Act 3 Episode 5: Crouching Tiger Stylist, Hidden Deathlord

The Economy is dealt with. But, well, the Circle weren't the ones to get the final blow. The missing Dawn is here...as a Dusk caste, who is very much intent on causing further problems to replace the one he just punched to death. With only Aura's truce field standing between them and a terrifying force of destruction buffed by the post-Exaltation rush, the gang has to get creative to avoid sharing the Hearteater's fate.   In doing so, Aura is pushed to the limits of her patience talking to this guy. But is he really the biggest threat here? Gavel debates taking on a major infrastructure project! Lythander has to make an important choice for sharing Artifact custody with! And the Gaol's pocket space is stretched to its absolute limits by both the Dusk's prowess and the mightiest specters of the Underworld beside him! It's a harrowing beginning to our new arc today!   This is an Actual Play of Exalted Essence, the classic high-fantasy high-powered TTRPG, using the new Essence ruleset hot off the Kickstarter presses! If you're interested, you can pre-order it here and check out the pre-release draft now! https://www.backerkit.com/projects/200664283/exalted-essence-tabletop-roleplaying-game --- Here are links to our Twitch and Youtube if you want to see more of our content (mainly video game variety streams and the video archives thereof): Social Handles: Gamerex: @Gamerex27 Corrack: @Corrack Chills: @DiogoMontesso) Alatos: @Alatos_Diogenes --- Here's a link to our special guest star's podcast, Monster Mates, the hit "romantic advice" podcast (HEAVY NSFW warning): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1dakh7Z1FcaB6-09W5fCQ @monstermatespodcast6642  https://twitter.com/MonsterMatesPod   --- Musical Attributions: Opening Theme: Traveler by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4770-traveler License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   Closing Theme: The Final Show by Luca Fraula Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4704-the-final-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   Additional Tracks:   The following music was used for this media project: Music: A Show Of Force by Phat Sounds Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/11048-a-show-of-force License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   The following music was used for this media project: Music: Stalled In Space by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10821-stalled-in-space License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   The following music was used for this media project: Music: Dead Spaces by Tim Kulig Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9319-dead-spaces License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   The following music was used for this media project: Music: The Final Battle Of Superheroes by WinnieTheMoog Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7418-the-final-battle-of-superheroes License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license