Dialogue[]
| “ | Traders from the <Offer> clan offer us a golden tablet of Hyalor. This treasure of a god you followed back in your Rider days will grant ongoing magic, say members of your old solar families. Nobles of your storm bloodlines argue that acquiring it would harm your royal magic. Its gold alone is worth much. The <Offer>s want goods and livestock work 50 cows.
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— Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out | ||
Consequences[]
Your solar and storm families are both right. The Tablet is a fairly powerful treasure that provides clan magic every year and also strengthens your Elmal and Osara devotees. However, there is a catch: keeping it will weaken Iverlantho, Venef and Erenlanth, making them less likely to succeed at any tests they undertake.
If you make the trade, you decide distribution of goods and cows, up to a total of 50. The people may be glad to be reminded of their Rider past, in which case Mood increases.
Saying "We had such a tablet, and got rid of it" will have your royalists applaud cheerfully, improving Mood.
If you choose to take it only if you can bargain them down, you can fail to come to an agreement. This will actually raise clan mood if your people is not disposed towards monarchy. Success, however, will give you the treasure and also, potentially, improve clan mood.
If you acquire the tablet, when Iverlantho breaks out into a rash soon after, the clan's royalists will be quick to claim that it was this acquisition that weakened him.
Advice[]
- "I forbid its acquisition." - Iverlantho
- "Accepting the tablet would undo Redalda's work." - Reda/Redalda devotee
- "Our oldest ancestors look upon these tablets with fondness." - Ancestor worshiper
- "If it was a piece of royal regalia it would be worth 50 cows and more." - Issaries devotee/Bargainer
- "Tell them they're pond scum for asking fifty cows." - Advisor 1
- "They're our friends, <Advisor 1>. What an appaling thought." - Advisor 2
- "If our kings are not kings any more, we can accept this treasure's gifts." - Realist
- "Trade fosters peace."
- "No clan will take more than 25 cows for it."
- "This Rider artifact could be considered a piece of anti-regalia."
- "Acquiring it would offend our predominant royalist faction."
- "Doubters outnumber royalists and want that tablet."
- "We could use the wisdom of Hyalor about now."
- "Hyalor was a mortal human when he taught the Riders to survive. When he died he became a god."
- "Hyalor said we should not have kings. We had to give up his tablet when Beren was crowned."
- "No other Ram clan, and no Wheel clan, will gain magic from a Hyalor tablet. All Rider clans already have one."
- "Bargain them down."