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CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER

CRACKSHOT MOLLY
Soldiering Plainswoman
24 HP
Fury: All rolls doubled @ <1/4 of max HP
Armed with:
>BALLISTA W/ 75 BOLTS (3 turn reload. Reload can be canceled. Can also be used as a bludgeoning weapon)
>SPEAR
Starts with 50 Gold

BASTARD ASHLEY
The Girl Next Door, Living in the Haunted Mansion
26 HP
Channeling: Unrivaled knowledge of channeling, the art of appeasing the God of Magic himself, lets any spell asked for be cast at the cost of one or more turns and nothing else. Certain (i.e. sequence breaking "I teleport into Hell") requests may require a dice roll. Keyword: may. He may also chose to delay a spell's effects until a certain point in time.
Armed with:
>JEWELED SCEPTER (Used for Channeling dances. Eight jewels in the staff hold spell charges, which can be discharged at will. Can be used to smack people.)
>WEIGHTED BOOTS
Starts with 200 Gold

NICHOLAS SUNRISE
Wandering Paladin of the Sun
30 HP
Blinding Light: Magical shield reflects and amplifies light, forcing them to avert their eyes or be blinded.
Armed with:
>SWORD OF HATRED (Attracts the ire of a certain group of NPCs)
>MIRROR SHIELD
Starts penniless

GUARDSMAN
Off Duty Omish Guard
20 HP
Quaker: Omish Guards are known to quake in reverence and anger in response to insults to their Queen, because many believe she is their god. Quaking, which is can be activated when someone does something against the Queen, be it insults or direct conspiration against her, makes it harder for you to be hit.
OR
Restless: Guards are also known to be incredibly alert, and react within short timespan. Autoparries the first strike by a seen opponent, 1d20 for unseen strikes.
Armed with:
>SCIMITAR X2
>TINY CROSSBOW
Starts with 50 gold

SALAJAN
Knight of the Queen
36 HP
Golden Image: Gold absorbs magic. Your armor and your weapon are gold plated. Non-elemental spells have no affect on you, if hit directly.
Armed with:
>GOLD PLATED HAMMER OF FUCK (roll 2d20; second die determines stun/knockback)
Starts with 200 gold

OR

>You are none of the above, and don't do anything

>>For future reference, the plurality decides general actions while highest roll decides combat actions. Every character has the ability to pray, which is similar to Ashley's special ability, but do not allow the player to choose what miracle they receive.

>>1628
Are you sure?

>>1639
Before you confirm, do you revere the Queen as a deity? Your abilities are directly related to your beliefs.

Rolled 14, 19 = 33

>>1625
FUUUUUCKIN SALAJAN NIGGGGGGG

>>1628
>>1704
You are NICHOLAS SUNRISE, jolly vagabond warrior and sunchild. For the past five years, you, along with another paladin by the name of Moonchild, have been protecting the barren and permanently cloudy lands to the southeast. There is no organized army in those wastes; only roaming warriors such as yourself and greed-driven invaders. The lands have been kept secure with your grace and her might, but for now you bid her farewell, and travel the lands to dispense justice and illuminate the lives of the grim. Perhaps even through the millions of raindrops and miles of clouds, the sun can still shine in Om.

You turn around to examine the inn, and sweet seraphim the place is being flooded. This monsoon isn't a joke, everyone's getting away from the entrance and windows, except for that bald guy in the corner. He looks like he's getting ready to leave, though. You probably should get going soon, too. You can only get so many free drinks with tales, no matter how chivalrous.

>Talk to bald guy
>Leave tavern
>Other

>>1791
Forgot my image.

>>1950
You thank the man for taking his time to answer your questions about local whorehouses and serve his country well. He stares at you disconcertingly as you gallop through the door, and get drenched instantly by the storm.

You plan to get to the Palace, which can be gotten to quickly by going north on the street and crossing the bridge. Sure, there's things you could do, places you could go, but do you care?

>Straight to Palace Steps, ignore other paths
>North to Market
>South to City Plaza
>Other

>If it takes a while between people suggesting commands, I'll update a second time, cutting out any fat/confirm the previous suggesters request

Without having a thought, you take the quickest route to the palace. You are not enjoying the rain, so you may as well not dwell in it longer than you should.

But, what do you know, there's people guarding the front entrance. A couple of purple-ish Omish knights, a couple golden Gargantuan Knights, and looks like another guy's coming this way. They all look at you, but their attention quickly shifts back down the street. Following their eyes would reward you with the pretty sight of about two hundred people fighting each other, clogging up main street. Compared to the impending mob of zealots that may come hurdling up these stairs soon, you don't strike them as too imposing.

>Talk to palace knights
>Attack palace knights
>Join the clusterfuck on main street
>Search for alternative entrance to palace
>Other

>>2038
Talk to those palace knights, maybe they can shed some more light on the situation

>>2056
You call out your question from the bottom of the stairs. The knights look at you for a moment, but none answer. One of them is busy doing a channeling dance, preparing a spell for the inevitable combat he will participate in. You recognize some of the jumps and heel clicks as a shockwave being coded into whatever magic he is asking his god for. While he is still dancing, you take the moment to appreciate how he manages to perform channeling dances in such gaudy armor.

Quickly, his dance comes to a close, and a spell is bound within a gem on his trident. "You want to know what's going on?" Says the knight, his voice booming like thunder in the distance. You nod your head to confirm.

"This all started with Jhaseen. Ten years ago, the city was attacked by shadowy demons of Bible Black. Aside from the Berserker knight himself, Jhaseen was the most successful demonslayer. For ten weeks of constant invasion, he protected the streets day and night. My Queen gave him nobility for his glorious feats, with his newfound power he continued to do great things for the city, even when the demons were gone." At this point it becomes apparent that he likes talking. "Over a week ago, my Queen requested his presence before her as a Chairman of the city council, and he was happy to oblige. Before his visit, me, my fellow knights, Chancellor Cairo, and the rest of the council had breakfast with him. I had the pleasure of sitting next to him. At first, he was well-adjusted and as level-headed, for someone about to meet her Graciousness. But he started slowly losing it. After the fact, most of us agree that he was drugged somehow, but it's far too late for anything to be done."

During the channeler's long winded rundown of events, you notice out of the corner of your eye the other Gargantuan Knight, brandishing a massive partizan, shifting to glare at their comrade. He noticably shuffles every time his fellow knight says the term "my Queen." He quickly spots you staring, and suddenly averts his gaze away from the two of you.

"After the breakfast, it was time for him to see my Queen. But when he finally saw her, he just snapped. He wanted to leave, fast. We tried keeping him under control, but he's a seasoned veteran. He suplexed Jordan -another fellow knight- when he was in his armor on the way out. Jhaseen went on to spread his hallucinations to the whole city, and Jordan rode out on camelback to seek revenge, only to not only be suplexed again, but have his animal taken from him and used as an escape for the lunatic. Jhaseen's returned with a force, it seems, I can see him in the mob. I wonder, if it's truly his desire to ravage the city, or if he was taken advantage in his sad state of mind of by mercenary pigs!"

"The storm's unplanned, too." Said the Partizan Knight. "Someone doubled the order."

"Oh, yes!" The channeler jumped to the chance to flap his gums some more. "As you can tell, this is not our average storm! It never rains in the Singe, so we rely on a channeler with the secret of weather dancing to bring rain. The way weather dancing works is that thee more people dancing for rain, the more rain comes. We found him dead soon after he was supposed to have danced, and now we have this horrible monsoon! It's wasted our crops, enraged the population, and softened our resiliance in these trying times! There's more forces in the attack on the city than just a sea of steel. We're being conspired against by some lowlife force. Don't fool yourself, these raiders are mostly ignorant and misguided, poor Jhaseen comes to mind; but there still run those who are villainous! They do not come to rescue my Queen, they've come to undermine all she's worked for."

So that's his take on it. You could understand why the guy with the spear was convulsing throughout his fellow knight's speech. Luckily for you, the Channeler seems to have misidentified your cringing as sharing his sentiment of disgust toward infidels.

>"Berserker Knight?"
>Join the battle on broadway
>Search for another entrance to the palace
>Other

>>2153
But it's his armor, and the blacksmith worked hard to make it. It would be mean to take away something with his face carefully sculpted onto the visor. Besides, it's hot, and only the Palace smith knows how to make a suit like this that offers good protection.

That's completely disregarding the fact that there's an angry mob about seventy strong two blocks away and getting out of armor when within bow range would be a bad idea.

>Converse about other topics
>Join melee on mainstreet
>Find alternative entrance
>Other

>>2186
The Gargantuan Knight shrugged. "A reward? Not that I know of. It's not like we saw this coming. We only knew that he left, not that he would, or could, raise an army." During his speech, the soldier from the palace has come outside finally, grasping his helmet nervously. He was equipped with a sword and armor forged of a special steel, one of acidic properties that are harmless to skin, but ferocious to flesh. You have no idea why anyone would wear a suit of armor that attacks the user when an injury is inflicted. The purple Omish Knights bowed before him, and the Gargantuan Knights turned to acknowledge a superior among them. There were few people were closer to the Queen than those who bore her likeness. You may not know who he is, but the others treat him with utmost importance, so some respect may be wise.

"The Queen has yet to offer an official reward, but will offer a reward a certain position in the defense of the Queen." Spoke the blue eyed insanity steel knight. "If you please, come with me. This isn't a plan I'd prefer talking about outside, especially not in this weather."

>Accept
>Decline
>Inquire about blue-eyed knight
>Other

>I'd like to apologize for being slow as shit, I had to redraw this scene a couple times because I realized I was phenomenally shit at drawing what I had attempted to depict.

>>2310
>>2521
>Accept
You accept both his offer of occupation and shelter from the elements. The fat knights glare as you pass by, but yield.

The main hall is lit by massive sconces, while the adjacent dining theater and dance halls are dimly lit. The palace is bright and marvelous, save for a few unsavory details. An ugly statue of the Queen resides in the center, made of solid gold and more than three times your size. While you may respect her and her authority, she's never been pretty. Not that you'd say otherwise.

You ask the blue-eyed knight who he is. That was a question he was not prepared for. "I'm… you're not from here, I take it. Wait, you're Nicholas Sunrise, aren't you? Gods, I wish I was half as noble as you. I'm Damascus, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"Anyway, your errand. I'll be glad to repay you how you wish- oh, maybe I could carv-" You politely interject for a moment, stating you would like to receive payment of alcohol and wenches. He falls silent for a moment but accepts your terms.

Damascus continues with his request. "I feel I should explain why this must be done before I explain what you must do. People are angry that the Queen is being mistreated by her subordinates. She is sacred, which is why she hasn't left the palace since the dawn of the city's history. The Queen is everlasting, however servants are not. She mustn't be freed by plebs, mercenaries and crooks, she must be freed by her servants; new servants. We need a new council, a new chairman, new, uncorrupted blood to satisfy her Highness. But the current holders of office cannot simply stop serving the Gargantuan Queen. Service to the Queen is service for life."

"I want you to kill the city council, the commander, and Chairman Cairo, and bring their corpses to the foyer, so that the mob is pleased and that soon more noble souls can take their stead. They reside upstairs, on second-highest floor. I've informed guards on the stairway that I might be sending someone up for errands, but the rest of the building won't be so understanding. The top floor is off limits to most official knights, don't go there. The guards up there rattle their swords at me, a fucking berserker, they won't be afraid of you. As for your… payment… In the dance hall to the left, enter the door and go down the hall through the guard barracks, I'll meet with you there once you've done the job. I'll see what I can do."

>Proceed up stairs
>Details about possible enemies
>Cairo?
>Other

>>2546
>>3043
>Details about possible enemies
You walk with him to the archway to the stairs, while he fills you in on what you might run into.

White garbed folk are the City Guard. There's enough to put one on every corner and then some, so you you will be fighting at least one. They don't have armor you would have to worry about, and their scimitars may not do much against your suit of armor, but they can strike fast. There's techniques where they can attack five times in a second, as a defensive maneuver. If one comes at you, just keep them out of your face.

The purple knights are the Knights of Om, low ranking knights in service to the city. Their protection is comparable to yours, except their backs aren't armored because they're expected to patrol the city and the heat could possibly kill them. A popular weapon among them is a warhammer, and much like the guards, they can strike rapidly, but unlike the guard, they aren't lightning swift. Exploit that.

You've seen a couple of the Gargantuan Knights. There's not many of them, only seven, but they're all fearsome. They're gold plated, so magic won't hurt them, if you ever pick up a habit of spellcasting. Their armor is not actually accommodating their weight, but putting a lot of distance between the weapon and the knight. Your sword might not do anything at all to their gut. I know mine doesn't. They all use massive mithril weapons, coated with gold decorations. Likewise, the gold on their weapons can absorb magic. Their weapons aren't dramatically stronger than others due to their size, but they have a knack for knocking everything they touch down to the floor. They're all strong as hell, too, so I wouldn't wrestle with them. Your best bet is to hit them in the head and face. Knees too, but I wouldn't try striking that low with a short weapon like yours.

Commander Paraiah might be the biggest problem. He's not big in the slightest, but he's disproportionately strong. Almost as strong as I can get. He's quick and ferocious with his saber, and he almost doesn't give a shit when he's hurt. How I envy him. He's not wearing armor of any sort, so when you attack, don't try to cut him. Break him. Chop his limbs off, smash the joints, impale his heart or something.

And lastly, there's Cairo. Cairo is a half-giant. Nine foot four, three fifty pounds. You can't miss him. He's got a sword that's as big as mine made of mithril and gold. He's tall and dangerous, but he's a beanpole. Smashing his knees would just be so easy.

Wait, uh, before you go… there's another kind of person you should worry about. The Queen has a personal legion of servants, who only see the light of day in the Queen's chambers. They're born in this palace, trained in this palace, and they die in this palace, never released from service. They're fast, they're strong, they're huge and they won't let anyone even have a chance to lay a finger on their Queen. If you see a Black Guard, you're going the wrong way. Turn back, and leave that section of the palace.

>Thank him and proceed upstairs
>Other