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NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)

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DeadmanwalkingXI said:
I think this is largely true for the world in general. I think Fafnir is probably a bigger problem for us specifically for a couple of reasons.
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Probably not wrong, but Sigurd had a lot of descendants.

If Fafnir wants to gain vengeance after rebuilding the Reingold he'll have a lot of bodies to go through first. It just depends on if he thinks like a dragon or a dwarf first

Which says interesting things about this setting, no?
 
TehChron said:
Grendel was very explicitly a mobile disaster, though. Dragons tend to be sedentary to a degree, you're assuming that Dragons just actively fly around and cause problems when thats explicitly never the case no matter the culture they appear in. Fafnir reviving will start shit out of greed (as he does) a Witch King has their specific objectives
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I'm expecting Fafnir to want vengeance on the family of the man who killed him and start to hunt us down one by one which he is the best equipped to do considering that he can both fly and kill anything else that might try to contest him using the local airspace.
 
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alexthealright said:
I'm expecting Fafnir to want vengeance on the family of the man who killed him and start to hunt us down one by one which he is the best equipped to do considering that he can both fly and kill anything else that might try to contest him use of the local airspace.
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It's been a long time, that's a lot of familys hell have to go through, many of whom are in positions of temporal power

Theres not a real urgency issue on our part, each of those at worst will be obscene regional destabilizing forces on top of traditional power levels
 
TehChron said:
It's been a long time, that's a lot of familys hell have to go through, many of whom are in positions of temporal power
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Sure and we're probably pretty low on that list but a lot of heirs are going to get a blast of Etir to the face and remember this is a dragon. He can probably fly onto the room and flood a castle with Etir in the middle of the night*


*Fun fact the Norse don't have Darkvision as a matter of fact I don't think any culture has Darkvision because you need to have a nocturnal culture for that according to IF
 
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On the other hand, Fafnir may learn, compared to its heyday, our line has fallen far enough that it may look like it's been destroyed and not target us straight away.
 
According to wikipedia, it is the area of Europe that both Celitc and Italian (or Romance as the page called them) people lived. So Italy/Rome and westward.
 
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alexthealright said:
That doesn't sound quite right considering this is meant to be a problem for us or our children.

If it is then great but I'm not sure that's likely.
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Made a mistake, eyes kinda skimmed the page so I didn't notice. Our old pal Sturlson said it was the Old Norse name for Gaul. So modern day France, Belgium, and parts of Switzerland and the Netherlands.

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[X] A dragon spreads its wings for a second time in Gnitaheath

You tell me "Hey, hey, Alectai, why are you voting for this? Eitr is scary!"

Yes, it's fucking nightmarishly awful, it is--in fact, The Worst.

But It's a Known Peril. It's not a "No Save Just Die when he's looking at you" option. Or "Just die if you spend any time in melee with this guy."

It's a known Peril that we can account for in our strategizing. The other two are largely Unknown Unknowns, in the sense that "We know Grendel and Mama Grendel are immune to weapons", and the other is a literal wizard king.

I would much rather fight a superbeast with a horribly awful breath weapon that can Seriously Fuck Us Up if we treat it lightly, than try to open up Mystery Boxes.
 
Alectai said:
I would much rather fight a superbeast with a horribly awful breath weapon that can Seriously Fuck Us Up if we treat it lightly, than try to open up Mystery Boxes.
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I strongly disagree with this. They're really not any more mystery boxes than eitr. Sure we know about eitr, but we know about their general capabilities as well...it's in story form, but we honestly barely know more than that about eitr. I'm not at all convinced we can better strategize against Fafnir than either of the others.
 
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[X] A dragon spreads its wings for a second time in Gnitaheath
 
Imperial Fister said:
Actually, Norse dragons don't fly—as far as I can recall.
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Fafnir was described as being like a worm, crawling along the ground, and only more christian translations gave him wings (and changed his poison breath to fire).

In at least some tellings, this worm-like body was part of how Sigurd killed him, hiding in a crack on the ground where Fafnir's body would drag across where he hid. He just stuck up his sword and held it as steady as possible while Fafnir dragged himself along it, gutting himself with his own strength.


Which is a pretty hilarious way to kill a dragon, but maybe not that epic.
 
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[X] A pair of man-feasting giants rise again in Denmark

These have my vote. This duo is in no way any less dangerous then the other options. In fact in my opinion all THREE options are equally dangerous. But I really love the lore and story of Grendel and his mother. By the way, of the duo? The mother is very much the more dangerous one because she is VERY cunning.

I greatly dislike causing Fafnir to get back to live just for what it would mean for Yggdrasil and thus subsequently the coming of Ragnarök. Because so long as Fafnir is dead, Yggdrasil will not fall!

As for the Witch King? Anybody who got that moniker and is looking for his sword? There are very few figures I could think of that he could be. None of witch I ever want to need to fight.
 
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