High Rollers: Aerois

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Time for a proper reunification with Valla - and for getting to know our new allies, Maximillian Taldross and Tassadar!
00:00 - Intro
10:55 - Part 1
1:26:57 - Break time/Donations
1:36:13 - Part 2
2:52:10 - Outro/Donations
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[@catswithlasers]

Nova's Tiangong to Starbane's Tiangong: "Are you familiar with the thought experiment, ‘The Ship of Theseus?’ in the field of identity metaphysics?"

[@XSacredX27]

I require elaboration

[@xiuhwho]

@@XSacredX27 If a ship has all it's pieces replaced piece by piece is it the same ship? And if not, at what point does it stop being the same ship? Is it as soon as a single piece is replaced? Is it after 50% of the pieces are replaced?

[@ChronoBolt]

@@xiuhwho additionally, if an exact replica is constructed using the removed parts, is it now the original ship?

[@jayfng123]

Ow... ow... brain not smart too much good...

[@Mike-oc6vs]

Mark is always making himself cry, we see how much thought he gave into these characters and also playing it very well.

[@clailia21]

Mark YOUR MIND. This is such a well-crafted world and story, I wish Aerois was a videogame so I could play in this world too. Also, a hug from Sayanna sounds amazing

[@Trumppoll]

Chris Trott gets Mark. So much emotion. 2:02:40

[@SilentRiver00]

"Yeah but we have a delight that's empowered by Thor, so..." 😂😂😂 That one line got me so hard lmao xD

[@RobAllenB]

We need to start a trend of including a black staff in the background of vacation photographs.

[@ThePatchworkMonster]

Hell yeah that sounds epic

[@cyranojohnson8771]

For the purposes of giving back, I am taking a shot at being One of Those Timestamp Mofos. Thanks to High Rollers for all the great entertainment. SPOILERS below the thingie. And I have learned that I have no idea how to spell most of the names in this campaign, so bear with me. 1:17 Sponsors and Announcements 5:54 Calling Birdie (Not a Flying Toy) 6:41 Greatest Ad and Most Huggable Merch EVAR 8:43 Other items (Starbane coffee mug et al) 10:55 DUN DUNS 11:56 Recap begins 13:32 Episode begins 16:15 Valla reveals Starbane's scrying 19:33 Tassidar manifests 20:40 Lucius, Valla, and consequences 22:31 Tassidar, scrying and nondetection 24:57 How humanoid trades work 26:03 Max is conflicted 28:14 You're welcome, from Tassidar 29:01 Valla's back and can cuss and make portals 37:31 Tassidar speaks his piece 46:43 Helios manifests 49:51 Tian-Gong's divergence is a miracle 52:18 The Aeterna on growth, adaptation and change 55:16 This is all a bit much 58:08 Max is definitely not taking off the armor 59:34 The last Tian-Gong shard on Aerois 1:03:00 Tassidar is a whole mood 1:04:08 Lucius' sisters 1:06:25 Rana becomes a Storm-Chaser 1:07:45 Hopefully this one doesn't crash 1:08:51 Putting it bluntly 1:10:16 Valla knows about certain things 1:13:36 A masterclass in Persuasion 1:16:48 The awesome power of Real Dice 1:18:25 On the subject of optics 1:21:50 Danica lays down some parameters 1:25:19 What's next 1:26:51 BREAK 1:36:19 There's more to Starbane than you know 1:39:36 Calus(sp?) the Astral Adventurer and the tragedy of Gideon 1:43:18 Siaska... the only one he'll listen to? 1:49:41 The damage of sacrifice, and opening the door 1:57:30 The Halls of Infinite Resplendence 2:03:30 Lucius brings the feels 2:04:00 Valla's transformation 2:05:31 The twisted Titans 2:09:00 Titan mini-dungeons, beeyotch 2:11:08 Locating the demiplanes and gathering strength 2:20:29 Nova takes a moment 2:25:00 Return to Horizon... and awkward messages 2:29:55 Danica is business casual and entirely unbothered 2:32:18 To free the Beastfolk 2:36:30 Curious news for Sentinel Prime 2:39:23 Let's hope for good news and not another moral quandary 2:42:50 Into the mid-city 2:46:20 Ultron, but also the Geth 2:52:11 Outro and Donos

[@ElimLacuna]

nice work, my dude

[@scorfadontis8110]

Great job, ty

[@quicksilversea5210]

The RP! The Women, the myth, THE LEDGEND! Valla is back and better than ever!

[@digitaljungle7154]

"I wasn't looking, I was peeking, I read everything." I don't know why but that was so funny to me. Edit: the time 2:23:58

[@natedogrules97]

This campaign is way more entertaining than any movie or TV show I've ever watched. I started Ep. 1 near June, 2020 and I'm desperately trying to catch up to watch one live before the campaign ends.

[@michaelpeterson5545]

"You realize that your chance of surviving an attack by the Valkerian Empire (Spelling?) is very small?" Obviously Tassidar (Spelling?) has not watched the last several episodes...

[@dickhayworth1139]

I have an excuse about the Quill plushie, I didn’t find yall until 2 years after this streamed 😭😭😭

[@davidkoudelka10]

Anyone else love how the Stormchasers are absolutely fanboying(or fangirling in Sentry's case) over Nova and Thalia's relationship?😂😍💓

[@cooperhuss6823]

The amount of joy these episodes bring me y'all

[@swarnendudas772]

1:17 Sponsors and Announcements 5:54 Calling Birdie (Not a Flying Toy) 6:41 Greatest Ad and Most Huggable Merch EVAR 8:43 Other items (Starbane coffee mug et al) 10:55 DUN DUNS 11:56 Recap begins 13:32 Episode begins 16:15 Valla reveals Starbane's scrying 19:33 Tassidar manifests 20:40 Lucius, Valla, and consequences 22:31 Tassidar, scrying and nondetection 24:57 How humanoid trades work 26:03 Max is conflicted 28:14 You're welcome, from Tassidar 29:01 Valla's back and can cuss and make portals 37:31 Tassidar speaks his piece 46:43 Helios manifests 49:51 Tian-Gong's divergence is a miracle 52:18 The Aeterna on growth, adaptation and change 55:16 This is all a bit much 58:08 Max is definitely not taking off the armor 59:34 The last Tian-Gong shard on Aerois 1:03:00 Tassidar is a whole mood 1:04:08 Lucius' sisters 1:06:25 Rana becomes a Storm-Chaser 1:07:45 Hopefully this one doesn't crash 1:08:51 Putting it bluntly 1:10:16 Valla knows about certain things 1:13:36 A masterclass in Persuasion 1:16:48 The awesome power of Real Dice 1:18:25 On the subject of optics 1:21:50 Danica lays down some parameters 1:25:19 What's next 1:26:51 BREAK 1:36:19 There's more to Starbane than you know 1:39:36 Calus(sp?) the Astral Adventurer and the tragedy of Gideon 1:43:18 Siaska... the only one he'll listen to? 1:49:41 The damage of sacrifice, and opening the door 1:57:30 The Halls of Infinite Resplendence 2:03:30 Lucius brings the feels 2:04:00 Valla's transformation 2:05:31 The twisted Titans 2:09:00 Titan mini-dungeons, beeyotch 2:11:08 Locating the demiplanes and gathering strength 2:20:29 Nova takes a moment 2:25:00 Return to Horizon... and awkward messages 2:29:55 Danica is business casual and entirely unbothered 2:32:18 To free the Beastfolk 2:36:30 Curious news for Sentinel Prime 2:39:23 Let's hope for good news and not another moral quandary 2:42:50 Into the mid-city 2:46:20 Ultron, but also the Geth 2:52:11 Outro and Donos

[@kuragari1297]

This needs to be up higher

[@Anuklosmos]

Poor Mark. I love that he is so connected to everything, but I feel for him when he gets so into them that he feels their sadness.

[@nonam3party]

This is so immersive. So many emotions!

[@YamiYaiba]

"you can envision the characters however you want." 100%. Before seeing the official character art, how I imagined Sentry was EXTREMELY different than the art, and that's just not ever going to change.

[@o.d.d.5437]

Thank you guys for this amazing series that I wanna let you guys know that someday I will animate a High Rollers Aerois trailer and this may take a while since I want it to be both colored and well-drawn/animated and it may not be done yet when the Aerois campaign is finished but I have many ideas and hope you all will love it. Valla has grown quicker mentally and physically which makes me wonder has she received the special talk about the birds and the bees a.k.a. where babies come from? Rana has officially joined the Stormchaser crew, and I wonder how Lancien the aasimar on the stormchaser will interact with Rana, possible student-mentor relationship, and Rana will train Lancien how to use the celestial powers that lay dormant within?

[@gyrrakavian]

"But the bars of law and logic form a brittle cage indeed." Forge, Paranatural

[@thatmooseman]

Marks Beautiful Face 0:00 Episode Start at 0:04 Sponsor at 1:17 Announcements at 5:21 (quill plushie 5:55) DUN DUNS at 10:58 Recap starts at 11:57 Recap ends at 13:33 Break start at 1:26:52 Break ends at 1:36:13 Gameplay ends at 2:49:44 Ending donos at 2:53:50

[@notsu4935]

The man, the legend, Themythicmystic strikes again.

[@allie-ontheweb]

So glad there's still someone doing these ❤️

[@N3kr0n15]

"Best cleric" is a weird way to say "worst bard

[@captaintexican5993]

They are all becoming adopted family to a future Goddess and they don't eve realize it yet.

[@AlexRobles-tl4jd]

Only Lucius hugged Valla!? What is this!? I was expecting a group hug!

[@lilylecours9327]

Vala is a half sister to all the Titans

[@catswithlasers]

"No excuse!" Me on the VOD Squad: Dammit.

[@Rain0T]

i feel you

[@kellygingrich4302]

What. An. Episode. Wow!

[@TheGuzdar]

@2:25:00 quil teleports them back to horizon then mark say "no harm no fowl" so quil is no longer a bird :O. Does that mean he is back to 1 wing? :P

[@GeneTay07]

And they did it again folks!

[@cald1421]

Wow! Did not think we’d get Breeze appearing back this early! Wowie

[@yuzik01]

43:22 ah so this is why Tassadar is such a grump... he's got a literal stick up his ass! xD I just love the way Mark plays NPCs, especially the aeternas. I'm so happy they finally got Tassadar, it's always more fun with talking objects around!

[@commentatorboy]

OMG!!!! this story is Sooooo much like tengen Toppan gurren lagann.!!! Thank you mark for creating this amazing story!

[@accade_acaso]

Thank you for the reference! I didn’t know this 2007 anime, I will enjoy it soon. Have a nice day, a big smile from an Italian friend :)

[@Trigun99]

Such a wonderful episode filled with laughs, cries, and spooks.

[@Killerwolf3241]

Mark tryna give Lucius a pity pat on the back with his "maybe lucius' magic weakened it"😂

[@akumaakabane5276]

you have a army we have a delight

[@leozhou5242]

will Strabane become like another purple tyrant, when he retire he will go to a far away planet and become a farmer?

[@cald1421]

Thanos

[@alex16cole]

Much love and good. Well done for picking up on Breeze. So what did Rook say?

[@azarththekobold]

Damn, those "guardians" at the end are Cool!!!

[@nicholasmckee2038]

Very hyped for this episode

[@joluoto]

Double ones! True snakeyes!

[@chorum-writes]

I'm so glad I stumbled across High Rollers on Spotify! I love watching and listening to you guys, and although I'm far from caught up (technically, with Rhicaps

[@JoshPeel97]

with how much of this story i think is left i think we have at least another year of this campagin. This i am very happy about !!!!!

[@Crispi1260]

Yet another brilliant episode. Top tier RP. Great lore. Everything one could want.

[@flutterg1035]

Im been waiting for this all week ahhhhh!

[@thatlycantomboy]

sorta disappointed(?) that valla is no longer “mid-teens demigod trying their best” but still glad she’s back

[@cald1421]

Lmao did he hand wave this ageing up stuff cause he realized she was too young when the story began? I totally relate. Great episode!

[@RossMKitson]

Those merchandise items. I'm only 10 mins in and chuckling away. Genius.

[@chintex_]

The Stormchaser current mission kinda reminds me of mass effect 3's war asset mechanic. Helping allies, gathering forces for a final confrontation etc.

[@gothmissstress]

I haven't reached the final episodes yet so here's my *guess* of what could be that "other thing" that Ciaska knew to stop Hadar. i think it is Valla. Ciaska probably wanted to sacrifice Valla to Hadar but Starbane was against it, so he looked for another way. and the only other idea that struck him (for some reason) is the world engine. nobody ever told us that Ciaska is genuinely good. i think at some point some of the NPCs said "But how do we know that Ciaska is *truly* the person like she is spoken about in the stories - that perfect person". It really got me thinking - yeah, just as Starbane isn't purely evil, Ciaska could easily also not be purely good

[@jakepurnell8640]

Why does the way tassadar speak remind me of Borris Johnson 😂😂

[@blakenelson8189]

guys I was thinking and what if the only way to stop Hadar is for Seaska to be destroyed by the world eater. So Starbane killed Seaska on her home world so she could be reborn later which would give Starbane time to figure out a way to kill Hadar without Seaska being destroyed. The fastest way is to use the world engine (because he thinks will work).

[@Random_Kelsey]

Perhaps! That makes a lot of sense.

[@TheRainstormer]

This makes a lot of sense. Heres my thoughts on your theory: Starbane knows in his heart that sacrificing Siaska is the only way to destroy Hadar but he loved her so much that he couldnt bring himself to let Siaska do the ultimate sacrifice so he killed her knowing she would reform one day. He then convince himself that the World Engine MUST be enough to destroy Hadar in Siaska's place even though he knows deep down this isnt gonna work but hes gonna go with that plan anyway ...... In my version of your theory im convinced Starbane knows very well that this whole World Engine plan isnt gonna work but he loves Siaska so much that he's gonna try anyway, risking the entire universe's fate just to cling on that love he has for his long lost Godess :p

[@Tryingcounts]

I think saskia sacrificed herself to save aerois the first time around ;] that's my guess.

[@julianmacias5074]

How did Helios stay silent as long as he did during the Tasadar conversation?

[@teelehansen4995]

I love how Vallah has been telling the storm chasers all these things they've already learned.

[@Markcrazeer]

Yes, i know this, i know that, i have realized that, gave the Pope a heart attack with that one. I know the plan, we need to Take you ANd siaska with us on a suicide mission to the far realm are you Ok with That?

[@deadinlive6731]

That sound at the start of the video...is that from mass effect ?

[@Zelmel]

Trott you fucking LEGEND!

[@dylanhughes9795]

Did anybody else notice that mark didn’t say how many shards starbane has? How many does he have??

[@CradleComedy]

So I might be wrong but I think I remember there being 13 shards for somereasom. If that is true then he should have 7 while Nova has 5 and there is the last shard North of Goldthrown

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Pretty sure its seven. I have no idea where but I remember hearing the number as thirteen in total at one point. Nova has five and one is missing. That is a total of six leaving seven in his hands.

[@swatkat2]

During that demon portal gate thing before the Vortensar trip/party dieing I think Mark had Kim roll perception and felt the rest?

[@harrymcmanaman3123]

Trotts line 🫠

[@ThatFunnyMexican_]

Finally I’ve been waiting

[@blamauciXXX]

all the time in the conversation with tassidar... I was like.... please mention NightFrost.... maybe that would have convinced tassidar.. since nightfrost was killed by starbane himself if i remember correctly

[@drakkenlordthefirst]

nightfrost was killed to power the portal by the cultist i think.

[@blamauciXXX]

@@drakkenlordthefirst weren't the cultist working for calus though? i dunno its been a long while, i just feel that lucius shouldve mentioned nightfrosts sacrifice

[@bloodfreak57]

@@blamauciXXX no they were "unintentionally" working for a devil like being I believe.

[@blamauciXXX]

@@bloodfreak57 but that demon was working for starbane, i am pretty sure that calus has both angels and demons added to his legions, so yeah they were doing it on ''accident'' but still under orders from starbanes forces, i believe the whole reason they were messing around there was to try and open a portal to open up a different way to get to aerois, since planar travel through the veil was impossible, and these forgotten portals were a known way of planar travel that could go around the veil. I think mark eluded that there were portals all over aerois but most were forgotten or destroyed in the past.

[@drakkenlordthefirst]

@@blamauciXXX they were trying to summon a demon that was impersonating a god

[@Dracoswizard]

When nova threatened to take quills wing back if i was quill i would have started to unbuckle the straps and call her bluff . In my world if you make a threat even in jest its taken seriously

[@lyonwhote]

Already so hyped for the biomutant dnd video sounds hilarious had to stop the moment I heard this lol

[@ojoshiro]

I just keep hearing "Garrus Vakarian". But then he would be easily distracted with some calibrating. Anyway. Better hurry up and get up to date. I'm only about a year behind now.

[@Greenfire714]

im 25 minutes late, better start watching now ! lol i already know this is gonna be a good episode as per usual

[@Brunhaam]

Is clear skies inspired from Deadfire? Or is that coincidence I was surprised to hear that phrase in the game 😂

[@swatkat2]

its because their previous campaign had some things involving skies and things obscuring them. Tom wanted to throw something in from then as a joke then it stuck. Coz Mark is a wild DM and just calls their bluff.

[@micromonkey13]

To be completely honest, I kinda prefer them doing online, don't get me wrong I really enjoy them playing together around a table. But it seems alot more easy-going like, trot dose an incredible job keeping the stream going, the guys are relaxed and having fun and it's alot easier for us the viewers to see the roles and with the maps. I do miss the table top gameplay and them all around the table, but this works really well and for the most part seems overall easier

[@stevieharvey7803]

i kinda like them playing online too, but it’s their choice once things settle down

[@jamesmaceaveli6679]

Wooo! Been too long, super excited!

[@roseanntanoco]

I Want A Quill Plushie!! 😭 it should come with a warning “don’t not put near pet snake” OMG, Sentry reaction “Who !?” it’s like reminiscent of The Guardian of the Galaxy when Star lord said his name and no one know of him lol.

[@WAZAM7]

Does the Quil plushie have a magitech wing expansion pack?

[@stevieharvey7803]

maybe later if they do a second batch

[@mikolajkropinski276]

Maybe her way was to take the world engine and get new people from her child like quill a bird race sentry plus valla the engine is a plot she couldn’t tell him that poor guy

[@CosmiccNova]

I am so willing to fight Nova for Thalia’s hand in marriage 😳

[@TwoSpoon]

OMG!!! Tassadar is Q from star trek!

[@deannekellogg8514]

Is that a dinosaur polo Kim is wearing? That is so cool if it is

[@equiknoxsplays1442]

Almost caught up then I can finally catch this live

[@Human-gu2cx]

TO KILL A GOD

[@theeutecticpoint]

2:22:01-made me happy cry, I didn't see that coming. I dunno if you two discussed the possibility of that moment prior to the show, or whether Mark is a mind reader, but that was a magic moment :)

[@salamanda550]

Ooooh...Breeze finally shacked up with Hadar. Fucking fantastic!

[@TheBaldParakeet]

Praxis Valla!

[@JollyRanchersxx]

Okay commenting before end of episode but when will Vallah get to see her mom ;-;

[@JollyRanchersxx]

OH MY GOD YESSSSSS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@ibrahimabbasi4715]

'Grave news'. Yes. He is quite literally lying in her sarcophagus now.

[@ooppen]

Quite grave indeed

[@ibrahimabbasi4715]

Indeed

[@greenarrow1558]

Did quill ever tell the group about the Hadar vision with the group and starbane going to fight Hadar? Or am I just remembering the vision wrong. It was the one that started with quill chosing the colors/orbs and he picked the lightning one and the red/Hadar one.(not sure what episode it was from)

[@Crispi1260]

It was episode 106: The Valkyrian Ploy

[@greenarrow1558]

@@Crispi1260 did he ever tell them about it...I didn't think he did but maybe I missed it

[@thatlycantomboy]

Do you mean the vision that made Zarkira switch sides when she found out that Starbane’s plan is doomed? Because he told pretty much _everybody_ about that

[@greenarrow1558]

@@thatlycantomboy no...I thought there was another one that happened...it wasn't through the eye...I thought it was a vision on some sort

[@tobyhardcastle6830]

@@greenarrow1558 i don't remember him ever telling them about it either

[@deannekellogg8514]

Only 45:53 in but if the promise was to keep your people safe and it is just revealed that his plan will destroy your people do you still hold your word? He is violating his though he is unaware. You're now assisting destroying your self and people. Is this a logical conclusion? No, this is purly honor based and not logical at all. Just pointing that out. Breaking your word is a more logical but my opinion

[@AntlersAreCool]

I'm begging Trott to stop using the digital dice. They hate him. Two episodes in a row double nat ones. 🤣

[@sanddry738]

There’s so much huge setup for everything to come! I really hope they can tackle all the challenges but there’s an absolute butt-ton of stuff for sure. Can’t wait to see how they tackle jisela (sorry for butchering that)

[@spencerallen7952]

Breh, Valla is See-ask-kah

[@spectra20000]

I thought the store was updating this Sunday, when I went and checked today Quill was sold out :( Maybe next time

[@ibrahimabbasi4715]

No it just hasnt released yet

[@ibrahimabbasi4715]

It will release on sunday 13th at 4pm BST

[@ibrahimabbasi4715]

That is a confusing error.

[@spectra20000]

@@ibrahimabbasi4715 Oh, that’s good to hear. I was worried as to why it said sold out when it’s not even available yet since they didn’t mention any kind of pre-order.

[@TheHappyZappy]

:)

[@TheBiggreenpig]

Wow, that double 1 persuasion roll.

[@BassBumbass]

Starbane sounds like someone's former player character, with that backstory. Mark's maybe?

[@peng_ting1331]

Sadly no but marks just sunk a hell of a lot of thaught into it

[@SuperKlode]

Okay, I am far behind the current timeline, but calling it now, and apologies if it is still rather *spoilery* - Calis "killed" Siaska, because that way she could reincarnate over time, because the true way of stopping Hadar is by Siaska sacrificing herself or a Divine spark of herself, her daughter, with no means of ever returning, but that is just a theory a high roller theory :p

[@rozu7772]

Dang! Wish I wasn't broke or I'd get a little Quill plush.

[@xxRikuKHx]

You guys should do character shirts. I would love an official shirt with best cinnamon roll Sentry on it.

[@wierdpeopleotherdude1422]

My god that text message seen

[@michaellorsi6467]

4Head

[@ascendantmadness347]

Potential Spoiler? . . . . . . Siaska showed Kalus how to create a child i.e. Valla is a fragment of them, thus is themselves a spark of divinity. What if the plan is/was to use that spark to stop Hadar, perhaps focused through the World Engine?

[@lloydpetersen2]

i bet you star bane would listen if nova gave him tiangong just a thought =3, and then it turns out that vala has to die to bring bey her mother.

[@hadeszero4526]

starbane gave valla a sob story as he train her to make her stronger. Pretty classic bad guy propaganda tactic.

[@danielollett9783]

Spoiler "Thank you, for letting me see her" Damn you Mark, that brought tears...