[X] Plan Experimentation
[X][Spirit] Focus on Blessing Followers
-[X][Spirit] Elairamur's Idol
[X][Spirit] Focus on Bolstering the Harvest
-[X][Spirit] Avawyr
[X][Avatar] Construction
-[X][Avatar] Boat Pens at Ava Cove: 3.5/6 Progress
-[X][Avatar] Stone Wall around Avawyr: 4/18-30 Progress
[X][Avatar] Visit
-[X][Avatar] Seryn at Bedywn
[X][Avatar] Experiment
-[X][Avatar] Contacting the spirit of Elairamur
[X][Leadership] Finding someway to contact the spirit of Elairamur
[X][Leadership] Comforting your daughter Seryn, and helping her through the loss of her friend
[X][Leadership] Experiment with the formation of Earth and Stone, and see if you can speed up the process without compromising its integrity.
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The first thing you do this cycle is take another visit to Bedywn with Bronwyn to see Seryn. Unlike the last time where the two of you were going to visit her to try and deal with trouble that she was causing, this time it is to help her deal with the grief that she is going through.
You think back to your encounters with Aeryn. You did not know the girl well, but you can remember the brunette playing with Seryn and Arwyn in Avawyr before Seryn ascended.
Stepping off as the Cold Season is coming to a close, you arrive in time to stick around for the start of the Growth Season and before Seryn heads off to purge the Bydi Forest of the remaining shadow monsters.
You could have done this via your shared shrines in Avawyr, but some things are just better to be done in person.
Seryn is something of a mess when you find. Radiating raw power, you have no doubt that if she choose to, your daughter could crush you and Bronwyn with ease. But you know that she will not ever do such a thing and so you have no worry or fear.
There is not as much talking as you expect and most of what happens is Seryn relying on the two of you, her parents for emotional support. In fact, Seryn spends the majority of your visit curled up against Bronwyn, taking in the fact that she has her mother there for her.
The main issues for Seryn are grief and guilt. Grief for the lost of her best friend and the hundreds of Bedynnish villagers she failed to save. Guilt for failing to protect her followers and for slaying Lynellt when she did no wrong.
While it pains and upsets you to see your daughter like this, you cannot help, but feel a sense of pride at Seryn feeling guilty at what she did to Lynellt. The fact that she understands what she did wrong and why means that you have succeeded as a father when it comes to Seryn.
Despite your best efforts, there is only so much that you do for Seryn with the bulk of the work being done by Bronwyn as Seryn turns to her mother for comfort. Still, the sight of Bronwyn sitting there with Seryn curled up against her warms your heart and makes you yearn for simpler days.
In the end, you and Bronwyn have other duties as does Seryn and you part ways as you and your wife return to Avawyr while Seryn goes north with her Cath Wyr to purge Bydi Forest of the lingering shadow monsters.
Back at Avawyr, you and Bronwyn both bless the cycle's harvest as usual while you focus on more construction as you devote your time and energy towards the boat pens at Ava Cove and the stone wall around Avawyr. Meanwhile, your wife focuses on encouraging trade with Evalon and Prelake.
The work on the boat pens goes well as you and your followers are able to get them finished in the Harvest Season. Alas it leaves you with little time to work on the stone walls this cycle and while you make some progress on them, it is not much.
You also poke and prod at the idol containing Elairamur throughout the cycle, attempting to bless or otherwise interact with whatever is inside of it. But you get no response. You can tell that the silver of power inside the idol is slowly getting stronger, but you have no clue if that is due to your interactions with it or it is a passive thing that will naturally happen over time without any interaction from you.
Another thing that you attempt now that you have the Aspect of Earth is to try and speed up the creation of stone with your earth magic without weakening the stone itself. Unfortunately, you are not that good yet as you can only get it so that it forms normally at a slow pace or create it quickly, but at the expense of the stone's quality.
Oh well, you cannot hope to success the first time all the time.
As for Bronwyn, she sees success in her ventures. Over the cycle, you see traders from Evalon and Prylake coming to Avawyr to barter their goods whilst Avawyrish head off to other villages, especially once you complete the boat pens at Ava Cove.
The Evalonish mainly trade wood and fruit to the Avawyrish for stones, pottery and iron ore, things which are rare or cannot be found in their own village, but can be found in plentiful amounts in the other village.
As for the Prylakish, they are more limited in what they can offer, but what they do is exotic as they mainly provide fishes caught by their fishers and works of art painted upon stones and animal skins.
Meanwhile, you receive news from the rest of the world. Prylake is what you receive the latest news from as it is the only village that does not answer to you and what you hear is talk and rumours from the traders.
The Prylakish are having another harder cycle, but nothing too troublesome. There is no mass death or bloodshed, but merely a buckling down on finding enough food through extra fishing and trading for food from Evalon and Avawyr, where both villages have a surplus from plentiful harvests.
In Evalon, Evatine is blessing more Myrymar and the existing ones have been producing more iron spears, which Evatine has promptly blessed. When it comes to the matter of iron tools, your brother is lacking this cycle, not producing that many. As for the Evalonish, they primarily focus on trading and help establish the trading ties between Evalon, Avawyr and Prylake that your wife has been attempting to forge.
When it comes to Seryn and her followers, things are looking up. Seryn has replaced her Cath Wyr losses with elderly volunteers while her healing and blesses are successful in both of her villages.
As for your daughter herself, Seryn has been busy this cycle. She managed to finish the first half of the path between Bedywn and Bedynn, crafting a path in the fields around Bedywn from the village itself to the start of the Bydi Forest.
Speaking of the Bydi Forest, her hunts have gone very well this cycle. Led by the Goddess of War, the Cath Wyrs systemically hunt down the shadow forests which remain in amongst the trees of the Bydi Forest. The last shadow monster seen is slain in the start of the Harvest Season and by the time that the Harvest Season comes to an end and the Cold Season begins, it is clear no more shadow monsters remain among in the trees of the Bydi Forest.
A decent cycle all in all. Bedynn is safe once again, regular trade is picking up between Avawyr, Evalon and Prylake and Seryn is coping well with the events of the previous cycle.
Basic Spirit Actions: 2 Actions available
[] [Spirit] Focus on Blessing Followers
-[] [Spirit] Avawyr
-[] [Spirit] Iron Spears
-[] [Spirit] Elairamur's Idol
[] [Spirit] Focus on Inspiring Followers
-[] [Spirit] Avawyr
[] [Spirit] Focus on Healing Followers
-[] [Spirit] Avawyr
[Spirit] Focus on Bolstering the Harvest
-[] [Spirit] Avawyr
Avatar Actions:
4 Actions available
[] [Avatar] Explore
-[] [Avatar] The Mountains to the South-West
-[] [Avatar] The Mountains to the East
-[] [Avatar] Lake Eva Western Coastline
-[] [Avatar] Lake Eva Northern Coastline
-[] [Avatar] The North Lake
[] [Avatar] Construction
-[] [Avatar] Stone Wall around Avawyr: 4.25/18-30 Progress
[] [Avatar] Hunt
[] [Avatar] Visit
-[] [Avatar] Evatine at Evalon
-[] [Avatar] Seryn at Bedywn
-[] [Avatar] Seryn at Bedynn
-[] [Avatar] Isorine at Prylake (Costs 2 Actions)
[] [Avatar] Experiment
-[] [Avatar] Write-in.
Leadership Actions: 3 Actions available
Leadership Actions are used to improve other Actions such as Avatar or Spirit.
[] [Leadership] Write-in.
