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Chapter 5
by Nemo of Utopia
What is it that wakes you?
Some Of The Palace Servants With Breakfast And Fresh Clothes
Inside this sound proofed room deep within the Royal Palace of the Queensland of Lore you cannot hear the gongs from the Grand Temple of Helios which signal the dawn of the new day, but that doesn't matter because the servants of the palace DO, and shortly thereafter are going about their business getting the massive edifice ready for another day as the administrative center of the whole country.
Among other tasks that includes replacing the bedding in your suite and bringing you and your wife breakfast and fresh clothes...
The door to your Suite opens and you come awake swiftly with the ease of long practice.
Standing in the doorway are two Dwarves, one male and one female, and about three humans in the Queen' s livery.
"Good day Your Lordship, I am Nachton Opaldredger, selected by the Queen to be your Vallet since you have not hired one yourself, with me are Katrin "Vanyrasdottir" Blueforge, who has been selected to be your Wife Rusilka's Ladies-Maid by the Queen, and several palace servants with breakfast, fresh bedding, and so forth: may we come in?" the dwarven man asks.
Rusilka is also waking up by this point and blushes to the roots of her hair. "No! We're both still naked!" She exclaims, and snatches up the covers.
Katrin, a slightly older dwarven woman, smiles indulgently but shakes her head... "Pardon me Mistress, but that's something you have to get used to, you're a countess now and that means I am going to see you while you are in the nude quite a bit. A person can't put on full formal clothes without assistance: and besides I doubt you have clean clothes to put on in here," she says, looking at Rusilka almost like one would look at a child who was misbehaving but being so cute about it that you cannot be mad at them.
"What about THEM?" Rusilka asks, pointing at the human servants.
"If malady prefers we can close the door and you may go into the bathroom to await my assistance bathing and dressing..." Katrin says, gesturing at the small door at the back of the Suite which leads to the restroom.
Rusilka gulps, but merely nods and the door is swiftly closed again and she scurries to the bathroom.
You, no longer embarrassed by your body after last night, go up to the door and open it again, gesturing the assorted servants through. Katrin hurries to the bathroom to draw a bath for her new Mistress, while you are handed a cotton bathrobe and asked to attend to the matter of selecting your "Vassal-of-Voice", the person who has the task of representing you in the House of Lords when you are away from Truthanaw...
Who Are The Candidates?
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D&D Dynastic Delving
Welcome to the world of Eva.
You are an adventurer, with longstanding obligations to the Adventurer's Guild of the Queensland of Lore. You are being asked to enter the Labyrinth of Ambuscade, a deadly dungeon from which few return, but those who do come back rich beyond the dreams of kings. Your family has been given exclusive rights to this treasure trove, but it is perilous beyond reckoning, so exploiting it will be the work of generations. Sire or bear children during the downtime segments between 'adventures' to continue the story when your current character dies and invest the gold and gems you bring back in expanding your family's castle built atop the entrance to the Labyrinth to give those children training which gives them the best chances to succeed where 'you' failed. You start out by picking a character from the top list to begin the game as, each time your character 'dies': or at least doesn't come back for about 20 years, there ARE conditions in the story where the current heir can run into and rescue their distant/not-so-distant ancestor(s): their son or daughter starts a new delve into the Labyrinth of Ambuscade, perhaps ending up dead as well or perhaps at last reaching the fabled Glade of the Gloaming where grows the Tree of Immortality whose magical fruit grants eternal life to those who eat it. Not all characters are created equal, in some respects: Female characters, due to the difficulty and risks of having children in those cases and the shier deadliness of the dungeon, start with three daughters to carry on after them, males by contrast do not start with any heirs, they have to create them the old fashioned way. (Inspired by other stories on this site, the Pathfinder Role Playing Game System and the video-game Rogue Legacy.)
Updated on May 6, 2023
by Nemo of Utopia
Created on Aug 5, 2016
by Nemo of Utopia
With every decision at the end of a chapter your score changes. Here are your current variables.
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