Agreed. you growl, and then you make an offer of flesh and food and power, in exchange for the servitude of the crows. The spirit bobs its head, left and right. “A quarter minimum.” It says, and you agree, as you will be able to decide when they get more. “Then we shall make a pact, and celebrate with a feast.”
Your palm is slashed, and the bird’s wing, so that the pact will be forever binding. The blood, yours turgid and green, the crow’s black as night, and they mingle about each other. The words of the pact are spoken, and for a moment you feel as though you are wrapped in a painfully tight cloak, then the pressure vanishes and a smile stretches across your face. You feel a faint, distant sensation in the back of your mind – the crow spirit. “I shall gather my fellows.” It says briefly, and flies off, cawing loudly.
You turn back into the fortress and begin issuing commands, and the corpses are gathered, and slowly butchered. Many of the slaves vomit during the work, and Samana proposes they be forced to partake in the feast.
The feast is a wonderful, delicious affair, full of miserable sobs and loud caws. Crows spiral above your heads, darting down to grab yet another morsel of human flesh, while all around you slaves lay, eyes downcast, and followers boast and wrestle and sing your praises.
Current form: A mighty man with the head of a bison and vicious, bloody claws.
Arms: 30 (Weapon) (Mutation)
Body: 30 (Weapon) (Mutation)
Mind: 30 (Weapon) (Mutation)
Magic: 30 (Weapon) (Mutation)
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, the Beast of Battle
Arms: 3
Body: 4.5
Mind: 3.5
Magic: 0.5
Azen
Arms: 1
Body: 1
Mind: 3.5
Magic: 2.5
94 followers
64 slaves
41 servants( 5 Leplenas, 25 Rouses, 1 Burnwolf, 4 Rockcrushers, 1 Elephanea, 5 Mole-creatures)
1 Seductress
1 Crow Spirit and 1000 crows
Scythes of Beleth
95 cultists
43 power (5 for totems, 18 for worship, 10 for weapons, 5 for mining)
6.5 resources (+1 per week)
Secrecy(1-5): 2
Led by Samana and Damena.
The Shade Bastion
Population: 156
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.