Volcano's Land - Mercury Morn

Game Master Miner Cotren

yep, i'm still good, fun times

I feel bad for dipping out but life gets in the way. So long as everyone is ok with it I am happy to stick around as I think things are leveling out and the only other game I am in, which im running, is slow going right not. But 2 games are a comfy number for me.

So if no one minds i can keep playing but if not I completely understand.

Kallik, you are more than welcome to stay, of course! :)

Ibinu, any thoughts on how you would like to make your exit? (this based on your last post, that you shall be taking your leave of the game soon)

Oh, Abnaki, important point about the secret you whispered to the crow earlier this morning (and a lifetime ago):

Ibinu, any thoughts on how you would like to make your exit? (this based on your last post, that you shall be taking your leave of the game soon)

I will have to think on that. I’d sorta like to leave him as an NPC working in the temple and on the council to strengthen the town. He has built a nice life there, it would be nice to let him enjoy a bit of it. And has worked to grow his flock of Cauldron Lady worshippers too.

Yes, absolutely, I like that idea. Ibinu will remain on the council as an NPC, naturally.

And I take it, I'm still mad? Other people may need to sing my praises for a little bit while I'm incapacitated...

For now, a bit mad, yes.

In other news -- busy weekend, will post on Monday.

Samen, I will reply to your Communes later today.

All: For now, the idea is to wake up from what small sleep you managed to get, have some breakfast around a courtyard campfire, and we'll see what Hearth looks like this morning.

I'm in the middle of moving (with my wife and 2 kiddos), and even though we don't have a ton of stuff, it just makes everything a bit more difficult when half your life is in bxoes :)

I think I'm going to take the week off from posting. Never fear, we shall continue! The end of the fight and the beginning of a new page / chapter is a good chance to unwind and take a short break.

I will plan on an update on Sunday 5/15.

In the meantime feel free to plan, etc in Discussion!

Checking in, everything all good GM? Looking forward to the return of the game!

No worries, looking to make a post today :)

Gosh moving is exhausting :0 I'm looking forward to getting back into it as well!

Moving is a brutal life change event.

We uprooted and moved a state over two months ago. And are also doing major renovations on the new house while living in it. So... I feel you.

Moved last year and its always hectic. The pause worked since the upstairs bathroom flooded and the ceiling in the downstairs bathroom fell down.

Thankfully ours has been less hectic than that :)

Overall, I'm sleeping on a bed tonight rather than a sleeping bag on the floor, so I'm calling it a win. Expect a post tomorrow morning!

My free time is slowly returning...

"Samen, in case this goes poorly, would you make sure that these letters make it to the people they are addressed to? I am sorry to put this burden on you, but I trust that you will be able to get it done."

It's a good thing he's been diligent about writing letters to his loved ones before doing stupid things, might be invaluable later...

Whats the source of the voices? And can Kallik understand the one coming from the axe? The axe can speak telepathically with her but she cant speak either language

Samen can speak both languages. They're both Fey related, but I forget the distinction between them.

The source of the 'first' voice is your axe - it sounds exactly like Krz, your brother, who has been with you for months.

The source of the second voice is somewhere in Abnaki's vicinity. It sounds slightly off to your ear, but that could simply be your bias toward the first voice.

And VERY roughly speaking, Creak is "Seelie" court, and Rasp is "Unseelie" court. The equivalent would probably be the Gray's court and the Witch's court.

It's been fun and I think Ibinu's current task is a nice way to cut out. Catch you all later!

GM, when you get a chance, could you 'uncheck' Ibinu from the character section so the game clears off my active campaign section? Thanks!

Sad to see you go but its always fun to play with you. Best of luck Ibinu

Will do Ibinu!

Sorry a slow week - we finished our last big push on moving, and we needed to get a new (used) car this week, since our old one died. :)

Thanks again for the patience, all -- we finally "locked the door" for the final time and gave over the keys to the old apartment. Feels good.

We shall learn more of the agony of Obdurate this week....

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Abnaki, for now the will save penalty and mind fog recede.

(the memories of Gethis, however, are long gone)

Also, here is a link for the last time (Gabe, Samen, and Abnaki) met Captain Dove.

link!

Kallik, I know you have met Dove several times as well, but I'm honestly not going to look in the old, old campaign for it :)

Suffice to say he is a high-ranking member of the Watch -- these days, he is head of the Temple Watch, the personal guards of the Temple. There was a whole trial and vote we did on it, back in the day. He is a cunning sylph and a member of the Council of Hearth as well.

Hi all! Here are my rough ideas going forward:

--The trouble at the southern border of Forest is likely our next location

--That also gets us closer to Light, which could arguably be the "final boss battle" (all of which is months down the line at the very least)

----->So in the meantime, I'm having fun expositing with Dove as long as you guys have questions for him. Next, we should figure out where we are going and how.

Reasonable? You can also discuss "in character" this week if you'd like.

Kallik and Sequoya,

everything ok? I've only seen about two posts in the last two weeks. Krz is ready to talk, or you can see how the Stems are doing in the aftermath of Moon, etc.

I know real life happens, just let me know how you are doing :)

sorry. house repairs.

No worries :) Thanks for the update.

Had quite a few doctors' appointments for my wife and furniture delivery/arrangement/return/debaucles. will get caught up

Appreciate the update!

So as we are saying our goodbyes to Hearth over the next few weeks of posting:

--Abnaki and Osna are drinking and reminiscing

--Samen has Abbygailiwy, and likely other errands too

--Kallik and Seqouya - any particular plans at the Tree, or with Krz, etc?

--Gabe - are you going to try and find the white-scarred one again? Or something completely different?

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Let me know if that sounds accurate - I'm happy to take a breather and do some RPing and town stuff now that the big battle is done.

Kallik is going to want to figure out why there are 2 Krz's, where the Fey went, what that dream meant. Things are different than from when she left for the moon so she, and me, are still catching up and trying to figure out what all is going on

1) The dream is pretty straight forward -- Obdurate (the elemental being that "belongs" to one of Samen's cousins) is in trouble to the north, at the very southern border of Forest (the Runts)

2) You can investigate the Fey disapperance while you are at the Tree,

3) Which I think will help explain Krz too (but we shall see)

Gabriel isnt actually, things present like the southern border. Gabriel is content believing the white scarred ones arent a threat presently

ok!

Gabriel, give me a stealth check and a perception check as you go listening for rumors of the troubles in the borders of Forest.

cat got out again. Ill try catching up tonight or tomorrow after work

thanks for the update - appreciated as always.

I'll post soon, btw. Unfortunately im an asthmatic that just came down with a case of bronchitis. While for normies this would be okay in few days, for those with the inhalers it tends to drain us. Im feeling a bit better so no worries. I'll post sometime tomorrow

Thanks for the update, and certainly sorry to hear it - trouble breathing absolutely sucks.

This is/was the last week of school for me, so I'm just cleaning up my classroom etc for the year, so it's been a slow week for me.

Kallik and Sequoya, how are you? I eventually want to connect you two with Abnaki, since you are both in the vicinity of the Elder.

Im sorry. I had something wrtten up and I guess I never hit the buttom. Then my laptop died.. So you get what i could remember.

I appreciate the extra effort :) I know losing posts really sucks.

Abnaki, did you return that magic hat to Kylen?

and yes, Inspire Competence and some fey-mulled wine in the hallowed hollow halls of the Elder sounds wonderful, Abnaki. Narrate as you please to set it up. :)

Gabriel, before you leave town you get a brief message from Captain Dove, congratulating you on the delivery of the riddles, etc. His intelligence network is obviously quite extensive.

He also gives you a ring of feather falling, and some wordplay concerning 'leaping off metaphorical cliffs before looking' in the future.

Oh certainly not :) Out of character, I paid market price for that hat, t keep loot balanced, and in character Abnaki can certainly be justified for forgetting, given the last 24 hours.