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King Johannes Richter XXII is known to be a just king, or at least that's what every news outlet partially funded by the will happily tell you. He is also the king of a kingdom that has faced a ret disaster. The entire p was... merged with other ps. Frequent visits to the bishops were of no help, the gods have been quiet ever since. Whispers in dark ers say the gods have abandoned us, but Richter knows that of all the gods uhe Veil] those of Brynya were the most active. They would never just abandon them. Not voluntarily anyway. Retly, Malencia was at the ter of yet another sdal, that troublesome duchy had a habit of acg a reputation fetting away with things. Richter always told his supporters that he simply couldn't get enough evidence against them, and that it looks like they would be getting away with it this time as well. Behind closed doors, the king found that having such a shady duchy under his thumb had some... advantages. His spies have done plenty of researto that cursed pce, and found that one of the figures in the midst of it all was... an ex-inquisitor. A high ranking o that. His spies had mao covertly question the man, and his words vihe king's suspis. The duchy was meddling in illegal aical practices in order to ter them effitly. Initially, Richter suspected the duchy's negligeo be at fault for this disaster, but after calming dowed that [The tral Governor] had given them a lead in the form of a [Mythic] css being arriving shortly before it happening. Those types are practically professional trouble-stirrers.
He would have to tell his spies to keep a for [The Nightmare] so he end it and sleep easy once more.
Maximilien Marat stares into the distahat has bee ever-lohe revolution was at the brink of failure, the servants of the churches had expressed overwhelming disapproval for the purges. The information on magic they had purchased from Faerune was one of the reasons they mao get this far in the first pce, and the churches revealed that they were in fact heretical magics as well. Then suddenly the world cracked under pressure, and the gods were o be found. While the priests and padins were in deluge, the Republic struck back, a grand offensive saving the failing republic of Ri. Maximilien was even promoted to [Lieutenant] during the chaos, something he didn't perform nearly as horribly at as the nobles always said peasants like him would have. A creature that goes by the title of [The Nightmare] had ironically saved the republi dream, but from the sid he could already tell what the future had in store for them. Gaunt, skinny beings rush from the newly formed forest, something that wasn't there before. His squad fires a volley into the beings, and after too many hits, they finally go down.
It seems they have exged one evil for another.
Esstrey stares out of the observatory iop of the highest tower in Malencia keep, all the while Cathy is preparing more armor for Esstrey. Something Cathy insisted herself, stating that just because Esstrey 't die unless her brain is destroyed doesn't mean she should openly iackers. Esstrey wao protest, stating that no primitive pte armor could protect her like she would want it to, but both Katerina and Sofia insisted as well. The former wanting their shared body to have some prote so it wouldn't be on its own in the spine, while Sofia wao test metallurgy capabilities. Cathy is now w on the finishing touches near Esstrey, armor remi of 6B45 ballistic vest plete with shoulder and groin prote.
Esstrey meanwhile watches the expanded nd, yes expanded.
It seems that with the dimensional merge haphazardly stuets together, now the p is substantially bigger. Esstrey guesses that the reason gravity isn't affected is some bullshit with magid [The tral Governor] but what's more w is the creatures spat out by the other worlds. Creatures that looks like regur mutated animals, but they are pletely missing skin, showing their innards and sio all who face them. The nd nearby has also bee sick, Cathy says that the red trees and grass lineup with the mana signature of Belluzoar, but that's about it. The trees look like they are made of flesh and blood, and citizenry has been advised to stay away from it while the paranormal divisiohe stuff at bay. Who knows what else is out there? Well... Esstrey and Cathy know what's out there, everything is out there. Dimensions were pierced, and even now [The Veil] hasn't been able to fully recover. Both of them have seen what happens to a p with a weak dimensional veil, but its uo bee another full scale invasion because of various factors. One of which is the tent i of fs building on the p, an old treaty is preventing more diretervention, but they aren't going to idle around over some piece of paper.
"Esstrey." It seems Jake ehe top of the tower at some point, i on finding his troublesome doctor. Esstrey isn't too worried about his actual health dition, as he's clearly fine if he mao climb all the way to the top while carrying some books and only be slightly exhausted.
For Jake, things have been exceptionally difficult. He is expected to keep giving dire to the paranormal division, and sometimes it feels like they are the only thing preventing a plete colpse of Malencia, trade is dead ier as trade routes have elongated and bee dangerous. Aid from the kingdom has a whole is impossible as they are the ones who have requested aid, and people are scared as the priests and bishops no longer provide the guidahey used to.
"You know something, don't you." He takes a moment to catore breaths before tinuing. "You came back looking like you had entered a shredder, and you always seemed to look so dejected whehe Gods were mentiohere are certain taboo's that are highly specifid guarao get the attention of the God's, perhaps even they smite you on the spot. I had the neaurn one of their own into a li the churortimer, and there wasn't a single response. What did you do?" He drops a book on the religious ideals of Mortimer on the floor in front of Esstrey, looking at her with suspi. She picks the book up, and reads through it for a bit, not hiding her disgust.
"This book isn't rules set by a god, it's an obituary." She throws the book back at Jake's feet, and the reality of the situation finally dawns on him. There are many theories that 't be firmed by even the paranormal division, but calling a book specifically about someone an obituary is a very specific cim, one said with utter certainty.
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