Emissaries Talk Rams

Emissaries Talk Rams
Type	Random Event

Dialogue

“	<Visitor> emissaries <gift you/offer a gift of> <lapis lazuli/fine-grained cedar wood/brilliant yellow dye/story tent thread> worth <number> cows. But the <main/real/primary> purpose of their visit is to <converse about/discuss> the Rams. <They’re curious to know if you had also received news about the Three Sisters, the <Three Sisters Clan> priestesses who claimed to be daughters of Vingkot, son of the Storm. One of their traders visited them, and seemed convinced of their divine aura."/“Did the <Three Sisters Clan> ask you for gifts to honor a baby girl of the bloodline of Orlanth the Rebel? It was an unusual request. We decided to be good neighbors and gave a small gift.”> The <Visitors> say that <more/many> Ram tribes live south of the local Rams, and even more around Mount Wintertop. “<They claim that mountain is the mother of Orlanth/Some say their priests fly to the mountain peak all the time/Supposedly a queen rules all the Rams south of that mountain>. The Rams <say/argue> that this is the Age of Storm.” After sharing more minor news and speculations about the Rams just across the Black Eel River, they ask for your thoughts. “It might be a good idea to befriend the Rams.” “We should form a kingdom, to fight the Rams.” “Maybe it’s time to migrate away from the Ram menace.” “Yes, they can be a nuisance, can’t they?”	”
— Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind

Consequences

If you suggest founding a kingdom, they may be sceptical, or express openness to the idea.

Notes

The lines about the Daughters of Vingkot and Redalda only appear when those events have happened fairly recently.

This event may use a variety of different illustration.

Mount Wintertop is known to the Rams as Kero Fin.

Advice

• "The Rams have much bronze. There are many trade opportunities." - Ekarna worshiper/Bargainer
• "I would be very careful about making war on a powerful foe without knowing more about their own alliances. Would an attack on one Ram clan be defended by all?" - Warrior
• "The Rams gained power after their god Orlanth murdered Yelm."
• "A kingdom would be a great first step. A large army would be next."
• "We should drive the <filthy/stinky> Rams all the way back to their so-called sacred mountain!"
• "The Rams trace their descent through Vingkot to Orlanth, the storm god who slew the sun."
• "Their god Orlanth is helped by many other storm gods, including his son Vingkot, who founded the different Ram tribes."
• "The Rams are always fighting among themselves. Their time will end."