Chapter 5 – return to list
Queen Gemegishkirihallat is at the top of the owe list.
The monarch of a conquered kingdom, using the powers of the Serpent to conquer the world.
cov | 6 |
dir | 10 |
mys | 4 |
oth | 12 |
lov | 6 |
vio | 8 |
Pass judgement upon her daughter.
Exorcise the naked blade from the demon it hosts.
Commanding presence: Directly. Potent.
Her Highness's player chooses – under duress – the Oracle of God Kings of War, and draws – against rule and tradition – a random card, and then the rest draw another three:
Queen of Diamonds: An executioner, a strangler, in service to a ruthless king.
Murderous daughter, talented strangler and beloved fiance of the heir to Dannite throne.
cov | 4 |
dir | 10 |
mys | 4 |
oth | 10 |
lov | 6 |
vio | 8 |
Wants the naked blade for herself.
Take Bar-Neey's powers so he will not be able to stop Timkach.
Hit where it hurts: directly, consequential for myself, potent.
The go getter heir to the Dannite throne, the one credited with conquering Ras Meitash and its current governor.
act | 8,4 |
man | 12,8 |
pro | 6,4 |
Publicly humilate Queen Gemegishkirihallat and general Doram and then see them both hanged.
Use Timkach to fuck up the Ras Meitashian uprise.
The Demon's Sword: action, consequential for love, potent.
The sword screams and lights up as he waves it around.
3 of Hearts: An unspeakable demon of atrocity and rage, bound in chains for a thousand years, aware suddenly of a minute loosening of his bonds.
An old one, with a name that would drive you insane if you could pronounce it.
act | 12,8 |
man | 6,4 |
pro | 10,6 |
Wants to sire a child of Gemegishkirihallat's womb.
Make Bar-Neey suffer horribly and forever.
Ancient one: action, consequential for myself, far-reaching.
Reality looks at him and yelps.
An old man, tired of the world, but still with some unfinished business.
cov | 10 |
dir | 4 |
mys | 4 |
oth | 12 |
lov | 8 |
vio | 4 |
To destroy the demon using the royal blood of a woman, drained with the naked blade.
To make sweet love to lady Tagrizli, who hates his guts.
Elemental wizard: covertly, far reaching, potent.
Power of thought moves all four elements.
The well intentioned, intelligent, but sadly confused son of the lighthouse guy. Magician autodidact. Smart but stupid.
act | 12,8 |
man | 10,6 |
pro | 6,4 |
Want to silence Bar-Neey, who knows he freed Timkach.
Wants to kill general Doram, his father.
Magic: action, far-reaching, potent.
Altering reality, one cubic meter at a time.
4 of Diamonds: The arrival of a hundred fearsome warships on an unprepared, prosperous, peaceful coast.
Heavily decorated general, brought back from early retirement to serve his queen.
cov | 6 |
dir | 10 |
mys | 4 |
oth | 12 |
lov | 8 |
vio | 6 |
Wants to steal Ashtipani from Mahn Hohw.
Demands that lady Tagrizli joins a nunnery. Willingly or otherwise.
Forewarned is forearmed: love, far reaching, broad, others.
Plans ahead, like freakin' batman.
An extremely sexy and composed woman, who seems to get you at first glance.
act | 4,0 |
man | 10,6 |
pro | 12,8 |
Wants general Doram to aknowledge their son (which was raised by the lighthouse guy?).
Wants Bar-Neey to take the blame for all his many fuckups.
Seductress: maneuvering, doubly potent.
Reality looks at her and gets a hard on.
5 of Clubs: A soldier’s plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women.
Caspit־Timnath, where the Dannites first landed and set up base.
Soon, baby!