Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)

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Attend to the Cai: Your liege has meetings with the Bai delegation and her own mother's traveling court ahead, attend to and support her in navigating it all. Characters: Cai Renxiang, gan Guangli, Bai Meizhen, Xiao Fen, Cai Shenhua
Best Snek is back!

This might be a good time to cultivate SNR, our Bai art. It could have some good synergy, at least narratively.

Actually, do we even have a cultivation plan?
 
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Oooh so much has happened.

[X] Jeweler's Turn

because

Wang because they are our neighbors and we need the road. Meng because I think labrynth lords quest will lead to benefits for our song seeker and dream walker development. And also to get a read on any factions hating on best snek. Diao cause they are nearby and they are close with our liege, best not have them sharpening knives for us. Bao because money, and LQ doesn't want the business relationship to rely on betrothal talks. Besides, our Bao business meetings are totally the best excuse for snake and spider hookups.
Craftsman tourney to support our lil mad scientist.
Diamonds because Yu Nuan is more important to me than awkward donatello. I don't like Mr. Cold fish and his misfortune spirit right now so I dun wanna hang out with him.
But I do wanna meet Nie Ai and Hou Min (did she get her man?). Ugh the choices.

Heart demon slain, plot armor equipped, turtle god charging genki dama empowered by faith energy... Work hard, study well and eat and sleep plenty Ling Clan. Now, where the heck did Ji Rong get that hado skill...
 
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Adhoc vote count started by EternalObserver on Jul 28, 2021 at 12:34 PM, finished with 149 posts and 83 votes.
 
Yeah in the future you will have both at the same time, but for the sake of tutorializing and wrapping up a bunch of dangling plot threads from the previous part of the quest, I separated them for turn 13.
 
[X] Plan Misty Connections
- [X] Wang Clan Solutions
- [X] Diao Clan conciliation
- [X] Meng Clan Inroads
- [X] The Craftsmen's Tourney
- [X] Boulders and Bluster
 
Why do all the plans shun the Luo clan ;_;
For me it's a lack of urgency. I like the Luo, I think they're interesting, but they don't have a bad or worsening opinion of us, they're southern but not exactly neighbours, we don't have any active narratives of specific opportunity with them, and they haven't shown signs of being a barrier to anything we want to do.

I could see @yrsillar doing something with the Luo during upcoming military operations under the Cai. It would be a good opportunity to give the Jia some screentime as well.

It's a shame during the last tournament we didn't pick the meta-favor option of Gu Xiulan's mother instead of Bai Meizhen's father. Iirc, her bonus was easier access to exotic resources, which would have bundled coherently with our own prospective fief/foreign market access, with a common link through Luo lands. Though... frankly, we are friend with Gu Xiulan, and the Golden Fields might be interested in icy resources, probably something that can happen regardless.

It's not like the one we actually picked, Meizhen's dad dropping intel on us occasionally, actually makes sense anymore since Meizhen should just be doing it directly. :V
 
[X] Plan Misty Connections
- [X] Wang Clan Solutions
- [X] Diao Clan conciliation
- [X] Meng Clan Inroads
- [X] The Craftsmen's Tourney
- [X] Boulders and Bluster
 
Heh, now that Yrs has brought daddy ling to life, this has got to lead to a bloodlines side arc. Mama ling Ling is like barely 31???

While on tour Hanyi causes a scene with a mortal minstrel troup who she hears playing grandma LQ's songs. Naturally they freak out and sic the authorities on Hanyi. When LQ and the mortal's supervising elder arrive to settle things, they exhibit and uncanny similarity in stature complexion and eye color. Revelations ensue (Liu totally chased him off to prevent quingge's escape)... Ling Barony opens recording crystal studio.

Rumors of strange happenings, stranger cover ups and He involvement reach Mama Ling via her former associates. Runaway Quingge is persona non grata so sneaky sneaky sissy mode required. He clan in turmoil over giving Lui strength boosters to low talent younger generation despite documented side effects. LQ spirits away team quingge favorites and anti forbidden doping faction like she did in Jiao's test. Ling Barony loyal servant family acquired. Mysterious forbidden elixer reported to duchess cai. Liu enmity established.
 
Heh, now that Yrs has brought daddy ling to life, this has got to lead to a bloodlines side arc. Mama ling Ling is like barely 31???

While on tour Hanyi causes a scene with a mortal minstrel troup who she hears playing grandma LQ's songs. Naturally they freak out and sic the authorities on Hanyi. When LQ and the mortal's supervising elder arrive to settle things, they exhibit and uncanny similarity in stature complexion and eye color. Revelations ensue (Liu totally chased him off to prevent quingge's escape)... Ling Barony opens recording crystal studio.

Rumors of strange happenings, stranger cover ups and He involvement reach Mama Ling via her former associates. Runaway Quingge is persona non grata so sneaky sneaky sissy mode required. He clan in turmoil over giving Lui strength boosters to low talent younger generation despite documented side effects. LQ spirits away team quingge favorites and anti forbidden doping faction like she did in Jiao's test. Ling Barony loyal servant family acquired. Mysterious forbidden elixer reported to duchess cai. Liu enmity established.
Not necessarily. The sidestory was a commission, not something Yrs planned out as a plot hook. It still could happen of course, but I wouldn't take this sidestory as telling one way or the other.
 
If option Diamonds and the Rough does not win, will we not have any prominence / protagonism from Yu Nuan? :cry:
 
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[X] Jeweler's Turn

I prefer our adoptee over the dude making his own way.

[X] Plan Past and Future

Plus moon-sempai.
 
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