A first, proper deep-dive into a very particular topic! Ghouls, the Vampire's vile retainers. What role do they have? What powers can they wield? What are the limits to Ghouldom? And what is the worst, most depraved kind of Ghouldom? This story takes place just before H:TP Chapter 4, and will perhaps give some more context to inform it. H:TP Chapter 5 is still in the works, and has made big progress! And, REALLY sorry about NWG EP1, the vacation season and massive technical issues caused it to delay immensely. It, too, shall be up shortly.
Im genuinely curious if they will make him an analog to the old seires like with alot of the other characters, and if they do which brother it will be?
fun fact, the house is a garrys mod map you can explore and before this audio log released there were indeed two greyhounds in the attic. Theyre static pngs just…chilling. I wondered why they were up there for the longest time and I guess I know now
@ElectromagNick wonder if they're gonna use them to sniff out the Charterhouse ghoul due to being hooked on vitae Plus they could definitely apprehend them if they try to escape A ghoul is fast, a ghoul greyhound is faster
@@monseurwanksalotte3477sight hounds, especially small ones, tend to dislike rain because they don't have an undercoat. Rabies isn't something to worry about in Britain. Not saying they couldn't be, this is WOD not our world, but I doubt it.
Can't even imagine how horrifying that one line is to me; "IT KNOWS HIM IT KNOWS MY SON" Literally this man knows and loves his child so greatly; and he knows true evil and something beyond comprehension wants him horrifying
@@Scowleasy What is the WoD equivalent of Tzeentch... The Wyrm? Did this 12 year old somehow actually manage to summon one of the most powerful beings and bringers of a possible apocalypse in the entire WoD universe?
@@toolatetothestoryTechnically, you can’t summon the Wyrm. It’s too big, as in larger than the planet big. You can, however, summon one of its aspects. It has three heads, you see: Beast of War, Eater of Souls, and the Great Defiler. Anyone of these three can be called to the physical world through either an act of supreme environmental destruction or by the sacrifice of millions in a ritual. Once summoned, those aspects are damn near unkillable.
D’s momentary freak out where he is possibly having a ptsd flashback to all the fucked up, nightmarish, dark elder level shit that vampires can do to people was perfection.
likely he directly attacked a 'tzimisce' compound of some kinda. That clan of vampires are the most dsiturbign and twisted of all, embodying serial killer psychopaths vibes, and with the power mold flesh into variuos shapes. if you are famiilar with the norfolk wizard game thing they did, one of the charactesr has a dangerous encounter with one.
@@taddad2641 Ah yes, the one clan that every other clan simply thinks of when it comes to masquerade breaches and it's consequences "Because if humans ever found out, that's a guaranteed death sentence for every vampire on earth." Bloodsuckers COULD be tolerated, Tzimisce on the other hand. Finding out about them would lead to every last suspected vampire getting killed as a bonus just to be safe. Jesus they're fucked up
@@taddad2641 I mean, TECHNICALLY it's not confirmed that the vamp who almost turned our goth game dev was a Tzimisce, buuuuut the commentators who know their lore make a very good case.
Horse doesn't act like a horse; his strict vegetarianism gives him away. A real horse eats anything it snags up with the grass, whether it be insect, avian, mammal orrrrrrrr reptile. Which just makes Horse that much better and more moral and considerate than those EQUINE pretenders to his Horseliness, yes.
World of Darkness Vampirism is essentially the world's oldest pyramid scheme: Vampires exploit ghouls, sires exploits their childes, lower Generation Vampires exploit higher Generation ones, and Antediluvians see their clan as essentially a giant buffet.
@blockyuniverseproductions6587 i highly doubt that on the basis of the amount of power that would take to kick God from reality, it is far from any mage because from memory, God is basically just biblically accurate and so cannot be truly defeated no matter how much power and so they didnt or you joked and i didn't get it or the new lore got stupid like 40k level stupid
I am again amazed at how our guys could take "insane psychonaut delusional borderline-barbarian" and make him a legitimately good character. To me, the most impressive part of this whole series is how they can make a believable character out of what would normally be the extremely over-the-top comic relief guy. Especially when serving both of those roles in the same episode. It's like he's two characters woven together perfectly to create one of my favorite characters of all time. and of course I absolutely looooooooooooooooooooooooove the voice acting
It works so well here because you see brief glimpses of all the tragedy that D no doubt experienced and when he drops his over the top confidant attitude, you know things are serious
@@1gunnerShock For me I think it's the bit that get me is how it seems like he's crazy but sometimes it goes a bit more in depth and you realize that it isn't a crazy thought of a mundane thing, but a rational thought of a crazy thing. It's like a comic relief insane guy who is justified and probably right
"You do remember what we talked about, right? About Vampires and their helpers not bound by the night? Our corners and our walls might be subject to their rule. Caution, dear lad; this could be a Ghoul." What an insane poetic stanza to just THROW in there.
I can't stop visualizing that while D giving such a huge lore dump and baring his heart and fears out to Kitten, he was lugging around a holy power washer the entire time.
I can't help but think of how Kitten's kindness, decency, and empathy are the sort of things that a more "grimdark edgelord" story would depict as bad things... but here they're visible reminders of what the heroes are fighting for, AND they often serve him as beneficial attributes.
Maybe the reason Big D is personally tutoring kitten is because he sees himself in kitten before Big D was heavily burdened by his experiences of being a hunter that fought against many supernaturals. Kitten has just fought vampires while Big D is very experienced against many creatures that should have been fataly dangerous to face even once all the while losing loved ones in his many years protecting mortals. Kitten might be his chosen heir not only as a hunter but as protector of his family.
Kitten just has yet to be hardened by experience. We shall see if he can cling to his humanity once he sees the horrifying things vampires do to normal people
This actually contextualizes Big D's ego a bit, he has seen things that make vampires look tame so him thinking he can defeat their best might be a way of managing his fears of what's beyond vampires.
I mean, when you can't punch something like the Wyrm or Grand Maw into submission, might as well punch the smallest guys in the yard to make yourself feel slightly less small.
@@jasonsilvernail1450 Vampires sit at both ends of the spectrum. One end is some street thugs the other is the end of all reality. Generation is a big factor.
I'm suspecting Sir D is either Fera Touched, Fae Blooded, a vampire who found glochondia, an ex St. Leopald officer with some exposure to some crazy relics, or some really weird kind of mummy related thing. Or he's Boy and Boys a time wizard.
@@deohere7647yeah there is no possible way d is a normal imbued, personally i go with the golconda theory because there is no way in hell a hunter would know about that to tell kevin about it, even alot of the higher ups in the camarilla and sabbot dont know of golcondas existence because the tops of their society cover it up really well
@@billyjohnson3819in terms of 40k Big D is just a "MORTAL" that basically fought a Enslaver(markus void thing), a daemon princes(lasombra methusalae and fae king), a khorne champion (werewolf) and currently a genestealer brood lord(regent of yarmouth). And many more not yet divulged.
Sad to say any creature can grow less phobic of anything it survives three times or more. No matter how actually deadly. There's alot to be said for the realisation that you are not your brain, you're allowed to know how brains react and treat yourself better in knowing the limits. Never fall prey to the stigma of social ignorance. I hope for the best, no matter how tricky to pull off irl.
I have genuily never been more impressed with a TH-cam voice over in my life, just the raw emotion speaker d was able to put in his fear for Marcus and how he won’t lose another child, this is a genuine peace of art.
Seriously, speaker D killed it with the performance. Had me tearing up and choking at 2 different points. Had me certain that if anything happened to Markus, D would somehow find a way to bend reality to undo it through sheer determination and force of will.
@@boomerpro87 Well that's likely how Markus forgot the first time. The Mind sphere of True Magick allows for many things. And speaker D always struck me as a Mage. Mind and time makes the most sense for what he's said and done.
@@Ruinfire-fs9xu Nah, he is clearly a Hunter, an Imbued. Think about it: the apparent "normalcy" of him being a baseline human, the clairvoyance-like foresight, the madness of having too high a Conviction score...and especially, the drive to hunt not just vampires but any supernatural creature.
@@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180 the only reason i think he couldn't just be a normal imbued is because his knowledge isnt something that you get in one life time, even the more experienced of the hunters dont even know a quarter of what he does about vamps let alone any other topic like werewolves. He also knows about golconda (even if not by name) which even most vamps dont know about outside of maaaybe the highest ranking vamps
What strikes me as powerful is how effectively this audiolog recontextualizes much of what I found almost off about Kitten's behaviour in the Sanctuary raid. D's dedication to the destruction of the ghoul creatures here serves as concern for Kitten when he goes off alone, worried D is going to torture Elise (And considering the omelette, it wouldn't be out of his wheelhouse.) And Kitten's own downright hostile frustration with Grimal... He's distracted. Focused solely on Markus, frustrated with the scale of danger his partner is in, and rocked off his foundation by the implications of *far* greater powers at work than he can comprehend. It makes Grimal trying to reach out to him in the ways they used to come off as harmful to his work. Put another way... Kitten's overwhelmed. So much so he's confiding in the help rather than any of his colleagues for fear they might be the traitorous Ghoul.
Words can't express the emotional turmoil Marckus's past brought unto me. Speaker D's delivery really sold the "I've sat on an incredibly uncomfortable couch for ten thousand years screaming about what I could've done better"
It was something to hear big D, the man who has always been jolly, excitable and chaotic, to be on the verge of breaking down in a sorrowful sob. he really loves his children.
@@saber2802 Indeed. And you really feel that he still loves and respects Marckus. That this is not negligence or fearing his son, but fearing FOR his son, while still wanting the best for him.
I like how you can see a glimmer of the fact big D respects some vampires, when he talks about how some refuse to blood bound their ghouls out of principle .
I feel like he doesn't consider all of them to just be inherently evil. Like Kevin some of them are just victims and then spiral into being monsters as they lose all support.
It has been made abundantly clear that big D believes in humanity above all else and with the interrogation of Kevin it seems he doesn’t mean just being human in body but more in mind as while Kevin is a vampire he truly believes that he can regain his humanity and join them.
I mean, if you could get humanity and vampires to coexist in open society around the world, it would be a huge benefit. Consider Pyotr's old job. An underwater welder. Imagine having Vampiric strength to resist water pressure and to hold metal steady.
'If fighting is sure to result in Victory then you must fight!' Big D said that. And I'm pretty sure he knows a little more about fighting than You do pal - because he Invented it. And then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor.
D in episode 1 (while high): “Markus, have you always had spider eyes?” After hearing Markus’s backstory, I’m starting to wonder if there’s something more to that.
@@gatordragon6140 Either that or the Wyrm by the sounds of it. No wonder Big D thinks he can take out Caine, if Markus reaches his full power without loosing his mind/soul he'd have near absolute power
@@gingermcgingin4106 Eh, Any mage, cunning or imaginative enough, can pull off some bull even without reaching 5 dots in a sphere, so yeah, if that is the case, Markus could help D Caine Caine.
I love the callback to the first audiolog which was about preparing kitten for the interrogation and now it’s about preparing kitten to find the ghoul.
It's definitely a good way to include the audience since of the family kitten knows the least out of everyone besides boy so we feel connected to the story through his ignorance.
So, have a fun thought: If a Werewolf gets hit with Dominate it immediately rolls its Rage to see if it Frenzies. If it does, the dominate commands just... go away. And the Werewolf usually kills something over it.
Ok. So Markus is a mage, and he accidentally summoned either a malfean or worst, the wyrm, when he was a kid. No wonder he gets beaten all the time, he is still paying his debt to the paradox.
Markus's power being tied to the Wyrm makes sense with the bar scene. It wasn't sheer coincidence that blacklaw's drink was expired. Markus subconsciously wills it with the wyrm's power of decay.
"Oh I want more audiolog ,I assume those would be easier to make and give us content and information about the setting" Ogre : HOW ABOUT WE MODELS THE HOUSE IN 3D FOR THIS AUDIO EPISODE ?!
Seriously, and it's also all blurred so we don't get to see it properly. It's that kind of extra that makes these guys stick out. I could totally see that map in some Garry's Mod custom game shenanigans. Also, seriously, so much detail for what is ultimately just blurry images. Like, the moment they enter D's room there is just a fucking 6 pounder canon aimed at the door! And it's so easy to miss!
Having gone through the entire audio-log, its insane to me how so much of this just, naturally adds up in all sorts of different rad ways. The house's layout, for one, being coolly laid out. The slow search for the ghoul and how each lesson quietly ties more into the mystery. How D's explanations and attitude line up perfectly on why episode 4 was laid out the way it was. And of course, finally a deeper look into Markus and why he's been info-starved. With Markus being probably my favorite character of the family? It makes me only more excited to see whats next for him and the rest. Keep up the great work!!
I'd love like a first person point and click game based around Hunter the parenting i don't know why but watching D and kitten walking around that is pretty fun
I love how you start to realize the blender came from the nightmare realm and only now they realize there might have been an issue getting a blender from it... Even if it was cheap.
@@fluffycyborgs well, no. It cost him 99 pounds. it came from the 99 Pound store after all. But we will only know if it was worth the great and terrible cost, once he's been made to pay it..
"True Depths of Evil" As someone who's played as an archetypal Tzimisce both as a player and a Storyteller, I knew exactly where this one was going, and boy does Big D describe the horrors of the fleshcrafters flawlessly.
Yeah, Tzimisce are up there when it comes to being just wreatchedly vile, especially considering their clan's culture of fully embracing the inhumanity of vampirism.
@@XanKreigor I once had a small Sabbat group of Tzimisce who literally just LARPed as Cenobites an ran around torturing people. This was amusing because this was a game of Demon, and our Scourge didn't take too kindly to them mucking about and perverting the flesh of creatures they helped shape. Needless to say they were almost all wiped out, and the last survivor literally had a change of heart upon seeing what he (semi-correctly) thought was an agent of God sent to punish them for their wrongs.
In no particular order I'm going to go over a few of the horrors Big D mentioned in the True Evil section. The first and most obvious is the work of the Tzimice. They are called the fiends and often the most inhuman of vampires. Their signature skill is Vicissitude. It basically makes them all jacked up versions of Mahito from Jujutsu Kaizen being able to form entire structures and cathedrals from molding and melding living creatures together. They can even be more fine in their touch than Mahito and their victims, God help us, don't perish shortly after being twisted. Next are the blood brothers/sisters where the vampires embrace a group of people but also perform a ritual destroying their individuality and making them one mind utterly loyal to their sires. They are connected and can become one being or send parts of their own bodies to others in their group. There are also the gargoyles made through Thaumaturgy by creating servitors and soldiers by turning and slicing together multiple kindred then binding them to masters or their master's stronghold. It goes on but Big D. is right. It gets so, so, so, much worse.
honeslty makes me wonder why the other vamperis ahven't extemrinated them. they sound like ienvitable breeches. imagine if they take too many people making a catherdral and it draw attention and they find something that makes john carpenter THING look like a functional life form.
@@taddad2641 I need to double check but in most cases, the reasons vampires dont try to remove the most vile versions of themselfs is very simple in most cases: - They view human as cattle, so why should they care? Aslong the masquerade isnt broken, its usually fine. - Sometimes trying to remove a group just leads to more problems and most vampires clans are alot better at navigating the modern world then others and can easly make the attacker look like their breaking the masquerade. Theres likely other reasons going on but I could be mistaken on alot.
I love the D quote in the beginning, 'don't look into wrestling', implies he knows about Pentex's wrestling network and all the Supernatural thingies they hired. Also, Queen Victoria was a sorceress, Prince Albert was a Magi, and after he passed she hopped onto the shoulders of the Order of Reason and tried to ride them like a horse. So, maybe she is still around? Technocratic Progenitors can do it. They can rebuild her.
Paradox Interactive secretly also run by Magi trying to resurrect Victoria with a little bit of brain power of all their players. Fortunately, Victoria's player base is about four people, all of them economists.
@@youmukonpaku3168yeah unfortunately all that stellaris and hoi4 brain power is being dedicated towards building a giant moon laser to shoot at random deities and/or reality shifting entities.
D completely dodged the suggestion of anything about Horse, and spoke carefully until the conversation topic had shifted. He knows _something._ That's comforting.
I mean if he's a mage. Horse is almost certainly his familar. As What horse has done is 100% within the realm of a Mage Familar. Plus Big D mentioned making a "Deal" With him in the episode about horse. And seems to treat horse with an immense amount of genuine respect. Which is very important for a mage to do for their familar. A mage with an unloyal familar is a mage who won't survive for very long.
Anyone else have the feeling that Krakus's screaming, ditch digging, gunfire, etc throughout these episodes is going to be significant at some point? I wouldn't be surprised if he's being attacked regularly or something.
"Moratorium time! No more drinking!" "thank god." "Psychedelics and cigars only!" "That's not much better." "But it IS better!" How are you allowed to be so fucking good :D
@@ozfifer7392This is even earlier, TF2 released in 2007 after tf1 in 1996, so if it’s 10 years in development that puts the series in 2006 (also means D only has 1 year before he spills to Marckus). Horse would be probably 20-25 assuming 2-7 years of life pre-Australia trip. Well within the lifespan of a pampered horse.
My family used to take care of a 40 year old horse named Cookie. He bit his own tongue off and lived. Weird horse, bit yeah they can live a truly insane span of time.
As someone with a decent knowledge of the World of Darkness, Big-D's description of the 'True Depths of Evil' is obviously talking about the Tzimisce and the acts of utter inhumanity they perform on the regular. I knew how bad they were but D's descriptions of the things they do to people makes it far more striking. Props to SpeakerD for the superb acting. Also, R.I.P. Kitten's Scones. (New edit: HOLY FUCK, did- did Marckus make contact with _The Wyrm?_ Fuck, no wonder D is so terrified for him.)
I was thinking a demon, or perhaps just something Dark and unnamed. I dont think they would blatantly do a BIG NAME like the Wyrm, Kaine or anything like that.
I was hoping they'd go into greater detail about the Tzimisce's Vozhd. Truly one of the most grotesque examples of Vampiric cruelty and Tzimisce mastery over Vicissitude that I can think of.
So I looked it up and Big D was not bullshitting about the wrestling thing. Apparently in classic WoD there's a wrestling federation that's just vampires like. It's just vampires and the masquerade doesn't exist because they have the plausible deniability of kayfabe. i am so fucking mad (affecionate)
I like how Marckus's horrifying backstory also explains why his Australian accent was carried over from TTS. He was travelling around Australia and lived in Norfolk Island before moving to actual Norfolk.
With how…passionately enraged Sir D is listing the many different ways the world of darkness can mold the body and soul to torturous depths, it’s a brimming example of why there are no “Retired Hunters”. Only ones who have either died in the hunt, or passed on with the passage of time.
Funnily enough, in the old pre-5E Hunter books there was an explicit mechanic that let your PC go out in a blaze of glory. In fact, the max level/endgame Edges were basically "Talk With Your Storyteller Before You Buy This So They Can Implement It Into The Story Better. Also You'll Probably Fucking Die After Using This" story-breaking powers that 99.9% of the time ended with the PC removed from play.
"fear the old in a career where men die young" is possibly the best quote for hunters for that exact reason lol if you're a vamp and you see a hunter with grey hair you are probably fucked
Either that or Markus is a Hedge Wizard, they have more limited in bending reality but they don't explode when doing magic like True/Sphere Mages do when witnesses see them doing magic
@@angelarroyo8729 Well linear magic is different from true magic. Technically all regular tech humans use is linear magic/sorcery, the only difference is a matter of perspective.
@@fluidthought42 All tech that humans use today. Such as phones and computers. Were once True Magick inventions of technomancers. If the masses believe it is possible and normal. Then fireballs shooting out of peoples mouths are then possible AND normal.
Yeah, he's either a mage or a sorcerer from the sound of it. Based on this, it seems like boy is a mage from D's dialogue and Markus could go either way but leaning sorc (Though the pub scene throws it off). A sorcerer in WoD is similar to 40k in that they aren't inherently magical like a psyker/mage, but more formulaic/ritualistic in the sense that non-psykers can summon demons and whatnot through very specific rituals.
I’m ever impressed by Speaker Ds voice acting. Especially once he delved into speaking of Markus making contact with that abyssal presence. The quivering breaths as he touches upon the son they lost to the fae court. His conviction when proclaiming he won’t allow Markus to be lost to the bottom of the trench. Also I love that Team Fortress 2s release is now integral to the narrative. I absolutely adore all the minds making this series happen.
Yeah i dont know how he does it but speaker d seems to be the life of the party wherever he goes, my favorite example is his role as a grey invader compared to this like this mans vocal range and what he can play is ridiculous
SpeakerD, holy crap. You pulled genuine pathos out of the sideshow that is Big D and stayed inside his characterization to do it. Alfabusa et al, I was moved to find out this big brass section of a man was a truly caring parent, not just an absurdly successful(immortal?)Hunter nutjob.
I love how you've flipped the script in this series compared to TTS! Now instead of Big E picking Kitten's brain for new info,now kitten's picking at Big D's brain to get a better view of this new world he's in. And i recognized Big D's voice actor as the voice of Big E's warp-bound soul shard! Voice casting so perfect it just NEEDED more screen time!
Holy shit this is not expected in SO many of the BEST ways. - Didn't expect uploads today. - Didn't expect it to be a prequel and not a part 2 - Didn't expect the crazy lore/backstory drop. - Didn't expect scones -Didn't expect Attick chicken. ALL SUPRISES OF A PLEASURABLE NATURE!!!!!
@@BSOE3058 When i first heard of the word "Whippet" i thought they were the name for a kind of British sweet or treat, or at least confectionaries and treats usually associated with Britain. Like crumpets and scones. Then i thought they could be a nickname for Dominatrixes who aren't about aggressive and demeaning, but silly stuff instead. Like pillow fights. You can interpret it as calling someone a b***h, but also a funny and pleasant energetic companion. That, and there's the "whip" in the name.
28:50 I love that Big D is somehow simultaneously so out-of-touch with modern technology that he uses an ear trumpet, but still knows enough about it to organize severed ears using hexadecimal code.
Ehhh still not as bad as the dark eldars version of flesh crafters, at least with the tzimisce you will probably die before a few thousand years pass lol
DEEP LORE GET! More history on Big D and his family! Anton! The fact that Markus screwed up already as a kid and now Big D is terrified what he attracted will swallow him whole if he doesn't slooooooowly drip feed him info! Kitten now knows so maybe his fall can be subverted! Maybe he can Awaken! MAYBE SALSA VERDE CAN SAVE THEM ALL!
I know this has been said ad infinitum, but I want to bring up the team's incredible narration and dialog skills. It is truly inspirational how your stories go from lighthearted to harrowing in a moments notice without feeling the least forced about it. While I'm aware the setting helps with it, your way of tackling it is superb. I really enjoy these stories you make and hope to see more of them as I can feel the great passion you put behind each entry. Kudos!
@@26th_Primarch I think it would generate a surprisingly insightful and complex conversation.. amidst all of the spontaneous whimsey and chaotic battle of two SUPER SPACE AND VAMPIRE THINK BOXES!
@@peasantlevelcrafting the experimentation is nice to see. they have a freedom here few realize or risk attempting, and its nice to see them try stuff out.
It's fully gmod, which also explain why they take so long to make this, as creating a gmod map take time, and it make the actual setting better too, as we see them moving, it's more dynamic and interactive.
Holy shit. "Side project" my gaping ass. This has been the MOST information we've gotten about D and his family in a single episode. It masterfully recontextualizes things from previous episodes as well. Amazing work as always
Markus being chosen by the Wyrm explains how his destined rivalry with the HTS version of Leman will come about. The Wyrm is the ultimate enemy of every Werewolf.
There's some potential there but iirc the characters in HTP are quoted to be their own unique characters Yes the case of them being successors to who we knew in TTS is bavkable in A LOT of ways but I just recall hearing that statement a while back
Side note that does sound like the perfect way to introduce Leman, I feel like its harder for some of the brothers to have counterparts in WOD but not impossible
Speak for your own pack friend. The world fell to it's current state because of an abundance of the Weaver, not the Wyrm. For life to thrive there must be both growth and decay. Life and Death. Chaos and Order. We need both forces, Weaver and Wyrm to achieve some semblance of equilibrium if Gaia is to be revived. Are we capable of doing that still in our weekend state? Unclear. But the only path forward is to let not just humans know of the true struggle but to rally with agents of both the Wyrm and the Weaver so we may form a united front. A world where just one sides win is the end of all things.
@@Illier1, Not entirely, A mage in WoD is able to flout reality as they desire using their pure will. But given the context I’d likely say that they were in a part of the world were the conventional laws of reality blended with those of the Dreaming or middle Umbra where the rules of what can & can’t happen aren’t set in stone. Markus was using a ritual, something he believed would work in a place like this but anyone can follow a ritual & set of rules, that doesn’t make someone a true mage, it’s the same reason why the imbued aren’t considered mages. Now I don’t deny that Markus has the ability to become a mage, I mean D said so himself. But he’s not truly awakened, at least not at this point, therefore not a mage… Yet.
Big-D talking about Horse mercing a ghoul and eating it if it’s made of plant, but given that horses eat lizards like chocolate bars and baby birds like popcorn do y’all really think he’s wouldn’t eat a ghoul-rat or thirty?
H:TP has been wild from day 1, but TF2 becoming an actual plot point is so far beyond anything I could have possibly expected from this series. Abyssal abominations waiting in the dark are nothing compared to that.
Just wait until they Meet the Team. It'll be anything but watered down with the lead-leaked miasma of Teufort that passes for "water." Much like the OOZE WATER of Yarmouth's Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf Course
It really reminds you that this is set at least 15 years in the past, when TF2 is viewed as "a game stuck in development hell for 10 years" rather than "a certified gaming classic that still has many loyal fans long past its prime".
I am not even 5 minutes in, and I'm already beyond touched that D straight-up vows to protect Kitten as long as he's under this roof, after admitting that being a hunter's not a comforting life. That's what real family does for each other.
I keep loving your approach for subtitles, "[pangs of humanity]" is a perfect descriptor for the series of anguished noises Big D makes in that moment and helps more than "[a series of grunts]" would, for example.
11:28 I work in the ER and once had a patient who was in a fight and bitten on the hand so deeply that the other guy tore out a chunk of flesh. The patient, upset by this, "Injected crack into the wound, as well as into his elbow when his arm began swelling and changing color."
@@GlareanLiebertine Considering the fighting (tells us who he associates with), the grievous wound and crack addiction, he was likely so out of touch with reality that he probably did believe that it would help in some way. You know.. rather than just rot his veins from the inside if he even succeeded in hitting one.
I love the new format used here. The text boxes are amazing, easy to read, and remind me of a visual novel / video game. Also, the addition of having the camera 'follow' the characters around, showcasing the house in a more 3D aspect, is very cool.
How in the hell is it that every time Team Alfabusa releases anything over 30 min long, the storytelling improves by a factor of 10. This audiolog was WELL worth the wait gentlemen. And I am on TENDERHOOKS for whatever comes next
That's actually a very interesting contrast The Emperor witheld information from Magnus because he didn't care Big D witholds information from Markus because he cares too much There's something poetic in that
@whiteeye3453 Handing out grand edicts and acting like a warlord instead of a father is not working to curb the arrogance of his sons/tools, it's working around it to achieve his own goals despite them.
You know, my personal theory on D is that he's just a regular man, no changeling or Mage or anything. That his eccentricities are simply the result of an ordinary person seeing, doing and simply SURVIVING more than a person was ever meant to. And his whole speech in the True Depths of Evil section is making me more convinced of that reality than ever. If anything, at this point I think turning out to be something more than an ordinary man would be to the detriment of his character.
I think he's imbued because it makes the most sense, it's not like hes any less than a normal man, but it would cover why he's been around for so long.
I definitely think there's at least something supernatural going on with D. He's always managed to get conveniently taken out of the equation in fights. Our only real feat we've seen of his strength is that he is capable of ripping a car battery in half with his bare hands.
I like when Big D and Kitten talk about the supernatural things of World of Darkness. This helps introduce new fans to the franchise just like how TTS helped introduce new fans to Warhammer 40K.
Also, in 40k lore, Emperor is rather confusing and his morality and actions could do better with explainations, rather than either a POV of other characters or Aaron Dembski Bowden being himself. Big D on the other hand is actualy genuinely good, hillarious, tragic and caring man, whom while we never saw beat a vampire so far, doesnt mean he is incapable, as he has knowledge of most creatures, family history with a lot of people, and most of all, compassion with those that lost humanity. Big E was always like "Humanity good, everyone whom doesnt follow my principles sucks", but Big D is seen to have compasion and understanding, we see this when he talks to Kevin, and feel how genuine he is. Big D, despite having utter hatred for Vampires, also wants to help them restore their humanity, make a world where they can coexist and not have to fight one another for any reason. And in a twisted world with creatures beyond the scope of imagination, having someone look into the abyss and scream from top of his lungs "Come and kill me, I yearn for this" expecting either a worthy death, or Triumpfantly standing over the carcass of the void, is beyond refreshing
"Look at these beasts. Abnormal, spindly legs. Balding, spotty hide. Curved, abnormal backs. Ears like skin flaps, eyes too big for their skull, snaggled teeth, and this constant nervous shivering - when not snout deep, lapping at that accursed spill!" Hate to break it to you, Sir D, but thats just a straight-up Italian Greyhound. I would me willing to accept the snaggled teeth coming from Ape, but dental issues are also typical among small dogs. If they are the size of a standard greyhound, that's definitely from him - but I don't think you would mistake it for a rat in that case.
I have genuinely been rewatching everything HTP for like 3 weeks straight since my breakup and it kept me going. This actually made me smile for the first time in ages because I have been religiously checking whether there was a new upload
1:30:14 god I love how raw D went with this. The insanity gone and just what seems like utter dread at the knowledge of what knows, and is waiting for Markus
@@bthsr7113 I was about to say "No. That rate of fire is much too high." Then upon investigation I noticed it was the sound of either two lower ROF guns(which would fit the Goose's armaments but doesn't fit the sound) or an MG-3 AND something with a fire rate closer to an M-60 or M249. On balance I still lean towards it being an MG-3 with a second automatic getting involved. However it's possible Door has the altered the firing rate of the M-60s also. At the end of certain bursts you can hear the second gun with it's slower rate. I cannot tell with certainty if it's Kräkus returning fire.
Good god, this one gave me genuine actual shivers. It felt like I was holding my breath for the last 20 minutes. Just the argument between two of my favorite characters (god they're all my favorite characters, aren't they?) and the clash between doing the right thing, and doing the *right* thing. 15/10 lads. spectacular work. I am vibrating.
This gives such insight into both Big D and Markus. For a while we have been wondering why Big D has been keeping secrets from Markus and this explains perfectly why he HAS to keep things away from him. Markus is smart, but nearly as smart as he thinks he is. And he is proud. That is a deadly combination. He wants to use tactics and tricks that show off how clever he is even if they impractical or have huge drawbacks. Hence the stakejacket example that Big D gave. Dorn immidiatly pointed out the obvious issues of the stake jacket and that a gun would be way better. But Markus doubled down and insisted that it was a good idea despite being beaten to a pulp. I can totally see Markus experimenting with Vitae or even magics in attempt to gain an edge despite how obviously the risks out weigh the rewards because he's convinced that he that he'd be the one who could figure it out. If you tried to explain the dangers to him he'd insist that it wont haplen to him. That the only reason the countless others who tried before him failed was because they werent as smart as he was. Hed be the mathematician who goes to the casino convinced that he will beat the casino because he's got a 'system'. The next thing you know he blew 50k at the black jack table. Markus cannot know about these things. He cant be trusted. And the best way to keep him safe is not to let him know.
Not unless he saw someone he genuinely respects as pretty much an equal or even superior to him in intelligence and integrity be exposed as a ghoul themself, and that they too had the hubris to believe they could master ghouldom, only to ultimately fail miserably and become truly damned and wretched.
Yep. I mean just think about the episode where Pyotr broke free. He immediately thinks to get outside since pyotr is an ambush predator, a good idea on paper, but then immediately and without any forethought, jumps from a two story windows and shatters his ankles. Frankly, if pyotr didn't want to embrace them, Markus could have easily died that night. He has hubris aplenty, and that can definitely damn him, most likely literally considering what he contacted.
@@Logamer-tn6db I'm glad you brought up the window incident because it perfectly shows how his impulsivity and tendency to get tunnel vision gets in the way of his intelligence and his ability to think ahead. Like Markus, you live there. You know that its a straight drop down. What did you think was going to happen? Unless you're a trained acrobat who knows who to fall, you are going to break an ankle at best. Also let's say you do get outside, what was going to be the plan then? You're outside at night in the country side where you have way less cover from Pyotr and all you're weapons are inside the house. At least inside you could hunker down and make a Killzone forcing him to walk into a barrage of bullets or leave before the sun comes up. But out there he has even more angles to come at you. He gets so caught up in his first idea and is so convinced that its gold that he doesn't pause to think it through.
I have never felt as connected to a fictional character as D blanking on the name 'cordyceps'. I struggled on that string of letters for literal years of my life!
I found it very ominous (although unintentional) that the track that plays when "This makes me want to-" "Do more?" is called *More Than We May Ever Know*, as if Kitten may in fact do more than we may ever know by the time this is done.
Oh jesus wept. Markus made contact with an OTHER? No wonder Big D wants to start him out with the dirt. Hell that whole thing explains Big D's EXTREMELY VARIABLE AND EXCITABLE ATTENTION!!! Nothing walks away from an *Other* in it's true state with any kind of sanity intact.
@13legomania from quickly googling its an 'aeon' that represents the abyss It's actually friendly but the abyss itself and the insanity it causes is what makes it dangerous So definitely not that nerd Tzeentch
@@aaroncurley5117 Im taking this as some sort of lovecraftian horror creature, utterly indescribable and an encounter if you ever survive will leave you altered forever.
Ok so the story takes place in 2006. Markus was 12 in 1988. This means Markus is 30 years old. Meaning the Clown Party happend earlier that year. Neat!
Soldiers learned to acclimate to the trenches of WWI, even sleeping through the sounds of artillery fire, Kitten. The human mind's ability to adapt can be worryingly effective. It doesn't always happen, but it can.
God...daaaaaamn....the emotional delivery on D... I started tearing up at 2 different points. If only Markus could witness seeing him so worried for him. I feel like if Markus was shown that scene A few words and a hug would mend allot. I mean, I was convinced D was prepared to unravel reality itself to protect Markus.
My hope is that with the cameras and mics in the basement Marcus might hear a recording of this conversation qt some point. Tho knowing this series it'll be far too late by then
@@TPaether well the Achilles heel in that is:in the interview with chapman, D confirmed that "markus does not record anything for posterity" So unfortunately no recording would be saved, unless he changed that at some point.
I just realized, if they order the playlist in terms of timeline, this'll have to be placed before that episode from D's optimism in thinking he can save the ghoul to the cold hard reality that someone has to die
To be fair, it’s very likely that Fatigue was killed by a Garou, not the ghoul. So in this case, saving them all (from the ghoul and blood bond) is still in effect.
@@atpsoldat6108 to be even more fair: If even a single werewolf wanted to kill the acranum, it would be extremely easy for them. Sure, if you can outwit them you at least have a chance of getting out in one piece (approximately) but to actually defeat one? Even high ranking Vampires would consider that a tall order, not impossible, but extraordinarily dangerous
@@Kaarl_Mills Bear in mind that Fatigue was himself a hunter of the Fera. He may be dead, but he might have left some goodies laying around that someone could use to put down something as menacing as a werewolf.
@@rokkraljkolesa9317 Am I alone in thinking that makes the his reaction to seeing Fatigue's hit harder. That quiet "no", considering this takes place at best a couple days before that scene, and based on what we know Fatigue was someone D at the very least respected, possibly even considered a friend.
@@sirmemealot1839 now I just imagine Magnus on his knees ugly sobbing hysterically with sand falling through his fingers while Tzeentch is just like "Stop making a scene"
Assuming Anton is the son that was sent to the Fae, he’s probably still a thrall. I don’t know much about WoD, but I think there’s a big gap between demons and Fae. His name is probably just to be an allusion to Angron, being a son of D. Just a reference by having a character with a similar name and bloodline, not a complete copy. Again assuming Anton is the lost son.
Wow guys! Amazing work! I've started my first VtM game because of the work you've done and am so excited for more of this and the Norfolk Wizard Game! Hope you all had great holidays!
A discussion comes before the battle commences A king with a paper crown and a kitten discuses lore and knowledge, what wisdom and lore shall be useful like Chekov’s revolver.
...If Door's "Came-il-a the first vampire" joke from the first episode was foreshadowing for were camels being the root of all vampires or something, I might just cackle myself to death.
@@MrVoyeurific OK, fine, maybe not the true origin of vampires, but~ at least foreshadowing for were camels seems like a plausible story-line slash home-brew. Maybe Pooka, given the hints of past & upcoming Changeling shenanigans? They can be themed on any animal, so a Pooka Camel would be plausible.
Markus's power being tied to the Wyrm makes sense with the bar scene. It wasn't sheer coincidence that blacklaw's drink was expired. Markus subconsciously wills it with the wyrm's power of decay.
@@Zero_01084 Given the context of this audiolog I think it's now more centered around Markus as opposed to the bartender. Unless of course the bartender is a naphandi that knows Markus is unawakened and is subtly grooming him for a caul. It fits as a mirror to magnus falling to chaos in 40k
@@brandonporter7584 I honestly could see Marckus already having an inverted avatar drawing him down this path. Though one objection is that even with his environment accounted for he's unusually nice for a widderslainte.
This might have been one of the best HTP episodes to date. Loads of backstory, helping us better understand Marcus and BiG-D´s inner workings. The voice acting by SpeakerD was fucking amazing. Stellar job, lads. Stellar job.
A first, proper deep-dive into a very particular topic!
Ghouls, the Vampire's vile retainers.
What role do they have? What powers can they wield? What are the limits to Ghouldom? And what is the worst, most depraved kind of Ghouldom?
This story takes place just before H:TP Chapter 4, and will perhaps give some more context to inform it.
H:TP Chapter 5 is still in the works, and has made big progress!
And, REALLY sorry about NWG EP1, the vacation season and massive technical issues caused it to delay immensely.
It, too, shall be up shortly.
Looking forward to definitely not Big E talking to his favorite custodes…sorry his favorite young adolescent feline affiliated individual
It wouldn't be an Bruva video if it wasn't waylaid by mishap and scuff. Don't worry about it, we all appreciate the quality over quantity!
Now this is how you start a 3-day weekend thank you
A the revenants family I wanna know how Big D call all them
Nah, we'd wait
D truly is a dad. Didn't want the dogs is convinced to keep the dogs, and now he wants to show the dogs off to everyone.
Marcus: wow the heavy is so cool
BIG D: HELLO MY BEAUTIFUL SON THAT I LOVE,
REMEMBER YOUR BROTHER THAT WE HAD TO SACRIFICE?!
well that can only go well
Heavy voice: No!
It be kinda sad and funny the heavy matches the sacrifice brother personality to a point
Im genuinely curious if they will make him an analog to the old seires like with alot of the other characters, and if they do which brother it will be?
@@gatordragon6140 anton or markus? cuz we already know markus is based off of magnus.
Anton is probably Angron
I love Kitten's mentality:
1. We break into the Arcanum.
2. Offer them some homebaked scones.
They are giving them sandwiches
But... scones aren't sandwiches!
@@fleshdadbot6852 Yes they are made of bread
@@Uranium-jj7le??????????
Ahh wait they didnt break anything the only thing they committed was trespassing
fun fact, the house is a garrys mod map you can explore and before this audio log released there were indeed two greyhounds in the attic. Theyre static pngs just…chilling. I wondered why they were up there for the longest time and I guess I know now
Is there a link to the gmod map?
I knew i recognized those textures
Definitely need a name of the map.
Dont leave us hanging whats the map
GIVE US A NAME
Big D: *telling the deep horrifying secrets of Marckus's traumatic backstory*
The dogs: ⚫️_⚫️
Those doggos are probably traumatized
@@AngyApe Poor things _were_ drinking week-old vampire floor blood.
Spoilers:
Why do I feel that Big D slipping down the stairs is one of those Natural roll a 1 moments for critical failure in tabletop
So that sounds like an Awakening to me right? Cos Marckus is a mage?
@ElectromagNick wonder if they're gonna use them to sniff out the Charterhouse ghoul due to being hooked on vitae
Plus they could definitely apprehend them if they try to escape
A ghoul is fast, a ghoul greyhound is faster
Big-D: *Incoherent rambling* (for 30 minutes)
Two Scared and confused emaciated dogs: 👀👀
they definitely have rabies too judging by how they avoid waters
WE'VE BEEN SCOWNED
By Scran, the Scoun Snatcher
@@monseurwanksalotte3477sight hounds, especially small ones, tend to dislike rain because they don't have an undercoat. Rabies isn't something to worry about in Britain. Not saying they couldn't be, this is WOD not our world, but I doubt it.
meanwhile
*muffled voice in the walls* “I’m not-not here-real! Ignore me me!”
-The Not-Great-Horned Rat, probably
Can't even imagine how horrifying that one line is to me;
"IT KNOWS HIM IT KNOWS MY SON"
Literally this man knows and loves his child so greatly; and he knows true evil and something beyond comprehension wants him
horrifying
@@FedoraTy34 even in a separate IP Magnus still manages to summon Tzeentch lmao
@@Scowleasy and i fear we can't hope it is a silly as that depiction...............
yeah, I got chills at that line. soooo good.
@@Scowleasy What is the WoD equivalent of Tzeentch...
The Wyrm?
Did this 12 year old somehow actually manage to summon one of the most powerful beings and bringers of a possible apocalypse in the entire WoD universe?
@@toolatetothestoryTechnically, you can’t summon the Wyrm. It’s too big, as in larger than the planet big. You can, however, summon one of its aspects. It has three heads, you see: Beast of War, Eater of Souls, and the Great Defiler. Anyone of these three can be called to the physical world through either an act of supreme environmental destruction or by the sacrifice of millions in a ritual. Once summoned, those aspects are damn near unkillable.
D’s momentary freak out where he is possibly having a ptsd flashback to all the fucked up, nightmarish, dark elder level shit that vampires can do to people was perfection.
This is what we call a "Tzimisce Moment"
likely he directly attacked a 'tzimisce' compound of some kinda. That clan of vampires are the most dsiturbign and twisted of all, embodying serial killer psychopaths vibes, and with the power mold flesh into variuos shapes.
if you are famiilar with the norfolk wizard game thing they did, one of the charactesr has a dangerous encounter with one.
@@taddad2641
Ah yes, the one clan that every other clan simply thinks of when it comes to masquerade breaches and it's consequences
"Because if humans ever found out, that's a guaranteed death sentence for every vampire on earth."
Bloodsuckers COULD be tolerated, Tzimisce on the other hand. Finding out about them would lead to every last suspected vampire getting killed as a bonus just to be safe. Jesus they're fucked up
@@taddad2641 I mean, TECHNICALLY it's not confirmed that the vamp who almost turned our goth game dev was a Tzimisce, buuuuut the commentators who know their lore make a very good case.
After hearing all that, I just want to find the nearest vampire lair and burn it to the ground. Along with the vampire.
"It knows my son!"
The utter despair was palpable in that delivery, wow.
IT'S SO GOOD
The voice acting puts you so on edge, it physically feels uncomfortable, I LOVE it
i'm so glad horse is so much of a horse and definitely a horse and acts like a horse. he's such a horse
🐴
Never before have I seen a horse that was more "horse" than Horse.
hores...i mean horse.
Horse doesn't act like a horse; his strict vegetarianism gives him away. A real horse eats anything it snags up with the grass, whether it be insect, avian, mammal orrrrrrrr reptile.
Which just makes Horse that much better and more moral and considerate than those EQUINE pretenders to his Horseliness, yes.
@jacobn.a.4112 no, wait, he's got a point
World of Darkness Vampirism is essentially the world's oldest pyramid scheme: Vampires exploit ghouls, sires exploits their childes, lower Generation Vampires exploit higher Generation ones, and Antediluvians see their clan as essentially a giant buffet.
And Caine sees all his childer as horrible disgusting monsters doomed to hell
@MortalWombat047 and God has to deal wity all of this alongside mankind
@@theenderdestruction2362 God got kicked out of reality by the Mages.
@@blockyuniverseproductionsEXPLAIN.
@blockyuniverseproductions6587 i highly doubt that on the basis of the amount of power that would take to kick God from reality, it is far from any mage because from memory, God is basically just biblically accurate and so cannot be truly defeated no matter how much power and so they didnt or you joked and i didn't get it or the new lore got stupid like 40k level stupid
I am again amazed at how our guys could take "insane psychonaut delusional borderline-barbarian" and make him a legitimately good character. To me, the most impressive part of this whole series is how they can make a believable character out of what would normally be the extremely over-the-top comic relief guy. Especially when serving both of those roles in the same episode. It's like he's two characters woven together perfectly to create one of my favorite characters of all time.
and of course I absolutely looooooooooooooooooooooooove the voice acting
It works so well here because you see brief glimpses of all the tragedy that D no doubt experienced and when he drops his over the top confidant attitude, you know things are serious
@@1gunnerShock For me I think it's the bit that get me is how it seems like he's crazy but sometimes it goes a bit more in depth and you realize that it isn't a crazy thought of a mundane thing, but a rational thought of a crazy thing. It's like a comic relief insane guy who is justified and probably right
I must say that Big D is going to be my favorite character because he is crazy and wise at the same time! Sunny D is an excellent voice actor!
"You do remember what we talked about, right?
About Vampires and their helpers not bound by the night?
Our corners and our walls might be subject to their rule.
Caution, dear lad; this could be a Ghoul."
What an insane poetic stanza to just THROW in there.
Sir D's got bars
I didn't understand why Big D said 'poetic whims' right after until I saw your comment and took a moment.
✍️🔥🔥🔥🔥
I love when characters do this, but the only other one I know about is the Halo Gravemind
What is the timestamp?
I can't stop visualizing that while D giving such a huge lore dump and baring his heart and fears out to Kitten, he was lugging around a holy power washer the entire time.
It fits Kitten as the emperor's companion!
"i summon The detergent in atack position"
A holy power washer and two brain rotten greyhounds lol
I can't help but think of how Kitten's kindness, decency, and empathy are the sort of things that a more "grimdark edgelord" story would depict as bad things... but here they're visible reminders of what the heroes are fighting for, AND they often serve him as beneficial attributes.
is why those storise suck ass more often than not.
Maybe the reason Big D is personally tutoring kitten is because he sees himself in kitten before Big D was heavily burdened by his experiences of being a hunter that fought against many supernaturals.
Kitten has just fought vampires while Big D is very experienced against many creatures that should have been fataly dangerous to face even once all the while losing loved ones in his many years protecting mortals.
Kitten might be his chosen heir not only as a hunter but as protector of his family.
Kitten just has yet to be hardened by experience. We shall see if he can cling to his humanity once he sees the horrifying things vampires do to normal people
@@everythingsalright1121 Batman, to Owlman. "We both stared into the darkness. But when it stared back, you blinked."
@@Archone666*throws The tv controller *
This actually contextualizes Big D's ego a bit, he has seen things that make vampires look tame so him thinking he can defeat their best might be a way of managing his fears of what's beyond vampires.
I mean, when you can't punch something like the Wyrm or Grand Maw into submission, might as well punch the smallest guys in the yard to make yourself feel slightly less small.
@@jasonsilvernail1450fighting Cain, who's stat block just says "You lose" probably feels safer in comparison
@@jasonsilvernail1450Grand Maw is bizarro world's Joel Vinesauce meme
@@jasonsilvernail1450 Vampires sit at both ends of the spectrum. One end is some street thugs the other is the end of all reality. Generation is a big factor.
@@MultiKbarry speakin of how many generations exist now? I'd say at least 12 or 20, at most an absurdly big number
"You are completely wrong" - good I'm learning" - thats a good attitude.
I love the little pause before that answer. Kitten was reflexively annoyed and then made the decision to be positive.
I loved that moment. It was like he tripped on the error and managed to summersault back onto his feet.
It's an awesome attitude for men of greatness 🗿
D implying he witnessed a Vozhd and saw a Tzimisce and survived makes him so much more terrifying as a character.
The fact that he seemingly bested a Lasombra Methusela is what frightens me.
I'm suspecting Sir D is either Fera Touched, Fae Blooded, a vampire who found glochondia, an ex St. Leopald officer with some exposure to some crazy relics, or some really weird kind of mummy related thing.
Or he's Boy and Boys a time wizard.
@@deohere7647yeah there is no possible way d is a normal imbued, personally i go with the golconda theory because there is no way in hell a hunter would know about that to tell kevin about it, even alot of the higher ups in the camarilla and sabbot dont know of golcondas existence because the tops of their society cover it up really well
@@tristinquiram as someone who knows basically nothing about World of Darkness lore, these words both confuse and terrify me.
@@billyjohnson3819in terms of 40k Big D is just a "MORTAL" that basically fought a Enslaver(markus void thing), a daemon princes(lasombra methusalae and fae king), a khorne champion (werewolf) and currently a genestealer brood lord(regent of yarmouth). And many more not yet divulged.
"Is it possible to acclimate to almost being killed in your own home?"
As someone who has almost died a few times in my own home, *genuinely yes*
I mean humans can acclimate to pretty much anything, also damn, hope you’re doing well.
You gotta stop letting Vampires into your house bro.
Get a sword. Or a short spear.
@@coletrain41The downturn of the goth economy has been ruthlessly exploited by the clans
Sad to say any creature can grow less phobic of anything it survives three times or more.
No matter how actually deadly.
There's alot to be said for the realisation that you are not your brain, you're allowed to know how brains react and treat yourself better in knowing the limits.
Never fall prey to the stigma of social ignorance.
I hope for the best, no matter how tricky to pull off irl.
I have genuily never been more impressed with a TH-cam voice over in my life, just the raw emotion speaker d was able to put in his fear for Marcus and how he won’t lose another child, this is a genuine peace of art.
Seriously, speaker D killed it with the performance.
Had me tearing up and choking at 2 different points.
Had me certain that if anything happened to Markus, D would somehow find a way to bend reality to undo it through sheer determination and force of will.
@@boomerpro87 Well that's likely how Markus forgot the first time. The Mind sphere of True Magick allows for many things. And speaker D always struck me as a Mage. Mind and time makes the most sense for what he's said and done.
Probing of Kevin is still my favorite but this was a very good extraordinary one might say
@@Ruinfire-fs9xu Nah, he is clearly a Hunter, an Imbued. Think about it: the apparent "normalcy" of him being a baseline human, the clairvoyance-like foresight, the madness of having too high a Conviction score...and especially, the drive to hunt not just vampires but any supernatural creature.
@@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180 the only reason i think he couldn't just be a normal imbued is because his knowledge isnt something that you get in one life time, even the more experienced of the hunters dont even know a quarter of what he does about vamps let alone any other topic like werewolves. He also knows about golconda (even if not by name) which even most vamps dont know about outside of maaaybe the highest ranking vamps
What strikes me as powerful is how effectively this audiolog recontextualizes much of what I found almost off about Kitten's behaviour in the Sanctuary raid. D's dedication to the destruction of the ghoul creatures here serves as concern for Kitten when he goes off alone, worried D is going to torture Elise (And considering the omelette, it wouldn't be out of his wheelhouse.) And Kitten's own downright hostile frustration with Grimal... He's distracted. Focused solely on Markus, frustrated with the scale of danger his partner is in, and rocked off his foundation by the implications of *far* greater powers at work than he can comprehend. It makes Grimal trying to reach out to him in the ways they used to come off as harmful to his work. Put another way... Kitten's overwhelmed. So much so he's confiding in the help rather than any of his colleagues for fear they might be the traitorous Ghoul.
Just goes to show that if a character seems off in the main series, there WILL be an audiolog explaining why
Words can't express the emotional turmoil Marckus's past brought unto me. Speaker D's delivery really sold the "I've sat on an incredibly uncomfortable couch for ten thousand years screaming about what I could've done better"
It was something to hear big D, the man who has always been jolly, excitable and chaotic, to be on the verge of breaking down in a sorrowful sob.
he really loves his children.
@@saber2802 Indeed. And you really feel that he still loves and respects Marckus. That this is not negligence or fearing his son, but fearing FOR his son, while still wanting the best for him.
Is that a quote from the tts series? The couch thing? If so, please share with me what episode it came from, I want to see it in context
@@saber2802as a father my self, I completely understand D and even resonate somewhat with the character.
I like how you can see a glimmer of the fact big D respects some vampires, when he talks about how some refuse to blood bound their ghouls out of principle .
I feel like he doesn't consider all of them to just be inherently evil. Like Kevin some of them are just victims and then spiral into being monsters as they lose all support.
It has been made abundantly clear that big D believes in humanity above all else and with the interrogation of Kevin it seems he doesn’t mean just being human in body but more in mind as while Kevin is a vampire he truly believes that he can regain his humanity and join them.
@@biggiecheese3678 or how he treated the old women who was turned in that one short.
@@Orsonfoe What was the title of the short?
I mean, if you could get humanity and vampires to coexist in open society around the world, it would be a huge benefit. Consider Pyotr's old job. An underwater welder. Imagine having Vampiric strength to resist water pressure and to hold metal steady.
'If fighting is sure to result in Victory then you must fight!' Big D said that. And I'm pretty sure he knows a little more about fighting than You do pal - because he Invented it. And then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor.
*screaming*
Then he used his fight money to buy two of every drug on earth, and then he carried them onto a bus and smoked the CRAP out of every single one!
May Soldier live in The skies doing his troldier routine. F
Big D watched Meet The Soldier, he’s just pretending to not know what TF2 is.
D in episode 1 (while high): “Markus, have you always had spider eyes?”
After hearing Markus’s backstory, I’m starting to wonder if there’s something more to that.
Markus as an entropy/correspondance mage with tues ti the weaver and wyrm would be kickass
@@theroboticpotato so what your telling me is magn- i mean markus is possibly falling to tzee- i mean the Weaver?
@@gatordragon6140 Either that or the Wyrm by the sounds of it.
No wonder Big D thinks he can take out Caine, if Markus reaches his full power without loosing his mind/soul he'd have near absolute power
@@gingermcgingin4106 Eh, Any mage, cunning or imaginative enough, can pull off some bull even without reaching 5 dots in a sphere, so yeah, if that is the case, Markus could help D Caine Caine.
@@theroboticpotato why correspondence?
I love the callback to the first audiolog which was about preparing kitten for the interrogation and now it’s about preparing kitten to find the ghoul.
It's definitely a good way to include the audience since of the family kitten knows the least out of everyone besides boy so we feel connected to the story through his ignorance.
I think ghoul is maid
No it’s the blue Haired girl she was not affected by the electric current poured into her like the maid before her
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Is anyone going to talk about the fact that Krakus has a machine gun in his ditch!?
@@whiteeye3453it's grimal the maid is a werewolf (Matilda Wilde)
So, have a fun thought:
If a Werewolf gets hit with Dominate it immediately rolls its Rage to see if it Frenzies. If it does, the dominate commands just... go away. And the Werewolf usually kills something over it.
@@Nightdreamr could have even been a first change scenario. The dominate awakened their rage
@@ShadaOfAllThings maybe thats how the end of ep 4 happened, the ghoul used an auspex domination and triggered a warewolf
Ok. So Markus is a mage, and he accidentally summoned either a malfean or worst, the wyrm, when he was a kid.
No wonder he gets beaten all the time, he is still paying his debt to the paradox.
Markus's power being tied to the Wyrm makes sense with the bar scene. It wasn't sheer coincidence that blacklaw's drink was expired. Markus subconsciously wills it with the wyrm's power of decay.
@@AimlessSavant Or the knives. First one just falls apart. Second one detonates
@@AimlessSavantit seems more like entropy magic to me. I don"/ think he uses wyrm's magic. It DOES know about him though
The wyrm is not something you can just summon. Most likely it was a a wyrm spirit or outer gods the nephandi worship
@@caiocbcn Why do you think it the Wyrm?
"Oh I want more audiolog ,I assume those would be easier to make and give us content and information about the setting"
Ogre : HOW ABOUT WE MODELS THE HOUSE IN 3D FOR THIS AUDIO EPISODE ?!
Seriously, and it's also all blurred so we don't get to see it properly. It's that kind of extra that makes these guys stick out. I could totally see that map in some Garry's Mod custom game shenanigans.
Also, seriously, so much detail for what is ultimately just blurry images. Like, the moment they enter D's room there is just a fucking 6 pounder canon aimed at the door! And it's so easy to miss!
In GMOD no less XD
I demand the map be released
@@Raybro16 as far as im aware the map is available on their tumblr for anyone to explore
@@microwavemicrowave7648 they are in the workshop by the name Gm_HTPhouse (day and night versions)
also Black mesa nbnw
@@microwavemicrowave7648 wait, they have a tumble???
Having gone through the entire audio-log, its insane to me how so much of this just, naturally adds up in all sorts of different rad ways. The house's layout, for one, being coolly laid out. The slow search for the ghoul and how each lesson quietly ties more into the mystery. How D's explanations and attitude line up perfectly on why episode 4 was laid out the way it was. And of course, finally a deeper look into Markus and why he's been info-starved. With Markus being probably my favorite character of the family? It makes me only more excited to see whats next for him and the rest. Keep up the great work!!
I'd love like a first person point and click game based around Hunter the parenting i don't know why but watching D and kitten walking around that is pretty fun
I love how you start to realize the blender came from the nightmare realm and only now they realize there might have been an issue getting a blender from it... Even if it was cheap.
counterpoint: he proved Kevin wrong
He not only proved Kevin wrong he didn't actually BUY the blender it was a gift.
@@rokkraljkolesa9317 And that what matter the most
My headcannon is that it's a gmod prop
@@fluffycyborgs well, no. It cost him 99 pounds. it came from the 99 Pound store after all. But we will only know if it was worth the great and terrible cost, once he's been made to pay it..
"True Depths of Evil"
As someone who's played as an archetypal Tzimisce both as a player and a Storyteller, I knew exactly where this one was going, and boy does Big D describe the horrors of the fleshcrafters flawlessly.
People forget that Malkavians are capable of the same just mental and not physical.
Yeah, Tzimisce are up there when it comes to being just wreatchedly vile, especially considering their clan's culture of fully embracing the inhumanity of vampirism.
Average Tzimisce: "So I watched this movie called Hellraiser, it was ok. I CAN DO BETTER."
@@XanKreigor I once had a small Sabbat group of Tzimisce who literally just LARPed as Cenobites an ran around torturing people. This was amusing because this was a game of Demon, and our Scourge didn't take too kindly to them mucking about and perverting the flesh of creatures they helped shape. Needless to say they were almost all wiped out, and the last survivor literally had a change of heart upon seeing what he (semi-correctly) thought was an agent of God sent to punish them for their wrongs.
@@MultiKbarry Malkavian anti-tribes are some of the worst the Sabbat has on offer.
In no particular order I'm going to go over a few of the horrors Big D mentioned in the True Evil section.
The first and most obvious is the work of the Tzimice. They are called the fiends and often the most inhuman of vampires. Their signature skill is Vicissitude. It basically makes them all jacked up versions of Mahito from Jujutsu Kaizen being able to form entire structures and cathedrals from molding and melding living creatures together. They can even be more fine in their touch than Mahito and their victims, God help us, don't perish shortly after being twisted.
Next are the blood brothers/sisters where the vampires embrace a group of people but also perform a ritual destroying their individuality and making them one mind utterly loyal to their sires. They are connected and can become one being or send parts of their own bodies to others in their group.
There are also the gargoyles made through Thaumaturgy by creating servitors and soldiers by turning and slicing together multiple kindred then binding them to masters or their master's stronghold.
It goes on but Big D. is right. It gets so, so, so, much worse.
honeslty makes me wonder why the other vamperis ahven't extemrinated them. they sound like ienvitable breeches. imagine if they take too many people making a catherdral and it draw attention and they find something that makes john carpenter THING look like a functional life form.
@@taddad2641 I need to double check but in most cases, the reasons vampires dont try to remove the most vile versions of themselfs is very simple in most cases:
- They view human as cattle, so why should they care? Aslong the masquerade isnt broken, its usually fine.
- Sometimes trying to remove a group just leads to more problems and most vampires clans are alot better at navigating the modern world then others and can easly make the attacker look like their breaking the masquerade.
Theres likely other reasons going on but I could be mistaken on alot.
I love the D quote in the beginning, 'don't look into wrestling', implies he knows about Pentex's wrestling network and all the Supernatural thingies they hired. Also, Queen Victoria was a sorceress, Prince Albert was a Magi, and after he passed she hopped onto the shoulders of the Order of Reason and tried to ride them like a horse. So, maybe she is still around? Technocratic Progenitors can do it. They can rebuild her.
Pax Britannica INTENSIFIES! Immortal God-Queen Sold Seperately by Edison Industries TM.
Paradox Interactive secretly also run by Magi trying to resurrect Victoria with a little bit of brain power of all their players. Fortunately, Victoria's player base is about four people, all of them economists.
look at the final rumble or the cartel rumble i get big D
@@youmukonpaku3168yeah unfortunately all that stellaris and hoi4 brain power is being dedicated towards building a giant moon laser to shoot at random deities and/or reality shifting entities.
@@youmukonpaku3168 Holy shit! _Paradox_ interactive?!
D completely dodged the suggestion of anything about Horse, and spoke carefully until the conversation topic had shifted.
He knows _something._ That's comforting.
when'd he speak about horse?
@@bradley4465 7:35 Kitten mentions that Boy has rambled about Horse.
I mean if he's a mage. Horse is almost certainly his familar. As What horse has done is 100% within the realm of a Mage Familar. Plus Big D mentioned making a "Deal" With him in the episode about horse. And seems to treat horse with an immense amount of genuine respect. Which is very important for a mage to do for their familar. A mage with an unloyal familar is a mage who won't survive for very long.
Anyone else have the feeling that Krakus's screaming, ditch digging, gunfire, etc throughout these episodes is going to be significant at some point? I wouldn't be surprised if he's being attacked regularly or something.
Certainly possible given whats learned here
I may be fatally addicted to Hunter the Parenting audiologs
Yeah the withdrawal symptoms are absolutely awful 😢
Grow up WE ALL ARE!!!
An addiction that would rival a ghoul's. How else am I to wash the dishes or do laundry without more vampire lore cramming my cranium?
God, I feel like I can recite the Probing of Kevin as long as it's on in the same room as me
We all are waiting friend as long as we are not alone in this evil there is hope 😊
"Moratorium time! No more drinking!"
"thank god."
"Psychedelics and cigars only!"
"That's not much better."
"But it IS better!"
How are you allowed to be so fucking good :D
The rest is even better
“Arguably?”
“I’ve never lost an argument in my life, CHECKMATE”
1988...Horse was there.
The family must love that breed of horse to keep having the same one.
To have a horse that old would be impossible!
Yes because, as we all know, Horse is a completely normal horse, and is DEFINITELY not a demon.
Oh, and Big D is definitely just a normal dude with a very normal Horse.
We had a horse that was 36, and 40 years is not incredibly rare.
@@ozfifer7392This is even earlier, TF2 released in 2007 after tf1 in 1996, so if it’s 10 years in development that puts the series in 2006 (also means D only has 1 year before he spills to Marckus). Horse would be probably 20-25 assuming 2-7 years of life pre-Australia trip. Well within the lifespan of a pampered horse.
My family used to take care of a 40 year old horse named Cookie. He bit his own tongue off and lived. Weird horse, bit yeah they can live a truly insane span of time.
As someone with a decent knowledge of the World of Darkness, Big-D's description of the 'True Depths of Evil' is obviously talking about the Tzimisce and the acts of utter inhumanity they perform on the regular. I knew how bad they were but D's descriptions of the things they do to people makes it far more striking. Props to SpeakerD for the superb acting.
Also, R.I.P. Kitten's Scones.
(New edit: HOLY FUCK, did- did Marckus make contact with _The Wyrm?_ Fuck, no wonder D is so terrified for him.)
Those poor scones
@norsethenomad5978 they were so young. So full of hope....
I was thinking a demon, or perhaps just something Dark and unnamed. I dont think they would blatantly do a BIG NAME like the Wyrm, Kaine or anything like that.
I was hoping they'd go into greater detail about the Tzimisce's Vozhd. Truly one of the most grotesque examples of Vampiric cruelty and Tzimisce mastery over Vicissitude that I can think of.
I assume the Abyss is in the sense of Lasombra Obtenebration? Sometimes associated with creepy Baali stuff maybe. Or, well, the Nephandic Absolute.
So I looked it up and Big D was not bullshitting about the wrestling thing. Apparently in classic WoD there's a wrestling federation that's just vampires like. It's just vampires and the masquerade doesn't exist because they have the plausible deniability of kayfabe.
i am so fucking mad (affecionate)
Insanely ballsy, innit?
Gotta respect the audacity, if nothing else.
I like how Marckus's horrifying backstory also explains why his Australian accent was carried over from TTS.
He was travelling around Australia and lived in Norfolk Island before moving to actual Norfolk.
I like that Norfolk Island is actually a real place, and not just something invented for this.
With how…passionately enraged Sir D is listing the many different ways the world of darkness can mold the body and soul to torturous depths, it’s a brimming example of why there are no “Retired Hunters”. Only ones who have either died in the hunt, or passed on with the passage of time.
Funnily enough, in the old pre-5E Hunter books there was an explicit mechanic that let your PC go out in a blaze of glory. In fact, the max level/endgame Edges were basically "Talk With Your Storyteller Before You Buy This So They Can Implement It Into The Story Better. Also You'll Probably Fucking Die After Using This" story-breaking powers that 99.9% of the time ended with the PC removed from play.
"fear the old in a career where men die young" is possibly the best quote for hunters for that exact reason lol if you're a vamp and you see a hunter with grey hair you are probably fucked
"BANZAI"
@@samfire3067 you seem familiar... Who are you?
Sorcererus Aptitude...
So he knows Markus is a potential awakened mage.
Either that or Markus is a Hedge Wizard, they have more limited in bending reality but they don't explode when doing magic like True/Sphere Mages do when witnesses see them doing magic
@@angelarroyo8729
Well linear magic is different from true magic. Technically all regular tech humans use is linear magic/sorcery, the only difference is a matter of perspective.
@@fluidthought42 All tech that humans use today. Such as phones and computers. Were once True Magick inventions of technomancers. If the masses believe it is possible and normal. Then fireballs shooting out of peoples mouths are then possible AND normal.
So that bar incident was a magical curse, but cast unwittingly...
Yeah, he's either a mage or a sorcerer from the sound of it. Based on this, it seems like boy is a mage from D's dialogue and Markus could go either way but leaning sorc (Though the pub scene throws it off). A sorcerer in WoD is similar to 40k in that they aren't inherently magical like a psyker/mage, but more formulaic/ritualistic in the sense that non-psykers can summon demons and whatnot through very specific rituals.
This is genuinely some of the best writing and voice acting and composition I’ve ever seen this is FUCKING ART DUDE.
I’m ever impressed by Speaker Ds voice acting. Especially once he delved into speaking of Markus making contact with that abyssal presence. The quivering breaths as he touches upon the son they lost to the fae court. His conviction when proclaiming he won’t allow Markus to be lost to the bottom of the trench. Also I love that Team Fortress 2s release is now integral to the narrative. I absolutely adore all the minds making this series happen.
Yeah i dont know how he does it but speaker d seems to be the life of the party wherever he goes, my favorite example is his role as a grey invader compared to this like this mans vocal range and what he can play is ridiculous
The fact that Kitten brings up wanting to help cure the ghoul only makes me more convinced that grimal will is the ghoul.
I find it extremely unlikely that she's not
Fax
If they won't put bait and switch then yes
I'm personally guessing that Gloria Waters is the Ghoul, but that's just me!
Yyyyyep! Same!
SpeakerD, holy crap. You pulled genuine pathos out of the sideshow that is Big D and stayed inside his characterization to do it.
Alfabusa et al, I was moved to find out this big brass section of a man was a truly caring parent, not just an absurdly successful(immortal?)Hunter nutjob.
I love how you've flipped the script in this series compared to TTS! Now instead of Big E picking Kitten's brain for new info,now kitten's picking at Big D's brain to get a better view of this new world he's in. And i recognized Big D's voice actor as the voice of Big E's warp-bound soul shard! Voice casting so perfect it just NEEDED more screen time!
I think you meant, "better biew bof bis bew borld he's bin."
@@alackofgames913thank you for showing me the error of my ways lmao
@@go_w1ld836 bou're belcome
Be there in a becond
Yeah, SpeakerD is great! He’s also the voice of Vect, and the Emperor in flashbacks
Holy shit this is not expected in SO many of the BEST ways.
- Didn't expect uploads today.
- Didn't expect it to be a prequel and not a part 2
- Didn't expect the crazy lore/backstory drop.
- Didn't expect scones
-Didn't expect Attick chicken.
ALL SUPRISES OF A PLEASURABLE NATURE!!!!!
@samfish2550 I never expect a video from one the content creators but when they do upload I know what I am doing for the hour and a bit
Whippets!
@@BSOE3058 I thought they were Italian Greyhounds.
@@samfish2550 well, they could be, but Whippet sounds way funnier,
@@BSOE3058 When i first heard of the word "Whippet" i thought they were the name for a kind of British sweet or treat, or at least confectionaries and treats usually associated with Britain. Like crumpets and scones.
Then i thought they could be a nickname for Dominatrixes who aren't about aggressive and demeaning, but silly stuff instead. Like pillow fights. You can interpret it as calling someone a b***h, but also a funny and pleasant energetic companion.
That, and there's the "whip" in the name.
28:50 I love that Big D is somehow simultaneously so out-of-touch with modern technology that he uses an ear trumpet, but still knows enough about it to organize severed ears using hexadecimal code.
I mean, it's not like non-decimal number systems are a particularly new invention or exclusive to computers.
That rant about the Tzimisce was very accurate. Horrifying is just what they do.
@@Bgh583
Pretentious knob.
Ehhh still not as bad as the dark eldars version of flesh crafters, at least with the tzimisce you will probably die before a few thousand years pass lol
@@Bgh583 I'm sure you're an expert on horror Mr. Bgh583
@@Bgh583if you want true horror, go to a war instead of traveling
DEEP LORE GET! More history on Big D and his family! Anton! The fact that Markus screwed up already as a kid and now Big D is terrified what he attracted will swallow him whole if he doesn't slooooooowly drip feed him info! Kitten now knows so maybe his fall can be subverted! Maybe he can Awaken! MAYBE SALSA VERDE CAN SAVE THEM ALL!
Anton...
Possibly Angron?
I don't think even Marckus could handle the sheer power of Salsa Verde
@@26th_Primarchooo, i went to one of the 2 unnamed. #2 or #11
@@26th_Primarch Angron fits
We are going to see a very angry man
I know this has been said ad infinitum, but I want to bring up the team's incredible narration and dialog skills. It is truly inspirational how your stories go from lighthearted to harrowing in a moments notice without feeling the least forced about it. While I'm aware the setting helps with it, your way of tackling it is superb. I really enjoy these stories you make and hope to see more of them as I can feel the great passion you put behind each entry. Kudos!
The Ghoul just wanted to go for a walk.
A very enthusiastic walk.
OH FUCK ALL KINDS OF DUCKS
ALUCARD!!!!
@@Blood.Angel.
QUACK!!!
@@Blood.Angel. Okay now I wonder what would happen if Sir D. met (Hellsing Abridged) Alucard...
@@26th_Primarch I think it would generate a surprisingly insightful and complex conversation.. amidst all of the spontaneous whimsey and chaotic battle of two SUPER SPACE AND VAMPIRE THINK BOXES!
I'd love to see this as a crossover audiolog
I am very impressed by the addition of a 3D render of the house to all of this
The animation from the first episode is so different.
@@peasantlevelcrafting the experimentation is nice to see. they have a freedom here few realize or risk attempting, and its nice to see them try stuff out.
I'm 100% sure it's gmod. Which is hilarious.
It's fully gmod, which also explain why they take so long to make this, as creating a gmod map take time, and it make the actual setting better too, as we see them moving, it's more dynamic and interactive.
@@theATSthetic I was almost sure.
I definitely recognized the props
Holy shit. "Side project" my gaping ass. This has been the MOST information we've gotten about D and his family in a single episode. It masterfully recontextualizes things from previous episodes as well. Amazing work as always
Markus being chosen by the Wyrm explains how his destined rivalry with the HTS version of Leman will come about.
The Wyrm is the ultimate enemy of every Werewolf.
There's some potential there but iirc the characters in HTP are quoted to be their own unique characters
Yes the case of them being successors to who we knew in TTS is bavkable in A LOT of ways but I just recall hearing that statement a while back
Side note that does sound like the perfect way to introduce Leman, I feel like its harder for some of the brothers to have counterparts in WOD but not impossible
Idk if it's the Wyrm, it might be the Abyss. Like, the one Abyss, the Grandmother
Speak for your own pack friend. The world fell to it's current state because of an abundance of the Weaver, not the Wyrm. For life to thrive there must be both growth and decay. Life and Death. Chaos and Order. We need both forces, Weaver and Wyrm to achieve some semblance of equilibrium if Gaia is to be revived.
Are we capable of doing that still in our weekend state? Unclear. But the only path forward is to let not just humans know of the true struggle but to rally with agents of both the Wyrm and the Weaver so we may form a united front. A world where just one sides win is the end of all things.
It would also explain how brocks applejack somehow expired and had salmonella, given the wyrms domain
God damn.
You brought it.
Marcus’s backstory and Big D’s obvious love and fear for him was done fantastically.
Well done.
Very well done.
Lil Bro tried to bargain with Tzeentch 28000 years too early
I think the motifs between the HtP crew and their 40k counterparts is obvious, but I like how they make it original and enthralling.
@@peasantlevelcrafting this almost confirms Markus is a mage of some sort
@@Illier1 Its actually confirmed by D saying Markus has innate sorcerous aptitude
@@Illier1, Not entirely, A mage in WoD is able to flout reality as they desire using their pure will. But given the context I’d likely say that they were in a part of the world were the conventional laws of reality blended with those of the Dreaming or middle Umbra where the rules of what can & can’t happen aren’t set in stone. Markus was using a ritual, something he believed would work in a place like this but anyone can follow a ritual & set of rules, that doesn’t make someone a true mage, it’s the same reason why the imbued aren’t considered mages. Now I don’t deny that Markus has the ability to become a mage, I mean D said so himself. But he’s not truly awakened, at least not at this point, therefore not a mage… Yet.
Big-D talking about Horse mercing a ghoul and eating it if it’s made of plant, but given that horses eat lizards like chocolate bars and baby birds like popcorn do y’all really think he’s wouldn’t eat a ghoul-rat or thirty?
He's on a diet
H:TP has been wild from day 1, but TF2 becoming an actual plot point is so far beyond anything I could have possibly expected from this series. Abyssal abominations waiting in the dark are nothing compared to that.
Just wait until they Meet the Team. It'll be anything but watered down with the lead-leaked miasma of Teufort that passes for "water." Much like the OOZE WATER of Yarmouth's Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf Course
Medic tf2 would make a wild vampire hunter.
What
The Sniper already has a whole outfit set for being a vampire hunter too.
It really reminds you that this is set at least 15 years in the past, when TF2 is viewed as "a game stuck in development hell for 10 years" rather than "a certified gaming classic that still has many loyal fans long past its prime".
I am not even 5 minutes in, and I'm already beyond touched that D straight-up vows to protect Kitten as long as he's under this roof, after admitting that being a hunter's not a comforting life. That's what real family does for each other.
Especially with what we find out later.
I keep loving your approach for subtitles, "[pangs of humanity]" is a perfect descriptor for the series of anguished noises Big D makes in that moment and helps more than "[a series of grunts]" would, for example.
11:28 I work in the ER and once had a patient who was in a fight and bitten on the hand so deeply that the other guy tore out a chunk of flesh. The patient, upset by this, "Injected crack into the wound, as well as into his elbow when his arm began swelling and changing color."
@@ten_of_diamonds7575 Wtf?.... What color?
Out of curiosity what color did to change to?
I assume he dissolved the cookies in lemon juice, as you do.
What was the goal here? Somehow disinfect or sanitize the injury before it spreads through the power of crack?
@@GlareanLiebertine Considering the fighting (tells us who he associates with), the grievous wound and crack addiction, he was likely so out of touch with reality that he probably did believe that it would help in some way. You know.. rather than just rot his veins from the inside if he even succeeded in hitting one.
I love the new format used here. The text boxes are amazing, easy to read, and remind me of a visual novel / video game. Also, the addition of having the camera 'follow' the characters around, showcasing the house in a more 3D aspect, is very cool.
I think the background is Gmod
Was my first thought
@@arran4285Yeah it is, not sure but I think they released the map in the workshop a bit back.
@@arran4285i think they just made the house in hammer editor
The house is gmod yeah. But i do love following
How in the hell is it that every time Team Alfabusa releases anything over 30 min long, the storytelling improves by a factor of 10. This audiolog was WELL worth the wait gentlemen. And I am on TENDERHOOKS for whatever comes next
That's actually a very interesting contrast
The Emperor witheld information from Magnus because he didn't care
Big D witholds information from Markus because he cares too much
There's something poetic in that
@KobKobold this confirms Hunter is hust TTS but in an urban fantasy
Actually emperor did witheld information because he knew magnus was way arrogant
@@whiteeye3453 Big D is doing something about his son's arrogance. Revelation couldn't be bothered after centuries
@@KobKobold then you did not read books of 40k
@whiteeye3453 Handing out grand edicts and acting like a warlord instead of a father is not working to curb the arrogance of his sons/tools, it's working around it to achieve his own goals despite them.
You know, my personal theory on D is that he's just a regular man, no changeling or Mage or anything. That his eccentricities are simply the result of an ordinary person seeing, doing and simply SURVIVING more than a person was ever meant to. And his whole speech in the True Depths of Evil section is making me more convinced of that reality than ever. If anything, at this point I think turning out to be something more than an ordinary man would be to the detriment of his character.
I'm pretty sure, considering his feats and general attitude towards supernatural creatures, that he's an Imbued (of the Redeemer creed most likely)
I think he's imbued because it makes the most sense, it's not like hes any less than a normal man, but it would cover why he's been around for so long.
@@Tab1300 it would also explain why he's so bat shit crazy
I definitely think there's at least something supernatural going on with D. He's always managed to get conveniently taken out of the equation in fights. Our only real feat we've seen of his strength is that he is capable of ripping a car battery in half with his bare hands.
@@Guille2033 I'll be looking up what that is, thanks.
Imagine your dad giving you forbidden truths of the world as you play 2fort with your fiance, can't make this shit up 10/10
I like when Big D and Kitten talk about the supernatural things of World of Darkness. This helps introduce new fans to the franchise just like how TTS helped introduce new fans to Warhammer 40K.
Also, in 40k lore, Emperor is rather confusing and his morality and actions could do better with explainations, rather than either a POV of other characters or Aaron Dembski Bowden being himself.
Big D on the other hand is actualy genuinely good, hillarious, tragic and caring man, whom while we never saw beat a vampire so far, doesnt mean he is incapable, as he has knowledge of most creatures, family history with a lot of people, and most of all, compassion with those that lost humanity.
Big E was always like "Humanity good, everyone whom doesnt follow my principles sucks", but Big D is seen to have compasion and understanding, we see this when he talks to Kevin, and feel how genuine he is.
Big D, despite having utter hatred for Vampires, also wants to help them restore their humanity, make a world where they can coexist and not have to fight one another for any reason. And in a twisted world with creatures beyond the scope of imagination, having someone look into the abyss and scream from top of his lungs "Come and kill me, I yearn for this" expecting either a worthy death, or Triumpfantly standing over the carcass of the void, is beyond refreshing
@@Bgh583 Paradox isn't one for silken gloves though.
"He made contact with something...other."
Tzeentch: *I'M ABOUT TO DOUBLE DIP THIS SHIT **_LET'S FUCKING GOOOO!!!!_*
Big D: Markus you fool! You’ve breached the bounds of copyright!
why did i hear that in tzeentch's voice fallowed by his skeletal like laugh.
I swear I could hear TTS Tzeentch laughing the whole time.
*gurgles mischeviously* (oh god why the fuck is it so horrifying)
“Imagine giving a gorilla the powers of a double-gorilla”
God D never fails to entertain
"Imagine a WHALE!... i dunno how that'd work but just THINK about WHALES for a second!!!"
"Look at these beasts. Abnormal, spindly legs. Balding, spotty hide. Curved, abnormal backs. Ears like skin flaps, eyes too big for their skull, snaggled teeth, and this constant nervous shivering - when not snout deep, lapping at that accursed spill!"
Hate to break it to you, Sir D, but thats just a straight-up Italian Greyhound. I would me willing to accept the snaggled teeth coming from Ape, but dental issues are also typical among small dogs. If they are the size of a standard greyhound, that's definitely from him - but I don't think you would mistake it for a rat in that case.
I have genuinely been rewatching everything HTP for like 3 weeks straight since my breakup and it kept me going. This actually made me smile for the first time in ages because I have been religiously checking whether there was a new upload
Witches ain't nothing but hohos and tricks are for kids
Wild, I've been in exactly the same boat! This really is my comfort series, it makes me so happy. I hope things improve for you, my friend.
@@worldlinezero4783 ty Mo Chara much appreciated, hope it gets better for you as well my man 💪
1:30:14 god I love how raw D went with this. The insanity gone and just what seems like utter dread at the knowledge of what knows, and is waiting for Markus
"Things are starting to click"
Said as whoever's firing that mg-3 stops to reload. Nice.
probably door, now that im rewatching it.
Are we sure it wasn't an M-60? Door did mount a pair to the bus.
@@bthsr7113 I was about to say "No. That rate of fire is much too high." Then upon investigation I noticed it was the sound of either two lower ROF guns(which would fit the Goose's armaments but doesn't fit the sound) or an MG-3 AND something with a fire rate closer to an M-60 or M249.
On balance I still lean towards it being an MG-3 with a second automatic getting involved.
However it's possible Door has the altered the firing rate of the M-60s also.
At the end of certain bursts you can hear the second gun with it's slower rate. I cannot tell with certainty if it's Kräkus returning fire.
Jesus
Good god, this one gave me genuine actual shivers. It felt like I was holding my breath for the last 20 minutes. Just the argument between two of my favorite characters (god they're all my favorite characters, aren't they?) and the clash between doing the right thing, and doing the *right* thing. 15/10 lads. spectacular work. I am vibrating.
This gives such insight into both Big D and Markus. For a while we have been wondering why Big D has been keeping secrets from Markus and this explains perfectly why he HAS to keep things away from him.
Markus is smart, but nearly as smart as he thinks he is. And he is proud. That is a deadly combination. He wants to use tactics and tricks that show off how clever he is even if they impractical or have huge drawbacks. Hence the stakejacket example that Big D gave. Dorn immidiatly pointed out the obvious issues of the stake jacket and that a gun would be way better. But Markus doubled down and insisted that it was a good idea despite being beaten to a pulp.
I can totally see Markus experimenting with Vitae or even magics in attempt to gain an edge despite how obviously the risks out weigh the rewards because he's convinced that he that he'd be the one who could figure it out. If you tried to explain the dangers to him he'd insist that it wont haplen to him. That the only reason the countless others who tried before him failed was because they werent as smart as he was.
Hed be the mathematician who goes to the casino convinced that he will beat the casino because he's got a 'system'. The next thing you know he blew 50k at the black jack table.
Markus cannot know about these things. He cant be trusted. And the best way to keep him safe is not to let him know.
Not unless he saw someone he genuinely respects as pretty much an equal or even superior to him in intelligence and integrity be exposed as a ghoul themself, and that they too had the hubris to believe they could master ghouldom, only to ultimately fail miserably and become truly damned and wretched.
@@MarqFJA87 Maybe bringing in this Rozalia and having her share her story?
Yep. I mean just think about the episode where Pyotr broke free. He immediately thinks to get outside since pyotr is an ambush predator, a good idea on paper, but then immediately and without any forethought, jumps from a two story windows and shatters his ankles. Frankly, if pyotr didn't want to embrace them, Markus could have easily died that night. He has hubris aplenty, and that can definitely damn him, most likely literally considering what he contacted.
@@somerandomschmuck2547 She's a complete stranger to him, he'd just go "Oh, but I'm definitely smarter than her."
@@Logamer-tn6db I'm glad you brought up the window incident because it perfectly shows how his impulsivity and tendency to get tunnel vision gets in the way of his intelligence and his ability to think ahead. Like Markus, you live there. You know that its a straight drop down. What did you think was going to happen? Unless you're a trained acrobat who knows who to fall, you are going to break an ankle at best. Also let's say you do get outside, what was going to be the plan then? You're outside at night in the country side where you have way less cover from Pyotr and all you're weapons are inside the house. At least inside you could hunker down and make a Killzone forcing him to walk into a barrage of bullets or leave before the sun comes up. But out there he has even more angles to come at you.
He gets so caught up in his first idea and is so convinced that its gold that he doesn't pause to think it through.
I have never felt as connected to a fictional character as D blanking on the name 'cordyceps'.
I struggled on that string of letters for literal years of my life!
I found it very ominous (although unintentional) that the track that plays when "This makes me want to-" "Do more?" is called *More Than We May Ever Know*, as if Kitten may in fact do more than we may ever know by the time this is done.
yeah I was watching the track names like a HAWK
Oh jesus wept.
Markus made contact with an OTHER? No wonder Big D wants to start him out with the dirt.
Hell that whole thing explains Big D's EXTREMELY VARIABLE AND EXCITABLE ATTENTION!!!
Nothing walks away from an *Other* in it's true state with any kind of sanity intact.
so what IS an other?
The warp
@@aaroncurley5117likely something similar to a Great Old One
@13legomania from quickly googling its an 'aeon' that represents the abyss
It's actually friendly but the abyss itself and the insanity it causes is what makes it dangerous
So definitely not that nerd Tzeentch
@@aaroncurley5117 Im taking this as some sort of lovecraftian horror creature, utterly indescribable and an encounter if you ever survive will leave you altered forever.
Ok so the story takes place in 2006. Markus was 12 in 1988. This means Markus is 30 years old.
Meaning the Clown Party happend earlier that year.
Neat!
its always wierd to think kevin is the youngest member of the group outside of boy
Soldiers learned to acclimate to the trenches of WWI, even sleeping through the sounds of artillery fire, Kitten. The human mind's ability to adapt can be worryingly effective. It doesn't always happen, but it can.
God...daaaaaamn....the emotional delivery on D...
I started tearing up at 2 different points.
If only Markus could witness seeing him so worried for him.
I feel like if Markus was shown that scene
A few words and a hug would mend allot.
I mean, I was convinced D was prepared to unravel reality itself to protect Markus.
My hope is that with the cameras and mics in the basement Marcus might hear a recording of this conversation qt some point. Tho knowing this series it'll be far too late by then
@@TPaether well the Achilles heel in that is:in the interview with chapman, D confirmed that "markus does not record anything for posterity"
So unfortunately no recording would be saved, unless he changed that at some point.
The part that hit most strongly for me is hearing the conclusion to the tale of Rozalia.
It gave hope.
oh you utter CAD.
"we will save them ALL"
*WELL AFTER RELEASING THE VIDEO QHERE GRAMPS GETS SHREDDED*
I just realized, if they order the playlist in terms of timeline, this'll have to be placed before that episode
from D's optimism in thinking he can save the ghoul to the cold hard reality that someone has to die
To be fair, it’s very likely that Fatigue was killed by a Garou, not the ghoul. So in this case, saving them all (from the ghoul and blood bond) is still in effect.
@@atpsoldat6108 to be even more fair: If even a single werewolf wanted to kill the acranum, it would be extremely easy for them. Sure, if you can outwit them you at least have a chance of getting out in one piece (approximately) but to actually defeat one? Even high ranking Vampires would consider that a tall order, not impossible, but extraordinarily dangerous
@@Kaarl_Mills Bear in mind that Fatigue was himself a hunter of the Fera. He may be dead, but he might have left some goodies laying around that someone could use to put down something as menacing as a werewolf.
@@rokkraljkolesa9317 Am I alone in thinking that makes the his reaction to seeing Fatigue's hit harder. That quiet "no", considering this takes place at best a couple days before that scene, and based on what we know Fatigue was someone D at the very least respected, possibly even considered a friend.
I must admit, I find the fact that the release date of Team Fortress 2 is now a major plot point to be deeply funny
So basically, Markus is Anakin. I wonder how he feels about sand?
More like Magnus, extremely powerful and dangerously naive and cocky with his openness to dark powers.
@@quesocoatl21 On one hand, extremely accurate.
On the other hand, Anakin funny.
The better question is how does magnus feel about sand?
@@gatordragon6140 probably not great, since most of his sons got reduced to the stuff.
@@sirmemealot1839 now I just imagine Magnus on his knees ugly sobbing hysterically with sand falling through his fingers while Tzeentch is just like "Stop making a scene"
Sir D really is the Duke of Discounts, he got the blender for 98p.
After purchasing it from the 99 pound store. Pounds of what, I wonder?
@@Zero_01084 not 99 pound, 99 pence
@@Zero_01084arteries
@@Zero_01084, no the 99p store. meaning 99 pennies.
@@Zero_01084 uhhh me pounding your biological birther :snuglasses:
Man, the voice acting was top notch. It's refreshing to hear not-Emps geniunely care for his kids.
I hope Anton is ok...
Anton (Big Ds "lost" son) - Angron (Big E's damned son). Calling it, Anton is damned...a demon is possessing Big D lost son's body.
Him being a slave to the fae is pretty Angron-esk as well
Anton wasn't lost, he's simply one of the sons we have yet to meet. The lost son's name was not mentioned, because it alone invokes incredible grief.
@@apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595so maybe 2nd or 11nth
Assuming Anton is the son that was sent to the Fae, he’s probably still a thrall. I don’t know much about WoD, but I think there’s a big gap between demons and Fae. His name is probably just to be an allusion to Angron, being a son of D. Just a reference by having a character with a similar name and bloodline, not a complete copy. Again assuming Anton is the lost son.
I only just realized the sound effect accompanying Kitten's questions is the Bloodlines' journal update sound. Nice.
Thanks, that was driving me crazy not remembering that.
Wow guys! Amazing work! I've started my first VtM game because of the work you've done and am so excited for more of this and the Norfolk Wizard Game! Hope you all had great holidays!
This is a Ghoulish video
A discussion comes before the battle commences
A king with a paper crown and a kitten discuses lore and knowledge, what wisdom and lore shall be useful like Chekov’s revolver.
Hey that crown is at LEAST cardboard. He got it at Burger King.
Thank you alfabusa and team, your work is under appreciated.
...If Door's "Came-il-a the first vampire" joke from the first episode was foreshadowing for were camels being the root of all vampires or something, I might just cackle myself to death.
No it’s Caine like biblical Caine
@@MrVoyeurific OK, fine, maybe not the true origin of vampires, but~ at least foreshadowing for were camels seems like a plausible story-line slash home-brew.
Maybe Pooka, given the hints of past & upcoming Changeling shenanigans? They can be themed on any animal, so a Pooka Camel would be plausible.
Door thinks the first vampire is Carmilla.
Like the lesbian vampire.
Markus's power being tied to the Wyrm makes sense with the bar scene. It wasn't sheer coincidence that blacklaw's drink was expired. Markus subconsciously wills it with the wyrm's power of decay.
Could be. I'm of the opinion the bar scene was caused by an entropy sorcery enacted by the bartender. I don't have much to back up the opinion though
@@Zero_01084 Given the context of this audiolog I think it's now more centered around Markus as opposed to the bartender. Unless of course the bartender is a naphandi that knows Markus is unawakened and is subtly grooming him for a caul. It fits as a mirror to magnus falling to chaos in 40k
@@brandonporter7584 I honestly could see Marckus already having an inverted avatar drawing him down this path. Though one objection is that even with his environment accounted for he's unusually nice for a widderslainte.
@@gege0298 he could be just a mage with a primordial avatar
@@AimlessSavant Where did you get this information from? I see no mention of the Wyrm anywhere in this video.
“Just being here where it occurred is kind-of… uncontrollably anxiety-inducing?”
Kitten, that’s called PTSD.
This might have been one of the best HTP episodes to date.
Loads of backstory, helping us better understand Marcus and BiG-D´s inner workings. The voice acting by SpeakerD was fucking amazing.
Stellar job, lads. Stellar job.