History Awesome / OldGodsOfAppalachia

* On the Meta side of things, when the [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/montecookgames/old-gods-of-appalachia-roleplaying-game Kickstarter for the official TTRPG]] went live, the planned goal was around $50,000. The campaign wound up blowing past that to ''$900,000'' within ''less than 24 hours.'' At the time of this writing, the campaign stands at a whopping $1.2 million, with another two weeks still left before the campaign ends.

* Daughter Dooley's overall defiance of the Black Stag, having been tricked into a DealWithTheDevil with the h'aint but refusing to be cowed, making it clear that she does so to be a caretaker of the land and not his pawn.
** Even before this, the effortless way she sees through Horned Head's illusions, thoroughly dismantling him as he tries to pull AFormYouAreComfortableWith.

** The final chapter of The Holiest Days of Bone and Shadow actually shows the battle between the Witch Queen and the Black Stag, and it's just as epic as the aforementioned cliffhanger made it out to be, showing the two, equal in power, throwing spells and counter-spells at each other in rapid succession. Its peak, of course, comes at the end, when Horned Head, desperate to get a leg up on Daughter Dooley, casts an illusion of her beloved mothers burning at the stake. For a moment it seems like it'll work until [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard his own magic turns against him]] and the illusory Dooley mothers begin cheering on their daughter, giving her the strength to banish him at last.

* Daughter Dooley, finally having had enough of Horned Head's manipulations, [[HeelFaceTurn sheds all pretenses of service to the Dark and proceeds to cut off Horned Head from the power of his masters.]] This is enough to [[OhCrap catch the Black Stag off guard,]] before he begins to [[VillainousBreakdown rear on her in outrage.]] She then challenges him to battle for the soul of the baby he's been trying to corrupt, and the season ends as they [[{{Cliffhanger}} charge on each other.]]

* Sarah Avery managing to summon the Bear of the Green, [[BigGood Bartholomew himself.]] It's a true testament to her strength as a witch, and hearing the Bear absolutely [[CurbStompBattle mulch the Thing That Wasn't Uncle Eddie]] is the first moment in this series that lets us know for all the [[CosmicHorrorStory eldritch horrors]] we will be dealing with in this story, there are ways our Family can fight back.

-->'''Narration:''' The Black Stag paused a moment, eyes screaming poisonous hate and charged as
daughter Dooley laughed and leapt to meet him, eyes filling with green light and her
grin fierce and full.

Old Gods of Appalachia is a CosmicHorrorStory, yes, but this doesn't stop the people of Appalachia from [{WarriorRace putting up a good fight]] every now and again, proving that maybe some of us humans are [[HumansAreSpecial powerful in our own ways.]] This is without getting into the [[OurWitchesAreDifferent Witches of the Green.]] Hell, even some of the h'aints and specters have [[EvilIsCool their own moments.]]

-->'''Daughter Dooley:''' “Ha! So let’s see what you can do without your ‘sponsors’ backing you up. Your power
versus mine, beast. Winner takes home that baby. What say you?”