Turn 3 : Year 0 of the Zethean Calendar ~Third Trimester~
Bloops the Entropic Slime
Bloops relays the location of his army camp, and allows himself to be carried.
A Giant came to pick you up. His body had the color of granite, and he had hirsute hair. The Giant leader made a sign and the Giant nodded.
"Farewell. If you survive the descent, I will look forward to meeting you again."The Giant picked you, like scooping for a small puddle of goo. His skin was rough and cold as stone but at least you were protected of the wind in the palm of its great hands.
Survival : [2]
Everything felt so cold. Your body, the Giant's skin and even your own thoughts.
This state of immobilism made you shiver in fear. And slowly you realized the cold didn't bother you, as if you stopped feeling it.
Sleepy.
This urge felt too strong for your weary body and consciousness. Just a second of sleep. Just a small, single second...
You let yourself glimpse into unconsciousness for a second.
And you never woke up.
In the Giant's hand were only left your frozen and shriveled body. He had the decency to bring your remains to your troops.
Bloops has died, frozen to death.
Azarian the Throughtbeast and Rin/Devourer the Crin
"Then let us make haste. It won't do to have a fount of knowledge lost to hunters!"
Have the troops rest here for now, while I go with the devourer to save the sage if we can.
Go devourer go go devourer go go devourer go!!!
The troops stood down as you left for the indicated location with the devourer. The strange creature complied to your order, and followed you with an unusually obedient attitude.
To the rescue : [2]
Following the long trail of blood, you first found the dead body of some lobster-like monster. Then the closer you got to the flock of birds, the more frequent there were corpses of various monsters.
Eventually you found the Hermit. He was below your position, the back on the side of a cliff. The were half dead monsters scattered around him and still breathing ones facing him.
The Hermit had wounds in nearly all parts of its body, and it was covered in blue blood both his own and his enemies. Its two claws were badly broken, but he still used them to defend himself. He seemed on the verge of collapsing, but he was still defending his life fiercely.
Battle Start !There are 5 enemies. All of them are some sort of huge amphibious sharks with powerful webbed arms.
The Hermit Crab is cornered, back to a cliff and facing the six of them.
The terrain is wide open, you will be detected once you get down there.
Eversor the Death Lord -Animated Armor-
To the King!
News of your return to Tartarus spread quickly. You were the first of the followers sent on the unification mission to return.
Tartarus itself had changed. Everything seemed more organized, and there were many more structures than before. There were even huge tract of lands dedicated to food production.
All monsters you saw harbored smiles (if they had faces), and you could feel the happiness of all those monsters.
The Bartoros were voiceless seeing all of this.
You arrived at the massive gates of Tartarus. Always open, the wind that rushed into them made a huge howling sound, as if the mountain tried to speak. The guards at the gate, a centaur and some... chitinous thing ? A tall being made of plates of chitin. Looking closely, it seems it was made of many worm-like tendrils. Or creatures ? Anyway they greeted you very nicely and invited you to wait in a waiting hall with your troops while your demand for audience was being transmitted.
A slime creature with a slim upright body arrived to take you to the king. The tentacles on its head were arranged like long hairs, and the tentacles along its body formed some sort of dress. Its bright yellow eyes fixed you, and lit up when it spoke to you.
"A pleasure to see you back to the Tartarus, lord Eversor, I am Sullima. Lord Endovar is too busy to see you right now, he can only give you his most sincere congratulations and gratitude for coming back alive.
His Majesty Radeus can meet you and your companions, follow me."Along the way, Sullima informed you of the recent news. More monsters from the Forests of Ylmeria rallied to Zethe's cause, among them Ylmerian Lions, Websivons and Fays, thanks to Karc's and Bloops efforts.
Though there was a bit of a problem with Websivons approval because of something Bloops told them. They killed many monsters in the name of Zethe, bringing many heads to Tartarus. They were approved, but it couldn't dissipate the unrest brought by these actions both in the Forests and in Tartarus.
You also learnt Karc died some months ago, slain by the Hyalmenid King. It seems he tried to challenge him in a duel.
Azarian left for the coast and Rakar left for the mountains of Orotar.
So many other progresses were made in Tartarus that Sullima couldn't enumerate them all.
Finally you reached and entered the cyclopean throne room. Radeus, king of Zethe stood in front of the throne, flooding the place with his regal aura.
"Eversor, my friend.
This is a pleasure and a relief to see you once again so soon. I heard you wished to meet me as soon as possible. Speak, I will listen to what you have to say."
Ogg Goreth Junger the Oogr -Magi-
"Why you Attack? We is From Zethe, Here to Gather Monsters."
I Yell, Should I Be Attack I Curse the Attacker with cowardice
The rustling suddenly stopped, and a sharp voice emerged from the shadows.
"You said you are from Zethe ?"A masked arachnid descended from above, holding on a thick thread of silk. Head upside down, it added :
"We are Zethe's allies too, sorry for this unfortunate event. I hope you weren't too attached to the green ones ? We already broke them down into useable components, if you see what I mean. They are Zethe's enemies, you will have to forgive our mistake."
Rakar the Lryka
"If we are to make sure of our victory most if not all of the monster races of Orotar must join us in a united front against the Dragons and Giants. The Griffins, Harpies, Snakes and Elementals will make great allies. And if I am correct you are but one herd of the Storm Lions, unite all the Storm Lions under our banner!"
Search for a community of monsters to unite under our banner.
The Storm Lions will unite all the many herds together.
Recruit any type of Monster that is willing to join us.
"You don't know ? Elementals are allied with Giants and Dragons, and Harpy recently joined them. We won't be able to count on these groveling cowards. I will call for the clans gathering, if there are any that disagree we will just have to dispose of them."The turn of event spread this burst of courage and feeling of invincibility in your troops, cementing their loyalty toward you.
[+5 Storm Lions]Long Term Actions :
-Look for monstrous community
-Recruit any monster With your ever growing group of monsters thirsting for battle, recruiting became easier and easier. Overall, you recruited many monsters while looking for another community of monsters.
[+10 Beast-type / +12 Flying Beast-Type / +4 Elemental-Type]
Peculiar Individual : [6]
There was one very charismatic and strong gigantic falcon with silver feathers. But his influence was so strong that monsters began to gather around him, lowering the loyalty they had for you.
He also was one rebellious and wild individual, making him hard to control. His name was Arginas, the Silverblade Falcon.
Loyalty down to DecentLeader : Rakar [CR ~30]
Size : 37
Average Combat Rating : 8
Morale : Good
Loyalty : Decent
Named Griffin [CR15]
Named Storm Lion [CR15]
Named Thousandblades Snake [CR15]
Beast-type [15 / CR8]
Storm Lions [5 / CR15]
Flying Beast-type [11 / CR8]
Elemental-type [2 / CR6]
Arginas the Silverblade Falcon [CR25] Wild Nature
Distinguishing Features :
- Mountain-born
- Flyers
- Warmongers
Name: Arginas
Species: Silverblade Falcon
Combat Rating : 25
Species Traits :
- Light and Strong Feathers
- Extreme Vision
- ??...
Special Skills :
- Blade Rain
- ??...
- II - Monstrous Community : [5]
You found the Griffins nest. A group of them came to meet you, inquiring about the reason of your arrival in their lands. They couldn't help but notice your considerable group of various monsters.
"You are in our territories ! What do you come for ?!"
World Status
Tartarus : Controlled and Pacified
Tartarus Surroundings : Controlled and Pacified
Forests of Ylmeria : Partially Controlled / Unrest
> inhabitants : predominantly Beast-type, Insect-type and Plant-type monsters
> friendly powers : Ylmerian Lions, Websivons, Fays
> hostile powers : Hyalmenids
Forests of Ylmeria Surroundings : Partially Controlled / Unrest
> inhabitants : predominantly Beast-type, Insect-type and Plant-type monsters
> friendly powers : Ylmerian Lions, Websivons, Fays
Plains of Wenat : Uncontrolled and Rebellious
> inhabitants : predominantly Beast-type, some Dragon-type and Flying monsters
> dominant powers : Bartoros
Plains of Wenat Surroundings : Uncontrolled and Rebellious
> inhabitants : predominantly Beast-type, some Dragon-type and Flying monsters
> dominant powers : Bartoros
Mountains of Orotar : Uncontrolled and Rebellious
> inhabitants : predominantly Flying Beast-type
> dominant powers : Dragons and Giants
Mountains of Orotar Surroundings : Uncontrolled and Rebellious
> inhabitants : predominantly Flying Beast-type
Frontier of Zethe : Uncontrolled and Rebellious
Shore of Zethe : Uncontrolled and Rebellious
> inhabitants : predominantly Crustacean-type, some Beast-type (Turtles)
> dominant powers : Neritians
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