>>6105363Action 1: Convert Allocated Ant Queens To Shadow Queens, Then Teach Them How To Dig And Seed
>Your requests are heard, brother Saffer. As efforts to herd and tame the Medqa[1] have met with sufficient success, you will be allocated the allotment of artisans and savants you have requested in its full capacity.>The council further encourages that your liberal use of the Kata ring seals cease, as procedure demands they be read and deliberated upon in earnest as soon as any document bearing them arrives, slowing down otherwise more important proceedings when such seals are utilized for repetitive previously answered requests. Continuing to do so might lead to confiscation of your ring, and a stripping of your rank back to Novitiate.>Not to put too fine a point on it, but you are on thin Solaire-touched ice.1. You will notice the beast this missive arrived on. They are to be integrated alongside our workforce shortly. Should this endeavor of yours fail to bear fruit, the Habitun will not be short of alternatives.
- Missive from Habitun council to Brother Saffer
Action 2: Infuse all of the Medqa (giant stag beetles) with Svartalfar shadows
>Childer of Alfar, a schism foreseen>Hvit shall you be no more, but Svart and Halv>Lend me thy ears, whilst they sharp and keen>Shed fugacious repose in the now>For abiding Tenebrial primacy>Or to twigs will wither your bough- Seer Of Shadow,
"Visions"
>The Medqa are a valuable beast of burden for the enterprising homesteader. While their lumbering and awkward stride might make them seem less efficient than a goat sled, it is when they are trained to follow commands that they demonstrate their true worth, flying the distance between Bikube and Fuaha in nary an hour and without a need to rest.>Their other more familiar abilities in digging are not to be understated, as farmsteaders have claimed them able to dig in hours what would otherwise take a dedicated family months of backbreaking work.>Usage in jousting and other such combat capacities is troublesome due to their docile nature and aversion to pain, which is not an issue for them in the wild as their hardy chitins repel most-all weapons tested on them. A raging Medqa would be a frightful thing to attempt to quell.>Their main limitation however IS training them, first to not wander off, and then to not engage each other in mating jousts when the breeding season arrives. To date, but one was successfully tamed to such a degree conventionally, afore such methods were abandoned in favor of suffusion[1]. More's the pity, the exclusivity could have penned my family's name in the Chronicles[2] in due time.>Another limitation that stymies their use in flight is the instability in which they fly, as whatever stirrups and saddlebags are placed upon them fall off when they spread their wings.1. "Theory of Magimancy: Chapter 3"
2. "Chronicles of Our Origins"
- Scout Arvid Murawid,
"The Beasts We Tame: Aboveground Edition"
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