Does this mean we won't get taken by Waters? Nice!
Ah you got me. You did a fully sick somersault and Lord Waters was like "Woah, that was awesome." and you were like "Let me stay and I'll teach you one day." and he was like "Radical.
*fist bump* You got a deal."
What he doesn't know is that the somersault is a deadly art to any other human who attempts it; Consequently, on the day you teach it to him, he will die indirectly by your hand. Thus, the prophecy will be fulfilled.
"So you see, Lilly, the somersault remains an essential move among even the elitest of my elite warbands."
"This is something I never expected."
"Which is precisely the point, Ms, umm..." "Silas" "...Ms Silas! No one expects the knight in shining armor to just somersault the enemy's head off. Why, even my horse can do a somersault, and no one has expected that."
The somersault is a close second behind the Spanish Inquisition for things people don't expect.
[Crafter of Destinies] (Mythic): (Concordance)
Some man follow fate to a tee. Some choose to defy it. But you, you have the ability to shape destiny. You can kill a butterfly to stop a hurricane. You can transform a farmboy who would have become a mere Guard Captain with to instead become a legendary hero. You can shape the course of destiny, for better or worse. Nations can rise or fall based on your whims. Many will hunt you down for your power. Let them try and find out that fate is not on their side.
I like it, here's two non-canon (though not outside the realm of possability) Ethea for ya'll.
[Compounding Interventionist] (Rare): (Concordance)
The weight and expectations placed on a child can shape the form their mind takes. You have been such a child, pressured and constrained by the whims of an uncaring world. But pressure can be overcome, chains can be broken and a prison escaped from. You have a natural sense for finding individuals with untapped potential to influence the world around them, be they an unrealised prodigy or simply a person in the right place and time to enact significant change. More than that, you are able to see past delinquents' failures to spot those who with the right sort of pressure could be shaped into something far greater. Using nothing more than time, you can become the central fixture of any child's existence and motivation for life. Given a decade, you can overthrow a kingdom with a couple well placed whispers, forge a hero by being a shoulder to cry on at the right time, destroy a country by seducing a seemingly unimportant servant. You will need to take great care to cover your tracks, for while the snowballs of change you slowly grow can become unstoppable, they are easily pruned in the beginning.
[By my Blood they Bleed - The Apostle of Oblivion] (Legendary): (Concordance) {Inverted}
Nothing about this life is redeemable. All will one day be dust, but the order of that destruction can be tweaked. Give of your future, give of your happiness, give of your life. For each sacrifice you make, cause a thousand to suffer even greater. You shall lop of your finger to sever their head, you shall doubt your purpose in life as they wallow in suicidal despair. Find those willing to end their own lives, and magnify their pain to rend cities apart in cascading horror. Pain for Pain and Death unto Death. You are the adjudicator of fate, all have been deemed unworthy. Finally all who have wronged you will be gone, all who
could wrong you will be gone. Your final act will be to protect yourself from your own betrayal and lay your own corpse down to peaceful eternal rest. If anyone should wish to stop you, their entire bloodline is the bare minimum price.
Bout 5K written for current chapter. Approx 2/3s done I'd say.
Also, a question: I'm thinking of letting Evie give a simple numerical rating of how useful she thinks each Ethos will be in future selections. But I'm worried that effectively just removes choices by making the better one more obvious and at that point why don't I just only offer good ones anyway. What do people think?
Or perhaps give an idea of what a typical Lvl0 power would look like for that Ethos, so even if it has a low Evie-number people can still decide "But I really like that skill".
