>>5677779>Art: Anonymous Artist(s) of the 19th Dynyasty of Kemet>Alt-Text: Potion of the wall-painting of the tomb of Sennedjem, showing him and Iineferti, harvesting grain, sowing seeds, plowing with an ox cart and pulling flax in fields surrounded by water.One of your squad greedily reaches out for a sack of the goods before you smack it away.”
“Let’s not get executed on our first day here, eh? Besides, something tells me the real deal aren’t that popular around here. 6, can you tell these people who we are?
6 Knife: Ñalta jañicālte jē anwīþþēñi tō ankērrāoni.
6 Knife points at you and your squad.
6 Knife: Sāim rū anekiēni ja la sū anmārwi kiē.
A villager drops their sack of produce and sighs in a mix of relief and sadness
Villager: Selte jatēpa ŋō. Ñalta jañicālte wā.
6 Knife: Poor people. No trades.
“Hard to afford drugs when you’re broke just paying for water.”
6 Knife: Plants too. Payment to Fountain Guild for Water. Payment to Garden Guild for seeds.
“So they spend all year farming crops, just to give away those crops, so they can afford to do it all over again next year?”
The warrior scoffs.
6 Knife: Life’s Wheel of Pain
“Just a barrel of laughs aren’t you? Well, I’ve been out here long enough, where’s the nearest bar?”
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No matter where, no matter how poor or how foreign, where you find people, you’ll find a place where they down their sorrows. This shack can’t be more than four anana across but it’s the biggest building in this village. At least they have the right priorities.
6 says The Plains are all like this. They’re desperate for help. Or a change in management. Though if these Guilds are the real power here, perhaps they’re the ones you should be talking to.
>Wait for the Guild Paymasters to arrive so you can talk to them>Give Away goods to the villagers (Write-in)>Ask to talk with the Farmers