Foreign God-Talker Request

Dialogue[]

“	God-talkers who worship the <southern/western/island> deity <Garavanara/Rachna/Sothearith/Xhas/Zeer-Zhir> arrive to offer her assistance. "We worship the Great Mistress of <Rebirth/Equilibrium>. In prayer to her we <perceived/identified> an <obstacle/impediment> to the <defeat/undoing> of Chaos: your alliance to the <Allied> clan. It seems <beneficial/innocuous/helpful> but in fact prevents certain <prophecies/resonances/emanations> from coming <to/into> <fruition/reality>. Though it seems like an <unsettling/odd/upsetting> and perhaps <hazardous/fraught/dangerous> request, you must raid them. A year from now, <Garavanara/Rachna/Sothearith/Xhas/Zeer-Zhir> shall reward you with <20/22/24> horses and <100/110/120> cows from her divine <stead/fiefdom/court/pasture> if she sees that you have done this. And to make sure those animals survive, she will also <restore your pasturelands/bless your pastures>. Agree. Decline. Drive them off. Decline and warn the <allied clan>s.	”
— Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out

Consequences[]

If you agree, they promise the reward in a year's time if the request is fulfilled. The people may be more concerned over valuing cows than a promise to raid allies. Organizing a raid against said clan but calling it off as a misunderstanding does not count towards as fulfillment. Failure to fulfill this agreement will result in a magic malus on the promised time of delivery.

If you merely decline, the people may think you were right to not trust them. If so, Mood rises. Alternatively, they may think you should have taken the cows, in which case Mood declines instead.

If you drive them off, they will vanish at the start of combat. Mood will improve, and God talkers will say we are strengthened against dire forces.

If you decline and warn the allied clan then they will thank you for the warning. They speculate that the goddess that the strange god-talkers claimed to represent was actually the Chaos goddess of temptation, Seseine. Their request were merely a ploy to lure the royal clan into dishonor.

Notes[]

Compare Foreign God-Talkers Visit Neighbors, where the foreign priestesses give your neighbors this offer instead.

Advice[]

"I, as king, should have clothes that fine." - Iverlantho
"<100/110/120> cows? We must at least appear to consider it." - Venef
"We can bring death to whoever we want." - Kerenna
"The spirits don't like them." - Dresta
"The entire valley will distrust us if we gain a reputation for violently betraying allies." - Reda
"Restoring our pastures is a lot of work. Which we need to do." - Hanvan
"I have not heard of this <Garavanara/Sothearith/Xhas/etc.>. The world is big and full of gods." - Lhankor Mhy devotee/Lore expert
"If our ancestors didn't know <Garavanara, etc.>, we shouldn't either." - Ancestors worshiper
"Let's be full of surprises." - Eurmal trickster
"I was born in the far south, but I don't recognize these folk or their goddess." - Agimori Adoptee
"Who is the husband of this <Rachna, etc.>? That's what I want to know." - Misogynistic ring member
"We can take the <Allied>s." - Warrior
"They will give us the livestock if we what they ask. But that doesn't mean we should trust them."
"We'd have to build our forces considerably to stage a successful raid against the <Allies>.
"They look healthier than us."
"Restoring our pastures is a lot of work. Which we need to do."
"The people want us to seek the aid of the gods, especially the unfamiliar ones that still hold power."