#i don't always think about vespin chloras but when i do im chewing my desk chair

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Eisfurra, paladin, cleric!

eisfuura: who is your favorite npc

I mean after this fanart by @porzio-art, I'd climb Imahara Joe like a tree. Hot and friendly and a big lore nerd? There are worse things than Aeor-flavored pillow talk.

(I really do think he's great; he's a genuinely nice guy who provided some good solid lore drops at a time when the party desperately needed them—but a pair of gloves and some safety goggles never hurt anything.)

paladin: what is your favorite friendship

I absolutely love Percy and Keyleth's relationship; I think it's really fun how tumultuous it is but how much they clearly adore each other. Their opener in episode 1 writing nice comment cards for the tavern is great and they never miss once afterward. I love how important they are to each other and the impact they have on each other's stories, how Keyleth brings out Percy's kindness and warmth while Percy encourages Keyleth to be clever and decisive. And while it's not the most important thing about them, I do think it's really cool that they're such a clear example of a healthy platonic male-female friendship on top of all that.

cleric: what is your favorite battle

Gotta be the fight with Vespin Chloras from EXU Calamity. It's SO intense, everybody's bringing everything they've got to the table both in terms of combat and roleplay and it does not disappoint. Nydas and Zerxus are heartwrenching and badass, Patia and Loquatius are pulling out all the stops and doing everything in their power to keep Laerryn up so she can accomplish one of the most incredible feats in Exandrian history, and of course Cerrit's nat 20 Mage Slayer.

And to me it's so much better because we've actually SEEN Vespin! Not only do we know him as the historical figure, but we've now actually gotten a glimpse into the person he was—someone who, corrupted and mutilated as the thrall of the Lord of the Hells, would use what little opportunity he had in his right mind to buy someone else time for even a chance that it might make a difference. It adds another layer of tragedy that not only could our heroes have had kinder fates, our villain could too. But instead they're here, at the end of the world.

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