History WebVideo / SteelAndSilence

* EvilIsSexy: The team quickly encounters Babylon, the God of Oaths from the Black Pantheon--and also Verum's equivalent to the Devil. The team quite quickly obsess over him, and Revlis even shifts her allegiance from the Laughing Mad to Babylon (herself becoming an example of the trope).
-->'''Silver:''' (out-of-character) "I shouldn't... but I want to!"

* [[https://www.twitch.tv/projektmelody ProjektMelody]] as '''Terryn Zabi''', Changling Warlock

--> ''Silver (out-of-character)'': "I shouldn't... but I want to!"

* HeelRealization: At one point, considering the many things they have done and seen (nipple removal, throwing a baby slime to a crocodile, handing an admittedly very bad attempted dragon slayer over to the Lord of Blades who promptly mind rapes him then pops him like a grape, luring Will O'Wisps in to messily devour three Shattered Star members...then playing in the bloody remains), Terryn wonders "Are we the baddies? I think we might be the baddies". The ladies debate this for a few minutes before Arcadum cuts in. The ladies are very much not evil, but they are '''definitely''' chaotic.

* MomentKiller: Revlis gained a bit of a reputation for this, first for cutting short one of Vaeri's few attempts at romancing an [=NPC=], and then later for outright interrupting Madeline while, well... in the act.

** "What a fucked-up day", [[EveryoneHasStandards Zara's typical response to when the party's behavior starts to go off the deep end.]]

*** Stemming from this, chat referring to "Death and Debts" as "Death and Nipples", based on another line Zen had said.

** The party teasing Umi for accidently accepting a marriage proposal through showing her tooth, which they also joke is her showing fancy to others whenever the mermaid points out that she's doing it.

** Umi shouting "Tentacles!" whenever she wakes up from her "Sleeping Beauty Syndrome" after the 10th episode of "Death & Debts".

* UnusualEuphemism: "Fade to Black", for encounters that require an immediate cut to a different scene due to not exactly being with Twitch's Terms of Service.

* CryCute: When trying to speak up to Babylon as Umi, Mouse stammers and proceeds to whimper comically to the amusement of the others. She later cries in a corner when the group take one step towards Evil for giving a soul to Babylon, even if she, as well as Zara didn't agree to it nor accept a reward from him.

** When the second boss inflicts a StatusAilment upon Umi, Mouse takes her time wondering why he did such a thing and to her of all people, but isn't able to come up with an answer for herself and struggles to think of what to do in response. Ultimately, with some guidance from the others, she decides to hide in a nearby room as the effect would only work if he sees her on the next turn.

''Steel and Silence'' and its predecessor series ''Death and Debts'' are the two parts of an ActualPlay {{web video series}}, in which members of [[WebVideo/VShojo [=VShojo=]]] and other associated {{Virtual Youtuber}}s play in a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign run by Arcadum. The campaign is set in ''The Living World of {{WebVideo/Verum}}''.

[[https://youtu.be/r1pgN2gnM2I Session 0 of Death and Debts]] was streamed on July 29th, 2020, a playlist of the campaign itself can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SmiQRhpy4s&list=PLfASEnzB7i1aR5UoAswkAncoYMogWEzaS here]], and the last episode was streamed on November 11th, 2020. The first session of the sequel campaign Steel and Silence was streamed December 2, 2020, a playlist of the entire campaign can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-Fp9tQuv9-kGI9ACenlv3cIjHOhD2bcz here]], and the last episode was streamed on February 11, 2021. The group also took part in the final [[CrossoverFinale Crossover]] [[GrandFinale Finale]] involving Arcadum's various campaigns within Kalkatesh taking part in the final battle against the Violet, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azfcAkT3joM which took place on March 6, 2021]].

* ColossusClimb: In the GrandFinale of Kalkatesh, one section involved the physical fighters holding back an attempted invasion. In one notable part, Madeline races up the club of a GiantMook after a missed swing to slice its throat.

* DirtyCoward: Briefly toyed with in the battle against the BigBad, when Terryn considers having Azeatec teleport her, and ''only'' her, away from the scene, with Melody noting that it would be in-character for Terryn to do so. Subverted in that she ultimately doesn't go through with it, but Terryn did point out that if everyone else died to the Violet Servant and thus all memories of them would be eliminated, [[CrossestheLineTwice she wouldn't even remember them and thus wouldn't feel guilty for it.]] Amazingly, Madeline noted she wanted Terryn to be her first despite nearly pulling that stunt once the battle is over. (And already sleeping with someone earlier, albeit interrupted half-way by Revlis.)

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: In the GrandFinale of Kalkatesh, one section involved the physical fighters holding back an attempted invasion. In one notable part, a mook gets its entire upper half ripped off by Zara, with a golf swing from her Konobo.

* BilingualBonus: Umi's cussing and complainin in "Aquan" is actually Iron Mouse speaking in Spanish (Puerto Rican dialect, to be specific). Arcadum plays along and even learned some Spanish in order to roleplay other Aquatic demons conversing with her in "Aquan".

* CaptainObvious: Poor investigative rolls tend to be accompanied by incredibly obvious and unhelpful observations. These moments most often seem to come from Zen/Zara, though the others aren't immune either. Mouse/Umi in particular is prone to touching fire and learning that, yes, that it is indeed hot.

* DevelopersForesight: Arcadum is nothing if not thorough. The closest he's come to being blindsided is when the group asks him about certain... attributes of the [=NPCs=] they encounter that he didn't have set up from the start; even in those cases, he did have a system in place to determine the details of those attributes and was able to do so on the spot. Though this is later topped by Melody doing something so obscure, (Appearing to a man whom assumes he's going to have the "services" of some of the others while transformed as him.) that Arcadum had to wonder for a bit how one would even react.
** On a more-meta level, Arcadum noticeably shifts the games away from combat encounters and more towards social encounters that allow the girls to do more of what they enjoy: messing with [=NPCs=] and using their social skills to solve problems. The entirety of Steel and Silence's 8 episodes only have 'one' combat encounter.
* DirtyCoward: Briefly toyed with in the battle against the BigBad, when Melody/Terryn considers having Azeatec teleport her, and ''only'' her, away from the scene, noting that it would be in-character for Terryn to do so. Subverted in that she ultimately doesn't go through with it, but Melody did point out that if everyone else died to the Violet Servant and thus all memories of them would be eliminated, [[CrossestheLineTwice she wouldn't even remember them and thus wouldn't feel guilty for it.]] Amazingly, Madeline noted she wanted Terryn to be her first despite nearly pulling that stunt once the battle is over. (And already sleeping with someone earlier, albeit interrupted half-way by Revlis.)

* FastballSpecial: The first battle in the sewers has Zen/Zara chucking Momo/Vaeri at the last of the Acolytes, weakening him enough to allow Silver/Revlis to finish him off.

* HeelRealization: At one point, considering the many things they have done and seen (nipple removal, throwing a baby slime to a crocodile, handing an admittedly very bad attempted dragon slayer over to the Lord of Blades who promptly mind rapes him then pops him like a grape, luring Will O'Wisps in to messily devour three Shattered Star members...then playing in the bloody remains), Melody/Terryn wonders "Are we the baddies? I think we might be the baddies". The ladies debate this for a few minutes before Arcadum cuts in. The ladies are very much not evil, but they are '''definitely''' chaotic.

* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Mouse/Umi and Zen/Zara have done this, the former by telling off someone who had suddenly pulled a half-orc poet she was talking with away from their conversation and thus unintentionally performing what said poet considered an intense romantic act, and the latter by slugging her Dwarven drinking buddy in the face, which turned out to be a traditional Dwarven female greeting (and rolled high enough in the ensuing persuasion check that it ended up ''incredibly'' sexy to him).

* LeeroyJenkins: Zen/Zara has some tendencies of this, especially in how, if there is any fight to be found, Zara will ''damn'' well find it. This has resulted in her punching a bit [[PhysicalGod above her weight class]] a couple times, though fortunately, in those cases, the other party was content to merely [[BlownAcrossTheRoom show off a brief]] [[SupernaturalFearInducer taste of their power]] and leave it at that.

* MistakenForProstitute: A frequent occurrence in "Steel and Silence", thanks to Melody/Terryn's tendency to run around without pants. The party ultimately decided to just roll with it, and started deliberately posing a group of travelling prostitutes in their search for a member of the Shattered Star.
* MomentKiller: Silver/Revlis has gained a bit of a reputation for this, first for cutting short one of Momo/Vaeri's few attempts at romancing an [=NPC=], and then later for outright interrupting Bunny/Madeline while, well... in the act.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: After Mouse/Umi releases and then saves Mezzleternorta, he accompanies her to the rest of the party, with the groups reuniting just as Umi succumbed to narcolepsy [[note]](the in-character explanation for the periods of time when Mouse has to go AFK to take medication)[[/note]], leaving Mezzleternorta stuck introducing himself to the rest of the party with an unconscious Umi who had spontaneously aged by several years since they last saw her. Fortunately, all they do is tie him up until Umi reawakens and can set the record straight.

* ReallyGetsAround: Lord Lassader Brone, who had an encounter with Silver/Revlis, and later even manages to get with a gnome Cleric who had specifically warned Terryn earlier that he was rumored to have picked up a variety of diseases due to this tendency, both on the same night.

** "What a fucked-up day", [[EveryoneHasStandards Zen's typical response to when the party's behavior starts to go off the deep end.]]

** Melody/Terryn teasing Silver/Revlis for throwing a way Daiyo and that her new familiar, Shiny will be next.
*** Silver/Revlis assuming Bunny/Madeline has the hots for Shiny.
* SealedGoodInACan: Mouse/Umi ends up coming across one, the "good" in question being a Gith named Mezzleternorta who was sealed away in an attempt to preserve his race. There was some question as to whether he was this or SealedEvilInACan for awhile, given how his appearance when first discovered was as a giant, malformed, larvae-like creature, but when Umi ultimately releases him, it turns out that his amiability and politeness really was genuine.

** Unintentionally invoked by Silver/Revlis when dealing with members of the Shattered Star after listening in on their meeting, thanks to conjuring an illusion to frighten them, and succeeding well enough to attract some nearby Will-o-Wisps. The Will-o-wisps make short work of them, though it was momentarily a bit touch and go as to whether the group itself would escape the same fate.

* UnluckilyLucky: Mouse/Umi's attempt to release Mezzletemorta could be seen as this. She needed to make two rolls, the first to break the seal containing him, and the second to give him her life force to keep him from immediately dying upon being released. She managed to roll a 1 ''twice in a row''. However, since the session happened the same week as Mouse's birthday, Arcadum's rules allowed her to change the first roll into a 20 and successfully break the seal; as for the second, the roll didn't affect the transfer itself, just how much Umi herself would be affected in return, and the group realizes that the failed roll aged Umi into a MILF, and thus was arguably a good thing. Though ultimately, Umi went back into her younger form upon the next level-up.
** Also happened earlier, when Melody/Terryn disguised herself as Doug the Acolyte in order to blend in with a group of his fellow acolytes that the group was in battle with. When they ask her to perform the SecretHandshake, she fails the roll to do so successfully. Fortunately, [[TheStoner Doug didn't actually know it either]], so they're fooled anyway.

** On a more-meta level, Arcadum noticeably shifts the games away from combat encounters and more towards social encounters that allow the girls to do more of what they enjoy: messing with NPCs and using their social skills to solve problems. The entirety of Steel and Silence's 8 episodes only have 'one' combat encounter.

-> ''Silver (out-of-character)'': "I shouldn't... but I want to!"

* UnluckilyLucky: Mouse/Umi's attempt to release Mezzletemorta could be seen as this. She needed to make two rolls, the first to break the seal containing him, and the second to give him her life force to keep him from immediately dying upon being released. She managed to roll a 1 ''twice in a row''. However, since the session happened the same week as Mouse's birthday, Arcadum's rules allowed her to change the first roll into a 20 and successfully break the seal; as for the second, the roll didn't affect the transfer itself, just how much Umi herself would be affected in return, and the group realizes that the failed roll aged Umi into a [[HotMom MILF]], and thus was arguably a good thing. Though ultimately, Umi went back into her younger form upon the next level-up.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The Lord of Blades is a titanic dragon who has replaced most of his scales with unhilted swords. The party is sent to help him after he is injured by the Violet and he seems to quickly take a liking to them. He's also perfectly willing to slaughter a would-be dragon slayer who serves the Enemy, and even in his injured state, has absolutely zero trouble doing so.

* NoodleIncident: Courtesy of a decent roll, Revlis is the only character who knows of the Silent Knights. Silvervale handwaved/roleplayed it as Revlis having had an... [[APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy "adventure" at their chapel once.]] No further details were given.

* MomentKiller: Silver/Revlis has gained a bit of a reputation for this, first for cutting short one of Momo/Vaeri's few attempts at romancing an [=NPC=], and then later for outright interrupting Bunny/Madeline while, well... in the act.

* SealedGoodInACan: Mouse/Umi ends up coming across one, the "good" in question being a Gith named Mezzleternorta who was sealed away in an attempt to preserve his race. There was some question as to whether he was this or SealedEvilInACan for awhile, given how his appearance when first discovered was as a giant, malformed, larvae-like creature, but when Umi ultimately releases him, it turns out that his amiability and politeness really was genuine.
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: While Zara is sleeping naked near a pond, the old Dwarf she befriended at the bar comes across her... And places his coat on her before making a sheepish dash, Umi saying he's a nice man... Then that he's not a nice man once she sees he's left. Momo calls Mouse out on this with the latter noting he should've complimented Zara's body... When Arcadum points out Zara's unconscious, Mouse then notes the Dwarf should've given her ''the kiss of life...'' before quickly and sheepishly noting that he shouldn't.

* Several other player characters at Camp Last Stand had once served under Babylon, and left for good reason. While one character recognized Babylon's brand on Revlis, nothing ever came of it.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Zara goes on to become a guardian of the Hall of Heroes following the defeat of the Herald--which works in her favor, as time passes differently in that realm and she would succumb to her Orcish lifespan otherwise.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Revlis is obsessed with pretty things and will go out of her way to gather or steal them, from gold coins to pretty jewels to murderous will-o-wisps.

* CaptureAndReplicate: Replace "capture" with "incapacitate and stuff somewhere out of the way", and you have an occasional trick in Melody/Terryn's arsenal, though her ability to actually imitate the person she shapeshifted into can be questionable.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Revlis becomes this thanks to Shiny.

* FluffyTamer: Revlis decides to capture a wisp after seeing a horde of them brutalize the members of the Shattered Star--and realizing how shiny they were. Naming it "Shiny", the wisp becomes a kind of fae called a Veld after Revlis undergoes the ritual to bind it to her as a familiar.

* HolyBurnsEvil: Following her transformation at the hands of Babylon, Revlis takes bonus damage from Radiant attacks. This proves almost lethal in the following fight against Druckman.

* HornyDevils: Invoke with Revlis, who becomes the equivalent to what Arcadum describes as "a Tier-2 Succubus" following her pact with Babylon. Subverted in that, although she is the first of the party to have sex, uses the most innuendo and openly ''talks'' about seducing men to murder them in alleys, Revlis doesn't actually have much sex and in fact only openly seduces anyone twice--the first time with Lassader Brone, the second with a cultist of the Shattered Star.

* InsistentTerminology: Vaeri is ''not'' a lizard, she is a Dragon. (Actually a kobold, but everyone humors her.)

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Revlis is not above trickery, stealing, murdering, or selling a child's soul into slavery; she also isn't above mocking her companions. Nevertheless, she does genuinely like Vaeri, she is willing to let Hokky think he took part in an orgy with the girls in the name of boosting his self-esteem, and is quite fond of Umi in spite of her gentle ribbing.
-->''Revlis (upon seeing Umi aged after helping Mezzlenorte)'': "You turned our fishy friend into a gross hag!"
** Terryn's morality is all over the place ([[RealitySubtext Melody struggled with reconciling her nonviolent nature with Terryn's predilection for murder]]), but she also shows great mercy to Jormungandr and is also quick to see if she can ease the suffering of the Lord of Blades.

* MarkOfTheBeast: Babylon's brand--a crown wrapped in chains--is emblazoned upon Revlis's chest where his hand gripped her heart after she is transformed.

* PowerTattoo: Revlis's womb tattoo; although it seems to be just an embellishment, it glows when Revlis falls in love with and is in the viscinity of her familiar Shiny.

* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Revlis. She goes without underwear as a matter of fact, is very proud of her physique, has a habit of shoving things into her breasts for the sake of silencing them and is not above indulging someone's purient interests provided she gets something out of it. Famously, she spat on the rat Fat David after he promised to pay her for it (he lied).

* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Revlis quickly became the party's impromptu "bad of holding"; over the course of the campaign, her cleavage became the resting place for her familiar Daiyo, the party's gold, the Bloodseed the Laughing Mad gave her, the Bag of Nipples, and Shiny.
* WalkingTheEarth: Umi and Mezzlenorte's fate following the defeat of the Violet; they both seek to restore Mezzlenorte's people.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Revlis is not above trickery, stealing, murdering, or selling a child's soul into slavery; she also isn't above mocking her companions. Nevertheless, she does genuinely like Vaeri, and is quite fond of Umi in spite of her gentle ribbing.

* ReallyGetsAround: Lord Lassiter Brone, who had an encounter with Silver/Revlis, and later even manages to get with a gnome Cleric who had specifically warned Terryn earlier that he was rumored to have picked up a variety of diseases due to this tendency, both on the same night.

** Melody/Terryn teasing Silver/Revlis for throwing a way Dio and that her new familiar, Shiny will be next.

''Steel and Silence'' and its predecessor series ''Death and Debts'' are the two parts of an ActualPlay {{web video series}}, in which members of WebVideo/VShojo and other associated {{VirtualYoutuber}}s play in a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign run by Arcadum. The campaign is set in ''The Living World of {{WebVideo/Verum}}''.