Warhammer Fantasy: A Dynasty of Dynamic Alcoholism

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MasterDrakus said:
You know, I don't get the Cult of Pleasure tbh, most of them were evil backstabbing druchii even before joining it but they have to know that even if they somehow won and took over a entire ark, Malekith would not be amused and their end would be extremely violent
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Didn't Hultressa mention something about Alyssa trying to hide behind Morathi's shadows? By most accounts Morathi engages in a lot of Slaaneshi worship while using a figleaf of it actually being Atharti worship. Maybe Alyssa thinks Morathi could arrange her a pass?
 
torroar said:
He told her no, and in their final communication attempt whereupon she had exhausted all other limited methods and items informed her that she was too well tainted and damned by being a Druchii to ever be allowed to step a foot onto Ulthuan, after dangling the possibility in front of her for the past three hundred years. And that her daughter, by the measure of her accursed birth, was little better. He said she had proven useful for a time, and that she should take that small comfort with her to her eventual grave.
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Anar is class capital A hole that can fuck himself raw with pineapple jesus that is low
 
Travler66 said:
What a cold asshole. Like, it wouldn't have cost Alith Anar anything to get a Hultressa and Gwendolyn out of their situation.
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...I mean. Yeah. Potentially given the number of Drucchi sleeper agents that have caused problems over the years. There are arguably good reasons not to do it. Not moral ones, but this is a man who has long since discarded morality.

Yes he is an absolute dipshit, but while its arguable his paranoia has a reason I think it important to note that he's also an absolute sadist when it comes to Druchi. IIRC.
 
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Fenrir44 said:
Anar is class capital A hole that can fuck himself raw with pineapple jesus that is low
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By his standards he was probably being awesome though. Inflicting physical torture to Druchii is something he probably gets to do often enough. That sort of psychological torture of crushing their hopes and dreams after leading them on for centuries? Probably a rare chance even for him.
 
Mmm, this seems relevant enough to post excerpts from.

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Foes Near And Far
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"The bargain made was simple, daemon," Malekith finally spoke once more with unholy bemusement. "A pact of mutual aid. To escape the Realm of Chaos, and in return, a boon of power and strength."

Dechala cackled, madness in her eyes as she beheld him, her serpentine body undulating back and forth.

"How could I possibly have imagined that the boon, the power…would be all I have desired since my parents first sold me away?!" She'd spoken at first slowly, sibilantly, but the pace increased faster and faster. "For thousands and thousands of years I have cut my way across the Wastes, through the Realm, even reached the Palace of Perfection, yet ever have I been denied ascension! All because of you, because of you, because of you, because of YOU!" She shrieked the last word and then flung herself forward.

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"Dechala. Our bargain has been fulfilled. Power for service." Malekith spoke fearlessly as she looked down upon him.

The newly born daemon prince breathed in deeply before opening her mouth, letting a large forked tongue taste at the air while simultaneously exposing a set of perfect elven teeth that were stained a mixture of purple, black, and pink.

"Yessssss…the bargain was fulfilled…," she hissed, but it was a two-toned voice, a mixture of her own and that of, disturbingly, Samael. "And I shall devour his essence forever, and he will have the bond he so desired…but in accordance with my desires…," she laughed.

Dechala twitched slightly before looking down on him.

"Service for power. But I am bound to Slaanesh, mortal," she did not yet speak the word with the derision so many of her kind did, "Yet all the same, the bargain was made…and I shall fulfill it, for it fulfills the design of the True Prince of Chaos."

The weapons melted away, leaving her six arms free to fold together in a complicated gesture as she bowed ever so slightly.

"Besides which…," she chuckled, a noise that would send weaker willed mortals to their knees and begging to hear it but one more time. "I was once a Princess of Nagarythe. The irony of serving you, even if momentarily, amuses me."

"Momentarily?" Malekith asked with dangerous note in his voice.

Dechala's face writhed before settling into a blank mask devoid of even the slightest hint of mortal existence, leaning back ever so slightly as she noted the tightened grip on his sword.

"All mortal things are momentary, Witch King. Only that under the purview of the Dark Gods can be truly timeless. You passed through Their Realm, you know this," Dechala said slowly. "In fact, if you only-,"

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"Mother," Malekith said with only cool acknowledgement. "You are just in time for our discussion."

"I was unaware that such a thing was planned," she replied haughtily, hefting her arms beneath her chest. "Did I not bring you to this Black Tower when you stumbled back into the docks two years ago? Did I not locate all of Hotek's remaining tools, tear his soul forth to aid in your healing, perform the process myself at the Altar of Ultimate Darkness?"

She cared not that she spilled the information with the daemon within hearing range, for Morathi would brook no insult from anyone, even including her son.

"You did," he inclined his head shallowly.

Morathi narrowed her eyes.

"And now we shall speak on other matters."

"Such as?" She rolled her eyes.

"The Cult of Pleasure."
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Imperious said:
By his standards he was probably being awesome though. Inflicting physical torture to Druchii is something he probably gets to do often enough. That sort of psychological torture of crushing their hopes and dreams after leading them on for centuries? Probably a rare chance even for him.
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More like gets off on it are we sure he is not druchii?
 
Alith Anar by my understanding is very much "be careful when you use the devil's weapons lest you become them."

Cause ehh...yeah. There's a strong argument to be made he's about as bad in some respects it's just pointed at the Druchi most of the time.

Fenrir44 said:
More like gets off on it are we sure he is not druchii?
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? I mean...yeah technically?

He's very much not a Druchii in the sense that he isn't culturally, but to say he isn't akin to them would probably be saying a lot. I imagine that's part of why he's almost a myth on Ulthuan the reality would definitely hurt their pride.
 
Alright, first post here after moratorium. I'm debating the troops orders, but I do know what I want to advocate for inside the Ark (Gewn and Eldyra are the priorities to get out. Malekith can have the stress ball to burst as long as they do that, the homies get out, and ideally Fred and Nat).

[X] Focus On Freeing Other Slaves, Combat Capable Ones

And in a hostile perimeter where Warp Fuckery is afoot, I advocate for the All Guardsmen Party's Battle Plan, certified by countless battles against the daemonic, the heretic, and the psychotic Inquisitor (as sadistic as the average Drucchi/ Dark Eldar (/NotIndulgingGeeDubsPosturing):

>Step 1: Secure the perimeter
>Step 2: Determine chain of command
>Step 3: Call for backup if needed
>Step 4: Establish contact with friendlies
>Step 5: Combine forces with friendlies and repeat

Natasha has a perimeter under her command, and backup will be needed to break through daemons. So time to search for friendlies so they can be the backup she needs to extend the perimeter until it includes Alyssa's hidey hole, and the perimeter can be secured for good by disposing of her.

Bonus points, doing so kills off any Drucchi trying to actively stabilize the situation, compromising their perimeter, kills off Daemons and loyalists looking out for cheap sacrifices to bolster their numbers, weakening their perimeter, and reinforcing all friendlies' perimeters.

Also, the homies still need rescuing and securing, and Gwen. Because I assume by the timeAlyssa kicks the bucket, even in a rush, the warranty of that hunk of rock will expire for good.
 
It is Alith Anar's sincere belief that the best possible thing that Hultressa could ever do, from this point forward, to benefit the world, and herself, is to straight up just die. And her daughter to. Like, if he had a preference, she'd have slit her throat and that of Gwendolyn the minute she stopped focusing on working to smuggle innocent children to Ulthuan away from the Druchii and started focusing on rescuing herself and her daughter out from being Druchii. Because Hultressa is a Druchii, and there is no escape from that save death. The faster the better, though long and drawn out would also be acceptable. Gwendolyn, by virtue of her Khaine-accursed/blessed status, should also be treated the same. She's too old to be saved anyway. There was always going to be a time factor of efficacy for Hultressa as an agent anyway, only so many children she could smuggle out, so much intelligence she could pass on, before inevitably Malekith or one of his own agents or Morathi or her agents or so on would have caught on, and would have tortured Hultressa for her secrets and knowledge. And she was coming up on that effective service date as well anyway, and he was ready to start shopping for a replacement component of his vast intricate anti-Druchii network anyhow.

So die.

Die.

Die as all Druchii should, and know that in some small part, you helped the Asur, and hurt the Druchii, and that should be enough for you to hold onto as your soul is swallowed up by Ereth Khial or whichever of the Cytharai ends up taking on the tainted burden of your Druchii souls.
 
torroar said:
It is Alith Anar's sincere belief that the best possible thing that Hultressa could ever do, from this point forward, to benefit the world, and herself, is to straight up just die. And her daughter to. Like, if he had a preference, she'd have slit her throat and that of Gwendolyn the minute she stopped focusing on working to smuggle innocent children to Ulthuan away from the Druchii and started focusing on rescuing herself and her daughter out from being Druchii. Because Hultressa is a Druchii, and there is no escape from that save death. The faster the better, though long and drawn out would also be acceptable. Gwendolyn, by virtue of her Khaine-accursed/blessed status, should also be treated the same. She's too old to be saved anyway. There was always going to be a time factor of efficacy for Hultressa as an agent anyway, only so many children she could smuggle out, so much intelligence she could pass on, before inevitably Malekith or one of his own agents or Morathi or her agents or so on would have caught on, and would have tortured Hultressa for her secrets and knowledge. And she was coming up on that effective service date as well anyway, and he was ready to start shopping for a replacement component of his vast intricate anti-Druchii network anyhow.

So die.

Die.

Die as all Druchii should, and know that in some small part, you helped the Asur, and hurt the Druchii, and that should be enough for you to hold onto as your soul is swallowed up by Ereth Khial or whichever of the Cytharai ends up taking on the tainted burden of your Druchii souls.
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That is hilariously morbid and utterly believable.
 
torroar said:
It is Alith Anar's sincere belief that the best possible thing that Hultressa could ever do, from this point forward, to benefit the world, and herself, is to straight up just die. And her daughter to. Like, if he had a preference, she'd have slit her throat and that of Gwendolyn the minute she stopped focusing on working to smuggle innocent children to Ulthuan away from the Druchii and started focusing on rescuing herself and her daughter out from being Druchii. Because Hultressa is a Druchii, and there is no escape from that save death. The faster the better, though long and drawn out would also be acceptable. Gwendolyn, by virtue of her Khaine-accursed/blessed status, should also be treated the same. She's too old to be saved anyway. There was always going to be a time factor of efficacy for Hultressa as an agent anyway, only so many children she could smuggle out, so much intelligence she could pass on, before inevitably Malekith or one of his own agents or Morathi or her agents or so on would have caught on, and would have tortured Hultressa for her secrets and knowledge. And she was coming up on that effective service date as well anyway, and he was ready to start shopping for a replacement component of his vast intricate anti-Druchii network anyhow.

So die.

Die.

Die as all Druchii should, and know that in some small part, you helped the Asur, and hurt the Druchii, and that should be enough for you to hold onto as your soul is swallowed up by Ereth Khial or whichever of the Cytharai ends up taking on the tainted burden of your Druchii souls.
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Alith Anar when he ended the charade on Hultressa:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFOlVVJAT20
 
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Plus, give his only goal, (in his pov) he could had look at this extreme good sorceress that continues to serve (his) goals well, think what would happen if another get her place and much of her treasures that she did no carry away and think 'nah, I want her there'. So long she was there was one terror maker not making 'proper' elves into meat golems.

Plus her, 'inevitable', fall would harm some other sorceress (in a extreme important assets of his enemy no less). and she still could be lying (in his pov). plus all the possible resources he would need to burn to bring tainted good that need to be watched forever.

xxxxx

that being said yeah it was still stupid and probably show some lack of flexibility to his goals by other means. like getting rich(er), finding more allies (not directly involve in elves matters) and so on. this do not seems to be in his playing book;

edit: rogue'd^^.
 
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torroar said:
Mmm, this seems relevant enough to post excerpts from.
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It was exactly the above that came to my mind when I read this chapter.

Also, to add to this, Hultressa has mentioned this before:
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That remains true, for the most part. But there have been…changes, lately," she says, eyes closing again. "The Witch King has made agreements with other Cults, and with the First Hag Queen, about…hmm," she purses her lips again. "I imagine you would be most disquieted to associate with those who worship the Dark Gods of Chaos, yes?"
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Then there was another mention in this chapter:
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"I would expect you to keep it from bothering me again, but yes," Hultressa says, sounding bored before her gaze sharpens. "Even if you plot to shield yourself beneath Morathi's shadow after the decree of the Witch King, I doubt she would deign to do so if you let it raise up the Legion of Rapturous Agony to attack the Ark again."
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It seems to me that the witch-king has allowed to (semi-?)officially allow the cult of pleasure to exist, as long as it is under the aegis of Morathi.

This might be one of the reasons that Alyssa is believing that she is able to act openly without inviting Malekith's retaliation.
 
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torroar said:
It is Alith Anar's sincere belief that the best possible thing that Hultressa could ever do, from this point forward, to benefit the world, and herself, is to straight up just die. And her daughter to. Like, if he had a preference, she'd have slit her throat and that of Gwendolyn the minute she stopped focusing on working to smuggle innocent children to Ulthuan away from the Druchii and started focusing on rescuing herself and her daughter out from being Druchii. Because Hultressa is a Druchii, and there is no escape from that save death. The faster the better, though long and drawn out would also be acceptable. Gwendolyn, by virtue of her Khaine-accursed/blessed status, should also be treated the same. She's too old to be saved anyway. There was always going to be a time factor of efficacy for Hultressa as an agent anyway, only so many children she could smuggle out, so much intelligence she could pass on, before inevitably Malekith or one of his own agents or Morathi or her agents or so on would have caught on, and would have tortured Hultressa for her secrets and knowledge. And she was coming up on that effective service date as well anyway, and he was ready to start shopping for a replacement component of his vast intricate anti-Druchii network anyhow.

So die.

Die.

Die as all Druchii should, and know that in some small part, you helped the Asur, and hurt the Druchii, and that should be enough for you to hold onto as your soul is swallowed up by Ereth Khial or whichever of the Cytharai ends up taking on the tainted burden of your Druchii souls.
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If Frederick lives trough this he will need to send Alith Anar a letter.
 
EVA-Saiyajin said:
Alith Anar has very good reasons to feel as he does though.
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Yes. For anyone else. Frederick killed Tullaris Dreadbringer, an actual pillar of Druchii society without whom they will be permanently lesser than before.

Imperious said:
Good luck to us with that. Morathi is still searching for Alith Anar.

The guy didn't manage 7,000 years of puling stunts like that by being easy to find.
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Yes well Frederick can just stay sober for a bit, actually contemplate Alith Anar's internal logic and go find him. Remember Morathi has limitations in Elven Pride, self-centered moral/ethical/pragmatic framework and being insane from huffing so much Dhar over the millennia. Frederick has none of those limitations, a good understanding at this point of how Elven minds work and has lived trough getting his revenge so can actually think like Alith Anar if he wants to instead of having to.
 
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