>>25405389
Woo, got home -just- in time for this. Oh man.

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Events Summary:

Auriel was working with the angel Michael to restore her powers. You communicated with her telepathically, begging her for help and informing her of Michael's insanity. Before she acted, however, you managed to burst free of your cage and attack and consume Michael.

You snuck into the city sewers and used them to access the underground complex holding the souls of many Shadow and Spirit mages captive. You destroyed the magic holding them in place - and the suddenly-freed slaves immediately turned on their masters, throwing the city into chaos.

Intent on helping them escape, you rushed to the Airship Noiralev to consume its core and use its power, but you ran into Auriel and Flint in the engine room. They explained that they'd found the remains of one of Michael's victims. That - combined with Flint's encouragement, and her own experiences - has led her to put her trust in you.

In one swoop, she took command of the ship, turned its crew against Sandalphon's despotism, and used it as a rallying point for the embattled shadow mages huddled inside the collapsing city.

Meanwhile, you used your powers to overclock the airship's dynamo, directing its firepower and shields far beyond their normal abilities - but even still, you were overwhelmed, and your efforts destroyed the dynamo in the process. Before the airship was destroyed, you were able to charge its jump drive and teleport to safety.

The battle has rendered the Noiralev useless, but you managed to safely guide the craft to one of many stone plataeus in the Shiprakers, an isolated and desolate region where Tarun Gakth meets the sea.

>>25405389
IT'S SHADOW TIME!

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Shadow time!

Radical
>Capcha delivered astatemp

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

Unlocked Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/zYkUY1zM

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

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Active (intent-use abilities that don't require mana)
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Consume - Devour the latent energy of enemies and magical artifacts to add to your own power and restore your health.

Glide - Your aura allows you to glide, dropping safely from large heights or covering large distances if starting from a high position. Gliding is always stealthier than flying.

Flight - Spread wings of darkness to soar through the air. Carrying capacity is based on physical strength.

Supersonic - Fly at supersonic speeds. You'll move extremely fast, but suffer a large penalty to stealth and magic stealth. Takes 1 turn to activate.

Mimic - Take on the vague form of things you've seen. Won't stand up to close examination, but works well in the dark.

Snuff - You shadow can put out the lights it touches.

Blink - Sight-range teleportation. (Cannot blink through walls, through the ground, into places you can't see, etc. 5-turn cooldown in battle. Auto-cooldown if battle ends. You can only Blink yourself and inanimate objects on your person. Max range 1/4 mile or 0.4 kilometers)

Focus - With a burst of concentration, you can significantly improve your detection of both the mundane and magical, but you also drastically increase the risk of giving yourself away. (think sonic ping)

Deep Focus - Long-range focus with heightened detection and scouting ability, but with a correspondingly higher chance of revealing yourself.

Berserk - Ignore your defenses and strike all around you in a vicious physical assault. Difficult to determine friend from foe.

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>>25405389
My body is ready!

Void-One
Standing by

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>>25405389
>SQ Time
Awwwwww Yeeeeah

>>25405437
Haha that is gold.

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>>25405437
>NOICE

>>25405439

Doom Aura - Puts out all lights in an area at once. Large penalty to dodge if used during battle.

Compress - By sacrificing strength and defense, you can compress yourself and your aura to the size of a small mouse, greatly increasing dodge and physical and magical stealth. Warning: requires a turn to activate and deactivate.

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Spells (and other abilities that DO use mana)
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Shadow Strike - Strike the foe with needles of darkness. (base power 2. Costs 2 mana)

Shadow Assault - Launch a flurry of shadowy projectiles at the enemy. (base power 4. Costs 4 mana. Can hit multiple enemies)

Shadow Beam - A concentrated beam of shadow power. Attacks faster than shadow strike/assault, and is more accurate. (Costs 6 mana; 6 base damage)

Nightflare - Disrupt target spell or enchantment. (costs 2 mana)

Nightblaze - Cancel enchantments and spells in an area around you. Success and range based on mana spent. (Spend 4 to 10 mana. Radius: 30 feet. Additional 20 feet per mana. Alternate: Spend 10 mana to attempt to cancel any one single spell in sight-range with a greatly enhanced success rate)

Shadowmeld - Magic-based stealth. Pay any amount of mana. Physical and magical stealth increases based on how much mana was spent until stealth is broken. Can be used to re-stealth mid-battle.

Shade - Create an illusory projection of yourself to confuse enemies. (dodge buff. Costs 1 mana)

Spirit Whip - Lash the enemy with a whip of spirit magic. (base power 2. Costs 2 mana)

Bind - Trap an enemy in ropes of spirit magic. May spend 0 to 10 mana (determines strength).

Water Strike - A pressurized blast of water imbued with magical force. (2 base power. Costs 2 mana)

Heal - Spend either 2, 4, or 6 mana to heal a target 4, 7, or 10 HP, respectively.

I had hoped this would be one of the early threads... Too bad. Got to settle to reading the archive yet again.

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I AM ROCK HARD!

>>25405437
They're getting a tiny bit better each thread.

Gotta ask though, who's Scarface-Voldemort?

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>>25405471


Purify - Spend 3 Mana: 100% chance to heal 1 ailment on target. Spend 6 mana: 85% chance to heal all target's ailments. Spend 9 mana: heal all of a target's ailments and the ailments of all those you are physically touching.

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Summons
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Wisp - A shadowy wisp from the Nether. (2 base shadow attack). Costs 1 mana to summon, 1 mana per action. Never breaks your control; if you run out of mana, it will merely vanish. [Level 0, Shadow]

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Current Statistics:
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HP: 23/56
Mana: 0/20
EXP: 11
Humanity: 218
Temerity: 203
Shards of True Darkness: 2 (Isolation, Hunger)

Summoned:

Wisp (1 mana per order, does not break control, stealths with you)

Equipment:

None

Inventory:

None

Current Location:

Tarun Gakth - The Shiprakers

>>25405514

I think he was the anonymous shadow mage I mentioned offhand to provide the conversation with an arbitrary third member.

Probably.

>Last time...

You tried to capture Duke Vellik...and then, Sir Flint accidentally killed him. If it was anyone else, you wouldn't have believed it was 'accidental'.

You also have trouble believing that the shadow mages have mistaken Flint's incredibly bad luck, brought on by the parasite, for incredible competence.

You decide there's no need to rectify that assumption. At least, not immediately.

It could prove amusing. Besides, you judge that Flint deserves a little respect.

"Well, can't say I'm terribly torn up about it," Auriel says, eyeing the duke's corpse. "Let's dump the body and get to important matters."

You briefly search the duke's body, but you don't find the key to the great vault under Jacob's Field. You consider consuming the body, but when two of Auriel's men move to swing it over the side of the cliff, you don't stop them. The duke's black robes flap in the wind as his body plummets into the water with a tiny splash.

And that, you think to yourself, is the end of Duke Vellik. He should have known better.

"Shadow. Care to explain your reasoning in bringing us out to the middle of nowhere?" Auriel asks.

<Isolated. Safe. And...we might possibly find an ally in Tarun Gakth.>

She nods. "You're thinking of Steward. But can you be sure he's an ally?"

<I think so...if we can find them.>

"But what about the meantime?" she asks. "We need food. Water. Shelter. All of the above."

"Shadow, if I may," Ila says. "What exactly are your plans?"

<Well,> you say, <I've had a few ideas. But it will take time to explain. Let us gather the crew.>

Auriel nods. "The ship is shelter enough, for now. Even with this many people, we've enough supplies to last a day or two, but water's going to be a problem, fast."

>con't

Things we should do (nationbuilding version). Each step should take up to a day to a week.

1) Make a series of wells and have any mages who have water in their souls be in charge of making pure water. Proceed to make a small city inside one of the plateaus.
2) Hunt for ocean life for food. While underwater, keep an eye out for shipwrecks, both normal ships and Airships. Get the shadow mages to work and play with the angels through motivational speeches.
3) Contact Obis with help from spirit mages. Tell him to meet us in Archon, and if his smuggler friend knows the area/locals.
4) Find a group of pirates. Engage in diplomacy with them after we lift their ship into the air and place it on a small plateau. If they refuse to help, leave them there for a few days until they agree. (skip this step if we have have gotten helpful information regarding locals from Smuggler contact)
5) Use informaton received from pirates or contact of local shipwrecks to hunt for treasure for capitol.
6) Contact the Orcs, ask if they want a mutual defense pact for each other, or other plan to help each other out. Remove power core from shadow golem in the temple. Show them airship. Offer to bring some along if we get it back up and running.
7) Visit City 1 or nearest location of active Steelskin Golem. Give them the Shadow core from golem. Convince them to help us again by mentioning our airship, as well as the late Duke of Kelvere's Dwarven Artefact collection, as well as an Airship or two.
8) Create a pool of shadow in a distant plateau, so as to minimize damage. Try to create a Dynamo, using pool of shadow and the shadow mages, with a sheild of light to protect the rest of the mages from a magic nuke (hole in top to excape). Get golems help to make a frame for the Dynamo. Form a ball of shadow from the mages magic, then spin it using flight, then supersonic. Install in Noiralev when finished. (skip this step if we found a dynamo to use)

>continued

>>25405556
9) Fly to Jacob's field with our new friends (pirates, orcs, golems, others to be announced). Wreck Kan-Abar occuping army's shit during the middle of the night.
10) After a brief fly-by to Archon, Get our ass to Dobshire. Find clues to solving Flint's parasite problem.

>>25405514
>>25405533
It is. I used a pic of some dark wizard / necromantic ish guy for Cain. Didn't want all of them to have long hair, but the third guy looked really lame with just a bald head.

Thus scars and weird cheekbones.

TIME FOR TL;DR!!!!

>Note: I did not want this to become Empire Quest; the focus is on Shadow, and, in-character, you don't really have a wish to govern humans personally. Your opinions and actions will always be important in shaping the world, and you can personally direct things in the future if you'd like (assuming you reach such a position of power) but I won't go so far as to have you directing the construction of individual pieces of infrastructure and things like that. More grand-scale politics while you're not out adventuring.

>To that end, I built this conversation.

>>25405553

A few hours pass. Auriel's crew numbers 34 men and women, as well as 54 angels - 88 in total. All told, there are 329 Shadow mages, and 34 Spirit mages.

After everyone is accounted for and an afternoon meal is distributed, you meet with the head of each group on the airship's bridge. The wide glass viewport is shattered where it crunched into the ground, but a wide table set high in the back makes for easy discussion.

Ila and Cain, and a Spirit mage named Hamil sit on one side of the table. Auriel and Tyrael sit on the other. Flint leans in a chair on one end, and you sit opposite him.

There's a bit of quiet. You see Ila's fingers move in that strange, silent talk they use. She looks at Cain out of the corner of her eye. ~Should we speak?~

~No,~ Cain gestures back. ~Let the angels speak first. Or Shadow, if he will. I am uncertain of what to say, in any case.~

~Me too. Perhaps the demonslayer will say something?~

~Sir Flint?~

~Yes.~

~Maybe,~ Cain says. ~You should ask Shadow what their relationship is, in the future.~

~Why me?~ Ila gestures rapidly.

~You're obviously Shadow's favorite. You've known him the longest.~

~You think so?~

~Probably.~

It seems they don't realize you can understand what they're saying. You should probably clear that up at some point.

>con't

>>25405556
>>25405567
As an add to that, if we can find any experts at management tasks within our current ranks it would be a good idea to put their skills to use in helping with all the things.

>>25405612

Auriel lets her hands rest on the table. "Well...I suppose we need to figure out our next move." No one responds, and Auriel takes that as permission to continue. "The Shiprakers was a good choice for the jump - certainty of safety was probably our biggest concern, considering we almost got cut in half by the Ragnarok. But there's few resources, and no easy source of fresh water. In any case, I don't have any intention to build some sort permanent residence here - it's impractical. I think our best chance is to establish ourselves somewhere."

"What exactly are you suggesting?" Ila says softly.

Auriel looks around the table. "We've driven a wedge into the Ring City. I am Fifth Highest - and many other angels, and citizens of the empire, would share the sentiments I shared earlier. If we give them a point at which to nucleate, a banner to fall under - we may be able to not only protect ourselves, but expand our influence greatly, while weakening theirs."

"But where?" Tyrael asks.

"...I might have suggested Kelvere," Auriel says, "but considering Duke Vellik is...out of the picture...I suppose his double has taken over, for now. Felnoir is more acceptable, but it is relatively weak, and may be unwilling to take us in. I think the best choice - the strike of greatest precision - would be Arland.

Flint, who has been taking a sip of water, begins to choke, and spends a few moments in hacking coughs. When he finally gets his throat cleared, he stares at Auriel. "Arland? Why there?"

"Simple," Auriel says. "We have one of the most powerful noblemen in Arland on our side, even if he tends ot ignore the fact." She smiles. "I also have it on good authority that the mysterious Sir Flint, 'Demonslayer of Dobshire', has become a massive figure in the eyes of the public while we were running around the wastes looking for Adavan."

Flint blinks. "...well, I mean...you did most of the work, and it's not very - "

"You were popular before, too," Auriel says.

>con't

>>25405646

Flint waves his hands plaintiffly. "That sort of thing is just exaggerated politics. You really shouldn't give it any weight."

"I have it on good authority that the the fourth son was the favorite of the people of Arland," she says, "because he didn't give much weight to titles and pomp and circumstance and treated them as equals."

"Well, I mean - "

"So onto the outstanding reputation as an unflinching man of the people, your recent feats give you a rather heroic flavor," Auriel says. "Don't sell yourself short."

Flint pounds a fist on the table. "I'm not selling myself short!" Auriel draws back in surprise. Everyone looks at him. Flint draws in a long breath. "There's nothing to that sort of thing. I never fit in at court. I can't play that game, Auriel."

"You don't need to play their game," she says, "you need to play our game."

Flint looks unconvinced, and he voices his skepticism harshly. "So you want me to waltz back into the home I haven't been to in years with an army of shadow mages, a contigent of heretical angels, and the title of 'demon slayer', and take the world by storm. Is that it?"

"That's exactly it," she says. "Who will see that coming?"

"It's not happening."

"If I didn't believe we could do it, I wouldn't be talking about it," she says.

"I can't do it," Flint says. "Is that what you want from me? The admission of the fact? That is my brother's realm - my father's realm. I left because I didn't want it. Because I couldn't take it." Flint seems to suddenly realize he's spouting very personal feelings in front of complete strangers. He settles back into his chair with a embarrased look on his face.

"...I believe you can," Auriel says. "Because that's the kind of many you are." Flint's worry seems to soften. They look at each other for a long time.

>con't
>told you it was a long one

>>25405612
i just realized that this desision is increadibly in character. we have, to this point, never had to think about the need for humans to eat. every human we have delt with has either taken care of this on their own, or we didnt deal with long enough for it. as an elemental, it is very in character for us to not remember in the heat of the moment how hard food is to get. and it makes us falable again to the shadow mages. i like it

>>25405661

The quiet starts to get a bit awkward. Tyrael clears his throat.

"Ah..." Auriel says. "Well...before that, Flint, I think we need to take care of...you know."

He gives a small nod. "...after that...I'll make my decision then."

<On the note of establishing ourselves,> you say. <I had a thought, that does not involve Arland - but Keleve.>

"Really?" Ila asks. She, Cain, and Hamil seem very interested in your thoughts. Auriel and Flint listen attentively. Tyrael, however, looks suspicious.

<The duke was trying to bring something together,> you say. <A northern alliance to match the empire. Felnoir, Imil, and - once they had won the war - Kan-Abar. The duke's death leaves a power vaccum in the north - one that we could fill.>

"That's...a damn good idea, Shadow," Flint admits. "But we can't just - "

Flint stops. The table stares as you Replicate a spitting image of the duke. <But can't we?>

Cain and Ila grin, but Auriel shakes her head. "I don't know, Shadow. Bold action is one thing - but treachery and subversion? If we're found out, it would be very, very bad." She squints her eyes. "I can't be the only one here that thinks the duke died a little too easily."

Ila nods at that. "...if we know he uses one double...what's to say he doesn't use more?"

The thought sobers you.

"Well," Flint says. "I had thought we might go to Yi Fang?"

Auriel folds her arms and shakes her head. "He's as bad as Sandalphon," she says firmly.

"On this note, I agree with the Highest," Tyrael says. "I see your logic, Sir Flint, but I cannot accept Fang as a leader. He would eagerly shelter us - as he would just as quickly chain us to him."

>con't

>>25405556
>8) Create a pool of shadow in a distant plateau
Why not in the airship itself? That way we can tap into it for spinning in the ship before we acquire a dynamo, should we need to.

>>25405674

"...there is another," Cain says.

"...don't say it," Auriel says flatly.

"The Black Lady."

"Absolutely not."

"Why?" Cain asks. "Because she is Shadow?"

"No. Because she's a mad dictator that feeds on blood to survive. She has her own harem, Cain. A harem not to sate her lust, but her hunger."

"And from what source do you gather that information?" Ila asks. "Have you seen it in person? Or is that simply what the spies tell you, after filtration through Sandalphon?"

<Wait,> you ask Ila. <Wouldn't the shadow mages make the best spies? Don't you know for yourself?>

"They never sent us," she says. "We were for combat. Assasination. Too valuable for that kind of work - and what's the point, when there's perfectly useful mundanes that don't have to worry about hiding their magic?"

You tilt your head slightly. <She makes her point, Auriel.>

"Let me make mine," she says to you. "I've trusted you, Shadow. You are right. And I..." She stops, then starts again. "And I, was wrong." She looks at Ila, and Cain, and Hamil. "And I am sorry."

"Well," Hamil says, "that makes everything better. Sure am glad I have your apology, Highest."

"Have some respect," Tyrael snaps.

"Oh no, her lapdog's barking at me," Hamil says. "I'd better have some respect."

"Keep it up, see what happens."

Sparks of orange light glow in Hamil's eyes. "I'm not a slave anymore, lightshit."

Tyrael smirks. "Then since you can't hide behind your little handicap like a bitch, why don't we step outside and - "

"Lueitenant!" Auriel shouts. Tyrael slowly lowers back into his seat. She looks at Hamil. "...I did not mean to insinuate that a simple apology could make amends."

Hamil lets his power fade. He says nothing, but sits back against his chair.

>con't

Short term we need water and food for our mages and angels. We will also need to deal with the fallout from having both shadow mages and angels under the same roof, the shadow mages should probably do as we say since we are an elemental and they were just about to swear as fealty moments ago.

Auriel should be able to deal with the angels, the unsympathic ones probably took their chance to get away from the ship when they had the chance.

>>25405612
Considering the social nature of the situation, we probably should be in our "traveler" humanoid form to make for easier conversation.

Perhaps we already were, our understanding of humans is getting fairly high. Vanity is important.

>>25405708
You are. You can generally assume that's the case for such situations.

>>25405699

"Shadow," Auriel starts again. "I can accept neither Archon nor Vampiria as acceptable destinations. If you go there, we part ways." She tilts her head. "We need to help the good knight...for that, we may need Fang. But beyond that issue, we should have as little to do with him as possible. I admit Kelvere holds more possibility, but I'm uncomfortable with such a deceit."

"As am I," Flint says to you. "I think we should go to Felnoir. Maybe the mages and build a new home in the Great Forest. The world has great enough problems. We'd just add another log on the fire."

"You underestimate yourself, Flint," Auriel says.

Flint says nothing.

"So..." AUriel says. She looks at you, and each head follows her gaze. "Here's what I think. You help Flint. In the meantime, we can establish some meager existence here, and when the time is right, we move into Arland. Or...elsewhere, if we agree on a location."

"What is the business you have with Sir Flint, Shadow?" Ila asks.

<A matter of dire importance,> you say, <but...it is between myself, Auriel, and Sir Flint.>

Ila looks dissapointed, but she nods in acceptance. "...I think your plan concerning Kelvere is a good one. But...we are Shadow mages. I am tired of a world that does not accept me." She looks up. "Even if it means leaving that world behind...I might not care, if it means safety. A place to call my own."

"I must agree with her, Shadow," Cain says. Hamil gives you a nod as well.

"You cannot throw in with the Black Lady," Tyrael says. "Once it came out, it would reflect terribly on the Highest."

"Does it look like we care?" Hamil asks.

<That is enough,> you say. You look at Hamil, and Tyrael. <Peace.>

>con't

>>25405699
"...We won't go to the Black Lady. The simple fact is that if she created vampires merely to boost her ranks, the chances are that she did it without regard of those chosen. And I refuse to follow someone who does something similar to what Sandalhpon did to you."

>>25405768
yes good.

>>25405726

Auriel closes her eyes for a moment, then opens them. She looks to Ila. "...I have no right to say anything. I cannot begrudge you such a choice. But if that is what you decide...we part ways, here." She looks at you. "What do you think, Shadow?"

"...I, too, wish to know your mind," Cain says to you. Ila and Hamil nod. Flint looks at you from his end of the table, his brow still furrowed in thought.

>PHEW!!!

What do you say?

>Auriel's plan is best. We look to Arland.
>We can build on the duke's network. Let's take command of Kelvere.
>Felnoir is relatively out of the way, and its people aren't friends of the empire.
>The Black Lady will shelter the Shadow...we must part ways.
>Yi Fang might use us, but we can use him.
>We should build here. It might be tough at first, but we can eke out a living in safety.
>Some other strategy

>either way, unless there's consensus otherwise, after establishing a stable temporary settlement, your goal is currently to get the parasite off Flint

>>25405768
Say this. It's good and it's in character.

>>25405794
We should stay here for now most of us have been planing to stay here anyways

>>25405768
We should say this. All options except the black lady are reasonable. I'd rather have as little interaction with Yi Fang as possible.

What about the Isle Imil?

>>25405768
Very well done, this will do

>>25405726
I'm a fan of the Felnoir option. Being a forest means that it's impossible to just straight up march an army in to slaughter us, and it has plenty of natural construction materials and resources. It seems like an ideal option.

>>25405794

What this guy >>25405768 said.

We make our own settlement. We might as well start off a dream.

>>25405794
>>Felnoir is relatively out of the way, and its people aren't friends of the empire.
There we can build a base of operations, and begin to infiltrate the other countries.

>>25405794
>We can build on the duke's network. Let's take command of Kelvere.

>>25405824
We don't really know much about it, but it IS certainly close.

>>25405794
Stay here until the parasite is gone, then move to Arland. Hopefully by then, we can convince Flint to reconsider his position. He may be more confident without a soul leech on him.

Tarun Gakth. It is relatively uninhabited, there are allies there to be made from both the intelligent golems and the orcs. And it is a perfect place to hide.

>>25405794
>>We can build on the duke's network. Let's take command of Kelvere.

>>25405848
Looks like some kind of volcanic island, but it's definitely got some forest and it's certainly remote.

>>25405794
>Go to Felnoir
>Become robin hood.

>>25405794
>Our own country! Where no element is better then another, and where all who come want to live in peace.

We'll name it after Auriel's hometown.

>>25405794
>We should build here. It might be tough at first, but we can eke out a living in safety.

>>25405794
>We should build here. It might be tough at first, but we can eke out a living in safety.

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<I do not believe we can go to the Black Lady,> you say to the mages. <She is of our alignment...but Auriel is of Sandalphon's alignment, and they are like night and day. It is no measure of character. All I have heard of the Black Lady is bad - from all parties.>

"But we cannot know for sure," Ila insists.

<No,> you admit, <we cannot. But there is little sense taking the gamble when we have several more attractive options that do not split our opinions so desisively.>

Ila nods. "...I must concede to your wisdom, Shadow."

<It isn't wisdom,> you say, <merely the judgement of logic. More wise is your acknowledgement.>

Ila smiles brightly; Cain and Hamil seem appeased on the point. Flint and Auriel also nod with approval.You turn back to the table as a whole, thinking hard about what to say.

>>25405863
Lets ask them what they know about it. That way we can decide based off of their knowledge.

>>25405794
Make our own home here. It's nice enough, and we can live a quiet life here, if only for a little while...

>>25405870
I think we should go with Kelvere or Arland. We need to find out what the Duke was up to. We also need to understand why he tried to kill Sir Flint. That was a pretty unexpected thing to me.

>>25405768
I'm gonna laugh my tits off when we say this, and then Servant creates some kind of perfect vampire instead of shadow angels.

>>25405794
>>We can build on the duke's network. Let's take command of Kelvere.
It's important to note that if he never returns to Kelvere, that power vacuum is going to fill regardless of our actions, and we don't want it to be filled by either Kan Abar OR Archon, really.

We only need to go with subterfuge to begin with. The "Duke" can die of natural causes some short time down the line and leave Kelvere in the hands of a successor just fine.

Aside from whatever the results of the Duke's addiction to multi-level plots, nothing about Kelvere is terribly hostile to our cause. It should be relatively simple to integrate everyone into society at large.

It's also basically right next to everywhere we need to go, which is nice.

Felnoir is fine, but there's literally a place with all of the infrastructure set up for us already. We'd be silly not to use it.

>>25405794
>Felnoir is relatively out of the way, and its people aren't friends of the empire.
with the loss of the last teleporting airship, the power projection of the angles just got drasticaly set back. it is a good compromise of safety and ease of living. i dont think it is easy for humans to live out here.

>>25405915
Naaah SM wouldn't kubo us like that.

...Right?

>>25405794
Out of the options, Felnoir is probably the best.
We may be able to build our own city in the Great Forest, alongside them, and still be largely hidden while having access to a lot of resources.

Though we will have to return to Evinsbrook at some point, to commandeer the Duke's dynamo experiments.

And we are also going to have to go to archon at some point.
Partly to see Abby again, and partly to recover the shards of the sword we left in the care of Yi Fang.

Whatever we choose, we are going to be here for some time while we figure out how to transport everyone, so setting up a simple base of operations isn't a bad idea.

Guys, I don't know if anyone else has put two and two together and realized that Flint's brother has a ridiculously high chance to have been who cast the shel'kath.
So we need to go to Arland.

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<What of Isle Imil?> you ask. You glance at the map above the bridge of the ship. <From what I can see, it is isolated...and perhaps less barren than our current location.>

Auriel shrugs. "I would equate it to Sir Flint's opinion upon Felnoir. Out of the way, but relatively weak. However, Imil Landing is the only real civilization there - the rest of the island is untamed. It receives heavy rainfall, and a wild clan lives in the jungles. Fire worshipers, cannibals. Not the type to take kindly to strangers."

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>>25405794
<Felnoir.

I have no wish to have us become cogs in a machine as we would under Yi Fang or The Black Lady. I bought the Ring City to it's knees because I was tired of simply moving in tune with the drums of those who thought themselves greater, and we are now free to forge our own path. Cast away your prejudice and be done with your grudges, for they will not serve you here.>

We should give Ila the S, call it anointed in Shadow or something cool like that. The telepathy and her increased respect among the Shadow mages would be very handy.

Something I wanted to ask Auriel eventually is why she sounded more concerned about being in conflict with Lucifer than she did over Sandles.

I mean, yeah we only fired nightblazes at Sandles, but still.

>>25405911
I think we'd need to go to Kelvere to find out anything really

>>25405794
>We should build here. It might be tough at first, but we can eke out a living in safety.

Access to nearby allies.

>>25405962
nah, it was with Flint since his birth, making Sandalphon the caster much more likely.
>>25405902
Also this, I want to know about the island

>>25405794
>We should build here. It might be tough at first, but we can eke out a living in safety.

>>25405964
>cannibalistic fire mages
Human BBQ parties!

>>25405975
Yep yep yep.

Take her to that shadowy cavern for her baptism in darkness.

>>25405794
>We can build on the duke's network. Let's take command of Kelvere.

>>25405968
That last part is a bit too preachy for our current circumstances, but I support Felnoir for hiding.

>>25405975
I would be okay with this.

>>25405964
>Volcano on Imil
Anyone else thinking fire elementals?

>>25405794
>We should build here.

SHADOWLAND IS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC TODAY!

>>25406001
I thought I remembered in an earlier thread we focused on it and it pointed to Arland?

>>25406022
We need to stop Cain, Ila, Hamil, Flint, Tyrael and Auriel from butting heads. Just thought we should address that right now and get it out of the way.

>>25405794
>We can build on the duke's network. Let's take command of Kelvere.
We need to act fast, no doubt the other Angels will be looking for us.

>>25405964
I would say Felnoir is the best place simply for it's location. We are in the center of the continent with easy access to travel to the other countries.

>>25405964
>>25405954
>Ask more about the great forest and Felnoir.

It seems like a nice place to hide, and it's smack in the middle of the continent, perfect for a base of operations that we can rally around.

>>25406048
it would work the smothest if we were the mediator between them, with the shadow & spirit mages under us, and the light ones, under Auriel

I think Fefnoir would be the best of the proposed options. Its nearby Tarun Gakth (which I prefer honestly) where we can retreat to if we are attacked. It would also mean we can build the nation we've been thinking about ever since the Duke told us of his dreams of empire.

>>25406007
I'd prefer to use the XP for something other then Servant right now. (poison)

>>25405975
In addition to the higher stats in everything and possible immortality.

Plus, letting everyone know that we're able to do that would probably get even higher admiration for us among all the shadow mages. Make us seem like more of a powerful figure.

>>25406048
Might as well give a speech to all of those who took the dive.

>>25405794
>We should build here. It might be tough at first, but we can eke out a living in safety.

>>25405897

felnoir seems like a great object up front, but lets keep in mind the ring city's pre-established prejudice. They're just gonna invade whatever settlement we make as soon as it gets roots down, just because they're angels and we did fuck them royally.

We need to do what shadows do best, which is blend and subvert. Kelvere is the best subverty option, and the prospect of dynamo research is too good to pass up.

>>25405954
Felnoir sound best to me too, its a decent enough location to setup our own encampment for the rebellion and is a lot more conducive of living

>>25406071
Sog off with the poison pushing already. Not to mention that it costs 2 blippity. Anything substantial we eat will probably put us over 17 from where we are now.

>>25405941
Yeah, this is why I suggest Kelvere, there is going to be a vaccum to be filled! If there is no sucessor to the Duke they might suffer from civil war or foreign invasions. They will probably be happy to have someone restore order that is not Yi Fang or Kan Abar. It is also more shielded than Arland and nearer the more interesting places.

>>25405794
>We should build here. It might be tough at first, but we can eke out a living in safety.

>>25406086
We gave them a pretty large wound to lick when we left. They'll be spending a few months recovering and trying to quash the rebellion they no doubt have going on right now.

>>25406071
Servant would be very useful seeing as how it buffs up our allies and our allies are what save our ass when things go tits up.

And having people that can actually fight alongside us instead of just getting in the way would be very very good.

>>25406101
Duke seems like the kind of guy who would have a plan ready to go in the event of his death.

Assuming he's even dead. Honestly, I think it's just a bad idea. Far too many opportunities for things to backfire, what with the angels sticking around for the Valerion repairs.

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"Do you know much about the Great Forest?" you ask Auriel.

"Certainly," she says. "Maven Lake is the capital of Felnoir. Most of the country's population resides in the plains around the river and on the southern edge of the forest. The logging supplies the empire with nearly all its wood. However, it has a fierce independent streak; it relies on the empire for trade, but generally ignores imperial law in favor of local statues. Its people are proud and hardy." She gives you a look. "It tends to be a haven for those looking for a place to hide, actually, because the empire's influence fades substantially. The forest itself is very dangerous beyond the outskirts. The Felnians are hardened all the more for defending their lands from the creatures within. Vampires, orcs, werewolves, rogue mages evading the law...you name it, it's in there."

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>>25406086
If we make a settlement in The Great Forest, it will stay hidden.
We can move to influence Kelvere from there if need be, and we will be withing easy travel distance of everywhere.

>>25406121
>Rebellion
Too much of an assumption. Everything that happened could easily be spun as "evily shadows doing evily things," which is quite a bit more likely as we know the angels do enjoy their spot of afternoon propaganda.

>>25406131
>>25406074
We were saving for Tao last I recall.

>>25405975
>>25406007
>>25406027
>>25406074

Woohoo! People agree with me!

We need to cement our power-base within the mages, they might thankful and submissive towards us, but that is not going to last, and we need to cement the idea that staying with us is the best idea. We cant have half of them end up deserters.

>>25406131
it buffs up a single ally. Just one. And we have a great number of potential people to servant. Abigail, Ila, Adavan. And since we haven't bought the additional powers to it Servant isn't even at full power yet.

>>25406101
And if we fuck up, we'd be screwed. Too many issues if we are asked to do a lightning spell and we cannot do it because the only spells we have are shadow, spirit, and water.

>>25406160
That sounds pretty perfect, actually. The locals would never cooperate with the angels to help find us, and they might even be inclined to help us given our goals.

>>25406183
Buffs to servant apply retroactively. We Don't need to max it out first.

>>25406160
So you've got werewolves in this setting. Noice. We need to find a monster manual sometime to see what else there may be.

>>25406160
Forest it is

>>25406197
Also, can we eat vampires?;

>>25406203
If we do servant someone, I'd prefer Abigail first. She is going to need it as we cannot at this time take her away from Yi Fang.

>>25406228
Isn't that a silly question?

>>25406160
Sounds like the perfect place to build a hideout.

>>25406183
It buffs allies directly in proportion to the amount of xp we spend. It's one. Then two. Then three. Then four.

It sounds like your trying to portray it as a single use thing and that's it.

Alright, three choices clearly outweigh the others:

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Vote 1:
>Build at your current location

Vote 2:
>Hide in Felnoir

Vote 3:
>Attempt to takeover Kelvere

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Remember, your vote should solely consist of a link back to this post, and a number. Other votes WILL be discounted.

Once you decide on a location, you are free to hammer out more specific details.

>>25406228
we can eat anything.

>>25405794
>We should build here. It might be tough at first, but we can eke out a living in safety.

We want to live an independant lifstyle right? Why not live out on the edge and convince the pirates, orcs and golems to join us on the shiprakers, in the newly created city of Candlelight?

>>25406237
I'd prefer that we save for Tao. And if we do servant someone, anyone, we ask for their permission first. Because I feel very much that's what Mr. Shadow would do.

>>25405794

In light of this

>>25406160

I'm gonna change my vote from kelvere to felnoir. If it's already known as non-empire turf, we can set up there and then just have Shadow solo the takeover of Kelvere by posing as the Duke. Allies will be safe, we'll have freedom, and then go find Abby again

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>>25406183
The big bonus is that it would solidify our relations on the Shadow mages, we know very little about them really. They dont really trust angels and they are going to feel some resentment against them, if not outright fear.

We are going to need to have vocal supporters among them.

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>>25406160
This place seems fine, but I'd still like to drop by Evinbrook, if nothing else to pick up the Lightning/Spirit key and gather up Dynamo research information.

That, and figure out if he had a contingency plan in case of his untimely death.

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Whatever we do, we need to go ourselves to pick up that key and maybe a dynamo.

We also need to get our fannypack back from Fang. But I can't imagine him just letting us leave afterwards.

>>25406286
Ila IS already a vocal supporter. On just her word the mages did not tell the angels about us. She held back from harming us despite compulsions on her very soul. She cried against us.

>>25406251
Also, if everyone remembers when we ate the first dynamo we had all those people notice? One was a criminal man who noticed it while siting in a tree. My guess is we have another potential ally in Felnoir just waiting to be found.

>>25406263
>I'm gonna change my vote from kelvere to felnoir. If it's already known as non-empire turf, we can set up there and then just have Shadow solo the takeover of Kelvere by posing as the Duke. Allies will be safe, we'll have freedom, and then go find Abby again
This is the plan I prefer, mostly because I feel like leaving Kelvere to its own devices in the wake of the Duke's death is a waste of a huge opportunity, but it's hard to get this plan across with the voting options given.

>>25405794

We shouldn't put all our hopes into one option, we could Kelvere and Arland are the more promising. We don't even need to take command of Kelvere. We could negotiate an alliance with the duke's double or his replacement. With the war going on its unlikely they will be willing to turn down allies in our quantity and quality. Should negotiations prove fruitless we could try Arland.

>>25406251
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>>25406313
We can wait to hammer out a true free city. Still, we could use this place as a hideout for later.

Hold up now, was it the Duke that we had killed or... was it thomas? I dont think thomas had magic but then again the duke sucked prety hard before getting impailed so...

>>25406251
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>>25406330
>the captain shoots!
>swish
>And he scores!

>>25406251
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>>25406251

Cutting off votes:

1 current: 2

2 woods: 15

3 kelvere: 5

Seems pretty clear.

>>25406345
Kelvere is allied with Ring City. They have a host of angels overseeing the Valerion repairs at Evinbrook right now.

>>25406324
We should also keep in mind Fang is our only real option to fix Flint, unless the Spirit mages we have could do it

>>25406382
Or unless we could attempt our antimagic on it once. Or go back to find the other end of the parasite in Arland, etc.

>>25406382
Don't forget the thing under Jacob's Field. The sage mentioned going that route.

>>25406327
Yes, but we need to inspire the unbelievers, by anointing Ila we might sway the people who are more lukewarm towards us, it is not very likely that we are going to live up to the expectations of the shadow mages. During that first encounter Sewer-bro was more likely to believe what he wants to believe, after hanging out with us for a while he might see us as sub servant to the angels and leading us towards doom.

>>25406413
No, all the routes the sage suggested had the stipulation that Flint had to return home to seek the cure.

>>25406376
damnit while I want to go to a new territory I can't believe you guys are throwing a great opportunity like this away. I just hope we will be ably to collect the other keys and free Hecate or the spirit elemental or whatever it is

>>25406366
I like to keep track of everyone that was named in that event as they are no doubt very important people. One of my goals is to gather them all up in this alliance. Yes, that means even Fang.

>>25406413
Xella said it was -similar- to a succubus, so perhaps someone with summoning experience would be great.
>>25406382
That's a good idea, we could ask the spirit mages we have if they know anything. I'm hesitant about asking Yi Fang for help though, he seems like the kind of lich to extort any usefulness out of us for that kind of service.

>>25406327
Once you have been given a reward, you are less likely to work towards it. Dangling something like that in the face of the other guys will probably inspire a few minds.

>>25406424

we are literally the sole reason they have freedom. like the one thing that did it. I don't think we need to worry TOO much about desertion or anything like that. We've shown we respect them as human beings, and that's really all they ever wanted I think

>>25406424
That won't change simply by making someone a servant. They might see it as bribery or worst another way to bind them in slavery. The best way to do that is to help forge a nation free of control of the other powers.... which IS what we are doing.

>>25406456
i think one of the plans is for the mages to set up a town in the forest, while we solo take of kelever later

>>25406463
Though isn't it curious? When we mentioned it to Fang he said "Again..." Like he has done this before and I don't think he had a pleasant memory of it.

>>25406382
Probably not.

Most people can't even see the parasite.

Only other demons, Yi Fang, and ourselves have been able to see it, and Yi is the only one to damage it.

Though it does confirm that spirit magic is a path to killing it, but I doubt our spirit magic goes that far.

I'm going to guess that the other solution to the parasite problem is finding whoever is on the other end of it's power conduit.
It's probably flints brother, or someone treacherous in the court, but who knows.

>>25406456
We're not throwing that opportunity away, we can still travel to Kelvere and go on our gathering quest, this was to decide where the mages and heretic angels are staying, not where we will be forced to stay.

>>25406379

Looks like the woods won anyway, still we should try to make allies where we can get them. We didn't everyone so they could have to spent the rest of their lives hiding or do we wish to rule over them like a lord. We should try to make a society that focuses seeks the coexistence and cooperation of mages of different elements and also severs as a means of mutual protection. We could not command or rule it but we could serve as its core.

>>25406456
speaking of the keys we need to go Archon to get our inventory back from Yi Fang as well as get the Staff of Winds, i just hope he hasn't destroyed those sword shards

>>25406497
Remember this little nugget?

>Flint licks his lips, then nods to himself. "...how can I be rid of the parasite on my soul?"

"There are many ways," Taremtis says. "None preserve all those for whom you care. Seek the lich with the young girl. Or, seek the aid of the Black Lady. Or, find and use the four keys. In any case, you must return home to end your curse."

We do need to ransack the Duke's castle for the key, and any other magical goodies we can find. We can do that and stir up his people against the Angel's by whispering about treachery we suffered there. Maybe Replicate a wound or two while in his form.

Plans for exp expenditure:

I think we should use our exp. to make a shadow mana pool in our airship's engine room. Until the dynamo can be replaced, Shadow can sit in and use the mana pool as an infinite power source for the ship.

Now even if the ship wouldn't be able to take the strain of combat, this would allow us to easily charge the teleporter so that the ship could be relocated.

After the mana pool is in place, I think we should use Servant on Auriel. She's proven loyal enough, and if she's going to captain the ship she should have a little power to fight with. Also considering she uses SPIRIT magic, she might be a better fit for it then you may all think.

>>25406555
mana pools are too expensive. we don't have 30 xp to spend and by the time we get it we'll want to spend it on other things.

>>25406546
>>25406547
KEYS KEYS KEYS KEYS KEYS KEYS

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>>25406555
>I think we should use Servant on Auriel.

>my face.

>>25406546
At that point the lich with the young girl was Adavan. Consider that when deciding who to ask for favours.

>>25406555
>Plans for exp expenditure:
I disagree with your plans

We should reveal the existence of the construct city to the Ila, at least. The idea of telling the constructs about the duke's treasure trove of dwarven artifacts seems like a good idea as well.

I'd like someone to make a bros4lyfe oc picture of shadow and flint. please?

>>25406567
The are expensive, but the ability to have an infinite mana source on a MOBILE BASE should be exploited as soon as possible.

>>25406580
>I have no good argument against it so here is a picture of a cat and No in impact fount.

>>25406546
Doesn't Fang have our key in the bag?

>>25406555
I agree that putting a mana pool in the engine room is a good idea, but not srervanting Auriel. At least not first.

I can totally see that causing a schism in the shadow mages, with some of them being mad.

>>25406376
I'm so late, never have I been happier that SM went narrative tonight

>>25406586
>Or, find and use the four keys.
>find and use the four keys.
>use the four keys.
>the four keys.
>four keys.

<...we must establish independence,> you say. You look at the mages. <We cannot rely on any group, or individual, without becoming beholden to them - and I would not pressure my friend, Sir Flint, into granting us safe haven. We shall forge our own place, and in so doing, we shall declare our right to exist freely, as we would.>

Hamil nods fiercely. "I couldn't agree more, Lord Shadow."

<I am no lord.>

"...what, then?" Ila asks quietly. "Where do we go?"

<Felnoir,> you say. <It is distance from the power of the empire; between it and them lies Archon. If we ever revealed ourselves, we might find not few allies. Furthermore, it has resources, fresh water, and food.> You smile sheepishly. It might be the first time you've felt sheepish. <I admit that food was not my first concern when picking our destination. For me...it is never a concern.>

You glance at Flint. <Perhaps, in time, Sir Flint, you may change your mind. But in any case, we will construct a safe haven. A home. A fallback point, in case we need to retreat.> You look at Auriel. <I feel this is the best strategy...especially while...> you indicate Flint.

Auriel slowly nods. "...I must agree. We will join you, if you would have us." She raises her head. "In the meantime, myself and Tyrael can establish contact with quite a number of people. I have my own network, on the side of things."

<How can we get there?> you ask the group.

"I've been consulting on the matter already," Hamil says. "Didn't think we'd be staying here long. Myself and the rest of the Spirit mages could whip up a mass teleportation...given a week or so. Should do the trick, once we have an exact destination. If you give us two weeks, we could take the ship, as well.

You nod. <That's perfect. Now...> You look up at the map.

Where in Felnoir do you go?

>the north, above the forest
>the dead center of the forest
>deep in the forest, but near the lake
>appeal directly to Felnoir's leadership in Maven Lake
>some other location

>>25406608
yes also the sword shards

We need to get our stuff back from Fang, asap too!

>>25406608
true, but we've agreed to make heading there a priority. plus archon is closer to evinbrook

>>25406608
Yeah, we do need to visit Fang anyway.

>>25406609
Who cares if the shadow mages are mad? Either they want to serve us of their own choice or they decide they don't want to and leave.

>>25406617
That, too, may work but at the moment we're four keys short and only know the location of one for sure.

>>25406586
Remember the spirit thing under Jacob's Field? And Cryptosage's hint about the four keys?

THE ELEMENTAL KEYS WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

>>25406622
>the north, above the forest

>>25406622
>>deep in the forest, but near the lake

North of the forest. We can maintain a relationship with the orcs at refuge from there.

>>25406622
Near the lake would probably be best, location and resource wise. Although I'm sure you've cooked up something SM. If the Elf from the beginning is the queen we should talk to her eventually as well (I can't remember where she actually is)

>>25406622
>deep in the forest, but near the lake

>>25406646
Safer then relying on Fang, anyways.

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>>25406622
here

>>25406622

>deep in the forest, but near the lake

>>25406700

that's not a bad spot at all

>>25406622
>deep in the forest, but near the lake

>>25406622

Who rules Felnoir? If we could find common ground with the local authority things could be easier.

>>25406622
>the dead center of the forest

Northern forest, close to Tarun Gakth but in the forest still.

So our tentative plans should be this:

A quick hop to Kelvar. Imitate the Duke to get access to his treasures and help spread dissent against the Angels.

Then to Arland to get the Fire key. We can see who has the opposite end of the Shel'kath there.

Finally to Archon and getting the final key and visiting Abigail. Perhaps Servant her so she has an ace up her sleeve.

>>25406622
>deep in the forest, but near the lake

>>25406646
We already have the sun&moon key, sir.

>>25406700
That's more or less exactly where I was thinking.

>>25406622
>the north, above the forest
this puts us near tarun gakth, so there is a possibility of city 001, but otherwise we are lacking access to fresh water and other allies
>the dead center of the forest
while the dificulty of finding us would ratchet up, there is to much likelyhood of running into something we dont want to meet. and former concers about water
>deep in the forest, but near the lake
food an water plenty, quick travel to the settlment in the future for normals, ease of acces to another city of known location, and having the lake itself protect one side from the forest. seems to be the best position
>appeal directly to Felnoir's leadership in Maven Lake
yeah, lets not do this. at all. really. dont

>>25406700
This is good. Directly above the lake while staying a good distance from outside contact.

>>25406725
Not anymore. Fang's got em.

>>25406725
>IT WAS IN THE BAG
>Wasn't it?
>probably
>THE BAG

Fire key's probably in Kan-Abar. We reinstall Obis, we also get a new place to find refuge, as well as another key.

>>25406725
no we don't, we gave it to Yi Fang remember?

>>25406744
>>25406743
Silly me then.

>>25406743
>>25406744
and once more, the goal post moves, becoming further unattainablle

>>25406546
>Seek the lich with the young girl.
Well, we were definitely imagining Adavan when Taremtis said this, but it seems pretty obvious who this was actually referring to in retrospect.

>>25406547
We don't want to randomly undermine Kelvere's standing with the Ring City, even for as dickish as the angels are. There's a lot of people living there who benefit from the Angels' assistance in fending off demon summoners and the like, and trying to dissolve that alliance now, especially with the recent destabilization of the power structure there, seems irresponsible.

>>25406622
>deep in the forest, but near the lake
>>25406700
This guy has a pretty solid spot.

>>25406721
arland has the wind key.
we dont actually know the location of the fire key. we assume it is somewhere in kan-abar, but we havent even asked obis about it. duke has lightning, and we had light in our pouch.

so we have to actually locate the fire key

>>25406721
We should got to Kelvere FIRST before anything. Vellik did not have his key on him when he was killed, which means that might not have been there real Vellik. Or it was, but the key is still in Kelvere somewhere,

We can take a look around before Kan-abar takes advantage of the situation. We could also raid their treasury to fund us as well as taking his dynamo research.

>>25406773
we don't want the Angel's to move in and seize power either.

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>>25406700
>everyone loves my spot, yay

>>25406767
It's kinda ridiculous really, but considering how much of a game changer the Nice Lady is it's probably warranted. If we focus on the keys, just the keys, to remove Flints parasite... I think we'll have done it in about... 15-18 threads from now.

If the duke truly was able to repair the Velarion after we nommed on its dynamo, his team might already have made the breakthroughs necessary to create one. It's time to pay Kelvere a visit.

>>25406700

Seems like the best place. Close to either Tarun Gakth and Maven lake but not too close.

By the way we should hold a service to everyone who die in the battle and we should talk to Ila about those that were left behind or where outside the city went the battle happen try to contact them and offer them a place where we are going.

>>25406813
Ever thought of checking the shiprakers for the remains of airships in their inky depths?

We might get lucky!

>>25406799
I have to agree that I like the spot.
Just have to make sure we don't build right on the lake out in the open.

>>25406777
it may be on Isle Imil

>>25406846
sure why not. We need to set up a temporary shelter for two weeks stay anyway.

>>25406622
>If you give us two weeks, we could take the ship, as well.

I would very much like this, if we can survive here until that long. We will need as much supplies as we can.

I intend to seek out the dwarves, eventually, for a new dynamo for this vessel. I would prefer not to leave it behind.

.... and also to investigate shipwrecks in this area. The shipwrackers must have tons of bounty, here, if we can find it. Two weeks may be enough time to get lucky.

>>25406862
... makes a horrid kind of sense.

>>25406846

Yeah we should to that we need to get some supplies anyway.

>>25406857
of course, start settlement and stake our place with the locals. then start to openly use lake more

>>25406833
>we should talk to Ila about those that were left behind or where outside the city went the battle happen try to contact them and offer them a place where we are going.

Yes we should.

>>25406863
The local pirates might have some clues to old airshipwrecks and treasure, too.

All these great ideas, and SM's annoying need to always maintain his dental hygiene...ARGH! We'll never get to do everything we want!

it's going to be 20 threads before we even kick down the door to elfland

one of the things i think we need to do, is take a moment to breath. and then go amongst the freed mages. and ask every single one of them what there name is. and ask if they can tell you the names of any mages they know didnt make it. you feel the need to honor them, and greav that you could not save them as well

While repairs to the ship are being made, Shadow could go out hunting for beasties to eat to get exp for a mana pool in the ship engine room!

>>25406880
its also very close by, we could go there and search for it

>>25406874
Deep Focus for Lost Artifacts time?

>>25406900
or we could go to isle imil and try to find the flame key

We should reveal to everyone the existence of City 001, and set up a power core trading business.

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>>25406895

Hey! Dental hygiene is important!

So is everyone ok with this location?

It will be slightly back from the lake, several miles; you won't be unduly exposed.

>>25406895
he must have some nice pearly whites

>>25406916
...and then the flame key is in a hidden temple inside the volcano.

>>25406930
Except we ourselves don't know where City 001 is. And if we announce our attention of telling everyone about it, we won't find out where it is either.

>>25406934
yes

>>25406934
I like it!

>>25406938
plus we could eat cannibals for exp

>>25406910
As I mentioned before, if we find some pirates...

>4) Find a group of pirates. Engage in diplomacy with them after we lift their ship into the air and place it on a small plateau. If they refuse to help, leave them there for a few days until they agree. (skip this step if we have have gotten helpful information regarding locals from Smuggler contact)

>>25406934
my choice come to life

>>25406934

That's a pretty great spot I think.

>>25406934
Yes. Good spot.

>>25406934
Make it so

>>25406934
humm. it looks like if we move a little to the left, then we would not actually be inside the borders of felnori. but it is kinda hard to see the lines in the forest. but if it is a small change i would like to be in the area that looks to technicaly be part of tarun gakth

>>25406934
Yep. I'm A-OK with the spot.

>>25406934
yeeeeeep

>>25406934

Yeah, we don't need to immediately settle the area we teleport into, we could look for a place a little closer to the lake if need it.

>>25406966
Can still Deep Focus for anything magical worth looking at in the accessible vicinity.

>>25406934
It's noice.

>>25406934
its fantastic, can we use deep focus right now

>>25407026
Hold ye horses we got dialogue to get through mah mans.

>>25406934
yep, if we get the chance over the next few weeks we need to try and contact Steward

>>25406934
deep focus, if that won't completely fuck us

>>25407013
>Can still Deep Focus for anything magical worth looking at in the accessible vicinity.

Seconding/Thirding this.

we have two weeks before we teleport! MAKE USE OF OUR TIME IN THE SHIPRAKERS!

Thoughts to make use of this?

>>25407061
Meditation, dialogue, and spaghetti.

>>25407013
Still, couldn't hurt, right? Starvation and scurvy would do the tricks, just like the time when we ate all the food meant for the Army of Kan-Abar at Jacob's Field.

>>25407061
we need to do a lot on meditation on hunger. that last battle pushed it on the edge, then pushed the edge a little farther just to see what would happen

>>25407099
Good times. We gotta do that again some time.

>>25407061
Agreed. If we find a Airship wreck, we might be able to get a Dynamo out of it.

I wonder if Sandal's dead?

>>25406555
>>25406580
I just think it would be neat. Auriel was an angel, which are just people that Hyperion made Servants. It would send quite the message.

>>25407123
We can do it if we snatch and grab a pirate ship out of the water...

You plant a Shadowy appendage on the map. <Here. Close to the lake, but still hidden back within the forest. Far from any prying eyes; difficult to attack.>

Hamil nods. "I'll let the other mages know."

"In the meantime, we need a source of water," Auriel says. "Food."

"We can use magic to fish," Tyrael suggests. "I picked up a few tricks from the Atlantians."

"You ate things out of that swamp?" Auriel asks.

"Well, no," Tyrael says, "but it was for fun, at the time."

"What's in the swamp there?"

"Oh, nothing," Auriel says. "Just putrid fish and vile lizards that make your skin crawl just to look at them."

"...you're afraid of lizards?" Flint asks.

"That is not what I said."

Flint chuckles slightly. "It's ok. You can just admit it."

Auriel huffs and folds her arms. "...in any case. Why don't you do that, Tyrael. Lead the other angels. We'll work on the water problem."

"Understood."

<Hamil, you prepare the teleport. Can you coordinate other spirit mages for me?>

"It will be done, Lord Shadow," Hamil says immediately.

You sigh a bit on the inside.

The group stands to attend to their duties.

What do you do?

>talk to Flint
>talk to Auriel
>talk to Ila
>talk to Cain
>talk to Hamil
>talk to Tyrael

PICK THREE!

>suggest solution to water problem

>>25407127
Naw, plot demands he lives.

>>25407134
Except it would cancel out her powers.

>>25407099
I'd rather not act antagonistic to other people and parties unless they've already arrayed themselves against us. Which doesn't seem very likely in this case unless we seek the conflict out. "Tell me secrets or starve" doesn't seem very in character at all.

>>25407134
700 years of powerful light magic. Gone to make a point. Replaced by shadow magic at level 1.

GREAT IDEA

>>25407149
>talk to Ila
>talk to Hamil
>talk to Tyrael

>>25407149
>deep focus
Can we locate underground water this way?

Also,
>talk to Ila
>Joey (this nigga needs more screen time
>Flint

>>25407149
>>suggest solution to water problem
If none of the other mages know water spells, they could give us mana and we water strike.

Or just do that thing the other anon said last thread and CONSUME the salt out of the water.

>>25407149

Can we do a joint session with Hamil and Tyrael? Sounds like there's some bad blood that needs to be vented, and I don't want this kind of friction breaking up our little band of merry men before we even get started.

>>25407149
Can we combine Ila and Cain?
Tyreal
Hamil

>>25407149
>talk to Cain
We need to thank him for covering for our ass back there.
>talk to Tyrael
We need to thank him supporting us in this revolution. His loyalty seemed slightly shaky if I remember correctly.
>talk to Hamil
Mainly just because we barely know the guy.

>>25407193
Oh wait. Joey isn't here huh?

>>25407149
CONSUME the salt out of the saltwater
can we use deep focus tp know what is nearby as well?

>>25407193

>implying Joey didn't get left behind in the guest quarters on the outer edge of the ring city

>>25407149
Let's talk to the three main peeps!
>Flint
>Auriel
>IIa, Ila, lIa, (however it's spelt)

>>25407193
Joey is, presumably, with Archmage Yi Fang and Abby-sabby.

>>25407149
With a large enough source of heat and an appropriate container, we could just distill large amounts of seawater.

We've got light users and sunlight. How hard could it be?

>>25407149
>Auriel
>Ila
>Tyrael

>>25407149
Is there some way we could make a solar still with light magic?

>>25407149
suggest CONSUME salt plan for now, deep focus/detect life to try and find hidden water or pools of life

>>25407149
Get a pot of water and put it under a surface that slopes down to another container. Heat some iron or metal until glowing hot and then submerge it under the surface of the water.

Let the steam condense and run down into the other container.

You now have a way to desalinate water, go hog wild.

>>25407216
you finally found a way to get rid of him huh?

>>25407217

letter eye
letter el
letter eyyyy

>>25407149
>>talk to Ila
>talk to Auriel

Talk them about those that were left behind or where outside the city went the battle happen try to contact them and offer them a place where we are going. A service for those who die could be nice too. Angels (those that fought for us), mages and crew members equally we need to insist on stopping them from segregating themselves.

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>>25407216
Joey's life in post revolution Ring City.

Don't forget, we should take a look at the jump drive. If we can find a way to charge it, we might not need the mass teleport spell.

>>25407216
didn't he go with Fang?
>can we send Wisp Bro to find him? yeah it'll take a while, but still

>>25407216
Answer my deep focus for underground water reservoirs too :P

>not sure if it works that way

>>25407216
Oh lord when we find him again he'll either be
A)Super edgy and butthurt
B)Show up out of fucking nowhere and be a spy for the angels

We need to get the idea into everyone's heads that people are people, regardless of element. We need to instil the values of acceptance and cooperation in every person. It will be difficult, but if we succeed here, we can show our little band of merry men as a new legitimate alternative to the Empire's policies. Angels, shadow and spirit mages, and a power spaghettimancer, working together for THE GREATER GOOD

>>25407216
Ehh, we'll need to get him somehow won't we?
He's gonna feel pretty bad about getting left behind. If he isn't killed off or worse, knowing what YOU do to characters that are outside our range of awareness.

>>25407162
She uses spirit magic, I have the feeling that she was something other than a light mage before being made Hyperion's servant. This would really just be restoring or making her closer to what she was, if her use of spirit magic is indication.

>>25407107
Yeah, spend the nights meditating on the shards to fix them up, help catch fish and talk with the shadow mages.

>>25407149
>talk to Ila
>talk to Hamil
>talk to Tyrael