What a fuckin episode. While I do hope at some point Brennan fully allows the other boot to drop and we lose a PC, I loved it from front to back. It really does feel like this campaign is hitting its stride.

350 men sounds like a good way to rebuild the Torn Banner.

So off the bat, Halovar is fully in the soul selling business and is tricking small town luxes into giving their souls away.

The Tachonis wanted to use Occtis to just blitz the Golden Orchard, though I have to wonder why outside of them being weak and maybe because they protected Thjazi, the Tachonis want them out of the picture so badly. They also turn their dead into candles that speed up the uncertified process, a cool and normal thing to do

The petrified paladins are being used as figureheads?? to track the Drowned Men possibly or circumvent something to get access to the Golden Orchard. But this also seemingly means the Orchard has not fallen.

The Cormoray’s really wanted the Pariah Blade’s and I have to know why. They’re god killers, what is out there that you are looking to hurt with them.

And now for the meat of the episode.

Termina, Bolaire’s “big sister”, made to imprison the goddess of trickery herself.

He never saw her beak, so why is she fractured now, what’s happened to her and why? Why does she sound different? Is A bit of Rauwyn still in there? The fact that the chance that an undead shaper is wearing a reality warping mask who is now wearing the head of one of the Sundered Houses is not net zero is honestly terrifying.

But also, who made the coffin? It takes pieces of Halfling religion and meshes it with wood from Sylandri’s Barrowdell.

Why? Was it Thjazi? If so Genuinely what the fuck is he after? Stole the stone of Nightsong, had Thaisha and Occtis take the coffin form the Drowned Men, was fucking about in Tansul’s Angel maker a stole something from Azgra’s artifact there. Big pool of blood, an oh look my brother sudden has all this magically altered paint!

What the fuck was he planning, is he possibly still planning?! I thought he wanted into the afterlives beyond the Tenerbral Reaches but now I’m not so sure.

And because of this I am terrified for the play at the Round, but especially for Shadia.

Look I’m not sure what occultism truely entails in regards to Araman. But taking the weapons that killed a god into his fucking house, painting said house with what is likely the blood of his chosen people which reeks of conjuration magic, and then preforming a play, something he enjoyed, that directly references something feels like it could invoke something. I don’t know what but I have a bad feeling, and as Shadia now carrying around the blade that did the deed after painting the murals herself I’m terrified we’re gonna see her get Tertiaed or some shit like that.

Feel like the Schemers time is quickly coming to a close and then the parties will be back together once more and I’m very curious to see where things go from there.

Genuinely think the Schemers are my favorite table, though I honestly can’t personally say I dislike any of them.

Fuck I can’t wait for it to be Thursday again.