Quen the Paladin

based on this tweet, i went out to Amaurot and the ghosts of Emet and Hythlodaeus are here. You can see Hythlodaeus up on the ramp too coming down to the area (at least, I am pretty sure it's him). i will look around and see what other things I can find, if any.

... during the finale, a cat arrived, and mingled with the performers. [Figaro] chased it from one side, it returned from the other side to throw itself at the legs of [Bartolo]. ... the audience imitated its meows and encouraged it to continue its improvised role.

Because of the midterms

"Covid was years ago I don't understand why theyre rehashing it!"

The midterms are happening in a few months

"How can they hold him in contempt? He didn't say anything!"

They're performing political theater to remind people of how upset they were during the pandemic about the decisions being made because the midterms are happening in November and the Covid backlash is how they won 2024.