The Settlement: Information and Summary thread

**Reenk Roink** · 04-01-2009, 16:49

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

**Reenk Roink** · 04-03-2009, 06:39

Day 9

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!"

Voting Record:

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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

**Reenk Roink** · 04-03-2009, 06:40

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

**Reenk Roink** · 04-06-2009, 16:18

Day 10

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!

Voting Record:

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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

**Reenk Roink** · 04-06-2009, 16:19

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

**Reenk Roink** · 04-06-2009, 20:15

Day 11

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...

Voting Record:

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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

**Reenk Roink** · 04-07-2009, 00:23

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.

usurper victory! (very close and an upset)

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