the cooldown he thanked Ashley for giving him shit. But like, he’s getting to the point, and this is evident to me, that no one wants to deal with Bolaire anymore because he’s looking for that fight. And honestly I feel like he relies a lot on Ashley as a scene partner to engage him at all. And even then you could see it in everyone’s face that they were so over this self proclaimed “self loathing” that they just about rolled their eyes.

I know everyone trusts everyone’s else swings and character choices, but damn, you would have thought after Ashton he would have learned the lesson that no one wants to be friends with assholes or smug fucks.

If you love Bolaire and his choices your awesome and I have zero hate for you. I really don’t. And this is no shade to Tal. But I’m just dying with this PC and I just can’t help but get so upset with the constant exaggerations and know it all nothings.

This is more in retrospect rather than regarding the episode itself. The Sundered Houses are all trying to find the afterlives and planes of their gods and are fully unaware that the dying fields just got connected to in their backyard. The Tachonis are aware of the Cloak foiling their plan and their intentions. But unless Goddard or Zebani open up to Yanessa about the magical effects of the Round or if Harondus cares about anything other than handicapping magicians, the Sundered Houses are still only attempting what they were already doing.

The seekers aren’t against the clock to the extent Mara the Wing made it out to be. Please correct me if I’m remembering it wrong.

I don't think it was a bad episode but it felt like it could have been cut in half and not much of it would have been changed (i wish we got the talk with King Gus}. While obviously it is important to build up charcterisations and relationships with others it felt like it was mostly spinning its wheels in order to have the big Gus Talk in the next episode.

What do you think?

What is everyone thinking about Bolaire starting to be challenged on his nature and what he does to people by both demodus and vaelus?

I felt like Juliens scene with the Dutchess and Baroness Cosgrove was a reality check for Julien and how he treats people especially by how much of a womanizer he is. But at the same time.... I felt pity for Julien idk why maybe it's because he's been through so much without much time for any sort of happiness, He watched his father get killed Infront of him all of his friends, retainers etc get murdered in a blast of arcane magic by the Tachonis. Then he finds out Thazji Fang is alive in his shadow... a person who he hates fiercely.

I think this is a reality check he needed though however harsh it may be. I honestly can't wait to see How Julien is going to develop after this.

If we lose Wic or Tiranny we riot, am I right?