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Post by Travelling Merchants on Nov 24, 2017 16:29:53 GMT -8
"It makes no monster of a man who isn't one already," the captain huffed at Martallia (Deceased) . Still, he turned back towards Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake and Aia Heijra in order to clarify what he meant by that. "But it is true that you can take the ore and process it into a powder that makes you stronger - like some sort of potion that increases your abilities in battle. Makes you stronger, more aware, more resistant to pain."
"But I can give you enough ore to forge a sword," he told Aia. "You can't eat the ore unless it's processed, so don't be trying to nibble it on your return, eh?"
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Aia Heijra
Dedicated
Valkyrie of Isra
Roleplay posts: 109
Age: 26
Physical Description: A tall and athletically built woman, although she appears quite slim. She has long, curly white hair, bright blue eyes, pretty face, and clear complexion.
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Clothes and Equipment: Aia's Ki'gar hangs around her neck like a cape, though only reaches down to her mid-back. It is a darker shade of orange, with black trimming, a black boar's head, and the name 'Heijra' underneath. The Heijra clan is known as the Black Boar clan.
Aia likes to wear fur around her shoulders, which is customary in her homeland. When in battle she prefers to wear little to no armor, and when does it is generally light.
Aia wields an ancestral blade from Asgeir, passed down in the Heijra Clan for many generations. The runic inscriptions allow her to create, control, and use fire magic, drawing upon a source the Varan call "the power of the Old Gods".
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Registered: Aug 15, 2015 5:18:42 GMT -8
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Post by Aia Heijra on Nov 25, 2017 16:14:16 GMT -8
Aia giggled, "don't worry, my friend, I packed enough provisions so I shan't eat the ore."
Aia would proceed to relinquish all the necessary coin to pay the Traveling Merchants for the ore needed to make her sword, and then await Riley's business to finish.
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Martallia (Deceased)
Established
Currently dead, please check in in 200 years.
Roleplay posts: 17
Age: ???
Physical Description: A fey, three inches tall with four bee-like wings on her back. Hair is short and mostly bobbed with a controlled messiness with the style that implies she tries to feign not caring about how it looks. Her eyes are solid black, unnerving in their lack of sheen, giving an insect appearance.
Clothes and Equipment: Exclusively dressed in greens, browns, yellows and blacks. Wields a small spear about the length of a pencil.
Player's online availability : Frequent
Registered: Nov 21, 2017 14:02:52 GMT -8
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Post by Martallia (Deceased) on Nov 26, 2017 18:41:59 GMT -8
When it became increasingly obvious that the humans weren't going to stop their deal, the fey glowered, puffing out her cheeks in annoyance but beyond that there wasn't much she could do. "Fine!" she shouted, more like a child who realized she wasn't getting her way than a defender of the natural order. She tried hard to ignore Cheesecake's barrage of questions, but her face grew redder and redder from the attention.
"My name's Martallia." she answered. "I'm not from here, I'm from the Winter Court. I'm supposed to defend the natural order but that's not going very well." she admitted, scratching the back of her head as her antennae bobbed.
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Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 121
Age: 25
Physical Description: Riley Fletcher is a red-haired human standing 6 feet in height, with the body of a trained soldier. His hair has been described as "red and floppy" and his clothes always seem to be their cleanest. Cheesecake is a fairy standing 6 inches in height, wearing a pink skirt. She has short blonde hair with a tiny cowlick that never seems to go away no matter what.
Clothes and Equipment: Riley's normal attire includes his red armor and green-tinted plate pieces and his green scythe with an amber blade. The scythe was a gift from the archfey themselves. Riley will be the first to admit a scythe isn't actually a viable weapon but the archfey, living in another plane of existence and having no idea what humans consider weapons, gifted him one thinking that because "it's super awesome-looking" it must be a proper weapon.
He keeps a longsword and shield as a backup for when the archfey are proven wrong. Along with his weapon, Riley carries with him standard adventuring gear as well as healing potions for when they're traveling. Cheesecake's small size means she's not able to carry much more than her rapier (essentially a metal toothpick).
Registered: Aug 23, 2017 9:00:03 GMT -8
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Post by Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake on Nov 26, 2017 19:03:30 GMT -8
Cheesecake gasped excitedly. "A court fairy?! That's so cool!" She squealed. "I'm not from any order, I'm just a sprite. I'm basically an object! I don't matter like you do! Oh and I checked the ore! No evil, it's just magic!" Riley closed his hand and put it down after he realized Martallia (Deceased) won't sit on his palm and nodded to Cheesecake. "According to my friend here, the ore isn't evil. I think they're safe, so I'm willing to make a deal if you'd like, Captain." He said as he turned to the captain.
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Post by Travelling Merchants on Nov 27, 2017 15:00:18 GMT -8
"You might be better defending the natural order elsewhere," the captain told them with a laugh. "Out here is strange. Many trees, hills and dirt everywhere and all these strange creatures like 'fairies' and sheep. Where we come from, it is all open desert that's like a swallowing sea of sand! The dunes are like waves, broken only by the occasional spot of water or ancient ruin from long ago. And everywhere is dangerous, with beasts and animals who want to make short work of all of you and eat you because they are so hungry." The captain seemed happy to reminisce about his homeland, his accent as thick as it was filled with glee at the thought of returning there. As he spoke, he took Aia Heijra's gold and spoke quickly to a guard outside in their own tongue, who proceeded to walk away for a moment. "And what is it you would like?" He asked Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake, while giving Martallia (Deceased) a few odd looks.
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Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 121
Age: 25
Physical Description: Riley Fletcher is a red-haired human standing 6 feet in height, with the body of a trained soldier. His hair has been described as "red and floppy" and his clothes always seem to be their cleanest. Cheesecake is a fairy standing 6 inches in height, wearing a pink skirt. She has short blonde hair with a tiny cowlick that never seems to go away no matter what.
Clothes and Equipment: Riley's normal attire includes his red armor and green-tinted plate pieces and his green scythe with an amber blade. The scythe was a gift from the archfey themselves. Riley will be the first to admit a scythe isn't actually a viable weapon but the archfey, living in another plane of existence and having no idea what humans consider weapons, gifted him one thinking that because "it's super awesome-looking" it must be a proper weapon.
He keeps a longsword and shield as a backup for when the archfey are proven wrong. Along with his weapon, Riley carries with him standard adventuring gear as well as healing potions for when they're traveling. Cheesecake's small size means she's not able to carry much more than her rapier (essentially a metal toothpick).
Registered: Aug 23, 2017 9:00:03 GMT -8
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Post by Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake on Nov 27, 2017 15:49:37 GMT -8
"Ore and refined metal that our smiths can craft into armor and weapons. I would order pre-created suits but plenty of our members are, uh...unusual in size. To give you an idea, I joined with a non-evil orc taller than me and departed with a kobold wizard who came up to my knees. Cheesecake here is more akin to the average member than myself, honestly. We would need to custom fit the armor to start off. Three hundred pounds of ore and refined metal, to start. If the material works and we can craft our equipment, I may come visit again for a second shipment. How much?"
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Post by Travelling Merchants on Nov 28, 2017 12:12:19 GMT -8
(This was fun to figure out. I based the price on the idea that the average person earns 1 or so gold per day, which was echoed by some people on the TFS discord. Then I researched how much ore and swords cost in medieval times historically to get a decent idea of the price range and then made changes according to the properties of kordanite and its value opposed to metals steel!) "How much?" The captain replied, grinning as he repeated Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake's question. "For 300 pounds of ore and metal... Taking into account its worth and the profit we must make to stay in business... I would say 80,000 gold. Or well.. No, since we are friends I will sell for 70,000 hm?" Taking a quill and a pot of ink, he began to write as neatly as he could on a piece of paper on the table. The language written in was foreign, but it seemed likely that he was simply recording the details of a possible transaction. "A good deal, I would say! It would double the price or more for us to forge the equipment ourselves."
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Aia Heijra
Dedicated
Valkyrie of Isra
Roleplay posts: 109
Age: 26
Physical Description: A tall and athletically built woman, although she appears quite slim. She has long, curly white hair, bright blue eyes, pretty face, and clear complexion.
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Clothes and Equipment: Aia's Ki'gar hangs around her neck like a cape, though only reaches down to her mid-back. It is a darker shade of orange, with black trimming, a black boar's head, and the name 'Heijra' underneath. The Heijra clan is known as the Black Boar clan.
Aia likes to wear fur around her shoulders, which is customary in her homeland. When in battle she prefers to wear little to no armor, and when does it is generally light.
Aia wields an ancestral blade from Asgeir, passed down in the Heijra Clan for many generations. The runic inscriptions allow her to create, control, and use fire magic, drawing upon a source the Varan call "the power of the Old Gods".
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Registered: Aug 15, 2015 5:18:42 GMT -8
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Post by Aia Heijra on Nov 28, 2017 14:56:24 GMT -8
Aia took great interest in hearing of the foreigners' homeland. She wanted to inquire further, but decided not to - yet. She would anxiously await her own ore and then accompany Riley when he left.
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Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 121
Age: 25
Physical Description: Riley Fletcher is a red-haired human standing 6 feet in height, with the body of a trained soldier. His hair has been described as "red and floppy" and his clothes always seem to be their cleanest. Cheesecake is a fairy standing 6 inches in height, wearing a pink skirt. She has short blonde hair with a tiny cowlick that never seems to go away no matter what.
Clothes and Equipment: Riley's normal attire includes his red armor and green-tinted plate pieces and his green scythe with an amber blade. The scythe was a gift from the archfey themselves. Riley will be the first to admit a scythe isn't actually a viable weapon but the archfey, living in another plane of existence and having no idea what humans consider weapons, gifted him one thinking that because "it's super awesome-looking" it must be a proper weapon.
He keeps a longsword and shield as a backup for when the archfey are proven wrong. Along with his weapon, Riley carries with him standard adventuring gear as well as healing potions for when they're traveling. Cheesecake's small size means she's not able to carry much more than her rapier (essentially a metal toothpick).
Registered: Aug 23, 2017 9:00:03 GMT -8
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Post by Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake on Nov 28, 2017 15:00:43 GMT -8
[Hope you don't mind if I try haggling?] Riley scratched his chin as the captain spoke, but upon hearing the price he shook his head. "Whoa, whoa, 70,000? In actual gold? No, no, that's absurd, especially when we haven't seen the material's capabilities in actual combat yet." Riley approached the captain, looking apologetic as he pantomimed with his hands as he spoke. "Listen, I know I look like just another dopey soldier grunt who just learned how to stab someone with my sword's sharp end, but I've been around the land a few times. The claims you make, I'm sure they're true, but I have yet to see them with my own eyes! A shiny sword and honeyed words only get so far. See this?" He pulls free the scythe from his back. Martallia (Deceased) would recognize it as a weapon crafted by the Summer Court archfey. He held it so as to show the captain the blade but not approach with hostility. "This is carbonite, it's a rare but powerful material with the appearance of amber but is stronger than steel. The blade is capable of cutting through magical spells themselves and when swung with enough force can alter its surroundings to make its reach larger than it actually is. Now, you're probably wondering, why would I be here if I have this weapon? Why not just make all our weapons out of it? Well for one, it was a gift from the archfey themselves so the material is extremely rare on this plane. I come to you and your camp because we need something just as strong as this. And 70k? It's- it's just too much! I could just as well speak to the archfey about getting more of this strange material at that price. You're a nice guy, I really want to work with you on this, so I'll tell you what- for the same 300 pounds? 60,000. If kordanite is as amazing as you claim, I'll be back for certain." (The scythe's not made of anything called carbonite, btw, Riley's BSing because he literally doesn't know what it's made of. It looks like an amber blade and steel pole, but you can clearly tell upon closer inspection it's more like the weapon is pretending to be that.)
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Post by Travelling Merchants on Nov 29, 2017 11:56:57 GMT -8
"Hmm..." Went the captain, moving away from Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake and Riley's scythe to begin pacing around the table, clearly deep in thought. "Well... Yes, it is expensive. And there is not much of a market since it is so... Not well known, hm," he spoke, mostly to himself as he made a full circle around the table and came to a stop by Riley again. "Okay yes, very well. We can sell you for 60,000, hm?" He agreed, a big smile on his face that turned into a moment of spontaneous, gleeful laughter. "Ah yes, good! Where would you like it delivered, or shall you take it now?"
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Martallia (Deceased)
Established
Currently dead, please check in in 200 years.
Roleplay posts: 17
Age: ???
Physical Description: A fey, three inches tall with four bee-like wings on her back. Hair is short and mostly bobbed with a controlled messiness with the style that implies she tries to feign not caring about how it looks. Her eyes are solid black, unnerving in their lack of sheen, giving an insect appearance.
Clothes and Equipment: Exclusively dressed in greens, browns, yellows and blacks. Wields a small spear about the length of a pencil.
Player's online availability : Frequent
Registered: Nov 21, 2017 14:02:52 GMT -8
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Post by Martallia (Deceased) on Nov 29, 2017 13:21:27 GMT -8
As the two humans "Haggled", Martallia huffed in annoyance, although it was clear that there was no way she could stop the dealings. For a moment, she'd been about to buzz away, leaving the humans to their own devices but she hesitated when Riley showed off the scythe he held. A *fey* weapon? How could he have gotten hold of such a thing? Certainly the fairy with him indicated some sort of connection to her own kind, but it wasn't incredibly rare for a mortal to be accompanied by a fey, she herself had followed several humans in her time. But to have a weapon from the Summer Court? Hovering around in uncertainty as the humans spoke, she decided to flutter upwards, slowly moving until she hovered above Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake in an attempt to get a better look at the weapon.
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Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 121
Age: 25
Physical Description: Riley Fletcher is a red-haired human standing 6 feet in height, with the body of a trained soldier. His hair has been described as "red and floppy" and his clothes always seem to be their cleanest. Cheesecake is a fairy standing 6 inches in height, wearing a pink skirt. She has short blonde hair with a tiny cowlick that never seems to go away no matter what.
Clothes and Equipment: Riley's normal attire includes his red armor and green-tinted plate pieces and his green scythe with an amber blade. The scythe was a gift from the archfey themselves. Riley will be the first to admit a scythe isn't actually a viable weapon but the archfey, living in another plane of existence and having no idea what humans consider weapons, gifted him one thinking that because "it's super awesome-looking" it must be a proper weapon.
He keeps a longsword and shield as a backup for when the archfey are proven wrong. Along with his weapon, Riley carries with him standard adventuring gear as well as healing potions for when they're traveling. Cheesecake's small size means she's not able to carry much more than her rapier (essentially a metal toothpick).
Registered: Aug 23, 2017 9:00:03 GMT -8
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Post by Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake on Nov 29, 2017 21:50:25 GMT -8
"60,000 it is. Cheese, can you get the portal open?" Riley said as he shook the captain's hand. "Oh! The bank right? Cool, gotcha!" Cheesecake chirped in Sylvan. She began to cast another spell, forming a magical circle around her as well as in mid air near her. "She's opening a portal to a vault with the money, until then you could barter with my associate here." Riley said as he gestured to @aiahejira. "I have a wagon on the outskirts of the camp I will later request the ore loaded onto, if you don't mind." Riley didn't notice Martallia (Deceased) at first due to her size, but eventually would notice something buzzing around him looking at his scythe. He looked up to her. "Hm? Something wrong?"
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Post by Travelling Merchants on Nov 30, 2017 15:12:55 GMT -8
"Very well then!" The captain said with a grin. He called out to one of his men in his native tongue, then gave him some sort of order that led to the guard rushing away towards the run-down tower that they had built their camp around. It wasn't long until several of the guards came together, entering the tower as a group while the captain looked on with his hands on his hips. One after the other in a train of labour, the guards began to enter the tower and then a few minutes later return with baskets of pure kordanite ore, which they poured onto a large weighing tray that had been set up besides one of the tents. As this happened, the captain turned back to Aia Heijra and Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake . "Because we are good friends, I will share a little with you both that we know about smelting and forging kordanite, hm? You need a lot of heat! Hotter than the scorching desert sun or dragon's breath my people say, but I wouldn't take it quite that literally. Even so, you cannot mould it into metal or equipment with basic forges, so ensure that you have a forge available that can make lava feel like ice by comparison! Forging without kordanite tools such as hammers will be difficult, so you must anneal it first - heat it as high as it can go, then let it slowly cool down by itself. This will soften the metal, making it easier to work with basic forging equipment! Though you may have to do this two or three times." He pondered what else he could tell them, not wanting them to feel as though they had been somehow cheated because they didn't understand the intricacies of the magical ore. "Oh! There are no impurities in kordanite, so there is no need to fold it. A lump of kordanite contains nothing but one hundred percent kordanite... Oh and be careful when forging, because kordanite's magical nature means... Well sometimes it is dangerous to work with, exploding and such." He clapped his hands on either side of Riley's shoulders; a friendly gesture. "But you should be fine! It veeery rarely happens and even if it does, you should only lose one arm. This is why Shamash gave us two, eh?"
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Aia Heijra
Dedicated
Valkyrie of Isra
Roleplay posts: 109
Age: 26
Physical Description: A tall and athletically built woman, although she appears quite slim. She has long, curly white hair, bright blue eyes, pretty face, and clear complexion.
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Clothes and Equipment: Aia's Ki'gar hangs around her neck like a cape, though only reaches down to her mid-back. It is a darker shade of orange, with black trimming, a black boar's head, and the name 'Heijra' underneath. The Heijra clan is known as the Black Boar clan.
Aia likes to wear fur around her shoulders, which is customary in her homeland. When in battle she prefers to wear little to no armor, and when does it is generally light.
Aia wields an ancestral blade from Asgeir, passed down in the Heijra Clan for many generations. The runic inscriptions allow her to create, control, and use fire magic, drawing upon a source the Varan call "the power of the Old Gods".
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Registered: Aug 15, 2015 5:18:42 GMT -8
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Post by Aia Heijra on Nov 30, 2017 15:25:39 GMT -8
Aia listened with great care at everything the captain had to say. She was impressed with this kordanite and eager to get going. "Hotter... than dragon's breath," she repeated, curious on just how hot she needed to get this ore. She hoped she'd be able to find a forge that could produce such heat! What really impressed Aia was the complete lack of impurities: this would make the substance highly favored by Varan all over the world. At the mention of explosions she would say "perhaps it would be best if we were assisted by those with magical talent, then. A mage, or a wizard perhaps." When all was said and done she would turn to Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake and ask "well, friend, are you ready to head back to Isra? Or.. did you have somewhere else in mind? Your Heroes' Guild, perhaps?"
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Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 121
Age: 25
Physical Description: Riley Fletcher is a red-haired human standing 6 feet in height, with the body of a trained soldier. His hair has been described as "red and floppy" and his clothes always seem to be their cleanest. Cheesecake is a fairy standing 6 inches in height, wearing a pink skirt. She has short blonde hair with a tiny cowlick that never seems to go away no matter what.
Clothes and Equipment: Riley's normal attire includes his red armor and green-tinted plate pieces and his green scythe with an amber blade. The scythe was a gift from the archfey themselves. Riley will be the first to admit a scythe isn't actually a viable weapon but the archfey, living in another plane of existence and having no idea what humans consider weapons, gifted him one thinking that because "it's super awesome-looking" it must be a proper weapon.
He keeps a longsword and shield as a backup for when the archfey are proven wrong. Along with his weapon, Riley carries with him standard adventuring gear as well as healing potions for when they're traveling. Cheesecake's small size means she's not able to carry much more than her rapier (essentially a metal toothpick).
Registered: Aug 23, 2017 9:00:03 GMT -8
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Post by Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake on Nov 30, 2017 16:08:40 GMT -8
"Hold on, explosions?" Riley repeated in surprise. He took a step back and stared at the captain in bewilderment.
"This isn't something I'm willing to kill my allies over. How can I be sure the smelting process won't immediately explode and kill the smith? For that matter, is it possible to see one of these weapons or suits of armor in battle?"
By his tone it was obvious he was starting to get suspicious. Because Cheesecake was still channeling her spell, the deal had not been fully made yet. Riley crossed his arms and sighed, worried that he may have been gypped with expensive gunpowder instead of actual metals. He looked to Aia as she asked him and shook his head.
"I'd rather not go to Isra again. Not a fan of the city. The hero's guild is my next stop, regardless of whether this material is as strong as I was lead to believe."
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Aia Heijra
Dedicated
Valkyrie of Isra
Roleplay posts: 109
Age: 26
Physical Description: A tall and athletically built woman, although she appears quite slim. She has long, curly white hair, bright blue eyes, pretty face, and clear complexion.
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Clothes and Equipment: Aia's Ki'gar hangs around her neck like a cape, though only reaches down to her mid-back. It is a darker shade of orange, with black trimming, a black boar's head, and the name 'Heijra' underneath. The Heijra clan is known as the Black Boar clan.
Aia likes to wear fur around her shoulders, which is customary in her homeland. When in battle she prefers to wear little to no armor, and when does it is generally light.
Aia wields an ancestral blade from Asgeir, passed down in the Heijra Clan for many generations. The runic inscriptions allow her to create, control, and use fire magic, drawing upon a source the Varan call "the power of the Old Gods".
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Registered: Aug 15, 2015 5:18:42 GMT -8
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Post by Aia Heijra on Nov 30, 2017 16:11:43 GMT -8
Aia nodded, "very well. I shall return to Isra myself, with my ore in tow." Aia looked at the salesmen and then back at Riley, "but I may yet keep you company here." She felt that since Riley was a friend she was responsible to remain with him and see his business conclude.
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Martallia (Deceased)
Established
Currently dead, please check in in 200 years.
Roleplay posts: 17
Age: ???
Physical Description: A fey, three inches tall with four bee-like wings on her back. Hair is short and mostly bobbed with a controlled messiness with the style that implies she tries to feign not caring about how it looks. Her eyes are solid black, unnerving in their lack of sheen, giving an insect appearance.
Clothes and Equipment: Exclusively dressed in greens, browns, yellows and blacks. Wields a small spear about the length of a pencil.
Player's online availability : Frequent
Registered: Nov 21, 2017 14:02:52 GMT -8
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Post by Martallia (Deceased) on Nov 30, 2017 16:50:35 GMT -8
Martallia pointed at the scythe with a small scowl. "Why would you have-" she could hardly finish what she was saying, however, before a sudden panic about explosions. Buzzing up higher to escape the flurry of words, however, she gazed with some fascination as the men began bringing in the ore and the merchant began to explain its forging properties in more detail. She wasn't entirely certain what it all meant, after all Fey hardly worked with metals on their own for obvious reasons. With no more questions that she could find time to ask, and her failure in her original goal, she knew that she'd hardly be welcome once these people left.
Once the stranger's fey began casting some sort of extradimensional travel spell, however, she could hardly hide her disbelief. Her own powers were extremely limited in scope by comparison. Just who were these people?
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Post by Travelling Merchants on Nov 30, 2017 23:11:17 GMT -8
The captain seemed a little shocked by Riley's sudden suspicion and raised one of his brows in confusion. "Well.. Yes?! Kordanite is ore containing magic. To forge it, you are making it very hot and then hitting it with hammers, eh?" He gave a nod towards Aia Heijra , who seemed to have the right idea about things. "As your friend said, it is wise to have a magician or some sort of alchemist who knows of magic around just to be safe. They can monitor the ore during the forging process so that if it begins to get a little volatile, he can say and then you can stop and wait for it to calm down," the captain explained with another smile. "I have been told the ore is like a dangerous beast you are trying to tame. You can beat to make it behave, but if you beat it too much at once it will get angry and fight eh? Not that you need a magician, because any good smith should be able to tell when their material is getting annoyed at him."
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Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 121
Age: 25
Physical Description: Riley Fletcher is a red-haired human standing 6 feet in height, with the body of a trained soldier. His hair has been described as "red and floppy" and his clothes always seem to be their cleanest. Cheesecake is a fairy standing 6 inches in height, wearing a pink skirt. She has short blonde hair with a tiny cowlick that never seems to go away no matter what.
Clothes and Equipment: Riley's normal attire includes his red armor and green-tinted plate pieces and his green scythe with an amber blade. The scythe was a gift from the archfey themselves. Riley will be the first to admit a scythe isn't actually a viable weapon but the archfey, living in another plane of existence and having no idea what humans consider weapons, gifted him one thinking that because "it's super awesome-looking" it must be a proper weapon.
He keeps a longsword and shield as a backup for when the archfey are proven wrong. Along with his weapon, Riley carries with him standard adventuring gear as well as healing potions for when they're traveling. Cheesecake's small size means she's not able to carry much more than her rapier (essentially a metal toothpick).
Registered: Aug 23, 2017 9:00:03 GMT -8
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Post by Riley Fletcher and Cheesecake on Dec 1, 2017 9:04:50 GMT -8
"Hmm...alright, we have wizards to help...last thing then, may I see a demonstration?"
Riley pulled free his sword and showed it to the captain.
"Slice this in half with your kordanite blade. Don't worry, it's standard issue, I can get another when I get back to the guild."
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Post by Travelling Merchants on Dec 1, 2017 17:21:16 GMT -8
"I can't," the captain said honestly. "Kordanite is extremely strong and sharp, but I'm not strong enough to cut through steel with it," he huffed. "It can be done..." His voice trailed off as he took the kordanite blade he'd used as a demonstration earlier, then ran his finger down the broad side. "But it is not some godlike metal that can slice through steel as easily as a hot knife through butter!"
He pressed the tip of the blade into the wooden tabletop easily enough, but when he withdrew it he lightly pressed the edge against the sword that Riley pulled free. "Do not mistake it though. Other swords can break, but I have never known kordanite to do so - and trust me we have tried. If you were to clash two blades together with the goal of eventually breaking one of them, kordanite will always be the one to survive - and undamaged, no less. But if you want me to demonstrate slicing through your steel sword, then I would recommend finding someone stronger than I am to do it - or perhaps you can do it yourself, hm?"
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