The courier with the letter found Invokana sitting on a chair.
This is not how the courier would have described the occasion, of course, as the courier, like many people, has an incomplete perspective of what qualifies a chair, or what qualifies sitting.
In particular, Invokana had discovered a particularly comfortable inverted rest position in midair above the ferrocrystalline structure she'd used to create a localized gravity-manipulating effect. Admittedly, it was proving difficult to
stop sitting in the chair in question, and she'd actually found this position while trying to reach it to deactivate it, but as that had failed for the moment, she was spending her time getting work done trying to figure out how to improve it.
But yes, the courier. They arrived, and they were very concerned, as Invokana has found people often seem to be for some reason around magic, and they threw a letter
at toward her before running off.
Skittish folks, couriers. Perhaps for the best; it must assist them avoiding being waylaid on the roads, yes? Yes, it was most likely natural selection of some variety.
The letter, though, the
letter.Yes, yes, shut up. The letter, the letter, you want to know about the letter. The letter will be told about as soon as she finishes opening, you impatient ass.
The copper of her cloak twists together, metal braids corded and struck, until a small blade lashed out across the top of the envelope, freeing its contents to be retrieved.
One awkward shuffle of paper later, as a letter just barely thinner than the envelope in came in was aggravatingly shimmied out of its container, she finally managed to get the communique into a readable state.
Once she did, she released an aggravated groan.
Really? Really? More loggers? There is an entire Creeping Wood to the south! Is not the Blue Sea bound by treaty most ancient to assist the Forest Guard besides?
...she has an idea.
"
Greetings, greetings, we come to parlay! Parlay, surely, should not be refused, yes?"
The Kingdom of the Blue Sea is vaguely pleasant, she supposes, in a somewhat generic manner. The beaches are maintained, the settlements are sprawling, the trees are... smooth.
(Trees should not be smooth, but she supposed that a place as generic and sanded-down as this
would have such offensively-flat trees. 'Palms', they called them. Gods knew why.)
"
Yes, yes, I am certain we can come to agreements most agreeable, indeed, indeed. Why, would it not be most fine to solve one, ah, misalignment of interests with another? The Guard do tell us that they would quite love the assistance of experienced breakers-of-wood like yonselves, and should you find yourselves uncertain, I am certain that it would be of no issue to, ah, subsidize such expeditions south rather than east. What else might be the noble metals for?"
And so the nobles of the Blue Sea were, if not swayed, perhaps at least turned in their tide.
After all, wasn't it easier to get something that other people wanted to help you get?
Name- Invokana
Appearance- One would assume that a mage wearing an all-covering robe that shimmers like liquid copper, and whose head is orbited by a number of metal spheres, must be hiding something odd underneath the mystery. The truth, however, is that Invokana is rather pedestrian in true appearance. Her brown hair and eyes are unremarkable, and while her clothing under the robe is made of fine materials, they are simple in make and lacking in further decorations.
Specialty- Ferroturgy. Cuprumkinesis. Aurumancy. Whatever you care to call it, the underlying concept remains the same: the arcane domain reigning over metals.
Trust: 1
Description- A massive stretch of Forests and hills, covered by a massive river that runs between most of its major cities. Though mostly governed by humans, there is a smaller, halfling and wood elf population within.
Traits- Paranoid, Foresters
What problem is it facing?- There are rumors of strange beasts in the woods, and more and more travelers and traders are lost within it each day. The very same massive stretches of wood that they take their lumber and hunted foods from. If nothing is done about whatever creatures lurk within, the Kingdom may be doomed.
Why does it hate its neighbor- Their region is absolutely filled with trees for good lumber exports, and a rising suspicion has led them to believe that their neighbors wish to steal it by force, rather than pay their prices for it.
Rivals with: Pergamon, Kingdom of the Blue Sea
Power:4
Extras:
-Enchanted wild weapons
Author
Topic: Counsel of Wizards (Read 5802 times)