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* {{Gayngst}}: Not obvious in her personality, but according to her character bio, Fianna (the girl, not the tribe) doesn't get along well with her family because of her "[[{{UsefulNotes/Homophobia}} lifestyle choice]]" in their words.

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* {{Gayngst}}: Not obvious in her personality, but according to her character bio, Fianna (the girl, not the tribe) doesn't get along well with her family because of her "[[{{UsefulNotes/Homophobia}} "[[UsefulNotes/{{Homophobia}} lifestyle choice]]" in their words.



* HurricaneOfPuns: After Tali casually makes a lamb metaphor, he tells Taryn that she better make a UsefulNotes/Wales joke; she doesn't listen to him, then Daniel, Joan, and Helle join in on the [[{{Pun}} baa-d]] jokes. [[LamePunReaction Tali is rather annoyed]], and it all comes to an end after Joan suggests [[BestialityIsDepraved a way for Tali to calm down.]]

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* HurricaneOfPuns: After Tali casually makes a lamb metaphor, he tells Taryn that she better make a UsefulNotes/Wales UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} joke; she doesn't listen to him, then Daniel, Joan, and Helle join in on the [[{{Pun}} baa-d]] jokes. [[LamePunReaction Tali is rather annoyed]], and it all comes to an end after Joan suggests [[BestialityIsDepraved a way for Tali to calm down.]]
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* HurricaneOfPuns: After Tali casually makes a lamb metaphor, he tells Taryn that she better make a UsefulNotes/Wales joke; she doesn't listen to him, then Daniel, Joan, and Helle join in on the [[JustForPun baa-d jokes.]] [[LamePunReaction Tali is rather annoyed]], and it all comes to an end after Joan suggests [[BestialityIsDepraved a way for Tali to calm down.]]

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* HurricaneOfPuns: After Tali casually makes a lamb metaphor, he tells Taryn that she better make a UsefulNotes/Wales joke; she doesn't listen to him, then Daniel, Joan, and Helle join in on the [[JustForPun baa-d jokes.]] [[{{Pun}} baa-d]] jokes. [[LamePunReaction Tali is rather annoyed]], and it all comes to an end after Joan suggests [[BestialityIsDepraved a way for Tali to calm down.]]
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Why else would the Storyteller send the [=PCs=] on a quest into the Deep Umbra realm of Pangaea?
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* Rasmus as Siomha Ó Braoin (pronounced Sheeva nee-Breen); the [[FightingIrish Fianna]] Philodox. [[spoiler: He later plays Mahdi 'Deadeye' El-Amin the [[CreepyGood Silent Strider]] Theurge when Síomha succumbs to [[HeroicBSOD Harano]].]]

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* Rasmus as Siomha Ó Braoin (pronounced Sheeva nee-Breen); the [[FightingIrish Fianna]] Philodox. [[spoiler: He later plays Mahdi 'Deadeye' El-Amin the [[CreepyGood Silent Strider]] Theurge when Síomha succumbs to [[HeroicBSOD Harano]].]]
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->''[[TheProphecy Behold the six that I have won, stolen, cheated, brought together. Behold the six from which the emeralds will flow. Behold the six that will save the green fields of Éireann.]]''
-->-- '''Raven'''; introducing himself to the players by telling them their fate.

''A Song At Tara'' is an ongoing series ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' 20th anniversary edition games. Set in Dublin, the game follows six teenagers who are introduced to the supernatural side of the world when they freak out and transform into nine-foot tall killing machines, thus realising that they are [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Garou]]; a race of shape-shifting creatures charged by [[EarthMother Gaia]] to [[GaiasVengeance oppose the corruption of the Earth]].

There are 58 episodes, each one split into three or more parts of about an hour in length, with six introductory shorts detailing the starting characters' First Changes. The first 3 game sessions were "prequels" focusing on the teenagers during their introduction to the werewolves of the Raven's Eye sept and [[TimeSkip their three years of training]], after which they started on their RiteOfPassage.

The Chronicle is on [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1CU2f8fSwTA7uyJp8t1kCwXIxaIpfbUl Youtube]], their channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChOqKLIXjKY-99OBuJjJzFA CharismaToAC]], has several other RPG series such as ''TabletopGame/BurningWheel'', and ''Warhammer 40k TabletopGame/DarkHeresy''.

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->''[[TheProphecy Behold ->''"Behold the six that I have won, stolen, cheated, brought together. Behold the six from which the emeralds will flow. Behold the six that will save the green fields of Éireann.]]''
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''A Song At Tara'' is an ongoing series ActualPlay {{web video series}} following a ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' 20th anniversary edition games. chronicle. Set in Dublin, the game follows six teenagers who are introduced to the supernatural side of the world when they freak out and transform into nine-foot tall killing machines, thus realising that they are [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Garou]]; Garou]], a race of shape-shifting creatures charged by [[EarthMother Gaia]] to [[GaiasVengeance oppose the corruption of the Earth]].

There are 58 episodes, each one episodes which are split into three or more parts of videos about an hour in length, with long each, and six introductory shorts detailing the starting characters' First Changes. The first 3 game sessions were "prequels" focusing on the teenagers during their introduction to the werewolves of the Raven's Eye sept and [[TimeSkip their three years of training]], after which they started on their RiteOfPassage.

The Chronicle is on found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1CU2f8fSwTA7uyJp8t1kCwXIxaIpfbUl Youtube]], their channel, here]] on the Website/YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChOqKLIXjKY-99OBuJjJzFA CharismaToAC]], has several other RPG series such as ''TabletopGame/BurningWheel'', and ''Warhammer 40k TabletopGame/DarkHeresy''.
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** Eventually inverted. By the end of the campaign, any Black Fury presence in Dublin is gone. Althea [[spoiler: is killed in battle with the Dublin Nexus Crawler in the Flux Realm,]] and Theodora [[spoiler: is killed by Erik when she is revealed to be a traitor to the Sept in the employ of Michael Blackwell.]]

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** Eventually inverted.averted. By the end of the campaign, any Black Fury presence in Dublin is gone. Althea [[spoiler: is killed in battle with the Dublin Nexus Crawler in the Flux Realm,]] and Theodora [[spoiler: is killed by Erik when she is revealed to be a traitor to the Sept in the employ of Michael Blackwell.]]
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* PreviouslyOn: At the beginning of each session, someone (Rasmus in the earliest episodes, usually Chris in the later ones) summarizes the previous session.
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** Eventually inverted. By the end of the campaign, any Black Fury presence in Dublin is gone. Althea [[spoiler: is killed in battle with the Dublin Nexus Crawler in the Flux Realm,]] and Theodora [[spoiler: is killed by Erik when she is revealed to be a traitor to the Sept in the employ of Michael Blackwell.]]
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* Daniel as Aaron Blackwell; the [[TheChessmaster Shadow Lord]] Ahroun. [[spoiler: He ends up being voted into the position of pack Alpha, much to his own surprise as [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming he never expected they would trust him enough to make him their leader]].]]

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* Daniel as Aaron Blackwell; the [[TheChessmaster Shadow Lord]] Ahroun. [[spoiler: He ends up being voted into the position of pack Alpha, much to his own surprise as [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming he never expected they would trust him enough to make him their leader]].]]
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* HauntedHouse: Aaron owns a mansion just outside of Dublin that was built on the sight of an older mansion that burned down. Several of the servants were caught in that blaze, and now haunt the new building, though only one of them has enough self-awareness to recognise that he is one of the unquiet dead.

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* HauntedHouse: Aaron owns a mansion just outside of Dublin that was built on the sight site of an older mansion that burned down. Several of the servants were caught in that blaze, and now haunt the new building, though only one of them has enough self-awareness to recognise that he is one of the unquiet dead.
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* Chris as Taliesin Blevens; the [[ReluctantWarrior Child of Gaia]] Galliard. [[spoiler: he becomes Aaron's Beta, the second in command, and is promoted to Alpha after Aaron's untimely death]]

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* Chris as Taliesin Blevens; the [[ReluctantWarrior Child of Gaia]] Galliard. [[spoiler: he becomes Aaron's Beta, the second in command, and is promoted to Alpha after Aaron's untimely death]]
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* HauntedHouse: Aaron owns a mansion just outside of Dublin that was built on the sight of an older mansion that burned down. Several of the servants were caught in that blaze, and now haunt the new building, though only one of them has enough self-awareness to recognise that he is one of the unquiet dead.
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* CreepyGood: The giant spider spirit in the Penumbra of the local mall. She lives in a dark, web-filled space, rarely shows more of herself than one or two huge legs, and speaks in a near-whisper about eating large animals such as cows. But she is [[DarkIsNotEvil an ally of the pack]] and Mahdi's friend, and at his request [[spoiler:creates a web of moonlight to dredge the Wyrm-taint out of the Liffey.]]
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* CleverCrows: Raven is the totem of the caern in St. Stephen's Green, primarily in his role as a bird of prophecy.
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* BabiesEverAfter: Not only are both [[spoiler: Aideen]] and [[spoiler: Francesca]] pregnant by the end of the chronicle, but the epilogue mentions that most of the [=PCs=] eventually seek to have children within long-term relationships. Fenna gets rather...evangelical about it.


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* RetGone: This happens to the victims of the Nephandi. In a variation, they don't physically vanish but disappear from photographs, official records...and the memories of those who knew them.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The chronicle was so dense with potential subplots that it was literally impossible for all of them to be resolved. Whichever one counts as "the mouse" is subjective.

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** Conall flies into a rage and destroys an apartment after [[spoiler: Aaron dies]]

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** Conall flies into a rage and destroys an apartment after [[spoiler: Aaron dies]]dies]].
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In the "Post Scriptum" episode, Joan summarizes the players' suggestions for what their characters do after the events of the chronicle.
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: the entire pack, for about four months, in order to catch Michael Blackwell off guard]]
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* CreepyAwesome: The giant spider-spirit in the Penumbra of the local mall. She lives in a dark, web-filled space, rarely shows more of herself than one or two huge legs, and speaks in a near-whisper about eating large animals such as cows. But she is [[DarkIsNotEvil an ally of the pack]] and Mahdi's friend, and at his request [[spoiler:creates a web of moonlight to dredge the Wyrm-taint out of the Liffey.]]

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* CreepyAwesome: The giant spider-spirit in the Penumbra of the local mall. She lives in a dark, web-filled space, rarely shows more of herself than one or two huge legs, and speaks in a near-whisper about eating large animals such as cows. But she is [[DarkIsNotEvil an ally of the pack]] and Mahdi's friend, and at his request [[spoiler:creates a web of moonlight to dredge the Wyrm-taint out of the Liffey.]]



* MomentOfAwesome: During the fight with Robert "Mad-Howl" [=MacAlpin=], Conall charges right at him to attack, rolls 13 successes on the damage roll, and proceeds to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill rip Mad-Howl's lower jaw off and tear out his intestines.]]
** When the pack was cornered by a squad of [[TransformationOfThePossessed Fomori]], [[TheBerserker Erik]] jumped out the window of a building across the street and started ripping into them, and then [[ActionGirl Kat]] showed up in chainmail and wielding a [[CoolSword Klaive]]. They both held off the attackers so the player characters could escape.



* TearJerker: When Tali finally breaks down and weeps over [[spoiler: [=PeaceNick=]'s murder]]. Helped a ''lot'' by Chris's amazing acting.
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: After Liam wrestles a very aggressive bull-spirit into submission, it starts following him around like an eager-to-please puppy.
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* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Sandy van Hartegan, a trans woman while alive and proprietor of The Dragon.

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* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Sandy van Hartegan, a trans woman while alive and proprietor of The Dragon. She conducts herself with such a high standard of ethical behavior that she doesn't even register as Wyrm-tainted.
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* RunningGag: "Ladies and gentlemen of the listening audience, this is a service announcement..."
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* HurricaneOfPuns: After Tali casually makes a lamb metaphor, he tells Taryn that she better make a UsefulNotes/Wales joke; she doesn't listen to him, then Daniel, Joan, and Helle join in on the [[JustForPun baa-d jokes.]] [[LamePunReaction Talie is rather annoyed]], and it all comes to an end after Joan suggests [[BestialityIsDepraved a way for Tali to calm down.]]

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* HurricaneOfPuns: After Tali casually makes a lamb metaphor, he tells Taryn that she better make a UsefulNotes/Wales joke; she doesn't listen to him, then Daniel, Joan, and Helle join in on the [[JustForPun baa-d jokes.]] [[LamePunReaction Talie Tali is rather annoyed]], and it all comes to an end after Joan suggests [[BestialityIsDepraved a way for Tali to calm down.]]
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''A Song At Tara'' is an ongoing series ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' 20th anniversary edditon games. Set in Dublin, the game follows six teenagers who are introduced to the supernatural side of the world when they freak out and transform into nine-foot tall killing machines, thus realising that they are [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Garou]]; a race of shape-shifting creatures charged by [[EarthMother Gaia]] to [[GaiasVengeance oppose the corruption of the Earth]].

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''A Song At Tara'' is an ongoing series ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' 20th anniversary edditon edition games. Set in Dublin, the game follows six teenagers who are introduced to the supernatural side of the world when they freak out and transform into nine-foot tall killing machines, thus realising that they are [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Garou]]; a race of shape-shifting creatures charged by [[EarthMother Gaia]] to [[GaiasVengeance oppose the corruption of the Earth]].

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* ShoutOut: When the pack are told that they're going to the most haunted place in Dubin, Aaron starts humming the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme. Soon afterwards the others are asking what other supernatural creatures are real and Conall asks about the orcs from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and Aaron seizes the opportunity to [[HypocriticalHumour call Conall a nerd.]]

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* ShoutOut: When the pack are told that they're going to the most haunted place in Dubin, Dublin, Aaron starts humming the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme. Soon afterwards the others are asking what other supernatural creatures are real and Conall asks about the orcs from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and Aaron seizes the opportunity to [[HypocriticalHumour call Conall a nerd.]]



** The Dragon was a real LGBT nightclub in Dublin, but unlike in the chronicle, it was closed down in 2015.



* StunnedSilence: The in-character and out-of-character reaction to Tali/Chris' EpicPoem recounting all of the pack's adventures from the first session up until the end of their Rite of Passage.

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* StunnedSilence: The in-character and out-of-character reaction to Tali/Chris' Tali/Chris's EpicPoem recounting all of the pack's adventures from the first session up until the end of their Rite of Passage.



* TearJerker: When Tali finally breaks down and weeps over [[spoiler: Nick's murder]]. Helped a ''lot'' by Chris's amazing acting.

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* TearJerker: When Tali finally breaks down and weeps over [[spoiler: Nick's [=PeaceNick=]'s murder]]. Helped a ''lot'' by Chris's amazing acting.
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* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Sandy van Hartegan, former trans woman and proprietor of The Dragon.

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* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Sandy van Hartegan, former a trans woman while alive and proprietor of The Dragon.
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There are 58 episodes, each one split into three or more parts of about an hour in length, with six introductory shorts detailing the starting characters' First Changes. The first 12 game session were "prequels" focusing on the teenagers during their introduction to the Werewolves of the Raven's Eye sept and [[TimeSkip their three years of training,]] afterwards they started on their RiteOfPassage.

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There are 58 episodes, each one split into three or more parts of about an hour in length, with six introductory shorts detailing the starting characters' First Changes. The first 12 3 game session sessions were "prequels" focusing on the teenagers during their introduction to the Werewolves werewolves of the Raven's Eye sept and [[TimeSkip their three years of training,]] afterwards training]], after which they started on their RiteOfPassage.
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There are over 50 episodes, each one split into 3 or more parts of about an hour in length. The first several game session were "prequels" focusing on the teenagers during their introduction to the Werewolves of the Raven's Eye sept and [[TimeSkip their 3 years of training,]] afterwards they started on their RiteOfPassage.

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There are over 50 58 episodes, each one split into 3 three or more parts of about an hour in length. length, with six introductory shorts detailing the starting characters' First Changes. The first several 12 game session were "prequels" focusing on the teenagers during their introduction to the Werewolves of the Raven's Eye sept and [[TimeSkip their 3 three years of training,]] afterwards they started on their RiteOfPassage.



* Daniel as Aaron Blackwell; the [[TheChessmaster Shadow Lord]] Ahroun, [[spoiler: he ends up being voted into the position of pack Alpha, much to his own surprise as [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming he never expected they would trust him enough to make him their leader]].]]
* Chris as Taliesin Blevens; the [[ReluctantWarrior Child of Gaia]] Galliard [[spoiler: he becomes Aaron's Beta, the second in command, and is promoted to Alpha after Aaron's untimely death]]
* Rasmus as Siomha Ó Braoin (pronounced Sheeva nee-Breen); the [[FightingIrish Fianna]] Philodox, [[spoiler: Later on Mahdi 'Deadeye' El-Amin the [[CreepyGood Silent Strider]] Theurge when Síomha succumbs to [[HeroicBSOD Harano]].]]
* Aja as Taryn Jones; the [[TechnoWizard Glass Walker]] Theurge
* Heine as Conall Burke; the [[HornyVikings Get of Fenris]] Ahroun, [[spoiler: He later plays Liam 'Killer of Banes' Cavanagh, a [[FightingIrish Fianna]] Ahroun, when Conall abandons the sept, having grown increasingly resentful towards the pack and the way things are run.]]
* Helle as Fenna Mortensen; the [[HornyVikings Get of Fenris]] Ragabash

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* Daniel as Aaron Blackwell; the [[TheChessmaster Shadow Lord]] Ahroun, Ahroun. [[spoiler: he He ends up being voted into the position of pack Alpha, much to his own surprise as [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming he never expected they would trust him enough to make him their leader]].]]
* Chris as Taliesin Blevens; the [[ReluctantWarrior Child of Gaia]] Galliard Galliard. [[spoiler: he becomes Aaron's Beta, the second in command, and is promoted to Alpha after Aaron's untimely death]]
* Rasmus as Siomha Ó Braoin (pronounced Sheeva nee-Breen); the [[FightingIrish Fianna]] Philodox, Philodox. [[spoiler: Later on He later plays Mahdi 'Deadeye' El-Amin the [[CreepyGood Silent Strider]] Theurge when Síomha succumbs to [[HeroicBSOD Harano]].]]
* Aja as Taryn Jones; the [[TechnoWizard Glass Walker]] Theurge
Theurge.
* Heine as Conall Burke; the [[HornyVikings Get of Fenris]] Ahroun, Ahroun. [[spoiler: He later plays Liam 'Killer of Banes' Cavanagh, a [[FightingIrish Fianna]] Ahroun, when Conall abandons the sept, having grown increasingly resentful towards the pack and the way things are run.]]
* Helle as Fenna Mortensen; the [[HornyVikings Get of Fenris]] Ragabash
Ragabash.

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