Innverse Stats | Interlude

Name	Text
The Wandering Inn	As the month of The Wandering Inn’s break came to a close, this event took place at sea.
Cenidau	The war was not over. Even though the cold front was rolling down from Cenidau as it often did, frozen mists that could kill someone faster than you could blink, blanketing the northern kingdoms of Terandria in snow—it sometimes seemed like the cold just led to more wars popping up in the continent of old humanity.
Terandria	The war was not over. Even though the cold front was rolling down from Cenidau as it often did, frozen mists that could kill someone faster than you could blink, blanketing the northern kingdoms of Terandria in snow—it sometimes seemed like the cold just led to more wars popping up in the continent of old humanity.
Taimaguros	Wars now…some wars ended when winter began. Taimaguros sparred with its neighbors in the north, and the dominion was wise enough not to advance when those mists came down. Kaaz, most active of the Restful Three, didn’t do much besides cheer on its adventurers in their comparatively warm dungeoneering. No dueling challenges, few of the nobility popping up in warfronts as mercenaries for hire. Fighting was all very well and good for Kaazians, but you couldn’t beat winter with a sharp piece of metal.
Kaaz	Wars now…some wars ended when winter began. Taimaguros sparred with its neighbors in the north, and the dominion was wise enough not to advance when those mists came down. Kaaz, most active of the Restful Three, didn’t do much besides cheer on its adventurers in their comparatively warm dungeoneering. No dueling challenges, few of the nobility popping up in warfronts as mercenaries for hire. Fighting was all very well and good for Kaazians, but you couldn’t beat winter with a sharp piece of metal.
Terandria	But in the south of Terandria, Ailendamus was still at war. The Dawn Concordat had not made peace, despite all that had been said and done. And the reason was simple, depressingly so if you were a [Soldier] longing for peace.
Ailendamus	But in the south of Terandria, Ailendamus was still at war. The Dawn Concordat had not made peace, despite all that had been said and done. And the reason was simple, depressingly so if you were a [Soldier] longing for peace.
[Soldier]	But in the south of Terandria, Ailendamus was still at war. The Dawn Concordat had not made peace, despite all that had been said and done. And the reason was simple, depressingly so if you were a [Soldier] longing for peace.
Ailendamus	Or rather, Ailendamus suddenly had too many enemies and too little desire to engage them all. When they were waxing in strength, no nation wanted to step up and be the first to be slapped down. Pheislant had been extremely worried about being next on the chopping block, and their spirited engagements led by the Order of Seasons had been tense.
Pheislant	Or rather, Ailendamus suddenly had too many enemies and too little desire to engage them all. When they were waxing in strength, no nation wanted to step up and be the first to be slapped down. Pheislant had been extremely worried about being next on the chopping block, and their spirited engagements led by the Order of Seasons had been tense.
Noelictus	But like a bear being surrounded by wolves, once it was wounded, everyone wanted to take a bite. Noelictus from the north. Desonis from the east. Pheislant from the west. The Dawn Concordat was now on the offensive, and even smaller nations were putting their shots in.
Desonis	But like a bear being surrounded by wolves, once it was wounded, everyone wanted to take a bite. Noelictus from the north. Desonis from the east. Pheislant from the west. The Dawn Concordat was now on the offensive, and even smaller nations were putting their shots in.
Pheislant	But like a bear being surrounded by wolves, once it was wounded, everyone wanted to take a bite. Noelictus from the north. Desonis from the east. Pheislant from the west. The Dawn Concordat was now on the offensive, and even smaller nations were putting their shots in.
Ailendamus	Ailendamus was a vast nation. So if a raid went off, they had to move their forces around. Which, of course, left plenty of places where they weren’t fully protected. They usually got around this with their armies being the ones advancing and their coordinated assault bearing down on their enemies from all angles.
Dionamella	However, they had lost multiple, multiple armies and their Great General Dionamella along with numerous lesser [Generals] against the Dawn Concordat, and their forces were tied up retreating and redrawing their battle lines against the Dawn Concordat.
[General]	However, they had lost multiple, multiple armies and their Great General Dionamella along with numerous lesser [Generals] against the Dawn Concordat, and their forces were tied up retreating and redrawing their battle lines against the Dawn Concordat.
Ailendamus	The problem was that Ailendamus did not want a five-pronged war with all the nations. It was—in the eyes of the royal court, a certain Wyrm, and a number of other strategic minds—better to take your lumps, build back up, and then start afresh.
Pheislant	Aside from Pheislant and the Dawn Concordat, who were fielding armies, the other nations were not coming in with standard forces.
Ailendamus	In the north, a different kind of mist fell over Ailendamus’ northern border by night, and the [Soldiers] groaned and lit every torch and lantern they could find.
[Soldier]	In the north, a different kind of mist fell over Ailendamus’ northern border by night, and the [Soldiers] groaned and lit every torch and lantern they could find.
Noelictus	The thunk of a crossbow bolt was the only thing you’d hear when the Hunters of Noelictus came for you. A blade in the dark that killed a single sentry on watch and spared the rest?
Noelictus	That was the stuff that Noelictus’ enemies feared. And if one of those figures was caught, they fought in the streets, a whirlwind of blades and sometimes even sorcery, before they were brought down.
[Soldier]	But they were almost always ‘brought down’ with a dozen dead [Soldiers]. The Hunters appeared, stole precious goods, torched buildings or slew soldiers, then melted into the shadows.
Ailendamus	They were thieves, ironically. Despite it not being their class for all they were good at stealth and subterfuge, the Hunters were after gold and artifacts, which Ailendamus had in plenty.
Ailendamus	You may ask how easy it was to plunder artifacts not under lock and key. But message stones in the guilds could be re-tuned. Purification in wells, enchanted scarecrows, even lantern crystals—Ailendamus was awash in magic that its citizens possessed in abundance and Noelictus did not. Not to mention the fact that even their spellbooks were considered more useful.

As the month of The Wandering Inn’s break came to a close, this event took place at sea.

The war was not over. Even though the cold front was rolling down from Cenidau as it often did, frozen mists that could kill someone faster than you could blink, blanketing the northern kingdoms of Terandria in snow—it sometimes seemed like the cold just led to more wars popping up in the continent of old humanity.

Terandria

The war was not over. Even though the cold front was rolling down from Cenidau as it often did, frozen mists that could kill someone faster than you could blink, blanketing the northern kingdoms of Terandria in snow—it sometimes seemed like the cold just led to more wars popping up in the continent of old humanity.

Taimaguros

Wars now…some wars ended when winter began. Taimaguros sparred with its neighbors in the north, and the dominion was wise enough not to advance when those mists came down. Kaaz, most active of the Restful Three, didn’t do much besides cheer on its adventurers in their comparatively warm dungeoneering. No dueling challenges, few of the nobility popping up in warfronts as mercenaries for hire. Fighting was all very well and good for Kaazians, but you couldn’t beat winter with a sharp piece of metal.

Kaaz

Wars now…some wars ended when winter began. Taimaguros sparred with its neighbors in the north, and the dominion was wise enough not to advance when those mists came down. Kaaz, most active of the Restful Three, didn’t do much besides cheer on its adventurers in their comparatively warm dungeoneering. No dueling challenges, few of the nobility popping up in warfronts as mercenaries for hire. Fighting was all very well and good for Kaazians, but you couldn’t beat winter with a sharp piece of metal.

Terandria

But in the south of Terandria, Ailendamus was still at war. The Dawn Concordat had not made peace, despite all that had been said and done. And the reason was simple, depressingly so if you were a [Soldier] longing for peace.

Ailendamus

But in the south of Terandria, Ailendamus was still at war. The Dawn Concordat had not made peace, despite all that had been said and done. And the reason was simple, depressingly so if you were a [Soldier] longing for peace.

[Soldier]

But in the south of Terandria, Ailendamus was still at war. The Dawn Concordat had not made peace, despite all that had been said and done. And the reason was simple, depressingly so if you were a [Soldier] longing for peace.

Ailendamus

Or rather, Ailendamus suddenly had too many enemies and too little desire to engage them all. When they were waxing in strength, no nation wanted to step up and be the first to be slapped down. Pheislant had been extremely worried about being next on the chopping block, and their spirited engagements led by the Order of Seasons had been tense.

Pheislant

Or rather, Ailendamus suddenly had too many enemies and too little desire to engage them all. When they were waxing in strength, no nation wanted to step up and be the first to be slapped down. Pheislant had been extremely worried about being next on the chopping block, and their spirited engagements led by the Order of Seasons had been tense.

Noelictus

But like a bear being surrounded by wolves, once it was wounded, everyone wanted to take a bite. Noelictus from the north. Desonis from the east. Pheislant from the west. The Dawn Concordat was now on the offensive, and even smaller nations were putting their shots in.

Desonis

But like a bear being surrounded by wolves, once it was wounded, everyone wanted to take a bite. Noelictus from the north. Desonis from the east. Pheislant from the west. The Dawn Concordat was now on the offensive, and even smaller nations were putting their shots in.

Pheislant

But like a bear being surrounded by wolves, once it was wounded, everyone wanted to take a bite. Noelictus from the north. Desonis from the east. Pheislant from the west. The Dawn Concordat was now on the offensive, and even smaller nations were putting their shots in.

Ailendamus

Ailendamus was a vast nation. So if a raid went off, they had to move their forces around. Which, of course, left plenty of places where they weren’t fully protected. They usually got around this with their armies being the ones advancing and their coordinated assault bearing down on their enemies from all angles.

Dionamella

However, they had lost multiple, multiple armies and their Great General Dionamella along with numerous lesser [Generals] against the Dawn Concordat, and their forces were tied up retreating and redrawing their battle lines against the Dawn Concordat.

[General]

However, they had lost multiple, multiple armies and their Great General Dionamella along with numerous lesser [Generals] against the Dawn Concordat, and their forces were tied up retreating and redrawing their battle lines against the Dawn Concordat.

Ailendamus

The problem was that Ailendamus did not want a five-pronged war with all the nations. It was—in the eyes of the royal court, a certain Wyrm, and a number of other strategic minds—better to take your lumps, build back up, and then start afresh.

Pheislant

Aside from Pheislant and the Dawn Concordat, who were fielding armies, the other nations were not coming in with standard forces.

Ailendamus

In the north, a different kind of mist fell over Ailendamus’ northern border by night, and the [Soldiers] groaned and lit every torch and lantern they could find.

[Soldier]

In the north, a different kind of mist fell over Ailendamus’ northern border by night, and the [Soldiers] groaned and lit every torch and lantern they could find.

Noelictus

The thunk of a crossbow bolt was the only thing you’d hear when the Hunters of Noelictus came for you. A blade in the dark that killed a single sentry on watch and spared the rest?

Noelictus

That was the stuff that Noelictus’ enemies feared. And if one of those figures was caught, they fought in the streets, a whirlwind of blades and sometimes even sorcery, before they were brought down.

[Soldier]

But they were almost always ‘brought down’ with a dozen dead [Soldiers]. The Hunters appeared, stole precious goods, torched buildings or slew soldiers, then melted into the shadows.

Ailendamus

They were thieves, ironically. Despite it not being their class for all they were good at stealth and subterfuge, the Hunters were after gold and artifacts, which Ailendamus had in plenty.

Ailendamus

You may ask how easy it was to plunder artifacts not under lock and key. But message stones in the guilds could be re-tuned. Purification in wells, enchanted scarecrows, even lantern crystals—Ailendamus was awash in magic that its citizens possessed in abundance and Noelictus did not. Not to mention the fact that even their spellbooks were considered more useful.

Interlude – The Spitoon

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