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The King of Barak Varr and the King of Zhufbar look from the maps to Thorek, who nods once.

That is the end of the meeting.
Man, taking back that lake and possibly cleansing all the warpstone residue that'll flow down river is a big thing. We might possibly see a retaking of the hold there. Wasn't there a (flooded) gromril mine there as well or something? I'm not by my computer to look for references.
 
Man, taking back that lake and possibly cleansing all the warpstone residue that'll flow down river is a big thing. We might possibly see a retaking of the hold there. Wasn't there a gromril mine there as well or something? I'm not by my computer to look for references.

Karak Varn is built on a huge gold vein, but the entire Black Water region is a gromril mine. There's a lot less than there used to be in the days when they drained the entire Black Water to mine the bottom, but there's enough that sending in teams of Ironbreakers out to mine what they can before the Night Goblins or Skaven chase them off is hugely profitable.
 
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The first steps of a very long road.

As soon as her feet are back on the bridge, there's a momentary writhing from one of the spirits entrapped somewhere upon her person, and the water pours hurriedly off her and slinks away before something worse than mere eviction happens to it.
College wizards might be able to manage the same with the Move spell, assuming it can target liquids, but not nearly as easily. Ulthuan or Marienburg might have something more suited to the task.
Still an impressive flex.

because part of being a sovereign state is that you become distinctly less sovereign if you just let foreign interests build infrastructure in your country.
Bretonnia should be easy enough, now we have something to wave at the Damsels. The Border Princes aren't sovereign enough for anyone to care. Tilea could be problematic. No clue about Estalia, although I note that during the big treaty update it was said that none of the signatory nations with hesitate to march an army in should it become critical.

That is the end of the meeting.
In Kislev Mathilde must carefully balance various local interests, sooth pride and reassure worries.
In Sylvania, part of her own nation (officially), Mathilde must wrangle various VIPs into proximity for negotiations.
But in the Karaz Ankor? Loremaster Mathilde speaks, her expert peer nods assent and it is done.
 
Tilea could be problematic. No clue about Estalia, although I note that during the big treaty update it was said that none of the signatory nations with hesitate to march an army in should it become critical.

They also do not matter as much because of how far south they are. Sure any waystones are good waystones, but it is better to use the limited number of wizards to fortify the north first.
 
@Boney do the Colleges know the mechanism by which warpstone creates Dhar? IIRC power stones just draw in ambient Winds, but deep underwater you wouldn't really expect that to work.
 
@Boney do the Colleges know the mechanism by which warpstone creates Dhar? IIRC power stones just draw in ambient Winds, but deep underwater you wouldn't really expect that to work.

The mainstream theory is that having a mainstream theory would be a violation of the Articles. The runner up would be that warpstone is solidified Dhar and it just very gradually decays into 'normal' Dhar at a regular rate. Alternative theories include that there's some other form of omnipresent magic that is being corrupted, or that each warpstone is a pinprick hole in reality through which the Dhar of the realms of chaos leaks through. A spicy theory is that it is just drawing in ambient winds and your experiments that show otherwise just aren't properly shielded.
 
It's interesting to compare everyone's reactions to being told "you know that magically corrupted place you're next to? well, here's how I can make it stop being so".
As far as the Dawi aspect goes, they get a hand on a long-standing problem they don't like to talk about. Well, other than the Chaos one. Or the Elf one. It's the undead one. Telling them they will never have to worry about ambient Dark Magic turning their revered Ancesors into shambling monsters hungry for flesh, especially the bit where you don't need to be a Runesmith to grab Magic with both hands and throttle it like you work at a nuclear power plant, is going to make a lot of friends.
The dwarfs are working with Asur Mages?
Well, if they can just let each other work on their predefined responsibilities, think about the bigger picture, and above all else shut up before the intrusive thoughts win, you can probably get some collaboration going.
He's basically if Buffy was trained up in advance, turned out to not actually be the Vampire Slayer, and then joined the marines.

(come to think of it I think I read that exact fanfiction twenty years ago)
Oooooh, Marine Corp Yumi but it's Buffy?

Send me a link if you can find it again, please?
 
I always get so giddy when it comes to talks about the Dawi Reconquista. Zhufbar is going to profit immensely from this, even more than the canal is already doing for them.
Telling them they will never have to worry about ambient Dark Magic turning their revered Ancesors into shambling monsters hungry for flesh, especially the bit where you don't need to be a Runesmith to grab Magic with both hands and throttle it like you work at a nuclear power plant, is going to make a lot of friends.
Not just Dhar, it's all magic. This is closer to setting up some local electromagnetic shielding to block solar radiation from giving them all super cancer (turning to stone) whenever they go outdoors.
Edit: But I'm fully onboard with equating Warpstone to nuclear waste
 
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The mainstream theory is that having a mainstream theory would be a violation of the Articles. The runner up would be that warpstone is solidified Dhar and it just very gradually decays into 'normal' Dhar at a regular rate. Alternative theories include that there's some other form of omnipresent magic that is being corrupted, or that each warpstone is a pinprick hole in reality through which the Dhar of the realms of chaos leaks through. A spicy theory is that it is just drawing in ambient winds and your experiments that show otherwise just aren't properly shielded.

We do also have dwarf and Skaven books on Warpstone, the latter up to exotic. What, if anything, do they say on the matter?
 
Seilph banished himself in a fit of outrage after he discovered that in the post-Sundering era, holding people accountable for the horrors they invent was something that only happened to the people on the losing side.
Ah, we love a self-defeating moral stand.
"What, you're banishing that loser and not me?!? I melted *so* many people for getting in my way and just because I wasnt shouting in favor of malekith while I was doing it I get away with it?!?!? No, fuck you, I'm going somewhere that sucks, on purpose!"
 
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Some thoughts on the cleaning of the Black Water :
  • Manning an extra 40 fortifications is something the Dawi are good at doing, but presumably it's a manpower constraint.
  • Barak Varr is involved, and they're the trade hold. I expect that they will try to make this generate some income, enough to defray costs if not enough to actually be profitable. Perhaps the western part of the Black Water could see more overland patrols based in the new fortifications, securing better overland trade towards Sylvania or Stirland & the Moot ? .
  • This kind of patrolling sounds like something they could theoretically hire human mercenaries for... Not sure if they'd consider doing it without our involvement, but we could give it a try !
 
Oooooh, Marine Corp Yumi but it's Buffy?

Send me a link if you can find it again, please?

Even if it would be possible to retrace my steps from that long ago, it's likely that they lead into the ruins of Web 1.0. Back then the fandom was balkanized onto separate fan-hosted websites based on pairing.

We do also have dwarf and Skaven books on Warpstone, the latter up to exotic. What, if anything, do they say on the matter?

Dwarves are limited by their inability to perceive it, and their theorizing that it's a physical process is convincing but it's easy to suspect that they're going with that line of thinking because it's the only one that makes sense to them. Skaven care little for the whys but they do have a process of 'refining' that prevents most of the emanation but also somehow makes the energies within more accessible by eating it, which supports the alternate theory of 'warpstone is bullshit and makes no sense'.
 
Ah, we love a self-defeating moral stand. "What, you're banishing that loser and not me?!? I melted *so* many people for getting in my way and just because I wasnt shouting in favor of malekith while I was doing it I get away with it?!?!? No, fuck you, I'm going somewhere that sucks, on purpose!"
I read this more as Seiliph being the Grey Lords' self appointed parole officer. Live-in narc. The angel on your shoulder who'll crowbar his way into your lab so you can't suppress his ethical objections.

Good.
 
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Ah, we love a self-defeating moral stand.
"What, you're banishing that loser and not me?!? I melted *so* many people for getting in my way and just because I wasnt shouting in favor of malekith while I was doing it I get away with it?!?!? No, fuck you, I'm going somewhere that sucks, on purpose!"
My pet theory is that he had an enemy among the Asur. He wanted to see that enemy punished for their crimes after the war. Unfortunately there is no punishment for war crimes if you're both on the winning side.
Bitter and angry, Seilph banished himself rather than breathe the same air as mister loyal warcrimes.
 
The mainstream theory is that having a mainstream theory would be a violation of the Articles. The runner up would be that warpstone is solidified Dhar and it just very gradually decays into 'normal' Dhar at a regular rate. Alternative theories include that there's some other form of omnipresent magic that is being corrupted, or that each warpstone is a pinprick hole in reality through which the Dhar of the realms of chaos leaks through. A spicy theory is that it is just drawing in ambient winds and your experiments that show otherwise just aren't properly shielded.
Dwarves are limited by their inability to perceive it, and their theorizing that it's a physical process is convincing but it's easy to suspect that they're going with that line of thinking because it's the only one that makes sense to them. Skaven care little for the whys but they do have a process of 'refining' that prevents most of the emanation but also somehow makes the energies within more accessible by eating it, which supports the alternate theory of 'warpstone is bullshit and makes no sense'.
Interesting. I wonder if containing it in a vacuum would slow the rate of emanation?

...No, Morrslieb radiates Dhar, doesn't it? Unless it's just a sufficiently large mass to break rules that apply to smaller quantities.

Even if it would be possible to retrace my steps from that long ago, it's likely that they lead into the ruins of Web 1.0. Back then the fandom was balkanized onto separate fan-hosted websites
Ah, splitting up by fandom? A pain, though it's not the worst system-
Wait, by pairing? Man, 1.0 was a wild time.
 
Maybe the properties of warpstone, like Battle Magic, varies based on the quantities present.

Like if Morrsleib was anything at all like regular Dhar or Warpstone it really should have spontaneously detonated at some point in the distant past.
 
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