High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: Aerois #105 | Leaders of the World (Part 2)
Episode Date: March 29, 2021We've got a few more leaders to meet as we figure out what to do with Arval and Sentry's new charge! Support the High Rollers and get early access to podcast episodes (and more) on our Patreon:Â www....patreon.com/HighRollers Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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You made this.
This is your doing.
Love it.
It's all you.
It's my doing because it's like I've set up this fucking meeting
and then I realized like, oh, God,
I've got to actually introduce all these fucking leaders now.
Damn it.
Damn this world I've built.
Damn you.
It's past Mark causing problems for future Mark is what this is um so voices we come
back in into this uh this kind of introductory session of meetings between all these different
leaders and things like that um and uh you are being shown to the last few uh rain who is your kind of like uh liaison uh this kind of uh magic using
kind of like magic knight uh elite guard who has been your also your liaison and kind of a person
who's helping introduce you to everybody takes you over to a couple more people after dealing
with the dragonborns uh rain will lead you over to two ganassi oh i don't think nova you would know their names but
i don't think you've ever seen them before um oh god i gotta get your descriptions i didn't
actually write your descriptions into my notes about what they look like i've got them if you
want me to read it out if you you just tell me. No, no.
That's not how it works.
Okay, I've got me here.
So the first one you see is a quiet, elder-looking man,
very dressed in sort of muted browns and greens.
Looks to be a little older, and you can see the parts of the flesh have an almost stony,
earth-like texture.
They seem to be quite quiet and reserved, just sitting calmly down in one of the chairs,
sipping on some water, kind of poking and prodding at some of the food that's been brought to them,
and just kind of quietly admiring it all whilst looking around.
The woman next to him seems to be younger um a bit more sort of active
and energetic and he's kind of happily chatting away uh with passers-by uh bright and bubbly um
their hair almost flows around them as if caught perpetually underwater almost seems to be caught
in a current their skin does have a ever so slightly kind of uh sheen to
it um and her eyes are like a deep blue of the ocean um a rain brings you up and says uh may i
introduce ambassadors titan and river from fort and sar uh ambassadors uh this is the crew of the
storm chaser um and he gestures to everyone uh they both turn around uh titan kind of nods his
head and this kind of rumbling his voice almost sounds like rocks tumbling and rumbling together
it is a pleasure to meet you i do apologize i'm a little slower in my older age
is it all right if I remain sitting?
It's an absolute honor and a pleasure to finally meet
you, Sir Titan, Lady River.
Oh, I'm
so happy to see you here.
We have heard much about
you, Nova Vija.
Your work
in helping Arois has been
well, it has been
a great reflection upon the people of
Vortensar and the Ganassi people.
Thank you for everything that you have done.
We are very pleased to meet all of you.
We hope that
these conversations will
be productive over the next
few days.
How is
Vortensar? Is everything okay?
Did you manage to get the problems
sorted out in the fire square?
What's it like? How does it smell?
Is it warm?
If you may slow down
a little, young lady.
Vortensar is well.
As is always.
Things progress as they always do
people are engaging
in events all around
the format
the battle of the elemental mountains still continues
operas and theatres
continue every night
people are well
I believe that you have family in the city
is that correct?
I do sir, I do.
My mother runs a cafe.
My father's a painter.
My dumb sister is still at the academy.
It's such an honor to see...
I've read all about you, and I've seen you at public events,
but it's just really strange being in the same room as you breathing this over.
We are just humble civil servants of a great city, that is all.
Master, I am pleased.
I fear that we are a little out of our depth in this kind of situation,
but the council is busy, the city is prosperous and performs very well,
so they felt that we would be the best voices to send forward for these discussions.
Especially young River.
She is quite energetic.
Sir Titan belittles his own.
He is the calm and patient voice of our city.
And to the rest of you, it is a pleasure as well.
We have obviously heard much about your crew
and the things you have done.
Is there anything you wish to know or ask,
or is this simply a case of introductions?
I'm sure there's so much that Nova would wish to ask you,
but we wouldn't want to keep you all here.
Miss Nova comes from our same city.
I'm sure that much of what she knows is the same that we do.
But still, it is a pleasure to be here,
and we are so glad that one of our own can accompany you in these matters.
It's been such an integral part of this discussion.
It's truly an honour to be here too, amongst such, you know...
I have a lot of words honestly nobility wow we don't uh in vorten
we are elected representatives we are not to nobility or or anybody we are simply chosen
because we have level heads such as sir titan or we are energetic and ambitious like myself.
We are elected by our people.
Oh, well.
That is very kind of you to say.
Still. We do not wish to keep you too much longer, but it has been a pleasure
to meet you. Indeed, it has been
an honour. Thank you.
Miss Nova?
Could I ask
a quick favour?
And I'm going to look around at everyone else and be like,
could you give me a moment, just a really quick...
This is a private Ganassi thing.
Oh, yeah, no problem.
Yeah, they all step away. Rain steps away.
I was just wondering, I know this is a really big ask for me,
but I was wondering if you could take some letters back to my family for me.
Also, I've written up some notes for you.
I'll be sharing more notes tomorrow at tomorrow's meeting about Starbane,
but there were some notes pertaining to Vortensar and Jasavir in particular.
I found where Jasavir went.
I found the homeworld of Ganas.
And I've written all my notes up for you to take back to the council.
And I have one final request I would really like to ask.
If it's okay.
My family are in a lot of danger.
Zarkira, Starbane's second-in-command, directly threatened them.
And I can't travel home fast enough.
Would it be okay if Vortensar provided some protection?
My child, you have nothing to fear.
Of course, we are more than happy to take your letters back,
and we thank you for this intelligence that you have discovered.
Your family is safe.
If they are within Vortensar's walls have discovered. Your family is safe.
If they are within Vordensar's walls, I assure you they are safe.
The city is aware of these dangers, of this, the matters that this council has been called to speak of.
We have made sure that our guards are plentiful, that we are watching for extra planar threats, as well as threats here on Arois.
You need not fear, I promise you that.
But if it makes you feel more comfortable,
I will ask our security forces to keep an ever-vigilant eye upon your family.
If you provide their addresses or some such,
we can make sure that they are looked after.
Yes, indeed, Nova, of course.
We'd be more than happy to help. And if any letters you have,
please, I'd be more than happy to take them.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
Nova pulls out a fat wad of letters,
some of them a bit crinkly,
some of them a bit muddy.
She's been writing them the whole adventure,
slides them across,
and there's a note on the top with all the names and addresses.
I will have to ask our host for something to put these in.
Nova, of course, thank you once again for everything you've done for Vortensar.
Thank you.
And it's so good to see you both here,
even though obviously I don't know you personally.
It's just really nice to see faces from home.
I'm sure. You've been away for a long time i believe uh but still there'll be plenty more opportunities i'm sure still we have more very
important matters tomorrow and i must find something to put all of these letters in i
don't want to lose a single one come along since you're kind of like take tighten up and
yes sorry for listening in uh these letters i know where
they're meant to go would you prefer i just take them to the messengers guild now
well i believe that yes i believe that was the plan is that we would be taking them
back with us um that was my understanding just in case you're attending them to the
messenger guild your thought quill i appreciate your thought quill thank you very much uh but yeah they'll head off uh rain
will say not too many more uh just a few more and then that will be us done for the evening
this next one um try not to get too involved in their internal politics uh and he will lead you
over to the aggressive conversation
that looks like it could turn into a brawl at any moment.
You see a elderly-looking man, kind of salt-and-pepper beard,
salt-and-pepper long hair, kind of pushback dark skin,
blue-silver robes,
and he's just robbing his temples
as two dwarves are arguing in front of him.
One of them, similar to Arvel,
looks to be Savonin in nature,
big kind of brown beard,
plaited kind of like hair,
kept underneath a very kind of,
you know, well-tailored hat,
waistcoat, vest, shirt,
you know, dressed affluentlyluently gold rings gold necklaces
tan skin uh and he seems to be arguing with a terrifying looking figure uh she's a dwarven
woman but her hair is white her skin is pale almost as pale white as her hair. And she's dressed in black steel armor trimmed with red.
It looks like red metal and bones are just like attached onto the armor,
like in a kind of like carapace.
Her big shoulder pauldrons are like these giant rib bones.
Looks like it's taken from some sort of large beast.
Her eyes are blood red.
like it's taken from some sort of large beast um her eyes are blood red and uh she is just kind of staring this other dwarf down uh who is yelling just like well now you see that's your problem
down in blood all you care about is your your violence and your fight this is our land and i'm
not gonna have you dictate to it the guild has worked hard to prosper in our land,
and she just doesn't say anything until he's finished.
And then he just says something along the lines of just like,
You are aware, of course, that we could have invaded Rooksilva at any time.
We allowed you to have this land because all the good materials are down in Bloodvale.
Why do you continue to
bring up these pasts the the area around the past is ours it has historically been ours the guild
has no rights to claim that land and the guy in the background is just robbing his temple and not
getting involved uh rain leads you over storm chaser crew may I please introduce you to King Telvin Rooksilver, and he
points to the dark-skinned human
at the back, as well as
Dalinor Brassworn, guildmaster of
the Trader's Guild of Goldthrone,
as well as Bloodlord Urianna
Vashton, commander of Bloodvale.
And he gestures
to the two dwarves. You can
tell who is who.
Sorry, can you repeat the female
dwarf name?
Yes, Uriena
Vashton.
And that's of Bloodveil.
Yep, she's the
Bloodlord, the Commander of
Bloodveil.
I think she's the one wearing
red armor. Yeah, she might be the one with the red and
black armor covered in bones uh it's actually so if you have savona on the continent of uh
you have savona you have rook silver which is where gold throne and callie's rest that's the
name of the the area of that land blood veil is actually kind of on the the kind of bottom uh west of savona so it's part of
savona okay it's the area of savona you guys didn't go to when you were at rose hall you could
have gone north up towards gold throne or you could have gone west towards blood veil and you
went north towards good throne because that's where Arval was going. Okay. They stop their arguing,
they all turn, and the king, King Telvin,
seems to be relieved,
and he's like,
it's a pleasure to meet you, Stormchaser, please.
And he kind of nods his head.
I am King Telvin Rooksilver of
Sivona.
King Telvin.
An honor to meet you.
Please, the pleasure is all ours.
It's great to finally meet all of you.
Sivona means a lot to us.
I'm led to understand that you had an unfortunate incident.
Your airship crashed to the south of Sivona in the Bitterwood, is that correct?
True.
Bitterwood, is that correct?
True.
However, it was that place where we found our feet and banded together and set us on our journey.
Well, I'm very pleased that the people of...
At this point, the dwarf cuts in.
Indeed, my understanding is that you all had the great hospitality
of Savona and Rooksilver in Rosehall.
Such an honor that such prestigious heroes could have their moment of triumph,
the beginning of their great legacy in our humble country.
Dale Norbrass Warren, a pleasure, a pleasure, a pleasure.
I've heard much about you from one of my members, Mr. Dagus,
of the Dagus Trading Company.
He's spoken very highly of you all.
It's a very good honor.
And he comes around and he shakes all of your hands vigorously.
Yes, you share a lot of his similarities.
Oh, well, you know, we're just two business dwarves,
two peas in a pod, they'd call us in the Harvest Garden.
peas in a pod, they'd call us in the harvest garden.
Still, the
woman, the blood lord,
just hasn't said anything. She just kind of is watching
you all coldly,
waiting for Dalinor to stop
speaking, it seems, but he doesn't.
Right.
And it's all
just like a filler. He's just sort of like yes yes
now did you when you spent
time in Rose Hall
there you know
you spoke with a marshal there I believe that I
he mentioned something about meeting
such fine individuals
did you stay well was there any improvements
any things that you
can suggest ways that we
can improve our hospitality
in the area? Or did you find the
services of the Harvest Guard appropriate
and applicable? You know, anything
that we can do to make improvements
for the future?
The Harvest Guard were actually
very helpful in assisting
us with a
situation we came
upon there. Someone working alongside the rep. Wait, who was he
working alongside? Brookstone. Did we ever figure that out?
There were various contacts, but I believe he probably, she probably was working on behalf
of Starbane, kidnapping girls who looked like our companion.
Well, I am certainly glad that the Harvest Guard could render you all such important and helpful assistance in such a delicate and important matter.
I will make sure that they get raises this year
and acceptable bonuses applied to their salaries.
Make a note of that.
I have one strong
criticism, if I may.
Well, please, sir.
I would deeply, deeply like
to hear about it, please.
Rosehall made it so
darn hard to leave.
Honestly, it's so cozy
and welcoming.
Isn't it just? That's just...
You know what, sir? We call that the Rooksilver way.
That's just how things have always been in our part of town.
We're so welcoming and friendly.
And he kind of looks over towards Uriana.
Just, you know, it's so welcoming.
You just don't want to leave.
Oh, you're a good one, Mr. L. and Mr. L.
Pleasure, an absolute pleasure.
Arvel said that he liked you.
Oh, we love Arvel.
He's a dear friend of us.
Bloodlord, Bloodlady.
Sorry, your title.
Bloodlord, please.
If you wish, you may call me Uriana.
Uriana, it is a pleasure to meet you.
Apologies that it took so long to get to introductions.
That is fine. Dale Noir likes to talk. Apologies that it took so long to get to introductions. That is fine.
Dale Nor likes to talk.
I do not.
I have not had the pleasure
of knowing you all before,
but stories have reached
my ears.
My understanding is that you have dealt with
a number of great threats in Rooksilver,
things that the Harvest Guard should have
dealt with by themselves.
In Bloodvale, we do not have such problems.
We make sure that our citizens are kept
safe from dangers of
things like the Remnant.
Good.
Not using Starbane technology as
tourist destinations,
for example.
Indeed. We make sure to
eliminate such threats. You see Dalinor's like, well, you know, We make sure to eliminate such threats.
You see, Dalinor's like, well, you know,
we didn't know at the time. It was
a kind of a king tail, and it was
really not something we were aware of.
Yes, Dalinor, I'm
aware of your excuses.
Please, there is no need for you
all to get involved in this ongoing
civil war in Savona.
Both Bloodlord Uriena
and Mr. Brass Warren
both represent the people of
my kingdom, split in
two, and to two very distinct
different regions. We are all
very grateful for your assistance.
I'm glad that we could provide at least
some aid when you were
in our country.
I'm looking forward to this briefing tomorrow.
I'm not looking forward to these reports of this Valkyrian returning, this Starbane actually being
a real threat to us. Savona was a very important location before in the war. We have a vast majority of Erois's food supplies and many of its steel and
ore production come from Ludvale. I fear that if war does come to Erois, my country will be one of
the hardest hit. I am hoping that you can provide some insight and perhaps help us find solutions to that problem.
We'll do everything we can, of course.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I don't want you to keep you waiting, but if you do have any questions or if you would like to come and speak with us again, please do so.
You're more than welcome.
I will make sure that my guards know to allow you to come and speak with me at your pleasure.
Meanwhile, I believe that Bloodlord, Mr. Brassworn,
it is about time that perhaps
you go and speak with
the other guests on your own,
individually.
Ah, yes, of course,
my lord, my liege,
an absolute pleasure.
Good day, folks, ladies and gentlemen.
Ha ha ha, he begins making his way
over. Uriana just bows very
slightly. Indeed, it has been
an honor to meet you.
The king just seems to sit
down and just takes a glass of champagne.
Long day,
King Tarzan. Peace and quiet.
This is a constant
stress of Sivona.
Blood Veil and Rook Silver have dominated the continent for a long time.
Both of them swear fealty to my line, the line entrusted by Siaska long ago,
but they argue on almost everything.
Especially there's a particular area that they are constantly fighting over.
It is difficult to try and appease both sides,
but that is the nature of royalty.
I don't envy you.
It's interesting.
Not many people would,
many people would claim that they would
envy the position of a king.
But I think it takes a true wise man to know that that is not something you ever wish to be.
But it is those of us who have the responsibility to.
Still, if you don't mind, I would very much like to just sit quietly for a bit.
Oh, of course.
Rain, we just have one more guest before the evening is concluded.
And he kind of leads you over
and he leads you to a tall,
very well-dressed Goliath woman.
And I am talking like regal,
noble Renaissance dress,
fully kind of like big train down below,
big puffy shoulders,
a big kind of mantle behind her,
long kind of dark hair spilling behind her, long, kind of
dark hair spilling around her very
muscular, large goliath form.
He brings
you over. She appears to just be kind of
like sitting politely, watching everything.
She seems to be taking great interest in
everybody else, but hasn't engaged in any
conversation her own way.
Crew of the Stormchaser, may I
please introduce you to vice reen
galilea vis preto representative of the sanzenian sanzenian commonwealth of gisela on behalf of her
royal highness princess asciania uh and he seems to like like rain kind of is like oh thank god i
got it all out and steps uh steps back uh theath woman, the Viceroy, looks over.
Thank you, attendant.
Greetings.
You are the airship crew who has recently resolved the problems of Mirskir, I believe.
Yes.
Yes, we are, yes.
It's nice to finally meet you.
I'm going to be honest, I didn't pick up the full title.
She seems to be a little offended.
Vaisrin. Vaisrin Galilea.
We are grateful to you, airship crew, for your solution to Miskir.
The princess was afeard that the storms, if left unchecked, would once reach our borders.
But now we do not have to worry about such matters.
My princess is also...
I wish to ask...
There was recently an incident around a location called the City of Glass within my lady's realm involving a military unit that we have stationed there to patrol for any dangerous guardians.
And she kind of doesn't look at Sentry, but kind of seems to almost like, you know, check Sentry's response to that when she says it.
to almost like you know check century's response to that uh when she says it yeah am i to believe that you are also the ones who are responsible for assisting in overcoming this problem with
the guardians century i believe so ah oh then you have my thanks for that as well the guardians
of the city of glass are
generally
they keep to the ruins but
it is good to know that they
are not so much of a threat at this
moment in time
our military force there is not the
the most well
trained
well the most well trained well
this is clearly awkward for you
sentry has actually helped a lot with
some guardian
guardian things
recently
right sentry
sentry
yeah yes yes the god they should be under Right, Sentry? Sentry? Yeah. Yes.
The guard, it should be under control.
It should...
It is under control.
It's under control.
I'm glad to hear it.
If you have a way of resolving the...
If you have a way of removing the feral guardians from the City
of Glass permanently, that would be
of great interest to my princess.
She would be very
interested in your solution.
And we could make sure that you are rewarded
handsomely if you are able to clear the
ruins of
these creatures.
There should be
some not feral guardians these creatures? There should be some
not feral guardians
on the way there as we
speak, hopefully.
Oh.
I'm
hoping to
to
make amends
there.
Interesting.
And what are your plans for this city of glass then?
You seem, are these guardians ones that you have sent?
There's one herald who should be on their way there now.
Interesting.
Yeah, I... that place is
of interest to me
it used to be a
great well
the kingdom of
Solvin used to
do great business there
it was indeed yes
it's sad that Solvin
has since left our
world,
sunk beneath the waves.
If you do wish to have
any involvement with the City of Glass, please
do not hesitate to reach out to myself
on behalf of Her Princes, of Her Royal
Majesty, if there is any way
that we can aid you in this.
It is of great benefit to us as well
still
I am looking forward to your
updates
on this Valkyrian threat
her royal highness is a little
skeptical that well
the cradle was created by a goddess
to protect us so we are
curious as to why this
has become such an immediate threat.
I look forward to it. I will pass on
what I learned to Her Royal Majesty.
Unless there is anything else,
I do not wish this to be any more awkward
than it already is.
Yes, please. If I may be so forward,
the regalness of your attire is
just sublime.
Compliments to your tailor.
The fashion is exquisite, and I am lost for words to the adjectives that I could describe.
I am very, very well blessed.
Thank you for your keen eye, Mr. Elenasto, I believe.
Is that correct?
I feel so underdressed.
She kind of looks like you are are but she doesn't say it
I'm very fortunate
the people the tailors of
Imigzan are one of the greatest
in Eros and as it is my
region that I oversee I have
access to the very best and I make
sure that I am always
I see myself as
an extension of her royal majesty's will
it would be inappropriate for me to not be suitably I see myself as an extension of her royal majesty's will.
It would be inappropriate for me to not be suitably dressed and to make the correct impression.
But thank you for noticing.
You are one of the rare few who was bothered.
How could you not? Honestly, I'm staggered.
There's definitely an appreciation.
There's definitely a like,
finally, somebody who understands these things.
And she just like bows her head
and like she offers like a hand
like to be kissed to like Lucius.
Like, oh, yes, you're being very polite
and very respectful.
You may kiss my hand.
I will reciprocate with respect.
Yeah, she like takes it back
and like smiles and she's like,
I am very pleased to meet your acquaintance Mr. Elinasto
likewise I will treasure
the fashion
until I can get a hold of it myself
well I will
recommend the finest artisans
in Imikzan there are many
great tailors there and they do fantastic
work still Rain says well in Imikzan. There are many great tailors there, and they do fantastic work.
Rain says,
Well, Stormchaser crew,
I believe that that is all.
Miss Danica should be arriving shortly to introduce herself to all the guests, but you have already had
the pleasure of speaking with our steward.
Unless you wish to speak with anyone else,
this
is the end of the evening,
unless there are people you wish to continue
speaking with.
Um,
I don't believe so.
I think we got
a good amount of time with everyone we met.
Oh, I think
your mother is here
and we should speak to your mother
for a long time.
Your mom's pretty cool.
Is she?
She's cool?
I think she's pretty cool.
She hit me over the back of the head.
That was pretty cool.
I did like that.
You kind of deserved it.
Yeah.
It's half the reason why this particular feather
is raised upwards, to be honest.
I intended to speak with her after the meetings,
well, after the day was over anyway.
You can go back there if you want.
Or maybe you need some family time together.
That would be nice.
Can I be there?
She said we're family.
If you really want to, Lucius, speaking of sentry,
I mean, you must rush back to Petal after this meeting is done as well, right?
Oh, yes, yes.
Petal, what a day!
Busy day. Very busy day.
I'm so split. I'm so torn. We should all just meet up together.
I must ask once again, dear companions companions if you do leave the citadel please make sure that guards go with you we will let you know where you are going
please we will tell you this yes this space is protected once you are out in the city
remember that there are spells there are magic that can listen in on you there are spells that can track your location
people can, if people have a
connection to you, they can
teleport to you, these are all
powerful magics we believe
the Valkyrian Empire is capable of
please be cautious
question, if
we happen to have
associates outside
of this place,
could we bring them here for their protection?
Yes.
If you let me know their names, where they are staying,
we will need to make sure that they are properly checked and vetted.
If those things are approved, then yes, we can bring them in
and we can have them stationed in your suites.
We can have them given necessities
whilst you are staying.
We will treat them as your guests.
I can't offer this for more than perhaps
a handful,
two or three at most.
Not the entire airship crew.
Okay, got it.
Well, I was more thinking if Sentry
wanted to maybe
keep a closer eye on Petal.
I know it's been a while and, you know, Arvel's here as well.
I don't know if it's worth them being under some kind of protection, you know?
Mr. Dagus should be easy to vet,
as he is known to King Telvin,
as well as Mr. Brassworn of the Guildmaster.
He should be easy one to vet.
We already are aware of Mr. Dagos.
There should be some rudimentary questioning,
some magical tests.
Who is this petal that you keep speaking of?
Is that her full name?
Oh, Danica knows her.
Very, okay.
Well, I will speak to Danica and see if she knows of this petal then.
Do you have any more information for me where she can be found?
She's at the Solvin Legacy Shop.
Solvin's Legacy?
You mean Guinevere?
Yes. Guinevere Astoria
yes
you are familiar with her
her name isn't Petal
her name isn't Petal
she was my ward
we are familiar
we know who Guinevere is
that will not be a problem
she can be brought to the Citadel immediately familiar, we know who Guinevere is. That will not be a problem, Sentinel Prime.
She can be brought to the Citadel immediately.
Wonderful!
She was raised alongside Danica.
I'm glad
Danica found her.
That's amazing.
It is quite an incredible story.
It was at the end of Danica's previous life.
She apparently received a vision from Sayana,
went and found this young girl
sequestered away by powerful magics.
The last thing she did before her life,
before she was reborn, was set the girl up,
make sure that she had a place to stay here in Horizon,
that she had funds and tutoring.
And then when she was old enough,
she revealed who she really was
the lost princess of
lost princess of Solvin
can you imagine
Danica is my eternal gratitude
for keeping her safe
I will let you express that to her yourself
I will go and make those preparations
please do let me know
if you intend to go out into the city
but if those are the only two you wish to seek
please if I can ask you to go to your suite
and we will have them brought to you instead
I would feel much more safer
is that something we want to do?
I don't want to just you know like
grab people in off the street
but I figure like this is protected
it's not protected out there
or maybe we're in more danger here I don't know
you tell me.
What should we do? We should stay
in our suites
as asked of us. So we should bring him
to us?
Simply because I know that you will be warded
there. Out on the streets you will not be
protected against scrying magics
and the like.
We don't want to ruin things the night before
the important meeting.
Thank you, Mr. Ellen O ester i appreciate your concern we will have you escorted i will have your guests brought to you
once they have cleared through security checks if that is well do you wish to speak with miss
bloodfire would you wish to speak with a steward before you head and retire i think that your
conversation with her earlier has satisfied
her needs and curiosity, but if there is anything you wish to ask her, now would be a suitable
time.
I mean, there's plenty I'd like to talk to her about, but I don't know if this is the
right time or place for it. I feel like this may be a more private conversation. If you wish, I will let her know
that you wish to speak with her privately,
and if she wishes, she may come and visit you.
At the very least, send our thanks
for the arrangements today.
Of course.
And for everything she's put together.
She takes the protection of this city
and its people very seriously,
but she's also wise enough to understand the threats that we all face.
I will go about seeing to this now.
Thank you once again for,
thank you for acknowledging and respecting our protocols here.
I know that perhaps when we first met,
things were a little bit more heated.
I'm glad that we have come to this good understanding
and you understand our concerns
and i can understand your needs if you need anything speak with me with that rain will
lead you back to your suites and make preparations um unless there's anything you guys want to do
like spells you want to cast or weird stuff you want to do, it takes probably a good couple of hours, like two
three hours for Arvel and
Petal or Guinevere
to be brought into the Citadel
because they have to be magically, you know, they
zone of truth them, they detect magic
on them, they kind of ask them a bunch of
questions, even with
Petal being known to Danica it still
takes some time
but unless there's anything you guys want to do.
I still want to scry on Staraboo.
All right, do you want to do that?
What the best?
Do you know what?
Night before meeting.
Let's try it.
Let's see what he's up to.
Because he's probably going to fail anyway.
Because a guy like that has probably got some anti-scrying shiz on him.
But let's go for it.
Why not?
Try.
Is scrowing just one of your spells?
Yes.
Because you know that there is a component cost to it.
Yes, and we bought that already because I figured it was fitted into my goggles.
You did buy that.
Perfect.
So they're fitted to the goggles, right, for Nova?
Mm-hmm.
So you slip the goggles on over, you cast a spell,
and what's the intention here?
Let me bring the spell up.
Nova wants to sort of try and figure out
where he is this close to the meeting,
like where he physically is.
But you're scrolling directly onto Kallus himself, yeah?
Yes, onto the big boy himself,
because it's probably not going to work, but we'll try it.
My justification is that I've met the dude.
In terms of the save modifiers,
I feel like we're pretty familiar.
Had a few conversations, you know, a few nighttime sessions.
And in terms of a connection uh my reasoning is is that he has a sword with
several shards of tiangong on him so i find i feel like that might be it's fine don't worry
so you bring the the goggles over you begin focusing Tiangong's magic and you try and reach out, using the
shards of Tiangong as this connection, trying to
follow a line.
The line leaves
the room, or wherever you cast the spell,
and then it just evaporates.
The spell doesn't work.
The spell fails, unfortunately.
You would know enough that there
is some sort of effect protecting
Calus from being scryed on.
Okay, I had a feeling.
I had a feeling.
I mean, yep, if you were the, you know,
if you were the semi-immortal space emperor of Magitek,
you know, you'd probably be like, you know what?
I don't want people spying on me.
But yeah, unfortunately, the scrying spell just fails.
On Calus. Can I... On Calus, yeah. but yeah unfortunately the scrying spell just fails on callus can i on callus yeah can i
talk to tiangong and ask tiangong if they can sense any shards near us
hello nova
hi tiangong sorry i haven't spoken to you for a while.
Been a pretty crazy few days.
That is fine. You have been discussing important matters with many people.
I have been listening.
What is your take on everything?
Do you think we're going to get blitzed here?
Do you think we can going to get blitzed here?
Do you think we can convince people to come together?
You're a leader. You have experience in this, right?
My mind is still very separated.
Many of my memories and skills are not accessible.
I believe Eros' only hope is to unite against Valkyrian forces.
Valkyrian forces vastly outnumber and outpower Erosian forces. Chances of survival are low.
Yeah, that matches up with my projections too.
I don't know if you're able to tell this, but can you sense any more shards near us now?
I am unable to sense any shards of my own personality nearby.
However, as my intelligence grows, I am finding it harder to locate smaller portions of myself.
I do sense that there is... This is difficult. I am finding it harder to locate smaller portions of myself.
I do sense that there is... This is difficult.
I feel that there is another me out there.
Numerous shards brought together, formed as I have been with you.
Oh no.
Oh no.
Do you think Starbane has reformed the other half of you? It is possible. Valkyrian carried many of my personal fragments as his own weapon for
a long time, but also used many of my shards to power devices.
He understands my power, as well as my knowledge.
You were there, well,
obviously you were there with us, but
in the facility, in the Shadow
Song Pinnacle facility,
you saw the schematics
for the Titan Killer. Something
like that would need a vast amount of power, wouldn't it?
Would your shards power a monster like that?
The schematics did not show any eternal-style power sources.
Instead, it seemed to refine more on infernal engines,
similar to the one used in the twin-star Longbow piloted by Thalia Whisperwind.
However, it appeared that these engines may be enhanced by Ethereum-refined products to make them stronger, more powerful.
I believe that Calus may be trying to avoid using Eterna power systems.
We have not detected any Eterna-based power systems for a long time.
based power systems for a long time.
So, somewhere
someone else is gathering
shards of you.
This is really
concerning. This is how I...
I cannot be sure that all of them
have been combined in such a manner,
but it is difficult to
sense any other
shards of my personality beyond this other self.
It is like seeing myself as a stranger, far away.
Do you think there's a risk that if the other you is formed faster, that I might lose you?
I do not believe so, Novafeetja.
We have been bonded, symbiotically.
My essence, my knowledge, is as much yours as it is the original Eterna that I once was.
is as much yours as it is the original Eterna that I once was. My connection with you,
sharing my power with you, the journey, the challenges we have overcome. It has helped me forge myself. It has helped me grown. I do not believe it is possible to separate me from you,
but this may also be true of Kallus, who has spent a large
amount of time with multiples of my
personality shards.
It may be that he has formed a similar
symbiosis.
Great.
I am sorry that this news is disappointing
to you, Nova Vija.
No, no, no, no, it's not disappointing.
I just, I wish I had acted faster.
You deserve better.
Many of my shards were not even available on Arois.
Several of them were beyond in astral space.
You would have had no way of reclaiming them.
You recovered me from many lost locations.
But you said that I could maybe reform you with incredible magic power, so I'll keep working on that.
That is possible.
A high yield of concentrated magical energy may be enough for me to forge new parts of my personality.
It may also be possible... We'll keep working on that, then.
If there are any remaining shards,
we still may be able to attune to them.
Maybe I should go and speak to the
envoy from Goldthrone.
I think there was one near then.
I think perhaps I need to start thinking about
this Starbane style and actually get some help
in gathering known shards of you.
Okay, well, thank you, Tiangong.
And if in the next few days you sense any shards,
well, I think we know that that means Starbane is nearby,
so you let me know, okay?
I will inform you immediately.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me.
I am often overwhelmed by the conversations and information that is presented before me.
But if you ever need my instruction or opinion, please just ask.
Will do. Thank you.
Yeah, Tiangong seems to go quiet.
Anything else from anybody else?
Any spells? Any cool powers?
That's cool.
That's cool.
Yeah!
He got Tiangong and Tiang wrong.
It's amazing.
Such a great concept.'m living i'm so sad so cool um so yeah it takes like a couple hours for petal and arval to yeah so yeah like yeah if you've got like any i i questions or if you've
got any commune spells or any any of that stuff you want to do
or if Aayla wants to go talk to Morgaine
or Trot wants to go, I don't know.
If Lucius wants to, what do you guys want to do?
Yeah, I think Aayla might look for Morgaine
to see if she can chat to her.
So you all have...
So all of the representatives are being housed in the similar area to you.
You just have to ask one of the guards,
and after checking with Rain,
they will take you to go and see them
if you want to go and speak to any of the other leaders or representatives.
Yeah, you are led to a smaller suite
because Morgaine seems to just be there by herself.
She doesn't seem to have any guards or companions.
It's a smaller suite with a roaring fire
and big thick like fur rugs and blankets thrown over a bed.
All of the blankets and rugs have been pulled off the bed
and have been put on the floor near the fire.
A couple of the cushions may be taken,
but the rest of it just appears to be thrown on
the floor uh and uh when you are kind of let inside she's just sat there on the rugs cross-legged
just wearing sort of a loose kind of like shirt um seems like she was getting ready for like bed
or something like that um but she's also sharpening what appears to be a great axe um this huge you
know leather and fur wrapped great axe and she's just sharpening it.
She's undone
her big braid that was like down
part of her head
so she just has this lion's mane
of blonde hair. Very kind of
like elven viking-esque.
Ah, Aela!
Come in, sit down.
I can't get used to these
soft beds.
I know, they're a nightmare, aren't they?
It feels like I'm sinking into mud or something like that.
Yeah.
I keep thinking I'm going to die.
You get slightly more used to them,
but no, I definitely don't have the same kind of love for them
as someone like Lucius.
Lucius loves that kind of stuff, yeah.
That's the other elf that was with you one of these city elves yeah yeah yeah i can see why
what can i do for you did you wish to come and speak learn more yeah you said that you'd come
across people with more of these fire powers or you
have ice powers. It's something
that... I've met Rethra
but we met Rethra
in astral
space. So
we don't actually...
I've never seen it here yet
and I just want to know how many of us there
are. Well, it's
difficult to say.
In Alcerath to the north,
in the cold mountains and the snowdrifts,
there's occasionally we find people, elves,
wild elves like us, like me,
that have this gift.
We've always thought that it came from Zephir or Atelicus, this power. We just, we call,
we call them Frostblessed. It's my family name. They are always brought into the clan. If we find
them normally they're orphans or they're people that don't seem to remember where they're from.
There's always a strange story about them. Myself, I was discovered
as a baby, as a bairn. I was just found in the middle of the frost one day. They picked me up,
carried me back, and when I cried, I used to, little flurries of ice and snow would swirl around me,
around me. So they took me in. I was named, and i became a warrior under the frostblast's name
the others the ones with flame i've only met three in my life rethra is one of them there
have been two others one when i was very young they were brought to el seraph to learn to control
their fire apparently they had caused some sort of accident.
They'd burnt down a village or something like that,
maybe from Ziphon or one of these other continents.
And then the other was a young man.
He, strange, fought very oddly,
fought with his fists and his feet, no weapon in hand.
But he had the same thing, a great anger and rage in him,
but also he had trained his
mind with some scholars or something like that he wanted to understand more about the lair the land
he said that there were no records of them in the great libraries and the books that the other
cities have but he had heard that that the Teleth Du had these tablets.
Tablets don't say much.
They just say that when Starbane came, when the war fell to Erois,
three elven tribes seemed to just appear one day.
Siasca said that they'd always been here.
Siasca said that they'd always been here. Siasca said that they were
our people.
That they were children
of Arois, just like we were.
Like other wild elves were.
But the Lord of the Land had
special powers. The Lord of the Land had
the powers of the storm.
The ice
storm, the fire
storm, and a lightning storm storm they fought in the war against
callus after the sundering though records of these clans just vanished the clans themselves nobody
seemed to know what happened to them they just sort of drifted apart there were still a few
uh roving bands, apparently,
but we don't know what happened to them.
They just seemed to vanish from the world.
That's all we know, I'm afraid.
That's all I've been taught, anyway.
Seems like we were found in similar situations.
I was found by the Eredithe clan.
They brought me up, but then I went looking
for more answers but I'm the only one that seems to have lightning powers and it's interesting.
I had a sort of vision that it was when we were traveling over Myrsker when the the storms were still very very violent getting worse
and I had a vision of a different being it wasn't an Erois god he called himself Thor
said that my power had descended from him it wasn't of Zephyr like we assumed it was
I don't know if that's the case for all of us, but
at least for my lightning powers it came from him. He gave me this belt to increase my strength.
I don't know how, but I don't think it's as simple as we've been led to believe before
this. I think that our heritage stems from before Erois.
Something on Alfheim that
we don't know.
Rethra mentioned this place, Alfheim.
He said that it was the place that
he had come from.
The place that elves like him
had come from. I've never heard
of this Thor before, but
you said you had
this vision whilst you were in a
lightning storm yeah I mean wonder if it was walked out into a blizzard I imagine
not you could try it you know just be careful if you're gonna do something
like that cuz I'm not guaranteeing that you're gonna see some visions it was
very weird shit very weird shit. Very weird shit.
Ayla, I've travelled
the frozen tundra of
Al-Saraf. I'm not a
little princess, but
I just...
The Lairdaland's always been a great mystery.
We've incorporated it into
the Telethdu. People like myself,
the Frostblessed, we come up,
they appear, maybe every few centuries
or every few decades a couple of us seem to appear uh just found out in the play out in the wilds
i'd like to know more you've given me a lot to think about this tell me more about this alfheim
and and she's just gonna kind of like have a conversation with you where you can tell her
the things you've learned about alfheim and stuff yeah just going to have a conversation with you where you can tell her the things you've learnt about Alfheim
and stuff and we don't need to go over all of that again
I'll just tell her the stuff
that I learned from being transported
across astral space and how
there's no record of it in any of
Calus' domains because he doesn't want anyone
to know that he was the one who
destroyed it or anything like that
and just, yeah, tell her
all that
Yeah, and I think that like she
morgaine listens quite intently um you can see that she's maybe a little bit more
scholarly than you are um she's actually really interested in this stuff and you know she kind
of gets quite excited not in a nova way but in, there might actually be some final answers to some of this stuff.
And she begins taking notes.
She kind of writes in very rough Elvish into a little sort of leather notebook
that she has.
She kind of like writes down,
asks you some questions about things and seems to kind of really take it on
board.
And yeah,
it takes you a good few hours to kind of recount the story,
the story with her asking questions.
But you get the sense that this is somebody,
yeah, she definitely seems to have similar powers to you,
but not in the same way.
But there's definitely some sort of shared history.
And the more you learn,
and the things that you saw in like Aegis V,
and the stories that you've heard from Rethra,
you're beginning to build this picture
that the Laer DeLand, these special
elves that have these special powers
they seem to
every few years
one of them seems to show up
the El Seraph
it's like every decade or so
a couple of them show up
the way that Rethra spoke about them
they were kind of rough in number
and it seems to be that
it was when the war against
Starbane started that the
Laerdalan first showed up
and they just seemed to appear
on Erois, they didn't seem to have ever
no elf on Erois displayed the powers
of the Laerdalan before
Talos' war, before
the Starbane forces came to Eros.
Interesting.
Interesting.
Yeah, I think she's just going to sort of also say to her,
I think that we have a good chance if we can reunite can reunite all of us I don't know how many there are but if we
can get us all together to fight
that's
some power that we didn't have before
I didn't know that your
kind existed
so that's a whole other power on top
of what I already thought
the land the land is reported
the writings in the stone that we have
is there's the three, the three family,
the three clans, the three
tribes, fire, ice,
lightning. Now
the Frostbland, the Frostbrand,
Frostblessed family,
I can gather the
few that we have, but it's not many.
It's maybe five,
six of us, seven maybe were the eldest.
And Rethra, I can try and track down some of the ones who command flame,
but I've never seen powers like yours before either.
I just wonder, I mean, you talk about beyond in this astral sea
and this world of Alfheim that was destroyed and all this,
and I just, I think the majority of us might still be up there.
And she kind of gestures up.
You know, Rethra himself said that they were warriors,
that they fought for Kallus.
I just wonder if there's a bunch of us that's still doing that.
I hope not, but there could well be i mean it's i could open things
like doors on spacecraft that just didn't make sense only i could not the other people i
there's something there that we don't know yet and I'm certainly not on his side
I hope that none of our people are but we should be prepared just in case
the teleth do live to fight and eros is our home we're not going to give it up to anybody without
a battle I give you that much for sure and it's not just even the land there are still
plenty of wild off tribes even those that don't have our that don't have our powers
that we can bring and unite still yeah i think i think we should try i'm glad that there's someone
else i i agree together you seek out those you can i'll do the same and when i return to el saraf i think i want to try and meet this
whoever gave us these powers i want to try and meet them ask them a few questions myself
there's a few blizzards maybe if i walk out i'd love to know if you do find something i'd love
to know who that one is if it's a different person if it's the same person i'd love to know where these
things came from thor yeah if it's the same one all right and she kind of like well before you
go a good drink i've got some good stuff and she pulls out like this fur wrapped flask of like a
kind of like oiled leather wine skin and she like offers it to you and it's it smells of like a kind of like oiled leather wineskin and she like offers it to you and it smells of like a heavy
honeyed mead but it smells strong
and yeah she'll kind of give
you an exchange of that
if you wish as well. Nice.
Sure. Cool.
Nice and lovely little evening of catching up on
Wild Elf stuff. Anything
from anybody else
before people arrive? Go Kim.
I don't want to RP this
just because I've taken up a lot of time today,
but I think after the conversation with Tiangong,
Nova will go to Arvel
and ask Arvel if it's
possible for him to put together
an expedition to
the Auric Peaks, which is where
Nova was originally
heading to get a shard of tiangong and just see
if he can recover it and send it to her um and she'll offer money and repayment and anything
like yeah so we'll have it so that arval and petal or guinevere gwen uh is brought up into
your suit into your suite um petal comes with a big heavy backpack laden.
You can see parchment and pieces of wands and staves
that she seems to have been working on.
There's actually a little plant sticking out of a bag as well,
like a potted plant that she's been carrying
and stuff like that as well.
And she's kind of brought in.
She seems to know the place.
The guards all seem to nod at her or recognize her and stuff stuff like that not in a kind of bowing to her way but in a
oh yeah that's guinevere like they kind of just like oh hey gwen kind of thing as she moves past
um arval is like pulling like a little wagon with stacks of bags on it like he has bought like so
much luggage and he's just got loads of it
and he's like wheeling it behind him
like a little wooden kind of wagon that he's pulling.
And it seems to be loaded up with like trade goods,
all sorts of like weapons and things like that
that it looks like he's maybe bought
to try and sell on or something like that.
But yeah, they bring it all in.
The guards go through every bag,
like they pull everything Cavarvel's out and it takes like another sort of like 30 40 minutes of them just being like
like checking it all just like mr dagus we can't allow you to take all of these
swords in he's just like oh there man i'm gonna be selling them in two weeks you got all right
well at least store them somewhere safe i want i want a receipt for those and like you know he's
arguing with them about stuff like that but eventually they're kind of brought in yeah arval is more than happy to kind
of fund like a little expedition to go and try and search for it and see if they can find it
you give them the best information you can um you know it's going to be tough no but those mountains
they're all over the place and they're uh there's all sorts of critters and monsters in there but I can definitely put a team together and we can go trick it.
I just can't promise you it will be done anytime soon is the only problem.
That's okay.
And if you need anything, if I can fund anything,
make sure your team are safe.
Please let me know.
Don't worry about that.
I've included some schematics.
No, no, no, no.
I've got the money.
I've included some schematics of the ship. All right in there. I've included some schematics of the ship.
Alright, that's good. Stuff like that, that's perfect.
But you don't worry about paying or
any business like that. Trust me, I'll hire
the best mercenaries I can find.
When
Hethel comes in,
she kind of nervously looks around
and she kind of, you know,
she sees Sentry and she obviously goes up and
she hugs into Sentry, puts her bags down. looks around um and she kind of you know she sees century and she obviously goes up and like
you know she hugs into century puts her bags down um you can still still see that she's getting
emotional and stuff like that but she turns to the rest of you um i just wanted to say uh thank
you so much for allowing me to come and stay here with you and be closer to century uh i know we've
before it was a little bit emotional.
I didn't get to fully introduce myself.
My name is Guinevere.
Guinevere Astoria.
Thank you. Thank you all.
Any friend of Sentry's is a friend of ours.
Clearly, you're a very, very...
She's a very, very... Friend, i don't think quite uh it quite covers its century
was everything to me she was my world when i was little
it's not customary to hug you even though i don't know you at all no that sounds wonderful and she just
kind of comes up and gives you a hug as well uh she's kind of like pats you on the back
i didn't quite catch all of your names though perhaps now's a good time
oh this is century
she knows century i'm I'm Ayla.
Ayla, wonderful to meet you.
And Lucius, was it?
Lucius, yes.
I'm Quill, and this is Nova.
I found Sentry when she first awoke, actually.
Maybe I helped. I don't know.
You definitely did.
You definitely did.
She shakes your wing.
And, you know, she looks at you with, like, quite glassy, wet eyes again.
You can see that, like, hearing that, you know,
that you were the one that woke Century up.
Thank you.
I can't express how much that means to me.
I mean, we thought that she was destroyed.
In the first few days after we teleported away,
we just thought that she was dead, that she'd been destroyed by the Sundering.
To know that you survived, that you awoke again.
So when did you awake, Century?
About four or five months ago.
Can't believe it.
I mean, it makes sense why...
How long have you been awake for?
Well, when Danica found me, I was still a little girl. I mean, it makes sense why... How long have you been awake for?
Well, when Danica found me, I was still a little girl.
The sequester spell Mother used, it sort of froze me in place.
I didn't age, I didn't need to eat or sleep or breathe.
I remember she sung a song and told me that everything was going to be okay and to lay down.
And I just closed my eyes.
I felt like I fell asleep.
And then I woke up again and they weren't there.
There was this old lady.
She looked older.
She had bright red hair and there was fire in her hands.
I thought she was going to hurt me, but she seemed to know me.
She called me Guinevere.
She told me to come to her and that I was going to be okay.
I was asking where mother and father were, but she just said that they weren't there anymore and that it was going to be okay.
Obviously, I was a bit too young at the time to fully understand.
I didn't even really...
There was no remains for me to see.
There was just nothing.
So I went with Danica and she...
When I was a bit older,
she had some of the tutors explain to me what had happened
and I could understand it a bit better.
And I thought that was it i thought 500 years you know uh ago so i grew up i i studied i played they
gave me a lovely little house and the shop and some money and danica would check in from me now
and then but otherwise i've just been living my life i've studied a little bit of magic
like mother would have wanted me to and practiced a little bit and kept up and looking after plants
i'm so glad you i'm so glad danica found you i i have a lot to ask her i think i mean i remember when she it was only a i think a year or two years after she
found me that danica had to be reborn she said that she'd gotten too infirm that she'd gotten
too old and so she had herself reborn um but so she's i guess a way, sort of like a little sister, but also like a big sister to me.
She's always been there, but even when she was big enough to speak and walk, she talked to me like she knew me.
She told me things about Solvin, about my mother.
She taught me a little bit about magic, even when she was far too small to know about those things.
about magic, even when she was far too small to know about those things.
And she said
that Sayana, the goddess,
had given her a vision,
sent her a vision of me
trapped there in that little
cave, I suppose, buried
under the earth for so long.
And she said
that Sayana had told her it was time
to wake me up.
Thanks, Sayana. told her it was time to wake me up. Thanks, Sayana.
Thank Danica.
Indeed.
I'm sorry I'm making this all very emotional with Sentry,
but it's a lot.
Well, we have to thank Danica for all that she has done for you.
She has given you a very comfortable life in Horizon.
It begs the question of, Century, what do we...
You want to keep Petal safe and...
I was going to suggest...
Protected by you, what's the plan?
Well, if it's okay with Petal,
I'd like her to come with us.
Obviously, I know you...
Petal, you've...
You seem...
You're doing so well.
And you've got your shop.
Would you want to come with us?
Well, it's... I mean, mean i the shop is just a place i mean
it was given to me and i've enjoyed running it and it's given me something to do but you know
i'm not i'm not attached to it not in the same way i'm attached to you but i'm also worried i mean
you're here for this meeting, and from what I understand,
you're all heroes that have done much,
and you're going to be...
There's this talk of the guards
talking about this potential war or some battle,
and I just don't want to be in the way.
I don't want to be a risk.
I don't want you to be worrying about me.
I don't know if...
I mean, i feel like the
safest place is with you sentry but uh i i don't know if that's the case if you're going to be
going into battles i'm not a warrior or anything like that i know a little magic but
i'm no i'm no war wizard or combat mage.
I mean, I know a little bit about enchantments
and things like that.
If there's a way that I can help,
I'd be more than happy to do it.
I have a suggestion.
Please, Mr. Lucius.
Yes.
You heard of Gusthaven?
Of course, another one of the Sky Cities.
Lucius, will you tell
another person about the base?
What base?
Nothing.
There's not. Lucius, Lucius
is from Gusthaven.
No base.
It's a petal.
I have a secret basement and it's very cool. It's very protected and you I have a secret basement, and it's very
protected, and you could
stay there, and you'll be protected.
Not another worry
on Sentry's mind.
I could adorn it
with... You could have a bedroom.
I could install a bathroom. You could have an
en suite. Maybe something like that.
It doesn't have those things already?
No. I can get them requested straight away
it's very much just one room
that's very kind of you
Mr Lucius
I don't mean to seem ungrateful but
would there be much of a difference between
staying there or staying
here? I mean nobody
knows who I am except for Danica.
I at least know the streets here.
I know the guards.
I can come here to the Citadel if I need to be protected.
It is well protected here.
However, it's also drawing a lot of attention right now.
That's the only issue.
I mean, is there...
I just don't want to be in a strange city
that I don't know
in a secret basement that...
What if I needed somebody?
What if I needed to reach out to someone?
I think maybe...
Is there a way that I can travel with you
but not with you all the time?
Storm Chaser, yes! You could stay on the storm chaser.
We can reinforce it.
We could add more defenses to it.
Yeah, we could do that.
We could do that.
Our ship, our crew's lovely.
Our crew, our crew of beast walkers.
They're amazing.
I mean, that sounds safer than just
being in a basement somewhere
we could just make a decision after all
this meeting stuff is done because then we'll know
what the status is
here maybe
I feel like I'm safe here now at least
they're taking security here
very seriously and I'm with Sentry
I feel safe here for now but
yes if there's something in the future,
I'd like to find a way to be
with, beside you, but not
with you.
All the time.
That's understandable.
Okay.
And because we're already over,
end the episode there.
Did not realise the time.
Yeah, this was a very big RP session. I had a bunch more stuff. Didn't get there. Did not realize the time. Yeah.
This was a very big RP session.
I had a bunch more stuff.
Didn't get there.
That's fine.
We'll do it next week.
That was a lot of people.
But, hey.
How's your brain, Mark?
Yeah.
I'm pretty sure, like, the accents were terrible.
I gave people the same voices.
Oh, great.
But you know what?
We got through it.
We got through it.
I don't promise that those people will have the same accents
if you speak to them again.
I don't make that promise, but we'll see what happens.
The good news is, though, is that we had one rolled this session
and it was a natural 20,
which makes this the most successful session we have ever played.
You're right. Goddamn, you're right.
For a handshake.
For a handshake. For a handshake for a handshake
sometimes you don't need to roll dice sometimes you just no i'm just chat with your mates
i felt so i felt so bad when we got to the final person because like all these other people we had
some kind of like connection with like like misk misc and savona all these things then we
just got to just sell her it was like hey yeah we kind of we flew over you once and that's about it
so your glass was kind of on the edge i have literally no idea who you are
that's one of those ones where like i i there's no way to have that representative in any way
connected to you because i was just like, they've never had to do it
although saying that, like
Zemeck's Elodovian, you've never
gone to Zyphina either, so like
they're completely new, like, but they had
at least the Priest Lady who could be like
I know gods and stuff, and Kul's like
I know gods and stuff too
it's like a loose connection
yeah, the
grand strategist at the start yeah man i am
i'm exhausted that was like going to an actual thing where you have to speak to people you know
well that was i'm glad that that came across i tried to kind of set it up as like right
here is the un council everyone's gonna have their name card right everyone's sitting in the
big circular pit like the citizen of uh Zepheta has the floor.
And then he's like, hello, everyone.
Yeah, well, it's cool.
Everyone likes us now as well.
Everyone, almost including the Dragonborn.
Everyone tolerates us.
Like is a strong word.
Everyone knows us.
They're not actively trying to kill us.
So it's great.
Not yet.
Which I, as a point, by the way, I love that for ages you guys were convinced the Dragonborn, like, they're going to kill us. They're going trying to kill us. So it's great. Not yet. Which, as a point, by the way,
I love that for ages you guys were convinced
that Dragon Ball were like,
they're going to kill us.
They're going to fucking kill us.
They're going to string Nova up and murder her.
And I was like, no, they're not.
I mean, no, that's a very...
I think it was a very Nova thing to think
because she is so naive.
She, like, you know, the law is the law.
And she broke dragon law.
Is there not like a little bit of Kim afraid that mark's like coming to get you like mark's like
because if you are coming to get me that's fun that's fine that's just the hadar that's coming
to get us yeah yeah i've got bigger things to worry about right now than some pissed off dragons
yeah
what's that thing from Callie and the Chance of Meatballs
where there's like a scene where they're talking
and the cops just like sprinting behind
them it's like Hidalgo in the background
Horizon meeting
oh my god
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