Underneath the twisted blue moon

Two things. 1, as much as people have memed about reset Panda has publicly stated that resets aren't possible anymore.

2, check the front tab, SocSod decided to use his mp. And as someone who was watching the rolls being made, the gm had as much control over the results as we did. She had the scenarios ready and something else activated them, not her.
 
It most certainly has not. Had Sally not eliminated the undead, you'd have been pushed into a game over by hour 3. Had Dace not decided to save Craidd, you'd have given Void the entirety of the norse pantheon.

Pardon, I actually thought those rolls were too high to have been right. And because why the hell is Sally fighting alone? We had other Wizards, but apparently she has to pickup the slack.

Also, I don't actually care about the Norse pantheon. The moment they intruded on Dace's son is a negative to me. I would rather we had no interaction with the Gods, and of course Dace saved his son. There is no argument in the thread that we wouldn't.

Of all of the other sides, CraiddQuest was the only one to not be affected in a negative manner whatsoever by that... That utter and complete mess.

Our "positive," is a result of not being negatively affected by events. It's a circumstantial benefit to how things played out.

Sword of Frost, a Mythical tier item who can destroy the world.

Why is there a WMD as a result of a Miracle Point out here?

Yes you did. You managed to impose yourself as the leader of your area, stood straight as the world was going to hell, and now you are the major geopolitical power of the UK, since every other power was eliminated.

We survived. We did not assert ourselves as leaders. We were still fighting against the Parkinson family expansion in Lord Voldemort's name. If they didn't happen to die in the path of an oncoming zombie horde then we, if there was a we, would still need to contest their control.

The infrastructure and political capital is nice, but it's not like Dace, being a nationalist and believer of noblesse oblige, wants anything beyond Wales.
 
Pardon, I actually thought those rolls were too high to have been right. And because why the hell is Sally fighting alone? We had other Wizards, but apparently she has to pickup the slack.

Also, I don't actually care about the Norse pantheon. The moment they intruded on Dace's son is a negative to me. I would rather we had no interaction with the Gods, and of course Dace saved his son. There is no argument in the thread that we wouldn't.



Our "positive," is a result of not being negatively affected by events. It's a circumstantial benefit to how things played out.



Why is there a WMD as a result of a Miracle Point out here?



We survived. We did not assert ourselves as leaders. We were still fighting against the Parkinson family expansion in Lord Voldemort's name. If they didn't happen to die in the path of an oncoming zombie horde then we, if there was a we, would still need to contest their control.

The infrastructure and political capital is nice, but it's not like Dace, being a nationalist and believer of noblesse oblige, wants anything beyond Wales.

I was there when the rolls were there, in her discord channel that she has to prove that the rolls are real.

You may not care about the Norse pantheon going void but that is still bad for the world since it means they would have been serving our enemies.

The WMD existed. If a mp involves any sort of god or goddesses there are rolls involved duento competing influences generally. These rolls led to the WMD being found from where it was hidden.

And dude, fundamentally being the one to survive the fallout is an advantage. You may not see it as one but it fundamentally is.

So you have an advantage, use it, and don't just whine about how you got it. Since fundamentally luck is important in games and war, which it is fundamentally OOC and IC respectively.

And this isn't about that Since 1, Dace is out, quite possibly for forever due to the coma. 2, it gives you a place with no competing groups outside of Babel. You have such a chance to build up everything you have and you're just dismissing it as useless.
 
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We survived. We did not assert ourselves as leaders. We were still fighting against the Parkinson family expansion in Lord Voldemort's name. If they didn't happen to die in the path of an oncoming zombie horde then we, if there was a we, would still need to contest their control.

The infrastructure and political capital is nice, but it's not like Dace, being a nationalist and believer of noblesse oblige, wants anything beyond Wales.

Holy shit man.

Please read.

CraiddQuest is the only remaining power in Wales! May now create the title 'King of Wales'!

If you are the only fucking power remaining what do you think that means about the Parkinsons
 
Holy shit man.

Please read.



If you are the only fucking power remaining what do you think that means about the Parkinsons

That was not there before. Second, I bring up the Parkinson's to illustrate how random it was they've been defeated. Meaning we had nothing to do with their defeat, or all the prep work against them is pointless. They are gone now.

And dude, fundamentally being the one to survive the fallout is an advantage. You may not see it as one but it fundamentally is.

I understand that, to survive means you live.

What I do not support is the claim it's a positive when it's a statement of fact.
 
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That was not there before. Second, I bring up the Parkinson's to illustrate how random it was they've been defeated. Meaning we had nothing to do with their defeat, or all the prep work against them is pointless. They are gone now.



I understand that, to survive means you live.

What I do not support is the claim it's a positive when it's a statement of fact.

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There are marks at the bottom of a post regarding when something has been edited. I tested it underneath Panda's initial post to make sure.

There is no such mark under there, so you are wrong about it not being there before or are lying to save face.
 
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There are marks at the bottom of a post regarding when something has been edited. I tested it underneath Panda's initial post to make sure.

There is no such mark under there, so you are wrong about it not being there before or are lying to save face.

Unless it's edited a moment after posting. I've had that experience before when the autocorrect gets a word wrong, I edit it, but the post itself doesn't have the: edit made : xx: yy time stamp. Honestly, I'm sorry for ruining the mood that it seemed like everyone else has, but I hold this is not great.

I joined the first variation of this quest because I find Dace to be interesting. I left after an errant comment made things too depressing to continue. I rejoined when there was news of a reboot. I remain to comment to see this character, Dace, interacting in this crossover quest. We transfer characters as a result of dice rolls and the narrative which was understandable. Now, people seem to celebrate this outcome which in all honesty a phyric victory. Multiple continents were lost in the initial blitzkerg, millions died or mutated, many nations left with high amounts of nuclear waste, the Magic Government collapsed, most everyone in the region dead to zombie hordes, no news on whether or not Voldemort is still an issue, Gods forcible meddling with Craid( even if it is blessings) , and the presence of a weapon of mass destruction.

On the reverse, we have established settlements, a magic school with substantial lore, soon to be all of Wales, Craid's future in schooling, some nonmagical technology, an anchor, and a small population.

This is not great.
 
Extending vote duration by 24 hours I suppose.

Second, I bring up the Parkinson's to illustrate how random it was they've been defeated. Meaning we had nothing to do with their defeat, or all the prep work against them is pointless. They are gone now.

Actually, Parkinson's defeat was all but guaranteed the very moment the zombies touched down. As you may or may not remember from last quest, zombie bite is contagious. Furthermore, as previously mentionned, the bulk of Parkinson's army is made of muggles under the imperius, therefore, barely able to defend themselves. Add to that the fact that HP's local zombies, inferi, are not contagious, and you end up with a situation where Parkinson severly understimates his opponent, and only realizes something is off when it's too late.

As for why Sally was sent, it's for the same reason Dace didn't simply apparate in the Zone Helga was : HOMM magic interferes with wizarding magic (already mentionned). Sally, in her advisor tab, is noted as being able to ignore this. Furthermore, the spell used, fiendfyre, is an extremely volatile and dangerous spell that requires multiple checks to keep under control, otherwise it will rampage and destroy everything, including the caster, meaning you need someone very skilled in combat magic to use it while making sure the collateral damage and the damage to the caster doesn't get too massive.

Its not about who's Right.
But who's Left!

if you're the only one left, it automatically means you're right!

Unless it's edited a moment after posting.

I did not edit that post. Whether or not you believe me is up to you.

Now, people seem to celebrate this outcome which in all honesty a phyric victory.

A pyrrhic victory is a victory that causes you to lose a lot more than you ought to while securing victory, which is not the case for this quest's point of view. However, I do agree that the losses incurred here are a lot higher than they have any right to be, and I hope some people decide slapping Gaia on the face with a MP against my advice and warnings is in fact a bad idea. This is not good for anyone save for a select few, and it shouldn't be disregarded. However, I also agree that you do need to take stock of what you have, what you can do, and move on with it.

no news on whether or not Voldemort is still an issue

Discord Cabal. Also, try to ask questions from time to time, someone might just choose to answer them, if you really want to know something.

Gods forcible meddling with Craid

That's entirely on the people who voted for said plan, especially since I showed through Aife in the prologue that they could and would assume direct control if they deemed it necessary.

On the reverse, we have established settlements, a magic school with substantial lore, soon to be all of Wales, Craid's future in schooling, some nonmagical technology, an anchor, and a small population.

This is not great.

On the flipside, you have a stable base, steady income and resources, and no one of importance who can intrigue you to death now. This is not great, Babel was supposed to be locked behind mid-game requirements, however, this isn't terrible either, as you actually have the means to defend yourselves now.

I hope this answered your questions, feel free to ask for more clarifications.

(PS: I was not calm when the decisions were made and the rolls rolled, so I'll understand the reactions here, but please try to remain courteous to eachother.)
 
[X] Plan Holy Shit How Are We Alive
-[X] Check what happened in the aftermath of the disaster not just your own lands but all of Wales.
-[X] Double check that there are no threats left in Wales
-[X] Triple check that there are no threats left in Wales
-[X] Compile reports from everyone on the different types of zombies and their weaknesses
-[X] Go over reports of zombies with allies to see if there is anything we missed
-[X] Calm the people and request volunteers for building houses, assure refugees that they can return to previous homes when this disaster is over
-[X] Start building temporary houses in Powys for the refugees, attune Ava to the nature anchor while she's there
-[X] Send troops to Glamorgan and Gwent to see if there are any survivors and to set up defenses Wales's southern coast
-[X] See what has changed in the outside world now that the barrier has been broken
-[X] Reach out to all of Dace's former holdings and his wife (Australia, America, etc)

So a lot just happened, which means it's a good idea to figure out what effects it had in Wales. Going over everything thrice should make sure nothing slips by our search.

After that, we should compile what we know about the zombies, that way we can better defend against and combat the growing hordes. Going over what we have with our allies should cover any holes in our info for everyone involved.

With security ensured as best as possible, we should make sure we calm our populace, as well as create some temporary housing for the refugees. No need for someone to grow desperate and do something stupid. Ava can attune during that time.

Once that is done, we can start setting up defenses on our southern border to guard against all the zombies that are South of us. There are so many zombies down there I can't even exaggerate since that would only be more accurate.

Finally, we should find out what the rest of the world has been up to for the past 4 or so years. What was life like for them underneath the barrier. Reclaim Dace's stuff from before the apocalypse happened.
 
Repeating myself here, but if you have questions, or if you don't really know the settings, you can ask me for clarifications~
 
The Fate of the Weak Part 3 (canon) +32 (because close to 2k)
The Fate of the Weak Part 3 William Dies at the End

After that beginning speech by 'lord' Parkinson, William and the rest of slaves were sent into rooms where they were stripped of all clothes and valuables and were ordered to wear cheaper replacements that felt awful on the skin. But no complaints were heard for they were not given permission to do so. Then everyone was fed the most tasteless unfilling gruel that Williams had ever eaten with the chefs with eyes as glassy as the slaves 'cheerfully' telling them that this 'feast' was the best they were going to get in a while. After that unsettling piece of news Willaim and the rest of the slaves were led to the rickety shacks that they were apparently going to be calling home for foreseeable future. It seemed to be made of scrap metal and had windows or furniture which meant they were going to be sleeping on the cold, hard floor. Not helping the matter was that despite the 'house' seeming to barely fit 5 people comfortably that William would be sharing it with 9 other imperioed muggles. The only good things about this entire situation were that the season was a warmer one and that they were given a blanket. It was thin, full of holes, and certainly not long enough to cover 10 people but at least it was something.

That was how William's first day in Flower's (Pansy's?) Rest went and sadly it was the best day he would have as a slave despite being enslaved and the vertigo of a portkey. For on the second day and every day afterward, William and the rest of the slaves were ordered to wake up at the crack of dawn which was not nearly enough time for a proper rest. Then after everyone was up, and examples were made of everyone who wasn't, the slaves were separated into groups based on their skills or talents. William, for example, was strong and used to hard work so he got grouped up with similar people while those skilled in sewing or similar crafting skills went to work in factories that wouldn't look out of place in the industrial revolution with all the dangers that implies. Unfortunately, not everyone had skills their new found masters for what use did wizards have of car engineers or muggle accountants? These poor souls were used to pad out numbers wherever they were needed no matter how ill-suited they were to the task for they were deemed expendable. This was why sometimes someone scrawny or otherwise weak would join William's crew where the metaphorical backbreaking labor would become all too literal far too often.

Anyways today William's group would be working on construction. It was, in William's opinion, one of the better tasks he had done so far. That is not to say it was pleasant but more compared to farming and mining it was much less taxing on the body. This was due to the fact that even though William was forced to carry heavy loads of stone or other building materials he still had periods where he was not doing work even if that was just walking back to pick something else up. Other small breaks also happened when the manager or foreman, usually fellow slaves but sometimes wizards for certain building projects, needed to think about how the building was going to be put together.

The only negative to the construction compared to his other possible jobs that bored wizards and witches would come over to the construction areas to torment William and his fellow slaves. Sometimes they would be content to 'just' do minor 'pranks' such as magically tripping a worker or suddenly changing the weight of what they were carrying without warning. Other times they were more... sadistic. For example, some wizards would use spells that made the target felt like a variety of things from being whipped or shot to being shocked or set on fire. Other magic users were more bloodthirsty with their spells causing cuts and bruises to appear on the victim's body in a flash of pain. Once William had seen a wizard set a man on fire for a perceived slight with the man's screams haunting his daily nightmares. Fortunately, the wizard who had done it was chided by his peers for 'wasting' a slave so no similar murders took place. But the worst of the spells was by far was Crucio. When William had experienced the spell he immediately felt unimaginable pain far more than any he had ever experienced before or after. It is no exaggeration to say that William wanted to die in that painful eternal moment and if it was used on him again his heart may very well give out.

And that's how William's days in Flower's Rest went. Eventually, as those days became weeks became months and maybe even became years William just mindlessly went through the motions as time flew by. Sometimes in this madness, he could have sworn he saw his family. Often these visions were just out of the corner of his eye and gone when he double checked. Other times he saw his wife as a fellow worker slowly and slavishly being worked to her death. In his worst moments, William imagined his daughter somehow finding him and tearfully begging him to return home while he just ignored her and followed his masters' orders. These depressing visions followed William's waking moments until something had changed in Flower's Rest.

Apparently, lord Parkinson had launched a raid on a neighboring county and been completely rebuffed. This caused the wizard to apparently become paranoid that his so-called rival would invade his town any day now. In response to this Parkinson apparently decided that the logical thing to do is get even more slaves and use them as cannon fodder to horrify the enemy with the wanton loss of innocent life. To this end, William's group had to build a lot more rickety housing to house all the new arrivals but before that task could be completed they too were conscripted to be part of the war effort leaving some unlucky souls homeless. They were given spears and began learning how to follow orders for the war. The wizards did not bother teaching the slaves how to use the spear or fight in formations but more to do certain commands like "charge" or "wait".

But finally, the day had apparently arrived with saboteurs caught sneaking in signaling that the 'enemy' was on their way. William and the other armed slaves were rushed over near the river to ambush the enemy when they cross the bridge. To help with this the wizards covered them in some kind of illusion to make ambushing easier though William didn't really get how it worked.

They waited like this for almost an hour until the opposing army arrived. It was made up of what appeared to be wizards in red, leather robes leading weird metal creatures which didn't have heads and whose arms were too long and legs too slim. They appeared to be marching at a fast pace not so quick as to be reckless but certainly not slow and cautious enough for ones knowing their enemy had prepared for them. The moment the last combatant had stepped off the bridge it seemed that a trap was set off that caused the bridge to be magically destroyed stranding the enemy with no way to retreat. At the same moment, this happened the illusion hiding William and the rest of the armed slaves faded away and their wizard handlers ordered them to charge.

And charge they did. It wasn't a charge that would be spoken of in legend, in fact, it was quite the opposite resembling a wild mob for that was what it really was when it came down to it. Some among the charge tripped whether this was due to enemy casting a spell on them or merely them being unlucky William didn't know but the crowd trampled them all the same without care that they were on the same side because they were ordered to charge and that's all they could do. William was, unfortunately, one of these poor souls when he was hit by a panicked bolt of magic from one of the enemy mages which while not painful or seemingly harmful shocked William enough that he slowed down a step which enough for the thong behind him knock him down and crush him.

While William was being mindlessly stomped on by his fellow slaves the battle continued without care. The scrap golems were front and center trying to act as unliving shields for their allied mages. But this was mostly for naught for while there were 150 golems there were thousands of mind-controlled muggles charging them with reckless abandon. This meant that even though individually each golem could beat 5 mortal men easily they had to deal with 10-20 each and eventually the weight of numbers would bring them down quite literally. With the golems distracted the Red Son mages in the back were suddenly vulnerable with enslaved muggles and death eater spells slipping through their shield wall and taking the lives of quite a few. This caused the enemy to begin to route abandoning their mission and unthinking allies in an effort to save themselves. As for the left behind golems weighed down and only slightly damaged from the muggle cannon fodder? They were destroyed along with those who had overpowered them for the Death Eaters carried little for the team killing collateral of their spells and in fact reveled in it.

"How did things come to this", William Morgan sluggishly thought as he laid down on the ground, body unable to move and even if it could it would not obey his mind's orders. The battle was long over by this point but he still could not get up. Somewhere along with the rush, several of his bones must have been broken and a spear had been embedded in his side. Maybe if he found a healer, wizard or otherwise, he would live but his masters didn't care about a lowly and broken slave and were off celebrating 'their' victory. While the life slowly drained out of him William wondered how he got to this point where he was dying in a battle for reasons beyond his comprehension. This line of thought lead William to think once again about his family that he had inadvertently left behind. Knowing the pain and suffering they must have gone through William Morgan used the last of his strength to put his hands together and pray for his lovely wife and beautiful daughter though whether anyone heard that prayer he would never know. For William Morgan had passed on from this world.

But maybe just maybe a benevolent being heard that earnest prayer and managed to usher the family of this innocent man to safety from the death and fire that would soon come to all in Dyfed.
 
Level 1: The Stage of Worldliness, Mundus. (2)
Warning : Bad language and maybe disturbing imagery?



Level 1: The Stage of Worldliness, Mundus. (2)



Plan Holy Shit How Are We Alive
-[X] Check what happened in the aftermath of the disaster not just your own lands but all of Wales.
-[X] Double check that there are no threats left in Wales
-[X] Triple check that there are no threats left in Wales
-[X] Compile reports from everyone on the different types of zombies and their weaknesses
-[X] Go over reports of zombies with allies to see if there is anything we missed
-[X] Calm the people and request volunteers for building houses, assure refugees that they can return to previous homes when this disaster is over
-[X] Start building temporary houses in Powys for the refugees, attune Ava to the nature anchor while she's there
-[X] Send troops to Glamorgan and Gwent to see if there are any survivors and to set up defenses Wales's southern coast
-[X] See what has changed in the outside world now that the barrier has been broken
-[X] Reach out to all of Dace's former holdings and his wife (Australia, America, etc)



Fouth Hour

The very first thing Ava did, once the metaphorical dust settled, was to have people check the immediate surroundings.

South of them was Dyfed, a charred and now volcanic land and the survey team notice things like bones, or stone fragments in the shape of human limbs here and there. They also found a specimen of strong undead imprisoned in solidified lava and sent word to the research team. Other than that, there were only two paths that would lead towards Gwynedd, and William was already mapping out plans to have fortifications built in those places to prevent that. At least, most bodies were too charred for people to understand what happened, which was much better than Glamorgan...

Glamorgan was a slaughterhouse. Plain and simple. Piles of bodies littered the ground, some with the flesh having begun to slough off their bones, and the smell was enough to make one feel ill. Speaking of illnesses, the few survivors were falling ill, and despite the fact that the teams had taken with disposing of the bodies after identification, an epidemic was very likely to start off, what with the water being soiled with blood or worse.

In comparison, Gwent only had a field of corpses where the undead army left, and what's more, a few people collapsed and died among the refugees. Upon closer inspection, they were recently turned undead, likely sent to infiltrate.

And that was it for the Undead threats. However, it was far from over, as while Ava ensured the panic wouldn't paralyze the domain, their plan to get rid of the anti-magic factions wasn't ready yet. What made it worse was that other factions were feeling a lot more aggravated, too. Ava was beginning to fear that she would have to deal with another rebellion. At least, the Warmongers were ecstatic after Sally's show of force and the conquest of Wales and openly declared their loyalty to the government, which helped keep the most hotheaded ones in line, but unless something is done in order to assuage their fears in a few years, they will cause problems.

Other than that William, after ensuring all of his paperwork was done, personally went on a hunt to track down any suspicious people. Apparently, that extended to anyone who sent information, including people in the countryside. Moreover, after a bit of research, Sally managed to crack their ciphers, and now Ava had an idea of what was going on:
Remnants of the Death eaters sympathizers were promptly caught and banished, Nott's spies were executed, Monique's magical monitoring devices were destroyed, and Dumbledore's own monitoring spells disappeared on their own, having unfortunate implications about the man's health. Of course, the capitalists were gently reminded by Ava that sedition was very much a synonym of betrayal, and people like Sally didn't like traitors at all...

No more spies in the capital.
Warmongers faction mood changed to Ecstatic. +200 trained Militia
Royalists and capitalists mood changed to Scared
Democrats and Traditionalists mood changed to Furious
No-majs mood changed to Enraged.


Several old places were found, all with barriers and a rather large amount of a strange magic Sally insists is called willpower weaved in it. While they seemed non-threatening for now, they would require further investigating.

And that's when *it* happened.




Seventh hour

Sally was investigating the zombies in the laboratory, the beasts having been bound and muzzled, and already, she obtained results.

"...I don't know whether I should feel amazed or horrified right now." Her everpresent companion muttered, his voice a bit more muffled than usual.

"It's necessary, I need to see if I can use it." She answered in reflex, adjusting her scalpel in one of her hands as the other was almost elbow deep within the massive undead's sternum, people around her looking at her warily. Everyone else was too scared of the undead to say anything.

"Any news so far?"

79 + 45 (research) = 124 Tier 4 success
58 + 50 (research) = 108 Tier 3 success
83 + 55 (research) = 138 Tier 3 success
84 +60 (research) = 144 Tier 3 success
45 +65 (research) = 110 Tier 2 success
Zombie evolutionary tree mapped out.
Tier 2 : Undead : Rank 0

Abilities

Hitpoints : 12
Mana : 0
Damage : 3
Attack : 10%
Defense : 0%
Ranged attack : 0%
Ranged defense : 0%
Speed : 4
Movement : 12


Tier 2 : Zombie : Rank 1

Abilities:

Undead : May not be affectd by morale
Contagion: Body fluids can contaminate others, leading to them turning into zombie themselves. Rank of the turned unit depends on original zank. Doesn't work on Elemental ( earth, water, fire, air) or Mechanical units.

Hitpoints : 24
Mana : 0
Damage : 4
Attack : 10%
Defense : 10%
Ranged attack : 0
Ranged defense : 10%
Speed : 4
Movement : 12


Tier 2 : Ravager : Rank 2

Abilities:

Half-dead : Unit cannot be affected by negative morale or anti-death spells.
Siege : May cause damage to structures.

Hitpoints : 26
Mana : 0
Damage : 6
Attack : 10%
Defense : 10%
Ranged attack : 0
Ranged defense : 10%
Speed : 5
Movement : 13


Tier 2 : Runner : Rank 3

Abilities:
Undead : May not be affectd by morale
Leaper : can cover a short distance in a pounce attack that deals 1,5x damage and has 10% chance of stunning the target, but its own defense is reduced to 0.

Hitpoints : 26
Mana : 0
Damage : 6
Attack : 10%
Defense : 10%
Ranged attack : 0
Ranged defense : 10%
Speed : 9
Movement : 20


Tier 2 : Banshee : Rank 4

Abilities
Undead : May not be affectd by morale
Angelification: the more experience it gains, the more it takes the appearence of an angel made of stone... And their skills.
Spellcaster: may cast spells
Reinforcements: Once a fight, may project their voice to call for reinforcements.

Hitpoints : 50
Mana : 20
Damage : 7
Attack : 10%
Defense : 10%
Ranged attack : 10%
Ranged defense : 10%
Speed : 6
Movement :16


Tier 2 : Black knight : Rank 5

Abilities :

Half-dead : Unit cannot be affected by negative morale or anti-death spells.
Riding: Gain additional movement and speed once mounted. Gain Charge skill.

Hitpoints : 70
Mana : 15
Damage : 9
Attack : 10%
Defense : 10%
Ranged attack : 0
Ranged defense : 10%
Speed : 7
Movement : 22


"Hm, the cells aren't damaged on this kind of undead, meaning that it counts as alive, for all intents and purposes. Its teeth have disappeared, so there's a high chance it's not designed for infection, but rather combat. Analysis from different samples taken at different places shows that there was more than one human involved in its creation. As far as I can see, and according to Mr. Gwallawg's notes, there seem to be 5 stages to a zombie's evolution, if you don't count just reanimated corpses, but rather them as a creature on their own. The basic, grey ones are a bit stronger than a regular human, and their fluids are highly infectious. " a nearby scribe was taking notes furiously. "they tend to attack head first too. The rest is in the notes I already have, however, I highly recommend that no records of the stone ones be kep-"

The door exploded as William entered, surrounded with the militia. He took one look at her, then, once more, a look above her shoulder, and he sneered.

"Ah, the Black Witch is butchering again. We have received word that something unethical was going on here, and it seems we found it."

"Fuck's sake, when will the old pervert leave us alone..."
24 + 55 (presence)= 79 Failure. [Shy] activated.
37 + 40 (perception) = 77 Failure.
Sally tried to mutter an excuse, but there were too many people, and only a string of jumbled words got out, earning herself a disgusted snort as the man began inspecting the laboratory. Then, one of them tripped, causing a platter of used surgical tools to fall on him. Other than that, it went as well as one could expect until, after a few minutes, the injured militia man began frothing at the mouth, attacking everyone in the lab and accidentally releasing the other undead in the laboratory. William started at that, then glared at her.

"What have you done, woman?!" He snarled as Sally whipped her wand out, and couldn't answer, but glared at him as if everything was his fault, which it was.

The following minutes went fast, as both of them fought both undead and contaminated staff until all undead were dead.
William : 79 + 150 (magical combat)
Sally : 2 + 100 (magical combat)
William wins
At that moment, Sally saw a flash of red sailing in her direction and couldn't dodge in time before it hit her.


When she came to, she was in a room, the meeting room, and she was bound, but her mouth was not gagged. In front of her were more people than ever, her fellow councilors, but also all of the powerful people in the city. And with this setup? She was fairly certain it was a tribunal.

"When was the last time you prayed to god you French Witch!"
"How long until you planned to eat his liver, Demon?"

She could hear imprecations, her being called a witch, a seductress, a Devil the Dauphin sold his soul to, a fox that seduced the Daimyo.

Her head hurt so much...

"I never prayed to him." she hissed, in pain.

A snort reached her ears and she realized, the tribunal in front of her hadn't spoken out.

"She is obviously schizophrenic. Are we really going to keep her where she can do even more damage?"

She looked up and saw that it was William who spoke up, Ava sitting at the far end of the room, her lips pinched.

"So far, she has brought more good than bad."

"Yes, I heard a certain Monique also did, then she tried to assassinate Lord Gwallawg."

"Of course, the asshole would use that. Sorry for the headaches hun, but we're gonna need you at your best soon."
Opening awakening sequence.

What best? She thought dazedly as the pain was ramping up.

"Still, her investigation brought results!" Ava raised a file containing the data they now had after the experiments.

"She used fiendfyre in the castle! That spell is far too unstable to be used here! that's severe endangerment!"

Ava got up from her chair, all fronts of seductiveness dropped.

"She's far too competent to lose control of the spell! If she judged it necessary, then it was! Unbind her immediately, we need her here, she's the only one who could read Dace's notes."

"Ah, yes, the notes that got stolen without anyone breaking in, and without anyone getting caught." An old man she barely remembered being an influential merchant sneered.

"I know you two are friends." William began" However, as the regent, you must not let your relationship blind the two of you. She's insane, a danger to our people, and if you don't banish her, you need to remove her from her post. "

"I will not!" The redhead shouted now. " You hated her from the very first day and now you're trying to force my hand?!"

"No." People began shouting outside, and a window was broken." This was me forcing your hand. You may not like it, but that woman has connections with people you do not want to be involved with, especially with those rumored blood cults."

"Hang in there!"
[ORIGIN] release.

Ava sat down, seething. Her nails clawed at the hand rest, and one of them broke. She ignored it though, even as blood began dripping down.

"I will get you for this."

William nodded.

"I fully expect you to do so, and I invite you to try." He then turned to the rest of the group. "And you, do you also agree she should stay?" the assembly exclaimed their refusal, and he nodded theatrically to the militiamen behind Sally. "Well then, drive her out."

"Yeah, how about no, you shitty old goat fucker?"

a column of fire separated her from the rest of the room and the person only she could ever see opened the door dramatically figure slouched and symbols dancing on his skin.

"So you finally show yourself," William growled.

"Yeah yeah whatevs pops." The dark man raised his middle finger in greeting as he walked unhurriedly towards Sally. "I'm kind of on a deadline here, big D's not gonna be happy if I fuck that up, so why don't you back to choking on Thor's dick or something you cum-gobbling little fuck? Still upset your main squeeze abandoned you for bird-brain?" He taunted the seething military man with a huge, toothy grin while undoing the bindings holding Sally and lifting her up.

Installing [ORIGIN]. Two matches found. Current specialty: Mysticism. One match found.

She was Fine. She would get better. She didn't need them.​
I haven't done anything wrong!
Why did it hurt so much...​
I only ever wanted to be accepted...
She remembered now.​
Why did they abandon me?
She had a mission.​
Why did he abandon me?
And a lady would never jeopardize her mission with such vulgar distraction.​

Therefore, she decided in her assigned transporter's arms, to Adventure she went!
Mikon~


Ava was furious, nay, enraged at the military man. She knew he was an ambitious worm, but not to that point. So she sent him to look for survivors and organize the coastal defenses as she had a job to do, and she would not give him the excuse to gain more power for himself. The mirror at Longbottom manor had been destroyed, however, and the secretary she contacted through the mirror told her Macavey had gone out to look for his wife.

No matter. Ava thought as she apparated to Powys, the green cube hovering over a rough pedestal. She heard about mental contamination, but, while they won a little bit of time, this wouldn't remain as peaceful.

She took a deep breath as she hesitantly touched the cube and felt... A slightly increased urge to swim in gems. Huh.

She hurried back to the manor, waiting for the sent teams to contact her, only to learn something huge. In fact, several huge things.

First, the outside world never experienced the sequence of events starting from 1981. The 'Devouring' never happened. Instead, from their point of view, the United Kingdom disappeared one day, causing worldwide panic as zombies appeared in Africa almost at the same time.
The world was at war with itself. Or more accurately, the world was at War with France, led by the dragon lord Oliver, who was thought to be behind the zombie plague.

A miraculous bout of luck led her to enter in contact with someone previously thought dead. Elizabeth Taylor, who informed her that, from their point of view, the United Kingdom disappeared during Autumn 1987.

As Dace was thought dead, all of his outside industries went to his last remaining heir, Scáthach Gwallawg, Elizabeth's granddaughter.

Ava was frowning.

Who was Scáthach Gwallawg?

She didn't get the time to ponder much longer as one of her aides came running to her with a new report.

All undead presences were converging towards the tower, that was currently under attack.


Eleventh hour : Level 1 : The Stage of Worldliness: Mundus : Complete/
Level 2 : The Many-faced Garden: Terra Begins.


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Some good and some bad this update. You cleaned ut the house, got free troops, lots on finfo on the enemy and cowed the factions for now. You lost Sally, who apparently has links with a mysterious dark man, and has an ORIGIN thing going on? This is all very mysterious. Also, huh. It may have been for the best to lose Sally now because she's hard mode...

Guess whose Nat 1 caused a burnt SSR... Yeah, I did the 'aaaaa' rage thing too. Tammy Y U no come home already ?!

Why are martial heroes always asses in this continuity?!

I mean, he saw the angry man and knew what he was, so sure, she'd look shifty at best... And she burnt a castle to the ground when in border patrol... Let's move on!

Also, I'll mention out that Hero units qualify as councilors. Urie's Diplo Mysticism while his not-a-girlfriend is Mysticism.

48 hours votes on this one, whit no time extension. Feel free to ask questions about this update, though I reserve the right to keep silent on a few select topics.

Now, off to the info section...​
 
South of them was Dyfed, a charred and now volcanic land and the survey team notice things like bones, or stone fragments in the shape of human limbs here and there.
Sally does some fine work~
They also found a specimen of strong undead imprisoned in solidified lava and sent word to the research team.
Apparently not fine enough if one survived but it's good for research so I'll accept it
Glamorgan was a slaughterhouse. Plain and simple. Piles of bodies littered the ground, some with the flesh having begun to slough off their bones, and the smell was enough to make one feel ill. Speaking of illnesses, the few survivors were falling ill, and despite the fact that the teams had taken with disposing of the bodies after identification, an epidemic was very likely to start off, what with the water being soiled with blood or worse.
Oh fuck plauges with zombies about are the worst even if the undead don't spread by breathing the same air *yet*
In comparison, Gwent only had a field of corpses where the undead army left, and what's more, a few people collapsed and died among the refugees. Upon closer inspection, they were recently turned undead, likely sent to infiltrate.
Gwent seems to be okay if with a lot of corpses though zombie infiltrators are scary
And that was it for the Undead threats. However, it was far from over, as while Ava ensured the panic wouldn't paralyze the domain, their plan to get rid of the anti-magic factions wasn't ready yet.
Oh yeah factions were a thing and I guess purging the anti-magic one is only logical given we're wizards.
What made it worse was that other factions were feeling a lot more aggravated, too. Ava was beginning to fear that she would have to deal with another rebellion.
Oh great rebellion as if we didn't already have too much shit to deal with
At least, the Warmongers were ecstatic after Sally's show of force and the conquest of Wales and openly declared their loyalty to the government, which helped keep the most hotheaded ones in line, but unless something is done in order to assuage their fears in a few years, they will cause problems.
This doesn't please me at all since like Ava says it's just future problems
Other than that William, after ensuring all of his paperwork was done, personally went on a hunt to track down any suspicious people. Apparently, that extended to anyone who sent information, including people in the countryside
Considering who Will is it isn't that surprising he was able to do all this
Moreover, after a bit of research, Sally managed to crack their ciphers,
This is funny in hindsight though also tragic in a way
Remnants of the Death eaters sympathizers were promptly caught and banished, Nott's spies were executed, Monique's magical monitoring devices were destroyed, and Dumbledore's own monitoring spells disappeared on their own, having unfortunate implications about the man's health.
That's a lot of spies thankfully we got rid of them
Of course, the capitalists were gently reminded by Ava that sedition was very much a synonym of betrayal, and people like Sally didn't like traitors at all...
I feel you Sally I too don't like traitors
No more spies in the capital.
Warmongers faction mood changed to Ecstatic. +200 trained Militia
Royalists and capitalists mood changed to Scared
Democrats and Traditionalists mood changed to Furious
No-majs mood changed to Enraged.
The no spies thing is good. the warmonger's giving us militia is pointless since they'll barely be meatshields but at least it isn't bad. Scaring and making some factions angry is annoying since it just makes it seem like our base is ready to be on fire.
Several old places were found, all with barriers and a rather large amount of a strange magic Sally insists is called willpower weaved in it. While they seemed non-threatening for now, they would require further investigating.
Oh, that sounds interesting too bad the rest of the update happened so we lost the one who could look at it.
Sally was investigating the zombies in the laboratory, the beasts having been bound and muzzled, and already, she obtained results.

"...I don't know whether I should feel amazed or horrified right now." Her everpresent companion muttered, his voice a bit more muffled than usual.
Sally doing some good if horrifying work judging by Angra
79 + 45 (research) = 124 Tier 4 success
58 + 50 (research) = 108 Tier 3 success
83 + 55 (research) = 138 Tier 3 success
84 +60 (research) = 144 Tier 3 success
45 +65 (research) = 110 Tier 2 success
Zombie evolutionary tree mapped out.
Sweet that should be helpful hopefully.
Tier 2 : Undead : Rank 0

Abilities

Hitpoints : 12
Mana : 0
Damage : 3
Attack : 10%
Defense : 0%
Ranged attack : 0%
Ranged defense : 0%
Speed : 4
Movement : 12


Tier 2 : Zombie : Rank 1

Abilities:

Undead : May not be affectd by morale
Contagion: Body fluids can contaminate others, leading to them turning into zombie themselves. Rank of the turned unit depends on original zank. Doesn't work on Elemental ( earth, water, fire, air) or Mechanical units.

Hitpoints : 24
Mana : 0
Damage : 4
Attack : 10%
Defense : 10%
Ranged attack : 0
Ranged defense : 10%
Speed : 4
Movement : 12


Tier 2 : Ravager : Rank 2

Abilities:

Half-dead : Unit cannot be affected by negative morale or anti-death spells.
Siege : May cause damage to structures.

Hitpoints : 26
Mana : 0
Damage : 6
Attack : 10%
Defense : 10%
Ranged attack : 0
Ranged defense : 10%
Speed : 5
Movement : 13


Tier 2 : Runner : Rank 3

Abilities:
Undead : May not be affectd by morale
Leaper : can cover a short distance in a pounce attack that deals 1,5x damage and has 10% chance of stunning the target, but its own defense is reduced to 0.

Hitpoints : 26
Mana : 0
Damage : 6
Attack : 10%
Defense : 10%
Ranged attack : 0
Ranged defense : 10%
Speed : 9
Movement : 20


Tier 2 : Banshee : Rank 4

Abilities
Undead : May not be affectd by morale
Angelification: the more experience it gains, the more it takes the appearence of an angel made of stone... And their skills.
Spellcaster: may cast spells
Reinforcements: Once a fight, may project their voice to call for reinforcements.

Hitpoints : 50
Mana : 20
Damage : 7
Attack : 10%
Defense : 10%
Ranged attack : 10%
Ranged defense : 10%
Speed : 6
Movement :16


Tier 2 : Black knight : Rank 5

Abilities :

Half-dead : Unit cannot be affected by negative morale or anti-death spells.
Riding: Gain additional movement and speed once mounted. Gain Charge skill.

Hitpoints : 70
Mana : 15
Damage : 9
Attack : 10%
Defense : 10%
Ranged attack : 0
Ranged defense : 10%
Speed : 7
Movement : 22
I don't understand this at all but it should be nice info to know. Maybe even for the NPCs! Would be nice for us to be the ones learning things before they do
"Hm, the cells aren't damaged on this kind of undead, meaning that it counts as alive, for all intents and purposes.
That's actually pretty terrifying given that most undead spells iirc kind of target the dead and don't hurt those 'alive'
"Ah, the Black Witch is butchering again. We have received word that something unethical was going on here, and it seems we found it."
What? They're zombies dude only Umbrella can do unethical things to them
"Fuck's sake, when will the old pervert leave us alone..."
I love you Angra never change
24 + 55 (presence)= 79 Failure. [Shy] activated.
37 + 40 (perception) = 77 Failure.
Fuck
Then, one of them tripped, causing a platter of used surgical tools to fall on him. Other than that, it went as well as one could expect until, after a few minutes, the injured militia man began frothing at the mouth, attacking everyone in the lab and accidentally releasing the other undead in the laboratory. William started at that, then glared at her.
I have much hate for this like come on he fucking tripped in the mad scientist's lab (sorry Sally but it's true)
but glared at him as if everything was his fault, which it was.
You tell him Sally
William : 79 + 150 (magical combat)
Sally : 2 + 100 (magical combat)
William wins
Fuck off Odin
When she came to, she was in a room, the meeting room, and she was bound, but her mouth was not gagged. In front of her were more people than ever, her fellow councilors, but also all of the powerful people in the city. And with this setup? She was fairly certain it was a tribunal.
Why the fuck are no names involved in this oh wait Odin
"When was the last time you prayed to god you French Witch!"
"How long until you planned to eat his liver, Demon?"

She could hear imprecations, her being called a witch, a seductress, a Devil the Dauphin sold his soul to, a fox that seduced the Daimyo.
And here we learn some things about how the setting works! Apparently, reincarnation is a thing and reliving events similar to your past lives lets some bleed through happening as we see here with Sally remembering being Jeane and Tammamo's trials
"I never prayed to him." she hissed, in pain.
This is an interesting tidbit for Jeane's character
"Yes, I heard a certain Monique also did, then she tried to assassinate Lord Gwallawg."
Did she? I thought she just knocked us out and stole Aife and our stuff since Revear would have kicked her ass if she actually tried killing Dace
"Still, her investigation brought results!" Ava raised a file containing the data they now had after the experiments.
More work than you have done so far Odin
"She used fiendfyre in the castle! That spell is far too unstable to be used here! that's severe endangerment!"
Well, you're alive so it couldn't have been that dangerous!
"She's far too competent to lose control of the spell! If she judged it necessary, then it was! Unbind her immediately, we need her here, she's the only one who could read Dace's notes."
Yeah seriously you're the one whose men fucked up enough that the magical napalm needed to be used
"I will not!" The redhead shouted now. " You hated her from the very first day and now you're trying to force my hand?!"
Go Ava you tell him.
"I fully expect you to do so, and I invite you to try." He then turned to the rest of the group. "And you, do you also agree she should stay?" the assembly exclaimed their refusal, and he nodded theatrically to the militiamen behind Sally. "Well then, drive her out."
Urge to get MP to fuck Odin's shit increases
"Yeah, how about no, you shitty old goat fucker?"

a column of fire separated her from the rest of the room and the person only she could ever see opened the door dramatically figure slouched and symbols dancing on his skin.
Ah Angra you wonderful trashfire you truly are the best worst boy
I'm kind of on a deadline here, big D's not gonna be happy if I fuck that up
I wonder who big D is? goD spelled backwards? Dormammu? The Devil?
so why don't you back to choking on Thor's dick or something you cum-gobbling little fuck?
I feel like this is tmi and implies weird things about Thor in this universe
Still upset your main squeeze abandoned you for bird-brain?
The main squeeze of Odin would be Freya right? Or is this talking about Sal's love? Anyways bird-brain... Ra? Horus? I think those two are bird headed
Installing [ORIGIN]. Two matches found. Current specialty: Mysticism. One match found.
Yeah Orgin=Reincarnation or at least that's close enough. Sally rolled Tammy since as it says above Sally is Mysticism based which is closer to Tammaro then Jeane
She was Fine. She would get better. She didn't need them.​
I haven't done anything wrong!
Why did it hurt so much...​
I only ever wanted to be accepted...
She remembered now.​
Why did they abandon me?
She had a mission.​
Why did he abandon me?
And a lady would never jeopardize her mission with such vulgar distraction.​

Therefore, she decided in her assigned transporter's arms, to Adventure she went!
Mikon~
Byby Fox waifu I'll miss you!
Ava was furious, nay, enraged at the military man. She knew he was an ambitious worm, but not to that point. So she sent him to look for survivors and organize the coastal defenses as she had a job to do, and she would not give him the excuse to gain more power for himself.
Please send him to die Ava, please
No matter. Ava thought as she apparated to Powys, the green cube hovering over a rough pedestal. She heard about mental contamination, but, while they won a little bit of time, this wouldn't remain as peaceful.

She took a deep breath as she hesitantly touched the cube and felt... A slightly increased urge to swim in gems. Huh.
Nice to see Ava isn't going to change that much from the anchor. Also good dreams Ava good dreams
First, the outside world never experienced the sequence of events starting from 1981. The 'Devouring' never happened. Instead, from their point of view, the United Kingdom disappeared one day, causing worldwide panic
And here we learn IC that the barrier was a Barrier
s zombies appeared in Africa almost at the same time.
Not sure what this is about besides vaguely blaming DQ 1 Volde
he world was at war with itself. Or more accurately, the world was at War with France, led by the dragon lord Oliver, who was thought to be behind the zombie plague.
I have to wonder how they came to that conclusion that the Nature guy was involved with the Dead rising
A miraculous bout of luck led her to enter in contact with someone previously thought dead. Elizabeth Taylor, who informed her that, from their point of view, the United Kingdom disappeared during Autumn 1987.
And here we learn about the time discrepancy and how Chronos only reminded the board and not the whole DQ1 world
As Dace was thought dead, all of his outside industries went to his last remaining heir, Scáthach Gwallawg, Elizabeth's granddaughter.

Ava was frowning.

Who was Scáthach Gwallawg?
Another example of this being DQ1 Scathach aka Chibi. Also goddamit she has all the stuff I was looking forward to getting. Oh well
She didn't get the time to ponder much longer as one of her aides came running to her with a new report.

All undead presences were converging towards the tower, that was currently under attack.
Oh fuck the undead are moving again and someone is attacking the tower. We don't know who but Panda said that it is a "Black cloud" on discord
Eleventh hour : Level 1 : The Stage of Worldliness: Mundus : Complete/
Level 2 : The Many-faced Garden: Terra Begins.
Level up 2/10
Round 2 start
 
[X] Plan babysitter 53
-[X] [POV] Urie
-[X] [Council] Urie Blake: Mysticism
-[X] [Council] Sharon: Mysticism
-[X][Caretaker] Veela babysitter when they arrive but until then Ava
-[X] Contact Oliver and see if you can get a Veela babysitter for Craidd
-[X] Equip heroes with whatever artifacts that will help and have them supervise troops and construction of forts down south.
-[X] See who is attacking the tower.
 
Why a Veela? Is it to ignore Craids supernatural handsomeness or just to have a strong defender? Also, can we even find a Veela to babysit. The sort of homeland of France is currently under siege, and based on book 4, Veela don't seem to settle in the UK.
It's for the allure yeah.
And that's why we're asking the French dragon lord to send one our way instead of looking ourselves.
 
It's for the allure yeah.
And that's why we're asking the French dragon lord to send one our way instead of looking ourselves.

Is contacting Oliver specifically for a babysitter a smart idea when the man is technically waging war with all his neighbors? I had the impression besides the undead and dragons that he's alone.
 
Is contacting Oliver specifically for a babysitter a smart idea when the man is technically waging war with all his neighbors? I had the impression besides the undead and dragons that he's alone.

One veela isn't exactly a major blow to his forces since I doubt he'll be sending a hero unit like one of his sisters. And frankly, he's half veela, he understands exactly how bad an out of control allure can be, especially for a child. He's kind enough that he won't let a child suffer through that.

And sending a message discreetly isn't hard, and the same can be said for sending a single person over without being detected.
 
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