More lore: Entry: Kabibon decides to join the cult but changes it a little bit, so it fits with the wendigo dominance idea. Now our agents spread the cult all over Nemain with the hope to conjure Encirh and strengthen him enough, so he can finally finish all the heretics of other realms. Our masters start forging a weapon from pure darkness, so when Encirh comes, we'd arm him for battle against the Affront to Nemain. All the Affront should be enslaved or converted! Our cultists sing songs and honour Encirh using all the possible ways. The most important choral is "The becoming of Encirh".
Lienne focused her vision across the plane searching through the darkness. The swarms of Nemian had been reinvigorated by the unforeseen arrival of this god of bones and dust. But so was the spirits of the Children of Neress, the killing of gods was etched into their history and blood. They were born to kill those that would claim divine dominion over others. The arrival did not scare them or falter their wills, it only fueled the zealous fire.
The call to allegiance had paid of, three nations had answered them. The Quatha Federation, Schwarmi Nodule, and The Empire of the Rising Sun all agreed that the bone god must fall.
(Lore Card)
There was on thing that prevented immediate action against this god, he lacked a physical form only living inside the minds that he had corrupted. So after much council and planning a course of action was decided upon. Scouts and drones would be sent out to attempt to find more of the mysterious Dark Hearts that scattered the land. Both the Children and Nodule had found and destroyed one and maybe if another could be studied the purpose of these conduits could be discovered.
But that was not all, what way could they kill a god that had no form? Simple, purge it's followers from the plane. The Children would join their new allies doubling the war efforts against those who stand with this god. Starting with the Wendigo.
Lienne's vision cleared on a vast forest brimming with the stench of evil. Already a vast swath of fighting conclaves were on the way to this forest, prepared to leave nothing in their wake.
"Sarai, I need to know if you've made the necessary arrangements for the new directive."
"Yes, Tenar, I have," the knight-commander replied irritably. "You know as well as I do that the network is doing its best to locate these Heart-things the Nodule and the Children talked about. And before you ask," she continued, seeing the monk open her mouth again, "yes, I am in open contact with the leaders of the other factions working against this...so-called god or whatever it is. I just hope they keep in open contact with me."
"Is that a grumble I hear?" Tenar asked.
Sarai sighed. "Founders know. Everything's gotten so out-of-hand recently..."
I don’t have time right now to write up the story for the section, so I’ll summarise it:
We have decided to combat the god, but not immediately
We are going to challenge the god to Seshess (5D chess) after realising the nature spirits were not the real opponents
This is actually a distraction - while the stakes of the game are to be us leaving the plane forever or the god leaving the plane, there is no way we beat a god, and we shall not go though with the stakes when we lose
Kanamaru will try to stall the game as long as possible while our mages work to find a way to deal with / banish the god
While we can’t appear outwardly in alliance with the Council until we have formulated a solution, we shall send an arcane message to the Children (@IzItTru) explaining our plans
Here is the card representing our gambit against the Black God:
I'm dead mentally rn. Can't write on the level I want but basically the communications between the foes of the Bony God went well enough and now we're taking hearts to the City to be studied while launching missiles all over the Wendigo's Woods.
Kavrith was tired. For weeks, him and his team of elite Autumnal rangers had been using the unique energy signature of the Hearts to try and find more of them. Jael had decided that defeating this "dark nature god" would be easier when the objects that seemed to power its lackeys were out of the picture. And there was nobody better for the job than Kavrith.
My entry: We chose to remain neutral(still friendly to the Wendigo) through hiding from eyes, but not from reality. Now our cities are protected by these barriers, which let them fly and be undetected by anyone. Kamagiwik introduced a mandate, known as The Mandate of Hidden Heaven. Thus we declare our neutrality and independence from the new god, but we show our respect to him, recognizing as a real god, not a demon. lore:
Whenever one of our citadels flies over an enemy base, we send a missle rain on the heads of our foes.
Thank you for reporting this error! Hiro Clone #466, formerly in charge of bookkeeping, has been vaporized. Let's hope his replacement is a little more able to let go!
The Rising Sun has committed more resources to wiping out the Wendigo: troops and weapons, and has summoned angels from a newfound, hidden plane to aid the effort. These angels are born of the stars, and are not fully humanoid, possessed of strange powers.
The recognition you gave was a grave mistake. You thought you could dice with the Bone god. Instead, the god will now dice with your bones. Your barriers are impressive, indeed. Nothing, then, before its power. The most powerful and carefully crafted magyk you can muster is not enough to stop its relentless assault on the people's souls. Souls who have let it in.
After a long stay, we can all safely say you shall be missed, but it is time to carefully put the ancient weapons away in glass display-cases, ship them with interplanetary UPS and HEAD HOME!
Ambition is the most powerful weapon in your arsenal, yet you must be careful not to let it melt into arrogance. While your plan appeared foolproof, when measuring it all up, your people had not enough power to shield your intentions from a god. Worse, you tried to outplay the Bone God at its own game... God's don't like that very much.
So as the deity begins to rise from his chair and earthquakes ensue in his wake, you must escape with your empire before it erodes into dust. 'Twas a very noble showing from a veteran, yet you are for now outplayed. Roll up the scrolls of honour, recite the proper protocol, put out the oriflammes and HEAD HOME!
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Kabibon decides to join the cult but changes it a little bit, so it fits with the wendigo dominance idea. Now our agents spread the cult all over Nemain with the hope to conjure Encirh and strengthen him enough, so he can finally finish all the heretics of other realms. Our masters start forging a weapon from pure darkness, so when Encirh comes, we'd arm him for battle against the Affront to Nemain. All the Affront should be enslaved or converted! Our cultists sing songs and honour Encirh using all the possible ways. The most important choral is "The becoming of Encirh".
48 HOURS!
The call to allegiance had paid of, three nations had answered them. The Quatha Federation, Schwarmi Nodule, and The Empire of the Rising Sun all agreed that the bone god must fall.
(Lore Card)
There was on thing that prevented immediate action against this god, he lacked a physical form only living inside the minds that he had corrupted. So after much council and planning a course of action was decided upon. Scouts and drones would be sent out to attempt to find more of the mysterious Dark Hearts that scattered the land. Both the Children and Nodule had found and destroyed one and maybe if another could be studied the purpose of these conduits could be discovered.
But that was not all, what way could they kill a god that had no form? Simple, purge it's followers from the plane. The Children would join their new allies doubling the war efforts against those who stand with this god. Starting with the Wendigo.
Lienne's vision cleared on a vast forest brimming with the stench of evil. Already a vast swath of fighting conclaves were on the way to this forest, prepared to leave nothing in their wake.
(My Entry)
"Sarai, I need to know if you've made the necessary arrangements for the new directive."
"Yes, Tenar, I have," the knight-commander replied irritably. "You know as well as I do that the network is doing its best to locate these Heart-things the Nodule and the Children talked about. And before you ask," she continued, seeing the monk open her mouth again, "yes, I am in open contact with the leaders of the other factions working against this...so-called god or whatever it is. I just hope they keep in open contact with me."
"Is that a grumble I hear?" Tenar asked.
Sarai sighed. "Founders know. Everything's gotten so out-of-hand recently..."
Tenar nodded. "We'll manage, Sarai."
24 HOURS!
Aight.
This to smack the Wendigo
So.... yeah more hearts.
I'm dead mentally rn. Can't write on the level I want but basically the communications between the foes of the Bony God went well enough and now we're taking hearts to the City to be studied while launching missiles all over the Wendigo's Woods.
The Red-Leaf was the highest position in the Autumn Ranger Corps, and Kavrith had earned it. He probably had more successful missions under his belt than a large chunk of the Corps combined. He was a master strategist, always able to come up with a plan to defeat his designated opponent. Although he can take care of many enemies on his own, he doesn't hesitate to send entire squads against targets he deems particularly dangerous. These targeted assaults are nearly impossible for a normal enemy to survive. He's also phenomenal at scouting, able to perfectly blend into the leaves using his specially-made coat.
As such, he didn't expect finding these massive dark hearts to be so damn difficult. Him and his most trusted Orange-Leaves (The next rank down from Red-Leaf) searched day and night, but these things were better-hidden than one would think. Material from the first heart seemed to react to the other hearts, but all that did was point them in the general direction. The material never seemed to react more strongly in specific areas, but just kept pulling them deeper into the forests.
Throughout their journey, the rangers fought off many of Nemain's forces. They came in short bursts, easy enough to deal with, but in this war all territory was enemy territory. Kavrith always felt like they were being watched.
However, soon enough, their tireless searching payed off. The change in the material's tugging was almost imperceptible, but Kavrith picked up on it immediately. The material led the group to a large clearing. As Kavrith stepped into the clearing, he was instantly awestruck at the sheer magnitude of the heart. It was even larger than the one they had found previously. It also had a bit of a brighter atmosphere to it, although the reactivity of the material from the first heart confirmed that it was one of Nemain's power sources. They had finally found another one.
The energy from this Heart was different than the previous one. It was almost like it was begging to be drawn out, used. However, it still had the distinct feel of darkness despite its glowing interior. Almost as though the energy, while plentiful, was cursed...
Regardless, this seemed to be a huge power source for Nemain, so hopefully removing it will slow them down some. And if our Springan scientists can figure out how to extract this energy, it may give us the firepower we need to at least fight back somewhat against the god's forces.
We chose to remain neutral(still friendly to the Wendigo) through hiding from eyes, but not from reality. Now our cities are protected by these barriers, which let them fly and be undetected by anyone. Kamagiwik introduced a mandate, known as The Mandate of Hidden Heaven. Thus we declare our neutrality and independence from the new god, but we show our respect to him, recognizing as a real god, not a demon.
lore:
Whenever one of our citadels flies over an enemy base, we send a missle rain on the heads of our foes.
Shall we say... 48 HOURS MORE?
Side note: Really liking what we're seeing so far!
Thank you for reporting this error! Hiro Clone #466, formerly in charge of bookkeeping, has been vaporized. Let's hope his replacement is a little more able to let go!
Ah.... can I have access to this cloning machine?
*Australian flag waves in background*
This is Meritocracy!
(This is why i'm a micronationalist)
The retired clone's mistake was adding previously eliminated contestants to that list - who have since been (with a heart filled with sorrow) removed.
(challenge card)
(lore card)
The recognition you gave was a grave mistake. You thought you could dice with the Bone god. Instead, the god will now dice with your bones. Your barriers are impressive, indeed. Nothing, then, before its power. The most powerful and carefully crafted magyk you can muster is not enough to stop its relentless assault on the people's souls. Souls who have let it in.
After a long stay, we can all safely say you shall be missed, but it is time to carefully put the ancient weapons away in glass display-cases, ship them with interplanetary UPS and HEAD HOME!
@AxNoodle
Ambition is the most powerful weapon in your arsenal, yet you must be careful not to let it melt into arrogance. While your plan appeared foolproof, when measuring it all up, your people had not enough power to shield your intentions from a god. Worse, you tried to outplay the Bone God at its own game... God's don't like that very much.
So as the deity begins to rise from his chair and earthquakes ensue in his wake, you must escape with your empire before it erodes into dust. 'Twas a very noble showing from a veteran, yet you are for now outplayed. Roll up the scrolls of honour, recite the proper protocol, put out the oriflammes and HEAD HOME!