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NorseQuest: Collective Edition (Group-Based Xianxia Settlement-Builder)

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Rikard will nominate Ivor, Brynjar, Amlodi, Runa, Akali, Njall Redaxe, Valo, Torgarr, and Grid as Jury members.
 
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Traditional rhyme for herbs (Aria the Mage)
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    • Nettle for joint pain
    and for small curses
    Oregano for a sprain
    Dill if she nurses
    Lady's mantle for the womb
    Fireweed if the stomach betray
    Angelica to be consumed
    So scurvy stays far away

    Traditional rhyme for herbs, currently somewhat obsolete.

    Note: I did so much research on traditional herbs in Scandinavia. I'm pretty sure most of it is at least plausible.
     
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    • DeadmanwalkingXI said:
    Ragnarr nods in a businesslike fashion and speaks.

    "Ah. So the onigar are on their way. Well, that's...not ideal. Still, bound to happen sometime, and we should prepare.

    Based on having fought one of them, my advice to everyone is not to get hit. They are giants in size, but not in resilience, they are no weaklings, and wear armor, but certainly no harder to kill than a Norseman, though in different ways...a wound like a blow to the heart is fatal to them, but their flesh and bone are durable. The true danger is their blows with their weapons, which make the sound of thunder and strike quicker than the eye can see. I suspect no Norseman can even survive their weapon's blows without a shield, and are likely to be severely injured even with one."
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    Moli replies,

    "Mine fine cousin, most near war I hear.
    The moon's answered crow's call for blows most soon."
     
    fearsome hill said:
    Bjorn Drakeslayer steps into camp as the sun is beginning to hang low. He has in tow a smallish looking stomach and his hunting gear.
    Hiding his excitement, Bjorn steps close enough to the fire at the camps center so that those there can see him. A few children are spooked by the giant man suddenly appearing next to them.
    Once he has their attention, Bjorn begins to take items out of the stomach. First comes a stomach filled with water and a strange tube like appendage attached to it, somewhat like the mouth of a mosquito.
    This strange body part should have already filled out the stomach but instead Bjorn begins to draw out more items from his stomach bag: Meat, a thin pelt, a wooden container containing some kind of blood and finally a large rock he had stuffed into the stomach for demonstrations purposes. All the while Bjorn's normally dour face grows a slight grin. By the time Bjorn is finished with his show the bag has disgorged more than twice it's own volume in items.

    Once done with his showcase of the stomach, Bjorn begins to tell the tale of his hunt:
    "At dawn i stalked into that deathly jungle in search of a beast fit to be our livestock. For a few hours i searched for tracks before finding some truly strange ones. They were as if a duck had left them yet there was clearly four feet at work in making these tracks.
    Interested, i followed these tracks till i found the beastie who had left them. It was as the other creatures of this land: Ugly as Hel and just as dangerous. It's maw was like that of a mosquito"

    At this point Bjorn picks up the stomach filled with water and points out the long appendage attached to it. "Which it used to suck in water. Firing a few shots close to it proved the creature to be an antsy thing as it sprayed a strong and deadly spout of water at anything which disturbed it" Bjorn presses on the stomach while pointing the appendage away from the campfire, causing water to spew out of it.

    "After the beastie had had it's fill of water it waddled off. Following it i found the water spewer engaging another creature, a two legged monster with a hole for a face. Although the holeface attempted to do some kind of sucking attack the water spewer was mightier, destroying the holeface with a single water attack. Afterwards it began to feed on the holeface, draining it of blood" Bjorn once more points to the long appendage.

    "Being too dangerous for children to handle and a predator besides, I came to the conclusion it was simply not fit to be livestock. A single well placed arrow slew the creature yet it took affront to it's death and decided to burst, spewing blood, water and viscera everywhere.
    I quickly harvested the remains of both beasts, finding that holeface's stomach can store great volumes inside itself.
    Sadly the meat and pelt of both of these beasts seems quite poor in both quantity and quality. Hunting them is worthless unless one has need for their organs."
    With his tale told, Bjorn deflates and begins to awkwardly gather the things he had taken out from the stomach bag before quickly retreating back towards his shack.
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    Oh yeah, could my omake be threadmarked? @DeadmanwalkingXI
     
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