#wittr was an experience

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i feel so bad for my friends who are actually into black metal, i couldn't have a whole lecture about how i am a totally normal person and not an insane murderous extremist every time i mention the music i like. they are so strong for doing that.

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WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM to Participate in Live INTO THE NECROSPHERE Interview at FORTRESS FESTIVAL UK

American black metal overlords WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM are pleased to reveal that they will be participating in Fortress Festival UK’s inaugural Fortress Forum, an emerging metal conference that offers a unique, in-person opportunity for festival attendees to hear artists talk about their careers and experiences! During WitTR’s appearance at the festival on June 2, they will not only be…

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Meeting the Great Bear Oracle and Shocking Reveals

Owain and Olhava’s Adventures

Waking up in Chaos

Much like Wittr and Sage, the pets woke up in a panic. Olhava in the heat of battle, seeing Wittr smashing the crown box, and the chaos that ensued afterwards. Olhava remembers feeling something pulling on his antlers and then he passes out.

Owain, who was guarding the hallway for Sage, remembers seeing the hallway, and a whole lot of gold at the end of the hall. But then he remembers something grabbing him around his midsection, (Cue squeaky noise, yes, all three of us made jokes about this.) then black.

(If you look up the map of the Faewilds, while Sage and Wittr landed in the Autumn Realm, the pets landed in Fae Crossing).

Owain and Olhava woke up seeing each other. They are both a little relieved, but also freaking out where their moms were.

Then hearing someone talking nearby, Owain jumps on Olhava’s head, and they proceed to where they hear the talking. They both see a large crow harvesting herbs and talking to a fly, the crow never introduces himself, but the fly is named Buzzworth.

The crow takes the pets to Hutch Pines, the crow said the Oracle Bear could help the pets get back to Sage and Wittr.

Old Faces and Shocking information

Entering the Hutch Pines, the crow tells the pets that this is where he leaves them, saying he is not looked upon kindly by the bear, but points out to a lion guard and tells the pets that is the doorman to the Bear.

So, Olhava and Owain trot up to the lion and explain the situation, the lion thinks that the pets are nuts, but a mighty growl comes from behind the lion. A large green bear with tribal tattoos all over their body. The bear tells the guard to let the pets in.

At the top of the tree house the pets see a large circular pool of water and a very familiar face, which the immediately go on guard, it’s Zep the pet seller (this is the gnome that Sage and Wittr got Owain and Olhava) Zepp greets them with a friendly smile and magic up two cages “Lovely to see you both again”. Both pets are ready to attack, in which Zep said it was a joke no worries.

Zepp and the bear are old friends, then Zepp relieves he is an Archfey, he then proceeds to tell the pets some things they need to discuss.

Zepp offers the pets to become awakened, however there is a downside to this, that if they choose to be awaken, they wouldn’t be able to return to the mortal plains with their mothers.

Zep explains he is an Arch Fey, and he is sibling to Fate, and they are not on good terms, because he played a prank on her.

Zep explains that the pets are originally from the Fey Wild, but they were very young when they were brought to the mortal plain. He also explains that once a person leaves the Fey Wild, they would have no memory of their adventures.

The bear and Zep explain to the pets about Selena and the witch problems and the daughters of Baba Yaga, which Owain and Olhava knew that their mothers would be going and fighting Selena. However, the bear asks for the pets’ help and they have the experience that his village needs, everyday and form a decay has been hounding the border of the villages for days. It needed to be stopped.

The pets are ready for a fight.

Zep does butt in for one last information drop and this had a big string attached to it, the string even if the pets wanted to tell their mothers, they couldn’t.

That prank that Zep played on his sister, Zep rescued 13 people that were slated to die and Sage and Wittr were among the 13. Also, the girls were taken the role that was set for different person that was “chosen” to take on Cassin and K. (Meaning Sage and Wittr were supposed to be dead.)

The girls are rewriting Fate’s work, and out of the 13they are the only ones left alive. Zep had called the girls the unfated.

Gooey Decay Fight

After talking with OB and Zep everyone got ready for the fight. The village is surrounded by a barrier of sunflowers which protects the village.

After the sun went down a bit the creature attacked. The creature was fast, and it hit the barrier a few times before OB dropped the barrier and let the creature in, and brought the barrier back up behind it.

After a pretty cool battle Zep, OB and Olhava doing the most damage the creature falls, and village is safe for now.

Th group goes back up to the OB room and he dips his paws in the water, the water shows the girls and Elyndor in the Autumn Court.

Owain and Olhava knows they must be stronger to help their mothers in the fight with the witches, so they ask OB where other Thunder Stags and Gloomhoppers in the Fey Wild are. OB tells them that there was rumor that a heard of Thunder Stags off in the Nymph Fields. While the Gloomhoppers and Bullywugs where off in the Tavren Meadows.

The pets agreed since they were close to Nymph Fields, they would greet the stags first.

Zep, when the pets were going to ask a question, dips out before the pets could get an answer to their question.

OB gives the pets armor and some weapons, OB explains that if they wanted, he would happily teleport the pets back to Sage and Wittr, but they opt to get stronger and see if they could get allies to help in the fight with Witches.

They leave the OB house to seek out the Stags and gathers stuff to help their mothers in the fight.

(End Sessions)

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Kayo Dot Signs With Prophecy Productions

Kayo Dot, led by Avant-garde experimentalist Toby Driver has signed to the Prophecy Productions label. Formed in 2003 by the members of the legendary metal band, maudlin of the well, the band has carved out a high-minded musical aesthetic ranging from free-form Jazz to epic black metal. Frontman Driver's list of collaborators includes names like Randall Dunn (WITTR, Myrkur, Sunn 0))), Secret Chiefs 3 (Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle), John Zorn, and G. Stuart Dahlquist (Burning Witch, Asva), among many others. His solo work includes collaborations with Brian Chase of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, as well as his touring outfit Piggy Black Cross. Further announcements are expected about a new Kayo Dot release on Prophecy in the future. On signing with Prophecy, Driver commented: “I’m very happy and optimistic about working with Prophecy going forward. In the past few years my experiences have, in many ways, brought my musical life full-circle to the scene I began in with maudlin of the Well, having dipped out and in throughout time. Kayo Dot has in our career, due to our unclassifiable nature, been able to exist in several different scenes at once and every few years we explore one scene, then explore another, these seemingly disparate communities that are now increasingly mixing. We’ve always felt like outsiders, however. Forming a relationship with Prophecy and also becoming more closely connected with some of the major players in the European metal scene has brought up a lot of feelings that, although I haven’t engaged with in many years, still feel like home and family. We’re extremely excited to have this opportunity to bring our music to a wider audience and contribute to this universe in a positive, unique, and progressive way, and we thank Prophecy and everyone involved for believing in us, and we thank Jonathan at The Flenser for encouraging us to make this move.” https://open.spotify.com/artist/7g2BjyhRe6aKONYuCdt7zI   Kayo Dot will be appearing at Prophecy Fest USA along with Alcest playing Kodama in full, Eye Of Nix, Xasthur, Novembers Doom, Year Of The Cobra, Volur, Crowhurst, 1476, So Hideous and more. Get tickets here. 

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BEHEMOTH 'I Loved You At Your Darkest' Album Review (x2) & Stream; US/EU Tour Dates w/ AT THE GATES, WITTR

BEHEMOTH ‘I Loved You At Your Darkest’ Album Review (x2) & Stream; US/EU Tour Dates w/ AT THE GATES, WITTR

Photo: Grzegorz Gołębiowski Article by: Brian Halsey, Staff Writer ‡ Edited by: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor

It should be noted, although I have a wealth of writing experience, I have virtually no background in musicianship or how to play an instrument. This presents a unique challenge when writing about music. If I like a band, I try to gauge their style and present them in the most…

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Darkbloom Ep 12

Dungeon and Dragons campaign

If you haven’t read EP 11 Click here

Info Drop Waiting for help? Wittr and Killian and Sage were discussing what they should do next, proceed on to find K, or do they wait for Warden and Ben. So, the plan is that Killian would go to the stairs and wait for Ben and Warden while Sage and Wittr stay in the hand room guarding Blackthorn and Co. Wittr stands by the door to guard and Sage is near the exit waiting for Killian. However, Sage has voiced her concerns to Wittr that the Warden might be in league with K, there is no way he wouldn’t know about this underground labyrinth and what K is doing here. So, Sage calls Ben and voice her concerns to him, in which he does admit that what going on he is trusting his coworkers less and less. While Sage and Ben are talking Wittr is getting a message from Blackthorn, offering a chance to work together to bring K down. Wittr is hesitant about it and wants to wait for Ben and the Warden.

Squaring up with the Warden When done speaking with people the girls hear a loud commotion, the girls agree that Sage would go and investigate, while Wittr stands guard. Sage proceeds to the stairway and sees Killian and the Warden fighting. The Warden now wearing red robes is shooting magic missiles at Killian. Sage using message ask, “what going on?” to Killian and it distracted him, and he gets knocked prone. So, Sage and Owain dream team to the end spring into action. Sage actives her Halo of Spores to affect the Warden and cause damage and Owain using his 1 per day shadow ability cast it on the Warden as well to buy the dream team enough time to grab Killian and hoofing down the hall where Wittr was. Wittr sees Sage with Killian down the hall and the Warden hot at their heels, she sends Ohava down to get Sage and Killian and Owain. Sage gets Killian on Ohava but the Warden get off a shoot of magic missile and it hurts her. With some fighting, B Team gets hurt badly, but the group manages to defeat the Warden. Thinking that they could get more info out of him, Wittr brought the Warden back to 1hit point but before that she slaps the magic cuffs on him. Sage also gives potion of healing to Killian. So, the girls start interrogating the Warden, he knew what K was doing with the experiments thinking that the peasants are being used and off the streets, he believes he was doing right. Sage lights into him that “who are you to decided that who are you to play god here?” “These experiments are inhuman.” The Warden refuses to give any more information about K. So, the girls opted to dispatch him.

Uneasy alliance and lost member Now the girls are now faced with a very tough choice, the group is hurt badly and if they are to going proceed and stop K, they need back up. Sage looks to Killian and says “Killian I am going to propose something, and you are not going to like it. It might be a good idea to team up with Blackthorn.” Which Kilian does not react well. Wittr bears her heart out to Killian explains about her past with her temple and her sisterhood. Killian refutes her and says, “It sounds like you want me to put my revenge on the back burner while we get yours first.” Ben then comes in and begrudgingly agrees with Wittr. Killian gives the girls some poison and says to them “I wish you the best, but I can’t walk with you down this road., I will guard the staircase in case if Blackthorn tries to escape.” He turns and leaves.

Traveling together Ben goes over to the door while Wittr dispatches the Warden and loots him. Ben agrees to the terms of working with Blackthorn and releases the three men, in which Arron smiles and greet the party and Sage. Sage not really in the mood to deal with this says to Arron “Don’t mess with me boy, we just got done fighting the Warden.” Then stepping out of the room, we seen a goon who introduces himself as Rowen, and the headache of the hour Blackthorn himself. Blackthorn mentions someone names Karthos, in which is revealed to be K. The group proceeds to the pitfall hallway, avoiding the stone that triggers the trap, we get to the door, Blackthorn explains that we need the key which Sage takes out and explains she found it in the room they were in and that they bicker too much. The group proceeds into the room and sees some more of Blackthorn’s goons there but they are frozen in place, and they are surrounded by a small Nothic, which Wittr, Arron, Rowen and Blackthorn quickly kill. Blackthorn talks to his men after they come back to their senses, they got in the room thanks to Mangus (he is part of Blackthorn group.) The big group proceeds on, with Wittr and Sage swiping what they could along the way.

Meeting K & Cassin In the room, the wall is lined with Platinum and the floors look like someone poured liquid metal on to it. On with test tubes on either side of the room had gross flower and people that have flowers growing out of them. In the center of the room, the DM describes a crown which looks like its feeding the tubes power. Wittr knows that crown it is like the Holy Grail of her Order. Also, Wittr senses several fiends and a huge fiend (Nothics) hiding in the room. Sage tries to make her way over to the crown to swipe it and put it in the Bag of Holding, before she could get to the crown, everyone hears slow clapping and out comes an old guy with a red eye and charred hand, and the biggest Nothic that Sage has seen. Finally, after a year and half Sage can put a name to the face that has ruin her life and took her mentor away. This man is Karthos. “Congrats, you all found me.” Sneered Karthos Karthos and Sage trade back some insults, but Wittr demands where he got the crown, and Karthos tells Wittr from her temple, he sent his son and his pets to grab it. As he looks at the huge Nothic. Sage is wearing the Helm of Comprehend Languages and hears the big Nothic speak “Why Sage, why she remembers.” To which Sage realized that no one remembers K or Cassin from back then with Urghat, that Cassin wiped Urghat memories but not well enough. Cassin wants to know how could Sage remember him. Sage answers “Urghat sends his regards from beyond the grave, you didn’t do a good enough job.” Karthos looks at Cassin and calms him down then turns to Sage “Pretty stubborn from a dead man.” Then the Sending Stone starts ringing Ben answers “Hey Sage was looking for some really ugly brutes, well they just walked down the stairs.” Karthos snaps his fingers on his good hand, and more Nothics spring out. (End of Session) Players note Reading a little on Nothic, they are crazy.

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Darkbloom Ep9

If you haven't read Ep 8 Click here

Warning there is some cursing in this chapter Sage is realllllly angry about what happen and also that she lost her gloves.

After the nightmares

Temple of Torm:

Wittr had brought us to the temple of Torm for the recovery, Sage was still out of it. After a few days with the temple head priest working with both Sage and Wittr. (Wittr proceeded with some holy stuff that will be very helpful to the party later, while Sage kept going in and out of conscious. A few days have pass and Sage can move around on her own and is way better than she was. Wittr is Ordained.)

The girls agreed to stop by the guildhall, (While Sage was MIA, Valen gave her keys to the apartment, and she also issued a new shield for her to be made by the Forgehammer). Sage had to talk to Alara to help her with her crippling fear of plants now, and Wittr wanted to check on the status of her shield.

(Also, Sage leveled up after that fight so she is now a level 4 rogue and a Level 2 Druid, that’s right she can Wild Shape!!!!!)

Some Green Guidance:

Upon entering the Greenleaf Guild, Sage is standing still, it’s obvious that she is having a panic attack with all the green plants around her, so Alara suggests that they take a walk. Sage goes into detail how this experience has been traumatic for her, and she explains her account with Selena (Bitch) how Sage observed that Selena didn’t like Alara.

Alara takes the conversation and tells Sage that Selena had come by the guild looking for Spider Fangs and apprentices, but she found nothing. Alara helps Sage with the decay that is now inside of her due to the attack, instead of fearing it, try embracing it.

They part ways while Sage meets up with Wittr, they plot their next plan and head off to the library to speak with Eve.

Happy place:

They arrived at the library which the desk clerk tells the girls to head up the stairs to a warp pad to go to Eve’s office. Now Sage is in her happy place (Book shop, Library etc.) Wittr had to keep an eye on her, so she doesn’t fall off the stairs.

They get up to the office, but they hear loud yelling, so Sage goes to the keyhole and listens in, the person who is yelling is male, Sage could only make out so many words and those words are:

Bull Sh!t, IronHold, Blackthorn, experiments, go ahead and waste your time, Hag Bitch.

At this point Sage steps back when the door opens to see a male chestnut brown hair, green eyes, and a beard. He apologizes and leaves.

The girls head in to see Eve drinking something, she sees Sage and Wittr and welcomes them, the girls sit down and they start talking about Selena (bitch), Eve then shows the girls a table with a magic circle and candles and some components on the table.

Eve says she wants to show Wittr and Sage something and offer her hands to the girls (this is when the DM ask for both of us players to roll for Con with saving throw of 15. Sage, I think she rolled 9 and Wittr rolled a bit better I think but it wasn’t a 15+) Like a drone The girls and Eve are shot up in to air (astral self our physical selves are still at the Eve’s office) and then the group shoots forward, the girls see Windcrest and then a sharp turn, the girls see a castle with watch towers and lots of iron (at this point the DM ask again to roll an investigation, Sage rolled really high while everyone else not so much.) Sage knows that this castle is Ironhold penitentiary, but she also hears a growling sound from Ironhold.

Sage makes a mental note of this, but she is brough back to everyone else speed, they find a little town in the swamp, but the spell is bringing the girls to the forest swamp outside of town. When they are stopped by a barrier, the girls try to proceed again but are stopped then they back in their physical bodies and when that happens both girls vomit by sheer force of the momentum.

Eve (after everyone is feeling better) explains that where the barrier is she cannot proceed further (Scrying force field). She also explains that Selena (bitch) is a Night Hag.

Sage then proceeded to ask the other girls when they got to the part with the prison did anyone else hear growling.

This concerned Eve, she then gets up goes over to a cabinet and brings out iron shackles then she extends the magic circle and places the shackles in the circle. Eve ask if Sage was willing do it again, and Sage knocks back some water and grabs Eve’s hand (again DM ask Sage to roll for con DC 15, and once again she rolls low) this time it was easier, getting to Ironhold, but then (roll for perception) Sage hears the growling then it goes on to full on roar “SAGE!” again forced back into her physical body, she then vomits.

Sage now thinking where she heard this voice, she then remembers the purple uggo, (She only heard him speak once.) Sage then proceeds to shaking Wittr saying “I know the voice; I know the voice!” Wittr then ask who it was, Sage then said to her “It’s the purple Uggo.” The girls explain to Eve about the Oni-kin, and Eve gets the idea of spying on them, but she needs to have something that belong to them.

(At this point me and Wittr’s player were racking our brains, we didn’t think to save any blood we could have gotten in a fight, but then I got an idea, and the DM allows it too when I pitch my idea.)

Sage then says she does have something from them, she then points to her scar on her cheek (She got that during the beach fight)

So, after steeling herself (she rolled really good this time.) the scrying took them to Ironhold and the DM describe the growling increasing, while the locations change from the jail courtyard, proceeding to cells then going down to the lower levels till finally we see a room filled with platinum and columns and over in the corner is a figure sharping a sword.

The figure stops (its purple uggo), but before anything else happens a magical blast knocks Sage off her feet and slams her into the wall behind her. (At this point DM asks for a dex save for Owain, which he rolls realllllly high. The DM describes how during the scrying Owain peeks out from Sage’s hood and at the last second jumps off a Sage and on to Wittr while she is slammed back.)

So, yes Sage pretty much got magic kick with the force of a mule.

This now greatly worries Eve, and she writes a letter, tells the girls to see the Harbor master ASAP.

Thaddeus and the Harbormaster:

On the way to the Harbor office the girls wanted to check in on the Kraken’s den, the nightmares they went through they wanted to see if everyone was present and accounted for. Which a very emotional reunion and seeing Thaddeus and Orc chef and the Chitterwings was ok. Thaddeus mentions the room the girls where the attacked was still locked by the guards. The girls said they would inquire when the room would be able to let out again, but now they wanted to go over the room and see if anything was left behind. Wittr discovers claw marks, from the Dream Wreath, but nothing more.

They leave and make it to the harbor office; on the boardwalk they do see Ben directing people and barking out orders and when he sees the girls he comes over and usher the girls into his office. Ben once inside his office he locks the door and explains that with what has been going on he needs to be careful.

Ben sits down and the girls discuss what has been going on and ask questions about rumors that they heard about.

Rumor:

This morning Ironhold penitentiary had riots and an almost escape attempt, but it was stopped before anyone could escape.

Ben explains it was true and he is working on how the explosives got into Ironhold. They talk a lot and Ben mentions someone named K.

(At this point, I describe how Sage who is writing in her personal notebook her hand jerks harshly to the left and looks up)

Sage then starts inquiring about K, which Ben knows very little about, Sage then explains before the party she got an envelope left in her room, it was booby trap and in the envelope was an encoded letter from K.

Sage also explains about Urghat, how before his execution, someone came to his cell and wiped his memory but all he could remember was the name Cassin. Ben tells her that Cassin is here and is a small-time smuggler.

Both girls want to come with Ben later when he goes to Ironhold, Sage wants to question Blackthorn. She knows that he is a smuggler, and he may know something about K or Cassin. (Yeah Blackthorn, was caught and sent to Ironhold.) But they tell Ben they got an invite to Fancy Dave, which he shows the girls his letter. Ben explains that serval other people had come to Ben with the same letter (they are all part of law enforcement). The girls wanted more intel before jumping headfirst into something. Wittr also asked if she could use a courier to get her new shield sent here.

The girls bid Ben goodbye, jump on Ohava and race to the Rose.

Fancy Meeting you here:

They get to the Rose and passing by the statue of Zehair, Sage gives a side-eye to it, annoyed by the god.

The girls see a lot of new people in the bar, but they have a mission, so they make a bee line to the Iron door that is being guarded.

The guard rudely asked “What the frick we wanted?” Which Sage (who rolled high on immediate) promptly said “Do not test me boy”. Shows the letter to the guard, he looks and says, “one moment.”

(Ok Sage is not having a great time and she is done being nice, she wants answers, and she wants revenge on Selena (Bitch)) 

A few minutes later, the guard comes back and says, “Dave will see you now.” The girls go through and find a war forge person seated at a desk (when the girls pass through the foyer Wittr sees a Trident.) He greets the girls and motions them to sit down. (With intel we found on Dave we learned that he is very sensitive about his appearance and does not mention anything about it.)

On his desk he has a lot of ornaments, he messes with one which activates a magic spell (He cast Zone of Truth.) He explains what he did, Sage who just got done being cursed and was not able to lie goes on a rant here. But Dave explains he also can’t lie (Player me doesn’t know a lot about War Forge, and I’m not sure if they can lie?)

Dave explains that the girls are late but understands why. He knows a lot of people who want both girls’ dead. (Which is very surprising since the Urghat case was Sage first case.) The girls start asking questions about the riots, Blackthorn and what are his steaks in this.

Dave answers some big questions, who were the Uggos and now Sage and Wittr have names for these two: Whitner & Walker also know as the Wisp brothers. (Sage yells out “The Uggos!!!” when Dave confirms he was talking about the Oni-kin.) They have fallen out of favor with Dave.

Dave answers in order that Blackthorn crew was trying to bust him out of prison, and they are in the sewars. Blackthorn used to work for K, and now he (Blackthorn) is in jail due to some info that Dave provided. He wants Blackthorn dead, and he also wants intel on K. He also lets the girls know that Cassin is at Ironhold along with K.

Which Sage puts pieces together that K is probably going to kill Blackthorn, but Dave is the one that said it out loud first that was K plan was.

Dave offers an alliance as such, if Blackthorn dies and he gets intel on K, he would be very happy. But Sage pretty much tells Dave K is hers. She also said that she won’t kill Blackthorn, but she won’t help him either if he was injured.

With an alliance Sage does get bold enough to ask for something that would give her edge in a fight, which Dave gets up and goes over to a shelf and with some rummaging he has a box of holding x 2 and he is shifting around in it ask, “For a rogue yes?” Sage confirms this and he then hands her an amulet of Spiders.

He summons a Drow Elf lackey and tells him to get the trident (had thunder damaging and it’s a trident of returning.) He then bids the girls farewell. (When Sage leaves, she flips the guard off as she walks out, she is normally not petty, but she had a very looooong day.)

Go to Jail:

The girls meet back up with Ben, Wittr has her new shield, and everyone gets on a horse provided (except Wittr she has Ohava).

Owain is super happy, it’s his first time on a horse. During the trek to the jail, Sage takes this time to attune to her new necklace and meditates, which she feels the poison and the decay that she now has she hears a faint voice inside of her that says “Mother”.

The DM explains that Circle of Spores druids have a symbiotic entity, the DM explains that voice is decay.

So, Recap on Sage’s Classes

Level 4 Rogue

Level 2 Druid Circle of Spores

(No Sage is not pregnant)

End Session