Notices and Summary:
Lets hope i didn't mess anything up too badly.
TURNS:
WORLD STATE:
The Dwarves of formerly Vanishmountain have continued on their sky-island building.
Purple Leaf Disease has spread within unmitigated regions. THe Dorathian Kingdom deadland has expanded as a result.
Red Leaf disease has spread.
Construction of the Moon Tower, the White Tower, and Zalalastan's Sky-ship and Skydock have progressed.
RollsBrüdine Bloodjarls vs. Alliance of BloodBrüdine Bloodjarls 3d20= 17+18+5
Alliance of Blood 3d20= 3+17+19
Brüdines go to war!
Clawed feet and iron spears atop ancient bones!They marched onto the elves territory, no warning given, no declaration of war. The many ursine warriors march toward the Red Elves' capital, razing every town and village in their way, sparing not one elf's life that they met. The few of their brothers' blood that was shed only further emboldened the Brüdines' hunger for the red ones' own blood, blood for blood spilled. Even where the Red Elves were great warriors, many of them could do naught against the horde but run like cowards, toward the capital and warn whomever they could of the coming tide... if they escaped the wrath of the Bloodjarls, most didnt.
Brüdines go to war!
Fill the red ones' well with blood their own!With the Brüdines carving a bloody path through the Red Elves' land, led by the Bloodjarls. Alliance of Blood took every elf that could wield a blade or spear for this was not just a war, but a call for annihilation that all Brüdine warriors heeded. There would be no victor until one of the two warring nations is drained of life. They were sent to face the coming horde in the fields beyond their walled capital city. The young, the old. men, women and children, all were made to face the slaughter, for the Brüdines would not spare even those that did not fight.
The meeting of the two armies was brutal beyond all measure. When the armies clashed, what remained afterward were fields of green turned crimson, covered with blood, the dead and the dying, of many, there was only a half remaining, with their remainders strewn about the crimson fields. Among the dead were both Elves and Brüdines in equal numbers. There were few who left the battle in one piece.
Only once the elves armies eventually shattered did the Brüdine Warriors take the crown jewel of the Alliance of Blood, their great city, with the obscene Well of Blood at its heart, where countless lives have been ended by the Red Elves.
Brüdines go to war!
The words carried by howling winds!The Alliance of blood was broken, but so were the Brüdines. Few of the ursine warriors were left after the siege of the Red Elves' capital. What little was left of the elves' forces attacked the Brüdines held out in the capital, the elves may have been few, but the Brüdines were fewer. But for as few of them as there were, the Brüdines fought ferociously. The stones of the city were once more coated in fresh blood as almost every Red Elf and Brüdine was slain in the ensuing battle.
But in the end it were the Brüdine that delivered the final blow of this war. Gravely wounded, the warriors of the Brüdines would not be returning, but the Elves had nowhere to return to.
Still, there is no one in this war that did not suffer, much of the Brüdines' own land has become sparsely populated, with a great deal of the population having been drafted into the war.
"Brüdines went to war..."Griffons attempt to settle the northern part of Hope's Claw1d20=6
Despite sending settlers to the northern part of the island, it was never actually settled properly, only resulting in an incredibly sparse population of Griffons in the northern half of the island, with according to the ones who actually settled on the land, the other ones just flew off toward Dragolia.
(The northern half of Hope's claw has become a weak territory of the Griffons.)
Griffons attempt to trade with Dragons1d20=13
The biggest part of succeeding in any diplomacy is communication and learning the Dragons' language has proved exceptionally difficult for the Griffons. It is an ancient, complicated language that has only grown more complicated with time as the dragons' own society has advanced. There were some difficulties and embarrassments for the Griffons as they attempted to negotiate a trade agreement with the Dragons. However they still succeeded in securing one, however, the Dragons made it clear that they could not deliver anything to Hope's Claw themselves, but would welcome the Griffons' trade, if they can do all the hauling themselves.
Griffons attempt to trade with the Bleg1d20=4
With the Bleg however, the Griffons have no success in getting any kind of a trade agreement. The Griffons' clumsy attempts at speaking the language of the Bleg seemed to only irritate them and the Griffons are fairly certain that they accidentally said that the Bleg diplomat's mother licks garden slugs, on at least one occasion.
The great black dragon that lounged on top of the Bleg's great Ziggurat when the scouts visited this place decided to oversee the meeting, personally. Due to the diplomats' (somehow) slightly better understanding of the Dragons' language, they were able to catch a remark by him: "So, the Chimera have returned... Interesting."
Human nations attempt to raise armies1d20=12
The threat of Eightstone is an apparent one to the kings and nobles themselves, but to some it does not seem that much of a threat, after all, it is unknown WHY Eightstone decided to walk into Streamland the way it did. To others, it seems like a fools' errand: To kill a god. Still, if the call to mobilize is made, all will have to follow... even if it takes a while for everyone to get the message.
Nobles attempt to recruit adventurers and heroes1d20=15
The opinions of adventurers, heroes and mercenaries seems to fall in line with the opinion of the general public, however it seems that the added incentive of gold does seem to make recruiting such individuals slightly easier, if only a little bit.
Duenta attempts to send a tsunami toward Ukalia.1d20=17
The created tidal waves are large and powerful, if the previous one did not completely wash away the harbors of Eudenland, these ones surely will. Some of the great waves even reach as far north as Nordica.
Would they know that it was a god that caused this, a certain undead god would surely have been awoken by cries for vengeance.
With the structure of the staircase between Ukalia and Eudenland already weakened this new series of great waves easily bring it crashing into the ocean.
Many people realize that they suddenly have another need for a portal, just hoping that it wont be a repeat of the previous incident. Maybe its best to just contact the University, with what they've heard, apparently the University is already planning on opening a portal to Eudenland, for the purpose of ease of access to
The Grand Puffin, so that they could profit off of the success of the establishment by selling Portal Stones to there.
Dorathine attempts to get Hamsterfolk Shamans to join the Dorathian Kingdom1d20=18
Fearing both the disease and the Dorathian army, regions close to the current extent of the Disease's spread have begun flying the Dorathian Kingdom's flag willingly. However, the Hamstermen who did decide to join the Dorathian kingdom expect Dorathine to fulfill his promises... else there may be a rebellion in the future.
The Hamsterfolk Shamans however, those who did not join the Dorathian Kingdom have seen through the Dorathine's schemes, now actively hindering the building of any bridges over the great rivers. They have also sent emissaries to other, unaffiliated nations, calling the Dorathians "oppressors" and asking them to send any amount of military aid they can to safeguard their independence.
Many nations agreed to send forces of various sizes to the Hamsterfolk shamans' land. These include: Slugmen from the Slugman Duchies, Magi from the University, Dwarves from the Waterstone and Sandpond clans.
The most... Zealous of these are those from The Golden Kingdom. Apparently the Dorathine received a message from the Emperor of the Golden Kingdom himself stating "
An attack on the Hamsterfolk, is an attack on peace. An attack on peace, is an attack on us. We don't take kindly to tyrants." There have been rumors of strange, almost human, beings with talons, tails and wings of birds, transporting entire crates of Light Crystals to the Hamsterfolk Shamans' land and among the Golden Kingdom's ranks.
Theyrn Elros attempts to discover information about the Chaos Rift1d20=4
The destruction of Ukalia's staircase didn't really affect Theyrn, he had no intention of walking there anyway, as he could simply move about by chaos portals.
However, once he started asking questions about the wizards in Ukalia and a few too many of Theyrn's red portals tipped the Ukalian High-Elves off that something was off about the guy and Theyrn was chased out of Ukalia, as in had to retreat by portal. If there ever was anyone left that knew anything of the Chaos Rift incident, Theyrn didn't find them and left with empty hands.
Foxfolk adventurers try to kill the Skinners' LeaderFoxfolk 1d20=9
Skinners' Leader 1d20=19
The enigmatic leader of the Skinners, a well dressed man whose name isnt even known because he tells everyone a different one, isn't just incredibly charismatic and utterly heartless but also a brutal, deadly fighter with his sharp, thin sword. Almost psychic at times as he was able to seemingly see attacks before they happened and move to dodge or parry well ahead of time, relatively speaking. The Foxfolk faced him alone with a hundred men and women, blades, arrows and spirit magic, all of it. The surviving Foxfolk ran as fast as they could, without looking back, only praying to whatever god they thought would listen that the "Demon in human skin" would not follow them to their home. He did not even view the attack as one, just a bit of a entertainment to improve his mood after being chased out of Streamland by some oafs... And his entertainment consisted of torturing the Foxfolk, none of them died quickly or painlessly, many were still in their death throes when the attack was over. The smart foxes ran the moment he caught the first arrow out of the air and drove it deep into one of the warriors' eye. The foolhardy ones, those that were allowed to run away, did so with their tails between their legs... often times without a tail, in fact most of the survivors ended up losing something in the fight: Eyes, ears, arms and... other things, an unlucky one even had his entire jaw torn off. And not all deaths did happen by his hand...
The only thing that the Skinners' leader lost, was his fancy coat, which took a stray sword swipe, putting a hole through it. If he didn't have a name before to his enemies, he would surely be granted one now by them.
M’Ova encounters the Kani-Collou1d20=7
Encountering the Kani-Collou on the Keystone Island was not a good thing for M'Ova as he was chased around by the agitated crabmen with pincers, while he received few scrapes, he had ran far enough to run out of land with the Kani-Collou right behind him, he spotted a single large plank on the beach, probably had drifted there a long time ago, dragged it into water and held onto it and paddled toward a destination unknown.
A few weeks later, he arrives on the southern coast of somewhere, onto a beach, freaking out a bunch of foxfolk in the process.
A meteorite lands in the Slugman Duchies lands.1d20=20!
The meteorite that hit the Slugman Duchies was a massive thing. Almost every glass window in the
Slugman Duchies half of the Western Continent was shattered as the thing came screaming down from the skies with a blinding red plume following in its wake. It landed in the Slugman Duchies land just north of the Lake Scar University, and that territory can effectively be considered to no longer exist as while the initial impact didnt destroy the place, the resulting earthquakes did.
It left an impressive crater in its wake, surely something for the Lake Scar University to study. The meteorite itself survived the impact... partially. The crater will probably become a lake, in time.
King C'is attempts propaganda1d20=7
While the Toadmen do believe that the falling star was an omen, they do not believe that the event signifies King C'is right to rule over all Toadmen, but rather a sign of something much more dark.
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