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Honorable Mention: Helios

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I created my list about a month ago. Since then, a character I did not have on my list made their way onto it, which bumped poor Helios from #52 to unranked. But I still want to talk about him.

How do spells work in Scarlet's campaign? Saoirse and I each got to create a signature spell - a spell that we can cast as many times as we want. Other than that, we have to find wild magic out in the world. Most (but not all) locations seem to have at least a spell in them. Sometimes, Brennus and Saoirse drag the party out of the way to find the magic that the can sense. Sometimes, this leads them to discovering things other than spells. Sometimes, it places the party in danger.

This was the third spell Brennus learned in the campaign:
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It was early enough in the campaign that I wasn't exactly sure how to feel about this spell when I got it. Was it good? What am I going to do with these turtles? They have health, am I supposed to just let my turtles die? That seemed cruel!

And now, 83 weeks into the campaign, I would say this is one of my most utilized spells. I don't (often) use them in combat. But they make for a great distraction. A guard heard us and is coming to investigate? Send out two turtles and hope the guards decide that must be what they heard. My turtles have, unfortuantely, died... multiple times... most recently when Bloodfruit tried to throw one of them at a target and missed - plunging the turtle into a volcano. RIP.

But when summoning the turtles once around Data 7, we learned something interesting. The two turtles summoned are always the same turtles! We haven't had a discussion with them yet about how this is possible when they have died multiple times... but one of them is Helios. Helios is old, even for a turtle. He's also basically deaf. When Data 7, or anyone who can speak with animals, tries to speak with him, his response is always the same: "Hello?"

But Helios still had a hero moment recently. Zatanna had hidden a key in a magical hat. If you reached into the hat with the desire of getting the key out, the hat grew teeth and tried to bite your hand off. Our party needed the key. How did we get it? Send Helios into the hat. He didn't know what was happening and he certainly didn't want the key. After he was in for a while, Brennus summoned Helios again and the key was sitting atop his shell.

Sorry for booting you from my list, Helios. I'll see you again soon and I look forward to your 'Hello?'