Heimurn Chronicles (No, SV, you're a young valkyrie in the middle of a bizarre and dangerous journey)

Teloch · Aug 16, 2017

your team of lunatics so far

Lucifina (aka you, aka Lu, aka Lucy, aka Sparkling, aka Gosling)

Race: the new nameless humanoid species
Gender: Female
Age: biological - around 21 in human years; actual(?) - almost half a year (?).
Background: protege of a natural science scholar, unknown origins
Status: Healthy

Perk(s):
"Follow the white cat" - you have a moody guiding spirit at your side who can boost your spirit aspect advancement should you get on its better side (+1 spirit arcane charge point after passing hard charisma attribute check (18)), expect its occasional interference.

"No one is an island" - you get 1 + n bonus to all social influence skills and CHA rolls when applied to teammates, where n is the number of steps of the target's affection tier beyond neutral (applies to both positive and negative affection dimensions). Additionally, get +3 to the mentioned bonuses if Amalia is around and can provide quick advice. Passive effect: unearth more insights on followers.

"It's in my blood" - you get a permanent +1 bonus to Intelligence and +1 to arcane skill. Actions that train arcane aspects have a 1/6 chance to double the yields unless the base earning equals or exceeds one full level. You are more prone to magic-related actions and thoughts. You might find it harder to resist the allure of magic in some situations.

Attributes	Base value	Modified value	Total value	Dice bonus
Strength	9		9	4
Constitution	16		16	11
Mobility	10	(+2 cond.)	10 (12 cond.)	5 (7 cond.)
Perception	11		11	6
Coordination	14		14	9
Micromotorics	13		13	8
Intellect	18(+1/3)		18	13
Wisdom	17		17	12
Charisma	20		20	15
Luck	4		4	4
Misfortune	2		2	2

Skill	Attribute value	Learned value	Modified value	Dice bonus
Melee combat	1	4		5
Ranged combat	2			2
Arcane skill	7	7	(+1 cnd.day)	14 (15 cnd.day)
Defense	3	4	1 (+2 cnd.w.)	8 (10 cnd.w.)
Objects usage	2			2
Mounted combat	3			3
Willpower	7	1		8
Balance	2		(+2 cnd.w.)	2 (4 cnd.w.)
Sneaking	3			3
Reconnaissance	5	1		6
Persuasion	10	2		12
Intimidation	6			6
Haggle	7			7
Performance	8			8
Seduction	8			8
Geography lore	7	2		9
Nature lore	7	1		8
Arcane lore	7	5		12
Social and cultural lore	9	2		11
Craft lore	7	2		9
Lingual lore	9			9
Daily craft	6	2		8
Pharma and treatment	7	3		10
Weaponsmithing	4			4
Armorsmithing	6			6
Tailoring	7	2		9
Art	7			7
Artificery	6	1		7
Burglary	5			5
Huntsmanship	4			4
Alchemy	7			7
Sorcery	7			7

Flight and wing-related traits

Wings skill level	13
Flight mastery level	advanced
Normal speed	above average, can forcefully accelerate to considerably fast
Maximum range	considerably far, anywhere up to twenty-eight kilometers.
Maximum height	considerably high (up to 250 meters)
Maximum extra lifting weight	low (10 kg)
Balance	above average, withstands weather and can try to regain without landing
Launching surfaces	solid grounds
Air feats	diving, gliding, hovering, thrusting, basic aerial spellcasting
Land feats	dodge extra propulsion, posing, enhanced balance, enhanced surface acceleration, shielding with wings

#1) Thaumaturgy level 7 (6/7 to level 8):

You can sense the activity of the entropic aspects within ~1000 meters radius, and unusual concentration/malfunction of other aspects within ~200 meters radius.
You have gained the permanent +1 bonus to constitution
You have gained the permanent +1 bonus to wisdom
You regain mental strengths a little bit faster during the daytime.
Using thaumaturgy during the daytime requires less mental and physical effort.,
You can allegedly see prophetic dreams
You can temporarily nullify magic in ~30 meters radius or in a 45 meters-long 30' cone a few times a day, or emit an anti-magic field up to ~15 meters radius a few times a day.
you can temporarily amplify the aspects power around you once a day
you can temporarily amplify or suppress the aspects power of a target up to two times a day
You can try to scan surrounding areas for traces of planar breaching with very high odds to succeed and sense the short residue of extraplanar entities.
You can conjure light on the basic level (sparks, flashes, rays)
You can shape light on the basic level (flash explosions, molding into orbs, luminal barriers, luminal domes, wedges of solidified light, sparks strike)
You passively gain +1 to arcane skill when exposed to the sun but also get -1 to arcane skill at night AND in dark places.

#2) Spirit level 7:

You are able of an advanced Nether-realm vision
You can assess the memory traces of objects and entities via nether-realm vision and tactile contact
You can sense soul sparks in ~75 meters radius
You can sense the sparks of the living, undead, minor spiritual beings, bound spirits, phantasms, genius loci, and some other spirits
You can sense concentrations of the Limbus energies, the thickness of the barrier, and traces of spirits from the material plane
You have gained the permanent +1 bonus to perception
You have gained the permanent +1 bonus to wisdom
You can scan the target's soul characteristics and receive advanced-depth results
You can try to smite a spirit
You can try to disperse a spirit
You can try to temporarily bind or scare off a singular lesser spiritual being
You can communicate with discovered spiritual beings

#3) ~Open affinity slot~

Your journal, a comfortable set of clothes, a plain dress, a custom-made set of lightened composite armor, an arming sword ("Holly"), a high-quality rondel ("Mercy"), a decorative blue ribbon, a silver necktie with a bounded spirit, superb leather harness.

Capable of crudely repairing clothes, making basic tailoring items like belts and patches, and producing low-effort/cost items like stuffed toys. Capable of applying first aid to prevent bleeding. Knows how to make and disinfect bandageware.

Ulren Kyres (aka Ren, aka Mountain boy)

Race: Bhiroth
Gender: Male
Age: 68
Background: mercenary, former soldier, outcast
Status: Healthy

Perk(s):
"Not on my watch, not again" - shields Lucy from considerable harm in combat situations at own expense.

"I promise you that" - when in the same group as Lucifina, will make the second set of saving rolls to avoid critical health conditions.

"Odd kind of friendship" - when Ulren and Sephorah are fighting crowd-controllable enemies (not giants, flying creatures, etc.) in the same team, the one who makes the lowest total offensive or defensive score out of two can reroll that offensive or defensive roll set (only the highest score counts).

Attributes	Base value	Modified value	Total value	Dice bonus
Strength	21	+1	22	17
Constitution	21	+1	22	17
Mobility	14	-1	13	8
Perception	12		12	7
Coordination	15		15	10
Micromotorics	13		13	8
Intellect	14		14	9
Wisdom	18		18	13
Charisma	9		9	4
Luck	2		2	2
Misfortune	2		2	2

Skill	Attribute value	Learned value	Modified value	Total value / Dice bonus
Melee combat	9	9		18
Ranged combat	5	5		10
Arcane skill	6			6
Defense	10	10		20
Objects usage	6	3		9
Mounted combat	8			8
Willpower	6		-3	3
Balance	7			7
Sneaking	4		-5	-1
Reconnaissance	5	4		9
Persuasion	4			4
Intimidation	9			9
Haggle	3			3
Performance	3			3
Seduction	5			5
Geography lore	6	5		11
Nature lore	6	3		9
Arcane lore	6			6
Social and cultural lore	5			5
Craft lore	6	6		12
Lingual lore	5			5
Daily craft	6	4		10
Pharma and treatment	5	2		7
Weaponsmithing	6	6		12
Armorsmithing	6	6		12
Tailoring	3			3
Art	4			4
Artificery	5	7		12
Burglary	4			4
Huntsmanship	5	2		7
Alchemy	6			6
Sorcery	6			6

Unknown, but he demonstrated feats of great balance, stability, and hardiness. Perhaps, he might have an undiscovered arcane aspect bound.

A very worn half-plate armor set, worn set of clothes, a glaive, mechanical mace with spare heads, heater shield, hand crossbow, one quiver of bolts, enchanted amulet (+1 STR +1 CON - MOB)

Semi-proficient in the daily craft. Adept in smithing (martial-level weapons and armor). Proficient in artificiery (lesser contraptions). Expert in picking/maintaining war gear, and capable of minor mechanical upgrades of such. Knows the basics of hunting and skinning.

Sephorah of house Terphor (aka Seph, aka Sephie, aka Princess)

Race: Daeva
Gender: Female
Age: Adult
Background: Rosaline's agent, former slave, voluntary expatriate.
Status: Healthy

Perk(s):

"Odd kind of friendship" - when Ulren and Sephorah are fighting crowd-controllable enemies (not giants, flying creatures, etc.) in the same team, the one who makes the lowest total offensive or defensive score out of two can reroll that offensive or defensive roll set (only the highest score counts).

Attributes	Base value	Modified value	Total value	Dice bonus
Strength	15		15	10
Constitution	15		15	10
Mobility	16		16	11
Perception	14		14	9
Coordination	18		18	13
Micromotorics	12		12	7
Intellect	14		14	9
Wisdom	12		12	7
Charisma	18		18	13
Luck	2		2	2
Misfortune	2		2	2

Skill	Attribute value	Learned value	Modified value	Total value / Dice bonus
Melee combat	7	6	1	14
Ranged combat	4			4
Arcane skill	4			4
Defense	6	5	2	13
Objects usage	4	5		9
Mounted combat	7			7
Willpower	4			4
Balance	8	8		16
Sneaking	7	8		15
Reconnaissance	4	4		8
Persuasion	6	5		11
Intimidation	7			7
Haggle	6	2		8
Performance	6	7		13
Seduction	8	7		15
Geography lore	4			4
Nature lore	4			4
Arcane lore	4			4
Social and cultural lore	5	6		11
Craft lore	3			3
Lingual lore	5			5
Daily craft	3	2		5
Pharma and treatment	4			4
Weaponsmithing	4			4
Armorsmithing	4			4
Tailoring	5			5
Art	5			5
Artificery	3			3
Burglary	4	6		10
Huntsmanship	6			6
Alchemy	4			4
Sorcery	4			4

Unknown if any. No signs of her having seeds of arcane aspects bound so far.

A set of clothes and undergarments, a superb set of compositive medium armor (manticore materials), a superb leather harness for bags and tools, a qualitative longsword "Ember", a parrying dagger, a quiver of tossing knives, a kit with burglar's tools.

You suspect she's incapable of legal manual labor aside from the bare basics of daily routines.

Karl Norskov (aka Mage, aka 'that' mage)

Race: Human (unknown heritage)
Gender: Male
Age: appears to be in the late thirties to early forties
Background: elementalist mage, major arcane enthusiast, disowned son of a noble family.
Status: Healthy

Perk(s):

"Old habits die hard" - when making an offensive arcane skill roll in combat and getting less or equal to four, reroll it (only the highest score counts). This perk also applies to combat rounds where Karl makes an arcane skill roll only for the defensive score.

Attributes	Base value	Modified value	Total value	Dice bonus
Strength	11		11	6
Constitution	11		11	6
Mobility	11		11	6
Perception	13		13	8
Coordination	10		10	5
Micromotorics	16		16	11
Intellect	20		20	15
Wisdom	16		16	11
Charisma	14		14	9
Luck	2		2	2
Misfortune	2		2	2

Skill	Attribute value	Learned value	Modified value	Total value / Dice bonus
Melee combat	1			1
Ranged combat	4			4
Arcane skill	8	9		17
Defense	1	2		3
Objects usage	5	5		10
Mounted combat	2			2
Willpower	7	6	-2	11
Balance	1			1
Sneaking	2			2
Reconnaissance	6			6
Persuation	7			7
Intimidation	2			2
Haggle	5	1		6
Performance	6			6
Seduction	3			3
Geography lore	7			7
Nature lore	7			7
Arcane lore	7	9		16
Social and cultural lore	8	5		13
Craft lore	8			8
Lingual lore	8	7		15
Daily craft	8			8
Pharma and treatment	9			9
Weaponsmithing	7			7
Armorsmithing	7			7
Tailorng	8			8
Art	6			6
Artificery	8			8
Burglary	7			7
Huntsmanship	3			3
Alchemy	9			9
Sorcery	8	3		11

#1) Conflagration and radiation level 7:

You have gained the permanent +1 bonus to strength.
You have gained the permanent +1 bonus to intellect.
Your casting in dry weather or nearby fire sources amplifies pyromancy.
You can regain mental strengths faster near the heat sources.
You can sense and read the heat sources in a vast area.
You can channel the arcane powers to temporarily amplify own physical strength.
Your spellcasting uses both mental and physical strengths or the varying proportions of such.
You can temporarily infuse objects (including tools and weapons) with pyromancy powers.
You can conjure heat on the intermediate level (sufficient to melt iron)
You can suppress and channel heat on the intermediate level (rays, waves, charges, orbs, tactile)
You passively gain +1 to arcane skill for every 3 points of STR above 10. This trait also applies -1 penalty to arcane skill for every 2 points of STR below 10. Does not apply in the case of arcane self-empowerment.

A worn set of travel clothes, a backpack, a grimoire (or a diary), an old pocket chornometer with a chain, an intricate smoking pipe

None you know about

Amalia Brant (aka Lia)

Race: Human (Eastlander)
Gender: Female
Age: Young adult
Background: Former maidservant
Status: Healthy

Perk(s):
"Shipper on deck" - +3 To all social skill rolls against the companions with positive affection levels (neutrality affection level excluded). If previously gossiped with about other characters that she knows, can provide a one-time boost of +3 to all types of social interaction skill rolls to the requester.

Attributes	Base value	Modified value	Total value	Dice bonus
Strength	12		12	7
Constitution	15		15	10
Mobility	11		11	6
Perception	16		16	11
Coordination	12		12	7
Micromotorics	18		18	13
Intellect	12		12	7
Wisdom	20		20	15
Charisma	11		11	6
Luck	2		2	2
Misfortune	2		2	2

Skill	Attribute value	Learned value	Modified value	Total value / Dice bonus
Melee combat	2			2
Ranged combat	7	3		10
Arcane skill	5			5
Defense	4	1		5
Objects usage	7	3		10
Mounted combat	4			4
Willpower	8	3		11
Balance	2			2
Sneaking	4			4
Reconnaissance	7			7
Persuasion	5			5
Intimidation	4			4
Haggle	5	4		9
Performance	6			6
Seduction	3			3
Geography lore	8	2		10
Nature lore	8			8
Arcane lore	8			8
Social and cultural lore	6	2		8
Craft lore	8	3		11
Lingual lore	6			6
Daily craft	8	10		18
Pharma and treatment	7			7
Weaponsmithing	6			6
Armorsmithing	6			6
Tailoring	5	9		14
Art	7	3		10
Artificery	8			8
Burglary	7			7
Huntsmanship	7			7
Alchemy	7			7
Sorcery	6			6

Uknown if any

Leather camisole of fair quality, compositive crossbow, a quiver of bolts, a bag of small tools, a rucksack, a set of road clothes, a plain cloak, a knife, a belt water bag.

Master of daily craft and inventory management. Fairly good cook (specializes in fried snacks) and knows how to correctly ration different foods. Good tailor, capable of qualitative repair of clothes and production of professional effort/materials goods like suits and dresses. Her designs lean towards practicality rather than fanciness.

Isaac

Race: Human (unknown heritage)
Gender: Male
Age: Young adult
Background: Healer apprentice
Status: Healthy

Perk(s):
"We are of one blood" - Any non-hostile actions towards animals or beast folk have +4 bonus to attributes or skill rolls. Can use WIS instead of CHA for interactions with animals and beast folk (aka empathetic approach).

Attributes	Base value	Modified value	Total value	Dice bonus
Strength	13		13	8
Constitution	15		15	10
Mobility	12		12	7
Perception	14		14	9
Coordination	10		10	5
Micromotorics	17		17	12
Intellect	15		15	10
Wisdom	14		14	9
Charisma	7		7	2
Luck	2		2	2
Misfortune	2		2	2

Skill	Attribute value	Learned value	Modified value	Total value / Dice bonus
Melee combat	2		-5	-3
Ranged combat	5		-5	0
Arcane skill	6	6		12
Defense	4	1		5
Objects usage	6		-5	1
Mounted combat	3		-7	-4
Willpower	5	7		12
Balance	2			2
Sneaking	2			2
Reconnaissance	5			5
Persuasion	1			1
Intimidation	3			3
Haggle	1			1
Performance	2			2
Seduction	1			1
Geography lore	5			5
Nature lore	5	2		7
Arcane lore	5	5		10
Social and cultural lore	3			3
Craft lore	6			6
Lingual lore	3			3
Daily craft	6	3		9
Pharma and treatment	6	7		13
Weaponsmithing	6			6
Armorsmithing	7			7
Tailoring	5			5
Art	4			4
Artificery	7			7
Burglary	7			7
Huntsmanship	3			3
Alchemy	6			6
Sorcery	5			5

#1) Body level 5:

You can sense breathing and blood pulse of living entities in ~100 meters radius.
You gain the permanent +1 bonus to constitution.
You gain the permanent +1 bonus to charisma
You can scan the detailed physiological state of a target in many details including sicknesses, inflammations, as well as the state of physical integrity.
You can make an attempt for a minuscule boost of the physical performance of oneself or a target at the cost of own mental strengths.
You can accelerate the metabolism (and so, often times, the recovery from ailments or traumas) of living creatures at the cost of own mental and physical strengths.
You can try to numb the minor pain of a target living creature at the cost of both mental and physical strengths or share it with yourself with the low transference loss ratio

A robe with a hood, a bag with bandages and medications, an old iron amulet, a belt with tincures

Good at applying and synthesizing remedies. Capable of providing first and complex medical aid. Has some skills in inventory management.

Jorgen Ostgard (aka Jory, aka Craven)

Race: Human (Lyflander?)
Gender: Male
Age: Young adult
Background: Alchemist assistant
Status: Healthy


Attributes	Base value	Modified value	Total value	Dice bonus
Strength	11		11	6
Constitution	11		11	6
Mobility	12		12	7
Perception	18		18	13
Coordination	12		12	7
Micromotorics	15		15	10
Intellect	16		16	11
Wisdom	13		13	8
Charisma	9		9	4
Luck	2		2	2
Misfortune	2		2	2

Skill	Attribute value	Learned value	Modified value	Total value / Dice bonus
Melee combat	2			2
Ranged combat	6	1		7
Arcane skill	5			5
Defense	2			2
Objects usage	6	4		10
Mounted combat	3			3
Willpower	6			6
Balance	2			2
Sneaking	5	4		9
Reconnaissance	7	5		12
Persuation	2			2
Intimidation	1			1
Haggle	3			3
Performance	2			2
Seduction	1			1
Geography lore	6			6
Nature lore	6	4		10
Arcane lore	6	3		9
Social and cultural lore	4			4
Craft lore	5	6		11
Lingual lore	4			4
Daily craft	5	3		8
Pharma and treatment	6			6
Weaponsmithing	5			5
Armorsmithing	5			5
Tailoring	5			5
Art	3			3
Artificery	6			6
Burglary	7			7
Huntsmanship	6			6
Alchemy	6	6		12
Sorcery	6			6

Unknown if any

A robe with a hood, a traveling cane, a bag with small instruments, a belt with glasses, a rucksack

Good at synthesizing remedies or other compounds from both organic and inorganic ingredients. Fairly good at understanding how chemistry works and has an eye for experimentation. Capable of locating and recognizing substances. Has basic skills in inventory management and knows a thing or two about craftworks.

General condition: High morale, everyone's healthy, two weeks worth of food supplies, sufficiently-budgeted, low on alchemic reagents.
Money: 1081 Talers
Food: 82 food units (9 full days of sustenance on Bloom 28)
Food consumption: 8.5 food units per day

Lucifina - 1
Ulren - 2
Sephorah - 1.5
Karl - 1
Amalia - 1
Isaac -1
Jory - 1
Mount(s) - n/a (pasturing season)

Medication: 5 medicine units
Alchemy stash: 4 reagent units, 5 blank alchemical basis compounds (crafting boosters & subsidizes)

Free stash space: up to 130 kg

1 Incindiary bomb (great)
1 Regeneration potion (superb)
1 Regeneration potion (weak)
1 Stimulator/painkiller potion (weak)
1 Potion of momentum (Temp: +3 STR +3 SPD +3 COOR - 1 INT - 1 WIS - 1 CHA) (standard)

A bundle of books from Dalgaard's library, Yvie's ulchaar (Morinth's parcel)

Mounts: 1 workhorse (Softie)
Team's reputation:
Kheree hunters (Tevon-Talab militia) - CELEBRATED
The Lyf Kingdom (Lyflanders) - WELCOMED
Eastern Freelanders (Baathorians) - CELEBRATED
Central Freelanders (Tevons) - UNKNOWN
Western Freelanders (Ertanghalians) - UNKNOWN
Nyth-Rhathon (Bhiroths) - UNKNOWN?
Olfadir (Westlanders) - UNKNOWN?

Ship-o-meter

Lucifina

Ulren

Sephorah

Karl

Amalia

Isaac

Jorgen

Lucifina

X

Devotion (96)

Comradery (82)

Amiability (12)

Friendship (70)

Sympathy (44)

Neutrality (10)

Ulren

Devotion (96)

X

Friendship (58)

Amiability (13)

Sympathy (38)

Amiability (20)

Neutrality (4)

Sephorah

Comradery (82)

Friendship (58)

X

Suspicion (-11)

Sympathy (34)

Amiability (16)

Neutrality (0)

Karl

Amiability (12)

Amiability (13)

Suspicion (-11)

X

Neutrality (9)

Amiability (13)

Amiability (14)

Amalia

Friendship (70)

Sympathy (38)

Sympathy (34)

Neutrality (9)

X

Sympathy (47)

Sympathy (32)

Isaac

Sympathy (44)

Amiability (20)

Amiability (16)

Amiability (13)

Sympathy (47)

X

Friendship (51)

Jorgen

Neutrality (10)

Neutrality (4)

Neutrality (0)

Amiability (14)

Sympathy (32)

Friendship (51)

X

Tier	Relative numeric scale	Description
Devotion	91 to 100	You would likely self-sacrifice for each other if necessary
Comradery	71 to 90	You are deeply loyal to each other
Friendship	51 to 70	You have each other's trust
Sympathy	31 to 50	You have common interests, views, or simply find each other nice
Amiability	11 to 30	You are polite and good-willing toward each other
Neutrality	-10 to 10	You are strangers or largely indifferent towards each other
Suspicion	-11 to -30	You question each other's views and values
Distaste	-31 to -50	You avoid and distrust each other, but remain rational
Intolerance	-51 to -70	You dislike and disrespect each other
Scorn	-71 to -90	You avert and loathe each other, even if irrationally
Hatred	-91 to -100	You are at each other's throats

Teloch · Aug 15, 2018

Okay, 'tis time for me to start drafting and writing the next update while you can state your codex preferences in the meanwhile (you do remember about the post below the characters sheets, right?).

Oh, and tomorrow this thread will have its first anniversary. So, having an appropriate opportunity, I'd like to thank all of my amazing readers who survived through my un-proofreaded and pretty much horrendous writing. You're angels :3

veekie · Aug 16, 2018

Eeeny meenie miny moe

Blugd-Tur plains
White sea
Ars Ocean

Teloch · Aug 16, 2018

veekie said:
Blugd-Tur plains
White sea
Ars Ocean

Seems like soon-ish enough I'll have to spend some time with this thing.
Most likely, a lot of time *proceeds to seek for an offering to the google almighty in return for the favor of being directed towards topographical manuals*

Teloch · Aug 19, 2018

*sigh*
That feeling when you recall the quests of others which you followed over a year and realize that they all died.
Anyway, have some nice music

PS: yes, this is my long-winded way of saying that i'm writing

Teloch · Aug 21, 2018

50% done. Expect something heartwarming

Teloch · Aug 23, 2018

"I... I don't want to drag you down in the town; not when you have things to do and I promised someone to spend time" your reply generated quickly, with almost no hesitation, causing Rosaline to curve lips and raise an eyebrow.

"Oh? And, if only it is not a secret, who would that be?" she asked with a faint tint of teasing.

"That be Ulren. He helped me before the holiday for a promise to get by and let him teach how to defend" was your nonchalant answer, which wiped out Rosaline's perceived excitement. For a second, she looked like someone who is about to say something, but at the final moment, she shrugged off that itchy urge of hers to let words loose, wishing you godspeed and goodnight, and receiving your thanks for the clothes she ordered for you.

At that, your focus and motivation for indulging mentally or physically-demanding activities was depleted for a time being, leaving you to the choice of leisure for the evening. After swiftly recognizing the layout of available opportunities, you spend time

[] reading the folklore.

You were imagining the allegedly mischievous gobarts (or gobs in short) - the capricious spirits of items and places. You touched upon the ancient post-Pherinian legends, featuring a lyrical one about the maiden's tear - the crystal-like luck charm that was supposedly given to a warrior by his maiden before he took off onto the raid. At the end of that legend, the charm shattered after dispensing its power and curing the man of the otherwise lethal arrow wound, allowing the warrior to return alive and find out that his dame mysteriously became a cold, loveless person, whose inner warmth was the source of the trinket's power. The last legend was the one about a former Lyf knight-errant, who received a vision from Borea - the ancient goddess of winds and fates - and embarked on a long journey to the northern peak of Yrsengard - the presumed domain of the goddess and simultaneously the cradle of humanity.

[] reading the bundle of the old and new newspapers alike, which Rosaline piled up under the tea table in the salon hall.

A dry read that might be, but your mind raced across the events that took place in Kirhol, granting you with sober information of the pressing matters such as the fear of the Olfadir activity, the refugee crisis, the fear of the trade decline that was caused by the agony of the Lasir kingdom - the old trading partner of the Lyf, and thus, the predicted decrease of the living standards. And if that wasn't enough, there were entire columns dedicated to the squabbles of the nobles, sometimes even featuring salacious scandals. An odd read for entertainment purposes, but you can't say that it was boring to consume this information either.

[] picking up on that 'Carmine Sails' book that made your patron blush and finding out the strange secrets concealed within it.

Your face became a concert of flowy emotions as you hid in the corner of the library and began to drift through the text. As you found out, it was an assortment of short stories rather than a single big one. While you were finding out what tied them together thematically, the shape and angles of your brows telegraphed your inner voice to the outside: neutrally-horizontal - now that a pretty scene, the arches slightly lifted - they both seem so nice, both brow heads lifted while edges lowered - aw... they are too sweet. Why would others plot against them?, both arches raised in relief - phew, they got through it, the left brow lowered and the right one lifted - just why... would he do that to her socks? And why is she acting so strange?, both brows motionless and highly raised as your head shakes slightly in incomprehension - they wha-a-a...?, both eyes opened wide in shock while you toss the book away and wildly flail one's hands as if they were dirt-splattered - ew! Eww! EWWW!!!

[] with a group of maidservants at the salon, listening to the head cook Gustoff play on accordion and spin stories from his seafaring youth.

Thankfully, the manor staff grew accustomed to you enough not to give you strange looks and tiptoe away from your proximity. In such a company, you spent over an hour listening to the tales of the exotic Ussar port, about the misty shores of Yrsengard, and some hideous sea creatures that lurk under the sea waves. All stories speckled with brief melody breaks and the transitioning remarks on the outlandish dishes he cooked, tasted, and replicated back in those days.

[] hanging out with Amalia after her shift's end.

You have had a jolly hour full of gossiping about the recent news, fooling around, and learning of how to make one's hair. The time flew by quickly, leaving both of your joyous. Just like in the case of other dwellers, you could not help yourself but notice that her attitude toward you changed somewhat. It was that feeling that now she was treating you like some any other friendly maidservant whom she knew for the entirety of her work in this house. It wasn't too late until you had to part: you with a posh, long braid, and she with those daydreamy eyes, possibly combing the distant horizons.

[] Write-in (you have an extra chance to spend some time with any character except Rosaline)

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he next day, you woke up earlier than usual: early enough to lie on the bed staring at the ceiling and fill one's head with doubts and uncertainties surrounding the impending self-defense practice. It wasn't secret for you that your combativeness was rather pathetic, but you didn't feel like exposing it to others. Even though you felt like it would be highly unlikely for Ulren to mock you for that, the thought of risking to fail miserably embarrassed you. Still, you made a deep breath in and closed your eyes for a moment; you made your mind yesterday and even told Rosaline about it, so it was too late to turn back.

You crossed your path with her shortly after heaving breakfast, exchanging with fugitive morning greetings - something that hasn't occurred before. After this encounter, you returned to your room to grab the weapon you were gifted with and then proceeded down to the gymnasium. You had some faint hope to find Ulren alone there, but as soon as your senses caught the presence of multiple people, you could only steel yourself in the face of inevitable. After exhaling deeply, you pushed the heavy doors, momentarily stealing the surprised gazes of the rook guardsmen (one of which missed a nasty strike in a spar due to losing focus), Lodric, and your big pseudo-bro.

"I promised to come by earlier, so you teach me how to..." you spoke into the hall that was muted with your arrival, "defend myself," you squeezed unconfidently enough to assume that there was a questioning intonation in the end. A wave of murmurs and hushed grunts washed over the place, but Ulren just nodded at you.

"I was starting to think you won't show up," he said, waving at the rooks to continue with what they were doing and approaching you to set you into the training.

And that he did, although, not in a way your mind painted. It wasn't cuts and thrusts and fancy lunges that you were asked to perform - your training began from being taught how to grip correctly and how to utilize stances. Then, by the time you began to wonder whether or not you'd have to swing the thing today at least once, you were instructed to move around while maintaining the stance that you've learned, which was a tad bit more challenging in the light of your dreary lacking proficiency and utterly nonexistent related habits. And then, after guiding you on how to make two thrusting and slashing swings without ruining the trajectory of the blade, for the first time you used a professional-tier weapon on a practice dummy... which resulted in the former falling out from your hands and loudly clanging against the stone floor. A short silence ensued, followed by a flood of grumbles, giggles, and jests of everyone except Ulren and Lodric. One of the guards even commented: "Chief, don't you think she'd be better off in a kitchen or something?".

Ulren demonstratively cleared his throat before answering, "To your knowledge, I can confirm that she took down two entities: a cadaver walker and a sepulcher ripper, which makes for two more takedowns than you ever did, Torvald". Hearing that, the entire contingent of the guards went mute. "So, how about you jostle to the caboose and fetch me a Turanese shepherd's pie? You might even earn a grateful spank if the ram would be juicy enough".

The first one to break the silence was Lodric: he just stated 'Roasted' and cracked in contagious laughter, which spread across everyone except Torvald himself. Needless to say that you had your previously shambled confidence back, continuing with the practice, which, however, was barely above the level of constant fails. The session was physically straining as your physique could not compensate your inadequacy in melee exploits. But that's the reason why you were doing it in the first place, wasn't it?

After others done with their training rounds and dispersed, you too were depleted for a day. You still were quite far from a remotely sufficient level of proficiency, but at least you've got your first glimpse at the road ahead and the first bite of an actual thing. Hopping at the opportunity to have a chat with Ren, you helped him out to tidy the place after the crowd left.

"Did I do bad?" was your sincere question, "Am I that weak?".

"You did as you did. Training is about improving foremost, not about performing well for the very first time. Can't say that growing up some muscles would've been a bad idea, though, but I picked the weapon for you basing on your current physique with all of its risks and advantages".

"Advantages?" you inquired. It wasn't like you expected any remote praise or anything.

"For one, you do have wings, and I'm almost certain there will be the day when they'll take you up. Also, you are quite endurant for someone with so little meat on one's bones," hearing that, you pouted at him, "you also possess decent control over your body, which also serves as crucial criteria for picking a correct weapon and fighting style". He stroked his stubble before continuing, "with your small body mass and enhanced mobility, your best bid to survive is to avoid being hit in the first place and retaliate via jabs with prolonged weapons. Also, with wings being where they are, the array of possible strike motions you can perform without hurting them is limited to thrusting. Additionally, you can exploit your ability to stay out of reach while using ranged weaponry. I'm not even touching upon your magic skills, with which you can either amplify your advantages or mitigate weaknesses. All facts considered, I'd say that you have the potential to become quite formidable overall, not necessarily in rough strength.

You replied with nothing, just tilted your head and smiled. If anything, he knows how to motivate.

I was torn between making you a classical spadona-type longsword with an extended grip, a partisan short spear, or even a light crossbow. After thinking for a while about a possible scenario when you would have to face hostiles capable of extended or ranged attacks, I figured out that you'd be safer if you move constantly. So, here it is - your very first sword".

"You know so much about fighting and are so good teaching. Did you do it before? Teach, I mean".

"Yes... for a short while. Helped other hapless kinsmen to get a better hold on their new role. Never was that good at it, though".

"But you are good!" you objected, to which he shook his head and grunted.

"Compared to my most combative kinsmen, I'd be lucky to be a quarter as masterful as they are".

Your jaw metaphorically dropped for a moment. Did he say that to jest you of out of some strange humor, did he? You peered at his face again, and his pensive mug with an overdue stubble suggested that it was as far from being humorous as you were from the heights of the conflagration arcane aspect.

"I don't care about your kinsmen! You teach me and others, so you are good!" your defiant reply chiseled a tiny smirk on his face. He said nothing to that, letting the atmosphere sunk down into the depths of awkwardness. To which, however, you had a remedy in mind.

"Ren? Can I ask you something?".

"If you want to practice with a spear, that's easily arrangeable".

"No, I wanted to ask something different. The sword that you gave me - it is named. Why 'Holly'?".

"Bhiroths have a long-running tradition of giving names to the weapons of significance. It stems from the respect we have for the tools that take and preserve lives. For many, their weapons are like friends, and one does not normally call their fiend with nouns. So, it just seemed natural. As for why I called it Holly, it's because I found you in a bush of one. Naming your first real weapon after the "cradle" from which I picked you up seemed appropriate... or did you ask me about this because you didn't like the name?".

"No, it's good," you answered, giving space for an awkward pause, "And thank you".

Your crown was yet again graced with a gentle pat, "You're thanking me too soon, Lucy".

The rest of the day passed by peacefully, with Ulren (probably inspired by the earlier mentioning of having a meat pie) nagged out some juicy baked meat rolled in the crusty dough from Gustoff, which you both enjoyed. Unlike the scenario of the joke your "big bro" made earlier, the cook didn't receive an affectionate spank even though the meat was admittedly succulent. After that, you had plenty of time to recover the strengths and to ponder on that "too soon" line. Was it about you being thankful for the sword, for being picked out from the wilds, or for both? Why it has to be so difficult to read what's on his mind?

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And thus, the day when you were bound to work on one's meats arrived. Unlike yesterday, you were quite calm about the prospect of doing things you never did before. Be it because of the confidence gained yesterday or the knowledge that you will be supported but you did not fret for a single heartbeat. Instead, you were trying to cope with the overwhelming feeling of novelty that was caused by the end of the daily classes with Rosaline. Wondering about how was she doing out there, you descended to the gymnasium early in the morning, finding both Ulren and Lodric there, lifting comically disproportional cast iron weights, just like one would expect from an average human and a compact giant. They both grinned at you welcomingly before you described your desire to, well, to stop being a weakling. Little did you know at that moment what you had called upon oneself.

After having to lift an iron weight (a relatively small one, possibly the second smallest available), your meats felt like on fire. After repeatedly vaulting on a wooden "goat", you began to lose the sense of your limbs. Then, these two sadists had you swinging a heavy iron pole at a hanging wooden dummy wrapped in rags. No wonder that the said pole eventually slipped free from your grip and nearly crash-coursed at Ulren. By the time your brain began to paint dreadful pictures of you falling and dying on the spot, the weight you lifted earlier was shoved into your hands right before you were told to sprint with it for as many circles of the gymnasium hall as you can endure. After one circle and a half, they finally had you spread-eagled on the floor. They loudly discussed your apparent lack of strengths to continue to the final exercise - a set of weight throws in the outdoors-, and a tiny. Hearing that, you could only helplessly convulse.

They were 'thoughtful' enough to carry you to your chambers and to lay you on your bed. Possibly avoiding your dissatisfaction with them, sometime after lunch the boys asked Amalia to fetch you the refreshments and to check up on you, which she obliged. The only two reasons why you haven't showered her with whining were the facts that it was your own decision to exercise and that, by the time she slipped in your room, you began to feel your body again. She was even compassionate enough to bring you a book suiting your arcane arts interest, into which you dug deep until the sleep stuck you spontaneously and without a warning.

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You had your share of post-exertion soreness during your first remembered weeks, but nothing of what you felt before ever came in comparison to the overwhelming sensation that graced you upon awakening the next morning. Almost the entirety of your body felt like it was stuffed overnight - stuffed with salt, and quite the unrefined sort at that. For the very first time in your lifetime, getting up from a bed turned out to be a challenge worthy of a few tries and about ten minutes of short respites in between them. Fortunately, your body proved to be as resilient as others sometimes emphasized. Eventually, you made your shaky way to the kitchen, watching Ulren in his apologetic eyes while stodging an irregularly plentiful breakfast.

Closer to noon, after examining own physical condition, the plan for today was clear: due to your body being in inappropriate condition for extensive wings exercises, it was the right time for some magic practice with Karl. You hoped that your pretension on his time would not come off as arrogant or unappreciative, which, exacerbated by Karl's lack of emotional response to you, began to bother you. There was something slightly odd about the mage: if Ulren is a kind of man who just keeps his thoughts and feelings concealed, projecting them with actions instead, Karl was a dodgy type, not letting anyone past that forcedly-polite facade. Perhaps, this lack of any feedback was irritating, but it wasn't like you had a lot of alternatives.

And the man obliged, looking over your attempts at shaping the light aspect in the ways you haven't before. But even with the supervision, your ongoing session did not go better than the one that preceded it: the best results you mustered was nullifying other aspects not in a radial pattern but in a cone trajectory. Aside from that, along the way of your improvisation spree, for a brief moment, you managed to conjure a luminal barrier in a dome shape, covering more than enough space to shield not only you but whoever would be in your immediate proximity. On the offensive side of your skills, the things remained stale: you were unable to push the wedge of solid light that you conjured, dispelling the incantation into the mass of fading sparks instead of sending it flying at a dummy target. Karl was curious but not particularly impressed by your performance, and so, the time came for him to announce his verdict on the today session.

"First of all, I must admit that your persistence in pursuing arcane mastery is commendable, but before we proceed to the feedback and advice, wouldn't you be mind if I ask you something?"

You shook your head, letting him know that it would not be an issue.

"I'm curious about why do you pursue only one of your gifts. Is it the soul aspect's reputation and implications? Or do you seek higher mastery in thaumaturgy, thus organizing your time accordingly? Perhaps, there are more practical reasons for your priorities?

Quite possibly, this was the question you haven't answered even to yourself. But regardless of whether you thought about it priorly or not, your answer was:

[] "I wish to master the thaumaturgy first"

[] "I must balance my work on strengths and weaknesses, which limits the time I have for other ventures"

[] "I would like to work on the soul aspect but a bit later"

[] "Honestly, I'm a bit afraid of it"

[] Write-in

Judging by his face, the man gave a deep thought to what you have said, but unfortunately, he didn't let you know what did he think about or even why did he ask you thins in the first place.

"Right then. Time to pay you with the feedback that I owe you. The first thing that I'd like to highlight is the same remark that I made the previous time - you need to work on your spellcasting technique. Not the proficiency with the aspect itself, but the general methodology of spellcasting. Call it the arcane skill, if you will. You have the significant natural degree with it, but sharpening it up would not only make your process of mastering other aspects easier but will also greatly increase the efficiency of those evocations and feats you already know. In some cases, it is better to have the smaller arsenal of feats that you have mastered than to have a large variety of options which you can't exploit properly. The good old quality versus quantity argument"

"How can I raise my arcane skill?"

"Simply, my dear lady, you cast the incantations that you already know until you run out of stamina, focus, or both, which is even better. Practice makes perfect. You can do so on your own or, if only you haven't grown tired of my voice, have me supervise you"

That sounded straightforward enough for you to nod in confirmation, "Thank you, sir Norskov. But what is another part of your feedback?"

"Do you remember what I told you about the arcane styles?"

"Umm... yes. If you mean the various ways of using arcane aspects"

"Indeed, young lady. Have you, per any chance, figured out how would you like to direct your training?"

Despite its subtle form, the question put you in the situation of carrying out a decision, which wasn't so easy.

"Ulren told me earlier that I can use magic in a fight to cover my weaknesses and amplify strengths. Can you teach me how to?"

This answer with a follow-up question seemingly sparked interest in man's eyes. "Oh my, you took an interest in the martial path as well? Please, remind me some time to avoid angering you, young lady," he spoke out jokingly, switching to a more serious tone shortly afterward, "However, I never knew that the friend of yours would know how to tie-in the thaumaturgy into the arcane martial traditions of his people. As far as I knew, Roths, and especially Gvuroths, are the best elementalists that Pheotor has to offer. However, they are very limited when it comes to other types of aspects..." after saying that, Karl held a short pause, considering something, "Say, would you be so kind to persuade your friend to join our sessions? I was always curious about how does his race handles the aspects and through which philosophies they master them"

"I can but why you don't ask him? Ulren is good, he will listen"

Karl chuckled to your reply, "I have no doubts about your judgment, young Seer, but it appears that you have the much higher influence on him, so he would likely heed to your plea for self-betterment than to my scientific curiosity, which, however, pursues the same goal".

You gave Karl a slightly suspicious look. Is he not a friend to Ulren? It was a bit hard to believe so knowing the latter.

"Think nothing ill of it: I'm just looking forward to whether or not would we manage to synthesize a style that would utilize the advantages of both magical and physical kinds. Assuming that the Bhiroth friend of yours has a background in training troops, he might also find this little venture as a pleasantly challenging project. If not, I can synthesize the perks and tricks of my pyromancy school and apply it to your arsenal of spells. Please note that my style is mostly offensive and doesn't possess a lot of beneficial or indirect spells. And in addition to that, it mostly operates on its own, with little to no synergies with martial prowess or other arcane styles. So, what our Ivory Seer would prefer?"

[] "I'll ask Ulren about helping us make a new style"

(This will allow a new type of attack and defense rolls that are composed of both arcane and physical skill checks. Using this style would also reduce the difficulty check for one gradation (-4 or -3 points) and imply benefits and limitations common to an archetypical battle mage. Additionally, practicing arcane would allow you to also raise melee or defense skill by 1/2 point per a session cost-free. Your potential maximum speed of mastering thaumaturgy will be slightly reduced)

[] "I'd like to learn what your style has to offer"

(The combat situations will be mostly resolved by your arcane skill check. You will have the perks and limitations common to a pure mage. However, this particular teacher can't teach you much about non-combative and non-direct spells, which will have a significant impact on your earlier arsenal and a minor influence on the way you will see magic as the whole. Picking this option would also grant you with 1/3 bonus points of arcane skill per each thaumaturgy training session)

[] "I don't think I can decide yet"

(Maybe you don't really want to focus on thaumaturgy at this moment, or maybe you just don't like the styles offered. Perhaps, you would rather seek/wait for new aspects to learn or for other mentors and thus styles. Maybe you simply don't want to waste that much time on arcane as a whole, which is also a way around)

After carrying out this decision, it was but a short amount of time until Karl bid you a good evening in his characteristically polite manner and you dug back into the books. This evening, you learned from the book about the concept Karl did not mention to you - the double aspect affiliation spellcasting. Recalling that thaumaturgy is not your only talent, you could only wonder whether or not you can somehow link it to the soul aspect. Is that even possible? And it, then how exactly and to what end it can be used? As the sleep draw near, you had to put answering these questions to another time.

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You woke up late, feeling that the soreness from the strength exercises you underwent two days before faded, but it wasn't what woke you up - you had another strange dream. This time, you saw a fine basket situated in a richly decorated room. Inside it was a scrap of impeccably smooth cloth and a heap of small eggs wrapped in it. The only strange thing that you envisioned was the first hatching of an egg: it was not a bird that appeared from it but a snake. Your vision ended as abruptly as it came, leaving you to think what might it be about or if it even has any sense at all. Perhaps you should share with someone with these visions of yours? Maybe. But you had other things to do today, such as wings training.

With Rosaline temporarily gone, you now had a perfect opportunity to try something new in course of training your wings, something she would consider as drastic and thus would not need to know about! With unrelenting enthusiasm, you went to the balcony on the first floor... and, after a short struggle with fear, hopped down, working with your wings hard. You did not take the flight, though, but neither you fell ungracefully. Your landing was relatively smooth, and with even brighter enthusiasm you made your way back to the balcony from the inner yard to go for consecutive attempts. Desperately trying to lift the metaphorical bar, you made four more attempts before some younger guardian noticed what were you doing, alerted a couple of his comrades, and began the pursuit of you. Apparently, allowing you to put yourself to risks was not something they would put into their service record, which ensued in they chasing you over half the mansion. This silly occurrence of you gleefully running away and dodging their grapples raised a fair number of dwellers' eyebrows, and, after this ridiculously fun run, you slipped inside your room, locking and pressing the door with your back. Breathing heavily and barely holding laughts, you listened to the young guardsmen outside arguing with each other about not reporting this incident to Ulren for their own sake and keeping a closer eye on you from now on.

You were more excited by this whimsical event more than about your progress in reaching the skies, though. In the course of your today's lesson, you didn't make the sufficient progress, but you have experienced a strange feeling of... a kick? Or was it an impulse? This new feeling occurred when you attempted to lift off the surface in a singular strong series of flaps. Can it be essential for finally lifting oneself? You will have to try it again another time, after you figure out how and where to make another attempt.

Sufficiently amused, you regained your breath. You fulfilled your plan for now, so it was the right time to decide on how to proceed further. Rosaline was still away, tending to her business in the capital city. You've had a productive half of the week that opened a few avenues for your improvement. And the manor still offered so many opportunities and leisure.

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Note: the pastime and other minor events can polish Lucy's personality in one way or another, creating new habits, tastes, and opinions aside from more direct benefits. Consider them a bit more deepened RP choices and feel free to augment the preset plans of your liking with the pastimes you think would be the most fun or the most appropriate. Again, I strongly encourage you to not rely on presets completely

[] (Your custom_name plan)

[] Learn/raise your skills!
-[] Melee combat
-[] Defense
-[] Ranged combat
-[] Arcane skill
-[] Armorsmithing
-[] Weaponsmithing
-[] Artificiery
-[] Pharma and treatment
-[] Daily craft
-[] Tailoring
-[] Alchemy

(+1 to a respective skill. Find more people or establish deeper bonds to open more paths of studying)

[] Intensive training of attributes
-[] STR
-[] END
-[] MOB
-[] PER
-[] COOR
-[] MICR
-[] INT
-[] WIS
-[] CHA
(each round raises an attribute by 1/2 if the base attribute is X < 14, by 1/3 if the base attribute is 14 =< X =< 17, and by 1/4 if the base attribute is X => 18. Note that the attributes influence the attribute skill bonus and quite often are the subjects of checks)

[] Practice or study your aspects!
-[] Practice thaumaturgy and the style you may have chosen
-[] Study soul aspect

For thaumaturgy: current level 5 (+2/5), hard wisdom attribute (17), hard intelligence attribute (17), normal arcane skill (20) each yields 1/5 of the next level + 1/5 default for investment. You will also receive the bonuses that pertain to the style you decided to follow. For soul aspect: current level 2, normal wisdom attribute (15), normal intelligence attribute (15), easy arcane skill (17) each yields 1/2 of the next level + 1/2 default for investment.

[] Write-in
In case you want to do something very specific

[] Routine attribute training
-[] STR
-[] END
-[] MOB
-[] PER
-[] COOR
-[] MICR
-[] INT
-[] WIS
-[] CHA
(each round raises an attribute by 1/4 if the base attribute is X < 14, by 1/5 if the base attribute is 14 =< X =< 17, and by 1/6 if the base attribute is X => 18. Note that the attributes influence the attribute skill bonus and quite often are the subjects of checks. You can't pick more than two rounds of the same routine in a half a week)

[] Train your wings
(+1 to wings proficiency, repeatable but try not to overdo it. Also, keep in mind the cost of alternatives, i.e. what you could've done instead)

[] Inspect the place and its inhabitants
-[] The first floor
(one-time-off for each part. Widens the future options and the number of people you know. Can choose multiple in one voting)

[] Socialize with
-[] Ulren
-[] Amalia
-[] Claudius
-[] Isaac
-[] Erika
-[] Jory
-[] Karl
-[] Lodric
-[] Mathias
-[] Andrew
(mention the general attitude, the topics of interest, the discussion, or/and special actions like attempts to study a soul spark in the vote. Construct a special approach and try not to be annoying)

[] Tell someone about the strange dreams you are seeing from time to time
-[] Karl
-[] Claudius
-[] Amalia
-[] Ulren

[] Do something / spend your leisure time at the facility (specify the action in the vote)
-[] Bathroom
-[] Kitchen
-[] Salon
-[] Library
-[] Gymnasium
-[] Laboratory
-[] Lecture hall
-[] Greenery
-[] Smithy
-[] Attic
-[] Studio
-[] Your room
-[] The locked observatory
--[] Ask Amalia to get you there (hard persuasion skill check (24))
-[] The shuttered bedroom
--[] Ask Amalia to get you there (very hard persuasion skill check (28))
Obviously, specify if necessary.

[] Write-in
In case you want to do something very specific

[] Preset plan: Big Bro's little co##blocker valkyrie
-[X] picking up on that 'Carmine Sails' book that made your patron blush and finding out the strange secrets concealed within it.
-[X] "I must balance my work on strengths and weaknesses, which limits the time I have for other ventures"
-[X] "I'll ask Ulren about helping us make a new style"
-[X] Intensive training of attributes
--[X] STR
-[X] Practice or study your aspects!
--[X] Practice thaumaturgy and the style you may have chosen
---[X] Bonus 1/2 to melee combat
-[X] Routine attribute training
--[X] WIS
-[X] Train your wings
-[X] Train your wings

[] Preset plan: Independent magic damsel in the making
-[X] reading the folklore.
-[X] "I would like to work on the soul aspect but a bit later"
-[X] "I don't think I can decide yet"
-[X] Learn/raise your skills!
--[X] Arcane skill
-[X] Practice or study your aspects!
--[X] Practice thaumaturgy and the style you may have chosen
-[X] Practice or study your aspects!
--[X] Study soul aspect
-[X] Routine attribute training
--[X] WIS

[] Preset plan: The Dalgaard mansion's darling on the loose!
-[X] with a group of maidservants at the salon, listening to the head cook Gustoff play on accordion and spin stories from his seafaring youth.
-[X] "Honestly, I'm a bit afraid of it"
-[X] "I don't think I can decide yet"
-[X] Learn/raise your skills!
--[X] Defense
-[X] Learn/raise your skills!
--[X] Pharma and treatment
-[X] Routine attribute training
--[X] WIS
-[X] Tell someone about the strange dreams you are seeing from time to time
--[X] Amalia
-[X] Socialize with
--[X] Lodric
---[X] Get to know the man, ask about his friendship with Ulren, inquire about your first little stares exchange in the hall
-[X] Socialize with
--[X] Gustoff
---[X] Thank him for all the delicious dishes and inquire about what led him to this mansion. Ask him about his memories as a sailor
-[X] Train your wings

Teloch · Aug 23, 2018

Char sheets and ship-o-meters updated. About time to vote.

Spear · Aug 23, 2018

[X] Valkyrie, but Folklore too!
-[X] reading to the folklore.
-[X] "I must balance my work on strengths and weaknesses, which limits the time I have for other ventures"
-[X] "I'll ask Ulren about helping us make a new style"
-[X] Intensive training of attributes
--[X] STR
-[X] Practice or study your aspects!
--[X] Practice thaumaturgy and the style you may have chosen
---[X] Bonus 1/2 to melee combat
-[X] Routine attribute training
--[X] WIS
-[X] Train your wings
-[X] Train your wings

Interesting! Folklore is always interesting to me, so I'd like it if we learn more.

Teloch · Aug 23, 2018

Spear said:
Interesting! Folklore is always interesting to me, so I'd like it if we learn more.

This option will make lucy pay a bit more attention to the lore, so she would likely harvest more of it passively through her journey.

veekie · Aug 23, 2018

[X] Preset plan: Big Bro's little co##blocker valkyrie

Well, I like balance, I like combining martial and magic.
I like the idea of her discovering lewd fiction.

Dutch · Aug 23, 2018

I feel the need to point out:

Teloch said:
Again, I strongly encourage you to not rely on presets completely

Teloch · Aug 23, 2018

Dutch said:
I feel the need to point out:

And here I was, thinking that all those invisitext messages I leave remain unwatched by everyone.

What I wanted to say is that things do tend to happen, sometimes behind the scene, and you should not refuse to think and analyze even if there are easier options.

D-san · Aug 23, 2018

[X] Valkyrie, but Folklore too

angelofwhim · Aug 23, 2018

[X] Preset plan: Big Bro's little co##blocker valkyrie

VagueZ · Aug 23, 2018

[X] Preset plan: Big Bro's little co##blocker valkyrie

Interesting reading choice, thaumaturgy, wings.

Seems like a good plan to me!

RideTheWalrus · Aug 23, 2018

[X] Valkyrie, but Folklore too

Teloch · Aug 24, 2018

Mkay.
Lucy as a story-hungry and a bit susceptible battle mage starter VS Lucy as a starter battle mage with a sense of decorum and lewdness berserk button.
Any tie-breakers? Or would you surprise me and propel an entirely new plan?

wingstrike96 · Aug 24, 2018

[X] Preset plan: Big Bro's little co##blocker valkyrie

When the preset has all you want.

Teloch · Aug 25, 2018

Preset plan: Big Bro's little co##blocker valkyrie that is, with which you subjected yourselves to some hilarity in the future.

Roll me three d20 for INT, WIS, and arcane.

VagueZ · Aug 25, 2018

Well, let's try being intelligent.

HatsuZ · Aug 25, 2018

Common Sense Powers, Activate!

Teloch · Aug 25, 2018

INT 17+5 > 17 aka good try
WIS 5+3 < 17 aka what common sense?

Now, who would be the hero who'd roll 14 or more for arcane?

SyntheticSynthia · Aug 25, 2018

here goes
EDIT: thats good right?

Teloch · Aug 25, 2018

SyntheticTrevor said:
EDIT: thats good right?

Yep. Hereby, you are the official Dovahkiin of this thread.

And yea, that's good. MC gonna reach thaumaturgy lvl 6 and make 33% of progress 'till lvl 7.
Translating from the nerd language to English: Lucy gonna learn some good tricks and a little bit more

Teloch · Aug 26, 2018

Just feelin' charitable enough to give you a free hint:
Judging by the previous vote (and how all voters went for the mage-fighter hybrid), you seem to have decided on the class niche for Lucy. With that decision made, you may want to decide on whom you'd like to see at your party of misfits. Note that it is an indirect choice in 30% of cases. By that, I mean that some characters may forward you to some other characters they know who would likely join you (or not very likely, or conditionally). That being said, you still have some time to decide whom and why you'd like to see in unless you would prefer to rely on your luck later on.

Heimurn Chronicles (No, SV, you're a young valkyrie in the middle of a bizarre and dangerous journey)

Who is the bae? (Yes, we know that it's Lucy, but still - who's your favorite character)

Ulren, because he's a big bro I never had

Sephorah, because of the floor-chair-face dance

Karl, because smug

Amalia, because a cinnamon roll determinator

Isaac, because kuudere

Jory, becuase...

Rosaline, because I miss her

Mia (the ghost cat), because smug^2

Dunno - I need more party members

Dunno - I want more character interactions

Dunno - Where are the shipping battles, QM?

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