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[micelus]

A warrior named named Usturb is raised to a champion of Metalhand.

[Glass]

"...
There has been a change of plans."
(3 CP) Metalhand selects the greatest warrior of his devoted in the Temple of Enki.

Spoiler: (CANCELED) The Messenger of Penance (Champion) (click to show/hide)

Name: [As before] Also, given the title “The Messenger of Penance”
Appearance: [As before, but with a wreath of flames]
Personality: [As before]
PHYS: PS: 6 AS: 0
SPIR: EGO: 0 SS: 0 W: 0
Myths: N/A
Initiative: High
Commandments:
-Claim the Temple of Enki for Metalhand
-Kill the Shattered Statue
-[Others to be determined if survives]
Traits:
-Is a messenger
-[To be determined if survives]

(5 DP) Metalhand creates an iron-and-enkmen warhammer that is formed before Usturb.

Spoiler: The Messenger of Penance (Accoutrement) (click to show/hide)

Name: The Messenger of Penance
Appearance: A large warhammer, formed of interwoven iron and enkmen, with the pattern perpetually shifting, but reminiscent of that on Metalhand's arm.
Purpose: +2 PS, +2 W, particularly effective at destroying minerals

The Shattered Statue has decided to rob us of the fruits of our efforts - ones which have gone on for many decades. Go and fight alongside those chosen of Basderieen and end them.
Usturb, you shall be the first line - you can take hits, so allow yourself to be the first to do so.
Let all others take up arms - ranged weapons such that they need not get close, and hammers if the Statue should attack them.
And know that you all bear a message to the Statue: the Mantle of Enki shall not be stolen from us so simply.

[Orange Juice Goose]

Retain forms an accoutrement as a gift for a job well done, intending to hand its metaphorical reins to Sharna.
Action (3 DP)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Will Over Iron
Appearance: A seemingly amorphous mass of ferrous material when not being used for something. Form varies when in use, and can be of weapon grade sharpness and strength.
Purpose: Attunes to a user who can control the shape and properties of the mass in the span of a second. Attunement can only be transferred at will of the current user.

[TricMagic]

Fu awakens from their slumber.

A tower, huh.. I somehow feel something has occurred far away.

"Welcome Anunnaki, Pesh. I admit I did not see your coming, but."

"This beuty is quite different from the one I know, but beautiful in it's own way."

Fu ponders.

Spoiler: Counting (click to show/hide)

5 Blood Essence, 2 CP, 2 Essence, 2CP/4DP.

2 CP + 2 CP + 2 Essence + 3 Blood Essence= 9 C-Power, an Avatar.

4 DP+2 Blood Essence= 6 D-Power, an Accroument.

Hmm, I'll need a bit more power still.

[Orange Juice Goose]

Action (2 CP)

Retain upgrades Sharna to champion status in order to allow them to wield accouterments such as Will Over Iron.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Sharna/(◕‿◕✿)
Appearance: A young looking lad.
Personality: Mature, Sharna is known to be calm, collected and tolerant.
PHYS: PS: 3 AS: 1
SPIR: EGO: 1 SS: 0  W: 1
Myths: N/A
Initiative: High [Uplifted Mortal]
Commandments:
1. Lead the people of the grasslands out of times of troubles, guide them to greatness in times of bounty.
2. Ensure that vengeance is brought upon those who seek to bring undue upon harm their fellow mortal.
3. Assure that merriment and fun are not stifled within the realm.
4. Learn skills that help the people of the realm as a whole.
5. Teach learnt skills to the faithful that will benefit them as a mass.
6. Spread word and worship of your pantheon.
Traits:
Master Of All: Will never suffer the rusting of skills by not practicing or performing hard skills (Crafts/Martial Arts/Regular Arts/Etc.) for long periods of time, always at their peak performance. This does not prevent the conscious rewriting of old knowledge as it is considered improving and therefore not moving backwards. Massively increased learning speed and comprehension.

[Tiruin]

((Got a thesis rolling so most important things will usually be hitting by the near end of the month or in between--sorry for slowness on all fronts!))

Tala was distressed.
There was still the crabs, there were still the security issues, and worst of all--there was now the beginnings of bureaucracy: In the Spirit layers, there was a great storm, known only by Guar's mention (as it was notable that Metalhand and Guar had become her allies and intentfully, their people too, through the sleep and half-century prior).
Free Act: Hold Court

Tala ingressed after the events of the court: She had met the 3 noble spirits of her lands, two of whom were only mentioned prior, and one of whom was utterly new; Ashburigal (Spirit of Regal Age); Kanty (The Deadened Flame); and Bambonix (Infernal Warden). Ravash, of only minor mention in decades prior, was nowhere to be seen. Ashburigal was, as far as Tala could assume given her own inspections and interactions of the last (turn) 5 decades, responsible for the monument--it helped that she had personally ingressed and spoke to them prior. Kanty was the spirit of the river-waters, and one of the main forces keeping the area fertile and healthy. Bambonix was the new entity. Outside of the 3 noble spirits, the numbers of spirits were in the hundreds and divided into groups of near a hundred and more, each: Greater labours, Free Spirits, and Soul-spirits, each having the responsibilities of various aspects of creation, freedom of strict slavish duty to reality, and those bearing souls (of which were of great value into the "P"ower of spirits like herself, which...was a point to clarify one day).

[editing with results thereafter--resolving on discord]

Hearing the issues in court--of which, it is to be known that "hearing court" meant holding a personally uniquely made court within the outer shell of her soul--which was made of whatever she wanted it to be and of whatever appearance she wished, she marked her goals and made known her ideas. She was to bring forth a cursory creature akin to lightroot, but one that would express her insight, her considerateness, her values, and even her wrath. This would take up most of her time, and curiously, because she had noticed that she could no longer directly give sapience to lightroot as there was an entity blocking such from happening; with the help of her allies, she arrived at the assumption that this was likely not Pesh's doing--or if it were, it was by indirect means.

Other pressing matters included the 3 philosophical schools of thought headed by her people, with two of them being local to the Lawful Lands; these would become plans into a greater form given her powers and freedom to act, but this had to be balanced with her creation of new life--those vile crabs needed to get out!

Spoiler: Good Fluffy Context (click to show/hide)

The first two schools are known most often as the Pure Thought School and the Innolian School respectively. The former is fundamentalist in outlook, trusting in the divine teachings of Tala without reservation. They teach of unconditional kindness, mercy, tolerance, peace, equality, conservation and respect for all beings. The scholars of this school do not congregate in any one area and are oft judge or advisor of wherever they choose to inhabit.

The latter school differs from that of Pure Thought in that it fundamentally does not praise Tala's teachings above all. Instead, this school believes in the study and practice of multiple teachings from mortal and spirit alike. Where the Pure Thought preach benevolence without reservation, the Innolian School preaches that benevolence must be tempered by mortal necessities. Furthermore, this school is more centralized, having a central repository of knowledge at the Hall of Peace in Innol.

The third school, known as the progressives, are derived mainly from those scholars who have left the Lawful Lands and immigrated to the greater horde territories or have otherwise been born there. This school is a syncretic school that partakes of both Tala's teachings and the values of the horsemen. The central idea of the school is that whilst Tala's teachings are benevolent, the world is not. As such, one must temper Good with Evil. Their outlook on violence is as such, an outlier in Lawful Person thought- being neutral about it. They as such, see no great sin in joining an aggressive army, torture, enslavement or thievery. They do, however, take umbrage at excess. To conquer brutally is considered wrong. To torture for pleasure is evil. To enslave the children of slaves is damnation. To steal from those with little is tantamount to blasphemy. Whilst having no one leader, the "Young School" is moderately organised, with regular meetings at the Great Horde capital.

For most lawful people however, the debates and arguments between the schools on points of morality aren't all that important and they generally defer to the nearest lawyer on points of religion

[Glass]

Metalhand "gifts" all Peshite entities within his influence to Pesh, and will do the same to any further entities that enter his influence over the remainder of his awakening.

[Roboson]

Guar contests all Pesh sendings in his influence. Except for Metalhand's sending of Pesh affiliated creatures back to Pesh.

[Roboson]

Guar organizes a Divine Feast, of proportions unlike the world has seen. He designates a company of messengers as messengers under the authority of the Edict of Roads and Thoroughfare, and sends them off to invite the leadership of several nations, as well as their populace, to the grand festivities. The festival shall be held on a solstice near the beginning of Guars awakening, but not so early as to make preparations overly difficult. It will be held under the magical light of Guar's pillar. The festival is a celebration of a new era in Guar's religion, among other reasons. There shall be food, festivities, fornication, music, sport and revelry of all kinds! Peoples of all nations and gods will journey to Guar's Divine Festival, bringing with them the best their culture has to offer in food, entertainment, and goods.

Guar shall hold the first Divine Feast! (One Action)

Spoiler: Invitation Specific Orders for Anjuar (click to show/hide)

Anjuar is to send messengers to the following groups, inviting them to the feast. Guar designates these as messengers under the authority of the Edict of Roads and Thoroughfare.
1) Diawata and high ranking lawyers.
2) The leaders of each of faction of the lawful lands, as well as high ranking officials of each of the lawyer schools of thought.
3) The leaders of New Durham, Durham, and other affiliated cities.
4) The Ankan Lugal, and other members of Ankan leadership.
5) The Basderieen leadership in Anka.
6) Allied Ulkian factions and leadership.
7) Flintish leadership.
An individual designated as the representative of Shelldon.
9) Each person of import within the Horde.
10) The Eld
11) Assign public heralds to invite the populace of each aforementioned except Shelldon and the Eld. Those who cannot attend are encouraged to throw a feast in their locales on the same day.


The included invitation conveys the time and place of the Divine Feast. It further explains that all attendees are expected to bring food, drink, merchants and entertainment in quality and amounts in correlation to, and as a sign of their status and strength of their nation. Further, each receiver of the invitation is permitted to bring as many or as few members of their faction as they desire, though the previous expectation grows with the number of attendees. Truly, it will be a momentous occasion!

Next it explains that there may be individuals and groups which are in opposition to each other in attendance. With the exception of Guar sanctioned duels and blood sport, murder and excessive violence and will be met with swift and merciless retribution as they are considered a insult to the host. However, if two individuals do wish to fight, they may petition their host for such a duel, blood sport, or other such public challenge. Under the rules of the Feast, all challenge petitions shall be granted, so long as the combatants in question can agree to terms and conditions of the combat, and there is no overwhelming reason for Guar to deny them a fair contest. Finally, there will be competitions of strength and skill, both deadly and nondeadly, and all are welcome to enter to gain glory for their nation.

Spoiler: Feast Specific Orders for Anjuar (click to show/hide)

1) Send out invites.
2) Organize the preparation of food and drink.
3) Organize the seating and other facilities for the, cooking, presentation, and eating. Including facilities for guests to prepare food if they need to do so.
4) Organize music, tournaments of skill and strength, and other entertainment for guests.
5) Make sure opposing factions are seated far from eachother.
6) Organize the clearing of a nearby field/area for use as a duel/bloodsport arena.
7) Organize the clearing of another nearby field/area for a place for merchants to peddle their wares.
Spread the new commandments from Guar (Listed below)

Spoiler: Feast Specific Orders for Valtoria (click to show/hide)

1) Organize security, both physical and spiritual.
2) Make public a public speech on the dangers facing all peoples, and rally them together to face those dangers.
3) Orchestrate the punishment of those who violate the rules of peace during the feast.

During the festival Guar will go before his people and make a speech: My flock, my children, my friends, my guests, and all who gather here today! I welcome you to the first of many feasts. The world is changing, and so I too change with it, and so must we all. In a bygone age, I declared the world to be entering an Era of Blood to your ancestors. Upon this day, I reappear before you to declare the Era of Blood has come to an end! Let your family and friends rejoice! Let your ancestors rejoice! For in this age, their descendants have survived through the Blood Era. Now, we enter an age of Growth! Together we shall grow, not only as nations, but as denizens of this world.

Yet, is age is not without consequence or without conflict. A monster named Pesh has entered this world. I went to confront it in the spirit world, but it escaped my grasp and fled. Shortly after, Fu allowed the monster to enter this world. Yet his hubris was too great and the beast betrayed him. Fu was too weak to defeat the beast, and is still held hostage by the creature! A fitting reward for his betrayal of this world and it's people. Look north and you will already see the actions of this monster. Not only has it corrupted Fu, but it sends twisted abominations south towards Durham, towards the Lawful Lands, and soon, towards your lands. Make no mistake, and let all those who are absent here today, I shall rise to the occasion and slay the beast so that the world may once again know true peace!

The world has changed. I have changed. And so too, does my righteous religion change. I hereby end the call for blood sacrifice! No more are mortals and animals to be slaughtered for their blood. No, the work of you, my worshipers has sated my thirst. Rejoice, for through your collective efforts, you have satisfied your god. Now, my hunger grows strong. So I have called you forth to share in this great feast. Food from across the world has come here, to be shared by all. Food from Lawful lands to Flintish Lands. Food from Anka to Durham. And with it, people, culture, music, goods, and new friends. Look around and rejoice, from this point onwards, when you eat, you eat with Guar. My holy spirit shall watch over you when you take to your hunts, when you till your fields, and when you eat. To eat is also to feed me. Through me, your food shall be plenty, your body's strong, your hearts merry, and your souls full.

Now, please friends, take, eat, and be merry with Guar!

Guar then eats. Later, Anjuar provides further decree from Guar on the major commandments minor religious changes.

Spoiler: Major Commandments of Guar (click to show/hide)

1) Always eat, drink, and revel with Guar. To eat is to be with Guar, give him thanks so that your next meal may always be plentiful.
2) To grow and hunt is to be with Guar. To create and tend life is to emulate Guar's benevolence. To take and eat of life is to emulate Guar's strength. As Guar is the Lifegiver, so too are those who provide.
3) To create is to be with Guar. One may grow close to glory by acts of creation, for creating tools and buildings is to lay the foundation of other commandments. To forge a spear is to ensure others may hunt. As Guar is the Foundation, so to are those who provide.
4) To fight is to be with Guar. May Guar guide your spear and arrow, so that it always strike true. As Guar is the warrior, so to are those who follow him.
5) There is glory in fighting, but death has no glory in and of itself. Upon your death, Guar shall see all your life and be the judge of it.
6) Those that Guar judges in death favorably shall be rewarded. Life a life full of food, work, fighting, and joy.
7) Those that Guar judges in death unfavorably shall be devoured. To bring down you and yours, to waste and to bring squalor, is to insult Guar.
Valtoria and Anjuar, and any others Guar uplifts or sires, are the holy children of Guar, follow their reign, follow their lead.
9) Guar is the foundation, to follower others is accepted, for Guar holds up all other gods. To follow others without Guar is to build a palace upon mud.

Spoiler: Minor Religious Changes (click to show/hide)

1) Blood sacrifice is no longer mandated, but it may still be practiced upon Guar's pillar so long as the sacrifice is eaten. In all other cases, it is now preferred that people worship through eating, growing/cooking food, hunting/fishing, reveling, drinking, singing, dancing, and/or praying to Guar. Always invoke Guar's name before doing any of these.
2) Especially exceptional slaves may now be given to one of the Holy Orders of Guar. A slave, upon entering an Order, may become a citizen if that Order deems them worthy. For their owner, to be given to an Order is a great honor. Even greater yet if the slave rises out of slavery.
3) Slaying the enemies of Guar is considered especially honorable. Currently, forces of Pesh and vile crabs are the designated as enemies.
4) Convenience stores must be outside of fortresses and are considered places of peace. To bring violence to a convenience store is to bring shame upon yourself. Stores inside fortresses and cities are considered to be inconvenient stores, regardless of whether or not they are more or less convenient. Convenience stores are taxed 15% less than inconvenient stores.
5) Fu worship is not allowed within Guar's lands, as Fu has been defeated and corrupted by Pesh. To worship Fu is to empower Pesh and further corrupt Fu. Those who worshiped Fu should turn to Guar, for he shall rid the world of Pesh and save Fu from his corruption. As Guar is the savior, so too shall he save Fu.
6) To wash your hands and body with soap made from an animal or plant which was eaten in part in a meal dedicated to Guar will cleanse malevolent spirits from your body and make it more difficult for them to find your scent again.
7) Slaves are to be treated well. Three things determine the worth of a slave. How hard they work, how devout they are to Guar, and how well they're treated. Well treated slaves are a sign of strength and leadership, and mistreated slaves reflect poorly on their taskmaster.

[darkwarlock3]

Shelldon gives some orders to Aea
Subsoul: Aea the right claw
Orders:
>[Order 1] build a humble shrine for Kyree, a spirit that serves me and tells me of events that happen in the spirit world
>[Order 2] annually bring a harem of 5 virgins to offer to Kyree for there great serves to Shelldon

[Kilojoule Proton]

After having named Sallaa Salaatu for her commendable work in community-building, Kakkabum gazed upon his flawless form and found it overdressed. So much so, in fact, that it was only a matter of time until something got stolen by an uppity mortal thief. His words of baffled shock are preserved:
""Pssᴛ. Hᴇʏ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜɴᴋ! Wᴀɴɴᴀ ᴀᴅᴢᴇ?"

THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE IS THE TRUE DAWN
Any adze from great teacher is eternally welcome in the realm that is Sallaatu!
THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE IS THE TRUE DAWN

"SALUTATIONS. the adze's LIGHT is the STAR of AN ANCIENT SEA. Take this Adze, and with it FORGE A NEW WORLD from the PYLONS of old. BLIND the vile FISH who exalt the lunatic Tides. THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE IS THE TRUE DAWN!"
With this unhinged proclamation proclaimed, Kakkabum is recorded as having given the Elder Adze to the Second Dreamer Sallaatu

THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE IS THE TRUE DAWN
oh venom-thinned beauty, I take-shape this piece of slivers with my tusk-shorn trunk!
THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE IS THE TRUE DAWN

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