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Verlyrus
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Into the Light

Hey there, heroes!

This week, we see a return to the main story of Book 3! Last time, a massive Tytan emerged from the rift above Swordhaven, bringing with it a new sun in the sky. The factions have all agreed to set up a meeting to strategize for dealing with this threat, but will they be able to formulate a plan before it's too late?

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Head over to Book 3 Swordhaven to find out in this week's quest: Into the Light!

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There's also a few changes and bugfixes this week!

• Stuns and Immobility effects applied by guests have had their efficacy reduced.
  • Such stuns now have a (25 + player's CHA/20)% chance of working on applied turns, to a maximum of 50% at 500 CHA.
    
  • For example, if you have 100 CHA, and your guest applies a stun, and it is not resisted, the enemy will have a 30% chance to not act on its turn.
• A message has been added for when a target is not affected on that turn.
  
• Fixed issue where if you failed against Caitiff as your dragon, your name would not be returned to normal until a new session.
  
• The HHD Chapter 5 bear in Dye Another Day has been replaced to its more obvious location.

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And that's all for this week! Next week, look forward to Epoch updates, general fixes, and more Reimagined Book 3!

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Man. Has Jaania always had those bags underneath her eyes? The poor woman is clearly a nervous wreck. She's made so many mistakes, done so many terrible things, and there definitely needs to be some sort of comeuppance for the state she's plunged Lore into... but at the same time, what a tragic character she is. Sometimes I wish this was one of those games with, like, a social link system or relationship metrics. I'd max her out, for sure. Hah, I'm becoming one of those "but I can fix her!" people. Can you blame me? She's so well-written, really, the entire concept of the Rose is so well-written. So of course I picked the Rose. Logistically sound? Probably not. But that's where all my favorite NPCs are!

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The hero, Victoria, Jaania, and Melissa are all standing up in the highest tower of Swordhaven. We get a report from the portal team--apparently whoever opened the portal specifically made it hard to close again. It's "encrypted." The Golden Hand are having trouble closing it, also, because their retinue of knights can't stand the heat. The Swordhaven crew come up with a plan to stop the Tytan--it boils down to "work together, then throw the hero at our problem" again. Jaania mentions she might know how to protect the city. The problem of the Tytan possibly turning to stone arises. The Tytan fires a laser beam straight down into the tower, creating a very symbolic rift between all parties involved. There's a quick fight with some elementals, culminating in a boss of two "Waste Sentinels." (I think that name's wrong.) Everyone yells at an extremely jittery Jaania to get her rear in gear and cast. She resolves to do so, asking everyone for protection... and then another laser strikes the tower, ending the quest with a fade to black.

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Hopefully Jaania's "plan" involved somehow sacrificing her life to save everyone else.... Yeah, right. Like such an evil beast such as a member of The Rose would do something so noble, let alone its leader.

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Is it me, or does the coloration of Jaania's hand when preparing to cast hint at manaweaving? That also goes in line with her research into the ley lines...

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Confirmation at last! The Rifts DO lead to the Wastes! I didn't expect to get it from the names of two bosses, but I'll gladly take it! This really ties everything we've been learning about the Exalted Alliance and their war against the Elements together. The Plains and the Wastes are indeed one in the same! They just describe the same place at two different times. The weapon of Ehr'Ishin, the one at the peak of the Exaltia Tower, devastated the Plains. Only barren Wastes remained after the desolation.

I've been waiting a long time for this and it feels reeeaallly good to finally share my interpretation of all of this!

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changed "Planes" to "Plains" as that is how it's written in The Last Stand of Ehr'Ishin. Still not sure what the connection is between the two.

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I'm interested in seeing what spell Jaania was planning to cast. One thing that caught my attention was how she said that it'll take some effort to cast because "It's been a while". The first thing that came to mind was the ice crystal spell she used to trap the Hero along with Xan and Warlic back at the end of Book 2, but I can't really see how that would help us right now. Unless she uses it to freeze the sun inside the sun whale's mouth, but that will probably require help from our dragon.