>>5906360
Is this a trans quest?

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Many years from now, not far from home...

The innkeep went about his business with the same steady surety of a veteran, assessing his stocks as a commander would inspect his marshalled forces. It was a good time to do so since the goodwife was resting, babe sound asleep in her arms, and the other young uns were over at one at the Old Man's farm doing chores on the promise of picking their choice of apples from the owner's tree at the end of the day. The Old Man's own sons had died during the war, and the holy men said that it stood the soul in good stead to help one's neighbors. Besides, the peace and quiet was a welcome change of pace to the usual bustle of business and bairns. Even the bard had been absent the past few months, although that in itself was not unusual.

The innkeeps hands, rough and callused, brushed over the barrels and kegs arrayed in good order for the stocktake as the count turned to the more exotic imports. There were the Montbrun spirits, of course, prices varying with the qualty. A Romani Red of particularly good year, a vintage so rare and fine that Lords would welcome it at their table. The innkeep kept that seperate from the rest of the wine stock, on the off chance a member of the higher nobility ever had cause to stay at his establishment.

There was another bottle, at the very end, not for patrons humble or mighty. A gift, from the bard no less. It was something of an acquired taste, extracted from the sap of the tree that could not grow in this part of the world, but the innkeep had come to appreciate it. Hailing from as far south of Cathagi as Cathagi was from Norsikaa, the market for it here was entirely non-existent.

A twitch at the corner of the innkeeps lips was the only indication any observer might have gleaned as to his inner thoughts. Perhaps they might share a glass when the wandering troubador returned from his travails, albeit a very small one. And hear another story about a certain knight's adventures in that far-off land...

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POV Verification Vote: Open for 24 hours
If your ID changes during this thread, please link back to your OG vote here or your new ID votes might not be counted.

>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei

>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate

>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion

>Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon

>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands

>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire

>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun

>Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect
Noting his ship has only just departed Cathagi

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>>5906361

>>5906362
>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun

BABE WAKE UP! NEW STV JUST DROPPED!!

>>5906362
>Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect
Cool

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I've updated the main equipment/trait pastebin, but the site was giving me troubles with 'potentially offensive content' warnings.

Let me know if the link isn't working properly.

>>5906362
>>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire
come on gladdy

>>5906362
>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire

Let’s goooo!

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>>5906362
>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion

I wonder how Rabe is doing

Super glad to have you back. Can't wait to dive back into this

>>5906369
Seems you made the sheet private.

>It was something of an acquired taste, extracted from the sap of the tree that could not grow in this part of the world

Hang on a second is the Innkeep a Khave lover too?

>>5906362
>>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion

So it begins.

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>>5906362
>>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire

Welcome back Forgotten, hope you've been well.

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>>5906362
>Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect
Right makes Might !

>>5906375
Cheers, was hoping sending the link directly would get us around that but no luck.

Hopefully this serves as a workaround.
https://pastes.io/hjcp8qttlh

>>5906362
>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion

Good to have you back Forgotten

>>5906384
I love this!!

>>5906362
>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion

WE ARE SO BACK ME HEARTIES

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>>5906362
>Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect

LETS GO STV IS BACK!

>>5906362
>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun
It has been 10000 years.....

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>>5906362
>>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire
STV 123 ABC DO RAY ME

>>5906362
>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire
We've ignored him for too long.

Welcome back, Bard!

>>5906362

>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire

>>5906396
My guy he was the last POV

>>5906362
>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei

I want to vote for all of them though

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>>5906360
>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire

Since the last thread and this one, my mom got sick and died, and I fell in love and got into a relationship with someone I'm pretty sure is my soulmate. Life is weird and shitty and wonderful, and it feels good that through all of it, Forgotten is still willingly giving up free time to bring us these absolutely fantastic quests.

>>5906400
Wait shit Glasdale was the last thread's winner, nevermind, changing my vote to

>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion

>>5906370
>>5906402
fug your right
changing too
>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion

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>>5906362
>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion
My body is ready. Begin the Valour.

>>5906362
>Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect

ITS HAPPENING! WE HAVE WAITED LONG FOR THIS DAY.
IN AN AGE OF BOREDOM AND DEAD QUESTS HE RETURNED TO RESTORE THIS BOARD ONCE MORE!

Also, verification post secured!

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>>5906424
Adding image for ease of finding anchor post and to celebrate this momentous return.

>>5906424

do you smell it, anon? It’s coming…

G O L D E N A G E
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>>5906360
>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands
We never picked Jean, so I'll go for this. Also, IT'S FUCKING BAAAAAAAAACK LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Anchor. Hippopotamus

>>5906362
>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands

>5906437
This is true. Plus I want to know how are things in the desert.

>>5906362
>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate
I would like to hear how Courageous Sky interrupted the meeting with the Queen and her court of spies
Welcome back, Forgotten :)
DEUS VULT ILUD

>>5906362
>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion
I have waited so long for this day. For the return of the king.
Man I want to vote for Tobray, but I'd be more curious about what he does in the mainland.

>>5906362
>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei
Family life could be fun.

>>5906362
>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun
!!!

>>5906362
>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun
I am a S I M P

>>5906362
>>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei

>>5906362
>>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun

What the WIFE doing?

>>5906362
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion
Last thread I'd JUST finished reading the archives before I found out the thread was over.

>>5906362
>Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon

HE’S BACK, FORGOTTEN’S RETURNED!!! Awesome to see you back man, and glad you decided to take a break for a while. Looks like getting a crusade started to reconquer the Hol-erm, Fatherland. Yeah, that’s it, totally it.
>Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect

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>>5906362
>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei

>>5906362
>Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect

>>5906362
We quest for the Almighty! By the Angel's Grace STV returns!
>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion

Let's see how our intel helped out the Rabes.

Search word: scrungle

>>5906362
>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate

Should be interesting

>>5906362
>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate
Oh look... you're back.

>>5906362
>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire

Valorous time.

>>5906369
'Bastard sword' can flag the document as offensive just because it uses the word bastard.

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>>5906362
>Verification Vote
It's-a me Mario

>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate

>>5906362
>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei
Welcome back

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>>5906362
>>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands

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>>5906360
>Tracker Jean, the Business Partner from the Wastelands
LETS FUCKING GO. Welcome back man!

>>5906362
FUCK YEEEEEEEEEEEA LET'S GET CHIVALROUS

>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire

>>5906362
>Sir Karlaus Rabe, the gruff Montbrun companion

>>5906362
>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei

Glad to see you're back Forgotten, I heard that the last year was pretty rough so I hope things get better soon

>>5906362
>Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect
THE ANGEL GUIDES ME!

Post rare Emiles. NOW!!!

>>5906362
>Young Lady Frida Vancewell, the cunning viper of Montbrun
THIS IS CANTON

>>5906362
>Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect
Verifying, glad you're back Forg

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>>5906947
At once knigga

>>5906362
>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate

WE. ARE. BAAAACK.

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>>5906362
>Young Lord Damien Andrei, elder brother and heir to House Andrei
Let's see what's going on back home

>>5906362
>>Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon

Dawn has come! We RIDE BOIS!!!

>>5906395
Clarifying this is me btw. Original verification post was on my cell data xd

>>5906362
dont mind me, just getting a few fresh 1 by IDs so i can same fag freely later.

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>>5907355
Not a foolproof system, certainly. But you’d have to be fairly autistic to put multiple placeholder votes in and vote differently enough of the course of the thread that it wasn’t obviously consistent just so you can successfully samefag a portion of the votes.

You could just not be an unchivalrous wretch and enjoy the ride.

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>>5907355

>>5907355
Go back F*llavon where you belong

>>5906362
>>Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect

Lets DO THIS

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>>5906362
Oh God it's been SO long!
I had almost... forgotten

Anyway Great to see you back I cant wait for the Cathargi High arc
and the memes too obviously
Will be phone posting so my ID will likely change a lot if that's okay

>Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect

>>5907443
just link back an call out ID's that are not you if they link back to this post

>>5906362
>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate

Hope I snuck in under the wire. Haven't gotten to vote in StV before.

>>5907444
Will do

>>5906362
>Sir Willem Glasdale, the friendly protector of Grenmire

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>>5906362

>Sir Neil dan Marc, the loyal Sworn Man from Fallavon

Sir Rabe and Father Towbray are tied, but my personal preference is to see Rabe so I'll begin writing now rather than putting it to a roll.

Verification still open until the 24 hour from thread start.

>>5906362
SHIT I missed the 24h window aaaaaaaaah
praying this counts anyway.
>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate

>>5906362
>>Sir Robert Gilbern, the calculating Second Herald of the Ordo Reginate

I've been waiting for this for a very very long time.

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Tunegan, 27th Day of Kostrimun, 883 A.C.E. - The Torwatcher Gate - House Montbrun Lands


Sir Karlaus Rabe had hope for battle in the Duke Montbrun's personal fiefdom, a little bloodletting on the last weeks against the scaley pests before winter settled in. Normally, even in less interesting times, one could hope for a stray bandit or out-of-the-way serpent nest. But the mountain passes had remained deathly silent on every patrol. Even the daily number of refugees Wastelander refugees had dropped to zero.

Since word of the fall of Freetown had reached Canton a flood of Wastelander refugees had poured in. The new, scared faces and hungry mouths with strange tongues and stranger manners came with problems enough of their own but the noise was still preferable to the silence that soon followed. That flood had gradually slowed to a trickle, each caravan and group bringing ill news of rampant serpent attacks. Settlements razed, inhabitants devoured. Now the trickle had stopped entirely. Not a soul.

Even the punitive expeditions being led the by increasingly prominent Order of the Broken Blade presence had halted altogether. The last, and largest, had not returned it all. Not even a messenger had been spotted. Sir Gerhard Rabe, third in line to the House title and closest in age to Karlaus, had left with that expedition over a week ago.

[1/3]

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"Let's say they do try the passes come spring, assuming they haven't all starved and eaten one another having run out of Wasteland settlers, they're going to be shitting steel when the Banner is called and we put our lances to 'em." The speaker, Sir Johan of Esslingen, was some years younger and had apparently misread Sir Rabe's dour mood as an invitation to voice his political opinion. "Aid from Aubres will be slow in coming, if it comes at all."

"Because the King would refuse to help..." Sir Sigurd Manheim took his time with his words, scratching the missing socket under his old eyepatch. "...or because our Duke is too stubborn to ask?"

"Careful, old timer."

"Listen here, pup-"

Sir Rabe eyed the two scowling men with bored disdain. Another thing he hated was the politics. The Esslingens, the Manheims, the Heilbronn. All talk, talk, talk. Even the Alderague had sent a courtier, if only to snub the Duke directly rather than with their absence. The Norwache were noticably absent from collection or arse kissers at the Duke's Court, although the Rabes had some inkling it had to do with the Langlish Free Company they had recently engaged. Perhaps Lord Norwache was had been taking this Prime Serpent threat much more seriously and much more earlier than anyone else by bolstering their household troops, but there could also be less flattering reasons. Lord Rabe had assured his son they would be leaning on their few friends at Court and see if there was some advantage to be had or threat to be avoided. It seemed even his family was playing the game.

This is why Sir Rabe preferred the battlefield to banquet table. He was just about to say as much, in terms likely to even further diminish his House's standing, when he noticed the hush that had settled over the room. The three armoured men that had entered the room in single file had made no noise and spoken no word, and yet somehow their presence made this wing of the Torwatcher Gate feel suffocatingly small and confining. Sir Karlaus Rabe had never seen these men before in his life, but he knew exactly who they were. By their heraldry alone, he knew their stories. By the wing emblems on their shoulders he knew their worth. knew each of them by the heraldry of their coat-of-arms, and the sigil of wings on their shoulders.

[2/3]

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Sir Brockland the Stone. Sir Henry the Just. Sir Adelheid Griffinbane.

There was something eerie about the legendary Pegasi Knights, men who had touched and lived something either made from or very close to the divine. Every man among them was a Knight of the Realm, of course, someone who had made a name for themselves either long before their adoption by one of the princes of the skies or inevitably established through legendary feats very soon after. Lands, title and marriage were all forsworn when they were adopted into any of the Pegasi Clans (although not for lack of attention from the Montbrun lasses).

In Montbrun, where kinship and Stone Oaths were of paramount importance, the lack thereof and obesience to a distinct and unwritten Code known only to them was another reason why their awe often rubbed shoulders with wariness. There were whispers that a rider knew where their steeds flew at all times, even miles apart, and vice versa. It sounded far-fetched, sorcerous even, but it would explain some of the more astounding stories of said knights leaping from cliffs or battlements onto the back of their mounts midflight. The people of Montbrun did not discuss such men openly, save for their mighty feats in battle, and even among themselves it was oftentimes the room fell silent for a spell when such a living legend entered.

Sir Henry the Just offers the room a polite smile while his compatriot Sir Adelheid Griffinbane scans his surroundings with all the naked fierceness one would expect with a face deeply scarred by giant talon marks.

"Please, as you were." Sir Brockland the Stone, THE Sir Brockland the Stone intones with a dour nod as the living legends settled into a table in the corner like they were any other mortal men taking their leisure.

Furtive glances and hushed whispers gradually resumed. But the reason for the silence and stares from the Montbrun knights present was not due to hero worship alone.

When Canton was young and mankind's grip on the continent lay under constant threat of annhilation from the Wild, the Serpent, the Foreign, there were times when entire Pegasi Clans moved to war and destruction of those who would interlope upon their mountain territories. But even in times of existential threat, when a new alliance with a Pegasi Clan has been formed in the face of an unprecedented threat, as was the case with the Southern Peak Clans in the War of the Three Sisters, that the number of Pegasi Knights has never exceeded a dozen. One for every Pegasi Clan, and selected on no rule or basis that the Montbrun Courts of man have ever

The Pegasi Knights were rarely seen together, save for times of great strife. And now they were here, not one, but three. One meant adventure, two meant trouble. But three? Three meant war, and every Brun soul present knew it.

[3/4]

>>5907599
*have ever managed to anticipate or influence for meaningful political gain in the schemes of man.

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The Duke Montbrun would call the Banners, of that there could now be no doubt. Likely before the snows of winter had even begun to melt.

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>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

>Politics aside, the Duke's seat of power will form the core of the Duchy's war effort. This is the time to take stock, to organise and begin getting used to fighting together. There is a lot of work to do, and only a winter to do it in. Sir Rabe Remain here, train with the other knights, take what measures you can in terms of preparing this place for a siege. [Hearty]

>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]

>>5907603
>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]


I think Rabe is a family man and as a knight, he knows that his brother knows the perils of the job. I think he'd go home to prepare his family and their castle before everyone is called in rather than go risking himself stupidly on a wild goose chase looking for his brother


>>5906373
Verification post

>>5907603
>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]

>>5907603
>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

verification
>>5906389

>>5906370
me
>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]
>>5907603

>>5907593
>The Esslingens, the Manheims, the Heilbronn. All talk, talk, talk. Even the Alderague had sent a courtier, if only to snub the Duke directly rather than with their absence. The Norwache were noticably absent from collection or arse kissers at the Duke's Court

Goddamn the Montbrunebowl is real, the duke is in serious shit with his vassals if they are openly snubbing him.

No wonder Vancewell thinks she cam be duchess.

>>5907599
Damn I just went from finding Pegasus knights corny to kind of dope still want a Griffin like Karl frigging Franz though

>>5907603
>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]

With the delicate political situation that seems to be on a razors edge I could see the young duke being indecisive in a crisis though it might risk our bro Rabe.

Make it worseDO IT!you know you want to

>>5906365
Yeye

>>5907603
>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]
I think Karlaus trusts his brother enough. He'll return, right?
>>5906437
me

>>5907603
>>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

Karlaus most definitely wants to search for his brother, though he knows he can't abandon his own family for a chance of finding him.

>>5906506
Me.

>>5907603
>>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

>>5906383
verifyin'

>>5907603
>>5906654

>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

I would think that Rabe knows the measure of his own brother. He would want to help him, but the rest of his family and Montbrun needs him. The snakefiends can't get access by a side route or Montbrun will be doomed.

>>5906362
Oh shit oh fuck I missed this by 3 hours can I still play pretty please Hangman?

>>5907603
VP:>>5906711
>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]

>>5907603
>>Politics aside, the Duke's seat of power will form the core of the Duchy's war effort. This is the time to take stock, to organise and begin getting used to fighting together. There is a lot of work to do, and only a winter to do it in. Sir Rabe Remain here, train with the other knights, take what measures you can in terms of preparing this place for a siege. [Hearty]

>>5906394

>>5907603
>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

>>5906933
V check

>>5907603
>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]
Definitely more in-character for Karlaus, given how he behaved when we were being stalked by the Wodenaki

>>5906449
Moi

>>5907603
>>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

>>5906380

>>5906362
>Father Towbray, the zealous priest of the Angelite Sect

We’re BACK bitches - so keen

Slightly late boss, hope it’s still okay

>>5907603

>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

>>5907603
>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]

Hoping it counts
>>5907625

But dang, we'll be safe in Cathagi while our friends will be fighting for their lives against snakemens.

We'll literally come back with an Hawaiian shirt, sunglasses and tan while everyone's busy burying their deads.

"Sup Guys! Who wanna go on a lil' crusade in Ardenne?"

>>5907657
Honestly as fucked up as it is we could use that. Their grief and anger towards the Foe could easily be turned towards Ardenne. A clear enemy, a clear goal, something for the entire nation to band together around and defeat as one. And an honourable man of legend to lead them into the darkness and into glory

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>>5907657
To be honest, the possibility of getting shanked in some shitty alley in Cathagi as a result of accidentally going head first into a complex battle of intrigue and skullduggery is very real.
>>5906947
posting rare Emile

>>5907661
Or people will be weary after a potentially costly and bloody conflict after the foe and will be reluctant to jump into what seems like an especially perilous conflict which has been already been tried multiple time in history and has only concluded in complete defeat for Canton.

But still, I think you onto something. If after the snakemen war the Faction and the prince are trying to prepare for some shit, we could try to convince the queensmen (AKA our boy Gilbern) to push for our crusade and call for a massive conscription from the noble house, dragging as much of the Prince's forces with us into Ardenne.

But if it came to that, it will be a whole other can of worm.

>>5907670
>>Or people will be weary after a potentially costly and bloody conflict after the foe and will be reluctant to jump into what seems like an especially perilous conflict which has been already been tried multiple time in history and has only concluded in complete defeat for Canton.

Oh I don't disagree at all, it'll be a hard sell. However, if the Angelites have spread far enough we'll be able to use them to rabble rouse a little, get people stirred up and outraged. Not only have we gone through a bloody battle against the Snakemen but the DEADMEN sit within our own lands, ruling a place that belongs to the living, in absolute defiance of what is right and just and good. It spits in the face of Cain and Adam and every living soul (etc etc).

And with Gilberns support (great idea btw, I didn't think of that) and a little political maneuvering to make anyone avoiding it seem cowardly and traitorous we might actually get the crusade we've been after.

In saying all that, pitching it like this is a bit too politically savvy for Emile. The idea might need to come from someone else (like Lady Vancewell). She could use it to help consolidate her own power and position and together we rise

>>5907675
Although maybe he'll learn some political savviness whilst in Cathargi? This place is rife with dangerous politics after all

>>5907675
Well, with a bit of luck ol' Father in Law might kick the bucket in the upcoming snakemen conflict. Lady Vancewell thus beinghis sole heir and gain the title.

Furthermore, with Montbrun being quite traditional folk, it's quite possible that relatives of Frida come for the position and land of the Vancewell.

And that's where our latter of courting come into play, cuz then Frida can say she was already being courted by someone and thus avoid all possible complication by marrying us and making us Vancewell successor (on paper).

We thus, gain lands, a wife and the possibility of leaving an heir before we go accomplishing our destiny.

Also, something I might have misunderstood. But is Father Towbray a relative of the Vancewell. If so, it would be hilarious as hell for him to office at our wedding.

>>5907682
That's some good thinking re: Vancewell. I'm liking our possible future plans here for sure

>>is Father Towbray a relative of the Vancewell.

Can't remember honestly but yeah that'd be great

>>5907603

>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]

I think that while I really don't want to risk our best bro Karlaus, since this is absolutely the riskiest option, I think given what I know about him, the most in-character option for him is to follow his brother out into the wastes. Karlaus is a heroic brother in arms-type, not the most pragmatic or the most ambitious person, and while the other two options are ones it makes sense for him to make, I think the one he WOULD make is to follow his brother into danger. He befriended Emile because Emile is exactly the kind of person who would do the same for his kin; that's what they have in common with each other.

>>5907603
>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]

First this, since I fear if this isn’t chosen then his brother is absolutely going to be dead, rather then ambiguously missing as the text suggests right now. Besides that, How much of the Carthage Arc is going to be Skied forward by @Forgotten, and how much of it is going to be played straight? Because sitting in a palace doing intrigue for 5 straight years, is a bit much even for a former ASOIAF fan like myself.
>>5906551
Verify, thee Hereitic.

>>5907603
>Politics aside, the Duke's seat of power will form the core of the Duchy's war effort. This is the time to take stock, to organise and begin getting used to fighting together. There is a lot of work to do, and only a winter to do it in. Sir Rabe Remain here, train with the other knights, take what measures you can in terms of preparing this place for a siege. [Hearty]
>>5906520

>>5907603
>>Politics aside, the Duke's seat of power will form the core of the Duchy's war effort. This is the time to take stock, to organise and begin getting used to fighting together. There is a lot of work to do, and only a winter to do it in. Sir Rabe Remain here, train with the other knights, take what measures you can in terms of preparing this place for a siege. [Hearty]

>>5906461

>>5907603
>>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

me >>5907579

>>5907603
>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

>>5906900
dats me

>>5907721
Not 5 years, we plan on being there, what, 2 years? If I remember correctly, that's how long the service in the DG lasts.

>>5907149
this is me

>>5907603
>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

>>5907789
Do you or anyone else know what the length of service is then? Because I very much remember it being at least a period of 3 years minimum. But if not, then I would happily love that to be shortened. It makes it so much easier for us to come in and kill the Prime Serpent if that service is reduced in length.

>>5907799
I'm certain it was two years. And by the end of it you could choose from the Dragon treasure and take as much as you could carry. (5 Wealth)

>>5907799
From thread 6:
>You have of course heard of the order, and you learn some more of the details now. The Dragon Guard is not considered one of the Cantôn orders, though many Cantôn knights have served on it alongside an eclectic body of warriors all foreign to Cathagi. A trial may be required to join, after which you are given a sack of gold [2 Wealth] and serve for two years as part of the Dragon’s personal bodyguard. After two years of service, largely sitting around the Crescent Palace from what you’ve heard, you are given as much riches from the treasury as you can carry in two hands [4 Wealth] and your time in the Dragon Guard is served.

So yea, 2 year service with plenty of gold to spend, if we don't die of course.

>>5907818
Fucking Sweet! Granted the money system is differ now from before, but that’s going to make the time difference way better then what I had originally planned for it to be.

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>>5907603
>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

>>5906388
Glad you like it boss ! Here's a Pegasus knight.

Verification : >>5906384

>>5907603
>>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

>>5906444
ME

>>5907603
>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]

Emile went on a brother rescue mission, so why deny Rabe that duty?

Am I still banned?

Let's find out

I wasn't able to grab a V-card due to a rando IP range ban, but I wouldn't want to weasel in anyway; samefags shitted up the Prodigal Son thread awhile back.

Just want to stress to anons that heading back to Rabe lands is the smart choice, but Rabe is bold and brash, he wouldn't play it safe. In fact, he would swagger up to the Pegasi Kniggas, ask them if they're pussies or not, and dare them to join him in a search for his brother and other Broken Blade Crusaders. Inshallah

AH DAMN IT!
I MISSED THE PUNCH IN!
Oh well, Guess I'm just reading this one. Good luck fellas! Don't do anything I wouldn't do!

>>5907603
>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

>>5906571
M

>>5907603
>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

>>5906391
this is me

>>5907603
>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]

>>5906973

>>5907603
>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

>>5907603
>>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]

me>>5906395

>>5907657
A Knight is sworn to defend the realm and we promised to aid Rabe, not to mention Vancewell could be in the firing line.

>>5907603
>Politics aside, the Duke's seat of power will form the core of the Duchy's war effort. This is the time to take stock, to organise and begin getting used to fighting together. There is a lot of work to do, and only a winter to do it in. Sir Rabe Remain here, train with the other knights, take what measures you can in terms of preparing this place for a siege. [Hearty]
>>5906367

>>5907682
Staying in Cathagi makes Fridas Courtship more difficult and doesn't exactly e hence our material prospects nor does any build up for ardenne, relying on any arbitrary chance for her father dying fighting the snake men seems dubious if not foolish, if anything we should be actively participating in events if we want to marry her.

We need to remember a few things when it comes to Cathaggi, plans and the future.

1. Vancewells Courtship to the Marquis is purposefully on fast rack by both families probably due to the upcoming montbrine bowl, a crisis will do to that powder keg.

We only have a leg in the door due to Pascae and the Marquis being temporarily incapacitated.

2.The Faction situation is going to blow up sooner or later and God knows what's planned within that, with the birth of the second prince at the start of the thread I'm inclined to believe very soon.

3.Cathaggi while it's reach is long is a whole world away from Canton, unless we invest the money and time extremely well we aren't exactly gaining material for our future endeavours outside the wealth.

The Dragonguard might be prestigious but it's also quasi traitorous and compeletly subservient to Cathaggi politics.

4.Many of the events are going to heavily affect our friends, families and loved ones and staying abroad means not helping any of them and just accepting whatever happens with little hope of intervening.

>>5907603
>>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]

He can search for the brother and perhaps scout for the path the serpents will take.

>>5906706

>>5908184
Well, all of these are very good points and all, but our friendship and trust with Gilbern depends on us joining the Dragon Guard and sending information. I doubt we will be the next James Bonds, but we can do the bare minimum. Plus, if we don't have Gilbern on our side, the First Herald will paint a nice target on out back. Furthermore, the Prince is very aware of us and he doesn't like us, especially after foiling his plans. We must cool off for a while and stay out of his reach, let Mother, Sister and Robert build up some favours and shore up the defense, so to speak.

And yes, courting Frida will be a challenge, but lets hope we can intrigue her enough until we return. Hell, if it really becomes too serious, we can always come back, no?

>>5908201
>but our friendship and trust with Gilbern depends on us joining the Dragon Guard and sending information

I'd argue it stands on being more loyal and true to his cause than simply the joining the Dragonguard which many anons have laid as the most obvious way forward, if we were to lay out a plan to say.... sway a powerful and ambitious house to his cause with solid material for reasonable cause he'd likely be on board.

As for doing the bare minimum for the Dragonguard, that's two years for anything and everything to happen and no discernible way to walk away from it if we want to and additionally we will have to not only navigate the dangers of theor politics but the absolute authority and undisputiable word of the Dragon itself if it says "Kill the orphans" we will have to kill the orphans.

the First herald and the prince are a concern and I don't disagree they'll will be issues but they both have larger fish to fry than us, I agree stay off at least the prince's radar for a bit to cool down but that doesn't mean staying Cathaggi.

>And yes, courting Frida will be a challenge, but lets hope we can intrigue her enough until we return. Hell, if it really becomes too serious, we can always come back, no?

Again it makes a situation that we barely have a foot in and are already punching way above our weight in much harder and we have no idea what cancelling the contract entails with the Dragonguard entails, it could be death, slavery or something even worse.

>>5908201
We also have a lot of new things to learn while we are here that will help us back home. I posted this in one of the last threads, but its a list of things we should look to do while we are here for 2 years.

To Do in Cathago
>Join the Dragon Guard
>Find Sir Gilbern's Aethenium Contact
>Gather information on the Sons of Sin from the Aethenium
>Gather information on Ardenne from the Aethenium
>Gather information on Jess' weird loyalty ritual from the Aethenium
>Get a way to translate Jess' language or otherwise start teaching her the Cantonian Dialect
>Discover the words said by Cain to the Dragon
>Seek out the hermit Swordmaster Zawahiel
>Discover and Interfere in and the Prince's plans in Cathagi
>Study for our Praetor exam/search Aethenium for ancient law for Praetor bonuses
>Inform Chaptermaster Callahan about the Echo of Adam and textual differences in the Book of Brothers
>Confront Chaptermaster Callahan about the Order of Chains
>Engage in Commerce (strictly no Copperclipping) and make trade contacts for the Andrei family.
>Keep an eye out for nice things for Frida

>>5908223
I should say, its not like we will be doing nothing if we stay here. We have debts to pay, a crusade that needs funding, we need to make new friends, and become stronger to fight the Foe that infest Ardenne. Nova Cathagi is the place we can learn about and acquire the things we need to fight without special dispensation or raising attention.

Question, but since it’s been so dang long since the last thread, what kind of upgrades and/or traits that we can get for ourselves? How can we get them? And, are their anyways to naturally improve on our combat prowess while we also start finally getting around to helping to deal with our social and Cunning that I think outside of a -20 speech buff, we are severely lacking and need a number of improvements on?

>>5907603
>>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

>>5906834

>>5908223
I feel we should run some caravans back to Canton at the very least, we mad a fair bit of cash while doing it in Canton and Cathaggi is a focus of global trade so its quite lucrative even when not copperclipping.

Might also be a good way to show Frida we aren't entirely a meathead who can only hit things with his shield.

>Discover the words said by Cain to the Dragon
Do you really think the Dragon would actually answer that when its related to its utmost humiliation?

>>5908239
We havent seen the Market yet so right now thats a bit nebulous, our Knight vows are powerful if compromising due to the vows associated with them and outside that Allies and comrades can help at times.

>>5908239
We can't get better armor or weapons unless we get some serious favor or fey/magic/divine boost. We also just got a magic bastard sword.
If we want to improve our combat skills we would probably need to dedicate some our time with a teacher. I mention it in my list, but Swordmaster Zawahiel is somewhere out in the desert wastes around Cathagi.
As our next upgrade to improve our social stuff "easily" we need to spend money to get the expensive finery beyond good clothes for a +5dc.
There's also a lot of things to unlock from gaining Adam/Cain points. There's also Thorn points, but we should be trying to lose our Thorn points now anyway for Beseeching the Angel bonuses. -5dc for each point sucks man.

>>5908243
>Do you really think the Dragon would actually answer that when its related to its utmost humiliation?
If we were to earn its favor in an Emile fashion we could possibly ask for what was said or other such information about the faith/SoS. Though to be honest such a favor could be better used to save people alive today than to worry about the words of the past for those sweet Adam points. There's also the Aethenium. It might be written down somewhere.

How should we actually wage war on the deadmen folks? Been thinking about it while on break, my thought is a build up forts along main roads into whatever population centers we want to retake.

>>5908239
I think we have a positive speech modifier that also has the caveat of always saying the truth?

>>5908243
>Do you really think the Dragon would actually answer that when its related to its utmost humiliation?

I think that's dependent on if we get on his good side for sure if we ask him straight up he roasts us but if we ask him after helping him with something (like getting him a new animal for his menagerie) he maybe more amicable it is a risk but it's not something I see as impossible

>>5908275
Getting on the Dragon's good side enough for him to willingly give up the information we seek would probably be a Quest in and of itself. We have too much on our plate to spend a decade getting on an up-jumped satanic lizard's good side just to learn something that we could find out through easier/more expedient means.

>>5908265
>>5908275
I don't know about you but cozying up to a tyrannical lizard who has pretty literally enslaved a good chunk of humanity leaves a bad taste in mouth.

>it is a risk but it's not something I see as impossible
look I agree it's not but it's reaching the incredulous point of critting forbidden lore levels of possible, not to mention being a huge timesink and dubious prospect of laying the ground for the opportunity.

>>5908266
Seems like trying to overcome the puppetmasters of the deadmen is the best bet, Forts seem to be the current strategy but I don't know if we'll be able to take the longform strategy on such a campagin as the deadmen are unrelenting.

>>5908336
I think you are overthinking how long and hard we have to work here. All the Exoria needed to do was bring him a big animal from Canton. Granted it wasn't easy, but I think if the perfect opportunity presents itself we can earn a favor.

Also not to get too meta, but this is a Quest. Opportunity generally presents itself. Forgotten surely wouldn't have us timeskip through 2 years with zero interesting things happening or a way to prove ourselves.

>>5907603
>Politics aside, the Duke's seat of power will form the core of the Duchy's war effort. This is the time to take stock, to organise and begin getting used to fighting together. There is a lot of work to do, and only a winter to do it in. Sir Rabe Remain here, train with the other knights, take what measures you can in terms of preparing this place for a siege. [Hearty]

>>5908223
Also add:
>Hire tutor to teach Jess and Mikail Cantonian (And also Emile Cathargi)

>>5907603
Hearty Definitional strikes m,e as the most in character for Rabe. Suicidal mission worthy of the songs? uhhh yes please

>War may be on the horizon, but the Banners have not been called yet. Who else but you will look out for your missing kin? You must find him. With others of like, if they have the balls, but alone if need be. The Banners have not been called. Sir Rabe sets out with a small force into the Wasteland to find his brother. [Hearty]

Veri
>>5907443

>>5908464
i think you want to undersell the task to sell the fantasy, Exoria had to travel 3/4's of the world to obtain that Direwolf and as far as we were told was a passing fancy, it could be likely its less than that but I don't think you should be selling it short, we are in strange lands and have only really begun to scratch the surface of their alien politics, we do not know consequences of overreaching or trespassing particulalry when it comes to the Dragon whos every word is very literally the law.

>>5907603
>>The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns to home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

me >>5906990

>>5908223
Not to forget find what could possibly be the surviving members of house Ardenne, who's apparently still in Cathagi as we speak.

He could be useful to us, if only to learn more about what happened to his family that night. And he could also possibly give us justification for our crusade.

>>5908608
Th Ardenne heir left long before we heard about him according to Towbrays friend.

I sincerely think the crusade is better off without his bloodline being involved since it opens a can of worms about what comes after we don't need on top of the typical crusading politics.

>>5908622

>“So, he could still be here.” You consider what leads might be available to you, but to describe them as scant at this very moment in time would be unduly charitable. “Brazen enough to have his heraldry recorded by a scholar abroad, but not so foolish as to thumb the eye of the Duchess Romaine directly on our home territory.”

From how Forgotten has written it, it seems more likely he would still be in the city

>>5908628
Huh, guess I'll eat my hat. Guess the question now is what in the pit is he doing here?

>>5908265
>There's also the Aethenium. It might be written down somewhere.
>>5908289
> lizard's good side just to learn something that we could find out through easier/more expedient means.
2 years
if the dragon is as ruthlessly prideful as people are saying theres no way he would allow the aethenium to record the events of those days in honest light, it was his worst defeat he suffered it would be heavily doctored and biased which is why the only way your getting the truth on the matter is from the dragon himself in a private audience where his pride and public image are not at stake

he has a vested interest in either downplaying the events or simply banning them from being discussed in public discourse. as it could easily lead to a second slave revolt or a assassination attempt if people think humans are strong enough to take him out

if you think the info is not worth sucking up to him that's fine not gonna argue that point but I really doubt we will find the truth about the brothers in a cathagi library

>>5908633
Ironically enough, I'd wager the same we're trying to do: Trying to found information and gather strength to reclaim Ardenne.

I'll go further and bet he's himself already in the Dragon guard.

He might have already chatted with the Gorgon Caste for magical favors or informations

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Whilst we wait for an update I'm just going to drop some info I've been collecting on the Sons of Sin. Nothing groundbreaking but fun to keep track of:


• Adam and Cain are the 6th and 7th Sons respectively (likely Anguish and Adversary). Both rejected Sin – Thread 16

• Adam was martyred (Anguish) – Thread 16

• Cain went hunting his other brothers (the Sons of Sin) (Adversary) – Thread 16

• Son of Sin Agony was sighted decades ago (at least as far back as the Crusades) somewhere south and east of Cathagi and the Deepwood – Thread 13

• Son of Sin Anarchy was sighted and bound beneath the ruins – Threads 16/17

• Sons of Sin cannot be permanently killed, once killed they must be quickly bound as they take a new host – Thread 17

• The previous location of the Son of Sin Abyssal is discovered. Silver chains and black sails are referenced (the black sails include an image specifically of “Black Sails” by Forgotten). Black sails have been referenced to be a terrible thing to see at sea – almost certain doom. The words “Seek. Deep. Into. The. ABYSS” are repeated.

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Princes Body Guard:

• A red armoured knight referred to as “Sanguine” – Thread 25

• Forgotten uses an image called “The Paladin Sanguine” for the red armoured bodyguard – Thread 25

• “The Paladin Sanguine” has many names including but not limited to: “The Knight in Red” and “The Crimson Chevalier” – Thread 25

• The Paladin Sanguine provides evidence for being the Son of Sin Avarice, to quote: ““As for what I want?” The Paladin Sanguine leans in close, his voice dropping to a whisper. “I want what we all want deep down, Emile. Money. Adoration. Power. I want it ALL””

• During the assault at Motte-Fallavon where Man broke the power of the Wild, there was a warrior clad in “dull red” armour “Metaxas Sinclarus”. This man is listed as “Cains Chosen 2nd Emancipation Cohort” (12). This man survived in the vision we had. This is after a bargain with Sin was struck and the Sons were forged but before the Seventh Son began to hunt the remaining Sins (16). – Threads 12, 16

• The Prince is seen with his protector described as wearing “full-plate forged to a dull red” – Thread 9

• In Thread 13, the assault on the ruins at Motte-Fallavon where Anarchy is being kept, Sir Gilbern references a “red monster” helping the Kingsman faction. This is likely alluding to the Son of Sin Avarice, the Princes bodyguard. – Thread 13

• Later in Thread 16 a guard references “that red fucker” as killing people indiscriminately, clearly the same person being referenced by Sir Gilbern, likely the Princes bodyguard, the Son of Sin Avarice. – Thread 16

>>5908638
The first option seems a bit strange since more than wealth will be needed o retake Ardenne and the house is practically non-existent but at the same time I can't see another big game reason so to speak why he'd be here.

>>5908642
I feel I should point out that one of the Ancestor's from our vision atthe Fallavon vigil had a dull red breastplate.

>>5908642
Also thread sixteen fucker might more likely refer to Anarchy who also was red and on the scene, I believe the vigil in Aubreys had Avarice mentioned in passing as the prince's guard.

>>5908666
>>Also thread sixteen fucker might more likely refer to Anarchy who also was red and on the scene, I believe the vigil in Aubreys had Avarice mentioned in passing as the prince's guard.

Ah yep, you're correct. That's my mistake, I should have reviewed it more closely. That's Anarchy in thread 16

>>5908665
>>I feel I should point out that one of the Ancestor's from our vision at the Fallavon vigil had a dull red breastplate.

On this one though, I can't find mention of a red breastplate specifically. However, I believe that is Metaxas Sinclarus. He was who we saw in the vigil vision wearing dull red full-plate armour Thread 12 and known as Cains Chosen 2nd Emancipation Cohort

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>SELECTED: The hammer may fall hardest on the Törwatcher Gates, but those citadels are anvils of war well used and well tested in the ages past. But the narrower and less popular passes, one of which Castle Rabe stands at the mouth of, they may not fare so well. Sir Rabe returns home to make preperations there before the Banners are called. [Hearty]

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Castle Andrei, year unknown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBsCV9wwbfg&ab_channel=JeffGrace-Topic - Ardenrise

It is your home, Castle Andrei, the stronghold and refuge of your noble house these past 300 years since the Night of Three Sisters. The familiar walls loom before you, but the promise of security and home you used to feel is replaced with... absence.

Snow builds in the courtyard unattended, blocking doorways, windows and thoroughfares. Vines, leafless and ashen black, curl up over steps and walls in the manner of clutching fingers. The roof of the keep has collapsed inward like soft-boiled egg punctured by a finger. You cannot tell if the gaping rift in the curtain wall was caused by a violent collapse under siege, or the result of time and inattention. There are no corpses where invaders would have stormed the breach or scaled the walls, nor are bodies where the defenders would have laid down their lives to repel the attackers present. No bodies, or even bloodstains. But for a son of Romaine, the absence of bodies rarely serves as any meaningful reassurance.

Half of the door to the castle lies cast upon the floor, the interior of the castle open to the elements, the other half swinging on a single hinge in the chilling breeze. It is your home, Castle Andrei, but not as you know it.

Inside is only worse.

[1/4]

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Walking up the frozen stone stairway feels more like venturing into a cursed, long-forgotten tomb than it does a return to the the hearth and home you remember. This long hallway where your siblings chased each other, their laughter echoing and bringing smiles to the servants and men-at-arms you each ducked between, empty and silent. That fireplace where Father let you and Damien stay up well past your bedtime as you listened rapt with attention to the veterans of his guard sharing stories of war and glory with one another, desolate and cold. Here the great hall where your people, family and subjects all, took their meals together and lit the nights with sound and song. Hushed and bare, now more a crime scene than a place for feasting.

You find your family seated around the head table in the great hall. Their bodies are desicatted, long having rotted and left nothing for the crows and other scavengers. But it is clear they each met violent ends, ribs shattered, skulls cracked or missing skeletal limbs.

Lord Nikolas Andrei, Father, leans back at the head of the table. His jaw of grey bone is extended upwards in a silent scream of horror. To his left, in various mute postures of terror, your sisters lie in turn. Maryla, the bravest, her courage futile in the end. Halina, book clutched tight to her chest as a futile shield. Anastazja, recognizable only by virtue of the prettiest dress now little more than brightly coloured rags. Roselyn, resigned to an end her schemes could not forestall. To Father's right, the sight of Mother's remains futilely hunched over the youngest twins, Lenna and Aleksy, finally drives you to your knees weeping.

" 'I shall reclaim Ardenne, or die in the attempt.' " A figure stands by a shattered window, the curtain makes no sound as it flaps in the winter wind. "That is the oath you took, isn't it?"

"Brother?" The shred of hope sparked at the sound of Young Lord Damien Andrei's voice wilts as you look at him closer.

[2/4]

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"To wage war on the Dread Lords. To challenge their reign and interfere with their plans. To upset the natural order." Your brother shakes his head, the left side of his face is entirely missing. His right eye stares through you, deathless and disappointed. "Did you not pause to think of who would bear the cost? The countless souls that you would condemn?"

"No..."

"You sought to make your mark on the world, boy." You turn at the voice of Father, to see him now hunched over the end of the table from his noble seat. His empty eyes are lances into your soul.

"No..." You cannot move, you cannot even cry out or protest your best of intentions. The other corpses around the table begin to stir. "Father, please..."

"And in your arrogance..." Father's voice is not alone, the chilling weight of ages and accussation of every restless soul denied their final peace lurks behind those empty eyes. "You Have Doomed Us All."

You feel cold talons, ageless and far from anything remotely human, grip the back of your neck as the skeletal hands of your murdered family reach for you in a loveless embrace.

[3/4]

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"No!!!" You cry out in a strangled moan, thrashing an arm up with your shadowed oponent, wasting precious moments before half-realising you are merely tangled up in a blanket.

"Milord!" It takes you a moment to register the boy standing at the foot of your bed, a sheathed sword in one hand and the other held out in the same way a stableboy might calm a jittery stallion.

"M...Mikail?" You ask blearily, tiredness already seeping back in now that your heart has stopped racing.

"All's well Brother Rousseau, you needn't come in. No, we're fine. Thank you kindly, holy sir." You hear your squire speaking at the doorway, before turning back to you. The sheathed blade is now nowhere to be seen. "Rest, sire. You're safe."

Safe? Yes... Yes, that's right. You can feel the humidity now, and hear the ocean waves. You're in Cathagi, a guest of Kyria Eustace on the Stratiokas Caste's island home. You're not in any immediate danger, not here at least, and home is thousands of miles and an entire sea away. You're fine. Everyone is fine.

"Rest easy milord." Your faithful squire picks up the flung blanket from the floor, the concern in his eyes now merely attentive to the details incumbent with his duties. "You'll have forgotten this by morning, I'm sure."

Even as you hear the words the details of your troubling dream begin to slip from your mind like mist through your fingers, but the memory of Mikail's troubled expression in your waking moments lingers a little longer before your thoughts fully turn to the present.

====================================

> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

>"Cain on the Cross... That is the last time I have khave before bed. Well squire, fancy an early start to our morning constitutionals?" You try to shake your unease with a jest and distraction. Combat has always cleared the mind in your case. You spar at the nearby palaestra, first with Mikail and then with another early riser from among the locals. [Hearty]

> "Reginae have mercy on us... Mikail, what time is it?" There is not even the hint of of light outside. You try to slip back to sleep, and even get a few more hours in before dawn comes. This waking nightmare will pass, and day will come again. You dream of family and rest easy. [Idealist] (Avoid Tired modifier)

>>5908702

>"Cain on the Cross... That is the last time I have khave before bed. Well squire, fancy an early start to our morning constitutionals?" You try to shake your unease with a jest and distraction. Combat has always cleared the mind in your case. You spar at the nearby palaestra, first with Mikail and then with another early riser from among the locals. [Hearty]

I was tempted to go for the Divine option but I think Mikail deserves our attention. He's not just a good lad, he's the best. So we'll spar, we'll train and we'll see where he is at. Lets make the most of an early start to the day, we're a knight after all


>>5906373
Linking

>>5908702
> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

pray the bad feels away

>>5906391
this is me

>>5908702
> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]
FAITH BROTHERS, FAITH
>>5906978
C'est Moi

I'm making my way rereading the Quest to catch up on the lore, still unbelievably excited you're back Forgotten, and I can't wait until we make zombies explode with our holy cock, also is our magic shit gonna make us shoot blanks or is God on a different wavelength?

>>5908702
>> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

>>5906380
V-Card

>>5908702
>> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

>>5906365
mors certa, hora incerta

Also
>Father towbray leaves
>Immediately be afflicted by visions casting doubt on the crusade

Fucking deadmen illuminati

>>5908705
>also is our magic shit gonna make us shoot blanks or is God on a different wavelength?
>not being megachad to slap them with your living cock

>>5908702
>"Cain on the Cross... That is the last time I have khave before bed. Well squire, fancy an early start to our morning constitutionals?" You try to shake your unease with a jest and distraction. Combat has always cleared the mind in your case. You spar at the nearby palaestra, first with Mikail and then with another early riser from among the locals. [Hearty]

“Come boy, I was blessed with troubled sleep and now im going to make it everyone’s problem.”

Me>>5906990

>>5908702
> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

Laugh in the face of our opposition. It is laughable that our enemies are so fearful of us that they seek to pathetically haunt my dreams at the mere idea that they are challenged.

>>5908705
The blessing of the Almighty and the miracles of his disciples are distinct from and superior to any blasphemous sorcerous magiks. To even suggest they are related or comparable to one another is heresy of the highest order.

>>5908715
>>5906424

>>5908702
> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

Still unsure if my late anchor counts, continuing to use it for now:
>>5907625

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>>5908716
do saints who wield relics have kids though?

>>5908720
Don't worry anon, I'm counting you.

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>>5908724
And do saints who wield relics have shortened lifespans?

I do love a good causation vs correlation argument.

>>5908726
touche, though I can't help but notice you didn't answer the question, you wouldn't leave an answer dubious right right?

>>5908726
The evasion is... Telling
Also the Creedo Caininite Is 100% looking for the ArchSinners to help kill the Deadites, we should get them on side somehow

>>5908702

>"Cain on the Cross... That is the last time I have khave before bed. Well squire, fancy an early start to our morning constitutionals?" You try to shake your unease with a jest and distraction. Combat has always cleared the mind in your case. You spar at the nearby palaestra, first with Mikail and then with another early riser from among the locals. [Hearty]


We haven't spent enough time with Mikail lately, and I'm also always shamelessly curious about whatever mystery NPCs Forgotten wants to throw our way. I don't like that Tired modifier, but metagaming everything we love away for 5 DC is a Prince kind of move, and those days are long behind us

>>5908725
Aw yiss thanks Boss!

>>5908702
>"Cain on the Cross... That is the last time I have khave before bed. Well squire, fancy an early start to our morning constitutionals?" You try to shake your unease with a jest and distraction. Combat has always cleared the mind in your case. You spar at the nearby palaestra, first with Mikail and then with another early riser from among the locals. [Hearty]
Just a nightmare, that's all. Just a nightmare...
>>5906437
Moi

>>5908702
>> "Reginae have mercy on us... Mikail, what time is it?" There is not even the hint of of light outside. You try to slip back to sleep, and even get a few more hours in before dawn comes. This waking nightmare will pass, and day will come again. You dream of family and rest easy. [Idealist] (Avoid Tired modifier)

>>5908737
verification
>>5906400

>>5908702
>> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]
>>5906395
tis me

>>5908702

vp:>>5906711


> "Reginae have mercy on us... Mikail, what time is it?" There is not even the hint of of light outside. You try to slip back to sleep, and even get a few more hours in before dawn comes. This waking nightmare will pass, and day will come again. You dream of family and rest easy. [Idealist] (Avoid Tired modifier)

>>5908702
>Cain on the Cross... That is the last time I have khave before bed. Well squire, fancy an early start to our morning constitutionals?" You try to shake your unease with a jest and distraction. Combat has always cleared the mind in your case. You spar at the nearby palaestra, first with Mikail and then with another early riser from among the locals. [Hearty]

>>5906394

>>5908702
> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]


Verify
>>5906389

>>5908702
>> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]
>>5906506
Me.

>>5908702
>> "Reginae have mercy on us... Mikail, what time is it?" There is not even the hint of of light outside. You try to slip back to sleep, and even get a few more hours in before dawn comes. This waking nightmare will pass, and day will come again. You dream of family and rest easy. [Idealist]

>>5908702
>>"Cain on the Cross... That is the last time I have khave before bed. Well squire, fancy an early start to our morning constitutionals?" You try to shake your unease with a jest and distraction. Combat has always cleared the mind in your case. You spar at the nearby palaestra, first with Mikail and then with another early riser from among the locals. [Hearty]

We are not so meek to be shaken by a simple night terror!

>>5906383
Me

>>5908702
> "Reginae have mercy on us... Mikail, what time is it?" There is not even the hint of of light outside. You try to slip back to sleep, and even get a few more hours in before dawn comes. This waking nightmare will pass, and day will come again. You dream of family and rest easy. [Idealist]

We should sleep, I'm tired of working with this -5 dc. If you would sacrifice Kid for +5dc, you can sleep an extra few hours to keep it. We're still injured too.

>>5908702
>Cain on the Cross... That is the last time I have khave before bed. Well squire, fancy an early start to our morning constitutionals?" You try to shake your unease with a jest and distraction. Combat has always cleared the mind in your case. You spar at the nearby palaestra, first with Mikail and then with another early riser from among the locals. [Hearty]

VP: >>5906551

>>5908702
>"Cain on the Cross... That is the last time I have khave before bed. Well squire, fancy an early start to our morning constitutionals?" You try to shake your unease with a jest and distraction. Combat has always cleared the mind in your case. You spar at the nearby palaestra, first with Mikail and then with another early riser from among the locals. [Hearty]
Hopefully we can learn something from the other warriors on this island as well. What a disturbing dream.

>>5906449
me

>>5908702
> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

me : >>5906384

>>5908702
> "Reginae have mercy on us... Mikail, what time is it?" There is not even the hint of of light outside. You try to slip back to sleep, and even get a few more hours in before dawn comes. This waking nightmare will pass, and day will come again. You dream of family and rest easy. [Idealist]

>>5906461
Me.

>>5908702
> "Reginae have mercy on us... Mikail, what time is it?" There is not even the hint of of light outside. You try to slip back to sleep, and even get a few more hours in before dawn comes. This waking nightmare will pass, and day will come again. You dream of family and rest easy. [Idealist]
>>5907742

>>5908702
> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

it is time to /nightwalk/

>>5906900
me

>>5908702
>"Cain on the Cross... That is the last time I have khave before bed. Well squire, fancy an early start to our morning constitutionals?" You try to shake your unease with a jest and distraction. Combat has always cleared the mind in your case. You spar at the nearby palaestra, first with Mikail and then with another early riser from among the locals. [Hearty]
MYSTERY BOX
>>5906519
ANCHORS AWAY

>>5908702
> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

He needs company.

>>5906666
(Me)

>>5908702
>> "Reginae have mercy on us... Mikail, what time is it?" There is not even the hint of of light outside. You try to slip back to sleep, and even get a few more hours in before dawn comes. This waking nightmare will pass, and day will come again. You dream of family and rest easy. [Idealist]

>>5906444
Me.

>>5908702

> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

Pray the fae away

Veri>>5907443

>>5908702
>"... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

Ask him to join us on the walk though

>>5907655
V card

>>5908709
Do we need a new confessor given the Father’s absence?

>>5909041
I bet theres one somewhere in the city if were really in need for spiritual guidance.

>>5906399
>>5908702
> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

>>5908702
>"Reginae have mercy on us... Mikail, what time is it?" There is not even the hint of of light outside. You try to slip back to sleep, and even get a few more hours in before dawn comes. This waking nightmare will pass, and day will come again. You dream of family and rest easy. [Idealist]
+5 DC

>>5907003
Me

>>5909041
nahhhh we have an angel

>>5906973
FP

>>5908702
>"Cain on the Cross... That is the last time I have khave before bed. Well squire, fancy an early start to our morning constitutionals?" You try to shake your unease with a jest and distraction. Combat has always cleared the mind in your case. You spar at the nearby palaestra, first with Mikail and then with another early riser from among the locals. [Hearty]

>>5906360
Oh man here we go again.
Can't believe I missed the deadline to post, demm wife and new puppy keeping me distracted.
Guse il have just have to lurk and enjoy the ride.

>>5909041
Possibly but given the limited nature of the faiths place is Cathaggi it might be hard to have one thats trustworthy or orthodox.

>>5909357
Chapel master has been proposed last thread, and it's a choice I support, even though it's a little presumptuous

>>5909358
I dunno we didn't get any answers to why he possesses that flail, if he turns out to be in bed with one of the ongoing conspiracies that could be trouble.

>>5909368
What's the deal with a flail? I can't remember

>>5909386
There was a Censer in his office that hung from a sliver chain. He could be in the the Order of Chains or know of it.

>>5908702
> "Reginae have mercy on us... Mikail, what time is it?" There is not even the hint of of light outside. You try to slip back to sleep, and even get a few more hours in before dawn comes. This waking nightmare will pass, and day will come again. You dream of family and rest easy. [Idealist]

>>5906706

>>5909396
Ahh. And from what we've gathered the order of chains is committed to combatting the sons of sin? My following of the plots is really foggy

>>5909478
They were, for reasons that aren't entirely clear they seem to at least be no longer active, at worse knowledge of them is heretical as it challenges the orthodoxy of the faith.

We need to tread carefully when exploring them, we might have a rising star as a secondary reginate agent but we could readily fall if we tread wrongly.

>>5909480
God damn, I need to re read through this thing.

>>5909492
Theirs a conspiracy pastebin but I'm having trouble accessing it right now so it might be dead, also I'm not sure if it's up to date.

https://pastebin.com/55pd59ku

>>5907149
it me

>>5908702
> "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

>>5909480
>>5909478

I think knowledge of them is heresy because if you know about them, then you know about the Sons of Sin and the alternate version of the Book of Brothers. Obviously having that info out in the public domain would be problematic for the church because goddamn son, it doesn't look good.

There are 2 versions of the Book of Brothers, a church approved version and an alternate version. The approved version has 12 passages and makes no reference to the Sons striking a deal with Sin. The approved version also notes that Cain "reaps a bloody vengeance against the Wild" after the Wild is broken at Motte-Fallavon, whereas the alternate version doesn't include the Wild in the reaping and instead references the Sons of Sin.

So the Order of the Chains are likely founded by Cains Ten Thousand. They hunt the Sons of Sin which is something no one can know about because it directly contradicts the Churches version of events for the founding of their own faith.

For reference from Thread 16:

I Salve Reginae Raises Her Sons in the City.

II The Sons Preach to the People and Defy the Slavers.

III The Sons Escape into the Wilderness.

IV Salve Reginae is Tormented.

V The Almighty Appears Before the Sons.

VI The Sons Return from Exile, The Seventh Son is Crucified.

VII The Sons Smite the Dragon and Raze the City.

VIII The Sons Lead the People Across the Sea to Cantôn.

IX A Bargain is Struck with Sin. The Sons are Forged.

AVARICE
AGONY
ANARCHY
ABYSSAL
ATROCITY
ANGUISH
ADVERSARY


X The Power of the Wild is broken at Motte-Fallavon.

XI Five Sons turn to Sin. The Sixth Son is Martyred.

XII The Seventh Son Reaps a Bloody Vengeance. Two Sins Are Chained, the Rest Scattered.

XIII The Seventh Son and his Ten Thousand Embark to Hunt the Remaining Sins.

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Church version

1. Salve Reginae Raises Her Sons in the City.

2. The Sons Preach to the People and Defy the Slavers.

3. The Sons Escape into the Wilderness.

4. Salve Reginae is Tormented.

5. The Almighty Appears Before the Sons.

6. The Sons Return from Exile, Cain is Crucified.

7. The Sons Smite the Dragon and Raze the City.

8. The Sons Lead the People Across the Sea to Cantôn.

9. The Power of the Wild is broken at Motte-Fallavon.

10. Adam is Martyred at the Hands of the Wild.

11. Cain Reaps a Bloody Vengeance Against the Wild.

12. Cain and his Ten Thousand Embark to Unknown Shores.

https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2019/3924727/

>>5908702
>> "Reginae have mercy on us... Mikail, what time is it?" There is not even the hint of of light outside. You try to slip back to sleep, and even get a few more hours in before dawn comes. This waking nightmare will pass, and day will come again. You dream of family and rest easy. [Idealist]
>>5906834

>>5909527
The sons of sin and the order of chains challenges the very foundation and raises legitimate questions on the nature of the church, the brothers and the foundation of Canton, it's exposure as a truth perceived or otherwise deeply challenges the institutions of the Realm.l not just the church but the crown itself and Feudalism as mechanisms of society.

It also challenges the whole "Relics aren't magic" as well since the sons are supposedly strongly intwined with church history if the 13 steps holds true and are clearly not divine.

I wonder if there's been the equivalent of the hussies yet in Canton?

>>5909572
Shit I meant hussites, I hate phone posting.

>>5909527
>They hunt the Sons of Sin which is something no one can know about because it directly contradicts the Churches version of events for the founding of their own faith.

The other larger ordos do know of their existance. Like the order of names and the reginate are two which definitely know of their existance and actively work to keep that info from indiscriminate eyes. Trident likely knows since names and them do trade information to keep abreast of threats to the realm.

>>5909588
I think the order of names were more there as clean up and guides for the expedition since there was heavy bluejay and Fey presence in the area the ruins were in.

Not to ay they couldn't be but we get into an area of how many people are party to this conspiracy and how incredulous it might become, the reginate or at least its core peadership is easy, a entire order or two becomes questionable.

>>5909600
The order of names archive was where we first came across the mention of the Order of chains.

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There are several rumors of Black Sails sighted to the west and closer each year, the very mention of which appears to terrify seasoned sailors of Langland beyond the usual brand of pirate. The Order of Names has only collected second hand accounts from friends in the Order of the Trident and Given that all interviewees claim no one who sees a Black Sail lives to tell the tale, both you and the author are understandably critical of their veracity.

Finally you come across a deteriorating report, decades old and apparently copied from an even older original. That would put it… well at least as far back as the [-] Crusades. The excerpts list no location other than it took place on the road from somewhere south and east of Cathagi and the Deepwood.

”We came across another Son of Sin, this time we were not taken by surprise and challenged him on the road. Of our remaining party of eight, including three anointed knights, only I survive to report this. He, or rather IT, said the same thing over again as butchered us. ‘I AM AGONY’.

-Sir Paul Rayan of the Order of Chains”
Order of Chains? You’ve never heard of such an organisation. Curious, you flip through a further page before…
-----

The scribe was also extremely quick to squirrel away the scroll once he realised what it was.

> ”Oh my, dreadfully sorry.” Brother Caiphas smiles nervously at the new deposit of large tomes plopped on your desk. He politely, but firmly, collects the material that recently had your attention. ”My apologies, I don’t know how that irrelevant stuff got mixed in here. Please, pay it no heed.”

>>5909618
while thats true that doesn'tmake them a primary conspirator in the conspiracy, or I'm wrong and it runs deep.

The whole thing honestly makes me wary of the church and the reginate as a whole, I know we can trust Gilbern to a degree but the man is willing to do a lot in the name of the church and what I suspect is personal if not familial absolution.

>>5909296
Yeah I feel the same way

honestly with how pious our boy is i really hope we can find evidence that the sons of sin have nothing to do with the brothers and were instead something made by pit worshipping sect that attempted to corrupt the faith or simply a super weapon gone wrong I don't we would make our boy lie to protect a false faith which means we will be at odds with all of the church

>>5909872
Good thing [Idealism] is king and the relationship changes nothing, the brothers still freed the slaves from Cathaggi & the Dragon, broke the Wild and set the standard of what mankind should strive for and the destiny laid out for us.

If the sons of sin exist it is to remind us that even companions of those exemplars were falliable, humanity lives in a fallen world and as such have mortal failings that can only be surpassed through spirit alone, no oratory skill, cunning or strength of arms will provide for you if you do not carry the spirit of the brothers with you, to build a truly better one than the one that exists.

One thing that stands out to me is that even in the uncensored version of The Book of Brothers, the passage about The Almighty is still there unchanged, as far as we know. We don't know what the exact deal is, and barring some good rolls and dedicated effort in that direction on Emile's part, we may never know, but it's entirely possible that the Almighty is a real thing and that the core of this religion isn't just a sham, but instead far more complicated than what gets presented to the public.

>>5909872
>>corrupt the faith or simply a super weapon gone wrong


I think given the passages in the Book of Brothers, that's exactly what happened. In both the Churches version and the Alternate version, "The Almighty" appears before the Sons (passage 5 in both). This is pretty important because it suggests that the faith IS real and that there IS a good, holy deity, not just an evil one.

It's not until the Sons have smote the Dragon and razed the city and led their people across the sea to Canton that the bargain is struck with Sin and the Sons are Forged.

This tells me that they were, at the very least, corrupted. But the usage of the word "forged" suggests that the "Sons" could in fact be weapons (or armour etc) with corrupting influence that always take a new host when a host is killed (as we've previously seen).

Alternatively, later on it says the Sons turn to Sin and two Sins are chained and the seventh Son and his Ten Thousand hunt the remaining Sins. So maybe the corrupting weapons/armour are the Sins themselves and the Sons were "forged" by these items being created and given to them. The original Sons long dead but the Sins remaining, taking a new host each time they are "killed" and needing to be chained yet again.

Or I could just be wildly flailing here lol. It's all a lot and I love it

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> SELECTED: "... Mikail. My clothes, and those sandals." You go for a quiet walk in the early hours of the morning, alone, watching the Sun rise on this Stratiokas. Still troubled and unable find rest, you find a peaceful spot to pray. [Divine]

As you leave your guest lodgings with the Daughters of the Dragon, and make your way to nowhere in particular, the odd night patrol of Stratiokas passes you by. The first rays of dawn’s light have barely begun creep over the starry night sky. Despite the early hour none of the Cathagi warrior caste challenge you and few even acknowledge your presence, chatting with their fellows as they patrol the shores of their private island. When you first came across soldiers of their ilk on the King’s Highway, you had seen them bear the assault of the braying beastmen with a stoic silence, with barely a grunt or gasp even in their dying breaths. It is odd, to see these typically silent automatons pass the time on their requisite duties in casual conversation with their comrades.

You pay them little heed yourself, your mind still much troubled by your disturbed sleep. The more you struggle to recall the nature of your waking nightmare, the more the details seem to slip from your mind. You remember the dream was something… cold, deathly quiet and lifelessness. They are dark memories, and it disturbs you to be unable to recall the specifics of what roused you from your sleep so unwelcomely.

The shores of Stratiokas Isle could not feel further from the drifting memories of that dream. You can feel the late-year humidity of the southern temperate winds on your face, the sound of the sea’s gentle washing tide and the promise of warmth and life brought by the rising sun on the distant horizon. The view and pleasant solitude helps steady your hand and calm your breath, but you are still not entirely at peace.

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You find yourself sorely missing your friend and confidante, Father Towbray. He would you help dispel this vague shaken confidence and doubt to the virtues of your adopted cause with ease, as he had time and time again over the course of your pilgrimage. Righteousness. That is something you must cling to all the more surely this far from home.

You pause in your walk among the shore. Your confessor may have departed on his own holy mission, but there is always someone that will listen to the faithful in need. Carefully removing your sandals and setting them aside, you kneel where the grey water breaks upon the sand and begin to pray.

You begin by reciting again your usual evening prayer, a comforting start to the personal holy communion, beseeching heaven for the wellbeing and good fortune of your fellow Andrei kinsmen.

“May our family always be a place of generosity, understanding, forgiveness and joy.
Kindly give us the wisdom and courage to be witnesses to your eternal design for our lands;
and grant that Salve Reginae’s own love for Adam and Cain may always guide our path to holiness as a family.”

You include Saint Ignatius’ prayer for the family of Rousseau and Daubeny, as you have ever since bringing them the news of Sir Gabriel Rousseau’s demise.

“O Salve Reginae,
when all is darkness
and they feel our weakness and helplessness,
give Rousseau the sense of Your presence,
Your love, and Your strength.
Help Daubeny to have perfect trust
in Your protecting love
and strengthening power,
so that nothing may frighten or worry them,
for, living close to You,
they shall see Your hand,
Your purpose, Your will through all things.”

You whisper a final verse, a new addition and uttered with fervent devotion. You beseech the Angel and Heaven for this one thing more…

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>You pray for the strength required to surrender fully to the Angel’s will, to shake off the sin of doubt and ever affirm the righteousness of your path, to grant you the fortitude to carry on the cause against any odds. [Divine]

>You pray for the triumph of Father Towbray and his brethren’s cause, that their words might fall upon receptive ears amongst both the masses and the clergy, the Salve Reginae might soften the hearts of those that could view them as radicals. [Hearty]

>You pray in affirmation for the safety of your family, that the Almighty cast a shield over your House so that no illness or injury befall any of them. That their lives and happiness are first and foremost in your heart, even if the path you must tread is not a happy one. [Idealist]

>>5909889
I think its fairly interesting to note the timeline of when the sons were forged.

Razing Cathagi, defeating the dragon and freeing the slaves to begin an exodus was not as difficult as the threat to humanity when faced with the Wild.

But when we consider that Ursen used to roam Romani lands, that might mean that large stretchs of wild fae forests must have extended through much of the continent.

Imagine a continent size fallvietnam and the shit it would take to tame it.

>>5909898

>You pray for the triumph of Father Towbray and his brethren’s cause, that their words might fall upon receptive ears amongst both the masses and the clergy, the Salve Reginae might soften the hearts of those that could view them as radicals. [Hearty]

stuck between family and tobray


>>5906370
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>>5909898
>>You pray in affirmation for the safety of your family, that the Almighty cast a shield over your House so that no illness or injury befall any of them. That their lives and happiness are first and foremost in your heart, even if the path you must tread is not a happy one. [Idealist]
>>5906367

>>5909898
>>You pray in affirmation for the safety of your family, that the Almighty cast a shield over your House so that no illness or injury befall any of them. That their lives and happiness are first and foremost in your heart, even if the path you must tread is not a happy one. [Idealist]

The familial bonds are extremely important to andrei.

me >>5906990

>>5909898
>You pray for the triumph of Father Towbray and his brethren’s cause, that their words might fall upon receptive ears amongst both the masses and the clergy, the Salve Reginae might soften the hearts of those that could view them as radicals. [Hearty]

He is gonna have a tough time ahead of him.

>>5906391
this is me

>You pray for the triumph of Father Towbray and his brethren’s cause, that their words might fall upon receptive ears amongst both the masses and the clergy, the Salve Reginae might soften the hearts of those that could view them as radicals. [Hearty]


>>5906373
Me


>>5909902
Yeah for sure, that would be something to behold and sort of paints the choice of the Sons in quite a light. To be constantly assaulted on all sides and be faced with such a dire threat so frequently, it's not too difficult to see how they failed and turned to Sin

>>590988
STV seems to lean into the silence of god, angels do not announce themselves or actively engage the evils of the world instead they inspire men to fight evil and to be good & righteous characters, maybe the best trick the fallen world or Pit has is convincing mankind that the divine is a lie and it is all sorcery and subterfuge.

>>5909889
>that the "Sons" could in fact be weapons (or armour etc)
I think the forging is a bit more metaphorical, magic seems to be an esoteric practice and incredibly potent at even a basic level and who the hell knows what was conjured up from the pit to ''forge'' them. Though if it's not I am really REALLY glad we didn't take the Hammer.

Also I don't recall Anarchy being diminished by the absence of it's hammer once it dropped it.

>>5909898
>You pray in affirmation for the safety of your family, that the Almighty cast a shield over your House so that no illness or injury befall any of them. That their lives and happiness are first and foremost in your heart, even if the path you must tread is not a happy one. [Idealist]

I kind of want to pray for larger humanity but I think the lensing is a bit poor at the moment.

>>5906365
Me papers sir

Fuck I forgot to link my vote to the actual post

>>5909898

Sorry Forgotten, my vote and link is here
>>5909911