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After Romania, one night in Rome.By FinalStand. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels.When our ancestor committed the first murder, was it rage, or fear that drove them to the deed?(Evening near the Metropole, Roma, Italia)"I think you've done well," Riki congratulated me as she terminated her phone call. Word had come down that her replacement was on the way. Our profile had been updated back at State and they clearly wanted to bring in the 'real professionals'. There also had been a miscommunication. I was far too stressed to be reasonable now.Some undeserving smuck was about to be at the receiving end of my wrath for no better reason than I was at my limit of accepting any further alterations to my life. In hindsight, I was being totally irrational. At that moment in time, I didn't care whose day I was ruining. Sometimes I can be a jerk and an idiot at the same time.The US State Department apparently thought I couldn't dictate who was, or wasn't, a member of 'Unit L', we now had our own designation within Javiera's expanding task-force. The government had a random name generator for this shit and we got the letter 'L'. Maybe that device didn't think we were going to last long enough to matter. Anyway, I took the phone and hit redial. Riki gave me an 'I'm puzzled' look."Who am I talking to?" I inquired."Ms, who are you?" he demanded, since my caller ID said Riki and, unless I used my high, squeaky voice, I obviously sounded like a guy."I'm Cáel Nyilas. Who is this?" I replied."I'm Bill A. Miller, Director of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service. What seems to be the problem, Mr. Nyilas?" He was rather uptight about the call-back."Since we are working together, why don't you call me Cáel?" I politely requested. "I'll call you Willy.""My name is Bill, but you can call me Director Miller," he corrected me. "The reason for your call is?""It is Willy, or Dick; your choice," I countered. "I don't call my boss 'Director' and I worship the ground she walks on. You are not even in her league. Also, I've had bad experiences with guys named Bill which are too painful to explain right now."That was true. One was friend taking a shower and leaving me alone with his mother. The other was early on in my career when I confused a girl named Bonnie with her real name 'Bill'. I was my own personal 'The Crying Game'. I didn't handle that episode well."Besides, I didn't call to discuss name-calling. I want to know how many agents work for you.""What does that have to do with anything?" he grumbled."You are quick with the questions while painfully bereft of answers," I snorted. "Don't make me Google this too.""Over two thousand," he stopped being a total ass. "Is there anything else I can tell you that Miss Martin should have been able to tell you?" Ooops, Back to being an ass."Riki's being physically restrained from taking her phone back by some of my educationally-challenged, illegal alien, unskilled labor force of questionable loyalty," I outrageously lied. It was an odious habit of mine that I'd cultivated vigorously over the past few weeks. "Two thousand humans, thanks. Is Riki's replacement a guy, or a girl? Wait, who cares? Just send their picture and I'll let you know where to send their replacement.""Are you threatening my people?" he simmered."No. That would make me an uncooperative and nefarious nuisance," I evaded. "Of course, when a person sticks their hand into a functioning garbage disposal, you don't blame the device. You blame the moron who stuck their hand in." From the perspective of our relationship, I was the garbage disposal."That definitely sounds like a threat," he responded. He was going to stick his hand in anyway."Your inability to comprehend the nuances possible with the English language is not why I called and not something I feel I can educate you about, given my current time constraints. Just have one of your insipid flunkies send me the picture. I need to purchase duct tape and an out-of-the-way storage space," I informed him."By the way, in the spirit of legal chicanery, could you tell me how long it will take for Riki Martin's name to come back up in the rotation? Let's figure 36 hours between each hot-shot leaving DC and their eventual inability to return phone calls," I wanted to make sure he knew I was taunting his pompous self. (Me being pompous and unhelpful didn't cross my mind at that moment.)"Let me make myself clear, Mr. Nyilas," he repeated. "Not only can you not dictate terms to the US government, you are not even the team's designated leader." I wasn't? Fuck him. I had tons of useless members of the Alphabet Mafia in front of my name, all loudly proclaiming my numerous accolades.Of everyone on the team, I had the most: NOHIO (Number One House Ishara Official), HCIESI-NDI, (Havenstone Commercial Investments Executive Services' Intern -- New Directive Initiative, I didn't make that one up, I swear), MEH (Magyarorszag es Erdely Hercege) and UHAUL (Unpaid Honcho Assigned to Unit L). I liked that last one, so that was how I was going to sign off on all my reports now."First off, I AM in charge, Willy. Without me, there is no Unit L. I quit, and then what? In case you missed it, I can't be drafted or threatened by you. If you think you can replace me, please do so right now and let me get back to my life -- you know, the thing that actually puts money in my pocket.Besides, I am not refusing to take anyone you see fit to put on MY team. I'm just not going to tell you where I'm going to take them to. I suspect they are adults and can find their way home, eventually, Willy.""Mr. Nyilas, you are an unbelievably fortunate amateur and novice intellectual in a situation that demands experience and professionalism. It is time for you to step back and let the people who know what they are doing take over. Just play your part and we'll make sure you get due credit for following orders and behaving," he unleashed his fair-smelling bile."I am following your orders; your procedures dictate that a member of the State Department will be on this team," I kept my calm. "As one of the people who actually has experience with this situation, I'm letting you know how things work in the field. Every person you send will be misplaced, thus you will have to send someone else. Alerting you to the need to stay on top of your job -- sending someone else -- sounds to me like common sense advice in this circumstance.""That is not going to happen, Nyilas. If something happens, " he got out."Willy, duct tape is plentiful and cheap. Kidnapping -- thus hostage keeping -- is virtually a religion in Southern Italy. And though I am already wired into the local criminal underground, I'm just not going to be able to help you, or them. I'll make up some implausible excuses as the need arises. So now you know the score. The next move is yours," I smiled."The next words out of your mouth had better be 'I'll behave', or the State Department will revoke your passport and have stern words with the Republic of Ireland over your diplomatic status," Willy warned me."I'll behave," I fibbed. Riki snatched the phone out of my hand."Sir -- Director Miller, I want you to know I had nothing to do with Mr. Nyilas' tirade," Riki apologized. "He stole my phone.""I did." and "oww!" I hollered in the background. "She ground her heel into my instep. the fiery little minx." I was propping up her excuse because I owed her for verbally taking a dump on her boss, the ass-heap back in Romania. Riki punched me."Ms. Martin, do we need to reconsider your employment, or can we rely on you to re-organize Unit L before Ms. McCauley (her replacement) arrives?" Willy lectured."Director Miller, ""Call him Big Willy," I whispered to her. "He loves that 'Big Willy' style."This time she hit me in the thigh. My ballistic vest had gotten in the way of her first hit, but she was a quick learner."How can you know a song from 1997, yet not know that Russia invaded Georgia in 2008?" Riki put her hand over the phone and hissed at me."Ah," Pamela teased. "Somebody is a Will Smith fan." Riki looked away.I wasn't sure what to make of the Will Smith -- Ricky Martin combo forming in my mind. Will was one of my manly icons. Hey, he was a stud, scored numerous hotties in his film career and married Jada Pinkett Smith. What's not to love? Growing up, I wanted to be like Will Smith. When/if I ever finished growing up, I wanted to be like George Clooney."Director Miller," Riki tried again. "He's lying. From my personal observations and with supporting personality profiles provided by other members of the task force, I can guarantee you that Mr. Nyilas is unreliable and untrustworthy. Sir, I've watched Romani males hide their wallets and their daughters when he walks by." Okay, wasn't that last bit a lie?"that last bit a lie?es hide their wallets and their daughters when he walks by. provided by other members However, unless she has been cross-trained as a waitress at a gang-affiliated nightclub, a day-care worker for the criminally insane, plus consistently wins at Texas hold 'em, she's going to be out of her element here.""No sir, but Mr. Nyilas likes me, I'm not sure why," she glared at me. I poked her in the boob to help clarify the matter. Riki slapped my hand. Virginia punched me in the shoulder. I decided to poke Virginia in her ballistic-covered breast, hoping she was jealous for the attention. I was wrong. They both hit me again.Had this been sexual harassment, they would have hated this job and despised me. Since this was me being my painfully childish self, well, I was still annoying, but also adorable. Put it this way: if a woman could not only pepper spray a man making cat-calls at her, and was even encouraged to do so, wouldn't that de-stress the situation?"Director Miller, I don't want to stay on this assignment, yet I'd be remiss if I didn't explain some of the numerous pitfalls of working with Unit L. Every one of them is comfortable being a walking arsenal. I'm on my way to have a ballistic vest tailored for me because I'm the only one in the unit without one. I have no doubt that any of them could kill me with their bare hands in less than 5 seconds if they so desired," she explained."You would think they would want a more effective combatant with them," Miller grew icy, suspecting duplicity on Riki's part -- moron. She looked at me over the phone."Sir, I think they like me because I know I don't belong in a firefight. They can count on me to cower behind cover while the bullets are flying. That allows the rest to kill unimpeded by having to keep an eye on me," she said.Pause."One of them did show me how to recognize and start various grenades. She said if I was ever the last one alive, it would give me 'options'."Pause."Ms. Martin, don't cancel your flight back to DC yet. I'm going to give Ms. Castello a call to see what her assessment of the situation is," Willy allowed. "Good-bye.""I can't believe I talked him into making me stay with you people," Riki moaned.Our little caravan was slowing to a stop outside the Metropole Hotel. It was Hana's choice for a Roman meeting location. A restaurant and a hotel room, all in one location. Rachel and Wiesława were ahead of us, checking things out. Hana had informed us that the Illuminati had two people watching her. This was going to be my last bit of time with Rachel for a while.(Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch, )Two new members of House Ishara were on their way to Rome. They'd be joined by two members of the House Guard of Andraste from Britain. The two Isharans were the first members of the House Guard of Ishara in over a thousand years. I didn't expect them to be the martial equals of Rachel, or Charlotte. Not yet. And anyway, that didn't matter. What mattered to me was that they'd volunteered for the task and Buffy felt they were the best we had.Another nomadic pack of House Hylonome Amazons had taken in the traumatized Zola. She had to stay in Romanian until the authorities finished up her part of the investigation. A mixed group from House Živa and Ishara (led by Helena) would handle security for Professor Loma, his family and the Lovasz sisters during their trip to New York.Aliz, his wife, was officially in House Ishara's custody. That was my best play at making sure she avoided summary justice for her 'betrayal' of House Hylonome. The whole group would be handed over to House Epona as soon as the Romanians cleared them for foreign travel. It helped my case that Aliz appreciated my warnings about the danger that both families were in from House Illuyankamunus.The occult nitpicking that allowed me to leverage this maneuver was accomplished by me doing yet another rarely done feat. In the name of Alkonyka Lovasz, House Ishara was sponsoring a new Amazon house. I could testify to the existence and matronage of the Goddess SzélAnya (without her permission), which was one of the stepping stones for acceptance.Vincent was going to stay in Germany for two days, then he was off to his home and daughters in Arlington Virginia, with a long convalescence and a rumored promotion. Mona and Tiger Lily were already on their way to New York as honor guard for Charlotte's body, courtesy of the US Air Force. The Amazons needed the USAF to do it because that was the only way we could get the Romanians to release her body.The Hylonome dead, they would be buried in a private plot after all the autopsies were done. I was absolutely sure the Hylonome would steal the bodies in due time and give them a 'proper' burial. Of the Mycenaeans, Red and one of his buddies still remained at large. Of Ajax's half-brother, Teucer, and the other previously wounded Greek warrior, there was no sign. Kwen and the other POWs remained in Romania to face a laundry list of charges. Her fate was unknown to me.My bodyguard was reduced, yet no one minded. The twin reasoning was that the Black Hand in Italy would provide some protection for me. The other was that I was in the birthplace of the Condottieri. Selena's sources strongly suspected that their HQ was close to Rome itself. I could have had more security by recruiting among the 'natives'.Various sources, some inside Italy, had suggested that the Carabinieri, Italy's military police force, had 'offered' to provide some protection. That was prompted by events surrounding my visits to Budapest  and  Mindszent, Hungary and the 'action' south of Miercurea Ciuc, Romania (no one wanted to call it a battle, even though the fight involved over 1000 Romanian Land Forces troops and half a squadron of the Romanian Air Force).My refusal of the offer caused a 'disruption'. This was a polite way of saying the Italians did not want me to enter their country. I wasn't being a jerk this time. Selena and Aunt Briana were both of the opinion that the Condo's recruited heavily from European military and paramilitary units -- particularly Western Europe. And that not all their 'new hires' had left active duty either.A peculiar circumstance then developed. The pretext for denying me entry was undercut by Hungary and Romania erasing me from their official investigation. I wasn't a threat (despite the burnt landscape and tombstones sprouting up in my wake.) Romania didn't want me to stay, Hungary decided they didn't want me back -- at the moment -- and the US/UK/Ireland were telling the Italians that I was a peach, or whatever implied that in diplomatic speech.There was a compromise finally reached by Riki and shadow forces that I couldn't put names to. I could come to Italy as long as my itinerary was relayed to Carabinieri. We could keep our side arms in holsters and our big guns as long as they weren't on our persons. I could go around without a Carabinieri bodyguard as long as I ignored them floating around me at a discreet distance. A liaison officer would meet me at the hotel to maintain the illusion that I was just a paranoid tourist.Delilah had to touch base with the British again, probably for the same reasons that the US wanted to replace Riki. While both Delilah and Chaz were military and seconded to MI-6, they weren't considered Intelligence Experts by the people at the helm. For that matter, they weren't even sure how Delilah had ended up at my side, killing multi-national terrorists in three separate countries inside of one month. That was very cinematic, not realistic. The idea of governments with shadow operatives 'sanctioning' people was not something that anyone in the 'know' wanted to talk about.Whether it was before the media, a US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, or a UK Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Select Committee this wasn't what these Department Heads wanted to discuss. Less anyone forget, my Congress and my President didn't, umm, get along.In my favor, I was an orphan from New Hampshire, both my US Senators were women and I'd worked on their campaigns or dated some of their volunteers. It might do me some good to call Dr. Kimberly Geisler at Bolingbrook to see what she could do politically. All that could wait.(Finishing Up)Selena Jovanović had the first of our two dark blue Alfa Romeo 159s, the one that disgorged Rachel and Wiesława. She, Saku and Odette would circle the block in case there was any trouble. Pamela had the driver's seat in my car. No one wanted me or Odette to drive because we didn't understand urban Italian street etiquette. It was Virginia, me and Riki in the backseat with Chaz up front with Pamela.Rachel gave the preliminary order to disembark. That meant the lobby was partially clear -- there were armed types about that seemed to be either Carabinieri, or understandable private security. Rome wasn't as dangerous as Mexico City (kidnap-wise), but events in London, Budapest and the Hungarian and Romanian countryside were putting people on edge. And those with enough money could buy some emotional comfort in the form of armed private contractors.Chaz took his H and K UMP-45, stock folded, out of the bag at his feet and secured it inside the right-side of his jacket. Three spare clips went inside a harness on his left. It was dreamlike as Virginia and I went through a similar, less heavily armed process. For FBI Girl, it was a 'carry-on' with flash-bang, concussion and smoke grenades, plus a few extra clips/mags for everyone.For me, it was a tomahawk, a second Gloc-22 and a bullet for everyone in the hotel, if that became necessary. As the car came to a stop in front of the main doors, I worked my way over Riki so that I would be the second person to exit the car. Chaz would be the first. Virginia got out on her side. Pamela would stay at the wheel -- Riki had an appointment with a tailor to keep.I felt it then, that sympathetic spiritual harmony I was one-third of. I looked up into the 'clear' Rome night. There she was, Bellatrix, the Amazon star in the Constellation of Orion. According to the Egyptian Rite, the Weave of Fate was nearly invisible by day, but by night, you could make out its strands in the motion of the stars. That was not something Alal had ever truly mastered. Still,I had a new phone since the charred remains of my old one were in some evidence locker in Budapest by now. That didn't mean I wanted to use it. I was getting squirrely about people I didn't want finding me, finding me. Chaz was in the lead, I was in the middle and Virginia covered my back. Rachel caught sight of us, gave a quick nod, and then she and Wiesława went for the elevators.Rachel would want to check out Hana's room before I got there -- if I got there. I called Odette."Hey Babe," Odette beamed excitement my way. She was in Rome and we had a guaranteed 24 hour layover. For a girl who thought her great adventure in life was going to end up being a high school trip to Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell, she was in Nirvana."Hey to you too, Odette. I need a favor," I began."Sure," she chirped."In five minutes from, right now make sure Sakuniyas comes to see me and Hana in the restaurant by herself," I requested. Odette hesitated, taking in her knowledge of 'Cáel-speak'."No problemo Jeffe," she answered. She knew I was in some undefined trouble. We both knew that her body language would convey that unease to Saku, which was what I needed. See, I had a plan. I tapped Chaz, slowing him and thus allowing Virginia to bunch up with us."Do either one of you remember the movie 

On the Road to Aya.Cael becomes the Amazon's Unorthodox Global DiplomatBy FinalStand. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels.For me, the diplomacy revolved around Delilah and Virginia, I had already fallen on my knees and begged Odette to let me go see Aya 'alone'. A few sexual-charged hours later, she agreed. That left four choices for the role of my two agents. They wanted to go 'as is'. Rachel informed them they would be murdered in-flight and their bodies tossed out over a convenient body of water.Rachel felt that the only reasonable course of action was for them to not come. That way the two could live a few more weeks. However, she would settle for stripping them down, doing a full body scan and then sealing them naked in airtight coffins (with a suitable amount of oxygen) for the journey. I suspected they might still slip out the baggage compartment somewhere between takeoff and landing.I cut through the clash of egos and made the final decision. Delilah and Virginia would be stripped and thoroughly examined. Initially I had the chore. Rachel was deeply suspicious of my true intentions. Freed of any electronic devices and with their weaponry in my keeping during the trip, they would be blindfolded as we made it to Aya without bloodshed.They applauded my wisdom by roundly refusing my decision. Pamela was of no help. Ten minutes into it, I informed them I was going alone, completely alone. They laughed, snorted and chuckled. Rachel reminded me that I didn't know where to go. I lied and told her that Katrina had given me the coordinates for the super-secret juvenile, all-feline [yes, I meant cats], survival training school.Fine, they would just keep me under constant surveillance. I responded by assuring them that despite my lack of spy-like abilities, I would escape and get to relive my Summer Camp experience with the only woman who respected my Demigod-like combat status. Their laughter hurt my feelings. Pamela stepped up and told the room they could either respect my compromise, or she would help me evade them.It was even more depressing to see the room full of women who had previously been mocking me suddenly 'snap to' and quickly agree to my earlier suggestions."It is okay," Pamela told me softly as the actual mechanics of my vacation were figured out by others. "I didn't want to play Bill Munny to your Ben Logan."Pamela's eyes flared brighter than any phoenix's rebirth. She'd stumped me."The Unforgiven, my Son," she patted my cheek. "It is a western made in 1992 starring Clint Eastwood, recast masterfully by 'Yours Truly' and, we need to work on you making a convincing Morgan Freeman.""Doesn't Freeman end up in a pinewood box in the first third of the movie?" Virginia mused."I didn't want to dishearten him," Pamela grinned. To me. "He ran off alone and got himself killed.""I was what, not even a year old when that movie came out," I responded with indignation."You've never heard of Block Busters, Netflix, Redbox, Dish, Hulu, or late night, Spanish language television?" Pamela snickered."I only watch Univision for their sports coverage," I countered."You mean for those sexy female sports announcers," Delilah chuckled. That earned her a 'well duh' look from all the other women."Before I consent to the strip search and inevitable follow-up anal probe, are we really going to be in a situation that requires us to fight this time?" Virginia asked."We should be perfectly safe," Rachel responded."Check, bring extra ammo," Virginia nodded."Good for you, Ms. Maddox," Pamela winked. "One day there is hope your life will have some meaning to me.""Great," Special Agent Maddox muttered, "now I have to think of what to get her for Christmas." We all laughed. Christmas was such a long way away.We packed up, rode to a private airfield near Doebridge, learned that SD was smarter than the rest of us, boarded our flight, and then finally entered US airspace from there. Around Ohio, a thought occurred to Maddox."If we were somehow forced to land and have the plane searched, how bad would it be?" she requested of Rachel."Bad enough that we have a better chance of fighting our way free than seeing freedom before dying in prison," Rachel answered calmly."Hmm, Rachel, if something like that happened, how many parachutes do we have?" Delilah joined in."Enough. Mona rides down with Cael because he's a virgin," Rachel stated."Oh! Come on Rachel," I fell down on my knees. "Can't I bungee jump it?""Luv," Delilah snorted. "If the drop didn't kill ya, the bounce back would snap you in two.""Cáel, we are at thirty thousand feet," Tiger Lily giggled. "You are more likely to end as a streamer than a pancake." An Amazon giggle, a most joyous noise."Rachel, I have been unkind," Virginia confessed. "Cáel is so personable and so dead set on getting himself killed. I had no idea your assignment was so herculean.""Acknowledged," Rachel said, "and we don't use 'that' word." Hercules was Greek too."We have it worse," Delilah patted Maddox on her shoulder. "We must obey some sort of legal code that doesn't allow us to preemptively save him.""We must too," Rachel gave a depressive sigh. "Her," she pointed at Pamela."Hey," Pamela pouted. "I'm more a force for vigilante justice than a team player. I ride alone.""Alone?" I took a quick headcount and added our Amazon pilot. "I count ten, Lone Phaser.""Am I included in that count?" Miyako yawned from under her blanket. "This jet lag is killing me.""Where did she come from?" Virginia hopped up."She was here when we boarded," I told her. "I searched her, I swear.""Yes he did," Miyako gave a sleepy, Hello Kitty smile. She'd 'searched' me too."I bet you did," Rachel glared at me, then Pamela, then me again since I was the titular boss.Thankfully we all 'bought a vowel', played a card in Clue, and shared an Inspector Clouseau moment. The gang settled down for a nap. Sleeping was not complicated. Rachel, as my bodyguard, slept beside me. The airplane's touchdown was so flawless I had to be shaken to alertness. Did I fall asleep? More on that later.It would have been better if Virginia hadn't figured out our pilot had violated numerous FAA regulations, like dropping below radar at one remote airport then sailing along for an unknown number of kilometers at nape of the Earth until we reached our final destination (This is great in date flicks, btw. It convinces the girl that we should 'live in the moment'/screw as much as possible.)We weren't there yet, of course. That level of un-convoluted thinking would have been an Amazon indicator of senility. Being a male Amazon, I was immune to such considerations, that meant I was always nuts in their regard, but they chose to humor me. Our plane had to park in a camouflaged hangar before we were allowed to disembark.I concluded we must be getting close to our desert gulag/re-education center as the sharp glare of sunlight was accompanied by an equally heartless glare of hostility rolling forth from our waiting all-terrain vehicle caravan. Thank goodness Rachel had the foresight to bring sunscreen for the passel of us. I swallowed the bitter realization I'd lost a $1000 bet concerning our landing zone with Virginia (a Temperate Rainforest) and Delilah (the American Southwest). In retrospect, betting on the site of 'Camp Rock' wasn't my smartest wager.The Brit made off with $2000 of our money and she wanted to be paid in Euros. That's €778 from me, you offspring of those who didn't have the courage to cross the Atlantic 100 years ago. Neither Virginia nor I really cared. With the level of violence about to escalate, it was all looking like 'funny' money to us. I didn't share my misery. Our Welcome Wagon ladies hardly looked sympathetic, or all that opposed to utilizing scalping as a valid debating tool.They didn't view this moment as just a bad thing, me showing up. My arrival was apocalyptic: #1, a man. #2, with a member of another secret society. #3, #2 was a professional assassin. #4 and #5, two more outsider women. #6, an unscheduled visit, as in 'the camp guardians hadn't been given six months to plan out all contingencies'. And you think your daycare takes its security seriously?"Cáel Ishara," the curt, mega-harsh bitch addressed me in English. As the other seven women dismounted from the four Jeep Wranglers (Delilah enlightened us), it was obvious they were well armed and armored, right and ready to provide some extra-curricular para-military fun. "Welcome," and 'oh please tear out one or two of my fingernails you Ginormous Pain in my ass' she greeted the exalted me. We spoke in Hittite;"I am”, then I used a phrase which I hoped meant 'I had shed blood in battle with sister Aya'. "No other name means more to me right now." Ah, the lovely jerk that full-blooded Amazons gave the first time they heard a male speak their tongue. The slot machine of her intellect kicked into high gear. No arm grasp was coming my way. I almost forgot."The outsiders are to remain armed as guests of House Ishara." That command was crucial. When/if I got my way with my first request, I was going to be rendered 'one of the girls'."If that is your wish. (Evil grin) Grab your bags and make it snappy," the woman ordered. "I don't like any extended activity at this airfield.""Ladies, let's hurry up and get our bags," Pamela barked in English. "You too, you hairless ape." That would be me, if there was any question. The Super-friendly camp counselors, with their slung FN P90's, didn't lift a finger to help us. Miyako flounced around without a care in the world. Pamela, eh, there were only eight of them. Three of my SD group were cautious while the pilot was already effecting her refueling and departure.Rachel shot one of the guardians a look I perceived to be friendly. A double-take elucidated things. She was Rachel's younger sister and had already been updated on my bona fides. Then in Hittite;"Male, you are agreeable to the eye," Rachel's sister fired off. Three whole seconds."Why thank you. I run faster than you would think, thankfully heal even faster and have the venerated outdoor skills of Bigfoot," I smiled.The seven other ladies weren't sure what to make of that jocularity."A very, very young Bigfoot," Rachel corrected."There is nothing wrong with the size of his feet," Tiger Lily added to the fun. And then all the homicidal fanatics chuckled.Pamela's whispered translation brought a subdued, yet similar reaction from the non-Amazon contingent. Sure, the new group knew about the New Directive, my fun encounters which I equated to my life and death struggle in those earlier days, my rise to house leadership, Constanza's blinding, the grenade launcher episode and the totality of my last confrontation with Hayden. Amazons are some hard-ass bitches.As we were loading up the jeeps, the leader tapped me on the shoulder with some force, in the same way a teacher catches an unruly student's attention."What was sex with an augur like? My name is Caprica Mielikki.""Out of respect for your authority, I will answer this personal question that is really none of your business," I looked down a good ten centimeters at her. No fear."It was beautiful, like every other woman I have had the treasured pleasure to have sex with," I continued. My reply's undercurrent was simple: I am not a House Head while I'm here. I am an Amazon, not a slave, or outsider male."Did you suffer stigmata?""Yes. To be fair, I was also having intercourse with her personal guardian at the same time. I'm not sure where to lay the blame, or importance," I inhaled her rugged fragrance."Both?" a different camp counselor questioned."As I told you, he has a really big and craftily-wielded foot," Tiger Lily teased, then Pamela said in Hittite;"And he is banned from having sex with any Amazon women for fifty more days," Pamela reminded them. Miyako, Delilah and Maddox weren't involved so were left uninformed of that detail. That bludgeoning innuendo dealt with, off to camp we went. Our journey was a pleasant diversion, punctuated by our trail, or lack thereof.The jeeps split up once we hit the aerial cover of the desert pines. At that point, every rock, shrub, tree and loose bit of debris revealed its God-given mission in life was to kill us. I kept telling myself that surely our Amazon driver abhorred suicide as much as I frowned on vehicular manslaughter as a means of me dying.Failing to believe that left me with tuck, duck and roll and that death-defying move would leave me lost and waterless, somewhere. I would have thought 'somewhere without cell reception', but none of our mobile devices had made the trip, despite a valiant effort at skullduggery by Special Agent Maddox and some highly creative types back at the Hoover Building.See, after we dutifully packed all our gear, the troupe got to watch Rachel's team toss everything into a cargo bin set to be loaded onto a flight to, the ticket said Banjul, Gambia. Woot! My ten ton armored long coat was going to Africa without me. It would have undoubtedly have tried to kill me in this heat. I was lured into acceptance by hoping this was going to be a 'birthday suit' flight.Yay! (Sarcasm) We got all new undies, shirts, shoes, pants, shorts, jackets, ponchos (I was beginning to suspect duplicity on that one), and a variety of other gear, including guns. They were nice enough to replace our weapons with the exact same production models. The sole exceptions were my trusty axes and I trembled at the scrutiny they must have endured.Meanwhile, back to my archaic, misogynistic inspiration that women shouldn't be allowed to drive: after the third skirting of what must have been a ten meter drop, I realized I was looking at this journey in the wrong light. I raised my hands over my head and began screaming like a fool. I was on the best rollercoaster ride ever!!The hobnail boot was on the other foot. My driver really wanted to know what the fuck I was up to, but couldn't take her concentration off the terrain. One massive lurch planted us in an arroyo (that's a dry riverbed for those of us who aren't freaked out every time it rains). Rachel and I were sitting in the back. Turning around in the front seat, Pamela grinned at me."I dare you to surf the hood," she laughed. Sweet Mother Ishara, that was the best mixing of 'you must be a redneck'/'immortal high schooler madness' I'd ever heard. I unbuckled milliseconds before Rachel could stop me. Her look said it all. 'Please, you Moron, don't do this to me. I've been a good little guardian and really don't deserve this, now do I?'I gave her a deep French kiss. She moaned, just not in a sexual manner. One of these days Rachel was going to start running around with a needle and fast acting sedative to keep me safe from myself. Understand, my driver was racing down this dirt, well, "pathway" was being generous. Her first warning that something wasn't right was me hand-standing on the roll bar and flipping onto the dashboard.Considering I was up against a 70 kilometer headwind, I felt I pulled off that maneuver rather well. She grabbed my closest ankle with one hand while keeping the other on the wheel. Our eyes were masked with goggles, but my smile said it all. No, I hadn't been thrown forward, and no, I wasn't running away from something in the back seat.I shook free, stepped over the windshield, braced my right heel against its base and leaned into the torrent of air. I was surfing a jeep. Then I was flying above the jeep, but only for a second. We'd hit a rock the size of an armadillo, or maybe it was an actual armadillo. I wasn't looking back to check. Why was I doing this? It was a tad complex. I gave Psych 101 a shot.My life was not where I had envisioned it would be when I kissed Dr. Kimberly Geisler, and my last two Bolingbrook girlfriends, who had been unaware of each other until that moment, good-bye before leaving college forever. I proudly considered myself amoral. No social contract would keep me from some good cunt, and since I found all cunt to be good if you worked at it, I slept with every girl I could, married, committed, bored, desperate, I didn't care.I held no relationship sacred. I had already proved I could do any girl's mother, daughter, aunt, roommate, childhood friend and total stranger. I hadn't cared. I knew I was going to cause multiple women emotional pain and I did it anyway. Sure, I regretted the agony I left in my wake.I never considered myself a sadist, but I had been a pretty horrible person by ignoring the inevitable consequences of my actions. Then Havenstone. Suddenly people were doing bad stuff to people I didn't know and it mattered to me. I was talking to women without the end goal being a sexual encounter.Hell, I had been honest to women without them using pain, or the threat of pain, on me. I didn't stop being me. I nailed four women at Loraine's, Europa's and Aya's school. I nailed Nicole while waiting for Trent to toss me his social table scraps, Libra. A whole army of women engaged in murder, slavery and infanticide on a regular basis, and I cared for them.I cared for them in a way that confronted damnation, not sexual adventurism. I had graduated from 'Dude, don't do that to the lady' at some bar to 'do this and I'll have you killed' and meaning it, and making it happen. I hadn't learned my lesson. I'd gone on to kill Hayden and Goddess-knows how many other women who Hayden had placed on that list.Yep, dead, dead, dead and it was all on me. Worse, I would do it all over again because deep down, tearing up my insides, was morality. To me that boiled down to caring about someone else without reward. And all that led me to surfing the hood of a jeep on my way to meet my lodestone of this transformation, Aya.My laughter was drowned out by the noises of the engine, tires, rocks, wind and sand. It resonated all the more. The driver didn't slow down. I sincerely doubted she understood my lunacy. That was okay. Pamela did and Aya would. She'd want to go jeep surfing too. Man, for a jackass and dastardly betrayer, I was accumulating a sizable heart-load of people I could honestly say I loved.Kimberly had once told me that the pain of knowledge is never being able to forget it. Good, or bad, it is an affliction for which there is no cure. That was where I was, pained by the creeping advancement of my soul and unable to turn back now that the door to familial affection had been opened.My thoughts of Dad dying and of a thunderstorm burst in my noggin weren't being terribly helpful to my mental state either. The horn blew and I snuck a quick peek back. The driver was making a sharp, forward jabbing motion with her right hand, then thrusting to the left. We were getting ready to exit the arroyo and that probably required some hellish footwork far beyond my ability.I made a hasty, less dignified, yet safer return to my seat. Rachel quickly buckled me in before a rapid turn up and over the bank of the river bed had us heading for another forested area."What was that all about?" Rachel asked once we were back into the tree cover. She'd have asked earlier but she was too busy clenching and unclenching her jaw in frustration.

Could the Maker be just another powerful spirit from the Fade, and was Andraste perhaps a mage or dreamer? Join me as we navigate these tantalizing possibilities and more in our ongoing celebration of Dragon Age Month on GeekVisionz Entertainment. As we eagerly await the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, I present my biggest questions going into it. Ranging from deep lore cuts to the creative choices made during the games development.I even throw a few of my own personal theories about Thedas' past and what could be revealed in the newest entry. Join the discussion and share your theories as we prepare for Dragon Age: The Veil Guard, while also highlighting other engaging content on our channel.Music Produced by BlackOutBeatz414: https://www.youtube.com/@BlackOutBeatz414Facebook: www.facebook.com/GeekVisionz/Twitch: www.twitch.tv/geekvizentYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GeekvisionzEnt.

Rae hat Dragon Age: The Veilguard rund sieben Stunden gespielt und war sehr angetan. Auch, weil Bioware diesmal seinen eigenen Weg geht, statt Trends zu folgen.

Square Roots - Episode 418 So it's now time for a new game! Huzzah! And it's a Fallout! This time we venture to the Capitol Wasteland and everyone is excited to leave the vault and see the world outside. But also Johnny is a magician and Jim has discovered the joys of Andraste's command prompt. Also: - VR Chat Is For Furries - The World's Original Virtual Reality - Walking On Uteruses - The Fallout Stepdad Mod - A Greyer Shade of Brown This Week:  Finish Final Fantasy VII Rebirth! Next Week: Complete Blood Ties and find out where your Dad went in Megaton in Fallout 3! Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcast Thanks to Steven Morris for his awesome theme! You can find him at: https://bsky.app/profile/stevenmorrismusic.bsky.social and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrissteven Contact Square Roots! Twitter: @squarerootspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/ Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com

Today, The Cups discuss another elven god – arguably, the one most worshipped by the elves, at least the ones we've seen so far. Taking a look at Mythal, we discuss her history, her role among the Evanuris, who the Dalish say she is, and how Flemeth and Andraste fit into this story. And of course, we wonder where she is now. Want to chime in on the conversation? You can become a patron at the First Enchanter tier or higher and join us ON THE SHOW! https://www.patreon.com/dalorecast We're launching MERCH! Make sure you join our patreon as an Antivan Crow tier or higher patron to get the quarterly stickers. With certain tiers, you can even join us ON THE SHOW! Check out our NEW WEBSITE! cupspodcasting.com If you love our merch, check out the artist behind the designs! https://libanezink.wixsite.com/libanezart If you enjoyed our podcast, give us a rating and review on Apple and/or Spotify! We'll even read your review out on the show! Join our The Cups Podcasts discord server where we dive deeep into Dragon Age discussions. https://discord.gg/fxR2WVDNhP Join the Robots Radio discord server to join the fun! You can also send us your Heroes, Hawkes, and Heralds to be featured on the podcast! https://discord.gg/AW5Wc4kgZb You can also find us on Twitter at @DALorecast, and you can dm us or email us side character suggestions (dalorecast@gmail.com). Music by Pipeman Studios Website designed by H-I-T Media Solutions Merch designed by Lauren Ibañez Ink Sources: Conversations with Morrigan Conversations with Merrill Conversations with Solas Conversations with Abelas The Masked Empire The World of Thedas Encyclopedia, vol.1, page 120 Leliana's Song, DLC for DAO Codex: Mythal: The Great Protector The Judgment of Mythal Constellation: Silentir Veilfire Runes in the Deep Roads Torn Notebook in the Deep Roads The Temple of Mythal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Loghain argues with his daughter we are attacked! Once the battle is over, the leader of the attack, an elf named Zevran, spills all the beans. So many beans we can't pick them all up! Then it's onward to Denerim because we have one singular mission and that is to find Brother Genetiv and the Urn of Sacred Ashes. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our new amazing logo as well as to Radek Wade and Echoes of Oblivion for the song World of Thedas, which we use as our theme music. You can find the show on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!

In this week's episode, the Cups discuss the very first Exalted March, led by Andraste and Maferath against Tevinter. You might think you already know everything there is to know about Andraste. But we dive into the specifics of the context and background leading up to this Exalted March, as well as the actual fights and the aftermath of Andraste's martyrdom. This Exalted March is labeled as the first, but really, that title was bestowed much later, after the Chantry was formed. Listen now, and find out all there is to know about the first of the Exalted Marches! If you love our show, you can support us on Patreon! With certain tiers, you can even join us ON THE SHOW! https://www.patreon.com/dragonagelorecast?fan_landing=true If you enjoyed our podcast, give us a rating and review on Apple and/or Spotify! We'll even read your review out on the show! Join our The Cups Podcasts discord server where we dive deeep into Dragon Age discussions. https://discord.gg/fxR2WVDNhP Join the Robots Radio discord server to join the fun! You can also send us your Heroes, Hawkes, and Heralds to be featured on the podcast! https://discord.gg/AW5Wc4kgZb You can also find us on Twitter at @DALorecast, and you can dm us or email us side character suggestions (dalorecast@gmail.com). Sources: The World of Thedas Encyclopedia, vol. 2, pages 66-70, 12-17, 34-37, 42-45, 70. Descriptions of statues in the Emprise du Lion Codex: The Enigma of Kirkwall The History of the Chantry: Chapter 1 The History of the Chantry: Chapter 2 The History of the Chantry: Chapter 3 The History of the Chantry: Chapter 4 Not of Heroes: Maferath and Silence The Sacred Ashes of Andraste Havard's Aegis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts: Techman16, StrangeKirk, Handy, Boomslang Guests: MadameStargazer (66), AnDraste (45) List notable things: 01:28 - Madame be trolling with her sarc! 05:25 - What do you have to do to get a permanent chat ban? 06:45 - Kirk causing problems with the married ladies 07:48 - Disturbed players on S34, S45, S66 13:31 - “S45 discord is a dumpster fire” 14:45 - Breaking News!!! Server 34 is actually winning 17:22 - “Takeaway from S26, they don't know which crews to use” 21:08 - How do you make it to lvl 50 and not know what which crews to make 22:40 - Raiding during Incursions, base humping 23:56 - PSA: Full synergy Strike Team won't compete with La'an, Una and Charvanek 24:39 - Credit to s26 for not trash talking 27:11 - Soggy is such a tool 30:01 - Phoenix will destroy Handy! 34:36 - Diplomacy packs are convenient, surprised Scopely hasn't done it sooner 36:42 - We need to get ScarletFire on Trek Talk 42:33 - Thanks for listening And remember...spread the hate! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trektalkpodcast/?hl=en Visit Trek Talk Discord: https://discord.gg/MKZZhK7CSA for more related Star Trek related content, and to interact with a greater Star Trek Fleet Command community. #STFC #StarTrek #StarTrekFleetCommand #TrekTalkwithTechandKirk

Hosts: Techman16, StrangeKirk, Handy, Boomslang Guests: member, Smooth (34), Andraste, DukeTalan (45) Topics Discussed: 01:00 - CULT members… 01:43 - NONA renamed CULT 02:24 - Lower Decks, Episode 2 02:42 - Techman's porn download is messing up his internet connection 03:05 - SALT also rebranded as CULT 03:40 - No one can remember Episode 2 of Lower Decks 06:30 - Boimler saying yes to being hunted 07:58 - Handy asks for help, “These guys are floundering up here.” 08:28 - Lower Decks, Episode 3 10:30 - Two new shows in discussion; Star Trek Janeway, Star Trek Khan 13:07 - Who will play Khan? He has to look the part. 14:58 - Janeway would need to be an Admiral at the helm…no desk job for her 16:16 - Kate Mulgrew hasn't aged well. CGI didn't help Brent Spiner. 20:54 - “They'll make her look magical as fuck.” 23:08 - Finding someone with the essence of Khan. 25:21 - For a continuation of the timeline, Khan's ethnicity matters 30:03 - Don't trust administrative side of movie making to be true to the character or timeline 31:12 - Nicholas Meyer (Wrote Wrath of Khan) will oversee the new series 31:53 - Ricardo Montalban is hard to beat 34:18 - How is Scopely going to capitalize on the new shows? 36:40 - Scopely used to offer shards for new officers during the arc but seems to be transitioning to either buy the new officer or you'll wait until never to get it. 40:15 - Repurpose some of their old officers 41:52 - 7th Dock at Ops lvl 57. Mine your g2 rss for upgrade. 42:50 - New officers are too niche 44:50 - Tired of Armadas, most are useless 50:01 - Officer Abilities are too specific now 54:00 - No Lucky Pull for you 56:46 - Did they change Picard's stats? 1:00:23 - Why can't we refine whatever materials we want? Restricted by ops level. And remember...spread the hate! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trektalkpodcast/?hl=en Visit Trek Talk Discord: https://discord.gg/MKZZhK7CSA for more related Star Trek related content, and to interact with a greater Star Trek Fleet Command community. #STFC #StarTrek #StarTrekFleetCommand #TrekTalkwithTechandKirk

A pet project for Stoy, originally for Patreons only a while back, is now public! In the lead up to Dragon Age 4, Stoy wants to take you on a deep dive into the lore and history of Dragon Age, with many of the common stories and themes. In this episode we go through who Andraste was, and how her campaign against the Tevinter Imperium was so vital in getting her people to believe in the Maker again, and how jealousy and hate brought her down. These events were the catalyst to the creation of the Chantry as we know it, and its worshippers paying homage to not only the Maker, but Andraste The Bride of the Maker herself. Give me feedback if this kind of content interests you, and if you want more like this! Hit us up on our socials. We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on their website, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Hosts: Techman16, StrangeKirk, Handy, Boomslang Guests: Guests: MadamStarGazer (66), Bee66, DonaldTrump, DariusRex (34), Gator (28), AnDraste (45), PoorCoercion (60), and a partridge in a pear tree. Topics Discussed: 0:19 - Bee66 from Server 34 gets hit by the new rogue dry-hitter on S34 too. 1:30 - No Double-Deep Space for you! 3:06 - What IS that giant vortex in the Beta Sector all about? It's a seeeecretttt. 5:06 - Let's talk about philosophical ass! 7:17 - Donald Trump joins the show! UNBELIEVABLE! 9:17 - Boom joins sounding like Eeyore, and drops some wisdom about alternatives to being late, and gives some Server 45 updates. 13:50 - Server 28 update with Gator, they're down to 1 war! 24:33 - Still talking Server 28, a level 59 player just up and quit AND requested his account be deleted! 31:17 - Leslie cheese talk. Ugh, I hate Leslie cheese. 35:52 - Bubba Ray and D-von? What? Professional Wrestling talk??? 45:25 - AnDraste does not want to talk about women in wrestling in the 90's. 47:23 - Moving on to the last Lower Decks arc, which was pretty meh as an arc despite the show being awesome, though the mission dialoge was awesome! 49:13 - If you missed them, you can read through the mission dialogue on stfc.space so check it out! 49:37 - Strange New Worlds trailer, and our hopes that it won't suck (which it doesn't)! 51:07 - Discovery Season 2 start, 7 different lights simultaneously show up... 54:28 - Picard, what is it you desire? The intersection of technology and magic. 58:21 - But is the Borg Queen USB 3.2 compliant? 1:02:55 - If the Borg had only assimilated Riker, he'd have gotten them tentacles in EVERYONE. 1:04:53 - Borg virus protection software. 1:08:31 - Lower Decks episode with the redshirts. 1:11:26 - Difficulties with targeting something small like a planet... 1:12:39 - Orville Season 3 excitement! 1:14:26 - Sex party by Handy's place! 1:16:57 - And now we know where AnDraste likes to put her effort. 1:17:32 - Let's celebrate the genitals of your unborn child! And remember...spread the hate! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trektalkpodcast/?hl=en Visit Trek Talk Discord: https://discord.gg/MKZZhK7CSA for more related Star Trek related content, and to interact with a greater Star Trek Fleet Command community. #STFC #StarTrek #StarTrekFleetCommand #TrekTalkwithTechandKirk

Square Roots - Episode 309 Holy crow! We all finished Final Fantasy Tactics! Does this mean we're all pro gamers now? There was no Andraste or anything. Heck, Matthew and Johnny even got Cloud for some pointless reason, as well as War of the Lion's Balthier. Also: - Next Game Announced! - Monkey Ireland! - Blaidd Gaslights Johnny at the Taco Bell! - Letters Too Big To Read! - Surprisingly A Bad Human Guy Turns Into A Big Monster! - Falling Over With Sadness! - I Come From A Cosmic Tinderbox! This Week: We finish the game! Next Week:  You Defeat Ramsus and Miang! Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcast Thanks to Steven Morris for his awesome new theme! You can find him at: https://twitter.com/BeigeOnBeige and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrissteven Contact Square Roots! Twitter: @squarerootspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/ Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com

Hooray! We're all back, and there definitely were no arguments edited out of this episode! Instead, we're playing the first chunker of Chapter 2: that's right: you get to find out all sorts of secrets about the Princess! You keep bumping into Delita for some reason! Ramza is a grown up now and he's mad! Also: - No arguments whatsoever! - Matthew denies the existence of both TMNT 2: The Arcade Game *and* TMNT 3: The Manhattan Project! - Fred Savage as Delita, Macaulay Culkin as Ramza! - Matthew's Racing Stripe Beard That Goes From 0-69 in 2 seconds! - Nothing is argued about, ever! And so much more! This Week: We rescue the "Princess" from Golgoda Gallows! Next Week:  We finish Chapter 2! Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcast Thanks to Steven Morris for his awesome new theme! You can find him at: https://twitter.com/BeigeOnBeige and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrissteven Contact Square Roots! Twitter: @squarerootspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/ Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com

In this week's episode, Austin and Shelby take a look at eight different religious groups that the Orlesian Chantry has deemed heretical. These different groups are vastly different from one another, but they all share the ire of the Chantry. Some of the groups worship the blight, while others worship the, *ahem* union of The Maker and Andraste. And others are just plain weird. We dig into all of this and more on this week's episode. Become a Patron by joining our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/dragonagelorecast?fan_landing=true If you enjoyed our podcast, give us a rating and review on Apple and/or Spotify! We'll even read your review out on the show! Join our new Dragon Age Lorecast discord server where we dive deeep into Dragon Age discussions. https://discord.gg/fxR2WVDNhP Join the Robots Radio discord server to join the fun! You can also send us your Heroes, Hawkes, and Heralds to be featured on the podcast! https://discord.gg/AW5Wc4kgZb You can also find us on Twitter at @DALorecast, and you can dm us or email us side character suggestions (dalorecast@gmail.com). Sources: The World of Thedas Encyclopedia, vol. 1, pages 44, 115, 125 The World of Thedas Encyclopedia, vol. 2, pages 98, 266 Codex: Before Andrastianism: The Forgotten Faiths by Sister Rondwyn of Tantervale The Blades of Hessarian The Daughters of Song The Empty Ones The Order of Fiery Promise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, Austin, Shelby, and special-guest, Virvada of the Two Girls One Ship podcast talk about the Orlesian Chantry--also known as the only Chantry that many of us know about. But did you know there's another Chantry? The Imperial Chantry of Tevinter. During this episode, we talk about the founding of the Chantry, the split of the Chantry based in Orlais and the one based in Tevinter, as well as much of their theology, teachings, and practices throughout Thedas. And while BioWare says that the Chantry is not based on any specific religion in our world, we may or may not have (we definitely did) kept a Christianity metaphor/reference tracker throughout this episode. Become a Patron by joining our Patreon! The first FIVE people who become patrons of the Dragon Age Lorecast will have their names read out on the show, every week, regardless of tier...forever! Only one more spot left, so become a patron today! https://www.patreon.com/dragonagelorecast?fan_landing=true If you enjoyed our podcast, give us a rating and review on Apple and/or Spotify! We'll even read your review out on the show! Join our new Dragon Age Lorecast discord server where we dive deeep into Dragon Age discussions. https://discord.gg/fxR2WVDNhP Join the Robots Radio discord server to join the fun! You can also send us your Heroes, Hawkes, and Heralds to be featured on the podcast! https://discord.gg/AW5Wc4kgZb You can also find us on Twitter at @DALorecast, and you can dm us or email us side character suggestions (dalorecast@gmail.com). Find Virvada in the Robots Radio discord server, or on Twitter @twogirlsoneship Sources: The World of Thedas, Vol. 2, pages 125, 126, 159, 265 Tevinter Nights: Genitivi Dies in the End Dragon Age Wikipedia, Brother Ferdinand Genitivi Codex: Chantry Hierarchy Surfacer Dwarves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are discussing Dragon Age: Inquisition this week, which is another beloved game from Bioware, and boy, we have a lot to say about this one. This RPG from 2014 picks up where Dragon Age 2 left off, as Thedas erupts into conflict after the mage rebellion in Kirkwall. You play as a bystander that is thrust into the center of this conflict when you get a green blob accidently stuck to your hand that has the power to mysteriously close these rifts that keep opening to the fade realm. We talk about the inquisitor's identity crisis, poor openings & empty spaces, being Andraste's chosen, pity dances from Josephine, and heartbreak from an egg. Time Stamps:00:14 Introductions02:20 Main Topic – Dragon Age: Inquisition 10:00 Dragon Age: Inquisition story discussion – contains spoilers!02:45:50 Dragon Age: Inquisition final thoughts02:46:37 What we're playing next (Fable, probably)51:05 Ending Spiel (What we're loving this week)From the show:Games featured in our Ending Spiel: Crusader Kings II. And our next minisode is about the Dragon Age: Inquisition - Trespasser DLC.Also, we ended up changing the game we are playing next after we record the ending of this episode, and will probably be playing Fable instead of Life is Strange: True Colors, but it's still in flux. Our Dragon Age: Origins episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/776315/3443071-dragon-age-origins-reviewOur Dragon Age 2 episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/776315/8101224-dragon-age-2-reviewDragon Age 4 Teaser Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7x685DxMcwThe dragon age keep allows players to alter the world state: https://dragonagekeep.com/en_US/The DLC with Corypheus from Dragon Age 2 is called Legacy. The Dalish facial tattoos are called Vallaslin. https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/VallaslinFind us:Website: https://utterlyunqualifiedgaming.com/Email: utterlyunqualified@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/utterlyunqualifiedgaming/Twitter: https://twitter.com/uugamingpodcastFacebook: http://facebook.com/utterlyunqualifiedMusical credit: "Into the Game" by SilentCrafter/ "Pixel Pig" by Di Young

In this episode Austin and Shelby dive deep into Andraste, her story and what we know about the focus of the Chantry's belief system. If you enjoy our podcast please like, subscribe and review the podcast. Sources: A World of Thedas Dragon Age WIki.

In today's episode, Austin and Shelby unpack the religious beliefs of the elves of Thedas. Throughout all three Dragon Age games, we see, hear, and experience a variety of religious beliefs from the elves of Thedas. Some elves are Andrastian. Others, such as the Dalish, honor one specific Elven god above all the others. But what did the ancient elves believe in? We'll take a deep dive on both ancient and modern Elven beliefs. We'll look at the ancient Elven pantheon, also called the Evanuris, including gods you're probably pretty familiar with like Mythal and Fen'Harel. We'll also get into some elven gods you've probably never heard of, like Elgar'nan, June, and Andruil. If you enjoy the episode, please make sure to like, subscribe, and review. You can find us on Twitter at @DALorecast. Sources: Codex: Veilfire Runes in the Deep Roads (DAI) Torn Notebook in the Deep Roads, Section I (DAI) Dirthamen: Keeper of Secrets Ghilan'nain: Mother of the Halla Elven God Andruil Sylaise: The Hearthkeeper Elgar'nan: God of Vengeance June: God of the Craft Fen'Harel: The Dread Wolf Geldauran's Claim Mythal: The Great Protector Falon'Din: Friend of the Dead, the Guide The World of Thedas, Volume I, pages 33, 120, 121, 174, The Masked Empire by Patrick Weekes Quests: "Shallow Breaths" "The Lost Temple of Dirthamen" "What Pride Had Wrought" conversation with Solas Ameridan's Shrine to Ghilan'nain and Andraste in Razikale's Reach in the Frostback Basin

In Dragon Age: Origins, we are thrown into the world of Thedas and introduced to the Chantry and the Maker. Most of the humans throughout Thedas worship the Maker and participate in the Chantry, even marginally. Most of Thedas's nations proclaim official allegiance to the religion as well. But who IS the Maker? What did He do exactly? Why did He create humans? Did He create other races too? Or did Andraste just make him up? We unpack these questions and more in this episode. We also talk about a multitude of fan theories about the Maker and discover who Divine Justinia I is and was. Make sure to follow us on Twitter at @DALorecast. Want to suggest a side character? Email us at dalorecast@gmail.com. Learn more about the Robots Radio Rocket Club and become a member! https://robotsradio.net/rocket-club/ Robots Radio Network Discord: https://discord.gg/AW5Wc4kgZb Sources: https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Codex_entry:_The_Maker https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Maker https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Codex_entry:_The_Maker%27s_First_Children The World of Thedas, Vol. I The World of Thedas, Vol. 2

Want to know what Andraste’s Gadfly is about? Here’s a bit of an introduction to the podcast of two philosophers who are slightly obsessed with the Dragon Age games!

Briala struggles to aid the elves during the Orlesian Civil War, Manny loves the theater, and Brandon doesn't want any more fights against trees.   @EnchantmentCast | EnchantmentPodcast@gmail.com | https://enchantmentcast.com   Audible: https://enchantmentcast.com/audible Amazon Recs: https://enchantmentcast.com/recs Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enchantmentcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/enchantmentcast Shop: https://enchantmentcast.com/shop Discord: https://enchantmentcast.com/discord

Sarah takes us back to the years 40-61 AD and tells the story of Andraste & Boudica during the Roman conquest to take over Britain.

Side Quests is back and this episode's host is streamer, BioWare super fan and the Herald of Andraste, Iza aka Grumpy Krogan! The game they are talking about today is Dragon Age: Inquisition by BioWare and EA!   You can find this episode's host on twitter or follow them on Twitch!

Haven is being attacked, and the Inquisition with it. This week we meet Corypheus as the Inquisitor, and talk about his first impression as the main villain. Also we reach Skyhold, deal with the weight of being deemed the Herald of Andraste, and maybe we'll even meet an old friend in an unprecedented scene for the Dragon Age franchise. As a bonus, we also talk about Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster rumors to close the episode. Enjoy the show! Become a Normandy FM patron: http://patreon.com/normandyfm Follow us on Twitter: Normandy FM: @normandyfmshow Eric: @seamoosi Kenneth: @shepardcdr Art by @miz0mei on Twitter Music by @3DBLAST4EVER on Twitter

Please join Dave and Vialet with guest Colleen Andraste.  Colleen is a Certified Psychic, Spirit Medium, and a Channel for the Angelic Realm. Colleen Andraste is well known as a gifted intuitive healer and Licensed Massage Therapist. Her work is nothing short of amazing, which is why she has attracted a loyal clientele and countless referrals during her 17 years of private practice. Trusting her natural connection to divine guidance, Colleen leads you down a path of self-discovery and acceptance. Her compassionate intuitive readings provide you with guidance and insights that empower you to make the most of your gifts and create a joyous life of love and achievement. She has an exceptional ability to hold sacred space for you, allowing you to rise to a place of deep inner wisdom and newfound personal peace. Contact Colleen: 720.936.3107

With the Autumn Solstice upon them, Andraste leads the Foxy Irregulars into the woods to dance the night away. Support this podcast

NEXT GAME ANNOUNCED! Matthew, Vanessa, John and SOMEONE ELSE pack up and head to Denerim, harden Alistair, clear out a brothel, fight in alleys, and maybe get the nicest ladies in the party to try and murder you. Talking points include a village where everyone acts like people in a creepy Stephen King community, adopting the "money pweez" roleplaying stance, The Wynne Button, and settling the Brother Giovanni Ribisi / Brother Jen of Tilly debate forever. This Week: We head out to Denerim and find the Urn of Sacred Ashes! Next Week: We have the Landsmeet! And declare a new ruler of Ferelden! Thanks to Edward Alenko for letting us use his excellent cover of Leliana's Song. You can find Edward on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Edwardmusic Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/edward-alenko YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9AY6re0jfRftZMIKUEpLMw Contact Square Roots! Twitter: @squarerootspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/ Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com

Vanessa, Matthew and The Gay One link arms as we descend into the creepy, spooky, goopy depths of the Deep Roads! We're joined by the handsome dwarf Oghren, watch as he gets an aximonious divorce, summon the power of Andraste, and more! Topics discussed include: Matt's Mom's MMO Moments, Caridin's big ol' chest, hot political debates between Harrowmont and Bhalen, face blasting, top level PUBG strats, Parasite Eve amounts of breasts, and discovering secret Shale backstory. You'll love it! This Week: We crown a new king of the Dwarves! Next Week: We prepare for the Landsmeet! Thanks to Edward Alenko for letting us use his excellent cover of Leliana's Song. You can find Edward on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Edwardmusic Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/edward-alenko YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9AY6re0jfRftZMIKUEpLMw Contact Square Roots! Twitter: @squarerootspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/ Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com

TMAYE's eleventh guest is Thokhan "Good Book" Kristai-Anahtai, a goliath cleric played by my friend, dungeon master, Andraste's finacee and Beetcher's brother, Alex! He tells us about how Thokhan became a man of the cloth, his difficulties in successful conversions, and about the time he picked on someone his own size class! We also talk about subverting class stereotypes!If you like TMAYE, tell a friend or leave a review on either our twitter or our facebook page !You can check us out on itunes, google play, spotify, soundcloud, and right here!Find out more at https://tell-me-about-your-elf.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

TMAYE's fifth guest is Andraste Naïlo, a wood elf rogue played by my old roommate Heather. She tells us about Andraste's preferred way of spending money, why she runs away in combat, and her compulsive flirting habit!If you like TMAYE, tell a friend or leave a review on either our twitter or our facebook page !You can check us out on itunes, google play, spotify, the works!Thank you for the continued support!Find out more at https://tell-me-about-your-elf.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

POSH reaches Drulft's gates and must get past the orc guards, and then navigate the city streets to find Andraste. But what awaits them in the city?

We turn to face the group who addressed Andraste, and a fight ensues! Will Silifrey seize this opportunity and go through with her plan? And what's that faint clicking over the edge of the cliff?

Dragon Age Podcast Episode 17 - Off the Rails In this episode, Matt (that's right!) and Dave geek out about Civilization 5, Mike announces the recent release of the first Baldur's Gate II Redux module, and guest host Mysteri takes us behind the scenes at the Dark Times Chronicle. We also discuss the Signature Edition of Dragon Age II, announce the Design A DLC contest winners, and sidetrack ourselves even more than normal. If you enjoy our show, you can show your support by reviewing us on iTunes, posting on our BSN General Discussion Thread, or leaving a comment here in the Dragon Age Podcast Official Forums. Also, if you feel so inclined, feel free to join our BSN Social Group, our Steam Group, our Xfire Club, or follow us on twitter. You can listen to the podcast here: There's supposed to be something here. Do you have flash installed? 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Or you can right-click-Save As... dapodcast_ep17_offtherails.mp3 Design A DLC - Contest Winners! After careful consideration, and plenty of discussion amongst the Dragon Age Podcast Team, we've chosen the following DLC ideas as the winners for the Design A DLC Contest. Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks again to BioWare/EA for providing the Witch Hunt download codes as prizes. Aidan wrote:Spoiler: Highlight to view Dog DLC Called Doggie Days The DLC begins with you controlling dogs mother. At the very beginning a man leads you to a cage. He is a Mabari breeder. There is another Mabari in the cage (soon to be dogs dad). At the start of the DLC, you must play a guitar hero esque game, in which you use the arrow keys and tap them in time, however, instead of being notes, they are grunts. The purpose of this is to "woo" dogs father. Once you have successfully romanced him, a cutscene begins. It says "3 months later" and you hear a growl and see a baby dog. The next part of the DLC is spent training dog. This is achieved by doing minigames such as "fetching the stick", "hunting rats" ( a Mabari expertise, Human Origin) or stalking cats. Depending on which training you do, dog will gain different stats. The point of this is that his specialized stats will transfer into your origins game. After you have completed 3 training games, it is time for you to be sold. The player then must dress up dog, do his hair and make him look as fierce/cute/evil as he can. If you fail to make it fierce/cute/evil enough, you will not be picked. The computer recognizes a fierce/cute/evil dog, so when you have picked an adequate fierce/cute/evil look, you will be chosen at the store by your warderns. model. The dressing up bit is very similar to DOGZ for the nintendo DS and for this reasen the DLC is rated Early Childhood by ESRB or 2+ in Britain. David Richards wrote:Spoiler: Highlight to viewMy idea for a DA:O DLC isn't so much about any specific character presented in DA:O as much as it is about certain concepts represented during the Mage Origin, Broken Circle, and various Templar side-quests. As a nod to Mike's suggestion about including more 'grittiness' in the game, I propose that BioWare make a DLC where you play as a Mage who secretly—accidentally?—becomes an Abomination during your Harrowing. The demon is hidden inside of you, and grants you power beyond anything you've experienced before, making you advance leaps and bounds over your fellow apprentices. Unfortunately, it's not long before you start to notice that there are certain gaps in your memory and these gaps are becoming more frequent… That's the teaser. =P For features and gameplay, most of the DLC would be story/dialogue-driven with a lot of adventure elements. At certain points, the DLC could take on certain aspects of the survival-horror genre, as you struggle to retain control over your body and mind. Various Mages and Templars from the full game could make cameos, or the DLC could be set in a completely different Circle Tower with all-new art assets. Later on in the plot, you would have multiple options open to you depending on how the first half of the DLC went: To escape the Tower in a desperate attempt to save yourself from the Templars, resulting in an extended chase through the countryside; To escape the Tower in a desperate attempt to avoid harming your friends and possibly loved ones; To stay in the Tower and accept judgment, during which the Abomination surfaces and tries to wreak havoc and you have to fight it within your mind in order to give the Templars an edge over it in battle; To stay in the Tower and fight, giving in to the Abomination's wishes in exchange for magical power beyond any other Mage of the Circle, possibly resulting in the fall of the entire Tower. I expect the DLC would be about 2.5-4 hours long and cost $10-15. Uberdowzen wrote:Spoiler: Highlight to viewHi guys, Here's my idea for your competition: a DLC which tells the story of Bodahn and Sandal in between DAO and DAII (I mean they've got to be in the sequel, right?). The story: Bodahn and Sandal are in Denerim trying to earn the money needed to buy passage on a boat to the Free Marches. To do this they open a store in the Denerim marketplace. The gameplay is inspired by "Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale". You run a standard RPG item shop and you have to gather items to sell in the store. You'll also get contracts from adventurers who want special items such as enchanted weapons and whatnot. They'll also be three dungeons that can be plundered by adventurers hired by the player. These will be the only combat parts of the DLC, the rest will just be you bargaining and persuading people to sell you items for the store and getting involved in the day to day life of the Denerim marketplace. To complete the DLC you'll have to earn a certain amount of gold to buy passage. There may also be hints about DAII scattered around the DLC. P.S. I also forgot, you'll sometimes be given the chance in conversations to make Sandal shout "ENCHANTMENT!" which will usually result in you confusing someone into submission. Chad wrote:Spoiler: Highlight to viewHi, Enjoy the show and here is my idea for a new DLC. I own all content except one dlc for the 360 and have Orgions for the PC as well as a reslut of the chance to play mods that I've heard discussed on this show. Any way at the end of one of the main stories we are given information that our hero goes off to further adventures and rumors tells us that he/she has once again with our Bard companion Leliana. The core idea of the content of my idea would follow up with this rumor and take us to the mysterious HQ of the Warden's Wesshaupt. With the nature of the Lore of Bard's it would be a chance for our hero to explore the "hidden" politics of organizations in the world we so love. To keep the DLC in line with the freedom of choices the story would center around some sort of outside faction attempting to gain control of the Warden Leadership team: If a certain dark choice was made at the end of Awakening where a party member or two were replaced with new allies (The Archatic) the hero's could focus on ending one more attempt of an ally of his from obtaining to much control over the direction of the Warden's. It would also make for a really nice connection with some of the books. Characters mentioned in the book that may or may not still be alive could be part of the story and have an impact on the content. The Chantry could be another possible outside source the hero needs to work with or against. The circle of Magi One or more national political group. The return of an old foe- perhaps my favorite option would be if the choice to spare Logain was made either Logain or Alister could be part of the story and either be an ally or foe of our hero's. By making content connectd to the players choices from the main story it would give the DLC much of the potential similar to the recent Lair of the Shadow Broker in Mass Effect 2. Ryukkie wrote:Spoiler: Highlight to viewFor my DLC, I think it would be great to find out what happened to Alistair's elven mother. If you have read The Calling you know that at the end Maric conceives a child with Fiona and she give him to Maric to be raised not knowing about his elven roots and to chase after the Architect. My idea is that after the Blight some of Duncan's old documents are found and in them is a note and a stack of letters addressed to Alistair. One of the Gray Wardens brings them to him at court and he retires to his room to read them. The Warden is called to his side and he explains that the letters are from his mother to him, to be given to him once he was of age. The letters talk about how she loved him and Maric and how she left to give him a better life. The last letter was mixed in by mistake and addressed to Duncan. It was fairly recent and it was asking him to come and help her destroy a group of darkspawn near the Andraste's final resting place in the Frostback Mountains. Alistair decided to rush in and see if he can find her and takes the Warden along. They get there and it looks as though the entire group was dragged underground. The Warden and Alistair fight through and eventually reach the bottom where Fiona was being held by the leader of this group of darkspawn called the Judgement (a very powerful emissary) and he was using her as a way to get to the Gray Wardens and kill them off so the darkspawn can expand unchecked. A battle takes place between the Warden, Alistair, possessed Fiona and the Judgement. Once he's defeated Alistair is there at his mother's side as she dies. The last thing she says to him is to make her and his father proud, and that he looks so much like Maric. Alistair leaves for Denerim upset and confused. The Warden goes back to comfort him and gives him Fiona's locket which has 2 drawings in it, one of Maric and the other of baby Alistair. For completing the DLC you get premium armor for Alistair and the Warden (that would change based on what class the Warden was) plus 2 premium weapons each. Links Baldur's Gate II Redux: Module 1 Download - Trailer Dark Times: The Confederacy of Malkuth Public BSN Group Dark Times Chronicle - BSN Group Bann Teagan Romance Dragon Age II: Signature Edition OnLive Drops Subscription Fee Sid Meier's Civilization V Super Meat Boy Left 4 Dead/Left 4 Dead 2: The Sacrifice