"I am Eaudax, a son of the first Eagles who foolishly consumed the Chi. I hate the parasite for what I learned about it in my youth and old age, for what it took from us and continues to take. For the first, it was our power, spiritual connection, and countless other unique abilities. The advancement it caused in our intelligence was either intentional, or an unintended outcome that it used to its advantage. Enslaving us to its will, to constantly desire it as it continues to take our life and material to continue its own conquest. It's a thief, a murder, a liar, a slaver, and made itself the uncontested ruler of our world. And for that, it should be brought down."
"And whoever controls the Chi controls the world... that's right. The substance is evil, and it perpetuates evil, I completely agree. If what you say about yourself is true, Eaudax, then we have much to discuss after all. I believe your story, but do you truly believe mine?"
"As I said, your story is a strange one. But even with the change that has come to this land, the war, the new tribes--most still desire the Chi. Few, if any, see even the smallest of problems with Chi existing. Yet you clearly despise it with a passion I haven't seen outside of myself. Without you living through the ages as I did, your story must have true merit."
OOC: I think you misunderstand. The Spider and Bat leaders just have tribe members who are actually loyal. And since the leaders of those respective tribes control the generic NPCs, we do have control over the percent of the species' population that is loyal or not.
I'm not saying people can't have some RPCs who rebel against their leaders. I just don't want people to get carried away and create entire armies of NPCs who are somehow not loyal. That would basically be a second bat/spider/any species tribe, which would actually make the RP more convoluted, as you say. So as it is now, we're actually trying to keep the RP simple and less complicated. You are more than welcome to make a rogue RPC for any tribe.
OOC: A percentage, and only the NPCs, not other users' RPCs.
Then the solution is to not allow those splinter NPC armies period. YJF appears to disagree with you in that regard, as he's saying that it's impossible for any Spiders who haven't defected before whatsherface's reign to even dislike her. That's restricting the personalities of future RPCs. That's no good.
OOC: Yeah, I don't mind rogue RPCs, I just don't want my tribes to have armies of rogue NPCs. So I disagree with YJF there.
"And whoever controls the Chi controls the world... that's right. The substance is evil, and it perpetuates evil, I completely agree. If what you say about yourself is true, Eaudax, then we have much to discuss after all. I believe your story, but do you truly believe mine?"
"As I said, your story is a strange one. But even with the change that has come to this land, the war, the new tribes--most still desire the Chi. Few, if any, see even the smallest of problems with Chi existing. Yet you clearly despise it with a passion I haven't seen outside of myself. Without you living through the ages as I did, your story must have true merit."
"Then it looks like we have a lot of work to do. I'll have to reclaim what I lost, and start from scratch. But the Eagles serve this Chi-drunk Crawler Empire, and finding others with the same opinion who were willing to fight their friends and family for the future wasn't easy the first time."
Jai gets up.
"You wouldn't happen to know of anyone, would you?"
"As I said, your story is a strange one. But even with the change that has come to this land, the war, the new tribes--most still desire the Chi. Few, if any, see even the smallest of problems with Chi existing. Yet you clearly despise it with a passion I haven't seen outside of myself. Without you living through the ages as I did, your story must have true merit."
"Then it looks like we have a lot of work to do. I'll have to reclaim what I lost, and start from scratch. But the Eagles serve this Chi-drunk Crawler Empire, and finding others with the same opinion who were willing to fight their friends and family for the future wasn't easy the first time."
Jai gets up.
"You wouldn't happen to know of anyone, would you?"
"Not many other Eagles, they're content being ruled by insects. On the outside, I have seen a few possible candidates that would be willing to help our cause, but they're....well, let's call it colorful."
Post by thepegleggedninja on Jan 22, 2018 22:07:59 GMT
Pretty sure there are at least a few posts that have been trapped in moderation for a few days now. I saw ajtazt had responded to me in the "latest post" window on the forum page a while ago, but I still don't see it.
Pretty sure there are at least a few posts that have been trapped in moderation for a few days now. I saw ajtazt had responded to me in the "latest post" window on the forum page a while ago, but I still don't see it.
"Then it looks like we have a lot of work to do. I'll have to reclaim what I lost, and start from scratch. But the Eagles serve this Chi-drunk Crawler Empire, and finding others with the same opinion who were willing to fight their friends and family for the future wasn't easy the first time."
Jai gets up.
"You wouldn't happen to know of anyone, would you?"
"Not many other Eagles, they're content being ruled by insects. On the outside, I have seen a few possible candidates that would be willing to help our cause, but they're....well, let's call it colorful."
"Been stalking some others, hm? That's good, but-- "
He cuts off, turning his head to the cave entrance. The way the wind enters through the gap, the tiniest of sounds are carried in and are clearly audibly. The noise of beating Eagle wings pass, and when they are gone Jai continues,
"But we shouldn't move too quickly. Of course I'd like to meet them, but we need to be discreet. Do you know where they are now?"
"Not many other Eagles, they're content being ruled by insects. On the outside, I have seen a few possible candidates that would be willing to help our cause, but they're....well, let's call it colorful."
"Been stalking some others, hm? That's good, but-- "
He cuts off, turning his head to the cave entrance. The way the wind enters through the gap, the tiniest of sounds are carried in and are clearly audibly. The noise of beating Eagle wings pass, and when they are gone Jai continues,
"But we shouldn't move too quickly. Of course I'd like to meet them, but we need to be discreet. Do you know where they are now?"
"Not entirely. Most of them tend to move around in the Outlands, but a few like to cause trouble at random locations. The only one I can be sure of is a Raven--what's left of one that is."
"Been stalking some others, hm? That's good, but-- "
He cuts off, turning his head to the cave entrance. The way the wind enters through the gap, the tiniest of sounds are carried in and are clearly audibly. The noise of beating Eagle wings pass, and when they are gone Jai continues,
"But we shouldn't move too quickly. Of course I'd like to meet them, but we need to be discreet. Do you know where they are now?"
"Not entirely. Most of them tend to move around in the Outlands, but a few like to cause trouble at random locations. The only one I can be sure of is a Raven--what's left of one that is."
"What's left of one? Interesting choice of words. Also interesting how you say most of these folk are in the Outlands. Banished for their unpopular opinion, I presume?"
"Not entirely. Most of them tend to move around in the Outlands, but a few like to cause trouble at random locations. The only one I can be sure of is a Raven--what's left of one that is."
"What's left of one? Interesting choice of words. Also interesting how you say most of these folk are in the Outlands. Banished for their unpopular opinion, I presume?"
"Self-exile for most of them from what I've seen. Some probably have been banished."
"What's left of one? Interesting choice of words. Also interesting how you say most of these folk are in the Outlands. Banished for their unpopular opinion, I presume?"
"Self-exile for most of them from what I've seen. Some probably have been banished."
"Self-exile, huh? That could mean anything from them being totally insane, to secret plots of considerable impact."
"Self-exile, huh? That could mean anything from them being totally insane, to secret plots of considerable impact."
Jai smiles.
"Perfect."
"Do you wish to see them now or at another time?"
Jai considers this for just long enough for the silence to become uncomfortable.
“No... no... I’ll wait a bit longer. I only just woke up a couple days ago. Everyone here acts like they’ve known me all their life, but I have no idea who anyone is, or who I can trust. Even worse, I barely know what the world is like now... if it’s even real. I need to see more of it before I try starting something this big. Sorry, but I need to know my cards before I go all in.”
