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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 08 Jul 2024 00:47:14 No. 6053962 Report POV Verification Vote: Open for 24 hoursIf your ID changes during this thread, please link back to your OG vote here or your new ID votes might not be counted. >Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion >Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon >Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands >Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun >Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 08 Jul 2024 00:48:17 No. 6053965 Report As an apology for the late start due to my illness, please select TWO of the POV choices. Most popular will be depicted first.
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>>6053962 >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Yay we're back, want to see the result of our letters.
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>>6053962 >Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect Divine option as always
>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate It has been to long since we saw this one.
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>>6053962 >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate We politicking today, my friends
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>>6053962 >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate Anonymous
>>6053959 >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate SHADOWRUNS
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>>6053962 >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun >Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei YES
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>>6053962 >Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate And we're back! Glad to see you Forgotten!
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>>6053959 Still can't vote
Asandi so let's go with:
>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire Anonymous
>>6053962 >>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun I want to see Gilby's paranoia kick into MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE
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>>6053962 >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Please anons I beg thee, we are already long distancing and making it more difficult by staying in Cathaggi, don't put it on the back burner.
This ID should change at least once.
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>>6053962 >Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei We haven't seen the homefront in a while and this is also a good way of seeing the consequences of Towbray's Angelite evangelizing.
>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate Gilbern is always a hoot
and I really would rather see Frida lose, unlikely as it is. Also, I'm going to note here that my ID should be dynamic on account of mobilefagging.
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>>6053959 "ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH DEAR FRIENDS, ONCE MORE"
>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands been a while for her
>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate I do think seeing him react to emmys bullshit finding a sos location and already droping important intel will be fun
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>>6053962 >Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate Welcome back Forgotten, one question have you read The Red Knight? I recently started it and got a lot of the same vibes from it as StV.
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>>6053962 >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate TWO POV's, we are being spoiled.
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>>6053962 >Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun WE ARE SO BACK
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>>6053962 >>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun We are so fucking back.
Death to samefags.
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>>6053965 >illness shit get well soon bossman
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>>6053987 Oh damn I just realised we GET SECONDS!
>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate Anonymous
>>6053962 >Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei. Lets check on the family
>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire Oh, yeah its Vurlur time
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>>6053962 >>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands >Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei i want to see horsie
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>>6053962 Anchor post
>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands Also STV wiki
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/sworn-to-valour-albaniwarmachine Anonymous
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>>6053962 >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire Anonymous
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>>6053962 >Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion >Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect >Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon Anonymous
>>6053962 >>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun A pure women’s interlude, as the mother demands.
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>>6053962 >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate Always good to see how Bobby's doing, especially after recent correspondence. I want him baffled and in disarray at our competence.
>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands We haven't seen Jean since the whole Order of the Broken Blade affair. It might be nice to see how she's doing.
Also welcome back Forgotten! I hope you feel better soon.
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>>6053959 >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon Rolling thunder! Been waiting for this all week.
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>>6053962 >Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei. >Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire Anonymous
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>>6053962 >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire Actually can post here without a proxy for once.
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>>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect
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>>6053962 >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Anonymous
>>6053962 >>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire >>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Time for Snake babe and daughteru!!!!!!!!!
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Reading back on the quest, I keep going back to the nunneries getting attack by the dead mean/dread lords. There is definitive something going on with that that. We hear nothing about castles or villages getting attack or at least nothing like the organize attack on the nunneries. The annual skirmishes on winter feel more like distraction than actual proving for weakness.
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>>6053962 >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate I want to see how the family handles the viper when she comes to visit, and how Gilbern and his compatriots are doing. Image not related.
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>>6053962 DEUS VULT ILUD
Welcome back Forgotten, you were sorely missed
>Robert Gilbern >Neil Dan Marc Anonymous
>>6053962 >>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Welcome back Forgotten, hopefully, this time I'll be more involved. Been hoping for some more Vancewell or Gilbern stuff.
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>>6053962 >Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun The wedding should be happening around now right? It would be interesting to get their first impressions of each other at the event.
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>>6053962 >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun >Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon Anonymous
>>6053962 >>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Hell yeah.
Also btw am on holiday atm so I'd will probably change inshallah
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>>6053962 I like the part where Sir Sworn to Valour Sworn'd and Valor'd all over the place
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 08 Jul 2024 06:08:38 No. 6054163 Report >>6054151 I believe the wedding you are referring to is between Anastazjia Andrei and Simon Norveski, which is due to take break in Spring in a few months time.
Young Lord Damien Andrei and Lady Brunhilde Rabe are courting, but no official engagement as of yet.
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>>6053959 >Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun FORGOTTEN RETURNS!
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>>6054163 >>6054151 Whoops, my bad. Guess I'll change my vote to:
>Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Anonymous
>>6053959 The time has come and so have I
>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate Anonymous
>>6053962 >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun WE'RE BACK.
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>>6053959 >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate verification secured
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>>6053962 >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate By Adam's Ever-Loving Heart! A Thread! Today is a glorious day
>>6053989 ELSE SEAL UP THIS WALL WITH OUR VALIANT DEAD
>>6053994 I picked that book up, it's pretty good so far although I'm not terribly deep into it
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>>6053962 >>Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon >>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands Nice to have you back, hope you live forever.
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>>6053962 >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun HESBACKLESSGOOOOOOOOOOO
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>>6054234 Oh and since I'm a moron who can't read:
>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun >Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands Anonymous
>>6053962 >>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion Huzzah! To Valour!
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>>6053962 >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun >Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon Anonymous
>>6053962 >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate Want to see what he's been up to. Welcome back
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>>6053962 >>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Fuck yes we are back. Got me worried when you missed the date, forgotten. Glad you're alright.
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>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun We picked Towbray last time, let's see how things are going on the intrigue and romantic fronts.
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>>6053962 We are back baby baby
>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands Give me Jean or give me death
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Dust
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>>6054322 Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon
Forgot to pick a second one
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>>6053962 >>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Let's see what these two have been up to!
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>>6053962 >Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon Anonymous
>>6053962 >>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Anonymous
>>6053962 >Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon Sheet I am fucking in it this time!
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>>6054469 Second pick:
>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands Anonymous
>>6053962 Ah, for once, I actually make it into the first grouping.
>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate Anonymous
>>6053962 >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Tagging this to make it easier to find my verification later
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>>6053962 >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Caught a threat finally!
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>>6053962 >Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate Real knigga hours.
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>>6053962 >>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion TO VULURRR
have some dread lord art inspiration while we're at it
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>>6053962 >Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate >Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Anonymous
>>6053962 Just fucking saw this & missed it, still hype though
Would love a Towbray or Glasdale update, but my money's on (& with)
>TRACKER JEAN Anonymous
>>6053965 OH SHIT, KNIGGA
2ND DRAFT PICK:
>SIR WILLEM GLASDALE Anonymous
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>>6053989 Art is phenomenal, must be Adam before a vigil.
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>>6054155 Almost as good as in the latest Bad Boys movie when the old guy said "I need you to be my Bad Boys"
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>>6053962 >>6054405 second pick:
>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B
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>SELECTED: Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate Sir Robert Gilbern was tired. He had been tired for a long time, but his long and weary experience in being tired could probably be traced back to the day his wish was granted. The day Mater Reginate named him as one of her chosen heralds. That was the day his sleepless nights began. Sir Gilbern’s sigh of frustration was loud enough to cause Sir Cato de Ferros to briefly look up from the book he was reading in the corner. Sir Gilbern ignored the sidelong glance, continuing to read through the First Herald’s latest report from Port Bounty. Pascae remained a political charnel house, the Ordo Praetor were making new arrests each week as their investigation bore fruit and names were named. Thus far, those charged or affiliated closely enough to be tainted by association fell evenly on both political parties, whether their sympathies lay with the Reginate or the Faction. Sir Gilbern had no sympathy for those who had fallen afoul of the Pascae scandal, his father had made his bed of blackmail and favours, it was no less than poetic justice to see him lie in it. But the Kingdom could use more security right now than it could poetic justice. The reports from the First Herald made the issue abundantly clear, the complex string of alliances that kept the Duchy of Pascae in order were being pulled apart by the seams. The attaintment of the entire House Hewitt had terrified many of the noble houses into compliance, but it would not hold if they beleived themselves at risk even with Reginate protection. Well Sir Gilbern knew that the only reason the First Herald hadn’t taken more ‘direct’ action in the unfolding events of Pascae was due to their lack of resources rather than any desire for discretion on his part. The Queen would never allow him to stage a coup or something of the sort, but the measures of her heralds had become more and more drastic as the Faction took root and gained ground in the political arenas across the Five Duchies. If the Prince or his followers lent their support to their Pascae allies, or if the Duke Pascae openly declared for him… [1/?]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 09 Jul 2024 12:57:45 No. 6054920 Report Quoted By:
Sir Gilbern sighed again, rubbing his temples. This political turmoil couldn’t have come at a worse time, the Snakemen were now openly marching on the Montbrun ranges for the first time in well over a century. Few saw it as anything other than a Montbrun concern, now that the Duke had called the banners in anticipation of the incursion, it was expected by all that the rough mountain men would repulse the serpents back into the wastes within a year of their attack. Damn fools, sometimes Sir Gilbern felt like he was the only one reading these reports in their entirety. Even if one accounted for the regular amount of exaggeration coming from the uneducated nomads that scraped a living out in the Wastes, the details of the growing strength of the scaled horde made for sober reading. And as for the Order of the Broken Blade, fanatics they may be but it could not be said they were nither uneducated nor prone to exaggeration. If the knights of that Cainite order were suggesting that this new Prime Serpent posed a threat, albeit one no match for men of faith and fury, then the peril to the nation was dire indeed. The Third Herald’s reports had been taken by his colleagues to be encouraging reading as to the readiness of the hillmen for the pending incursion. But to Sir Gilbern, much of Lord Kasper Alexandi’s letters only served to highlight the vulnerabilities of the Montbrun military position. No Prime Serpent had ever overcome the Montbrun ranges. Everyone knew that. The Torwatcher Gates were impregnable, they had never fallen to an outside force since their creation. Everyone knew that too. And this Scaled Horde would break upon the mountains like each one had before. Everyone knew this. But Sir Gilbern had read the reports, all of them, and he was not so sure. [2/?]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 09 Jul 2024 12:59:25 No. 6054922 Report Quoted By:
Sir Gilbern grimaced as he set aside the latest report from Montbrun, prompting Sir Cato de Ferros to cast another wry glance over the edge of his book at his senior’s obvious displeasure. At least reports from Cathagi were less imminently disastrous, if still concerning to Sir Gilbern because any intelligence officer with half a brain should find any sort of movement in the realms of a foreign power concerning all the same. And even a -lack- of movement would likely be cause for concern to one worth their salt. Concern Still, the show of strength by the Stratiokas was likely intended to deter any Cantonian aggression, rather than indicate the opposite. The Reginate operatives had reported trouble in the south, but nothing that might be considered actionable intelligence. Sir Gilbern didn’t have the full picture, far from it. That was one of the reasons why having someone within the Dragon Guard proper was such a valuable accomplishment. Hopefully Sir Andrei could shed further light on what had the Cathagi, or at least the Stratiokas, so concerned that they would seek to deter other foreign powers from turning their gaze towards them. Another operative might have panicked, might have overstated the strength of the Cathagi military and its readiness to launch an invasion on Canton. And that further annoyed Sir Gilbern, mainly because he found himself surprised by Sir Andrei’s aptitude for this line of work thus far. He had made contact with the scant Reginate network present without incident and had already reported back with several notable pieces of information, and in a manner subtle enough that his reporting did not endanger the network to any significant degree. Sir Andrei was already proving to be one of the more valuable sources of information Sir Gilbern had cultivated in that region, and the man had scarcely stepped off the boat! The intelligence being provided by the Romani Bear was proving invaluable, more than enough to silence the First Herald’s misgivings and ensure House Andrei remained under the Ordo Reginate’s protective wing. Had Sir Andrei been prone to showing a tad more discretion, Sir Gilbern would be inclined to describe him as the ideal operative. But that was Emile Andrei for you, everytime Sir Gilbern thought he had his number the man would surprise him by doing something like, say, pretty much declaring a crusade at the end of a holy pilgrimage in front of hundreds of witnesses. High profile assets were not unknown to the Ordo Reginates, but the letters from his man in the Comitas lodge there suggested this was more than a mere facade. Sir Gilbern didn’t know which worried him more, that Sir Andrei would use the faith as a smokescreen for his own designs or that the faith behind the actions of Sir Andrei and his grassroots following was entirely genuine. Hopefully Sir Andrei hadn’t done too much since his last report to draw further attention to himself. Sir Gilbern wasn’t holding his breath. [3/?]
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Sir Gilbern sighed yet again, earning another now slightly-annoyed glance from Sir Cato de Ferros. Thankfully, Sir Andrei’s reports had come through via less dramatic means since that first courier detailing the worrying Langland situation. Although he had kept a cool composure for those watching, Sir Gilbern had nearly had a heart-attack when a Griffinhawk had swooped in from an open loft-window moments after a meeting of the senior Ordo Reginate members present in Aubrey had convened. There had been a great deal of hushed speculation as he left the hall, most presuming a message of some great import to have come on the wings of one of the rare imperial messengers of old, but Sir Gilbern had long ago stopped paying heed to the whisperings of his colleagues as the circle of those he could trust drew tighter. The attraction of being the type of person to receive important messages from unknown sources lost much of its lustre when he actually <span class="mu-i">was</span> receiving important messages, any of which could and usually did spell out some peril or crisis-in-waiting for the Kingdom at large. Sir Gilbern’s time in Aubrey as the preeminent Queen’s Herald present in the capital these past few months had only solidified his view. Despite his rank and resources, not to mention the Mater Reginate’s own ear to speak to and own lips from which to receive direction, his efforts to supervise and map the extent of the Faction’s hold here was like grasping at smoke. The Crown Prince himself was untouchable, acting entirely through intermediaries whose motivations ranged from genuine devotion to unquenchable greed. Prince Lionel Aubrey continued to carry out his official duties with competence and dedication, whenever he did act openly it was always proper and with the Kingdom’s interests in mind. Most recently he and his uncle Duke had unveiled a set of proposed reforms to the standing Aubres army, one that few with any sense could speak out against other than perhaps at the cost involved. His actions and words were proof from criticism, and publically all saw him as every bit the faithful heir. But the actions of his underlings and go-betweens pointed to something else. In his darkest hours as sleep eluded him, Sir Gilbern could almost see the strings link to form a picture. Ancient ruined prisons, armies on the march, ancient rivals returned… but then it faded like fog with the morning sun. And after several months watching the Crown Prince and his cronies like a hawk Sir Gilben could not say with any certainty what their plans were, only that men had died or disappeared trying to find out. Men he had trusted. [4/?]
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Speaking of which, Sir Andrei continued to surprise him, and the Second Herald had long stopped using that phrase as a compliment. The constant threats to the Kingdom, many underappreciated or even entirely unknown to the average Cantonion citizen, were the root cause of Sir Gilbern’s sleepless nights. Dark circles had made a ready bed under the Second Herald’s eyes, and he was sure that the unpredictability of the Romani knight. Sir Robert Gilbern snorted, then let out a laugh that had a slightly manic edge to it. <span class="mu-i">“Are you quite alright, sir?”</span> Sir Cato de Ferros was still holding the book, his face carefully bereft of either interest or concern. <span class="mu-i">“Nothing, it’s just… the darndest thing.”</span> Sir Gilbern stifled another chuckle. <span class="mu-i">“You know, I think I’ve finally made some sense of what Sir Andrei was doing by making an advance on Frida Vancewell at the Pascae Ball.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Frida Vancewell, daughter and heir of Lord Vancewell.”</span> The name earns a raised eyebrow from Sir de Ferros. <span class="mu-i">“The Duke Montbrun’s right hand man and the noble house with a finger in every Faction pie?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“The very same.”</span> Sir Gilbern grins, he might sleep soundly tonight after all. <span class="mu-i">“It was a confusion tactic, you see? Keep both the Faction and us guessing as to where the Andrei’s and their allies lie in the scheme of things. Pure flim-flam, nothing more.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“That’s an awful lot of effort for a confusion tactic.”</span> Sir Cato de Ferros frowned, still attempting to read his book. <span class="mu-i">“Even to those that are not knowing players in our game, the reputation of Lady Frida Vancewell is fearful. Why court such a serpent in female form?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Courtship?”</span> Sir Gilbern scoffed. <span class="mu-i">“Hardly. Need I list the reasons why the Lady Vancewell would have to refuse any genuine advance from Sir Emile Andrei?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“No, that I can do for you.”</span> Now it was Sir Cato de Ferros’ turn to sigh. Placing the book down on the lounge, the knight began counting the reasons out on his fingers. <span class="mu-i">“Put her brother on trial and had him executed, full credit still going to you of course, crippled her current suitor the Marquis Fallavon -and- has no lands or wealth worth mentioning when compared to a dozen of the potential suitors chasing after the most eligible bachelorette in Montbrun. Shall I go on?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Exactly! It was merely a ploy to confuse all parties involved.”</span> Sir Gilbern nods with satisfaction, his inner glee well masked but nonetheless exalted with the confirmation of his fellow operative. <span class="mu-i"> “Respectfully sir, how much time have you spent-...”</span> Sir de Ferros pauses, stroking his chin. <span class="mu-i">“Now hold on. If that -were- the case, why isn’t the Lady Vancewell nipping any suggested courtship by Sir Andrei in the bud?”</span> [5/6]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 09 Jul 2024 13:06:27 No. 6054927 Report <span class="mu-i">“What do you mean?”</span> Sir Gilbern’s had the most uneasy feeling all of a sudden. <span class="mu-i">“Well, if there was even the suggestion of a suggestion between the two, and she wanted to silence any hint of it, wouldn’t the sensible thing be for her to do would be keep her distance?”</span> Sir de Ferros’ musing continues, blissfully unaware of his superior’s transformed expression. <span class="mu-i">“I mean, the -last- thing you would do if you weren’t at least slightly interested in seeing where said courtship goes would be to…”</span> <span class="mu-i">“To what?”</span> Sir de Ferros glances up, not missing the change in tone. <span class="mu-i">“You mean you hadn’t heard?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“I hadn’t heard what?”</span> Sir Gilbern didn’t like those words at all, it was part of his profession to not hear those words. <span class="mu-i">“Well, there is a wedding in Grenoble this spring.”</span> Sir de Ferros, typically unflappable, now appeared somewhat nervous. <span class="mu-i">“Yes. And?”</span> Sir Gilbern was now turned around in his chair, reports forgotten. <span class="mu-i">“I hadn’t heard -what-, Cato?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Between the Norveski’s and the Andrei’s…”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Cato.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“You must believe me, sir. I didn’t bring it to your attention because of all these other reports of grave import…”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Cato!”</span> [6/7]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 09 Jul 2024 13:08:21 No. 6054929 Report <span class="mu-i">“She’s… invited.”</span> Sir de Ferros winces. He was not a man prone to wincing, even when delivering disastrous reports of compromised assets or dire news. <span class="mu-i">“The Lady Frida Vancewell that is. To the Norveski-Andrei wedding this spring.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Okay. So the Lady Frida Vancewell is invited to the wedding in the town where her own brother was tried and executed, by my own hand no less. It’s probably a peace overture from House Norveski, likely to be rejected, and even if she find some reason to accept it would be madness to brave the Romani change of seasons to winter there."</span> Sir Gilbern realised he was rambling, stopping himself and taking a breath. <span class="mu-i">"So Frida Vancewell isn’t due to arrive in Romaine until the end of winter at least…"</span> Sir Cato de Ferros winces again. <span class="mu-i">“Actually…”</span> ===============================> “...This is fine.” No, it’s just another confusion tactic. A double-down confusion tactic, hidden within a ploy and woven into a scheme. Frida may just be showing her Faction allies that House Vancewell isn’t locked into anything and still needs to be plied with favours to stay on board. And Sir Andrei is… Adam’s arsehole, he’s probably doing this with the sole purpose of driving his Reginate friend mad. Maybe you should take something to help you sleep tonight. [Cyncial] + [Cynical] > “I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] > “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty]
Anonymous
>>6054929 > “I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] So fucking funny
>>6054018 Me
>> and the man had scarcely stepped off the boat! >>Hopefully Sir Andrei hadn’t done too much since his last report to draw further attention to himself. Sir Gilbern wasn’t holding his breath. >>Keep both the Faction and us guessing as to where the Andrei’s and their allies lie in the scheme of things. Pure flim-flam, nothing more. You slay me Sir Gilbern, I love it, fantastic start to the thread
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>>6054933 Oh actually that last option is pretty great too, still funny but with *implications*.
Imagine how confused everyone will be with both fucking Vancewell AND Gilbern at this literally-who? wedding
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>>6054929 > “...This is fine.” No, it’s just another confusion tactic. A double-down confusion tactic, hidden within a ploy and woven into a scheme. Frida may just be showing her Faction allies that House Vancewell isn’t locked into anything and still needs to be plied with favours to stay on board. And Sir Andrei is… Adam’s arsehole, he’s probably doing this with the sole purpose of driving his Reginate friend mad. Maybe you should take something to help you sleep tonight. [Cyncial] + [Cynical] Haha I love how crazy we're driving poor ser Gilburn.
>>6054151 veri Anonymous
>>6054929 >>6054039 >> “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] Little does he know its not the snake he should be worried about. I want Roselyn to sink her teeth into Gilbern and never let go.
>>6054934 I agree, this is a peak time shenanigans. Also if things work out properly, both Vancewell and Gilbern will still be around when our first trade good shipment comes through.
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>>6054929 >> “I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] Final option is funny af though.
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>>6054938 >I want Roselyn to sink her teeth into Gilbern and never let go. Holy shit the potential of this is too great. I see another wedding on the horizon! /s
>>6054929 Boss I'm going to make a mess and change my vote already. Your choices are just too good.
So, changing my vote here
>>6054933 to
> “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] Just so I get to see you write the wedding scene later
>>6054018 me
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>>6054929 >> “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] Maximum comedy, also what
>>6054938 said. The dinner conversations will be legendary.
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>>6054929 >> “I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] Our boy is both a genius and an idiot. just like the anon's.
me
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>>6054927 Oh Robert you poor poor bastard, you have no idea what's going on.l, we might honestly give the man a heart attack when Frida drops the bomb.
> “...This is fine.” No, it’s just another confusion tactic. A double-down confusion tactic, hidden within a ploy and woven into a scheme. Frida may just be showing her Faction allies that House Vancewell isn’t locked into anything and still needs to be plied with favours to stay on board. And Sir Andrei is… Adam’s arsehole, he’s probably doing this with the sole purpose of driving his Reginate friend mad. Maybe you should take something to help you sleep tonight. [Cyncial] + [Cynical] Man this was a peak update for a POV, gilbern needs a holiday somewhere nice where he can relax and stop shadowrunning about Emille.
I really REALLY wish we could attend the wedding >>6053987 Me Pass
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>>6054929 > “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] Eh, why not, let the Castle Andrei shenanigans begin
>>6054155 vee pass
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>>6054929 > “I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] What a great update, I feel so bad for Robert.
>>6054198 Me
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>>6054929 > “I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] get some sleep ol Gil
7/7 your creative juices were definitely flowing tonight
>>6053989 me
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>Andrei is courting vancewell? It's a plot of course! >They're getting married? What a devious scheme! >They just had a third child? What a clever rouse!
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>>6054929 > “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] I was going to vote something else but the other anons are correct, Gilbern needs a vacation and the prince isn't making any moves yet.
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>>6054929 >> “I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] >>6054547 Beautiful intro, simply amazing
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>>6054929 > “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] While the thought of Gilbern chasing imaginary dragons is quite amusing, I'm more interested in the potential networking opportunities that might arise from him linking with Frida.
>>6054234 'Tis I.
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>>6054929 > “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] verify
>>6053995 Oh boy, Gillbern being included in the wedding arc.
Anonymous
>>6054938 >Little does he know its not the snake he should be worried about. I want Roselyn to sink her teeth into Gilbern and never let go. God damn, I want this too.
>>6054929 > “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] I swear this whole god damn thing is too fucking funny.
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>>6054963 Frak, forgot my verification.
me
>>6054274 Anonymous
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>>6054929 > “I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] Robert, man, give yourself a break.
>>6053981 Anonymous
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>>6054929 >> “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] vp:
>>6054405 Anonymous
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>>6054929 >“I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] I love our Schizo Second Herald. I sure hope he'll like what he hears about our current escapades.
>>6054099 That's me.
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>>6054929 > “I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] Agh, the fabled crack finally came true at long last.
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>>6054032 Anonymous
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>>6054929 This has made my day.
> “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] Can't wait for him to find out the horror that is the truth.
Wounder if our lady sake is going to show off the gift we got her and g boy is going to think she's murdering one of our sisters.
>>6054322 My v post
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>>6054929 > “I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] Verily
>>6054469 Anonymous
>>6054929 > “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] Way I see it, the prince probably has contacts watching the reginate and his reaction to one of them suddenly deciding something is MORE important than watching him, would be to send assets over to the wedding as well - if not showing up himself to project the image of the caring heir who is worried about the serpent situation and also totally down to earth with the rest of the kingdom guise. Three birds, one stone.
Also this interlude implies to me that while we are convinced that Avarice is the Red Knight working for the Prince, Gilbern likely has no such suspicions and we should probably let him know of such the next time we send a priority mailer to him. Watching the Red Knight would probably yield a lot more intel.
>>6054508 >inb4 one post by both deez ids Anonymous
>>6054929 > “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] Voting for this option because
>>6055039 made me think of this deeply funny scenario
>Emile does crazy shit that throws off Gilbern and makes him panic and stay up all night >Gilbern responds by doing some off-the-cuff crazy shit in response >The Faction agent responsible for watching Gilbern gets really anxious and stays up all night worrying about what he's doing We're teaching Gilbern our ways. It's a cycle of abuse, really.
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>>6054929 >“...This is fine.” No, it’s just another confusion tactic. A double-down confusion tactic, hidden within a ploy and woven into a scheme. Frida may just be showing her Faction allies that House Vancewell isn’t locked into anything and still needs to be plied with favours to stay on board. And Sir Andrei is… Adam’s arsehole, he’s probably doing this with the sole purpose of driving his Reginate friend mad. Maybe you should take something to help you sleep tonight. [Cyncial] + [Cynical] Anonymous
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>>6054929 >> “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] My virginity
>>6054153 Posting from Germany. Epic update Forgotten, being Gilbern is suffering
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>>6054929 > “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] The dinner party is going to go crazy for everyone involved once Gilbert shows up.
My virginity pass:
>>6054048 Anonymous
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>>6054929 >> “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] It's just too funny, and honestly the prince might be too smooth an operator for old Gil to catch him out at court anyway.
>>6054219 the one and only
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>>6054929 >> “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] Honestly it's too fucking funny not picking the options that drive Robert insane. This is too enjoyable.
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Wait. Did I remember to actually vote when I saw the thread....
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>>6054929 >“Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] >A preeminent member of the Faction and one of the Queen's Heralds are both attending the wedding Lol, lmao even. Gilbern said he wasn't getting much done in Aubres, so why not?
>>6053988 Verily
>>6055039 >Also this interlude implies to me that while we are convinced that Avarice is the Red Knight working for the Prince, Gilbern likely has no such suspicions and we should probably let him know of such the next time we send a priority mailer to him Great idea. "Hey Robert, remember that thing the Third Herald and I did in Fallavon? The Red Knight reminds me of it.". In burgher code of course!
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>>6054350 HAHAHA! I DID! Thank goodness, I would have been pissed if I had forgotten!
>>6054929 > “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] Anonymous
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>>6055045 Oops, forgot my v-card
>>6053973 Anonymous
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>>6054929 >“Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] Oil to the fire!
>>6053997 V post
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>>6054929 > “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] Maximally Funny, Sir Andrei the Chessmaster Bear
>>6054212 Verificatioso
Also take this Young Father Towbray, I'd love to see his reaction to any future miracles we pull, thinking of which didn't the last thread we do a crazy roll?
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>>6054929 >> “I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] >>6054242 me post
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>>6054929 > “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] this would be to much fun to pass up on
>>6054168 this is me
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>>6054664 >>6054665 Idk if I was in the window to be counted or not, but I'm voting:
>SQUIRE, MY HORSE Since other anons convinced me it would be funny.
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>>6054929 >> “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] God damn hilarious.
me
>>6054001 Anonymous
didn't have time to make this up last thread I just posted the generic version of the meme but heres a SVT version
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>>6054929 > “I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] >>6054513 Me
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>>6054929 > “I give up. No, honestly I give up.” You cannot tell if that man is a genius or an idiot, whether he was sent by the Pit or if he really does speak with Angels. You have more than enough work here, keeping tabs on the Crown Prince and doing your very human best to keep the Kingdom from showing the tears on the seams. As for Andrei and whatever the hell he is doing, you suppose you’ll have to wait and see. You’ll try to get some sleep tonight. [Cynical] + [Taciturn] Hahahahaha
>>6054107 Me
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>>6054929 >> “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] >>6053984 Anonymous
>Snakemen entering the Montbrune bowl >The Prince has at least one Duke as a Uncle My guess is either Montbrune or Aubrey >Robert has no idea Sanguine is a sin >Vancewells are the right hand of Montbrun Probably had a hand in the labor acquistion for Fallavon >Pascae politics is a complete shitshow and could fall into the princes lap at any second >First Herald is willing to try and commit a coup Man Emille is going to come back to a Canton on absolute fire considering how perilous the tower of cards is and considering how long we'll be in Cathaggi its entirely possible we'll miss it catching fire. I really hope we can leave Cathaggi in an even worse state.
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>>6054929 >> “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] I love this quest
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>>6055501 >>The Prince has at least one Duke as a Uncle My guess is either Montbrune or Aubrey It's Aubrey, canonically the Duke of Aubrey is always the king's brother if one exist, like how the English heir is prince of Wales.
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>>6055645 Probably although I don't want to rule out Montbrune given how deep in the Faction the Duke appears to be and the lack of details on particularly how and why thats the case.
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>>6054929 > “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] >>6054077 Anonymous
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 10 Jul 2024 13:15:13 No. 6055720 Report Quoted By:
>>6055402 Yoink, adding this to the pool.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 10 Jul 2024 13:18:20 No. 6055723 Report Quoted By:
>SELECTED: “Squire, my horse!” House Andrei is in danger. That snake Frida Vancewell probably plans to poison the entire family during her stay at Castle Andrei. You must go there at once, braving the onset of Romaine’s winter yourself with your best men. Wintering with the Andrei’s and Vancewell in Romaine wasn’t your idea of a holiday, but you made a promise to your friend. You won’t be sleeping tonight. [Cynical] + [Haughty] >SELECTED: Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun Lady Frida Vancewell was no cloistered damsel, not for her the quiet contentment in remaining holed up behind her father’s castle walls whilst suitors lined up outside. She was instrumental in furthering the interests of her noble house, so far as they aligned with her own goals, and her influence had only grown since the death of her idiot brother. Daddy might think that he plotted the course of House Vancewell, and it was true that much of the designs were of his making. But it was Frida that had put those lofty vague designs into work, it was Frida that had cultivated the vast majority of the Vancewell web of alliances and favours that made them a preeminent player in the Montbrun Court and beyond. Such a network of lackeys and self-interested associations required constant attention, and Frida had not shirked from the regular forays and visitations to their partner houses both in Montbrun and beyond. In fact, she had rather enjoyed it. The goings on at home had been rather dull of late, ever since the excitement of the Pascae Ball. And this was not least because every Montbrunian highborn and low was preoccupied with the coming war with the snakemen. There were plenty of those looking to turn the situation to their advantage, of course, but those mountain lords typically started to lose focus when faced with the opportunity to advance their interests by smashing a foreign foe in the face when twice as much might be gained with a well-timed stabbing in the back. (Men, honestly). Daddy was nowhere near as adept at Frida in the powers of persuasion, but in a wartime footing the wiser words of the fairer sex would too readily lose out to any speaker with the proper equipment between their legs calling for violence and glory (and rah rah rah). [1/6]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 10 Jul 2024 13:19:41 No. 6055724 Report Quoted By:
Still, even the well-travelled Frida had to admit that Romaine in the early onset of winter defied her expectations. She had anticipated a rather dreary and foreboding landscape, barren trees and desolate fields haunted by the terrors of the night and a grinning skeleton or what-have-you staring out over every hedge and under every bridge. So it was a pleasant surprise to ride through the roads of northern Romaine with her honour guard and be greeted with picturesque views of the last remnants of autumn in this fertile realm at every turn. True, the duchy wasn’t anywhere near as pretty as it had been when Frida last attended the Summer Tourney held here years ago as a child, but Romaine in winter wasn’t the windswept wasteland she had expected either. At least not yet. The winds were getting colder and the first frosts had begun to form, but even the commonfolk had been hospitable wherever they stayed. They were a vivacious sort, the Romani, once one’s charm aptly disarmed them of their grim outlook on the coming winter and life in general. Maybe they were just happy to see anyone passing through that still held a pulse, ones more likely to buy bread than steal souls etcetera. The Vancewell heraldry had turned a few heads, sure, but few let that get in the way of some honest coin in exchange for bed and board fit for a lady of Frida’s rank (and being generous when it came to prices helped, of course). It was a calculated move, of course. The idea of seriously courting Sir Emile Andrei remained ludicrous, but there was an advantage to be had in holding off from snuffing out the possibility of some improvement in relations. Daddy had barely but to hear a targeted whisper that some of the Faction’s other main proponents were possibly taking the efforts of House Vancewell for him to accede to his daughter’s plan (himself still convinced he had concocted the whole scheme of course). A tour of the allies in the region here, a snubbing of certain parties at a certain wedding there, and he was convinced in Frida’s little expedition ahead of the calling of the Montbrun banners. Frida hadn’t even needed to make the point that it could also serve to lull House Andrei into a position where revenge for their part in poor Hast’s unjust execution might be exacted. With Frida already conducting a tour of those houses in the Duchy as it was, she had all the freedom needed to pursue anything that might catch her interest whilst travelling. The captain of her honour guard, Sir Christoph Ballestrem, had taken Frida’s impromptu decision for detour on the way to Grenoble in his stride. Frida typically got what she wanted, and that included the Vancewell men-at-arms doing her bidding with the unquestioning compliance they would exhibit had the orders come from her father’s own mouth. [2/6]
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Frida liked to think of herself as quite self-aware, thank you very much. So it was with some chagrin that she was forced to admit that the above goals could quite readily come to terms with the fact that visiting the House Andrei lands personally wasn’t necessary in the grand scheme of things. The Vancewell plans could already be readily achieved as it was, so this little diversion had very little to offer other than perhaps sating Frida’s idle curiosity. Why she remained so curious about the home and kin of the insufferable Andrei knight, well Frida hadn’t quite figured that out yet. Upon the reception received at Castle Andrei, however, Frida was beginning to wonder whether it was at all possible that she had made something of a <span class="mu-i">slight</span> miscalculation. <span class="mu-i">“Let me see if I have this clearly.”</span> Lord Nikolai Andrei’s furrowed brow matched the disbelief in his tone, or perhaps it was disapproval. <span class="mu-i">“You have travelled to our fair Duchy, as Ardenrise sets its icy grip on our realm… for dinner?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Manners, darling.”</span> Lady Andrei chided gently, though in her arched eyebrow the matron of the household carried the same weight of scepticism as her husband’s dark expression. <span class="mu-i">“You must forgive my husband, we hadn’t expected the pleasure of your company so soon.”</span> Now it was Lord Andrei’s turn to raise an eyebrow. <span class="mu-i">“We hadn’t expected the pleasure of your company at all.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Darling.”</span> But Lady Andrei’s warning had come too late, and if the twitch in Young Lady Roselyn Andrei’s gloved hands was any judge she too realised the err in decorum. Why, that was the courtly equivalent of slapping one’s hand against one’s forehead. These Andrei women really needed to keep their men in better check. <span class="mu-i">“Oh but my Lord, I hadn’t realised my own presumption!”</span> Frida adopted her practiced expression of abject embarrassment. <span class="mu-i">“When I received that lovely letter from your delightful wife on the subject, I amended my plans to visit relatives at the Duchess’ Court accordingly. I thought I couldn’t risk missing out and, well, it -was- on our way there…”</span> Lord Andrei, and the Young Lord too for that matter, both cast a sidelong glance at their spouse and sibling respectively. <span class="mu-i">“As I recall, that same letter also mentioned spring.”</span> Young Lady Roselyn Andrei parried back. My, my, so even the little ladies of Romaine aren’t afraid to speak up when the men are talking. [3/6]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 10 Jul 2024 13:23:08 No. 6055726 Report Quoted By:
Clever little vixen. Frida and Roselyn both well knew that talk of an invitation in their circles was practically an invitation itself. She knew there was no point denying it now, lest her family risk ridicule from the dilettantes in the Romaine Court for being poor hosts. But she could at least drive home Vancewell’s presumptiveness to spin any sort of fallout in those circles as a double-edged sword for both involved. <span class="mu-i">“A social visit in wintertime is an altogether different imposition, especially here.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Oh, I didn’t even think! Why, I barely even paused to pack. It’s been all quite overwhelming for a mere maiden like myself back home, what with the war on and all….”</span> Frida slipped seamlessly into another tried and tested facade, that of the vulnerable and overwrought mountain lass. Just the right amount of uncertainty, with the odd knowing pout for the more seasoned players of the game. <span class="mu-i">“It was silly of me to think only of diverting myself from that horrid business with the social calls and visits to relatives abroad without thought to any possible inconvenience. I mean, there was even talk of a wedding? What a lovely occasion!”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Yes, the wedding. We’ll get to that. But most concerningly you have embarked upon this journey, at this time of year, with only ten…”</span> Lord Andrei cast a critical eye over the Vancewell honour guard present in the hall, clearly unimpressed. <span class="mu-i">“...men.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“It’s all my dearest Lord father could spare, our house enjoys the deep trust of our magnanimous Duke and we can give no less than our all in the war effort.”</span> This was working perfectly. Getting the measure of the Andrei household, keeping House Vancewell appropriately aloof from ongoing suitors of other parties, and even walking away as the aggrieved party (if she chose to use that minor bit of leverage) when they failed to host a noble lady of her status. <span class="mu-i">“ It really would be such a shame to miss out on any planning for such a lovely episode as a spring wedding. But of course, I’ve acted without thought for the comfort or convenience of others. We had planned to winter in the Duchess’ Court with distant relatives in any event, really we shall be on our way. Perhaps when the weather turns fair we might revisit this and make further plans?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Now that you are here-”</span> Roselyn began, doubtless making the requisite insistences on them staying to be followed by Frida’s insistence on leaving (and the back-and-forth from that could take ever so long). <span class="mu-i">“I cannot allow it.”</span> Lord Andrei’s interruption carried the edge of authority with it and, for once, brooked no interference. [4/6]
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Frida found herself taken slightly aback. <span class="mu-i">“...I beg pardon, my lord?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“You are a guest in my house, and Ardenrise is upon us. I cannot allow you to leave the safety of this castle with such a meagre escort.”</span> Lord Andrei’s tone brooked no argument, Frida could see something of his younger son's more serious moments in him just then. <span class="mu-i">“We have already received reports from the border forts of sizeable incursions crossing the frontier, nevermind the stirring of whatever rot we might have missed from last winter. Frankly, it’s nothing short of a miracle that you and your men weren’t already attacked on the way here.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Praise be.”</span> Roselyn Andrei deadpanned from the sidelines. That bitch. Frida was already beginning to think fondly of her. <span class="mu-i">“My lord…”</span> Frida said with an attempt to regain some of the initiative from this unexpected turn of events, although she now did recall that every village and town they had stopped at had the gates and windows barred before answering to the knock from outside. <span class="mu-i">“Sir Ballestram and his men are quite adept in their duties. I am sure they can see their Lord’s daughter safely through to Grenoble within a day or two.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“I deem them insufficient.”</span> Lord Andrei did not spare a glance for the bristling of the Vancewell honour guard at his insulting assessment. Later, Frida would learn that sometimes the riskiest period of time in Romani winters was just before the snows set in. When travellers and caravans felt they could still risk short trips before the deadmen presence essentially throttled all trade on the roads. <span class="mu-i">“In a week’s time, we have a long range patrol planned that will take us close enough to Norveski lands to serve as sufficient escort to Grenoble. Fifty capable men should be enough of an escort, but I cannot spare a single soul before then.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Although need it be said that if your aim is to travel to the Duchess’ winter court from Grenoble, Lord Norveski might find himself faced with similar difficulties in sparing his own men.”</span> Lady Andrei wasn’t so crass as to say that decrepit vulture Lord Norveski was highly unlikely to lift a finger aiding the sister of a man he had tried and had executed for murder, expected wedding invitation or no. But the comment may as well have been a slap in Frida's face. <span class="mu-i">“Please, stay as long as you need.”</span> [5/6]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 10 Jul 2024 13:30:42 No. 6055730 Report [6/6] Frida chafed at being talked down to like a child, but she was not foolish enough to entirely discount the Lord and Lady Andrei’s words. It carried with it the tone of a genuine warning, perhaps Frida and her escort really had been lucky to avoid attack thus far. Clearly the Andrei’s didn’t particularly want her here, but they were speaking less in terms of the inconvenience of hosting an unexpected guest and more in line with an forceful offer of sanctuary to one whom they at least viewed as genuinely being in need of it notwithstanding the bad blood between their families. Perhaps Frida had indeed miscalculated the risks of travel in this Duchy. Or perhaps the Andrei’s, men and women both, were clever enough to overplay the whole thing. ===================================> “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] > “Your offer of an escort is most kind, my lord. We can make our own arrangements from there.” You hold little hope Lord Norveski will be willing to lift a single finger, but the funds set aside for your travel can aptly accommodate an escort of mercenaries or the like for the rest of the trip to the Duchess’ winter court. You’ll doubtless learn a thing or two about the Andrei household during your stay, perhaps something to be used to your advantage. A week here is bearable. [One Week Delay] > “Your concern is touching, my lady, but I must insist that we be on our way with the escort we have. I suppose we won’t be able to stay for dinner after all, as it sounds like we have not a moment to lose.” You detest the idea of how that devious shrew Roselyn might play the scene of the Montbrun mountain lass fleeing Andrei lands at the first talk of a few lively cadavers, her little social circle will probably eat it up. But your machinations in the Romani Court at large cannot be delayed by this little side-tour. [Depart Without Delay]
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] I don't even need to think about this one, this is perfect. Perfect!
She's planning on spending the WHOLE WINTER in our home? Holy shit the madlad
>That bitch. Frida was already beginning to think fondly of her. Love it haha
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 10 Jul 2024 13:32:50 No. 6055733 Report I forget anons ick'ed at the ai art here, so have a better portrait of Lord Vancewell.
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>>6055733 Oh I thought the previous one was cool. Was converting it to webp for the wiki but this works too
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>>6055730 >> “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Maximum COMEDY, especially with Robbo on the way
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Also, Vancewell meme because choo choo.
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>>6055736 Haha copy that, I didn't notice the fucked up hands
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>>6055730 >> “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] That's it, we are going FULL THROTTLE on the Wintering Sitcom Arc.
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>>6055730 >> “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] vp:
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] verify
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>>6055730 >> “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Now im wondering if we didnt miscalculate sending robbie downwards here. I hope he doesnt get eaten.
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] I love this Woman, shes such an haughty, catty cynic about everything and everyone, it's the perfect match for Emille and his family, I really wany her to be frenemies with Ros.
a shame we can't rescue her from the Deadmen now OH GOD WE SENT ROBERT TO ROMANIE IN WINTER >>6053987 Vancewell Card Anonymous
>>6055746 With any luck, Cato or any romaine reginates will put two and two together and put together an escort unit for his shadowrunning ass.
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>>6055744 him and vancwell are technically enemies aswell and they will be spending 3 months in the same castle someone getting knocked off and their death being blamed on the deadmen it is a possibility..... I don't think gil would do it maybe vancewell would but the guy leading the honour guard could also make an attempt to kill gil a revenge for her brother
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>>6055730 >“I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] MAIDEN IN LOVE!
>>6054266 This is me boss
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>>6055750 Even so in Ardennerise it sounds like travel is all but impossible in Romanie.
>>6055751 Gotta remember Robert is a pragmatist and greater good guy and if he think offing her will better the Church or the realm he can likely convince himself to do it.
Vancewell could very well be down to killing him without a doubt though and if she can throw the blame on Robert down the line if Emille becomes a feasiable candidate even better for her.
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Do we know House Vancewells words? The only mention I see is an anons attempt at making a shield and adding words themselves "Never Losing Trace" but I don't see it confirmed by the bossman
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Surely this will end hilariously
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Absolutely.
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Well, i'm surprisingly satisfied with this. I had grown content with courting Vancewell, as I expected that her nature would make any mutual love short lived, but now that we can see that , while she is interested in us, there is no affection there yet. We only managed to get any chance with her because of that crit at the ball. We will need a few more or a long series of good roles and situations. Otherwise, our courtship will fail and the failure will cause or be caused by someone's death. Until then, lets see where this goes(hopefully not with Vancewell and Gilbern killing each other and some of our family getting caught in the crossfire.
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>>6055765 Who knows, maybe spending the whole winter with our family and then getting to take part in a joyous wedding in the spring will change her mind and make her think that putting up with Emiles absurd honesty could all be worth it to be apart of this.
In amongst all the shadowrunning I mean
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>>6055765 Emile is probably one of the only people in her life who is interested in her for not just what she can provide him. Her family mostly view her as a tool to get what they want. Her other suitors only see her for the status/power she would bring. Hopefully, between spending time with the Andrei family and our future attempts at courting will warm her to the idea. Plus the main concern of Emile not having any real power or standing in the realm will go away once he takes back Andreene
I am totally not coping either
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>>6055730 > “Your offer of an escort is most kind, my lord. We can make our own arrangements from there.” You hold little hope Lord Norveski will be willing to lift a single finger, but the funds set aside for your travel can aptly accommodate an escort of mercenaries or the like for the rest of the trip to the Duchess’ winter court. You’ll doubtless learn a thing or two about the Andrei household during your stay, perhaps something to be used to your advantage. A week here is bearable. [One Week Delay] I get how staying all winter is the funny option but I don't really find it in character.
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] I have a bad gut feeling about this option. But that just makes me wanna do it even more to see the fireworks.
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>>6055730 >“I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Now I'm really worried about our boy Gilbern, may the Almighty preserve him as he comes to the rescue of House Andrei. But surely he'll be alright... I'm going to make this vote purely so that Robert at least has a reason to brave Ardenrise.
Interesting look into Vancewell's psychology. A little bit of denial in there, but the ruthlessness gives me hope yet that Emile can be saved from this witch. >>6053988 Me
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] >>6054322 My v post
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The one thing that made me raise eyebrows in this interlude is Vancewell playing the 'clueless maiden' card. I was given the impression that although she obviously hides her true nature to the public she isn't quite so vapid? But maybe that's me.
>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Maximum chaos and shenanigans are actually welcome, for once.
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Had we not just voted to have Gilbern stay here during the winter as well, I wouldn't choose this option. This Frida interlude has made me realize we're all underestimating the real threat she still poses as a major enemy and member of a powerful faction house, and I would've voted for her to stay here for a week at most. But given that Gilbern will be here to watch her and likely counter any moves that would hurt us or our family, that's much less of a concern, and instead I can't wait to see what will happen with everyone on vacation in the Andrei household.
Also, I don't know if this has been answered before, but what's the common understanding of the Deadmen/Dread Lord threat is outside of Romaine? If it's a ASOIAF situation where people don't really believe in or take the threat seriously, this winter could also potentially have the upside of convincing two politically powerful people of just how dire a threat Dread Ardenne is; doubly so if my gut feeling that the Dread Lords are going to make *some* kind of move this winter comes true.
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>>6055730 > “Your offer of an escort is most kind, my lord. We can make our own arrangements from there.” You hold little hope Lord Norveski will be willing to lift a single finger, but the funds set aside for your travel can aptly accommodate an escort of mercenaries or the like for the rest of the trip to the Duchess’ winter court. You’ll doubtless learn a thing or two about the Andrei household during your stay, perhaps something to be used to your advantage. A week here is bearable. [One Week Delay] Don't want this sexy snake any longer in the house than she has to be
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>>6055730 >> “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Fun
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>>6055765 Funny as it might sound for someone so manipulative but I suspect Vancewell isn't someone who is anywhere close to emotionally honest with herself, she sounds more like someone who had to develop a strong shell to live in the house she did afterall if nothing matters, nothing you like can be taken away from you.
>>6055804 Its been a lowkey theme that the threat to each duchy is taken less seriously than ones own duchy and it's really up to the Crown most of the time to get everyone to take other threats seriously and it was likely a reason the war of borders was such a big conflict. But given the extra-planar nature of the Dreadlords I strongly doubt their threat is truly known to anyone outside of prehaps the Church, the Crown or prehaps the Romanie duchess.
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] >>6054350 Check
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] >>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6055730 “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s]
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>>6055765 True. However, wear a mask long enougn and it becomes your face. Even if she has some growing fondness for us in her subconsciousness, principle closer to her core(self intrest, valueing her own family, inability to understand our CHIVALRY and PIETY and inability to try or go along with it) could cause this budding sapling to get trampled.
So dealing with her is less her letting the mask down, and her letting a lesser or forgotten side of herself grow and take up more real estate in her psyche. Her meeting our family could help or hurt(or both!) the progress of that happening. Either way, we can expect an earfull in our next few letters from home.
Also, I recently realized that this quest has only lasted about 9 months in-universe. Hurricane Andrei is one fast force of nature.
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>>6055730 >> “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] >>6054153 It me, Frida lover 9000 posting from graffiti city, Switzerland
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>>6055730 >> “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Our family is gonna win her over easily, it's a guarantee she WON'T want to leave after these three months.
>>6054329 This is me! (I just realized I forgot to link back to the previous vote oops!)
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>>6055730 >> “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] >>6053984 Me
I want to see the winter interludes at Castle Andrei.
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>>6055877 >>6055839 Whoops, accidental samefag. I need to go sandpaper my scrotum.
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>>6054664 >>6054665 >....ONE WEEK Idk about 3 months, sounds like too long, and it could make quitea few people suspicious as to our family's relations & those of Vancewell.
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>>6055730 >“I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Anonymous
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] I can't wait until Frida decides she loves our family and tells them that she's already promised her hand to us.
Also it'd be funny if our family starts writing letters to us about Frida but because of the winter they get caught up so we get a season's worth of letters all at once
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Faction and the Reginate under the same roof, vying for the loyalty of the Andrei's. Truly 5d backgammon
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>>6055730 >>6054039 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] The shenanigans must continue. I don't know how much either Sir Gilbern or Lady Vancewell and her retinue truly know about the dangers of the Deadmen, but hopefully this will be an eye opening experience. There is more at stake here than the Faction vs the Queensmen and the petty political squabbles that plague upper society.
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] The point our last vote was for Weekend and Bernie style shenanigans at the Andrei’s. If we choose 1 week then it would undo the intention of that vote.
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>>6055730 >> “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Our house will be the talk of Romanie the coming spring. Since there's a good reason for either of them to winter with the Andrei family, everyone else will think they both know something that no one else knows yet is important enough to get close to them.
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>>6055730 >> “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] >>6054014 Anonymous
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>>6054134 Tis I!
>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] One can only wonder at the shenanigans of three schemers being present in the Andrei household, with the straightforwardness of Lord Nikolai. Sounds like a "fun" time!
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>>6055730 >> “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Whelp. I'm sorry for sending you to Romanie in winter Robert.
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Well I certainly hope Damien and Roselyn can get Rob and Frida on a pages where they aren't killing each other.
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Also Robert really feels like he's locked in a rubber room, a rubber room with Andrei, and Andrei makes him go crazy.
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>>6056178 >Bear or Andrei test >Robert chooses bear every time Anonymous
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>>6056185 (The Bear is also Andrei)
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>>6055730 > “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] Gotta go for the meme pick
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I won’t vote for anything this time, but I will say relying on just Frida staying with the family for winter will not be enough. Anons better be ready to shmooze and become a wallstreetbets day trader durning the tenure in the DG to get the money and connections to ply her with gifts. Speaking of, anyone have any ideas on interesting and unusual presents for both family and hopefully soon to be family? I had a brainworm for a while about sending a nice chess set and rulebook back to Romaine, as well as a pet viper to Vancewell.
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>>6056278 I like those two ideas.
We could probably get some kick ass tapestries as well and of course we MUST get a catalogue of Cathagi fashions for our sister. Maybe some unique Cathagi style weapon as well, maybe a Pala or Parang Nabur or a Shotel. A sample of spices would be good and of course a book on Cathagi architecture for father
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>>6056278 I don't think anyone but the most naive Anons believe one choice will be enough. It is a step in the good direction? Maybe but staying in the DG made this route harder.
As for presents, various ideas were written in the past threads. Generally I'd say that that the most welcome gifts for Frida are of the practical (if expensive) kind. The chess idea is nice for the family (RIP Dad Andrei) and one of our sisters would definitely like a letter from Danaca.
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>>6055730 >> “Your offer of an escort is most kind, my lord. We can make our own arrangements from there.” You hold little hope Lord Norveski will be willing to lift a single finger, but the funds set aside for your travel can aptly accommodate an escort of mercenaries or the like for the rest of the trip to the Duchess’ winter court. You’ll doubtless learn a thing or two about the Andrei household during your stay, perhaps something to be used to your advantage. A week here is bearable. [One Week Delay] I'd like for her to stay for max comedy but i fear for the lives of most people involved and the (hopefully very) remote risk of getting cucked by Gil if they stay cupped up together for an entire winter.
>>6054219 as they say in rome "It's a me"
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> SELECTED: “I am sure Sir Ballestram and his men would relish the chance to fight the foe to be found here, given their absence from the homefront. Please, my lord, consider the soldiers of House Vancewell at your disposal for the duration of our stay.” Well, if you are going to winter here of all places then you may as well use that time to unravel the charming little enigma that is the Andrei family. Perhaps then you’ll finally lose interest in that impudent, pluckish son of theirs. But three more months of this…Is that really necessary? [Winter with the Andrei’s] The funniest and funnest choice. And you really think Vancewell won’t notice and possibly recognise the former Lady Hewitt? Roselyn, Damien and Sir dan Marc will do their best to keep her under wraps but Castle Andrei isn’t -that- big. And with Sir Gilbern on the way, the shadowrunning games will have barely begun…Thank you for giving us this to play with. <span class="mu-s">Sendag, 30th Day of Estrimun, 883 A.C.E. - Cathagi, The Crescent Palace</span>> SELECTED: “I accept your challenge, unjust as it is, but these are my terms. Stand your minions down, and send forth your finest warrior. I expect the best, -your- best, and my blade will settle for nothing less.” You’ve no appetite for cutting down barely-armed slaves for their amusement, be it one or one hundred. With the Angel on your side no challenger is beyond you, even that mercenary with the bicolour eyes. [Divine] >3 SUCCESS: Congratulations, you passed! Impressed by your boldness, or perhaps intimidated, the Master of Spices attempts to pass the whole thing off as part of the test. Even without fighting the duel, you have the opportunity to cause the Merchanta significant embarrassment or to allow them to save face. Combat is avoided (if you permit). >22 Double Pass: Imposing. The combat begins with a slight advantage to yourself. If no combat, your later choice will have an increased benefit. >All according to plan. The Divine Plan. As much as you love a challenge in honourable combat, there is some advantage to be had in having the High Caste Merchanta in your debt if you allow them to save face. Or by exposing their political overreach for what it is, without bloodshed, and still earning some recognition with the Medusae for doing so. [No Combat] [1/4]
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Stunned silence greets your casual dismissal of the half-dozen or so proffered opponents, a farce of a test of admission set out by the Merchanta that you know recognise they have no actual authority to make. You haven’t even bothered to draw your blade in the face of the gleaming spearpoints, towering over the nervous fodder in the quiet confidence that you could cut them down in a moment if they proceed. <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-g">“Bata…”</span></span> The warning tone in the more sober of the two Merchanta leaders is ignored by his corpulent companion. It is too late, with a smug gesture Arap Bata signals for the reclining warrior with two different coloured eyes into action. Your hand drops to your hilt as the prized pit-fighter stretches his arms and steps forward. This is no lumbering beserker or swaggering bravosi. This man is a killer, practically raised his whole life to end that of others. There is likely no manner of man nor beast that he has not faced and overcome in the fighting-pits. A man like this does not survive, let alone thrive, in such a horrific environment without climbing their way to the top of a very large mountain of bodies. <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-g">“Kılıç Kutsanmış.”</span></span> Arap Bata rumbles, biting into another morsel. <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">“Make it last.”</span></span> The man's languid movement and unhurried demeanour as he unsheathes his blades is deceptively lazy, holding the kind of easy confidence in his abilities that should make an experienced opponent far more alert rather than less so. You cannot mistake this man as any sort of slouch or arrogant braggart. One may as well mistake a panther for a housecat, and you have the distinct impression this might be one of the most singularly deadly human opponents you have yet faced. You are just beginning to widen your stance and draw your own weapon when you notice the movement over the shoulder of the gaggle of Merchanta slaves. Recognising the identity of the new group that has approached, your half-drawn blade returns to its sheathe with a disappointed clack. Hmm. So the Angel has other plans than you adding another name to Cain’s tally today. [2/4]
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<span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-s">“Ո՞րն է սրա իմաստը։”</span></span> There is a tinge of <span class="mu-s">power</span> in the new voice, stopping everyone in their tracks. The Aeltin amulet around your neck even hums softly, confirming that some degree of sorcerous compulsion just occurred. Such a display by a sanctioned mage on fellow humans back home would likely see them on the pyre. You’d hate to think that you’ve been exposed to enough foul sorcery to recognise particular flavours of the art, but there was something about the sensation that reminded you of the Fae sorceress. You knew that the Medusae were each sorceress’ in their own right, so you are able to restrain yourself from immediately drawing your sword in full. Most of the new arrivals are women adorned in the black, purple and gold that you have come to recognise as the symbol of office of the Medusae Caste. The speaker, the one who dared used sorcerous compulsion without so much as a by-your-leave, has their face concealed behind a majestic golden mask that resembles that of a stylised long-beaked bird. <span class="mu-i">“This is the Exalted Heron, a leader of the Medusae Caste inner circle.”</span> Antoninus speaks hurriedly and hushedly, forced to summarise where he is unable to keep up with verbatim translations. <span class="mu-i">“She does not yet address you, but demands to know what is going on from the Merchanta present. It is not quite an accusation, it is said that such a thing is not typically done in the Palace games.”</span> <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-g">“Exalted Heron, you are ever the delight for our eyes.”</span></span> The more serious Merchanta High Caste’s words are as flowery and flattering as the language of his mercantile peers, but his serious expression has barely softened even a fraction. <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">“Daily this humble servant of our Master curses that his wares of the finests silks are as coarse as sandpaper to your supple skin.”</span></span> At Barak Yildirm’s side it is hard to tell whether Arap Bata’s glowering is meant to convey indignant bluster, irate nerves or a mixture of both. But he holds his tongue, letting the more consummate player of these Cathagi Palace games do the talking. From what Antoninus says, Madam Heron is set on exposing the Merchanta's overreach on their presumed privileges in the Palace for what it is. Master Yildirm, for his part, seems to be deflecting the subtle accusations as best he can but it is hard to play down what was occuring here in the face of this many witnesses to his colleauge's indiscretion. [3/4]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 11 Jul 2024 13:34:10 No. 6056365 Report [4/4] Intriguingly, both the Merchanta and Medusae High Caste speak in their own dialect but seem to have no need for a translator. They must be well-versed in the language of their political rivals, of course, and you find yourself wondering if like the Dragon Guard they too have developed a coded language to use amongst themselves when the need arises. Off to the side of the Medusae party there is a smaller collection of Stratiokas soldiers of varyone rank, one of whom you recognise. The Stratiokas officer gives you a knowing nod while the other faction leaders continue their back-and-forth, and you find yourself relieved to see a familiar face in this company. Kyrios Militades might be a godless southerner, the ancestral foe of your people, but you fought together against the beastmen on the Kings Highway all those months ago and you are in fact here on his own recommendation. He may present a third, and perhaps more neutral, option to defusing the situation that seems to be bubbly here at the steps of the Crescent Palace. ===========================================>Bow to the Merchanta High Caste, graciously thanking them for the entertainment while you waited. While Arap Bata may have demonstrated his foolishness in this political overreach, Barak Yildirm is level-headed enough to recognise that you have given them a way out without casting aspersions or giving ground one way or the other. Such generosity deserves a reward, or at the very least an audience with an open ear. [Merchanta Favour] >Bow to the Medusae High Caste, recognising their authority at the Palace officials best suited to judge whether an applicant to the Dragon Guard is accepted. Short of the Dragon itself, it is they who ostensibly decide where the Guard goes. The Merchanta will be displeased with your open acknowledgement of the Medusae authority and their own political misstep. The Medusae will be well pleased with whatever political ground you have helped them recover here, if they recognise that you siding with them was indeed a calculated decision and not mere adherence to your understanding of their tradition. [Medusae Favour] >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection]
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] We have to keep in mind that Emile is not a spy or politician. He's an absolute novice at this shit. We've been given a way out that doesn't cost us in the future. Sure, we miss out on a favour maybe but we also don't incur yet another dangerous enemy.
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P.s. Forgotten, as I make progress on the wiki I'm finding characters that don't have anything written about them (or not much) in the Dramatis Personnae. So I've basically done what I can to write accurately and faithfully based on what you've given us throughout the story. If you want anything changed, just give me a shout
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 11 Jul 2024 13:40:44 No. 6056367 Report No update tomorrow or the day after due to IRL obligations, I hope you lads enjoyed the extra POV treat.
>>6055797 You're quite right, Vancewell typically has a cooler and in-control demeanour for the public eye. But she can quite readily put on the vapid social dilletante mask quite if the pretext of the situation calls for.
I doubt she actually expected Roselyn to buy it.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 11 Jul 2024 13:42:10 No. 6056368 Report >>6056366 Your works are appreciated and applauded at every turn, I'm sorry I forgot to include your wiki link in the new OP this time.
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>>6056368 Nah it's all good dude, I'm happy to do it. It's fun
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>>6056365 >Bow to the Merchanta High Caste, graciously thanking them for the entertainment while you waited. While Arap Bata may have demonstrated his foolishness in this political overreach, Barak Yildirm is level-headed enough to recognise that you have given them a way out without casting aspersions or giving ground one way or the other. Such generosity deserves a reward, or at the very least an audience with an open ear. [Merchanta Favour] Getting on the merchants good side without making too many waves seems like a good option here. I'm a little surprised at the [No Combat].
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>>6054152 Anchor post.
>>6056365 >Bow to the Merchanta High Caste, graciously thanking them for the entertainment while you waited. While Arap Bata may have demonstrated his foolishness in this political overreach, Barak Yildirm is level-headed enough to recognise that you have given them a way out without casting aspersions or giving ground one way or the other. Such generosity deserves a reward, or at the very least an audience with an open ear. [Merchanta Favour] So hear me out...This pit fighter dude interests me. We have fought a few quite skilled guys and Emile, wether correct or incorrect thinks this random fucker is one of the most dangerous humans of the lot. At some point we intend to try and find a certain legendary swordsman... this guy might be useful. If we get an in with the Merchanta, we could have acess to this dude. Also, the heterochomia just screams that he is important.
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] verify
>>6053995 let's lean on the guys who actually told us we should show up.
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>>6056365 >>Bow to the Merchanta High Caste, graciously thanking them for the entertainment while you waited. While Arap Bata may have demonstrated his foolishness in this political overreach, Barak Yildirm is level-headed enough to recognise that you have given them a way out without casting aspersions or giving ground one way or the other. Such generosity deserves a reward, or at the very least an audience with an open ear. [Merchanta Favour] Anonymous
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] Working with Medusae seem the better options as they hold access to forbidden sections of the Aetheneum and magical secrets we might need for the Crusade.
That said, there is great benefit in not stepping on toes of many factions and instead having them come to us in time, to drive the price of our cooperation higher.
>>6054187 Me.
>>6056367 I'm more surprised that anyone would buy it given her usual demeanor.
Then again, I suppose that 'aloof outside, clumsy and cut inside lady' must be an archetype most Cantonian would fall for and she would abuse it for every possible gains.
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>>6053989 Me phone fagging right now
>>6056365 >Bow to the Medusae High Caste, recognising their authority at the Palace officials best suited to judge whether an applicant to the Dragon Guard is accepted. Short of the Dragon itself, it is they who ostensibly decide where the Guard goes. The Merchanta will be displeased with your open acknowledgement of the Medusae authority and their own political misstep. The Medusae will be well pleased with whatever political ground you have helped them recover here, if they recognise that you siding with them was indeed a calculated decision and not mere adherence to your understanding of their tradition. [Medusae Favour] I do not actually care for the favour but these cunts have killed cantonians in this petty court game I also would like us to insist on an investigation of the dg applicants to find out how long this has gone on for and if the merchanta
Supported applicants were put through the same test just to drive the point home that they are trying to stack the DG in their favor I know the medusa gain the most but this should concern the stratikos whose influence is diminished so even one of their applicants being killed is a major set back
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>>6056365 >>Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] We're not even in the Guard proper, let's not step on any toes just yet
>>6054107 Me
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>>6056381 Fuck just read the text dosen't seem like any overt action will be taken against the merchanta for this switching
>Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] Anonymous
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>>6056365 >>6054039 I'll put my vote at the end, these are just my musings for each choice.
>[Merchanta Favour] This appears to be written as a Merchanta favor gained without pissing off the Medusae. Whether or not that is the case is something to be seen. If we want to get our Crusade funded, this will be the option to go with.
>[Medusae Favour] This appears to be written as a Merchanta favor drop for a Medusae favor boost... if we can get across that it was intentional, otherwise it's just pissing off the Merchata (This might be an additional roll off). This will be good if we want information the fastest and the possibly turn away issues with the Rogue Medusae should she return to the fold later.
>[Militades Connection] The neutral option. "Recognition" doesn't necessarily mean good favor from both sides, but it might open us up to more missions later to earn caste favor as the smarter members might find use for us down the line.
Overall, I think this is the best choice.
>Bow to the Merchanta High Caste, graciously thanking them for the entertainment while you waited. While Arap Bata may have demonstrated his foolishness in this political overreach, Barak Yildirm is level-headed enough to recognise that you have given them a way out without casting aspersions or giving ground one way or the other. Such generosity deserves a reward, or at the very least an audience with an open ear. [Merchanta Favour] There doesn't appear to be a negative for this choice and there will be time to get the Medusae on our side while we are in the palace. This will give us a solid boost to build our wealth for funding the crusade, at least in the short term depending if we mess up the Merchata connections.
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>>6056366 >>6054018 Hey man, I made these pastebins a while ago collecting useful information from the quest, the format might be different but it might save you some time. Feel free to used them for the wiki.
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>>6056395 Appreciate it mate, I'll give them a look
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] >>6053981 Anonymous
>>6056365 >They must be well-versed in the language of their political rivals, of course, and you find yourself wondering if like the Dragon Guard they too have developed a coded language to use amongst themselves when the need arises Cain on the cross, even more bloody languages to learn if we're going to spy effectively.
>Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] seconding
>>6056366 let these two have it out and play to our Meathead persona rather than trying to curry favor, the Heron will likely just see to Bata's curtailing by consenting to the fight.
I am interested in the change of heart since last thread, I thought most Anons were keen to throw down?
>>6056278 It's a tricky thing, Frida's family is connected and wealth enough that the exotic goods that Cathaggi brings to mind are likely kind of mundane to her lifestyle outside of a novelty factor.
To the point of gifts though
For Frida
>Vipers, scorpions or other dangerous but containable creatures >rare and beautiful that can be harvested as a poison >Ornate hairpins that has a hollow for poison >News and discussions of the Intrigues we've encountered that aren't Sensitive to the SoS, the Church and probably the faction. >some kind of novelty thats actually useful in a intrigue For Damien
>CURVED. SWORD. >Maybe some sort of shitpost gift about his Green knight phase? >Something for his Rabebae Sisters
>Fashion Catalog/Dresses/Silk >Curved blade for the Tomboy sister >A collection of religious treaties from the Aethenium for the bookish sister younger siblings
>Articulating toys >>6053987 Me
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] Don't really like medusa or copper clippers but Kyrio is cool.
>>6054168 this is me
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>>6056399 >>Maybe some sort of shitpost gift about his Green knight phase? That would be quite funny
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] WHERE IS MY COMBAT!? vp:
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] 'ate sorcerers, 'ate copperclippers, luv me mates, simple as.
No support for the Medusae makes me sad but we make the sacrifices we must. >>6053988 Moi
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>>6056365 >>Bow to the Merchanta High Caste, graciously thanking them for the entertainment while you waited. While Arap Bata may have demonstrated his foolishness in this political overreach, Barak Yildirm is level-headed enough to recognise that you have given them a way out without casting aspersions or giving ground one way or the other. Such generosity deserves a reward, or at the very least an audience with an open ear. [Merchanta Favour] me
>>6054274 Aiding them in this instance probably nets us the greatest gain. We openly challenged them but when it was done, we gave them an out. This will be appreciated and should not carry any stigma with the medusae.
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] Awww, no combat. Yet everytime there's a moment like this, I can't help but wonder how hilarious it would be if Emile got trounced after such a display.
>>6054234 Me
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>>6056365 >>Bow to the Medusae High Caste, recognising their authority at the Palace officials best suited to judge whether an applicant to the Dragon Guard is accepted. Short of the Dragon itself, it is they who ostensibly decide where the Guard goes. The Merchanta will be displeased with your open acknowledgement of the Medusae authority and their own political misstep. The Medusae will be well pleased with whatever political ground you have helped them recover here, if they recognise that you siding with them was indeed a calculated decision and not mere adherence to your understanding of their tradition. [Medusae Favour] Anonymous
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>>6056365 >Bow to the Merchanta High Caste, graciously thanking them for the entertainment while you waited. While Arap Bata may have demonstrated his foolishness in this political overreach, Barak Yildirm is level-headed enough to recognise that you have given them a way out without casting aspersions or giving ground one way or the other. Such generosity deserves a reward, or at the very least an audience with an open ear. [Merchanta Favour] While I'm wary from getting mixed into court politics early on, fact is that we need to start preparing our base for our crusade and undertakings in Canton, stuff we can only prepare with a favour or two from either the Medusae or Merchanta. I dont mind either option, but I'm not so hot on the Militades option as it seems a bit like "fence-sitting."
The reason I'm picking the Merchanta option is the fact that we can get those caste introductions and start making some money. While passionate faith and great deeds are all great and good, crusades need resources and money. Besides, we need a pretty penny to our name if anons are actually serious with courting Frida, and if that fails, if we want to ensure a good marriage with an influential house. Plus, this option doesnt seem to enrage the Medusae, from what I'm reading.
On the other side, getting a favour with the Medusae would be a fine way to ensure access to any Ardenne info in the closed off part of the library. It may even help us keep of the heat of the Medusae we met in the ruins, if she someone makes her way back into the halls of power.
>>6054198 Me
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>>6056365 >Bow to the Merchanta High Caste, graciously thanking them for the entertainment while you waited. While Arap Bata may have demonstrated his foolishness in this political overreach, Barak Yildirm is level-headed enough to recognise that you have given them a way out without casting aspersions or giving ground one way or the other. Such generosity deserves a reward, or at the very least an audience with an open ear. [Merchanta Favour] getting the connections for wealth is a good way to start building up our reserves, and getting to know (and maybe duel) the pit fighter seems like the combat Emile has been itching for
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>>6056365 >>Bow to the Merchanta High Caste, graciously thanking them for the entertainment while you waited. While Arap Bata may have demonstrated his foolishness in this political overreach, Barak Yildirm is level-headed enough to recognise that you have given them a way out without casting aspersions or giving ground one way or the other. Such generosity deserves a reward, or at the very least an audience with an open ear. [Merchanta Favour] We have the most to gain from this choice while also not upsetting everyone involved.
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>>6056365 >>Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] Posting from shitty internet, Italy.
>>6054153 My anchor
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] Fuck Copperclippers, fuck all anons that would take their side for any reason,
>>6054099 Me.
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>>6056365 Between everyone choosing the lamest sword reward when we got tossed overboard and now everyone voting to squander our chance to gain favor here the thread really does manage to pull defeat from the jaws of victory.
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>>6054664 >>6054665 >STRAT-BRO FOSHO CRUSH COPPERCLIPPERS, BURN WITCHES
We need to curry favor with both, sure, but BOWING to them? Fuck that, especially after the shit they pulled.
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>>6056365 >>Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] >>6054547 >>6056561 Emile would never bow to any foreign barbarian, it's not even a question. Begone, foul powergaymer
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] Not making waves. Playing up what reputation we already have. And anyone smart enough to think of it as a savvy move just benefits us.
>>6054513 Me
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>>6056365 >>Bow to the Merchanta High Caste, graciously thanking them for the entertainment while you waited. While Arap Bata may have demonstrated his foolishness in this political overreach, Barak Yildirm is level-headed enough to recognise that you have given them a way out without casting aspersions or giving ground one way or the other. Such generosity deserves a reward, or at the very least an audience with an open ear. [Merchanta Favour]
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>>6056365 I understand the impulse to not make waves, and I respect the decision, but ultimately I think that what the Merchanta offer us is money and worldly resources, which can be found in a multitude of ways outside of gaining their favor. Once we complete our stay in the Dragon Guard, we're going to walk out with an armful of wealth, and we have a handy Langlish ship captain we're good friends with that we can make immense profits with.
The benefits of gaining the favor of the Medusae, however, are far, far more unique, and it's very difficult to know if we'll ever get a chance to find another source of the kinds of knowledge held in the restricted section of the Athaneum. With the Almighty as our witness, we are sworn to liberate Dread Ardenne or die trying. Other crusades replete with manpower, money, and strength of steel dashed themselves on the rocks of the Deadmen and only ended up feeding the Dread Lords more bodies to raise. The difference made will very likely be in equipping ourselves with knowledge of our enemy, and whether we get access to that knowledge depends on how well the Medusae think of us.
Also, on top of that, I think it's very clear that the Medusae *know* what the Merchanta were trying to pull here, and if we pull the "Oh haha, don't worry, we were just playing around" move, the Medusae WILL pick up on that, and realize what kind of play we're making. The Medusae are the handmaids of the Dragon, and while the Merchanta tried to trick us into thinking they had authority over the Dragon Guard, the Medusae hold that power in actuality. It would very much be in our best interest to make sure that we stand in their good graces, and we don't give them a reason to think that we're beholden to their direct rivals in the Merchanta, because if we do that then they're absolutely going to make our lives a living hell. I'm ultimately okay with the Militades option winning, but I think people are largely underestimating the value in siding with the Medusae.
>Bow to the Medusae High Caste, recognising their authority at the Palace officials best suited to judge whether an applicant to the Dragon Guard is accepted. Short of the Dragon itself, it is they who ostensibly decide where the Guard goes. The Merchanta will be displeased with your open acknowledgement of the Medusae authority and their own political misstep. The Medusae will be well pleased with whatever political ground you have helped them recover here, if they recognise that you siding with them was indeed a calculated decision and not mere adherence to your understanding of their tradition. [Medusae Favour] >>6053973 Verification, My Liege
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] Brethren before … anyone else really
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>>6056365 >>Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] >>6054242 Moi post
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] >>6053997 V post
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] I'm of the opinion we're already against copperclippers, but we gotta have some maneuverability to sneak out info on both factions. If we give off the impression of a neutral, yet active arbiter, we might be able to gain more opportunities for both us, and Canton.
>>6054152 Tis I, I'm hoping being on a different device doesn't change my IP.
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>>6056929 You linked to my verification post for some reason my man.
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>>6057002 Fuck, sorry bro.
>>6054134 This one is me, I was looking at the pink IDs and accidentally clicked yours
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>>6056365 >Bow to the Merchanta High Caste, graciously thanking them for the entertainment while you waited. While Arap Bata may have demonstrated his foolishness in this political overreach, Barak Yildirm is level-headed enough to recognise that you have given them a way out without casting aspersions or giving ground one way or the other. Such generosity deserves a reward, or at the very least an audience with an open ear. [Merchanta Favour] Verily
>>6054469 Anonymous
Kangaroo must have got Forgotten.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Fri 12 Jul 2024 22:43:16 No. 6057210 Report >>6057192 Not this time, but I do have other duties that mean I won’t be updating until late tomorrow.
>>6056367 Anonymous
>>6057210 Hey Forgotten, while you're here, thank you for running this quest. This kind of thing is something I would be happy paying for, and the fact you've been doing it and the other quests for almost a decade now is really fucking cool of you. I just wanted you to know that you're deeply appreciated.
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>>6057210 are you defending your local bottleshop?
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>>6057239 Totally agree. I remember when we tried to convince him to quit working and set up a patreon and he refused
Anonymous
>>6057275 Its not about the money its about the job, and sending a message.
That samefags must hang, man.
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>>6057292 Yeah nah I get it, it seems like he is passionate about his work which is cool (and good at it if he got such a cool nickname).
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>>6056365 >Bow to the Medusae High Caste, recognising their authority at the Palace officials best suited to judge whether an applicant to the Dragon Guard is accepted. Short of the Dragon itself, it is they who ostensibly decide where the Guard goes. The Merchanta will be displeased with your open acknowledgement of the Medusae authority and their own political misstep. The Medusae will be well pleased with whatever political ground you have helped them recover here, if they recognise that you siding with them was indeed a calculated decision and not mere adherence to your understanding of their tradition. [Medusae Favour] >>6054350 Check Check
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>>6056365 >Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] They seem like they're the most likely to already like us
I am accepted in both Sietch and Village, I need no verification
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Sun 14 Jul 2024 09:29:02 No. 6058304 Report Quoted By:
No update tonight. I just got back and I don’t got that writing dog in me.
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The best gift for Vamcewell is her own ambitions, second to that is attention from Emille which has been declined as a ready option. I wonder how she'd react to an assassin being sent into her service?
Anonymous
>>6058325 Even better, send an assassin to take her out. If she survives she'll be so turned on she'll send one back with a marriage proposal for us
Anonymous
>>6058327 But that's her thing...
Anonymous
>>6058328 Yes..? It show Emile has a great understanding of her. Someone finally paying actual attention to her.
Anyway it's all just memes, as if Emile would do that
Anonymous
>>6058329 Truely the healthiest and most profoundly affectionate of relationships.
I can only imagine the confusion when she sends them back with love letters.
Anonymous
>>6058335 It'd probably be hilarious to write Puzzle love letters to her, she's big on Intrigue so designing them to be a little tricky could actually be the key to her heart especially if we step them up over time (also, heavily coded letters sent to a Vancewell would be the icing on the cake to the growing conspiracy theories about us)
>starts as substitution ciphers >Moves on to more complex ciphers and invisible inks >She starts having to read obscure religious texts to get the references we write in Also Puzzle Boxes with gifts inside, I bet we can get some good ones in Cathagi
I've just had a sudden thought too, what's going to happen when the people in our cult find out that we're sweethearts with Vancewell? Is she going to get letters from Wives, Mothers, and Fiances asking her how she caught the eye of the Struck-Saint? Or hatemail from people that think we need to be Pure for sainthood?
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So any other sword saint Zarawhel-bro wanna try to find him in the desert at one point while we're here or are we just a minority? Cus I mean, learning ultimate sword skills from a mysterious swordsman in the desert sounds mythic enough for our future scriptures. Heck, no need to even mention him, faithful will just give it a religious answer themselves. *"And so, the Living Saint, St.Emile of Arvenne, bid goodbye to his fellow at the gate of Carthagi, instilling sorrow in the heart of the faithful and downtrodden, so weary to see such a noble and bright soul leaving this pit of debauchery and sin like setting sun giving way to the darkness. Yet none were to be allowed to follow him, for the Angel, the voice of the Heavens themselves, called for him to travel alone, to a place where the sins of Men had never reached. And thus, he journeyed into the land of sand and dust, where no life could thrive in such a barren piece of His kingdom. Many times thirst and hunger came to assault him, yet he pay it no heed, such was his devotion to the task of the Angel. And in the middle of the desert, under the watchful eyes of the Two Sisters, did the Echo of Cain himself came to teach him the secret of righteous violence and sacred murder. Here he learned the secret of steel and blood, of gore and bones. And when his comrade welcomed him back at the gate of Carthagi, they saw he had truly became the sword of Heaven. His divine tool upon the realm of Men."*
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>>6058402 Basado y Zawahiel pilled
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>>6058402 I bring it up whenever its been a while or we need a refresher of things we want to do. Forgotten actually mentioned Zawahiel in either the previous thread or the one prior, but he said that he didn't want us to get side tracked into a training arc until the Dragon guard initiation was done. We will get our chance to meet the blademaster eventually.
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>>6058402 I want to find Zawahiel like you wouldn't believe. We had the option to try a few threads ago, and Forgetten told me we had to finish the DG induction before finding him. Our time is nigh!
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>>6058379 Man coded letters and puzzle boxes sound like an amazing idea, maybe put in some Intrigue stuff we hear about in Cathaggi or from Canton?
>>6058402 I want to find Zawahiel so we can learn the way of the shield.
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>>6058402 I am down for it.
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>>5920113 >Brother Rousseau has the idea to make impressions of some of the better preserved sections of writing on a few spare pieces of parchment, although the depictions are too large to receive the same copying. It is not a bad idea, perhaps there is some bookish Aethenaeum scholar that would recognise such things. I almost forgot we have impressions from the mural we found underground. He get Antoninus insight on them when we have the change.
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>>6058379 Fantastic gift idea anon
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>>6058459 Based on his name I imagine he'll be wielding and teaching us to use a Zweihander
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>>6058761 Probably but I will always hold out hope for shieldmaster & Captain Canton memes.
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>>6058402 >the sword of Heaven It's really too bad we don't have a Magick blade so Emile can get this cognomen
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>>6058832 >don't have a magic sword Are you new here?
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>>6058836 Boring anti-magick=/= based all-cutting magick
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>>6058841 Fuck magic, be Chad human instead.
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I get magic swords are the sort of trope for holy warriors but for emmy the anti magic sword makes so much sense his old sword got nuked by a mage fag so the almighty gives him steel that won't be stopped by a mage on top of that epithet witch bane fits too and the dread lord was mage fag as well I think the anti-magic sword fits perfectly narratively and getting a anti magic weopon dose not stop us from getting a magic weopon anyway
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>>6058841 sorry freund but i want emile to be able to pop out lil knightlets
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 15 Jul 2024 12:29:48 No. 6058987 Report Quoted By:
>SELECTED: Acknowledge the Exalted Kyrio Militades, bowing to no one. You will report to the ranking officer of the Dragon Guard’s Cantonian cohort and none can gainsay your approach given your connection to Militades and his recommendation. The Medusae and Merchanta will make whatever play of this distraction they can, with their own self-interest in mind. Those foolish enough in each party may dismiss you as an unwitting barbarian, while the wiser heads in each group will recognise the calculated neutrality of your chartered course. Neither will owe you favours, but you might have earnt some recognition from the smarter ones on either side. [Militades Connection] It feels like an age since you encountered Kyrio Militades at the outset of your errantry, your small force of knights charging to the rescue of his men as they battled against the beastmen on the Kings Highway. Putting aside the ancestral rivalries of Canton and Cathagi in that moment, together your forces of man routed the Foe in short order. Well, a more honest account might reflect that the whole ordeal was actually a rather close run thing. But you were victorious nonetheless. Little did you know at the time that the Cathagi hoplites were there with their own agenda, their presence on Canton’s roads permitted only by a writ of passage signed by the Crown Prince himself. Their mission, to capture a live direwolf and bring it back to the Crescent Palace menagerie, struck you as a bizarre endeavour with little practical benefit that might justify the expense in resources and lives that had been necessary for its success. But the Dragon had spoken, and from what Kyria Eustace had told you the triumph of the Stratiokas in fulfilling their master’s whim over the more prestigious Medusae and Merchanta was something of a political masterstroke. Their achievement had catapulted them into Exalted status, a high honour in this southern realm, and stalled the Stratiokas decline in palace politics. Judging by the company he keeps, senior Stratiokas officers and the more prestigious members of the Medusae Caste, he has been doing very well for himself since last you met. <span class="mu-i">“Kyrios Militades.”</span> The man smiles at your nod of acknowledgement as the Medusae and Merchanta continue their verbal sparring to the side. <span class="mu-i">“It is good to see a familiar face here.”</span> One of the other officers bristles, shifting his weight. <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-g">“You will address the Exalted with the proper-”</span></span> [1/4]
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<span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-g">“Please, Kairos. Let us not stand on ceremony between friends.”</span></span> Militades waves his colleague off with a vaguely annoyed expression, but his delight returns as he switches to heavily-accented Cantonion when addressing you directly. <span class="mu-i">“At last we meet again, honoured Exoria. You cannot know what joy is in my heart to repay the favour to one who lent his sword in our soldier’s time of need. A few more warriors such as we under the same banner and it will be the Empire of old born again!”</span> <span class="mu-i">“I can hazard a guess at what my forefathers would say about the restoration of the empire business…”</span> Howling expletives from the ghosts of their ashes, most likely. Never in its history has the Dragon Guard, or at least its Canton cohort, partaken in any offensive action against the homeland direct. Although there are some black names in the pages of history who shed the blood of their crusading brothers here. You will be damned before you find yourself among them, although this is probably neither the time nor place to voice such convictions. <span class="mu-i">“But I am here to undertake my term of service as tradition permits.”</span> Militades looks like he is about to say something with a smirk, but then shakes his head and thinks better of it. <span class="mu-i">“Then for two years we are comrades, better than for two years of being enemies! Come, come. We have much catching up to do.”</span> The back-and-forth between the High Caste rivals takes a somewhat mulled tone at the departure of your party and that of the Stratiokas. By effectively ignoring the debacle, and in a seamless manner through the greet of an old acquaintance, you have somewhat defused the situation. You may not have covered for the Merchanta’s overstep, but you have also not handed the Medusae an excuse to drive home the point and embarrass their political rivals much more than they already have. You doubt that the Medusae will allow this little charade of the Merchanta’s to continue with future applicants, a small victory, but nothing that will topple the mercantile power base that is so clearly entrenched in every part of the greater City at large. [2/4]
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While their peers in the Merchanta and Medusae stare at one another cooly, you are all too aware of the lingering gaze of both Barak Yldirm and his counterpart Heron watching your egress Neither of them strike you as the type that would miss much, one likely doesn’t survive this environment long without the powers of perception. Perhaps the ramifications of this event go much further in the Palace games than an outsider like yourself can readily appreciate. You’ve no idea how much of this nettling over particular roles in the Palace, such as assessing new applicants to the Dragon Guard, really plays in the grand scheme of things. But whatever the aftermath, it’s unlikely that you have earned either parties direct ire. Their attention, maybe, but likely not much more. <span class="mu-i">“Please, this way..”</span> Militades leads the way through the looming halls of the Crescent Palace inside, which remain as mammoth as you last remember them, a structure purpose built with something well beyond the human scale in mind. <span class="mu-i">“There are many things you should be knowing in time, my men not being permitted within the Wing of the Guard being of them, but I can at least escort you to the threshold.”</span> Something of a procession has formed behind the two of you as the group of Stratiokas officers trail behind on one side whilst the members of your own party, Mikail and Antoninus, follow on the other. Between them, at a respectful distance trails two black and purple cloaked figures that seem to have followed from the main Medusae party. One has an intricate golden mask with the appearance of a fox of some sort, while the other hovering just behind Mikail has a plainer mask. Albeit still gold and beautifully decorated. Kyrios Militades notices your questioning look, and with a grin he leans in close. [3/4]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 15 Jul 2024 12:35:34 No. 6058993 Report [4/4] <span class="mu-i">“That is Desert Fox. She is the… attaché of the Stratiokas, you bar-*ahem* Honour Guard have one as well. As for the other one, that is her… apprentice. Ward? Daughter.”</span> The man waggles his eyebrows, still grinning. <span class="mu-i">“Maybe lover? Who knows.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“I sincerely hope you’ve been doing something with your time here other than fantasising about your fellow palace officials.”</span> You roll your eyes, then cast a slightly suspicious look at your Stratiokas friend. <span class="mu-i">“ ‘Attaché’… You know Militades, I don’t recall your Cantonian being so fluent ‘ere last we met.”</span> Militades smirks but says nothing other than to change the subject. <span class="mu-i">“There is a want of gorgeous women in my life, and so I must make room in my head. Speaking of… how was your visit to Kyria Eustace? Did you enjoy your time on our fine island?”</span> ===============================>“Your people put on quite the show. Stratiokas recruitment is up, I dare say. Should we be worried?” You don’t expect a military man to out-and-out confess plans for an invasion on Canton, or elsewhere for that matter, but it’d be interesting to see what his reaction to the open question is regarding the buildup of military strength. The Stratiokas made that demonstration for a reason. [Divine] > “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] > “Truthfully, it was a privilege. I can fairly say that I’ve never met a more martial folk. I didn’t realise you two met in the Psiloi, or indeed…” You’re here for two years, you hardly need to press the only familiar face you know for information or an angle. You are content to pass the time during your escort through the passage catching up and exchanging stories, with the intention to meet again when your duties next allow it. [Idealist]
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>>6058993 > “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] >>6054018 Me
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>>6058993 >> “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] >>6053969 Verification
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>>6058993 >>6054039 > “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] We don't need to try to play the game all the time. If anything, info will drop in our lap just because Emile is Emile.
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>>6058993 >> “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] >>6054242 The post from whence I was born
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>>6058993 > “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] >>6053994 Anonymous
>>6058993 > “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] >>6053988 Me
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>>6058993 > “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] Let's talk women another time old friend - what have you been up to?
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Curious choice of masks. Some foxes are known to hunt snakes (the animal most associated with the Medusae) and desert foxes in particular seem to have some resistance to snake venom.
The above and their roles as attachès to Cohorts might suggest that these figures might be Internal Affairs or Intelligence.
>>6058993 > “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] >>6054187 Check
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>>6058993 >“Truthfully, it was a privilege. I can fairly say that I’ve never met a more martial folk. I didn’t realise you two met in the Psiloi, or indeed…” You’re here for two years, you hardly need to press the only familiar face you know for information or an angle. You are content to pass the time during your escort through the passage catching up and exchanging stories, with the intention to meet again when your duties next allow it. [Idealist] Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.
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>>6058993 >> “Truthfully, it was a privilege. I can fairly say that I’ve never met a more martial folk. I didn’t realise you two met in the Psiloi, or indeed…” You’re here for two years, you hardly need to press the only familiar face you know for information or an angle. You are content to pass the time during your escort through the passage catching up and exchanging stories, with the intention to meet again when your duties next allow it. [Idealist] Let's just take it easy, and having an honest to almighty friend in the palace would be nice.
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>>6054664 >>6054665 >>6058993 >[Idealist] Let's chill with the bro.
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>>6058993 > “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” You’re here for two years, you hardly need to press the only familiar face you know for information or an angle. You are content to pass the time during your escort through the passage catching up and exchanging stories, with the intention to meet again when your duties next allow it. [Idealist] I'd like to use the Hearty line with the Idealist friendliness. Let's not pump one of our only friends here for info just yet.
>>6054012 ID it
Captcha was MAST, what is 4chan implying here.
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>>6058993 > “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty ]
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>>6058993 I'm not really how much more their is to gain about the exalted status outside of the character and history of the Players we've encountered. Each has performed a great service to the Dragon/Empire to warrant the elevation within the specialisation of the Caste.
Ultimately though information is power and power is survival in this foreign court.
> “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] >>6059043 It's curious Patrikas lanthe was a spymaster of
Sorts until being ousted by someone however the Medusae have Attaches to each military group, it might be a support role but at the same time it feels like that might simply be ancillary to another unspoken role like a secret police of sorts.
>>6053987 Pass
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>>6058993 >> “Truthfully, it was a privilege. I can fairly say that I’ve never met a more martial folk. I didn’t realise you two met in the Psiloi, or indeed…” You’re here for two years, you hardly need to press the only familiar face you know for information or an angle. You are content to pass the time during your escort through the passage catching up and exchanging stories, with the intention to meet again when your duties next allow it. [Idealist] Having a friend would be nice.
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>>6058993 >> “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] Man these cathagi court games are exhausting, every choice we make feels like another step on the razors edge.
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>>6059275 Only two years to go!
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>>6059275 How did Gilbert describe it? Two years of tedium and terror?
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>>6058993 >“Your people put on quite the show. Stratiokas recruitment is up, I dare say. Should we be worried?” You don’t expect a military man to out-and-out confess plans for an invasion on Canton, or elsewhere for that matter, but it’d be interesting to see what his reaction to the open question is regarding the buildup of military strength. The Stratiokas made that demonstration for a reason. [Divine] I don't see how this could damage our relationship with the guy.
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>>6058993 > “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] I'm actually curious of the full meaning of the Exalted title. What I remember from the visit to the Stratiokas Island, it seems more like an honour than anything else. But it is clear that the Cathagi castes put great emphasis on it, seeing the reaction of the officer.
We should definitely ask Militades for a bit of an explanation for that little reaction. It would be a good beginning for further conversation regarding Exalted business and it will be an important tidbit when speaking with Exalted people from other castes.
>>6059275 >>6059305 >>6059311 If we can survive the Cathagi Court, we will (probably) survive the courts back home.
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>>6058993 >> “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] >>6054014 me
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>>6058993 >“I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] >>6053962 Missed the thread being up, so hope to count this as a V post.
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>>6058993 >> “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] Anonymous
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>>6058993 I just opened my eyes and realized that the [Idealist] option involves cultivating a greater relationship with Kyrio, which is obviously the best available outcome. Changing
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> “Truthfully, it was a privilege. I can fairly say that I’ve never met a more martial folk. I didn’t realise you two met in the Psiloi, or indeed…” You’re here for two years, you hardly need to press the only familiar face you know for information or an angle. You are content to pass the time during your escort through the passage catching up and exchanging stories, with the intention to meet again when your duties next allow it. [Idealist] Anonymous
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>>6058993 > “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] Kairos is a cool dude.
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>>6058993 > “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] verify
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>>6058993 >> “Truthfully, it was a privilege. I can fairly say that I’ve never met a more martial folk. I didn’t realise you two met in the Psiloi, or indeed…” You’re here for two years, you hardly need to press the only familiar face you know for information or an angle. You are content to pass the time during your escort through the passage catching up and exchanging stories, with the intention to meet again when your duties next allow it. [Idealist] best of bros soon
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>>6058993 >> “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] >>6054155 me
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>>6058993 > “Truthfully, it was a privilege. I can fairly say that I’ve never met a more martial folk. I didn’t realise you two met in the Psiloi, or indeed…” You’re here for two years, you hardly need to press the only familiar face you know for information or an angle. You are content to pass the time during your escort through the passage catching up and exchanging stories, with the intention to meet again when your duties next allow it. [Idealist] I wonder if the Desert Fox can scream?
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>>6058993 > “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] >>6054077 Me
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>SELECTED “I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes. So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.” The laughter serves as a good excuse to turn the conversation to the nature of Exalted, and what both he and his peer Kyria Eustace have been doing on their respective fronts. [Hearty] Judging from the write-ins and comments with votes, I’ll treat this as a more relaxed conversation rather than pressing for information to the point where an intrigue roll might be required. <span class="mu-i">“I seem to have a disturbing ability to draw the attention of attractive women who are themselves prone to consider my body either lain or lifeless in the same evening, as their fancy strikes.”</span> Despite your dry humour, you draw comfort from Vancewell’s favour still pressed upon your body. Why couldn’t you fall for a more sensible choice of fair maiden? <span class="mu-i">“So you think -you- have women troubles… Bah.”</span> Militades throws his head back at your response, the echoes of his laughter reverberating across the ceiling of the gargantuan hallway. <span class="mu-i">“Well if the honoured exoria’s preferences tend towards dangerous woman, I think you have come to the right place…”</span> Your conversation during the rest of the walk continues in the same spirit of good cheer, with some discussion on the nature of the Exalted and his role in the palace. Much of the duties surrounding the armed forces of the Palace are shared between the Dragon Guard and Stratiokas. The Stratiokas Caste have honourably refrained from engaging in the quarrelling of the Medusae and Merchanta, at least according to Kyrios Militades. While the Dragon Guard remain the favoured tool of the Medusae, the Stratiokas resurgence in political acumen has seen them interpose themselves in areas of Palace security that had until recently been the sole remit of the foreign cohorts. It has been an increasingly touchy point of contention between the two groups. [1/3]
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As the foremost Exalted Stratiokas in the Palace, Militades is the one championing the increase in Stratiokas presence to a more ‘balanced’ degree and readily admits that having a friend amongst the Dragon Guard may serve to paint him as a balanced party not solely out for the interest of his own caste. For your part, you realise that Militades’ commendation to the Dragon Guard might be a double edged sword where your interests are concerned. The Medusae and Merchanta have no grounds to seriously object to your induction, but the senior officers of the Dragon Guard might view you with suspicion or even hostility. You’ve won over the Norsikaan cohort already, as well as most of the smaller Sword Sister contingent, but it’s not them that you will be living alongside for the next two years. The identity of the senior officers in the Cantonian Cohort remains something of a mystery, one you may have neglected to fully investigate from the sources available before making your decision to join. Eventually, as you near the Wing of the Guard, the conversation turns to the significance of an Exalted’s status. <span class="mu-i">“ When I heard my own name spoken from the mouth of the Master Most High... I had wanted nothing more than that my whole life, ever since I could hold my own xiphon.”</span> The Exalted Stratiokas officer regards you sheepishly, touching the hem of his own lace of imperial purple, and you remember that the man is not that many years older than yourself. <span class="mu-i">“It is hard to explain to a foreigner. In that moment He knew me. Me! Even if I am but a speck in the Master’s long and ancient memory of our empire, my short existence in this world was given significance. My deeds, they mattered. -I- mattered. Even if only a very little.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“I… cannot say that I understand.”</span> That’s probably understating the point. The religious reverence ascribed to the Tyrant of the South and the pleasure with which the man describes the passing recognition of his abject servitude is saddening. <span class="mu-i">“I would tell you that only the Almighty deserves such devotion from mankind. But for your part, I am glad that you are happy.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Women, politics and faith. It seems we have touched on just about every grave subject in the time we have.”</span> Kyrios Militades smiles lightly, defusing any harsh feelings on the difference in belief as he halts at some unseen threshold. <span class="mu-i">“I can go no further. But I hope to see you again soon, honoured Exoria.”</span> [2/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 16 Jul 2024 11:47:32 No. 6059752 Report [3/3] <span class="mu-i">“As do I, Exalted Stratiokas.”</span> You grasp the man’s forearm firmly in a warrior’s clasp. The bond of those who have bled together bridges man gaps in faith and culture both. <span class="mu-i">“Death Before Dishonour.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Good words, I am sure you will live up to them.”</span> Militades grins as his procession departs, Medusae attache in tow. He offers a nod to the solitary figure that awaits on the threshold of the Wing of the Guard. <span class="mu-i">“I leave this worthy warrior in your care. Try not to promote him too quickly, however much he might impress you.”</span> Judging from the prevalence of purple and markings of higher rank, they are clearly an officer of the Dragon Guard. <span class="mu-i">“We shall see.”</span> The speaker answers in your mother tongue. <span class="mu-i">“A place in the annals is not so easily earnt.”</span> The speaker is… =============================> A Sword Sister, not one of the Order of the Silver Rose that you have previously been introduced to. But Dame Danaca counted this one among those likely to follow you when the time came to begin the reclamation of Ardenne. One of the early faithful few, and likely an ally during your time here. [Divine] > A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] > A foreign warrior whose style of arms you do not recognise, even from the passages of the Aethenaeum. You had read that the Cantonian cohort formed the mainstay of the Guard’s heavy cavalry, but was often supplemented by more exotic soldiers with a similar martial speciality. Perhaps this explains why they are fluent in Cantonian. [Idealist]
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>>6059752 > A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] Sounds mysterious and interesting
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>>6059752 > A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] Hell yeah, sounds cool.
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>>6059752 > A foreign warrior whose style of arms you do not recognise, even from the passages of the Aethenaeum. You had read that the Cantonian cohort formed the mainstay of the Guard’s heavy cavalry, but was often supplemented by more exotic soldiers with a similar martial speciality. Perhaps this explains why they are fluent in Cantonian. [Idealist] >>6053988 Me
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>>6059752 > A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] New character let's gooo
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>>6059752 >> A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] Oooh
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>>6059752 > A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] I wonder if Emile is going to pick up another Bro in the Guard, as a thought it'd be hilarious to become a commander and then abscond with a regiment or whatever the Guard equivalent is to take with us to the Angel's Crusade
Have this painted armour as well
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>>6059752 > A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] verify
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>>6059752 >>6054039 > A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] This will be great. A Knight thought dead serving a strange master, perhaps having lost his way form what it means to be a Knight of the Canton. I expect incredible character development.
>“A place in the annals is not so easily earnt.” I swear to God Forgotten, you've brought them here. 7th's 5th Squad has gotten too big.
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>>6059752 >> A foreign warrior whose style of arms you do not recognise, even from the passages of the Aethenaeum. You had read that the Cantonian cohort formed the mainstay of the Guard’s heavy cavalry, but was often supplemented by more exotic soldiers with a similar martial speciality. Perhaps this explains why they are fluent in Cantonian. [Idealist] Mask 2.0 lets gooooo
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>>6059752 >> A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] I would bet the next poster's left cojone that this is going to be the famed Black Knight that has been hyped for a while.
And I'd bet the right that he'll also be the Heir of Ardenne.
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>>6059752 >> A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] Anonymous
>>6059772 >Edgy elite mercenaries that wear all black and work for an inhuman monster How could the Company NOT be here?
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>>6059752 >> A foreign warrior whose style of arms you do not recognise, even from the passages of the Aethenaeum. You had read that the Cantonian cohort formed the mainstay of the Guard’s heavy cavalry, but was often supplemented by more exotic soldiers with a similar martial speciality. Perhaps this explains why they are fluent in Cantonian. [Idealist] vp:
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>>6059772 Imagine if the Black knight is
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>>6059780 >>6059778 The Dragon Must be CPL Asgorga. There is literally no other explanation at this point.
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>>6059752 > A foreign warrior whose style of arms you do not recognise, even from the passages of the Aethenaeum. You had read that the Cantonian cohort formed the mainstay of the Guard’s heavy cavalry, but was often supplemented by more exotic soldiers with a similar martial speciality. Perhaps this explains why they are fluent in Cantonian. [Idealist] Cool Foreign Bro Get ?!
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>>6059752 >A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] >>6053997 V post
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>>6059752 > A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] >>6054513 Me
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>>6059752 >A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] >>6053981 Anonymous
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>>6059752 > A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] It would be funny to see Emile lose his spaghetti before a famous warrior he's heard of before
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>>6059752 >> A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] likely the one who is least on our side, but damn if he isn't the cooler choice in my book.
>>6054219 as above so below
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>>6059752 >> A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] >>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6059752 >> A Sword Sister, not one of the Order of the Silver Rose that you have previously been introduced to. But Dame Danaca counted this one among those likely to follow you when the time came to begin the reclamation of Ardenne. One of the early faithful few, and likely an ally during your time here. [Divine] >>6054014 Anonymous
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>>6059752 >> A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] The mystery Knight!
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>>6059772 I have a pet theory ever since we saw the murals in the old part of the city: that the Dragon is nothing more than an Asgorga which was stranded in this world by a interdimensional portal (possibly with other Black Company members, if I've read the mural correctly).
Asgorga proceeded to raise the pre-Cathagi folks to the first and foremost polity in the area, becoming worshipped as a divine entity in the meantime.
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>>6060030 It makes sense to me, the initial people of Cathagi came from his squad, and what he did to take care of his team's family's morphed into worship as the founding members died and were replaced with their children, children's children, and so on through the ages. The Dragon Guard is probably a continuation of the Black Company, except adjusted to suit the current highest ranking officer's needs.
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>>6060037 If nothing else, tradition and sentiment would explain why a giant dragon wants a bodyguard unit in the first place.
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>>6059752 > A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] We got our Knightfu, let's get a new Knigga.
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>>6059752 > A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] more knight bros!
>>6054168 this is me
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>>6059752 > A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] Anonymous
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>>6059752 >> A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] >>6054547 Anonymous
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>>6059752 > A foreign warrior whose style of arms you do not recognise, even from the passages of the Aethenaeum. You had read that the Cantonian cohort formed the mainstay of the Guard’s heavy cavalry, but was often supplemented by more exotic soldiers with a similar martial speciality. Perhaps this explains why they are fluent in Cantonian. [Idealist] >>6054322 My v post
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>>6059752 > A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] >>6054077 Me
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 17 Jul 2024 11:16:37 No. 6060566 Report I missed the window to crack out an update tonight, sorry lads. Gotta go hang with the bros and spread some DEMOCRACY.
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>>6060566 You better have fun Forgotten
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>>6060566 Have a good one!
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>>6060566 Freedom ain't free. The kingdom of heaven needs to be litterd with the blood of the Foe. Lionel Aubres aka "shitty princeling" is not my king. He is a scheming rat and probbaly a heathen as well :DD CANTON and the angel, not copperclipping and AVARICE ok. praise the ALMIGHTY.
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you know thinking about it we should of kind of sympathized with kyrio's emotions about being recognized by the dragon considering we had a similar reaction to the queen asking after us she is not a god figure like the dragon but she is close enough then again i might be misreading something
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>>6061004 Nah, bruh. Difference is the Queen is the representative of the Allmighty on Earth. Dragon is just an oversized reptile pagan false god.
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>SELECTED: A Cantonion Knight of no small renown, one who would certainly be counted among the Knights of the Realm. He has a fearsome reputation, with great feats over mighty foes back home. You had heard that he had fallen in battle several years ago, but he is living proof as to why one should not put much stock in peasant rumours. The boy you would have only dreamed of rubbing shoulders with the likes of him. [Hearty] You recognise the knight standing before you immediately. The yellow/black spiked seahorse is easily recognisable as belonging to House Jurand, a significant Pascae family based out of the port town of Calais that borders Aubres territory. But the personal heraldry of this knight is well known to you even if you had no idea who the Jurand’s were, the spiked crest on the seahorse and spear pointed down into a wave is known to all as belonging to the Wave of Calais, Sir Adelard Jurand. His younger years of knighthood were spent serving the Order of the Trident, that brotherhood of knights dedicated the the protection of mercantile passage and trade in the seas surrounding Canton. His service with that order ended poorly when he set fire to a Langlish merchantmen anchored in Port Bounty as part of the ongoing talks surrounding the renewal and expansion of a pre-existing maritime treaty. The captain of the scorched ship was a privateer suspected to have occasionally targeted stray Cantonion vessels, but the destruction of his vessel demolished any progress that had been made during the diplomatic negotiations thus far. Upon his resignation from the Order Sir Jurand famously and publicly described them as <span class="mu-i">”a syndicate of pacifist merchant guards playing at knighthood."</span> Before the week was out he had duelled a dozen of his former comrade-knights infumed over the open slight, leaving at least one crippled for life and another dead. [1/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 18 Jul 2024 13:08:54 No. 6061171 Report Within a year Sir Adelard Jurand would, on his own funding and family resources based out of Calais, lead a reprisal raid against a cove of pillagers based in the Norsikaan mainland itself, a feat unheard of since the War of Borders at the height of northern aggression in Pascae and Fallavon. That this particular razed settlement may or may not have had any connection at all to the recent Norsikaan raids along the Pascae coast mattered little to the adoring Port Bounty crowds who cheered at the vessel's triumphant return. He is the only living knight known to have personally slain a sea serpent, engaging and despatching the beast as it attacked another ship before then sinking said ship and putting to the sword every man on it when it became apparent it was a pirate vessel. Not content with limiting himself to that legendary fleet in addition to enraging two foreign powers the Wave of Calais, along with a growing flotilla that included a few ships from House Vidra, would spend the next few years patrolling the breadth of Canton’s southern coastline seizing or putting to the torch every Cathagi galley, dhow and fishing raft that came within sight of their sails. You had heard that he perished there in the Cathagi Strait some years ago, all hands lost on his flagship the <span class="mu-i">Recrimination</span> when the ad-hoc fleet was scattered by a larger Cathagi navy. As a child you had dreamed of being counted among his number of daring-do warriors of the sea before learning of his demise, and now here he stands before in the flesh. It seems that the reports of his death had been much exaggerated. [2/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 18 Jul 2024 13:12:29 No. 6061172 Report [3/3] <span class="mu-i">“Sir Adelard Jurand. Marshall of the 43rd Talon, of which you will apparently have the honour of serving under as its newest lance.”</span> The stern visage of the Wave of Calais, one of your boyhood heroes, could stop a river troll in its tracks. <span class="mu-i">“That means that you answer to me.”</span> The Knight of the Realm holds out his hand for your paperwork, verified by the requisite palace officials during your walk here with Militades, and he peruses them carefully and without invitation for conversation. <span class="mu-i">“Andrei. Your mother was the daughter of Lord Vidra.”</span> Before you can answer, if indeed that was a question, he continues in an wary tone. <span class="mu-i">“Have you stood your knighthood vigil in Aubrey?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Yes, this last Savrimun. As well as each of the-”</span> Marshall Jurand forestalls you with a raised hand. He regards you in silence for a moment, long enough that you can feel your excited inner child now nervously slinking back to the rear of your mind. Finally, your childhood hero speaks cooly. <span class="mu-i">“As an anointed knight of passable noble stock, I will allow you the privilege of addressing me directly.”</span> If this were coming from anyone else, you’d have been inclined to take umbrage at the description of the aged and honourable line of House Andrei as ‘passable’. <span class="mu-i">“Unless I expressly permit it, the only words out of your mouth when doing so will be ‘Yes, Marshall’ or ‘No, Marshall’. Is that understood?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Yes, Marshall.”</span> This is fast becoming reminiscent of your term of service with the Comitas. <span class="mu-i">“A good start. So far as you are concerned, the chain of command is eminently simple. You answer to me, and you answer to the Almighty. But first you answer to me.”</span> Marshall Jurand's words are spoken with the finality and confidence of one accustomed to giving orders, and having those orders obeyed. <span class="mu-i">“If you find me dead or indisposed, you answer to whoever the Lord Captain puts in my place.”</span> ================================>“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] >“Positively lucid, Marshall.” Perhaps now is not the best time to enquire about the details of your duties or where your companions will be lodged. But you will win this hero of yours over eventually, you know it. [Hearty] >“Yes, Marshall. Permission to ask a question, Marshall?” The best way for you to fulfil your duties to this man’s satisfaction is to know exactly what they are. [Idealist]
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>>6061172 >>“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] Anonymous
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall. Permission to ask a question, Marshall?” The best way for you to fulfill your duties to this man’s satisfaction is to know exactly what they are. [Idealist] He probably wont like it but... fuck it
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>>6061171 >He is the only living knight known to have personally slain a sea serpent, engaging and despatching the beast as it attacked another ship before then sinking said ship and putting to the sword every man on it when it became apparent it was a pirate vessel. Holy fucking based
>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] SIR, YES SIR
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] A straighter shooter than Emile, I never thought I'd see it
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] Gotta earn that respect.
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>>6061172 >>6054039 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] Sir Jurand's list for Cain's Tally must be pages long. His Cain point total is probably huge too. He will be a great addition to the Crusade to handle the Black Sails.
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] This guy might have been a crazed pirate hunter, but he's also based as all hell. I'm guessing he was taken prisoner by that Cathagi navy and ended up chosen for the DG rather than the gladiatorial pits
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>>6061184 Whoops, verification:
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] verify
>>6053995 Marshall John Paul Jones over here.
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>>6061172 >>“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] >>6054547 Anonymous
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] I'm calling it right now, he used to fancy our mother when they were younger.
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>Lancer Emile Andrei A Romani Knight of some renown, Sir Emile Andrei would slay any man or monster so long as his "Angel" bid it. Why exactly the "Living Saint", as he known to members of his following (or cult), would join the Dragon Guard is a mystery to most. The political turmoil that follows him like a plague might have something to do with it.
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>>6061205 That's cool as shit anon, fuck yeah
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>>6061172 >>“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] me
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] >>6053997 V post
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>>6061171 >He is the only living knight known to have personally slain a sea serpent, engaging and despatching the beast Man that is RAD
>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall. Permission to ask a question, Marshall?” The best way for you to fulfil your duties to this man’s satisfaction is to know exactly what they are. [Idealist] This position as a secondary officer(?) certainly doesn't scream prestiege to me.
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] I figure he's the kind of guy to tell you what he wants directly
>>6061205 Sick as fuck man, keep up the good work
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I have the distinct feeling that Emile is about to be hit by a sudden malady called "Never meet your heroes".
>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] >>6054187 Verification
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>>6061172 >>“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] This is not a good man. Before the end of our vigil I foresee us duelling him to the death. He seems incredibly based but if he was the protagonist odds are he'd have more than a few points in Thorns... perhaps none in Adam.
Just look at this:
"demolished any progress that had been made during the diplomatic negotiations thus far"
"That this particular razed settlement may or may not have had any connection at all to the recent Norsikaan raids along the Pascae coast mattered little"
"before then sinking said ship and putting to the sword every man on it"
"seizing or putting to the torch every Cathagi galley, dhow and fishing raft"
But most damningly:
"”a syndicate of pacifist merchant guards playing at knighthood."
"all hands lost on his flagship the Recrimination when the ad-hoc fleet was scattered by a larger Cathagi navy"
Coming from the literal mercenary captain to what is a slaver empire... What I'm seeing is a very talented man blinded by hatred but no so much he wouldn't sell his ideals to survive or wound his enemies.
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>>6061325 100% this
Bro did A LOT towards destabilizing Cantôn and ensuring relationships with all it's neighbors are strained. This knigga is bad news and we 100% crossing blades with him this is adversary not an ally.
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>>6061325 >>6061380 Emile's got the wide eyes now, but I can't wait for the other shoe to drop. Also, under Dragon Guard rules we cannot challenge him to a duel. It'll need to be resolved in a different way. Hopefully we can help him change for the better.
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>>6061325 Yeah, a more careful reading of his deeds paints him as eager to spill blood indiscriminately and not merely acting recklessly or idealistic. Even on the piarte ship he saved from the sea serpent, I can imagine a few cabin boys deserving mercy on account of the youth.
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] >>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6061172 >>“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] This guy's a real OG.
>>6054329 Me.
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] Anons are probably right about this knigga being bad news, let's just hold our tongue for now.
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>>6061325 Oh, definitely, this guy is a bad apple. Plenty of Cain and Thorn points. Plus, if you remember the bard intro from last thread, one of the men mentioned "the Black Knight and his ilk." This leads me to believe that the Black Knight is a leading figure in the Dragon Guard and that Ser Adelard here is a member of his clique.
God, I can't wait for the tenure in the DG, so many fun characters.
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] >>6053981 Anonymous
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] >>6054168 this is me
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>>6061325 I'd say killing and crippling his ex-Trident brothers would be the biggest red flag desu.
Honestly sounds like someone who'd be at home with the Prince....
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] >>6054077 Anonymous
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I, for one, see the honorable Sir Jurand as the finest knight of Pascae we've met so far.>Not a slaver who colludes with foreigners (DG doesn't count) >Not a weak pansy >Not a copper clipper >Follows the reasonable theologies that Canton is the Kingdom of Heaven and that the barbarous hordes deserve the scourging of the Almighty Truly, who among us has not slain a foreign wretch in anger?
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] >>6061325 >>6061380 >>6061390 >>6061453 >>6061591 Let's withhold judgement for the moment. Everything we've heard sounds bad and that should a make us wary, but they are just that, rumors, hearsay, and stories. I want to hear it from the horse's mouth before we paint this guy as a thorny boy.
>>6054012 Id me
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>>6061172 >“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] >>6054134 Tis I!
>>6061658 I agree with this anon, we need more time to learn about this Jurand, don't be too quick to judge. Additionally, he was one of the heroes that Emile idolized, so there is that, too.
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>>6061172 >>“Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] >>6054014 me
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>>6061172 >>“Yes, Marshall. Permission to ask a question, Marshall?” The best way for you to fulfil your duties to this man’s satisfaction is to know exactly what they are. [Idealist] >>6053989 don't know why my id changed this is my laptop at home
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this dudes planing shit everywhere he has gone cantons enemies have died he may try to recruit us into a espionage plot he concocted to attack cathagi or even the dragon himself
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It just occurred that we have seen most of the regional markets beside Norsika and Montbrun, but I don't remember either being not notable for any product beside Montbrun's iron. What's Norsika famous for beside burly men?
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>>6061882 Turtlewolves and snow
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>>6061882 "Have you seen those Warriors from norsca? they have long axes! LONG.... AXES"!
but yea chainmail as regional Armour probably lots of pelts skins and other animal reagents berserker shrooms and other poultices more magic wood things like the viking table in the duel
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> SELECTED: “Yes, Marshall.” You answer to him and you answer to the Almighty. As everyone does for the latter, in the end. For now, this is all you need to know. You can figure out the rest later. [Divine] <span class="mu-i">“Yes, Marshall.”</span> You answer stoically, standing at attention. <span class="mu-i">“A fast learner then. Good.”</span> Marshall Jurand nods sharply, turning with a flick of his wrist at chest level in a gesture that you don’t recognise. He doesn’t wait for you or your companions to realise that it was an order to follow him, but he does continue to speak when you belatedly match his striding pace. <span class="mu-i">“Most of the 43rd Talon are knights of Canton, but several are ungodly heathens. Fear not, we of noble Cantonian blood are not required to sully our mouths with their foul language to fulfill our duties. In time, you will learn the Battle Cant. For now, the basics of ‘Stop’, ‘Go’, ‘Remain’ and ‘Follow’ will suffice. You will take up with the Cantonian members of the Talon and have them instruct you in this regard.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Yes, Marshall.”</span> The halls of the Wing of the Guard echo your steps, ancient banners and honours won in battles long forgotten by most sway softly in the breeze from outside. <span class="mu-i">“Tomorrow you will join the rest of the 43rd Talon on their Palace rota. We are due to switch to Drill rota at the end of the week. The Lord Captain sees fit to have us train with the heathen cohorts, ranging from combined arms exercises to mock battles and the like, but I expect you not to shame the institution of knighthood by allowing any of their godless number to surpass you or the 43rd, understood?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Yes, Marshall.”</span> You understood this to be the case, the Dragon Guard’s time divided equally between guard duties, training and reserve when not mustered up in earnest. [1/2]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Fri 19 Jul 2024 13:14:36 No. 6061896 Report [2/2] <span class="mu-i">“Battle Cant is a military secret of the Dragon Guard, and a vital one in this den of pagan vipers. Sharing its meaning with the uninitiated, even the basics, will be punished severely.”</span> Sir Jurand casts a sidelong glance at Mikail and Antoninus, the first time he has even acknowledged their existence. <span class="mu-i">“ Your squire is an exception, but he is considered an extension of yourself. His actions or indiscretions will be treated as your actions and indiscretions.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Yes, Marshall.”</span> <span class="mu-i"> “Your squire is an Andrei as well?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“No, Marshall.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“What’s his house then?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“None, Marshall.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Explain.”</span> Another glance, this one altogether more circumspect. <span class="mu-i">“He is common born, Marshall. The son of one of my Lord Father’s trusted man-at-arms.”</span> Mikail’s low birth was inevitably going to be a sticking point with other nobles at some point, but this is rather poor timing. <span class="mu-i">“A commoner, squiring for a high noble.”</span> Sir Adelard pauses in his tracks, turning to face you with a severe glare. <span class="mu-i">“And you are content with this?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“...I am, Marshall.”</span> In truth you had been more than reluctant from the start. But Mikail has proven himself time and time again. His presence by your side during your errantry has become a great comfort and reassurance. Whether he rises above the circumstances of his birth and honours the rank of knighthood remains to be seen. But it is your mission to shape his potential to do so, a potential that you had neglected to see when the farmboy from Andryski first became your squire. =================================> “He answers to me and the Almighty, Marshall. No other.” It is the politest way you can think of telling Sir Jurand that the birth of your squire is none of his concern. Mikail is your subordinate, not his. [Divine] > “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] > “Mikail is an excellent squire, Marshall. The circumstances of his birth have not prevented him from performing his role admirably.” You feel the need to defend the boy when his fitness for a role is called into question by a man you met scarce minutes ago, no matter his rank. [Idealist]
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>>6061896 >> “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] Best to err on the side of caution until we sound him out more
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>>6061896 >> “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] We don't really need to say anything more. He's our squire and we are content. End of story unless he specifically asks us more about him
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>>6061896 > “He answers to me and the Almighty, Marshall. No other.” It is the politest way you can think of telling Sir Jurand that the birth of your squire is none of his concern. Mikail is your subordinate, not his. [Divine] +write in His Honour is my Honour
basically saying an insult against him is one on us
OH HELL NAW
don't care if it's test and he will scream insubordination mikails our boy the fat count had no right to run his mouth and a washed up has been has no right either
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>>6061896 > “He answers to me and the Almighty, Marshall. No other.” It is the politest way you can think of telling Sir Jurand that the birth of your squire is none of his concern. Mikail is your subordinate, not his. [Divine] Gotta set in stone right now, otherwise I see this causing trouble.
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>>6061896 >> “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] >>6054242 I am here
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>>6061896 > “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] He got his answer, that's all he needs to know.
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>>6061896 > “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] we answered his question no more is needed
>>6054168 this is me
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>>6061896 > “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] >>6053981 Anonymous
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>>6061896 > “He answers to me and the Almighty, Marshall. No other.” It is the politest way you can think of telling Sir Jurand that the birth of your squire is none of his concern. Mikail is your subordinate, not his. [Divine] For my squire, and those that serve me? I would break the rules
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>>6061896 >> “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] vp:
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>>6061896 > “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] >>6054322 My v post
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>>6061896 This
> “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] But in addition stand tall and look the Marshall in the eye.
We have stated our opinion plainly enough. Mikail has performed satisfactorily in almost every way since we got him. We stand by our choice to have him with us. If the Marshall bids us speak more on that, we can elaborate, but for now a silent show of strength and conviction would go further with him I think.
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>>6061896 >> “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] Emile already answered him. We need offer no other justification.
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>>6061896 >> “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] Perhaps this is a shit-test. Perhaps not. For all we know, the knight is putting on a facade to see what sort of knight Emile is.
>>6054153 My ticket. It has been a bit since I voted, been wiped by being a tourist in peak summer.
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You know, the more we interact with Jurand the more I understand why Emile idolized him as a young man and what is rubbing me off wrong.
The man seems to be a true believer in the Almighty but he holds those not of the faith in obvious contempt and doesn't have much respect for them.
He puts great importance in noble lineages and hierarchy, to the point where he considers speaking foreign languages 'sullying his own tongue' and holds clear skepticism towards Mikail, a commonborn. Also, his introduction to Emile.
Last but not least, he seems to have a penchant to get in risky situations and follow his own ideal of chivalry and damn the consequences.
If he was a character he'd be [Pious], [Haughty] and [Idealist]. He's basically Emile but without his most apparent benign traits.
>>6061896 > “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] >>6054187 Me.
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>>6061896 >“...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] Smells like a test to me
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>>6061896 >> “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] He was very clear with his instructions and although the way he's speaking of Mikhail rubs me the wrong way, it's not important enough to intervene now.
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>>6061896 >> “He answers to me and the Almighty, Marshall. No other.” It is the politest way you can think of telling Sir Jurand that the birth of your squire is none of his concern. Mikail is your subordinate, not his. [Divine] I am already distrusting this guy to a insane degree, Mikail might be commonborn but that aspiration to nobility has breed a loyalty that has been proven true time and again.
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>>6061896 > “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] The guilty flee where no man pursueth, we don't need to explain our actions unless asked, as far as I know having a commonborn squire is just odd rather than being a major breech of etiquette, now if he insults our squire by his own logic he's insulting us and we should respond in a reasonable way
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>>6061896 > “He answers to me and the Almighty, Marshall. No other.” It is the politest way you can think of telling Sir Jurand that the birth of your squire is none of his concern. Mikail is your subordinate, not his. [Divine] I know it's probably a bad idea but I can't resist this option.
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>>6060566 Not sure I'd ascribe piety to this guy on a few sentences attributing the almighty. Unless he's a dyed in the wool cainite which would honestly just raise more questions about his presence.
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>>6061896 > “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] If he asks we will respond, otherwise we have nothing more to say on the subject.
>>6054039 Posting from a different place so my ID will be different for a while.
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No update tonight lads, just going to take a break this weekend.
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>>6062277 Darn, see you on Monday then boss
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>>6061896 >“...I am, Marshall.” Should have just been “Yes Marshall”. We slipped up. Back to following the instructions. We don’t need to justify our squire. We have to prove ourselves to the cohort anyway. Just need to ensure our squire is on his best behaviour.
> “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] >>6054077 Anonymous
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>>6061896 >> “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] Anonymous
>>6061896 > “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] I doubt we're going to convince him through a single conversation, he's our superior and doesn't have reason to particularly heed us. Besides, actions speak more than word and Mikhail has proved to US more than enough that he can be trusted.
Let us not make a bad impression.
But yeah, he's badmouthing the Cathagi an awful lot for someone in the employ of their pseudo-god.
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Almighty above, I can't wait to get that Dragon Guard +5 DC and +1 blademaster reroll
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>>6062432 >actions speak more than word and Mikhail has proved to US more than enough that he can be trusted. I can't vote in this thread but I urge anons to consider this point, not just dealing with this guy but also when dealing with any noble Cantonian or high-caste Cathagi. IIRC Emil was also skeptical of having a commoner as his squire, but his loyalty and dedication to becoming a knight has shown his nobility more than his blood ever could. This is the only way he can prove himself to anyone. We're definitely not going to undo centuries of tradition through a few words to a guy we've barely met, especially not a superior.
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I am genuinely curious how we would fare against a knight like Marshall Jurand. We've been through quite a lot, but fighting a famed knight would really help us where we at, and how far we progressed.
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>>6061896 >> “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further on the subject. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] Remember it was actions, not words, that proved our squire was a good choice for us. So, it shall be the same here.
>>6054134 Tis I, once more.
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> SELECTED: “...” The Marshall has not yet bid you speak further. If this is a test of discipline, it is not one you intend to fail. [Hearty] <span class="mu-i">“...”</span> You bite down on the compulsion to respectfully tell your new superior to back off. Mikail’s excellent performance above his low birth aside, your squire is your not just your apprentice but your subordinate. Not Marshall Jurand’s. But you suspect it will do more harm than good to voice as much here in breach of the expected discipline. <span class="mu-i">“...Hmph.”</span> After a brief moment of silence, the Marshall turns and continues marching down the hallway. Putting aside the man’s gruff, even rude, line of questioning for a moment you suspect this was in fact a mere test of sorts. One you have passed by holding your tongue, as the man sees fit to actually address you somewhat conversationally upon arrival at your quarters. <span class="mu-i">“This is the Cantonian Hall, I imagine you’ve been paying attention to the ancient battle honours and pennants that we’ve passed. Before you find yourself too overawed, a millennia of war will do that. It’s been a decade since the Guard have a proper scrap outside of repelling the odd nomad raiders.”</span> The dining hall of the Cantonion cohort is similar in scale to that of the Norsikaan, albeit smaller. Designed to seat hundreds of men, not thousands. And a great deal tidier, not to mention almost entirely empty at this time of day. <span class="mu-i">“Check your Rota for when meals are served.”</span> Marshall Jurand grunts. <span class="mu-i">“The meals are passing fare, but tested for poison before every serving. As is the feed in the stables, and one might say that is the more important of the two so far as the Cantonian role in the Guard is concerned.”</span> [1/4]
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Behind you, Antoninus looks around with great interest while Mikail gawps. It is hard to blame him. The Cantonian Hall, like the great hallways outside, is similarly adorned with martial trophies, ancient battle armours and the banners seized the hands of dying enemies. You could spend hours, days, admiring the accumulated memorabilia and battles honours, but you only pass close enough to a few where a glance discerns the subject matter. A map of the formations in 2nd Battle of Zaira. A painting of the Siege of Mejidiyan. The helmet of some tribal chieftain from the Dardus Steppe Campaign. These are some of the names that catch your eye, though the names of the locations escape you. You had never heard of these places, let alone of the battles that have taken place there, but it appears these are wars and battles where the Cantonian Cohort, including sometimes specifically the 43rd Talon, distinguished themselves. One in particular catches your eye, a banner held aloft a relic of some sort just outside the quarters of the 43rd Talon. On the banner is a list of 9 names in beautiful woven silk, gold writing on green fabric. At the bottom of the pennant, encased in a glass box of luxurious design, rests two items on red silken pillows. The helmet of a knight, a much older design, hewn near in half by some unknown weapon, and a single scale very much like the one you saw in the Comitas Chapter Master’s quarters. <span class="mu-i">“That is roll call of the honoured dead from the 1st Battle of Zaira, somewhere to the south of here. Three of the 43rd Talon were among the final survivors of the Cantonion cohort left defending the Banner, dead to the last in its defence. According to our military tradition. Upon hearing of their valour, it is said that the Dragon spoke the name of each Cantonian Knight, and gifted a scale to the lodge of the 43rd Talon.”</span> Marshall Durand glances aside at you, his expression stuck somewhere between annoyance at the delay and his obvious admiration for the item and your interest in it. He brushes off the moment with a brusque comment.. <span class="mu-i">“A heathen honorific, but a high one. You will come to learn that we do not speak ill of our dead here, pagan or otherwise. ‘Honour the Ancestors’ are not empty words. Is that understood, Andrei?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Yes, Marshall.”</span> The dark scale gleams silently next to the centuries old relic, a fallen knight whose legacy you now inherit. <span class="mu-i">“Good.”</span> [2/4]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 22 Jul 2024 11:07:55 No. 6063932 Report <span class="mu-i">“And here is the lodge of the 43rd Talon, where you will rest, sleep and do whatever you so wish with the hours in the day not subject to the Rota duties.”</span> Marshall Jurand briefly waves at one appears to be the recreation quarters of the 43rd Talon, a set of cushioned benches with a collection of books, flowing curtains and even a Princeps board with a grabbing view of the city below. He doesn’t bother to introduce the Cantonion man sitting there reading, although the gentlemen does give a polite nod as you pass by on the way to your room. <span class="mu-i">“If you seek to leave the Palace during your rest Rota, come see me for a pass. I expect there to be a pressing reason for it. And -here- are your quarters.”</span> A slave girl bows her head at your entrance. She is a slip of a thing, probably about your squire’s age, and her robes are plain but distinguished by the sliver of purple at the hem. Behind her, four male slaves in much plainer loincloths bow as well. <span class="mu-i">“What, you thought you were bunking with twenty other men in the same room?”</span> Marshall Jurand notes your impressed look at the frankly luxurious private quarters with a raised eyebrow. <span class="mu-i">“No, Marshall.”</span> Well, you hadn’t been entirely sure. But you certainly hadn’t expected -this- level of luxury for a regular soldier of the Guard. Maybe for an officer… [3/4]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 22 Jul 2024 11:10:05 No. 6063933 Report [4/4] <span class="mu-i">“Hmph. The rest of the 43rd will be returning from their Rota soon. I am required at an officers meeting presently, and dinner will be served shortly thereafter. The Lord Captain generally takes new oaths of service then.”</span> Marshall Jurand does not bother with introductions, departing with these final words. <span class="mu-i">“Do what you will in the meantime. I expect you to be ready for Palace Rota with the rest of the 43rd by sunrise tomorrow, is that clear?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Yes, Marshall.”</span> The man doesn’t give you time to ask any questions anyway, so you are left with some time to your own devices until the rest of the 43rd returns. ================================> “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time admiring the martial trophies and histories in the Cantonian Hall and learn more of your nation’s history of service in the Guard. [Divine] > “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] > “Um… Good day to you. Antoninus, a little help here?” Get settled in, making the necessary introductions for your personal possessions to be transported to the Palace as well as that of Hannibal and Courageous Sky. Introducing yourself to the five people still bowing in the room is a good start. [Idealist]
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>>6063933 >> “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] >>6054242 My post
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>>6063933 > “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] Hell yeah, new friends.
>>6054198 Me
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>>6063933 > “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] We can admire trophies later. Seems like a good opportunity to find out what we don't know, and what we NEED to know before we actually start serving (or eating dinner, is there a specific place to sit, do certain people eat first? So on)
>>6054018 Me
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>>6063933 >> “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] Anonymous
Also I wonder if it might be best to just... send Orin home... We could arrange passage for him to the Andrei home along with a letter to recommend him as a servant there. Or perhaps send him to Chapter-Master Callahan to help out there for... the next 2 years. I don't trust him to be a spy amongst the Cathagi populace and he's likely just going to get under foot here. Maybe he can help out in the kitchens or something??
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>>6063933 > “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] friendship ahead!
>>6054168 this is me
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>>6063933 > “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] >>6063939 After he made it all the way to Cathagi with us, kinda seems like a waste. Let us wait until we at least know the layout of our days to come and then we'll see if it's better to send him back.
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>>6063944 Yeah I'm not suggesting we do it right now, just thinking out loud for the future
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>>6063933 >>6054039 > “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] >>6063939 Orin should be a go between us and the slaves that will be assigned to us anyways. As long as we don't endear them to us, we should be careful about what is said around them. It acts as a further barrier from potential skulduggery.
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>>6063933 >> “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] We need to meet our mates.
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>>6053994 >>6063948 Yeah, like a sort of promotion for him.
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>>6063933 >> “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] vp:
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>>6063933 >> “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] While I trust in our people to make the necessary arrangements, perhaps Emile can check that none of his possessions have gone missing or been tampered with once they are transported? I know that idealist is the personal touch option but it may be good to check regardless.
Posting from Germany.
>>6054153 My verification
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>>6063933 >> “Um… Good day to you. Antoninus, a little help here?” Get settled in, making the necessary introductions for your personal possessions to be transported to the Palace as well as that of Hannibal and Courageous Sky. Introducing yourself to the five people still bowing in the room is a good start. [Idealist] >>6054547 Anonymous
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>>6063933 > “Um… Good day to you. Antoninus, a little help here?” Get settled in, making the necessary introductions for your personal possessions to be transported to the Palace as well as that of Hannibal and Courageous Sky. Introducing yourself to the five people still bowing in the room is a good start. [Idealist] These slaves are people, not furniture, for Adam's sake Emile ought to act like it.
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>>6063948 >Orin should be a go between us and the slaves that will be assigned to us anyways. Quite reasonable in my opinion... once Emile is settled in.
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>>6063933 > “Um… Good day to you. Antoninus, a little help here?” Get settled in, making the necessary introductions for your personal possessions to be transported to the Palace as well as that of Hannibal and Courageous Sky. Introducing yourself to the five people still bowing in the room is a good start. [Idealist] Treating the slaves as human beings might raise some eyebrows but it's the Emile thing to do.
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>>6063933 #> “Um… Good day to you. Antoninus, a little help here?” Get settled in, making the necessary introductions for your personal possessions to be transported to the Palace as well as that of Hannibal and Courageous Sky. Introducing yourself to the five people still bowing in the room is a good start [Idealist] Slaves are people. Let's introduce ourselves properly
>>6054107 Me
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>>6063933 > “Um… Good day to you. Antoninus, a little help here?” Get settled in, making the necessary introductions for your personal possessions to be transported to the Palace as well as that of Hannibal and Courageous Sky. Introducing yourself to the five people still bowing in the room is a good start. [Idealist] >>6053981 Anonymous
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>>6063933 > “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] verify
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>>6063948 >>6054039 Actually, I would like to change my vote to
> “Um… Good day to you. Antoninus, a little help here?” Get settled in, making the necessary introductions for your personal possessions to be transported to the Palace as well as that of Hannibal and Courageous Sky. Introducing yourself to the five people still bowing in the room is a good start. [Idealist] I would still like Orin to join us, but I do believe the slaves are worth an introduction at least. The other knights in the 43rd Talon will still be there later.
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>>6063933 >> “Um… Good day to you. Antoninus, a little help here?” Get settled in, making the necessary introductions for your personal possessions to be transported to the Palace as well as that of Hannibal and Courageous Sky. Introducing yourself to the five people still bowing in the room is a good start. [Idealist] >>6053984 me
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>>6063933 >“Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] >>6053997 V post
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>>6063932 >If you seek to leave the Palace during your rest Rota, come see me for a pass. I expect there to be a pressing reason for it. I wonder how "I'm going to find the legendary swordmaster Zawahiel" and "I need to study forbidden lore in the Aetheneum" rank as "pressing reasons".
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>>6063933 >“Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] Quite interested in what the rest of our comrades have in store for us. And maybe while we're talking with this fellow knigga we can ask about the history of the decorations and battle honors present. Combine [Divine] and [Hearty] as to do both a social and learning move in one go.
I've never combined a vote before so I don't know how to.
>>6054134 And once more.
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>>6063933 > “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] >>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6063933 >> “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] Talk about lavish, this is now decadent than I expected.
>>6054329 Me.
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>>6064162 I mean, we are rich mercs, can't we just say we go visit a brothel? Like, we have 2 pressing reasons in our nutsack.
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>>6064244 Knowingly lying breaks one of our oaths and we will lose our +20DC Orator bonus until we do Penance.
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>>6063933 > “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] >>6059360 V post
>>6064249 >Penance Speaking of that, we lack a confessor at the moment. I’m troubled by the decadence surrounding us and our lack of a spiritual advisor
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>>6063933 >> “Um… Good day to you. Antoninus, a little help here?” Get settled in, making the necessary introductions for your personal possessions to be transported to the Palace as well as that of Hannibal and Courageous Sky. Introducing yourself to the five people still bowing in the room is a good start. [Idealist] I actually want to learn about our new caretakers instead of snubbing them.
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>>6064314 I would argue that talking to the servants before our future comrades in arms would be far more insulting.
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>>6064361 You're no true knight
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>>6063933 #> “Um… Good day to you. Antoninus, a little help here?” Get settled in, making the necessary introductions for your personal possessions to be transported to the Palace as well as that of Hannibal and Courageous Sky. Introducing yourself to the five people still bowing in the room is a good start. [Idealist] >>6054513 Fuck, again, that's me.
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>>6063933 >> “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] me
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>>6063933 > “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] Orin is good people, we should also see about making sure Mik gets the "don't dip your pen in the company ink" lecture about the slave girl. Maybe we should also see about addressing the slaves our fellow Knights are keeping (although they're probably in better hands here than anywhere else)
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>>6063933 >“Um… Good day to you. Antoninus, a little help here?” Get settled in, making the necessary introductions for your personal possessions to be transported to the Palace as well as that of Hannibal and Courageous Sky. Introducing yourself to the five people still bowing in the room is a good start. [Idealist] I kinda want to either send them away, free them and/or pay them since I'm not sure Emile would be okay with having personal slaves. We have to live with partaking in goods and services produced by slavery all around because it's outside of our control. But using slaves in our personal quarters seems a step to far for me. Even if we have to go coppercliping and just promise to buy and free them after our term is up and offer to bring them to Canton, and consider this their wages in the meantime.
>>6054219 I'm up here
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>>6063933 > “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] With all the restrictions being placed upon our movement I am becoming sceptical about the practicality of any of utilitarian needs being meet.
Anyway there are likely hundred if not thousands of slaves serving the Dragonguard, introducing ourselves is likely pointless, Orin as a middleman is a good idea.
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>>6063933 > “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] >>6054077 Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B
Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 23 Jul 2024 09:34:20 No. 6064668 Report Quoted By:
> SELECTED: “Mikail, Antoninus, please make the necessary arrangements.” You have people for this. You will see about getting a pass for Orin as well, but frankly you don’t know what he will have to do in these fully serviced lodges. You decide to spend your time introducing yourself to the man you saw in the 43rd Talon common room. [Hearty] Having charged your people with making the necessary arrangements, including the safe transportation your steed Hannibal as well as Courageous Sky and your other worldly possessions, you find yourself with some free time. Unsure what the etiquette is regarding addressing the help directly here, you offer a curt nod to the slave girl and her staff who all remain stock still with heads bowed. You feel a twinge of guilt in not addressing them directly but frankly you’re not sure what to make of them. Back home, you wouldn’t introduce yourself to every kitchen hand or scullery maid wherever you were staying. On the other hand, you knew the name of almost every servant in your Lord Father’s castle. And they were not slaves. It discomforts you to think that you have slaves directly serving you, but Antoninus later does clarify that these Palace slaves are actually property of the Medusae. The girl with the purple hem, Hnazant, serves as the assigned translator for the 43rd and head slave for this lodge for the 43rd Talon. The potential implications arising from the fact that your translator is direct property of the Medusae, not the Guard, is not lost on you. Employing Antoninus will likely prove a sound decision if your aim is to avoid… misunderstandings. [1/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 23 Jul 2024 09:35:33 No. 6064669 Report On a different note, the rooms here are positively decadent. Even with Mikail, Jess, Orin and Antoninus all hosted in the main section of your quarters you still have an acceptable degree of privacy from an ensuite that looks down upon the City. It is quite a sight, to say the least. The view from the Comitas Chapter Master’s quarters could not hope to compare, perhaps the view is one reason why so many of the Guard extend their term of service. As for the role of your companions, you understand that many other Dragon Guard members come with their own entourage or retinues. While not members of the Guard themselves, those additional members fall into a sort of auxiliary command structure that supplements the elite core of the Guard. You’re not sure how that will translate in field operations where you and the Guard’s heavy cavalry will operate en masse, but that is not a pressing concern today. Certainly there should be no issue making arrangements in this luxurious private room. With little to do but admire the surroundings while your people get you settled in to your new home for the next two years, you decide to introduce yourself to the only other member of the 43rd Talon that was present in the common room. You find the man taking his ease there, still reading. You had only seen him from the left-hand side when you passed by earlier, so when you return it is first you have noticed that his right arm is in a sling. <span class="mu-i">“You must be our new comrade.”</span> The man beams at you, his pale blue eyes in stark contrast with his swarthy complexion. <span class="mu-i">“Sir Emile Andrei, a pleasure to make your acquaintance.”</span> You start as the man places his book down and begins to shuffle himself with a wince. <span class="mu-i">“Oh please don’t get up on my account, sir.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Very kind of you, sir knight.”</span> The two of you share a humorous smile from the inherent awkwardness of a left-handed handshake. <span class="mu-i">“If it pleases, Sir Benjamin Ibram, second lance of the 43rd Talon.”</span> You struggle and fail to recall any Cantonian noble house by the name of ‘Ibram’. It’s certainly a peculiar name, and something of that thought must have shown in your face. [2/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 23 Jul 2024 09:38:34 No. 6064670 Report [3/3] <span class="mu-i">“Don’t trouble yourself with your lineage lessons. My great-grandmother was a Glasdale, I’m told, but you won’t find the name Ibram on any Cantonian maps.”</span> Sir Benjamin Ibram winks jovially at your bemused expression. <span class="mu-i">“It’s a common reaction with the Exoria, that is to say native-born Cantonians like yourself. My great-grandsire was granted the name when he was knighted, by the Black Knight himself no less, and my family has served in the Guard ever since.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Really? You mean to say that your family has been raised in the knightly martial tradition, but each generation has served in the Dragon Guard their entire life?”</span> You ask, genuinely surprised. <span class="mu-i">“I’d never heard of such a thing.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“You might find that a large number of the Guard here are actually native born here, descendants of past Guard members of lengthy-service. Not just Cantonian’s, mind you. Don't be shocked if you come across a particularly tanned Norsikaan, for example. Most of the lifers like my kin marry locally, depending on the distance of risk of transporting any old family they may have from back home. ”</span> Sir Ibram smiles apologetically, perhaps realising he has let himself go on. <span class="mu-i">“Forgive me, I’ve been bored near to madness while recuperating from this little broken wing in training. It’s a long winded story in my case, suffice to say that service in the Dragon Guard is our Ibram family tradition. Almighty willing, any sons I might bear will answer the call and squire for worthy knights in the Guard themselves.”</span> ==============================>“Have you or your kin ever returned to the homeland of your forefathers?” Back home, leaving the knightly vigil at the Church of Adam’s Martyrdom for too long after being knighted is considered something of a mark of shame. A man is not considered truly an anointed knight until then, however noble their blood may run. [Divine] > “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. >“Forgive me sir, I must have misheard you. I thought you said that your great-grandsire was knighted by the Black Knight.” Firstly, only the Dukes or King have the power to lift up commoners to the rank of knighthood. And secondly, that Black Knight could not possibly still be alive today. [Idealist]
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>>6064670 >> “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. Anonymous
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>>6064670 > “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. I am very curious about this Black Knight fellow but the idealist vote doesn't seem like the path to friendship
>>6054168 this is me
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>>6064670 >>“Forgive me sir, I must have misheard you. I thought you said that your great-grandsire was knighted by the Black Knight.” Firstly, only the Dukes or King have the power to lift up commoners to the rank of knighthood. And secondly, that Black Knight could not possibly still be alive today. [Idealist] vp:
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>>6064670 > “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. Admittedly I'm super keen for the third choice for lore reasons but I also just want to get to know the guy and learn more about this whole "living here forever with your family and siring new generations of Dragon Guards" thing. He seems nice
>>6054018 Me
>Benjamin Ibram Is he related to the Ibrahim brothers? /s
Early update lately!
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>>6064670 > “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. The other questions do seem a bit rude. But it does the raise question of who the Black Knight actually is. Is it like a title inherited by the sons from their father, or maybe something like a title carried by the new Captains or is the Black Knight some guy juiced up by some strange magik that makes him long-lived.
Also, something to note. The [Idealist] option mentions that only Dukes and Kings have the right to knight someone... What if the Black Knight is a member of some long lost ducal house, the House of Ardenne perhaps? Or maybe he's just a guy who doesn't give shit.
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>>6064690 >>6054198 Also, verification
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>>6064670 >“Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. Surely if he is bored we could talk over a friendly game of Princeps?
>>6054099 Me.
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>>6064670 > “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. >>6053994 Anonymous
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>>6064670 > “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. We are here for a long time. If our first reflex is to ask everybody we meet insulting question then it is likely to feel even longer. We'll have time later to get the lore.
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>>6064670 >“Forgive me sir, I must have misheard you. I thought you said that your great-grandsire was knighted by the Black Knight.” Firstly, only the Dukes or King have the power to lift up commoners to the rank of knighthood. And secondly, that Black Knight could not possibly still be alive today. [Idealist] Gimme that sweet black knight lore. I'm kinda curious about these lifelong service/lines of service families as well though, seems to go against the purpose of a varingian guard.
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>>6064669 >Even with Mikail, Jess, Orin and Antoninus all hosted in the main section of your quarters Guys I wanna raise this point. Is it really wise to host Jess in the palace? AFAIK her main defense against detection is a fae glamour that keeps people from looking to closely or thinking too much about her many oddities. The medusae have already shown to be able to see through this so I'd advise against bringing her into their seat of power.
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>>6064670 > “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. This fellow is neither a Cantonian pure in blood nor in faith, which explains why Sir Jurand ignored him. Regarding the Black Knight- it's entirely possible that name/"title" is passed down. Or he really is just Prince/Prince-lite.
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>>6064721 >I forgot again Veri:
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>>6064670 >> “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. Anonymous
>>6064670 >Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. Glassdale you say, not only does that mean your ansestral roots are from the duchie as mine own, but I happen to be good friends with a distant relative of yours, sir William glassdale. We hunted a monster together, i imagine there are some exotic beasts to be very off here as well. Could be an interesting angle for getting conversation going.
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>>6064740 Oh excellent point, lets bring that up! I wonder if he'll be interested
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>>6064670 >“Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. >>6064740 Supporting this write-in also
>>6053997 V post
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>>6064670 >“Forgive me sir, I must have misheard you. I thought you said that your great-grandsire was knighted by the Black Knight.” Firstly, only the Dukes or King have the power to lift up commoners to the rank of knighthood. And secondly, that Black Knight could not possibly still be alive today. [Idealist] >>6053981 Anonymous
Daily reminder that we might have already a link between this Black Knight and a ducal House:
> “A red wolf on a sea of grey. Yes, this is symbol of House Ardenne.” You had heard it said that the adoption of the colour red in their symbol, the same as the royal colours, was seen as a challenge to the seat of power in Aubrey. The Night of Three Sisters made that rivalry a moot point. “What of it?” > “Look at the last entry.” > The page depicts a similar heraldry set, but with the colour inverted. Instead of a wolf rampant it is a wolf’s head, a black wolf on a sea of red. A cadet branch then? No, perhaps an adoption of the family colours much like your own flair on the House Andrei heraldry of the bear. Whether a real branch of House Ardenne survived or someone is pretending to be them, it would explain much about this dude's past. Which is why we shouldn't miss this info at all.
>>6064670 >“Forgive me sir, I must have misheard you. I thought you said that your great-grandsire was knighted by the Black Knight.” Firstly, only the Dukes or King have the power to lift up commoners to the rank of knighthood. And secondly, that Black Knight could not possibly still be alive today. [Idealist] + Write-in: Sir Ibram seem to have a great respect for this Black Knight but you are not familiar with this figure. Curisoity and practicality both guide you to ask more about him.
>>6054187 Me.
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>>6064670 >>6054039 > “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. +
>>6064740 Glasdale connection
The Black Knight is a great mystery, and while the idealist question is tantalizing. we can ask it of him when we are better acquainted with less of a chance of offending him when we call his identity as a "knight" into question. If he is of the Glasdale family, he is technically still of noble blood, however muddied.
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>>6064670 > “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. >>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6064670 >> “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. This is interesting I want to know more.
>>6054329 Me
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>>6064670 >“Forgive me sir, I must have misheard you. I thought you said that your great-grandsire was knighted by the Black Knight.” Firstly, only the Dukes or King have the power to lift up commoners to the rank of knighthood. And secondly, that Black Knight could not possibly still be alive today. [Idealist] What Is it with Glasdales di.inishing their noble stock lmao.
Also something us absolutely fuckey with the black knight unless its a hereditary thing.
>>6064740 +1 to the Gladsdale mention
>>6064841 If it was an ardenne connection wouldn't it be red on gray not black on red?
>>6053987 Pass
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>>6064942 >If it was an ardenne connection wouldn't it be red on gray not black on red? Nah, if you remember, the associate of Towbray wrote the heraldry down after a person came to him with it. The black wolf on red is most likely the personal heraldry of a surviving Ardenne.
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>>6064670 >>6064740 Support.
>>6053984 me
By the way, the black knight might not have TECHNICALLY needed to be a duke to knight his great-grandfather, if his great-grandfather married his great-grandmother (the glasdales seem to have commoner-marrying in their blood), became a sort-of noble by marriage, and THEN was knighted.
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>>6064670 >“Forgive me sir, I must have misheard you. I thought you said that your great-grandsire was knighted by the Black Knight.” Firstly, only the Dukes or King have the power to lift up commoners to the rank of knighthood. And secondly, that Black Knight could not possibly still be alive today. [Idealist] verify
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>>6064670 >“Forgive me sir, I must have misheard you. I thought you said that your great-grandsire was knighted by the Black Knight.” Firstly, only the Dukes or King have the power to lift up commoners to the rank of knighthood. And secondly, that Black Knight could not possibly still be alive today. [Idealist] >>6053989 me
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>>6064670 >> “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. me
>>6054001 And yes mention our friend the gladsdale. We'll have a tale for him in our next letter.
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>>6065011 Okay but unless I've missed something it would be an inversion of colours instead of a mismatched inversion if it's connected to Ardenne.
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>>6064670 > “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. >>6064740 Nice one, we just won’t mention his common born wife, or re-tell our exploits while drunk :)
>>6064697 > Surely if he is bored we could talk over a friendly game of Princeps? Also like this
>>6054077 Onions yo
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>>6064670 >“Forgive me sir, I must have misheard you. I thought you said that your great-grandsire was knighted by the Black Knight.” Firstly, only the Dukes or King have the power to lift up commoners to the rank of knighthood. And secondly, that Black Knight could not possibly still be alive today. [Idealist] A. We've found another Sinner
B. We've found the line of an extinct house
C. All of the above
Emile Andrei, Exoria Extraordinaire sounds pretty cool as well,
also as I'm thinking about it, it might be interesting to lead a few of these Cathegi-Born Knights back to the homeland to do their Vigils (and take on some Deadmen)
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>>6064740 Very nice pick-up anon, this is why I am always open to write-ins.
>>6064711 And honourable mention to this anon too. Jess will actually not be that keen to hang about the Palace given the Medusae proximity.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 24 Jul 2024 10:26:29 No. 6065459 Report Quoted By:
> SELECTED: “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. [Hearty] >SELECTED Write-In: Sir Willem Glasdale connection The tenuous common link to your friend back home Sir Glasdale proves to be an excellent foundation upon which to build some rapport with your newfound comrade. To your amusement Sir Ibram seems almost skeptical of your description of the Creeping Horror, like the Stratiokas you first encountered the men of the south seem to have a hard time believing the scale of monsters that plague the Kingdom of Heaven on a daily basis unless faced with the evidence. Not that they exist, per se, merely that they are in fact as fierce and daunting as you describe. You’re not entirely sure why, given they are bloody well sworn in service to one such creature. In a sage, nay brilliant, exercise of social tact you refrain from commenting on the fact that marrying commoners seems to be a running theme of House Glasdale. Steering well clear of that potential pitfall, the conversation moves on to the families with ancestral service in the Guard. Few of them are actually born and raised here in City of Cathagi during their father’s term of service, like Sir Ibram was, but it is not uncommon at all for new inductees to be the offspring of previous members of the Guard that have finished their term or retired and returned to the homeland laden with wealth and glory. Such men have a habit of marrying and starting families in relative comfort back home, with future generations looking to follow in their forefather’s footsteps. All told, at Sir Ibram’s guess maybe 1/5th of those in active service have direct family relations that have served or are also serving in the Dragon Guard. [1/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 24 Jul 2024 10:28:39 No. 6065460 Report Quoted By:
Sir Ibram politely turns down the offer of a game of princeps.<span class="mu-i">“I’m not much for board games, but you might find a worthy match in our resident Azir cataphract. He’s not much of a talker that one, but Chimalma loves a good game of Princeps.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“My thanks, it helps to know more about those I’ll be living and fighting alongside for the next few years. What can you tell me of the rest of the 43rd?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Aside from one other, the rest of the 43rd Talons are Cantonians all like yourself. End of Rota is soon, so I’ll save the introductions then. The purple cloak and clash is bestowed on you upon your oath of service, likely with the usual formalities at dinner later this evening. Come, in the meantime we will get you familiar with the Rota and your assigned duties. Sorry to say that as the newest member you can expect the unenviable tedious stations of the sections of the Palace we’ll be guarding, those with the least traffic or checkpoints.”</span> Sir Ibram’s offer to help get you familiarised is a stark relief following the casual brusqueness of Marshall Jurand. You suspect that your newfound companion’s eagerness to assist is in equal parts due to the common connection you two have hit off on as it is his immense boredom at resting up from his injuries. You later learn that the Dragon Guard is strict on recuperation required of their wounded warriors and absence from duties, but that time spent in such is claimed back by an automatic extension of the expected term of service. <span class="mu-i">“Your induction today will make you the eighth lance of our Talon. That said, the 43rd is currently understrength, we are supposed to number ten not including squires and hangers-on etcetera. I’ve heard tell that we might be having two additional members soon, bringing us up to full strength once I’m back in play. If so, your status as the new man may be a title shortly held. Come, let’s get you sorted.”</span> [2/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 24 Jul 2024 10:31:30 No. 6065462 Report [3/3] You move to follow your newfound helpful companion, but halt abruptly when Sir Ibram stops suddenly at the stone arch that marks the exit from the 43rd Talon’s quarters. <span class="mu-i">“Ah, don’t forget to tap the sigil whenever you leave the lodge.”</span> Sir Ibram smiles at you, his left knuckle rapping on the entrance where you can see words carved into the stone doorway with an engraving at about eye-level. <span class="mu-i">“For luck.”</span> ========================================== (1) 43rd Talon Motto. This will be a common refrain in your sub-unit.> “Withdraw? Saint’s teeth, ‘ere we just arrived!” > “When thou arriveth at the Pit, bid those fiends that the 43rd hath sent thee!” > [Other] - A suitably martial yet tongue-in-cheek motto. _ (2) 43rd Talon Sigil. This will appear on the second clasp of your purple cloak.> A hare adorned with a beak helmet and cuirass, bracing a spear aggressively. > A snarling turtlewolf, curling a comically large and muscular human bicep. > [Other] - A suitably martial yet tongue-in-cheek mascot.
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>>6065462 (1) 43rd Talon Motto. This will be a common refrain in your sub-unit.
> “When thou arriveth at the Pit, bid those fiends that the 43rd hath sent thee!” (2) 43rd Talon Sigil. This will appear on the second clasp of your purple cloak.
> A snarling turtlewolf, curling a comically large and muscular human bicep. I love it, I have to pick it. The turtlewolf reigns forever. Question is, which kind of turtlewolf?
>>6054018 Me
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 24 Jul 2024 10:36:06 No. 6065465 Report Anons, it is looking highly unlikely that I will be able to provide any updates over the next 4 days due to work and other IRL obligations so I will leave this vote open for a little while. Maybe a recast vote if an original motto or logo builds up steam. I certainly encourage the creativity that we have come to expect in these threads and you have a little poetic licence here! I intend to skip over some of the more sundry matters of your first day in the Guard, so we will likely get straight into the dinner and induction when IRL calms down. ETA for next content update is Monday 29th July 10pm AEST, but I'll be checking in and can answers questions anons might have.
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>>6065465 Just checking but which Duchy does Willem Glasdale come from? He's living in Grenoble now yeah? Given that he was disowned would you still refer to him as part of "House Glasdale"?
Cheers boss (just updating his page)
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 24 Jul 2024 10:43:21 No. 6065472 Report He was Romani, like yourself. The two of you did your term of service together in your youth at the Comitas border fort. He is disowned and entitled to inherit nothing, but he has not shorn his family name. So still part of House Glasdale, albeit the black sheep of the family they refuse to acknowledge.
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>>6065472 Awesome thanks. I know that info is in the earlier threads but I'm knackered so I didn't want to dig it up. Appreciate it
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>>6065462 (1) 43rd Talon Motto. This will be a common refrain in your sub-unit.
> “When thou arriveth at the Pit, bid those fiends that the 43rd hath sent thee!” (2) 43rd Talon Sigil. This will appear on the second clasp of your purple cloak.
> A snarling turtlewolf, curling a comically large and muscular human bicep. >>6065465 RIP, see you next week
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>>6065465 Thanks for the update Forgotten and good luck with work.
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>>6065462 > [Other] - A suitably martial yet tongue-in-cheek motto. "Our Cup Runneth Over"
> [Other] - A suitably martial yet tongue-in-cheek mascot. A goblet tilted slightly to on side, oerflowing with blood with a skull floating in it.
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>>6065462 (1) 43rd Talon Motto. This will be a common refrain in your sub-unit.
>[Write-In] "Through heat and hail, our lance will rail!" I love innuendos.
(2) 43rd Talon Sigil. This will appear on the second clasp of your purple cloak.
> A snarling turtlewolf, curling a comically large and muscular human bicep. And I love turtlewolves!
>>6065465 Good luck on the dole, bossman!
>>6054198 Me
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>>6065462 >>6054039 (1) 43rd Talon Motto. This will be a common refrain in your sub-unit.
> “When thou arriveth at the Pit, bid those fiends that the 43rd hath sent thee!” (2) 43rd Talon Sigil. This will appear on the second clasp of your purple cloak.
> A snarling turtlewolf, curling a comically large and muscular human bicep. Good stuff Forgotten, we'll see you on the other side.
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>>6065462 >“Withdraw? Saint’s teeth, ‘ere we just arrived!” >A hare adorned with a beak helmet and cuirass, bracing a spear aggressively. >>6053997 V post
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>>6065462 (1) 43rd Talon Motto. This will be a common refrain in your sub-unit.
> [Other] - A suitably martial yet tongue-in-cheek motto. "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!"
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(2) 43rd Talon Sigil. This will appear on the second clasp of your purple cloak.
> [Other] - A suitably martial yet tongue-in-cheek mascot. Hare in dragoon armour with lance
We *are* a mounted talon after all and dragoon armour to mimic the lord the talon fights for.
me
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>>6065462 >>6065557 Kek, +1
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>>6053988 >>6065465 Unfortunate, but I hope your obligations go well
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>>6065557 >officers of the talon keep going “well then, hop to it~” Imagine if they also have a mascot. Chief Lancer Caerbannog the DXXI.
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>>6065462 I hope your work goes well Forgotten!
>>6065557 This is simply too based, supporting.
>>6054329 Me.
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>>6065462 > [Other] - A suitably martial yet tongue-in-cheek motto. >"From The Dragons maw into the pit!" > [Other] - A suitably martial yet tongue-in-cheek mascot. >A Lancer atop his trusty snail steed smoking a big pipe. >>6054083 that is me
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>>6065557 Oooh, I'll support this, but make it a rabbit with a lance riding on a turtlewolf. Changing my vote from this
>>6065493 to this
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>>6065462 Supporting this
>>6065557 And this
>>6065675 Kek
Verily
>>6054469 Anonymous
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>>6065462 > “Withdraw? Saint’s teeth, ‘ere we just arrived!” >> A snarling turtlewolf, curling a comically large and muscular human bicep. Anonymous
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I miss riding Hannibal into battle. I want to feed him a sugarcube and pet his luxurious mane
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>>6065462 > “Withdraw? Saint’s teeth, ‘ere we just arrived!” >>6065557 +1 to the stealth furry mascot
>>6053987 Pass
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>>6065462 Throwing my support behind
>>6065557 verify
>>6053995 Anonymous
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We ARE going to Sir Ibram to RETVRN to Canton and make his pilgrimage, right anons?
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>>6068652 Yeah I got my days mixed up. Thought it was Monday last night
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 29 Jul 2024 11:25:22 No. 6069287 Report Forgive my paranoia anons, I had spent a long time trawling through each vote checking for samefags but it seems that they are all (or essentially all) legit. Thank you for linking back to your OP vote, it really does help save me time. I was getting worried that there was rampant samefagging going on, but it appears that lack of confidence in anon's honesty was misplaced. I am feeling a little poorly today, so I will only hold the recast vote tonight with the write-in. And I'll throw in a little politico flavour bonus for the squad makeup. =============================== (1) 43rd Talon Motto. This will be a common refrain in your sub-unit.> “Withdraw? Saint’s teeth, ‘ere we just arrived!” > “When thou arriveth at the Pit, bid those fiends that the 43rd hath sent thee!” > "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" _ (2) 43rd Talon Sigil. This will appear on the second clasp of your purple cloak.> A snarling turtlewolf, curling a comically large and muscular human bicep. [Hare + Turtlewolf] > An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Turtlewolf] _ (3) By chance the Second Lance of the 43rd, second-in-command to Marshall Jurand, is a noble of significant peerage. They are a cousin of the main family line of...>Romaine >Aubres >Pascae >Montbrun >Fallavon
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>>6069287 (1) 43rd Talon Motto. This will be a common refrain in your sub-unit.
> "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" (2) 43rd Talon Sigil. This will appear on the second clasp of your purple cloak.
> An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Hare + Turtlewolf] (3) By chance the Second Lance of the 43rd, second-in-command to Marshall Jurand, is a noble of significant peerage. They are a cousin of the main family line of...
>Romaine >>6054018 Me
No worries boss, feel better soon
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>>6069289 Supporting
>>6053969 Verification
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>>6069287 > "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" > An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Turtlewolf] >Montbrun verify
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>>6069291 Might want to link to the vote post as well anon
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>>6069287 > "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" > An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Turtlewolf] >Romaine >>6054168 this is me
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>>6069287 (1) 43rd Talon Motto. This will be a common refrain in your sub-unit.
> "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" (2) 43rd Talon Sigil. This will appear on the second clasp of your purple cloak.
> An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Hare + Turtlewolf] (3) By chance the Second Lance of the 43rd, second-in-command to Marshall Jurand, is a noble of significant peerage. They are a cousin of the main family line of...
>Romaine >>6053969 Me
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>>6069287 > "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" > An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Hare + Turtlewolf] >>6054469 Anonymous
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>>6069287 >(1) 43rd Talon Motto. This will be a common refrain in your sub-unit. >> "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" >_ >(2) 43rd Talon Sigil. This will appear on the second clasp of your purple cloak. >> An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Turtlewolf] >_ >(3) By chance the Second Lance of the 43rd, second-in-command to Marshall Jurand, is a noble of significant peerage. They are a cousin of the main family line of... >>Aubres A too close cousin went into effective exile to avoid the daggerwork.
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>>6069287 (1) 43rd Talon Motto. This will be a common refrain in your sub-unit.
> “Withdraw? Saint’s teeth, ‘ere we just arrived!” (2) 43rd Talon Sigil. This will appear on the second clasp of your purple cloak.
> A snarling turtlewolf, curling a comically large and muscular human bicep. [Hare + Turtlewolf] (3) By chance the Second Lance of the 43rd, second-in-command to Marshall Jurand, is a noble of significant peerage. They are a cousin of the main family line of...
>Montbrun >>6053987 I want Chaos
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>>6069287 (1)
> "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" (2)
> An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Turtlewolf] (3)
>Romaine We actually haven't see much of the Romaine family. Might be nice to see some fellow countrymen, besides the Dames.
>>6054198 Me
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>>6069287 > "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" > An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Turtlewolf] >Romaine >>6053988 Me
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>>6069287 >>6054039 > "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" > An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Hare + Turtlewolf] >Fallavon The hare is growing on me, but I do want the turtle wolf, so both is good. The option choices are a little messed up, so I edited it to match.
I would also like to see another Knight from Fallavon. We had a bad time there, but they can't all be bad right?
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>>6069331 We're gonna duel another fallavon mofo if theres one, kek.
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>>6069346 We can't duel other members of the Dragon Guard
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>>6069287 >> "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" > An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Turtlewolf] >Aubres Welcome back forgotten.
>>6054329 Me
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>>6069287 > "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" > An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Hare + Turtlewolf] >Romaine >>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6069287 (1) 43rd Talon Motto. This will be a common refrain in your sub-unit.
> “Withdraw? Saint’s teeth, ‘ere we just arrived!” (2) 43rd Talon Sigil. This will appear on the second clasp of your purple cloak.
> An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Hare+Turtlewolf] (3) By chance the Second Lance of the 43rd, second-in-command to Marshall Jurand, is a noble of significant peerage. They are a cousin of the main family line of...
>Romaine A fellow Dukedom countryman sounds like an interesting person to meet, but desu I'm fine with all of them. Fallavon sounds the funniest desu.
>>6054134 And once more we go on!
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>>6069287 > "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" > An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Hare + Turtlewolf] > Fallavon Cute rabbit mascot go!
>>6054107 Me
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>>6069287 > "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" > An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Hare + Turtlewolf] >Romaine >>6054077 Me
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>>6069287 > "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" > An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Turtlewolf] >Romaine >>6054234 Me
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 30 Jul 2024 12:19:25 No. 6069995 Report Quoted By:
>SELECTED: "Hop to it, we're hare to fight!" >SELECTED: An armoured hare, lance couched and mounted atop a turtlewolf. [Hare + Turtlewolf] >SELECTED: Romaine Everyone is waiting for the leaders of the cohort to take their seat at the head of the hall, where thirteen seats remain empty. You found it odd to refer as the command squad of the Cantonian cohort as the 11th Talon, not the 1st, but Sir Ibram later explains that this is done apurpose to mislead spies as to the true number of the cohort and mystify their command structure. The Guard has not shortage of enemies in the Palace, even in times of so-called peace. In a place where secrets slip like sand through a sieve, he explains, disinformation is often as good as secrecy. Thumbing the patch of the 43rd, to be placed on your purple cloak upon induction, you scanning the hall where hundreds of Cantonian knights have gathered around the tables of their respective Talons for dinner. Bread has been served and some wine is already pouring, although the atmosphere is more standard fare than carrying any festive spirit to it. You note a few tables that have distinctively non-Cantonian faces around them, subsect Talons of foreign makeup such as the cataphracts of Azir that nonetheless fall within the heavy cavalry wing of the Dragon Guard cohorts. You wonder if the Norsikaans also have a part of their hall set aside for heavy infantry from more faroff realms. [1/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 30 Jul 2024 12:21:01 No. 6069996 Report Quoted By:
You have had time enough to be formally introduced to each member of the 43rd Talon before being seated. While you are told that your Palace and Drill Rota will see you intermingled with other Talons and Cohorts, when the Guard marches in earnest these are the men you will be sleeping, eating and fighting with during your service. The 1st Lance, Marshall Jurand, you have already met of course. His second-in-command the 2nd Lance and firstborn son of the Duchess’ own sister, Sir Vladimir Romaine, is the highest ranked amongst you in terms of Cantonian peerage. He greets you politely as a vassal of his household, and his jest that finally the 43rd Talon can expect a bit more class about it with another trueborn Romani is greeted with good-natured ribald scorn from the other accomplished knights at the table more concerned with great deeds than good manners in front of their betters. The 4th Lance Chimalma is no Cantonian, perhaps the farthest from it, his lamellar armour, feathered helm and facial features all confirming his origin as hailing from the land of Azir. You had read that the Azir travelled to serve in the Guard formed from units of sworn Blood Pact, and form their own separate Talons. That makes his presence here in the 43rd, a Cantonian talon, a rather curious one. But it is a topic you are advised by Sir Ibram to avoid. The 5th Lance is even more of a mystery, referred to by the others present at the table as ‘Neach-Siubhail’ or ‘Sir Siubhail’. You wouldn’t have picked him out as a foreigner like Chimalma and the man seems to understand Cantonian, but he himself speaks only in the curious parse of signals and shorthand that constitutes the Battle Cant of the Guard which you are not yet versed in. His arms and armour are that of a knight of your homeland, but he carries no style or sigil you recognise. His three most distinct features are his mop of long red hair, his piercing emerald eyes, and the tattoos that you recognise to be inked fae runes that, like his armour, dot every inch of his face and arms. [2/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 30 Jul 2024 12:22:05 No. 6069997 Report [3/3] Then there are the 6th and 7th Lances, Sir Kristopher Marley and Sir Ian de Camp. Two men that had pursued the same woman in fair rivalry for her affection, only for both to be spurned in favour of another. Heartbroken, the two men swore to find an honourable death in battle together rather than face a life without her love. While they refuse to name the damsel in question, the two knights are fair companionable and ready in the telling of their tale. You could not say whether it is indeed solemn heartbreak or wry irony that lies behind their sombre tone with each toast of ‘To Our Fair Lady’ that comes with every cup. That leaves you, the 8th Lance, followed by perhaps the most surprising is the familiar faces of the 9th and 10th Lances, Sir Conner Cedric and Sir Caden Cedric. They must have been the new recruits to the 43rd Talon, bring your Talon to full strength, and have only just arrived in the Palace that very evening a half-day after your own induction. You had your suspicions that the two Kingsmen were not just here for the pilgrimage and some sightseeing, and their acceptance into the Guard might suggest they are also not without connections. Still, the twins seem delighted to have ended up in the same Talon as yourself and greet you warmly with many questions about what can be expected on duty tomorrow. Questions you are not well placed to answer. It appears the Command Talon is still a ways of yet, so you find yourself in conversation with the new comrade seated next to you… =====================================> The 1st Lance, who has given permission for the 43rd to converse freely at the dinner table. The rare relaxing of restrictions may be the time to speak to him more personally. [Marshall Jurand] > The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] > The 3rd Lance, thus far the friendliest face and most open source of information as to your duties, this local lifer is the man to know if you want to fit in. [Sir Benjamin Ibram] > The 4th Lance, the stray Azir Cataphract speaks broken Cantonian but you have the shared interest in Princeps to start with. [Chimalma] > The 5th Lance, your conversation is limited given your lack of Battle Cant knowledge but you do stand to learn more of it right now. [Sir Siubhail] > The 6th and 7th Lances, a tale of rivals turned battle brothers over unrequited love? Their story is the stuff that bards would weep for the chance to sing of. [Sir Kristopher Marley and Sir Ian de Camp] > The 9th and 10th Lances, as the new recruits in strange environs the three of you should stick together. [Sir Cedrics]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 30 Jul 2024 12:27:53 No. 6070000 Report For those wondering what a turtlewolf actually looks like, I am not the expert but I think over the threads we have expanded the turtlewolve genus to include a predatory armoured dog/wolf (that I think looks like pic related) as well as a shyer water based variant that has a proper shell rather than just armoured skin. Honestly, I'm dead serious that I'm not the expert so if the original anon that came up with this concept (and immediately presumed turtlewolves were a native part of this setting) could step forward I am all ears.
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>>6069997 >> The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] me
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>>6069997 >> The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] >>6054018 Me
>>6070000 That's much cooler than the meme version I made up haha. I do hope the original anon sheds some light
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>>6069997 >>6054039 > The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] We must start networking. Having a good friend in the upper courts of Romaine will make getting help for the Crusade much easier.
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>>6069997 > The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] I'm truly curious. Remember our courtly training!
Also, Siubhail is interesting. He's most likely part of the native humans that lived in Canton before the arrival of the Brothers. I guess this guy is from those W
Deepwoods to the east of Canton. I remember meeting some of his people when we were having a vision during the Second Vigil and when we bought Courageous Sky.
>>6054198 Me
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>>6069997 > The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] >>6054168 this is me
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>>6069997 >> The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] The Cedric twins seem cool, but our mission just got harder with a bunch of Faction peeps in our squad...
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>>6069997 >> The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] >>6054242 'tis my firstborn post!
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>>6069997 > The 9th and 10th Lances, as the new recruits in strange environs the three of you should stick together. [Sir Cedrics] Idk, this actually kinda looks interesting
>>6054155 vee card
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>>6070023 >> The 6th and 7th Lances, a tale of rivals turned battle brothers over unrequited love? >Their story is the stuff that bards would weep for the chance to sing of. [Sir Kristopher Marley and Sir Ian de Camp] Wait, sorry, i meant this oops
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>>6069997 >> The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] Watch us either fumble or natural crit
>>6054234 I
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>>6054664 >>6054665 >>6069997 Intriguing choices. I would say now would be the best time to speak to Jurand and build a rapport until we face actual battle together, but the Fae-favourer is of great interest.
>1ST LANCE JURAND We should definitely keep the Cedrics close, as the saying goes. They could be our ticket to getting Mikhail into the Roiguard, knighted, and feeding us faction info.
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>>6069997 >> The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] Let's chat up a proper Romani lad.
>>6054329 Me!
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>>6069997 >The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] Never stop the high politics
>>6053997 V post
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>>6069997 > The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] verify
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>>6069997 > The 3rd Lance, thus far the friendliest face and most open source of information as to your duties, this local lifer is the man to know if you want to fit in. [Sir Benjamin Ibram] >>6053989 >>6053989 me
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>>6069997 > The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] >>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6069997 > The 4th Lance, the stray Azir Cataphract speaks broken Cantonian but you have the shared interest in Princeps to start with. [Chimalma] >His three most distinct features are his mop of long red hair, his piercing emerald eyes, and the tattoos that you recognise to be inked fae runes that, like his armour, dot every inch of his face and arms. I wonder if Sir Siubhail is indicative of a larger Fae presence in the world or is just a weirdo Cantonian.
>>6070000 I kinda Imagined bigger segmented plates
>>6053987 Pass
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 31 Jul 2024 11:24:07 No. 6070464 Report >SELECTED: The 2nd Lance, as the most prominent noble at the table your sister Roselyn would likely throttle you personally if you didn’t try to progress beyond mere introductions. [Sir Vladimir Romaine] ======================== <span class="mu-s">Persuasion Roll: Befriend Sir Vladimir Romaine</span>> Friendly Intentions / Lower Social Standing 40DC > Orator +20DC > Injured (whip marks) -1DC > Gregarious Lifestyle +5DC, +1 Re-Roll > Military Tabard (martial setting) +5DC, +1 Re-Roll > Fellow Pilgrim +10DC, +1 Re-Roll > Sir Vladimir Romaine: Orator -20DC > Sir Vladimir Romaine: Lavish Lifestyle: -10DC, +1 Adverse Re-Roll > Sir Vladimir Romaine: Military Tabard (martial setting) -5DC, +1 Adverse Re-Roll > Sir Vladimir Romaine: House Andrei (Respectable Vassal) +10DC > Sir Vladimir Romaine: The Imperial Purple (nil effect with fellow Guard member) > Sir Vladimir Romaine: Noble Privilege: +1 Adverse Re-Roll > 74 DC Double Fail = Implied insult to House Romaine. Roselyn is going to murder you. 0 = Sir Vladimir Romaine is used to the fawning of his family’s many vassals, always eager to work an angle or curry favour. He views your approach as more of the same, and this diminishes you in his eyes. 1 = Sir Vladimir Romaine is polite, as etiquette demands of a vassal of his Duchy house, but shows little interest beyond continuing the conversation further than the required niceties. 2 = Sir Vladimir Romaine has heard of your exploits, extolling you to the others as a great example of the character of men that your homeland produces. You cannot tell if he is entirely sincere, but he is friendly. 3 = Sir Vladimir Romaine’s polite guard slowly drops as the two of your talk long of home and shared familial connections. It has been too long since you spoke to a fellow knight of your Duchy, and you suspect he feels much the same. Double Pass = House Romaine social invitation. Roselyn will be overjoyed. Vancewell Favour. 3 rolls of 1d100. You have THREE Re-Rolls. Your opponent has THREE Re-Rolls. <span class="mu-s">How fares the nephew of our great and noble Duchess?</span>
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Rolled 40 (1d100) >>6070464 Rollin
>>6054018 Me
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Rolled 45 (1d100) >>6070464 ROLLING
>>6054198 Me
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Rolled 39 (1d100) >>6070464 New Knight Friend!
>>6054168 this is me
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 31 Jul 2024 11:26:51 No. 6070468 Report Rolled 74 (1d100) Solid start. I will attempt to reverse the 45 result of this anon
>>6070466 Adverse Re-Rolls [1/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 31 Jul 2024 11:27:52 No. 6070469 Report Rolled 99 (1d100) >>6070466 >>6070468 Oof, so close. Trying again.
Adverse Re-Roll [2/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 31 Jul 2024 11:29:19 No. 6070470 Report Rolled 62 (1d100) >>6070469 >fAe RuNe a sHiT pErK Now using the last adverse re-roll [3/3] to attempt to reverse this 40 result
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>>6070469 There really is some cosmic joke going on, considering how many 99s we got during this quest. Fucking Fae Kiss.
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cant remember, are adverse re rolls re rollable?
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>>6070473 They are, but a doubles fail is not
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 31 Jul 2024 11:33:16 No. 6070475 Report Quoted By:
>>6070471 >>6070474 You have 3 re-rolls left anon, your move.
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I'm not going to risk re-rolling my success to get a doubles success or a crit pass but if the other anon wants to have a crack then by all means go for it
>>6070467 Feel free to use the re-rolls on your own success if you want
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 31 Jul 2024 11:35:23 No. 6070478 Report >>6070477 Oh, shoot you are right. I forgot 62 was a pass for this DC.
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Rolled 8 (1d100) >>6070478 I take it back. I'll risk one for a possible doubles so help me god
re-rolling this role
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 31 Jul 2024 11:42:24 No. 6070481 Report >2 SUCCESS: Sir Vladimir Romaine has heard of your exploits, extolling you to the others as a great example of the character of men that your homeland produces. You cannot tell if he is entirely sincere, but he is friendly. >99 Double Fail: Implied insult to House Romaine. Roselyn is going to murder you. As it turns out, I don't have time tonight to crack out a decent content update so we will leave it here with the roll and then a choice as to whether you will attempt to recover from the double fail (with a risk of making it worse) or leave it be and move on. ======================>You cannot let this stand, you've no idea whether your off-hand comment will discarded or prove disastrous for your family's interests in the Romani Court back home. You have to convince Sir Romaine that it was a genuine mistake. [Hard Persuasion (but you have used no re-rolls)] > You're panicking. You will be living and fighting alongside these men for years. More than enough to prove yourself and salve over any unintended slight from your first night here. [Nil Roll] > A convenient furred distraction might deflect Sir Romaine's attention from your little social faux-pas there. [Intrigue Roll]
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Rolled 24 (1d100) >>6070467 you lose 100% of the re rolls you dont use
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 31 Jul 2024 11:44:01 No. 6070483 Report >>6070482 >>6070479 I appreciate the 'knigga we ball' attitude, but I'll let the re-rolls stand for now in case anons vote for a hard retry. Sir Romaine has spent his persuasion re-rolls, but the DC will not be squire play.
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>>6070481 >You cannot let this stand, you've no idea whether your off-hand comment will discarded or prove disastrous for your family's interests in the Romani Court back home. You have to convince Sir Romaine that it was a genuine mistake. [Hard Persuasion (but you have used no re-rolls)] >>6054018 Me
Haha sorry for rolling at the last minute and fucking up your write up
>>6070483 Appreciate it boss
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>>6070481 >You cannot let this stand, you've no idea whether your off-hand comment will discarded or prove disastrous for your family's interests in the Romani Court back home. You have to convince Sir Romaine that it was a genuine mistake. [Hard Persuasion (but you have used no re-rolls)] >>6054168 this is me
>>6070483 fair enough
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>>6070481 >You cannot let this stand, you've no idea whether your off-hand comment will discarded or prove disastrous for your family's interests in the Romani Court back home. You have to convince Sir Romaine that it was a genuine mistake. [Hard Persuasion (but you have used no re-rolls)] Man, we can't get a thing going our way, do we? At this point, we just need to hope the poor nephew get killed during his service.
But anyway, let's get dangerous.
>>6054242 My post
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>>6070481 > A convenient furred distraction might deflect Sir Romaine's attention from your little social faux-pas there. [Intrigue Roll] Reminder pic related
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>>6070481 > A convenient furred distraction might deflect Sir Romaine's attention from your little social faux-pas there. [Intrigue Roll] verify
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i swear 9 and 99 are the most rolled numbers in this quest
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>>6070481 >> A convenient furred distraction might deflect Sir Romaine's attention from your little social faux-pas there. [Intrigue Roll] me
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>>6070481 >You cannot let this stand, you've no idea whether your off-hand comment will discarded or prove disastrous for your family's interests in the Romani Court back home. You have to convince Sir Romaine that it was a genuine mistake. [Hard Persuasion (but you have used no re-rolls)] And if it helps a little write in to aid the DC
>"Ah Pit damn my fumbling tongue. Forgive me for my insult Sir Vladimir. I always seem to put my foot in my mouth when speaking with people of your great standing. It is a trait my mother and sisters berate me for endlessly. In fact if they were here right now, they'd be dragging me out by my ear." Acknowledge the mistake and smooth it over with a little self-deprecation.
>>6054012 Me, myself, and I
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>>6070481 > A convenient furred distraction might deflect Sir Romaine's attention from your little social faux-pas there. [Intrigue Roll] We got her for this exact purpose, might as well use her
>>6054234 Me
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>>6070481 > A convenient furred distraction might deflect Sir Romaine's attention from your little social faux-pas there. [Intrigue Roll] A Hard check should have a starting 20-30 DC, Orator bringing it to 40-50. However, I fear there might be further negative values to the roll due to the unfortunate circumstances.
The Intrigue check should be normal, so around 40-50 to which we add Frida's Favor for a +6 DC and a Re-Roll. Dame Stokeworth also should add a Re-Roll.
>>6054187 Me.
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>>6070481 >> A convenient furred distraction might deflect Sir Romaine's attention from your little social faux-pas there. [Intrigue Roll] Stoutsworth I choose you! Save us from ourself.
>>6054329 Me.
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>>6070481 > A convenient furred distraction might deflect Sir Romaine's attention from your little social faux-pas there. [Intrigue Roll] DEPLOY TACTICAL WEASEL!
>>6070606 I'm a bit worried how many counter-intrigue rolls he will have. He is, after all, a big shot when it comes to court life. But the martial setting and a little weasel appearing may leave him suprised enough for us to actually use Stoutsworth.
>>6054198 Me
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>>6070481 >> A convenient furred distraction might deflect Sir Romaine's attention from your little social faux-pas there. [Intrigue Roll] Anonymous
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>>6070481 >A convenient furred distraction might deflect Sir Romaine's attention from your little social faux-pas there. [Intrigue Roll] >>6054155 moi
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>>6070606 He is also an orator so that cancels out
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>>6070481 > A convenient furred distraction might deflect Sir Romaine's attention from your little social faux-pas there. [Intrigue Roll] Me:
>>6053988 Anonymous
It occurs that Emille is an away game Knigga, everything related to Romanie outside of the family was fumbles, fails or small wins. Meanwhile Emille is nothing but a storm everywhere outside the rich & powerful.
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>>6070928 truly emmy is the peasants knight all our attempts at noble overtures fall flat on our face
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 01 Aug 2024 08:35:21 No. 6070993 Report >SELECTED: A convenient furred distraction might deflect Sir Romaine's attention from your little social faux-pas there. [Intrigue Roll] ======================== NEW ROLLERS PLEASE <span class="mu-s">Intrigue Roll: Distract Sir Vladimir Romaine</span>> Simple Ploy / Lower Social Standing 50DC > Injured (whip marks) -1DC > Gregarious Lifestyle +5DC > Lady Frida Vancewell Favour +6DC, +1 Re-Roll > Animal Companion (Dame Stoutsworth) +1 Re-Roll > Sir Vladimir Romaine: Lavish Lifestyle: -10DC, +1 Adverse Re-Roll > Sir Vladimir Romaine: The Imperial Purple (nil effect with fellow Guard member) > 50 DC Double Fail = Attack Stoat. 0 = Your blunt attempt to distract your liegelord’s cousin only serves to embarrass you in front of your new squadmates. 1 = Sir Romaine was certainly distracted, and at no further embarrassment to yourself, but you also don’t think he forgot your little social faux pas. You don’t know whether he will communicate your unwise words to his aunt back home. 2 = The distraction serves to sufficiently draw away Sir Romaine’s attention just before the conversation, taking an ill turn, resulted in you actually saying anything too stupid. 3 = In addition to driving your misspoken words from Sir Romaine’s mind, the appearance of the stout stoat at the dinner table serves as a delightful conversation topic with the rest of your squadmates. Double Pass = Furry Friend. Vancewell Vaour 3 rolls of 1d100. You have TWO re-rolls. There is ONE adverse re-roll. <span class="mu-s">I, um, er… well would you look at that!</span>
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Anons please, I beg of you roll, the tension is killing me. I can't wait to see if we fuck this up
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Rolled 73 (1d100) >>6070993 >>6054199 Nothing bad will happen to the furry companion.
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Rolled 43 (1d100) >>6070993 Salve Regina save us.
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Rolled 77 (1d100) >>6070993 dice!
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Rolled 80 (1d100) >>6070993 >>6053987 Not taking lavish is a problem
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>>6071006 Lmao this is fucking disaster
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>meanwhile in Romanie both Ross and Frida feel the need to scream
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>>6071006 WAIT, THIS ANON ROLLED ALREADY, THE SITUATION CAN BE SAVED!
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>>6071011 Oh you're right, how lucky
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>>6071006 You just killed our furry friend.
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I'm going to hold until that reroll
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>>6071011 Hooray!
i didnt know I could only roll once
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>>6071016 Literally says "NEW ROLLERS PLEASE" anon and it's been the rule for a thousand years. Lucky for us though
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>>6071016 Only when new rollers are called for
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>>6071018 yeah i didnt read anything but the dc
thats on me
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>>6071016 it's more a per sort of situation deal not per thread fyi
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Assuming that the 77 is discarded, we're sitting at 2 successes and one more Re-roll. Now, Sir Romaine has One Adverse Re-roll...but would he use it in such a low stake situation (for him anyway)? That is the question
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>>6070993 >>6071006 >>6070482 >>6070467 >>6070993 >>6070993 No reason it should not be since new rollers were called for and in the past rolls that are not from new rollers when called for have been discarded unless QM exception.
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>gilbern finds out we got thrown out of the guard after our ferret bit this guys nose off
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Rolled 5 (1d100) >>6071028 He will (self defence!)
>>6071006 Correct, this doesn’t count luckily.
>>6071001 Attempting to reverse this success with the adverse re-roll [1/1].
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>>6071015 surely re roll friend
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 01 Aug 2024 09:53:21 No. 6071034 Report Quoted By:
Sitting at 2 success. Up to this anon to see if he wants to try his luck and go for 3 with that last re-roll.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 01 Aug 2024 10:05:31 No. 6071035 Report >>6071007 Come on anon, shit or get off the chamber pot. Are you using the re-roll?
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i want it used
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>>6071007 It's the Olympics, go for gold anon
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 01 Aug 2024 10:09:21 No. 6071038 Report Quoted By:
I'm giving that anon the time it takes for me to have a smoke for them to make a decision one way or the other.
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>>6071007 Nice one anon, now you've got the Hangman outside smokin winnie blues and getting cancer
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Rolled 72 (1d100) >>6071035 apologies boss I had to make dinner
>>6071007 Anonymous
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 01 Aug 2024 10:27:12 No. 6071044 Report >>6071039 Htf did you know my lung lolly of choice?
>>6071041 There he is! Not a full turnaround, but the social fallout is at least nullified. Roselyn will feel a disturbance in the force, but it will pass.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 01 Aug 2024 10:28:13 No. 6071045 Report Quoted By:
Content soon to come.
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>>6071044 >>Htf did you know my lung lolly of choice? Lmao bro you're an Australian, and a Queenslander iirc. I don't know about the other states but growing up in QLD winner blues were what everyone smoked (or winnie reds if you're a dero who wants to appear tough)
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>PERSUADE 2 SUCCESS: Sir Vladimir Romaine has heard of your exploits, extolling you to the others as a great example of the character of men that your homeland produces. You cannot tell if he is entirely sincere, but he is friendly. >99 Double Fail: Implied insult to House Romaine. Roselyn is going to murder you. Deflected >INTRIGUE 2 SUCCESS: The distraction serves to sufficiently draw away Sir Romaine’s attention just before the conversation, taking an ill turn, resulted in you actually saying anything too stupid. Sir Vladimir Romaine serves as a classic example of the good breeding and inherent nobility of Romani high society. Even here, a continent away and in the company of warriors both domestic and foreign, the man conducts himself with impeccable decorum. Friendly and debonair, he shows no hesitation in displaying familiarity with you despite the difference in rank both at home and in the 43rd Talon. <span class="mu-i">“Please, allow me to introduce you to the man who split the Marquis Fallavon right down at the collarbone.”</span> Sir Romaine says with a slap on your shoulder. <span class="mu-i">“Sir Emile Andrei. He comes from good Romani stock, as well you can tell.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“The Marquis? That was you?”</span> Sir Ian de Camp asks with wide eyes. <span class="mu-i">“-And- Sinclair? Reginae wept, you must be a popular chap in Fallavon.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“You’ve no idea…”</span> You mutter under your breath quietly as your new comrades persist. <span class="mu-i">“Pascae too, one imagines.”</span> Sir Kristopher Marley sees the questioning looks of his comrades and offers some explanation. <span class="mu-i">“Sir de Broulert? House Hewitt’s downfall and attaintment? This is him, this is the fellow. Cain on the Cross am I the only one of you banished pitfiends still reading letters from home?!”</span> At this the Marshall Jurand also takes an interest, his critical eye seeming a touch more favourable on a closer appraisal of his newest subordinate. In his time, the Wave of Calais was known for upending Pascae politics so perhaps news of your own efforts in that direction have lifted you in his estimation. <span class="mu-i">“Don’t forget the Norsikaans.”</span> Sir Benjamin Ibram chips in with a wide grin. <span class="mu-i">“And now you’ve gone and joined the Guard, forbidden from handing out any more thrashings to your fellow knights. Almighty knows that we’ll need to find you some other pastime.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“He’s duelled and bested knights from one side of Canton to the other, our new Lance.”</span> Sir Vladimir Romaine winks jovially. <span class="mu-i">“We breed them strong in our Duchy.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“I hear for Roman the dead not stay dead.”</span> The foreign Azir Chimchala forgoes Battle Cant in an attempt to speak in your tongue directly, likely due to your own current lack of Cant fluency. <span class="mu-i">“You Arndray have this problem?”</span> [1/2]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 01 Aug 2024 12:14:29 No. 6071080 Report [2/2] <span class="mu-i">“We do. My family’s castle, you know this word ‘castle’? My family’s castle is located to the east of Romaine, where the deadmen attack most frequently. It is a plague on our people, and one we must oft face alone.”</span> You glance at Sir Romaine sitting next to you as you belatedly realise that your words could, taken out of context, be interpreted by some as a criticism of the Duchess in failing to properly support her vassals on the eastern borders. <span class="mu-i">“That is to say-”</span> <span class="mu-i">“What in the Pit-!”</span> One of the Sir Cedrics, you’ve forgotten which is which, startles suddenly pushing back their seat. Pointed fingers and remarks of exclamation are directed at the sleek diminutive streak of white fur that has appeared on the table. The timing of your Whitecloak Ermine, Lady Stoatsworth, could not be better. Your flailing conversation was cut off by her emergence just before you fumbled your way into actually insulting the Duchess. For his part, Sir Romaine’s attention seems entirely drawn away from your near political misstep as the other knights sit up and one of the other Cedrics goes to reach for Lady Stoatsworth as she rears up defiantly in the face of a near-dozen armoured giants. <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-r">“Ata!”</span></span> The tattooed knight grunts and gestures fiercely to the other stirring knights, some version of Cant that you suspect means ‘back off’ or something similar. He leans in close, near nose-to-nose with your little furred companion. For a moment, you fear for her at the hands of this wild-looking man. But Lady Stoutsworth does not nip or hiss, in fact she sniffs at Sir Siubhail’s outstretched palm curiously. <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">“Halo a’ ghaisgeach bheag.”</span> The tattooed knight’s voice is low and soothing, carrying a tone that you would have to call affection. <span class="mu-i">“Nach eil thu fada bhon taigh?”</span> Sir Ibram frowns. <span class="mu-i">“That’s not Battle Cant.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“No.”</span> Marshall Jurand frowns deeper. <span class="mu-i">“It is not.”</span> Sir Ian de Camp is wearing an unkightly pout. <span class="mu-i">“He’s talked more to that bloody thing in a minute that he has to me since I arrived.”</span> Sir Kristopher Marley’s laugh serves to dissipate much of the odd tension. <span class="mu-i">“Having met you sir, one can hardly blame him.”</span> Well, at least the ice is broken with your newfound comrades. The Command Talon, along with this Black Knight, should be arriving soon. You had a near-miss just then, going forward you steele yourself to be more attentive... ================ Gain the following trait for the duration of your service.> Officer material. +1 Re-Roll to Social rolls with Cantonian Guard members of higher rank. [Divine] > Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] > Battle brother. +1 Re-Roll to Social rolls with Cantonian Guard members of similar or lower rank. [Hearty] > Open-minded. +1 Re-Roll to Social rolls with Guard members of foreign origin. [Idealist]</span>
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 01 Aug 2024 12:15:30 No. 6071081 Report Blast this darn formatting. I wish there was a test to catch this sort of this.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 01 Aug 2024 12:17:02 No. 6071082 Report Quoted By:
>>6071081 This sort of this? Fuck me. Time for bed.
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>>6071080 > Officer material. +1 Re-Roll to Social rolls with Cantonian Guard members of higher rank. [Divine] I feel like the counter-intrigue roll is probably a better choice broadly BUT making friends with Sir Romaine and our leader the Marshall can only do great things for our future here and when we go to war against the deadmen
>>6054018 Me
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>>6071080 >Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] SHE CUTE! CUUUUTEEEE!
>>6054198 Me. Also, the captcha was PTSD. It seems all those memories of the Prince on the Duke's ball flooded back in.
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>>6071080 >> Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] Yeah, we gonna need that...
>>6054242 Mon first post
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>>6071080 Great write up brother,
I'm not going to vote on this yet but methinks that introducing Jess to our new tatooed companion might be interesting
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>>6071093 >I'm not going to vote on this yet but methinks that introducing Jess to our new tatooed companion might be interesting Oh that's an intriguing thought. Could be fun
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>>6071080 > Officer material. +1 Re-Roll to Social rolls with Cantonian Guard members of higher rank. [Divine] I wonder if the Black Knight counts as Cantonian
>>6071093 Good idea, although my natural jealousy regarding Faefu says no.
>>6053988 Me
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>>6071080 > Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] GIVE ME THOSE COUNTER INTRIGUES
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>>6071080 > Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] Anonymous
We should speak with the faery knight once we get the chance. I'm sure he and Jess would get along swimmingly (And he'd be far better than we at teaching her how to remain safe in the city). Not to mention that having Stoutworth, Courageous Sky and Jess with us is likely to let us befriend him very quick.
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>>6071080 > Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] >>6053984 me
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>>6071080 > Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] >>6054187 Verification, might be different ID because phoneposting
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>>6071080 >> Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] This seems the best choice as it isn't limited in who we can use it on.
>>6054329 Me
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>>6071080 > Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] >>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6071080 > Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] We're in the lion's den now brothers, we need to watch our back. Also this is the most versatile option.
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>>6071080 > Officer material. +1 Re-Roll to Social rolls with Cantonian Guard members of higher rank. [Divine] >>6054168 this is me
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>>6071080 >>6054039 > Officer material. +1 Re-Roll to Social rolls with Cantonian Guard members of higher rank. [Divine] I think this works out best for keeping friends. Also its long overdue, but we need to pick up Impressive Finery made by a renowned artisan immediately after our induction. We need the +5 DC and +2 Rerolls if we are going to be wheeling and dealing.
>>6071153 This is definitely a good idea. Especially since we also have the bear totem which shows we hold the favor of Lord Bristlecone. If anything will garner Sir Siubhail's respect, it will be that. I imagine he would be a good friend to have if we would want to recruit the native warriors/fey of Fallavon to our cause.
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>>6071080 > Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] gotta look out for those back knives
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>>6071080 > Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] Just to be safe.
picrel is what would i have imagined what sir siubhail would look like
>>6054155 valour card
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>>6071080 > Officer material. +1 Re-Roll to Social rolls with Cantonian Guard members of higher rank. [Divine] I really want that CI reroll, but I feel that narratively getting put on the leadership/ command track will be more useful to us in the long run.
I was also wondering, Forgotten: given many of the knights Sir Andre has maimed, slain, or gotten attained had perhaps a slight reputation as false knights, is there a sentiment that all of the knights and people we have crossed swords with did something heinous enough to draw ire? Or is it simply shrugged off as liking to d-d-d-duel?
>>6054508 Knigga pass.
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Solid ideas as far as introducing Jess & showing the Ursen amulet go when talking to Subhial. We should ask for info on the Deepwood
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>>6071080 > Officer material. +1 Re-Roll to Social rolls with Cantonian Guard members of higher rank. [Divine] I'm of the idea that if we get to a higher rank we might access more information and have more gravitas/authority to influence others to give it to us cause they'll just see us as an ineffective spy if anybody had tried to use us.
>>6054134 Me anchor ahoy!
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>>6071080 > Officer material. +1 Re-Roll to Social rolls with Cantonian Guard members of higher rank. [Divine] Question. Does 'higher rank' refer to rank in terms of Guard Rank or does it also apply to those of higher social rank.
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>>6071080 > Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] >>6054234 Me
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>>6071080 > Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] We're in the serpent's den now. Might as well shore up our defences
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Fri 02 Aug 2024 13:14:39 No. 6071765 Report > SELECTED: Watchful. +1 Re-Roll to Counter-Intrigue rolls from any origin. [Divine] You take a more reserved stance during the rest of the conversation, contemplating your near misstep and electing to spend more time in quiet observation than active participation. Even here, a continent away from home, you have to be mindful that your actions could impact not just yourself but the fates of your family and loved ones back home. You watch the good-natured back and forth of Sir Ian de Camp and Sir Kristopher Marley, you observe Sir Benjamin Ibram’s friendly demeanour to yourself and the other new Cedric inductees. You note the foreigner Chimalma’s quiet reserve as Marshall Jurand and Sir Romaine discuss the plans for the next Drill Rota. Sir Siubhail’s change in demeanour and fascination with your diminutive gift from the Fae enclave does not escape you either, and you find yourself wondering what might result from an introduction between him and your Fae archer. Eventually though, the chatter in the hall subsides as the members of the 11th Command Talon begin to take their seats at the table on the dias at the head of the hall. Some you don’t recognise, such as the Azir officer with the ostentatious long jade earrings. But others you definitely do, as would any knight back home who laid eyes upon a famous Knight of the Realm. There is Lord Eli Cappel, the last of the Cappel line. Sir Anton Strakken, the Banished. And that one, with the tattoo of Cain’s Cross branded across his forehead, is the fearsome Pietr St. Angus of whom it was said to be a man too bloody-minded even for the Order of the Broken Blade’s zealous tastes. The mystery of the Black Knight’s apparent agelessness becomes a little more apparent as you note each and every one of the 11th Talon is wearing stygian armour. The styles are different, from full-plate to foreign lamellar, but each is as black as the moonless Ardennreign night. That must be it, the Black Knight never dies because he is succeeded by one of the others in the command squadron similarly adorned. And so the legend lives on. Nine knights are seated, with the middle five of the thirteen seats remaining empty until the last. You rise to your feet along with every other soul in the hall of the Cantonian cohort when the Black Knight himself arrives, his four final members of the Talon flanking him almost more as bodyguards than fellow officers. Four and One, a holy combination according to your faith and a number most certainly selected with the intent to carry across that suggestion of divine authority to the Command Talon. [1/2]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Fri 02 Aug 2024 13:16:01 No. 6071767 Report [2/2] Even from this distance at the end of the hall you can tell that the Black Knight’s armour is one of exquisite craftsmanship, every edge and curve of every pauldron and vambrace lovingly worked and gilded with dark perfection in mind. But it is not the sight of the famous, or infamous, Black Knight that causes you to exhale sharply. The armour of his four companions may also be black, each an identical make to that of the other on each flanking side, but you have seen that make of armour before. The colour of the armour worn by these four may be different, but you would not easily forget the wearer of their blood red twin. The Paladin Sanguine. Unlike the others of the Command Talon, the four flanking knights do not remove their helms. It comes as some relief when their charge does, the face of the Black Knight carrying with it that young, pale handsomeness that speaks to good breeding. <span class="mu-i">“Be seated.”</span> The Black Knight’s voice carries across with the force of a royal proclamation, even though to all the young man appeared to merely speak softly. That seems to be the signal for dinner to be served, with a plethora of dishes brought out with the precision and determination of a battle column marching into enemy terrain. Perhaps the food is prepared by slaves in the kitchens, but Cantonian sensibility declines those in chains waiting on the nobility of the Kingdom of Heaven. Instead, this role falls to the squires and other servants that form the auxiliary and elements of the Guard’s heavy cavalry, Mikail among them. Your squire places before you the first servings, one that is almost trying too hard to mimic the meals back home. A plate of smoked salmon with cameline, a bowl of little cabbages and powder douce. Your thoughts are a very long way away from the food in front of you. ========================================> Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] > You have questions. Questions that cannot wait until your induction. You should enquire with those comrades most predisposed to you as to the identity and nature of the Black Knight’s inner guard. You ask your newfound comrades some probing questions. [Hearty] > The mystery of those four inner guard can wait. For now you need to review what you know of the officers present in the 11th Command Talon that you -do- recognise. You watch those others who surround the Black Knight very closely. [Idealist]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Fri 02 Aug 2024 13:17:28 No. 6071769 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 73 (1d100) I'm visiting family, so no update tomorrow night or the night after. Enjoy your weekend anons!
>>6071626 That's a good point, I'll give you both.
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>>6071767 > Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] What a fucking twist
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>>but you would not easily forget the wearer of their blood red twin. The Paladin Sanguine. Oh fuck
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Fri 02 Aug 2024 13:20:34 No. 6071771 Report Quoted By:
>>6071428 >I was also wondering, Forgotten: given many of the knights Sir Andre has maimed, slain, or gotten attained had perhaps a slight reputation as false knights, is there a sentiment that all of the knights and people we have crossed swords with did something heinous enough to draw ire? Or is it simply shrugged off as liking to d-d-d-duel? Sir de Broulert and the Marquis Fallavon were both considered the flower of Cantonian chivalry in their respective duchies, so I would say the inference from most folk hearing about you is likely more that you crave a good d-d-d-duel rather than an inference that every knight that gets the Andrei shield clang treatment had something sus going on. You do have your fans even without that inference.
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>>6071767 > Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] >>6054513 Me
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Fri 02 Aug 2024 13:22:20 No. 6071774 Report >>6071765 >Nine knight are seated. I can't count. 8. 8 knights not including the Black Knight and his immediate guards/inner circle.
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>>6071774 So thirteen total
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>>6071767 > Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] And the Second Sons?! THE SANGUINE PALADIN?! Something fishy is going on. It is time to sit back and observe them as a hawk.
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>>6071767 >>6054039 > Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] The plot thickens....
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>>6071774 >>6071775 Yeah, the same amount as the number of verses in the heretical faith....
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>>6071767 >> Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] Angel give us a sign.
>That must be it, the Black Knight never dies because he is succeeded by one of the others in the command squadron similarly adorned. And so the legend lives on.... Gee, remember Anarchy and that poor Queesman?
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>>6071782 Yeah. So is this black knight one of the real Sons, living through body after body and hanging around the dragon guard here?
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>>6071767 >> Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] >>6053994 Anonymous
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>>6071786 I guess it's to early to say. But there is definitely a connection. Some part of me makes me think that he isn't a Son, but that the Cantonian Dragon Guard is maybe a leftover of the Sons' legacy in Cathagi.
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>>6071767 > Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] >>6053988 Anonymous
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>>6071775 Just like Jesus and his Apostles. I wonder if that means there's a traitor among them...
>>6071767 > Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] Shit just got even more real. I suppose finding ways to plumb knowledge in the Atheneum and getting more info from the Command Talon just jumped up in relevance.
Also forgive the following copium but assuming that the Dragon is Asgorga and he was stranded with remains of the Company, it would make sense for the figure in the Command Talon to be named the Black Knight. - Prince became known as the Black Prince and an entire caste was called the Blackguards.
>>6054187 Me.
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>>6071767 >> Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] Just like the Reginate might have us in the dragon guard, maybe the prince has some agents here as well.
>>6054329 Me.
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>>6071876 >maybe the prince has some agents here as well The Cedric twins are RIGHT THERE anon
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>>6071765 >Dragon >A Black Company of bodyguards AAAAAAAAAH THE NUMBERS!!! I'M GOING INSAAANE ITS ALL CONNECTED OOOOOO
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>>6071951 It's even worse, Anon.
The Dragon Guard has a standing Dictat from the Dragon to let any Princes from Azir Azai immediately into the Guard, with no tests or questions asked. Anonymous
>>6071767 >filename: The Black Knight and the Second Sons AGONY you son of a bitch. Are you a hivemind or something?
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>>6071767 > Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] maybe they just use the same armourer?
>>6054168 this is me
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>>6072062 Worse. It's a cult masquerading as a knightly order.
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>stygian black shit I hope these thorny boys don't expect emmy to commit war crimes
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>>6071767 > Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] I want to argue this is a relic of the two brothers rebellion but the sins weren't created until their arrival in Canton.
>>6072103 You signed up for utter obedience and loyalty to a Godking I don't know what you expect.
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>>6071767 > Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] This is no time for speaking
>>6054234 Me
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>>6071767 >Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] >>6053997 V post
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>>6072103 They're not crimes if they're against the godless
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Forgotten, I don't know if you're lurking, but if you are, I've been rereading the archives for StV and BC2230, and I realized that Crane and Nat's dynamic reminded me VERY heavily of the dynamic between Kim Kitsuragi and the protag of Disco Elysium. Have you ever played it, and if so, was that a direct influence on their interactions?
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>>6072889 I'm going to be laughing when we're told to purge a bunch of the faithful.
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>>6073084 this is where the intrigue and counter-intrigue will take place, given we will likely have to subterfuge our way out of it - maybe killing a few of the thorny boys in the guard along the way
>>6054153 this is me btw, I have just gotten back from my holiday a few days ago
>>6071767 >> Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] Perhaps the Angel has some insight here? A whisper on the wind?
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>>6072997 I can vouch that forgotten hasn't played the game but thank you anon because you revealing this dynamic has opened the way to an entirely new world of BC2230 memes
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>>6072997 Yeah, I can see the similarities.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 05 Aug 2024 10:46:23 No. 6074123 Report Hey lads I have had the Monday of all Monday’s and am thoroughly rooted. I’ll have a nice big update for you tomorrow, promise.
>>6072997 Never played it, but I heard a bit about it and seen some of the dialogue choices where you accuse particular organs of fascism(?). So are you saying Cpl Crane is the sane man to our Sgt Snake Eyes? I’d definitely agree that there are parallels.
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>>6074123 >No update As expected of the consumer of Al Gul.
>>6072997 I live for the Day Snake eyes says starts quoting measurehead.
Competitive racism is peak Adamite and you can't change my mind about it Anonymous
>>6074123 Hey Forgotten have you read The Red Knight by Miles Cameron? I notice some similar concepts with StV.
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>>6074153 I certainly have, a fabulous series.
Can’t say I cared much for Miles Cameron’s later works though. That said, I haven’t read his new sci-fi stuff.
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>>6072997 This is completely true. Gotta love the insane MC+asian normal guy combination.
>>6074123 >So are you saying Cpl Crane is the sane man to our Sgt Snake Eyes? He definitely is. He even has the same aura as Kim Kitsuragi. I recommend you to play the game Forgotten, it's great.
>seen some of the dialogue choices where you accuse particular organs of fascism(?) Fascism?! Heavens no, it's uuuuh, "traditionalism."
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>>6071767 >Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] Watch, and learn
>>6054107 Me
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 06 Aug 2024 13:03:41 No. 6075013 Report Quoted By:
> SELECTED: Sit. Wait. Watch and observe. The connection between the makes of those armours cannot be written off, but now is not the time to press for that information. Not until you get settled into this new role. You watch the Black Knight and the inner four very closely. [Divine] The hairs on the nape of your neck rise as you are struck with the same sensation a game animal must feel upon catching an unfamiliar scent, the tinge of potential of danger but bereft of any confirmation. Where before you had kept your peace to avoid any further potential political mishaps among your fellows, now your silence is absolute and all the keener. You scan the dias of the 11th Command Talon with the same wary scrutiny you would reserve for a peaceful glade in the far reaches of Fallavon, trying to detect if a predator lies in wait. Not far from where the command talon is seated lurks the Medusae Caste’s Cantonian cohort attache and her apprentices. You use the word lurk but, the resplendent golden mask depicting a growling lioness that rests on the head of their leader could hardly be said to be surreptitious. While the Black Knight and most of the command talon remove their helms and partake in food, drink and talk, the four ‘Sanguine’ lookalikes do not. There is something about their utter immobility, and the presence of the nearby high-ranked Medusae, that gives you pause. The more you look at them, their uniform stance even at the dinner table and inhuman stillness, the more you are reminded of the animated husks that the outcast Death’s Head medusae surrounded herself with. Granted these would have to be a far more advanced and formidable version of those, it doesn’t take a sorcerer to garner that animating a functional set of heavy plate armour takes some degree of greater effort than conjuring linen and leather into action. If it didn’t, there would be little reason to animate one and not the other. Perhaps these four ‘bodyguards’ are just that, gifts of the Medusae Caste charged with the wellbeing of one of the most senior officers in the Dragon Guard. Or perhaps their assignment is less charitable, less sentry and more jailor, but the more you observe the more you confirm your suspicions that the four stygian black wardens are not in fact human at all. Unfortunately, it doesn’t in the least explain why they seem to be near identical in appearance to the Crown Prince’s own Paladin Sanguine. The tables stir and chatter stills as the Black Knight rises to his feet, empty or half-eaten plates discretely taken away by the attendants and replaced with more wine. [1/4]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 06 Aug 2024 13:04:51 No. 6075014 Report Quoted By:
The Black Knight speaks with an easy confidence and companionable grin that you would not have thought could come easily to one that looks so young as he. <span class="mu-i"> “The hour grows late, and I’ll not bore my veteran brothers-in-arms with grandiose speeches and lofty affirmations. We’ll save that for the next change of Rota.”</span> Chuckles and scoffs from a dozen men at a dozen tables greet the cheerful wink of their Lord Captain as he continues. <span class="mu-i">“But first, I hear we have a few new worthies deemed fit to join our ranks. Come! Step forth and be recognised, and don’t let the size of the thing intimidate you.”</span> More chuckles and guffaws answer the Black Knight’s last line, timed with the unsheathing of a massive claymore as yourself and the Sir Cedrics step out from your table with the 43rd Talon and approach the dias. The jovial mood seems to take a more solemn turn as every knight, lowborn man-at-arms and foreign cataphract rises to their feet. Every eye in the room is upon you and your fellow new recruits as you take a knee in line at the feet of the Black Knight. The claymore swings down, halting with a soft <span class="mu-i">tink</span> on the pauldron of the first Sir Cedric twin. <span class="mu-i">“Do you swear to obey the Dragon, to heed His rightful commands?”</span> [2/4]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 06 Aug 2024 13:06:40 No. 6075016 Report Quoted By:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7OdI-b61qg&ab_channel=EpicMusicEmpire - Acclamation <span class="mu-i">“I so swear it.”</span> The three of you speak in tandem. You are a knight, not a butcher. But you will obey as honour demands.
<span class="mu-i">“OBEY THE DRAGON.”</span> The room echoes with the words of every warrior and knight present in the great hall.
The great claymore comes to rest on the next Sir Cedric. <span class="mu-i">“Do you swear to honour the ancestors, to discharge Adam’s Mercy and bring no shame or disgrace upon the memory of those who came before you?”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“I so swear it.”</span> The small part of you not overawed at the momentousness of the occasion wonders whether the term ‘Adam’s Mercy’ is meant a deal more literally here than at home.
<span class="mu-i">“HONOUR THE ANCESTORS.”</span> The great hall rumbles as the Black Knight comes to a halt in front of you.
You feel the weight of the Black Knights greatsword on your shoulder, one of his dozen squires ready to adorn you with the purple cloak and golden clasp of the office of your new rank. <span class="mu-i">“Do you swear to die well, as a warrior should, to fight and rage in honourable battle until life and limb should fade from thee?”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“I so swear it.”</span> With the holy undertaking that the Almighty has charged you to carry out, you find it harder and harder to imagine a peaceful death in the comfort of your own bed at the end of a long life. And you are, for the most part, at peace with that.
<span class="mu-i">“DIE WELL.”</span> If the Angel wills it, you would not have it any other way.
<span class="mu-i">“Then rise, Lances of the Dragon Guard.”</span> The Black Knight shoulders his greatsword with practised ease, raising his voice to address the rest of the standing hall in old words that you’d swear carried a tinge of a Romani accent. <span class="mu-i">“Mort Avant Déshonneur!”</span>
<span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-i">“IMPERATOR! IMPERATOR!”</span></span>
Five hundred hands raise five hundred goblets in a toast to your newfound comradeship, five hundred throats cry out in five hundred voices a battlecry that has been roared across battlefields, in one tongue or another, long before your nation was even an idea. Long even before the written word, ever since mankind first carved out its mark of civilization on the world.
<span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-s">“DEATH. BEFORE. DISHONOUR.”</span></span>
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 06 Aug 2024 13:08:49 No. 6075018 Report [4/4] Tomorrow is your first official day with the Dragon Guard, assigned to Palace Rota. You are not yet entrusted with the serious responsibility of checking entry at the gates or certain even more restricted areas of the Crescent Palace. Your first day on Palace Rota is spent assigned to… ========================================> [The Imperial Menagerie]. > [The Medusae Coven]. > [The Palace Dungeons]. > [The Hallway to the Throne Room].
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>>6075018 >> [The Hallway to the Throne Room]. Wonder if the Dragon gives off any aura like Big E does
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>>6075018 >> [The Palace Dungeons]. All interesting choices to be honest
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Great music/art combos as well by the way. Always love a good hype track
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>>6075018 >> [The Palace Dungeons]. >Living armour ohhhh I hate those vibes.
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>>6075018 >> [The Hallway to the Throne Room]. >>6054153 tis me
wonderful chapter, well worth staying up late to read it bossman!
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>>6075018 > [The Imperial Menagerie]. I want to see all the monsters and beasts that the Dragon has. Beautiful write up, btw. The slight implication that the Black Knight is Romani got me thinking about that Ardenne connection again.
>>6054198 Me
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>>6075018 >>6054039 > [The Imperial Menagerie]. The hallway is a cool idea in theory, but the menagerie probably better as a first stop. We'll be tasked with protecting the Dragon's imperial animals like the Dire Wolf. It'll give us some space to learn the ropes before we jump into protecting the throne room. I'm sure there will be some intrigue going on here, since its a good place as any hide to contraband and hidden messages, not to mention this is probably where the messenger Griffinhawks are kept. We could probably also get the opportunity to learn more about griffinhawks or get more.
>>6075028 The bastard is even wearing the black and red of Ardenne heraldry Towbray told us about.
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>>6075032 >The bastard is even wearing the black and red of Ardenne heraldry Towbray told us about. I also thought about this. The Romani accent, the colours in question, the fact that Ibram's ancestor was knighted by the Black Knight, something only reversed for the King and Dukes... Something is going on here and the presence of Sanguine-like Living Armour controlled by the Medusae makes me even more paranoid. It isn't even our first day and I'm already barking on shadows. How exciting.
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>>6075018 > [The Imperial Menagerie]. I can imagine our superuors would get a chuckle that our first post is by the very reason we were recommended for the Dragon Guard
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>>6075018 >[The Hallway to the Throne Room]. vp:
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>>6075018 >> [The Medusae Coven]. I would like to keep an eye on the Medusae if possible.
>>6054329 Me
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>>6075018 >> [The Imperial Menagerie]. Seems fun
>>6054219 So... Uh this... This is me
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>>6075018 >[The Imperial Menagerie] >>6053997 V post
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>>6075018 > [The Hallway to the Throne Room]. >>6054168 this is me
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>>6075018 > [The Hallway to the Throne Room]. verify
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>>6075018 > [The Hallway to the Throne Room]. >The Black Knight is the last son of House Ardenne Wtf
EGO:
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>>6075018 >> [The Imperial Menagerie]. We might learn a thing or two about monstrous creatures.
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>>6075037 I think the knighting thing is relevant to the Cathaggi theocratic order of things. each exalted/excoria is the highest temporal authority under the Dragon and as such can (under the view of Cathaggi relevancy) knight men like the king and that the Dragon is above such things.
There may also be a legitimacy thing since Cantonians are called Exiles but we lack nuance for anything more than speculation.
Also is it me or has there been a distinct lack of Cain lately? I feel like the mentioning of Adams law feels off in its intent.
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>>6075018 > [The Imperial Menagerie]. >fluffy doggo duty even if we want to see the dragon i think this is better place then the throne room this is his hobby ergo the place he is most relaxed so the best place to get a honest judge of his character at most we will see him walk to the throne room maybe see him chastise some exoria im doubtful either way we will see him at all
im also extremely interested to see how he keeps all these animals alive when they are not made for the cathagi climate
>>6053989 me this is a new pc ID may be different
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>>6075581 I think Adam's Mercy could be a direct reference to Adam sparing the Dragon from Cain's wrath. What that means specifically in this oath we made is somewhat up for interpretation. Perhaps it is a safety clause for the Dragon to keep himself safe from another who would harm him, to literally have the oathtaker remember to be like Adam and spare him or at least inspire second thoughts.
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>>6075581 We could have had Cain at the very start of this thread if copper-clipping peaceniks hadn't had their way
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>>6075594 I dont think that's the case, that strikes me as a incredibly fragile thing for a demigod to lend focus to but given my record with takes so far it could be true.
I also suspect in a very Cynical manner that the Cathaggi heathens love Adamite focus on civility and law because they can manipulate it whereas Cainites operates on a more fundamentalist level.
>>6075604 That still perplexes me, I thought it was go time but it was avoided for reasons unknown.
Anyway I meant more rhetorically.
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>>6075018 >> [The Hallway to the Throne Room]. >>6054014 Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B
Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:sPuSplrV Wed 07 Aug 2024 09:26:47 No. 6075818 Report Going to be a late one tonight lads, no update.
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>>6075818 All good, you get em Hangman
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>>6075625 Wasn't 'Exoria' the same as exile? I think the Cathaggi have a very different version of events than us. Another thing to discuss with Antonius.
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>>6075849 >I think the Cathaggi have a very different version of events than us That's a really good point and it does make the "Exoria" thing make a bit more sense
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>>6075032 >>6075037 I've considered the possibility that Sanguine's armor is simply what the greatest of warriors wore during the war against the Wild. Can't remember the details but we had a vision from that time of a man wearing dull red armor and fighting alongside the Brothers. If that's the case then the design might have survived with the bodyguards of Duke Ardenne until the isle's fall, and been recreated in honor of the Black Knight
Or it could be demons.
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>>6075849 Yeah I got my terminology mixed up, personally I agree but err o the side that's it was willfully rewritten by Cathaggi/the Dragon.
Also I'm pretty sure the Exoria term might be a cope considering how hard the brothers humiliated the Dragon.
On a tangential note does anyone have any speculation for the endgame of the four factions in the Palace so far?
Personally I think
>Merchanta endgame: curbed Palace authority, Merchanta power unimpeded by Dragon decrees. >Stratikos: Old Cathaggi electric boogaloo, likely regardless who else is involved since each faction can likely be negotiated with under the right circumstances. >Medusae:Dragon renaissance, Dragon is healed and made whole again. >Dragonguard: hard to place, it's riddled with vested interests across a variety of groups, if the speculation that the current black knight is Ardenne related it could mean a expedition to retake Ardenne under Cathaggi vassalage. Anonymous
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>>6075858 Yeah, that warrior was one of the sons of sin. Same armor through the ages.
This armor matching his can't just be a coincidence of the time.
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>>6075018 > [The Hallway to the Throne Room]. >>6053982 Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B
Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 08 Aug 2024 10:33:39 No. 6076491 Report Hey lads, I don’t got that writing dawg in me tonight. In any event, the induction is probably a good place to leave off for the weekend anyway as I’m seeing the family (and getting some reading of my own in). I aim to be back to it AEST 10pm Monday 12th August
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Es ist vorbei.
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>>6076491 Brutal.
Have a good weekend.
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Real talk. You guys ever feel alone and scared in life?
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>>6076874 dude at least 30-40 human beings go out of their way to partake in a flight of fancy of a Australian lawyer on a Mongolian falconing forum and most of us are on the ball enough that we usually post within the 24 hours(fuck i've had situations where I haven't checked quest in months but I always seem to catch forgotten with in the 24 hour period) you may feel alone irl but here you are in good company
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> Mongolian falconing forum Ha love it>most of us are on the ball enough that we usually post within the 24 hours Yeah I mean I have this tab open on my second monitor and make sure to check it around 10pm - 11pm AEST Mon - Fri so I can be one of the first responses or rolls when the updates come in
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>>6075018 > [The Imperial Menagerie]. What a badass oath scene, followed by a mundane guard posting at a literal zoo
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>>6076874 >>6076897 I check this thread every morning while drinking my coffee, which is usually when Forgotten posts an update. This is probably my favorite quest on the board ever(even more than the one I ran)
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 12 Aug 2024 12:52:07 No. 6079260 Report Quoted By:
> SELECTED: [The Imperial Menagerie] It was an even split between this and the Hallway but I’ll exercise my QM discretion to go with this one > GAINED ‘The Imperial Purple’. When interacting with non-Dragon Guard members, +5DC and +2 Counter-Intrigue Re-Rolls, +1 Counter-Intrigue Save (single use) on Palace Grounds, +5DC and +1 Persuasion Re-Roll. Depending on the situation, there may be additional bonuses. It is not without some sense of irony that you find your first posting to be less than a stone’s throw away from the direwolf’s enclosure in the Imperial Menagerie. A year and a continent away and yet here you are still having a part in the same monster’s transformation from wild beast to captive pet. Peering cautiously over the raised platform that plummets down into the enclosure within, you note the steep drop and the smooth walls without any hint of foothold. Perhaps not far enough to kill a man foolish enough to fall in, but hopefully too far for anything to scale or jump out. The attention to detail in the design of the direwolf’s enclosure is nearly as impressive as the beast itself. The pine wood and other deciduous plants reminiscent of Canton’s forests must have been transported here from across the sea, alive and full grown, and no doubt at great expense. A cunning series of vents and wind tunnels above that Father would no doubt appreciate more than you works to keep the direwolf’s pen comparatively cool to the rest of the rooms in the palace. Even the boulders that form the beast’s modest lair look like those you’d find back home rather than plucked from the nearby desert. The price of building this habitat must have been on par with the cost of the expedition to capture the beast itself, in coin if not in lives. Still, for all that the giant apex predator seems no less miserable for its current state of captivity. If you believe Sir Marley and Sir de Camp, who despite their fatalistic death pact strike you as men who enjoy a bit of gossip every much as a fishmonger’s wife, then there are rumours that the Merchanta are on the outlook to secure another direwolf and make of them a breeding pair if possible. The mere notion would have been laughable at home, a monster of this awful speed and ferocity would be the the terror of peasants tending their flocks and a worthy Foe for a daring knight errant to do battle with and slay for God and glory. But here? The beast is in the same category of those strange striped horses further down. A prize for their master, an idle curiosity… [1/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 12 Aug 2024 12:56:36 No. 6079262 Report Quoted By:
You’ve managed to avoid staring at every new wonder and mind-boggling display of architecture, or at least avoid doing so with a slack open jaw. If you are being honest, your first day was probably spent more staring in amazement at your surroundings than it was actually scanning the long halls and high ceilings for intruders or what-have-you. Sir Ibram caught you off-balance once when came up behind you during the change to patrols that break up the monotony of standing sentry, but the man was congenial enough about it and merely slapped you on the shoulder and said that all the new recruits take a few days to get over the ‘palace shock’ as he called it. According to him, it is a testament to human nature that a man can just about adjust to anything and treat the extraordinary as the new ordinary if given enough time. There is an enclosure so thick with foreign lush greenery that you cannot imagine anyone could see what it contains. The plants are like nothing you have seen before, all thick broad leaves, moss covered fallen trunks or abnormally large flowers of vibrant size and colours that would put the fashions of the Port Bounty Ball to shame. Compared to the towering marble halls, the pen is pleasing to the eye and gives off a sweet scent, but despite the attractiveness of the environ you notice the passing guards and servants give it as wide a berth as the direwolf’s enclosure if not more so. Antoninus isn’t here to translate the Cathagi lettering on the stone pavement in front of it, so you’ve nothing to go on as to what is contained within, if there is anything, or even if the plants themselves are the exhibit. Still, you see no good reason why you’d let idle curiosity take you within arm’s reach of that gladed enclosure for a closer look. There is another enclosure covered entirely in gossamer webs, thick as the rigging on any ship and constantly attended by a menagerie slave whose sole purpose it seems is to saw with a long pike-looking instrument through any of the strings that start or end above a red line about halfway up the enclosure walls where a weird sheen on the stone begins. No one explains what the difference in the stone is above the red line, or what is within creating those webs, and you do not ask. Similarly, you’ll probably never know what swims within the enclosure filled with murky water. There is one exhibit where the entire top of the enclosure is covered in glass, clear glass! You’d shake your head at the wild expense in maintaining these habitats if you weren’t on duty. [2/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 12 Aug 2024 12:59:27 No. 6079264 Report [3/3] During your patrols you pass by a great many of these exhibits, making the rounds both the grand passages wide enough for the giant steps of the Dragon to walk and observe his prizes but also the lower thin passages between each enclosure where authorised slaves tend the exhibits, clean waste and feed the inhabitants a variety of meat and plant probably no less varied than the palace kitchens themselves. How in the Pit they manage to do so without being ripped to shreds was first beyond you, but after a while you see it for yourself that most enclosure’s with a particularly hostile inhabitant contain side enclosures that the captive is either lured or prodded into for maintenance to occur. Your duty, it was made clear, is to check the authorisation of these menagerie keepers and search the contents of their packages. It was definitely made clear to you that your duties do -not- include entering the exhibits themselves or jumping into any of these deathtraps to fend off a slave unfortunate enough to be caught by one of the many deadly predators present. Not that it happens today, but apparently it isn’t unheard of… On a break, you did ask one of the other guards, a towering Tempest Islander with a wide smile of white teeth, whether any of these creatures had been known to escape their exhibit. The man smiled wider and signalled something in Battle Cant that you didn’t understand, but the rest of the varied guards on break seemed to find quite humour. While your patrols take you around the breadth and width of the Imperial Menagerie, your usual posting at sentry is adjacent to an exhibit within clear view of your post. It hosts a creature that you would otherwise never have the opportunity to see up close, at least living. And you have little else to do whilst standing sentry and scanning your sector other than to study it, and its behaviours, at length. ==================================== I will also take write-ins if anons have a particular monster in mind, or suggestions for the specimen type they vote for.> Another monster native to the wild environs of your Cantonian homeland, particularly Fallavon but not unheard of in any given Duchy. [Cantonian specimen] > A creature said to be found in the Scaled Hordes that periodically prowl, or migrate, en masse across the Slithering Wastelands. [Wasteland specimen] > A creature whose appearance is so bizarre, and origin so far flung, that if you had heard a man tell of it you would have scoffed at the notion of its existence. [Exotic specimen]
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>>6079264 >>I will also take write-ins if anons have a particular monster in mind, or suggestions for the specimen type they vote for. Oh come on Forgotten, you think we're passing up an opportunity to vote for a Turtlewolf?
> Another monster native to the wild environs of your Cantonian homeland, particularly Fallavon but not unheard of in any given Duchy. [Cantonian specimen] Turtlewolf
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>>6079265 A pack of them even or a breeding pair
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>>6079264 >>6054039 > A creature said to be found in the Scaled Hordes that periodically prowl, or migrate, en masse across the Slithering Wastelands. [Wasteland specimen] This will be good intel for when we return to help Sir Rabe and Montbrun with their reptile infestation.
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>>6079264 > A creature said to be found in the Scaled Hordes that periodically prowl, or migrate, en masse across the Slithering Wastelands. [Wasteland specimen] could this be giant scorpion?
>>6054168 this is me
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>>6079264 > A creature whose appearance is so bizarre, and origin so far flung, that if you had heard a man tell of it you would have scoffed at the notion of its existence. [Exotic specimen] inb4 its something conventionally exotic like a
elephant or a rhino
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>>6079264 At some point, a slave will fall in, ask for help, and we'll be oathbound to help
>>6079273 > A creature whose appearance is so bizarre, and origin so far flung, that if you had heard a man tell of it you would have scoffed at the notion of its existence. [Exotic specimen] >>6054266 Tis I
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>>6079294 Woops messed it up.
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>>6079294 yep better use our sword with it's sheath still on and bludgen the beast into a retreat may save us getting fired(oh god this going to be a shit show)
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>>6079264 > A creature whose appearance is so bizarre, and origin so far flung, that if you had heard a man tell of it you would have scoffed at the notion of its existence. [Exotic specimen] TURTLEWOLF! TURTLEWOLF! TURTLEWOLF!
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>>6079264 >> A creature whose appearance is so bizarre, and origin so far flung, that if you had heard a man tell of it you would have scoffed at the notion of its existence. [Exotic specimen] The mystery box!
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>>6079264 >> A creature whose appearance is so bizarre, and origin so far flung, that if you had heard a man tell of it you would have scoffed at the notion of its existence. [Exotic specimen] A Yeti from the far reaches of the norsikan realms. The enclosure is continuously fanned by a team of slaves and ice that is rapidly replenished.
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>>6079264 >> A creature whose appearance is so bizarre, and origin so far flung, that if you had heard a man tell of it you would have scoffed at the notion of its existence. [Exotic specimen] what
>>6079273 said
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>>6079264 > A creature whose appearance is so bizarre, and origin so far flung, that if you had heard a man tell of it you would have scoffed at the notion of its existence. [Exotic specimen >>6054322 My v post
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>>6079264 >> Another monster native to the wild environs of your Cantonian homeland, particularly Fallavon but not unheard of in any given Duchy. [Cantonian specimen] >>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6079264 >A creature whose appearance is so bizarre, and origin so far flung, that if you had heard a man tell of it you would have scoffed at the notion of its existence. [Exotic specimen] >>6053997 V post
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>>6079334 Siiiick write-in
+1 for a Norsikaan creature in general
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>>6079264 > A creature said to be found in the Scaled Hordes that periodically prowl, or migrate, en masse across the Slithering Wastelands. [Wasteland specimen] Write-in
>A Wasteland Hydra, you initially make the mistake of thinking the polycephalus creature as a collection of large specimens in a serpentarium; each head a worthy if modest challenge by your estimation. It's only when you see the creature feeding in a frenzy of tearing flesh and razon teeth that their conjoined nature becomes evident. Being consider something akind to sacred by the Scalefiends and it's own aggresive nature you can't imagine nothing less than a small host corralling the creature, how it was transport all the way from the wasteland and into the menagerie is beyond you. >>6053994 Anonymous
The Imperial Purple is a pretty god tier item, looking at it's stats makes me tear up.
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>>6079264 >A creature said to be found in the Scaled Hordes that periodically prowl, or migrate, en masse across the Slithering Wastelands. [Wasteland specimen] Let's hope it's not a giga basilisk, instant death if it breaks out
>>6054219 Hey hey people, anchor post here
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>>6079264 > Another monster native to the wild environs of your Cantonian homeland, particularly Fallavon but not unheard of in any given Duchy. [Cantonian specimen] A Carrion creature of Romanie or a some kind of Griffin or Demigryph.
>>6053987 Zoo pass
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>>6079757 I guarantee their is a jungle basilisk in that rain forest biome
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>>6079264 >>6079334 Supporting this anon, the idea of a semi-sentient yeti mourning his lost tribe and being turned into nothing more than a novelty from the dragon is cool as fuck.>>6054547 is me Anonymous
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>>6079264 > A creature said to be found in the Scaled Hordes that periodically prowl, or migrate, en masse across the Slithering Wastelands. [Wasteland specimen] Verily:
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>>6079640 Lets hope we never beef with another Dragonguard.
>>6079789 Truly cursed.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 13 Aug 2024 13:03:43 No. 6079878 Report > SELECTED: A creature whose appearance is so bizarre, and origin so far flung, that if you had heard a man tell of it you would have scoffed. [Exotic specimen] For Turtlewolf anons, while they are an exotic creature I suppose from a Cantonian perspective I think we (ad-hoc) fleshed them out to be local to the Cathagi area at least. Whilst on Palace Rota, the 43rd Talon is divided up with several other units from disparate cohorts. Today you are fortunate enough to be paired with Sir Ibram, who is as fluent in the Battle Cant of the Dragon Guard as any officer, but your minimal interactions with the other varied soldiers present leaves you in no doubt that familiarising yourself with the secret sign language is a priority should you wish your stay here to be as painless as possible. You’ve picked up some of the more fundamental signs or half-words ‘Follow’, ‘Stop’ and ‘This way’, but you’ll need to learn more, and quickly. For the most part, you feel like an hanger-on during your first day still learning the ropes of patrols while you pick up the basics of patrolling in breadth and the screening required of passing staff. No guests or other palace officials wander through other than the menageries attendants, at least not today, so your time on sentry at your current post is spent with little in the way of distractions. [1/2]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 13 Aug 2024 13:06:30 No. 6079879 Report [2/2] It is probably for the best, as you are so taken with the vantage point you have over the enclosure before you that you’d probably be neglecting to properly inspect an area that had more traffic. The object of your attention is a creature that you had never heard of even in a bard’s wildest exaggerated tales, you had no idea such a beast existed let alone would be displayed before you to inspect and examine over the long hours standing guard. It’s certainly not the most boring duty you’ve had, compared to your time manning the walls of the Comitas border forts back home. You imagine the novelty will wear off, but for now you find yourself studying… =======================================>A glowering white-maned Yehtee from beyond the mountains north of Norsikaa, where even those daring warlike people fear to tread. [Yehtee] >A brilliant hoofed Kirin from the far south of Azir Azai, where men worship the sun. Each Azir cataphract that walks past bows their head in deference to the creature. [Kirin] > A shapeshifting Lamia from the western coasts of the Tempest Isles, said to be good luck or an ill omen depending on which sailor you ask. [Lamia] > A mighty Sandstalker, a scorpion larger than a wagon that is the bane of the unwary or unlucky traveller that braves the nomad steppes to the south between Cathagi and Azir. [Sandstalker] > A hulking Barkoni, or Treekin, said to be the dastardly result of unholy coupling between man and dryad. Others say their existence was designed by the Deepwood Court, rather than happenstance. [Barkoni] > A towering tusked Elephas, the elephant-kin is no mere beast, hailing from a city-state as far south from Mansipoor as Cathagi is from Langland. [Loxodon] > A feathered serpent to rival any basilisk, brightly coloured and undoubtedly deadly poisonous. You know not where the creature comes from, only that it's exhibit is similar to the thick lush green to the enclosure next to it. [Kukulkan]
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>>6079879 >>A brilliant hoofed Kirin from the far south of Azir Azai, where men worship the sun. Each Azir cataphract that walks past bows their head in deference to the creature. [Kirin] Anonymous
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>>6079879 > A shapeshifting Lamia from the western coasts of the Tempest Isles, said to be good luck or an ill omen depending on which sailor you ask. [Lamia] >>6054018 Me
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 13 Aug 2024 13:09:36 No. 6079884 Report Quoted By:
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 13 Aug 2024 13:10:46 No. 6079885 Report And Mapbro's work for anons needing a reminder.
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>>6079879 >>6054039 >A brilliant hoofed Kirin from the far south of Azir Azai, where men worship the sun. Each Azir cataphract that walks past bows their head in deference to the creature. [Kirin] I was going to vote for the "Yehtee" but this seems like a strangely noble animal. I assume Emile would see it something like the Pegasi of Montbrun. Also some info on the Azir people might be nice.
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>>6079879 >> A feathered serpent to rival any basilisk, brightly coloured and undoubtedly deadly poisonous. You know not where the creature comes from, only that it's exhibit is similar to the thick lush green to the enclosure next to it. [Kukulkan] oh shit its aztec time
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>>6079879 I also want to commend you for putting in what I can only assume is a Conan: The Tower of the Elephant reference.
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>>6079879 I knew I should have voted for a fucking dinosaur instead of my write-in.
>A glowering white-maned Yehtee from beyond the mountains north of Norsikaa, where even those daring warlike people fear to tread. [Yehtee] on a related note Forgotten, have you read Deevolution by Max brooks? It has a great take on big foot.
>>6079885 Also is Nova Cathaggi on the main river on the Cathaggi continent?
>>6053987 Zoo pass
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>>6079879 > A towering tusked Elephas, the elephant-kin is no mere beast, hailing from a city-state as far south from Mansipoor as Cathagi is from Langland. [Loxodon] All of these are extremely cool, damn.
>>6054198 Me
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>>6079879 >>A brilliant hoofed Kirin from the far south of Azir Azai, where men worship the sun. Each Azir cataphract that walks past bows their head in deference to the creature. [Kirin] Kirins are cool!
>>6054329 Me
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>>6079879 >> A towering tusked Elephas, the elephant-kin is no mere beast, hailing from a city-state as far south from Mansipoor as Cathagi is from Langland. [Loxodon] I wanna chill with the elephant bro. Seems like he kinda just... got kidnapped and is chilling here now. Like what happened to that Direwolf, but he's sentient.
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>>6079879 >A brilliant hoofed Kirin from the far south of Azir Azai, where men worship the sun. Each Azir cataphract that walks past bows their head in deference to the creature. [Kirin] Maybe this will be our next mount when we inevitably set fire top Cathagi and have to abdanon Hannibal to escape.
>>6054234 Me
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>>6079878 Can't vote because I missed the window by a long shot, but everytime I see this image of hand signals, I just can't help myself
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>>6079879 >A brilliant hoofed Kirin from the far south of Azir Azai, where men worship the sun. Each Azir cataphract that walks past bows their head in deference to the creature. [Kirin] >>6054168 this is me
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>>6079879 >>A brilliant hoofed Kirin from the far south of Azir Azai, where men worship the sun. Each Azir cataphract that walks past bows their head in deference to the creature. [Kirin] >>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6079879 Unsure of which to vote for. So I would say whichever seems to be the most intelligent.
>>6054513 Me
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>>6079879 > A shapeshifting Lamia from the western coasts of the Tempest Isles, said to be good luck or an ill omen depending on which sailor you ask. [Lamia] Verily
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>>6079881 You uh... you gonna link to your anchor post bro? You wouldn't a samefag would ya?
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>>6079879 >>A glowering white-maned Yehtee from beyond the mountains north of Norsikaa, where even those daring warlike people fear to tread. [Yehtee] rip the yeti
>>6054153 its me, mike mirrer
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>>6079879 >A glowering white-maned Yehtee from beyond the mountains north of Norsikaa, where even those daring warlike people fear to tread. [Yehtee] >>6053981 Anonymous
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>>6079879 >A brilliant hoofed Kirin from the far south of Azir Azai, where men worship the sun. Each Azir cataphract that walks past bows their head in deference to the creature. [Kirin] A noble creature, like the Pegasus. Also Forgotten what Canton's view on unicorns?
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>>6080404 > what Canton's view on unicorns? Pegasi aren't real. They are fae surveillance devices. Pegasi are part of the Deep Forest State! /s
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>>6079879 >A brilliant hoofed Kirin from the far south of Azir Azai, where men worship the sun. Each Azir cataphract that walks past bows their head in deference to the creature. [Kirin] >>6054107 Me
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>>6080373 Holy shit THE Mike Miller? Do you still deal crushing type damage with your mallet?
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 14 Aug 2024 07:12:00 No. 6080556 Report >SELECTED: A brilliant hoofed Kirin from the far south of Azir Azai, where men worship the sun. Each Azir cataphract that walks past bows their head in deference to the creature. [Kirin] <span class="mu-s">Kirin Traits Revealed</span>>(1) Unnatural Speed +20DC, +2 Combat Re-Rolls >(2) Keen Antlers +5DC, Adverse -20AV, +2 Adverse AV Re-Roll >(3) Blazing Mane +10DC, +10AV, +2 AV Re-Rolls >(4) Guardian of the Sun, +4/2/1/0 Combat Re-Rolls during Bright/Gloom/Darkness/Pitch Black environments respectively. A cunning design in the cavernous roof of the Crescent Palace, and even a mirror at certain points in the day, ensures that the Kirin’s pen is kept entirely saturated by sunlight despite its location indoors. This seems most agreeable to the creature, who is content to bask on the stone plinth and soak up the sunlight to the point where you could swear it’s mane actually throbs and pulses with energy. Occasionally, when it has had its full, the graceful quadruped will flit around the edges of its pen wistfully, as if burning with the earnest desire to gallop with the sunbeams. It is the only sign of agitation you see from the serene animal, and the sunlight it has coated itself in self-evidently glows long after the great halls of the Imperial Menagerie darken with the setting of the sun. Later that evening upon learning of your posting the normally reclusive Chimchala joins you for a game of Princeps. The game is friendly despite the language barrier, albeit quiet, and without wager. Through a roundabout translation via Sir Ibram and Antoninus, the Azir cataphract tells you that this position outside the Kirin’s enclosure is considered a particularly lucky one. The man seems to think you should consider yourself blessed to have been posted there on your first day, and listens to your translated report of the creature’s wellbeing intently.>GAIN Luck of the Kirin trait: +1 Persuade/Intrigue/Counter-Intrigue Re-Roll when interacting with those of Azir origin [½]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 14 Aug 2024 07:13:21 No. 6080557 Report [2/2] You still know very little of the far off lands of Azir Azai. Their silks are coveted by merchants and nobles in kingdoms throughout the world, and you have heard that they worship the sun. You have read of the Blood Pacts and the Exile Princes, elite warriors that have crossed a continent and all the perils of the southern steppes and deserts to serve the Dragon. But to you these are just names, you’ve no notion of the size of their kingdom or why compels their men to exile their nobility with warriors in tow seemingly regular basis. Nor why Chimchala is stationed here in this talon, rather than in one of the Cataphract talons with the other men of Azir. You could use this as an opportunity to learn more of Azir, its lands and opportunities, or you could stand to build some rapport with Chimchala himself. Or, since it is only your first day, you could just quietly enjoy a friendly game of Princeps with your exotic squadmate. =================================> “Tell me, what does ‘Jes-Rai’ mean? Is it the name of your king, your god?” You have heard the Azir men chant this at the end of their morning meditations. Your curiosity at this pagan ritual is a natural start to talking about Azir in general. [Divine] > “Tell me of your fighting style, I see your armour is scale and lance thin compared to ours. Is that they way of all Azir?” You suspect that asking him personal questions is not a wise start, so instead you talk to him as a fellow warrior. Martial conversation is the safe bet, Princeps -is- in part a war game after all. [ > “...” Silence, you’re about to break your Princeps losing streak. It is only your first day, and this companionable game thankfully needs no translation between two elite warriors from the opposite ends of the world. [Idealist]
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>>6080557 > “Tell me of your fighting style, I see your armour is scale and lance thin compared to ours. Is that they way of all Azir?” You suspect that asking him personal questions is not a wise start, so instead you talk to him as a fellow warrior. Martial conversation is the safe bet, Princeps -is- in part a war game after all. [ Common ground first, lest build rapport and then move into deeper topics. I am super curious about this fello
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Also loved that write up about the Kirin Forgotten, very cool animal
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 14 Aug 2024 07:17:33 No. 6080561 Report >>6079893 I've not read deevolution, sorry. Never really did get into the Bigfoot hype...
>is Nova Cathaggi on the main river on the Cathaggi continent? Yes, right on the delta. Most of the other vassal cities and towns in Cathagi are along the coast or the river as well.
>>6080061 You know I was actually looking for that image not the serious on, so thank you.
>>6080404 >Also Forgotten what Canton's view on unicorns? Said to be extinct since the War of Names, for lack of virtuous maidens in the Kingdom
or because humans looked at them like magical wasteland mustanges and their attempt to tame them instead killed them off (unlike the Pegasus). Anonymous
>>6079893 >>6080561 My anchor post has the more updated version of the world map with Nova Cathagi shown by the delta
Here for reference
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>>6080557 > “Tell me of your fighting style, I see your armour is scale and lance thin compared to ours. Is that they way of all Azir?” You suspect that asking him personal questions is not a wise start, so instead you talk to him as a fellow warrior. Martial conversation is the safe bet, Princeps -is- in part a war game after all. [ >>6053989 me
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>>6079890 I have noticed things getting a bit more sword-and-sorcery since we landed on these shores and I'm here for it!
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>>6080557 > “Tell me of your fighting style, I see your armour is scale and lance thin compared to ours. Is that they way of all Azir?” You suspect that asking him personal questions is not a wise start, so instead you talk to him as a fellow warrior. Martial conversation is the safe bet, Princeps -is- in part a war game after all. This will also help if we got to fight one of these guys someday.
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>>6080557 >“Tell me, what does ‘Jes-Rai’ mean? Is it the name of your king, your god?” You have heard the Azir men chant this at the end of their morning meditations. Your curiosity at this pagan ritual is a natural start to talking about Azir in general. [Divine] >>6053969 Me
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>>6080556 >Those stats Jesus I want one to counter whatever doom and gloom the Dreadlords can use to demoralise crusaders.
>>6080557 > “Tell me of your fighting style, I see your armour is scale and lance thin compared to ours. Is that they way of all Azir?” You suspect that asking him personal questions is not a wise start, so instead you talk to him as a fellow warrior. Martial conversation is the safe bet, Princeps -is- in part a war game after all. [ Gimme that sweet sweet Weeb fightin.
>>6080561 Yeah Im usually not really interested in big foot myself but given the Author also wrote World war Z it was a worth a shot, really just came to mind since oversized apes aren't given a lot of screentime in horror.
>Said to be extinct since the War of Names, for lack of virtuous maidens in the Kingdom Man finding one would be a incredible boon for the Crusade and for pursuing Vancewell... It would also provide legitimacy to any claim a stake in the Crusade could provide.
>>6080562 Cheers anon I missed it.
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>>6080557 > “Tell me of your fighting style, I see your armour is scale and lance thin compared to ours. Is that they way of all Azir?” You suspect that asking him personal questions is not a wise start, so instead you talk to him as a fellow warrior. Martial conversation is the safe bet, Princeps -is- in part a war game after all. [Hearty] This bitch majestic.
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>>6080557 >> “Tell me of your fighting style, I see your armour is scale and lance thin compared to ours. Is that they way of all Azir?” You suspect that asking him personal questions is not a wise start, so instead you talk to him as a fellow warrior. Martial conversation is the safe bet, Princeps -is- in part a war game after all. [ >>6053981 Anonymous
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>>6080557 >> “Tell me of your fighting style, I see your armour is scale and lance thin compared to ours. Is that they way of all Azir?” You suspect that asking him personal questions is not a wise start, so instead you talk to him as a fellow warrior. Martial conversation is the safe bet, Princeps -is- in part a war game after all. [ God I love the world building so much.
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>>6080557 > “Tell me of your fighting style, I see your armour is scale and lance thin compared to ours. Is that they way of all Azir?” You suspect that asking him personal questions is not a wise start, so instead you talk to him as a fellow warrior. Martial conversation is the safe bet, Princeps -is- in part a war game after all. >>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6080557 >>6054039 > “Tell me of your fighting style, I see your armour is scale and lance thin compared to ours. Is that they way of all Azir?” You suspect that asking him personal questions is not a wise start, so instead you talk to him as a fellow warrior. Martial conversation is the safe bet, Princeps -is- in part a war game after all. [ Nothing like sharing notes. I wonder if any of his cavalry kit is significantly better than ours.
>>6080569 Yeah, Cathagi seems to be stuck culturally in an eternal late Bronze Age, if only by virtue of its immortal ruler.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 15 Aug 2024 10:44:49 No. 6081163 Report Quoted By:
It's been a long day, so I will call for rolls in a little bit and leave it there for tonight,
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 15 Aug 2024 11:10:24 No. 6081166 Report > SELECTED: “Tell me of your fighting style, I see your armour is scale and lance thin compared to ours. Is that they way of all Azir?” You suspect that asking him personal questions is not a wise start, so instead you talk to him as a fellow warrior. Martial conversation is the safe bet, Princeps -is- in part a war game after all. [Hearty] ============================ <span class="mu-s">Persuasion Roll: Befriend the Cataphract Chimchala</span>> Friendly Intentions / Equal Social Standing 60DC > Orator +20DC > Injured (whip marks) -1DC > Gregarious Lifestyle +5DC, +1 Re-Roll > Military Tabard (martial setting) +5DC, +1 Re-Roll > The Imperial Purple (nil effect with fellow Guard member) > Luck of the Kirin (Azir target) +1 Re-Roll > Language Barrier (Azir dialect) +1 Adverse Re-Roll > Chimchala: Reserved target -10DC > Chimchala: Gregarious Lifestyle: -5DC, +1 Adverse Re-Roll > Chimchala: Military Tabard (martial setting) -5DC, +1 Adverse Re-Roll > Chimchala: The Imperial Purple (nil effect with fellow Guard member) > 69 DC Double Fail = Distracted Player. In addition to losing the game whilst distracted with talk, you lose the rematch where you were foolish enough to bet on the outcome [-6 Sequins]. 0 = Azir Affront. You’ve no notion of what you said that upset the man, but he declines further attempts at conversations or matches in the future. It will take a dedicated effort for him to warm up to you at all. 1 = Be Still and Play On. Chimchala does not seem to enjoy your stilted conversations, such as they are, but he is hard-pressed to find another Princeps player in the 43rd. You will have further opportunities to wear him down into friendship over time. 2 = Adopted introvert. The quiet Chimchala is unable resist your affable advances. You declare him friend and comrade, and the man is too courteously polite to deny otherwise. 3 = Azir Insight. Your games of Princeps with the reserved cataphract became a regular pastime after-hours, and your grasp of both Battle Cant and the Azir language grow accordingly. Double Pass = Multitasker. Regardless of other results, you win the Princeps game impressively. Vancewell bonus. You have THREE re-rolls. Your opponent has THREE adverse re-rolls. <span class="mu-s">In Azir Azai, they call this game ‘Xiangqi’</span>
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Rolled 95 (1d100) >>6081166 Let try that again
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Rolled 16 (1d100) >>6081166 >>6054099 I enjoy the dice, they are nice.
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>>6081166 Adam’s peace on your my brother in arms.
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>>6081171 Thats fairly annoying.
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Rolled 56 (1d100) >>6081166 big wins and friends surely
>>6054168 this is me
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And now we wait for Forgotten to roll out a 9 on his adverse re-rolls.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 15 Aug 2024 11:17:09 No. 6081177 Report Rolled 15 (1d100) Using my first adverse re-roll to attempt to counter this 56 success. [1/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 15 Aug 2024 11:18:11 No. 6081178 Report Rolled 2 (1d100) >>6081176 No.
>>6081177 >>6081175 Whelp. Using the second adverse re-roll to try again. [2/3].
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 15 Aug 2024 11:19:15 No. 6081179 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 61 (1d100) Fuck that was close. I'll stop trying to upset that anon's pass.
Using the final adverse re-roll to attempt to reverse this 16 result [3/3]
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>>6081178 truly the dice gods are fond of me today
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Rolled 62 (1d100) >>6081166 Re-rolling this one here
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 15 Aug 2024 11:20:27 No. 6081182 Report Quoted By:
Hmph. Anons sitting at 2 SUCCESS. This anon has 3 re-rolls to make it a home run.
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>>6081181 Good job knigga.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 15 Aug 2024 11:21:34 No. 6081185 Report Quoted By:
>>6081181 Alright you cheeky fucks you win this one. 3 SUCCESS.
Updoot tomorrow.
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>>6081166 Finally, Emile has his own Crane. All is right in the world.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Fri 16 Aug 2024 08:30:32 No. 6081860 Report Sorry anons, I am shirking tonight’s QM responsibilities to go and search for tomorrow’s hangover…
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>>6081860 Tell us then bossman. Whats your favourite poison.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:NCLSpXJS Fri 16 Aug 2024 11:31:31 No. 6081909 Report I love you anons!!!
I would never have kept this up without seeing how invested you guys get in this little adventure on a Czech fly-fishing forum.
>>6081863 As a staple drink, I go for a mixer with Canadian Club.
But for shots, it’s fireball whisky or (of course) tequila.
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>>6081909 Drunk Forgotten is always fun.
CC and coke is always good. Love the game Forgotten, wouldn't have stuck around and made maps and a wiki if the writing wasn't good and the story wasn't engaging. You do good work boss. Here is to many more years of gaming (drinking Coopers Pale myself)
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Sat 17 Aug 2024 12:31:14 No. 6082521 Report Ah another slack night sorry lads. I hope to be back into my update mojo soon, I know I have been spotty lately.
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>>6082521 Go and come back stronger
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Sun 18 Aug 2024 08:14:20 No. 6083256 Report Quoted By:
>3 SUCCESS: Azir Insight. Your games of Princeps with the reserved cataphract became a regular pastime after-hours, and your grasp of both Battle Cant and the Azir language grow accordingly. >Chimchala is now LOYAL status. You can rely on his support both in battle and in more mundane events during your term of service. This does not mean that he will follow you once your time in the Dragon Guard comes to an end. You had feared that Chimchala’s weak grasp of the Cantonian tongue, combined with your complete lack of the Azir language, would prove a recipe for disaster. Far from it, while the game takes longer the whole thing proves to be a learning experience. Chimchala is a patient player and a patient man and while Sir Ibram may not know more than a word or two in Azir himself he is happy to translate the Battle Cant that Chimchala does know while Sir Ibram watches the two of you play. ‘Keep your eye on the game’ and ‘It is your turn now’ are just some of the examples of more complex combination of signs that you become familiar with as the game and conversation continues. You do not know why Chimchala is stationed in a separate talon to the other Cataphract talons, nor why he meditates alone each sunrise rather than joining the Azir pacts on the balconies of the Cantonian wing. But you steer clear of these topics, sticking instead to more familiar ground between warriors such as the differences between the Cantonian and Azir approaches to warfare. From what Chimchala tells you, the Azir have long used heavy cavalry albeit to a far lesser extent than the elite core that the Cantonian doctrine relies so heavily upon. He politely agrees, you think, that Cantonian horse breeds are far superior but Azir horses are near universally well armoured. An Azir Cataphract is expected to master the lance, the shortsword and the bow so their fighting styles are a deal more dynamic than the heavily armoured shock cavalry that forms the bulk of the Cantonian cohort. The Azir lances are a good deal shorter than the Cantonian classic, unable to be properly couched but less likely to shatter and continue to be used in combat after the charge. As for how this works for the Dragon Guard, the Azir Cataphracts are typically used as heavy screening forces wherever the main Cantonian charge should fall. <span class="mu-i">“We do not…”</span> Chimchala struggles for the Cantonian word as you stare at your collapsing Princeps formation. <span class="mu-i">“Hunt honour?”</span> [1/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Sun 18 Aug 2024 08:15:22 No. 6083257 Report Fending off light cavalry, cutting through archers in the back lines or hitting supply baggages whilst the glory goes to the knights that crush the enemy under their hooves in the battle proper is hardly the stuff of legend, but it does not seem to phase the Azir that these less honourable roles typically fall to them. Their obedience to the Blood Pact, Chimchala winces as he signs the word, is absolute. When your last ineffectual offensive again flounders against the foreign warrior’s defensive play, his counter-attack mops up your disparate pieces swiftly and efficiently. <span class="mu-i">“Ah, we’ll that’s game then.”</span> You struggle to sign the Battle Cant equivalent of ‘Well fought’, and Chimchala corrects you in his typical mild-mannered way. <span class="mu-i">“I must apologise if my nattering distracted from the game.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“I do not mind.”</span> Chimchala speaks slowly, but a mild smile slips through as he signs ‘Again tomorrow’ <span class="mu-i">“It was a good conversation.”</span> [2/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Sun 18 Aug 2024 08:17:05 No. 6083259 Report [3/3] You are told that some Palace Rotas will have you on nighttime duty, but the current Rota during the day leaves you taking your ease with the other knights of the 43rd after dinner in the hall. There were no speeches or new recruits to be inducted today, at least not for the Cantonian cohort, so this evening proves to be a more relaxed affair as you take your ease with your new companions. Marshall Durand and Sir Romaine are at an officer’s meeting, as are many of from other Talons of higher rank, so the conversation at the dinner table tonight feels much less formal and even rambunctious as the frank conversation between the men of the 43rd revolves around… =====================>The upcoming wargames in the next Drill Rota, and the Cantonian Cohort’s annual tournament to select a new bearer of the Standard of Saint Michael. As a new recruit you are not eligible to participate in your first year, but it is considered the highest honour a knight can obtain outside of proper battle in the Guard. [Divine] >Talk of home, in particular the recent developments in the Duchy Courts. As the most recent recruits, yourself and the Sir Cedrics are at the centrepiece as a source firsthand information. You fill in what you can of Pascae’s recent upsets, and the Sir Cedrics bring news from the capital. [Hearty] >The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist]
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>>6083259 >The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] >>6054018 Me
Oh wasn't expecting a weekend post
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>>6083259 >>The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] we should start making some money moves
>>6054153 my allowed near schools certificate
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>>6083259 >The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] vp:
>>6054405 Anonymous
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>>6083259 >The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] Hooray for StV!
>>6054168 this is me
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>>6083259 >The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] Time to get a hang of what the hell goes on in this place.
>>6054198 Me
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>>6083259 >>The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] >>6054219 OMG DON'T LOOK AT ME I'M NOT READY
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>>6083257 >“It was a good conversation.” Ah shit i can hear it and now i’ll never get it out of my head for Chimchala.
>>6083259 >The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] Anonymous
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>>6083409 Forgot to link.
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>>6054274 Anonymous
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>>6083259 >>The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] Gotta know what's going on
>>6054329 Me
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>>6083409 I told you bro, he's Crane. Fantasy Crane. Good fighter, reserved, thoughtful, got expelled from an organization/pact and he's not!Asian. Forgotten, confirmed to be a hackfraud
or he simply misses writing Crane. Anonymous
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>>6083259 >>The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] >>6054234 I
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>>6083259 #>>The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] Time to gather info
>>6054107 Me
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>>6083259 >>The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] >>6053994 Anonymous
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>>6083259 >>6054039 >The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] As everyone's already said, we are outsiders here and the sooner we are up to speed the better.
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>>6083259 >The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] >>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6083409 Haha I totally missed that (Last Samurai such a good movie)
>>6083518 I totally see what you're saying now. 100% on the Crane Train
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>>6083259 >>Talk of home, in particular the recent developments in the Duchy Courts. As the most recent recruits, yourself and the Sir Cedrics are at the centrepiece as a source firsthand information. You fill in what you can of Pascae’s recent upsets, and the Sir Cedrics bring news from the capital. [Hearty] What is this hivemind shit.
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>>6083259 >>Talk of home, in particular the recent developments in the Duchy Courts. As the most recent recruits, yourself and the Sir Cedrics are at the centrepiece as a source firsthand information. You fill in what you can of Pascae’s recent upsets, and the Sir Cedrics bring news from the capital. [Hearty] Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B
Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 19 Aug 2024 10:11:00 No. 6084023 Report Quoted By:
>SELECTED: The state of the Palace Games, most especially the escalations that have been occurring between the Medusae and Merchanta castes. Apparently that little stunt with yourself at the Palace Gates was not the only provocation between the two political castes, with the major players having been positioning themselves for some time now. [Idealist] <span class="mu-i"> “Didn’t the Norsikaan cohort arrest some mid-caste a few weeks ago?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“They did. And spilled no small amount of blood in the doing of it.”</span> Your contribution to the group discussion is reserved. You’re not likely to soon forget the flash of their longaxes and the crimson arcs that left a half-dozen men behind as butchered meat in as many seconds. <span class="mu-i">“I was there. What was he accused of?”</span> Sir Ibram scratches his chin thoughtfully. <span class="mu-i">“Something about trading with the Mansipoor confederation. Although last I heard that wasn’t a crime, else we’d be after half the merchants in this city.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“It is when the goods you’re exchanging for Mansipoor spice is Cathagi information.”</span> Sir de Camp replies with a smirk, the Sir Cedrics next to him listening with rapt attention. <span class="mu-i">“Truly?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“According to the Medusae, at any rate.”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Which one?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Exalted Heron, who else?”</span> The role of the Heron, it seems, is something between chamberlain and vizier. The hierarchy of the Medusae Caste is vague, purposefully so if you are to have any guess. Sir Ibram tells you that the masks of the Medusae confer a rank, or at least hold some significance outside of an affectation of their wearer. For example, he is fairly certain that the Lioness that is the Cantonian attache today is not the same Lioness from his childhood when his father served. While you could not say with any certainty that the Medusae high-caste Exalted Heron is the overall leader of the Medusae, she is certainly the most public and active of their number within the Crescent Palace so far as the Palace Games are concerned. [1/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 19 Aug 2024 10:16:10 No. 6084026 Report Quoted By:
When you ask him what the Death’s Head mask is meant to indicate so far as rank, Sir Ibram grimaces. <span class="mu-i">“I’ve not seen it myself, but I have heard that it is less a rank and more an inflicted punishment. I think there was something last year where the Merchant of Spices forced the Medusae to…”</span> He glances at a gesture from the normally silent Sir Siubhail. The tattooed knight has one hand gently stroking your Whitecloak Ermine, who has seen fit to again depart from her usual hiding place to scurry across the table and curl up against his bicep. The two are getting along famously and you find yourself suppressing a slight flare of jealously. <span class="mu-i">“Really?”</span> You’re not able to follow the flurry of Battle Cant from Sir Siubhail, but you can easily detect the doubt in Sir Ibram’s voice as he signs back and talks for your benefit. <span class="mu-i">“You’re telling me that Arap Bata had nothing to do with that?”</span> The name of Arap Bata, Master of Spices name comes up several times as the main agitator of Merchanta interests, although from what you gleaned from your own experience with the man you suspect that the true antagonist to the Medusae may his reserved partner the Master of Silks. Arap Bata struck you as blunt, both as an example of Merchanta wealth and as an individal. If there is someone else pulling the strings of the Merchanta Caste and engineering this confrontation, then if your judgement is at all sound it would most likely be Barak Yildirm. The main influencers of the tensions between the Medusae and Merchanta appear to be Exalted Heron and Arap Bata respectively. The attaches of the various armed forces in the Crescent Palace are not to be discounted, Desert Fox for the Stratiokas, Lioness for the Cantonians, Monkey for the Tempest Isles and She-Bear of the Norsikaans are some of the most powerful figures in terms of direct military might they have authority, or at least access and influence. You don’t doubt there are others, a sorcerous cabal of witches likely do not attribute rank to mere command of certain Dragon Guard cohorts, but these do not come up in the conversation between your comrades in the 43rd. At least not tonight. [2/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 19 Aug 2024 10:17:43 No. 6084027 Report [3/3] You had expected all of them to back their sister Exalted Heron, but from how your comrades speak they seem to do so to a lesser extent than you had anticipated. Lioness, attache to the Cantonian Cohort, doesn’t appear to exert much in the way of pressure for the Dragon Guard under her remit to actively frustrate Merchanta interests. Conversely, She-Bear of the Norsikaan Cohort is the preferred crude instrument of Heron where excessive force is required. The rest of the attaches seem to fall somewhere inbetween, but they are not the only Medusae members active in this game. There are the Medusae whose remit encompasses the various vassal cities, or those whose roles is altogether more elusive. For example, you’ve yet to identify their spymaster. For a court like this, with as many daggers as their are false smiles, you cannot imagine the Medusae do not have some sort of equivalent for the role. While Sir Gilbern was aware of the growing rivalry between the Medusae and Merchanta, the source and motivations of those behind the escalation had yet to be confirmed by the Ordo Reginate network. The Second Herald may have been somewhat understating the importance of a source within the Dragon Guard, already you find yourself more abreast of the inner politics of the Crescent Palace on a general level than their agents have been able to glean for years. =========================== During your service in the Dragon Guard…>You will keep your head down as a passive observer. You are a soldier in the Dragon Guard, that is your primary duty. Any pertinent information that comes to you during this role will only come by chance, or rather grace, not because you sought it out. [Divine] >You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] >You cannot sit idly by while the cogs that form the inner workings of the Cathagi Empire continue to click on an unknown course. If the information is crucial or vital enough to the interests and security of Canton, you will go out of your way to obtain it. [Idealist]
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>>6084027 >>You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] Anonymous
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>>6084027 >You will keep your head down as a passive observer. You are a soldier in the Dragon Guard, that is your primary duty. Any pertinent information that comes to you during this role will only come by chance, or rather grace, not because you sought it out. [Divine] Honestly whilst the second option is tempting, this Cathagi shit isn't our problem, nor our focus. We've got bigger fish to fry back home. We've a crusade to plan, Sons of Sin to uncover, webs of conspiracy and danger to avoid being tangled in and our lady love Vancewell to court. No need to ALSO involve ourselves in Cathagi palace intrigue. Let them tear themselves to pieces whilst we report on it to Sir Gilbern passively
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>>6084027 >You will keep your head down as a passive observer. You are a soldier in the Dragon Guard, that is your primary duty. Any pertinent information that comes to you during this role will only come by chance, or rather grace, not because you sought it out. [Divine] When do we get to be one of the guards the delivers the dragon his comically large sandwich?
>>6054168 this is me
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>>6084027 I say we do this option
>You will keep your head down as a passive observer. You are a soldier in the Dragon Guard, that is your primary duty. Any pertinent information that comes to you during this role will only come by chance, or rather grace, not because you sought it out. [Divine] Until we learn enough of the cathargi language that this option
>You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] will yield useful information
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>>6084027 >You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] Lets fucking do this shit, hell yea
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>>6084027 >>You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] I feel we need do make a small effort.
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Just a reminder, and sure Emile may have changed since then, but when we first agreed to do this we told Sir Gilbern we were no spy, nor master of courtly politics. We told him that we recognized it was our duty to pass on any relevant information for the realm but that we'd only do as passively, as we heard it and wouldn't go skulking about. So we don't owe anyone anything except that which reaches our ears. We don't actually have to go spying or actively seeking out information if we don't want to
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>>6084047 Okay, but people want to?
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>>6084048 Yeah cool, if people want to sick. I'm just pointing out something that happened in character a while back. Having a chat, a yarn, discussion etc et al. You know? Sometimes people talk and opinions change
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>>6084047 We aren't going to break into any close rooms with Hearty, it just getting near to where we might find something.
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>>6084052 Sure but the more we involve ourselves the more involved we get. It starts with going out of our way to be posted to juicy gossip places but then things get complicated/awkward/whatever and we get sucked in deeper.
Eventually we're going to hear something that makes us want to know more, we do a bit of sneaking, we owe a favour, we find ourselves in places we shouldn't be and before you know it we're in deep.
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>>6084048 I want us to deliver the dragon his lunch to see if they make him a dragon sized sandwich
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>>6084049 I mean if we want to have a discussion then I disagree with your statement that this isn't Emile's problem when Cathagi affairs can potentially affect all of Canton, not just Sir Gilbern and his Reginate pals. Especially when Romaine is the closest Duchy across the water from here.
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>>6084055 Alright, so how much of this Emiles problem exactly? How deep do we involve ourselves? Exactly how many problems are we trying to solve and how does that balance against what we have left to do back in our homeland?
We can't save the world and we sure as shit can't prevent an all out offensive from Cathagi. We can help prepare for it if such a thing is going to occur obviously, and we should pass on what info we can, but we still have to keep in mind the character we're playing. I'm not saying any of this is out of character - it's clearly not - but he's also not a courtly aficionado - and it's not what he signed up for.
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>>6084027 >>6054039 >You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] Being in the right place at the right time is plenty for what we promised. This isn't us rifling through Government documents, but merely being a strong observer.
>the Sir Cedrics next to him listening with rapt attention. I'm starting to think that Sir Cedrics are here for at least the same reason we are, except for the Faction's benefit. In my opinion, the Prince must want to get a read on Cathagi's war readiness before doing something big. It would look bad to be attacked while doing something else that moves troops away from potential incursion. He might also be potentially be seeking further ways to curry favor and aid from the Dragon, seeing as he already granted a Writ of Passage to get the Dire Wolf. He's already gathering foreign Langlish mercenaries to go East. Could he also be trying to take back Ardenne, but with more nefarious means? It would certainly solidify his rule as the King that took back the Deadlands.
In any case, we should ask our most probing questions outside of the Sir Cedrics earshot.
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>>6084056 Up to the playerbase as a whole to decide the risks vs the rewards- the key word for the second option here is 'may volunteer', not 'will volunteer', which gives wiggle room for opting out. I'd rather keep Emile's options open than have him totally bury his head in the sand.
I will point out that not like anyone here is advocating for the last option, which definitely raises the risk of exposure higher.
>>6084066 Agreed, the twins sound like Emile's foil for the Prince, though how active *they* have been ordered to be in gathering intel will be interesting to see.
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>>6084076 >Up to the playerbase as a whole to decide the risks vs the rewards Obviously, I never said differently.
>I will point out that not like anyone here is advocating for the last option, which definitely raises the risk of exposure higher. Sure but even the second choice increases risk and compounding risk over time as things get more complicated
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>>6084076 You bring up a good point, though I'm willing to bet good money the Prince will be making them actively search for information, his operation seems to proceed at any cost if dealing in slaves and demons is any indicator.
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>>6084027 >You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] Timeskip ahhh option
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>>6084027 >You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] Nothing too flashy.
>>6084066 Yeah Cedrics seem like a plant by the Prince, to what end we can only guess at though we can't rule out Faction schemes. I don't think he's trying to take back Ardenne though, for all his scheming he seems mostly preoccupied with the Canton that is and his reign to come than any real nostalgia for Ardenne.
This does make me wonder if there is a upper contact for the Kingsmen here? I doubt any commercial plotting for the Faction or the Kingsmen would be left to two lowly soldiers made knights.
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>>6084102 But what else is there to the east that he would need extra forces for? Assuming that he isn't doing some sort of internal subjugation of Canton, the only things other than Ardenne is the Slithering Wastes, and technically the Deepwoods that we are aware of. Is there something in the desert besides the Serpent Hordes? Past the desert? We know of the Nomads, but nothing really beyond that. I know we ascribe evil to the Prince's plans, but have we considered that he is doing something that he believes will protect Canton in the long run? What is he afraid of that he either can't use Canton forces for or he believes won't be enough?
We should maybe include research into what is east of Canton.
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>>6084027 >You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] >>6053981 Anonymous
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>>6084102 >>6053987 Woops heres my pass
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>>6084027 >>You will keep your head down as a passive observer. You are a soldier in the Dragon Guard, that is your primary duty. Any pertinent information that comes to you during this role will only come by chance, or rather grace, not because you sought it out. [Divine] vp:
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>>6084106 If you are referring to the langlish ally in Capara, Canton is to the east of them so they were speaking relative to their position. As to what else it could be Canton has no end of enemies and I'm guessing until he and his uncle get that reform to the royal army legislated Mercenaries are a good stopgap option for the ongoing defence of the many trespasses that occur.
>have we considered that he is doing something that he believes will protect Canton in the long run? I believe that this plus some missing context is what drives him but thats speculation.
>What is he afraid of that he either can't use Canton forces for or he believes won't be enough? The civil war that will likely occur upon his succesion has the potential to be derminative in the longstanding feud between the Kingsmen and the Queensmen, additionally Fallavon has that whole Fae/Bluejay brushfire that could likely become a much more dangerous threat to the social order that the monarchy rests on.
Furthermore while we have yet to see any threat from Cathaggi or Norsikaa I can entirely believe they along the Serpentmen and potentially the Langlish can be existential (If mortal) threats to Canton under the right circumstances. And personally I believe that both sides of the Crown are more than aware of the existential threat of the Deadmen though I doubt the priority lies with them.
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>>6084121 In thread 29 Percy of Darbyshire made it seem moves were being made to the far east of Canton, and based on Emile's own musings there is nothing in Canton that he would need those mercenaries in the thousands for. Granted there could be stuff hidden in the Montbrun and Romaine we don't know about, but I think it may be further than even Emile anticipated. The mercenary plans seem to be set in the long term to give time for recruiting, which might coincide with the end of the Scaled Horde incursion. We shall see.
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>>6084130 >>6084121 Something to note is, Mansipoor is to the east. Cathagi, or atleast some of the Castes, have strained relationships with them. The Prince evidently has -some- relationships with Cathagi, consiering the Royal Writs he handed out to the Stratiokas. Maybe this is a new way to curry favour? But for what purpose? It seems the biggest puzzle piece here is the Prince's motivation.
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>>6084130 Having reviewed what he said that sounds like Faction buisness though I'm only going off the fact Norwache was involved in the expedition to Fallavon, beyond that that it might Snakemen, Norsikaans or whatever lies at the edge of the world.
>>6084135 We have to consider geopolitical positioning here, Manispoor has more relevancy to Cathaggi than Canton and any expedition would have to travel the wastes, Ardenne or the southern sea and all seem extremely treacherous under the best circumstances.
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>>6084027 >>You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] Middle ground is best.
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>>6084027 >>You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] gotta get some info, and as other anons pointed out its "May" not "Will" so we can turn down postings if we feel like its a ploy against us
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>>6084027 >>You will keep your head down as a passive observer. You are a soldier in the Dragon Guard, that is your primary duty. Any pertinent information that comes to you during this role will only come by chance, or rather grace, not because you sought it out. [Divine] >>6053989 me
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>>6084027 You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty]
>>6054322 My v post
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>>6084027 >You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] verify
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>>6084027 >>You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] We'll have eyes on us now. Work like a hardworking soldier first.
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>SELECTED: You will do nothing unusual outside of your regular duties. But you may volunteer to cover shifts or purposefully find yourself assigned to roles, such as guarding palace officials or foreign delegations, where useful information is more likely to drop into your lap. [Hearty] Listening to your comrades speak, you're not blind to the wealth of intelligence that could be gleaned during your time here. That will only expand further as your lessons with Antoninus bear fruit, and it would be a shame to waste that standing idly by in empty halls for your entire tenure hear and risk gleaning little more than casual Palace gossip from passing servants. You've no intention of drawing attention to yourself, but you will keep an eye out for roles and postings within the Guard that may place you closer to the heart of the Palace Games. Your first Palace Rota with the Dragon Guard continues in much the same manner as the previous day, long hours standing in watchful guard over the Dragon’s prized collection of bizarre creatures from across the known world and beyond. Even an exotic setting such as this, there is little to break up the monotony of sentry duty beyond the occasional checkpoint with visitors and Palace attendants. You’re not bored enough to begin to hope for some excitement, such as one of the deadly exhibits escaping, but you find yourself relieved for the change of pace when the 43rd Talon shifts over to Drill Rota. [1/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 20 Aug 2024 09:39:39 No. 6084705 Report Quoted By:
<span class="mu-s">Tunegan, 10th Day of Umnimun (‘Ardenrise’), 883 A.C.E. - Cathagi, The Wing of the Guard</span> The Wing of the Guard includes a large sanded area for training, not dissimilar to the Point Plaza of Langland albeit on a much grander scale. It is divided up into more sections than you can easily count, ranging from confined areas for individual combat to larger and larger areas involving many combatants. The largest clearing is a battlefield unto itself, quite literally as on occasions a full one-third of the Dragon Guard will engage in mock battles combining the armed elements of the various cohorts. It is a field of fine sand drenched in the sweat of thousands of warriors, the winter days of Cathagi far from mild enough to prevent profuse perspiration as you training in the heat of the day. This Drill Rota’s focus has been on unarmed and knife combat. You’ve learnt more about defending yourself in close quarters against dagger wielding opponents in your first week than you ever thought to know since obtaining knighthood. The Azir are particularly well-versed in unarmed combat, which you find to your chagrin when Chimchala acts as your sparring partner for a bout that leaves you chewing sand on more than one occasion. A field of fine sand yes, and not one matt or cushion in sight to soften a landing. Injuries are commonplace, from bruises and sprains to breaks or worse. Even in this relatively mild drill focus you’ve seen more than one unconscious body dragged limply from the field. By the end of your first day you’re beginning to envy them. At least they get the shade.>GAIN ‘Dragon Guard’ Trait +1 Combat Re-Roll I will treat this as being gradually obtained over your repeated Drill Rota’s during your term of service Today’s focus is on using armour to your advantage against a sudden attack with a knife. One man takes the role of a guard at attention, fully armoured but without the benefit of a weapon. The other takes the role of an attacker, unarmoured but wielding a wooden blade. They get no points for slashes, but a stab or sliding into a gap in the armour leaves them the winner. Despite his gentle personality Chimchala was a rough first sparring partner, leaving you with more than a few bruises that you don’t doubt will last well beyond today. You were playing the role of an attacking assassin, and even with the benefit of coming at him from his blind side not once did you get so much as a nick in with your wooden dagger. As a matter of pride, you’d like to put your lack of successful assassination down to the unchivalrous nature of your assigned role rather than a clear superiority in skill with unarmed combat from the Azir. But you have to admit you’d be breaking your oath to always speak the truth if you said as much. [2/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 20 Aug 2024 09:41:59 No. 6084706 Report [3/3] Frankly, you wish that you had the benefit of donning your armour earlier in the day before you were exhausted rather than now. Your next sparring partner looks no easier. He is now unarmoured, taking the role of the assassin, but he looks like he knows his way around a dagger. He was a friendly enough fellow while the two of you were talking during one of the breaks between bouts. It was the first time you had managed to bungle more than a few words together in Battle Cant without falling back on the odd sentence in your mother tongue. It is just as well, as the man speaks not one word of it and in any event he doesn’t strike you as the type to let whatever rapport you’ve built deter his proxy assassin’s blade one bit. ============================== (1) Your Drill Rota Opponent is… This will be a regular sparring partner during your term of service. > A smiling Tempest Islander. >A laughing Norsikaan. >A smirking Langlishman. >A grinning Desert Nomad. >A chuckling Mansiporean. _ (2) Lessons from Drill Rota. During your term of service you gain… You are not ‘Surprised’ in this training session as you expect the attack. > The Best Defence… If Surprised or Ambushed, 50% chance to gain +1 Combat Re-Roll. > In Armour We Trust. If Surprised or Ambushed, 50% chance to gain +2 AV Re-Rolls (roll twice). > Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). _ (3) N/A. You are unarmed, your opponent will benefit from his stance of choice. _ (4) N/A. Drill Rota, nil antagonism. Careful Restraint is automatically selected for both parties. [Careful Restraint -10DC] [Ensures non-lethal outcome]
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>>6084706 >>A smirking Langlishman. > Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). This is a guarantee rather than a gamble
>>6054153 me af
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>>6084706 >A laughing Norsikaan. > Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). its not paranoia if they really are out to get you.
>>6054168 this is me
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>>6084706 1)
>>A grinning Desert Nomad. 2)
>> Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). Anon makes a good point that this is a sure thing
>>6054018 Me
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>>6084706 >A chuckling Mansiporean. > Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). Anonymous
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>>6084706 >A grinning Desert Nomad. > Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). >Forgotten giving us all these bonuses free of charge At this rate I fully expect us to come out of our service either a genuine Machavelli or with a utter disdain for Cathaggi.
>>6053987 Anonymous
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>>6084706 >A grinning Desert Nomad. > Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). counter assassination techniques being our first lesson makes me feel like alot of newcomers get assassinated in the first month lol
and yeah cutting the ambush dc in half is a great boon
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just out of curiosity are the squires expected to spar or is that a responsibility the knights are supposed to fulfill on their own time
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>>6084706 >>6054199 >A grinning Desert Nomad. > Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). This will pair nicely with our Watchful trait.
Anonymous
Man this is nuts, we currently have 5.5 combat re-rolls and 9 other re-rolls (everything from persuasion to tracking to counter-intrigue) and a single save. Not to mention the bonus we're voting on right now. I fear for the coming fights and what sort of bonuses the enemies may have
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>A smirking Langlishman. 2
> Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). vp:
>>6054405 Anonymous
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>>6084706 > A smiling Tempest Islander We fought Norsikaans and Langlishmen, so I want to see the other three. Specifically, Tempest Islanders are the most numerous archers, so I want to take a look at them.
> Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). Hey, it's an assured way to lower their DC
>>6054198 Me
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>>6084706 >A grinning Desert Nomad. > Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). Let's try the nomad
>>6053994 Anonymous
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>>6084706 >A grinning Desert Nomad. >Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). >>6053997 V post
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>>6084706 >>6054039 >A grinning Desert Nomad. Who knows when we might need a friend with knowledge of the Southern Wastes.
> Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). This particular guarantee is better for us than a chance of rerolls. This is will make it easier for us to remain healthy at the start of an ambush and keep us in top form for that whole combat.
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>>6084706 >A grinning Desert Nomad. I SEEK ZAWAHEIL
"ZAWAHEIL could be here" he thought, "I've never been in this continent before. There could be ZAWAHEIL anywhere." The warm wind felt good against his sweaty chest. "I SEEK ZAWAHEIL" he thought. Attrape le Cygne reverberated his entire Mustang, making it neigh even as the 9 sequin wine circulated through his powerful thick veins and washed away his (merited) fear of monsters after dark. "With a sword, you can kill anything you want" he said to himself, out loud.
>>6054107 Me
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>>6084706 >A smirking Langlishman. give us another bravo to duel
> Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). >>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6084706 >>A chuckling Mansiporean. > Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). >>6054329 Me.
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>>6084706 >A grinning Desert Nomad > In Armour We Trust. If Surprised or Ambushed, 50% chance to gain +2 AV Re-Rolls (roll twice). >>6054322 My v post
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>>6084724 it may just be that the battles are longer 5.5 rerolls isn't much if you have to fight 5 times in a day remember the Guard do not retreat unless ordered too
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>>6084706 >A grinning Desert Nomad. > Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). verify
>>6053995 Anonymous
>>6084776 Kek. Now we need an image of Emile fueling up his horse.
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>>6084706 >A grinning Desert Nomad Due to tropes and racial profiling I'm guessing the sand person is most likely to be the most competent assassin, and future assassin's would also most likely be de sand people. Thus making him the optimal training partner
>Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). >>6054219 Appeared behind you and link my post "psh nothing personal kid"
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 11:38:06 No. 6085399 Report Rolled 90 (1d100) Rolling for your opponent's lucky charm.
I will take one anon's roll for Ursen Gorget activation. You can still roll for combat even if you roll for this.
>50DC >>6085210 >>6084776 I genuinely did not know if this was a reference or a master schizo post, but I appreciate it now.
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Rolled 57 (1d100) >>6085399 URSEN
>>6054547 v card
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Rolled 55 (1d100) >>6085399 Rollin! And yes, that was a very funny reference. Made me laugh.
>>6054198 Me
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:18:58 No. 6085424 Report >SELECTED: A grinning Desert Nomad. >SELECTED: Ever Vigilant. The enemy DC modifier if Surprised or Ambushed is reduced (from 100% to +50%). Whether this is immediately granted or gradual is dependent on success here . > Opponent Selected Stance Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage. The combat is over when either opponent is reduced to below <span class="mu-b"><span class="mu-s">BATTERED</span></span>. As no real weapons are being used, only a crit will result in anything other than a minor injury. =============================== <span class="mu-s">Tunegan, 10th Day of Umnimun (‘Ardenrise’), 883 A.C.E.</span> <span class="mu-i"> Training in the Crescent Palace, The Wing of the Guard</span> Sir Emile Andrei, Cantonian Knight of the Dragon Guard: <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-g">Healthy</span></span>>Combat = -1DC [Healthy +5, Strong +5, Long Walk Scar -1DC, Blademaster +0 (unarmed), Masterwork Full-Plate +15DC, Unarmed -20DC, Heat Fatigue -5DC] >Combat Re-Rolls = 4 [Holy Orders +1, Courageous Sky +0, Blessed Artefact +1, Ursen Gorget +0, Dragon Guard +1] >Armour Value = 46AV [Masterwork Full-Plate +33AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV] >Armour Value Re-Rolls = (+2) [Shield of Faith +1, Masterwork Full-Plate +1] <span class="mu-s">VS</span> Hassan Ibn Arif, Nomad Warrior of the Dragon Guard: <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-g">Healthy</span></span>>Combat = +25DC [Healthy +5DC, Quick +5DC, Dragon Guard +5DC, Blademaster +10DC, Heat Fatigue -0DC, Wooden Knife +0DC] >Combat Re-Rolls = 1 [Lucky Charm +0, Dragon Guard +1] >Armour Value = 0AV >Armour Value Re-Rolls = 0 Crit-fail = Suffer a mighty blow (3 degrees of damage sustained AND dismounted/disarmed) 0 Success = Suffer a solid blow (2 degrees of damage sustained) 1 Success = Exchange glancing blows (1 degree of damage inflicted and sustained) 2 Success = Inflict a solid blow (2 degrees of damage inflicted) 3 Success = Inflict a mighty blow (3 degrees of damage inflicted) Crit-pass = Inflict a killing blow (what it says on the tin) Doubles Pass = +1 damage ignores opponent AV or Dismounted/Disarmed penalty Doubles Fail = +1 Adverse AV Roll >Personal Combat 24DC 3 rolls of 1d100. You have FOUR Re-Rolls. Your opponent has ONE Adverse Re-Roll. <span class="mu-s">As slippery as a desert snake…</span>
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Rolled 13 (1d100) >>6085424 Rollan
>>6053987 Anonymous
Rolled 92 (1d100) >>6085424 Hell yea, lets beat people up.
>>6054198 Me
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Rolled 54 (1d100) >>6085424 Angel guide us. Shield us from harm. Inspire us to glory.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:24:29 No. 6085428 Report Rolled 41 (1d100) >>6085425 Using the adverse re-roll [1/1] to attempt to counter this lone 13 success.
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>>6085427 >>6054039 oops forgot my library card
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:25:30 No. 6085430 Report >>6085425 >>6085426 >>6085427 >>6085428 Sitting at 0 Success. FOUR re-rolls remain, at your discretion.
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Rolled 56 (1d100) >>6085426 I'll re-roll
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>>6085427 >>6085430 I'll reroll as well. Angel guide us.
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Rolled 85 (1d100) >>6085427 >>6085433 gotta put it in correctly.
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Rolled 36 (1d100) >>6085428 YEET!
>>6085425 Anonymous
Rolled 42 (1d100) >>6085431 Guess I'll re-roll again,
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:31:08 No. 6085444 Report Quoted By:
Aight, you've each had a crack. Will you leave your last re-roll for the next or try to scrape a draw in the first?
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:33:38 No. 6085447 Report Rolled 91 (1d100) >>6085443 Well that answers that.
>0 Success = Suffer a solid blow (2 degrees of damage sustained) >Armour Value = 46AV [+2 Re-Rolls] 2 Rolls of 1d100. You have TWO re-rolls.
<span class="mu-s">Hitting you is one thing...</span>
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Rolled 6 (1d100) >>6085447 Anonymous
>>6085447 Wait, he didn't hit right?
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Rolled 71 (1d100) >>6085447 Rolling for AV. May the Angel protect us
>>6054018 Me
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:36:28 No. 6085451 Report Quoted By:
>>6085449 You mean the 91 in my post? No that roll didn't count for anything.
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Rolled 44 (1d100) >>6085447 Re-rolling I guess. I think the angel is trying to teach us a lesson
>>6085450 Anonymous
>>6085447 I'm ready to rely on the proof of our armor at this point.
Also not that it matters in this case, but when do we get the +5 Combat DC from Dragon Guard? I assume this is one of the other bonuses we will be getting eventually if it was not forgotten in the bonus drop from before.
>>6085452 Hey nice dubs.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:40:14 No. 6085457 Report 2 SUCCESS! 0 Damage sustainted! Alright, so you've survived your first round at least. All the re-rolls on both sides are expended so I will keep on with this until we see a victor before I get writing up a content update tomorrow. No issue with same rollers, first in best dressed. ================== <span class="mu-s">Tunegan, 10th Day of Umnimun (‘Ardenrise’), 883 A.C.E.</span> <span class="mu-i"> Training in the Crescent Palace, The Wing of the Guard - Second Round</span> Sir Emile Andrei, Cantonian Knight of the Dragon Guard: <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-g">Healthy</span></span>>Combat = -1DC [Healthy +5, Strong +5, Long Walk Scar -1DC, Blademaster +0 (unarmed), Masterwork Full-Plate +15DC, Unarmed -20DC, Heat Fatigue -5DC] >Combat Re-Rolls = 0 [Holy Orders +0, Courageous Sky +0, Blessed Artefact +0, Ursen Gorget +0, Dragon Guard +0] >Armour Value = 46AV [Masterwork Full-Plate +33AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV] >Armour Value Re-Rolls = (+0) [Shield of Faith +0, Masterwork Full-Plate +0] <span class="mu-s">VS</span> Hassan Ibn Arif, Nomad Warrior of the Dragon Guard: <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-g">Healthy</span></span>>Combat = +25DC [Healthy +5DC, Quick +5DC, Dragon Guard +5DC, Blademaster +10DC, Heat Fatigue -0DC, Wooden Knife +0DC] >Combat Re-Rolls = 0 [Lucky Charm +0, Dragon Guard +0] >Armour Value = 0AV >Armour Value Re-Rolls = 0 Crit-fail = Suffer a mighty blow (3 degrees of damage sustained AND dismounted/disarmed) 0 Success = Suffer a solid blow (2 degrees of damage sustained) 1 Success = Exchange glancing blows (1 degree of damage inflicted and sustained) 2 Success = Inflict a solid blow (2 degrees of damage inflicted) 3 Success = Inflict a mighty blow (3 degrees of damage inflicted) Crit-pass = Inflict a killing blow (what it says on the tin) Doubles Pass = +1 damage ignores opponent AV or Dismounted/Disarmed penalty Doubles Fail = +1 Adverse AV Roll >Personal Combat 24DC 3 rolls of 1d100. You have ZERO Re-Rolls. Your opponent has ZERO Adverse Re-Roll. <span class="mu-s">That was close…</span>
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:41:45 No. 6085459 Report >>6085453 >Also not that it matters in this case, but when do we get the +5 Combat DC from Dragon Guard? Wow QM give you guys some free buffs and it's 'more, more, more' hahaha. All in good time, my knigga.
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Rolled 55 (1d100) >>6085457 I roll once more, suckas
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>>6085460 I've been struck down for my hubris
Anonymous
Rolled 34 (1d100) >>6085457 We should still have 1 armor re-roll though.
>>6085459 oh yeah absolutely, I saw it in Witchbane's stat block as well and started salivating. Consider it great anticipation.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:46:14 No. 6085464 Report >>6085458 >>6085460 >>6085462 >0 Success = Suffer a solid blow (2 degrees of damage sustained) >55 Double Fail = +1 Adverse AV Re-Roll >Armour Value = 46AV [+1 Re-Roll, +1 Adverse Re-Roll] 3 Rolls of 1d100. You have ONE re-roll. There is ONE adverse re-roll.
<span class="mu-s">Damn he's fast!</span>
>>6085462 Well spotted anon, too true.
Anonymous
Rolled 33 (1d100) >>6085464 I will save us anons!
>>6054018 Me
Anonymous
Rolled 42 (1d100) >>6085464 By Armor and Faith we will Endure.
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Rolled 2 (1d100) >>6085464 fucking hell
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:49:37 No. 6085468 Report Rolled 72 (1d100) >>6085465 A double, so I cannot counter this.
Attempting to counter this 42 success [1/1]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:50:41 No. 6085469 Report Quoted By:
Sitting at 1 damage sustained, bringing you to battered, pending this anons re-roll.
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Rolled 58 (1d100) >>6085468 Rerolling.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:53:15 No. 6085472 Report 1 SUCCESS. 1 Damage sustained! Sir Emile Andrei is now <span class="mu-b">Battered</span>! =============================== <span class="mu-s">Tunegan, 10th Day of Umnimun (‘Ardenrise’), 883 A.C.E.</span> <span class="mu-i"> Training in the Crescent Palace, The Wing of the Guard - Third Round</span> Sir Emile Andrei, Cantonian Knight of the Dragon Guard: <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-b">Battered</span></span>>Combat = -6DC [Healthy +0, Strong +5, Long Walk Scar -1DC, Blademaster +0 (unarmed), Masterwork Full-Plate +15DC, Unarmed -20DC, Heat Fatigue -5DC] >Combat Re-Rolls = 0 [Holy Orders +0, Courageous Sky +0, Blessed Artefact +0, Ursen Gorget +0, Dragon Guard +0] >Armour Value = 46AV [Masterwork Full-Plate +33AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV] >Armour Value Re-Rolls = (+0) [Shield of Faith +0, Masterwork Full-Plate +0] <span class="mu-s">VS</span> Hassan Ibn Arif, Nomad Warrior of the Dragon Guard: <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-g">Healthy</span></span>>Combat = +25DC [Healthy +5DC, Quick +5DC, Dragon Guard +5DC, Blademaster +10DC, Heat Fatigue -0DC, Wooden Knife +0DC] >Combat Re-Rolls = 0 [Lucky Charm +0, Dragon Guard +0] >Armour Value = 0AV >Armour Value Re-Rolls = 0 Crit-fail = Suffer a mighty blow (3 degrees of damage sustained AND dismounted/disarmed) 0 Success = Suffer a solid blow (2 degrees of damage sustained) 1 Success = Exchange glancing blows (1 degree of damage inflicted and sustained) 2 Success = Inflict a solid blow (2 degrees of damage inflicted) 3 Success = Inflict a mighty blow (3 degrees of damage inflicted) Crit-pass = Inflict a killing blow (what it says on the tin) Doubles Pass = +1 damage ignores opponent AV or Dismounted/Disarmed penalty Doubles Fail = +1 Adverse AV Roll >Personal Combat 19DC 3 rolls of 1d100. You have ZERO Re-Rolls. Your opponent has ZERO Adverse Re-Rolls. <span class="mu-s">He’s almost got me…</span>
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Rolled 74 (1d100) >>6085472 Anonymous
Rolled 42 (1d100) >>6085472 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT CATHAGGI
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Rolled 10 (1d100) >>6085472 This one is for Cain.
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>>6085472 Hang on.... no mark of Cain activating?
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:57:32 No. 6085481 Report >>6085475 >>6085478 You know the rules, so we won't count your 74 fail. (But now that you are verified please feel free to roll again).
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>>6085472 Forgotten, Mark of Cain and In our Prayers should have triggered since we took an unsaved Damage.
That means we have a 24 DC and 1 Combat Re-Roll.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 12:59:54 No. 6085484 Report Quoted By:
>>6085480 >https://pastebin.com/Zkumkcg1 Ah, you got me again anon, my bad. Should be 24DC still. It's been a while since combat other than beserker and that lasted all of one round...
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Rolled 32 (1d100) >>6085481 righto
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 13:01:55 No. 6085486 Report >>6085475 No counted.>>6085476 >>6085479 >>6085485 Sitting at 1 success.
Anons, as pointed out, still have 1 re-roll from 'In Our Prayers' Adam boon. It's been that long since you took damage in combat I clean forgot...
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>>6085489 I can't reroll since I got a good hit in, but I will say if we lose our armor roll this time we end in defeat.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 13:07:43 No. 6085494 Report >>6085489 Done.
>>6085492 Actually, due to the Guarded stance no damage is taken either way.
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I say we go for it. It's not like this battle was meant to be won, rather we need to survive as long as we can.
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>>6085494 Ah fair enough, then we will do no damage this time either.
Anonymous
That unarmed debuff is BRUTAL. We'll have to get some sweaty oiled greek wrestling into our training (altough I believe the only time we've been fully disarmed was against Broulert and he immediately let us pick our sword back up)
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>>6085498 And we killed him for it. RIP in peace
Anonymous
>>6085498 On the upside, at the end of his service, Emilie is probably going to become a Renaissance Man when it comes to weaponry.
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>>6085498 Its fairly likely were this a actual guard situation we would have drawn our blade by now. But man this training is going to be super useful.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 13:12:54 No. 6085503 Report >1 SUCCESS. Exchange glancing blows (1 degree of damage inflicted and sustained) >Opponent Guarded Stance: Nil damage exchanged. If you survive Round 5, the Marshall will break your spar up and you consider your survival as success. =============================== <span class="mu-s">Tunegan, 10th Day of Umnimun (‘Ardenrise’), 883 A.C.E.</span> <span class="mu-i"> Training in the Crescent Palace, The Wing of the Guard - Fourth Round</span> Sir Emile Andrei, Cantonian Knight of the Dragon Guard: <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-b">Battered</span></span>>Combat = -1DC [Battered +0, Mark of Cain +5DC, Strong +5DC, Long Walk Scar -1DC, Blademaster +0 (unarmed), Masterwork Full-Plate +15DC, Unarmed -20DC, Heat Fatigue -5DC] >Combat Re-Rolls = 1 [Holy Orders +0, Courageous Sky +0, Blessed Artefact +0, Ursen Gorget +0, Dragon Guard +0, In Our Prayers +1] >Armour Value = 46AV [Masterwork Full-Plate +33AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV] >Armour Value Re-Rolls = (+0) [Shield of Faith +0, Masterwork Full-Plate +0] <span class="mu-s">VS</span> Hassan Ibn Arif, Nomad Warrior of the Dragon Guard: <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-g">Healthy</span></span>>Combat = +25DC [Healthy +5DC, Quick +5DC, Dragon Guard +5DC, Blademaster +10DC, Heat Fatigue -0DC, Wooden Knife +0DC] >Combat Re-Rolls = 0 [Lucky Charm +0, Dragon Guard +0] >Armour Value = 0AV >Armour Value Re-Rolls = 0 Crit-fail = Suffer a mighty blow (3 degrees of damage sustained AND dismounted/disarmed) 0 Success = Suffer a solid blow (2 degrees of damage sustained) 1 Success = Exchange glancing blows (1 degree of damage inflicted and sustained) 2 Success = Inflict a solid blow (2 degrees of damage inflicted) 3 Success = Inflict a mighty blow (3 degrees of damage inflicted) Crit-pass = Inflict a killing blow (what it says on the tin) Doubles Pass = +1 damage ignores opponent AV or Dismounted/Disarmed penalty Doubles Fail = +1 Adverse AV Roll >Personal Combat 24DC 3 rolls of 1d100. You have ONE Re-Rolls. Your opponent has ZERO Adverse Re-Rolls. <span class="mu-s">Gritting teeth, straining arms, trying to force that (wooden) dagger back…</span>
Anonymous
Rolled 92 (1d100) >>6085503 TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE!
>>6054018 Me
Anonymous
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Rolled 8 (1d100) >>6085503 Salve regina guide me to slap this mofo.
Anonymous
Rolled 89 (1d100) >>6085501 Is he going to be the one to introduce pike formations to Canton in order to fuck the current knight cavalry charge meta? Possibly.
>>6085503 Almighty witnesss
Anonymous
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Rolled 97 (1d100) >>6085503 This one is for Adam.
Anonymous
Exchange of blows is good, I vote we keep that reroll banked
Anonymous
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>>6085498 Personally I want to learn some Weeb fu.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 13:15:56 No. 6085511 Report >>6085504 >>6085506 Using the re-roll, or saving it?
Anonymous
Anonymous
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>>6085511 With my one succ, we've basically won. We might as well bank it.
Anonymous
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>>6085511 Other anon can use it if they want
Anonymous
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>>6085509 This, it gets us success even if its on the technical side.
Anonymous
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>>6085511 We survived and that's good enough for me.
Anonymous
>>6085506 Knights have to learn mounted archery now as well, just like Azir cataphracts.
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>>6085517 [Wasteland throat singing intesifies]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 13:21:34 No. 6085522 Report >1 SUCCESS. Exchange glancing blows (1 degree of damage inflicted and sustained) >Opponent Guarded Stance: Nil damage exchanged. >Opponent selected new Stance: Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled. This is the final round, if you survive this it is effectively a success for the purpose of your training today in the Guard. =============================== <span class="mu-s">Tunegan, 10th Day of Umnimun (‘Ardenrise’), 883 A.C.E.</span> <span class="mu-i"> Training in the Crescent Palace, The Wing of the Guard - Fifth Round</span> Sir Emile Andrei, Cantonian Knight of the Dragon Guard: <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-b">Battered</span></span>>Combat = -1DC [Battered +0, Mark of Cain +5DC, Strong +5DC, Long Walk Scar -1DC, Blademaster +0 (unarmed), Masterwork Full-Plate +15DC, Unarmed -20DC, Heat Fatigue -5DC] >Combat Re-Rolls = 1 [Holy Orders +0, Courageous Sky +0, Blessed Artefact +0, Ursen Gorget +0, Dragon Guard +0, In Our Prayers +1] >Armour Value = 46AV [Masterwork Full-Plate +33AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV] >Armour Value Re-Rolls = (+0) [Shield of Faith +0, Masterwork Full-Plate +0] <span class="mu-s">VS</span> Hassan Ibn Arif, Nomad Warrior of the Dragon Guard: <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-g">Healthy</span></span>>Combat = +25DC [Healthy +5DC, Quick +5DC, Dragon Guard +5DC, Blademaster +10DC, Heat Fatigue -0DC, Wooden Knife +0DC] >Combat Re-Rolls = 0 [Lucky Charm +0, Dragon Guard +0] >Armour Value = 0AV >Armour Value Re-Rolls = 0 Crit-fail = Suffer a mighty blow (3 degrees of damage sustained AND dismounted/disarmed) 0 Success = Suffer a solid blow (2 degrees of damage sustained) 1 Success = Exchange glancing blows (1 degree of damage inflicted and sustained) 2 Success = Inflict a solid blow (2 degrees of damage inflicted) 3 Success = Inflict a mighty blow (3 degrees of damage inflicted) Crit-pass = Inflict a killing blow (what it says on the tin) Doubles Pass = +1 damage ignores opponent AV or Dismounted/Disarmed penalty Doubles Fail = +1 Adverse AV Roll >Personal Combat 24DC 3 rolls of 1d100. You have ONE Re-Rolls. Your opponent has ZERO Adverse Re-Rolls. <span class="mu-s">Just a few more seconds…</span>
Anonymous
Rolled 81 (1d100) >>6085522 This one is for the Almighty and all that is good in the world.
Anonymous
Rolled 49 (1d100) >>6085522 URSEN!
>>6054107 me
Anonymous
Rolled 61 (1d100) >>6085522 Am I allowed to add my roll? I have not voted in a while and can't be arsed to find my previous post.
Anonymous
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Yikes. Cain's in that wooden knife
Anonymous
>>6085529 >3 post id who cant be arsed to find their anchor post Sure does stink in here
Anonymous
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Use that reroll folks.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 13:26:40 No. 6085533 Report >>6085529 Yes you are counted, up here
>>6053972 >>6085531 Ah he's fine, would have been welcomed with open arms as a pass
Anonymous
Rolled 87 (1d100) >>6085528 reroll
We're doing it wrong, guys. It should be
>FOR THE DRAGON RAHHH Anonymous
>>6085529 >>6054942 Found it again.
>>6085531 My guy am currently writing my thesis and sometimes lose track of stuff okay. Was afraid of changing ID's because I sometimes phonepost instead of pc post. I also was traveling earlier in the month and didn't know if my ID was going to be changed.
Anonymous
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RIP. Oh well it was a decent showing. Almost did it. We'll get better.
Anonymous
>>6085535 I mean the history of samefagging in this game leaves a man a little suspicious you know?
Anonymous
>>6085533 Thanks you Forgotten.
Raising my whiskey glass to you (writing thesis tipsy to help with the nerves.)
Anonymous
>>6085526 >>6085522 In the name the Salve Reginae and her forgiveness I offer this reroll.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 13:29:26 No. 6085541 Report >0 Success = Suffer a solid blow (2 degrees of damage sustained) >Opponent Audacious Stance: All unsaved damage is doubled (noting max in training is minor injury) <span class="mu-s">Armour Save</span>>Armour Value = 46AV [+0 Re-Roll, +0 Adverse Re-Roll] 3 Rolls of 1d100. You have ZERO re-roll. There is ZERO adverse re-roll.
Anonymous
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>>6085537 Fair enough. Just know that samefagging during votes is more of a problem. during rolling I think deleting rolls is a lot more important to focus on.
Anonymous
Rolled 37 (1d100) >>6085541 Here I go rolling a doubles save again!
>>6054018 Me
Anonymous
Rolled 20 (1d100) >>6085541 In Adam's name BE SAVED.
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>>6085540 Can't believe I messed it up again, but it seems like
>>6085534 took it.
Anonymous
Rolled 25 (1d100) >>6085541 I renounce my petition to the dragon and recognize the ALMIGHTY AS THE ONE TRUE GOD
PRESERVE ME O LORD
Anonymous
Rolled 16 (1d100) >>6085541 Me
>>6054942 Anonymous
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>>6085544 >>6085545 >>6085547 Hell ye, my fellow Kniggas.
We did it.
Anonymous
>>6085548 Damn. Just to late. Where were these good rolls earlier?
Anonymous
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>>6085544 >>6085545 >>6085547 Emile is truly an Adam's man.
Anonymous
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 13:32:28 No. 6085553 Report >>6085538 I wish you luck on your thesis! Better than your combat roll at any rate!!
>>6085544 >>6085545 Hah, clutched it!! We'll say he got a hit in, but the Marshall won't count it as a success because it was more a slash than a weakpoint stab.
Very well done hanging in there you lot. Hopefully that DC drop serves as a reminder about how much equipment drip you're carrying, and how bad it can be to get fully disarmed.
Anonymous
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 13:33:29 No. 6085555 Report I probably won't crack out the content update tomorrow, most likely the day after.
>>6085550 I know right, came out of the woodworks all at the end?
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 13:35:09 No. 6085558 Report Quoted By:
>>6085547 >>6085547 Hmm, I just noticed I asked for 3 rolls when only 2 were actually required and you STILL passed. Adam spare ye indeed.
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>>6085553 Drip is easy, and relevant Emile combat DC is hard to come by.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 21 Aug 2024 13:36:24 No. 6085561 Report >gif related if you copped it in the first round
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Good rolling today, gents. See you all on the day after morrow
Anonymous
>>6085561 That'll have been fine too.
Frankly theres gotta be a whole bunch of cantonian knights who fuck it up at hand to hand. It doesnt seem like something which is emphasised like HEMA grappling.
Anonymous
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>>6085565 They should have at least a minimum of experience in grappling since the easiest way to get through sliding your dagger in one of the weak points and you can only do that in grappling range. Sort of what happened during our duel with ser Hewitt in Fallavietnam
Anonymous
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>>6085561 >Emille thinks he's hot shit >Get slapped in his first practice fight I'm beginning to see why we may have been spared the Gladiator fight.
Anonymous
>>6085565 The only problem I see is raising our unarmed DC comes at the loss of our armed or general DC if we are given a choice and I don't see anons voting for it. The situation where we will need our unarmed DC is relatively unlikely, but will be REALLY important to have if this showed us anything. If we get attacked in the middle of the night when we have no armor on and without a weapon at hand we are probably dead instantly.
Anonymous
>>6085571 We've been disarmed quite a number of times in this quest to the point that I have long been advocating for such an investment for a while.
Anonymous
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not bad for a newbie
Anonymous
>Blademaster +0 (unarmed) Clearly the answer to this is to adopt: My body is a weapon, AN INSTRUMENT OF THE ALMIGHT.
Anonymous
>>6085577 Gotta be at least 20% of our fights higher if you only count dueling
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>>6086054 >Vancewell fight >Fallavon expedition >Sinclair Duel >Broulert Duel x2 >Inferni fight >Giovanni duel It might actually be close to twenty percent of our total personal fight with Humanoids and its quite literally been every fight with a Knight.
>>6086052 Reject orthodoxy, embrace Shieldmaster.
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we can probably get away with another side arm on top of our current kit which would give us a little more breathing room before we get disarmed proper perhaps we should even trade in the dirk for a proper rondel? though i doubt you would fend them at the cathagi markets
Anonymous
>update thread >see combat rolls as I scroll up >see we're losing >finally get to tonight's original post >it's a training exercise Fuck me kniggas I thought we had fucked up majorly. I was sitting bricks there for awhile
Anonymous
>>6086116 Yesterdays actually, brother. We’re still due a new set of posts today.
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>>6086124 tomorrow, most likely
>>6085555 Anonymous
Was doing a bit of a re read and found this in thread 20>There is also the armour of the Torwatch Grandmaster, an inherently magical item where the bearer takes on the same identity of each previous owner combined. Its got me wondering now if perhaps the Black Knights armour has a similar effect or if he was some other way of extending his life. I refuse the easy answer of its just the armour being passed down
Anonymous
>>6086164 Also the possibility that it's another Son of Sin possessing the new body every time
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>>6086178 I would really like to be right for once and not have something connected to the Sins.
Anonymous
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:+5a15sbM Fri 23 Aug 2024 08:18:52 No. 6086902 Report Quoted By:
I’ve finished up at the office pretty late this evening lads. No update tonight, but I’ll have a weekend update for you tomorrow .
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>>6084776 Basado
>>6085210 Someone post the original, I need to add it to my collection
Anonymous
Censored because people are pussies and image search hates shit.
Anonymous
>>6087134 That's uh... pretty edgy and not super related to anything chief
Anonymous
>>6087751 Someone wanted the original image from,
>>6085210 I forgot to link. And if you don't want edgy why are you on 4chan?
Anonymous
>>6087757 Because I found /tg/ as a teenager a million years ago and then migrated to /qst/ and literally only stay for this game
Meme Shaman
>>6087757 Oooh shit this would be perfect for a Jess edit
Anonymous
>>6087771 Fucking do it. Jess is my fea-fu.
>>6087766 I am technical an /a/ and /b/ transplant, though I liked /tg/ before faggots ruined it and nip-moot kicked quests off.
Anonymous
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you've been hitting the sauce again forgotten?
Meme Shaman
>>6087790 I will eventually, however I am currently stuck in the boonies without my art tablet. Give me a week or three and I'll see it done.
Meme Shaman
Anonymous
>>6087805 >>6087806 All the time you need. And thank you, fellow small woman enjoyer.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Sat 24 Aug 2024 14:04:46 No. 6087820 Report >0 Damage Sustained >Combat Concludes! Ever Vigilant now includes an immunity to being disarmed in the first round. >Sir Emile Andrei will recover from ‘Battered’ status shortly. Your opponent, Hassan Ibn Arif, is a nomad. To find themselves against heavier armoured opponents is nothing new to these hardy southern folk. You have found yourself disarmed before, but you’ve typically always had at least your dirk as a back up, and the lack of reach open to you to stave off of your attacker is new territory. The man’s initial first dash was a feint, and you find yourself shocked by how quick he can move. You misread his sidestep and turn too slowly, holding off the knife but in doing so allowing him to position his leg behind yours. With the barest application of force at the wrong angle you find yourself stumbling, and then falling. <span class="mu-i">thoom thoom</span> Your ears ring with the distinct rattle and clang of your armour even as your body feels the harsh impact of the sandy ground. You at least have the presence of mind to catch the downward stab, managing at the last moment to turn a ‘lethal’ blow into a ‘harmless’ slash across your gorget. The supervising Marshall watches on silently, not satisfied that your attacker has in fact struck a killing blow. The melee continues, but it was nearly over in those first few seconds already. Your nomad opponent has the advantage, leaning over you in an attempt to force the wooden knife through your braced arms and into an opening in your armour. He is lithe and quick, acclimatised to the heat of the day and coarsened from untold hardships of a life spent eking a living out in the barbarous southern sands. But you are stronger than him, and the difference begins to tell even from your semi-prone position. <span class="mu-i">thoom thoom</span> Slowly, but surely, your scrabble secures a grip on your opponent’s wrist and begins to inch it back from the gap beneath the chin of your helm. Straining and grunting against one another in a desperate wrangle, the nomad warrior shifts his weight to press in for the kill while you strain with every fibre to stave him off. You are evenly matched and, judging from the calls of encouragement or derision from the growing audience of Dragon Guard bystanders, it is anyone’s guess whether the wooden dagger will find your throat or if you will overcome the nomad’s manoeuvre through sheer force and pin him in turn. <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-r">“Ata!”</span></span> The Marshall, not Durand but from one of the Nomad Talons, finally calls a halt to the spar. <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-s">thoom thoom</span></span> [1/2]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Sat 24 Aug 2024 14:08:54 No. 6087821 Report The Marshall explains, mainly through Battle Cant that is later translated to you, that both of you took too long. Your attacker failed to dispatch you quick enough, you survived long enough to raise the alarm and likely long enough for help to arrive. You seem proud of the achievement, but your growing pride deflates as the Marshall then berates you for much the same. If there was more than one attacker, you have found yourself detained long enough for them to go after whatever their true target may be. If the aim was to distract you from your charge, for example a Medusae sorceress being escorted in the palace or another gaining entry to a separate part of the palace, then you have left them vulnerable. One of the other nomads says something that you don’t catch, which everyone except you and the Marshall seem to find very funny. <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-s">thoom thoom</span></span> The grinning desert nomad you were straining against a moment before slaps you on the shoulder and offers you a hand up. <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">“ليس سيئا بالنسبة لرجل شمالي.”</span></span> You take it gladly, but once you get to your feet you blink and shake your head. You had more pressing matters but you had thought the sound was an echo of the rattle of your armour or perhaps the blood roaring as it pumped to your head. <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-g">“ اعتقدت أنني حصلت عليك في الجولة الأولى.”</span></span> Hassan Ibn Arif’s grin slips and he looks at you with a little more concern, motion in one of the sparse words in Battle Cant you recognise. <span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-i"><Hurt?></span></span> <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-r"><No. I combat effective.></span></span> You reply, quite pleased you’re getting the hang of this. Although you don’t know the signal for ‘hearing’ or an equivalent, so it takes a bit of gesturing and delay before your sparring partner realises you are asking what that sound was. <span class="mu-i">thoom thoom</span> <span class="mu-i">“Ah.”</span> The nomad nods knowingly, his expression of understanding needing no translation. He responds in Battle Cant, a sign that looks like a small bow and touching the forehead, but you don’t pick up its meaning. Finally he points back in the direction of the Crescent Palace proper. Was that the flap of a colossal wing you saw, the flick of a leviathan’s tail passing through from one giant hall to another? You stare, and keep staring in hope of another glimpse until the Marshall has to drag you to another sparring circle. And so you begin again. =================== Drill Rota is one of the reasons why the Dragon Guard is widely regarded as the finest fighting force in the world. One could spend a lifetime among this cream of humanity’s warriors and still not learn all they know on waging war. During your time in the Guard you learn a unique lesson, one that cannot be taught elsewhere> Individual Combat Bonus. [Single or handful of combatants] > Skirmish Melee Bonus. [Dozens or scores of combatants] > Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants]
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>>6087821 >> Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants] They're all such good bonuses. Lets look towards the future, Emile at the head of a charging mass. Onwards towards the deadmen and their terrible Lords
>>6054018 Me
Anonymous
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>>6087821 > Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants] the Crusade against the dead demands the souls of many.
verify
>>6053995 Anonymous
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>>6087821 > Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants] I can't resist finally getting a battle reroll or something similar.
>>6053987 Anonymous
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>>6087821 > Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants] These seem hard to come by
>>6054107 Me
Anonymous
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>>6087821 > Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants] >>6054322 My v post
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>>6087821 >> Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants] vp:
>>6054405 Anonymous
>>6087821 >>6054039 > Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants] While we aren't there yet, we shall be a leader of men one day. and we must learn for their sakes.
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>>6087821 >> Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants] For our inevitable crusade.
>>6054329 Me.
Anonymous
>>6087821 > Skirmish Melee Bonus. [Dozens or scores of combatants] Anons are foolish if they think we can best the deadmen in a war of numbers and attrition, taking back Ardenne can only be done by a specialist dreadlord hunting force.
>>6054469 Anonymous
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>>6087821 >> Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants] We do not have a mass combat skill yet. We need to do this to round out our skills a bit.
Verification
>>6085548 >>6085555 Still doing finishing touches but have done some dashing changes on the positive side.
Anonymous
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>>6087821 > Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants] >>6053981 Anonymous
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>>6087821 > Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants] To Battle!
>>6054168 this is me
Meme Shaman
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>>6087819 Uhh I was more referring to Jess being your fae-fu
But you keep enjoying your shortstacks comrade
Anonymous
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>>6087821 > Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants] >>6054198 Me
Anonymous
>>6087913 I don't think it's about securing overall victory with numbers so much as it is about giving ourselves the best possible chance to actually get in close and wipe out the Dreadlords with a small force as you say.
We'll need every edge we can to even the odds in that battle. It'll no doubt be against untold numbers and they wont just let us walk up to the front gate to say hello
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:OSv8MnBZ Sun 25 Aug 2024 02:29:48 No. 6088378 Report FYI no update tonight, but we are drawing to a close with the next few posts for this thread.
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>>6087821 >> Skirmish Melee Bonus. [Dozens or scores of combatants] >>6053969 Me
Anonymous
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>>6088378 Nice, when is the new thread? I remember you talking about running Black Company again, we haven't seen Nat in ages.
Anonymous
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>>6088378 What are you thinking for the eventual next thread, Forgotten? One more StV, or will it finally be time for the fabled return of BCQ2230AD?
Anonymous
>>6088340 I get what you're saying and it makes sense strategically, but it would mean ultimately leading hundreds or thousands to the slaughter to effectively create a distraction and that's not a very Emile thing to do. At the end of the day we're a knight-errant, we're hands-on and I want it to stay that way. Looks like a lost cause but I still want to make my argument.
Anonymous
>>6054513 Me
I have to disagree with the majority here on the large forces. That's not been our style before and doesn't seem to fit our characters personality. I don't know that the idea of leading large groups at those numbers would tie back to our strengths. I feel like it is almost a trap option in that it sounds good on paper but might not be the most effective. If we were planning on the future to lead large groups of soldiers in traditional battle against another similar force, then sure maybe it would fit. But I don't think that battling the Deadmen will be that kind of war. I imagine, and of course can obviously be wrong, but I imagine that those fights will be smaller scale strategic incursions.
I also feel that the smaller side of leading feels like a more natural progression for us. From leading a handful of fighters currently, to a couple dozen or hundred? Makes more sense to me.
>>6087821 > Skirmish Melee Bonus. [Dozens or scores of combatants] So I have to vote for this.
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>>6087821 > Skirmish Melee Bonus. [Dozens or scores of combatants] Other anons said it best, pitched battles will bring us doom. And even story-wise I would prefer it if the scale of our battles was smaller, more personal and strategic.
>>6054547 v card
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>>6087820 >>6087859 >>6088901 has convinced me to change my vote. Having really thought about it, Emile would be better suited as the head of a powerful strike team than a general of war. It plays more to his strengths to have that personal touch and to lead from the front. And if anything, this all leads up to Emile and friends being the ones to kill a Dreadlord. Please disregard my previous vote and count the following:
>Skirmish Melee Bonus. [Dozens or scores of combatants] >>6054039 In case my ID changed.
Anonymous
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>>6087821 >> Skirmish Melee Bonus. [Dozens or scores of combatants] If we want to do proper campaigns we should prepare well for them with tactics, not rely on a single bonus. I feel like Skirmish will help us out more in the immediate future.
>>6053982 Anonymous
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>>6088867 It's a fair argument anon, I see what you mean
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Mon 26 Aug 2024 12:26:01 No. 6089441 Report Quoted By:
Sorry lads, I’ve left it way too late to crack out an update tonight. But I will have a nice chunky one with some meat and long term choices for your timeskip in the Dragon Guard tomorrow.
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>>6054664 >>6054665 Wristband
>>6087821 >Pitched Battle I'm more interested in duels & (nothing personnel, kid) combat as well, but we can't stand alone against hundreds of opponents, & training towards being a commander & tactician is hard to come by. We'll keep mogging in duels & leveling up our knightly skillset, but we should take the opportunity here to treat it like a college of war, lore, & skill. If we get to Ardenne with 3 buddies & a horse we're going to get drowned in sheer numbers. Plus there are a multitude of battles we can foresee at the moment: snekmans, faction mercs, every knight in fallavon, desert conflicts, etc.
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 27 Aug 2024 09:58:21 No. 6090241 Report > SELECTED: Pitched Battle Bonus. [Hundreds or thousands of combatants] A soldier of the Dragon Guard is expected to familiarise themselves with the fighting styles of each of their foreign cohort counterparts. It is not anticipated by your officer superiors that you become an expert in the varied unique martial skills present in the Guard by any means, but a degree of basic understanding in how each cohort fights is demanded. More importantly, how those specialised units complement your own cohorts style of warfare and how you Cantonians support them in turn in the field. What makes the Dragon Guard the true elite, as is oft touted by the various Marshalls watching you strain and perspire under their keen eye, is how the myriad warriors of the world integrate their own practices into an unstoppable fighting force the likes of which remains unmatched in all of creation. This week the focus was individual unarmed combat, but over the coming months during Drill Rota your exposure and training in more and more martial skills typically unknown to a noble of Canton will scale to new heights. You will throw javelins with the Mansipoor light infantry and ride with the Nomad horse archers. You will heft long-axes with the Norsikaan heavy infantry and string bows with the Tempest Islander archers. You will observe the war plans of the various officers, exotic and familiar, your understanding of their tactics growing along with your confidence in the Battle Cant. You will carry out those manoeuvres and formations practice, from small skirmishes to entire mock pitch battles involving the greater majority of the Guard on some occasions. >GAIN ‘The Art of War’. During a pitched battle, any re-rolls your side benefits from can still be used against double-fails. Upon winning personal combat you will occassionally have an additional option to boost the ordinary Battle DC effect, but this will provide diminishing returns as the scale of the battle increases. You will soak it all in, every drop, as water to a sponge. For well you know that there will come a day when such knowledge in the ways of war could prove to be the keystone to Ardenne’s eventual reclamation. The Angel has guided you here, perhaps for this very purpose. For the Almighty is the Almighty, but it is through the faith and skill of his creations that his will is imposed in the Kingdom of Heaven. [1/5]
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By the end of the week’s Drill Rota, you are a piece of dried leather left out far too long in the sun. Your exhaustion is total, never have you been pushed to the limits of physical exertion and hard lessons even during your term of service as a youth in the Comitas border forts under the severe gaze of Brother-Sergeant Jesaul. Your regimen with your old master-at-arms in Castle Andrei, which you had once considered tough for a boy your age, now appears a time of whimsy comfort and lackadaisical exercise by comparison. A rare cynical thought weighs in during your state of weariness, that perhaps the officers of the Guard only push their charges so hard and so mercilessly to ensure that everyone is too fatigued to get up to any mischief during their Reserve Rota. Sir Ibram says you get used to it, both in body and mind, but that’s easy enough for him to say reading his book as his broken arm heals. You’ve avoided any lasting injuries beyond scrapes and bruises, aside from muscles you didn’t even know you had screaming at you in protest. Nonetheless you glare at your comrades sling with such rank jealousy that you make a note to include it in your next confession, whenever that may prove to be. [2/5]
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This is your life for the next two years, hours of boredom amid grandeur during Palace Rota followed by strenuous lessons and hearty backslapping in Drill Rota. But at least you have survived your beginning in the Dragon Guard to make it to your first Reserve Rota. While on call for any alarum in the Palace requiring reinforcements, the Reserve Rota is used as a period of rest and recuperation by the Dragon Guard. Aside from being on standby, as well as a few spare light duties or errands that are occasionally assigned, you have most of the Rota to yourself. Most of your comrades take their ease during this time, or pursue less reputable entertainment where it can be found. You, on the other hand, intend to be a good deal more industrious with your spare time. You have already made some commitments, which you mean to keep during your time here. You will not neglect Mikail’s training, and your lessons with Antoninus in the Cathagi dialects remain essential. You also intend to read whatever the scholar can find and transcribe relating to Ardenne, although the secretive upper halls of the Aethenaeum remain closed to him. Between that and your letters home, not to mention Sir Gilbern and Lady Vancewell separately, you are left with precious little spare time to allocate to other pursuits during your Reserve Rota. =============================== [3/5]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 27 Aug 2024 10:01:41 No. 6090244 Report This vote will remain open today and tomorrow. I will be making a market post open tomorrow as well, but that won’t close this vote. We will probably see the last content post of the thread this Thursday, I have a little something for you before we take a break for the timeskip. Reserve Rota activities. SELECT TWO.>You will study for the Ordo Praetor exams. This is an excellent opportunity to shape your eventual expertise on foreign law and international treaties. [Praetor Studies] >You will continue to aid Brother Rousseau with his efforts in the slave underground, starting with enrolling your newest convert in the cause. [Comitas Pro Libertas] >You will look into your suspicions regarding the Black Knight, and the company he keeps. [Black Knight] >You will investigate the rumours about Zawahiel, said to be the greatest swordsman of your age. Warriors of Gaurd are sure to know more about him and where he might be found. [Zawahiel] >You will learn another language, it could prove invaluable during your time here with another foreign cohort. [Additional language + write-in] >You will develop contacts with the spice and silk trade, an extremely profitable venture which could fund an entire military campaign with the right investment. Whether this is straightforward or surreptitious will depend on whether favour is curried with the Merchanta Caste >You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. Whether this is straightforward or surreptitious will depend on whether favour is curried with the Medusae Caste >Other activity. [Write-in] The Palace Games. SELECT ONE.>You will curry favour with the Medusae Caste, showing particular deference and seeking assignments to their protection or interactions on a regular basis. [Medusae Caste Favour] >You will curry favour with the Merchanta Caste, treating Barak Yildirm with respect and taking a non-confrontational interpretation of Medusae orders designed to frustrate Merchanta interests wherever possible. [Merchanta Caste Favour] >You will curry favour with the Stratiokas Caste, treating their soldiers in the Palace as effectively another cohort during your challenges and inspections rather than as a potential hostile neighbouring force that happens to occupy parts of the palace. [Stratiokas Caste Favour (further boosted)] >You will make no attempt to curry favour with any faction, executing your orders to the letter and making no attempt to partake in the Palace Games beyond the duty demanded of you as a sworn Dragon Guard. [Dragon Guard Favour] [4/5]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 27 Aug 2024 10:02:54 No. 6090245 Report [5/5] 3) You have already been acclaimed by the Norsikaan Cohort, recognised as a champion and a worthy peer. During your time in the Dragon Guard, you achieve the same with another cohort to a similar degree. SELECT ONE.>The Tempest Islander Cohort. >The Langlish Cohort. >The Nomad Cohort. >The Mansiporean Cohort. >The Azirin Cohort. >An even smaller and rarer Cohort, from a place you had not yet heard of. Your prestige among their ranks is further boosted due to their small size. 4) Likewise with your comrades of the 43rd Talon, you have already made inroads with some but one in particular comes to regard you with respect and loyal admiration. SELECT ONE.> [Marshall Jurand] > [Sir Vladimir Romaine] > [Sir Benjamin Ibram] > [Chimalma] > [Sir Siubhail] > [Sir Kristopher Marley] > [Sir Ian de Camp] > [A newcomer knight that joins shortly after (will take write-ins for Duchy origin)]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Tue 27 Aug 2024 10:08:19 No. 6090249 Report Perhaps needless to say, but I would encourage some discussion prior to voting as this will chart the course of Sir Andrei's time spent and experiences had over the upcoming significant timeskip.
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>GAIN ‘The Art of War’. During a pitched battle, any re-rolls your side benefits from can still be used against double-fails. Upon winning personal combat you will occassionally have an additional option to boost the ordinary Battle DC effect, but this will provide diminishing returns as the scale of the battle increases. Holy shit that's huge. Man alright, this is really tough. Great update and some really difficult choices. Gaining favour with the Merchenta and then going into silk and spice trade would be a massive boon for our house in general and for the funding of our crusade. Becoming close with Marshall Jurand sounds like it has some serious juice. And helping the slaves... There are definitely better options out there from a power-gaming perspective but I just can't see Emile passing this opportunity by. Not only that but it'll unlock Brother Rosseaus "Brother For Life" status and may even have a hidden bonus of currying more favour with the Church. I say all of this as if the choices are obvious but there are still so many other great options to pick. This is a tough one
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>You will look into your suspicions regarding the Black Knight, and the company he keeps. [Black Knight] We should definitely try and find out more about this guy
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>>6090249 Speaking of shopping boss, I just want to check. We're currently at 102 sequins yeah? We took care of expenses in thread 35 but I'm not sure if our pay is monthly/yearly etc (and we have a 10 sequin per month lifestyle)
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>>6090241 >GAIN ‘The Art of War’. During a pitched battle, any re-rolls your side benefits from can still be used against double-fails. Upon winning personal combat you will occassionally have an additional option to boost the ordinary Battle DC effect, but this will provide diminishing returns as the scale of the battle increases BASED
>>6090250 While the merchanta is important we should be careful when interacting with any who might be associated with the big two we encountered.
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>>6090244 >>6054199 >You will look into your suspicions regarding the Black Knight, and the company he keeps. [Black Knight] >You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. I want us to access the most ancient secrets possible both for the mysterious Ardenne noble and SOS lore. This also pairs well with our investigation of the Black Knight and our former scholar.
>You will curry favour with the Medusae Caste, showing particular deference and seeking assignments to their protection or interactions on a regular basis. [Medusae Caste Favour] >The Nomad Cohort. This will give us the benefit of learning of the serpents and makes sense given he was who we dueled with.
> [Sir Siubhail] I want the fae lore and to introduce him to Jess.
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>>6090253 Our pay is in bulk I believe, once on intiation and once on departure.
Also regarding our associations with other cohorts I feel like we should cast a wide net rather than investing deeply into a specific group if we want to gain intelligence.
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>>6090258 >we should cast a wide net rather than investing deeply into a specific group if we want to gain intelligence. Sure, I was less thinking about spy shit, more thinking about our future plans.
>While the merchanta is important we should be careful when interacting with any who might be associated with the big two we encountered. No doubt, according to the option it would be Barak Yildrim we'd be dealing with if we went Merchenta. Regardless, I'd watch my back around any on them. Positive relations are fine and all but I don't trust them not to use us and dispose of us as soon as we're not longer convenient
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>>6090256 >This will give us the benefit of learning of the serpents The desert nomads seem to be from the Cathaggi deserts not the slithering wastes where the serpents are.
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>>6090259 I Didn't just mean gossip, it's l8kely we'll also build bonds with those less embedded in the command structure which we could possibly win along as followers at some point.
>Positive relations are fine and all but I don't trust them not to use us and dispose of us as soon as we're not longer convenient Considering our entry was... contentious I doubt we're in for a smooth working relationship. It's a shame that duel was thrown off since we could have terminated things right there but alas now we might have to deal with choppy relations.
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>>6090260 My thanks. Different wastes got it. I should consider a reread of this quest in between this threads end and the next one.
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I would like to see us working with Rousseau to free more slaves. The Angel has helped us plant a seed here, we should nurture it while we're still here to make sure it can't be uprooted easily after we leave. And if we're doing time skips I also would like for us to keep up our correspondence with Frida during that time, unless we were going to do so automatically. Maybe there's some gifts in the shopping list we can buy her while we're at it.
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>>6090263 >I Didn't just mean gossip I didn't assume you did? You use of the phrase "gain intelligence" seemed to suggest you were referring to us collecting intel as a spy. If that's not what you meant then I'm not sure what you're on about.
>Considering our entry was... contentious I doubt we're in for a smooth working relationship. Given who we're working with and the choices we made (we didn't embarrass them) I actually doubt that'll have much negative impact. These people (especially the Merchenta) are all about profit. In this case, literal profit, as well as advancing their own political games.
So if we take pains to develop and actual business relationship with them and open up a new market (or broaden one that already exists) I find it unlikely they'll take any issue with our entrance at all. More money is more money.
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>You will study for the Ordo Praetor exams. This is an excellent opportunity to shape your eventual expertise on foreign law and international treaties. [Praetor Studies] >You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. 2
>You will make no attempt to curry favour with any faction, executing your orders to the letter and making no attempt to partake in the Palace Games beyond the duty demanded of you as a sworn Dragon Guard. [Dragon Guard Favour] 3
>The Langlish Cohort. 4
> [Marshall Jurand] Anonymous
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I will vote on this tomorrow after some discussion. However, here are my current opinions on choices, story points, and possible ways forward. Reserve Rota Select TWO>You will study for the Ordo Praetor exams. This is an excellent opportunity to shape your eventual expertise on foreign law and international treaties. [Praetor Studies] Do we even really want to join the Ordo Praetor? its been so far on our back burners it might as well not exist. I don't know if we are allowed a change of heart, but Emile might be a better fit for another Order. We have so much on our plate that taking the time to study beyond what Antonius could teach us is wasted. I feel like the Legend of Emile has left this Order behind.>You will continue to aid Brother Rousseau with his efforts in the slave underground, starting with enrolling your newest convert in the cause. [Comitas Pro Libertas] While not the end of Brother Rousseau's brother for life quest, it will be the only obvious time in the near future we will be able to complete it. If I remember correctly we would offer help after Ardenne is a done deal, but that is far away indeed. I can also see us getting some Church bonuses here if we help him now. This could be helpful during our Church hearing regarding the Angel. >You will look into your suspicions regarding the Black Knight, and the company he keeps. [Black Knight] The Black Knight is suspicious as hell, not going to lie. In my suspicions, to be able to Knight men makes me believe he believes that he is the last Duke of Ardenne, a technicality that he runs with since no King or Queen would think to strip that power from the name of a "dead" family. He wears the colors, he speaks with an off-Romaine accent, and he speaks with a regal authority. This man is either an eternally living survivor of Ardenne through magic or a true inheritor of the name. This is probably our only chance to learn about him. He might also know hidden lore about the Dread Lords if I am correct and would be a possible alternate option for gaining knowledge, assuming he doesn’t attempt to destroy us for discovering his secret or our potential attempts to usurp his position if we take back Ardenne. >You will investigate the rumours about Zawahiel, said to be the greatest swordsman of your age. Warriors of Guard are sure to know more about him and where he might be found. [Zawahiel] Zawahiel, a ghost, a mystery. If we want to have the chance of being one of the best swordmasters of our age, this is the path we should take. Once we leave Cathagi, we might never see this thread again or be forced to return if we want to pursue it. This will serve us well in every future fight we take part in. Also training arc shenanigans.
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>>6090321 >You will learn another language, it could prove invaluable during your time here with another foreign cohort. [Additional language + write-in] Not an option in my opinion. Being able to speak another language is a lukewarm choice compared to everything else. Potentially useful, but not really worth the time.
>You will develop contacts with the spice and silk trade, an extremely profitable venture which could fund an entire military campaign with the right investment. Can't crusade without cash. If successful, this will give us the money to enrich the prestige of our family name and afford the weapons of war we need to pay to equip us and levies for war against the dead men. In my opinion, this will be impressive to Frida Vancewell, showing her we aren't just a country bumpkin noble. This isn't the only way to make big money by any means, but if we were to fund raise in Canton, we would need to deal with a web of promises and favors that we could probably avoid with just commerce and a strong initial investment. Also, we hired Antonius for this purpose so we might get more if we proceed with this.
>You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. Knowledge of Ardenne could make or break this crusade. The secrets in these halls are only here, so this goes away once we leave the Dragon Guard. Even if we fail to retake Ardenne, knowledge of Dead men weaknesses and ways to rebuke them are a forever gift to Canton and Romaine of the future if we disseminate it to the Lords and Ladies of the Realm. We are currently getting what I understand to be mid-level info through Antonius.
Palace Games Pick One
>[Medusae Caste Favour] Says it on the tin, if we really really want that secret lore we need to brown nose for them.
>[Merchanta Caste Favour] Also obvious, if we want better chances at good moolah, we need to kiss the ring a little here.
>[Stratiokas Caste Favour (further boosted)] This is boosted due to our performance on the steps and would be waste of good rolls to not pursue. I’m not sure what they could offer us, but I assume it will not be nothing. It could be a blind eye to getting caught in the palace. Might be at odds with Dragon Guard favor.
>[Dragon Guard Favour] We will garner the favor of our fellow Dragon Guards. this has the potential to getting us pull with the higher ups, made up mostly of high profile Cantonian nobles. Might be at odds with Stratiokas favor. Potential Dragon posting to be given if we are trusted enough.
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>>6090323 >>6090321 Cohort Acclaim Pick One
I have no strong opinion for these, wherein I assume that getting favor with any of these might give us some special units for our Ardenne Campaign seeing it as a worthy endeavor. Any that might be a compliment to our Canton Cavalry seems good, like the Tempest Island archers or the Azir support Cavalry.
Companion Pick One
My short list is either Marshall Jurand or Sir Romaine, followed by Sir Ibram, or Sir Siubhail. The two higher ranked people on our list are harder to get to know due to their higher standing so this acts as a bit of a shortcut into their good graces. Marshall Jurand is an acclaimed Knight of the Realm and Sir Romaine has an in to the Romaine Dukedom. Sir Ibram is a personable chap and has a story that would be interesting to follow and Sir Siubhail has the Fey connection.
Thank you for attending my TED Talk. A lot of these choices are neck and neck to me, so if there is no point to pivot halfway, or adjust our course based on things Antonius finds or things we have Antonius start doing once he finishes up his current tasks, I will have to make hard choices.
Also regarding the timeskip, I thought it would entail skipping through the doldrum and having us engage as we normally do when interesting events come up. (i.e. 3 months pass and you have a chance to interact with something or other). A bare summation of events might be what some anons want, but I think they are rushing it a bit.
Maybe this isn't the case and I'm reading into this wrong, but I wanted my voice to be know in this.
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>>6090245 >>6090244 >You will study for the Ordo Praetor exams. This is an excellent opportunity to shape your eventual expertise on foreign law and international treaties. [Praetor Studies] >You will continue to aid Brother Rousseau with his efforts in the slave underground, starting with enrolling your newest convert in the cause. [Comitas Pro Libertas Can't upkeep the law if you don't know what it is and gota free the slaves.
>You will curry favour with the Merchanta Caste, treating Barak Yildirm with respect and taking a non-confrontational interpretation of Medusae orders designed to frustrate Merchanta interests wherever possible. [Merchanta Caste Favour] Mybe they will let us into the closed areas of the library.
The Azirin Cohort
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>>6054322 My v post
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>>6090267 I may have extrapolated a bit too much from your "spy shit" comment, my bad.
>So if we take pains to develop and actual business relationship with them and open up a new market (or broaden one that already exists) I find it unlikely they'll take any issue with our entrance at all On a reread this seems way more approachable and given we've got a need for means and wealth I can get behind this.
>>6090321 I have to agree that it feel like we've left the Praetors behind as a focus point, though replacing it might be a whole discussion to have.
>If I remember correctly we would offer help after Ardenne is a done deal, If anything we seemed to offer them a new home in Ardenne with their implicit help with the crusade.
>makes me believe he believes that he is the last Duke of Ardenne You know it just occured to me that this man had enough power and influence to be a genuine threat to a reclaimed Ardenne since he has the backing of Cathaggi and likely the ear of the Dragon who can press his claim.
God forbid he bids his time and becomes a proxy for a new Cathaggi push into Canton...
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>>6090245 This is tough, so much to do and so little time.
Going for:
>You will continue to aid Brother Rousseau with his efforts in the slave underground, starting with enrolling your newest convert in the cause. [Comitas Pro Libertas] We promised Brother Rousseau, and one of the things that is going to be difficult to complete later.
>You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. >You will curry favour with the Medusae Caste, showing particular deference and seeking assignments to their protection or interactions on a regular basis. [Medusae Caste Favour] Tough one but going with the Medusae; coin can be made in various places, but the Aethenaem's knowledge is probably unique for this region of the world.
>The Azirin Cohort. Building on our relationship with Chimalma.
>[Sir Vladimir Romaine] Inroads with the Duchess are good for both the House (Mother and Roselyn's plans) as well as any Crusade into Ardenne.
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>>6090244 >You will investigate the rumours about Zawahiel, said to be the greatest swordsman of your age. Warriors of Gaurd are sure to know more about him and where he might be found. [Zawahiel] >You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. Palace Games:
>You will curry favour with the Medusae Caste, showing particular deference and seeking assignments to their protection or interactions on a regular basis. [Medusae Caste Favour] Cohort:
>The Nomad Cohort Comrade:
> [Sir Vladimir Romaine] Let's spice up the intrigue some more
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>coin can be made in various places If we don't get caravans going we are going to run into an income problem which will only get worse of we get sent on a expedition or in some scheme.
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>>6090244 >You will continue to aid Brother Rousseau with his efforts in the slave underground, starting with enrolling your newest convert in the cause. [Comitas Pro Libertas] >You will look into your suspicions regarding the Black Knight, and the company he keeps. [Black Knight] >You will make no attempt to curry favour with any faction, executing your orders to the letter and making no attempt to partake in the Palace Games beyond the duty demanded of you as a sworn Dragon Guard. [Dragon Guard Favour] >>6090245 >The Azirin Cohort. > [Sir Siubhail] >>6053981 Anonymous
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>>6090244 Oh boy, this vote will be an utter mess.
Reserve Rota activities. SELECT TWO.
>You will look into your suspicions regarding the Black Knight, and the company he keeps. [Black Knight] >You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. An easy choice to make. I know that some people are big on helping Rousseau and I get them, however the Aetheneum is half the reason why we decided to stay in the DG to begin with. As for the Black Knight, that's simply a can of worms we need to open at some point for a number of reasons (SoS, ties to House Ardenne).
In short, these are the options for ALL THE LORE. Which is important since the Prince is keeping company with the Sanguine Knight back at home.
The Palace Games. SELECT ONE.
>You will curry favour with the Medusae Caste, showing particular deference and seeking assignments to their protection or interactions on a regular basis. [Medusae Caste Favour] Obvious pick for the synergy with the Atheneum choice above. We do have tips on the last location of that renegade Medusa if they're interested btw.
Sure, Medusae will not give us cash like the Merchanta but considering the definitive supernatural nature of the SoS and Dreadlords I think it is far more relevant to know our enemies first. Not to mention that unfucking the Royal Court is likely bound to let Canton attempt another Reclamation of Ardenne.
3) You have already been acclaimed by the Norsikaan Cohort, recognised as a champion and a worthy peer. During your time in the Dragon Guard, you achieve the same with another cohort to a similar degree. SELECT ONE.
>The Langlish Cohort. Now, you want connections with people with money? Go for the known copper-clippers of the setting. That one of their Admirals is making deals with the Prince, we fought one of their Bravos (who should have joined the DG by now?) and befriended a Langlish captain makes this choice a perfect narrative fit too.
4) Likewise with your comrades of the 43rd Talon, you have already made inroads with some but one in particular comes to regard you with respect and loyal admiration. SELECT ONE.
> [Sir Vladimir Romaine] I do not have strong inclinations on this choice. I do like the implications of Siubhail, but Vladimir Romaine can give some political oomph back at home, which isn't so bad when our family needs it (both for political shenanigans and further warding against the Prince).
Also yeah, being buddy-buddy with such a high noble could give us some help when it comes to Vancewell. That's a boon I won't throw away.
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>>6090244 Reserve Rota
>You will look into your suspicions regarding the Black Knight, and the company he keeps. [Black Knight] >You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. Palace Games
>You will curry favour with the Medusae Caste, showing particular deference and seeking assignments to their protection or interactions on a regular basis. [Medusae Caste Favour] Friendly Cohort
>The Langlish Cohort. New Comrade
> [Sir Vladimir Romaine] >>6054168 this is me
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>>6090244 >You will investigate the rumours about Zawahiel, said to be the greatest swordsman of your age. Warriors of Gaurd are sure to know more about him and where he might be found. [Zawahiel] >You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. I feel like anons are overly focused on the Black knight when that puts this whole OP in jeopardy since active digging is very different from passive observation. Zawahiel and the Aethenum are our keys to git gud.
>You will curry favour with the Medusae Caste, showing particular deference and seeking assignments to their protection or interactions on a regular basis. [Medusae Caste Favour] Mainly to make the Aethenum business simple but Im happy with any of them.
>>6090245 >The Nomad Cohort. No strong opinion here either but either this or the Azirin are my favourites.
> [Marshall Jurand] I know the Romaine is the political choice but being respected and loyally admired by such a legendary knight is too good to pass up.
Don't remember my ID, will link when I find it.
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>>6090244 Reserve Rota activities. SELECT TWO.
>You will study for the Ordo Praetor exams. This is an excellent opportunity to shape your eventual expertise on foreign law and international treaties. [Praetor Studies] >You will develop contacts with the spice and silk trade, an extremely profitable venture which could fund an entire military campaign with the right investment. The Palace Games. SELECT ONE.
>You will curry favour with the Merchanta Caste, treating Barak Yildirm with respect and taking a non-confrontational interpretation of Medusae orders designed to frustrate Merchanta interests wherever possible. [Merchanta Caste Favour] 3) You have already been acclaimed by the
Norsikaan Cohort, recognised as a champion and a worthy peer. During your time in the Dragon Guard, you achieve the same with another cohort to a similar degree. SELECT ONE.
>The Langlish Cohort. 4) Likewise with your comrades of the 43rd Talon, you have already made inroads with some but one in particular comes to regard you with respect and loyal admiration. SELECT ONE.
> [Sir Vladimir Romaine] verify
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>>6053976 >>6090696 Here it is, haven't voted since I've been happy with the choices made by anons but this one is too impactful.
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>>6054664 >>6054665 My Heraldry
I'm assuming we're timeskipping to the next rota or interesting event rather than the whole term of service, thus my inputs that follow.
>>6090244 The Praetor Exam is best studied for later before we return to Cathaggi, otherwise the knowledge we gain may become rusty. Certainly a solid education to have if we are to rule Ardenne, a nice feather in the cap, & potentially helpful in dealing with Cathago politics & slavery issues. Thus, this should be on the backburner. Another language on top of Battle Cant & Antoninus' lessons seems useless/unproductive.
Freeing the slaves & uncovering the mystery of the Blackfyre Targ are more important & pressing, but both can wait until we have more seniority & influence that will allow us to act upon them.
The Sword-Saint is key to our further growth from a champion to a legend, & any leads are sure to fade quickly, thus a certain urgency. The Aetheneum & gathering wealth are both high on the list, but would also be easier with more time in service & deeds to our name. If we can manage to become Exalted Exoria, both might be within easy reach.
Ultimately, I'll go with:
>[Zawahiel] >[Aethenium] Then make investments during our market visit.
As for caste intrigues:
We have nothing to offer the merchanta presently, as valuable as their favor could be for us. We can also raise wealth without them through our own trading, the Langlish, Norsikaans, or even rarities from the Fae.
The medusae we at least have an in with as another anon pointed out, & their knowledge can't be gained through other sources.
The Stratiokas are a solid choice due to our established reputation & their martial skills, but I doubt we could actually have them join our crusade unless we went all in on their caste & convinced them by some miracle to abandon the Dragon & settle Ardenne alongside us.
Dragon Guard is a solid choice, but just being a chad during our tenure should make it a given.
Thus:
>[Medusae] >>6090245 Tough choices here:
None besides the Azirin Bloodpact Exiles & L*nglish are likely to be able to help us in our crusade, although the Nomads might be useful to know well while we're here & searching for Zawahiel, investing in caravans, & seeking out treasures & quests. Tempest Island bows & Mansiporean fists won't make much difference against the dead.
Thus I'll cast my vote for the wild card, but L*nglish & Nomads would be my runner ups:
>Smaller Cohort (useful in combat against the dead, such as with polearms, hammers, flails, or something else) Sir Siubhial intrigues me, but we can win him over with our Pygmy Marmoset & Joker Card.
Sir Ibram offers nothing beyond another worthy companion, but is married to the guard as it were.
Chimalma opens up interesting possibilites, but is far from home & uninfluential.
Sirs de Camp & Marley are likely a package deal, but not particularly noteworthy.
The advantages of Sir Romaine & Marshall Jurand are obvious.....
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>>6090245 >>6090710 There is of course the old adage of keeping friends close & enemies closer, & we want to eventually get Mikhail into the Roiguard, hence an in we are ignoring. They may even slip up & reveal information we otherwise would have no hope of finding. Of course they know of our reputation, but I doubt they are particularly well informed of us.
Ultimately my choice of new companion goes to:
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My thoughts on options we SHOULDN'T take right now. [Praetor Studies] we should wait until know enough Cathagi and have re-task Antonius on collection the appropriate books to make the best use of his talents and our understanding of the language. Knowing the language will make learning the law and edicts easier. [Comitas Pro Libertas] Concerning Brother Rousseau quest, I think it might be wise to let things cool off a little before we do anything. Our last visit to the slave markets drew too much attention and that might work against us if we act too soon also Chapter-Master Callahan just grilled us about it. [Black Knight] We are still pretty new, investigating too early raise suspicious and alert our target of investigation. [Additional language + write-in] I wouldn't mind leaning more languages later on, but we are already learning several, it be best to focus our efforts in that field instead of dividing them.
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>>6090244 Now my vote
>You will investigate the rumours about Zawahiel, said to be the greatest swordsman of your age. Warriors of Gaurd are sure to know more about him and where he might be found. [Zawahiel] Find his path and we might walk on his footsteps; with the added benefit concealing our suspicions on the Black Knight and his inner circle, since they will see us chasing another legend.
>You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. I want those spice contacts but I feel we need this first and can build those later.
The Palace Games.
>You will curry favour with the Medusae Caste, showing particular deference and seeking assignments to their protection or interactions on a regular basis. [Medusae Caste Favour] I think working building favor with the Medusae first and then the Merchanta might be easier (relative) than the other way around.
3) Cohort:
>The Langlish Cohort. The contacts we build here will be useful later on.
>[Sir Siubhail] I know he has some connection with the Fae, also we should introduce Jess and Courageous Sky to him. It might do them some good to have some Fae-like contact.
V-post.
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>>6090244 >You will investigate the rumours about Zawahiel, said to be the greatest swordsman of your age. Warriors of Gaurd are sure to know more about him and where he might be found. [Zawahiel] >You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. >You will curry favour with the Medusae Caste, showing particular deference and seeking assignments to their protection or interactions on a regular basis. [Medusae Caste Favour] >The Langlish Cohort. We can build off our relationship with the ship captain and knowledge of their customs
> [Sir Vladimir Romaine] >>6059360 V card
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>>6090244 >You will continue to aid Brother Rousseau with his efforts in the slave underground, starting with enrolling your newest convert in the cause. [Comitas Pro Libertas] What is the worth of a soul?
>You will investigate the rumours about Zawahiel, said to be the greatest swordsman of your age. Warriors of Gaurd are sure to know more about him and where he might be found. [Zawahiel] I SEEK ZAWAHIEL
>You will curry favour with the Stratiokas Caste, treating their soldiers in the Palace as effectively another cohort during your challenges and inspections rather than as a potential hostile neighbouring force that happens to occupy parts of the palace. [Stratiokas Caste Favour (further boosted)] Merchants and mages are good and all, but it is the common soldier that defends and furthers a nations interests.
>>6090245 >The Langlish Cohort. This will make up for the lack of Merchant contacts. If we can get the Langlish to trade more deeply with Romaine, Andrei specifically, we could make Romaine another significant Port comparable to Port Bounty
> [Sir Vladimir Romaine] This one the most benefit for us. Would also come naturally as men from the same place.
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>>6090244 1.) Reserve Rota activities. SELECT TWO.
>You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. Whether this is straightforward or surreptitious will depend on whether favour is curried with the Medusae Caste >You will look into your suspicions regarding the Black Knight, and the company he keeps. [Black Knight] Zawahiel would be cool as fuck, but ultimately I don't view it as important as the other things here. He's not the only swordmaster in the world, but the other options are more limited time things we need to take advantage of while we're here, imo. The secret Aetheneam lore speaks for itself, but the points other anons have raised about the Black Knight potentially being connected to Ardenne somehow are too juicy to pass up.
2.) The Palace Games. SELECT ONE.
>You will curry favour with the Medusae Caste, showing particular deference and seeking assignments to their protection or interactions on a regular basis. [Medusae Caste Favour] Pairs well with the Aetheneam choice. I have been a staunch supporter of Forbidden Witch Lore in the past, and while the points made about silks and spice profits enriching us and making us a more serious prospect for Frida have tempted me, I still feel strongly enough about it to stay the course. I do still wish we had gone more partisan with the Medusae during the duel to help, but the past is the past.
3.) You have already been acclaimed by the Norsikaan Cohort, recognized as a champion and a worthy peer. During your time in the Dragon Guard, you achieve the same with another cohort to a similar degree. SELECT ONE.
>The Langlish Cohort. Having ins with the Langlish is a good idea given the Faction conspiracy brewing on the horizon that's guaranteed to have heavy Langlish involvement, and also the Langlish are just pretty cool as well. It'd be nice if we flavored it as them being impressed by our undefeated one-on-one dueling record (discounting stuff like the Basilisk fight since The Foe is another matter entirely). I truly would love to dive into some of these other cultures, but I think with the direction this quest has taken, we have too many plots brewing and fires to put out back home in Canton that I don't think we can afford the kinds of lore tourism I would otherwise love to explore. There truly is no plight quite as sweet as being tangled up in a knot of equally appealing choices in a Forgotten quest.
4.) Likewise with your comrades of the 43rd Talon, you have already made inroads with some but one in particular comes to regard you with respect and loyal admiration. SELECT ONE.
> [Sir Vladimir Romaine] The only reason I'm not voting for Sir Siubhail is that, barring the dice fucking us over, I feel like we're destined to have a Dudes Rock moment and instantly become friends with him when we introduce him to Jess and our Griffinhawk
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>>6090245 1)
Reserve Rota activities
>You will develop contacts with the spice and silk trade, an extremely profitable venture which could fund an entire military campaign with the right investment Lets get some money rolling in for the family and our eventual crusade
>You will continue to aid Brother Rousseau with his efforts in the slave underground, starting with enrolling your newest convert in the cause. [Comitas Pro Libertas] There are definitely better options out there from a power-gaming perspective but I just can't see Emile passing this opportunity by. Not only that but it may unlock Brother Rosseaus "Brother For Life" status
2)
The Palace Games
>You will curry favour with the Merchanta Caste, treating Barak Yildirm with respect and taking a non-confrontational interpretation of Medusae orders designed to frustrate Merchanta interests wherever possible. [Merchanta Caste Favour] 3)
>The Tempest Islander Cohort. Seem like cool guys and having the best known arches as friends could be handy
4)
>[Sir Vladimir Romaine] As much as I want to vote for the Marshall, making inroads with Sir Romaine sounds really, really useful both from a Vancewell perspective and just general House politics and power perspective
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>>6090244 Reserve Rota activities
>You will develop contacts with the spice and silk trade, an extremely profitable venture which could fund an entire military campaign with the right investment. >You will continue to aid Brother Rousseau with his efforts in the slave underground, starting with enrolling your newest convert in the cause. [Comitas Pro Libertas] Without wealth we are going to flounder and will make our endeavours back home (Vancewell/Crusade) monumentally harder.
The Palace Games
>You will make no attempt to curry favour with any faction, executing your orders to the letter and making no attempt to partake in the Palace Games beyond the duty demanded of you as a sworn Dragon Guard. [Dragon Guard Favour] Ultimately I'm leery of both the Medusae and the Merchanta, the former because we have little read on their ambition and schemes and the former for our previous interactions and obvious copperclipping.
There is also a small chance that favor within the Dragonguard might lead to some leniency in our behavior and activities.
>An even smaller and rarer Cohort, from a place you had not yet heard of I'm going to advocate for smorghaus board from across the Cohorts to glean intelligence and information as well as any potential companions for the future.
> [Sir Vladimir Romaine] Hopefully he can augment any news we might get from home since everyone seems absolutely keen on ignoring it.
>>6053987 Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B
Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Wed 28 Aug 2024 10:12:55 No. 6091099 Report Hey gents, as indicated before the big vote remains OPEN, I know my updates were spotty the last couple of weeks so . Linking back to verifications will really help me keep track of all legit voters. Now, out of fairness I will tell you that I’m not going to open up a new thread down the line with another round of market choices. Anons can vote to return to the markets if they get the chance or realise something vital will prove necessary soon, but there is every likelihood this is the major pit stop before significant combat, intrigue or persuasion and etcetera rolls in the events we cover during your term of service over the next 2 years in Cathagi.>Dragon Guard induction complete. GAIN 500 Sequins >NEW WEALTH: 602 Sequins Remaining >Andrei Allowance: +10 Sequins p/m >Gregarious Lifestyle: -10 Sequins p/m >‘Jess’ - 3 sequins p/m. (0 months in arrears, 0 sequins owing) >Orin - 1 sequin p/m. (0 months in arrears, 0 sequins owing) >Mikail - 1 sequins p/m. (0 months in arrears, 0 sequins owing) >Brother Rousseau - 0 sequins p/m. - Assigned to the Knights Comitas Cathagi Chapter House. >Antoninus - 3 sequins p/m. The balance he insits goes to paying off his ‘debt’ to you. >Total Wages = -8 sequins per month. For your companions, I am perfectly content to consider their ongoing wages as deducted as from the end lump sum from your DG payout (1000 sequins after 2 years) rather than you continually paying them out and possibly coming up skint from your remaining amount. Assuming they survive, of course. =========================================== 1) Market Budget>0 Sequins. Miser. >100 sequins or less. Fiscally scrupulous. >Up to 250 sequins. Now we’re talking. >Up to 400 sequins. Treat yoself, knigga. >Up to 602 sequins. Sworn to Spend. _ 2) Market Purchases> [Write-in]
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Surely we pick up some cataphract scales for Hannibal
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Reminder>If you have merchant contacts in your current location you may join or buy shares in a caravan, much like this one heading from Grenoble. Having merchant contacts in both your start out and destination locations will greatly increase the profitability.
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At the very least I want to get>Mid caste introduction (Merchanta) >Bulk goods I weep for what a High caste introduction brings to the board with its Caravan shares. My wishlist though is >Mid caste introduction (Merchanta) (100) >Bulk goods x3 (???) >Fashionable Attire (25) >Token of Affection (20) >Token of Affection x Renowned Artist (40) >Cantonian Lance x2 (24) >War lance x3 (21) No Idea how it would go though once we get introduced to the Mid caste though so I expect this will be ammended if we lock it in.
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>>6091099 1) Market Budget
>Up to 250 sequins. Now we’re talking. >Mid Caste Introduction (Merchanta) (100) >Impressive Finery+Renowned Artist (80) If we are going to play with the big boys we
are going to need it.
>Cantonian Lance (12) >Tempest Composite Bow (20) For Jess if she likes it.
That leave 38 for other other stuff if we want.
>>6091117 I also want the Bulk goods as well, but we should think and plan the logistics of getting them to Canton before outright buying them.
If we are sure we can get them home mother and Roselyn can use our contacts in Grenoble to get the ball rolling but that involves placing the goods in the hands of another and trusting them to deliver.
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>>6091133 The logistics are at least in part fairly simple, our langlish Captain ships from Cathaggi to langland and from there to port bounty, we don't have a contact in port bounty unfortunately but from there we can ship to Norvesky and then home.
I'm thinking we could reach out to tracker Jean for a mutual relationship in transporting the goods overland
She likely needs them after the Snakemen pushed Freetown south and we could also reach out to the Sir Wavell in port bounty to facilitate the business of unloading and storing goods.
Additionally we could pass goods north to Frida as a bit more proof that we have some scheme afoot, prehaps through the patsy she has there?
Anonymous
if we get a merchant contact by kowtowing a bit at the palace we can save/make so much money guys
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>>6091139 Port Bounty to home is a heck of a detour, we'd be better off asking Mother directly for her family's contacts to sail here to and from Romaine directly.
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>>6091141 That did occur to me though the lack of a major port bothers me, I'm not opposed to the concept but I want to say there is a reason to not go that route.
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>>6091140 The are only two reasons I am not voting for the Merchanta favor and thats the lack of support since most people seem to be after the secret lore in the Athenaeum and that I strongly distrust the exalted Merchanta.
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>>6091140 >>6091143 We don't necessarily need to suck up to the Merchanta to do business, but there are probably bonuses to doing so. However, if we do the Medusae route we will be pissing them off.
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>>6091144 You're right, we don't but it's more about compounding the potential income of caravans at this point.
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>>6091099 Not voting yet on this one but in general the most important purchases are:
>Mid caste introduction (Merchanta) Could be at odds with currying favor amongst Medusae. However, it gives us the chance to invest in stuff and make safe purchases while also adding a layer of credibility to our Reginate cover.
> Impressive finery + Renowned Artist We're going to deal with a lot of political bullshit so we might as well get some serious social modifiers. Going for this also provides an excellent opportunity to buy a Bulk of Silk.
It might be far too early to think of designs but it would be nice to find a tailor who straddles the line between Cathaginian and Cantonian fashion. Exotic and peculiar but a subtle reminder that Emile hasn't gone native at all.
> Token of Affection (with or without Renowned Artist) For Vancewell, since we picked the DG route we'll have to splurge a little. No big idea at the moment if not for a dress in Cathaginian style (but respectable for Canton's nobility) which happens to have quite a few secret pockets - and one perfect for stashing that dagger we sent her before.
> Bulk of Silk See comment above and this Anon
>>6091139 . Using our Langlish contacts + Jean is a very cool suggestion.
Other than this, we're kinda fine. More armor for Hannibal seems a vanity since we're tanky enough already and Jess gets a stipend good enough to buy a bow with her own coin (a good lesson in the value of money, if nothing else). We might consider to grab something for Mikhail and a couple of Cantonian Lances.
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>>6091144 Not necessarily all of them; there should be more that a few focus on making money and avoiding the palace games. At least in the middle caste.,It will be far rarer and difficult to find those on the high caste but there should be someone.
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>>6090245 Reserve Rota activities. SELECT TWO.
>You will look into your suspicions regarding the Black Knight, and the company he keeps. [Black Knight] >You will investigate the rumours about Zawahiel, said to be the greatest swordsman of your age. Warriors of Gaurd are sure to know more about him and where he might be found. [Zawahiel] The Palace Games. SELECT ONE.
>You will curry favour with the Stratiokas Caste, treating their soldiers in the Palace as effectively another cohort during your challenges and inspections rather than as a potential hostile neighbouring force that happens to occupy parts of the palace. [Stratiokas Caste Favour (further boosted)] 3) You have already been acclaimed by the Norsikaan Cohort, recognised as a champion and a worthy peer. During your time in the Dragon Guard, you achieve the same with another cohort to a similar degree. SELECT ONE.
>The Azirin Cohort. >>6054134 If my id changes, its because I'm home from work abroad.
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>>6091149 The only problem I see is how the high caste Merchanta will affect our business with lower caste members. It would be short sighted to say that Yildrim or Bata won't put pressure on whoever we decide to work with if we displease them.
Anonymous
>>6091152 Fair but there should be ways to curry favor with the Medusae without antagonizing the merchants. Dealing with the exile and the ancient mural we discovered for example.
Anonymous
>>6091099 1) Market Budget
>Up to 602 sequins. Sworn to Spend. 2) Market Purchases
Mid Caste Introduction (Merchenta) – 100
Bulk Spices - ??
Bulk Silks - ??
Token of Affection (Renowned Artists) – 40
Impressive Finery (Renowed Artist) - 80
Cataphracti Scale – 70
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For Mikail
Breastplate and Helm – 60
Castle-forged Arming Sword – 25
Round Shield – 6
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For Jess
Tempest Composite Bow – 20
Total of 401 before taking the bulk spice and silk purchases. It's a boost to our courtship with Vancewell, it's a boost to our horses protection and to Jess and Mikails effectiveness and safety as well. It also gives us some nice clothes to ware whilst we're here in Cathagi (boost to social rolls).
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>>6090244 I haven't voted in a while, but I promise this is me.
>>6053988 >You will investigate the rumours about Zawahiel, said to be the greatest swordsman of your age. Warriors of Gaurd are sure to know more about him and where he might be found. [Zawahiel] How are we going to kill a Dread Lord without a legendary training arc?
>You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. Between this and the Black Knight the choice is extremely hard. But if Father Towbray's asset is reliable, the Black Knight himself went to the Aethaenaeum first. Hence my vote.
>You will curry favour with the Medusae Caste, showing particular deference and seeking assignments to their protection or interactions on a regular basis. [Medusae Caste Favour] Obvious synergy with Aethaenaeum choice is obvious.
>The Azirin Cohort Again, very tough choice between Azir and Langland. Pragmatism says the latter- the filthy copper clippers are very near, the based Azir are very far. But my heart tells me that the Azir are fellow cavalry chads, while the Langlish are are sa*lors and p*kemen. Besides, they have better fighters anyways.
>[Sir Siubhail] Jurand is based, Romaine is politically valuable... but Siubhail could translate for Jess. I cannot pass on this invaluable connection to Faefu.
>>6091099 >>6091166 +1, saving money is for burghers anyways.
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>>6090244 >>6090393 Changing the second part of my vote from
>You will make no attempt to curry favour with any faction, executing your orders to the letter and making no attempt to partake in the Palace Games beyond the duty demanded of you as a sworn Dragon Guard. [Dragon Guard Favour] to
>You will curry favour with the Stratiokas Caste, treating their soldiers in the Palace as effectively another cohort during your challenges and inspections rather than as a potential hostile neighbouring force that happens to occupy parts of the palace. [Stratiokas Caste Favour (further boosted)] >>6053981 Anonymous
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>>6090244 >You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. >You will make no attempt to curry favour with any faction, executing your orders to the letter and making no attempt to partake in the Palace Games beyond the duty demanded of you as a sworn Dragon Guard. [Dragon Guard Favour] >The Langlish Cohort. > [Chimalma] Me
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Oh by the way that Praetor stuff? Honestly I think we should let go of that. Playing police was cool in Pascae but we have so much shit going on right know that I don't think we can really focus on that, and I don't see Emile doing much crime fighting in the near future eiter...
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>>6091201 Honestly the langlish have been Emiles most fearsome enemies in the entire quest, every fight against one of them was very hard one while forgottens nordics continue to be all hype no muscle lol
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>>6091158 Don't delude yourself anon, any decision for a caste is a decision against the other, you either take sides in the palace games or stay out.
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>>6090244 >>6090245 Alright time to vote.
Reserve Rota activities. SELECT TWO.
>You will investigate the rumours about Zawahiel, said to be the greatest swordsman of your age. Warriors of Gaurd are sure to know more about him and where he might be found. [Zawahiel] >You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. We can try our own way to build or cash reserves at this time. As long as we are not actively frustrating Merchanta business I think we will be fine. Also, cool swordsman.
The Palace Games. SELECT ONE.
>You will curry favour with the Stratiokas Caste, treating their soldiers in the Palace as effectively another cohort during your challenges and inspections rather than as a potential hostile neighbouring force that happens to occupy parts of the palace. [Stratiokas Caste Favour (further boosted)] I want to keep out of the scuffle. With this vote I hope to cultivate a cooperative relationship between the Stratiokas and the Dragon Guard to avoid the hate and sabotage that plagues the interaction between the Merchanta and Medusae.
You have already been acclaimed by the Norsikaan Cohort, recognised as a champion and a worthy peer. During your time in the Dragon Guard, you achieve the same with another cohort to a similar degree. SELECT ONE.
>The Azirin Cohort. Support Calvary is awesome.
Likewise with your comrades of the 43rd Talon, you have already made inroads with some but one in particular comes to regard you with respect and loyal admiration. SELECT ONE.
> [Sir Vladimir Romaine] Jurand is cool, but from what I can tell Sir Romaine is a model of Romaine Chivalry and would be a good friend to us regardless of rank.
>>6091099 Market Votes
Market Budget
>Up to 602 sequins. Sworn to Spend. I'd rather not leave out the chance to start with more of our bulk purchases if we chose the 400 Sequin option. Its up to 602 not all of it.
Market Purchases
>Mid Caste Introduction (Merchanta) (100) >Impressive Finery+Renowned Artist (80) >Bulk Goods (XXX) >Tempest Composite Bow (20) for Jess >Castle-Forged Arming Sword (25) for Mikhail >Token of Affection x Renowned Artist (40) +write in We've still got our 50% discount on our second most expensive item which will be handy.
For the token of affection I would like to see if we can get Frida a jewelry box with a puzzle locked secret compartment or hidden drawer, something she can hide things in inconspicuously. We want to separate our gifts to her from other suitors by giving her things she will personally find useful, not just another dress or necklace. Send with a clue of how to open it and a letter in the locked compartment praising how she is as smart as she is beautiful.
>>6054039 I'm here to borrow some books. Here's my card.
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>>6090244 >You will investigate the rumours about Zawahiel, said to be the greatest swordsman of your age. Warriors of Gaurd are sure to know more about him and where he might be found. [Zawahiel] Physical strength is a must that must NOT be neglected. I don't know if you've seen the last fights, but as we stand we' are far from being an exceptional warrior. Just amongst the Dragon Guard, there might be dozens that could defeat us.The Dread lord have been shown to be literal killing machine above most mortal. I don't want to lower our achievements, but most our magical foes have been defeated BECAUSE we had comrades, or magical support to carry us. TO get to Ardenne we'll need more than above-average strength.
>You will look into your suspicions regarding the Black Knight, and the company he keeps. [Black Knight] Honestly, it's been strongly hinted that the Black Knight is the heir of old house Ardenne. He probably knows about what the fuck happened that day. And he could very well be one of the key to this mystery.
>You will curry favour with the Medusae Caste, showing particular deference and seeking assignments to their protection or interactions on a regular basis. [Medusae Caste Favour] Honestly, I think some of the choices are interconnected and could be superfluous depending on what happens. If we end up in the pocket of the Medusae, we could potentially request info and they could provide to us, without needing the Aetherium.
>The Langlish Cohort. Seems to me to be the best choice economically and could allow us contact depending on what happens with the Prince.
> [Sir Vladimir Romaine] Dang, we're all down to curry favor with our lord. But yeah, if he could smooth things over depending on the reaction of our Duchess that'll be great.
>>6054242 My post in all it's glory!
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>>6090244 (1) Rota Activites
>You will look into your suspicions regarding the Black Knight, and the company he keeps. [Black Knight] The Black Knight is setting all kinds of alarm for me. Not only the Ardenne connection, but also the possibility of SoS stuff. It could also prove to be valuable intel to Gilbern.
>You will develop contacts with the spice and silk trade, an extremely profitable venture which could fund an entire military campaign with the right investment. A tough choice, something that could've been already somewhat covered by picking the Low and Mid Caste introduction with Asad. We already have a good basis with Alfonso and the cowgirl. And Crusades are expensive, they can't only run on dreams and fanaticism.
(2) Palace Games
>You will curry favour with the Merchanta Caste, treating Barak Yildirm with respect and taking a non-confrontational interpretation of Medusae orders designed to frustrate Merchanta interests wherever possible. [Merchanta Caste Favour] Again, I wish we chose the Merchanta during the confrontation on the steps. Would've given us an early boost when it comes to finances. I don't fancy the copperclippers, but I can always trust a merchant to be greedy. The witches? Almighty knows what they are plotting.
(3) Cohort
>The Langlish Cohort. The pasta boys. Giorgio should be there, if I'm not mistaken. They are more relevant to us than the other and I like the sleazebags. Would make for a fun time.
(4) Friend
> [Sir Vladimir Romaine] The political option. Besides, he seems a swell guy, all in all. Wouldn't mind being friends with him.
>>6054198 Me
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>>6091357 And I will support this anon's financial decisions with the addition of
>Cataphract Armour (70) >2 Cantonian Lances (24) >Warsaddle Leather Barding (30) Anonymous
>>6091357 >For the token of affection I would like to see if we can get Frida a jewelry box with a puzzle locked secret compartment or hidden drawer I love that idea anon. A beautiful and intricate jewelry box inlaid with gems. At first it looks like Emile just went "pretty box for pretty lady" like a dense motherfucker but when she tries to open it she realises the lock is a puzzle and the more of the puzzle you complete the more secret compartments that open.
Suddenly Vancewell is swept away by a torrent of water. Floods? In this part of Canton? At this time of year? Nope, she's just really turned on that one of her suitors is finally, actually, paying attention to what SHE likes
Anonymous
>>6091469 Oooh what if we put an Impressive Finery+Renowned Artist inside?
Anonymous
>>6091476 I believe Impressive Finery is for clothing (I may be wrong) but Renowned Artist is definitely the way to go. She'll be impressed as fuck I reckon
Anonymous
>>6091478 Clothing would be Fashionable attire. Impressive Finery is rings, necklaces and jewelry.
Anonymous
>>6091478 What he's talking about is putting that impressive finery inside the puzzle box. I disagree since 1. We could really use that item and 2. I don't want to set the precedent of gifting exorbitantly expensive items all the time but putting something in the box that's interesting is a good idea. Something that continues the puzzle perhaps?
Anonymous
>>6091480 Oh I just assumed Impressive Finery was an upgraded choice over Fashionable Attire.
Like you've got some nouveau riche person with a louis vuitton bad and the logo plastered all over it - Fashionable Attire.
And then you've got an actual old-money rich person with an incredibly expensive bag/shirt/whatever with almost no label whatsoever that only other rich people know about - Impressive Finery.
What you said makes sense though
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>>6091482 Fashionable attire is more the style of clothing. Basically a nice suit. Impressive Finery is to my understanding basically incredible jewelry with big precious stones and fancy designs.
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>>6091469 I think combining this with ciphering parts of our letters with talk of our intrigues
unrelated to the sins of course could be incredibly entertaining to her.
Still would like her to get her a dangerous pet but maybe that's a bit much. A dress could be good too though I am cautious about too much sexualisation or too much Cathaggi seeping though on it.
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>>6091499 Yeah that makes sense in the light of day haha. It was midnight after a long day when I first mistakenly thought it was an upgrade
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If we get a Token of Affection for Frida, it should be a scorpion frozen in amber, or maybe some other beautiful yet dangerous insect or critter if Cathagi has anything more exotic, as well as it being perhaps cut like a gem or otherwise made to be beautiful and appealing to look at.
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>>6091469 Multiple little compartments might be nice too. Maybe we could put notes with inconsequential personal secrets about Emile so she's invested in learning something about us.
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>>6091099 >SWORN TO SPEND >Mid-Caste Introduction Since we've met the Master of Silks & Master of Spices, both of whom are scheming bastards, let's go with:
>Bulk Ivories >Impressive Finery AND
>Renowned Artist I'd like to get the Cataphracti Scale for Hannibal, Curved Sword for Mikhail, Tempest Bow for Jess, & Token of Affection for Frida, but they can wait until we get our money up IMO, unless we can afford all of that right now.
>>6054664 >>6054665 >>6090710 >>6090719 Me
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>>6090245 >>6090244 >>6091099 Reserve Rota activities. SELECT TWO.
>You will develop contacts with the spice and silk trade, an extremely profitable venture which could fund an entire military campaign with the right investment. >You will continue to aid Brother Rousseau with his efforts in the slave underground, starting with enrolling your newest convert in the cause. [Comitas Pro Libertas] We need to secure a permanent profitable exchange so we can fund our future ventures, and this is the only opportunity we will probably ever have to secure Brother Rousseau for life quest. I don't think we can look for Zawahiel since we're going back to Canton once our term is up.
The Palace Games. SELECT ONE.
>You will curry favour with the Merchanta Caste, treating Barak Yildirm with respect and taking a non-confrontational interpretation of Medusae orders designed to frustrate Merchanta interests wherever possible. [Merchanta Caste Favour] As much as I don't like currying favour with the Merchanta Caste, we need the capital.
You have already been acclaimed by the Norsikaan Cohort, recognised as a champion and a worthy peer. During your time in the Dragon Guard, you achieve the same with another cohort to a similar degree. SELECT ONE.
>The Azirin Cohort. We're already making inroads with our bud Chimchala so I think it's safe to get in good with the Azir, even more important once we unlock the Azir Caravan Shares.
4) Likewise with your comrades of the 43rd Talon, you have already made inroads with some but one in particular comes to regard you with respect and loyal admiration. SELECT ONE.
> [Sir Vladimir Romaine] It's going to be critical to our success and mustering of arms if we can convince Vladimir Romaine to join our crusade, without his support we might not even be able to ever start the crusade.
>Up to 602 sequins. Sworn to Spend. >High-Caste Introduction - Merchanta Caste For now I think we need to secure our income first before we can make any other choices so I think only purchasing this until our term is over is the safe bet so we can buy or Azirin Caravan Shares once we're able.
>>6054329 It's me!
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>>6091577 While I'd get behind the high Merchanta at some point anon it doesn't secure us an income, it gets us access to the higher options for income.
Anonymous
>>6091595 Which is vital to funding out future endeavors. I honestly don't know where else people think we're going to make that kind of money in the next few years.
Anonymous
>>6091600 Because unfucking Canton, a more criticala endeavor, means that It can mount another expedition.
I am not sure why Anons seem fixated on bankrolling this crusade alone, mercenaries will be terribile for the job.
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>>6091147 the cata scale is good becuse it can reroll the dismount failure something poor gabe would of loved to have so that's 70 sequins for basically half the rouncy bonus the av is nice if we lose a shield but i see your point that it's redundant unless we roll poorly
for reference the bonus in question
Rouncey
Mounted: +1 Tracking/Pathfinding Re-roll
Mounted: +1 Dismount Injury Re-roll
of course the argument could be made that we me may be getting a mustang from jean and they have all 3 bonus's at a higher level
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>>6091651 >Because unfucking Canton, a more criticala endeavor Dude we're a single knight (knight, not Lord) from a minor House... we're not unfucking Canton, that's unrealistic.
We can perhaps instigate change and maybe have an impact on the church and root out the SoS and those are all awesome things that will contribute to unfucking things but there are way bigger political things going on than Emile alone or his House combined can change.
>I am not sure why Anons seem fixated on bankrolling this crusade alone, mercenaries will be terribile for the job. I don't think it's about mercenaries, certainly I never even considered them in the equation. It's about logistics and politics. People aren't going to follow a pauper into a historically doomed fight. We're going to need to be able to take care of massive amounts of food, supplies, medical aid, and paying the army (because even regular armies get paid).
We'll also need some of that money to buy support I imagine. A donation here, money for a new chapel there, trade deals to tie Houses together and as a symbol of strength, prestige, status and prosperity. We want people to look at Emile and go "Oh shit, I better get on this. If I miss out and all my peers are involved I'll look like an idiot. They'll get all the prestige and I'll get none!"
Obviously our family can help with the politics but money is going to play a big part in it too I imagine. We'll also (hopefully) have our Sainthood, our religious faction, our time in the Dragon Guard and our many chivalrous and showy deeds to help muster support. Plus if we land Vancewell it'll be a massive boon as well
Anonymous
I mean I could see some bounty under campaign but 1. I don't think that'd be terribly ethical and 2. Now that some anons have an aversion to thorn points the returns are diminished and 3. Even with to the victors the spoils, that's peanuts in turn to the caravan returns we can make.
>>6091651 I think it's less about mercenaries and more about kitting troops/ourselves/companions out. You're right that we'd not even be close to bankrolling a crusade without some major copperclipping on our own but any funds procured here keep us going down the road and that includes unfucking Canton.
Anonymous
>>6091659 also outfitting the poorer members of the faith militant with something other then the farm tools and linen shirts they rock up with, funnily enough i think the key to defeating the deadmen will be peasant labour over knightly elain stacking up bodies digging ditchs draining the mires the dead could hide in making fortifications where ever we go and walls upon walls like we are ceaser at alesia it's gonna be a massive grind to root them out
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>>6091665 >>6091667 Yeah good point, kitting out our men-at-arms and faith militant will be important as well
Anonymous
>>6091659 >we're not unfucking Canton, that's unrealistic. Anonymous
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>>6091738 Haha 10/10 anon, well played
Anonymous
>>6091117 Amending my shopping list for the actual vote
>Mid caste introduction (Merchanta) (100) >Bulk goods x3 (???) >Fashionable Attire (25) >Token of Affection x Renowned Artist (40) >Cantonian Lance x2 (24) >War lance x3 (21) For Mikail
Breastplate and Helm – 60
Castle-forged Arming Sword – 25
Round Shield – 6
>>6091738 >It's always sunny in Canton I can already think of many title drops for it.
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>>6091481 Put some reasonably prized jewelry in the open compartment and a coded lewd letter spread throughout the hidden compartments.
Anonymous
If we are buying silks, we should set aside a part for our sister's wedding. Not only because it's a nice gift but because it will get all her peers wanting the same for their own weddings.
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>>6091659 To resolve the Sanguine Knight is to unfuck Canton. This isn't about solving all the standing issues there (hello F*llavon), just ending the immediate threats to mount a future crusade.
Prestige, political gains and arming zealous peasants through Coin - all useful for the crusade, sure. That is why I agree with investments despite currying favor with the Medusae. However, 1) these boons can be perfectly achieved through other feats and 2) there's no deed more relevant and critical right now than dealing with the Prince and/or Knight.
Everything else is corollary. The crusade itself could very well be a distante finale because it Canton can't get there intact, it will be all for nothing.
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>>6091795 might also be a good Idea for Vancewell, sure its a bit vain but its I think its nice.
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These votes will remain open, but we are looking at the last content update today and coming up on auto-sage anyway. I plan to close this chapter off here and take a break before returning to BCQ 2230AD. I don't have a date in mind yet, but I'll post in the /qtg/ and twitter/x when it's locked in.
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<span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-i">3 months pass</span></span> <span class="mu-s">Fenegan, 30th Day of Tumnimun (‘Ardenfall’), 883 A.C.E.</span> Your first few months within the Dragon Guard have been eventful, to say the least. Stretches of tedium interlaced with exertion and intrigue in equal measure. You have had plenty to keep you occupied, as you adjust to the new status quo and pursue your own endeavours in the spare time available to you. With the winter winds sea travel has dwindled to virtually nothing, wise captains sticking close to the coasts of whatever continent they find themselves sailing on. But now winter is at its end, the cool days are giving way to sweltering heat and already the more daring vessels have begun their forays across the strait to better reignite their stake in the foreign markets with fresh trade goods after the winter’s lull. You had been expecting news from home to reach you any day now and when word from the Langlish Captain Alfonzo Verdicci to come to the docks finds you on Reserve Rota you practically race down the moment Marshall Durand gruffly assents to your excursion. The <span class="mu-i">Coy Siren</span> has completed a round trip from the Everwarm Waters to Cathagi to Pascae and back again, and you don’t doubt the Free Captain has some stories to tell. But in truth you walk down to the harbour heart in hand entirely at the prospect of news from home. You had been hoping, praying, to hear from your family and to know that they are well. You have been praying for your family’s good health and safety during the long winter months when the shadow of Ardenne looms large over your home Duchy. [1/3]
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<span class="mu-i">“What do you reckon is in there, sire?”</span> Your squire is watching the Langlish crew unload a large wooden cage off of the <span class="mu-i">Coy Siren</span>. <span class="mu-i">“Do you think it’s another direwolf?”</span> You glance up from the letter, having barely got past the first few poorly written sentences. Tracker Jean may have offered to lend you a book once upon a time, but an avid author herself she is not. You had just gotten to the part where she talked of the wild success of the last Wasteland muster before trade was completely caught off by the encroaching snakemen. <span class="mu-i">“A direwolf?”</span> You frown at your squire, letter forgotten for the moment as the crew hustles and bustles at the foot of the gangplank like men at the edge of a melee rather than <span class="mu-i">“Yeah.”</span> Your squire is blind to your frown, his attention entirely focussed on the rattling cage the sailors are skirting around. <span class="mu-i">“Maybe they wanted another one. For the palace, right milord?”</span> <span class="mu-i">“Mikail why on Adam’s name would they send me… nevermind.”</span> That boy really does sometimes say the damndest- An especially violent rattle of the cage interrupts that thought, and you suddenly find yourself less sure. The piercing screech that erupts from within is proof enough that the cargo is not another direwolf, but it did not go very far in confirming that it was in fact a horse. You look back down at the letter, more for reassurance of the fact than anything else. <span class="mu-i">Big Em I’ve heard precious little from you, which is how I like my (creditors)</span> looks like that word was crossed out <span class="mu-i">partners in trade. Unless you’ve been doing your knight thing under a rock, you’ve probably gathered that there won’t be much trade east of the Montbrun mountains anytime soon. Bad for future trade, but good for any fool who bought a share in the last caravan to make it back with their stock intact. That’s us, in case you didn’t realise. This colt is payment and then some for your share in the caravan. I say ‘and then some’ because we picked out the best of the batch for you, second only to his father stallion and alpha mare of the herd who were picked out for the royal stables themselves. Royal, with a big 'R' even! You know crowns I can do without but crown money I have a new respect for. So this is the third-best of the herd, and only because he’s on the young side and not yet a full beater. He would have fetched a clean 500 in this market easily, and probably twice that if you do find a buyer over there. People rant about Cathargi spices this and Carthagi silks that, but their horseflesh is for shit. I’m getting tired of writing. So. Good luck.</span> [2/3]
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Forgotten QM !!cRQ2bB+8b3B ID:V+nbsePW Thu 29 Aug 2024 15:51:22 No. 6091945 Report [3/3] You look back up from the letter, where a dozen full-grown men are straining with heavy ropes to steer the Wasteland Mustang into a bigger corral. They haven’t been able to make him budge and inch, and in fact several are already being dragged off senseless by their compatriots. In fact it is looking entirely possible that the beast is about to shake the remainder off even and begin a galloping rampage through the lower streets of the City while more and more of men try to pick up the slack ropes and strain against the stallion’s ferocity. <span class="mu-i">“You know, <span class="mu-g">L’Orso Tempesta</span>, this horse of yours he killed a man. When we were loading him onto the ship.”</span> Captain Verdicci leans over, adding his number to the audience watching the ongoing mayhem. <span class="mu-i">“Not a worry, not one of mine. A local stablehand, when we were loading him onto the ship. Ah <span class="mu-g">pavona</span> I’m not even counting all the broken bones of my crew. Ah, I will never transport this cargo again. Halfway across and I was hoping pirates would come take him off me.”</span> You look aghast at the Langlish Free Captain, first at the news at your gift horse having killed someone and then at the man’s attempt to reassure you because it wasn’t one of his crew. Your eyes turn back to the erupting chaos in the dockside coral, already with more broken bones added to the tally, and then back to Jess’ letter. The last two words are underlined. <span class="mu-i">Good luck.</span> =======================================>GAIN Wasteland Mustang. This has the benefits of each Cantonian Warhorse type (Destrier, Courser & Rouncey). (1) Horse appearance.>Jet Black, dark as a winter’s night. >Pale White, reflecting in the light of day. >Coarse Gold, sunset on the water. >[Write-in] (2) What is your new steed’s name? Traditionally, Cantonian Warhorses are named after major generals, statesmen and early kings/dukes from the semi-mythical era after Cain’s Exile but before the War of Names that solidified Canton as a nation. >Titus >Proximo >Agrippa >[Write-in]
Anonymous
>>6091945 (1) Horse appearance.
>Coarse Gold, sunset on the water. (2) What is your new steed’s name?
>Titus Pullo. HBOs Rome ended too soon >>6054018 Me
FUCK YES! Wasteland Mustang baby!
Anonymous
>>6091945 (1) Horse appearance.
>Coarse Gold, sunset on the water. (2) What is your new steed’s name?
>[Write-in] Cyrus - one who shines like the Sun, Humiliator, Liberator.
>>6054039 pass
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>>6091945 (1) Horse appearance.
>Coarse Gold, sunset on the water. (2) What is your new steed’s name?
>[Write-in] Scipio
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>>6091945 >>6091955 +1
I was considering an Azir name, but that's probably going too far. Can we train Mikhail to ride Hannibal?
Me:
>>6053988 Anonymous
>>6091945 >Coarse Gold, sunset on the water. Should match the gold stigmata on the armor well. We won't be trading this one away, boys
>[Write in] Aurelian, the restorer of the world. An omen of what's to come
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>>6091968 >>6054107 Me, I'm phoneposting
Anonymous
>>6091968 I wonder if we can stud him out once he's older. I'm certain some of our friends would pay to have some mustang blood in their herds. Strengthening the blood of our family horses would be a good move too.
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>>6091951 Man I just can't resist a good rome refer-
>>6091968 YOU SON OF A BITCH I'M IN +1
>>6053987 Good thread thanks for the Thread Forgotten, I am loving this mustang.
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>>6091968 I like this one, support.
>>6053994 Anonymous
>>6091968 Fuck it, supporting golden boy Aurelian. God, what a beautiful creature. We could give Hannibal over to Mikail when he becomes a proper knight in our eyes. Going to miss our boy Hannibal, he has taken us through so much shit.
>>6091991 If I remember correctly, that doesn't work actually. In the earlier threads it was mentioned that Mustangs are too wild and strong for regular horses and that they regularly hurt or even kill them during breeding. Or maybe it was more that the mixed breeds aren't that effective as people wish them to be.
>>6054198 Me
Anonymous
>>6092003 Interesting. I don't particularly remember that, but if Forgotten confirms it we'll have to come up with a different money scheme.
Anonymous
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>>6091945 >Pale White, reflecting in the light of day. >Titus vp:
>>6054405 Anonymous
>>6091968 Support. I wanted to put it in as Maximus because he's a big boy, but this is fine too.
Arelius Maximus? Eh.
Anonymous
>>6092009 Found it, in Thread #6:
>”Ah, don’t sweat it, every expert starts out as a amateur at some point in they lives, right? Now Ol’ Benny pointed out the difficulty in crossbreeds. I don’t mean the end result, which sometimes isn’t too bad I’ll admit, but it ain’t worth the effort or cost. You are certain that the next part of the conversation was phrased purely to cause you the maximum amount of embarrassment. Tracker Jean leans in a tad closer from her sadly, speaking conspiratorially. ”A Mustang stallion will take whatever’s on offer but if the target of his none-to-gentle affections are anything other than Mustang, well his missus will break more often than not. Either during the ride to pound-town or when birthing the offspring later. Now a Mustang filly on the other hand, well she won’t let any lesser breed bed her, no sir. She needs one of those big, strong Mustang boys to treat her right, hold her down, show her a good time…” In short, Mustang boys fuck the lassies ragged or dead. It ain't worth it.
Anonymous
>>6092086 Thanks, it seems Forgotten already built in a scarcity mechanic so we can't power game it.
It's a real shame our horse fucks too hard.
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>>6092098 Hey, other people may have Mustangs too breed. And if they have Mustanges, they have the cash, the dough, the big green. But, yeah, the most horse of horsedicks around, so hung it's a safety problem.
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>>6091968 Supporting this
>>6092098 I’m sure we can still try - there are enough rich merchants around who would see the benefit of strong offspring, even if they have to burn through 10 female horses in the process
>>6059360 #V card
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>>6054664 >>6054665 My spurs
>>6091945 >FOOL'S GOLD >Cainan Anonymous
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>>6092079 Forgot my verification.
>>6053984 I like the word maximum
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>>6091945 I already love that horse but I'm worry it will try to kill us or eat Mikail.
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>>6091945 Coarse Gold, sunset on the water
Aurelian for a name.
Fuck yer finally got that big bad horse, now only to have a need to ride him into battle and shit couse we going to have to take him back on a ship for the trip home
>>6054322 My v post
Anonymous
Jesus christ the amount of bonuses from a mustang is wild>+10DC Mounted >+15DC Charge >Mounted: Riding 33DC to inflict +1 damage to opponent per combat round >Dismounted: Riding 25DC to inflict +1 damage to opponent per combat round >Mounted: +1 Riding Re-roll >Mounted: Riding 33DC to retain charge bonus after the first round >Mounted: +1 Tracking/Pathfinding Re-roll >Mounted: +1 Dismount Injury Re-roll I swear to God Forgotten is going to be going for the throat at this rate when we get back to STV.
Anonymous
now that we have he mustang i think we can wait on the cata scale though i would get the other saddle
so my shopping vote is here
>>6091099 >Up to 400 sequins. Treat yoself, knigga. this is to fit other anons requests
war saddle and leather 30
only if they can be used together otherwise just cata
3 cant lances 36
war lance is trash better off using the sword
1 personalized bannerert 25
91 sequins
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>>6092481 war saddle and leather 30
3 cant lances 36
war lance is trash better off using the sword
1 personalized bannerert 25
91 sequins
sorry about that ripped it straight from the first market thread without fully amending
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>>6090244 Reserve Rota activities. SELECT TWO.
>You will continue to aid Brother Rousseau with his efforts in the slave underground, starting with enrolling your newest convert in the cause. [Comitas Pro Libertas] >You will make inroads to gaining access to the warded off areas of the Aethenaem. If there is anywhere were the true secrets, or weaknesses, of the evil that plagues Ardenne is kept, it is in there. Whether this is straightforward or surreptitious will depend on whether favour is curried with the Medusae Caste The Palace Games. SELECT ONE.
>You will curry favour with the Medusae Caste, showing particular deference and seeking assignments to their protection or interactions on a regular basis. [Medusae Caste Favour] >>6090245 >3) You have already been acclaimed by the Norsikaan Cohort, recognised as a champion and a worthy peer. During your time in the Dragon Guard, you achieve the same with another cohort to a similar degree. SELECT ONE. >The Tempest Islander Cohort. >4) Likewise with your comrades of the 43rd Talon, you have already made inroads with some but one in particular comes to regard you with respect and loyal admiration. SELECT ONE. > [Sir Vladimir Romaine] >>6091099 >1) Market Budget >Up to 400 sequins. Treat yoself, knigga. >2) Market Purchases Warsaddle & Leather Barding 30sq
Desert Tailorship (Armour) + Renowned Artist 20sq
Buckler + Master Armourer (For Jessie) 8sq
Tempest Composite Bow (For Jessie) 20sq
Mid Caste Introduction 100sq
Desert Tailorship helps with tracking in the desert and its cheap. Plus we can powergame it with a renown artist for a reroll as well.
Buckler is to up Jess' AV and the master armourer lets her fish for a double. Hopefully Mikhail grows into our breastplate so that he can pass the scale mail to her too.
I'll leave the rest to other anons.
me
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>>6091968 Ditto, based and horsepilled
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>>6091968 Seconding this
>>6054234 Verif
Anonymous
>>6091945 How about Attila - The scourge of God.
Anonymous
>>6092823 Lmao anon. Yes, Emile the prolific bible basher naming his horse "The scourge of God", very fitting
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>>6091945 >>6091968 I cannot help but think of Aurelian every night, and what a tragedy it was that he fell due to greed. He could have had Rome reach such a height that it was possible it could have lasted another millennium.
>>6054134 Tis I,
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>>6092823 What are we some copperclipper?
Anonymous
>>6092823 (me)>>6092849 >>6092824 Am I rarted? I always thought 'Scourge of god' meant 'the whip god wields', not 'the one that whipped god'.
I thought that it could be a cool evolution on Hannibal, who also fought the romans.
Attila's title of divine Retribution just seems like cool iconography for a crusader's warhorse.
Anonymous
>>6092853 Yeah no you kinda had it right. Attila and his hordes were considered auch a catastrophy for Christendom that they interpreted it as divine punishment for their sins (because otherwise how could this happen when they are heathens and we are Christians and our god should grant us victory).
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>>6092853 >>6093055 It was me that was retarded. Move along, nothing to see here
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>>6092429 Hey, we made this investment five years ago! This boon might merely be our just rewards for prudent financing
and sacrificing the Order of the Broken Blade that one time, lol