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The courtiers seated nearby murmur and giggle when you put away the dishes. You settle on some roasted chicken and blackbread for the rest of the night.

4

A report arrives from the city of Blabh.

Most of the golden spine was melted down and given away to some citizens. The remainder was made into payments for workers and artisans who worked on rebuilding the damaged areas.

You wager it could've been spent better, but oh well.


You wake up, but something's changed.

Usually, when its time to get up, you feel that pit of hunger in your stomach, usually demanding a thick porridge with beans and tubers, a platter of cooked meats, and at least three mugs of juice.

Today's different, and even after you go to kitchen, all you eat is some bread, a plate of scrambled eggs and just one mug of juice - and your stomach is already full and you're content with the meal, to the bewilderment of the kitchen servants who got used to the size of your breakfast.

You return to your quarters, and Milka and the kids are still sleeping.

Was this your wife's doing? Or the Pantheon's?

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Congratulations! Velarien has lost the glutton negative trait!

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Vingirius Levos, a fabled swordsmaster from the west, has arrived in the capital. Having bested the best of adventurers and guards present in the city rather effortlessly (causing dozens of injuries and three deaths so far), he has arrived under the palace gate, yelling.

"People of Bailemarr have presented no skilled fighters, either born of this land or arriving from abroad. Where, I dare say, is the man that can best me? Is this Kingdom full of weak-armed men and untrained rabble? Or can I at least find some satisfying match with one of this country's rulers and leaders?" He stands proudly, wearing naught but tunic, pants, and the belt with his nasty-looking axe.

Your courtiers murmur, looking at each other, and its obvious that none of them are particularily eager to face Vingirius. You grimace, wondering if the swordmaster's words are actually true.

A) Send a random guy.
B) Send the Marshal. He is in charge of the Army, he must know how to duel well, right? Right??
C) Just ignore the swordmaster, he will get tired and leave, eventually.
D) "Cowards! I will go forth and duel Vingirius myself to show you how's it done!!"
E) "If he thinks our men aren't good enough, then we shall see how well he can train them himself!"

You 'donate' the golden spine to the people of Blabh. Time will tell what they will do with it.


Milka has given birth to a healthy baby girl!

Your wife has named her 'Ora', after a warrior-lady-saint from the early days of Pantheon.


"A what?"

"A cartel, my liege." The Advisor says, stroking his beard while the Treasurer bows his head.

"The jewelry merchants and goldsmiths of Bailemarr have decided to create an organization that will stabilize the prices, set guidelines for quality control and, of course, promote elitism amongst those working with precious metals. This could be beginning of an economical golden age for our kingdom." Says the Advisor.

"And they're offering to strengthen the Treasury if the Cartel of Golden Arms, as they call it, will receive royal priviledges for trading and sharing of gold bullion and crafts."

A) "I was on board with this idea until I heard of this thinly-veiled bribe! Begone!"
B) "The cartel will have my approval, but they can forget about any protectionism and priviledges. This is fair trade country!"
C) "Money for priviledges? Where do I press my royal signet?"

A is Army.
B is Epic Quest.
C is Duel.
D is ignoring the problem until it gets so bad you will have to do something.
E is Economy.

First and last time I am explaining options like this

Someone wanna take over then?

You decide to mediate between the two.

3*

Your mediation doesn't help much, and the two men still yell at each other after leaving the audience hall.

Later that day you learn the two settled their differences with a duel. Huginot won and had to be compensated by the mauled Kelkann.


Delicious birds!

Songbirds stuffed in cabbage, blackcocks in carrot pies, waterfowl chunks in thick, mushroomy sauce, and the expensive redthroats coated in the sweet-sour sauce of berries and mead.

Returning from the kitchen, you were about to finish stuffing yourself with the first thing on this wonderful menu of pultry, when your wife, seemingly out of nowhere, appeared before you.

"Dearest husband." She speaks, glaring at you. "Have we not talked about this?"

A) "We talked about tubers last time! This is meat! So I'm off the hook."
B) "Of course, dear, I will have these meats taken back to kitchen."

You give the green light to the Marshal to push some idle peasants into military service.


You receive several letters from the northwest. The noblemen who were affected by poachers and miscreants jailed few dozen of them, with another handful being cut down after offering resistance.

"And that's all?" You ask no one in particular, but the Advisor takes the question personally.

"I have spoken with the messengers who brought the letters. Since the miscreants were taken care of, there was peace in the northwest."

"And Kingdom of Trist?"

"Not a word, my liege."

You stroke your chin thoughtfully. Case closed, it seems.


The audience hall is filled with screaming of two men who decided to seek judiciary counsel with you.

It's one of your nobles, Lord Kelkann, and Huginot of Perces, a kingdom in the far south. Apparently, Huginot was traveling around Bailemarr and was invited to Kelkann's house.

"I invited this man to show our hospitality, and he repays the kindness with insults, attempted theft of cutlery, and vile actions towards my dearest daughter!" Kelkann yells, before Huginot parrots his anger.

"You have served me cold food, and seated me at the very end of the dining table! And it is your unchaste daughter who was trying to take advantage of my drunken self!" Kelkann launches himself at Huginot with fists ready for a fight, but your guards separate the two in time.

What to do here?

A) Mediate a truce between the two hot-blooded men.
B) Side with the foreigner, mistreating a nobleman from a foreign land is simply in bad taste.
C) Side with your nobleman, its in a bad taste for a guest to make a mess of a host's household.

Still waitin' on Maximum and flazeo.