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SEASON ONE CHARACTERS
1. Gold Dwarf Fighter (Entertainer) - Marastyr Silverstone (F)
a. Sword & Shield, Skills: Athletics, Intimidation, Acrobatics, Performance
b. Equipment: Chainmail, longsword, shield, two hand-axes, dungeoneer’s pack, [musical instrument], a favour from an admirer [a fine mithral chain], a costume, 205GP, a tiny chest carved to look like it has many feet on the bottom
c. Entertainer Routine: Storyteller
2. Half-Elf Rogue (Mercenary Veteran) - Silaqui Ravenstalon (F)
a. Shortsword & Bow, Skills: Athletics, Persuasion, Insight, Perception, Investigation, Stealth
b. Equipment: Uniform of previous mercenary group, insignia of rank, a set of bone dice, a shortsword, a shortbow, and quiver with 20 arrows, an explorer’s pack, leather armour, two daggers, thieves’ tools, 50GP, a glass orb filled with water in which swims a clockwork goldfish
3. Sun Elf Storm Sorceror (Noble) - Lady Ahinal Firahel (F)
a. Magic & Light Crossbow, Skills: Arcana, Persuasion, History, Deception
b. Equipment: Light crossbow, bolt case with 20 bolts, arcane focus, explorer’s pack, two daggers, set of fine clothes, signet ring, scroll of pedigree, 125GP, a crystal knob from a door
4. Half-Elf Rogue (Urchin) - Jasmal (F)
a. DAGGER, Skills: Sleight of hand, stealth, deception, athletics, intimidation, persuasion
b. Equipment: small knife, map of [city of birth], token of parents, common clothes, pet mouse, 160 GP, rapier (stolen), shortsword (stolen), burglar’s pack (contents acquired illegally), leather armour, two daggers, thieves’ tools, the shell of an egg painted with disturbing scenes of human misery
5. Dragonborn Druid (Courtier) - Driindar Ebynichtomonis (F)
a. Words, then stick. Skills: Insight, persuasion
b. Equipment: Set of fine clothes, pouch of 65GP, leather armour, explorer’s pack, druidic focus, light crossbow, quarterstaff, bolt case with 20 bolts, a rank insignia from a lost legionnaire
6. Half-Elf Bard (Knight of the Order – Knights of the Unicorn [Baldur’s Gate]) - Cael, of House Ishaneveen (F)
a. Huzzah! Skills: Persuasion, Nature
b. Equipment: Traveler’s clothes, signet ring of rank, 60gp, rapier, diplomat’s pack, bagpipes, leather armour, a dagger, a glass jar containing a weird bit of flesh in pickling fluid
1. Gold Dwarf Fighter (Entertainer) - Marastyr Silverstone (F)
a. Sword & Shield, Skills: Athletics, Intimidation, Acrobatics, Performance
b. Equipment: Chainmail, longsword, shield, two hand-axes, dungeoneer’s pack, [musical instrument], a favour from an admirer [a fine mithral chain], a costume, 205GP, a tiny chest carved to look like it has many feet on the bottom
c. Entertainer Routine: Storyteller
2. Half-Elf Rogue (Mercenary Veteran) - Silaqui Ravenstalon (F)
a. Shortsword & Bow, Skills: Athletics, Persuasion, Insight, Perception, Investigation, Stealth
b. Equipment: Uniform of previous mercenary group, insignia of rank, a set of bone dice, a shortsword, a shortbow, and quiver with 20 arrows, an explorer’s pack, leather armour, two daggers, thieves’ tools, 50GP, a glass orb filled with water in which swims a clockwork goldfish
3. Sun Elf Storm Sorceror (Noble) - Lady Ahinal Firahel (F)
a. Magic & Light Crossbow, Skills: Arcana, Persuasion, History, Deception
b. Equipment: Light crossbow, bolt case with 20 bolts, arcane focus, explorer’s pack, two daggers, set of fine clothes, signet ring, scroll of pedigree, 125GP, a crystal knob from a door
4. Half-Elf Rogue (Urchin) - Jasmal (F)
a. DAGGER, Skills: Sleight of hand, stealth, deception, athletics, intimidation, persuasion
b. Equipment: small knife, map of [city of birth], token of parents, common clothes, pet mouse, 160 GP, rapier (stolen), shortsword (stolen), burglar’s pack (contents acquired illegally), leather armour, two daggers, thieves’ tools, the shell of an egg painted with disturbing scenes of human misery
5. Dragonborn Druid (Courtier) - Driindar Ebynichtomonis (F)
a. Words, then stick. Skills: Insight, persuasion
b. Equipment: Set of fine clothes, pouch of 65GP, leather armour, explorer’s pack, druidic focus, light crossbow, quarterstaff, bolt case with 20 bolts, a rank insignia from a lost legionnaire
6. Half-Elf Bard (Knight of the Order – Knights of the Unicorn [Baldur’s Gate]) - Cael, of House Ishaneveen (F)
a. Huzzah! Skills: Persuasion, Nature
b. Equipment: Traveler’s clothes, signet ring of rank, 60gp, rapier, diplomat’s pack, bagpipes, leather armour, a dagger, a glass jar containing a weird bit of flesh in pickling fluid
storm over the city
Mar. 6th, 2020 07:57 amThe war room is darkened, lights either off entirely or switched to a power-conserving dim glow. Even in the Tower in the Last City, the witching hours are quiet. Shaxx has retired for the evening, and even Eris has disappeared from her haunt by the stairs. A lone frame sweeps the dust from a half-dozern planets into neat piles for the accompanying vacuumbot to suck up.
A bolt of lightning somewhere beyond the wall lights the room for a brief second, casting Cayde-6 in stark chiascuro before fading. Perched atop the war table, his fingers tap against a Vex's eye cupped carelessly in his palm: one-one thousand, two-two thousand...
An answering rumble of thunder rolls. It's been building all day, this storm. Muggy air and heat in the way that the City rarely experiences had gotten on everyone's nerves. Of course, the Consensus had held their quarterly meetings today. By the end of it, Zavala's fists had been clenched hard enough to crack fieldplace, and that one vein had throbbed in the hollow of Ikora's neck, just below her exquisitely sculpted jawline.
You know, the one that promised a swift death via void 'nade to the face.
Every little petty slight, every veiled antagonism had been magnified until even Cayde himself - the very model of propriety, of course! - was considering an elaborate, humiliating prank that verged on maliciousness. Not that he'd do it. Well, not personally. No, he had an army of eager minions - er, greenhorn hunters - thatg would carry out his vengeance with aplomb.
But! That's beside the point. Point is, he'd seen that tension (of course he had, that was his job) and shrugged it off. Maybe a little joke, a bit of physical comedy - and neatly taken the graveyard shift for himself. It had been Ikora's turn, but hey, he didn't need to sleep. And the guardians deserved better than to accidentally set off her temper by saying something dumb like - like--
Ah, who cares. (Cayde can personally think of a baker's dozen of things that would set the force of nature in a svelte form that is Ikora Rey off, but he's no longer young and dumb enough to try it. He remembers that Crucible match.)
Still, it's not often that the Tower gets this quiet. It's nice. Almost feels like he's out in a sniper's nest somewhere, waiting for a target to stroll by. Flash. One-one thousand, two-two thousand, three--
He exhales with the thunder, jaw lights brightening just a little. He turns the eye in his hand. This, he can do. Sentry duty. Ol' reliable, that's him. Stepping into the breach when no one else wants to. It's a hunter thing. Probably.
Cayde sits, perched atop the war table, and waits out the storm. It will pass. They always do.
A bolt of lightning somewhere beyond the wall lights the room for a brief second, casting Cayde-6 in stark chiascuro before fading. Perched atop the war table, his fingers tap against a Vex's eye cupped carelessly in his palm: one-one thousand, two-two thousand...
An answering rumble of thunder rolls. It's been building all day, this storm. Muggy air and heat in the way that the City rarely experiences had gotten on everyone's nerves. Of course, the Consensus had held their quarterly meetings today. By the end of it, Zavala's fists had been clenched hard enough to crack fieldplace, and that one vein had throbbed in the hollow of Ikora's neck, just below her exquisitely sculpted jawline.
You know, the one that promised a swift death via void 'nade to the face.
Every little petty slight, every veiled antagonism had been magnified until even Cayde himself - the very model of propriety, of course! - was considering an elaborate, humiliating prank that verged on maliciousness. Not that he'd do it. Well, not personally. No, he had an army of eager minions - er, greenhorn hunters - thatg would carry out his vengeance with aplomb.
But! That's beside the point. Point is, he'd seen that tension (of course he had, that was his job) and shrugged it off. Maybe a little joke, a bit of physical comedy - and neatly taken the graveyard shift for himself. It had been Ikora's turn, but hey, he didn't need to sleep. And the guardians deserved better than to accidentally set off her temper by saying something dumb like - like--
Ah, who cares. (Cayde can personally think of a baker's dozen of things that would set the force of nature in a svelte form that is Ikora Rey off, but he's no longer young and dumb enough to try it. He remembers that Crucible match.)
Still, it's not often that the Tower gets this quiet. It's nice. Almost feels like he's out in a sniper's nest somewhere, waiting for a target to stroll by. Flash. One-one thousand, two-two thousand, three--
He exhales with the thunder, jaw lights brightening just a little. He turns the eye in his hand. This, he can do. Sentry duty. Ol' reliable, that's him. Stepping into the breach when no one else wants to. It's a hunter thing. Probably.
Cayde sits, perched atop the war table, and waits out the storm. It will pass. They always do.
cayde's very bad, no good day
Mar. 6th, 2020 07:56 amOkay, look. Cayde is a tactile kinda guy. Handsy, even. Always fiddling with something - his gun, a map, some piece of tech that he probably shouldn't have lifted from Banshee, or any number of the trinkets that his Hunters bring him from all over the Solar system. Guardians are a bunch of magpies anyway, and Hunters even moreso. So yeah, he encourages it.
---
Ikora's hands are cool with the void and it feels so good on his back. He still feels scorched by the liqufied solar energy, but with each pass of Ikora's hands, the burning subsides just a little more.
He can hear Ophiuchus and Sundance having a whisper-argument in the kitchenette, but he pushes that awareness away and just relaxes into the couch cushion he's leaning on.
Zavala is off interrogating the guardians who thought it was a good idea to play with a solar condenser tank in the Traveller's walk - and boy he does not envy them one bit - but Cayde still misses the big guy.
Ikora is tucked up behind him, all cool and calm on the outside. It's actually reassuring that Cayde can feel the faintest wobble in the light she's running over him - it's another one of those giddy little reminders that yeah, she does actually care.
He exhales, fans rising and falling in tone. They're still running overtime, trying to cool something that's now only present metaphysically. Ikora's hands pause, cold seeping outwards like an icecube on warm concrete.
"Cayde?" Yep, there's the concern. It's not even hidden this time! Neat.
"'m here." Man, is he ever tired. He's aware of like, half a dozen major errors worming their way into his brain right now. Ow. His fans whine at a higher note.
"Cayde, you're not cooling down." Huh. Is this what a fever feels like? Oh, and they're moving.
---
Ikora's hands are cool with the void and it feels so good on his back. He still feels scorched by the liqufied solar energy, but with each pass of Ikora's hands, the burning subsides just a little more.
He can hear Ophiuchus and Sundance having a whisper-argument in the kitchenette, but he pushes that awareness away and just relaxes into the couch cushion he's leaning on.
Zavala is off interrogating the guardians who thought it was a good idea to play with a solar condenser tank in the Traveller's walk - and boy he does not envy them one bit - but Cayde still misses the big guy.
Ikora is tucked up behind him, all cool and calm on the outside. It's actually reassuring that Cayde can feel the faintest wobble in the light she's running over him - it's another one of those giddy little reminders that yeah, she does actually care.
He exhales, fans rising and falling in tone. They're still running overtime, trying to cool something that's now only present metaphysically. Ikora's hands pause, cold seeping outwards like an icecube on warm concrete.
"Cayde?" Yep, there's the concern. It's not even hidden this time! Neat.
"'m here." Man, is he ever tired. He's aware of like, half a dozen major errors worming their way into his brain right now. Ow. His fans whine at a higher note.
"Cayde, you're not cooling down." Huh. Is this what a fever feels like? Oh, and they're moving.
or; taking what happened to the sahagin high priest to it's (il)logical conclusion
Meet Mhyna. A relatively ordinary Miqo'te hailing from Meracydia, journeying to Eorzea due to a series of prophetic dreams.
Also, meet Tasset. An indentured pit-fighter known more commonly by the moniker of "The Mad Miqo'te".
As Mhyna is travelling to Ul'dah to learn weaving, Tasset is being murdered - mostly because she's too good at fighting, but all because Teledji Adeleji doesn't want any possible witnesses to his (hostile) takeover of fellow Ul'dahn noble Neru Nerinerin's business interests.
Hydaelyn, seeing that one of her champions is soon to be executed, nudges the rapidly disintegrating aetherial imprint into Mhyna's slumbering, undefended body - leading to the opening cutscene of 'Hear, Feel, Think'.
c1 - Attune. The overlaying of souls, and the chaos of Ul'dah. Tasset learns to share. Mhyna learns that the Mothercrystal has a weird sense of humour.
c2 - Harder Than Rock. Tasset's past experiences with pugilism show themselves in unexpected ways. Mhyna buys an eyepatch. Hamon is oblivious.
c3 - First Steps. Mhyna & Tasset explore Ul'dah and its immediate surrounds. Chocobos are petted. Hemp is woven.
c4 - Burning up the Quarter Malm. Mhyna & Tasset come to an agreement. A handsome rogue is encountered. A sultana is saved.
c5 - The Spirit is Willing. Hamon's failings are exposed. Tasset is annoyed. Mhyna takes up the pick as a way to tire the body without resorting to violence.
c6 - Keeping the Spirit Alive. Hamon is cheered up. Selling copper ore leads to a chance encounter with an apprentice goldsmith. Tasset has a minor breakdown.
c7 - Jitter. Tired of being confined to Ul'dah, Mhyna Tasset strikes out to Horizon in an effort to quell Tasset's unease.
Meet Mhyna. A relatively ordinary Miqo'te hailing from Meracydia, journeying to Eorzea due to a series of prophetic dreams.
Also, meet Tasset. An indentured pit-fighter known more commonly by the moniker of "The Mad Miqo'te".
As Mhyna is travelling to Ul'dah to learn weaving, Tasset is being murdered - mostly because she's too good at fighting, but all because Teledji Adeleji doesn't want any possible witnesses to his (hostile) takeover of fellow Ul'dahn noble Neru Nerinerin's business interests.
Hydaelyn, seeing that one of her champions is soon to be executed, nudges the rapidly disintegrating aetherial imprint into Mhyna's slumbering, undefended body - leading to the opening cutscene of 'Hear, Feel, Think'.
c1 - Attune. The overlaying of souls, and the chaos of Ul'dah. Tasset learns to share. Mhyna learns that the Mothercrystal has a weird sense of humour.
c2 - Harder Than Rock. Tasset's past experiences with pugilism show themselves in unexpected ways. Mhyna buys an eyepatch. Hamon is oblivious.
c3 - First Steps. Mhyna & Tasset explore Ul'dah and its immediate surrounds. Chocobos are petted. Hemp is woven.
c4 - Burning up the Quarter Malm. Mhyna & Tasset come to an agreement. A handsome rogue is encountered. A sultana is saved.
c5 - The Spirit is Willing. Hamon's failings are exposed. Tasset is annoyed. Mhyna takes up the pick as a way to tire the body without resorting to violence.
c6 - Keeping the Spirit Alive. Hamon is cheered up. Selling copper ore leads to a chance encounter with an apprentice goldsmith. Tasset has a minor breakdown.
c7 - Jitter. Tired of being confined to Ul'dah, Mhyna Tasset strikes out to Horizon in an effort to quell Tasset's unease.
wol musings
Feb. 4th, 2020 12:54 pmMhyna Tasset, Sunseeker Miqo'te
Pugilist/Monk + Astrologian
Botanist/Miner + Weaver/Goldsmith/Culinarian
Tired punchgorl
Sae'li Tashet, Moonkeeper Miqo'te
Archer/Bard + Conjurer
Botanist + Weaver/Leatherworker
(you are my da~ad) You're my dad! Boogie-woogie-woogie
Oxblood Dagr, Viera
Marauder/probably DRK
Fisher + ???
[unmitigated screaming]
Pugilist/Monk + Astrologian
Botanist/Miner + Weaver/Goldsmith/Culinarian
Tired punchgorl
Sae'li Tashet, Moonkeeper Miqo'te
Archer/Bard + Conjurer
Botanist + Weaver/Leatherworker
(you are my da~ad) You're my dad! Boogie-woogie-woogie
Oxblood Dagr, Viera
Marauder/probably DRK
Fisher + ???
[unmitigated screaming]
servants I'd like to see
Oct. 9th, 2019 09:04 pmKhutulun (Mongolia) - Rider, Archer
Calamity Jane (USA) - Archer
Chang Shih (China) - Rider
Grace O'Mailley (Ireland) - Rider
Empress Jingu - Lancer, Saber
Ethelfleda - Archer, Saber
Aife - Lancer, Saber, Archer
Connla - Lancer
Queen Gwendolen - Saber
Bodhmall - Caster
Liath Luachra - Lancer, Archer
Jeanne Hachette - Saber
Enyo - Any bar Caster or Assassin
Hippolyta - Saber/Lancer
Antiope - Archer
Orithyia - Berserker/Lancer
Camilla - Lancer/Archer
Caterina Sforza - Rider
Olga of Kiev - Ruler/Avenger
Banu Goshasp - Saber
Vishpala - Saber
David's Sisters + Nephews
Calamity Jane (USA) - Archer
Chang Shih (China) - Rider
Grace O'Mailley (Ireland) - Rider
Empress Jingu - Lancer, Saber
Ethelfleda - Archer, Saber
Aife - Lancer, Saber, Archer
Connla - Lancer
Queen Gwendolen - Saber
Bodhmall - Caster
Liath Luachra - Lancer, Archer
Jeanne Hachette - Saber
Enyo - Any bar Caster or Assassin
Hippolyta - Saber/Lancer
Antiope - Archer
Orithyia - Berserker/Lancer
Camilla - Lancer/Archer
Caterina Sforza - Rider
Olga of Kiev - Ruler/Avenger
Banu Goshasp - Saber
Vishpala - Saber
David's Sisters + Nephews
fate/anachronos
Oct. 9th, 2019 08:31 pmServant: Avenger
True Name: Ned Kelly
Noble Phantasm: Siege of Glenrowan (AOE Buster)
Skills
- Avenger C
- Madness Enhancement D (Sealed)
- Oblivion Correction B
- Self Replenishment D
- Battle Continuation B+
Servant: Ruler
True Name: Mary Mackillop
Noble Phantasm: ???
Skills
- God's Resolution C-
- Magic Resistance A
- True Name Discernment B
Servant: Rider
True Name: The Man From Snowy River
Noble Phantasm: ???
Skills
- Independant Action A+
- Riding A+
Servant: Caster
True Name: Nellie Melba
Noble Phantasm: ???
Skills
- Territory Creation C
- Item Creation C
- Alluring Nightingale B
Servant: Lancer
True Name: Maid Marian
Noble Phantasm: ???
Skills
- Independant Action C
Servant: Saber
True Name: Hua Mulan
Servant: Assassin
True Name: Freyja
Servant: Archer
True Name: Calamity Jane
True Name: Ned Kelly
Noble Phantasm: Siege of Glenrowan (AOE Buster)
Skills
- Avenger C
- Madness Enhancement D (Sealed)
- Oblivion Correction B
- Self Replenishment D
- Battle Continuation B+
Servant: Ruler
True Name: Mary Mackillop
Noble Phantasm: ???
Skills
- God's Resolution C-
- Magic Resistance A
- True Name Discernment B
Servant: Rider
True Name: The Man From Snowy River
Noble Phantasm: ???
Skills
- Independant Action A+
- Riding A+
Servant: Caster
True Name: Nellie Melba
Noble Phantasm: ???
Skills
- Territory Creation C
- Item Creation C
- Alluring Nightingale B
Servant: Lancer
True Name: Maid Marian
Noble Phantasm: ???
Skills
- Independant Action C
Servant: Saber
True Name: Hua Mulan
Servant: Assassin
True Name: Freyja
Servant: Archer
True Name: Calamity Jane
tarquin's curios
Aug. 20th, 2019 02:41 pmA fine selection of magical items for sale to the discerning customer.
ARMOUR & SHIELDS | CLOAKS | WEAPONRY
ASSISTIVE DEVICES | THE GREAT OUTDOORS
BEST SELLERS
ARMOUR & SHIELDS | CLOAKS | WEAPONRY
ASSISTIVE DEVICES | THE GREAT OUTDOORS
BEST SELLERS
a thing? potentially?
Jun. 17th, 2019 11:57 amCharacters:
- Ex-Gloaming Court fey
- Cleric of the Morrighan
- Town guard who's part hellcat
- A mute scholar who happens to also be a mcguffin
- Two kids from the boonies
Plot:
- some dude wants to be king of whereveristan
- there's been ~civil unrest~ for a while due to the last ''anointed heir'' dying childless and sans heir like 80 years ago
- so this dude gets heself an army and goes 'might makes right, yes?' and proceeds to basically bully his way into being crowned by dint of fighting
- there's a tentative peace for like five years while he's looking for the ~magic crown~ that will confirm his right to rule by divine word (and also give him control over the wards that surround the crown city
- he hires some adventurers to get the crown (smart)
- crown is found (yay!) but there's a catch (boo)
- 'whomsoever wishes to wear the crown must be blessed by [celestial], lest they be judged unworthy' or smth
- dude goes yep that'll be fine that celestial died however many years ago along with the family of oracles it was associated with
- important: doesn't try the crown on first so as to seem '''''authentic''''''' on coronation day; even his advisers are nervous about this
- coronation day!! there's glitz!! there's glamour!! there's enough pomp and ceremony to feed several hundred starving orphans for a year!!
- oh no turns out the crown doesn't approve and tries to crack the dude's skull in front of several thousand witnesses
- oops
- also several people take advantage of chaos and try to assassinate king dude/advisors/important people
- day becomes known as the coronation bloodbath
- not a good sign for a wannabe king
- angry wannabe king calls on ex-fey and cleric and angrily rants about stuff in front of them
- advisor scurries in and says 'uh hey so there's maybe possibly a survivor of this oracle family and that's why the crown tried to eat you'
- advisor gets punched (poor dude), wannabe king rants and raves about how that family was exterminated for a reason, that if the crown wants blood it'll get the survivor's blood etc etc
- ex-fey's geas pings him REAL hard and he goes creepy threatening towards wannabe king
- turns out he was bound by the executed oracle to protect her daughter
- talk about a conflict of interest
- cleric and ex-fey bail on meeting and cleric does an investigate and determines that it's a long-standing geas that's doing this, and also ex-fey only barely remembers the circumstances of the geas-ing (oh dear)
- a frembly member of the guard comes along and tells them that hey they might wanna move along bc there's a curfew
- idle chatting that establishes more worldbuilding
- y'all elf-eared m-f'ers be hearing stuff real good
- it's wingbeats
- BIG wingbeats
- cleric suddenly realises that with the attempted crowning of an unanointed king, all the protective wards around the city cease to function (presumably so that the actual anointed one can have an easier time of getting their butt to the crown & throne)
- o fuk.jpg
- thunder & lightning reveals an dragon!!! o shit!!!
- trio bolt to nearest guard station bc there are protocols for this! thankfully guard-captain also realises that the wards are down and immediately springs into action
- magical flares are sent up and yep that's a dragon
- unfortunately to be effective over such a large city all the flares need to be activated in order to create a repelling shield
- ONWARDS
- panic is starting to set in, but this city has been through A Lot and so there are luckily very good bunkers/shelters for the civilians
- things continue
- suddenly dragon changes from attacking city to screm at sky
- there's always a bigger fish.wav
- it's THE TERROR WITH WINGS, THE NIGHT THAT FLIES aka the biggest scariest dragon in all the land
- guard goes ' u kno what, fuck this' and bails
- the cleric & ex-fey look at each other and go 'u know what, I never really liked this city anyway'
- the fastest of packing scenes (it helps if u never finished unpacking in the first place)
- time to hitch up the horses and hit that old town road
- hey there's that guard from before
- death rattle from smaller dragon, incoming corpse from 500 meters
- BIG YIKES
- incoming two kids
- guard says HEY I KNOW YOU
- kids just being like HALP PLS LET US LEAVE
- cleric says aight sure
- ex-fey says hop on i'm gonna do an thing
- shadow-warp out of the city
- ex-fey passes out, watches as the night that flies lands and starts investigating (that's a big dragon)
end chapter one????
chapter two
- introducing a really cool-ass library fortress surrounded by a big-ass wall with farms inside it
- also introducing scholar who is also an plot device
- things occur
- exposition on library fortress and library and muting spell
- incoming plot at the speed of messenger birb
- inter-personal drama among scholars (bc of course there is)
- ?????????
chapter three (???)
- open road???
- 'so what now' 'we didn't think this far enough through' 'no shit genius'
chapter between three and fancy party???
- charming village with adventure sites
- dokis all around
- relationship talk between ex-fey and cleric
- guard bonds with the kids
- sign language lessons
- BED SHARING (no spice)
chapter: fetchquests
- 'if u can translate a thing I hep' 'ok'
- 'pls stop the things from from Witch-King's Mountain' 'BIG HMM BUT OKAY???'
chapter (?????)
- [chapter music: bring honor to us all & masquerade from phantom of the opera]
- ex-fey is owed a big-ass favour by the fanciest bath house/dressmaker/fancy-fying place in all the land
- it's an excuse to see everyone dressed to the nines and have the mutual realisation of oh no they're hot (except the kids, who have crushes)
- THERE'S A FANCY DRESS BALL THAT'S WHY
- costumes are all very tailored to each person but still cohesive as a group
- TA DAAAAH here's the oracle family ceremonial get-up as rendered by fey tailors
- wow that's fancy
- she a queen
- at this point it's still unclear whether the oracle is meant to SIT the throne or merely anoint the ones who can (yay unclear wording....)
- [dancing and politics ensue]
- guard and ex-fey cause a ruckus by doing an spicy dance (inspo: paso doble from strictly ballroom)
- which allows scholar to be snuck upstairs to do [plot relevant thing] with cleric
- plot is furthered, without the need for fighting
- chapter ends with love confession & slow dance?? I think??
chapter: ending
- I don't know how to end this
- help
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Main grain is barley cf AKITI (easily propagated on bad/poor soil)
Kas - Beer
Agarin - bread made with beer mash
As - bread flour
Bappir - yeast
gagartum - a large, segmented loaf designed to be torn into pieces
gar - a small piece of a gagartum
gargar - a chunk of gagartum, yet to be torn into gar
gi'izi'esta - bread dough wrapped around fish and baked (a snack food) (bread-fish-clothing)
hibza - aromatic bread, with herbs in the dough
kagu - small dumplings in soup, eaten in one bite (mouth-bread)
ninda - a singular small flat loaf made with low-quality flour
nindaba - bread ration (4-6 ninda)
nindagir - a bread shaped like a fish (offering)
nindagug - cake
ninda'i - pastry made with layers of butter
ninda'idea - a braided form of ninda'i (fancy)
ninda'iziHARa - donut
nindasurah - pinched bread (designed to catch/hold onto sauces)
sigal - worker's bread/flatbread
siki - thin braided loops of bread
sur - overkneaded bread - very hard and tough, designed to be soaked in liquid to soften before consuming (lit: anger bread)
utuhum - bread made with multiple grains
i'ab - butter
- Ex-Gloaming Court fey
- Cleric of the Morrighan
- Town guard who's part hellcat
- A mute scholar who happens to also be a mcguffin
- Two kids from the boonies
Plot:
- some dude wants to be king of whereveristan
- there's been ~civil unrest~ for a while due to the last ''anointed heir'' dying childless and sans heir like 80 years ago
- so this dude gets heself an army and goes 'might makes right, yes?' and proceeds to basically bully his way into being crowned by dint of fighting
- there's a tentative peace for like five years while he's looking for the ~magic crown~ that will confirm his right to rule by divine word (and also give him control over the wards that surround the crown city
- he hires some adventurers to get the crown (smart)
- crown is found (yay!) but there's a catch (boo)
- 'whomsoever wishes to wear the crown must be blessed by [celestial], lest they be judged unworthy' or smth
- dude goes yep that'll be fine that celestial died however many years ago along with the family of oracles it was associated with
- important: doesn't try the crown on first so as to seem '''''authentic''''''' on coronation day; even his advisers are nervous about this
- coronation day!! there's glitz!! there's glamour!! there's enough pomp and ceremony to feed several hundred starving orphans for a year!!
- oh no turns out the crown doesn't approve and tries to crack the dude's skull in front of several thousand witnesses
- oops
- also several people take advantage of chaos and try to assassinate king dude/advisors/important people
- day becomes known as the coronation bloodbath
- not a good sign for a wannabe king
- angry wannabe king calls on ex-fey and cleric and angrily rants about stuff in front of them
- advisor scurries in and says 'uh hey so there's maybe possibly a survivor of this oracle family and that's why the crown tried to eat you'
- advisor gets punched (poor dude), wannabe king rants and raves about how that family was exterminated for a reason, that if the crown wants blood it'll get the survivor's blood etc etc
- ex-fey's geas pings him REAL hard and he goes creepy threatening towards wannabe king
- turns out he was bound by the executed oracle to protect her daughter
- talk about a conflict of interest
- cleric and ex-fey bail on meeting and cleric does an investigate and determines that it's a long-standing geas that's doing this, and also ex-fey only barely remembers the circumstances of the geas-ing (oh dear)
- a frembly member of the guard comes along and tells them that hey they might wanna move along bc there's a curfew
- idle chatting that establishes more worldbuilding
- y'all elf-eared m-f'ers be hearing stuff real good
- it's wingbeats
- BIG wingbeats
- cleric suddenly realises that with the attempted crowning of an unanointed king, all the protective wards around the city cease to function (presumably so that the actual anointed one can have an easier time of getting their butt to the crown & throne)
- o fuk.jpg
- thunder & lightning reveals an dragon!!! o shit!!!
- trio bolt to nearest guard station bc there are protocols for this! thankfully guard-captain also realises that the wards are down and immediately springs into action
- magical flares are sent up and yep that's a dragon
- unfortunately to be effective over such a large city all the flares need to be activated in order to create a repelling shield
- ONWARDS
- panic is starting to set in, but this city has been through A Lot and so there are luckily very good bunkers/shelters for the civilians
- things continue
- suddenly dragon changes from attacking city to screm at sky
- there's always a bigger fish.wav
- it's THE TERROR WITH WINGS, THE NIGHT THAT FLIES aka the biggest scariest dragon in all the land
- guard goes ' u kno what, fuck this' and bails
- the cleric & ex-fey look at each other and go 'u know what, I never really liked this city anyway'
- the fastest of packing scenes (it helps if u never finished unpacking in the first place)
- time to hitch up the horses and hit that old town road
- hey there's that guard from before
- death rattle from smaller dragon, incoming corpse from 500 meters
- BIG YIKES
- incoming two kids
- guard says HEY I KNOW YOU
- kids just being like HALP PLS LET US LEAVE
- cleric says aight sure
- ex-fey says hop on i'm gonna do an thing
- shadow-warp out of the city
- ex-fey passes out, watches as the night that flies lands and starts investigating (that's a big dragon)
end chapter one????
chapter two
- introducing a really cool-ass library fortress surrounded by a big-ass wall with farms inside it
- also introducing scholar who is also an plot device
- things occur
- exposition on library fortress and library and muting spell
- incoming plot at the speed of messenger birb
- inter-personal drama among scholars (bc of course there is)
- ?????????
chapter three (???)
- open road???
- 'so what now' 'we didn't think this far enough through' 'no shit genius'
chapter between three and fancy party???
- charming village with adventure sites
- dokis all around
- relationship talk between ex-fey and cleric
- guard bonds with the kids
- sign language lessons
- BED SHARING (no spice)
chapter: fetchquests
- 'if u can translate a thing I hep' 'ok'
- 'pls stop the things from from Witch-King's Mountain' 'BIG HMM BUT OKAY???'
chapter (?????)
- [chapter music: bring honor to us all & masquerade from phantom of the opera]
- ex-fey is owed a big-ass favour by the fanciest bath house/dressmaker/fancy-fying place in all the land
- it's an excuse to see everyone dressed to the nines and have the mutual realisation of oh no they're hot (except the kids, who have crushes)
- THERE'S A FANCY DRESS BALL THAT'S WHY
- costumes are all very tailored to each person but still cohesive as a group
- TA DAAAAH here's the oracle family ceremonial get-up as rendered by fey tailors
- wow that's fancy
- she a queen
- at this point it's still unclear whether the oracle is meant to SIT the throne or merely anoint the ones who can (yay unclear wording....)
- [dancing and politics ensue]
- guard and ex-fey cause a ruckus by doing an spicy dance (inspo: paso doble from strictly ballroom)
- which allows scholar to be snuck upstairs to do [plot relevant thing] with cleric
- plot is furthered, without the need for fighting
- chapter ends with love confession & slow dance?? I think??
chapter: ending
- I don't know how to end this
- help
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Main grain is barley cf AKITI (easily propagated on bad/poor soil)
Kas - Beer
Agarin - bread made with beer mash
As - bread flour
Bappir - yeast
gagartum - a large, segmented loaf designed to be torn into pieces
gar - a small piece of a gagartum
gargar - a chunk of gagartum, yet to be torn into gar
gi'izi'esta - bread dough wrapped around fish and baked (a snack food) (bread-fish-clothing)
hibza - aromatic bread, with herbs in the dough
kagu - small dumplings in soup, eaten in one bite (mouth-bread)
ninda - a singular small flat loaf made with low-quality flour
nindaba - bread ration (4-6 ninda)
nindagir - a bread shaped like a fish (offering)
nindagug - cake
ninda'i - pastry made with layers of butter
ninda'idea - a braided form of ninda'i (fancy)
ninda'iziHARa - donut
nindasurah - pinched bread (designed to catch/hold onto sauces)
sigal - worker's bread/flatbread
siki - thin braided loops of bread
sur - overkneaded bread - very hard and tough, designed to be soaked in liquid to soften before consuming (lit: anger bread)
utuhum - bread made with multiple grains
i'ab - butter
app form fuckery
Apr. 2nd, 2019 01:24 pmOOC
Name: Explanatory
Age: Reasonable
Timezone: Makes scheduling easier
Discord/Plurk Handle: For plotting & dungeon crawls
IC:
Character Name: Explanatory
Age/Assumed Age: More for IC purposes
Race: Almost everyone is going to be some variant on 'humanoid', but there's some fun leeway in there.
Stats: Remember that 10 is an average human being, and 20 is pushing god-like. Please assign these traits as best fits your character, rather than what their ideal stats.
- Strength (STRONK)
- Dexterity (knife)
- Constitution (tuff boi)
- Intelligence (smrt)
- Wisdom (don't touch fire)
- Charisma (nah I don't need to pay for that)
Background:
Bonds:
Ideals:
Flaws:
Class:
Proficiencies:
Powers:
Name: Explanatory
Age: Reasonable
Timezone: Makes scheduling easier
Discord/Plurk Handle: For plotting & dungeon crawls
IC:
Character Name: Explanatory
Age/Assumed Age: More for IC purposes
Race: Almost everyone is going to be some variant on 'humanoid', but there's some fun leeway in there.
Stats: Remember that 10 is an average human being, and 20 is pushing god-like. Please assign these traits as best fits your character, rather than what their ideal stats.
- Strength (STRONK)
- Dexterity (knife)
- Constitution (tuff boi)
- Intelligence (smrt)
- Wisdom (don't touch fire)
- Charisma (nah I don't need to pay for that)
Background:
Bonds:
Ideals:
Flaws:
Class:
Proficiencies:
Powers:
pre dawn war & dawn war
Mar. 20th, 2019 10:41 amPRE WAR
- aberrations, aberrations everywhere
- aboleths at the top of the foodchain
- chuuls as their servants
- beholders/beholderkin doing their own thing
- slaads don't exist yet
- gibbering mouthers happen in places where stuff happen Too Much
- protomindflayers are slaves of aboleths
- as are neogi
- also nothics and otyughs and various other eldritch horrors and monstrosities
- kruthiks, lobsterfolk, thri-keen
- if it looks like an insect or a sea critter or an amphibian, it probably exists
- there is no far realm, so instead all the horrorterrors are h e r e
WAR
- something occurred
- like the big bang or smth
- the song of creation was sung and oops now there's insanely powerful things everywhere
- originally one category (primeval), rapidly morphs into two - primordial and supernal.
- primordial and supernal fight, accidentally creating the planes as we know them
- this lasts a lONG ASS TIME
- so long that other new and interesting forms of life start emerging as a direct result of these clashes
- eventually everyone settled down???
dragons: primordial
giants: supernal
- aberrations, aberrations everywhere
- aboleths at the top of the foodchain
- chuuls as their servants
- beholders/beholderkin doing their own thing
- slaads don't exist yet
- gibbering mouthers happen in places where stuff happen Too Much
- protomindflayers are slaves of aboleths
- as are neogi
- also nothics and otyughs and various other eldritch horrors and monstrosities
- kruthiks, lobsterfolk, thri-keen
- if it looks like an insect or a sea critter or an amphibian, it probably exists
- there is no far realm, so instead all the horrorterrors are h e r e
WAR
- something occurred
- like the big bang or smth
- the song of creation was sung and oops now there's insanely powerful things everywhere
- originally one category (primeval), rapidly morphs into two - primordial and supernal.
- primordial and supernal fight, accidentally creating the planes as we know them
- this lasts a lONG ASS TIME
- so long that other new and interesting forms of life start emerging as a direct result of these clashes
- eventually everyone settled down???
dragons: primordial
giants: supernal
content??? schedule???
Mar. 20th, 2019 09:07 am- nature of magic
- greater gods & lesser gods pt 1
- greater gods and lesser gods pt 2
- quasi-deities
- description of material plane (imikirr)
- description of shadowfell
- description of feywild
- god profile: auxesia
- god profile: morrighan'an
- god profile: eurry'bian
- a vague and incomplete recap of the dawn war
- god profile: nuadhannan
- what came before: illithids
- what came before: elven empire
- what came before (and still exists): dwarven commonwealth
- the pact of three realms
- currencies
- dragons, and some major examples
- things that destroy cities
- fairytales and boogeymen
- spotlight: giantkin (goliaths & firbolgs)
- spotlight: fey-descended (elves, half-elves, drow & elandrin)
- spotlight: earth-kin (gnomes, duergar, dwarves)
- spotlight: tabaxi
- spotlight: orcs & half-orcs
- spotlight: infernal & celestial (tieflings & aasimar)
- spotlight: winged ones (kenku & aarakocra)
- spotlight: scaly ones (dragonborn, kobolds, lizard-folk, half-dragons, yuan-ti)
- spotlight: the gardeners (halflings)
- spotlight: the many shades of humanity
- tessith, labrador, and why dragons don't usually DO that
- a general description of east yacrana
- a general description of west yacrana
- a general description of the blasted strand
- a general description of the moonlit shoals
- a general description of samekh
- a general description of the tathaic peninsula
- a general description of telbara
- a general description of the frozen north
- a casual examination of samekhi nobility
- redstone: full of history
- blackwall: the town that lived
- galth: the biggest city in all the land
- why are drow Like That?
- religious zealotry and the Solaris
- a very shallow explanation of imikirr's seasons and moons
- lions and tigers and bears, oh my! a brief look at the wildlife of imikirr
- witches: in defense of hedgemages
- arcane trials: magic is fucking hard (casters)
- martial VIGOUR (monks and fighters and rogues and barbs)
- where faith and determination collide (druids, clerics, paladins)
- the call of the wild (the subclasses that wander)
- at the gates (the more urban subclasses)
- moneymaker (goods, services, and how to make cash)
- where there's people, there's sickness (sawbones: dnd edition)
- a discussion on the best mounts for your needs
- BIG HONKY BOIS (megafauna)
- giants to befriend and giants to avoid
- THE RIFT
- krakens and aboleths and tarrasques, oh my! (or: how to end a civilisation)
- potions for beginners
- potions for the slightly more confident
- potions for the most experienced only
- enchantments, and how to make them work for YOU!
- factions, cults, and political movements
- in defense of common (it was a slave cant)
- the summer court
- the winter court
- homebrew classes
- god spotlights (for all the rest of the fuckers)
- on the nature of souls
- afterlife smafterlife
- diy eternal damnation!
- oh no I'm dead (and what to do next)
- ia ia my brain f'tahgn (mindflayers)
- greater gods & lesser gods pt 1
- greater gods and lesser gods pt 2
- quasi-deities
- description of material plane (imikirr)
- description of shadowfell
- description of feywild
- god profile: auxesia
- god profile: morrighan'an
- god profile: eurry'bian
- a vague and incomplete recap of the dawn war
- god profile: nuadhannan
- what came before: illithids
- what came before: elven empire
- what came before (and still exists): dwarven commonwealth
- the pact of three realms
- currencies
- dragons, and some major examples
- things that destroy cities
- fairytales and boogeymen
- spotlight: giantkin (goliaths & firbolgs)
- spotlight: fey-descended (elves, half-elves, drow & elandrin)
- spotlight: earth-kin (gnomes, duergar, dwarves)
- spotlight: tabaxi
- spotlight: orcs & half-orcs
- spotlight: infernal & celestial (tieflings & aasimar)
- spotlight: winged ones (kenku & aarakocra)
- spotlight: scaly ones (dragonborn, kobolds, lizard-folk, half-dragons, yuan-ti)
- spotlight: the gardeners (halflings)
- spotlight: the many shades of humanity
- tessith, labrador, and why dragons don't usually DO that
- a general description of east yacrana
- a general description of west yacrana
- a general description of the blasted strand
- a general description of the moonlit shoals
- a general description of samekh
- a general description of the tathaic peninsula
- a general description of telbara
- a general description of the frozen north
- a casual examination of samekhi nobility
- redstone: full of history
- blackwall: the town that lived
- galth: the biggest city in all the land
- why are drow Like That?
- religious zealotry and the Solaris
- a very shallow explanation of imikirr's seasons and moons
- lions and tigers and bears, oh my! a brief look at the wildlife of imikirr
- witches: in defense of hedgemages
- arcane trials: magic is fucking hard (casters)
- martial VIGOUR (monks and fighters and rogues and barbs)
- where faith and determination collide (druids, clerics, paladins)
- the call of the wild (the subclasses that wander)
- at the gates (the more urban subclasses)
- moneymaker (goods, services, and how to make cash)
- where there's people, there's sickness (sawbones: dnd edition)
- a discussion on the best mounts for your needs
- BIG HONKY BOIS (megafauna)
- giants to befriend and giants to avoid
- THE RIFT
- krakens and aboleths and tarrasques, oh my! (or: how to end a civilisation)
- potions for beginners
- potions for the slightly more confident
- potions for the most experienced only
- enchantments, and how to make them work for YOU!
- factions, cults, and political movements
- in defense of common (it was a slave cant)
- the summer court
- the winter court
- homebrew classes
- god spotlights (for all the rest of the fuckers)
- on the nature of souls
- afterlife smafterlife
- diy eternal damnation!
- oh no I'm dead (and what to do next)
- ia ia my brain f'tahgn (mindflayers)
