Jesters of Ravenloft is a D&D 5e podcast where a group of comedians are sucked into Dungeons & Dragons - and now it's up to them to become heroes and escape Ravenloft! A new episode drops every Friday and Saturday and, don't worry, there are NO SPOILERS for Strahd. Ranked in the top 50 fiction podcasts on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, check out Jesters of Ravenloft and find out why it's been downloaded more than 2M+ times now!
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Using Dropout's newest TTRPG - Never Stop Blowing Up - this loving parody pits a group of Hallmark Heroes against an army of international terrorists for hire! A big city girl returns to her small town after her mother passes away, bumping into her oldest friend and a handsome chestnut farmer from her past. Tensions rise as her celebrity boyfriend shows up AND THEN TERRORISTS ATTACK!? Fuelled by their love for community, each other and America - can these Hallmark Heroes save their hometown, ...
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Continuing the story of Canada By Night, a Vampire: The Masquerade live-play podcast, Everett Fry was sent to Calgary to save his friend’s mother, but after arriving in the town of New Haven, he was immediately thrust into the role of sheriff. Deputies Doris, Val and Evangeline arrived at the station only to find themselves defending it against fou…
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Introducing... Canada By Night - 1.01 - Welcome to New Haven
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57:02Since our Jesters were out of town this week performing at a live show, we'd like to introduce you to another Dumb-Dumbs & Dice podcast, Canada By Night, a Vampire: The Masquerade live-play podcast, featuring the familiar voices of Ryan, Tyler, and Del! Our story begins as many do, at the end of a journey—with one coterie breaking up before another…
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 17 - Have You Seen Dumpster Hobbits?
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44:10The next morning, the boys spent some time assessing how bad they all smelled. The hobbits were anxious to find Gandalf, so Del stayed back to look after them, and Tyler and Yolo argued over leadership within the fellowgroup, while Guy scoped out the situation at The Prancing Pony and Adam checked at the gate for any sign of the wizard. When the ga…
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 16 - An Elf, a Dwarf, a Ranger, and a Del
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47:54The troupe settled in to try get a good night’s sleep before meeting Gandalf the next day. Del was afraid, so she slept on the floor in Tyler’s room, Tyler realized he could only sleep when he was wrapped in the dead ranger’s cloak, Guy struggled to fall asleep because his newly-acquired darkvision wouldn’t let him have total darkness, and Adam fou…
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 15 - The Fellowgroup of the Ring
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48:45Having escaped the mayhem at The Prancing Pony, Adam and Guy took the dead elf into an alley to loot him, and Del, Tyler, and the hobbits joined them to plan their next move. The surrounding area was overrun by a mob of people, some trying to douse the fire at the inn, and others clearly still searching for the ring bearer, so they decided to take …
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 14 - At the Sign of Jimothy McGristle’s
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50:42With Walker down and the troupe out of immediate danger, Guy respectfully looted the elf who died for him, and Adam disrespectfully looted the ranger. The troupe learned that the two hobbits were the ringbearer, Yolo Took, and his butler, Frodo Baggins, but they needed to hide until they could meet up with Gandalf the following night. So, Del, Tyle…
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 13 - That Guy from GoldenEye
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43:24The troupe was locked in combat with Walker, the ranger, while the other bar patrons seemed set on finding the hobbit and collecting the bounty. The elf who had approached Guy earlier came to Guy’s defense, but was run through by Walker’s sword, Adam convinced Snoopwise to join in the fray, but he too was swiftly taken out, and Tyler used the myste…
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 12 - A Cloak of Betrayal
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47:48Off on her own side-quest, Del confronted the threatening figure and discovered it was the ranger she’d been seeking. Del dubbed the ranger “Walker” and they headed towards Bree, but were soon set upon by wargs. Walker was badly hurt, so Del patched him up and they finally arrived at The Prancing Pony inn. They quickly spotted Adam and Guy, but for…
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 11 - Walker, Dúnedain Ranger
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47:17As Adam and Guy tried to figure out when the heck Guy had sprouted pointy ears, Hobbits with a reservation for Underhill arrived. Two rangers from across the room jumped up and one of them was Del! Earlier, at Bombadil’s house, Goldberry had told Del about a hobbit who’s supposed to destroy something but doesn’t have the protection he needs. Del wa…
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 10 - Del and Back Again
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48:42After they got weird shirts from Kemmet from the Forg, the troupe made their way to The Prancing Pony inn. They learned that they hobbits were expected at the inn the following night, but in the meantime, they had a show to put on. The proprietor’s introduction of Wet Change managed to turn the crowd against them before they’d even started, but the…
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 9 - Improv at The Prancing Pony
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50:15The troupe approached the gate leading into Bree and unintentionally convinced the guards they were inept enough to not be a threat. Making their way through town, a server from The Prancing Pony invited them to perform at the bar in return for free accommodations, but first Adam and Guy needed proper pants. Adam found himself miraculously clad in …
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 8 - Flatter Friends
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45:08The troupe continued to fight the goblins. Adam failed to tame the dog-man, Guy noticed the goblins were sensitive to sunlight and set their tarp on fire to destroy their shade, and Tyler, who had run away, realized the others hadn’t followed him, so he came back to help finish things off. They then performed the unsavoury task of searching the bod…
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 7 - A Bag of Useless Food
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48:52Wet Change, sans Del, set out east towards the town of Bree. They happened upon the violent willow tree, decided not to burn it down just yet, and travelled across a difficult landscape until they came across a group of goblins. Not wanting to fight, Tyler and Adam tried to run away, and Guy climbed a tree, but still they were discovered. Adam and …
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 6 - Get Ready to Eat Bread!
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45:49With Del away on a mysterious adventure of her own, the rest of the troupe rested at Bombadil’s house and equipped themselves for the task ahead. Tolkien gave Tyler a broken sword, Guy had the forethought to ask for food and water, and Adam dressed himself in an improvised hat and poorly-constructed toga. The troupe departed and found themselves na…
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 5 - Bad Dreams and a Broken Sword
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44:20After Bombadil revealed himself to be J.R.R. Tolkien, Goldberry took Del aside for a private conversation, and the rest of Wet Change were left to question the author. He explained that he had often escaped into his own story, into an ethereal realm between fiction and reality, but lately the narrative had been falling apart. The heroes who usually…
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 4 - J.R.R. Bombadil
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51:10A malevolent tree put everyone except Tyler to sleep and began pulling them into its trunk! As they awoke, Guy set the branches on fire, Tyler injured himself badly getting Del free, and Del sacrificed her cell phone to wedge open the trunk just enough to grab Adam’s hand, but the tree wouldn’t let him go. So, Adam negotiated and the tree finally r…
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 3 - As Fast as a Tree
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44:10Comedy troupe Wet Change met their strange Santa-like saviour, Tom Bombadil, who invited them to his home before vanishing in a puff of butterflies. Before heading out, the troupe scoured the crypt for loot and took stock of their fighting experience. Guy knew some taekwondo, Adam knew some karate, Del took a semester of archery, and Tyler found a …
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Jesters of Middle-earth – Episode 2 – Tom Bombabombom and the Loot of the Barrow-Downs
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45:56The sketch comedy troupe, Wet Change, was performing at Edinburgh Fringe when suddenly they were engulfed by mist. They emerged from the foggy swirl of leaves onto a forest road. They soon met a friendly and welcoming merchant, who was immediately slain by a terrifying cloaked figure on horseback. Del, Tyler, Adam, and Guy fled through the woods an…
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Jesters of Middle-earth - Episode 1 - Squeaky Pants in the Old Forest
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1:06:14Welcome back to Jesters of-- MIDDLE-EARTH?? It seems that Ryan’s been eaten by an owl, a migratory owl no less, so while we wait for that pesky bird to return with our DM in a few months’ time, Tom McGee will be taking Wet Change back in time to the beginning of their journey. They’ll answer the question of what if—instead of falling into Ravenloft…
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Before moving on to the next realm, New Rogue apologized to Tyler about his lost finger, and Tyler gave him a consoling hug that they both needed. Meanwhile, Shadow Nemesis revealed to DDX that he missed him and wanted him back, but DDX proposed they start again as equals, something the barbarian needed time to consider. Ezra then sent them to the …
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4.15 - Maybe the Curse is Keeping Secrets
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51:29The troupe had a good night’s rest followed by very upsetting morning. Tyler’s cursed ring behaved as expected and he was bitten by a poisonous snake. Del healed him up, and they tried to remove the ring, but it wouldn’t budge, so New Rogue suggested that Tyler should cut off his finger, confident that he could reattach it. Shadow Nemesis bit off t…
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With one dark lord’s problem solved, the troupe did some introspection. Tyler argued with Ezra that it was reasonable for him to not be doing well, given the circumstances, and that Ezra would have to live with that, Shadow Nemesis redesigned his mind palace and Shadow Master explained to him why DDX couldn’t become a dark lord, Del, Rumpleforeskin…
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The troupe took their chance to solve the Cardinal’s troubles. New Rogue pulled Tom’s body from Shadow Nemesis’s brain-eating grasp, and after appealing to the barbarian’s vanity, they started digging a grave. Del tried to convince Issa and the Cardinal that they could be a great pair, Tyler sensed that Del needed more time and gathered everyone to…
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The troupe came upon the grisly scene of Issa standing over the body of a very dead Tom Foolery. After learning of Issa’s recent murder spree, they realized she might be a good fit for the Cardinal. Del talked the Cardinal through his insecurities and tried to show him the benefits of practicing and taking a slower approach with his victims, Tyler …
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4.11 - Turn a Murder House into a Murder Home
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45:29The troupe was forced to confront some difficult ethical questions. Del shared her own recent experience of loss with the Cardinal and got him fixated on the idea of breaking someone’s heart to cause a new kind of pain, Shadow Nemesis proposed making DDX the dark lord of this realm, but Tyler and New Rogue talked him out of it, New Rogue finally ma…
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After wrestling the puzzle pieces from the ineffectual Michaels, Void solved the puzzle! Shadow Nemesis subdued the chains and brightened up the room, but the Cardinal had difficulty speaking with more than one person, so Del remained and everyone else gave them privacy. Once Del realized the Cardinal suffered from panic attacks, she walked him thr…
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The Cardinal’s puzzle pieces were kept safely apart by the Michaels while the troupe argued over how best to avoid combat with the dark lord. Shadow Nemesis suggested they distract him to throw him off-script, Tyler recommended they try to give him hope and some reprieve from his torture, New Rogue shared an unrelated movie plot to provide context,…
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After hearing screams from below, the troupe learned that Tom and Issa’s companions hadn’t survived a fight with some deadly chains. They tried to meet up with Shadow Nemesis, but he found himself locked in a room, confronted with a puzzle he was compelled to solve, and suddenly in a battle with the Cardinal. New Rogue protected their newest allies…
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Del, New Rogue, and Tyler were welcomed by the gang and coordinated their search of the mansion, while Shadow Nemesis remained invisible and decided to go it alone. The barbarian unintentionally summoned the Cardinal, escaped through a window, and alerted the rest of the troupe. Tyler convinced the gang to search the basement so Wet Change could de…
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The troupe found themselves outside a dilapidated mansion that supposedly contains the puzzle to summon the cardinal. As they approached, Tyler spotted another group nearby, and they all hid like the heroes they are. New Rogue tried to spy on the group, but his lack of stealth soon revealed his presence, so he jumped out and tried to befriend them.…
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Wet Change somehow managed to survive the Council of Twelve unscathed, despite Tyler accidentally voting for the Cardinal instead of himself and Shadow Nemesis trying to feed the dark lords pizza pockets. They departed for the Cardinal’s realm, and as they travelled, they found they had all gained new powers and abilities. Attempting to learn more …
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As the meeting of the Council of Twelve approached, the troupe strategized with Ezra. Del suggested they should each vote to free themselves to avoid any suspicion that they were working with the god, Shadow Nemesis managed to store his axe without activating its curse, New Rogue realized he hadn’t had much fun in his short life, so Tyler found som…
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Having broken free of the never-ending loop of psychological torture, the troupe finally found themselves face to face with Ezra! Del continued to mourn the loss of her girlfriend and patron, Lucretia, New Rogue fell into a restful, deep sleep in the arms of his god, Shadow Nemesis tried but failed to hide his lingering distrust of Ezra, and Tyler …
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The troupe fought the temptation of get pulled into the nightmare loop of the new dark lords. Del continued to live Lucretia’s last moments over and over until DDX and Rumpleforeskin intervened and tried to offer some perspective, New Rogue nearly killed Del in an effort to provide emotional support, and Tyler remained stuck in a shame spiral, conv…
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The troupe finally solved the riddle of the realm! New Rogue made a deal for the genie to honour the intention of their wishes and set him free, Shadow Nemesis was delighted when the Prince was finally “sausaged” and executed by Del, and Del was horrified to discover she had caused a cataclysm by killing two dark lords herself. To prevent catastrop…
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Friends of the Dumb-Dumbs: Dumbgeons & Dragons - s03e02 - Big Orders and City Secrets
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33:35s03e02 - Big Orders and City Secrets We continue to get to know our character's business as Alydin hears rumours that may give her a leg up in the city, Bonwyn gets to work on a big order for one of her clients, and Kavlaran hatches a plan to help Bench get his business back up and running. Listen and follow Dumbgeons & Dragons anywhere podcasts ar…
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Friends of the Dumb-Dumbs: Dumbgeons & Dragons - s03e01 - Let's Begin Again!
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32:29Welcome to Season 3 of Dumbgeons & Dragons! If you're new to the show, we're an edited and sound designed Dungeons & Dragons Actual Play podcast and this is a GREAT place to start! It's a new world, with new characters and an entirely new story! In this week's episode we kick off the season with a musical delight for your earholes as we introduce a…
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The troupe emerged from their long rest. New Rogue failed to convince the genie that he would free him, and Tyler finally completed his wish, upon which all of his items appeared in his pockets and killed him instantly. After being revivified, Tyler pleaded with them all to forget the genie and let him face the Prince, and unintentionally wished Sh…
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To the troupe’s surprise and relief, the mists provided, allowing them all to take a full rest before facing the Prince. New Rogue was able to join in the planning instead of meditating alone, Del spoke with Lucretia about wanting to be seen and they imagined a life together in a beautiful mansion in Hell, and Shadow Nemesis worked on drafting unam…
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With five hours to prepare their next move, the troupe tried to figure out if they could wish their way to a solution. New Rogue was dismayed that the genie had twisted their words to cause them harm, Tyler took time to Identify their new gifts from the mists, and Shadow Nemesis discovered that he also had three wishes and continued crafting his wi…
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3.71 - A Little Thing I Like to Call ‘Cheating’
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51:01The troupe tried to solve the realm’s complicated dark lord problem. Tyler presented the head of the Gravewalker to the Prince, who was deeply saddened and then attempted to kill them all, Del was instantly killed by the Prince’s radiant gaze and entered the ghost realm before being revivified, Shadow Nemesis ignored the potential for a cataclysm a…
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With the Gravewalker dead but the realm still intact, the troupe was unsure of how to proceed. Should they kill the Gravewalker’s ghost as well, or perhaps the Prince is the true Dark Lord? Meanwhile, Tyler started repairing Del’s phone, New Rogue asked Lucretia for help with understanding the genie’s contract, and Shadow Nemesis attempted to write…
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Wet Change, finally doing something together, pursued the Gravewalker into the sewers! Shadow Nemesis discovered that stabbing his bag of holding meant that he lost everything inside of it, everyone except Tyler was horrified by Void’s terrified shouting of, “Mama!” and New Rogue killed the Gravewalker with a collection of his Cleric powers before …
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The troupe faced off against the Gravewalker. A very injured Del was left unhealed by New Rogue’s spell due to interference from the Gravewalker’s magic, but she managed to fire off a few weak eldritch blasts anyway, Shadow Nemesis attempted to enact his plan with Shadowmaster to blow up the bag of holding, although nothing has exploded yet, Tyler …
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While the rest of the forces of evil fought the Prince’s vanguard, Shadow Nemesis lured the Gravewalker into the barn for an ambush, but Del was hit so hard that she was forced to stand down and play dead. Back at the final battlefield, New Rogue wished upon his new magic lamp to be teleported to the farm, but soon learned that the genie inside was…
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The troupe separately made plans to kill either the Gravewalker or the Prince. Del, Rumpleforeskin, and the Prince planned to ambush the Gravewalker when he arrived, Shadow Nemesis strategized with Shadowmaster to kill the Prince, the Gravewalker, the Brotherhood of the Raven, and DDX all at once, and Tyler was contacted by Shadow Nemesis about his…
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3.65 - The Element of Surprise and a Barn
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50:02The troupe finally reached the battlefield! New Rogue struggled to covertly tell the others that they were surrounded without alerting the imps, and once his friends figured it out, all their strategies to deal with the imps failed. Luckily, the Mist provided for Wet Change, and Tyler and New Rogue advanced to the final battle while Del joined Shad…
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Convoluted plans confused the troupe! New Rogue tried to plan a distraction for the dinosaurs with one of Del’s summoned boars and a drum, but after several different confusing instructions, the boar got annoyed and stalked off. Shadow Nemesis, meanwhile, made multiple plans with Shadowmaster to destroy the Gravewalker, all involving a torn Bag of …
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The troupe found themselves under imminent threat from the Gravewalker. Del received a new cloak then fled into the corn with New Rogue, and Tyler unsuccessfully argued with Shadow Nemesis that they couldn’t survive a confrontation with the oncoming army, and left him his gun with a single bullet before running off too. Shadow Nemesis had a crisis …
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While the rest of the troupe waited, Shadow Nemesis reconciled with Shadowmaster and they came up with a plan to take information from the Gravewalker in order to become a god maybe. Meanwhile, Del used her ghost powers to learn that the talisman had returned to its original location. Shadow Nemesis emerged and tried to convince his friends that he…
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