Nice. Here's hoping that they all stay. There are so many fun characters and interesting plot developments in those episodes. One of my favorites is the talking sword. When I came across this 1980 song by Blue Oyster Cult I immediately thought about the sword from JourneyQuest. It turns out that the songs was written by fantasy writer Michael Moorcock who came up with or popularized the idea of the talking sword which became the inspiration for talking swords in franchises like Baldur's Gate and JourneyQuest.
Blue Öyster Cult - Black Blade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p1yaNC1mNg I have this feeling that my luck is none too good
This sword here at my side don't act the way it should
Keeps calling me its master, but I feel like its slave
Hauling me faster and faster to an early, early grave
And it howls! It howls like hell!
I'm told it's my duty to fight against the law
That wizardry's my trade and I was born to wade through gore
I just want to be a lover, not a red-eyed screaming ghoul
I wish it'd picked another to be its killing tool
Black Blade, Black Blade
Forged a billion years ago
Black Blade, Black Blade
Killing so its power can grow
It's death from the beginning to the end of time
And I'm the cosmic champion and I hold a mystic sign
And the whole world's dying and the burden's mine
And the black sword keeps on killing till the end of time
Black Blade, Black Blade
Bringing chaos to the world we know
Black Blade, Black Blade
And it's using me to kill my friends
Black Blade, Black Blade
Getting stronger so the world will end
Black Blade, Black Blade
Forcing my mind to bend and bend
I am the Black Blade
Forged a million billion years ago
My cosmic soul it goes on for eternity
Carving out destiny
Bringing in the Lords of Chaos
Bringing up the Beasts of Hades
Sucking out the souls of heroes
Laying waste to knights and ladies
My master is my slave
You poor fucking humans