Xantalos

RYE - Buried Secrets

Excavate the Ship (1 4th and 26 5th Generation slann)

The frozen carcass of the mountain rose above the snowy plains like a titan's dwelling fallen into ruin. The neck-deep drifts of snow that blanketed the rest of the far north avoided it as if out of reverence, or perhaps fear, and the fi...

RYE - The Dazzling Wheel

The Old Ones, it was said, had known all there was to know of the innate structure of creation, and it was this knowledge that freed them from the limitations of flesh and spirit, letting them perceive existence on an axiomatic level. The revelations they received from this were never spoken alou...

RYE - The Spire

For as long as they had existed, the lizardmen had contemplated the night sky. The Old Ones had shown them the meaning behind constellations - how the alignment of the stars could foretell future events, allow the past to be uncovered, and even influence events in the present. It was for this pur...

August Character Poll

Another poll! This one I've included a bit more information as to what each character is about, so as to provide more context to what you're voting for. As before, Wave Denizens get an overview of the character, Sentinels get that and an interview with them, and the Conclave gets that and my auth...

Mazdamundi Character Overview

When the enigmatic entities known only as the Old Ones came to the planet later known as Mallus, their will was conveyed through the toadlike mage-creatures known as the slann. These immortal emissaries, the first batch of which was personally crafted by the very hands of the Old Ones, were born ...

Mazdamundi Character Interview

A/N: This is Mazdamundi as he appears in canon Warhammer, without the experiences he goes through in Respect Your Elders. Just in case some of the details here seem a bit weird to readers of that quest.

Basics

- What is your full name? Do you have a nickname (if so, ...

RYE Turn 15 (Summary)

Time marches on, and with the major obstacles standing in the way of global expansion removed, the lizardmen have entered into a period of unprecedented growth and progress! The network of temple-cities expands across the jungle continent of Mochantia like a tiled mosaic, each metropolis a shinin...

Character Poll #2

Second verse, same as the first! Vote for whichever character you’d like to see outlined. Do note that I’ve included some new options at the bottom - I’d have done more but I ran out of poll options.

The Xan - Overview

The Xan are an entity of unknown but considerable extent whose presence has been documented in every corner of the Patchwork Places. Their origin realm is, as of yet, unknown, and the method by which they use to transit between the borders of realms is equally shrouded, but they seem to be most d...

The Xan - Interview

The following is an interview taken from a basic template meant to flesh out your characters a little, and so you can see what their voice and mannerisms are like.

Basics

• What is your full name? Do you have a nickname (if so, who calls you this)?

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RYE Turn 14: Long-Due Revisions

Give Them Minds: Mazdamundi, 24 Third Gen, 2 Fourth Gen. 2 Petals invoked

The great debate within Itza’s warded halls had seen an outpouring of verbosity from the slann that was unequaled in any record save for the recent campaigns of Uax extermination. Every mage-priest, young and...

July Character Poll

This is the first in a series of character inspections I’ll be doing - whichever character wins the poll will get a few write-ups about them, available to various tiers:

• Wave Denizens get to vote in the polls and see a write-up/summary of the character that wins - think of it like a ...
  2024-07-04 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Status Update

Hey all - been a bit and I’m getting back into writing, so I figured I ought to give y’all an update on how that’s going, what to expect in the future, and what I’ll be doing for y’all here.

• RYE update is progressing smoothly. I’m working 3 jobs right now so my actual ti...

  2024-07-04 05:32:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Indefinite Pause (I’m Sorry)

I apologize for this, but I’m going to have to stop writing for a while, hence why the patreon is closed. I won’t get too into the whys and wherefores, both out of reluctance to disclose my personal situation and the fact that for y’all’s purposes it doesn’t really matter. Suffice it to...

RYE - Shattered Tedium

Scry and Spy, The Northern Remnants - 5 slannpower (5 5th-gen)

Slann Construction Protocol - 95 slannpower (95 5th-gen) (2 Actions; toward constructing a city on the Northern Continent, see Stewardship)

Slann Spawning Service - 12 slannpower (12 5th-gen) (+4 Population; Northern Conti...

RYE - A Petal Gifted

Consulting the Lifeweaver (Exploit the Jungle)

[Desired Species: Stealthy warbeasts to accompany chameleon skinks; animals capable of ranged attack; small 'attack dog' terrestrial or flying creatures (fast, agile, preferably pack-oriented); medium-to-large digger/tunneler species.

Rol...

Circle of Vengeance - Glimmering Shell Fin.

Winning Vote: Whisper that Glimmer's dream is pretty, but stupid. The Captain will just use you up and toss you aside. Again. Stand on your own, painfully, but do not fight any more. (Concede the fight. Try to break Glimmer's morale.)

<<<---<>--->>>

Your spittl...

RYE Turn 14 - The Quango

Juvenile Colossus Examination - Quango

The Quango and its child had flown together for a time as they brought the icy wrath of the stratosphere down upon the uax infestation. The juvenile, while still larger by far than any other thing that flew in Mochantia’s skies, and growing ...

RYE Turn 14 - Relic Priest Consultation

Relic Priest Consultation, Equipment Research

Above Huilcatlan, the sky was bubbling.

The Sky City was never subject to completely normal atmospheric conditions, of course - the metropolis’ spawning pools had a propensity for producing Azyr and Aqshy skink priests with far greater f...

RYE - Iron Limbs, Floating Stone

Iron Limbs

It had, for some time, been a known and accepted fact among the slann that any technology acquired from the Uax was at best incomplete without the presence of the creatures. In much the same way that the Geomantic Web buffered and supported the functioning of the lizardmen in an ...

RYE - The Great Reorganization

The Great Reorganization

--[X] Garrison Disbanding (Free) - 226 population redistributed

---[X] 15 pop each to Amamaniliztli, Tenqu'itzcal, Ocelotl, Illuxoni, Chuq'xla, Tekiutlan, Huilcatan, Xitzlak'patl, Pahkypx, Chiz'chaq (total: 150)

---[X] 12 pop to Qotlpetl...

Circle of Vengeance - Glimmering Shell Pt. 4

Winning Vote:[X] Fish - Barrel

--Shoot Glimmer, a lot

--Try to maneuver her into the crossfire from other gangsters shooting at you, using your own movement and positioning as well as the shots you take

--If she closes use Burning Venom Palm and Wind-Style as needed to tear at p...

RYE Turn 14 - An Architect's Vision

Stewardship Actions:

--[X] Construct Sacred Sites (Hexoatl, Tlaxtlan, Yenehectua, Chalkaro, Aztlan, Kimilik, Tekuanzi) - 14 Actions

--[X] Raise the Domes (Hexoatl, Tlaxtlan, Xlanhuapec) - 6 Actions

--[X] Improve Cities (Chalkaro L3, Aztlan L3) - 6 Actions

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As Close To A Free Month As I Can Do!

Apologies for the radio silence, all - had a bit of a turbulent time IRL with moving and such, which caused me to sort of fall off the writing wagon for a bit. I'm back at it now, but in recognition of the fact that I haven't really provided anything for several weeks and because it's my birthday...

RYE - The Great Discussion

In the wake of the Waaagh!!!-shattering ritual’s conclusion, the armies that had dedicated themselves to the grueling task of withstanding the onslaught of the Uax found themselves reassigned to the equally extensive job of cleaning up. Itza was covered with the detritus of combat - spent shell...

RYE - Culmination

Ten years.

For ten years, the First City had stood like an immovable mountain of black stone, unperturbed by the storm that raged against it. For ten years, Mazdamundi had stood atop its utmost peak, channeling such extremes of power that all extraneous thought was banished from his mind le...

RYE - Armageddon Descending

Time ground onward. Mazdamundi’s ritual progressed inexorably towards its completion. The battle at Itza raged ever fiercer as the decade approached its close. Every second was strife, every minute a massacre. The all-encompassing onslaught of violence and destruction churned around the First C...

Quick Note - Updated Tier Descriptions

Hey y'all! Just a brief note that I've updated the descriptions and benefits listed in the various tiers; mainly taking out the bonus content poll (which I might resume in the future as a public post thing, but not paid) and clarifying how many pre-public release updates you can expect to get per...

Respect Your Elders - The First Slann's Chambers

The path to Itzkaitlazloqtzaqitzali Kroak’s sanctum was, to the unwary eye, unguarded. Tik’tokrok had lived for centuries, had spent cumulative decades focusing his attention on the smallest possible details of his work. He was capable of noticing chips in stone tiles that were micro...

RYE - Metropolis Preservation Barriers, Pt. 1

Metropolis Preservation Barriers (400 Slannpower)

It was a well-known fact by the Slann that the lizardmen’s cities had been designed around their capabilities, or perhaps it was they who had been shaped for the use of their cities. Opinions differed on the matter within the Sublime Commu...