[Exalted, ?] Most High

Well, heading to one of the postings might not be as bad as I was concerned it would be. But it is still playing her game. I do not think it would be a critical mistake to take either position and win, as long as Anys did not strike at Zao while we were away. That is really my biggest concern. But she might; and an assassination attempt is a threat if we succeed, since Ulyssian would even be a useful martyr then.

And hitting up the River Province with a tour of PoSC would probably strengthen Creation plenty.
 
Anyway, my main point was that - the Realm game is not necessarily dead, just because you experienced a setback, even a pretty big one like this. You can still play within the system and do extremely well for yourself, and there are commensurate rewards in influence and resources.
 
If Anys is endorsing us unofficially as Hessiah, and we succeed, it's going to give a huge blow to her if we are shown as an Anathema.
 
[X] Pretend to accept the posting to Serentidopolos, fake your death, meet up with your friends and seek out Lealope.
-[X] Give Fei Ling and Ayala a Great Favor to secure their aid faking Ulyssian's death.
--[X] Attack should obviously point to the Yozis. The Infernals will know ahead of time and shelter or remove their assets.
-[X] Pearl, Nilul, and Moon will exfiltrate from the Academy and meet Ulyssian in the River Province.
-[X] Head out east to find Lealope.
--[X] Buff factions in the River Province standing for Creation and against the Realm with PoSC (Lookshy, Nexus, Great Forks, Marukani Confederation, Sijan, etc) along the way for Resources, influences, support, favors, Artifacts, and etc.
--[X] Also debuff Thorns and the Realm if feasible.
 
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I like how we went to all the trouble to hide our anathema status, but now that Anys is actually heralding us as a True Dragonblooded Hero™ revealing our status as anathema to discredit her is now a viable option.
 
Can we get a preliminary vote count? Are you guys sure about committing to this sort of ambulatory, murderhobo-style game? I thought there was mostly interest in a more established, power-based game.

Man, I just realized we never got any of that Ivory event. Even when we pick her options, Pearl doesn't get face-time!

Another Sid stole it!
Hey, how about debuffing the Imaculate Order? She is using her position as a religious figure to take control of the Realm. So, attack the religion.

You'd need a large stock of relevant documents and a full day to use the Charm, but you sure could.
 
[X] Luseng
[X] Keep Ambition

4 way gambit pile ups with Ulyssian there to wreck face as the Strategos seems amazing. Plus, we were looking for a post where we could just beat up enemies to the Realm and gain a pile of exp and fame. If our enemy just wants to give it to us, we'll gladly accept and ram our success down her throat.
 
[X] Luseng
[X] Keep Ambition

4 way gambit pile ups with Ulyssian there to wreck face as the Strategos seems amazing. Plus, we were looking for a post where we could just beat up enemies to the Realm and gain a pile of exp and fame. If our enemy just wants to give it to us, we'll gladly accept and ram our success down her throat.

Yeah, look at the silver lining! You couldn't have asked for a more target-rich environment in a posting! Sword your way around and you'll kill an Enemy of the Realm a minute.
 
Ehh, I'm mostly only following the story posts, but did what did suddenly happen for us to jump from negotiating with the infernals to four months after?
 
Ehh, I'm mostly only following the story posts, but did what did suddenly happen for us to jump from negotiating with the infernals to four months after?

It's been four months since you Exalted. It's one month after the last update.

Rihaku, if we give away Ambition, which of its evocations can be made innate so that they are always available to us?

None, presently. Its Evocations are too powerful.
 
Yeah, look at the silver lining! You couldn't have asked for a more target-rich environment in a posting! Sword your way around and you'll kill an Enemy of the Realm a minute.
That is problem NPCs face when trying to get PC in trouble by throwing them at enemies, it's quest that come to you instead of searching for it.
Luseng is safer for us and will be better base for future if we manage defence thanks to it's resources.
 
Could someone link me to the end of the scene with the Infernals? I've been following along via threadmarks, and would like to see how that ended up. The threadmarks go straight from the middle of negotiations, where Ulyssian was deciding what to negotiate for, or if he would Limit Break instead, to Anys Syn plotting against him after a timeskip.

Also, as a side note, there's a consistent typo in Anys Syn's section, where Chejop is repeatedly misspelled as Chejob. Or is this intentional?
 
In the Grim Dark Past of the Age of Sorrows, There is Only War!
[x] Luseng

Also, if either of the Satrapy options win, I would like to ensure that Enemies of the Mandate of Heaven get debuffed in that radius. The Dragonblood and the Sidereals don't have that, the last I checked it belonged to the Solars. Granted Odyssial's death throes may have changed that, but I think it's still a valid target for the whole Prophet thing, especially with the resources of the Academy's Library.
 
Vote tally:
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[X]Give Zao Ambition.
No. of votes: 1
Robotninja

[X] Luseng - The newly-conquered coastal satrapy of Luseng is rich in resources, close to several major island ports, and has a developed urban base. However, it is threatened from the south by the Deathlord, The Gardener of Elysian Fields, and her loyal deathknights, Abyssal Exalts of tremendous power. To the north, it contends with the cunning and treacherous Lunar Ragmar, whose horde has allied with the Bull of the North. To the north-west, it is bordered by the Freehold of Sislay Chorus, an ancient seat of Fae power whose behemoths have recently taken six of the satrapy's outlying cities. It is believed that the three powers circling Luseng have taken up a non-aggression pact to carve up the city-state and its territories; one third shadowland, one third freehold, and one third Lunar domain. If they intend on betraying each other, it is not until the elephant of the Realm has been carved at the joints
No. of votes: 2
TheOtherSandman, aja318

[X] Luseng
No. of votes: 10
Gaudy Guise, aja318, Alectai, Van Ropen, cyberswordsmen, veekie, Guile, Gerrou, Katreus, Emerald Oracle

[X] Keep Ambition
No. of votes: 12
aja318, Mannan, Van Ropen, cyberswordsmen, Usernames, Guile, CrawlingChaos74, Gerrou, Reckless_Sun, Dark Lord Bob, dragon, Katreus

[X] Lend Moon Ambition
No. of votes: 2
Alectai, veekie

[X] Fading Away
No. of votes: 1
VanusDraco

[X] Cavalier
No. of votes: 1
inawarminister

[X] Don't give Moon Ambition
No. of votes: 1
inawarminister

[X] Pretend to accept the posting to Serentidopolos, fake your death, meet up with your friends and seek out Lealope.
No. of votes: 9
Usernames, Cavalier, CrawlingChaos74, Vanathor, 1986ctcel, Reckless_Sun, Dark Lord Bob, dragon, Celestrail

-[X] Give Fei Ling and Ayala a Great Favor to secure their aid faking Ulyssian's death.
No. of votes: 9
Usernames, Cavalier, CrawlingChaos74, Vanathor, 1986ctcel, Reckless_Sun, Dark Lord Bob, dragon, Celestrail

--[X] Attack should obviously point to the Yozis. The Infernals will know ahead of time and shelter or remove their assets.
No. of votes: 9
Usernames, Cavalier, CrawlingChaos74, Vanathor, 1986ctcel, Reckless_Sun, Dark Lord Bob, dragon, Celestrail

-[X] Pearl, Nilul, and Moon will exfiltrate from the Academy and meet Ulyssian in the River Province.
No. of votes: 9
Usernames, Cavalier, CrawlingChaos74, Vanathor, 1986ctcel, Reckless_Sun, Dark Lord Bob, dragon, Celestrail

-[X] Head out east to find Lealope.
No. of votes: 9
Usernames, Cavalier, CrawlingChaos74, Vanathor, 1986ctcel, Reckless_Sun, Dark Lord Bob, dragon, Celestrail

--[X] Buff factions in the River Province standing for Creation and against the Realm with PoSC (Lookshy, Nexus, Great Forks, Marukani Confederation, Sijan, etc) along the way for Resources, influences, support, favors, Artifacts, and etc.
No. of votes: 9
Usernames, Cavalier, CrawlingChaos74, Vanathor, 1986ctcel, Reckless_Sun, Dark Lord Bob, dragon, Celestrail

--[X] Also debuff Thorns and the Realm if feasible.
No. of votes: 9
Usernames, Cavalier, CrawlingChaos74, Vanathor, 1986ctcel, Reckless_Sun, Dark Lord Bob, dragon, Celestrail

[X] Loan Ambition to Zao
No. of votes: 1
Vanathor

-[x] don't debuff realm
No. of votes: 1
dragon
 
If we go to Luseng, do you guys want to get God King Strike? It should be able to hurt and delay one of the three factions.

I personally prefer the other Satrapy, tho, especially if we can bring Nilul along, thought that is still unconfirmed.Serentidopolis gives us more opportunities to get rid of our minders, while Nilul can contribute more there with lesser danger to her person. The lowered danger would also make it more likely for Zao to allow Moon and Pearl to join us there.
 
... How would that help? The Deathlords, Lunars and Infernals try to destroy the Realm harder?

The Realm is not Creation, and in the long term, for the betterment of Creation, the Realm as it stands needs to be destroyed. I am not advocating genociding the DBs because that's probably really dumb. But the Realm as a political entity and the Immaculate Order must be torn down and rebuild.(In our image)

There are a few other problems we need to deal with eventually. The Deathlords need to be sealed in a can because apparently they are even harder to kill than a Primordial. The Lunars need to unite, or at least stop wasting their time rearranging the landscape in the far east fighting each other when they could be helping. And The Infernals and Yozi need to be dealt with, somehow, though I don't have a good idea yet.

Right now, the Deathlords are building up their forces, (or so they say, in Canon, more than a few Deathlords have been sitting on their skull throne and jacking off.) A premature black/death/skull crusade that crash against a united Realm led by a maiden of battle will only help us. because it weakens both of our enemies. As the Realm gets pushed into desperation, more opportunity opens up to us. We do need to make sure not to over do this action. Cause they are the ghost of first age solars, and they do have a few rather spectacular success under their belt. We don't want them to succeed too hard, but they need to bleed, and in turn bleed the Realm dry as well. There is a pretty high chance that most of the Deathlord actually remember Anys Syn ganking them.

Getting to Lea would be an epic quest of it self, when we get on that, why not try and unite the Lunar factions along the way. It would probably starts as a small group of like minded individuals that Lea could get along with, who could stand to work alongside us. Uniting against a common enemy is always a great motivator.

And the Infernals have actual presence on the Isle itself, and could potentially do damage against Anys Syn, if we point them directly at her. Giving them a heads up on this super secret activity within the Realm will probably pay off a portion of the debt we'd own them.

PS. Consolidate the vote :)

[X] Pretend to accept the posting to Serentidopolos, fake your death, meet up with your friends and seek out Lealope.
-[X] Give Fei Ling and Ayala a Great Favor to secure their aid faking Ulyssian's death.
--[X] Attack should obviously point to the Yozis. The Infernals will know ahead of time and shelter or remove their assets.
-[X] Pearl, Nilul, and Moon will exfiltrate from the Academy and meet Ulyssian in the River Province.
-[X] Head out east to find Lealope.
--[X] Buff factions in the River Province standing for Creation and against the Realm with PoSC (Lookshy, Nexus, Great Forks, Marukani Confederation, Sijan, etc) along the way for Resources, influences, support, favors, Artifacts, and etc.
--[X] Also debuff Thorns and the Realm if feasible.
 
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