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Employed To Serve Announces New Record, 'Fallen Star'
Employed To Serve have unveiled the details of their upcoming new album, âFallen Starâ. Set to drop on April 25, it includes the new single âAtonementâ which features a guest appearance from Lorna Shore vocalist Will Ramos. On the new track, guitarist Sammy Urwin says ââAtonementâ takes aim at those who try to lord their power over you. The only way to defeat these people is by rising aboveâŠ
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ALBUM REVIEW: Employed To Serve - The Conquering - Spinefarm RecordsÂ
ALBUM REVIEW: Employed To Serve â The Conquering â Spinefarm RecordsÂ
When yet another massive riff, this time during the early stages of track nine âWorld Eaterâ, hits â you know the sort⊠the type of riff that makes your face do the same involuntary wince/âooooooâ combo as sucking a lemon straight after brushing your teeth might â the smile canât help but break out on your face: The Conquering (Spinefarm) isnât just Employed To Serve upping the ante; their fourthâŠ

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Employed to Serve Album Review: Conquering

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BY JORDAN MAINZER
Conquering is British metal band Employed to Serve presenting their ability to play across a wide array of genres. Their second album on Spinefarm, following the great Eternal Forward Motion, Conquering was recorded during a brutal winter, the type that causes you to embrace familiar comforts. Appropriately, Employed to Serve looked back to the music they grew up on, writing a groove-forward album about overcoming the feelings and people that threaten to bring you down. With the one-two punch of Justine Jones and Sammy Urwinâs vocals--hers an icy scream, his a guttural growl--the band sound, no pun intended, unconquerable.
Take âExistâ. âThis is hell,â goes the chorus, Jones continuing, âIâve created my own personal jail / My festering thoughts makes it hard just to simply exist.â Itâs a difficult admission, but Nathan Pryorâs bass groove and Casey McHaleâs meaty drums buoy her spiraling thoughts. âThe Mistakeâ is an chugging anthem against suicide. And âMark Of The Graveâ, which toes the thin line between radio hard rock and sludge, is directed towards those people who actively put others down; âYouâre all dead to me,â shouts Urwin. These ideas arenât new, but theyâre important, and that theyâre presented accessibly and in varying styles benefits them.
Still, Conquering is at its best at its most theatrical or harsh. While Urwinâs clean singing on âTwist The Bladeâ, âMark Of The Graveâ, and âStand Aloneâ ventures into nu-metal territory and chooses to emphasize the albumâs lyrical themes, the band simply impresses with its exploration of older traditions. Album opener âUniversal Chokeholdâ opens with pretty, prickling electric guitar that wouldnât sound out of place on a dream pop record. Itâs overtaken by strings but then assertive riffs and blast beats, classic metal all around. âWe Donât Need Youâ is a drum roll hardcore stomp, while âSet In Stoneâ and âWorld Enderâ juxtapose thrash grooves and siren-like solos. Each song represents a facet of Employed to Serve, whose new albumâs title implies not a finality but that theyâre in the process of rising to the top, growing more confident each step of the way.
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Release Rundown â CHURCH ROAD RECORDS SPECIAL
Release Rundown â CHURCH ROAD RECORDSÂ SPECIAL

Words: Ben Forrester
For this weeks rundown weâre championing UK label Church Road Records, who have not one but two new releases due before 2020 (finally) bows out. Founded by Sammy Urwin (Employed To Serve/Glorious/Renounced) in 2017, the label is co-managed by partner and bandmate Justine Jones (Employed To Serve/Glorious). Itâs not been the easiest of turning points for Justinethese past fewâŠ
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Following their much-acclaimed 2019 album Prokopton, November 19 will see Toulouse based symphonic melodic death metal force Aephanemer return with their third and thunderous full-length record A Dream Of Wilderness via Napalm Records. A Dream Of Wilderness promises to be an exciting and refreshing mixture of metallic elements that are both technically superior and emotively rousing. First single âPanta Rheiâ showcases the bandâs ability to combine blistering, speedy riffs with a thrilling symphonic sound that takes you on a journey right into a melodic death metal fairy tale. [via Metal Goddesses]
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French melodic death metallers Akiavel unveil a music video for âLady Of Deathâ off of their new album VĂŠ Victis. Watch it below. Vocalist AurĂ© on the track: ââLady of Deathâ is a song about Aileen Wuornos. I absolutely wanted to put her on our album because I find her fascinating. I have studied her story a lot; I have a lot of compassion for her despite the fact that she has murdered people. Thatâs why the text isnât very violent or bloody, itâs more based on how she feels. She had a lot of suffering in her. For the video clip we got closer to her psychological state. Thatâs why we chose the actress who clearly embodied her conscience and the struggle within her.â [via Metal Goddesses]
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When Sydney, Australia was put in lockdown the Temtris crew had their tour of the latest album release Ritual Warfare cut in half. Instead of wasting time they pushed forward and decided to make a clip for the powerhouse opening track âRace to the Endâ. Putting together the idea of filming each member playing the song on a green screen in their own home and piecing the footage together to make this killer track available for all metalheads to enjoy. This track has been a favourite of radio stations around the world and with lyrics we can all relate too about life and time. Itâs a fast paced track with a dynamic bolt of Power/Speedmetal with a big catchy chorus and riffs that will stick in your head. [via Metal Goddesses]
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Ukrainian melodic metallers Ignea share a music video for their new single âMermaidsâ in collaboration with a symphonic death metal project Ersedu. Watch it below. The song is taken from BESTIA, a concept EP about the human nature of Ukrainian mythological creatures and the worldâs duality. In Ukrainian, BESTIA (Ukr. «бДŃŃŃŃ») means both a savage beast and a mischievous person. This is a split record that consists of songs by two Ukrainian bands and is a result of their 10-year friendship. âMermaidsâ, which features both bands, is a song about Ukrainian mavkas (sirens) who cannot find their place anywhere: neither on the shore nor in the waters. Just like humans, they are bored when their life is in balance, and theyâre trapped in the problems that they create on their own. One of the ways to entertain themselves is collecting people and transform them into pearls, which was the fate of two travellers from the video. âBecause all the pearls and treasures are here, under mermaidsâ hair the essence of being.â [via Metal Goddesses]
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Ecuadorian tech death metal trio Minipony have shared new single âKill Like A Humanâ, which is a first and intense harbinger for the bandâs upcoming full-length record Ajna, to be released in early 2022 via Subsound Records.
Employed To Serve is going to make your break your own neck from windmilling so damn hard with their new single âThe Mistakeâ. Seriously, that opening riff comes in like a wrecking ball and never, ever lets up ."'The Mistake' is about letting other people's opinions of you seep into your subconscious and filling you with self-doubt," said guitarist and vocalist Sammy Urwin. "In life, you can't always win over everyone. But don't let the haters stifle your true potential and stand in between you and your goals." [via Metal Injection]
Dying Wish have shared another track from their upcoming debut album Fragments Of A Bitter Memory, and it's another vital slice of metalcore brilliance. It's called 'Severing The Senses' and melds classic driving riffs and spiky breakdowns with vicious and volatile storytelling. It's another sharp and savage example of one of the most exciting and important new bands the scene currently has to offer. Vocalist Emma Boster explains some of the song's vital themes: âI wrote the lyrics at a time when friends of mine were coming forward about their experiences with abuse after years of their stories being invalidated and suppressed. As a survivor myself, it was triggering for me to see their bravery met with even more denial and excuses from the person who caused them harm. That feeling of anger and sadness I get in those moments will forever be unparalleled. âI cannot escape this torment granted by the hand of a cowardâ is specifically about those triggered emotions. After growing up in a home where I experienced violence, I had a very distorted expectation from men. As a result, I found myself in a relationship where I experienced other forms of abuse. âI felt the weight of every mistake you madeâ and âI took the blame each time you broke my heartâ refers to the gaslighting and manipulation I dealt with in my first relationship. Itâs a story I no longer tell because of how many times Iâve been told that my trauma wasnât real. The idea of the letter on the deathbed is intended for the survivor to have the last word so they never have to feel invalidated again.â [via Rock Sound]
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Employed To Serve are putting British metal back on top
For the past decade, Justine Jones and Sammy Urwin of Employed To Serve have helped elevate British rock and metal both on and off the stage, from Album Of The Year releases to their championing of new bands. Now, with fourth full-length Conquering on the horizon, the pay-off is being felt across the entire sceneâŠ
Some years ago now, at the end of her last job in retail, Justine Jones made a decision. Providing she could eat and had a roof over her head, she wasnât, she told herself, going to spend her life doing anything that was âun-funâ. Instead, Justine decided, sheâd navigate the world by working hard on the things she loved and that she truly believed in.
âIâve never been content to be a cog,â she says. ââIâve always wanted to be like a very heavily involved person. I like having a say, I guess. Iâve never liked having a manager, in terms of work. I have got that childish, rebellious thing, like, ââDonât tell me what to do.ââ

Employed To Serve are not cogs. Nor are Justine and guitarist Sammy Urwin ones to sit around and wait for the lights to go green. With what the singer calls ââour Hatebreed, perseverance attitudeâ, a self-starting, hands-dirty, DIY ethos thatâs as much about enthusiasm for music and building a scene as it is firing up pits, they have become one of the most exciting British metal bands of the past decade. When Oli Sykes invited them to join the Bring Me The Horizon-curated All Points East festival two summers ago, he noted that they were ââone of the few heavy bands around who I actually likeâ.
Kerrang! had got there before him, mind. In 2017, we crowned Employed To Serveâs second album, The Warmth Of A Dying Sun, our Album Of The Year. Its follow-up, 2019âs Eternal Forward Motion, was awarded a full 5K rating and a spot on our front cover, their second. When they gave us the nod a while ago that they were about to drop the first single from their brilliant fourth album, Conquering, coming this September, we didnât even need to think about giving them a third.
Like Oliâs band, thereâs an energy to Employed To Serve, an orbit around them that feels like itâs pulling in other bands, linking seemingly unlinked outfits together through sheer enthusiasm. Beyond the band, offstage, Justine and Sammy run Church Road Records from their home in the Surrey commuter town of Woking (a place notably annihilated by Martians in H.G. Wellsâ War Of The Worlds). Through this, they can sign and put out music by bands that they like: the only real signing policy amounting to ââbands that excite meâ, says Justine. Thereâs as much gratefulness towards the artists they release â Svalbard, Palm Reader, Cruelty, to name but three â for trusting them to look after their records, as there is to anyone who gives their own band the time of day.
âAs cheesy as it sounds, weâre lifers,â says Justine. ââI love music. I love releasing it. I love that I do it for a full time job. I love playing live. First and foremost, we are music fans. Obviously, we love being in a band and stuff. But we just live and breathe music.â

As with so many things for so many people, the depth of this dedication was thrown into sharp focus as COVID took hold last year. At the end of 2019, Employed To Serve were on a winning streak. Eternal Forward Motion was one of the yearâs most acclaimed releases, they band had spent a month on the road with Bury Tomorrow in Europe and the UK, and on New Yearâs Eve, Sammy and Justine put a bow on their long-term relationship by tying the knot. In March 2020, just before lockdown ended touring for everyone, the bandâs UK headlining run just about snuck in, and saw them sell out Londonâs Camden Underworld, a show that ended in chaos with the audience onstage triumphantly carrying Sammy on their shoulders.
When things ground to a halt, the gap left was palpable. Once source of reflection came in taking stock in what the band had achieved, while also having to find a replacement for guitarist Richard Jacobs. Itâs an exercise the pair are admittedly used to, to the point where Justine says, ââWe probably look like dictators, like itâs the Sammy and Justine show.â
To wit, keen observers will note that they are the only members of Employed To Serve to be on both this Kerrang! cover and the last one. Thereâs no bad blood anywhere â Richard left to move to Japan with his wife, drummer Robbie Back has become a dad, bassist Marcus Gooda went on to focus on other things â it was simply the wage of getting older in a band. When lifeâs forks come up, you have to make a choice. For Sammy and Justine, the choice just happens to be to stay the course. Three new members have been drafted into the band â guitarist David Porter, bassist Nathan Pryor and drummer Casey McHale â but it still provided a moment of reflection for what was actually important.

Another, more serious bit of stock-taking came last September, when Justine resigned from her job as a label manager at Holy Roar records, after serious assault allegations were made against the labelâs owner. Soon after, that label folded entirely.
But in both cases, where events could have sown doubt or caused serious damage, things instead bloomed. And so, Sammy and Justine turned Church Road â a small concern of Sammyâs for years already â into a full-time occupation and livelihood, taking on Holy Roar releases already on the slate and pressed, and releasing them herself. In the case of their first release, Svalbardâs When I Die, Will I Get Better?, there was barely a month to move everything over, and yet it still hit the shelves on the day it was always intended to. Because, looking back, itâs almost like there was no other consideration than to carry on.
âWhen everything happened, I thought, ââMaybe I could go to a bigger label or something.â But thatâs not where my heart is,â says Justine. ââMy heart is in finding bands in tiny little venues and then helping them grow into their second hours and stuff. And itâs just more fun. Obviously, itâs very scary [running your own label], and Iâve spent a lot of this past year very stressed. But I donât have to answer to anyone â I just do the best I can for the bands because I love them. My favourite thing is sitting on Bandcamp with a coffee or a beer, and going through each genre finding the best bands of that day, or going through Apple Music or Spotify and finding new bands. It has been like that since I was a kid. So doing a record label just makes sense.
âObviously I wish it was under better circumstances, but COVID has been almost like a blessing for this band, because itâs helped us regroup,â she continues. ââIt made us take stock of all the cool shit weâve been lucky enough to do. Because sometimes when you get caught in the rat race of everything, youâre never really living in the moment. And then COVID happens, and you think, ââWhat do I miss?â Friends, family, playing shows. And Iâm like, ââCool, Iâm doing the right thing. Letâs get back to it.ââ
For Justine, this meant becoming the boss. For Sammy, already a music obsessive with an apparent addiction to both old-school death metal and playing guitar in as many bands as possible as a member of Renounced and Motormouth (as well as playing in Glorious with Justine), it was an opportunity to dedicate his life to his passion even further. A gardener by trade, heâd lately found himself wondering what was beyond it.
âI was doing gardening work on and off for the last 10 or so years. I enjoyed the work, but sometimes I would kind of find myself being a little bit like, ââWhatâs the five-year plan?ââ he says. ââIâll always do the band. But we got a few members going off and doing other stuff. I knew I had to find something else to do, because I wanted to do something in music that also fit around being in the band. I just knew I wanted to be with like-minded people talking about music all day.â
Sammy and Justine talk about music a lot. Get Sammy started on metal, and his enthusiasm quickly runs away with him. For Justine, their impending gig at Download Pilot a couple of days after our interview is as much about watching everyone else as it is their own show. Though one of the heaviest bands on the line-up, as a showcase of the breadth of rising talent the British rock scene has, appearing on the same ticket as Enter Shikari, Trash Boat, Creeper, Boston Manor, Neck Deep, Loathe and Conjurer is a large-scale version of what theyâve been driving at for years.
âItâs so funny, because it kind of sounds weird, but within the British scene, it makes total sense,â says Justine. ââItâs a very rich scene at a minute, and itâs for all spectrums. You have bands like Orchards and Gender Roles on the Big Scary Monsters label, but equally, thereâs loads of heavier bands, too. Everyone knows how hard it can be being a British band, because itâs hard to get over to America. And now, unfortunately, itâs gonna be hard to get to Europe [after Brexit]. So everyoneâs got this thing like, ââWeâre this little island here and we need to stick together and support each other.â Itâs a nice collective, and a moment in time to be a part of.â
âEven though weâve written a more metal record [with Conquering] for us, thatâs definitely not a statement of us closing the door,â says Sammy. ââObviously weâd love to tour with Gojira or Lamb Of God or something like that. But if Creeper came to us and said, ââDo you want to tour with us?â weâd say yes.â
It was on such a line-up that Justine first appeared on the cover of Kerrang!, alongside Becky Blomfield of much-missed alt.punks Milk Teeth, with whom ETS were touring at the time. It not only showed two rising talents in the British scene, but also how well such different ends of it slotted together. Which was kind of the point.
âWe were like the little metal sandwich in that tour,â says Justine. ââBut we worked well, because it was an example of this sort of British scene thatâs going on at the moment.â
âPeople turned up who would be wearing ETS Tâshirts, and then singing along with Milk Teeth and vice versa,â says Sammy. ââThatâs so cool to see. Obviously thereâs still a little bit of gatekeeping going on in the world of metal. But, for me, that was a really good sign of a shift.â
âIt makes total sense. I donât know why itâs not more of a thing, having mixed bills like that,â says Justine. ââEveryone in our generation grew up listening to Slipknot and blink-182; two polarising bands, but it makes total sense. I listen to both of them religiously. So that actually kind of makes sense in a bill. Itâs literally a music fanâs show. I remember Thursday opening for My Chemical Romance at Wembley on The Black Parade tour when I was 14, and Reuben opening for Billy Talent as well. I literally got to get into heavier stuff from those mixed line-ups.â
Put it to either of them that between their music, DIY attitude and simple lust for wanting to marshall a scene without walls, Employed To Serve could be called leaders, or at least the setters of examples for others to follow, and itâs a compliment theyâll take, but also something that they donât want to take too much credit for.
âI mean, itâs for others to say, isnât it?â says Justine. ââWe just have mental to-do list of stuff we want to achieve. And if that inspires people, thatâs sick. Itâs never like we try to be the leaders or anything.
âAt the end of the day, I love the idea of kids getting into metal because of us and vice versa.â
As such an entry point, Conquering is a very good one. Ultra heavy and explosive, it leans even further into Sammyâs love of death metal OGs like Morbid Angel and Death, plus classic thrash, with shredding solos everywhere, as well as more vocals from the guitarist. And not even changing three-fifths of the band since their last album has had anything other than a sharpening effect. Fundamentally, Conquering is exciting, full of energy, and powered by a deep-set love for simply doing it.
âThe floodgates have been opened, I guess, in terms of wearing our influences for this record on our sleeve,â says Sammy. ââI like to think we still maintain the ETS that was there before, but itâs obvious that during lockdown and leading up to this record, for me it was about early Machine Head and Testament and Exodus and stuff. I feel like this is our chance to show that side of us a bit more.â
âItâs where I feel at home, as well, because I grew up listening to early Lamb of God and ââ90s-era Roadrunner Records bands,â adds Justine. ââStraight-up metal, but not straight-up metal in the sense that weâre doing it by numbers. We sound like us, but there are more choruses and solos.â
âLyrically, itâs similar to Eternal Forward Motion and touching on some pretty bleak stuff, but for the most part we tried to put a positive spin on it,â says Sammy. ââI wanted put all of that energy into something positive. I didnât want to say the same things again, because I didnât want to make it sound like itâs the same record. Iâd say itâs an even more positive record than before.â

The day we meet for this interview, long after the tape recorder goes off, conversation about bands and music continues into the small hours. Three days later, at Download, as Sammy chucks himself into the crowd at the end of the bandâs set and Justine alternates between roaring her head off and smiling her face off, the delight in all this is self-evident. Employed To Serve are one of the best metal bands in the country â one of the best bands full stop, in fact â but on a broader scale, they also act as a reflection of an emerging wave of bands for whom being in a band is an act of joy, of doing something with your life, of not settling for things that are, as Justine says, ââun-funâ.
âStuff in the band does get to you sometimes and you do get grouchy or whatever,â admits Sammy. ââBut we realised that weâre also very fortunate people who have played with people that have become our best friends. Itâs about taking stock and being like, ââThis is fun.â Thatâs what the album is about. Itâs about not letting things in your life get the better of you. Because sometimes they do, and you find yourself getting all aggy, and youâre only doing yourself a disservice at that point, really.â
âI think Henry Rollins said, ââTenacity over talent,ââ says Justine. ââWe work hard, but itâs tenacity. You could be the sickest guitar player but just sit in your bedroom and never play a show. No.â
âI mean, I do set myself up for it, where Iâm kind of pulling my hair out,â adds Sammy. ââIâve had times where Iâve had three or four band practices a week. And thereâs a gig this night, and a gig that night, and Iâve got to do this, that and the other. But youâve gotta be in it to win it. And when a cool gig comes about, or cool tour comes about, or youâre just really happy with what you recorded, thatâs when you know itâs worth it.â
As they say themselves, Justine and Sammy are lifers. As other members leave to start families or move abroad to begin the next chapter of their lives, rather than feeling left behind, itâs almost made them realise even more quite what a special thing they have.
When it brings you as much happiness as doing this clearly does, what else do you need? And anyway, itâs worth it to not simply be a cog.
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Interview with Employed To Serve
We had the pleasure of interviewing Employed To Serve over Zoom video! Employed To Serve have released their brand new record, Conquering, out via Spinefarm.   Drawing influence from the music of their youth and a new perspective on how to nurture the positive aspects of humanity and individual growth, Conquering is a celebration and acknowledgement of triumph in the face of a world that can be relentlessly adversarial. Employed to Serve began recording Conquering in the "unforgiving winter" of 2020. It was produced and mixed by Lewis Johns at The Ranch, Southampton and mastered by Grant Berry at Fader Mastering. ETS took the time thrown at them by a world stopped still to write their most visceral material to date.  ABOUT EMPLOYED TO SERVE: Employe to Serve's origins are essentially humble, with the core duo of Justine Jones (vocals) and Sammy Urwin (guitar/vocals) initially starting the band as a two-piece grindcore project backed by a drum machine. Early experiences on the UK festival scene expanded their horizons and perceptions of what weightier music could be. Seeing heavy-hitters such as Converge, Meshuggah, and Glassjaw alongside smaller but no less important acts like Rolo Tomassi, Veils, and The Chariot inspired the duo to develop their vision. 2014's Change Nothing Regret Everything EP operated as a stepping stone into full band territory, before 2015's critically acclaimed debut album, Greyer Than You Remember, became their calling card, followed up two years later by The Warmth of a Dying Sun, then their 2019 Spinefarm debut Eternal Forward Motion. Employed to Serve have already proved themselves as a searingly intense and honest live experience, sharing bills with the cream of the crop of modern heavy music, including Code Orange, Bury Tomorrow, Stick To Your Guns, Loathe, Counterparts, and Underoath. Theyâve also decimated stages at some of the UK and Europe's leading music festivals, the likes of Download, Glastonbury, Graspop, and Hellfest. And the accolades are unstoppable; from their Kerrang! Album of the Year win back in 2017, achieving the assumed impossible with a KKKKKK (yes, that is 6 K's!) live review, landing in Metal Hamme'âs reader and staff Top 10 Album polls, and a 2020 sold-out Underworld performance, to a plethora of cover features across Music Week, Metro Weekend, Upset, and Kerrang!, Employed to Serve are unflinching at the forefront of metal innovation. We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #ETS #EmployedToServe #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiB Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! source https://www.spreaker.com/user/14706194/interview-with-employed-to-serve
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DEFTONES "Elite" Covered by EMPLOYED TO SERVE + DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN + THE NUMBER TWELVE Members
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Curse of Strahd Play Report #5
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Sammie the Halfling Paladin
Alias the Illythid Mystic
Hakan the Warforged Artificer
Kairon the Tiefling Hexblade
Torment the Tiefling Cleric
Baux the Elven Rogue
Finishing up the fight from last week, the players quickly tore through the assassins. The skeleton men had one last quick, with the two who werenât killed by the Clericâs Sacred Flame raising themselves with 1 hit die worth of damage. Wasnât enough to hurt the party but I did startle the rogue who was in the midst of looting the body.
Our Illythid learnt Zuleikaâs secret, by way of bullshit player abilities (aura vision). Surprisingly, he didnât tell anyone, but that didnât stop the rest of the party, metagaming little twerps that they are, from being jerks to her for the rest of the night.
In the thick fog, the group found themselves at a cross roads. After some navigation work through use of Hakanâs compass and Sammieâs memorization of the map, the players managed NOT to walk right up to the gates of Castle Ravenloft: Well done guys, you managed not to doom Ireena.
After some âspoookyâ happenings involving gates and werewolf howls, the players made their way towards Vallaki. Impressively, they also didnât walk up to Old Bonegrinder. Danger sense was fully on their side today.
Zuleika split from the party at this point, saying she was banned from Vallaki. The party began disguising themselves, and then moved toward the town gate.
I was hoping that the players would royally screw up, but only one of them did. Baux decided showing his trophy (a skull from the assassins) to a nervous, slightly paranoid guard was a good idea. They got lucky that Sammie, pretending to be a small child, managed to smooth talk her way in.
Making their way to the church (and past a plot hook they would continue to resolutely ignore until I beat them over the head with it), the party met up with Father Lucien. Lucien revealed that there was no safety to be found in Vallaki after the sacred bones of St Andral had been stolen. Sammie made the angry sigh.
The group quickly zeroed in on the source of the leak: Yespa, the young altar boy. They then were asked if theyâd like to stay at the Inn, which they refused, instead sleeping on the floor of the Church, not weird at all.
In the morning, Sammie, Hakan, and Torment decided to go grab breakfast. After getting into an argument with a street vendor, the trio went to the Inn. There, they met the Urwin the tavern keeper, who caught Hakanâs
SUBTLE
hint that they were adventurers, and asked them to figure out where the shipment of wine is. Then, the group met Rictavio, a half elven ringmaster, who also caught the SUBTLE hint. They donât know it yet, but Rictavio planted a note on the werewolf den on Hakan. Luckily, none of my players read these, even though they could.
MVP of the game goes to Thunan-Kel, Hakanâs murderbot and son, for rolling a Nat 20 two times in a row and then a 19, thus removing 31 hitpoints of damage in one round with a knife. Thunan-Kel continues to be more valuable then most players, and will be awarded with all natural oil and a sad death scene when one can be made available.
Signing off til next week.
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