>>6301846

Magnus' felt his expression soften as he knelt down, sharing with his brother the burden of the intense emotional turmoil he was experiencing and bowed his head, listening to him as he heartfeltly relayed to him their brother's plight and suffering as a ward of a heresiarch and the shadow of the most malevolent of warp denizen that fell upon him and his world.

And for every word of explanation and grief that passed Lieren's lip, the sorcerer lord of Prospero felt his rage growing deeper and more profound, testing even his composure and self control as he heard all his brother knew of their nameless brother's condition and suffering and the machinations of the dark powers that had hounded him that had now turned their wills and great powers towards their brother who had done naught to earn their ire nor attention. He felt himself at risk of psionically demolishing his own abode, and perhaps the city that surrounded it, from the sheer, white hot wrath he felt at hearing that one of his brothers, though unknown to him before now, was being abused and mistreated by a simple, superstitious man with ambitions far greater than himself.

"My blood is boiling Lieren with anger, you need not kowtow, scrape and beg me for assistance, give me a path and tell the Aeldari I WILL intercede and lend whatever aid I may to my brother, and I shall, with utmost haste. Stand, stand tall and proud, and give unto me the burden of this trial instead, we are brothers and you need not suffer alone. It is from no fault or weakness of your own that you cannot stand by his side, know this. And know that I will stand for both of us, when I travel and quest to lift from our abused brother's neck the collar and leash that has been so tightly fastened!"

"You speak too kindly to my brother. I shall do all I can to aid you in this journey. To earn some amount of meager redemption for being incapable of acting in your place, oh most sagacious and kindly Magnus!" Lieren declared loudly "Please, restrain your wroth and listen to the lesson I give, so you may be stronger in this most dire time, and better equipped to confront the greatest enemy, should they rear their misshapen and belligerent heads!
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And what is the lesson you teach Magnus, Lieren?

>How to wield and harness the wind of Hysh, the white flame of purity and cleansing! The light that illuminates that which is secret, the blaze that heals and mends!

>The method of drawing a bow like the dead "God" Kurnous once did. The sure kill technique you were entrusted by a fragment of the hunter himself

>A lesson on what you know of the nature and abilities of Daemons and their habits, as well as the powers and influence of the six awakened discordant powers of the Empyrean.

>The martial art of the Night Crane Style, which you had made to counter psykerists like the two of you and wicked spirits and devils of the warp

>Write in

Quick question, would number 3 violate our vows again.

>>6301847
>The martial art of the Night Crane Style, which you had made to counter psykerists like the two of you and wicked spirits and devils of the warp

>>6301847
>How to wield and harness the wind of Hysh, the white flame of purity and cleansing! The light that illuminates that which is secret, the blaze that heals and mends!

>>6301847
Primarily this
>>A lesson on what you know of the nature and abilities of Daemons and their habits, as well as the powers and influence of the six awakened discordant powers of the Empyrean.
Followed by
>>>How to wield and harness the wind of Hysh, the white flame of purity and cleansing! The light that illuminates that which is secret, the blaze that heals and mends!

>>6301847
>How to wield and harness the wind of Hysh, the white flame of purity and cleansing! The light that illuminates that which is secret, the blaze that heals and mends!

Seems fitting for a world of chaos worshippers. Although when Lorgar first met Magnus he had thought him a demon, as him and sanguinius were the first to greet him with his father. Hope he can clear that misunderstanding from happening

>>6301847
>How to wield and harness the wind of Hysh, the white flame of purity and cleansing! The light that illuminates that which is secret, the blaze that heals and mends!
Let's make Magnus more yoked, pretty sure with his potential he can just true death daemon with hysh

>>6301847
>Winds of Hyesh

You get a demon killing wind, and you get a demon killing wind, YOU ALL GET A DEMON KILLING WIND.

Liren consistently finds something that works and just mass produces it to make it chaos' problem

>>6301847
>The martial art of the Night Crane Style, which you had made to counter psykerists like the two of you and wicked spirits and devils of the warp
Magnus may well be forced into a situation where it's too dangerous to rely on the warp, even for him. This will give him a specialized means of counteracting his likely enemies in such a scenario.

>>6301847
>How to wield and harness the wind of Hysh, the white flame of purity and cleansing! The light that illuminates that which is secret, the blaze that heals and mends!
>The martial art of the Night Crane Style, which you had made to counter psykerists like the two of you and wicked spirits and devils of the warp
Hysh is obligatory, but anons make a good point about Night Crane being a good emergency tool. I think Magnus will pick up on Hysh naturally even if we split the lesson, so including it is a good idea.

Didn't Magnus already know about Lorgar? I think he was there when Eldrad told us he would only let us save one brother and we chose Angron. I guess we never told him the details?

>>6301847
>A lesson on what you know of the nature and abilities of Daemons and their habits, as well as the powers and influence of the six awakened discordant powers of the Empyrean.

>Write in 1
Teach magnus [Containment] and [Paradox Creation], We will not leave him under equipped. If we cannot go then by all that is right our plundered Wisdom shall be put too use.

>Write in 2 [Kanzeon can do this while we teach]
"Magnus my brother while I may not be able to aid you my Son can, they have served beside myself, beside Angron...Please they will aid you."
[Send 100 of our Sons too assist Magnus in his mission, these sons shall be warded down to their very fucking bones with Sigils and Hysh. Both serving as a test bed for future generations but also to assist and protect magnus.] [We cant send a whole army but we can send an elite force to protect and assist]

>>6301847
>How to wield and harness the wind of Hysh, the white flame of purity and cleansing! The light that illuminates that which is secret, the blaze that heals and mends!

also, I'm certain magnus already knew about lorgar. He was at the meeting with the aeldari where they would only share the path to one brother and lieren chose angron in magnus' presence

>>6301847
>>How to wield and harness the wind of Hysh, the white flame of purity and cleansing! The light that illuminates that which is secret, the blaze that heals and mends!

having this fire should make Magnus's capabilities stronger and really make him an anti-demon nuke

>>6301847
>>The method of drawing a bow like the dead "God" Kurnous once did. The sure kill technique you were entrusted by a fragment of the hunter himself
Archer Magnus its time to hunt

>>6301847
>>How to wield and harness the wind of Hysh, the white flame of purity and cleansing! The light that illuminates that which is secret, the blaze that heals and mends!
Big Red more than likely has enough raw power. Maybe if we could have Kanzeon make special armor for him, that would help the most, but the transport issur remains.

We made a promise to Big E concerning the Daemonic and should not propagate this knowledge, even if Magnus is already informed.

Hysh should be fine, though. It might be better to shift Magnus' toolset to something more broadly usable.

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Calling the vote now. Feeling bright eyed and bushy tailed now. No idea what I was sick with, probably a stomach bug of somekind but it made me feel like death reheated.

Anyways

The martial art of the Night Crane Style, which you had made to counter psykerists like the two of you and wicked spirits and devils of the warp: 3

How to wield and harness the wind of Hysh, the white flame of purity and cleansing! The light that illuminates that which is secret, the blaze that heals and mends! 9

A lesson on what you know of the nature and abilities of Daemons and their habits, as well as the powers and influence of the six awakened discordant powers of the Empyrean.:2

Teach magnus [Containment] and [Paradox Creation]:1

Send 100 Space marines with Magnus:1

The method of drawing a bow like the dead "God" Kurnous once did. The sure kill technique you were entrusted by a fragment of the hunter himself: 1


Total vote: 13

Alright so the lesson lieren will pass onto Wise Magnus is the same he gave Eldrad, how to wield and harness the white wind of the warp, Hysh!

writing now

>>6301851
Big E and Uncle Malcador would probably think so, even if Magnus already knows about the evils of chaos/ the warp due to watching Be'lakor whip Lieren's ass/ his alchemical studies and research

"And what lesson do you intend to impart onto me, brother?" Magnus asks you as you compose yourself, reign in and leash your raging emotions, and focus your enmity and wroth to a razor fine spear tip

"The flame that mends, the very same that Guozhi lead me to, as he brought to you where Jian Qi hid away the secrets and mysteries of true alchemy" You tell him, nodding fervently as his eyes widen with amazement "Nothing less than the free wind of the Empyrean, the illuminating white light that purifies and cleanses as equally as it nurtures and heals. The White Flame. Hysh!"

"I'd sensed you'd gained a new power, but did not wish to interupt your grieving with pestering questions" He says, breathless as the two of you great men huddle together like boys who have found a bright and colorful lizard, as you, cusping it in the palms of both of your hands, show Magnus a flickering tongue of Hysh

"It is magnificent, brother" He says earnestly, voice rapt with awe as he kneels down and examines the wind that scours and burns away corruption, that can separate from mortal flesh the discordant spirit, that can reveal much more than any common torch or electrical light, that which may become a flame that mends and creates rather than destroy

"Is is not merely a saintly elixir, to ease suffering and alleviate pain, Magnus. It is also a weapon. When suitably channeled and form, it may become the flames of the pyre that burn away the essence of those most wicked of spirits. You...know that which I speak of, though through oath I cannot tell all I know" You tell him and Magnus clasps a red hand upon your shoulder and smiles knowingly

"I may know more than even you, Lieren" He says coyly "Though my methods and research are secret, even to our father"

"I do not fault you for your secrecy, he may react poorly, knowing how open you are to the changing of the great seas tides" You tell him "I know I need not instruct you much for you to learn how to wield and harness the winds of Hysh, so great is your wisdom and psionic potency, but I shall tell you all I know and all the ways it may be used, both kindly and violently"

"This is a kingly gift. But considering how you came to wield this light, as either a salve or a spear, I cannot accept it freely" Magnus, severely, explains, clasping his hands around yours, closing them "It is the last gift of your teacher, Guozhi who is said to have lived a thousand lives"

"And who taught me to philosophize and question the world and all I see" You fondly recollect "Who gave me support and grandfatherly kindness from the day I met him. But, brother, I cannot let you walk into the Panther's lair, without the poison that weakens their jaws and blunts their fangs and claws whilst tattering their unwholesome hides..."

"I am not refusing instruction. I am simply stating, brother, that I shall repay you in kind. A kingly gift exchange for one of equal value. Equivalent exchange" He explains with a wry fox's smile
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>>6302989

"A gift I should've shared earlier. If you would have it. I know, despite being something of a mystic yourself that you do not practice alchemy" He continues, pulling his hands from yours "That is fair I feel, and will make us both safer from the predators of the deeper waters. We have always shared our knowledge and views, from the day we first met by happenstance"

"For to call it fate, would be to admit that we were both fools" You laugh, and Magnus throws his head back to guffaw

"I have grown someone tired of hearing that favorite refrain of yours, for all the truth it contains" He admits good heartedly "So what say you brother, shall I make you an alchemist as you make me a master of the white flame you call Hysh?"

What do you tell Magnus, Lieren?

>Simply that you already have learned so much from him and still have so much more to learn from him, to accept such a gift from him. And that teaching him of Hysh and its powers is just a partial repayment for what he has taught you.

>Accept it, and note that he seemed over enthused to learn alchemy and reclaim it from Jian Qi and ask if he had prior experience with practicing its incomplete form?

>"You can repay me, when we meet and rejoin our father's crusade, my beloved brother"

>"No, no alchemy. I'd prefer to learn a new aspect of pyskerism itself, for you've practiced and mastered schools that are beyond my natural powers"

>Write in

>>6302990
>Accept it

He wants to share it, accept the brotherly bonding

>Accept it, and note that he seemed over enthused to learn alchemy and reclaim it from Jian Qi and ask if he had prior experience with practicing its incomplete form?

>>6302990
>>Accept it, and note that he seemed over enthused to learn alchemy and reclaim it from Jian Qi and ask if he had prior experience with practicing its incomplete form?

wonder what type of Alloys we can make with this

>>6302990
>>Accept it
>also suggest to Magnus that he picks up Angron for this mission if he can do this.

>>6302990
>>Accept it, and note that he seemed over enthused to learn alchemy and reclaim it from Jian Qi and ask if he had prior experience with practicing its incomplete form?

>>6302990
>Accept it, and note that he seemed over enthused to learn alchemy and reclaim it from Jian Qi and ask if he had prior experience with practicing its incomplete form?
Besides, what kind of cultivator doesn't have weird alchemy skills?

>>6302990
>Accept it
Sure bro, can't wait lieren enchanting his already cracked strength

>>6302990
as taught you.

>Accept it, and note that he seemed over enthused to learn alchemy and reclaim it from Jian Qi and ask if he had prior experience with practicing its incomplete form?p

>>6302990
>Accept it, and note that he seemed over enthused to learn alchemy and reclaim it from Jian Qi and ask if he had prior experience with practicing its incomplete form?

>>6302990
>Accept it, and note that he seemed over enthused to learn alchemy and reclaim it from Jian Qi and ask if he had prior experience with practicing its incomplete form?

finally I can vote

>>6302990
finally I can vote

>Accept it, and note that he seemed over enthused to learn alchemy and reclaim it from Jian Qi and ask if he had prior experience with practicing its incomplete form?

>>6302990
>Accept it, and note that he seemed over enthused to learn alchemy and reclaim it from Jian Qi and ask if he had prior experience with practicing its incomplete form?

>>6302990
>Accept it, and note that he seemed over enthused to learn alchemy and reclaim it from Jian Qi and ask if he had prior experience with practicing its incomplete form?

>>6302990
>>Accept it, and note that he seemed over enthused to learn alchemy and reclaim it from Jian Qi and ask if he had prior experience with practicing its incomplete form?

Malal here. Expect the update to come later tonight or tommorrow. Sorry for the really long wait, been busy and stressing because of it

>>6304940
its cool

>>6304940
Don't sweat it!

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Calling the vote now. Sorry again for the long wait

Accept it, and note that he seemed over enthused to learn alchemy and reclaim it from Jian Qi and ask if he had prior experience with practicing its incomplete form?:13
-: Suggest Magnus pick up Angron to take on the adventure well:1


Alright, so Lieren will accept Magnu's offers of alchemy lessons and ask if he had prior experience with it before Guozhi's final lesson

Writing now

total votes: 13

"Who am I too refuse such a brotherly gift?" You laugh, and pat your hand on his shoulder nodding before your expression sags as you ponder and present a question to Magnus "But, this enthusiasm of the alchemical arts, does recall to me the excitement you had to be taught the ancient methods via reclaiming and redeeming them from the foul clutches of Jian Qi. Which does make me wonder if you'd practiced the lesser, corrupt forms of alchemy prior to attaining its true state and form"

With a hint of shame or surprise, Magnus dips his chin in a humble nod

"I had attempted to teach and master alchemy without instruction, but it was as you called it, rudimentary. Lesser" he answers with a nod "And, I assure you, though the materials and catalysts were derived from Warp Energies and taken from warp entities, I was extremely cautious in my experiments and learned, through careful tests and rigorous studies, how to extract useful reagents from thoughtforms and spiritual bodies while removing the underling corruptive potential of the energies thus derived from the process"

"Fascinating" You admit with a nod "And i imagine your practice has only improved, now that you comprehended and wield the true wisdoms of alchemy"

"You are correct. The success rate of my alchemy trials has increased nearly ten fold since I've adopted the true methods and rations of alchemy" He answers with nearly smug smile "Though, I'm only as adept an alchemist as I am now, because I had experience with the degenerated form of alchemy I'd started experimenting with, prior to realizing it in all its entirety and complexity"

"I must admit, I do find some grim satisfaction to hear you've used slain evil spirits as ingredients in poultices and alchemical solutions" You admit with a giggling tilt, as Magnus nods along as you can sense Giggling Maid howling with laughter, teetering on the edge of a vast cliff, with feathers woven through her flowing wrought iron colored hair.

And to no surprise at all, Magnus lifts his head, eyes narrowed curiously as he asks you an unspoken question as he to senses the presence of The Giggling Maid.

"A passenger and constant companion of mine" You answer with a shrug "Wandering and playing some where far a field, I'd not risk either of us being distracted by her joyous presence, so introductions will have to wait"

But you could tell that Magnus understood your relationship with Giggling Maid and how the two of you were both one and the same and separate beings and could see within his chest be fanned a flame of inspiration. You are certain your ever joyful spirit will encounter your red skinned brother sooner rather than later, in your company or not

"Well, putting aside the apparent Avatar of yourself rippling the great sea" He says, speaking of her as if she was any other rambunctious and ill behaved child "let us begin our mutual lessons and exchange of knowledge, without further delay or distraction"
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>>6305211

"I have no arguments against it" You agree, nodding as you sit cross legged and with your hands upon your knees "Let us both become alchemists and wielders of the white flame"

"A poetic way of terming it, but let us share our gifts, given to us by the teacher we both tended to in his final hours" Your brother concurs and with a wave of his hand, brings into being a library of tombs, scrolls and scriptures, a replica of his own personal study in the physical world

"Take any record to begin with, you are man of intense passion and even stronger drive" He instructs, remaining seated meditatively as he waves his hand "I will assist you in your study, but, much as I will see how Hysh shapes itself in my own hand and power, I trust and know that you will form these initial and novice lessons of alchemy into your unique and utmostly efficent design"

"We know eachother to well, brother" You laugh

"You've the advantage of having eyes that discern the truth of all you bear witness to, Lieren" He says in jest, though that is the truth of the matter "And adaptation, that perhaps Hysh's aspect of illumination will allow me to ape to some degree"

"If you ever find yourself missing an eye, I have one spare" You snicker, as you slap your knee and stand "But enough joking, let us get to our studies without further delay"

And which book do you use as the foundation of your Alchemical practice, Lieren?

>Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury, Refinement of Warpstone and its uses

>Almanac of Spirits and their internal treasures.

>Spiritual Toxins and Warp Venoms, and their sources.

>A list of the successful medicine pills and spirit derived elixirs Magnus has made

>Write in

>>6305212
>Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury, Refinement of Warpstone and its uses

as damage to the colony ship releases warp radiation that results in warpstone, learning how to transform into something safe seems prudent. being able to use it afterwards is just efficient.

It also means we have a technological source for our reagents instend of diving into the warp or summoning daemons to render down.

>>6305212
>Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury, Refinement of Warpstone and its uses

>>6305212
>Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury, Refinement of Warpstone and its uses
Eyy Mercury shit emperor snort

>>6305212
>Warp silver and wyrdmercury

>>6305212
>>A list of the successful medicine pills and spirit derived elixirs Magnus has made
Magic pill we can use to help people and strengthen Psykers
Can we eventually expand our studies beyond the picked option?

>>6305212
>Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury, Refinement of Warpstone and its uses

>>6305212
>>Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury, Refinement of Warpstone and its uses
We might be able to make alloys / amalgams with it. Maybe even with star metal?

>>6305212
>>6305212
>Write in
"Dear brother might i suggest something, a small trial that may well assist? Long have I been able to wear the mantle of another, able to share some of my capasity and sight in a queer manner. With your permission i would do so with you, form this connection as we work to study. Our minds shall see into one another, emotion and understanding in a true sense!"
[Mantle Magnus to link us for study!]

>Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury, Refinement of Warpstone and its uses
WE CAN FIX THE CAVE OUR WIFE WAS UNDER!

>>6305212
>Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury, Refinement of Warpstone and its uses

Chinese Alchemy Go!

>>6305212
>Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury, Refinement of Warpstone and its uses

>>6305212
>>Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury, Refinement of Warpstone and its uses

>>6305518
You are voting for cultivation story treasure/artifact crafting.
Pills and elixirs is Chinese alchemy

I have to ask. What do people want to achieve with alchemy?

>>6306268
Turn the radioactive warp chemical spill sites into a useful resoruce that wont harm shangrala or long jia

>>6306315
We already cleaned them up though.

>>6306350
cleaned up, yeah.
Not made useful.

We're getting an alchemy lesson anyway, this is the best of the options for us by my count.

>>6306430
Best is very much subjective here.

>Almanac of Spirits and their internal treasures.
Would allow us to erode chaos's strength by turning them into resources.
>Spiritual Toxins and Warp Venoms, and their sources.
Would allow greater understanding of a very dangerous threat and allow us to nullify stuff like the Anathame.
>A list of the successful medicine pills and spirit derived elixirs Magnus has made
Probably the most versatile, this is the Xianxia pill option.

>>6306431
the medicines I flatly discount, can't be arsed with them. Xianxia theming is alright for flavour but I'm not treating 40k by cultivator rules.

almanac of spirits is interesting but just interesting. We kill spirits, I don't see any great desire to hunt them for reagents. And if we need something we can just ask magnus.

Toxins IS somewhat useful, and could aid the nameless in their purposes. However now consider that to handle such things invites questions, so it is solely for the nameless.

but warpsilver and stone is a radioactive rock. This is knowledge that is easily swept under the imperial truth, and that makes it disseminable to laymen presuming no ingredients require a psyker or spiritual ingredients are needed.

>>6306434
>presuming no ingredients require a psyker or spiritual ingredients are needed
Anon. This is Xianxia magic artifact crafting. It requires psykers and spiritual ingredients.
>We kill spirits, I don't see any great desire to hunt them for reagents.
It's like you forgot Lieren is a hunter. If he can permkill daemons and harvest stuff from them all the better.
>Xianxia theming is alright for flavour but I'm not treating 40k by cultivator rules.
All of the options are 40k filtered through Xianxia lenses. That ship sailed long ago.

>>6305212
>>Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury, Refinement of Warpstone and its uses

>>6306439
There is a difference between theme, and rules.
a man cannot surpass a primarch without being a psyker, and being a psyker is pain. Most men without a god at their back will never match or exceed a space marine regardless of their training regimen.

you get a few, and those few have names, which makes them OP.

>Forgot lieren is a hunter
Yeah yeah, man of many aspects, I have read the same quest as you. But we have other shit to be doing, including admin, expansion and other prosperity inducing things. Hunting demons without a greater goal is a time sink and a diversion, it's better to have a resource we can just mass produce to use, like the warpstones.

And again, if we need anything made from a spirits body, just ask magnus. He'd probably give us the recipie.

>Magic artifact crafting.
Maybe, maybe not. It's refining raw radioactive warpstone into a usable psy-material. That can be done without psychic powers.
But if it can't, we can still give it to the Wanderers.

and if it requires spiritual ingredients then I kinda don't want it anymore.

>>6306468
>it's better to have a resource we can just mass produce to use, like the warpstones.
Again not actually possible. We've seen how alchemy works from the Magnus POVs. You use soulfire (literally fire from your soul) to refine the warpstones with spiritual ingredients to produce magical bullshit. This is the similar case for the other options.

Also forgot to mention something for >>6306430. We did make them useful by using them as part of a ship core.

>There is a difference between theme, and rules.
>a man cannot surpass a primarch without being a psyker, and being a psyker is pain. Most men without a god at their back will never match or exceed a space marine regardless of their training regimen.
This isn't even strictly true in 40k. The main reason humans can't challenge Primarchs is because humanity suffer a widespread collapse before being fucked 40k ways into submission. Humanity is currently being reduced to cattle you are declaring they could never challenge a Primarch.

>>6306439
>All of the options are 40k filtered through Xianxia lenses. That ship sailed long ago.
Xiancia is not really an explicit part of the current options. Reminder: Magnus, the Thousand Sons, and Prospero are Egypt-themed. Moreover, western alchemy more than likely comes from the (Hellenistic Egyptian) Ptolemaic Kingdom.

>>6306574
So? Eastern alchemy and Western Alchemy have different focuses but are thematically reskins of each other. The western equivalent of xianxia artifact refining would be like the the dwarves crafting the chains to bind Fenrir or a god crafting a silver arm. Pills and potions are glorified reskins. Useful treasures from a spirit's body is like Heracles getting his cloak from the lion or getting the horn of a unicorn. The poison one is pretty much universal lol.
Xianxia isn't that different from western "heroic" stories, it's just more like superhero bullshit.

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Calling the vote now. Sorry for the wait

Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury, Refinement of Warpstone and its uses: 11

A list of the successful medicine pills and spirit derived elixirs Magnus has made:1

"Dear Brother....etc": 1

Alright, so Lieren will learn how to create and use Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury from Magnus's extensive collection of alchemical notes/ manuals

Writing now

Total votes:12

The record that catches your eye and interest is a treatise concerning the refinement of and the use of the resulting purified material created from alchemically processing and transfiguring that most dangerous of Discord infused gem that had brought upon both the advent and doom of the prior generation of Tigerfolk and that had wrought painful and mindbreaking mutations on dabbling and desperate sorcerers.

"Warpsilver and Wyrdmercury" You hum as Magnus nods approvingly as you take the book, bound in a fur not unlike the stretched and tanned hide of a fine summer heart, with dappled gold and cream colors covering and stretched over the pages of papyrus and etched silver and brass

"Ah, I've only recently began experimenting with the substance myself. It was one of the mysteries the cretin that haunted Guozhi and whom corrupted most sources of alchemy in the material world had kept locked and hidden away" He explains as you throw open the book and squint, watching as arcane glyphs and alien language squirm like a host of industrious ants, reorganizing themselves into the shape of Long-Jianese characters and script

"A simple psychological enchantment, a translation sorcery" Magnus tells you as you glance over the top of the page and you accept his answer readily

While a psyker would find the task of refining warpstone safer and have greater ease performing the necessary steps to render the raw crystal into the substance called Warpsilver or Wyrdmercury, an alchemist born unblessed with psykerism or a true sorcerer would be capable of the process as well, if they had the proper tools and knowledge. And took great precautions to not be exposed to the raw energies of chaos released by the crystal as it is broken down into Warpsilver. And you quickly catch on as Magnus shows you how Witchflame can serve as the catalyst to melt and refine the crystals, that the sudden cooling required to purge the Wrydmercury of impurities and corruption, while it could be accomplished with sanctified oils, pure water or simple winter air or snow, the chilled breath of Arianka or her silvery moonlight is results in a quicker reaction and results in a higher quality Mercury once its vapors are collected and recondenced.

And considering the gilded flames ever scorching your soul burn hotter and more fiercely than ordinary witchflames or warpfire, and the cool water and ice of Arianka's gifted moon light is of great purity and cold than commonplace warpfrost or Empyrean Ice, you are perhaps the practitioner most naturally equipped and adaptted to create Warpsilver! Which your brother finds quite amusing. The two of you also briefly experiment with replacing the light or fire of Hysh at any stage of the process, exchanging it for the heat or cooling system, but quickly determine that the white wind will either be stilled and snuffed out or reduce the Raw Warpstone to impotent and inert dust; Which is however a fine dyeing pigment.

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>>6307075

And while you accustom and practice every stage of the process of creating Wyrdmercury, both with mundane catalysts, heat and cold, the sort that can be conjured or created by most psykerists, and the Golden Flame and Silver Moonlight you can channel freely, Magnus acquaints himself with Hysh.

And proves just as apt a wielder of the white flame as you are a creator of Warpsilver. He approaches it cynically, scientifically, experimenting and measuring each of its uses before incorporating them and defining them into proper techniques and pysker wielded powers. In his hands, it appears as a wind of white sands, dancing in the air around him like ribbons of silk as he practices the techniques and powers you had taught him and invents many more of his own with as much ease as drawing lines in a clay tablet. You are awed by his presence and authority as he works, and see how he had become the sorcerer king of a world populated solely by psykerist like yourselves. An inheritor of ancient traditions, paving new ground and challenging the great sea he so freely swims and strides through

"Marvelous" is truly the only word to describe the way he held and composed himself as he worked with the white wind.

And, while you had learned quickly how to refine warpstone in Wyrdmercury/Warpsilver, you'd learned a trick as you'd been repeating, memorizing and making the process as efficient and effective for the layman as it was for yourself, you learned that you could outright manipulate and control the substance through its Qi.

And had already created a weapon out of it, that you dubbed "Viper Dragon's Mane", a Frechette of needles formed and hardened out of the raw Warpsilver that could be used as a deadly storm of poison darts and a conduit for Psykerist Energies, or Qi, if that was the term one preferred to throw around. And that you can hide these needles, in an unassuming vial of Wrydmercury.

And what do you do once you and Magnus have finished teaching eachother, Lieren?

>Return to Shangrala and see the results of the first wave of Aspirants' training and travels across the Shangralan sphere of space

>Assist the Generals of Long-Jia in creating Specialized Abhuman and Xenos irregular units, as the empire's growing borders invites greater risks and conflict

>Visit the world of Massacre with Kanzeon, and learn of the world and their people

>See what Wyrdmercury will do to a dark eldar, hunting a few through the webway, simply because you cannot tolerate a slaver to live.

>Write in

Also, of the Xenos and Abhumans in Long-Jia/ the Stellar Shangralan Empire, which are your favourites? Just curious.

>>6307077
>See what Wyrdmercury will do to a dark eldar, hunting a few through the webway, simply because you cannot tolerate a slaver to live.

>>6307077
>See what it does to a dark eldar
Fuck you elf

And I'm fond of New Varro's people. cause no way they are baseline humans

>>6307077
>See what Wyrdmercury will do to a dark eldar, hunting a few through the webway, simply because you cannot tolerate a slaver to live.

Love killin' slavers.

>6307077
>Write in
Ask if Magnus would be so willing to take fifty of your sons too assist him (A planet of zealots can still end him and if the veil wares thin from too much magic shit will hit the fan)

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Then return home to Shangrala and sue our new craft to purify the carverns above where our beloved once rested of the meteric tons of corrupted warpstone making it into something useful.

>Assist the Generals of Long-Jia in creating Specialized Abhuman and Xenos irregular units, as the empire's growing borders invites greater risks and conflict
This is our era as a general as well as a hunter, we must look at a bigger picture and ensure Shangrala is able to stand strong without us when the Crusade arrives.

>>6307144
>Then return home to Shangrala and sue our new craft to purify the carverns above where our beloved once rested of the meteric tons of corrupted warpstone making it into something useful.
We put it back into the ships. You know the same place where it leaked from. There was never any real to leave it around after we cleaned it up so we put it back into the ship cores to fix them because that was the logical move.

>>6307077

>See what Wyrdmercury will do to a dark eldar, hunting a few through the webway, simply because you cannot tolerate a slaver to live.
Wonder what warpgold and warpiron will be like.

>>6307077
>See what Wyrdmercury will do to a dark eldar, hunting a few through the webway, simply because you cannot tolerate a slaver to live.
c'mere you being that loved pain

>>6307077
>>Visit the world of Massacre with Kanzeon, and learn of the world and their people

>>6307077
>Visit the world of Massacre with Kanzeon, and learn of the world and their people
We're never going to go to Massacre are we?

>>6307077

>Return to Shangrala and see the results of the first wave of Aspirants' training and travels across the Shangralan sphere of space

Im curious guys what do you see our Legion developing into? What special units do you envision? What is our role in the crusade officially or off the books? I wrote up the 'Lair Dogma' and wanted to expand on a way I belive the Legion could florish.

I envision the Legion as a Fleet Based force whom send Journeymen vessels to pick up recruits from the verious 'Aspirant Worlds' and bringing them to our fleet. The Reason si I belive given our roaming nature a fleet would be most viable, it would allow us to move assets easily as well as that it could protect our Beloved and the in laws. Such a structure would also allow us or our sons to slip around here and there for more quiet stuff while providing a roaming fortress fleet.... besides you can't siege us if they cant find us! Also allowing us to fortify planets we want to hold from a position of superiority.

In the crusade I belive our Legion would fill two roles, one public and one private.

>Public
We're the support team working alongside mortal forces and being anchors within them, the Second Legion's reputation and social attitudes already helpping, we can evena ssist other legions since msot don't really like none Astartes that much.

>Private
Due to our public face we'd be all over the palce seeing all manner of things and mixing around alot, enough that we can have our veterans/elites act as anti chaos units under the guise of 'Cognito Containment'/Anti-warp fuckery.

In regards to Lieren's personal role once again in all likelyhood we'll become the Emperor's Exorsist/Tracker. We'd be a closer for things he want DONE by descretly. Meanwhile given our abilities and general aptitudes I could almost see us becoming the 'Lancer' to our brothers. Providing alternate views and such

>>6307077
>See what Wyrdmercury will do to a dark eldar, hunting a few through the webway, simply because you cannot tolerate a slaver to live.

I like the Nosa Rubigin. They seem like they are just happy to be here.
Though I also like plant people in general so I'm biased.

>>6307077
>Also, of the Xenos and Abhumans in Long-Jia/ the Stellar Shangralan Empire, which are your favourites? Just curious.
Probably the tigerfolk, the Alf-Harim, and the Nosa Rubigen. All of them are interesting in their own ways.

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Malal here, just coming around to apologies for the long wait, which is unfortunately going to be longer cause I've caught something again (Nurgle won't leave me be), and feel just awful. I'll call the vote once I feel okay/ well enough to write, but right now I'm just too woozy and nauseas to since I'm afraid I'll pass out at the keyboard or throw up on it.

Sorry again guys.

>>6307077
>Return to Shangrala and see the results of the first wave of Aspirants' training and travels across the Shangralan sphere of space

>Assist the Generals of Long-Jia in creating Specialized Abhuman and Xenos irregular units, as the empire's growing borders invites greater risks and conflict

>>6307077
>>Return to Shangrala and see the results of the first wave of Aspirants' training and travels across the Shangralan sphere of space
>>Assist the Generals of Long-Jia in creating Specialized Abhuman and Xenos irregular units, as the empire's growing borders invites greater risks and conflict

the mushrooms guys despite being enemies at first are interesting. The species in general are quite nice.

Malal here, pretty sure I've caught covid. So that blows. Enjoyed reading who your guys fav friendly xenos were. Going to call the vote soon, so hopefully the wait wont be much longer despite how fuckin awful I feel rn

>>6309434
Shit, take care of yourself Malal. I hear it's shaping up to be a rough flu season.

>>6309434
please stay safe malal.

>>6307077

>See what Wyrdmercury will do to a dark eldar, hunting a few through the webway, simply because you cannot tolerate a slaver to live.

Finally caught up! My first vote since...fuck since the butcher's war

>>6309532
>>6309493
I agree with those two, get well soon.

Calling the vote now. Sorry for the excessively long wait

See what Wyrdmercury will do to a dark eldar, hunting a few through the webway, simply because you cannot tolerate a slaver to live.:

Ask if Magnus would be so willing to take fifty of your sons too assist him;1

Assist the Generals of Long-Jia in creating Specialized Abhuman and Xenos irregular units, as the empire's growing borders invites greater risks and conflict:3

Then return home to Shangrala and sue our new craft to purify the carverns above where our beloved once rested of the meteric tons of corrupted warpstone making it into something useful.:1

Return to Shangrala and see the results of the first wave of Aspirants' training and travels across the Shangralan sphere of space:3

Visit the world of Massacre with Kanzeon, and learn of the world and their people:2

Total votes:15

So Lieren will perform a scientific study of the effects Wyrdmercury has upon the shriveled souls of dark eldar

>>6309541
Ey! Welcome back! Long time no see amigo

>>6309493
>>6309532
>>6309855
Your well wishes worked, cause I swear I went from feeling like I was on the verge of death yesterday to just having a bit of a stuffy nose this morning.

The interloper was haunting the reaches of the Webway. The mistwalker had been brought once more to interfere upon rightful Aeldari territory by their misguided and naive craftworld cousins. Truly, they may not have intended to release the monkeigh as a predator upon the Labrinth, but it had become known that when the crux of the gilded sea of emotion, of putrid comradery and care for others strode across the webway, they would inevitably make sport of hunting down right minded Aeldari like Brakos and his coterie.

They had been promised a place beside the throne of the lord of the stellar hunt and safe refuge in the manses of the high nobility, if they could only draw a drop of blood and thread of divine agony from the fiery eyed ogre. What presumptuous, arrogant fools they had been. The fog had rolled in, unnatural and warp touched, Lieren had wanted them to know they were his next quarry and that he intended to toy with them and prolong their demise, clearly. For what other reason could there have been to alert their prey of his presence? Brakos knew not, and could only imagine the depths of depravity and raw sadism the demi divinity was capable of. He had the displeasure of being on the wrong end of the hunt for days, and even now he could scarcely comprehend how his cohort had been decimated.

The master of the inverted eight fold path, did not move their hands from behind their back. They carried no spear or polearm, nor rifle or cannon. They made use of no psionic powers or sorcerous calls. And they had not even used the skills of a hunter of base beasts, notching no arrows nor even excising their greater brute strength to maul his companions. Rather, with all the concern of a noble waltzing and weaving between slave pens, Lieren approached, casually and confident, with a pace like a spider inching across its web, only sometimes joined by the abomination Brakos had heard he had taken as a bride, but more often alone and entirely serene. An entirely certain of their overwhelming superiority.

Liquid metal shaped into Flechettes, finer than hairs, would shoot through the fog, piercing through the bodies of those the fog strider deemed undeserving of his attention. Which had proven to be the entirety of Brakos' raiding party. And it was testament Lieren's cruelty, that he'd so apathetically poison them with a toxin beyond any knowledge of the old empire. Brakos knew not what dark pacts the giant had made to wield such virulent venom, but he had seen it drive mad one by one the members of his cohorts. It inflicted an illness of the mind, eventually. Before it reached that stage, however, more often than not the victim would be dispatched swiftly with witch flame, warp ice, or white hot lightning, as clearly the giant's all seeing eyes could discern their suffering would not satisfy him as the toxic metals other victims would.
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>>6309952

For why else would Lieren kneel beside them, clearly aware they were being watched by the survivors to hold dialogue with and converse as equals with those unfortunate few who survived the venom long enough. It must've been an experiment or performative art of somekind.

Brakos did not know. And not a soul would know, for his luck had ran out, and he had been infected, and no matter how he tried to tear out the offending needles from his flesh, the blissful agony of self mutilation no longer felt at all pleasurable. It had been replaced with...a cold. A deep, yawning abyss, somewhere where his heart supposedly was. He felt feverish. Afraid even. Something was rebelling within him, and though he tried to focus, like flashes of dark light, every time he tried to devout his thoughts to survival, instead his mind filled with images of his past transgression

Transgressions?

"Ah, so you are one of the tragic few, who have buried their heart behind a mask of sneering sadism and cruel apathy" Lieren whispered sadly, Brakos could not find the strength to raise his hands

"You" He rasped, stomach lurching as his head felt like it was lit on fire

"Know that I didn't prolong your or any of your band's suffering, I simply saw the potential for introspection, for regret and shame, and tried to fan the lonely spark within your stone cold hearts' He said, apologetically and oddly comfortingly as he knelt down and brushed a hand across his scarred, bleeding cheek "Those who were incapable of reflection, who were born without hearts to feel remorse, who could never feel disgust for their vile ways, I dispatched quickly"


"But the others...Me" Brakos whined weakly, tears filling his eyes "What did you do to us, why did you let me suffer"

"A sliver of hope. That your mind could endure the sudden weight of realizing, that all of the evil deeds you've done had been meaningless, that all your cruelty and wickedness amounted to nothing, that you could've been better, if you had chosen to. And that you had consciously decided to become a blackguard and villain, that the sole fault of a lifetime of atrocities and ill deeds belongs solely to..." He explains, voice heavy and weary and Brakos realizes he has had this conversation before, with the others who've had their skulls cracked open so they may be forcefully enlightened, by having the curtain of motive and self deception cast aside, so they may gaze upon a mirror reflecting the true abhorence and monstrosity of themselves

Oh Lieren was cruel beyond comprehension. And kinder than Brakos could've believed. Tears ran hot down his cheeks, as he relived vividly every wrong doing and misdeed he had committed in his long life.

"Help me" He pleaded

Lieren sadly shook his head
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>>6309953

"I cannot. Forcing another upon a new path and way of life, is as abhorrent as any other form of tyranny" He explained sagely "Nor is it right to force one who has decided to end their lives on their own terms, with full clarity of mind, to persist in living"

"Please!" He wailed, gripping onto the hems of his robe

"All I can do is stay by your side. By all rights and laws, you should die. It would not be punishment enough for your centuries long spree of murderer, slaving and more heinous crimes" He said, patting a hand on his trembling shoulder "If you believe yourself capable of change, or redemption, I shall guide you on the first step, but know that such a journey would take longer than you have lived now"

Black bile rouse in his throat, and Brakoz nodded and stood resolute, suffering through the agony of his new sense of conscience
and morality, and the overwhelming urge to simply end the emotional pain and self loathing with a flick of the knife across his own spidery throat. But, something kept his hand from his dagger. It wasn't out of fear for the pain its serrated edge or alien toxin coated deep into the molecules of the blade would inflict, but something else.

All of his cohort had died, either at Lieren's hands or their own. Only six of sixty six, including himself, had their minds and hearts expanded by the odd spiritual poison the giant had given them.

And, despite knowing all of them were just as repugnant monsters as he had made himself, Brakos felt...responsibility. To tell others that they had lived, that five of their number had the potential to be better than themselves, than their forebearers and ancestors. That he could wipe away the grime and malaise of his species, and find meaning and purpose, unafraid, that he could, step by step, find some form of redemption and forgiveness for a lifetime of inarguably vile acts and pure evil
_

"You've passed the test, Brakos" You tell the drooling Aeldari, whose black eyes have gained a new shine, as you gently help him up to his shaking feet "Of six, you alone had the inner strength to endure the sudden realization of your own villany, and of sixty six, you were one of a noble and virtuous hearted six, who had despite they bleak and black society they had been born into, the cruel and cutthroat way of life they were brought up in, had retained a seed of innocence, of morality and virtue, that had long ago been culled from your branch of the species"

"It hurts....it hurts" Brakos cried into your chest, sobbing uglily as you offered him a shoulder to cry on and solid ground to find his footing "All...all those things I've done. I've been blind for so long. I've lead them to their deaths, out of pure greed and selfishness. I can't...I can't be forgiven for that, not for that or the countless other atrocities these scar knotted hands have committed! I can't. No one could"
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>>6309954

"Yet you could still find redemption, even if you'd find it only in a single good act that ripples outwards and brings great harmony and prosperity to but a single world. I could kill you, release you from your guilt. I could hang you high, as I have done to countless slaver and tyrants before. But, you are deserving a second chance, if only because your people never allowed you a first" You tell him "Stand proud, Brakos, you've shown the world you have a heart after all. And the self inflicted wounds you've inflicted upon it will not be so easily healed"

And what do you do, now that you've discovered the curious property of YOUR wyrdmercury to be able to rejuvenate a dark eldar's conscience, Lieren?

>Grant Brakos a new name and purpose, and wish him luck on his road to redemption

>Catalogue the odd effect and the other, less desirable and lethal affects Wyrdmercury can hav

>Leave the dark eldar seeking redemption to find it on his own terms, and travel back to the Long-Jian sphere to aid in its fortification/ expansions

>Seek Giggling Maid's council, and that of a few other friendly spirits, and ask what should be done with Brakos

>Write in

>>6309947
fuckin, somehow missed that I forgot to list "See what Wyrdmercury will do" as getting the 7 votes it got. My bad

>>6309955

>Catalogue the odd effect and the other, less desirable and lethal affects Wyrdmercury can hav

>Leave the dark eldar seeking redemption to find it on his own terms, and travel back to the Long-Jian sphere to aid in its fortification/ expansions

Can do the first on the way to the second

>>6309955
>Leave the dark eldar seeking redemption to find it on his own terms, and travel back to the Long-Jian sphere to aid in its fortification/ expansions
>Write in
"Take time, seek out the Exodites and find peace in harmony... allow yourself time to think, to be still and not drown yourself in sensations. Live among them and find peace then once you have that clarity your heart will reveal your new purpose too you. Go now.

https://youtu.be/oJ09xdxzIJQ?t=151 [Look I know Overwatch went to dogshit pretty quick but giving this fellow a hanzo arc combined witht he main character from last Samurai could be kinda neat.]

>>6309955
>Grant Brakos a new name and purpose, and wish him luck on his road to redemption

>>6309955
>Grant Brakos a new name and purpose, and wish him luck on his road to redemption
Go on be the new guy my man

>>6309955
>Grant Brakos a new name and purpose, and wish him luck on his road to redemption
>Write in
>Suggest him to seek his own path, yes, but offer a possibility to consider if in his alone wandering for find redemption he will feel lost and in need of guidance. To seek Amatheon, a friend of yours and a fellow journeymen. Lastly gift him a copy of the Journey before leaving.


I can feel the seething of the Kabal of the Stellar Hunt. Having your hired blades and guns so defeated, and in fact turned on the "Ogre" side its such a blow to their rep it will be a wonder if they will not self combust upon hearing the news. The nations of Shangrila and the "Ogre" have dealt them more than one blow too.

Such a little action, that might one day effect the galaxy at large in the future culturally. I love this.

He has a long journey ahead to redeem himself. Its hard to say if he could enter one day in the ranks of eldar journeymen, but i think coming in contact with Amatheon and reading the Journey could help him by having a "northern light" so to speak in his path toward redemption. He has much to walk and do for rid himself of all those sins.

>>6309955
>Catalogue the effects

>>6309955
>Grant Brakos a new name and purpose, and wish him luck on his road to redemption

>Catalogue the odd effect and the other, less desirable and lethal affects Wyrdmercury can hav

>>6309967
>seek out the Exodites and find peace in harmony
That's OOC information.

>>6309955
>Grant Brakos a new name and purpose, and wish him luck on his road to redemption

>Catalogue the odd effect and the other, less desirable and lethal affects Wyrdmercury can hav

>>6309955
>>Grant Brakos a new name and purpose, and wish him luck on his road to redemption
>Catalogue the odd effect and the other, less desirable and lethal affects Wyrdmercury can hav

>>6309955
>Grant Brakos a new name and purpose, and wish him luck on his road to redemption

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Calling the vote now. Sorry for the really long wait.

Catalogue the odd effect and the other, less desirable and lethal affects Wyrdmercury can have:5

Leave the dark eldar seeking redemption to find it on his own terms, and travel back to the Long-Jian sphere to aid in its fortification/ expansions:2

"Take time, seek out the exodites...etc": 1

Grant Brakos a new name and purpose, and wish him luck on his road to redemption:7

Suggest him to seek his own path, yes, but offer a possibility to consider if in his alone wandering for find redemption he will feel lost and in need of guidance. To seek Amatheon, a friend of yours and a fellow journeymen. Lastly gift him a copy of the Journey before leaving.:1

Total votes:10

So Lieren will grant Brakos a new name and purpose, wishing him luck on his journey in search of redemption and then catalogue the odd effect and other, less desirable, lethal and other wise anomalous powers of Wyrdmercury can have, especially in its purest form

Writing now

"Allow me to present you with an option. Forsake your old name, forget Brakos, and abandon the identity of the Villain you were raised to be" You suggest, raising a finger as you keep the weeping man whose realized all of his life's deeds were nothing but the thrashing of a caged and terrified animal, nearly crying just from witnessing the immense and deep sea of regret now welling up within his damaged and tortured soul "Make for yourself a new self, a fresh purpose, free from the stain of the society that made you a demon. Reinvent yourself, and grasp this second chance of life with both hands and seek out a destiny as the sun rises in east"

"A new name. And that would help lessen this disgust and loathing I feel in my own skin?" The aeldari once known as Brakos asks

"It will be a temporary cure, I admit, but it will give you a sturdy foundations to accomplish the work to rebuild the tower of your life, stable ground to reorient and decide upon the three views you can live a life acceptable to your own standards and beliefs. A mask to wear, while you renew your perspective and learn how to experience a world that is not so heartless and pointlessly cruel" You tell them and they nod slowly, contemplating and digesting the thought

"If it will reduce the pain, give me a chance to leave what I am, what I was, behind, I shall take it. as a means to escape the shadows that have haunted me since birth" They hoarsely tell you "I won't relapse, I promise you, I'll repay this mercy. Somehow, Human"

"Then, as you cast aside the trappings of the old Aeldari empire utterly this day, then I shall gift you a Long-Jianese name to replace the Aeldari name you have carried as you've committed many dark and infamous deeds" You tell them, nodding along and stroking your chin in thought of what name, temporary or lasting, would be suitable for the once rabid dog looking out at the world with new found clarity and perspective, seeking forgiveness for all the wrong doings committed out of necessity and for self preservation. Seeking like roots plunging deep into the earth searching for water beneath parched earth.

"From now on, you shall call yourself and be known as Gen. Its meaning in Long-Jianese is root" You explain to them "embrace it, or find your own new identity in the crucible of hardship and introspection"

"Roots. The first part of a plant to leave the seed. The beginning of even the mightiest of trees. Humble. Surrounded by filth and unseen and unappreciated. Yes. A suitable name, for one who has chosen to toss aside all they had to begin from nothing, out of disgust for the finery and means they'd gone to possess it all" They reflect

"Then, Gen, today you've been born. Mark it as you the first hour of your life and be blessed, for most newborns are born squalling and helpless, rather than as warriors with centuries of experience in surviving the harshest of battlefields" You tell him and turn to leave him to find his own way.
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"Wait, Mon...Master, don't you have a philosophy? A text you call the journey, that its followers say provides the answers to all the ills and sufferings of the world?" He asked frantically, racing to keep pace with you

"Indeed I do, and you may find one of my free ranged disciples to ask them of my philosophical work, Gen, but I consider it an act of tyranny to force another to walk any path. Even one similar to my own. The Journey is nothing, but a suggestion, musings and observations I've made, lessons I believe others would find their lives improved if they listen and truly take them to heart" You explain softly "But, it may not be your path. And it'd be cruel beyond measure to push you to adopt my personal philosophy when you're at your most vulnerable. Walk the roads, see the countryside, and decide if you need guidance after you've been left alone with nothing by your wandering thoughts. And if you cannot find a student of the Journey"

You hand them a copy written in Aeldari script

"Break the seal on this book, and read" You tell them "But do not think your only path towards redemption and forgiveness can be found within the text, and search instead somewhere nearer, like the agony of your wounded heart that feels loathing for your prior misdeeds. Listen and have conversation with your empathy and consciousness first, and meditate on that pain"

Gen nods, and the two of you part ways. You cup your hand as you bow and as you stand, retrieve a pen and parchment to begin recording the unusual effect Wyrdmercury had had on the black natured aeldari who had a hidden and deeply buried consciousness and badly battered sense of empathy locked away in their stone cold hearts, as well as the other more lethal and less desirable powers it holds. And by time you're done cataloging the ways Wyrdmercury could kill and cripple, your mind over flows with its medicinal and protective properties, so you begin a second chapter recording them and by time you're a quarter of the way through and half a thousand pages of parchment deep in the chapter already, with each page recording several medicines, treatments and ways of using Warpsilver as a protective and preventive measure against spiritual attack and sickness, you realize it would also be wise to record the differences between the different levels of quality and purity of Wyrdmercury as well as the more esoteric side effects and queer afflictions it can cause if handled poorly. And a list of techniques using and controlling it via psykerist ability would also be handy, the Viper Dragon's Mane will be but the first of a lineage of moves using and wielding warpsilver as a weapon or form of liquid armor.

Luckily, Kanzeon is as always happy to assist you in this endeavor as she has been for all your projects, and you are able to catalogue enough of Wyrdmercury's power that you can deliver to Magnus a manual detailing the uses and usages you've discovered of it and those you've refined and improved.
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>>6312001

And now that this distraction is done, what is your next move, Lieren?

>Provide council to Jinhai and his generals in how to incorporate human sub-species and aliens into the imperial army

>Give the aspirants of your legion a hands on test to see how they've progressed since your last lesson.

>Lead the ministry of development in marking several new worlds for colonization in the future and exploring the border of Long-Jianese space

>You've heard from Feng that the creatures of massacre are comparable to Fog Panthers as quarries. Check

>Write in

>>6312002
>>Lead the ministry of development in marking several new worlds for colonization in the future and exploring the border of Long-Jianese space

>Give the aspirants of your legion a hands on test to see how they've progressed since your last lesson.

>>6312002
>Provide council to Jinhai and his generals in how to incorporate human sub-species and aliens into the imperial army
We need a united front for when we're away. We need to get Shangrala's domain secure before we keep expanding too far. Don't over reach, lock the fuck down what we have to ensure these core worlds are pure, defended and well connected to one another. A stellar bunker from which to reach out into the wider sphere

>>6312002
>Give the aspirants of your legion a hands on test to see how they've progressed since your last lesson.

>Lead the ministry of development in marking several new worlds for colonization in the future and exploring the border of Long-Jianese space

We can combine these nicely - get them to help with the exploration and management of the new worlds if anything proves hostile. We know there's orks out here.

>>6312002
>Give the aspirants of your legion a hands on test to see how they've progressed since your last lesson.

>Lead the ministry of development in marking several new worlds for colonization in the future and exploring the border of Long-Jianese space

>>6312002
>Provide council to Jinhai and his generals in how to incorporate human sub-species and aliens into the imperial army.

>Lead the ministry of development in marking several new worlds for colonization in the future and exploring the border of Long-Jianese space.

Even though I want us to spend time with our sons, it's time to do our government work.

>>6312002
>Provide council to Jinhai and his generals in how to incorporate human sub-species and aliens into the imperial army
Any possibility of perspective switching to Magnus as he tries to free Lorgar from Chaos?

>>6312002

>You've heard from Feng that the creatures of massacre are comparable to Fog Panthers as quarries. Check

>Give the aspirants of your legion a hands on test to see how they've progressed since your last lesson.

>>6312002
>Council to Jinhai

>Continue training aspirants.

>>6312140
Yessss to this!

>>6312140
I hope that they are only POV sections.
Rather than controlling.

Controlling non-mc characters is a qst bad spot

>Give the aspirants of your legion a hands on test to see how they've progressed since your last lesson.

>Lead the ministry of development in marking several new worlds for colonization in the future and exploring the border of Long-Jianese space

>>6312002
>Give the aspirants of your legion a hands on test to see how they've progressed since your last lesson.

>You've heard from Feng that the creatures of massacre are comparable to Fog Panthers as quarries. Check

>>6312002
>Provide council to Jinhai and his generals in how to incorporate human sub-species and aliens into the imperial army.

>Lead the ministry of development in marking several new worlds for colonization in the future and exploring the border of Long-Jianese space.

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“Over the years since the Lord of Lightning, the Emperor Beloved by all unified Terra beneath his Mandate we have thrived. Once broken and now we are whole, once ignorant and now we spread Truth, once fallen so low now we rise ever grasping towards his light. It is the Emperor whom is the ideal we all his loyal subject strive to emulate, whom we compete among ourselves to earn the adoration of of in a way he is father to us all; the Man whom bore an Empire...and even true born sons. Their names are already sung across our fledgling Imperium; Horus the Pit Wolf, Magnus the Red Star of Prospero, Angron the Breaker of Chains, Iron Willed Pertarabo. But few are spoken in tones approaching on damnably reverent as Lieren; the Distant Heir.

The far flung Second Son has despite his obvious absence from his Fathers' Crusade has had an immense influence upon the Imperium itself dating back to his Fathers' unification wars. It is whispered that it was he whom delivered the way to restore blue to are ravaged cradle, it was he whom despite being so far from the Emperors tutelage that reached out and attempted to reach even his own gene sons; the now infamous and enviable 'Legio Chimerai'. It was he the Golden Eyed son whom delivered technologies and boons, resources and information that even now at this moment thrust us forward, filling our sails as we lave the safe harbour of space we know.

But such a figure standing beside as mighty a light as the Emperor casts a long shadow, a long shadow indeed. Horus First Primarch-General of the Crusade now stands beside the Emperor too but finds himself trying to compete against more than a man, but the idea of one? Left to walk beside footprints which many would baulk to try to fill and while he will strive to do so I cannot help but muse in concern for the Luprical.

Already between the reverence of the distant Lieren and his teachings 'The Journey' are spreading like wild fire. The Emperor beloved by all is an icon yes but one whom feels...well.... unreachable? He is so far beyond and above us all, Lieren beside him feels like the stepping stone, the path that can be taken and one whose shown wonders along the way.

I fear when brothers meet it may not be a well met reunion, I fear it may be either the shattering of an image built up for so long it fractures the hearts of many shaking our foundations he helped lay..or worse that Brother may well do what brothers are oft to do; fight.

I will speak more of this later, for now that is all"

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I really dig Oculus Imperia's work and it inspired this you should all check him on YT

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>>6312002
>>You've heard from Feng that the creatures of massacre are comparable to Fog Panthers as quarries. Check

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Calling the vote now, Sorry for the really long wait.

Lead the ministry of development in marking several new worlds for colonization in the future and exploring the border of Long-Jianese space:6

Give the aspirants of your legion a hands on test to see how they've progressed since your last lesson.:7

Provide council to Jinhai and his generals in how to incorporate human sub-species and aliens into the imperial army:5

You've heard from Feng that the creatures of massacre are comparable to Fog Panthers as quarries. Check:3

Total votes: 12

So Lieren will give the Aspirants of his legion a hands on test to see how they've progressed, upon one of the worlds marked by the ministry of development/ league of celestial cartographers and give what brief council he can to Jinhai concerning the incorporation of alien species and abhumans into the imperial army

writing now

>>6314076
I really, really liked this, especially the almost documentary-esq feel you imparted to it. All around excellent work. And thanks for the rec

Aboard one of the stellar ships gifted to your gene-sons from the imperial household itself, the current and first flagship of the two hundred and forty seven survivors of the Terran group that first arrived to make war against the contemptible butcher king; The Cosmic Starling, a deceptively cute name for one of Shangrala's most effective and massive weapons of war. All two hundred and forty seven, plus all the aspirants and the majority of the Sheowl Rangers, Creti Grave Wardens, and Shuomi ursine guard. They are arranged in tight formations, that show a mixture of Long-Jianese military customs and the muster formations of your father's forces upon Terra and its own growing sphere of influence.

You stand, armored, before the gathered fragment of your legion, besides Kanzeon and Liberty, both of whoms true bodies share the airspace with the Cosmic Starling, as your other sisters in laws decided it'd be your responsibility to watch Liberty as you prepared for a training exercise in a planet far remote from Shangrala, one of the most recent marked for future colonization efforts, an icy, bitter tundra world with an environment like one from your wine infused dreams. It has yet to be named or given a designation, though the Engine Nears of the Eternal Celestial Engine have petitioned for rights of dominion over the unclaimed world, citing its abundance of minerals and combustible oils. Returning your thoughts away from the wealth of the world below, that you note would also be quite a comfortable environment for the Se'ah'in as you leave such musings for a later date, you look over the aspirants that are considered to be the finest of the first selection, who Dae-Hyun and the other ten most honored veterans of your legion, have presented to you in full military dress.

They are of course led by Shun of the Golden Shell, the late Dai Niu's most brilliant and final pupil, the boy who outfoxed the boy of Terra, whom is already bearing a standard of his own design. A fox tailed golden shelled century tortoise, a combination of the sign of his victory and the house hold sigil of his teacher, the family he had adopted him into in his final house.

Behind Dai Shun, are the other boys who participated in and succeeded in the game of Catch the foxes' tails. To his right shoulder, is Lee Fox, of the epithet "Painkiller", wearing a badge of Al-Uzza's favor whom had recently returned from an internship in a white lotus hospital on the frontlines of Long-Jianese expansion. To Shun's left shoulder, is the Mute Okeanos who had spent a month in the company of the Se'ah'in colony at Black Abyss, refining his mastery of water based pyskerist techniques and deepening his understanding of the alien breed.
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>>6314103

Behind Lee and Okeanos, stand Ardvan Sina, now called "Hot-Plate" by his senior Astartes for both his talent in cooking and an incident involving a Plasma pistol that has required him to receive a number of skin grafts, and Kang Fan, who is still a bitterly sour loser in games of Go despite having further bolstered his already nigh unconquerable combination style of Dai Stalwart and Kang Charger martial traditions.

Next in line, behind Kang Fan and Ardvan Sina, are the Shuni Khaliq Mina, the strongest pysker of the first crop of Aspirants whose master of The Breath Within, the art Magnus refers to as Biomancy, has only increased since you last met, and beside him is Tao Zian, whom you can tell has been taken on a successful Panther Hunter by Feng and the other brothers of the panther, judging from the tell tale claw mark scars gracing his young visage. And taking up the rear guard of the "Eight Princes", is the former Bask Squire, Adur of the self given title of "Plain Adur", whom is the only one of these boys being taught to be warriors to be able to crack Kang Fan's "Falling Landslide" form of defense.

They are all bearing Banners of the legion and Panther Furs that you can tell were recently skinned and tanned at a glance. Only Dai Shun bears a personal banner. At their sides, stands their direct mentors from the legion, each of them a member of a different Sect.

"Presenting! Officer Candidates of the first Shangralan Recruitment!" Dae-Hyun Declares, and all eight of the "Eight Princes" kneel immediately and bow your heads "Humble yourselves before the Primarch, you might be the cream of the crop, but you're still in Boot"

"Excellent form" You applaud them, clapping your hands together lightly "And such obedience! I see the diligence and dignity they bear is reflected by the other aspirants. They shall be worthy editions to the Second Legiones Astartes as readily as the autumnal leaves change from verdant shades to rich golds and fiery oranges"

"They've taken to their training well, Pater" Nikephoros address you, thumping a power armored fist against his chest "We'd have loved to have them on our battleline during the Unification Wars"

"Hah, they will find glories and legends to pen of their own, Fair Nikephoros" You give a deep, belly laugh and step closer "Perhaps, today, the number of "Princes" shall increase to nine or more, perhaps one of the eight shall find an achievement to match young Dai Shun, who bested the Bulwark of Terra in a game of cunning and slyness. Perhaps, all shall be found wanting and require stricter instruction"

A few of the Aspirants faces paled, while their older brothers already made Astartes boom the chamber with their hearty laughter.
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>>6314105

"But there will be no shame in failure, for in this exercise, their opponent shall be Lieren of Nothing" You declare, and stun not only the Aspirants but their seniors in the legion, but not all of the boys react with terror or dread, just as many eye's flash with the vigor and defiance of a true challenger!

"You wish to see how far they've come with a hands on lesson, Father?" Dae-Hyun asks, amusedly

"Of course, is there a better way for a teach to gauge the growth of his students than becoming the obstacle in their path to greatness?" You ask with smile "We shall depart for the nameless world below, to begin the exercise immediately. I shall join you after a brief delay, as there are documents and strategic maps I must forward back to the Homeworld, concerning matters of great military importance"

Those being the initial observations and musings you'd made concerning Jinhai's plans to incorporate Abhumans and Aliens more officially into the Imperial army, in a more regimented and refined way than the irregular units fielded in prior battles and wars.

And what manner of hands on training did you have in mind for your legion's aspirants, Lieren?

>That they were to hold mock fortresses and trenches in the snow against assaults masterminded and lead by yourself.

>To climb the mountain that pierces the heavens of the snow wrapped world, unassisted, to confront a final challenge at its summit.

>A race from one end of the vast tundra steppe to the other, pursued by you and Astartes astride warhorses and Skipping Clouds.

>To survive on their own throughout a night cycle on the world while also facing simulations of the challenges they may confront far behind enemy lines

>write in

>>6314106
>>To climb the mountain that pierces the heavens of the snow wrapped world, unassisted, to confront a final challenge at its summit.

surviavbility is key as a Space Marine and hopefully they can remember teamwork too

>>6314106


>To survive on their own throughout a night cycle on the world while also facing simulations of the challenges they may confront far behind enemy lines

While I like the other options, this is the one that'll get us the most ground with our stealth ops

>>6314106
>Hold mock fortresses

The mainline of troops are expected to hold ground. No retreat at all

>>6314106
>To climb the mountain that pierces the heavens of the snow wrapped world, unassisted, to confront a final challenge at its summit.
very cultivator pilled.

>>6314106
>To climb the mountain that pierces the heavens of the snow wrapped world, unassisted, to confront a final challenge at its summit.

Man, I just realized. How much of a schism its gonna be when our legion gets here and meets with our own Natural grown/raised ones. The Envy in alot of the legions between Terra born and X-homeworld caused some friction.

>>6314106
>To climb the mountain that pierces the heavens of the snow wrapped world, unassisted, to confront a final challenge at its summit.

yes, challenge the heavens aspirant.

>>6314106
>>That they were to hold mock fortresses and trenches in the snow against assaults masterminded and lead by yourself.

>>6314106
>To climb the mountain that pierces the heavens of the snow wrapped world, unassisted, to confront a final challenge at its summit.
Cinematic af