Mirrond: So… I have somehow written it in one evening… and Resus corrected most of it one evening… which is… strange a bit. But, here it is - another chapter.
Resus: Yeah… we wrote 90% of it in the last 48 hours… and that’s exactly like saying “we didn’t write anything the last week”...
Mirrond: We had reasons…! I think. After writing this like a madman I have problems with my memory D: Who are you? Who am I?
Resus: Oh, right… You were sick… And I’m not qualified to write it on my own when it’s so full of dialogues and exposition :P
Mirrond: I thought about making a joke about me being a sick person all the time and only catching an illness lately, but I decided - fuck it.
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Chapter 7: Shadow’s job description should be ‘harbinger of idiocy’
Trying to keep my voice low, so that Gavlan won’t hear me, I whisper several typical keywords you would expect to open the interface in this situation. Nothing. Few gestures I’m able to come up with also don’t seem to have any effect. I guess the knowledge from all this novels, manga and anime isn’t as usable in real life as one would assume. I read and watched literally hundreds of them… and by far that didn’t give me anything, beside irritation over clicheness.
Back to the topic, let’s think about this some more. What sort of interface opening trigger could be set by a mad deity that seemingly finds joy in making fun of me? I’m afraid the answer is - I HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA! This could be literally anything, from a mad dance to self harm using something sharp… or a spoon. It’s impossible for me to find out and trying anything without knowing what is it exactly would be ridiculous, tedious and - ultimately - pointless.
Thinking about this as an actual game there should be an option allowing customisation of such trigger somewhere in the Options menu… but I can’t access it now!
Hey, Shadow… are you listening? How about a little help? Because, you know, in this situation, your appearance WOULD ACTUALLY BE USEFUL FOR ONCE! And look, you’d be able to make fun of me and this little problem of my!
For a second I kinda expected him to answer to my thoughts, but… nope, no such luck for me. Great, just great. Fun-fucking-tastic to be precise. Now it’s certain - I’m the shittiest reincarnated ‘hero’ ever. I don’t know how many real reincarnated heroes the apparent multiverse had… but I’m positive that I’m the very first one to not be able to open his own interface...
Okay, for now let’s settle with ’It’s all Shadow’s fault in the first place!’ because I really need to go to sleep. Tomorrow - when the shit’ll hit the fan - and everyone will learn of my brother’s death - I’ll better not look like sleep-deprived zombie. Besides… maybe tomorrow I’ll be able to figure something out regarding this whole mess?
It’s damn hard to fall asleep when you know that your dead brother’s body lies on the other side of the wall.
* * *
Waking up to a screaming woman is kind of what I expected. And, weirdly enough, it’s slowly becoming a routine for me. Next thing I know is Gavlan shaking my arm and asking if I’m ok. He’s my bodyguard after all and if they found my brother dead I’m his priority again. I ensure him that everything is ok and he leaves the room, I guess he heard my father approaching because I can hear them talking for a short while.
The conversation is quickly over and it seems like father rushed to my brothers room. The scream following right after the bang of opening doors hitting the wall is filled with anguish and despair.
* * *
Ok, I honestly didn’t think that my brother’s death would affect him so much. I may sound biased but he wasn’t as bad as I thought before the whole ‘my uncle is touching me’ incident. It actually seems like he was sensitive enough to actually nearly break after losing his bastard son who so far gave him nothing but trouble. The scream two days ago was pretty much only the beginning. After wallowing in… whatever it is that people are supposed to wallow in… for some time, he switched into apathy and that’s pretty much his condition even now.
But it’s not like he was completely broken. His eyes aren’t lifeless and given enough time he will shake it all off. However for the time being he is no use so grandfather was the one to organize the funeral. And I must admit that for someone not originally from this world the funeral rites in Res are quite… peculiar. As far as I know this world doesn’t really have any concept of afterlife, so the funeral is more like a sacrifice to the goddess of water that is worshipped here. Bodies are cremated and the ashes are thrown into the sea or a river. At least that’s how it is for the poor. Rich families, like Veles, have a little different approach.
They have tombs. Every wealthy family has one. It’s nothing more than a place filled with pedestals on top of which there are stone bowls filled with water mixed with ashes. The only ‘decoration’ is a name, dates of birth and death written on the pedestal, plus names of your parents. Our family tomb was, quite surprisingly, right below the mansion. One of many closed rooms in the building turned out to be a spiral staircase. But the biggest surprise was my brother’s funeral itself.
Sometime during the preparations I overheard a conversation between two slaves about my brother’s situation in the family. And based on what I heard, having a child with a slave isn’t as rare as recent events would suggest. It’s heavily frowned upon and considered as something really bad - especially because of a strange believe that slaves are somehow ‘worse’ than free people, but it happens from time to time. And because of that, there are actually rules and regulations for this kind of a situations. I’m not sure though if they are official like ‘laws’ or just what people silently agreed to do.
Anyway, owner of a slave can in fact legitimize the child and said child can be treated as a heir, but if he or she has any fully legitimate half-siblings they have priority over him or her. However it’s a rather rare occurrence for anyone to legitimize a bastard.
On the other hand, if the owner refuses to acknowledge the child his family can still ‘adopt’ it. It’s as if it was an orphan now under care of the family. It’s actually a rather common practice as such children can be properly educated and later become helpful in managing family business. They are generally really loyal, as their parent - or after his or her death, the family head - can legitimize them anytime they see fit. That ‘adopted orphan’ could also get betrothed to a member of a different wealthy family. Although I have no idea why the ‘slaves are worse than free people’ belief doesn’t apply here… Anyway, both ways conclude with them living peaceful lives full of riches, so being loyal is definitely tempting. Actually, as far as I know, Lena is an example of such adoption.
The last option, however, is for the master to denounce the child, who then ends as his slave with only one parent. Which is a pretty heartless thing to do, but it happens from time to time.
Back to the topic, when we entered the tomb during the ceremony, there was my father’s name written as a parent on the pedestal prepared for my brother’s ashes. I could hear shocked whispers among some of the less prominent family members. Only that daughter-of-a-bitch - Iverie - didn’t look shocked at all. This pretty much explained why she killed him - Naharius must’ve legitimized my brother in secret, but she somehow found out about it.
The ritual itself was short. The body was cremated earlier, so all my father did was pouring ashes into the bowl. Then we all leaved the tomb, leaving only Naharius behind. According to Gavlan ‘he wanted to be alone for a bit’. The feast began shortly after.
I don’t really enjoy it. Being in the same room as Iverie is making me want to break something. I barely even notice what I’m eating and that my father entered the room. He looks like a shadow of his former self. Especially because of the bags under his eyes. After one or two hours I begin having a little headache so I excuse myself and go back to my room with Gavlan following me. I’m also really sleepy - even despite it still being a few hours till dusk. I fall asleep really quickly.
Then… there are dreams. Quite vivid. People and places from both of my lives mixed together into something totally incomprehensible. The theme slowly starts becoming darker and darker. And finally… it turns into a nightmare.
I am in a building. A palace or castle, built from really massive blocks of dark stone I don’t recognize. The room I’m in is enormously spacious, all I can see is a forest of pillars that seems to continue without end - no walls in my sight - and a throne in front of me. There is Shadow sitting on it. This time he looks much more evil-godlike. The only part of his body that’s still a black whirlwind is his face. The rest is covered by what looks like a really sinister set of black armor with thorns as a motive. It’s decorated with a crude image of sickle-like red moon painted on his chestplate. His body is strangely slim, I kinda expected the Evil God Of Madness to look more… macho? Especially in his magnificent Black Armor of Badassitude.
“Damn, what a creepy nightmare.” I mumble to myself but before I can do anything else I receive a powerful kick in the stomach.
I fly backwards, piercing through several pillars. And… IT HURTS, IT SO FUCKING HU… wait, it hurts? Which means…
“Yes.” I hear Shadow’s voice while trying to stand up, I can see his face very, very close to my own. He looks pissed. “This is, more or less, reality.”
“Fuck, you know you could’ve just pinch me!”
“Sure I could, but kicking you was so much more enjoyable.” I’m trying to come out with a riposte but before anything leaves my mouth he smiles - wryly and without any sign of joy in his eyes. “Besides… I just had to somehow punish you for being SO MUCH OF AN IDIOT and dying already!”
What?
“Dying. You know - the moment when your body becomes unable to continue living, and your soul… well, that part depends on whom you ask. “ He starts laughing out of nowhere. “Who like who, but you should be pretty knowledgeable in the subject, it’s your second time after all.”
“How? Was it Iverie?” He helps me up. Despite receiving his kick and piercing through several stone pillars I’m not even wounded, but i guess it’s not all that surprising since I’m already dead and all…
“Looks like my blessing’s working. A bit too late, perhaps?“ Another burst of laughter. “Victim’s cause of death - cerebral hemorrhage. Looks like someone really raised his blood pressure. Yeaaaaah.” And then he puts on pair of sunglasses out of nowhere.
“Horatio Caine from CSI: Miami’s opening scene. Sweet… you got any more of them references to my world? NO! Cerebral Hemorrhage?! What the…” But he doesn’t let me finish.
“It’s a fantasy world. From your perspective anyway. The are like billions of various poisons and toxins out there. And I must point out that this particular one is actually really awesome.” He looks so genuinely enthusiastic about it… ”When added to food or beverage its effects start as a little headache and sleepiness. But when the victim *wink* fall asleep… it fries the brain. Side effects - realistic dreams and nightmares. Cerebral hemorrhage is this train’s last stop. Though even if someone wakes the victim before it’s all over there’s always at least slight brain damage devolving a healthy person into a retard or a vegetable. Thankfully this state would last only until the victim falls asleep again, as then… bam! Cerebral hemorrhage.” Second of silence, and yet another burst of laughter. “Damn, I really like those words. ‘Cerebral hemorrhage’ sounds soooooo awesome and intelligent.”
I decide to ignore his nonsense. “So, what you’re saying is that this way it would look like a natural death.” I think out laud. “And even if someone would decide to do an autopsy, all that could be found are signs of…”
“... cerebral hemorrhage!” Can’t you just shut up for a moment?! “Well, of course if twenty people die because of it one night in a single house, everyone would know that it was this poison. But if it happens once at a time to a single person…”
“... especially someone who was thought to have mental problems when he was younger.” This time I’m the one to interrupt. “Iverie would easily persuade anyone that it was all because of a hidden disease, that damaged my brain when I was younger. First retardation and then... “ I notice what I’ve done a second too late.
“... CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE!!!” Oh God, if only I had something sharp… I really want to stab Shadow. To death. WITH A FUCKING SPOON. “Think like that too much, and in the future I’ll grant you a magic spoon as a divine artifact.” Obligatory burst of laughter… “Watching you stabbing people with it would be GLORIOUS! You would be so pissed at me, that you’d end up getting…“ Oh please no. “CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE!!!”.
AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!! The worst part is that this guy could really do this. And being known as ‘The Dark Lord of The Magic Spoon’ by this world’s future generations is’t the peak of my dreams. “Shadow… is that poison something well known?”
“No, not really.” He answers promptly. “Well, it’s known just enough so I can tell you a bit about it without breaking any rules.” Rules? “It’s one of the Old Empire’s glorious inventions. Diluted in water 1:1000 it ends up us a harmless drug that can be used to stimulate vivid dreams. It can also be used as a lubricant for heavy machinery involving magic. And rubbed into skin in small quantities restores magic power. Quite useful but hard to create so it’s pretty rare. Well, it was hard to create by the Old Empire, because with today’s technology it can’t be replicated.”
For some reason I’m sure that if I ask anything about the Old Empire I’ll hear something along the lines of ‘sorry, can’t say anything about it'. Enhanced intuition strikes back. Shadow smiles wryly when I think that.
“Oh, and by the way...” Before I have a chance to say anything he’s speaking again. “It looks like it’s linked to a strange underground ‘cult’ that’s currently under the Temple’s investigation. They already used this poison in a few assassinations, so they definitely have access to it. And no, this isn’t breaking the rules as long as you already heard about it but simply forgot because you were sleepy back then. And I didn’t add this to the Codex because of very important reasons.”
This might be a useful tip… This cult, whatever it is, must be connected to both Iverie and that magician who helped her. And because of that… wait… Codex?! “Thank God I just remembered about this… You see, I can’t open my interface because I accidentally closed it before reaching Options and there was nothing in the tutorial about…”
“You did what?!” He starts laughing really, really hard and speaks through that laughter. “And just so you know, it’s totally not like I already knew about it from watching you all the time but simply decided not to help you because observing your desperate struggle was oh so very funny.”
“Oh fuck you.”
“In your dreams.” More laughter… This time even I smile a bit. Bad sexual innuendos are always good. “Well, changing activation trigger is pretty much the first option there. But you know, aside from blessings and codex entries I can’t change anything in the system anymore so everything is just set to default. Lucky for you I can inform you what the default is.” I have a terrible premonitions about this…
“And just what the hell is the default trigger?!”
“Well… It’ll be easier if I just show you!”
I start hearing music coming from everywhere and I’m forced to watch an evil god of madness performing a dance from the ‘Gangnam Style’ video…
No.
NO.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Oh God why?!
At least no one will ever know about this except the two of us, right?!
I manage to complete the short dance sequence on a SIXTH FUCKING ATTEMPT! And by now Shadow completely lost it… He’s rolling around laughing uncontrollably and bouncing off the pillars, like some kind of maniacal billiard ball… Seeing the interface window opening before me gives me the feeling of relief that can’t even be described.
I click - carefully, as accidentally closing it again would be worse than death - on the Options button. I ignore most of them - there will be a time later for proper exploring - and focus on the first one. ‘Interface Activation Trigger - Gangnam Style dance’. To the right from it there’s an arrow. I touch it and the trigger changes from ‘Gangnam Style dance’ into ‘Cut out a maiden’s heart with an obsidian knife.’
WHAT?!
“Hey, it wasn’t me!” Shadow is suddenly standing in front of me. “Most of them were added by my… ahem… friends and colleagues. But don’t worry, there can’t be too many of them.”
I switch to the next and read it out loud. “Participate in an orgy with thirteen black prostitutes and a tamed armadillo.” Wait… what?! I glance at Shadow, but he is currently too busy admiring the ceiling. Oh for fuck’s sake… N...next?
“Perform a Black Mass with at least forty participants on a cemetery at midnight.” JUST HOW CAN IT EVEN BE A FUCKING INTERFACE ACTIVATION TRIGGER?! Next.
“Sell a dangerous drug to an underage.”… That one is actually more evil than idiotic. Next.
“Wearing human skin as clothes stand on your head and recite ‘Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn’ backwards thirteen times." … I actually have problems deciding if the ‘gods’ I’m serving are a band of idiots… or creepy bastards… maybe both? The title of creepy-idiot-bastards quite suit them, at least if they’re all similar to Shadow. Next.
“Jump from the rooftop of a building that is at least twenty stories high while singing The Ode to Joy.” How about no? Next.
“Kill a person by hitting him repetitively with a spoon.” Is Shadow adding this shit when I am not looking?! Next.
“Scream as loud as you can in a public place.” Well.. that’s a bit impractical. Next.
“Run a marathon on one leg.” Em… no. Next.
“Tear your arm out and wave at someone with it.” … Next.
“Eat a tiger.” No? Next.
“Let yourself be eaten by a tiger.” What? … Next.
“Tame a tiger and make it dance the Gangnam Style dance” … Does one of them have some kind of an obsession over tigers?! Next.
“Gather big number of tigers, kill them, reanimate them as zombies, and then let them create a havoc on the streets of a big city creating one and only Night Of Living Tigers!……………………….. apparently yes, very much so. Next.
“Make sweet sweet love to a ti…” NEXT.
“Say tiger.” Next… Wait, no! It was actually quite normal…
“Have sex with a tree.” … unlike this one. Well, I can’t move back. Next...
“Let a tree have sex with you.” Just… how… nevermind, I don’t even want to know in case there actually ARE such trees around. Shadow suddenly starts laughing… even louder than he was all this time. Next. God, please, let it be something normal. PLEASE.
“Oppa Gangnam Style dance”.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I despair for a moment. My dark thoughts accompanied by never ending laughter of a mad deity that once again is rolling on the floor bouncing off of pillars. Shit, I’ll have to settle with the ‘Say Tiger’ one, right?
I click the right button repeatedly and eventually arrive to ‘Make sweet sweet etc.’. Then I click once again.
‘Have sex with a tree.’
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!? I click right button again. ‘Let tree have sex with you.’ and again…
“Gesture (presets).” Shadow stopped rolling and instead is standing few meters away from me, whistling something and once again admiring the ceiling. Totally. Not. Suspicious. Well, I’m not going to say anything… for once he has done something useful. My level of hatred towards him was just lowered from infinity to infinity minus one. Great job!
Below the ‘Interface Activation Trigger - ’ another option shows up, labeled ‘Gesture Presets’. I immediately search through it. Majority is idiotic and impractical (like using your hand to mimic movements that are commonly associated with masturbation) but… finally…
“Reach with your right hand as if the status window was already there. WHY COULDN’T YOU MAKE THIS A DEFAULT?!”
“Because it wouldn’t work if you didn’t know to do it…” Shadow, with a serious face, made a serious remark. WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SHADOW?!
“So… it would be exactly the same as the actual default?”
“Well… yeah! But booooooriiiiiiing!” Nevermind, he’s back.
I hate him. Well.. at least now we can finally get back to business!
“So… you’re going to resurrect me now, right?” He nods to that. “Could you maybe… emm… modify me and my surroundings a bit?”
“Depends on what do you mean by ‘a bit’.”
“I mean, could you leave detectable traces of poison in my body? Add signs of me vomiting in the bathroom sometime in the evening. “ I can see his eyes opening widely.
“Ohhh, so that’s your ‘Master Plan’ this time. Certainly interesting. Has potential to be amusing. And it can be done without breaking the rules! Sure, I’ll do it.”
Suddenly I feel myself falling into darkness. But before it devours me completely I manage to ask one final question.
“Wait! What are the rules?!”
His only answer is laughter…
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Mirrond: Just so you know - there will be no orgy with tamed armadillo in the story later on ;_; If this makes you sad, go see a doctor.
Resus: Or… buy a perverted armadillo?
Mirrond: Something like this can be bou… wait, don’t answer that. I don’t want to know.
Spoiler: Status
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Race:
Human
Subrace:
Northwestern Republican
Nationality:
Free City of Res
Occupation:
Child
Attributes:
Health Points:
10 / 10
Mana Points:
0 / 0
Physical attributes:
Vitality:
1
Resistance:
1
Strength:
1
Endurance:
1
Dexterity:
2
Agility:
2
Intelligence:
5
Wisdom:
6
Social attributes:
Charisma:
0
Attractiveness:
1
Intimidation:
0
Fear:
2
Faith:
1
Fame:
1
Menus:
Skills
Spells (LOCKED)
Quests
Codex
Active Effects
Possessions (LOCKED)
Companions (LOCKED)
Options
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Current number of users… 1
Spoiler: Skills
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Combat System:
Active:
NONE
Passive:
NONE
Magic:
Proficiencies:
NONE
Affinities:
Spoiler: Magically Talentless:
When it goes to magic your talent is literally nonexistent. You are absolutely, totally magicless. And it doesn’t even give you any antimagic bonuses. Too bad for you ;_;
Better hurry towards gaining magic… oh no, I forgot - you can’t. You can’t do shit about it till your 16th birthday ;_; It’s a real tragedy.
Master
Miscellaneous:
Lingual:
Spoiler: Western Republican (Southern Coast variant):
You possess moderate skills in using the Southern Coast variant of
Western Republican language. This allows you to communicate freely with people who are capable of using it, but you are yet to learn how to write or read.
Intermediate
Social:
NONE
Utilities:
NONE
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Current number of users… 1
Spoiler: Spells LOCKED
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This function is currently LOCKED.
Real Life Game System by Shadow666 <3…
Current number of users… 1
Spoiler: Quests
Quests
Unchangeable Main Quest:
Ragnarök Delayed
Spoiler: Description
You are now playing a game you don’t understand. You don’t know the rules, you don’t know who plays with you…But you must win. And to achieve that you need to learn the rules… And find a way to break them. Or write them anew.
For now follow Shadow's orders. He wants you to be a hammer that will shatter this world’s political and economical order. While doing that, look for clues about fate of the Old Empire, and the truth about Lost Deities.
Avoid the Old Gods’ attention at all cost.
Success conditions:
World Stability <10%
Old Empire Capital discovered
Fate of Old Empire discovered
Truth about Lost Deities discovered
Progress:
World Stability 100%
Rewards:
???
Secondary Main Ouest:
End of Veles Family?
Spoiler: Description
You were born as a part of ancient bloodline of Veles. This family has long since fallen from grace. The corruption within grows and its members are too busy fighting each other to cleanse it. The power of family slowly fades.
Will you become family’s head, and reform it to become more powerful than ever? Or maybe you find it’s sins not redeemable… and you will decide to destroy it?
Only time will tell.
Success conditions:
(one of the following is true)
Varth Veles is the Head of the family
Slave trade controlled by Veles is destroyed
Varth Veles is a sole survivor of the family
Veles successfully framed for plotting a revolt against the city of Res
Progress:
Naharius Veles Senior is the Head of the family
Veles slave trade on its peak
45 family members alive
Veles reputation remains untarnished
Rewards:
(depends on which conditions were met)
Gaining control of Veles family
???
Secondary Main Ouest:
Followers, Servants and Allies (FSA)
Spoiler: Description
If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement.
There is no way for you to finish your mission alone. You will need help from other people. It’s not easy to find people you can trust. Most of your supporters will never knew the truth about you.
Search for people that can be of use and recruit them to your cause.
Success conditions:
Recruit a follower whom you trust enough to tell the entire truth… and link him to Real Life Game System
Recruit at least seven companions without knowledge of who you really are
Rewards:
???
Side Quest:
Dish Best Served Cold
Spoiler: Description
When Iverie murdered your brother you were too young and too weak stop her. You could only be a powerless witness.
But… things change.
Success conditions:
(one of the following is true)
Kill Iverie
Be a part of a scheme that leads to her death
Rewards:
(depends on which conditions were met)
???
Side Quest:
Dark Lord
Spoiler: Description
Your received a blessing from a Lost Deity. There are still many of them out there who can be... persuaded to assist you by clearing various requirements.
You will need every possible blessing to finish your mission… but unfortunately you don’t know what those requirements are. Continue to do evil deeds to unlock more blessings.
Success conditions:
All blessings received
(other conditions will be unlocked after gaining access to magic)
Rewards:
???
Side Quest:
FSA: Lena
Spoiler: Description
Your half-sister Lena is younger than you… and alone. As a single person from her family who treats her as a human being you can influence the way she will grow and thus gain a truly helpful and trustworthy companion.
Success conditions:
Lena Veles possess knowledge about Lost Deities existence
Lena Veles is a follower of Varth Veles
Rewards:
???
Side Quest:
FSA: Gavlan
Spoiler: Description
Your bodyguard – Gavlan - is a capable warrior. While his ardent faith in Old Gods makes him incapable of accepting the knowledge about who you really are his hatred towards slavery and current state of the world can be of use as a way to recruit him.
Success conditions:
Gavlan is freed from slavery
Gavlan decides to remain in Res and serve you
Optional conditions:
Find a way to weaken his faith, to make him capable of accepting the full truth
Rewards:
???
Side Quest:
Coup de grâce
Spoiler: Description
While your… intrigue managed to severely cripple your uncle’s influence within your family, if given enough time he will recuperate by persuading others that he was framed by your father.
You should find a way to eliminate him… decisively.
Success conditions:
Lenniel is dead or banished
Iar’e is dead or banished
Rewards:
???
Side Quest
Academic Knowledge
Spoiler: Description
You are new to this world. To ruin it, you must firstly understand it. Gaining common knowledge is a necessity but it’s not going to be enough. You will also need insight into politics, trade, sociology, geography, history… and many other subjects.
Not to mention learning languages as there are plenty of them out there.
Success conditions:
A tutor
Access to a library
Fluency in at least four languages
Rewards:
???
Side Quest:
Every Dark Lord’s Necessity
Spoiler: Description
What kind of Dark Lord can exist… without his faithful harem!
Begin gathering some nice girls :D
Or boys. Or trees. Or horses. Or whatever!
I’m too busy not giving shit about stupid details to be intolerant.
Success conditions:
Harem! Harem! Harem!
Progress:
Well, no progress so far… which is understandable as you have only five years… but you still suck D: Not literally as that would be some kind of a progress in that quest D:
Rewards:
Oh, I guess they will reward you in MANY different ways, hihihihi :D
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Current number of users… 1
Spoiler: Codex
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People:
Dramatis Personae:
Veles Family:
Spoiler: ??? Veles -
Iverie’s son.
Spoiler: Alva Veles -
Your mother and… well… not the smartest person around. She holds absolutely no contact with you. Recently she also lost all contact with your father, after she betrayed him with a slave and gave birth to Lena (whom Alva openly ignores).
It is still unknown to you why she remains Naharius’s wife.
Spoiler: Iar’e Veles -
Your cousin, son of Lenniel Veles, and a person you have mentally scarred for life. Even after your coming out he still fights with lingering fear of darkness.
He is also doing everything he can to avoid any contact with you.
Spoiler: Iverie Veles -
Your “aunt”, daughter of your grandfather’s sister. Avoid her at all cost - really talented in schemes, and ruthless. Very ambitious, she is scheming to become the next head of Veles family. She killed your brother and is in cahoots with one of the eight Res mages.
Currently she is the most probable successor of your grandfather.
Spoiler: Kiera Veles -
Iverie’s daughter. Looks like younger Iverie. It seems like she is growing into a younger version of Iverie.
Might be a pain in the future.
Spoiler: Lena Veles -
Your younger half-sister, born from your mother and a slave whose name you don’t know. Openly ignored by everybody in the family except you.
Still very young.
Spoiler: Lenniel Veles -
Your uncle, father of Iar’e and one of three important figures in family who compete to become the next head of Veles family. Pretty straightforward in his schemes, mainly because of the fact that his mind is pretty much like a hammer - large, powerful… and blunt. Might be cooperating with Iverie but she may as well only manipulate him. It’s unknown if he knows anything about her business with one of Res mages.
Currently has a very low level of influence within Veles because of your ‘molest’ lie.
Spoiler: Naharius Veles Junior -
Your father. Firstborn son of your grandfather, and one of three potential successors. Through your early childhood he more or less ignored you because of your mental disability but his fatherly feelings reignited after you turned out to be normal. However, continuous calamities that befell him (your mother’s betrayal, you being ‘molested’ and death of your brother) are making him sink deeper and deeper into paranoia.
He lost a big part of his influence after he knocked up a slave girl. Currently he is more or less second in line to the ‘throne’.
Spoiler: Naharius Veles Senior -
Your grandfather. His continuous attempts to ease tension within Veles family suggests that he is either delusional, or have some lingering trauma with family infighting.
Most likely the latter as he is much too good in administering Veles slave empire to be mentally impaired.
Spoiler: Nameless Veles -
Your dead brother, killed by Iverie and one of the eight Res mages.
Others:
Spoiler: ??? -
One of the eight Res mages. Helped Iverie in killing your brother.
His agenda is currently unknown, just as his identity.
Spoiler: Gavlan -
Your bodyguard. Wolfman warrior from Leana, taken as a slave by one of Veles fleet slave raids. Shows deep hatred towards slavery and Veles family.
Recently he started to show no signs of hatred towards you just because you are a member of Veles family.
Companion / Ally / Friendly / Neutral / Hostile / Dangerous / Enemy
Races:
Spoiler: Eastern Republican -
Human race variant, that can be most commonly found in the area of Free Cities, and eastern/central Protectorates. Caucasian, with a tendency of having white (or even pale) skin even in the mediterranean climate of Republican Coast. Hair either normal or in various shades of blue (very pale blue is most common). Eyes either normal or in various shades of blue.
Spoiler: Wolfman -
Beastman variant, most commonly found in Leana continent, but is also quite widespread in Free Cities, Protectorates and some other areas due to frequent slave raids and “normal” emigration. Either humans with wolf-like features, or a humanoid wolf capable of speaking. Strong, and tough, makes good soldiers and warriors, but have a relatively slow ratio of magic users in their population.
Humans / Beastmen / Elves / Arcane Races / Others
Organisations:Res:
Spoiler: Temple of Res -
The one and only religious organisation in Res, that worships the goddess of sea and water who doesn’t really have a name - for her worshippers Res is more or less an extension of herself, so to some point she IS a city. The Temple as an organisation is an important player in political schemes going on in the city. It possess its own military force (one hundred warriors - they protect the city’s one and only grand temple), can pass judgment on various crimes that were taken out of city’s jurisdiction (for example - heresy/blasphemy/participation in some underground sects).
Its head is a Grand Priestess, but she rarely leaves the temple.
Spoiler: House of Veles -
One of the weakest Houses in the city of Res, the only one composed of humans. It mainly deals in slave trading, and possess a formidable fleet of warships.
However those ships deal mainly in slave raids, and are at best moderate when it comes to ship-to-ship combat.
Spoiler: Council of Eight -
Council of Eight is more or less unofficial (but widely accepted) name for an “association” of Res mages. It’s composed of all eight sorcerers residing in the city.
Religious / Political / Magical / Underground
Geopolitics:
Countries:
Spoiler: Free Cities -
Union of independent merchant republics spanned along The Southern Coast. Most likely merely a defense treaty against foreign enemies, always full of internal strife and without anything that could be described as central government.
Together, with their military, maritime and industrial power, they could became a leading superpower.
Spoiler: Resian Republic -
Also known as Free City of Res or Republic of Res. Merchant republic on the Southern Coast, independent but remains a part of Free Cities. Oligarchy, ruled by a handful of wealthy families.
Other groups with wide influence within Resian Republic are Council of Eight - organisation composed of eight Res magicians – and the Temple.
Great Powers / Secondary Powers / Independent Nations / Vassals and Satellite States / Uncivilised and Tribal
Regions and Places:
Spoiler: Southern Coast -
Coastal area near the south border of civilisation. Mediterreanean climate, only two seasons. Important hub of trade, full of coastal cities bursting with activity.
Spoiler: Republican Sea -
Sea between Southern Coast and continent of Leana. Dominated by Free Cities navies. Calm and more or less safe for travel.
Spoiler: Silverwater River -
River that flows through the city of Res.
Spoiler: Leana -
Small continent to the east from Republican Sea. Inhabited by beastmen, and full of barely civilised countries and tribes. Frequent target for slaver raids, because of its residents permanent inability to defend themselves or retaliate.
Southern Firell / Northern Firell / Leana / Meronia / Northern Khar / Southern Khar / Western Khar
Cities, Fortresses and Villages:
Spoiler: Res -
A coastal city located on Southern Coast. Build alongside Silverwater river estuary. Notable areas: massive harbor, and a grand temple dedicated to local goddess-protector, that also possess a clocktower visible from nearly every part of a city.
Village / Town / City / Fortress / Other
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