The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This week I turn to the new weapons and armour from the latest major update (Patch 1.5) and check out some lore from those items. TO BE CLEAR I do not go through each and every item, that would be a ridiculous use of your time; but I do go through a few and explain the lore that's presented in them. The rest I'll leave for future episodes, or for curious gamers to check out themselves.
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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This week's episode asks the question: "Does the Living Lands, as presented in Avowed, line up with the lore we see from Pillars of Eternity about the Living Lands?" Bit of a mouthful I know, but it's something I was wondering about in a recent playthrough. Avowed is a much more different game than Pillars of Eternity, and so the presentation of the Living Lands as a vibrant place in this fantasy world will also be different. So what I do on this episode is look at Living Lands lore from PoE1&2, and ask "Did we see something like that in Avowed?"
WARNING: This episode contains ***Major Spoilers*** for:
Listen at your own discretion.
The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This week's episode we discuss the entity of Sapadal, which is tied closely to the narrative of Avowed, and is also connected to some major spoilers from the Pillars of Eternity games.
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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This week's episode asks the question: "Can we create a Monk, in Avowed, that is lore-friendly to how we saw them in Pillars of Eternity?"
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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This week's episode discusses the Archmage Ryngrim, whom we read about in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, but actually get to *see* in Avowed. In Deadfire all we knew were three things: (1) she's an archmage; (2) Tayn is desperately trying to befriend her; and (3) her magic specializations seem to focus on fear-based illusion spells.
The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This week I springboard of a recent Reddit post I created on r/Avowed wherein I asked you, the community, about what references do we see, in Avowed, to the Pillars of Eternity games. I had several finds of my own, but the community together easily tripled that list. This episode basically runs through that list, and why those references MATTER to us Pillars gamers, as well as the Eora world in general.
The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This episode ORIGINALLY started off as a "various unique items" lore episode, but it kind of turned into an episode all about Necropants, a much-beloved piece of "armor" you can acquire in Avowed. There's plenty of tangents I go on, and the lore is all over the place, but it's a fun episode. You'll wanna check this one out.
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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This week's episode dives back into some foundational PILLARS OF ETERNITY lore, but still includes Avowed stuff as well (they're all in the same world, after all). Focusing on Wizards today. Mostly we discuss how it is that wizards cast spells, but we also discuss a famous magic academy: Bragganhyl Academy, which has multiple mentions in Avowed item descriptions. Did the developers have Bragganhyl on their minds for DLC and that's why it's so prevalent? I, for one, hope so!
The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This week's episode looks at a six-part set of in-game tomes aptly titled "Maxims of the Pargrunen". In there we see a direct change of Pargrunen-ness that the dwarves in Avowed have compared to their brethren elsewhere in the world.
The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
Spoilers for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire in this week's episode. Nothing critical path spoiler, but some interesting lore you find in other questing.
This week's episode we dive into the lore found in five books, as found in the "Dawntreader" sidequest. These are the "History of the Living Lands" books you may have found. Don't know if you have them? Well, if you have the *Historian* achievement, then you do. These five tomes explore the origins of the Living Lands and its ancient, now lost people: the Godless.
The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
Tangential spoilers for the ending segments of the game. KIND OF directly related to the mainline narrative, but technically something you could miss in detail. I leave it to you to decide.
This week's episode focuses on a series of documents you can find, called "Orisons" later in the game, which allude to the history of the Living Lands, and what happened to the Ekida (or, "the Godless"), in particular.
The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
Sorry for the delay in episodes, I've had some life changes lately that I'm still adjusting to. This week's episode, now that it's out, features a talk regarding the origins of "Fior mes Iverno", the main settlement in the second zone of Avowed (Emerald Stair) and its surprising connection to ... Skaenism? Is that the word? Idk, either way, I found it interesting, and I hope you will too.
The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
Sorry for no episode last week, I've started a new job and also had a mental health "crisis" (it wasn't really one, but felt like it at the time). This week I briefly cover the topic of "Soul Twins", and also "soul maladies" at large. I was inspired by a specific quest in early Avowed (though I don't specify the quest, just to keep its twist a surprise for those who might not have found it) to discuss Soul Twins. Which are, as they sound, when two people share two halves of the same soul. Using this I also springboard into other soul maladies, such as "hollowborn" (being born without a soul), or having a "weak soul" (which is essentially a soul that has lost some of its "matter"). Hope you enjoy!
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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This week's episode focuses on some of the lore we see in Dawnshore's "pick-up-able" quests. For context, in each of Avowed's mapped regions you have several repeating "pick up" quests/activities (no, not fetch quests, more like encounters). Such as: ancient memory fragments, god totem pieces, pargrunen cache locations, and unique item treasure maps. Each of these offer a little bit more about the world to talk about...so, I uh...I do that. :)
[WARNING]: Spoilers for the side quest "Dawntreader" found in this episode. This is a side quest found in the first zone (Dawnshore) of the game Avowed, and can be accessed fairly early, or several level-ups into the game.
The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This week's episode features looking at the 'Dawntreader' side quest for all the lore we get in pursuit of that activity. Primarily the focus is on topics like the god Eothas, the NPC called Sargamis, the location the Temple of Eothas, and associative lore from that. As well, there is a divergence to discuss Karlodh and the Harbingers from the Deadfire game (PoE2), and a smattering of other interesting finds throughout the quests progression.
The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This week's episode features an overview of the major factions/themes/lore as seen in Avowed. Largely it centres around your character, the Godlike Envoy of Aedyr and the major factions seen in Avowed: The Aedyran Empire, the Steel Garrote paladin order, and the Living Lands itself. There's also a bit of talk about souls, reincarnation, gods, the Pargrunen dwarves, and the enigmatic ancient civilization of The Godless.
The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This week's episode focuses on (1) my first impressions on Avowed and how the playthrough is going; and (2) the most important lore touchstones (and other episodes to check out) that I've seen so far. It's a very good episode to start out on for new listeners and old listeners alike.
I top of the episode with a reading of a unique item's description, and give the lore we have from that item, as a way to introduce new listeners to my approach to this show.
I can't believe the game is out, this is very exciting.
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The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.
This week's episode marks a very special moment for us here, because (1) well, the game is OUT, baby! and (2) I got to sit down with Cameron (aka: Venus Theory) to discuss the Score for Avowed, which was really great because he also composed said score.
We discuss a lot of stuff, not just Avowed. We talk about YouTube, content creation, creating Video Game soundtracks in particular, other composer's influences, Cameron's writing/composing process, specific Avowed soundtrack pieces, working with Obsidian, and video games in general. It was a really great conversation, and I hope y'all enjoy listening to it as we did recording it.
Happy Avowed day!
This is a unique/special episode of the podcast, that I don't think would fit in at any other point in time. In this week's episode, I just decided to give you the full story of this podcast's inception, creation, and journey of where we are today.
I end of the latter half of the episode with some thank you's to people who have helped keep this show going. Whether it's friends/family or individuals who emailed me or just the people on reddit (especially in the early days), you've had a positive impact on the show.
As well, keep an eye out NEXT WEEK for a special podcast episode (not just because Avowed is out on Early Access but because... well, you'll see, you'll see (fingers cross)).
This ancient [podcast episode] is [recorded on] silver thread[s]. The broken [vocal patterns sound like] the shape of an eye.
The [audio] at first appears to be gibberish, a collection of symbols and characters with no apparent connection between them. As you study [], however, you could swear that the [audio] begin[s] to move. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, they shift and [merge] and realign, and you are able to [understand the content]:
"jALSj3!508fAjdurslsdk7&*#$%%&lsdffjaoeofjda'dlrkem"
