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- Finland
Because those distinctions tell a lot about the people who follow them.
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
- Thread starter Boney
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Voted best in category in the Users' Choice awards.
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
Ah, our little swordmage has grown so much. Remember when she used to approach her love interests wearing nothing but her smallclothes?
You know, deep down I think that's how he wanted to go.
Good on you
Huh. So that's where he got off to. Also: the heck, he decided to climb Zilfin in order to TRY TO EAT AN EMPEROR DRAGON? While having almost no more forces left? 
This Orc Warboss had guts. Lots of them. Frozen now, of course. But gutsy. ... ... Is this because he was Birdmuncha? He decided that a Dragon would make for a fine meal, because he ate all the things of the sky? Is THAT why he rushed out to Karak Eight Peaks -- because he saw the biggest bird in the world and decided he just had to eat it? ... Fuggin orcs, man. They be crazy.
Orcs and Goblins, man. They're hilarious, stupid... and incredibly dangerous all at once.
So, interesting thought/answer/perspective on if/when anybody (including Cython) asks us as to why we sought now to do anything; "'cuz we're going off to the Chaos Wastes in a year and might die." So we're satisfying curiosities and mysteries -- and visiting old friends -- before we go off.
Huh. It's curious -- though we already knew that of course -- being both a being of Hysh and an old-as-fuck dragon for whom new things might be interesting. Building a Grand Library with that Belegar Favor, might have unexpected results, then.
... I wonder if it'd be interested in hearing about other (non-human) (though, amusingly enough, I wonder if Cython's been awake enough and connected to the Old World enough to know about Sigmar...) gods too?Lavos The Great Maw is interesting and unique at the least, even if an evil one. As for the Skaven God... not sure I'd want to talk about it, but eh.
This Orc Warboss had guts. Lots of them. Frozen now, of course. But gutsy. ... ... Is this because he was Birdmuncha? He decided that a Dragon would make for a fine meal, because he ate all the things of the sky? Is THAT why he rushed out to Karak Eight Peaks -- because he saw the biggest bird in the world and decided he just had to eat it? ... Fuggin orcs, man. They be crazy.Orcs and Goblins, man. They're hilarious, stupid... and incredibly dangerous all at once.
So, interesting thought/answer/perspective on if/when anybody (including Cython) asks us as to why we sought now to do anything; "'cuz we're going off to the Chaos Wastes in a year and might die." So we're satisfying curiosities and mysteries -- and visiting old friends -- before we go off.
Huh. It's curious -- though we already knew that of course -- being both a being of Hysh and an old-as-fuck dragon for whom new things might be interesting. Building a Grand Library with that Belegar Favor, might have unexpected results, then.
... I wonder if it'd be interested in hearing about other (non-human) (though, amusingly enough, I wonder if Cython's been awake enough and connected to the Old World enough to know about Sigmar...) gods too?
So, the great thing about it being preserved in physical form like this? It makes for a neat trophy of course -- and Dwarfs love their trophies of dead enemies -- but other than that? It can be smacked with a Dwarf's hammer! So, even if the answer would normally be "no", I think in the case it would apply... because, see, they can smack the shit out of his well-preserved trophy body if they feel like it. Or just keep him as a trophy.
Ah. Birdmuncha came to eight peaks to munch a really big bird.
Orcs are second in wackiness only to skaven.
Orcs are second in wackiness only to skaven.
- Location
- Canada (eh)
Wonder if the Dragon would be interested in co-authoring some papers with Mathilde in exchange for being able to request exotic and rare books Mathilde can use her contacts to get?
NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
- Location
- A rapidly widening tear in the fabric of reality
Mathilde's powerful, but she's not OP. There's still a huge amount of things out there that can mulch her without much difficulty. Cython, meanwhile, is a fucking spellcasting emperor dragon. As in, you know Deathfang? Arsanil's mount that we were all so glad to see hired for the expedition? Cython's basically a whole tier above him.
This is a being that is quite literally older than the mortal races, I don't mean its species, Cython specifically as an Emperor Dragon remembers a time before the coming of the Old Ones on their silver ships. OP is underselling him.
Ganurath
Literal Enthusiast
- Location
- A Valid Location
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I have a theory. The different deific domains Cython asked about paralleled to types of dragon. Perhaps he's hopeful that the ancestor gods of the dwarves were somehow connected to his own kind, with Gazul being empowered by his Carmine kin?
Then clearly the ratties and to an extent, us (as in Mathilda), are nuts for even thinking about taking on this guy!
You know, a Gold Magister taught us Fiendishly Complex grade enchanting, indicating that some knowledge of magic is cross-Wind
I wonder if an Emperor Dragon archmage could teach us a new perspective of magical theory. It almost certainly has its own spellcasting tradition which won't be elf derived. His use of Hysh is a complete thing in itself, not one eighth of the apprentice course for learning High Magic.
Now, we're not a caster of Hysh, but Cython may well be enormously knowledgable about the nature of the Aethyr, the theoretical nature and breadth of each of the Winds and their interactions, the nature of the spirits that dwell in the material world, the nature of the soul, and all sorts of fascinating stuff.
He's also very likely to have fought in the Coming of Chaos, as he's still alive. He may well be exceptionally knowledgable about daemonoloy and how to fight daemons.
Also, he may well know a lot about spell creation and the theory of spell design that we don't, that may be applicable to creating our own spells.
Also, a fascinating coresearcher of Windherder...
I wonder if an Emperor Dragon archmage could teach us a new perspective of magical theory. It almost certainly has its own spellcasting tradition which won't be elf derived. His use of Hysh is a complete thing in itself, not one eighth of the apprentice course for learning High Magic.
Now, we're not a caster of Hysh, but Cython may well be enormously knowledgable about the nature of the Aethyr, the theoretical nature and breadth of each of the Winds and their interactions, the nature of the spirits that dwell in the material world, the nature of the soul, and all sorts of fascinating stuff.
He's also very likely to have fought in the Coming of Chaos, as he's still alive. He may well be exceptionally knowledgable about daemonoloy and how to fight daemons.
Also, he may well know a lot about spell creation and the theory of spell design that we don't, that may be applicable to creating our own spells.
Also, a fascinating coresearcher of Windherder...
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fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
Most of his skills are unlikely to transfer well to us.
- Location
- USA
I'll admit, I thought the vote for Cython was a joke vote, but hats off to you, boneym. Your writing made the relationship intriguing and logical. Now it totally makes sense that Matilda would pursue such a nontraditional option.
I look forward to the next candidates, because I'm already starting to ship Shadow Dragon.
I look forward to the next candidates, because I'm already starting to ship Shadow Dragon.
It's worth noting that for all their power dragons are a dying breed. Quantity has a quality all its own. A lucky Brass Orb would have killed him as well as anyone else.
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- He/Him
Holy shit, I love Cython. Still no interest in romancing them, but this is absolutely a friendship worth pursuing.
- Location
- New Brunswick, NJ
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
We don't know if Cython is male, though, or if gender is even a meaningful concept for Cython's order of being.
fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
[][Duck]Cython is clearly a wizard of 8 peaks. Invite him to your meetings (new)
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- Location
- Brazil
I think he had a theory along the lines of "all the gods are really the same, but re-skinned by specific races and cultures" and the dwarf god's severe breaking from that mould just threw it for a loop.