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In hindsight, I'm kind of curious about how the Empire and Dwarves were able to have that many books on the Eonir when the Eonir themselves were too isolated to write books on the Empire and Dwarves.
The Eonir probably do have books on the Empire and Dwarves (albeit very old ones for the latter). They just don't have many insights that Mathilde can't get from her existing sources on those topics.

[LIBRARY] Back-fill.

I am just always going to vote for this option until we all our topics are full.
Is there a particular set of topics you want to guide the backfill towards? That's been an option for the past vote or two.
 
The Eonir probably do have books on the Empire and Dwarves (albeit very old ones for the latter). They just don't have many insights that Mathilde can't get from her existing sources on those topics.
also, if you have read some of the bulbs in the RPG books/TT books. you will realise the empire doesn't have great quality control when it comes to its academic literature.

The empire has a lot of books on most topics.

Whether they have anything of substance in them is another issue. (part of the skill is getting the grains of value out of the horse shit.)
 
[X] [LIBRARY] Barak Varr booksellers: Metallurgy, Bretonnia, Athel Loren
[X] [PURCHASE] Druchii: Imperial Extensive (100gc)
[X] [DWARF] No purchase.
[X] [COLLEGE] No purchase.
 
[X] [LIBRARY] Barak Varr booksellers: Metallurgy, Bretonnia, Athel Loren
[X] [PURCHASE] Druuchi: Imperial Extensive (100gc)
[X] [DWARF] No purchase.
[X] [COLLEGE] No purchase.
 
The Eonir probably do have books on the Empire and Dwarves (albeit very old ones for the latter). They just don't have many insights that Mathilde can't get from her existing sources on those topics.


Is there a particular set of topics you want to guide the backfill towards? That's been an option for the past vote or two.
Really then
[x] [LIBRARY] Back-fill. Maps and geographical information
Help fill in our lyeline knowledge.
 
I'm happy my posts generate enjoyment. I don't think I contribute much that others don't already do, but it's nice to see that others may not agree.

In depth reaction posts like you do are one of the best parts of a quest. It is very heartening for the QM and serves as interesting discussion for the other readers.
 
[X] [LIBRARY] Barak Varr booksellers: Metallurgy, Bretonnia, Athel Loren
[X] [PURCHASE] Druuchi: Imperial Extensive (100gc)
[X] [DWARF] No purchase.
[X] [COLLEGE] No purchase.
 
Just to clear this up, @Boney is Manners and Etiquette even a legitimate topic (as opposed to being included in books about the relevant culture), and if so, when would its bonuses be applied?

While it is an extremely important genre in the time period - I've got a copy of the Book of the Courtier around here somewhere - it doesn't seem to fit the book system, because I don't see how a book on Lizardman or Druchii manners might help you welcome a Kislevite dignitary. For quest purposes those books would end up under either their own culture for the more straightforward ones, or Ethics or Social Philosophy or Politics or something for the ones that get really deep.

In hindsight, I'm kind of curious about how the Empire and Dwarves were able to have that many books on the Eonir when the Eonir themselves were too isolated to write books on the Empire and Dwarves.

The Eonir books about the Empire exist, they're just not really useful as reference materials about the Empire. The Dwarves have books about the origins of the Eonir, but the Eonir haven't had any experience with the Dwarves since they became distinct enough to count separately to the Asur.
 
Does that mean they have what are effectively Asur books on the Karaz Ankor, or are those too outdated to be of any modern-day use and too shallow to work as a historical reference?

Eonir-written books on Dwarves would be really interesting to have as a prospective reader and would probably be a really solid part of the Asur bookshelf, but I'm trying to keep library complexity down and save myself from fielding a barrage of 'so can we also get Asur books on [subject] from them?' So for the sake of keeping things straightforward rather than verisimilitude, no, you get Asur books from the Asur.
 
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[X] [LIBRARY] Barak Varr booksellers: Metallurgy, Bretonnia, Athel Loren
[X] [PURCHASE] Druuchi: Imperial Extensive (100gc)
[X] [DWARF] No purchase.
[X] [COLLEGE] No purchase.
 
Just to check, using the Metalsmith boon should be part of the turn plan rather than the current purchases right?

Yeah, it'd take some back-and-forth on Mathilde's part to make it happen so it'd be an action, though I'm leaning towards making it a KAU one.

Edit: Actually, I already confirmed it'd be a library action:
Yes. Now might be an interesting time to shake some books out of Nuln, if one was so inclined.
 
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[X] [LIBRARY] Barak Varr booksellers: Metallurgy, Bretonnia, Athel Loren
[X] [PURCHASE] Druuchi: Imperial Extensive (100gc)
[X] [DWARF] No purchase.
[X] [COLLEGE] No purchase.
 
[X] [PURCHASE] Druuchi: Imperial Extensive (100gc)
I thought you were going for Bretonnian Extensive, since Bretonnia has more expreience with the Druchii? I guess it's not that big a deal either way.

[X] [LIBRARY] Barak Varr booksellers: Metallurgy, Bretonnia, Athel Loren
[X] [DWARF] No purchase.
[X] [COLLEGE] No purchase.

[X] [PURCHASE] Druchii: Bretonnian Extensive (100gc)
[X] [PURCHASE] No purchase.
 
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[X] [LIBRARY] Barak Varr booksellers: Metallurgy, Bretonnia, Athel Loren
[X] [PURCHASE] Druuchi: Imperial Extensive (100gc)
[X] [DWARF] No purchase.
[X] [COLLEGE] No purchase.
 
King Belegar shakes his head. "Some say humans are Vornari. Perhaps a furrow in the soil can be smoothed over. But Dwarves are Durazi, and stone does not heal." You give him a flat look, and hold it in silence until he turns to face you, and then you turn your gaze to the ancient gates being restored below. He sighs. "Point made."

Durthragnaraz (translation courtesy of @BungieONI )
Art from Lachlan Page, over at https://www.artstation.com/lpage

 
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