Empress Naoki
Famous
Roleplay posts: 2,238
Physical Description: =========================
Empress Naoki is a curvaceous woman of average height, indeterminate age, and catlike features. Her hair is a dark auburn, often pulled back into a long braid. Her ears are both soft and fluffy, and her tail is never less than perfectly groomed. Amber eyes glisten in the shadows cast by her hair.
Clothes and Equipment: =========================
Naoki's wardrobe is to her as a frame is to a painting. Sometimes embellished with detail to be attractive in its own right, but never the focus. Usually simple but elegant, tightly fitting and highly revealing, used only to frame the beauty within.
Additionally, Naoki is, when clothed, often adorned with a small collection of accessories. She wears an earring, a brilliant cut amethyst, in her right ear. The silver signet ring of Isra is worn on her left pinky, marking her as High Lady of Isra. Directly adjacent, she wears the golden signet ring of The Isran Empire as its Empress. On the inside of her left thigh, there is a tattoo depicting a rose entwined with tentacles.
Allegiances: The Isran Empire
Player's online availability : Excessively often. Timezone: ET (-5)
Registered: Sept 12, 2015 13:02:17 GMT -8
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Post by Empress Naoki on Dec 30, 2017 18:30:46 GMT -8
Lady Naoki smirks and wonders what his face must be like under that mask. This archbishop fellow is fun to string around. That’s enough, though.
“I will provide you land in the city, materials, and labor with which to construct your cathedral. Every year for the next ten years you shall be paid a subsidy of 30,000 gold to maintain it and support your priests. In return, your church shall render freely to the Isran people its services.” She lays out her intent plainly.
After a moment she specifies, “By that, I refer only to registered citizens of The Empire, only at your Cathedral in the city, to the best of your ability, for the same ten year period.”
She aims to shoulder the costs to introduce the church as a service available to her subjects. She intends it to be a generous and mutually beneficial offer, but she’s unsure if The Archbishop will respond favorably. Subsidization may conflict with some tenet of his.
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Archbishop Alured Norian
Committed
Roleplay posts: 71
Age: 356
Physical Description: Seven-feet-tall wearing a heavy, black leather cloak. A wide brimmed hat sits upon his head, and he wears a curious, pointed mask, fit with black lenses that hide its eyes. Occasionally sickly-sweet smelling gas rises from small vents on their side of the "beak".
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When not wearing what he refers to as his ceremonial garb, he reveals himself to be an elf. His face is lined with age and his hair is short and slicked back, black streaked with gray. His eyes are orange, and despite his races propensity towards merriment, he wears a permanent scowl that exudes a cold aura of authority.
Clothes and Equipment: A heavy leather jacket, gloves, a wide-brimmed hat and a plague doctor's mask. He has with him on a strap a holy book, bound in black leather with silver linings.
His mask has enchantments that largely eliminate inhaled poisons, sight-based magics or effects or even the need for air. His jacket functions as a flexible suit of metal armor and hampers weapons as such. It cannot be slices, however crushing and large amounts of piercing damage may penetrate it. It can be fixed, but it takes time, and thus can't be performed during battles.
He carries no weapons and fights unarmed, although he has a knife for general purposes. His leather gloves function as gauntlets and can pack quite a punch.
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Allegiances: The Church of Varafel
Player's online availability : Frequent
Registered: Dec 22, 2017 15:51:51 GMT -8
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Post by Archbishop Alured Norian on Dec 31, 2017 13:42:16 GMT -8
For a moment the Archbishop takes the time to inspect Naoki, a small puff of floral-smelling gas coming from the vents in his helmet although it dissipated quickly. If she were toying with him it may have given him cause to be offended, but at the end of the day so long as he got what he asked for there was no reason to pursue that line of reasoning. What she told him was against one of the core tenets of his church, but her offer was enough to offset the loss.
"I will accept your compromise, Empress Naoki." he conceded. Forgoing a portion of his church's philosophy was a necessary evil if he could better spread the word of the Lady. Giving a bow at the waist he stared at the ground for a few moments before straightening up. "Your offer is quite generous, I know we can show your people an equal amount of generosity."
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Empress Naoki
Famous
Roleplay posts: 2,238
Physical Description: =========================
Empress Naoki is a curvaceous woman of average height, indeterminate age, and catlike features. Her hair is a dark auburn, often pulled back into a long braid. Her ears are both soft and fluffy, and her tail is never less than perfectly groomed. Amber eyes glisten in the shadows cast by her hair.
Clothes and Equipment: =========================
Naoki's wardrobe is to her as a frame is to a painting. Sometimes embellished with detail to be attractive in its own right, but never the focus. Usually simple but elegant, tightly fitting and highly revealing, used only to frame the beauty within.
Additionally, Naoki is, when clothed, often adorned with a small collection of accessories. She wears an earring, a brilliant cut amethyst, in her right ear. The silver signet ring of Isra is worn on her left pinky, marking her as High Lady of Isra. Directly adjacent, she wears the golden signet ring of The Isran Empire as its Empress. On the inside of her left thigh, there is a tattoo depicting a rose entwined with tentacles.
Allegiances: The Isran Empire
Player's online availability : Excessively often. Timezone: ET (-5)
Registered: Sept 12, 2015 13:02:17 GMT -8
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Post by Empress Naoki on Jan 1, 2018 21:00:06 GMT -8
“Excellent. What’s more, allow me to offer you lodging here at The Citadel — as a guest, until you establish something more permanent.”
“And as a bonus,” she continues, “it’ll be that much easier to find you in the course of working out the details. The room will be available regardless of if you choose to use it or not, but if you opt not to, you should probably tell someone where you will be able to be found.” She doesn’t try to push it; these are suggestions to make things easier for him; she’s already moved on.
“That aside, I’m curious about your Church of Varafel. I hope you wouldn’t mind a few of my questions?” she asks in the course of etiquette.
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Archbishop Alured Norian
Committed
Roleplay posts: 71
Age: 356
Physical Description: Seven-feet-tall wearing a heavy, black leather cloak. A wide brimmed hat sits upon his head, and he wears a curious, pointed mask, fit with black lenses that hide its eyes. Occasionally sickly-sweet smelling gas rises from small vents on their side of the "beak".
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When not wearing what he refers to as his ceremonial garb, he reveals himself to be an elf. His face is lined with age and his hair is short and slicked back, black streaked with gray. His eyes are orange, and despite his races propensity towards merriment, he wears a permanent scowl that exudes a cold aura of authority.
Clothes and Equipment: A heavy leather jacket, gloves, a wide-brimmed hat and a plague doctor's mask. He has with him on a strap a holy book, bound in black leather with silver linings.
His mask has enchantments that largely eliminate inhaled poisons, sight-based magics or effects or even the need for air. His jacket functions as a flexible suit of metal armor and hampers weapons as such. It cannot be slices, however crushing and large amounts of piercing damage may penetrate it. It can be fixed, but it takes time, and thus can't be performed during battles.
He carries no weapons and fights unarmed, although he has a knife for general purposes. His leather gloves function as gauntlets and can pack quite a punch.
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Allegiances: The Church of Varafel
Player's online availability : Frequent
Registered: Dec 22, 2017 15:51:51 GMT -8
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Post by Archbishop Alured Norian on Jan 2, 2018 0:19:43 GMT -8
Lodging? Admittedly it was a welcome surprise. Although he managed to keep up his regal bearing despite his travels, he had indeed traveled far and the idea of a comfortable bed was tempting.
"I believe I shall take you up on your offer." he confirmed, giving a nod of thanks. "Hopefully my aid will make the process proceed smoothly." He fell silent then, prepared to be dismissed until Naoki asked her final question. Well, it seemed she was just full of surprises. Whether she meant it purely to indulge him or was genuinely interested he couldn't be sure of.
"Of course, I would be pleased to answer any question you may have for me, Empress. You need but ask."
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Empress Naoki
Famous
Roleplay posts: 2,238
Physical Description: =========================
Empress Naoki is a curvaceous woman of average height, indeterminate age, and catlike features. Her hair is a dark auburn, often pulled back into a long braid. Her ears are both soft and fluffy, and her tail is never less than perfectly groomed. Amber eyes glisten in the shadows cast by her hair.
Clothes and Equipment: =========================
Naoki's wardrobe is to her as a frame is to a painting. Sometimes embellished with detail to be attractive in its own right, but never the focus. Usually simple but elegant, tightly fitting and highly revealing, used only to frame the beauty within.
Additionally, Naoki is, when clothed, often adorned with a small collection of accessories. She wears an earring, a brilliant cut amethyst, in her right ear. The silver signet ring of Isra is worn on her left pinky, marking her as High Lady of Isra. Directly adjacent, she wears the golden signet ring of The Isran Empire as its Empress. On the inside of her left thigh, there is a tattoo depicting a rose entwined with tentacles.
Allegiances: The Isran Empire
Player's online availability : Excessively often. Timezone: ET (-5)
Registered: Sept 12, 2015 13:02:17 GMT -8
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Post by Empress Naoki on Jan 2, 2018 12:12:13 GMT -8
“‘Vafarel, Lady of Death.’” Lady Naoki repeats Alured’s words from earlier in what may be a surprisingly accurate impersonation of his voice — hollow rasp and mask-muffle included.
When she goes to speak again, however, it comes out a croak. That evidently took a bit out of her. She coughs once, covering her mouth, and clears her throat. “Heh-hem. ... Pardon me.”
“Tell me about her!” Naoki gestures emphatically at the Archbishop, prompting. Her opening question, as it were, is very open-ended. Though she has specific inquiries, she allows him to begin how he’d like, and perhaps save her the trouble of asking some of the most simple questions.
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Archbishop Alured Norian
Committed
Roleplay posts: 71
Age: 356
Physical Description: Seven-feet-tall wearing a heavy, black leather cloak. A wide brimmed hat sits upon his head, and he wears a curious, pointed mask, fit with black lenses that hide its eyes. Occasionally sickly-sweet smelling gas rises from small vents on their side of the "beak".
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When not wearing what he refers to as his ceremonial garb, he reveals himself to be an elf. His face is lined with age and his hair is short and slicked back, black streaked with gray. His eyes are orange, and despite his races propensity towards merriment, he wears a permanent scowl that exudes a cold aura of authority.
Clothes and Equipment: A heavy leather jacket, gloves, a wide-brimmed hat and a plague doctor's mask. He has with him on a strap a holy book, bound in black leather with silver linings.
His mask has enchantments that largely eliminate inhaled poisons, sight-based magics or effects or even the need for air. His jacket functions as a flexible suit of metal armor and hampers weapons as such. It cannot be slices, however crushing and large amounts of piercing damage may penetrate it. It can be fixed, but it takes time, and thus can't be performed during battles.
He carries no weapons and fights unarmed, although he has a knife for general purposes. His leather gloves function as gauntlets and can pack quite a punch.
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Allegiances: The Church of Varafel
Player's online availability : Frequent
Registered: Dec 22, 2017 15:51:51 GMT -8
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Post by Archbishop Alured Norian on Jan 2, 2018 19:39:29 GMT -8
When she mockingly projected her voice to mimic his own, it was impossible to tell whether or not he was impressed. The staring, unyielding lenses betraying not a shred of humor. As she attempted- failed - and attempted once more to regain her sense of composure Alured couldn't help but tilt his head slightly in interest. Perhaps this wasn't as dull a trip as he had assumed.
"The Goddess is many things. She ushers in the first mewling cries of a healthy babe and is there in the final gasps of a perishing soul. She assures the natural progression of mortal creatures. All beings are born, live out their lives, have children and eventually pass on. Kingdoms, magic, artifacts, they all live and breath with the people who occupy and wield them. When someone dies they stand before the Goddess and confess their sins and their services. From there one may find what the Goddess provides." The answer was equally vague, almost mechanical. Still, he didn't seem as if he disliked the question, or was particularly eager to leave her presence. (Of course, he hardly seemed much of anything so heavily clothed.)
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Empress Naoki
Famous
Roleplay posts: 2,238
Physical Description: =========================
Empress Naoki is a curvaceous woman of average height, indeterminate age, and catlike features. Her hair is a dark auburn, often pulled back into a long braid. Her ears are both soft and fluffy, and her tail is never less than perfectly groomed. Amber eyes glisten in the shadows cast by her hair.
Clothes and Equipment: =========================
Naoki's wardrobe is to her as a frame is to a painting. Sometimes embellished with detail to be attractive in its own right, but never the focus. Usually simple but elegant, tightly fitting and highly revealing, used only to frame the beauty within.
Additionally, Naoki is, when clothed, often adorned with a small collection of accessories. She wears an earring, a brilliant cut amethyst, in her right ear. The silver signet ring of Isra is worn on her left pinky, marking her as High Lady of Isra. Directly adjacent, she wears the golden signet ring of The Isran Empire as its Empress. On the inside of her left thigh, there is a tattoo depicting a rose entwined with tentacles.
Allegiances: The Isran Empire
Player's online availability : Excessively often. Timezone: ET (-5)
Registered: Sept 12, 2015 13:02:17 GMT -8
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Post by Empress Naoki on Jan 3, 2018 6:45:20 GMT -8
Listening, Lady Naoki nods, filing the information. When she is asked, “What’s the deal with that creepy cult you’re funding?” she intends to have an answer, and where better to get it from than the Archbishop himself.
“Does She have relationships with any other entities similar to Herself?”
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Archbishop Alured Norian
Committed
Roleplay posts: 71
Age: 356
Physical Description: Seven-feet-tall wearing a heavy, black leather cloak. A wide brimmed hat sits upon his head, and he wears a curious, pointed mask, fit with black lenses that hide its eyes. Occasionally sickly-sweet smelling gas rises from small vents on their side of the "beak".
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When not wearing what he refers to as his ceremonial garb, he reveals himself to be an elf. His face is lined with age and his hair is short and slicked back, black streaked with gray. His eyes are orange, and despite his races propensity towards merriment, he wears a permanent scowl that exudes a cold aura of authority.
Clothes and Equipment: A heavy leather jacket, gloves, a wide-brimmed hat and a plague doctor's mask. He has with him on a strap a holy book, bound in black leather with silver linings.
His mask has enchantments that largely eliminate inhaled poisons, sight-based magics or effects or even the need for air. His jacket functions as a flexible suit of metal armor and hampers weapons as such. It cannot be slices, however crushing and large amounts of piercing damage may penetrate it. It can be fixed, but it takes time, and thus can't be performed during battles.
He carries no weapons and fights unarmed, although he has a knife for general purposes. His leather gloves function as gauntlets and can pack quite a punch.
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Allegiances: The Church of Varafel
Player's online availability : Frequent
Registered: Dec 22, 2017 15:51:51 GMT -8
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Post by Archbishop Alured Norian on Jan 3, 2018 15:14:17 GMT -8
The next question was more difficult to have an answer for. There were no pre-packaged phrases or easy outs.
"There may be others. Others are mentioned by Her, although whether or not they are the same as Her is difficult for one such as I to tell." he explained, although the phrasing was strange enough to raise eyebrows. From the way he referenced Her it sounded as if he has spoken to the Goddess directly. Although that is certainly a peculiar stance even for a holy man to take.
"It is a question I myself have had. The elves have always been polytheistic, but I'm not so certain."
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Empress Naoki
Famous
Roleplay posts: 2,238
Physical Description: =========================
Empress Naoki is a curvaceous woman of average height, indeterminate age, and catlike features. Her hair is a dark auburn, often pulled back into a long braid. Her ears are both soft and fluffy, and her tail is never less than perfectly groomed. Amber eyes glisten in the shadows cast by her hair.
Clothes and Equipment: =========================
Naoki's wardrobe is to her as a frame is to a painting. Sometimes embellished with detail to be attractive in its own right, but never the focus. Usually simple but elegant, tightly fitting and highly revealing, used only to frame the beauty within.
Additionally, Naoki is, when clothed, often adorned with a small collection of accessories. She wears an earring, a brilliant cut amethyst, in her right ear. The silver signet ring of Isra is worn on her left pinky, marking her as High Lady of Isra. Directly adjacent, she wears the golden signet ring of The Isran Empire as its Empress. On the inside of her left thigh, there is a tattoo depicting a rose entwined with tentacles.
Allegiances: The Isran Empire
Player's online availability : Excessively often. Timezone: ET (-5)
Registered: Sept 12, 2015 13:02:17 GMT -8
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Post by Empress Naoki on Jan 4, 2018 3:23:22 GMT -8
Lady Naoki nods in acknowledgment; his answer is satisfactory. She asked to know if there were any familial relations or complimentary gods, as there sometimes are with these things. She moves immediately to her next question.
“What are you — and your church, in relation to Her? Followers of her teachings? Worshippers? Disciples? Enactors of Her will?”
Though seemingly a question of semantics, Naoki means to gain insight as to the tone under which The Church is run.
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Archbishop Alured Norian
Committed
Roleplay posts: 71
Age: 356
Physical Description: Seven-feet-tall wearing a heavy, black leather cloak. A wide brimmed hat sits upon his head, and he wears a curious, pointed mask, fit with black lenses that hide its eyes. Occasionally sickly-sweet smelling gas rises from small vents on their side of the "beak".
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When not wearing what he refers to as his ceremonial garb, he reveals himself to be an elf. His face is lined with age and his hair is short and slicked back, black streaked with gray. His eyes are orange, and despite his races propensity towards merriment, he wears a permanent scowl that exudes a cold aura of authority.
Clothes and Equipment: A heavy leather jacket, gloves, a wide-brimmed hat and a plague doctor's mask. He has with him on a strap a holy book, bound in black leather with silver linings.
His mask has enchantments that largely eliminate inhaled poisons, sight-based magics or effects or even the need for air. His jacket functions as a flexible suit of metal armor and hampers weapons as such. It cannot be slices, however crushing and large amounts of piercing damage may penetrate it. It can be fixed, but it takes time, and thus can't be performed during battles.
He carries no weapons and fights unarmed, although he has a knife for general purposes. His leather gloves function as gauntlets and can pack quite a punch.
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Allegiances: The Church of Varafel
Player's online availability : Frequent
Registered: Dec 22, 2017 15:51:51 GMT -8
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Post by Archbishop Alured Norian on Jan 5, 2018 11:28:36 GMT -8
"Servitors," Alured answers without thought to her question. "We are not Her children. We do worship, but our worship manifests as serving Her interests and those who need us. As for Her will, I would not be so arrogant as to believe I understand it in its entirety. We could also be called followers, as her teaching are what lead us in our affairs, but not always in our day-to-day activities." The questions are simple and seemingly easy to answer, but they are loaded. Designed, perhaps, to make him give away more than he intends. Either way he proves to be forthcoming with his answers.
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Empress Naoki
Famous
Roleplay posts: 2,238
Physical Description: =========================
Empress Naoki is a curvaceous woman of average height, indeterminate age, and catlike features. Her hair is a dark auburn, often pulled back into a long braid. Her ears are both soft and fluffy, and her tail is never less than perfectly groomed. Amber eyes glisten in the shadows cast by her hair.
Clothes and Equipment: =========================
Naoki's wardrobe is to her as a frame is to a painting. Sometimes embellished with detail to be attractive in its own right, but never the focus. Usually simple but elegant, tightly fitting and highly revealing, used only to frame the beauty within.
Additionally, Naoki is, when clothed, often adorned with a small collection of accessories. She wears an earring, a brilliant cut amethyst, in her right ear. The silver signet ring of Isra is worn on her left pinky, marking her as High Lady of Isra. Directly adjacent, she wears the golden signet ring of The Isran Empire as its Empress. On the inside of her left thigh, there is a tattoo depicting a rose entwined with tentacles.
Allegiances: The Isran Empire
Player's online availability : Excessively often. Timezone: ET (-5)
Registered: Sept 12, 2015 13:02:17 GMT -8
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Post by Empress Naoki on Jan 5, 2018 18:04:46 GMT -8
“Ah.”
There’s an agenda, then. Ostensibly, assisting with the ceremonies of birth and death, as mentioned. But Naoki feels as if she still lacks sufficient information to create an informed stance, and is beginning to doubt that any opinion besides a lack thereof would be helpful.
For the space of a few moments, Lady Naoki says nothing, looking toward The Archbishop as she considers what he’s said and how she’d like to proceed.
“Have you had the chance to explore the city?” She’s smirking slightly — the questions are definitely loaded now.
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Archbishop Alured Norian
Committed
Roleplay posts: 71
Age: 356
Physical Description: Seven-feet-tall wearing a heavy, black leather cloak. A wide brimmed hat sits upon his head, and he wears a curious, pointed mask, fit with black lenses that hide its eyes. Occasionally sickly-sweet smelling gas rises from small vents on their side of the "beak".
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When not wearing what he refers to as his ceremonial garb, he reveals himself to be an elf. His face is lined with age and his hair is short and slicked back, black streaked with gray. His eyes are orange, and despite his races propensity towards merriment, he wears a permanent scowl that exudes a cold aura of authority.
Clothes and Equipment: A heavy leather jacket, gloves, a wide-brimmed hat and a plague doctor's mask. He has with him on a strap a holy book, bound in black leather with silver linings.
His mask has enchantments that largely eliminate inhaled poisons, sight-based magics or effects or even the need for air. His jacket functions as a flexible suit of metal armor and hampers weapons as such. It cannot be slices, however crushing and large amounts of piercing damage may penetrate it. It can be fixed, but it takes time, and thus can't be performed during battles.
He carries no weapons and fights unarmed, although he has a knife for general purposes. His leather gloves function as gauntlets and can pack quite a punch.
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Allegiances: The Church of Varafel
Player's online availability : Frequent
Registered: Dec 22, 2017 15:51:51 GMT -8
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Post by Archbishop Alured Norian on Jan 6, 2018 14:00:02 GMT -8
For a moment silence overtook the both of them. Naoki seeming to consider what to ask next while Alured waited for the next question. Then, all at once things began again. Her next question was interesting, but Alured couldn't help but wonder what she was driving at. His worldliness? Or perhaps how strongly his agenda pushed him to seek her out? Either way he gravitated towards the most natural way to answer the question.
"I have yet to see much of it beyond the path to your Palace." he answered honestly. "It was not here the last time I was in the area, which I'll admit does make me rather curious to do so but handling the affairs of my Goddess comes before my own desires."
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Empress Naoki
Famous
Roleplay posts: 2,238
Physical Description: =========================
Empress Naoki is a curvaceous woman of average height, indeterminate age, and catlike features. Her hair is a dark auburn, often pulled back into a long braid. Her ears are both soft and fluffy, and her tail is never less than perfectly groomed. Amber eyes glisten in the shadows cast by her hair.
Clothes and Equipment: =========================
Naoki's wardrobe is to her as a frame is to a painting. Sometimes embellished with detail to be attractive in its own right, but never the focus. Usually simple but elegant, tightly fitting and highly revealing, used only to frame the beauty within.
Additionally, Naoki is, when clothed, often adorned with a small collection of accessories. She wears an earring, a brilliant cut amethyst, in her right ear. The silver signet ring of Isra is worn on her left pinky, marking her as High Lady of Isra. Directly adjacent, she wears the golden signet ring of The Isran Empire as its Empress. On the inside of her left thigh, there is a tattoo depicting a rose entwined with tentacles.
Allegiances: The Isran Empire
Player's online availability : Excessively often. Timezone: ET (-5)
Registered: Sept 12, 2015 13:02:17 GMT -8
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Post by Empress Naoki on Jan 7, 2018 6:55:34 GMT -8
Officially speaking The Citadel is most certainly not a “palace,” as that word carries unwanted implications and is inadequate to describe the breadth of The Citadel’s functions, but Naoki doesn’t correct him. There’s no benefit to being pedantic about it when no one is around to see.
“One thing you may want to bear in mind while operating in Isra as opposed to out in the wilds,” she makes a dismissive hand gesture off to one side. “... is your public image.”
For the space of three beats, she pauses.
“As, depending on how popular The Church of Varafel becomes, the content and methods of your preaching, and your relations with Isra’s undead population,” she peers into his mask, articulating pointedly.
“You surely understand it as a risk of the territory: you’re not difficult to vilify. And though Isra is highly tolerant, it is also large. You won’t be preaching to an entire village, only a fraction of the city will ever see you — the rest will hear of you through that lens: the lens of hearsay and rumor. … It’s not a flattering lens, and you would do well to be mindful in that regard.”
Her statement given, she continues. “That said, I hope to see you and your church fare well in Isra. I imagine we will speak again soon.” She nods to him.
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Archbishop Alured Norian
Committed
Roleplay posts: 71
Age: 356
Physical Description: Seven-feet-tall wearing a heavy, black leather cloak. A wide brimmed hat sits upon his head, and he wears a curious, pointed mask, fit with black lenses that hide its eyes. Occasionally sickly-sweet smelling gas rises from small vents on their side of the "beak".
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When not wearing what he refers to as his ceremonial garb, he reveals himself to be an elf. His face is lined with age and his hair is short and slicked back, black streaked with gray. His eyes are orange, and despite his races propensity towards merriment, he wears a permanent scowl that exudes a cold aura of authority.
Clothes and Equipment: A heavy leather jacket, gloves, a wide-brimmed hat and a plague doctor's mask. He has with him on a strap a holy book, bound in black leather with silver linings.
His mask has enchantments that largely eliminate inhaled poisons, sight-based magics or effects or even the need for air. His jacket functions as a flexible suit of metal armor and hampers weapons as such. It cannot be slices, however crushing and large amounts of piercing damage may penetrate it. It can be fixed, but it takes time, and thus can't be performed during battles.
He carries no weapons and fights unarmed, although he has a knife for general purposes. His leather gloves function as gauntlets and can pack quite a punch.
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Allegiances: The Church of Varafel
Player's online availability : Frequent
Registered: Dec 22, 2017 15:51:51 GMT -8
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Post by Archbishop Alured Norian on Jan 7, 2018 10:33:45 GMT -8
Alured stifled the urge to point out that he had dealt with cities far longer than she or her city, had been an idea rattling around the head of a human. There was no sense posturing, for if she underestimated him that was her own failing. One he could exploit if push came to shove. She seemed interesting, that much was for certain. But how long could "interesting" sustain a kingdom of such decadence? A city without discipline?
Either way Isra appeared here to stay for now, and gaining the resources available to it would do well to advance the Goddess' needs. He gave a bow, no flourishes or sweeps of his arms. She was free to underestimate him, but perhaps it would be fair to remind her of his Goddess' kindness.
"Then I will take my leave of you, Empress, with but one last message of gratefulness: All flesh can be mended, no matter its...circumstances." With that he turned, heading for the door to leave the Empress in peace.
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Empress Naoki
Famous
Roleplay posts: 2,238
Physical Description: =========================
Empress Naoki is a curvaceous woman of average height, indeterminate age, and catlike features. Her hair is a dark auburn, often pulled back into a long braid. Her ears are both soft and fluffy, and her tail is never less than perfectly groomed. Amber eyes glisten in the shadows cast by her hair.
Clothes and Equipment: =========================
Naoki's wardrobe is to her as a frame is to a painting. Sometimes embellished with detail to be attractive in its own right, but never the focus. Usually simple but elegant, tightly fitting and highly revealing, used only to frame the beauty within.
Additionally, Naoki is, when clothed, often adorned with a small collection of accessories. She wears an earring, a brilliant cut amethyst, in her right ear. The silver signet ring of Isra is worn on her left pinky, marking her as High Lady of Isra. Directly adjacent, she wears the golden signet ring of The Isran Empire as its Empress. On the inside of her left thigh, there is a tattoo depicting a rose entwined with tentacles.
Allegiances: The Isran Empire
Player's online availability : Excessively often. Timezone: ET (-5)
Registered: Sept 12, 2015 13:02:17 GMT -8
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Post by Empress Naoki on Jan 7, 2018 13:59:42 GMT -8
Lady Naoki moves to bid the Archbishop farewell but stops mid-motion, mouth open. She lets him take a few steps, considering.
Then she addresses his retreating back, “What do you mean by that?”
If it was a hook, she’s just taken it, Naoki thinks. She almost didn’t. But she has better things to do than sitting about considering cryptic messages. A small break of etiquette is, she believes, worth keeping her mind at ease.
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Archbishop Alured Norian
Committed
Roleplay posts: 71
Age: 356
Physical Description: Seven-feet-tall wearing a heavy, black leather cloak. A wide brimmed hat sits upon his head, and he wears a curious, pointed mask, fit with black lenses that hide its eyes. Occasionally sickly-sweet smelling gas rises from small vents on their side of the "beak".
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When not wearing what he refers to as his ceremonial garb, he reveals himself to be an elf. His face is lined with age and his hair is short and slicked back, black streaked with gray. His eyes are orange, and despite his races propensity towards merriment, he wears a permanent scowl that exudes a cold aura of authority.
Clothes and Equipment: A heavy leather jacket, gloves, a wide-brimmed hat and a plague doctor's mask. He has with him on a strap a holy book, bound in black leather with silver linings.
His mask has enchantments that largely eliminate inhaled poisons, sight-based magics or effects or even the need for air. His jacket functions as a flexible suit of metal armor and hampers weapons as such. It cannot be slices, however crushing and large amounts of piercing damage may penetrate it. It can be fixed, but it takes time, and thus can't be performed during battles.
He carries no weapons and fights unarmed, although he has a knife for general purposes. His leather gloves function as gauntlets and can pack quite a punch.
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Allegiances: The Church of Varafel
Player's online availability : Frequent
Registered: Dec 22, 2017 15:51:51 GMT -8
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Post by Archbishop Alured Norian on Jan 7, 2018 17:00:32 GMT -8
Already he had begun to head for the doors, although he halted at the sound of her question. Even as tempting a fruit as he'd offered, he hadn't expected her to consider it. Turning back towards her he did not recover the distance he had put between them, deciding this break of etiquette dictated that he was free to do the same. Standing in silence for a moment he tilted his head.
"Are you a religious woman, Empress? Are you a follower? Not of my religion, naturally, I'd hardly expect you to be in the circumstances." he asked her, the only question about her specifically he'd brought up. "I assure you I'm not trying to avoid your question, I just feel my answers may be easier to understand if taken on faith."
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Empress Naoki
Famous
Roleplay posts: 2,238
Physical Description: =========================
Empress Naoki is a curvaceous woman of average height, indeterminate age, and catlike features. Her hair is a dark auburn, often pulled back into a long braid. Her ears are both soft and fluffy, and her tail is never less than perfectly groomed. Amber eyes glisten in the shadows cast by her hair.
Clothes and Equipment: =========================
Naoki's wardrobe is to her as a frame is to a painting. Sometimes embellished with detail to be attractive in its own right, but never the focus. Usually simple but elegant, tightly fitting and highly revealing, used only to frame the beauty within.
Additionally, Naoki is, when clothed, often adorned with a small collection of accessories. She wears an earring, a brilliant cut amethyst, in her right ear. The silver signet ring of Isra is worn on her left pinky, marking her as High Lady of Isra. Directly adjacent, she wears the golden signet ring of The Isran Empire as its Empress. On the inside of her left thigh, there is a tattoo depicting a rose entwined with tentacles.
Allegiances: The Isran Empire
Player's online availability : Excessively often. Timezone: ET (-5)
Registered: Sept 12, 2015 13:02:17 GMT -8
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Post by Empress Naoki on Jan 7, 2018 18:03:47 GMT -8
It’s amusing when he tilts his head, Naoki thinks, because the beak goes all the way to the one side, there. That mask makes the small movements of his head clear, which is an interesting way to advertise his body language.
She obliges his question, though it is a difficult question that hinges entirely on one’s definitions. At one point, A Demonlord of The Hellscape was Naoki’s chef. She certainly believes in him; she believes him to have been the best chef to have graced this mortal realm. His food was worthy of her worship, and she and her businesses owe a great deal of success to him. Does paying a demigod a fair salary count as tithe? Is that religion?
Probably not in the way Alured means, Naoki thinks, and her other dealings with godly entities haven’t been much better.
“If we are to say that to be religious is to believe in at least one higher power and have them play a significant guiding role in one’s life — no. As I see it, entities such as those can be quite real, and some individuals benefit from devoting themselves to one or another. But I do not; I have not chosen to,” Lady Naoki states, though she neglects to elaborate.
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Archbishop Alured Norian
Committed
Roleplay posts: 71
Age: 356
Physical Description: Seven-feet-tall wearing a heavy, black leather cloak. A wide brimmed hat sits upon his head, and he wears a curious, pointed mask, fit with black lenses that hide its eyes. Occasionally sickly-sweet smelling gas rises from small vents on their side of the "beak".
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When not wearing what he refers to as his ceremonial garb, he reveals himself to be an elf. His face is lined with age and his hair is short and slicked back, black streaked with gray. His eyes are orange, and despite his races propensity towards merriment, he wears a permanent scowl that exudes a cold aura of authority.
Clothes and Equipment: A heavy leather jacket, gloves, a wide-brimmed hat and a plague doctor's mask. He has with him on a strap a holy book, bound in black leather with silver linings.
His mask has enchantments that largely eliminate inhaled poisons, sight-based magics or effects or even the need for air. His jacket functions as a flexible suit of metal armor and hampers weapons as such. It cannot be slices, however crushing and large amounts of piercing damage may penetrate it. It can be fixed, but it takes time, and thus can't be performed during battles.
He carries no weapons and fights unarmed, although he has a knife for general purposes. His leather gloves function as gauntlets and can pack quite a punch.
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Allegiances: The Church of Varafel
Player's online availability : Frequent
Registered: Dec 22, 2017 15:51:51 GMT -8
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Post by Archbishop Alured Norian on Jan 8, 2018 12:23:24 GMT -8
He had expected a businesslike approach to religion, but even that expectation paled to her answer. Faith was expected to be a tangible reward reward then. Some sort of benefit for one's service.
"Perhaps we could speak of that more at length one day." he mused. No sense taking up her time now, after all, especially when the answer to her original question was no doubt making her impatient. Or, at the very least, would make her exasperated with a debate of religion.
"Every soul that passes, or is kept from passing, into the Dead Book is recorded by the Goddess. Every soul we save she makes note of, everyone who falls in battle is known to her. Everyone on the cusp of life and death, or whatever variation that may be, is penned by her hand. At least, that is to my understanding. Out of what I suspect to be an infinity of names, there are those upon the cusp who may still be saved. Names that She tells me and Lives that she describes in some detail. It aids in my work to know who can be saved, perhaps by my hand, or perhaps simply through time or something more powerful than either of those."
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Empress Naoki
Famous
Roleplay posts: 2,238
Physical Description: =========================
Empress Naoki is a curvaceous woman of average height, indeterminate age, and catlike features. Her hair is a dark auburn, often pulled back into a long braid. Her ears are both soft and fluffy, and her tail is never less than perfectly groomed. Amber eyes glisten in the shadows cast by her hair.
Clothes and Equipment: =========================
Naoki's wardrobe is to her as a frame is to a painting. Sometimes embellished with detail to be attractive in its own right, but never the focus. Usually simple but elegant, tightly fitting and highly revealing, used only to frame the beauty within.
Additionally, Naoki is, when clothed, often adorned with a small collection of accessories. She wears an earring, a brilliant cut amethyst, in her right ear. The silver signet ring of Isra is worn on her left pinky, marking her as High Lady of Isra. Directly adjacent, she wears the golden signet ring of The Isran Empire as its Empress. On the inside of her left thigh, there is a tattoo depicting a rose entwined with tentacles.
Allegiances: The Isran Empire
Player's online availability : Excessively often. Timezone: ET (-5)
Registered: Sept 12, 2015 13:02:17 GMT -8
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Post by Empress Naoki on Jan 10, 2018 7:47:41 GMT -8
“Does it.”
For a long few moments, Lady Naoki looks down at Alured, for the first time in the course of their conversation wishing he wasn’t wearing that mask. Her poker face is almost as good; the pause implies something, but her face doesn’t say what.
“Well,” she says after some thought, “I appreciate your willingness. If ever I seek the aid of Lady Varafel, you will be contacted.” The shutout. Naoki refuses to entertain further what has turned out to be an offer.
“Though I suspect I’ll see you back before then. Until then, farewell.”
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Archbishop Alured Norian
Committed
Roleplay posts: 71
Age: 356
Physical Description: Seven-feet-tall wearing a heavy, black leather cloak. A wide brimmed hat sits upon his head, and he wears a curious, pointed mask, fit with black lenses that hide its eyes. Occasionally sickly-sweet smelling gas rises from small vents on their side of the "beak".
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When not wearing what he refers to as his ceremonial garb, he reveals himself to be an elf. His face is lined with age and his hair is short and slicked back, black streaked with gray. His eyes are orange, and despite his races propensity towards merriment, he wears a permanent scowl that exudes a cold aura of authority.
Clothes and Equipment: A heavy leather jacket, gloves, a wide-brimmed hat and a plague doctor's mask. He has with him on a strap a holy book, bound in black leather with silver linings.
His mask has enchantments that largely eliminate inhaled poisons, sight-based magics or effects or even the need for air. His jacket functions as a flexible suit of metal armor and hampers weapons as such. It cannot be slices, however crushing and large amounts of piercing damage may penetrate it. It can be fixed, but it takes time, and thus can't be performed during battles.
He carries no weapons and fights unarmed, although he has a knife for general purposes. His leather gloves function as gauntlets and can pack quite a punch.
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Allegiances: The Church of Varafel
Player's online availability : Frequent
Registered: Dec 22, 2017 15:51:51 GMT -8
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Post by Archbishop Alured Norian on Jan 10, 2018 13:13:01 GMT -8
It seemed the warmth with which she had received him had become quite cold. Of course, that was more often than not the case. Perhaps the information he'd laid bare might cause her to consider his proposition. Or, more likely, perhaps it gave her incentive to avoid him. Either way he'd made his point and, ultimately, gotten what he had wanted. Perhaps this could be considered a victory for his Church. With a bow and not a word, he turned, leaving the Empress in peace.
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