do you ever think about shadowhand essek thelyss at 1am and how the cast asked matt during the campaign 2 wrap up if he was supposed to be a major antagonist and matt said no because he was "meant to be an antagonistic force in the world" like he was never even meant to be an antagonist, just a force, because his actual personhood was so deeply unimportant from the very beginning, and that he was invented with the sole purpose of making the world a worse place and was never supposed to matter beyond the ways in which his actions harmed others and then he saved the world not because he was a good person but because the mighty nein loved him so much that they bent the narrative around him and he became a character whose personhood mattered because they decided that it mattered and it was their love and nothing else that not only changed him but made him a person that could be changed at all and more than just an antagonistic force in the world, but an antagonist, who could grow and ultimately come to love them back and—
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i forgot laura’s pregnancy announcement, marisha sneezing so hard she cracked a rib, them being named The Mighty Nein, them getting their first magic item info card of the campaign, the first mention of The Gentleman, caleb’s “take them out take them out” backstory tease, the first appearance of the Bad Luck Bandits, them pretending to have “extreme syphilis,” them finding out jester's mom's whole deal, “the Ruby of the Sea is the best lay ever,” and the debut of Pumat(s) Sol all happened in the same episode
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"The tale of 7 friends who became 8 then 9. Wild swells of adventure and love and guilt and redemption and family and truth."
Thank you for this amazing story that will always live in my heart, I can't believe that I actually finish is but I'm so ready for the next to come🩷
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Essek: “Gesundheit. I learned that from my partner as well.”
Travis Willingham, known Essek lover and shadowgast shipper:
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'Bell's Hells... I am Essek Thelyss.'
All too happy to give an update and upgrade to the most magical hot boy in all of the Kryn Dynasty🙌✨😉
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