Innverse Stats | 10.08 (Pt. 1)

Name	Text
Elvallian	On the road to Elvallian, a trade road that passed along the great jungle of Baleros, beneath huge cliff faces, and all the way from beaches on each side of the continent, there was a city. If you took the road from Talenqual past Yoill, you’d get to the city of Ramok.
Baleros	On the road to Elvallian, a trade road that passed along the great jungle of Baleros, beneath huge cliff faces, and all the way from beaches on each side of the continent, there was a city. If you took the road from Talenqual past Yoill, you’d get to the city of Ramok.
Talenqual	On the road to Elvallian, a trade road that passed along the great jungle of Baleros, beneath huge cliff faces, and all the way from beaches on each side of the continent, there was a city. If you took the road from Talenqual past Yoill, you’d get to the city of Ramok.
[Trader]	It hadn’t affected commerce and civilian life as much as you’d think. Oh, [Traders] and [Merchants] made note of the new leaders and took care not to visibly support one side—or if they did, to avoid the other.
[Merchant]	It hadn’t affected commerce and civilian life as much as you’d think. Oh, [Traders] and [Merchants] made note of the new leaders and took care not to visibly support one side—or if they did, to avoid the other.
Baleros	But civilians in Baleros were protected by the accords of war; they could travel, and short of a battle happening near them, which company ruled their city could be seen as a matter of politics. So long as you didn’t care about the [Soldiers] who had fought and died to lose or claim this place, of course.
[Soldier]	But civilians in Baleros were protected by the accords of war; they could travel, and short of a battle happening near them, which company ruled their city could be seen as a matter of politics. So long as you didn’t care about the [Soldiers] who had fought and died to lose or claim this place, of course.
Baleros	This all held true of Ramok except on one occasion. Then—the Lizardfolk citizens who liked to carve graffiti or art on the walls of Ramok, that city littered with images of Naga, Lizardfolk, Baleros, and sometimes genitalia—
Gloriam	Huge siege ladders, battering rams, their wet leather exteriors soaked to resist flaming arrows, and Selphids. Marching by the thousand. Led by Vanguard Captain Hoisq—under the command of General Gloriam himself.
Baleros	One of the legendary Selphids of Baleros serving the Forgotten Wing. The Naga occupying the city were surprised by this attack and ordered their reinforcements to get here on the double. They thought this was a protracted siege…until they realized the Selphids weren’t content to wait for even the encirclement of Ramok.
Yazdil Achakhei	One of the legendary Selphids of Baleros serving the Forgotten Wing. The Naga occupying the city were surprised by this attack and ordered their reinforcements to get here on the double. They thought this was a protracted siege…until they realized the Selphids weren’t content to wait for even the encirclement of Ramok.
[Fireball]	The first wave advanced as stones and arrows and crossbow bolts rained down around them, fearless of the weapons. Only exploding [Fireballs] made them flinch; Lizardfolk ran frantically to throw down siege ladders; even the Naga looked wary of going hand-to-hand with a Rampaging Selphid.
[Soldier]	Still. For every Selphid who made it to the base of the walls, three were struck by a projectile or forced to wait in dangerous lines to ascend. Taking the ramparts might take an hour even with every [Soldier] hitting the walls.
Reim	Experienced commanders knew how hellish ladder battles were; you used them to overrun smaller garrisons who couldn’t defend all of their walls. Ramok could. And even if you had the numbers…Hoisq had seen Reim defeat an entire army of Nerrhavia’s Fallen at their walls.
[Earthen Rampart]	[Earthen Rampart]. A slope of earth slowly lifted the first Selphids upwards, and the Lizardfolk [Captain] blanched.
[Captain]	[Earthen Rampart]. A slope of earth slowly lifted the first Selphids upwards, and the Lizardfolk [Captain] blanched.
[Soil to Mud]	A Lamia holding a staff cast [Soil to Mud], and one of the ramparts collapsed. Selphids struggled out of a pool of mud, but dozens of ramps were rising.
[Wall of Blades]	“[Wall of Blades]—back! Back!”
[Soldier]	A group of Selphids heading up a ramp had a second’s warning before a line of razors appeared, phantasmal, black blades of magic cutting and hacking. One of the Selphids made it through the wall as the others threw themselves back, and a dozen spears impaled the [Soldier].
[Shieldguard]	“[Shieldguard]. Forwards.”
Gloriam	The only thing that would make the city of Ramok less than a gauntlet of hellish battles would be overrunning the Lizardfolk so fast they couldn’t retrench. Hoisq watched the walls as General Gloriam, observing with non-Selphid forces from afar, calmly gave fire support.
Relz Hauscale	Others—ghoulish observers watching the war like they were an aspiring Sir Relz or Noass, commentating on it, even holding up scrying mirrors to show people.
Noass	Others—ghoulish observers watching the war like they were an aspiring Sir Relz or Noass, commentating on it, even holding up scrying mirrors to show people.
Baleros	—But there were no actual news teams here. Ramok’s fate didn’t ‘matter’. It was Baleros, so it doubly didn’t matter; even the King of Destruction taking most cities was a five-second highlight these days.
Elvallian	Even for a band of Earthers and Fraerlings, riding fast on the road north to Elvallian, Ramok didn’t matter. They had more important questions to answer, like what would happen if you fell off a horse while you had a [Haste] spell and [Fast Travel] Skill on you?

Elvallian

On the road to Elvallian, a trade road that passed along the great jungle of Baleros, beneath huge cliff faces, and all the way from beaches on each side of the continent, there was a city. If you took the road from Talenqual past Yoill, you’d get to the city of Ramok.

Baleros

On the road to Elvallian, a trade road that passed along the great jungle of Baleros, beneath huge cliff faces, and all the way from beaches on each side of the continent, there was a city. If you took the road from Talenqual past Yoill, you’d get to the city of Ramok.

Talenqual

On the road to Elvallian, a trade road that passed along the great jungle of Baleros, beneath huge cliff faces, and all the way from beaches on each side of the continent, there was a city. If you took the road from Talenqual past Yoill, you’d get to the city of Ramok.

[Trader]

It hadn’t affected commerce and civilian life as much as you’d think. Oh, [Traders] and [Merchants] made note of the new leaders and took care not to visibly support one side—or if they did, to avoid the other.

[Merchant]

It hadn’t affected commerce and civilian life as much as you’d think. Oh, [Traders] and [Merchants] made note of the new leaders and took care not to visibly support one side—or if they did, to avoid the other.

Baleros

But civilians in Baleros were protected by the accords of war; they could travel, and short of a battle happening near them, which company ruled their city could be seen as a matter of politics. So long as you didn’t care about the [Soldiers] who had fought and died to lose or claim this place, of course.

[Soldier]

But civilians in Baleros were protected by the accords of war; they could travel, and short of a battle happening near them, which company ruled their city could be seen as a matter of politics. So long as you didn’t care about the [Soldiers] who had fought and died to lose or claim this place, of course.

Baleros

This all held true of Ramok except on one occasion. Then—the Lizardfolk citizens who liked to carve graffiti or art on the walls of Ramok, that city littered with images of Naga, Lizardfolk, Baleros, and sometimes genitalia—

Gloriam

Huge siege ladders, battering rams, their wet leather exteriors soaked to resist flaming arrows, and Selphids. Marching by the thousand. Led by Vanguard Captain Hoisq—under the command of General Gloriam himself.

Baleros

One of the legendary Selphids of Baleros serving the Forgotten Wing. The Naga occupying the city were surprised by this attack and ordered their reinforcements to get here on the double. They thought this was a protracted siege…until they realized the Selphids weren’t content to wait for even the encirclement of Ramok.

Yazdil Achakhei

One of the legendary Selphids of Baleros serving the Forgotten Wing. The Naga occupying the city were surprised by this attack and ordered their reinforcements to get here on the double. They thought this was a protracted siege…until they realized the Selphids weren’t content to wait for even the encirclement of Ramok.

[Fireball]

The first wave advanced as stones and arrows and crossbow bolts rained down around them, fearless of the weapons. Only exploding [Fireballs] made them flinch; Lizardfolk ran frantically to throw down siege ladders; even the Naga looked wary of going hand-to-hand with a Rampaging Selphid.

[Soldier]

Still. For every Selphid who made it to the base of the walls, three were struck by a projectile or forced to wait in dangerous lines to ascend. Taking the ramparts might take an hour even with every [Soldier] hitting the walls.

Reim

Experienced commanders knew how hellish ladder battles were; you used them to overrun smaller garrisons who couldn’t defend all of their walls. Ramok could. And even if you had the numbers…Hoisq had seen Reim defeat an entire army of Nerrhavia’s Fallen at their walls.

[Earthen Rampart]

[Earthen Rampart]. A slope of earth slowly lifted the first Selphids upwards, and the Lizardfolk [Captain] blanched.

[Captain]

[Earthen Rampart]. A slope of earth slowly lifted the first Selphids upwards, and the Lizardfolk [Captain] blanched.

[Soil to Mud]

A Lamia holding a staff cast [Soil to Mud], and one of the ramparts collapsed. Selphids struggled out of a pool of mud, but dozens of ramps were rising.

[Wall of Blades]

“[Wall of Blades]—back! Back!”

[Soldier]

A group of Selphids heading up a ramp had a second’s warning before a line of razors appeared, phantasmal, black blades of magic cutting and hacking. One of the Selphids made it through the wall as the others threw themselves back, and a dozen spears impaled the [Soldier].

[Shieldguard]

“[Shieldguard]. Forwards.”

Gloriam

The only thing that would make the city of Ramok less than a gauntlet of hellish battles would be overrunning the Lizardfolk so fast they couldn’t retrench. Hoisq watched the walls as General Gloriam, observing with non-Selphid forces from afar, calmly gave fire support.

Relz Hauscale

Others—ghoulish observers watching the war like they were an aspiring Sir Relz or Noass, commentating on it, even holding up scrying mirrors to show people.

Noass

Others—ghoulish observers watching the war like they were an aspiring Sir Relz or Noass, commentating on it, even holding up scrying mirrors to show people.

Baleros

—But there were no actual news teams here. Ramok’s fate didn’t ‘matter’. It was Baleros, so it doubly didn’t matter; even the King of Destruction taking most cities was a five-second highlight these days.

Elvallian

Even for a band of Earthers and Fraerlings, riding fast on the road north to Elvallian, Ramok didn’t matter. They had more important questions to answer, like what would happen if you fell off a horse while you had a [Haste] spell and [Fast Travel] Skill on you?

10.08 (Pt. 1)

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