#pyre

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lime mural
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imagine iggy in bright neon green

spiral osprey
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i thought sir gilman was like a weird robot for a solid day or two

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until it was pointed out to me that he was distinctly wyrm-y

lime mural
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IF HE WAS A ROBOT THAT D BE REALLY COOL

spiral osprey
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YEAH I WAS REALLY EXCITED

lime mural
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idk how d he slither the way he does but i don t CARE

spiral osprey
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i mean how does he slither anyways...he literally swims through the deck of a ship

wide river
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rites magic

lavish ridge
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carefully

lime mural
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nice moss

onyx forum
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mud with every step squish squish

spiral osprey
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it's lu sclorian's root-steps !

onyx forum
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AAAAAA IT IS

lavish ridge
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i could just imagine rukey running up to volfred and screaming "WHAT'RE THOSE??????????"

onyx forum
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volfred got a billion mossy flip flops...one per root

heavy hill
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remember when the 30 minute demos showed that there was a time limit to get to the rites

pale burrow
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Wait, do saps even have feet?

onyx forum
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thats up to you!

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i like to think they dont

lavish ridge
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now they do

lavish ridge
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i found myself explaining how much i love pyre to my new coworkers today agshkfkskdb

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i love videos game

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my ti’zo plush sits on my work desk now

onyx forum
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AAWWW....watchin u work, snackin when ur not lookin

mild falcon
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my imp ate my homework

lavish ridge
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He’s very helpful

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very encouraging

lunar flame
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me’me

arctic fjord
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ye'et

lunar flame
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lo’ss

void coyote
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Someone in a local video game fb group posted that they don't like anything about pyre except the rites themselves and they especially don't like the book of rites so i posted a pic of me with my book and wrote "don't talk to me or my son ever again"

forest grove
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Correct response, IMO

void coyote
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Someone else said that Pyre is over-hyped
What the heck

grand frost
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It's different, and still worth the hype

heavy hill
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some people hated transistor because it wasn't bastion, some hated pyre because it wasn't bastion

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we call those people "wrong"

mild falcon
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remember when pyre had you gather food and stuff on your way to rites

void coyote
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ok but there's a difference between "i didn't like the game" or "i didn't connect with the characters and lore" and "the game is over-hyped" because it certainly isn't

forest grove
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Teaser trailer dropped some 15 months ahead of the realease, I think

But other than that, I don't think it was in any way overhyped.

grand frost
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Don't expect more of the same thing unless it's a sequel

lime mural
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Pyre delivers on everything its trailer advertises and more

lunar flame
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i bought Pyre barely knowing what it was 😂

lime mural
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If it was being overhyped, it's because people read into lines that didnt exist

grand frost
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I bought Pyre because SGG

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No regrets

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lots of feels, but no regrets

lavish ridge
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i bought it because my friend sat me down to play it when i visited her one time haha

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also yeah idk why people think pyre’s overhyped

onyx forum
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it definitely isnt overhyped

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just enough hype, maybe could even use a little more hype,

south whale
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I mean," overhyped" is a completely relative term

onyx forum
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yeah, tru 😂 and also a sgg server is not the #1 place to have an 'is pyre overhyped' discussion

south whale
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It's entirely possible that the person in that Facebook group did in fact here way too much praise for a game that didn't click with them

void coyote
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haha i love you guys

south whale
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Terms like "overhyped" or "underrated" are pretty useless for discussion, because they suppose that there's some universal reaction to a game

onyx forum
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tru!

south whale
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That said, I've always been disappointed that Transistor and Pyre didn't get a strongly following among the critics and communities I follow

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I've seen a lot of "love the story and setting, but the gameplay didn't click with me" which is too bad. I love playing both of those games

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But I also really respect that Supergiant makes games that are not designed to appeal to everybody. It makes them feel so much more specific and intimate

void coyote
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i feel the same

swift mango
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I TOTALLY agree!!!

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@heavy hill Whoa, there was a time limit???? Ooooooo that's cool, I'd like to see the demo, that's interesting....wonder why they took it out?

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in my opinion Pyre deserves ALL the hype because it's practically perfect in every way! ^_^ 😄

lavish ridge
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wait, are we talking a timer to get between rites or a timer during the rites themselves?

swift mango
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a timer to get to each Rite, I think.

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Interesting idea...

wide river
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hm. i'm clicking through but i'm not seeing anything out of the ordinary

heavy hill
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oh what this isn't the video I meant to link

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that's just one with the E X A C T S A M E T I T L E A N D T H U M B N A I L

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and an earlier video had a different icon for that I think

wide river
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ooooh

swift mango
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AHHHHG FGNFGNFG KFNGK FNG NFKGN FKGK

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😭

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I once saw Hedwyn's Status was "practicing his letters". I felt so emotional right then. It would've been neat if there was a section of the game/"mini-game", dare I say, where you COULD help them to learn to read and write. But I guess it could have been to distracting or random so I understand why one's not there, or maybe they just didn't think of it...

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but still, that screenshot, Sparrow, makes me saaaaaaad ahhhhh

lavish ridge
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huh, i think i kinda like that there isn't a timer anymore. it seems like a minor detail since there isn't a lot of time between landing and the next rite, but i think removing it helps emphasize the journey over the destination, which i think is really important to pyre's story

upbeat swift
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There was a journey?

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I was just trying to break the AI the entire time!

mild falcon
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did you figure it out?

upbeat swift
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Kind of. There are a few AI behaviors you can exploit on the highest difficulty as I recall

wide river
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[coughcough] actually you know that conversation you have w/ volfred about reading the book? there's lines in the game's files that indicate you might've originally had that talk with hedwyn, or that it was at least considered at some point

heavy hill
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plus don't people start learning to read after the ending?

spark moon
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Yeah I think if you get the plan to succeed you start teaching people how to read

lunar flame
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anyone else Thinking

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about Deluge

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if I read the words “Thinking about Deluge” does that mean I automatically think about him because I read his name?

mild falcon
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only if you know who deluge is

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those who do not know deluge cannot think about deluge

void coyote
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i have delugions

mild falcon
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don't we all

lime mural
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Not sure if this has been brought up already. I kind of love the fact that the characters aren’t fully voiced and we’re only given some little clues to how their voices might sound instead of translating for the player’s sake, we only hear their language. How do you all feel about that?

south whale
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I love it too. Pyre problem has my favourite mumble-language in all of video games. The voice actors do an incredible job without too.

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I wouldn't complain if Tariq read me a bed time story endvery night, his voice is beautiful

onyx forum
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☝ i hope he reads the reader bedtime stories sometimes....OOOOO or the nightwings could take turns too, as they learn to read

paper musk
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that's a fantastic idea imagine all of them cramming together to learn with bed time stories

onyx forum
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yes!!!!

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hfnfngj pam makes stuff up when she gets to a word she doesnt know so volfred or tariq sit behind her and kind of politely cough when she does

paper musk
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Jodi's turn always involves Pamitha joking that the book is floating up into the sky cause she's so tall

onyx forum
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YES

paper musk
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YES

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LOL

onyx forum
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hat!!

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ae reads everything out in syllables, even when she struggles over a wprd she keeps trying it

paper musk
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omg the cutest ;~;

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WHAT ABOUT TI'ZO

onyx forum
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HIM TOO

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he screees and kihis and scrooms about it and the reader and tariq know if he's reading it correctly uou

paper musk
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so good

onyx forum
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gilman shouts every word and sometimes AND I CANNOT PRONOUNCE THIS ONE!!

paper musk
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and always pauses to comment on how brave a character is being or how silly and ignoble they are

onyx forum
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YES
hdnfmgn volfred has a great voice for reading stories too but keeps going like "hm. i seem to have forgotten how to say this word and what it means? can you help me?" to force everyone else to read because he is A Teacher At Heart

paper musk
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perfect

onyx forum
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the first time someone reads a story and it puts tariq to sleep hes absolutely touched (its jodi and her lovely voice)

paper musk
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awwwwwwwwwwwwwww

onyx forum
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right after he wakes up and returns with ti'zo, already amazed that they went looking for him...

wide river
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linked concept

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mae playing music for tariq

onyx forum
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AWWW

scarlet kettle
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stop, these headcanons are too powerful

wide river
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bc he's always playing music for everyone else!!

onyx forum
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YES!!!!

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mae making up songs about the scribes and tariq telling her they are honored to hear it

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their stars are brighter...

wide river
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;3;

wide river
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also since there was talk of voice actors earlier i have some Fun Trivia

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hedwyn's voice actor also voiced asher in transistor

paper musk
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no wonder I liked him so much

heavy hill
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would the reader reading the book of rites to the nightwings be like Bible Study But Cool

onyx forum
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hfbfhgnhfhcbc maybe????

heavy hill
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"and then the big bad archjustice said "no books allowed" and was nasty to all the good people"

onyx forum
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(WELCOME TO BOOK OF RITES STUDY WERE ALL CHILDREN OF SOLIAM.... (wildly off key) THEY FOLLOWED THE STAAAAAARS BOUND TOGEEEETHER)

arctic fjord
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snorts stardust

onyx forum
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HFNXNCNCNC

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🎵 i want a rites girl who go to rites....and reeeed her book of rites 🎵

onyx forum
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hhhhh i forgot how sweet the vagrant song scene is...and his status immediately after is "staying out of the way" tariq sweetie no it was amazing

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also. big announcement. sir gilman is excellent

wide river
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he is

onyx forum
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sir gilman more like sir goalman.....bc i wanna be just like him

paper musk
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eyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

dusk current
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You're welcome, Kam.

onyx forum
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im already really overexcited about everything all i need to do is start talking in third person and get BUFF 💪

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AAAAA

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thank you caitlin 💃

dusk current
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Though Supergiant does not condone uh... stardust... snorting.

paper musk
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don't forget the ability to swim through floors, but your awesomeness level is already there so you're good to go

onyx forum
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im currently having a monopoly on this channels pinnes.....pinne queenne 📌 👑

south whale
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I've been rewatching Avatar The Last Airbender at the same time that I'm replaying Pyre, and it just occured to me that Dalbert and Aylmer are very remiscent of Iroh and Zuko

winged tide
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I think i could see what ya mean....

south whale
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The insolent youngster and kind respectful old man, the adopted father bit

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also, Sandra reminds me of Toph. Not just becasue she's blind, obviously, but also her attitude, calling your companions "idiots" etc.

paper musk
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I'm liking this a lot

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pamitha reminds me most of sokka

winged tide
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Pamitha's much to cruel/useful to be Sokka, though. Gilman fits him better. Fish Sokka.

onyx forum
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i dont kno anything abt atla but gilman is big useful lol

paper musk
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fair point

south whale
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Oh yeah, Gilman is definitely Sokka

winged tide
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But he's the underdog. Nobody expects him to be useful but he is.

south whale
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Pamitha's more like Jet maybe?

winged tide
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I think Tamitha is more like Jet....

paper musk
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pamitha's nicer than that

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yes

south whale
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Or maybe Korra

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yeah that makes sense

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Falcon Ron is defniitely the cabbage salesman

winged tide
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Oh for sure. Him being the cabbage salesman isn't even a debate. it's a fact.

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I mean. Jodi is Katara. The mother of the group. And....Would Momo and Appa have counterparts? Cause i nominate Appa to be the Wagon. And if you argue me about this i'm calling Fae.

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Actually...Oralech is probably the best Jet. Both of them are really angry, and constantly swap what side they're on. And both of them may or may not have died.

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Actually I change my mind. Tamitha is Azula, and Pamitha is Mei Lee(I think I spelled that right) And...who deserves to be Momo Ti'zo or Fae? Ti'zo because mascot, Fae because absent minded and loves the Wagon. And most importantly, why am i thinking so much into this?

paper musk
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Fae should be Momo

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faithful and a wee bit absentminded

winged tide
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And the bond with the Wagon, Appa, of course. Now...who will Ti'zo be?

paper musk
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what if he's aang

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or would that be hedwyn

winged tide
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Aang HAS to be Hedwyn. The cheery young star of the series.

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Wait Sokka has to be Rukey.

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The original 3. Aang Katara Sokka. Hedwyn Jodariel Rukey. It works.

mild falcon
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as far as original 3 goes, su works well too

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garnet amethyst pearl -> jody rukey hedwyn

onyx forum
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🎵 hedwyn, jo-dar-ryel, ti'zooooh and rukey! 🎵

winged tide
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'su' ?

onyx forum
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steven universe!

winged tide
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Ooooooooh. Alrighty. I...i've never watched it.

onyx forum
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you should!

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if you want to, of course

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it starts strong, gets kinda weak in the middle, and then gets strong again imo?

winged tide
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Ehhh. I don't watch** a ton of tv, and SU just hasn't been a show I've been interested. I..i feel like i had a show i wanted to watch but i don't remember what it was.

onyx forum
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oh sure, thats fair!

south whale
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Ti'Zo is Appa, Mae is Momo

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Steven Universe is great!

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I strongly contest that it gets weak in the middle though. I'd say it starts good and just gets better as it goes

winged tide
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Hey now. I think the Wagon being Appa has been decided already. The one that transports the gang, and the one with the closest bond to Momo/Mae. If you say it dosn't have character screenshots are coming your way.

south whale
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Haha, okay, I concede

wet kiln
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I'm enjoying these crossover talks so much

south whale
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Volfred is definitely Avatar Roku

barren topaz
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there's something weirdly poetic about a sap being a firebender

spiral osprey
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firebenders can get burned by their own fire just like anyone else!
also there's that thing about lu sclorian teaching saps that a fire isn't always to be feared, or something

gloomy steeple
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So the reader is Aang I guess?

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Hedwyn = Katara

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Rukey = Sokka

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Jodariel = Zuko

paper musk
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Oralech seems more like a Zuko character tbh

gloomy steeple
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Yeah but he's not part of the nightwings

paper musk
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I mean...

forest grove
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Grows from an outsider to a source of inspiration for the team
Is leading plot device
Has very rare and important powers
Is altruistic

Was Reader = Aang analogy ever in question

gloomy steeple
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I guess not

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plus if volfred is avatar roku...

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wait

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sir gilman is definatly zuko

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he's trying to regain his honer

heavy hill
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and he's fighting them at first but then joins them

gloomy steeple
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it's perfect

south whale
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Something that's only occured to me while watching the Pyre stream: why don't you ever interact with any of the other Triumvirates' Readers?

wide river
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i mean, it's likely the other teams don't have readers

south whale
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How do they conduct the rites then?

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I'm pretty sure it's said in game that a reader is required

spiral osprey
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it actually doesn't seem like a reader is necessary

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more like a coordinator for teams that can't entirely get their footing

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it's possible the other teams have readers we never see, but it's also possible they just, don't have readers

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the knowledge about how to follow the stars is likely passed down by word of mouth

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you don't have to be able to read the book of rites to use them during the matches

south whale
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I mean, the Book says that you do

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You need to the Book to read the stars, and to conduct the Rites

spiral osprey
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you don't have to be able to read it though, or like every triumvirate with any illiterate members would be out of luck

wide river
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+    Essential Structure
· The essential structure of a Rite shall be as follows:
· Where chosen by the stars, within the dark of night, shall two triumvirates stand in opposition, far enough afield, beside their consecrated Pyres symbolizing their resolve.
· In each triumvirate, the three shall act as one, to demonstrate their trust in one another, not just in themselves.
· Triumvirates shall endeavor to extinguish the Pyre of their adversary, whose flames are only to be staunched through a Celestial Orb descended from the stars.
· Whosever Pyre remains burning shall prevail. The triumvirates are to disperse.
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· Exiles shall conduct the Rites bearing this Book, of which there are but forty copies, each bound in astral hide.

south whale
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But also"

wide river
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· Triumvirates lacking experience in this may designate a Reader, whose focus on this Book may help the others to coordinate.

south whale
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Yeah, I noticed that passage

wide river
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may designate a reader

south whale
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But also Bearing this the Book bestowed on your triumvirate, you, the Reader, shall perceive under which stars you are to congregate.

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Without reading the book, you can't tell where the Rites will take place.

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So maybe some of the readers of the other Triumvirates also participate in the rites?

wide river
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it's entirely possible that the other triumvirates have members who can read but are not Readers as we are

south whale
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As opposed to being a Designated Reader during the rights themselves

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Yeah, that makes sense

spiral osprey
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It's also implied that like, you don't necessarily have to have the book in order to find the stars
You need it at some point to tell someone how to get there, but after that it's possible that word of mouth would suffice

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Volfred is a Reader but isn't actively using the book when he points out which star you're going to next

south whale
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But like you said, he's a Reader.

spiral osprey
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Yeah but I do think it's possible that locating the stars is just a form of knowledge

south whale
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Also, from the stream, Greg mentioned that one of the reasons the Commonwealth might have outlawed reading is precisely to stop Exiles from being able to conduct the rites in the first place, which makes a lot of sense

spiral osprey
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that can be passed down

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lol fat load of good it's done

south whale
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And Hedwyn implies the same thing when you first meet. "Can you read" is the first thing they ask you. Also, if a Reader wasn't necessary, Volfred wouldn't have askedc Hedwyn to find one

spiral osprey
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The Nightwings need a Reader for a number of reasons

south whale
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The Reader isn't useful to his plan otherwise. He basically says "thanks, you can leave now" when you first meet him. I think that also strongly implies that a Reader was necessary

wide river
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i think volfred asks them to find a reader because they need to be able to work together better than just "three idiots running around a field together"

spiral osprey
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They've been dissolved before; Volfred can't meet them in person yet to guide them; they need someone who can guide them in his place

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they don't know how to do the rites

wide river
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remember, volfred's plan hinges on the nightwings winning rites

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or, well, winning liberation rites, for which winning normal rites is a big help

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also the things ven says

south whale
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True

spiral osprey
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Like I imagine if you got pulled into another trium you would be taught by the others who already knew how to do the Rites

wide river
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yeah

south whale
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well, in any case, I think we can safely say that a triumvirate that wanted to be succesful would want a Reader

wide river
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the nightwings are starting fresh and none of them know how to do it and tariq's certainly not going to be much of a tutor

spiral osprey
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If, idk, the Chastity managed to liberate one of their members and had to find a new one, and they just picked someone up out of the desert, they would help train that person because there are a bunch of experienced people on the team

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gkdjfhgj

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can you imagine fitness trainer tariq

south whale
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yeah, but they still need to be able to read the stars

spiral osprey
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you know what, why don't we just @ greg

south whale
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Haha, you can if you want. I think the discussion is interesting regardless of his answer

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and I'm pretty sure his answer would be "the game implies things and you can interpret them" anyway

spiral osprey
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@brisk whale is star-reading something you have to be a capital-R Reader to do, aka "have read and absorbed the content of the book of rites before", or is it knowledge that can be passed down through explanation and observation of the sky regardless of direct comprehension of the book

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yeah i know but it's worth a shot 😂

south whale
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haha, true

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Phrased another way, Greg: do all the Triumvirates have Readers?

spiral osprey
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i think we may have asked something like that before actually

south whale
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oh okay

spiral osprey
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gimme a sec

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hey @wide river have we asked that before?

paper musk
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is sparrow the encyclopedia

spiral osprey
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yes

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sparrow compiled the word of geg docs

paper musk
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nice

spiral osprey
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i am also an encyclopedia but i haven't read these in a while

paper musk
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NICE

wide river
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iiiii do not believe we have or at least it's not in the word of geg documents

spiral osprey
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hmmmmmm

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might've been on twitter in which case it's lost to the ages

wide river
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[breaks fingers] challenge accepted

paper musk
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breaks

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are you ok

wide river
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after a quick search: if it's a question that's ever been asked/answered, it appears to have been so without ever actually using the word "reader" itself in which case i'm impressed

spiral osprey
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yeah lol i just did a search for "other triumvirates" and found a LOT of past discussion about this that never went anywhere lmfao

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thanks i learned how to use advanced twitter search just for this

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yeah, guess it's never been asked! weird, could've sworn it had been.

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i guess we just wait now. tbh twitter is probably a better place to try to reach him 😂

barren topaz
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Yeah this whole things falls into the category of things I've wondered about but haven't remembered to ask. Well, I do remember starting a similar discussion on soup theorizing a possible difference between people who can technically read words and capital R Readers, but it's not something I remembered to ask about during the stream

mild falcon
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i mean, assuming that at least some other triumverates have Readers, perhaps it's rude to talk directly to the Reader of an opposing triumverate? I remember tindersnauf talking directly to you, but I can't remember if any other opponent characters speak directly to player character

spiral osprey
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🤔

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i think the reader is often kind of off to the side and so might not be a target

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the reason manley intruding was so rude is because he was interfering with roster selection...

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oralech talks to you directly of course

mild falcon
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maybe the reader's traditional place is off to the side

brisk whale
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@spiral osprey Hey star-reading isn’t meant to sound like it’s magic, and should in theory be something practical that could be passed down. The Book contains other specific details that would make stumbling onto the Rites essentially impossible without the additional info, though, not to mention the need for certain materials.

spiral osprey
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If you know where to look, though, and the locations where the Rites are always held, you're pretty much good to go, huh?

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Like if a triumvirate liberated their Reader, but everyone else in the triumvirate still knows where the Rites take place (because they've been there, probably multiple times) and the Reader informed them of where to look for the stars

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that triumvirate doesn't have to sit on their hands until they find a new Reader

mild falcon
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there's more information conveyed by the stars than location, presumably. there's always 2 triumverates that end up at a rite, and I figured only the nightwings got to choose where they went

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although if star-reading isn't magic then maybe something else coordinates that

spiral osprey
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hmmm that's true
that might just be part of the technique, locating which star is yours?

vestal bluff
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Stars look different depending on where in the world you are. Maybe the Scribes can illuminate their stars in such a way that the triumvirates can see only their own path, based on where they had just conducted their last rite?

spiral osprey
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oooh that's true! parallax, right?

vestal bluff
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Yeah, I guess. Mariners navigated by the stars for centuries, right?

spiral osprey
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mhm

barren topaz
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you need a huuuuge distance, like the diameter of the earth's orbit, to notice any parallax with stars just because of how far away they are. I would probably buy into some mumbo jumbo about light refractions because something about the atmosphere and maybe that's affected by your current latitude, etc

spiral osprey
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the answer to everything is "it's just Like That"

barren topaz
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yeah the game's astronomy really isn't supposed be "realistic" here, it just is what it is

lunar flame
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Pyre except Deluge orbits around everyone like a planet

boreal wave
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One interesting thing about the Downside though is you have to go underneath the Commonwealth to reach it

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If you think about that literally, it's entirely possible the stars aren't really stars at all, or at least are much closer than usual stars

mild falcon
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imagine some poor intern flicking switches on leds based on some archaic chart system

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I'm not sure how down the downside is. it's probably not an alternate plane, but there is some kind of threshold that manley almost passes if he isn't freed, and messenger imp can pass messages

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it could just be a big hole, but that seems wrong somehow

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there's no massive cliff edge, except maybe on mount soliam

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Does the downside keep going, in at least one direction?

lunar flame
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Deluge... in stunning 3D

wide river
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i've never wished more that we had :blease: on this server,

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arch you're killing me here

south whale
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Has anyone earned the Master Conductor achievement? Heres' the text:

Prevail against a Master CPU opponent with six or more Titan Stars active (Versus Mode with default Masteries, Talismans, Pyre Health)

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I feel like I just completed it, but maybe I'm misunderstanding the requirements? I did it with 6 Titans, no masteries, and no talismans.

wide river
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default masteries, not no masteries

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they're different things

south whale
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AH okay, I thought it might be that.

wide river
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you have to set it to "preset" rather than a numerical value

south whale
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Are there default Talismans? Because I tried it first with default Masteries and chosen Talismans, and won, but I didn't get the achievement?

wide river
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no talismans

south whale
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Okay, that's really confusing achievement text then

wide river
#

yeah honestly the text should probably be more like "default masteries and pyre health, and no talismans" but [shrug]

south whale
#

Yeah that's annoying

wide river
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anyway you can cheese the achievement pretty hard so it's nbd

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i got it a while back

south whale
#

Also, can you even change the Pyre health manually in Vs?

wide river
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yes

south whale
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okay

wide river
south whale
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honestly it was kinda fun trying anyway and I think it made me much better at the game ( I've been getting my ass kicked in my True Nightwings run). ]

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Really made me think about positioning a lot more. Also, I totally forgot that I could use Left Trigger to lock on with an aura cast. If I had remembered that, maybe I would have liberated poor Rukey already

swift mango
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True Nightwings mode is sometimes--mostly all the time--sooo insanely hard!!! I always get SOOO nervous when it tells me "Titan Stars MUST be used in order to proceed" and then I regret setting it to that mode, lol.....but simultaneously, what an absolute blast it is!!

radiant spoke
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Is Ron able to read the stars and figure out where the next rite will be held? ron

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Or is it pure coincidence that he happens to be present at most rite locations.

barren topaz
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Ron is omnipresent. He has the capacity to be exactly where he needs to be because he is not bound by the traditional limitations of space and time

onyx forum
scarlet kettle
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omG

gloomy steeple
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he is though, Ron needs a lift in the blackwagon at one point.

barren topaz
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he was testing you

gloomy steeple
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ah, I see

onyx forum
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I GOTTA HEAR THIS CONVO

onyx forum
onyx forum
boreal wave
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Haha, beautiful

thick carbon
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Tizo: Downside debate champion 2017-2018

boreal wave
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He just says "Skriii-hiii" and the judges all go home to rethink their existence

onyx forum
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the trophy is bigger than he is

scarlet kettle
#

this discord is a blessing

vestal bluff
#

By the Scribes?

radiant spoke
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With grrrrace

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Rolling all the Rs.

mild falcon
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Is Erisa Ron's mom?

onyx forum
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i sure hope not

lunar flame
#

what

swift mango
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nooooooo

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Did you draw that comic @onyx forum ??

lime mural
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yes that s a kamic alright

onyx forum
#

yea!!

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KAMIC.... 💯 👏

lunar flame
#

Falcon Ron....

barren topaz
void coyote
#

huh.

spiral osprey
#

what if the world of Pyre is a torus 🤔

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a waterfall on the outer edge takes you down, a waterfall on the inner rim takes you back up

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though, how cardinal directions would work on a torus planet is beyond me

void coyote
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"i didnt say east i said weast"

onyx forum
#

nouth

barren topaz
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this is all getting very non euclidian and I can't claim to actually understand any of the logistics behind this but I will support it

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because some non euclidian junk has to be behind the fall of soliam part for this to make any sense

brave sphinx
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Hey, it works for me gilmanlove

south whale
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I like the torus idea

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Although that's not anymore non-euclidean than a sphere is.

wide river
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i love the label on the fall of soliam

mild falcon
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i dont think you need any 4d problems for the fall of soliam

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if the ascension thing goes up really high, it'll have a lot of potential energy as it falls and slingshot rukey past the disk world, and then back down, right back into his mother's arms

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which would explain why the 'wealth doesn't immediately find the escapees forgiven souls

scarlet kettle
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i say the world is flat and carried on the back of a giant space turtle

young folio
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downsides all the way down

mild falcon
rich sequoia
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Only it's a giant slug, like Ron's dad carrying the world

scarlet kettle
#

r o n c o r p

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what if the slugs are the precursor race

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that all the other races evolved from

boreal wave
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Harps think they’re all superior because they have wings

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Little did they know their wings evolved from slimy little fingers

mild falcon
scarlet kettle
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how did you even make that so fast lmao

mild falcon
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filters > animation > spinning globe

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except it doesnt spin for some reason :/

boreal wave
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It looks like something out of Baldi’s Basics

swift mango
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Reading this is very amusing, lol.

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I was just thinking this morning...what DOESN'T Ron sell?! What doesn't he have in those enormous packs of his?

lime mural
#

LOL these illustrations are amazing

mild falcon
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oh man, i was watching someone play fifa yesterday, and i just thought a bad thought

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what if pyre was 11v11 or something

arctic fjord
#

as chaotic as that sounds i feel like it would be incredibly fun to play like with online multiplayer

mild falcon
#

it would play completely differently

onyx forum
#

each player has an "only i move now" button that can be pushed at any time, letting them move until someone else pushes the button

wide river
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that would be mayhem

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i love it

arctic fjord
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yeah the whole rule of only the person with the orb can move would be kinda bad because its now 1v11 instead of 1v3

onyx forum
#

RIGHT!!

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bdnfnvmg

arctic fjord
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curs would be pretty OP because of movement speed alone

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wait worse idea

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11v11 pyre but the fields are the same size

onyx forum
#

3v3. no chat. random matchups. only 1 person can move

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AAAAAA

prime shell
#

Battle Royal when

thick carbon
#

Archjustice Androbles IX’s Battlegrounds

lunar flame
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50v50 Pyre same size maps deluge only no items

barren topaz
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you've heard of True Nightwings mode, now get ready for True Deluge mode

young folio
#

Just Deluge

balmy blaze
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Everyone is Deluge

mild falcon
#

in the future, when barker retires from playing in the post-rites he made, he starts coaching for a bit, before realizing that the most important part of the rites has been so far unperformed.
he starts standing on a tall structure and mocking everyone in his best archjustice impression

lime mural
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😍

onyx forum
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BARKJUSTICE

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tbh tbh i really like the idea that postgame brighton reexiles himself and starts announcing barker's rites under a new name

wide river
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Brighton With A Moustache: no of course i wasn't the archjustice. what're you talking about. impossible.

onyx forum
#

a simple life doing what he loves most and not having any power to hurt people

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YEAH

wide river
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the sad thing is that it's entirely plausible he wouldn't have to change a thing

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wouldn't even have to change his name

onyx forum
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hfjfnfn just wear a different mask

wide river
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he was archjustice androbeles ix, not archjustice brighton after all

onyx forum
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yup...

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hed prob hate looking himself in the demonized eye after so long preaching abt how its your sins manifested tho

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so i could see him making masks n stuff for no real reason but to Deny Own Guilt Feelings lol

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thing ive been thinking of is him gettin picked up by like, crones, who are all "lmao were equal down here, i dont kno a thing bout topside politics for the past 150 years you could be the aj and i wouldnt kno"

wide river
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nice

mild falcon
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maybe they switch out, give each other tips

onyx forum
#

unlikely friendship built on "hey, basketball rocks actually"

thick carbon
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what if he already is a demon but his horns are the pointy star shape

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Commonwealth conspiracy

onyx forum
#

oooo....demonized rumbly brighton voice

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NICE

mild falcon
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Growing horns actually makes your voice higher pitched, ignarius was a bass before

onyx forum
#

barker, finding out his new buddy is the guy who exiled him: oh hellz yeah youre the guy that got me into sports!!!!

mild falcon
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Whenever Brighton does barker a favor, barker tells him that he almost forgives him now, sarcastically

onyx forum
#

PERFECT

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brighton teaches him vocal warm ups so barker can just go around makin noise at all hours in the name of not straining his voice at rites hfjgmvmb

mild falcon
#

So good

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Brighton, after repenting for his participation in a cruel system, would rather announce in a more positive tone, and say nice things, but barker is all in on teasing anyone, even the audience, for their haircuts and whatever

onyx forum
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hfhfncnvn all "YOURRRRE A BAD INFLUENCE ON ME, BARRRRKER"

swift mango
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I can just imagine Barker saying mean things about someone's hair, lol! 😂

gloomy steeple
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'cause he's got amazing hair, everyone else's is terrible in comparison

heavy hill
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So here's the big question
When you hover over the information for Demons, the quote is "All are welcome here, save demons such as you" from the sentencing of Chief-Physician Oralech

so was oralech somehow a demon before his exile, did they use the word demon in the figurative meaning for some reason? the commonwealth doesn't seem to have common (heheh) knowledge of demons, since Jodariel's position is kept secret after her return to the commonwealth, so it'd be weird to call it that

onyx forum
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hmmm....i think its figurative

mild falcon
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It's one of those coincidences that only happens in fiction

gloomy steeple
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I was wondering about that too

onyx forum
#

i mean everyone on the government end knows about demonization

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so it might be like, a wink-wink-nudge injoke about whats going to happen to a human exile

mild falcon
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I love oralech's design, he's been demon so long he got another set of horns, that's probably the coolest thing ever, on paper

onyx forum
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oh very much yeah

wide river
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if anyone's curious as to the full text of the sentencing ceremony

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Mercy is the beating heart of our glorious society. Mercy, even for the foulest traitors. As weeds take root in even the most splendid gardens, so too is no society immune to treachery. Though treachery - like weeds - can be weeded out. Expelled.
And so, to those who bear ill will, we swear this oath: All are welcome here, save for demons such as you. We shall not descend to your level. That which poisoned your souls shall not take root in ours. You are beneath contempt.
As mercy guides our hand, we spare your lives, but rid ourselves of you. Begone! To distant lands beneath our own, more suited to your kind. There, may you live out your days in penitence. May you assume the terrible, misshapen forms befitting your thoughts and deeds. May you finally see yourselves for what you are.
heavy hill
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wowo where'd you find that

wide river
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it's magic

scarlet kettle
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sparrow knows all

boreal wave
#

Demon does make more sense in that

mild falcon
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The term demon for people with horns comes from this speech, then

onyx forum
#

this speech is so.........much
like it shakes me to read it/hear it every time.

mild falcon
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Anyone done art for bird woman with horns yet? Or are they immune?

onyx forum
#

i think its only humans but demonized other races would be ultra cool

wide river
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from word of geg doc: It's implied it only seems to happen to humans (i.e. nomads and savages) for some reason. Though they have shorter life expectancies than harps, so who knows.

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personally i've always loved the idea of other races being changed by the downside, but just not to the same degree as humans

mild falcon
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Like deluge's eye condition

wide river
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curs growing big ol saber fangs, thicker/coarser fur, big claws...... harps swapping the featherwings for batwings and Big Talons...... saps resembling gnarled, dead trees with twisty branches and losing all their foliage

paper musk
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isn't it mentioned somewhere that rukey's fangs were longer? or did I read that somewhere as an idea 🤔

wide river
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doesn't ring a bell

paper musk
#

fanfic then

scarlet kettle
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i wanna draw some cur/harp/esc demons even if they dont exist

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horned doggo pls!!!

onyx forum
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oooo do it!!

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giant curs closer to wolves than dogs...

scarlet kettle
rich sequoia
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Jomuer mentions something like that in the book. My coat is not as lustrous now. My fangs are long Though he doesn't specify if it's some kind of demonification process or not, it's on the Downside diseases part, who knows.

paper musk
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THANK

rich sequoia
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No problem squirtyay

gloomy steeple
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It dosen't seem like anything happens to bog-crones, because udmilthe has been in the downside for 52 years and looks the same as any old bog-crone.

mild falcon
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we dont get much glimpse of crone, actually

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big visual difference between udy and berty

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iirc

gloomy steeple
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that's true

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the only other bog-crone it shows is wearing a hood

mild falcon
#

bertrude and udmilde both have horns, although they might be made of magic

gloomy steeple
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what about milithe, does it ever show her without a mask?

mild falcon
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they dont really show the scribes i think

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or maybe thats what her face is like

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i think the masks are based off of scribe faces, so that really is her face

gloomy steeple
#

ah

onyx forum
#

honestly? i love her look

thick carbon
#

Mood

mild falcon
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crone is 2nd coolest pyre class, because it's not clear what makes a crone a crone besides like, big cloak and ugly face

gloomy steeple
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they're frogs

mild falcon
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they eat frog

gloomy steeple
#

they do?

thick carbon
#

cronch

mild falcon
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new headcanon, crones are just french, thats what french people are like

gloomy steeple
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bertrude says refers to her younger self as a "tad" at one point, that's where I was getting frog from

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also crones are somehow related to wyrms

mild falcon
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are they?

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both live near/in water

onyx forum
#

i dont remember if "crones are old wyrms" is canon or not but i love it dearly

gloomy steeple
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yeah if you liberate sir gilman and have bertrude she'll talk about it

mild falcon
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wyrms are old crones

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they get over their emo phase

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and shed their human skin (and cloak)

gloomy steeple
#

I think by related bertrude meant the species are related

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like they evolved from a common ancestor or something like that

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like harps and humans maybe?

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wait do crones have human skin?

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it's green isn't it?

mild falcon
#

bertrude looks like she has wood skin

gloomy steeple
#

she loved Volfred so much she turned into a tree

mild falcon
#

udmildhe has vaguely purple skin, but could just be dramatic lighting

swift mango
#

Crones are wyrms whaaaat??? This is fascinating if its true! 😮 😮 😮

gloomy steeple
#

wyrms don't grow up into crones (like windbags in bastion), they're related like harps and humans are.

swift mango
#

So cool!!!!!

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I LOVE how all the creatures in Bastion are related like that, different stages, it's really brilliant!! 😍 😍 😍 squirtyay

gloomy steeple
#

yeah I didn't realize that for the longest time

south whale
#

Ugh, my True Nightwings run is going so poorly that I might have to replay it immediately once I'm done just to make it up to all my friends

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I let both Udmildhe and Manley get liberated (plus Tamitha and Barker, who aren't quite as bad). And poor Rukey has missed his chance I think 4 times now

gloomy steeple
#

Barker dosen't even want to go back

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so sad

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for both Rukey and Barker

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but mostly Rukey

south whale
#

yeah exactly

boreal wave
#

I’ve never liberated Barker. Wonder what he does

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I’m hoping for Barkjustice now

thick carbon
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He just gets up pees on something and is instantly banished again

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(just kidding idk)

mild falcon
#

just saw the pyre vinyl art and am tempted to make a brutal legend mod where the player character is tariq

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i swear tariq was described as being frail and maybe slender, so this buff arm sharp chin tariq is giving me life

lunar flame
#

a photo-realistic Falcon Ron

mild falcon
#

In brutal legend, the shopkeeper is ozzy Osborne, so that's an interesting reskin

heavy hill
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I'm attempting to play pyre on true nightwings mode with all limiters and liberating everyone (except the ones I can't because of limited rites), so far I've been annihilated by both the Accusers and the Fate and have been verbally abused by AJ

onyx forum
#

omg

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good luck hffjfjbb

swift mango
#

Oooooo Tberton that sounds awful!!!! I always feel SO GUILTY after repeated failed attempts...poor Rukey...and now both Manley AND Udmildhe are free??! Oh noo!!!!

open fulcrum
#

(Did someone just say that liberating the incompetent dolt Manley is worse than liberating Tamitha?)

wet kiln
#

In two days

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it's the boy's bday

wet kiln
#

👄 🥚 a.k.a. 🐐

lime mural
#

That cover is so objectively beautiful celeste tariq

onyx forum
#

smash that like if u love volfred 👏 ☝ 🌳 im replaying and hit "what if...freedom means nothing at all" and his gentle "thats really sad" before he said his piece made me genuinely tear up

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freedom to live without fear.....freedom to love volfredpride volfredpride volfredpride 😭 😭 😭

mild falcon
#

freedom to... play sports in purgatory

#

:barker:

onyx forum
#

hfhfjfnfjvnv

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the second time he asks you if youre sure u want to stay......trying to be gentler this time and like "i dont want u to leave tho"........... i love my tree dad even if hes mean sometimes 😭 😭 💗 🌳 volfredpride

sacred lark
#

he doesn't mean to be, he's just..... very focused..... sometimes.....

scarlet kettle
edgy kraken
#

My true calling in life was to make those noises

arctic fjord
#

why does this vaguely sound like the Angry Birds level end sound

onyx forum
#

angry inps

mild falcon
#

that's the secret way that they get the messenger imp across the downside threshold

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giant slingshot

thick carbon
#

Aj rides the slingshot into work every morning too

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Perfectly shaped for it

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(It’s multipurpose)

mild falcon
#

aj doesn't know the messenger imp(s?) uses the slingshot, and sometimes wonders why there's a bunch of feathers scattered near the slingshot

onyx forum
#

rumor has it.....theyre his feathers

thick carbon
#

rumor is out- does aj is imp???????

heavy hill
#

brighton, or brimpton?

gloomy steeple
#

So here's a question (related to what's happening in the fan-works tab). The book of rites implies that there are other slugmarkets, but how come you only ever see ron?

onyx forum
#

-nurse joy situation
-ron killed them all and runs around impersonating them
-ron is the nightwing's personal merchant, other triums have their own

wide river
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ron and rukey know each other

onyx forum
#

(shrek voice) ronkey........

wide river
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i always figured it was just like, "hey we know ron has good stuff let's shop with him"

gloomy steeple
#

I always thought it because he's the one whose there

wide river
#

i always thought it might be because the rite've been gone so long the slugmarkets kind of stopped or set down roots or whatever

onyx forum
#

i REALLY love the idea that ron has normal stuff too and ppl are buying like, fabric and food and medicine n then some travelers roll up like "can i get an uhhhhhhhhhhhh necklace"

wide river
#

hfgdgjfghd absolutely

onyx forum
#

"youre gonna spend so much on that?" "gotta go fast dude"

paper musk
#

gotta go fast dude
why did I immediately picture volfred saying that and then the scribes sending down sunglasses to land on his face

wide river
#

gotta go fast, my kin

onyx forum
#

YES

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i too go fast my kin.....forbidden though the speed may be

scarlet kettle
#

hey ron can i have some uhhhhh magic dust

barren topaz
#

good, Volfred's base speed is ridiculous slow, he needs the boost

gloomy steeple
#

It's the slowest of all the nightwings

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which is why I almost never use him to plunge into the pyre

onyx forum
#

GOD YEAH STARDUST
UR AN EXILE OUT THERE BUYING NESSESITIES TO SURVIVE N THIS DUDE NEXT TO U IS LIKE. WHATS HE GETTING, HIGHLIGHTER???? CONFECTIONERS SUGAR???????

scarlet kettle
#

is that a HEART???

onyx forum
#

"where are you GOING" "uhhh you know.....pit of milithe" "WHAT???"

scarlet kettle
#

do normal exiles even know about the rites?

#

do they all strive to be in a triumvirate? or do they go to rites as like sporting events??

onyx forum
#

i dont think so bc theyre tryin to keep it secret

#

so imagining the rumors is fun

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"are they........is it a sports club? a book club? WHATS going on" "my cousin's gf's brother said he had a friend in the dissidents but idk what they do besides party"

scarlet kettle
#

i mean the dissidents just party, to be fair

barren topaz
#

something about running around in dresses under the moon? Isn't that how Hedwyn described it?

onyx forum
#

hfnfkgkgkgn "oh a dress up thing"

#

the imps all kno whats up and other exiles buy the tiny rites merch but they have NO clue what it is

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just that imps make adorable little hats w stained glass patterns and want ur money

scarlet kettle
#

i still think it would be funny if exiles supported triumvirates like sports teams

wide river
#

“You last long enough in the Downside, you start to hear a lot of crazy things.” “One of the crazy things I heard one day is that there's a group of exiles out there fighting one another for their freedom... under the stars, while wearing masks and dresses.” “Everyone I was with just laughed. But something about the story stuck with me and I started to do some digging.”

#

you can't bring up "i don't quite remember this part of the game text" while i'm around and not have me go find the relevant piece lmao

barren topaz
#

I totally did just look it up on the text storage server, I just didn't follow up with the direct quote

onyx forum
#

i need ritesrumors fic sooo bad omg

#

mb ill flex my writing muscle later....havent written in months

barren topaz
#

I think the only thing funnier than treating the rites like sports teams is treating it like pro wrestling. Some people will be gossiping about something that went down at the tempers match last night, then some guy will be like, you know it's all fake right?

scarlet kettle
#

lmao

#

but it’s not fake this time

barren topaz
#

that's what makes it funny

onyx forum
#

AAAAAA HFHGHGHGHCVV

#

"RITES ARE ALL FAKED"

barren topaz
#

they don't even get burned when they jump in the fire it must be fake

scarlet kettle
#

“but i heard this one guy got liberated last we-“
“FAKE, THEY GOT PAID TO GIVE US HOPE”

onyx forum
#

big hc i have is that erisa believed they kill liberated exiles and was ultra prepared to go up fists swinging

#

"have you SEEN a liberated exile???"

scarlet kettle
#

lmao

#

“no, erisa, THAT’S THE POINT”

onyx forum
#

"you cant tell me they exist if you havent seen one"
(a few months later)
brighton: HEY NIGHTWINGS IM UR VOICE JUST WANNA SAY......HAHA ERISA

wide river
#

"haha sucks to be you doesn't it 😎 "

open fulcrum
#

Then Oralech gets pushed off a mountain at the first opportunity.

onyx forum
#

somewhere i hav a comic draft of her taking brighton aside before a rite like "do NOT say u can read when u get back up they will MURDER U" and him like....lol ya ya

#

hfbcncnfh

#

u can pry "erisa and brighton were like siblings by the time brighton got libbed" out of my gnarled demonized hands tbh

#

"now theres a dude whos too weak to hurt me ever....nice,"

radiant spoke
#

Getting that achieve for 200 pyre health with volfred was a bit of a pain.

#

Don't you mean... KAMIC

#

In fact I still dont have the achievement for 200 pyre health with volfred, because dunking with him is p a i n.

onyx forum
#

level up his blink

#

2 step dunk

radiant spoke
#

I try dis.

onyx forum
#

ur outta luck then hfmfnvn

wide river
#

level up his blink, get his talisman, also i'm pretty sure practice rites w/ the beyonders still count for pyre damage achievements?

mild falcon
#

I do love the idea that there's normal stores with regular people around, but rukey insists they go to smelly ron

gloomy steeple
#

one my favorite moments in pyre is when you go to the slugmarket in the Glade of Lu, and Ron's like hey Volfred.

valid latch
#

wow, devs are active in this channel?

potent mason
#

I still gotta complete my true nightwing run

#

those titan stars get

#

REALLY painful

sharp willow
#

The Practice matches don't count towards the achievements, but the Sandra's challenge match does, so you bank quite a few there if you can beat it!

I level up blink too. That's the way to go!

dusk current
#

Pro strats with Morgan

wide river
#

getting his talisman and upgrading it really does help, if you're struggling to get the distance

mild falcon
#

Aw man, scribe talismans are way op

wide river
#

+100% distance on blink is very nice

mild falcon
#

Y all ever upgraded tizos before? Infinite flight

wide river
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man, i got ti'zo's talisman and immediately after found enough stardust on a random event to get it maxed

mild falcon
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Birdgirls can't even fly forever

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Oh but the feather talisman is alright too

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Deal extra dmg, and don't get banished

young folio
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i did the last rite with all stars using ti’zo and his op talisman

mild falcon
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I couldn't get into jodariels, but that's mostly because she just sat in the back to defend

young folio
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just zip around and get everyone to chase you and eventually you can dunk the orb, rinse and repeat

mild falcon
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I have no idea how to play jody the way she's intended to be played

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I mean, I got the talisman, I just couldn't figure out what made it good

atomic zenith
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failbag I never finished my play through and im wondering if i should just reset

wide river
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i love hedwyn's talisman, because i got real good at powercasting with him

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never could nail the timing on anyone else's cast, for some reason??

scarlet kettle
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i wasnt able to get his talisman cause i libbed him too early GWmythicalFeelsSadMan

mild falcon
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You libbed him first? Even after he told you not to?

young folio
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same... he went first

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i got it later, though, in my evil run where i lost every rite

scarlet kettle
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he deserved to go first

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alma how could you

mild falcon
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Nah, I tossed ae first. She just seemed like a worse hedwyn, but apparently she gets good later?

wide river
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i libbed him second-to-last bc i loved him too much to lib him any sooner ;3;

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oh, mae gets REAL good if you level her up

frank obsidian
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i always kept hedwyn to the second to last rite bc he was so damn reliable
i always release jodi first even when i want to use her more. i always feel obligated to

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ae is INCREDIBLE

scarlet kettle
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i held onto rukey and pam for as long as possible cause they were the only ones i was good at

mild falcon
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I tried hedwyns tali in versus, it's real good

obtuse cloud
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I freed hedwyn first on my first two runs

scarlet kettle
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i never libbed ae cause i wanted her to be with her smol boyfriend

wide river
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her final right-side mastery is infinite stamina so long as she has the orb

frank obsidian
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it’s absolutely insane

scarlet kettle
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thats so broken lol

mild falcon
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Honestly my lineup was always jodi, tizo, and whoever I was trying to level up at the time

scarlet kettle
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i always used pam

wide river
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combine that with her first left-side mastery, which removes the delay on jumping or sprinting (and you'd already have her first right-side master which does the same for her casting)......

scarlet kettle
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cause the ezpz dunks

obtuse cloud
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ti'zo's amazing

frank obsidian
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i’ve never liked using jodi but that’s just because i’ve never been a fan of playing slow heavy characters in Anything

scarlet kettle
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im not good at tizo

wide river
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oh yeah and her taunt-jump

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i always ended up playing jodi in defense tbh

mild falcon
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Tizo is super busted 247 as long as you don't blow him up accidentally

frank obsidian
#

my real ace though? gilman

young folio
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splat it was rlly hard because i was attached to the characters after my initial playthroughs but... it was also. pretty fun

spark moon
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Same I never liked usin Jodi for scoring but defense she is amazing

young folio
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gilman mains are braver than any knights

mild falcon
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Gilman is fun to play but hard to get good at

obtuse cloud
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never got the hang of Gilman

young folio
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i just can’t use him correctly at all :(

wide river
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i once gave gilman a fully-upgraded quickness talisman

frank obsidian
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my most broken setup was always ae, rukey and gilman
they don’t score as many points but they’re all so fast that it doesn’t matter and no one can even touch you

tranquil compass
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I always played tizo & pam, and then added in a third depending on who I wanted in

wide river
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pro tip: don't do that

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he's an absolute nightmare to control at that point

dusk current
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Love a Gilman build. I play a lot of games for mobility, and my favorite team was Zhae Rukey Gilman 🎉

frank obsidian
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that’s true

spark moon
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I love using Ti'zo because I love him Jodi because I love her and Gilman because I love him also

frank obsidian
#

i also loved playing bertrude once i got her

tranquil compass
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that's the problem I just loved them all

wide river
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bertrude's shotgun cast is Great

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though i never really bothered using her talisman on her

sharp willow
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Bertrude is one of my faves

onyx forum
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bertrude is Powerful i love her

sharp willow
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Playing VS and turning your friend's team into imps

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is the best

wide river
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god i wish i could do that

onyx forum
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omg i never tried that

frank obsidian
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my favourite character to use is ae but only once you get that infinite stamina
she’s fun otherwise but once you have that she’s... broken, basically
second is gilman because if you give him the right talisman he can be SO FAST
the issue is being able to control him lmao

wide river
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buuuuut i have no rl friends that're into pyre :c

spark moon
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Bertie became a favorite after the talk that she has with Hedwyn where she's sleeeping but she looks dead

sharp willow
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By friends I meant Darren

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at work

frank obsidian
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LMAO

sharp willow
#

only

tranquil compass
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hahaha

dusk current
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I always specifically loved Ae's jump cycle.

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Just how it looks, even.

frank obsidian
#

her little flip

tranquil compass
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I just love her

frank obsidian
#

hey funny story my first time playing through pyre i completely forgot about the jump button and played through the entire game jumpless

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it was Very Hard i don’t recommend it ever to anyone

tranquil compass
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wow yeah yikes I think I would have lost every rite

spark moon
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Challenge Mode

mild falcon
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How'd you beat essense???

frank obsidian
#

the real true nightwings mode

mild falcon
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Real nightboys don't jump

sleek onyx
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NIGHTBOYS

winged rose
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confession: i havent beaten pyre

frank obsidian
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uhhhhhh i think my first time against them was super easy but i almost lost the liberation rite against them when i fought them again. it was so tough

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NDNBSN

wide river
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oh god, i hate facing the essence for liberation

tranquil compass
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I was sick when it released so I sat in my room and played it for 11 hours straight until I beat it and then cried, so I think I got the True Pyre Experience (tm)

sleek onyx
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I hate facing barker in a liberation

copper saffron
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If you don't cry at the end of that game then u didn't play it right

frank obsidian
#

oh i LOVE facing barker. mostly so i can listen to the incredible music
and he was my first and only loss my first time through the game

young folio
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i threw the match against the essence so technically i didn’t struggle too much

lime mural
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I smashed all my ennemies

young folio
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but also i played on easy

sleek onyx
#

every supergiant game has made me cry during the credits

tranquil compass
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me too

frank obsidian
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oh big same

tranquil compass
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and sometimes before the credits, because y'know, can't have too much crying

young folio
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in all my runs except for the true nightwings one, and that one was my designated “lose everything” one

frank obsidian
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i always start on normal and switch to easy if i stop having fun
because iiiiim baaad at video gaaames

lime mural
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Though pyre can have a great ending

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If you compare it to bastio and transistor

wide river
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pssst

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.....why's she not jumping >:C

strange idol
#

She's jumping for me!

tranquil compass
#

ahh so cute

sleek onyx
#

she

dusk current
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A flip babe!!! She jumps at the link, don't worry. 😄

winged rose
#

discord's weird about gifs

wide river
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i was just gonna upload direct to discord but then i decided not to

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there we go now she's jumping on my screen.

frank obsidian
#

She!!

wide river
#

personally, one of my favourite animations is the idle for demons

scarlet kettle
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ah i love that

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do all the exiles have the book with them or just demons...?

wide river
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all of them!

sleek onyx
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I love hedwyn’s little animation when he jumps into the pyre

wide river
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it's required

raven spear
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but... they can't read

scarlet kettle
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lol i never really noticed

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shhhh

wide river
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doesn't matter, still need the book

scarlet kettle
#

they can look at the pretty pictures

wide river
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it's what allows the aura to be cast and allows the reader to conduct them

river sedge
#

just wondering, what instruments were made to make the soundtrack path of glory?

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is it lute + mandolin?

wide river
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· Exiles shall conduct the Rites bearing this Book, of which there are but forty copies, each bound in astral hide.
· Exiles bearing the raiments and this Book reveal their hidden inner Aura, in the color of their flame.
· Exiles may cast their Aura through sheer force of focus on this Book.

lime mural
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Pyre irl would be violent

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Ppl throwing encyclopedias at each other

sleek onyx
#

lots of crisp corpses

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OH YOU MEANT THE BOOKS

lime mural
#

Yup

frank obsidian
#

HSJSGSJGHS

young folio
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lmao just throwing the books instead of casting

wide river
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i don't know what instruments path to glory uses but i do know that the accusers aren't cool enough for it

young folio
#

you get banished because you’re knocked out

frank obsidian
#

true

wide river
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oh my god where's that edit i made once

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hang on i need to go look for it...

raven spear
#

if there are only 40, that means very few people have their own. there's 11 teams, each needing 3 to conduct a rite, so there's only 7 leftover that somebody can own and not hand over when it's needed for a rite

frank obsidian
#

isn’t there like a whole stack of extra books in the nightwings blackwagon

river sedge
#

come on it suits Lendel pretty well

misty musk
#

maybe each member of the nightwings have their own personal ones

frank obsidian
#

yeah i mean, they’re the nightwings. that makes sense

raven spear
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there are 10 members in the nightwings eventually, so that actually fits perfectly; but leaves the reader without a personal copy 😦

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maybe volfred gave his up to give to the reader and doesn't ask it back when he returns to the rites

wide river
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i can't find it ;A;

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oh. it's bc i never made an actual edit

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"orbs for banishing someone: any of them if you throw them hard enough"

scarlet kettle
#

lolol

lime mural
#

I've been thinking, ppl at conventions could do that with fake books in moss

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Dunno if that's the right word in english

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Foam ?

wide river
#

foam!

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moss grows on trees ;P

lime mural
#

With a handball ball and lil baskets

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Ty

raven spear
#

it would be like exclusively long-distance LARPing

mystic notch
#

@river sedge @wide river On Path To Glory I used a harp doubling a dulcimer 😃

loud fractal
#

Omg it’s u

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Wow

wide river
#

pretty! :O

loud fractal
#

When Sandra told me to leave her alone and go away I did

thick carbon
#

orb wife needs space

oblique wren
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@mystic notch I guess if we’re talking instruments, did you use a real harpsichord for Grand Ceremony?

wet kiln
#

(did the Q&A already start? 😅 )

wide river
#

no

raven spear
#

darn now i'm listening to path to glory and i want to play pyre but i have to hand in a paper by Monday

onyx forum
#

volfred would want u to write ur paper

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do it for him

loud fractal
#

Well yea but Volfred was exiled because he read and wrote

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So he might not encourage that kind of criminal behavior

oblique frost
#

if you don't hand your paper, you'll be exiled and can play Pyre for eternity 😃

hearty cypress
#

Write the paper in the cover of the night

raven spear
#

sounds like a win-win situation for me xD

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volfred is my meristem mate ❤

loud fractal
#

Dang i got so many ppl typing

lime mural
#

@brisk whale Was so in character with those Imp voice overs! tizomg

loud fractal
#

Hrrrr

onyx forum
#

would you say he was, imp character?

loud fractal
#

😐

fierce cliff
#

No no you need to say he was...

onyx forum
#

as greg kasavinp?

fierce cliff
#

Imp-ressive

wide river
young pendant
#

you're at risk of being banned for these

#

you are

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Imperiled

fierce cliff
#

Imp-ossible.

true yew
gloomy steeple
#

this is worse than the ron puns in the fan works section

lime mural
#

Are you sure about that?

grand frost
#

That sounds like a challenge

paper musk
#

it is imperative that I tell you you're wrong @gloomy steeple ajfingerguns

gloomy steeple
#

Okay, you're right. just looked back at them and rem-imp-ered how bad they were

lime mural
#

Imp-erative

paper musk
#

yes

wet kiln
#

Is it a coincidence that the Q&A will be happening on Oralech's birthday? 😀

rich sequoia
lime mural
#

GOOD QUESTION...

young folio
#

LMAO

patent dagger
#

LMAOO

scarlet kettle
#

both

patent dagger
#

Even tho I don't remember that?

scarlet kettle
#

i dont remember it either lmao

rich sequoia
#

I never got that event either. The love letter yes, but not in a ball of beetle 💩

scarlet kettle
#

what was the love letter for

rich sequoia
#

Do you want to know?

patent dagger
#

Yas

young pendant
#

it was mine, decreeing my undying love for sandra, a beautiful girl

rich sequoia
#

I mean it's just a sellable

scarlet kettle
#

was it my letter to falcon ron

patent dagger
#

Sandra 💙

#

Speaking of Sandra

rich sequoia
#

it was for Lendel

young pendant
#

Q&A Question: Sandra dating sim when

patent dagger
#

I have a print of a fanart

onyx forum
#

it was from lendel, for lendel

patent dagger
#

And it's gorgeous

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A small Red too

leaden flax
#

i want to hug Sandra

hearty cypress
#

I think Manley would be the one most likely to write a love letter to himself

patent dagger
#

It's not sending tho D:

leaden flax
#

it was a missed oppurtunity not letting us set Manley on fire

young pendant
#

full pyre dating sim when

#

pyre friendship simulator

patent dagger
#

Ahhh yeah my discord doesn't want to send stuff lmao

hearty cypress
#

I admit I hated Manley, but somehow he grew on me

young pendant
#

Chahut Maenad is just evil clown jodariel and nothing you say can change that

onyx forum
#

you can only post pics in fanworks

hearty cypress
#

Probably due to a Fanfic I read once

patent dagger
#

Ohh right!

#

I didn't notice I changed channel lmao

#

My bad

leaden flax
#

also should have given us a punch-out fistfight with Voice McWhatsHisName

rich sequoia
#

I dodged the rules by using imgur... 😟

lime mural
#

hacks

hearty cypress
#

I was really sad I couldn't reply to that Archjustice

patent dagger
#

#fan-works and here it is

gloomy steeple
#

I just was playing versus with no titan stars, and it gave me the 6 titan star achievment for some reason

leaden flax
#

Pyre and Transistor are like
the two gmaes ive 100% completed on my own with no guides or anything

young pendant
#

is that a kol avatar i spy

#

with my special eyes

leaden flax
#

True Nightwing is probably the achievement im most proud of

#

Kol?

young pendant
#

kingdom of loathing

#

a webgame w/ stick figures and some impeccable comedy writing

#

one of my Big Comedy Inspirations tbh

#

and writing inspirations in general

leaden flax
#

ah nice

young folio
#

i 100%ed pyre almost without guides

gloomy steeple
#

yes

#

it is

young pendant
#

they also released a spinoff game on steam last year that's super fun

young folio
#

there werent really any guides when i played it, sooo

#

i think i made the first one on steam lol

gloomy steeple
#

West of Loathing, I've played that too

#

the file name for this picture is "rightswordguy.png"

young folio
#

but i looked up the description of one secret achievement so

gloomy steeple
#

home field advantage

#

?

young folio
#

the achievement?

gloomy steeple
#

yeah is that the one you had to look up?

young folio
#

mhm the imp one

gloomy steeple
#

I see

#

I can't figure out how to get that one

young folio
#

oh

#

do you need help

gloomy steeple
#

nah

#

I can look it up if I need to

young folio
#

👍

#

its the kind of thing that makes you go "oh, why didnt i think of that" lol

gloomy steeple
#

right now I'm trying to get dames of the downside

young pendant
#

you have to eat every imp in the downside

#

hromf

gloomy steeple
#

I think I figured out who you have to use but I'm not sure

leaden flax
#

hormgb

young folio
#

hitch whats your guess?

gloomy steeple
#

nope haven't figured it out

#

I tried pamitha bertrude and fae

#

gonna try sandra instead of fae now

leaden flax
#

you arent close at all

young folio
#

youre uhhhh kinda close

wide river
#

i mean, somewhat

young folio
#

getting there

#

yeah

gloomy steeple
#

sandra udmilthe and tamitha?

leaden flax
#

the map is also important for this one

gloomy steeple
#

hmmmm...

wide river
#

no it isn't? i got it on a random map

leaden flax
#

is it Home Field Heroes?

gloomy steeple
#

no I'm doing dames of the downside right now

leaden flax
#

oH

#

i missed that

gloomy steeple
#

I'm guessing home-field heroes you need to do Isle of khaylmer

leaden flax
#

i thought it was Home Field Heroes

#

mb

#

yeah

#

im blind

patent dagger
#

I played Pyre once yet

#

And all the achievements I have left are mostly versus mode

#

Still missing some campaign mode like mercy shown, fear not the flame and true nightwing

#

But I still have 5 more that weren't unlocked x.x

leaden flax
#

True Nightwing was a pain in the ass

#

hell i didnt even beat Oralech in the last trial

patent dagger
#

Oh dang

leaden flax
#

like
it starts you out forcing you to use 3 titan stars
and it increases that amount every time you compete in a Final Rite

#

so by the time you get to the last fight with Oralech

#

you have like

#

8 Titan Stars

gloomy steeple
#

that sounds insane

leaden flax
#

it is

#

and like i said
i didnt even beat him

gloomy steeple
#

I started playing true nightwing and then I was like this is too hard

leaden flax
#

okay but heres something to keep in mind

#

you can get the achievement by just

#

losing every fight

#

it doesnt care if the story ends in a victory

#

as long as you just

gloomy steeple
#

yeah

leaden flax
#

get to the end of the story in that mode

gloomy steeple
#

I was planning on doing that later

leaden flax
#

i think i did win a majority of my rites tho

#

lemme check

gloomy steeple
#

just got dames of the downsife

#

*downside

#

now I will attempt to get the home-filed heroes

patent dagger
#

I only used the titan starts when I unlocked all of them

#

To complete the achievements

leaden flax
#

and tbf

patent dagger
#

Not sure how many they are now tho

leaden flax
#

i blame my failure to beat Oralech on who i had left to work with

gloomy steeple
#

12 titan stars in total

leaden flax
#

i had Volfred, Gilman, and Bertrude left

#

so it wasnt exactly an optimal team

patent dagger
#

Oh dang D:

#

Yeah

#

I never used Volfred

#

I just