More bronze is made, left in stacks by the forges, while the slaves labor in the mines and fields. Its not enough, and so you set to work, taking your two uncorrupted rouses and several of the already mutated ones. As your evil energy flows through them, they shift and mutate, their teeth growing thicker and blunter, their eyelids sealing themselves, their claws shortening. Now they only need to eat two things: blood and stone. Immediately they set to work, clawing at the ground, sniffing out metals.
Around you, the Scythes labor. The watchstalks begin to ripen, their eyes expanding and thickening. The ground continues to soak in little bits of evil, making the stronghold of the Caz more and more comfortable for you, as the very stones begin shifting to vaguely resemble tortured faces. At least if you squint a lot. It will take a long time at the current rate to have an effect noticeable to human senses.
Over the week, you slowly worry away at the hoops defenses, taking what little was left and utterly destroying it. You don’t even need the spirit hearts, simply tearing apart the magical wards with effortless ease now that the protection of the silver has been stripped.
You begin studying the hoop’s magic together with Damena and Azen. It’s slow going, especially with the constant distractions. The rouses breed, the leplenas drag back great beasts and lay them at the foot of your throne. Three children are born, two with slight protrusions on their heads. A few tribes comes, and trades are made, although you sense some unease from the outsiders as they look at the fields of watchstalks. The shamans look especially nervous.
Eventually, you spot nearly a hundred people comng, all grown men and women, all heavily armed, some wearing animal hide armor. They are led by four shamans.
Current form: A mighty man with the head of a bison and vicious, bloody claws. Sitting on your throne once more.
Arms: 21 (Weapon) (Worship)
Body: 18.5 (Weapon) (Worship)
Mind: 20 (Weapon) (Worship)
Magic: 19 (Weapon) (Worship)
Other: Holding Bonebiter, the Bloody Maw.
Samana
Arms: 4
Body: 3
Mind: 1.5
Magic: 0.5
Damena
Arms: 1
Body: 1
Mind: 4
Magic: 5.5
Banner
Arms: 2.5
Body: 4.5
Mind: 3
Magic: 0.5
Azen
Arms: 1
Body: 1
Mind: 3.5
Magic: 2.5
77 followers
74 slaves
41 servants( 5 Leplenas, 25 Rouses, 1 Burnwolf, 4 Rockcrushers, 1 Elephanea, 5 Mole-creatures)
Scythes of Beleth
77 cultists
39 power (5 for totems, 19 for worship, 10 for weapons, 5 for mining)
6.5 resources (+1 per week)
Secrecy(1-5): 3
Led by Samana and Damena.
The Shade Bastion
Population: 151
Copper mines, watchstalk fields
Defenses: Barricades, terrain, fields of corrupted plants (provide early warning)
Other: Magical hoop, strangely resistant to corruption. It’s defenses are gone, and you can try to warp the magic as you will.