Neria. Seriously? Oh, why do I even try? Welcome to hell, aka Neria's Tavern, aka another episode of Tavern Talks with Roxx. We got a short episode for you today because frankly, I don't really think it's safe for us to be in here. And I'm already sweating. But Neria has never cared about safety laws, so neither do we. At least we know the food will be cooked today. Brelshaza Inferno mode is out and all you juicers playing it can earn the titles, earn the achievements. But that means nothing if you don't understand the horrible atrocity that Brelshaza is. So let's talk a little bit about her and what she's done to Arkesia. Brelshaza is one of Kazeros's Legion Commanders and the first Legion Commander that he appointed. Brelshaza's one of the most powerful individuals in Petrania and, of course, now the Commander of the Phantom Legion in particular. Though Brelshaza can appear charming at first, she's known to be the most cunning, cruel, calculating and ruthless of all the Legion Commanders, and she's one of Kazeros's most loyal servants, which is a high bar to clear. As you might have witnessed in game, she conquers her enemies by inflicting them with awful hallucinations, using the power of mind bending illusions to force control. Oh yeah, and using giant purple laser beams. Let's take a moment to reflect on the Phantom Legion commander's history by sharing some of Brelshaza's best, or worst for those involved, moments that actually happened before you ever arrived in Arkesia. Brelshaza was actually a good part responsible for getting Vykas appointed as a Legion Commander. When the initial Legion Commanders were chosen by Kazeros, Ladon, also known as Echidna, was chosen as the Commander for the Covetous Legion. However, Ladon became jealous of Brelshaza and her high position and closeness to Kazeros because she thought she deserved it, and sent Vykas to cause a rift between them. Vykas instead betrayed Ladon and told Brelshaza, and the two conspired to get rid of her, leaving the Covetous Legion Commander position conveniently open for Vykas to fill. During the Chain War, Brelshaza infiltrated Rohendel in order to try and weaken them. She targeted the group of Slyvains that served Queen Azena, manipulating them with her illusions and the promise of power. Eventually, she goaded them into causing a powerful magic core explosion, and instead of just weakening them, she decimated the entire city. After the end of the war, Azena had to banish those Sylvains from Rohendel, and they settled in a new place, which eventually became Vern, which is still what it's known today. While Vern and Rohendel both flourished today as their own separate societies, it was actually Brelshaza’s powerful manipulations that almost brought an end to the original city, and is technically responsible for both of them as they exist today. Clearly Brelshaza's horrible, questionable actions have been responsible for a number of massive moments that have impacted Arkesia, but she has to atone for those sins. Brelshaza has committed countless atrocities across Arkesia with those that happened before you even came, and those that happened after as part of the plot. It's up to you now that she's available to fight in Inferno mode, to take her out and not on a date, you******* weirdoes. Kill her so she has to atone for her sins! With Inferno mode out, we're working on building up our raid groups, and we asked players to share with us one specific moment in their Lost Ark career to prove their worth. We got some pretty good stories. Some of you did not prove you're any good at Lost Ark, but we're not going to talk about you today. Let's look at some of the most impressive plays that they've claimed for themselves. Ivory tower, normal mode, Gate three. First week blind Prog. Around five bars left on the boss, only me, a full moon Souleater and my friend (a Robust Spirit Soulfist) are alive. He casts his spirit bomb awakening. As he does, the boss does his uppercut grapple move. You know— As you know, super armor and push immune skills are not immune to grab moves, with Gargadeth being the exception. Thank you for explaining that, random Lost Ark player. The boss aggro'd on me. "I got this, I'll finish. Don't point it at me." What do I do? I make him suffer, of course. I point the boss straight at him. He gets grabbed. At this point. I haven't said a word. "You ****ing *****!?" I play dumb as if I don't know what's happening. What? What happened? The boss and I kill my friend. He dies after the whole combo. I burst and kill him a second later. Gate three cleared, MVP. Last man standing, one second upright fighter underline. Queue all the banter and ****talking. That was Poccora from Avesta. You know what? I don't know that I want you on my raid team, but I do respect you. From Minitrap from Una, has a tale for us. In the heart pounding raids of Arkesia, Minitrap the daring artist found themselves in a perilous situation as a fellow adventurer, let's call them Dash, teetered on the edge of defeat. The merciless demon Akkan was relentless. I watched in horror as Dash's health plummeted faster than my brush strokes. Sweating buckets. (Me too.) I frantically painted eggs around Dash, hoping for a miracle. As the battle raged on, I dance between creativity and desperation. Every stroke a plea for Dash's survival. The raid team watched in suspense, unsure if we could turn the tide. Or more specifically, if I fit the bill. But I refused to let Dash fail. In a final dramatic flourish, I summoned a dazzling display of restorative art. Lights flickered and paint all over all of our teammates. Proud. I look up and what do I see? Dash has been dead for over 30s and I have been attempting to save a corpse. But I am support and allegedly we are in short supply, so I think I am safe and worthy. You probably are. Thanks, support shortage. Get... get better though, for next time. Bardemius from Nia says it was long, long ago during the times when clearing Vykas hard mode for average players was a fulfilling achievement. During a rather painful gate three pug attempt at failing typing tests, losing people to Medusa and whales, we finally reached the last stagger check. Only three of us, alive but desperate. As the boss dropped an HP to start the mech, she casted one more pattern and put all three of us at the gauge level which would charm us before the moving pools spawn. I had the highest gauge, quickly casted Sonic Vibration and as I was getting charmed, I threw a sleep grenade on the other two guys who got charmed milliseconds after me. During the nades airborne time, the grenade hit the ground and broke them free from charm. RNG did help because charm made me cast Sound holic, which together with Pulsating Sonic Vibrations, woke them up quick enough to sleep nade and free me without triggering Medusa. All of that went down in a matter of seconds with quick thinking from all three of us, and with a restart vote on our window popping up on our screens. Duh. We then proceeded to complete the final stagger, and I remember feeling ecstatic about it. And that little play, which didn't look like much, changed the fate of all of us. Mokokojuiced. Hell yeah brother. From the many struggles and tribulations that accompany a hero of Arkesia's path, one event does ring the mightiest of bells. In which the entire Roads of Vern sings the name, Fardion, when those bells sound their enormous heavenly tunes and the clappers dance around inside. During the last gate of liberating the ivory tower of Voldis, as we reached the epic finale of our battle, the Corrupted Guardian flayed and slew the three companions who had embarked on the quest of protection and preserving the country's existence. When all hope was bleak and death was not but a reality for our hero, Fardion, he looks to the sky and notices that there are 20 bars left, and with hope all but lost. He chugs his lastAdrophine with full faith and focus and the weight of the entire nation on his shoulders. After what felt like an eternal struggle, he slew the creature and it went back to where it came from. Lost bid on the box, though. Unlucky, brother. You are all a little bit questionable, but I'd welcome any of you to my raid party any day. All right. We're going to take a quick break. Connect to the Wi-Fi. Mix up a Mai Tai. And drop by the tropical paradise under the big blue sky, where only island vibes apply. Lailai Island. Whether you want to chill on the beach, sample world class cuisine, enjoy a glass of flower wine, or fend off wave after wave of murderous pinatas who have come to life for some reason, Lailai Island has something for everyone— and that's the truth truth. So get ready for a shell of a good time. Visit today. Welcome back from our commercial break. I have Tom here with me today. Tom— oh, yeah, sorry about that. Why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself so the players can get to know you? What's your role and title here? Well. Hey, guys, I'm Tom. I am our Creator Growth Manager here at Amazon Games. I work on the Creator Relations team, and yeah. Yeah. I'm sorry. It's kind of hot in here. Is it? Is it just me? Uh, I'm just kind of nervous. Oh, okay. Well. Anyway, what would you say, how does your work impact kind of the players as a Creator Growth Manager? I work directly with Content Creators to market our games. And, you may see, you know, your favorite Content Creators in some launch campaigns or one off activations, things like the Jump Start Servers or the Lost Ark Academy Debate Club. I kind of develop and manage those with the rest of the team. Cool. Awesome. Do you have a favorite project you've worked on for Lost Ark? Sure. You know, I really enjoyed the Lost Ark Academy Debate Club because I got to one work with a multitude of different team members, a lot of different, Content Creators. And then, you know, it was just like a very interesting new form of media that we were producing. I've never worked really with, you know, filming anything and having a production and being the small team that we were, it was really fun to experience that. I thought it was great. And now you're here sweating for the camera, so clearly it went well for you. Yeah. What class do you play in Lost Ark? I play the Hunger Reaper. The Reaper? Okay. Who is your favorite or region commander? As a Hunger Reaper. I would say that Akkan is probably my favorite. I mean, he's, he's got to be, like, a thousand years old or something. Something crazy. But he's got a six pack, and I would definitely love to have a six pack when I'm old. Yeah, fair enough. That'd be pretty tight. Like the rest of him is decaying. But those abs are— Yeah. No, I get that, I respect that. What is your favorite continent? Hmm. Probably Punika. Punika's a continent, right? Punika is in fact a continent. Yeah. That's a place you can go. All right. Yeah. I don't really know how they classify the land masses there, but yeah. Yeah, well, I grew up on an island, so it reminds me of, like, the whole tropical vibes. Cool. Who's your favorite NPC? I don't really have one, but I will say that I love when the Golden Frog is in town because I like to gamble. What kind of non-answer is that? You're like, everybody's my friend. I'm Tom. **** you. Who's your favorite NPC? Uhh, hmm. Akkan and his abs? Maybe Thirain, because I know you like Thirain. Yeah, I like Tom. Let's bring him back next month. Getting some points here. Yeah. Okay. How many Mokoko Seeds do you have? Ten? I don't like Tom. We should get rid of him. He should stop. I don't like collecting them. They're so hard to find. I mean, there's some that are just, like, right in front of you. I get so frustrated sometimes looking for them. You just stopped at ten? You were like, I've done this ten times, never ******* again. Sometimes I'll see them and I'm just like, nope, never mind. You know what? I respect it. You and Andy hate Mokoko seeds. Really? Yeah. Andy. Andy has, like, 11, so I think he just beat you. The Mokoko bros. The Mokoko no's. Mokoko no's. I like that. I don't. Anyway, Tom, you're going to be rapidly fired at. You were really prepared for that. I don't want to know why. I'm just going to name two things. And you're going to pick one. Say it back, whichever one you pick. Name a thing and pick one? Yeah. So, like Akkan or Thirain? Oh, okay. Akkan or Thirain? Akkan. I'm going to be offended. Akkan or Brelshaza? Brelshaza. Brelshaza or Nineveh. I mean, I really like the music in Brelshaza but. Pick faster. But Nineveh is [ok hand]. Nineveh or Balthorr. Gotta be Balthorr. I loved working with Andrew. That's fair. Balthorr or Thirain. Balthorr. You're losing points. Mokoko Seed or Balthorr? Balthorr. Yeah. I don't know what I expected there. It's the beard. Yes or no? Maybe. That's gonna do it. Thanks for joining us as we talked to Tom today. The smoke is getting to my head, so I apologize. Are you sure it's not hot in here? I— I'm still pretty nervous. Okay. Well, thanks for joining me. You know what, Tom? You have disrespected the Mokoko people just like Andy did. I know I was like, wow, you guys should hang out. Actually, I think you're both terrible people. You need to work on finding the Mokokos. So we're going to do that right now. Find The Mokoko. 3, 2, 1. 3, 2, 1. 3, 2, 1. Well, thank you for joining me for another episode of Tavern Talks with Roxx. It's getting unbearably hot in here. I'm going to go. The smoke's hurting my lungs. But before I do that, community is important to me, so I'm going to keep inhaling the smoke. And ask you a question. What part of Lost Ark has you sweating like this at your keyboard? [Coughs] Anyway, that was for you. And if you like us trying new things, be sure to like, subscribe, and let us know. We'll see you in Arkesia. Trying to gather my, my brain cells. My two brain cells. I know what I can say, but I don't know if I should say it. Brelshaza. Now I can't even say the word. I am Roxanne, and I don't know how to read. Echidna is a terrible name. Ladon is a terrible name. Brelshaza infentri[unintelligible]— oh ****. That was way more than I expected. Ahh! Do you want more? You look like you want more.
