“A Knight is Sworn to Valour. His Heart Knows Only Virtue. His Blade Defends the Helpless. His Might Upholds the Weak. His Word Speaks Only Truth. His Wrath Undoes the Wicked.”Every child in Cantôn knows of the Knight’s Code. From peasant-born waifs playing with sticks in the mud to keen-eyed noble sons practicing with cold steel in the training yard, all have at the very least dreamed of one day becoming a knight themselves. To ride out on errantry into the Five Duchies Kingdom and beyond for God and Glory, bringing the Law of Adam to the wicked and the Blade of Cain to the beast.The Knights of Cantôn are sworn to follow the Code, to obey the King, to refuse no call for aid honestly asked for, to seek out and destroy the Foe wherever it may lurk and rid the world of evil.Were it so easy…------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlackCompany666/qst/ Archive: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Sworn%20to%20ValourOur Knight, Deeds and Equipment Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/NcsL5WttFaith, Politics & Intrigue Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/Zkumkcg1Foes, Foreigners & Monsters Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/nXwzHGGaDramatis Personnae: https://pastebin.com/mydcz8pAOC Art & Memes: https://imgur.com/a/DguQd5l
Many years from now, not far from home…It is well into the evening at the tavern by the road, and the place has grown lively indeed with hands from the kitchen delivering warm meals and the mead flowing freely. Nothing pleases a crowd like the tale of a good perilous sea voyage, and it doesn’t take long to get the inngoers singing and chanty a sea shanty like trueborn Langlish sailors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zBm_6IfInY&ab_channel=UbisoftMusic – Langlish Sea Shanty”And it's windy weather, boys, stormy weather, boysWhen the wind blows, we're all together, boysBlow ye winds westerly, blow ye winds, blowJolly sou'wester, boys, steady she goes”The troubadour leaps up onto the main table as he strings his lute, laughter spluttering from the audience as the seated patrons scramble to move their plates and cups out of his kicking feet.“Up jumps the eel with his slippery tailClimbs up aloft and reefs the topsail”The bard pauses, pointing out to the clapping onlookers to pick up the chorus. They do so most enthusiastically, typically getting the words completely wrong and with none of the Langlish lilt, but the spirit is there. One might be forgiven that these were in fact a crew on shore leave rather than dusty farmhands and milkmaids at the end of a day’s work. “And it's windy weather, boys, stormy weather, boysWhen the wind blows, we're all together, boysBlow ye winds westerly, blow ye winds, blowJolly sou'wester, boys, steady she goes”The night is young and the ale flows freely, even the burly innkeep is nodding along to the song while manning his station at the bar. The smile on the bard widens, the shine of his teeth glinting for a moment in the firelight. He decides to see if they can make this a real night to remember.===================================================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
>>5451872>>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House AndreiThis was ... unexpected
>>5451872>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companionWooooo Valur!, I'm a bit spotty due to being in the boonies right now but I'll vote when I can.Waifu pov when?
>>5451872>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei
>>5451872>>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei
>>5451872>>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the WastelandsWasn't there some shit going down in the wastes in her last POV? A horde of refugees or something? I can't remember for the life of me it's been (literally) years.Also. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, Forgotten is back!
>>5451872A Knight is Sworn to Memes>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion
>>5451872>Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon
>>5451895Emile is a very meme-able character
>>5451893Snakemen got btfo by St John and the creme of the order of something, though it cost them their lives.
>>5451872>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companionOUR BOY RABE. Had a tough time deciding if I should go with him or dan Marc, but ya cant go wrong with the OG knigga companion
>>5451914Ok, kniggas brothers and sisters let's go get that bread!!!!!
>>5451872>>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands Posting an image so I won't forget
>>5451872>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmirewonder what our peasantfucking friend is up to
>>5451872>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House AndreiAnyone have any idea for how many more threads we're going to spend on the boat?
>>5451935nothing wrong with a good boat arcplenty of cool shit in the sea. In the *fantasy adventure* sea that is, not the real one, the real one is just empty
>>5451872I am me.>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo ReginateI want to see that message get delivered.
>>5451893FUCK Fallavon
>>5451872>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo ReginateWelcome back
>>5451872>>>Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavonhell yeah kniggas
>>5451872>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companionDer Verification post
>>5451872>>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei50 bottles of beer on the wall. 50 bottles of beer. Take one down, pass it around.
>>5451872>>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of GrenmireWe haven't seen Will in ages
>>5451872>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmiredoubt it will win but oh wellnice to see you back so soon forgotten
>>5451872>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companionRock and stone!
>>5451872>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of GrenmireWonder what he's up to
Welcome back, chief!>>5451872>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companionOne based Montbrun, please.
>>5451872Fuck it, I switch votes from this >>5451893nobody votes for checking up on the wasteland people anyway>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion
>>5451872>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House AndreiShould be interesting either way.
>>5451872>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion
>>5451872>>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andreil33t
>>5451872>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the WastelandsBeen a long while since I last caught a thread early enough to verify.
>>5451872Fuck Fallavon, All Samefags Must Hang>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire
>>5451872>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companionI still want to know what our best bud is up to in the mountains.
>>5451872FUCK YES IT IS BACK I AM GOING TO FUCKING CONSENSUALLY KISS YOU AND HOLD YOUR HAND FORGOTTEN>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire
>>5451872>>Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from FallavonI'm ready for the wacky and wild road trip stage play of the season. Will the rough young knight from Favallon be able to protect the sheltered and bookish Pascea lady. Come to the marketsquare at evening bell to learn if he will learn that books and learning isn't so bad and if she will learn that on the road the best use for a book might be to clobber a beastman. will love blossom on the kings road? See for yourself this evening in "The Damsel and the Hedge knight".
>>5451872YEAH KNIGGAS!Caught up with this masterpiece, but due to timezones I'll probably miss a lot of updates/votes anyway>Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from FallavonFun escort quest with quiet bookgirl, also think they'd make a nice match
>>5451872>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo ReginateMarking
>>5451872>>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion
>>5451872>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire
>>5451872>Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from FallavonI would've liked to see Gilbern get the message, but lets see how our friendly hedge knight and attainted lady are doing.
>>5451872>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the WastelandsWounder how she doing after losing so much.Man sucks for a phone user and getting random bans for other people couse ip keeps changing.It's time for best quest ever and qmThe pic is so I know what I am.
>>5451872Let's see how the family is doing
>>5452266>>5451872>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House AndreiForgot to actually vote
>>5451872>>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House AndreiLet's check up on bro.
>>5451872>>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the WastelandsThis is my verification post. Donut steel.
>>5451872>>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companionokay i pull up hop out at da after party
>>5451872>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House AndreiI wonder what our bro is up to
>>5451872>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companionHell yeah, welcome back Forgotten.
>>5451872>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House AndreiWelcome back Forgotten, we miss you. Hoping for corsairs and pirates.
>>5451872>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands
>>5451872>>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands
>>5451872>>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companioHooray!
>>5451872>>Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from FallavonHoly shit we're baaack. I thought we lost you, Forgotten. Postin' from ze office on a slow sat.LETS GOOOOO
>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companionGood to see all ya'll kniggas.Sir Karlaus Rabe and Young Lord Damien Andrei were tied, but I decided to go with Rabe as we haven't seen his POV yet. He would not have received any letter re the mercenaries and Norwache just yetVerification vote still remains open until 8pm AEST tonight, but I will post now as by then I will be very drunk if everything goes as planned.
Turnegan, 26th Day of Bacrimun, 883 A.C.E. – Evening - Castle Rabe in the Montbrun Duchy“Four sons. Four! A rowdy batch sure, and yet I never lost sleep over any of you. How is it that your one sister drives me to my wits end.” Sir Karlaus Rabe contents himself with a short grunt as his father waxes on from his favourite chair in the hall, the one right by the fireplace. The young Rabe knight decides against voicing his long-held view Pa has done nothing but spoil Hildi since the death of Ma. To be fair Karlaus and his brothers have done much the same, doting on their one sister and letting her walk all over them. “Who is this bloody Young Lord Andrei and why am I giving Hildi permission to write him without ever meeting the bloody man!”“Sure, the air-headed ditz has fallen for a southern flower, but it could be worse.” Sir Rabe shrugs casually, rest an arm on the chair opposite his father. “ The man doesn’t shy from a fight, and he comes from a good family. I wouldn’t fret, old timer.”“Watch it, boy. I can still take you for a pretty turn in the tiltyard. Have you eating snow before dinner for the umpteenth time.” Lord Hans Rabe glares at his grinning youngest son, a bit of that old fire showing from his days before the rheumatism kicked in. He grunts, breaking the stare to rub at his knee. “Hmph. That bookish physician does assure me House Andrei is an old and proud family, pureblood pedigree. Well I never heard of ‘em.”“Can’t speak for the rest of the Andrei lot, but I can speak for my good friend Sir Emile Andrei.” Sir Rabe grunts when he sees his father shiver slightly, grabbing another sheepskin blanket from nearby and draping it over his lap. “If this Damien is half the man his brother is then we’ve nothing to fear.” “Emile, eh? Yes, you mentioned him. A bonny fighter from the sounds of it.” Lord Rabe shrugs the new cover further up to his shoulders, it’s a cold night in the mountains tonight. “Damn shame he is off on this pilgrimage business, I’ve a feeling warriors of his calibre will be much needed in the time to come. Another log on the fire, my boy. We have much to talk on.” [1/3]
Sir Rabe isn’t sure exactly what his father means, given that this snakemen upset will of course be crushed soon enough, scales and all, but he’s glad to see him move on from his daughter being wilful again. If Pa really disapproved really, the halls of Castle Rabe would definitely have heard of it by now. Or at least the echoes. If she is wilful as a result, so be it. Every man among them would lose their right hand before seeing her shed a tear. Young Lady Brunhilde Rabe typically gets what she wants, at least from her family, and right now it seems she wants to get married to the pretty southern boy. Ma would be happy to see her happy, and that is enough. None of this is said between the two gruff Montbrun mountain men, such talk of feelings and wishy washiness belongs in the halls of soft southerners. Real men have better topics to discuss, such as war.The collection of vales and hills that Lord Rabe claims rulership of are close enough on any map but in reality largely decentralized due to the nature of the geography. The hamlet of Bielefeld is less than a few minutes away as the crow flies, but a full days trek through the winding mountains. While the territory is large on paper, most of the real resources, population and wealth is concentrated to a handful of valleys in between the dominant ridgelines of the mountains. Passes both to other areas of Montbrun and the rest of the continent are critical, and well manned by watchtowers and permanent or held in trust by clans to much the same effect. There are other passes through the Montbrun mountains range, those that lead East into the Slithering Wastelands. They are few and far between, some of these are known only to local clan leaders and all in Rabe lands at least are little more than goat trails that at most could accommodate a handful of desperate or daring trekkers.The only major passes elsewhere in Montbrun, those that one could feasibly move an army through, are each dominated the three mighty citadels known as Törwatcher Gates. These three mighty gates, each named after an ancient Montbrun saint, are in turn held by the three most powerful families in the Duchy. House Alderagues control Gabriel’s Gate to the South. House Norwache sits in the cold reaches of Peter’s Pass, also known as Norgard to the pagan Norsikaans. The Duke Montbrun rules from the largest of the three, claiming the name of the Törwatcher for themselves in the name of their illustrious ancestor that fought side by side with Cain and Adam in eons past. [2/3]
[3/3]All this and more is the topic of discussion between Sir Rabe and his father as night sets in and servants keep the fire fueled. In particular, the whereabouts of Sir Rabe’s brothers and where Sir Rabe plans to go to next in light of this growing scalefiend issue. As Pa says, strong sword hands are in high demand. The eldest Rabe brother, Young Lord Sander Rabe, remains on the family lands and sees to much of the day-to-day duties in each of the vales. Pa has long been grooming him for his spot on the dais, and this is not likely to change. Karlaus might think Sander a self-important prick, but he does take his duties very seriously. The middle brother, Austyn, has travelled with a contigent of some of Pa’s hardiest fighters to the aid of other territories that are starting to see minor incursions of snakemen, including the Duke’s direct lands themselves. The second-youngest, Gerhard, less than a full year older than Karlaus, has joined a brotherhood of knights determined to assist the Holy Order in the battles out beyond the Montbrun borders themselves. Wastelander refugees are still trickling through, causing a crisis of their own in terms of strange faces, idle hands and hungry mouths in a region that views anyone outside of their own clan with increased suspicion.===================================>While no Lord has lent direct support, many young knights eager for glory have set off after the Order of the Broken Blade. The Holy Knights are out there on the steppe fighting the good fight, keeping the growing scalefiend threat at bay as best they can. That is where the fiercest fighting is, and where Sir Rabe can do the most good. [Hearty]>There is talk that the Duke is mustering for a major spring campaign. The banners are unlikely to be called before the snows thaw, but there will be swordwork aplenty now and into the winter in the neighboring territories to keep the major passes clear of the scalefiends until then. If this curries favour with the Duke, all the better. [Hearty]>Sir Karlaus Rabe will join your brother Sander in patrolling the valley passes surrounding Rabe lands. It suits you ill to sit back in the comfort of your hearth, unlikely to see any action outside of a skirmish or two, but the defence of your home and securing the minor passes is important work. Home comes first. [Hearty]
>>5452677>Sir Karlaus Rabe will join your brother Sander in patrolling the valley passes surrounding Rabe lands. It suits you ill to sit back in the comfort of your hearth, unlikely to see any action outside of a skirmish or two, but the defence of your home and securing the minor passes is important work. Home comes first. [Hearty]Protect the homeland, and I don't trust the Duke of Montbrun isn't he implied to be allied with the faction?
>>5452677>>Sir Karlaus Rabe will join your brother Sander in patrolling the valley passes surrounding Rabe lands. It suits you ill to sit back in the comfort of your hearth, unlikely to see any action outside of a skirmish or two, but the defence of your home and securing the minor passes is important work. Home comes first. [Hearty]
>>5452677>>There is talk that the Duke is mustering for a major spring campaign. The banners are unlikely to be called before the snows thaw, but there will be swordwork aplenty now and into the winter in the neighboring territories to keep the major passes clear of the scalefiends until then. If this curries favour with the Duke, all the better. [Hearty]
>>5452677>While no Lord has lent direct support, many young knights eager for glory have set off after the Order of the Broken Blade. The Holy Knights are out there on the steppe fighting the good fight, keeping the growing scalefiend threat at bay as best they can. That is where the fiercest fighting is, and where Sir Rabe can do the most good. [Hearty]lol hearty hearty hearty? verily >>5451930
>>5452677>There is talk that the Duke is mustering for a major spring campaign. The banners are unlikely to be called before the snows thaw, but there will be swordwork aplenty now and into the winter in the neighboring territories to keep the major passes clear of the scalefiends until then. If this curries favour with the Duke, all the better. [Hearty]>>5452206
>>5452677>>While no Lord has lent direct support, many young knights eager for glory have set off after the Order of the Broken Blade. The Holy Knights are out there on the steppe fighting the good fight, keeping the growing scalefiend threat at bay as best they can. That is where the fiercest fighting is, and where Sir Rabe can do the most good. [Hearty]>>5451894
>>5452677>There is talk that the Duke is mustering for a major spring campaign. The banners are unlikely to be called before the snows thaw, but there will be swordwork aplenty now and into the winter in the neighboring territories to keep the major passes clear of the scalefiends until then. If this curries favour with the Duke, all the better. [Hearty]A Dukes campaign and in force is a sure bet thing for Rave to get fired up about>>54526821. The Montbrunes are traditionalists and possibly Dukes men, if I have to conjecture I feel the duke is implied to be involved in the faction conspiracy which may have ties to the kingsmen2. Unless some other duke is known for lots of mountains that's the implication of certain statements in fallavon>>5451882Mein Valur pass
>>5452677>Sir Karlaus Rabe will join your brother Sander in patrolling the valley passes surrounding Rabe lands. It suits you ill to sit back in the comfort of your hearth, unlikely to see any action outside of a skirmish or two, but the defence of your home and securing the minor passes is important work. Home comes first. [Hearty]Verification:>>5451879
>>5451872Oh fuck please don't tell me I missed the deadline by 7 minutes. I barely check the board anymore when StV is not running. Please allow.>Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon
>>5452677>There is talk that the Duke is mustering for a major spring campaign. The banners are unlikely to be called before the snows thaw, but there will be swordwork aplenty now and into the winter in the neighboring territories to keep the major passes clear of the scalefiends until then. If this curries favour with the Duke, all the better. [Hearty]>>5452033
>>5452677>>Sir Karlaus Rabe will join your brother Sander in patrolling the valley passes surrounding Rabe lands. It suits you ill to sit back in the comfort of your hearth, unlikely to see any action outside of a skirmish or two, but the defence of your home and securing the minor passes is important work. Home comes first. [Hearty]First time
>>5452677>>write-in travel to neighboring duchies to gather knights errand second sons or the like and invite them to come and win glory and renown against the snakefiends. show them how dire the threat is by showing them the refugees and fight to keep the passes clear. [Hearty]Division of labor, one brother at home, one to help the dukedom at large, one already dead in the wastes, and one to rally support from the southern dandies.Also something should probably be done about the refugee situation, maybe see if they can be employed as guides or irregulars for the parties beyond the gates. Alternatively they could maybe be routed into Romaine, with permission of course, seeing as I suspect there is always a need for more manpower to battle the constant attrition of the deadmen, and larger population would mean more land can be reclaimed and held. But these things seem above the head of our battle bro, could be something for sister dearest to work out with her fiance, two snakes with one swing as they say as having the new son-in.-law help with the refuges might endear him to father crow. Also really want to see the interaction between Hans and lord Andrei. i can just imagine Rabe them bonding over being border lords who regularly have to hold the line against the foes of man, and of course the ego stroking when beardad gushes and raves over the magnificence of the Törwatcher gates and it's design and upkeep.
>>5452755>>5452158so me
>>5452677Damn just missed the deadline, I'll try my luck anyway. FUR VULUR.>There is talk that the Duke is mustering for a major spring campaign. The banners are unlikely to be called before the snows thaw, but there will be swordwork aplenty now and into the winter in the neighboring territories to keep the major passes clear of the scalefiends until then. If this curries favour with the Duke, all the better. [Hearty]
>>5452682>>Sir Karlaus Rabe will join your brother Sander in patrolling the valley passes surrounding Rabe lands. It suits you ill to sit back in the comfort of your hearth, unlikely to see any action outside of a skirmish or two, but the defence of your home and securing the minor passes is important work. Home comes first. [Hearty]>>5451952me
>>5452677>>While no Lord has lent direct support, many young knights eager for glory have set off after the Order of the Broken Blade. The Holy Knights are out there on the steppe fighting the good fight, keeping the growing scalefiend threat at bay as best they can. That is where the fiercest fighting is, and where Sir Rabe can do the most good. [Hearty]
>>5452764>>5452050Tis I
I'm wondering which option allows for the biggest burning shitpile when emille returns.Option one has Karl involved in an eager if disorganised offensive by the younger knights and holy orders like the broken blade.Option two has the duke involved in a organised campaign with the might of the duchy involved I sense Internal intrigues and vancewell shennanigansOption 3 secures the homeland which will likely ensure the Rabes are relatively safe if nothing else.
>>5452677>Sir Karlaus Rabe will join your brother Sander in patrolling the valley passes surrounding Rabe lands. It suits you ill to sit back in the comfort of your hearth, unlikely to see any action outside of a skirmish or two, but the defence of your home and securing the minor passes is important work. Home comes first. [Hearty]It's not like there will be shenanigans through such minor and negligeable passes, right?Although given that one of the Herald is going to Montbrun, the Duke's offensive offers some potential...>>5452021Me
>>5452768I don't think we should think so strategically. Karlaus doesn't strike me as the type to go on boring patrols while his baby brother is fighting behind enemy lines.
>>5452675>and right now it seems she wants to get married to the pretty southern boy.Viper's list of casualties grows larger still, and she isn't even aware of it.
>>5452772Yeah I'm not saying think strategically like say >>5452755 I'm saying I'm interested in dramatic outcome
>>5452677>>There is talk that the Duke is mustering for a major spring campaign. The banners are unlikely to be called before the snows thaw, but there will be swordwork aplenty now and into the winter in the neighboring territories to keep the major passes clear of the scalefiends until then. If this curries favour with the Duke, all the better. [Hearty]>>5451915ME
>>5452677>Sir Karlaus Rabe will join your brother Sander in patrolling the valley passes surrounding Rabe lands. It suits you ill to sit back in the comfort of your hearth, unlikely to see any action outside of a skirmish or two, but the defence of your home and securing the minor passes is important work. Home comes first. [Hearty]>>5452503
>>5452677>There is talk that the Duke is mustering for a major spring campaign. The banners are unlikely to be called before the snows thaw, but there will be swordwork aplenty now and into the winter in the neighboring territories to keep the major passes clear of the scalefiends until then. If this curries favour with the Duke, all the better. [Hearty]Verify >>5451975
>>5452677>>There is talk that the Duke is mustering for a major spring campaign. The banners are unlikely to be called before the snows thaw, but there will be swordwork aplenty now and into the winter in the neighboring territories to keep the major passes clear of the scalefiends until then. If this curries favour with the Duke, all the better. [Hearty]>>5452666
>>5452677>While no Lord has lent direct support, many young knights eager for glory have set off after the Order of the Broken Blade. The Holy Knights are out there on the steppe fighting the good fight, keeping the growing scalefiend threat at bay as best they can. That is where the fiercest fighting is, and where Sir Rabe can do the most good. [HeartyLike how each option is a Hearty one.>>5452265My v post pumpkins
>>5452677>There is talk that the Duke is mustering for a major spring campaign. The banners are unlikely to be called before the snows thaw, but there will be swordwork aplenty now and into the winter in the neighboring territories to keep the major passes clear of the scalefiends until then. If this curries favour with the Duke, all the better. [Hearty]>>5451913My OG post
>>5452677>Sir Karlaus Rabe will join your brother Sander in patrolling the valley passes surrounding Rabe lands. It suits you ill to sit back in the comfort of your hearth, unlikely to see any action outside of a skirmish or two, but the defence of your home and securing the minor passes is important work. Home comes first. [Hearty]>>5451898
>>5452176Moi>>5452677>There is talk that the Duke is mustering for a major spring campaign. The banners are unlikely to be called before the snows thaw, but there will be swordwork aplenty now and into the winter in the neighboring territories to keep the major passes clear of the scalefiends until then. If this curries favour with the Duke, all the better. [Hearty]I'm tempted by the first option, but a mountain pass fight scene sounds exciting
>>5452677>>There is talk that the Duke is mustering for a major spring campaign. The banners are unlikely to be called before the snows thaw, but there will be swordwork aplenty now and into the winter in the neighboring territories to keep the major passes clear of the scalefiends until then. If this curries favour with the Duke, all the better. [Hearty]>>5452328[HEARTY]
I notice a tendency for OP votes not giving a fuck about the order of the broken blade. Wonder why that is.
>>5452677>While no Lord has lent direct support, many young knights eager for glory have set off after the Order of the Broken Blade. The Holy Knights are out there on the steppe fighting the good fight, keeping the growing scalefiend threat at bay as best they can. That is where the fiercest fighting is, and where Sir Rabe can do the most good. [Hearty]Need someone to make up for the Broken Blade losses.
>>5452677>While no Lord has lent direct support, many young knights eager for glory have set off after the Order of the Broken Blade. The Holy Knights are out there on the steppe fighting the good fight, keeping the growing scalefiend threat at bay as best they can. That is where the fiercest fighting is, and where Sir Rabe can do the most good. [Hearty]Need someone earth shatteringly fuck ass mad to remove lizard kebab from the mountains>>5452138Dass me
>>5453201>>5452246whoops forgot to link my v-card.
>>5452677>Sir Karlaus Rabe will join your brother Sander in patrolling the valley passes surrounding Rabe lands. It suits you ill to sit back in the comfort of your hearth, unlikely to see any action outside of a skirmish or two, but the defence of your home and securing the minor passes is important work. Home comes first. [Hearty]Forgotten, I forgot (lol) to make an anchor post on the 4th, would it be alright if I made this my anchor? Please and thank you
You know I was considering voting for the [Hearty] option, but then the [Hearty] option really won me over.
>>5452677Fugg.I'm late. Can i still join in Forgotten?
>>5452677>>While no Lord has lent direct support, many young knights eager for glory have set off after the Order of the Broken Blade. The Holy Knights are out there on the steppe fighting the good fight, keeping the growing scalefiend threat at bay as best they can. That is where the fiercest fighting is, and where Sir Rabe can do the most good. [Hearty]I feel like our man Rabe would not pass out on the opportunity
>>5453748>>5453438>>5452733Welcome aboard.Update soon.
>SELECTED: There is talk that the Duke is mustering for a major spring campaign. The banners are unlikely to be called before the snows thaw, but there will be swordwork aplenty now and into the winter in the neighboring territories to keep the major passes clear of the scalefiends until then. If this curries favour with the Duke, all the better. [Hearty]Fenegan, 27th Day of Bacrimun, 883 A.C.E. – Mid-Morning - Westfold WatersThe Coy Siren has left the security of the Langlish coastline some days ago now, heading into open waters towards Canton. Despite the enormity of the ocean still impressing you, the waves are far from empty of other traffic in the tradelines between the two nations and the sight of sails on the horizon is not an uncommon occurrence. For the most part the respective captains seem content to keep their distance, even these heavily patrolled waters aren’t entirely free from piracy. One Cantônian Cog does comes close enough for waves and shouts to be exchanged as you pass the other pay, and just two days ago a Langlish galleon dwarfing your own ship pulled up close enough to make the crew uncomfortable, but pulled away once the correct flag signals had been exchanged. An interesting means of distinguishing honest traders from pirate types, but one that could surely be subject to abuse if a merchantman was taken and forced to divulge the current passing signals. Captain Alfonso assures you that such concerns are probably why the galleon pulled up as close as it did, implying that the man is familiar enough with the Langlish officers in these waters for them to know him by sight. It has been fair weather this last week, and the Captain expects to reach the Cantôn Coastline in another week if the weather holds. From there, weather will be less of a concern than pirates, a cove that will shelter a ship from a storm will just as easily conceal a buccaneer from its prey as opposed to open waters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8EQxFtQs1c&ab_channel=BrianTyler-Topic – Across the Westfold Waters=================================
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8EQxFtQs1c&ab_channel=BrianTyler-Topic – Across the Westfold WatersEach week during the voyage will see a call for rolls for how the weather fares in the following week at sea. As you have taken the most circuitous route by hugging to as much coastline as possible, the ill effects of bad weather can be mitigated. The tradeoff is the length of time the journey will take (EST 7-9 weeks) and the likelihood of running afoul pirates. There is little chance of encountering sea monsters in the coastline waters, but not zero.Week One – Langland to Cantôn - Weather Roll>50DC>Current Progress: 0/56 Days (expected journey length is 8 weeks)>Sailor Gear +1 Re-Roll Doesn’t actually affect the weather, but helps you deal with it.>Friendly Advice +1 Re-Roll (single use Can be used on doubles or critsCritpass (100) = Ocean Bounty.Double Pass (<23) = Gentle Currents. As below, negates any loss this week from Foul Winds.Double Pass (>23) = Fair Winds. Gain +1d6 Days Progress. Ocean Bounty becomes more likely.Pass = Swift Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week increases by 5DC.Fail = Slow Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week decreases by 5DC.Double Fail (<87) = Foul Winds. Lose -1d6 Days progress. Terrible Storm becomes more likely.Double Fail (>87) = Rough Seas. As above, with possible equipment loss/damage and harm to companions. Critfail (100) = Terrible Storm.7 rolls of 1d100, mateys. You have TWO re-rolls. There are no adverse re-rolls.It’s windy weather boys, stormy weather boys…
Rolled 75 (1d100)>>5453964Lets goooo.>>5452503
Rolled 46 (1d100)>>5453964ADAM PROTECTSMe >>5453748
>>Sailor Gear +1 Re-Roll Doesn’t actually affect the weather, but helps you deal with it.>>Friendly Advice +1 Re-Roll (single use Can be used on doubles or critsGentlemen, lets hold off using the rerolls first until all 7 are in.ESPECIALLY THAT SECOND ONE. We should leave it till we get a super bad crit roll.
Rolled 42 (1d100)>>5453964Winds be kind>>5451898
Rolled 77 (1d100)>>5453964Me:>>5451879
>>5453971Hear hear, a simple fail isn't really worth spending the reroll.
Rolled 84 (1d100)>>5453964>>5452158seven rolls that's a lot
Rolled 35 (1d100)>>5453964
Rolled 70 (1d100)>>5453964First roll since I hit civilisation LETS GO!>>5451882Stamp
Rolled 24 (1d100)>>5453121>>5452176Me>>5453964Roll
Rolled 97 (1d100)>>5453964rerolling this>>5453973
>>5453995That was a close one but it's still better than the double fail.
>>5453997yup. now i can spend even more rerolls on it. kek
>>5453995Ah man. you really shouldnt have spent that reroll.We're basically going to have to roll for every of the remaing 56 days till we reach our destination and that was the get out of shit free card.
>>5454002I think avoiding that -1d6 days to progress and not making Terrible Storm more likely was worth it.
>>5453964Hey Forgotten, just going to point out that "100" is listed twice in the results table.>Critpass (100) = Ocean Bounty.andCritfail (100) = Terrible Storm.Even if it's obvious that the former should read "1".
>>5454008Unfortunately now we cannot avoid a crit if its rolled now.
>>5454008We are going to roll somewhere in the region between 30 to 40 dice.A crit is coming. I can feel it in my bones.
>>5454025i deserve it
Anyways we have the last regular reusable reroll so someone else might as well give it a shot.
>>5454032you can reroll my 97 if you want, y luck seems gone today
>>5454035Nah, standing rules, only the one who rolled can reroll. Especially if they're still around. You can give it up to the others>>5453969>>5453977>>5453988here and just choose not to reroll your result.
>>5454032I don't think its a good idea, current results are fine. No chance on the 50DC and we are at 7/56 Days.
>>5454046I don't mind going off the beaten path on our own, but we are escorting pilgrims here.
>>5454048Had to answer right after I deleted my bitching, had you?Also fair enough
isn't sailor gear multiple use? It's not stated as single use so I take it we can use this once a week...
>>5454054If yes, then 97 should be rerolled with it, because it's the same as a double fail in magnitude of bad
>>5454056No it isn't, it counts as a regular fail. It needs to be a double over 87 or a critfail to be worse than the 77 we avoided.
>>5454058Ah. I didn't understand the rules properly then
What is ocean bounty? Mermaids? Sirens? Wreck ed ships? Sea beasts? Eldritch horrors seeking to impart knowledge to mortal minds? Were islands never discovered by man? A relic of the brothers? A treasure map in a bottle?
>>5454054Multiple use, yes. So if we can get a single pass, it'll potentially allow us to snowball to better results. I'm fairly nervous about a failure cascade where a single week of bad rolling sends our DC into the deep end.>>54540631) Double Pass (<23) = Gentle Currents. As below, negates any loss this week from Foul Winds.2) Double Pass (>23) = Fair Winds. Gain +1d6 Days Progress. Ocean Bounty becomes more likely.3) Pass = Swift Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week increases by 5DC.4) Fail = Slow Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week decreases by 5DC.5) Double Fail (<87) = Foul Winds. Lose -1d6 Days progress. Terrible Storm becomes more likely.6) Double Fail (>87) = Rough Seas. As above, with possible equipment loss/damage and harm to companions.A 11 or 22 will activate effects: 1, 2 & 3.A 33 or 44 will activate effects: 2 & 3.Any other passing result will just be 3.88 & 99 (lol faekiss shiet, etc) will activate: 4, 5 & 6.55, 66 & 77 will activate: 4 & 5.Any other failure result will activate 4.>>5454066loooot
Rolled 76 (1d100)>>5453964rerolling this>>5453977Please oh angel of mercy and grace guide your son safely across the sea.>>5454038>>5454069Sorry boys I'm taking the chance
>>5454098>One number from 77
Oh go damn it I missed the start of another thread!
>>5454066bros I wanna fight sea monsters and discover lost ruins
>>5454066Mermaid pussy
dice+1d00V-Card using my pc here.>>5451886
>>5454395We have fae pussy right here on the ship, what more can you possibly want?We also still need to teach said fae pussy in question how money works iirc, which would be a very funny social roll to fail.
>>5454849>what more can you possibly want?The bad pussyI sincerely hope Jess stays out of trouble in Carthaggi an oddity like her probably sells for a mint.
>>5453969>>5453970>>5453972>>5453973>>5453977>>5453982>>5453988>>5453995>>5454098>Slow Sailing [75]+1 Day Progress, Weather -5DC .>Swift Sailing [46] +1 Day Progress, Weather +5DC .>Swift Sailing [42] +1 Day Progress, Weather +5DC .>Slow Sailing [97] +1 Day Progress, Weather -5DC .>Slow Sailing [76] +1 Day Progress, Weather -5DC .>Swift Sailing [35] +1 Day Progress, Weather +5DC>Slow Sailing [70] +1 Day Progress, Weather -5DCThe Coy Siren - Captain’s Log Translated from LanglishFenegan, 27th Day of BacrimunThis marks a week since we left Port Capara and still no sign of pursuit.* I believe we can consider ourselves in the clear. Although the Darling of Tremens came close enough two days hence for me to fear the worst, they appear to only be only their regular piracy patrols.*This section appears to be blacked out Sendag, 28th Day of BacrimunThe winds were at our back today, and two more sails were spotted in the distance. They appeared to be heading north, and proved to be of little concern to us. This is just as well, the presence of man in these waters is reassuring even along well-known trade routes. Unless said men wish to try something.Sandag, 29th Day of BacrimunThe main deck was cleared for the pilgrim’s religious service, this being the rare day of rest where that poor servant boy is spared the tests of his giant warrior master. The warrior, and the pilgrims in general are by and large good passengers and keep to themselves for the most part. The ragged male priest has a dangerous look about him, the kind I’ve seen before in fanatics across the world. But the woman priest seems to balance him out, he has kept his remarks about the roughness and and gambling of sailors to muttered grumblings. Thankfully few of the crew speak his tongue. Monegan, 30th Day of BacrimunWhat looked like a squall dissipated before reaching us, instead a soft shower fell for a few hours. Our water provisions are well stocked, but I instructed the crewmen to gather replenish them to the brim. The pilgrims seemed happy for the refreshing rain, spare laundry was hung out and given that the winds were entirely becalmed later in the day the pilgrims and crew were permitted to hang spare laundry to dry on the lower rigging until the wind picked up again. [1/2]
>N0L8ggljThat would be my brother's IP, oops.
>>5453969>>5453970>>5453972>>5453973>>5453977>>5453982>>5453988>>5453995>>5454098>Slow Sailing [75]+1 Day Progress, Weather -5DC .>Swift Sailing [46] +1 Day Progress, Weather +5DC .>Swift Sailing [42] +1 Day Progress, Weather +5DC .>Slow Sailing [97] +1 Day Progress, Weather -5DC .>Slow Sailing [76] +1 Day Progress, Weather -5DC .>Swift Sailing [35] +1 Day Progress, Weather +5DC>Slow Sailing [70] +1 Day Progress, Weather -5DCThe Coy Siren - Captain’s Log Translated from LanglishFenegan, 27th Day of BacrimunThis marks a week since we left Port Capara and still no sign of pursuit.* I believe we can consider ourselves in the clear. Although the Darling of Tremens came close enough two days hence for me to fear the worst, they appear to only be only their regular piracy patrols.*This section appears to be blacked out.Sendag, 28th Day of Bacrimun The winds were at our back today, and two more sails were spotted in the distance. They appeared to be heading north, and proved to be of little concern to us. This is just as well, the presence of man in these waters is reassuring even along well-known trade routes. Unless said men wish to try something.Sandag, 29th Day of BacrimunThe main deck was cleared for the pilgrim’s religious service, this being the rare day of rest where that poor servant boy is spared the tests of his giant warrior master. The warrior, and the pilgrims in general are by and large good passengers and keep to themselves for the most part. The ragged male priest has a dangerous look about him, the kind I’ve seen before in fanatics across the world. But the woman priest seems to balance him out, he has kept his remarks about the roughness and and gambling of sailors to muttered grumblings. Thankfully few of the crew speak his tongue.Monegan, 30th Day of BacrimunWhat looked like a squall dissipated before reaching us, instead a soft shower fell for a few hours. Our water provisions are well stocked, but I instructed the crewmen to gather replenish them to the brim. The pilgrims seemed happy for the refreshing rain, spare laundry was hung out and given that the winds were entirely becalmed later in the day the pilgrims and crew were permitted to hang spare laundry to dry on the lower rigging until the wind picked up again. [1/2]
[2/2]Tunegan, 1st Day of HastrimunThe holy women from the Cantôn pilgrim contingent held a special service to mark a day of significance for one of their many saints. It remains unclear whether this was the day of one of their supposed miracles or the saint’s martyrdom. A few of the crew observed and made some obeisance, which was not begrudged of them. Sailors take comfort in their own small superstitions as they see fit, I see no reason why this cannot include the big ones.Wenegan, 2nd Day of HastrimunA flock of seagulls passed us by, a sign that the coastline cannot be too far away. That or my instruments have severely misled us and we have strayed far south and near to one of the few rocky isles out in the Westfold proper. But I am inclined to doubt this given that another sail was briefly sighted well ahead of us and moving in the same direction. Benicio, the lookout on duty, was granted an extra ration of rum for his keen eyes. Turnegan, 3rd Day of Hastrimun Land spotted by the lookout this afternoon, we will make the Cantôn coastline by this evening. The weather continues to hold. =============================== https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCtn6igpgP4&ab_channel=UbisoftMusic - Langlish ShantyWeek Two – Cantôn Coastline – Weather Roll> 45DC> Current Progress: 7/56 Days> Sailor Gear +1 Re-RollCritpass (1) = Ocean Bounty.Double Pass (<23) = Gentle Currents. As below, negates any loss this week from Foul Winds.Double Pass (>23) = Fair Winds. Gain +1d6 Days Progress. Ocean Bounty becomes more likely.Pass = Swift Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week increases by 5DC.Fail = Slow Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week decreases by 5DC.Double Fail (<87) = Foul Winds. Lose -1d6 Days progress. Terrible Storm becomes more likely.Double Fail (>87) = Rough Seas. As above, with possible equipment loss/damage and harm to companions. Critfail (100) = Terrible Storm. 7 rolls of 1d100, me hearties. You have ONE re-roll. There are no adverse re-rolls.Drink up me hearties, yoho!
Rolled 23 (1d100)>>5455032Sing me a shanty lads!
Rolled 12 (1d100)>>5455032>>5452158
Rolled 31 (1d100)>>5455032Sailor's life for me!>>5452033
Rolled 85 (1d100)>>5455032
Rolled 48 (1d100)>>5455032Dice rolling? My favorite.>>5452099This is my static IP
Rolled 50 (1d100)>>5455032
Rolled 24 (1d100)>>5455032>>5451915Let's go!
>>5455043>>5455044that fucking 5 less DC cucked us big time
Nice, smooth sailing bros, and we are back at 50DC.
>>5455040>>5455043>>5455044wanna try rerolling? this one is free every week
4 Successes overall, and no terrible results. I will leave it to the respective anons discretion whether to exercise their re-roll.A further Captain's Log and call for rolls will come tomorrow, but I am open to ideas as to what Emile himself should kept up to in his spare time. While your continued intense training and sparring with Mikail will take up a a few hours each day except Sandag, that does still leave a fair bit of spare time on your hands.========================>What do you do aboard the Coy Siren for the following week? [Write-in]
Rolled 86 (1d100)>>5455053>>5455043>>5455032It's time for death, err I mean re-roll.
>>5455060And nothing changed after all.
>>5455055>>What do you do aboard the Coy Siren for the following week? [Write-in]Attempt to teach Jess how money works. IIRC we never did that in the last thread>>5455060wow! nothing. neat
Btw I just realised that the vote from last thread's POV and this thread's POV means that Lord Kasper Alexandi and Sir Karlaus Rabe are all but guaranteed to meet.
>>5455074based truely 2 bros cut from the same cloth
>>5455055Sir Emile's class on letters and numbers!Featuring such students as Jess and Mikhail!>>5451952me still
>>5455055>>What do you do aboard the Coy Siren for the following week? [Write-in]So, confession, obviously. But also, I think Emile being the curious cat that he is is going to search out any conversation and books on Cathagi that he can find and also maybe see if any of the sailors are up for a friendly spar (strictly non-lethal and holding back entirely, can't go hurting them when they're sailing us across the sea)I just got back from a work trip but this is me>>5451895
>>5455074Power couple operation is a go.
>>5455055check up on sister ignatus see how the piligrims are handling the trip>>5452008me
>>5455079>that filename
>>5455055Keep the peace, talk to Orin maybe some trust building, try and teach Jess about currency and mull over our Lady loves and how we left Canton
>>5455100Mein anchor >>5451882
>>5455055>Start writing crappy poetryEmile is lacking a hobby
>>5455055Read some epic about gallant knights and beautiful ladies
>>5455117Or maybe a chronicle of some mildly evil mercenary company
>>5455195Only mildly?
>>5455055Obviously Emile is going to catch up on his favorite tale of heroism, Pledged to Bravery. Maybe even peruse the knightly catalogues of Man at Arms of Worth.
>>5455236forgot to show everyone my v>>5452138
>>5455055Wrestle with our nightmares and our faithWe've tried to run from the revelation we witnessed in Fallavon, by making ourselves busy with adventure and duty. Now, stuck on the endless ocean plains, there's not enough to distract us from confronting it
>>5455055>>5455284Support. Verification: >>5452206
>>5451872>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House AndreiBut late I know, but missed the announcement on Twitter.Will throw in a vote for the current prompt too>>5455055Contemplate the nature of our faith - do we truly has a messianic role to play…?
>>5455284This is also good. but I still hope we get to write some crappy poetry. verily >>5451930
>>5455284Didn't the vigil at the lighthouse vindicate our faith? I understand the trauma and nightmares Fallavon gives but not the challenge of faith
>>5455055Try fishing?
>>5455055>>What do you do aboard the Coy Siren for the following week? [Write-in]Might be a good time to have our squire learn some letters and numbers seeing as there is time in between his beatings, and both a merchant captain and clergy to teach him.How about hanging around with the sister and learn something of healing and talk theology.
>>5455969I vaguely recall some propriety around interacting with female clergy.
>>5455055>>What do you do aboard the Coy Siren for the following week? [Write-in]"What is the Angel guiding me towards?">>5452328literally me frfr
>>5451915Me>>5455055I think education of our companions sounds good teaching our squire about numbers and fey about money.
>>5455055I have a better idea. Write a story about a young knight in his first adventure ask the crew how they want it to unfold.
>>5455055>What do you do aboard the Coy Siren for the following week? [Write-in]Study up on the dragons court and cathargi culture, let's try to minimize looking like a barbarian buffoon.
>>5455032>>5452246>What do you do aboard the Coy Siren for the following week? [Write-in]Have we talked with Sister Ignacius recently? We spend all our time with Father Towbray, its about time we talk to her and maybe get to know some of the pilgrims while helping her with her duties as charity.
>>5455033>>5455034>>5455039>>5455040>>5455043>>5455044>>5455045>>5455060>Swift Sailing [23] +1 Day Progress, Weather +5DC>Swift Sailing [12] +1 Day Progress, Weather +5DC>Swift Sailing [31] +1 Day Progress, Weather +5DC>Slow Sailing [85] +1 Day Progress, Weather -5DC>Slow Sailing [86] +1 Day Progress, Weather -5DC>Slow Sailing [50] +1 Day Progress, Weather -5DC>Swift Sailing [24] +1 Day Progress, Weather +5DCThe Coy Siren – Captain’s LogFenegan, 4th Day of Hastrimun We reached the coastline of Cantôn before midday, a sight that caused no small cheer in the crew but also what I assume to be homesickness in the pilgrim passengers. One hopes that this fair weather continues to remain in our favour.Sendag, 5th Day of Hastrimun A dispute between a pilgrim accusing a sailor of thievery was settled by the Storm Bear before the intervention of myself or my first mate was necessary. Sir Andrei has spoken with me regarding the matter, reimbursing the pilgrim’s missing belonging. A drunk Norsikaan outcast Jorre may be, but he denies the misdeed and there is no proof of the act beyond the accusation of the victim and one other pilgrim. I must side with my crewman in this, but I have none too subtly reminded all of the men that our passengers are not to be mistreated.Sandag, 6th Day of HastrimunWe made good progress today, passing by the Cantôn city of Calais that marks the southern border of their westernmost Duchy. First Mate Yori reports a rumour from the men that the knight’s silent archer was spotted idly tossing coins into the sea from the prow of the ship. It seems peculiar, even by the standards of sailors, but may require some attention. It is his business how much he pays his men, but wanton waste of wealth in front of the crew can prove demoralising if it persists.Monegan, 7th Day of HastrimunThe winds have cooled their heels, but our progress is thankfully not much slowed. We’re frequently passing frequent ships along the coastline almost every day, similar Captain’s that have traded the security of solitude for the sanctuary offered by the numerous coves along this route.I mentioned yesterday’s laughable report to the Cantônian knight concerning his archer’s unique spending habits. I had expected humour but he instead seemed so perturbed by the news he excused his servant boy from today’s exertions to speak with their charge at length. My grasp of the language was not up to the details of their conversation regarding basic barter and economics, but surely even the most backwater Cantôn hamlet has seen a coin at some point?[1/2]
[2/2]Tunegan, 8th Day of HastrimunThe male warrior priest, a knight and a holy man both in their strange custom, has become involved in the archer incident. There are no more reports of skipping coins in the sea waves, instead it seems the archer has become an avid gambler. This shared vice has done much to win them over to the crew. A new rumour has started, as they can be expected, that the archer is in fact a woman in disguise. I’ve asked Yori to encourage the men to refrain from spreading such are harmful rumour, given I understand warrior women as taboo in Cantôn custom as it is in Langland.Wenegan, 9th Day of HastrimunAnother day of ordinary weather, if this takes a turn for the worst we will have to consider taking shelter in one of the many coves. This is not my preferred course, a ship in shelter can also prove to be trapped by a lurking buccaneer.The Cantôn knight was heard to mutter and thrash about in his sleep last night, the noise being heard from his rack in the spare room by the cabin boy on night watch. Apparently, the knight’s servant later refused Yori entry into the cabin, assuring him these fits typically passed quickly. Hardly worth noting in the log, except Yori reports that the knights servant boy had a sheathed sword in his hand when he answered the door.Turnegan, 10th Day of HastrimunThe weather turned for the better. Another week at this rate we should be nearing the Cathagi Strait.I have given yesterday’s entry some thought and decided not to take it any further. Yori is right that barring access, but the Andrei knight is now more a friend than a mere passenger and I will not embarrass by raising his servant boy’s vigilance surrounding his masters troubled sleep. Intriguing but not, I think, a matter that requires further investigation.========================================== https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGyPuey-1Jw&ab_channel=Momratz - Langlish ShantyWeek Three – Cantôn Coastline – Weather Roll> 50DC> Current Progress: 14/56 Days> Sailor Gear +1 Re-RollCritpass (1) = Ocean Bounty.Double Pass (<23) = Gentle Currents. As below, negates any loss this week from Foul Winds.Double Pass (>23) = Fair Winds. Gain +1d6 Days Progress. Ocean Bounty becomes more likely.Pass = Swift Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week increases by 5DC.Fail = Slow Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week decreases by 5DC.Double Fail (<87) = Foul Winds. Lose -1d6 Days progress. Terrible Storm becomes more likely.Double Fail (>87) = Rough Seas. As above, with possible equipment loss/damage and harm to companions. Critfail (100) = Terrible Storm.7 rolls of 1d100, you landlubbers. You have ONE re-roll. There are no adverse re-rolls.Another day on the seas! Another skip along the waves!
Rolled 53 (1d100)>>5456087
Rolled 31 (1d100)>>5456087Dis me>>5451895
Rolled 10 (1d100)>>5456087Please, dude, just 1 crit, it's not even that little of a chance, c'mon
I've noted other suggestions and those that garner support will feature in future log entries For now I am going to say that Jess the Kid's education in the value of money been redirected rather than properly addressed.
Rolled 46 (1d100)>>5456087Rolling.>>5451935me
>>5456086>First Mate Yori reports a rumour from the men that the knight’s silent archer was spotted idly tossing coins into the sea from the prow of the ship.JEEEEEEEEEEEEEES
Rolled 63 (1d100)>>5456087Gambling isn't much better, but we'll help her figure it out.
Rolled 72 (1d100)>>5456087First roll of the thread.It me>>5451938
Who gets the reroll?
Going by the rolls, this is the most by-the book, middle-of-the-road, statistically probable voyage ever>Jess started gambling>Sailors now suspect she's a sheoh god it's getting worse(and funnier)Wonder what's the thrashing at night thing is about. And why Michail had a sword out. Did Emile had a schizo fit or something? We did pick [Insane] at one point, somewhere around anarchy fight.>>5456115let's wait for the last roll first I guess
>>5456115we need one more roll. If we fail, we should probably reroll one of the fails to avoid going below 50 again and get us to 55DC. That's an extra double chance.
I actually think the riskiest part of this voyage was the beginning since the most important is not getting shipwrecked, boarded, or attacked as long as possible. Surely, there will be action towards the later half of this voyage.
Rolled 91 (1d100)>>5452099>>5456087I'm coming in bois, check this 100.
Rolled 60, 100, 11, 57, 69 = 297 (5d100)Testing luck.>>5456115
Oh. Oh no.>>5456123 I should not roll today
>>5456123
Rolled 11 (1d100)>>5456087>>5456105I'll do the reroll this time, otherwise its a waste. Angel guide me.
>>5456129
>>5456129Finally dibs
>>5456129Very nice. Please roll 1d6 for your bonus progress gained.
Rolled 6 (1d6)>>5456129Thank the Almighty. We shave some time off the trip.>>5456135Rollan
>>5456137Reginae Wept, in a rush are we?
>>5456137>>5456142Blessed rolls all around. We must be needed on foreign shores.
>>5456129Praise the Angel and the Almighty!
I love this narrative. We just go from a boring trip to going Speedracer and shaving a whole week off our trip.
We just skipped a whole of rolls and all the risks associated with it. As much as I want oceans bounty I want as many of our pilgrims to survive as possible to we don't look bad to our priest, sailor, or Angel friend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=800k-YmYZ-I>>5456142Felt this was appropriate.
>>5456150we're only gonna be at 26/56, that's still 30 more rolls. The crit is coming
I know but the dice roller is superstitious and positivity helps appease it. did you not see the guy call for 100 and I rolled one immediately after that? Our journey is half over. This nongender-identified person really wants those mermaids.>>5456155
Rolled 2 (1d100)Dice Roller are you appeased?>>5456159
See?>>5456155>>5456159>>5456160
>>5456162>>5456160Don't waste all the good rolls now.
I just rolled critfail. See>>5456123
>>5456128>Emile will never meet Sir Yang and his genius semi circle strategy
We need to roll a 100 and a 1 in the same week for some action stuff, this is boring.
>>5456186This is just for the weather, and we choose the safest route. Wait until we have to cross the straits.
If we were alone we would likely have chosen a different more interesting route but we have a party and the pilgrims so their lives should not be put at undue risk.
>>5456097I am convinced she is actively shitposting Emille
Rolled 21 (1d100)>>5456186I got you
>>5456756Well there's a 1 in there
>>5456086The male warrior priest, a knight and a holy man both in their strange custom, has become involved in the archer incident. There are no more reports of skipping coins in the sea waves, instead it seems the archer has become an avid gambler. This shared vice has done much to win them over to the crew. A new rumour has started, as they can be expected, that the archer is in fact a woman in disguise. I’ve asked Yori to encourage the men to refrain from spreading such are harmful rumour, given I understand warrior women as taboo in Cantôn custom as it is in Langland.after finding out the value of money jess wants as much as possiblegod i hope we get a omake for this lol
Sorry lads, work has me effed up right now. Update hopefully tomorrow.
>>5457205I cry every time
>>5457205RIP us.Hang in there bossman.
>>5456089>>5456090>>5456091>>5456096>>5456105>>5456107>>5456122>>5456129>[53] Slow Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week decreases by 5DC>[31] Swift Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week increases by 5DC>[10] Swift Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week increases by 5DC>[46] Swift Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week increases by 5DC>[11] Gentle Currents. As below, negates any loss this week from Foul Winds (nil Foul Winds, Weather/Bounty DC increase)>[72] Slow Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week decreases by 5DC>[91] Slow Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week decreases by 5DCThe Coy Siren – Captain’s LogFenegan, 11th Day of HastrimunA sail was sighted north of us on the horizon, but was eventually lost in the small gathering of clouds. The winds were ambivalent today, at times blowing against us and at times hurrying us along. Sendag, 12th Day of HastrimunThe northern sail has not been sighted again, we may have left her behind as the winds improved. However, Benicio reports that he believes he saw sails heading away from us to the south. No one else could verify this, and I trust his eyes but the man admits it was far and away from a sure thing. According to him it could have been two ships with single sails, or one larger vessel with two masts. Sandag, 13th Day of HastrimunThe weather continues to hold, we passed a Cathagi tradesman heading north but they kept their distance and did not respond to our flag signals. This would be unusual behaviour for a Langlish or Cantônian vessel, but I am unperturbed by the behaviour of this Cathagi ship. Their captains can be personable enough on the shores, but wary of all while at sea. The writ of the Dragon offers scant practical protection out here.The pilgrims held another service today, I have noticed one or two of the crew joining them lately.Monegan, 14th Day of HastrimunIn other matters, I am not much of a reader and have little material to share with our more gentlemanly passengers despite their requests. Nor is the little I have suitable for gentlemanly eyes either, the language barrier will do little to disguise the pictures. Instead the Storm Bear has had to content himself with questions of myself and other sailors during meals regarding our past visits to Cathagi. He is not the only one, many of the pilgrims are curious of the strange land not one of them have seen before. I have shared what knowledge I have, but I doubt even my verbose descriptions will quite capture the first sight of the Crescent Palace sprawled over that ancient metropolis like a, well, a dragon on its hoard of gold. I am quite hilarious at time.[1/2]
[2/2]Tunegan, 15th Day of HastrimunThe Storm Bear did not join us at breakfast this morning, instead spending two hours on his knees in non-step prayer on the foredeck. This is apparently some penance for a minor transgression of the soul, and the ragged priest watched over him the entire while. I mislike the tradition, a man’s mind should be his own but there was much hushed murmuring among the pilgrims once that winds caught our sails at the end of the knights vigil.The wind carried us along a most favourable current and as our speed continued to build I had the crew take routine measurements. Day and night we never broke less than 6 knots, at this rate we will be around the horn in a matter of days rather than weeks.Wenegan, 16th Day of HastrimunThe weather and currents have cooled their heels, which I found not the least disheartening. Favourable weather such as that can turn sharply into a gale without warning in these parts. We are now at the Cathagi Strait proper, a near a full week ahead of schedule.Turnegan, 17th Day of HastrimunThe heart of the Strait itself looms ahead. There is a mixture of anticipation and nerves among the crew, all the old hands well know that here is where we can expect the worst combined threat of weather and pirates here more than anywhere else.This energy has filtered down to even the pilgrims, not least because of the two waxing moons that should reach their zenith in the coming nights. Bad luck to approach the Straits under a Twin Sister, or so the Cantônians say. The ragged priest is foremost in scoffing at this superstition, and for once he and I are in agreement. I will only abide reassuring superstitions on this ship.================================= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49FWp7WLYKw&ab_channel=piscataquaproduction – Cathagi Strait ThemeWeek Three – Cathagi Strait – Weather Roll> 55DC> Current Progress: 28/56 Days> Sailor Gear +1 Re-Roll> The Strait +3 Adverse Re-RollsCritpass (1-10) = Ocean Bounty.Double Pass (<23) = Gentle Currents. As below, negates any loss this week from Foul Winds.Double Pass (>23) = Fair Winds. Gain +1d6 Days Progress. Ocean Bounty becomes more likely.Pass = Swift Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week increases by 5DC.Fail = Slow Sailing. +1 Day progress. DC next week decreases by 5DC.Double Fail (<87) = Foul Winds. Lose -1d6 Days progress. Terrible Storm becomes more likely.Double Fail (>87) = Rough Seas. As above, with possible equipment loss/damage and harm to companions. Critfail (100) = Terrible Storm.7 rolls of 1d100, mateys. You have ONE re-roll. There are THREE adverse re-rolls.And we’ll ROOLLLLLL THE OLD CHARIOT ALONG
Rolled 9 (1d100)>>5458419I assume given the amount of rolls anyone can roll in this, even if we rolled last time?Angel, bless thy dice>>5451895
Rolled 64 (1d100)>>5458419Angel please bounty
Rolled 86 (1d100)>>5458419Roll 100!Linkback:>>5452733
>>5458421Yes, no requirement for new rolls on these more compound tests.
Rolled 37 (1d100)>>5458419>>5452158 mig
>>5458421Also NOICE, sea bounty ho.
>>5458421>9very nice that's our holy number right?
Rolled 95 (1d100)>>5458419>>5451935me
>>5458434>>5458432Blessed be, the Angel hears the call of the pure and righteous
>>5458432Will you roll the adverse re-roll against the 9 or will it being technically a critpass protect it?
Rolled 88 (1d100)>>5458419Give me a SECOND Ocean Bounty.
Rolled 7 (1d100)>>5458419>>5451913Here I am and WE'LL ROLL THE OLD CHARIOT
>>5458440I think I've established a tradition of adverse re-rolls being used against the highest passes first, so the 9 is safe. I don't know if I'd consider it immune if it was your only pass though. I'll have to go back and check whether I explicitly said it is effectively a double due to VISIONS.
Rolled 41 (1d100)>>5458419We are soaring along.>>5458421Oh very nice. 9 is our lightning double, or was it 22? I remember them both being special.
>>5458444>Double Fail (>87) = Rough Seas. As above, with possible equipment loss/damage and harm to companions.God NO!
>>5458444Oh. I see.
Rolled 85 (1d100)>>5458430Using the first adverse re-roll to counter this [37] results.
>>5458450You didn't ask the angel for a blessing anon. That was very unchill of you
>>54584512 more adverce rerolls to rid us of those ocean bounties and leave us completely fucked, let's go
>>5458454nah they are bot crits since the range is expanded, think we are going to be okay.. hopefully
>>5458451How do adverse re-rolls work? Roll high or roll low? Was this 85 enough to defeat our roll?
You voted to make 9 also count as a double-pass. While 22 offers no additional mechanical I find it fun to involve Angelic inspiration where appropriate if it crops up.I think the 8 AND 9 should technically be protected by the crit-pass immunity, as I have extended it in this roll thanks to your earlier successAlso I think it's more interesting! Especially the one right after the 88 results.As it stands, I can't use my two remaining adverse re-rolls. If your re-roll (should you use it) make another success out of the fails so far, I might challenge it.
>>5458458they simply change the roll result to the new one
>>5458458It's based on the same DC, so low is better for you in all rolls, including my adverse attempts to reverse your success.
Rolled 35 (1d100)>>5458428 Re-rolling my failed roll then
>>5458459*7 and 9I'll take a little break while you guys weigh up whether you want to chance your re-roll, but when I return I'll likely call a vote for how these Ocean Bounty results might be crafted.
>>5458459>Especially the one right after the 88 results.storm washes us over to treasure or something? Maybe to the shipwreck stuck on a rock. Maybe there's a feral crew member living there, eating crabs for the last year he was stuck there
>>5458464>>5458463We got a live one here.
>>5458464Will we also be rolling for equipment/companion damage from the 88 right now?
Rolled 28 (1d100)Oh, disregard he's going for it!>>5458463Poseidon spits at thee, anon!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8yeo32thiI&ab_channel=NadirNorthandor
Rolled 69 (1d100)>>5458463>>5458472Let's try it again, one last flap of the ol' mermaids tail to reverse your lucky fates thus far.
>>5458470>>5458472Actually, since the 9 counts as a double pass and is less than 23, the loss from foul winds (double fail) is negated right?
>>5458476bad, but also SEX
>>5458476>mermaids tail gets 69
>>5458476Damn mermaids! Them and their sexy numbers.
>>5458477>the loss from foul winds88 is called rough seas and it doesn't get negated
>>5458476>Sex rollWe better bump lewdly into the Nun or the elf when the storm rocks the boat. Cop a feel or two.
>mermaid shows her pussy to distract the crew
>>5458481It is also a double under 23 for "gentle currents", whether that cancel out is for Forgotten to decide though.
>>5458484They'd be separate days I would assume
>>5458484proabbly happens on differing days
>>5458484>Double Pass (<23) = Gentle Currents. As below, negates any loss this week from Foul Winds.cancels>Double Fail (<87) = Foul Winds. Lose -1d6 Days progress. Terrible Storm becomes more likely.but not>Double Fail (>87) = Rough Seas. As above, with possible equipment loss/damage and harm to companions.That;s my understanding of the rules at least
>>5458421Please roll +1d6 for days gained.>>5458444Please roll +1d6 for days lost.>>5458482+3 Thorn points, knigga.>>5458477......The more I think about your argument the angrier I get, because it makes a lot of sense and you are technically correct that the 9 should be a double pass (as the earlier vision vote said -always-) and a crit-pass in the situation. But thankfully I get to have my cake and eat it because the 88 is technically a Rough Seas results, not a Foul Winds result. In this rare instance, I'm going to rule that the 9 should receive the more powerful of the two results, rather than compound with both. >>5458495This anon has the right of it, but as a nod to your point and admiration of loophole rules lawyering, I will grant the +1d6 days gained. ===========================What form shall the multiple Ocean Bounty results take?> Separate, unique results. Flavour is Key. [x2 Ocean Bounty]> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]
>>5458495So I guess we just get to subtract the difference between gains and losses then. 1d6-1d6 days of travel gained/lost.
Rolled 1 (1d6)>>5458500Copy that boss, rolling for days gained> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]>>5451895Me
>>5458500>> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]ooo BiG shiny>>5452008me
>>54585021 day gained. I have failed. I should have asked the angel for a blessing
Rolled 1 (1d6)
Rolled 49 (1d100)>>5458500>Please roll +1d6 for days lost.
>>5458506perfectly balcanced
>>5458507That's uh... a lot of days lost there anon, you wanna try again?
>>5458500> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]One really nice thing from the depths would be cool.
Rolled 6 (1d6)>>5458507Please forgive me, I have brainrot
>>5458512
>>5458512Big F.
>>5458500>> Separate, unique results. Flavour is Key. [x2 Ocean Bounty]very eventful Strait crossing
>>5458512Of course, the Angel sped us up to catch this storm and receive the Ocean's bounty to aid us on our quest. We were never meant to get to Cathagi faster, obviously.
>>5458500>A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]So... Since the Rough Seas disadvantage has not been negated, do we roll/vote for equipment and crew damage? I think the appropriate course of action combined with that 69 adverse re-roll is that the mermaid showing her bussy casts a spell of lust on us and we get a good feel of the Nun (overnight vote on tits or ass) then she gets angry and knees us in the balls for it. (Roll for permanent/temporary damage. Critfail- no more babies, critpass - we orgasm)What do you guys think?
>>5458518no horny, anon!
Rolled 70, 45 = 115 (2d100)>>5458518I kind of want to make this >>5458512 anon rolls for it. At this rolling rate we'll lose fucking Mikail to a shark or something.But that would be cruel.=======================The first roll is which effect we see, the second is the severity of the injury / value of the damage or lost item.1-50: Equipment Loss51-100: Companion Injury
>>5458500> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]I like big loot I cannot lie.>>5458512tbf senpai, this knigga (>>5458506) rolled before you and his IP was validated two posts prior. So technically we're fine.If we're not, we basically lost the days we gained in the previous round. It's not the end of the world.>>5452021Me
Alright, not so bad. A companion will be considered INJURED status for the remainder of the voyage. I've not included the pilgrims as they will suffer seperately.Alright anon, one last roll... >>54585201d41: Mikail of Andryski2: Jess the Kid3: Brother Marcel Rousseau4: Orin
Rolled 3 (1d4)>>5458526>>5451913Misery, pain even.
>>5458524I'm afraid I was requesting the specific anons that rolled the result to follow up, apologies if I was not clear.If they were slack in doing so I would have opened up the roll to others.
>>5458527Is there anyone we won't have killed via drowning at this point?
Rolled 2 (1d4)>>5458524>tbf senpai, this knigga (>>5458506) rolled before you and his IP was validated two posts prior. So technically we're fine.Nah, I rolled the 88, Forgotten said I roll the lost days>>5458526oh fuck
>>5458530Ooooh, alright then. I thought about it, but I thought you were just enforcing the NO HORNY statement.
I've got to call it a night anons, I will try to get an update out tomorrow but it is looking to be a very busy day. One way or another I will let you know.
>>5458521How many Thorn Points would I get for saying that I don't mind this result because it saved our masterwork armor...?>>5458527Being a Rousseau is suffering indeed.
>>5458532OH GOD. KID AGAIN. AAAAAAAAA
>>5458532NOOOOO NOT THE ELF FUCK
Man, how the fuck do we hide the fact that elf is in fact female(and ELF) when she's injured?Well, maybe it's not bed-ridden for days kind of injury. Maybe she can just hide in a hole and regenerate or something
> Emile lived through Fallavon Vietnam> Jess traumatized by Cathagi BermudaThis is getting more and more amusing.
>>5458542We should offer her the warmth and comfort of our bed. Cuddling is always better for recovery and our big Bear energy will pass on to her. It will also help in hiding the fact that she's an elf. :)
>>5458547Emile is for Lady Vancewell only!
>>5458500> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]cthulhu fhtagn or bust! It's interesting our passage is this rough l, not that I mind I find it interesting more than anything as a change from simple land travel.>>5451882Ye old v post
Forgotten are you going to paying the $8/month to be verified?
>>5458547Begone Elf lover! Back to thy shithole fallavon with the rest of you're rednecks!
Anyone want to discuss what the want from a powerful ocean's bounty?I'm hoping for an artifact from the time of the brothers like we found when we did the lantern quest. Perhaps a sea beast fang that can be fashioned into a magic-resistant sword. A treasure map. Or maybe even a mysterious wish-granting talking fish. Who knows.
>>5458546It's because they both have snakes.
I kind of like the idea of stealing a powerful artifact from the sea and the sea itself rising against us in anger seeking to reclaim its treasure.
>>5458696>A treasure mapEVEN MORE QUEST HOOKS WOOO
>>5458696Thorny pragmatist says moneyLovecraft reader says Cthulhu/Dagon reference Lootbro says a single leviathans scale that can be made into a shield.
>>5458709>Lootbro says a single leviathans scale that can be made into a shield.Holy shit I didn't even thought about it
>>5458712On the other hand our shield is already masterwork. Maybe an ominous reference/ploot hook about fish people would be cooler.
How cool would it be to come across one of Adam's writing instruments or a dagger wielded by Cain himself. If we possessed something that cements our legitimacy as an avatar of the divine then we will have no problem gaining living saint status. >>5458709
What we need is a sword or some sort of blessing that boosts our sword skills to the same cheating level as our armor.
>>5458718Our shield is not masterwork, our armour is.
Ocean's Bounty Rewards:Adam option - shield made from a Leviathan's scales to protect the weakCain option - sword made from a Leviathan's fangs to smite the wickedThorn option - mermaid waifuPick your poison.
I also love the idea of whatever we get being inside a worn treasure chest that is washed aboard our ship or literally falls from the sky when we are praying asking for a sign that we are just and righteous. That 9 has significant meta meaning so whatever we get their should be some Angel action. Maybe it whispers to us where to look or what the thing we find is.
>>5458732A sick new sword would be great right about now since we lost ours killing the Inferni sorcerer. It would be a roundabout way to have the Angel return what was lost in defense of an innocent.
>>5458730yeah, ok, I checked and it's a heater shild with our coat of arms on it. It's still good enough I think, a tier above the normal shield.I wonder if sipar shields are a thing in this universe. We are heading south after all
>>5458500> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]Verily >>5451930
>>5458500>> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]beeeg bounty
>>5458500> Separate, unique results. Flavour is Key. [x2 Ocean Bounty]veri:>>5451879
>>5458500>A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]>>5451922Me
>>5458500> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]as for ideas maybe ancient piece of drift wood? like old piece of banner or something.or maybe a trail piece of a old lost ship carried by a current that if we won't follow now chance will pass >>5451915muh og post
>>5458500>Separate, unique results. Flavour is Key. [x2 Ocean Bounty]
>>5458500> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]>>5452206ID
>>5458500> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]>>5451894verification
>>5458500> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]OG post>>5452503
>>5458500> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]>>5452050The V post
>>5458511>>5458500>>5452246Can't forget the V-Card
>Single big Ocean Bounty Boost>Occurs during/following 6 days of rough seas and stormy waves>Fae Companion injured
>>5459209no THORNY BAD BAD
>>5458500> A single, powerful result. Ocean Gains Get. [Boost Ocean Bounty]>>5453438meeee how eggciting
>>5459209Is this where we learn Fish people and Fae are natural enemies?
I am in TERMINAL NEED for some elfussy bouncing on my rapier n'am sayyin?
>>5459251Go to horny jail
>>5459246The Bounty actually lands on Jess, knocking her into next month. She'll be counting Griffinhawks for weeks.>>5459253BAD
>>5459251I too wish to hold hands with the fae
>>5459267oh hey ID change>>5451952me
Sorry lads, halfway through the update draft but couldn’t get it out tonight as my eyelids get heavy. Will have it for you in the morning.
>>5459533understandablewe shall hibernate until tomorrow
>>5458743A moded sipar shield would be a complete captain Canton move.
>>5459246You fae sure are a contentious people.
>>5459533Also I feel like I should ask, but what happens if we get enough fails to drop our travel DC to 0? It can enter a death spiral.
>>5460118We still keep progressing, but all doubles become Dangerous.
>>5460119Unless I'm missing something, there's no way to get out of the hole. Barring a hidden minimum DC, of course.
Monegan, 21st Day of Hastrimun, 883 A.C.E. – The Cathagi Strait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfH7NnA50JU&ab_channel=Commack – Rough SeasYou stumble across the ships hold, trying not to step on any of the pilgrims huddled across the floor. Captain Alfonso Verdicci has claimed that this is not enough a particularly bad storm, but it’s been enough for him to turn back from their attempt at the Strait in the hope of finding shelter. Well, it feels bad enough to you.The water trickles and drips everywhere overhead, there is not a dry spot in the hold. Your shirt and breeches are soaked through, and have been for days. Everyone else is the same. You pass Mikail is leant over a bucket, retching. He may as well not bother with the bucket, it’s full of sick and seawater as is and slopping over onto the floor with every jolting wave. Beside him Orin stares vacantly at the beam in front of him, too rattled to sleep and too tired to be sick again. Even Hannibal has lost his feisty temper, and is reduced to a shrunken miserably neighing figure at the rear of the hold. The storm had upset him terribly, and your poor steed had to be restrained with rope and hooded lest he harm himself or another. The stench is… atrocious. But a breath of fresh air is far from the reason you climb up the stairs from the hold, gripping the railing tightly as the ship heaves and groans.It takes an effort of will to force the door open, and upon success the noise of the hold suddenly shifts into a deafening cacophony as you reach the main deck. A wave directly ahead takes up your whole vision, blotting out the horizon. For a moment you fear you’ve reached the deck only just in time to witness the whole ship go under, but at what feels the last second the Coy Siren clears the crest to safety. Another massive plummet and heave of the ship follows, you have to grip the doorway with both hands to avoid being thrown out facefirst into the wood of the deck.Brother Marcel Rousseau claps a rough hand on your shoulder, grabbing your attention. Even if the man were permitted to speak, his words would be lost in the two feet between you under this howling gale. But the length of rope in his hand held out toward you says more than enough. The few hardy sailors permitted above deck to tend to the most essential operational parts of the ship must all wear these lifelines that should prevent them being swept overboard in these rough seas. You thank the holy knight for his aid, tying up your own link away from a watery grave before turning your attention back to the deck and shouting up at the lone figure aloft in rigging.“JEESSSS!” Your bellow is reduced to a whisper in the howling wind and thundering waves, directed at the one figure above deck not secured by a rope lifeline. “WHAT IN THE PIT ARE YOU DOING?!”[1/5]
“He na- cuin! Tur- cin ú- mel hen, gwanur firen?” You’ve never heard Jess the Kid shout before, and her voice carries surprisingly well in a haunting tone over the fierce winds. You cannot tell if the Fae archer is shouting at your or the wind but she seems… joyous? Utterly mad, these Fae are. “Tur- cin ú- nifred hen? He na- sui cuin sui i calen glad!”“JEESSSS!” You try again, not just because you made a promise to safeguard her on her journey outside of Fallavon but also because in your own way you’ve gotten attached to the little wildling. “GET DOWN HERE! RIGHT! NOW!”To your astonishment your Fae archer gives you a friendly wave and begins to clamber down. You’re just about ready to breathe a sigh of relief when the rumble of thunder echoes, and a familiar tingle creeps up the fading scars of your stigmata. Not pain or fear, but a sense of eerie familiarity. The crack of lightning is momentarily disorientating, and it coincides with a mighty wave striking the Coy Siren full on the side. The force of the impact and the volume of the water sweeping the deck sends everyone and everything flying. Including the Fae archer still halfway up the rigging.[2/5]
You scramble to your feet as the water ebbs, running forward. She’s usually so sure on her feet, like a cat, but there is little she can do in the face of the ocean’s fury when flung from the rigging into the boom of the mainsail. You hear the slap of the impact as the archer hits the landing with none of her usual grace, falling limply from the boom into your waiting arms below. It’s like catching a bundle of twigs, with no weight to the unconscious bale in your hold. The light around you darkens and you look up just in time to see another wave, the biggest yet, loom terribly high above you. The Coy Siren does not clear the crest on this one, and the white water flings you away with all the merciless momentum of a Montbrun avalanche. In that half-second of sweeping wash you feel your hip hit the railing and suddenly realise you’re overboard. The lifeline around your waist goes taut and you pull your head rears above the rough water, Jess thankfully still in your grasp. Water is in your eyes and the world seems to be in constant motion, but you can make out that your up against the side of ship to your right shoulder. The lifeline tugs and tugs, bit by bit you find yourself lifted out of the roiling waves. Looking up you see that your saviour is none other than Brother Marcel Rousseau, white Comitas cloak flapping in the wind and arms bulging as he gradually lifts you up with a herculean effort. A prayer of heartfelt thanks is still on your lips, whispered to the Almighty and the holy knight both, when the rope snaps. The last thing you see before being plunged into the churning white water is the outreached hand and look of distraught agony on Brother Rousseau’s face. [3/5]
Brother Rousseau with the save
>>5460148>>5460153Holy fuck I'm at the edge of my seat reading this.
Unknown Day of Hastrimun, 883 A.C.E. – The Cathagi StraitConsciousness returns to you with all the velvet softness of a mallet to the skull. You explode out of the water, arms splashing as you somehow retch and gulp for air at once. You find yourself waist deep on a rocky shore, the seas are still rough but the waves are merely causing you to stumble at this depth rather than plunge you underwater between each breath. With a start you realise that your arms are empty, you can't remember when she slipped out of your grasp...“JEESSS!!” You stumble out of the waves, scanning the shoreline of this rocky outcrop. “JEES-”There! A limp figure lying prone in the gravel further up the shoreline. You dash over, as best as your exhausted frame can manage, relieved to see the mask of the Fae splutter and spill sea water out when you turn them over. You look around for some sparse cover from the elements. Further inland on this rocky islet is a spire jutting out of the seas like a fingernail in the ocean. You have to squint against the howling wind and flicking rain, but you could swear there is something like a cave in the side of the cliff face. You look around, seeing nothing but rough seas and tumbling waves to either side of the islet. It doesn’t appear that you have a lot of options.………It takes quite a while for the sparse driftwood you gathered to dry out enough to light and get a fire going, but the effort pays dividends in the end. Jess the Kid is still shivering, but she does shuffle closer to the burning warmth as the storm rages outside. At least she’s conscious now, albeit utterly miserable. You decide against blaming her for your misfortune in being swept overboard, it will do little good to blame the snapping of the lifeline on your only remaining companion for the present. Perhaps the Coy Siren will sail by when the seas calm in a day or two, perhaps she has already passed and it is in the Almighty’s hands whether you are picked up by charitable sailors or opportunistic slavers. Mayhap the currents have taken you far out any shipping lane and your fate is to live off fish and clams for the rest of your natural life, or shorter if dehydration sets in. Best to not dwell on such things, especially where immediate survival is the more pressing issue. Despite your own chill, you ensure Jess get’s the lion’s share of the warmth offered by the fire. But it is not the cold that makes the hairs on your neck stand up and cause you to look behind you, further into the gloomy cave that you have crawled into for shelter. [4/5]
[5/5]“Stay here, Jess.” You have neither sword, nor shield nor master-work armour to aid you against if any sea denizen that might have made this place it’s lair. You are cold and tire, your throat parched with thirst. You are as ill-armed against man or beast as you could possibly imagine. But better to know a thing, than to live in fear of a thing. =====================================> The etchings are faded with time but unmistakably in the ancient Cathagi dialect. Mankind was here once, long ago. Hundreds of years, when the Brothers still walked the earth. [Ocean Bounty]> There is a glimmer of strange light ahead, and an eerie echo emanating from the cavern walls. It almost sounds like women singing. [Ocean Bounty]> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]
>>5460163lore, mermaids, or loot?
>>5460163Ah shit. Adam and Cain age loot, Mermaid pussy or Black sails lorethat's a hard one
>>5460121I know, but we’ll still make days of progress, so we just need to last until the journey’s end.There probably is a minimum and maximum DC though.
>>5460163> The etchings are faded with time but unmistakably in the ancient Cathagi dialect. Mankind was here once, long ago. Hundreds of years, when the Brothers still walked the earth. [Ocean Bounty]>>5451975 verify
>>5460163>> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]
For me the decision is between the Adam and Cain age loot and Black sails loot. A&C loot is fine, it will draw in even more attention to us from the pilgrims but that is not a bad thing in itself, just awkward. It even might shine some light on the Brothers. Maybe a cool relic from ancient times that could be anything. The Black sails loot on the other hand is a big mystery box that might give us clues about them and their actual nature but it might be bad juju or just perceive as bad juju by the sailors. Or it might be a sick ass monster scale to turn into a shield or a tooth to carve into a sword.Hard choice
>>5460163> The etchings are faded with time but unmistakably in the ancient Cathagi dialect. Mankind was here once, long ago. Hundreds of years, when the Brothers still walked the earth. [Ocean Bounty]For the Almighty and the Glory of Mankind!
>>5460189>>5452246Damn it, I keep forgetting. V-card attached.
>>5460163> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty>>5452008ME
>>5460163> The etchings are faded with time but unmistakably in the ancient Cathagi dialect. Mankind was here once, long ago. Hundreds of years, when the Brothers still walked the earth. [Ocean Bounty]As always, I want to know more
>>5460163>>5460207Ah, yes, verification. >>5452206
>>5460163>> The etchings are faded with time but unmistakably in the ancient Cathagi dialect. Mankind was here once, long ago. Hundreds of years, when the Brothers still walked the earth. [Ocean Bounty]
>>5460163> The etchings are faded with time but unmistakably in the ancient Cathagi dialect. Mankind was here once, long ago. Hundreds of years, when the Brothers still walked the earth. [Ocean Bounty]>>5451895Shit that was a tough choice. Great write up too. Have to have that ancient lore though
>>5460163>Pre adam civilisation>Siren>13 steps like the 13 passages of the ruins and Black sailsHoly shit its a pickle of a choice.
>>5460163> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]Mystery spooky box.>>5451898
>>5460163Tbh I'm interested in the Cathagi loot too, but we've already seen some Ancient Forbidden Lore from the time of the Brothers already, and with how the Sons of Sin seem central or at least strongly connected to the Faction war, I'm betting we'll uncover more about them and that period later on. We don't concretely know shit about the Black Sails yet, and I've had an absolutely RAGING hard-on for learning about them whenever we've had the chance. This is a big, big opportunity to learn about them in a way that we might not get again, so I simply have to vote for > A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]>>5452095This is my verification, I hope my ID hasn't changed or anything because I'm very invested in this vote
>>5460163>> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]OG post>>5452503
>>5460163> The etchings are faded with time but unmistakably in the ancient Cathagi dialect. Mankind was here once, long ago. Hundreds of years, when the Brothers still walked the earth. [Ocean Bounty]
>>5460417>>>5451886Forgot vcardTHJG2A
>>5460163>> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]verification:>>5451879
>>5460163> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]I'm still mad we wasted the cursed blade of the wizard, this is our next best chance at some dark loot. verily >>5451930
>>5460163> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]>>5451915Me.I would vote for siren. I imagine if we could get her as temporary companion for this journey we could get more in long term far more even. But I don't see support for it and interest in black sails is strong.
>>5460163> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]As much as A&C lore interests me, we are going to Cathagi. I'm sure we can find plenty of hidden stuff there.Meanwhile, Black Sails are less known and perhaps we might discover if they're tied to the Tragedy of Ardenne or not.>>5452021Pass.
>>5460487mermaid pussy is temporaryforbidden lore is eternal
>>5452176Me>>5460163> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]Could 13 be an Adam/Cain reference? Tying in the black sails to Cain's departure voyage?
>>5460507Unlikely. For an adam and cain relic, it would likely be 7, not 13.
>>5460163>> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]me >>5453748
>>5460163>> The etchings are faded with time but unmistakably in the ancient Cathagi dialect. Mankind was here once, long ago. Hundreds of years, when the Brothers still walked the earth. [Ocean Bounty]I'm not touching the sirens>>5451922Me
>>5460508Unless it predates the suppression of the ruins cult.
Or at least potentially anyway given we lack theological timestamps outside of the major historical events
>>5452666Me>>5460163>There is a glimmer of strange light ahead, and an eerie echo emanating from the cavern walls. It almost sounds like women singing. [Ocean Bounty]
>>5460533Based coomer
>>5460538Mermaid pussy is once in a lifetime opportunity. Lore? Who cares about some long dead people.
>>5460541You are the worst kind of copper clipper, you deserve nothing
>>5460163> The etchings are faded with time but unmistakably in the ancient Cathagi dialect. Mankind was here once, long ago. Hundreds of years, when the Brothers still walked the earth. [Ocean Bounty]Tough choice but I'll go with primordial humanity over black sails since we have another lead on that if we want to follow that.In before Deep ones ruins>>5460541Theirs a reason it's once in a lifetime, mostly because we'd likely die trying.>>5460112cin gui tavnen coth an coi!>>5451882talcanya!
>>5460163>> The etchings are faded with time but unmistakably in the ancient Cathagi dialect. Mankind was here once, long ago. Hundreds of years, when the Brothers still walked the earth. [Ocean Bounty]>>5451952me
So as much as I like the idea of learning more about the brothers and pushed for an artifact the simple fact is in character I think we going towards the Witch Hunter angel and knowing how badly that magic fight could have gone (permanent mutations, limbs reduced to ash, etc...) any edge we can gain to better understand and fight the enemy is sorelly needed. That and we already know where to get forbidden lore (from the ruins and the fae) what we don't know is magic. Hell we don't even know that silver weapons blessed by a priest may help. So I vote. >> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]Know the witch. Hate the witch.I am me.>>5451938
>>5460163> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]THIS WAS KINO. God, all of these are so tempting, but it's either this or the forbidden lore. Whatever we pick, it's time to make our raging holy shizophrenia worse.>>5451913My og post
We are about to go from PTSD war night terrors to the kind of nightmares only things mortal minds were not meant to understand bring. I am starting to think there is a very good reason why all the magic users we have met so far have looked like shit and were insane as fuck. I dont know how the magic system differs here from Black Company but what I know from that is likely originates from pacts with non-human entities. So we might be getting a devil to go with our shoulder angel.>>5460583
>>5460587The pet mage of the Order of names seemed sane enough from our brief conversation.
Fair. But we still don't know anything about magic and its possible that the order of names had ways to weaken the costs of magic or that that one was not particularly powerful. I think its more likely the stronger the mage the greater the damage on the body, mind, and soul is.>>5460592
>>5460163> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]>>5452265My v postings
>>5460582My bad. Did not link back.>>5460163Captcha. DRRNKS (drink the lore)
Is there a chance for a double update today?
An Andrie spoon for babes.
>>5460587>So we might be getting a devil to go with our shoulder angel.based
>>5460587Can't wait to become the insane holy knight we were meant to become since the SoS in that dark place.>>5460637Yooooo, you're the anon who mentioned he does carving. Very cool.
>>5460649yesss, get rescued after months as a half-mad bearded hermit! And Jess will be our jungle wife!
>>5460656Go to horny jail
>>5460163The etchings are faded with time but unmistakably in the ancient Cathagi dialect. Mankind was here once, long ago. Hundreds of years, when the Brothers still walked the earth. [Ocean Bounty]>>5452582Verify
>>5460159>>5460207>>5460208Upon further consideration, I have changed my mind. Apologies about the ID change, mobile-posting is a bitch.> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]
>>5460163> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]>>5452050Mysteries to solve!
>>5460163> The etchings are faded with time but unmistakably in the ancient Cathagi dialect. Mankind was here once, long ago. Hundreds of years, when the Brothers still walked the earth. [Ocean Bounty]>>5453438T'is me! There is more to the story of Cain and Adam, more than you know
>>5460163>The etchings are faded with time but unmistakably in the ancient Cathagi dialect. Mankind was here once, long ago. Hundreds of years, when the Brothers still walked the earth. [Ocean Bounty]>>5455440V card
>>5460163>> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]damn thats some good shit>>5452328me :) also Jess my beloved <3
>>5460163> A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]ME >>5452760
>SELECTED: A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty]Alrighty then, going for the spiciest choice I see.Despite this being the weekend thing IRL have piled up, I'm not going to be able to squeeze in a proper update tonight. Sorry to tease you anons but I want to do this scene justice rather than a rushed update.
>>5461426Oh no
>>5460148>“He na- cuin! Tur- cin ú- mel hen, gwanur firen?”What language on google translate should I be running this through anyway? If any.
>>5461564From what I remember the Fae speak borrows some actual translatable words from... I think Gaelic, but a majority of the words don't end up being translated, so we kinda have to intuit the meaning of what gets said based on what does get translated. If you go back through the archived threads where we go to the fae Enclave and try and translate it there, you'll see what I mean.
>>5461564Personally I've been working with than tolkien elvish online dictionary but it's hard wrangling.
>>5461594As for the contents therein as translated through largely elvish Sindarin and scraps of occasional Quenya>"He na- cuin! Tur- cin ú- mel hen, gwanur firen?"He/she also alive! master/control you not love this kinsman human?>"Tur- cin ú- nifred hen? He na- sui cuin sui i calen glad!"Control/master you not fear this? He/she be like alive like that/the green wood.So Jess likes the storm because its feels alive like Fallavon? Interesting.
I just want more socials with the quirked up elf nerd bros ....
>>5461842me too knigga>pic rel is Emile looking at Jess while not understanding anything she is saying
Hey lads, no update tonight but I have cleared tomorrow to make this update worth it and the rest of the week looks good.
>>5463055i cri everi time
>>5463055This is why Fallavon must be destroyed.
>>5463055Rest in pepperonis
>>5463055Why would the fae do this?
Mr. President, a second "No update tonight" has hit the StV thread
We better get a few steps in Path of Thorns for choosing the black magic option instead of the Adam and Cain artefact. Like keeping the sorcerer's blade was clearly a Thorn option.Also, no update again. Forgotten literally gets hit with the QM curse whenever he tries to write it, because we chose the forbidden option.
>SELECTED: A single tarnished piece of metal dangles from the ceiling in front of you, rusted beyond recognition. 13 stones show the way ahead, each one marked with a sail painted as black as night. [Ocean Bounty] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBN56wL35IQ&ab_channel=ASN The first black sail is picture perfect, as fine a depiction of the terrible omen as done by any artist you might find in the places of culture at Court. A particularly morbid one, perhaps, and struggling to work with the raw materials to hand but talented nonetheless. You can even make out the ‘crew’, shaded figures standing silently at the edge of the ship’s railing and staring straight at you. Sink.The second depiction on the standing stone is somewhat cruder, or at least more abstract. The sail in this now does resemble a fin, gossamer filaments of night spreading out like the sea monsters Sir von Rhum described. Even beneath your growing dread, the inconsistency from the depiction on the last stone niggles at you. All sorts of rumours abound as to the nature of the Black Sails, from haunted undead crews to a monster of flesh and blood but incompressible size. Certainly they cannot both be true, such an answer makes no sense. Sink. Deep.With start you realise that the depictions of these Black Sails are getting gradually poorer in quality, as if their completion was rushed at the time of creation or selectively vandalised at a later date. The second to last pylon is the messiest yet, but you can make out what appears to be dark hooded figures leaving their smaller black sails to crowd around the central giant sail. As if to attack it. Or in worship. The ‘sail’ on this last obelisk is little more than a daubed streak of pitch hurriedly smeared across the rockface. The stone is cracked, riven straight down the middle as if it were split by a giant.Sink. Deep. Into. [1/3]
>>5463959Well now this update is cursed...
You stumble over what appears to be a stone fireplace, the spit wood that use to rest over it having long rotted away leaving a rusty kettle sitting in the remains. Some small items of clay surround it, little more than shards in the gravel. Further on there are slots carved into the rockface, but if they are tombs then they are without occupants. No, not tombs then. Buried men have no need for fireplaces and pottery. They must be beds, half-a-dozen of them plus one. So. Men must have once lived here. Not many, this desolate rock was never home to even a miserable hamlet or neolithic tribe. But a few. And perhaps, judging from the spartan comforts to hand, not for very long at a time. There is nothing to indicate whether they were dedicated hermits, or were rotated out. Like lighthouse keepers. A remote guard post, perhaps. Or jailors.Seek. Deep. Into. The. The fate of these men becomes clear enough as you step into a yawning cavern, your torchlight illuminating little and the thin light from same source elsewhere from outside reflection doing little more. What is apparent is that you stand at the edge of a vast pool. The water here could be impossibly deep or barely reach the shin. In the thin light you cannot tell, and you have no intention of dipping your toe in to find out. The glint of metal on the ceiling in the flitting light from above catches your eye and causes you to look up. It is not a comforting sight. Some just show the slightest sign of tarnish on the silver. Others are so rusted they are little more than strings of dangling scrap metal. What strikes you most is not their varied conditions, but the variety of sizes. Some are as fine and delicate as a noblewoman’s necklace; others are as enormous as the cast iron links used to block off Port Bounty from seaward attacks. Small fortunes in weight alone but for their ruined condition. But the one thing these chains all have is that they are broken, hanging limp and loose from the cavern ceiling like the cut strings of a puppet master.The wary tension that started as a prickling feeling on the back of your neck has now evolved to include sinking feeling deep in your gut. The chains would have held something suspended over the water in this cavern How large you cannot say, but something terrible was one chained here. The wards the once kept it from being set loose on the world have been broken. And they have been broken for some time. Seek. Deep. Into. The. ABYSS. [2/3]
[3/3]The remains of the thing’s jailors, for that is what you suspect them to have been, are strewn all around the shoreline. Long reduced to bone and rags, ascertaining the precise nature of their fate is a fool’s errand. You count six of them, though the pulverized nature of their centuries-old corpses makes this a guess at best. You may be far from a proper Praetor yet, but you can at least deduce these men did not die natural deaths. To the contrary, their ends even on the little you have to go on appear to have been incredibly violent. The shocking impacts of whatever killed them are still evident in some places, much the same as a charging Abenach River Troll might leave a rough impression of the armoured knight it crushed into the cliff-face. There is precious little insight as to the nature of the men or their terrible charge from any of the corpses, except perhaps the one most intact lying against the wall next to the corridor that leads back the way you came. The last man to fall, or perhaps the first.Every single bone in his body is broken, splintered to such a fine degree you have to consider whether it was not a dissimilar spell to the witchcraft you saw cast back in Langland. But unlike in Langland the body has not scattered into the rain, instead resting in the dark where it first fell. The rag cloth around their shoulders is so desiccated it offers no insight as to the original colour or origin that might indicate and allegiance. But you can tell that he wore some kind of armour, the remains of it mixed in with the bone and barely single piece intact beyond the size of an apple. But even that little is enough to tell you that the armour this man was tell the man at the time of his death wore armour that was out of fashion as many as two centuries ago. Perhaps even three.The crackle of lightning sends a stirring reflection about the room momentarily, illuminating the haunting scene. But it is not the countless dangling chains that catches your eye this time. You hold your torch aloft…=====================>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]>Aloft behind fallen body, untouched by anything other than dust. An August Banner depicting the Brother Cain. Or Adam. Or… someone else entirely... The figure bears a crown of thorns, weeping tears of blood and holding aloft a spear chained by silver into his hand. [The Banner]>Beside the remains is a wooden chest, so thoroughly rotted you need not even break it upon. But its contents are untouched. Miraculously, the paper at a side glance seems in worn but otherwise likely legible condition. The cover of the Tome is locked with a key you do not have, and likely written in a language you cannot read. [The Book]
>>5463972>AbyssOH CRAPBASKETS
>>5463980A Son of Sin?>Aloft behind fallen body, untouched by anything other than dust. An August Banner depicting the Brother Cain. Or Adam. Or… someone else entirely... The figure bears a crown of thorns, weeping tears of blood and holding aloft a spear chained by silver into his hand. [The Banner]Well I guess we know what the Path of Thorns is named for, if not who.>>5451961
Oh god no, this is impossible. I fucking love though that we got more SoS stuff. This was another jail like the one underground in Fallavon and of course the fucker escaped!This is obviously the Son of Sin named "Abyssal", the 4th SoS I thinkMan but what do we choose? I want all of them! The blade so we become a mega-chad and never die, the book because fucking OBVIOUSLY the book, the god damn banner???This is going in my SoS doc
>>5463980>>5452246>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]His Blade Defends The Helpless. His Wrath Undoes the Wicked. This is truly a weapon against the dark.
Wait we got this info picking the black sails prompt. Is ABYSSAL sailing around taking lives and plunging whole ships worth of people into the abyss? Is he responsible for the black sails? Or am I grasping at straws??
>>5463980Ah shit, this rock in the middle of the ocean was a prison for one of the Sons. Who wants to bet that the rumors of the Black Sails began around the tentative time of the prison break 2 or 3 hundred years ago.
>>5463980>>5463972One more thing. Forgotten, are these typos or are they supposed to say Seek?
>>5463988I don't even think we can even possibly answer that question, the potential scale of this far outstrips anarchy by magnitudes from what we've seen, in comparison its might be a Leviathan.
>>5463991I think given the chains and the spoilered text it's pretty clear Abyssal was chained here at some point. You're right though that we don't have NEARLY enough info to make any solid guesses let along answers regarding the black sails yet.Man this is exciting
>The figure bears a crown of thorns, weeping tears of blood and holding aloft a spear chained by silver into his hand.THE BANNER MASON! WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!
>>5463980>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]A blade to banish all Foes equally. Fuck, all of these are so tempting.>>5451913My og post
>>5463994Oh that is absolutely what this place was, however the murals are concerning as to the extent of this....thing.
>>5463980>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]verify >>5451975
>>5463986The way I interpret it:Sword: Most useful combat wise (obviously)Book: Most loreBanner: Mix between the two
Another question Forgotten, does the church, and therefore people like our confessor and Sister Ignatus have a special language like Latin in our world for old school church shit? Something that spans back hundreds of years but is still understood in the written form today?
>>5463980>Beside the remains is a wooden chest, so thoroughly rotted you need not even break it upon. But its contents are untouched. Miraculously, the paper at a side glance seems in worn but otherwise likely legible condition. The cover of the Tome is locked with a key you do not have, and likely written in a language you cannot read. [The Book]Take the book and give it to the Dragon for safekeeping and as a "gift".Also if we do get picked up we should see if we can get the navigator to establish our position before we cast off, so it can be included in our report.>>5451935me
>>5464005>Take the book and give it to the Dragon for safekeeping and as a "gift".This is the most heretical shit I have ever read
>>5463980>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]me:>>5451879
So this Banner guy with the crown of thorns is the third missing brother of Adam and Cain who was deleted from the histories? The parallel of Path of Thorns to Path of Cain and Path of Adam always confused me. Would make sense that 'Thorn' was the third brother's path.
>>5464003There is an archaic form of Cathagi, which the Canton language is descended from. However unlike the Latin of our world there hasn't been a religious retention of this language preserved for the higher social classes. Typically the Book of Brothers is translated into the common tongue. Just being literate still makes priests among the few who can read the holy book though.The archaic Cathagi is still used in very ancient traditions and mantras (such as the chants exhibited by the Order of the Broken Blade etc), but isn't required learning by the nobility or priesthood like Latin was in early medieval Europe.
>>5464006I don't think it would be safe anywhere else, as it probably contains spicy stuff we don't want getting out, as it potentially has implications about a ton of stuff.
>>5464009Cool, thanks boss
>>5464010Bro you can't give a rare holy book (which I assume it is) to the literal enemy of Cain and Adam from the before times. We'd have to guard it ourselves and hope that one of our people could read it.
>>5464002The way I see it at least is that we are hopefully going to get answers from the Dragon once we join the Dragonguard, Sure there will be lots of things we could carry home from the treasury on leaving, but they don't help us in the meantime to keep us alive. Getting good equipment early ensures we survive the next 2 years. I'm adverse to getting the Banner simply because flying something so "heretical" to the Adam & Cain myth will get us enemies from those not in the know, ire from those who want to keep it a secret, and interest from eyes we might not want.>>5464005How heretical.
>>5464008If that was the case why is it not commonly known? It would be such a case for legitimacy for the bloodline that they are related to Adam and Cain, we already know the sins at least as far as the ruins were concerned were know as sons like Adam and Cain but all are accounted for in the passages there.My own suspicion is it was the path of the Rex Cantons first king but I have no real substance beyond suspicions.
>>5464010Or we hand it too the Reginate>>5464015What's heretical about the banner? It's questionable certainly but nothing overtly heretical.
>>5464015Just to clarify, there is nothing regarding the figure on the banner that is inherently heretical. The silver chain aspect is a clue to those in the know yes, but probably not a whole lot more than your heraldry.Not trying to push the banner front in particular, just didn’t want people to vote on an incorrect assumption flying the banner is immediately going to put people off.
>>5463980>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]Me>>5451895Alright I'm voting for the least interesting option but for a reason.As anon has pointed out, waving that banner around is going to probably cause serious trouble and bring us a ton of negative attention, even if it's "merely" a holy artifact. It's either heretical because it depicts things in a non-church approved way, or it's a super holy, rare artifact that we shouldn't be in possession of which might piss the church given we're already in their scopes for our miracleAs much as I would LOVE the book, we can't read it, maybe can't trust others to read and translate it and should have a wealth of information available one way or another via the DG if we play our cards right.Taking a sword increases our chances of survival. We've grabbed the attention of the prince and a SoS already, we're thinking of joining the Dragon Guard, there are all manner of horrors in the world. It makes sense even if other options are cooler.
>>5463980>>Beside the remains is a wooden chest, so thoroughly rotted you need not even break it upon. But its contents are untouched. Miraculously, the paper at a side glance seems in worn but otherwise likely legible condition. The cover of the Tome is locked with a key you do not have, and likely written in a language you cannot read. [The Book]LORE>>5453438Me again
Well, that's a fucking lore bomb if I've ever seen one.As other Anons pointed out, this was likely the prison of the Abyssal SoS. The place was a prison for him, guarded by knights who lived there but whose purpose likely waned in time and were eventually forgotten.If a SoS is behind the tragedy of Ardenne, it shouldn't be this one however. As the skeletons of the knights are still here, it would make little sense for a calamity who spread undead to leave there here.The Banner is another very interesting element. The figure shown is clearly the Patron of the Path of Thorns, and the fact that such an item is here means that at some point Thorn boys were allies (true or convenient, I can't say) of the Adamite and Cainite Orders. That said, Thorn points are a malus whenever dealing with Sin bullshit, so I presume this Banner nullifies or even reverses said negative modifiers. The existence of knights devoted to such an ideal brings up many questions, and I can't help but wonder if that's the true identity of the Son at the Prince's side.Anyway, as much as lore compels me I must say that there is really one choice here:>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]So very appropriate after ours was destroyed. Almost as guided by divine providence.>>5452021Here I am, once again.
>>5463980>>5464025Fuck, didn't link my vote back to the post itself
>>5464020Thanks for clarifying, I misunderstood it to be obvious enough that people could tell it might not be one of the A&C Brothers. My vote stays the same as it was only one reason for my choice.
>>5464025>So very appropriate after ours was destroyed. Almost as guided by divine providence.I like that. Ours was destroyed and amidst a thunder storm the angel guides us to the blade we were truly meant to carry to thwart the Foe
>>5463980>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]all options are tempting but this is the one least likely to get us into trouble. Plus we're short a good sword. verily >>5451930
>>5464020Do we have any OOC or IC clue about what the silver chain might refer to? There's so much lore that sometimes I don't remember all of it, my bad.All I can think about is that the Reginate tend to prefer that whereas the Roiguard tends to wear golden.
>>5463980>Aloft behind fallen body, untouched by anything other than dust. An August Banner depicting the Brother Cain. Or Adam. Or… someone else entirely... The figure bears a crown of thorns, weeping tears of blood and holding aloft a spear chained by silver into his hand. [The Banner]The banner is so goddamn interesting and while I understand the desire for the blade its.... ironically dullAnd those damn murals>1.the crew staring at the viewer from a ship....into the abyss The Sea is an endless abyss or at least as close as human might know one to be a fitting place for this thing2.a fin/sail of a creature(?) Of monstorous size Our Leviathan revealing itself to the sailors?3.black hooded figures crowding around a....single sailHumans worshipping its form wait..... don't the Inferni wear black hoods?>>5451882My anchor in the abyss
>>5464041Silver chains were used to bind Anarchy in the ruins of Fallavon and it stands to reason they bound Abyss here and other captured sins, and we KNOW the reginate know that too.
>>5464041As anon here said>>5464044We also incorporated it into our own personal banner after defeating Anarchy in Fallavon as we witness the silver chain being used to bind it again
>>5463980>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]I have to vote for the Blade, after the previous mentioned of providence. Might also suggest we take some of the silver chains and chain the blade to our armor. I would hate to lose it like we done the predecessors.>>5452503
>>5464044Isn't there a secret Order of the Chain in charge of jailing these abominations?
>>5464049among other things, yes.
>>5464048I don't think this would be convenient for fighting. A short chain hinders mobility and a long chain trips you.
>>5463980>third thorny brother was a thing apparently>one of those evil demigods was chained here, but has been loose for centuries now, he is the source of black sailsHoly shit, ok, cool, world is a big and scary place>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]I know it's a "boring" choice, but we need a new one anyway. Plus I'm unironically close to adopting "ignorance is a bliss" mindsetMaybe we don't need to know more
>>5464053my Id changed, this is me>>5451893
>>5464049If I'm remembering off the top of my head correctly their is but they are either some reginate secret or scrubbed from history for heresy or that's at least the implication I run with.
It might also be a good idea to disclose the location of the cave to Sir Gilbern in our next letter to him. Something relating to Abyss might be a good chunk of intel to keep us in his good graces. When we get picked up by the ship we should ask for approximate bearings.
Also holy shit Gilbert is going to have an Aneurysm from our next two reports>He found a langlish connections to military build-ups.... on a layover in langland? Best damn assest I found this year>HE FOUND A WHAT?
>>5464060Great idea anon
>>5464060We should probably also inform the captain to stay as far away from this location after we leave. Imply the reason but avoid the direct mention of the black sails.
>>5463980>>Aloft behind fallen body, untouched by anything other than dust. An August Banner depicting the Brother Cain. Or Adam. Or… someone else entirely... The figure bears a crown of thorns, weeping tears of blood and holding aloft a spear chained by silver into his hand. [The Banner]Me >>5451922
>>5464071Honestly, we should also request for the coordinates for this location. The place is critical for further clues and the reginate or blades might want further investigation.
>>5464071We should avoid at all costs telling the captain that this sword (looks like it's winning) has any connection with the black sails. He'll toss it overboard and maybe us with it.
>>5463980>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]I just want to pick up the fight against the Abyss SoS flag. Thoufh, if this is the result of the Ocean's Bounty, would a boosted Terrible Storm net us an encounter with the Black Sails?>>5451898
Since the swords going to win lets discuss what type and appearance the sword should have. Here's mine or what we should name it. I think it should be a gladius or whatever type of swords were used in the time the brothers walked the earth.
Also, maybe we can det some lore from an inscription on the blade or pommel or take it to that smith friend we made back before we left. Yeah I know he does armor but still. The blade could maybe even say something like "the dark must be purged".
>>5463980Hold up, isn't Salve Regina often depicted with a crown of thorns and weeping blood? But clearly it isn't her, yet the symbolism matches well. Aaaaa, I'm so curious, fuck.
>>5464132Why? Detective Andrei has determined that sword belonged to one of the jailors, those had to be the good guys
>>5464147have you seen the reaction of any langlish man at the mention of black sails? No captain from Langland would want anything connected to this in any way on his ship. I'd just say we found it on a dead knight who was killed in combat. Maybe hint that the island might be dangerous.
>>5464141Would it be so surprising? I remember that it was a theory thrown around a few threads ago. The old ruins said that a bargain was struck and the brothers were 'forged' in Sin. It might be entirely possible that, if Sin is the Father of a SoS, then there was need for a Mother of Sin as well. It would also explain why the Ordo Reginate has many behaviours which seem more in line with the Path of Thorns rather than Adam's or Cain's and of course, occult knowledge such as chaining Sons of Sin.I also re-read those passage and it was mentioned that two brothers were chained - presumably, Anarchy and Abyssal. I do hope that Cain actually smote a few of them because otherwise he's the greatest loser ever.
'ate the sons of sinluv adam, cain, salve regina, the angel and the almightysimple as
>>5463980>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]A sword that doesn't need to be sharpened sounds good. Taking either Book and Banner is tempting (especially the Book), but if they get into the wrong hands it'd be bad.>>5452033 verific
>>5463980>>>5463980>>But even that little is enough to tell you that the armour this man was tell the man at the time of his death wore armour that was out of fashion as many as two centuries ago. Perhaps even three....when was the Night of Three Sisters again?
>>5464161Could be that Abyssal wasn't one of the ones mentioned chained. Cain left on a voyage from Canton to go find the others, and here we are overseas in a prison made for one. Maybe he just managed to get some progress on binding the others. Of course this relies on a fantasy world where things actually go well so Abyssal is probably one of the two. Which would mean that Anarchy's the only chained SoS at present.
>>5463980>Aloft behind fallen body, untouched by anything other than dust. An August Banner depicting the Brother Cain. Or Adam. Or… someone else entirely... The figure bears a crown of thorns, weeping tears of blood and holding aloft a spear chained by silver into his hand. [The Banner]Fuck it. I want the sword for when we have to kill Avarice (the Prince's guard), but the banner is too cool to leave alone. Hopefully the Order of Chains gear gives Emile anti-SoS buffs. >>5464178I think you're right anon.>>5464161I think you are also right anon. If the Order of Chains was the [Path of Thorns] order, aligned with the Thorny brother rather than Cain or Adam, then it makes complete sense that it might have been suppressed and folded into the Queen/Lady-Pope's Order.
>>5463980>>5464187Verification >>5452206
So anons, how long until Emile realizes that the figures of the Cantish religion are damn well responsible for much of the supernatural evil in the world? Return to The Dragon when?
>>5452176Me>>5463980>Beside the remains is a wooden chest, so thoroughly rotted you need not even break it upon. But its contents are untouched. Miraculously, the paper at a side glance seems in worn but otherwise likely legible condition. The cover of the Tome is locked with a key you do not have, and likely written in a language you cannot read. [The Book]Brilliant writing here Forgotten>>5463959I feel like path points are for choices that have differing moral philosophies for our protagonist. For this reason I think its hard to justify giving thorn or any other points for choices that we make about the world acting on our protagonist, rather than the other way around.
>>5464198pic related. >>5464187From what we've seen so far Thorns corresponds more with the SoS themselves, not theit jailers. Why did the entrance of this prison (and Anarchy's prison as well for this matter) look more like a dark temple/shrine than the holy sigils and shiny paladins you would expect at such a place? I think the deteriorating quality of the artworks in this cave give a clue. Mental deterioration, madness, succumbing to dark influences... Did the order fall?
>>5464164Here's my poor contribution to your joke
>>5464258>VancewellBased
>>5463980>>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]>>5451973 me
>>5463980>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]Eldritch knight! Eldritch knight! ELDRITCH KNIGHT!>>5452138das me babee
>>5463980>Aloft behind fallen body, untouched by anything other than dust. An August Banner depicting the Brother Cain. Or Adam. Or… someone else entirely... The figure bears a crown of thorns, weeping tears of blood and holding aloft a spear chained by silver into his hand. [The Banner]Hold it up high - so commands the Angel Also, this blade is such a boring choice - c’mon anons >>5455440V card
>>5464213I thinking the decorum of the prisons was heavily influenced by the believes of the Order of Chains. With a heavy focus on suffering, penance and keep the and their mission leaving them isolated from the rest of Canton society it's no surprise their motive is/was so grim. Case and point the Banner likely belonged to the order of chains.
>>5463980>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]Dunno what ID I got but I know I posted at the start of the thread, I'll link it next.
>>5463980>>5464303There we are, here's the v card >>5452236I think the banner is most boring option, it's not got the lore like the book and it's not got the providence like the sword. Taking some of the chains would also be nice.
>>5463980>>Aloft behind fallen body, untouched by anything other than dust. An August Banner depicting the Brother Cain. Or Adam. Or… someone else entirely... The figure bears a crown of thorns, weeping tears of blood and holding aloft a spear chained by silver into his hand. [The Banner]>>5452666
Good idea. Take the chains with us. We already have that chain from the last one and it fits our character. Maybe we can even chain our sword to our wrist so we don't lose it. Those chains are also probably super resistant to magic material. Worse case we use them to confine the next mage we encounter.Oy all you anons complaining about the sword being boring you guys have no idea. This sword could be like Anarchy's mace, that dead man may have been possessed by Abyss's and died wielding his blade, or what I hope to be. A shard of an elder being that takes the form of what is most desired by the viewer or was reforged by dark rite into a sword. This is a dark place none of these options are pure so why not pick the one that benefits us the most.>>5464295
Btw if we still played as Gabriel and knowing what we know now about the Dark of this world I guarantee you we would have ended up like this and making Prince look like a saint.
>>5464320>Alt history Gabriel is on the side of The Faction>Thirty steps on Thorns/Cain, not one on Adam>Arch-heretic>Wields ANARCHY's hammer>Corrupts Daubeny>Gives zero fucks about poorfags, virtue, or mercy>Cavorts with fell powers and makes wicked deals with the Foe/FaeTruly, the Almighty was kind in smiting him early
>A shattered future that may or may not come true.>Prince to Andrei: You were supposed to be broken by Anarchy and barring that Avarice or barring that be wiped from the board like so many others. What happened?> Be me Emile Andrei, Lord Protector of the Realm, The Lightning Knight, Wielder of the Abyssal Blade, Champion of Adam, and Saint of Storms. > Be standing over the ravaged corpse of Avarice and the now no longer possessed corpses of the royal family.>Andrei to Prince: I did break. I broke many times. And each time I was reforged by Him. Anarchy whispered a secret to me. And that secret was His Name. His Breath fills me. His Will imbues me. His Strength emboldens me. His Word Inspires me. You could never understand the glory of Him. >Be me having just killed the last living member of the royal family of Canton's ruling Family.>Be me having just having shot lightning from my hand and scorching Canton's throne to ash and erects a throne of Fae wood and have it nine times blessed.>Be me about to sit down and start planning how to resume Adam's great work.
>>5464316Glad someone else suggested it. Even if taking all the chains with us (might be a bit too high-profile?) we just GOTTA take at least a chain link with us to match the first one we have. Did we attach it to our shield? Can't quite remember
>>5464378Yes we did, it goes across diagonally on the shield. Maybe we can get another one and make and X cross.
>>5464359Delightfully heretical anon>>5464161Well, maybe it's just a stretch. I always thought that Ordo Reginate was a thorny order because what they did was of an extremely political nature. Besides, don't think we need to go so far as to state that there is a "Mother" of Sin or specifically a "Father". After all, Sons of Sin can just be a metaphorical name to them as they have fully given thesmelves to the temptation of fell powers.
>>5463980verification>>5452234>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]We recently lost a good sword, so this makes the most sense.>BannerNeat and moral/insperation has always indeared me, but are hands are full with sword and board(though our manservent Orin could use it).>BookInformation is power and while we have denied knowldge when presented, we still looked at it when in front of us.Regardless of our choice, we should still inform someone of this location.
>>5464378>>5464380The single chain link we took, is now part of our armor. The chains in our shield are painted.
>>5464320Nice assumption off less than a thread lmaoAlso holy shit conspiracy theories about thorns is real stretches.
>>5464316[Belmont Intensifies]
>>5463980>Beside the remains is a wooden chest, so thoroughly rotted you need not even break it upon. But its contents are untouched. Miraculously, the paper at a side glance seems in worn but otherwise likely legible condition. The cover of the Tome is locked with a key you do not have, and likely written in a language you cannot read. [The Book]>>5451894
>>5463980>>Aloft behind fallen body, untouched by anything other than dust. An August Banner depicting the Brother Cain. Or Adam. Or… someone else entirely... The figure bears a crown of thorns, weeping tears of blood and holding aloft a spear chained by silver into his hand. [The Banner]While the sword is cool it's simply a sword, the only thing it helps is Emile (plus it might be cursed or something lol). The banner is aesthetic af and will help more than Emile if any of you know BATTLE BROTHERStldr BANNERCHADS STAY WINNING>>5452328My Heart Knows Only Virtue.
Totally backing taking another chain link, we'll have to earn it later on but I think we should take it and fix it to our shield like the other one.This was a fantastic update Forgotten, you've outdone yourself again
>>5463980>>Aloft behind fallen body, untouched by anything other than dust. An August Banner depicting the Brother Cain. Or Adam. Or… someone else entirely... The figure bears a crown of thorns, weeping tears of blood and holding aloft a spear chained by silver into his hand. [The Banner]Hold high their colours. For Adam and Cain.me >>5452602
>>5463980>Aloft behind fallen body, untouched by anything other than dust. An August Banner depicting the Brother Cain. Or Adam. Or… someone else entirely... The figure bears a crown of thorns, weeping tears of blood and holding aloft a spear chained by silver into his hand. [The Banner]>>5452265My v postingsDamm forgotten this update was worth the wait.
Here's a theory, the path of thorns isn't related to magic or the brothers its related to surviving using every advantage possible no matter what the earthly means. (so far as we know)Its perks all correspondence with a material or otherwise tangible thing, wealth, social class, equipment its all less ephemeral than Cain or Adam points.s for the reginate they are holy order swept up in a very mortal struggle that is going to thorny necessities involved in it.
Yo nigga we be stocking up on some ChainLink or what? It's going to the moon nigga get in now while the price is low
>>5464531Absolutely, I'm stocking up on enough ChainLink to make me a Duke thrice over once the Brothers pump it
>>5463980>>Aloft behind fallen body, untouched by anything other than dust. An August Banner depicting the Brother Cain. Or Adam. Or… someone else entirely... The figure bears a crown of thorns, weeping tears of blood and holding aloft a spear chained by silver into his hand. [The Banner]>>5452012This is me
>>5463980>>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]>>5451952me
>>5452008me>>5463980>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]
>>5463980>>The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]Just hope it isn't magic enough to shrink our balls>>5452158I hear the call of my V
>>5463980>>Aloft behind fallen body, untouched by anything other than dust. An August Banner depicting the Brother Cain. Or Adam. Or… someone else entirely... The figure bears a crown of thorns, weeping tears of blood and holding aloft a spear chained by silver into his hand. [The Banner]
>>5464913As you can see, this is me >>5452272
>SELECTED: The last man to fall, his weapon is in perfect condition. The man must have gone down fighting whatever horror assailed them, the edge has sunk into a solid stone three finger widths deep. Gripped tight between those splintered skeletal fingers, the Blade… it’s still sharp. Impossible. [The Blade]Despite the shattered frame, the skeletal fingers have to be pried off the handle one by one. It is grisly work, wrapped so tight they must in the end be snapped off to achieve any purchase. You offer a prayer in apology to the fallen warrior, trusting that his soul would know this desecration is for only the noblest of causes. Finally, the last fingerhold is freed. Curling your hands around the hilt, preparing to tear the weapon partially embedded in the stone, you spare another glance for the ancient guardian. Though centuries and nations apart, you feel a certain kinship with him. You know nothing about the man, his ambitions or regrets, his loves or his losses. But you feel that the two of you shared the same goal, to protect the world from evil such as this. You are not merely and basely looting his corpse… you are taking up his mantle.To lose your own blade just a few weeks ago in Langland, and now for this peerless weapon to be delivered unto you in the most unlikely of circumstances? Providence. Who else but the Angel could have forseen you being swept ashore here? Here of all places? The fears of being marooned for the rest of your natural life have fled you, even the dread of this foul place has retreated. Now the storm that cast you ashore seems sent by the Almighty, the snapping of the lifeline no longer a misfortune but fate. This was destiny made manifest, your part in the Heaven’s divine mission does not end here.[1/2]
[2/2]Taking a single scattered link of the tarnished chain from the ground beside the fallen custodian, the nub of the silver presses into your forehead as you kneel in prayer. You must paint a sorry picture to any heathen observer, a shorewashed castaway in rags on his knees in the dim light of a gloomy cavern surrounded by storm and darkness. But all of that is of no moment. The Almighty is with you, always. Even here, in a place no less removed from the civilization of Mankind than the forgotten ruins in northern Fallavon, even here He is with you. "Angel of Heaven,my guardian dear,To whom Heaven's lovecommits me here,Ever this day,be at my side,To light and guard,Rule and guide."The hilt feels right and true in your grip as you set yourself to pry it from the stone. As if it were meant for your hands. As if this were meant to be.God Wills It.================================================(1) The Weapon. While we have thus far called it a ‘blade’, the exact type of masterwork piece remains to be determined.>Morningstar>Axe>Bastard-Sword>Flail>Great-Axe>Warhammer_(2) The Engraving. These words in archaic Cathagi will be engraved in the hilt or on the blade itself, depending on the type of weapon selected. In-character, Sir Andrei does not yet know their meaning.>Ο Κάιν με Kαθοδηγεί Cain Guides Me>Το τελευταίο επιχείρημα του Αδάμ Adam’s Last Argument>Έλεος της Μητέρας Mercy of the Mother>Write-In Must be 3-5 (english) words long_(3) The Magik. There is always a price.>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]>There is a veiled potency to this recovered weapon, some hidden effect thus far imperceptible even to the wielder. Who knows the extent of it’s true power. [Magik Blade]
>>5464933>Bastard-Sword>Έλεος της Μητέρας>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]Mage-Killing Blademaster is a go>>5451952me
A callback to the various mechanical boosts of weapons if it assists. Regardless of your choice it will receive Master of Blades bonus.
>>5464258I love this. Added to the OC meme collection.>>5464320Truly Gabriel surviving was the darkest timeline.
>>5464933The weapon:>Bastard-swordThe engraving:>Ο Κάιν με Kαθοδηγεί Cain Guides MeThe Magik.>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]I hope picking the Magik Resistance choice means our balls and future children are safe. Me: >>5452733
>>5463990Good spotting, it is in fact a typo. *Sink.
>>5464933Oh no a weapon choice. (1) The Weapon. While we have thus far called it a ‘blade’, the exact type of masterwork piece remains to be determined.>Bastard-SwordWe can't give up our shield, it's part of our whole theme and image(2) The Engraving. These words in archaic Cathagi will be engraved in the hilt or on the blade itself, depending on the type of weapon selected. In-character, Sir Andrei does not yet know their meaning.>Το τελευταίο επιχείρημα του Αδάμ Adam’s Last ArgumentThis is poetic, I like it(3) The Magik. There is always a price.>There is a veiled potency to this recovered weapon, some hidden effect thus far imperceptible even to the wielder. Who knows the extent of it’s true power. [Magik Blade]Oh man, I know this isn't a smart choice, it's maybe the WRONG choice but man oh man it feels right. I want a magic blade babyI am he>>5451895Hey Forgotten, are you a little disappointed we didn't take the cool lore options? They were very, very tempting and cool but bruh, a magic, maybe holy sword, especially when we lack a sword of our own. We had to take it
>>5464939melts down the weapon to make a magik resistant cod-piece
>>5464933(1) The Weapon.>Bastard-Sword(2) The Engraving.>Write-InΟυράνια μανίαHeaven's Fury(3) The Magik.>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]I want the blade to be pale like moonlight.A little annoyed the banner lost but hey thems the breaks.
>>5464946V pass here>>5451882
>>5464935Bastard sword is the obvious superior choice here combined with our Blademaster trait. Master of Blades says +1 Enemy Re-Roll AV. Isn't this actually bad for us? The trade-off for +3DC doesn't seem worth it. Also what's the Masterwork benefit over the Castle-forged weapons here in the chart?
>>5464941>Hey Forgotten, are you a little disappointed we didn't take the cool lore options?Bruh, you know I love me a good lorebomb. As one anon amusingly put it, the blade was the 'dull' choice.But on the other hand it is pretty poetic in itself given the divine 9's, storm and every good knight story has a mysterious weapon thrown in there.
>>5464950Will you confirm if picking the Magik Resistance option will still shrink our pp?
>>5464950too bad its not a shield CAN IT BE A SHIELD?
>>5464950Haha well you did a good job making the dull option decently interesting at least. Now that we have a sword again (and magic at that) I will pick lore stuff every time
>>5464949To clarify, that means a Foe has to re-roll their -successful- AV, not that you have to re-roll your successes AV. In effect masterwork gives a little boost to DC and makes it that much harder for enemies to pass their saves.The masterwork benefit is in addition to the base castle-forged weapons in the chart.
>>5464933(1) The Weapon.>Bastard-SwordNot even a contest.(2) The Engraving.>Έλεος της Μητέρας (Mercy of the Mother)As much as Adam's Last Argument is a badass choice of words, I feel there is a stronger meaning in this one.The final repose for Her wayward Sons.(3) The Magik.>There is a veiled potency to this recovered weapon, some hidden effect thus far imperceptible even to the wielder. Who knows the extent of it’s true power. [Magik Blade]>>5452021My pass.>>5464950If it makes you feel better, had we not lost our blade to that Infernus I would have gone for the banner.Speaking of which, can you reveal what it would have done or is it something that might come up later?
>>5464952I think it's funnier if I don't.
>>5464960>pick Magik Resistant option afraid of magik shrinking emile's pp>Instead his balls retract until there's a new bussy wet with Omega slick, butt and moobs grow out
>>5464959>can you reveal what it would have done or is it something that might come up later?I won’t go into the effects, but the follow up vote would have involved some customisation of the exact depiction and items of significance in the banner that would have held their own meaning.
>Emile the morning after picking up the blade when anons pick the Magik option
>Bastard-Sword>Έλεος της Μητέρας>There is a veiled potency to this recovered weapon, some hidden effect thus far imperceptible even to the wielder. Who knows the extent of it’s true power. [Magik Blade]For all you guys hoping for magic resistance I have some bad news for you. Our goal is to put down the sons of sin and non magic weapons are just not up to the task. I doubt we are even capable of inflicting any sort of actual damage to those things without some sort of magic assistance. Also, the magic is probably of the non-evil kind and will aid us in battle against mages far more than mere resistance. It may even be able to heal us of channel lightning. Wouldnt that be cool?
>>5464933Weapon:>Bastard-SwordGoes well with who we are.Engraving:>Το τελευταίο επιχείρημα του Αδάμ Adam’s Last ArgumentThat just sounds based.Magik:>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]It was a bit difficult to choose between the two, but possibly having an anti-magic blade could be very useful.>>5452033 verification>>5464964Now I feel bad for not voting for the banner, dammit.
>>5464977>Also, the magic is probably of the non-evil kind and will aid us in battle against mages far more than mere resistance. It may even be able to heal us of channel lightning. Wouldnt that be cool?Did you not read "There's always a price"?
I think you meant to post this.>>5464972
Yes, but I doubt we will actually suffer in an noticeable way considering the last times we dealt with magic in the form of combat and the fae pools we were perfectly fine. Faith and Endurance is our magic resistance.
>>5464981did you miss the part where we tanked a few swimmers Ooc?
>>5464933>Bastard-SwordΈλεος της Μητέρας Mercy of the Mother>There is a veiled potency to this recovered weapon, some hidden effect thus far imperceptible even to the wielder. Who knows the extent of it’s true power. [Magik Blade>>5452265My v postings
Do you really think that Mother was not a witch of unparalleled skill? Why else do you think her sons were able to be forged and she was able to endure the dragon's torture? Also, I have some more bad news. We also need every advantage in combat we can get and a magic sword + master-crafted armor will make us far more deadly a tank. Last, the story will be enriched by us choosing this option.
This is me.>>5451938>>5464977>>5464933
We also should choose the magic option because it would be less Dull as some claim. I don't think finding an indestructible sword in a storm is boring. But the dull option would be magic resistance and we don't want to be cowards about magic, do we?
>>5464933>Warhammer>Ο Κάιν με Kαθοδηγεί Cain Guides Me>There is a veiled potency to this recovered weapon, some hidden effect thus far imperceptible even to the wielder. Who knows the extent of it’s true power. [Magik Blade]Am disappointed at anons choice
>>5464933>Morningstar>Το τελευταίο επιχείρημα του Αδάμ[Magik Blade]me:>>5451879
Look at this guy wanting us to throw away our shield. Shield-chan has helped us in battle many times. >>5464989
>>5464988>making Emile impotent just so "it's not dull"Are you really just flat out ignoring the consequences of dabbling with Magik? We'll find another way to defeat the Sons of Sin, one that doesn't need us to sacrifice future half-Vancewell babies. We already defeated one, didn't we?
We are not practicing magic we are using a single magical artifact. I think you are underestimating our constitution and endurance stats. It is also unlikely to happen immediately. I consider magic to be of the Warhammer type with some elements of radiation and random mutation. In small doses perfectly fine no more than a sun burn.
We could simply have our hair fall out or develop bear-like traits. There is no way to know. Sterility is a late-stage side effect of cancer don't you know? >>5464994
>>5465005It only takes enough and we don't know what enough is.
We did not defeat more so aided others in recapturing. >>5464994
>>5464933(1) The Weapon.>Bastard-Sword(2) The Engraving.>Ο Κάιν με Kαθοδηγεί(3) The Magik.>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]>>5451898
>>5465010At this point, I'm all for Emile going full sterile.>>5464994's obsession with a fictional dick is delightfully autistic and I want to see where this rabbit hole leads to.
>>5464988Picking Magik Resistance is just a ticket for not jobbing and having better fights against Magik-users though.
Operation turn Emile to fae loving magic Bishōnen is proceeding nicely.
shit that was supposed to be covered in the spoilers black bar.>>5465029
>>5465032At least fucking spoiler properly lmao
>Emile when anons keep acquiring Magik whenever they are presented an opportunity, all in the name of "defeating the Sons of Sin"
I dont know how. >>5465033This is what I actually think we will look like.
>>5465040No, it's this.
>>5465040jesus how much of newfag are you Knigga? spoilers are done like this[ spoiler][/ spoiler]
Oh god, anons want another Prince
>>5465052But anon we saved the orphans this time and we didnt take the survivors with us
>>5464933>Morningstar>Το τελευταίο επιχείρημα του Αδάμ Adam’s Last Argument>There is a veiled potency to this recovered weapon, some hidden effect thus far imperceptible even to the wielder. Who knows the extent of it’s true power. [Magik Blade]>>5451973
>>5464933>Bastard-Sword>Έλεος της Μητέρα>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]I absolutely don't want Emile to risk becoming sterile so I'll bravely chose what seems to be the least risky option. Loved the whole update, great stuff Forgotten.me : >>5452760
>>5464933>Bastard Sword>Το τελευταίο επιχείρημα του Αδάμ Adam’s Last Argument>>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]Rather than a magic weapon, being able to directly counter and dispell enemy magicks will likely be a more useful tool. Something most foes will not anticipate.A pity. I was hoping for the Banner but this is fine too.Question, forgotten. Considering that we're basically picking a relic, can we assume that it should be nigh indestructible?me >>5453748
>>5464933>Flail>Ο Κάιν με Kαθοδηγεί>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]Me>>5452666
>>5464933>Bastard-Sword>Το τελευταίο επιχείρημα του Αδάμ >There is a veiled potency to this recovered weapon, some hidden effect thus far imperceptible even to the wielder. Who knows the extent of it’s true power. [Magik Blade]verily >>5451930
>>5464933>Bastard-Sword>Το τελευταίο επιχείρημα του Αδάμ>There is a veiled potency to this recovered weapon, some hidden effect thus far imperceptible even to the wielder. Who knows the extent of it’s true power. [Magik Blade]Magic relics are just too OP to pass up on anons. We just need to speedrun Emile siring some legitimate heirs after beginning to wield the blade. Or, you know, abandon the married life and embrace fae-fu errantry/holy orders. Also, we could just keep the bastard sword in Emile's luggage unless explicitly hunting the unseelie. Also, I hope the naming doesn't have anything to do with path points. Because I'm fiending for Cain points, but "Adam's Last Argument" is too good a name to pass on.
>>5464933>Bastard-Sword>Το τελευταίο επιχείρημα του Αδάμ Adam’s Last Argument>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]No foul magik is going to touch our balls.>>5451913Me
>>5464933>>5465143Verification: >>5452206
>>5464933>>Bastard-Sword>>Έλεος της Μητέρας>>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]>>5451961
>>5464053>"One wishes that the Deadmen were a plague unique to the lost city of Ardenne in Romaine, though the tales of a similar rot creeping across the foreign realms proves this to be otherwise. Langland mercenaries, always boisterous and ready with a tall tale, hush and murmur with darting eyes of the Black Ships from across the endless ocean to the West. Traders from the cold north speak of warriors of Norsikaa venturing across the World’s End Mountains in search of the famed treasures of legend only to return… changed. >Their fell masters are rarely seen, and rarer still leave any survivors in their passing. More worrying still is that no records of these creature’s existence are present from the time of Adam and Cain, implying that they are a recent corruption. That, or a cover-up of terrifying reach. On all corners of the civilized world, in the dark and forbidden places friend to neither man nor beast, something sinister stirs." Anon, you've put the cart before the horse. The Sons of Sin received their unholy power from somewhere, and i'm beginning to think that not all of them fell to a single entity. I think we may have just learned the name of one such primordial presence: Abyss. It would appear that whatever bargain was struck in the time of Brothers unleashed it into the world, perhaps in exchange for a transfiguration of mortal flesh.
>>5464933>Bastard-Swordstick with what we know>>Έλεος της Μητέραςhah, ironic>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]we don't NEED to pay the price for magic, we're fine as is
>>5465164fuck, forgot about the ID change, this is me >>5451893
>>5464933(1)>Bastard SwordA one handed war hammer would be dope and a strong anti armor option to compliment our tank starts. Whittle down the opposition whilst staying alive. But seeing as this isn't how the system works, bastard sword is better, can't be putting down the shield.(2)>Write-InΗ λεπίδα του υπερασπίζεται τους αδύναμους [ spoiler] His blade defends the weak [/ spoiler]orΗ αργυρή αγρυπνία στέκει αιώνια [ spoiler] The silver vigil stands eternal [/ spoiler](3) The Magik. There is always a price.>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]better to die for your beliefs.>>5452158something something funny way to say this is me
>>5464933>Bastard-Sword>Το τελευταίο επιχείρημα του Αδάμ>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]Emile rocking up to the dragon gaurd with the most precious blade in cathagi>>5452138itsa me
>>5464933>Bastard-Sword>Το τελευταίο επιχείρημα του Αδάμ Adam’s Last Argument>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]>>5453438Mii
Now i don't actually get a vote since i missed the start, but i think the engraving should say His LightIt would be a reminder for the men stationed here, alone with the chained monster, that they were not alone - That the Almighy was with them - even as night swallowed the isle and they shuddered to sleep with only its unearthly howls for company. And now, centuries after they fell to its whispers and were overtaken, it still shines in the overwhelming darkness. The sole object untarnished by time and corruption. Waiting for us to find it, so that we may one day put the Sons to rest and restore the kingdom of Adam.
>>5464933>Bastard-Sword>Ο Κάιν με Kαθοδηγεί>The blade is made of an unusual material, perhaps one of a kind. But there is nothing inherently unseelie about the metal itself aside from the eversharp edge. [Magik Resistance]We will be dealing with the sorcerous caste in Cathage. >>5452503
>>5465113Switching to this>>5465180sweet write-in regarding the engraving. το φως του
Is there a tally anon around? Also, Forgotten can you please tell these anons to stop voting based on their fears of femboy status?
>>5465284I thought the femboy thing was supposed to be a meme
Memes have tangible power here. And I know that some are voting against magic sword because of the meme and fear of how badass we could be. Magic swords are staples of fantasy.>>5465301
>>5464933>Έλεος της Μητέρας>The blade is made of
