Chronicles of History - Civ Quest

[X][React] The Shamans. Convince the Nersondur Republics to focus on appeasing the spirits, especially the great spirit of Fire Mountain.
[X] [Runa] Learn the storm magic of the Stormfolk.
[X] [Runa] Bind the great spirit of Fire Mountain.

While the hunters called for establishing a proper presence on the mainland and the traders desired to force the Sunset Clans to reopen trade one way or another, it was Runa and the shamans who got their way.

Cajoling and talking others into getting their way, the shamans were able to convince the majority of the Nersondur Republics that something needed to be done lest the spirits escalate in their behaviour.

At the behest of the shamans, the Nersondur Republics form a united effort to appease the spirits. More shrines are set to the local spirits to keep them happy while the shamans have significant amount of resources devoted to ceremonies and rituals to keeping the spirits happy.

As the seasons go by, the efforts of the islanders seem to be successful as the spirits calm down and ceased their hostiles. While there were a few more attacks as the seasons passed, there were no more deaths and eventually the old status quo with the spirits returned.

Appeasing the spirits weren't the only thing that was done as the prodigy Runa of the Newland Republic attempted to learn the signature storm magic of the Stormfolk for herself. Seeking access to as many of the Stormfolk mages as she could, Runa not only got her hands on as many of the few enslaved ones that the hunters brought back, but she also used what sway she had to get more brought over from the mainland.

While not all were willingly to give up their secrets, Runa was able to coax out their magical teachings from many of them. Just as many refused out of a sense of pride or honour, others would give up their magical knowledge in exchange for better treatment and some luxuries.

As expected of someone of her skill and talent, Runa took well to the lessons of the mainlander mages and swiftly gained the ability to predict and command the skies whilst controlling storms. Other Nersonduran shamans, from the Newland Republic and beyond, flocked to Runa to learn the storm magic from the first islander to wield such magics.

Unlike the spirit magic of the shamans, the storm magic depended upon the wielder's own spirit and had nothing to do with other spirits. The mage would need to tap into their own internal power, something stored within their spirit. They would use this to fuel the storm magic spells and once they had used up their well of power, the mage would be unable to cast anymore. Using up all of their power would leave the mage tired and with food, rest and time, their power would restore itself slowly.

The learning of storm magic from their captive mages wasn't the only major interaction that the Nersondur Republics had with the Stormfolk. The islander coalition still held vast swathes of the Stormfolk coastline and the mainlanders wanted it back.

While they hadn't fully recovered, the Stormfolk had a generation to lick their wounds and prepare for the next fight. Having beaten back the Oldlanders for now, the Stormfolk were ready to make an attempt to reclaim their conquered territory.

There were no great battles, no grand clashes between two coalitions, just various republics on both sides fighting each other. The Nersondur Republic would defend the land that their hunters had claimed for them while a Stormfolk republic would make their attempt at taking the settlement back.

While the Stormfolk saw some success, the majority of the fighting went in the favour of the Nersondurans as they held their ground and even launched a few counter-attacks of their own. While only a handful of insignificant settlements were lost, the Nersondur Republics kept their control over the Stormfolk coastline.

Riding off of her quick and complete success, Runa decided to undertake her other major ambition as the ability to use storm magic spread amongst the other shamans. The Newland prodigy decided to bind the great spirit of Fire Mountain.

The great spirit had calmed down along side the other spirits and since spirits were rarely angered at being bound, Runa was confident that she wouldn't anger the great spirit. While no shaman had come close to taming a spirit as powerful as the great spirit of Fire Mountain, no shaman had come close to matching Runa's skill and talent when it came to spirits and magic.

In the end, there was a great debate about whether or not Runa had succeeded. Not over whether she had bound the great spirit of Fire Mountain for there was no doubt that she had accomplished that deed, but the debate was around what she had achieved by doing so.

Runa no longer walked amongst the rest of the Nersondurans and the great spirit of Fire Mountain had changed, but no one was entirely sure how with there being two main theories. The first was that the great spirit was too powerful for Runa, a mere mortal, to have as a familiar and the binding had fused the great spirit with Runa, combining the two of them into the new great spirit of Fire Mountain. The second theory was that great spirit had been wooed by Runa and chose her to bear its daughter and turns itself into Runa's child, but giving birth too such a powerful spirit was too much for Runa, a mere mortal, and the shaman had perished in childbirth.

While former theory was held by the knowledgeable shamans, the latter one had gained traction amongst the more romantic general public. Regardless of what the truth was, the Nersondur Republics had taken to calling the new distinctively feminine great spirit of Fire Mountain Rune after the vanished Runa.

With Runa having passed from the world after leaving her mark on it, the Nersondur Republics were left wondering what to do next. The shamans had risen to prominent over the last generation under the actions of Runa and the need to appease the spirits. Meanwhile traders had fallen from grace even if they still retain the most influence, it was lacking compared to before Runa had entered the picture.

Despite this shifting in balance of power, the shamans and traders found themselves semi-united in purpose. The shamans wanted access to more magic and since they already had two of the three known types of magic, they wanted to get a hold of the magic that the goddess Kharolind had given the Sunset Clans.

For their part, the traders still sought to reopen trade with the Sunset Clans by any means necessary though their rage had given way to desperation at this point. One way or another, the honey needed to flow again for the honey must flow.

Still upset with the Sunset Clans for suddenly cutting off any trade without an explanation, the various elders throw their support behind the traders and shamans as they wanted to strike back at the Sunset Clans for the perceived insult.

As for the hunters, the latest fighting with the Stormfolk had strengthen their desire to strengthen their hold on the mainland coastline and establish a more permanent presence there. While they retained the uttermost confidence in their ability to continue crushing the Stormfolk in battle, the hunters did not the possibility of a bout of fighting and sought to limit how much damage the Stormfolk could do their conquests in the event of such a thing happening.


You have three Secondary Actions. Two Secondary Actions make a single Main Action. No plan voting or write-ins.
Please tag actions as [SEC] & [MAIN].



I was originally going to have only one option for the Runa vote to win, but then Runa went and learnt all of the Stormfolk magic with a couple of spare innovations so I decided to let her make an attempt at another project since the second highest vote was only one behind.

Like with the first project, Runa succeeded all too well and that was her undoing. She successfully bound the great spirit of Fire Mountain, but a top tier spirit proved to be too much for a lone mere mortal like Runa to successfully make a familiar so something else happened. Since just what happened is unknown to the Nersondur Republics, it will remain unknown to you guys as well until it is no longer particularly relevant to decision making.

The shamans have also seen a rise in prominence between you guys going all in on supporting them and Runa being herself. Meanwhile the traders have lost some of their influence between the important trade with the Sunset Clans not being reopened and the shamans increasing their own influence.

The Stormfolk also made an attempt at attacking you to retake the settlements that you have nominal control over.

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