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Uncertain who is friend or foe, The Circle of Needle and Thread continue their efforts to end a vengeful hunt
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Candela Obscura is an ongoing monthly horror drama that follows an esoteric order of investigators as they use centuries of knowledge to fight back against a mysterious source of corruption and bleed. Leveraging gaming as a story mechanic, the series features the Candela Obscura tabletop roleplaying game from Darrington Press, which is built on the Illuminated Worlds system.
The second chapter of Candela Obscura will be three episodes long starring Travis Willingham, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Zehra Fazal, Luis Carazo, and Marisha Ray with a story led by gamemaster Spenser Starke.
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Originally Created by Taliesin Jaffe and Chris Lockey
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HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing
2:20 EPISODE STARTS
5:10 Marion recap
8:10 Bee recap
9:20 Sean recap
13:15 Must split up
17:25 Cool props
21:10 Bee and Ferra
24:45 Yelling at someone in a horror movie to just run
27:50 SHOOT HER (fighting the weird little monster)
35:25 Auntie Bee is shredded
38:25 It’s a bad sign when the DM is helping you
41:35 Coachman has the right idea
46:45 The monster’s vengeance
48:05 Killing a monster with a single lighter
49:50 Too many eyes (she drops… the clip)
51:00 Sean talks to himself
1:02:55 Marion does a Cerebro
1:14:05 Dr Jean is surprisingly effective in combat
1:19:10 Assigned cop at birth
1:22:35 Bee goes loud
1:25:05 Map (petunia)
1:27:55 Calling back to the bad letter
1:31:00 Sean officially takes a villain turn
1:33:45 Arthur Duffy and Dr. Orlov
1:36:15 Dr. Oliver Neros
1:38:20 Douglas Vanderfeld and General Clyburn
1:41:35 The baseball game
1:44:45 The reveal
1:45:25 BREAK STARTS
1:55:30 BREAK ENDS (Nathaniel’s past)
1:58:25 Bee’s past
2:03:45 Jean’s past
2:07:05 Marion’s past
2:12:55 Sean makes a deal with himself
2:17:15 Sean makes a secret choice
2:18:15 Everyone kinda just hangs out for a minute, and it’s fun
2:19:45 Centaur Sean (questioning Sean)
2:30:35 Hover bikes
2:32:55 Chekov’s chicken
2:34:50 Sean always has TNT
2:36:25 Taking a tactical chicken
2:38:15 Dr. Steven Kabawk
2:43:25 Kabawk bawk glock talk
2:48:50 Chase scene begins
2:55:55 Bee checks on Sean
3:01:15 Purple worms
3:06:00 The line must be drawn here. This far, no farther (the chicken dispenser)
3:09:50 This world is not usually fun
3:14:15 We trust Sean, but we do not trust Brennan
3:21:45 Sniping off of a moving bike
3:26:50 Dr. Jean and Violet
3:31:35 Jean runs
3:35:30 Rescuing Jean
3:44:10 Jean has a bad time
3:49:30 Bee and Jean
3:51:10 Marisha is opposed to spelunking (Look up Veins of the Earth for why)
3:53:20 Sean’s reflection (Sean and Marion)
4:01:05 Fascinating (Cave diving is probably the most dangerous nonviolent thing humans do)
4:06:35 Bee’s nightmare
4:10:15 Marion accepts death
4:15:15 Marion and Jean give each other body marks
4:19:40 Sean busting Marion’s chops one last time
4:24:35 Turning corridor
4:27:25 Different circle names (Red Lamps suck)
4:31:40 Dirty needle
4:34:35 Selfie and Marion’s speech
4:38:30 The boss room (Hello Bees)
4:42:15 Nathaiel checks ‘S’
4:48:00 Jean takes a scar
4:50:15 Searching for anti-bleed
4:53:05 Allison Suarez
4:56:20 The Prestige
5:01:35 Sean is SHOCKED at the explosion
5:13:50 Brennan is not allowed to be helpful any more
5:17:40 Jean vs. Sean
5:27:50 Not Again
5:29:20 Let’s do the time warp again
5:32:20 Rules lawyering for Marion’s life
5:37:15 Sean and Bee
5:39:15 Bee vs. Sean
5:43:25 Sean’s final moments
5:48:05 Closing the rift
5:54:15 Marion transfers his soul to Jean
6:00:40 Flash forward
6:06:20 Nathaniel and his Dad have a talk
6:08:25 Marion’s garden
6:11:05 Episode Ends
The cast did another Instagram takeover, once again Bixbi Boom is holding it down, making sure the videos are available on their channel. I especially like Spenser's video, which gives insight into how this incredible story came together. See y'all in Chapter 3.
Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?😊
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How do I go back to a regular life after this?
I wasn't sold on spencers style but that was fantastic. Brennan knocked it out of the park as always, and the others put in wonderful improv performances as well.
Well, I tried to watch this, but it was unfair to Spencer to have him follow Matt. Only Brennan has ever done that well. Sign him up for Toastmasters for a couple months, and take some improv classes, and he'll shine. But, as it is, he's not there, yet. There's potential, but it's like going from an amazing broadway show to a first time community theater play.
Here's a neat trick, watch the whole thing (all 6+ HOURS of it). Then go back to the very beginning again and listen to Taliesin give an extra epilogue.
THE FUCKING CHICKENS EX MACHINA
watching Spenser weave this story was fucking amazing. He's just as good as Matt and Brennan IMO and I'm here for everything he does from here on out. Well done Sir.
IF WE DON'T GET A POST-SHOW TALK WE RIOT
s p o i l e r s k i n d o f
If nothing else, just to find out exactly what happened with Allison. But really I just want to hear all of them talk more about these characters – they're so complex, it seems like a post show talk could go for another 6 hours.
AND we need to give Spencer his flowers, the cinematic DMing works so well with this type of system.
Oh me? What am I doing? Oh, nothing much, just doing my part to tell the YouTube algorithm this is Q U A L I T Y content!
Legitimately, I love this so much. I know these Candela Obscura videos aren't nearly as popular as the main D&D campaigns, but that is a tragedy because they're SOOO good!!!! Like seriously, the production value is bonkers, the atmosphere and general vibes are immaculately dark and macabre, and don't get me S T A R T E D on the ACTING!!! Some of the best continuously intense, high action drama you'll find anywhere, and it's filled with such heart and much terror I seriously can't get enough of it! I hope the Candela videos don't completely stop after the game's full release, I'd love it if they brought it back once a year to lead up to Halloween, or who knows what
not candela makin me cry, yoooo
Should have come out on Halloween.
Something tells me that from here on out, NO Critter is going to be able to hear "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" without absolutely CRINGING.
No matter the campaign, it’s always the door
Please, you need to make post campaign talk, it would be amazing to have players and gm talk about this story and their characters!
Brennan took us fully into this world tonight. Love your rp mate. I love how they use makeup to show the wear and tear of each episode. I like the Tremores reference in this episode.
Vassal and veil >>>>>> needle and thread
29:11 Brennan 😂 ditto
so fucking good, guys.
Damn Brennan does it again. Great table of players. But at the top…is BLM.