Not really if Mathilde is known as someone you could do political sausage work with, which is hard to find, then there are areas she can work with and potentially be in the halls of power of the Eonir. It would be more difficult for a dwarf envoy because they never really acknowledged that the elves have four different nations between them and think everyone swears fealty to Ulthuan. So I highly doubt that dismissive attitude when they've lived together with the Nordlanders for millennia.
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
- Thread starter Boney
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Hard disagree on that one. The Empire is full of wizards, Mathilde brings a lot less unique to the table there. As for which has more problems- pretty impossible to say, but last I checked the Karaz Ankor was still in decline and the Empire wasn't.
Loremaster-At-Large seems to be 'the same but bigger' I'd say. More problems, more varied problems.
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We've literally talked with Belegar about the Eonir and he acknowledged that they're a separate polity and one without such serious grudges.
The proverbial dwarf-on-the-street might not know the difference, but those we'd be working with would.
While there are a lot of wizards there are too few Lord Magisters to go around if they're not managing the Colleges and the Karaz Ankor while in decline is no longer falling to the depths of despair and it would be better if their ally the Empire can assist in the new Silver Age of the Dwarves. The dwarves can no longer do this on their own they need the Empire more than before and if we assist in strengthening the Empire then it would lead to a better age for both the Empire and the Karaz Ankor.
Sure but that's just Belegar and he would need to trade some more favors to get other holds to look away from his discretion or for them to not report it to the High King.
CuttleFish2.0
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[X] The Waystone Project
[X] Loremaster-at-Large of Karak Eight Peaks
[X] Bodyguard and Tutor to Prince Mandred
[X] Governor-General of Swamp Town
[X] Loremaster-at-Large of Karak Eight Peaks
[X] Bodyguard and Tutor to Prince Mandred
[X] Governor-General of Swamp Town
Which is still more than the 0 wizards in general Karaz Ankor has.
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It's not just Belegar, it's any Dawi who bothers to check. The Damaz Kron exists for a reason, and it distinguishes between the Eonir and Ulthuan. Ulthuan grudges quite simply don't apply to Eonir and anyone who was to act against Eonir based on them would soon find themselves looking at a jar of orange hair dye.
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It's not Mathilde's fault that their Runesmiths and Runelords can't live up to her standards.
[X] Loremaster-at-Large of Karak Eight Peaks
[X] The Waystone Project
[X] Ambassador-at-Large to the Karaz Ankor
I wear my heart on my sleeve, and I'll adjust if necessary later, because being honest I really do not want to work for Heidi, so if something Dwarf related can't pull into a lead I'll toss in some votes for non-bodyguard Empire options.
Loremaster at large sounds delicious because man oh man, do I want to go poke around Vlag for a while.
[X] The Waystone Project
[X] Ambassador-at-Large to the Karaz Ankor
I wear my heart on my sleeve, and I'll adjust if necessary later, because being honest I really do not want to work for Heidi, so if something Dwarf related can't pull into a lead I'll toss in some votes for non-bodyguard Empire options.
Loremaster at large sounds delicious because man oh man, do I want to go poke around Vlag for a while.
Mopman43
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Boney has specifically warned us before that we've spent quite a bit of favor in his name.
Debts do come due.
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Different paradigms. Runesmiths prepare to solve problems that will arise later by making proper equipment. Grey Wizards solve problems that already exist by confusing the world so much it doesn't remember what the problem was.
What you mean the lack of mage sight, disinclination to innovate and oftentimes unwillingness to even leave their workshops? Yes that is quite tragic, thank you for agreeing with me.
This. Empire might be more of a mess in need of fixing, but our skillset is not unique in the Empire. There is a whole Grey Order there, for example. How many wizards do dwarves have that they would trust with their problems? Much less, I think.
Hard disagree on Loremaster option. Dwarf issues just seem bland to me too.
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That's a pretty strong claim. Do you have any, uh, evidence for it?
You're allowed to just think Waystones aren't a project you want to do, you know. You don't have to come up with reasons why we can't actually do the project that is on our list of things we can do.
Boney rated this post Insightful, for the record. Bolded section mine; there's no reason to believe doing stuff for the Empire will get the Eonir more on board with Waystones than agreeing to do Waystones with them.
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
Now now, we are probably one of the Empire's greatest Greatsworders, especially once you factor in that we have one of the greatest of the great greatswords.
So that's one unique thing we can do.
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To add a couple of examples for this:
"There's a nest of giant spiders living in the Chiselwards"
"Sure, I can handle that."..."There we go, now there's a nest of giant spiders guarding the undercitadel and providing us with silk"
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"There're are a dozen enemy factions we'd have to fight through to clear out the Karak"
"Sure, I can handle that."..."There we go, there are a dozen enemy factions killing each other and clearing out the Karak."