Turn 14
GLOBAL DISASTER: The night sky darkens, the stars torn from their seats in the heavens and cast into the western seas. The earth itself quakes with indignation, stirring up great waves that batter the coast. The days that follow are unseasonably cool and dry. The sun is enfeebled by a dry fog that reddens and dapples its shining light. Crops fail, lakes freeze, animals starve to death for want of grazing ground.
>>6151973>The Divine Republic of GuliseareThe terror of the Inquzonie is feared across all of Guliseare, at least in the hearts of the wicked, but it faces a simple issue of logistics, the act of compelling confessions to sort from the wicked and merely those under suspicion is a time consuming endeavor, and there are simply only so many with the power to do so, and so so many possible heretics and infidels. Aelelox provides a gift however, The Burden of Sin. Manifested as a field of gentle light that can envelope a courtyard, it elevates negative emotions of those within it, almost always fear of capture by the Inquzonie, until the guilty begin to break down, panic, and flee. They never make it far.
Of those captured, a handful reveal themselves as changelings, though even under the compulsions of Aelelox they insist they have never actually provided information to the lessers, merely given instructions to be ‘good, quiet, citizens’. Suffice to say there must be more.
Toronan Shards, in varying sizes and ages, wrapped in sturdy linen to protect from accidental damage, are built into the foundations of various small buildings. A detailed table of Age/Shard Age/Structure weight ratio is developed, and in the process a detailed and standardized system for weights and measures is also developed, there’s little use in knowing how many stones a shard can lift if it no can agree how many stones that is. Altitude control is obviously the greatest problem, with a number of simple solutions. Measured satchels of debris can be calculated to match a set amount of height, though removing one is far easier than adding one, assuming it is only lessers on the ground below. For the moment the answer is simply to transport additional weight satchels onto any floating structures, a somewhat frustrating endeavor given that the vessel grows lighter over time, and that any passengers who leave must be replaced in equal weight.
