Warhammer Fantasy: Thirteen Tolls - An Apocalypse Quest

Correction: Sultan Jaffar did not merely unify Araby. He went Colonialism. He conquered all of Estalia, which is what kicked off the Crusades.
So, not a correction then, because as I said, he proceeded to Cause Problems.

You say "whenever Araby expands, they get punched, hard," I say "Whenver Araby expands, it takes a REALLY hard punch to get them to stop."

Doesn't sound like the punching bag who lucks out on mostly being mercantile you're making them out to be.
 
Slaanesh. They shoved a Daemon of Slaanesh into him. Pleasure, specifically of the gluttonous kind.
No, it seems more like a Daemon of Necoho (or, Nehoco). Otherwise why trying to needle Xenophon out of his faith?
Hm... That's definitely a taunt about Morr vs. Tzeentch being bird-associated. Maybe the soul isn't one specific Daemon, but a conglomeration?
A Chaos Undivided daemon, maybe.

Still don't trust Ambrose at all and him trying to ship us away where we can't do anything rings alarm bells.
Sorry Ambrose, the embrace will come later in the plot, as the city falls around us and the circumstances are more dramatic.

For me it's either Araby or the Elven city. And the former has the benefit of being far and away from this catastrophe. No order can reach there and bring the people back into the Twin Cities the slaughter the banquet.

[] Copher, Port into Araby
[] For duty.
[] No.
 
The Empire and Kislev got invaded a lot too, and they still survived for millennia. Arabia survived till the modern era and stayed pretty powerful, which would be impossible if they got kicked as hard as you describe. And even if they have anti-human pogroms, that wouldn't be different than just any other human nation.
Araby at this time exists to be Nehekhara's punching bag, periodically getting conquered by Nehekhara and then gaining their independence when Nehekhara weakens. After the fall of Nehekhara, they enjoy a brief golden age, before Arkhan the Black decided that they were having things to good and spent the next thousand years slowly pushing them to the edge of collapse for the fun of it(the Wars of Death). Reducing Araby to a few weakened city-states and a handful of desert tribes. It takes Araby centuries to recover from that.

The only reason Araby survived was because Nagash came back before Arkhan could finish the job, giving Arkhan something more important to do.
 
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Our MC's magic sight not being able to pick up that a person has been replaced by a demon, or even something in the direction of them being super sus, is very worrying. Could be who knows how many demons running around and even one of the most aware people wouldn't have a clue.

Typos:
A warm hand on your shoulder. "Well, let me be hear to make it better."
here
and how much freedom any refugees might get rather than being forced reproduce the horrors of today is very much an open question.
Add 'to'
 
I'm convinced that our PC is enchanted by this person because of the change of attitude and intelligence everytime our PC interacted with him in each update from the time we met him (we started as indifferent then finding him as the most handsome man in just a few days? something's up). So i find no reason for this kiss


[] Copher, Port into Araby
[] For duty.
[] No.
 
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Can we do a write in?
[.] For the dread. What's happening to Tylos is horrifying and you are driven to the catastrophe like a moth to the flame. You just can't force yourself to turn back on people worth saving and blasphemies worth destroying. The doom of Tylos can't be stopped and so are you.
Sorry, not for this vote.
 
[X] Tor Cynath, City of Dew

[X] For Fury.

[X] No.

See, if we had voted to tell the Dwarfs of the Skavorite's plans, then Cynath would be really risky. But we didn't, so it isn't.

If Duty was true, then why did it take so long for Xenophon to return to Tylos? Let us be honest, we are disgusted by this city and its manifold sins. Though it feels wrong to condemn all to flames, so I might waffle a few times on that vote.

Ambrose. Ambrose. The rapidity with which you become ever more pretty would have me worried you were a Lahmian plant if this quest wasn't skaven central. I am not going to vote to kiss you. I am going to at least investigate you first.
 
[X] Tor Cynath, City of Dew
[X] For Fury.
[X] No.

Araby is far away and I dont want to suject people to a long trench were they would be slave or whatever happen next.

as for priest, it sound like necocho thing inside of him. no past or future is how chaos see itself, and the last thing is probably a mockery about what xenophon is TRULY serving.

Because let face it, we a servant of the god of atheism a this point thanks to our redditus sword.
 
Araby is the Carthage of Warhammer: Strong mercantile power buys them some strength, but whenever a military power comes along they get bent. And there's alot of people lining up to kick them over.
Carthage was one the Major powers of the Mediterranean. The only time they got "bent" was against the Roman Republic. Which first of all, it's the Roman Colossus. Secondly, they lasted considerably longer against Rome than anyone else par the Persians/Iranians. Counting merely the 1st and 2nd Punic Wars, meant that Rome and Carthage punched each other in the face for 40 years in a full spectrum war of dominance.

Hardly a pushover.
 
"I have a reason to be here. I need-" he looks around nervously "to end our mutual acquaintance. Pelops has nobody, so it makes sense for him to stay – even the rest of your merry band at your Temple, they've really got nowhere else to go – who's going to accept a band of former slaves and servants and ghost-hunters?"
Massive red flag right here. Trying to separate us from the rest of our connections, a classic move of manipulators of all stripes. I mean the logic makes no sense. Wouldn't having nobody mean it would be easier to leave? Besides Pelops does have somebody; he has us.

His green-hazel eyes are really very beautiful. His cheeks are pink from his ranting, his dark curly hair slightly tousled. You realize, at this moment, you want – this stupid, passionate boy, who thinks he's alone – to make him feel better, make him feel happy, make him realize you're here, by his side, and neither need to be so lonely in the face of the end of the world.
And that's the other thing. This whole thing has gone really fast and is being laid on really thick.

[] For faith.

Morr guides and you follow.
You've cut yourself off for a reason.
Did we though? Do we have a reason? I don't seem to recall a clear motivation or deliberate choice in the matter. It's pure bumbling on our end. First we got the accursed sword to prevent having our mind messed with, and then we then we underestimated the amount of heresy we were about to commit by interrogating the ghost for more info. We seem to just be mind-fucked by the anti mind-fuck sword. (irony thy name is Neocho) Honestly, that is the one big piece of evidence against the idea that Ambrose is enchanting us because he would need to find a way past the defenses of the sword.

[] For duty.

You were born Tylosi, and will die Tylosi. You are a citizen of these cities, and beyond their corruption their essence is good. They are mankind's greatest works, and you will fight and die to protect them.
Eh... The more I learn about the history of this place the more I wonder if it was doomed from the get-go. Plus we know that Tylosi can't be saved. If we focus too much saving the city, I worry it will distract us from saving its people which is a fight we can actually win.

[] For fury.

You hate this place, and its manifold evils, which only seem to multiply but the day. It has wronged so many, and it has wronged you, and you will be the one to bring this morass of sin crashing down and none other.
Now that we can do. Granted I fear throwing the baby out with the bath water, but all of the options seem to have a down side.
[] For love.

Your clergy is here. Your parents are here. Ambrose is here. Where else is there?
Tempting but a bit myopic and leans a bit to much into "darling" Ambrose

And do you kiss him?

[] Yes.

[] No.
Yeah, no. Not until we know what Ambrose's deal is. Heck the fact that it's a vote is another red flag.

AN: No plan vote, please, and this is fairly consequential, so a 24h moratorium.
No pressure then.

[X] Tor Cynath, City of Dew
[X] For Fury.
[X] No.
 
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@Graf Tzarogy I'm sensing a theme of Tylos taking outcasts from other civilizations and using it as a foundation for it's own greatness (belthani into moulder, skavorites, Tyleus himself being outcast, presumably others?) Is that an accurate depiction?
 
We seem to just be mind-fucked by the anti mind-fuck sword. (irony thy name is Neocho) Honestly, that is the one big piece of evidence against the idea that Ambrose is enchanting us because he would need to find a way past the defenses of the sword.
I'd think the sword is protection from divine mental manipulation. Necoho is the Doubter, he's against Gods of all stripes, but that would leave a loophole you could drive a truck through with regards to mortal mental manipulation.

It does at least mean if Ambrose is doing some manipulation, it's not got divine backing at any rate.
 
[X] Tor Cynath, City of Dew

[X] For Fury.

[X] No.

See, if we had voted to tell the Dwarfs of the Skavorite's plans, then Cynath would be really risky. But we didn't, so it isn't.

If Duty was true, then why did it take so long for Xenophon to return to Tylos? Let us be honest, we are disgusted by this city and its manifold sins. Though it feels wrong to condemn all to flames, so I might waffle a few times on that vote.

Ambrose. Ambrose. The rapidity with which you become ever more pretty would have me worried you were a Lahmian plant if this quest wasn't skaven central. I am not going to vote to kiss you. I am going to at least investigate you first.


I think the fact that Xenophon came back at all speaks to Duty more than Fury. He basically had no obligation to do so beyond receiving prophetic dreams that weren't unique to him; especially because the existing clergy should have already been acting on their visions instead of fleeing. The fact that this is a city that he had no good memories of and since arriving has only taken steps to try to unravel and try to avoid the incoming plot-induced disaster. To me what's happened in the story so far speaks more to Xenophon having an obligation to save what he can rather than make sure when the fall comes everything he hates comes down with it.
 
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