Due to some violent content. For rental discretion is advised. In the year
to forty seven, in the Age of Judges, Fartan was summoned home after
the death of his father. Upon his return, Farten discovered something evil fester
in beneath the city of Eterno. With the help of some very unlikely allies,
Farten works to uncover the mysteries of his hometown and put an end to
the nightmares of plagueist people. Welcome to Ethereal embrace. Hey that's me Farten.
Well, isn't that a lot to take in Greyhawk? Huh, that
ain't gonna be easy. Oh yeah, Hey, it's anybody else hungry Day
four, at the crime scene of the third murder Vartan Morrigan. We have
two choices here. Either we go with Susan and destroy the magic around this
town, also saving people from the demons that she claims are going to be
coming through this portal, and also to stop them from getting her center thing
because she's one of the first people. Or we try to fight her and
save the magic of the town at the possible risk of unleashing demonic hel I
vote, and as you see, I'm one of three votes. I vote
that we assist Susan. I think, as much as I hate to say
it, given the fact that the demons are a threat to everyone, if
we truly have to close this portal and the only way to do that is
to destroy the magic around this town, I don't see as I have a
choice. Yeah, I think you're right. My one concern, and I
don't believe Susan is willing to budge on. This is brass Kane. I
guess the only other to send it is me. But I can't die because
I gotta fight great hope. Well, according to her, I still don't
understand how I'm well fight a god. I'm not overly clear on that I
either. I mean, you are skilled, amazingly so, you have speed
and abilities that I've never seen, but I can't imagine you going up against
Greyhawk himself. If only there were some kind of divine intervention that we could
call upon, but alas I don't have any Well, I don't know.
This is all. It's starting to make sense. Something definitely led me here,
a vision, something, and I don't know, Maybe this is my
purpose. Maybe I don't have a choice. I think you have a choice,
because right now somebody else is making the choices for you, and I
don't think that's fair. Even with the fate of the world in balance,
you have to be able to make a choice for yourself. It's not like
everything was predetermined when you were born. But I mean, we do kind
of have to make a decision, and then we have to figure out how
important brass Kane is to the whole thing, because short of you hiding him
somewhere that I'm pretty sure Susan will be able to find, I don't know
how to protect him. And he's standing right there listening to us, isn't
he. Yeah. I was just gonna say so, brass Kane is over
kind of toward the door. I assume you are sidebarring this like in low
voices. Okay, Okay, I imagine he's standing by. I believe the
back door is where you station him, and his hand has been firmly gripped
around his sword. Hill Actually he drew his sword at one point, and
Dove Brie and Judge Graystone have taken Susan and shackled her and there both holding
one They're they're both holding an arm each arm of her, kind of claiming
custody. Of of Susan, and they're kind of waiting for your direction.
I don't want to kill bras Kane. I mean, I don't even want
them. Well, I don't want them to die. I don't think she
said we had to kill him. Well, it sounds like she's already got
a plan in motion. So I guess what we have to decide is are
we okay with him dying? Isn't hold on? Can she just it?
Baya's gonna whisper this? What if we just give them the dragon heart,
maybe they don't have to do the blood sacrifice if they have the dragon heart.
Maybe that's how Robin Torman was going to get in there, right?
Well, didn't she say specifically like all these people like there had to be
blood sacrifice for it to even for her to be able to get in and
destroy the weapon or something. It wasn't a blood sacrifice plus or magic.
Yeah, so it was. The blood sacrifice was to weaken the magic around
to turno itself, and the Dragon's heart was to open the portal. And
then the breaking of the item is supposed to break everything. Yeah, it's
supposed to break the marriage enough to be able to close the portal completely.
I mean, we know where the portal is. Can we just go to
the portal ourselves? Maybe that's what she wants us to do, use the
dragon Heart to get in and brass Kane's gonna get killed when we're in there,
that's just a guess. That's just a guess. We'll bring brass Kane
with us. She can't kill him if he's in the portal with us.
Yeah, you got a point. Hey, Yeah, I'll pull this stoat
out and be like, y'all want to play around with some portal magic?
Uh, Martan, what are you doing? Well, this will get us
to the house. All of us will use it that the dragon heart's there,
and then we'll pour it over to the to the cave. Yeah,
but what do we tell them in the time? We can do it right
here? Who are we taking with us, Brasskane and the three of us?
If it keeps her out of there, maybe keeps brass Cane alive,
and maybe we can still accomplish closing the portal poor thing? Right? Oh
no, can we do that? I mean, if we can get in
there. She said that they can't hold her, there's no way that they
can contain her, and there's no way we can fight her, but she
won't be able to weaken the magic without you or brass Kane. Yeah,
yeah, that problem again. So she couldn't get in there. We go
in there, we take the what was the thing called again her center,
the core, somehow try to figure out how to destroy it that will unalive
her, unalive her? Yeah, now what if she has to do it?
Though? What if she just thinks she has to do it. She's
taken this responsibility on herself, so who's to say she's the one who has
to do it. Why don't we just take my entire piteousness with us and
maybe we can find a way to destroy it. We also don't know what
else Tormand might have brought with him. Yeah, maybe we can find out
his intentions for getting in there. I'd like to say they're for good,
but I don't know. He was very secretive about what he brought with him,
So well we know the big thing he brought. We stole it.
Yeah, Yeah, Breeze not happy about that. Yeah, she kind of
said we stole from God and I kind of felt that. So are you
suggesting that we delay while we go ask more questions? Or we just go
talk. We just go talk to Susan and well, I mean, we
just did talk to her and she gave us. That means she didn't hide
anything from us. I don't think. Maybe we just take everybody with us.
Torment is determined to get into that portal, and since we have to
go in any way, I don't see any reason not to take him as
long as we're watching him. But what would his reason be to go into
the portal? I don't know, but we already if he he already knows
about the portal, how, I don't know. He well, uh Bastill
told him in the letter. I think he knows, he knows more than
he's letting on. Right, he brought a dragon heart, I do think,
so, Yeah, I don't. I don't trust him, but since
he does kind of have an idea of what's going on, maybe he has
an idea of how to close it. He knew how to keep it open.
So are we going to kidnap him or work alongside him? I would
like to kidnap him and possibly use him as demon bait, just saying,
wow, all right, he turned pretty fast. Yeah, I play risk
with Naari. Holy God, I told you what happened with me right about
the cultists killing him? Maybe I didn't. I don't remember. Here might
have. I'm so confused these days. You might you might have. I
don't know. You said something about a beach. Yeah, yeah, it's
part of that vision. You don't think that lamp could tell us anything else?
Do you? You know what? It might give us some answers.
Maybe it'll direct us on the right path here, maybe somebody from the future
past and what the last one was from the past. Yeah, let's do
it. Might as well. All right, I'm gonna pull out the lantern.
I'm gonna Oh no, I would have already refilled the oil because that
was a different day. I would like to tell Dove Brie, gray Stone
and Susan that we need some time to kind of discuss this with brass Kane
to figure out what the right the right way to go is. Susan,
we want to help you, but it's a big cost. It's a that
you're asking from us. So give us a few minutes with Vartan's best friend,
and then we go outside. Dove Brie grabs Morgan by your arm as
you walk toward the door, and she says, I am putting her in
prison tonight. She is not leaving our custody. You may think that,
but I don't think you'll be able to hold on to her even a twenty
four hour guard. We'll have to do something, at least until we figure
it out. But she can't just get away with killing Annlin. You're absolutely
right, but you see how much she cared about that. She has no
care for us mortals. I suppose she has her eye on one thing and
one thing only. Now we have to figure out the best way to mitigate
it. But no, she does need to pay for her crimes. I
just don't know if we're going to be able to force that issue. But
if you think you can hold on to her, more power to you.
Well that's my position, and I will patiently await your decision as a group,
thank you. She will patiently await our decision as a group as the
eyes of eternol. Because right, Yeah, so you guys walk outside and
Bras Kane's like, I Am not going to let her kill me? Like,
no, absolutely not. Yeah I don't. I don't want to happen
either. Friend, Like I'm trying to think of We're trying to think of
some way to get around that. Just we're all in agreement. No one
murders me tonight, preferably. That is the preference. Yes, that's the
play. I believe what we plan to do is go kidnap the Robin and
then portal ourselves back to the house, grab the heart, the dragon heart
that Robin brought that you don't know about that we stole, and then portal
ourselves into the portal. That's a lot of portals. Yes, it's quite
interesting, but it's worth it for your life. I still think we should
probably bring some of the doves along because if we have to fight these cultists,
we're going to need backup. It can't just be us, because they're
going to be gunning for brass Kane. Well, my concern with that is
they are loyal, I suppose to the dovery and the doves are working for
the piteousness, and the doves are working for the Robin. So we are
not working for the Robin. No, we do not work for the Robin.
We provide protection and right now, as I said, he's just not
that high on my priority list. That we work as a team and if
Bree gives the order, they'll follow, Okay, but Bri has not given
such an order, and I believe she will because she's very angry right now,
and I don't believe she'll want any more loss of life. Okay,
well, I don't know how we're going to portle all of these people.
I guess they could run. We could open the cave back up, and
then they could run the mile into the cave to get no portal. No,
we open up the portal and then they run really fast into it because
it's open for a little bit a minute. Yeah, that's long enough to
get twenty No, well it's only like ten people. We got to run
through the portal. Yes, I suppose this is going to take some time
to coordinate, and I doubt that Susan is going to give us that time.
But if you insist, I just don't think we should be going up
against these crazy people who have paralytics with them, who could potentially just able
all of us and do as they please. I think we need the backup.
Are you taking them into the demon realm? Is that the idea necessary?
So not just not just cultists but also potential demons? Yeah, we
need backup, lots and lots of backup. Okay, well, we're bringing
a squad. Really, all we need to do is find once we get
into the portal room or into where the portal, into the portal the demon
portal. Use your oil lamp. See if we can see where Susan and
may have left her core, grab her core and try to destroy it.
Like that's the that's the goal, not murdering demons. I mean if we
happen upon them and they attack us, yes, but the goal is to
get the core. Damn. Oh, this is a hard one. This,
this is this is a lot. Yeah. Do we want to light
the lantern now that we're standing outside? Yeah, that's what I was I
mean, maybe it'll we don't quite have the answers on why Susan needs to
do these things. Maybe maybe this this will help. I don't know if
location matters. Yeah, that's what I was wondering. I guess we'll see.
I mean, there's nothing stopping me from lighting it again later. I
mean in the room there, it seems specific to the room. Maybe maybe
having brass cane nearby might help us figure out why she's so intent on him
in the final sacrifice too. Yeah, maybe it's based on people around.
Yeah, Hey, it's just as it's another mystery. I'm gonna pull out
the lantern. I check it, make sure there's oil in it. There
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back to the town of Eterno and I'll light it so once again. A
one meter by one meter window appears on the wall of the house next to
you. The window is shrouded in black and gray smoke. The window this
time opens to the basement of Vartan's home. An instant pang of sadness strikes
Vartan and Baya as they hear Kirian's voice echo through the window. I know
she left it in that portal. If I can just get in there,
I'm sure I can find the item. And I know what you're gonna say.
Anything could be on the other side of that portal, but it's worth
the risk. If I could find her spear, maybe I can use it
to help the others. And you hear Emery say, Kirian, is this
really about the magic spear? Or do you think you'll find Susan over there?
Because she's been gone for a long time now, and if you go
through that portal, maybe there's no coming back at all. It's not about
Susan. She's gone and she ain't coming back. I know that. But
that spear she owned held power in it, a lot of power. You
and I could use that power to save lives. Not just the lives of
people in a turn oh no, but outside the town too. I can
expand the circle, Carrion, that doesn't make any sense, I think,
Emory. I just need you to trust me, please, okay. Carrian.
Then at least tell me where the portal is. I could come with
you. Someone needs to know where it is and how to find you in
case something bad happens. I'll show you when the time is right. For
now, I have work to do. I'm heading back down into the tunnels.
Then Emory turns her face to head back upstairs as Kirian crawls down the
ladder to the tunnels, and her eyes go wide, and she hurries over
to the window and looks inside and sees you standing there, and she says,
vought An, how are you here? What are you doing here?
Emory? How can we talk to each other? Yes, we can talk
to each other. I can hear you. Just fine. What time are
you in You shouldn't be here. How are you doing this? Uh,
it's it's the lamp. I'm gonna hold it up. You found the lantern.
Oh man, that's not something you should be using. Voughtan, that's
not good for you. Where are you? Hey? Hre Where in the
future? Oh? Your future? It's don't tell me anything about the future.
I don't want to know anything about it. Are you in danger?
I don't know if I'm in danger, but the town and other people are
I guess. Fuck, I shouldn't have told her that I'm not in danger?
Well, I mean I am, but it's complicated. What kind of
Is there anything I can help with that? Maybe you can ask me.
I can I can do to help, but you don't have to tell me
the details. I cannot know the future. It would be really bad for
us. Do you know how to destroy Susan spear? Your mother her core?
Yeah? We need to destroy her core? Yes. If you put
enough magic energy or you take enough magic energy out of it, you could
snap it like any old spear. Well, what if it's already broken and
we need to break it more? I assume if it was broken, it's
in two pieces, right, ah, well maybe three. It could probably
be put back together, or it needs to be broken down more. Maybe
maybe if you drain the magic from it, you could burn it. Or
what happens if we break it? Well, I would assumed that it would
make your mother mortal. Do you think it would break the magic on Eterno?
No, it wouldn't break the magic on Eterno. I think that I
think that Kirion fix the spear. Oh, I think he went down there.
That's why she came back Susan that Susan had broken and Kirian fixed the
spear to bring her back, which means that's probably not in the portal.
It's probably not in there if he brought it back and fixed it, Unless
he fixed it down there, I don't. I would say, ask her
when Kirian brings the spear, make sure she keeps tabs on it and knows
where it is. That way we can fucking yeah, tell her to like
hide it under a thing and put an X on it treasure map. Yeah,
Emery fought. When my father finds the spear and brings it back and
fixes it, make sure you keep tabs on it. We need to know
the Latan. You cannot tell me the future. No, I don't.
Well, we don't. Just told me he would fix the spear. Well,
we don't know. We don't know. I'm just saying if he does.
If he does, we don't know where it's at. We don't even
know if it's fixed. But if he, if he does find it,
keep tabs on it and remember where it is. If anything, you can,
you hide it. If I find the spear or I see it,
I will do that for you, I promise. But you have to promise
me something. Do not use this lantern thing ever again. You cannot use
it, no, Vatan, it's too powerful, all right, I promise
all. Make it go away. Now you're gonna ruin things. Oh,
she like starts waving her hand near the window. I'll see you later,
Emory. Goodbye, Vatan, stay safe, okay, and then I'll blow
it out. Thank you for listening to this episode of Ethereal Embrace, a
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we love you all, and stay foolish well. Vartan McGonagall. Oh
no, that's not your name. The Voice of Reason Yeah, Morgan,
jeez, I thought you were calling him. I thought you were making that
his last name, like Vartan McGonagall for his second Where where are we going
with this? Okay, okay,