Role-Play Catastrophes Across Avonmora.

[Jack Teach]

Jack puts his head in his hands

It's for religious reasons that they are in the areas they are, they're the holiest sites around, they are in theses places because originally it was the Turks they were trying to keep out, they are also the reason the Turks or anyone else from that part of the world hasn't been able to get in. Also, this particular order kept the barbarous Ottoman Empire out at lepanto, effectively saving most of Europe. What the hell is a blood debt?

[D00T]

THE OTTOMANS WERENT BRABARIANS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
lol I know it was for historical realism or something

[Jack Teach]

They kinda were. I'm not saying Islam is bad, or that that people of a Turkish descent are bad, but they're empire was pretty bad.

[D00T]

I mean, they were sorta barbaric in fighting, sacking, singing...and that made them successful...

MOVING ON

On the ocean floor near the port, the armor stand in the circle, their weapons all pointing toward the crystal, and started to chant

Khassar de templari, Uhn dara ma'nakai, Gerr Aht Sutz, Zhakul Inok, Uhn ore'ki atum, Ki nala atum

[Jack Teach]

My biggest problem was the harem

A small frigate sails into port, it flies scarlet flag with the symbol of the chi rho in the center.

[Meliva]

Emily sighs

The ottomans were not as bad as you make them out to be you know. And also, that doesn't change the fact that placing branches in key locations is a necessity, and changing locations is a key strategy. If you stick by doing things just because its how its always been done, you literally kill innovation, and thereby kill progress. Putting 4 people in a area as large as Avonmora is completely idiotic and pointless. Do the 4 men here just sit on their asses until an incident happens then just ask for help? It would have been far more effective if they placed a few hundred capable men, thereby allowing the branch here to take action until reinforcements come. If they lack the numbers to do something as simple as that, then that's just pathetic.

And they kept the ottomans out? They literally made it up to Hungary, and honestly if it wasn't for the ottomans having to worry about Russia, they'd probably would have made it much farther.

A blood debt is when one family or group, ends up killing someone from another family or group, thereby making a blood debt. To pay the debt, usually the eldest of the 2nd group must go and kill either one of the first group, or those who created the debt. Or to make things simple-revenge basically.

The nuns, killed me and my sisters mother, who was a pretty strong witch-they thought she was doing something evil, only to find out they were wrong. So a blood debt was made. They killed our mother, so it fell onto either one of her children or her sister to pay the debt and get revenge. Veera, collected the debt, thereby avenging our mother and ending the blood debt.

[Meliva]

also the ottomans were definatley not barbarians in any bloody way. They had great architecture, literary works, music and art and had plenty of libraries. The only reason people think they were bad is because the catholics and Christians painted them as bad as possible to help justify fighting them. That and they didn't like their religion, which caused a lot of fighting.

[Meliva]

granted they had slaves and practiced slavery, but so did most European countries at the time. As for harems, well more then a few European monarchs were pretty bad about that sort of stuff too. Look at Henry the VIII-man literally had his wives killed or divorced over not getting a son.

[Jack Teach]

Jack sighs

The ottomans are pretty bad actually, they always made women to be sex slaves, men to be oarsmen for their galleys, then theyd butcher the rest. Now, don't get me wrong, every group has done this, the problem is is that the OE always did it, blood of the saints they even tried to take Rome. Lepanto kept them from England, France, Spain, Germany and Rome. They have kept most of Western Europe safe. Why exactly did Ellen join the order if they killed her mother?

*catholics and Protestants* those are both Christians. the difference is is that the Europeans stopped eventually for the most part, and even before that not all of them did it. and that the ottomans continued to do it for a very long time afterwards. And when they did it, they almost always made people slaves, they almost always made inoccent men be their oarsmen, and they almost always massacred people. But..this isn't a good place to have this debate, so I suggest we stop it before it gets heated .

[Meliva]

Emily shakes her head.

What, do you think the nuns were just going to tell us, "hey we killed your mother, but it was a mistake sorry about that". I was barely an infant when it happened, and Ellen was a child. Veera was the only one who knew, as she saw it happen, and she had no way of doing anything about it at the time, so she waited. By the time Ellen found out what happened she was already part of their order, and I believe she forgave them for it, though Veera certainly did not. And honestly, i don't either, so if Veera hadn't got revenge, i probably would have. Because of them, i never got to know my mother.

The tavern door opens up and several members of the mages guild come in, Vune at the front, her mask is cracked and her robes a littly dirty, the others look a bit tired and dirty too as they all sit down nearby. Vune speaks first.

We cleared a pretty good path for you all to get in. Still tons of danger and traps and guards left, but far less then before.

Emily looks at her before speaking.

You could have finished the job couldn't you, but decided to let us do the rest for you.

Vune laughs.

Of course. I have no issue personally with Rhena, so why finish her off personally when you guys plan to do it. Just be glad I helped pave a safer way forward.

Vune quickly whispers something in Emily's ear, as she looks worried before nodding and speaking

Well time to get moving. We need to hurry. Vune says a few agents will be down there to help out.