Pillars of Eternity 1, Part 46: Save Eyeless & Baby! Twin Elms Exploration

Clouded Leopard Kitten: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-cloud-leopard-kitten-born-at-the-oklahoma-city-zoo-180982782/

Benedict Arnold Dog: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-dog-who-served-on-both-sides-of-the-american-revolution-180982781

We skipped some conversation points with the Eyeless, so we redid that. Then we went back to Twin Elms to pick up some sidequests, track down Thaos and save a baby. The Eyeless ending having a third option if you talk through every option feels like a nice option. I feel good I went back to read through this.

Twin Elms is a huge drag for Act 3. I'm not sure what's so great about the area; there are several good sidequests. Still, I don't like this. The Baby Quest in particular has super limiting options for completion. I really just think that it was an interesting quest cut short. I'm still a fan, but Twin Elms feels like a step down from White March. Next session we actually get to Northweald and Oldsong, which does pick things up. Maybe I just should not have tried to find different solutions than what was initially presented to us, which is the opposite of what you can do with the Eyeless. I'm not sure why I feel this way about Twin Elms, but it just feels like a speedbump on the way to the finale rather than building anything up -- at least until the next video when we talk to the gods.

Time stamps;
00:00 Eyeless Resolution
09:45 Return to Stalwart and Alpine Dragon Rest
35:06 Return to Twin Elms
44:24 Talking to the Elder (Also Bird Paladin)
58:02 Cat and Exploration
01:02:25 Elms' Reach Exploration; Sidha and Rienwen
01:18:24 Hiravias Reads Pillars and More Exploration
01:40:20 Baby Quest