Ladies and gentlemen welcome to another WMG video, in today's video we're going to discuss more on hero recruitment for you guys there who are beginners and are in your mid game for exos heroes but before we start please like and subscribe to this channel and away we go. So guys if you have started this game in a good way or what I mean is if you've summoned characters that have been beneficial in what stage of the game with you right now then you're on the right track but let me tell you something when I started this game in my main account I didn't know who to summon first especially for the first three roles that we get the free one the free five star of all the characters that I got I had to get Monica because you know why I like the way she looks that was it that was my criteria for getting her first but as it turned out I made a mistake I I didn't regret getting her because she helped me during the early stages of my of me playing but in the end I I think I missed out a lot and it slowed down my progress fortunately that main account is not a free to play account that is why I kind of quickly recovered getting additional heroes but for this one for the hero for the hero recruitment guide this is free to play friendly this is this is how free to play players and mid game players should have a mindset in terms of how they should build their hero pool or their teams that they are going to bring in the different areas of the game so to start off during your your re-roll the free one that the five star gift that they're going to give you for a five star character and start of the game I would suggest only three characters that you would get number one is Rudley he has been getting me wins early stages of PvP he has been getting me through the campaign or the chapters and he has pretty much been steady during this time the second one would be Baraka Baraka I don't have him in this free to play account of mine not yet but Baraka is one of those characters or heroes that you would also need because of his high DPS but he is fast he's really freaking fast so if you prefer him over Rudley then be my guest because both of them are high DPS players but Baraka is more of a more one-speed but the red is more on damage so for my number three I would suggest that you get Oloom because Oloom is is pretty much a no-brainer in the early game he brings a lot of toughness in your defense he has provoked he has self-heal he has high damage output even without battery so it's it's it's a what do you call this it's a no-brainer to get him so those three are my top three for for the reroll for the five-star honorable mentions are Maggie and Bernadette but down the line you'll be able to get them I'm sure but these three these are kind of hard to find or hard to summon so for the reroll for the free reroll five-star I would say I would again suggest Rudley Baraka and Oloom the next one would be your hero collection so I would when when you collect heroes for this game when you start out especially you classify them according to according to what they can help your team what are their strengths so the first one would be your healer so if you've noticed I never suggested any reroll for any healer because because you'll be getting you'll be getting a lot of healers in this game particularly a good one at the rare the rare kind of hero which is Kaya so Kaya let me look for her first Kaya what's unique for her is she has two skills which are heals her S1 and her S2 so you can unleash her potential which makes her a very good character even for multiple content like for example PVP tag and also the dragon stage the other healer that I would like to suggest in in in your hero pool is Anastasia so if you cannot get Anastasia get Kaya but if you have if you have Anastasia she also brings a different dimension to healing because of her S2 her S2 deals a 525% damage to the enemy which is very very good aside from her S1 which is heals all enemies sorry heals all allies by 14% and it's a burst heal okay I wouldn't get her if she healed all enemies so anyway she heals all allies our next category would be your defender so for your defenders you have I think the best to start if you if you got him in your five-star re-roll is Uloom so again Uloom is a very very nice character to start with especially if you have battery in your early game so battery brings activates a lot of his skills and both of them could wreck a lot of damage in the early and mid game but Uloom as a standalone is tough and and can hold off a lot of enemies in the early game and mid game the next would be if you can't get Uloom you can get Mahar Mahar is pretty much a high percentage drop in terms of recruiting so what I like about Mahar he has similar similar block damage to Uloom which is around 390 so both of them are tough and they block a lot of damage that is why for for the early game in mid game Mahar is very good and he also also has provoke so he's kind of similar to Uloom he's like a poor man's Uloom but if you have the chance to get Uloom get him but if not you get Mahar the next one would be let us see the next one would be a legendary character where is he can't seem to find Degas here he is so Degas Degas's OG form is very very good he doesn't need his FC his FC form he he is good because number one he is also provoke he has provoke and he increases his maximum health and he has share health with all his allies as far as as far as his kit goes he is excellent also with this S2 because of his freeze for five thirds so as far as defenders are concerned why I chose these three because they have high damage high sorry high high block block damage block percentage or numbers and also the three of them have provoke which improves the survivability of your heroes and your team the next category is it's pretty much a kind of rare category but I only have two recommendations for this it's the mana category so my first recommendation because he is pretty much easier to get is here he is so pan the reason why I'm putting pan here because he he gives mana to everyone let me see target gains mana so removes all status effects and all targets gains one mana so he is one mana short of our our must-get character hopefully with you advance to the mid game and and probably end game status of your account but pan gives a lot of mana to all not not a lot but at least he gives one mana to everyone in your team and he also decreases defense by 14 of his own defense okay so he's pretty much a utility character yes cleanse and he has shell shelter investing the other person that I'm recommending for for this team would be have to go out would be FC Iris FC iris has has been what do you call this FC iris has been a big shift in the meta especially for PvP and also for PvE content because number one she fuels a lot of burst characters to mana almost every turn or every turn can can can really pump up the mana and unleash a lot of damage if you have a lot of burst characters because of this skill so it's only one mana skill so removes all status effects from targets targets gain mana to mana so if you have for example a battery at the back end which gives you one mana every turn so this is guaranteed every turn that she that she performs a skill she can do this so she's really a game changer I think the only chance that you could get her would be through the string of creation would and that would be a couple of months from now I'm sure the devs would be dropping a string of creation for the summer festa but for now if you can get her if you can summon for her this would be a really big help for your account but if you can't pan can help you pretty much in that area the other category that we're going to discuss is AoE damage so try to try to get a hold of these these characters or these heroes because you will be needing a lot of AoE especially in in your chapters and also in PvP because the meta right now in PvP is pretty much AoE so our first one is Maggi so Maggi dishes a lot of AoE for her first skill and for her second skill and she has burst damage on her second skill burst is usually common for fire heroes so Maggi is one of the best damage dealers that we have in this game and she is very attainable for the for the earlier stages of the game our next character which is very attainable as well which is good at AoE is Bernadette and she recently got her Fate Core Fate Core Fate Core Self if I may say she unleashes a lot of damage for for a very very least amount of mana which is 3 so she unleashes for S2 she unleashes 178% damage to all enemies and it's burst but it only costs 3 mana so that is why Bernadette is Bernadette is a big help for beginners and for mid game players our next AoE character is a legendary character and it's Scarlet so Scarlet is pretty much like any fire hero her burst damage for her S2 is is big but it requires 5 mana so as long as you could find a way on how to fuel her mana requirements and most probably it's better that she is being taken to to what do you call this to six star big so that she could take advantage of that big burst but if she's only five star her mana count is only up to five so it doesn't really help her burst but she has to be taken to six star for her for her to shine our last character for for AoE is Annie so Annie is is a bit of a utility especially if you have her FC FC FC form but for her regular form or her original form it's it's an AoE for S1 and for her S2 for her FC your her S1 turns into a single attack but it silences the your enemy one single enemy so for let's let's talk about her her original form because most most beginners and mid game would be able to get her she can she can still be be recruited through the the I think it's the stream of creation for Redly so you can still get her there but if you are pretty much in the early game and you don't want to spend a lot on a lot zest on on what they call this on on stream creation her original form is ready okay so she also has a big burst damage with also with which also requires a lot of mana again what what is common with with with with with the characters for AoEs is that most of them or all of them have burst damage but these are that the easiest characters to get in the early stages of the game. The next would be your high damage single targets let's start with again I will take you back to Redly. Redly in my main account I got him a pretty much pretty much late already as I've said if you can recall earlier I was a I did some on Monika for my free free re-roll so it was I think a pathetic move but I got Redly for my main account I think in the middle already of or in mid game mid game level already and right now he is pretty much catching up with with with with those that I have 6 stars already. His S2 is 760% damage to one enemy and his S1 is 525% for 3 mana and his S2 is 4 mana and it's also a burst damage so I would highly recommend you get Redly if you have a chance to get him. Our next high damage single target would be most of them are legendary so the next would be I think Karina. At first I didn't when I started I didn't really look at Karina much in terms of her viability but as I played the game longer I realized that she's good for for the holy dragon grounds and she is a very good single single damage single single target damage dealer she deals 840 damage to one enemy even though if she doesn't have burst this is ready a lot you don't need to to six star her to maximize her because she does she doesn't need the extra mana and she is actually very good in in dealing a lot of punishment to your single targets. The next one would be he is a dark character Adams. Adams currently in in this free-to-play account of mine is is very useful because I feel a lot of content due to due to him. Him, Redly and I was really fortunate to summon Deva. Adams is a good character he should he should be one that is to be kept in your team especially for his element which is dark it's really hard to find good dark characters but for a single target high damage character Adams is very good and the last one on this list which I didn't really really appreciate till I saw other videos is Astarte. Actually my daughter was laughing when when when she saw her animation but Astarte deals a lot of damage because again she has similar she doesn't have she has I think the biggest percentage of damage for one enemy and burst. I would suggest you level up her either her or Redly initially if you have them okay and on our last our last what do you call this our last category is the revive characters so to start off I'll start with Cybel. Cybel is part of the chapters and I think you will be getting her during during if you clear one of the stages there she is a good reviver for a beginner. She has kills with which costs zero and her S2 costs three so she revives fast and heals fast. Our next would be another legendary character which is Karen. Karen is also a good what you call this is a good reviver she has burst on her heal my only my only what you call this my only concern for her is that you have to you have to level her up to six star for you to get the most out of her because her revive skill is at five mana and burst in a her heal burst is also at five mana with the same skill so that is why in my in my in my accounts I haven't used her that much because she needs to be at level six to be maximized but if you get her to level six I'm sure you'll be able to to maximize her well. Our last reviver which I'm using right now with her FC form is Lepin. So Lepin has a good kit for a reviver even with her original form but more so with her FC form but for beginners and mid game I would suggest if you can't get her FC form her original form is really really good because her revive is also at three mana her S2 it's also a burst heal as well and it also cleanses all the buffs and damage over time effects on all allies and her S1 is also pretty much pretty much good which gives heal over time to one ally by 10% of own maximum health so of the three revivers that we have discussed Lepin is pretty much all around that is all I have for you today guys take care everyone and I'll see you in the next video


With action and suspense out of the Old West comes the most famous hero of them all Apollon Cassidy starring William Void The ring of the Silver Spurs heralds the most amazing man ever to ride the prairies of the early West Apollon Cassidy the same hoppy you cheer in motion pictures and the same California You've laughed at a million times Raw courage and quick shooting have built a legend around this famous hero Apollon is a name to be feared respected and admired for this great cowboy rides the trails of adventure and excitement William Void as Apollon Cassidy and and declined as California What's our story this time hoppy we call this one the killers of lion Canyon? California and I were riding into skeleton mountains That's arranged not far west of the bar 20 where an old pal of mine had taken up homestead a few years back He had written to me what good grass there was and I thought we might use some of it for bar 20 range We were just getting up to where the pine trees grow The horses had their heads down as they worked their way up a steep canyon trail Hoppy this year mountaineer sure makes a man hungry Back there on the prairie we cook more than you could eat. Yeah. Yeah, I know but there's something about this here altitude Go gone Poppy, I thought you'd friends around here. That ain't no friendly green. No, it isn't wait a minute. Look There's someone coming. I don't know this man. California. Get ready guns right here in my hand Put away your guns I I apologize for the shooting my mistake friends I I thought you was a mountain lion. Do we look like mountain lions, mr No, not a close range. I I saw something move and this is lion Canyon It's full of hungry critters sure and that makes her mean like me. I'm hungry to win one never mind, California I guess you must be strangers in here. I'm Lou Rucker. There's anything I can do just name it Cassidy's my name And this is California Carlson. It Wouldn't be hop along Cassidy would it it would well I'm sure proud to meet you men now if I can help you in any way you just go right ahead and ask that's kind of your Rucker, I'm looking for an old friend of mine Ray Wilson a homesteader He took out some land of the place called paradise flats Ray Wilson Well, I don't know where Wilson was moving out moving out. It doesn't sound like Ray Would anything be running him out Rucker? Well when a man can't make a living he moves down to Cassidy. I Tell you you right up to the paradise flat store and ask about him How do we get to the paradise store follow this trail a short piece till it forks a turn right? The left fork won't take you nowhere. I see turn right not left. Yeah, that's it The left fork continues on up in lion Canyon and environments will jump a man anytime. They're that bad, darling Well, thank you, Rucker. I hope we'll see you again. Come on, California I think that Rucker fellow seems real friendly. Yeah, too friendly What you mean? I think he took a shot at us for one thing and I don't remember Ray Wilson as a man who would move away from a good Piece of grassland. Ah hoppy. You're just looking for trouble. I'm not looking for it, but I'm beginning to smell it Well, here's the forks. We turn left Hold on hold Rucker should turn right. That's why we're going left. Rucker was too anxious There must be something in this lion Canyon something Rucker doesn't want us to see California look there's a horse running up the trail and no rider on it. Let's go That broom tail sure is running hoppy. We ain't never gonna catch up with them I know but we can trail it and find out about the owner must be headed toward a ranch somewhere say What's your scene hoppy? There's something else ahead make it out. Just yet looks like a man You ain't wrong either. Yeah, that is a man. All right, lean there aside the creek and he's laying face down Hold up a minute.  We got here as soon as we did. He isn't dead taint the lion's fault. It done its best Maybe Wilson was climbing this here clear for the water comes over He might have fell off and the lion jumped him that could have knocked him out if it was a lion I'm not so sure. Anyway, this bandana stops the blood. I'll help me get him up on my horse Steady him now. Let me swing up first All right We'll get him here in front of me in the saddle There we are good thing he ain't triplets the size of them. I Whoa, whoa, whoa. Oh still the old lop here. Yeah, yeah, I think we can track that riderless horse We'll get somewhere maybe the paradise flats. Yeah, and maybe we'll get someplace where we don't want to be but Let's go Well, there's a paradise flats general store but that horse that isn't a riderless one sure ain't that's a Palomino Yeah, it is the same kind of Rucker was riding what you figure that means hoppy Trouble yeah, look over there across from the store looks like an old mine tunnel with the entrance boarded up Yeah, but there are a lot of old mines in these mountains. Now. He's over toward the store, California We'll get Wilson inside. I wonder what they got in this store and the way of first quenching stomach filling battles They told you to What's that you got there in your saddle? Oh just like you said Rucker mountain lines is bad in that canyon This fella get jumped Rucker. We need a doctor a doctor. Why are you sure Cassidy? I'm lucky. There's a doctor right inside. He owns the store. Now. I just ease this man out of your saddle I'll carry him in all right Lay him there on the counter Rucker Too bad about this Your friend Ray Wilson ain't it? I think you know that well you can leave with me Cassidy I'll take care of them. I thought you said there was a doctor here. What yeah I guess maybe you better produce that doctor now. Oh, oh sure a Brody dr. Brody Dr. Brody Here's a patient for you a patient for me. That's right doctor. I got clawed by a mountain lion This is hop along Cassidy in California Carlson. They found him. How come they did? What were they doing up lion Canyon? How come they was let to go up lion Canyon anyway? They took a wrong turn I I told them how to turn to get to the store here and why didn't they I mean either They didn't remember my directions or they didn't want to remember dr. Brody Let's take care of this man. We stopped the blood but something struck him on the head. I see a cranial contusion concussion no doubt best thing is to get him to my back room my Operating room Rucker you carry I'll do the carrion. No need of that Cassidy. He's in good hands now You just leave him with us Rucker when this man comes to I want to hear what he has to say Maybe you understand why Is that accusing me of something Cassidy? I don't accuse and glad all the facts Rucker But I might do some accusing when Ray Wilson gives me the facts. I'll be there's wagon outside There's a woman in the boy Rucker take the patient into the back room before Mrs. No, Rucker keep your hands off Mr. Rucker, have you seen Ray? Yeah, dad's horse came home without a man Oh, Ray Ray isn't dead ma'am now, please don't worry hoppy you want me to try and Why you're hop along Cassidy and you're California Ray was always talking about you too.  How are you son? Mrs. Wilson dr. Brody says he can help Ray. What do you think? Dr. Brody since when was he a doctor? That's just what I thought Brody I didn't think you were even a horse doctor Mrs. Wilson, how far is it to your place only a mile just over and down the first bridge? Well, I hate to move Ray.   Let's have it now. Yeah You're plenty fast in the draw Cassidy, but that ain't my way No, you have what you call mountain lions do your fighting A record tell your lions they can find me at Ray Wilson's place anytime tonight All right, Mrs. Wilson you've done what you can for Ray you'll come out of it soon He's comfortable on this couchness. Just leave him a while Hoppy, I'm so grateful to you in California Now please sit down Oh, I didn't notice it's getting dark. I I'd better light this table lamp There that's better Jimmy stay near your father and call me if he stirs any Ain't it funny how a table always makes me think of eating. Oh, why you poor man? You must be starved. I'll go and fix something or any old thing. Well, don't Mrs. Wilson just uh some Meat and potatoes and coffee and a little cream and maybe a piece pie if you got it You sure that's all california. Well, I could use some beans and a little hot gravy and And maybe a small plate of hot biscuits are dripping with the butter and honey and hold on hold on I think Mrs. Wilson has the idea. Oh dear Well, I'll have to see what's in the kitchen california is always empty mrs. Wilson But first I want to know a few things. Why were you and ray leaving paradise floods? Well, everyone has left We're just small homesteaders with only a few cows But our herds have simply vanished Two or three at a time. Did the mountain lions get them? Well, that's what we had to believe But the strange thing is we never found any carcasses. Mrs. Wilson. Why did ray want to leave? Oh ray didn't want to leave at all Paradise flats has such fine grass.  So you can't say what happened to your cattle. No, I can't We had only a herd of 10 cows left Last week they vanished all at once and still no sign of where they went. No Except last night ray told me he'd found something Something he wanted to go out and take a look at before we pulled out today I don't know where it was mom mom dad's talking. What did he say son? I couldn't tell maybe he'll talk to you mrs. Wilson ray What is it ray? Tell me don't Don't whip jimmy He found He found uh Jimmy what in the world is your father saying? Why should you be whipped? Uh I guess maybe Because I I wrote in the lion canyon yesterday. You've been warned about that. Yes, but but I just had to see it Just once before we left and what was it you found son a sort of a hole A big one up behind some willows. I was looking in then a lion screamed at me I sure got out of there fast. Hopey that makes sense Lions just like rucker said it begins to make something else too Son could that be an old mine you found sort of yes, I told dad about it And I think that's where you went today hoppy. Uh, what you figure that makes a shortcut maybe through the ridge There's an old mine that runs up near the store. Remember and today rucker beat us over there from lion canyon dead right hoppy He sure did if ray could just tell us a little more He hasn't even whispered a doctor could bring him out of it. Mrs. Wilson How far is it to a doctor 20 miles around the mountain by the road? But mom it's only five straight across. I could ride it Dad's horse is still saddled out there in the shed. Mrs. Wilson. That's our best chance. The boy can do it Go ahead son on my way, sir You got a fine boy there. Mrs. Wilson. No need to worry about him Speaking about worrying hoppy my stomach's sure to getting worried that maybe I ain't get the brains enough to feed it All right, California if Mrs. Wilson wants to start supper. Oh, yes, I I'd better see what there is Most of our stores are packed, but there must be something left.  Come on, there he is hoppy off to the left I'll get him. Hold it california. That's the boy head toward him hoppy hoppy right here easy now What happened son? I was walking in the shed in the dark and someone was here at your horses He saw me and then fired two shots didn't hit me Then he ran off would you tell who it was and the gun flashed? It looked like mr. Brody from the paradise store hoppy. Look the house went dark. Come on Mrs. Wilson They're after me. They shot me. I'm locked the door. Let's break it down. Come on california Both of them again I'm ready Ray's gone. They've kidnapped him Back to hop along cassidy and our story the killers of lion canyon While hoppy and california are trying to understand what had knocked their friend ray wilson unconscious Sudden gunshots draw them outside the ranch house A moment later they hear mrs. Wilson scream Running back into the house. They find that ray wilson has been kidnapped It was all so fast. I just don't know what happened. I see how it was mrs. Wilson One man drew us out with a shot near our horses someone else sneaked in here through the back door and took ray Yes, ray tried to sit up when you went out. He seemed almost well I think he was trying to talk those two didn't dare let him talk They had to get him away so he couldn't tell us what he knows I heard their horses hoppy. I can tell which way they went even in the dark They're taking the ridge trail over to the paradise store. Good work, son. Have you got your dad's horse ready? Yes, sir Can you lead us to that hole you found the site of lion canyon? I sure can We can go right up to it. It's it's around us sort of a rocky cliff. Oh hoppy. What internation's the good or that? I'm staking everything. It's a shortcut through the ridge. We might even get to the paradise store before they do Well, don't go now mrs. Wilson. Don't worry. Come on california. Jimmy. Let's go What's the use of having horses if all we do is walk and up a stream too keep on coming california You have one thing to be thankful for there's a full moon tonight so we can see our way Jimmy how much farther these here the willows the opening is just on through There it is.  Yeah, it does. Hold on a minute Hoppy that rock cliff. We just come around we swear we found gray wilson safety That's right And this is an old mine entrance high enough to lead our horses in You got your gun ready Why you figured we might meet with that there mountain lion If we do it'll have only two legs.  Cold oh cold as ice. Yeah, I can feel it jimmy. Are you all right? Sure hoppy I never did like being under no mountain like being buried in a grave keep up close to new california We're getting along fine Dog gone it hoppy hoppy hoppy wait wait. I dropped my gun. All right See if you can find it Can you find it? No, no, they go darn thing, but here's something feels like a piece of ice. I'd better strike a match Jumping catfish. It is ice. Yeah, and look here's a door with bars across it off at one side What's a room? The walls are coated with ice hoppy. Are you seeing what I'm seeing in there? Oh, oh, and the match went out here. I'll get See that. Yeah, that's butchered beef hung up on racks Well, I heard tell of ice and mountain caves, but this is the first time I ever actual seen it Let me see too. Come ahead son See I'll bet this is what dad found well if he didn't he came pretty close There goes the match again. I'll light another hoppy. I'll we don't need it This explains enough the cows were brought here by walking into that stream we followed That's why they never left any tracks Then they were butchered. Do you think it was rucker and brody that did it hoppy? That's my guess Jimmy How did brody have supplies hauled to his store in a big covered wagon? Sure Then the beef was taken out the front entrance the mine that covered wagon hauled it off to be sold That's the way the homesteaders have been robbed. I still don't get a shot of here The front entrance can't be far. I figure the ridge over us is high and narrow this tunnel won't be long You got your gun california. Yep. Yep. I'll picture it up. All right. Come on Go slow now. I see something ahead Getting kind of light ahead up there, ain't it? The mine entrance is open. It's a little moonlight That entrance was closed today.   I'll do my best, sir. Good boy. All right, california Let's go So far so good no one in the mine and no one here in front of the store I don't see how you know what you are. Turn near as dark in here as it was in the mine Yeah, follow me along beside the building. You remember brody had a back room Club easy now looks like the lights coming from around the door See anything hobby raya wilson's in there brody's with him I wonder wonder where ruckery's he's right behind you drop the guns quick. What is Now back to hop along cassidy.  Yeah, but I didn't see if it wasn't so darn dark. I'd never mind california. All right brody Open the door. I'm bringing him in Smooth work rucker sure I tail him from the mine entrance and right up here to the door I'll go ahead you two and forget about your guns. I've got them Hoppy california ray. How are you? No, ain't it nice for old friends to meet again Too bad. You won't be seeing each other very long.  Then you take over paradise flats.  What do you aim to do with this bunch?  They none of our business. Anyways, it won't work rucker Tell me one reason why not well because um Because well rucker it seems to me you ought to know the reason yourself Oh Keep talking cassidy.  Why it won't work? It won't work because you'll still got the rest of our bunch to deal with That's good the rest of your bunch Cassidy nobody comes into this country without my knowing it and I know you two came in alone Did I hear something? Ah brody. There ain't nothing to hear. Well, listen Where wait sounds like a whole gang open the door ruckers. See where they are I can't make them out Whoever they are here's a lead greeting for them Hoppy you all right Yeah, i'm fine california I've got this coyote pinned down this year brody feels more like a skunk kray. Are you strong enough to get that? Gunner will there I sure am hoppy seeing that fight just about cured me. That's fine We got our hands full so you cover them. I've got them hoppy I just wish they'd make a move so I'd have an excuse to plug them California take that rope and tie them up right hoppy and now for a talk with the rest of our band All right jimmy come on in jimmy a kid Gee whiz What a mess. Hello dad. Hello son. Hello hoppy. Hello jimmy Now what have you got to say for yourself? Nothing sir. I guess I'm sorry. I didn't keep the horses down in the mine like I promised, but but I just couldn't stay away I knew you couldn't son I know boys and I knew you couldn't keep away for long To tell you the truth jimmy. I was counting on your help Gee Dad mom's outside here jimmy. Yes. She drove over in the wagon said she couldn't stay away Here she is now All right. I'm all right nilly. I guess we're all all right except those two there on the floor Brody and rucker a couple of mountain lands. You're going to have a nice long rest in the zoo Hoppy, I guess there's nothing I can say but thanks. Oh forget it Just tell the homesteaders they can come back to paradise flats. They won't be bothered anymore Hoppy, I don't know how we can ever repay you in california. Oh sharks, ma'am. They're paying me's plum easy I never asked for more than a good meal in mrs. Summer There he goes again When a couple of land grabbing cutthroats try attempted murder and blame it on the lions to cover up their crime They'd better make certain first that hoppy in california are nowhere in the vicinity In our next adventure hoppy in california come into town to buy flour and bacon for the bar 20 ranch And find the townspeople in an uproar The bank has gone broke and the men responsible turn out to be the waste rills of what is Huffle on Cassidy starring william void is transcribed and produced in the west by walter white jr The killers of lion canyon was written by mike jackson with original music under the personal direction of albert glasser All stories are based upon the characters created by clarence e melford. This is a comodo of production


Good morning and welcome back to I-254 in the morning. My name is Feetan Soeli. It's Wednesday and if it's Wednesday it's WCW. On this segment we celebrate the strength of a woman. You can engage us on all our social media platforms at I-254 channel, engage me at Feetan Soeli. And so marriage requires a lot of hard work and resilience. And the hard work that you just have to put in for a marriage to work, it's not just but a work in the park. You require the resilience and prayer, just being a prayerful woman and knowing that marriage is not just build on love alone but God too. And so today in studio we have a strong woman, a beautiful woman who is here to talk about marriage and child loss. Her name is Julia Wambui. Welcome to the studios this morning. Thank you, thank you so much and thank you for hosting me. All right, it's a pleasure having you. Yes. So tell us who is Julia Wambui or More? Our mother and I have three beautiful children, one passed on. And I'm married to a pastor, George Omore Kabasele. And we are under Kenyansamblies of God. And I'm also a presenter. We have EBN TV. I also encourage couples in Penzi Halisi. We have it on YouTube also. And I also have a group called Precious Women. And it's a group for mothers who have lost their children. I went through that. So I love encouraging women and also going through the work with them and cancelling them also. And that is me. Yes. So how did, okay, how did you meet your husband? Well, you know, we used to date before and I left to go to Dubai and he was here. And we started again communicating. So when I came back, you know, we were friends. Actually, I always tell people it's always good to marry your friend because he was actually my good friend. And we used to do like going for fellowship together and sad things. But when I came back now, it's the time now we got like serious. We got engaged and we got married. We've been married for 17 years. And him being aloo and I kikuyu, we really thank God for that.  Like we see, you know, like we become so tribal. And it's about a person, you know, like we don't usually do that. We have different cultures. And we embrace our culture because God created culture with the Papas. And I really thank God because, you know, like laws are different. We are so different.  They are not this, they are not this.  And even as election is near, I'm really urging that people like we don't go to, you know, like we don't we don't go through like the tribal thing.  Because someone will say that a marriage between a kikuyu and luo can't just work. Yeah. But no, no, no, no. But you know, that's what I'm saying. It's about people and people, they're those who don't work. And our marriage is basically on, you know, like God's foundation. Yeah, it's basically on God's foundation. It's all about God. And you know, when you put God first, everything will, it's marriage. We have conflicts. We have so many challenges that we go through. But when our focus is based on God. And our foundation is based on God. Then it will become easier because we shall be able to sit down and deal with what we are going through. And when we have conflicts, again, I told you, I got married to a friend. We'll sit down and discuss. And maybe if that is not the right time, we shall get the right time to discuss about it. Yes. So how did you two meet? We met, you know, he used to live, I used to live in Buruburu. He used to live in Karubanga. So we used to meet, like, I used to have a friend in school when I was in Pomfo. So I used to, he's actually the neighbor. We used to go to school together. So every time I went to pick her, we go to school together, he was there. And you know, that time he was, he had these dreads. He used to look so funny and I couldn't want to even to come near him because he was actually so, he was looking so strange at that time. So, and you know, actually before I got saved, I was not, I was not a good person. So, and again, he used to, we also used to have those, you know, like we are different. But I got, I mean, I grew up in a pastor's house. So it was, our foundation was also different. I was just naughty and rebellious. You were a pastor's daughter but you are naughty. I was so naughty, so rebellious, doing drinking, smoking. But I thank God because I really met, I really met Christ through the way and I really thank God for that because it was a journey. I usually look back and say, I think I could have, I could have been dead honestly but because of his grace and mercy, I thank God for it. And that's how we met actually because- So you met him when he was a pastor already? No, he was not. We were youth, at that time we were youth. And I didn't want to get married to a pastor actually. So, but that time we were going to different churches. I was going to Jubilee, JCC, now it's in Parklands but before it used to be in Tintin. So, and he was in different, he was in redeemed gospel church. So we were actually different youth growing out differently. So, and when we met we had one fellowship, a common fellowship in their area. So that and also in my area. So that's how we met. Yes, yes.  How did you turn to a point where now you decided you wanted to get sent? It was my, more of my parents also praying for me. And also you know we had like this family fellowship. My dad made sure that we had a family fellowship. Like we really had, whether you were drunk or not, you had to have your day for leading and praying. And I remember one time I was drunk like I'm told to read the verse. I pray, I'm like God, can you even hear these prayers? And I started just coming back to my senses like I'm drinking. What is it? You know like life I have to sit.  Julia what you're doing drinking it's you're just wasting your time. And I couldn't have peace all the time fighting with parents.  We didn't even have peace.   It's not like human beings when God forgives he's so merciful. He forgives yes. So moving on you went through child loss in your marriage. Tell us how was it? Wow you know one thing I usually tell couples that's getting you know having a child it's a miracle by itself. Carrying a child through town is also a miracle by itself. No at times we take life for granted so many times but when I lost my child it was 208 and it was it's such a painful experience you go through but you know people think because you know it's a child you know you'll just get another one and it's so easy you know. Yeah and when you get another one he replaces the other one. Yes and you can never you I usually tell people you can never replace we had named our child he was called Pendo Sulu he was a boy I have two girls he was a boy and you can never do that because that was your child and you know the trauma you go through and the stress you go through it's you really need God because it's so so painful. You cannot even you know explain the pain you go through like a mother because you know you had plans you went shopping you had you know like you prepared a bed for your child you know there's ecologically you so you prepare everything bought the clothes and everything and then now it's a boy you know I had a girl so I was waiting for a boy so I was so excited you know then all of a sudden we I I give birth the child has complication the heart was so big I was told he had a heart expansion he was taken to ICU it was so quick and then you know that time I have CS many to and then it's July it's so cold you know like that time I usually tell people it's it's God because you can easily lose it you know like depression is so real that if you don't if you don't take care of yourself it can really affect you because you know I had another child I had my husband there and you know he was also going through that and you know many people think that men don't mone and men also mone differently they mone and you know now like when even people come to to to comfort and and to mone with you they usually console the mother so much they live the husband and the husband is also mone so again I usually tell people it's honestly a miracle to give birth it's a miracle and we should be grateful we should not take that for granted because children are are a gift you know and if if a child dies it's okay but again you have to move you know I was I did that because I did canceling because of that also because I really needed somebody to talk to and at that time when I was going through that I was so lonely you know at times you're so angry you know like you're angry with the doctors you're angry with also yourself imagining maybe if you had mone mone you could have taken you know you could have gone to another better hospital and you have so many things to start even bargaining you know so there are stages of grief and if you don't if you overcome them you will be you will set yourself free and you'll be able to move on and I thank God because I managed to move on with with counselors who worked with me through and I had to go through therapy just to heal because it was such a traumatizing moment for me also so and that's why I formed the group pressures women for other women who go through that because at times you know people take that lightly that you'll get another child that you will replace that child so quickly and it can never happen that child was had you know you had a connection with the child the one who carried the child for nine months so you had that connection with the baby so at times it's it's not twice telling people that that you'll get another one it's okay they'll get but don't compare them with the one they've lost because that journey is totally so different yes so that's why I formed the group and it's called pressures women and I usually work with with the women through like you know we understand I understand what they are going through and I can be able also to talk to them and encourage them and counsel them we walk through the journey together until maybe they come again to to get another child wow yes and so getting another child after losing a child how does it feel do you have that fear oh yes that this one will also die I remember I remember when when I went to the I was not feeling well and you know I had just purpose that I will not get another child so when I went to to the doctor and you know I had this test and I was told I was pregnant I actually screamed like I was crying and the doctors didn't even know what was happening because I was so emotional and I remembered what I went through the trauma I went through again this I'm pregnant again I didn't even know whether I'll even make it it's a time you know it's it's a time that I was so scared I really didn't even know what to do but I thank God because of of of people who were there my sisters my mother in law my mother also they stood with me in prayers because it was not easy because I had this you know like everything going on in my mind you know I lost this child again I'm pregnant what will happen with this other child and it was it was not easy but that's why I the group I formed it's because I knew what I was going through and now I can be able to walk with other women at least to tell them it will be okay I went through that I was so scared also when I got pregnant and you know at times we you know like when when you're when you're mourning I usually tell people it's okay to mourn but don't stay there for long it's okay to to grieve it's okay to be sad it's okay to be lonely but you have to move on yes and you have to but you have to move on that you have to take another step but if you stay there for long it will also affect you you know you need that self-care within even yourself true yes so let's talk about marriage and you said you're married to Aluo and I want to know how how do you people handle finance in your marriage because you know we kikuyus we save we save a lot actually uh what I usually do what we usually do is you know like close the love spending so much and you know they can go overboard yes but we sit down and then we we come together with what we have with our money we come together and so we say you know like budget you know he never my husband never knew to do that like um budgeting and and doing that he never used to do that so like we I started doing that you know like at home the bible says our man is the one who builds our home so I started talking to her like let us do this together if we have a project let us do this together and then when we have something else then we can spend but at least we bring our money together you know many couples are not willing to share they are not willing to be open yes because I was just getting there to ask what is your perception on you know these you know like my husband he usually gives me like you know like he has he tells me you know that I work this money I get that is mine so but he also gives me and the good thing is that we sit down and share like we we don't have at this is your money this is when he is budgeting he will you will come and you know we write down this is what we do the house rent the school fees the what we sit down and do so when we have extra he tells me this is the extra we are having so what can we do about it so it becomes even easy when you sit together and you open you know when you not open that is when now people are becoming even unfaithful and doing things behind people's back but you know when you sit and I tell you the foundation is Christ you just sit down you say and when you don't have money and that's what I usually tell couples because at times you tend to tell your husband to do something for you and yet you don't even know the amount your husband is getting and he ends up being so stressed and even being so depressed because he doesn't even he doesn't you don't even know as a wife how much your husband is is is is earning and you end up even lying to each other living lives that you're not even comfortable with because you want even to please people outside and yet you are even struggling so at times it's always good to be honest just share the amount you are having just share with your husband what you are getting so that you can be able to manage your home well so we are nearing elections and you find that there are people affiliated to different parties different politicians so while they are married to laws they already started fringing like how will it be suppose there is post election violence what will happen to our marriage what can you tell them um has I started saying because our marriage is based on God parties are they come and go and and that's why people so much are are getting based on on the tribal and politicals you know like parties and if we really base you know like if if if or maybe a makikuyu and I want to uh to elect someone I will not look basically so much on the tribal basis I will see what the person is bringing but I think we have this perspective that we are so tribal that you want to elect our person even when the person is not doing what he is supposed to do so I think tribalism we should it's us who should deal with it first so that we can change the nation if I start like now I makikuyu and he's a look many people even don't know you know like I'm Julio Morre so people will just assume ma ma luo they don't know so when I tell them I'm kikuyu oh so you are kikuyu like you know so at times the tribal thing has really caught up with everyone that we are so tribal and it's also even getting into churches that we also want to elect someone who is a kikuyu a masai or whatever you know and it's it's not even working but when we base our when we base our our our what do you call when we base everything to to even god and ask for wisdom which we shall be able to overcome the tribalism because it's really affecting everyone it's even in children yeah speaking of tribalism in children do you think that it's taught in our homes or it is something that it's learnt over time oh yes it is taught in our home like you know like we had my my children like in school you know like we have we have different names for them our first born is Sifanya Lawi and our other daughter is Hawi Uzima like people wonder you which tribe are you and they say they are Kenyans and you know we actually had a problem because teachers came and you know they were telling us no they have to have a tribe but to tell them they are Kenyans they are really Kenyans and which we have to do that we are Kenyans no matter what and you know the love that crisis has really built you know the love love is so important and you know when we love each other you shall not when i love my neighbor i will not uh see the neighbor has another tribe i will just love them and that is not the way we are bringing our children just to know their Kenyans and their blessed to be in Kenya they are either lures they are neither kikuyu but they are happy to be Kenyans and if they want to learn the language it's still okay they can learn kikuyu they can learn Swahili they can learn English they can learn lures which is okay they will choose and they are doing that they are learning so we don't have to force them but you you know you are you you are no no no we are all Kenyans and we should be proud that we are Kenyans and we really have a blessed nation so we should really stand and we live tribalism because at this time the way things are happening people are gaining this and we easily fight each other and we've been living together imagine i waking up because my neighbor is from another tribe i come i kill the person you can imagine the way we've lived together for long that only when when uh elections are near that is the time we start now knowing that people are now we start knowing that you are kikuyu you are luo you are luya that is so wrong that is so wrong we should really love each other and we should not fight if them they are fighting let us stay together because we are all Kenyans we are our brother's keeper let us look out for each other and let us love each other true yes so there is somewhere i spoke of the love of christ so what is the role of prayer in marriage my goodness you know we can never oh god we really need prayers in everything that we do we need prayers because at times things are so hard and the only person you can run to is god because he has the solution of everything right now you know like people are just waking up and just deciding to kill each other and imagine if you're praying together as a family god will even come through and give you peace and you know prayers will really help a lot because you will you will have a peace that is so different even when you're struggling even when you're going through the conflicts and challenges you will be able to overcome because prayer is the key to everything and you may pray today the prayers will help you another day it will really come through for you but you know so many people so many people are not are not committing god in their marriage they are living god aside and then when things are so bad they start like now the last option god now come come come and help us in our marriage and it is not good because we God has to be the center of our marriage and if the foundation is Christ even when you are shaken you will be able to stand because Christ is the center of your marriage and prayers are so important because when you don't pray you will have like you know like hell in that house because you will not be able to understand each other you will really like faced conflicts like you know like you really want to face you know like with your own strength so like but when you have Christ you you'll even sit down and start even like thinking now is it really worth if I kill my partner is it really worth if I kill my children is it really worth if if I walk out or but when you basically have God the center and you get even time to pray God will come through for you I usually say there's nothing which is too hard for the Lord the everything is possible with him even the things that we see so hard marriages can work yeah marriages can work and if we are even those people who are going through so much in their marriage I could add them to trust in the Lord and to talk to someone just talk to someone you know at times we are we have so many things that we are holding and so many grudges so many and we don't want to talk to someone please get someone that you can talk to just tell them what you are going through so that you can you can see together and and get help because many times people are going through depression and it's really affecting people even in marriage and they're hiding so much they're hiding the pain they're hiding the bitterness and they're hiding so you know the anger everything so when it it just bursts you know like like a balloon you know when it burst everything now becomes you know haywire like they start now killing and doing so many things but when you are talking to someone you'll you know like ladies so much they talk to people so even men I could add them get someone you can talk to so that at least if situation which are there they can be so and if somebody comes to talk to please don't add them just listen to them just be there for them yeah because no you know no one is perfect so and no marriage is perfect so it's just the two people I usually say two imperfect people coming together so let us let the two imperfect people come together and solve their issues because none is perfect so speaking of trauma that is build over time you find that there is someone who has grown up seeing the father beating the mother or the mother beating the father like it's a childhood trauma that he has never found a space to overcome it how can such a person just find victory over the childhood trauma we usually say in in counseling it's always good to go also to therapy and and also God is there but you know in therapy we shall be able to see what happened in your past like we shall sit down and maybe if your if your dad was abusive to the mum we can we can start handling that and again you know like you it's you now it's not them it's their marriage but first you take care of yourself self-care is very important you first take care of yourself and know that you're so worthy and you are very important person so it's you first to begin the healing you know healing process starts with you so that you can become a better person than your parents that was their marriage and again now it's your it's your life now you're starting not them it's your life it was a painful experience but we have to overcome that slowly by slowly yeah but now speaking of such people who have this childhood trauma and just talking to people we got these kind of spouses who are so self-centered that everything is all about him or her it's me and if it's not me it's me how can one deal with a self-centered spouse you know like when when a spouse is so self-centered it started from somewhere I usually believe that started from somewhere there's always a route you know like when you go through a route there's somewhere that it came from and at times people do willingly and at times people do unknowingly like honestly they don't know so at times it's good to be you know like to seek help like to sit with someone and especially if it's the you know like you said the man if it's the wife and the wife notices there is a time that he could sit down with the husband appropriate time no when when he's angry or no just get a time that you can sit with the person and try to talk to the person and tell him politely and slowly that you know this is what you're doing and I think I'm not happy you know there's a way that you can talk to to to your spouse and you know like and I really don't like the way you're doing the things that you're doing and again seeking you know like when when when when someone starts doing that it means he saw something you know like he saw parents also doing that it's a it's a generation thing at times and at times it's just a person like just a person so that we can know the route you know like where is it coming from and if he can agree you know men most men they don't you know they ego in them they don't like seeking help so but when they seek help they will avoid so many things they will be able to talk to someone they will be able even to go for prayers like the way you said prayers help and God changes things there's nothing that God cannot change and that's when you agree you know we need help you can also do that prayers also change everything wow yes so we've seen uh so many cases where a spouse uh wakes up one morning and decides to kill the other or rather kill himself kill the kids which are without even notifying the partner of what's happening in their marriage do you think that depression is just so real oh yes oh yes depression is so real and it's really affecting and even in in Kenya right now we we are we are in a bad state you know but all things can be possible and that's why I'm saying please talk talk talk talk to someone you know like many people are hiding so many things in in their heart and they're not willing to shout out and we see that also men like they're not talking they're not willing to go and share with someone you know when you talk it's also therapy you get you get a relive in talking please share with someone you know like and you know most of the people you know the thing that depression is uh it's just like any other disease which can be dealt with which can be cured you know it's not that it's a life sentence but now we we are judging those people so much like even in church thinking that you know they are possessed or they are they are doing this but when you handle them without judging them it will be easier for us so I could urge people please don't judge like if you go out there please don't judge talk to that person they need help they need healing you know when when a man is going through that when even a lady wakes up kill the spouse or a man wakes up kill the children it's something that he's been going through it's something that he's been hiding and depression is so real it's affecting everyone our families it's affecting each and every one of us so it's always good to to talk go find someone that you can talk to get someone that who can help you they are counselors they are psychologists out there please get a person that you can share with and if somebody comes to you please don't laugh at them don't judge them don't look down on them please let them you know go and even seek you know talk to someone also who can help them because we see that we are also the one who are who who are creating like you know we are we are we are creating that a lot like somebody comes to you he's depressed or she's depressed instead of you helping the person you go running and telling everyone judging them looking down on them and we are not even helping we are making even the situation to be worse so please listen and seek help so fighting for your marriage you're saying of going down on your knees and just praying and normally it's usually a woman who is doing most of the time you find that there are always women who are going down on their knees and just praying for this husband that I change his ways that this infidelity that is so much rooted into him may come out of him and then you just fight and fight and fight and you see that things are not just changing in your perspective do you think that a woman can change a man a woman I don't think a woman can change a man because you know it's a man who will be able to change himself what a woman can do is to pray as you said in Proverbs 14 verse 1 it says a wise woman builds her own house but a foolish one destroyed by his own hands so again it's us women who are wise we shall go down to our knees and pray for them we can talk to them maybe to change but we cannot we cannot have that perspective of changing a man it's him now to make the decision of change we cannot change it is so hard because he has to be willing to change step number one and us our work is to pray to pray for them and also to guide them you know like just talking to them politely this is what you're doing it is not right so it's up to you the choice is always up to you you can never be forced and even god can never force you to change it's you now your decision saying I come to you god I am a sinner forgive me it's always your decision somebody else cannot input that decision so it's always up to you to choose think I'm being unfaithful am I willing to change no am I willing to not to change it's the decision is always yours and you can because if even if we say we'll change for how long and the person has the person is not willing to change so the person has to be willing to change and if the person is willing to change then that is easier we pray we guide each other we stand in prayers we you know but him changing I don't think it's really hard it's really so hard unless maybe those who listen but for me it's just maybe guiding and praying because at times you can tell him what is doing is wrong and if he's willing to change then he can change he can decide to change but if he doesn't want to change you cannot force a person and you know they're not babies that you can move them around you change you go there no if a person wants to be unfaithful whether you are there or not he will just do it but when he's willing and he's saying you know what I choose not to do this then that's okay wow so you have prayed some people go to an extend you have done everything for your marriage and it is not just working at what point do you reach and say I'm done and I'm no longer fighting for this marriage at what point do you reach and say walking out is the only solution left you know when you know like physical physical abuse that one is that one we usually tell even in church I'm a pastor so that one we usually tell people just separate because now if he's physically abusing you and beating you then that is not good so that one at least you can separate so that he can also go get help and you can also seek psychological help because it's also a trauma that emotionally abuse you know like when a person is just beating you but other things which you think can be solved like being unfaithful like you can sit down and seek a counselor or even the clergy the pastors and if he's not willing to change then you can decide we we cannot decide for the couple it's them again to decide but physically when somebody is coming and abusing you and doing all this and killing each other that is not has now had you know we hate divorce but again we say because of somebody's um like you know life is important years you can like you know like stay aside separate for some time and then maybe when the person change then you can get together if he doesn't you just move on wow so marriage is not just all about love what are some of these kills that one should equip him or herself before getting into marriage to have this perfect marriage okay there's no perfect marriage you know when you say you're encouraging the youth perfectly it's commitment you know like you just choose it's commitment you know at times you know like love love is there yes but now you have to commit to each other the vows now become real in time of health and sickness in what now those vows start working you know because it's not all about like love it's not about commitment and there has a wife there has a husband you supposed to be there for your children commit you know taking care of this has the head and the helper we take our part you know because when we say that the perfect people will think oh let me run to this thing that is so perfect there are challenges there and there are conflicts we have to go through tests of life and if if your if your best has I say the foundation is not based on Christ you'll be able to to drift you know just to run because now you're not the foundation is not on Christ but when you are the foundation is in Christ it will be easier for you to deal with challenges it will be easier for you to deal with conflicts it will be easier for you to deal with other things because now Christ is there but when he is not there again there are people who manage without God and they're doing well you know but again the commitment commit I am a Christian so my foundation is Christ if your foundation is something else based on that if it's going to work based on that but to me my foundation is Christ he is you know he is the founder of my marriage and if Christ is not there honestly it cannot work things are happening so many things are happening challenges you go today in work it's not there so what will you do you know so when your best your marriage is based on Christ he will give you peace he will give you comfort even when you're not seeing other things we have the future we have hope you know yes wow so you were nominated for Zuri awards talk about it yeah the Zuri awards it was the public service nominee because of the precious women and I was nominated I did win so yeah but I thank God it was a great opening because of the precious women group and at least now I have I have women that I go I talk to and I usually visit them I usually I used to go before in hospitals but because of covid now we have a group on WhatsApp so we usually talk through that yes so I would wish that you look into that camera and then you just give your parting short advice to someone who is struggling in marriage or rather lost a child some at some point in his or her life if you're there and if you've lost a child I just want to tell you that God cares for you and don't give up and if you're out there and you've lost a child I want to tell you don't give up God is always there and seek help because at times you can be going through the grief period and and you can even end up in depression please talk to someone who can help you and you will you will be okay you'll be okay don't ever give up don't ever give up and if you're there you're also struggling in marriage let Christ be the founder of your marriage because when Christ is the founder of your marriage you will go for don't ever give up in everything that you're doing that is something that I always say to myself that when you don't give up you'll always have hope and God cares for you He has great plans for your life so if if you're there and and you need someone to talk to there are people who are there they are counselors who are there and they are willing to to talk to you so don't give up thank you so much it's been a good conversation and we would wish to have you more here so that you can keep talking because people are struggling in marriage and it's just not something that we go away tomorrow or today so it was a pleasure having you and thank you for coming wow it's been a good conversation and I'm sure that you've learnt one or two things and now have you ever lost direction when you're walking along the way in town or whatever and you just feel like you need someone to talk to and then you get to someone who gives you direction and it's just giving you so many landmarks that you just feel so lost even it even worsens the situation what am I trying to say they're in life try to find some landmarks within yourself when you feel like you're losing direction when you're going through difficult times because at times people may just lead you out of the way so much that you find yourself so lost even before you realize where you were before so find your landmarks in yourself like just going to church prayer knowing your purpose on earth at times it helps much than seeking people's opinion to determine your next cause of action thank you for watching kaisu is up next with girl stock don't touch that dial will be right


Hey everyone and welcome back to the channel. Rail systems are incredibly powerful for moving people, goods, and sometimes sushi. But train's greatest strength is also their greatest weakness. Their large size and their ability to move incredibly fast while also being frequent makes the danger of them colliding in service really severe, and the importance of keeping them apart while in service also very critical. And this is why we have signaling, a number of underappreciated and incredibly complex technologies that allow us to achieve this. Signaling helps keep the world moving, and by the end of this video you should have a pretty good understanding of it. Let's get going because we have a lot to talk about. If you're not already, consider supporting the channel on Patreon. It helps a lot and makes us so we can cover all kinds of transport topics, including signaling. I fancy myself a quite passionate transit observer, analyst, or connoisseur, but what I'm not is a signaling expert. So I asked Tyson Moore, who is an actual signaling expert, to come on and talk about signaling with me today. Tyson actually has degrees in this stuff, including from the University of Birmingham in the UK. He also has really passionate opinions about all things signaling and train control. So before we dive into the nitty-gritty of ETCS, ATP, KVB, ATB, and PZB, signaling people really love their acronyms, perhaps we should discuss what signaling actually is. Thanks, Reese. Signaling exists to allow trains to operate in a railway in a safe way without going too fast, going in the wrong direction, or trains getting too close to each other. All signaling systems essentially work on the principle of providing instructions to trains, which allows the trains to then operate spaced apart. There are many different ways to do this. You can separate the train into fixed blocks and make sure that there's only one train in one block at one time. This is called fixed block signaling, and it's what most passenger and freight mainline railways use. Or you can create a buffer space around every train and make sure that those trains don't get too close to each other. This is called moving block signaling and is usually used on high-capacity metro lines. Many signaling systems also include train protection, which can stop a train if it's going too fast or too far. Sometimes this is done electronically, but it can also be done mechanically with something as simple as a train stop and a tripcock on board a train. Now you might have noticed that some rail systems don't have real signaling. TTC streetcar anyone? And that's because for low-frequency routes, or routes where the trains don't go particularly fast, it's not actually necessary. Most trams are able to stop in the distance that a driver can see in front of them, so it's not actually necessary to have fixed signals. But just because you don't see signals beside a track doesn't mean that there's no signaling in use. This is the case with modern communications-based train control, or CBTC, which is often used on metro lines. Or it could be what signaling engineers call dark territory, which isn't as spooky as it sounds. It just means that train separation is done procedurally, with a pen, paper, and radio, rather than being done with an electronic system. Now, signaling has quite the storied history. In the 1830s, trains were kept apart by railway policemen holding a stopwatch and a flag, and this was all done on one-directional lines. In the late 19th century, signalers in signaling cabins on the side of rail lines would use a combination of telegraphs and semaphores to send trains down the line. In the 1920s, electrical system with colored light aspects started to appear, but things don't appear to have changed so much since then, right? Answering this question requires us to consider why and how signaling systems have continued to develop even since the fundamental electronic and logical foundations were laid. Fundamentally and historically, signaling systems have grown more complex over time, while at the same time increased traffic, more infrastructure, and railway traffic has led to far more infrastructure risks being present. The complexity of signaling systems comes from the number of components required, from the signals themselves, track switches, interlockings that make sure conflicting routes don't happen, radio towers, train detection like track circuits or axle counters, all need to work together to form a signaling system. Now naturally, with so many challenges in developing signaling, locales that wanted high performance and interoperable train networks worked together to develop a set of standards, as well as interoperable systems to simplify the way that signaling was deployed on the railway. Well, at least one did, and this gave us the de facto standard in global modern railway signaling, E-T-C-S. In the 1980s and 90s, European regulators realized they had a real problem on their hands. There were over 20 incompatible signaling systems being used across the European Union, meaning that trains on the trans-European rail network would need to switch signaling systems every time they crossed an international border, which was complex, inefficient, and very expensive. The European Rail Traffic Management System, or ERTMS, was designed to address this problem of interoperability while improving safety and capacity. There are three technologies that fall under the ERTMS umbrella, the most important of which is the European Train Control System, or E-T-C-S. The way E-T-C-S works is pretty simple. Trackside equipment tells the train information about the track it's on, like speed limits, how steep the track is, and most importantly, the train's position. Since all the information comes from the wayside, you don't need a big database of every rail line in Europe loaded into the train, unlike some positive train control or PTC systems in the US. This information comes from bright yellow eurobalises attached to the sleepers, which we'll look familiar if you've been on the Toronto subway in the past couple years. Or, if you're the Wuppertal Schwebebahn, the belises are mounted on top of the guideway at a 45 degree angle. They're normally unpowered and use radio waves to communicate with the train. It's like if you could tap your credit card at 500 kilometers an hour. The train receives periodic updates about where it's allowed to go, which is called a movement authority. This can either come from belises linked to an existing signalling system, or over a radio connection. The European Vital Computer, or EVC, yep, every component starts with euro, continuously calculates the maximum speed of the train based on the train's properties, like the weight and its braking ability. This way, the EVC can make sure that the train always stops by the end of its movement authority. This is part of what makes ETCS so adaptable to different types of trains, whether it's a light tram train or a fully loaded freight train. Despite its name, today, ETCS is deployed in over 50 countries, on all six currently inhabited continents. I'm also pretty sure the Antarctica's would choose it if they actually had any railways. What's even better is that ETCS equipment from different manufacturers all works together. In Denmark, the country is split in half, with wayside systems from Alstom in the east and from Tallis in the west. In the Netherlands, Alstom and Bombardier trains, which were manufactured before they were just one company, operate over HSL's with Siemens' wayside equipment. This interoperability is incredibly powerful. ETCS may sound great, but there's one big problem, complexity. There are dozens of independent subsystems that need to work together so that the train operates smoothly. Much of the work that I do centers around communication systems that are used with ETCS. One of those is called GSM for Railways, or GSMR, which will be obsolete around 2030. If you want to see a video about GSMR and its replacement, leave a comment down below. Now there are other challenges holding ETCS back, especially on lines where train throughput is incredibly important. One of these challenges is known as train integrity, which is essentially making sure the back of the train is still attached to the front. Now this is pretty straightforward with multiple unit trains like we so often talk about, but it gets a lot more complicated when you're talking about freight for example. Another really important challenge for Railways is adapting to the digitalization of infrastructure. In other words, there are computers everywhere now. Railways love to install a piece of equipment, leave it for 50 years, and then remove it at the end of its life. But as we all know, our phones and computers are receiving updates all the time. If there's an update to your phone that changes the way it works, Android 12 anybody, it can be really frustrating, but updates to these critical systems can pose safety and reliability risks. Software bugs and knee signaling systems for Crossrail have been a major source of delay for the project, as you've probably heard. Because of those signaling bugs, integration won't actually happen on day one. And we know that some of them won't be resolved for the opening of the line on May 24th. The complexity of modern software makes it much more complicated to troubleshoot signaling systems, especially compared to mechanical or electrical systems that you can directly observe. ETCS is the key to improving interoperability, safety, and efficiency for railways, not just in Europe, but around the world. That said, it's only one piece of the signaling puzzle. That's all from me. For more about railways and signaling, check out pantograph.ca, or follow me on Twitter, at Tysmo. If you'd like to see more videos and content on signaling and all things transit, make sure to check out the links down below for more from Tysen, as well as making sure you're subscribed to RM Transit for all the latest content. Thanks for watching, and we'll see you in the next one.