I swear one day she is just going to make a song where she is DMing for all of these characters. These songs are almost like she is introducing all of the characters and their backstories. You know what happens after the characters are introduced...THE GAME BEGINS! lol I am mostly joking but it would be funny and knowing your work Cami really good.
it is probably the saddest D&D song I have ever heard, and it almost perfectly sums up what happened with Lys (my characater) and Krac (Lys' lover). Summary below. Lys got too zealous in the anti-demon front, saying and doing things that I the player regretted before they were said and done, whilst Krac decided that he would give up anything, even his own soul, to save his first lover, Stephano, who had made the mistake of attempting a family reunion with Graz'zt, demon prince of lust, who just happened to be some ancestor of his (not sure how many generations back). Long story short, Krac prayed to dark forces and entered some sort of contract with Graz'zt to save Stephano, which Lys wasn't aware of. Lys fled Erypool to Borealis, a demon told Krac where Lys was, Lys assumed Krac came to kill her, so played a deadly chord on her guitar, killing herself instantly, and then Lys came back in a new body as a servant of the Seladrine (elven gods), with the ability to shapeshift, she met Krac back in Erypool who explained the... situation, Lys swore an oath that she would redeem both Krac and Stephano, an oath which bound her to be a Paladin of Redeption... and then the story went dead because both me and Krac's player needed a break from a storyline that was giving us the players quite a bit of irl stress. I'd probably like to continue with this storyline soon, but it might be hard considering what has happened since then...
This song reminds me of what happened to one of my Paladin characters... _(*Edit: Spellcheck plus additional information. I reached out to Rogue's player to help solidify the story and add more context. I hope you all enjoy!)_ For Context: My Paladin characters aren't the stereotypical "SMITE EVIL! GOOD OR DIE!" Paladins that are found in RPG Horror Stories. I'll usually play the Paladin character more as the Big Dad type character, or a "Let thy light shine on others so that they can reflect upon themselves" type of character. The worst that you would get from him is the headshake of disapproval or a slight scolding for what you've done. The name of my Paladin was Abel.. The Rogue in the original party had assumed the worst from Abel from the get-go. She was a thief-for-hire type character, and there was nothing beneath her for the right pay. She had a very pessimistic and jaded outlook on life to say the least, and would often go out of her ways to commit unlawful acts just to try and get a reaction from Abel. Her name was Shiera. Originally, the two of them were antagonistic towards each other. Often times the shenanigans that took place within the story were caused by Shiera doing [A] to provoke Abel, and Abel doing [B] to try and defused the situation. One such example was when she stole apples from an apple cart only to have Abel paying the cart tender for the apples that were stolen while Shiera was watching. This continued until they learned of each others' backstory through events within the game and found that they weren't so different from each other. Both of them orphaned due to the war that plagued the world within our campaign. While Abel sought refuge within the Temples, Shiera had remained on the streets and learned to survive on her own. She had been an outcast of society all her life. Abel on the other hand, was able to advance within the Temple and eventually became a Paladin due to his affinity for Divine Magic. However, he was still treated as an outcast within the order and society due to his non-noble heritage and status as an orphan. They found companionship within each other as outcasts and began to grow closer to each other - almost like a brother and sister that found each other after years of separation. We had some good character growth from this point. I'll never forget the end to that Campaign. We had learned that the BBEG was trying to open the portal to his patron' s realm which would have become an end-of-the-world scenario. We were able to infiltrate and defeat the BBEG, but not before he was able to finish the ritual and open the portal. We had to close it, but the ritual to do so required to be done from both sides to be successful. This meant that the person on the other side of the portal when it closed would be trapped within the realm of torment for the rest of their lives. Abel volunteered himself without hesitation. They didn't have time to argue; every second that they wasted would cause more of the other realm's evil to seep into their world and corrupt it. They started to prepare the ritual and agreed that Abel would be the one to go and close it from the inside. Shiera walked up to Abel and embraced him, knowing this would be the last time they saw each other. She said that she didn't want the world to take her happiness away again. Before Abel could respond, he felt a blow against his stomach. She had struck him with a non-lethal sneak attack. That sneak-attack damage, along with the damage from the previous fight, was enough to knock Abel unconscious. She then took the materials required to seal the portal from the other side and yelled at the rest of the party to complete the preparations before Abel could regained consciousness. The party finished the ritual preparations before healing Abel, with Shiera already on the other side of the portal. She had waited for Abel to regain consciousness. She needed to see his face one final time if she was going to have the strength to do this. She never thought that she would ever sacrifice herself for the world... but she wasn't doing this for the world. She was doing this for him. He had shown her the light - and the world wasn't going to take that away from her. Abel looked up at portal as it began to close, seeing Shiera's smiling face on the other side. He jumped to his feet and rushed towards the portal, desperately trying to reach it before it closed. Desperately reaching out for her. "Live a life good enough for the both of us, okay?" Those were Shiera's last words as the portal closed. Abel's hands hitting against the now barren wall after reaching the portal entry too late. He slammed his fists against the wall as he wailed out in agony. His body slowly collapsing to the floor beneath him under the weight of his sorrow. This was the first time that he openly showed such emotions, having never felt grief quiet this strong before. The party remained with him as he stayed there for hours, sobbing on the floor before he could regain the strength to get up and leave that place. That was the end to our Campaign, with each of our characters going their separate ways afterwards. Abel returned to the temple to continue practicing his faith and teach the next generation with his experience. He never was quiet the same, having lost a piece of himself that day, a part of himself that he will never be able to get back.
I.. my heart couldn't be more hurt reading this.. I'd love a full story behind this.. Just to hear more about this.. Because damn, I've never had a moment like that in D&D.. Or, well, I've come close.. But some things ended up takin the moment away.. God.. My eyes are strugglin to hold back some tears just imagining the scene.. D&D can be a beautiful, meme filled fun time.. But when a serious moment happens? Its somehow one of the hardest hitting moments that will ever happen..
Moofie sounds like such an adorable name and her design makes her look so precious but god damn this song along with that backstory makes you feel the sadness
This reminds me of my first character, Deceit... she was a tiefling, the only one in her family (she was born to a two dads out of a surrogate mother, that had demonic bloodline which only manifested in Deceit). As a tiefling she was always really lonely, in her studies (University rejected her because of her being a tiefling) and in her travels, untill she met her first and best friend, Selena. They accidentally killed a prince, and then they killed a king, who wanted all tieflings killed. After that they had to flee the country, and on a ship they met Chandra, who didn't really like Deceit, but adored Selena. After a few wild adventures together they met Leta, who joined them. Leta and Deceit fell in love in each other, which caused some drama in the group. Selena called Deceir a traitor for falling for Leta, because as it turned out, Selena was in love in Deceit for a long time. Deceit seeked help and understanding in a diety that saved her life a few times before, as aside of the argument, she didn't feel powerful enough and outshined by Selena's magic. She sold her soul for power. After a few years, her patron forced her to fight in a war, in which both Selena and Leta were on the oposite side. Deceit tried to help them survive as much as she could, and Selena did survive, but Deceit saw the love of her life die. This was so traumatic for her, that she came to the demonic world, in which she became a queen, thanks to her patron, and she remains there to this day, looking for a soul of her beloved Leta
I just want to leave a comment here. I needed this. I'm widowed and the pandemic has been hard with the isolation. I've been denying myself my feelings of sorrow and this song (listening to it for the first time) broke that wall and.. just thank you.
My game group added this to our Shadowrun playlist because it perfectly describes my character's past. Before he was a runner, his wife had an undetected autoimmune disease, which first gave her a miscarriage, then claimed her life at a fairly young age. My character, a gnome, is 80 and without her for several decades now. Only recently was he able to commune with her in the spirit world (with the aid of a very powerful caster) to finally find some answers and closure, and meet the daughter he never got to raise. That session was some of the most emotional RP I've ever done.
This hits harder then a tarrasque on a hot air balloon. *wheeze* but no for real this is one of your best works so far keep on strumming that music cami.
Cami-Cat has two speeds: 1) *laughs with you at her own joke* Ha, ha, comedy! 2) I am once again asking for your emotional support. Now please excuse me while I find tissues.
The sheer emotion in this stung so bad, well done Cami! The meaning also hit way to close to home for one of my babies in my current campaign as well so the tears are real!!! Beautiful voice, fantastic piano, and gorgeous art = a video to make my day 😊
@@VirtuesOfSin Alrighty then, here we go! So my tiefling grave cleric, Elara, had a life revolved around her mother. She had little contact with others until her teen years when she could go and fetch things instead. Therefore, she cherished her mother, yet silently hated the necromancy she was teaching her behind closed doors. Her mother expected her to be her heir, and for a long time Elara believed that the only reason she was conceived was because of this. She grew to despise what her mother made her do and witness, but she was the only guiding light that she had, so she stayed with her. That is, however, until Elara met a man and begun falling in love. Her mother was apprehensive at first due to the fear of assassins and thieves that could be after her book. It took her 7 months to agree to meet him face to face. All was going well until Elara accidentally saw the assassin's hand tattoo on his back, prompting him to stab her through the heart (physically and emotionally) and kill her mother. Elara was saved by a final spell from her mother's hand, but then her mother was gone. It took her three days to leave her house, to function properly. The only family she was aware of, the only planet in her sea of stars had ceased to exist. Fear crippled her and sadness held her throat for weeks as she traveled aimlessly away from her town. Not even her otherworldly sight could see her mother as her spirit had attached itself to the house. She was completely and utterly alone for three months before meeting the party she now travels with. She is exponentially happier now and in a much healthier environment, but she won't soon forget the feeling of loneliness, the lack of security without a home, and the void of her mother's smile. So yeah, this song REALLY hit home, especially with (what I'm assuming is) the mother and daughter drawing :'( My heart
@@AlanahAzura That was a great background story. I find it funny how in your story, you started out sad but have the potential to become happy while in my story, he started out happy only to have it taken away from him. Lol What'cha think of mine btw? :P (It should be near the top. If you can't find it, I can repost the comment in this thread. lol).
@@VirtuesOfSin That was so interesting (and sad 😢) to read!!! Very well written and is the type of plot twist that really tares at the heart strings. Abel sounds very similar (ironically) to how I play Elara as the “mother” of the group. He seems like a very intriguing character indeed! You should be proud of him as a character for sure. I hope he healed well enough in the end 😊
@@AlanahAzura He was a fun character to play, was totally thinking that would be his retiring game until I got sneak attacked, lol. Unfortunately, that was the last time I played Abel since we started a new campaign afterwards, but he isn't max level so if there is ever a high-level campaign I could join in Pathfinder 1e, I might consider revisiting him and potentially having him recover. :P As of now though, he is just an instructor at the temple with a fake smile. xP lol
.........................................................damn...............................the emotions here were absolutely at full power. This song was gripping my heart and squeezing out the tears. I loved how as the song went on, you can actually feel the sadness swelling up, to the point where it sounded very much like you were "crying as you sang", or had that level of emotion with your words. Absolutely Beautiful, and damn heart wrenching, come on that was too much, you had me balling hard sympathizing with this character. That's not nice lol
I've been waiting for this release for so long ever since I mixed it for you a while ago. The visuals are so good and your voice is so nice with the ethereal vibe of the instrumental. Thanks for having me mix this for you :D
@@PianoPrinceOfAnime such is the curse of musicianship, you're always improving and learning through practice and thus look back and cant help but be critical
You posted this few nights after my dog died. When I heard this it summed up what I would have said to her if I had the chance. I miss her so much and this song helped me through the grieving process. Thank you Cami.
3 years on and still every time this song creeps up on me in whatever random playlist UA-cam generates this song and accompanying art leaves me a teary eyed mess.
I'm a simple adventurer. I see a Cami-Cat D&D inspired song, I click it. Because sometimes we all need the bard's voice to pick up our spirits and raise us up. Thank you Cami
Truly beautiful song filled with passion and real emotions ! Nice switch-up compared to the XMas song in another completly different style ! Great job as always Cami ^^
The voice pitch, the piano, what sounds like an organ and violins -- the way it's all mixed together. The first several measures alone gave a chill along my spine; I got goosebumps.
I’m seeing so many comments with people saying this song fits their character perfectly and I’m just here with my Kobold who thinks he is a dragon and crazy inventor hobgoblin with a Mary Popins bag he casts spells from
Every single song is fantastic, and this is no exception. I truly felt the pain of Moofie's loss when her mother faded away in her arms. They say it's better to have loved and lost, but sometimes it is just too hard. My heart goes out to you Moofie. Wherever you are.
A situation like this happened with my character Innyual, an Aasimar Paladin. Searching for his long lost love, Joy, he suspected nothing when he heard her voice in the woods on his watch during a long rest. When he reached the voice, he found that it was really just a Leshy, a woodland spirit that can mimic sounds and voices. That is also very powerful. He tried to run away, into the woods, and found a clearing filled with stones. As he approached, he found that they were cockotrices, in disguise as stones (cockotrices work slightly different in this campaign). One bit him, and one failed Con save later, Innyual had been turned to stone, searching for his long lost love.
I got another one involving forests and screwing with relationships. My character Drizden had to go into a forest with the party looking for someone specific. He had taken to leaving his NPC girlfriend Evo behind because she's among the best defence systems our mobile base has and we couldn't take it into the forest. After some cuckery and accidentally basically adopting a child, we had learned the person we were looking for had died. But were given the chance to attend a semester at the school they ran and left to someone else. Character backstory reason for deciding it was a good idea to accept and leave her alone was just a girlfriend who died protecting him. Blaming his own weakness, he resolves to get as strong as he can to protect those he cares about. What we didn't know was there was some time dilation in the forest and seven years had passed when we got out. And Evo has serious abandonment issues, thinking I had left her alone. We're still trying to resolve that issue actually....
As someone who had recently lost her mom to covid let me tell you listening to this song after so long again it hits me in all new ways. I love the song still but my poor heart.
My family always loved dungeons and dragons, especially my late Dad, but this song hit me close to home, because the lyrics detail part of my life story. 3-4 years ago, I was trying to get by in life and find my place, even though the world had given me nothing in return for my kindness, I'm a giver, so I willingly give my all to others who need it, and never ask for anything in return, not even a 'thank you' but people took advantage of my kindness, and I was bullied by my teachers while Dad was dying, and I had been told everything you shouldn't tell a depressed person during this time. I was told to 'suck it up/tough it out' by everyone, even my own mother, to 'quit being selfish, people have it so much worse than you' or to simply 'stop it' while I was told by my mean teachers that I didn't have a say because I'm a woman, that all I did was mess up, that I wasn't allowed to grieve because I was 'disrupting the class', and (they didn't say this part out loud, they implied it with their actions, and not just to me, but to all the students they hated) that I did not matter, that my feelings did not matter, that there was no place in the world for someone like me, and that it was bad enough that I simply existed when no one wanted me, and that I should die because the world would be better off if I was dead. Dad was the only one who got it, he was a boomer, so he grew up in a time where everyone would have told everyone with depression to 'shake it off' but upon seeing how much I struggled, he realized how telling someone to shake it off was harmful, listened to me and tried to understand, and was always there for me, he'd tell me about all his DnD adventures and we'd play pretend and go on a couple of our own, just the two of us. Due to being taken advantage of, getting bullied and made to feel like an outcast by my teachers, and being told things you shouldn't tell someone who's depressed while Dad was dying, I became extremely suicidal and attempted or thought about attempting my life multiple times, I wanted to join my Dad so I wouldn't be alone, I tried what my therapists told me to do, but nothing worked, I didn't know what else to do, I wasn't getting better, and I cried to my Dad before, during, and after he died: 'Can you hear me? I’m crying out for you! Can you hear me? What else is there I can do? I don’t want to be out there lost along the breeze! I don’t want to be alone!" After he died, I stopped functioning for 3 years, I don't know how I managed to graduate. Matter of fact, I'm still not okay, I struggle to get out of bed and clean up my room, but it's become easier to deal with the pain, I don't feel as heavy, and it's easier to get out of bed when I actually want or need to. My Dad wasn't just my father, he was my best friend, and one of the few people in life that understood and was always there, even when he wasn't around. I grew very close to him as time went on, so his death hit me really hard. He had cancer, and when he was first diagnosed was when I became depressed. My mother had also left my Dad and me and her were fighting, so that didn't help. I was in middle school, and I blamed her for the divorce, as my Dad's heart was broken, literally, he had broken heart syndrome, or so he told me, he never got a diagnosis, but looking back, he told me he showed all the symptoms, but over time, he convinced me to make up with Mom, and after all these years, he still loved and cared for her, and Mom was by his side, taking care of him in turn when he was dying. This song actually made me cry because it felt like I was this character, and that I had lost my father a second time. He had become a zombie, but he looked at me with love in his eyes, and to avoid biting me, and turning me into a zombie, he killed himself, and as you sang, I held him in my arms as he lay dying and told me he loved me and how proud he was of me, and as I lost him a second time, I ran to the nearest cliff and flung myself to a watery grave, too lost in my despair and grief to go on. You moved me, Cami-Cat. I had never cried so hard before, not since he died. You moved me to tears, and not much can do that, and I love you all the more for it. I hadn't realized how much I needed that cry until I heard this song. Now I can't stop listening to it. Keep up the good work.
Wow, this reminds me of my last campaign I was a part of. My IRL best friend and I were playing a CG Archfey Warlock/Dragon Sorceress (Zora) and a bladesong wizard (Saitiel) respectively. They were both rather kindred souls that were essentially the party mom and dad that took care of everyone (myself being neutral good). Throughout the entire campaign, we were trying to correct a grave mistake that we made, where we accidently ascended a megalomaniac to godhood when he tore the divinity out of the local pantheon. We literally journeyed all over the world trying to find anything that could help overthrow a god, from an entire civilization of surface drow that were mechanical masterminds that ended up being taken over and enthralled by a laired Beholder, to an island chain that was being terrorized by what was literally a match of rock-em-sock-em robots between a pair of elder elementals, to overthrowing the mafia in another town and installing the family of our party rogue. The entire time my, admittingly naïve, aasimar wizard had been sort of leading the party as he followed the guidance of his celestial motherfigure that took care of his orphaned self. At one point, while exploring some ancient ruins of a lost race of birdmen (not arakokra), I found a Luck Blade with 3 charges. During the course of this campaign mind you, Zora and Saitiel had gotten together and were a rather happy couple, much to the teasing fun of the party that started calling them Mom and Dad. We finally found all the pieces of the weapon we were being guided to (a sword that was once wielded by the celestial guide) and went to the city where the usurper god had decided to attack that day. Forging the sword together, the celestial then betrayed everyone, revealing the entire time that she had been using my character Saitiel as a host to hide until her blade was remade. It turns out that it was sundered in a joint effort from all the gods because she was a god-killer. Quite literally b-slapped the usurper out of existence and revealed that she was now going to take over the world. We, as a party, could either join her or die. I ended up messaging the DM about the Luck Blade (as I never used any of the Wish charges, due to limited amount). He allowed my plan. Taking hold of the blade, Saitiel played along before declaring his Wish of writing the celestial godkiller out of existence, burning out all three charges and erasing his own existence as well in sacrifice to the cost of the Wish. The world and reality rewrote itself, everything the usurper did being undone due to the error my wizard made in the first place. All the lives lost, all the planes being fixed. All that was left in the now quiet and empty battlefield was a party missing their father-figure, having being written out of their lives and disappearing into the mists of lost memories. All that was left of him was his spellbook and journal that he catalogued the journey they didn't remember in. The party dispersed to live their lives, but Zora spent the rest of hers with her love's spellbook, searching for the man she couldn't ever remember and would never return again.
My DND character just died today, it was really heart breaking. I was with her for 5 years and it's really hard for me to move on for her sudden death. She was very jolly and friendly, she often brings happiness to everyone. Now, here I am mourning for her death with this song. Rest now, Amber.
I love the range of emotions you can feel from each line, as the song progresses you feel like your walking this path with her and you feel her sorrow and pain and the loss that drives her forward, I love your voice miss Cami.
Oh man....sitting here listening to this just brought our the tears....goes to show just how talented of a vocalist Cami-Cat is, on top of the imagery rendered by the artist.
this makes me miss my old DnD group even more now. Haven't seen each other in over 5 years now and this brings back so many memories of long weekends laughing and crying with them
I got here after about 2 hours of youtube autoplay selection, and I couldn't be happier. subbed and belled! Also, the last chorus gave me goosebumps, well done
This works PERFECTLY for my sorcerer. His parents were murdered by a cult who then kidnapped his siblings (he was running an errand for his mother when it happened, so he wasn't home to be kidnapped as well). Now he's out looking for this cult so he can avenge his parents and save his siblings, while also caught up in our DM's kick-ass plot where we have to stop the ancient gods from reawakening and destroying the world. Every day he spends saving the world is another day his siblings could be killed or worse, but if he leaves to find them then the whole world has one less person working to save it (he's the only sorcerer in the party, so he's pretty useful).
So much emotion, the pain behind the words...this is one of the most emotional pieces I've ever heard. Thank you Cami, you are a gift to all mankind.🥺😭
In a session the whole party plus the dungeon master shead so many tears. It was because my Scourge Aasimar Ranger Charlie Gehrman had died after he lost everything. We had gone to my character's hometown and the party got to meet his family, it was right after we faced a vampire lord who was involved into Charlies past and had killed his childhood friends. At the start when they met him they believed his a heartless and ruthless hunter, but Charlie's family proved them wrong. Charlie was a man with a good heart and he was fighting against the greatest of monsters and dangers in order to provide the best to his respectful grandfather, dear mother, beloved wife and precious daughter. Of course the city is known for it's Hunter Clans, their conflict with the Church and a paranormal phenomena which occurs every ten years, the blood moon hangs above the city and monsters get lured into the city, no one enters or leaves the city until the so called Great Hunt ends. The party fought against the never ending horde of monsters and tried to protect the citizens alongside the other hunters and did a very good job, the rest of the party got themselves the title of Hunter as well, but all of the good time at the start was vanished with what we found in Charlie's home. The door was broken, clawmarks, a dead monster and blood was found inside. Charlie had a panic attack and started searching around, his gradfather's wheelchair was empty and covered in blood and couldn't find anyone. When he entered his daughter's room he found her but it was too late, Charlie once again lost everthing, his whole family and bloodline had ended. Everyone came in the room and saw him standing above his daughter's lifeless body, Charlie colapsed and his scythe fell with a loud clang, he took the girl in his arms and started crying. Charlie lost his friends to a vampire in the past and in the present he lost his family to a monster. The wizard of the party had found a letter which was from the Church and it was saying "Here by the gods degree Charlie Gehrman you are an enemy of the Church and of this city for you have dared to go against the gods and they chose your punishment. The end of what you had is the divine punishment by the gods, you should have known better to never challenge the gods for they are above us and their will is absolute. Once the Great Hunt is over you must leave and never return for this is the will of the gods and the Church." During his grief Charlie had given up his humanity because there was nothing left for him. Once that was done he drew three lines like clawmarks on his face with his daughter's blood, picked up the scythe and had taken a pose like the Grim Reaper and said "I curse the Church, their children and their grandchildren. A bottomless curse shall take you all to the Abyss! Death is coming for you!" And so the party gathered the rest of the hunters and attacked the Church head on. The Church Hunters failed to keep us out of the walls. We entered the building and saw the truth behind everything, the phenomena of the bloodmoon was the byproduct of a ritual which opens a gate to the Nightmare Realm, a literall nightmare had emerged from the gate. That was Charlie's father who had disappeared long ago, it seemed the Church took him and used him for the ritual. The party was facing the Church Hunters and Priests meanwhile Charlie would face the Nightmare. As everyone was fighting he walked towards the creature and said "Hello father" drew his sword and attached it to the quarterstaff made by a vampires spine and skull, and the scythe was unfolded, his angelic form released. The Angel of Death & The Nightmare clashed into a battle someone couldn't call glorious it was a horrific sight to witness. In the end Charlie was the victor. He had become a hero that night, yet he couldn't enjoy anything because he could feel nothing not even the physical pain of his wounds. He was dying. The party walked with him to a balcony which was overlooking the city, morning was coming, the night and Great Hunt was over forever. Charlie's final word were "The night, and the Great Hunt... were long. Now I... guess I die? At least no one else will suffer as much as I did. Look how beatiful the sunrise..." everyone looked at the sunrise, the rogue heared a whispering farewell and saw Charlie falling backwards. He had let go of his soul, he was released from his suffering, but then the entire party suffered. He was buried with whatever was left of his family. The Hunters and citizens of the city honored him by visiting his grave and his monument built infront of the Church poiting at it with his scythe and was titled as Death Angel. Now everytime someone of the party dies Charlie appears dressed in white holding a golden and magnificent scythe and takes the dead companion and wields his scythe just to protect his former comrades from the dangers of the journey towards the Great Beyond
Well, here I am, and I am not disappointed with the channel's content, as usual. Thank you for this, Camicat, I'm going to check out Emma's stuff right now!
This legitimately made me cry because funny enough is practically the same beginning story for my wildhunt shifter monk character Rosaleen. She lost her mother at the age of 4 and has had a tough life. Even throughout the homebrew campaign our DM had made, it was just obstacle after obstacle. She has gone through so much (an almost TPK who she was the only survivor of and creating a new campaign in the future with the new characters and the loss of very few close to her and so much more) and I legit cried when the campaign ended because after so much pain and trials she ended up marrying a human paladin named Jeremy. She was finally happy and even got to create the family she always wanted.
This song is amazing! Made me think a bit of the backstory of my character in my current campaign, which made this all the more sad since he's got some serious sad in his life. Well done!!
I love all the other D&D songs you make, but seriously this has to be my fav, just always like the more epic/orchestral style of music keep up the good work
I had a similar idea for one of my storybook characters. Mostly similar, but it involved his parents (who have been dead for about 10 years) only to see a Necromancer raise them from the dead. He had to watch them die twice. It's not in any campaign, but this has inspired me to keep writing a good book for DnD. Thank you. :)
You know, I've come to expect to click on a Cami-cat dnd inspired song ready to laugh or cheer...but to click this and weep...truly she has a way with emotion worthy of any Bard
I am so glad that I am able to work with you! This song sounds so personal to you. This was so emotional....
Wow, you did *great* with the music.
Ah yes, Piano Protagonist.
Cami-Cat really just said "it's time to cry over characters you've never met before" and here I am, answering the call
I swear one day she is just going to make a song where she is DMing for all of these characters. These songs are almost like she is introducing all of the characters and their backstories. You know what happens after the characters are introduced...THE GAME BEGINS! lol I am mostly joking but it would be funny and knowing your work Cami really good.
I spend way to much time crying over random peoples D&D characters
I am reminded of the bard chatacter
Me too! This is beautiful!
it is probably the saddest D&D song I have ever heard, and it almost perfectly sums up what happened with Lys (my characater) and Krac (Lys' lover). Summary below.
Lys got too zealous in the anti-demon front, saying and doing things that I the player regretted before they were said and done, whilst Krac decided that he would give up anything, even his own soul, to save his first lover, Stephano, who had made the mistake of attempting a family reunion with Graz'zt, demon prince of lust, who just happened to be some ancestor of his (not sure how many generations back).
Long story short, Krac prayed to dark forces and entered some sort of contract with Graz'zt to save Stephano, which Lys wasn't aware of. Lys fled Erypool to Borealis, a demon told Krac where Lys was, Lys assumed Krac came to kill her, so played a deadly chord on her guitar, killing herself instantly, and then Lys came back in a new body as a servant of the Seladrine (elven gods), with the ability to shapeshift, she met Krac back in Erypool who explained the... situation, Lys swore an oath that she would redeem both Krac and Stephano, an oath which bound her to be a Paladin of Redeption... and then the story went dead because both me and Krac's player needed a break from a storyline that was giving us the players quite a bit of irl stress.
I'd probably like to continue with this storyline soon, but it might be hard considering what has happened since then...
This song reminds me of what happened to one of my Paladin characters...
_(*Edit: Spellcheck plus additional information. I reached out to Rogue's player to help solidify the story and add more context. I hope you all enjoy!)_
For Context: My Paladin characters aren't the stereotypical "SMITE EVIL! GOOD OR DIE!" Paladins that are found in RPG Horror Stories. I'll usually play the Paladin character more as the Big Dad type character, or a "Let thy light shine on others so that they can reflect upon themselves" type of character. The worst that you would get from him is the headshake of disapproval or a slight scolding for what you've done. The name of my Paladin was Abel..
The Rogue in the original party had assumed the worst from Abel from the get-go. She was a thief-for-hire type character, and there was nothing beneath her for the right pay. She had a very pessimistic and jaded outlook on life to say the least, and would often go out of her ways to commit unlawful acts just to try and get a reaction from Abel. Her name was Shiera.
Originally, the two of them were antagonistic towards each other. Often times the shenanigans that took place within the story were caused by Shiera doing [A] to provoke Abel, and Abel doing [B] to try and defused the situation. One such example was when she stole apples from an apple cart only to have Abel paying the cart tender for the apples that were stolen while Shiera was watching. This continued until they learned of each others' backstory through events within the game and found that they weren't so different from each other.
Both of them orphaned due to the war that plagued the world within our campaign. While Abel sought refuge within the Temples, Shiera had remained on the streets and learned to survive on her own. She had been an outcast of society all her life. Abel on the other hand, was able to advance within the Temple and eventually became a Paladin due to his affinity for Divine Magic. However, he was still treated as an outcast within the order and society due to his non-noble heritage and status as an orphan. They found companionship within each other as outcasts and began to grow closer to each other - almost like a brother and sister that found each other after years of separation. We had some good character growth from this point.
I'll never forget the end to that Campaign. We had learned that the BBEG was trying to open the portal to his patron' s realm which would have become an end-of-the-world scenario. We were able to infiltrate and defeat the BBEG, but not before he was able to finish the ritual and open the portal. We had to close it, but the ritual to do so required to be done from both sides to be successful. This meant that the person on the other side of the portal when it closed would be trapped within the realm of torment for the rest of their lives.
Abel volunteered himself without hesitation.
They didn't have time to argue; every second that they wasted would cause more of the other realm's evil to seep into their world and corrupt it. They started to prepare the ritual and agreed that Abel would be the one to go and close it from the inside. Shiera walked up to Abel and embraced him, knowing this would be the last time they saw each other. She said that she didn't want the world to take her happiness away again. Before Abel could respond, he felt a blow against his stomach. She had struck him with a non-lethal sneak attack. That sneak-attack damage, along with the damage from the previous fight, was enough to knock Abel unconscious. She then took the materials required to seal the portal from the other side and yelled at the rest of the party to complete the preparations before Abel could regained consciousness.
The party finished the ritual preparations before healing Abel, with Shiera already on the other side of the portal. She had waited for Abel to regain consciousness. She needed to see his face one final time if she was going to have the strength to do this. She never thought that she would ever sacrifice herself for the world... but she wasn't doing this for the world. She was doing this for him. He had shown her the light - and the world wasn't going to take that away from her. Abel looked up at portal as it began to close, seeing Shiera's smiling face on the other side. He jumped to his feet and rushed towards the portal, desperately trying to reach it before it closed. Desperately reaching out for her.
"Live a life good enough for the both of us, okay?" Those were Shiera's last words as the portal closed. Abel's hands hitting against the now barren wall after reaching the portal entry too late. He slammed his fists against the wall as he wailed out in agony. His body slowly collapsing to the floor beneath him under the weight of his sorrow. This was the first time that he openly showed such emotions, having never felt grief quiet this strong before. The party remained with him as he stayed there for hours, sobbing on the floor before he could regain the strength to get up and leave that place.
That was the end to our Campaign, with each of our characters going their separate ways afterwards. Abel returned to the temple to continue practicing his faith and teach the next generation with his experience. He never was quiet the same, having lost a piece of himself that day, a part of himself that he will never be able to get back.
Holy s***
Holy shit I’m borderline crying irl due to this song, this is pushing me closer to that line, good job 🥲
This right here is why I absolutely adore this game
God Damn man, this song already had me in tears, then I read this T_T ...
I.. my heart couldn't be more hurt reading this.. I'd love a full story behind this.. Just to hear more about this.. Because damn, I've never had a moment like that in D&D.. Or, well, I've come close.. But some things ended up takin the moment away.. God.. My eyes are strugglin to hold back some tears just imagining the scene..
D&D can be a beautiful, meme filled fun time.. But when a serious moment happens? Its somehow one of the hardest hitting moments that will ever happen..
I love the various range Cami has to her storytelling. Her songs range from fun and peppy to upbeat action, all the way to melancholic tearjerkers.
Yea
It would be a goddamn PRIVILEGE to have her at my table
Cami-Cat, Annapantsu, Elsie Lovelock, Chi-Chi, Cristina Vee and Sedge must made super collab
I full heartedly agree!
Seconded
You can see at least Cami-Cat and Chi-Chi (with Lollia and several others) in Helltaker song "What the hell".
@@DMingThoughts Though the song only motivates me to declare war on the occult, it is a good song.
Don’t forget about LetMeExplainStudios!
Damn, Cami-Cat really woke up today and chose sad
I wouldn’t be surprised if she wrote this after watching Infinity War or Endgame.
Brain: You can’t just cry over a character you’ve never met and doesn’t exist
Heart: *I can, I will, and I’m doing it right now*
Agreed
I have to admit the story behind this is tragic, but the song is lovely. I hope someday one of my dnd stories can inspire art like this.
LETS GOOOO. Will update after listening
UPDATE: AM SAD. NEED TO CRY AND EAT MAC & CHEESE
Mac and cheese pog
Moofie sounds like such an adorable name and her design makes her look so precious but god damn this song along with that backstory makes you feel the sadness
*Video ends*
Cami-Cat: "And that's my character's backstory!"
DM: "....I just asked for some bullet points."
*note, the dm is crying while saying this*
@@kre8or465 Followed by a devious smirk for now plot can be developed from said backstory.
Last song: chipper jokey tune
This song: somber elegy
My expectations: scattered
When the art of her as a child being held, I just-
Cami.... PLEASE... you can't keep single-handedly ripping all the tears from my eyes!
What I expected:
WHAT SAY YOU WILL YOU STAND BEHIND ME!?
YEA!
What I got:
-lay down
-try not to cry
-cry
Its astonishing to see how good you've gotten over the years.
This reminds me of my first character, Deceit... she was a tiefling, the only one in her family (she was born to a two dads out of a surrogate mother, that had demonic bloodline which only manifested in Deceit). As a tiefling she was always really lonely, in her studies (University rejected her because of her being a tiefling) and in her travels, untill she met her first and best friend, Selena. They accidentally killed a prince, and then they killed a king, who wanted all tieflings killed. After that they had to flee the country, and on a ship they met Chandra, who didn't really like Deceit, but adored Selena. After a few wild adventures together they met Leta, who joined them. Leta and Deceit fell in love in each other, which caused some drama in the group. Selena called Deceir a traitor for falling for Leta, because as it turned out, Selena was in love in Deceit for a long time. Deceit seeked help and understanding in a diety that saved her life a few times before, as aside of the argument, she didn't feel powerful enough and outshined by Selena's magic. She sold her soul for power.
After a few years, her patron forced her to fight in a war, in which both Selena and Leta were on the oposite side. Deceit tried to help them survive as much as she could, and Selena did survive, but Deceit saw the love of her life die.
This was so traumatic for her, that she came to the demonic world, in which she became a queen, thanks to her patron, and she remains there to this day, looking for a soul of her beloved Leta
RIP Q~Q
I immediately felt that this would be like Cessair’s Theme when I felt that first best drop...
Was just listening to the jingle bells parody, and I've never enjoyed such a tonal whiplash so much before. Very well done, Cami, you should be proud.
I just want to leave a comment here. I needed this. I'm widowed and the pandemic has been hard with the isolation. I've been denying myself my feelings of sorrow and this song (listening to it for the first time) broke that wall and.. just thank you.
My game group added this to our Shadowrun playlist because it perfectly describes my character's past. Before he was a runner, his wife had an undetected autoimmune disease, which first gave her a miscarriage, then claimed her life at a fairly young age. My character, a gnome, is 80 and without her for several decades now. Only recently was he able to commune with her in the spirit world (with the aid of a very powerful caster) to finally find some answers and closure, and meet the daughter he never got to raise. That session was some of the most emotional RP I've ever done.
This hits harder then a tarrasque on a hot air balloon. *wheeze* but no for real this is one of your best works so far keep on strumming that music cami.
I am going to have to remember that one, its such a unique expression of weight.
"This hits harder than a tarrasque on a hot air balloon" is such a powerful expression.
Cami-Cat has two speeds:
1) *laughs with you at her own joke* Ha, ha, comedy!
2) I am once again asking for your emotional support.
Now please excuse me while I find tissues.
YES!!! HERE WE GO
The sheer emotion in this stung so bad, well done Cami! The meaning also hit way to close to home for one of my babies in my current campaign as well so the tears are real!!! Beautiful voice, fantastic piano, and gorgeous art = a video to make my day 😊
Story time? :o
I love hearing stories about people's DnD characters.
@@VirtuesOfSin Alrighty then, here we go!
So my tiefling grave cleric, Elara, had a life revolved around her mother. She had little contact with others until her teen years when she could go and fetch things instead. Therefore, she cherished her mother, yet silently hated the necromancy she was teaching her behind closed doors. Her mother expected her to be her heir, and for a long time Elara believed that the only reason she was conceived was because of this. She grew to despise what her mother made her do and witness, but she was the only guiding light that she had, so she stayed with her.
That is, however, until Elara met a man and begun falling in love. Her mother was apprehensive at first due to the fear of assassins and thieves that could be after her book. It took her 7 months to agree to meet him face to face. All was going well until Elara accidentally saw the assassin's hand tattoo on his back, prompting him to stab her through the heart (physically and emotionally) and kill her mother. Elara was saved by a final spell from her mother's hand, but then her mother was gone.
It took her three days to leave her house, to function properly. The only family she was aware of, the only planet in her sea of stars had ceased to exist. Fear crippled her and sadness held her throat for weeks as she traveled aimlessly away from her town. Not even her otherworldly sight could see her mother as her spirit had attached itself to the house. She was completely and utterly alone for three months before meeting the party she now travels with. She is exponentially happier now and in a much healthier environment, but she won't soon forget the feeling of loneliness, the lack of security without a home, and the void of her mother's smile.
So yeah, this song REALLY hit home, especially with (what I'm assuming is) the mother and daughter drawing :'( My heart
@@AlanahAzura That was a great background story. I find it funny how in your story, you started out sad but have the potential to become happy while in my story, he started out happy only to have it taken away from him. Lol
What'cha think of mine btw? :P (It should be near the top. If you can't find it, I can repost the comment in this thread. lol).
@@VirtuesOfSin That was so interesting (and sad 😢) to read!!! Very well written and is the type of plot twist that really tares at the heart strings. Abel sounds very similar (ironically) to how I play Elara as the “mother” of the group. He seems like a very intriguing character indeed! You should be proud of him as a character for sure. I hope he healed well enough in the end 😊
@@AlanahAzura He was a fun character to play, was totally thinking that would be his retiring game until I got sneak attacked, lol. Unfortunately, that was the last time I played Abel since we started a new campaign afterwards, but he isn't max level so if there is ever a high-level campaign I could join in Pathfinder 1e, I might consider revisiting him and potentially having him recover. :P
As of now though, he is just an instructor at the temple with a fake smile. xP lol
.........................................................damn...............................the emotions here were absolutely at full power. This song was gripping my heart and squeezing out the tears. I loved how as the song went on, you can actually feel the sadness swelling up, to the point where it sounded very much like you were "crying as you sang", or had that level of emotion with your words.
Absolutely Beautiful, and damn heart wrenching, come on that was too much, you had me balling hard sympathizing with this character. That's not nice lol
Oh, my heart. How can I be so sad and uplifted at the same time?
oh my god... there is so much emotion in this. reading the description explains it, too. good job! oh my god! good shit!!
I come back to this every once in a while
I've been waiting for this release for so long ever since I mixed it for you a while ago. The visuals are so good and your voice is so nice with the ethereal vibe of the instrumental. Thanks for having me mix this for you :D
AMAZING MIX BRO
@@PianoPrinceOfAnime You did such an amazing job on the instrumental too! AMAZING INSTRUMENTAL BRO
@@GenuineMusic aw thanks man! Though looking back, I sighed a bit because I can do so much better now that I have improved so much ahhaha
@@PianoPrinceOfAnime such is the curse of musicianship, you're always improving and learning through practice and thus look back and cant help but be critical
You posted this few nights after my dog died. When I heard this it summed up what I would have said to her if I had the chance. I miss her so much and this song helped me through the grieving process. Thank you Cami.
Amazing voice as always! Just all around perfect
This song....wow chills and tears not gonna lie everytime I listen to Cami-cat's songs like this she surprises me even more than the last one.
3 years on and still every time this song creeps up on me in whatever random playlist UA-cam generates this song and accompanying art leaves me a teary eyed mess.
I'm a simple adventurer. I see a Cami-Cat D&D inspired song, I click it. Because sometimes we all need the bard's voice to pick up our spirits and raise us up. Thank you Cami
but this one didn't pick up my spirits... it dashed them to the floor...
Truly beautiful song filled with passion and real emotions ! Nice switch-up compared to the XMas song in another completly different style ! Great job as always Cami ^^
The voice pitch, the piano, what sounds like an organ and violins -- the way it's all mixed together. The first several measures alone gave a chill along my spine; I got goosebumps.
Hello love how many songs cami has been outputting recently continue your great work
I’m seeing so many comments with people saying this song fits their character perfectly and I’m just here with my Kobold who thinks he is a dragon and crazy inventor hobgoblin with a Mary Popins bag he casts spells from
4:37 ooh, this is powerful
Every single song is fantastic, and this is no exception. I truly felt the pain of Moofie's loss when her mother faded away in her arms. They say it's better to have loved and lost, but sometimes it is just too hard. My heart goes out to you Moofie. Wherever you are.
A situation like this happened with my character Innyual, an Aasimar Paladin. Searching for his long lost love, Joy, he suspected nothing when he heard her voice in the woods on his watch during a long rest. When he reached the voice, he found that it was really just a Leshy, a woodland spirit that can mimic sounds and voices. That is also very powerful. He tried to run away, into the woods, and found a clearing filled with stones. As he approached, he found that they were cockotrices, in disguise as stones (cockotrices work slightly different in this campaign). One bit him, and one failed Con save later, Innyual had been turned to stone, searching for his long lost love.
I got another one involving forests and screwing with relationships.
My character Drizden had to go into a forest with the party looking for someone specific. He had taken to leaving his NPC girlfriend Evo behind because she's among the best defence systems our mobile base has and we couldn't take it into the forest.
After some cuckery and accidentally basically adopting a child, we had learned the person we were looking for had died. But were given the chance to attend a semester at the school they ran and left to someone else.
Character backstory reason for deciding it was a good idea to accept and leave her alone was just a girlfriend who died protecting him. Blaming his own weakness, he resolves to get as strong as he can to protect those he cares about. What we didn't know was there was some time dilation in the forest and seven years had passed when we got out. And Evo has serious abandonment issues, thinking I had left her alone.
We're still trying to resolve that issue actually....
Cockatrices petrification should clear up after 24 hours. I know you said they were different but still.
@@mcshark13 That’s what I told my DM, and he told me they worked kinda different in our game.
@@icecream8510 sounds like the DM just wanted your character gone..
@@alexaltenberger7324 kind of...he’s also not dead.
As someone who had recently lost her mom to covid let me tell you listening to this song after so long again it hits me in all new ways. I love the song still but my poor heart.
My family always loved dungeons and dragons, especially my late Dad, but this song hit me close to home, because the lyrics detail part of my life story. 3-4 years ago, I was trying to get by in life and find my place, even though the world had given me nothing in return for my kindness, I'm a giver, so I willingly give my all to others who need it, and never ask for anything in return, not even a 'thank you' but people took advantage of my kindness, and I was bullied by my teachers while Dad was dying, and I had been told everything you shouldn't tell a depressed person during this time. I was told to 'suck it up/tough it out' by everyone, even my own mother, to 'quit being selfish, people have it so much worse than you' or to simply 'stop it' while I was told by my mean teachers that I didn't have a say because I'm a woman, that all I did was mess up, that I wasn't allowed to grieve because I was 'disrupting the class', and (they didn't say this part out loud, they implied it with their actions, and not just to me, but to all the students they hated) that I did not matter, that my feelings did not matter, that there was no place in the world for someone like me, and that it was bad enough that I simply existed when no one wanted me, and that I should die because the world would be better off if I was dead. Dad was the only one who got it, he was a boomer, so he grew up in a time where everyone would have told everyone with depression to 'shake it off' but upon seeing how much I struggled, he realized how telling someone to shake it off was harmful, listened to me and tried to understand, and was always there for me, he'd tell me about all his DnD adventures and we'd play pretend and go on a couple of our own, just the two of us. Due to being taken advantage of, getting bullied and made to feel like an outcast by my teachers, and being told things you shouldn't tell someone who's depressed while Dad was dying, I became extremely suicidal and attempted or thought about attempting my life multiple times, I wanted to join my Dad so I wouldn't be alone, I tried what my therapists told me to do, but nothing worked, I didn't know what else to do, I wasn't getting better, and I cried to my Dad before, during, and after he died: 'Can you hear me? I’m crying out for you! Can you hear me? What else is there I can do? I don’t want to be out there lost along the breeze! I don’t want to be alone!" After he died, I stopped functioning for 3 years, I don't know how I managed to graduate. Matter of fact, I'm still not okay, I struggle to get out of bed and clean up my room, but it's become easier to deal with the pain, I don't feel as heavy, and it's easier to get out of bed when I actually want or need to. My Dad wasn't just my father, he was my best friend, and one of the few people in life that understood and was always there, even when he wasn't around. I grew very close to him as time went on, so his death hit me really hard. He had cancer, and when he was first diagnosed was when I became depressed. My mother had also left my Dad and me and her were fighting, so that didn't help. I was in middle school, and I blamed her for the divorce, as my Dad's heart was broken, literally, he had broken heart syndrome, or so he told me, he never got a diagnosis, but looking back, he told me he showed all the symptoms, but over time, he convinced me to make up with Mom, and after all these years, he still loved and cared for her, and Mom was by his side, taking care of him in turn when he was dying. This song actually made me cry because it felt like I was this character, and that I had lost my father a second time. He had become a zombie, but he looked at me with love in his eyes, and to avoid biting me, and turning me into a zombie, he killed himself, and as you sang, I held him in my arms as he lay dying and told me he loved me and how proud he was of me, and as I lost him a second time, I ran to the nearest cliff and flung myself to a watery grave, too lost in my despair and grief to go on. You moved me, Cami-Cat. I had never cried so hard before, not since he died. You moved me to tears, and not much can do that, and I love you all the more for it. I hadn't realized how much I needed that cry until I heard this song. Now I can't stop listening to it. Keep up the good work.
Wow, this reminds me of my last campaign I was a part of. My IRL best friend and I were playing a CG Archfey Warlock/Dragon Sorceress (Zora) and a bladesong wizard (Saitiel) respectively. They were both rather kindred souls that were essentially the party mom and dad that took care of everyone (myself being neutral good). Throughout the entire campaign, we were trying to correct a grave mistake that we made, where we accidently ascended a megalomaniac to godhood when he tore the divinity out of the local pantheon.
We literally journeyed all over the world trying to find anything that could help overthrow a god, from an entire civilization of surface drow that were mechanical masterminds that ended up being taken over and enthralled by a laired Beholder, to an island chain that was being terrorized by what was literally a match of rock-em-sock-em robots between a pair of elder elementals, to overthrowing the mafia in another town and installing the family of our party rogue. The entire time my, admittingly naïve, aasimar wizard had been sort of leading the party as he followed the guidance of his celestial motherfigure that took care of his orphaned self. At one point, while exploring some ancient ruins of a lost race of birdmen (not arakokra), I found a Luck Blade with 3 charges.
During the course of this campaign mind you, Zora and Saitiel had gotten together and were a rather happy couple, much to the teasing fun of the party that started calling them Mom and Dad.
We finally found all the pieces of the weapon we were being guided to (a sword that was once wielded by the celestial guide) and went to the city where the usurper god had decided to attack that day. Forging the sword together, the celestial then betrayed everyone, revealing the entire time that she had been using my character Saitiel as a host to hide until her blade was remade. It turns out that it was sundered in a joint effort from all the gods because she was a god-killer. Quite literally b-slapped the usurper out of existence and revealed that she was now going to take over the world. We, as a party, could either join her or die. I ended up messaging the DM about the Luck Blade (as I never used any of the Wish charges, due to limited amount). He allowed my plan. Taking hold of the blade, Saitiel played along before declaring his Wish of writing the celestial godkiller out of existence, burning out all three charges and erasing his own existence as well in sacrifice to the cost of the Wish.
The world and reality rewrote itself, everything the usurper did being undone due to the error my wizard made in the first place. All the lives lost, all the planes being fixed. All that was left in the now quiet and empty battlefield was a party missing their father-figure, having being written out of their lives and disappearing into the mists of lost memories. All that was left of him was his spellbook and journal that he catalogued the journey they didn't remember in. The party dispersed to live their lives, but Zora spent the rest of hers with her love's spellbook, searching for the man she couldn't ever remember and would never return again.
Anyone else ready to cry at the beginning instrumental? No? Just me? Makes sense
never been this early before
same
It’s kinda weird right?
I agree
Since i found the channel a week or 2 ago, same
I like your profile pic
My DND character just died today, it was really heart breaking. I was with her for 5 years and it's really hard for me to move on for her sudden death. She was very jolly and friendly, she often brings happiness to everyone. Now, here I am mourning for her death with this song. Rest now, Amber.
I love the range of emotions you can feel from each line, as the song progresses you feel like your walking this path with her and you feel her sorrow and pain and the loss that drives her forward, I love your voice miss Cami.
Oh man....sitting here listening to this just brought our the tears....goes to show just how talented of a vocalist Cami-Cat is, on top of the imagery rendered by the artist.
this makes me miss my old DnD group even more now. Haven't seen each other in over 5 years now and this brings back so many memories of long weekends laughing and crying with them
God, this song is so beautiful, I can’t help but cry every time I listen to it.
I got here after about 2 hours of youtube autoplay selection, and I couldn't be happier. subbed and belled! Also, the last chorus gave me goosebumps, well done
amazing work as always cami :O
loving the angelic sad feeling with this song and the art looks beautiful as usual
This is beautiful. It really shows how deep one's game of Dungeons and Dragons can become.
There's so much emotion in this it literally made me cry. You did an amazing job with this song
This works PERFECTLY for my sorcerer. His parents were murdered by a cult who then kidnapped his siblings (he was running an errand for his mother when it happened, so he wasn't home to be kidnapped as well). Now he's out looking for this cult so he can avenge his parents and save his siblings, while also caught up in our DM's kick-ass plot where we have to stop the ancient gods from reawakening and destroying the world. Every day he spends saving the world is another day his siblings could be killed or worse, but if he leaves to find them then the whole world has one less person working to save it (he's the only sorcerer in the party, so he's pretty useful).
That was entrancing! Actual chills and almost tears. That was beautiful, that's all I can say
Every dnd song is a banger. This is probably
One of my favorites along with my own eyes
This song. It is so tragic and wonderful at the same time. A tragically beautiful song. An amazing song
Knocked it out of the park like usual Cami-cat. Never been so appreciative of being stabbed in the heart.
Always makes my day seeing a new song by you! Never stop!
Sees title "Alone"
Me: Must be an Elf or a Warlock
Why not a tortle? :)
Well, a warlock is never truly alone (at least in the sense of the presence of another being existing there) lol
@@torquevonthorne948 cause elves tend to be on average the edgelords in most parties 😂
Gelfling?!
That final "Alone" never fails to give me chills. Brilliant work as always, Cami
Bringing in the new year with the big sad. God damn
listening to "Life Of A Bard" and this back to back is a mental shock
So much emotion, the pain behind the words...this is one of the most emotional pieces I've ever heard. Thank you Cami, you are a gift to all mankind.🥺😭
I haven’t shed tears over a song in a long time, yet somehow you managed to get the ol’ tear-ducts running. Thank you...
God the feels in this...I don't even know anything about this character or player and I wanna use my cleric to help. Cami-cat is a true bard.
Cami, all your original songs are just AMAZING. I truly hope that one day I get to buy an album of all your original unique songs.
Dungeons and Dragons can really pull on your heart strings
Love how your voice is, it as character to whatever you sing
Is it the end of my turn? Because this song is a legendary action!
Woah cross over of the century with two artists I love, was not expecting Vasira’s character but hey this is fantastic so I’m not complaining
the end of this songs just gives me chills everytime i watch it, which is about 10 times writing this
30+ now
In a session the whole party plus the dungeon master shead so many tears. It was because my Scourge Aasimar Ranger Charlie Gehrman had died after he lost everything.
We had gone to my character's hometown and the party got to meet his family, it was right after we faced a vampire lord who was involved into Charlies past and had killed his childhood friends. At the start when they met him they believed his a heartless and ruthless hunter, but Charlie's family proved them wrong. Charlie was a man with a good heart and he was fighting against the greatest of monsters and dangers in order to provide the best to his respectful grandfather, dear mother, beloved wife and precious daughter.
Of course the city is known for it's Hunter Clans, their conflict with the Church and a paranormal phenomena which occurs every ten years, the blood moon hangs above the city and monsters get lured into the city, no one enters or leaves the city until the so called Great Hunt ends. The party fought against the never ending horde of monsters and tried to protect the citizens alongside the other hunters and did a very good job, the rest of the party got themselves the title of Hunter as well, but all of the good time at the start was vanished with what we found in Charlie's home.
The door was broken, clawmarks, a dead monster and blood was found inside. Charlie had a panic attack and started searching around, his gradfather's wheelchair was empty and covered in blood and couldn't find anyone. When he entered his daughter's room he found her but it was too late, Charlie once again lost everthing, his whole family and bloodline had ended. Everyone came in the room and saw him standing above his daughter's lifeless body, Charlie colapsed and his scythe fell with a loud clang, he took the girl in his arms and started crying.
Charlie lost his friends to a vampire in the past and in the present he lost his family to a monster. The wizard of the party had found a letter which was from the Church and it was saying
"Here by the gods degree Charlie Gehrman you are an enemy of the Church and of this city for you have dared to go against the gods and they chose your punishment. The end of what you had is the divine punishment by the gods, you should have known better to never challenge the gods for they are above us and their will is absolute. Once the Great Hunt is over you must leave and never return for this is the will of the gods and the Church."
During his grief Charlie had given up his humanity because there was nothing left for him. Once that was done he drew three lines like clawmarks on his face with his daughter's blood, picked up the scythe and had taken a pose like the Grim Reaper and said "I curse the Church, their children and their grandchildren. A bottomless curse shall take you all to the Abyss! Death is coming for you!"
And so the party gathered the rest of the hunters and attacked the Church head on. The Church Hunters failed to keep us out of the walls. We entered the building and saw the truth behind everything, the phenomena of the bloodmoon was the byproduct of a ritual which opens a gate to the Nightmare Realm, a literall nightmare had emerged from the gate. That was Charlie's father who had disappeared long ago, it seemed the Church took him and used him for the ritual.
The party was facing the Church Hunters and Priests meanwhile Charlie would face the Nightmare. As everyone was fighting he walked towards the creature and said "Hello father" drew his sword and attached it to the quarterstaff made by a vampires spine and skull, and the scythe was unfolded, his angelic form released. The Angel of Death & The Nightmare clashed into a battle someone couldn't call glorious it was a horrific sight to witness.
In the end Charlie was the victor. He had become a hero that night, yet he couldn't enjoy anything because he could feel nothing not even the physical pain of his wounds. He was dying. The party walked with him to a balcony which was overlooking the city, morning was coming, the night and Great Hunt was over forever.
Charlie's final word were "The night, and the Great Hunt... were long. Now I... guess I die? At least no one else will suffer as much as I did. Look how beatiful the sunrise..." everyone looked at the sunrise, the rogue heared a whispering farewell and saw Charlie falling backwards. He had let go of his soul, he was released from his suffering, but then the entire party suffered. He was buried with whatever was left of his family.
The Hunters and citizens of the city honored him by visiting his grave and his monument built infront of the Church poiting at it with his scythe and was titled as Death Angel. Now everytime someone of the party dies Charlie appears dressed in white holding a golden and magnificent scythe and takes the dead companion and wields his scythe just to protect his former comrades from the dangers of the journey towards the Great Beyond
Wow!!! That is... an amazing story. I don't know quite what to say to it... I am actually tearing up irl now...
Damn grade A story I love it! Ty for sharing
Wow... That was something powerful. I love it. Art, music, your voice - all works together to make some really epic stuff. Thank you!
That was absolutely beautiful! Amazing job Cami and everyone else involved! Kudos to all of you!
Oh damn that opening, that voice that Song! Its bloody awesome!
Beautiful and haunting. Like a sad Disney song
Well this is absolutely magnificent and quite saddening. Thanks Cami!!!
This is........beautiful. I can feel emotions in this song.
I usually don't comment on videos, but this was so powerful, so beautiful and sad it brought tears to my eyes, its a wonderful piece
Oh...the chills at the end...sublime
Well, here I am, and I am not disappointed with the channel's content, as usual. Thank you for this, Camicat, I'm going to check out Emma's stuff right now!
I love your music! This song brought back so many painful memories, but sometimes you need to feel that in order to heal. Stay strong!
Oh to have her write a song about your character would be glorious, now I am going to cry ina corner this is so beautiful
This legitimately made me cry because funny enough is practically the same beginning story for my wildhunt shifter monk character Rosaleen. She lost her mother at the age of 4 and has had a tough life. Even throughout the homebrew campaign our DM had made, it was just obstacle after obstacle.
She has gone through so much (an almost TPK who she was the only survivor of and creating a new campaign in the future with the new characters and the loss of very few close to her and so much more) and I legit cried when the campaign ended because after so much pain and trials she ended up marrying a human paladin named Jeremy. She was finally happy and even got to create the family she always wanted.
I have to say listening to this at midnight with all the lights off was very enchanting
I just finished my session and I saw this and the amount of happiness I had was too much
As usual, this song is beautiful. Fantastic job Cami Cat!
This song is amazing! Made me think a bit of the backstory of my character in my current campaign, which made this all the more sad since he's got some serious sad in his life. Well done!!
I love all the other D&D songs you make, but seriously this has to be my fav, just always like the more epic/orchestral style of music keep up the good work
I had a similar idea for one of my storybook characters. Mostly similar, but it involved his parents (who have been dead for about 10 years) only to see a Necromancer raise them from the dead. He had to watch them die twice. It's not in any campaign, but this has inspired me to keep writing a good book for DnD. Thank you. :)
This song is absolutely phenomenal. Please keep doing what you love!
Earliest I've seen a new song. Definitely needed it, thank you.
Cami, why you gotta hit me in the feels like this?
One of them songs that hit you hard.
You know, I've come to expect to click on a Cami-cat dnd inspired song ready to laugh or cheer...but to click this and weep...truly she has a way with emotion worthy of any Bard
Lord above the tears won't stop, this sounds like the song of my soul, you have an amazing talent Cami, a truly amazing talent.
Amazing as always Cami. Your singing works beautifully with the music here