Ep. #158: The Effects of Emotion on Essence (a brief look at Barbarians)

About this episode

This episode explores how emotions can affect the soul within the context of the Barbarian class in the fantasy setting of Eora.

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed. This week's (delayed) episode was *supposed* to be about the Barbarian class and their rich history, etc etc. However it turned into a look at how emotions can affect the soul, and what that means for the world at large. This episode is more of a "questions rather than answers" kind of episode, but fret not - there is still some lore that we can sink our teeth into. worldofeora@gmail.com @worldofeora ko-fi.com/worldofeora

People in this episode

Host: Eric Reno

Topics covered

• Barbarians
• emotions
• soul
• lore
• fantasy setting

Keywords

• Barbarian
• emotions
• soul
• Pillars of Eternity
• Avowed
• lore
• fantasy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Obsidian Entertainment

Books & works: Avowed, Pillars of Eternity

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