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[Dwarmin]

Anathramrux raised her eyebrows. Good? She always thought it was just smart to be polite to Humans. Gunstun compared then her to angel, which she considered a fairly highly minded compliment. She felt her cheeks burning annoyingly, and averted her eyes.

It was a relief to see Gunstun-assuming the scales were true-was even better than her! A true knight of the realm. She took the stones and scale in her arms, transferring them into her loot sack (which seemed quite a lot larger than she had originally thought it was).

She turned to Gunstun, shifting her weight again.

"Now, my next destination is the Temple of Grandar...in Albreac. That should be the easy part, I hope.

Hmm. I wonder if you might accompany me, Sir Gunstun? I will need a guide to your city, among other things. Assuming your duties will soon allow you a bit of freedom, naturally..." Anthramaux said, voice trailing off hopefully.

[SeriousConcentrate]

Merysta listened to the tweeting sounds for a bit and tried to make similar noises.

[Lord Allagon]

Aleia waited, observing what the creature did.

[wolfchild]

Search Further afield

[Tarran]

Which direction and for what?

[wolfchild]

North, and for soemthign to feed mum

[jetex1911]

Unless he could find anything more interesting around here, Jaydenhal would return to the cave.  There has to be something for him to do around here.

[Repulsion]

Odd. It seemed like Cevitil could only wait and attempt to discover his quarries' locations. Where would a Duke, a Baron, and a Spymaster be, all together? Probably in a location in the castle, but again, where...?

Cevitil continues to watch the castle, and inquires to the commonfolk nonchalantly about  where the nobles usually reside, in the castle, in their manors, perhaps?

[Tarran]

Okay, let's get back to this. From one or two states east of where I normally live. Yay!

Sorry I didn't finish yesterday. I... somehow thought that staying awake through the night the day before yesterday to yesterday would be a good idea and totally make flying easier.

Well... yes, it did make it easier... I had nearly unlimited patience due to being so damn tired and I actually fell asleep somewhat on the plane. However, that had the side effect of making me absurdly tired by the time I got here.

Bite.

Initiative: Father, Snake, Ahra.

Your father rushes into the room as you stumble. He charges the snake and slashes at the snake with his claws.

[Father Agi:1][Snake Agi:2-1]: Your father's claw smashes into the floor far from the snake as the snake writhes in pain at it's wound.

Being the easier of the two, and the closest, the snake lunges at you again. [Snake Agi:3-1][Agi:4]: You stumble out of the way of the snake's slow attack.

[Str:4+1][Snake Agi:2-1]: Then you quickly clamp down on the head of the snake. [10 out of 1d12]: The snake is history as you clamp down hard with your teeth.

[Tou:1+2]: Your body is not ready for the poison, and struggles fighting back. [3 out of 2d3]: You feel decently sick.

"Son, are you okay?!"

-3 HP.

((Manlings, hehehe. I like that word. Raikonai should totally start using it. ))


Raikonai snorted again. It was a common mannerism for him.

"So, true guardians after all," he muttered, turning around. No speech, only warding. Bah.

So now he needed something else to do. Something that could advance his cause, in this place where the closest human settlement was a pile of maggots and the only company nearby were silent wraiths.

"BAH!" he said out loud. There was no avoiding it; he'd need to travel, and travel far.


Head a tile west. Search for any intelligent life, preferably settlements.

You head west. [3]: You look for intelligent life, but all you find is one lone hut in the swamp and a man in a boat, fishing.

Kin woke up feeling much better except for the fact that he still could feel some flaky mud he had missed. Shaking it away the best he could he tested his wings again. "Ah, much better", he thought. Preparing to take off he remembered something important. He had not really kept track on how far he had veered of his intended flight. Oh well, he would figure it out somehow.

Taking in the sight from the air was so much better. Kin could see so much more and was no longer being pulled down by sticky and stinky swamp. Straining his eyes he caught some kind of settlement to what he gathered was northwest and being as lost as he was already there was no loss in trying that way. "To northwest!" he shouted.

You fly northwest to the city.

It's an unusual one. Rather than the wood, brick, cobbled stone, and rarely, well carved stone look of the last city, this city has a large mix of metal buildings, well cut wooden buildings, marble buildings, and high quality brick buildings. The city also appears slightly more wealthy. The city is guarded by a well made stone wall with metal towers. On the towers are rotating ballistae. You know they rotate because a few rotated to face you...

A massive quarry near the city cuts into a nearby hill, and goes down beneath the earth a large ways.

Attempt to go upwards until a satisfyingly flat position can be secured.

Nora felt unsure about this one, but this one didn't react like the others did, or if it was affiliated with the others.

So she decides to examine the creature! All the way upwards.

You examine the creature.

It's kinda hard to see through all the armor, but the creature appears to be a humanoid in metallic armor with scattered blue painting. It wears an open helmet, though, and from there you can see a lush red beard extend all the way down into your face.

Besides that, the creature is largely covered in armor. It does appear to be strong, though.

Anathramrux raised her eyebrows. Good? She always thought it was just smart to be polite to Humans. Gunstun compared then her to angel, which she considered a fairly highly minded compliment. She felt her cheeks burning annoyingly, and averted her eyes.

It was a relief to see Gunstun-assuming the scales were true-was even better than her! A true knight of the realm. She took the stones and scale in her arms, transferring them into her loot sack (which seemed quite a lot larger than she had originally thought it was).

She turned to Gunstun, shifting her weight again.

"Now, my next destination is the Temple of Grandar...in Albreac. That should be the easy part, I hope.

Hmm. I wonder if you might accompany me, Sir Gunstun? I will need a guide to your city, among other things. Assuming your duties will soon allow you a bit of freedom, naturally..." Anthramaux said, voice trailing off hopefully.

"Uhhh... sorry, Villius would want me to report in personally." Gunstun shrugs. "And besides, it took a while to get here, the men need rest... unless you want to force-march them, and it will also take time to get back."

"As for guides... I have a friend, Tommas, that I guess could show you where everything is. He's a nice guy, if a little young. If you tell him that I sent you to him, he'll definitely show you around. He's in the army camp. Just ask around for him or look for yourself, he's hard to miss."

"Alternatively, you could just ask for directions from anyone in Albreac. As long as you don't take too much of their time, they should be polite. Most of us humans are not short tempered... assuming you aren't someone they dislike." Gunstun smiles.

Merysta listened to the tweeting sounds for a bit and tried to make similar noises.

You listen to the wonderful sounds, and try to repeat them.

Your voice isn't even nearly as high pitched as you would need it to be in order to repeat them.



...The years blend into time like a... smoothy. Before you know it you're a child, and know how to speak. Refer to turn 5 for roleplaying changes and... stuff. Yeah.

[4]: The years are fair and kind, you do not find yourself wanting too much more from them. More stuff would always be nice, but you don't specifically want anything.

Mother has, however, seen you liking that red jasper. So on this birthday she gives you a large red ruby. The question is... what do you value more, the wealth or value of the item, or the memories it has? Or perhaps even both?

Search Further afield

You search further north for food for your mother.

[6]: You find a large, horned stag.

It is definitely a meal for your mother, but it won't be good for your health to get rammed by it. And if it rams you, there's a good chance it could run away in time before you can recover.

Unless he could find anything more interesting around here, Jaydenhal would return to the cave.  There has to be something for him to do around here.

You return to your cave.

Yeah.

Odd. It seemed like Cevitil could only wait and attempt to discover his quarries' locations. Where would a Duke, a Baron, and a Spymaster be, all together? Probably in a location in the castle, but again, where...?

Cevitil continues to watch the castle, and inquires to the commonfolk nonchalantly about  where the nobles usually reside, in the castle, in their manors, perhaps?

You watch the castle. Without getting inside it, you're not going to see anything through the brick walls. So you don't see anything.

You inquire where the nobles reside in the castle. The most likely place they will be is either in the throne room, lobby, or guest rooms. Of course, those are just the most common. They often visit other rooms.

Nobles which live here definitely have manors around and definitely reside in them the most often.

Spoiler: Repulsion: Cevitil (click to show/hide)

HP: 30/30.
Male.
Mother: Mevith.
Father: Litril.
Age: Teen.

Strength: 53. Recent: 0.
Agility: 82. Recent: 0.
Intelligence: 52+5=58. Recent: 0.
Toughness: 51. Recent: 0.
Charisma: 72. Recent: 0.
Fame: 0. Recent: 0.
Trustworthiness: 50. Recent: 0.
Cruelty: 50. Recent: 0.
Evilness: 70. Recent: 0.
Intimidation: 75.

~50 gold in hands.

Father Trauma: Roll against a 2 when talking to fathers (fail=unable to talk to them for 3 turns), cannot be removed until Adult.
Slightly Regenerative: You regain 1 HP per 2 turns.
Touched by Grathos, god of Justice: +5 Intelligence.
Grathos' Minor Blessing: Minor Judgement.
Grathos' Temporary Blessing of Justice: Selective Judgement.

Spoiler: KineseN: Kin (click to show/hide)

HP: 36/36.
Male.
Mother: Terranizaia.
Father: Algorm.
Age: Teen.

Strength: 64. Recent: 0.
Agility: 71. Recent: 0.
Intelligence: 56. Recent: 0.
Toughness: 66. Recent: 0.
Charisma: 45. Recent: 0.
Fame: 0. Recent: 0.
Trustworthiness: 49. Recent: 0.
Cruelty: 49. Recent: 0.
Evilness: 50. Recent: 0.
Intimidation: 55.

Spoiler: Dwarmin: Anthramarux (click to show/hide)

HP: 23/36.
Female.
Mother: Talathraxis.
Father: Arzg'Razgoth.
Age: Teen.

Strength: 38. Recent: 0.
Agility: 28. Recent: 0.
Intelligence: 96. Recent: 0.
Toughness: 61. Recent: 0.
Charisma: 63. Recent: 0.
Fame: 0. Recent: 0.
Trustworthiness: 50. Recent: 0.
Cruelty: 50. Recent: 0.
Evilness: 50. Recent: 0.
Intimidation: 40.

Items:
Gold bird memorial statue of the Battle of Manados Hill.
Bracelet of Air Creature.
Ring of Dodging: +1 (worn)
Ring of Human Form.
A bad set of dirty patchwork female clothes.
A great set of lower-class female clothes. (connected to human form)
6 bags.
10 silver.
Note from Tarran, god of gods: On the use of human ring.
*Unknown* fur coat.
12 sweetrolls.

Spoiler: Ironyowl: Raikonai (click to show/hide)

HP: 45/45.
Male.
Mother: Saikar.
Father: Shakarai.
Age: Teen.

Strength: 70. Recent: 0.
Agility: 44. Recent: 0.
Intelligence: 47. Recent: 0.
Toughness: 72+5=77. Recent: 0.
Charisma: 70. Recent: 0.
Fame: 0. Recent: 0.
Trustworthiness: 50. Recent: 0.
Cruelty: 50. Recent: 0.
Evilness: 75. Recent: 0.
Intimidation: 75.

Items:
Dice of 3s: Use once, guarantee a 3 roll, does not factor in penalties or bonuses.

Touched by Annia, Goddess of the Sun and Heat: You can detect the presence of Annia from now on, from her watching you to her blessings on an item. Annia is much more likely to talk to you or answer your prayers if you worship her. +5 Toughness.
Enraged Inn'ahar, The Corrupter: Inn'ahar is now extremely angry with you. You will be attacked without mercy around Inn'ahar's altars and temples. Followers will attempt to kill you.

Spoiler: Ahra: Ásabragr (click to show/hide)

HP: 23/34.
Male.
Mother: Aratuva.
Father: Grimatur.
Age: Child.

Strength: 70. Recent: 0.
Agility: 53. Recent: 0.
Intelligence: 45. Recent: 0.
Toughness: 85. Recent: 0.
Charisma: 65. Recent: 0.
Fame: 0. Recent: 0.
Trustworthiness: 50. Recent: 0.
Cruelty: 50. Recent: 0.
Evilness: 70. Recent: 0.
Intimidation: 75.

Godly Protection: Take half damage (round down) from other players until Teenager.
Heavily poisoned by mildly potent poison: Lose 2d3 HP per turn. Roll Toughness to reduce amount of poison remaining: 3 rolls worth of poison remain.

Spoiler: Wolfchild: Ramoth (click to show/hide)

HP: 16/16.
Male.
Mother: Unnamed.
Father: Unnamed.
Age: Child.

Strength: 45. Recent: 0.
Agility: 55. Recent: 0.
Intelligence: 60. Recent: 0.
Toughness: 40. Recent: 0.
Charisma: 75. Recent: 0.
Fame: 0. Recent: 0.
Trustworthiness: 50. Recent: 0.
Cruelty: 30. Recent: 0.
Evilness: 45. Recent: 0.
Intimidation: 40.

Godly Protection: Take half damage (round down) from other players until Teenager.

Spoiler: Jetex1911: Jaydenhal (click to show/hide)

HP: 18/18.
Male.
Mother: Horon.
Father: Lothe.
Age: Child.

Strength: 50. Recent: 0.
Agility: 66. Recent: 0.
Intelligence: 49. Recent: 0.
Toughness: 45. Recent: 0.
Charisma: 60. Recent: 0.
Fame: 0. Recent: 0.
Trustworthiness: 50. Recent: 0.
Cruelty: 50. Recent: 0.
Evilness: 50. Recent: 0.
Intimidation: 70.

Items:
Unknown ring.

Godly Protection: Take half damage (round down) from other players until Teenager.

Spoiler: SeriousConcentrate: Merysta (click to show/hide)

HP: 22/22.
Female.
Mother: Gwairen.
Father: Calgare.
Age: Child.

Strength: 50. Recent: 0.
Agility: 55. Recent: 0.
Intelligence: 60. Recent: 0.
Toughness: 55. Recent: 0.
Charisma: 70. Recent: 0.
Fame: 0. Recent: 0.
Trustworthiness: 50. Recent: 0.
Cruelty: 50. Recent: 0.
Evilness: 55. Recent: 0.
Intimidation: 50.

Godly Protection: Take half damage (round down) from other players until Teenager.

Spoiler: Lord Allagon: Aleia (click to show/hide)

HP: 8/8.
Female.
Mother: Arabella.
Father: Stroril.
Age: Baby.

Strength: 20. Recent: 0.
Agility: 59. Recent: 0.
Intelligence: 85. Recent: 0.
Toughness: 40. Recent: 0.
Charisma: 80. Recent: 0.
Fame: 0. Recent: 0.
Trustworthiness: 50. Recent: 0.
Cruelty: 55. Recent: 0.
Evilness: 50. Recent: 0.
Intimidation: 40.

Godly Protection: Take half damage (round down) from other players until Teenager.

Spoiler: Tiruin: Noraiah (click to show/hide)

HP: 6/6.
Female.
Mother: Isara.
Father: Valore.
Age: Baby.

Strength: 35. Recent: 0.
Agility: 80. Recent: 0.
Intelligence: 60. Recent: 0.
Toughness: 30. Recent: 0.
Charisma: 60. Recent: 0.
Fame: 0. Recent: 0.
Trustworthiness: 50. Recent: 0.
Cruelty: 50. Recent: 0.
Evilness: 50. Recent: 0.
Intimidation: 60.

Godly Protection: Take half damage (round down) from other players until Teenager.

Large information dump:

Spoiler: Map with people's locations (click to show/hide)

Player locations, from top to bottom, from left to right, in user names (because I'm pretty sure you can remember your character's name):
Black D: Repulsion
White d: Tiruin
Blue-purple d: Lord Allagon
Light blue D: KineseN
Bright red d: SeriousConcentrate
Bright cyan d: Wolfchild
Dark gray D: IronyOwl
Bluish-purple D: Dwarmin
Cyan: Jetex1911
Dark-but-slightly-brighter-gray d: Ahra



Yes, there are a lot of overlapping colors. It's your own damn faults, guys, don't blame me.

Spoiler: Countries by color and number, and country relations towards dragons. (click to show/hide)

1: Dark Blue: The Western Alliance
2: Dark Green: Kingdom of Axlehand
3: Dark Cyan: Gridhard
4: Dark Red: Solari Federation
5: Brown: Othem
6: Light Gray: City of Sharoon
7: Very Light Gray: Kingdom of Saran
8: Blue: Kingdom of Rihosis
9: Green: Kingdom of Iberia
10: Cyan: Caliphate of Hiatar
11: Red: Kingdom of Grathos
12: Purple: Province of Kobland
13: Yellow: Merchant Republic of Isrand
14: Purple: Kingdom of Heltia
15: Light Brown: Kingdom of Iviand
16: Orange: Republic of Varia
17: Light blue: Kingdom of Rannia
18: Light green-blue: Kingdom of Hevria.

System for relations: F=Fear, H=Hate. Higher is worse. Negative is better. 0 is indifferent.
The Western Alliance: Mildly Friendly: F-2 H-4.
Kingdom of Axlehand: In The Way: F1 H2.
Gridhard: Distrusted: F2 H3.
Solari Federation: Threatened: F3 H1.
Othem: Cautious but ambivalent: F1 H0.
City of Sharoon: Possible Clients: F-2 H0.
Kingdom of Saran: Resources: F-1 H0.
Kingdom of Rihosis: Hated: F2 H8.
Kingdom of Iberia: Indifferent: F0 H0.
Caliphate of Hiatar: Mortal Enemies: F2 H10.
Kingdom of Grathos: Distrusted: F1 H2.
Province of Kobland: Utter Terror: F8 H8.
Merchant Republic of Isrand: Mixed Disliked: F0 H1.
Kingdom of Heltia: Indifferent: F0 H0.
Kingdom of Iviand: Curious: F-3 H0.
Republic of Varia: Guarded: F1 H1.
Kingdom of Rannia: Severely disliked: F1 H4.
Kingdom of Hevria: Ampathetic: F0 H0.

Spoiler: Country casus bellies (rough) (click to show/hide)

Western Alliance Casus Belli: Province of Kobland, Kingdom of Iberia.

Province of Kobland Casus Belli: Everyone.

Kingdom of Iberia Casus Belli: Everyone. Province of Kobland. Othem.

Caliphate of Hiatar Casus Belli: Merchant Republic of Isrand.

Merchant Republic of Isrand Casus Belli: Province of Kobland. Caliphate of Hiatar. Othem.

Kingdom of Grathos Casus Belli: Kingdom of Rihosis. Merchant Republic of Isrand.

Othem Casus Belli: Everyone.

Kingdom of Rihosis Casus Belli: Kingdom of Grathos. Othem.

Solari Federation Casus Belli: City of Sharoon. Othem.

Kingdom of Heltia Casus Belli: None.

City of Sharoon Casus Belli: Potentially everyone. Solari Federation.

Kingdom of Gridhard Casus Belli: Kingdom of Axlehand.

Kingdom of Axlehard Casus Belli: Kingdom of Gridhard.

Kingdom of Saran Casus Belli: None.

Kingdom of Iviand: None.

Republic of Varia: None.

Kingdom of Rannia: None.

Kingdom of Hevria: None.

[IronyOwl]

Raikonai let out an exhasperated, disgusted "Ugh." This was not going smoothly.

"You there, manling," he called out, approaching as far to the man on the boat as he could get without having to swim. "What business do you have, living alone in a swamp like this?"

[SeriousConcentrate]

"Thanks, Mom," Merysta said affectionately, giving her mother a hug as best as she could. She had to figure out some way to keep the ruby on her always. In some of her mother's books she had seen human (she thought they were called) women wearing thin chains with things hanging from them; perhaps something like that would work for her. She would have to see about getting the ruby attached to one to wear around her neck soon. For now she trotted over to the small area of the cave she had claimed for her own and tucked it among the small collection of trinkets she had gathered over time. Once it was secure, she returned to Gwairen. Now was as good a time as any to ask. "I've been curious for awhile, Mom. How and why do you turn into that small, delicate form? Human, is it?"

[Tarran]

Raikonai let out an exhasperated, disgusted "Ugh." This was not going smoothly.

"You there, manling," he called out, approaching as far to the man on the boat as he could get without having to swim. "What business do you have, living alone in a swamp like this?"

"I live out here, sir." You hear in an elderly voice. "I catch fish, and sell them whereever is more profitable."

The old man takes off his hat. Beneath is a large set of gray hair and wrinkling skin. He looks at you.

"Thanks, Mom," Merysta said affectionately, giving her mother a hug as best as she could. She had to figure out some way to keep the ruby on her always. In some of her mother's books she had seen human (she thought they were called) women wearing thin chains with things hanging from them; perhaps something like that would work for her. She would have to see about getting the ruby attached to one to wear around her neck soon. For now she trotted over to the small area of the cave she had claimed for her own and tucked it among the small collection of trinkets she had gathered over time. Once it was secure, she returned to Gwairen. Now was as good a time as any to ask. "I've been curious for awhile, Mom. How and why do you turn into that small, delicate form? Human, is it?"

((So, what are you going to do with the Jasper?))

"I change with this magically enchanted ring. It's pretty much a must for any dragon that can afford it." She shows you a ring. "As to why, have you ever tried picking up a small pebble? Imagine trying to do so with multiple gold coin or anything else as small. And it's very hard to read anything the humans write while I'm this big, because the paper is too fragile and too thin for my claws."

[IronyOwl]

Raikonai sighed again, looking at the man with a bored stare.

"And why do you live all the way out here? What kinds of places do you sell your fish to? What kinds of fish can be caught in here? Have you seen anything strange in these parts?"

[SeriousConcentrate]

(Probably keep it with the rest of the stuff in her corner if Gwairen doesn't want it back.)

Merysta thought about it. "That makes sense," she agreed. "Are rings like that common? Could I find one someday?" She was curious about what she looked like as a human.

[Tarran]

Raikonai sighed again, looking at the man with a bored stare.

"And why do you live all the way out here? What kinds of places do you sell your fish to? What kinds of fish can be caught in here? Have you seen anything strange in these parts?"

"I live out here because I find it convenient, and in a way attractive to me." He reels in a fish.

"I sell them to villages and the city. Whichever buys for the most. Usually the villages." He drops the fish into his boat.

"The fish that can be caught here are typical freshwater fish, and the rare Ottmark Flat Fish." He holds the fish up for a second for you to see. It really is quite horizontally flat.

"I've not seen much around here. Swamps have little in them typically from what I've heard and experienced. If there's anything, it'll be underneath the water because I have never actually seen anything looking around." He throws his fishing rod bait and hook into the water again.

Merysta thought about it. "That makes sense," she agreed. "Are rings like that common? Could I find one someday?" She was curious about what she looked like as a human.

"Rings are common. The magical rings with this special enchantment are not. Humans, Elves, and Dwarves make the most mortal-made magical items. They usually do not have a reason to make rings to turn them into humans, so you'll usually have to make a special request."