GHOUL LORE: Big-D & Kitten’s Crash-Course on the Fatally Addicted | Hunter: The Parenting Audiolog

[@alfabusa]

A first, proper deep-dive into a very particular topic! Ghouls, the Vampire's vile retainers. What role do they have? What powers can they wield? What are the limits to Ghouldom? And what is the worst, most depraved kind of Ghouldom? This story takes place just before H:TP Chapter 4, and will perhaps give some more context to inform it. H:TP Chapter 5 is still in the works, and has made big progress! And, REALLY sorry about NWG EP1, the vacation season and massive technical issues caused it to delay immensely. It, too, shall be up shortly.

[@slb797]

Looking forward to definitely not Big E talking to his favorite custodes…sorry his favorite young adolescent feline affiliated individual

[@Deathbystrudel]

It wouldn't be an Bruva video if it wasn't waylaid by mishap and scuff. Don't worry about it, we all appreciate the quality over quantity!

[@mrmackie-qp6lr]

Now this is how you start a 3-day weekend thank you

[@antoniosanchez-qd4cg]

A the revenants family I wanna know how Big D call all them

[@szroman]

Nah, we'd wait

[@st4pps]

Marcus: wow the heavy is so cool BIG D: HELLO MY BEAUTIFUL SON THAT I LOVE, REMEMBER YOUR BROTHER THAT WE HAD TO SACRIFICE?!

[@thomasfoster7387]

well that can only go well

[@Jormelli]

Heavy voice: No!

[@jonathanwatson4484]

It be kinda sad and funny the heavy matches the sacrifice brother personality to a point

[@gatordragon6140]

Im genuinely curious if they will make him an analog to the old seires like with alot of the other characters, and if they do which brother it will be?

[@st4pps]

@@gatordragon6140 anton or markus? cuz we already know markus is based off of magnus. Anton is probably Angron

[@Tunder010]

I have genuily never been more impressed with a KZbin voice over in my life, just the raw emotion speaker d was able to put in his fear for Marcus and how he won’t lose another child, this is a genuine peace of art.

[@boomerpro87]

Seriously, speaker D killed it with the performance. Had me tearing up and choking at 2 different points. Had me certain that if anything happened to Markus, D would somehow find a way to bend reality to undo it through sheer determination and force of will.

[@Ruinfire-fs9xu]

@@boomerpro87 Well that's likely how Markus forgot the first time. The Mind sphere of True Magick allows for many things. And speaker D always struck me as a Mage. Mind and time makes the most sense for what he's said and done.

[@mrmackie-qp6lr]

Probing of Kevin is still my favorite but this was a very good extraordinary one might say

[@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180]

@@Ruinfire-fs9xu Nah, he is clearly a Hunter, an Imbued. Think about it: the apparent "normalcy" of him being a baseline human, the clairvoyance-like foresight, the madness of having too high a Conviction score...and especially, the drive to hunt not just vampires but any supernatural creature.

[@gatordragon6140]

​@@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180 the only reason i think he couldn't just be a normal imbued is because his knowledge isnt something that you get in one life time, even the more experienced of the hunters dont even know a quarter of what he does about vamps let alone any other topic like werewolves. He also knows about golconda (even if not by name) which even most vamps dont know about outside of maaaybe the highest ranking vamps

[@robertsides3626]

Big-D: *Incoherent rambling* (for 30 minutes) Two Scared and confused emaciated dogs: 👀👀

[@PrincessOrionThe8th]

Big D: *telling the deep horrifying secrets of Marckus's traumatic backstory* The dogs: ⚫️_⚫️

[@AngyApe]

Those doggos are probably traumatized

[@ElectromagNick]

​@@AngyApe Poor things _were_ drinking week-old vampire floor blood.

[@lordadorable1140]

Spoilers: Why do I feel that Big D slipping down the stairs is one of those Natural roll a 1 moments for critical failure in tabletop

[@MyRYNOrunsHot]

So that sounds like an Awakening to me right? Cos Marckus is a mage?

[@Xenomorthian]

@ElectromagNick wonder if they're gonna use them to sniff out the Charterhouse ghoul due to being hooked on vitae Plus they could definitely apprehend them if they try to escape A ghoul is fast, a ghoul greyhound is faster

[@qaffe]

i'm so glad horse is so much of a horse and definitely a horse and acts like a horse. he's such a horse

[@moistenvelopes]

🐴

[@alackofgames913]

Never before have I seen a horse that was more "horse" than Horse.

[@facundoarnaiz1380]

hores...i mean horse.

[@jacobn.a.4112]

Horse doesn't act like a horse; his strict vegetarianism gives him away. A real horse eats anything it snags up with the grass, whether it be insect, avian, mammal orrrrrrrr reptile. Which just makes Horse that much better and more moral and considerate than those EQUINE pretenders to his Horseliness, yes.

[@alackofgames913]

@jacobn.a.4112 no, wait, he's got a point

[@ChallengeOrama]

fun fact, the house is a garrys mod map you can explore and before this audio log released there were indeed two greyhounds in the attic. Theyre static pngs just…chilling. I wondered why they were up there for the longest time and I guess I know now

[@bombthezoms]

Is there a link to the gmod map?

[@Krox_JUK]

I knew i recognized those textures

[@Samuraiedge2]

Definitely need a name of the map.

[@GenesisBoi]

Dont leave us hanging whats the map

[@lewisbarrett4391]

GIVE US A NAME

[@ThePoshboy1]

This actually contextualizes Big D's ego a bit, he has seen things that make vampires look tame so him thinking he can defeat their best might be a way of managing his fears of what's beyond vampires.

[@jasonsilvernail1450]

I mean, when you can't punch something like the Wyrm or Grand Maw into submission, might as well punch the smallest guys in the yard to make yourself feel slightly less small.

[@Kaarl_Mills]

​@@jasonsilvernail1450fighting Cain, who's stat block just says "You lose" probably feels safer in comparison

[@gamemeister27]

​@@jasonsilvernail1450Grand Maw is bizarro world's Joel Vinesauce meme

[@MultiKbarry]

@@jasonsilvernail1450 Vampires sit at both ends of the spectrum. One end is some street thugs the other is the end of all reality. Generation is a big factor.

[@Poja_0811]

​@@MultiKbarry speakin of how many generations exist now? I'd say at least 12 or 20, at most an absurdly big number

[@FedoraTy34]

Can't even imagine how horrifying that one line is to me; "IT KNOWS HIM IT KNOWS MY SON" Literally this man knows and loves his child so greatly; and he knows true evil and something beyond comprehension wants him horrifying

[@Scowleasy]

@@FedoraTy34 even in a separate IP Magnus still manages to summon Tzeentch lmao

[@taddad2641]

@@Scowleasy and i fear we can't hope it is a silly as that depiction...............

[@tristinquiram]

D implying he witnessed a Vozhd and saw a Tzimisce and survived makes him so much more terrifying as a character.

[@coletrain41]

The fact that he seemingly bested a Lasombra Methusela is what frightens me.

[@deohere7647]

I'm suspecting Sir D is either Fera Touched, Fae Blooded, a vampire who found glochondia, an ex St. Leopald officer with some exposure to some crazy relics, or some really weird kind of mummy related thing. Or he's Boy and Boys a time wizard.

[@gatordragon6140]

​@@deohere7647yeah there is no possible way d is a normal imbued, personally i go with the golconda theory because there is no way in hell a hunter would know about that to tell kevin about it, even alot of the higher ups in the camarilla and sabbot dont know of golcondas existence because the tops of their society cover it up really well

[@billyjohnson3819]

@@tristinquiram as someone who knows basically nothing about World of Darkness lore, these words both confuse and terrify me.

[@jamescawl6904]

​@@billyjohnson3819in terms of 40k Big D is just a "MORTAL" that basically fought a Enslaver(markus void thing), a daemon princes(lasombra methusalae and fae king), a khorne champion (werewolf) and currently a genestealer brood lord(regent of yarmouth). And many more not yet divulged.

[@patrickdeoliveira6434]

I may be fatally addicted to Hunter the Parenting audiologs

[@AW-sx8hm]

Yeah the withdrawal symptoms are absolutely awful 😢

[@jackstefan8639]

Grow up WE ALL ARE!!!

[@lumber-smack410]

An addiction that would rival a ghoul's. How else am I to wash the dishes or do laundry without more vampire lore cramming my cranium?

[@alackofgames913]

God, I feel like I can recite the Probing of Kevin as long as it's on in the same room as me

[@lordvalkus2760]

We all are waiting friend as long as we are not alone in this evil there is hope 😊

[@raphsere]

World of Darkness Vampirism is essentially the world's oldest pyramid scheme: Vampires exploit ghouls, sires exploits their childes, lower Generation Vampires exploit higher Generation ones, and Antediluvians see their clan as essentially a giant buffet.

[@MortalWombat047]

And Caine sees all his childer as horrible disgusting monsters doomed to hell

[@theenderdestruction2362]

​@MortalWombat047 and God has to deal wity all of this alongside mankind

[@blockyuniverseproductions6587]

@@theenderdestruction2362 God got kicked out of reality by the Mages.

[@SilentSakura-]

@@blockyuniverseproductions6587EXPLAIN.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

@blockyuniverseproductions6587 i highly doubt that on the basis of the amount of power that would take to kick God from reality, it is far from any mage because from memory, God is basically just biblically accurate and so cannot be truly defeated no matter how much power and so they didnt or you joked and i didn't get it or the new lore got stupid like 40k level stupid

[@iainhansen1047]

D’s momentary freak out where he is possibly having a ptsd flashback to all the fucked up, nightmarish, dark elder level shit that vampires can do to people was perfection.

[@jtlego1]

This is what we call a "Tzimisce Moment"

[@taddad2641]

likely he directly attacked a 'tzimisce' compound of some kinda. That clan of vampires are the most dsiturbign and twisted of all, embodying serial killer psychopaths vibes, and with the power mold flesh into variuos shapes. if you are famiilar with the norfolk wizard game thing they did, one of the charactesr has a dangerous encounter with one.

[@commisaryarreck3974]

@@taddad2641 Ah yes, the one clan that every other clan simply thinks of when it comes to masquerade breaches and it's consequences "Because if humans ever found out, that's a guaranteed death sentence for every vampire on earth." Bloodsuckers COULD be tolerated, Tzimisce on the other hand. Finding out about them would lead to every last suspected vampire getting killed as a bonus just to be safe. Jesus they're fucked up

[@bthsr7113]

@@taddad2641 I mean, TECHNICALLY it's not confirmed that the vamp who almost turned our goth game dev was a Tzimisce, buuuuut the commentators who know their lore make a very good case.

[@zachscarbrough2727]

After hearing all that, I just want to find the nearest vampire lair and burn it to the ground. Along with the vampire.

[@qwefg3]

I love how you start to realize the blender came from the nightmare realm and only now they realize there might have been an issue getting a blender from it... Even if it was cheap.

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

counterpoint: he proved Kevin wrong

[@fluffycyborgs]

He not only proved Kevin wrong he didn't actually BUY the blender it was a gift.

[@horushyperion76]

@@rokkraljkolesa9317 And that what matter the most

[@evilsclone2499]

My headcannon is that it's a gmod prop

[@nechronom8269]

@@fluffycyborgs well, no. It cost him 99 pounds. it came from the 99 Pound store after all. But we will only know if it was worth the great and terrible cost, once he's been made to pay it..

[@jackstefan8639]

I love the callback to the first audiolog which was about preparing kitten for the interrogation and now it’s about preparing kitten to find the ghoul.

[@christiandurney6117]

It's definitely a good way to include the audience since of the family kitten knows the least out of everyone besides boy so we feel connected to the story through his ignorance.

[@whiteeye3453]

I think ghoul is maid

[@indianajones6687]

No it’s the blue Haired girl she was not affected by the electric current poured into her like the maid before her

[@lordadorable1140]

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Is anyone going to talk about the fact that Krakus has a machine gun in his ditch!?

[@yxngwood6536]

​@@whiteeye3453it's grimal the maid is a werewolf (Matilda Wilde)

[@wanderinglink6599]

I can't stop visualizing that while D giving such a huge lore dump and baring his heart and fears out to Kitten, he was lugging around a holy power washer the entire time.

[@awesomeii8346]

It fits Kitten as the emperor's companion!

[@samfire3067]

"i summon The detergent in atack position"

[@theunderboss2088]

"You do remember what we talked about, right? About Vampires and their helpers not bound by the night? Our corners and our walls might be subject to their rule. Caution, dear lad; this could be a Ghoul." What an insane poetic stanza to just THROW in there.

[@GamesWorkshopsFlyingCircus]

Sir D's got bars

[@RPG_Fangirl]

I didn't understand why Big D said 'poetic whims' right after until I saw your comment and took a moment.

[@rancorious7785]

✍️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@electrotoxins]

I love when characters do this, but the only other one I know about is the Halo Gravemind

[@kevinsundelin8639]

What is the timestamp?

[@lawrence4301]

"You are completely wrong" - good I'm learning" - thats a good attitude.

[@fyraltari1889]

I love the little pause before that answer. Kitten was reflexively annoyed and then made the decision to be positive.

[@BalthusHomewood]

I loved that moment. It was like he tripped on the error and managed to summersault back onto his feet.

[@Romuluz369]

It's an awesome attitude for men of greatness 🗿

[@Archone666]

I can't help but think of how Kitten's kindness, decency, and empathy are the sort of things that a more "grimdark edgelord" story would depict as bad things... but here they're visible reminders of what the heroes are fighting for, AND they often serve him as beneficial attributes.

[@taddad2641]

is why those storise suck ass more often than not.

[@jamescawl6904]

Maybe the reason Big D is personally tutoring kitten is because he sees himself in kitten before Big D was heavily burdened by his experiences of being a hunter that fought against many supernaturals. Kitten has just fought vampires while Big D is very experienced against many creatures that should have been fataly dangerous to face even once all the while losing loved ones in his many years protecting mortals. Kitten might be his chosen heir not only as a hunter but as protector of his family.

[@everythingsalright1121]

Kitten just has yet to be hardened by experience. We shall see if he can cling to his humanity once he sees the horrifying things vampires do to normal people

[@Archone666]

@@everythingsalright1121 Batman, to Owlman. "We both stared into the darkness. But when it stared back, you blinked."

[@samfire3067]

​@@Archone666*throws The tv controller *

[@schism_9893]

"True Depths of Evil" As someone who's played as an archetypal Tzimisce both as a player and a Storyteller, I knew exactly where this one was going, and boy does Big D describe the horrors of the fleshcrafters flawlessly.

[@MultiKbarry]

People forget that Malkavians are capable of the same just mental and not physical.

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

Yeah, Tzimisce are up there when it comes to being just wreatchedly vile, especially considering their clan's culture of fully embracing the inhumanity of vampirism.

[@XanKreigor]

Average Tzimisce: "So I watched this movie called Hellraiser, it was ok. I CAN DO BETTER."

[@carissamace]

@@XanKreigor I once had a small Sabbat group of Tzimisce who literally just LARPed as Cenobites an ran around torturing people. This was amusing because this was a game of Demon, and our Scourge didn't take too kindly to them mucking about and perverting the flesh of creatures they helped shape. Needless to say they were almost all wiped out, and the last survivor literally had a change of heart upon seeing what he (semi-correctly) thought was an agent of God sent to punish them for their wrongs.

[@CteCrassus]

@@MultiKbarry Malkavian anti-tribes are some of the worst the Sabbat has on offer.

[@sheakennedy-ordway1156]

I love the D quote in the beginning, 'don't look into wrestling', implies he knows about Pentex's wrestling network and all the Supernatural thingies they hired. Also, Queen Victoria was a sorceress, Prince Albert was a Magi, and after he passed she hopped onto the shoulders of the Order of Reason and tried to ride them like a horse. So, maybe she is still around? Technocratic Progenitors can do it. They can rebuild her.

[@Samm815]

Pax Britannica INTENSIFIES! Immortal God-Queen Sold Seperately by Edison Industries TM.

[@youmukonpaku3168]

Paradox Interactive secretly also run by Magi trying to resurrect Victoria with a little bit of brain power of all their players. Fortunately, Victoria's player base is about four people, all of them economists.

[@duyanhbui5386]

look at the final rumble or the cartel rumble i get big D

[@sirshotty7689]

@@youmukonpaku3168yeah unfortunately all that stellaris and hoi4 brain power is being dedicated towards building a giant moon laser to shoot at random deities and/or reality shifting entities.

[@Brigtzen]

@@youmukonpaku3168 Holy shit! _Paradox_ interactive?!

[@sigismundafvolsung5526]

I am again amazed at how our guys could take "insane psychonaut delusional borderline-barbarian" and make him a legitimately good character. To me, the most impressive part of this whole series is how they can make a believable character out of what would normally be the extremely over-the-top comic relief guy. Especially when serving both of those roles in the same episode. It's like he's two characters woven together perfectly to create one of my favorite characters of all time. and of course I absolutely looooooooooooooooooooooooove the voice acting

[@Bigbabki]

"Oh I want more audiolog ,I assume those would be easier to make and give us content and information about the setting" Ogre : HOW ABOUT WE MODELS THE HOUSE IN 3D FOR THIS AUDIO EPISODE ?!

[@Rodoet001]

Seriously, and it's also all blured so we don't get to see it properly. It's that kind of extra that makes these guys stick out. I could totally see that map in some Garry's Mod custom game shenanigans. Also, seriously, so much detail for what is ultimately just blurry images. Like, the moment they enter D's room there is just a fucking 6 punder canon aimed at the door! And it's so easy to miss!

[@Raybro16]

In GMOD no less XD I demand the map be released

[@microwavemicrowave7648]

@@Raybro16 as far as im aware the map is available on their tumblr for anyone to explore

[@Rendo86]

@@microwavemicrowave7648 they are in the workshop by the name Gm_HTPhouse (day and night versions) also Black mesa nbnw

[@Raybro16]

@@microwavemicrowave7648 wait, they have a tumble???

[@freshbroceries4601]

Words can't express the emotional turmoil Marckus's past brought unto me. Speaker D's delivery really sold the "I've sat on an incredibly uncomfortable couch for ten thousand years screaming about what I could've done better"

[@saber2802]

It was something to hear big D, the man who has always been jolly, excitable and chaotic, to be on the verge of breaking down in a sorrowful sob. he really loves his children.

[@bthsr7113]

@@saber2802 Indeed. And you really feel that he still loves and respects Marckus. That this is not negligence or fearing his son, but fearing FOR his son, while still wanting the best for him.

[@nechdaught3412]

Is that a quote from the tts series? The couch thing? If so, please share with me what episode it came from, I want to see it in context

[@spartanpiplup6229]

@@saber2802as a father my self, I completely understand D and even resonate somewhat with the character.

[@laszlokaszas1003]

I love Kitten's mentality: 1. We break into the Arcanum. 2. Offer them some homebaked scones.

[@jamesbasdeckis]

D in episode 1 (while high): “Markus, have you always had spider eyes?” After hearing Markus’s backstory, I’m starting to wonder if there’s something more to that.

[@theroboticpotato]

Markus as an entropy/correspondance mage with tues ti the weaver would be kickass

[@gatordragon6140]

​@@theroboticpotato so what your telling me is magn- i mean markus is possibly falling to tzee- i mean the Weaver?

[@gingermcgingin4106]

@@gatordragon6140 Either that or the Wyrm by the sounds of it. No wonder Big D thinks he can take out Caine, if Markus reaches his full power without loosing his mind/soul he'd have near absolute power

[@AKPC001]

@@gingermcgingin4106 Eh, Any mage, cunning or imaginative enough, can pull off some bull even without reaching 5 dots in a sphere, so yeah, if that is the case, Markus could help D Caine Caine.

[@lol-fc9kg]

​@@theroboticpotato why correspondence?

[@scout360pyroz]

I am very impressed by the addition of a 3D render of the house to all of this

[@peasantlevelcrafting]

The animation from the first episode is so different.

[@scout360pyroz]

@@peasantlevelcrafting the experimentation is nice to see. they have a freedom here few realize or risk attempting, and its nice to see them try stuff out.

[@theATSthetic]

I'm 100% sure it's gmod. Which is hilarious.

[@Striker-25]

It's fully gmod, which also explain why they take so long to make this, as creating a gmod map take time, and it make the actual setting better too, as we see them moving, it's more dynamic and interactive.

[@scout360pyroz]

@@theATSthetic I was almost sure. I definitely recognized the props

[@Spartan878455]

D truly is a dad. Didn't want the dogs is convinced to keep the dogs, and now he wants to show the dogs off to everyone.

[@caiocbcn]

Ok. So Markus is a mage, and he accidentally summoned either a malfean or worst, the wyrm, when he was a kid. No wonder he gets beaten all the time, he is still paying his debt to the paradox.

[@AimlessSavant]

Markus's power being tied to the Wyrm makes sense with the bar scene. It wasn't sheer coincidence that blacklaw's drink was expired. Markus subconsciously wills it with the wyrm's power of decay.

[@dustinodunne3572]

​@@AimlessSavant Or the knives. First one just falls apart. Second one detonates

[@berilsevvalbekret772]

​@@AimlessSavantit seems more like entropy magic to me. I don"/ think he uses wyrm's magic. It DOES know about him though

[@setsunatenma9467]

The wyrm is not something you can just summon. Most likely it was a a wyrm spirit or outer gods the nephandi worship

[@loap4634]

@@caiocbcn Why do you think it the Wyrm?

[@zenoblues7787]

Sorcererus Aptitude... So he knows Markus is a potential awakened mage.

[@angelarroyo8729]

Either that or Markus is a Hedge Wizard, they have more limited in bending reality but they don't explode when doing magic like True/Sphere Mages do when witnesses see them doing magic

[@fluidthought42]

​@@angelarroyo8729 Well linear magic is different from true magic. Technically all regular tech humans use is linear magic/sorcery, the only difference is a matter of perspective.

[@Ruinfire-fs9xu]

@@fluidthought42 All tech that humans use today. Such as phones and computers. Were once True Magick inventions of technomancers. If the masses believe it is possible and normal. Then fireballs shooting out of peoples mouths are then possible AND normal.

[@hariman7727]

So that bar incident was a magical curse, but cast unwittingly...

[@brandonporter7584]

Yeah, he's either a mage or a sorcerer from the sound of it. Based on this, it seems like boy is a mage from D's dialogue and Markus could go either way but leaning sorc (Though the pub scene throws it off). A sorcerer in WoD is similar to 40k in that they aren't inherently magical like a psyker/mage, but more formulaic/ritualistic in the sense that non-psykers can summon demons and whatnot through very specific rituals.

[@JacksonJinn]

What strikes me as powerful is how effectively this audiolog recontextualizes much of what I found almost off about Kitten's behaviour in the Sanctuary raid. D's dedication to the destruction of the ghoul creatures here serves as concern for Kitten when he goes off alone, worried D is going to torture Elise (And considering the omelette, it wouldn't be out of his wheelhouse.) And Kitten's own downright hostile frustration with Grimal... He's distracted. Focused solely on Markus, frustrated with the scale of danger his partner is in, and rocked off his foundation by the implications of *far* greater powers at work than he can comprehend. It makes Grimal trying to reach out to him in the ways they used to come off as harmful to his work. Put another way... Kitten's overwhelmed. So much so he's confiding in the help rather than any of his colleagues for fear they might be the traitorous Ghoul.

[@alackofgames913]

Just goes to show that if a character seems off in the main series, there WILL be an audiolog explaining why

[@jahrusalem3658]

As someone with a decent knowledge of the World of Darkness, Big-D's description of the 'True Depths of Evil' is obviously talking about the Tzimisce and the acts of utter inhumanity they perform on the regular. I knew how bad they were but D's descriptions of the things they do to people makes it far more striking. Props to SpeakerD for the superb acting. Also, R.I.P. Kitten's Scones. (New edit: HOLY FUCK, did- did Marckus make contact with _The Wyrm?_ Fuck, no wonder D is so terrified for him.)

[@norsethenomad5978]

Those poor scones

[@alackofgames913]

​@norsethenomad5978 they were so young. So full of hope....

[@cxfxcdude]

I was thinking a demon, or perhaps just something Dark and unnamed. I dont think they would blatantly do a BIG NAME like the Wyrm, Kaine or anything like that.

[@hammeroftyr]

I was hoping they'd go into greater detail about the Tzimisce's Vozhd. Truly one of the most grotesque examples of Vampiric cruelty and Tzimisce mastery over Vicissitude that I can think of.

[@themysteriousplutonian7955]

I assume the Abyss is in the sense of Lasombra Obtenebration? Sometimes associated with creepy Baali stuff maybe. Or, well, the Nephandic Absolute.

[@bunnywaffles898]

DEEP LORE GET! More history on Big D and his family! Anton! The fact that Markus screwed up already as a kid and now Big D is terrified what he attracted will swallow him whole if he doesn't slooooooowly drip feed him info! Kitten now knows so maybe his fall can be subverted! Maybe he can Awaken! MAYBE SALSA VERDE CAN SAVE THEM ALL!

[@26th_Primarch]

Anton... Possibly Angron?

[@Levyafan]

I don't think even Marckus could handle the sheer power of Salsa Verde

[@cxfxcdude]

@@26th_Primarchooo, i went to one of the 2 unnamed. #2 or #11

[@beanbag8449]

@@26th_Primarch Angron fits

[@abyssbun444]

We are going to see a very angry man

[@simplyck2952]

Having gone through the entire audio-log, its insane to me how so much of this just, naturally adds up in all sorts of different rad ways. The house's layout, for one, being coolly laid out. The slow search for the ghoul and how each lesson quietly ties more into the mystery. How D's explanations and attitude line up perfectly on why episode 4 was laid out the way it was. And of course, finally a deeper look into Markus and why he's been info-starved. With Markus being probably my favorite character of the family? It makes me only more excited to see whats next for him and the rest. Keep up the great work!!

[@DrGreen-oo3ei]

I'd love like a first person point and click game based around Hunter the parenting i don't know why but watching D and kitten walking around that is pretty fun

[@bahskintimulholde6191]

"Is it possible to acclimate to almost being killed in your own home?" As someone who has almost died a few times in my own home, *genuinely yes*

[@Azorees-oj5zr]

I mean humans can acclimate to pretty much anything, also damn, hope you’re doing well.

[@coletrain41]

You gotta stop letting Vampires into your house bro.

[@lordfelidae4505]

Get a sword. Or a short spear.

[@acceptablecasualty5319]

​@@coletrain41The downturn of the goth economy has been ruthlessly exploited by the clans

[@IndigoWhiskey]

Sad to say any creature can grow less phobic of anything it survives three times or more. No matter how actually deadly. There's alot to be said for the realisation that you are not your brain, you're allowed to know how brains react and treat yourself better in knowing the limits. Never fall prey to the stigma of social ignorance. I hope for the best, no matter how tricky to pull off irl.

[@Attacian]

"Moratorium time! No more drinking!" "thank god." "Psychedelics and cigars only!" "That's not much better." "But it IS better!" How are you allowed to be so fucking good :D

[@rolandcaters7258]

The rest is even better “Arguably?” “I’ve never lost an argument in my life, CHECKMATE”

[@toontoosh]

So I looked it up and Big D was not bullshitting about the wrestling thing. Apparently in classic WoD there's a wrestling federation that's just vampires like. It's just vampires and the masquerade doesn't exist because they have the plausible deniability of kayfabe. i am so fucking mad (affecionate)

[@Cthululululu]

Insanely ballsy, innit?

[@Jordan-wv2xz]

Gotta respect the audacity, if nothing else.

[@ajprime2000]

I like how you can see a glimmer of the fact big D respects some vampires, when he talks about how some refuse to blood bound their ghouls out of principle .

[@XanKreigor]

I feel like he doesn't consider all of them to just be inherently evil. Like Kevin some of them are just victims and then spiral into being monsters as they lose all support.

[@biggiecheese3678]

It has been made abundantly clear that big D believes in humanity above all else and with the interrogation of Kevin it seems he doesn’t mean just being human in body but more in mind as while Kevin is a vampire he truly believes that he can regain his humanity and join them.

[@Orsonfoe]

​@@biggiecheese3678 or how he treated the old women who was turned in that one short.

[@chillax319]

@@Orsonfoe What was the title of the short?

[@bthsr7113]

I mean, if you could get humanity and vampires to coexist in open society around the world, it would be a huge benefit. Consider Pyotr's old job. An underwater welder. Imagine having Vampiric strength to resist water pressure and to hold metal steady.

[@Notsoshady4891]

That rant about the Tzimisce was very accurate. Horrifying is just what they do.

[@Bgh583]

Meh. It comes across as try hard teenager trying to write horror.

[@WarmLusamine]

​@@Bgh583 Pretentious knob.

[@gatordragon6140]

Ehhh still not as bad as the dark eldars version of flesh crafters, at least with the tzimisce you will probably die before a few thousand years pass lol

[@BimByte]

@@Bgh583 I'm sure you're an expert on horror Mr. Bgh583

[@Bgh583]

@@BimByte if you want real horror leave the screen and travel the world as I have.

[@jwaterdrag]

'If fighting is sure to result in Victory then you must fight!' Big D said that. And I'm pretty sure he knows a little more about fighting than You do pal - because he Invented it. And then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor.

[@addison_v_ertisement1678]

*screaming*

[@zacariasdelalcazar8873]

Then he used his fight money to buy two of every drug on earth, and then he carried them onto a bus and smoked the CRAP out of every single one!

[@samfire3067]

May Soldier live in The skies doing his troldier routine. F

[@peasantlevelcrafting]

God damn. You brought it. Marcus’s backstory and Big D’s obvious love and fear for him was done fantastically. Well done. Very well done.

[@fanboygamer3e]

Lil Bro tried to bargain with Tzeentch 28000 years too early

[@blackaua]

I think the motifs between the HtP crew and their 40k counterparts is obvious, but I like how they make it original and enthralling.

[@Illier1]

@@peasantlevelcrafting this almost confirms Markus is a mage of some sort

[@norsethenomad5978]

@@Illier1 Its actually confirmed by D saying Markus has innate sorcerous aptitude

[@fanboygamer3e]

@@Illier1, Not entirely, A mage in WoD is able to flout reality as they desire using their pure will. But given the context I’d likely say that they were in a part of the world were the conventional laws of reality blended with those of the Dreaming or middle Umbra where the rules of what can & can’t happen aren’t set in stone. Markus was using a ritual, something he believed would work in a place like this but anyone can follow a ritual & set of rules, that doesn’t make someone a true mage, it’s the same reason why the imbued aren’t considered mages. Now I don’t deny that Markus has the ability to become a mage, I mean D said so himself. But he’s not truly awakened, at least not at this point, therefore not a mage… Yet.

[@markbenand]

In no particular order I'm going to go over a few of the horrors Big D mentioned in the True Evil section. The first and most obvious is the work of the Tzimice. They are called the fiends and often the most inhuman of vampires. Their signature skill is Vicissitude. It basically makes them all jacked up versions of Mahito from Jujutsu Kaizen being able to form entire structures and cathedrals from molding and melding living creatures together. They can even be more fine in their touch than Mahito and their victims, God help us, don't perish shortly after being twisted. Next are the blood brothers/sisters where the vampires embrace a group of people but also perform a ritual destroying their individuality and making them one mind utterly loyal to their sires. They are connected and can become one being or send parts of their own bodies to others in their group. There are also the gargoyles made through Thaumaturgy by creating servitors and soldiers by turning and slicing together multiple kindred then binding them to masters or their master's stronghold. It goes on but Big D. is right. It gets so, so, so, much worse.

[@taddad2641]

honeslty makes me wonder why the other vamperis ahven't extemrinated them. they sound like ienvitable breeches. imagine if they take too many people making a catherdral and it draw attention and they find something that makes john carpenter THING look like a functional life form.

[@nerdyvids1]

H:TP has been wild from day 1, but TF2 becoming an actual plot point is so far beyond anything I could have possibly expected from this series. Abyssal abominations waiting in the dark are nothing compared to that.

[@N0tsaved]

Just wait until they Meet the Team. It'll be anything but watered down with the lead-leaked miasma of Teufort that passes for "water." Much like the OOZE WATER of Yarmouth's Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf Course

[@soupcake3092]

Medic tf2 would make a wild vampire hunter.

[@RainbowGod666]

What

[@fenrirsrage4609]

The Sniper already has a whole outfit set for being a vampire hunter too.

[@nadrewod999]

It really reminds you that this is set at least 15 years in the past, when TF2 is viewed as "a game stuck in development hell for 10 years" rather than "a certified gaming classic that still has many loyal fans long past its prime".

[@samfish2550]

Holy shit this is not expected in SO many of the BEST ways. - Didn't expect uploads today. - Didn't expect it to be a prequel and not a part 2 - Didn't expect the crazy lore/backstory drop. - Didn't expect scones -Didn't expect Attick chicken. ALL SUPRISES OF A PLEASURABLE NATURE!!!!!

[@snowfish7294]

@samfish2550 I never expect a video from one the content creators but when they do upload I know what I am doing for the hour and a bit

[@BSOE3058]

Whippets!

[@samfish2550]

@@BSOE3058 I thought they were Italian Greyhounds.

[@BSOE3058]

@@samfish2550 well, they could be, but Whippet sounds way funnier,

[@jurtheorc8117]

@@BSOE3058 When i first heard of the word "Whippet" i thought they were the name for a kind of British sweet or treat, or at least confectionaries and treats usually associated with Britain. Like crumpets and scones. Then i thought they could be a nickname for Dominatrixes who aren't about aggressive and demeaning, but silly stuff instead. Like pillow fights. You can interpret it as calling someone a b***h, but also a funny and pleasant energetic companion. That, and there's the "whip" in the name.

[@themerchantof1175]

With how…passionately enraged Sir D is listing the many different ways the world of darkness can mold the body and soul to torturous depths, it’s a brimming example of why there are no “Retired Hunters”. Only ones who have either died in the hunt, or passed on with the passage of time.

[@jtlego1]

Funnily enough, in the old pre-5E Hunter books there was an explicit mechanic that let your PC go out in a blaze of glory. In fact, the max level/endgame Edges were basically "Talk With Your Storyteller Before You Buy This So They Can Implement It Into The Story Better. Also You'll Probably Fucking Die After Using This" story-breaking powers that 99.9% of the time ended with the PC removed from play.

[@gatordragon6140]

"fear the old in a career where men die young" is possibly the best quote for hunters for that exact reason lol if you're a vamp and you see a hunter with grey hair you are probably fucked

[@samfire3067]

"BANZAI"

[@gatordragon6140]

@@samfire3067 you seem familiar... Who are you?

[@jakobweisser8044]

The fact that Kitten brings up wanting to help cure the ghoul only makes me more convinced that grimal will is the ghoul.

[@doginthedark]

I find it extremely unlikely that she's not

[@crso6830]

Fax

[@yougonahaveanoratime9726]

If they won't put bait and switch then yes

[@douglaslundin4506]

I'm personally guessing that Gloria Waters is the Ghoul, but that's just me!

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Yyyyyep! Same!

[@rexlumontad5644]

The Ghoul just wanted to go for a walk. A very enthusiastic walk.

[@Blood.Angel.]

OH FUCK ALL KINDS OF DUCKS ALUCARD!!!!

[@dalekrenegade2596]

​@@Blood.Angel. QUACK!!!

[@26th_Primarch]

​@@Blood.Angel. Okay now I wonder what would happen if Sir D. met (Hellsing Abridged) Alucard...

[@Blood.Angel.]

@@26th_Primarch I think it would generate a surprisingly insightful and complex conversation.. amidst all of the spontaneous whimsey and chaotic battle of two SUPER SPACE AND VAMPIRE THINK BOXES!

[@lazrustosadow5880]

I'd love to see this as a crossover audiolog

[@level5650]

Markus being chosen by the Wyrm explains how his destined rivalry with the HTS version of Leman will come about. The Wyrm is the ultimate enemy of every Werewolf.

[@-Gilver]

There's some potential there but iirc the characters in HTP are quoted to be their own unique characters Yes the case of them being successors to who we knew in TTS is bavkable in A LOT of ways but I just recall hearing that statement a while back

[@-Gilver]

Side note that does sound like the perfect way to introduce Leman, I feel like its harder for some of the brothers to have counterparts in WOD but not impossible

[@AR-yd2nd]

Idk if it's the Wyrm, it might be the Abyss. Like, the one Abyss, the Grandmother

[@deohere7647]

Speak for your own pack friend. The world fell to it's current state because of an abundance of the Weaver, not the Wyrm. For life to thrive there must be both growth and decay. Life and Death. Chaos and Order. We need both forces, Weaver and Wyrm to achieve some semblance of equilibrium if Gaia is to be revived. Are we capable of doing that still in our weekend state? Unclear. But the only path forward is to let not just humans know of the true struggle but to rally with agents of both the Wyrm and the Weaver so we may form a united front. A world where just one sides win is the end of all things.

[@gatordragon6140]

It would also explain how brocks applejack somehow expired and had salmonella, given the wyrms domain

[@go_w1ld836]

I love how you've flipped the script in this series compared to TTS! Now instead of Big E picking Kitten's brain for new info,now kitten's picking at Big D's brain to get a better view of this new world he's in. And i recognized Big D's voice actor as the voice of Big E's warp-bound soul shard! Voice casting so perfect it just NEEDED more screen time!

[@alackofgames913]

I think you meant, "better biew bof bis bew borld he's bin."

[@go_w1ld836]

​@@alackofgames913thank you for showing me the error of my ways lmao

[@alackofgames913]

@@go_w1ld836 bou're belcome

[@gamemeister27]

Be there in a becond

[@nadavgraupe]

Yeah, SpeakerD is great! He’s also the voice of Vect, and the Emperor in flashbacks

[@KobKobold]

That's actually a very interesting contrast The Emperor witheld information from Magnus because he didn't care Big D witholds information from Markus because he cares too much There's something poetic in that

[@Illier1]

@KobKobold this confirms Hunter is hust TTS but in an urban fantasy

[@whiteeye3453]

Actually emperor did witheld information because he knew magnus was way arrogant

[@KobKobold]

@@whiteeye3453 Big D is doing something about his son's arrogance. Revelation couldn't be bothered after centuries

[@whiteeye3453]

@@KobKobold then you did not read books of 40k

[@ReallyNeedsCoffee]

​@whiteeye3453 Handing out grand edicts and acting like a warlord instead of a father is not working to curb the arrogance of his sons/tools, it's working around it to achieve his own goals despite them.

[@LORDOFDORKNESS42]

...If Door's "Came-il-a the first vampire" joke from the first episode was foreshadowing for were camels being the root of all vampires or something, I might just cackle myself to death.

[@MrVoyeurific]

No it’s Caine like biblical Caine

[@LORDOFDORKNESS42]

@@MrVoyeurific OK, fine, maybe not the true origin of vampires, but~ at least foreshadowing for were camels seems like a plausible story-line slash home-brew. Maybe Pooka, given the hints of past & upcoming Changeling shenanigans? They can be themed on any animal, so a Pooka Camel would be plausible.

[@WarmLusamine]

Door thinks the first vampire is Carmilla. Like the lesbian vampire.

[@Catman2030]

This is a Ghoulish video

[@simpleshapes8113]

I’m ever impressed by Speaker Ds voice acting. Especially once he delved into speaking of Markus making contact with that abyssal presence. The quivering breaths as he touches upon the son they lost to the fae court. His conviction when proclaiming he won’t allow Markus to be lost to the bottom of the trench. Also I love that Team Fortress 2s release is now integral to the narrative. I absolutely adore all the minds making this series happen.

[@gatordragon6140]

Yeah i dont know how he does it but speaker d seems to be the life of the party wherever he goes, my favorite example is his role as a grey invader compared to this like this mans vocal range and what he can play is ridiculous

[@noahegler9131]

"Look at these beasts. Abnormal, spindly legs. Balding, spotty hide. Curved, abnormal backs. Ears like skin flaps, eyes too big for their skull, snaggled teeth, and this constant nervous shivering - when not snout deep, lapping at that accursed spill!" Hate to break it to you, Sir D, but thats just a straight-up Italian Greyhound. I would me willing to accept the snaggled teeth coming from Ape, but dental issues are also typical among small dogs. If they are the size of a standard greyhound, that's definitely from him - but I don't think you would mistake it for a rat in that case.

[@Coryn02]

I am not even 5 minutes in, and I'm already beyond touched that D straight-up vows to protect Kitten as long as he's under this roof, after admitting that being a hunter's not a comforting life. That's what real family does for each other.

[@CountDVB]

Especially with what we find out later.

[@ColorfulCredits]

I love the new format used here. The text boxes are amazing, easy to read, and remind me of a visual novel / video game. Also, the addition of having the camera 'follow' the characters around, showcasing the house in a more 3D aspect, is very cool.

[@arran4285]

I think the background is Gmod

[@lazrustosadow5880]

Was my first thought

[@TheGoldfishAssasin]

​@@arran4285Yeah it is, not sure but I think they released the map in the workshop a bit back.

[@richardlionerheart1945]

​@@arran4285i think they just made the house in hammer editor

[@everythingsalright1121]

The house is gmod yeah. But i do love following

[@Maddy-Senpai]

Big-D talking about Horse mercing a ghoul and eating it if it’s made of plant, but given that horses eat lizards like chocolate bars and baby birds like popcorn do y’all really think he’s wouldn’t eat a ghoul-rat or thirty?

[@seanyb5289]

I have genuinely been rewatching everything HTP for like 3 weeks straight since my breakup and it kept me going. This actually made me smile for the first time in ages because I have been religiously checking whether there was a new upload

[@lazrustosadow5880]

Witches ain't nothing but hohos and tricks are for kids

[@worldlinezero4783]

Wild, I've been in exactly the same boat! This really is my comfort series, it makes me so happy. I hope things improve for you, my friend.

[@seanyb5289]

@@worldlinezero4783 ty Mo Chara much appreciated, hope it gets better for you as well my man 💪

[@Bgh583]

Dude man up and stop getting down because of a breakdown. Either be a man or start wearing a dress.

[@scout360pyroz]

oh you utter CAD. "we will save them ALL" *WELL AFTER RELEASING THE VIDEO QHERE GRAMPS GETS SHREDDED*

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

I just realized, if they order the playlist in terms of timeline, this'll have to be placed before that episode from D's optimism in thinking he can save the ghoul to the cold hard reality that someone has to die

[@atpsoldat6108]

To be fair, it’s very likely that Fatigue was killed by a Garou, not the ghoul. So in this case, saving them all (from the ghoul and blood bond) is still in effect.

[@Kaarl_Mills]

@@atpsoldat6108 to be even more fair: If even a single werewolf wanted to kill the acranum, it would be extremely easy for them. Sure, if you can outwit them you at least have a chance of getting out in one piece (approximately) but to actually defeat one? Even high ranking Vampires would consider that a tall order, not impossible, but extraordinarily dangerous

[@JohnnyShagbot]

@@Kaarl_Mills Bear in mind that Fatigue was himself a hunter of the Fera. He may be dead, but he might have left some goodies laying around that someone could use to put down something as menacing as a werewolf.

[@somerandomschmuck2547]

@@rokkraljkolesa9317 Am I alone in thinking that makes the his reaction to seeing Fatigue's hit harder. That quiet "no", considering this takes place at best a couple days before that scene, and based on what we know Fatigue was someone D at the very least respected, possibly even considered a friend.

[@orly4672]

I like how Marckus's horrifying backstory also explains why his Australian accent was carried over from TTS. He was travelling around Australia and lived in Norfolk Island before moving to actual Norfolk.

[@arturoreyescortez2476]

I like when Big D and Kitten talk about the supernatural things of World of Darkness. This helps introduce new fans to the franchise just like how TTS helped introduce new fans to Warhammer 40K.

[@Bgh583]

Yeah and this time there isnt GW to screw it over.

[@lollikabosso.w.n7153]

Also, in 40k lore, Emperor is rather confusing and his morality and actions could do better with explainations, rather than either a POV of other characters or Aaron Dembski Bowden being himself. Big D on the other hand is actualy genuinely good, hillarious, tragic and caring man, whom while we never saw beat a vampire so far, doesnt mean he is incapable, as he has knowledge of most creatures, family history with a lot of people, and most of all, compassion with those that lost humanity. Big E was always like "Humanity good, everyone whom doesnt follow my principles sucks", but Big D is seen to have compasion and understanding, we see this when he talks to Kevin, and feel how genuine he is. Big D, despite having utter hatred for Vampires, also wants to help them restore their humanity, make a world where they can coexist and not have to fight one another for any reason. And in a twisted world with creatures beyond the scope of imagination, having someone look into the abyss and scream from top of his lungs "Come and kill me, I yearn for this" expecting either a worthy death, or Triumpfantly standing over the carcass of the void, is beyond refreshing

[@Hypogean7]

@@Bgh583 Paradox isn't one for silken gloves though.

[@ten_of_diamonds7575]

11:28 I work in the ER and once had a patient who was in a fight and bitten on the hand so deeply that the other guy tore out a chunk of flesh. The patient, upset by this, "Injected crack into the wound, as well as into his elbow when his arm began swelling and changing color."

[@brianadamson6638]

@@ten_of_diamonds7575 Wtf?.... What color?

[@gatordragon6140]

Out of curiosity what color did to change to?

[@AliceBowie]

I assume he dissolved the cookies in lemon juice, as you do.

[@GlareanLiebertine]

What was the goal here? Somehow disinfect or sanitize the injury before it spreads through the power of crack?

[@Dante3214]

@@GlareanLiebertine Considering the fighting (tells us who he associates with), the grievous wound and crack addiction, he was likely so out of touch with reality that he probably did believe that it would help in some way. You know.. rather than just rot his veins from the inside if he even succeeded in hitting one.

[@saxplayer790]

Imagine your dad giving you forbidden truths of the world as you play 2fort with your fiance, can't make this shit up 10/10

[@nickchavez720]

This gives such insight into both Big D and Markus. For a while we have been wondering why Big D has been keeping secrets from Markus and this explains perfectly why he HAS to keep things away from him. Markus is smart, but nearly as smart as he thinks he is. And he is proud. That is a deadly combination. He wants to use tactics and tricks that show off how clever he is even if they impractical or have huge drawbacks. Hence the stakejacket example that Big D gave. Dorn immidiatly pointed out the obvious issues of the stake jacket and that a gun would be way better. But Markus doubled down and insisted that it was a good idea despite being beaten to a pulp. I can totally see Markus experimenting with Vitae or even magics in attempt to gain an edge despite how obviously the risks out weigh the rewards because he's convinced that he that he'd be the one who could figure it out. If you tried to explain the dangers to him he'd insist that it wont haplen to him. That the only reason the countless others who tried before him failed was because they werent as smart as he was. Hed be the guy who takes a narcotic insisting he wont get addicted because he is too strong willed. Or the mathematician who goes to the casino convinced that he will beat the casino because he's got a 'system'. The next thing you know he's a junkie or he blew 50k at the black jack table. Markus cannot know about these things. He cant be trusted. And the best way to keep him safe is not to let him know.

[@MarqFJA87]

Not unless he saw someone he genuinely respects as pretty much an equal or even superior to him in intelligence and integrity be exposed as a ghoul themself, and that they too had the hubris to believe they could master ghouldom, only to ultimately fail miserably and become truly damned and wretched.

[@somerandomschmuck2547]

@@MarqFJA87 Maybe bringing in this Rozalia and having her share her story?

[@Logamer-tn6db]

Yep. I mean just think about the episode where Pyotr broke free. He immediately thinks to get outside since pyotr is an ambush predator, a good idea on paper, but then immediately and without any forethought, jumps from a two story windows and shatters his ankles. Frankly, if pyotr didn't want to embrace them, Markus could have easily died that night. He has hubris aplenty, and that can definitely damn him, most likely literally considering what he contacted.

[@MarqFJA87]

@@somerandomschmuck2547 She's a complete stranger to him, he'd just go "Oh, but I'm definitely smarter than her."

[@nickchavez720]

@@Logamer-tn6db I'm glad you brought up the window incident because it perfectly shows how his impulsivity and tendency to get tunnel vision gets in the way of his intelligence and his ability to think ahead. Like Markus, you live there, you know that its a straight drop down. What did you think was going to happen? Unless you're a trained acrobat who knows who to fall you are going to break an ankle at best. Also let's say you do get outside, what was going to be the plan then? You're outside at night in the country side where you have way less cover from Pyotr and all you're weapons are inside the house. At least inside you could hunker down and make a Killzone forcing him to walk into a barrage of bullets or leave before the sun comes up. But out there he has even more angles to come at you. He gets so caught up in his first idea and is so convinced that its gold that he doesn't pause to think it through.

[@briankuczynski6884]

I have never felt as connected to a fictional character as D blanking on the name 'cordyceps'. I struggled on that string of letters for literal years of my life!

[@gorvarhadgarson5227]

1988...Horse was there. The family must love that breed of horse to keep having the same one. To have a horse that old would be impossible!

[@alackofgames913]

Yes because, as we all know, Horse is a completely normal horse, and is DEFINITELY not a demon.

[@ozfifer7392]

Oh, and Big D is definitely just a normal dude with a very normal Horse.

[@Eva-uw6uo]

So basically, Markus is Anakin. I wonder how he feels about sand?

[@quesocoatl21]

More like Magnus, extremely powerful and dangerously naive and cocky with his openness to dark powers.

[@Eva-uw6uo]

@@quesocoatl21 On one hand, extremely accurate. On the other hand, Anakin funny.

[@gatordragon6140]

The better question is how does magnus feel about sand?

[@sirmemealot1839]

@@gatordragon6140 probably not great, since most of his sons got reduced to the stuff.

[@Eva-uw6uo]

@@sirmemealot1839 now I just imagine Magnus on his knees ugly sobbing hysterically with sand falling through his fingers while Tzeentch is just like "Stop making a scene"

[@irwinblair5494]

Sir D really is the Duke of Discounts, he got the blender for 98p.

[@Zero_01084]

After purchasing it from the 99 pound store. Pounds of what, I wonder?

[@Mayogus]

@@Zero_01084 not 99 pound, 99 pence

[@lordfelidae4505]

​@@Zero_01084arteries

[@ibrahimabbasi4715]

​@@Zero_01084, no the 99p store. meaning 99 pennies.

[@DefNotNanoShinonome]

@@Zero_01084 uhhh me pounding your biological birther :snuglasses:

[@ErilTheRogue]

"It knows my son!" The utter despair was palpable in that delivery, wow.

[@graveyardshift6691]

Oh jesus wept. Markus made contact with an OTHER? No wonder Big D wants to start him out with the dirt. Hell that whole thing explains Big D's EXTREMELY VARIABLE AND EXCITABLE ATTENTION!!! Nothing walks away from an *Other* in it's true state with any kind of sanity intact.

[@aaroncurley5117]

so what IS an other?

[@whiteeye3453]

The warp

[@13legomania]

@@aaroncurley5117likely something similar to a Great Old One

[@Xenomorthian]

​@13legomania from quickly googling its an 'aeon' that represents the abyss It's actually friendly but the abyss itself and the insanity it causes is what makes it dangerous So definitely not that nerd Tzeentch

[@GlitchTechV1]

@@aaroncurley5117 Im taking this as some sort of lovecraftian horror creature, utterly indescribable and an encounter if you ever survive will leave you altered forever.

[@korstmahler]

"Things are starting to click" Said as whoever's firing that mg-3 stops to reload. Nice.

[@wyattmurphy7153]

probably door, now that im rewatching it.

[@bthsr7113]

Are we sure it wasn't an M-60? Door did mount a pair to the bus.

[@korstmahler]

@@bthsr7113 I was about to say "No. That rate of fire is much too high." Then upon investigation I noticed it was the sound of either two lower ROF guns(which would fit the Goose's armaments but doesn't fit the sound) or an MG-3 AND something with a fire rate closer to an M-60 or M249. On balance I still lean towards it being an MG-3 with a second automatic getting involved. However it's possible Door has the altered the firing rate of the M-60s also. At the end of certain bursts you can hear the second gun with it's slower rate. I cannot tell with certainty if it's Kräkus returning fire.

[@moistenvelopes]

Jesus

[@gamemeister27]

Anyone else have the feeling that Krakus's screaming, ditch digging, gunfire, etc throughout these episodes is going to be significant at some point? I wouldn't be surprised if he's being attacked regularly or something.

[@everythingsalright1121]

Certainly possible given whats learned here

[@CommissarMitch]

Ok so the story takes place in 2006. Markus was 12 in 1988. This means Markus is 30 years old. Meaning the Clown Party happend earlier that year. Neat!

[@Nugnugnug]

Marckus... saw the Wyrm. And the Wyrm saw Marckus. That is extremely not good.

[@garrus01]

I mean... I'm pretty sure he's fucked. It's only a matter of time before it makes a move. And I don't know if knowing or NOT knowing what it is makes it more dangerous for him.

[@setsunatenma9467]

Doubt it was the wyrm. Probably the things the nephandhi worship

[@brandonporter7584]

@@setsunatenma9467 Isn't that also the wyrm? I'm running my own mage game and from the naphandi book the worm and what they fall too seem pretty much like the same thing.

[@turidrowned]

I thought this all was still paralleling Warhammer, and what Markas saw was the equivalent to the Great Hunger, or the Tyranids.

[@brandonporter7584]

@@turidrowned It still seems like it when it comes to Magnus/Markus' fall. The entity he contacted (from what it seems like) is the equivalent to a chaos god (but rather than A it'd be the world of darkness' THE big bad called the wyrm) It functions as a mix of the nids and chaos where it embodies chaos entropy and destruction.

[@nightwolfkakana]

"The random shit vault"- I am using that for my DND group for our bag of holding 😂😂

[@bowenorcutt78]

You know, my personal theory on D is that he's just a regular man, no changeling or Mage or anything. That his eccentricities are simply the result of an ordinary person seeing, doing and simply SURVIVING more than a person was ever meant to. And his whole speech in the True Depths of Evil section is making me more convinced of that reality than ever. If anything, at this point I think turning out to be something more than an ordinary man would be to the detriment of his character.

[@Guille2033]

I'm pretty sure, considering his feats and general attitude towards supernatural creatures, that he's an Imbued (of the Redeemer creed most likely)

[@Tab1300]

I think he's imbued because it makes the most sense, it's not like hes any less than a normal man, but it would cover why he's been around for so long.

[@Guille2033]

@@Tab1300 it would also explain why he's so bat shit crazy

[@worldlinezero4783]

I definitely think there's at least something supernatural going on with D. He's always managed to get conveniently taken out of the equation in fights. Our only real feat we've seen of his strength is that he is capable of ripping a car battery in half with his bare hands.

[@bowenorcutt78]

@@Guille2033 I'll be looking up what that is, thanks.

[@jonathanfrank1189]

A discussion comes before the battle commences A king with a paper crown and a kitten discuses lore and knowledge, what wisdom and lore shall be useful like Chekov’s revolver.

[@Bawgle]

Hey that crown is at LEAST cardboard. He got it at Burger King.

[@alexbrinzan9061]

Omg horse is going bald like Horus heresey.

[@daladari3469]

"The true depths of evil" *proceeds to describe the Tzimisce to a perfect, albeit fleshy, T Sounds about right tbh.

[@Overlordough1201]

"He made contact with something...other." Tzeentch: *I'M ABOUT TO DOUBLE DIP THIS SHIT **_LET'S FUCKING GOOOO!!!!_*

[@merrittanimation7721]

Big D: Markus you fool! You’ve breached the bounds of copyright!

[@thundergaming155]

why did i hear that in tzeentch's voice fallowed by his skeletal like laugh.

[@khylerbane4523]

I swear I could hear TTS Tzeentch laughing the whole time.

[@confusedcowboy6342]

“Imagine giving a gorilla the powers of a double-gorilla” God D never fails to entertain

[@reeee-nq8re]

Welp didn't expect 12 year old Marcus to poke the werm, but honesty explains alot

[@lordfriedrick7911]

I have not that much knowledge about VTM What is the werm?

[@dovahkiin_brasil]

​@@lordfriedrick7911in the beliefs of the werewolfs, the Wyrm's purpose was to cleanse and rectify all of Creation, furthering its descent into entropy. It achieved this by eliminating that the Wyld creates and the Weaver structures, completing the eternal cycle of birth to death.

[@Malroth00Returns]

@@lordfriedrick7911 The three strongest entities in World of Darkness, more solidified concepts than actual beings, always referred to with all caps. WYLD: Raw unfettered creation, evolution without purpose or design. WEAVER: Logic, predictability, knowledge, stasis, causality. WYRM: Death, decay, entropy, corruption and ending, The destruction of all so that the next world may come.

[@TehLuvablePup]

@@lordfriedrick7911 One of the 2 Big Bads of WTA, the Wyrm is a primordial spirit of destruction and void. Initially it was one of a Triat of benevolent forces of nature, along with the Weaver (order/form/patterns) and the Wyld (creation/chaos) - but then the Weaver got mad because nothing lasted forever and snared the Wyrm up in its webs, driving it insane and prompting the slow, inevitable march towards the Apocalypse. Oh, also it has super-dissociation now and one of its alters is in charge of the megacorp O'Tolley's is a subsidiary of. TL;DR: What if Shiva-Atropos-Skuld got put in mega-uber-spiderjail by a jealous Vishnu-Lachesis-Verthandi, just for doing their job? Wouldn't that be fucked up?

[@garrus01]

@@dovahkiin_brasil And, importantly, it has been driven completely and utterly insane to the point it wants to destroy *everything* regardless of whether it's time to do so or not. And this happened because the Weaver ALSO went insane and imprisoned the Wyrm to prevent it from doing its job.

[@katzcribe2992]

Mr. Smerples joining the family CONFIRMED

[@everythingsalright1121]

He found that forever home. Or its to keep kevin happy, because kevin genuinely is attached to mr smerples and his remaining humanity

[@QosmicVoid]

I must admit, I find the fact that the release date of Team Fortress 2 is now a major plot point to be deeply funny

[@lordfriedrick7911]

Spoilers: Greyhounds do indeed look goblinish, gremnlinsh and cursed by a cruel god

[@dezdannaselaphiel8634]

I think chihuahuas are more cursed. Curseder, even.

[@luapark3068]

​@@dezdannaselaphiel8634 so it is now law, all Chihuahuas are ghouls. Beware what you divulge around the little rat-baby things

[@nathagar9251]

@@dezdannaselaphiel8634 at least chihuahuas have their souls filled with righteous, spiteful rage at the world and everything in it. They get to attack back.

[@hariman7727]

.@@nathagar9251 Chihuahuas are well disguised rats. Greyhounds are often sweet racing dogs that are actually pretty chill and friendly, from what I've heard and seen.

[@jonathonmiller2662]

@@hariman7727 For the most part they are. Prey drives through the roof though. Keep in mind hound races were originally concepted by giving them something to chase. If its small enough and tries to run a poorly trained greyhound will chase it down and rip it to shreds.

[@zombiehunter501]

Anton (Big Ds "lost" son) - Angron (Big E's damned son). Calling it, Anton is damned...a demon is possessing Big D lost son's body.

[@thewanderingswordsman13]

Him being a slave to the fae is pretty Angron-esk as well

[@Bgh583]

I think anton is vulkan

[@apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595]

Anton wasn't lost, he's simply one of the sons we have yet to meet. The lost son's name was not mentioned, because it alone invokes incredible grief.

[@nathanielpearman9169]

@@apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595so maybe 2nd or 11nth

[@gagnorblu]

28:50 I love that Big D is somehow simultaneously so out-of-touch with modern technology that he uses an ear trumpet, but still knows enough about it to organize severed ears using hexadecimal code.

[@jorger1818]

I mean, it's not like non-decimal number systems are a particularly new invention or exclusive to computers.

[@markkiefer3243]

I adore the use of GMOD as a backdrop during the location transitions.

[@boomerpro87]

God...daaaaaamn....the emotional delivery on D... I started tearing up at 2 different points. If only Markus could witness seeing him so worried for him. I feel like if Markus was shown that scene A few words and a hug would mend allot. I mean, I was convinced D was prepared to unravel reality itself to protect Markus.

[@TPaether]

My hope is that with the cameras and mics in the basement Marcus might hear a recording of this conversation qt some point. Tho knowing this series it'll be far too late by then

[@boomerpro87]

@@TPaether well the Achilles heel in that is:in the interview with chapman, D confirmed that "markus does not record anything for posterity" So unfortunately no recording would be saved, unless he changed that at some point.

[@jurtheorc8117]

The part that hit most strongly for me is hearing the conclusion to the tale of Rozalia. It gave hope.

[@alchemicpink2392]

I keep loving your approach for subtitles, "[pangs of humanity]" is a perfect descriptor for the series of anguished noises Big D makes in that moment and helps more than "[a series of grunts]" would, for example.

[@janemaus4700]

Long have i patiently waited. And thus it was delivered unto us. Blessed be the team of OgrePoppenang and bruva for they have graced us with more parenting content! Give thanks ye wretches! - With love from finland ❤

[@degurkin]

the fucking Cannon in Ds room pointed at the door, classic bit.

[@eclipserepeater2466]

TALLY-HO, LADS!

[@nobody-pr7fg]

Judge Holden esque

[@jurtheorc8117]

It reminds me of Scrooge McDuck and his cannon from the Boer Wars.

[@dad5088]

It is what the founding fathers intended

[@mattwo7]

Big D explaining lore to Kitten instead of the other way around just seems... Weird.

[@furiousfinch1587]

D completely dodged the suggestion of anything about Horse, and spoke carefully until the conversation topic had shifted. He knows _something._ That's comforting.

[@atpsoldat6108]

Assuming Anton is a parallel to Angron, I would love to see his character without the nails turning him into who he is on 40k. There are a ton of interesting ways to write a highly empathetic character.

[@leekah9981]

I want to see perturabo and Roboute in this setting.

[@setsunatenma9467]

He would be a changling due to being in the fae realm

[@Novictus]

​@@setsunatenma9467 well is he? I assumed "Anton" got away. And one of the forgotten Primarchs got taken

[@setsunatenma9467]

@@Novictus yeah that is what happened to people who get taken to the fae realm and returned they get changed

[@sirshotty7689]

@@leekah9981honestly I find it interesting to interpret what all the primarchs would be like in WoD. For Konrad Curze I think he fits the bill for a Malkavian. Though his skill at turning people into furniture is shares with the Tzimisce it’s not enough to consider him for one. And on the topic of the Tzimisce it’s actually one of the possible portrayals you could do for Fulgrim considering that they both hold good appearances while also doing some seriously heinous shit. But him being a possessed would be more thematically appropriate and it can still fit into his characteristics. Sanguinius I’m torn on because his chapters whole thing is being vampiric and there are vampire clans that he can fit in but characteristically I think being a hunter is more fitting. Then there’s Corax too where he can erase his presence from your mind which is exactly like the vampire skill obfuscate.

[@ShadaOfAllThings]

So, have a fun thought: If a Werewolf gets hit with Dominate it immediately rolls its Rage to see if it Frenzies. If it does, the dominate commands just... go away. And the Werewolf usually kills something over it.

[@ShadaOfAllThings]

@@Nightdreamr could have even been a first change scenario. The dominate awakened their rage

[@JigglyJig]

I only just realized the sound effect accompanying Kitten's questions is the Bloodlines' journal update sound. Nice.

[@Steelxl]

Thanks, that was driving me crazy not remembering that.

[@Dragonlover553]

“Daywalker”? Does that mean a thin-blooded, one of their children, or something else?

[@Malroth00Returns]

If a vampire so thin blooded that they exhibit no clan features continues to embrace despite the fact that their Vitae is too weak to reliably create a Childre, eventually the Vitae is so weak that the fatal sun weakness isn't enough to kill the vampire.

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

as the other guy said, it's probably a vamp so thin-blooded they can be in direct sunlight unharmed

[@JohnnyShagbot]

@@Malroth00Returns There are also thin-blood merits you can take even as a 14th generation vampire which allow you to walk in the sun. At their given year, vampires beyond the 14th generation are probably still exceedingly rare.

[@MultiKbarry]

Vampires with Blood Sorcery also have the capacity to daywalk. Tremere have a ritual for it and Necromancy can even allow for one to become “human” for a day. Also there are Draugr vampires combined with an evil spirit to allow for it to operate in the day with no care.

[@kirron9994]

@@JohnnyShagbot Caitiff can also take a merit to walk in the sun regardless of generation, 4 dots Sun-Scarred, though that isn't immunity so much as resistance, with aggravated damage becoming superficial instead.

[@Mr.G7777]

I really want to see Marckus and Door's brothers one day, even though we now know that some of them are "unacceptable". Imagine Vulkan showing up at Christmas carrying a bunch of presents, and breaking down the front door because he's too big. Or Konrad Curze in the corner of the dark room, scaring Kiten "Are you a vampire?" "No, I'm just very pale... and melancholic... and you're going to die alone in a horrible way". I really want to see that one day

[@jefferycrouse4652]

Vulkan and Corvus are musicians and almost constantly on the road so they can only stop by and pay their dear old dad a visit every once in a while. Also given D's descriptions and inflections on certain things I'd bet anything he had at least a few children fall to different evils in the setting. Fulgrim would be prime Camarilla material

[@Mr.G7777]

@@jefferycrouse4652 I didn't know they had told me about the whereabouts of some of the other children. Now I wonder what each of them is like. Angron must be stuck in a dead-end job as a supermarket clerk or something similar, extremely pissed off. Mortarion either became an undead or a garbage collector. I suspect it was Lion who got caught up in that deal with the fairies. Guillimann must work for some government agency, or the IRS, and always from afar trying to save Big-D from the police and the like. Anyway, it's fun to imagine that kind of thing.

[@otterfire4712]

This reaffirms my suspicion of both Simon and Elise from episode 4. Elise is a Thrull Ghoul with deep ties and power to the Regent, likely having stealth and strength. Elise has shown the capacity to sneak into places with the Marckus Bar audiolog, every character entered the scene with a door bell ringing except for Elise and Guy Chapman (an established ghoul). Simon is one more unwitting, receiving doses from pills disguised as medication. Considering the fact that the 99p store was recently delving into pharmaceuticals revealed by Pauline and the Regent in D's second part of the 99p store. Ritalin is a medication for ADHD. Having vampire blood which creates subservience which could be seen as the Ritalin working to balance the ADHD when in reality it is someone being enslaved to a vampire.

[@legatlanius8259]

That way Simon wouldn't be blood bonded. Vitae must be consumed openly, practicly from the wrist and you must be aware of your domitor for you to be bloodbonded.

[@jurillemarcchan2924]

oh. Oh god. Is the Regent trying to use pharameceuticals to ghoul humans en masse?

[@sirpumpkin99]

Well, she did also pickpocket simon in the latest episode, so elise would be fitting

[@otterfire4712]

@@sirpumpkin99 she pick pocketed Giles.

[@sirpumpkin99]

@otterfire4712 wait, i mightve confused simon and giles my bad