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Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest

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[x] Princess Edda, to pry for details about her illicit romance with Prince Kazrik.
[x] Prince Gotri, who will seize any excuse to talk about his gyrocopters.
[x] Prince Kazrik, as he tries to pry a shipwright loose from Barak Varr.
[x] Titus Muggins, who's returned to farming with every avenue of attack defended.
[x] Francesco Caravello, proud leader of the Undumgi
[x] Sir Ruprecht Wulfhart, as the new home of the Winter Wolves takes shape.
[x] Kragg the Grim, who you could likely convince to start gloating.
[x] Karak Kadrin, presenting them with the skull of an old enemy (but not to keep).
[x] Empress 'Heidi', to see if you can snatch a private moment to speak honestly with her.
[x] Anton, to see how his firearm factory is going.
[x] Wilhelmina, to see how she's going when she's not a terrifying financial juggernaut.
[x] On display in the Duckling Club.
[x] The best reading chair ever.
[x] Loremaster: Expert on beekeeping

Running out the door, but Hell Yeahs all around.
 
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Also, the thread's (and thus Mathilde's?) complete turn around on Gabriella reminds me of scene from a fanfic:
"I don't think it's just the last fight," said Tsukune suddenly. "If you think about it, ever since Ranma turned her little campaign against him into a prank war, she seemed unusually animated, you know? I think she was pretty excited to have someone challenge her."
Kurumu raised an eyebrow as he piled some seaweed salad on her tray. "You think so? The way Moka complained, you'd think the damn witch was being tortured."
Tsukune nodded. "Moka was being overprotective; even Yukari admitted that much. But I think she started seeing Ranma as more of a rival than an enemy, even if she herself didn't realize it. And then, once Ranma brushed off such a dangerous curse, I suppose she was just so impressed that her respect for him as a rival evolved into idol worship."
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[+] The Wizards of Karak Eight Peaks (locked in)


[X] Princess Edda, to pry for details about her illicit romance with Prince Kazrik.
[X] Prince Kazrik, as he tries to pry a shipwright loose from Barak Varr.
I want to get the low down on both of them from each side just for mega giggles.

[X] Kragg the Grim, who you could likely convince to start gloating.
YES. I WISH TO SPEAK WITH THEEEEEE!

[X] Karak Hirn, to satisfy your curiousity about Prince Ulthar.
Really curious about Ulthar.


[X] Roswita, to present her with a copy of the book her late father contributed to.
To make an awesome scene even better.

[X] Empress 'Heidi', to see if you can snatch a private moment to speak honestly with her.
As I said.

W. H. A. T.


[X] The best reading chair ever.
[X] Build it into the entrance to the Penthouse.
Either of these me thinks.

[X] Loremaster: Expert on beekeeping

And Redshirt makes an excellent point.
 
Alobomb said:
I'm slightly worried though that the Warpstone might be part of what's caused their peculiar mutation into a hive mind? It could very well just be tumours that are poisoning them, but it's worth exploring that there is nothing else like them documented anywhere, their hive mind is maintained through some kind of magic, and they just happen to have been eating and re-eating the same pieces of freaking warpstone from the things that lay their eggs for God knows how many years. Maybe we should look at the warpstone less as a peculiarity, and more as a potential cause for their existence. Would removing it from their food chain eventually cause them to degenerate into individuals? Who knows.
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I suspect that plays a part in how they evolved, but I doubt it's needed to maintain it. Since they seem to have evolved a way to sharply limit the effects of ingesting warpstone. Those tumors sound a lot like an evolution to keep warpstone from further mutating the species.
 
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[X] Princess Edda, to pry for details about her illicit romance with Prince Kazrik.
[X] Kragg the Grim, who you could likely convince to start gloating.
[X] Roswita, as she tries to wrap her head around the influx of Battle Wizards.
[X] Empress 'Heidi', to see if you can snatch a private moment to speak honestly with her.
[X] Anton, to see how his firearm factory is going.
[X] Roswita, to present her with a copy of the book her late father contributed to.
[X] Loremaster: Expert on beekeeping

[X] The best reading chair ever.
 
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[X] Princess Edda, to pry for details about her illicit romance with Prince Kazrik.
[X] Kragg the Grim, who you could likely convince to start gloating.
[X] Roswita, as she tries to wrap her head around the influx of Battle Wizards.
[X] Empress 'Heidi', to see if you can snatch a private moment to speak honestly with her.
[X] Anton, to see how his firearm factory is going.
[X] Roswita, to present her with a copy of the book her late father contributed to.

[X] The best reading chair ever.
 
Core Votes

I will not drop the following three votes under any circumstances.

[X] Karak Kadrin, presenting them with the skull of an old enemy (but not to keep).

Will we see a Grudge Strike-out scene? I'm curious to know, and it's an amazing opportunity for Mathilde to forge a connection with yet another Dwarven Hold, one that probably won't come easily considering the position of Karak Eight Peaks on the Dwarven political spectrum.

[X] Roswita, as she tries to wrap her head around the influx of Battle Wizards.

This is going to be amusing.

[X] Empress 'Heidi', to see if you can snatch a private moment to speak honestly with her.

This one is a must. My money is on the Empress being both Lahmian and Ranaldian, who managed to con a Nearch, the Colleges and the Grand Theogenist alike that she is but a mortal woman. Maybe Omegahugger would get one of his wishes fulfilled after all.....

Even if this wild off speculation isn't true, I suspect that she is going to be a source of plot-lines that may lead to doing other Great Deeds or more favors for Ranald. She's given the open-invitation to get acquainted with her, let's take it as a devotee of Ranald and as the Mathilde who choose Avatar.

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These votes are subjected to being dropped if they compete with any of the core votes.

[X] Prince Gotri, who will seize any excuse to talk about his gyrocopters.

I want to see more of this radical Dwarf, especially when we and the Gyrocopter has become highly acquainted and likely would continue to be over the next few years.

[X] Anton, to see how his firearm factory is going.

Don't mind more Anton. I was part of the Marry Anton faction after all.

[X] Kragg the Grim, who you could likely convince to start gloating.

You know, the future Branch College might become the premier center for learning Runic magic among the Colleges of Magic. Naturally, all who are enrolled in those Runic courses are forced to take serious oaths of secrecy, where the breaking of these oaths would lead to their ostracism and expulsion from all of Karaz Ankor.

[X] Karak Hirn, to satisfy your curiousity about Prince Ulthar.

Curiosity indeed.

[X] Roswita, to present her with a copy of the book her late father contributed to.

Double Roswita? I wonder if the QM is dropping hints here. Let's see how much more Mathilde can work on her.

Dragon Skull

[X] On display in the Duckling Club.

Maybe it should act as a source of inspiration for many more generations of Journeymen and young Magisters alike.

[X] The best reading chair ever.

This is also nice too, nothing says swag more than a reading chair made out of a Dragon's Skull, and may it indeed serve as a personal source of inspiration for Mathilde the Academic and a trophy for Mathilde the Warrior and a source of aspiration for Mathilde the Wizard, the Ulgu Dragoness to be. Whelp, when will Mathilde acquire a fourth aspect?

Loremaster

[X] Loremaster: Expert on beekeeping

The argument against Weaving and for beekeeping by others sold me on this.
 
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On the subject of the We's 'old age', I wonder if you could use it as part of a mechanism for safely sequestering very small shards of warpstone, like those in Sylvania, for example, like, the way I read that part, what you end up when a really old We is liquidated is a bunch of stone balls with chips of warpstone in them, (like really freaky pearls) and I'm thinking maybe you could take those pearls and shove them in the lead lined caskets that the dwarfs tend to use to store warpstone in, as an intermediary decontamination step.
 
[X] Loremaster: Expert on weaving

[X] Empress 'Heidi', to see if you can snatch a private moment to speak honestly with her.

[X] Roswita, as she tries to wrap her head around the influx of Battle Wizards.

[X] Roswita, to present her with a copy of the book her late father contributed to.

[X] Karak Kadrin, presenting them with the skull of an old enemy (but not to keep).

[X] Try to find Kasmir in Sylvania.

[X] Canopy bed, except skull instead of canopy.
 
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BoneyM said:
Before you can wrap up the year with an in-depth delve into Karagril, you must consider the educators that have arrived, all of which hail from Karak Hirn. You suspect Prince Ulthar might have ears in Eight Peaks, as one of the Loremasters has extensively studied the spiders of the Forest Goblins, one hails from a Clan with close ties to the Weavers Guild, and the third is from a Clan famous for its mead, and therefore experienced with bees.
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Somebody PLEASE get this Dwarf an honorary membership to the Cult of Ranald, because I am pretty sure he is already overqualified.

[X] Loremaster: Expert on beekeeping
Experts on weaving and spider biology are good, but an expert on how Hives think and act would be perfect.

[X] Roswita, as she tries to wrap her head around the influx of Battle Wizards.
[X] Roswita, to present her with a copy of the book her late father contributed to.
[X] Empress 'Heidi', to see if you can snatch a private moment to speak honestly with her.
[X] Prince Gotri, who will seize any excuse to talk about his gyrocopters.
[X] Kragg the Grim, who you could likely convince to start gloating.

Fun times with the most antagonistic people in Mathilde's life! But seriously, everything sounds so exciting! Rozzy! Gyrocopters! Heidi! KRAGG DISAPPROVES OF THIS.

[X] On display in the Duckling Club.
Having deprived Pewsley Jeffrisonson Jr. of a rad crib for his third birthday, I would feel bad about using this for a bed. Terrorizing the NEWBIES with it would be excellent.

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[X] Karak Hirn, to satisfy your curiousity about Prince Ulthar.
Didn't see you there! You too buddy, your membership card has been pre-approved.
 
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[X] Loremaster: Expert on beekeeping

[X] Kragg the Grim, who you could likely convince to start gloating.
[X] Belegar
[X] Empress 'Heidi', to see if you can snatch a private moment to speak honestly with her.
[X] Roswita, as she tries to wrap her head around the influx of Battle Wizards.
[X] Roswita, to present her with a copy of the book her late father contributed to.

[X] The best reading chair ever.

Rather curious why so many people want to go to Karak Kadrin. No one we know is there, we're gonna get Dwarf Favor for killing him whether we go there or not, so why go in the first place?
 
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[x] Loremaster: Expert on beekeeping

[x] Empress 'Heidi', to see if you can snatch a private moment to speak honestly with her.
[x] Kragg the Grim, who you could likely convince to start gloating.
[x] Roswita, to present her with a copy of the book her late father contributed to.
[x] Karak Kadrin, presenting them with the skull of an old enemy (but not to keep).
[x] Princess Edda, to pry for details about her illicit romance with Prince Kazrik.

[x] On display in the Duckling Club.
 
BoneyM said:
The results are conclusive. Nagash's Art cannot be safely wielded by even the best of mortals. May his Morr be more merciful than Usirian.
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...Vladimir. That was a test. That was a test all along. He guided Frederick all along against Nagash's traps and ploys... only to find out that no, no mortal being can weather Dhar at all.

I am unsure whether to rage at him for dooming Frederick to this end and the creation of Liber Mortis or pitying him for having lost someone who he respected and come to value as he slowly but surely become fully mad and crazed.
 
[X] Kragg the Grim, who you could likely convince to start gloating.
[X] Roswita, as she tries to wrap her head around the influx of Battle Wizards.
[X] Roswita, to present her with a copy of the book her late father contributed to.
[X] Empress 'Heidi', to see if you can snatch a private moment to speak honestly with her.
[X] Anton, to see how his firearm factory is going.

[X] Loremaster: Expert on beekeeping
[X] On display in the Duckling Club.


If we want to morph the Duckling Club into the college branch eventually, we should give it a good start.

Dragon College, eh?
 
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[X] Loremaster: Expert on beekeeping

[X] Prince Gotri, who will seize any excuse to talk about his gyrocopters.
[X] Kragg the Grim, who you could likely convince to start gloating.
[X] Empress 'Heidi', to see if you can snatch a private moment to speak honestly with her.
[X] Prince Kazrik, as he tries to pry a shipwright loose from Barak Varr.
[X] Anton, to see how his firearm factory is going.
[X] Try to find Kasmir in Sylvania.

[X] On display in the Duckling Club.
 
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Alobomb said:
I'm slightly worried though that the Warpstone might be part of what's caused their peculiar mutation into a hive mind? It could very well just be tumours that are poisoning them, but it's worth exploring that there is nothing else like them documented anywhere, their hive mind is maintained through some kind of magic, and they just happen to have been eating and re-eating the same pieces of freaking warpstone from the things that lay their eggs for God knows how many years. Maybe we should look at the warpstone less as a peculiarity, and more as a potential cause for their existence. Would removing it from their food chain eventually cause them to degenerate into individuals? Who knows.
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Perhaps, more study is required to be certain
But I will note that you are mistaken on one front, the Warpstone is not redigested, it's trapped in calcified tumors that would contain them even after the We recycle the nutrients of the corpse

BoneyM said:
Judging by the hard, calcified layer around each one, they'd continue containing the warpstone long after the rest of the body decayed, even if the rest of the innards had been liquefied and consumed by the rest of the We
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