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By the way, I managed to break my laptop screen a few days ago. I've been using my TV as a monitor for now, but it makes drawing digitally a gigantic pain.

I know the pain. Running expansive forum games on TV screen isn't fun either ;v

Could the Prince of Glory give us magic of some kind or at least affect the whole weakening magic situation in some way? I mean sure that is probably a long shot but eh don't know if ya don't ask right?

Ask him v;

You decide to delve into the book once more.

6*

You crack the code, or so you believe. Many vague things become clear, and the purpose of ritual is a simple one:

It is a deal with Prince of Glory, an otherworldly demon. He grants wishes upon summoning to the one who sacrifices 'their own blood', or as the book puts it, 'most precious one', usually a wife, a child, or someone such. The summoning must take place during moonless night, starting before midnight and ending before first greyness occurs. There's lots of chanting involved, in pentatic and symballic meter; melodical poetry that hasn't been in use for centuries (mostly because it sounds rather bad).

The Prince of Glory's power is not without limits, as even a demon as strong as him cannot affect whole world, but nothing wrong with cursing a nation or such. Prince of Glory is able to bestow numerous boons, and is skilled in granting personal strengths rather than curses and hexes.

The book also vividly explains what happens if one botches the summoning ritual, accidentally disturbs the blood signs or hestitates in uttering their wish. It also explains that Prince of Glory is sated most easily with wealth, and is willing to come generations or even centuries into future to collect his debt, either from the summoner's progeny or those who happen to live in their estates.

A) A demon-summoning book!? Burn it at once!
B) If I won't get a mountain of money for this book, the world's crazy!
C) This - this I can trust. I will make Methiant great again!

That Haspen is giving us a second chance on the evil fucking book roll scares me.

C:

You delve deeper into the book, reading it more thoroughly and conjuring up conclusions and assumptions, and checking them against what you learn.

3*

You fail to learn anything. The ciphers are either jumbled, or you're doing this wrong.

A) Or maybe some lunatic wrote this. Let's toss it into the fireplace, the only place this book belongs to.
B) No no, clearly, I must try again. There's knowledge in here, and I shall find it!
C) Ancient, mystical book full of ciphers and riddles? Maybe I can get a coin or two out of it?

You decide to keep with the deal signed by your grandfather, and have Hein marry Irvalina next Spring.

Speaking of Hein, news come from your tutors, who, despite several years more of tutoring, can't find anything in him. He is unremarkable like every peasant around the capital

2to5

Springwine brought profits to the Treasury.

Army is returning to Methiant through the portal. Most of it is still camping at Orcworld Fortress, but within a month all soldiers, wounded, animals, supplies and weapons should be transferred over.

During a very boring night, you rummage through some less visited parts of royal library. One old book, titled 'The Glory of Prince' in old Luathbasian script, catches your eye. This manuscript must be ancient; written in cursive Old Luathbasian, the preamble mentions it is written by those whom Prince of Glory, whose name must not be spoken, and his 'most sacred initials' are D, X and C.

You don't remember this guy from any codex or religion, to be honest. Still, such an old, mystical and thick manuscript, surely only copy in existence, could be worth its weight...?

A) What is this mystical fiction doing in my renowned library? To the waste dump with it!
B) Hmmm, finally some interesting lecture.
C) Plenty of Methiantese merchants deal in manuscripts. Let's find a buyer.