>>5432422>>5431572>>5431479>>5431456>>5431425>Art:Lavie Arcana>alt-text: A warrior in Tawantinsuyu-inspired golden armor, with a feather headdress and a ring on their back with more feathers.You ponder the best person for the job. They’ll need to be able to command the respect of the crew, but also have compassion for the people they are sailing to liberate. They’ll need to be good with finances but also be good with many languages.
Plenty of candidates fit one or more of that list, but all of them? Hard to find. At the end of the day, the most important thing is someone who trusts the vision. Someone, you know firsthand will do what it takes to bring The Great Peace across the world.
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“Nizax, you’ve served the feet well, and now I ask you to serve it again, will you be The Captain of The Great Fleet, steward of the lives and goods of The People of The Island.
Nizax: Of course, Cap-Axeholder.
You put a hand on their shoulder.
“Go in peace, Captain.”
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It was about halfway through your second bowl of pi that you remembered a final detail of the fleet’s upcoming journey. The Anyaten. Trained super-killers from a brutal foreign empire. Currently guests of the Axeholder as “ambassadors.” Once you get the Axe, its your choice what to do with them. They could be useful for intelligence, or they could be threats you are best rid of. They may be assets in your mission now that they are bilingual, though they could be dangerous out at sea. Though its not like they aren’t a risk here.
>Send all the Anyaten back with the fleet.>Send some of the Anyaten back with the fleet.>Send half the Anyaten back with the fleet.>Send most of the Anyaten back with the fleet>Send none of the Anyaten back with the fleet. 