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How's the tie on activities being handled? We had two activities left, I think, so do we just do those two?
NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
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How's the tie on activities being handled? We had two activities left, I think, so do we just do those two?
Wait, who won the vote abaout the next activity?
The visit to the Headsman or talking with Lidrun? Because they both have 4 votes.
The visit to the Headsman or talking with Lidrun? Because they both have 4 votes.
I.F. Ister
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Lidrun got a total of 5 Votes
Rumors got a total of 5 Votes
Headsman got a total of 4 Votes
Lidrun and Rumors will be your two activities, with the specific additions being—for Lidrun—asking after apprenticeships and Vestfold while the rumors activity will be centered on Vestfold.
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Wow we really like buying everything don't we lol.
Halla is a expensive date, if you take her out to town she'll expect at east 3 treasures when you walk through the market LOL
Halla is a expensive date, if you take her out to town she'll expect at east 3 treasures when you walk through the market LOL
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Halla spends her own money, I'll have you know!
Of which she has quite a lot, now that you mention it.
So doeas Lidrun count as Halla date technicaly?
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i wonder how expensive it would be to just pay someone to search for interesting plants or stuff.
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Probably not hugely, but we don't actually buy everything every time...some of the choices they made would not be the ones we desired.
Winter 9/Asvir Visit 8.4
I.F. Ister
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[X] The Red Twist
[X] Plan Let's Buy Everything!
-[X] Whalebone Bedrest (45oz Silver) (Adds 3 Extra Dice when rolling for children and a free trait pick)
-[X] Boar-Headed Horn (70oz Silver) (Encourages your allies while discouraging your enemies)
-[X] Strange Sword (110oz Silver) (7d6 Dice. ???)
-[X] Falling Moss (24 seeds for 2oz Silver) (Falling in this allows someone to survive a fall from any height)
-[X] Blood-Seeking Petal (4 seeds for 1oz Silver) (Stops bleeding and mends wounds, allowing warriors to get back in the fight quicker)
-[X] Drill-Well Tuber (21 seeds for 1 and 3/4oz Silver) (When it is planted, it drills down in search of water sources which it then pumps back to the surface)
-[X] Amber-Trapped Lightning (7 for 14oz Silver) (Crushing this unleashes the stored lightning, often in a violent manner)
-[X] Lightning in a Bottle (3 for 24oz Silver) (Opening this is said to bring great inspiration for a short period of time, allowing for a project to be made in a fraction of the time—though, once used, it can't be re-used)
-[X] Lightning Rod (1 for 180oz Silver) (A long, copper pole that is said to attract lightning. There is only one available in this market)
[X] Continue speaking with Lidrun of the Red-Scarf
-[X] "My kids aren't old enough yet, but I'm considering apprenticeships for some of them with a Skald, can you tell me something about your craft and do you know any Skalds that would be interested when my kids are old enough?"
-[X] "Do Skalds pick up intersting rumours, for example about Vestfold, or is that overshadowed by the heroic stories?"
[X] Go listen to what rumors are floating around
-[X] Especially around Vestfold, you don't plan on going there in the immediate future, but it'd be good to keep an ear open.
[X] Plan Let's Buy Everything!
-[X] Whalebone Bedrest (45oz Silver) (Adds 3 Extra Dice when rolling for children and a free trait pick)
-[X] Boar-Headed Horn (70oz Silver) (Encourages your allies while discouraging your enemies)
-[X] Strange Sword (110oz Silver) (7d6 Dice. ???)
-[X] Falling Moss (24 seeds for 2oz Silver) (Falling in this allows someone to survive a fall from any height)
-[X] Blood-Seeking Petal (4 seeds for 1oz Silver) (Stops bleeding and mends wounds, allowing warriors to get back in the fight quicker)
-[X] Drill-Well Tuber (21 seeds for 1 and 3/4oz Silver) (When it is planted, it drills down in search of water sources which it then pumps back to the surface)
-[X] Amber-Trapped Lightning (7 for 14oz Silver) (Crushing this unleashes the stored lightning, often in a violent manner)
-[X] Lightning in a Bottle (3 for 24oz Silver) (Opening this is said to bring great inspiration for a short period of time, allowing for a project to be made in a fraction of the time—though, once used, it can't be re-used)
-[X] Lightning Rod (1 for 180oz Silver) (A long, copper pole that is said to attract lightning. There is only one available in this market)
[X] Continue speaking with Lidrun of the Red-Scarf
-[X] "My kids aren't old enough yet, but I'm considering apprenticeships for some of them with a Skald, can you tell me something about your craft and do you know any Skalds that would be interested when my kids are old enough?"
-[X] "Do Skalds pick up intersting rumours, for example about Vestfold, or is that overshadowed by the heroic stories?"
[X] Go listen to what rumors are floating around
-[X] Especially around Vestfold, you don't plan on going there in the immediate future, but it'd be good to keep an ear open.
Speaking with Lidrun of the Red Scarf
Lidrun of the Red Scarf inclines her head as you catch up to her. She walks at a brisk pace, never unsure of where her sandal-clad feet fall. That's not to say the ground is perfectly even, far from it, but it might as well be from how smoothly her steps flow.
"Hey, Lidrun!" You call out to her with a wave as you fall into step, "I've got some more questions for you!"
A brow arches as she replies, "And I your answers."
"Alright," you nod, getting to it, "so, yeah, I was wondering if there's anything you can tell me about being a skald? I'm considering apprenticeships for some of my children, when they're older, you see, and want to know if there's anyone you might know who'd be interested?"
Lidrun's snort catches you by surprise. "Skalds are not typically of apprentice-taking nature, being the self-taught creatures that we so often tend to be, so you may have great trouble finding teachers for your children."
"Well," you frown, "then how does anyone become a skald?"
She smiles, "To be a skald, you must first call yourself skald. Then, you must make stories come to life." A lone finger points towards the sky as the wind picks up the trailing scarf, "To be a skald, you must make sea-despising men crave the open waves. You must turn shadows into monsters and light into men. It is not enough to merely tell a tale, you have to live it aloud."
"So," you pause, only barely noticing the way the light bends around Lidrun. She blinks, slightly disappointed by... Well, you're not really sure, to be honest, "you don't know anyone who could teach my children?"
"I...," she slumps and grumbles, "I do not, no."
"Damn," you frown. "Well, do you know anything about Vestfold? Any interesting rumors or are they overshadowed by the heroic stories?"
Lidrun recovers and presses a finger to her lips as she hums. Snapping her fingers, she turns to you with a rumor on her lips, "They say that Halfdan the Black, Steelfather and King of Vestfold, is dead. However," she continues with a spark in her eye, "they also say that his hall refuses to acknowledge it, that they continue the farce with a corpse in the high chair."
"How much of that is true?" You wonder aloud.
Lidrun offers a slight shrug, "I intend to find out in the coming years, but, until then, I shall be found in Jurgdby."
She wanders off to the Headsman's hall, leaving you alone in the street—save for Stigmar, of course.
(Journal Entry Added: A Corpse in the High Chair)
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Rumors in Vestfold
After a portion of time spent on rumor-hunting, you come up with three pieces of information that seem to have something of a leg under them.
The first is, as Lidrun mentioned, that the King and Steelfather of Vestfold, Halfdan the Black, is dead. While that's not exactly new news in of itself, you do learn that there are a myriad of theories surrounding his death. A prominent theory, one supposedly originally postulated by a now-vanished member of Halfdan's court, featured him falling through ice and drowning—an impossibility for a Steelfather.
The second is that the sword Tyrfing has taken a new wielder. Not much beyond that is known, as the wielder, whoever they are, are being unusually conservative in its usage. Most holders of Tyrfing can't help but show it off—to predictably disastrous results.
The third is that Harald Tanglehair has sworn himself to conquering all of Norway—something that most people seem to find humorous. After all, a boy as young as he, with as little power as he has with his father still 'on the throne', has no hope of conquering a bowl of pudding let alone the many fjords of Norway.
Still, some people seem uneasy at the idea of anyone at all swearing to conquer all Norway—it doesn't take much to start an avalanche, after all. What will the future bring, with such whispers in the ears of the powerful?
Regardless, the day is coming to a close and the sun is starting to set. You may do one more thing, but you'll have to go home in the dark.
What do you do?
[ ] Go meet with the Headsman for some purpose or another
-[ ] Write in
[ ] Go home
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AN: Alrighty, nearing the end of the year already! Crazy to think that it's gone by so fast, but that's just how things go when you're riding the heels of Summer 9
No moratorium, short vote.
AeonIlluminate
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So, do people want to send whoever it was that came with us home, buy some fields, and then peg it back with EWC? Or do we want to just go home safely now.
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The new twist is pretty good
It will be very useful in the future especially if we can't weasel out of the war arc.
It will be very useful in the future especially if we can't weasel out of the war arc.
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We should probably have a vote on what to do with Moonless Night's Heart before turn end...we're doing it now whatever it is (there's no reason to wait) and at least one option (eating it while pregnant) would necessitate doing it before we give birth.
Speaking of which, anyone else willing to spend a Reward Die on knowing what that would do? Seems relevant. I'll probably do it if nobody else does, but I'm a little reluctant to spend my last Reward Die on it.
We could also crash with Eric for a night. Actually, that's my vote:
[X] Go meet with the Headsman for some purpose or another
-[X] See about changing our dwarf coins for silver and buying some more land
-[X] Send our people home (except Abjorn if he's needed for the above)
-[X] Stay the night at Eric's place and fly back in the morning
Abjorn is large but he and Halla can share accommodations so this shouldn't put Eric out too much.
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AeonIlluminate
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IF, I'll pay the Reward Die for Deadman
EDIT: I think the question is "What would the result be if we ate the Heart before Shadowbjorn is born"
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Thank you very much. And yeah, basically...I was gonna phrase it as 'while pregnant' in general, but that's the same question in practice.
I.F. Ister
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Given that, normally, such things are decided at conception, nothing would happen. However, given the unique circumstances surrounding this one, well, I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll just say that nothing bad will happen. In fact, it could be rather cool! (Depending, of course, on what one thinks is 'cool' or not.)
AeonIlluminate
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Personally, imma take it as a fuck it, we eat it and see what the hell happens
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Like AeonIlluminate, this inclines me to open the mystery box. Besides, eating the hearts of your enemies while pregnant to bring strength to your child is extremely metal.
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Personally I like the synergy of a Wolf Fygja and the heart of a wolf demigod also I prefer the kid who we know will get the full dose rather than potentially splitting the power between us (which we don't need) and the baby (who can make far greater use of it)
In conclusion I'm fine-ish with it not going to Asgeirr but I would prefer if we didn't experiment with it and just gave it to a kid without them potentially losing a portion of the power to us.
In conclusion I'm fine-ish with it not going to Asgeirr but I would prefer if we didn't experiment with it and just gave it to a kid without them potentially losing a portion of the power to us.
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Huh, Harald already has his tanglehair kenning. He got that as a concequence of a vow to become king of norway before cutting or combing his hair, so him already having it means the vow was long ago enough that his hair has gotten messy. I guess news is slow to travel to our backwater valley.
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Anyone know anything about that sword? google was really vague.
That wouldn't take very long, less than a year at most
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Mythologically, it's a magic sword that never misses a stroke or rusts and can cut through just about anything, but cursed that it must kill a man every time it is drawn. So very powerful, but with a serious down side.
It was also made by dwarves which might have odd effects given the dwarven crafts issue with sunlight in this setting. Or maybe there's something weird there.
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[X] Go meet with the Headsman for some purpose or another
-[X] See about changing our dwarf coins for silver and buying some more land
fight fight fight fight fight fight(in the hading)
-[X] See about changing our dwarf coins for silver and buying some more land
fight fight fight fight fight fight(in the hading)