Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk 2

[Risada]

Took me some 24 hours more than predicted, but here it is.

[skydragonknight]

And a good question too.

Hmm. I remember from my last digging through posts that the son went west of the city to scout by the farmland, but unfortunately I have no idea where we even are at the moment relative to the city to be able to make a guess of how long a "quick survey" would take. :/

[ksbsnowowl]

And a good question too.

Hmm. I remember from my last digging through posts that the son went west of the city to scout by the farmland, but unfortunately I have no idea where we even are at the moment relative to the city to be able to make a guess of how long a "quick survey" would take. :/

You are correct.  King Northri's son went west of Eyrrinberg to investigate the troll raids.  That would correlate to the area where you were ambushed, but who knows where he may have gone from there.  Your ambush site was about a day and a half west of Eyrrinberg (by foot).

Currently, you are approximately one day's travel north of Eyrrinberg.

[phaedrusxy]

Hmm... I think Ásdís had tried to scry on him and failed, IIRC. So likely Bram might fail as well, although I guess we could ask him to try...

There were some wonky divination results that Skulda got about Nothri's son also, I think. Something about him being turned into a demon, maybe? I see that that was mostly speculation on my/Skulda's part. The divination said that his seed was choked out by another. Either way, it probably means that he is dead or beyond help. Given that he's far from here, I think our decision on whether to go that way should be at least partially based on where we're planning to go next, and if the area King Nothri's son was at is on our way or not.

How many warriors does Nothri command, anyway? And where would we need to go to get the word to the largest group of warriors/witches/etc?

[ksbsnowowl]

Hmm... I think Ásdís had tried to scry on [Eyvind] and failed, IIRC.

Nope, she never said anything to that effect, at least so far as I can find.

So likely Bram might fail as well, although I guess we could ask him to try...

That's a possibility, though he only prepared one instance today of the spell you failed to identify 

There were some wonky divination results that Skulda got about Nothri's son also, I think. ... The divination said that his seed was choked out by another. Either way, it probably means that he is dead or beyond help. Given that he's far from here, I think our decision on whether to go that way should be at least partially based on where we're planning to go next, and if the area King Nothri's son was at is on our way or not.

Once Bram finishes contacting Trogdor, what is your plan?  You only have a small handful of leads at the moment, though the possible avenues of action are pretty wide open.

How many warriors does Nothri command, anyway? And where would we need to go to get the word to the largest group of warriors/witches/etc?

Eyrrinberg is normally home to less than 300 people.  Of those normally in town (not counting those that set out with Eyvind), there are eight active or retired adventurer types, ranging from 3rd - 5th level (this includes the regular guards), and eighteen others could be outfitted for a fight in a time of need (3rd level and lower).

With the surrounding farms having retreated to Eyrrinberg, there are probably two to three times those numbers here now.  If things get really dire, others could probably be convinced to fight.


As for getting word to the largest group of warriors, etc, you've already started working on that.  Contacting the Hathran is a good idea.  There is also a larger town (Niðarós) two days (by foot) south of Eyrrinberg, along the shore of the Ashane Sea (ie - the Baltic Sea).  It has 800 - 900 people, and is a trading center (if you recall, that's where Ospak's caravan was originally heading, before he decided to cut the return trip a bit short and just head straight for Eyrrinberg [all that happened in the very first post of the prologue]).

[phaedrusxy]

So... what are we doing guys? And what was Trogdor doing again? I forget what we've already got going...

[skydragonknight]

KSB has a wall-of-text recap on the previous page. At the very least it might give you a better idea of what you want to ask.

[phaedrusxy]

OK, so if Skulda summons horses I guess moving around won't take too long. Since Bram (and Trogdor) will be contacting the Hathran for us, we don't need to worry about that. So I guess we can go looking for King Nothri's son, then head to the city (unless something more pressing comes up). I think we might want to try sending a message to the city ahead of us though, to give them more of a forewarning (and as insurance... in case we don't make it...).

[skydragonknight]

Can your bird double as carrier pigeon?

[phaedrusxy]

Can your bird double as carrier pigeon?

My bird can do about anything, as I can directly control it and see through it. The only limitation really is that it can last a maximum of 24 hours and I can only have one at a time.

So I could send the bird to scout/deliver a message/etc while we did something completely different.

[Nanshork]

So....

[Risada]

Dead Again?

[ksbsnowowl]

Dead Again?

Google Fiber is awesome when it works, and really crappy when it doesn't.  I was without internet at my house for a week...

Glad that's over.

[Nanshork]

Dead Again?

Google Fiber is awesome when it works, and really crappy when it doesn't.  I was without internet at my house for a week...

Glad that's over.

That sounds pretty shitty.

[ksbsnowowl]

It was certainly boring.

So, the plan is to head west of Eyrrinberg?  Just tell me where you intend to start investigating, and I'll fast track us there.

[phaedrusxy]

I guess Skulda will bind the Green Lady, and we'll ride on summoned Mounts. Of course, that's going to leave us without scouting... so we may blunder into trouble. It's slow and sure or quick and risky, I think.

Will make the rolls and change her prepared spells around a bit later tonight, and then post IC.

Edit: Crap... I need a graveyard, or a place sacred to Hel... Otherwise I can't bind her.

[skydragonknight]

All I remember is there being farmland to the west, so that's my only frame of reference really. I suppose we could start around the outskirts of that area unless there's other notable locations?

[ksbsnowowl]

All I remember is there being farmland to the west, so that's my only frame of reference really. I suppose we could start [investigting?] around the outskirts of that area unless there's other notable locations?

That correlates roughly with where Eyvind's party was headed, so not a bad plan, assuming I understood your meaning correctly.

[skydragonknight]

Correct.

And the mounts are certainly more useful the first couple days when there's a lot of distance to cover. When there is less than a day's travel left by foot, having the bird makes sense.

[Nanshork]

So what's going on?