The Multiverse is a Big Place(SI)
- Thread starter Hiver
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I knelt next to the man whimpering in the mud. He was covered in it and his right leg was covered with blood.
I checked him over and noted that he had received an arrow to the knee. Somehow it did not seem very funny. Without help, even if the wound did not fester and rot, he would be a cripple.
Pulling the arrow out he screamed and I pressed my hand against the wound, channeling White mana to heal it, using the absolute minimum and trying to pick up the slack with Green and a dash of Blue.
The wound healed beneath my hand, leaving a scar behind but fully healed and functional.
He stopped screaming and I finally noticed he was wearing the Lannister colors. It did not matter.
I got up and continued to the next man, walking past one with a leg missing and his stomach cut open. He was still alive, whimpering in the mud. Amazing really that he survived this long like that.
I could have saved him, but I didn't. Doing so would drain my White mana. It was a question of triage.
Stopping a hundred men from loosing their hands, arms, legs or feet from smaller wounds getting infected was better than saving a single life.
The hard, harsh truth.
I touch the head of a man sitting on the ground, holding a headwound, channeling mana as I move past, healing it as I went.
Somebody like Mary would likely had been able to heal everyone here in a single pulse of mana if she burned it all at once. I had to conserve.
Still, healing a flesh and bone wound was not like knitting together an already partially-healed spine. I didn't need to make it pretty, just functional. Also, by going slow my mana could regenerate slightly between healings, giving me more power to use.
Using Robb Starks authority I had the healers put up stills before, producing as pure alcohol as we could using strong, low quality beer. Some of it went to the men instead of the beer, but the rest were to be used to clean wounds.
Also, all bandages were to be boiled and nothing that had not been boiled was to ever touch a wound.
Hopefully it will save more people, even if I can not get to them in time.
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"Well?" I asked Stark and he nodded.
"We found over a thousand men with wounds we had not seen before or with those small metal balls in them. Your muskets killed five times their own numbers." the Would be King said and I raised my eyebrow.
"That was more than I expected considering their numbers. The Lannister army might not have routed, but it sure as hell hesitated. They had good discipline."
"We got a third of them before they retreated." He continued "Our scouts reported they have crossed the river here." and pointed at the map.
I nodded "Good. Are we making more muskets?" I asked and Robb nodded.
"Yes, I have ordered the construction of another two thousand." he said and I crossed my arms.
"Should be sufficient. They wont be quite as effective next time as they will know what to expect, but the greater number should more than make up for it."
"You were on the battlefield after the battle, healing my men. Thank you." Robb then said and offered a goblet of wine which I took and sipped. Wine was never a favorite but it was better than drinking the water here.
"They were going to die if I did not, even with the new healing methods I taught your healers." I answered him and he frowned.
"You also helped Lannister men. From what you said, you can only use a limited amount of magic at a time." he continued and I snorted.
"What? I was suppose to leave them rolling, screaming in pain in the muck?" I asked and he sighed.
"They were fighting for the enemy." he said and I grimaced.
"They were swine herders and stable boys that were grabbed, a sword and a shield handed to them and told to go die for their lord. It is none of their fault they are here."
Stark sighed and sat down "I have gotten reports that almost to a man the Lannister men you healed asked to join us. Almost a hundred and fifty in total."
I put the goblet down and shook my head "Let them, we need them after this fiasco."
"There could be spies in the group." he said and I snorted as I turned to walk outside.
"Who do you think they are loyal to? The men that came and put a sword in their hand or the man that gave them the use of that hand back? Besides, we got plenty of spies already, that I can promise you." I answered as I walked out, heading for my tent.
I needed to rest, I had been up almost two days now. Then I had experiments I needed to do.
Further away in the camp I saw something that was not there before, someone had put up some kind of thick pole amongst the tents, almost a tree trunk. A man was currently climbing it with a axe. Why, I had no idea.
I pushed it from my mind and walked past the two guards into my tent. I had to order my tent guarded to stop whores from trying to sneak inside. First time it was amusing.
The tenth time it started to get annoying
AN// ntwayneK is the one to thank for betaing this one.
I checked him over and noted that he had received an arrow to the knee. Somehow it did not seem very funny. Without help, even if the wound did not fester and rot, he would be a cripple.
Pulling the arrow out he screamed and I pressed my hand against the wound, channeling White mana to heal it, using the absolute minimum and trying to pick up the slack with Green and a dash of Blue.
The wound healed beneath my hand, leaving a scar behind but fully healed and functional.
He stopped screaming and I finally noticed he was wearing the Lannister colors. It did not matter.
I got up and continued to the next man, walking past one with a leg missing and his stomach cut open. He was still alive, whimpering in the mud. Amazing really that he survived this long like that.
I could have saved him, but I didn't. Doing so would drain my White mana. It was a question of triage.
Stopping a hundred men from loosing their hands, arms, legs or feet from smaller wounds getting infected was better than saving a single life.
The hard, harsh truth.
I touch the head of a man sitting on the ground, holding a headwound, channeling mana as I move past, healing it as I went.
Somebody like Mary would likely had been able to heal everyone here in a single pulse of mana if she burned it all at once. I had to conserve.
Still, healing a flesh and bone wound was not like knitting together an already partially-healed spine. I didn't need to make it pretty, just functional. Also, by going slow my mana could regenerate slightly between healings, giving me more power to use.
Using Robb Starks authority I had the healers put up stills before, producing as pure alcohol as we could using strong, low quality beer. Some of it went to the men instead of the beer, but the rest were to be used to clean wounds.
Also, all bandages were to be boiled and nothing that had not been boiled was to ever touch a wound.
Hopefully it will save more people, even if I can not get to them in time.
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
"Well?" I asked Stark and he nodded.
"We found over a thousand men with wounds we had not seen before or with those small metal balls in them. Your muskets killed five times their own numbers." the Would be King said and I raised my eyebrow.
"That was more than I expected considering their numbers. The Lannister army might not have routed, but it sure as hell hesitated. They had good discipline."
"We got a third of them before they retreated." He continued "Our scouts reported they have crossed the river here." and pointed at the map.
I nodded "Good. Are we making more muskets?" I asked and Robb nodded.
"Yes, I have ordered the construction of another two thousand." he said and I crossed my arms.
"Should be sufficient. They wont be quite as effective next time as they will know what to expect, but the greater number should more than make up for it."
"You were on the battlefield after the battle, healing my men. Thank you." Robb then said and offered a goblet of wine which I took and sipped. Wine was never a favorite but it was better than drinking the water here.
"They were going to die if I did not, even with the new healing methods I taught your healers." I answered him and he frowned.
"You also helped Lannister men. From what you said, you can only use a limited amount of magic at a time." he continued and I snorted.
"What? I was suppose to leave them rolling, screaming in pain in the muck?" I asked and he sighed.
"They were fighting for the enemy." he said and I grimaced.
"They were swine herders and stable boys that were grabbed, a sword and a shield handed to them and told to go die for their lord. It is none of their fault they are here."
Stark sighed and sat down "I have gotten reports that almost to a man the Lannister men you healed asked to join us. Almost a hundred and fifty in total."
I put the goblet down and shook my head "Let them, we need them after this fiasco."
"There could be spies in the group." he said and I snorted as I turned to walk outside.
"Who do you think they are loyal to? The men that came and put a sword in their hand or the man that gave them the use of that hand back? Besides, we got plenty of spies already, that I can promise you." I answered as I walked out, heading for my tent.
I needed to rest, I had been up almost two days now. Then I had experiments I needed to do.
Further away in the camp I saw something that was not there before, someone had put up some kind of thick pole amongst the tents, almost a tree trunk. A man was currently climbing it with a axe. Why, I had no idea.
I pushed it from my mind and walked past the two guards into my tent. I had to order my tent guarded to stop whores from trying to sneak inside. First time it was amusing.
The tenth time it started to get annoying
AN// ntwayneK is the one to thank for betaing this one.
SuperSonicSound
Shadowmancer of the Shadow Cabal
I do hope Winter is continuing to grab lands when and where he can because he is going to need them 
Has Winter been sharing things like germ theory, or at least that cleanliness = health to the army? Disease is one of the biggest killers of medieval soldiers, and teaching them how to keep healthy would have massive returns.
For that matter, what else has been teaching besides guns anyway?
For that matter, what else has been teaching besides guns anyway?
Malbutorius
C'est le bien qui fait mal
Just guns most likely, We all know that Winter isn't too logical...
- Location
- Near Freiburg in South-West Germany
Cytokinesis said:
He also offered better farming techniques when he offered the alliance to the Starks.Hiver said:
I can't believe I missed that in the same post I just read, thank you.Seonor said:
Between the alcohol and the boiling bandages, if he explained himself they can probably get plenty of benefit from simply emulating these even without knowing the details of germ theory.Malbutorius said:
- Location
- East of Sun, West of Moon
People weren't that bad during the middle ages - the real issues popped up during the early modern age (16th century, thereabouts) when the Inquisition was running around and torturing suspected Jews left, right and centre. If I had to guess, I'd say that Hiver avoids them partially because of medical reasons, but mostly because of morals - I'd probably do the same
Still, most whores in that sort of setting become camp followers out of necessity, which means that he should consider offering them alternate employment - possibly as nurses. Stable income, a (slightly) more reputable profession, clean clothes, and explicitly forbidden from sleeping with their patients for medical reasons. Has the added bonus of inspiring the wounded to heal up quickly so they can move out of the "patient-zone" - never underestimate the effect of proper motivation on recovery times.
Still, most whores in that sort of setting become camp followers out of necessity, which means that he should consider offering them alternate employment - possibly as nurses. Stable income, a (slightly) more reputable profession, clean clothes, and explicitly forbidden from sleeping with their patients for medical reasons. Has the added bonus of inspiring the wounded to heal up quickly so they can move out of the "patient-zone" - never underestimate the effect of proper motivation on recovery times.
What are the morals for not fucking them? It's their job and he probably would be better at sex than most other people unless he wants to spare them the mind numbingly boredom they would get from trying to satisfy his miniscule penis.
They are providing a vital service, dammit, and treating sex as a denigrating task the women are doing spits at the time, pain and skill they dedicate for the service they are providing.
They are providing a vital service, dammit, and treating sex as a denigrating task the women are doing spits at the time, pain and skill they dedicate for the service they are providing.
- Location
- Near Freiburg in South-West Germany
Or he just doesn't want to have sex with prostitutes?Vlad III said:
Violence and sex work well with one another. Most of the hormones that get released in a stressful situation are the same as when intercourse happens.edukated said:
spencer1519
(Verified Heretic)
- Location
- Oregon, USA
Maybe Winter just doesn't do casual? That is a perfectly logical explanation. Clearly he's looking for a much more committed long term relationship. Either that or someone he won't leave behind next time he jumps.
Good update so far...
Hiver..CH_61a - WinterHealing, Lannister&Stark WIA, Robb&Winter, Pole AxeClimbing
With Hiver Winter gaining more experience in healing via Mana and slowly improving on his magicks skills ..
He could ; when forced to flee ; go to the dimension where magic is supreme like in the Videssos Series where three Roman Cohorts among with their Tribune and a Celtic Leader were teleported to Videssos to fight against Avshar.....
Hiver..CH_61a - WinterHealing, Lannister&Stark WIA, Robb&Winter, Pole AxeClimbing
With Hiver Winter gaining more experience in healing via Mana and slowly improving on his magicks skills ..
He could ; when forced to flee ; go to the dimension where magic is supreme like in the Videssos Series where three Roman Cohorts among with their Tribune and a Celtic Leader were teleported to Videssos to fight against Avshar.....
RoboRenee
Trans of gender
- Location
- FFXIV, probably
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Alright, so, would you rather some people can accept her but no one can refuse her? Or would you rather that, if people agree with her, they are free to come to these conclusions and attempt to initiate those societal changes on their own, and if they refuse her they don't die crushed beneath her heel?Minor WMD +2 said:
Well that particular end can be avoided fairly easily. I f you crush the Lannisters before the wedding, Walder Frey would not dare attempt it. Though I am not sure where we are in thhe chronology of ASOIAF right now.dragon89 said:
Plus they might avoid it after seeing power that Hiver has. You do not mess with those types of people.
Simple.FalseDead said:
I chose not to include them at first and to introduce later to get the soldiers to think of the weapon as a ranged one first and a bad spear later.
Next update tomorrow.
Forgothrax
Not Going Gently
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Springing off that, if Planeswalking is hereditary... Winter babies could be a really, really badness thing.
SuperSonicSound
Shadowmancer of the Shadow Cabal
Yea I can't see having children being a good thing when you are destined to outlive them.Doomsought said:
That in general would be pretty terrible once you get to be a really old planeswalker if you were thousands of years old you would have cycled through tens of generations of having friends who grow old and then die with your self never aging.I can't see that doing good things to the mental health of planeswalkers tbh
SemiSaneAuthor
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- Location
- Sol-3, Memetic Quarantined World - For English
- Pronouns
- They/Them
This isn't Strictly MTG though, its similar, but we son't know how much matches and what doesn't. For all we know It could be in this multiverse.Doomsought said:
FalseDead
Consuming Fear
- Location
- Boatmurdered
Ahh Breaking their preconcieved notions of war got it!Hiver said:
So are there cannons in production?
A whiff of grapeshot would surely only improve those Lannisters!
Cannons need completely different set of construction than muskets. They are quite a bit more complex to forge. At least practical ones. You can make them easier, but then they are not quite as safe to use.FalseDead said: