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[Enemy post]

No negation.

"No, it's not worth it," you say. "Negation magic created the Negative Sea. It created the death clouds that sweep through the eastern part of the kingdom, one of which recently scoured Akriton. It's not worth it. Even if we won, we'd cause irreparable harm." (Increased Caution.) (Increased Empathy.)

Blessed Advisor Sam breathes a sigh of relief. (Increased Sam Relationship.)

"I believe you," Queen Thecla says. "But I suspect we shall then have to be very clever indeed to win this war."

"That brings us to our strategy for the war," Queen Thecla says. "Again, you understand the magics better than anyone, Foo. What strategy do you think best suits them?"

Blessed Advisor Sam is unusually silent, perhaps realizing he is out of his depth.

Since you know the location of the Magisterian capital, you could try a direct push for it in one sudden march. But given your kingdom's current strength, that is unlikely to work out well for you.

1.Recommend a defensive strategy: never attack unless they come into our territory.
2.Suggest luring them into complacency with a weak initial defense, then cutting them off and surrounding them once they've overextended. (Requires calculation.)
3.Suggest a quick offensive to establish bases on their side of the Negative Sea, followed by negotiations from this position of strength.
4.Suggest a blitz to the capital before they realize our true strength. (Requires ancient history or known capital location.)

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Royal Sorcerer Foo

Appearance

A bookish, spectacled man wearing a shimmering cloak and a noble duelist's uniform

Magic
  Negation:9
  Automation:11
  Glamor:2
  Divination:10
  Vivomancy:12

Skills
Ancient History: 9 (Fantastic)
Fighting: 2 (Decent)
Subtlety: 3 (Decent)
Charisma: 7 (Excellent)

Personality
Optimism:49%/Caution:51%   
Humor:42%/Solemnity:58%   
Empathy:47%/Calculation:53%   

Relationships
Romances (Interested romantically, but not sexually, in men and women)
None

Tal: 54 (Fine)
Cos: 46 (Bad)
Sam: 79 (Great)
Thecla: 57 (Good)
Church: 31 (Bad)

Kingdom

Kingdom Power: 4 (Decent)
Adoration: 44%/Vilification: 56%

Inventory
Gold: 267 gold
Sword
Alchemy Set
Torc of Life and Death
Antidivination Ring
Clutch of Dragon Eggs
History Book, True Life of Abraxas
Golem Manual
Shield

Students
Blessed Sam

Pets
Verdigris the Baby Dragon

The Dead
The Academy Inquisitor
Student Vera

Plot Points

Chapter 1

You and Tal stumbled on an ancient magic academy.
You discovered a book of vivomancy, and an inquisitor chased you.
You found an ancient dueling ground.
You killed the inquisitor with negation magic.
You explored the academy library.
A divination revealed a potential ally in the form of a golem, so you took a manual on the operation of golems from the library.
You animated a serving tray to retrieve an alchemy set, but in the process, you released some dangerous chemicals.
You found a laboratory with a trapped specter.
You destroyed the specter.
You obtained a clutch of dragon eggs from the crow's nest of an ancient airship.
It became clear that the spilled chemicals were going to consume the whole academy.

Chapter 2


You flew up the coast of the Negative Sea back to Akriton.
You created two horses and freed them in the woods.
You made your parents think your finds in the academy were purely of historical interest.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that those who follow orders regularly are more likely to be glamored.
You learned the location of the Magisterian capital from True Life of Abraxas.
You met a hat seller but bought nothing from her.
You allowed a thief to steal from Fruitseller Fran.
You agreed to hunt a dodecapede with Tal.
You kissed Tal.
You restarted the automated mine that was the dodecapede's lair.
You restarted Akriton's giant fans after the death cloud passed.
Cos and you agreed that you would secretly work for Akriton.
Though you thought you kept a low profile, you heard inquisitors are coming to town anyway.

Chapter 3

Two inquisitors came to your door: the more aggressive Blessed Jacob, and the kinder Blessed Sam.
An old man intervened, claiming you weren't home.
You waited until the inquisitors left.
The old man revealed himself to be Mayor Cos, who is a shapeshifter.
You went to a House of Sun service, led by Blessed Sam.
In the middle, your vivomancy disguise wore off, but Blessed Sam did not take any action to pursue you.
Blessed Sam asked you to heal his pet dragon, Thomas.
You agreed and healed Sam's dragon.
You offered to teach Sam vivomancy, and he agreed.

Chapter 4

You rode to the capital in a wagon with Sam and Jacob.
While Sam and Jacob fought, you sneaked into the basement.
You found a university student held in the Cathedral dungeon葉he last mage left there.
You decided to leave the student in the cell.
You found a secret passage that avoided a somewhat terrifying room.
You found a room that looked similar to a vision of a pleasant afterlife.
You found the Cathedral's library.
You found an old statue of Abraxas that promised to answer questions about the Church.
You learned that an item called the Great Oracle lies in the Magisterian palace, and that it could be used to join all minds into one.
You learned some designs that may help scour the sky from True Life of Abraxas.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that Abraxas became an immortal specter, and that you might become one yourself given enough negative energy.
The hierophant came to make an offer of sainthood to you.
Inquisitors and Church guards pursued you out of the capital.
You escaped the Cathedral and headed home.

Chapter 5

You blasted all but one of the guards pursuing you, leaving the lone survivor to report that you are not to be trifled with.
You headed back to Akriton.
On returning to the market, you discovered it had burned down due to a lightning strike.
Tal's house was marked for destruction by the Twilight Band, a group of shapeshifter haters.
The queen offered you a position as an advisor, which you accepted.

Chapter 6


You returned to the capital, summoned by the queen for an interview.
You became the official court wizard for the queen.
You moved into the royal palace.
Spymaster Dol reported sightings of the Neighbors' airships near the Negative Sea.
The queen asked you to determine in what ways the kingdom should adopt magic to stay competitive with the Magisterians.
Blessed Sam became Blessed Advisor Sam when you arrived at court.
You recommended using vivomancy-created beasts to supply the kingdom's labor and enhance its military.
You told the queen glamors were not worth the health risks.
Over dinner with Tal and the queen, you learned of the queen's childhood stuffed animal, Bear Bearson.
You animated Bear Bearson, and he defeated Royal Guard Tam in combat, delighting the queen.
Your plan to create beasts to perform the kingdom's labor and fighting appeared to be working.
You learned from a book how to craft an antidivination ring, and made one for yourself.
Vera started a magic academy.
Vera's magic academy ends in tragedy, with a dead student and Vera dead at the hands of inquisitors.
You created a divination-based broadcasting system for entertainers, but did not teach the entertainers glamors.
Tal proposed.
You said you weren't ready.
You learned that Abraxas made use of an item called a fateshaper to gain negation power, and that the one he used fell into the hands of an Akritonian collector.
A visit to your mother turned deadly when she turned out to be a shapeshifter, who attacked you with a knife.
Your mother recalled the shapeshifter was Fruitseller Fran.
Your mother's house was destroyed by a Magisterian bombardment.
You advised the queen to prepare for war.

Chapter 7

You used divination magic to scout out the Neighbors' forces.
You returned from a successful scouting mission.
The kingdom prepared for war.
You decided not to use negation magic in the war.

[Glass]

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As is expressed, we're not strong. We don't have the military power to just run rampant over the Magisterians, and they're prepared for war, so a blitz strategy isn't really something that'll be terribly effective.
Presenting a weak initial defense, meanwhile, feeds into what the Magisterians probably currently think about us, so they're likely to fall for the trick, and we can develop more and better means of Vivomancy- and Automation-based warfare in the meantime.

[brewer bob]

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[Enemy post]

A trap.

"We can't expect to ramp up our military to rival theirs right away," you tell Queen Thecla. "So let us plan to lose at first. But we should make things easiest for them in a straight line, luring them into overextending. Then we cut them off from their supply lines and close in."

"I don't like playing games with my subjects' lives," the queen says. "But what you say makes sense. We must plan for losses at first and lull them into complacency. Then we will hit back hard."

After your public discussion of strategy, the queen invites you to her bedroom for a more private conversation.

It's not the first time she has invited you here, but she only does this for her most sensitive one-on-one conversations. Any romantic overtones are apparently lost on the queen.

The queen sits at her desk. She's wearing a white, ankle-length, high-necked, A-line gown that is fancy enough for a wedding, although she was wearing it at court as just another elaborate dress. Then again, it will turn out she has weddings on her mind after all.

"I've come to realize that with war upon us, the danger of assassination is greater than ever," the queen says. "And unfortunately, my current named heir was just assassinated."

You try to work out what the queen means, and you're surprised when you come to your conclusion. "General Talus was your heir?" Talus died in his sleep shortly before your scouting mission. Most thought the old man had died of natural causes, but apparently the queen knew better.

"I know, he was somewhat unremarkable," the queen says. "I picked him long ago. He was the most responsible person I knew. But his poisoning just goes to show that I can't put off my choice."

"So I'd like your advice. Who do you think should become heir?"

You're momentarily taken aback. "That's a rare privilege, choosing the heir."

"I trust your judgment."

You try thinking of the possibilities. You yourself come immediately to mind.

Then again, Sam has always seemed to have a kind heart, and he might help repair the rift with the Church.

Tal you'd trust with your life, but maybe not with the kingdom. You're not even sure she'd be interested.

1."I think I should be the heir."
2."I think Outrider Tal should be the heir."
3."I think Blessed Advisor Sam should be the heir."
4.Cast a divination to determine who would be best.

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Royal Sorcerer Foo

Appearance

A bookish, spectacled man wearing a shimmering cloak and a noble duelist's uniform

Magic
  Negation:9
  Automation:11
  Glamor:2
  Divination:10
  Vivomancy:12

Skills
Ancient History: 9 (Fantastic)
Fighting: 2 (Decent)
Subtlety: 3 (Decent)
Charisma: 7 (Excellent)

Personality
Optimism:49%/Caution:51%   
Humor:42%/Solemnity:58%   
Empathy:47%/Calculation:53%   

Relationships
Romances (Interested romantically, but not sexually, in men and women)
None

Tal: 54 (Fine)
Cos: 46 (Bad)
Sam: 79 (Great)
Thecla: 57 (Good)
Church: 31 (Bad)

Kingdom

Kingdom Power: 4 (Decent)
Adoration: 44%/Vilification: 56%

Inventory
Gold: 267 gold
Sword
Alchemy Set
Torc of Life and Death
Antidivination Ring
Clutch of Dragon Eggs
History Book, True Life of Abraxas
Golem Manual
Shield

Students
Blessed Sam

Pets
Verdigris the Baby Dragon

The Dead
The Academy Inquisitor
Student Vera

Plot Points

Chapter 1

You and Tal stumbled on an ancient magic academy.
You discovered a book of vivomancy, and an inquisitor chased you.
You found an ancient dueling ground.
You killed the inquisitor with negation magic.
You explored the academy library.
A divination revealed a potential ally in the form of a golem, so you took a manual on the operation of golems from the library.
You animated a serving tray to retrieve an alchemy set, but in the process, you released some dangerous chemicals.
You found a laboratory with a trapped specter.
You destroyed the specter.
You obtained a clutch of dragon eggs from the crow's nest of an ancient airship.
It became clear that the spilled chemicals were going to consume the whole academy.

Chapter 2


You flew up the coast of the Negative Sea back to Akriton.
You created two horses and freed them in the woods.
You made your parents think your finds in the academy were purely of historical interest.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that those who follow orders regularly are more likely to be glamored.
You learned the location of the Magisterian capital from True Life of Abraxas.
You met a hat seller but bought nothing from her.
You allowed a thief to steal from Fruitseller Fran.
You agreed to hunt a dodecapede with Tal.
You kissed Tal.
You restarted the automated mine that was the dodecapede's lair.
You restarted Akriton's giant fans after the death cloud passed.
Cos and you agreed that you would secretly work for Akriton.
Though you thought you kept a low profile, you heard inquisitors are coming to town anyway.

Chapter 3

Two inquisitors came to your door: the more aggressive Blessed Jacob, and the kinder Blessed Sam.
An old man intervened, claiming you weren't home.
You waited until the inquisitors left.
The old man revealed himself to be Mayor Cos, who is a shapeshifter.
You went to a House of Sun service, led by Blessed Sam.
In the middle, your vivomancy disguise wore off, but Blessed Sam did not take any action to pursue you.
Blessed Sam asked you to heal his pet dragon, Thomas.
You agreed and healed Sam's dragon.
You offered to teach Sam vivomancy, and he agreed.

Chapter 4

You rode to the capital in a wagon with Sam and Jacob.
While Sam and Jacob fought, you sneaked into the basement.
You found a university student held in the Cathedral dungeon葉he last mage left there.
You decided to leave the student in the cell.
You found a secret passage that avoided a somewhat terrifying room.
You found a room that looked similar to a vision of a pleasant afterlife.
You found the Cathedral's library.
You found an old statue of Abraxas that promised to answer questions about the Church.
You learned that an item called the Great Oracle lies in the Magisterian palace, and that it could be used to join all minds into one.
You learned some designs that may help scour the sky from True Life of Abraxas.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that Abraxas became an immortal specter, and that you might become one yourself given enough negative energy.
The hierophant came to make an offer of sainthood to you.
Inquisitors and Church guards pursued you out of the capital.
You escaped the Cathedral and headed home.

Chapter 5

You blasted all but one of the guards pursuing you, leaving the lone survivor to report that you are not to be trifled with.
You headed back to Akriton.
On returning to the market, you discovered it had burned down due to a lightning strike.
Tal's house was marked for destruction by the Twilight Band, a group of shapeshifter haters.
The queen offered you a position as an advisor, which you accepted.

Chapter 6


You returned to the capital, summoned by the queen for an interview.
You became the official court wizard for the queen.
You moved into the royal palace.
Spymaster Dol reported sightings of the Neighbors' airships near the Negative Sea.
The queen asked you to determine in what ways the kingdom should adopt magic to stay competitive with the Magisterians.
Blessed Sam became Blessed Advisor Sam when you arrived at court.
You recommended using vivomancy-created beasts to supply the kingdom's labor and enhance its military.
You told the queen glamors were not worth the health risks.
Over dinner with Tal and the queen, you learned of the queen's childhood stuffed animal, Bear Bearson.
You animated Bear Bearson, and he defeated Royal Guard Tam in combat, delighting the queen.
Your plan to create beasts to perform the kingdom's labor and fighting appeared to be working.
You learned from a book how to craft an antidivination ring, and made one for yourself.
Vera started a magic academy.
Vera's magic academy ends in tragedy, with a dead student and Vera dead at the hands of inquisitors.
You created a divination-based broadcasting system for entertainers, but did not teach the entertainers glamors.
Tal proposed.
You said you weren't ready.
You learned that Abraxas made use of an item called a fateshaper to gain negation power, and that the one he used fell into the hands of an Akritonian collector.
A visit to your mother turned deadly when she turned out to be a shapeshifter, who attacked you with a knife.
Your mother recalled the shapeshifter was Fruitseller Fran.
Your mother's house was destroyed by a Magisterian bombardment.
You advised the queen to prepare for war.

Chapter 7

You used divination magic to scout out the Neighbors' forces.
You returned from a successful scouting mission.
The kingdom prepared for war.
You decided not to use negation magic in the war.
You decided to lure the enemy forces into overextending themselves.

[Glass]

4

We are, as previously expressed, now very good at divination. Let's use that.

(Also, I'll admit it, buying all those divination resources instead of vivomancy or automation appears to have been the right choice.)

[King Zultan]

4

[brewer bob]

4

[Enemy post]

Divination.

"Let me cast a divination to learn who would be best," you say to the queen. She nods and makes a hand gesture to someone unseen. You suppose she is indicating to her hidden bodyguards that they should not fill you with arrows when you begin casting.

"Mysterion gnomai, revelabit kalyteros klironomos."

You receive a vision of Cos sitting on the throne of Eirinia. Laid out on tables before the throne are several maps with blocks and miniatures on them; you can tell he has tried to visualize the management of the kingdom as a gigantic board game. But in another vision, you see him touring a small town, not Akriton, and he knows not only the mayor's name, but those of the guildmasters, and the bakers, and the herbalists. He is a ruler who sweats all the little details, and he would be an excellent heir to the throne.

Your vision ends. (Gained Divination.)

1."I think I should be the heir."
2."I think Mayor Cos should be the heir."
3."I think Outrider Tal should be the heir."
4."I think Blessed Advisor Sam should be the heir."

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Royal Sorcerer Foo

Appearance

A bookish, spectacled man wearing a shimmering cloak and a noble duelist's uniform

Magic
  Negation:9
  Automation:11
  Glamor:2
  Divination:10
  Vivomancy:12

Skills
Ancient History: 9 (Fantastic)
Fighting: 2 (Decent)
Subtlety: 3 (Decent)
Charisma: 7 (Excellent)

Personality
Optimism:49%/Caution:51%   
Humor:42%/Solemnity:58%   
Empathy:47%/Calculation:53%   

Relationships
Romances (Interested romantically, but not sexually, in men and women)
None

Tal: 54 (Fine)
Cos: 46 (Bad)
Sam: 79 (Great)
Thecla: 57 (Good)
Church: 31 (Bad)

Kingdom

Kingdom Power: 4 (Decent)
Adoration: 44%/Vilification: 56%

Inventory
Gold: 267 gold
Sword
Alchemy Set
Torc of Life and Death
Antidivination Ring
Clutch of Dragon Eggs
History Book, True Life of Abraxas
Golem Manual
Shield

Students
Blessed Sam

Pets
Verdigris the Baby Dragon

The Dead
The Academy Inquisitor
Student Vera

Plot Points

Chapter 1

You and Tal stumbled on an ancient magic academy.
You discovered a book of vivomancy, and an inquisitor chased you.
You found an ancient dueling ground.
You killed the inquisitor with negation magic.
You explored the academy library.
A divination revealed a potential ally in the form of a golem, so you took a manual on the operation of golems from the library.
You animated a serving tray to retrieve an alchemy set, but in the process, you released some dangerous chemicals.
You found a laboratory with a trapped specter.
You destroyed the specter.
You obtained a clutch of dragon eggs from the crow's nest of an ancient airship.
It became clear that the spilled chemicals were going to consume the whole academy.

Chapter 2


You flew up the coast of the Negative Sea back to Akriton.
You created two horses and freed them in the woods.
You made your parents think your finds in the academy were purely of historical interest.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that those who follow orders regularly are more likely to be glamored.
You learned the location of the Magisterian capital from True Life of Abraxas.
You met a hat seller but bought nothing from her.
You allowed a thief to steal from Fruitseller Fran.
You agreed to hunt a dodecapede with Tal.
You kissed Tal.
You restarted the automated mine that was the dodecapede's lair.
You restarted Akriton's giant fans after the death cloud passed.
Cos and you agreed that you would secretly work for Akriton.
Though you thought you kept a low profile, you heard inquisitors are coming to town anyway.

Chapter 3

Two inquisitors came to your door: the more aggressive Blessed Jacob, and the kinder Blessed Sam.
An old man intervened, claiming you weren't home.
You waited until the inquisitors left.
The old man revealed himself to be Mayor Cos, who is a shapeshifter.
You went to a House of Sun service, led by Blessed Sam.
In the middle, your vivomancy disguise wore off, but Blessed Sam did not take any action to pursue you.
Blessed Sam asked you to heal his pet dragon, Thomas.
You agreed and healed Sam's dragon.
You offered to teach Sam vivomancy, and he agreed.

Chapter 4

You rode to the capital in a wagon with Sam and Jacob.
While Sam and Jacob fought, you sneaked into the basement.
You found a university student held in the Cathedral dungeon葉he last mage left there.
You decided to leave the student in the cell.
You found a secret passage that avoided a somewhat terrifying room.
You found a room that looked similar to a vision of a pleasant afterlife.
You found the Cathedral's library.
You found an old statue of Abraxas that promised to answer questions about the Church.
You learned that an item called the Great Oracle lies in the Magisterian palace, and that it could be used to join all minds into one.
You learned some designs that may help scour the sky from True Life of Abraxas.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that Abraxas became an immortal specter, and that you might become one yourself given enough negative energy.
The hierophant came to make an offer of sainthood to you.
Inquisitors and Church guards pursued you out of the capital.
You escaped the Cathedral and headed home.

Chapter 5

You blasted all but one of the guards pursuing you, leaving the lone survivor to report that you are not to be trifled with.
You headed back to Akriton.
On returning to the market, you discovered it had burned down due to a lightning strike.
Tal's house was marked for destruction by the Twilight Band, a group of shapeshifter haters.
The queen offered you a position as an advisor, which you accepted.

Chapter 6


You returned to the capital, summoned by the queen for an interview.
You became the official court wizard for the queen.
You moved into the royal palace.
Spymaster Dol reported sightings of the Neighbors' airships near the Negative Sea.
The queen asked you to determine in what ways the kingdom should adopt magic to stay competitive with the Magisterians.
Blessed Sam became Blessed Advisor Sam when you arrived at court.
You recommended using vivomancy-created beasts to supply the kingdom's labor and enhance its military.
You told the queen glamors were not worth the health risks.
Over dinner with Tal and the queen, you learned of the queen's childhood stuffed animal, Bear Bearson.
You animated Bear Bearson, and he defeated Royal Guard Tam in combat, delighting the queen.
Your plan to create beasts to perform the kingdom's labor and fighting appeared to be working.
You learned from a book how to craft an antidivination ring, and made one for yourself.
Vera started a magic academy.
Vera's magic academy ends in tragedy, with a dead student and Vera dead at the hands of inquisitors.
You created a divination-based broadcasting system for entertainers, but did not teach the entertainers glamors.
Tal proposed.
You said you weren't ready.
You learned that Abraxas made use of an item called a fateshaper to gain negation power, and that the one he used fell into the hands of an Akritonian collector.
A visit to your mother turned deadly when she turned out to be a shapeshifter, who attacked you with a knife.
Your mother recalled the shapeshifter was Fruitseller Fran.
Your mother's house was destroyed by a Magisterian bombardment.
You advised the queen to prepare for war.

Chapter 7

You used divination magic to scout out the Neighbors' forces.
You returned from a successful scouting mission.
The kingdom prepared for war.
You decided not to use negation magic in the war.
You decided to lure the enemy forces into overextending themselves.

[brewer bob]

2

[BlackPaladin99]

2

[Glass]

2

Huh. I guess it might be because we have less than 50 relationship with him that he wasn't already an option?


I feel like we got penalized early on for not wanting to start a romantic relationship with him, and never got an opportunity to repair that relationship.

[brewer bob]

I feel like we got penalized early on for not wanting to start a romantic relationship with him, and never got an opportunity to repair that relationship.

Sort of the same feeling here. Haven't been really fond of the game trying to force romantic relationships and then giving a slap if you refuse them.

[Yellow Pixel]

2

[Enemy post]

Mayor Cos.

"Have you noticed that Mayor Cos is amazing at what he does?" you say. "You should strongly consider him. He could micromanage the kingdom better than anyone."

"He has always seemed quite talented," the queen agrees. "I think you're right. Mayor Cos shall be my heir. Thank you for the advice." (Increased Cos Relationship.)

You hope Cos appreciates the good turn you've done for him. You hope, for that matter, that he'll be willing to leave behind Akriton when the time comes. Maybe he'll just end up moving the capital to Akriton.

You wouldn't put it past him.

Before the first battles of the war begin, another way of helping with the war effort occurs to you. With your alchemy set, you could create a decoction that, if combined with the blood of dead allies, greatly increases the strength and stamina of the surviving forces. It seems natural to you to use the blood of the fallen in this way葉hey don't need it anymore. But others may be more irrational about this.

1.I don't want to risk alienating the soldiers with this tactic.
2.Distribute the decoction but let the soldiers think it's mere herbalism, not magic.
3.Personally extol the virtues of this decoction to every lieutenant in the force.

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Royal Sorcerer Foo

Appearance

A bookish, spectacled man wearing a shimmering cloak and a noble duelist's uniform

Magic
  Negation:9
  Automation:11
  Glamor:2
  Divination:11
  Vivomancy:12

Skills
Ancient History: 9 (Fantastic)
Fighting: 2 (Decent)
Subtlety: 3 (Decent)
Charisma: 7 (Excellent)

Personality
Optimism:49%/Caution:51%   
Humor:42%/Solemnity:58%   
Empathy:47%/Calculation:53%   

Relationships
Romances (Interested romantically, but not sexually, in men and women)
None

Tal: 54 (Fine)
Cos: 56 (Good)
Sam: 79 (Great)
Thecla: 57 (Good)
Church: 31 (Bad)

Kingdom

Kingdom Power: 4 (Decent)
Adoration: 44%/Vilification: 56%

Inventory
Gold: 267 gold
Sword
Alchemy Set
Torc of Life and Death
Antidivination Ring
Clutch of Dragon Eggs
History Book, True Life of Abraxas
Golem Manual
Shield

Students
Blessed Sam

Pets
Verdigris the Baby Dragon

The Dead
The Academy Inquisitor
Student Vera

Plot Points

Chapter 1

You and Tal stumbled on an ancient magic academy.
You discovered a book of vivomancy, and an inquisitor chased you.
You found an ancient dueling ground.
You killed the inquisitor with negation magic.
You explored the academy library.
A divination revealed a potential ally in the form of a golem, so you took a manual on the operation of golems from the library.
You animated a serving tray to retrieve an alchemy set, but in the process, you released some dangerous chemicals.
You found a laboratory with a trapped specter.
You destroyed the specter.
You obtained a clutch of dragon eggs from the crow's nest of an ancient airship.
It became clear that the spilled chemicals were going to consume the whole academy.

Chapter 2


You flew up the coast of the Negative Sea back to Akriton.
You created two horses and freed them in the woods.
You made your parents think your finds in the academy were purely of historical interest.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that those who follow orders regularly are more likely to be glamored.
You learned the location of the Magisterian capital from True Life of Abraxas.
You met a hat seller but bought nothing from her.
You allowed a thief to steal from Fruitseller Fran.
You agreed to hunt a dodecapede with Tal.
You kissed Tal.
You restarted the automated mine that was the dodecapede's lair.
You restarted Akriton's giant fans after the death cloud passed.
Cos and you agreed that you would secretly work for Akriton.
Though you thought you kept a low profile, you heard inquisitors are coming to town anyway.

Chapter 3

Two inquisitors came to your door: the more aggressive Blessed Jacob, and the kinder Blessed Sam.
An old man intervened, claiming you weren't home.
You waited until the inquisitors left.
The old man revealed himself to be Mayor Cos, who is a shapeshifter.
You went to a House of Sun service, led by Blessed Sam.
In the middle, your vivomancy disguise wore off, but Blessed Sam did not take any action to pursue you.
Blessed Sam asked you to heal his pet dragon, Thomas.
You agreed and healed Sam's dragon.
You offered to teach Sam vivomancy, and he agreed.

Chapter 4

You rode to the capital in a wagon with Sam and Jacob.
While Sam and Jacob fought, you sneaked into the basement.
You found a university student held in the Cathedral dungeon葉he last mage left there.
You decided to leave the student in the cell.
You found a secret passage that avoided a somewhat terrifying room.
You found a room that looked similar to a vision of a pleasant afterlife.
You found the Cathedral's library.
You found an old statue of Abraxas that promised to answer questions about the Church.
You learned that an item called the Great Oracle lies in the Magisterian palace, and that it could be used to join all minds into one.
You learned some designs that may help scour the sky from True Life of Abraxas.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that Abraxas became an immortal specter, and that you might become one yourself given enough negative energy.
The hierophant came to make an offer of sainthood to you.
Inquisitors and Church guards pursued you out of the capital.
You escaped the Cathedral and headed home.

Chapter 5

You blasted all but one of the guards pursuing you, leaving the lone survivor to report that you are not to be trifled with.
You headed back to Akriton.
On returning to the market, you discovered it had burned down due to a lightning strike.
Tal's house was marked for destruction by the Twilight Band, a group of shapeshifter haters.
The queen offered you a position as an advisor, which you accepted.

Chapter 6


You returned to the capital, summoned by the queen for an interview.
You became the official court wizard for the queen.
You moved into the royal palace.
Spymaster Dol reported sightings of the Neighbors' airships near the Negative Sea.
The queen asked you to determine in what ways the kingdom should adopt magic to stay competitive with the Magisterians.
Blessed Sam became Blessed Advisor Sam when you arrived at court.
You recommended using vivomancy-created beasts to supply the kingdom's labor and enhance its military.
You told the queen glamors were not worth the health risks.
Over dinner with Tal and the queen, you learned of the queen's childhood stuffed animal, Bear Bearson.
You animated Bear Bearson, and he defeated Royal Guard Tam in combat, delighting the queen.
Your plan to create beasts to perform the kingdom's labor and fighting appeared to be working.
You learned from a book how to craft an antidivination ring, and made one for yourself.
Vera started a magic academy.
Vera's magic academy ends in tragedy, with a dead student and Vera dead at the hands of inquisitors.
You created a divination-based broadcasting system for entertainers, but did not teach the entertainers glamors.
Tal proposed.
You said you weren't ready.
You learned that Abraxas made use of an item called a fateshaper to gain negation power, and that the one he used fell into the hands of an Akritonian collector.
A visit to your mother turned deadly when she turned out to be a shapeshifter, who attacked you with a knife.
Your mother recalled the shapeshifter was Fruitseller Fran.
Your mother's house was destroyed by a Magisterian bombardment.
You advised the queen to prepare for war.

Chapter 7

You used divination magic to scout out the Neighbors' forces.
You returned from a successful scouting mission.
The kingdom prepared for war.
You decided not to use negation magic in the war.
You decided to lure the enemy forces into overextending themselves.
At your suggestion, the queen chose Cos as her heir.

[Glass]

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We have 7 charisma. I'm willing to bet on our ability to sway them. And it's better we're honest with them than they figure out we tricked them.