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This thread is just to make it easier to get information for the game The Settlement.
Please do not post in this thread. :bow:
The Settlement
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Reading the Background story, Gameplay, Mechanics and Rules sections will help you to understand the game. The Acknowledgements section is not necessary to understand the game.
Background story:
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Gameplay:
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Mechanics:
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Rules:
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Acknowledgements:
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Please post any questions you might have and thanks for playing. :bow:
How the sea creature's attack led to societal reforms and the revolutionary plot
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For much of the trip on the calm sea it was busy yet uneventful for the priest king Reenk Roink. He shuttered himself inside his dimly lit office most days, making plans for the settlement he would lead when the ship reached land. The problems he faced were many and the solutions to them were obscure, but what kept Reenk Roink going was the high esteem in which he held his followers, the settlers. Though he had very little interaction with them, his first impressions of them gave the priest king lofty thoughts of their quality which made him optimistic about the future. Reenk Roink did not pay too much attention to the increasing complaints about them from his Bronze Companions...
After almost a month of peaceful sailing, the ship was violently jarred one night. Everyone on board rushed to the stern to find a large sea creature attached to the hull! The Bronze Companions immediately drew their swords and hacked away at the monster’s tentacles, while most of the settlers fled in cowardice. In their stampede away from the stern, one man even knocked over a drowsy and confused Reenk Roink. This was the start of the rapid loss of respect that the priest king had for the settlers.
After a short but intense period of fighting, the swords of the Bronze Companions had done enough damage to force the sea creature to release its grasp and retreat to the murky sea. It was after this that everyone saw what had attracted the beast. A slightly gnawed corpse hung from a rope on the stern.
Reenk Roink had the body pulled back up on deck and as soon as this was done a wailing woman threw herself on the corpse, her sorrow overpowering her aversion to the ghastly sight and horrid stench. A well groomed man who pushed himself through the Bronze Companions explained to the priest king that the dead man was one of his slaves, his grief coming from the fact that he had lost property rather than over the loss of a life.
The well groomed man callously shoved aside the weeping women, now identified to be the dead slave’s wife, and knelt over to scrutinize the corpse. After several moments of searching for something, he suddenly got up and, with a disgusted look on his face, spit on the dead slave’s wife, exclaiming: “You will have to pay for the bag of coins I gave him!”
The priest king Reenk Roink got very angry at this display and immediately confronted the well groomed man: “How dare you treat even a slave like this? I will not tolerate this as your ruler!”
The well groomed man however seemed unrepentant for his action and instead snapped back at Reenk Roink: “Who do you think you are? Small, petty king! I served real kings before. Kings who had men like you eat from the scraps that fell from the side of their table. You would be unfit to take my slaves’ daughters’ hands in marriage!”
At this affront, the priest king pulled out his sword and struck the well groomed man across his face with the flat side, sending him whimpering to the ground. The crowd that had already gathered around the argument became outraged, but not at the well groomed man for his cruelty or insolence. Rather they began shouting at their priest king: “Brutal Tyrant! Brutal Tyrant!”
Reenk Roink signaled to his Bronze Companions to put down the rebellious settlers, using force if necessary. However, one of the Bronze Companions leaned over to the priest king and whispered: “Perhaps we should consider indulging them. After all, times have changed and the masses are less obedient to the gods much less the priest kings. These are people you have no bond with; their loyalty will be weak and their treachery will be dangerous.”
Heeding the sound advice of his trusted friend, Reenk Roink turned to the chanting mob and attempted to appease them: “Please settlers. I am indeed as much a servant to you as you are to me. However, for a society to function, there needs to be order, and I am the keeper of that order as chosen by the gods!”
One well dressed man from the mob spoke up: “No priest king! Despotism is the reason we are forced to leave our homeland in the first place. You must ensure that the rich among the settlers, being the best in education, temperament, and odor, have a decided influence pertaining to all matters of government. We demand representation!”
Cries of support from the well dressed people of the mob were heard.
Another man, who only wore ordinary clothes, and whose fingers were blackened with dirt despite being away from land for a month interjected: “We also demand equal representation!”
While this drew cheers from a large portion of the mob, the well dressed people were angered at the thought of being seen as equals with those who were just ordinarily dressed. Soon a bitter argument emerged.
An old man wearing clean, elegant, though unextravagant clothes spoke up in a conciliatory tone: “Please my sons, we are all small under the gods, and we all should have a voice. At the same time, there are those among us whom the gods have favored more than others, and they should be given a degree of superiority, as is their right according to our traditional ways."
Such an eloquent appeal brought tears to Reenk Roink’s eyes, but the sentiments of the priest king were not shared by the two groups, who both rushed to beat the old man, and in doing so, began to beat each other.
Soon women and slaves and even children spoke up, demanding representation, and at this, both parties could finally find a common ground: “Never!”
Seeing this agreement, the priest king Reenk Roink quickly had his Bronze Companions to separate the mob and spoke: “It will be done as the old man has said. The good men among you will have the voice of two men among you who will also have a voice. This is what I have decided, and it will not be overturned!”
With this the priest king was about to storm off, the grand opinion of his people broken forever in his mind, when he noticed that the corpse of the dead slave was gone, and a pendant lay in its place! Examining this pendant, Reenk Roink noticed that it bore the symbol of Vode, the god of wars and foreign peoples. The priest king did not know what to make of this omen as the ship sailed on...
Good Men:
GeneralHankerchief
seireikhaan
Captain Blackadder
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Beefy187
TheFlax
Jolt
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Men:
Sasaki Kojiro
taka
White_eyes:D
Lord Winter
Psychonaut
CountArach
FactionHeir
Andres
boudica
TinCow
Ichigo
pevergreen
Sigurd
shlin28
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
LittleGrizzly
Seamus Fermanagh
How the usupers' plot was uncovered by the priest king only to have the settlers take control of the investigations
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In the depths of the night an man slowly limped across the swampy trails surrounded by partially constructed structures of the settlement. He stopped suddenly in a marshy clearing and simply stood there for a few moments until a dark mist descended from the sky. The mist formed itself into a humanoid figure and handed the man a scroll.
Nothing was said, as the man nodded and the misty figure dissipated. The man then limped slowly back to the settlement, towards the temple complex.
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Meanwhile the priest king paced along the unfinished halls of his temple complex. It had been a dozen days since the ship was beached on this swampy strip of land that was now his settlement and a dozen more since the attack of the sea creature. The disappearance of the dead slave still weighed heavily on his mind and he examined the amulet of Vode wrapped around his fingers. What could it possibly mean? Why would the god of wars and foreign peoples send such an omen?
Reenk Roink had time to reflect on such questions in the silence the dark brought. During the day, the immense tasks that needed to be completed along with the bickering between the settlers on socio-economic issues scarcely allowed for contemplative thought.
Somewhat jaded that he was in such a situation with such people, the priest king began to walk back to his chambers. At the door he spotted a scroll lying on the floor. Looking around, he reached for a sword placed against the wall with one hand while picking up the scroll with the other.
Breaking the seal, Reenk Roink slowly unraveled the scroll. Written in the most exquisite script were the words:
A burst of energy suddenly emanated from the text right onto the priest king's handsome face. He was not even able to let out a sound as he collapsed to the floor.Quote:
Disarm your soul
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When light entered the priest king's eyes again, he believed he had went to paradise. Instead he saw the concerned faces of his Bronze Companions and a few priests around him. A feeling of disappointment overcame Reenk Roink as he looked beyond to see a crowd of settlers around him, who were also somewhat disappointed that the one they looked at looked back.
Dismissing the settlers, the priest king then was told by his closest advisers that he was found lying on the ground unconscious. The entire hallway of the temple complex and everything in it was totally scorched. Everything but the priest king and the scroll found next to him that is.
Hesitantly taking the scroll from one of the priests, Reenk Roink examined it again noting that the words had been erased and replaced with the symbol of OsiOsi instead.
The priest king got out of his bed and told his retinue to gather the people in the gathering hall in an hour. He then turned to the priests to get to the bottom of what had happened.
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In the Forest of the Gods, the god of wars and foreign peoples watched with a tinge of disappointment as the priest king Reenk Roink continued to walk about the earth. He turned to the god of the sky and questioned: "Why did you save him?"
OsiOsi, the king of the gods replied: "It is not for you to affect a matter that I have forbidden to the gods. You know well enough that you must act through your followers. If you plot anything Vode, know well that I also plot, and I am the best plotter."
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The settlers gathered unenthusiastically in the gathering hall at the time the priest king had issued. Some of the good men burned some incense to drown out the smell of the men.
After some time, Reenk Roink entered the hall, flanked by his retinue of Bronze Companions and some priests. He began to address the crowd: "Settlers, our preliminary investigation has led us to some conclusions. The events on the ship with the sea creature and the attempt on my life last night are related in some way having to do with the god Vode. We do not know why Vode is displeased with us but the guy has always been somewhat of a prick so it is not completely unexpected."
The priest king continued: "The priests have interpreted the signs of the gods and..."
At this point someone in the crowd abruptly interrupted: "lol gods!" However, his insolence went unpunished as he blended away in the mob.
Reenk Roink, after pausing for a few moments, carried on: "The priests have interpreted the signs of the gods and have come to the conclusion that there are usurpers among us who are following the dictates of Vode. Their goal does not stop at taking my life. They want this entire settlement to be destroyed."
"As of now, we have not identified who exactly these usurpers, but I assure you, I will oversee a thorough investigation of everyone's dwellings as well as consult the priests for info..."
The priest king was interrupted yet again, this time by a visible well dressed man: "Now just wait a minute! You agreed that us settlers would have a say in policy, and we want a say in this!"
Reenk Roink replied: "Yes, but we already have gathered much information and are close to unmask..."
An ordinary dressed man interjected: "Yes, it is us who will oversee the investigation. Every day we will gather the evidence and discuss it, and then vote for who we think is the usurper. Then we will execute that man!"
To this suggestion the settlers cheered in unison while the priest king looked at them incredulously. Soon his expression turned to one of disgust and he stormed out of the hall.
Challenge List:
Alive:
GeneralHankerchief
Sasaki Kojiro
taka
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Beefy187
TheFlax
Psychonaut
CountArach
FactionHeir
Andres
boudica
Jolt
TinCow
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
pevergreen
Sigurd
shlin28
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
LittleGrizzly
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
Fallen in battle:
Killed:
:stupido:
Quote:
Night fell upon the settlement and most everything had become dark and still, but the house of the man they called The Flax had a dim glow emanating from it. Inside The Flax was engrossed in his writing and scribbled away copiously. You see, The Flax was a scribe, and had devoted his life to the noble cause of Writing. He was composing yet another work of polemic against Reading, which scribes considered to be Writing’s arch nemesis.
It was at this moment that a man slipped into the house of The Flax. He was so silent that The Flax could not hear him over the sound of the gentle scratching sound his quill made when striking the papyrus.
Not many moments passed before the man pounced and drove a blade deep into the side of the neck of The Flax. Mortally wounded, The Flax spent his last moments desperately trying to prevent the blood spilling on his work. It was really a useless effort, however, as his killer shoved his now limp body off the desk and proceeded to roll up a sheet of papyrus and smoke it, well pleased with his kill.
As dawn finally woke from her slumber, the two dead bodies were discovered by a slave and the priest king Reenk Roink was quickly notified. The settlers were summoned to the gathering hall and all arrived on time except the one called Yoyoma who was found sleeping in his home with the sacred text of OsiOsi in one hand and an empty bottle of wine with a pretty ribbon in the other.Quote:
In the outskirts of the settlement, a man stood next to an unpitched tent. He seemed to be engaged in a heated argument with an owls. After much hooting and hollering the owl let out a series of howls that those learned in the art of owl interpretation would render as: "How can I checkmate the one who not only refuses to make a move, but doesn’t even know how to play the game?"
Before the man could offer his final thoughts, a large figure, clad in well crafted armor that was dark as obsidian approached. The man turned his attention to the armored figure and cheerfully greeted him: "Hiya!"
The armored figure responded in a cool, deep tone: "What is your name?" What a critical error this warrior of Vode committed as the man opened his mouth...
"They call me pevergreen."
"It's spelled with a small p because my mommy said I was special."
"So what’s that big sword for?"
"It's shiny."
"I think I stepped in something."
"People say I talk a lot."
"Do you think so?"
"You look funny."
"This is the longest conversation I’ve ever had!"
"People sometimes throw rocks at me."
"Are you going to throw rocks at me?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
"How about now?"
Throughout this, the armored man went through a wide range of emotions he thought he had succeeded in suppressing: he was initially bored, then became confused, then became irritated, then became enraged, and finally felt some fear and pity.
He finally shouted: "ENOUGH! I have HAD my FILL of the nonsense that you freaks in this settlement constantly spout that continually tests my will, mettle, strength, intelligence, and most of all, patience! If you do not draw your sword RIGHT NOW and take the first swing I will give the world a sight that even the immortal gods in the Divine Forest have never seen. Do I make myself perfectly CLEAR!"
Immediately, pevergreen picked up a stick and began to draw a sword with it in the mud. This action so infuriated the armored man that he did not even wait for pevergreen to initiate the fight as was his custom. He pulled out his mace and pounded pevergreen’s head into the mud, and although the blow instantly killed him, the armored man continued to pound away pevergreen into a bloody pulp, each strike sending pink mist into the air.
Finally when all the living settlers had arrived, Reenk Roink announced to the crowd: "The bodies of two of you have been found brutally murdered. Do go and bicker and conjecture in all your futility so that you may have an innocent executed. I'm going to be drink-"
The priest king was interrupted by a slave who barged inside the entrance hall holding a rock that while covered with blood still had an uncanny shine. The slave exclaimed: "I found these on master pevergreen's body, LOOK!"
As all present in the gathering gazed into the palm sized stone, they saw the entire events of pevergreen's last moments being played out. They saw the argument with the owl and they saw the armored man approach and kill him. They even saw who the armored man was. It was the man called Ares!
Reenk Roink immediately gave the order to his Bronze Companions to draw their swords and seize Ares, but amazingly, this drew protestations from the crowd who demanded they vote on the matter.
The priest king angrily stormed out of the gathering hall muttering: "Why did I have to lead such a piss hat bunch..."
Challenge List:
Alive:
GeneralHankerchief
Sasaki Kojiro
taka
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Beefy187
Psychonaut
CountArach
FactionHeir
Andres
boudica
Jolt
TinCow
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
shlin28
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
LittleGrizzly
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
Fallen in battle:
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Day ends on Saturday, March 14 at 20:00 Eastern
:stupido: Day 1
Voting Record:Quote:
This day will go down in history. Never before has a settlement see so much bickering on its initial day.
Though the settlers decided to assert their own right to vote they overwhelmingly went ahead and came to the same conclusion about the magic rock that the priest king did and doomed the man it showed: Ares.
Ares had resigned himself to his doom early on, in fact, the consensus was so overwhelmingly against him that for the latter half of the day the settlers argued about all other kinds of topics.
The pizza guy that people asked was an especially vocal member of the crowd and the man they called Sasaki Kojiro challenged him to a duel for what could have been any reason. However, after changing his mind on the challenge as much as he did on the vote, eventually he backed down.
So Ares was bought before the priest king, who stood next the widow of The Flax consoling her, in an open field outside of the temple complex. Though he was quite active in trying to defend himself earlier in the day, it seemed that he had either accepted his fate or was exhausted from speaking, and so he remained very silent.
The priest king walked up to the kneeling man in chains. He was in sweat soaked clothes that were much too small for his burly frame. Reenk Roink demanded: “Are you an agent of Vode?”
Ares, who had been hanging his head up to that point, suddenly looked up and stared the priest king in the face. Reenk Roink was somewhat unnerved by the man’s glaring; he got the feeling that Ares was debating whether to speak or act. He settled on saying nothing.
After a few moments, the priest king grew tired of the insolence shown by Ares and struck his face with a light blow of his sword which sent the prisoner falling to the ground. The light dimmed around Ares as the Bronze Companions closed in to finish the job.
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Challenge Record:
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Vote Tally:
777Ares777 (shlin28, Sasaki Kojiro, Ichigo, White_eyes:D, FactionHeir, Sigurd, Lord Winter, Captain Blackadder, Beefy187, CountArach, Askthepizzaguy, Yoyoma1910, Seamus Fermanagh, TinCow, Gaius Scribonius Curio, Andres, Tristan de Castelreng) - 22
FactionHeir (GeneralHankerchief) - 2
Gaius Scribonius Curio (Psychonaut, 777Ares777) - 2
TinCow (seireikhaan) - 2
abstain (boudica, taka) - 2
Challenge List:
Alive:
GeneralHankerchief
Sasaki Kojiro
taka
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Beefy187
Psychonaut
CountArach
FactionHeir
Andres
boudica
Jolt
TinCow
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
shlin28
Askthepizzaguy
LittleGrizzly
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Fallen in battle:
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
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Quote:
As the sun tucked herself to sleep, the man known as Gaius Scribonius Curio quickly lit all the candles in his house. He was very unnerved by the murder of The Flax who turned out to be a scribe as Gaius Scribonius Curio himself was.
The world could not afford to lose any more scribes. After all who who but scribes could keep the evils of Reading away from civilized society?
Gaius Scribonius Curio went to the only thing that comforted him: writing. He wrote with the quill furiously, knowing he would have to pick up the work of his dead colleague.
His frantic scribbling stopped immediately when a sound was heard at the window. Gaius Scribonius Curio picked up a paperweight and cautiously went to investigate. On his windowsill lay a rock covered with a piece of papyrus. Gaius Scribonius Curio picked up the rock and slowly peeled the papyrus off which read:
Gaius Scribonius Curio slowly turned his head. At that moment a figure jumped on him, driving a knife deep into his neck. Gaius Scribonius Curio dropped dead, his face forever set in a look of horror.Quote:
Look behind you
The killer went up to the desk and picked up an ink bottle. Huffing it, he looked at his bloody blade and smiled.
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Unaware of the events at the house of Gaius Scribonius Curio, Sasaki Kojiro walked back to his tent with a look of disappointment but also relief on his face. His work done for the night, he tried to get some sleep.
As he slipped into his nightwear a small squirrel entered his tent. Sasaki Kojiro smiled at the creature and went to look for some nuts to feed it.
How stunned he was when the squirrel suddenly spoke: "There will be no need for that Sasaki."
Sasaki Kojiro turned around and saw that the squirrel had transformed into a strikingly handsome man towering nine feet above the ground, his head pushing on the ceiling of the tent. The giant had a mischievous smile on his face as he said: "Oh how delightful this situation is, so much more lively than the boring formality of the Forest!"
Sasaki Kojiro overcame enough of his fear to state: "Who are you?! What do you want?!"
The giant responded: "Oh my plans are so far beyond your mortal imagination Sasaki. The little priest king and his little pets go about their pathetic lives trying to find these annoying little insects - or as you call them - usurpers. It is quite amusing really."
"Now Sasaki, I'm terribly sorry, but it is time for you to get off this little ride."
Sasaki Kojiro, seeing that he had nothing to lose, charged the giant. The giant simply took a deep breath and blew the quite heavy set Sasaki Kojiro all the way to the other side of his tent.
Sasaki Kojiro cried out: "Kefy my matron! Goddess of the earth! Save your servant!"
The giant chuckled and said: "Kefy was such a bore. She just never put out. Really the perfect match for OsiOsi."
"Now Sasaki, don't even bother with your healing abilities. I have thought long and hard of how you should die and I assure you, the method will make your abilities quite useless."
The giant began uttering some chants and suddenly, Sasaki Kojiro was transformed into a fish. He began to asphyxiate on his the floor when the giant went and picked him up and dropped him into one of the many barrels of water in his tent. Initially feeling relief, Sasaki Kojiro soon realized he was drowning! As a fish no less!
He looked hopelessly at the laughing giant before he floated limply to to the top.
The giant then pulled out a trident and impaled the corpse of Sasaki Kojiro the fish. Taking a bite of his freshly killed victim, the giant chuckled to himself: "Oh Pisuf, you have really outdone yourself tonight!"
"Hopefully these mortals will be thankful for the favor I have bestowed on them..."
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Deep in the Divine Forest the earth goddess watched as her chosen one was killed in such a bizarre manner. Burning with rage she snapped to the sky god: "Destroy that fool!"
OsiOsi replied calmly: "Enough Kefy, you and Vode complain too much when your puny servants are foiled. You know I have little love for Pisuf, but he is doing important work and has impressed me with his decisions. I am not going to punish him because he feels the need to kill some of your agents."
The earth goddess glared angrily...
As the sun rose from her rest, the settlers quickly gathered together and called role. Realizing that Gaius Scribonius Curio, Sasaki Kojiro, and Beefy were missing, a sickly feeling came over them. They went to the gathering hall to discuss the murders but CountArach stumbled in a bit late, burping and hiccuping...Quote:
Back in the comfort of his house, the nobleman Beefy was pouring over volumes of tax records. They were many years old, but Beefy wanted to make sure that the state had received every grain it had deserved.
His pleasant night was suddenly disturbed as his door exploded and a short man in red robes with a grim looking face entered. Beefy could feel the power radiating from the red robed man and cried out in desperation: My indentured servant! Come out and defend me and I will consider your debt payed off!
A man came running out with a broom to attack the intruder but the red robed man quickly cast an incantation which caused to broom to burst in flames, forcing the servant to drop it. The red robed man then made some movements with his hands which directed the burning broom to beat the servant to death.
Beefy was absolutely terrified at this point, and began to cry and beg for his life. He offered his attacker vast amounts of riches, but the red robed sorcerer of Vode was unmoved. He began to cast another spell, and all the precious metal in Beefy's house began to melt into pools on the floor and converge on Beefy.
Beefy screamed for a long time until the molten gold and silver reached his gaping mouth, and when it was all finished, a shining electrum Beefy stood in the middle of his house, his last moments of pain immortalized in a statue.
Challenge List:
Alive:
GeneralHankerchief
taka
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Psychonaut
CountArach
FactionHeir
Andres
boudica
Jolt
TinCow
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
shlin28
Askthepizzaguy
LittleGrizzly
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Fallen in battle:
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
Day ends on Tuesday, March 17 at 02:00 Eastern
:stupido: Day 2
Voting Record:Quote:
Though the bickering on this day was less than on the day before, it was still significant enough to make the priest king Reenk Roink stay away from the settlers most of the day. He had more important things to attend to such as spend time with the widows of Gaius Scribonius Curio and Beefy in order to...comfort and console them.
At length the settlers had decided that the most vocal of them all was the man who was most likely to be an usurper. So the pizza guy whom everyone asked was chained and brought forth to the priest king. At this point, the pizza guy had gone quite insane and was reciting poems stating his desire to die.
Reenk Roink examined him quizzically and said: "A pity. This fellow was entertaining, and I sensed potential that he would have some good ideas for stopping the usurper threat."
With that the priest king gave the order to one of his Bronze Companions who swiped the head of the pizza guy off cleanly with one stroke of his sword.
In accordance with his wishes, all of the pizza guy's sheep were slaughtered at his execution.
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Challenge Record:
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Vote Tally:
Askthepizzaguy (TinCow, Yoyoma1910, GeneralHankerchief, Jolt, Askthepizzaguy, shlin28) - 9
TinCow (taka, White_eyes:D, Andres) - 3
Yoyoma1910 (Psychonaut, FactionHeir) - 2
White_eyes:D (LittleGrizzly) - 1
abstain (Lord Winter, boudica, CountArach, Seamus Fermanagh, seireikhaan) - 6
Challenge List:
Alive:
GeneralHankerchief
taka
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Psychonaut
CountArach
FactionHeir
Andres
boudica
Jolt
TinCow
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
shlin28
LittleGrizzly
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Fallen in battle:
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
:stupido:
Quote:
As the sun retired to her resting place the man named Shlin went to his tent which did not contain much more than a severely overused combat dummy. Shlin was a soldier as his father and his father's father had been, and he did not spend long days on the field or in the office. Rather, he continued to practice his swordplay and keep his martial skills sharp for the day that battle would call again.
The sonorous sound of his sword striking the combat dummy was disturbed by the sudden entrance of a short red robed man, who grimly looked at Shlin. Shlin immediately turned his attention to the intruder and charged him. He was no more than two paces away when the sorcerer of Vode directed a burst of lightning at Shlin, hurling him back. Recovering from the shock, Shlin got up and exclaimed: "Foul magician, it will take more than that cantrip to fell this warrior!"
The robed sorcerer thus hurled another burst of lightning at Shlin, this one clearly causing damage to the hardy warrior. Yet although Shlin was unable to pick himself up after the second attack, he still defiantly exclaimed: "You are weak behind the evil magics given to you by your god. You cannot slay me with the sword!"
This statement of Shlin caused the grim faced sorcerer to raise an eyebrow. He then reached out with his hand and somehow took Shlin's sword out of his hand, causing it to float right above the wounded soldier. The red robed sorcerer then forcefully jerked his hand downwards and the sword mimicked the motion, running through Shlin.
As the sun rose from her slumber, all the settlers once again were called to the gathering hall by the priest king who informed them of the murders. So the discussions began, with Yoyoma once again joining in late in a limited capacity as his mind was clouded by drink.Quote:
Meanwhile, the man named Hankerchief sat in his house drinking wine and thinking of his glorious past. He reminisced about the days when he was a simple farmer boy who answered the call when the people called for a hero at their darkest hour during the Great Civil War. He rose up from his humble beginnings to reach the position of priest king from which he then began to conquer the largest empire our people have ever seen, effectively ending the Civil War and ushering an age of great peace and prosperity.
He then stepped down from his place as the most powerful man in the land to devote himself to knowledge. Later he would write about his heroic deeds. Even later these writings would be stripped from the history books as it was realized that Hankerchief simply had a vivid imagination and had made everything he documented up. Yet in his mind, Hankerchief was still a glorious general.
So the self styled general spent his night sitting on his fine chair, not realizing that a man had entered his house and drew a blade from behind him. So the life of the self styled general ended as his throat was slit and even more, the story of him would be lost forever as the killer proceeded to grind up the pages of the last remaining copy of Hankerchief's history into a fine powder and snort it.
Challenge List:
Alive:
taka
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Psychonaut
CountArach
FactionHeir
Andres
boudica
Jolt
TinCow
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
LittleGrizzly
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Fallen in battle:
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
Day ends on Thursday, March 19 at 18:00 Eastern
:stupido: Day 3
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As the sky dimmed, the priest king Reenk Roink emerged from his temple complex with the widow of Hankerchief the self styled general at his side. She was looking much more perky than she did in the morning. The settlers, especially the good men among them, had convincingly decided that Andres was the guilty one. The whispering of the spirit of Hankerchief the self styled general told them as much. Of course, the spirit of the pizza guy whom they liked to ask was as chatty as himself in life and was organizing a settler network to catch the usurpers.
So Andres was tied and strewn on the ground, arms and legs outstretched. As he lay at the feet of the priest king the latter asked: "Are you part of the usurper plot?"
Andres vehemently denied he was, pointing out that he merely killed some good men because of an unrelated reason.
Reenk Roink was disgusted by this answer and nodded to one of the Bronze Companions who proceeded to thrust a spear into the chest of Andres.
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Challenge Record:
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Vote Tally:
Andres - 14 (taka, seireikhaan, Captain Blackadder, Yoyoma1910, LittleGrizzly, TinCow, Seamus Fermanagh, boudica, Jolt, CountArach)
Yoyoma1910 - 4 (Andres, Tristan de Castelreng, Sigurd)
Sigurd - 1 (White_eyes:D)
abstain: 1 (Psychonaut)
Challenge List:
Alive:
taka
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Psychonaut
CountArach
FactionHeir
boudica
Jolt
TinCow
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
LittleGrizzly
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
Fallen in battle:
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
:stupido:
As the sun rose from her slumber, all the settlers once again were called to the gathering hall by the priest king to discuss the most recent murder, although Reenk Roink was much less saddened by the death of this man whom he referred to as a criminal. All settlers were present on time to begin the discussion.Quote:
The man of a faction which wished to become heirs by marrying daughters of royalty returned to his tent much after the sun had retired to her resting place. He was incredibly disappointed as he tossed a short blade on the ground. Taking a drink from his canteen, he caught a glimpse of a grim faced, red robed man staring at him.
Spinning around, the man of a faction which wished to become heirs by marrying daughters of royalty quickly dodged a fireball hurled at him. The sorcerer of Vode was unfazed by the miss and prepared another fireball, but the man of a faction which wished to become heirs by marrying daughters of royalty was extremely agile and dodged everything thrown at him. He laughed and taunted the red robed sorcerer: "Hahaha! I am one of the best men of Carn, do you really think you can hit me?"
The man of a faction which wished to become heirs by marrying daughters of royalty then pulled out two daggers and threw them at the sorcerer of Vode, who simply waved his hand causing them to sway well off their mark. He then cast a spell which cause the man of a faction which wished to become heirs by marrying daughters of royalty to be surrounded by a circular wall of fire.
Seeing his doom, the man of a faction which wished to become heirs by marrying daughters of royalty pleaded with the sorcerer of Vode: "Please! I have nothing against you. I just want to kill The Watcher for what he has done to me and my friends. I know! I can help you. The Watcher is a formidable opponent, but I am a master assassin. We can work together, for I am sure The Watcher plots against you!
The red robed man's only reply was to grimly stare at the man of a faction which wished to become heirs by marrying daughters of royalty. He then brought his hands together and the wall of fire that surrounded the doomed assassin converged and burned him to a crisp.
Challenge List:
Alive:
taka
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Psychonaut
CountArach
boudica
Jolt
TinCow
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
LittleGrizzly
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
Fallen in battle:
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
Day ends on Saturday, March 21 at 20:00 Eastern
:stupido: Day 4
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The day was filled with lively discussion about the man named Ichigo and most everyone except for the somewhat quiet fellow Ichigo participated. One man with the monkier Tin Cow who had been especially notable in spreading his enlightened ideas of how the settlement should be run earned the ire of many of the settlers and began garnering much support for his execution.
As the deadline approached, there was a tie, and Tin Cow realizing that he would be at the mercy of the decision of the priest king, preferred the certainty of being second and cast his vote for Ichigo at the moment Reenk Roink opened the door to carry out the execution.
Feeling safe, he again began to pontificate his virtues and how he was the one who would lead the charge against the usurper plot and later lead the settlers to an enlightened life.
As the priest king called for the damned, the Bronze Companions went to fetch Ichigo who was not present in the discussions. However, suddenly a man yelled: "Stop! Someone has changed the tally!"
Reenk Roink and his settlers went to the large clay tablet where the votes and challenges were stored and indeed saw one extra tally in favor of Tin Cow and one tally removed from Ichigo.
Reenk Roink addressed his subjects: "Obviously someone has tampered with the tally tablet, but we know that it is Ichigo that is to be executed, so bring me-"
A man interrupted: "We cannot do this priest king. We agreed in our charter that the man who had the most votes according to the tally tablet would be executed. It was... a preventative measure against your tyranny. The charter has spoken, we must execute Tin Cow!"
Reenk Roink buried his face into his palms in disbelief. After some moments and some muttering, he finally looked up and hastily said: "Bring me Tin Cow and let us get this over with."
Tin Cow had by this time resigned himself to the unfairness of this irrational and superstitious society. He began to pontificate to the priest king about how to be a wise ruler and so on.
Reenk Roink was getting annoyed by the supercilious attitude of this balding man covered with dust and he ordered his Bronze Companions to pelt Tin Cow with figurines of cows made of tin. Unfortunately, these tin cows were not doing enough damage as a traditional stoning so the impatient priest king ordered molten tin to be poured in the talking man's mouth, silencing him once and for all.
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Deep in the Divine Forest the gods watched the proceeding execution with glee. All their differences disappeared as they saw the molten tin enter Tin Cow's throat.
Vode remarked: "I now somewhat regret plotting against this priest king, for he has done such a great deed in our eyes." OsiOsi nodded and handed the god of wars and foreign peoples a drink.
Kefy however, quickly got over her glee and snapped at OsiOsi: "You have no need for Pisuf now, destroy him!"
OsiOsi replied: "Rather I will let Pisuf lead himself to destruction."
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Challenge Record:
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Vote Tally:
TinCow - 7 + 1 = 8 (seireikhaan, White_eyes:D, Tristan de Castelreng, Jolt)
Ichigo - 8 - 1 = 7 (Captain Blackadder, LittleGrizzly, Seamus Fermanagh, taka, Yoyoma1910, TinCow)
abstain: 1 (Psychonaut)
Challenge List:
Alive:
taka
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Psychonaut
CountArach
boudica
Jolt
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
LittleGrizzly
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Fallen in battle:
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
:stupido:
In the morning when the headless body of The Watcher was brought to Reenk Roink, the priest king bitterly wept over the death of his closest companion and friend. Covering the body with his cloak, the priest king Reenk Roink looked up with puffy red eyes at the settlers and said: "Douse my grief with justice or else it will become anger and it will be directed towards you..."Quote:
In the dark of the night, a man who was a little grizzly looking walked the streets. Given his attire one would think he was a beggar in search of food with nowhere to go. Yet the man who was a little grizzly looking determinedly followed a set course to the tent of the commoner who called himself a count named Arach.
Inside, the common count Arach worked on his pottery wheel, his back turned to the man who was a little grizzly who had just entered. At this moment the man who was a little grizzly threw off his tattered robes revealing a shining suit of bronze armor. He pulled out a masterwork sword and exclaimed: "Pisuf! You have done enough harm to the world, but now you are no longer an immortal god. It is time to test your mortality against The Watcher!"
The common count called Arach simply laughed and said: "Ok then."
At this point, the common count Arach transformed into a giant towering over nine feet tall. The Watcher was clearly unprepared for this sight, he had not expected Pisuf to retain so much power after his fall. Yet after a few moments of amazement, The Watcher steeled himself and nimbly struck Pisuf with his sword, chopping his forearm off cleanly.
Pisuf merely grimaced and cast a spell making all the clay in his tent swarm The Watcher. Once it had enveloped him, it began to harden, but The Watcher shattered the clay with his sword and broke free.
A monumental struggle took place initially but Pisuf soon wore down The Watcher who seemed a bit rusty in his combat skills. Finally, Pisuf was able to gain a step on his opponent and hurled a fireball into The Watcher face, blinding him. Pisuf then put out the flames by smothering The Watcher's face with clay. Pisuf then chopped off The Watcher's clay encased head and put in the kiln and fired it. Moments later when it exploded, Pisuf joyfully remarked: "Foolish me, I forgot to press out all the air bubbles in the clay."
A voice in a tent far away could be heard exclaiming: "YES! I AM FREE! HAHAHAHAHA! IFFO IS FREE!"
All the settlers quietly nodded except Jolt who laughed out loud and fell on the floor, obviously inebriated.
Challenge List:
Alive:
taka
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Psychonaut
CountArach
boudica
Jolt
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Fallen in battle:
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
Day ends on Wednesday, March 25 at 16:00 Eastern
:stupido: Day 5
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The settlement was up in arms as serious charges were brought up against the man named Jolt from not one but two sources. The settlers were nearly unanimous that they had to get rid of him, but they also fretted about Pisuf and this new figure named Iffo. Many also wanted to fight a man named Blackadder who was apparently the captain of something..
At length, the priest king Reenk Roink emerged from his temple complex, alone (do you really think he would dishonor The Watcher and his wife?). He called for Jolt who was already well tied up. Reenk Roink had his Bronze Companions point their loaded bows pointed at Jolt due to the allegations that he was the sorcerer of Vode. The priest king began to interrogate the doomed Jolt, and while initially the sorcerer of Vode simply stared grimly, he soon began to open up, glorifying Vode and noting that even if the agents of Vode were foiled, the plan of Vode was still in effect.
One Bronze Companion, terrified at a movement Jolt made, prematurely fired, which led to a cascade culminating in the sorcerer of Vode being skewered with arrows.
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Challenge Record:
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Vote Tally:
Jolt - 14 (Lord Winter, Yoyoma1910, Seamus Fermanagh, CountArach, taka, Captain Blackadder, Tristan de Castelreng, Psychonaut, Sigurd, seireikhaan)
CountArach - 3 (Jolt, boudica)
Challenge List:
Alive:
taka
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Psychonaut
CountArach
boudica
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Jolt
Fallen in battle:
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
:stupido:
As dawn rose from her slumber the settlers saw that, for the first time in a long time, there were no murders! There was much rejoicing, although everyone had to be careful to avoid the pools of vomit left by the captain of something named Blackadder who apparently had a long night of hitting the sauce.
The party was ended as the priest king Reenk Roink emerged from his temple complex and announced: "While there were no murders today and it does seem that the usurpers have been foiled, there are still loose ends that have not been tied up. So go and tie them up!"
Challenge List:
Alive:
taka
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Psychonaut
CountArach
boudica
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Jolt
Fallen in battle:
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
Day ends on Friday, March 27 at 16:00 Eastern
:stupido: Day 6
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As the sun retreated to rest, the votes were tallied. The common count named Arach was the overwhelming choice for lynching, as it seemed quite clear that he was Pisuf, yet the settlers were more occupied with speculating on the Iffo character.
Before the execution however, there was to be a fight. The common count named Arach had challenged a man named Taka, who claimed to be a very tough merchant. Some speculated that he was Iffo. With another duel being withdrawn at the last moment, the stage was set for this battle.
The common count named Arach calmly walked up on the field but Taka was much more hesitant and unsure. The common count named Arach spoke first as he transformed from a small potter to the towering giant that was Pisuf: "Enough with the games, let's see how powerful you really are merchant!"
Taka took some time to respond but eventually swallowed his fear and himself transformed into a fearsome looking winged demon, seven feet tall. He boldly replied: "You may be powerful Pisuf, but you are still a shamed god, while I am free!"
Pisuf laughed as he watched the transformation and said: "Ah, good, it is Iffo. You know, you should be thanking me from freeing you from your contractual charity. How much of your treasures were you forced to give away again?"
These taunts infuriated Iffo: "SILENCE! My rage is such that I would be able to overcome you even if you were in your full glory!"
Pisuf laughed even harder: "It really makes me wonder how a mere human like The Watcher was able to trick you. Didn't you once claim the title 'Lord of Deceit'?
Iffo had heard enough and he pulled out two giant swords and rushed towards Pisuf. The party god merely continued to laugh and teleported behind Iffo right before the demon was able to strike.
Pulling out a sheet of papyrus and a quill, Pisuf taunted: "Hey Iffo, can you sign here please?"
Iffo screamed in anger and began to cast a spell which soon had daggers of flame circling around him. Once again he rushed Pisuf who merely created a cloud that would hover over Iffo's head and pour rain.
"Come now Iffo," said Pisuf, "at least The Watcher did a mediocre job in his attack. This is really a brutal performance. No wonder The Watcher was able to enslave you. I suppose I'll kill you now and spare you any further embarrassment."
With this Pisuf cast a spell which turned Iffo into solid gold. He then sent a burst of energy towards the petrified demon who shattered into many pieces which flew all over the field. Pisuf smirked and said: "Even in death the demon still gives."
...
The settlers, the Bronze Companions, and the priest king Reenk Roink watched the duel in awe. Once Pisuf had won, the priest king ordered everyone available to grab anything of use as a weapon and surround the god.
Pisuf laughed and addressed Reenk Roink: "Priest king, are you really foolish enough to try and execute me? Do you really think you and your toy soldiers can stop Pisuf?"
The priest king Reenk Roink stammered in his reply: "You may still be dangerous god of the arts, but rest assured that you cannot prevail against our numbers."
Pisuf was about to reply but then stopped. It appeared that some unknown entity had interrupted him. Pisuf lost his supercilious tone to one of annoyance as he argued with this unseen "hard*** as he referred to it. Suddenly, Pisuf was raised into the sky and went out of sight, screaming "Nooooooooooo!"
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Pisuf was brought to the Divine Forest and stood before the king of the gods. OsiOsi said to him: "As we agreed, I have spared you from the mortality of your situation, and now I am no longer obliged to protect you anymore. You will return from whence you came and serve the rest of your sentence, or die trying..."
At this moment, OsiOsi stopped Kefy from dealing a fatal blow to Pisuf. Pisuf grinned at the goddess of the earth and then looked at Vode and said: "Hiya Vode, things aren't looking so hot eh?"
Vode coolly replied: "My plan has not been foiled yet, and do pray that you do not live to see the day I reign triumphant..."
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Challenge Record:
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Vote Tally:
CountArach - 7 (Seamus Fermanagh, Lord Winter, Captain Blackadder, Tristan de Castelreng, boudica)
taka - 2 (seireikhaan)
Challenge List:
Alive:
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Psychonaut
CountArach
boudica
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Jolt
Fallen in battle:
taka
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
:stupido:
For the second morning in the row the settlers woke up to find that no killing had taken place. As they met the priest king Reenk Roink in the gathering hall, he told them: "Do not lose vigilance, finish this once and for all!"
Challenge List:
Alive:
White_eyes:D
seireikhaan
Lord Winter
Captain Blackadder
Psychonaut
CountArach
boudica
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Jolt
Fallen in battle:
taka
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
Day ends on Sunday, March 29 at 16:00 Eastern
:stupido: Day 7
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As the sky dimmed, the settlers had once again overwhelmingly decided that the common count named Arach who really was the god of arts and parties Pisuf would have to go.
However, the captain of something named Blackadder was still weary about the suspicion thrown against him realized that the only way he would be cleared was through a duel. This time, the captain of something named Blackadder proactively made the challenge to Seamus Fermanagh, which the latter accepted.
As the two men walked to the field, the somber looking captain of something named Blackadder addressed his opponent and the settlers at large: "I do not blame you for being suspicious of me or accusing me. I am but a humble servant of the gods, but given the trials and tribulations we are placed in, it is not surprising that it should come to this. I hope that my death shall end at least one avenue of distraction from our real quest to find the usurpers and any other threats. We must accomplish this goal as to get back to our devotion of the powers.
The captain of something named Blackadder then turned to the priest king Reenk Roink and praised him. Reenk Roink offered the captain of something his sword. The ever humble priest Blackadder politely refused and reminded the priest king that a sword made for kings should only be wielded by kings. Blackadder settled on a finely made sword, but he seemed to have no experience with the weapon whatsoever, handling it with disgust and fear.
Seamus Fermanagh on the other side, was kicking his sheep away from him as he got ready for the battle. He wielded a crudely crafted club. As the signal went to start the battle, Seamus Fermangh ran towards a motionless Blackadder, nearly tripping several times on the way. As they engaged themselves, Blackadder tried to deflect the flails of Seamus, and the only reason the pitiful attempts at defense were successful was because the attacks was equally pitiful. Finally, Seamus Fermanagh was able to strike the captain of something on the head which sent the priest tumbling down, dead.
The priest king Reenk Roink was disgusted by the unnecessary killing of a man of the gods, and he went to cover the body of the priest with a fine cloak.
He then turned to the settlers and screamed: "IS THIS NOT WHAT YOU WANTED? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
Subduing his anger, he called on ever settler to arm himself and surround the common count named Arach. Reenk Roink appealed to the damned: "Pisuf! Obey the law of the land and go quietly, perhaps you will one day be reinstated to your position of power."
The common count named Arach rolled his eyes but was obviously wary of all the accusations and battles. He responded despondently: "I could fight you and your followers priest king, and I could do much damage, but why bother? That hard*** OsiOsi didn't even seem to care that I delivered The Psyensil in a most Pisuftastic way. Even if I win, the sky god will still imprison me, not to mention the heifer Kefy clearly is going to hold a grudge because I killed one of her slaves and will probably make the earth swallow me up when the time is near. So strike me priest king, send me to my prison..."
Sure enough, the command was given to the archers to fire, and as soon as the first arrow was about to strike, Pisuf was teleported away.
The priest king Reenk Roink addressed the settlers. Well now, we will consult the priests to interpret the many signs of the gods to see if we are free of the usurpers and other threats. We shall meet tomorrow. Until then...
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Challenge Record:
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Vote Tally:
CountArach - 10 (Captain Blackadder, Lord Winter, Seamus Fermanagh, boudica, Psychonaut, Tristan de Castelreng, Yoyoma1910)
Challenge List:
Alive:
White_eyes:D
Shinseikhaan
Lord Winter
Psychonaut
boudica
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Jolt
CountArach
Fallen in battle:
taka
Captain Blackadder
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
:stupido:
As the sun once again rose from her slumber and revealed to the settlers that once again there was no bloodshed taking place under the cover of night, the priest king Reenk Roink gathered the settlers and addressed them: "Settlers, the priests and augurs and oracles have all revealed that the usurper threat still looms, although it does not manifest itself outwardly. Therefore you must find and eliminate the last of the threats, and be assured that it will prove the most evasive and hardest to find!"Quote:
From deep within the Divine Forest, Vode looked at the settlement of the priest king Reenk Roink. Turning to OsiOsi, he spoke: "So it seems that the outward acts of usurping have failed. Yet in war, information is very important and the settlers do not know what walks among them. A servant of mine still remains; I am his eyes and he is my secret...
Seamus Fermanagh was not present however, as he was stumbling around the settlement, drunk, singing songs about sheep.
Challenge List:
Alive:
White_eyes:D
Shinseikhaan
Lord Winter
Psychonaut
boudica
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Sigurd
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Jolt
CountArach
Fallen in battle:
taka
Captain Blackadder
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
Day ends Wednesday, April 1 at 02:00 Eastern
:stupido: Day 8
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As the sun began to set again, the settlers gathered at the field to witness yet another fight and another execution.
A man named Sigurd had shocked the settlers by stating his concern that he may be used by the usurpers, and thus he gladly welcomed death. Many settlers obliged, though some later retracted their votes as they saw no malevolence in Sigurd, only insanity. Yet the tally still doomed Sigurd, but before his execution, there was to be a fight.
Two farmers, one with the whitest eyes and the biggest grin and another who called himself a lord and loved the winter, had decided to duel for some reason.
They walked to the field, both of them grasping hoes. The man with the whitest eyes attacked first, taking wild swings at his opponent. Of course, he didn't hit a damn thing and left himself exposed to the man who called himself a lord. The lover of winter thrust his hoe and missed the man with the whitest eyes the first time, though he caught him the second and sent him tumbling to the ground. However, he missed driving the hoe for the killing blow and the man with the whitest eyes threw dirt into his opponent's eyes, temporarily blinding him. He them charged the man who called himself a lord but ended up impaling himself on the hoe.
Rolling his eyes at the pathetic display of marital skill on both sides, the priest king Reenk Roink called for the damned, but as soon as Sigurd came before the priest king, he pulled out a knife and stabbed himself in the belly, uttering his last words: "You will never corrupt me Vode!"
Reenk Roink addressed his settlers: "Obviously we have not eliminated the last threat. Work harder! Do not give up after you have gotten so far!"
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Challenge Record:
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Vote Tally:
Sigurd - 5 (Sigurd, Tristan de Castelreng, Shinseikhaan)
Lord Winter - 1 (White_eyes:D)
White_eyes:D - 1 (Lord Winter)
abstain - 4 (Yoyoma1910, boudica, Seamus Fermanagh)
Challenge List:
Alive:
Shinseikhaan
Lord Winter
Psychonaut
boudica
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Jolt
CountArach
Sigurd
Fallen in battle:
taka
Captain Blackadder
White_eyes:D
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
:stupido:
The sun rose from her rest and revealed that no blood was spilled during the night, yet the settlers were unnerved that the portents spoke of a threat still amongst them. They began to discuss, save Tristan de Castelreng who wandered around aimlessly cursing the plebeians...
Challenge List:
Alive:
Shinseikhaan
Lord Winter
Psychonaut
boudica
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Tristan de Castelreng
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Jolt
CountArach
Sigurd
Fallen in battle:
taka
Captain Blackadder
White_eyes:D
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
Day ends Thursday, April 2 at 11:00 Eastern
:stupido: Day 9
Voting Record:Quote:
As the sky dimmed, the discussion which had started off so slowly had engaged into a heated debate by the end. Even the quietest man of them all Ichigo spoke up. The noble man known as Yoyoma was fingered the most, especially by some spirits of the dead, but as the tally was counted up, the support for abstaining was the strongest.
"A wise choice," remarked the priest king Reenk Roink. "Your fruitful discussions earlier had come to a standstill. Though it is not surprising, as although this last threat may be unable to harm us, he certainly is the most able to escape our harm."
"I will now decide what to do in this situation. As you know, I have many options, but I have decided to choose from among you eight settlers, one who will be executed. May the gods guide my random choice.
After a moment of deliberation, the priest king shouted: "Tristan de Castelreng! Come up here, for the gods have selected you today. Shall you be guilty, then the gods have certainly been most kind to us. Shall you be innocent, then may the gods look after you in the next life."
Tristan de Castelreng vomited in his mouth after hearing of his doom. He began to plead: "Please my lord Reenk Roink, I have always thought this system of having these settlers vote was a terrible idea. Especially the common rabble, may the world be free from there hideous sight, with their greasy and unruly hair, their dirt covered faces, their chewed off fingernails, their atrocious clothing, and their unbearable scent. I know, I'll change the tally!"
As Tristan de Castelreng walked up to the tablet with the tally, he suddenly stopped and cried out in pain: "Damn this hangover, oh I give up! Please priest king, I hear a sword to the neck is a most effective chaser."
Reenk Roink obliged and personally chopped out the head of the hungover oligarch. As he looked at the body of Tristan de Castelreng, a realization came over him that the man he had chosen was not the threat he sought.
He turned to the settlers and said with urgency: "Try harder and find the threat!"
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Challenge Record:
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Vote Tally:
Yoyoma1910 - 3 (Shinseikhaan, Lord Winter)
Lord Winter - 1 (Psychonaut)
Tristan de Castelreng - 1 (boudica)
abstain - 4 (Tristan de Castelreng, Yoyoma1910)
Challenge List:
Alive:
Shinseikhaan
Lord Winter
Psychonaut
boudica
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Jolt
CountArach
Sigurd
Tristan de Castelreng
Fallen in battle:
taka
Captain Blackadder
White_eyes:D
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
:stupido:
The sun rose once again and the settlers once again converged at the gathering hall. For a while, they were a bit worried as the Shinsei named Khaan was not present, but he was found inebriated, writhing in a pool of vomit and urine composing while dirty limericks. So the discussions began...
Challenge List:
Alive:
Shinseikhaan
Lord Winter
Psychonaut
boudica
Ichigo
Yoyoma1910
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Jolt
CountArach
Sigurd
Tristan de Castelreng
Fallen in battle:
taka
Captain Blackadder
White_eyes:D
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
Day ends Friday, April 3 at 22:00 Eastern
:stupido: Day 10
Voting Record:Quote:
As the day drew to an end, the same accusations were thrown at the priest Yoyoma. However, most of the living were reluctant to vote, so the initiative was taken by a drunken Shinsei named Khaan who fingered Yoyoma. Yoyoma saw nothing to do but to point a finger back.
Thus the vote tally was at an impasse, and when the priest king Reenk Roink was brought this news, he once again proceeded to decide what to do: "We do not have the time for petty bickering in this crucial moment. Therefore, the gods have inspired me to execute both Yoyoma and the Shinsei named Khaan."
With this, the order was given to have both of the doomed parties be tied together. A spear was then hurled at the two noble men impaling both of them.
Reenk Roink said after the dead bodies were dragged away: "It is clear that whatever this last threat is, it has blended in with us flawlessly. Do not be constrained by what you have done before. Pull out all the stops, and end this threat so that the settlement will go on!
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Challenge Record:
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Vote Tally:
Shinseikhaan - 2 (Yoyoma1910)
Yoyoma1910 - 2 (Shinseikhaan)
abstain - 1 (boudica)
Challenge List:
Alive:
Lord Winter
Psychonaut
boudica
Ichigo
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Jolt
CountArach
Sigurd
Tristan de Castelreng
Yoyoma1910
Shinseikhaan
Fallen in battle:
taka
Captain Blackadder
White_eyes:D
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
:stupido:
As the sun rose again, the settlers once again gathered to discuss. The manliest man with the manliest name Boudica required some help as he was very drunk, but the settlers had plenty of time as the priest king Reenk Roink arrived late to tell them to commence with the deliberations. He was comforting the widows of Yoyoma and the Shinsei Khaan.
Challenge List:
Alive:
Lord Winter
Psychonaut
boudica
Ichigo
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Jolt
CountArach
Sigurd
Tristan de Castelreng
Yoyoma1910
Shinseikhaan
Fallen in battle:
taka
Captain Blackadder
White_eyes:D
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
Day ends Monday, April 6 at 15:00 Eastern
:stupido: Day 11
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As the sky dimmed, the priest king Reenk Roink examined the tally and saw an impasse between three settlers. Once again, the decision was to fall to him. Offering a short prayer to all the immortal gods, he begged for their inspiration to lead to a prudent judgment.
When the inspiration came, it strongly advocated the executions of all three settlers with votes. The priest king was extremely hesitant and worried at this cogent recommendation. It was an all or nothing move. The last threat(s) would have to be among the three damned or else the usurpers would have succeeded, and his own life would be at serious risk.
The priest king eventually put his faith in the will of the gods and called for the settlers one by one to be crucified.
The doomed settlers went quietly and solemnly, and this unnerved the priest king immensely. He retreated into his quarters, barred the doors, and began praying incessantly, hoping that it was over yet having a strong feeling that he was over...
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Challenge Record:
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Vote Tally:
Ichigo - 1 (Lord Winter)
boudica - 1 (Ichigo)
Lord Winter- 1 (boudica)
abstain- 1 (Psychonaut)
Challenge List:
Alive:
Psychonaut
Seamus Fermanagh
Executed:
777Ares777
Askthepizzaguy
Andres
TinCow
Jolt
CountArach
Sigurd
Tristan de Castelreng
Yoyoma1910
Shinseikhaan
Ichigo
boudica
Lord Winter
Fallen in battle:
taka
Captain Blackadder
White_eyes:D
Killed:
TheFlax
pevergreen
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sasaki Kojiro
Beefy187
shlin28
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
LittleGrizzly
Note: Game is over - final write up coming :bow:
:stupido:
usurper victory! (very close and an upset)Quote:
In the depths of the night a man slowly limped across the swampy trails surrounded by partially constructed structures of the settlement. He stopped suddenly in a marshy clearing and simply stood there for a few moments waiting for the dark mist to materialize. But the avatar of Vode never came. Peculiar, thought the man, the settlement had been nearly wiped out. Most of the settlers were dead along with their women, slaves, and animals. The Bronze Companions were now but two or three. All the buildings were falling into ruin. There was no food grown and no clothes sewn. Yet apparently Vode still did not wish to strike, or that is what the man thought.
Perhaps the last remaining settler had to be killed. Yes, that was it. Walking to the house of the last settler, the limping man swiftly stabbed the unaware settler with a broken bottle. How fitting a death.
Yet Vode still did not appear. Did the Infiltrator of Vode, who lasted so long when all of his more... direct and noticeable... companions, had fallen have to slay the priest king himself? Vode was certainly a demanding god to serve.
The limping man wondered how he would do it. The priest king was one of the greatest warriors who walked the land while Vode had never given his Infiltrator any physical prowess. At this moment the limping man realized the great gift that Vode had given him. Vode had clouded the eyes of all others in respect to him. The god of wars had shielded himself from any scrying, even that of the sky god himself! The limping man cursed himself for being ungrateful of this great boon the god of foreign peoples had bestowed on him and resolved to use his gifts to slay Reenk Roink. The strike of the priest king was not terrifying if it could not hit its mark.
So the agent of Vode limped into the temple complex and stood outside the quarters of the priest king. It was barred shut, but the agent remained undeterred. He began to loosen an already loose stone block and finally made an entry. Stepping inside he found the priest king with his back turned, kneeling and weeping in prayers. How pathetic. The Infiltrator of Vode pulled out the poisoned dagger of one of his dead compatriots and rose his arm, ready to strike.
"There will be no need for that my servant..."
The agent of Vode stumbled back in disbelief as the priest king Reenk Roink uttered these words. The priest king then began to disintegrate into a fine black mist, and the agent immediately fell prostrate on the floor as he recognized who it was.
"My Lord Vode! I have carried out your task with the powers you bestowed upon me!"
Vode replied: "Yes my servant, you are indeed the best of them all."
The Infiltrator of Vode questioned: "But... if you are Reenk Roink... then why...? Our mission..."
Vode coolly responded: "My servant, you know of my plot to overthrow OsiOsi by causing much bloodshed. Yet that is easy for me, and I would not need such an elaborate plan involving my servants. Rather, this entire usurping business was to test my own agents, to see who would be most worthy to claim the title of Vode's Chosen One."
"The result is quite clear. The most important attribute in war is not sheer power like Ares held, nor is it sorcery and dark magic like Jolt wielded, nor is it the art of stealth that Andres mastered. It is gathering information on your enemies and concealing information from them. That is your domain. You. Seamus Fermanagh. The Chosen of Vode!"
Seamus Fermanagh felt a great deal of satisfaction that moment. He would began his ascent to the top in this world, while his patron would begin his ascent to the top of the pantheon.
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settler victory! (seriously :laugh4:)Quote:
The priest king Reenk Roink woke up in the middle of the night sweating. It was just a horrible dream. Washing his face, he went to his window and stared out at the now desolate settlement. A feeling of great sadness came over him.
Shuffling his feet towards the altar, he began to hold a night vigil, asking the gods to reveal whether the threat was finished. Expecting the same negative answer he had received for the past eleven nights, the priest king was astonished when he received the good tidings from OsiOsi that the last servant of Vode was slain in the mass crucifixion. It was the manliest man with the manliest name Boudica!
The priest king ran out of his temple complex in euphoria and woke up the shepherd Seamus Fermanagh and the cook and generous brewer and psycho named Naut to give them the news. Though it was just them, and a few women and slaves remaining, now the settlement could move on. New settlers would undoubtedly come and prosper under the priest king Reenk Roink...
purple: good men (normal settler)
olive: men (normal settler)
green: divine (pisuf...)
cyan: loyalist (pro town roles)
lime: idiosyncratic (self motivated story that falls in line with town goals – “pro town lite”)
dark orange: nefarious (self motivated story that is in opposition to town goals though non usurper)
red: usurper (mafia)
GeneralHankerchief - Bureaucrat
Sasaki Kojiro - The Blessing of Kefy [Water Carrier]
taka - Iffo the Fallen/Risen [Merchant]
White_eyes:D - Farmer
seireikhaan - Poet
Lord Winter - Farmer
Captain Blackadder - Priest
Gaius Scribonius Curio - Scribe
Beefy187 - Tax Collector [Bureaucrat]
TheFlax - Scribe
Psychonaut - The Generous Brewer [Cook]
CountArach - Pisuf [Potter]
FactionHeir - The Last Thief of Carn [Farmer]
Andres - Vode's Dagger [Merchant]
boudica - Vode's Eyes [Farmer]
Jolt - Vode's Wand [Priest]
TinCow - The Psyensil [Sweeper]
Ichigo - Laborer
Yoyoma1910 - The Eye of OsiOsi [Priest]
Tristan de Castelrang - The Oligarch [Bureaucrat]
pevergreen - The Village Idiot [Farmer]
Sigurd - Merchant
shlin28 - Soldier
777Ares777 - Vode's Sword [Laborer]
Askthepizzaguy - Shepherd
LittleGrizzly - The Watcher [Beggar]
Seamus Fermanagh - Shepherd