Perpetua 43: Escape the Rumbling Castle! 03
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🗓️ 19 June 2026
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Summary
In a chamber of the Castle Eschatonica, filled with technology from another world, Veile, Caoimhe, Elena, and Brontë investigate the truth behind their mysterious gems (and the seemingly lost universes they were once connected to). Meanwhile, on the other side of the metaphysical fortress, Uncle Nicky, Jonathan, Antistrophe and their newly acquired Agonies encounter a brusque soldier from a war whose rules they can barely understand.
This week on Perpetua: Escape the Rumbling Castle! 03
Perpetua Guide [In Progress v.06]
Celestial Echoes [CECH]
Imago [CEIM]
While I haven't played the Imago games myself, from what I've read, it's a game about the power and cost of the creative spirit. And also demons, maybe? In any case, the way that this Echo shows up in the Castle Eschatonica is the Agonies, a special set of NPCs you can acquire who can grant even non-spell casters the ability to cast a few key spells!
Melo (he/him)
Traits: Relaxed, Friendly, Sleepy
Status/Element: Slow/Air
Description: A living statue of a little knee high elephant man, smoking a pipe.
Ability: Trumpet Toss - 10 - Self - Instantaneous
Melo wakes up and releases blasts of air from his trunk, sending you flying across the battlefield. You may immediately perform a free attack with a melee weapon you have equipped. This attack may target creatures that can only be targeted by ranged attacks. If you used a weapon belonging to the brawling or spear Category for this attack, it deals 5 extra damage. If you hit a flying target with this attack, you may force them to land immediately.
Wan (he/him)
Traits: Sickly, Curious, Hopeful
Status/Element: Weak/Ice
Description: A painting of a strange looking child in bed, under a blanket, covered in shadows.
Ability: A Chill Air (attack) - 10 x T - Up to Three Targets - Instantaneous
Wan coughs, and the temperature in the room drops low. The targets suffer【HR + 15】ice damage. Opportunity: Each target hit by this spell suffers Weak.
Hezzi (they/them)
Traits: Afraid, Tentative, Big
Status/Element: (Shaken/Physical)
Description: A ghostly, one-eyed ogre who quietly plays their piano until someone approaches.
Ability: Intimidating Presence (attack) - 5 x T - Up to Three Creatures - Instantaneous
Hezzi shows themself in fully material form, strikes an aggressive pose, and roars, giving every target Shaken.
Miss Mephitic (she/her)
Traits: Layered, Beautiful, Frightening
Status/Element: (Poisoned/Poison)
Description: A human-sized music box ballerina, from which vines, petals, and teeth emerge. Ability: Bloody Thorn (attack) - 20 - One Creature - Instantaneous
Mephi's vines strike out at a target, doing 【HR + 15】poison damage and giving them the Poisoned status.
Connie (she/they)
Traits: Excitable, Mercurial, Confused
Status/Element (Dazed/Bolt)
Description: A fuzzy television on a wheeled cart which continually changes channels, occasionally landing on young woman with frizzy, dirty blonde hair .
Ability: Surprise Shock (attack) - 20 - One creature - Instantaneous
Connie slams into your foe and electrifies them. The target suffers【HR + 25】bolt damage. Damage is doubled against a target who is Dazed
Ira (he/him)
Traits: Irritable, Small, Loyal
Status/Element: Enraged / Fire
Description: A ceramic pot with a little angry red devil cherub on it—and the impish being itself.
Ability: Devil's Breath (attack) - 10 × T - Up to three creatures - Instantaneous
Ira unleashes a blast of fiery breath at your foes. Each target hit by this spell suffers【HR + 15】fire damage. Opportunity: Each target hit by this spell suffers enraged.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. It's Austin here before we start today's episode, and I have a guest. |
| 0:07.3 | It's me. Jack to Keith. That's me. We have a quick message for you. Yeah, ahead of today's episode |
| 0:14.1 | of Perpetua. We're doing the, I guess we're not doing the timer, like a countdown to a countdown, but we are doing a countdown to more |
| 0:22.8 | information that we want you to know about. Yeah. We are after years and years of wanting to, |
| 0:30.3 | and years of being asked about it, releasing the Mario Elder soundtrack on vinyl as part of an extra special 10th anniversary edition. |
| 0:41.4 | It has been 10 years, or it's very nearly been 10 years since the release of Marielder. |
| 0:46.3 | I went back and I was like, did we ever mention Marielder before Marielder or gesture at it? |
| 0:51.6 | Nope. |
| 0:52.4 | It shows up for the first time in July 2016. That's not true. |
| 0:57.6 | It is. What do you mean? We never... Oh, well, I mean, but the island exists, Jack. Oh, the island |
| 1:05.4 | exists, yes. We know that there's something there, but we never name it. We never talk about really |
| 1:10.3 | what's going on there other than God. I'm sorry, you never name it. It's not called Marielda yet, but it's called the city of First Light in my notes, right? Is it really? I know it's, we don't have to go into spoilers for what's down there, but I know what's down there. Yeah, that's true. |
| 1:30.1 | Yeah, we are so excited about this. Austin, I found it. Thank you to our, to our great transcription team in Ottoman |
| 1:34.6 | Highron 24, Paladin is, sorry, a Paladin is a tool, I say, is probably tabard, right? |
| 1:43.8 | I do need to know, da, da, da, da, da, da, I do need to know, |
| 1:45.0 | I do need to know what Samat calls the city. |
| 1:48.4 | I think it is, I think he's respectful in a really weird way, and it's called the city |
| 1:54.1 | of first light. |
| 1:55.7 | And Art says, oh man, forget all this. |
| 1:59.1 | Let's just go there. |
| 2:04.3 | How long is that? That's probably a long way. And I go, |
| 2:10.0 | it's a long way. We did go there. So we sure did. 10 years ago. |
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