Up in the North, the ponies have successfully found who, or rather, what was damaging the mine. But their quest is not over, as they go to look for the source of the trouble. In Baltimare, Iron, Silver, and Dark Star enjoy the fruits of defeating the cultists, while Midnight herds the remaining rescues.
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>>127103"What were they trying to do in that fort,inquisitor?"
>>127104"I don't know, precisely. I know they were smuggling in numbers of Maar worshipers fleeing the Inquisition in Griffonia. The process was disrupted by the naval blockade, sure, but it would have picked up again once the blockade ended. I know they were trying to recruit Baltimare's own alienated lower classes - natives and immigrants alike - into their numbers, and many of them did indeed join. I know they were trying to rebuild from when their numbers had been cut down before. I know that they were offering sacrifices to Maar. Sapient, talking creatures. They found an almost endless, untraceable supply of sacrifices in the great numbers of intercontinental migrants who enter Equestria unknown and unregistered to any local authority. They sought to gain followers the same way, and recruited criminal enterprises to aid in this process. I know they were going to sacrifice at minimum two tonight, likely three, ribs sawed through and cut open while still alive. I have to assume this is a regular process, at least every lunar cycle, and I have to assume it would have continued, perhaps growing as the chapter grew. I know that they were able to summon demons from beyond to fight for them, to raise the dead and to control the living as if they were puppets. I have no idea if they ended to summon some dark power to invade Equestria, or to subvert authorities. But I can say with certainty they were trying to grow their chapter. Two new inductees tonight, one from the Heartlands, one from Baltimare, and who knows how many new followers of Maar there would have been in the future, how many new sacrifices...."
He looks back to Dark Star
"Maar worship is an ancient practice and a very evil one. But this creature trafficking... this is a very new evil. And the two allied to compliment the other"
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>>127105Every time you say that name, i picture bill mahr as an interstellar demon making deals with ponies"I See....Are There Likly other enclaves of these degenerates?"
He Asks looking increasingly uncomfortable
>>127106"In Equestria? I don't know. Fillydelphia, Manehattan, and New Mareland have large populations of griffons and other non-pony creatures. If there aren't already chapters there, they may spring up later. There are almost certainly other chapters in Griffonia, especially in places that have driven out their Arcturian chapters. Equestria is well known to have its own native cultists - The Nightmare moon worshipers among its bat populations, and others. Equestria used to have its own Inquisition to that end, before eventually shutting down. I can say though, Boek's associates in that unhallowed chapter seemed to belong to traditions neither Griffonian nor Equestrian, but rather Zebrican. The devil worshipers of the Kaftar gnolls. The voodoo practitioners among the Zebras. All this, as well as a Maarite Black Knight."
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>>127107"A Black Knight? Whats that?"
>>127108He nods to Dark Star, before answering the question, as if to say "Yes, I will tell you"
"Most segments of Griffonian society, historically at least, have included a warrior class, usually military service given in exchange for title to land. A knightly class. And so too do religious monastic orders create their own military orders of knights. The Knights of Arcturus are well known throughout Griffonia. My paternal line comes from them, in fact. And the Maarites, in their desire create perverse mirrors of everything holy, and defile it... they create Knights of Maar. They have not been common as Maarites have not often held enough land and power. But they have persuaded knights to join them, and they have occasionally taken hold a fief or so, and when they do, the same tradition rears its head of wearing wicked heraldry and black iron armor. They keep it alive in hiding. And one of those alleged knights without a fief came over to here."
>>127109"Did you see him in the conflict? or is this...knight still out there?"
>>127110"No, he was there, fighting for Boek. He did quite a lot of damage on the young grey pony, before the latter tripped him. Then the old unicorn finished him off... Dark magic reanimated him. Made him a puppet of Boek. But he was put down a second time."
>>127112He nods again
"Very much so"
Blue Skies, who must have entered the room earlier, now quietly moves around Johann, and stands between the two
>>127113Dark Star offers to pour her a glass
>>127114She silents takes a glass, and holds it up
Johann turns to her and smiles
"Hello"
"Hello" she responds, with her mischievous smile. Then she looks back to Dark Star as she takes a drink
>>127117Yes. Dark Star looks like a zebra, though I believe he has told every creature that he is a pony. Blue Skies definitely looks like a dark feathered Griffin>>127116"It's not bad"
She takes another sip, then inspects the liquid
"It's banned from import though. So enjoy your supply"
>>127120"Because it's made in the Republic of Skyfall to a company owned there"
She takes another sip
"And we don't trade with Skyfall"
>>127121"Thats too bad. Maybe a Brewery can recreate it."
He brings his hoof to his chin in thought
>>127122"Maybe... if there is a market for it in the New Mareland Customs Union. And if someone had the recipe..."
She takes another drink, looks over to Johann, and smiles. He too, took a drink
>>127123>pic related>>127124"Im sure there's a market."
>>127125She shrugs, with her eyes closed
"Something to consider"
She smiles to Dark Star in her mischievous way as she takes another drink
>>127126Dark Star looks to johann..
"Its getting late. i think i'm going to retire."
He Looks over at mr glass
"Mr glass.i would like enough rooms for my friends that i brought in tonight."
>>127130Glistening Glass had retreated from the scene shortly after providing the apple whiskey, but he may be summoned again. Reentering the room from the back, he says to Dark Star,
"Well, the purple Pegasus pony bought a room. I gave him the one for my bartender, who hasn't come back and hasn't worked his shift. That red... hippogriff, I think she is, has wondered off. But I could get another room, for ya"
>>127131"Thank you,Mr.Glass."
He looks over at johann
"Have a Good night."
He shakes the Inquisitors Claw
>>127132He shakes Dark Star's hoof firmly
>>127133"Mr.Glass will bring you the key."
He Looks over at blue
"Ready for bed?"
>>127134She nods, with that malign grin
"Yes, I would say I am"
>>127150Wow...
That's quite a detailed analysis. Thank you for paying that much attention to everything I've written over this past year
>>127151Well that's very good. Are you sure you want to wait until summer to play? Couldn't hurt that much...As for Swedeanon, I guess he just decided not to play. I am pretty sure he's the guy who's commonly on the writing threads on the main board, and more likely than not he's the guy who mentioned something about wanting to start his own campaign. If I had to take a guess, the relatively frequent sessions scared him off. >>127152You're welcome. That I want to sperg out over the nuances of your writing is a sign that it's good fiction. It may not be
formal fiction but it's good fiction. I may not know much about DnD but it's quite obvious that the bar for a campaign, particularly an imaginative one like this, is set by the GM, and that is by far the hardest role. Interesting players are as necessary as an interesting GM of course, but the latter is much harder and defined by the limits of storywriting and all the pressure's on him. I think you've earned a bit of appreciation for keeping this up for a couple of years.
Just don't let this get to your head.Very likely I'll join before summer, sometime in early May if I'm optimistic. I don't need to get all my schoolwork done, but I have a couple of reports that can be written either now or then and only so much procrastination is justifiable. This is also why I suggested an in-game vacation totally not for selfish reasons.Yeah, I wish writefags would join because it's the perfect atmosphere for creativity. I've actually considered making a crossover game of MLP and SS13 but that's overly ambitious if I've never played TT before.