Well at least the Artist was active, and it could do little real damage right now.
Well have fun, don't strain yourself. And if you are not going to lead the ferals then maybe...
I will concern myself with fixing the imbalances of this world without creating disharmony. There is still enough area for expansion without major conflict.
Vodoth stretches out to find one of the groups of wild plants, not bound by the walls and guardians. Composed of those who had never known control and those who had cast it off, the group suffered in the new wilds, but survived. Hunting, hiding, stealing. How clever.
Dark grey storm clouds gather over the Wallowings as a few dance and sing, claws and fangs growing out from the clouds down and around the clearing as water begins to drizzle.
Greetings, I am Vodoth, emissary of life. You are weak but survivors, free from those who would hold you back. You are worthy to carry out the plans of life, to care for what matters in this world. Follow my path towards the wilds, where the great beasts lie, I will reward those who brave those lands with power and purpose.
The dark cloud vanishes towards the nearest extreme ecosystem filled with terrible herbivores, beckoning the wallwings.
At least one made it, Mo'tep, a dancer first grown under the guardians. She had rebelled, fled the fixed ways of her masters with a dagger taken from them. Now she had gone on another great travel, this time she had ended hiding from a great beast, a lazy giant which fed on anything in it's path.
Big and dangerous yes?
A whisper hit Mo'tep, But not much of a mind. Watch it, learn, figure out a way to outsmart it.
It took several days but she found it, not caring what it ate, no predators, the thing had poor eyesight and little fear. An idea formed in her mind, anger the thing then lead it to a cliff, a daring and dangerous plan but a sure way to kill if it succeeded.
The voice came again.Yes. Now look at how you are similar, both creatures born of joy, mud and life. I grant you now the power to reach out, feel it's mind and engage it. Defeat it inside the mind, dominate it.
Mo'tep could see it now, inside her mind as she walked towards the behemoth. Stabbing the beast, running under vine and tree, against the cliff, it falling down limbs snapping and vital life forces flowing out. The creature rears up, then drops down, confused, then submissive as the first Controller walks up and touches the things forehead. Green runes flow from her hand out to the beast and down her arm, quickly vanishing into the surface.
Interesting. An extension of your system Brother Death or something more?
Use this power wisely, do not become greedy or their minds will overwhelm you. Go and teach the free ones, bring them to this new promised land and tame the out of control elements. Make a new ecosystem, one which will thrive, a new home for your people.
[Act]Create Control magic; to allow sentient creatures to control non-sentient, animal or mindless life. Wallowings controlling beasts descended from Wallowings are the most effective use of this magic, and the basic version taught by Vodoth. This basic version does not require Arcanic bonding and can be taught by anyone who has succeeded. The bonding requires a mental domination or understanding to be reached. Runes for mental connections, bonding to other life forms and other related things may be possible but are not revealed now and would require Arcanic crystals.
Controlling more then one creature is difficult, eventually allowing their minds to bleed in and reduce the user to a mindless animal. Even one creature can cause minor alterations to behavior. Attempts to control the non-living or intelligent with found runes would be dangerous at best.
[Action/extension of the act]Guide at least one free Wallowing to an extreme ecosystem, give it Control magic and domination of a beast. Tell it to spread the knowledge to it's people and bring them to live in and control the extreme ecosystems of the world.
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Topic: Kalpa Reboot: A Gods' Game [Kalpa 1/Turn 5] (Read 16202 times)