"I accept," your words are simple, but they do the job. The smile on Folkmarr's face is blinding as he releases his grip on the strip of virthing. It immediately bonds to your own unstoked virthing and adds itself to your power.
"Rise a felagi, Halla Longstride," your Jarl says as he helps you to your feet. As you do, you get a sudden... Not quite a pressure, but just a general sense of the locations of your fellow felagi, as well as their general condition.
Twelve invisible strands of power stretch from you to the rest of the felag, connecting you all in a web of your Jarl's power. Interestingly enough, it seems that Abjorn is already connected. You smile at the big lug, who sheepishly nods back.
Looking closer at each strand, it appears that the people here are all the top contenders from the trials — save Sten, who apparently refused — and four hirdmen. Of them, the only people you recognize are Abjorn and Stigandr's brother, Stigmar — the one who fought and defeated a bunch of bandits or something, you can't quite recall.
"In two days, we'll meet back here to plan our raid," Folkmarr says to his gathered felag, hands on his hips and ambition in his eyes. "Take care of whatever business you have and say goodbye to your wives, those who have them. Myself not included in that number, of course."
'He's not married? Rather strange sight to see on someone with that level of ambition.' Blackhand does have a point there. A grown Jarl that isn't married or promised? Very odd indeed.
Well, regardless of your boss' marital status, you've gotta go pay the Seeress and then — a vulpine grin slides up your face as Abjorn sighs, shoulders slumping — you'll 'celebrate' with Abjorn. You've got two nights to try your luck and you're not planning on wasting a single moment!
(+27 Orthstirr, Drengskapr included)
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(Halla's Baby Making: 6, 4, 5, 2, 1, 6) 5 Successes
(Abjorn's: 3, 1, 4, 5, 1, 2, 1, 3, 5) 3 Successes
Total: 8 Successes, not enough
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Two days later, you stand on the pebble beach with the rest of the felag gathered around the small longship — a karve, the smallest kind of ship suitable for war and raiding. Leaping from the ship, Folkmarr lands on the beach with a smile on his face as pebbles crunch under his leather-wrapped boots.
"Welcome, friends and associates," he says, spreading his arms wide and welcoming, "to the mighty ship, Treadfast. Who, I am sure, will see us to our destination and back safe and sound. But speaking of destinations..."
He pauses dramatically, golden hair flowing in the wind, "it is high time that we decided on ours."
"The first," he points towards the south, "is Denmark."
"The second," he points towards the south-west, "is Lotharingia."
"And the third," he points towards the west, "is Wessex."
To which do you cast your vote?
[ ] Denmark (Norse-Danes) (Closest)
[ ] Lotharingia (Christian-Frisians/Franks/Saxons) (Middle-Distance)
[ ] Wessex (Christian-English) (Furthest)
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What personal actions do you take while sailing? (Pick 3)
[ ] Recite poetry to the felag (Hugr (Wordplay))
[ ] Try to make/fix something (Write in) (Hugr+Crafting)
[ ] Get to know/spend time with the other felagi
-[ ] Folkmarr Manetaker, the Jarl in charge of the felag
-[ ] Abjorn Vidsson, your husband
-[ ] Stigmar Kersson, Stigandr's brother
-[ ] The one who is humming a tune
-[ ] The one with the luxurious hair
-[ ] The one with shaking, paranoid eyes
-[ ] The one who looks incredibly bored
-[ ] The one who keeps watching the water
-[ ] The one who tries to sleep all the time
-[ ] The one who keeps making arrows
-[ ] The one with the sack of coins and many knives
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Training: You have 8d6 training dice to spend as you see fit.
[ ] (Research) Try to figure out how things work (Write in)
[ ] (Blackhand) Try to develop old/train new hugareida tricks (Write in)
[ ] (Training) Hamr (30 successes to rank up)
-[ ] (Optional) Train a hamr skill or trick (Write in)
[ ] (Training) Hugr (31 successes to rank up)
-[ ] (Optional) Train a hugr skill or trick (Write in)
[ ] (Training) Fylgja (16 successes to rank up)
-[ ] (Optional) Train a fylgja skill or trick (Write in)
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Orthstirr Available: 98
How do you want to use your orthstirr? You can turn on passive tricks here.
[ ] (Orthstirr Usage) (Write in)
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Fylgja Capacity: 4/4
Do you want to withdraw or deposit anything in your fylgja?
[ ] Write in (Optional)
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Equipment Management
What do you want to have equipped? Leaving this blank means that no changes are made.
[ ] Write in (Optional)
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AN: And there we have it, folks, you're off on a raid!
25-minute moratorium.
I'm currently in the process of writing up an infopost regarding Raids and Felags, so hold tight there.
