tarrangar
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We should take a day to go to Bravos and offer them reincarnation, we don't need to spend much time on it, so we should do it soon, I want those amongst them who accept, to join our conquest of Tyrosh.
A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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tarrangar
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We asked Menel to keep silent about us being able to return his youth, so I think it's indeed something we want kept secret for now.
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We'll need to put it in the minor actions next turn, preferably with Menel Goldentooth leading the way telling all of them how great it is to be young again and not be enslaved to the fucking fey. This isn't something you just drop in and offer, we'll need to put actual effort in diplomancing them and making them come to the conclusion that working for us is the best thing ever.
They're probably going to just fake their deaths to get around that, and then walk in Sorcerer's Deep with new bodies.
Paradosi
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I think tarrangar meant if they'd refused, we'd wipe their memories of the offer we'd made, but I don't see the point at this point. Not like it'd matter, for I doubt folks with so much wanderlust would not want their youth back.
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I've just realised that Druid is by far the best class for large-scale battle magic, and that we don't have one :/
Well, we can teach Lya Druid spells I suppose. Still, this isn't great...
@Artemis1992 was spreading fear of high-level spellcasters slaughtering armies. Why can't we do that without having Lya follow our army around? :'(
Well, we can teach Lya Druid spells I suppose. Still, this isn't great...
@Artemis1992 was spreading fear of high-level spellcasters slaughtering armies. Why can't we do that without having Lya follow our army around? :'(
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As I've said, it's not something to avoid completely, but you need to integrate it into a full economic development plan. Railways and modern ships can compete with it, due to their bulk capacity and the drain of the hinterland can be mitigated by a careful development strategy. Urbanisation isn't inherently a problem after all.
But these things require more magic then Dorne currently has and if we supply them, their allegiance becomes clear.
To say nothing about the whole thing having Viserys fingerprints all over it.
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We can still Bloodwish for Control Winds.
An army of medium-sized creatures with average human warrior fort-saves would be gone in a moment.
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That is fair. I think a better way to approach it is to keep it secret as a war asset for supplying troops in the mountains of Dorne, with the economic development of Dorne to follow the war when we can openly take advantage of magic without risking our alliance leaking.
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Yeah, I'm basically not worried about this at all. We're not a horrible employer like the fey are. If we're lucky some of them might outright swear allegiance to us. I truly believe not a single one of them would refuse.
We always have the option to go to Bloodraven and have Lya sit down and do nothing but learn Druid spells for a few weeks. Smoky Confinement lets us take her along via Tree Stride, the only thing missing is the sacrifice to pacify the Old Gods. Yeah, it's not ideal, but it's still damn good.
Either way, with the Lampad in service for 100 years teaching non-Old Gods Druid Magic, and with Dorne finally brought to heel, we're in a pretty damn good position. It's really just a matter of finding candidates to learn, and then afterwards training them until they get to the point where they matter.
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He is giving us the lore of the first men I imagine that includes spells and such for us to use
tarrangar
Fat arctic chicken
With our diplomacy score and the fact that we can erase their memories if it go wrong, this is something we can just pop in and offer.
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Bloodraven, to our knowledge, can give us:
1. Level 7 Sorcerer Spells, whichever ones he knows
2. Any Druid spells level 7 and below save for Frost spells because of the Old Gods' hateboner for the Others
3. That lore you mentioned -- specifically on how the Wall was built, how Winterfell was built, and most importantly how to make the wards we saw. Knowledge of First Men runes is also included here.
These are the three big ones above all else. With number 2 it's valuable enough to one day have Lya spend a few weeks doing nothing but learning spells. Druid spells are no joke.
I'd prefer to have more of a plan than just waltzing in and expecting everything to fall into place. We need to do investigating to make sure they haven't done anything we're not exactly fond of in the meantime, like making hasty deals with the Orphne. Remember, Menel was about to do exactly that, and he would have if we didn't coincidentally need to copy his maps.
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Diomedea
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We need to be careful about it, actually. We don't want the Silver Eye or the Sealord to start investigating who has been killing the society members who have access to the Windtower (since they'll be disappearing, with their wealth then being claimed by a mysterious person who never was connected to them before).
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The Sealord is already aware of our power to bring back the dead. Alysande definitely told him by now. Perhaps we could just give him a heads up on what we're doing if the Windward Society members are still good candidates and would gladly serve in exchange for their youth returned?
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Fair point. I would however let Lya study them soonish, since we could use them already. We can work out the kinks in the Disputed Lands and Dorne gets the refined economic stimulus package after the war.
Diomedea
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Most likely, but there's preparation involved there. I'm just pointing out that there are issues beyond the person simply saying yay/nay to the proposal.
Oh, full support there.
tarrangar
Fat arctic chicken
That's not the way it will go, it will go they collect all their wealth, travel to the Deep, and then disappear and their younger self enter our service.
For useful people: when are we going back to Essaria? I would personally like to either recruit or permanently deal with the Sleepers there. We've got them sealed up now, but all it would take is for Tiamat, or worse Volantis divining them and digging them up for it to become a major problem. A half dozen mid-level casters is probably a top-tier force for the entire world.
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Didn't we bring them with us? I thought we brought the bodies with us
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Hopefully soon. I want to get that done ASAP so we can either recruit them or kill them off. Sothoryos unfortunately takes up most of our time next month, but maybe we could shoot for the month after?
We brought all the Little Valyrians with us. The Sleepers, on the other hand, were sealed away under a LOT of stone and wards and snakes.
tarrangar
Fat arctic chicken
Most of them are already dead, I don't remember if it's 2 or 3 that are left, but it aren't more than that, and Malarys is the only one amongst the awoken who are alive.
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There were originally eight.
1. Malarys, who we recruited
2. Guy who turned into a Velroc, who we killed, whose body Amrelath now wears
3. Illusionist Cleric, who we sacrificed to Yss
4. Battlemage Cleric, who we sacrificed to Yss
And the other four are still sleeping.
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Part MDCCCXCIV: Trials of the Spirit
Trials of the Spirit
Eleventh Day of the Second Month 293 AC
By the time the first rays of the sun shine through the library windows you and Velen had come to an understanding on the shape of the agreement to come, and the lore held by the Three Orders on one hand and the Scholarum on the other. In some ways you have all walked the same path, as both the fundamental building blocks of magic and the nature of the human mind directing one to certain methods. However, where you have been fortunate to find yourself surrounded with enormously talented friends, ever aspiring to new heights of power and understanding, Velen worked with the sheer numbers that even the least populous of the Seven Kingdoms could provide, gathering those touched by some deeper power or legacy.
That is not to say that all of your friend's attempts have proven a resounding success. Many of the first hedge knights gathered under the aegis of the Order of the Spear found themselves stunted in their understanding of sorcery while the rigors of martial and arcane training were set at odds. It was in music, Velen tells you, that he finally happened upon a more harmonious joining of such talents, leading prince Oberyn to quip before leaving on his expedition that the spear-head of their heraldry should be tied with a golden lute string, a jape the mages themselves took to heart as the older graduates struggle to re-train... with decidedly mixed results.
"... Lya will find this quite interesting," you muse as you look over the hypothetical works into what truly grants the power of sorcery to music, the storyteller's passion and the rapture of the audience. "I think this may be a distinct third branch of sorcerous potential, not one entirely unknown to us, but the one who demonstrated it most strongly among my vassals would make... a poor teacher." Merely the thought of making Moonsong do nothing but sit still and teach brings an odd mixture of amusement and dread to mind. Pity the poor students.
The other area where the Dornish efforts have outgrown your own has been ironically the cultivation and awakening of talents like Tyene's or Vee's, ones which had at first sight so confused Velen. While he admits to still being ignorant of the ultimate cause of these affinities, as they do not seem to be connected to heritage or blood as far as he has been able to tell, he has come up with a rough regime that might awaken them with reasonable odds of success. The common theme is hardship, not the immediate peril of battle or some other misfortune but want: a desert dweller lost among the dunes with little hope of rescue, the farmer looking upon the ruin of a blighted harvest and knowing he cannot feed his family, the craftsman looking upon his work of endless toil, seeing mastery slipping ever father... but not quite beyond reach. The admixture of longing and distant hope is the key.
Gained ability to train Mystics
What had Tyene been reaching towards, you wonder. A conversation from years ago replays before your mind's eye: Freedom she had asked of you when you had fist met upon the shores of Braavos. Had she seen her father's exile as forever consigning her to a lesser part in the world, loved, but never respected as much as one true born might be?
You shake off the question, for it is one you will never receive a definitive answer to regardless. It matters little with what thoughts and passions one starts upon the road of power and far more how the power shapes you. Another reason to be happy at Velen's decision to come to the Deep, for there are few whose judgement you count more sound.
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When next you meet Doran Martell it is in the privacy of his solar with the morning light clear upon his face. Are there fewer lines upon it that you had seen before? For certain there is a new glimmer of purpose in his eyes. "Good morning, Your Grace. I had not expected you quite so soon."
"Ah..." So he had been watching you, not that you suspect anything malicious of it. It would after all be rather unfortunate for him if any loose-lipped servant should happen upon you by chance. "That is one of the magics I bear. As many others before me have surely discovered there are scarce enough hours in the day for the tasks that need doing, so by sorcery I borrowed some of the hours of the night, while keeping my mind as sharp as it needs to be."
"A useful enchantment to be sure," he replies with a commiserating smile. "I would pay a great deal for such a thing, which brings us nicely to the matter that has been on my mind since I have seen the gifts you brought for Rhaenys."
"I hope the griffin was not too... startling," you interject. Even you must admit placing such a thing in the sole command of a three year old might be problematic.
"Elia was a trifle worried when your sister offered to take Rhaenys flying on it, but Tyene assured me that it was safe and..." he hesitates a moment. "Perhaps these sorts of small worries might do her some good in the long run by stopping her dwelling on the past."
"The censer should keep her dreams from dark paths as much as Rhaenys' if she should need it," you offer a little awkwardly. It feels disrespectful to speak of what your goodsister as been through even in euphemism, yet to be blunt about it would darken the light of day.
Prince Doran nods in thanks before returning to his point. "So, having seen those wondrous works bought with only wine, albeit the best wine in all of Dorne, I was wondering if you might be willing to share the path to this mystical bazaar?"
What do you reply?
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OOC: Rhaella has also negotiated some concessions with Dorne, but those fit better after this part. Don't worry, though. She has been doing good work. Also this would be the time to discuss concerns about teleportation circles.
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