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I would love to see it again!

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I might post occassionally if it's up again.

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I don't care much either way.

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Kill it with fire!

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Total Members Voted: 16

[Mlamlah]

Prolly gonna need to decide how long you're going to be staying in koringberg, it's still only a month into summer in a warm climate.

[Mlamlah]

-bump- not sure if folks know i updated

[Nicholas1024]

Stay there a couple weeks or maybe a month to basically learn about the local politics, and any other important people there. Continue training with Barrick regularly, though it'd be better not to practice magic in case people try to scry on us. Be sure to listen to Ritalia if she wants to talk about her upcoming marriage.

[jaass]

^ Agreed with above. Why not speak with Penrod. Try to get to know him better, maybe we can learn a lot faster with him about his countries',politics, culture, history, and language. Perhaps we can also teach some of our language to him too.

[Urist_McDrowner]

^ Agreed with above. Why not speak with Penrod. Try to get to know him better, maybe we can learn a lot faster with him about his countries',politics, culture, history, and language. Perhaps we can also teach some of our language to him too.

+1

[Maldevious]

My only thought is to not stay longer than the summer, don't want the weather to affect our travels, plus I'd rather not be away from court for too long, given our ambitions.

[jaass]

Will 3 weeks be good? Ritalia still needs to recover from the last couple of months travel.

[Mlamlah]

Raynor Casar, Royal Prince of Analysse, popular claimant on the future crown.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

13 Years old

Personality:
Strong leadership traits.
A passion for knowledge and education.
A deep love of family, particularly towards sisters.
Is bold when faced with an opportunity to prove himself, but tends towards caution much more of the time.
Has shown a desire to rule.
Quiet and assured confidence.

Skills and Traits
A strong understanding of etiquette and social grace.
Tends to inspire loyalty in others.
A bright and well honed mind.
Novice Magician
Solid political skill.
Decent business Savvy.
Mediocre grasp of Adalbert language.
Mediocre fitness.
Novice swordsmanship.
Novice Shield-work.
Sword and shield technique: Poor.
Youthful agility.
Poor riding.

Allies and underlings
Ritalia: Loving and Protective, deeply loyal.
Barick the Bodygaurd: Protective.
Elwer, your squire: Eager to serve.
Sir Evanson: Patronizing, but loyal.
Sir Evanson's Squire: Loyal
Captain Verack: Polite, but otherwise indifferent.



Magic
Novice Scrymaster, experienced at surpassing magical resistance.

-Spell Tricks known:
Artificial Wind. Can create breezes over an extended period, or a single momentary gust capable of sending light objects flying and unbalancing individual people.
Symbol reproduction. Can instantly reproduce the contents of one page on something else, the symbol(s) must be made with ink or a similiar substance to work, and must be performed on a flat surface.
Palm Light: You are capable of creating a shining light in your palm that is about as bright as a torch, you may also attach light to your fingertips as bright as a candle, the light has heat, but not much.

Assets

Masterfully crafted Dagger.
High quality gold emerald-embedded brooch.
High quality short sword.
High quality leather breastplate.
Various travelling clothes of high quality, including cloaks and riding boots.
Riding horse fitted with barding, (quilted over top studded leather).
Cart with draft horses, contents including preserved food, personal toiletries, a modest amount of valuables and books.
A purse full of gold.


Bodyguard Equipment: Leather Jerkin over sturdy woodmans clothing, a high quality longsword, a warhammer, a hidden dagger, a short sword, a hatchet, a leather shield. A riding horse with custom saddle.

Squire Equipment: High quality shortsword, quilted armor and travelling clothes. Riding Horse.



The party as it stands:
You, Berick, and Squire Elwer.
Sir Evanson and his squire.
Ritalia and healer handmaiden

You decide that it certainly couldn't hurt to stay a few weeks and get the lay of the land, so you make arrangements to house and feed the troops while you are here, and tell Penrod that you hope to spend time with him and his household. Penrod seems happy enough at the prospect, and jokingly adds the condition that he be allowed a rematch with your sister.
Ritalia is relatively quiet when you speak to her, though she assures you she is not unhappy with how things are going, but asks that you take the time to visit occasionally when she is married.She continues to just barely beat her future husband at chess and other games of mental skill, but Penrod is a gracious loser, and even seems pleased at her skill.

You try your own hand at chess with Penrod to break the ice and allow for conversation, and find that your games drag on almost frustratingly long. Each of you is adept enough at reading the moves of the other that each game is mostly just a series of stalemates until one of you loses patience and attacks disastrously.
Conversation goes well enough, though Penrod is fairly guarded with you, seeming to treat you as a potential adversary. When you ask him about his eye he tells you he lost it in a no-holds-barred joust a few years ago. He seems uncomfortable to say more so you let the matter drop, you can't help but think that such an affair would be needlessly dangerous.

You spend some time at Penrod's court and find it much more minimalistic then the one at home. There are fewer courtiers and in general less nobles, and men seem much more combat ready, dressed in practical armor. From what you can tell the current subjects on everyone's minds chiefly concern military preparations. Vassals arrive pledging military forces and others ask for the aid of Koringberg in shoring up defences or preparing to muster against local threats. Perhaps this is always how things are, but things definitely seem in turmoil.
On the bright side, your Adalbert vocabulary on military matters has improved somewhat, and you can now reliable talk about troop movements and logistics without embarrassing yourself.

You make sure Barick and Elwer continue to train you in weaponcraft. Barick begins to vary the different styles he uses against you, fighting with sword or club or sometimes even two weapons at a time. You're also beginning to learn not to treat your weapon and shield as entirely separate, that both can be used in conjunction with each-other in defensive fighting.

...

Several weeks have passed and except for the frenzied hustle and bustle of the Koringberg court that has not abated nothing interesting seems to have happened, or you haven't noticed. Should you consider leaving this place for home? Or is there something you feel like you ought to do first?

[King_of_the_weasels]

Be sure to look for potential trade partners for your business associates back home, make sure any deals would be profitable for both parties.

[NRDL]

Be sure to look for potential trade partners for your business associates back home, make sure any deals would be profitable for both parties.

[tryrar]

+1 to above, but other than that begin preparing to depart for home

[jaass]

^ Perhaps we can grab a magic book about offensive and defensive magic. Also +1

[Urist_McDrowner]

+1 to above

[jaass]

Talk to Ritalia if she is good to go.

[Mlamlah]

I apologise for not updating the past few days, some personal issues kind of sapped my enthusiasm. I'm working on the next update as we speak though.