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So as an Ulgu user Drycha's butt is going to be ulgu aligned but as a dyrad it might still have some Ghyran resonance. Seems a good target for windherding to me. How about an Ulgu staff with earth gate? Not as our first windherding a staff attempt obviouisly but if we can make it work with a regular staff seems like the best possible use of the butt.
 
Dryads are mixed material and spiritual in composition.

This particular dryad was mixed material and Ulgu.

I think we should research this, possibly at the same time as we try bringing Mathilde's Marks under better control.
 
Tzar Vladimir arrives soon after, and his disappointment at having missed the battle lasts only as long as it takes him to catch sight of the fallen Manticore. After that point his attention goes towards organizing a cart for the trophy and having a messenger sent to warn his personal taxidermist to be ready as he examines the teeth and claws of the beast. All other details are left to be taken care of by others, who seem unsurprised by this turn of events.
…Man, Vladimir is kind of a dick. He shows up late, steals his son's trophy, and then wanders off, leaving the cleanup to everybody else.

Boris: "I see, imperial witch is drinking kvass in the middle of battle, interesting but not surprised"
Johann: "that is not alcohol, its a magic item?"
Boris: "you sure?, it's a traditional post-battle celebration"
Johann: "she is spewing fire"
Boris: "Da, normal reaction to foreigners drinking kvass for the first time"
I mean…
You return Ljiljana's thoughtful look with a smile -
Sounds about right, yeah.
 
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I don't think it's ever reasonable to give someone a Dryad butt and ask them whose butt it is.
But what about asking if they recognise her thighs or those legendary calves? After all; Drycha is all leg. Legs for days.
Suggestions should be on the scale of a single skilled specialist or a single conversation the Tsarevich would need to have with someone.
Well if you're taking suggestions is the following acceptable or am I hoping for too much?
and a third older still, white-haired, and happily munching her way through a large fabric bag filled with candied walnuts.
[*] [WIDOW] Literal headpat and two candied walnuts from Babushka for doing a good job.
 
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Heheheh dragonflask go boom...

We should definitely buy the guy who enchanted our flask something nice. Maybe commission a painting of the aftermath of the flask's use?

"Er... this picture is just a bunch of random smears of charcoal on canvas."

"I know! It's amazing how accurate it is- you'd almost think the artist I hired was actually there!"
 
Not much in terms of discussion, the hints were just kind of hamfisted during our visit to them for help on figuring out what was up with the forest.
Your link is to quotes from our interaction with the Hedgewise elder. She was not a Hag Witch, and while we know there is a respectful relationship between the Hedgewise and Hag Witches I don't think that was an indication that the Father will help with Hag Witches. I think it is an indication that the Matriarchal mystery cult of the Hedgewise in Ostermark also worship Halétha and are just quieter about it, and that Halétha is a child of Ranald and Shallya.
 
I'm pretty sure she's just Shallya with a Kislev accent.
Doesn't really answer my main point, and that there is more along what Mathilda and Cython debate about.

You said the didn't follow any daughters, and only included the Widow. Well, that's a daughter.

Aside from that, if you purposefully omitted the rest of the main pantheon and the Hags have a far more loose and diverse rules for faith and whatnot, then there's not really any way to say for sure. We just don't have nearly enough knowledge about the Hags to say. Though, if I'm being honest, this seems like as reasonable possibility to probe around for the Daughters than any other avenue.

Ranald has some history there, the Hags recognize a bunch of obscure and minor beings, and the Daughters are intentionally hidden.

Heck, maybe the problem the Ice Witches had with Ranald was because Salyak is Shallya. With granny not approving of this guy who got her daughter pregnant lol.
 
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You said the didn't follow any daughters, and only included the Widow. Well, that's a daughter.
According to Liljanja, the relationship between Salyak and the Widow is of siblings.

There is nothing to indicate that the Widow is Salyak's daughter.

Aside from that, if you purposefully omitted the rest of the main pantheon and the Hags have a far more loose and diverse rules for faith and whatnot, then there's not really any way to say for sure. We just don't have nearly enough knowledge about the Hags to say. Though, if I'm being honest, this seems like as reasonable possibility to probe around for the Daughters than any other avenue.
They deal with a wide variety of spirits.

I don't see any reason to agree with the original statement:
This would be a tempting alternative to Kislev's participation as a polity if we weren't already damn certain that The Father applies. We can sweep them up next turn.
Which takes it as a slam dunk guarantee that they are followers one of Ranald's daughters.
 
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Here's my argument for Hag Witches: you like Babushkas? They're super-Babushkas. Literally, the more powerful they are the older they'll look.

And they can live for a long while regardless. It's outright stated they can easily live to over 100, and some can get far beyond that. With a bit of luck we could be getting some old Hag that lived through the Great War Against Chaos.

A human that can stand her own in a 'old grouch' contest with Thorek and Hatalath!
The 100 plus year old hags are probably a pipe dream, logistically it's too costly. The invasions have been ramping up and they're constantly in conflict, I imagine the centennial hags are exponentially more valuable than lets say a 70 year-old one. Dunno about Warhammer though, so this argument is from a logistics standpoint.

Even if Drycha comes back, and even if she has perfect retention of what happened, all she'll know is that there was an invisible mage with a sword that cut right though her and then hit her with fire.
What is her likely interpretation? I imagine the cannonball rune also lit up, is an elf more likely to use magic or an item to summon dragonfire?

The opponent also solely used Ulgu, I imagine there's a bright spell somewhere to counter teleportation. So an elf in possession of a dwarf-forged weapon?

Oh man, if we didn't already have an incredible staff this would be the perfect material for one. I wonder what we can do with it?
We are getting an apprentice and it's not like the Branchwraith was anything special. Convieniently Ulgu too.


The first person on the street who comments "Nice Ass" is getting stabbed though.
 
You know, this seems there is a funny way of learning things IC if it turns out Drycha did survive that and she meets Mathilde ever again.

Drycha: It's you! You're the one who killed me!
Mathilde: Apparently not very well.
 
In all seriousness, I doubt the actual dryad butt—and god, that's a thing now, I love this quest—would take part in any conversation about identification. Drycha's old and unique enough that just asking about a powerful Ulgu dryad from Athel Loren is probably enough.
 
According to Liljanja, the relationship between Salyak and the Widow is of siblings.

There is nothing to indicate that the Widow is Salyak's daughter.


They deal with a wide variety of spirits.

I don't see any reason to agree with the original statement:

Which takes it as a slam dunk guarantee that they are followers one of Ranald's daughters.
And this is why I hesitate to engage. I don't remember her saying anything about Shalyak. My knowledge of her comes from torroar's quest, in which the Widow is the mother and the rest of the pantheon are her children.

Aside from that, you don't have to agree that it's a certainty in order to acknowledge that there's a chance. That it's our best lead yet. My main points were how you seemed to be saying that this is an impossibility, with me saying that it is in fact possible and is our best lead yet.
 
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According to Liljanja, the relationship between Salyak and the Widow is of siblings.
Not really. She said that "the Widow and Her siblings were once much more than four, before Salyak had your Ranald interfere" and that they had an easier time forgiving Salyak than Ranald in the aftermath, which seems to me that Salyak was not originally of the Kislevite pantheon, and was a later addition. The four Ljiljana references would probably be the Widow herself, Tor, Dazh, and Ursun. The whole thing about her relationship with Ranald, along with her domains and iconography, pretty much makes it certain that Salyak is another name for Shallya.
 
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With respect to the Drycha butt, maybe we can try to make a staff for Eike? Maybe even two, with one spare to just give to the Grey College, depending on how the conceptual volume of buttocks necessary to make a whole staff works out.
 
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