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[Zako]

Svarlbard:

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The hunters had found a hunting party of Daroth and had followed them, being careful not to be detected by them, back to their main city. Murmuring amongst each other, they retreated back to their encampment to tell the resident Misia of their discovery.

((I will leave the negotiations to Dwarfaholic, since im not excatly sure of what to do.))

[coelocanth]

Tel Santos

The growing population was providing extra labour and the engineers were making good progress in turning the savanna into swamp.
Progress: 440/800

While at work, one of the engineers spotted a huge ruin to the southwest (20,95)

Tel Yolanda

Repeated heating and working of the iron bars made them soft, easy to work with but useless for making weapons or tools.

Tech up (improve metalworking): 394/1000
Tech up (iron smelting): 394/4000

Vol Theris (24,96)

The settlers from Tel Sirtis sowed their crops, built shelters, and made plans for expanding the swamp.
Progress:0/800

Vol Corathon (26,84)

The settlers from Tel Tikal started to build a similar settlement to exploit the same natural resources at this location.

Vol Kytos

The settlers from Tel Kendar built around where a mountain river entered the swamps. There was a glint in the sediment being washed downstream.

Tel Sarangis

20 explorers set out to explore the river system in the savanna.


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[Akroma]

The Tengu, determined to rebuild the empire they lost, wasted no time and began to expand in the new world.

A group of 15 settlers, led by Sanae, made their way southwards, roughly following the direction of the river that originated from the south of Kibou.
After only a few weeks of travel, they find a nice lake next to some rocky hills, and decide to settle there.

((After checking the map, it turns out this place even has a ¤ bonus. that means a +50 bonus on pop-cap))

The new town is named Chiryoku, meaning fertility, in honor of the extraordinary fertile grounds.

A second group of 15 settlers, this time led by Koga, made their way northwestwards around the mountains, looking for a suitable place for a mining city. Eventualy they find a place and name it Fo-ji, meaning forge. It won't be the best place for farming, but the viscinity to the mountains make it a perfect place to not only build up a metal industry, but also to build a fortress.

((After checking the map, it turns out that Fo-ji has a ¤ as well. I will use that for a defendability and mining bonus))

Projects:

Project "Bamboo forest"

The Tengu are not satisfied with the horrible flora around them. As a result they chop down all trees around them that are not suitably big enough for housing, and all ground shrubs, and replace them with plants they took from their home, namely mostly bamboo as well as the aralia tree.

18/200 done


Project "Road between Kibou and Chiryoku"

To build a road, first many trees and plants need to be removed to build a unpaved dirt road, then it has to be laid out with stone. It will be necessary once the Tengu start transporting wagonloads between the cities. A good road and a wagon make it possible for only a few travelers to transport huge loads of goods in short time.

Plant-removal: 56/400 done
Stone pavement: 0/400 done


Project: Road between Kibou and Fo-ji

There are a lot less trees between Kibou and Fo-ji, but a rough rocky countryside. Needs to be made more traversable for wagons, especialy since wagonloads of metal objects of all kinds will cross this road.

Paving a suitable street: 30/400 done


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Kasshyks turn:

The messenger who contacted the Covad makes his way back to his city

The messenger who contacted the Anqip does the same


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((I know that people will call bullshit and accuse me of metagaming because I scored 2 ¤ in a row. I deny that accusation. I chose these spots before crosschecking it with the feature map. The only reason I crosschecked it with the feature map was to check if any of my parties stumbled across some ruins. It is unlikely that you will be informed of all ruins that your people cross on their way, so I strongly recommend checking the feature map in the OOC tread AFTER you made your moves, to check for any ruins that you would have crossed))

[coelocanth]

¤ and ? are easily found
# are so big they are unmissable, and probably visible from a big distance in open terrain
& are well hidden, you need to be searching to find them
$ might discover you first

[Dwarfaholic]

The Negotiations: Ent- Hrun:

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"Lord, lord, there is an intruder! What shall we do with him?"

Ka- Ram sighed.

"You know what we do to intruders. Kill him and grind him into fodder."
"But- but, he can speak Entish!"

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Accompanied by his trusted Protectors and ten dozen Implings, Ka- Ram thundered into the small outpost. There, the druid sat calmly, meditating. Upon the arrival of the Lord, he raised his head and said:

"Ah, you must be the leader."

"It seems the Implings were correct. You do indeed speak the Language. Thus you shall be spared for the time being. What is your business to the Ents? How did you find us?"

"A servant of yours, one A-"

"An Impling has betrayed us? The punishment for such is death. Where is this fool?"

"He is a guest of ours, and we'll not let you hurt him. Now, listen to me, as I tell you my message."

"If you will not tell us where he is, we will- what, Lesser?"

A Protector had walked up to the Lord and nudged him.

"Sir, I fear you may have forgotten that the Everliving has strictly advised us to avoid confrontations for the time being. We should let this go unpunished for now and listen to what the creature has to offer."

The druid couldn't believe his ears. This giant had a boss?

"Very well, Lesser. Creature, what is your name?"

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[Emperor_Jonathan]

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Covad.
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Plans are made.

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Anmod.
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Work continues on the constructions happening, the roads are complete and the temple is being built.

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Modan.
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Nanyt sat and thought for a week after the visitors left, he came up with an idea, one that would be magnficent to all that saw it. But he had to get back to Anmod, and he needed to prepare to set off, next turn he will.
[/thought]
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Damon.
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Construction continues and regular deliveries of ice are being made.

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Summary.
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Anmod - Temple construction 4/6 complete.
            Stone roads complete.
Modan - Packing up of the settlement is happening. 1/1 ((They will set out immediatly next turn))
Doman - Setting up basic shelter and a perimeter palisade. Made of ice. Palisade Complete.

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End map.
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[Zako]

The negotiations continue:

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"My name is Josiath, great lord. What is yours?"

"I am called Ka-Ram, what is your purpose here?"

The druid collected himself before speaking, this was a delicate situation and evidently A-Kor hadn't told him everything about the ents. There was a leader to this leader of ents, and he would have to investigate carefully.

"I am a representitive of my race, the Hrun. After being told of a possible position of where to find more of your kind, I traveled here to speak with you."

"What do you wish to speak about?" Ka-Ram replied, still slightly shocked that this creature could speak entish.

"We, as in my race, would like to form a alliance with your mighty kind. We see it as a benifit to both our species, if we can co-oporate together with harmony."

The ent lord was silent for a while, and then replied;

"I must think this over for a while. Will you wait here?"

"I will."

Ka-Ram nodded and strode off back to the Great Glade, the druid going back into meditation. He would need to talk with the Everlasting one about this...

Map for Akroma:

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Check turn 5! The actual map is there! *facepalm's self*

[Dwarfaholic]

More negotiations:

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Ka- Ram strode around the Glade. How on earth could he rid himself of this annoying creature?
Maybe he could just kill him, pretending he had attacked him?
Ka- Ram, aleady do you fail us?
Ugh, it was the Everliving. Fighting to stop the random whispers in his head from taking over him, Ka- Ram voiced an answer.
Eminence, this creature is not one of us. He speaks our language through magics and trickery. We cannot trust him!
How can you know not to trust him if you don't know him? I suspect you only want to kill Ka- Ram. You have always wanted to kill. Go now, meet this Josiath and bring him to me.
How do you know his name? Are you watching through my eyes?
You forget that the earth talks to me, and it talks to him too.
Oh, and don't care about the Impling. Honestly.

Ka- Ram sighed. It was annoying having a boss like his, but he tried to make the best of it.
Is there anything else you want me to know, Highest?
Not for now, Servant.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ka- Ram walked back to the druid.

"Rise up, creature."

"It's 'Hrun', great lord. What do you say about the alliance?"

"That matter is not for me to say. I am here to bring you to the Everliving, our master Futh- Ra."

In his mind, Josiath let loose a cheer. He would meet the real leader this time, nice!
He rose from the ground and followed the Lord for a mile or two, finally enterering a huge glade, severa miles across. In the middle of it there was a gigantic ball of wood and leaves. Pointing towards it, the druid asked:

"Great lord, what is that?"

"That is our lord, the Dreamer Futh- Ra. He spends his days in sleep, talking to Rashoom, who created us."

"But now he'll wake up to talk to me, right?"

"Not exactly."
Ka- Ram let loose a chuckle.
"You are to step inside his material body, so his mind would better reach you."

"That doesn't sound too bad."

"Just go in."
Walking through the ent- filled glade, Josiath walked to Futh- Ra.

"Uh, where's the entrance?"
Immediately in response, a single finger lifted, opening a large entrance. The druid stepped in.

In an instant, his mind was filled with a thousand voices of rage and sorrow and joy. Fighting to keep himself intact, he yelled out:

"What is this attack? I come bearing a message of peace, and this is your response?"
From outside, he heard the faint boom of Ka- Ram.
"The nature of Futh- Ra is such that his voice can drive the weak mad or slay the faint. However, I trust you'll survive this."
Ka- Ram laughed some more.

The druid struggled to keep himself sane. Slowly, through the million voices, one singled out. It grew in strength, until completely filling his mind.

Speak, Josiath of the Hrun. What message do you bear to the Ents of the Forest?

"I... request... an... alliance... between... our... races!" Shouted Josiath, struggling against the boom of Futh- Ra.

Suddenly, the whispers stopped. There was an eery silence. Taking his hands from his head, where he just now noticed he'd held them, Josiath peered into the darkness surrounding him.

Your kind has killed many trees, that angers us. What can the Hrun offer to the ents?

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

After some hours, Josiath emerged from the tree.
"The negotiations were a success!", he exclaimed.

"I know that."

"Wha- how do you know? They just ended!"

Ka- Ram sighed.

"My master the Everliving connects a small part of his mind to my very soul. This way we can share thoughts instantly wherever I go."

"So, you know the deals I made with Futh- Ra?"

"Yes.
In exchange for military assistance and protection from the ents, the Hrun will greatly reduce the amount of trees they slaughter and plant new ones in place. In exchange for some of our powerful enchantments, the Hrun will aid the ents in any campaign mutually deemed righteous. Oh, and you'll also give us some sweet potions or something. Futh- Ra was a bit unclear on that."

"Oh yes, that. Here, have this."
The druid walked to Ka- Ram and placed a small bag at his feet. Ka- Ram bent down and picked it up.

"This is quite small."

"I can make more of them. Eat it!"

Ka- Ram threw the bag into his mouth. After chewing for a while, he said:
"Delicious. Quite different in taste to normal soil."

"So... we have a deal?"

"Didn't Futh- Ra already accept it? I have no power over him."

Summary:

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- Alliance between the ents and the Hrun made.

[Poltifar]

More haste, less speed

Turn 10: A small pause

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The Renegades decide to camp near the huge structure they had devined about, and send Crystaldragonflies to scout it out. They should be back in a few months. Meanwhile, the Renegades continue their research and continue teaching the Rachti who joined them magic.


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Status

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Members of the Renegades:

-Poltifar Chaoswielder: Master of all arcane secrets known to the Renegades and some not, he is one of the most powerful mages of his race that has ever lived. Very powerful melee and ranged warriormage, using melee weapon (normally longsword) in unison with magic. The leader of the organization. 17 years old (atleast, in appearance...)
-Seandar Ironfist: A grizzled old warrior, favoring the greatsword. He has lived through many battles and campaigns, and thus has alot of experience. 49 years old.
-Jonil Truestrike: Seandar's young son, and an already well-trained user of the greatsword, as his father is. 17 years old.
-Emily Dawnbow: A very skilled bow-user, also dables in the arcane arts, allowing her to shoot magically enhanced amunition. 16 years old.
-Terna Farstrider: An experienced explorer, having seen alot of the old continent and wanting to explore the new one even more thouroughly. Experienced with the bow and spear. 27 years old.
-Ernest Windwalker: A daydreaming scholar who has great power in the wind and weather domains. 25 years old.
-Klin Diceking: A merry rogue and gambler with incredible luck and great skill in stealth and light weapons. 21 years old.
-Farn Earthmover: A stubborn yet sympathetic earth-wielding mage, also a good fighter when using the hammer and axe. 24 years old.
-Inglan Steelshaper: A young magesmith who still hasn't really proven himself. 19 years old.
-Anna Dreamweaver: A spirit mage with a wide array of spells and power, yet most are non-offensive. Also, a diviner and has some powers over dreams. 20 years old.
-Godroy Fireheart: The group's pyromancer, has a quick temper yet is very charismatic. Very powerful in offensive fire magic, but not much else. 25 years old.
-Jikul Nevercold: A boastful ice mage, always ready to show off his magical powers. 24 years old.
-1 medic/healer
-2 swordsman (1 of them dead and in a soul bottle)
-1 spearman
-1 crossbowman/hunter (dead and in a soul bottle)
-1 builder/architect
-1 scholar/philosopher
-3 normal Rachti hunters
-2 Rachti hunters that are also good summoners

Magical research:
Current:
-Basic Golem research (clay): 6/6 turns of research [Complete]
Completed:
-Poltifar's Soul Capture spell

Special Holdings:
-Basic Magewagon (x10): 4 carrying tons of gold, 1 carrying 5 mongloid villager prisoners, 1 carrying lab equipment (basically a moving lab), 1 carrying a library of magical research, 3 for carrying all other stuff and also for carrying the Renegades themselves when they aren't on foot
-2 filled Soul Bottles

Other:

	plains	forest	jungle	hills	swamp	desert	rocky hills	tundra	high montains	sea	on river
Normal Renegade Speed	8	9	5	8	4	7	8	6	1	N/A	5
Basic Magewagon speed	8	7	3	7	N/A	6	6	5	N/A	N/A	4
Pop Cap	80	90	70	60	20	10	20	8	5	60	+40
Rachti Speed Unfrozen terrain	9	8	4	8	1	7	8	10	2	3	N/A
Rachti Speed Frozen terrain	9	7	7	8	6	7	8	10	2	5	8

[Istrian]

Seristis Tower - Novice Hall
Spring - Seventh week

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The Elchmistress surveyed the assembled novices. There were ten of them, all Iraxi and rather young. She stood on the pedestal she had been given and delivered her welcome speech to the "future mages of this world" as she said so often during the ceremony. While she was speaking various thoughts crossed her mind, about the mindworm, about the alien look these creatures had with those robes. Also about the Akkadians. They seemed to be powerful enough to transport things from long distances, which made her nervous.

The Iraxi indeed looked strange in the novice robes. These had to be custom-tailored by runeblades to suit the amount of tentacles the creatures had, but the end result was serviceable. Robes for higher-ranking Iraxi would need to be made from scratch. The rings they had to wear were different too. They contained a special enchantment which would only trigger while they slept. This enchantment would simulate the effect of the mind parasite; as these Iraxi were young adults by their standards, they were already accustomed to the presence of the parasite and the rings would, over time, cure them of their "addiction".

Extreme care would need to be taken with the Akkadians, and with other powerful mages who could be living in this world. The Tower embassy at the Iraxi capital was rather well-protected but the central tower still needed a bit more. On that she remembered the proposal of the Grandmaster Transmuter, Shugak. He wanted to study the sphere, in hopes of finding a way to put its power to good use. And he would be allowed to do so, as soon as Selene was done opening a portal in the newly-built underground passages.

Elestris' Group
Spring - Tenth week

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Elestris' iceberg had been following the maps they had found in the old lighthouse. They all were confident that the city they were going to find would offer a welcome break from the wilderness, and everyone was weary of resting their feet. However they knew that the city would most likely be in the same state as the lighthouse, else they would have maintained it.

Eventually they approached the city from the south, looking for anything that could be used as a harbor to dock the large iceberg, even though it would melt in a matter of days.

What they found was a city of high buildings, shining with a silvery glint in the rising sun. The city they approached was partly submerged under the waters of the Central Sea. The iceberg slowly drifted through the streets with the travellers looking for a good place to disembark.

Eventually they were past the submerged part of the city and found a safe place to leave their iceberg. They slowly disembarked and started looking around. The buildings were made partly of metal and partly of glass. Most of them were still sturdy and it would be safe to explore it.

Elesetris immerged his hands in the water and gathered the flow of water. He could feel it flowing through the submerged part of the city, through the perfectly-lined streets, as if the builder of the city had wanted to do a perfectly symmetrical city. Most of it was underwater though, and would need some time to be explored.

Dazhmar meanwhile approached one of the buildings, climbed to the top, a hundred metres higher, and concentrated a powerful stream of flames on one of the walls, slowly increasing its temperature until it the metal started to melt. He learned that the metal was similar to steel in its properties, and the secret of its fabrication was only known to dwarves, back in the old world. It seemed unlikely that the city had been built by dwarves, though, as they preferred large underground halls to towering buildings.

Afterwards they gathered and sent a messenger to the Tower, asking for help as they weren't numerous enough to search this place extensively.

Seristis Tower – Elchmistress' Quarters
Spring – Tenth week

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Werelath Ach'Orlindis sat in her office and looked at the far-away sea. She had many reports and messages spread across her desk. Even though there were so few mages here, she was submerged by the news that somehow piled-up in front of her. She wondered how other Elchmasters dealt with those, especially since most of them had hundreds if not thousands of mages under their command.

Most of the reports were about the new students, all of them were eager to learn and had made a bit of progress in only four weeks. She knew that they were far from ready to take their tests of Principle. She also guessed that very quickly hidden hierarchies would spring up. These would be useful in keeping duels at a reasonable scale as it would force Mages to duel between themselves before being able to defy Masters, not that there were any of those at the moment.

One of the reports was from Sirilanai who had somehow found out where the Akkadian capital was and ho to get to it safely. Dispatching someone to investigate was rather important, but the Tower was too understaffed to spare anyone.

Shugak's preliminary research report was also in there somewhere, buried under other reports. He had discovered that transmutation runes in the proximity of the sphere quickly eroded, under the strain of the flow coming out of the sphere. He wrote that he would direct research toward stronger runes to turn flows into what they needed.

A more urgent dispatch was from Elestris, who requested assistance to explore a city he had found, also telling to direct exploration toward Serodis Island, where he suspected they could find the remains of a city or a village, considering that a lone lighthouse on such a large island was uncommon and that there should at least have been a fishing village or a mining colony out there somewhere.

After a long sigh she took up a feather and began writing. Once she was done she fumbled in one of the desk's drawers until she found a seal, which she used to seal the messages she just wrote.

Seristis Tower – North Beach
Spring – Eleventh week

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Jaleen watched the assembled mages closely. In the past week they all had received a letter with the Purple Seal which could only contain orders from the Elchmistress. Such formality seemed wasted to her, as she could simply have asked and anyone would have been happy to go explore an ancient ruin.

Seristis Tower - Sphere Chamber
Spring - Last week

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After studying the sphere for many weeks Shugak finally realized where he had been not quite right. Trying to transmute the flows produced by the sphere into something else was a waste of effort. The sphere already emitted extremely strong flows of Life, Earth, Water and Nature. Other flows were also present, in minimal amounts. The flows were not as strong as the others but strong enough to be used.

Therefore it was not a matter of changing the flows, but of chanelling them, gathering them where they were needed, then will them into the shape they were most needed. He could already see the uses if he managed to succeed. The Tower would have access to a magical battery of nearly infinite power. The only problem was that the flow could be used by anyone who knows how to maniplate it, which was not the intended goal. But in any case, making a localised unwavering shield to protect the whole island would not be a problem.

Status

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Long-distance portals :

Ehn’gha / Odua <-> Tower
Tower <-> Sphere cave

Groups :
Elestris' Group (5) : Elestris, Dazhmar, Lithios, Morticia, Partavel
Jaleen's Group (4) : Jaleen, Selene, Sendar, Karkish

Projects :
Sphere research : 1 turn

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[Mel_Vixen]

Movement to X27:Y22

The days did become more warm in the last days and mari was Happy to ne out of the Mountains.

Guided by his more and More growing map he was on his way to the next ruins maybe now finding the Northeners and learning more about theyr magic.

[Kashyyk]

I'm Back!

Thank you very much for covering for me Akroma, if you need it, I am willing to do likewise.

My maps:
Civ map

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(OOC: whats all this '27/200 done' stuff? And during the imps confinement scientists have been prodding it to find out everything they can about it. they  even have a latin name for it: Nemus Frutex Gnarus)

[coelocanth]

welcome back.

The 27/200 stuff is just a way for people to keep track of tasks that take multiple turns to complete.

In my case:

The growing population was providing extra labour and the engineers were making good progress in turning the savanna into swamp.
Progress: 440/800

I decided that it would take 100 people working part time* a year to turn a savanna tile adjacent to existing swamp into a swamp tile. 100 people x 8 turns gives the 800.
Each turn, I add the current population of that town onto the first number. They've been working a few turns already so the number is up to 440 now.
When it reaches 800/800, I'll make the actual change on the map.

*i.e. the population of the town is working on that project but still doing normal tasks like food production. If it was an army working continuously, they'd do it quicker but need food supplies from elsewhere.
I did just pick 800 out of the air as a number that seems fair, considering my race are good at this kind of engineering (in race description).
You're not obliged to track your projects like this, you can just write "30% complete" in your post if you prefer.

[Kashyyk]

right, ok

[Prometheus]

Turn 10:

The foreign guests seemed to be rather uncomfortable the past few weeks, and it wasn't even summer yet. The desert people were unaccustomed to the humidity and the Tower mages didn't fare much better due to the rising heat. Observation of the embassies was continuing. There was a slight tension in the air and few knew exactly why. Quite a few of the citizens of Ehn'gha had joined the newly formed Imperial Guard, and it was no coincidence that quite a few patrol routes passed by the embassies. The reason for the formation of the Guard, however, was a few unfortunate incidents where the citizens more affected by the mindworm became erratic and quite frankly dangerous to be around. One of them had gone berserk and had to be forcibly restrained. Little could be done to help such cases, though.
It was a good thing that the Guard at least had metal equipment. The standard set was still quite light, though. Mostly leather armor reinforced with steel, and glaives for weaponry. They could be used in extreme circumstances to remove tentacles and make even the most violent of cases easily controllable. It was unpleasant, but there would be no permanent damage. If things worked out as planned, within a generation or two such methods would not be necessary, as the mindworm would become more or less extinct.

Kina, Master Artificer withdraws from society!
Kina, Master Artificer has begun a mysterious construction!