Yknow, I really like the theory that the queen is using the Xafrin missions as a way to dispose of undesirables. It explains why she kept sending citizens year after year instead of training up a select group of heros for the task, and why she chose a lot of the people she did. However, it does bring up questions for some of the party members. Like, why did she choose Jacob? As far as the government should know, he's just a hardworking human blacksmith. Did they know about his See More illegal activities? But if they did, why not just arrest him? Did they not have enough proof? And if they did know what he was doing, then they should know how the criminal underground works, but if they knew that why wouldn't they shut it down?
Then again, if the government understands how the organized crime in the country works, its easier for them to keep an eye on it... If they crack down too hard on the current system, then criminals will be forced to adapt and form a new system that they don't know, thus letting them operate largely unhindered. So maybe they do know about everything and just choose to let it operate as is so they can monitor it?
I guess there's also the possibility that someone with power didn't like Jacob and wanted him out of the way. Maybe the blacksmiths working with the guard felt he was stepping on their turf, or maybe Angelica did something for some reason. I don't know.
Or maybe the government didn't mark him as an "undesireable" and he's just a regular person who got thrown in with the rest of the group to avoid suspicion. Who knows? It is just a theory after all.
Then again, if the government understands how the organized crime in the country works, its easier for them to keep an eye on it... If they crack down too hard on the current system, then criminals will be forced to adapt and form a new system that they don't know, thus letting them operate largely unhindered. So maybe they do know about everything and just choose to let it operate as is so they can monitor it?
I guess there's also the possibility that someone with power didn't like Jacob and wanted him out of the way. Maybe the blacksmiths working with the guard felt he was stepping on their turf, or maybe Angelica did something for some reason. I don't know.
Or maybe the government didn't mark him as an "undesireable" and he's just a regular person who got thrown in with the rest of the group to avoid suspicion. Who knows? It is just a theory after all.
Frostgoddess
How do they choose people anyway? Because if the queen didn't have anything up her sleeve, we could say it's random. However, if we do follow the theory that she's targeting people she wants to get rid of... After all the queen can't personally in know and have beef with every Chosen, so how does she assess people's worth? How does she find and pick which nuisances See More to send? Does she have specific people in local areas that report on them? It raises so many questions, but the idea that she's not targeting people raises even more. Her choices don't seem very strategic, after all.
on May 28, 2023
Frostgoddess
On that note I also really want to know what Citrine wrote about him in her notebook but I'm not longer in contact with the only person who knows that information wbidbd
on May 28, 2023
on May 28, 2023
on May 27, 2023
I'm posting wayyyyy more than I usually do but I've found an outlet for my Xafrin obsession that isn't just daydreaming and re-reading stuff lol
on May 27, 2023
I wish Hero Forge had more hair options. We could always use more variety in hair styles
Also need's a way to add a big old strap for bags, like a messenger bag sort of thing. The closest strap they have ends too high to actually connect to side bags.
on May 27, 2023
on May 27, 2023
Next I'm gonna make the party leaders. ^.^ The first leader (an NPC) died for a little while (He got better) so a power struggle began between two women in the party who were both trying to take charge, but had very different ideas on how the party should move forward. Mila vs Citrine. This created a lot of interesting dynamics, both between the two women themselves and within the party as a whole since the other characters typically supported one or the other. Jacob was Team See More Mila, for sure.
And I love the running gag about Mila possibly being a vampire. She's not.....or is she? haha
on May 27, 2023
on May 27, 2023
Oath, Bard of the Dead, Servant to the Xafrin Catacombs
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on May 27, 2023
on May 27, 2023
I ought to make hero forge models for all the bards in the party and make a scene of them playing their instruments. There were a lot of impromptu dance parties in this campaign due to how many bards we had haha
on May 26, 2023
on May 26, 2023
