Hanth Bitten

Dialogue[]

“	While hunting, your Dostal devotee Hanth is bitten by a centipede spirit. Its spectral poison will soon take hold of him, debilitating him for some time to come. Your shaman Dresta refuses to help. "He asked rudely," she says. "And when I spoke to the centipede, it said that Hanth had broken a taboo and then insulted it as well. The spirit says that if we counteract the poison, it will curse us all. If you ask me, bumptious Hanth has deserved something like this for a long time." Let Hanth take his lumps. Admonish Dresta for her refusal. Instruct Dresta to offer the spirit clan magic to reverse the poison. (only available if you have clan magic to spare) Call on Chalana Arroy to heal Hanth.	”
— Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out

Consequences[]

If you let Hanth take his lumps, he falls into an unwaking slumber and the people decry the ring's indifference and the loss of his contributions. His slumber can last a very long time, up to and including a full year. Hanth may allude to his experience or dreaming in subsequent dialogue. Note that a Healing spirit cannot cure Hanth from this spirit poison.

If you instruct Dresta to offer the spirit clan magic to reverse the poison, she does so under protest. The centipede may accept a tribute of 2 Magic. Hanth will remain available and the people may cheer that he had once again escaped comeuppance; Mood may rise.

If you call on Chalana Arroy to heal Hanth, Hanth may indeed be healed, but you may soon find biting centipedes overrunning your wildlands, reducing the yield of your foragers.

Notes[]

Presumably, this event may happen with Hanth's son, Hanvan, and Dresta's daughter, Doresa, as well.

If Hanth is old, the illustration used will reflect this.

Advice[]

"I said nothing to that spirit that it didn't... my head... spinning... Ohhh..." - Hanth
"I won't repeat the terrible things Hanth said to the spirit." - Dresta
"This matter is beneath my regal dignity." - Iverlantho
"I should be able to stop the poison before it takes hold." - Chalana Arroy worshipper
"If you let Dresta do this to Hanth, you let her do it to all hunters." - Dostal worshipper
"To live is to suffer, and that's the joke!" - Eurmal trickster
"An angry spirit might ask for considerable magic."
"At least no one cares what Dresta or Hanth think about the crown."
"People don't just forgive Hanth's flaws. They admire them."
"If he had to do this over again I am sure he would not."
"When I hear 'centipede curse' I worry about our foraging."
"The grace granted by our Chalana Arroy temple remains resonants."
"Hanth must learn to endure pain."
"Let him stew in centipede juice."