Nasfarachnai
Aug 14, 2013 21:07:59 GMT -8
Post by SwordSoup on Aug 14, 2013 21:07:59 GMT -8
I'm not sure if any Teriok players actually check the forums on a regular basis, but I was plot thinking and I need to share it with someone.
Basically, I realized that the Nasfarachnai are from the Drylands. They are outsiders and the only rift we've seen recently is the one to the Drylands. Also, they use prefab spells, but as Elder Sorcery. In the Drylands we can't use spells, which probably means no overlay, only ES. So, if these outsiders are casting prefabs as ES then they would be able to cast prefabs in the Drylands. This is probably normal for there. It could be just that the Mother is from the Drylands and she spawned her eleven children here. Also Nasfarachnai could possibly not be vampires but just closely related, maybe as a Drylands equivalent. This would mean that the Mother is the Carakwaith equivalent and we might just have to take her out to dispose of her daughters. But she also had five sons (hmm... five sons and seven daughters, adding up to eleven children, all numbers just barely avoiding the rule of threes...) and they seemed to be disliked by their sisters in the... wedding? This metaphor is all screwy but the question comes up of who the Mother was married to and why the sons are different. Could the sons be allies? Also, this “wedding” probably happened at the Dark City do to what we saw in my oracles because Darwoden and Slendrevnil were there and they keep an eye on the Inner Sea. Also, Darwoden and Slendravnil were dogs in the oracle, which implies protectiveness. They could have been protecting the DC but I think it is more likely that they were protecting the five brothers. Also, the sister that we killed was taken back even after we exorcised her. This could mean that she survived the exorcism somehow, which might relate back to the lack of overlay and possibly divine presence in the Drylands. At the very least, the exorcism should have sent that sister back to her realm. However, I don't believe Sherlock worshiped a god, so his exorcism would be overlay powered and that could just be it (“maybe we should have taken the opportunity to dispatch it with its own morganti amulet rather than possibly dealing with it later, although that could incur the Nasfarachnai's wrath). This makes me think about the amulets. I think the lockets might have something to do with their ability to take a humanoid form, that could be its secret ability. It could also be that the amulets are what give them their vampire-like abilities or keep them under vampiric control despite being spiga-cwaiths.
So, I think the things we need to do in no particular order are:
1. Poke at the drylands again in the event that there is another rift.
2. Kill another sister and identify the baflizzles out of their lockets for the secret ability (and the purpose of the morganti spike)
3. Look into the Mother and the brothers. We could do more oracles or poke at the male corpse we found.
My reasoning for there being another rift to the Drylands is that Luki-Lepta and the spinning wheel turned up again in the Tower-of-Pearl-Drylands-thing. This means that they have a purpose for existing and since they seem to exist for the sole purpose of sealing rifts (I'll get to that later) there must be a rift open. Also, I want to poke at the Pearless tower to see what's going on with it. It had a seamless rift to the Drylands that one time but also seems to be a realm in and of itself (an in between realm?) or a divine thing and I want to know what it is.
The thing with Luki-Lepta and the spinning wheel is that they are perfect for closing realm-rips in every which way. Luki-Lepta can strike into the Ethereal and inscribe on any surface, which means that it can go between realms and maybe pierce them? Also, the spinning wheel can turn anything into a thread and Greyspinner used herself as the thread. But her body survived. So, we probably have to use a soul or something to seal the other rift. But, it seems Greyspinner knew something about what was going on, so since we can't ask her what was happening we will have to inquire to her apprentices.
Lets add these to the list.
4. Poke at the Pearless tower and figure out what its deal is.
5. Talk to Greyspinner's apprentices about what's going on.
This is what I have. Anybody else have something to suggest that we do, or thoughts on my reasoning, or anything?
Basically, I realized that the Nasfarachnai are from the Drylands. They are outsiders and the only rift we've seen recently is the one to the Drylands. Also, they use prefab spells, but as Elder Sorcery. In the Drylands we can't use spells, which probably means no overlay, only ES. So, if these outsiders are casting prefabs as ES then they would be able to cast prefabs in the Drylands. This is probably normal for there. It could be just that the Mother is from the Drylands and she spawned her eleven children here. Also Nasfarachnai could possibly not be vampires but just closely related, maybe as a Drylands equivalent. This would mean that the Mother is the Carakwaith equivalent and we might just have to take her out to dispose of her daughters. But she also had five sons (hmm... five sons and seven daughters, adding up to eleven children, all numbers just barely avoiding the rule of threes...) and they seemed to be disliked by their sisters in the... wedding? This metaphor is all screwy but the question comes up of who the Mother was married to and why the sons are different. Could the sons be allies? Also, this “wedding” probably happened at the Dark City do to what we saw in my oracles because Darwoden and Slendrevnil were there and they keep an eye on the Inner Sea. Also, Darwoden and Slendravnil were dogs in the oracle, which implies protectiveness. They could have been protecting the DC but I think it is more likely that they were protecting the five brothers. Also, the sister that we killed was taken back even after we exorcised her. This could mean that she survived the exorcism somehow, which might relate back to the lack of overlay and possibly divine presence in the Drylands. At the very least, the exorcism should have sent that sister back to her realm. However, I don't believe Sherlock worshiped a god, so his exorcism would be overlay powered and that could just be it (“maybe we should have taken the opportunity to dispatch it with its own morganti amulet rather than possibly dealing with it later, although that could incur the Nasfarachnai's wrath). This makes me think about the amulets. I think the lockets might have something to do with their ability to take a humanoid form, that could be its secret ability. It could also be that the amulets are what give them their vampire-like abilities or keep them under vampiric control despite being spiga-cwaiths.
So, I think the things we need to do in no particular order are:
1. Poke at the drylands again in the event that there is another rift.
2. Kill another sister and identify the baflizzles out of their lockets for the secret ability (and the purpose of the morganti spike)
3. Look into the Mother and the brothers. We could do more oracles or poke at the male corpse we found.
My reasoning for there being another rift to the Drylands is that Luki-Lepta and the spinning wheel turned up again in the Tower-of-Pearl-Drylands-thing. This means that they have a purpose for existing and since they seem to exist for the sole purpose of sealing rifts (I'll get to that later) there must be a rift open. Also, I want to poke at the Pearless tower to see what's going on with it. It had a seamless rift to the Drylands that one time but also seems to be a realm in and of itself (an in between realm?) or a divine thing and I want to know what it is.
The thing with Luki-Lepta and the spinning wheel is that they are perfect for closing realm-rips in every which way. Luki-Lepta can strike into the Ethereal and inscribe on any surface, which means that it can go between realms and maybe pierce them? Also, the spinning wheel can turn anything into a thread and Greyspinner used herself as the thread. But her body survived. So, we probably have to use a soul or something to seal the other rift. But, it seems Greyspinner knew something about what was going on, so since we can't ask her what was happening we will have to inquire to her apprentices.
Lets add these to the list.
4. Poke at the Pearless tower and figure out what its deal is.
5. Talk to Greyspinner's apprentices about what's going on.
This is what I have. Anybody else have something to suggest that we do, or thoughts on my reasoning, or anything?