Nehmeska's report comes precisely at noon, as requested. She informs you that she has taken up residence with one of the jungle tribes she previously brought under your influence, and though she has taken on a new form for interacting with them, they have provided her with all the assistance she has required so far. Though she has not presumed to promise compensation for their services, she insists on detailing their contributions- she never actually suggests or indicates her opinion in any way, but she is remarkably adept at 'voicing' her unspoken opinion. You invite /her/ to compensate them, if she really believes it so merited; you did provide her with some wealth for such personal indulgences. That quiets her, and leaves her pleasantly short with you for the duration of her report.

She declares that the illithid 'hive', for lack of a better term, that she has located is several hundred feet below the jungle, connected to the surface by the ancient stone ruins of what might have once been a city. The tribesmen of the jungle regions around the ruins believe the ruins to be cursed, evil, inhabited by some monstrous creatures, or some combination of all of the above- regardless, she convinced them to assist her in the investigation and location of these. The majority of the ruins are, in fact, inhabited by monstrous creatures, but Nehmeska reports that these are probably just a warning system for the mind flayers themselves- They seem to have no trouble exerting control over the creatures inhabiting the ruins when they desire to.

Beneath, the Illithid hive appears to hold a few hundred illithids, by Nehmeska's count, and well over a thousand thralls or minions of various sorts, from drow and captured surface tribesmen to kobolds and minotaurs. The halls of the hive are a series of tunnels and caverns stretched over about four miles, roughly a mile wide and about three or four layers of varying thickness at most points. Obviously, from her reports, Nehmeska has had more trouble probing the depths of the colony. Killing illithids, though, she has found perfectly doable; the bands she wears at your request convey a significant resistance to the illithid's powers, and they rarely pose a physical threat.

Their slaves, of course, are a separate matter; Nehmeska reports that they are often remaining hostile even after their controllers are dealt with, obeying their directives to defend their owners with dumb obedience, despite being free. She seems almost incredulous of the fact. Seeing how, at the very moment she expresses her amazement, you are having wine poured for yourself and your consort by a Gold dragon, you somehow can't quite summon the same surprise she expressed. You attempt to hide your amusement from her, though can't resist sharing the particulars of the exchange with Scinnari. She actually laughs as you convey the thoughts, and you return your attention to Nehmeska- judging by the slight irritation she proceeds with, you suspect she has picked up a trace of your amusement, and undoubtedly is confused and annoyed.

At any rate, Nehmeska's desired means of progress is to continue to kill isolated illithids, while attempting to engineer a means of freeing the thralls. She reasons that the illithids will likely be crippled in the event of a mass slave-exodus, or even killed in such an uprising, should she be able to create one. The most probable means of this, she suspects, would be to find a way to kill the Elder Brain- this has so far proved difficult, as the nexus of the illithid colony is both well guarded and concealed. The alternative would be to find some means of conveying immunity to the illithid's psionics to a vast number of individuals at once- Safer, but more difficult due to lack of a place to start. Unless you intend to change her orders, one of those is how she plans to proceed.

Eh, de-thralling has already proven it doesn't work, so it's time for our adventure with Nehmeska! Lets go fuck up that Elder Brain, tag-team dragon-style!

It's been a while since we handled stuff hands on.

Also, it would allow us to get a measure of nehmeska's combat prowess.

So... a dancer? Why was this?
Anyway, some poking around with our fancy crystal ball might be in order. We definitely won't be able to get anything about the local eldar brain with it, but we might be able to get some intel on outer defenses, slaves, and the like.

Didn't we promise the Githyanki a go at them? Having some mooks to handle the thralls would help. If Nehmeska complains, point out that the Illithid would have enslaved or eaten many more while she was trying to find a way to free them and there's no guarantee she'd succeed.

>>16840264
>>16840400
>>16840422

Not so sure about putting ourselves at risk, but some more intel support for Nehmeska might be in order. Also, it might lessen her hatred of us if we at least help her out a bit.

>>16840422
For the lulz, afaik. We need some indulgences every now and then.

>>16840451
I don't think anything is going to lessen her hatred of us at this point.

>>16840497
i don't think it's that she hates us on a personal Level per se', more of a " I'm Silver, you are Red" type deal. it's nothing personal, she just has Preconceived ideas/opinions of us based on the Color of our Scales. (itt, She's Racist!)

Use disguise self to make it look like it's two silvers attacking. They counter attack with appropriate protections, then fire, fire everywhere.

>>16840569
Prejudiced. And she IS right.

>>16840577
How do we hide the 'fire, fire everywhere' before hand?

>>16840569
No, I'm pretty sure it stopped having anything to do with the color of our scales when we hunted her down while she was weak, beat the shit out of her, and then made her our servant for the next 80 years. Dragons are used to being the cock of the walk, servitude doesn't exactly sit well with a lot of them unless it's a) voluntary and b) accompanied by preposterous amounts of money.

>>16840422
On the one hand, for the lulz.
But on the other hand, it's actually a valid cover for an assassin, and if she's good enough, will give her access to certain high-level social functions.
Also, if she's good, she's entertainment at the social functions and banquets that WE hold, that we don't have to pay for.
Just more of that miserly and insatiable avarice of ours.

>>16840589

Have her go in first and only use our breath weapon after they counter attack, or in emergencies.

>>16840589
>How do we hide the 'fire, fire everywhere' before hand?

... Frost, Frost Everywhere?

i don't think disguising ourselves as a metallic dragon would matter much to illithids.

>>16840592
oh yeah, i forgot about that part

What is they long term plan for Nehmeska? Once the eighty years are up she's going to be prying into everything she suspects we're involved and generally being a nuisance, or she'll just get some metallics in and attack us outright. Are we going to activate her collar and imprison/kill her and just hope any contingencies she's set up aren't too serious?

>>16840643
What do you mean forgot about that? That is literally the first thing we did when we met her!

>>16840678
i can't even remember how i met half the people i know in RL, you expect me to remember how we met a fictional character!?!

>>16840675
I think our plan is to ascend to godhood before it becomes an issue.

>>16840729
or at least something like that

>>16840729

...

That is a terrible plan.

>>16840729
Godhood is rather limiting compared to what we could become, especially for a dragon. No, the plan is to gain immortality with aging.

>>16840743
Ours generally are.

It's going to take more than eighty years to reach godhood. We aren't even close to qualifying for dragon ascendant class.

>>16840743

Welcome to Dragon Quest. Enjoy your stay.

>>16840752

Something like the 'steal life' spell from BoVD, only adding years to our maximum age, rather than reversing it then?

>>16840779
Currently we are researching ways to steal years of life from others, yes. Eventually, however, the objective is not to need to since that kind of thing attracts too much attention. Instead we desire to accomplish a permanent alteration on ourselves that has those effects.

But yeah, stealing life and tacking it onto our own is the current stopgap measure.

Your scrying confirms Nehmeska's report, though it leaves you with a headache afterward. The illithid's psionic defenses are vastly more powerful than any psionics you have previously encountered, a pain to take down or infiltrate. The lingering pain makes you certain that you did not completely succeeded at one of the two. Regardless, you learn little that you had not been told by Nehmeska, and aside from the first-hand information, there's little reward for you pain, and it leaves you in a poor mood for a few days.

Four days later, Nehmeska contacts you again to report that she has made investigations regarding at least one alternative; the verdict was not positive. The subterranean warrens are heavily shielded against magical interference, particularly earth magic. The mind flayers have somehow secured the assistance of a Dao, apparently one significantly more powerful than the one in your possession. A duke or merchant prince of some significant status has been contracted by the elder brain of the enclave to contribute to it's defense, protecting it from collapse or cave in. Unless you can somehow take on an elemental lord, you'll have to rule that out.

That does rule one of the easier options, but Nehmeska also has other news. Apparently some of the local legends revolve around a war fought between the civilization the once ruled over the jungle and the 'mind takers', as they call the illithids, who arrived from the sky and fled below. Some sort of artifact or device was purchased from 'below' that partially or wholly protected the civilization from the illithid's mind-magic.

Whether 'below' refers to the Hells, the Abyssal planes, or simply the underdark she has no definite proof, though the 'purchase' evidently involved much human sacrifice, so she would suspect a lower plane.You ask Scinnari, but neither she nor her contacts in the Hells are aware of any such transaction- She does warn you that she can't assure you it didn't happen, but she can find no record of it.

Of course, it isn't as simple as that. The artifact was lost at some point in history. Again, Nehmeska cannot offer much detail, only the legends of the jungle tribes and her guesses, but she passes on what she deems most likely of the many stories; Apparently a rogue Blue claimed it from the civilization shortly after it's victory, depriving them of their protection, and engineering the civilization's dissolution at the hands of the vengeful illithids. Where that Blue went, she does not know, but she suspects it was not one of the Tashzmir Suzerain. More guesswork and suspicions, but all you have to go on, as you cannot scry the device.

Regarding more domestic affairs, Scinnari has been kept busy recently, between correcting her mistake with Cygnariassis, and, at your reminder, making good on her threat to the still-missing bard. Naturally, it's impossible to complete, but she has made significant gains in staging accidents, disappearances, or suitably indirect assassinations. You haven't seen much of her, but she's been busy when you have. Azyra, instead, has remained excited at the prospect of school, and while she hasn't been asking you every day if you're going somewhere that she can accompany you, she has been obviously eager to begin searching for a suitable school. The newest edition to your hoard remains defiant and hateful, though already her mind has begun to fray- Scinnari took you aside last night, in a moment of her spare time, to point it out to you. Her will and faith remain strong, but not indomitable, and your punishment begins to test it.

>>16841454
>>16841468

Alright, so on our to do list:
- If they are interested, phone up the githyanki and tell them about what we've found out about the mind flayers. Perhaps they have ideas for getting around the Dao?
- If not, investigation into this device might be in order. Perhaps our local blues might know something of it, if memory serves there's a group to our north/northwest that we tipped off as to some adventurers heading their way. Perhaps we can capitalize on any good will that might have created to help with investigations.

Longer term items:
- Find a suitable time to visit Exheln and bring Azyra along.
- Find a suitable time to give Scinnari her superior's true name. Is our anniversary any time son?

>>16841468
> Azyra, instead, has remained excited at the prospect of school, and while she hasn't been asking you every day if you're going somewhere that she can accompany you, she has been obviously eager to begin searching for a suitable school.

I think we should try to fit this into our schedule. If we end up getting her hopes up and then not following through, that would just be a colossal dick move. We've taken her to Morinth once (and I'm hesitant about trusting them with Azyra anyway) so maybe Exheln? Or Tashz, perhaps?

>>16841561
>any time son
We have no son.

Though it might be soon, investigate further.

I'm tempted to figure out who's likely to have the artifact and go negotiate for it with Nehmy.We don't do enough team-building exercises.

>>16841625
> We don't do enough team-building exercises.

This might be because we're terrible at them.

>>16841625
> We have no son.

We can fix that.

Not saying it's a good idea, just saying we can.

This is a possible path of progression for would-be cultists that should help with recruitment. It's probably not as fast as it could be, but there are several layers of checks and obfuscation to prevent people from discovering what they or their friends are getting into.

level 1: A small semi-formal cell that's more like a group of friends than a secret society, customised according to the group it's aimed at. Merchants would be directed to groups that are more like a guild in which membership fees are replaced with favors, bored nobles join one that's like a mask party with lots of pomp and ceremony with a few tidbits of knowledge from other cells so they can feel special, knowing something others don't. Each of these cells is led by an operator. If someone wants to work their way up the cell, the operator will check them out and guide them into becoming a full member. It exists to test the waters with potential members. This leads to level 2.

Level 2: A secret society. This actually functions as a secret society, with ranks, duties and so on. Members are required to contribute to the society both financially and personally, providing useful information, which could be a sma
ll boon to our intelligence agency. Each group is lead by a supervisor, who is a member of a 'secret court', which are the controlling organisations for the secret societies. Those who prove promising are offered a place in the court,
leading to level 3.

>>16841835

Level 3: The secret courts. Being a member of the secret courts is a full time job, as sorting through all the knowledge provided by the lower levels isn't easy. This has the advantage that those wishing to leave will be abandoning their main source of income, helping to ensure their loyalty. Each court is lead by a secretive figure, with noticable sorcerous power who is known to report to the mysterious, near mythical 'red lord' (there's something in one of the books about dragons being able to share some of their power with humanoids, making them tougher. Hopefully there's a way to do this to give them a level or two in sorcerer), we can invent a suitable history for the cult that portrays the red lord as a near deific figure. Their identity remains unknown to the members but they are in fact a full member of the cult. Some will be promoted to leading their own secret society, others will remain in the court. Those who look promising will be encouraged to start studying 'the way of the high court'. This involves intense meditation, exercise, fasting and other such exhausting activities that will wear down their resistance to indoctrination. Those who are sucseptible get moved on to level 4, the cult itself.

>>16841849

Level 4: The cult of the red lord. Those who are susceptible to indoctrination get to go to 'the hidden temple' were they will supposedly be enlightened in the way of the order of the red lord. This involves months of intense prayer, m
editation and sermons from high ranking cult members. Make sure they're so worn out they can barely remember their names when they see us in our true form for the first time for full effectiveness. Once thoroughly broken in, they can b
e started on menial tasks at first, play them off against each other as to who can suck up to us the most. Make sure they hate and suspect each other but that we are nice and fair to them and always seem to know how to make them feel be
tter (through mind reading collars). Once they're fanatical enough they can be sent on to their actual assignments, either as minor rulers, or as hoard polishers and domestic slaves. Those who do reenter public life should be ordered to marry other cultists. It would mean far less likelyhood of discovery and they can raise a new generation of cultist who have never known any other way, making them even more reliable.

>>16841799
Why not? It may be a terrible idea, but it does make Scinnari happy. Besides, then we have a backup.

>>16842072
> Besides, then we have a backup.

...

We are not thinking of Azyra in that way. If there is one thing that is important to Azaladon, it's family. And money. If there are two things that are important to Azaladon it's family and money. And living forever. If there are three things...

>>16842072

Unless there are male erinyes we'll just just have more half-dragon erinyes daughters.

>>16842130
Technically, there are male erinyes(es?), but I don't see why gender would be tied to it.

How unified is our kingdom in terms of culture, language, bureaucracy etc? We can set up public schools under the guise of educating the masses and use them to introduce a standardised language. As everything official will require this language, it should slowly displace existing ones, we can help it along by financing popular plays in the language and banning all others.

>>16842258
Considering that the ENTIRE REST OF THE WORLD uses common (going off of standard fantasy setting,) this would be a very good way to marginalize ourselves. I suppose it might work to isolate our citizenry somewhat, and perhaps aid counter-espionage, but it seems like a bad idea.

That said, it was set up by a devil, so I bet it's pretty damn unified.

It's only a matter of time before Rhasver starts another war with us as they're going to want their city back. We need to start looking at ways to cut off their ways into our lands. Maybe some forests that have had fae encouraged to live there, or see if we can get a dao to grow a small mountain range. We can't depend on the cloud fortress forever and they're only going to attack once they're sure they can counter it.

We should also start working on the cult again (see above).

Since we're running on plot, not mechanics, can we start learning to cast spells as a wizard? The flexibility could be useful in a fight.

>>16842505
>since we're running on plot, not mechanics, can we start changing our mechanics?
That's not very coherent, bro.

But yeah, we do both.

>>16842505
>>16842505
We used to. But dragons cast like a sorcerer far more efficiently. It's part of their blood instead of something they learn.

We could still cast as a wizard, but it's not worth the trouble.

Considering we've been conducting magical research we should already have a good idea about most of the theory involved.

Alright, so according to WD, it's currently winter, and our anniversary with Scinnari is in summer, so I think it would be good to give her Zevanna's true name now rather than waiting, as romantic as giving it to her as an anniversary present might be.

Do devils even have a concept of romance (beyond how it's something mortals fall for)? The opportunity for epic political gain might be romantic enough for her.

>>16842848
Wouldn't that be good enough? Personally, I'd guess yes, though horrifically warped and skewed relevant to 'normal' percpetions of such things.

>>16842848
Well, she used to be an angel, and back then she was in love with a mortal. Although it's been some 400 years since then, she might still have some concept of romance, twisted and corrupted though it may be.

Though Watcher did have some choice words to say about the folly of loving an immortal when we ran into that one guy who was pining after a succubus.

Rhasver is again making vaguely assertive noises, something loathe from dwarves. Naturally, you respond indifferently, and quietly remind your military and intelligence branches that their standing orders are to make sure that the next war will be won just as easily. Difficult for them, somewhat, since you are loath to specify the capabilities of Lorekeeper's ancient castle or your own sorcerous powers, but that just adds to the challenge- And that is, after all, what you pay them for. Most of the predictions revolve around Rhasver's golems- the creation Rhasver is famous for, after all. They are immune to suffocation, the only power Lorekeepers' castle can bring directly to bear against ground targets, they never tire, they never rest, and they are far more durable than 'normal' soldiers. If Rhasver were to take a few hundred golems, point them into your territory, and command them to destroy every Mzani force or emplacement they encountered, they would undoubtedly do horrific damage to much of what you hold dear of the mainland, particularly near the primary front. Further, though your roc's and the half-dragons you are raising form your own fledgling aerial corps are coming along nicely, Rhasver seems to be seriously expanding their own equivalent, an imperial order of gryphon rider knights. More and more to take into account, it seems.

There is little they can do to prepare for such an attack with golems, but the idea originates somewhere in your military hierarchy's ranks to begin offering bounties for weapons or wands that destroy machinery and constructs. You grudgingly deign to fund such a bounty, knowing that they will eventually prove useful, and not particularly concerned that it will undoubtedly worry Rhasver somewhat. Regarding the threat of their gryphons, you merely advise your aerial commanders on a few tactics they should look into regarding combat versus another aerial foe- You do have some expertise regarding it, after all.

Scinnari, occupied as she is, somehow takes the occasional moment to check upon your daughter. Apprently due to this, she pauses in her inordinately full day to tell you that while she's worried about Azyra going elsewhere for school, she thinks you made the right decision. Underneath it, though, you get the hint that she really doesn't think you should disappoint your daughter, or delay too long in allowing her to begin her search. You can see the reasoning behind her suggestions, as well as some of your daughter's thoughts that support that, and accede without argument. At the end of the week, you schedule a minor administrative trip to Exheln and bring Azyra with you, disguised, of course. You take the time to tour a few of the more renown magical schools.

Most are fairly mundane, the only one either of you find worth taking notice of being Skaldir's Magical Institute, a pretentiously-titled school being run (it is rumored- the headmaster is remarkably reclusive) by a lich. Though you cannot meet the illusive schoolmaster, you are given an extensive tour of the facilities, all of which occupy a single demiplane. Quite secure- There seems to be a single entrance, and your passive observations of the warding leave you doubting that even you could enter, leave, or communicate across the divide. That, more than anything, leaves you fairly impressed with the powers of whoever the creator is, though you are less than pleased with other aspects of it- notably the creator's refusal to meet with you, and the apparently quite-stringent rules against ever attempting to bridge the planar gap except by the official entrance and exit. Even communication must be done from outside or via written letter. Still, the student-base seems quite cosmopolitan, generally quite wealthy (though your guide informs you that occasionally exceptions are made for the most promising young students.

Azyra, too, seems impressed, though you suspect for less solid reasons. The entire establishment, though not as luxurious as she might hope, is certainly enough to be comfortable in. You also detect in her significant interest in the other students- ranging from her literal age, to some who you might mistake for full wizards themselves. You even see a few you suspect are half-dragons, or at least partially draconic, among the masses, and suspect that one of the professors you met- The master of abjuration- Is perhaps a dragon. Though you are suspicious, the school has an excellent reputation, though it's only just over a century old. Overall, Azyra is quite happy with it, though- and she understands how you might object- she thinks she might prefer Morinth.

>>16842999
> You also detect in her significant interest in the other students- ranging from her literal age, to some who you might mistake for full wizards themselves.

ARGH. MUST RESIST URGE TO BURN THEM.

So, it seems that Scinnari is a bit busy. When her schedule calms down a bit, we should go ahead and give her Zevanna's true name.

Sounds like a policy of MAD might be appropriate. Rhasver can set golems loose and their cities will burn under millions of tons of magma.

>>16843067
Mmmmmmm. Magma. Is there anything it doesn't solve?

Well, I guess dragons just can't keep their pants on, no matter how dilute the blood is.

Really, trying to keep our daughter "safe" is just going to make her seek more outrageous avenues of escape. We have to let go sometime (or at least use a looser grasp), and letting her choose her own romantic lifestyle is generally the first step.

That said: No Morinth. As long as that bitch is still alive, Morinth should be considered an inactive hostile state.

Skaldir's is interesting, and definitely safe. The number of people going there seems to preclude the lich being malicious towards his students, so maybe he's legitimately trying to advance magical study.

Let's check up on the classes she'd be working with.

OH! Maybe we could write to the lich himself and see if he knows anything about the nature of our castle? After all, it was the refuge of a powerful lich back in the day, and apparently the whole thing is tainted with negative energy.

>>16843076
fire-immunity.

Instead of destroying the golems, would it be easier to entrap them?

You know, a concealed rift in the earth in their path, they walk over it, and plunge down 500 into an inescapable pit. Then we seal it up and get some people in there to bind the golems to OUR control instead.

Rhasver would be so fucking mad.

I'm for keeping Zev's true name as an anniversary gift. Beats the hell out of flowers.

Hey, maybe at the magical school we could hook Azyra up with another chromatic half-dragon. It'd be better than some mortal or good-aligned planar.

I like Skaldir's school. Extremely powerful wards, extremely powerful spellcasters guarding/teaching, and (best of all) it's not Morinth.

I wouldn't mind sending a letter to the Lich himself to see if he might be willing to share his technique for the lesser plane. I can see many uses for our own demi-planes.

>>16843259
Half-blue if we get the option. They are vain but lawful. Hell, vain ought to be a benefit. Gives us a good handle on im. Or her.

>>16843246

Magma can drown things too.

Transmute rock to mud, followed by transmute mud to rock should give the golems some problems. Get our air corp to flyby-cast it and we can keep a huge area covered.

So, to do:
- Potentially enroll Azyra at Skaldir's, though we might want to travel with her some more and scout out other options. Tashz, maybe?
- Hold off on giving Scinnari Zevanna's true name for now. Her schedule is a bit packed at the moment. Maybe our anniversary would be a good time after all.
- Look into getting allies for upcoming war with Rhasver. Getting back on Seffy's good side is a possible option, the local BLOOOOZ to our northwest are another. The idea of getting some help from an elemental prince was also floated in the IRC channel. Maybe try talking with Aquitaine again, though that didn't do much good last time.

>>16843484
How do we get on Seffy's good side? Kill a copper dragon and send her it's bloody heart, or something?

>>16843600
More importantly, does she have a good side we can be on?

>>16843484
I dunno if Seffy would be too willing to join in another war, considering how the looting wasn't up to snuff, and then we rebuffed her proposal. If we ask for her help again, she might demand a betrothal or payment beforehand. Let's look elsewhere first, and let her come to us if she's interested.

Blues are a definite hire. They don't seem to have problems with mercenary work and a surprise dragon assault is always handy.

However, we should not rely on our old tricks. Rhasver is a military power and didn't get that way by being retarded. They'll have developed some kind of countermeasures for our advantages. We should put some serious effort into espionage, particularly finding out what kind of anti-air they've got. Losing Lorekeeper's castle is not an option.

Taking out the Illithid lair is an interesting idea, but we've really got no incentive to do so other than what we might loot for ourselves. We could tip off the Gith and see if they'd like to do a joint assault, having psychics on our side would make things much easier. Just going in with Nem and ourselves would be suicide.

>>16843484
>The idea of getting some help from an elemental prince was also floated in the IRC channel.
To expand upon this concept, specifically we should look at an air elemental prince so as to retain our air superiority and put ourselves in position to crush Rhasver's attempt to match our assets. A djinn sultan or emir would also work. A strong alliance of that sort would greatly strengthen our scouting, deep strike, and raiding capabilities- all of which were the cornerstones of our greatest military successes in the last war.

I'd go about this by first researching/having minion sages research the plane of air, its politics, geography, and notable figures so that we can get a good sense of where to start. Once we've got a basic idea, we equip teams of capable agents and send them to scout out the area- which will probably be as simple as strolling around in cities collecting rumors and information at first. We need to learn what they might want in an ally that we can present ourselves as being able to provide. Eventually we'll get enough hard data to be able to confidently make a move towards offering an alliance to someone with enough power to help us and enough need for something we've got that we can be confident in the resilience of our pact once it's made.

In the meantime having agents running around on the plane of air will let us start picking up random mercenaries and making contacts versed in exotic extraplanar magics, which is always handy. And maybe we can ship Azyra off-plane to have her study with an elemental ally, who knows?

>>16843600

We need to figure out what the hell is going on with that one barbarian warlord to the north. Maybe helping Seffy out with that will get some points with her.

In the mean time, we should approach the blues to the northwest with a potential deal to assist our military should war break out with Rhasver. Perhaps start arranging similar deals with the blues of Tashz as well.

And on the family front, I think it's time to let Azyra go off to school. They grow up so fast...

>>16843484
>Potentially enroll Azyra at Skaldir's, though we might want to travel with her some more and scout out other options. Tashz, maybe?
I agree with this. We should check out Tashz before finalizing any decisions.
We have good relations with them, and we wouldn't want to be seen as snubbing their schools by not even bothering to check them out.

But unless something really good comes up in Tashz, or we somehow find and deal with that mage-bitch so that Morinth becomes an option again, I think we should try to get Azyra enrolled at Skaldir's.

Fuck yeah, Dragon Quest!

Good to have you back WD.

>>16843665
>We need to figure out what the hell is going on with that one barbarian warlord to the north.
Yeah, we were planning all kinds of shit about that before there was a huge dearth of threads for a while. Should check up on those plans, maybe update them a bit.

>>16843662
This plan can be implemented with the earth elemental plane as well. In fact, it would probably be a good idea to conduct both operations simultaneously.

Okay you guys, here's the plan:

1.) Fuck bitches
2.) Get Money
3.) ?????
4.) How could we NOT profit from this? Just look at step 2!

>>16843968

NO, DA PLAN IZ TA WIN. DAT WAY, IF YER LOOZ, ITZ COZ YER DIDNT FOLLOW DA PLAN.

>>16843968
Seconded. That's an excellent plan, I think we can all agree. Now, I motion we move on to settling the minutia. All in favor?

>>16844054
3.) ?????
3a.) Fuck more bitches
3b.) Get more money

How empty is the Rhasverian city we captured? We can start persuading loyal subjects to move to it so it won't be as will to accept Rhasverian rule again.

>>16844071
>>16844054

Alright, then, item one, fuck bitches. I think we should define what is encompassed in 'bitches', as 'fuck all bitches' seems to be Thulsa Doom's territory, and we don't want to provoke someone named Doom. I motion that 'bitches' be amended to 'exotic bitches'- It fits with our collection so far.

>>16844163
Agreed. However, I motion that we also attempt to go for high quality bitches, as we are a goddamned dragon and not some pissant cultist with a snake fetish.

Being that Dragon Bitches, Fae Bitches, and Devil Bitches are both exotic and of a high quality, those should be our priority. Given that we already possess 2/3, a Fae bitch should be next in line.

However, going out and specifically looking for one would be decidedly not chill. Despite the fact that our element is clearly fire, being aloof is still important. Thus, we should merely keep our eyes peeled for one rather than going out and shopping around for a Fae.

>>16844257
>Fae Bitches
>Lenan Sidhe

Second!

>>16844257

Find a dryad's tree and steal it. She can't leave or she'll die.

>>16844285
I think Mza just found a new gardener!

Last I heard Azaladon was still a devoted one-devil-bitch dragon.

>>16844305

He is a one devil guy, and a one gold dragon guy and a one dryad guy and a one slavegirl guy and a one more slavegirl guy, and so on.

>>16844323
No, really not seeing it.

>>16844323
Make them breed! After all we're a dragon, we're going to be around forever, having a family line of slaves would be awesome.

>>16844323
Lies and slander.

>>16844323
Yeah, no. We're not stupid enough to sleep around.

>>16844370
It's not sleeping around, it's gaining a breadth of experience.

Scinnari is going to be top of the pyramid of wimminz no matter what and she knows it.

>>16844375
We've had this discussion.

Many times.

No.

>>16844375
Not. Gonna. Happen.

There are more important things to do than stick our dragon-dick in anything that moves.

We are planning on being immortal, and eternity IS a long time....

>>16844393
We're not immortal yet.

And Scinnari is immortal anyway.

>>16844383
I take that as an insult, sir.

I suggest that we sample a tenderloin in addition to our flambé, and you imply that I suggested we should gorge ourselves at McD's?!

Scinnari is OUR possession, not the other way around. We can do whatever we damn well please.

>>16844399
There is no appreciable difference between one and the other at present.

The Prime, as it happen, bores you. Not actually, but the options it presents are sadly limited, particularly with respect to Mza; While you have legitimacy of a true kingdom, having a government, army, and proven yourself in preserving it, you remain a new element, and the stratified political structure is reluctant to truly acknowledge or encourage your existence- In the mind of the other major powers, of which you have proved you are one, you are an unruly upstart, heedless of your betters. A feeling you can understand, even empathize with, so long as it isn't directed at you. As it is, you struggles to further Mza politically have lead you further and further afield. And eventually it seems more appealing to apply your magical talent to the matter- not against foreign emissaries, which is generally frowned on and difficult to do with sufficient subtlety, but against distance.

The Elemental Planes are constantly at war, of nature and opposition. The opposites remain eternally at war, though those not directly opposed can hold alliances, usually of ephemeral nature. Your interests are air and earth- Opposed, but equally important in your schemes. You choose two members of your coterie of assassins, spend a month instructing them to mastery in the respective elemental tongues, and in what your goals are, what you willing or unwilling to bargain or say, remind them of their sacred duty to you, (as if they would forget,) and send them as your ambassadors; one to the Plane of Air, one to the Plane of Earth. This, as it happens, proves to be a mistake. Your ambassador to the Plane of Air is returned essentially ruined after a few days shy of a month. Though alive and healthy, he is only occasionally sane, and you have significant difficulty in pulling what little you can from his mind.

Evidently, he met first with a lesser djinni, was quickly shunted upwards, first to a prince, eventually even gaining audience with the Lord of Air after but a week on the Plane. He was entertained as a guest of the Lord for two weeks, distinctly recalling that the Lord of Air seemed to think he had come to make amends on your behalf. All was well, until the Lord of Air suddenly became quite malevolent- as far as you can determine- upon finding out of your emissary to the Plane of Earth as well. Beyond this point, there is almost nothing left of your servant's mind, though he seems to have gained a crippling fear of open spaces. Even the narrow corridors of your cult's dwellings seem to lock him in a coma-like terror, and he refuses to move at all in anything larger than a ten foot room.

Such disheartening news prompts you to check in on your other emissary- She, you find out, has done quite well, if slower. She was greeted by a Dao related to Farandras, who recognized her master and treated her with due accord. From there, she spend two weeks as his guest, before he introduced her to a superior, and she remains the guest of a major noble of in the court of the Lady of Earth. Though your servant doesn't presume to offer her own own opinion, when prompted, she reports that she thinks that the Lady of Earth believes you to have been seeking her good graces for years, being one of the few mortals to “Take appropriate pacing.”- your servant is not sure, but infers that other mortals tend to do something in the Lady's favor, then immediately demand reciprocation; you apparently have not, though your servant is still at loss as to what it was you have done. Again, with prompting, you get your minion's opinion; whatever it was, you should continue this 'appropriate pacing', and that attempting to press too hard may ruin everything.

Breeding a half dragon slave-race could be potentially useful, especially if we can combine them with other, more interesting species. With our knowledge of true names we could start summoning erinyes and have them impregnated by the captured black we've got. Two immunities and no direct link to our identity (everyone already knows we deal with dragons a lot). As there are male erinyes and they are all ageless, we can set up a breeding population.

>>16844399
>Scinnari is OUR possession, not the other way around.
Yes, but you don't go around smashing your Louie XIV furniture just because you can either.

Stop that. You're being "that guy" with the whole fantasy dragon harem thing.

>>16844399
Sadly, the hivemind is into sentimental crap, so much so that even as a heinously evil dragon is basically pussywhipped by proxy into bowing to Scinnari's jealous nature.

>>16844427
Well, this is odd.

What have we been doing that would qualify as pissing off the Air Elementals or please the Earth Elementals? Something to do with the cloud castle, maybe?

>>16844449
We're pragmatic evil, not heinously evil.

People keep missing that point.

>>16844471
Well we have sorta like created huge amounts of rock to smash cities with via our cooling lava portals. But I wouldn't think that would do it and that was years ago.

>>16844471
Moving the cloud castle, probably. We had to bind an air elemental and fuck with a portal to the elemental plane of air.

So, plans? I definitely think we need to reconnoitre the air elementals for a bit, and find out what it was that we did to piss them off in the first place.

>>16844624

and what made the plane of earth happy with us?

>>16844624
We ordered reconnaissance in the beginning and apparently our scout was seized and thrown into the Lord of Air's personal area in virtually no time. How do you propose safe recon? Summoning up elementals and interrogating them?

>>16844662
It's a start. Call an elemental, get some information from it, and then move on to the next one. We're an accomplished enough dragon-archmage that we should be able to keep them under control.

>>16844481
Yeah, but "Utterly amoral, emotionless, and perfectly polite right up until we are offended" all the time gets boring. Perfectly rational and emotionless is not the kind of character that is remotely interesting- Not the kind of thing that myths or legends are written about, and certainly not interesting to read about.

I'm not saying we have to or should fuck anything that moves, lust doesn't have to have anything to do with it, but good god, a vice or two makes you more interesting. Pure purity of pureness is boring, be it good or evil.

We DID seal that one air rift, but we opened an even larger one later, so I wouldn't think that's what pissed them off.

I really have no idea, and since the LoE seems to be more amiable, I'm inclined to not piss her off by cuddling up to Air.

Fire might be an interesting option. We could even go there ourselves if we wanted. They'd be willing to hear us at least, considering we lit up an inactive volcano with an efreeti's help.

And while we're doing spy-work, we should toss one or two up to see what that barbarian-king is doing. If we can ride anti-heroically to save Seffy's ass, we'd be able to call that in when Rhasver attacks again.

>>16844714
So you basically want to start screwing around because you're bored.

>>16844741
Well, yes. This is a game isn't it? If we're bored, that's a bad sign and we should start doing more fun things immediately.

>>16844741
In a manner of speaking. Doesn't make it any less valid.

>>16844726

We don't want Rhasver to get help from the plane of air either, though, so we should at least find out what we did to aggravate them.

I'm all for checking out fire, though. See what they have to offer - it might be able to help with either magma, burning a lot of mind flayers to cinders, or both. That said, since Mza is first and foremost an island, we shouldn't close off the potential for connections to the plane of water, either.

>>16844714
Our vice is the domination and torment of our enemies.

Look at what we've done to Cygnis, and Asha, and the paladin. We are a monster, make no mistake. We are an intellectual evil, not a physical one.

>>16844746
And your idea of fun is starting a harem war.

>>16844769
My idea of fun is starting a harem. Stop trying to put words in my mouth, it makes you look like a raging asshole.

>>16844746
It's a collective quest, which means we all try to have fun while advancing our character.

It would be fun as hell to just load up our lizardmen armies, shell out our hoard to hire more dragons and mercs, and just raid the hell out of the Illithid lair or Rhasver. That'd be great fun. But it would also reduce future prospects for fun as well, and ruin our in-game abilities.

>>16844773
I'm sure there are plenty of places you can go for an EroRPG.

Could you guys take your harem vs no harem arguments elsewhere for now? Seriously, don't you have anything better to do than argue about where you want to stick your dicks?

We've got no idea what "appropriate pacing" is, so we can't really rely too much on the Earth plane for direct assistance. We could always summon up a lesser elemental and ask it, however.

Rhasver's golems are what worry me. I like the earlier idea of a ground trap, but we should have something capable to holding them back in combat. Could we get a comparison value between a standard adamantine-armored lizardman vs. a golem?

So, mind flayers. Constructs and undead are immune to mental influence, and of the two undead are a lot easier to work with. We're not much for necromancy personally, but we do have those tribal necromancers that we left alone raising zombies to work our plantations. A little bit of time working with them to get some slightly more combat-capable designs, and then a personal touch of enchanting those undead to do things like explode or be wreathed in flames, and we should be able to throw a few waves of deadly but utterly disposable mooks at the illithids, which we can back up with properly competent people armed with mind-protecting enchantments and items (like Nehmeska).

Her plan to cause a slave revolt isn't workable. It's horribly optimistic; mind flayers have been dominating and brainwashing slaves as a society pretty much forever. Making their slaves revolt would take anti-psionic abilities and some kind of epic-level bard, which she doesn't have and isn't. Better plan is to come up with the right blend of minions to take them out.

Might want to work with the githyanki on this, of course. They're into killing mind flayers and would probably be interested.

I do want harem.
I do not want erorpg.
I do not want the entire focus of the quest to permanently shift to waifu.

I do want hot trophy women as a status symbol.

When you're this powerful, people can be just as much a part of the hoard as gold pieces. Personally, I would prefer those people to not have a Y chromosome.

I'm interested in some humanizing[equivalent] flaws. A harem isn't the only one in existence. Just admit we have emotions- Because we're a dragon doesn't mean we should be ruthlessly logical. If anything, we've got a bigger ego to keep satisfied and indulge in, be it a harem, or some other odd hobby.

It's like with a video game- If you're breezing through it, or it isn't challenging you enough, spice it up a bit. Toss an extra consideration in.

>>16844959
I'm down with this. Especially extending some feelers to the githyanki for help killing illithids. They might even be willing to assist free of charge, though we can always be ready to pay them a sum of money for helping anyway. If we absolutely HAVE to, that is. I don't like parting with any of our gold.

That plus undead plus maybe some constructs (don't know about this one, though) should be enough for a punitive excursion to wipe out the abberations from our territory.

Guys, I might have forgotten something, but did we use up out dao in a bottle? I remember using a wish, and him building our castle, but I think we still had him under our employ.

We could ask him, otherwise, he'd probably know what the hell is going on, and we've known him long enough he'd probably tell us outright.

>>16845081
We haven't used the final wish yet.

>>16845095
Do we really want to use it on that?

>>16845081
We used our third wish to go back in time to save our family, but we used him later, so I'm guessing he still has a lot of debt to pay.

“Ah, the Crimson Dragon summons me again.” Farrandras speaks as he materializes. You can hear the capitals. “What do you desire, my Master?” That too is delivered formally, but you detect less devotion in 'Master' than you would if, say, Cygnariassis or Scinnari delivered it. A title of formality, like, 'sir', rather than loyalty.

“I assume you are aware of my interest in the Plane of Earth?” you greet amiably. “You seem more formal than usual.”

“Of course. My third cousin spoke to me recently, mentioned your emissary- It is a shame about what happened to your other ambassador,” he offers, his condolences only slightly sincere, “but it was to be expected. The Djin are faithless, fickle, false creatures. Perhaps other, less complementary words beginning with 'f' as well.” That part is certainly sincere, though. “You have been welcomed in the court of our Lady, and, I assure you, you will do well to remain there.”

“I see. And... perhaps you can explain to me quite why I've been welcomed so readily? I seem to have secured her favor before I arrived. You indicated I would be well received during my preliminary research, but I seem to be being treated as a... long-time ally. Apparently I have done much to please your Lady.”

“You don't-” Farrandras speaks, breaking off to gape at you, then letting loose with a belly laugh. You wait with some irritation for him to finish, but do not interrupt, allowing him to explain.

“The volcano.” he explains after he recovers, “You have been growing your island- Spreading it's surface, spreading it's mass into the sea. You resurrected this mountain of fire and earth, and would be well received as a peer by anyone who has heard of you on the Planes of Fire and Earth.”

>>16845103
We wouldn't need to use the wish. We could offer him compensation for information.

You know, pay him outright.

“Would this be sufficient to offend the Lady of Air and... Water?” You ask, restraining your temper. He doesn't seem to have been mocking you, just surprised at your ignorance... And perhaps tactless in expressing it.

“The Lord of Water and 'lady' of Air are both inscrutable creatures. Perhaps. None can be said. Perhaps it's just part of what has offended them- or perhaps he's simply jealous that you would send an emissary to both of us at once. It can't be said, Master.” Farrandras explains apologetically. You nod, as if you understand, and ask a few other questions, but shortly conclude the discussion. Elmentals seem even more incomprehensible than Devils or Demons, in some ways.

On the other hand, as a whole, they are less hell-bent on treating with you maliciously, so you suppose that counts in their favor. You dismiss Farrandras and summon up first the Marid you know of- She does not like you, but doesn't seem to have any particular hatred for you beyond you knowing some of her True Name- and a few lesser air-sprites. They offer a variety of unrelated excuse as to why they might hate you, or how you might have offended their leader, but none of them seem agree with each other, and none seem significant enough to deserve such treatment unless air elementals are as fickle as Farrandras indicated. Eventually, you lose patience with the air-sprites' uselessness, and dismiss them in disgust.

Well then, time to focus on getting Azyra into that Magic Japanese Highschool.

I suggest we equip her with some sort of rod of transformation that makes her into a more human looking creature with a ridiculous, flamboyant, girly outfit that will serve as a 'disguise'.

That way she can run around looking like your average run of the mill highschool magical girl, then she uses the rod and omg, it's a half-dragon! And her cat turned into a psuedodragon! Kawaiiuguu~!

Or we could do something like put her into a respectable magical academy that will bring her out of her shell enough that she won't be like a home schooled shut-in type. I'm fine with either option, really.

>>16845111
>>16845119
Right.

Well, we're a Red Dragon, so fire is naturally the element we would go for. And Earth is a good surprise because most people think flying creature = air. Fuck them.

We'll buddy-up to Earth and Fire. We'll see what Rhasver does when we open up a gate to the plane of elemental fire right in their capital.

Alright, lets sort one thing out at a time.

First; magic school. Do a tour of Tashz as has been suggested, but if nothing good turns up, look toward the Lich school. Monrith is tempting, but still suspect...eh, perhaps we'll say we'd prefer the Lich one, but leave the final decision up to her. Seems like the kind of thing she'd like, but I'd be worried she'd like it up to social rather than magical concerns.

Regarding teaching methods, how are the too schools different? Can she specialize in classes or is it an all-round education? Lich school strikes me as the latter and Monrith as the former.

>>16845170
I don't know if you're trolling, or trying to pretend to be a troll to be funny, but it's neither funny nor anger-inducing.

You're just being stupid. So stop it.


Quest Matters: Since we're getting such good friends with the Earth guys, maybe we'd be able to negotiate their cancellation of the Illithid's earth protections, and cause the whole thing to collapse, or parts of it to collapse, before attacking?

They'd never see that coming.

>>16845313
Can't move fast enough to request things. I would think that asking for help on basically anything that's going to happen in the next five years would be going too fast.

Holy fucken shit.

>disapoint how no more DQ.
>log in
>DQ.
>FUCKYEAH

>>16845313

nofunallowed.jpg

Was ist das? Das ist Drachen Suche!

anyway, back to English.... we should definitely make overtures to both the Earth Lady and the Fire elemental plane, as they would be useful in a war with Rhaveser. our navy performed very well in the last conflict, so i don't any need for improvement in that area... perhaps we could capture some of the monstrous creatures that run wild in the jungles near our territory? and release them into rhaveseran territory on the onset of hostilities, it would be risky, but it would also cause a lot of problems for any smaller settlements of our enemies.

>>16845313
I was just amusing myself. Thanks for blowing it out of proportion.

>>16845383
Yes, well, when you amuse yourself by running around in public naked with a dildo up your ass, people are going to want to stop you.

>>16845393

Are you typing from your jail-cell now then?

>>16845393
>makes an obviously facetious post poking fun
>STOP RUNNING AROUND IN PUBLIC NAKED WITH A DILDO UP YOUR ASS

Yeah, thanks for proving me right. Dickwad.

>>16845416
>>16845393
Calm down, you two. Let's be nice, we're all here for the same thread

#######.

Relations with Seffestranias have been almost non-existent of late, and when they have occurred, they have been best-described with 'strained'. She's been busy with the warlord to her north, and apparently has decided to put a freeze on all other affairs until this threat to her stability is dealt with. Seeing as fulcrum of change has shifted northward, some of your spies have relocated as well; what they report is interesting. Both Corvad, the warlord, and Seffetranias seem interested in keeping the uneasy peace, but someone has been engineering 'incidents', and both sides moving reluctantly towards conflict. Surprising, considering Seffestranias' record of leaping full-throttle towards combat, but perhaps understandable; in the border clashes that have occurred, her forces have fared surprisingly poorly against the warlord's. Your spies report that the warlord seems to have a plan this his advisers blanch at, though what exaclty it is seems to be being kept extremely well protected. Even your best spies cannot gain the trust or search the minds of his inner circle

Regarding the Illithid's subterranean protection, you have met success in terms of knowledge, but not in terms of overcoming it. Firm direction to your ambassador and questions to Farrandras determine that while it is not bequeathed by the Lady of Stone herself, it is one of her higher nobles that grants it, freed from binding similar to Farrandras' in exchange for protection of the Illithid hive as long as it lasts- While you might get his thanks if you could destroy the hive and free him of the obligation, you will not be able to sway his support, and though Farrandras concedes he could try to wrench down the duke's protection if you so Wished it, he doe not think it likely. As much as he might appreciate your victory, there seems to be no reason to sway the duke to your side beforehand.

######

Thinking of wrapping up here for the night. I'll stick around for a bit and answer questions, though, or add minor followups to things I missed. Next thread seems like it should resume with a tour of Tashz...? Correct me if I'm wrong, and please feel free to offer suggestions or ask questions.

I say we go in there and take care of the Illithid personally.

They're just going to continue to be a thorn in our side for as long as they exist. May as well clear it out with a little dragonfire.

It scores points with just about everybody too. The only downside I can see is that it might put us at some degree of risk.

But fuck, when have we ever really not been at risk? Besides, being near an Elder Brain may let us get a connection through the Binder to get more goddamn information on this bitch.

Nah, a quick tour of Tashz seems prudent.

Any info on the particular strengths of the separate schools? Or is it too early to tell?

Oy, Seffy's on the list of 'Things to do' now too...

Alright, lets list them.

Azyras school
Visiting/talking to Seffy regarding the north
Illithids with Nehm
Talking to the Gith about said 'Thids
Scinnari proving she's fixed Cygnis (Not really under our control regarding when, but it's something we need to confirm)
Anniversary! Handing over Zev's name (Maybe here, maybe earlier- but I'd like it to be here)
Rhasver espionage
Earth Eleental courting
Fire Elemental courting
Making military plans
I think someone wanted more attention to the cult, too

Off, s'alot. And that's not including stuff on the back-burner.

Several hundred illithid and thousands of slaves is NOT something that two dragons can take on their own. Clearing the lair will be a major military effort, and we definitely need to get Githyanki (zerai?) help. They'd be happy to oblige I'm sure.

Instead of spending a truly obscene amount of money and crafting psychic protection devices for our troops, would it be possible to create a kind of anti-psychic zone, like an anti-magic zone? Center it on an item and keep the troops around it, that sort of thing.

OR, we could shapeshift into an illithid ourselves and assassinate the elder brain. Low chance of success given what I know of illithid society.

There's a suggestion in IRC that we send in constructs.
This could be worth investigating, eventually we will need to face constructs anyway, we might as well make some ourselves.

>>16845633
>>16845620

Combine the two. We make constructs, some 'captain' ones which have these anti-psy fields built in, and send them all in with support from us and the Gith.

It might also give us something to initially trade with, Githwise, if they are suitably impressed with the construct's performance and wish to aquire some for their own raids.

>>16845633
we could start constructing Iron or even Bronze Golems, as they would be cheap, relatively powerful, and made of easily obtained metals, which means we could easily make them quickly. no need to invest in expensive psy defensive measures if they don't have minds they can be Dominated...

>>16845599
I figure I'll cover the schools in next OP; 'll give me some time to come up with something suitably interesting.

Thanks for the list, and to everyone else for their recommendation. See you all, maybe next Friday maybe later. You can always email me if you're gripped by a sudden urgent idea.

Good night.

>>16845647

I support this idea.

Faster thread next week, I hope.

>inb4 "WD? Fast? laughingdragon.jpg"

Would offering what we know about this warlord be enough to rekindle relations with Seffy? Or at least enough to win back her favour.

Either way, I'm against asking her for help against Rhasver. We got ripped off on that last time.

A thought on the Rhasver golems: do we know what they're made of? If its metal, then lets find out how much they like rust monsters (obviously caution will be required in handling them). If they're made out of stone, then is there anything our Dao could achieve in their destruction?

As constructs they're not going to be particuarly smart, so it would likely be easier to just employ traps or ambuhes than face off against them directly. We definitely don't want to be sending our fleshy minions into the grinder without the odds scewed heavily in our favour.

Have we tried breeding sorcerers? We can impregnate around fifty members of our cult and get have the resulting offspring have more children with new cult members. if we get an average of eight children from each of them, we'll have four hundred dragon blooded slaves, who should have some talent in sorcerery. The next generation could number around three thousand - enough for a stable population on it's own. The ones who don't show talent can be removed and we can breed a race of sorcerers. Imagine the average army facing thousands of level 5-10 casters.

>>16846922
Oh, come on. She's a big lovable ball of muscle and teeth. Sure, she tried to rip us off, but we basically said no and that was that. Considering the straits she's in, she'd bprobably be eager to get back together with us.

>>16848585
Plausible, though I doubt we could get it exactly like that. Also, since we seem to be refusing to fuck anything that isn't a devil, it would have to be a different dragon.

> Both Corvad, the warlord, and Seffetranias seem interested in keeping the uneasy peace, but someone has been engineering 'incidents', and both sides moving reluctantly towards conflict.

It's that bitch from Morinth, Tvana Attor. She's stirring up wars in the north for a reason. First between us and Rhasver, now between Seffy and Corvad. With Rhasver gearing up for war with us again, she's trying to ensure that we won't have Seffy's help this time around. If memory serves, we have something that she thinks is hers and she wants back. Do we still have no idea what that might be?

Anyway, we definitely need to defuse the situation up north before Rhasver can fully commit to another war.

>>16846922

Quietly let Rhasver know we'll use the cloudfort to flood their cities with magma if war with them goes badly. They'll make taking the fort a priority and we can choke a significant number of their elite troops to death. The cities will probably be well defended against the cloudfort by the time war starts, so we'll need a new tactic. Have a small cell of cultists infiltrate their cities before the war and lie low, then call in a favor with the Efreet and get the cultists to start a volcano.

>>16851127

Seffy was of minor use during the war, it's more likely she'd be hitting us somewhere else - like with the Djinn, to ensure we don't have air superiority next time.

While she didn't leap to our assistance, if we can make her properly see the benefit in it, I bet she could be of great use.