i was thinking them simply dedicating a single thunderfire barge to a norscan attack on skaltaten could be enough 30ft rockets the most powerful ammunitions in the old world
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i was reading a pdf quest recently got it mixed up
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He likely made sure the dragon was given such a beating beforehand it was unlikely to wake up before she healed it, helped along by fact he could nearly kill it and his love would be able to get it back to 100% health due to her powers.
Tyrion loves the Everqueen and also knows how many forces out there would love to murder her, so he is naturally protective wherever it can apply and likely only being comfortable not being by her side so long as she is in Averlorn.
Issue is that'd be a suicide mission for them, and while they have a lot of magic, they don't travel much, and frankly Salkalten is stupidly fortified thanks to our Dawi friends. Taking it from the outside is going to be really freaking difficult by design. They'd be throwing away good resources on a raid that would not net them much benefit. I don't put it past them to eventually come up with a way, but I doubt they are in a hurry especially given how backstabby they all and how much of a loop they got knocked for in KU. I expect it to either be far more subtle than a single barge though, since they can actually somewhat into subterfuge and spy craft or far far more blatant with a coterie of sorcerers leading a enslaved army and navy of greenskins and/or beastmen or humans. Chaos dwarves much like normal ones, don't do things by half measures.
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Any chance the Twins and best vampires will get home before the empire spanning war with the Beastmen kicks off?
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Almost zero chance of that happening beyond like cross-continental teleportation
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Genevieve did spend multiple decades finding the fastest way from Cathay to Araby (comparatively just a quick hop to the Empire) but I expect that'd still leave them coming too late. And that's if they left now, when the twins and teacher would presumably want to check things out in Cathay before making their way back to the Empire.
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Our vampire friends are unlikely to leave for fear of retribution while Johanna's training is not complete. But the twins got from the Mountains of Mourne to Araby in a year, that's about the difference between southwest Cathay and Ostland.
It really depends on if they're going to Nippon to gather information about the Undead threat there as well.
It really depends on if they're going to Nippon to gather information about the Undead threat there as well.
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I mean, in fairness, if the first section was in the beginning of 2335 and the second near the end of 2336, it could be almost two years.
I don't know, I doubt they'll be showing up in time for the big event unless Malagor gets substantially delayed (possibly from Gorebash?)
strauss had it pretty good:
He was basically reverting to Standard Asur Professional Mode. He was extremely leery of the ongoing events for multiple reasons. He did not, does not I should say, trust any human with being involved in such major elf matters. It was one thing before when the stakes were lower, but now it's a meeting of intrigue and danger and what the hell this human is bumbling around in the mix that just adds a whole other sector of potential issues, etc. Basically, he resented Frederick for adding a new host of potential problems into the already volatile mix simply by being present. Is another human army going to barge in? Human chaos worshippers? Infiltrators? Will out ships be blockaded by desperate and idiotic humans so sure that if they can just get an audience with the Everqueen they could something something blank something stupid and human? And so on. It had nothing to do with Frederick the person, and everything such a presence might represent. He takes protecting Allarielle very seriously, after all.
Is it just empire spanning by the way? It seemed like most of the prep scenes we saw were in the Empire, but it's not like the beastmen respect human political boundaries. How far outside the empire might this beastmen attack spill? Are Kislev and Brettonia going to share in the fun? Further out than that?
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*shrugs* Mhmhm.
We'll see I guess. Want to use that debt for her service in campaign before we die or retire.
Thanks for clarifying!
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It's quite clear that Agatha and Alisa are on the same "wavelength" so to speak, to the point where they're literally referred to as "The Dark Sisters" and finish each others sentences, but are there any real differences between them? Like, minor things. Does Alisa like sweet food and Agatha prefer the spicy foods she had in Ind, or some other minor details like that.
It's not exactly an important question, but I think the fact that I care enough to wonder this gets across how much I enjoy the quest.
It's quite clear that Agatha and Alisa are on the same "wavelength" so to speak, to the point where they're literally referred to as "The Dark Sisters" and finish each others sentences, but are there any real differences between them? Like, minor things. Does Alisa like sweet food and Agatha prefer the spicy foods she had in Ind, or some other minor details like that.
It's not exactly an important question, but I think the fact that I care enough to wonder this gets across how much I enjoy the quest.
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@torroar I was curious, do we have an estimate of when the repairs from the Holders of the Shore attack will be fixed? I would hope relatively soon considering we were quick to hand out funds to help repair the coastal/river settlements that were effected but then again we have no idea how damaging said attacks were, could have used enough fire to burn down parts to foundations in some locations for example.
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Malagor seems pretty focused on the Empire itself.
Nope! It's part of what adds to the 'creepy' factor. They took to the Amethyst Telepathy thing quite quickly, extremely so. You know how in their interlude, you had the sections like this:
wdͤoᵏ ᶰtͤʷhʷeͪyͣ ͭtʷhͦiͧˡnͩkᵇ ͤweͬ ͤᵠaͧrͥeͬ ͤsͩcʷaͪrͤᶰeʷdͤ wͨeͣ ͫhͤavͪeͤ ͬfͤaᵇcͧeͭd ͥthͣeͫ eͫnͦtͬhͤraͨlͦᶰlͨeͤdͬᶰ ͤbͩefͣᵇoͦrͧeͭ ᵗʰᵉ
Right? That's indicative of them communicating at the speed of thought so quickly their thoughts are literally intermingled with one another. It's also represented in their physical reactions to things:
Mirrored and synchronous in subconscious reactions, with peerless coordination in conscious ones a lot of the time, even if for some reason they cannot maintain their constant telepathic connection. Earlier portions involving them showed how their voices were creaky and vocal reactions rusty due to lack of use, because they're basically talking to each other all the time constantly. The Magistrix had to train them to at least exercise their voices regularly to try and get their voices at non-sepulchural tones.
They like the same foods and drinks, even. Remember the 'favored drink list' I posed sometime ago? Wasn't threadmarked, but it's there. There's a reason it went
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You can see the difference, yeah? They were born in Natasha's womb after both Natasha and Frederick were swamped with Quaysh in a powerful healing spell utilized by Archmage/Loremaster Aurelion, who at the time was also and still is attuned to the Eternity Stair, which is a powerful Arcane Fulcrum of permanence that is stable enough to have formed out of a Storm of Magic and remained afterwards. In an area utterly inundated with Shyish, due to being domain of Zacharias and the final major battle that took place, having soaked with Dhar for 2000+ years. The Dhar was/is being cleansed, leaving Shyish behind. But yeah, it was the High Magic spell that Aurelion wove into Frederick and Natasha, still getting used to the sheer power of an Arcane Fulcrum, that led to the two getting so charged with life and energy and emotion that uh, you know.
They created some life themselves: Agatha and Alisa.
Their purple-eyed albinism and innate strong connection to Shyish is a direct physical result of that, as is their height and strength, as is shown on their character sheets, beneath Auspicious Blood? They're the only ones on the front page with sub-traits like that, after all. If born in another circumstance, they might have just been two 'normal' Hohenzollerns, not overly strong or overly tall, just happening to be twins. Or even maybe not, and born years apart from one another, replacing other circumstances...well, chance and all that. We all know how utterly up to chance matters of birth can be/are.
No, but it is in progress. The funds you handed out are being utilized, yes.
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In that case, would it be fair to view them as one combined being, since the differences between them are so minute as to essentially not exist at all? That's the gist I'm kind of getting, in that while they each are technically separate, they're so interconnected with one another that the line between separate and same is blurred to the point of being unrecognizable. I wonder if it's some soul-related shenanigans causing them to be so synchronous, or if wizard telepathy is just fiber optic.
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I hope if/when the twins come home to visit they don't get blamed for the events that they weren't there for.
They seem to be separate beings, if nothing else, if one died the other one would stick around, if likely unhappily.
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Why on earth would they be blamed for them? Did you mean to say blame themselves?
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I can't wait until the twins are full magisters of their own, I'd love to see them throwing death spells around on hordes of greenskins/beastmen/norscan or what have you.
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So the twins are almost one person with two bodies? or one and a half since they have two minds that are so in sink that they run parallel to each other. each mind having it's own thoughts but also "hearing" the thoughts of the other keeping them essentially the same person.
Eh. They're distinct. They acknowledge their names separately. You'll never catch Agatha responding to Alisa or vice versa unless they're doing so deliberately out of duplicity or something else like that.
But, to try and put the telepathy they share into perspective, think to yourself. Think some thoughts. Like, I don't know, reading something or reciting something. Then speed up how fast you're thinking, I know you can do it. Then imagine yourself hearing another voice at that same speed, and responding to it just as quickly. Like, really, really try to imagine what literal Speed of Thought communication is like. They learned to maintain conversation with their mouths and with each other at the same time, because it's thought. It's literal thought. They're immense chatterboxes, but only mentally, talking to one another constantly about all sorts of things all the time, bouncing off one another and formulating responses and so on. Also with their master, Magistrix Draken. Just because Amethyst Wizards can use telepathy doesn't mean that they are all carbon copies of one another, yeah?
Physically, they have the same exact spell list, they work with each other on learning until both have requisite knowledge and control. They have the same weapon preferences and fighting styles, because they have the exact same builds. They built their familiars together, and so their familiars have the same characteristics. However, they do differ in that they have different scars from various stabs/cuts/etc.
But, to try and put the telepathy they share into perspective, think to yourself. Think some thoughts. Like, I don't know, reading something or reciting something. Then speed up how fast you're thinking, I know you can do it. Then imagine yourself hearing another voice at that same speed, and responding to it just as quickly. Like, really, really try to imagine what literal Speed of Thought communication is like. They learned to maintain conversation with their mouths and with each other at the same time, because it's thought. It's literal thought. They're immense chatterboxes, but only mentally, talking to one another constantly about all sorts of things all the time, bouncing off one another and formulating responses and so on. Also with their master, Magistrix Draken. Just because Amethyst Wizards can use telepathy doesn't mean that they are all carbon copies of one another, yeah?
Physically, they have the same exact spell list, they work with each other on learning until both have requisite knowledge and control. They have the same weapon preferences and fighting styles, because they have the exact same builds. They built their familiars together, and so their familiars have the same characteristics. However, they do differ in that they have different scars from various stabs/cuts/etc.
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I imagine they can pull off some impressive combo/cooperative spellcasting since they are so sink with one another compared to most other wizards.
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No?
They're identical twins with telepathy and a fuckton of magic