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Wrong name here, I think, Astmundur was the guy who kept hitting on us. Modgudr is our cousin with the mad cleaning skills.
NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
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Wrong name here, I think, Astmundur was the guy who kept hitting on us. Modgudr is our cousin with the mad cleaning skills.
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Hopefully there wasn't some time dilation going on here. Because time dilation totally happens.
An adult soul is head-sized, huh?
Souls glow red?
Interesting. That's the same color as blood and Odr.
That was a long fishing trip if even an Einheri is yawning.
Also I guess if Astmundur wasn't here this would have been a very quiet fishing trip.
That's.. suspicious. Especially with a hefty - 7 on our Sailing check. And an Einheri around.
Did Astmundur keep talking on the way back, or did he shut up? Presumably the latter, because it's actually dangerous after the monsters are alert for Halla.
Modgudr had to kill someone while we were off fishing.
Who, I wonder?
Omegahugger
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The first true step on the Path of the Shipper is crafting your Goggles from your own internal Musou.
However, it is also highly dangerous, as doing it incorrectly runs the risk of permanently blinding the young shipper to the reality of the worlds they survey, unable to discern true bonds from imaginary connections.
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I, uh, can't tell if this a joke or not, but I'm pretty sure she just killed Astmundur so fast that we didn't notice.
Or the River decided that getting to Aki needs to be a little more challenging* and made it harder* to get there. (But not more challenging enough to throw monsters at us**)
*A sacrifice of effort. And maybe of skill.
**A sacrifice of risk and skill and effort.
Could we ask Modgudr if she would be so kind as to help us train if we ever returned to Ginnungagap?
Even if not, it's an excuse to gather some friends and come back, if only to tell them about Odr and stuff.
Even if not, it's an excuse to gather some friends and come back, if only to tell them about Odr and stuff.
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Probably high right now
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I highly doubt it. She shoved That Asshole on us after like 2 questions.
Does that really make sense?
The gal that wants to be left alone?
The gal that loaded the motormouth on us for our questions (and probably to be rid of him)?
Or is that just a continuation of asking everyone we meet to spar with us so we get more trainingdice?
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Incidentally, how 'canon' are fanworks, especially poetry?
Technically it was like 5 to 6 questions
I just thought that, while she doesn't like talking, she could enjoy some fighting.
I.F. Ister
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Oh my god it's perfect. A Reward Dice for you!
Vinland Saga is pretty good. It's actually a minor inspiration for this quest. I was watching the characters do crazy things like throw logs and leap around ships and cut masts in half and that planted the kernel that would eventually grow into this.
More canon then they're not, at least when it comes to poetry. Omakes are a bit more strignint, but stuff like Love has no Words! by Artemis is absolutely 100% canon
I'll call voting in an hour and a half
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I mean, she says she enjoys her privacy, so she probably wouldn't enjoy tutoring someone. While she may or may not enjoy fighting, I doubt that'll translate to training us... she wouldn't be able to 'fight' us at all, given the giant gulf in our abilities.
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(Insert standard fighting manga scene where the challenge jist scene cuts to the challenges peace KO'ed on the ground.)
[X] Yes, there is
-[X] Aki's soul may be asleep, but he may be dreaming. "I don't know if you're going to remember this later, but you've shown interest, and your courage has never been in question. Take from this what you will, but I will leave the information with you here regardless, if you are willing to take up the responsibility and risks of delving into these secrets. When you have a Farm of your own, a place that you can truly call yourself King in, Summon your allies to you within your fence to serve as guardians and companions, and with your Orthstirr at its heights, stoke your Aspects further still. Weave them together as one, and you will find within a Path Forward, should you have the strength and fortitude to endure the flood of inspiration and the courage to face the great Foe of our people and his minions when his eye turns to you later. This is a secret I gift to you, as a symbol of our friendship and my thanks for the harm you took aiding me and my kin, but take care, the Enemy will not allow us to spread it further without challenge, and it may be some time yet before we can prepare a field to face it's reprisal."
-[X] Thank Modgudr for her help and her patience with you.
-[X] Aki's soul may be asleep, but he may be dreaming. "I don't know if you're going to remember this later, but you've shown interest, and your courage has never been in question. Take from this what you will, but I will leave the information with you here regardless, if you are willing to take up the responsibility and risks of delving into these secrets. When you have a Farm of your own, a place that you can truly call yourself King in, Summon your allies to you within your fence to serve as guardians and companions, and with your Orthstirr at its heights, stoke your Aspects further still. Weave them together as one, and you will find within a Path Forward, should you have the strength and fortitude to endure the flood of inspiration and the courage to face the great Foe of our people and his minions when his eye turns to you later. This is a secret I gift to you, as a symbol of our friendship and my thanks for the harm you took aiding me and my kin, but take care, the Enemy will not allow us to spread it further without challenge, and it may be some time yet before we can prepare a field to face it's reprisal."
-[X] Thank Modgudr for her help and her patience with you.
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Is it possible to destroy someone's soul if you manage to get your hands on it from the Gjoll? I'm assuming it'd lead to True Death.
By the way, you've made it pretty clear that there won't be anyone or anything capable of destroying the Earth, Imperial, but how high is the power ceiling? Can we expect people near the peak to be able to flatten mountains?
By the way, you've made it pretty clear that there won't be anyone or anything capable of destroying the Earth, Imperial, but how high is the power ceiling? Can we expect people near the peak to be able to flatten mountains?
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I suppose the Gods are the most powerful begins in the setting? So we should take their feats as the power ceiling.
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I mean, probably, but I was talking more about cultivators than gods.
Stop us from doing what?
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I don't see why Modgudr would care. She's the guardian of Helheim, not the Gjoll or the Bodily Dead, so she has no reason to actually intervene. Well, at least, not from what I can tell. She may have an issue with people destroying souls, but if she does she certainly hasn't made it known. The Abysslings would definitely be a problem, though.
As for nid... I'm not sure? I don't believe attacking a defenceless person - such as someone sleeping - is nid, but I'm not 100% on that.
By the way, we know that the retaliatory attacks from the Enemy when one discloses information on odr scales to the leaker's power level - as in, they're always strong enough to guarantee a kill, but how high can it actually scale? Is there a point where someone will be too strong for the Enemy to send a strike force against them? We know that it's resources are limited, and if that's the case, it probably wouldn't be willing to throw a strike force or even multiple if it can't guarantee a kill on them.
'Hey, Blackhand? Did you ever tell anyone else about odr when you alive, and if so, did the Enemy always strike at you when you did so?'
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I.F. Ister
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Probably not too many. But it's not as big of a deal as you might think given that everyone claims descent from some important figure or group.
I would say yes, you could destroy someone's soul if you managed to get your hands on it from the Gjoll. Now, there's no guarantee that such a thing would properly kill someone, as the Nornir are the ones that determine when someone truly dies.
'clan' is just the word used to describe everyone who shares the same great-grandfather.
Personally, I remain unconvinced.
You have this group of people that are completely obsessed with gaining and defending respect at all costs, yet they apparently hold insult competitions at weddings? You know, the thing that is meant to bind two families together in an alliance? Why would you want to risk jeopardizing that?
I'm certain that flytings happened as a method of settling disputes, but I am doubtful towards recreational instances.
The Meinvaldfjord (which is the fjord that separates Asvir from Jurgdby) was created as a result of cultivators battling. Top tier cultivators going at it with other top tier cultivators often does result in sweeping changes to the landscape.
It absolutely is, textbook example at that. A drengr would wait for his foe to wake up and give him time to parlay, a nidingr would attack without care for fair play.
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Anyways, sorry about me being late. I ended up taking my Grandpa on a tour of town and that took a couple hours.
But, I am now back!
Voting is now closed.
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Ah! my bad guys didn't realize the vote got updated
Well, I haven't looked at anything specific, but it seems plausible at large social gatherings in general? Young men wanting to blow off steam by competing in showy displays for onlookers is a classic, and flyting is less destructive than other forms of competition they might choose. There can also be a distinction between stuff that is said in the context of poetic license, and an insult "on the street" so to speak. (Partly because resorting to violence is kind of an admission that you've lost lyrically.) For an analogy one could look at the history of rap battles in modernity - some of the things that get said in them would definitely cause hands to get thrown if they weren't being spat through the mic.
But like a lot of this stuff, flying has scattered sources which present a lot of interpretative challenges to the historian, so maybe weddings weren't one of the social events where it was considered polite.