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I've read a fair amount of fantasy, from Feist to Gemmell to Tolkien, and love them all. But Howard wrote the most tense, visceral stories I've ever enjoyed. It's a tragedy that he didn't live on and write more.

Switching between this and the complete chronicles of Conan stories, I find, is the best way to fully immerse in the world of Hyboria!

Low fantasy, but never low testosterone 💪🏻

is there a grim dark half off discord or any forum like that?

If you want adult Power Rangers - this is it.

the Primarchs are all scum cause they were grown in test tubes and the Emporer is scum cause he is made of suicide

Ah Lolorito, one of the many good faces for the "lesser evil". And why I understand the sentiment, FF14 does something BG3 doesn't seem to in cases like or with characters like this; seeing the bigger picture and understanding the consequences of actions. Think of the political landscape of Ul'dah as "Game of Thrones in Final Fantasy" and you'll get while causing mayhem in a fit of passion isn't the best idea.

Have you heard of Carson of Venus? Would be awesome if you did a video talking about that series!😎

Man no aztecs or mayans huh?

Conan, Lord of the rings and Elric of Melnibone. Are my 3 favorite fantasy stories.

I was excited to see a new video and ECSTATIC to see it was on GARO of all things. Keep on keeping on, my brother who shines in darkness.

Interesting, never heard of Garo before but it kind of reminds me of an 80s anime called Guyver, since that anime had the darker and gritty power rangers vibe. Though Guyver was more scfi and was about fighting aliens and mutants while Garo is more fantasy and supernatural but both seem to have a similar premise with main characters who have an armor power up and fight monsters but this seems to a lot more deeper them Guyver was when it comes to its themes. Been years since I watched the anime but from what I remember Guyver was more about cool fights and gore.

There was a Garo-FFXIV crossover event a few years ago. I think it was just pvp armor, though

Nice video, I have see them in siptah at other exiles camps but I cant find a statue of them to take to the pool of the grey to get the tokens after defeating them unfortunately.

You want Grimdark Power Rangers just watch Guyver

You shouls check out the Dwarf Fortress dark sun mod, it's the most immersive dark sun game i know

This name popped up in Marvel's Blood Hunt today, so, 2 points to Varn! a 3rd time... and i'm probably turned

Lolorito just keeps it real and you cannot deal.

"Your fanfiction goes here, build hour own primarch." I love ir 😂

One series that i think you might like for its Grim Dark tone is the Vampire Hunter D series. Its sci-fi, fantasy, post-apocalyptic, horror, action & adventure all rolled up into one! Dark House Comics has been releasing 3 in 1 books of the light novel series. Also, there are two anime movies, based off the 1st and 3rd stories.

I need to finish it. This is pure gold...not intended. Anyways. I've fallen in love with it years ago

Me before they speak: “Oh hey! One of the potato people, how’s it go-” Me after they speak: “I must murder you painfully.”

I don't really vibe with Au Ra being dragon people. First, only one dragon and their eggs touched down on the Star and that's Midgardsomr. The Dawn Father and Dusk Mother might be more inversions Hydaelin and Zodiark. Second, I blame Midgardsomr for this whole shape-shifting thing. It's worth mentioning that his body is not moving an inch from where he sits. His soul is another story entirely. We have Minigardsomr being a tiny grumpy and adorable gramps, Middigardsomr giving us a ride whenever we need or want, giant disembodied head and neck putting us in place, and potentially Dragoon LB3 wrecking shit. But there is a Custom Delivery involving a red dragonet where we do see her adaptation to crafting because she does experience it and waants to do it more and more easily. So maybe through a long chain of events it might have been possible to have more and more humanoid dragons through this adaptation. Third, dragons in FFXIV reproduce asexually. It's pretty much that a dragon gathers enough aether, since that's the most basic building block and energy of almost everything in the game, and then goes to a safe area and lays a clutch of eggs. If I remember correctly. And maybe some dragons did get frisky with a mortal woman. Hraesvelgr was in love with Saint Shiva after all. Who is to say that another yet unknown great wyrm felt the some somewhere else and went one step further? Plus, Midgardsomr isn't the only alien being on Hydaelin. So maybe another suspiciously dragon-adjacent one or ones came and we just don't know. So it really is just which flavour the player prefers.

Xer voice is beautiful and affirming

You probably would like the movie Mechanical Violator Hakaider, it is one of my favorites.

HyrKANIAN. NOT hyrkranian... pretty lazy to get that wrong.

16:20 I thought I heard Beyonce at first lol

your mic volume is ok, the game volume is super quiet

You both have great voices.

DEATH

Call me a Tonberry, because I will weaponise my grudges against this creature.

TOTAL LALAFELL DEATH

Really wanted to punt that PoS into a wall.

Ah yes, the second evil potato. Shame he never gets punted like the first, but at least by Stormblood he becomes less an arse.

Lol yeah that dude is a bastard.

In my D&D settings, I always include Dark Sun, Ravenloft and Dragonlance races and classes

Plainsfolk and Dunesfolk do actually have some pretty noticeable physical differences that go just beyond appearances, but on that note, perhaps the most obvious difference is the eyes. Dunesfolk Lalafell have a film covering their eyes that is said to protect them against sandstorms and gives their eyes a solid pupiless look, which ties into their nomadic origins and need to travel and adjust to harsh climates. Plainsfolk have very noticeable "nocturnal" eyes with large pupils that likely come from the need to see in dark burrows and operate outside of the ranges of their many predators, as you've touched on with their moss hair too. As someone who started as disliking the Lalafell, I've come to grow to really like them and they've quickly become one of my favorites. It mostly just meant taking the time to treat them with some level of respect, which is what the game asks of you, even if it isn't afraid to get silly at times. In a world where aether is EVERYTHING, they are one of the best examples of what sort of effect that has on the politics and societies surrounding it. The Garleans (pureblooded at least) are BIG, imposing, and entirely unable to tap into that magic, and thus has have been had to turn to other means to expand and grow whereas lalafell are small, unassuming, and yet not only produce powerful magic and mages, but ALSO are capable of meeting blows in physical combat with larger races because they can command aether. Thus, they have been part of many already great empires in the history of the world. They are basically evolved to specialize in wielding aether at the expense of a physical baseline other races might enjoy or excel at. And lastly, Lalafell names are just good fun, with them being built around rhyming patterns, and I could create Lalafell characters just for the opportunity to play around more with that concept. Overall, enjoyed a lot of your thoughts here and look forward to hearing more in the future too!

Considering your criteria for a good "Mature" Tokusatsu series, I highly recommend Kamen Rider Amazons (The 2010's one, not the original one)

Would you consider Amazon Riders as grimdark Power Rangers as well? That gets ridiculous.

A XIV Garo season, or a Garo questline in the game, would be fun. We have Sin Eaters aka angels gone wrong, Voidsent aka [insert horror genre and/or western "pagan" folklore here], Reapers and Dark Knights. And I'm saying Dark Knights because their entire job questline fits the criteria mentioned in the video in my opinion. Except for maybe the unique spin. It has Sidurgu as the "season specific knight" sitting in the heart of basically the spanish inquisition protecting a little girl from said inquisition. Tragedy is checked to varying degrees. In Heavensward (the lvl 30 to 50 quests) the focus is heavily on the unfairness of the world and trauma of the player characterthrough Fray/Esteem (with a bit of a silver lining at the end) and leading into the second half of them (lvl 50 to 60) with Sidurgu and his charge, which has tragedy and comedy in equal measure (and the comedy making the tragedy actively a bit sharper). Then comes Stormblood where circle back to the player character with loss and grief. After that follows Shadowbringers with one big quest which can be boiled to a big victory lap if I remember correctly. The odd one out is Endwalker which doesn't have any of it specifically for Dark Knight since that's MSQ up to the end of 6.0. There's no easy way out of being Dark Knight. They don't retire and die of old age as far as I know. It's either being viciously killed in the line of duty (or on the Path), being viciously murdered because they're branded as evil one way or another, or they succumb to their own darkness and it takes over while erasing the actual Dark Knight's personality. A Makai Knight meeting Sidurgu, or a player Dark Knight, would be fun and potentially funny. Especially if the Makai Knight slightly rubs Sidurgu the wrong but is liked by his charge. And a Makai Knight meeting any Reaper in the would be just funny because Reapers would be Horrors just waiting to happen for them. The Reaper jobquests show what happens when the pact between Reaper and Voidsent goes sideways aka Voidsent tricks Reaper. FF XIV x Garo would be amazing if it was expanded outside of PvP and fashion.