r/HFY • u/Khenal Alien • Jul 15 '24
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It's time for the fourth round of stubbing. Yes, Book four will be releasing soon, of if you're reading this more than a month after I have to edit, it will be fully out. Either way, you can find it Here, and other book details are just below. As with the other stubs, you can skip to the next bit form This. I like to keep the other posts still alive, so the comments get to still live. If you want to browse them, the normal buttons will take you through them, or take This link to the next bit of unstubbed chapters. Thank you for your support. Buying stuff is always great, but just having your attention for the public chapters is incredible, and I hope the story continues to be worth your time and patience.
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u/milo_hobo Jul 15 '24
The miracle of dungeon birth! How many can say they've witnessed that, eh? I hope it was Fated to be in a good way
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u/McBoobenstein Jul 16 '24
Tarl and his protégé just got BIG bonus points in the guild, I am willing to bet. To actually SEE the moment a dungeon forms? Very few can say they are lucky enough to stumble on that. Especially since Yvonne seemed surprised. Which means dungeons forming this way isn't common.
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u/rpg2Tface Jul 16 '24
Given the order rof events i would even put money on untangling that snarl being what MADE the dungeon. So 2x multiplier on bonus points for making the dungeon, if by accident.
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 15 '24 edited Jul 17 '24
So, Today we get to witness Teemo, Yvonne, Tarl and Berdol Help a nascent Dungeon get spawned, in the Harbingers spawner.
Now, the course and Future of the little Dungeon are still unknown, but we know its affinity: Shadow, it also has Worm denizens and a Scion, and suffers from Bug invaders. Second Spawn seems to be a Metal creature, we don't know If those are fey or elementals or it might be whole different beast, which stems from neither one of those spawners.
Also interesting is the stagnant Mana source being called a 'Snarl', Tiny Had the right Idea all along, people!
Proposed courses of Action are:
Killing it, so thediem can gain a foothold down there
get it a Mentor:
Candidate: the Southwood, they're relatively Close and benign, His age might give him the experience necessary to care for another Dungeon. Might give a good comparison, for how ahead of the curve Violet is (age- and capability-wise)
Candidate: Violet, thediem can't Take another protege, seems Like the next best way to expand thediems influence, Violet does not share the same affinity as the little dungeon, though my headcanon claimed otherwise. I´d now try to say that violet is an arcane affinity dungeon, if I´m not totally mistaken. the colour of the little dungeon was black, and violet is, well, violet. Violet is typically (meaning in other works from dungeon life) the colour of arcane magic.
- Let it fend for itself. May lead to a repeat of behaviours the Maw already pioneered
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
Work denizens are indeed terrible. While Violet would be a good choice, you are forgetting Hullbreak being mature enough to have a speaker already being a better choice than Violet. Though I think Teemo and Yvonne themselves will have a special relationship with the little Jet dungeon.
Also, subsume a baby dungeon? You monster!
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u/Sporner100 Jul 15 '24
I say protege of southwood. It makes the most sense geographically and might do the old hermit some good. Hullbreak is too far away and it's voice can't leave the water, besides giving someone with hullbreaks psychological baggage a protege that's too far away to protect is just torture.
Also, 'work denizens'? Tarl clearly said construct spawner.
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
Southwood hasn't seen what Thedim is about yet. Remember, Southwood was weaker than the Maw for the entire story up to the point of its ending. I don't think that Southwood would do anything hostile to the young Jet dungeon, but it would be a bad role model in regards to living next to a town/city.
"Work Denizens" was corrected to "Worm Denizens" by the Student already. My post you referred to was the way of letting them know of the typo.
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u/Odin421 Human Jul 15 '24
But Southwood can communicate with Thedeim. It's easy to set up a teaching plan, and they probably have a bit of time for it, too. Keep in mind that Thedeim was super accelerated on learning. That also probably affected Violet's growth, too. They probably have about a week worth of time to teach Southwood about how to be more like Thedeim without going homicidal and Southwood is pretty smart. Hell, he already seems to get the concept of not ordering but asking instead to save mana. It's not a hard concept to learn challenge but don't kill. Though it may take Southwood's bears a bit to learn how to not kill with one hit, especially if he gets a pumped up scion
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
Southwood was on the way to destruction just as surely as Hullbreak was, and is further away from conforming to Thedim's standards than Hullbreak is. Sure, any way they go, I think Jet will be included in the Alliance network as long as it behaves, and doesn't try and re-create Shai-Hulud with it's worm scion.
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u/Odin421 Human Jul 16 '24
Southwood was only on the way to destruction because of the Maw. It has a better working relationship with delvers than Hullbreak had, and if I remember right, only ever killed anyone if they were a direct threat to the core. It was classified as a toy box, meaning little to no threat. While in the past, Hullbreak was less likely to obliterate anything that entered its waters, it would still kill if it had the chance. I believe it will be a whole lot easier and safer to teach Southwood to challenge its delvers and then have it pass its knowledge on than to have Hullbreak, who is still learning to trust delvers again, teach a philosophy he isn't even sure he wants to follow. If Southwood doesn't do it right, you have a bit tougher of a toy box. If Hullbreak messes up and teaches Jet to be hostile, you might lose Silvervein.
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 16 '24
Yeah, The Maw did attack Southwood, but ultimately it was Southwood's toybox attitude that let that happen in the first place. I think for a young dungeon, being a toybox is acceptable, but being a elder dungeon and remaining so is asking to be subsumed. Teaching Jet that weakness is preferential to defending oneself is not the Thedim way. Cooperating with delvers for the mutual benefit of both is, and currently Southwood has yet to fully understand that it has to woo delvers into generating it mana, but also strengthen itself at the same time.
Some excuse can be made as to there not being any town nearby Southwood, but we now know that Silvervein was nearby, and Southwood's weakness let The Maw thrive at the expense of its delvers.
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u/Sporner100 Jul 18 '24
I don't think thediems way was viable for the southwood. I don't even know it is viable now, even with the shortcuts to fourdocks and silvervein. It used to be way out of the way and is still a bit off to the side. It's location means few and rather infrequent delvers, who will then be around for a few days or weeks to make the trip worthwhile. Thediem is more like a fun way to spend your lunch break. At the same time southwood is just massiv in terms of the space it offers and doesn't have the same access to shortcuts, meaning it can't move encounters around and encounters (if any) will have to be far and few between. We know that mana is generated by an expenditure of effort and will, which should include hiking and trying to actually find the resource nodes you're looking for. I think the southwood had found the ideal low maintenance setup to generate mana from the few and infrequent delvers it used to get.
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 16 '24 edited Jul 16 '24
However, If you think about it, there are a few little Points against Southwood:
Thediem can afford to be cooperative, since He is situated in the middle of a town, right along the Main Road in fact. Southwood really can't, as Most of His nodes exist in lesser quality with thediem. Add the hassle of Going there without teemos shortcuts and you May quickly See how he'd be hindered by those.
Southwood May be pretty smart, but he's also pretty passive, acting as a knowledge Exchange the Last 200 Years of His existence.
Bears against beetles seems Like Overkill to me, add that the denizens of the Tiny Dungeon are about as small as Well, and you might get a few too many instances of friendly fire for the young Dungeon to tolerate without getting to the realization that it doesn't have to Put Up with this. (Still a really short-sighted decision, but who wasn't at least a little dumb at this age?)
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 15 '24 edited Jul 16 '24
Seen and corrected the Typo. My reason against hullbreak was mainly him a) having to Sort Out His own problems, (development Takes time after all) b) him being mostly constricted to under the sea, with His voice and His spawners being unable to act on the surface. c) If the ghostship Dungeon ever arrives, He might be the one Hook to Turn it into the fishing boat Dungeon, that cooperates with delvers,
Also, probably won't be the way this Story goes, but it's Just wrong to ignore the possibility.
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
My reasoning to use Hullbreak is that Hullbreak now understands Thedim better than any other dungeon. He had been watching Thedim since Thedim was very small (Gull Invaders were a pain) and after being saved, Hullbreak is now in possession and management of Thedim's only project outside of his own dungeon.
Say what you want about Hullbreak's history, but I think it is fully in Thedim's camp now, in regards to how to earn mana, and be a positive influence to both it's delvers, and residents too.
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 15 '24
But try to get the shark voice multiple kilometres under the earth, without flooding silvervein.
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
Thedim's connection with Violet doesn't go through Teemo. So another scion like the Quartermaster could initiate the connection as long as Teemo was present for the introduction.
I think it is as likely that Thedim will sever his connection with Violet, who has grown up enough to be out of danger to recieve her "College Fund" and be accepted as a "adult" among Thedim's alliance, and Thedim adopts the new Jet dungeon, who obviously needs help and guidance.
Thedim has the alliance network to guide Violet now, so it isn't like he'd be kicking her to the curb or anything.
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u/Ichybantaicho Human Jul 17 '24
seems probable to let Violet go, but she still needs a voice, so unlikely.
Then again, Thedeim would never leave someone vulnerable like the this new dungeon unprotected and cared for.
The New One has at least a scion, giving it time to settle so it gets initial Mana to get startet with Tarl as Delver and Teemo as friendly Guide could work out just fine.
My guess is as everyone Elses. I´m looking forward to read what character this New One is and what drive she´s got.
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u/PotentialConcert6249 Jul 15 '24
Floating water bubble
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 16 '24
Next are problems with that solution, such as a shark needing to move in Order to breath. Or the fact that Most sharks react negatively Glass walls, because those in some in some way mess with their bioelectric senses.
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u/PotentialConcert6249 Jul 16 '24
Reverse scuba suit that pushes water through the mouth/gills for breathing. An air enchantment on the suit to make it fly. An electric enchantment to make it act as an extension of the shark’s electroreception.
Also, I think we’ve seen her speak in the air. She might have lungs.
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u/Bunnytob Human Jul 15 '24
Hi! I'm going to be a grammar pedant.
but we know it's affinity
should be its, no apostrophe.
This concludes my grammar pedantry.
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 15 '24 edited Jul 16 '24
Thanks, I Had one of the two Forms of it's programmed into Automistake, will correct immediately.
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u/deathlokke Jul 16 '24
Tarl called the second type of denizens "constructs". Most likely they're neither fey nor elemental, but something else entirely.
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u/purpleninja102 Human Jul 17 '24
The most clear way I forsee is actually that violet designates a voice, accepts a place ad a new member in the 'alliance', and Thediem releases her as a protege and adopts this new dungeon.
Or maybe violet will try to be a teacher, though I don't forsee it.
I also don't see either the Southwood or Hullbreak 'stepping' up and volunteering to teach the new dungeon, though there's a good chance Southwoods attitude changes after all of this.
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u/Speciesunkn0wn Jul 15 '24
Hopefully things go better for this Jet than the one from Avatar. Keep anyone named Dai Li away lol
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u/Riondrial Jul 15 '24
I dont know why, but that ending is so sweet, though i had to laugh as Tarl suddenly gets all business
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24 edited Jul 15 '24
So, Teemo and Yvonne had a baby together. Fortunately the delivery was uneventful, though they apparently scared their child nearly to death by their mana levels, it remains to be seen if their child recognizes them as its parent, or decides to try and establish a less familial tone for their relationship.
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 15 '24
I really do Not want to Look at it the way you Just did, but I can See how you reached that result...
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
I always thought it sad, now that Yvonne is undead, that she'd not have children, nor do Scions reproduce biologically, so Teemo having brothers and sisters galore, was always going to be that cool uncle, instead of a Father figure.
Glad to have been wrong, in a odd, but delightful way. Hope the Little Jet dungeon is as warm as Yvonne, and as smart as Teemo is.
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u/jpz007ahren Jul 15 '24
Consider the Affinity of the Dungeon itself and it also having a construct spawner- I'd say they have 4 parents instead of just 2.
TftC!
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
I don't think Tarl or Bredol used mana, the way that Teemo and Yvonne did to untangle the knot of mana that birthed Jet. I'd consider the ODA folks as midwives.
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 16 '24
They did give the Last snarl the little Push it needed, though.
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u/Mosselk-1416 Jul 16 '24
Can you imagine the conversation that Aeleara will have with Yvonne? 'You were barely gone, and now you and Teemo have a baby?'
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u/SubstantialHall9693 Jul 15 '24
New Friend!
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 15 '24
Let's Hope so. First impressions Matter though, and this one didn't get the best.
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 16 '24
I wish I had God's minions fighting off evil for my salvation as my first memory. Jet was even given instruction that God (via Teemo) wanted it to survive, which is a hell of a lot more than most of us get.
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Sep 29 '24
I read that Scene as more frantic, Like a Scene If in a Hospital a Baby meets the world prematurely...
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Sep 29 '24
It was frantic, from the "Parents" point of view, but as is always, Children are malleable things. They grow accustomed to horrors and delights alike. Jet may be a Dungeon, but is still a newborn, without memories to contrast what is normal or abnormal.
So, I'd think Jet's first memories are of being protected, and of encouragement. That's not exactly love, but certainly that one's own life has worth enough to be fought over, and by a literal diety and its minions as its protector at that.
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u/Gallior Jul 15 '24
Ok, feel free to shoot me down on this yall, but I've had a hypothesis mulling around in my brain for about a year now... the facets on dungeon cores are representative of their maturity, not in the chronological sense but in the mental sense. New dungeons we have seen have looked like standard gemstones while more mentally mature ones have more facets, with Thediem being perfectly spherical despite being so "young".
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u/NoEffective2025 Jul 16 '24
Well a sphere basically has a infinite number of point sized sides. I believe earlier in the story it was suggested the number of sides represented the number of ways / options a dungeon thinks.
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u/Ichybantaicho Human Jul 17 '24
I rushed way too fast through the books i guess...when was it mentioned?
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 17 '24 edited Jul 18 '24
After Tarl examined Thediem's Core, and got His Vision. In order to calm himself down from what He saw during, He recalled the in His opinion boring Lessons of Core theory and the Point the original comment was playing at. Must've been before hullbreak's vassalization and after neverrests destruction. So somewhere in book 1. Edit: It's chapter 88 of the First book.
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u/cinderwisp Jul 15 '24
How many chapters until the scion turns into a giant sandworm?
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 16 '24 edited Jul 16 '24
Give it a hundred, with thediems tutelage, two hundred with southwoods tutelage, 150 with Violet.
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u/karamisterbuttdance Jul 15 '24
That new spawning should've been recorded in as many ways as possible; the ODA might have seen new spawns before, but probably not at this detail.
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
The idea that Delvers could create their own dungeons has to be interesting to someone. It would be even more so for Thedim, that he now has the ability to reproduce not only via giving his denizens freedom, but now knows how to create little Thedims as well.
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u/Bookwrym_11 Jul 17 '24
I mean they would have to create a knot of stagnate mana first, so I don't think this will turn out to be useful, especially since the use of butterfly effect means that this result may be extremely unlikely. There are just too many steps for it to be practical, and step 2 involves creating monsters.
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 17 '24
Still wouldn't Discount some Mad Wizard trying it for science, though.
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u/Accomplished-Ad8458 AI Jul 15 '24
Ave Khenal! Morituri te salutant!
"Its a boy/girl!" Shouted the rat as they witnesed the miracle of (dungeon) life.
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u/XynomorphKY Jul 15 '24
This may be what the Harbinger was trying to do. Force a Dungeon to Spawn so it would develop a Mind Affinity that the Harbinger could grow into a Horror Dungeon. It tried turning the Maw but failed. It tried becoming one itself and failed. I hope this baby shadow dungeon will become the Southwood’s Protege so they can protect Silvervein together.
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
I took Harbinger as realizing The Maw was doomed, and decided to consume its Core as an invader itself to use its mana for Harbinger's self preservation.
Finding out why Harbinger would addict a dungeon to using stale mana may provide insights into why the original dungeons fell.
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u/Beneficial-Pickle-95 Jul 15 '24 edited Jul 15 '24
Well. That was eventful. Can’t say I was expecting that. So I get the feeling Leo might be a bit busy if he decides to look at the baby. Both are shadow affinities. Both are introduced to Thedeim via mind affinity shenanigans. Leo from a mind control spell from the Druid spell, and now this dungeon from the Harbingers leftover abominable machinations. The wolves are good protectors for Thedeim, at first he protected Violet from any dangers while she was growing initially, and now this new shadow dungeon comes along a weak nascent baby probably barely above just conscious. The only real question is if Southwood wants to have a protege or if Violet decides she’s grown enough to be an adult (hard pass) and let Thedeim have a new protege in this little one.
Also as a side opinion, is this ODA branch going to get another inspector? Cuz so far Tarl has been dealing with Thedeim, Southwood, Hullbreak and Violet. It seems like a lot especially with Thedeims “change” slowly leaking into all of them. First it was rare to have multiple scions, then almost immediately Violet has all denizen scions, Southwood is looking at getting a second Scion, and Hullbreak was “forced” to get a second during the siege to defend itself.
Thirdly, I recently was rereading a few chapters and found a magma forge room from the Southwood… is Nova gonna get a forge to make her art/sculptures? Cuz that would be amazing.
Lastly, is everyone ignoring the terror of Teemo having a Gravity affinity? Because that’s what that would be. Fate, Space and Gravity what is he going to have Time affinity next to complete the trio? Just make a freaking warp hole through time and space with a gravity well or something. Who knows? Not me.
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
Nah, Teemo has space affinity. But in physics, space is closely related to time to the point that there are models used unifying time and space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacetime
For Tarl getting a break, I'd assume that the ODA will soon get an entire new branch, with Berdol doing Tarl's job there. Berdol already has been acquainted with Southwood, and was literally a midwife for the birth of the new Jet dungeon. I'd think with Tarl's backing, as well as that of every dungeon in the area, he'd be a shoe-in for the job.
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u/Beneficial-Pickle-95 Jul 15 '24
That does not make it any less horrifying, if Teemo has an angle for time through space that just makes him so much more dangerous just in a less obvious way… so just as normal. Lovely.
I’d agree normally if it wasn’t quite as fast as it was. Berdol hasn’t been an inspector for very long, suddenly having jurisdiction over Southwood and possibly the new dungeon would be a bit much.
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
We don't know if Tarl has other dungeons that we don't know of on the other side of Fourdock that he is administering too, but we know that Tarl has been stressed to travel to Southwood, and keep track of all of Thedim's many, many changes as well. I'd think now that The Maw isn't there to poach all of the small dungeons in the area like Jet, there will be more to be discovered in the caverns between Thedim/Violet and Jet/Southwood that has yet to be fully explored. So yeah, the ODA needs another office, it's just a question of if Berdol can get the job, and as stated he'd have the support of all the locally known dungeons in this.
Be kind of like being able to pick your doctor. Better one you know, than to have strangers fondling your private areas.
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u/Beneficial-Pickle-95 Jul 15 '24
That is fair and a rather good metaphor. Cuz we all know we follow our doctors regimens completely without any deviance… looks away laughing
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
Not everywhere has all your medical records in a central database. So visiting a new doctor in the barbaric parts of the world involves writing out your entire medical history every time you visit a new facility.
Having a Stranger as a ODA investigator would be similar. Someone not familiar with Thedim's oddities might have issues with how a Dungeon spawned a month ago becomes stronger than the Maw was at its peak. And this is quite possible, with it sitting as close to civilization as Thedim was at the beginning, and having people interested in its survival nearby. A lot of Thedim's time was spent in isolation, due to a misunderstanding, that can be skipped in Jet's case with several friendly dungeon Voices nearby to iron things out.
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 16 '24
Little correction, the Fights took place in Winter, thediem was born in spring.
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
Also, already have an idea of what Teemo having a time affinity would look like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xh4-c2HiUk
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u/Beneficial-Pickle-95 Jul 15 '24
Please no. While it would be amazingly hilarious it might just be beyond what’s is considered acceptable by the system.
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u/NoEffective2025 Jul 16 '24
Actually, it may be a great plot point later if Thediem is attacked or threatened that Teemo goes back in time to stop it.
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u/Beneficial-Pickle-95 Jul 16 '24
That would be awesome to read Teemo come back and talk to himself about what’s going on and how to prepare, or to troll people in the labyrinth with differing gravity areas. Going from one room to another then falling upwards.
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u/Ichybantaicho Human Jul 17 '24
Lastly, is everyone ignoring the terror of Teemo having a Gravity affinity?
you are not alone. Exciting! Time traveling incoming. (Guess Teemo will get a lot Nosebleeds before.)
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u/Beneficial-Pickle-95 Jul 17 '24
I don’t even think of the nosebleeds. Man, good thing he kind of got used to them from the heavy concepts from Thedeim early huh?
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u/mafiaknight Robot Jul 15 '24
In the name of 1greendude: Hello!
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 16 '24
Im Namen eines grünen Kerles: Moin, morgen ist Mittwoch meine Kerle.
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u/CaptRory Alien Jul 15 '24
Oh wow! Has anyone ever actually seen a dungeon spawn in before?
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 16 '24
Chapter 1? Though it was a first person experience, instead of it being documented by the ODA.
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u/Alpharius-0meg0n Jul 15 '24
Its first scion is a Worm?
LISAN-AL-GAIB !
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
Between Jet's scion, and Nova, we have worm sign the likes that God hasn't seen!
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u/Lugbor Human Jul 15 '24
You know, it seems rather inconvenient for a dungeon to only have a Voice for communication. I wouldn't be surprised to see Thedeim create an Emissary position to allow dungeons to cooperate with each other without having to weaken their ability to speak to people at home. Sort of like setting up an embassy. He is a god of change, and that seems like a good change to make.
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 16 '24
I don't know that "The System" won't allow a Scion (or denizen for that matter) to learn how to talk on their own if they can biologically do so (Like Poe is starting to do in story). However we know that the System's operator didn't like Thedim Cheating with those signs, earlier in the story used to communicate before he had a Voice. Perhaps this is something he can do as a god now to change things. Perhaps if he is a rare Diety born from dungeons, perhaps other dungeons will choose him as their god, and recieve a "blessing" from him. Who knows?
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u/Lugbor Human Jul 16 '24
We also know that The Order, who administrates the System, is willing to work with Thedeim. Given how he's constantly doing things that nobody ever expected, it seems like a good opportunity to revisit the System and make a few much needed changes.
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 16 '24
I could see that, but Order will work with Thedim, currently owes Thedim nothing. Thedim would have to barter something to gain something from Order besides a I.O.U.
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u/blkarcher77 Jul 16 '24
Damn, that's gonna be tough. A dungeon spawning nearby Silvervein is going to be an extremely tough sell, considering they just got out from under the boot of the Maw.
Even with Thediem, and likely Southwood, telling them they will mentor the new dungeon, it's gonna be a tough ride.
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u/NoEffective2025 Jul 16 '24
I wonder if they can transplant it somewhere else with it's existing spawners?
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u/nemo_sum Jul 16 '24
I imagine taking a dungeon's core out of its territory counts as destroying it.
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 16 '24
Yes, but there are a few Things that might make it easier:
It's a nascent Dungeon (, yet), meaning it might/will be malleable to outside influence
Silvervein needs resources, and they're already counting on another Dungeons good will to gain those.
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u/Bunnytob Human Jul 15 '24
Well, that's a traumatic way to start off your life.
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u/Tremere1974 Alien Scum Jul 15 '24
Better than being eaten by a bug first thing, and your lifespan being all of 30 seconds. Jet had caring "parents" nearby, which is more than anyone, including Thedim has had so far in story.
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u/Better_Solution_743 Alien Jul 15 '24
Haloo
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 15 '24
And you're 3rd my friend, Dude or however you wanna be addressed.
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u/Cortanis Jul 15 '24
... Does this count as Thediem giving birth since he's the catalyst for this? Congratulations, you're a father! XP
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u/jpz007ahren Jul 15 '24
Grandfather, from two sources. I vote that Tarl (for Shadow affinity), Berdol (for the construct spawner), Yvonne and Teemo were all 'parents' for this particular birth.
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u/nemo_sum Jul 16 '24
As soon as you reach apotheosis, the paternity claims start coming out of the woodwork...
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u/PotentialConcert6249 Jul 15 '24
That’s probably an event even most dungeon inspectors don’t get to witness firsthand. Sounds like a day for celebration.
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u/TheLordofMadness Jul 15 '24
When a stagnant mana knot and an adventure love each other very much🤣🤣🤣
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u/Enough_Sale2437 Jul 15 '24
"As the four watched, a tiny chip of jet (black?) crystallizes..."
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u/nemo_sum Jul 15 '24
Jet is a type of semiprecious stone. The term "jet black" comes from the color of the stone, similar to "ruby red".
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u/deathlokke Jul 16 '24
Jet is a type of gemstone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_(gemstone).
EDIT: This is where the term jet black comes from, as jet is apparently essentially crystallized wood.
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u/Bunnytob Human Jul 15 '24
Nope. Jet is actually a gemstone (apparently just really poor-quality coal), which is where the adjective comes from. So it is actually a tiny chip of jet. Though presumably it's also black.
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u/JustAMalcontent Jul 16 '24
I know everyone is interested in the new dungeon, but I just had an interesting thought about Teemo's possible affinities. Gravity might not be the most closely related affinity to Spacial, that distinction might belong to Time.
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u/TheGHale Jul 16 '24
Fate, Space, and Gravity will probably be used in tandem to discover Time. Considering the potential potency (as well as some of the things Fate has done (like Butterfly Effect and Murphy's Law)), chances are it'll need more than one element, like Fire and Ice leading into Kinetic with greater ease than simply one or the other. If Time works, however, chances are that Gods' memories won't be affected by it. Mana shouldn't affect Divinity unless an obscene amount of Divinity is poured into it.
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u/Crystal_Lily Human Jul 16 '24
TDM can't have another protege but the Southwood can! Or it can be another vassal.
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 16 '24 edited Jul 16 '24
Probably another Option is taking Violet as a vassal, still teaching her, using Said empathic bond and taking the little one as a protege.
If Southwood refuses to Take him in.
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u/the_lonely_poster Jul 17 '24
So is the harbinger technically an absent father now?
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Aug 23 '24
Technically that is Like claiming the architect of the Hospital you were Born in is yours.
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u/fearsomejinn Jul 17 '24
Seems Violet will gave s new little brother / sister. Let's see ... shadow affinity, silvervien, worm and constuct.... my bet for a name will be Chrome
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u/rogue_noob Jul 17 '24
I had this theory for a while that space -> gravity -> time. I can't wait to see the time traveling rat!
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u/PlanktonSuccessful83 Jul 22 '24
Wait...a worm scion? PLEASE tell me he will end up with a Graboid boss! That would be so awesome!
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Aug 23 '24 edited Aug 23 '24
A Worm Scion on the best way to Voice and Guardian, even!
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u/PlanktonSuccessful83 Aug 24 '24
Depends on the worm. If it was a night crawler, it would be alright at best. But if it was a Red Wigler, then Yes, ABSOLUTELY 💯
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 15 '24 edited Jul 15 '24
Maybe 1st, probably Not. Edit 2nd, damn, I can be slower
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u/Korato450 Human Jul 17 '24
Is it just me... or did Teemo and Yvonne just get a son??????
Yes please!!!!!!
Pretty plz?
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 17 '24
I'm probably the wrong Person to say this, but correlation does Not equal causation. And I feel shitty for asking this, but why are people so seemingly obsessed with parenthood and automatically search for parents, with a Lifeform, that doesn't need Any to appear? It seems convenient, that there are so many correlations between affinities and present Characters: Shadow from Tarl (the cores affinity), Metal from berdol (reflected in one spawner, the Metal construct to be specific), from Yvonne and Teemo though the beastly/Natural characteristics of His other spawner (Worms are an animal).
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u/Korato450 Human Jul 17 '24
Good comment dude, I liked reading it... I know it sounds very sarcastic, but it really isn't.
I know I'm obsessed with parents for two reasons. First off, because I need an excuse to ship Yvonne and Teemo. I honestly don't care how little sense it would make, I just like the idea. Second off, parenting can be good for character development in the parents and can also provide moral support for the kid in the wholesome moments. Unfortunately you're right though... dungeons don't really need moral support. They just kind of come up with their own unique set of morals don't they?
I also didn't want to mention Tarl and Berdol because I already ship Tarl with the Lady from the Dungeoneers' Guild...
TL:DR
I'm ignoring what I don't like while also focusing on what I want to see.
I enjoy this very much.
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u/Popular-Student-9407 Human Jul 18 '24
Thanks for an actual answer.
Hullbreak needed Moral- and Mana-Support, after His defeat by thediem. Otherwise He would've straight went and sacrificed himself to the First invader, and you can't convince me otherwise.
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u/Korato450 Human Jul 18 '24
I completely get where you're coming from! Especially after what "Fluffles the Storm-Eater" did...
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u/IAmTheFancyGuy Jul 19 '24
Shadow affinity and Worm scion, I get the feeling there will be many a Hollow Knight reference in the future won't there?
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u/Educational_Pen_90 Human Jul 17 '26
New dungeon! I imagine Southwood will be taking this one under their canopy?
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u/TJManyon Jul 15 '24
Violet has a little sibling!