And What a Dance it Was (NO SV, War is Coming, Prepare)

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Magoose said:
The Young Dragons of the Blackfyre clans are growing, but Riverrunner is said to now have a taste for eastern cuisines and spices from its time in the Far East.

Particularly the Delicacy that has now been named and island and the chain's busiest port.

Tabasco.
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Hey look, the obsession spreads! I wonder if tabasco will be to Westeros what tea is to Britain.
 
Magoose said:
Grey Ghost:D100 => 47
Syrax:D100 => 31
Vhagar:D100 => 54
Raelarr:D100 => 83
Naella:D100 => 87
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Gramma Vhagar just came and took the place like the Elderly Matriarch she is. I liked the names for baby dragons. @Magoose is Raelaar for Aeron and Naella for Daenys? I wonder if the dragons will slowly develop other elements than fire, Ice Dragons are a thing in ASOIAF arent they?

Magoose said:
But it is said that Aegor took him to Harrenhall, to the Seat of Lord Strong's hold. Towards the Gods Eye.
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So Aegor got some stuff going on with the Old Gods/Greenman/Weirwood stuff... Also I dont like Cannibal being in the Cursed Castle, wonder if he met Alys Rivers and that is his beloved?

Magoose said:
Moondancer: D100 => 69
Number of Eggs:D10 => 1
Dreamer:D100 => 64
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I always find it funny how the Dice is synched with Twins/Triplets results.
Magoose said:
Reward: Baelon has claimed the Bronze Fury.
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The worse result...
 
Not for the first time in Daemons life, he wondered if he was a monster. Truest villain, filled with terror, undeserving of the people he loved.

Then he laid his eyes on real monsters.

A line from an omake that I just could not finish.

Such a raw line
 
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Profit and Faith
  • Sidestory
    • Profit and Faith
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    It had started at a state dinner, of all things, our new king had invited us to eat with the more important lords and ladies of west on the eve of "our grand adventure" as he had so colorfully called it. That I was fool enough to join the venture is strange enough, but that I had been talked into cooking for dragonriders? Simply providence. I can imagine that I might still be living as a smuggler if I hadn't joined, if I hadn't cooked at that dinner, I wouldn't have ever seen what dragons truly were.

    That's what brought me out here, through exploits in the war and good cooking I have been given a title, land, and charge. The island isn't so bad, the previous rulers had all died or fled during the opening battles of the war. Those that remain are the islands permanent inhabitants, farmers of some of the only arable land in the Stepstones and fishers on the coast, all good people really. They even took the renaming well, turns out "Torturers Deep" never really resonated with anyone, and seems to have taken to "Port Tabasco" rather well, though not without some amusement.

    I have to admit, running the place is difficult, though the Maester I have on hand tells me it'll get easier when the bulk of the Dragonseed arrive, something along the lines of more people to tax and have build things and form proper guilds, though I'm not sure how managing more people will be easier than what I'm currently doing. Though It's not without its upsides, having more people of the the faith will be nice, It might mean more meetings with the Stormsinger Lorena! She's been such a great help in helping me keep in good spirits since I found my faith, and in writing to the other Stormsingers about setting up a proper church to the Fourteen when the others arrive. They're talking about setting up a nice portion of land to build it, and with all the planning for expansion I can only imagine all the gold that Port Tabasco will bring in. Though I have been thinking, why should the church rely on dues alone? If Prince Lucien's response to my gumbo is any indication then having a growing section dedicated to the churches use might pull in more gold all the same.

    -An excerpt from Lord Davion Tabasco's personal Journal after arriving to Port Tabasco and planning various contruction projects regarding the city, the soon to be church to the Fourteen, and the docks.
     
  • Sidestory
    • Hyper niche Stepstones Dating Sim.
  • Apocrypha
    • Hyper niche Stepstones Dating Sim.​

    Howdy folks, it's me, M43ST3R 43MM0S, here again with another sick game review for the good readers of Redkeep Rumors Gaming! To catch you all up and introduce those who are just joining us here, I've been scrounging the web for the best games this side of the narrow sea, if you're looking for games from the other side of the pond please click here. Now then, last week we went over one of the greatest adventure games of all time, Bronze and Steel, in which you create a knight of the Andals and navigate both the battlefields and politics of early Westeros, very highly acclaimed if plagued by age and legacy bugs in the WhiteSparrow engine.

    This week we'll be looking at an up-and-comer to the scene of RPG's in the form of an indie title, Open Heart Dragon Surgery, a banger title if ever I heard one. Apparently coded, created, and illustrated all by one person who goes by the name "SpiceloverSupreme", a native of the islands and self-proclaimed avid historian. They said in an email correspondence "...While digging through the Port Tabasco public library I cam across a few old books on the first Westerosi lords of the Stepstones, and while we all learn about Daemons war and the names we never really spent too much time on the subject, so I figured why not make a history lesson in the form of some of my favorite Yi-Ti Dating Sims..."

    Quite the explanation for the games making, though how does this "Historical Dating Sim" really hold up? The Game itself runs on Spicelover's own RPGmkr engine, and runs fairly similarly some older EsRPG's like Monkey King and War for the Five Forts, with all character represented by a 32-bit sprite until spoken to which will then reveal an illustrated and emotive portrait, though non important characters will receive repeat portraits and sprites. There are also EsRPG combat elements, a party of four with skills and classes, but these are a side portion of the game and only really a distraction from the main draw, the romanceable characters.

    The game has a staggering 20 romance options! All with complete and strangly in-depth paths and choices, as each has a good, bad, and unrequited love "middle" ending. The cast of characters would be strange to see outside of a historical RPG, which means it's a little strange to see them here, but the inclusions are a rather nice set of options. Just a few of the choices are
    1. Lucien Targaryen, Protector of the Stepstones and Guardian of the Narrow Sea
    2. Davion Tabasco, Lord of Port Tabasco
    3. Tytos Crackhall, Lord of Sunstone
    4. Valaar Vaeltigar, King of the Pirates
    5. Lorena Celtigar, Stormsinger of the Fourteen
    and so much more! I have to be honest folks, this is a lot of time and effort to put into a dating sim of all things, Spicelover said in that same Email conversation, "...I really did have too much time on my hands, I must have sunk months into the game at a time, I'm surprised I finally though the thing was finished...", to which I have to agree! the amount of content in this game is staggering, and the fact that is has a graphical component and a semi-open world is an incredible feat of modern game development. All of this including the unconfirmed rumor of a secret path found by avid gamers and data miners, with an unreachable ending labeled only "Vandal". Spicelover refused to comment on the existence of such a path stating only "...I swear to the fires I will ghost you if you keep asking about that fucking cryptid, it was hard enough finding what I did...", mysterious indeed...

    In other news about the game, and what might have brought you to us, is the controversy surrounding the game itself, as Spicelover presents the game as "historical" it seems to have reached certain parts of the gaming community in a negative light, as certain forum poster have voiced their concerns about depicting these national heroes as one poster put it "...fucking animes...", and the controverssy spilled off the forums and into the halls of power as one represenative proposed the now infamous "Protection of history" bill that would ban "...Uncouth or unnecessarily outlandish depictions of Historical Figures...", with the representative in question directly refrencing the game in a speech, while the bill was shot down in spectacular fashion just last week it did serve to propel a game that would have been confinded to a small but dedicated community into the spotlight of gaming. Spicelover said to us, "How the hell was I supposed to know the old fart was prowling my forum?"

    Spicelover has stated however that there will be no DLC or expanded content even after an explosion in sales as they wish to work on other projects and find time for more personal matters.

    All in all I thought it was a wonderful game, when I first played it I got the "Unrequited Love" ending for Valaar Vaeltigar and watched as he sailed in the sunset with only a small Valyrian steel dagger to remember him by, a route that was so moving that it actually brought me to tears. Though I was happy to help the man find some happiness I understand that he had to leave (though I did love to watch him go). This reviewer finds that this game is a masterwork, a true diamond in the rough, but not without it's limits and flaws. I'll give it a 9/10, Fuck the bandits at Vhagars pass, I just wanted the masterwork sword to gift Valaar.

    Next week we'll be looking at a game from a land a little colder, and closer to all our hearts as gamers, The Norths own shooter from last generation, Direwolves!, we'll be killing frozen zombies all week folks and we'll see you next time on Redkeep Rumors Gaming!

    (AN: This came to me as a waking fever dream and I had to get it out of my skull, It's like if the US tried to ban a game that let you have a harem of founding fathers, starting with a bookish anime twink Thomas Jefferson and ending with Senpai George Washington.)
     
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    • Ghost in the sun said:
    I have to say althought Vandal is the secret route we all know the hardest one was Grand Maester Vaegon!
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    Vaegon is a supporting character who is exasperated with main character shenanigans and one of seven key items/events/characters to unlock the super hidden and potentially magic Vandal route.

    As a side note I'm going to go on a limb and say that in the Redkeep Rumors AU Vandal is like Bigfoot, half joke and half conspiracy theory for having shown up in events and pictures throughout history and seemingly having been inserted into half of everyone's family tree. So the path is seen as a funny haha historian joke, the hyper immortal is real and a DILF.
     
    I wonder who would be the most popular route? Since Ser Tytos is married in RL the game made him a widower?

    Edit: If a DLC was made by fans would it include the infamous Viserys and Daemon routes?
     
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    Tabascoheath said:
    Hyper niche Stepstones Dating Sim.
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    I want to hate this… I really do, but darn it it's so funny!
    A bonus is yours.
    Ghost in the sun said:
    I wonder who would be the most popular route? Since Ser Tytos is married in RL the game made him a widower?

    Edit: If a DLC was made by fans would it include the infamous Viserys and Daemon routes?
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    It would include Daemon but not Viserys. Let's be real here, Viserys loved his wife to much for that.
     
    Just finished reading it all. If this story ends now, I would not be that sad, because it is so rare that quests or fanfic reach that moment where the first adventure is finished and the cliffhangers are more foreshadowings. Because right now, you could put end of of book 1 and it would fit

    But I have great hopes for the quests to continue and I hope our sociopath step-nephew learns to control himself.
     
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