The Divine Blood of Heroes (FFH DI4)

Spoiler OOC commentary for gods :
Well done Dagda. Those are some very nice changes. I now feel far too conservative with what I did... I'm thinking I probably should have moved Yggdrasil in between the elves, since it fits flavor-wise. I would also like to make a few other changes with the terrain and forests in general.


Spoiler OOC request :

Would it be possible to intervene a second time? I know the rules say no, but after looking at the wonderful changes Dagda made I feel my intervention was severely lacking, especially since Cernunnos is an early-game god.
 
Spoiler OOC Response to Request :
Onionsoilder said:
Spoiler OOC request :

Would it be possible to intervene a second time? I know the rules say no, but after looking at the wonderful changes Dagda made I feel my intervention was severely lacking, especially since Cernunnos is an early-game god.
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I would have no porblem with this, escpessialy with the fact that Onion is Cernunnos.
 
Wake, Mortal.

Gerran's eyes flickered open and closed, then open again. His room was lit with a soft glow, soothing and calming. blinking blearily, he looked around for the source of the light, as, judging from his fatigue, it could not be sunlight. and, Anyway, the light was much less harsh than the sun.

Standing in front of the window stood an angel. She was tall and beautiful, as all angels are, at least to mortal standards, and wore a long silvery robe, bound at her waist with a cord. Hanging from it were a ring of keys, and a small knife. In one arm, she held a large book, which seemed to be infinity itself.

The Grigori are destined for great things. soon, you will learn, and surpass, the knowledge of the old ages.

"How?"

Relearn the art of writing. from there, all will become clear. The angel turned towards the window and unfurled her wings.

"Wait... who are you?" Gerran asked, as she leapt into the air.

I am Embarr... Imagination... remember...

Spoiler for mortals :

Learn to write.



Spoiler for Gods :

Added some Citadels of Oghma around the map. please don't mess with them.
 

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Spoiler OOC, for all :
Onionsoilder said:
Would it be possible to intervene a second time? I know the rules say no, but after looking at the wonderful changes Dagda made I feel my intervention was severely lacking, especially since Cernunnos is an early-game god.
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Fine with me, but be subtle.
Spoiler for gods! :
And be careful with adding new barbarian units. Before I removed "orcish" promotion from fauns, the Clan's worldspell had caused CTD on turn 6/7.
Word about the dwarves: - I will try to build a story behind these 2 civs: let’s assume the dwarves (both nations) are the refugees from ancient Kingdom, devastated by orcs and a mighty dragon. That’s why I’m adding 2 barbarian cities. Retaking Gal’Dur on behalf of Khazad might be a quest from Arturus (depending on relations) in future. Considering the strength of barbarian’s defense, it may succeed more-less in bronze age, so approximately the time when Mines of Gal’Dur are normally built. Will Grigori give back the city to Khazad? Might be interesting if Luchuirp will raise their claims for the city too! When Kilmorph joins in to the game, she will takeover.
 
Diamondeye said:
OOC: nice to see you again, VW! Remember the third DG?
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OOC: How could I not remember!? Are you up for DG IV? We are starting it up now.



Wandering
Same time as Chapter 0.2

Arawn stared at the mortal realm from his observatory chamber. A light smoke swirled about on the ground. The God of Death stared closer at something that caught his eye on Erebus. It was a small settlement of the Grigori. Grigori. The word came to him and made his divine eyes quint closer at the settlement. He recalled that an Archangel, Cassiel, had favored the Grigori, but that wasn't what had caused him to squint closer.

Although no truly organized priesthood had ever worshiped him, the God remembered a group of Grigori who had strayed from their agnostic Cassiel and had chosen Arawn as their God. They built a tower to the south, however, their deity payed no attention to those who worshipped him in life.

The God of Death looked to the tower and noticed that a darkness began to fall upon the land. The tower lit up. Surprised, Arawn had no idea that they still worshipped him. So he decided to descend upon the mortal world of Erebus and find out exactly what they were doing.

Assuming the form of an old man, darned in a long black cloak, he appeared before the tower. It was atop a hill, so the God of Death was forced to hike up. It was a nice change from just appearing everywhere, the God thought to himself as he reached the door. He knocked, and the door swung open with a man dressed identically to Arawn inside.

"Brother, welcome." The priest replied, bowing as the God entered. He then led Arawn up a spiral staircase to the top, passing the chambers of the priests along them way. They were small stone rooms with a cot, and alter and a single window with no door. In one of the rooms, Arwan noticed a priest and priestess avidly making love. The god stopped and watched for a moment as he recalled the time when he ruled both Spheres of life and Death.

"Everyone one here are the descendants of those who built this tower. It is very much applauded when a priest and priestess reproduce in hopes of continuing our great legacy." The priest that was guiding him said, so the two continued to the top.

The top of the tower was dominated by a single circular room. There, some of the priests and priestesses that had not gone off to bed prayed to the God of Death. They all stopped when he entered the room and came to meet the newcomer. After the formal greetings, they asked him if he would like to be fully initiated into the priesthood. Arawn refused.

"But why Brother?" One priestess asked inquisitively. So Arawn transformed into the form of a Wraith, all of the priests and priestesses bowed.

"I am Arawn, your deity." The God of Death said monotonously, examining the group. "I have been impresssssed and apologize for not showing you heed before. I did not realize that there were still those who follow me. Who is your leader?" As the God finished, a single priestess stood, darned in a black cloak and hood like the others. She took off her hood and bowed before him.

"My name is Rose, my lord." She had a divine figure, unlike the ghastly looking people who worshiped him. Her hair was black, but had red streaks on one side. Arawn place his hand atop her head and close his eyes as he saw her destiny. After a few moments , he removed the hand and she looked up at him.

"I say farewell, I may return at a later time. But for now..." The God suddenly disappeared in an explosion of dark smoke, leaving his followers to believe that they were Arawn's chosen. But the God of Death had his own agenda.

Spoiler For All, especially Gods :
The God of Death gives a warning to all who dare destory the Tower of Arawn, a great punishment will be given if it is removed from the fields of Erebus.
 
For the attention of Gods - Urgent

Spoiler - Not for mortal eyes

Spoiler :
Every worldbuilder built unit seems to be coming out with the orc race promotion. Just checked the newest save (Gods of War need to be up to date) and all of the new Oghma Units seem to be orcs. Don't know how this is happening but everyone should bear this in mind when adding barbian units. (both for flavouring and for the Clan's worldspell)
 
Spoiler NOT for human's eyes :
Ravus_Sol said:
Every worldbuilder built unit seems to be coming out with the orc race promotion. Just checked the newest save (Gods of War need to be up to date) and all of the new Oghma Units seem to be orcs. Don't know how this is happening but everyone should bear this in mind when adding barbian units. (both for flavouring and for the Clan's worldspell)
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Ravus Sol is right. As I mentioned before, fauns with "orcish" promotion had been causing CtD as soon as Clan utilized "For the Horde". It took place at turn 6/7. Be careful with new units added.
 
Spoiler OOC Comments :
I like the chaos that Camulos brought about you could probably say it effected how the Grigori then dealt with the faun.
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And here I thought I was being subtle. ;) Well, more precisely it effected Gerran - probably more than he wants to admit. Gerran did not tell anyone that Camulos visited him (would you tell people a god threatened you?). He just told the woodcutter to find and sacrifice a boar to the God of War.

Of course now i really want to edit some workers when they are built to have the names of the Butcher and others mentioned in these things.
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I am probably going to do that with all of or some of the units. If a god wants to take over a unit (as in, start writing stories for them, making them a disciple, or upgrading them) feel free to.

I may not have time to write all the sub-chapters I wanted to before I collect the save and play it. I just want to let you gods know that I am not ignoring you. Sometimes I don't have time, sometimes I don't have an idea, and sometimes I need to wait until I play the save before I can write the story (as is the case with the imp, nice idea DE. :lol: ). Otherwise I may be writing a future that doesn't happen.

Just to give you all an idea, I will be taking the save in about 20-24 hours. Please make sure all the changes are up! Thanks.
 
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Spoiler :

Verdian said:
[...] more precisely it effected Gerran - probably more than he wants to admit. [...] He just told the woodcutter to find and sacrifice a boar to the God of War. [...] I am probably going to do that with all of or some of the units. [...]
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Hey a god of war and chaos will take what he can get. As the God of chaos he's the man without a plan. expect most of the interventions to be based around reactions to in game events or the written narrative.

Speaking of the named units though. I was going to do a last second intervention - If I edited in a unit for the woodcutter (Boar hunter) and/or the bear hunter mob would you use them? Just thought i'd ask to see if you wanted to deal with these things in game or just through the written narrative.
 
Vandal Warlord said:
OOC: How could I not remember!? Are you up for DG IV? We are starting it up now.
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OOC: Maybe? Thrown me a link and I'll take a look. But I don't think I have as much time as DG III.

Also OOC, @Verdian: We have a problem with the current save as I understand it, causing CtD's when the horde casts their worldspell. You should wait for someone to fix this. @GODS: anyone who has access to worldbuilder right now; fix the errors mentioned in the above spoilers so we can get the game moving, please?
 
Spoiler Further changes not meant for mortal eyes :

Okay. I booted up the save and ran around the map looking for the Citadels of Oghma, removing the Orc promotion from the units there. Ran to turn 15, clan cast For The Horde. No crash. Archeron was built on turn 4 in Ered, however. I reloaded twice, and he was built all three times in the same city, very early. Not sure if that is what whoever built Ered intended.

Personally, I made a few other changes for flavor and story. I moved Yggdrasil and her guardian over from orc lands, in between the two elven nations. It just seemed to fit much better there. I also added some deer to the forests. Between the Grigori and the Svartalfar I placed the Farland Moors, a place I intend to use later.

Off to the east I added an island called the Wildlands. I plan on using this for a very late-game quest; please don't make any changes! Moreover, if you see something happening there that shouldn't (such as AI settling it) feel free to stop them.
 
Spoiler not for mortals! :
Onionsoilder said:
Archeron was built on turn 4 in Ered, however. I reloaded twice, and he was built all three times in the same city, very early. Not sure if that is what whoever built Ered intended.
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Intended. Dragon sitting in the middle of what was formerly known as Dwarven Kingdom, and is now a bunch of ruins. I would like to keep it as it is, unless you have objections.
 
That night a Gerran slept he had strange dreams. Dreams of the godswar, dreams of the ice, but most of all, dreams of the final final battle between mulcrum and krilon[sp?]. Gerarn suddenly awoke.Maby these dreams ment something? He a heard of a small tribe to the north that worship mulcrum, he made a mental note to send some scouts to the area.

OOC for player:
Spoiler :
Find the illians :)
 
Mammon, God of Greed

In his City, watching over all that is His, Mammon stirs. Mulcarn's wastes warm. More souls, more wealth, more opportunities are being made with each passing hour. The God of Greed, entralled with His temple, casts a covetous gaze upon Creation, and as his nature desires what is his.

Though no longer gifted with prophesy, He is no stranger to foresight. Indeed, in some ways He is even more cunning than when He Knew what would Be.

Mammon does not intend to share, but that does not mean he can not collaborate, or deceive, or even be honest and dependable. All are tools for gathering as much as is possible under one hand. His.

Mammon is cautious in his interventions, rarely acting directly, but they may well have immense consequences even so. Even the most monstrous desires starts small, too small to notice.

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A trader enters your camp, meaningfully inspecting the guards and talking to your greatest men as he does. Though stingy in his purchases and lodging, he makes a request of the government:

"I am a merchant of skins," he says, "skins and furs of the most dangerous kind, animal or otherwise. But I am afraid I am a weak man now. I have have had words with one of your soldiers: would you send them out and bring me five sets of hides? Just the hides, mind you. I have no need for the rest of the parts. I've already taught your men what needs to be done, and I hear there are some injured wolves in these parts."

"When you do, I'll pay you richly for each skin as you bring it in, of course. And a further reward when you have completed my task."


Spoiler :

Quest: Kill five enemy unit. Extra reward if all five killed by unit(s) with bounty hunter.

Spoiler For the Gods :
Bounty Hunter added to the strongest non-recon unit he has, the warrior in his capital, and four wolves with Hold added in the general area. With 4 wolves and Bear, that's five units he could take on immediately.

Mammon's deceit in this event is multifold, each emphasizing a pursuit of immediate profit.

First, the wolves and animals provide obvious targets for elimination, though it might cause conflict with the Fawns. The delimma is an immediate killing with reprecussions, or wait for something/someone else.

Second, killing the held animals, rather than capturing them. Captured animals can provide long term gain in happiness/culture buildings, but killing them now is for immediate monetary gain.

Third, the suggestion is to use his warrior to use the bounty hunter for the greater financial gain. If he uses that initial warrior, he is leaving his city undefended and risking it all for cash.

Regardless of whether he uses bounty hunter, he will gain some (5) gold for each animal killed/captured and turned over, another 25 at the end of the quest, and future action choices.


Mammon's goal is corruption and imbalance. I will help the rich nations be richer, and the poor poorer, and then goad them to feed upon eachother until all money is consolidated.



Spoiler OOC for all :
For the immediate time, Thomas will be posting my interventions for me. So my intervention will appear when he posts it.
 
Spoiler OOC :
Speaking of the named units though. I was going to do a last second intervention - If I edited in a unit for the woodcutter (Boar hunter) and/or the bear hunter mob would you use them? Just thought i'd ask to see if you wanted to deal with these things in game or just through the written narrative.
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I have vague plans for them, depending on how the game goes. But as far as I'm concerned, anything the gods want to do with units supersedes anything I have planned. You are gods, go crazy!

Also, just a quick reminder to some of the recent posts, I don't have a city yet, and my group left Midgar to come here (by rented boat, thanks Lanun!). As far as they know, this continent is empty except for them, a fawn, a bard, an imp, and some wild pigs.

Mammon: I had two questions for you about your quest. 1) Did you tell me this back in Midgar before we left, or did you think my city was called Midgar? 2) Does this guy collect human scalps? :eek: Or do you mean for me to kill animals with a unit that has bounty hunter?

Two good gods and four evil! It is a slippery slope!
 
Spoiler all :
Verdian said:
Spoiler OOC :

I have vague plans for them, depending on how the game goes. But as far as I'm concerned, anything the gods want to do with units supersedes anything I have planned. You are gods, go crazy!

Also, just a quick reminder to some of the recent posts, I don't have a city yet, and my group left Midgar to come here (by rented boat, thanks Lanun!). As far as they know, this continent is empty except for them, a fawn, a bard, an imp, and some wild pigs.

Mammon: I had two questions for you about your quest. 1) Did you tell me this back in Midgar before we left, or did you think my city was called Midgar?
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Spoiler OOC :
Apologies: I thought you had settled a city since 0.0. I'm unfamiliar with this in general, and I can't upload the file at the moment in order to make changes. Thomas.b will be doing that for me shortly, he said.

I'll edit the post accordingly. It's your settlement.


2) Does this guy collect human scalps? :eek: Or do you mean for me to kill animals with a unit that has bounty hunter?
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I edited it (a few times) for clarity.

You'll notice soon enough, once thomas does the editing: your warrior is going to be promoted with bounty hunter. My gift to you.

You task is to bring me 5 skins. Defeating them with a bounty hunter will bring different results than without bounty hunter. If you bring in a captured unit and give it to me, that is valid as well. Everything else is a reflection of the player.



Two good gods and four evil! It is a slippery slope!
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Hey, selfish isn't necessarily evil...


 
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