Turn 4 Results
You looked at the group of people in the House and counted the coins slowly. "Alright...made a small profit off what we have, Nothing major."
You looked into the food store and sighed. "Still barely enough."
Hobbs was keeping the Peace...or as much peace as he could...people didn't like that very much, so there were disputes over food, bedding and other things.
Ruka had gotten into fights with the locals, called her craven and nearly got into a fight in the bar.
But the day is not exactly going well. It did Indeed get worse.
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"BUILDER!! The King wishes to speak to you!! Do not keep him waiting!!" A Man shouted as you looked over some of the food reports.
You clasped a few blades to you, knives, your sword and other such things...it would be no use to even try to assassinating him...he always expected someone like you to return here.
The Dust king was about your height if not a little bigger. He wore a basic heart protector and helmet with an armored skirt.
You didn't bow, nor spit in his sight. No you just stared at him with all the apathy you could muster. It was hard, oh by Okran it was hard to just let him stand in your city.
"What do you want? If it's money we are low, If its food, we're out and if its slaves…" You calmly put a hand on your sword. "Your not having it."
The King laughed at you as the dozens of men laughed with him "He is an ambitious one...your the first man to actually have the balls to refuse me!!"
In a flash you moved like you had never moved before. He wasn't trying to kill you...the strike would have killed you if he did.
It took under a minute for him to shatter your defence as he held your neck at swordpoint.
He looked at you as the standoff seemed to reach its climax. He then bashed you in the face and spat on you.
You for your own part, didn't scream in pain, or in fear or in suffering.
The Sheer indifference in your eyes told him everything.
You did not see him as a person, ideal or story...he was nothing but another corpse that needed to be burned to keep the bone dogs from attacking the farm.
He was nothing to you. Just as he saw you as nothing, you would see him as nothing.
Then the Dust King smiled. "Keep building my city up...builder, when it's done, I'll be sure to feed you to the dogs at an age that is old enough to be missed."
So...that was his plan then, let others do all the work, take it and then break it when he's through.
He didn't deserve it, he didn't put his blood and sweat into it, he was nothing more than a thief.
You make sure he would die a thief.
One day.
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[x] Mine for Iron: An Iron Vain is nearby...selling it to the bar, who in turn sell it to passing traders is going to get you cats for sure. Reward: Sell Iron for cats. Rolled:
1D100 => 50
You pull Iron from the ground to cats in your pocket.
Reward:+180 Cats.
-[x] Mine for Copper:Same deal with copper, the United cities run on this. Reward; Sell Copper for Cats. Rolled:
1D100 => 76
Copper...now that shit SELLS!!
Reward:+540 Cats.
-[x] Clean up the Garbage: Your sleeping spot has a few vagrants in it...deal with them. Reward: Resting gets a Permanent +5. Rolled:
1D100 => 62
You cleaned up the house and in a brief time and things are clean.
Reward: Clean house clean mind.
-[x] Spend time at the Bar: Well time to see if anyone is worth talking too in this "city" Reward: Recruiting people is a possibility. Rolled:
1D100 => 60
You found some blades looking for something to do...so you gave them a job.
Reward: +5 Soldiers/Workers.
-[x] Fishing Run: You are going to go to the swamps for Fish. Reward:You bring home food. Rolled:
1D100 => 96
You were blessed this day, Fish, Shellfish and seaweeds were all found. But that was not the only thing you did that day.
You met a group of a dozen or so starving bandits...instead of fighting or running away you calmly sat and waited. They surrounded you, poor bastards.
The leader looked shocked at your audacity. "What are you DOING!!"
"I am making you food, cooked shellfish, herrings and a few cooked seaweed wraps, sit be my guest." You said calmly as he looked at you.
"Your planning something aren't you!! You're leading us into a trap!!" He shouted at you.
"Would you like tea with that or boiled water?" You asked as the group looked at you in awe.
"If you are half as smart as you are starving you would take my offer." You noted and the man and his desperate band joined you.
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The Leader looked at you as you pulled up a net of small crabs and then looked at a stergion. "Shit this is good eating." You nodded and looked.
"So who were you before all this." You asked as you looked at one of them. "If any of you know how to cook, prep it."
You nodded to the man and poured some tea. "I was a fisherman believe it or not, fished the eastern coast for crab...big ones on a boat with ballistas, and did some net fishing on the side, then the famine hit and I lost everything to the taxman and nobility. "
You nodded. "So...ever fished the west coast?"
"I know a few good spots on the west coast...by the fog lands...pretty nasty but the good stuff is there." He said.
"So...how would you like a life back. I'm not offering much...but it's something." You offered.
"Names Alax by the way…" He said. "You just saved a clan of 70 people from starvation." Alax said as he took a cup and took a drink.
"When dinner is ready...I have something to say." Alax said.
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"For too long we have been abused...for too long the Nobles of the United Cities have used and abused us taking our food, our livelihood and our property!! But this man, a builder!! Has given it back!! We will build our home under his protection, For he's done more for us in a day then the Nobles have done in a Thousand years!!! I would pledge my blade to him for feeding my kinsman. Aye!!"
"AYE!!!" They shouted.
The house was not going to fit them all.
Reward: Food supply raised to Poor levels. Alax Recruited. +70 soldiers /Workers.
+2 Diplomacy, +2 Stewardship.
-[x] Recruit in Squin: Squin is your closest Neighbor, it is also a small hub for trade, ever since the Hub was destroyed.Reward: Recruits and Unique NPC's Rolled:
1D100 => 82
Kang the Shek looked at the warrior who came into the City. "So I heard you are an old soldier who can lead, train and fight."
"Indeed...Indeed. Why have you come flatskin?" He asked as you shrugged.
"I am looking for soldiers, not warriors, for a little project of mine interested?" You asked.
"My skills are wasted here...and what do you plan on doing?" He asked.
"I'm gonna take the Hub and then I'm going to kill the Dust King in a war. Interested?" You said calmly.
He signed on not a moment later, along with a few other men.
Reward: +6 men, Kang Recruited
-[x] Train With the Shek: You need more than an educated Brain to get control, the body must adapt to. Reward: Martial and PC growth. Rolled:
1D100 => 94
Kang made good on his boast for training the mind and the body.
He made you strong in mind and body.
Reward: +3 Martial, +4 Personal Combat.
-[x] Farming: You are going to try your hand at communal farming. Reward: Food supplies grow. Rolled:
1D100 => 55
Farming in a desert was hard.
But managed a small community garden on one of the old walls. A small rice farm, but something was growing.
Reward: Food raised from Poor to Stable.
Disaster Roll:
1D100 => 27
A few bone dogs on the road made things difficult. But you took care of it.
AN: Your luck is holding out...but it all runs out eventually.
