Say what you wanna about the legacy of vox machina across exandria, but fucking NOBODY is haunting the narrative like Percival “I made the world’s first gun (with help from a demon (and then the idea was taken and copied by an unethical scientist who sold the plans and spread the invention worldwide, leading to artillery-based warfare))” Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski “my family’s estate is the sole-exporter of an extremely rare substance with untold magic-enhancing power (and when control of our home was taken from us by force that powerful substance made it into the hands of dangerously unethical magic users determined to use it to increase their own considerable magical power (and also to experiment on young and impressionable mages to attempt to increase their power artificially))” de Rolo III
Evil AU art of Caleb (Bren) if he was neutral evil, met Essek while he was a full scourger, and instead of healing each other, fed into their darkness and conspired to remove the rest of the Assembly and Kryn elite from their way.
Before we move onto the next sport saga, the aftermath of the basketball saga for @rottmnt-residuum for @tmntaucompetition
I am not the creator of Residuum, merely a fan!
Residuum Donnie's brothers are just having the worst time trying to find their brother :(
Also @phoenixdeleted @raisondetre2012 and @blue-star-doodles I piggy backed off of your ideas! I hope that's ok!
I only spent like 2 hours on this and I have not been feeling well, also no references besides googling the family guy death pose. But it was a nice distraction after a crappy day
Laudna had Delilah stuck in her head for 30ish years
Prism is from Shadowfell
This half of Bells Hells (Laudna, Orym, and Ashton) are on Issylra
Laudna made an insight check in Pike when she said that Delilah was gone (failed insight)
After the fight with Otohan, when everyone was getting little flashback/memories, Laudna’s had Delilah saying "I am of his blood. I will ENDURE. My will is unrelenting. You are my vessel in life, unlife, and beyond. I will ENDURE!"
The tomb they just found has natural residuum in it and the words in primordial they saw said “Within the verdant tomb, we keep her spirit ENDURING”
Matt changed the lights to green with they entered the room with the residuum (like Delilah magic [in TLOVM])
Delilah is from Wildemount and was part of the Cerberus Assembly
She’s been to the Shadowfell multiple times
She possibly inhabited Darkstone while she was Laudna’s patron (just a theory)
She worked with Ridley to take ore and it into residuum
Delilah has been to Thar Amphala (this was were Vecna was released, I think)
She was then killed by Percy in Thar Amphala. But her spirit stayed there (until she was killed again)
Thar Amphala used to be in the Shadowfell and now it is on the material plane, specially ISSYLRA
Theory:
What if this “she” that is being keep is somehow Delilah? She said that she had other contingencies for surviving, just Laudna was the easiest. Could this obelisk be kind of like a horcrux. Keeping enough of her alive until she able to take a physical form? Maybe all that time in the Shadowfell gave her a chance to set up backup plans.
And if Abaddina really set them up, she could tell that Laudna has had “quite a challenging existence”. Maybe she could fell some connection with Delilah or something ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ that part’s kind of a stretch
Not everything will be in order as things occur to me and I scuttle back to reread comics and panels. I may not have a post for every single part. But I shall try to reblog this post to keep everything together, and keep it all under a spoiler break to keep things tidy.
So…was I the only one who thought Matt just straight up created the concept of residuum? Like from what I can tell it works different the way he uses it, but I didn’t even know it was a thing in wider dnd lore. That’s cool.
I know you can replace spell components (diamonds for resurrection) and possibly spell slots/spells (I think there was a scene with Jester in CR2 where she used a suped up Scry) with residuum, so that might make finding someone to resurrect Laudna easier.
Obviously this all depends on what the party figures out and what Marisha decides, but it's interesting to get that at this time, I think.
Vote for Residuum @rottmnt-residuum in the @tmntaucompetition cause uh, well the horrors are still going to happen I think, but being at the basketball tournament for a little while is better than the secret government facility. Probably. Idk One is running around with a pointy bat...
Also note I am not the creator of Residuum, merely just a fan! Sorry if that was unclear oof! I have no control over what happens to Donnie!
Also I threw in some other awesome authors and artists as easter eggs that I think are all in this competition, that seemed excited about the polls? (so many tmnt polls right now)
This is just a fun fandom experience!
I May Be Invisible But I Still Look Good by @dandylovesturtles (look I know he can't really touch the ball but I wanted to let him do something)
Totpocalypse Au by @pastadorable
Redline Au by @coffinpal and @0ddbugs (@tmntredline)
Portal Chaos by @sheltered-uno
Bloodbath au by @trubblegumm
2 Arms Left by @intotheelliwoods (I don't think 2al Leo would really shoot his flamethrower at someone maliciously but this is all in good fun so he gets to have a little stress relief as a treat)
So vote Residuum! Delay the horrors by just a little!