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>>456639
>Castille
>Austria
>liechtenstien

>>457050
noting.

>>457078
Fucked up the trip
You can call me a faggot
gimme a sec

>>456261
Male
Tudhaliyas the casteless.
Going for a Hittite name cause why not.

>>456261
>Spellthief
>Andious
>male

>>456282
>>456356

Yes, yes...your name, Tudhaliyas, the spellthief. Not much of a title, nobody's denying that. Maybe that will change.

You were tossed down here with quite a struggle, they were afraid of your magic and its bite. But at least they didn't kill you.

Fortunately, (at least for you) the remains of a poor being are slumped over on the wall. Only bones remained, so they must have been here for a long time. An empty waterskin lays there, along with a few scraps of clothing, where the rest has been torn away.

There's little to be seen here. The air is warm, and the stone around you is finely carved, smooth, so smooth that when you rest your hand on the well, it is cool and pleasant to the touch.

There is only one exit, ignoring the stone door that was closed behind you, and it is an open doorway, with the shattered remains door hanging limply from its hinges.

>>453583
It might be best to follow Assur's Directions.

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>>453610
Ajax rallies the people, reminding them all of Assur's direction, to go to where the sun dies to be reborn. It is decided that the people will travel along the river, as they have never done before, and work begins on the vessels. Severeal trees are felled, and sawn into planks as quickly as the people can work.After a week or so of squalor, the tribe is eager to return to work, your people ever focused on construction and artistry in work. In the end, there are only two boats, long galleys, driven by rowing, with one deck and one large cabin on each, to act as barracks and store-rooms. Ajax heads the small fleet, and as your people lack any children, all can row.

The crafts travel quickly downstream, through the endless jungle, your people feeding themselves with simple fishing, eating the large, cumbersome river fish roasted and unadorned, and drinking only from the river. Life is unpleasant and hard, as hours are spent rowing, fishing, or sleeping, with no-one able to rest for any tangible amount of time. The jungle thins and shifts occasionally, turning to birch, oak, or sometimes marsh, and the sounds of the familiar jungle shift with them, the shrill shrieks of Mandrill packs replaced by roars and barks. After a few more weeks, a small range of strange, stone figures loom in the distance, something your people have never seen, Mountains.

As you travel, the trees thin further, and your people are amazed to see a land completely without trees, swarming with massive animals, elephants and troupes of apes, the Savanaah. They come to a stop for a short while in this rich land, establishing a small camp, eating the common fruits of the area, scaring off the beasts with fire. The land is fertile and rich, as the river flows, but it seems to lack much ore of any kind. The beasts are many and huge, some seeming docile, others less so.

>Shall you make camp here, in this alien Savanaah?
>Or Shall you continue along the river, which seems to pass alongside the upcoming mountains.

I have to pop out to buy camping equipment, I'll be back ASAP.

>>451454
>...Sure.

>>451463
Seconded
I'll archive EDQ in a minute, gimme a sec

EDQ 22 is now archived.

QM, just wanted to say I think you've misnumbered this thread, as we should be on 9 not 10. I'll try to keep that in mind if i'm the one to archive it.

Ari, your frailest and least troublesome Testament, had wound up kidnapped. Or perhaps spirited away would be a better term? While that on its own would have been enough to stir you into action, the context around its occurrence only made matters more confusing.

You had, admittedly, been one to indulge in drinking for relaxation before. That did not, however, explain nearly a month's worth of drunken escapades. Nor did it help that upon further research, it seemed as if the 'drink of choice' was less an alcohol as it was some form of potion concocted to gradually purge the imbiber of their residual mana - An action which had much the same side effects that one would attribute to a hangover. Regardless of whether it was or wasn't alcoholic in nature, the end result was effectively the same... And you were left to draw blanks on the pieces of the puzzle left before you.

It seemed clear to you now that the entire month's antics had been purposefully facilitated... And that's where your understanding regretfully stopped. From reports, you had gathered that the ones supplying the Faedka had likely been wooden golems - The same as the ones you had encountered before leaving for Caylen's, the same as the two which had followed you, and the one which had rather obediently become a walking stick. The same ones you remember crawling from the river and begging you to return, even as they fell apart before your eyes.

What in Shade's name were they? Why kidnap Ari? What did they gain by sabotaging your entire household for a month? How were they related to the Fae which supposedly made their home beyond that river border? Did they have something to do with the way the entire forest had seemingly come alive to pursue you? And why-

"-Is the road closed?"
"The estate beyond this point has been restricted, by order of Irue Valen."

Raid snickers from somewhere just out of sight, your eyes closing in a strained effort to keep your frustration from leaking out. "That's the Mayor, right?" You finally grit out a response, receiving a nod of confirmation. "And what, exactly, is the Mayor doing restricting access to their house when Carona is in this state?"

You jerked your thumb back to the still ruined town, its heavily degraded walls singing with the sounds of reconstruction. The town you were the Mayor of.

Because you are fucking Irue Valen, and not being recognized as such is beginning to mark higher on your shit list than you ever thought it would.

"They've moved into Carona to be more accessible to the civilians in the mean time." The guard explained, hints of relief showing through his fatigue. "Brought their own knights into town as well, to help take the load off us while we get back on our feet. If you've got business with the Mayor, I can point you towards where they've set up? Or you could just find one of their knights in town and get directions."

>Enter town
>Push through to your house
>Relay an order to Kara
>Other? (write-in)

Previous Threads:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Valen+Quest (1-43)
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Valen%20Quest (44+)

Where things are said: https://twitter.com/Riz_QM
Where things are asked: http://ask.fm/RizQM

Assorted Supplemental:
Current Abilities - http://pastebin.com/PchcdWpw
A List of Forgotten Things - http://pastebin.com/kPEscJ3h
Irue's Memoires - http://pastebin.com/sWnicrK7

Write-ups:
Kara's Day Out - http://pastebin.com/8ZbiSKLs
Adventures with Asche - http://pastebin.com/RNviCBJu
The Reclaimed Doll - http://pastebin.com/n6miP1qT
In Your Shadow - http://pastebin.com/EfeeHFAE

Misc notes:I'll probably be spending some time this thread trying to update memoires and such. If you've any specific questions, drop them here.

>>449805
>>Enter town
let's go talk to the 'mayor'

>>449676
Present!

>>449839

Current situation as requested by you and Sarasti:

http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pub/web/LeftBeyond.PoliticalSurvey.html (WIP, will show up in a bit)

The "anonymous" fax is read and passed around a few people.

You've resumed full control over Misrayim, but last time that happened, the Ten Plagues showed up. What will happen now?


You have 19 cabals total; 14 are available.

You are actively tracking enemy teams where you have assets.

Tsion Ben-Judah has returned to Greater Jerusalem, and has proclaimed that the people of Misrayim should do well to study what happened to the Canaanites and the Aamlekites.

TOL has agreed to a truce; they may attack the Millennium Force training facility in Greater Jerusalem.

Allocate your cabals and Villains (rules: http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=LeftBeyond.QuestRules )

Variable complexity:

# Launch an attack on a TOL base or government installation.

# Work on global data network infrastructure, incidentally making sure that you control more of it.

Complexity 0

# Produce things in the Greenland base: MEC parts, drones, or canopy station parts.

# Give a general direction to the Misrayim government, this will give a significant boost to the relevant program (treat it as a super-cabal). Current direction: None yet.

Complexity 1

# Permanently station a cabal to defend an installation. This removes them from the roster, but allows them to become familiar with the territory, set up static defenses, and so on, raising their effectiveness.

# Foster pagan worship, improve morale, or both. After the rush of winning the revolution, morale could use a boost. Pagan worship is widespread.

# Harass/sabotage a Hero, or tie up an enemy team.

# Perform a covert operation.

Complexity 2

# Produce MECs at any base.

# Produce drones at any base. Current focus: Medium-sized land drones. Current army size is marked on the bottom of the map. (Each will give you 1/3rd of a tick)

# Produce a station part at any base. The station will have to be rebuilt (0/8).

# Work your Misrayim or Pacifica base overtime to improve prosperity there.

# Use the Australia base, or Night City, to start bringing the territory under your control (1/5) (3/5)

# Seed super-grain or super-weed in a territory, with extra rain if warranted.

Complexity 3

# Prepare and spring another Angel trap by kidnapping a Hero or a Glorified. 3, 4 or 5 cabals can be used for this.

# Continue pursuing space research. Space Race rules, but the Cosmists will assist your efforts here, counting as one cabal regardless.

# Attempt to eliminate a Hero or enemy team (by force or by cleverness).

# Use a launchpad for a canopy-breaching launch if you have also built a station part.

Complexity 4

# Continue AI, nuclear or sonic research.

# Begin building a base in the Middle East, South Africa, or American Heartland.

Complexity 5

# Recruit. This has gotten considerably harder across the board.

# Take over a TOL base by force.

>>449875
>Two cabals on Misrayim infanstructure. Start promoting that space program and recruiting for the national engineering corps. That will be our national guard.

One minute while I switch devices.

>>451732

“You know how I always call Kanari-chan Zues as a nickname,” Koyomi explains as she sidles up alongside him, to which he nods, “Venus-chan has a tendency toward shortening nicknames,”

“BB-Chan has the right of it,” Venus pops in from over Kanari’s shoulder.

“Get off me and calm down,” Kanari grouses and sighs, “And yeah, I was falling through space...toward Jupiter,”

Her voice wavers a moment.

“Sounds like there’s more,” your best friend, Kairi, offers calmly, “It’s okay, take your time,”

“Before everything just sparked, I saw a castle and my mom,” she finally continues, “She wasn’t expecting me, but noticed me suddenly,”

“You connected to Io Castle,” Tomoe-sensei explains, “The Planet Palaces, when active, are broadcasting foci for the magic of our Guardian Planets,”

“Should we expect the same scope of reactions from everyone if they reach that connection,” you question while gesturing to the others.

“That’s dependent on their elements,” she reasons with the wisdom of her experiences, “To that end if we continue I think it would be prudent of me to put Sugimoto-san, Kumada-san, and Aino-san in barriers,”

“Why just us?” questions the youngest girl as she adjusts her bandana while hopping off of Kanari.

“You have dangerous elements,” your younger sister thinks aloud, “If Aiha-chan hits her break through it might just push a refreshing cool through the room. If I do it then it’ll probably be purification. Rin-chan and Keiko-chan could light the room on fire!”

“I’m naturally psychic though,” Aiha voices concern, “What if I let out a telekinetic burst?”

“That could be bad,” Rin says quietly.

“I don’t have a Castle, though,” Keiko observes, questioningly.

“Does the sun even need one of those things?” Sasha questions as he tries to adjust the pressure in his ear with a pinky finger and groans, “This is going to bother me for the rest of the day,”

“Jadeite suggests that the lack of a castle could make your breakthrough worse,” Midori suggests as she pours herself some juice.

This gives the dark haired girl...pause.

“Whatever,” Kanari interrupts the silence and then turns to Koyomi, “I want to keep going, and we should too,”

As everyone starts getting ready to resume meditation...you.

>You think maybe you should try some more meditation
>Want to pull someone aside to talk to, who?
>You need a breather while everyone gets settled back in
>Cast a spell or use a power
>Write in

(voting window for Opening Post is 30 minutes from first vote cast. Subsequent votes will have 15 minute windows from first vote cast unless otherwise extended or noted)

>>451735
>You think maybe you should try some more meditation
Go into our head for a bit and what's up with the other parts of ourself.

>>449494
>scout land

>>449557
roll 1d4 to find out results of search, will take 1 day to search.

Rolled 1 (1d4)

>>449564

re-asking from last thread

I just had a crushing defeat to my ego. Is now a good time as any to run a quest?

Are quests a good way to deal with sadness?

>>449036
>How do you feel about the moderation on /qst/?
What moderation? I haven't seen any.

>>449044
Run something that's light and comfy, with minimal heavy themes.

>moderation
There was a ton of deleted shitposts but the interaction came very late.

>>449044
>Are quests a good way to deal with sadness?
No idea. Running a successful one could help but there is also a chance you aren't cut out for it and the quest just gets ignored which could hurt.

My advice is to just read quests instead. Go in the archives and find something lighthearted and long to kill some time.

>>452258
>>4 Dieselpunk Global Empire

>>452258
>5 Cybernetic Planet

Dieselpunk Empire, if we're going in blind.

hell yeah
>Slav empire
>Red
>Portugal

>>457643
wait no
change location put me in Moscow

>>457643
ok

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>>448450

Here is the current document in progress:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12-IT8pOV-Zql8AQeJwJuojjMDWRtzdPb60i-9qKCQeo/edit?usp=sharing

Firstly, let's go through all the core members of the team. There are fourteen people who are officially recognized as New Defenders; seven males and seven females. There are also a great many allies and close family members connected to the team, but serve official functions in other ways, such as Johnny Cage and Mileena. All of whom we will get to in good time.

The New Defenders:

Akayama Kaito
Cao Kahnzadeh
Sergeant Cassie Cage
Specialist Jacqui Briggs
Takahashi Takeda
Forest Fox
Kung Jin
Kung Ling
Zian Liang, Codename Tundra
Frost
Andela Vrbada, Codename Vapor
Joshua Fireseed
Sheeva
Corporal Samantha Stryker

Some of these characters are from the canon, some are original in nature, but if you have followed the quest you are familiar with each. We're going to go through each of them, establish their skillset and special moves (made easier by some having special moves from the games themselves) as well as their skills and flaws. If you recall Thief Quest, Cao was built with a very specific set of skills and character flaws, and these guided and helped roleplaying him. Kaito, being our first protagonist, had special moves but not skills and flaws, due largely to the concept evolving over time and his origin as designed by the players, whereas Cao was designed primarily by the KM.

But although some of these characters are indeed from the canon, they are in subtly different places than they were as presented originally, both in characterization or skillset. Keep in mind that skills and flaws can change over time, and characters can always improve with training and honing themselves, so the key I am getting at is that we are establishing the basis for New Defenders Quest that the episodes will expand upon. Characters will grow and change, but for now, we will determine what they can and cannot do at the start of the quest.

Pick a name from the above list and we will start with them. Who first? Perhaps someone familiar, such as Kaito and Cao?

>>448462
>Zian Liang, Codename Tundra
Half-demon Ice Man!

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>>448471

Tundra could be a good place to start out with. Not as powerful a cryomancer as his father, not quite as good an assassin as his mother, but now being worked and trained as both.

At the end of the recent Legacy of the Lin Kuei quest, two new abilities were chosen for enhancement: Enhanced Ice Object Creation and Enhanced Ice Armor

We could go in-depth and describe his special abilties, skills and flaws, as well as write his entry for the design document while we do. Should we start with him?

>>457054
Run through the door. Make sure to shout out that you're not crazy do they realize they made a mistake.

>>457054
>A) go through the door

>>457054
>A) go through the door
Run!

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You return from your negotiations with Yuan Shao. You have promised that you would serve him in the future and to keep the meeting a secret. A risky and dangerous proposition to be sure, but this may be the first step in your rise to power.

The meeting of the warlords is called. You enter the main tent of the coalition along with the other lords as your vassal officers take care of your troops at their own camp. The room inside the main tent maintains a large platform, and on top a long desk for the lords to sit at. At the very end of the table sits a man of medium height, long beard, sharp eyes, and a powerful look to him. He is Cao Cao, the man who called for this coalition to come.

You can see that Yuan Shao and Sun Jian have already seated themselves near Cao Cao and are now waiting for the others to sit. Various lords are coming in to seat themselves. Which seat do you take?

>take a seat at the front near Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Sun Jian
>take a seat in the middle
>take a seat near the end of the table

>>455727
>>take a seat at the front near Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Sun Jian
Show em who's boss

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>>455727
>take a seat near the front
A minor noble house we may be but we are still noble and gained merits in battle

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Ah, LASotopia..the city of artists shaped and maintained with the power of Imagination, built in the world that survived a Grand Cataclysm that rendered entire civilizations obsolete. Now the world is slowly waking up from the long coma and surviving creatures start exploring the lands around them, completely changed by the Cataclysm.
LASotopia consists of 3 districts:
1) Cloud District - built on the top of the strange cloud that can be stepped on, this place contains a lot of animals - Cloud Sheep that are bred for food and companionship, Flying Lemurs that serve as a transport and there are dangerous monsters in the caves at the base of the cloud that are usually left alone.
2) Mal's Island - central district with the grand Submission Tower where the artists exchange the ideas and cool things they sketched while exploring the world. Hanging above the sea of hot lava with the force of Imagination. Airships and flying lemurs are used as a means of transport between other districts.
3) Santimountain - built at the base of the huge iron mountain - ancient ruin of the pre-Cataclysm megacity which go upwards above the clouds. This district contains lots of living quarters and famous clubs and taverns.
As far as an average citizen of LASotopia knows - the world around the city is completely unknown. And that is GREAT, since when artists explore unknown places and discover new things, their Imagination is refreshed and permanently increased. And it's Imagination that allows them to do wonderful and supernatural things - hurl a fireball after drawing it in their SpellSketchBook, concentrate on the motion in their mind and run up the wall, or use their artifact digital tablet to paint a creature and summon it so it can defend the artist.

===

In the last 2 episodes the party of artists investigated the cases of other artists missing throughout the city. They searched the house of one of the victims, artist Line who lived in the Cloud District. During the search they discovered that local police force (Tribunal) is somehow involved, either they are trying to supress anything about these cases, or there is some good old corruption involved. They also found a Demonic Necronomnomicon, volume 2/3. Seems like the missing artist was somehow involved with demonic summoning.
They were chased off by the arriving Tribunal reinforcements, into the dangerous low levels of Cloud District - Monster Caves. There they lost their pursuers and wandered into Bone Cave, accidentaly summoning a Lesser Demon using the Nomnomicon, fighting the local skeletals and storming their Cube fort - seems like there is some kind of Cult going on here and other volumes of Demonic Books might be involved!

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Last thread >>423645

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>>446193
>>446618
Wrongfully accused PENORC shocks the vine with a precise hit, and Pub Bunny uses this opportunity to finish it off with a broken bottle! The plant shakes a few times and drops dead, leaving the portal to the Yellow Room open. Inside of it the characters see a whole jungle contained within artificial walls, and a narrow corridor through it, leading up to a huge carnivore plant - apparently this vine belonged to it. Behind the plant an Orange Portal glows invitingly. You've never encountered such big creatures before though, it will probably take a team effort to defeat it or get past it. There's something looking like a fat plant chest high on top of it though..
On the other hand the green portal where the cultist retreated is also active - leading to the Green Room - a hall filled with green ACID and some rocky paths above it, intersecting and leading to the cages suspended on chains and a distant glow of an Orange Portal behind a grate door. The cultist scared by PENORC runs up to 5 of his accomplices, shouts something to them and points in the direction of heroes. The cultists hurry up and proceed to open one of the cages, drag weak looking figure out of it and start moving it to the Orange Portal. There are no chests seen around though.

>>448083
- DEAR SPIRIT, LET'S HURRY, MY SISTER JUST TEXTED ME THAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO PERFORM A GREATER DEMON RITUAL AND THEY NEED ME. HUH, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO ALONE WITH ME AND YOU FRIENDS ARE TOO SCARED? C'MON, GAZE INTO ME AND SUMMON SOME FRIENDS FROM YOUR IMAGINATION :^)
(Kerrask can use the Nomicon to summon a temporary ally, a corrupted version of anything he envisions (like Gagamba did >>431110 >>433535 ). Some of the corruption will also spill on him, but hey, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.)

>>446541
That's ok, his character will be around if he ever returns.


===
1) Draw your action as usual and don't forget a dice roll if it involves some kind of conflict

2) If you are a new player and want to explore some undead dungeons together with the party - draw your character and write down a few words about him and how he might end up in a Bone Cave.

>>448083
>Rolled 15
Also, Lord manages to climb out of the book and sudden power surge helps Kerask to repair almost half of the bridge! Maybe demonic summon will help him even further? ;)