Seven ravens go with Arianne Martell to be Doran's eyes and ears to Aegon and the Golden Company in the Stormlands. And while Arianne's journey progresses she will likely need to make a choice... will she send the word 'dragon' home in a letter, the coded word asking for Dorne to call their spears and join Aegon's cause? Or will the word be 'war'? (...in this case 'war' means 'wait')... I'll let you decide - I assume most people's minds are pretty set on this point, and mine own is not really standard canon, so I will only say the last raven seems an ill omened thing as the seventh of a set is often linked to The Stranger, Westeros' god of death.
The topic I hoped to brainstorm today is not actually about what Arianne decides... but rather what happens next. Because I notice with a lot of theories the assumption is that the Dornish houses waiting on Arianne's response will march in lockstep with whatever her and Doran's order is... but... will they? Some of the Dornish houses seem pretty independent-minded and I feel there's been some fairly significant foreshadowing emerging that Doran's hold over the the kingdom is only tentative at best. That's worth discussing... In particular three houses seem to repeatedly stand out as possibilities to challenge the peace regardless of the Martells' wishes: Houses Yronwood, Fowler, and Uller....

House Fowler 🪶

The Fowlers make their home at Skyreach, a castle with a lofty perch and soaring stone towers carved into the stone slopes of the Red Mountains overlooking the Prince's Pass, one of two major overland routes into Dorne, and the easier to traverse of the two (the other being the steep and treacherous Boneway). The House is led by Lord Franklyn Fowler 'the Old Hawk', who has two twin daughters - Jeyne and Jennelyn. What could cause House Fowler to rebel against the Martells?
Sign #1 - The Fowlers closeness with Lady Nym
Oberyn's death was a rallying cry for a lot of Dorne desiring vengeance against the Lannisters, and in particular the news greatly effected the Sand Snakes - Nymeria Sand is said to be 'famously' close with the Fowler twins, she was actually with them the moment she learned of Oberyn's death, and it follows they likely sympathize with her position. In fact when Lady Nym first pitches Doran her plan to assassinate key Lannisters in King's Landing she does so by pleading the Fowler house words to him: "You know the Fowler words? Let Me Soar! That is all I ask of you. Let me soar, Uncle. I need no mighty host, only one sweet sister." And Doran would later tell Arianne that Nym is 'too close to the Fowler twins' (and thus unable to keep secrets from them). I imagine the Fowlers did not take the news well when they learned of Nymeria's imprisonment afterwards...
Sign #2 - Arianne's plea to Lord Fowler
Then when Arianne Martell is imprisoned herself after her Queenmaker plot she attempts to send out a secret message with one of her attendants to plead for help to free her from her father's grasp. She considers different options to address this letter to, someone ideally receptive to the idea of rebelling against Doran (which is no small thing to ask!) but also powerful enough to do so. Her first thoughts drift to Yronwood, but decides against them only because they fostered Quentyn and she believes he and Anders are conspiring against her, then goes through a few of the houses of her friends before finally deciding "that she had but two real hopes: Harmen Uller, Lord of Hellholt, and Franklyn Fowler, Lord of Skyreach and Warden of the Prince's Pass."
She ultimately decides to pen the letter to Lord Fowler because she thinks the Ullers as half-mad to the point of having a dangerous response. After that the attendant Cedra is presumably caught by Doran's men as she never reappears and Areo tells us that she was sent to the Water Gardens. But even without the letter actually going out the fact that she chose Lord Fowler to send this plea to probably says a lot about their overall relationship with Doran.
Sign #3 - A Toast to Tommen
In the Watcher chapter during the presentation of The Mountain's skull a toast to Tommen is made, and those who choose to drink or to refuse it give us another indication of the sentiments around Dorne... this is not subtly implied as much as it is directly pointed out by Areo:

The white knight did drink, as was only courteous. His companions likewise. So did the Princess Arianne, Lady Jordayne, the Lord of Godsgrace, the Knight of Lemonwood, the Lady of Ghost Hill … even Ellaria Sand, Prince Oberyn's beloved paramour, who had been with him in King's Landing when he died. Hotah paid more note to those who did not drink: Ser Daemon Sand, Lord Tremond Gargalen, the Fowler twins, Dagos Manwoody, the Ullers of the Hellholt, the Wyls of the Boneway. If there is trouble, it could start with one of them. Dorne was an angry and divided land, and Prince Doran's hold on it was not as firm as it might be. Many of his own lords thought him weak and would have welcomed open war with the Lannisters and the boy king on the Iron Throne.

Again the Fowler twins and Ullers show us that they still hold a lot of resentment. Daemon Sand makes sense too - he was part of Oberyn's retinue in King's Landing (sometimes rumored to have had a relationship with him) and watched him die, and after the Sand Snakes were imprisoned he went to Sunspear to demand their release and was imprisoned himself for the trouble. I'd keep an eye on him in Arianne's plot.
The Yronwoods weren't in attendance for the toast, however the Wyls were and refused it - I get the sense they are pretty close with the Yronwoods, both of which have their houses on the Boneway where they've joined forces. Another party that refused the toast, the Manwoodys, are stationed in the Prince's Pass and likely close allies with the Fowlers - lending more weight to the idea that this area is rebellious. House Gargelene is the one that's most difficult to place, being located in a fairly isolated spot in the south of Dorne at Salt Shore.
Sign #4 - The Troops in the Passes
By Arianne's TWOW excerpts we also hear that the troops in the Prince's Pass and the Boneway are becoming restless:

In the Boneway and the Prince’s Pass, two Dornish hosts had massed, and there they sat, sharpening their spears, polishing their armor, dicing, drinking, quarreling, their numbers dwindling by the day, waiting, waiting, waiting for the Prince of Dorne to loose them on the enemies of House Martell.

Darkstar's Plot
So how might the Fowlers act out? Outside of Arianne's raven being sent (and depending on the result), I think we should be keeping an eye on the Darkstar plot. Darkstar, per his own words and actions, seems to want to start a war against the crown and has presumably fled back to his home of High Hermitage in the Red Mountains where its implied he has support. He will probably pass by Starfall on the way up the Torrentine's rushing waters, but the Prince's Pass and Skyreach are both not that far from his location and in fitting with the prior indications of the Fowlers' intentions and Darkstar's overall goals he may try to incite the already anxious troops there to raid the Dornish Marches. These houses have a long history of animosity towards the Reach and Marcher Lords whose defenses will be exposed with Euron's attacks. Such an assault could parallel prior rogue leaders the Vulture Kings.

House Uller 🏜️

We've already seen that the Ullers play out somewhat similarly to the Fowlers - they were one of the major considerations for Arianne to send her plea for help to, and they were one of the parties notably refuising Tommen's toast. Lord Harmen Uller is the current Lord of the Hellholt, "a grim, stinking seat beside the sulfurous yellow waters of the Brimstone" located near the deep sands in the centesouth of Dorne.
There is a saying in Dorne we are told: 'half the Ullers are 'half-mad and the other half are worse.' And as Ellaria Sand is Lord Harmen's natural daughter when she and her little ones (Elia, Obella, Dorea, and Loreza) were locked away with the rest of the Sand Snakes Arianne thinks this would 'have made Lord Harmen wroth, and the Ullers were dangerous when wroth.' Its worth noting that in Arianne's Queenmaker plot her end goal was to get to Hellholt to officially crown Myrcella and raise her banners there...
What's interesting about Uller is that while they have a lot of reason to rebel there is at least one pacifying force headed their way - Ellaria Sand (who is also bringing Loreza with her). Ellaria sand accepted the toast to Tommen and despite having been Oberyn's paramour and closer to him than anyone as well as being there for his death, she is actually one of the strongest voices arguing for peace.

"A start?" said Ellaria Sand, incredulous. "Gods forbid. I would it were a finish. Tywin Lannister is dead. So are Robert Baratheon, Amory Lorch, and now Gregor Clegane, all those who had a hand in murdering Elia and her children. Even Joffrey, who was not yet born when Elia died. I saw the boy perish with mine own eyes, clawing at his throat as he tried to draw a breath. Who else is there to kill? Do Myrcella and Tommen need to die so the shades of Rhaenys and Aegon can be at rest? Where does it end?"

A Hidden Hellholt Chapter?
Given the Hellholts relative isolation you might be thinking how this could factor further into the plot.... maybe some news of Ellaria's daughters? Or later on if there is an invading force (as Ellaria and Doran fear is coming)?But I've actually been thinking that before Areo Hotah shows up in the Red Mountains we may get to see a chapter with him and Obara and Balon Swann at the Hellholt with Ellaria and Lord Harmen Uller, it would be rewarding to catch up with these characters and see their clashing perspectives on vengeance and Areo on the trail of Darkstar. Per some recent analysis of GRRM's chapter hints we can also kind of conclude there may be a few Areo chapters in varying locations. Another interesting thing pointing me in that direction is the soon to be released 2025 calendar which will be featuring artwork of the Hellholt... that's a strange inclusion for a castle with few mentions (the most relevant of which being Rhaenys' mysterious death long ago), and a lot of the other locations on the calendar do suspiciously have relevant plots nearing them in Winds (so if we haven't seen them already we may do so soon).
The logistics work out pretty well as Hellholt is practically a necessary stop on the way westward to the Red Mountains by land. Even though Arianne herself knows the desert well....

Beyond Vaith the deep sands waited. They would need help from Sandstone and the Hellholt to make that crossing, but she did not doubt that it would be forthcoming.

...Even she fears to tread the deep sands alone... and for Obara it may be the same despite her experience. You really should have a desert guide to locate water sources and navigate the terrain ("In the deep sands a man must hoard his water."). And one of the last safe stops for water and guides is the Hellholt making it invaluable for travelers crossing the sands. The sandstorms seem especially dangerous:

[...]beyond Vaith, western Dorne is naught but a vast sea of restless dunes where the sun beats down relentlessly, giving rise from time to time to savage sandstorms that can strip the flesh from a man's bones within minutes.

House Yronwood ⛓️

The Yronwoods are Dorne's second strongest house and their seat is located up in the high meadows of the Red Mountains near the Boneway where the air is always crisp and cool after dark, no matter how hot the day had been. Anders Yronwood, the Bloodroyal, is the leader here.
Even though previously we've seen a few signs that the Yronwoods may rebel given their brief consideration for Arianne's letter for help, and the Wyls' refusal of Tommen's toast, the biggest reason for them to strike out on their own might be their uniquely fractious relationship with the Martells. In fact, we were told Yronwood was only just recently on the verge of rebellion after Oberyn allegedly poisoned Lord Edgar Yronwood in a duel after he was found abed with Edgar's paramour, and it was only Doran's quick thinking that avoided it.

Blood feud and rebellion would surely have followed Lord Edgar's death, had not her father acted at once. The Red Viper went to Oldtown, thence across to the narrow sea to Lys, though none dared call it exile. And in due time, Quentyn was given to Lord Anders to foster as a sign of trust. That helped to heal the breach between Sunspear and the Yronwoods, but it had opened new ones between Quentyn and the Sand Snakes...

Quentyn Aftermath & The Blackfyres
And the biggest thing that may reopen that wound is, not surprisingly, news of Quentyn's voyage. Anders Yronwood has lost two sons on what could be seen as a pretty foolish attempt to court Daenerys including his son and heir Cletus Yronwood, who was sent along on the voyage and died from a corsair attack off the coast of the Disputed Lands. The other son? Quentyn Martell himself.... despite him being a Martell, he is really more Yronwood at heart. He grew up in Yronwood with Anders, his best friend was Cletus, he became smitten with his eldest daughter Ynys (who is now heir to Yronwood), and then later fell in love with Gwyneth, the youngest daughter of Anders.... All of Quentyn's memories are with the Yronwood really and Arianne even notes he is somewhat a stranger to her and Sunspear. Doran himself is forced to admit that "Anders Yronwood has been more a father to him than I have".
Anders hasn't heard anything yet from Meereen, information moves slowly in Essos (which has no messenger ravens so it needs to be carried by hand) and most of the people who can pass on that message, like Arch and Drink, are still caught up in the Battle of Fire (and hoping that the Tattered Prince will be merciful to them for their previous desertion). Any news that might get back could end up with a distorted and unflattering picture of Daenerys too (and some of that fallout may carryover to Aegon who seeks to ally with her).
But even before it does the troops commanded by the Yronwoods in the Boneway are conveniently close to the events happening in the Stormlands with the Golden Company. And the Yronwoods have been suspiciously consistent partners of the Golden Company and Blackfyres in the past (which often drew in second houses with a lot to gain), which is all the more interesting given the rumors around Aegon ("Lords of Yronwood rode for the black dragon in no less than three of the five Blackfyre Rebellions.") So if Arianne seeks to side with Aegon and JonCon the Yronwoods might be the first to throw in with that cause... especially if its also a way to oppose Mace Tyrell given his hatred of all things Dorne. However, it might also be interesting if she takes after her father's advice to be cautious and tries to hold back her forces, leading to the Yronwoods ignorning her and Doran's commands and striking out on their own anyways. And it will be interesting how these events may combine with the x-factor of news of Quentyn and Cletus arriving at some point (whatever the timing of that might be in relation to the Battle of Steel).

So what do you think of Houses Fowler, Uller, and Yronwood... will we see them act out in Winds or play loyal bannermen to Doran?
~Thank you for Reading!~
TLDR This post explores the ample foreshadowing that Houses Fowler, Uller, and Yronwood may be unreliable allies of Doran when pressed, and their reaction may not follow what we'd expect when Arianne sends out her last raven either calling Dorne's spears to side with the Golden Company or holding off and keeping to the passes (taking after her father's more prudent advice). Could the Fowlers join with Darkstar and raid the Dornish Marches? Will we have a chapter at the Hellholt before Areo's party travels the deep sands where we see Lord Harmen Uller's rebellious nature collide with Ellaria Sand's attempts at peace? And will the Yronwood troops in the Boneway join their historic allies in the Golden Company, or have a divisive reaction to news of Quentyn and Cletus' deaths?

I would like to start this off by saying I'm sorry; this is a long one, and I appreciate any advice or help I can get. Also, to anyone willing to read this, thank you so much! I'm currently looking for a new job but having no luck, so I'm trying to also improve my current situation as much as I can.
I’m 28 and work in California for a school district in IT, and I love IT. The only problem is my boss. I've worked this job for almost 5 years now, and he has been the boss at this school district for almost 10 years. He's really good at the IT side of his job, but as a manager, not so much. He likes to call his employees morons, yell at and reprimand employees in front of coworkers. He's now caused several employees to quit or seek therapy (including myself). One time, I was sitting in my office working on a project, and he yelled across the office, "Gojo, get your ass in here," for the whole office to hear, and then proceeded to chew me out with the office door open and the entire office listening. He believes fear is a good management tool, which isn't really my style. His current thing to do is trying to pit us against each other and talk trash about other employees when they aren’t around. He micro manages everything you do and calls you stupid if you aren’t doing something exactly the way he wants you to. If there is a way you can save literally TWO seconds on a task and you aren’t doing it that way, he gets upset. After he does all of that, then he tries to be nice and talk about video games with you or buy the office food or let people go home 20 minutes early, but then it’s right back to the usual harassment.
Almost a year ago, I interviewed for and got the open Tech II position, promoted from Tech I. At the time, I was interested because I would learn a lot of things that would help me get different jobs, and it was a little more money. I regretted this promotion really early on. I dread coming to work and several times almost quit on the spot with no job lined up. Therapy has helped a lot with these emotions.
Outside of my boss being terrible, he also piles on work and gives the line, "You’re a Tech II now; you should be able to do all of this," or "You’re a Tech II; you have to figure out how to balance all the work." Currently, I’m balancing 12 projects, providing tech support for our district office, working as an escalation point for our Tech I’s(we have 4 soon to be 6 and they support 15 schools), and assisting our network admin with his projects. While I’m trying to do all that, my boss is also yelling from across the hall, adding more tasks that he needs me to work on and needs to be done that day. As a Tech I, your main task was working on help tickets for about 3 schools, and then during the summer, you helped with some projects. This promotion got me a whole $2 an hour increase in pay.
I am currently working on getting a new job. I’m applying for city, county, and state IT positions, but they take months before they even start interviewing for those positions, and the entire process is taking a long time. In the meantime, I’m reaching out to my union to see if I’m able to demote back down to Tech I. That doesn’t help with the boss situation, but it does help with the lack of compensation for all the extra work.
As far as my boss goes, I want to report him to HR, but I have no physical evidence, and most of my coworkers are afraid. I’m starting to document in my notes every time he is inappropriate, the date and time of that incident, and who was a witness. He’s pretty smart about how he does everything, nothing in writing, no emails, or texts. If I do report him, it has to be enough to actually get him fired. I’ve been told teachers have reported him to HR in the past, then HR has told his boss, and then his boss tells him about who reported him, and nothing has ever come out of it. He likes to hire people new to the industry or really young people so they are less likely to push back at him or are too intimidated to report him. He has bragged to us several times about how if he ever did get fired he’s taking people down with him because he knows all the districts dirty secrets.
How can I legally obtain evidence of his abuse? What should I know about reporting bosses to HR? I don’t know what to do anymore. I really appreciate anyone who took the time to read through this. I have plenty more examples of his abuse if anyone needs more, this was already a really long post so I didn't want to add more.
TL:DR My boss is abusive and has made several people quiet. I’m being overworked and not being equally compensated. How do I Get him fired?

I recently tried to play a game and for some reason Geforce "optimized" it to have a 3840x2160 when my actual screen resolution is 2560x1440. After digging through its app i found it set all of my games that support it to this resolution. Is the App just that dumb or could something cause that on my end?

Is there a bug that causes countries to disregard the power of an overlords overlord when considering their war declarations? As in my game Sweden kept declaring war on Newfoundland who was a colony of England and whilst they could probably beat England, they seem to have forgotten about the Dutch superpower who owns half the new world, supercharged lowlands, France and South East Asia who also happened to be in charge of England, and this happened multiple times over the span of 100 years

I feel like winston is kind of unchecked now that all his counters are so much worse against armor now, same thing with rein but rein needs a lucio on the team to truly be unchecked
Doom is definitely going to be a little better against comps that aim to cc him due to less headshot damage
I feel like ball will be like B tier now but cannot be higher than that until he gets some form of cc counterplay
Sigma might just be the new orisa as he has so much mitigation (but in a way that's healthier for the game than orisa)
Mauga and roadhog are now more incentivised to go after squishies, tho I think one of mauga's toughest matchups (echo) is a little better against armor now so both are probably near unplayable now, mauga needs a little less damage and more ways to interact with squishy characters and hog is... hog
Orisa doesn't care much about any of these changes and I think this would be a good time to reward good javelin throws from her since she's going to be so bad
Ramattra is interesting I think he'll do pretty good kinda like rein with these new armor changes and punching tanks will be more threatening
I don't think these changes effect dva that much but she will no longer be a hard counter to winston
Zarya is probably still not very good especially since some of her best bubble targets (reaper, bastion, other characters good at inting) are going to be worse against armor
Definitely need more playtime to have concrete opinions but what does everyone else think

My wife and I have been married for almost ten years and we have three kids together (8m, 6f and 5f). Since April last year my wife has experienced severe pain, nausea and cramps that has gotten steadily worse as time passed. At the moment she’s effectively bedridden for more than 12 hours a day and when she’s able to be up she can’t do much more than sit. She can’t walk more than halfway around the block before she’s in agony and can’t go further. She was recently diagnosed with PCOS, adenomyosis and endometriosis and will get a hysterectomy around the end of June, along with a colonoscopy and endoscopy in a couple of weeks.
I do all the meal prep, pet care, cooking, washing and cleaning for the five of us. I manage our kids full time on the weekends. On weekdays I start at 630 when the kids wake up and I get them dressed, eating, make school lunches with them, check their bags to make sure they have everything. I wake my wife up at 730 just before I leave for work and I’m there from 830-430. The moment I get home my wife goes to our room to rest while I make sure the kids’ bags and lunchboxes are packed up, make the house tidy, do the rest of their homework with them and cook dinner for them. After that I handle their bathroom routine, get them dressed and if there’s time read a bedtime story. Once they’re in bed I prep dinner for my wife and I and once it’s ready wake her up so we can eat together. After dinner I tidy things away and we talk or watch TV and try to relax. If chores and other jobs need to be done (bins, recycling, dishes, folding etc) I do those while she rests. After that we wash up and are usually in bed by 11 or so.
I chose to take this routine on, because I love my family and right now my wife physically can’t no matter how much she wants to help. I know things will be different after she recovers from surgery, but that won’t be until at least August and if surgery doesn’t get all the endometriosis there’ll be followup surgeries after that. The last week we haven’t been able to touch her without her twitching in pain and every night I’ve stared at the ceiling unable to sleep while she whimpers, knowing I can’t comfort her at all without making her suffering worse. I know it’s only an emotional reaction, but I feel rejected when I try and hold her while I’m asleep and wake up to her nearly screaming and pushing me away. Our intimate life is incredibly spotty and on the rare days where she’s not too bad we try and be together but even then I feel like I need to reassure her that she’s still loved and desired, it’s primarily to emotionally support her.
I don’t rest, or have time to socialise or exercise. The brief moments I have to play games are quickly losing all enjoyment for me. I’ve struggled with depression in the past and I worry that I’m going to end up back in that hole. I don’t know what to do.

I will not be including his two default recolors, the eclipse skin, and hat change skins. Everything else is fair game. I’ll probably do this for every champion in the future
Remix - 8/10
Solid skin. Gun is pretty cool. Music is abit too much for me tho. Can be distracting at times
Dark FervoEternal Fervor - 7.5/10
Really thought I was gonna dislike this skin but the effects actually surprised me. Not as cool as some of his other skins but they’re still good. I do like Dark Fervor slightly more
Exarch - 10/10
There isn’t a single thing I don’t like about this skin. Gun is amazing, voice is fantastic, effects with his abilities are great. They did an absolute great job with this one
Gentleman - 9/10
Another surprisingly good skin. Don’t know what else to say. This skin might have the best sound effect when applying astral marks. Idk why but I love it
Mernos - 9/10
I was expecting to not like this skin cause mermaid skins aren’t my thing but the gun is very good and the voice acting for this skin is top notch. Also his ult voiceline being “step into the tides and drown” is extremely creative
Soul EateSoul Devourer - 100/10
I don’t think there is a single Jenos skin that Hi-Rez can make that will better than these two skins. Gun is amazing, effects are incredible, and again voice acting is through the roof. I like Soul Devourer slightly more cause the black and teal works so well together
Aspirant - 1/10
No thank you. I would much rather use his default skin. Ugly color scheme and I don’t like what he’s wearing

I've been playing this game since it came out and recently I've been wondering what are some things I've missed out on that I can use in my new playthroughts to speed the process. Here are some I know which others might not:

• There is a glitched chest in Dawnstar from the Khajiits. It is next to the mine and there you can access all of the inventory of what the Khajiits sell, including their gold (750). I use it every early playthrough to get some starting money and get some enchantments and gems.
• Could not find his name, but when climbing the 7000 steps, there is a hunter which has +100 arrows. It is very useful early game to start creating your arrow stache.
• Might not be uncommon, but when playing with a character that needs heavy armor, I always go to Uthgerd the Unbroken in Whiterun cause she is a very easy follower to get. I then kill her to get her armor which is great early game.
• Very common actually but Faendal in Riverwood is a great way to level archery to level 50. You just need some starting gold (which you can get in Dawnstar) and then access his inventory to get the gold you give him back.

I was in game when 3.23 went live and consequently got booted out of my desperate attempt to earn the last few aUECs to get myself a MOLE miner. So after calming down and accepting the fate of what was inevitable, I started downloading the patch and suddenly, I was left countin minutes and after two hours of loading... I got irritated and started looking for what went wrong. Fired up the console and saw a bunch of lines with "busy" responses from the server... and consequently quitted.
Downloaded the game again (in full) and met the same fate after four hours.
Started looking for forum posts regarding the issue and found EPTU symptoms, but this can't be the case cause this is live. Later found out that the symptom was persistent in the live server and I'm not the only one having this problem. Even new players whose first time in the SC verse got met with this kind of rejection.
Started to think that my US$297 investment just got flushed down with no official communication from CIG. Not even action being done.
I got desperate and had to invoke the dreaded "Character reset" with another full download and install of the game to no avail.
WTF is going on?

SSRIs tend to be more stimulating, it seems like TCAs are less likely to cause heightened anxiety and panic attacks during the first few weeks of the treatment.
However, TCAs aren't very commonly prescribed due to their high amount of side effects. Since paroxetine is similar to TCAs, yet much milder in its anticholinergic properties, it is also known to be more sedative than other SSRIs such as prozac, would it be a better option for patients who experienced anxiety/agitation on multiple SSRIs before?
Source: https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/ebmental/1/2/50.full.pdf

Credit for original idea goes to VoodooOprah, I just tweaked it
The Oath of Ambition calls to those paladins who strive for power above all other things and who let nothing stand in their way. Each paladin's motivation will be different. Some wish to use the power they aspire to to better their homeland, write fair laws, and ensure equality, while others simply want power for its own sake, so that their will might be brought upon the world. Often called gilded knights or turncloak knights, you may find these warriors in the halls of nobility, petitioning the court and maneuvering around their political rivals, or in the battlefield, leading bands of warriors in an effort to overthrow a ruling class.
Above all, these paladins are pragmatists, using whatever method they deem necessary to achieve their goals. They will lie, cheat, scheme, and betray if it serves them at that moment. Though those who have taken this oath may espouse the virtues of liberty or justice, and sincerely believe in them, they will just as quickly poison an innocent man, or ruin one's life with a well placed word. For these knights, all means are justified by the ends.
Tenets of Ambition
The tenets of the Oath of Ambition hold the paladin's own goals above all else. They care not for morality or ethics, which only serve to hamper their plans.
Strive for Greatness. I shall always search for opportunities to better my station. Through power I can achieve my goals.
Seize the Opportunity. When a crisis presents itself, I shall use it. When a foe shows weakness, I shall exploit it.
Suffer no Rivals. I know the value of an ally, but I shall not hesitate to destroy them should they seek to subvert me.
Stymie the Opposition. I shall strike down any who threaten my dream without mercy or hesitation. Remorse and regret are for the weak of mind.
Oath of Ambition Spells per Paladin Level
3rd disguise self, hex 5th invisibility, suggestion 9th enemies abound, slow 13th confusion, freedom of movement 17th skill empowerment, steel wind strike
Ambition's Celerity: You can use your Channel Divinity to move quickly. As a bonus action, you can enhance your speed. When you use this feature, and then as a bonus action on each of your subsequent turns, you can take the Dash action. This effect lasts for one minute.
Turn Traitor: You can use your Channel Divinity to draw someone to your cause. As an action, you can whisper a magical phrase to a creature within 10 feet of you that shares a language with you and can hear you. That creature must make a Wisdom saving throw, and does so with advantage if you are fighting it. If it fails its saving throw, it is charmed by you for 1 minute, or until you or your allies attack it, damage it, or force it to make a saving throw. The charmed creature regards you as a friendly acquaintance. While charmed, the creature must speak truthfully. When the effect ends, the creature doesn't know why it held you in such regard or made such a slip of the tongue. If it succeeds on its saving throw, the creature knows you tried to enchant it.
Aura of Haste: At 7th level, your presence invokes a desire to act. You gain a +10ft bonus to your base movement speed, and you and friendly creatures within 10 feet are immune to difficult terrain while you are conscious.
At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Divesting Strikes: Starting at 15th level, your holy attacks strip an enemy of their vigor and bestows it to you. Once per turn, when you hit a creature with a divine smite, (including spells such as wrathful smite, banishing smite, etc.) you regain hit points equal to 1d4 + your Charisma modifier, unless your modifier is negative.
King of Longing: At 20th level, you gain the ability to physically manifest your ambition. For 1 minute, a shadowy aura follows you in a 30 foot radius while illusory black wings sprout from your back. You gain a flying speed equal to twice your current movement speed, and the area is lightly obscured for all but you and your allies. (This obscurity cannot be dispelled by magical or nonmagical means). Any attacks against you or your allies have disadvantage while within the aura. Additionally, attacks of opportunity cannot be taken against you.
Using an action, a creature within the aura can make a Wisdom (Perception) check against the Paladin's Spell Save DC in order to see through the veil. If a creature succeeds this check, it is immune to the obscuring and disadvantage effects of this feature for its remaining duration.
Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you finish 1d4 long rests.

Basically, the games fail to boot and when they do if the cartridge moves at all, (or the console) the game freezes, if you tap the cartridge slightly it will freeze making me believe it's a cartridge slot/pin problem on the console as I've tried it with multiple games.
I've given the console (and cartridges) a deep clean with 99% ipa by stripping down the console and cleaning the cartridge pin slot (pulled it up and everything) and any contacts. I've done every trick I could find online. There doesn't appear to be any corrosion or anything like that, at least not anything severe. I believe the sheathing/metal cover on the cartridge slot is loose causing the pins to have poor contact but can't find any video/tutorial on how to remove this sheathing/cover to get at the pins better or how to tighten the pins.
How do I re-tighten the pins in the cartridge slot to make better contact or find a new 48 pin connector to replace it? What are some other troubleshooting I can do to better diagnose the problem? If it changes anything the console is the blue Pikachu version.

Ok this is gonna be a very long, rambling, and probably somewhat disorganized post, so please bear with me.
I'm sure other people have had this same idea as well, but I'm not subscribed to the rebornevo forums and I'm not very active on this subreddit either, so I don't know how frequently it's been discussed outside of the small number of times I've seen it on Twitter, which still was after I had the thought when I first played V12 years ago. Even if it is I still wanted to try and organize my thoughts about it and present all of the evidence that brought me to think this even without engaging much with the larger community.
To jump right into it, the theory that I've been subscribing to for a pretty long time and was very confident in (until realizing some flaws with it) is that Madame X is the incarnation of Nymiera from Maria(nette)'s now dead universe, which is likely the same universe that Clear, Kieran, and potentially the Thunder Warrior Tapu Koko are from. She was defeated by her universe's Indriad but somehow managed to escape with her life, albeit badly injured, and was effectively out of commission, which led to Indriad eventually being able to bring about Storm 9 which would eventually lead to the end the world. Nymiera then likely got help from either her world's Xara and Jean, or Clear and Kieran themselves to construct her suit and escape to the next universe.
There's quite a few reasons I have to think this. I feel like a ton of evidence from throughout the game supports the idea, and I've been making note of them for years at this point. This is gonna be a bit meandering, but it's really difficult to organize thoughts about a plot as complicated as Rejuv's even if you're focusing on only one character, so again please bear with me:

• The most obvious point is that Madame X shows up directly in the prologue, to the Maria that becomes the one we meet in the Chrysalis manor. She clearly already has some amount of control over time at this point as well, meaning she had likely already claimed her world's time diamond but was unable to stop Indriad using it.
• Nymiera clearly still remembers the old world we learn about in the Third Layer. She knows Adrest by name and recognizes his presence within the player, hints at the emergence of the Zeight in the present day, and knows about the Archetype. Madame X, in the first cutscene where she's introduced at Blacksteeple, immediately refers to the player as the Interceptor, and she also clearly recognizes the power the Melia gains from the Archetype in the Bad Future. They in general seem to possess similar knowledge of major concepts like these.
  • Although you could argue that she might simply have learned about these things from Clear and Kieran, the fact that we see Madame X specifically talking to Maria in the prologue shows that she was at least aware of the Archetype already.
• This is an admittedly very small point that is potentially a coincidence, but I still want to acknowledge it: Madame X's suit seems to be evoking the image of a dragon and mostly uses dark colors. The two characters that we know are directly descended from Nymiera, Alexandra and Damian, favor Dragon and Dark type Pokemon, respectively.
• We know that Nymiera dual wielded crystal swords as her primary weapons rather than relying on Pokemon, and Madame X engages in combat almost exclusively with her sword. The only exception that we see is her attacking the player with her Yveltal at Blacksteeple Castle.
• We see the aforementioned crystal swords, as well as the corpse of Hazuki's Aegislash, within the storage room of the Chrysalis Manor, which all but confirms that Nymiera and the Defenders of Aevium were soundly defeated by Indriad in this timeline and he claimed their weapons as trophies.
  • As a small thought on the full fate of her world's defenders: Vivian was already dead because of the botched ritual, Hazuki was most likely killed, Anju was defeated but taken alive and imprisoned, likely to act as a potential vessel for Indriad (which is something I'd also like to talk about but that's best saved for another post). Given how cruel of a man Indriad is and how much he likes to torment people, I think that crippling Nymiera so she could no longer stand against him and then forcing her to live with the pain of her failure sounds like the type of thing he'd do. This is more of a headcanon, though, not something I'm actually trying to present as a major evidence for the theory.
• Because of .Karma Files we have explicit confirmation that Nymiera is an incarnation of Xerneas; it's a little on the nose for sure, but this can explain why she so heavily associates with the letter X, including why she took her name and took the name of Team Xen for her own, new organization even though it otherwise seems to be completely unrelated to the Team Xen of the Miera Region.
• If her mask is destroyed at the Pyramid, and she's effectively defeated prior to Clear and Kieran's intervention, she makes a remark about how the battle would have gone differently if not for her suit. It's vague, yes, but the implication is that the suit places some sort of limit on her power and she'd be far stronger without it, as while wearing it she can't fight at full capacity. This explains why she only wields one sword instead of two, as she likely can't dual wield without her full physical strength.
  • This next bit is straying into headcanon territory, so I don't fully count it for the theory, but we don't know exactly why she's wearing the suit; it's definitely not just to hide her identity, because there'd be far easier ways of doing that. I like to think that it's necessary for her to survive and limits her power to keep her from overexerting herself, similar to Darth Vader's suit from Star Wars. This would make sense with the idea I have that she was grievously wounded by Indriad even though she survived her fight with him.
• We know that there's a second Blacksteeple Castle on the same island that's hidden behind a protective barrier, which only Madame X can pass through. It's likely that this is the original Blacksteeple Castle and the one that we occupy during the prison arc is just a replica. We see in the Bad Future that Blacksteeple Castle has some sort of connection to Nymiera with the mosaic that we see. It's confirmed by Madame X that Blacksteeple was once Nymiera's castle, that she lost in the war mentioned in the legend that Nymiera tells to us. This would explain why Madame X is so protective of the original castle in the present day and why she can access it.
  • This would also explain why so much Xerneas iconography is still included in the replica of the castle.
• Speaking of Blacksteeple in the Bad Future: when confronted with the mosaic of Nymiera, Madame X calls her a cowardly and weak woman who couldn't protect what she needed to when it mattered most. This attitude already does make sense for her to have, but if she is the Nymiera who was defeated by Indriad in Maria's timeline, it only makes even more sense. She is so disgusted at herself for her own failure that she threw away her old name and forsakes her old actions, and looks down upon the Nymiera of the current timeline for making the same mistakes that she feels she did.
• We already know from the Regi sidequests in V13.5 that Nymiera's view of morality was a bit... warped, and she was willing to do some truly inhumane and manipulative shit if she thought it was necessary for the good of the many. Madame X's methods are obviously far more extreme than Nymiera's ever were, but even though her motivations and ultimate goal are unclear there's still hints that all of the things she's responsible for are, to her, just a means to an end. If Madame X is Nymiera, with her spirit having been broken by her failure to stop her world's Indriad, it's not hard to see how that already warped "Good of the many no matter the cost" mentality could evolve into doing absolutely anything to achieve her goals.
• The underground chamber in Kugearen where we find the Weird Diary has a lot going on, but the notable things are the statues of the Defenders,drawing of the Archetype, and map of present day Aevium. Hazuki's is missing, and Anju and Nymiera's are destroyed, with the game specifically noting that their eyes are torn out. There is no statue of Hazuki, and Vivian's is not only intact, but poised for battle. To break this all down a bit:
  • The Archetype symbol being so prominent as well as the present-day map show that it's someone who can both time travel and knows about the Archetype
  • The three states are of the Defenders that we know will suffer a poor fate.
    • Hazuki's is missing because she is the only that survived.
    • Vivian's is standing and complete because she was the only one able to mostly die on her own terms, but her spirit still struggled because of the failed spell; being poised for battle still lines up with the curse placed on her reincarnations.
    • Anju and Nymiera are both missing in the present day and were never seen again. Anju's fate is ambiguous, but obviously there's something going on with Angie (Which I have another theory about, but again, story for another post). Nymiera's spirit has appeared, but clearly can only do so much, as her only real act aside from talking to the player is transferring Hazuki's power to Saki.
  • Nymiera fancied herself an artist, and seemed to especially like working with stone given the many statues in Blacksteeple as well as the multiple stone carvings in her room.
  • All of this points to someone who can reliably time travel, knows of the archetype, has knowledge of Rift Pokemon, and has an intimate knowledge of the Defenders and their fates. Madame X is the only person who meets all of those first few qualifications, and it's also worth noting that Madame X's suit distinctly lacks eyes, similar to the two statues.

Essentially, the image I see with this is a Nymiera who became so disgusted at her own failures that she threw everything away, including her old identity, and and decided the best way to create a good world was to tear everything down and rebuild it herself, taking her belief in "The good of the many" to its furthest extreme and becoming a vengeful and bitter person in the process. She keeps "protecting" the Interceptor in hopes that their own quest will eventually guide them to resetting everything and destroying Karma for good.
However... in the process of thinking through this all over the last couple days, I realized several holes in this theory that I have to acknowledge, and keep it from really being an effective one.
First, if Nymiera is the avatar of Xerneas, then why is Madame X only ever seen using a Yveltal?
Second, the one aspect of Madame X's backstory story that she elected to reveal to us is about her mother. In her own words, "My "mother" was a weak individual who gave her life to protect me". Not only does Nymiera never hint at anything remotely similar this, but none of Adrest, Variya, or any of the files Adrest sends to Erin hint at anything even remotely close to this for Nymiera.
Third, which I think is the biggest issue: when we see Madame X's mask get broken by Sakitron at the pyramid, what little we see of her appearance doesn't exactly match up with Nymiera. What appears to be black hair could also just be a broken piece of her mask, her eyes are a bright red, and even though we barely see any skin, it visibly is not as dark as Nymiera's.
The first point is actually pretty easy to explain: the Yveltal is Indriad. Obviously we don't know how Indriad became a Yveltal, but there is precedent for shit like this happening and there's multiple hints towards it:

• Indriad is confirmed at the end of .Karma files is an avatar of Yveltal in the same way that Nymiera is one of Xerneas.
• In the Bad Future, when Melanie summons her Yveltal, she explicitly refers to it as her father. Melanie is a bad future version of Melia, Melia is in some capacity connected to Maria and is still explicitly related to Indriad's kids, the implication is pretty clear.
• There are other physical avatars of legendaries in the game: Spacea and Tiempa, who both can transform into the legendaries they are the avatars of. I don't know if it's ever been confirmed if Griselda was an explicit avatar of Giratina, but nonetheless, she was permanently transformed into one and can't change back. It's not unreasonable to see something similar happening to Indriad given that we don't know his final fate in the game's main timeline yet.
• Yes, this means there's some fucky shit going on with Angie, I have ideas about that as well but that also takes a ton of explanation and is best saved for a different post.

The other two though... I think more or less disprove the theory. Family-related trauma is already one of the game's biggest theme; if Nymiera had something related to her mother, it would have been made clear by this point. And there's just no way that I can think of to really justify the drastic difference in appearance between the two. I could simply handwave it and say "The differences in appearance are either a spriting error or a lighting thing with her helmet" and "We just haven't learned about Nymiera's mother yet", but both of those would just be copout answers to ignore.
I'm still confident that I'm onto something here and there is a connection between these two characters,
...so instead I came up with a crackpot theory that nonetheless I think has a nonzero chance of being true, although its much less liekly .
Madame X isn't an alternate universe Nymiera. She's an alternate universe Nim.
Is it a stupid assertion? Yes. But hear me out, starting with some of the more minor points:

• There is very obviously a connection between Nim and Nymiera. The game's placed a lot of emphasis on Nim's relationship to Alexandra and Damian, Nymiera's direct descendents, and Nim took her name from Nymiera's. When Nim appears in the flashback with Alexaandra and Damian she's calling out the names of Hazuki and the player character, yelling for them to watch out. This implies four things:
  • Nim originates in the past and was sent into the future.
  • Given that we haven't met her in the past, she probably comes into existence in the state that she already was.
  • Nim will meet the player and Hazuki in the past during some dangerous event, most likely a final battle with Indriad before Storm-9 fully hits, as we still don't know the final fate of the Defenders.
  • She doesn't say Anju and Nymiera's names, implying either something already happened to them or Nim was cut off in the middle of her sentence when she was sent forward in time.
• Despite Madame X claiming that Nymiera is dead, her spirit has appeared multiple times and is still very aware of the ongoing plot. Her body, however, has not.
• Clear going out of her way to manipulate Nim shows that Madame X likely has an interest in Nim herself.
• While she obviously prefers to use her psychic abilities, Nim's still clearly proficient with melee weapons as there's a handful of times where she uses her... hairpin things as a polearm of sorts.

There's three main reasons I think there actually is something here though: Nim's physical appearance, Madame X's "mother", and the reason Madame X needs her suit despite it making her weaker.
First: Nim's physical appearance is extremely similar to Madame X's under her mask. As Lorna, we can see that her pupils have a red hue very similar to Madame X's. Looking at both Nim's sprites and her official art, her skin tone is lighter than Nymiera's but still darker then most of the rest of the cast, which also lines up with the broken mask. Finally, assuming Madame X actually has black hair and that's not just a broken part of her mask in the sprite, Nim's hair is the same color.
Second: When Madame X mentions her "Mother", its quoted, presumably for air quotes. While it could just be her disrespecting her "Mother", it feels far more significant than that, like its moreso implying that whoever she's talking about wasn't her mother in the traditional sense. Madame X also states that the difference between her "Mother"'s sacrifice and the player's mom's sacrifice is that the player's mom's didn't matter; thus indirectly implying that Madame X's mom's sacrifice was important even if she looks down upon her mom for it. Assuming that Nymiera shares some connection to Nim- be it that Nymiera created her, Nim is her reincarnation, or something else- it's not unreasonable to think that Nim, after overcoming her memory issues, could view Nymiera as something of a mother figure, especially considering that Nim took her name Nymiera's because she felt a connection.
Third: The suit. There's a very obvious reason that Nim would need a suit to suppress her own power: to keep herself from draining the life force of her subordinates and stop her own Storm from getting out of control. It's a leap, sure, but it would explain why she needs a suit that actively inhibits her.
Why would Nim be doing all of this, and how would she become such a cruel and vengeful person? We see something similar happen to our own Nim through Clear's manipulation through preying on her fears and insecurities. Assuming bad enough shit happened to her, I could absolutely see an alternate universe Nim who lacked the support of characters like Aelita, Melia, and the Player going down this path.
Is this theory accurate? Probably not, but it was really fun to think about. I never fucking know what's gonna happen with this game which is why it's so fun to speculate about the absolute mess of lore that it has.
Thank you to anyone who took the time to read this massive ramble, it was fun to write and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day!

I need a fucking textbook on all of her knowledge checks and then whenever I ask for advice all people talk about are the chainsaws and say she’s bad without them cause she has gimmicks as if she doesn’t have amazing pokes. It doesn’t help that she basically plays the game for you

I’ve tried n64 games on both a tv box and galaxy tab and both seem like the video would run smooth enough to play but the it’s the audio that causes severe lag making games unbearable. Is this a common issue that I can fix with settings?

So I be had Cold War ever since day one and I was worn out by it a lot cause I’ve been grinding for dark aether, so I got bored and stopped playing, now that I have it on steam there have been more operators added to the game I looked up on how to get Mason and I needed to do the missions to get Mason but I don’t get any prompt I just get a box saying “included in the season 6 battle pass”, is there an alternative way to unlock Mason and the other operators?

Okay, so I'm not quite sure where feedback ends and trolling/harassment begins. And I'm trying to figure out what action I should take, if any.
I have a demo for my game (on which I've been working for years now) and the demo is being finalized. During this process I've been making updates and balancing the game. Somewhere along the line someone must have seen a post about it on twitter, and tried the game. This was shortly after an update that caused enemies to spawn too frequently.
The player then makes a large post on my twitter in broken English about how the game is terrible and enemy spam is never a good idea. I told them the game is under development, and still needs balancing. Later that night, I pushed an update that fixed the problem, and replied to the player on twitter that it had been fixed.
I also noticed that the player had posted the same rambling post on the steam community for the game. Since the issue was resolved, I deleted the post on the Steam community hub.
Today I checked the community board for the game again and I see this: "dit you just remove what i said?and think i would not notice it? now that sure is against voicing out ones oppinion and experince telling"
I replied and said: It was removed because the issue has been resolved.
Am I wrong for removing the post? I'm hesitant to warn/ban the player, but I'm not sure what action (if any) I should take. Thoughts? Advice?

Hello tech supporters,
TLDR : I'm a fairly capable tech guy myself and am currently having some hard time troubleshoting my girlfriend's laptop. Although those seem like small/easy issues, we've spent many hours trying different solutions, but none had any effect, some behaviors seem even contradictory, and I'm now running out of ideas.
Detailed issues : - External monitor is displayed with a 640x480 resolution when plugged in. It started a few days ago, before that my girlfriend was using the monitor daily without any issue. We share the desk and the monitor and often plug and switch our laptops to it if that makes sense. - The classic, Windows using the CPU integrated graphics as the preferred GPU instead of the dedicated RTX 3050. I actually don't know if this was already the case before the monitor issue started, but it's obviously abnormal and very probably related. For information, my girlfriend was playing a mildly graphic demanding game a few months ago with no issues, so it seems a change appeared otherwise I imagine she couldn't have been able to run the game with CPU graphics.
Solutions we've tried to fix those issues, most and least obvious ones (none changed something whatsoever) : - Updating/reinstalling AMD CPU graphics and dedicated Nvidia GPU's drivers - Specifying the use of Nvidia's GPU as the preferred option in the Nvidia Control Panel - Obviously trying different HDMI cables (which is the only port available on the laptop to plug in an external monitor) - Re-installing Windows 11 with a hard reset of files - Updating battery usage settings to best performances and trying different outlets. The computer was always used while charging. - Updating BIOS and checking graphic options in BIOS (currently "Graphics Device : Switchable Graphics"). - Resetting monitor settings and installing its drivers (didn't know drivers for monitors were a thing before). - De-activiting/activating the external monitor and both GPUs in the device manager.
Especially odd observations : - We've plugged the laptop to a TV and the resolution on it is fine. The CPU graphic was still the one used though. - We've tried plugging different laptops to the monitor and the resolution appeared fine which leads me to think it's not related to the monitor itself and more specifically a software issue on my girlfriend's laptop ? - I've even installed an Ubuntu distrib on a bootable USB key. The monitor's resolution was still wrong but it could be due to the lack of drivers for the Nvidia GPU which I couldn't install since the OS was running as "Try Ubuntu" so actions seemed limited, I admit I didn't dig into it a lot though.
Laptop model : Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3-15ACH6 - type 82K2 Monitor model : LG Flatron E2251VR-BN
Here are some screenshots to illustrate the currently situation
Please be sure that we've tried those solutions, sometimes multiple times, in different orders with different expectations. Since nothing seemed to make a difference, we've tried looking for the most insignificant details/settings that could produce a change, sometimes knowing it would probably make no difference. The goal was mostly to try to narrow down the causes by an trial and error approach and emit hypotheses.
As for now I'm considering switching to Windows 10 since I witnessed many people around me having issues with 11 and suspect it to be somehow responsible. But overall I would prefer being wrong and just realize I forgot to validate a checkbox option somewhere, I'm kinda hopeless at the moment...
Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated in any case. Thank you for your help.

Norethindrone was the first contraceptive pill I ever tried, I was on it for a month and I had no side effects. I thought I did, but I later realized it was something totally unrelated. I went on to try depo-provera, and then camrese.
Recently, I decided to try norethindrone again, and within the first week I started to feel nausea after eating. I don't know if it was also causing me to have extra anxiety, or if it was just a brand new development with my anxiety disorder, but it made me panic to the point of nearly vomiting on several occasions. I couldn't even talk about the post-eating nausea without instantly getting the anxiety-nausea all over again.
It got to a point where I couldn't tell the difference between hunger, fullness or digestion. It all felt like nausea. I lost 6 pounds in a week because of it. Two weeks in it was getting worse everyday, and I finally realized the only new variable was the bc, and stopped taking it. It got better, but not much at first. I had a lot of days where I thought I was past it, just to have another really bad day right after. Even the smell of food could make me nauseous and dizzy. It's been over a month now, and I finally feel normal again.
So, what I'm worried about is the fact that I was on norethindrone before and nothing like this happened. I was on it for a whole month, and this time it only took a week to start doing this to me. Can I go back on any other birth control when nausea and vomitting is a possible side effect for all? I'm afraid to even try camrese again when I was just on it 6 months ago. It didn't cause nausea then, but neither did norethindrone when I took it the first time.

I just spent the better part of my day trying to figure out how to get up here and as annoying as it was I finally did it but now there’s a little white bird that won’t let me pass he moves every direction that I do which leads me to believe this is end game territory and I don’t belong here or there’s some way to deal with it I don’t know. I would appreciate some honest help either tell me I was right and to continue playing on or help me figure out how to pass him cause I don’t want to go back down if I can juke this bird. ?????