History WebVideo / TheUnexpectablesIIAltonFrontiers

* {{Irony}}: The town festival that ends with [[AttackOfTheTownFestival everyone getting massacred by an undead dracolich]] was called "The Festival of Life". Most of the characters point it out to Lynne once they revive. Another point of irony involving it is that [[spoiler:the festival was on the anniversary of the queen's death, the queen who was resurrected by the slaughter of Isenvale]].

* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Some criminals have exploited the fact that Isenvale is now a no man zone with bandits and smugglers running amok. Part of the reason the party is told to keep their mission of curing the Ash Plague secret is so the criminals who would prefer it to stay won’t go after him.
* {{Mundangerous}}: The crew is extremely low level for a streamed campaign, meaning that everyone present is acutely aware a poorly timed roll could obliterate half their health in a turn. But so far the real issue that they've faced, more than any other? Rain. They entered Martoralo, a hilly, generally treeless country just as a massive rainstorm hit, and each player took multiple points of exhaustion that took ''days'' to correct. It's even commented upon as a terrible idea when they manage to reach the town of Quinkunst.

* RewatchBonus: After learning that [[spoiler:Lynne was the queen of Isenvale]] puts the scenes involving those she gave letters to under a new light.

*** Lynne is noticeable for being the only undead who has all of her wits about her and outside of her glowing eyes look perfectly normal. [[spoiler:this is because she was resurrected as part of the deal for the King of Isenvale to allow the Ash Plague to take the land.]]
*** It's noted that the Ash Plague is at its strongest at Isenvale's royal castle [[spoiler: as that's where the curse originated and where the King, who's the final lynchpin for the curse resides]]

* {{Irony}}: The town festival that ends with [[AttackOfTheTownFestival everyone getting massacred by an undead dracolich]] was called "The Festival of Life". Most of the characters point it out to Lynne once they revive. Another point of irony involving it is that [[spoiler:the festival was on the anniversary of the queen's death, the queen who was resurrected by the slaughter of Isenvale.]]

* CoolandUnusualPunishment: On the way to Centralia the party ends up running into a succubus who's being punished by having to run a successful bakery beloved by the community but can't use her powers or reveal her true nature in order to not be executed.

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* CrapSaccharineWorld: The Alton Frontier is a more settled place than Alivast ever was, meaning that civilization is never too far away. However, Alivast is arguably ''safer'' than the frontier with each country bordering Isenvale having a specific, supernatural problem afflicting them: Hearthlen has roving bands of cursed, mysteriously affected Wolves that can rip unsuspecting travelers apart, Marteralo has been at war with the mini-kingdoms of Ogre Wives that live in the mountains for years, and Centralia has a pit of demons that threatens to spill out into the entire region without the dedicated presence of a massive fortress packed with Paladins and Clerics who guard it against regular incursion. All of that is ''before'' you get into Isenvale; a tiny border country that's been turned into hellish nightmare realm that has been plunged into a never ending fog and is the local capital of undeath due to a Dracolich, straining all the other countries around it who now have to keep ''that'' under control.
* ChekhovsGunman: An occasionally seen NPC named Mel in the previous campaign was allowed to steal a Bead of Hoketh and leave Alivast and run off somewhere, with the Unexpectables not deciding to go after her because of larger problems at the time. The epilogue of the first campaign shows that she delivered her Bead to Blightwing, giving him enough power to destroy Isenvale and start the plot.
* ContinuityCameo:
** The announcement video linked to above has appearances by Mel and the four Aspects.
** Blightwing, the campaign’s first villain, briefly appeared at the end of the first campaign’s epilogue.

* ExpansionPackWorld: This campaign is set in the Alton region, a continent that was never explored in the previous campaign, which focused on the continent of Alivast. Played with in that Alton was frequently discussed in the previous campaign, and is far more established with many countries, but this particular stretch of Alton is considered younger and less explored territory.

* HostileWeather: Martoralo's weather is both oppressive and ''wildly'' difficult to predict: thanks to the party's poor rolls, they get to experience days long rainstorms, windstorm, furious heat, and hail. It's said the reason the weather is like this is because of the Ocean Lords who run the country.

* {{Irony}}: The town festival that ends with [[AttackOfTheTownFestival everyone getting massacred by an undead dracolich]] was called "The Festival of Life". Most of the characters point it out to Lin once they revive.
** The group encounter a large snail-like undead called a Bone Whelk, which collects the bones of the dead and consumes them in an abandoned village. Said village was once known for their use of snails in the cuisine.

* ArtifactTitle: The Unexpectables ultimatlt have no part in this campaign and according to players they’re actively avoiding having the new party being given that title.

* ChekhovsGunman: Mel was allowed to steal a Bead of Hoketh and leave Alivast and run off somewhere, with the Unexpectables not deciding to go after her because of larger problems at the time. The epilogue of the first campaign shows that she delivered her Bead to Blightwing, giving him enough power to destroy Isenvale and start the plot.

* ExpansionPackWorld: This campaign is set in the Alton region, a continent that was never explored in the previous campaign, which focused on the continent of Alivast. Played with in that Alton was frequently discussed in the previous campaign, and is far more established with many countries and a much larger population.

* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Some criminals have exploited the fact that Isenvale is now a no man zone with bandits and smugglers running amok. Part of the reason the party is told to keep their mission of curing the ash plauge secret is so the criminals who would prefer it to stay won’t go after him.