>>2314350 Brrrlghhr
Construction on the oltar structures continues, bordering much of the main hiveforest.
Dedfuk continues negotiations on the hex trade, asking:
>"Why. Do. You. Seek. To. Trade. For. My. Land. And. Why. Offer. Those. Two. Specifically."
Message will be left to Eli.

>>2314885 Spider Queen
Not giving the saytyr mountain was a technical mistake on my part, my bad.
The spider forces, with assistance of Agarius' troops on the eastern side, claim the remainder of the Cog.

The spiderfolk continue to peer through the veil of time, hungry for more information. With no ulterior connection to the Cosmos but the Goddess of Creation, they peer further into her past.
A large platform can be seen in the middle of a starry void, perhaps an unfinished version of the Cosmos? On it's surface, a grand battle takes place. Several divine people can be seen; a tall, pale, older man wearing white; a fish-tailed woman with short blue hair that wields a trident; a red fiend with white eyes wearing black robes; a six-legged, green-fur, one eyed, goat creature; a delicate and beautiful dark-skinned woman with seafoam hair and a pink dress; and a foul many-eyed gray beast with several tentacles. Fighting along side these deities stand several champions of many races, and two particularly familiar figures. One is a brown-haired short-horned man, wearing white armor; the same man from the previous vision, albeit alive. Fightiing beside him we can see a young woman with scruffy short white hair, clad in steel armor from the neck down. From her facial structure, you'd recognize this to be the goddess of creation, although she does not glow with the same divine radiance, having no glowing eyes nor 7-star-symbol upon her forehead. These deities and champions all battle against an entity of pure evil and destruction, cackling as the battle continues. Blood drips from his face as he moves at the pace of lightning, flashing spells constantly to fend off each champion and deity alike. The green-skinned figure appears to have a similar divine radiance alike that of a god, despite his mortal origin. The vision has much more to show, although only so much information is gathered at this time.

Cont.

>>2315116 Eli
As Eli begins to heal his legs with restoration magic on the seafloor, the serpentine creature circles around his vicinity, continuing to be illuminated in the red lights along its long body.
"Oh? So now you wish to speak, after I've demonstrated my prowess? Fear not, false-demigod, I have no intentions to kill you. It's clear no matter what, it's impossible for me to provide a fair battle here, and though you have no courage to face me head on, to kill you would be dishonorable. I asked nothing of you but answers to my questions before, and you disrespected such desires, so I see no reason for me to answer your questions, unless you can convince me otherwise. You may now leave as you wish, be it back to where you came, or to elsewhere in these waters, so long as you're wasting my time no more."
Brrlghhr says:
>It again proposes trading territory for technological assistance in arcane energy manipulation and storage, and asks for Eli's conditions.

>>2315396 Fae King
Fair enough, 5 turns it is. Bardic magic created.

DEMIGOD STATS
Thernax: 118
OFF+7, DEF+6
Tech: Jold, Thaumium, Oltar, Afterlife, Clergy, Barlow, Missionaries
(Thayna-7, OFF+1, DEF+1, Tech: Jold)

Dedfuk: 77
OFF+8, DEF+4
Tech: Unbounded Numbers, Magic, Taint Weavers, Astral Armor, Blight Reciever, Mortal Cult

Brrrlghhr: 71
OFF+6, DEF+7
The Goddess’ Favor: OFF+5, DEF+5
Tech: Dinosaurs, Jold, Water Travel, Steam Engines, Hive-tree Variants, Fire Resistance, Afterlife, Guns, Genetic Engineering, Planar Travel, Anti-air, Rockets, Oltar

Agarius: 68
OFF+3, DEF+1
Tech: Flight, Hellfire Breath, Unbounded Numbers, Hellportals

Fae King: 63
OFF+5, DEF+6
Tech: Flight, Magic, Disrupt Magic, Horses, Defensive Forest, Psychic Resistance, Familiars, Planar Travel, Afterlife, Thaumium, Bardic Magic

Spider Queen: 47
OFF+1, DEF+3
Tech: Web, Voidships, Thaumium, Water-striders, Slaves, Afterlife, Jold

Protea: 44
OFF+1,DEF+2
Tech: Poetry Magic

Belweir: 43
DEF+7
Tech: Jold, Crystal Spiders, Thaumium, Web, Thunder Fields, Afterlife, Planar Travel, Magic

Frakt: 36
OFF+6, DEF+4
Tech: Flight, Hemomancy, Barlow

Idanikos: 23
OFF+3, DEF+6
Tech: Infinite Dungeons, Afterlife

Sternes: 21
OFF+2, DEF+4
Tech: Disorienting Mist, Mist Elementals, Addictive Mist, Afterlife, Souls of the Dead, Peaceful Mist

Norhes Lune: 11
Tech: Afterlife

Eli: 9
OFF+5, DEF+3
Tech: Mind Worms, Shop, Enchanting, Crystal Tech, Restoration Magic, Planar Travel

Central Cog: 4
OFF+5, DEF+1
Tech: Unbounded Numbers, Advanced Engineering, Airships, Electromagnetism, Coil Guns, Light Prisms

Grand Master: 3
OFF+4, DEF+3
Tech: Jold, Improved Metallurgy, Afterlife, Consecrated Lands, Clergy, Voidships

>>2316722
News comes of The Undead's actions upon the material plane, and outrage is had. The clerics pray and meditate for days on end, the artificers work furiously to apply their talents to the art of magic, and The Grand Master himself seethes at the idea of the taint spreading further. But, will their combined efforts be enough to replicate The Undead's feat? To breach through, and begin influencing the realms where only mortals tread?

(I honestly don't know. If this ends up being a multi-turn project, I'm 100% okay with that.)

Rolled 15 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>2316722
A wave of ice overcomes a wave of saltwater. How poetic! Continue expanding into Protea's territory!

>>2316722
The demons create a huge wall of hellfire that surrounds the demons borders. Anyone or thing that wishes to cross into demon lands will be engulfed in hellfire, unless invited by the demon king hinself, in which case the fire is lowered like a gate and those invited may enter.

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>>2316722
The arch lich immediately springs into action by casting dark energy to stop the stream of water, but in the dark energy he sends in a number of wraiths into the other dimension to explore before closing the portal. After closing the portal the arch lich makes some readjustments to make the portal have a secondary mode that lets him see through the portal from anywhere he wishes (like a crystal ball)

one of the four lichs contacts one of Eli's mindworms to establish a workshop in 2230,2229, 2131, and 2130 to improve my defense capabilities

Rolled 4 + 36 (1d20 + 36)

>>2316722
[Thernax Keeps taking the lands of Idanikos and converting it to Tundra.]

The time has come that now Thernax shall decide upon his official desires and patronage as a God. [He declares himself a God of Life and Earth], specializing in that of sentient mortals and the terrain they live upon. It is within his doctrine that all living mortals deserve a quality of life above that of simple survival, and that it is the purpose of the world's races to construct grand civilizations to serve that purpose. Let none under Thernax's gaze go hungry, and let none die due to their poverty.
So says Thernax, so it is.

Gazing upon The Waters of Protea, Thernax sees the potential loss of magics that may plague the realm if the land is lost.to ice without its secrets being taken. In that, he shall allow a small portion of responsibility to Thayna. Thernax shall take Thayna to The Shoreline and tell her about the people living below the water's surface and their eventual end. [Thernax instructs Thayna to go into The Protea Sea and bring him the secrets of Poetry Magic]

>>2317080
>>2316722
Oh, and to be clear.
Thernax shall send Thayna to look for the secret of Poetry Magic in her South Sea rather than The North, as to make sure she doesn't get accidentally caught in the freeze.

>>2316722
>Once this quest has come to a close, due to popular demand, I plan to open a second version of the game with refined and improve rules. So old players and lurkers alike, do look forward to that.
<Very good>

>>2316726
Look Mr fireheart I didn't mean to ignore you I'm a little dense, and quite honestly I couldn't even see who I was talking to in this pitch black dark.
As for getting back that portal closed shortly after you tossed me aside. I also don't have a way home at the moment which means I'm kinda stranded. Let's start from square one here, hi I'm Eli and I was interested in the realm of courage. You mind giving me another chance to be properly aquanted with yourself I'll try to make it up to you.

>>2317049
Hello, oh master of dead things. I seek to exchange territory to obtain a passage to the Void. Those hexes were chosen to make the exchange as limited in scale as possible.

Rolled 12 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>2316722
First of all continue imbuing elementals with mist and energy for my little project.

Second Expand the mist west. Fill the dungeons with fog, as far as possible.

>>2316722
"Why make a new soul?" Belweir asks, upside down and dragging the point of his "head" on the ground as he drifts lazily through the air. "If he already had a soul, it's probably where he left it. I can go look for it, if you want!"

The humanoid people are greeted by swarms of hundreds of floating, shining rocks with lights inside that blink and flicker nonsensically as the thaumites, devoid of any means for communicating through sound, attempt to all say hello to everyone at once. They fly in through open windows, doors, chimneys, and anything else open wide enough for them to fit through!

>>2318161
As thaumites begin to fly near the mist drowned lands, an elemental leave and fly toward a group of them.

"My master reign on a land filled with souls" it say in a voice like a whisper lost in the wind. "souls from all over the cosmos come and pass. If you seek one, we may be able to help"

>>2316726
The Fae send a couple explorers towards Surrealist's island, having wondered about that strange place for a long while.

The Fae King and his court decided to try to attempt contacting otherworldly beings, whether they be Gods, Monsters, Demigods from other worlds or anything else.

>>2316722
>Nothing to do but continue to surround the forest with oltar structures.

>>2317868
"I. Offer. 2022. And. 2122. Instead. Also. Add. One. Of. Your. Kin. In. The. Trade."

Rolled 7, 17 + 11 = 35 (2d20 + 11)

>>2316722
Thrilled at the success of her latest conquest, the Spider Queen continues expanding her northern colony by joining her ally Thernax in taking the dungeons of Idanikos. She is convinced the infinite depths would be a suitable home for her children to to lurk and hunt.

Also, she sends her water striders out to claim and preserve some of the Protea's ocean before it all gets swallowed by Frakt's indomitable ice.

She sends her spidermen into the former realms of the Cog, to see what marvels they might salvage.

The goat women are sent to begin work on constructing and carving the time-tossed temple of the Great Weavers. Inside the completed temple, the Great Weavers themselves are ordered to continue their studies as they weave the souls of the faithful into the Great Tapestry of the afterlife.

>>2319265
I agree to 2022 and 2122, but giving up one of my treepeople is impossible. They are not things to trade.

>>2318181
>>2319550
By Goddess you people keep eating from my damned plate!

>>2319560
"A. Shame. But. We. Will. Accept. Nonetheless. May. This. Further. Our. Friendship.

Do. You. Have. Something. You. Can. Teach. Us. About. This. World."

>>2319890
Well, do you really need to eat so much, "Mr. Hundred-Eighteen-Inch-Waist"?

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>>2320192
ARE YOU FAT SHAMING ME

>>2320217
What?
No.
Never.
I would never do such a thing, my dear Thernfats.

>>2320217
Distorted like that, your face looks like an angry bedsheet ghost on a black background.

>>2320705
I... I see it

Hurry up and kill each other already

>>2322307
Hurry up and kill yourself already

>>2322307
>Hurry up and kill each other already
*cut to the same anon bitching like a crybaby when they get killed early next game*

>>2322307
Bloodshed is best when prepared and savored. To slaughter your foes is a great joy, but to take a personal hand in the architecture of their demise is to prove yourself worthy of that joy.

Those unwilling to create in the name of destruction are no more than vermin.

>>2322307
Can't, wars take literal weeks at this pace.

I'm really sorry for the big delay. I was entirely unavailable yesterday and today I have college. I'll be making an update later tonight, I promise I didn't abandon yall :)

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>>2325222
It's cool.
We'll wait here.

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>>2316743 Grand Master
>The clerics play and meditate for days on end that op would make a post
Aye, this will be a multi-turn project. Research begins on breaking the mortal barrier.

>>2316786 Frakt
The frost continues.

>>2316945 Agarius
Empowered by the souls of fallen crusaders, the hellscape's magma clashes into the borders like a wave, climbing to form a grand wall of hellfire.

>>2317049 Dedfuk
The water's stream comes to an end, as the wraiths enter the dimension and the portal closes. With no connection to the other dimension, it's currently unknown what happens to the wraiths after entering.
The portal may now, properly, function as both a teleportation device and a scrying eye.
Trade with Eli made.
Trade with Brrrlghhr made.

>>2317080 Therfats
Conversion continues.
Thanya begins her adventure to the inner sea, amazed by all the environments she sees as she rides on the wind.

>>2317632 Eli
"Right... So you have no good reason for me to answer your questions then? Very well, I'll be sure not to waste any more of my time with you then."
The Fire Heart and his full serpentine form turns around, and begins to take his leave, disappearing into the dark depths of the sea.

>>2318102 Sternes
Sternes would come to discover the dungeon-scape isn't as easy to claim as Thernax makes it look; its many beasts fight back the elementals meanwhile the adventurers who tread its labyrinths fight back with magic.
Your little project finishes.

>>2318161 Belweir
"You don't understand... It doesn't matter anymore. None of it matters anymore... But... Belweir... What are you? Where did you even come from? I know The God of Creation started the Cosmos, but I didn't know he created any life in it..."

The companionship people accept the thaumites with cheer and laughter, with kids running around following them as they laugh. Adults inspect them curiously and watch with glee. They open more doors and windows to ensure whatever thaumites enter can exit all the same.

>>2318505 Fae King
4 rounds left.
The explorers enter the surrealist's realm, entranced by various mind boggling prisms, chess pieces, pyramids, physically nonsensical structures, and crystals.
You can already manipulate the dimensional barrier, but I really don't know how to interpret your request. How are you contacting? Physically or by mental message? What dimension? I may be a little dumb, sorry, just seems broad and I wanna understand before executing.

>>2318566 Brrrlghhr
Full development continues on the oltar structures bordering the hiveforest.
Trade with Dedfuk made. Dedfuk wants information, since he can't have one of your kin.

Cont.

>>2319550 Spider Queen
Part of the dungeon region is claimed by the spider forces, however, you're going to have to wait for next turn to claim Protea area. Only one attack per turn.
Very little of Cog territory remains that isn't covered in magma or simply transformed. However, in the ruins of cog land you've claimed, you manage to salvage some coil guns and light prisms. The coil guns seem impossible for a spider to properly hold, however.
The goat women use their expert carving skills to help construct and improve the Great Weaver's temple. Speaking of which, within, they continue their study through history.

The same vision continues, as the battle rages on atop this cosmic platform. In the mix of flashing spells and clashing blades, the enemy figure continues to move at the speed of lightning, fighting each at once as if, making it near impossible to see its form. Suddenly, that blur of motion stops, as his form can be seen behind the white-armored man, driving a sword through his chest, kicking the corpse off the blade. The greenskinned figure has a twisted grin and glowing white eyes, his voice unintelligible at this point as it warps with raw power. The pre-divine goddess of creation screams in horror as she watches. With no time to mourn or assist, the cackling figure's speed picks back up. The vision continues, as does the battle.

DEMIGOD STATS
Thernax: 125
OFF+7, DEF+6
Tech: Jold, Thaumium, Oltar, Afterlife, Clergy, Barlow, Missionaries
(Thayna-7, OFF+1, DEF+1, Tech: Jold)

Dedfuk: 73
OFF+8, DEF+6
Tech: Unbounded Numbers, Magic, Taint Weavers, Astral Armor, Blight Reciever, Mortal Cult

Brrrlghhr: 71
OFF+6, DEF+7
The Goddess’ Favor: OFF+5, DEF+5
Tech: Dinosaurs, Jold, Water Travel, Steam Engines, Hive-tree Variants, Fire Resistance, Afterlife, Guns, Genetic Engineering, Planar Travel, Anti-air, Rockets, Oltar

Agarius: 68
OFF+3, DEF+3
Tech: Flight, Hellfire Breath, Unbounded Numbers, Hellportals

Fae King: 63
OFF+5, DEF+6
Tech: Flight, Magic, Disrupt Magic, Horses, Defensive Forest, Psychic Resistance, Familiars, Planar Travel, Afterlife, Thaumium, Bardic Magic

Spider Queen: 50
OFF+1, DEF+3
Tech: Web, Voidships, Thaumium, Water-striders, Slaves, Afterlife, Jold

Belweir: 43
DEF+7
Tech: Jold, Crystal Spiders, Thaumium, Web, Thunder Fields, Afterlife, Planar Travel, Magic

Frakt: 42
OFF+6, DEF+4
Tech: Flight, Hemomancy, Barlow

Protea: 38
OFF+1,DEF+2
Tech: Poetry Magic

Sternes: 24
OFF+2, DEF+4
Tech: Disorienting Mist, Mist Elementals, Addictive Mist, Afterlife, Souls of the Dead, Peaceful Mist, Imbued Elementals

Eli: 13
OFF+5, DEF+3
Tech: Mind Worms, Shop, Enchanting, Crystal Tech, Restoration Magic, Planar Travel

Norhes Lune: 11
Tech: Afterlife

Cont.

Idanikos: 10
OFF+3, DEF+4
Tech: Infinite Dungeons, Afterlife

Grand Master: 3
OFF+4, DEF+3
Tech: Jold, Improved Metallurgy, Afterlife, Consecrated Lands, Clergy, Voidships

Surrealist: 1


next update tomorrow night, I promise :)

Rolled 14 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>2326818
!seunitnoc tsorf ehT

We must have a nice port at some point... maybe later, after we take ALL their water!

Rolled 3 + 17 (1d20 + 17)

>>2326818
The demon king looks at the giant wall of hellfire on the borders of his lands. he says good, now he calls for his tributes from the crusaders to be brought to his great hall. The demons around him freeze. The king doesnt not like to be kept waiting. He becomes furious, his eyes begin to glow red, then finally one brave demon steps foward and says: my great king, the crusaders havent sent any tributes. Agarius: What!!!!!??? They have had ample time, I let them live!!! How dare they!! Sound the war drums. The demons invade the island of the crusaders.

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>>2326924
*Seinfeld theme plays*

>>2326818
>To cut on costs and time, it is decided to leave hexes 1323, 1423 and 1424 outside of the oltar enclosure, and continue building towards north-eqast now.
>Great machines of oltar and jold are built in 2122, and caravans of coal travel to them day and night. With enormous arms of oltar filigree they pump arcane energy from the Void into the oltar fencing around the hiveforest.
>A first attampt of planar travel is made. A small, but well equipped and armed expedition of treepeople tentatively crosses a portal into the plane of companionship, to look at what's on the other side.

>>2326818
"I don't know!" The demigod answers, glittering in the light of the garden as he slowly twirls in place. "It seems like we were all made by the Goddess of Creation, though!"

Oh my! There's big ones and there's little ones! And they're not mean! The thaumites decide that the dancing stone guy needs to know about the nice ones on the other side of the hole in the air.

>>2317080
A handful of the little crystal sprites return through the wormhole and gather more companions from home to swarm their way into the lands of Thernax to spread the word of the new lands.

>>2326818
The ripple in reality caused by the portal are felt by the mist. At first ignored, their multiplication begin to spark an interest.
Begin research to see if souls from other planes can be reached or at least sensed.


>>2326924
Coming from the sky, two floating elementals descend on the demons while they prepare their war. "Beings of fire and magma, our master wish to make a trade with yours.. The lands to the north, in exchange from some of your lands in the south... Is such a trade of interest..?"

Exchange 7 hexes (1903-2005) against 7 hexes (2327-2429)

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>2326924
As the crusaders prepare to meet the demon's charge, the clerics continue their work with frantic urgency, knowing that time is short.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRhg2zvalXc

>>2326818
Mental, I guess. Just reach out into the unknown and try to communicate with whatever presence I can and maybe send a couple scouts in that dimension as well.

In the meanwhile, a group of Fairies look down on a lone Elf from above, their faces showing pure hatred as he searches for them.

Just recently, this Elf and his comrades had started hunting down their group, calling them 'Terrorists' and 'Inferior Ones'.

T'was not their fault that they simply had enough of his race's cruelty and decided to free some of their captive fellows and kill any who tried to stop them.

T'was only justice.

And so, their apparent leader grabbed a rock. A large one. And with all his might, all his rage, he threw it right at the Elf's armored head.

Ordinarily, this would have given them no result at all, but for a brief moments, the rock seemed to glow with a strange power as it was picked up, and it got engulfed in flames while flying towards it's target!

Headshot. The Elf goes down, revealing the Fairies' position to his allies. They soon enough get surrounded and captured.

Usually, they would have been executed on the spot, but something about that rock was strange...Further examination showed that it was infused with some sort of powerful magic.

It was enchanted! Under orders of the Fae King, the Enchanter and his group are immediately put to work, figuring out how exactly to use their powers on numerous other items with numerous other results.

Enchanting has been learned.

>>2327096
Crap. I forgot my name.

>>2326818
The arch lich will use the scrying eye to explore the water dimension trying to locate his Wrights or any other creatures.
The 4 lichs will experiment on the blight trying to make it were no prying eyes can see what we are doing

Rolled 19 + 38 (1d20 + 38)

>>2326818
Keep letting Thayna search for the secrets of Poetry Magic.

Go ahead and fill in the last tiles of The Dungeon Land and that can be all for the land eating I'll be doing.

While that all is going on Thernax shall invent the fact of [Divine Right]. Of all the kings of his realm, he shall reach down and select a few great example rulers to have their authority to rule vouched for by Their God.

>>2328460
Bye dungeon, your violet hue will be missed.

>>2326924 The demons have instructions to bring The Grandmaster back alive once captured. And destroy everything that isnt tech related.

>>2329173
and the humans will be captured. everything else destroyed besides the humans and tech. And the Grandmaster

>>2326818
Eli searches the war goddesses realm for another being to speak with.
Meanwhile back at home the mind worms are starting to get anxious of their master's return, hoping it's soon.

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>>2326831 Frakt
nomnomnomnomnom

>>2326924 Agarius
>>2329173
The request had been made, and resent several times over. The Grand Master had his chance, and the decision was made. The demons gather and take flight, soaring to the crusader's last island with intent to eradicate.

Sternes says:
>Coming from the sky, two floating elementals descend on the demons while they prepare their war. "Beings of fire and magma, our master wish to make a trade with yours.. The lands to the north, in exchange from some of your lands in the south... Is such a trade of interest..?"
>Exchange 7 hexes (1903-2005) against 7 hexes (2327-2429)

>>2326971 Brrrlghhr
The oltar structure enclosure is nearly finished. The oltar and jold structures are built by the void coast. They would come to discover that there simply just isn't any arcane energy in the void. The void, as its name would infer, is completely devoid of any arcane energy. Demigods cannot create things here because there is a lack of arcane energy to manipulate into creations.
On the other hand, with the assistance of the arcane energy stored in the hivetrees and oltar, they find ease in achieving planar travel. Entering the dimension of companionship, they would be greated with a similar environment found by Belweir's thaumites: Pink skies, purple trees, seafoam grass, pristine waters, and a beautiful morning mist. Mountains can be seen in the distance to the west, as crystalline clouds hug its summit. No signs of life, beyond plants, can be seen in the immediate vicinity.
Various mortals from Thernax's region enter the northern hiveforest, looking to welcome others into the church of Thernax.

>>2327096 Belweir
"But... I'm the Goddess of Creation... Did... Did I create you?"

The sprites head to Thernax's land to tell of this new peaceful dimension.

>>2327219 Sternes
Sternes feels through the dimensional fabric, in search of souls beyond the Cosmos. He would find there to be no unliving souls in any of the other dimensions, except the dimension of independence. The dimension of independence appears to be the afterlife of all the other dimensions, especially to the material plane.

>>2327254 Grand Master
Resting on the kinetic waves of force, the void ships sit in the quiet void. Just beyond the horizon, they see hell unleashes; endless amounts of demons soaring through the skies, headed directly for the island. Catapults, trebuches, and ballistas are loaded with holy ammunition, firing through the endless hordes of flying demons. The siege weapons tear through hundreds, but thousands more take their place. Hellfire rains down on the ships, burning them to ash as the crusaders plummet to the void. Landing on the island, the demons desecrate the holy lands, as the ground turns to magma. The dimensional barrier is breached; humans begin their escape to the material plane as they run for their lives.

Cont.

>>2327254 Grand Master part 2
Some humans manage to escape by voidship, but nearly all are fronted by the demon forces. A wide majority of the humans are captured by the demon forces, while Grand Master himself is faced with a choice:
Escape to the material plane, where you will lose your divine magic and ability to create? Or fall prisoner to Agarius?

>>2327489 Fae King
3 rounds left.
The call is reached out to the unknown, received by a mysterious divine entity.
"A call? A call from beyond a star? A call from the land which none shall be?" A call from the land which none truly are? A call from a land the same as we? But who is the one behind this call?"
The scouts enter the portal, finding themselves on a stone island that floats aimlessly through a dark void. The sky completely devoid of color, with an exception for two ostensibly blue suns that rest motionless. Despite the visible suns, everything appears to share the same dim luminosity; producing no shadows. Mysterious particles float amongst the air like dust under a flashlight's beam. The air feels cold and devoid of life.
Enchanting invented!

>>2327547 Dedfuk
The dimension of courage is a strange and dark dimension, entirely underwater, yet without a surface. The wraiths can be seen wandering through endless pure black depths of ocean. It seems to go on forever, but they continue to scout out the area.
The undead's actions are now hidden.

>>2328460 Thernax
Thanya returns, but stubbornly refuses to tell the secrets of poetry magic. After seeing the amazing world of creations and environments, she wishes to own more land, then she will give the secrets of poetry magic.
RIP Idanikos.

>>2329179 Eli
Eli sifts through the ocean depths, seemingly endless. He continues north, finding little to no signs of life, blindly walking the ocean floor. He walks for miles on end. At this point, it would be reasonable for the mindworms to start looking for him.

DEMIGOD STATS
Thernax: 134
OFF+7, DEF+6
Tech: Jold, Thaumium, Oltar, Afterlife, Clergy, Barlow, Missionaries
(Thayna-7, OFF+1, DEF+1, Tech: Jold)

Dedfuk: 73
OFF+9, DEF+6
Tech: Unbounded Numbers, Magic, Taint Weavers, Astral Armor, Blight Reciever, Mortal Cult, Divine Right, Fog of War

Brrrlghhr: 71
OFF+6, DEF+7
The Goddess’ Favor: OFF+5, DEF+5
Tech: Dinosaurs, Jold, Water Travel, Steam Engines, Hive-tree Variants, Fire Resistance, Afterlife, Guns, Genetic Engineering, Planar Travel, Anti-air, Rockets, Oltar

Agarius: 71
OFF+3, DEF+3
Tech: Flight, Hellfire Breath, Unbounded Numbers, Hellportals

Fae King: 63
OFF+5, DEF+6
Tech: Flight, Magic, Disrupt Magic, Horses, Defensive Forest, Psychic Resistance, Familiars, Planar Travel, Afterlife, Thaumium, Bardic Magic, Enchanting

Frakt: 50
OFF+6, DEF+4
Tech: Flight, Hemomancy, Barlow

Cont.

Spider Queen: 50
OFF+1, DEF+3
Tech: Web, Voidships, Thaumium, Water-striders, Slaves, Afterlife, Jold

Belweir: 43
DEF+7
Tech: Jold, Crystal Spiders, Thaumium, Web, Thunder Fields, Afterlife, Planar Travel, Magic

Protea: 30
OFF+1,DEF+2
Tech: Poetry Magic

Sternes: 24
OFF+2, DEF+4
Tech: Disorienting Mist, Mist Elementals, Addictive Mist, Afterlife, Souls of the Dead, Peaceful Mist, Imbued Elementals

Eli: 13
OFF+5, DEF+3
Tech: Mind Worms, Shop, Enchanting, Crystal Tech, Restoration Magic, Planar Travel

Norhes Lune: 11
Tech: Afterlife

Surrealist: 1

Grand Master: 0
OFF+4, DEF+3
Tech: Jold, Improved Metallurgy, Afterlife, Consecrated Lands, Clergy, Voidships


Congrats to surrealist-anon for no longer being in last place.

Rolled 16 + 12 (1d20 + 12)

>>2329396
omnomnomnomnomnom


wait, saltwater is poisonous!? I wonder if we can convert water... into WINE!!

No wait...

Blood! Yes! Water into Blood!

Santiago orders one of his acolytes to remind him to look into that. Water into Blood would be a miracle indeed...

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>>2329396
Concerned that Frakt's spreading glacier might indeed consume Protea's entire ocean, the Spider Queen sends out her water striders and wooden ships to secure as much of the southwest oceans as they can.

>>2326824
She has the slavemasters and Spidermen study the salvaged coil guns and light prisms, to see if they can be replicated.

>The coil guns seem impossible for a spider to properly hold, however.
This is why a wise queen plans ahead to acquire monkey-handed faithful and slaves.

She urges the Great Weavers to ensure both the great and tasty crusaders and the devious dungeoneering Idanikos are recorded in the Great Tapestry.
The Spider Queen suspects that her children will be exploring the depths of the conquered dungeons for years to come.

The Great Weavers continue their study into the prehistory and focus their power to extend their range.

>>2329396
So, the Void is empty!
Well, it should have been expected, probably... but still!
The hivetrees successfully gather and accumulate arcane energy. WHERE DO THEY GET IT FROM?
>The best and the brightest of the treepeople scholars will study this mystery.
>The less best scholars will attempt to look for Eli among the planes, because he's been out of office for too long already.
>Continue building the oltar enclosure.

>Witnessing the exchange between Belweir and the Goddess, the bravest of the scholars there gather their courage to approach.
>"Forgive us for intruding on your conversation, of divines, but we have to say something that might be of importance. We know from the revelations of our creator and patron, whose name can't be pronounced by our tongues, that our creator was in turn created by the Goddess of Creation as well."

>Thernax's missionaries won't find any converts among the treepeople, since the treepeople don't exactly get what worship even is.Their relationship with Brrrlghhr is more reminiscent of their link to the hiveforest oversoul.
>But the missionaries can try proselytizing among the crusader refugees, or the monstergirls far up north.

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>>2329396
I flee to the mortal realm, and seal the portal behind me. We will rebuild.

Rolled 18 + 15 (1d20 + 15)

>>2329396
Well then, looks like I have a lot of business to attend to.

The Fae King responds to the voice, rather interested in it's strange voice.

"I, the Lord of the Fae, speak to you, potential ally. In the past years, I have gotten somewhat bored with my companions in demi-divinity and decided to explore a tad. Might I ask of your name?"

The scouts go further in, using light magic to investigate, fire magic to warm themselves and any other power they can to survive and discover whatever there is to be discovered in this new realm.

>>2326924
A delegation of warriors come from the Fae Lands to the former island of the Crusaders, now occupied by the Demons.

"By decleration of Our King, gods praise his power, this stretch of land originally belonged to him, as did it's resources before the mongrels took it over. By right of discovery, we ask you to leave at the quickest opportunity and return this land to it's rightful owner."

The Elven diplomat states his request shortly and honestly, apparently not phased by his circumstances. His guards seem on edge, their hands near their weapons or slightly glowing in preparation of a battle.

The Fae King, after speaking with the entity, looks to what he was doing previously. Ah, creating a new species, yes?

He continues wielding his magic on 2 Elves and 2 Fairies, twisting and changing them. Yes, they are indeed very different now.

Short, well built and the males are bearded. They are unconscious, too tired from the ritual, but they are now some of the first of a new race in the Fae King's control.

Their magical abilities are gone, no trace of them anywhere. They are replaced with an innate ability to work with metal, to change it and other materials to their will. Their minds have been suitably improved to be fit to their task. They are the Dwarves, and they are ready to serve.

After all of that, forces are sent towards Protea's closest territories in an attempt to take them over quickly.

OFF+5

>>2329396
Her words bring the drifting crystal to a halt. Belweir flips upright and focuses on the woman anew, taking in all of the details about her. The clean shock-white of her hair; the perpetually shifting glitter of her golden irises; the pureness of the color of her robes; the seven pointed star shining divinely over her eyes! "I was here looking for you!" he exclaims,hovering back up to the hole in the tree again. "I wanted to ask you a question! It all started when thiswomanthatcalledherselfthegoddessofwarandcourageshowedupandmadeeveryonehurteachothermoreandThernaxtoldhertogoawaywithhisteethandshemadehimweakerandshetouchedmeweirdandnowIhaveamarkandshesaidthatwe'rejustyourexperimentsand I wanted to ask what do you want us all to know?"

>>2329396
Thernax shall take his Missionaries and better draw them away from the likes of the tree people as to not bother them for quite longer.

At tile 0909 there has been the long since remnants of the monster girl clans that have been isolated for such an eternity. Now, Thernax shall take that section of reality, though not for himself, instead he shall give it to Thayna, so that she may have that wonderful assortment of monster girl races at her fingertips, and can do whatever she wishes with them.

>>2329964
Hey!
Even though their whole existence is a failed joke, the monstergirls and their valley are still my creations. I'd like you not to take over other's territory willy-nilly.

>>2329975
Well Thayna is the god of lust, so obviously she'll make better use out of a monstergirl world than anyone else has.
What do you intend them to do once my missionaries that you gave blessing to convert them with go and have them? Do you think they shall abandon the single hex they've known all their lies? Live in your realm and worship me?

I can understand if your issue with this comes at the fact that I'm taking this hex, and I apologize if it seems tyrannical, but if you really insist that you want to own it, I must kindly request that you return all your Oltar and Jold to me.

Rolled 17 + 17 (1d20 + 17)

>>2329396
Agarius tell's the elven diplomat that he care's not for the island, and that he was merely making a point. The island will be returned. He has already struck a deal with the vampires in regards to giving up the island. A land exchange will take place next turn.

Agarius orders his demon's to salvage and take any tech they can find before they leave. They will share whatever they find with the official members of the web.

The demons invade Protea on hexes 1009 and the hexes around it.

>>2329983
I appreciate all the years of our continued mutually beneficial relations, and your generocity towards me, but I must note that never once did I take something I didn't receive a permission to beforehand. You can't attach strings to a deal post factum.

Those monstergirls who convert are free to leave and live among your peoples. Yet never did I give permission to take my land.
And if you insist you missionaries will convert every dweller of a hex and take over the hex for you, then please treat it like what it is - an attack. Which means you roll the dice and I get to defend.

Rolled 10 + 40 (1d20 + 40)

>>2330031
Then I shall.

Rolled 7 + 29 (1d20 + 29)

>>2330033
So it has come to this.

Rolled 2 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>2329396
With the new imbued elementals finally ready, a new attack take place, directed at the lands of another gods who left the cosmo, Norhes Lune.

A few imbued elementals accompanied by a whole squad of normal mist elementals take flight to those lands and try to drown them in the fog.

>>2330255
Complety forgot to mention it, but i'd like to investigate the independence plane. Is it possible to create an afterlife connection like the ones i have here? Is it possible to breach reality and sends some elementals there? Is it possible to just contact it without entering?

Rolled 5 + 18 (1d20 + 18)

>>2329396
Noticing there's no divine activity in the vast sea of 1127, 1126, 1226, and 1326 a lich decides to claim the land with wrights

The arch lich continues to follow his wrights while other three lichs build 6 more portals around the one already in use

>>2329396
The mind worms have waited long enough.
They want their master back and will do what they need to to replicate opening the portal to courage.
From there they will ready a rescue team.

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>>2329431 Frakt
yomyomyom
The vampires begin experimenting with branches of hemomancy to alter water into blood.

>>2329561 Spider Queen
The water striders now, at long last, have a proper place to stay.
With your people's tech and knowledge, they don't necessarily know how to replicate the coil gun's complexity, but the human slaves are able to use them with ease. Similarly, the light prisms are fairly easy to make use of and replicate.
Returning to the vision, they can see the grand battle coming to a close. As the evil figure is now bloodied and beaten, one of the many champions plunges a mystical blade through his core, destroying the mortal who grew too powerful for his own good. The moments afterwards are silent, and mournful. For the one lost in this battle, and the many lost before it. But the deed had to be done, and without their enemy standing in their way any longer, it was time. The deities gathered in a circle, each holding an orb that radiates with divine power. The champions stood to the side, watching, as the pre-divine goddess of creation entered the center of the circle. The gods began, one at a time, saying a line of the prophecy. The orbs glowed brighter, as the pre-divine goddess began to rise in the air. She glowed like that of a star, as bright light shined from within her; light burst in all directions from her figure, as the divine energy within her was unlocked. She floated back to the ground, as the light fades, in a slightly new form. Her eyes glow gold, as does a 7-sided star on her head. The Goddess of Creation had transcended.

>>2329598 Brrrlghhr
The scholars determine that as a result of making the trees contain arcane energy, this in turn gave the trees souls of their own; thus the ability to passively produce magic.
The remaining scholars identify that Eli is actually headed directly towards the treepeople's relative location, albeit in the dimension of courage. Perhaps the opening of a portal could cut through his path and bring him home at long last.
The wall of oltar structures is complete at long last!
The Goddess of Creation responds:
"Then there's no mistake... In creating this tree and expanding the cosmos, I must have created other living beings by accident... It's clear I have much learning to do on controlling my new abilities, but I had no idea exactly how much power this truly is... If what you're saying is true, then not only did I create life, but I created life powerful enough to make life of its own? I fear I may have made a grave mistake..."

>>2329861 The Grand Master
You, and various mortals of yours, flee through the portal as it closes behind you. What's left of your people are safe from the demons at last, but rebuilding may be more difficult than ever. You quickly feel your divine power fading, leaving you no ability to create anything. You're now effectively a mortal. You stand on a subtropical forest island.

Cont.

>>2329880 Fae King
2 rounds left.
"A dangerous game, you wish to play? I have many answers, but none to say. You wish to know more, but there's little to find. Isn't it more fun to ponder the mind? But I shall answer this one of your suggestions; they tend to call me The One Who Questions."
Though the sky here is devoid of color, there is enough light to see. Fire helps with the uncomfortable cold, perhaps enchanting could be made of use in this situation. In the distance, the scouts can see various stone objects floating. There are carefully carved statues of abominations, bland stone islands, massive stone surfaces with stone towns on top, and lots of rubble. All of these structures slowly float aimlessly through the unsettling void. They can be seen in all directions, up and down, left and right, back and front. They don't appear to obey the laws of gravity either, some floating upside down, regardless of the towns that rest on their surface.

Dwarves created. Message delivered. Attack made.

>>2329917 Belweir
"Woah, slow down. The Goddess of Courage made everyone hurt each other? I'm sure there's some big misunderstanding here. Exactly how many of you did I create? Please tell me nothing serious has happened just yet. Perhaps there's still some way to control the situation... This could tear apart the Pantheon's entire system... I've already created all of you, so there's clearly no going back on that. I accept my responsibility for that. But without any form of structure, this could go really poorly."

>>2329964 Thernax
>>2330033
>>2330037
Thernax claims the valley for Thanya.
Thanya is appreciative of the new valley, but she demands more land before turning over the secrets of Protea. She has seen how much land others have, insisting her life isn't any less valuable than the rest, insisting it is her right to have land that lets her exercise the ability to create.

>>2329991 Agarius
The island is returned to the fae. The demons learn about the crusader's systems of metallurgy, clergy, and voidships. It's up to you as to which of these they adopt and/or employ.
The demons fly to their next target, claiming whats left of Protea's ocean.

>>2330255 Sternes
Soaring the skies of The Cosmos, the elementals reach the abandoned lands of Norhes' Lune. These beautiful lands will match the fog wonderfully.
Investingating the independence domain, you'd find it impossible to link the afterlifes of The Cosmos to it. Some sort of divine barrier restricts you from doing so. You can breach the dimensional barrier and enter it physically, but you dont have planar travel tech yet.

>>2331305 Dedfuk
That land appears already taken by the Fae just moments ago, but you grab the last of the land just north of it.
Construction on more portals begins.

Cont.

>>2334120 Eli
As Eli has headed north, they don't find him immediately, but the search begins. On the other hand, Brrrlghhr appears to be cutting off Eli’s path, making a portal to bring him back.

DEMIGOD STATS
Thernax: 134
OFF+7, DEF+6
Tech: Jold, Thaumium, Oltar, Afterlife, Clergy, Barlow, Missionaries
(Thayna-8, OFF+1, DEF+1, Tech: Jold, Poetry Magic)

Dedfuk: 79
OFF+9, DEF+6
Tech: Unbounded Numbers, Magic, Taint Weavers, Astral Armor, Blight Reciever, Mortal Cult, Divine Right, Fog of War

Fae King: 74
OFF+5, DEF+6
Tech: Flight, Magic, Disrupt Magic, Horses, Defensive Forest, Psychic Resistance, Familiars, Planar Travel, Afterlife, Thaumium, Bardic Magic, Enchanting, Boar-men, Dwarves

Agarius: 71
OFF+3, DEF+3
Tech: Flight, Hellfire Breath, Unbounded Numbers, Hellportals

Brrrlghhr: 70
OFF+6, DEF+8
The Goddess’ Favor: OFF+5, DEF+5
Tech: Dinosaurs, Jold, Water Travel, Steam Engines, Hive-tree Variants, Fire Resistance, Afterlife, Guns, Genetic Engineering, Planar Travel, Anti-air, Rockets, Oltar

Frakt: 58
OFF+6, DEF+4
Tech: Flight, Hemomancy, Barlow

Spider Queen: 55
OFF+3, DEF+3
Tech: Web, Voidships, Thaumium, Water-striders, Slaves, Afterlife, Jold, Coil Guns, Light Prisms

Belweir: 43
DEF+7
Tech: Jold, Crystal Spiders, Thaumium, Web, Thunder Fields, Afterlife, Planar Travel, Magic

Sternes: 28
OFF+5, DEF+4
Tech: Disorienting Mist, Mist Elementals, Addictive Mist, Afterlife, Souls of the Dead, Peaceful Mist, Imbued Elementals

Eli: 13
OFF+5, DEF+3
Tech: Mind Worms, Shop, Enchanting, Crystal Tech, Restoration Magic, Planar Travel

Norhes Lune: 7
Tech: Afterlife

Surrealist: 1

Grand Master: 0
OFF+4, DEF+3
Tech: Jold, Improved Metallurgy, Afterlife, Consecrated Lands, Clergy, Voidships

Rolled 18 + 14 (1d20 + 14)

>>2334785
Brrrlghhr has had it too good for too long. Santiago, and through him Frakt, urges the Web to tear apart the great Titan.
Whispers into the mind of his nations leader has Santiago giving specific orders to his troops.

"Bring me dinosaurs. Big, small, carnivore, herbivore, eggs, anything and everything!" He urges.

Meanwhile, the Acolytes continue their research into blood-focused Alchemy.

Rolled 5 + 18 (1d20 + 18)

>>2334785
The King hums at The One Who Questions' speech before responding.

"Well, that is certainly interesting, my friend. Perhaps we could speak more at another time, but it seems i'm rather busy right now. I apologize for making a disturbance."

The scouts, highly unnerved by all of this, take the first chance they gwt to retreat out of this strange realm and high tail it back to the Fae Lands.

The Dwarves then start their work, massively improving the Fae's metal armor and weapons, making them stronger and tougher. They also make a couple somewhat useless but highly mechanical baubles,, just to exercise their ability to create.

Seeing an opportunity at their allies' attacks on Brrrlghhr, sends his own troops to take as much territory as possible before the enemy is overwhelmed and defeated.

OFF +5

Rolled 2 + 22 (1d20 + 22)

>>2334785
This chain of attacks was sudden, but not unexpected. The treepeople have been preparing for this day, though hoping it would never come.
>Alert all commands. Deploy the steam cannons. Prepare for defence.

So, it is the soul that produces arcane energy. While it's a bit disconcerting that the scholars didn't know about the hiveforest oversoul, that even serves as their afterlife (perhaps they should've mingled with the priests more?), this is an encouraging find.
>Continue creating the portal at Eli's way.
>Have the transplanar expedition scout some more of the plane of companionship.
>Gather as much arcane energy as possible.

Rolled 3 + 18 (1d20 + 18)

>>2334787

>>2334876
What is that roll for?
I typically do all defense rolls btw, so you don't have to make them all, unless you really want to.

Rolled 2 + 40 (1d20 + 40)

>>2334785
Tell Thayna that she's not getting shit until she gives me Poetry Magic. Dad has a war to do, and he has zero time to spend listening to petty nonsense about her being jealous when she's not even used half the land she's been given.

Attack Brrrlghhr's land along that river. Turn every tile taken into an icon of Thernax's growing frustrations, the likes of barren and salted lands that only grows black, twisted willow trees.

>>2334876
Lord Santiago sends forth a lowly Vampire to wing his way between trees and vines, to the leader of Brrrlghhr's nation.
"My Lord, Co-Founder of the FrostFire Web, demands your immediate and unconditional surrender. You will be vassalized, with a yet-to-be-determined amount of your territory to be distributed among members of the Web. Your technology and research will be distributed and controlled, your endeavors will be focused towards technology beneficial to The Web. In exchange for your surrender, your divine authority will be allowed a share of the spoils, as will all other members of The Web, once we have slain the Gods.

Your other option is defiance, followed by destruction."

The messenger rolls up the scroll, handing the Ultimatum to the opposition.
"Join, or die."

>>2334889
Oh, I didn't know. Please feel free to roll instead of me.

>>2334891
Not even an excuse this time?

>>2334944
The Gods didn't actually do me any harm. Why should I choose you over them?

>>2334785
"Did you hear your creator, Thayna? See for yourself: he doesn't want a child; all he wants is a subject to excersise power over. Mortals don't satisfy him anymore, so now it's your turn.
I can't help but feel for you. It seems I got very lucky with my own creator deity."

>>2334980
Trying to propagandize The Young.
That's valid enough reason to proceed a warpath.

>>2334996
You have to apply the justification _before_ attacking. Just so you know.

>>2334957
"Spare me your desire for moral justifications, it is beneath us. We do this because we can. We will unite, with or without you, because we can. We will grow stronger, and steal the power of the Gods for our own patrons. Because. We. Can. Your surrender will hasten our goals, but it is not a necessity. This will be the only offer of surrender you will be given.

Join, or Die. What say you?"

>>2335011
There's only one Deity you can reach, and that is the Goddess of Creation. I suppose her power would only be enough for one demigod - I wonder who will it be?

>>2334785
There is little to do but rebuild, I suppose. If the island has any inhabitants it would be wise to be on good terms with them.

>>2335071
"Your lack of foresight dooms you. Enjoy the destruction of your lands, your people, and finally your afterlife." The Vampire messenger take wing again, to return to his masters. "Power can be shared, with it, we will claim more. All of reality will be enfolded within The Web. We will rule our own destiny, or face non-existance. You have made your choice."

With that, he is gone. Will he survive to return to his lords?

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>>2334785
While construction of more portals is underway the arch lich knows he will need more power if he wants to have the slightest chance to accomplish his goal, he tries to mull over how to gain more power in the mortal realm.
After being in a trance state for a period of time he begins to speak
"What. If. I. Gift. The. Mortals. A. Small. And. Brief. Sensation. Of. The. Blight. That. Leaves. Them. Wanting. More."

The arch lich summons the original group of cultists through the same melody dream from before. When they receive the call and arrive the arch lich extends his arm then open his hands revealing crystallized blight shards, the shards begin to levitating then in an instance embed themselves into a cultist leaving one slight bigger shard left.
"You. Will. Have. A. Speck. But. Permanent. Divine. Power. Of. the. Blight. For. Being. Loyal. Worshipers., There. Will. Be. More. If. You. Continue. To. Be. Loyal."
The slightly larger blight shard starts levitating near the closest cult member.
"Plant. This. In. A. Safe. Location. And. Let. It. Grow. So. You. Can. Harvest. The. Blight. To. Share. With. Your. Own. Kind., I. Suggest You. Crumble. It. Up. Into. Powder."

Rolled 9 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>2334785
Following the others members of the web a troop of elementals fly toward Brrr's lands to mist shit up.
OFF+5

The divine barrier must be bypassed. Many souls have come in the mist, no matter their race, Crusaders, Fae, Mermaids... Looking for them a collect of information is done. Did any of them know how to breach dimensions? How to build a portal? Will they share?

>>2334787
"I don't think it'll hurt our pantheon at all," Belweir says with confidence. "I don't think any of the other eleven demigods could make me, Thernax, and Norhes Lune stop being friends!"

As the elementals enter into the heart of the derelict domain of the missing demigod, an impossibly tall spire of thaumite erupts violently from the ground of 0722 and warps the fabric of the hex's reality, slowly wreathing the trees of the missing demigod's world in coats of sharp, clear rock. A massive glass eye floating between two forked points atop the tower swivels and focuses on the mist-filled hexes about it, sparking with a massive arsenal of contained skyfire.

>>2334944
>as will all other members of The Web, once we have slain the Gods.
>>2334957
>The Gods didn't actually do me any harm. Why should I choose you over them?
>>2335011
>We will grow stronger, and steal the power of the Gods for our own patrons.
>>2335071
>There's only one Deity you can reach, and that is the Goddess of Creation. I suppose her power would only be enough for one demigod - I wonder who will it be?
>>2335137
>We will rule our own destiny, or face non-existance.
An unseen agent observes this exchange and quickly carries it's portent to its master

>>2335464
No no no, you need to roll to take over another god hexes. No terraforming if Norhes does not willingy give it to you.

Rolled 1 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

>>2334785
Although she bears Brrrlghhr no enmity, the Spider Queen sends her own forces to claim and preserve as much of the lush land as possible before the others in the web would gorge themselves and grow even more powerful.

She concentrates her forces on lands closest to her own borders, taking care to spare as much life and cause as little destruction as possible.

>>2337827
>Rolled 1
Perhaps she was too cautious in preserving the creations of Brrrlghhr

>>2334785
Eli feels the goddess' power flow in from 2 locations but also feels the thoughts of his mind worms behind him.
He chooses to go back to his mind worms through the portal they opened.

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>tfw nobody even says what hex they're attacking anymore

>>2334824 Frakt
The vampires manage to get their hands on a few dinosaurs, but hardly anything substantial.
With magical properties of hemomancy, the vampires find a way to transmute water to blood, as well as a few other alchemical effects.

>>2334871 Fae King
1 round left.
"What you're busy with, I wonder? With these questions my thoughts asunder. I hope we shall talk soon, you weren't a pest. A new mind to unravel is always the best."
Taking the scouts back and breaking connection, the communication ends.
Dwarves begin work on improving metallurgy and improving equipment.
Your forces fail to break Brrrlghhr's defenses. It appears his treepeople have long prepared for this day.

>>2334876 Brrrlghhr
Full work goes into further preparing defenses for the plethora of attacks to follow. The portal is opened for Eli to welcome him back into The Cosmos, but the offer is rejected as he turns tail.
The treepeople in the dimension of companionship find themselves approaching a village of beautiful white houses, accompanied by equally beautiful humanoids. They sit at tables, drinking and chatting as the treepeople approach.
With help of the oltar structures and the entire hiveforest's arcane production, a grand amount of arcane energy is collected with ease.


>>2334891 Thernax
This is a first for you, Thernax. Your barren lands of salt and willows will not form this day, as your attack is met with seemingly impenetrable defenses. No progress is made.
On the other hand, Thanya begrudgingly turns over poetry magic to you.

>>2334980 Thanya doesn't speak in response to this suggestion. She appears upset, almost disgusted, but hurt more than anything.

>>2335117 Grand Master
You and your people explore the island a bit. It's not substantially big, but it's not the smallest of islands either. It's covered in a wide variety of flora, with subtropical forests and plantlife across its entire surface. There area a few rivers and ponds for access to fresh water. The crusaders begin their new life, constructing a very basic settlement, hunting and gathering for food. There appear to be no intelligent inhabitants on the seemingly uncharted island.

>>2335174 Dedfuk
A few more portals are constructed across various corners of the undead's territory. The original cultists happily accept the gift, taking it back to the material plane to share with the other mortal cultists. They promise to increase devotion in return for your gift.

>>2335300 Sternes
Brrrlghhr's divine protection and arcane hiveforests deny the mist's expanse. You don't manage to break his defenses. Now that many have fallen from various demigods that have worked on dimension tech, you would be able to discover the secrets of such. However, there's important distinction between divine and dimensional barriers.

Cont.

>had to delete this post twice because formatting
>too tired for this shit
reload if you see blue walls of text

>>2335464 Belweir
"Eleven?! By Haazir, this may be worse than I thought. I fear you don't understand the pantheon I refer to... I don't know what lesser pantheons you may have formed here in the Cosmos, but I speak of The Pantheon of 7. They run things in a specific way for specific reasons, and all the other deities have made sure their demigods follow such ways... Please tell me none of you have touched any other dimensions."
The young goddess at this point has cleared her tears away, appearing distraught not in grief, but in concern. She now stands, full alert and empowered in a divine aura, examining her surroundings and beginning to sense the dimensional barriers.

The spire of thaumites rise in Norhes' empty land, observing the mists of sternes with its watchful eye.
>>2336897 I'll roll it, just for you Sternes. I'm sure Belweir succeeds with a 17.

>>2337827 Spider Queen
Brrrlghhr has greatly proven his defensive capability today. Or, perhaps, the opposing forces have all failed in their attacks. Perhaps this is a message from the gods, sparing him time to have a chance. The Spider Queen spares much more life than necessary for an attack, making zero progress in land claim.

>>2343317 Eli
You turn back from Belweir's offer, trusting the connection with your mindworms more. Eli successfully reaches his mind worms through mental link, as they bring him back home to The Cosmos.

DEMIGOD STATS
Thernax: 134
OFF+7, DEF+6
Tech: Jold, Thaumium, Oltar, Afterlife, Clergy, Barlow, Missionaries, Poetry Magic
(Thayna-8, OFF+1, DEF+1, Tech: Jold, Poetry Magic)

Dedfuk: 79
OFF+10, DEF+6
Tech: Unbounded Numbers, Magic, Taint Weavers, Astral Armor, Blight Reciever, Mortal Cult, Divine Right, Fog of War

Fae King: 74
OFF+5, DEF+6
Tech: Flight, Magic, Disrupt Magic, Horses, Defensive Forest, Psychic Resistance, Familiars, Planar Travel, Afterlife, Thaumium, Bardic Magic, Enchanting, Boar-men, Dwarves

Agarius: 71
OFF+3, DEF+3
Tech: Flight, Hellfire Breath, Unbounded Numbers, Hellportals

Brrrlghhr: 68
OFF+6, DEF+9
The Goddess’ Favor: OFF+5, DEF+5
Tech: Dinosaurs, Jold, Water Travel, Steam Engines, Hive-tree Variants, Fire Resistance, Afterlife, Guns, Genetic Engineering, Planar Travel, Anti-air, Rockets, Oltar

Frakt: 60
OFF+6, DEF+4
Tech: Flight, Hemomancy, Barlow, Blood Alchemy

Spider Queen: 55
OFF+3, DEF+3
Tech: Web, Voidships, Thaumium, Water-striders, Slaves, Afterlife, Jold, Coil Guns, Light Prisms

Belweir: 43
DEF+7
Tech: Jold, Crystal Spiders, Thaumium, Web, Thunder Fields, Afterlife, Planar Travel, Magic

Cont.

Sternes: 28
OFF+5, DEF+4
Tech: Disorienting Mist, Mist Elementals, Addictive Mist, Afterlife, Souls of the Dead, Peaceful Mist, Imbued Elementals, Planar Travel

Eli: 13
OFF+5, DEF+3
Tech: Mind Worms, Shop, Enchanting, Crystal Tech, Restoration Magic, Planar Travel

Norhes Lune: 7
Tech: Afterlife

Surrealist: 1

Grand Master: 0
OFF+4, DEF+3
Tech: Jold, Improved Metallurgy, Afterlife, Consecrated Lands, Clergy, Voidships

>>2343459
This world, full of avarice and cruelty, is not what Brrrlghhr wanted to create.

This life, made of strife and loss, is not what Brrrlghhr wanted for mortals.

Time is running out. The preparations are as complete as they ever will be. The moment has come.

>All treepeople leave their homes and evacuate into temporary camps within the oltar enclosed hiveforest. The remains of crusader refugees are invited along as well.
>Industrial machinery is dismantled and moved by ship to the Geyser Lake, but is assigned the lowest priority. All treepeople MUST finish evacuating this turn, the rest is incidental.
>Having located the settlements of locals bordering the empty space in the Plane of Companionship discovered last time, the scouts return with their reports. The coordinates are locked.
>Once all preparations are complete and every treeperson is inside the forest, the final stage of the project commences.

Once, a long time ago, the demigod Brrrlghhr set out to create land full of beauty and wonder, and mortals able to appreciate them. In those years, this dream seemed achievable, and Brrrlghhr was content. Yet it wasn't long before all the power of other demigods turned from creativity to fighting. Though Brrrlghhr's land remained untouched by war for a long time, it was clear this won't last forever. Appetites once whetted by blood will not return to peace.

This is why for the last several turns the treepeople, under the direction of priest-scholars, worked on an enormous project. The lacy oltar structures lining the borders of the forest form a giant arcane machine. It's purpose is singular: to pierce the barrier between dimensions.

It's a pity Eli refused to make use of our portal, but we will do it even without his help. We have no other choice.

>Pouring all the accumulated arcane energy into the oltar structures, the treepeople attempt to transport everything inside the oltar enclosure - the people, the forest, even the layer of soil the forest is growing in - to the Plane of Companionship, into that empty expanse the scouts discovered.
>The lands on this plane are abandoned.
>>2343317
>Though if Eli does lend his expertise to the operation, all the lands are instead bequeathed to him.

We long knew this day would come, though hoped it would not. Press the big red button!

I want to leave the game, but instead of just stopping posting and leaving Brrrlghhr's creation hanging dry, I'm doing this.

>>2343651
Eli will lend his hand in helping the project and help see you off.
He understands the gentleness in the tree gods heart and wishes him the best.

>>2343651

>>2343459
>>2343651
Sensing the great build up of arcane energy, many spiders gather along the eastern border of the blessed land of Brrrlghhr.
Alerted in advance by the Great Weavers, the Spider Queen herself appears on the border, to personally bera witness to the passing of such a great creator.

Upon the successful abandonment of the plane, she pauses a respectful moment before letting her spiders descend upon the lands on her borders: 1717, 1618, 1719, 1720, 1922, 2022, & 2122

Rolled 14 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

>>2343459
>>2343651
>>Though if Eli does lend his expertise to the operation, all the lands are instead bequeathed to him.
>>2343657
>Eli will lend his hand in helping the project and help see you off.
Whoops.

>>2343675
Que Seinfeld music

>>2343459
Continue rebuilding. We are not ready for anything more.

Rolled 20 + 18 (1d20 + 18)

>>2343459
The Fae use their powers to open a portal to the Mortal Dimension, both to travel and learn of it's peoples and worshippers but to also search for the Crusaders. Should they find them, they'd open another portal back to the Fae Lands but conveniently "forget" to guard it, allowing the Humans entry into their world once again.

Not sure this counts as an action so i'll do a development, but if I can only do one of these, choose the Human Dimension instead of

Inspired by the Dwarves' genius, the Fae King focuses his Powers on 1326, creating a tall stone inscribed by numerous symbols and strange letters. These will empower the Fae's magic massively in preparation of the push into Brrrlghhr's lands.

Determined to achieve something in this war, the Fae push onwards, throwing body after body at the Treemen's potentially empty lands, starting from 1426 and taking as much land around it as possible.

OFF+5

>>2343459
So do the two northern forks of the river just... End, now that there's no ocean for them to empty into?

>>2343475
Belweir's solid form lights up gleefully at the mention of the subject. "My thaumites actually just f-" He stops suddenly, spinning to peer wide-eyed off into the distance, in the direction of the sensation of a massive arcane buildup. "... If I'm not mistaken, something really unique is about to happen, and it's relevant to what we're talking about even!" He turns back to the woman with the smile in his eyes again. "Let's go watch!" He exclaims before his form dissolves into a fine prismatic powder, drifting on the wind to recoalesce at the edge of the Goddess's territories, watching Brrrlghhr's lands and people as they are all taken into the gap between planes.

Several thousand floating crystals can be seen rushing to join the evacuating tree people, lighting the way for the friendly folk and seeking new lands with them. Any new settlements beyond the wormhole shall have the protection of thaumium, and the light of friends.

>>2343459
Frakt see's the demonic God Agarius eyeing him with aggression.
"Yes yes, a deal is a deal. Allow me to hand you Protea's heaven. The hexes 0601, 0602 and 0701 are now yours."

Frakt looks down at the measly amount of dinosaurs that his nation has managed to steal, cracks his "old" knuckles, and gets to work.

A thriving Dinosaur ecosystem shall flourish through the frozen lands!

Frakt communes with Eli, who has hopefully returned to this Dimension, and has inherited a large part of The Cosmos.

>>2343657
>>2343661

"I take it you will be joining as an official member of The FrostFire Web? I don't think any of my fellow allies would object to your joining. Agarius? Queen of Spiders? Morgan? Thernax? What say you?"

Rolled 3 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>2343459
With Brrr's energy and attention turning south, it is time to strike. Sends the elementals, both bombers and normals, it is time to advance.

At the same time, begin to use the old souls to gain the knowledge needed for opening a dimensional portal. The divine barrier is only the next issue to deal with.

OFF+5

>>2343459
Oksy since all this chaos is going down Thernax just wants to build two big pillars out of Oltar at tile 1408 and cover them in poetic magic runes to open a plane gate between them.

I just really wanna dump my races into the material world so they can start a fort or something and flood the mortal realm with missionaries.

>>2345148
Move the portal placement to 1119 since it's right next to a protective crystal tower, it's by one of my population centers so my mortals can travel to it faster, and it's far enough away that Thayna hopefully wont see it and start asking for one.

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>>2343475
Dedfuk creates a special undead that absorbs divine energy trapping it within its own body and concentrating it in the center of its body. When there's sufficient divine energy the blight within the special undead begins to conduct experiments like trying to manipulate, destroy, change, control, hide within the foreign divine energy.
After creating the new undead, the arch lich will open the portal to the realm of independence slowly letting the fog of war cover a small area for the undead to harvest the divine energy.
TEST 1!

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>>2348759


>>2343675
Ayyy Spideranon get your ass on discord with us! :)

>>2343675
>>2348789
Yeyeyeye.

>>2345001
The Web's aggressive nature made the tree people want to leave. While I don't mind helping you research it seems that you're destined to try and remove people that you find unneeded.
Everyone has a purpose Frakt and soon enough even you might find that your purpose changes.
The Web will fall and give way to something better, then and only then will I truly stand by the side of such a merciful and meaningful cause.
>>2348759
Ded I call out to you and forge a bond with the Overlord.
To seal the deal I have done extensive research on the mind worms and will provide a crystal with knowledge of my findings to you.
It will be like you opened one and looked inside yourself the only difference is that you will experience it through my eyes.
In return I simply ask that you show me magic and necromancy.
Working together we can discover the new worlds and elevate ourselves and everyone else that wants to as well.
I'll call it the regular alliance, where you're just allied with each other for regular reasons :P

Ps if you're not satisfied with this product you can get a full alliance refund and not face any retaliation for your heresy GARANTEED

>>2343459
The demon's decide to take the voidships with them. And now have voidships as a tech. Using dark hellish magic the demon king has now given himself and his armies the power of demonic possession. Targets do not have to have a soul in order to be possessed.

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Sorry everyone, been really busy recently.
Next update might have to be in a new thread.
Improved color contrast.

>>2343651 Brrrlghhr
All of Brrrlghhr's people and tech is moved to the oltar contained region, the entire region is dimensionally transported, leaving void in its place. Divine ownership is transfered to Eli.

I hope you had fun along the ride Brrrlghhr, thanks for playin.

>>2343657 Eli
You assist Brrrlghhr in his project to leave the Cosmos, in turn gaining a grand amount of hex.

>>2343671 Spider Queen
You just barely get your spider-hands on a couple hex during the power transfer.

>>2343725 Grand Master
The crusader people have retained their knowledge of metallurgy, now mining whatever metals they can, meanwhile collecting stone for improved construction. This island is starting to feel a little more like home. On the other hand, loud screeching sounds can be heard in the distance... As you see a massive, winged, fire-breathing, feathered creature approaching the island from the skies.

>>2343730 Fae King
That is an action yes, so planar travel it is.
Assuming this portal is opened on the same island the crusaders left to effectively search for them, you would indeed find the small civilization they've set up to survive on the subtropical island.
Meanwhile, fire dude is finished, you'll have to remind me what his name is and who he is though. Can't seem to access the last thread for the info and didn't write it down :\

>>2343803 Belweir
The Goddess' form vanishes as particles of arcane energy are left in her position, as lightning crawls at immense speed along the ground, leading to a new position where she reappears, standing the same as before. She watches with Belweir, as Brrrlghhr's territory vanishes from The Cosmos.
"Oh no... No... You don't understand! This type of action is forbidden! My father would never allow it! And with this, there's no avoidi--"
A man approaches behind Belweir and The Goddess, standing beside them as he similarly watches the land turn to void. The pinkish skin-toned man, donning perfectly white robes, speaks with a bold voice of perfect form and flow:
"I see matters have grown out of your hands. I hope you wouldn't mind my interference."
The Goddess of Creation pleads:
"Father! No, you don't understand. This was all a mistake. I will take care of it!"
Waiting patiently for her to stop, he continues;
"They have a day to cease all contact with other planes before I interfere. The other planes are not off-limits, but there are rules, and you must make these dimone aware of them; or I will be forced to do so myself."

>>2345001 Frakt
The exchange is complete.
A huge dinosaur park is constructed on the border between your's and Thernax's domains.

Cont.

>>2345010 Sternes
In any normal case, you wouldn't have claimed any hex. However, since this region is entirely empty void, you manage to claim some.
The old souls already gave you that knowledge last turn, silly. Meanwhile, there still seems to be no way to surpass the divine barrier without a seriously immense amount of divine power.

>>2345148 Thernax
>>2345299
You open your portal at 1119, letting your mortals enter the material realm. They are greeted by a familiar environment, sitting atop a snowy mountain. They begin their trek down the mountain, searching for people to convert to the church of Thernax, or a nice area to set up a fort. You won't hear back from them until one of them returns, or you enter to check on them.

>>2348759 Dedfuk
Your biological divine energy converter enters the realm, greeted by a strange landscape. The environment is filled with black stone ground, lava pools, mountains, and a few trees. Buildings can be seen in the distance. The dimension appears to have a cave-like roof. Regardless of the roof, there are gray clouds. The undead creature begins successfully absorbing divine energy.
See >>2348951

>>2351191 Agarius
The demons develop demonic possession, empowered by the souls of fallen crusaders.

DEMIGOD STATS
Thernax: 134
OFF+7, DEF+6
Tech: Jold, Thaumium, Oltar, Afterlife, Clergy, Barlow, Missionaries, Poetry Magic, Dinosaurs
(Thayna-8, OFF+1, DEF+1, Tech: Jold, Poetry Magic)

Fae King: 81
OFF+5, DEF+6
Tech: Flight, Magic, Disrupt Magic, Horses, Defensive Forest, Psychic Resistance, Familiars, Planar Travel, Afterlife, Thaumium, Bardic Magic, Enchanting, Boar-men, Dwarves
(FireDude-0, OFF+5, DEF+0, Tech: Magic)

Dedfuk: 79
OFF+10, DEF+6
Tech: Unbounded Numbers, Magic, Taint Weavers, Astral Armor, Blight Reciever, Mortal Cult, Divine Right, Fog of War

Agarius: 74
OFF+3, DEF+3
Tech: Flight, Hellfire Breath, Unbounded Numbers, Hellportals, Voidships, Demonic Possession

Eli: 66
OFF+5, DEF+3
Tech: Mind Worms, Shop, Enchanting, Crystal Tech, Restoration Magic, Planar Travel

Spider Queen: 60
OFF+3, DEF+3
Tech: Web, Voidships, Thaumium, Water-striders, Slaves, Afterlife, Jold, Coil Guns, Light Prisms

Frakt: 57
OFF+6, DEF+4
Tech: Flight, Hemomancy, Barlow, Blood Alchemy, Dinosaurs

Belweir: 43
DEF+7
Tech: Jold, Crystal Spiders, Thaumium, Web, Thunder Fields, Afterlife, Planar Travel, Magic

Sternes: 31
OFF+5, DEF+4
Tech: Disorienting Mist, Mist Elementals, Addictive Mist, Afterlife, Souls of the Dead, Peaceful Mist, Imbued Elementals, Planar Travel


Norhes Lune: 7
Tech: Afterlife

Surrealist: 1

Grand Master: 0
OFF+4, DEF+3
Tech: Jold, Improved Metallurgy, Afterlife, Consecrated Lands, Clergy, Voidships

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Rolled 17 + 14 (1d20 + 14)

>>2352466

ALL WEB MEMBERS
Open season on Eli! His territory is up for grabs, unless it was given to him by another player for research!

Frakt will spearhead the charge on the newly-empowered demigod, attacking 1615 and as much of the nearby hexes as he can.

Meanwhile, Santiago gazes upon a Brontosaur, which is somehow now able to live in the frozen mountain range that is Fraktveria.

"What is the biggest and strongest of these creatures?" He asks an aide of his, coat billowing around his ankles. Another blizzard is on the way.

"Hmm. I saw an impressive specimen the other night, terrorizing an orcish village. I think they called it a T-Rex?"

Santiago grins, wings unfolding as he takes to the air. "Lets see how fearsome we can make them, then!"

Research: Pic Related.

>>2352466
The warm and friendly atmosphere of the Plane of Companionship is something the peaceful treepeople would fit right in. But will it hold forever? There are other planes out there, and other beings able to open portals.

When surrounded by open, accepting hearts, it's easy for any people to forget what strife is, in as little as a single generation. But the hiveforest ovesoul will remember, and through it, the treepeople. If any danger would befall the plane, it would have a protector now.

Thanks for running! And thanks to the other players.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>2352466
+16 from hexes and +3 from def.
Eli defends from Frakt's attack to the best of his ability.
He then calls to Thernax with a deal, 38 of his hex for the protection of the demi from all other aggressors.
Finally he calls out to Order, informing him of a deal between him and War.
He was to visit her land to take on a challenge she offered.
The details were a little vague but he'd like to go just him and thernax to the realm so as to not let her down.
He'd also like to add that unless he is invited back again he will not return to the courage realm to respect Orders wishes.

>>2352466
>As you see a massive, winged, fire-breathing, feathered creature approaching the island from the skies.
Oh for fucks sake. Pray the creature doesn't turn out to be hostile, while making any preparations we can in case it does.

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>>2352466
Alright, fire dude is Ambrius. Gonna do a little interaction but not count it as an action because all i'm doing is talk to my fucking son.

The Fae King, rather excited to meet his son again after such a long time, approaches the still recuperating Ambrius, who's sitting out in the Castle gardens, staring at a handmade fire on his hand.

"Well, it's certainly been a while, wouldn't you say?"

A little while beforehand, the Dwarves had watched Ambrius and his Fire Magic, truly inspired by his control of it. Not to be outdone, they work day and night, combining every ability and magic style they can, they eventually create a true work of art.

A gun. After inspecting whatever they could scrounge from Wu-Saug's former lands, they create new plans, taking only the best materials and spending a surprising amount of time enchanting them in different ways to see how they might work, eventually finding a solution.

Hundreds of tests and modifications later, they finally got a succesful result. In mere months, the weapons are sent out to every soldier, ready for use.

I assume that the Elf, Fairy and Dwarf soldiers sent to the Crusaders' island will be able to help protect them without an action.

>>2352802
Thernax accepts Eli's proposal and converts the lands gifted to him into the likeness of heavy swampland that feed off the river basin in the area.


>>2352466
Thernax, now in his time void of wars and free to create once more, makes a new material. He spends his time decorating his grand hills and mountains in a reddish salmon ore that shines bright in the moonlight as if its surface was crystalline to the touch.

This ore is called Thalner.
Thalner is a material that is much like copper in composition, however it has the power to dampen and nullify magic as it becomes near it. Magical trinkets that are placed to close to it start to lose their powers, poetry magic said near it holds no effects, etc. His people will find it all too useful in defending themselves against magical substances.

>>2352466
>A man approaches behind Belweir and The Goddess, standing beside them as he similarly watches the land turn to void. The pinkish skin-toned man, donning perfectly white robes, speaks with a bold voice of perfect form and flow:
>"I see matters have grown out of your hands. I hope you wouldn't mind my interference."
>The Goddess of Creation pleads:
>"Father! No, you don't understand. This was all a mistake. I will take care of it!"
>Waiting patiently for her to stop, he continues;
>"They have a day to cease all contact with other planes before I interfere. The other planes are not off-limits, but there are rules, and you must make these dimone aware of them; or I will be forced to do so myself."

The agent remains hidden in the shadows, their training having made them so unnoticed that they seem nonexistent.
From their cover, the agent watches the gods, the true Gods, converse.
They cannot believe this opportunity.
They had been tasked with a message to deliver to the Gods, if they could reach one directly.
And here were two!
There might never be a better chance...

But their demigod master had not yet given the signal.
They hold.
They wait.
They watch.
The remain faithful.