Crows are sacred to Ranald? I didn't know that.
Qrech was being useful. No, not only that, he made a real piece of art. He's actually been making it for some time now, but only now do I realize the significance.
What a unique thing that must be, in a world outside of Skavenblight, and how tragic in its implications.
Oh. Oh, my. If the Division of Arts's proposed sketches imply what I think they imply, that's entirely too much hardcore romance for the poor, sheltered Mathilde. Shallya's priesthood definitely probably wouldn't approve, and even wiping out all the Necromancers in the world wouldn't save Mathilde from Morr's wrath.
I do like the end result. It sounds very peaceful and wholesome. Beautiful imagery.
...didn't realize it until you said it, I went back and checked and...right thats one interpretation of a vessel that brings life alright...
...Ranald would totes do it through, cunning rogue that he is.
The Barrows are... iron ore? Silver ore? I can't remember. I hope at least one of the old mines is a gromril one.
The gromril mine WAS the Under-Citadel, and long mined out. Based on that its possible that theres more in the Trench.
It's odd for Belegar's mindset, and foolish imho, to ignore Valaya as that. Especially as Mhonar is safe and empty, save for Bok. Out of all the Ancestor-Gods, Valaya's domain is the one most in tune with Belegar's aim.
I hope he has a plan in reserve that explains his reasoning.
Gunnars also doesn't seem at ease with Belegar's decision.
Not quite. Gunnar approves once he heard the reasoning.
Valaya would be quite poorly served with a temple in an empty hold. Inauspicious. Likewise, putting a new grand temple to Valaya in
Grimnir peak sends all the wrong messages.
Thus the only reasonable recourse was to wait until Mhonar is properly repopulated, and we aren't housing the majority of our dwarf population above the mass graves.
Ah, I meant the Bank vault.
It wouldn't have surprised me much. I could easily see them selling some off and the "closing" of the bank ensuring that no one could ever collect.
Belegar was pretty clear: the account holders died, their heirs died, THEN after holding the accounts active for a very long time, Karak Eight Peaks died.
Crows are like Ranald. They like shinies, they are social, they attack people who bully them as a group, they seem ominous and evil while actually being some of the most lovable and unquestionably good aligned animals... What's not to Ranald?
Fun fact, the local corvids have learned how to imitate car horns and engine noises.
I saw one imitate a car alarm once to scare the shit out of a cat.
Gentledwarves, it is time.
Time to introduce the We to romance novels.
How would we frame it?
I don't think in terms of reproduction, since the We's reproduction is essentially self manipulation.
A Romance, from the perspective of the We, should have the mating at the end as the least important part. The important part is two equal persons probing each other for suitability of union!
It's hard to know the exact limits of wind-herder, but while "Making them keep a safe distance from each other" could be logic'd to being able to use one to manipulate another (Surround a blob of Shyish with a cone of Ulgu and push it forward like magnets?) It's a pretty high end interpretation of what's possible.
Naw, like, if the winds overlap, Dhar will likely form.
But you could say, use Ulgu to manipulate Shyish by inducing existential terror so Shyish reacts to that(fear overlaps with both).
So, now that Qrech has made a contribution to a Ranald Shrine unknowingly, can we start the conversion? Otherwise we would have to eventually kill him, because we can't let him loose to return to the Skaven.
No? Going head to head with the Horned Rat in this manner is a bad idea.
And theres no reason to let him free, keep him in comfort and captivity for the rest of his days. Nobody knows he exists and he's not feeling any desire to invoke the Horned Rat, end his comfort and potentially be very dead.
Added EIC option:
[ ] Sell some of the Grand Urbaz Bank coins to collectors and museums.
As with the other related option, it will be available until the smelting.
Nice.
Trickle pacing the coins out to collectors should help amplify the wealth, at least until we exhaust the market's willingness to spend.
Wilhelmina probably could get some collectors to sign over their grandmothers for the rarer pieces.
He was working on a system to help defend the underground sections of the Karak. It likely was going to use pipes and boiling steam to cook enemies alive. The newly reclaimed Karak is just too big for such a system right now. He might revisit it later but standard dwarf defenses will have to do now.
It does seem quite hard to boil that much water.
Or stock that much water.
Physiological needs- these are biological requirements for human survival, e.g. air, food, drink, shelter, clothing, warmth, sex, sleep.
- Mostly met we have a great tower. Although our sex life sucks. Unfortunately not a problem that money or a boon is likely to fix very well.
A friend of mine tried it. He does not recommend. Buying sex is generally inferior to masturbation as far as meeting needs goes.
Enchantment probably could help!
Besides the Prestige and freedom from tithing, what else would a Lord Magistership bring us?
Cheaper College classes? Unrestricted access to more sensitive material? Cheaper cost of hiring assistants from the Colleges because of the prestige of working for a Lord Magister on one's CV? Higher favor income from renting out one's service to Elector Counts for specific jobs?
Because these sort of arguments boil down to: Lord Magistership is valuable versus Lord Magistership is poor value for Great Deed value. Without knowing some of the benefits of Lord Magistership, which side is right boils down to a matter of speculations and assertions.
Don't have WoG on it but from the description we can surmise:
-Enhanced authority, a Lord Magister is empowered to make limited deals on behalf of the Empire and to represent the Empire without any more prior arrangement than the title. If they made you a Lord Magister they trust you to make the right call or to not make a call at all.
-Reduced restrictions. Laws and rules apply more laxly, or at least you'd be more likely to be allowed to explain yourself before they pass judgment. A Wizard Lord is likely permitted to cast spells whenever they want, as people who cast spells irresponsibly don't get to be Wizard Lords unless they ALSO are of such personal power they can't be made to answer for their actions.
-Enhanced prestige. Note the clause on spending Favor to get people to help for your projects being cheaper if the other party is interested. A Lord Magister has the kind of prestige that they don't need to spend as much college favor to get people working with them, though this isn't a reliable measure.
--At the least, you're an object of respect and emulation, so finding people who are interested in the right field and hype to work with you is muc heasier.
-You do get paid a lot more, but most people who reach Lord Magister usually are beyond caring much for the specific moneys.
Oh right, votes lets see...I'm so so late that making a plan is a waste of time, diving right in:
[X] Plan: Spoken Queekish and AV preliminary research done. V3
[X] Plan: Save the History! also AV and Job I guess...
[X] Plan: Save the History! also AV and Job I guess... V2
Closest to what I want for now.