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Time of India
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon I See a Darkness quest full walkthrough
(Image via Awaken Realms) In Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon I See a Darkness quest takes the players into a moral quagmire where the supernatural plague tests their ethics and alliances. Tasked to cure the affliction of the village, the eerie side mission will force you to confront the ancient beings and make choices that ripple beyond immediate horror. Here is how you can navigate the web of despair and decide who dies, lives, or suffers. Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon I See a Darkness quest: Confronting Dream-plague I See a Darkness – Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon Begin in Horns of the Southwestern village, where the distressed woman, Betrys, guards the delirious, caged man named Col. Speaking to her, you will learn of the curse that's spreading from the refugee dreams to keepers. Agree to investigate the situation and then trek northwest to the camp near King's Road. Here, the Corpse Eater lurks. Be aware he is a fast and clawed foe, weak to the staggering attacks. Bait the lunges, counter with the heavy strikes, and dodge sideways. Once you dispatch, sleep on a tattered bedroll and enter the dream realm. Traverse fog-shrouded landscape until you finally reach Abhartach, the chained Fore-Dweller. He will beg for the bite of your blood, claiming it is the cure to the plague. You now have 2 options: allow the bite or refuse. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Your Finger Shape Says a Lot About Your Personality, Read Now Tips and Tricks Undo If you allow it, Abhartach will die instantly, poisoned by the tainted blood. If you refuse, you will have to fight the pitiful, weakened version of Abhartach. He will collapse right after one attack. Either of the choices will grant Fore-Dweller Bauble the magic focus for the spellcasters. Exit the realm and then return back to Betrys, who will confirm that the curse's been lifted. However, Col still remains broken. In case your Spirituality stat is higher (15+), you can persuade her to let you end the suffering of Col for bonus XP and gold. But it needs stealth. For it, wait till nightfall, sneak into the cell of Col (avoiding guards or without using torches), and execute Col quietly for dodging the bounty). Note: If you fail the check, it will lock the option and leave Col in complete agony. The quest will conclude either way, but the merciful route here demands foresight. The weight of decisions in Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon I See a Darkness quest In Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon I See a Darkness quest, the game's grim tone is reinforced—no outcome truly is completely good. To spare Abhartach is not an option, and the mercy-killing Col might seem brutal, but it is a pragmatic choice. The Fore-Dweller Bauble is the useful magical focus. However, the real rewards come with uncovering more of the twisted lore of Avalon. Remember, every action in the quest echoes the themes of the game—decay and sacrifice. Whether you embrace ruthlessness or are hesitant in the face of darkness, the choices will linger long after this quest ends. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
CBC
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Will Oldham recalls how he ended up conducting Johnny Cash in the recording booth
Will Oldham has been a Johnny Cash fan for almost his entire life. He remembers listening to Cash's music with his older brother when they were just four or five years old. So imagine his surprise when he got the chance to work with Cash in 2000. Last month, Oldham released The Purple Bird, his 22nd album under the moniker Bonnie "Prince" Billy. The record was produced by his friend David Ferguson, whom he first met 25 years ago during his serendipitous recording session with Cash. In an interview with Q 's Tom Power, Oldham explains how that "bizarre and wonderful opportunity" to work with Cash came about. It all started when producer Rick Rubin picked out his song I See a Darkness as a potential track for Cash to cover on American III: Solitary Man, the third album in the music legend's American series. "They were casting a net after exploring the possibilities with the first American record and plumbing the depths of what Cash had to offer," Oldham tells Power. "Rubin, I think, picked out that song, put it on a tape I found later from June Carter Cash, sent the tape to John and June, and they would listen to the songs and review them." Oldham learned some time later that when Carter Cash heard his song, she turned to her husband and told him he had to record it. So after getting the go-ahead from Cash, Rubin approached Oldham backstage at one of his shows and invited him to play piano on Cash's cover. "The only thing I can think to say is, 'Yes, I will do that,'" Oldham recalls. "He gives me his phone number and I guiltily call him the next day and say that I don't know how to play the piano. "[But] I got my foot in the door and I just said, 'So I can't play piano. I understand anything could happen with this. Whatever. If there's any way I could just turn this moment into the chance to meet John and June.' And he was very sweet and very gracious and said, 'OK, in a couple of weeks there's a session. You're welcome to come.'" When Oldham eventually turned up to the session, Rubin immediately introduced him to Cash as the songwriter behind I See a Darkness. "Johnny Cash incredibly, unbelievably, mind-blowingly said, 'Well, let's work on that song right now then,'" Oldham says. "He explained to me that he loved the song but had issues with the way he was singing it and didn't feel confident…. They even played me his scratch vocal take, as they say, and I could not hear anything but greatness, you know? But if it's going to expand my time with Johnny Cash, I'm going to pretend I see some problems in there. I'm like, 'OK, let's work on this.'" Oldham ended up doing a guide vocal for Cash to sing along to, which led to someone suggesting that he conduct Cash beside him in the vocal booth. "What can you feel? What would you feel?" Oldham tells Power. "Anything you can imagine you would feel is what I was feeling. It's using a significant portion of my conscious energy to suppress disbelief."
The Guardian
31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Bonnie ‘Prince' Billy: The Purple Bird review – Will Oldham goes country, but darkly
It's tempting for fans to preserve their favourite artists in aspic. Although Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (AKA Will Oldham) has made all sorts of records, he remains most closely associated with his earliest parched, folk-adjacent outings that delved obliquely into the bleaker aspects of human nature. The Purple Bird, by contrast, was made in Nashville – the home of country music – with exalted session musicians and a producer, David 'Ferg' Ferguson, who Oldham first met while the late Johnny Cash was recording a cover of Oldham's classic track, I See a Darkness. It's a country record, with all the harmonies, musicianship and hangdog relationship blues (Tonight With the Dogs I'm Sleeping) that implies. Fiddles feature, electric guitar solos ring out. Watercourses, dust and the state of the nation inspire the lyrics. Although death features, and the water is not what it was (Downstream), Oldham often advises the listener to seize the day and go skinny dipping in the creek; to build community. But this is a Nashville record made by Oldham, still an insightful and mischievous operator. Alongside rueful singalongs like Boise, Idaho are tracks such as Guns Are for Cowards. 'Who will you shoot in the face?' sings Oldham, with impish oompah. 'Who will you shoot in the back?'
