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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 9531559" data-attributes="member: 6696971">Complexity 3 SC, Level 19 (DCs 17/24/33)Goal (staged): <s>Confront the fracturing and warring Legion of Ruth within Bantouk (3), sunder Vezzuvu's control over them forevermore (6)</s>, and send them back to their strongholds beyond the Hinterlands (8).6/8 Successes/1 Failures/0 Hard DC Available/1 Secondary Skills Available/0 Advantages AvailableThe days following the events on the low plateau between Throkk, Shi'yeur, and the heroes have been the first relatively placid days Bantouk has seen in enough stacking months that it feels difficult to imagine a "before-time."  Bladelings roam in isolation, in fugue.  Collective meditation and earthen ceremony pervade the city.The citizenry slowly unwind from the knot of occupation and get back to the business of commerce, exploitation, worship, mundane charity, religious alms, recreation, soothsaying (legitimate and less-so), class-based segregation, and enforcement of laws and pre-occupation norms.At the northern gate, soldiers of Bantouk formerly garrisoned there collect to decide if they should approach the platoon of LoR bladelings occupying the gatehouse and barracks.  Their commanding officer looks up at the armor-clad bladelings manning the ramparts.  "Do they even speak common" and "what is the custom for parley" are plain on their scrutinizing face.The bladelings, certainly not decommissioned, ignore the gathering.Word of this potential conflict quickly travels to the palace where Pa'avu is giving instruction to the young sovereign.[HR][/HR]MEDIUM DC</blockquote>

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