{"id":1278,"date":"2021-06-16T14:41:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T21:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2021-06-16T14:41:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T21:41:02","slug":"strive-is-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/?p=1278","title":{"rendered":"Strive is fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nezatl-Token.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nezatl-Token.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a>Okay you can exercise that authority but you need to also decide what to exercise it on. I&#8217;ll go get your honey calm down.<\/p>\n<p>Also with the whole current thing going on with the war with Haleh angle, its worth noting that Citlanal is still pretty much required for dealing with the Howling Horror, although we don&#8217;t know what part two of that requirement is. In case you wanted her to do anything with that&#8230;or you know&#8230;not do anything with that for a little while longer.<\/p>\n<p>Kaya is apparently now some sort of party leader in the Asvald and has her own squid. Squad? What kind of a word is that? Whatever, she has her own squid.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hariwana-Token.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hariwana-Token.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a>So the problem with alerting the Thorin to the threat of the approaching Asvald is that they cannot outmaneuver the Asvald. Something something warbeasts. The Thorin wound up caught in the open on their path towards the northeast though they were too far away for the Hedin to help in the invasion so the odds were evened out a little further. It was a certain defeat for the Thorin but not as catastrophic as it might have been otherwise, with the Thorin alliance being split apart by the nature of the Asvald strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The Volsung clan were pushed eastward in their escape while one of the other allied clans went west. Losvir himself was&#8230;technically captured. They have apparently had him tied down and just had everyone attempt to execute him one after another and after six days they gave up, having not scratched him at all. He might actually be immortal. Our report from Kaya says they&#8217;re taking him to the Vargr village to bury him in the ground where he&#8217;ll never get out even if he can&#8217;t die in there. Losvir claims this will be the third attempt to imprison him forever and doesn&#8217;t seem bothered by the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Also Wehilani can&#8217;t fly an extended distance like that while carrying another person, a particularly feisty kobold perhaps but she is pretty sure she&#8217;ll die of exhaustion, cold, and hunger attempting to carry Alihana the entire way south to Ragniva.<\/p>\n<p>Lukia is on the way north though its a long voyage to avoid the path of the Asvald while doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Tehanau made a note that the Hedin clan has started moving south towards the Vargr village instead of returning home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/uyitzan-Token.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/uyitzan-Token.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a>I suppose sometimes we forget that Cosz is not only one of the oldest monsters we have but as we saw on the plains, can be prone to&#8230;violent overreactions when angered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Koamalu doesn&#8217;t really seem all that adversely affected by his encounter with Cosz actually. He just laughed and said that she has his vote for becoming the next chief protector should Hakenu&#8217;e ever lose the title.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/morbuddy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/>It does appear if there was anything left of the wyvern that the elements have claimed it. That or Haleh did something specific with them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Neither Esin nor Wehilani can really fly Hakenu&#8217;e the distance required to get anywhere meaningful and if they were to try and team up on the effort their wings are liable to hit each other and just bring them all to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Lokala&#8217;i has traveled to the Hedin village to duel all the people once more. Notably, it is mostly devoid of people. It seems they all left to go to war with the Thorin.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Coszacatl matter, any actual judgement is the responsibility of the Nezatl. Though you are free to argue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Xacalli-Token.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Xacalli-Token.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a>The problem with killing someone <em>like <\/em>the King is that no one has ever succeeded as far as I&#8217;m aware of. So&#8230; no idea how hard it is or if its even possible. Though if Alihana can hurt the Keeper it stands to reason that its possible, just that a significant effort will need to be undertaken. I suspect Icno, Haleh, and Ragniva would know more about it as they have dedicated their lives to doing such a thing, the same could be said of Xiomac. Unfortunately, no one has come close to successful and I don&#8217;t know what all the siblings are capable of or how they work. My interactions with the King were mostly related to my mark and my mission. I never really thought to ask him about his family life.<\/p>\n<p>Also stop napping outside of my tent.<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;-If we still haven't managed to find the trail of Haleh's campsites from the Chanai village to the Vargr, then I doubt we will. Begin moving towards Cintantl to assist in dealing with the Howling Horror. Last time we looked into it, it seemed to have some control over disease. And either way, they could use help from experts. Keep an eye out for the camps\/trails as you go though. \\n\\n-Ask Xacalli what she thinks is necessary to be able to fight or kill someone like the King. \\n\\n-Mor will present Esin with four bottles of snake oil, a length of snake leather, and 4 stone carvings of harpies and arkkoa. He is working on a fifth, but it is not done. He wants her to taxi himself back up. And Alihana and Chants, he guesses. Can she lift Hakenu'e? Maybe with Wehlani's help? Either way, they are going to be parleying with the siege, and will need a way out. \\n\\n-How close is Lokala'i to the Hedin? If he is close enough, I want him to go duel there. Mention he is glad they are still dueling, as he had heard the tradition was dying from the Vargr as traditional warfare tainted it, and mention how much he was enjoying Northern culture because of the dueling. Also, see if Hamund is his type. \\n\\n-Mor will go talk to Ragniva about things. \\n--Mor wants to know about Drain. \\n--He wants to know if she even has the logistical capacity to move her army up onto the island, given a large amount of time and no counter force? After all, that was a personal request from Haleh for peace, and he wants to know if it was something that was even possible, or if she was basically just being a bitch.)\\n--He wants to know more about the sacrificing to the east, as this is the fourth time we have heard of being that sacrifice lives. Did doing so grant people power? And how was it performed?\\n---Note the theme of each one. Benevolence &amp; Manipulation in a land of little, Rage &amp; Enabler in lands of violence and conflict, Predation and Inevitability in a land with danger at every turn. What will be found in a land that sounds... structured?\\n\\n-Mor will be sure to comfort Silas and try to occasionally bring him back and keep him around his family. He knows how loneliness can get to someone. \\n-He will occasionally spend time outside Xacalli's tent, lying in the dirt. Not talking, avoiding distracting her. 'Here if you need me, staying out of the way if you don't.'\\n\\n-Mor does not care who we go to war with, as he needs very little provocation to do so. He is very impressed with Haleh's set up. Plenty of things she is doing even better than he would have. Using her numbers well. Making a few mistakes. He chalks these up to mental instability. \\n--She is able to focus on outside threats because she feels she controls enough of the clan. If we can introduce internal threats, she will become aware of them, and more paranoid, but distracted. \\n---Mor has a proposition. What if Sakazai can assassinate Hoskuld. That would introduce turbelence into her control over the Vargr. If the chieftains agree, we can call Sakazai in and attempt to figure out a way in. \\n\\n-Discuss deploying his nameless pair of Dozen and the Vanguard to the savages to help them understand at least basic group tactics. Sure, they won't be Asvald, but god, you guys were terrible. \\n\\n-Mor is pissed at Koamalu for the deception. Also pissed at Chants, because he assumes Chants was in on it. Seems like something Chants would do. Asks Chants prior to the next council meeting. This shit is exactly why I left and exactly what WASN'T supposed to happen this time. *Drags Alihana in* How come any time a problem is caused by someone thinking they are smarter than everyone else, it is always one of you three?\\n\\n-Mor advises Coszacatl and Ixchel to just leave\/flee. The Council cannot take what she did lightly, even if he agrees she is right about what she said. \\n\\n-Mor is furious with Koamalu and Chants. Even if Chants wasn't in on it, Mor will point out that, like Coszacatl said, he could barely trust Chants as it is, and does not believe he has grown up\/changed in 25 years. 'What is best for the tribe' is a great reason for treason. But what Coszacatl did is extremely problematic. While the beast shamans might be a little more tolerant, this could have gone very wrong if the situations were even slightly different. If she had done that to the Dozen, it would have been civil war. A clan of monster slayers and a clan of monsters with an uneasy, but existant, sense of peace and trust, and suddenly they decide to break it? Vice versa, Mor would kill them himself before we even reach the next day's discussions. If a beastfolk shaman were attack by a member of the Hariwana, instead of the Huanacan?This must be dealt with, and Mor will spur Xoco to do so quickly. \\n\\n-Directed at the Council as a whole, but mostly Xoco. Mor will ask what ARE the traditions of each clan? Do any of you actually have spoken rules that you hold your people to, or do your clans all just do what you want? It makes it kinda hard to enforce any judgement. Mor will also explain what the 12 Rules of the Dozen are. Do the rules of the Dozen (That could, anyway) apply to the tribe as a whole, or any other clan? Intentionally causing your people to doubt you is a violation of the Dozen's Fifth rule. And by the Eighth Rule, killing someone who breaks the rules is an obligation. Are members of one clan judged by the rules of another? Is Coszacatl just, because my Eighth Rule says that sowing discord and doubt is punishable by death? Or is she just as guilty of breaking the Fifth Rule as Koamalu, for knowingly and willingly breaking trust? Or do none of my rules apply, due to them not being part of my clan, and we must simply guess how the Nezatl will decide when the rules and traditions of clans interact?&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1049547,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:14277081},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:2}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;23&quot;:1}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ragniva-token.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ragniva-token.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a>As far as I&#8217;m aware, the drain is an ability innate to some members of the Rahana&#8230;and I suppose our descendants. The primary issue with it is that the wielder has a maximum limit they can store before they kill themselves. This isn&#8217;t as great of an issue when healing more physical ailments as you can tell when you&#8217;re fine and good to go. Draining magic is the problem. If you were to try and drain me and could not expend the magic fast enough, you&#8217;d probably die. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;-If we still haven't managed to find the trail of Haleh's campsites from the Chanai village to the Vargr, then I doubt we will. Begin moving towards Cintantl to assist in dealing with the Howling Horror. Last time we looked into it, it seemed to have some control over disease. And either way, they could use help from experts. Keep an eye out for the camps\/trails as you go though. \\n\\n-Ask Xacalli what she thinks is necessary to be able to fight or kill someone like the King. \\n\\n-Mor will present Esin with four bottles of snake oil, a length of snake leather, and 4 stone carvings of harpies and arkkoa. He is working on a fifth, but it is not done. He wants her to taxi himself back up. And Alihana and Chants, he guesses. Can she lift Hakenu'e? Maybe with Wehlani's help? Either way, they are going to be parleying with the siege, and will need a way out. \\n\\n-How close is Lokala'i to the Hedin? If he is close enough, I want him to go duel there. Mention he is glad they are still dueling, as he had heard the tradition was dying from the Vargr as traditional warfare tainted it, and mention how much he was enjoying Northern culture because of the dueling. Also, see if Hamund is his type. \\n\\n-Mor will go talk to Ragniva about things. \\n--Mor wants to know about Drain. \\n--He wants to know if she even has the logistical capacity to move her army up onto the island, given a large amount of time and no counter force? After all, that was a personal request from Haleh for peace, and he wants to know if it was something that was even possible, or if she was basically just being a bitch.)\\n--He wants to know more about the sacrificing to the east, as this is the fourth time we have heard of being that sacrifice lives. Did doing so grant people power? And how was it performed?\\n---Note the theme of each one. Benevolence &amp; Manipulation in a land of little, Rage &amp; Enabler in lands of violence and conflict, Predation and Inevitability in a land with danger at every turn. What will be found in a land that sounds... structured?\\n\\n-Mor will be sure to comfort Silas and try to occasionally bring him back and keep him around his family. He knows how loneliness can get to someone. \\n-He will occasionally spend time outside Xacalli's tent, lying in the dirt. Not talking, avoiding distracting her. 'Here if you need me, staying out of the way if you don't.'\\n\\n-Mor does not care who we go to war with, as he needs very little provocation to do so. He is very impressed with Haleh's set up. Plenty of things she is doing even better than he would have. Using her numbers well. Making a few mistakes. He chalks these up to mental instability. \\n--She is able to focus on outside threats because she feels she controls enough of the clan. If we can introduce internal threats, she will become aware of them, and more paranoid, but distracted. \\n---Mor has a proposition. What if Sakazai can assassinate Hoskuld. That would introduce turbelence into her control over the Vargr. If the chieftains agree, we can call Sakazai in and attempt to figure out a way in. \\n\\n-Discuss deploying his nameless pair of Dozen and the Vanguard to the savages to help them understand at least basic group tactics. Sure, they won't be Asvald, but god, you guys were terrible. \\n\\n-Mor is pissed at Koamalu for the deception. Also pissed at Chants, because he assumes Chants was in on it. Seems like something Chants would do. Asks Chants prior to the next council meeting. This shit is exactly why I left and exactly what WASN'T supposed to happen this time. *Drags Alihana in* How come any time a problem is caused by someone thinking they are smarter than everyone else, it is always one of you three?\\n\\n-Mor advises Coszacatl and Ixchel to just leave\/flee. The Council cannot take what she did lightly, even if he agrees she is right about what she said. \\n\\n-Mor is furious with Koamalu and Chants. Even if Chants wasn't in on it, Mor will point out that, like Coszacatl said, he could barely trust Chants as it is, and does not believe he has grown up\/changed in 25 years. 'What is best for the tribe' is a great reason for treason. But what Coszacatl did is extremely problematic. While the beast shamans might be a little more tolerant, this could have gone very wrong if the situations were even slightly different. If she had done that to the Dozen, it would have been civil war. A clan of monster slayers and a clan of monsters with an uneasy, but existant, sense of peace and trust, and suddenly they decide to break it? Vice versa, Mor would kill them himself before we even reach the next day's discussions. If a beastfolk shaman were attack by a member of the Hariwana, instead of the Huanacan?This must be dealt with, and Mor will spur Xoco to do so quickly. \\n\\n-Directed at the Council as a whole, but mostly Xoco. Mor will ask what ARE the traditions of each clan? Do any of you actually have spoken rules that you hold your people to, or do your clans all just do what you want? It makes it kinda hard to enforce any judgement. Mor will also explain what the 12 Rules of the Dozen are. Do the rules of the Dozen (That could, anyway) apply to the tribe as a whole, or any other clan? Intentionally causing your people to doubt you is a violation of the Dozen's Fifth rule. And by the Eighth Rule, killing someone who breaks the rules is an obligation. Are members of one clan judged by the rules of another? Is Coszacatl just, because my Eighth Rule says that sowing discord and doubt is punishable by death? Or is she just as guilty of breaking the Fifth Rule as Koamalu, for knowingly and willingly breaking trust? Or do none of my rules apply, due to them not being part of my clan, and we must simply guess how the Nezatl will decide when the rules and traditions of clans interact?&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1049547,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:14277081},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:2}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;23&quot;:1}\">As for moving the army onto the island, we do have a way. That is all you need to know. I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll find out someday one way or the other.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;-If we still haven't managed to find the trail of Haleh's campsites from the Chanai village to the Vargr, then I doubt we will. Begin moving towards Cintantl to assist in dealing with the Howling Horror. Last time we looked into it, it seemed to have some control over disease. And either way, they could use help from experts. Keep an eye out for the camps\/trails as you go though. \\n\\n-Ask Xacalli what she thinks is necessary to be able to fight or kill someone like the King. \\n\\n-Mor will present Esin with four bottles of snake oil, a length of snake leather, and 4 stone carvings of harpies and arkkoa. He is working on a fifth, but it is not done. He wants her to taxi himself back up. And Alihana and Chants, he guesses. Can she lift Hakenu'e? Maybe with Wehlani's help? Either way, they are going to be parleying with the siege, and will need a way out. \\n\\n-How close is Lokala'i to the Hedin? If he is close enough, I want him to go duel there. Mention he is glad they are still dueling, as he had heard the tradition was dying from the Vargr as traditional warfare tainted it, and mention how much he was enjoying Northern culture because of the dueling. Also, see if Hamund is his type. \\n\\n-Mor will go talk to Ragniva about things. \\n--Mor wants to know about Drain. \\n--He wants to know if she even has the logistical capacity to move her army up onto the island, given a large amount of time and no counter force? After all, that was a personal request from Haleh for peace, and he wants to know if it was something that was even possible, or if she was basically just being a bitch.)\\n--He wants to know more about the sacrificing to the east, as this is the fourth time we have heard of being that sacrifice lives. Did doing so grant people power? And how was it performed?\\n---Note the theme of each one. Benevolence &amp; Manipulation in a land of little, Rage &amp; Enabler in lands of violence and conflict, Predation and Inevitability in a land with danger at every turn. What will be found in a land that sounds... structured?\\n\\n-Mor will be sure to comfort Silas and try to occasionally bring him back and keep him around his family. He knows how loneliness can get to someone. \\n-He will occasionally spend time outside Xacalli's tent, lying in the dirt. Not talking, avoiding distracting her. 'Here if you need me, staying out of the way if you don't.'\\n\\n-Mor does not care who we go to war with, as he needs very little provocation to do so. He is very impressed with Haleh's set up. Plenty of things she is doing even better than he would have. Using her numbers well. Making a few mistakes. He chalks these up to mental instability. \\n--She is able to focus on outside threats because she feels she controls enough of the clan. If we can introduce internal threats, she will become aware of them, and more paranoid, but distracted. \\n---Mor has a proposition. What if Sakazai can assassinate Hoskuld. That would introduce turbelence into her control over the Vargr. If the chieftains agree, we can call Sakazai in and attempt to figure out a way in. \\n\\n-Discuss deploying his nameless pair of Dozen and the Vanguard to the savages to help them understand at least basic group tactics. Sure, they won't be Asvald, but god, you guys were terrible. \\n\\n-Mor is pissed at Koamalu for the deception. Also pissed at Chants, because he assumes Chants was in on it. Seems like something Chants would do. Asks Chants prior to the next council meeting. This shit is exactly why I left and exactly what WASN'T supposed to happen this time. *Drags Alihana in* How come any time a problem is caused by someone thinking they are smarter than everyone else, it is always one of you three?\\n\\n-Mor advises Coszacatl and Ixchel to just leave\/flee. The Council cannot take what she did lightly, even if he agrees she is right about what she said. \\n\\n-Mor is furious with Koamalu and Chants. Even if Chants wasn't in on it, Mor will point out that, like Coszacatl said, he could barely trust Chants as it is, and does not believe he has grown up\/changed in 25 years. 'What is best for the tribe' is a great reason for treason. But what Coszacatl did is extremely problematic. While the beast shamans might be a little more tolerant, this could have gone very wrong if the situations were even slightly different. If she had done that to the Dozen, it would have been civil war. A clan of monster slayers and a clan of monsters with an uneasy, but existant, sense of peace and trust, and suddenly they decide to break it? Vice versa, Mor would kill them himself before we even reach the next day's discussions. If a beastfolk shaman were attack by a member of the Hariwana, instead of the Huanacan?This must be dealt with, and Mor will spur Xoco to do so quickly. \\n\\n-Directed at the Council as a whole, but mostly Xoco. Mor will ask what ARE the traditions of each clan? Do any of you actually have spoken rules that you hold your people to, or do your clans all just do what you want? It makes it kinda hard to enforce any judgement. Mor will also explain what the 12 Rules of the Dozen are. Do the rules of the Dozen (That could, anyway) apply to the tribe as a whole, or any other clan? Intentionally causing your people to doubt you is a violation of the Dozen's Fifth rule. And by the Eighth Rule, killing someone who breaks the rules is an obligation. Are members of one clan judged by the rules of another? Is Coszacatl just, because my Eighth Rule says that sowing discord and doubt is punishable by death? Or is she just as guilty of breaking the Fifth Rule as Koamalu, for knowingly and willingly breaking trust? Or do none of my rules apply, due to them not being part of my clan, and we must simply guess how the Nezatl will decide when the rules and traditions of clans interact?&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1049547,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:14277081},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:2}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;23&quot;:1}\">Each sacrificial ritual is unique to the person it is attuned to. All six rituals were created by the Oldest Man, as he is their expert on this sort of thing. The individuals of that blood line can use it to grant power as well as take power from the sacrifice. Notably, they can all do it differently as they so desire. According to Icno, most of the deities will allow the caster of the ritual to take one tenth of the sacrifices worth. This is what makes the Crow Folk special, the King is very generous and lets them take seven tenths. This is why even the newest members of the crows tend to be very powerful. This also makes the King one of the weakest of the six siblings&#8230; in certain terms at least. Each one of these creatures has a different specialty and a different gift. The King is the aspect of a warrior, so while he has less power than the others he is the most dangerous to fight one on one. He is also the only one who learned to fight for himself.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;-If we still haven't managed to find the trail of Haleh's campsites from the Chanai village to the Vargr, then I doubt we will. Begin moving towards Cintantl to assist in dealing with the Howling Horror. Last time we looked into it, it seemed to have some control over disease. And either way, they could use help from experts. Keep an eye out for the camps\/trails as you go though. \\n\\n-Ask Xacalli what she thinks is necessary to be able to fight or kill someone like the King. \\n\\n-Mor will present Esin with four bottles of snake oil, a length of snake leather, and 4 stone carvings of harpies and arkkoa. He is working on a fifth, but it is not done. He wants her to taxi himself back up. And Alihana and Chants, he guesses. Can she lift Hakenu'e? Maybe with Wehlani's help? Either way, they are going to be parleying with the siege, and will need a way out. \\n\\n-How close is Lokala'i to the Hedin? If he is close enough, I want him to go duel there. Mention he is glad they are still dueling, as he had heard the tradition was dying from the Vargr as traditional warfare tainted it, and mention how much he was enjoying Northern culture because of the dueling. Also, see if Hamund is his type. \\n\\n-Mor will go talk to Ragniva about things. \\n--Mor wants to know about Drain. \\n--He wants to know if she even has the logistical capacity to move her army up onto the island, given a large amount of time and no counter force? After all, that was a personal request from Haleh for peace, and he wants to know if it was something that was even possible, or if she was basically just being a bitch.)\\n--He wants to know more about the sacrificing to the east, as this is the fourth time we have heard of being that sacrifice lives. Did doing so grant people power? And how was it performed?\\n---Note the theme of each one. Benevolence &amp; Manipulation in a land of little, Rage &amp; Enabler in lands of violence and conflict, Predation and Inevitability in a land with danger at every turn. What will be found in a land that sounds... structured?\\n\\n-Mor will be sure to comfort Silas and try to occasionally bring him back and keep him around his family. He knows how loneliness can get to someone. \\n-He will occasionally spend time outside Xacalli's tent, lying in the dirt. Not talking, avoiding distracting her. 'Here if you need me, staying out of the way if you don't.'\\n\\n-Mor does not care who we go to war with, as he needs very little provocation to do so. He is very impressed with Haleh's set up. Plenty of things she is doing even better than he would have. Using her numbers well. Making a few mistakes. He chalks these up to mental instability. \\n--She is able to focus on outside threats because she feels she controls enough of the clan. If we can introduce internal threats, she will become aware of them, and more paranoid, but distracted. \\n---Mor has a proposition. What if Sakazai can assassinate Hoskuld. That would introduce turbelence into her control over the Vargr. If the chieftains agree, we can call Sakazai in and attempt to figure out a way in. \\n\\n-Discuss deploying his nameless pair of Dozen and the Vanguard to the savages to help them understand at least basic group tactics. Sure, they won't be Asvald, but god, you guys were terrible. \\n\\n-Mor is pissed at Koamalu for the deception. Also pissed at Chants, because he assumes Chants was in on it. Seems like something Chants would do. Asks Chants prior to the next council meeting. This shit is exactly why I left and exactly what WASN'T supposed to happen this time. *Drags Alihana in* How come any time a problem is caused by someone thinking they are smarter than everyone else, it is always one of you three?\\n\\n-Mor advises Coszacatl and Ixchel to just leave\/flee. The Council cannot take what she did lightly, even if he agrees she is right about what she said. \\n\\n-Mor is furious with Koamalu and Chants. Even if Chants wasn't in on it, Mor will point out that, like Coszacatl said, he could barely trust Chants as it is, and does not believe he has grown up\/changed in 25 years. 'What is best for the tribe' is a great reason for treason. But what Coszacatl did is extremely problematic. While the beast shamans might be a little more tolerant, this could have gone very wrong if the situations were even slightly different. If she had done that to the Dozen, it would have been civil war. A clan of monster slayers and a clan of monsters with an uneasy, but existant, sense of peace and trust, and suddenly they decide to break it? Vice versa, Mor would kill them himself before we even reach the next day's discussions. If a beastfolk shaman were attack by a member of the Hariwana, instead of the Huanacan?This must be dealt with, and Mor will spur Xoco to do so quickly. \\n\\n-Directed at the Council as a whole, but mostly Xoco. Mor will ask what ARE the traditions of each clan? Do any of you actually have spoken rules that you hold your people to, or do your clans all just do what you want? It makes it kinda hard to enforce any judgement. Mor will also explain what the 12 Rules of the Dozen are. Do the rules of the Dozen (That could, anyway) apply to the tribe as a whole, or any other clan? Intentionally causing your people to doubt you is a violation of the Dozen's Fifth rule. And by the Eighth Rule, killing someone who breaks the rules is an obligation. Are members of one clan judged by the rules of another? Is Coszacatl just, because my Eighth Rule says that sowing discord and doubt is punishable by death? Or is she just as guilty of breaking the Fifth Rule as Koamalu, for knowingly and willingly breaking trust? Or do none of my rules apply, due to them not being part of my clan, and we must simply guess how the Nezatl will decide when the rules and traditions of clans interact?&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1049547,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:14277081},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:2}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;23&quot;:1}\">As for how they&#8217;re performed, as I have heard the Nahua have massive temples the likes of which have not been seen anywhere else in the world that shine bright under the sun. Their priests sacrifice the offerings there every day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;-If we still haven't managed to find the trail of Haleh's campsites from the Chanai village to the Vargr, then I doubt we will. Begin moving towards Cintantl to assist in dealing with the Howling Horror. Last time we looked into it, it seemed to have some control over disease. And either way, they could use help from experts. Keep an eye out for the camps\/trails as you go though. \\n\\n-Ask Xacalli what she thinks is necessary to be able to fight or kill someone like the King. \\n\\n-Mor will present Esin with four bottles of snake oil, a length of snake leather, and 4 stone carvings of harpies and arkkoa. He is working on a fifth, but it is not done. He wants her to taxi himself back up. And Alihana and Chants, he guesses. Can she lift Hakenu'e? Maybe with Wehlani's help? Either way, they are going to be parleying with the siege, and will need a way out. \\n\\n-How close is Lokala'i to the Hedin? If he is close enough, I want him to go duel there. Mention he is glad they are still dueling, as he had heard the tradition was dying from the Vargr as traditional warfare tainted it, and mention how much he was enjoying Northern culture because of the dueling. Also, see if Hamund is his type. \\n\\n-Mor will go talk to Ragniva about things. \\n--Mor wants to know about Drain. \\n--He wants to know if she even has the logistical capacity to move her army up onto the island, given a large amount of time and no counter force? After all, that was a personal request from Haleh for peace, and he wants to know if it was something that was even possible, or if she was basically just being a bitch.)\\n--He wants to know more about the sacrificing to the east, as this is the fourth time we have heard of being that sacrifice lives. Did doing so grant people power? And how was it performed?\\n---Note the theme of each one. Benevolence &amp; Manipulation in a land of little, Rage &amp; Enabler in lands of violence and conflict, Predation and Inevitability in a land with danger at every turn. What will be found in a land that sounds... structured?\\n\\n-Mor will be sure to comfort Silas and try to occasionally bring him back and keep him around his family. He knows how loneliness can get to someone. \\n-He will occasionally spend time outside Xacalli's tent, lying in the dirt. Not talking, avoiding distracting her. 'Here if you need me, staying out of the way if you don't.'\\n\\n-Mor does not care who we go to war with, as he needs very little provocation to do so. He is very impressed with Haleh's set up. Plenty of things she is doing even better than he would have. Using her numbers well. Making a few mistakes. He chalks these up to mental instability. \\n--She is able to focus on outside threats because she feels she controls enough of the clan. If we can introduce internal threats, she will become aware of them, and more paranoid, but distracted. \\n---Mor has a proposition. What if Sakazai can assassinate Hoskuld. That would introduce turbelence into her control over the Vargr. If the chieftains agree, we can call Sakazai in and attempt to figure out a way in. \\n\\n-Discuss deploying his nameless pair of Dozen and the Vanguard to the savages to help them understand at least basic group tactics. Sure, they won't be Asvald, but god, you guys were terrible. \\n\\n-Mor is pissed at Koamalu for the deception. Also pissed at Chants, because he assumes Chants was in on it. Seems like something Chants would do. Asks Chants prior to the next council meeting. This shit is exactly why I left and exactly what WASN'T supposed to happen this time. *Drags Alihana in* How come any time a problem is caused by someone thinking they are smarter than everyone else, it is always one of you three?\\n\\n-Mor advises Coszacatl and Ixchel to just leave\/flee. The Council cannot take what she did lightly, even if he agrees she is right about what she said. \\n\\n-Mor is furious with Koamalu and Chants. Even if Chants wasn't in on it, Mor will point out that, like Coszacatl said, he could barely trust Chants as it is, and does not believe he has grown up\/changed in 25 years. 'What is best for the tribe' is a great reason for treason. But what Coszacatl did is extremely problematic. While the beast shamans might be a little more tolerant, this could have gone very wrong if the situations were even slightly different. If she had done that to the Dozen, it would have been civil war. A clan of monster slayers and a clan of monsters with an uneasy, but existant, sense of peace and trust, and suddenly they decide to break it? Vice versa, Mor would kill them himself before we even reach the next day's discussions. If a beastfolk shaman were attack by a member of the Hariwana, instead of the Huanacan?This must be dealt with, and Mor will spur Xoco to do so quickly. \\n\\n-Directed at the Council as a whole, but mostly Xoco. Mor will ask what ARE the traditions of each clan? Do any of you actually have spoken rules that you hold your people to, or do your clans all just do what you want? It makes it kinda hard to enforce any judgement. Mor will also explain what the 12 Rules of the Dozen are. Do the rules of the Dozen (That could, anyway) apply to the tribe as a whole, or any other clan? Intentionally causing your people to doubt you is a violation of the Dozen's Fifth rule. And by the Eighth Rule, killing someone who breaks the rules is an obligation. Are members of one clan judged by the rules of another? Is Coszacatl just, because my Eighth Rule says that sowing discord and doubt is punishable by death? Or is she just as guilty of breaking the Fifth Rule as Koamalu, for knowingly and willingly breaking trust? Or do none of my rules apply, due to them not being part of my clan, and we must simply guess how the Nezatl will decide when the rules and traditions of clans interact?&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1049547,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:14277081},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:2}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;23&quot;:1}\">As for what you will find to the east&#8230;I suppose its no harm to tell you that in detail. This is more of Icno&#8217;s specialty than mine though. However, there is the Golden Dead who is the ruler of the empire, the White Howl who is kind of the one who just wants to reunite the family, and All That Crawls who is obsessed with the construction of a large civilization. The empire is his creation and so are all of the tribes.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;-If we still haven't managed to find the trail of Haleh's campsites from the Chanai village to the Vargr, then I doubt we will. Begin moving towards Cintantl to assist in dealing with the Howling Horror. Last time we looked into it, it seemed to have some control over disease. And either way, they could use help from experts. Keep an eye out for the camps\/trails as you go though. \\n\\n-Ask Xacalli what she thinks is necessary to be able to fight or kill someone like the King. \\n\\n-Mor will present Esin with four bottles of snake oil, a length of snake leather, and 4 stone carvings of harpies and arkkoa. He is working on a fifth, but it is not done. He wants her to taxi himself back up. And Alihana and Chants, he guesses. Can she lift Hakenu'e? Maybe with Wehlani's help? Either way, they are going to be parleying with the siege, and will need a way out. \\n\\n-How close is Lokala'i to the Hedin? If he is close enough, I want him to go duel there. Mention he is glad they are still dueling, as he had heard the tradition was dying from the Vargr as traditional warfare tainted it, and mention how much he was enjoying Northern culture because of the dueling. Also, see if Hamund is his type. \\n\\n-Mor will go talk to Ragniva about things. \\n--Mor wants to know about Drain. \\n--He wants to know if she even has the logistical capacity to move her army up onto the island, given a large amount of time and no counter force? After all, that was a personal request from Haleh for peace, and he wants to know if it was something that was even possible, or if she was basically just being a bitch.)\\n--He wants to know more about the sacrificing to the east, as this is the fourth time we have heard of being that sacrifice lives. Did doing so grant people power? And how was it performed?\\n---Note the theme of each one. Benevolence &amp; Manipulation in a land of little, Rage &amp; Enabler in lands of violence and conflict, Predation and Inevitability in a land with danger at every turn. What will be found in a land that sounds... structured?\\n\\n-Mor will be sure to comfort Silas and try to occasionally bring him back and keep him around his family. He knows how loneliness can get to someone. \\n-He will occasionally spend time outside Xacalli's tent, lying in the dirt. Not talking, avoiding distracting her. 'Here if you need me, staying out of the way if you don't.'\\n\\n-Mor does not care who we go to war with, as he needs very little provocation to do so. He is very impressed with Haleh's set up. Plenty of things she is doing even better than he would have. Using her numbers well. Making a few mistakes. He chalks these up to mental instability. \\n--She is able to focus on outside threats because she feels she controls enough of the clan. If we can introduce internal threats, she will become aware of them, and more paranoid, but distracted. \\n---Mor has a proposition. What if Sakazai can assassinate Hoskuld. That would introduce turbelence into her control over the Vargr. If the chieftains agree, we can call Sakazai in and attempt to figure out a way in. \\n\\n-Discuss deploying his nameless pair of Dozen and the Vanguard to the savages to help them understand at least basic group tactics. Sure, they won't be Asvald, but god, you guys were terrible. \\n\\n-Mor is pissed at Koamalu for the deception. Also pissed at Chants, because he assumes Chants was in on it. Seems like something Chants would do. Asks Chants prior to the next council meeting. This shit is exactly why I left and exactly what WASN'T supposed to happen this time. *Drags Alihana in* How come any time a problem is caused by someone thinking they are smarter than everyone else, it is always one of you three?\\n\\n-Mor advises Coszacatl and Ixchel to just leave\/flee. The Council cannot take what she did lightly, even if he agrees she is right about what she said. \\n\\n-Mor is furious with Koamalu and Chants. Even if Chants wasn't in on it, Mor will point out that, like Coszacatl said, he could barely trust Chants as it is, and does not believe he has grown up\/changed in 25 years. 'What is best for the tribe' is a great reason for treason. But what Coszacatl did is extremely problematic. While the beast shamans might be a little more tolerant, this could have gone very wrong if the situations were even slightly different. If she had done that to the Dozen, it would have been civil war. A clan of monster slayers and a clan of monsters with an uneasy, but existant, sense of peace and trust, and suddenly they decide to break it? Vice versa, Mor would kill them himself before we even reach the next day's discussions. If a beastfolk shaman were attack by a member of the Hariwana, instead of the Huanacan?This must be dealt with, and Mor will spur Xoco to do so quickly. \\n\\n-Directed at the Council as a whole, but mostly Xoco. Mor will ask what ARE the traditions of each clan? Do any of you actually have spoken rules that you hold your people to, or do your clans all just do what you want? It makes it kinda hard to enforce any judgement. Mor will also explain what the 12 Rules of the Dozen are. Do the rules of the Dozen (That could, anyway) apply to the tribe as a whole, or any other clan? Intentionally causing your people to doubt you is a violation of the Dozen's Fifth rule. And by the Eighth Rule, killing someone who breaks the rules is an obligation. Are members of one clan judged by the rules of another? Is Coszacatl just, because my Eighth Rule says that sowing discord and doubt is punishable by death? Or is she just as guilty of breaking the Fifth Rule as Koamalu, for knowingly and willingly breaking trust? Or do none of my rules apply, due to them not being part of my clan, and we must simply guess how the Nezatl will decide when the rules and traditions of clans interact?&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1049547,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:14277081},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:2}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;23&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Laisun-Token.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Laisun-Token.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a>We still haven&#8217;t actually told Hallvard of Zhuan and Caowei&#8217;s real associations, so they&#8217;re just following him around still along with the rest of the tribe&#8217;s vanguard.<\/p>\n<p>Also I&#8217;m still here&#8230;you&#8217;re kind of quiet this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Okay you can exercise that authority but you need to also decide what to exercise it on. I&#8217;ll go get your honey calm down. Also with the whole current thing going on with the war with Haleh angle, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/?p=1278\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manticoreproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}