Kingmaker: Stolen Lands of the Shining

Game Master BloodWolven

"I am not used to this, I have never had this ability before. Something to do with the prison. Now everyone let your guards down and let your sacrifices be well used!" With that said she begins to glow and drains all those who offered. As before.

Once she is done she says, "I thank you all for saving me and sacrificing that I may be reborn. I will do all I can to help you and restore what I was forced to take from you."

Cleonora felt her strength drain away, luckily it wasn't too much for her. "That was unpleasant." She stated as she fixed herself up. "Yes well, that or death." Cleonora said. "Right now, this prison, can it be reused? Or perhaps repurposed? Or is it too dangerous?"

"I believe it will not be usable in the near future. It might be prudent to keep a guard on it." She offers and then adds, "Saren, I am so sorry about the strain on your body. Let us go see father. Thank you all for giving of yourselves. I will do what I can to mend you in the near future and offer you blessings back. Come let us be off."

"I will remain, when you get back to town have them send out half a dozen guards." He offers.

As you can likely tell the timeline has been changed. Cleo actually looks to be on good terms with what had to have happened. The academy is safe... but other rumors might start circulating... What different rumors might the maid make now Cleo?

The meeting that Cleo throws the next day has a different tone to it entirely... What do you say should we re do it too? Or Cleo can just give us the bullet points.

As Elizabeth keeps her mind she does her best to let actions happen without interfering.

Journe is empowered, and yet he needs an anchor. Sulvanii likely asks the Wardens if anyone is willing to bond with him... and it looks like Saren is the one who steps up.

Jorne wants a place to call his own and help out somewhere and sees if the academy could use him somewhere.

Please let me know if you want input on where some of these would go or what would happen differently. Strangely enough time tries its best to make it flow in similar fashion as the time before.

Lots of posts. Quince helped too. Both sacrifice for Liz and healing Cleo.

At the Star Fall

Quince walked forward like the others and offered himself a part of the sacrifice. When Katrina moved to help heal Cleo Quince said prayers of healing as well.

Quince smiled and looked at Elizabeth, "Welcome to Elkheart. I am Quince Medvyed High Warden of the Greenwatch. I am sure your father would want to see you. I would be happy to take you to him." Quince makes sure that any of those who might be hurt or unsteady are looked after and makes his way with Elizabeth to see her father.

As the timeline comes back to the present.

Please work with me and have a bit of patience as we work through, the ramifications of the wish...

They days seem to pass with a form of levity. The meeting the following day was much different then the first time. Since Sota was still gone in this timeline, Cleonora took the place of speaking up for the magical properties and possible dangers of the prison. However she did say that it would need further study but she didn't dare bring it onto the academy grounds nor would it do well within the city. If one would lend her a horse she'd visit it and study it far from the city. She also said that as she knew she'd be beyond the help of others she'd take full responsibility for anything that happened to her. There where also questions about what the tether did, and if it would ever go away. As such she ends up spending more time with Elizabeth, Bearkin, and Saren to some extent.

Jorne is still welcomed into the Academy as Cleonora's head of security, as it was still a position she had not filled and agreed that it could give him a sense of belonging like the academy had done for her.

Kev was listening to the conversation and not particularly interested in repeating "Star Fall" but obviously had no choice.

Since he does not remember this or there has not been enough time resets to remember this event, he offers himself as well as a sacrifice.

Although not too keen on having himself weekend, he feels it was a good thing to do.

Kev helps Katrina patch Cleo up as well with a prayer.

The 4th of the 15 month of rule, he wakes up from his exertions from the night before and takes a shower. It is very cold water as most of the water evaporates before getting to him. He uses the towel to clean and then another to dry. He was about to whip up breakfast when he remembered. He sent a message to Quince asking, "Where are we meeting for breakfast? Feel free to bring others." Be it his office or the banquet hall he meets Quince there for breakfast.

Usually office but hall if he wants others there.

"Good morning Sulvanii. How are you doing today."

"I am doing well. Getting ready to have breakfast with the baron, and you?"He responds cordially.

"This morning seems almost too quiet, no complaints, only the pre reading of the rules. Unless you are aware of something I am not? He simply states and then inquires.

"Sounds good." Quince sat down and listened to some of the proposals and read through some of the items. "You and Bearik have been busy. I appreciate the work I am seeing. You to knew each other before you began to work for our nation, right? Did you know him during the times that led to his family's trouble?"

"Nope, never had the pleasure before. Then again his stories of old, match up with most Efretii. I really am more Lawful Neutral but have Evil tendencies. I am a glutton. Were they or anyone else going to join us this morning?" He points out and asks.

I left it open ended.

"I don't know. I mentioned to a few people."

"Well you are honest. Would recommend some who hope to be seen as good should desire a evil councilor?" Quince asked playfully. "Though last time you offered an assessment of your conscience it was evil. Are we rubbing off on you."

He looks at you confused, "Your words don't add up or something, try that again."

He chuckles, "Would you?" He points to Sulvanii, Recommend to someone," he points to himself, "who would consider himself good that he should want an evil councilor." He chuckles.

Sorry I think the first time I thought more words than I typed.

Kev comes down into the banquet hall with the usual smile and chipper self, "Good morning gentlemen! What a fine morning it is?! Any coffee on the stove? And before I sit down, am I disrupting anything?"

He looks to both of them for both physical and verbal queues.

"Never. Join us."

"Oh. Oh! I see now... that is true!" He chuckles as well.

He looks neutral as normal and looks up at Kevros as he approaches, pointing out in response, "Good morning. Yes there is coffee, just ask a servant to bring it." Then after Quince says that Kevros is not disrupting, he says, "We don't have much to discuss actually. I was going to start going over chapter nine in The Orders of Greenwatch. Focusing on the Historians, Wishes, and such."

"Remember this is the proposed actions, historians are individuals with magical potential that are willing to join the Order of the Scroll. Thus they will be inbuned with a geas or something similar to make them utterly loyal to the kingdom and the council. Then a spell to instill the living document into their mind so that they can recall anything at a whim for their Warden. They also would be 'writing' the actions of their Warden for accurate historical record. We want to be as transparent for anyone willing to look up the information."

"Wishes, will be granted to the Wardens by the Councilor Sulvanii. They will be granted a total of six wishes each month and one of the wishes will be for the direct betterment of the kingdom. In the case of Sulvanii a volunteer will make his wishes for him as he cannot grant his own wishes. This volunteer will be picked out from the Wardens at random. "

"I remember. We will have to be more interesting in our downttime Kevros. . . its going to be recorded for posterity."

"This wish for the kingdom sounds significant. What do you think we need the most?"

Quince listens to any answer regarding the kingdom.

He looks between Kevros and Sulvanii, "So I mentioned this to Kevros previously but I have not had an opportunity to discuss with you Sulvanii. Its probably no secret that I have been spending some time with Elizabeth, Bearik's daughter. I have never had an interest with political marriage for the Barony. It would tie us with obligation and create the impression with whatever ally that our succession would be birthright rather than meritorious appointment from those who are on the Warden High Council. However it is not lost on my that I do not have a consort. Nor is it lost on me that Bearik and his family have a great deal of power within our Kingdom both as Grand Diplomat and Saren as General. Bearik has been a valuable ally. And while he admitted to at one point thought ill of us has seen to it to work to aid us significantly." He thinks a moment, "After things with Angeus ended as they did I wanted to proceed more intentionally this time if I had met someone. I wanted to to here from council."

"From the recent problem with squatters we could probably use some more houses. Though asking for materials is a safer wish. Even safer to say, from our undeveloped lands bring us what this wish can bring in stone, or wood, or livestock, and such. We could even possible use the summon spell to permanently bring more live stock. Just a thought. Though I don't know what we need most." He responds to Quince's question.

"So what you are saying, more so than asking, that you would like to make your relationship official? I have met with Elizabeth and she seems to be a great gal. She seems to want to turn from her ways and do better. Does that answer what you are not asking?" He words with a bit of intrigue.

Quince smiles, "Well I know that. I was asking more a question about the kingdom than the girl."

He chuckles a bit and then says, "And what question would that be Quince? You know I can't remember everything... yet."

"Fair enough."

Quince thinks a moment, "Kevros here has been wanting more of our city to be more in touch with nature. I read about a city among the elves. The elves left and were gone for centuries and Gnomes moved in. The Gnomes made homes in the trees. The elves returned, they figured the Gnomes weren't trespassing because the homes were in the trees. Omesta I think is the name. Can we do something like that for the squatters."

"We could wish that trees grow and age a hundred years in the places we put Silver maple leaves or something like that." He offers then counters with, "Instead it might be better to start a new district with the trees in place, just in case. The trees could grow and topple and we wouldn't want that to an established building."

"Of course."

The morning breakfast with the Baron is mostly normal business. The day passes by almost too normally. Then night descends upon the land and most retire for the day. The Wardens might find something on their doors before they retire.

He stands next to the stables in his true giant form with a bag and bow on his back, a guisarme in one hand with the blunt end of the polearm on the ground, and a black metal gauntlet on his left hand.

This muscular giant has crimson skin, smoldering eyes, and small black horns. Smoke rises in curls from its flesh. His chest is bare as he wears a loose chain armored kilt. A falchion rests in a scabbard on his belt.

She is likely the last one to get to the stables on her hell hound Ash.

As each of you approach the stables you see the efreeti first but beside him is Elizabeth. She walks up to you with a nice smile with a wand in her hand. "Before you go, I have a wand of restoration to fix your drain."

Speaking with Katrina she pleasantly says, "No, sadly I won't. I am still forming. But I wanted to make sure your foray into the tower you weren't at a disadvantage."

He walks in with his shield equipped on his left arm as his blades are mostly on his right side. He waves to those gathered at the stables going over to Krazok to greet him first.

He arrived early and has been grooming his Axebeak. His giant axe resting nearby and bloody.

As Jorne approaches he and his move to greet him. The axebeak nuzzles him with its head gently. Krazok waits and gives Jorne a big hug covering the man with his bulk.

Cleonora came walking up, this time dressed for an actual time outside of the city gates. She had learned from the last outting then had. "So... What are we doing?" Cleonora asked with a raised eyebrow, and crossed arms. "And... I'm going to need a ride by the look of it. Volunteers?"

She walks into the stables with her two guards and two acolytes. She smiles at the group and dismisses her attendants for the night. "I will be well protected tonight. I will also be spending the night in the castle." She walks up to Liz and nods, "Thank you, will you be joining us tonight?"

"Cleo you can ride with me, or at least you can ride Sunshine. I will summon Akter." She says before she pulls out a horn and blows on it. Within rounds an ethereal stag runs through the gates and then becomes fully physical. The majestic elk has a massive rack of antlers. It walks up and Katrina walks up to it she curtsies and it bows its front legs a bit and its head slightly. She then rubs its neck fondly.

"Krazok this is your show. You have been to the tower before." He offers.

He walks up with Jorne beside him, "Now what I know is from the previous tower from my lands. It was filled with all sorts of magical prisoners and secret passages. We will need to do our best to stay together. If I remember correctly there was a fallen angel, several demons, and cursed mortals. There were abberations set in place as guards. So far a lot of your lands and my old lands have been very similar but it could be completely different. You have lizardfolk but no dragonkin. My whole tribe never seemed to come this far North or were killed off by something." He relays.

Quince emerges from the stables talking in strange sounds and motions with a chestnut colored horse. He approaches the collection. He speaks something to the horse who walks without guidance toward the other horses.

Quince greets those gathered. "So a quick jaunt? What do we have planned?" He looks around curious.

"Krazok it is good to see you again. What tower are you speaking of?"

"That would be useful, seeing as we're going back out." Cleonora told Elizabeth with a thankful nodd.

"Thank you Katrina." Cleonora said with a slight smile, taking the reins of the horse.

"That was going to be my question as well." Cleonora said. "I take it the magical properties are why I was asked to come?"

So many responses that Quince should have for Cleo. . .lost to the wish. LOL.

Quince thanks Elizabeth "Thank you. This will help." His face brightens with the interaction.

Kev already mounted, armed, and a little dusty, rides up on the group, smiles first at Katrina then looks to all of you, "Where you all going? "

"We were invited on a jaunt. Something about a tower."

"And about things within it." Cleonora spoke up. "Mainly a jaunt and tower though." She added with a shrug.

Kev nods, "Ok, I will come with you. I will take rear guard." Kev moves aside for everyone to pass by before taking up the back since he can cover both front and back with his bow.

"I'll just stick to the middle if that is alright, I'm no scout after all. And my armor is nice, but not as strong as others." Cleonora commented.

Finally a question sprang to Cleonora's mind as she looked to Sulvanii. "So, you're coming with us hmm?" She asked with a slightly raised eyebrow. "Seeing a Efreeti in all their glory on a battle field?"