Quests & Challenges

Necromancers can be so handy! Hopefully yours doesn't turn shady. Though really, getting Treasure back made all of the madness worth it for me.

Does this mean that the death bond is over?

[quote name="Bitterly" date="2022-03-02 17:57:13" ] Necromancers can be so handy! Hopefully yours doesn't turn shady. Though really, getting Treasure back made all of the madness worth it for me. [/quote] Yeah. We'll see how Aixa goes - the road to hell is paved with good intentions, after all. He's determined not to let anyone die though, so I'm expecting a lot of shades in my future should the dice gods strike my dragons down At least Havenshire's too small to have any political messes lol

@pancakeswithabs

Yep! Of course, Falcon got nailed with another one right after, but he and Liam are no longer bonded

Falcon can't exist without a deathbond huh
I just hope Aixa doesn't die before we can have some fun with the shades

@ladyspibe @theawesomew @brandonjui @amubun @naranciag [center][b][u]Day Twenty Eight[/u][/b][/center] Rolls: Beastclan attack, studied the blade, large quest, nature’s gambit, death streak, and 20 coli matches [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/bpgp2hj1ng7adfz/beastclantop.png[/img][/center] It seems the local Talonok and Centaurs have hired the services of a Harpy clan to help them take down the kingdom of Havenshire. Luckily, Stonefury happened to spot the very out of place Beastclan and quickly warned the others, allowing them to prepare for the vastly different skillsets and magic of the foreign tribe. Because of this, nobody was killed in the border skirmish, much to the dragons’ relief. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/wabr3z0lfz4q3gh/beastclanbottom.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/x1e1ansl1hjjm1v/watertop.png[/img][/center] A wandering swordsman happened upon the kingdom in his quest for self-improvement. Given the kingdom’s location and decimated size, Gabriel figured he could both do good here and test himself against the raw might of the Shrieking Wilds. Win-win for everyone. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/q7bzkdkcca4yban/waterbottom.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ggbjrd9lce69ae9/arcanetop.png[/img][/center] Another quest picked up from the Wild Sanctum, another adventure to go on. The danger involved in this one - stealing another kingdom’s crown back from the other kingdom that stole it - required a larger party to tackle, but Ria, Stonefury, and Falcon pulled through, and were richly rewarded for it too! [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/6wlpvlzjg2yhu20/arcanebottom.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/5c92eu0ldp517xq/naturetop.png[/img][/center] Ria and Brisha followed a pair of stranger dragon tracks into the jungle…and didn’t come back. Their fate was only confirmed when Falcon keeled over, the death bond between him and Brisha bringing him down to a single life remaining. And then, by some miracle, Ria made it back. She was a complete mess and down a life, but she made it. And given the reunion between her and Falcon, there might be a bit of chemistry going on there between the two. Only time would tell if it would become something more. Normally, Brisha would’ve matched them together in a heartbeat, but…she wasn’t there to see it. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/qm74b50l7x2kgjh/naturebottom.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/rssip7p2a67i6ll/earthtop.png[/img][/center] Another death streak struck the kingdom! But with no deaths, and no dragons knowledgeable in the signs after Lania’s passing, the kingdom continued on blissfully unaware of the deadly calamity they’d just narrowly avoided. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/jib5m0amd6p9cqq/earthbottom.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/cb0tthmoj1g6yo8/shadowtop2.png[/img][/center] No more death would happen on Aixa’s watch. This time, with everybody knowing about his newfound power over death, they followed Aixa into the cave and witnessed as he brought Brisha back as a shade. Everyone celebrated at her return, and the tearful reunion between mother and daughter. And Aixa was praised and congratulated in turn for conquering death. They would be strong. So long as they were careful, death could not keep them. And when their numbers were high enough, and the dragons of Havenshire were ready, they would raze the kingdom that had driven out their first king to the ground. They would be [i]victorious![/i] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/53jvjgw65g4qmp6/shadowbottom2.png[/img][/center] Man, Falcon is really not having a good couple of days, is he? And rather than shun and revile the necromancer, Havenshire seems to have the opposite reaction. We’ll see how this continues to play out - I for one am having fun with this

Falcon does not have good deathbond luck, huh?

@pancakeswithabs

Nope. I’m half convinced that’s what’ll kill him in the end

@ladyspibe @theawesomew @brandonjui @amubun @naranciag [center][b][u]Day Twenty Nine[/u][/b][/center] Rolls: 100 coli runs, new arrival, royal quest, and festival [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/x1e1ansl1hjjm1v/watertop.png[/img][/center] A new dragon arrived at the borders of the kingdom today - a young Snapper named Stardust, seeking to find herself a new home. As Havenshire was hardly an ‘undiscovered’ kingdom anymore, it’s not like Stardust had to look very hard to find that it existed. [i]Getting[/i] there, on the other hand, was the problem. But one the sturdy dragon was happy to address. She wanted a safe place to live and raise her young - and what better place than the castle town of a kingdom, rather than a no-name village doomed to obscurity. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/q7bzkdkcca4yban/waterbottom.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ggbjrd9lce69ae9/arcanetop.png[/img][/center] Queen Banith took both Ria and the shade of her daughter, Brisha, out on a quest. Mostly just to reassure herself that her daughter really is alright. That she’s still with her. Aixa can work miracles, but having Brisha back after sobbing into her dead body still feels surreal to her. The trio had no issues completing their quest, or coming back. Thankfully. But even better, Queen Banith grew strong enough on their quest that her newfound vitality gave her an extra life! [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/6wlpvlzjg2yhu20/arcanebottom.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/rjd4vcyoayr6t1m/lighttop2.png[/img][/center] Oh, you thought they were done? Nope. To commemorate Aixa’s bringing back the dead, Queen Banith had a small celebration set up to honor the necromancer. The job had become quite important to the kingdom - right up on par with any knight. This shield from death would serve them well. They were a bit louder in their fun than they intended to be, however. Luckily for them though, their noise attracted inquisitive dragons rather than aggressive Beastclans, earning the kingdom two more residents in the form of Maelstrom the Guardian and his charge, Chipotle “For the love of the eleven, [i]please[/i] call me Chip” the Pearlcatcher. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/o8um59emz54a3gs/lightbottom2.png[/img][/center] I [i]finally[/i] got a dragon to level ten without them dying on me first! Long live Queen Banith! :D

@ladyspibe @theawesomew @brandonjui @amubun @naranciag [center][b][u]Day Thirty[/u][/b][/center] Rolls: royal’s illness, large quest, backstabbing, new arrival, and Beastclan attack x2 [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/u7au4j6lhw9i5dd/lightningtop.png[/img][/center] The weight of the crown weighed heavy on Banith’s brow, and she figured it was time to pass the torch on to the next generation. She called for an election between her two remaining daughters, and while the poll was close, Brisha came out the winner. And so the former queen retired into a teaching career, while Brisha was crowned Havenshire’s newest queen. Long live Queen Brisha, the queen returned from the dead. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/u2wvfk0jxtnwtwk/lightningbottom.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ggbjrd9lce69ae9/arcanetop.png[/img][/center] Ria and Stonefury managed to convince the former queen to join them on their quest for a Beastclan artifact, said to lie at the bottom of a ruin in a lake. While the trio found the ruins, their searching for the trinket came up with nothing. Discouraged, the dragons returned home, though not quite with nothing to show for it - Ria gained enough experience to decide on the art of tailoring for her career. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/6wlpvlzjg2yhu20/arcanebottom.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/w57d8ll9nuqntn4/icetop2.png[/img][/center] It wasn’t even half a day into Queen Brisha’s reign when Aixa suddenly snapped his head up and bolted for the palace and scrambled up the trunk, quickly followed by other dragons alarmed by the action. The flightless Nocturne felt it when his connection to her soul severed, and already knew the sight he’d find before he even set foot in the palace. Queen Brisha was dead. Someone had apparently taken offense to the idea of a shade on the throne, and so removed her from it. Violently - it was clear Brisha had put up a fight before succumbing to her injuries. Shades were not immortal, nor could they gain extra lives. Queen Banith let out a horrible, grieving cry, rushing over to her daughter’s side as Aixa hung his head mournfully. There was nothing he could do; a soul could not be raised twice. There would be no snatching her from the claws of the Gladekeeper this time. “When I find who did this,” Queen Banith hissed, murder in her eyes, “I’ll make them [i]wish[/i] they were never born.” Checking over the population revealed that nobody was injured, which was both puzzling and frustrating. If the culprit was among the kingdom, they’d hidden their tracks well. Queen Brisha was laid to rest, and Stonefury crowned after her sister’s funeral. Long live Queen Stonefury; ever may she reign. [center][img] https://flightrising.com/images/cms/breeds/3/coli_defeated.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/qn8aoui4u4bzgpa/icebottom2.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/x1e1ansl1hjjm1v/watertop.png[/img][/center] Roanwood the Pearlcatcher dragon wandered into the kingdom’s borders today. Why? Nobody knows, not even her. She just felt a calling, and headed off into the jungle to follow it. And hey, what do you know, she stumbled across a cool hidden kingdom! Queen Stonefury isn’t 100% sure Roanwood really understands what will be required of her here, but accepts her nonetheless. If she doesn’t already know, she’ll learn. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/q7bzkdkcca4yban/waterbottom.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/bpgp2hj1ng7adfz/beastclantop.png[/img][/center] It happened all at once. The harpies, centaurs, and Talonok had all combined into a single, gargantuan army. They attacked en masse and without warning; the kingdom was overwhelmed just by their sheer numbers, and every dragon locked in a battle to the death. Even Liam, defending his charges with tooth and claw, killing the feathered fiends who dared breach this protected hall. Even then, he couldn’t be everywhere at once. A sharp, pained squeal had him whirling around just in time to watch a harpy drop the hatchling, her neck bent at an awkward angle. Fury clouded his mind, and with a roar, Liam tore through each and every Beastclan member stupid enough to be in the nursery. And with blood, claw, and nature magic, he drove them out. Meanwhile, things weren’t going any better on the ground. Roanwood was cut almost in half with a single strike of a centaur warrior’s axe, and bled out on the grass even as Falcon tore into the offender. Just when things looked like the kingdom might be overrun, Stonefury managed to rally the dragons on the ground together and pierce the enemy’s ranks in a coordinated attack. Shortly after, the tide turned in the dragons’ favor, and the Beastclan horde was forced to flee. But that victory was not won without a cost: the former queen, Banith, lost a life, while Roanwood and little Thunderspear lay dead and broken on the ground. [center][img]https://flightrising.com/images/cms/breeds/7/coli_defeated.png[/img][img] https://flightrising.com/images/cms/breeds/4/coli_defeated.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/wabr3z0lfz4q3gh/beastclanbottom.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/cb0tthmoj1g6yo8/shadowtop2.png[/img][/center] After the dead were gathered together, Queen Stonefury looked over her two fallen subjects before making her choice: by order of the queen, Aixa was to raise Thunderspear, not Roanwood, from the dead. He could only raise a single shade in a day, and only of a dragon who had died that same day. And, when it came down to it, between the life of one well lived and one cut short before it could even begin…well, it was no choice at all in the end. Aixa was nervous, as he’d never raised a hatchie before, but was hardly about to back down. And it was in that now-sacred cave, known as the Resurrection Chamber, that Thunderspear took breath again, surrounded by friends. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/53jvjgw65g4qmp6/shadowbottom2.png[/img][/center]