>>5430726>>5430751>>5430760>>5430819>>5430985To be fair I put an end to the vote because there seemed to be a large majority in favour of Blood of Mud but I think that, since you will discuss a bit before scoring more mudcore points and since that choice will influence all your adventures, I can let the vote open for 1 our 2 days, the time for you to score a bit more mudcore. It deserves to be discussed, especially with the recent events. (Not any choice is bad but they will affect your ability to make decisions and open, or close some options regarding your actual intrigues).
>>5430912You turned towards Oldfossil, your councillor was intrigued by the events but when you came he told you happily.
-My lord, congratulations on your victory ! Congratulations ! I... I suspected it but feared for your life.
-You only suspected it ? They were few in numbers Oldfossil...
-Yes... Yes, my lord... But... Maybe we should speak in a more private place than this great hall..
You agreed and you quickly got in a small room in your apartments where the old man told you some words.
-Yes... My Lord, I wondered about many things, many things but tell me, when you fought the hags in the hills of Nesse... Did they managed to throw curses at you ?
You frowned and tried to remember, then told.
-No, they did not, God protected me. A pious man has nothing to fear from curses.
Oldfossil nodded, then he spoke again, more carefully.
-And the goblin shaman in the woods, did he tried to harm you with magic ?
-He... I suppose, I do not know he was always moving his baton and near his cauldron, he might have screamed curses at him but he spoke in a very ugly tongue, probably german, so I was unable to understand him.
Oldfossil put his hand near his chin, stroking his beard and added, for his demonstration.
-And you managed to kill Lord Hostil, even when his fire engulfed you and you must have been burned alive, and... And now the adventurers were unable to use magic to their advantage, just like with the last party that you arrested, their mage could do nothing. My Lord, I fear that you have the faculty to absorb magic... I haven't dared to think about it before but now it seems that there is too many coincidences to explain this.
You tried to remember when you have heard it before, and finally you told.
-The daughter of the Guelph merchant that I helped, she told it too dear Oldfossil when I touched her magical gem it changed into mud. She said that some people could kill me for having this faculty. She told me...
You tried to remember the worlds of Praetzel, daughter of Toplexil but you were more mesmerised by her red hair, her striking blue eyes and her fine curves by than her words, finally you remembered.
-Yes, she told me that the guelphs and some magicians had killed all those that were able to do this to magic. To ensure that they had power.
