Kangutso

Civilization III: A New World

Mol'nan Tribe - Turn 6(1)

So it was, that man and elf met ogre.

So it was that battle broke out.

And so it was was peace was made and trade established. And for many decades little else but trade was their interaction with ogres. These decades were many, near becoming centuries, but nothing lasts forever.

In the wake of a war between this empire of man and elf, The Empire of Gilden, against one calling himself the dark lord, fear spread along the empire's borders. Fear towards anything not human or elf. This fear gave way to actions that bread hate and revulsion. Soon many ogre kin went missing, though in our blindness and ignorance we did not know the cause and did not suspect the empire. It wasn't until some seasons later that they were found, but...

We were given the choice, either lose our captured kin's lives and fight to the end, or leave our lands... our homes. Upon learning that they were ready and willing to end our way of life, we chose the only path we could.

Survival.

And so it was that we were lead and loaded aboard great, wide, wooden vessels on which we all fell into a deep slumber...

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It was dark and stormy as they woke, the only light coming from what little sunshine made it through the storm clouds. The ogres were shaken to consciousness when the enchantment of the boats wore off just as they beached. Once the grogginess of such a deep sleep went away, they looked around to find many of their number were not here. There were many boats that they were loaded onto, and it seemed that a lot of them had gone missing.

Once all were ashore, the decision was soon made to head further inland, dragging what boats they could behind them. It wasn't until they reached the base of some mountains and found a spot next to a small river that they stopped. Thankfully the storms had stopped.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

Reoth

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Deep in thought on how to use magic, or how to find out if he even could use it, Reoth hardly paid any more attention to the others as they went about their own business. Someone may have said something to him, but he didn't hear them. And so he lay there, watching Ash's attempts while his mind worked. Then just as the rock Ash was focused on started to move, he fell asleep.

Having no idea how much time may have passed, Roeth's eyes slowly opened to find that the others had left. Looking around quickly, he noticed the goblin and... dragon? It seemed he had awoken mid-conversation. It was only due to the voice of the reptile that he recognized her as Ash. Finding himself to be in a sort of awkward situation, Reoth stood and shook himself awake before looking to Ash and speaking, "Uhm... What happened to you?" He couldn't quite think of what to say other that that, or asking who the goblin was.

Bloodlines of Steel and Snow (An Overlord RP)

@BurningDaisies

I'm okay with the first come first serve rule, I'll let one of the other two, or both, take up the space.

I'll just be lurking in the thread like a creep in case a spot opens up.

Bloodlines of Steel and Snow (An Overlord RP)

I've been watching this for a bit and was hoping you still have room for another.

Gaia Frontier (5e)

I’ll just take Shem’et for a magical ride.

@Lucius Cypher

Duuuuude...

Gaia Frontier (5e)

Fair enough.

Though, I can't recall whether or not there was a roll that can be made to wake up. Effected characters may be forces to have a short rest, as it were, or sleep for an hour or so. I can maybe go check.

Gaia Frontier (5e)

I think Jarynth can wake them up, if he wants to

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

Reoth

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While Reoth was paying attention to the others talking after he had applied his skill points, his question still wasn't really answered. They spoke of uses for magic, and spells they already knew, and ideas on how to cast said spells. But they still hadn't spoken on how to use magic in the first place, or even how he might be able to tell if he could. Ash seemed to become focused on a rock, likely intending to use one of the other's examples to move it with her magic.

"Uhm... That still doesn't answer my question. How do you use magic in the first place? Or how do you know if you even can?" After speaking up again, Reoth settled down. If only his lizard face could show actual expressions. All he could do now was think about if he could use magic and how he could find out if he had the ability to.

Gaia Frontier (5e)

Sihlas Arche

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That was nice, someone who didn't assume he could already do things he couldn't. "A discovery in the mines? That is odd, and intriguing." Then Dormic spoke of the tree, an area around it radiating strong magics, and Sihlas guessed that the source was the tree from the sound of it. He leaned in slightly as the man extended his hand and spoke the word 'flame' in a soft tone. Immediately after he spoke his fist was engulfed in a small ball of fire, slightly bigger than his hand, yet it clearly wasn't causing him any harm. Despite it being fire, it only glowed with enough light to to lightly illuminate their area.

Sihlas paused a moment as he stared at the flame, then recalled a spell he had read of before, "Hmm, 'produce flame' is the name I read about that spell. It was in one of my study books about druidic, or druidic-like, magic. It would make sense for it to be druidic magic considering where you learned it." The young scholar couldn't hide the twinkle in his eye, the part of him eager to learn magic starting to show, "I will have to visit that place myself to see what I can learn, maybe will someone else for more security. But first I think I'll see about that mine discovery, its closer and is a bit more of an immediately concern for the town, which means it is very unlikely I'll be alone."

Standing from his seat once finished with his water, Sihlas held out a hand to shake with Dormic and then Ntaj, "It was good to meet you two, its always nice and reassuring to have my first experience in a settlement be meeting friendly individuals like yourselves." He shook his head with a sigh at some of the other... less than friendly receptions he'd had before in other places, "I guess I will speak to the mayor about what's in the mines, and maybe see about a place to sleep tonight, whether indoors or out. Do you know where I can find the man? Or woman? I'd assume at the mayor's house."

Rolls

Arcana Check on Dormic's spell-17

Gaia Frontier (5e)

Sihlas Arche

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"Ah, that would have been a useful thing to have. I don't have much coin left on me and I doubt there are those willing to share a room." Sihlas nodded at the suggestion to continue talking at the inn, "Yes, that sounds great." As Dormic led him towards the inn, Sihlas was able to look around at the buildings of the town, a majority of which were made of thatch, wood, and quarried stone. What the inside and floors of the buildings were like, he couldn't tell. The rest were made of wood and logs, some with thatch roofs others with planked roofs.

Soon enough, though, they approached their destination. The Drunken Dragon sign was what made it stand out as the inn, aside from that it was a rather large and well built wooden building, complete with a stone foundation. It reminded him of when he was helping his family build the same type of structure, that was before he was found by that old wizard. Granted, he wasn't that old at the time.

They passed by a passed out patron and as they did Sihlas glanced down and thought of whether or not the patron couldn't handle their drink, or just had too much to drink. They were soon seated at a table and handed water to drink, "After all, life can't even sustain itself without clean water. Well... most life." He would take a drink before returning his attention to Dormic.

"Actually, yes. I came here with the intent to study and learn magic, that includes exploring and researching any special sites in or around the frontier. And yes, I know, its weird that I'm a wizard's apprentice at my age and don't yet have a spell under my belt." He felt it best to get that last part out of the way, as whenever that fact came up he was given odd looks by those that expected him to know some spells already.