A hammer rings out for a final time, and the clarion ringing echoes through the cavern for what feels like an eternity, followed by a restful silence.
Beautiful. Radiant. Wondrous.
It is one of the finest work these old hands have forged, though not the one closest to His heart. The wonder of wonders, the shape of all that He is, that They are, made manifest.
It shall be the last these yet mortal hands, already unravelling and only grown worse by this act, shall create as they currently are.
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yet mortal hands" "as they currently are"
This sounds like... he's becoming too much of a true divinity to be able to remain in the world, or something? (The cost of doing business; the Great Vortex protects the world from Chaos Daemons walking the world. But I think it also prevents Gods walking the world too. Or maybe it was Asuryan's Decree prevents Gods? Don't fully remember. Anyway.) Or maybe he's turning into stone, and needs to go to the Underearth or Glittering Realm to avoid that.
I wonder what exactly he built. Some Gateway or Doorway to the Glitterimg Realm or something perhaps?
Even with your hammer's new capabilities, you aren't sure it could be done in a timely fashion as you haven't ever tested the scale of your finer level of control to such a degree. You were all but certain that you could make a path one dwarf wide, but unless you wanted everyone to walk into Fimir territory single file, an army required something a bit more substantial.
Mhorni would make that a two-dwarf-wide path I suppose. Since he'd double our productivity in this particular case.
Of course the obvious question is; would combining the efforts of Snorri's hammer and the Grungni statue, result in even
faster road construction together? Will it make it even easier and faster for Dwarfs to build the road after the Statue hardens the path?
And of course our gear might empower the Statue itself too. ... And our Eye might let us spot flaws in the hardened earth and correct them faster, thus letting us and the builders build the roads
even better and faster.
Where among the Throng will you situate yourself.
[ ] The Vanguard. Where you're arguably your most effective. Also where Vragni has been putting himself for several decades now. Is it worth the potential headache?
[ ] The Statue. You're fairly sure that being around the big Rune statue with your equipment will only improve its capabilities.
And that's why I wanna pick The Statue.
The Colonization Proposal.
[ ] [Support:] Fully Support the proposal.
Freyda will almost assuredly get the Northern Kings to agree to her proposal and with good odds of them agreeing to ideas she considered outside her reach before. You'd be throwing your weight around in this manner, and it will show. With Silverbrand in Ornsmotek there's sure to be pushback there because of it. Gain +2 Standing with the Cult of Valaya. Unlocks Options. Cost: [70 Favours from Kraka Ornsmotek, 50 Favours from Kraka Dorden, and Ravnsvake, 30 Favours with Kraka Drakk]
[ ] [Support:] Partially Support the proposal.
Freyda will likely see her proposal agreed to, but anything beyond the minimum will be on her and her alone. Your word carries weight, and you suppose this is as good a use for it as any. Gain +1 Standing with the Cult of Valaya. Unlocks Options. Cost: [30 Favours from Kraka Dorden, Ornsmotek and Ravnsvake, 10 Favours with Kraka Drakk]
This is how much favor we have;
Kraka Ornsmotek, "The Eagle's Peak Hold": Standing 9, Favours 250
Kraka Dorden, "The Thunder Hold": Standing 9, Favours 100
Kraka Ravnsvake, "The Raven's Roost Hold": Standing 9,
Favours 40
Kraka Drakk, "The Dragon Hold," Standing 10, Favours 440
We literally don't even have enough favor with Ravnsvake to be able to afford this right now. Which means we'd probably be forced to commit an action, probably a Retainer action, to shore that up.
Which means we wouldn't be able to spend that Retainer action on anything
else we might want or need.
And, also, the Fully Support action would unlock Actions to take on its own too. I don't want to drown in even
more options right now.
Especially as I think we accepted a Commission or Work Request lately too? Something about the High King's son's campaign I think? I can't recall if we need to do anything more than just send The Miner, but.
Even if it wasn't for that though, we still have
so much research to get through.
And the absolute crap-ton of Actions that our Khazagar project will eat up!
