# What if Massacre Princess was real? Let's Play Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage Until It Breaks or I Do

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**Created:** [May 13, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/what-if-massacre-princess-was-real-lets-play-aidyn-chronicles-the-first-mage-until-it-breaks-or-i-do/4419 "2026-05-13T13:54:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Timrod](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/timrod/32/85274_2.png) [@Timrod](https://www.lp.zone/u/Timrod)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/what-if-massacre-princess-was-real-lets-play-aidyn-chronicles-the-first-mage-until-it-breaks-or-i-do/4419/12 "2026-06-12T17:05:08Z")

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![Update 6](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/4/040b4caa2f107a1cb9d2d763c14ece8ae68329f7.png)

> **Summary**
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 09-58-30-242](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/c/cca636aa140d516b33dde5560a27ee9c4a0de66a.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The road to Terminor is pretty long, though we’ve done most of it before - you go to Darkling Bog and take a right before you actually enter it. On the way, we have a cutscene with Abrecan I’m going to summarize.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-29-35-907](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/6/864ec61abdc54a8b1d22fcf56a140d30c37f778f.jpeg)
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> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “You know about her?”
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “I know she was beautiful.”
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> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “She was. I remember her from my childhood. That’s where all Phelan’s troubles began.”
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “Over Bodecia?”
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> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “Not over her, but surrounding her. When she died, there were a lot of bad feelings. Things were said.. the Terminor royals have nothing but suspicion where we’re concerned.”
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Bodecia is Sheridan’s mother and Phelan’s wife, who died mysteriously years before the start of the game. She was queen of Terminor and now Terminor hates Gwernia for it.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-31-32-501](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/7/a74b0a715e95cca668d17859d1e04f8188849e76.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Terminor’s gates are behind a group of trolls who can wipe the party if they get lucky, as well as a group of spirit wolves. I dodged both.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-31-59-763](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/5/1560575fb758e3b9275f329830356bb780be25c5.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This is one of the only places where the time of day matters. Terminor is mostly empty houses that are purely for show.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-03 12-41-45-364](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/f/ff3a141fefda2d235d52b43fb46942ad9e9fa2df.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): If you take a right from the entrance, there’s a whole second screen of buildings. This is where I want to start off.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-03 12-41-55-373](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/8/e85e3f9949b19e0e2427b0e1187262589fa889d0.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The second area has this building, which is only open at night. With fast forward on, this only takes a few minutes.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-03 12-44-41-490](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/d/8d2d5f3a58a1181922fc9abf2e0e721121fad5ec.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-03 12-44-48-998](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/4/94f711a58fc1de4861010c6b1eee3c14248f23c3.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The merchant in here sells magic weapons. Dart of Distance isn’t a bad item if you have Godric in your party or you’re building Brenna as a thrower.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-03 12-44-57-932](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/a/ead13fc45743e3da8e2f772a4ea3c5e60dcbc4a6.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): What we’re really interested in are Helms of Defense. The next dungeon has some really heavy physical hitters.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-03 12-45-34-694](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/6/4615bb472da8956569043f592def60d4c92d9a64.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Directly across from that is the alchemy shop, which is only open during the day. We’re going to need to grind some cash because we’re going to spend it all shortly.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-31-59-763](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/5/1560575fb758e3b9275f329830356bb780be25c5.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): First, I"m going to talk to the innkeeper. The reason is that if you don’t, there’s a chance he disappears from the game.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-32-15-873](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/7/47fe991905ffdf0b56fcb96586683af5c08d2038.jpeg)
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> ![NewSheet](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ee00d5884b5066c8dee96f5ad0470a6d3d56d6e.png): What’s wrong with his face? He looks like if Pennywise got plastic surgery and they injected him with a lethal dose of botox afterward.
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> ![Neutral](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/7/072f3f6924ef2b8542c96355c10cfe283dc515e7.png): He looks like he’s wearing a mask made of human skin.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-32-18-730](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/7/e7b20325b7235004fd76bb7c0c98746e5d6b793c.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): We need to pick the second option, then the third. The game has some really, really bad flag work here that dictates whether or not Tamberlain opens a shop with items we want.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): There’s a cutscene that happens as soon as we go into the inn that is well over 100 textboxes long. Most of it is pointless bullshit. I’ll give you the highlights.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-32-42-753](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/8/d8bb5ac6c980f242f30e40a6391a0794890fcb60.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): A lady who looks exactly like the one from Alaron’s dream (but who I don’t think is intended to be the same person) runs into the inn crying for help.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-32-53-534](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/4/84eb8378c70d5c94d3d378574e3b9744fc611225.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Tamberlain is creepy.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-32-55-615](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/8/6887cb5d69be3fb518e8895042435931bb28d389.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-33-04-159](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/5/d51d5e6e80ef580d392e733045fe99ffa8039eaf.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-33-05-647](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/9/092cf69f76a0edd3fd2f885ea5d87f5d0ba7f982.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-33-10-248](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/e/7e95b830769abe1a2cea7049e430ac93b49bb0dc.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): She mentions seeing a wizard leading an army of monsters, and somehow Alaron knows it’s Shamsuk despite barely even knowing who Shamsuk is.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This tells us that Shamsuk was also the one who attacked Oriana right after we left Gwernia the first time.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): I asked Ryan if the game ever tells you who Shamsuk is because I know he had Rheda when he got to this part, and nope, it doesn’t.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-33-36-960](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/6/46ca91c510618ee912e9cae7bc2f8b13e9c4f18f.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The woman then dies, but not before a new asshole shows up. This part I’m not going to summarize because it contains a bunch of plot points.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-33-44-354](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/4/94ac4f2f2cad635831fa1a9f52bb295af85c997b.jpeg)
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “Niesen!”
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> ![Niesen](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/4116caf3b6a2b793e8e6314aee461ea6c7a0d4b4.png): “Happy to see me?”
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “What are you doing in Terminor?”
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): [What are _you_ doing in Terminor](https://youtu.be/Jy1eTI6T_O4?t=74)? I wish I could find a cleaner clip of that, it’s the only episode of that show that was any good.
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> ![Niesen](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/4116caf3b6a2b793e8e6314aee461ea6c7a0d4b4.png): “I think that’s obvious…”
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-33-51-437](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/41bad43ea631fdbe8a0db6a030a6f43352367532.jpeg)
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “There was one just now…”
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> ![Niesen](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/4116caf3b6a2b793e8e6314aee461ea6c7a0d4b4.png): “You spoke to her?”
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “She described the Minions. She couldn’t name the wizard.”
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> ![Niesen](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/4116caf3b6a2b793e8e6314aee461ea6c7a0d4b4.png): “But you know who she meant, don’t you?”
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “Were you there?”
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> ![Niesen](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/4116caf3b6a2b793e8e6314aee461ea6c7a0d4b4.png): “Almost to the end. Remember? I was visiting my father. My mother. Our friends.”
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “I’m sorry, Niesen. Were they all lost?”
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> ![Niesen](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/4116caf3b6a2b793e8e6314aee461ea6c7a0d4b4.png): “Every one of them. Whoosh.. up in smoke.”
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “How did you escape?”
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> ![Niesen](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/4116caf3b6a2b793e8e6314aee461ea6c7a0d4b4.png): “A premonition, feeling…”
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-34-07-516](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/2/02011a756538e53121fc433bdbf9ac37ccfa17cd.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The game isn’t going to explain this at any point outside of the manual, but Niesen was cursed by Shamsuk at some point to slowly turn into a zombie.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Why Shamsuk did this is never explained, but I bet it’s because it’s the wizard equivalent of cramming Niesen into a locker.
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “Thinking about getting even?”
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> ![Niesen](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/4116caf3b6a2b793e8e6314aee461ea6c7a0d4b4.png): “I have had some thoughts.”
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> ![NewSheet](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ee00d5884b5066c8dee96f5ad0470a6d3d56d6e.png): I don’t think anyone involved with this game had thoughts at any point.
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> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “Just a minute, friends… I know what you’re thinking, but I warn you.”
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): How does Abrecan know I’m thinking of LPing something better than this?
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-34-31-477](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/1/513e0833975e9958ac5e0da19fee96539a562a5b.jpeg)
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “Against the wizard?”
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> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “Alaron, you’re joking. His power destroyed an entire city.”
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> ![Niesen](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/4116caf3b6a2b793e8e6314aee461ea6c7a0d4b4.png): “I’m going after him.”
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> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “You’ll fail.”
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> ![Niesen](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/4116caf3b6a2b793e8e6314aee461ea6c7a0d4b4.png): “Win or lose, I’ll have my revenge.”
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> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “That’s the wrong reason.”
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> ![Niesen](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/4116caf3b6a2b793e8e6314aee461ea6c7a0d4b4.png): “But it’s the right idea. Don’t you think so, squire?”
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-34-41-435](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bad1595428be0caa4711476330def2979d392d9.jpeg)
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> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “What tower?”
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-34-44-113](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/6/c63b462f9409fa0b5fc915d1bfdce4db3046931d.png)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-34-52-740](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/5/054806137829dad221129bd24a4f3a4d52a6a8b0.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): I’ll cut this off here because the rest of the conversation is kinda pointless. We’re going to go into a swamp and kill Shamsuk. Have another reaction image, though.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-35-04-201](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/d/ddd2693807788af033740fdc7e32e348b0cc81cb.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-35-41-644](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/c/7cbb4bb5a38bdebfbbae2af7e620509261d8822c.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-02 10-35-44-980](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/c/9c37431b05cc00ae6e241f54bd75ae280792c928.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The gist of it is that we need Niesen to get the party into the tower, and that means replacing someone (Abrecan) with him. This is a half-truth.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Niesen sucks. He has one very bad damage spell, he can’t use melee weapons apart from his staff, can’t learn anything, and is generally this game’s Rabu.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Fortunately, the developers added a failsafe - as long as Niesen has been in the party at some point, you can get into Shamsuk’s tower even if he’s dead before you ever get there. That’s exactly what we’re going to do.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-03 12-49-25-291](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/7/f74f99a22ea23b0bdcfcd6c110b4178c60388ea4.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Tamberlain’s shop is open now, so let’s get stuff before it glitches out and disappears.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-03 12-49-33-379](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/b/3bd9794f504515b2ba48b162cf60181ccdefd926.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): I replace the party’s Boots of Adamant with Boots of Speed. These offer one less protection, but give 3 dexterity and have a passive haste effect, which boosts turn order but also how far each character can move per turn.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): I also clarified (via speedrun documentation) that stats do in fact scale beyond 30.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-03 12-49-38-105](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/e/bebba371634ed97916080d2ddeefecca048cdf3c.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): He also sells these rings, which are incredibly expensive. Ideally we want two per character unless you’re using a caster for some reason.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-03 12-50-48-611](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/2/b2710b3711ec9d11a14f900eeef6a53e3570026f.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The rings boost HP by 5 each and are the only ring we can buy. Once you clear Shamsuk’s tower, Tamberlain’s shop closes assuming he doesn’t glitch out earlier than that.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The reason we want them is because the rings passively restore HP as time passes. In practice, this means we’ll go into almost every fight fully healed without using potions or camping.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 18-23-42-144](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/2/92b03caf421533a14f21af20d5708f5e75665d05.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): As soon as we leave, the game forces us to drop Abrecan for Niesen. I could drop Becan as well, but there are two reasons I won’t. The first is that Becan tends to glitch out if he’s dropped from the party and disappears from the game entirely.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The second is that if you do successfully drop him and he doesn’t glitch out, he’ll be all the way back at the inn in Erromon. With Abrecan, we merely need to backtrack to Talewok.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 18-23-58-849](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/6/b647da30050b368cd015cb23c83d06840c1d784b.png)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 18-23-51-772](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/5/b566b6219e7638835a4384ec2e1ffc820a4bcc07.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Niesen sucks. He is a joke of a character. He starts with 20 dexterity and an armor with a 2-point dexterity penalty on it. His staff can’t be unequipped.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 10-38-59-163](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/d/7dd974136a043f9294ab6f2c2501983d90c4776d.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): His only damage spell is Fireball, which he has at rank 8. I’d like to remind you that Fireball hits everything in its radius, regardless of what side they’re on.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 10-39-09-728](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/6/a643c9abd0534df26073c11a0085e8b9d8efe8c2.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This fight has unrealistic conditions, because I intentionally skipped everyone’s turn until we got to Niesen. In a real fight, Fireball is worse than useless because it means we can’t send the rest of the party in.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 18-25-54-183](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/3/c32adaae50f0de35764a0e5eb5b73c1c69a05258.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): I find a group of Chaos Warriors near Terminor and have Niesen blow himself up. This nearly takes out Becan in the process.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 18-33-20-555](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/7/2715726bdc61bd393d8a34e10afa6ee94ab0dd3e.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): On the way back to Talewok, there’s this ramp near the bridge separating Darkling Bog from the road to Terminor.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 18-35-31-244](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/7/670043474cd9edcdff3b1c798a8b982c454d8854.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Going down the ramp brings us to a river.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 18-35-44-157](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/1/e1d9a23486d281f2950813fd2e69581027398433.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The river has a couple of difficult fights in it. This one introduces Lizard Men, who are effectively upgraded goblins.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 18-36-54-628](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/3/733ef8949f0b7a24980d522d4dc79632e8c73a43.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): They come in two varieties: regular Lizard Men and Lizard Man Sergeants.
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> ![Talking](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/3/53017e1a9856c0105d78bba69b728eeb67809c9f.png): What about the lizard women, like the ones that have those cool frills?
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 18-39-08-434](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/0/7083e64107f59bfb371e7f728d46cd26c149cb62.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): After killing them and a group of four trolls, we get to this box.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 18-39-19-609](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/a/7ad49047a01b929ec97eccdefa5c35a3bcfee386.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This brings us to a full 8 Rings of Healing, enough that everyone will have two.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 18-42-25-025](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/f/dfe334a6039b31a074f87a21080ae68671d6431b.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): One trip to Talewok later and we have Abrecan back. Unfortunately, I can’t dump him until after Shamsuk’s tower.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Now that we’ve rearranged the party, I need to go back to Terminor because Tamberlain has a sidequest we can do. It’s kind of pointless unless you have a caster, but I’m going to show it off because it explains something from earlier.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-14-52-180](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/6/a65378f77b62c3e1f750565be63e6feff7ef5cad.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): If we go back to Tamberlain, we get the option to have him tell us a story. We want that last one, and I’m going to summarize because Tamberlain is creepy.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-15-10-667](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/d/2d1f0b79e53552b010cd6aa88ea96b96b73faf73.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-15-16-658](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12639325ccf46bbaec17626c39341c9cd7043778.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Tamberlain tells us about Mago, a spellcaster who was also a Very Special Boy without a true name until he went insane and nearly blew up Terminor.
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> ![Talking](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/3/53017e1a9856c0105d78bba69b728eeb67809c9f.png): Wouldn’t that mean Alaron is the second mage?
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> ![NewSheet](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ee00d5884b5066c8dee96f5ad0470a6d3d56d6e.png): There’ve probably been hundreds.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-15-38-085](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/9/b99818c48dff6d1c71d147d0080a9f6058831ac1.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-16-12-977](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/f/9f448516c5f000a975bef395c0bbb81a964faa73.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-17-15-199](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/2/8255a5ce7aef840b5cf9d438ae1c5301db126734.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Mago’s house is up here, on the third screen of Terminor.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-17-27-871](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a024047ef62c62eaf5812dff8164548543c03350.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): If we pick the third dialog option with the woman standing guard outside, we can get in.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-17-51-800](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/0/d0d5f692ef3cd0e101337e9ad64049ad5e167d37.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-18-05-917](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/8/2855cd66e7e741c25670206f8a2becafd773013a.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-18-21-395](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/8/7880ee78a995b2fb5b6779247cc233dd4bd43ffc.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The first basement level has a trainer in it.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-18-33-182](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/a/daa4e5d3c0f22722536d5eef6296e2d120c64bf0.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Aura of Death is a garbage spell that does nothing. Stamina allows you to set your character’s HP to negative values. We don’t need any of this.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-18-57-683](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/8/381a25c702004258c42932e24d5c53c761929fa8.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-19-07-576](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/8/387c89b51e29b277ef5719eb84625481460dd314.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-19-16-929](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/3/33e0821e68e3dbc1bd7a7c0929fc5a07bc1e22bb.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): At the lowest level is Master Willem from Bloodborne, who we saw in Alaron’s vision earlier. He has nothing interesting to say.
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> ![NewSheet](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ee00d5884b5066c8dee96f5ad0470a6d3d56d6e.png): That’s his orgasm face.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-05 20-19-40-164](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/5/0545c5d733879c546e46291a5cb1b82f19e48737.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): He does, however, give us a pretty good idea of what Darkling Bog and Shamsuk’s tower will be like.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 10-48-48-850](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/6/56d0fa6c7a3d0acba5e2e33a4a070fece07953c3.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Back in Darkling Bog, we essentially just head east until we reach Shamsuk’s tower.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 10-51-57-709](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/1/119c16503ccd124aa4a89fb9b35c052f9489be54.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): We run into some new enemy types almost immediately. These are Zombies, while the big one is a Plague Zombie.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 10-52-27-957](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/2/52c1d8fcdb853e885a51118137a1a668137bb2d0.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Zombies are giant pools of HP with really high damage mitigation. They don’t hit nearly as hard as chaos enemies and aren’t much of a threat.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 11-00-22-495](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/5/d5a64511278f0dc21cf1d30fcb6c9a96e1d99343.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Finally, we hit Shamsuk’s tower. This is the point where everyone needs to have a magic weapon, but that won’t be a problem.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 11-00-30-576](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/c/6ced2a5976c9c11064fab9a701672157b019f653.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The tower has stone golems outside of it, which.. really aren’t any different from zombies.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 11-36-57-274](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/8/08443f9c738b2a168f3bc7ede0b8ecbafc1e8926.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): We can’t get in through the front door. Remember that part where Niesen said someone would have to scale a wall?
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 11-37-15-790](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/a/4a4b29b38363dcc9497c2babcd56f5ac7eab745e.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The way in is this nondescript section of wall on the right side.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 11-37-19-005](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/7/77308603b3d45fc5ba2edbeb2b655234243a01fc.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This puts us. somewhere. I’m not sure how this tower makes any sense.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 11-37-36-357](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/0/d05ebd136c8b6c4968214c943dbfe1394762f789.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): To the right is this bag, which has a key in it.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 12-59-04-506](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/3/53272da419b447d717e0a3bef8de25a47def3f3d.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): There’s a ring hidden in the corner of this little niche - you can’t see it as far as I know.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 13-01-24-744](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/7/b7c8b860f5e687ec6998502a2b5a97471832379e.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This ring is kind of pointless. By now, enemies have such a high chance to hit that unless you have a shield, protection is kind of meaningless.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 13-01-35-922](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/d/1dc58ffda3ddfb0952469150f95c33858f480e1d.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This ramp leads to the next room.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 13-02-46-056](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/3/83e33e0c4879507000416d1f299d860bbcef64e2.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): It’s a big C with two doors in it. It doesn’t matter which door we take.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 13-03-00-500](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/7/f7814f73ee0186e7a5f60f88b7207e9424d592fb.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This room is a trick. There’s a new enemy type we can fight.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 13-03-27-442](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/2/02728321eaa295907dbeaaba010e86214f220ef7.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Dust Devils are a non-threat that we wipe out quickly.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 13-04-15-900](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/9/39abc91f25ea5dc11843ac0c117ecd7a07a6bfef.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This door looks like the way out, but it isn’t.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 13-04-19-782](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/3/a3bcdc7cf9962f2601aaa1c53b8c5faaac84b957.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): If you look at the inner wall, there’s a spot where the textures are off. That’s the way forward.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 13-06-28-025](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/e/0ee98399913be73556da2e419513b534351337d3.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This room is the third layer of Shamsuk’s onion. This painting is actually a door. If you don’t have the key from the first room, it won’t open and there’s no message letting you know which key you need.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 13-06-51-907](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/8/f8002f1c4679e47eb7cb4fe9b9508a265e48db83.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): As soon as we go through, we get into a fight with six Hellhounds.
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> ![Callie](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/5/657cf56b9526b2a9b08ba33c65995a212ccde99e.png): Those aren’t hellhounds. Those are some kind of mutated, two-headed cerberus.
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> ![NewSheet](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ee00d5884b5066c8dee96f5ad0470a6d3d56d6e.png): Everyone knows hellhounds are bipedal and most of them live in polycules.
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> ![Talking](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/3/53017e1a9856c0105d78bba69b728eeb67809c9f.png): And their leader’s a sparklefur voiced by Kesha. I’m glad I’m not that sparkly.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 13-07-15-113](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/0/f00e9efb4339895fca8090e4f78a20ea45397d21.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This fight is either total bullshit or over in ten seconds depending on RNG. Even with 30 base dexterity and boots of speed, the hellhounds will sometimes get a chain of turns.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 13-07-52-422](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/b/bb81ec127bea5d13e53d7a255e8a0315122568de.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): They have an AOE fire spell that will quickly wipe the party if they do, hitting for 30 damage or so through the 25% reduction from chaos robes.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-32-41-053](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0b4a14153644fa4bd16deb4f62703b0eebd69ea6.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): In any case, once we get going we can kill them in a single hit from behind. My second attempt killed them without the enemies getting a turn.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-33-01-806](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/e/fe653d889ddd6692f82c9828dad2537e394676c5.png)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-33-11-663](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/7/f71300ece30157c11b7139ce615a6196c402b307.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): They drop hellhound hide, which you can turn into an armor of the same name. It resists 50% of fire damage, which will be useful for a boss later.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-33-33-719](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/f/1f9921399e127d6bb75683b46873daf9cfc31830.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Also in this room is a wight and three spirit wolves. The wight is a tank but isn’t noteworthy otherwise.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-35-39-928](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/b/6b40532ceae48b35b5b74b95284b59350b840eed.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The hellhound room has two paths, one going into the big fire pit and another that doesn’t. We want the one that doesn’t.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-35-44-265](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/d/9dc616adc87a2bea7516a6bf95fcd978ad093f2e.png)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-35-32-314](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/2/92b9c1faa9feef57aedac373ff615af9289d786d.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-36-00-093](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/d/1db7513f496aea5ff0fd69f7eb5d22f9e58169de.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This leads us to a small landing with no apparent way out. The door is hidden in the wall and you just kinda mash A until you find it.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-36-11-144](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/0/80dda6bb9bf8a7a4f1e01ce8bdf3c5d8b0dc20d5.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Going through the wall sends us to this room, which is a tiny square with a red mark on the wall. The mark is a hidden door.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-36-21-376](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/6/e63c008964f02485a8139ceaddf7d3361919552b.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The mark leads to another fight, this one against a Fire Elemental and two Salamanders. Fire Elementals are another “need magic weapon to damage them” enemy.
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> ![Talking](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/3/53017e1a9856c0105d78bba69b728eeb67809c9f.png): Those salamanders look like rats with bodypaint.
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> ![NewSheet](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ee00d5884b5066c8dee96f5ad0470a6d3d56d6e.png): They had to put all their processing power into making the game crash.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-36-55-894](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/5/65ca595f4c336b42ffcf51456803c7aab25966d9.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This fight drops a wand of the Crash the Game spell, just in case you needed one.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-42-49-297](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/a/2a5de26b42579aa28f4d1a2a7e7d175402eac958.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The door in the salamander room (which is a big circle) leads here. This hallway is how you leave the tower, but the door at the far end is locked.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-44-39-145](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/d/cdb612a41112b0048b40926f8477ec502ae6a54f.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): What we need to do is turn around from where we came in and take this door.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-44-52-590](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/d/dd0764c6fb0429c4a0ce699d3922958d40354500.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): That door leads to a maze with all of three enemy groups in it. The rats are a joke at this point.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-46-15-732](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0b90e94cfd20bc4238ccca47758c9ef8c129960b.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): We run into a group of Giant Skeletons and Skeleton Archers. They’re total pushovers.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-48-17-712](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/2/52748943482ddf13ea2b3dc345c0179a71be222b.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This minotaur is what we’re here to find, because it has the key we need to leave the tower.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-48-30-420](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/f/9f4da43f30e82324b358061a1be76f074313cee8.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This is a Minotaur King, which is slightly bigger than a regular Minotaur and has about twice the HP. It dies quickly.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-49-34-392](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/5/45f5a8c8bd8aae12e710dea135106cd874867ebf.png)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-49-39-874](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/a/dade46c66d417532f2a9dae712f09d7750f4f20f.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): You can also find another Wall of Bones scroll here if you need it and didn’t get the one outside Terminor for some reason.
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> ![NewSheet](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ee00d5884b5066c8dee96f5ad0470a6d3d56d6e.png): What polygon did those bones come from?
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> ![Neutral](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/2/920c330318eced6905b296393a14585378b1d11a.png): Looks like a pentagonal hexahedron.
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> ![NewSheet](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ee00d5884b5066c8dee96f5ad0470a6d3d56d6e.png): Why am I not surprised you know that off the top of your head?
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 18-50-04-165](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/104ab53c2ee4d619b85958ae8ac8b54ec0ec8eb8.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The smart thing to do would be to backtrack to the twisty hallway and leave. There are a few items here, but we don’t really care about any of them.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 20-10-07-958](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/1/b1b7a321ca52f9f81e9474e30fe22fabb801cd90.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Instead, we’ll keep pressing forward for no good reason.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 20-10-19-881](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/9/99856fffebd97be391f5d81f145e2d79bff454af.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This room looks just like that other one, and even the minimap makes it look like we’ve backtracked. It’s actually a different room altogether.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 20-12-07-920](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ef8e1ee711a076b4a7edc83a3358a7439121a24.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 20-12-10-315](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/4/646bee4dfa105fbf3f8999e4e4a7aeb5ea74f3dd.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): If we go upstairs, we find Shamsuk’s meth lab. The bookcase to Alaron’s left is a hidden door.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 20-12-32-814](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/2/e257f1076916861cdf5d0814c0a072d7685f51c6.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): There’s a hidden trapped chest here that needs thief 10 and mechanic 9 to open consistently. Is it worth it?
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-06 20-12-29-058](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/1/e18f7857c0695d480238f5000805d3750c37cb16.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Nope! Cheat Death is a pointless spell, and we’ve had access to it this entire time anyway. If you cast it on anyone but Alaron and they die, it brings them to 1 HP instead.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 00-30-34-639](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/c/bc48856fb693c868fed22cde02a9098427e746bb.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Going into that bookshelf I pointed out earlier brings us to the Brown Hallway. Now, I’d like to point out that I was recording this at 12:30 in the morning while on a call with Ryan. This will be important in a minute.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 00-43-44-602](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/9/f936101cfe65eb206396438451088dff2d336cd7.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): That door at the end of the hall is progress. Let’s go. Surely nothing bad awaits us.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 00-43-51-809](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/c/dcbe8bc2bd704900c9975fba92de24715b697feb.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): So far so good. It’s another white room, doesn’t look too bad. Let’s turn the camera a little so we can see, since this is the default camera angle.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 00-43-57-943](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/3/9360ad2ec894e29e4c295d4e125b51d10b6a0499.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Huh. What’s this ahead of us? Let’s take one step.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 00-44-04-352](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/3/03f0e8f5af2d7028ca7c95b2fc99aeaf810d8091.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): HOLY FUCK WHAT - oh, it’s the developers thinking they know how to use the camera again. The game actually locks your camera angle here for a few seconds any time you get too close and the whole thing feels cursed.
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> ![Talking](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/3/53017e1a9856c0105d78bba69b728eeb67809c9f.png): It’s a wizard jumpscare!
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> ![Neutral](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/2/920c330318eced6905b296393a14585378b1d11a.png): Damn wizards, lurking in the middle of circular rooms to jump out and scare people..
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 00-44-08-734](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/3/73544719c03697723718b94339c53c6e286a4ba2.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Right next to it is a chest. This has one of the only other items worth anything.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 00-33-14-304](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/6/46ce26ef1adc77ed8f263253e78e100c3c10c2ad.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Breklor’s Firestaff is kinda useless unless you need spell battery for some reason.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-39-13-491](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/a/ca4999ec73c632df6e7f143fd59bb00b3cd6688c.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): There are three doors in Wizard Jumpscare Hell. One is behind the statue, one is to the left, and one is kind of at the 10:00 position. Let’s take the door on the left.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-39-33-271](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/1/a128f1456bc0f62c178cb20393604ded5d8a4085.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): What are the chances the game jumpscares us again?
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> ![Talking](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/3/53017e1a9856c0105d78bba69b728eeb67809c9f.png): Close to 100%.
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> ![NewSheet](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ee00d5884b5066c8dee96f5ad0470a6d3d56d6e.png): I really need to consider doing this the next time I build a fortress.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-39-37-696](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/8/88593c167224391095a82c3a04e075c1e3ff571d.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): I dunno, I feel like it’s not as horrifying as the wizard statue. Anyway, the chest next to it has a completely useless item.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-39-45-995](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/9/b9b5ac562df5f46e2c4090dd9b7ae1f6c184d04c.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Diplomacy is a useless skill. I don’t know that it actually does anything at all except maybe give you dialog with NPCs where they hate Alaron a little less.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-43-13-294](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/3/2338969054cb87e5fb8d340c321ac73956bdc32f.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): If we go into the door behind the wizard statue, we instead get this room.
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> ![NewSheet](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ee00d5884b5066c8dee96f5ad0470a6d3d56d6e.png): A statue of Kali? In this godawful shithole? She’d be _pissed_.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-43-45-202](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/8/983feb6d7435ccc8c447595a2cad13cb5c64aca9.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This weird camo curtain in the corner is the door to the next area.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-46-29-767](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/1/811484dd007213bdb43c29e83f2a66e640b55ee3.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The way forward here is pretty clear, just take the ramp.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-48-28-568](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/c/fc41667e3b62f3df7e3b1948c63a3f80b624d0cf.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This leads us to Shamsuk’s secondary meth lab. I was talking about this with Ryan and he’s like “Yeah, you’d never know the entire reason the tower exists is for Shamsuk to make an army of zombies”.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-48-41-684](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/a/5ae646c4d51c1181b1fa037d14b8fb9a0e77fe19.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The corner has a secret door in it. This is the first time we ever get this dialog box - none of the other doors so far have done it.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-48-45-468](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/4/642a8c581e7190a6549116df30d568db6fd6a596.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-49-01-686](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/f/6f6c3c679f43cb297e833bbb76815dfc27a9b448.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Another new enemy is on the other side. Earth Elementals are big, slow, and die before they can take a turn.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-49-34-034](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/b/cbf797862ec594bce89d416193ce23d23686bbfa.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-49-35-953](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7bd133597d174bbeb680676336eff211df9abd95.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): We’re now in a room with a portrait of what appears to be a photoshopped Harriet Tubman on one side and Pointbeard, the Wizard Pirate on the other. Pointbeard’s portrait is a hidden door.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-49-53-257](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/5/25a2839065c98fca691fa2c858cb29b4d7d1091b.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): There’s a chest and a crate in this room with some pointless shit in it. The crate has a spell that lets you charm elementals and will probably never be used.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-50-31-519](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/6/2628c3ec703f3c7ecb61e47d193e385391e7c7e7.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Pointbeard’s portrait leads to yet another meth lab.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-52-10-011](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/1/21fdf07a8fb45b4b28def101d8128672833cdddc.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): A lot of this tower is the same room with different wall textures. Would you believe we’re just over halfway through at this point?
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-41-32-875](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/b/3b3a844e552ad191c682be0a516a46435a4a65f7.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Finally, we come to this room that looks like it’s trying to be someone’s grandpa’s living room. See the checkered carpet on the floor?
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 11-55-15-990](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/3/c32a35ee906468d41aaa3510ed263e3aba2a9a21.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): It’s hard to capture, but right in front of where Alaron is standing in that last shot is a hidden hole in the carpet that drops you about 8 rooms back if you fall in.
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> ![Neutral](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/7/072f3f6924ef2b8542c96355c10cfe283dc515e7.png): They were really padding for time here.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-42-32-872](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/c/dcae6c8e8183918dda22bea6c077022801e942e7.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): There’s a pretty linear path up to this room, which has two chests in it. One has the Haste spell in scroll form, and the other has a wand of the lifedrain spell.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-43-46-279](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/b/6b975a71daa17e465c0e2ebecb72a681b93987f6.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): We fight an obnoxious number of zombies, and then proceed into another photoshopped Harriet Tubman room.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-45-56-470](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/a/1a4a492341abf63585cb3949628c41e2540449fc.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): There are two hidden doors in this room. One is in the floor - it’s the square that’s darker than the rest. The other is to the right of the painting.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): I think something bugged out and the game forgot to give me a key, because both of those doors are locked. Instead, we’ll use that door at the far end.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-46-06-960](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/1/a1c5f7e4b89929bb99c976b3a247dd40baa586db.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-48-07-588](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a0f9ba0f44f29eaaa6c0068926c7c4abef99b0ab.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This comes out.. do you remember that room earlier that had two paths, and one was in a fire pit? That’s where it comes out, a few rooms before the exit.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-49-53-447](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/3/93abe7a880f431f49657152becbf5715c99e7ccf.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-50-00-992](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/1/91a02a9ecec7eb8306fee1288ae27f879810dc3a.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-51-52-714](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/f/dfaa6b0924ec4123fd0e92bb9e88979607da15e9.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): After a few more rooms identical to ones we’ve seen before, we wind up here at a room that I can best describe as the Bisexual Flag Chamber. Happy pride!
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> ![Talking](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/3/53017e1a9856c0105d78bba69b728eeb67809c9f.png): There’s a little bit too much green for it to be the bisexual flag, but I’ll take it.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-53-34-115](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/6/e67941ee4b590f9b056d3f6f2188d37510254b2f.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The Bisexual Chamber has a really stupid gimmick. Let me see if I can find the map from the Prima guide to explain.
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> ![image](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/f/7f5286a58c516307095877fe41ac2013659878eb.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Despite being bisexual colors, the room is actually closer in shape to the transgender symbol. There are three groups of enemies in here.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-54-16-634](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/3/2346bf0115a6beb0b8148cf7234a0d98d463ecd5.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The floor has numbers on it that are hard to make out due to texture compression. The numbers aren’t part of a puzzle or anything, they just show you where in the loop you are.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-54-45-505](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/3/336e04e183e20f43844112bd9e7ae9be2ac63a5e.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): There are four little hallways that lead to the inner ring, which you can only really find by mashing A near the walls until the screen transitions.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-56-08-799](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/f/eff5a46a382be610dc331ec4b51d32ffe362f48e.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): From here, we have to spam A on the inner wall of the inner ring to find another hidden passage.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-58-25-799](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/a/5a20001313dc8f1a1d6680e77df53289473dfc42.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-58-33-113](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/c/fc9b3d5c3cb7d2cf225a971368a580bc1a6ab2bc.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): We get in one last fight with a Wight and two Spirit Wolves. This is the last group we need.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 16-53-50-061](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/b/bbfe977e94b402f95f59dd0281db32f07b4047b7.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): We then need to head back to the “5” mark on the outer ring. See that wall to Alaron’s right that has the fucky texture on it?
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 17-00-43-762](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/f/cffc874df97b9c30ae5c8ef294c5adfd1cc8e9e2.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This texture is actually a door. The texture is there the whole time, but it doesn’t work as a door unless all the enemies are dead - it won’t even give you a “this door is locked” notification.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): I honestly have no idea how you’re supposed to figure this out short of mashing A everywhere until you make progress.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 17-00-46-797](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/4/14ce51bddb094bc8ed9174bf98911f2877b9ca55.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The rest of this dungeon is a straight line, so I’m not going to bother showing any of it.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 17-01-05-659](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/8/486eab60e40687a5b77fbdd25429789d854023e1.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Eventually, we reach two portals. We have finally reached the end of this godawful dungeon.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 17-01-09-278](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/b/9be604ee9b75615f50d3cf030399b21061e43352.jpeg)
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> ![Farris](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bf96874b43847f36caf498aec6e186aa2c2db50.png): “And fought Shamsuk with all his might.”
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “Hello again, Jester.”
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> ![Farris](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bf96874b43847f36caf498aec6e186aa2c2db50.png): “Such formality! I’m embarrassed. Please, good squire. Call me Farris.”
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “All right. You already know my name.”
> 
> ![Farris](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bf96874b43847f36caf498aec6e186aa2c2db50.png): “In truth your name is lost to me. That’s just the trouble, can’t you see? Or don’t you know who owns this tower? Who dreams this darkest dream of power?”
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> ![NewSheet](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ee00d5884b5066c8dee96f5ad0470a6d3d56d6e.png): Can we kill this guy yet?
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “The Necromancer.”
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> ![Farris](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bf96874b43847f36caf498aec6e186aa2c2db50.png): “Yes, you’re right. And who helped Shamsuk in his fight?”
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “I had a feeling it was you.”
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 17-01-31-402](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/1214f1b30fd065920d315a016e789fac7771d76d.jpeg)
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> ![Farris](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bf96874b43847f36caf498aec6e186aa2c2db50.png): “And no amount of reasoned thought could sway Shamsuk from whom he sought. So fearing did I hide behind the guise of readings, cards, and rhymes.”
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 17-01-39-620](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/f/ef92c69f35dff41d882a6d6387227967b5ca6bdb.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Farris gave himself a magic lobotomy. I’m going to skip ahead a couple of lines.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 17-01-58-112](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/3/13685041bda0f18df087b05087b20dac655a47a4.jpeg)
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “That’s Oriana!”
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> ![Farris](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bf96874b43847f36caf498aec6e186aa2c2db50.png): “Just the name he’s looking for.”
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “But she’s a healer.”
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> ![Farris](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bf96874b43847f36caf498aec6e186aa2c2db50.png): “No, she’s more.”
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 17-02-19-184](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/1/515ea10588a7771cf995be07464ea3f789d5689b.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): I was under the impression that the game would let us replace someone with Farris, but I was wrong. We don’t really need him anyway, given that at this point everyone’s stats are close to maxed.
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-07 17-02-39-630](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/d/9d5ff7b49ecd0f80e6d1da68edd0df030d3f8df5.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The portal dumps us out into the forest. It connects to the portal that we activated at the very start of the game.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-27-06-338](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/c/9c6ea98bdede900b7f09fdbe5a8a6238ca1b4a2a.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Farris is annoying, and Alaron zaps him with an anti-lobotomy spell to make him stop being a dipshit.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-27-17-206](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/0/80865135ec3649a20fdbac296047f285f7c3e157.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): That’s all I’m going to show of this cutscene, because we have a very lengthy one coming up that will re-tread the same ground.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-27-36-081](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/b/bbd85749677b2c21225d550da17c2380cf1b7f5a.jpeg)
> 
> ![Talking](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/3/53017e1a9856c0105d78bba69b728eeb67809c9f.png): What exactly do “chaos tracks” look like?
> 
> ![Neutral](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/2/920c330318eced6905b296393a14585378b1d11a.png): You know those police shows where they’re looking at a dirt path and it’s rained recently and there’s fifty different sets of footprints? Like that.
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> ![Becan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/d/5dffdc3166233b536bb1438b1b96be35d233ea6c.png): “Don’t look, lad.”
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “The house has been ransacked. Does anyone see her? Oriana?”
> 
> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “I’m sure she went off through the portal.”
> 
> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Yes, clearly she went through the portal that leads directly into the tower full of zombies.
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-27-42-406](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/b/3b0a526bd7f7f74d484ceb84aa80f79da7f008bb.jpeg)
> 
> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Becan looks so gormless every time the game zooms in on him.
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “It’s just as you said, Farris! You knew this would happen!”
> 
> ![Farris](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bf96874b43847f36caf498aec6e186aa2c2db50.png): “I only guessed…”
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “YOU KNEW!!!”
> 
> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “Calm down!”
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “She was no danger to him. Even helping me, she’s just a healer. Not even a witch. Where’s Shamsuk?!”
> 
> ![Becan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/d/5dffdc3166233b536bb1438b1b96be35d233ea6c.png): “Now listen, lad. Keep your head. She’s safe, I’m sure.”
> 
> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “She’s fine. When he came, she ran off to the woods. Why not go back and look?”
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-27-59-773](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/5/e51e821b08fe128d5686702f4fbfaccdb2c523f7.png)
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> ![NewSheet](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ee00d5884b5066c8dee96f5ad0470a6d3d56d6e.png): He sounds like my kids when they were five.
> 
> ![Neutral](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/7/072f3f6924ef2b8542c96355c10cfe283dc515e7.png): I still don’t understand how you were allowed to have kids.
> 
> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “Boy, you’ve been fighting for days. This destruction is neverending. We don’t know what’s happening or why it’s happening. This isn’t the time to challenge the necromancer.”
> 
> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This almost feels kind of like the writer was going for a Blood Omen thing where Alaron turns out to be another Kain. The timeline certainly matches up since Blood Omen released in 1996.
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “You don’t want to challenge him? I’ll challenge him!”
> 
> ![Becan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/d/5dffdc3166233b536bb1438b1b96be35d233ea6c.png): “If it’s a trap…”
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “Well, then I’m trapped. All right?”
> 
> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “Alaron.. you tried. You wanted to help.”
> 
> ![Becan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/d/5dffdc3166233b536bb1438b1b96be35d233ea6c.png): “Abrecan is right, lad. We tried our best. What more can you do?”
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “What more can I do? Do you really want to see what more I can do?”
> 
> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): I think I speak for all of us when I say no.
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-28-21-164](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/6/e6c6ce5d00c9a1f61219edbcd12d3af4f80e2941.png)
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> ![Abrecan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c255cb62a32b78795fbbb70511f36740c4aa27ae.png): “SQUIRE! COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!”
> 
> ![Becan](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/d/5dffdc3166233b536bb1438b1b96be35d233ea6c.png): “Well, that convinced him.”
> 
> ![Farris](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bf96874b43847f36caf498aec6e186aa2c2db50.png): “He’ll be killed, I"m sure of it.”
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-28-34-673](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/5/4521f119c96c0ba6506fc9b67af10082c651e1c2.jpeg)
> 
> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): I’d like to point out that in that last scene, Alaron was standing outside the door to Oriana’s house. He’s now standing behind the house. Shamsuk was close enough that he could probably hear Alaron the entire time.
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “Leave me alone, Farris.”
> 
> ![Farris](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bf96874b43847f36caf498aec6e186aa2c2db50.png): “Get out of here before he kills you.”
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “That’s never going to happen. So you can go back to wherever it is you’re supposed to be.”
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-28-52-601](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/6/2629e006383731523b4566f91dc6e7d6232549db.jpeg)
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> ![Farris](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bf96874b43847f36caf498aec6e186aa2c2db50.png): “Please don’t anger him.”
> 
> ![Shamsukdeeznuts](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/b/dbc27a7aef03b0fd7f4c979d473b3d2543d57855.png): “Finally! I was beginning to think I might not see you again. Alaron, isn’t it? Or so you would have us believe?”
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “Where’s Oriana?”
> 
> ![Shamsukdeeznuts](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/b/dbc27a7aef03b0fd7f4c979d473b3d2543d57855.png): “Patience, squire. You have no idea how gratifying it is to find you at last. I can’t say I approve of your companion there.”
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-29-08-628](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/4/44ee7f03301fbacf1256d75f77b37ace23074584.png)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-29-09-864](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/8/885dbb0d7e9ec2a81761031a03ed2256de41b91e.png)
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> ![NewSheet](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4ee00d5884b5066c8dee96f5ad0470a6d3d56d6e.png): I like this guy more than Abrecan. Can we keep him?
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “I want to see the healer.”
> 
> ![Shamsukdeeznuts](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/b/dbc27a7aef03b0fd7f4c979d473b3d2543d57855.png): “Maybe you will. After all, I can raise the dead. I hold the staff. I am the master of the Fourth School. And of the bogs. And the tower.”
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “Not the tower, Shamsuk. The tower is gone.”
> 
> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): The tower magically explodes once you leave it. There’s no cutscene or anything. I imagine it’s because the tower is the fantasy equivalent of Groverhaus and the load-bearing drywall finally gave in.
> 
> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Also, the writing in this part has degraded to the point where they’re not even using proper grammar anymore.
> 
> ![Shamsukdeeznuts](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/b/dbc27a7aef03b0fd7f4c979d473b3d2543d57855.png): “What?!”
> 
> ![Farris](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bf96874b43847f36caf498aec6e186aa2c2db50.png): “Great wizard, that’s a joke, and badly spoke! Forget it, o powerful one!”
> 
> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “No, listen…”
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-29-28-383](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/e/be35dca8da2d5d0bf189fb4dfe5c39f8cc4785df.png)
> 
> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Like this. This is.. you know what? Fuck it. This is Allanson writing.
> 
> ![Shamsukdeeznuts](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/b/dbc27a7aef03b0fd7f4c979d473b3d2543d57855.png): “Attacked?”
> 
> ![Confused](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/9/79ee063c0a83b67a7935eb9717c44b8be9237365.png): Metal Gear!?
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-29-46-128](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/2/b204c0320a9faf5a8bbdb127461941a2a35eef8c.png)
> 
> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): I’m skipping like six lines of dialog here where Shamsuk tells Farris to fuck off and casts a pain spell on him and Alaron reiterates that the tower is destroyed.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-30-02-544](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/a/ba67b18365f3755d219c22e52796529685c13502.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): This game keeps giving me reaction images I need to use on social media.
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “Dust.”
> 
> ![Shamsukdeeznuts](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/b/dbc27a7aef03b0fd7f4c979d473b3d2543d57855.png): “My monsters?”
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “Dead.”
> 
> ![Shamsukdeeznuts](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/b/dbc27a7aef03b0fd7f4c979d473b3d2543d57855.png): “What?”
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> ![Alaron](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3faaeae45b6049a70b92e76eac66613594ef6de.png): “All of them. Monsters, zombies, skeletons.. all I could find.”
> 
> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): I’m sure people are scrolling past this part, and I do not blame you. I’m going to summarize the rest.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-30-25-900](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/0/304d252242f70e9e4106538b9da05e55d8de1800.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Shamsuk was building an army of the dead to fuck up Rabisat and Pochangarat, because he saw the other wizards as idiots.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-30-48-146](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/a/0ae70e83143babb32afe361a075f545e56a161a3.png)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-30-56-382](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/ebf902df1d55174dbe41b9f53c818d4e6c339bc4.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): He then confirms that the entire reason chaos exists is because Alaron doesn’t have a name.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-31-04-022](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/c/6c588677eb6061412bd026a69fe8f16ca7dcd33b.png)
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> ![Talking](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/3/53017e1a9856c0105d78bba69b728eeb67809c9f.png): I mean, I imagine it’d be pretty chaotic if no one had a name.
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-32-05-018](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/f/dfe3bfd1776d4c2ca6ad5a78a0c5d361b1bff6da.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Shamsuk confirms that none of the other wizards can name Alaron, and with Cradawgh dead he’s the only option.
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-32-30-629](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/c/1c4697aa2ba6bc9906d5345e71028ac363c03a8f.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Oh, and Oriana was Alaron’s mother. I’ll spoil the obvious and say that Alaron is the bastard child of Phelan and Oriana.
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-32-40-280](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/4/e48b169fe0c583ecf570b73f7f0ad8f8cb63bb3b.jpeg)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-32-53-475](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/8/d8ecf7e472276385a188c266f771e4c0c68aebdb.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Shamsuk confirms he burned Oriana to death and then Alaron gets pissed and fights him.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-33-21-874](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/7/d7ee32c3adfc24fa731356369a114a6a7919abb5.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Shamsuk is effectively an upgraded chaos sorcerer, and comes with two Wraiths and a Giant Skeleton.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-34-09-625](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/5/e551cec45f1c07d0e9bf5ce584dd4055c20e0514.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): His strategy is to cast Haste on himself, Weakness on the party, and then casts a spell that can potentially crash the game.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-35-15-850](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/e/0eb5cbc55b953e503b640ce17b20a72c9bf82c1b.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): With backstabs, he’s dead in under three turns and never gets to crash the game.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-37-02-495](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/9/093e1aec9bca8c89794d877b3ca4f154e28ae1f7.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): By this point, we’ve maxed every useful stat on every character.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-36-53-091](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/7/b702ae1e0d2d57f189978ec532d798f8fe72f533.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Abrecan maxes out just as it’s time to replace him. We’ll do that next update when we head all the way back to Terminor.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-37-15-659](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/128806ce07702600891c7595296d3b7bd5cda794.png)
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-37-06-517](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/9/39b86901534dbdb712bf83c68fc61aa3b747a059.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Becan is almost maxed out for damage, leaving Shield as his one remaining skill to max. I’m not sure it’s worth raising Hafted to 10, given that no one in the party has missed an attack for a long time.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-37-18-011](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/1/d1aaae44b484f8d21d09fccb935b61fbdbbb04bc.png)
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-37-19-200](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/1/f101546e62f58cd9513f1d117187bfa46cf56275.png)
> 
> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Brenna is maxed on stats but still needs some skill levels. This is a result of her stats being trash when we first get her.
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-37-28-708](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/c/fc540e84fe1d23aee787aee6aa0b5d4cba0a0bd9.png)
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-37-24-151](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/a/1ab25a79f5aa4a2bb704e0bec7a8cab833c350db.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Alaron is more or less maxed out on everything but Shield.
> 
> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-38-30-027](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7bdc8e5f07f813c91b16cf588bf11c6e8b28db91.jpeg)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): When the fight ends, Farris is standing there with Shamsuk’s staff.
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> ![Farris](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/b/0bf96874b43847f36caf498aec6e186aa2c2db50.png): “I’ve been to a tower I saw in a dream.. and Alaron, Alaron, what did you do there?”
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> ![bandicam 2026-06-10 11-38-46-461](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/0/00d6140684691b20e43c8260a0c93e27885b986d.png)
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Farris then fucks off with Shamsuk’s staff. I think this was supposed to be some kind of sequel hook.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): You might have noticed the game hasn’t told us what to do from here. I did skip a lot of stuff, but I promise you the game never tells you.
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> ![NewMascotResized](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/0/10f188fd2252ae197fb21e9dd42ac3c5bf1e091b.png): Next time, we’ll head to the game’s final town and start Aidyn Chronicles’ endgame.

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