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You'll also have to skip me. I didn't expect the turn to come to me this quickly, and I'm away from my computer for the next two weeks, so just bump me to the end of the turn list. Sorry!

Quote from: Quantum Drop on June 21, 2021, 02:50:38 pm

• The human civlilzation known as The Armoured Confederacy seems to have quietly died out somewhere along the line; it'll be interesting to see if their presumably-extant remnants somehow pull a Staff of Kissing and come back to life.

This civ actually went away with some bloodshed; they used to have a single fief whose sole inhabitant was a goblin Lady. In 770 she fell victim to Iden Bloodinked's rampage that claimed the lives of many other civilized' assimilated goblins. Armoured Confederacy's court (mostly human I think) is still chilling in a different hamlet somewhere though. Unfortunately' they're unlikely to come back; from what I understand a civ needs populated fiefs to be considered alive (some dead civs have rulers and courts - cf The Empire of Babies in this very world) which equals being able to conduct any meaningful action (and by meaningful I mean 'other than appointing nobles'). Dwarves' for fort mode purposes' can generate a site and a populace out of thin air even if dead (in some cases at least). However' AI is unlikely to have such luxuries.

I'm also pretty sure what happened to Erith is likewise Glloyd's doing' as he was the last to visit Coveredashes. Didn't expect such a turn of events' but it does give me some ideas now.

That reminds me I need to post the rest of my turn. Iden cut a swathe through the goblin towns in that area, seems fitting for him to end a human civilization controlled by goblins. As for Erith, I'll post the rest of my turn later this week once I'm back at my computer to clear that bit up.

As for other interesting tidbits from the legends' remember that NGN's Leto had a son? It seems the lad' Rakfil Stockadefarm' has himself married one Anir Bulbtips. She was orphaned at age 11' both her parents' companions of Fidale Umberrazors' being ripped to shreds by a weremammoth ghoul in Scarletbronze. Seems like we have a very interesting family forming.

A weremammoth in Scarletbronze? So one of Raki's victims then? If so, that's hilarious. Small world.

Yeah, and unfortunately, in its current state Bannerlord has painfully long loading times on HDDs, even in vanilla. When you add mods to the equation, it gets even worse, especially given the frequency of loading screens in Bannerlord. It's very strange that the recommended specs don't include an SSD, because I wouldn't really consider it worth playing on an HDD, especially a slower, older one.

It is a godawful DRM, and, like most DRM, it hurts paying customers more than pirates, because there were pirated versions floating around on Day 1, and they worked just fine without need to email the dev and hope he gets back to you. The fact that the game isn't available on any actual storefront is also a negative to it. This guy needs to get his head out of his ass; he's got a good game here but it feels like he's actively trying to stop people from playing it.

Well if Flame is skipping, it would fall to you next nogoodnames. Seems like it's a very busy time for everyone right now though.

Save is here: https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=15545

I will post my journal here later this week, along with my museum submission. Sorry for being late by a couple days! Between my computer issues and DF being DF, it was an extremely frustrating turn, with a lot of progress undone by crashes and bluescreens (again, if you see a whole horde of goblins clown-carring it in a meadhall, save before you (A)ttack). But I'm done with my previous characters now, and I would like to make a fort at some point, so I'm tentatively signing up for one more turn. Good luck TheFlame52!

The Journal of Glloyd Ancientborn the Round

Spring, 770:

It has been a little over 20 years since I last wrote about Iden Bloodinked, the bandit king of the north.
Such a long time, yet it seemed to vanish in an instant. While the world has seen darkness in the past,
things seem to be taking a turn for the better, at least for now. Indeed, word from the north indicates
that the massive armies of beasts left over from the necromancer wars have seemingly vanished, which
can only be a good thing.

Back to the point at hand, Iden Bloodinked. I bring that name up again because an adventurer from the
north passed through the Shelter carrying an intriguing artifact. Namely, a journal that allegedly
belonged to Iden Bloodinked himself. The journal itself was badly burnt and falling apart with age and
wear, but I have included what I could recover below:

The surviving journal of Iden Bloodinked

Such is the tale of Iden that I was able to draw from his journal. Much of it lines up with my own
observations, although the circumstances of his death have become more clear. Apparently, he did die
in Incenseorder, after striking down the demon lord of the city in battle. However, the adventurer
reported to me that he had visited the site where Iden had died, and had been unable to find a corpse
matching Iden’s description. A curious situation indeed. If Iden did in fact die at Incenseorder, where did
his body end up?

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Somewhere in the north of Orid Xem…

The creature that once was Iden Bloodinked awoke in a field, soaked by the rain and drenched in mud.
Thunder boomed in the distance as he pulled himself up and looked around. He did not know where he
was or how he had arrived at that location. All he knew is that he had a burning desire for revenge on all
those responsible for his current condition…

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OOC: Sorry for the delay on that, I had some computer issues. Nonetheless, I've gotten going and will post more soon. I've posted my final update from my last turn too, it is linked above.

Sorry to hear that. If you're busy untill half may I could move you four places down the turn list?

Are you sure you don't want to upload the save game? I understand there was a bit of progress? If not we'll move on to the next person.

If that's okay with others, sure! I don't want others to feel like I'm jumping the queue though. I just don't have the time right now, as much as I wish I did. As for the save, it's okay. There wasn't any actual progress, I was just taking some screenshots as my necromancer character to set up my turn.