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Once you pledge to attend your daughter/s and Cidric's marriage, your carriage is packed up and you depart for home, optimistic and believing in bright future for Kingdom of Methiant!


"A WHAT!?!"

"A D-d-dragon, m'liege!" The messenger cries his eyes out. "It has swooped in from th'northeast! It has burned down several villages and then descended upon the city of Gebywch, sire! Its demandin' a great tribute of wealth and a fair maiden all for itself, else the dragon will burn the city and its inhabitants to cinders!"

You decide to...

A) Call upon your Army to do some dragonslaying!
B) 'A Kingdom! A Kingdom for a Wizard!'
C) Ride forth and challenge the beast to deadly combat!!!
D) Hire some lvl40+ adventurers to go and slay the mighty lizard!
E) Ignore it, maybe it will get bored and leave on its own?
F) Send a mighty hoard of money and a fair maiden to the dragon to please it.

You agree to have Eirika marry King Cidric. He looks very pleased - and that's apparently a signal for him to resume partying. Much to your frustration, you do not get a chance to talk anything else with him.

Your nobles have had hard time discussing and exchanging rumors with Cidric's courtiers, too; it seems that socializing with foreigners became something not wanted in Cydwyl as of late.

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You learn something interesting however; the apparent economical crisis that started in late 1110s is actually continuing. While King Talon has been exceptionally frugal with expenses and has kept the Treasury afloat, people in Kingdom of Cydwyl are complaining, and its neighbours in the north not really forthcoming with aid.

Finally it is time to get home, and the marriage ceremony between Eirika and Cidric is to take place this year's Midwinter, of course at capital of Cydwyl Kingdom.

A) And our entire family will attend!
B) My wife Esta and some courtiers will attend it!
C) Some of my courtiers will go there.

You decide to visit the Kingdom of Cydwyl and mourn the ruler that passed away and get chummy with his son and successor.

Within a week of pleasant, and most importantly, calm journey, you and your entourage are in Cydwyl capital.

You pay respects at the freshly furbished tomb of King Talon. The feast that is thrown by Cidric during his coronation ceremony is an auster and not exactly fitting a King, but apparently it was done on his orders.

And much to your chagrin, he prefers dancing with ladies of the court, be it your daughter Eirika or other beautiful maidens from your entourage. During the feast you don't get much chances with the flax-haired youth to discuss things. But during one of the long hours of the evening, the seemingly energetic King Cidric (he have adopted his own name as regnal name, quite untraditional for the region) finally sits down by you.

Now's a chance! What you will try to talk about?

A) Religion!
B) Military!
C) Family!
D) Trade!

Its evil Aine in the spiritworld. With some weird lightning:

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"Come on... where are you hiding? It's harvest time."

You decide to allocate the funds to a grandiose project of renovation and repairing of border forts. The Kingdom is large and you have lots of money, so there's no need to count every penny.


There is a great clamor amongst the populace and not without a reason. Exactly a hundred years ago, the warrior-philosopher Daen first gathered his students in what is now south-eastern Methiant (formerly Ceodwell), to codify and write down the fundamental tenets of Alldivine faith.

Many a nobleman, peasant and clergy (of course) believe that the Kingdom of Methiant should celebrate the centenary of this religious enlightenment, and while numerous cities will sponsor their own festivities, there is opportunity for the Crown to also sponsor feasts and such.

A) Sorry but nope.
B) Absolutely!

On your orders, diplomats are sent abroad to find a better buyer for glass items now produced in the east.


Wonderufl news come from the scholar! He has found the royal tombs of Tygwand Dynasty!

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The tombs were proven to be unopened and never touched by a single thief. Chests upon chests of gold, jewels and silver were unearthed along with finely preserved fabrics and even bottles of perfume that had their caps' seals still lasting. The royal officials accompanying him are already inventorying the treasures, which will be soon sent to your palace.

Amongst them is a the Coronation Staff, a gilded oaken staff that has been used by the local kings since the 5th century! It was passed from king to king, from dynasty to dynasty. Held in high-esteem by everyone who wielded it, it was in use until the turbulent times during the fall of Tygwands, when this prestigious royal item was lost.

Even better find is a iron longsword. There is naught of information about this sword besides the fact it was buried along one of last princelings of the dynasty. The craftsmanship is of highest levels - or should we say, craftsdwarfship, as dwarven runes run along the cold blade. Despite the sword being old and scratched, the blade is superbly sharp even more. It has simple shape and seems undetailed, until one looks more closely at the hilt and pommel, where there are numerous miniature etchings. The dwarven runes call the sword as 'The Wolf-Fang'.

Now it is time to decide what to do with all these artifacts!

As for The Coronation Staff...

A) Find a buyer, a relic of such magnitude will fetch us a fortune!
B) Add it to Crown Jewels of Methiant, to increase our prestige and strengthen our reputation.

As for The Wolf-Fang...
A) Let's pawn it to a wealthy merchant, it should sell for a nice price!
B) Bring it to me, this is a weapon fit for a King!
C) Send it back to the dwarves, as a gift.

You ask him to tell you about his clients.

He doesn't like to share names so he shares other information.

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You're no merchant and he talks a lot. Therefore, you guess he must know his business!

A) Money for him then!
B) No money for him!
C) I want 50/50 split though!