Well-deserved praise here on the scientific forum so far to Director General Grossi from one of our guests in the panel that we will be coming to shortly. Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to the closing session of this year's Scientific Forum. We have heard some very compelling arguments for nuclear's role as part of a clean energy mix. And we've also heard a number of speakers telling us why that role needs to increase. We've talked about nuclear in conjunction with renewable sources and how important that is. And we've also talked about what some of the challenges are that countries face as they look to include a larger share for nuclear and how the International Atomic Energy Agency can help them meet those challenges. So in this final closing session we want to hear from the Director General about his thoughts and takeaways and we also will be hearing from a very outstanding range of speakers who are with us today, both live in person and virtually. So I'm just going to briefly introduce them in alphabetical order before we come to Director General Grossi for a few first thoughts for this opening session. So very great pleasure to welcome. I hope we'll see him in just a moment on the big screens. Mr. Bernhard Bigot, he is the Director General of the Itaire organization. It has a unique fusion science and research facility and it represents, there he is, welcome, sir. It represents a key milestone for the future of energy, namely safe, economically, sound, environmentally friendly, and he is with us virtually. It's great to have you with us, Bernhard Bigot, and we will come to you in a little while for a Q&A, for a dialogue. And I'm also very pleased to welcome with us here live in person in the hall is Kirstie Gogan. She's co-founder of Energy for Humanity and also Managing Director at Lucid Catalyst. And as always, it was very important for us to hear the voices of civil society and youth and you represent both of those. So great to have you with us and we look forward to coming back to you shortly as well with our dialogue. And finally, I'm very pleased to welcome also joining us online Fabrizia Pinheiro. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Youth Nuclear Congress and as I said, she too is here to represent civil society and the voices of young people. So great that you can be with us as well, Fabrizia, welcome. And I'd like to just start out by going straight away to the Director General to hear your thoughts about, I know you couldn't be with us for all of your sessions, but I also know that you've got eyes and ears in the room. So perhaps you can just share a few of your key thoughts, then we'll go to our panel to answer a few questions and then come back to you at the close. Thank you very much. Like you say, I've been following with a lot of attention what's been going on here and online. I think the array of views and perspectives has been simply impressive. Some of the inputs left me thinking, really, of some of the issues we have been working on. We are going to be working on after the lights are off and we go back to the work, to the normal work at the agency. I must say that there are a few important takeaways that are emerging quite clearly. But what I would suggest, Linda, is that we keep this for the end. We have this panel now, some of them, like Monsieur Vigo, who is an old friend, distinguished colleagues I've been working with for many, many years. New friends like you and others who are bringing new ideas. So perhaps at the end of that I will share with you some thoughts. So I look forward to be able to squeeze from the panels a little bit more wisdom before I close. But so far I've been very, very encouraged by what I heard. I think we have been putting the right questions and getting some very, very, very interesting answers. So let me not take the time away from the panelists. And then I will perhaps share with you some ideas and maybe some questions if you allow me. Thank you very much. Then let's start right out by posing a few more questions. And I will indeed begin with Bernard Vigo if we can perhaps get him up on our screens. And I introduced you, of course, as a leader in the area of fusion. And fusion does hold the promise of carbon-free, limitless, safe energy. And of course, there have also been advances. Yet I think all experts acknowledge it is going to be a while till we see fusion truly become a real part of the energy mix. But meanwhile, you also have a background in nuclear fission. So let me come to you and ask about your takeaways, your most important messages when it comes to the deployment of nuclear fission power and nuclear innovations that can be useful and employed to really develop and also deploy fusion in the future. So thank you very much for inviting me participating to this forum. Unfortunately, I could not be with you today. But we follow your works, definitely. Definitely also, as you know, fission and fusion has two different technologies, really different, certainly. But they could be very much complementary. And from my point of view, there is a lot to learn from each other. The first maybe I will say with the ETER project is that we have been lucky enough to work with 35 different countries which all agree to start with the same safety standard, which means that they adopt from the very early beginning of the development of this project, which I guess will set the standard for the fusion development in the future, to agree on a common safety standard. And it could bring a lot of value. And I do believe that it will be very good also that fission consider more of largely distributed common standard. Second, even if the conditions are very different, as you know, we will have a plasma, hydrogen plasma, 150 million degrees. OK, we will be with a very low density, the density which we won over 1 million, the density of the atmosphere. We will have a lot of neutron flux, very high energy flux of neutrons. All this makes quite different from the fission. But you have a lot to learn about material, about ETER information and control, about all this robotics issue we have. So I really believe that we have to work together. We, for example, take full advantage now of the qualification of many of the equipment, which are already considered in the fission nuclear power plant. For example, the valve, for example, the actuators, and all these different activities. So I advocate a lot to have a joint working partnership. And indeed, it is precisely the case now in ETER benefiting from all the contribution of the seven members. Thank you very much for that. And you pick up there on several points that, in fact, we have discussed in our preceding sessions of the forum with your mention of automation and artificial intelligence, something we have talked about in a number of sessions, both in terms of smooth integration of different sources in the clean energy mix, but also very much in terms of monitoring and safety. So that point there clearly one that both fusion and fission could have in common, the role of AI. And your second, or the thing that you stressed first, of course, the considerations of safety have been an ongoing topic, not only at this forum, but also at past scientific for not least because of the crucial role of public acceptance. And let me come to Kirstie Gogan on that point, because in fact, nuclear power often still has a bad rap, public opinion, not always favorable, often also misperceptions about nuclear. So what do you think can be done to dispel some of the myths? And how can the IAEA help to do that? And do we take your mic, if you would? Great question. Thank you. And thanks so much for inviting me. It's a real honor to be here. And it's just been a wonderful conference. So congratulations to everybody who's been involved. And I'm really happy to say that many of the recommendations that I'd like to make, I've really seen in action here throughout the wonderful presentations and discussions. So really, I'm very impressed, actually. I would summarize the action that I would recommend that we take in three parts. RIGA, coalition building, and values alignment. So let's take each of those. So in terms of RIGA, of course, our industry is unparalleled in its RIGA when it comes to technical performance, when it comes to quality assurance, when it comes to science and technology. And I think we could do more around being more rigorous in our communications, because there is actually a wealth of science communication research out there that we could learn from and we could apply. And I'm starting to see that being applied. But ultimately, the scale and urgency of climate change demands that we are evidence-based and rigorous in designing our solutions, in designing our future clean energy systems. And therefore, we must also be rigorous in terms of our communication and in terms of our engagement. And I can give you some examples of that. And for example, we know that myth-busting doesn't work. That what happens when you restate a myth to somebody and then rebut it, unless they already agree with you, the only thing that they remember is the myth being repeated back to them. So that's called the boomerang effect. So there's all kinds of very interesting research that we can apply. And for example, constantly talking about safety reinforces the perception that nuclear is incredibly dangerous. So then the second part is around coalition building. This is actually linked because we know the evidence tells us that the fastest and most feasible and actually most cost-effective way to decarbonize our energy systems is through a combination of nuclear and renewables. And we also know that from the evidence, all of the consistent public opinion polling in Europe and in the United States tells us that if you ask people, do you support nuclear energy? You'll get generally around 40%, 45% of people will support it. If you ask people, do you support nuclear and renewables as part of a clean energy mix? That will jump to 80%, 85% support. So the evidence tells us that the combination of nuclear and renewables is popular. The evidence tells us that the combination of nuclear and renewables is the best, fastest, and most cost-effective way to deliver a clean energy system. So let's lead with that. And then finally, values alignment. So in terms of values alignment, and this is linked really to coalition building as well, throughout the 20, 25 years of successfully building public and political support for action on climate change, we haven't yet made a dent on the upward trajectory of emissions. And part of the reason for that is that we've, within the larger climate and energy discourse, put too much emphasis perhaps on a limited set of technologies. And we've really successfully driven down costs and driven up rates of deployment for wind and solar. And now we need to do the same again for other clean energy technologies. And in order to do that, we need to reach out to other successful industries and take that success template not only from the renewable sector, where they've demonstrated how consistent deployment, sustained access to finance, a commitment to cost reduction, moving away from project-based approaches to product-based manufacturing can drive down costs and deliver incredible value. We need to apply that success template into the nuclear sector. But we can also learn from other industries as well. We can learn from shipbuilding. We can learn from other major industrial sectors, including the oil and gas sector, to really enable this technology to make the meaningful contribution that it has the potential for, not just in the power sector, but across heat and transport and industry as well. So I urge you to start implementing these recommendations because it's 2020, 30 years to 2015. And we've been reminded time and again how long the lead times are on nuclear projects. Many of the points that you just made also reminded me of the opening words that we heard from Agneta Riesing in her presentation when she said, you know, if we know something works, we need to do it again and again and again. Take what works, scale it up, standardize it, because that's how we get to scale. Let me now go to Fabrizia Piniero, who's with us online. And again, I said we wanted to hear young voices and interestingly enough, there are many young people who do apparently have support for what is essentially an old technology, namely nuclear. So I want to ask you why that is and what more can be done to inform young people in order to get them on board in terms of expansion of nuclear's mix, nuclear share in the clean energy mix. Thank you, Melinda. And thank you to the IAEA for always giving young generations a voice. I think that calling nuclear an old technology maybe a little bit of a misrepresentation. Yes, it is based on many years of development and innovation, and it probably takes a little bit longer than other industries because of regulatory requirements. However, there are many innovative and exciting technologies that are related to small modular reactors, fusion energy, such as the ETER project that Mr. Pico was discussing, automation for remote operations, radio isotopes, and many more. Many of the young professionals who joined the workforce in the last 15 years, like myself, have not only joined it because of the remarkable scientific and technological advancements within the industry. In fact, I think many of us have joined and remain within the industry because we know that our work has a direct positive impact on the world. I think it's the sense of pride and purpose that keeps us going. It is contagious and inspiring, and it's what organizations like the International Youth Nuclear Congress or IYNC, which I am part of, aim to nurture so that more young people are committed to making it a stronger and better industry. A lot of the key messages that Kirstie just mentioned actually, including the promise of an integrated industry with solutions not only for climate change, but for public health are also extremely powerful, and I think they really resonate with younger generations. Everyone here today plays a vital role in achieving this goal through engaging with mentoring and providing opportunities for the younger generation. So I think there are many different opportunities for us to continue to be involved, and it's organizations like the IAEA that IYNC and Women in Nuclear that can really have an impact in influencing that. Thank you very much, Fabrizia, for sharing those thoughts, and I will now take all of these insights that we've just heard and go back to the Director General and ask for your thoughts on what you've heard and if you like also with specific remarks to the panel. Thank you very much. Well, these ideas, this final, not because they are the last word, it's just in the order of the program. Point to a number of important topics that have been discussed before, and of course the issue of fusion where Ether is emblematic, address some of the approaches we have been trying now. I think my conclusion of the whole effort of this forum is that we are putting the right questions. We are putting the right questions. We are trying in a dispassionate way with, I hope, rigor to see where is it that the bottlenecks exist and what is that we as the international hub for everything nuclear, but also the industry, have to be looking at and how to do it better. I think that throughout the discussions, the, of course, the issue of innovation has come again and again, and what we see is that the industry is not stagnant when it comes to this. It is important to see that we are not simply reproducing a technological format or model that could be working because they are, when you tour the world as I have to and you visit different nuclear power plants and you see them, some of them fantastic machines working very, very efficiently with technologies that date from a few years, you see that the industry has not stayed with the safe in terms of economic value and return, not in terms of nuclear safety and you see this constant evolution. You've been discussing here, Generation 4, I think now SMRs are at the risk of becoming a cliche, but notwithstanding that, I think it is clear that they are a reality there and there is a lot of interest. When we discuss, for example, with countries that are actively interested in nuclear power, the so-called newcomers and even a degree below that, those who are looking with real interest, I mean, we have all these categorization, as you know, with the milestones documents, you see them already themselves wanting, demanding from the industry the SMR because they want nuclear power, they need nuclear power, they are convinced, they are, they know that this is a solution for them and what is interesting is that this is coming from different perspectives. In some cases, it is because they are longing for power as a strategic asset and they want independence and they are dependent and they fear this situation. We don't get into that, but we know that they recognize that this gives you an added value, you can decide what to do with your nuclear energy, you have your nuclear power plants, they are operating there for you and they give you this great ability to scale it up, scale it down, work independently of sometimes political forces that are often, especially for middle-sized and small countries, beyond their ability to influence the great trends of history. So this is very important because it's not something that is there, it's a good to have for some or a way to continue producing nuclear energy in a more efficient way. So here, the demand is there and it's going to be growing quite clearly. I think that when it comes to, so this is a very important area that has been discussed and important aspects have been shown and have been described. The financing issue, also we know it's problematic but it's not impossible. We see in some cases in some parts of the world including in Latin America, for example, where I come from, that regional development banks are starting to look into, for example, I can cite examples of long-term operation of reactors that have been financed through these lines of multilateral credit that until now seemed to be a no-go zone or a restricted area for them. I'm not saying that this is completely solved but it is going to happen. So the innovation is there, the financial debate is one that needs to be of course done but it's changing. Another very important aspect and I think it has also to do with some of the communication challenges that we've had historically is the issue of waste where we also have very fine technological solutions and even examples that we must be showing in a very, I would say, assertive way. I was surprised just a few weeks ago to hear a very important European leader that confronted with a couple of pointed questions about a very drastic decision they had taken in that country with regard to nuclear energy, responded that of course nuclear had merits but of course it was not sustainable because of the waste problem. So one sees ironically, one sees that the argumentative core is shrinking because really we are providing the answers and we need to continue to provide the answers to show that the industry is coming up with the necessary solutions there. Of course for me, from the perspective of this institution, I believe that we have an important role to play in ensuring that the discussion and the societal acceptance which is so sometimes difficult to reach can have a firmer basis to be supported and we can through the normative underpinnings that we provide through safety, through security, we are the ones that can add this unique value there are occasions in which countries, and this is normal, do have different views on certain things and sometimes even discussions about the activities that they are carrying out and that could have transboundary effects. But when the IAEA is involved, the moment we show the blue flag of the IAEA in these projects, some of them quite controversial, regionally speaking, and I don't want to mention concrete cases, but we can think about some of them. Then it is clear that there will be an impartial approach that there will be a scientific contribution that is going to make sure that when there is a problem with safety, there is a problem with how waste in whatever form it can present itself is there. We are going to be there reminding or applying the norms as they should be applied. I think Linda, we are entering an interesting phase. We are facing Glasgow where the agency is going to be present. Hopefully I'm trying to reach out to the industry, to other organizations, and we are going to be there presenting a very united and hopefully eloquent case so that this issue can be treated in the way it should be. We should not expect magic solutions. This is not going to be something that is going to change from one day to the next, but I think we have to be constant and persevere in these efforts through dialogues like this, listening to views like yours and others who are telling us how you see it, and us as well interacting with all the stakeholders, with the companies in country, with countries individually to promote this issue. Why? Simply because it is a good solution. It is a solution that brings energy, that helps development, that takes care of our planet. So all the elements are there, but of course we need to face the debates, to face the challenges and to respond with, like you say, with rigor, with calm, but also with determination. I'm very grateful for the opportunity that this forum has provided us to address these issues, to present to all participants the state of the art in the different areas that you were discussing and I was so impressed with the quality of the people who were talking, looking as I was following your debates on very quite technical debates that you were moderating on some technical solutions and technical problems. So I think this has added something we know more than we did a couple of days ago, a couple of days ago, and we will continue with the same determination. So I'm very happy to have had this opportunity and to continue our work. You know, one thing that certainly strikes me when you think about the path to Glasgow and how important Glasgow will be next year is that what we could really see here at this scientific forum is that certainly this sector nuclear power has come out of the silo because we've been talking again and again about nuclear share in the overall mix. That systemic perspective that's been emphasized here by so many speakers I think is absolutely crucial if we want to try to address the climate crisis in a meaningful way. So maybe just one thought on that score before we wrap it up here. I think it's indispensable. It might not be comfortable because of what you were mentioning and your replies on that. It hasn't been comfortable in the past and still, and still it isn't. But a problem of the dimensions we have in front of us in terms of the post-pandemic recovery, in terms of the damage we are inflicting to our environment are so huge that there is no other way but to continue providing the answers. And I would say confronting all these issues squarely and head on. And I can see a recognition of this. We can see, we certainly see in every paper and even in the general press that the contribution of nuclear is seen as logical. Perhaps they are whispering it. But hopefully if we continue, they will say it a little bit louder. Thank you very much. Wonderful closing words for this scientific forum 2020. Then it only remains for me to say a very, very warm thank you. I'll start with our online audience who've been following us for some very demanding presentations. You've posed great questions. We're so grateful for your attention. Of course, the warmest of thanks also to all of those who made the trip to be with us here live in person in Vienna. It's great to see this room socially distanced and yet still almost a third full or a half. So that's wonderful. And thank you so much for being with us and also for your attention and contributions as well. And of course, as always, the very warmest thanks to the organizational team. This forum with this hybrid format is probably the most difficult thing there is to do in the event business. So we can give them, I think, a very warm round of applause also to all the technical staff, camera, sound, online. Thank you. And Director General, I wish you all the best for the further efforts and thank you very much that we could all be part of the scientific forum 2020. Thank you very much.


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Hello, and welcome back to the craft box. My name is Brenton today. We're an episode 229 of the Wizard101 Death Walkthrough and I almost nearly forgot that Last episode if you haven't checked it out already we what did we do? We Went we were in the Arcanum. We went back. We found Ivan and Mallory and now we are going over to the catabata I spoke or cataba. I spoke. I don't really know how you say it I like to say catabata because it sounds cool catabata. I think it's a cataba But we're sailing on the dinghy seal team dinghy boat thing to another boat Apparently or something along those lines Yeah, look at this. Hello Hiya. Hi. All right. We're here the most forsaken spot in all Polaris Far as I know no one's ever come this far into the Northern Sea But why stop here Ivan does not see any secret Rasputin base nothing, but freezing water in that big ice cube over there That's no ice cube. It's a floating fortress Rasputin may have a bad demeanor and despicable hair, but you have to admire his brilliance The cataba ice block is not only invisible. It's impregnable, too The only way in is to infiltrate the ice block from the seafloor First things first to survive in these frigid waters You'll need to eat an aqua lung fish from the trough. That's right. It's a seal tradition Okie dokie then. Hello Wait, is it raw? Couldn't we at least get some wasabi and soy sauce? Well, all right. Always nice to try something new, right? Ah A snack before mission is perfect thing. Ivan likes this tradition Yes aqua lung fish is yummy Okay, good job Ivan. Good job All right, we're ready to initiate the mission. We're calling this operation ice bath. We got the whole team here Lieutenant snow is our demolitions expert sergeant sleet as our security expert and field specialist frost is our science officer Lieutenant snow is going down to assess the entry point into the ice block. Use a rope to go down and join him on the seafloor Okay, let us head on down. We've got Ivan noise So yeah, there's a snow globe back over to war riskberg if you ever want to come back and do this dungeon I don't know why you would but if you want to also in between episodes I went and got wings so that video will either be up already or coming up soon So, yeah, if you want to see that may or may not be up already Descent to the seafloor takes you deep beneath the frigid waters But you can feel the aqua lung fish providing you with an inner warmth At the base of the ice block you spot an access grate that must be where lieutenant snow is hoping to gain entry Okay, oh we've got malaria as well cool, and we also made it up to level 112 when we finished off that Quest that spell quest as well. So that's cool Let's put on another epic Just for fun. We're she gonna just card that That should be good. That's gonna be a kind of new deck. We've got a wing. Sorry just in case I want to use it Don't think I will but Ivan's swimming is so weird That's like he's Billy's swimming. Malory is the same Okay Well, let's go and find lieutenant snow Hello How are you today, my dude? I've seen my share of underwater access grates before But I've never seen anything as advanced as this sealed on tight. I Can blast the great but I'm gonna need methane clathrate for the detonation. Sorry The last technical name is fire ice It's actually formed from fish Gases trapped in the ice you should find some fire ice scattered around the sea floor fish gasses. You mean That's gross. What does everything have to be so gross? Just uh hold your nose. It may not be glamorous But I need the fire ice if I'm gonna blast the group fine fine. Let's just get it over with Okay, I mean Malory is the one who wanted to come with us, so she should have known that things might be gross She's such a wimp. You know just always complaining. We need five of it. Oh my gosh There's like a narrow there. That's kind of cool. This is really cool. I really like this place This is really cool. They've done a good job. I Like it. I like it a lot. I know there's one over here. There's actually two over here. That's even better even better Hello Hello, what's around here? Wash around here. Oh my gosh. Nothing. We can't even go up there. That's a shame That's a shame. Oh well Let's get the last of these ones. Hopefully we don't actually you know what I'm gonna switch to my mob deck just in case Cuz I might get pulled actually they go kind of slow. Let's quickly boob-boob-boob run Okay, it's good and we'll get this one over here because it's kind of more safe Oh, we've got it all. Don't worry. Don't worry about it. We got it all. We good.  Let's blast this thing. Stand back. Here it goes He only used one though. What? It didn't work. Oh You gotta be kidding me. Why do I always get stuck doing demolitions on things that can't be demolished? Maybe you make this too complicated. Maybe there is easier way. Stand aside and let Ivan Oh, yeah, take that you called goofy great. Nothing can withstand strength of Ivan the great What punks really? Oh come on. That only worked because the blast weakened it. That's what I'm putting in my report at least All right status update my work here is done. You guys are clear to proceed into the ice block I'm gonna head back up to the boat go on it. I'll send sergeant sleep to catch up and help you sneak past security Okay, let's hit on and that was fun Not too difficult. So now we're just going through these weird little tunnels. Oh, hello Think we're gonna have to Is this the wizard we were born to buy the master will be pleased when we haul in this Expecting us all the better. This is the excitement. I never got back in the veil. Come on. Let's do this Okay, so I'm gonna be back once I've defeated these guys just because they're minions and we're gonna be doing a lot today Okay, I am back Looks like that passage leads up and into the ice block Eventually to Rasputin ready when you are Okay, let us hit on up and we will see what we'd got to do next I Was hoping it'd be a little warmer once we got out of the water so much for that idea We're basically inside an ice box. You just need more meat on your bones.  Thank you very much Okie-dokie. Oh, let's go and explore the moon pool Wherever that may be. I assume. Yeah, we're just kind of making our way through this we little passage. I assume until here most likely An impressive door Ivan is not sure you could break it down, but it appears to be unlocked Let's see what's on other side Whoa, hold up there big guy let a security expert handle this I can open this without raising the alarm Let's see here alert alert intruders must decontaminate moon pool chamber Yeah, you really did it with Alex doing the alarm didn't you? I'll be back again once I've defeated these guys. These seals are really bad. I'm just gonna say they're bad Okay, I am back just Hopefully possibly maybe not finishing this off now No, we didn't okay. Well, they nearly did It should have probably put up another blade, but it's fine. We can just how many peps do we have one or two one? Yeah, okay. We'll just do a cheeky. Yes, you know, I just cut him onto it's the night Okay, well we'll play it and then do not again. It's fine. It's fine. She did and I don't she that one often do we? Nope, not really What's this? These guys are kind of cool. They're really cool We get a fight a lot of more of these a lot of more of these yep good England for the remaining episode and a half of Polaris this being the half more episode what was actually more than half, but you know what I mean You know what I mean the remaining Two episodes this one and the next one of Polaris, which is really cool because they look so cool They look amazing They're a lit Okay, he's so dead this time So totally dead Okay There we go All right, so maybe I use too much pressure If that's the only defenses though, this will be a cinch. We're safe to proceed now. Follow me That's not what it looks like Yeah, pesky wisdom found us after all master is right again. I must go and tell him Restrain them until I return Okay Again these guys are storm this time. I'll be back when I've defeated these guys. Yay all the mobs. It's great Okay, I am back. We just killed we crit this time, which is great They can stun be careful. They'll save shadow pips for some reason which is a bit strange We haven't managed to allude security as well as I hoped Nothing for it now, but to keep moving. Come on. We're right behind you wizard. You can bring up the rear this time Okay, um, let's head on up Through this way and we go to a new area. Yay new place. Good job We are progressing more and more through the ice block Okay, look at this next area. Hello Sweet Cyclops, will you look at this place? It looks like Rasputin's using the Borealis crystals to make golems But why I thought Rasputin was just searching for the sky anchor gemstone Something about this isn't adding up. I'll say I'm out of my depth here. I'm not a science officer I'll use this snow globe to head back and send specialist frost Meantime we should gather some crystal cores from the golems to study. I'll stay by the snow globe You and I even can get the cores Of course Okay, so I'll be back once I've defeated and collected three of these yay. Okay. I am back. Hopefully we collect I'm pretty sure we will I Correct now, of course I do when I don't need it and he's on my to health that great. Good job. Yes, I did cool That is all of them. Let us talk to Mallory and We will find out what's next Nice work wizard now. There should be some way we can reanimate these and get a closer look at one of these Golems step aside young lady. I'm the science specialist here. It's better if I examine these cores Hmm, I don't see how this function That's because it's magic not science fish brain. How about you step aside? I have an idea Hmm, I thought maybe the crystals were powering the golem But instead it looks like the crystals allow it to be controlled remotely Congratulations little witch it seems you figured it out, but this work is crude I have far more impressive creations to show you If you'll enter my boat, I'll show you one of my favorites a tribute to Ivan in fact Come see Ivan or are you scared? Ivan the greatest scared of nothing come wizard Let us enter this vault if rat has set trap. Let us spring it Okay, then let me just collect some health and we will hit on over to the next area The cold steel thing or if that may be this is actually a really cool sort of Oh Yeah cool Must be a sciencey area And let's get on and see what damage we can cause this time Think it's a boss fight, so we're gonna switch to this dick here I'll probably cut this boss out, but do the next couple because they're cheating bosses Meet Ivan the great Is a tribute to you Ivan without you. I could have never finished my work in the fridge at all I am confident that he will prove true to his name, but we shall see Shant we Okay, so storm not too difficult. He doesn't cheat so kind of boring We're actually gonna discard one of those And just have two Lulu's a winged and a dinner. I think that's gonna work a bit better We will also put one of these in And I'll be back in just a bit when we are killing okay, I am back Getting now hopefully this kill. I don't know if it will kill the boss, but it would definitely kill the minion for sure I mean, I always say that and that okay. He's dead. Okay. They did that's fine That's unless he blocks of course, and then he may not be dead. We have heaps of blades, so we should have been fine either way Um Whatever killed yeah, whatever easily yeah easily killed cool Nice Now who is greater? Ivan is that's who no longer am I Ivan the great? I am now Ivan the greatest Never You should consider yourself lucky. He's evil man. You must tell us though. Where has your father hidden sky anchor? The sky anchor I don't know what that is. If it is valuable though. It is in the deep vault That's where he keeps all his favorite things Okay, okay. Oh my gosh, what are these hello? I Did not sign up for this.  Maybe sky anchor is here with the feet lions. Then I break down door I'll be back once I've defeated these watch lines Okay, I am Back just finishing off now with a nice way you want it because I don't use want it soft and No, we've been cast which is good On second thought this door Ivan might not be able to break down In fact, Ivan probably cannot even budge the wood Correctly you need help Opening the fall door. I will open it for you Perhaps this would get my father to speak to me again There it is open Ivan the greater what have you done? You have been a naughty child very well.  I take it back. He is Ivan the greatest We must avenge him first. Let us see what he sacrifice earned us Let us see what his resputing's most prized possession Okie-dokie Explorer Explorer near Explorer near extraordinary you enter as a secret vault Expecting to find something of great value, but what you observe is not what a humble explorer I am Jacques Cousteau defender of the environment and now ironically I fear an unconscious agent in the spirals Destruction years ago I sought to find the source of the northern lights and I discovered the sky anchor a towering mountain of pure Bore Alice I kept it secret What are a spute in pride the sky anchored location from my mind now? He will destroy the anchor and the spiral along with it if sky anchor is mountain Then what was big gemstone Ivan loading onto ship? We should go back and tell Malorie about this This could be problem go on Zen. It is better. I'm not bird and your pace if the vault is safe I will follow you out to safety Okay, then Well, that's not quite what we expected unfortunately, but I mean it gave us more information on what is actually happening Ashamed that Ivan the greater greatest Greaterist Distitive, I don't know what they're gonna call them. I don't know who knows Is not no longer with us. It's kind of sad, but um, it's fine. We'll deal with that We will avenge him apparently And I mean that's fine. He did help us. He unlocked the vault that Ivan the great couldn't do so it's great is great Let's not have leg things Let's go back to Malorie Hello So the sky anchor isn't what we thought and Resputin is close to destroying the spiral. That stinks. At least you rescued Jacques Cousteau Remember how we were told Rasputin couldn't break the sky anchor because he doesn't have the help of a Titan turns out he does According to the schematics the golems are just a prototype for what he's building in that chamber over there It's called the Titan forge Hold on. I even must have misunderstood. Did you say Rasputin is building a Titan? Yep, and I bet that's why he needed the large gemstone you loaded onto the ship in the frigid maw I observed that Rasputin was building something, but I knew not what the good news is that I believe his project is still Unfinished then we must try to stop him.  We'll come behind after you cleared the way. Good luck Okay, let us head on over to the Titan forge, which is this one over here And We will then Continue on with defeat bosses continue onwards all in the day's work for us We're actually nearly finished with the Kabata Kataba ice block, which is great I Skip my girls, why don't you just gave up you may have defeated one of my larger columns But let's see how you handle to I Think I'll be fine my dude honestly do So I'm gonna do this one off camera just because it's kind of similar to before. And I will be back in just a tad. Okay, I am back. We are just quickly killing now. I put up a couple of indemnity blades or Aegis blades. I don't actually know what they are. I think it's Aegis that does the blades. Just in case they could use bugs or sirens, but they can't, so that's good. I didn't realize that when I did it, so you know. They died, which is good, and that should be the end of that. Good job. Yeah, easy peasy. They don't even have Shadow Magic, so it's super super duper easy. They do pack a punch, though. They can hurt a lot. I'm getting so many housing teleporters. Let's see how many we've got in Pilaris. Where is it? All housing items? Probably. We've got a green teleporter. We have a orange teleporter. I've got a lot of them, two already. Three teleporters, and they're like quite expensive I think as well. Let me just check. Let me just check. Yeah, they're like really expensive. That's impressive. I'm surprised actually. I'm really surprised. Quickly before we go in, we are going to switch up to, we have to clear our back pack as well, switch up to the pierce wand, and hello. We meet face to face again, do we? As much as I enjoy our little rendezvous, I'm afraid this will be the final time. Ivan, you forgot whose side you're on. See this one out. I stay at much too, but I'm in a rush. Igor will see to your demise. Oh yes, that reminds me. As a parting gift, Igor, take my grimoire. I don't need it, and it may prove useful. Yes, master. Thank you, master. As you ordered, I have studied the wizards tactics. I have prepared. Yes, I will make you proud. Then I shall bid you all adieu. Fleeting as they've been, I have enjoyed our games, and most of all, watching you lose. Am I losing now, am I? So in all that, I use Prisms, which is annoying. Well, we can, but there's a cheat that counteracts it. So what I've done is, in order to try and get as much pierce as possible, which is only 37, which is slightly annoying, but it's fine. We've got pierce wand. Actually, is there any way I can get more pierce? I don't think there is. I really don't, I lack pierce. What I need to do is really need to farm for the good at-frame. That is what I need to do, honestly. That is something that I desperately need to do. So I can socket pierce jewels, because that would be great, just so I can get some pierce. But we should be fine, hopefully. I've put in an age of reckoning to get that pierce up to 37, which should hopefully counteract some of its only 50% resist, so it's fine. He's a cheating boss, so we're obviously gonna do it on camera. Actually, we could put Shrike in, maybe. Because that will definitely, that will pierce through it all. Ooh, do we do Shrike? That could be kind of nice. We'll put in a Shrike, just in case. We'll take out that. So if I get two shards, I can Shrike and then do it, or something. We'll figure it out. Blades are fine, so yeah, let's go. I will explain the cheat, so tardiness will not be tolerated. You can't join late otherwise.  Minions don't trigger this cheat. That's good though. So yeah, that's slightly annoying. Don't be late, team. In the first round, he will cast a Life and Ice Shield as he just did, and that's minus 70, so it's good luck. That's why I said I'm not going to be prisming. Yeah, his pet casts Deonite and Rain of Fire and Poison, and every six rounds he will cast another Ice and Life Shield. Ooh, we blocked. That's nice. Bought the big hit. Not the overtime though, which is fine. The overtime doesn't do as much. And the pet will cast Power Link when anyone's attacked, so that's fun as well. Yay. So yeah, we should be fine. I'm not too worried about this. I'm going to have to wait for two Shadow Pips, one for Shrike and then one for Lulu. But hopefully by the time we've bladed and fainted and all that sort of good stuff, we should have it already. Oh, Poison, hello. He just loves using his pet's cast. That's cute, isn't it? Critical block. Nice. He's a critter. I can feel that he's going to crit a lot. Just as why we didn't do that, I didn't realize that he could change the bubble. So he can also cast Fire Spells. Here is a Fire and Storm, Fire and Death. Sorry. Good job, Brent. So yeah, be careful of that. Okay, well, that's unfortunate. Bye-bye, Denad. Bye-bye. Pass. Okay. So yeah, he can't do E3 though, which is good, but he can Rampage. So that could be annoying. But it should be too bad, I don't think. What's this? Oh, Wanted. Yeah, he wants it. Wanted. So it's really weird. Really, really weird. These people are starting to want it. It's ridiculous. Okay, just all the dots on me. That's cool. Finally had Triage. Just Triage them all. Yup. We will discard this. We will draw. What do we get to Blade, please? Draw to Blade. Thank you. So yeah, we've got one Shadow Pipe of the Two that we need. Also need Faints as well. Definitely need Faints for this. But I think I'm definitely not going without it. So yeah, that's the thing. Blade, nice. What are they doing? Oh, yay, Pit Heal. Thank you. Thank you very much. That's gonna come in handy for me. I love it. I appreciate it lastly. Good job. Okay, three, six, eight. And phew. Oh, I'm stunned. Oh, that's cheeky. That's a bit cheeky. We can discard that then. We'll go for that even though we're stunned, you never know. Sometimes one day it might happen, you know. Who knows? Nope, okay, not today, maybe. Nope, not today. That's unfortunate. Oh well, maybe another five. What else do we get? So we got another one to discard that. We'll go for a Death Blade. Okay, that's round six, obviously. Why are we fighting? I don't know. You're the one who wanted to fight me. You're the one who came up in my hood and blocking me. So I mean, that's why we're fighting. It's all your fault. So if you die, it's not mine. I'll take an order of responsibility for it. Okay, poison. Just spam me with poison and dots. Okay, I see your strat. I see it. I don't like it, but I see it. Or what else can we do? What do we got? Death's time or we got another enchantment? That would be for a dinner that we don't have anymore. I mean, we're just gonna pass. We need another shadow, but that's simple as that, basically. I also need faints as well. Where's the faints at? We're doing faints at everyone past. Okay, that doesn't happen often. You're really making this difficult for me game. I don't know what to discard. We'll discard the sharpen because we need faints. We need faints desperately. I also discard the other first blade that comes. If a blade comes before the other thing. Who knows? Who knows? He can't even... What I find is really weird is he has shadow pips, but he can't use them. He has no spells that use them. It's really weird. So we're gonna discard this one, I believe. Yep, unfortunately. Okay, we got two sheds. 24. Yeah, we need more stuff. We need more. We need more. I need a faint. I need a faint. Just give me a faint, please. Please, game, please. Just one so I can enchant and give it 80 and then, you know what? I'll hit. I'll shrike and hit, but I need a faint first. Oh hello. Rain of fire, more like rain of your bad because it isn't even gonna do much. Here's two blades, so yeah. I mean it can do a lot, but not too much. Not too bad. I mean it doesn't even do much as a base anyway. So yeah, 400, not much. Not much. Sure. It's not gonna do much at the time, I don't think. Probably like 300, okay. Can we please work with me, game? Please, work with me. Yeah, only 300. That's fine. And this is doing what? 200? No, 100. Okay, cool. 150. Slowly dying. We... I mean he doesn't have many pips and not as a minion, so that's fine. We just need a faint, please. Okay, another shield. Round 12 apparently. Or is it round 13? I don't know. Because it's every six rounds. Is that from the start? Oh, it must be round 12. It must be round 12. Okay, we are slowly dying. We need to hit soon. Oh, thank you, pet. That makes me so much feel better. We also have pip conserve, which is great. I love pip conversion. Or conversion, yeah, it's great. Save that one pip, even though I know it doesn't really matter, but you know, it's fine. Whatever. Let's go for a Shrike. We'll Shrike and then we'll hit, and then if not, we'll blade, and then hit, hopefully by then we have a Shadow Bip. Because I discarded my Dianites. Oh, yeah, we are waiting on Shadow Bips. Hello. I am honestly so worried about this. What's this? Dianite? Oh, yikes. I'm kind of worried. We could die here. This could be the first death of Polaris, I think. Is it the first death? I'm pretty sure it would be. So low on health. We are hitting so hard next round, we are just going for it. We can't fizzle, which is great. Thank goodness. He's got an 80. We should be good, right? We should be good, hopefully. Luckily, that didn't do much. Okay, we can't fizzle, so we fine. We're going to pierce all the way through him, plus more, which is great. So, he'll have no resist. Hopefully, we can crit him. That would be even good. Yes, thank you. He may block, but whatever, he's going to be dead sometime. This is going to work a lot. Okay, that killed him. Good. Yay, we didn't even need a winged. Yay. That was getting a bit sketchy at the end there. Nice. Okay. Fantastic. Level up. Okay, we are now at level 113, making our way up. Jeez. I'm actually surprised that we're this high level, to be honest. I was not expecting that. Yes, let's continue. I'll show you what he's next for us to do. Hello. No, it cannot be. Ivan was so close. There, in fog, Titan is getting away even now. Oh, Siltime is here. Maybe now they will actually be useful. Good job, Ivan. I completely understand. I feel you. I feel you. Let's drop down and head over to Siltime. Hi. Did I just see what I think I saw? Did a Titan-sized golem burst through the side of the ice block and carry Rasputin off across the water? Yep. I'm guessing this isn't good. I thought about giving chase, but the seal boat just couldn't keep up with that thing. Then Rasputin will make good on his promise.  Maybe we'll return to Walrusburg. If Ivan must watch Spiral die, he would at least like to do it over a bowl of stroganoff.  We found Kusto's boat, the Calypso, around the corner. He says we can catch Rasputin. You should go.  Good luck to you, wizard. I hope you stop him. Okay, let us quickly switch ones, because I dislike the look of this one. Um, what's it called? It is wrong thing that is why. Um, Headmaster's Noom stuff. There we go. Fantastic. Captain Kusto. A careful study of the Calypso suggests Rasputin's been making use of it while I was locked up. Fortunately, she remains unharmed. He must not have realized how fast the ship really is. He would have been wise to scuttle her. Now we can catch him at the sky anchor. There's only one problem. The ship has no crew. I will require your help below decks if we are to embark upon this journey. Board the ship and go down into the hatch. I'll call out orders from above. The success or failure of this voyage will depend on you. Okay, let us head on in. I like how they're already on the boat, but we have to go on this schedule. Good job. Um, and we will basically finish off this area, which is great. And go and catch the rat that is Rasputin. All right, wizard. The thing that makes the Calypso so fast is that she runs smart on steam, pressure, and a little bit of magic. First thing you need to do is shovel some reusable alternative energy units into the energy bay. Okay, let's do that then. I feel like we're running super fast. Maybe it's because his amount is technically still equipped even though it isn't. That happens a lot. That's it. Very good. Now, open the energy transfer fluke. That's this one here. C'est bon. Yes, I can hear the water heating up in the boiler. Now you must rotate the steam drum. Oh, karaoke. This bit here. Nope, where are we going? Oh, the other side. Okay, good job. Good job game. Putting me the wrong way. Fantastic. Whoa, it's building up too much pressure. Quick, release the safety valve before the engine blows up.  No, no, no, no, no. Quick. We're chugging along nicely now. The sea is below us. Wind rushing by. It doesn't get any better than this. Oh no, what in the 70s was that? It seems we are being boarded. Wizard, get up here and help us defend the deck. Okay, then. Let's find out who is up here. I believe it is another boss, which is okay. Not ready for me. I doubt that, but that's fine. That's fine. Where are we going? Main deck this way. Oh, hello. This boat will never meet the Borealis Peaks. We'll sink it and you'll be swimming with the fishes. No, fishman. I've been a wizard like it just fine here on deck. It is you who will go overboard. Back into sea. Will you belong? Okay, I'll be back once I've defeated this guy or killing. Okay, I am back. We are hopefully about to kill. Fingers crossed. Just changing the bubble. That's cool. Literally done that about five times already. Okay, game. I see how it is. Fire dragon. That's fine. That happens a lot as well. Okay, half health, which is slightly annoying, but it's fine. Um, and especially... Oh, okay. Hello. He's hit it now. Okay, did not realize that was happening now, but that's fine. I won't do all my health, which is good. Most of it, though. Not all of it, though. That hurt a little bit. Yup, that did a lot. J's 2400. Okay, let's go. Hopefully, this kills. It should, I mean. We've got lots of blades. Got really lucky with their draws this time. Um, they just all came really quick. So, yeah. Boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop. And a faint. And here we go. Yup, he's dead. Probably. Bye. Cool health. Yay. Yup, there we go. Guess you won't be swimming with the fishes after all. Fine.  We stay below. Better that way anyhow. Bye-bye, fishman. Next time you stay in water, nothing will stop Ivan and Wizard from catching that ratty, rat-sputin. Okay, let us head over here and we will talk to Jock once more. Oh, hello. Impressive. Your skills in magic are a fascinating phenomenon. If you lived under the sea, I would study you. Ah, but now our voyage nears its end. The borealis peaks are in sight. You must simply go below decks and apply the brakes to the wheel box. Okay, okay. And let's go down the deck, down the deck, down stairs underneath, down below, and apply the brakes. And that should be all that we have to do. Oh, there's the wheel box. Well done, Wizard. We are slowing down just in time to reach the shore of the borealis peaks. Come back up onto the deck. And I think that is nearly going to be the end of the episode, which is crazy. It was super long. Some of you have asked for longer episodes and there will definitely be longer episodes in Mirage. Next episode will definitely be long, obviously, because it's the final dungeon. Haha. We've reached our destination. It's amazing how fast the sea can transport those who are to protect it from harm. And we made good time, too. I suspect Rasputin and his Titan have only beaten us by a few moments. You must hurry, though. The sky anchor is there above the clouds, atop the tallest peak. If he breaks it, he will tear land and sky asunder. The spiral will unravel. Where did those barricades come from? We're in the most remote spot in Polaris. I thought this area was completely barren. It was, but it appears Rasputin has been preparing for this day. He's fortified the jewel slopes to ensure no one interferes with his plan. We will do more than that. I even will bash through barricades and send rats scurrying back into his home. Well then, it seems you have your work cut out for you.  Cheers, you spider. Okay, so next episode we will be hitting on in to the final dungeons, because there's, I think there's more than one. There's definitely a couple. So yeah, this is where we were for this episode and we've just moved on over to the Borealis Peak, which is the final dungeons. So yeah, next time we'll be hitting in there. Thank you for watching. Remember to leave a like and subscribe. 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