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[[WMG:Laudna will not come back as a Hollow One, but a fully living human.]]
Using Resurrection or True Resurrection on the remains of an undead creature will restore the creature to the life it had before becoming undead. Laudna being restored to living humanity may give her some interesting arcs about her identity, given that she's kind of embraced the whole "freak" thing. (She will still have her whole "what if the Addams Family had a theatre kid" vibe, though.)

** Jossed. The ad reads for Episode 34 were for sponsors Nordverse and Cash App.

The most likely combination is [[spoiler:Pike, a cleric who can resurrect people as well as deal damage; Caleb (and possibly Essek and/or Beau in tow), who has a vested interest in dunamis, and Keyleth (assuming Laudna dies), because she's been a driving force behind some major events.]]

[[WMG: [[spoiler:One of the two missing gods is Sardior, god of Gem Dragons]]]]
[[spoiler: Sardior is a plausible candidate for one of the two missing gods connected to Ruidus due to the fact that he's a god of psionics. His absence from the Exandria pantheon is also notable considering that the other major dragon gods, Bahamut and Tiamat, are both present. It's possible that he is imprisoned or at least present on Ruidus and is responsible for the increase in individuals with psychic powers such as Imogen.]]

[[WMG: [[spoiler: The two missing gods banished themselves to Ruidus]]]]
[[spoiler: everyone assumes that the rest of the pantheon must have banished them, but with how little we actually know about them there is no indication either way, espcially when it is considered that they were likely seperated from the rest pre-split between the Primes and the Betrayers]]

** Sam stated in Episode 35 that he homebrewed a spell for [=FCG=] called "Shared Dream," but hasn't yet had a chance to cast it. As [=FCG=] is a Level 7 Cleric the spell would have to be 3rd Level or lower in order for them to cast it. The spell likely wouldn't have some of the more powerful features that the Level 5 "Dream" spell does (like the plane-wide range of the spell, the ability to modify the dream environment, or to prevent the target from taking a long rest), but nonetheless it will be interesting to see the effects of the spell if/ when it is cast.

[[spoler: everyone assumes that the rest of the pantheon must have banished them, but with how little we actually know about them there is no indication either way, espcially when it is considered that they were likely seperated from the rest pre-split between the Primes and the Betrayers]]

A party with Imogen (a telepath and sufferer of narratively significant storm-related nightmares), Fresh Cut Grass (who can and has cast ''Detect Thoughts'' on a teammate to try and unlock things their mind may have buried), Ashton (who has dream-flashbacks to the night they nearly died in Hexum's manor), Laudna (who says her nightmares are a source of inspiration, and who pays such close attention to Imogen's dreams), Fearne (who was tempted by Lolth in her dreams during the events of ''Exandria Unlimited''), and Orym (who watched nearly all the members of the Crown Keepers be targeted in their sleep by Lolth during ''Exandria Unlimited'') is primed and ready to start exploring each others' subconscious. D&D 5E offers the 5th level spell ''Dream'', which would allow them to visit and (and manipulate) each other's dreams directly. Given their interest in the subject, they might seek out someone who can cast the spell or an item that can replicate the spell's effect.

[[WMG:Sam's Ad Read for episode 34 will be about Character Creation]]
He'll be helping Liam, Ashley, and possibly Marisha make their new characters after the events of the previous episode. Tying into the jokes from early campaign about Travis dying and returning as progressively older men, they will all make their own extremely old men.

[[WMG: Orym will be resurrected by the Voice of the Tempest should Revivify not be successful/possible.]]
* Should the party not be able to revivify Orym due to time or an unsuccessful roll, they will most likely send his body back to the Air Ashari. Once there, Keyleth will resurrect him to fulfill his oath to protect her. At that point, its up to Liam on whether he wants to return, given his character may be happy in the afterlife with his loved ones, or whether he will return to his duty.

[[WMG:The battle with Otohan Thull was AllJustADream, or will be undone in some way.]]
Matt's mannerisms throughout and after the fight do not match up with his usual somberness upon a PC death, let alone a near-TPK. Possible solutions to this cliffhanger:
* This was one of Imogen's Ruidus-induced dreams. She could have had it when she was asleep, or knocked unconscious - or she's wide awake and in a catatonic state.
* Thull, a fellow psychic, has gotten into her mind and created the vision to get her to break and embrace her powers. This is why Thull seems nigh-invincible in the fight.
* Even if the battle was real, as Imogen snaps, time stops. Her powers perhaps can stop time, reverse it, bring the party to Ruidus...

[[WMG: Orym's father-in-law is Derrig.]]
Derrig, Liam's character from the ''Dalen's Closet'' one-shot, is a half-elf member of the Air Ashari, a bodyguard for Keyleth, a battlemaster fighter, and is mentioned to have three daughters and a son named Will. Orym's late husband Will was also a half-elf member of the Air Ashari and a bodyguard for Keyleth. Assuming that Derrig's wife Nel is also a half-elf and Will followed his father's footsteps in his profession, it's entirely possible for both Wills to be the same character.
* In addition, Derrig could also have mentored Orym during his training and passed on his class (unless all Air Ashari bodyguards are battlemaster fighters as a result of the standard training).
* There is more evidence to support this in Episodes 23 and 24. When Orym is doing some katas, he greets the sun with a "Morning, Dad"; Derrig has an arm tattoo of a sun, similar to Orym's. Also, Orym mentions learning druidcraft from Nel and Maeve; the former is the name of Will's mother and Derrig's wife, and the latter is the name of one of Will's triplet sisters.

two reasons for this theory

* Confirmed in Episode 31 that Fearne's parents had their memory messed with, probably by the Nightmare king

* Matt described a "flaring" under Otohan's cloak when summoning Echoes (potentially from the metallic backpack or its contents).

[WMG:Orym will be resurrected by the Voice of the Tempest should Revivify not be successful/possible.]]
Should the party not be able to revivify Orym due to time or an unsuccessful roll, they will most likely send his body back to the Air Ashari. Once there, Keyleth will resurrect him to fulfill his oath to protect her. At that point, its up to Liam on whether he wants to return, given his character may be happy in the afterlife with his loved ones, or whether he will return to his duty.

* It has been theorized that the vials Ashton found in Jiana Hexum's mansion (and subsequently had poured directly into their brain during Milo's impromptu brain surgery) were vials of distilled dunamis, granting them powers relating to the fundamental forces.
* Bells Hells discovered similar crystalline vials in the cargo Paragon's Call was preparing to ship out on their mammoth crawler.
* While exploring the fortress as a rat in episode 27, Fearne discovered that Thull was wearing a "metallic backpack" with cavities holding glass or crystal vials.
* When Otohan confronted them outside the fortress in episode 33, she was able to summon three duplicates of herself that were explicitly referred to as "Echoes." According to the Echo Knight class rules in "Explorer's Guide to Wildemount", the total number of echoes these fighters can manifest is 2 (and only when they reach the 18th level!).

If those vials ''are'' full of distilled dunamis, then Thull might be using them to get enhanced Echo Knight powers. What if Thull's "metallic backpack" is a device that allows her to burn the distilled dunamis like jet fuel, allowing her to summon additional Echoes?

[[WMG:Players with dead PCs will reprise their previous characters, either from campaign 1 or 2.]]

The most likely combination is [[spoiler:Pike, a cleric who can resurrect people as well as deal damage; Caleb (and possibly Essek in tow), who has a vested interest in dunamis, and Keyleth (assuming Laudna dies), because she's been a driving force behind some major events.]]

[[WMG: Otohan Thull is Using Distilled Dunamis to Grant Herself Enhanced "Echo Knight" Fighter Abilities]]

* Bells Hells discovered similar crystaline vials in the cargo Paragon's Call was preparing to ship out on their mammoth crawler.

* When Otohan confronted them outside the fortress in episode 33, she was able to summon three duplicates of herself that were explicitly referred to as "Echoes." According to the "Echo Knight" class rules in "Explorer's Guide to Wildemount", the total number of echoes these fighters can manifest is 2 (and only when they reach the 18th level!).

[[WMG: Ashton wasn't born as a Earth Genansi]]

* 1) Ashton has outright said that he as "soft" when he was younger until his body suddenly started hardening.

What if Ashton was from the village of Hishari, and the "Esoteric Elemental Worship" they were involved in caused him to change into a genansi?

* Ollie told the Bells Hells that he'd worn the crown out of curiosity, and it had granted him "inpeccable" night vision, access to magics he wouldn't otherwise possess (including illusion magic), a "strong connection to the sky above," and a the ability to draw power from both of the moons.

* Imahara Joe - Creator/StephenYeun