>>5982578Wepta finally unflooded, the people return, though find themselves heavily controlled by the loyalist presence. The guards vet the immigrants, ensuring a similar devotion to Ta-Lycan, making them swear to the Law of Lycan and not permit any other gods within Wepta's borders. The cults of Zenmetjenu and Abu-Ta complain, but any priest they send are soon found dead. Wepta isn't taking any chances.
>Action 1: Development of Companion Tulpa. Positively charged Tulpas who take psychological damage in the host's stead.As the river opens up, the people of Ta rejoice, trade flows up and down the singular river, but... oh no, the Whale Obelisk is right in the path, unleashing its terrible curse upon the people travelling the river. The Cult of Zenmetjenu find themselves unable to exorcise the curse, only adding themselves as victims to it, they need some way of protecting themselves. After a night of drinking and partying, one priest of Zenmetjenu finds himself not remembering it, yet he wasn't black out drunk. But when he dreams he often sees a jolly goatman, who remembers peculiar details about the party the priest forgot, and when he checks those details, they are spot on. After further investigation he finds out the jolly goatman is a Tulpa, but one formed from positive experience.
The jolly goatman is an amusing topic for the cult, but when the priest later investigates the Whale Obelisk, he finds himself completely unaffected, yet he later dreams he finds the goatman no longer jolly, in fact he is suffering quite severely, as if having soaked up the curse himself. When the cult hears of this, the goatman Tulpa becomes a hot topic, and they start trying to figure out ways of creating their own jolly Tulpas. Together they develop Companion Tulpa, formed from positive experiences. Weaker ones can be formed from a singular day of partying, which they can now offer to people who travel the river, helping avoid the curse. However they also find strong ones can be made from the memories of pets, an entire pet's lifetime condensed into a singular Tulpa with all the love the owner has showered them with. Though many are reluctant to forget their lost companion, even if for a powerful Companion Tulpa.
>Action 2: Return to Gebeb-Lycan. Nymer rallies the northern tribes under her and then marches south.Nymer Per-Lycan has long been told of how dishonourable and weak the Kefi-Ta are compared to the Kefi-Gebeb, so she decides it's time to go reclaim her father's position, so she can finally deal with her bandit problem. Meeting with the tribes, Nymer makes her challenge, and by Law of Lycan she fights with fury and skill, five duels back to back, the fifth was a struggle but she won, and with a speech she aims them south, to deal with the unruly clans and the Cult of Zenmetjenu, to restore honour and strength to the Kefi.
