Weirdly fitting that a Nott backstory dump directly follows the Caleb lore drop
I am curious how far in advance Matt planned out the war between the empire and the dynasty. Like I assume he intended it to begin as soon as they made it to Zadash, but how would it have progressed if they chose to stay out of it?
(12) lol I love the Nott voice, but yeah it is very variable. At least Sam's dropped the weirdly Australian vibes
(12) Why is Molly so worried about staying in Zadash? In some ways he has the least reason out of the group to want to leave. Unless he's still worried about his past coming back to bite him cause of the Gentlemen and his tabaxi friend? Idk I can never get a clear read on his motivations
(26) I wonder if Caleb thinks hasting Beau is a thank you or reward for not hating him. We know he likes Jester, so its just interesting that he chooses to back Beau in this fight. Love me empire siblings though
They really do leap into becoming criminals. They hemmed and hawed about the crownsguard offer and then accept this job with less than 5 minutes of conversation. I can't believe Matt didn't predict this lol
(1:08) "You scratch my back I will scratch yours" ah yeah the haste was definitely Caleb's manipulative side. remarkable how his manipulation attempts lead to his closest friendships (i guess barring Nott)
(1:11) whelp of course the traveler would have stories about the feywild
(1:23) Beau is so insistent and so bad at flirting. And also yasha is oblivious
(1:28) Did Caleb sleep well because he feels safer outside of the city? Or because he finally told Nott and Beau his secret
(1:30) Nott slips up a little bit in this conversation, there's a couple moments where she says "goblins" but doesn't seem to be including herself. All the clues were there if you knew how to interpret them
(1:34) Nott: "I like children a great deal"
It's interesting. Fjord does try to pry during the conversation with Nott, asking about siblings or parents or friends and Nott threads the needle with the truth, even flat out lying a little bit. She didn't have any goblin friends but she definitely had family.
(1:42) They're so fucking nosey. This is literally just someone's house and they are incapable of not investigating.
(2:37) Modern Literature! Love this one. Such a clever way to keep Caleb safe
(3:20) Beau: "Such FOMO"
Of course she would hate people talking in a language she cannot understand. Once again, Beau is absolutely incapable of not sticking her nose into everything.
(3:27) Nott: "I haven't felt comfortable in my skin for as long as I can remember" This speech sounds so different when you understand Nott's backstory. Like without the knowledge that Nott is a halfling, she just sounds like someone with very low self-esteem and lots of problems - instead of just like, a normal person under a curse. In some ways the truth is less weird
(3:30) Nott: "Well I hope he got away." :(
Neatly sidestepping the questions about Yeza and how much he means to herand also lying out her ass about what actually happened
(3:36) Nott's insistence that there are no other nice goblins makes a ton of sense given that she isn't even technically a nice goblin, but also Xhorhas will def prove her wrong
