Dialogue[]
| “ | <Devil worshippers/Followers of Wakboth the Devil/Devotees of Wakboth>, their very bodies <warped/malformed> and <twisted/reconfigured> by their unholy worship, appear at your gate. As you reach for your <weapons/swords>, they shout to inform you of <an upcoming/a forthcoming> raid <by/from> the forces of Chaos. "For <only/a mere> <number> cows, we can teach you <an easy/a quick/a simple> <and/,> <straightforward/undemanding/painless> <chant/prayer/prayers> to Wakboth, which will divert his <fearsome/formidable/mighty> forces to another target<, the <Other> clan>.
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— Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out | ||
Consequences[]
Scornfully refuse and the cultists will cheerfully mock you as they leave. Mood may increase, the people taking heart in your refusal to be cowed. Alternatively, the people will be fearful and the Mood will decrease. Either way, patrols may be doubled afterwards in preparation for the threatened raid. Said Chaos Raid may immediate follow.
Attacking them has much the same effect as scornfully refusing, except that the cultists will be killed and several of your fighters injured; if your warriors are particularly unlucky, the cultists may turn out tougher than they look, in which case you will suffer several dead and wounded before the cultists are vanquished. In any case, as you advisors may warn you, fighting will leave you a bit more vulnerable to the upcoming Chaos raid. Mood may improve, however.
Advice[]
- "A king cannot be seen suck at the breast of Chaos." - Iverlantho
- "A well-phrased refusal will rouse the people." - Venef
- "Game will be scarce after a Chaos horde sweeps through here." - Hanth / Dostal devotee
- "Other clans look unkindly, to understate the case, on those who truck with Chaos." - Reda
- "They profane the earth simply by walking on it." - Ernalda devotee
- "We shouldn't do it, but I can veil any Chaos pact from the eyes of our neighbors." - Eurmal trickster
- "We didn't have much Chaos when we lives north of the Black Eel. If we ran into any, we killed it." - Returner
- "Wakboth is the destruction principle in clad in otherworldly flesh."
- "<Fighters/Warriors> <injured/hurt> <driving off/skirmishing with> these <freaks/monstrosities> won't be able to defend us in the bigger battle to come. And I see no reason to doubt it will."
- "Our hands aren't entirely clean with regards to Chaos, but we have never propitiated a Chaos god."
- "They must die another day."
- "Past appeasement of Chaos already haunts us."
- "None can say that the <Player Clan>s appease Chaos."
- "No bargain with Chaos is a good one."
- "We have never propitiated a Chaos god."
- "If we must sacrifice to Wakboth, let us not also give cows to these fiends."