coughingpuppy: Yes. And Ri was going to try to band together some druids in Tamerand to form her circle.

Dark Japheth: But he's not an official part of the group no more.

Dark Japheth: Wonderful. Charisma check.

*OnlineHost*: coughingpuppy rolled 1 20-sided die: 19

coughingpuppy: 21! She has Leadership now, by the way.

Dark Japheth: ...Nice. Thats the percentage of Tameranian druids who show up.

MrSuperOblivious: Nice way to start the night

coughingpuppy: And has taken levels in her nifty prestige class.

Dark Japheth: ROcking!

Dark Japheth: That translates to roughly 30 druids of various castes and rank.

Dark Japheth: I assume you are in the wooded forest?

tortgurt: (prestige class? looks intrestied all the studden)

coughingpuppy: Yep. She and Brom are hanging out.

Dark Japheth: Nice.

MrSuperOblivious: (You should see the one I made for this)

tortgurt: (i should go retirive my conpainion some time...)

tortgurt: (send it over)

coughingpuppy: Riannon welcomes all the druids who showed up. Can I assume that she would have gotten ones who have similar beliefs?

Dark Japheth: Yep.

Dark Japheth: Of the druids, three are worth naming. One, to listen to you, is Tirasfel (he just likes to know whats happenin' with druids). Another is a young girl, maybe 14 or so, who is fairly quiet, named Amari.

Dark Japheth: The last is a brooding, and dark young elf. A desert elf. He looks out of place here in the forest, his black skin and white hair not helping him advance at all.

coughingpuppy: ((I saved the names of those eight druids I talked to a long time ago. Do you want those?))

Dark Japheth: His name is Absolom.

Dark Japheth: They are there, too. Post names for reference.

coughingpuppy: ((You want me to post them?))

Dark Japheth: (Yep)

Dark Japheth: (Each name is a guide for me to RP them)

Dark Japheth: (:P)

coughingpuppy: Absolom Mongo, a female centaur

coughingpuppy: Saia, a half elf male

Dark Japheth: (That makes me cry that I re-used names. Switch the first one to Jareth.)

Dark Japheth: (the first Absolom)

coughingpuppy: Thornrose, a human male

coughingpuppy: Bonecrusher, a half-orc (male)

coughingpuppy: Sklar, a goblin

coughingpuppy: Orthrim, Jaziran and Moloch, three human males

Dark Japheth: Then there are eleven named people.

coughingpuppy: Right. Riannon gets them together so she can speak to all of them, then.

Dark Japheth: You are all in a wooded glade. Again, the desert elf, Jareth, is quiet, and looks out of place. Most of the others, including Tirasfel, look right at home.

coughingpuppy: Riannon looks pretty at home, herself. She stands in front of them with Brom and looks over all of them.

coughingpuppy: "For those of you who aren't clear on why I've summoned you here: there has been discontent with the druid circles in the area, particularly the New Moon. There are beliefs that haven't been represented."

tortgurt: night then all, im leaving the window open to catch up later on

Dark Japheth: Tirasfel nods. Saia ferociously nods. THe others sort of just listen.

Dark Japheth: (alrighty.)

coughingpuppy: "I assume that you've come because you, also, feel out of place in the circles you're in right now."

Dark Japheth: "Or just enjoy listening to new ideas." Tirasfel smiles, and nods.

Dark Japheth: Moloch nods, his eagle resting on his shoulder, periodically nibbling at his wild black hair.

coughingpuppy: Riannon just nods to him. "The circles that exist now are complacent. The New Moon talks about death, but other than a few small attacks on villagers, what have they done?"

Dark Japheth: Absolom nods ferociously.

coughingpuppy: "They let their views on death keep them from seeing the other parts of nature. They don't understand the need to cull the weak to let the strong emerge. They see other druids as their friends only because they're druids.

coughingpuppy: "The laws of nature apply to us, too. We need to destroy the complacency of the current circles to allow a new one to rise up."

Dark Japheth: Jareth- "Is it not wrong, to destroy the fellow druids? They work as hard as they can, focused within their own unique circles."

coughingpuppy: "Sickened elk get by as best as they can, but the others don't feel guilty when they drive them out of the herd to make the rest stronger."

Dark Japheth: Thornrose- "You are correct. I agree. But then, what of the other circles? What will be done unto them?"

coughingpuppy: "They will join us or fight us, as they wish. Maybe some of them will see reason in reforming the circles here. Maybe other new circles will be created."

Dark Japheth: Tirasfel- "Would you like my personal guarantee that we will not make war upon you, as brothers, and sisters?"

coughingpuppy: "Yes. And let me make a promise that as long as we're unbothered, we won't make war on you either. This is only a fight of ideals."

Dark Japheth: "Very well." Tirasfel nods.

Dark Japheth: Absolom looks almost disappointed. "But do not the elk get hunted by superior predators?"

Dark Japheth: "And the weak and the sick leave the herd in other ways?"

coughingpuppy: "It isn't acceptible for us to fight each other when we have civilization against us. That is something I want everyone here to understand, right now."

coughingpuppy: "We will be fighting, but not the other circles." Not yet.

Dark Japheth: Heh.

Dark Japheth: Good placement of quotes.

Dark Japheth: Most nod.

AndrewRogue: XD

coughingpuppy: "With that over with...I suppose you're wondering how this is going to be different from the New Moon. I was initiated into the New Moon when I was fifteen. They see the death aspect of nature...

coughingpuppy: Which, of course, is a very important aspect. But without new life to take the place of the old, death is powerless. And there's often a value in preserving life."

Dark Japheth: Amari speaks up. "That is the purpose of the full moon."

Dark Japheth: "To preserve and create life. All the cycles of the druids are in balance already. Do we need another?"

coughingpuppy: "Yes. I haven't seen a circle yet that advocates the active culling of the weak. I also haven't seen a circle that has done anything against civilization to preserve nature itself."

Dark Japheth: "So, then, you speak of a sort of unification?"

Dark Japheth: "A coterie of druids, all respecting and venerating all cycles of life in balance?"

coughingpuppy: Riannon nods. "You could think of it that way, I guess. There's no reason we should be divided. I want a circle that all druids can fit their beliefs into. Unless we unify, civilization is going to keep creeping

coughingpuppy: into the parts of nature that are left."

Dark Japheth: Bonecrusher. "But does not civilization too have its own merits, that cannot be overlooked?"

coughingpuppy: "Civilization actually functions a lot like nature. Yes, it does have its merits. But it's a predator that is always hungry and always reproducing. Eventually, it's going to starve itself and die."

coughingpuppy: "The question is what the cost to the rest of the world will be."

Sarcazmo47: ((Civilization is like....a virus.))

Dark Japheth: Jazirain speaks up. "But. Nature always rises up."

Dark Japheth: "After the Conflagration, when the demons tore down trees, ripped them to pieces, and salted the earth... it rose up again."

Dark Japheth: "And indeed, it fought against the dead god, ferociously. Nature will survive and live."

Sarcazmo47: ((It multiplies....and multiplies....until every natural resource is consumed! And the only way it can survive is to spread to another area.))

Dark Japheth: (Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not.)

coughingpuppy: "Because it's superior in the end. But I see no reason to allow ourselves to be pressed into a smaller and smaller area. We know that nature will rise up again, but we need to fight."

Dark Japheth: Tirasfel- "I agree. We have been passive for far too long. And verily, for once, nature and her chosen sons and daughters should be active. Not reactive."

coughingpuppy: Riannon nods to Tirasfel.

coughingpuppy: "And that is what this new order will be built on. We need to unite the druids for this, and I ask everyone here tonight to be the first to throw aside the labels dividing you."

Dark Japheth: Most nod. The ones that don't are the little girl, and the centaur.

Dark Japheth: Who seem to be sighing, almost.

coughingpuppy: "If you don't agree, then you can feel free to leave without my resentment. Those of you who do want to join me can stay, and we'll search for a place to keep our circle in."

coughingpuppy: ((Bleh. My sentences slowly become less coherent the later it gets.))

Dark Japheth: Tirasfel- "I would speak with you later on this privately."

coughingpuppy: She nods to him.

Dark Japheth: The little girl leaves, and the others stay. The girl is following her small leopard cub, probably her animal companion.

coughingpuppy: Riannon nods to the rest. "We'll camp here tonight and begin a search tomorrow."

MrSuperOblivious: (Boy. Reminds me of the meeting of the Ents)

coughingpuppy: And then she will speak to Tirasfel.

Dark Japheth: WHo is seated, rather calmly. "Riannon, I would like to say this."

coughingpuppy: Riannon sits, too, and has Brom come sit next to her.

Dark Japheth: "You have succeeded at doing what I have been trying to do, slowly. The druids are too divided."

Dark Japheth: "Scattered, leaderless. There are few who could unite them. And you have done so, in a small way."

coughingpuppy: Riannon grins and tries not to obviously be very pleased with herself. "Yeah? I did my best. It's a start, and we can go from there."

Dark Japheth: "I fear that the new moon will react violently."

Dark Japheth: "I will try to keep them down, as long as I can. But the members of the new moon who came today feel you aren't going far enough."

coughingpuppy: She nods. "Yeah, I was expecting that. I want to keep the members of the other orders in, though. And I think that if it does come to a fight with the New Moon, if we show strength it might get some of them to join up."

Dark Japheth: "Riannon, I'm proud of you. There are two kinds of leaders."

Dark Japheth: "Those who lead by dividing, as Skocion is doing."

Dark Japheth: "And those who lead by uniting. By mending the seams that divide us."

coughingpuppy: "Well, I guess we'll see whether I can really do all this uniting." She's a little concerned with where things are eventually going to go with Skocion, though.

Sarcazmo47: Wait, how does that guy know jack about what Skocion is doing?

Dark Japheth: I don't know.

Dark Japheth: :P

Dark Japheth: "You can. Its inside you. The Great Druid, Ceredryn, seems to have chosen you to be his replacement."

Dark Japheth: Smile.

coughingpuppy: That makes Ri think of all the funny dreams that she brushed off at the time, but she just smiles back. "Heh. Could be, but if he did, I'd sure as hell better live up to expectations. I guess we'll see."

Dark Japheth: "Indeed. Good luck. May the wind carry you to where the sun sails and the moon walks.

coughingpuppy: "And you."

Dark Japheth: His body seems to explode in red flames, as he takes the shape of a great red bird, and soaring off.

Dark Japheth: (I get +5 badass points for using moon walks)

coughingpuppy: Ri, who is just about giddy after giving the speech, goes off and practices her drums a little before going to sleep.

MrSuperOblivious: The rest of the druids... "Dman it, I'm trying to sleep!" "Shut up with the drums!" "Don't make me go all desert druid on your ass!"

MrSuperOblivious: ()

coughingpuppy: Nah, she went off a ways so she wouldn't wake them up.

Dark Japheth: Either way, a few of their animals do listen.

Dark Japheth: Aww.

coughingpuppy: Aww, how cute.