Understandable yes.

As it is, none of the people that make up Natasha's 'Fuck You' Force currently even know that such things once upon a time existed in the Tor of Dominance. At the moment, Natasha isn't planning on going to the Tor immediately, she needs to bleed the Druchii more, cause more chaos, kill more of them, hopefully catch a Sorceress or two, potentially build up her forces more from other recruited slaves, and then head to the Tor, kick Alyssa's head in, rescue her husband, and then get off the Ark before or as its sinking. That's her current plan of action atm. The vote is for how she's currently approaching to reach that end goal.

Good to know I had a feeling that was the case, but it's good to have confirmation. Also is it possible that Hultressa has already fled the ark with Gwyn or is she still in the ark?
 
That's spoilers. We don't know IC. But Natasha is convinced she's still around, if only to have access to Sadrina to beg for safe harbor.
Yeah that makes a lot of sense, I'm just curious cause I really really wanna repair a relationship with with her. Yes it hurt to see her leave us behind, but really she did what had a decent parent would . She was scarred about her daughter and ran to save her, let's just hope Natasha spars her long enough to see that lol.
 
That's spoilers. We don't know IC. But Natasha is convinced she's still around, if only to have access to Sadrina to beg for safe harbor.
IC we can assume it is the case because there was a reason she wanted the handmaiden so badly. As you said, Natasha has enough of a read on what Hultressa wants to know she's sticking to that goal still, even with everything else going fubar.
 
Hey @torroar, I was rereading some of your writing and I had to ask because I think I wasn't understanding some parts. How is the Ark moving back to Norsca if Alyassa is focused on torturing Frederick? Wouldn't that also risk them being also invaded by the Norscan forces under the "Emperor of Chaos" if he finds out a Black Ark filled with Dark Elves and Slanneshi Demons are crawling on his shores? Similar question, how soon now before we go back to Norsca in that case, a few weeks or like a month or longer because of Voidreaper going Cuckoo and one of the Anchor's getting destroyed by a giant sea beast that was caused by Magdha with some Divine power of hers?

On the question of Voidreaper, when one of the coven talked back to her, did she just straight up kill her? I can't tell if that happened since their was no discernable reaction from the other sorcerous from my reading since Frederick was blind while all of this was happening. Also, did that one coven elf with the missing arm ever regrow it, or take care of it in some way, or did she just die of bloodloss?
 
How is the Ark moving back to Norsca

It was never not moving towards Norsca. It was going to raid some islands, and then head south to Norsca to chat up some of the Slaaneshi tribes there, with the Emperor of Chaos very focused on the Norse Dwarfs to the point of sucking up most the tribes entirely from the coasts of Norsca. The Auction happened mid-transit on that point, slowed somewhat, but not stopped. So it's less that it 'restarted' and more that it was somewhat more accelerated. Most of the more military knowledgable members of Natasha's party agree, they're heading to Norsca to do what the Druchii have done for a long time - make patsies and use out of the Chaos tribes, just like Morathi often does. Their possessing a powerful Herald of Slaanesh on their side would work to make the Emperor less immediately try and destroy them, as he's currently attempting to faux-Everchosen himself by dragging different worshippers of the Dark Gods with him on his crusade against the Norse Dwarfs and their frustrating traitorous human tribe allies.

The scene between the two Sorceresses muttering amongst themselves was as they were flying high and fast through the sky, while Alyssa remained behind to go after Johanna, Sadrina, Kerillian, and so on. So they didn't actually say it in earshot.

Also, vote closes in the morning EST.
 
Just wanted to say Torroar, damn good chapter and I hope you keep up the great work. Hultressa's actions are completely understandable, and I hope that somehow Isha cucks Khaine for Gwens soul. Also if some how those other wizards get out, it will be a fun, hard to explain, time.

Side note, was it mentioned who Gwens dad was and I missed it; or did Alyssa and co just choose some random schmuck?
 
It was never not moving towards Norsca. It was going to raid some islands, and then head south to Norsca to chat up some of the Slaaneshi tribes there, with the Emperor of Chaos very focused on the Norse Dwarfs to the point of sucking up most the tribes entirely from the coasts of Norsca. The Auction happened mid-transit on that point, slowed somewhat, but not stopped. So it's less that it 'restarted' and more that it was somewhat more accelerated. Most of the more military knowledgable members of Natasha's party agree, they're heading to Norsca to do what the Druchii have done for a long time - make patsies and use out of the Chaos tribes, just like Morathi often does. Their possessing a powerful Herald of Slaanesh on their side would work to make the Emperor less immediately try and destroy them, as he's currently attempting to faux-Everchosen himself by dragging different worshippers of the Dark Gods with him on his crusade against the Norse Dwarfs and their frustrating traitorous human tribe allies
Question? I get it is still moving south but what if they find out they have trouble stopping? I mean who is steering right now? Stress fractures in a hull of stone held together by magic may be enough to not sink. You stated the ark has redundant keystones. But is it enough to avoid the consequences of a fracture coming from below that destroyed the keystone? Fractures can spread. Especially in arctic conditions. Or if you suddenly add a kinetic impact with something bigger.
 
Question? I get it is still moving south but what if they find out they have trouble stopping? I mean who is steering right now? Stress fractures in a hull of stone held together by magic may be enough to not sink. You stated the ark has redundant keystones. But is it enough to avoid the consequences of a fracture coming from below that destroyed the keystone? Fractures can spread. Especially in arctic conditions. Or if you suddenly add a kinetic impact with something bigger.

Enough of the coven is alive right now to steer the Ark.

Now if some die over the next update or two before we reach Norsca proper, well who knows. Maybe the Ark will ram the coast and suffer severe structural damage.
 
[X] B, A, C

[X] Focus on purely attacking Alyssan loyalists and daemons.

Also a question.
Before the great greenskin ritual that broke the gate of Everpeak, was there also a greenskin shaman (Ork or Goblin) in the chamber where Freddy is now?
Who then presumably got purged because of the results of the ritual driving greenskins all over the world insane.
 
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Enough of the coven is alive right now to steer the Ark.

Now if some die over the next update or two before we reach Norsca proper, well who knows. Maybe the Ark will ram the coast and suffer severe structural damage.
Steering is less an issue than that there are a bunch of inherently unstable dhar-powered constructs being heavily strained while the only people that can maintain them are being whittled down.

And OOC we know they aren't even being given time to do that, which is slowly turning the entire arc into a massive bomb, as the remaining anchor stones get less and less stable after the complete destruction of one of them followed by absolutely no attempt to limit the fallout. My current expectation is if a second goes there will no longer be any realistic chance of preventing the rest from cascading into failure, and most of the remaining coven will abandon ship instead of trying.
 
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Someone please point me at a post Torroar made regarding what constitutes "combat capable"?

Generally what we're looking for here is a mix of physical and psychological primers. Dock workers, heavy laborers, miners, movers, etc. the sorts that are allowed, and in fact somewhat boosted by their slavemasters in terms of food provided over time to ensure their condition is capable of doing said labor and not just snapping like a dry twig. You also need slaves who are not so broken as to not even pick up a weapon, or worse, to defend their masters, ones who have a semblance of anger and vengeance and willingness to actually fight back. The point of the slave tunnels of the Black Arks is that they are basically little anthill veins throughout the Ark that many slaves use to get around rather than disgust the Druchii masters with their awful dreadful existence in their beautiful streets, and the Druchii are assured enough - generally - in their total breaking of spirit in slaves that they are literally not patrolled. It's how Felix and Gotrek got around on their Ark in their adventure, in fact, at least for a little bit before things got really crazy. It's basically an endemic sign of sheer Druchii arrogance, that their Arks have these tunnels and don't patrol them regularly, because that's Druchii arrogance at work. Even when slave revolts happen and the like, or an Asur Shadow Warrior band infiltrates, they might go to beating on the slaves in the tunnels for a while, but eventually they'll be assured that they've done what needs to be done and go back to other things.
 
Well.. . That went all horribly wrong.
Like... i did not even feel the effects of the preparations.
What preperations? all we prepared was getting Jhoanna into the temple and fast scribling few scrolls. That is not what one would called proper prep. We spend too much effort outside and showed up with tired sourcerres and few muscles that failed to properly disquise Freddy soul.

It not that our preperations did not work, it's that we prepered for the wrong scenario. If we chose for Hultressa to prepare herself instead of going after the farm one more time she might have very well pulled us throu.

Sorry to say but that part is our fault.
 
But to such an extent? I made an argumant that the entirety of this arc and the albion arc which caused it, were not in any way shape or form driven by player choices but by dice and dice alone. That goes above and beyond the norm for quests.

Ehhhh, I can kinda see why you think that the dice have mattered far more than the narrative, but this isn't that out of line with my own experiences with dice in quest based shit online and IRL. It just comes down to the DM/GM and their own views on what/when is the dice needed.
 
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