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Winter again: Saliss wakes up from her dream and vision. She listens to the sounds around her. That's weird, this doesn't sound like the great lodge of Nystan She smells the air, dusty and old, this place reminded her of something. The smell of history, reverance and herbs ran into her nose. I have been her before, when I was young, my father... he had died... we came here to... She bursts into tears when rembering that time. She knew she was inside the Ancestor's Lodge, her father's remains were put here as well, he was one of the great hunters before Nystan's rise to chieftain, and as such he was honoured here. How did I get here? I don't remember walking here with someone.
"The Ergalians have passed my first tests Saliss. For this I reward you with the place of rare medicinal herbs. Take them, grow them, you will surely need them in later years." As quickly as the snake coiled up in the bog again, so too did the vision end. Saliss later found her way back to the chieftain's lodge, along the arm of one of the mothers in the village. There she told Nystan the story of her dream and the sort of map she had drawn while she was meditating.
Spring:
Nystan confers with Saliss on how to approach this situation. Nystan's first thought is to isolate all the hunters that are infected and give them treatment for this sickness.
Saliss disagreed, her premonitions and visions showed her the Swamp God had planned this as a test of the Ergalian people. Though it was not clear on what kind of test this was, health, skill or wisdom? Saliss didn't know. Nystan followed his gut feeling on this, isolating the hunters from each other by large cage like structures. Asking each of the hunters where they hunted and what they came into contact with. The ones that were still approachable and clear of mind told Nystan where they were went . Nystan gathers a small group of healers and herbalists, asking for a few of them to accompany him into the area to search for the source and hopefully a cure or remedy for it. Telling the other healers and herbalists to provide care and nourishment for the sickened hunters. Summer:
Nystan heard of the dire news very quickly, the swamp had risen far above its normal limits and some of the most outern huts and buildings were having problems with flooded homes and interiors.
"These houses should be higher or more elevated for when the time comes when an event like this happens again. We will all help the ones that were struck this time, next time it could be us." His speech made some of the tribesfolk grunt, others nodded agreeingly or vouched to help those in need.
Nystan and other hunters noticed the movement of the drakes from their normal territories, at night some even cam very close to the village. In the coming days and weeks the drakes moved even closer, attacking unaware villagers during the day. Nystan and Saliss both agreed on installing guard watches and an alarm call for a drake attack. Nystan himself stands watch during the twilight hours at dawn and dusk, hoping to at least bring one of the beasts down as a warning to the others, hanging it's skeleton over the Ancestor's Lodge as a tribute to the Ancestors and the Swamp God. Fall:
The unexpected bounty is cause for joy amongst the tribe, they believe it is finally their reward for their perseverance throughout the year. Though festivities are held for some nights of the week, the remaining 'leisure time' of some is spend elsewehere. Nystan asks the tanners to make a script for the healers and herbalists to write some runic marks on it, detailing their findings on the strange sickness. Also asking the hunters to make some pictures detailing the animals of the surrounding area. Winter:
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When spring arrives, Nystan is slightly over a month the Ergalian Chief, again. His morning rituals, like some other villagers, consists of visiting the Szartha Loguss to talk to the ancestors about his plans for the day or for his reign.
His prayers and wishes to the ancestors or his people were usually not answered directly, this time however when he wished for wisdom during his reign, one of the urns fell from the shelves. Broken on the ground, a sudden gust of wind gathered the ashes and blew it outside. Nystan followed the dust cloud towards a small hut, on the outskirts of the village.
The girl, Saliss, was just 17 years of age, born blind, but with prophetic powers. Nystan offered her a stay in his large lodge as his advisor, she agreed almost immediately.
In the summertime, Saliss spoke to Nystan about his wish of wisdom for his people. "To acquire wisdom Nystan, we must find a way to contain and preserve it throughout our generations. Look to the swamp and forest for anything that can hold our scriptures for a long time."
Nystan spent the rest of the summer hunting with a party for new poison for their arrows and spears, hunting the Giant Frogs of the swamp. It required a hunting party as ever, a Giant Frog alone is a dangerous prey for a lone hunter, being eaten whole is not something you want to do. All the while Nystan was also looking for different things to apply their runic scripture on. He collected reeds, tree bark, animal skins to use as a message board for their scriptures.
At the end of summer and autumn, many lizardmen stayed at home, this was the time that the drakes would come and hunt for the winter. Often enough this has meant that one or two careless villagers were lost as they travelled outside or a drake came through the village. Only once did they fight and repel an adult drake from the village, that was in the second year of Nystan's reign as chief. Sadly he lost his best friend Merinn to a tail swipe of the beast, he got crushed as he slammed into the stone pillar in the centre of the village.
Ready and no questions as well.
If the Shuma'i want Writing first and the Ergalians Medicine first, there should be no problem I think. Medicine has my first choice, Writing second, so I'll let Shuma'i decide what she wants first.
Seasonal would be fine by me, as long as some major events can be RP-ed if it is appropriate.
I'm all set to go, but could you answer my earlier question about Medicine advancement?
I agree with just the description until we discover map-making, though I'm fairly certain many of us will advance to that pretty soon, one way or another.
Okay So rocket-propelled turtles are out of the question, how about wyvern riders or attack frogs? For example Giant Frogs that grab opponents and try to swallow them whole. Also if I get Medicine as an advancement, do I also get the ability to extract poisons and healing salves/liquids out of plants?
wow a lot of posts overnight. I'd think the Ergalians would have Written Language or Medicine first, being I envision them later printing books and such to preserve knowledge and old stories.
Animal Husbandry would come later (Wyvern Riders :), Alligator Beastmasters) and even later Agriculture, they don't have the room to build large fields, living in swampy and jungle/forest like terrain, they need to cut that down or fill up the swamp first.
Can we debate over our advancements? How many do we get besides the basics? Is it okay for me to have Basic fletching, Herbalism and Runic Script
Netherlands GMT+1, for me goes the same thing as Azuran, I check it way too often. Some days I might be late with posting, but I will check it when I get home.
My tribe would also use some sort of Draconic, but would sound very different from the Azurans. More with a hiss and S and Z syllables in it, slow and clear during normal conversations.
Agreed on that. I'm also posting as a general Chief than a race or a specific chief, also expecting that he does not have eternal life.
I immediately thought after "The Land of Many Names" of 'The Land Before Time'. But you are right it has a nice ring to it. The Rising Lands?
Who knows what will happen if we discover Space Flight? Earth/Ground in each of our own languages sounds good, however I agree with the Azurans that a dragon and/or god or dragon god would know the original and intent name of the planet. In the Ergalian tribe the name would likely be Ta-Tal @Shrodingerscat Thank you for the invite, happy to be here |