Dialogue[]
| “ | An earthquake sends your cows stampeding far from their pastures. <Number> of them remain missing. Though your herders expect to recover at least some of them, the people react with <fear/terror/extreme trepidation>. Your Nyalda devotees declare that <distant/faraway/alien/weird> gods are <attacking/assaulting/injuring/wounding> the earth, and that the effects of this <calamity/disaster/outrage> can be felt even here. Other elders <disagree>, blaming the quake on <burrowing/subterranean/underground-dwelling> trolls or dwarves. | ” |
— Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind | ||
Consequences[]
At the start of the event, Mood drops and your Herds decrease some.
Spirits can usually return all or most of your cows to you, even if you don't perform the arduous version of the rite.
If you lend Nyalda strength, you must first decide how much to sacrifice to aid this endeavor. A successful rite will cause Mood to rise and help the earth heal, making sure there are no more quakes in the near future.
If you elect to take no further action, the people may see the wisdom in this, reasoning that you can't avert a disaster that has already happened. Even so, Mood does not improve.
No matter the choice, some of your cows may be found and returned by your herders.
Advice[]
- "At least the goats scampered to safety." - Uryarda worshiper
- "None of our sure-footed goats were hurt, you'll notice." - Goat-loving circle-member
- "I am proud to say that no horses stampeded." - Gamari worshiper
- "Let Elmal erect a shield against our foes." - Elmal worshiper
- "A major ritual on the Other Side would be worth my while. Not simple sacrifice." - Relendar worshiper
- "I hope the plum trees were not uprooted." - Inilla worshiper
- "Salve the wounded earth." - Erissa worshiper
- "We should trade for a treasure sacred to Nyalda." - Ekarna worshiper
- "We should drum for spirits." - Shaman
- "Trolls did this."
- "Unlike the gods, spirits don't ask to eat our cows."
- "We should have prepared a ritual before the quakes started."
- "Earthquakes never happened until the Rams showed up, bringing his tempestuous wife, Ernalda."
- "I didn't do this!" - Raven trickster