Rise of a Republic | A CK2 World of Warcraft Fel World Quest

Your capitol is shabby. Made out of blackened stone and hobbled together as quickly as possible, the Capitol Building is, to put it lightly, about as basic as it can be. Valorhills itself is hardly better. Dirt huts and block buildings make do for now. Though, with time, the Republic of Bravura will become as grand as the vision in your mind. Soon enough it will spread all across Armageddo What you have now was only the faintest whispers a few months ago and you know that your dreams will continue to be made reality.

With a diligent hand you have consolidated the nascent factions inside Bravura and encouraged cross-origin interactions to prevent a beginning of splinterization. While new factions may arise, you give yourself enormous credit for nipping the largest political threat to the permanence of Bravura in the bud before it can begin.

Due to being negative in base influence, all of the starter factions have disbanded. New factions will eventually arise again.

Still, other threats abound. You are running on the conjurations of mages, which may be cause for concern in time. Fel taint abounds around you, and the dangers of it gaining a foothold in the Bravurans is apparent. The demons hounded your steps here, and when they get their courage back, they will restart their onslaught. No problems that are insurmountable certainly, but all issues that will require work.

You take one more moment to consider yourself and then begin your day. Time to get to work on your dream again.

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The Republic's Population: 486 people

Groups:
1 Batch of Mages
1 Bundle of Druids
1 Posse of Priests
1 Rotisserie of Rogues
1 Gang of Imps
2 Teams of Builders

Resources:


Fel Taint: 5%

For this turn, it is required that you select either Water from the Air or Bread and Water.
You can choose up to 6 actions to do this turn. Personal Actions are separate.

Emora Greenbreath is not one for paperwork "We've got demons nearby us Magistrate, and none of you should be any kind of happy until they are all dead"

Belraa is smiling softly as she reads several correspondences. "Everyone is mostly happy with us. Sure there is grumbling about not going home, but things are, so far, pretty peaceful. Everyone is getting along so far."

Alcott nods as you pass him. "The mages have been compliant. They are capable of supplying us for a while yet next to this Leyline. However, relying on them for sustenance for too long will start to have ill effects."

Dalibo smiles as she sees you "Ah Magistrate, just what I needed, I have a couple of intriguing reports you may want to look over, and you should come to me with questions to answer."

Jaye paces around her workstations. She is constantly moving around the makeshift Arcane Sanctum. "Hello Magistrate" She says, looking up after getting frustrated with a spell. "Is there something particular that you think should be focused on? Otherwise, please leave me to my work"

Thytest is pleasantly hopeful. He has spent what time he can wandering around Valorhills healing what he can. "Good morning Magistrate. If there is no business to be done then I would like to go assist others." He says most days. He seems to be obsessing over the production of water by the mages.

You always have a little Personal Time, rare as it is.

Please vote in plans.

(Please let me know if you see typos and odd phrasing. I kind of rushed through this, and the formatting of the raw version made it difficult to proofread through)

Turn 1 Results

Martial

[]GUARDS GUARDS GUARDS!!!: Without a defense force, you are at the complete mercy of adventurers. While adventurers are fine outside of areas you control, you really don't want to be at their mercy inside Valorhills.
DC 50
Roll: 1d100+14=16 GREATER FAILURE

The call goes out to recruit guardsman. Not much is heard back at first. This is for a couple reasons. First, Emora doesn't really put her heart into it. A few people show up, mostly the dregs who don't have the skills to do the job they were hired for. On that note, you don't even have the tax base to pay the guardsmen. While you were hoping that a guaranteed meal would suffice, at least for a couple months, the success of your efforts in belaying drought and starvation has cut into your ability to compel people to do the work you want, outside of vague definitions of authority. You still got guardsmen though, but now they are corrupt dregs likely to abuse their authority and tarnish both their name, and yours.

Guard Core established. It is becoming incredibly corrupt and operating based off of fines that they can elicit from anyone they can.
-1 General Opinion
Added Modifier: Corrupt Guard Core: -1 General Opinion per turn

Note: Doing more than one thing with an advisor will lead to their modifier being split up between the two actions.

[]Quest: Hunt Demonic Animals!: Several demonic animals are around the area. While not the best food source, if you send out a quest to go hunt them and bring back their corpses, you should be able to get enough food to fill your stocks for the next few seasons.
Guaranteed Success (for now), Rolls determine results
Note: If you take this, it makes Water from the Air available as a stewardship choice.
Roll: 1d100+12=109 Ultimate Critical Success

Emora apparently took the ability to hunt demonic animals quite well. She coordinated several culling of the animals around Valorhills. Curiously, she was stymied multiple times by the efforts of one Jungnam Windfeet. He set out to gather together some of the more amendable animals to try and domesticate them. He gathered a small group to actually complete these efforts. Their relative success in selling Demonic Turtle eggs, led to a general effort to try and set up animal production of the few species brought over from Azeroth. For now, the efforts have not yielded much.

As far as the actual hunting went, it went spectacularly. While a few animals were corralled, the vast majority were slaughtered. Some adventurers took the meat for themselves, but the vast majority gave the corpses to you. You paid in the scraps of gold you had scavenged together from Moonraven's unmasking. You will have food galore for the next couple of years, guilds have formed and are starting to do their thing and people feel much safer without the threat of hostile animals attacking Valorhills.

Several Adventurer's guilds form. Jungnam Windfeet, a Region-Affecting Hero spurs the creation of animal husbandry which may produce food and other materials.
7 Turns of Food
Remove danger from Local Wildlife.


Diplomacy

Belraa is smiling as she reads several letters. "Everyone is mostly happy with us. Sure there is grumbling about not going home, but things are, so far, pretty peaceful. Everyone is getting along."

You received a note on your desk one day when you were expecting Belraa to be in. Given that there are no pressing tasks for me, I am going to go take my own initiative to assist the efforts of the church of light.

Note: Assistants are heroes in their own right, and can and will do their own thing if left unoccupied.


Stewardship

Alcott nods as you pass him."The mages have been compliant. They are capable of supplying us for a while yet next to this Leyline. However, relying on them for sustenance for too long will start to have ill effects." He explains.

[]Water from the Air: Your mages will focus on extracting as much water as possible from the Arcane. With the breathing room gained by supplementing food with meat, your mages can focus on trying to form a small lake nearby Valorhills. Produces a mix of food and water depending on the roll.
Note: Requires Hunt Demonic Animals!
Can pull mages from other tasks.
Uses 1 Batch of Mages
Guaranteed Success(for now), Rolls determine results
Roll: 1d100+14=112 ULTIMATE CRITICAL SUCCESS

The water comes, never ceasing. Formed out of the Arcane, it seems that the dregs of the world itself thirsts just as much as you do. Flowing out of the arcane with a consistency that never ceases. When it becomes clear that far more water was going to be produced than would be drunk, Alcott directed the mages to begin filling up a small create to the north of Valorhills. When it became clear that that might overflow to the east, and be lost to Bravura, Alcott instructs free craftsmen to dig an outlet to flow even further north, while also deepening the shallow depression there.

The initial lake is lost, But a far larger and far more secure lake forms. Named Lake Valiance, it soon becomes central to a second offshoot of Valorhills. The Mages claim a large portion of the lakefront nearest to Bravura, and continue their efforts there.
Bravurans take this as a sign. Several people sign up to be apprentices, and while many are rejected, others are not. The newly formed "Bravuran Mage's Guild" sets up shop between the lakefront and Jaye's growing Arcane Sanctum.

Dwarves in particular find this symbolic. Some, especially those with familiarity with Titan Lore, start talking about how Bravura is acting as the Titans once did. They begin theorizing that as Heirs to the Titans, Bravura should do as the Titans once did on Azeroth and endeavor to fix this world. Perhaps Bravura should not just endeavor to fix just this world, but also others. A number of Titansheir followers seek to become mages and some mages join the Titansheir faith.

Water Crisis alleviated completely. Apprentice mages trained with lake duties, keeping the lake level consistently high and allowing some water to escape into the rest of the world. Your legitimacy, and popular opinion, increase. You do lose the ability to control through rationing. Mage Quarter established along the lakefront. Mages are focused on Arcane and Frost Magic.
+1 General Opinion.
+1 Batch of Mages in 3 turns
Growth of the Titansheir* faith, especially amongst dwarves and mages.


Intrigue

Dalibo smiles as she sees you "Ah Magistrate, just what I needed, I have a couple of intriguing reports you may want to look over, and I had some questions

[]Scout the area: You have scarcely an idea about the planet you are on, you have no idea what threats are coming and you have no idea whether where you're standing was once an ocean or a mountain. Armageddo is completely mysterious to you. Sending out scouts will give you important information about local terrain, eldritch threats and most importantly, legion camps. Plus, who knows what you may find scattered around the broken bones of a world.
Uses: 1 Rotisserie of Rogues
DC 50
1d100+15+20(Personal)=53 Slim Success

"Gettin' better at this" Scout Errak said, looking at you.

"Thanks, I appreciate it. Figured I might as well spend some time practicing something while we are out here. " You responded.

"There is that Legion base. We could try doing something to it if you are looking for something to do. I could throw some explosives at em, an you could watch" He suggests.

"It's not worth it, we've got closer demons to beat if we want to, and I don't want to risk being exposed anyway." You answered.

"Actually, really please don't. I don't want to get the demons riled up just yet." You requested.

"Speakin as miss magistrate or little scaredy scout?" He questioned.

"Both. I am speaking as Both" you stated.

" 'Sat why you spent so much time trying to learn sneaking from ol Errak?" Scout Ema interjected.

"Somewhat" You answered, with a shrug.

"Whole lot a green an black zilch, with the odd demon or beastie to get your worries up. Don't know why you wanted to come out here." Scout Ema said.

"Partially to get a feel for everything is like up here. Partially to make sure this guy doesn't do something dumb like light a firecracker next to a Legion Base."

"I wasn't gonna." He protested.

"Sure" You replied.

"Legion Patrol, headed our directly way. I think they spotted something ." Scout Mira warned.

"You sure?" You asked, getting up to clean up the base camp.

"Yes, I smelled them on the wind. They are getting closer. We need to move for the night." She stated.

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In the middle of the night, you wake. It is cold around you and a soft wind is blowing against your skin.

"So… this is the girl who seeks to fix a world." You heard.

"Who are you, this long night?" You asked with a voice low.

"One of many things with an interest in your endeavors." Words came, tickling your ear.

"And what way does your interest blow." You said in response.

"Away from the legion, for now." Said the wind, before it moved away.

Large amounts of the map opened up, knowledge of a new legion camp gained.


Learning

Jaye paces around her workstations. She is constantly moving around the makeshift Arcane Sanctum. "Hello Magistrate" She says, looking up after getting frustrated with a spell. "Is there something particular that you think should be focused on? Other wise, please leave me to my work"

[] Build a Foundry: You are currently making do with an eclectic batch of smithies and workshops strewn about Valorhills. You could make a push to formally construct a central foundry, which would also allow for mass smelting and mining to begin again.
Uses 1 Team of Builders
Takes 2 Turns
DC 40
Roll: 1d100+18-10=44 Slim Success:

Jaye is not interested in this endeavor at all. Preferring instead to spend time assisting with Lake Valiance, she has mostly allowed other people to take the reins. Luckily for her this has mostly worked out. A group of blacksmiths, engineers and miners have mostly taken the reins of the project. Jaye assisted with getting the space carved out and set up arcane infused tools should the Artisans wish to use them.
The Valorforge has grown since then, often using scrap and loot. For now it is not much, but in the future it may grow. You do start getting income from the repair requests.
Valorforge created. Mild implementation of an Enchanting Station. +100g from repairs. +50g per turn from repair taxes.


Piety

Thytest is pleasantly hopeful. He has spent what time he can wandering around Valorhills healing what he can. "Good morning Magistrate. If there is no business to be done then I would like to go assist others." He says most days. He seems to be obsessing over the production of water by the mages.

[]Purify the Land: With time, effort and the assistance of druidic and holy magics, you may be able to purify the land around Valorhills. Doing so would be expensive, but the dangers of leaving the land tainted in Fel may be mores.
Uses: 1 Bundle of Druids
1 Posse of Priests
DC 30
Roll: 1d100+13 = 25 Slim Failure:

"There wasn't much that happened. Sure we got some of the elves and some of the priests to go and make fools of themselves all around Valorhills. A few of the hills got cleaned up. The one we are standing on, the one named after you. Still, most of it just seemed to blow up against the wall.

The efforts failed. I mean, sure it did not fail terribly badly, but they still failed. Small patches of brown have appeared very close to the capital and on top of various hills. There've been attempts to have some fel-purged grass to seed, but none have really worked so far. Lakeside purification went better, thank goodness."

You were displeased by the report, it was not good for the corruption to remain so obstinate. You did take solace at your desk though. With your time spent assisting the scouting efforts, craftsmen had come in and improved your office. Soon enough you might even get a comfortable chair. You did have one question to ask Thytest about the scouting .

"Thank you Thytest, one quick thing before you leave, have the elements here been speaking with you at all?" You asked.

"Why you wishing you had sent me to talk to them instead? But to answer your question, nah, not really. There was a particularly crazed spirit of lava I tried to coax, but as I said, it was crazy. I've mostly been relying on elementals brought over from Azeroth to be honest." He explained

"Just thinking about what to do next. Thank you for the information." You responded

"Anyway, I am going to go…. Oh wait one more thing!" He said in the middle of his exit.

"Yes?" You responded

"Belraa spent some time helping out with the purification, and I think she managed to help out a bit. I know she was pushing for a church to be established, so you might get something about that soon."

General Failure. Small improvements made in incredibly critical areas. Fel proving resistant and both Druids and Priests are working on their own projects.


Personal Actions

Focus your efforts: By spending your time assisting with a project, you may increase its likelihood for success. It can be exhausting, but for some things, the personal touch may be worth it
See: Scout the Area


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Belraa and the Church of Light

Belraa comes into your office near the end March. She has come to tell you about the good news of how she managed to get the different factions of light-worshippers to combine and build a makeshift temple inside Valorhills. It is an eclectic mix of Human and Dranei design, but built on top of hill. It has a dwarves bunker layer as well. She offers for you to come at the opening of the new church.
She also forwards a request that the church of light be allowed to set up in a prime spot on the lake. She seems more hesitant about this offer, as it might anger others who are jockeying for the spot, including a group of druids, some deluded fisherman and the growing group of farmers and ranchers who are using the lake's water.

Vote: Allow the church of light to also establish itself near the Lake?

[] Yes, It will help to keep the lake clean of corruption.
Increased Church of Light Power. Passive Mild Purification of the Lake.

[] No, give it to the other claimants
Decreased Church of Light Power. Angers Church of Light.

[] It will be free for all beliefs and religions.
Spend 1 Action Point next turn with a team of builders and Posse of Priests to set up a "Terrace of Faiths" that will allow any faith, with permission, to set up next to the lake.
Effects Dependent on Piety Roll. Guaranteed Passive Mild Purification of the Lake.


Vote: Go to the church at its opening?
[] Yes, It will help connect with the many worshippers of the light in the Republic
Increased Church of Light Power. Large Increase of Light-Worshippers Opinion. Mild decrease of other faith opinions.

[] No, you do not want to give what may be an impression of favoritism towards the Church.
Decreased Church of Light Power. Decrease of Light-Worshippers opinion.


* If anyone wants a different name for Titansheir, you can recommend it.

From now on I think I am going to ask for Action rolls in thread.

Turn 1 Rumors

Church of Light Reestablished on Brighthill: The Church of light has been reestablished. With the assistance of the Assistant of Relations, the church of light has created and sanctified a new building in the center of Valorhills. Those seeking priestly or paladiny training can go there to seek it out. Even more than the benefits for the devoted, the benefits for the ordinary faithful are great. Those who wish to seek the comfort of the light may find it in the auspices of Brighthill Church. Brighthill Church has multiple levels. The top and bottom levels are not often open t the public as they are the common training areas of both Priests and Paladins respectively. The head priest of the Church, one Amuk Goldbrew, has made sure that all are welcome in the Church. It notably includes symbols indicative of all the peoples of Bravura, and it seems he intends to try and truly smooth over as many differences in light worship as he can.
Church of Light established. Church of light viewed highly amongst all segments of Bravuran Society. Amuk Goldbrew is head priest. They are wildly popular and actions that anger them will effect general opinion. (60% presence)

New Tea Shop: The ever enigmatic, but always delightful Jungnam Windfeet has opened a tea shop. Using a plot of land he claimed, he has built himself both a small tea shop and a small dojo for those who are interested in learning pandaren techniques. Even for those with only a passing interest, or those who are only interested in having a delightful spot of tea, The Rosemary Whisper has many delights! The Rosemary Whisper also has Felturtles and small Felgrubs which they are attempting to domesticate and use! The ever-pleasant Soo-Yin serves tea when she can, and is often available for a nice chat.
The Rosemary Whisper has opened. A spot of Pandaria in Bravura, they are attempting to domesticate grubs and turtles and sell wonderful tea to those who stop by. Despite their usefulness, their opinions don't actually matter.

They Want Home!: A group of homesick Bravurans have cobbled together a plan for how to do so. They call themselves the Azerothian Association and have had great success making connections amongst many different sympathetic groups. For now, they are simply raising money and making plans on what would be the best way to go about it. They have based themselves out of a leather shop as many of its members are woods-folk nostalgic for the wilds of Azeroth. They are, for now, just trying to keep the dream of retour alive.
Azerothian Association established. Failure to do anything about returning to Azeroth will anger them and lower general opinion. (30% presence)

GUILDS:
SAPPHIRE IS RECRUITING: Do you want to kill demons? Do you want to do anything other than sit around as the Fel slowly destroys your soul? We destroyed Legion Camp Despair. We keep the guards off of your back. Do you want to do the important work of bringing Heroic work to the front to douse demon destroyers? Do you want to be part of something great? Do you want to learn from the very best how to contribute to Bravura's safety? Do you want to carry important legion loot? Do you have strong arms for carrying demon destroying loot? If you answered yes to the fifth and last sentences, then you should join Sapphire.
Sapphire grows as a guild. They successfully attacked the nearby legion camp despair and offer to help with the growing guard corruption.
+10 Legion Attention

LEGION ACTIVITY:
Gleam of Green: With Legion Camp: Despair cleared out, much of the Legion presence has moved to different camps. A few Flashes of Green have appeared at the Legion Camp to the Southeast that is colloquially called Crackling Crevice.
Legion demons have moved away from being nearby you. They have instead moved to establish themselves in the Southeast.

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At this point, unlike the previous factions, unless you REALLY annoy the most popular ones, they will not be able to destroy the republic. However! They can and will affect general opinion, and it is wise to keep them happy. Though you should keep an eye on the two mentioned above, as they will be among the most powerful of the factions and are the two most likely to lead to a game over if handled improperly.

You get back to your impromptu desk and chair. Carved out of blackened stone, the building is squat and utilitarian. It, and the rest of the settlement, sit on top of a hill overlooking much of the surrounding area. Over the past month spare builders have been slowly improving the building on the inside. Your seat is much more comfortable now because it is covered in the leathers gained from the great hunt. You do wish they came in colors other than black, green and red. Your Assistants enter as well as a few aides.

Emora Greenbreath comes first, but as restless as she is she frequently leaves and returns, often with trophies. In her comings and goings she frequently bumps into Dalibo "accidentally". After all, she is blindfolded which means she can't see Dalibo's bright pink hair.

Dalibo, as is her custom, handles the stares in her direction with grace. It only makes her even more unnerving that she gives an impression that is opposite of both a Gnome and a Warlock. She is constantly getting messages from imps she sends to and fro, as well as reports from more conventional scouts.

Alcott Peddle remains at his desk during the day, except at noon, when he goes and tends to a small sapling he is growing a short distance away from the capitol building. He keeps his room softly lit and is brisk about his business. He mentions that gold is being used with water not being rationed. He is in worgen form when he recommends taxes.

You look towards Belraa and receive her report. She is constantly fielding meetings for your benefit. With her genuine heart she has done a lot to keep the relation between your Assistants more civil than it would otherwise be. Belraa constantly gives off a meek impression, helped by her horns curling over her ears. This impression is as much a feint as it is the truth. You've seen her call upon the light when she wants to. You know she is very good at it.

Jaye is most often at her Arcane Sanctum. You see her once everyday. She gives a report and then goes off to work on her own business. It is odd for her to do so when everyone else is. She looks annoyed about having to wait. Ah, you see a small mark on her right shoulder. She has formalized things with that High Elf then. You've read your histories. Elf romances bring far more trouble than they are worth. There is no end to the melodrama.

Thytest has begun managing the Terrace of Faiths. He says things are being managed well enough, but you know that it could end up a political minefield. He remains stout even as he manages all of the disparate people involved. So far things are looking well.

You finish with the reports and the orders. You take one last moment to think with yourself. You have, almost unbelievably, settled into a routine. On this fel-blasted land you have food, water, shelter and normalcy. It feels absurd. You finish your moment to recollect your thoughts.

Now let's see what else is on the docket today.

General Opinion: 60
Church of Light Opinion: 40
Azerothian Association: 40

Population ~470

Treasury 100g
+50g per turn

1 Batch of Mages
1 Bundle of Druids
0(1) Posse of Priests
1 Rotisserie of Rogues
1 Gang of Imps
1(2) Teams of Builders

7 Turns of Food
-1 Food Per Turn

Fel Corruption: 8%

You have 5 leftover actions, with one being taken up by Terrace of Faiths

Emora Greenbreath is not one for paperwork "We've got demons nearby us Magistrate, and none of you should be any kind of happy until they are all dead"

Belraa is smiling as she reads several letters. "Everyone is mostly happy with us. Sure there is grumbling about not going home, but things are, so far, pretty peaceful. Everyone is getting along." She says. She then pauses "You've made some waves with the church though. That could go badly."

Alcott waves you over."The mages have done better than we could have believed. With a new lake, new possibilities are opening up. Unfortunately, we no longer have a way to get Bravurans to do what we want other than asking nicely. We will need a tax system soon."

Dalibo smiles as she sees you "Ah Magistrate, just what I needed, I have a couple of intriguing reports you may want to look over, and I had some questions for you that would be useful if you answered. I am still surprised you were willing to go out scouting yourself, but it seems to have been worth it considering the results."

Jaye paces around her workstations. She is constantly moving around the growing Arcane Sanctum. "Hello Magistrate" She says, looking up after getting frustrated with a spell. "Is there something particular that you think should be focused on? Other wise, please leave me to my work." You spot Astaren entering the sanctum sometimes when you leave.

Thytest is pleasantly hopeful. He has his hands full with the creation of the Terrace of Faiths but so far everyone mostly trusts him as a relative outsider to the most relevant faiths.

You always have a little Personal Time, rare as it is.