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Atta needs very specific flower samples and Nivel takes on the challenge!

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This shining population center is considered the jewel of The Sylira Region. Home of the vast majority of Mizahar's population, Syliras is nestled in a quiet, sprawling valley on the shores of the Suvan Sea. [Lore]

The Flower Hunter

Postby Plume on March 31st, 2015, 11:59 pm

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7th of Spring, 515

Location: Anywhere outside of the city walls

A hushed murmur travels from one floral enthusiast to another around The Flower Stand. Atta has been very secretive about her newest discovery and it's got patrons both old and new abuzz with excitement. For the past three days, people have been coming by the shop more and more, trying to cajole some information out of the sweet old woman, and even peeping in through her windows now and then to sneak a look at the mysterious flower. But so far no one has been able to unearth anything the shopkeeper had not willingly divulged.

There were only two clues that surfaced after Atta posted her request on the bulletin board: the flower most likely had white blossoms and a fruitlike fragrance.

Atta keeps her secret closely guarded not out of greed or paranoia, but in the best interests of her precious discovery itself. The Florist knows better than anyone else in the city how delicate a flower's life can be and she wishes to keep it in absolutely ideal conditions before she releases it to the public. If anyone pesters her too much for information, she simply dives headfirst into her newest set of dirge-centric prose. That gets rid of prying ears easily enough.

Though the Spring weather, aside from the minor flooding here and there, couldn't be more perfect for flower gathering, Atta is too busy with her discovery and too great in years to go off gallivanting in the woods on her own. But if someone enters her shop with the samples she had requested, her weathered features will instantly split into a warm smile and her earth-covered hands beckon the sample hunter in for a pleasant little chat, the appropriate compensation, and, if she likes and trusts the individual enough, perhaps a little sneak peak of the prized flower itself, too.

The first thing one will notice upon entering her shop is the sheer volume of blooms lining her shelves, hanging from her walls, and filling every container in sight. Colors of every hue, shade, and tint can be found during Spring and Atta herself is happy to educate anyone curious enough to ask which flower is which.

Meanwhile, nature itself is being adorned with a plethora of floral decor as well. Many places between the city walls and Cobalt Mountains have begun to show signs of budding plants. Others have flora and fauna in full bloom already, especially around the roots of trees and near shallow ponds, and more still thrive where Syna's light shines longest. But beware, not all of the flowers are as harmless as they appear. Some use their fragrance to lure in prey and a few are poisonous from head to toe. Caution is advised!


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The Flower Hunter

Postby Nivel on April 14th, 2015, 7:58 am

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The flower Hunter.


Syna had just ascended into the sky, shining her light over the training grounds as Nivel began her early mourning training. Since their wasn’t too much noise on the grounds this early in the day Nivel felt it was the ideal time to start with meditation and a few mild exercises in Djed. She sucked air into her chest cavity and then slowly let it escape, as she counted to ten in her nexus. She closed her visual receptors of to the world and just focused on her body and the flow of clay with in it. Then extended her focus to the sensation of the chilled spring breeze as it glided over her tiny body. She let her worries and cares drift away with the wind on a little sail boat to the fluffy clouds in the sky.

With her mind clear she started first with flux, but decided to start the process in a much different way that she usually did. With the dance lessions she had taken from Sayana, Nivel now had a much more interesting way of channeling her magic. Nivel started the snake arm dance she had seen Sayana utilize on a few occasions, placing her palms parallel to her waist. Nivel raised her shoulder as far as she could with out shifting and then let it rest, followed by a lift of her elbow and wrist. She let her raised arm descend and she let the other arm rise. They pycon slowly alternated between arms, when she stated to feel more comfortable with the movements she began to focus on her djed.

Nivel imagined her arm moments pulling up the energy streams with in her lower body to her upper ever so slightly. She was only creating a tiny fluctuation in her djed, like preforming a light stretch. She found this was the best way to go about learning flux, since doing actual flux was just too draining on her body. Not to say that this wasn't still tiring but it did't leave her feeling like she would melt into a puddle afterward. After carefully getting her internal energy to a steady waving motion she stopped feeling a bit of a head ache and some fatigue but was otherwise able to function.

Nivel stopped the snake arm movement and started the basics of a Pirouette which was called a Passe, A move she had seen another dancer do in her brief time in Lhavit. Nivel caught the novice dancer when she was practicing in private and asked about the dance but hadn’t though of actually trying it until now. Nivel got into what she was sure was the correct stance with her feet almost facing opposite directions but still relatively parallel. Nivel had her arms out stretched like she was giving a very large person a hug, except one arm was hovering over her chest while the other was more open. Nivel balanced herself then placed her foot behind the other and slowly crept it along her leg until her knee was totally bent. Nivel stumped a bit at first but was able to find her balance until she felt comfortable.

Nivel stopped her dancing practice and meditated once more to maintain her focus. She would need it for her shielding exercise. When she was sure her mind was clear she began to focus her djed in creating a shield. Nivel thought of all that she needed to protect in the world and took a deep breath. As she exhaled an invisible shield exited out her mouth hole and slowly began to encase the pycon. Layering it in a uneven and weak magic barrier, that became more and more stronger with each exhale. It wasn't as hard on her as flux was but maintaining the necessary concentration required its own form of endurance. When she felt completely covered in magic shield she figured she was done her physical training for today. Nivel would now need to find her trusty mount and head to the Archives for her mental portion.

It didn’t take the pycon long before she stubbled upon the Kelvic sniffing around the darkened hallways just out side the dormitories.
“Patcha! just who I was looking for would you take me to the place full of books?” Nivel asked as sweetly as she could, Knowing that Patcha hated the Archives.
The kelvic slowly nodded her head in beleaguered confirmation.
“Thank you Patcha!” Nivel cheered in triumph as she clumsily managed her way on to the canines back. The Pycon could have probably walked to the archives on her own but she was left so exhausted from her training that she didn't know if she was up for it.



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The Flower Hunter

Postby Nivel on April 14th, 2015, 9:41 pm

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On the way to the Archives, Nivel asked Patcha to stop at the bulletin board to see if any new requests had arrived. To the pycons surprise and delight there was a mew request and it mentioned something about flowers. The pycon dismounted and climbed up the wooden support beam and retrieved the message. Once Nivel had made it safely to the ground she looked over the piece of parchment. The task that needed to be done seemed right up the pycons alley, she never imagined helping the city would involve wondering around picking flowers. She would still need to go to Sera Grey’s study session but hopefully she could cut it short today so she could spend more time hunting for flowers.

Arriving at the reception desk of the Archives, Nivel quickly got the head scribe to sign both her and Patcha in. Normally animals weren’t allowed but Patcha was an exception to the rule, since she was a known Kelvic who aided the order. Sera Grey wasn’t hard to spot once Patcha had trotted into the next room. She was wearing an ornate looking mask that seemed to be modelled after an elephant because of the trunk like nose. The patron didn’t seem to notice the tiny squire as she trotted up closer to the desk she was sitting at, Sera Grey was far to engrossed in what ever book she was reading.

“I’m here” Nivel called from below.
Sera Grey was startled from her entrancement and looked down at the source of the noise.“Oh..well uh, let us get started then.” The patron extended an arm for Nivel to be lifted up to the table.
“What are you reading?” Nivel asked as she quickly examined the purple book that had put Sera Grey under it’s spell.
“It is simply a book on advanced magical theory and practice, It’s a bit too advanced for a squire however” Sera Grey folded the book up and neatly added it to small pile of books.
“Oh…well can you tell me the basics of magic?” Nivel asked hesitantly, not knowing if she was asking the right question.
“Have I not taught you the basics..I thought you were already fairly skilled at magic”
“I’m okay at it but I don’t know all the different kinds of magic, if some of it is bad and whatnot.”
“Oh gracious I could have sworn I covered all of this.” The Mage Knight let out a sigh “Well you already know about Autistics, flux and shielding, that much I know and I’m certain you’ve seen me use Reimancy, It is a type of magical discipline that turns your djed into a substance called Res that can be transmuted into different natural elements or to aid in the control over elements. All of these types of magics fall under the category of Personal magic because the are created by manipulating your own djed. Other magical disciplines that fall into this category are Morphing, which allows one to change shape, Voiding which creates empty cavities in space for various reasons, Projection which untethers your astral body to attack and move objects from a distance, And hypnotism which allows you to manipulate people with suggestions to their subconscious. While most magic can be used for good or ill depending on who uses it, Some magic is far more detrimental and as such has been banned amongst the Order. These are Leeching which involves draining djed from people and objects around them at the risk of poisoning oneself, and Familiarity which summons an otherworldly creature with unpredictable and often malicious intentions.”


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The Flower Hunter

Postby Nivel on April 15th, 2015, 4:31 am

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“Is there other types of magic that isn’t considered personal magic?” Nivel chimed in after silently absorbing information.
“I was getting to that, There is also world magic which exploits secrets of the world. I’m sure your familiar with Alchemy, The practice that can improve or change the fundamental properties in an object?
“Yes but only Harameus can preform that kind of magic and the ones that can are Evil” Nivel said with clear distaste.
“Well not exactly” Sera Grey calmly explained “That is just a belief of Pycons no one else shares this belief, there are many good mages that preform Alchemy”
“What!?” Nivel spatted out in shock “but it goes against Harameus! that kind of Blasphemy shouldn’t he tolerated”
“Keep your voice down Squire” Grey said sternly “There is no place in the order for that way of thinking.. now lets continue on”
Nivel sulked a bit but none the less listened to the knowledge her patron had to impart on world magic.

“The other forms of word magic are Animation which brings inanimate objects to life, Glyphing which uses elaborate symbols to store and strengthen spells, MageCrafting which is used to apply magical effects to ordinary objects, and Spiritism which allows you to deal with ghosts and the undead. Like with personal magic there are disciplines that are restricted with in the order, these being Summoning which opens portals to other dimensions that allow dangerous creatures into our world and Malediction which unlocks magical power with in the bones of dead creatures.”

“I’ve met a person once that could create illusions…was that hypnotism.”
Nivel was still a bit upset from earlier but her curiosity won over.
“I suspect that was a gift from the God Ionu who represents Illusions and trickery as far as I know hypnotism can’t create illusions but I’m no expert in these things.”
“What other gifts do gods give?”
The pycon’s interest grew.
“Oh well I am not that knowledgeable on this subject but I imagine powers that relate to what they represent, I know that the healing goddess Rak’keli gives her worshipers healing powers and the goddess of Divination Avalis gives her followers visions of the past and future. These two goddesses are mostly worshiped by the konti women since they are the children of Avalis, and Rak’keli is Avalis’s sister.”
“What are some of the common gods and goddesses that are worshiped by the order?
“Well Sylir of course, but also Tyveth the God of Honor, Justice, Valor, Chivalry, and Truth and Yahal the god of Purity and faith”
“What are some of the gods and goddesses commonly worshiped by every day citizens?”


Sera Grey had to think about this question she wasn’t the most knowledgeable on faith, And Nivel was starting to get a bit tiresome with the rapid questions.
“Um I guess a lot of people worship Syna and Leth, Syna is the goddess of Sight, Joy, Energy and is the ball of light that shines during the day and Leth is the God of Change, Reflection, Thought and is the glowing orb that watches us in the sky at Night” Sera Grey could already tell by the quivering of Nivel’s ears that she was readying another question and knew she needed it to stop “No more questions please”
Nivel seemed a little disappointed since she had so many more things she needed to know. She did like the sound of some of these magical practices and deities. Nivel didn’t want to learn too much magic but she could always show more respect to the celestial beings in the sky. She especially liked the sound of the Knightly gods Tyveth and Yahal as well as Rak’keli and Syna, They seemed to fit Nivel’s positive ideologies.



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The Flower Hunter

Postby Nivel on April 15th, 2015, 6:23 am

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Nivel had been so engrossed in syphoning information from her patron that she forgot her mission to find flowers for the flower shop.
“Oh sorry I forgot to tell you I need to cut our study session short because I found a quest on the Bulletin board” The pycon blurted out in sudden revelation
“Oh well that is fine, do you need any assistance?” Sera Grey asked politely
“I just need to find flowers for the flower shop, I can handle it” Nivel sounded pretty confident and it made Sera Grey smile under her elephant mask.
“Well I’ll leave you to this task then, Little one” Sera Grey bowed her head in respect and picked her purple book back up again.
“Okay I’ll see you later”The squire mimicked her patrons sign of respect and was almost about to jump off the table with agile flip in the air but the mere thought made her dizzy from all the tiring exercises she had done earlier. Instead she simply lowered herself down with her elastic arm and gently landed on the ground. Her arm throbbed a bit from the stain it was under but it was certainly better than what gravity would have in store for her.
Patcha waddled over and began to sniff the pycon in greeting, Nivel gave her a gentle pat on the head before climbing onto her back again.
“Lets go to the city gates now Patcha, We have a flower to find”
Patcha happily nodded her furry little head, she was more than happy to get out of this stuffy place full of things she didn’t understand. It didn’t take long for Patcha to get to the gate, Nivel was getting better at giving direction and the kelvic was already aware of where she needed to go. The Mage Squire greeted the gaurds and requested to leave and in a matter of moments she was free of the protective city walls.

The tiny legs of the Kelvic trotted along the damp mud and grass towards the dense trees and greenery of the bonze woods. There wasn’t too much flowers this early in the spring season but there was enough that this task shouldn’t be to hard to accomplish. Right away Nivel spotted a bunch of bright blue flowers that caught her attention. She wanted to investigate them but remembered that she was looking for white flowers not blue and as she got closer she could already tell they didn’t smell like fruit.
“Not what were looking for Patcha..Lets go deeper in the forest were sure to stumble on some white flowers soon enough.”

Patcha complied and continued to trot her tiny little legs aimlessly through the woods. Nivel conducted the Kelvic with her long tails to where she felt there would be flowers but each flower was wrong in some way or another.

She did spot some belter root but and what she was sure would grow into Tolm in the summer but for now they were just buds that hadn’t grown enough to harvested just yet.



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The Flower Hunter

Postby Nivel on April 15th, 2015, 8:24 am

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As the two rode deeper into the woods in search of this elusive flower, the prospect of finding this flower became more and more diminished. At least they had the sweet melodies of the birds that had just come back from their leave of absence in the frigid winter. Nivel could even spot a few of Arch’s furry associates running along the tree barren tree branches like the simple acrobats that Arch was well known for being. Nivel wasn’t sure what she was well known for but since magic was such a rare skill it was probably that. It made her a little uncomfortable that practicing a risky and destructive skill was what she was known for but she wasn’t about to stop using magic any time soon.

Patcha suddenly stirred under the squire and seemed to speed up toward a distant goal. Nivel wasn’t sure what was going on but the turbulent ride was a bit to much for the squire and she tried her best to get Patcha to slow down. Nivel tried verbal commands and waving her tentacle arms in the canines face but the pycon had to put most of her effort into holding on as patcha leaped over tree roods and rocks.

Patcha suddenly stopped abruptly and Nivel was almost flung off into a nearby tree like rock on a catapult but was able to firmly hold on to the saddle. Patcha began to smell the soggy ground with visor before letting out high pitch barks. The Mage was about to ask what had gotten into her mount but quickly gazed her eyes on the a white flower up ahead. The fruity smell that wafted off of it made even more clear that the Kelvic had found the right flower.
“You found it Patcha!” Nivel cheered and patted her mounts head in congratulations. “lets take this back to the flower store, just a second” Nivel dismounted and stood in front of the creamy white petals of this fragrant flower.

The mage focused her mind and opened it to the sight of Auras. She narrowed her focus even further into the flower so that she could take a gander into whether this was one of the poisonous or harmful flowers the parchment had warned about. The glowing and pulsating aura of the flower grew wider and seemed to become a language that Nivel slowly began to understand. It said clearly that it was not poisonous and Nivel believed it. She severed the connection to the flower carefully and then willed her vision to return to normal. She definitely felt light headed when she reverted back to normal, she new it was best not to do any more magic.

Nivel shifted her arms into flat shovels carefully dug into the dirt around the flower to free it from the ground, Patcha assisted a bit as well. When most of the wet dirt was pushed away Nivel carefully pulled it out as carefully as she could and then shook the access dirt free.

Nivel crawled back onto the back of her mount and directed patcha back to the stone gates of the city. On the way Nivel found a few other white flowers but was sure she had had already found what she was looking for so she ignored them. The pycon wouldn’t be able to cary many flowers and she was to tired to examine their aura's anyway. The squire made her way to the flower shop and Held the flower a loft. “I have a sample for you.” The pycon announced.


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The Flower Hunter

Postby Katelyn Marks on May 6th, 2015, 7:20 pm

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Skills
➢ Meditation +1
➢ Dancing +1
➢ Flux +1
➢ Auristics +1
➢ Shielding +1
➢ Endurance +2
➢ Riding +3
➢ Observation +3
➢ Socialization +2
➢ Investigation +3
➢ Interrogation +2
➢ Tactics +1
➢ Land Navigation +1

Lores
➢ Atta's New Flower
➢ Location: The Flower Stand
➢ Integrating Flux with Dance
➢ Reimancy: Control of the Elements
➢ Res: Djed That Can Be Transmuted
➢ Personal Magic: Uses Your Own Djed
➢ Morphing: Shapeshifting Magic
➢ Voiding: Opening Portals
➢ Projection: Control of Astral Body
➢ Hypnotism: Control of Others' Subconscious
➢ Leeching: Draining of Another's Djed
➢ Familiary: Bonding with an Otherworldly Familiar
➢ Alchemy: Changing the Essence of Objects
➢ Animation: Bringing Inanimate Objects to Life
➢ Glyphing: Runes to Enhance Magic
➢ Magecrafting: Creating Magical Objects
➢ Spiritism: Interacting with the Ghosts and Undead
➢ Summoning: Summons Creatures through Portals
➢ Malediction: Creates Magical Items from Remains
➢ Magics Forbidden by the Syliran Knights
➢ Ionu: God of Illusions and Trickery
➢ Rak'keli: Goddess of Healing and Health
➢ Avalis: Goddess of Divination, Visions, and Foresight
➢ Rak'keli and Avalis: Sister Deities
➢ Rak'keli and Avalis: Worshiped by Konti
➢ Tyveth: God of Honor, Justice, Valor, Chivalry, and Truth
➢ Yahal: God of Purity and Faithfulness
➢ Syna: Goddess of Sun, Sight, Joy, and Energy
➢ Leth: God of the Moon, Change, Reflection, and Thought
➢ Syna and Leth: The Sun and the Moon

Loot: +50 GM for the samples.

Comments: You definitely took a page out of my book and went the distance with lores! I pays off! Hopefully I gave you what you wanted. I tried to be thorough. Let me know if I missed anything. The cash reward was planned by Plume, so enjoy that extra money!

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