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You've gathered quite a crowd by the time the elder with the long white beard makes his way over to you. He is the only man amongst the tribe that has forgone the wearing of a turban, his curly hair serving practically the same purpose. You can't even see his mouth in the bird's nest draping from his jaw. He wears the same white robe as the rest of his kin, though his seems to have been torn and mended a number of times. The fabric is nonetheless fine silk.

He walks with the assistance of a staff topped with a blue gem, which seems bound to the wood of the staff by vines wrapped around the top. To give an estimate of his age would be difficult, but he is not yet bald so you would estimate his age to be somewhere in the neighborhood of seven to eight hundred years old. Only once reaching their thousandth year do Samjan begin to lose their hair, baring a few outliers.

He converses briefly with the leader of the patrolmen. Something about him being too old, you imagine it was a joke of some sort based on the nervous smile he gets out of the patrolman. Their pronunciation is so odd, it's as if you recognize that everything their saying is Samjan, it all sounds very distinctively like words you should be able to understand and yet you can't grasp their meaning. It's gibberish, save for certain brief snippets you can actually recognize.

The old man turns towards you, eyeing the corpse of the young dragon you currently cradle in your arms with a certain hesitant curiosity. As if he still half expects it to attack him. He starts speaking, but stops and clears his throat. Finally he says something in your own dialect, surprisingly unaccented. “It is you who did this, killed a messenger?”

>Yes, that's right. You killed it.
>No, you found it like this. Laying in a field. Yeah, that's it.
>Well, technically it was killed by a gargoyle, but then you killed the gargoyle. Thus you killed it by proxy.
>Write-in

>>40800171
>Well, technically it was killed by a gargoyle, but then you killed the gargoyle. Thus you killed it by proxy.
Sup Soma

>>40800171
>>Well, technically it was killed by a gargoyle, but then you killed the gargoyle. Thus you killed it by proxy.
And then pull the gargoyle out, after making one of the guards hold the dragon of course.

>>40800171
>>Well, technically it was killed by a gargoyle, but then you killed the gargoyle. Thus you killed it by proxy.


>You take the role of a young mage labeled a criminal by his people and cast out into the wider world. In the last thread you [REDACTED]

>>40800240
Knew I was forgetting something!

>>40800242
Hey it happens.

>>40800171
>Well, technically it was killed by a gargoyle, but then you killed the gargoyle. Thus you killed it by proxy.
>I'm going to want it back though on second thought, you can have this box of jerky though.

>>40800171
>Well, technically it was killed by a gargoyle, but then you killed the gargoyle. Thus you killed it by proxy.

>>40800171
>>40800171
>Well, technically it was killed by a gargoyle, but then you killed the gargoyle. Thus you killed it by proxy.
>or avenged it. whichever thye prefer.

>>40800171
>Well, technically it was killed by a gargoyle, but then you killed the gargoyle. Thus you killed it by proxy.

>>40800349
>>40800294
>>40800285
>>40800264
>>40800240
>>40800203
>>40800188
>Technically...

>>40800264
>The corpse is MINE

Writin'

>>40800171
>>Well, technically it was killed by a gargoyle, but then you killed the gargoyle. Thus you killed it by proxy.

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You'd shrug your shoulders if you weren't currently occupied holding up this corpse. You shoulders are really starting to ache, since you've been holding this thing for a solid ten or so minutes now. “Technically it was killed by a gargoyle. However, I killed the gargoyle and so in a way killed it by proxy.”

A murmur of confusion runs through the crowd, silenced when the old man speaks. “This 'gargoyle' you speak of, what is it? We have never encountered such things in our ranging, neither in the far east nor the distant south.”

You glance around you, shoving the dragon corpse towards the nearest warrior whilst mumbling. “Hold this, would you?” The poor man practically falls over himself trying to catch the beast's corpse as you let go, turning your attention to your cloak. With some difficulty you manage to extract the severed head of the gargoyle, its massive horns sprouting from its head and neck, like branches from a tree. The bases of its largest pair are probably twice as thick as your thigh.

As the trophy is revealed, a collective gasp issues from the gathered villagers. You let it drop to the ground with a heavy thud, kicking up sand. “This is a gargoyle, or the head of the gargoyle at least. I have the rest stored within my cloak, but I'm bringing it back to El-Amin with me for study. You understand, I'm sure.”

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The leader of the patrol which spotted you leans in and says something to the old man, to which the elder nods before addressing you. “We will accept this kill 'by proxy', in your words. Think me not a fool, outlander. I realize you must be very confused by all this.” Honestly this probably isn't even the weirdest thing to happen to you today. “If you'll allow me, I shall explain.”

You gesture for him to go on, and the old man adopts a tone of authority, as if recounting some ancient Imperial mandate. “Let it be known that amongst the tribes of the Suteimi it is an ancient right of passage that a man who seeks to join the Parbau must first slay a on of the Old God's messengers. Since you have presented yourself, and delivered us a corpse, you have inadvertently satisfied the requirements of this most ancient right. Only the third in living memory to do so.”

The Suteimi, so far as you're aware, are a tribal confederation which makes its home along the far eastern edge of the Pa'vala. They're pastorialist, relying on primarily upon camels for their sustenance. Why has this tribe traveled so far north? More than that, what on Earth is a Parbau? Also, who were the other two men to kill dragons?

>Ask what privileges and expectations come with being 'Parbau'
>Ask why they've traveled so close to El-Amin.
>Tell them that's all well and good but really, you're just passing through.
>Write-in

>>40801091
>>Ask why they've traveled so close to El-Amin.
>>Tell them that's all well and good but really, you're just passing through.

>>40801091
>>Ask what privileges and expectations come with being 'Parbau'

>>40801091
>>Ask what privileges and expectations come with being 'Parbau'
>>Ask why they've traveled so close to El-Amin.

>>40801091
>Ask what privileges and expectations come with being 'Parbau'
>Ask why they've traveled so close to El-Amin.

>>40801091
>Ask what privileges and expectations come with being 'Parbau'
>Ask why they've traveled so close to El-Amin.

>Ey mang that's nice and all but when we eatin?

>>40801091
>>Ask what privileges and expectations come with being 'Parbau'
>>Ask why they've traveled so close to El-Amin.
We are the chosen one. We will never bring Zahak here.

>>40801091
>Ask what privileges and expectations come with being 'Parbau'
Do we get one of those cool swords?

>>40801091
>>Ask what privileges and expectations come with being 'Parbau'
>>Ask why they've traveled so close to El-Amin.

>>40801091
>>Tell them that's all well and good but really, you're just passing through.
Thanks I guess, I'm honored and all that for sure, but I just want to go home.

>>40801091
>>Ask what privileges and expectations come with being 'Parbau'
>>Ask why they've traveled so close to El-Amin.

>>40801091
>Ask what privileges and expectations come with being 'Parbau'
>Ask why they've traveled so close to El-Amin.
>Tell them that's all well and good but really, you're just passing through.

>>40801091
>>Ask what privileges and expectations come with being 'Parbau'
>>Ask why they've traveled so close to El-Amin.

"Can we discuss this over a drink and a meal?"

>>40801091
Adding to >>40801179
>I'm going to want it back though on second thought, you can have this box of jerky though.

>>40801116
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>>40801179
>>40801183
>>40801212
>Yo, niggas. Why you even here?

>>40801116
>>40801176
>>40801183
>Dat's cool an all, but you wuz jus goin.

>>40801183
>>40801212
>>40801179
>>40801175
>>40801171
>>40801152
>>40801147
>>40801140
>>40801135
>>40801133
>>40801116
>Yeah but can I axe you a queshun?

>>40801237
>The corpse is mine REEEEE

Writin' for
>Ask about privileges
>Ask why they're so far north.

>>40801091
Well, this is good. We were about to visit the desert. This should help a lot.

>>40801580
You know we're going to Eludia first, right?

>>40801713
>the place where EVERYONE dies
>while the desert has a small survival rate
No thank you.

>>40801713
No.

>>40801731
You're kind stupid, aren't you? Tons of people come back from the Elaudian jungle. We even spoke and bought shit from an old fuck that went in super deep.

No-one has came back from the center of the desert. There's good chance of surviving the outlying areas, but no one has yet returned from the actual center.

>>40801731
you mean the same place as the desert right?
>>40801741
yes

>>40801762
>everyone who has set out to find what we're looking for in eludia has gone missing
>people survived!
No.

>>40801713
>>40801731
>>40801741
>>40801762
>>40801773
Stop this. We had this conversation before, it's no use repeating it.

>>40801713
Thing is, it's much easier to survive in a jungle than a desert, and once we get the compass from Hayes, navigating the desert shouldn't be a problem, as opposed to now where we have barely any clues as to where it is.

>>40801817
You know what? Fuck you and your attempt to reword a very simple factual statement. Yes.

>>40801821
We should just go deal with the warlord anyway. Much more interesting.

>>40801843
>w-well fuck you!
KEK

>>40801903
Yes.

Basically, the plan is to go to Eludia first since it should be easier to survive in, we have a nature GM, and wandering aimlessly through a desert of death is probably a worse idea than the mask. Once we get the eludian steel recipe and give it to Hayes, we'll get a compass that should point us towards the artifact we need from the Pa'vala, thus reducing significantly the risks of navigating it.

>>40801907
>if I say the same thing over and over m-maybe he'll go away
L
O
L

>>40801817
>>40801919
>>30904532

Ring of Heart's Desire Mission
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/30903026/images/1395113439615.jpg
“Well that's all well and good, but I'm going to need some details before I jump blindly into this.” Hayes scratches his head. “Well shoot, yah ask for details on a job but not when yourshovin' magical artifacts onto your face? You're a weird one, you are.” You shrug, and he continues. “Well, listen. Hayes hears things, y'know. Shoot, how couldn't he with a whole mess of magical artifacts to play with? Anyway, Hayes caught word that someone figured out how to make ol' Elaudian Steel. Strongest stuff the world's ever been graced with. Made blades sharper an' lighter than anythin' you ever seen. Just as sturdy as traditional iron or steel though.”
“Hayes wants you to head into that gods forsaken jungle and get him that recipe. Now, it don't have to be tomorrow or next week. Hell, it don't even have to be next month, or the month after. Jus' as soon as you get that recipe, Hayes wants first dibs. Y'hear?”

>Anyway, Hayes caught word that someone figured out how to make ol' Elaudian Steel.

Petty insults from an annoyed anon aside, the Elaudian mission is actually much easier. Someone already figured out the recipe for us. We just have to find the guy and mindrape/earn the recipe.

>>40801936
Ricky interrogation skills!

>>40801936
>Hayes calls it a god forsaken jungle
>the last thing Hayes spoke badly of was the mask
>ITS SAFE!
L
E
L

>>40801909
>is probably a worse idea than the mask

hahaha

>>40802002
No one is saying it's safe, we're saying it's easier than the desert. Also, if we go to the desert first we don't get anything to benefit us when we go to Eludia, while if we go to the jungle first, we get the compass that's going to help us with that. Thus, if we go the Pa'vala first, we get two hard missions, while if we go to Eludia first, we get a hard mission and a slightly easier mission.

>>40802002
>>40802020
You know what's an even worse idea? Going into the Pa'vala without the compass, or an some sort of aerial transport. All of which the Elaudia can help with, in either wood, Elaudian steel, or the compass ring. Think before you speak kids.

>>40802050
>>40802055
>compass
Compasses don't exist. Everyone knows that you idiots.

>>40801909
Playing devil's advocate here.

>should be easier to survive in
Conjecture.

>we have a nature GM
She's staying at home. Adventuring life ain't for her, she said.

>wandering aimlessly through a desert of death is probably a worse idea than the mask.
>implying

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>>40802055
Nigger the mask was the single worst choice made in this quest and an indicator of its downward slide.

Also
>Think before you speak kids.

But mask was a great idea, see all the adventure in front of us where we try to get rid of is aftereffects! What do you want to do, shitpost, or actually do things in quest? Faggots. No one cared who we were until we put on the mask.

>>40802113
The agreement was for her to live at our place, not that she'd just stay there. We can probably persuade her with our oratory skills. We also have a friend who's trying to become a Nature GM.

>>40802098
Everyone knows magic doesn't exist, faglord.

>>40802144
Ooooh, a photoshopped picture of an anime girl. You sure told me. Have you numbnuts considered we're an assload more powerful than we were the time we put on the mask? That we have mental and spiritual fortification out of the wazoo and can reinforce our soul with metal magic techniques? I reiterate, in plainer language, so that my point can be made in clear duplicate.

Before talky talky, try thinky thinky.

Why would we do the desert thing for the entity when we can transfer our self into a new body?
This will definetly not give the entity our old body, definetly.

>>40802172
If we put it on again would we die?

>>40802181
>go to jungle
>get bit by a snake
>fever dreams give us immense sanity boost
>entity takes over and kills our friends

>>40802113
>Conjecture.
Not really, it's based on things we know from threads and Soma's ask. The desert has no water in it, thus we get a malus to water magic, we need to create our own water, the sun can kill us if we're exposed to it too much, gignormous fucking worms wander around it eating anything it senses through vibrations, tribes that could attack us, shitloads of other deep desert monsters that are going to be there, there was another thing I can't remember that's really dangerous, and some other stuff. While the jungle pretty much just has scary monsters and some natives. Also, we don't even know where the artifact we're looking for is, nor if there are people who do, while in Eludia we know there are people who can tell us the recipe.
>She's staying at home. Adventuring life ain't for her, she said.
Yeah, fuck that, we're dragging her with us if we have to, though we shouldn't have to, since it's a jungle filled with all the things she loves and she basically owes us for a bunch of things.
>implying
Death is indeed worse than a failed god/spirit clone living in our head.

>>40802235
>Wander around the Pa'vala without aerial transport or directions.
>Get our friends and us killed.

See, I can forecast too Anon!

>>40802207
It would be extremely painful.

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>>40802181
Are you frustrated?

>>40802267
Mik is a big guy

>>40802235
>doesn't remember that Mik bled himself to remove the poison after being stung by these venemous monsters in the Mine.

>>40802269
what anime is this?

>>40802269
I see talking. I don't see thinking. I'll give you another shot champ.

Beeee-fore finger clicky clicky, use head thinky thingy.

>>40802274
>implying the snakes don't attack in swarms
>implying it doesn't travel through the flesh and not the blood

>>40802278
Symphogear. Tons of fun to watch with /a/, okay on its own.

>>40802294
Speaking of stupid bullshit from eludia.
Imagine vys ticks.
>walk through a bush
>pass out from lack of vys as a shitton of ticks suck you dry

>>40802235
>go to toilet
>random tentacle monster delivers surprise tentacle rape
>it is entity's eternal lover from the void
>mik dies
This is pretty much just as possible as your random scenario.

>>40802313
Thank you.

>>40802294
So we rot our flesh off?

>>40802289
Congratulations. You made the top of the 4chan's daily faggots list.

>>40802294
>By a snake
>implying the snakes don't attack in swarms
hue.
>implying it doesn't travel through the flesh and not the blood
>implying Mik wouldn't be the the type of nigga to auto-rot half if not more of his body while singing a merry tune and regrow his flesh while pondering about the chemical mix of this poison and if it could be used somehow

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>>40802289
I am going to keep posting cute girls mocking you till the buttmad reaches your brain and bursts an artery.

>>40802375
>>40802406

Awww, did I make the little memer mad? Go back to 9gag faggot.

>>40802392
>soma literally vetoed us skinning our arm
>WELL WE WOULD JUST ROT OURSELF!

>>40802415
That is that and this is this. Stop autism.

Post some good music to listen to while reading the quest.

>>40802435
why not go and read a better quest, faggot

>>40802406
Post brown animu girls, we can pretend it's on topic.

>>40802435
no. fuck you

>>40802435
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqIsc8ooXug

>>40802435
I think this one captures the feel of the desert tribe living in the massive arch very well. That horn thing could be the wind blowing and such. The drums are really good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4n2lE6ll5I

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>>40802409
>meme
I don't think you know what that word means.

>>40802463
I will after faggotron up there cools his head. Then and only then.

>>40802435
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcpSuy0dsfE

why are you all such awful people?

>>40802559
[nanako abuse doujin]

>>40802415
He did this because there was no reason to do so.
If we where bit by a potent as fuck snake that'd be reason enough.
Remember why he said no.
Now, try to remember why he said ok to exanguinate ourselve in the mine.

>>40802577
Why are we worried about snakes and stuff? We've got Mortia, the literal animal mind control druid on the B-team. Could as bring along our classmate and friend with for extra backup.

>>40802607
Mortia isn't coming.
She's staying at home.
You people voted to not convince her otherwise.

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>>40802559
Where do you think you are

>>40802626
Nah, she's coming with, even if we have to drag her, which we shouldn't, since it's a jungle filled with her favorite things and shit. Also, she owes us for the money and housing and books and shit we gave her.

>>40802626
you act like we can't convince her to come with us by saying the jungle is full of different species of plants and never before seen strains of plants.

>>40802659
>DC -16

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>>40802628
/tg/?

>>40802607
>Why are we worried about snakes and stuff?
I'm not, maybe if one of 'em whispers in Mik's ear that he needs the bad pussy but untill then...

>>40802674
stop responding this shit has been confirmed to be two shit posters.
One is posting memes and anime pictures and the other is posting snakes.

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>>40802674

>>40802679
>the bad pussy
What tho?

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>>40802767

>>40802728
Game of Thrones nigga, watch em

>>40802679
As long as we don kiss to make up, I'm good

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>>40802767

>>40802965
the most offensive thing in this picture is the lack of trigger discipline....

>>40803014
Right?

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>>40803014
Who /k/ here?

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Finally caught up in the archives and made it to a live BQ.

It was so much easier to scroll through shitposting.

>this nigger won't even say why he's spamming these threads

>>40803072
I too recently reread the archives and I agree.

>>40803072
>>40803134
Welcome! Enjoy your stay.

>>40803114
Because we deserve it.

>>40803072
Join us on IRC

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>>40803057
I'm fairly low on the power s/k/ale, but that shit triggered(get it?) me more than the fursuit.

>>40803114
Its for attention and amusement

Generally the purpose of shitposting

C'est la vie

>>40803144
thanks.....

>>40803151
On mobie. Is it mobile friendly?

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>>40803103

>>40803177
Nevermind, answered my own question.

Where's the list of shit to do?

>>40803177
Kind of

>>40803114
His name is Juden. He hangs out on the irc. He is autistic, gay, a furry and a Nazi. Worst of all, however, he is Swedish.

Basically, this is what he does.

>>40803208
As expected of a cuck

>>40803208
I know a guy that said he reads some quests and he's the only one I know to ever use that name.

Lizard, if thats you, your faggot.

>the amount of shitposting has increased over the past couple of threads
I didn't think it was possible.

>>40803386
This is par for the course.

>>40803326
No it is i, The Butthurt One!

>>40803386
Blame the IRC

>>40803386
They'll eventually either burn themselves out or Soma

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Hunger knots in your gut, pain shooting briefly through your abdomen to remind yourself that you've yet to eat today. Though you certainly have your questions, the desire for food momentarily wins out over your curiosity. “That's all well and good, but might we discuss this over a meal? The smell of those ribs is driving me mad.”

Six minutes later you're sitting on a large woven blanket with the elder and three others you presume to be part of the tribe's leadership. Most of these tribes are ruled by a council headed by the oldest surviving member of the tribe and a few officials elected to represent various members of the tribe, like the craftsmen or warriors.

To your left is a man dressed head to toe in deep blue. His robes, his turban, and even his shoes have been died indigo. To your left a a far younger man, at least in comparison to the others. He wears the same white robe as the Elder and most of the other tribesmen, but wields a staff carved from base to tip in glowing runes. Sitting directly opposite you are the elder who came to greet you and a woman who's probably nearly as old as the elder. She wears all manner of jewelry and her robes are uncharacteristically decorated, died in shades of red and green and gold. She, too has forgone the turbans worn by the vast majority of tribesmen.

In the center of the little gathering is a clay plate stacked high with lamb ribs. You're currently trying to stuff your face while warding off one the children of the tribe, who insist upon attempting to 'beat you up'. Beating you up seems to mostly consist of trying to climb on your shoulders, for some unknown reason. The child's brother is currently clinging to the old woman's arm, asking her for something or other. You haven't actually gotten to discuss what being a 'parbau' entails or why they've traveled so far north, you've mostly just been enjoying the meal.
(1/3 or 4)

>>40803416
I actually, seriously blame Soma for the creation of that shithole.

>>40803416
Two posts, four hours. Slower than hexer. This is shit.

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Eventually the old woman snaps her fingers and calls over the boy climbing on you. He huffs, letting go of your robes and running around the gathering to join his brother. The old woman says something in their dialect, you catch 'mother', and the boys run off towards a woman who's currently occupied at one of the fire pits cooking.

Once they're out of earshot you conjure some water from the air, no easy task in this desert though you manage well enough, and wipe off your mouth before letting it dissipate again. “So, what exactly does it mean to be a 'Parbau'? What responsibilities does it bring?”

The elder speaks. “Parbau has many meanings. Roughly translated, it would be akin to 'Elite', but that term does not encompass all of its parts. To be Parbau is to be amongst the most respected of our people. Even the Elders must heed their word. It is said that once, before the Messengers raised the mountains from the sands and hid themselves within, that the Parbau formed a ruling council which led our people in greatness. Unfortunately as memory of the Messengers faded we were left to wander without purpose, and our people fractured into many smaller tribes vying for land and wealth.”

While certainly interesting, that didn't actually answer your question. “So what would be expected of me, as a Parbau? Would I be the ruler of your people? Expected to preside over meetings, or some such? Simply honored as particularly skilled? How would my status as Parbau be known to other members of your tribe?”

(2/3)

>>40803475
He's barely been posting in IRC lately actually, he's stated that it's taking him some time to find art though.

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The elder sighs, a hint of weariness entering his tone. “The Suteimi are shattered, uniting them seems an impossibility. Your responsibilities would thus be minimal. As would your privileges. Among my tribe, your word would carry immense weight. My people would hold you up as an example for children and warriors to emulate. However, outside of my tribe you would likely be met with skepticism at best, or hostility at worst.”

“Traditionally Parbau were marked upon the hands. The bones of the Messenger they killed were charred black and crushed into a fine powder, which when properly mixed creates a dark red ink. Symbols were then drawn on their flesh with a needle and thread, which were said to grant them power.”

Sounds to you like a rudimentary form of enchanting, performed upon one's self. You find it curios that a dragon's bones, once charred black and ground up, made not a black ink but a red. Perhaps they mix something else in with the powdered dragon bone?

You retrieve another rib from the pile, tearing off a chunk of wonderfully tender meat and chewing contemplatively, savoring the richness while your thoughts wander. After you've swallowed, a question occurs to you. “Why are you this far north to begin with? Is not your homeland on the eastern edge of the Pa'vala?” You'd guess that it has something to do with the dragon sightings, but you could be wrong.

This time it's the man in blue who speaks. “We were expelled from our lands by the Samrat, forced to flee into the Shahdom in search of refuge. The Samrat has been building things along the edge of the desert for many years now, but only recently has he reached our lands. Some tribes stayed behind to fight. Others fled into the...” He trails off, looking to the Elder and saying something in their own dialect you don't really understand.

(3/4)

>>40803475
Is he still active on irc during quest? He said he would stop that.

Really Soma, leave the irc well the fuck alone, at least while you run.

The Elder strokes his beard while he thinks. “It is hard to describe succinctly. Home of the Mad Ones? Well, regardless. Your people name it Elaudia.”

>Thank them for the meal, but you'd rather not get involved in tribal politics. A mount would do.
>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.
>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?
>Write-in

>>40803494
Searching for art and researching ancient tattooing customs distracted me.

>>40803525

>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.
>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?

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>>40803525
>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.
>Write-In

Ask if they know about the strang scars that form a pattern all over the body after a large amount of vys has been expended

>>40803525
>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?

>>40803525
>It is hard to describe succinctly. Home of the Mad Ones? Well, regardless. Your people name it Elaudia.
>Guys, Elaudia is totally safe, trust me, no problem at all!
retards

>>40803525
>>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.
>>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?
Reuniting the tribes would be fun.

>>40803525
>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.
>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?

>>40803525
>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.
>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?

>>40803525
Can we come back to these people later on, once we have met up with our party in El-Amin? I kinda want to united them and get our own little kingdom which would then eventually fuse with the other two.

>>40803525
>>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?
I don't want any tattoos. The El-Amin people would probably look down on us for it.

>>40803525
>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.
>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?

>>40803525
>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.
>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?
>Inquire as to what they know about Elaudia

>>40803525
>>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.
>>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?
Magic tattoo pls.

>>40803525
>>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?
this interests the mik.

>>40803525
>>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?

>>40803525
>>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.

>>40803585
>fuse
>not conquer
Wrong, never absorb other people's cultures into your own. You force them to take yours.

>>40803525
>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.

>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?

>>40803568
We Nerevarine now.

>>40803632
Anon, it is literally the same culture, the Samrat, Shahdom, and our theoretical kingdom would all be Samja countries with Samja customs.

>>40803525
Supporting >>40803598

Soma, are we clear that avatarfagging is even worse, actually much much worse, than namefagging and is heavily discouraged?

>>40803525
>>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.
>>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?

>>40803668
You realize the second he says something about samefagging that that will cause a great tide of it to wash over this quest right?

>>40803655
>shah the decadent
>samaras the war monger(from what we know)
>and gypsy tribals
>same culture
Lol no

>>40803525
>>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.
>>Ask them what the Samrat is building. Would not the edge of the Pa'vala be a hazardous place to spend any amount of time at all?

>>40803525
>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.

>>40803711
I don't know how Soma got the most autistic playerbase on the board.

Is it because he didn't do anything to discourage the rampant shitposting?

Seems like
>Ask about ink
>Ask what the Samrat is building.
Are pretty unanimous. I'll get writing.

>>40803668
Avatarfagging is indeed worse than namefagging, and it's also a bannable offense.
So I won't count his votes, and people ought to report the faggot.

>>40803525
Soma, please give us a reminder of what Mik knows of enchanting people and the consequences of it and of fucking up.

>>40803741
How about them vys scars tho

>>40803732
Why do I get the feeling that this will kill you?

Guys, we should make these guys something enchanted, I mean what kind of messiah would we be if we didn't give them shiny shit to flash at the other tribes?

>>40803867
We're not a messiah though

Just a big dick guy by proxy

>>40803867
You do realize that the staff in >>40803482 is probably way more complicated and amazing than anything Mik could make right now, right?

>>40803867
>ooga booga our crazy dude made us shit
>ooga booga me wantz dat
And that's how you recruit tribals

>>40803937
>ooga booga eat his heart to gain his power
>ooga booga eat his brain to gain his knowledge

>>40803922
It's the though my that counts you tripple nigger

>>40803565
they rather go there than gointo the desert, that should give you an idea o how safe the desert is.

>>40803922
Yeah, but that's a crazy artifact that is probably irreplaceable. Our ability to create something remotely similar would likely be incredibly impressive.

>>40803867
We should enchant something to create water for them as a gift

>>40803877
Honestly, we're kind of a big fucking deal. The knowledge we possess compared to most mortals even grandmaster Vatis is astounding and we're still capable of learning if it doesn't kill us first.

Not to stroke out own ego, but are we already the messiah?

>>40804018
Do we know the rune for water?

>>40804045
Yeah. They're all listed in the spellbook pastebin

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>>40804040
Is someone brave enough to open this for me

>>40804018
How about we don't give such an incredibly important thing to these random hobos?

>>40804073
They're our hobos now.

>>40804044
No

>>40804067
Someone fondling the testicles of a horse.

>>40804073
Because we're a Parbau, obviously.

>>40804067
from what I saw before looking, It was a guy putting a snake over his dick

Just do something like what we did with masters pipe to create water instead of fire, and give it a large.

>>40803525
>Ask if they have the ingredients to make the ink. It will be an interesting experiment in enchanting.

>>40804110
The way to make it isn't the problem, it's that we should do it, not the means.

>>40804110
We're kinda trying to be somewhere

I'd be up for it later though

>>40804069
That woman has balls larger than the entirety of the guard

>>40804132
>and thus miks tribe died of dehydration because he just left them and never found them again
Don't forget anons have add, we would never go back.

We should just make a Create+Water if presence of something(so we have a switch) fountain in the catacombs/basement beneath our estate and be done with it.

>>40804155
Not our tribe

And Soma would find some way to entice the Anons to doing it anyway

We should ask them if any have ever heard the name Al-Hikars

>>40804158
>in our basement
Real useful.
Extremely useful.
To the fucking rats in our basement.

>>40804184
This.

>>40804171
Soma couldn't get anons to go the the hype as fuck siege up north, and he really wanted to write that.

>>40804202
>dragons attack
>have to hide underground
>have infinite water

>>40804218
Dangle any modicum of power or bonuses to rolls and they'd do anything

Anything

>>40804132
Funk that. This is way more interesting.

>>40804184
Could be the only people we've met with an idea

>>40804252
>implying that wasn't up north
>implying the path to becoming a god wasn't in the town being sieged

>>40804267
NIGGA WE NEED TO GET BACK TO OUR COMPANIONS RIGHT FUCKING NOW

>>40804218
Lmao, he should have wrapped it up in a Mystery Box. You can railroad any quest in any direction as long you present the choice in Mystery Box fashion.

>>40804296
Not really. People are freaking out about this too much.

>>40804296
>oh no mik had sex we must all collectively kill ourselves!
No.

>>40804296
Screw them. They are only holding us back.

>>40804324
More like people really want to just get this shit settled and move on

>So many people freaking out about what amounts to dumb drunk texting.

>>40804296
Contact friends, tell them we ttook a wrong turn and have become the Paubau of these people, and tell them we might be late.

>>40804365
Nah. I love this tribal encounter.

But people are worried our companions are gonna hate us forever so they wanna leave now.

>>40804372
You are really underestimating it.
It's more like drunkenly making a sextape with a partner who is not aware of it, then showing this tape to all your friends, oh and also making them feel everything going on in the tape like some ultrahigh tech VR.

>>40804411
I don't know man. Sounds like a great experience

>>40804411
They could have taken off the brooches, sk took it off the second he figured it out.

>>40804411
In a world of magic that's the equivalent.

It's gonna get the same reaction.

>>40804411
Anyone could have taken it off at any time. Also not recorded. And we were drunk.

>>40804472
>Darzi watched for thirty minutes
I bet she shlicked, I mean she's about as pent up as mik is.

>>40804387
this, just contact them "hello everyone, I wanted to apologize in person for what happened last night, but long story short I took the wrong turn in a spirit realm and I'm somewhere in the middle of the pa'vala. I'm ok, but it will take me some time to reach el amin. In the mean time I want to apologize for the telepathic display, turn out the brooch was snapped to the bed sheet. "

>>40804549
We can fix that.

>>40804515
well except for fulvia

>>40804549
oh my

>>40804558
They expect us to be taking a ship anyway. It'll be fine.

>>40804549
>Chrys watched for an hour

>>40804592
I wonder if it was then that mik moaned Aisha's name.

>>40804592
>Mortia watched the whole time.

>>40804642
Pure girl is confused as fuck.
Mik should show her what he was doing personally.
Or rather, talk to her about it, her dialogues are great and Soma said he looks forward to writing her part.

>>40804558
Nah just tell them we're on our way home, and haven't killed ourself
>miks signal just goes dead for like 12 hours after being told he showed them him having sex

>>40804642
The big breasted child in a woman's body?

She probably didn't even know what was going on.

>>40804665
>pure girl
>her family kidnaps and rapes men to create children

>>40804669
Embarrasment

>>40804684
She doesn't know anything about flirting and men though.
Remember when she thought she used her womanly wiles to sway our decision, when it was really what we wanted in the first place and the way she acted was just threatening?
>"Hah! And mother said I have no sense for men!"
It was cute.

>>40804684
yes to both! just imagine the embarrassed rape scene!

>>40804700
>implying prof didn't play it up
He was the only one awake and prof is a little shit.

>>40804768
I thought we woke him up.

>>40804767
"Fuck what is that?"
"I need to put it where?

>>40804781
>hey dude did I just blast sex at you?
No he talked to us after we stopped fucking

>>40804793
>>40804767
Stop sexualizing the mormor, she is for fade to blacks with mik, nothing more

>>40804824
Just glad we are almost immune to poison since fucking her would equal death for most people.

>>40804866
wouldn't fucking her give us a trait to being immune to poison if we fuck her enough times?
>>40803525
Would it?

>>40804866
Water vatis best vatis

>>40804866
Are we really immune to poison though? We had to nearly bleed out to stop it last time

>>40804903
We weren't a GM back then

>>40804903
we know manipulate and poison, plus we are a GM water vatis geared towards healing so we could fix the damage her body would do to us.

>>40804903
Manipulate+Poison

>>40804943
>infuse our cum with the poison
>blast it deep in her womb
When

Why is mormor poisonous again

>>40804975
Short Answer? Rhynian Nature magic.
>>34122796
“Not to mention you're a Vatis-” Mortia interrupts you. “Not a vatis, but a venefica. My mother always said that there was a difference between the two.” You raise an eyebrow. You've heard vague stories about venefica, women who supposedly ingested small amounts of poison until their bodies were so toxic a kiss could kill a man. You'd never lent such stories much credence. “And what exactly does it mean to be a venefica?”
>>34122821
She grins, seems she likes pretending to be the smartest person in the room, metaphorically speaking that is. “It's a trade that has been passed down matrilineally in my family for untold generations. Though like vatis I am able to use some magic, primarily nature magic, most of my talent comes as an alchemist. I can brew potions that will drag a man's spirit back from the land of the dead or poisons that will kill even the hardiest of soldiers with but a whiff of their noxious fumes.” You think on that for a moment, and then nod. “Very well then, I believe your art may have been lost to the ages but I will keep it in mind.

>>40804975
Her family injest poisons from birth, they over time become poisonous themselves

>>40804975
Some bullshit about her alchemy techniques and some lost art from 1000+ years ago to do with poisons.

>>40804975
she isn't, people are assuming things again.

>>40804975
I think that the side effect of when she became nature GM. that or because she is a witch.

>>40804995
>>40804998
>>40805002
>>40805013
>>40805017
Sounds like bragging to me.

>>40805054
A Venefica was a Roman sorceress who used drugs, potions, and poison for several reasons. Venefica means "a female who poisons" in Latin. The word appears in one of Sir Francis Bacon's Essays,"Of Friendship" in the following lines:

"And it seemeth his favour was so great, as Antonius, in a letter which is recited verbatim in one of Cicero’s Philippics, calleth him ‘venefica,’ witch, —as if he had enchanted Caesar."

>Other definitions
Venefica under the above definition is found in the book Raptor by Gary Jennings, where a venefica slave is purchased in order to assist in carrying out revenge. The setting of this book is in the declining Roman Empire around 500 A.D. In this novel, veneficas are defined as "girl slaves who are, from their infancy, fed certain poisons, first in minute amounts, then in increasing doses throughout their upbringing. By the time they are grown to maidenhood, their own bodies are accustomed to these substances and are unharmed by them. However, so virulent is the accumulated poison, that a man who beds with a venefica - or anyone who partakes of any of her juices - dies on the instant."


Soma based the rythians off of the romans.

You're not really opposed to the idea of getting a tattoo. Granted your hands aren't the best place for it. Really you arms in general seem to get lost or just fall off on a semi-frequent basis. Still it will be a useful experiment, to see how enchanting might effect someone when the runes are carved, or rather drawn, directly upon their flesh. “Do you happen to have the materials for the ink available?”

The woman is the one who responds to your question, rather than the elder. “In very small amounts we have makar lea. A mix of the blood of trees with red cinnamon. Add ash, to darken. Add water, to make ink. Very bright pigment. Good for marking flesh or canvas. Ingredients rare, need certain type of tree and red cinnamon must be brought up from the earth. Tree only grows on the border of Elaudia and Pidjata, not in Elaudia and not in Pidjata.”

Curious. So it's a type of tree sap mixed with cinnabar, or at least that's what you think she's referring to with that 'red cinnamon' part. You know the Rhynians used cinnabar to extract quicksilver. You wonder if that might have some sort of effect on the strength or effects of the enchantment in question? Quicksilver has always been said to hold magical properties, and according to a report you read in your Master's library it tends to absorb vys in vast quantities from its surroundings and store it indefinitely. This trait incidentally tends to make it quite toxic to non-Vatis.

You turn your attention once more to the present. You think the old white-haired woman might be their healer, or perhaps simply an alchemist. “So you could mix it, then? How long would it take do you think? Is it dangerous at all?”

(1/3)

>>40805098
you know what they say about assuming things.

The woman shrugs her shoulders. “Fumes, very bad. See things. Hear things. Voices whisper in ears. Fumes only produced when melted, crushing not dangerous. Mixing not dangerous. Ink not dangerous. Not a long time to mix, only a few hours. Combine makar lea with bone ash and water, let dry. Once dry forms black stone. Grind stone until red appear.”

Why would grinding the stone turn it from black to red? Well, whatever. Alchemy was never your strong suit. You'd bet Mortia would absolutely love to hear this, though. Maybe you ought to keep the recipe in mind? “I believe I shall go through with the tattooing, then. Do you happen to know what the symbols look like?”

The elder nods. “Partially, but many of the original symbols have been lost. Every tribe has their own markings, all derivative from the original symbols written upon flesh before the mountains rose from sand. Ours are carved upon a stone tablet, though others incorporate them into their banner or inscribe them upon standing stones in the desert. We have not had much use for them, since the Messengers hid away.”

The old woman grins excitedly. “After eating I mix, will be good! Long time since I enjoyed use of makar lea. Many hundreds of years.”

You didn't even kill a particularly large dragon, you wonder how they'd treat the soldier in Anthus who managed to kill a dragon larger than most buildings? Regardless, your thoughts turn elsewhere. “What about the Samrat and his buildings? What could he possibly wish to construct along the outer edge of the Pa'vala?”

(2/3)

>>40805098
Sounds like bragging to me.

The man in blue robes is the one who answers. “Post, each one spaced a hundred yards apart. They have large gems at the top, each one bigger than a man's head. He's been building them for years, but we don't know why. Some say they're to keep the Palaka at bay. The worms haven't been as aggressive since their construction started.”

Some sort of fence, perhaps? Regardless you return to your meal. It isn't long before the white-haired woman excuses herself and calls out to a few children wrestling in the sand near-by in their language. The children stop what they're doing and rush over to her, helping her towards one of the dome-shaped huts which sit at the base of the wind-carved spires of rock which these nomads make their home inside and around.

The festivities in general seem to be winding down, with couples secreting away to their homes and parents calling children in for the night. You notice that there is a herd of camels milling about the edge of the camp, men bringing in the herds presumably. Each beast has on its back a barrel of water, and some carry bundles of food and plant matter as well. Perhaps there's a oasis near here?

The elder snaps his fingers and the man with the staff stands, walking around the woven mat to help the old man to his feet. “I will be retrieving the tablet and studying its symbols. The ink will take some time to prepare, as Lilavati earlier explained. You may come with me if you like, to inspect the symbols. Otherwise Ravindra will find a place for you to sleep.” The man in blue, Ravindra you presume, nods at the mention of his name.

>Retire for the night, either to meditate or sleep.
>You'd like to know what they're going to be carving into your flesh. Plus, maybe you'll recognize some runes?
>Write-in

>>40805118
We heard tales of these woman being poisonous anon and mortai talked about her family line kidnapping men to make children.
All they need is one nigga, but if the guys die when they have sex than its obvious gonna need multiple guys.

>>40805149
>You'd like to know what they're going to be carving into your flesh. Plus, maybe you'll recognize some runes?

>>40805149
>You'd like to know what they're going to be carving into your flesh. Plus, maybe you'll recognize some runes?

>>40805149
>>You'd like to know what they're going to be carving into your flesh. Plus, maybe you'll recognize some runes?
We need to destroy those towers, I don't know what they are, but fuck whatever they might be.

>>40805149
>>Retire for the night, either to meditate or sleep.

>>40805149
>You'd like to know what they're going to be carving into your flesh. Plus, maybe you'll recognize some runes?

>>40805149
>>You'd like to know what they're going to be carving into your flesh. Plus, maybe you'll recognize some runes?

>>40805149
>You'd like to know what they're going to be carving into your flesh. Plus, maybe you'll recognize some runes?

>>40803589
>>You'd like to know what they're going to be carving into your flesh. Plus, maybe you'll recognize some runes?

Why not?

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>>40805098
At least something useful and productive came out of this pointless argument

>>40805181
it probably makes the desert more dangerous.

We're going to become a walking weapon with runes covering every inch of us aren't we.

>>40805263
>mik finally comes home
>naked
>covered in tribal tattoos
>speaking in only clicks

>>40805149
>You'd like to know what they're going to be carving into your flesh. Plus, maybe you'll
>Write-In
Ask about the vys scars maybe it relates to the tattoos?

>>40805258
Sounds like an anon sperging out on a topic irrelevant to the discussion in an attempt to look smarter than everyone.

>>40805312
Eh still was something I never knew I appreciate any new info

Also how was it irrelevant?

>>40805299
We should do that actually.

>>40805233
>>40805226
>>40805222
>>40805212
>>40805181
>>40805178
>>40805167
>>40805305
>You'd like to know about the symbols.

>>40805206
>Get some rest.

Writin'

>>40805299
thats actually hilarious.

>>40805104
>Quicksilver has always been said to hold magical properties, and according to a report you read in your Master's library it tends to absorb vys in vast quantities from its surroundings and store it indefinitely.
Armor covered in magical Mercury when?
Fighting using Metal magic and Mercury when?

>>40805149
>>You'd like to know what they're going to be carving into your flesh. Plus, maybe you'll recognize some runes?

>>40805347
These two things are entirely different in-quest and in-reality.

>>40805299
I'll second the idea, and when we click to explain shit we use an illusion to explain it.

>>40805260
Probably does the opposite.

>>40805427
you mean caging animals and forcing them towards the center thus making areas more populated makes it safer?
Its safer on the outside sure, but it just made the inside worse.

>>40805468
Can't blame the guy for doing it though.

Must really suck randomly having mile long sandworms come rolling into your country.

>>40805260
>>40805427
>>40805468
It could be just a very phallic line marking the border. (unlikely)
It could be a border surveillance system.
It could be a kind of palaka worm fence (like the Australian rabbit fence or the USA's anti-mexican fence) protecting those guys from the worms.
It could be an automated border defense system that shoots lightning at everybody that comes near from the wrong side.
It could be the initial step of a giant death ray that will destroy the shahdom.
As with so many things going on in this quest (what the cloak realy does, whether the Pa'vala will more likely kill us or Elaudia, or maybe the entity will do it first, whether Mortia is poisonous) we don't know. Please don't turn this into another name-calling sperg fest.

>>40804411
Prof has probably got Fulvia to upload it to that hologram ball he has.

>>40805815
It pisses off sand worms, fuck whatever it is, a pissed sand worm is bad

>>40805946
>Some say they're to keep the Palaka at bay. The worms haven't been as aggressive since their construction started
How did you get from "not as aggressive" to "pissed off"? The important thing for us right now is that a rival country is building a strange and probably powerful device along the border. Whether the thing is neutral or hostile we might learn when/if we get there (or when the enemy army arrives at El-Amin).

>>40806025
I'm bad at reading.

>>40806025
>big towers
>gems at the top
>sand worms not as agresive
They are weaponizing them

>>40803482
>once, before the Messengers raised the mountains from the sands and hid themselves within
I find it interesting that everybody thought dragons weren't real and only stuff from legend, while these guys are like "oh yeah, they're just hiding in the mountains, no big deal, every baby knows this".

>>40806113
Yes, that's a major possibility. Too bad that Magic Mik And the Gang will domesticate all the worms and conquer the Samrat riding worms.

>>40806252
Everyone knew dragons were real, they just thought they had gone extinct.

>>40806252
>the samrat
The world*
We just strap them with devices that turns dirt to sand and in their tails the opposite.

>>40805383
So that ring you guys were talking about should be made of quicksilver right?

You push yourself to your feet, retrieving the last two ribs from the plate and tearing off a chunk of one, while tossing the other into your cloak for Ricky to enjoy. You're struck almost forcefully by a wave of gratitude, though it quickly recedes. Once your thoughts clear you give the Elder your response. “I'll join you in searching out the tablet, I'm curious to see the symbols myself. I believe I may be able to help identify them, if they are what I think they are.”

The Elder nods, and Ravindra takes his leave. You're led through the camp to one of the outcroppings of domed huts. They almost remind you of some sort of insect's nest. The walls of the domes are partially built on top of one another, and some are fused together. Others are supported on wooden platforms. They seem like something you might expect wasp to build.

Regardless, you're led through the huts and up a stairwell. You see one child point at you and say something about 'Parbau', to which she swats his hand and seems to scold him. You also see a young woman leaning out her window, looking generally bored. She's cute, though a little too young for you in all likelihood. Regardless she smiles shyly and waves when she notices your attention.

You wonder if word has spread to the whole of the camp that you've been granted this special status amongst them? They certainly seem accepting, especially considering the fact you're an outsider. Is this what it's like to be a celebrity?
(1/4)

You enter into a tunnel cut through the center of the spire, which leads you through tightly packed corridors and rooms and eventually out onto a flat platform which forms a sort of natural bridge between this rock spire and the furthest rock spire from the the camp. You're led across the bridge and through a heavy iron door decorated with tarnished gold. The only door you've seen in the whole of the camp, come to think of it. Everyone else seems to use heavy woven mats to preserve the privacy of their homes.

Inside the place is cluttered to put it politely. The place is packed to overflowing with crates and bundles. The whole of the tribe's supplies you imagine. The Elder cuts through the junk with practiced ease, stopping in front of a gilded case and tapping it with his cane. “Open this for me, would you Dinesh?”

The younger man crouches down and undoes a latch, raising the lid to reveal two stone tablets stacked on top of one another. It occurs to you that this Dinesh fellow hasn't said a word since you've met him, and that staff of his is a powerful piece of enchanting. You find him suspicious, to be frank. Regardless he retrieves the stone tablets and tucks them under one arm.

The elder nods, patting the younger man on the shoulder. “Good, good. Now lets go upstairs. It will be more comfortable to study them there, and the lighting is better.”

(2/4)

The elder once again hobbles off, using his staff as something of a cane. The stairs are difficult, but between you and Dinesh you manage to get the old man up without too much difficulty. Upstairs you find a set of surprisingly comfortable rooms. Pillows are strewn about in a loose circle surrounding a hookah pipe and a plush mattress sits on a small raised stand at one end. You presume these are the Elder's own rooms.

The Elder gestures offhandedly and a dozen candles ignite at once, shedding light on the room. Fine rugs, thick tappestries, all the markings of luxury ornament the space. The elder leads the two of you to the hookah pipe, though merely sits down on some of the pillows with a grateful sigh. “Dinesh, fetch a candle would you?”

The younger man crosses the room to retrieve a candle off of a window sill, the window itself little more than a hole in the wall eroded by the wind. You take a seat amongst the pillows next to the Elder. A moment later Dinesh returns to join the two of you, handing off the tablets to the elder and holding the candle out above them so you can all get a good look at the symbols.

On the first tablet you almost immediately identify the 'Fire' and 'Contain' runes. They're both distorted, their edges softened and certain parts of the symbols elongated or shortened to make them more flowing. They appear distinctly Samjan, unlike the runes taught to you by Mahana which are blocky and generally unappealing. However, the two runes you can identify are far outweighed by the eighteen that you can't.

The elder points his finger to one rune in particular, its meaning unknown to you. “The Elder before me, when I was still his apprentice, told me that this symbol means 'Destruction'.” He slides his finger down one. “While this symbol means 'Life'. Both are written in the same tongue the Messengers use, or used perhaps.”

(3/4)

He points to the rune for Fire, just below the rune for Life. “This rune, he said, is the name of the one you call Surya, whom we name Iraida.” He moves his finger to the rune for Contain, which is in the column immediately next to the rune for Fire. “This one means 'Protect', if I recall correctly. Unfortunately I don't know the rest.”

He sets the tablet in front of him and moves on to the next. You immediately recognize the runes for Water and Stone, as well as the rune for Blood, Repel, and Sustain. Again, the process repeats itself. Water the Elder identifies as the symbol for Pani, whom he calls Jala. Stone he names Prthvi, whom he calls Parthaivai. He can't identify the symbols for blood or repel, and simply states that the rune Sustain is the most important of them all. He also identifies one rune as the rune for Srsti, whom he seems to have no qualms about naming. She's usually referred to as 'She Who Was Banished'. Perhaps another elemental rune? No rune for Dhatu, oddly enough.

After he's gone through each rune he recognizes his attention turns to you. “The ritual is that two symbols are chosen, and that each is drawn within a circle conjoined by a line. Then channels are drawn onto your skin to fuel the symbols with vys. They're made to resemble the natural flow of vys from one's arms as they channel. Have you any insight?”

>Explain to him the true meaning of the symbols you recognize, and that you know some of the Messenger's tongue.
>Keep your knowledge to yourself, but point out which runes you want carved on your hand. (Write-in)
>Design your own enchantment based on the runes you know, since the mechanics seem similar. (Write-in)
>Write-in

>>40806849
>Explain to him the true meaning of the symbols you recognize, and that you know some of the Messenger's tongue.

Can we just get a list my brain is dead and I'm half sleep

>>40806849
>Explain to him the true meaning of the symbols you recognize, and that you know some of the Messenger's tongue.

>>40806849
>>Explain to him the true meaning of the symbols you recognize, and that you know some of the Messenger's tongue.

>>40806849
>Explain to him the true meaning of the symbols you recognize, and that you know some of the Messenger's tongue.
And shouldn't they decide the pattern? Or did the actual pattern for the apucation of runes get lost?

>>40806849
>Explain to him the true meaning of the symbols you recognize, and that you know some of the Messenger's tongue.

>>40806903
The actual mechanics of enchanting have been all but lost, except for the most basic details that they need to be enclosed in a circle and linked.

>>40806849
>Explain to him the true meaning of the symbols you recognize, and that you know some of the Messenger's tongue.

>>40806849
Perhaps we should offer to introduce him to the person who taught us the Messenger's language.

Maybe we could introduce Mahana and ask them to worship him alongside their other deities, we'd get brownie points, plus we have the authority

>>40806849
>Then channels are drawn onto your skin to fuel the symbols with vys. They're made to resemble the natural flow of vys from one's arms as they channel.

So that's what the vys scars were?

I swear to god if you say no

>>40806849
>Explain to him the true meaning of the symbols you recognize, and that you know some of the Messenger's tongue.

>>40806881
Seconded on both the vote and the list.

>>40806943
yes lets turn this village into his cult, plus fuck traveling on foot.

>>40806943
You want to introduce him to some fire spirit?

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>>40806943
>>40806956
We're not a disciple wed get half if not less the profits from that fuck it

>>40806849
I am really interested about Srsti, we should memorize that. Possibly forgotten magic.

>>40806849
>>Explain to him the true meaning of the symbols you recognize, and that you know some of the Messenger's tongue.

>>40806943
You do know samjams are really big on only worshipping the Gods right. They don't worship spirits

>>40806967
No. Obviously our one true Lord and Saviour Kitty.

>>40806957
Yeah.

>>40806995
>Implying it's actual worship

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>>40807020

>Explain what each of the symbols mean, and that you know a little enchanting.
Writin'

>>40806956
Honestly they would make good starting level worshippers.

If you can convince samjan to worship spirits, which they never have.

Still, i could see them following Mahanna. Becoming his disciples and whatnot.

>they know the dragons are divine creations
>they know some enchanting(rare as fuck)
>they live in the desert somehow
>hey bruh worship the spirit
They aren't retards, that won't go over well

>>40807020
>>40807042
can we learn these channels?

>>40806957
Have we seen an example of vys scars before?