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You were expecting a reaction of some sort but perhaps not one so immediately reverent.

Herbad Zakariyya, a priest of the Suryan cult dwelling in the Pa'vala with whom your family have apparently allied, lies prostrate before you. The contingent of soldiers he leads, some two or three dozen men, have similarly fallen to their knees and pressed their foreheads to the ancient stone floor in imitation of the priest. You find it disconcerting that he already exerts such influence over your family's retainers that they'd worship a figure merely because he seems to.

Considering Surya apparently scorns you for stealing the soul of Vicitra from his grasp and shoving it back into the poor boy's body you might not be the best candidate for a prophet of Surya. That's a decision you've come to regret, but killing him after you went through all the trouble of bringing him back to life would seem like such a waste. You could always just ask him what prophecy he's talking about, but what if that tips him off to the fact you're not actually a prophet of any sort? Of course the alternative is to just play along, but then you run the risk of getting some detail wrong and revealing yourself as an impostor.

Unsure of yourself you stride forward, descending the last few steps to stand upon the cracked stone of the lower chamber. Zakariyya raises himself to his knees, his hands rested firmly upon his knees. “Aliyah has spoken of your return, Holy One. I am honored that you would reveal yourself to this humble servant of our Lord.”

>Best to play along for now. Claim to have received a vision from Surya and that you intend to restore the Suryan priesthood.
>What if that's not the prophecy? You should try to be more vague. Just say you were sent by Surya to reveal yourself to Zakariyya.
>You shouldn't just fake knowledge of some prophecy. Ask him what in Surya's name he's talking about.
>Adamantly deny being any sort of prophet, you were just here to ask his opinion on the horns.
>Write-in

>>155092
>Best to play along for now. Claim to have received a vision from Surya and that you intend to restore the Suryan priesthood.

>>155092
>You shouldn't just fake knowledge of some prophecy. Ask him what in Surya's name he's talking about

>>155092
>>You shouldn't just fake knowledge of some prophecy. Ask him what in Surya's name he's talking about.

Lets be honest here. Its probably the wisest choice.

>>155092
>>Write-in
Actually, we just wanted to find out what’s up with the horns we suddenly grew.
Is there some sort of test to find out if we’re actually Suryas Child (or whatevs it’s called)?


Be neutral. If we just play along and then leave for a while, doubts will arise. If we let him test us, he will have to believe.

>>155092
>>You shouldn't just fake knowledge of some prophecy. Ask him what in Surya's name he's talking about.

>>155111
We don't even know what the prophecy entails.

>>155092
>You shouldn't just fake knowledge of some prophecy. Ask him what in Surya's name he's talking about.
Yeah, we should probably find out. Even if it does reveal us as not who he's looking for.

>>155092
>>You shouldn't just fake knowledge of some prophecy. Ask him what in Surya's name he's talking about.
Addendum to >>155121

>>155092
>>155121
I like that write in.

>>155092
>You shouldn't just fake knowledge of some prophecy. Ask him what in Surya's name he's talking about.
>Ask about horns

>>155092
>>What if that's not the prophecy? You should try to be more vague. Just say you were sent by Surya to reveal yourself to Zakariyya.
>>You shouldn't just fake knowledge of some prophecy. Ask him what in Surya's name he's talking about.
>>Adamantly deny being any sort of prophet, you were just here to ask his opinion on the horns.

>>155092
>Best to play along for now. Claim to have received a vision from Surya and that you intend to restore the Suryan priesthood.

>>155129
Oi m8, see...
Well shit, I forgot to copy this part of the OP:

Notes:
Using names or trips in this quest is heavily discouraged. While it is impossible for me to prevent you from doing so, I ask that you not. I will also not count any votes made while using names or trips.

>>155092
>>You shouldn't just fake knowledge of some prophecy. Ask him what in Surya's name he's talking about.

>>155143
That's why he deleted that post, you fagmosexual.

>>155143
it's cool man, I was in a god game earlier, forgot the name got saved for whatever reason

>>155143
Not that, it youknow, matters on qst, cus we all have IDs here.

>>155092
>You shouldn't just fake knowledge of some prophecy. Ask him what in Surya's name he's talking about.
And this:
>>155121

>>155092
>You shouldn't just fake knowledge of some prophecy. Ask him what in Surya's name he's talking about.

>>155162
Soma started including that in the op after namefags caused even more shitposting, which is saying something given how much we shitpost normally

I got an idea a few days ago. It’s a bit obvious in hind-sight so sorry if that has already been refuted.

Can we copy artifacts? We already learned that we do not need to *know* what a rune does to use it (see our tattoos). So how about we simply copy, for example, the communication brooches and then enchant it?

>>155186
We need to fully understand the enchantment to copy it.

>>155144
>>155140
>>155139
>>155137
>>155131
>>155130
>>155126
>>155111
>>155106
>>155177
>>155180
>Just be honest my dude.

>>155141
>>155100
>Fake it 'til you make it.

>>155140
>Make vague generalizations until they worship you.

>>155140
>Fuck you nigga I ain't no prophet.

>>155151
>>155155
>>155162
I'm probably gonna be a little more insistent about it for a while, since we've moved to /qst/. I know there are quite a few people floating around that aren't used to the way /tg/ does things.

Although I suppose originally I banned namefags because Anon's bullying of... Sargeras? Think that was the guy. It was consuming the thread. With IDs banning namefags only prevents that sorta lasting for multiple threads.

Anyway, I'll start writin' in a little bit. Gotta run out real quick for errands.
This will probably be kinda touch and go until 8 or so o'clock, at which point I'll be able to sit down for six or so hours and just write.

>>155186
You have no idea what enchanting is and how it works.
The answer is no, we can't

>>155186
We'll need the runes that the artifact uses for its enchantment to do that. Luckily, our mansion in El Amin has an enchanter's tower with nifty enchantment tools such as magnifying glasses and such. It's my plan to return there with Chryssa once we're able to get our hands on our Spirit Ivory to craft Suryan Firebrands and Inversion Rings.

>>155186
We do need to understand the rune to enchant it.

>>155196
We actually do understand how enchanting works.

>>155186
It might be possible to recreate any given object with an artifact that copies its content with some sort of mark/create+mark array, but I doubt it would also copy the soul within. Still worth a try.

>>155208
Maybe, but >>155186 doesn't.

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>>155194
>Anyway, I'll start writin' in a little bit. Gotta run out real quick for errands.

>>155201
>magnifying glasses
Would be literally useless if Mik finally took the single meditation session to develop magnification/telescope Fire Techniques.

>>155208
That one was referring to me.

>>155202
That was my initial thought as well, but what about our tattoos? We didn’t know the soul rune when we got it and neither did the people who made the tattoo. (They thought it was "life" as I recall.)

>>155194
so next post in july?

>>155237
July 2017

>>155217
Well yes you got me there but thinking about it couldn't we use Nature to understand the enchantment? Like the time we brushed oir mind against the strings of reality we could try doing that to the enchantment.

>>155227
Dragon magic is different from regular enchanting. The tattoos were created with dragon magic.

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Faggots and gentlemen. Now that we have a grandmaster earth vatis in our party, with experience in disassembling souls, we could pretty much groom her to win literally any fight.

All she needs is a way to perceive souls during combat. Then, she can literally slice the souls and memories of our enemies apart. There are two ways to do this. One: teach her meditation on forms. This might be difficult, since she doesn't know much Marsala Ve.

The second method would be to experiment combining metal and nature magic to provide us with 'soul vision' and teach it to Chryssa. We already know nature+fire gives heatvision, and nature+earth gives tremorsense. It should be simple enough.


What do you guys think? Also, I have a bunch of other ideas, should I post them?

>>155269
Fuck off rob

>>155258
Been too long since I read the pastebins, it seems…

>>155227
The old woman who tattoo'd it had was probably taught orally what the rune means and had to come to an understanding of it.
>>155258
Dragon magic is rituals and shit. This is more like the voidbardians maintaining weak runic understanding by word of mouth and tradition.

>>155269
go away please

>>155278
Is that the IRCfag? Sorry, I don't go to the IRC, because I don't enjoy the taste of horse semen.

>>155291
What part of fuck off rob didn't you understand

>>155287
Yes and creating the tattoos was a fucking ritual.

>>155292
The "rob" part.

>>155300
You're rob, now fuck off

>>155294
Only in the same way that us enchanting is a fucking ritual. Enchanting is gods writing while dragonic magic is gods "speech"
I missed you faggots

>>155303
No, on both counts. Go blow some horses.

>>155312
You first rob.

Draconic magic typically alters the nature of something in a more "on the fly" manner than enchanting. They can both be used to accomplish the same thing and are often used in concert, but there's a lot more room to fuck up a ritual than an enchantment.

>>155308
Except she never understood what therune actually meant not to mention the enchantment was permanent which is impossible with regular enchantments.

>>155324
...Worse than tearing holes in reality?

>>155336
He didn't say the fuck ups would be worse. Just more potential for them to happen.

>>155327
The tattoo doesn't need to be permanent if it feeds on the soul of the body it's tattooed on. As to her not understanding the rune she understood enough to give a weaker version of the true rune just like the voidbardians tattoos still maintain their power even after the understanding of the exact rune and its exact meaning are gone. They simply function less efficiently.

>>155324
Fuck off faggot.

>>155375
>feeds on the soul of the body it's tattooed on
By this one phrase it shows you know nothing of enchanting.

>>155375
>if it feeds on the soul of the body it's tattooed on
Except that's a dragon magic thing.

>>155336
I think that fucking up a draconic ritual by altering something in a way we don't want would actually be worse for us than a tear in reality now. Fixing that would be trickier than fixing reality simply because we have so much experience with fixing reality.

>>155467
Jesus christ you're retarded.

Fixing reality is fixing reality. It's manipulation of the strings to repair a breach either way. No difference in how it's done.

>>155467
So when are we going to use shaping arts to check our memories of the time we touched our soul to the gate?

>>155491
Right after we finish the rest of the book.

And then make our companions read it. Cause everyone in our party should know how to Husk cast.

>>155502
>knowing how to husk cast
>good
Pick one every time we used husk casting it did more damage to reality because we couldn't control it.

>>155237
Soma doesn't run during the summer though

>>155531
we made an ancient spirit our bitch with it.

>>155541
Only because of our only artifacts and it created a worse problem which took somw serious bullshit to fix.

>>155491
Why bother with that when we can just go skinny dipping in the gate? It's not like some tiny gate parasite has even the tiniest of chances of infecting us anymore.
>>155531
Are you retarded? We've used husk casting to repair reality as often as we did to damage it. And every time we did it, we came out on top by a pretty large margin.

>>155700
>>155700
Are you retarded? The only reason we did so well was because of the help we got.
And the only reason we haven't gone back to the gate is because it would take too much time to do.

>>155557

No bullshit, we made the DC.

>>155531
How are you this dumb?

>>155782
Because of the help we got you dumbshit.

>>155761
Going back to the gate is as simple as tearing a small hole in reality and slipping into the void.

Also, that tear was fuckhuge. It ripped open the spirit's realm, and then ripped open the reality it was in, big enough for that giant centipede thing to come through. Nobody is saying we should pour in 20 husk at a time. Just 1 or 2 is enough to kill or disable most things. 20 husk is incinerating mama dragon-tier power.

It's probably enough to scare that water spirit in the Pani Temple shitless if we ever want to get back that dracolich heart. It would likely end the dragon attacks, since it's obviously what they're looking for.

And then we can cannibalize the soul within to get fire GM, or destroy it by using the slow meta with earth magic, which lets you destroy artifacts apparently. Or do whatever else. Anyway, enough autism for one post.

>>155811
He'd kick our ass

Aaaaand back. Sorry about that, had to pick up my sister and run her through the bookstore. Then the cats needed food and my parents needed wine. Back now though, and writin'.

>>155817
>had to pick up my sister
Soma pls, you can fug your sister after you write for us.

>>155489
Well, there's actually some differences between how Enchanting and Draconic Magic manipulate the strings. I don't want to get into specifics, because I want y'all to discover them through Mik's actions, but suffice to say it would be harder for Mik to... I don't know, un-jellify someone's skeletal structure after trying to make their bones self-repairing than it would to simply stitch closed a tear into the void.

>>155804
Whenever we used husk casting we damaged reality you really want to teach Prof that shit?

>>155813
How the fuck would you even know that? Last time we saw him, we weren't even one-time GM. Right now, spirits and void entities shit their pants whenever we do anything.

If you're that scared of Butthole Face, you could push for enlisting Mahana's help. He's probably owe us a lot for conquering the realm of a spirit that old.

>>155817
Something something incest.

Reminder that even fucking humans once slaved spirits so it obviously would be easier for a samjan to do it

>>155831
The only time we actually damaged reality was when we pumped 100+ Husk into one attack.

>>155811
You do realize Mahana was distracting the Sarvocco when we shot it right? If we fought it by ourselves we have lost hands down.

>>155849
Mahana was in a hole trying to not die when we shot that bitch-ass water spirit.

>>155831
>you really want to teach Prof that shit

Agreeing with this guy. There's also a decent chance that Prof husk-casting would fuck up the spirits in his arm, which would have a negative effect on him.

>>155860
That has absolutely no evidence to support it.

>>155849
We have our companions, our Meseeks box, and Mahana is still around.

>>155844
If anyone is dumb enough to pump all his husk into one attack, it's Prof.

Speaking of Prof: He's one GM meditation away from being a fire grandmaster.

>>155831
>>155860
He doesn't need to husk cast but he should learn basic shaping arts to see if he can recover his memories.
>inb4 a samjan killed his entire family

>>155844
Nah, you damaged reality every time. You only tore reality when you pumped... I think it was like forty or fifty something husk into the pistol. Of course, it's not yet clear whether that was the minimum necessary to tear reality or if you blew through the minimum and just tore shit up.
It's probably the latter though, in Mik's opinion.

>>155871
>You only tore reality when you pumped... I think it was like forty or fifty something husk into the pistol.
nigga you said we pumped the entirety of his reserves into it (which you also said were considerably larger than ours) AND some of ours.

You want me to quote you on that?

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>>155866
We can probably do the channeling vys into the divine essence thing for him, while we use Nature to share our perceptions. It would be pretty easy.

Note that he hinted at some point towards a traumatic encounter with void beings. His sanity is already fragile; we should repair it before we restore his memories.

Water+Metal into the cracks in his divine essence should do it.

>>155877
Sure, but each "point" of husk takes two points off your reserves. So you have 70 vys at your disposal. That means you have 35 points of husk you can pump into things.

>>155859
The spirit was focused on Mahana. It couldn't attack unless he wanted a cat biting his ass.
>>155844
No we damage reality whenever we spend with husk.

It's a really petty thing to see anons try to prevent companions from getting as strong as us by denying them chances to learn.

If you wanna prevent him from being dumb about it then impress upon him the seriousness of it. Better that than have him come across a situation where being able to Husk cast would save his (or our) life.

>>155886
You retconning things mid argument annoys me.

>>155889
Damage isn't the same as tear, though. Besides, a little weakening of reality is perfectly healthy. Helps you meditate, boosts ambient vys, makes cats happier when you give them shrines. It'll all be fine, anon.

>>155890
There are so many other ways of making Prof stronger. I've a list of companion upgrades in a pastebin right now, in fact, and all of them are better ideas than giving our least stable companion our most dangerous weapon.

>>155903
so list a few then.

>>155898
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/46796196/#p46804120
I said that the very first time you cast from Husk, man.

>>155903
When it comes down to it you are denying one of our closest friends a powerful and potentially life saving tool. Simply because YOU dont trust him.

>>155903
We could work on helping Profectus become more stable..?

>>155903
I agree but this is some dangerous shit to fuck with.

>>155920
Hurry up and post senpai

>>155090
Awwwwww yisssss

>[16:27] <~Soma_QM> He probably wouldn't use it very often, although he has a much larger Husk pool available to him than most would initially suspect.
>[16:27] <~Soma_QM> Due to that arm of his.
>[16:27] <~Soma_QM> It would be sort of a "Fuck Everything" last ditch effort for him.
There

Just to clarify a little regarding Prof, he probably wouldn't use Husk casting very often despite the fact he has way more Husk at his disposal than most would initially suspect. Due to his arm, and all that. It would be a last ditch effort for him, a "fuck everything" secret weapon.

>>155944
Fuck off ircfag

>>155909
Okay.

>Enter Fulvia (hue) and grant her GM Water/Metal
>Have Chryssa come with and grant her GM Earth

>Subjugate the spirit we saw residing in Prof's arm so they stop fucking about with his vys/soul. We're scary, they're trapped.

>Meditate on forms with Darzi while practicing Nature while sparring at the same time.
>Do this enough to give her Vatis Nature so she can use Avatar of Surya.

>Construct a body for Fulvia's Antimage Golem.

>With Fulvia's help and Metal magic, cannibalize her old body and graft them onto her new body.
>The important parts are voicebox and hologram projector. Maybe the vys generator.

>Teach Chryssa how to see souls during combat so she can directly disintegrate the souls of her enemies.

>Teach Zahak how to read. No son of ours should be illiterate.
>Also teach him the Manipulate meta so he can turn the pages. And open doors and stuff because he isn't a raptor.

>>155932

Again, we could talk to him a bit, or experiment with Water+Metal magic to repair damaged Divine Shards. Cracks in the soul's core is how insanity represents itself metaphysically.

>>155950
Contain your jealousy.

>>155921
He doesn't trust himself either, after what he did. He said as much.

>>155956
>>Teach Zahak how to read. No son of ours should be illiterate.
>>Also teach him the Manipulate meta so he can turn the pages. And open doors and stuff because he isn't a raptor.

While we're all arguing about teaching our companions shit, teaching Skull Kid enchanting when?

>>155956
>>Enter Fulvia (hue) and grant her GM Water/Metal
Probably not simple but we should do it
>>Have Chryssa come with and grant her GM Earth

>>Subjugate the spirit we saw residing in Prof's arm so they stop fucking about with his vys/soul. We're scary, they're trapped.
We don't actually have any evidence of it fucking with him. Nor do we know if we could "subjugate" it.
>>Meditate on forms with Darzi while practicing Nature while sparring at the same time.
>>Do this enough to give her Vatis Nature so she can use Avatar of Surya.
Yea we should. We should do it for our self too.
>>Construct a body for Fulvia's Antimage Golem.
mite be coo
>>With Fulvia's help and Metal magic, cannibalize her old body and graft them onto her new body.
yeahno
>>The important parts are voicebox and hologram projector. Maybe the vys generator.
>>Teach Chryssa how to see souls during combat so she can directly disintegrate the souls of her enemies.
mite be coo. Though we dont know how effective it will be in application.
>>Teach Zahak how to read. No son of ours should be illiterate.
>>Also teach him the Manipulate meta so he can turn the pages. And open doors and stuff because he isn't a raptor.
simple but easy tasks we should get around to doing.

But these are all minor things. We should teach every member of our party to Husk cast for sticky situations they may fall into in the future. Also we should get each party member at least one GM.

why don't we just write a fucking book and tell them to read it, there problem solved!

>>155991
We have enough knowledge to write many extremely valuable books.

>>155991
Nigger the book Shaping Arts that we have details exactly how to husk cast.

It's simply a matter of giving them the book to read. Then probably answering any questions they may have.

>>155956
Speaking of healing what would happen if we changed our self image so in identified it's body as someone else and used healing magic?

>>155984
>We don't actually have any evidence of it fucking with him. Nor do we know if we could "subjugate" it.

Every time we looked at his reserves or at his soul, there was one thing or another abnormal about it. The spirits may not be doing it on purpose, so you have a point, but if we want to fix his arm, we so need to change the arrangement somehow. Talking to the spirits is a good start.

I mean fucking about with Rhynian enchantments is always risky, so this could take some time if we want to be careful about not maiming Prof's soul. Which is why I'm not pushing for this one so much.

>>With Fulvia's help and Metal magic, cannibalize her old body and graft them onto her new body.
>yeahno
Yeah, okay. We have a fuckton of better things to do anyway.

>we dont know how effective it will be in application
She is a GM Earth Vatis, and her trait gives her a +6 to erosion. She could definitely make people forget things on the fly, and OHKO them if she wears the sleeve. At the very minimum.

It might also turn out that she can directly shatter divine essence or some shit, dropping dragons left and right like it's nothing. Which is why I really want this one.

>>156007
No. No, it doesn't. Go back to the thread we read it and actually pay attention. Do not cross start, do not collect 200 dollars.

>>156011
That's probably exactly what the book is about, with the Memory Trick being step one of messing about with self-image.

We already have enough to restore someone's youth.

>3 hours without update

>>156029
Welcome to banished quest

>>155092
>>You shouldn't just fake knowledge of some prophecy. Ask him what in Surya's name he's talking about.

>>156021
>there was one thing or another abnormal about it.
abnormal doesn't mean bad.

Prof had next to no magical talent before he got his arm. His relationship with his arm is beneficial too him.

And there's nothing wrong with his arm to "fix"

>>156038
read the other posts you

>>156021
>That's probably exactly what the book is about, with the Memory Trick being step one of messing about with self-image.
What I was suggesting was what if we detached our soul to our body changed our self image and anchored our soul to some elses body before healing.

>>156041
According to him, they picked him because of his talent for fire magic. He didn't say how much he exactly had, but it's been heavily implied the arm has been hampering his progress.

>>156043
had it open didn't update till after posting.

>>156048
oh okay

>>156046
How do you propose we change our self-image? We don't know how. Nobody does. Except the book.

>>156047
>they picked him because of his talent for fire magi
No he said that he was no good with magic before the process. That's why he was a soldier and not a mage.

And no where has it ever been implied that his arm is hampering him in any way.

>>156021
>>156046
>>156053
The Shaping Arts culminates in Husk casting. I don't think it is focused on reshaping the body.

Soma confirmed before that The Shaping Arts is focused on the manipulation of the soul.

Still might be possible because of it i just dont think that it is going to spell it out for us.

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You hold up a hand to beg pause. “I'm sorry, but you've lost me. What prophesy are you talking about? I've only come to speak with you regarding these horns sprouting from my skull. I woke up with them following a recent meditation, and I'm not quite sure what to make of them. I knew the Children of Surya were said to have horns, so I thought a priest of Surya the most logical person to ask.”

“Aliyah said you would be ignorant of the role you had to play in our ascension.” Zakariyya intones sagely, rising steadily to his feet. “My apologies, Holy One, I should have considered your ignorance of these matters. The prophet has decreed that when the time has come for us to reassert our position within the Shah's court and the world at large a figure will appear blessed by Surya as one of his Children. He will rule at the right hand of the Prophet, as her consort and as the enforcer of her will.”

You hope this Prophet is at least moderately attractive, if they expect you to bed her. “I assume there's some manner of test you can conduct to determine whether or not I am a Child in truth.”

The priest holds up five fingers, revealing the sun symbol tattooed onto the palm of his hand. “The Holy One will face four great trials. The first is obvious, he will have the appearance of a Child. Horns, black or bronze skin, with a soul which gleams like gold. Second, he will be forced to go among the Aghtaki.”

Well you've got both of those checked off, though they're both awfully general. Anyone traveling the Pa'vala could be said to 'go among' the Aghtaki, and with a loose enough interpretation everyone's soul could be called golden. The horns would be a bit hard to replicate, but Chryssa has them just as you do and this priest wasn't falling all over himself to worship her.

Zakariyya lowers one of his fingers. “Third, he will be honored among all the tribes of our ancestors as a warrior of great skill.” You're reminded suddenly of the tattoos scrawling their way across your forearms. As Parbau, you've certainly been honored by one tribe of nomads as a warrior of great renown. You've also been hailed as Matha by the armies of the house Abdul-Hakim. Still, that seems an awfully general requirement, ancestors is such a vague term.

The third finger falls as the priest continues. “Fourth, the Holy One will stand at a point between Mortal and God. He will be the master of spirits which stalk the land and a bane to the monsters which dwell beyond.” This is starting to get a little eerie. Master might be something of a strong term, but you've certainly been an ally to many and you're servant to none. Mahana also owes you an enormous debt, which counts for something, and you've banished quite a number of entities back to the void.
(1/2)

>>156058
There is no way I'm going back and rereading the entire quest to scoop up every scrap of hint that lead me to this conclusion, so... Agree to disagree?

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Only one finger remains raised, and the priest lowers his voice to a reverent whisper. “Finally, the Herald of Ascension will wear the armor of the ancient Shahanshah, for he shall be Surya's regent in the mortal realm and alongside the prophet guide our people into a new Golden Age.”

You were hoping for a slightly more substantive test, these are all just vague descriptions which might apply to any number of people. What even constitutes the Shahanshah's armor? In depictions of the Thousand Year Emperor, he wears something not dissimilar to your Warlock Armor. However, the armor Mahana sent you to recover, of the first Al-Hikar ruler of Hiacia, was said to be quite dissimilar. Do you already satisfy the final requirement, or would you be required to go on a journey into the depths of the Pa'vala to accomplish this final trial?

>You've little desire to become a thug for some cult leader. Tell him you'll think on what he's said and get out of here.
>Ask him if he has anything more substantive you could do to test whether you are in fact a Child of Surya.
>Tell him of your adventures so far, and ask him what he thinks you ought to do.
>Write-in

>>156075
Sure. But he did say it himself that he was shit with magic before he got his new arm.

>>156078
>>Tell him of your adventures so far, and ask him what he thinks you ought to do.

>>156078
>Ask him if he has anything more substantive you could do to test whether you are in fact a Child of Surya.

>>156078
>Tell him "this is great and all, but I've got to go take care of some stuff first."
>Go activate the artifact for the Stooges and come back to bang the prophet lady later.

>>156073
Oh for fuck's sake.

>>156078
>>Tell him of your adventures so far, and ask him what he thinks you ought to do.
welp that's unnerving

>>156078
>>Tell him of your adventures so far, and ask him what he thinks you ought to do.

>>156078
>You've little desire to become a thug for some cult leader. Tell him you'll think on what he's said and get out of here.
We can do this shit after we return from doing literally anything else.

>>156078
>Tell him of your adventures so far, and ask him what he thinks you ought to do.
UNLIMITED POWAAAAAAAA

>>156078
>>Ask him if he has anything more substantive you could do to test whether you are in fact a Child of Surya.

>>156078
>Tell him of your adventures so far, and ask him what he thinks you ought to do.

>>156073
>as her consort
Nah fuck off with that.

>>156093
No matter what, this will all have to wait until your return from Elaudia.

>>156078
>>Tell him of your adventures so far, and ask him what he thinks you ought to do.

>>156088
Seconding this, we've got other shit we've got to do. The stooges might repo our cloak if we don't.

>>156078
>>You've little desire to become a thug for some cult leader. Tell him you'll think on what he's said and get out of here.
>>Ask him if he has anything more substantive you could do to test whether you are in fact a Child of Surya.

>>156078
>Tell him of your adventures so far, and ask him what he thinks you ought to do.

>>156078
>Tell him of your adventures so far, and ask him what he thinks you ought to do.

>>156078
>Ask him if he has anything more substantive you could do to test whether you are in fact a Child of Surya.
>Tell him of your adventures so far, and ask him what he thinks you ought to do.

>>156100
Not all. The armor is in Elaudia, remember? In that temple guarded by snake cloacas. We just gotta ask Hodei for its exact location.

>>156088
Sounds about right. Supporting.

>>156113
The Ali-Hikar armor is most likely in the Pa'vala

>>156078
>Tell him of your adventures so far, and ask him what he thinks you ought to do.
Make a pretty show with illusions again. Then dismiss the claims and
>Ask him if he has anything more substantive you could do to test whether you are in fact a Child of Surya.

>>156101
>>156098
>>156096
>>156092
>>156091
>>156085
>>156108
>>156107
>>156113
>>156119
>Yoooo whadda fuck

>>156106
>>156093
>You ain't nobody's right hand.

>>156106
>>156097
>>156087
>>156113
>>156119
>Don't you have something less vague I could do?

>>156088
>>156105
>>156114
Nigga I got other shit to do.

I'll write for
>Tell him about adventures
and
>Don't you have something more substantive?

>>156078
>You've little desire to become a thug for some cult leader. Tell him you'll think on what he's said and get out of here.
Nah man, fuck this.

>>156073
>The third finger falls as the priest continues. “Fourth, the Holy One will stand at a point between Mortal and God. He will be the master of spirits which stalk the land and a bane to the monsters which dwell beyond.” This is starting to get a little eerie. Master might be something of a strong term, but you've certainly been an ally to many and you're servant to none. Mahana also owes you an enormous debt, which counts for something, and you've banished quite a number of entities back to the void.
This is hilarious

>>156073
>1
We got the appearance down pat
>2
We're an unbanished aghtaki
>3
the dragonslaying incident and now being Matha
>4
We make spirits our bitches and fuck void beings like the pussies they are
>5
We've only need to retrieve the armor of the Al-Hikars.

Pretty unnerving

>>156118
It is definitely not in the Pa'vala, unless I'm confusing the armors.

The armor of Al-Hikar was said to be gifted by Dhatu himself. Behold, a post from Thread 17, before we even knew Dhatu was a thing:

[from http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/31223331/#p31224518]

>“Elaudia, m'boy, is an empty backwater. The only natives are mostly criminals and simpletons, only good for manual labor. They're also few and far between. I can claim to have only seen a handful of people in those jungles in all the weeks I spent hunting there. One of them was some sort of warped half-snake creature. I had to put her down, she had gone mad living in some old ruin to their vile 'snake god'. Why they can't worship a proper pantheon I'll never know.”

>He rambles on about the inferiority of Elaudian culture, people, and their nonexistent crafts for what feels like a few more hours. For a man who professes to having only met a handful of Elaudians he certainly has formed strong opinions of them. Finally he tosses out another useful tidbit though. “One of them mentioned some ancient sort of armor they'd found in one of those old temples, but when I asked to see it he wouldn't let me! They even threatened to attack me when I tried to force my way inside! Can you believe the audacity of it? Apparently it was a gift from some 'Dhatu' figure. They called him the Many-Faced Constant.”
[next post]
>Huh, that's curious. Dhatu just means 'metal' in your language. Maybe he's just making stuff up.

Soma's foreshadowings have nothing on my autism.

>>156120>>156120
We should mention that we are not in entirely good graces with Surya. We shouldn't go into specifics, just that he isn't really happy with us right now and we know this because a messenger of surya told us that we had done a vague something to displeased him. Maybe mention that we seek to be in his good graces, in an attempt to find some way to repent without having to kill somebody.

>>156150
That's retarded. If anything we should murder that kid we brought back.

>>156136
Don't think that's the Al-Hikar armor.

The Al-Hikars were samjan who resided solely in the Pa'vala. The armor was said to have been lost when the Al-Hikars were destroyed.

>>156136
Wow. That is kinda impressive honestly.

>>156152
we could also murder others who have come back in the same way.

>>156150
We could get him the soul of the enchantress who wants to become a god.

>>156150
Surya doesn't give a fuck about us. None of the gods do. We basically got an automated voicemail. It doesn't mean shit.

>>156150
Fuck that. We should absolutely not tell them Surya is pissed at us.

I think we should just ignore Surya. Worst case scenario we piss of a cult we don't really care about.

>>156157
I don't make nearly as much of the setting up on the fly as I'm sure some people think.
This entire Prophet arc was planned out in a vague sense before the start of Thread One. Aliyah is living out the life Mik would have lived if he'd gone south instead of north.

>>156165
.....that makes alot of sense in context

>>156136

We certainly should look for this one even if it isn't the right one.

>>156150
>>156152
>>156162
Fuck Surya, He couldn't care less about us. And we don't give a fuck about him.

>>156156
You know people can take things and transport them, right? It's a thing they do by using their hands and arms. Since you seem to be some kind of alien unfamiliar with this practice, allow me to fill you in: A thousand years gives bipedal beings ample time to transport a suit of armor from one place to another.

>>156150
Fuck you don't be retarded

>>156168
gay i wanted to go south

>>156188
>>156168
Would this entire quest have been Dune meets Morrowind if we'd gone South?

>people fearing Surya
>when he is the most cucked god to exist in this setting

>>156178
Then how about this. The Al-Hikars were blessed by Srtsi when she showed them how to enchant with DE.

Dhatu wasn't around then. And the Legendary armor of the leader of the Al-hikars was already made.

>>156168
Well holy shit then Soma

>>156195
>>156178
Be silent children. Read the Metaphysics pastebin. http://pastebin.com/q8rQUjzS

"Supposedly the key to the vaults is the armor of the Al-Hikar, which should be stored in the Imperial Vaults. However, we have searched those vaults from floor to ceiling and inspected each and every suit of armor stored within but none have been the armor we seek. Some among us theorize that it may not actually be a suit of armor, but rather some sort of metaphor. Others think it is hidden away somewhere underneath the Imperial Vaults, which were reconstructed based on the designs of the original following the catastrophic collapse of a runic array. We are not certain."

Reminder that we can easily make Vys batteries with Contain+Vys

>>156207
I'm more interested in husk batteries.

>>156195
>The Al-Hikars were blessed by Srtsi when she showed them how to enchant with DE.
Must be a pretty large orifice you pulled that out from, considering the sheer mass of bullshit you've somehow managed to pack within one sentence.

Literally none of that has been said or implied anywhere, you goddamn alien.

>>156207
Reminder that we knew this for a hundred threads now.

>>156211
I suspect that would be Mind+Contain+Vys

>>156211
Me too.

We shall imprison the souls of our enemies and use them as batteries to fuel battles.

>>156203
>We are not certain.

Yeah, you read the Metaphysics pastebin. You read what you yourself just posted. You're presenting self-admitted theories and uncertainties.

>>156222
u bout to git fukt m8

Be right back, gonna eat dinner.

>>156222
Let me break this down to you in bite size chunks so that you can understand.

>"Supposedly the key to the vaults is the armor of the Al-Hikar, which should be stored in the Imperial Vaults.

This means that the sum total of the hundreds of enchanters and vatis from this era think the armor is in the vault. They lived during this era. They are our best source.

> However, we have searched those vaults from floor to ceiling and inspected each and every suit of armor stored within but none have been the armor we seek...Others think it is hidden away somewhere underneath the Imperial Vaults, which were reconstructed based on the designs of the original following the catastrophic collapse of a runic array. We are not certain."

This means that they couldn't find it, and they disagree on what the armor is or where it is.

Comprende mien frieund?

>>156150
Aftlooking back on the conversation that took place with the messenger, we should actually definitely not do this. The worst we can expect is some denizens of the void to be a little more pissed at us, but they don't really matter in the grand scheme of things. The outcome of that seemed a lot more important to me for some reason.

>>156203
>tfw we didn't actually search the giant sprawling ancient spice factory
>inb4 emperor was sitting on a throne at the end of it being pumped full of spice to still be alive

>>156211
We have a spirit trapped in a gem. It has a divine shard. We just need it to break down into husk.

The gem was enchanted with contain+something. I forget, but it was enough to trap a spirit, so it's enough to trap husk.
>>156217
The mind is a different thing than memories, which the husk is.

>>156237
The gem spirit died from fueling our metal gm meditation.

>>156237
>contain+something
Contain+Soul

>>156229
niggerdicks

>>156233
Post never ever

>>156253
Give it time. Soma is like a fine wine. The post only gets better with time.

>>156247
Little fuck was useful for that at least. Wish we could have studied it a bit more but I'm sure we can find more weak-ish spirits to bind.

>>156233
Sister =/= dinner. Soma you should know this

Right I forgot we can use runes to enhance our spellcasting.

What should we ask from the cat?

>>156234
>This means that the sum total of the hundreds of enchanters and vatis from this era think the armor is in the vault. They lived during this era. They are our best source.
No, it doesn't. It is an account from people who have been in the Paramatma for centuries. We know it's centuries, because nobody knew that sphere contained people, and these are Samjan who live for centuries. It was kept inactive as a novelty. This info is not only out of date, but has the word "supposedly" attached to it.
>This means that they couldn't find it, and they disagree on what the armor is or where it is.
And also your source disagrees with itself. How the fuck does that make it a good source?

Hodei, was talking about something from just a while ago. First-hand experience. Actually recent. Even if the armor was under the imperial vault, it's obviously not there anymore, since it's in an Elaudian temple now.

Are you telling me your "um, maybe, hundreds of years ago" source is worth trying to rob the Imperial Vault when we can go explore a temple without facing execution if caught?

>>156247
I thought spirits don't die even when they're killed, since they're Divine Essence, which is indestructible; instead they're supposed to be reduced to minor spirits.

Unless Mik said "fuck that" and destroyed it anyway. I wouldn't be surprised. Someone check it.

>>156282
I want him to teach us some magic outside the five schools or teach us more about dragon magic.

>>156282
A way to communicate with anything. Foreigners, Dragons, Void beings. Yes, even Ricky.

>>156282
Ask him to fix our hats so they're horn-friendly.

>>156282
For a of his essence as a spirit companion/summon subservient to our will.

>>156284
Your source is a braggart nobleman who never even saw that armor he described. http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/31223331/#p31224518

Or did you conveniently forget that? Furthermore, that's Dhatu's holy armor, no the Al Hikar.

You know what the Samjan in the orb did before they entered the Paramatma? They were the foremost vatis and enchanters of their time. When they say something is supposed to be somewhere, I'll believe far more than some pompous noble who flits around for rumors and the anon sucking his dick.

>Hodei, was talking about something from just a while ago. First-hand experience. Actually recent. Even if the armor was under the imperial vault, it's obviously not there anymore, since it's in an Elaudian temple now.

That's stupidly ignorant. They didn't say it's not at the vault. Let me repeat just one more time for your dimwitted mind.

>Some among us theorize that it may not actually be a suit of armor, but rather some sort of metaphor. Others think it is hidden away somewhere underneath the Imperial Vaults, which were reconstructed based on the designs of the original following the catastrophic collapse of a runic array. We are not certain."

They think it's buried further down from the vault, or it's metaphorical. Either would make more sense than the armor of DHATU being the Al Hikar Armor.

>>156282
A better small scale mass transit system. I want to be instantly transported by his shrines to others.

>>156247
Gem spirit is fine, he's just chillin' in his prison, stuffed in your cloak.

>>156330
what you eating soma?

>>156330
>Man I wish this place had Wi-Fi
>Im missing game of thrones

>>156330
I hope he enjoys Ricky's tender ministrations upon his jewed facets.

>>156334
I had new york strip with some squash and onions and such on the side. ABout to walk my dog, then it's posting time.

>>156319
Actually the armor in Elaudia is said to be made by Dhatu and armor of Al Hikar is said to be made by a god. Also in the capital of Hiacia there is the holy stone of Dhatu which implies Hiacia was big on worshipping Dhatu.

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>>156334
>what you eating soma?
The same thing he always eats when he abandons us. His sister

>>156319
Being a braggart does not account for him knowing who Dhatu is, when nobody did. He was repeatedly described as an idiot, with Lord Spiros being the brains behind his operation (until we killed him) despite Hodei being the ruler. He was talking about an incredibly big deal without even knowing about it.

The armor of Dhatu IS the armor of Al-Hikar. This has been stated repeatedly. The 1000-Year-Old Emperor is a well known subject to all Samjan, including Mik, and this is big a part of it.

>>156284
Jesus christ you're retarded

>>156343
>>156351
Oh, for fuck's sake. I didn't want to do it, but fine. You've made me. You know the cat? The guy we're looking for this armor for? The one who's seen it and has half his essence locked up by a vault that uses it as a key?

Here's how he describes it.

>>40478418
You think you've finally asked all the questions you wanted to ask. Standing, you roll your shoulders. As you're about to walk away one more thought occurs to you. “Actually, you never told me. Where am I supposed to find the Armor of Al-Hikar? What does it look like?”

The cat cranes its neck to look at you. “Hmm, I would've thought it self explanatory. The Al-Hikar dynasty founded the city which came to be called Hiacia. Hikar, Hiacia, you mortals have never been particularly good at remembering your own languages. Regardless, it ought to be stored somewhere within the city. So far as I recall it was light armor, heavily enchanted. I recall it could be shaped by the wearer into a number of different configurations for different purposes. I'm sure it ought to be fairly self evident, should you find it.”

Mahana was literally there while it was being worn and used, and he actually has perfect memory. There you fucking go. It's underneath Hiacia.

>>156319

Even if it isn't the Al Hikar can we compromise on the fact that getting that armor could be of great benefit to us?

>>156351
>The armor of Dhatu IS the armor of Al-Hikar.
No it is not
>This has been stated repeatedly
No it has not

>>156351
Fuck's sake. What's your source on that? That's the biggest load of crap you've said yet, and you've dropped some big god damn stinkers.

Why not ask Mahana about the armor of Dhatu and if it's the armor we are looking for?

There is an Armor of Dhatu. That is somewhere in Elaudia.

However, the Armor of Dhatu is not the same as the Armor of the Al-Hikars. They are two entirely separate armors.

>>156381

Both we should try to get both if we can.

>>156382
sure why not

>>156299
Still want tea time with Ricky.

>>156381
We don't know for certain until we find it.

>>156389
We know for dead certain you ass.

>>156389
>>156393
All evidence points to it.

>>156395
Points to what? Be more vague.

>>156398
u being right.

>>156398
They're in separate countries. All stories about them so far put them at very different locations.

>>156393
It has not been proven true yet so we don't know for certain though we do know it's not metaphysical.

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>>156362
1. Mahana was trapped below El-Amin for thousands of years. He knows dick about where it currently is. Just like your Hivemind butt-buddies.
2. Mahana, again like the Hivemind, said he thinks it's in the vault, because it's the Al-Hikar vault, where else would it be? Except they both ignore the fact that it's been many many years. People have been there. The enchanters did so themselves. It may or may not have been under the vault at some point- this was a theory from an obsolete fucking age.

Seriously, how do you notcomprehend the difference between "It's there" and "It was probably put there like a thousand years ago"? How can you even still function?

>>156381
This was never stated anywhere.

>>156366
Jesus Fucking Christ, I'm not going to go read every single time Al-Hikar was mentioned and sift through them to see which one specifically talked about the armor.

Soma, can you just go ahead and clarify this, since Mik knows it?

>>156398
>armor given to 1000-year-old-emperor by the gods
>armor personally gifted by the god of metals
You're right, there's no connection at all. My. Fucking. Bad.

>>156409
You're wrong.

Everyone knows you're wrong.

Just stop.

Aaaand back. Post shouldn't take much longer to finish. Expect it sometime in July.

>>156409
You have no sources to back up any of your arguments whatsoever. Your counterarguements have all been, "lol, you're sources are old," completely ignoring the fact that both have reputation as reliable sources of intel for multiple other matters on multiple other occasions. You have no ground to stand on. You can not contest the authority of our sources or our claims. Just stop before you make yourself look more stupid.

>>156409
The armor was actually given to the founder of the Al-Hikar dynasty, back when Samjan were still slightly more tan versions of Elves prior to the meddling of the Gods. They cut away the excess and the vestigial bits and fixed everything back up. At least, that's what Mahana told you. Thousand Year Emperor came way, way later.

>>156421
Next post September.

>>156421
Mmm Soma-sama, bully me more with your big delayed posts

>>156428
Was this prior to Dhatu entering the scene? Because he didn't come around until after Srtsi was banished.

>>156421
can't wait for my christmas present!

>>156427
>>156427
Why don't we asking the Al hakir in the book or the fucking cat and end this argument?

>>156438
We already asked the Cat and the dude in the book can't actually talk much.

The Cat said that it is in the pa'vala

>>156438
>>156362
Nigger what? We already did. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-ad.

>>156440
So not bothering to try the book?

>>156448
Dude he can't talk

>>156427
You're shitting me, right? Strawmanning my statements does not make them any less valid. Your sources have both been completely cut off from the rest of the world for millenia. So yeah, "lol they're old."

Also, Mahana's reputation is anything but reliable, being a spirit, and the Paramatma has literally no reputation at all. So that's yet another massive ass pull from you. Your sources are shit, your claims are self-defeating, and your logic is that of an inbred squirrel.

>>156456
Poor, poor anon. Resulting to Ad Hominem? Not even bothering to defend your beloved dom Hodei anymore? You've truly given up. You just haven't realized it yet. Soma has directly stated that half of your arguments are flawed. We've already picked apart the rest.

It's a pity that you don't realize in this setting, age isn't the detriment to information that you think it is. You might actually be half a decent player if you did.

Just throwing this out there since it hasn't been mentioned yet.

The paramata has been scanning the lands for thousands of years to find people who are worthy to join them. So they're not as cut off as you might think.

I just realized I tossed out an important hint relating to the Armor of Al-Hikar on tumblr without really drawing any attention to it. Hang on a sec. I'll dig it up after the post. Relates to how the Al-Hikar dynasty died out in the male line.

>>156478
I remember it i think

It was when they all died at some ceremony when the entire clan gathered.

>>156478
how about we give the fucking robot without anything better to do the books on the subject and make her scan for clues instead

>>156478
Post never

>>156458
Ad Hominem is when you attack the person making the argument instead of refuting the argument itself. I refuted your argument, and THEN called you a faggot, as per 4chan custom. Learn the meanings of the terms you use, shit-for-brains.

I don't need to defend Hodei. He's a dick. But he let slip a big information. I do admit that the two armors may not be the same given what Soma said, since I've been confusing the Al-Hikars with the 1000-Year-Old Emperor. I thought they were the same dude.

But my other arguments? You and your gene-deficient buddy have dick to pick them apart aside "time does not matter in this setting, because I said so." Seriously, if that's what you think constitutes an argument, you should go ahead and repeat high-school English.

You're just a retard who would travel into the worst place possible for us to travel to, based on a whim. Because that's all it is; your precious sources are no true sources, and I told you why already.

>>156463
Actually, they have not. It had been so long since they got a new member, they took Mik in despite him not being up to par as an enchanter. I mean, all he enchanted so far was a blanket and pipe. They just wanted to keep up on current events. They literally said this. Mik literally commented how this hurt his feelings.

Learn to fucking read, because they said literally the exact opposite of what you said, you illiterate mongoloid.

>>156486
Have you actually read the quest?

>>156486
I wasn't part of this but you exposed yourself as an idiot.

>>156489
Considering the shit I've been posting before you began rabidly regurgitating your retardation around the thread, it should be evident. Yes, I have, and based on what you said so far, far more thoroughly than you.