Dialogue[]
“ | Members of the <Wheel> clan have maimed one of your young warriors, <Name>. Charioteer nobles caught <Name>, dragged him onto one of their fast-moving carts, and blinded him with a punishing solar bolt. Then they threw him from the cart, so the rest of us could behold the shame they’d inflicted. <Name>, who will never fight again, says he wishes to rise to the sky. This means stepping into a sacred pyre to be burned alive. He would then rise as smoke into the stars, to fight alongside the gods there. | ” |
— Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind |
Consequences[]
At the start of the event, Mood drops and one of your Swords is injured.
A successful raid will persuade <Name> live on as a noncombatant, though an unsuccessful one will only reaffirm his desire to die.
Erissa partially heal his eyes, enough for him to fight close up with a sword. This will cost you some Clan Magic.
Spirits can also aid him, giving him strange sight.
And a successful skywise ritual may gain the favorable attention of the war gods. If so, Mood improves.
Notes[]
The chain event Beren Blinded is a variant on this one.
Advice[]
- "His injuries are severe. We should heal him, but it will be diffisult and costly. Sacrifice goods worth at least ten cows, or tax the spirits." - Erissa worshiper
- "This gruesome act is a ritual obeisance for the Wheels. They say it is because we worship Hyalor as a god, when he was only a man." - Relandar worshiper
- "Both eyes are too badly damaged for normal healing. But spirits might lend him their eerie sight." - Shaman
- "Our magic will help loft his soul skywards." - If you put much magic into Ritual during the previous Sacred Time
- "A successful attack will ease <Name>'s mind, and improve the people's mood, too."
- "A successful attack will make the <Wheel>s fear us, which is useful in more than one."
- "Hyalor is of divine blood, but the Wheels do not follow him and so deny this."
- "I would kill myself if I were him."
- "We should be more careful around them."
- "It is hard to accept, but we must let him walk into the pyre."
- "You ask me why I hate Wheels? This is why!" - Wheel-hating circle member