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gwydionae · 7 years ago

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Dice, Camera, Action Timeline

(So. Uh. While going through DCA again I decided to keep track of how much time has passed. Don’t know if anyone already posted something like this, but after taking the time to type it up, I thought I’d share in case anyone else was interested. I am kind of amused by the fact that they were only originally in Barovia for less than two weeks. XD

All days are totaled according to the amount of time passing for the Waffle Crew and does not account for discrepancies between places like Barovia, the Shadowfell, Toril, etc. I am not adding the K’thrissmas Special as it was recorded earlier but aired months later, making it pretty impossible to properly place timeline-wise. If anyone has any corrections, feel free to let me know.)

~*SOME NUMBERS ARE APPROXIMATE*~

SEASON 1 - CURSE OF STRAHD - 14 days total Ep 001 - Day 1 (Spend 1 night outside) Ep 001-003 - Day 2 (Spend 1 night outside) Ep 003-005 - Day 3 (Spend 1 night at hag windmill) Ep 005-008 - Day 4 (Travel to Krezk) *nighttime travel/rest not confirmed* Ep 008-009 - Day 5 (Spend 1 night in Krezk) Ep 009-013 - Day 6 (Spend 1 night outside) Ep 013-016 - Day 7 (Spend 1 night at winery) Ep 016-017 - Day 8 (Spend 1 night in tower) Ep 018 - Day 9 (Spend 1 night in Amber Temple) Ep 018-022 - Day 10 (Spend 1 night in Amber Temple) Ep 022-025 - Day 11 (Spend 1 night in Van Richten's tower) Ep 025 - Day 12 (Spend 1 night in Van Richten's tower) Ep 025-028 - Day 13 (Spend 1 night in Argynvostholt) Ep 028-031 - Day 14 (End of the first season) *end of day not confirmed*

SEASON 2 - STORM KING'S THUNDER - 51 days (+50 years) total Ep 032-033 - Day 15 (Spend 1 night at lodge) *beginning of day not confirmed* Ep 033-034 - Day 16 (Spend 1 night at lodge) Ep 034-035 - Day 17 (Travel to Citadel Adbar) Ep 035 - Days 18-26 (Travel to Citadel Adbar) *exact amount of days not confirmed - "in week 2"* Ep 035-036 - Day 27 (Spend 1 night outside) Ep 036 - Days 28-32 (Travel to Citadel Adbar) Ep 036-037 - Day 33 (Spend 1 night in hut) Ep 037 - Days 34-42 (Travel to Citadel Adbar) *exact amount of days not confirmed - estimated travel time left was 10 days in ep 36* Ep 037 - Day 43 (Spend 1 night with Ur'greys) Ep 037-038 - Day 44 (Spend 1 night with Bronzefires) Ep 038-039 - Day 45 (Travel to Yak Folk village) Ep 039 - Days 46-47 (Travel to Yak Folk village) Ep 039-048 - Day 48 (Spend 1 night in Ironslag) *exact amount of days in Ironslag not confirmed - based on group resting only* Ep 048-050 - Day 49 (Travel to Citadel Adbar) Ep 050 - Days 50-52 (Travel to Citadel Adbar) *conflicting travel times given by Chris - "1 day" plus "a couple more days" could equal the amount of time it took to get to Ironslag (3/4), but then he says they haven't seen Waffles in "a week or so"* Ep 050-052 - Day 53 (Spend 1 night in Citadel Adbar) Ep 052 - Days 54-55 (Spend 2 nights in Citadel Adbar) *exact amount of days in Citadel Adbar not confirmed - 3 days or less* Ep 052-056 - Day 56 (Magically goes from night to morning and XXX years in the past) Ep 056-058 - Day 57 (Everyone dead but Strix) *50 years pass in Ep 058* Ep 059 - Days 58-64 (Travel to Kronenheim) *exact amount of days not confirmed - enough to establish the Dragon Cultists using the sending stone "every couple of days"* Ep 059-061 - Day 65 (Spend 1 night on airship)

SEASON 3 - TOMB OF ANNIHILATION - 116 days total (almost 4 months) Ep 061 - Days 66-72 (Travel to Chult) Ep 061-062 Day 73 (Travel to Chult) Ep 062-064 Day 74 (Spend 1 night in Port Nyanzaru) Ep 064-065 Day 75 (Spend 1 night in hut) Ep 065 - Days 76-78 (???) *exact number of days lost due to the mostly missing episode - at least “3 to 4 days”* Ep 065-067 - Day 79 (Travel to Camp Vengeance) Ep 067 - Days 80-87 (Travel to Camp Vengeance) Ep 067-068 - Day 88 (Spend 1 night in jungle) Ep 068-070 - Day 89 (Travel to Oralunga) Ep 070 - Days 90-92 (Travel to Oralunga) Ep 070-071 - Day 93 (Spend 1 night in hut) Ep 071 - Days 94-101 (Travel to Oralunga) Ep 071-072 - Day 102 (Travel to Omu) Ep 072 - Days 103-109 (Travel to Omu) *Ep 073 takes place around days 107/108* Ep 072-074 - Day 110 (Travel to Omu) Ep 074 - Days 111-112 (Travel to Omu) Ep 074-077 - Day 113 (Spend 1 night in Omu) Ep 077-081 - Day 114 (Spend 1 night in Omu) Ep 081-083 - Day 115 (Search for Paultin) *passage of time is out of sync between Paultin and the rest of the Crew - I am going by days passing for the majority of the party for these numbers* Ep 083 - Days 116-152 (Travel in Shadowfell) *exact amount of days not confirmed - 32 days for sure plus some additional days as Chris lowers Diath and Strix's max HP further* Ep 083-085 - Day 153 (Travel in Shadowfell) Ep 085 - Days 154-182 (Travel in Shadowfell) Ep 085-087 - Day 183 (Spend 1 night in hut) Ep 087-089 - Day 184 (Spend 1 night with hags) Ep 089-091 - Day 185 (Spend 1 night in Port Nyanzaru)

Total time passed in 3 seasons: Almost exactly half a year (+50 lol)

SEASON 4 - WATERDEEP - 157 days total (a little over 5 months) Ep 091-093 - Day 186 (Travel to Waterdeep) Ep 093 - Days 187-191 (Travel to Waterdeep) Ep 094 - Days 192-215 (Travel to Waterdeep) Ep 094-097 - Day 216 (Spend 1 night in Waterdeep) Ep 098 - Day 217 (First night in the Wafflehaus) [ Ep 099 - Days 218-238 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) *exact number of days not confirmed - “some number of days and/or weeks”; at least 5 days needed for Diath’s journey to and from Red Larch, presumably including 1 night there, plus time for all of them including Diath to feel settled in* ] [ Ep 100 - Days 239-241 (Spend 1 night in Nightstone) *number of days based on Part One of the five part episode - Strix and Diath were taken by the mists the same day Strix got the message from Omin, but Paultin and Evelyn took a 2 day journey to Red Larch and were then spirited away* ] [ Ep 101 - Days 242-244 (Journey to Waterdeep) *exact number of days not confirmed - “multi-day journey”; estimated journey based on maps and compared distance to Red Larch* ] [ Ep 101-102 - Day 245 (Spend 1 night saving Waffles) ] [ Ep 102-103 - Day 246 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) ] [ Ep 103 - Days 247-248 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) ] [ Ep 103-104 - Day 249 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) ] [ Ep 104-105 - Day 250 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) ] [ Ep 105 - Days 251-253 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) *exact number of days not confirmed - “over the next day or two” and then “over the next day or two” again* ] [ Ep 105-110 - Day 254 (Operation in Xanathar’s lair) *the passing of a day isn’t specified, however the kids were at the neighbor’s long enough to know that elves don’t sleep* ] [ Ep 110 - Day 255 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) ] [ Ep 111 - Days 256-262 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) *exact number of days not confirmed - “some time has passed”, “a period of tranquility”, though Paultin is still an egg throughout so probably not too long* ] [ Ep 112 - Days 263-276 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) *exact number of days not confirmed - “some time has passed”* ] [ Ep 113 - Days 277-290 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) *exact number of days not confirmed* ] [ Ep 114 - Days 291-304 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) *exact number of days not confirmed* ] Ep 115-116 - Day 305 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) Ep 116-117 - Day 306 (Evelyn stays at Wafflehaus, Diath stays in jail, Strix and Paultin are out) *Talastin Aderagon visits in the morning and Diath has his first day in jail, so one night passes between 117 and 118* Ep 118 - Day 307 (Stay at the Wafflehaus, real Diath still in jail) Ep 118-121 - Day 308 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) Ep 122 - Day 309 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) *it is never specified how much time takes place before or after this episode* Ep 123-124 - Day 310 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) Ep 124 - Day 311 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) >Ep 125 - Days 312-327 (Stay at the Wafflehaus, Evelyn with Jarlaxle night 327)< Ep 126-127 - Day 328 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) *exact number of days between 127 and 128 not specified - ep 128 “recently” after 127, kids supposedly got gifts “about a week” since 128 which happened on day 310 (ep 123), so as that already conflicts, I made 128 the next day so it adds the shortest amount of time possible* Ep 128-131 - Day 329 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) Ep 131 - Days 330-331 (Diath and Strix travel to Rassalanter; Paultin and Evelyn stay in the Wafflehaus) Ep 131-132 - Day 332 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) Ep 132-134 - Day 333 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) <Ep 135 - Days 334-339 (Stay at the Wafflehaus; Evelyn travels to and from Red Larch?) *it is never specified how much time takes place before or after this episode*> Ep 136-137 - Day 340 (Saving kids from Jarlaxle) *ep 136 starts at midday, but ep 140 has it at evening after a long rest with no mention of night passing, so I am basing this off of the assumption that a night passed while dealing with Jarlaxle* Ep 137-140 - Day 341 (Stay at the Wafflehaus) Ep 141 - Day 342

[ *In 99, Chris says it is “the end of winter, going into spring”, and in 114, he says it is “late spring”, so I totaled the number of days between these episodes to equal a little less than 3 months.* ]

Also fun to point out that in 130 Chris says that the Crew has known Warrington about “4 to 5 months”, and as they met him in 94, this lines up perfectly, having known him a little over 4 months by my estimates. So I didn’t have to readjust anything! Yay! lol

>125 is a bit weird as it’s the live game where the cast was DMed through envelopes and everyone had a separate turn. Jared/Paultin took place over days 312 to 317; Nate/Strix took place over days 312 to 319 (calculated by assuming Strix brought Waffles to the circus after Simon came back); Anna/Diath took place over days 318 to 327 (calculated due to Strix talking to Diath about owlbear sex at the very start); and Holly/Evelyn took place all in one day and directly before episode 126, thus day 327. This is assuming that the “extras” took place between days 318 and 327. All numbers are approximated as there was a lot of “a few days later” type descriptors being thrown around.<

<Evelyn’s guest spot on the Pax East 2019 C-Team game conflicts heavily with the facts we have from DCA. 139 is supposedly after it, but 136 is supposedly before it. However, 136-139 is all one, unbroken narrative, so it couldn’t possibly fit between them, especially when Evelyn has to make the journey to and from Red Larch, which is at least 6 days by my earlier estimations. It’s possible it could fit after 134 and before 136 as the number of passing days is unspecified, but that would mean retconning things Evelyn said in regards to what happened in 136. So I added enough days to fit it there, but continuity-wise, it still doesn’t fully work.>

NOTE: In 117, Chris says that the theft of the Evelyn statue - which occurred in 106 - was “A week ago? Two weeks ago?” however unless 2.5 months pass at the beginning of 99 alone, this is impossible and should be chalked up to him being an “unreliable narrator”. This is not the only instance of him being one, but it was a fairly glaring contradiction, so I thought I’d point it out!

Interesting Facts (some numbers are approximate):

Evelyn was a construct for 127 days

Paultin was without a shadow for 41 days

Diath was a ghoul for 4 days

Simon 1.0 was with the party for 33 days; he had first met them 2 days prior; Simon 2.0 would be found 9 days after his death

Hooty McHootface was with the party for 17 days; Waffles was only 24 days old when 3/4ths of the party died

The Waffle Crew carried a nuke around for 72 days

If my numbers are correct, then it took the party 39 days to get from Port Nyanzaru to Omu, and Diath, Strix, and Paultin would have each lost 13 HP along the way

Anything in season 4 is nearly impossible to have accurate due to all the vague descriptors, and I’m sorry XD

But if my numbers are even remotely correct, season 4 took up almost half the amount of time that passed on the show as a whole

Also not even a full in game year passed - wild

#dice camera action #waffle crew #wafflecrew #spoilers #master post #this kind of stuff fascinates me ok lol #i really like lists and numbers and such

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mbdigitalarts · 7 years ago

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Quotes from Source book

I have used the quotes from this book as it contains many different types of conflict, this being conflict between the countries, characters, internal conflict, physical and political conflict. This gives me a wide range of potential ideas to use for my FMP.

“Unlike me, Violetta had inherited our mother’s rosy temperament and innocent charm.”

“Unlike my sister, blessed with shining black hair to compliment her dark eyes and rich olive skin, I am flawed”

“My left eye became so swollen that a doctor had to remove it. he did it with a red hot knife and a pair of burning tongs.”

“While my sister emerged from the fever unscathed, I now have only a scar where my left eye used to be. While my sisters hair remained a glossy black, the strands of my hair and lashes turned a strange, ever-shifting silver, so that in the sunlight they look close to white, like a winter moon, and in the dark they change to a deep grey, shimmering silk spun from metal.”

“As always, I made sure my hair covered my scar.”

“Scorch marks on the wall, their bodies melted from the inside out. Everyone is frightened of malfettos, sir. Even you are reluctant to do business with me. Please. I’m helpless.”

“I never said i wanted to marry her. I am merely Proposing to take her off your hands.”

“Tomorrow she’s yours. Just... Keep this private. I don’t want Inquisitors knocking on my door and fining me for giving her away too young.”

“I grabbed two long strips of silk cloth that make up a Tamouran headwrap. I would need to cover up my silver hair”

“I looked over my shoulder one last time at my bedchamber door, as if expecting my father to walk in. where are you going, Adelina? He’d say. There’s nothing out there for a girl like you.”

“In the dim glow of night, I could see the gloss of her dark, marble eyes, the thinness of her delicate skin. Her beauty was so pure.”

“I tried in vain to escape his grasp, but his hand only gripped tighter untill i gasped from the pain. My father pulled hard - I stumbled, lost my balance, and fell against him. Mud splashed my face. All i could hear was the roar of the rain, the darkness of his voice.”

“I gritted my teeth and stared back. ‘I hate you,’ I whispered. My father struck me viciously across the face. Light flashed across my vision. I stumbled, then collapsed in the mud. My father still clung to my hair.”

“The storm drowned me out.I dragged myself away from my father’s body. this is all wrong. But that was a lie. I knew it, even then. Do you see how I take after my father? I had enjoyed every moment. ‘I didn’t mean it!’ I shrieked again, trying to drown out my inner voice.”

“She looked as if she had been crying, and dark circles under her eyes marred her perfection. There was a bruise on her cheek, turning blue and black.”

“His white robes are embellished with more gold than the others iv’e seen, definitely clothing befitting his status.”

“His hair is the colour of wheat, pale for a Kennetran, and cut in a fashion i haven’t seen much in southern Kennetra - Shorter on the sides, fuller on the top, with a slender tail wrapped in gold trailing down the nape of his neck.”

“His face is lean and chiseled as if from marble, handsome in its coldness, and his eyes are pale blue. Very pale blue. so pale that they seem colorless in in the light.”

“ ‘How impolite,’ he mocks, his voice velvet and deep. Even in the midst of chaos, I can hear him.”

“One of the Inquisitors nearly cuts him in half with a swing of his sword, but the boy slices his hand clean off. the sword clatters to the ground.”

“ ‘It’s the Reaper!’ Teren shouts, pointing at the boy with a drawn sword. He starts heading toward us. His pale eyes are mad with glee. ‘Seize him!’ ”

“A column of fire explodes from his hands, slicing a line across the platform and dividing the soldiers from us with a wall of flame stretching high into the sky. Shouts of terror come from behind the fiery curtain.”

“The only part of his face not hidden by his mask are his eyes - hard, midnight dark, but alight with fire.”

“I try not to cry. ‘I don’t want to,’ I whisper, but my words fade away at the look in my father’s eyes. I take the butterfly’s wing between my fingers, the rip it from its body, my own heart tearing as I go.”

“ ‘Are you worthless like that butterfly, Adelina?’ I shake my head in panic. No. Please. Give me a chance. ‘So show me. Show me what you can do.’ Then he breaks my finger at the joint.”

“Now, instead of wearing that silver mask and his hooded robes, he’s clad in finely spun linen and a black velvet doublet trimmed with gold, clothing exquisite enough to belong to the wealthiest aristocrats.”

“But his hair holds my attention the most. It looks dark red in the light, so dark it’s almost black, a rich shade of blood that I’ve never seen before, tied back into a short, loose tail at the nape of his neck. it is a color not of this world.”

“A gold ring flashes on his finger.”

“He wears a pair of thin gloves, and when I look closer, I notice tiny flecks of blood on their surface. A chill runs down my spine. He doesn’t smile.”

“ ‘My mother used to call me Kami Gourgaem,’ I reply. ‘Her “little wolf.’”

“The last thing i need is for a killer with blood-flecked gloves to dislike me.”

“The king uses malfettos as an excuse for his poor rule. As if we are to blame for the state of his impoverished nation.”

“ ‘you-’ I stammer ‘You’re the prince.’ No wonder he looks so familiar. I’d seen many portraits of Kenettra’s first born prince as a child.”

“Enzo leans close enough for me to see slashes of brilliant red in his eyes.”

“Underneath the leather, his hand is a mass of burned flesh, most of it healed over in thick layers of hideous scar tissue that must have accumulated over the years, while a few spots remain red and angry.”

“Teren is nineteen. does she like me for my youth? Perhaps she sees me as a boy, four years too young for her. He marvels again at how lucky he is, to have drawn the attention of royalty.”

“A famous poet from the Sunlands once described a beautiful face as ‘one kissed by moon and water,’ an ode to our three moons and the loveliness of their light on the ocean. He gave exactly two people this compliment: his mother, and the last princess of the Feishen empire. If he were alive to see who I’m now looking at, he would add him as the third. Moon and water must love this boy desperately.”

“Under canopies of long, dark lashes, one of his eyes is the colour of honey under the sunlight, while the other is the brilliant summer green of an emerald.”

“His hair, black and shining, drapes across one of his shoulders in a loose, silken braid. His olive skin is smooth, flawless, glowing. The faint musk of night lilies envelops him in a veil, intoxicating, promising something forbidden.’ “

“The boy smiles at me, exposing dimples. ‘It’s good to meet you, mi Adelinetta.” I shiver at the softness of his lips. He takes my hands and leans down to kiss me on each cheek. His hands are cool and smooth, his fingers slender and encircled with thin gold rings, his nails gleaming. His voice is as lyrical as it sounded through the door. ‘I’m Raffaele.’ “

“ ‘Oh,’ I manage to reply. I’m a fool. He isn’t the client at all. The man inside is the client, and Raffaele is the consort.”

“The breeze combs through his hair, revealing several brilliant sapphire strands glistening under the black, jeweled lines moving against a night canvas. A second marking.”

“Raffaele glides around me in a slow circle, his eyes alight with curiosity. The way he’s circling me feels almost predatory, especially when he passes to the weak side of my vision and I have to turn my head in order to keep him in view.”

“He picks up Violetta, laughs, and spins her in a circle. She squeals in delight as I stand by. Later that afternoon, I challenge Violetta to a race through the trees behind our home. I pick a route that is filled with rocks and crevices, knowing full well that she has just recovered from a fever and is still weak. When Violetta trips over a root, skinning her knees, I smile and don’t stop to help her. I keep running, running, running until the wind and I become one. I don’t need my father to spin me in a circle. I can already fly.”

“On a strange impulse, I reach out and close my hand tightly around the rose’s stem. A dozen thorns slash into the flesh of my palm. Still, I clench my jaw and tighten my grip as hard as I can. You’re right, Violetta. Finally I release the stem, staring in wonder at the blood that blooms on my hand. Scarlet stains the thorns. Pain enhances beauty, I remember thinking.”

“The whispers in the dark corners of my mind now spring free of their cages and fill my thoughts with their noise. They bring a flurry of memories, of everything I’ve already seen and everything I’ve fought to suppress. My father breaking my finger, shouting at me, striking me, ignoring me. The night in the rain. His shattered ribs. The long nights in the Inquisitor’s dungeons. Teren’s colourless eyes. The crowd jeering at me, throwing stones at my face. The iron stake.”

“ ‘Formadite and Caldora, the twin angels of Fear and Fury,’ he whispers. ‘Amber, for the hatred buried in ones chest. Nightstone, for the darkness in oneself, the strength of fear.’ He hesitates then looks me in the eye. ‘Something blackens your heart, something deep and bitter. It has festered in you for years, nurtured and encouraged. I’ve never felt anything like it.’ ”

“Raffaele’s eyes, so warm and sweet earlier, now seem dark and frightening.”

“If I cannot pass their tests, then they will do to me what they must have done with the boy who could not control the rain. They will kill me.”

“He touches on her alignment with the amber and nightstone, her overwhelming attraction to the twin rocks. As he feared, Enzo narrows his eyes in interest. Raffaele shivers at his expression. He has recruited many Elites for the prince in the last few years, but none has ever shown Enzo’s same alignment to diamond, such fiery ambition. Being near his energy is intoxicating.”

“ ‘We’ve all seen what she can do. She has no reason to tun on us.’ Raffaele hesitates. ‘Tread carefully, Reaper. We don’t know the extent of her energy yet.’ “

“Enzo nods once. His expression doesn’t change, but the scarlet slashes in his eyes burn bright. He presses a gloved finger against Raffaele’s chest. His voice is a quiet command. ‘Next time, do not keep secrets from me.’ “

“I stop humming. my smile fades. ‘Violetta?’ I murmur. Imove my arm and roll her to face me. Where Violetta’s face should be, there is instead nothing. The bed collapsed beneath me - and suddenly I am falling. I fall down, down, down. I fall forever.”

“Front and center before them stands Enzo, his hair the colour of blood, his hands folded behind his back, and his gaze fixed unwaveringly on me. Gone is the hint of mischief in him that I saw when we first talked in my chamber. Today, his expression is hard and unforgiving, the young prince replaced with a cold-blooded assassin. The cavern’s strange lighting casts a shadow over his eyes.”

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