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Omake Writer Instructions:
There are four fields you need to fill out.
Omake Link, which is just a link to your first omake for the turn. This makes it easier for me to read them as I do the update - without this it's tough to know off the bat which omake were written this turn, and to properly
Requested Bonus, which is your requested bonus for your omake. You can leave it up to me if you like. You can see more info in the Good Seed infopost here.
Cultivation Aims. For those following unorthodox paths - higher than 9th Heavenstage or later than 7th Dao Pillar paths. Please put in what you are aiming for before you break through. I have left it as 'default'. If you do not edit it, I'll go with that.
Turn Notes - Do you want to do something specific? Enter a Secret Realm? Help the Clan out in some way? If you have something specific you want to accomplish on this turn, put it in turn notes so I can adjust your Fate around it.
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Hektor Sarantapechos was raised in the lap of luxury, son of the Elder of Diplomacy and nephew to the Elder of Administration. Though no one was quite sure which of his parents Kleisthenes Sarantapechos was – as no one has ever known who the other parent was – Hektor himself was never treated differently by his peers, a sign of the unity in the Golden Devil Clan.
From a young age, Hektor had many tutors in various subjects, especially commerce and diplomacy as he hoped to follow in his esteemed parents' footsteps one day. On his 16th birthday Kleisthenes personally taught Hektor the foundational skills of cultivation, as well as posing him the question: "Which is mightier? The Spear that pierces all, or the Shield that protects everything."
Many years passed and he reached the sixth Heavenstep without finding an answer to that question. All of a sudden he no longer had the time to learn at a leisurely pace as he did previously, the hundred year trial was coming – no longer just a far off event years in the future – and Hektor stepped up his martial training as much as possible focusing eagerly on the spear and shield as he had for many years before, though he was still no closer to answering the question his parent asked of him. Then the time was upon them.
Waves of enemies fell upon their fortifications, and many of Hektor's friends and families fell to them. Hektor himself fought as much as he could, but a simple sixth Heavenstep was of little aid in the grand scheme of things.
Eventually, the time of hell was over and Hektor had survived. Looking upon the ruined fields and fallen bodies of both brethren and enemies, he thought back to the question that had plagued him for many years. An epiphany struck at that point; His allies had fallen to the attacks of their enemies because their shields weren't strong enough to block them, and they were only able to pierce the enemies shields themselves because their own spears were strong enough. The answer was never which one is better but his realisation that "One cannot fight with a spear alone, as they shall fall to the first blow but they can neither fight with only a shield lest they never be able to injure an enemy' led him to the true answer; "Both a Spear that attacks and a Shield that protects shall forever result in victory". His grand realisation coincided with not only an increase from the third to the fourth Heavenstage, but also the beginnings of his own personal martial skills – Heaven Piercing Spear and Impenetrable Bronze Shield.
In the years since the hundred year trial Hektor has turned 34 and spent his every moment refining the skills as much as possible as well as delving even further into his studies, the death and destruction he witnessed both scarring and spurring him ever onward.
Hektor is supposed to have around average talent in cultivation (for a good seed, I think I got the numbers right) but where he shines are his martial arts abilities. The "Good Seed bonus" is the self-made skills that are 'ultimate offense' and 'ultimate defence' abilities. Obviously they wouldn't hold up to someone a great realm above him, but I hope with time, development and omakes he can become a powerful combatant for the clan!
Current Status: 2nd pillar foundation building. 96 years old. 2 life saving treasures (from turn 3 and 4)
Starting Perk: Heaven Piercing Spear and Impenetrable Bronze Shield. A pair of twin battle skills that represent the extremes of offence and defence respectively. Hektor hopes to develop them as far as he can to forge himself into both a spear and shield that shall annihilate all the clans enemies and protect all their allies.
Cultivation plans/goals:
Advance through foundation building aiming for 8 pillars (maybe 9, we'll see how the dice roll)
occipitallobe please let me know how this looks, or if I need to change anything. Also, I figure that as the son of an Elder he gets told some stuff about the clan a bit before everyone else.
Lin Fan was born in the Imperial Optimatoi clan with a very good talent in Soul cultivation, Specifically Demonic tunes. His Father and Mother were ecstatic because they had always been fascinated in Demonic tunes but had no talent for it, From a young age Lin Fan was told about the injustices of the world and how Heaven needed to be Overthrown, He acted like he cared but in reality he wanted to be worshiped, he wanted others to bow to him. he wanted to Be HEAVEN.
As he got older and saw People he knew every year getting slaughtered, He realized something, this world isn't fair and He needed to fix it but to do that would require power he would never get in his life time and that CRUSHED his Spirit, he was so depressed he even jumped of a cliff barely surviving, as he lay there broken and bleeding out A blood red light appears and goes into his body. He received the memories of a man who was a Master in demonic tunes called the ''Hellpoemer'' who made it his job to Kill and control as many people as possible, while Lin Fan is receiving the memories of the Hellpoemer his body starts to change. his originally tan skin turns a pale white color and his eyes turning from a ocean blue to a Blood red color. when this finishes he wakes up with a conviction, Kill and control as many enemys as possible to make life a paradise for your allies. He walks back to the clan a Changed man, both physically and mentally.
Information:
Name: Lin Fan
Age: 19
Cultivation realm: 4th Heavenstage
My bonus is going to be the Memory's of the Hellpoemer which will give him the Hellpoemers insights allowing him to cultivate faster and the Hellpoemers Demonic tunes techniques which allows him to get many strong Demonic tunes techniques. if This isnt to much i would also like a Weak demonic bloodline, but if you wont allow it its okay.
Not really the best writer, but here is my attempt at a good seed.
Xiao Yi (Little First/one) was a member of a Small Beast Taming Clan residing in the Turtlebone mountains that made a living taming and selling Spirit Beasts. When he was 10, the Clan was attacked by a Mid Core Spirit Beast (Working under the assumption that like conventional Xianxia, the older beasts are more intelligent ).
The Beast's Attack decimated the Clan, wiping out every Adult Spirit Beast and Member of the clan leaving Xiao Yi the sole survivor of the clan. After the Beast's rampage, Xiao Yi left the saferoom his parents hid him in to find only ruins and death. Gleaming what few surviving lore he could find as well as what remaining armaments he could savage, he left vowing to return one day to avenge his Clan.
In his wanderings, Xiao Yi managed to make his way to his mother's clan the Golden Devils where he traded his Clan Lore for Cultivator training with the Clan, hoping to one day fufill his vow.
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After the events at Pleuron and his subsequent recovery, Xiao Yi now goes by Jin Muyi and finds himself dealing with his new body and it's plantlike traits.
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EDITED With Bonuses
THE PLAN: Formation specced Cultivator leading Calvary charges
Basically, i hope for him to help the Clan develop a Calvary/mounted group with the excuse that this sudden knowledge is basically due to his mom a civilian/non cultivator marrying out to another clan and him thus basically adding another Clan's R&D to the Golden Devils.
My shitty attempt at a backstory is so that like all Xianxia cliches, there is a tragedy and thus a swearing of vengeance. Xiao Yi is not his real name but a nickname that his Clan called him by as the son of the head, it's also the only name he will respond to as a way of remembering his Clan.
Cultivation: Foundation Establishment 5-Pillar (Late)
Cultivation Year-Equivalent: 257
Dao Goals = Dao Of the Duelist ( Foundation you can fight better in a duel, Core you can potentially force others into a duel by using a specific power, Nascent you can make everyone on the battlefield fight duels, fuck all y'all.)
Health - Healthy
Treasures - 2 LST. Impact Value = 30 Impact (+10 FB stages)
- [12 Impact] Ancient Tiger-Demon Spirit Parasite Vine Ji ( A head made from remnants of a demonic axe, and a spirit infused into wood allowing him to alter the wooden component at will, striking far away and close at need. On striking an enemy it would consume their Qi, Demon Parasite Vines growing into the enemy's very meridians, eating away at their Qi until dead.
Any in Foundation realm struck by Xiao Yi would face death. Even a Core Formation cultivator who did not dodge would be weakened vastly.)
- [4 Impact] The Blood-Qi Cannon (A mighty weapon made to channel Blood Qi into a single tremendous shot. Changeable in size and able to use other forms of Qi, it was easily carried in Muyi's many vines, able to channel other forms of Qi into a single deadly shot from afar.)
- [30 Impact] The Darkness (The Spirit of his Ji given life by the blood of Muyi's slain foes fueled by a Primal need to KILL/HURT/PROTECT that was his last thoughts during the first Stand at Pleuron. Both have fused into a parasitical Weapon that reacts to Muyi's conscious and unconscious thoughts, allowing it to change it shape freely as well as burst out from within his Human form at a mere thought. The Second Stand at Pleuron has fed it to the point that it consumed and sublimate both the remnants of his Ji and of the Blood-Qi Cannon while gaining a rudimentary will that piloted Muyi into taking down an army on his lonesome.
Current Goals as of Turn 4 = Xiao Yi is heading into the Qiguai Secret Realm for Qi Condensation Cultivators. Omake Reward Sheet = For requesting Omake Rewards per turn + Goal for the turn
Good Seed Bonus: Ability to form/include Spirit Beasts tamed using his Clan Arts into Formations and if possible talent with coming up and using such Man/Beast formations starting from personal and scaling up to groups (in the long term)
Turn 1 1st Omake bonus = Xiao Yi Obtained Enchanted Halberd + Armor from his Clan (Fate Bonus for Turn 1) [1347 Words] 2nd Omake bonus = Personal Formations for Qing Yun and Xiao Yi (One Cool Thing Bonus. Xiao Yi is able to fight those 1 heavenstage above him thanks to basically always being able to initiate a formation with QIng Yun who never leaves him ) [302 Words]
Hoplon Formation: A Hoplite Formation branchoff where the User and his Pact Beast channel their Qi to make themselves like the SHIELD OF THE HOPLITE increasing the defenses of Armor worn by the User And the Scales of the Pact Beast
Dory Formation: A Hoplite Formation branchoff where the User and his Pact Beast channel their Qi to make themselves like the SPEAR OF THE HOPLITE increasing the attack power of the Weapon wielded by the User and the Claws of the Pact Beast.
Turn 1 Fate: Led group of Qi Condensation cultivators into battle against rebellious Sandy Sect in Hua Empire, did not lose a single cultivator, held off Foundation Building expert long enough to ensure they all lived.
Turn 2 3rd Omake Bonus = Xiao Yi has insight into the Art Of Formations, instead of using it in it's static form, he is able to use it so that certain aspects of the Formation are enhanced. Mechnically, maybe a small boost whenever Xiao Yi is in a Formation. ( Fate Bonus for Turn 2) [1657 Words] 4th Omake Bonus= Xiao Yi has found his Dao and is walking on the Dao of Formations ( Cultivation Bonus) [687 Words] 5th Omake Bonus = Xiao Yi exploring his Dao ( Fate Bonus for Turn 2 ) [1623 Words]
Turn 2 Fate: Broke through to the 9th Heavenstage of Qi Condensation almost casually, advancing without limit. Rescued an old man who was secretly a Clan Foundation Building Expert acting as a weak old man while on a spying mission - in order to reward good behaviour among juniors. Diverted Xiao Yi to a nearby tree, a branch of which can serve as an excellent Wood Fairy Lance, empowering strikes from horseback.
Turn 3 6th Omake Bonus= Followup to Turn 2 Omakes. Showing Xiao Yi breaking through + coming up with fluff to fit this turn Bonus (Life Saving Treasure Bonus) [1489 Words] 7th Omake Bonus = Xiao Yi returning from his Spy mission and his non Formation related combat skills ( Fate Bonus for Turn 3) [2168 Words] 8th Omakke Bonus = Xiao Yi obeying his Elder and getting a reward for it ( Fate Bonus for Turn 3 ) [1807 Words]
Turn 3 Fate: Founded a new Formation art, and rewarded with a sliver of will from a Core Formation formation expert to ensure he is not easily killed. His new Formation is useful for all cultivators in the 1st and 2nd Heavenstages.
Turn 4 9th Omake Bonus = A look at Xiao Yi through different POVs + building up on his Realm Surpassing Treasure ( Fighting Across Realms ) [5251 Words] 10th Omake Bonus = A different POV piece on Xiao Yi's faults + motivation to become better ( Fate Bonus for Turn 4) [2141 Words] Collaborative Omake with @BungieONI = Letters between Xiao Yi and Ferenike about Formations ( Fate Bonus for Turn 4 for both ) [1679 words & 1356 words] 12th Omake Bonus = Xiao Yi hearing about the Conflict at Night Devil Pass. (Fate bonus for Xiao Yi for Turn 4- Maybe ?) [2700 words]
Turn 4 Fate:Entered the Qiguai Secret Realm. Managed to find an ancient fragment of an axe, named Hell-Sender. This fragment alone could be infused with a droplet of blood, and would fight temporarily on the cultivator's side. Further found an ancient record in a temple, finding a small warped realm of time, spending nearly fifty years without aging in some mad dream, a fragment of a piece of a dream a Spirit Severing cultivator once cast off. Managed to break through to Foundation Establishment, but could not summon the tribulation while in a Secret Realm. The dream itself followed him and tried to kill him on escaping, forcing him to sacrifice his Core Formation Will Sliver to survive. After leaving, he managed to break through.
Turn 5 13th Omake Bonus= Xiao Yi learning the true cost of his trip to the Qiguai secret realm. (Life Saving Treasure- Tassel Of Souls) [2631 words] 14th Omake Bonus = Xiao Yi learning of Hell-Sender and his adventures in the Qiguai Secret Realm ( Fate Bonus for Turn 5) [4541 words] 15th Omake Bonus= Xiao Yi experiencing the life of The Dammed and getting out of the Qiguai Secret Realm ( Fate Bonus for Turn 5) [4432 words] 16th Omake Bonus = Xiao Yi learning the true terror of the Trials and preparing for it (Fate Bonus for Turn 5) [2407 words] 17th Omake Bonus = Xiao Yi's First Love and Loss due to the Conflict between Demonic and Righteous sides (Fate Bonus for Turn 5) [2263 Words. Is 1843 words if less the snip @FixerUpper wrote for me that inspired this] 18th Omake Bonus = Xiao Yi getting his Weapon forged and using his heart as a material for it. (Crafting Bonus for the Weapon or Fate Bonus for Turn 5) [2221 Words]
Turn 5 Fate:
In the Secret Realm, Xiao Yi found an old Hill-Beast Forgemaster. A creature as large as a small hill, forging objects. It offered him humiliation upon humiliation, pain on pain, sating its anger at a cultivation who had looked like him and humiliated him. What seemed like a poor encounter had in truth been a great one, a Weapon-Spirit attaching itself to Xiao Yi unknown. There he found a Spirit Infusion Droplet, allowing a Spirit to be more easily infused into a weapon, as well as an ancient cultivator's booklet which contained much Ji Qi.
On his later journey to the Dragon Empire, this Spirit was forged into a Ji. The Ancient Tiger-Demon Spirit Parasite Vine Ji, a head made from remnants of a demonic axe, and a spirit infused into wood allowing him to alter the wooden component at will, striking far away and close at need. On striking an enemy it would consume their Qi, Demon Parasite Vines growing into the enemy's very meridians, eating away at their Qi until dead.
Any in Foundation realm struck by Xiao Yi would face death. Even a Core Formation cultivator who did not dodge would be weakened vastly.
It was at Pleuron... well. We all know of his deeds there. He consumed one of his mighty treasures, but even that...
He is now Crippled, pierced through with many mortal wounds, kept alive by the corpses of his enemies and his Demon Vines.
Turn 6 19th Omake Bonus = Xiao Yi learning how to be a Tree and evolving into a Tree Man (Healing bonus to remove Crippled Malus) [3089 words] 20th Omake Bonus = Xiao Yi Jin Muyi returning to the Clan and the misunderstanding that occurred. Part 1 of Road Trip. (Fate Bonus for Turn 6) [1430 words, 1967 words in total with the Ferenike scenes] Collaborative Omake 2 with @BungieONI = Muyi and Ferenike go on the promised Road trip in search of TASTE. Part 2 of Road Trip. (Fate Bonus for me for Turn 6) [4700 words. Not sure how much is mine] Collaborative Omake 3 with @BungieONI = Muyi and Ferenike's Road Trip takes them to the Shimmering Soup Sect where they succeed in their goal via elaborate means. Part 3 of Road Trip. (Fate Bonus for me for Turn 6) [6617 words, Again not sure how much is mine]
Turn 6 Fate: Healing is a strong word for the man who was once Xiao Yi. The monster who was now Jin Muyi. A creature of vines and plants, healing took the form not of a human body, but new meridians, new acupoints, forging a new body, a new power where an old one had once stood. His might in combat, especially against massed enemies had grown, but more importantly his raw cultivation seemed to grow incessantly, as he ambushed six bandits in Foundation Establishment. No longer bound by the rules of Blood Path, as he was no longer truly human, his ability to absorb the lives of others without incurring the wrath of the Heavens allowed him to make massive strides in his cultivation. He learned of other powerful means as well, rooting himself by a Spirit Oasis and drinking the waters there for a year to filter them through his body, purifying the blood and human Qi within him. Such things offered massive benefits the first time or so, but became progressively less impactful. After finding several of the (forgive the pun) low-hanging fruit, he was able to establish himself as the second-most powerful cultivator of his generation.
Turn 7 21th Omake Bonus= Gui Hua interlude on her new life in the desert. (Lifesaving treasure) [3176 Words]
Turn 7 Fate: Xiao Yi commanded his Legion for the first time, preparing them for war. Spending their lives like water to prepare raids as the war begun, he found himself having difficulties. While he was able to advance with another Pillar, the Legion themselves got only a little information. What they did bring back was of importance, though, discovering the earliest Cannibal raiding routes into the northern Clan supply lines.
Turn 8 22th Omake Bonus = Muyi infiltrates a squad of Cannibal Irregulars and by ambushing and wiping them out to a man, gathers info about their attempts to hit the Clan's vassals and supplies. (Lifesaving treasure) [2329 Words] 23th Omake Bonus = Muyi followsup on the Info found and leads his Legion to hit a enemy raid while using his Dao to help him as a Commander. [1990 words]
Turn 8 Fate: While guarding Jin Fulong's caravan, Muyi found himself facing two Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Great Circle, Little Tessica, a bandit who died, and had her will seize the body of an eight-year old girl, and Groaning Moaning Guzdan, a sound qi cultivator who could use sound itself to distract and even forcibly kill. Muyi managed to isolate them from the caravan slaying Guzdan with ease and shattering the meridians of Tessica's host body. Unfortunately, he was unable to save her host from her spiteful attack and was forced to watch her ghostly spirit flee into the desert.
Turn 9 24th Omake Bonus= Muyi's experiences while escorting Jin Fulong's Caravan. (Lifesaving treasure) [1808 Words] 25th Omake Bonus= Muyi's stars in a Western as The Lone Stranger. [2440 Words] 26th Omake Bonus= As TheLone Stranger, Muyi uncovers a dastardly conspiracy by the Clan's Foes! [4197 Words] 27th Omake Bonus= The vacuum left by Old Cannibal allowed for scores to be settled. Muyi is sent to bring in one of those that took it too far [1654 Words]
Turn 9 Fate: A most peculiar thing. Jin Muyi found himself hunting down the Seven Great Bandits, and seized upon two. Carnivore Culing, and Big Xiaomen. Both of them terrifying in their own right, it must be said that the arts of the Cannibals are not so effective on those who are not regular men. In battle they were both slain, and were sadly unable to bring out their weapon that they had worked on together. The Blood-Qi Cannon (+4 Impact), a mighty weapon to channel Blood Qi into a single tremendous shot. Changeable in size and able to use other forms of Qi, it was easily carried in Muyi's many vines, able to channel other forms of Qi into a single deadly shot from afar. Xiaomen's tremendous aptitude in weapon-forging availed him little in the end, as the power of Blood Qi to overwhelm a human being was not so effective on the plant-man.
Turn 10 28th Omake Bonus = The Lone Stranger and his encounters with two of the Great Bandits Weird West style. (Lifesaving Treasure) [1616 Words] 29th Omake Bonus = An attempted to do a Wuxia inspired Omake building up to the 2nd Trial for Muyi. [10,007 Words] 30th Omake Bonus= Gui Hua Interlude consisting of her adventures with Destasia Duca latest creation! [5,400 Words]
Turn 10 Fate: The plant-man became known as many things, but first among them to his enemies was the Devourer. Standing at the gates of Pleuron, he defended the city near-singlehandedly for weeks on end. In the last Trials, he was crippled and transformed into a tree. During these Trials, he became something...more. Once his vine-ji stabbed a cultivator, they were seemingly unable to even use their Tokens to escape. He slew hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators, butchering his way through an enemy army, his constant absorption of his enemies making him impossible to put down. Pleuron was to be besieged once more, a symbol that the Invaders were not to be defied. A Core Formation Elder of the Fifth Sea came, and Jin Muyi against all odds consumed him as well. As he did, the Darkness that had once been his Ji grew, consuming all the energy available from the Elder. Losing control of his body as the Darkness within gained power of him, he awoke several days later, having carved a path through an army besieging Pleuron, the city having been safely evacuated. A second Elder had been slain by him during his mindless rampage, and only the use of several treasures prevented the Darkness from consuming his will entirely. It had grown in power monstrously, and his use of it could slay Foundation cultivators with casual ease. The power had not gone to him, however, and his cultivation did not advance due to it. Back in control, however tentatively, he left the abandoned city, having accomplished everything he hoped to achieve and more. (Total +14 Impact from a massive rampage of consumption). What had taken the concerted efforts of so many juniors a century before was now accomplished by him alone.
Turn 11 31st Omake Bonus= Gui Hua Interlude consisting of a interview with her Childhood friends/a Romcom starring her. (Lifesaving Treasure) [7,027 Words] A Turn 5 What_If = Intro to Gui Hua as a new GS if Xiao Yii had died in Turn 5 [3,000 Words] A Turn 5 What_if Sequel = An introduction to the Saber Manuel Gui Hua is practicing, unlike the previous one this is Canon. It's what she's learning now [2,200 Words] 32nd Omake Bonus = The first part of Muyi's second stand at Pleuron [6.098 Words] 33rd Omake Bonus= The second part of Muyi's second stand at Pleuron [4,302 Words] 34th Omake Bonus= Third and Final part of Muyi's Stand at Pleuron, about dealing with the consequences of going full Blood Path with his weapon [3,436 Words]
On his 16th birthday Kleisthenes told Hektor of their clans storied history. He already knew about the hundred year trial, and much of the clan's current state, but the true history of their clan was far beyond what he previously conceived and it was both terrifying and awe inspiring.
occipitallobe please let me know how this looks, or if I need to change anything. Also, I figure that as the son of an Elder he gets told some stuff about the clan a bit before everyone else.
Everything else is A-ok. This is the only thing I'd ask you to change before I threadmark it up - the clan history isn't revealed to weaker cultivators for a reason, in that Heaven doesn't like you finding out about it and will aim to punish you - disseminating this information is a literal harm to the person learning it.
I.... hmmm. I don't know. Neither would Manuel - he's never tried to help a spirit beast cultivate or a variant human race like the goatmen. Probably not the spirit beasts as they follow a different path entirely, and probably not nonhumans - he doesn't know enough about how they cultivate. He might offer some benefit, though.
My bonus is going to be the Memory's of the Hellpoemer which will give him the Hellpoemers insights allowing him to cultivate faster and the Hellpoemers Demonic tunes techniques which allows him to get many strong Demonic tunes techniques. if This isnt to much i would also like a Weak demonic bloodline, but if you wont allow it its okay.
You can have a demonic bloodline - just bear in mind if the Hellpoemer gave him a demon bloodline, he won't be able to retain the clan's Bronze bloodline. I'll threadmark your post and leave it up to you which way you jump.
@occipitallobe if by some brief miracle i'm able to sum up Xiao Yi's backstory in something more narratively focused, should i post it here or should all Omakes be about new stuff ?
P.S: Not for bonuses, more for just making it feel less inpersonal?
@occipitallobe if by some brief miracle i'm able to sum up Xiao Yi's backstory in something more narratively focused, should i post it here or should all Omakes be about new stuff ?
P.S: Not for bonuses, more for just making it feel less inpersonal?
Back Story: Achille was the born son of an unimportant Foundation Establishment Cultivator. By blood, he was the Great-Great grandson of the Protostrator, but his family lived a rather humble life compared to the other members of the extremely wealthy Adephos lineage. Achille's father Barak Adephos had lacked talent, and as a result ended up losing the support of the family, living with his wife Meline and son on the outskirts of the Adephos family land.
Achille Adephos was not good at talking. He had trouble understanding people. People were irrational, emotional, unexpected. Arrays were not. From the moment he had been able to talk, he had lived, breathed and spoke formations. Arrays were not like people, they would never change, never act unexpected, they followed clear and sensible rules.
Ever since he had been born, he had been able to understand Arrays. They just clicked with him. He could look at formation, feel it's Qi and read it like it was a book. Much like musicians could be born with perfect pitch, the ability to hear and decipher notes by ear, Achille had the ability to understand Arrays in a way no one else could understand.
From a young age, he had played with arrays, designing and creating small formations to clean his room, to keep his dinner warm when he was out and to warn him when his parents were near when he should have been asleep. It was only when he grew older, becoming twelve he realized other people could not do what he did, could not see the shimmering and delicate hands of arrays and decipher them.
As such, he had grown apart from the other members of his clan, those who were different from him. That was okay. More time to work on arrays. He had grown arrogant and unbridled in his isolation. Until one day, one his thirteenth birthday when the Prostrator had shown him the Glass Spear Array that covered the entire clan. Achille had never seen such majesty and beauty. An array so large and complex he could barely understand it. It was at that moment he felt his love for the clan reignite and he realized he was not alone.
Achille would later join the Array-Engineer Corps, quickly achieving the rank of a Junior Mechnaaikos and gaining a reputation as a genius. On his first mission outside the clan, he aided in preparing the Blood Path Detection Array of the Shen Kingdom, which allowed King Shen to find and kill a Great Circle Foundation Establishment Blood Path soldier who had been hidden in Shen Dou, the capital of the Shen Kingdom.
During a routine mission to repair an irrigational array on the edge of the clan lands, he was ambushed by a group fo bandits and left comatose for nearly twenty years. It would have been longer, but at that point, the Adephos family opened their treasury and ensured he received the best treatment possible.
Once recovered, he headed out into the desert to breakthrough to the tenth heaven stage, only to be ambushed by a Snow-Eyed Desert Fox and be sucked into an illusory world. Unlike most who would die, it only helped strengthen Achille's Will and his Dao of Rebellion.
Once he escaped, he broke through to the tenth heaven stage and aided in fighting off the Devil Bee invasion, creating an Array that killed hundreds of Devil Bee's.
In between missions, Achille Adephos takes place in competitive fishing tournaments, earning him the title of 'The Youths Heaenly Fishing King' and a Will of Albatross Flying Fish Pill, among other things.
The Adephos Family: Founded by a talented but low-status man named Geourgus Adephos who ended up marrying the daughter of the Prostrator and creating a powerful lineage. Due to Geourgus's smart investment and rapidly expanding business, the Adephos are one of the wealthiest lineages in the clan, but due to their young age and short inheritance the feel they lack status. Thus the Adephos pour a monstrous amount of wealth into sponsoring talents building libraries, schools, hospitals and other things that will increase their fame and prestige.
Overall High Concept: The descendant of the Prostrator, Achille is extremely intelligent. Born with the unique power to understand arrays on a deep level, he seeks to master the art of Array-Crafting and uncover the secrets and mysteries of the art. Achille is an 'overheard' character, with the ability to throw out huge amounts of wealth at his problems, and so overprepared he has an array for every situation.
All Turns:
--Turn 1: :Exceptional talent in cultivating. Reached the 8th Heavenstage in 20 years. Was sent to Shen Kingdom to assist in repairing Blood Path Detection Arrays, King Shen offered his eldest daughter's hand in marriage after this helped catch and kill a Blood Path Foundation Building cultivator in the Great Circle. Advise we do not allow - an Adephos is worth more than a mere Shen.
--Turn 2: Reached 9th Heavenstage. Was ready to break through to Foundation Building, but was building a new array, and was attacked by bandits mid-construction. It collapsed on him, wounding him badly. He was comatose, and was estimated to spend most of the next 20 years recovering. Originally estimated 40 years to recover wounds fully. However, the Adephos branch of the Clan spent wildly on him, and managed to heal him to a degree. He is merely badly wounded, and will spend only 20 years to recover from his wounds fully.
--Turn 3: Achille Adephos [1 turn from breaking through]. Remains at 9th Heaven stage. Fortuitous encounter, meeting a Snow-Eyed Desert Fox. Such creatures are known for their powerful dream realms, in which cultivators often waste and die, dreaming forever under their glare. Achille managed to survive, and used the subjective century of time within the dream realm as experience to solidify his Dao. He is close to breaking through.
--Turn 4; Achille Adephos
Omake reward - Obtained the Will of Albatross Flying Fish Pill as a reward for his victory in a fishing contest. This has strengthened his Dao-Heart and firmed his will.
Fate - Excellent. Built an array to assist in the south, allowing almost one hundred additional Devil Bee cultivators to be caught and killed. Rewarded with an Array Scribing Anthive, a hive of ants capable of using miniature tools to follow cultivator instructions in building and repairing arrays.
Cultivation - Reached the 10th Heavenstage of Qi Condensation. [4 turns from 11th]. [8 turns from breaking through] [2 treasures from breaking through]
Health - Currently healthy.
Current Status as of Turn 16: Core Formation Misty Core(Early)
Age: 360 Items: 2 Lifesaving Treasure, Array-Scribing Anthive, Stone Fiddle
Health: Healthy
Willpower: Permanently boosted by Will of Albatross Flying Fish Pill
Dao: Rebellion
Just something i will like to point out. Since most people will remain at Qi Condensation, i feel that perhaps we can look at researching some formations for the Qi Condensation stage to better leverage this great source of manpower.
While the formation admittedly may not allow them to go toe to toe with those 1 rank up, it should still provide an advantage to peers of the same level. And if things go per Xianxia, most of our normal disciples will be facing their peers instead of those above them. And since we have the following statement from the GM
It might be worthwhile to develop some time to creating some Qi Condensation formations for them. Even a formation that increases their defense would be useful.
Tie Jin (Iron Gold, names are hard lol)
Age: 18 (1st Heavenstage)
Background: The descendant of a line of smiths, he strongly inherited the clan's Bronze bloodline, and has always been fascinated with both Bronze and Metal.
A bit of an eccentric, his free time is almost always spent testing experimental forging techniques and documenting his findings. His specific subject of interest is alloying metals, and methods to help accomplish that.
A man who believes in being flexible (to a point), and doesn't mind admitting to being wrong. (As long as he actually is.)
Overall Concept:
A smith who values some level of personal flexibility, and isn't afraid to try new things (or fail at them). He wishes to combine the Metal element with Bronze.
If he learned the true history of the clan, he'd think that the clan fell because they tried to change Heaven to suit them, without letting themselves be changed to be more suitable to Heaven. As an extension of that, and his wish to combine Bronze and Metal, his Dao would probably be one of Alloying.
Good Seed Bonus:
Not sure, maybe a cultivation method that would allow him to integrate Metal element materials into his body? Something to aid in his dream of integrating Metal and Bronze.
My submission for Good Seed. Basically, a mega genius who can understand formations deeply. @occipitallobe
Achille was the son of an unimportant Foundation Establishment Cultivator. By blood, he was the Great-Great grandson of the Protostrator, but his family lived a rather humble life compared to the other members of the family, primarily due to Achille's father's lack of talent.
Achille Adephos was not good at talking. He had trouble understanding people. People were irrational, emotional, unexpected. Formations were not. From the moment he had been able to talk, he had lived, breathed and spoke formations. Formations were not like people, they would never change, never act unexpected, they followed clear and sensible rules.
Ever since he had been born, he had been able to understand formations. They just clicked with him. He could look at formation, feel it's Qi and read it like it was a book. Much like musicians could be born with perfect pitch, the ability to hear and decipher notes by ear, Achille had the ability to understand formations in a way no one else could understand.
From a young age, he had played with formations, designing and creating small formations to clean his room, to keep his dinner warm when he was out and to warn him when his parents were near when he should have been asleep. It was only when he grew older, becoming twelve he realized other people could not do what he did, could not see the shimmering and delicate hands of formations and decipher them.
As such, he had grown apart from the other members of his clan, those who were different from him. That was okay. More time to work on formations. He had grown arrogant and unbridled in his isolation. Until one day, one his thirteenth birthday when his grandfather had shown him the Glass Spear Array that covered the entire clan. Achille had never seen such majesty and beauty. An array so large and complex he could barely understand it. It was at that moment he felt his love for the clan reignite. They were not different from him, they were oh so similar.
From the beauty of the array, he had been inspired, creating the Sand-Glass Unbridled Spear Array. It was a personal array that would convert the sand of the desert around him into glass spears that would stab his opponents en-mass. It was not nearly as powerful as the array that covered the entire clan, but in his great genius, he had created an array that scaled off of his own cultivation. Should he reach Core Formation, it would become strong enough for use against a Core Formation cultivator, and should he ever reach Nascent Soul, it would be capable of doing the same. It was limited only by the amount of Qi he could feed it, which to be fair was not all that much as he was only at the level of the fourth heaven-stage of Qi Condensation. His cultivation had somewhat lagged behind due to his focus on formations, but now that he had a purpose to cultivate, he could feel his Dao heart pulsing with motivation to cultivate. To reach the level where he would be able to understand every formation in existence.
Most cultivation stories when translated I've seen use formation and array for more-or-less the same thing, or two entirely different things.
For the purposes of this quest, Formations are cultivation techniques like any other, but designed to be practiced en masse. Basically 'battle formations' but magical and cultivator-ey.
Arrays are a kind of usually fixed magical artifact that can produce a certain effect in a certain area. They're generally less flexible than other artifacts (you cant pick up the Glass Spear Array and go wandering around the way you could with a magical glass spear), and less durable, but much easier to produce for the same level of effect.
Most cultivation stories when translated I've seen use formation and array for more-or-less the same thing, or two entirely different things.
For the purposes of this quest, Formations are cultivation techniques like any other, but designed to be practiced en masse. Basically 'battle formations' but magical and cultivator-ey.
Arrays are a kind of usually fixed magical artifact that can produce a certain effect in a certain area. They're generally less flexible than other artifacts (you cant pick up the Glass Spear Array and go wandering around the way you could with a magical glass spear), and less durable, but much easier to produce for the same level of effect.
Good Seed Bonus:
Not sure, maybe a cultivation method that would allow him to integrate Metal element materials into his body? Something to aid in his dream of integrating Metal and Bronze.
You don't have to have a bonus as such. Your guy can just be 'ordinary guy who is a dedicated smith interested in this one idea'. It doesn't really change the mechanics of how it plays out, but if you want to edit something in, go for it.
For Clan Focuses, would we eventually get more as we get more resources or is it a hyper focused state ? Would there be other stuff in the background that could appear per rolls such as new formations being generated, or loot being amassed etc ?
I'll just like to know for the sake of Action economy. Because while i personally would like our Clan to do some R&D into expanding or improving our Formations, i can see the logic behind having the Clan focus on getting other people to do the dirty work for us.
For Clan Focuses, would we eventually get more as we get more resources or is it a hyper focused state ? Would there be other stuff in the background that could appear per rolls such as new formations being generated, or loot being amassed etc ?
I'll just like to know for the sake of Action economy. Because while i personally would like our Clan to do some R&D into expanding or improving our Formations, i can see the logic behind having the Clan focus on getting other people to do the dirty work for us.
One Focus. The Clan will be off doing other stuff in the background - if you really want to split your focus between two things you can write in, though bear in mind this won't be as effective. Managing what is effectively a multi-million person enterprise is really hard, and you by necessity need to spend most of your time cultivating. By the time your desires reach Qi Condensation Cultivators, they've been re-interpreted three or four times to fit the situation appropriately, so a split focus into 2 parts might only be 80% as effectively overall (40% as effective per part) as a regular focus - running an organisation like this is hard, and the more complex the plans and orders the less effectively they're going to be.
You can technically take more Actions, but this removes cultivation time and risks backsliding in your cultivation by over-expending resources and energy - Nascent Soul cultivation is like climbing a greased-up, immensely steep hill. Backslide for a year or two and you might lose fifty years progress before you can catch yourself.
The most recent scion of the Myia Lineage - One of the most consistent sources of the Golden Devil Clan's Psiloi officers dating back to the late days of the Conquest, though this fact lays long forgotten by the recent generations of the family.
Originally a bloodline mutation introduced by intermarrying with a legendarily beautiful object spirit, the Myia are a marked contrast from the typical Bronze bloodline of their Clan; thinner, slower, their raw strength lesser than the other scions of the others in whom the bloodline is passed down far more thickly. It is for this reason that over the millennia, the rear lines of the Optimatoi's would universally see a Myia in command.
They were just too fragile to lead from the front.
But do not be mistaken. The Myia are no meek scholar to be bullied. A master of artifice has not arisen from their ranks in tens of thousands of years, let alone one with a talent in drawing forth the formations that are the Clan's hallmark. No, the Myia are lovers of physicality for all their constitution would otherwise suggest against the idea.
Another misconception!
A young girl only 17 summers of age, recently awakened to the 1st Heavenstage of Cultivation, she is a typical member of her bloodline; active and boyish, she overwhelms her peers through sheer physicality and dominating presence, enforcing discipline among her age group in times of formation drilling with her sonorous voice that carries through the sky like a clear, beautiful note.
Within young Aretaphila's veins, her bloodline is thick and strong, the girl's cultivation adapting well to the Clear Summer's Bell Constitution of her family. In exchange for the prodigious talent for strength and durability carried by the Clan at large, the Myia have developed an affinity for sound-based cultivation techniques of all kinds. Indeed, there are many records in the Clan's annals detailing heroic rearguard actions from Myia, holding armies of foes with the sharp notes that crushed and tore as the remnants of their formations executed a retreat. Honored Elders who strode forth to their doom, arms shaking with fury and the resounding beats of their War-Songs to empower their blows, and deliver Demonic Notes deep into their opponents by ways of their fists. Base trickery and obstruction, foiled by high and clear voices piercing through fog and illusion, guiding foe and friend alike to their position and retaining cohesion of the Clan's forces in battle.
An honorable lineage without doubt, even if one prone to reckless heroics on too many an occasion!
Young Aretaphila shows the promise of the greatest of her forebears, perhaps even more, but while that is too early to tell, what remains true is this:
Her clan's famous temperament has taken a firm root, and her Way in life is already firmly set.
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Overall High Concept: Exceptionally sporty bronze tomboy, loudmouthed and brash, a very clear future leader of men from a storied lineage consisting of those who eagerly strode into danger in order to serve the greater whole of the unit. Cultivation based on the body being a perfect medium for sound, this leads to her lineage being considered an exceptionally valuable reagent for certain kinds of craftsmen. While not likely to be pursued actively, those who are opportunists will always prize a holder of Clear Summer Bell's Constitution for making any endeavor against the Golden Demon Clan a profitable one.
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Current Status: Single Pillar Second Stage - Silver Bell Physique. Aretaphila Myia has risen to become the second of the Clan's Single Pillar Kings, and has traveled to the Great Battlefield to reveal herself to the world. Cultivating mightily upon breakthrough, she reached the stage necessary to where her voice could carry clear over the battlefield. When the Noble Devil Alliance enacted their great move to crush Thousand Song City, her own Song shook the heavens and Dao Hearts of all present. Where she stood, the the defenders were invincible. Backed by her own fellow Experts to manage everything else, she became the backbone of the city's defense. By the end of it, there was none who had been there who did not know her name. Along with many others that had been applied to her. Starting Perk: Clear Summer Bell's Constitution: Silver Summer Physique - A mutation of the Blood of Bronze whereby the prodigious durability of the clan is traded for a peerless ability to transmit and assimilate Qi in the form of Sound. This results in both an incredibly rare affinity for Demonic Tunes style Arts, as well as possess an optimized means of training the Soul Resonance necessary for the highest levels of skill in Soul Investigation.
In turn, this makes holders of the Clear Summer Bell's Constitution prized reagents for the forging of tools of Demonic Tunes Cultivators, who will pay any price for an unspoiled body to forge into a talisman suitable for their Cultivation. Indeed, the Great Mountain Bell Sect is said to have their greatest treasures made from the corpse of vile Golden Demons, the beauty of their timber only achieved by driving the hideous souls inhabiting them out into oblivion.
One day they will come for her as well.
Current Objective: Establish the 501st Legio - Dawn's Fist. With the defeat of the Jingshen Clan, and the DI's miraculous performance with the rest of the Underworld Spirit Palace infiltration team, followed up by an unheard of success in the ChunKWAB Sacking Operation, the Golden Devil Clan continues to settle its gains by securing its immediate borders: In this case, the Yuan Clan and Sorrowful Blacksmiths are both heavily affected by Blood Path Rebellions but for the moment the Yuan Clan's position is far more precarious with the serious wounding of their Mid Nascent Soul. The 501st moves to the Yuan Clan with an experimental weapon to try and take control of the situation however they can; by taking control of the Yuan Blood Path Rebels very selves with no other power the wiser! A dangerous game indeed, but if successful? Untold glory awaits!
