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[b]The Great Artisan, Divine Mason, Builder of Civilisations
Level 2 God of Crafting (Masonry)[/b]
7.5 Might & 1 Free Point[/center]

Several interesting things had happened during Teknall's walk. He had spotted Toun going about creating these towering giants of porcelain, moulded as a potter with his clay. Teknall viewed these peaceful guardians as a skilled piece of handiwork.

Then Astarte gave Teknall a vial of liquid magic which glowed brilliantly as though it were composed of pure light, and was asked to decompose and analyse it. As one of the principle authors of the Universe, he knew that it wouldn't be actual liquid light- even if you could make light take a static form, it would be invisible unless it was constantly evaporating, which would give it a very limited lifespan. While he could give it a go, he was no scientist, and he didn't even have a workshop yet in which he could perform the decomposition, if he could find a way to do so. He would need to go to Vulamera for help, once he got around to it.

Then came Vestec, who decided, as normal, to try and destroy everything. This time by dropping a moon on Galbar. Lex was blasted towards Galbar, but was intercepted by Perfectus. Lex shattered and exploded, forming a ring system around Galbar, but Perfectus received all the momentum from Lex and hurtled towards Galbar even faster. Teknall lamented that he had no strength to spare to protect this prized planet, but at just the right moment a great portal opened up, a hole in reality exposing the Universe to the Gap outside. He could sense that this was the work of Vowzra, who hadn't done much he could see up until now but was evidently quite powerful. Before whatever eldritch abominations from the Gap could climb out into the Universe, Perfectus slipped through the rift, and the rift sealed behind it, swallowing the moon without a trace.

Then came a calm. After an untold period of time, Teknall felt strong again. In fact, stronger than he had before. Once more he was ready to reach out his hand and craft the world to his liking.

His wanderings took him through Deepwood once more. He saw the life, and saw that it was wonderfully complex and detailed, and that everything fitted very well with each other. The machine which is life operated on many levels, from the whole biosphere to individual ecosystems to groups of creatures to individuals to organs to cells, and such recursive detail and interconnectedness awed Teknall. Indeed, Slough had taken up his challenge.

Then Teknall inspected the trees. As the craftsman he was, he realised that the wood of the trees would make an excellent and versatile material. It was easier to manipulate and lighter than stone or metal, was still fairly strong, and could handle a reasonable amount of compression and bending. It was also far easier to obtain than metal or stone and is renewable. As well as a building or crafting material, it could also be used as fuel.

But it would not do for the future civilisations to have to come to the Deepwood, this sacred place, and chop down all these trees. And the trees which would work best for building would be [url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Picea_abies.jpg/220px-Picea_abies.jpg]tall[/url], [url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Pinus_densiflora_Kumgangsan.jpg/220px-Pinus_densiflora_Kumgangsan.jpg]straight[/url] [url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Tasmania_logging_08_Mighty_tree.jpg]trees[/url], although maybe not quite as titanic as some of the trees in Deepwood. For other crafts, fibrous parts such as the bark would be considered, or even [url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/FraNigBark.jpeg/800px-FraNigBark.jpeg]softer, spongier wood[/url]. Additionally, faster-growing trees would be most convenient and sustainable. So Teknall took saplings of trees with the most favourable qualities, and manipulated them to both accentuate those qualities and adapt them to life in a wide variety of habitats.

When he had finished his modifications, Teknall multiplied the saplings and by the sweat of his brow carried them across Galbar, along with fertile soil to hold them and insects to pollinate them. Across the savannah, beside the Fractal Sea, up the Ironheart Ranges, even along the icy tundras to the north and south. To every barren corner of the planet Teknall seeded the trees, except for the desolate and inhospitable Shattered Plains. Over time great forests would cover Galbar, enriching its atmosphere and encouraging life to spread. And then when civilisations arose, they would have ready access to vast amounts of lumber.

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-Teknall observes Toun's White Giants and considers them good.
-Teknall will study Astarte's 'Liquid Light' later, probably with the help of Vulamera.
-Teknall witnesses the incident with the moons.
-Teknall levels up to Level 3 (-4 Might) (+1 Might per Turn)
-Teknall creates numerous varieties of trees, using Slough's trees as a base, all with qualities which make them valuable to civilisation, and spreads them across Galbar, seeding the barren corners of the planet with life. (-2 Might)

- 1.5 Might and 1 Free Point remaining.
-Generating 8.5 Might per Turn
-Turn at which Teknall can build his next Holy Site: 6
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