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Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest

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I am also getting the feeling that the wood elves looking into Ulric might be more than happenstance.

Laurelorn and Athel Loren are pretty different, but they still are the same kingdom. they coordinate and communicate. Athel Loren knows what's going on with their northern brothers.

so I kind of see this as three things that could be happening.

1: not actually contacted, this is just a response to more activity from Athel Loren... which could mean a wild hunt is coming (not, good, not good at all.)

2: its a reaction to the Ulric thing. 'you are joining a mayflys cult? why do that when you can just make them join a real religion!'

3: or its a plan. 'good, you are influencing the mayflies through their religion in the north, we will take the south, already got a cult set up for the job.'
 
Glau said:
Pretty sure it was deliberately written to be that. This is growing closer as people to see if they are someone to be explicitly romantic with; Boney pretty much implied that our choices would all get a spotlight segment and we would decide on who to go further with. Doing it as a slow burn is pretty much the only way not to overcommit before everyone gets a chance.
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picklepikkl said:
It wasn't supposed to be a blatantly romantic outing.
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Yeah, I can't really make it less 'pals being pals' without it being a soft lock-in because SV is fidelious as fuck. The Panoramia one will probably require slightly less thick shipping goggles to see it as a 'date' date, but it's still going to be about getting to know things like religion, ambitions, and formative experiences, rather than high romance. But the upside is that they're good character and relationship development even if Mathilde doesn't end up with them.

Zero Gravitas said:
Btw, do any Dwarves know that Mathilde probably felt the presence of some of the Ancestor Gods when clearing out the Waaagh?
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Gunnars would. Anyone else that knows the nature of the Eye would probably assume she did.
 
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Jyn Ryvia said:
I am also getting the feeling that the wood elves looking into Ulric might be more than happenstance.

Laurelorn and Athel Loren are pretty different, but they still are the same kingdom. they coordinate and communicate. Athel Loren knows what's going on with their northern brothers.

so I kind of see this as three things that could be happening.

1: not actually contacted, this is just a response to more activity from Athel Loren... which could mean a wild hunt is coming (not, good, not good at all.)

2: its a reaction to the Ulric thing. 'you are joining a mayflys cult? why do that when you can just make them join a real religion!'

3: or its a plan. 'good, you are influencing the mayflies through their religion in the north, we will take the south, already got a cult set up for the job.'
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The Eonir and the Asrai are, at least in this quest, separate polities. Also, Wild Hunts don't typically range to the Empire, although it's possible.
 
BoneyM said:
Not any Dwarves. It's hard to say precisely what the reaction would be to 'I used magic to spy on your Gods', even before you factor in that it involves the spell the Dwarves must never know about.
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Easy enough to coach it in harmless terms, and he has high enough diplomacy and intrigue to figure out how.

"While we were meditating on them, I felt as if I saw them. I realize that a lot of people probably picture them during this, but for a split second it felt so real to me."
 
Jyn Ryvia said:
I am also getting the feeling that the wood elves looking into Ulric might be more than happenstance.

Laurelorn and Athel Loren are pretty different, but they still are the same kingdom. they coordinate and communicate. Athel Loren knows what's going on with their northern brothers.

so I kind of see this as three things that could be happening.

1: not actually contacted, this is just a response to more activity from Athel Loren... which could mean a wild hunt is coming (not, good, not good at all.)

2: its a reaction to the Ulric thing. 'you are joining a mayflys cult? why do that when you can just make them join a real religion!'

3: or its a plan. 'good, you are influencing the mayflies through their religion in the north, we will take the south, already got a cult set up for the job.'
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Unless BoneyM is changing things then they explicitly are not. The early army books said they where but by the 2nd edition rpg and 6th edition wargame they where completely seperate. 4th edition even gave the Laurelorn elves their own name, which I think BoneyM has already used in the quest, of the Eonir to differentiate them from the Asrai of Athel Loren

Edit: Double Ninja'd
 
thisisinsane said:
Easy enough to coach it in harmless terms, and he has high enough diplomacy and intrigue to figure out how.

"While we were meditating on them, I felt as if I saw them. I realize that a lot of people probably picture them during this, but for a split second it felt so real to me."
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That's not so big a deal in a setting with such active Gods. Directly above where this happened, a half million greenskins felt the presence of Gazul so much that they died.
 
BoneyM said:
Though part of you is aghast at how Johann had apparently been systematically ensorcelling supposed divine artifacts, you can understand the effect that must have had on him. During the quiet parts of the Battle of the Caldera, you saw Dwarves fall to their knees in numbed awe simply from standing in a mineshaft dug by Grungni's own hand. To have caught a glimpse of the Ancestor Gods themselves as they performed one of their greatest acts must have been overwhelming to someone that had never felt the touch of divinity.
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If you needed a solid foundation nobody is better than the dwarves.

For the dawi gods...

The words and tales of the ancestors are concrete to dwarves. They are as real and tangible in a way that humans would have trouble grasping.

Humans dont get that from each other. Or anyone. Doing what he did to get the foundation that every other god failed to provide...

BoneyM said:
but small nuggets of ores and native metals have been secreted around the place for the youngest of children to discover as they swing their tiny picks at piles of loose rock.
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It's so cute I'm gonna die!

BoneyM said:
"That's a good sign, right? Sparks means metal?" You take a moment to summon Ulgu into your muscles, then step up and swing alongside him, raising a second cloud.

"I have no idea," he says frankly. The two of you quickly fall into a rhythm, your Ulgu-infused muscles keeping pace with his golden ones.
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This is probably the height of romance for dwarves.
 
Am I the only one that thinks that we exacerbated Johann's feelings of inadequacy when we mentioned that our whole Stirland adventure was our Journeywoman experience when he nearly didn't even become a Journeyman?
 
Luminous said:
Has anyone ever done Taste of Metal on Gahl Maraz?
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I imagine it being something of a Gold Order Patriarch's rite of passage.
Or at least something that only the highest in the Order would dare do, even if they are probably salivating at the thought.

It's like that Qhaysh book that sparked the Night of a Thousand Duels. Great knowledge, greater blow to sanity.
 
BoneyM said:
Probably not, I can't imagine the Emperor makes it available for fondling on request.
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Maybe the Golds could have requested the chance back when the Greys were presumably safeguarding it along with the rest of the imperial regalia?

It's the only chance I can think of for them to do so, and it'd only happen if the Greys felt they could trust them, but this was in the tail end of the period when the Colleges were made illegal so I imagine solidarity among wizards was at its height.
 
I dont think even great deed would allow Johann to check it considering that there are rumours that the current Ghal Maraz is not the original.
 
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