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"Archaementes, I have something to discuss with you" Rigel said cheerfully, while flashing his most terrifying smile and notching an arrow.

I am one more disaster away from re-branding myself as a nature spirit.

Nice try, I'm hiding behind a Force Shield. ;P

Whelp, it's time for damage control.

Okay, I'll admit my responsibility for the fiasco due to the cursed coins but the plague brought on by the escaped Chinese and Japanese soldiers isn't my doing. Remember that these guys escaped from armies that contained Spartans, who can easily catch up to them. Also remember that one of these armies is commanded by Apollo himself. You know, the Greek god of diseases and plagues? My curse is spread by coins, not directly by exposure to infected people.

Annabelle raised an eyebrow. From Dis' actions and mutterings, he didn't appeared to just be attempting to manipulate fate; he seemed to be actively controlling events happening to something or someone he was viewing through the bowl of water. When he mentioned something about 'not wanting to put someone's mother through more heartbreak, Annabelle begin to became a bit nervous. However, when Dis also ordered 'Sinister", presumably the other guard, to attend to another person's wounds due to a trap that shoots poisoned arrows, she felt relief. Dis seems to be both courteous and compassionate.

Leaving Dis to his devices, Annabelle decides to:

Leave the room and do some more exploring.

"So basically, the Geography Club are too reckless for their own good and are trifling with beings whose ultimate motives remain unknown, possibly until it's too late," Nagisa concluded as she played with a few loose strands of her long, dark purple hair. "Hmm and here I am, thinking that it's strange that these 'demons' would choose to hang out with people like us instead of trying to eat us."

Thinking about what Hway said after getting killed by a fellow lost soul, Nagisa thought back to when she was shot by one of the hitmen. "Anyway, let's say that, hypothetically, someone else, like a mundane for example, wants to kill you for a variety of reasons. Is it possible for them to actually succeed in doing so with mundane weapons despite you being a lost soul?"

Taking in telepathically Turangol's prediction of the Pharaoh's plan and the subsequent investigation of the soul gem that he planned to use, Archaementes bemoaned the fact that the antics of this psychopathic asshole of a Cisharni has stalled his own agenda concerning the Greek city-states. Just four years of finally taking control of the reigns of Greek politics and already he knew that he had only two years to make a move before the Pharaoh does... whatever he is planning to do. Regardless of whether he planned to steal some sort of power hidden in the Chinese nexuses or unleashing a terrifying creature from Sind knows where, Archaementes' grand scheme will have to wait. He has an apocalypse to stall if not outright prevent.

Archaementes was pleased that Sophia has inherited about five-sixth of his Sindari heritage as far as he can tell. Though he would've still loved her even if she inherited none, the extra 'specialness' will go a long way in helping her surpass her human peers and perhaps one day inheriting his entire Sind shard,  taking over the Shrouded Dawn should a Cisharni somehow managed to find and slay him in battle. In fact, Archaementes has intentions to groom her into the necessary mindset whenever he could and have been keeping unsavory secrets about his previous actions from Herodias. As much as he loved her, he knew that she was too… honest and fainthearted to tolerate the shady deeds he often have to do. As much as it pained him, Archaementes chose to keep her ignorant of all this, if only to protect her innocence.

1 year spent using the Madness Curse on coins and having his spies in Persia scatter them on frequent Atlantean military routes

Based on his frequent telepathic communications, Archaementes learned that his fellow Sindari managed to repel the first Atlantean offensive. Even Flak, the Beast of Africa, managed to slay a Spartan champion in melee while Wavebringer succeeded in crushing thousands of Atlanteans with giant hailstones. In total, Sparta lost two of her companies while Atlantis lost even more soldiers. However, he knew that the Cisharni were really riled up this time as they were leading the armies themselves, with one of them identified as Apollo. If the Sindari's powerful cousins were leading the offensive this time then China stood almost no chance of stopping the Atlanteans this time.

They metaphorically needed the sunlight to be in their eyes.

Getting 5 of his Gold exchanged for 5,000 pieces of silver (I'm assuming that we're using either Atlantean or 'generic' currency in this game), Archaementes put a notch on each of them and begin applying his Madness Curse on them, tweaking the skill so that it'll hopefully fade from the coins after two years but begin affecting the victims two weeks after exposure. He used Soul Gems whenever necessary. Using tongs, Archaementes carefully placed each of them into a total of 500 cloth bags. Sending them to his spies in Persia via trusted messengers, Archaementes also sent encrypted orders for them to scatter the cursed coins along the Atlanteans' supply and army routes, The orders also warned them not to touch the coins with their bare hands or they too will be cursed by madness. If everything goes well, the Atlantean soldiers should come across the coins and pick them up, thinking that the preceding forces had dropped them. Two weeks later, the Atlanteans and hopefully the Spartans too should tear into each other or hurt themselves in fits of madness. At the very most, the armies will become so disorderly that they can be finished off by a swift coup de grace by his fellows, ending the threat quickly so that they can focus more on finding the Pharaoh and stopping his unknowable but sinister plan. At the very least, the armies will be distracted long enough for the other Sindari to bolster China's defenses or set up a more formidable trap.

Telepathically informing the other Sindari of his plan and to beware of any notched coins the Atlanteans may be carrying, Archaementes turned to do other tasks.

1 year spent gathering worshippers.

In case the Pharaoh succeeds in his hidden agenda, the Atlanteans crush China's defense despite his actions, or both, Archaementes figured that more helping hands is needed to solidify his hold on Greece  so that he can then turn his gaze toward Gaul, Iberia, Germania, the British Isles, and other lands to the west. Needless to say, the Shrouded Dawn grew much larger.

Desired Effects:
Atlantis' armies suffer from madness caused by cursed coins.

10 X 3 Presence = 30 Skill 1 Citizens? = Total number of followers: 640 = +3 Attributes

Intelligence:10 Willpower:10 Presence:4

Family:
   Herodias, Wife, Age: 29
   Sophia, Daughter, Age: 9, 5/6 Sindari

Remaining Wealth/Assets: 92 gold and 8 silver.

Hey Smoke Mirrors, if you don't want your wolf, I'll take him.

"Chubby2man - Today at 2:12 PM
I feel like it’s only fair to warn you guys that this is not dungeons and dragons. I haven’t prepared “level” appropriate encounters. You are (I think) about equal to Spartan champions ,attribute wise, right now. You can mop the floor with regular soldiers. Cisharni can and will mess you up if you aren’t careful. Remember, this war started when someone (inadvertently) killed a Cisharni. This enraged them and sent them on a wave of conquest to make the world safe, because they have the power to do that. I’m not going to hold back their punches just because something happened that triggered them early. So if you go after the Pharaoh with no plan better then rushing him with superior numbers, expect that to go poorly. That being said, he not invincible, (though it wouldn’t be far off). Odds are very good he will succeed at his plan (though I have thought of way to mitigate it, and I’m not going to be shooting down plans that could work). I just figure since it has been awhile I should remind everybody that the Cisharni are stronger than you right now and not every challenge can or should be faced head on. That will change one day, and you’ll flip the tables on them. Basically, I’m saying all this to prevent “Wait, how were we supposed to beat THAT?!” When the answer is probably, “You weren’t supposed to face that head on yet ”"

Welp.

Shall we consider the Lethe option?

You mean causing oblivion?