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Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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We know that this isn't the case here:
He's working from the assumption that a match with Ling Qi would involve him joining her clan and, therefore, being separated from the inheritance as a Bao. He's fine with that. The challenge of building a new house from nothing excites him.
My guess is that a lot of new houses marry into more established clans for safety and resources, but in our case, CRX's direct sponsorship obviates that as a factor. We don't need to join someone else's house by marriage for the sake of startup resources, plus we have the direct ear of CRX, so we're valuable enough that established clans might reasonably want to join us.
Bakkasama
There is always a greater fool
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- Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- He/his
Not to mention that the comparative rank of the clans is nit the only concern. If one party is too far down the line of succession or is not that important within the clan and the other comes from a lower rank nobility but is the one holding the title then it makes more sense for the first party to be the one to marry into the family. Now, I don't recall where Bao Quian is placed into the family but I got the impression that he had several older siblings and he was not particularly impressive cultivation wise (as in good but not impressive).
The difference with Xuan admirals and Bao is that the Xuan were phrasing it as Ling Qi joining them (that is, an invitation for Ling Qi to go to the Xuan) whereas the Bao is coming to Ling Qi. Obviously the admiral clarified but I suspect.you wouldn't have Renxiang warning the Xuan not to poach if Xuan had asked to visit Ling Qi.
Obviously physical direction/movent need not be a 1 to 1 match as to where the house would go but at that level, people will read into how you phrase an invitation.
Obviously physical direction/movent need not be a 1 to 1 match as to where the house would go but at that level, people will read into how you phrase an invitation.
Speaking of joining our clan, what's the chance that Qingge's old family petitions to join ours?
They would go from a servant clan to a noble baronial one and from having a Viscount as a liege to having a Duchess as one. As a servant clan they are likely weak enough that their current liege would be willing to let them go for the right price.
Naturally this would be a complete mess as Ling Qi would be nominal head but the other Ling clan head would be used to being in charge. They would likely try to control things behind the scenes and have the numbers to have a lot of influence.
Thoughts?
They would go from a servant clan to a noble baronial one and from having a Viscount as a liege to having a Duchess as one. As a servant clan they are likely weak enough that their current liege would be willing to let them go for the right price.
Naturally this would be a complete mess as Ling Qi would be nominal head but the other Ling clan head would be used to being in charge. They would likely try to control things behind the scenes and have the numbers to have a lot of influence.
Thoughts?
Considering they expunged Qingge from their clan's records that is decidedly unlikely
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- Staring into the void
Us hitting white doesn't guarantee that any of our children will make it past green, and grandchildren are even more ambiguous.
Success has a way of jogging people's memories. I would be more surprised if they didn't quietly drop the whole "banished from the clan" thing if we became a Viscount. For a Cyan Baron would be more marginal, but that would still be a big deal.
For a Green? Yeah, that's a big risk for very little.
fictionfan
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- Tempe, AZ
I doubt they will come to us, but I suspect that if we showed up looking angry they would likely bow down and beg to join.
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- Colorado
Why the hell would we want them though? We've got our mom's old friends already, and when we need some cultivators I'm sure Gan Guangli can point some of his subordinates from the outer sect our way. We don't need distant relatives that disowned mom.
fictionfan
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- Tempe, AZ
We don't. I am saying that if we go there thinking about getting some payback they are going to fall over them selves to try and stop that from happening and that seems like the only thing that has any chance for them.
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- Colorado
But why would we bother going there? If we never see Tongou again it will be too soon. They aren't worth our time.
I'm not sure why we'd do it but I wouldn't be surprised if we, indirectly or directly, pushed Qingge into trying to reconnect. She's going to be sitting in the middle of a defensive, family-aspected domain for long periods of time as soon as we get to Cyan and become able to be in multiple places at the same time. That's likely going to make her feel both nostalgic and safe.
And we value family a great deal, if they came to Ling Qi and asked to join us I'm not sure she would be able to say no. It would probably be better for us if they didn't, which is why I think it might be interesting if they did.
It's a real hard ask to excommunicate somebody then try to join up with them when the winds start blowing their way.
I would suggest you reread the scene where Qingge first gets to the Sect. It's up in the air if Ling Qi wants to go on a killing spree at some point but she aint gonna look to do any favors for the people who drove her mother into prostitution and poverty. They're not family, they are the ones who destroyed her families lives
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- New Brunswick, NJ
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As badass as we are, we're just one person. If we start bullying a servitor clan to a viscount clan, the viscount's gonna be mad. Viscount means Indigo, so that's someone significantly more powerful than we'll be for decades. Assuming that the viscount doesn't want to risk feuding with us directly, though, the viscount complains to the count, who complains to Shenhua, who says to CRX "Why is your retainer meddling in the internal affairs of a viscount?"
Possibly she says this by shooting lasers out of her eyes. Shenhua is a very direct sort of communicator.
Especially since if they say "fuck off" now you have to deal with the fact that your current liege is probably not super happy about your attempt to quit their service.
EternalObserver
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- The Void
Why are we looking to do something that may potentially cause us more problems, not to mention involving people Ling Qi likely does not care about?
My first post was basically "Hey it sure would cause all sorts of problems for us and be a complete mess if Qingge's old family tried to join our clan. How likely is that to happen?"
This is about a potential challenge that Ling Qi might not be well equipped to deal with, not a desirable outcome.
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- Colorado
The only way this might possibly happen is if a near-Ogodei level incursion happens and Tongou gets destroyed. In that case we might see some survivors who have literally nowhere else to go head our way. Aside from that, its not happening.
I have been thinking that there is a possibility that sometime after the sect, CRX and Ling Qi could be sent to tonghou in order to weed out the rampant corruption in place there (as shown in the exorcist side story).
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- United States of America
Cai wouldnt do that, for one there is a clan in charge that has Cyans+ members i believe, for another its in diao territory and tonghou is under Diaos authority.
Cai is all about destroying corruption though, her purges are legendary. If Cai wants them gone, I doubt that the Diao will object too strongly. Especially since their matriarch is her lover.
EternalObserver
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What would be really really fun as a story possibility is Ling Qi getting Tounghou once she gets the appropriate cultivation level due to the clan already owning it doing/having done something stupid and destroying itself in the corruption purges.
I understand that this is unlikely for seventeen different reasons, chief among them that Tounghou is Diao territory, but it would be really really fun to read about nontheless.