Stardust Rhapsody: Anthem | Ep. 28 | Man in the Mirror: Part: 1
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What happened with the russet loaf and Viceroy Harkon Morvane?
Last time on Stardust Rhapsody. The party landed on Sturlock to confront the Viceroy, Harkon Morvane. They explored the town searching for him, but found no trace of anything except something called russet loaf. A well-respected local merchant told them an uncharacteristic cold had ripped through the crops, destroying all food sources. But the Viceroy saved the city with this new bread, a boule with a rust-colored hue. The party tracks down its manufacturing to a warehouse off the main promenade. Working their way inside, they discover its dark secret. Russet loaf is made of concentrated RDL-8, better known as Redline. Confronting the workers to shut the place down, they see the power that the perfected form of the drug can have.
Workers with giant holes in their chests shuffle out of the storeroom. Before the party can question them, demonic creatures from Cacophony reach their claws out of those newly formed portals and rip their way into Sturlock, turning the workers inside out. Putting the nightmares to rest, the party sets the factory to explode. With the building now engulfed behind them, Pixel is wrought with a vision. Harkon reaches out to her once more and she discovers he isn't on Sturlock, but above it, on the moon. A terrible red beam fires from above and strikes the Viceroy's manor, connecting the two celestial bodies. The cacophonous connection rips the harmonic souls from the people of Sturlock and draws them upwards towards the moon, towards the Viceroy.
Racing to the final confrontation, you dispatch his aerial guard while the green, swirling wail of those you just met circles around you. Avoiding his tower's defenses, you land the ships and race forward. The strange, hellish black metal structure rips out of the ground upwards, and you see him. The Viceroy. Harkon. He stands upon its highest balcony, opening his mouth terribly wide. He begins to consume the wave of green energy flowing from the planet below. The moon's shine is the only light cast into the beginning of the long night.
Damn! You all run across the rough and pockmarked surface of Sturlock's moon as the pulsating castle before you rises up like a fortress from hell itself. All black metal, gray stone, and strange fiendish technology. The monstrous bat-eared viceroy's jaw finally closes after consuming thousands of souls. before he slowly turns and disappears from the balcony back to the highest chamber in the highest tower. Minutes later, there is a rumbling on the moon as the beam increases in its intensity, as the crackling discordant energy rages as it crashes down onto the planet below you. Now, out of your cockpits, the ether of space fills your lungs as you feel its effects more and more as you arrive at the large black staircase that rises to a huge double door shimmering with a dull maroon glow.
Viceroy Harkon Morvane's castle stands directly before you.
Question, is it safe to assume that you have more exposure to this than other people. Do you feel like, how do we all feel about like this, you know, like breathing within?
I would say that you would all know this going on. You're standing outside of any kind of protective barrier of your ships, not on the Rhapsody, not on a standard planet where life is traditionally sustained. You feel the heavy weight of ether as it fills the air around you. and it absolutely is taking its toll. I think of everyone, Rhett would feel it the least, but is not immune to its effects. Got it. It creeps itself within you, and you know that you will have to find a way into what you hope is Solace behind these doors before too long, or you may sustain permanent damage from ether poisoning.
But we don't have to make any con sales or anything. We're good for now. For right this second.
I guess we're running. So we just like come to a sliding halt in front of these double doors. Exactly right. You race from the ships across that pocket marked surface of the moon. The rising almost eruption of the black metal fortress in front of you and the staircase that climbs purposefully up to these large metal double doors.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened with the russet loaf and Viceroy Harkon Morvane?
0:08–5:48
2
How does ether exposure affect the team on Sturlock's moon?
5:48–13:13
3
How do the party breach the magically sealed doors of the Viceroy's castle?
13:13–27:40
4
What disturbing revelations appear in the blood-lit music room mirrors?
27:40–51:11
5
How do the characters react to seeing the Viceroy’s tragic backstory?
51:11–55:30
6
What causes Ziggy’s reflection to become a carnival clown and how do friends respond?
55:30–58:19
7
Why do the mirrors force each character to relive personal traumas?
58:19–1:10:32
8
How do the party intervene when Ko becomes consumed by rage at the mirror?
1:10:32–1:46:05