(Training a team of miners is not cheap, safe, or fast. As a sort of miners' guild, the Freeminers seem to be more interested in miners' rights, which does frequently end up with them wanting to specify where and how deep to mine. You can't break free will with only some dreamnudges. If you could, they'd be more like dreamshoves or dreamkicks.)
Yaos: Having received your approval, the lexicon-writer has gone to a shrine of Artisanii to seek further guidance from a Muse.
There is a house filled with dead people. None of them really seem to care that they're dead, and their deaths seem to be impressively orderly.
"Yeah! Go Yaos! Yaos Yaos Yaos! Now can I be an Inquisininatinator?"
(As big as a large fist)
"No. Lately there's been a bunch of skeletons practicing their dancing, and no one can sleep."
"He succeeded, but in a boring way."
Jeffrey tells you "I think you should hold a random festival. That should increase your approval."
Azem: You have given a human governor dreams of the Island of Death and Riches. He has begun assembling a large exploration party in the hope of adding many divine shinies to his treasury. Here are some recent prayers:
"I wish the Sorae would at least let us trade on their routes. They get so much money and do so little with it compared to us."
"Do you have any advice on surviving on your island for a close follower?"
"I wish for my husband's mother to turn into gold."
"Azem, some skilled metallurgists and forge-workers have been producing counterfeit coins. What should i do?"
Name: Chyribylta the Lurker
Sphere: Fear and Ignorance
Primary form/associated symbol: Chyribylta's form is usually seen as either utterly i possible to comprehend, or that It simply does not have a form. It is represented with a black circle with red arms extruding out of it.
Description/Background: It is said that Chyribylta was the God of Knowledge, until It's mastery over truth has driven it insane, corrupting its very nature into the enemy of its own former purpose. This God rides under the unseen guise of a fog or a starless night, spreading distrust between foreigners, persecuting the scholars, and opposing the advancement of knowledge. Yet some say that the God does not hate knowledge, but simply deem the world not ready yet for it as it temper their zeal with caution an d guard dangerous knowledge from being known.
ACK, any secret goals to declare via PM?
Varee: This will cost Low 5-6E. Are you sure?
(Khaziraad: -3E)
Khaziraad: You construct a castle heart and give it to the gremlins. They are impressed by your gift and set out to build an expensive, nigh-indestructible fortification for its core areas.
Joha:
Your Elves on Keshan have increased their trade volume since you shifted the Barrier Wood* to allow for easier access, and they remain firmly neutral. On Slytha, they, along with a mixed crew of mages (of which enough are Cosmic attuned), have created the Iceberg Lettuce (not to be confused with
iceberg
lettuce), which passively grows ice crystals on its outer leaves as it grows and becomes completely encased in ice around harvest time.
The Lycae have spotted a few isolated human villages but remain cautious and keep themselves mostly hidden and unknown.
The Ikan seem to be mostly unaware that complex life could possibly exist on rough, solid ground, where it is too easy to crash into something to survive. Some of the more adventurous recommend diving deep into the atmosphere and checking for life, but this is dismissed as a ludicrous idea, as nothing larger than a polyp could possibly survive the intense pressure.