#The Changebringer

[starling-illu]

rest here a while, weary traveller

[tatersdoesstuff]

"Some connections are made with wires, and some are made with blood, and some are made with bone, and some are made with wood. But they all matter. And they, even in this dark, dark cave... they make every day a smiley day. "

[smilelikeawolf]

It is fascinating how the Raven Queen’s vision was so different from the Dawnfather’s and the Changebringer’s. Yes, Ruidus is a threat to everyone, not just the gods, and it’s clear the gods don’t want to die and don’t want humanity to suffer a terrible fate. But whereas the Dawnfather’s message to Deanna was, “I returned you to life and granted you gifts, now you must aid me against this threat,” and the Changebringer’s message to FCG was, “something terrible threatens us all, walk my path and grant me your faith so we can defeat it,” the Raven Queen didn’t speak at all. Orym asked how the group could help and she didn’t speak on behalf of herself. She showed them what’s happening to Vax, her beloved champion, how he was stolen from her protection and trapped in endless suffering. She didn’t appeal to the greater good of the world. Her answer was, “Someone I love is suffering and I cannot reach him. Save him. Free him. Help me by helping him.” There is something beautifully, selfishly human in that.

[undead-knick-knack]

Just gotta meme thru the pain guys 🥲

[crabridgedart]

C3E32 Abridged - Art by jacobgrimoire, @akanelogics, Conceptopolis, @tylerwalpole, @wingbuffet

[somewhatsentientspellbook]

The Changebringer calls her newfound ward onto a new path. A path she and so many others had tried so hard to show FCG: one of life and love and jubilation. A path he only discovered in the final seconds on the Material Plane

Maybe they'll be returned to their friends at another time - but for now he rests knowing that he saved his family

[twinklestarss]

“We, meaning all the gods? Or royal we, just you? We are all in danger. Yeah, I got that. Well, we're coming. We might see you tomorrow. Seems like it's going to be a pretty bad day. Or maybe it'll be a great day. Maybe it'll be really smiley. Anyway, thank you for this coin, for all the guidance you've given me in the past. I feel like I've realized that you're not given a purpose and you don't choose a purpose. You just sort of make one as you go. I think I'm ready to make one. That is true freedom, and one of the great many meanings of life.”-FCG/Avandra

(C3E76) (C3E91)

[gracefireheart]

"Are you worth saving?" "Of course."

[cassafrasscr]

Was a little surprised that Ashton wanted to talk to the Arch Heart. Kinda thought he'd want to talk to the Changebringer. But then, he might not want anything to do with her after everything with FCG.

I actually think Dorian would really benefit from communing with the Arch Heart. Since they're the god of art, beauty, and arcane magic, it feels like a good fit for Dorian as a bard. Especially since Corellon is the sworn enemy of the Spider Queen. I feel like they could come to some sort of an arrangement about helping Dorian save Opal post-Predathos.

[arclundarchivist]

Thinking about Downfall again, and I just have to wonder why the three missing Prime’s weren’t there.

We know why Etharis wasn’t there, we know that Ioun had been taken captive, we know that Kord and Bahamut were waiting in the wings alongside Tiamat.

But what of the Changebringer? The Moonweaver? Moradin?

Could they not stomach the thought? Did they simply not agree?

Was the Lady of Change willing to see the Change of Aeor through one way or another, yet so tied to Freedom that she couldn’t put her own hand on the tiller?

Moradin is the God of Craftsman, was he too impressed by the workings of Aeor, but unlike the chaos within the heart of the Arch Heart was he too staid to lend a hand in its destruction?

Was the Goddess of Love to bereaved by all that would be lost to raise her hand against her children? Did she hear all their secrets and feel too moved by them to move against them? From where does the deepest amount of care spring, love or mercy?

I want to know their thoughts. Why they weren’t there. What they would have done if they had been. Would things have been different?

[maryallenc]

since they mentioned that after aeor is the final chapter of the calamity and that asmodeus and the betrayer gods are gathering their armies, im all hyped up at the fact that after all this family drama amidst this truce and the inevitable betrayal that happened there, the lord of the hells is about to get his shit rocked by the changebringer, and it'll be through trickery of her own.

[tatersdoesstuff]

Banishment

You attempt to send one creature that you can see within range to another plane of existence [...] When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each spell slot above 4th.

[zethdoesart]

"The Red End stirs in its slumber. Do not let it wake."

[undead-knick-knack]

[sparring-spirals]

If the changebringer DOES speak through that coin then that scene really was just:

The Changebringer watching a little doubting robot use a coin to try to determine the nature of a god, and have that serve as a proxy for affirming various doubts about their own purpose and newfound faith and confidence in their own decisions: Oh I'm about to be SO funny.

[somewhatsentientspellbook]

The Changebringer is all about people choosing their OWN path that she's just making the coin flips more and more absurd to prove to FCG that they're wrong

FCG: Is Ruidus actually a meatball?

Changebringer: *falling to her knees*

Changebringer: *screaming, crying*

Changebringer: Yes.