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- Location
- Washington
Hulfr will join a clan when someone actually loves him, not a moment before.
NorseQuest: Collective Edition (Group-Based Xianxia Settlement-Builder)
- Thread starter I.F. Ister
- Start date
- Original
Hulfr will join a clan when someone actually loves him, not a moment before.
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I'm pretty sure that you cannot join a clan after character creation without marrying into it just like you cannot take bloodlines or certain other traits after character creation.
- Location
- Hell
Ehhh, mass tagging people like this is usually considered rude in my experience.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I think you can retcon and say your distantly related, but I might be wrong there. You can still join a clan as a retainer/huskarl though, that doesn't need blood relation.
Ivor will go it alone for the moment.
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Yes, you can join as a huskarl, but you cannot join as family post-character creation from what @I.F. Ister has said in the past. The exception is if you don't have clan already, but a new character is created as being part of a clan of your clan, which makes you part of that clan.
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Aabcehmu
Confusion as a Natural State of Being
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Pronouns
- Any/All
Agmundr blushes furiously at this, and will get back to you later, maybe.
Agmundr can currently offer thirteen additional pairs of hands. If you let me know specifically what you'd like him to do, and what you'll offer in return, I'll add it to my passives (unless that's after IF has resolved my actions for the season in which case it'll be
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
- Pronouns
- He/They
*gives a very flat stare*
I will remember this, Grid Frostsdottir, and you will too one day.
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
"With your hands, help explore my land for shiny ore?" Moli asks.
Aabcehmu
Confusion as a Natural State of Being
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Pronouns
- Any/All
What's Moli offering in return?
- Location
- The United States
- Pronouns
- He/They
What Harald wants: help putting trenches and slopes around a sad little cottage until it's the closest thing we have to a hillfort(until Haraldsby is done, anyway, see you in 3 years).
What he will give: Flax, amount to be finalized at the harvest but not less than a tithe of his harvest.
(He's also willing to pay in linen if preferred, but that would add a season to Agmundr being paid most likely)
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- Pronouns
- he/him
actually how does establishing a new clan work?
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Either one of the other PC players are IC a family member of yours, or they swear to be a huskarl/retainer , there by making a clan.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
- Pronouns
- He/They
Technically, you are all part of your own clans consisting of only yourselves + NPC relatives. All you have to do is increase the number of PCs in it by 1 in order to be listed as a separate clan.
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
You need to have a new character join as being your family and therefore part of your clan, making your clan notable enough to be tracked. Technically speaking, we all have clans, but only ones with multiple player characters are tracked. Alternatively, you can get someone to swear to you as a huskarl, but that isn't as good as being part of the family and isn't necessarily a good deal for the huskarl as it means living on the land of their master if I recall correctly.
- Pronouns
- he/him
or i guess marry someone else who's a pc?
- Location
- New Jersey
It's best for solo line wolf types like Eirny yeah.
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
Right now? Ummmm, nothing really. I missed the 'something in return' bit that went up later.
"Clans be the clamor of norsemen who are kin, that to lay hands or to say Nid on them be inviting vengeance in turn."
Aabcehmu
Confusion as a Natural State of Being
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Pronouns
- Any/All
Agmundr will take the pay in linen, since he's not great at spinning or fibercraft. I've added "Help Harald with landscaping" to my actions.
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Miscellaneous Bestiary (Oshha)
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Miscellaneous Bestiary
Spoken by Sigmund Sigurdsson of Clan Jarnblod and written by Torunn Astridsdottir of Clan Jarnblod in the second summer of Rekavidr.
There are several creatures out there that I have not been able to recover enough information on for a proper bestiary entry. As of such, I will be given what limited information we know on them here.
Spine-Rats look like hedgehogs, but are not and were first discovered by Grid Icewings & my cousin Kare Sky-Dancer of Clan Jarnblod. They explode when exposed to lightning or when they feel threatened. The former was discovered by Grid Icewings and my cousin Kare Sky-Dancer of Clan Jarnblod while my cousin Moli Spotlight discovered the latter when he picked one up and it exploded, killing him. The smell of a Spine-Rat is repulsive to most creatures in Haskistsdr and they will avoid anyone who smells like a Spine-Rat.
Storm-Toads can command lightning hence their name. They are preyed upon by Void Eagles and Still-Lizards, which they consider appetising. Gunnar Toad-Terror of Clan Farfaxung was the first to hunt and kill a Storm-Toad, earning him his kenning. This entry is short because I have never personally encountered one and have heard little in the way of detail on them.
Still-Lizards are lizards that look like logs and can manipulate time itself, first encountered by Ivor Name-Giver and Njal Ulfsson. They prey upon Storm-Toads and others, freezing time around their prey so they can get close enough to eat their victim. Still-Lizards can also use their time-stop to protect themselves from projectiles and other ranged weapons. Their eyes dart around, letting spot anything coming at them and time-stopping it, even attacks from directly above. Their only weakness is their bellies as they cannot freeze time beneath themselves and still move. Traps and attacks from below are the only known means of slaying a Still-Lizard.
Only one Void Eagle has been encountered so far, the late nemesis of my cousin Kare Sky-Dancer. Able to teleport by stepping into the void and being able to command ice, my understanding is that the most dangerous aspect of a Void Eagle is their intelligence. The one encountered knew when to retreat when it was outmatched and it had limited ability to plan. It took my cousin three fights to slay a Void Eagle and the first one saw him dead in body.
Gravity Tyrants are fearsome lizards, easily capable of taking on and killing a Norse warrior. They are able to control gravity in a radius around them, either lowering it or increasing it, and have knowledge of the terrain within that radius. It can stomp a Norseman into paste and its attacks can be hard to dodge due to its gravity control slowing those around it. Little more is unknown as despite there being two battles against one, the fighters of the first refuse to say much about how it went. With the second, it was against an undead one augmented by seidr and therefore it is unknown how much is the Gravity Tyrant and how much are additions made to it.
Fenrisian Bear-Snake is likely the apex monster of Haskistsdr. Its lair was found by Ivor Name-Giver and Njal Ulfsson in mountains to the north. It is a massive beast, so massive that only its necks and heads were seen. And yes, that is plural as it has four heads like that of a bear, each one attached to a snake-like neck. It appears to be intelligent due to its hoard, which includes one beak of a Void Eagle and the many skulls belonging to the reptiles of Haskistsdr. Its hoard also contains other bones alongside gems, iron and gold. Ivor Name-Giver and Njal Ulfsson were able to retrieve an iron Onigar club from the hoard before leaving after they encountered some manner of guard creature.
Ingegärd will have to refuse.
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Sigmund Sigurdsson proudly declares that with the aid of his wife, he has written up up a bestiary containing entries on all creatures of Haskistsdr that he has either personally encountered or has been provided with enough information on to write up a bestiary entry on. He admits that there may be creatures which haven't been included, but only because he himself hasn't been provided with that information.
CedeTheBees
Probably high right now
- Location
- Somewhere
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Arnleif is perfectly happy living alone in their treehouse, but they thank you for the offer.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
So, Ragnarr and company's expedition is leaving after talking with our guests. He would first call anyone in town together and give a short speech relaying the basics of what our guests have to say about their own people and their situation:
"Our guests have been enormously helpful in providing information on the wider scope of this land and its inhabitants, and have told me about three peoples, including his own:
His own people are, like Carolingian peasants, exceedingly weak by the standards of us Norsemen, and by those of most other inhabitants as well (they have legends of mighty people among them, but none came to this land). They are, however, fine farmers, and so the greater powers of this land keep them around to till their fields. They seem a beset upon people, but friendly enough in their own right. They have grain of some sort called maize, and 'egging frogs' for livestock...perhaps a replacement for chickens?
They have had many overlords over time. At the moment they are ruled by the 'Horned Ones' who have red skin and horns, but seem little like the onigar. They use multi-headed spears, the magic of fire and pain, and hunger for blood and sacrifice. Their previous overlords, the Jarhual are a fierce and warlike people who look like men with animal heads, and use odd broken-back swords to fight.
I thought all should be aware of these denizens of the world before we set out."
"Our guests have been enormously helpful in providing information on the wider scope of this land and its inhabitants, and have told me about three peoples, including his own:
His own people are, like Carolingian peasants, exceedingly weak by the standards of us Norsemen, and by those of most other inhabitants as well (they have legends of mighty people among them, but none came to this land). They are, however, fine farmers, and so the greater powers of this land keep them around to till their fields. They seem a beset upon people, but friendly enough in their own right. They have grain of some sort called maize, and 'egging frogs' for livestock...perhaps a replacement for chickens?
They have had many overlords over time. At the moment they are ruled by the 'Horned Ones' who have red skin and horns, but seem little like the onigar. They use multi-headed spears, the magic of fire and pain, and hunger for blood and sacrifice. Their previous overlords, the Jarhual are a fierce and warlike people who look like men with animal heads, and use odd broken-back swords to fight.
I thought all should be aware of these denizens of the world before we set out."
Fucking shapecrafters! (weeblypanda)
- Location
- Space between realms
- Pronouns
- He
Fucking shapecrafters!
Icey mist trails down Valo's mouth as he sighs. For the last couple of hours, every time he breathed out an ice-cold mist would come out of the offending orifice, courtesy of the Void Eagle and Holfr Jurgensson. 'What a fool I was,' he thought, 'what a fool I was.'
He and his friends Kare Sky-Dancer and Grid Frostdottir had returned from their hunt a while ago. There had been a…minor disagreement over the allotment of loot, though Valo was sure he had come out with the most. He had planned to put the mysterious organ he'd gotten from the bird to good use. He had planned to barter the ability to breathe underwater and on land or for the implantation of the organ itself.
Then the skeleton army had come. Valo, being dreng, decided to put off the bartering thinking that the Shapecrafter would need to focus and that he shouldn't be gambling on the organ right before a battle. He'd been right too, but he was disappointed in himself on his performance during the crisis. He'd done so little. Valo was so sure that some huge threat was coming from the depths. Yet, when it did come he'd held back thinking there would be a greater threat! It shamed him.
'I should've just washed away the army.' Valo thought bitterly.
'No. No. That's not fair. It was a good tactical decision to retreat and help with the defenses. I might not have gained much Ordstirr out of the situation as I hoped, but my being there gave Ragnar the confidence to deal with the other threats.'
After the battle, Valo had gone to do what he'd originally planned to. He went to the shapecrafter to barter. Valo didn't know if it was out of fatigue if he'd simply worded his request wrong if the shapecrafter didn't hear him, if Holfr didn't care, or some combination of them all. When he'd made his request he'd handed the organ over, been knocked unconscious, and woke up outside Holfr's home with a trail of icy drool coming out of his mouth.
'Fucking Shapecrafter,' Valo thought. He sighed once more, before lightly blowing onto his cup of water.
"At least I can keep my drinks cool."