May you find while reading a lot of references not only to LMS but also to others fanfiction. This is my tribute to my predecessors that inspire me to write more.
If as an author, you see a reference and you do not like, send me a private message with the reference to modify or delete.
I usually write in third person. But for the battles I will begin to write in first person. For some reason the battles are easier to write for me that way
*This are thoughts*
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Chapter-3-Felling and Planting
“Here is the workshop, I hope you do not expect to find any shortcut all we have here are tools and a single book, the other door leads to a fully packed warehouse of different woods, when you enter will begin your Quest, take here you have food for a week .”Madame Clotild said giving one bag to Timber.
Timber then took a step and entered the workshop,it was like entering Santa workshop, there was a large desk with different cuts of wood over the other side of the room a large closet with glass doors, covered it wall to wall could observe many miniatures, boats, crossbows, furniture, walls, houses, catapults, towers, and toys, toys with many moving parts. when approaching the cabinet Timber received a message.
You have witnessed The Collection of Grandmaster RaymondAmbient Affinity rises by 20 point.
All stats rises by 10 point.
You have gained a new stat
ArtA gift in comprehending and practicing beauty, art renders meals and products elegant in an aesthetic and practical sense. Raised by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching beautiful things, or by creating works of art.
After reading the windows Timber found the only book in the workshop and began to read.
The History of Handicrafts and The Fall of the CarpentryThe history of handicrafts can be traced back to antiquity and it captures a rich blend of functionality with artistic ingenuity showcasing the cultural brilliance of the nation which has been a melting pot of diverse communities, customs, tribes, traditions, languages and culture. This labor-intensive industry is spread across the length and breadth of the country and is a source of sustenance for millions of people. Handicrafts represent a region's traditional art heritage and legacy of customary craft skills. Metal ware, pottery, sculpting, textiles, stone crafts, jewelry and much more
From the very earliest times, well before recorded history, all the crafts were made of stone, bone or wood the latter being the easiest to shape, coupled with man’s need for housing and shelter plus furniture, bridges, decking and many other devices for day to day life carpentry and carpenters were born. With the evolution of the tools, carpentry change and was divided into 11 different types of crafts.
The first Handicraft is the base and common denominator of all the artisan classes.
The second Sculpture was an artistic branch that evolved from work in wood, stone, bone and then was added metalwork, jewelry and more.
The third one Painting was always an art by itself but when combined with the wood could achieve unique colors and shades.
The fourth the Repair was originally restricted to wood, but when the race of dwarves began to spread the blacksmithing evolved into a more complex form of restoration.
The fifth Felling it was part of the carpentry but with increasing demand for wood it separated from carpentry to ease the workload and to give the learners the principles of 'selection and collection of materials.
The sixth Shipbuilding it was a specialization of the woodwork, but adding more materials and new techniques it gained independence.
The seventh Architecture all buildings starting with stone and wood, to improve skills and add math and physics the buildings evolved its complexity. Long after using the blacksmith the buildings gained strength and resistance against degradation of wood.
The eighth Siege weapons crafting specialization, born of the need to speed up the construction of siege weapons using the fastest collect material, wood, since you cannot mining metals across the battlefields and the blacksmith takes a long time. Wood is also lighter, allowing more mobility to siege weapons.
The ninth Range weapons crafting all bow starts with good wood. handicraft handed down by the elves. At separating from carpentry just returned to its place of origin
The tenth Wood specialist part of carpentry specializing in moving parts; it became part of the process of creating toys, traps, and others uncommon handicrafts
The eleventh the lost art, some say that used mana and powers of nature to attach wood blocks without any adhesive. Only the great masters know the truth and this is the test to be a Carpenter.
The carpenter is a craftsman who plies his trade indoors and out – rain or shine, summer or winter – and reaps the benefits of operating under adverse and perfect conditions. Flexible, quick minded, nimble with tools, possessing an organic knowledge of wood and a sculptor’s eye,
With the introduction of the blacksmithing and carpentry division the arts of the carpenter were lost only a few masters remain. And due to the complexity of uniting all the arts of wood in a single handicraft the apprentices disappeared.
After reading the book, many windows appear instantly
You have gained a new stat
ConcentrationA stat that helps you learns or accomplish things easier. You are prohibited from distributing stat points to this stat, and it rises spontaneously, depending on the avatar’s action.
You finished the book The History of Handicrafts and The Fall of the CarpentryAmbient Affinity rises by 35 point.
Wisdom rises by 17 point.
Intellect rises by 8 point.
Ambient Affinity updated, new secret learned
Ambient AffinitySecrets 3/5
Secret 1: Rises when your actions match your Ambient and its respective purpose also you will gain one unique skill according to your earlier actions into new environments without class restrictions.
Secret 2: you will earn 40% more proficiency in all skills related to your new Ambient for a week. Only when enter into new environments.
Secret 3: You can decide which skill you want as long as you choose a goal to help your environment. This goal will be seen as a quest and you can win or lose points in this stat, according to the results. Only when enter into new environments.
Every 50 point in it a secret will be revealed until reaching 250 points where the last secret should be disclosed by the carrier.
You are prohibited from distributing stat bonus points to this stat, and it rises spontaneously, depending on the avatar’s action, especially if your actions help plants, animals, and other species in contact with the environment. You can lose points if your actions are not balanced with the environment.
*a goal…………….. Learn the lost art of Carpentry* Timber thought using all his will and concentration, and repeating in his mind all the steps to achieve his goal.
Concentration rises by 1 point.Concentration rises by 2 point.Concentration rises by 1 point.Concentrationrises by 3 point.Concentration rises by 1 point.Concentration rises by 1 point.Concentration rises by 10 point.
Sub quest “Learning carpentry”You must understand the basic principles of all skills related to carpentry.
Progress:
Handicraft understanding 0%
Sculpture understanding 0%
Painting understanding 0%
Repair understanding 0%
Felling understanding 0%
Shipbuilding understanding 0%
Architect understanding 0%
Siege weapons crafting understanding 0%
Range weapons crafting understanding 0%
Wood specialist understanding 0%
Lost Art understanding 0%
Quest requirements:
Be in a carpentry workshop
Have the Ambient Affinity stat
Have the quest: Legendary one-handed ax
Difficulty: F
Rewards:
Mastery Carpentry Skill
Ambient Affinity +100
In case of failure:
Ambient Affinity -100
The quest “Legendary one-handed ax” will fail
Quest limit:
Time limit: 6 days 18 hours 32 minutes
All skills learned for this quest will be deleted upon failure.
After getting the Quest, Timber from the workshop took a saw and went to the wood warehouse where he cut a block of each type of wood, with this his understanding of "felling" rose to 70%, then he began working the wood, with the knowledge gained through his part-time jobs, such as construction worker, house painter, plumber, gardener, and most recently apprentice clockmaker, the latter work has been his job for nearly six months.
Timber experiment with dyes and wood, cut the pieces of wood, some in the form of rods and other a circular shape plate then take nails and hammer assembling a chair. Then he built a small table, followed by a shed and in the next two days with a little help from the internet, he build a canoe, a door, a bow, and a couple of sculptures of bears, at the end of the third day his understanding was:
Handicraft understanding 100%
Sculpture understanding 85%
Painting understanding 100%
Repair understanding 5%
Felling understanding 100%
Shipbuilding understanding 100%
Architect understanding 100%
Siege weapons crafting understanding 2%
Range weapons crafting understanding 32%
Wood specialist understanding 0%
Lost Art understanding 0%
The fourth day Timber progress seemed very slow even with is 40% more in proficiency, thanks to his Ambient Affinity stat. Timber frustrated try something new took two wooden blocks and use his skill green hand.
Concentration rises by 1 point.Concentration rises by 1 point.
Green Hands updatedGreen Hands (Passive)(Beginner lvl 2: 78%)You are able to be in sync with nature plants that are cut or collected by you do not die instantly.
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When you planted the plants will grow faster.
In exchange for a percentage of your mana you can revive dead plants whenever you have their roots. Also you can rebuild the structure of plants by joining two or more parts and surrounding them with mana. Some plants need more mana in concordance with its size
Requires: Ambient Affinity stat.
Ambient Affinity updated, new secrets learnedBy learning a all secrets through your actions without the requirements
Ambient Affinity rises by 80 point.
Wisdom rises by 18 point.
Intellect rises by 9 point.
Concentration rises by 9 point.
All the others stats rises by 2 point.Ambient AffinityYour affinity for what surrounds you. lets you adapt and learn faster
5 Secrets
Rises when your actions match your Ambient and its respective purpose also you will gain one unique skill according to your earlier actions into new environments without class restrictions.
You will earn 40% more proficiency in all skills related to your new Ambient for a week. Only when enter into new environments.
You can decide which skill you want as long as you choose a goal to help your environment. This goal will be seen as a quest and you can win or lose points in this stat, according to the results. Only when enter into new environments.
Ambient Affinity not dependent on any other stat but when it rises so will the following stats, if you possess them. Stats affected: Wisdom, Intellect, Faith, Concentration, Nature affinity.
By using different skills in different environments, the skills will be updated as long as they are dependent on Ambient Affinity stat
You are prohibited from distributing stat bonus points to this stat, and it rises spontaneously, depending on the avatar’s action, especially if your actions help plants, animals, and other species in contact with the environment. You can lose points if your actions are not balanced with the environment.
Lost Art understanding 30%
***** Side History 1*****
***** I and Felling *****
My name is Clotild, yes, it is a strange name which means she who fights victoriously, I have 6 years and in my family that means I should start killing. I come from a lineage of master’s assassins.
Tradition says that on reaching the age of 6 all young of the clan must pass three tests, the first test with only a dagger and leather clothing the candidate must kill without making a sound 5 monsters Level 30.
The second test is to avoid dying for 24 hours every clan members will try to kill the candidate.
The last test is to live for 6 months without being seen in the shadow of the wall of the nearest citadel located on the border of the Kallamore kingdom.
Passing the first test I broke a record by finish in less than 6 hours, the second test had to be stopped because I hurt all my persecutors so that would take them a year to walk again. But the third test was the hardest I had to keep moving every hour or the guards would see me. I could up to 20 meters away from the wall and hide in the trees but I found a problem a young feller twelve or thirteen years older than me. The feller cut all the trees near the wall at high speed about a dozen trees were falling per day. For some reason I could not stop watching this young feller without understanding how I finished following him every day.
The young man was tall with more than two meters tall, with broad shoulders, blue eyes, and brown hair. The feller cut the trees in rhythm until noon when an old man appeared. The old man had a beard and clothes full of sawdust. The old man brought a basket to the feller. I started to hear their conversation.
“Young teacher, Thank you” the feller said.
“Raymond, it's almost two years since the great master command you to cut 50000 trees, how many trees you been cut so far?”
“Almost 15000” Raymond said showing a steel ax with magic numbers in fire
“The great master must have great faith in you, I just cut 10000 after all the trees determine the student's potential” said the old man.
The 6 endless months passed while I watched Raymond every day and listening to their conversations with teachers who were the ones who spoke as Raymond was a man of few words. My last night near the citadel I put a rose carved of wood near where Raymond was sleeping. While I was resigned to my fate as an assassin.
My first assassination mission was to pose as an orphan and make the victim take me. The victim a wealthy fat called Lord Graham adopted all the girls in town to become sex slaves. The fool guided me to his house without thinking, he carried me to his room thinking it would be an easy prey but he was wrong. He closed the door behind and looked at me while I stabbed him in the back.
I do not remember the others that I killed during the following years were hundreds if not thousands, those that fell dead by my knife. At the age of 18 I was already famous as the black widow and my specialty was to make the victim fall in love with me before killing them.
My current mission was to kill a carpenter who owns a magic wood or something like that. I had already killed people in possession of magic objects and relics so I thought it would be easy to make the carpenter fell in love with me and kill him as soon as I could see the magic wood.
The information I had on the victim was saying that he had a workshop in the citadel located on the border of the Kallamore kingdom. As I approached the shop I could see the victim, identified with a magic that could only be seen by the people in my clan. But observing the victim better I almost fainted, the victim was Raymond.
After thinking about it I decided to stick with the plan and make Raymond fall in love with my. After all that was my mission, no matter that I dreamed about Raymond for years, or the time that I spent in the distance observing it as a child. I am a woman now with responsibilities and one of them is that Raymond fall in love of my.
I started carrying a lunch along with a letter every day and watching from afar as Raymond ate and read the letter. It took me 2 months to receive a response from Raymond in the form of a letter saying “Come to the north gate of the citadel at 5 in the afternoon, I will wait for you”.
A little nervous I dressed in my sexiest clothes and went to the meeting place. Raymond saw me and took my hand without saying anything he started to guide me to the north and following a small path in the woods we reached a small lake. Two figures were seen across the lake but my experience told me they were not alive. At get closer I look at the first statue without understanding the statue was of a girl with a wooden flower. Was me, 12 years ago. With a tear in my eyes and a voice full of happiness I asked.
“When”
“When I first saw you? Or when I fall in love with you?” Raymond said
“Both”
“I actually never saw you or at least not until you gave me that flower, you'll see as a carpenter, I have the ability to see the history of an object as long as it is made of wood. When you gave me the flower, I saw how you created it splinter by splinter, you past, and also the feelings that you wanted to express with the wooden flower. I fall in love of you, when using my ability in the lunch box”
“Then you know about my clan and my mission to kill you”
“Yes” Raymond said pointing to the second statue.
The statue looked like Raymond with a dagger in the heart
“Let's get married and flee together, I will use my ability to give life to the statue for a while. So we can flee faking my death.” Raymond said
And so, for 70 years we fled. The last 30 years we were established in the City of Woodfort.
I was the first and only leader of the guild of information and Raymond was the leader of the guild of carpenters.
But death waits for no one, a year ago Raymond died of natural causes. Raymond left me two missions before he died, one was taking care of the ax, and the second revive the lost art of carpentry.
Months passed since Raymond died. All was well there are still three apprentices in the Guild of carpentry but foreigners had to appear convinced apprentices to follow foreigners to war without paying. I warned the apprentices if they let village they would die. But they ignored me, so I kill them with poison.
Without apprentices, I thought to leave the village to find someone with the skills to become a carpenter but the murders took place in the church and that led me to postpone my trip I could not risk being discovered by my clan or other murderers.
So I started to look for clues of the murder in the church, but I got distracted when I saw this foreigner appear, it was strange, no foreigner had appeared since it began the war and the few who did not return because no one spoke to them and out of the city they met a sure death.
the newcomer did something strange began to plant flowers, for some reason the newcomer looked like a nice guy so when he asked me for a place to train I gave him a letter for Ivar, after all with the lack of soldiers the village requires all men willing to fight.
Some time later I was surprised to see the young stranger into my home to see his eyes I knew he was looking the ax, I try to convince him that it was impossible to get the ax without wasting years trying to become a carpenter, but the fool did not draw back, instead of that he made the bet that he might become a carpenter in a week, I accepted thinking about the fun I would have at kick him out of the village.
I gave him food for a week and he locked himself in the workshop. The last day the young man left the workshop with a smile on his face
***** Side History 1 End*****
***** Side History 2*****
***** I and Planting *****
I'm not sure which is my name, these are some of my names: Gea, Gaia, Gaya, Terra, PachaMama, Mother goddess, Mother Nature, Mara, etc. some even call me I.A but my favorite name is Gaia.
I'm the one who welcomes all people of the world which they call reality. I seen everything from the moment they choose their name until they die. I'm the one who revives the residents of reality. But my most important task is to keep the balance between the power of creation and the power of destruction. Since the inhabitants of reality are out of my control and the only thing I could do is watch them looking for one that will become my Campaigner.
I have observed sword masters, murderers, wizards, architects, sculptors, kings, knights, thieves, gardeners, and but none managed to meet the requirements so far, but finally someone seems closer to the requirements.
I'll start a fire with timber and a forest planting
***** Side History 2 it will continue*****
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