The World of Eora: an Avowed + Pillars of Eternity Lore Podcast

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy setting for the Obsidian Entertainment games: Pillars of Eternity, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, and AVOWED.

Today's lore focuses on one of the unique races for Eora, the "Orlan". Which you could think of as a hairy, long-and-pointed-ear halfling, if you need a comparison; but really, as a unique fantasy race on its own, there's really no comparison. I guess you'll just have to listen to the episode to find out, eh? :)

DISCLAIMER: Due to a personal scheduling confliction with when I usually record, I had to record this very early in the morning, which is why my voice is a bit different sounding. Both due to (a) morning voice, and (b) trying to maintain my vocal volume. As well, due to the remaining heat wave in our area, I had my windows open so the early morning cool air would keep my home cool. As a result, one of Hylea avian attendants sat by the open window to offer their knowledge on the World of Eora...that is to say, a morning bird was singing its song a lot (near the end of the episode). I apologize for the unprofessionalism; though I will say, the birdsong is actually a benefit, IMO.

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The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast for Avowed & Pillars of Eternity (I & II), games developed by Obsidian Entertainment.

Today's episode follows up on the previous episode about the Archmages of Eora. Here, we discuss one mage specifically: Llengrath; and even more specifically how she...he...they... are striving towards immortality.

This episode contains spoilers for Llengrath's backstory, as discovered in the Forgotten Sanctum DLC in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. It is not the DLC narrative that is spoiled, only Llengrath's backstory, which you can learn about organically in-game when playing through quests.

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about Pillars of Eternity I & II, as well as Obsidian Entertainment's upcoming release: Avowed. All these games share the same fantasy world, called Eora. Today's episode focuses on an exclusive group of esoteric archmagi whose involvement in the world is often deep, mysterious, and cataclysmic.

This episode is a long one, I wanted to put out an episode that justifies there not having been one in a while. It's also a spoiler-free episode. So there is some content not discussed on the episode, but I will return to it for a spoiler-heavy episode on another day.

Thanks all for your patience, hope you enjoy it :)

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The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about Obsidian Entertainment's fantasy world, Eora, used in the Pillars of Eternity games, as well as their upcoming release: AVOWED.

Watchers play an instrumental role in the history of Eora, and are notable individuals for their unique innate ability to interact with souls, and the essence souls are made of.

In Pillars 1&2 you play as a Watcher, and as such, understanding what a watcher is will help you understand your character that much more. As well, given the significance of watchers within the lore, its probable we will interact with watchers in some way, shape or form in the game of Avowed. Perhaps we might even be a watcher ourselves, who knows.

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The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about EORA, a uniquely made fantasy world, developed by Obsidian Entertainment for their Pillars of Eternity games, as well as their in-development release: AVOWED.

Today's episode we return to the Eoran pantheon to take a look at the goddess of forgetfulness, Ondra (or, "Ngati", depending on who you ask). We go over her attributes, her domains, her priesthood, and cap off the episode asking the question 'will we see Ondra, or her devoted, in Avowed?'.

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DISCLAIMER: This episode was originally intended to be finished for *next* week, but since I finished it early, I decided to put it out now. I say this because I didn't wish you Moms out there a Happy Mother's Day in the show. So here it is now: HAPPY MOTHER's DAY!!! :) 

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The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about Obsidian Entertainment's games Pillars of Eternity I & II, as well as their upcoming release: Avowed.

Not wanting to forgo releasing another lore episode weeks from now, I opted to do a shorter episode on a specific creature that I think we are likely to see in Avowed, regardless of both location and time (in history) in the fantasy setting of Eora.

I thank you all for your patience with me as I adjust to being a new dad, and it is a nearly major victory that even these little episodes could be put out at all. Thanks everyone for your support and encouragement :)

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The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about Obsidian Entertainment's original fantasy setting, EORA, used in Pillars of Eternity and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, as well as their upcoming release: AVOWED.

Today's episode comes nearly a week late (sorry, #NewDad), but in it we take a look at the introduction to the Deadfire Archipelago (the setting for Pillars II) as read in the official Guidebook for the game. We learn about the importance of Luminous Adra, we overview the geography of the region; as well we stop to read about some metal_AF creatures that exist in the LORE (but not necessarily the game).

I wonder what, if anything, from the Deadfire will be carried over into Avowed?

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The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about Obsidian Entertainment's fantasy world, Eora, as experienced in their cRPG games, Pillars of Eternity I & II; as well as their upcoming release: AVOWED. 

Classic to nearly all fantasy settings are Dragons. Sometimes these creatures are enigmatic and inherently magical creatures; other times they are mindless territorial fire-breathing beasts. Eora, I think, strikes a nice balance of epic and mundane in their character design for dragons in Eora.

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THE WORLD OF EORA is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world, called Eora, used in the Obsidian Entertainment games: Pillars of Eternity I & II, and AVOWED.

SPOILER WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for the White March DLC for Pillars of Eternity from !!! From ~16:30 to 26:30; I do say on the podcast when the spoilers are, and how far to skip ahead to avoid them. This episode is still coherent, even if you do skip the spoiler part, so feel free to join in!

Today's episode discusses a special kind of creature in the world called Maegfolc ("mage-folk"); these creatures are not like any other mundane creature, but have divine origins & purposes; as well as mystery/intrigue to their very existential nature.

We have sufficient reason to think that Maegfolc creatures will be present in Avowed (more on that in the episode)! So, let's get hyped, and geek out about a fantasy world we can all love!

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The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the Pillars of Eternity games, as well as Obsidian Entertainment's upcoming release, AVOWED.

"Eora" is the name of the fantasy world (made by Obsidian) for the Pillars of Eternity games, as well as Avowed. This podcast explores the lore of that world.

Today's episode, we discuss a natural oceanic phenomenon known as "Ondra's Mortar" which is an expanse of ocean just north of the Deadfire Archipelago (a region in the world of Eora). What makes this expanse of ocean, Ondra's Mortar, special is the incredibly destructive and impenetrable nature of the storms that reside over it; as well as the set of active volcanoes along it's border.

Join me today as we discuss Ondra's Mortar.

WARNING: today's episode contains spoilers for both Pillars of Eternity games

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