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Free Sorcery: An Alagaësian Roleplay

@Gisk Yes, no one in the house, or nearby. Just them and a little but in the woods. The hut is very new, showing signs of only having existed for a week or two, three at the most. The wood is all freshly cut and newly assembled. Wards had been placed on it that protected it from the elements and hid it from notice. The wards would have fallen one by one over the last week, the man who made them being dead and unable to maintain them. (I can't remember if wards fall immediately following their creator's death or if they linger on their own or something so we're just going to say he supercharged them and that's why they lasted so long after his death.)

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@ViolentViolet It's okay, the things that will be happening in her life are yet to come! Accepted!

Free Sorcery: An Alagaësian Roleplay

I'm having trouble coming up with an idea for developing Kolysakr, I mean for a rider's dragon their entire life is centered around another being. Not much room for individual improvement there. As for Gale, he's going to become very... difficult. To deal with I mean. No fear though, joining up with the enemy won't be an option for him.

Free Sorcery: An Alagaësian Roleplay

@BurningCold I mean, he's great, he's a very real character and I love it, but he isn't healthy is he? Probably what makes him so real.

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Gren concerns me.

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@Forsythe It might be canon that Dragons use their tails for communication, if so then it stands to reason that they have very good control over that appendage and could easily attach some kind of wicked double-bladed scythe or something. Claws are fairly sharp already, but maybe attaching some metal ones for extra tearing? Trying to think of the kinds of things a dragon could use as a weapon considering they kind of are one themselves.

@Gisk Sounds good to me! I look forward to seeing a bit of innovation, enchanting and metalworking are huge expansive fields compared to what's present in Alagaësia. Rider swords aren't the only powerful weapon or fancy tool to be made.

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Sorry if Galen's thoughts offend your chars!

And I agree that Damascus is a reasonable size for a dragon at a one or two years old. Bulky, but not insanely so. Big, but not unnaturally so. @Forsythe@Awesomoman64 That said, hatchling stage and awkward not-yet-flying stage as well as flying-but-not-with-rider stage are all still to happen. All will grow in time. Even the tiny angry one. :)

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Galen Derricson

They reached the top of the hill, finding the eastern face of the mound to be mostly bare of trees and granting them an unexposed view of the valley on the other side.

The place was a mess.

A patch of forest to the south was badly burned, and the very base of the valley was flooded and riddled with temporary ponds. The north was so waterlogged it appeared almost swamp-like, not at all like the rapidly drying out woodlands Gale had thought to find here. The Hadarac Desert could not even be seen, a line of hills slightly shorter than the one they just climbed blocked much of the view before them, but even still they could see green grass beyond that.

On the face of those hills, nestled just slightly above one of the ponds, was a cabin. Normally it would not be so easily spotted, but between the broken wards, the call of eggs demanding a chance to hatch, the call of riders approaching their destiny, and just a bit of true blood flowing in his veins, Galen spotted the off-colored roof immediately.

He pointed to it as soon as he saw it, "I didn't know anyone lived over here." He commented lightly, a strange note in his voice. No one lived out here, that was fact. Yet there was a small cabin in the woods, the light color of the wooden roof telling of its recent construction.

To reach the cabin the group had a few options; first was to take the shortest route, going north slightly to cross between the largest two ponds and then south again once passed. Another option was to simply swim, two small ponds lie directly between them and the cabin, they could simply go straight down the hill, through the first pond, through the next pond, and then up the other hill to the cabin.

Or they could go south. It was slightly longer, but they could reach a path that would take them through the burnt section of the forest and then straight to the cabin's doorstep. The path actually looked like it connected the house to the main road, which might have implied the place was older than it looked, but there was no way someone had been living out here unnoticed for that long, not without magic.

Gale glanced south towards the blackened, leafless trees. He was interested in going there, but the cabin- more like a but really, demanded his attention. So long as they ended up there he didn't care which way they took.

"What do you guys think?" He asked, turning from the view to face them- or more accurately, to face Alph. He felt somewhat guilty, he had after all invited Gren out here to catch some food, something the boy likely needed, and yet Gale was already distracting them from that goal. It just felt so... important. He hadn't even realized he was ignoring the tracks until they reached the top of the hill, no doubt bypassing hundreds of suitable tracks to follow. As for Demund, he probably wanted to be back at the forge and didn't care one way or another about their success.

So, he turned to Alph. Likely the only one who would take an interest, not to mention Gale simply respected him more. Alph was well traveled and independent, and though the term likely didn't exist yet, Gale thought he was cool.

But Gale hadn't realized he wasn't the only one feeling a pull to the hut, so he felt a little nervous about side tracking their quest. He didn't think about what he'd do if they didn't want to go check out the hut. It was just so... important. He had no choice but to go.

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@Forsythe Heh, she could be, but red hair is quite natural as well... :P

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A few things to do tomorrow, might be a while before I post.

Thoughts on the leather clad woman stomping around Mashal? She's going to be important! Muahaha! Not the teacher though, she's part of the group that's going to be evening the score now that newbie riders are getting a population boost.

Teacher won't be joining the group immediately, he (or she, haven't decided yet) will be turning up before they reach the elves though (if they ever do... muahahahah)

You guys should probably be considering a character arc, some histories in need of exploring. Then we can pair you off in the future and set you on the path to do that arc, character development and story progression and stuff. Everyone should have at least one thing special about them, fate has gained a place in Mashal's foundations...

We've got at least two half-bloods (or we will once VV is done) who'll be exploring what that means for them, the culture of their other halves, etc. One smith who wants to do great smithing things, which may or may not be special. One orphan with matricidal tendencies... not that special, but a potential arc for him is replacing or enchanting his eye to work like a normal one? Hey, it's magic right? Why not? And we've got a dubbed 'Artist' with his own parental issues... Well, I dunno about him. You guys come up with something that makes your characters special, and something they'll be motivated to do once the excitement settles a bit.

There's a kingdom that's been deposed, anyone smelling royal blood? Or just noble blood, rebellious nobility have no place in the empire if they won't kneel! Alternatively there's the way of Eragon and Murtagh, many a dragon rider has been slain that might have had children. These are the kind of special things I'm talking about, some personal history they'll be interested in investigating or acting on. Reclaiming a father's rider sword, parleying with the elf queen over who will sit on the human throne, getting in contact with loyalist family...

Of course, if you don't want your character to be special you don't have to. I will be allowing a time in the plot for those kind of things to happen though, so everyone can take advantage of it. Eragon went after the Raz'zoc, certainly helping the war effort but it was hardly that fact that was motivating him to hunt them down. Your characters will have the chance to do the same and pursue their own motivations in the early stages of the RP. Once things start heating up though and the war truly kicks off, there won't be much time for it between being pushed this way and that.

Or that's the plan now anyway. I have a basic framework for how the plot will go, but if someone steps up and says 'oh hell no we aren't fighting this stupid war' and everyone flies away to Alalëa (or whatever tf) then I'm flexible (lol Gallywag will hunt your asses down anyway so gl mate). Or, you know, they join the Empire or something. Or go into hiding- which will definitely be an option, with fleshed out if unorthodox story available (it'll even be served up on a silver platter and everything, an invitation to hide forever will be sent!) I don't see that happening though, Ashwing at least, will be all for the war, and if Ashwing is then her rider will be and if her rider is the others are unlikely to abandon him to it.

Oh hey look, I went on some tangents... Sorry? :P