pretty sure fully female ryn is a no no, as in people asked so much they even had a rule for "no etheryn will not have a vagina" or maybe im delusional
What content would you like added?
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Temptation going to Presence is a good change.
But Mental Resistance definitely still belongs to Willpower. Willpower is basically mental endurance.
1. She doesn't want to
2. She's absolutely code spaghetti at this point so further changes probably aren't happening
someone should make an image we can post everytime someone suggests "removing etheryns dick"
anyways "days since last etheryn mildy transphobic microagression" counter has been reset to 0
anyways "days since last etheryn mildy transphobic microagression" counter has been reset to 0
To everyone calling me out about Ryn:
I may be here often, but that doesn't mean I know everything. I don't read every forum post and I certainly haven't seen anything about people asking this often. I simply remembered the dialogue from a scene and thought "If she wants feel like a woman, why not fully commit" especially if you're playing as a guy and she's usually on the recieving end.
Also, it was just a hope Hethia gets a bit more content. It seems she's mostly been sidelined after you take back the Ice palace, and I honestly like the druid elf with a different perspective on things. She herself says she doesn't like the palace much, so is visiting our wayfort from time to time really that bad?
I may be here often, but that doesn't mean I know everything. I don't read every forum post and I certainly haven't seen anything about people asking this often. I simply remembered the dialogue from a scene and thought "If she wants feel like a woman, why not fully commit" especially if you're playing as a guy and she's usually on the recieving end.
Also, it was just a hope Hethia gets a bit more content. It seems she's mostly been sidelined after you take back the Ice palace, and I honestly like the druid elf with a different perspective on things. She herself says she doesn't like the palace much, so is visiting our wayfort from time to time really that bad?
Can be, thats why i changed ward to there, as the capacity of having real strong magical power it also reflects that raw power in an maintaining it defensively (like in an magical force shield surrounding you wich would be the ward, magic resistance because to me the word resistance is more the capalbility to resist something and power through it nonetheless).
Yet thoughness can also be that you have to have physical and mental resilience to be tough, gave an example of it in the image above that one "when training endurance in martial practices they usually say sound body sound mind because you train the body aswell as the mind." to be able to perform and resist difficulties.
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np dude, i was just poking fun, you are the least obnoxious about the ryn thing anyway, some people were very...passionate
An Kiyoko healing 'Set' (it would include the level 1 Healer's Hands Perk and as stats restribution she would have: [level 8] Willpower: 27 Cunning :25 Presence: 24) based on healing others through drain 'Spells', by redirecting the healing amount part of the 'Spell'.
She would have an new level 7 Perk that when she would heal herself from an single targeted drain spell (ex.: Leech) she would redirect that healing amount (plus bonuses, it would still count as if it targeted healed her for the purpose of the Evergreen's Bountiful Bag bonus) to the most damaged companion instead, and whenever an aoe drain (ex.: Mass Drain or Vitality Reap) heal would occure to her she would instead heal her party with that amount evenly divided amongst the party.
She probably would need an normal 'At-will' Heal or Regen Power (could be an shield or new altered healing that is a mix of various consumbles namely Vulnerary with the Winterstem healing effect added to it [and if the overall spell were to be an bit below other similiar spells it could always get the effect of Remedy aswell to cleanse some or all debuffs like the Kitsune Protector does] in the form of an magicly infused incense sticks/powders made of various healing items, in an incense type of healing) incase the enemy has the 'Construct or Undead' Taxonomy.
The first 'Recharge' Power would be Leech.
For the second 'Recharge' Power it could be an new 4 turns cooldown aoe drain damage spell (as i could not find any existing one for the that purpose) with an offensive party buff.
For the 'Encounter' Power she would use an different set of magicly infused incense sticks/powders made from Steadfast Tonic and Wyvern Venom within an portable incense burner wich would permeate the battle field with incense in the form of an stance type power.
While not being interrupted for the enemy party it would pulse each new round and inflict the Aroused state on the targeted enemy for 3 turns (from the empowered Wyvern Venom dried sticks/powder mix) and apply the Distracted debuff for 3 turns due to the dulling effect and haziness of the fumes, and for the player party it would grant an increase Physical Resistance and Armor by 5 +(Cunning/2) + (Agility/2) until interrupted (from the empowered Steadfast Tonic dried sticks/powder mix).
Also noted that it would not apply the Steadfast Tonic's normal buff but be an new combined effect due to it being newly processed into an different form as they both as consumbles are in liquid form (this comes so to use both items still if desired).
And the 'Ultimate' Power would still be Kitsunetsuki.
The heals obtained from the drain spells damage would have to be enough for her to be able to heal properly thus she would have to equip renamed items from both Fire Jade and Evergreen's Bountiful Bag, wich she would be able to adquire through Komari having been the teacher of Lady Evergreen and by so she probably has the knoweledge to create an similiar item as Evergreen's Bountiful Bag and for the Fire Jade you would just have to adquire an other Molten Core and have Mai create one for Kiyoko.
The story could be that after having an nightmary in wich she whilst in an battle with the PC the latter was left gravely wounded and she couldn't heal him because she didn't know how and that kept haunting her ever since.
So she had been thinking even though she's was not proficient in healing how could she turn that around and be able to help protect the PC with being able to heal him.
As time passed so started noticing she several items the PC possesed but most specificly the PC's Fire Jade and Evergreen's Bountiful Bag and kept thinking to her self till she finnaly got an ideia for an possible way and went to talk with Komari about it due to her being an Kitsuneyasha and by so have had live an very unnatural long life and had been able to adquire a lot of knowledge.
After the consultation Komari mentioned that there was an way but was really difficult to learn and so through some rigorous training with Komari she was able to master an new ability (Perk) on how to redirect the healing part of her draining abilities to heal an other instead.
For the 'At-Will' heal when she went to Komari for help Komari teached here a way to magically imbue the incense sticks so to strenghten the effect of an incense to the point it could serve as an proper heal and to be able to direct the incense's effects in battle so to only affect those she choose to and with wich effects.
She could get an constant source of the base ingredients that would be supplied by Kohaku yet she needed one more component to what she wanted as Komari had mentioned to her that the imbuement strenght could only be as potent as the quality of the mixture of the incense sticks/powders, so she needed a very skilled alchemist for that.
So she search and went to several alchemist she knew but all of them could only supply her with an limited amount to carry around as she was mostly traveling and would need to restock constantly on the mixed material wich only such alchemist could provide, till she finally asked Lyric for help and that solved her last problem as for now she had an travelling alchemist wich would keep her restocked permanently.
Than probably just an small fetch followup quest for the gear items.
The Kiyoko 'Set' quest would only become available visiting her at her home after reaching level 7, having done both quests to obtain Fire Jade and Evergreen's Bountiful Bag, having encountered and unfrozen Lyric and talk about alchemy with the latter.
As in it's relation to Japanese culture it could be the concept off :
"The Cultural Roots of Japanese Energy Healing
In Japan, the concept of "teate 手当て," which translates to "putting hands on," is a cornerstone of traditional healing. This simple yet powerful act involves placing one's hands on the injured or painful area with the intention of alleviating discomfort. It's a practice often seen between mothers and their children, accompanied by the soothing words "itai no itai no tonde ike," meaning "pain, pain, fly away." This cultural custom serves as a foundation for many Japanese energy healing modalities."
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"Distance Reiki: Healing Across Space and Time
One of the unique aspects of Reiki is its ability to be performed at a distance. Distance Reiki, also known as absentee Reiki, involves sending healing energy to a person who is not physically present. This practice has gained popularity as it allows for healing to occur across geographical boundaries and even time zones."
(https://www.bodhiholistichub.com/le...apanese-energy-healing-a-cultural-perspective)
So in essence she learns to while draining energy (Ki or life force) to redirect that energy towards others (similiar to Reiki) and incenses to benefit her party aswell as debilitate the enemy party.
Ex.: of incenses and incense burners: https://www.dreamstime.com/detailed...r-artwork-captures-tranquility-image345073245 and https://vamosarema.com/ , Japanese Stacking Incense Box: https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/a...-period-mid-19th-century-japan/id-f_41026842/ and https://museum.seiko.co.jp/en/collections/timepieces/collect003/ , portable incense: https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/1005007315764566.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2bra .
She would have an new level 7 Perk that when she would heal herself from an single targeted drain spell (ex.: Leech) she would redirect that healing amount (plus bonuses, it would still count as if it targeted healed her for the purpose of the Evergreen's Bountiful Bag bonus) to the most damaged companion instead, and whenever an aoe drain (ex.: Mass Drain or Vitality Reap) heal would occure to her she would instead heal her party with that amount evenly divided amongst the party.
She probably would need an normal 'At-will' Heal or Regen Power (could be an shield or new altered healing that is a mix of various consumbles namely Vulnerary with the Winterstem healing effect added to it [and if the overall spell were to be an bit below other similiar spells it could always get the effect of Remedy aswell to cleanse some or all debuffs like the Kitsune Protector does] in the form of an magicly infused incense sticks/powders made of various healing items, in an incense type of healing) incase the enemy has the 'Construct or Undead' Taxonomy.
The first 'Recharge' Power would be Leech.
For the second 'Recharge' Power it could be an new 4 turns cooldown aoe drain damage spell (as i could not find any existing one for the that purpose) with an offensive party buff.
For the 'Encounter' Power she would use an different set of magicly infused incense sticks/powders made from Steadfast Tonic and Wyvern Venom within an portable incense burner wich would permeate the battle field with incense in the form of an stance type power.
While not being interrupted for the enemy party it would pulse each new round and inflict the Aroused state on the targeted enemy for 3 turns (from the empowered Wyvern Venom dried sticks/powder mix) and apply the Distracted debuff for 3 turns due to the dulling effect and haziness of the fumes, and for the player party it would grant an increase Physical Resistance and Armor by 5 +(Cunning/2) + (Agility/2) until interrupted (from the empowered Steadfast Tonic dried sticks/powder mix).
Also noted that it would not apply the Steadfast Tonic's normal buff but be an new combined effect due to it being newly processed into an different form as they both as consumbles are in liquid form (this comes so to use both items still if desired).
And the 'Ultimate' Power would still be Kitsunetsuki.
The heals obtained from the drain spells damage would have to be enough for her to be able to heal properly thus she would have to equip renamed items from both Fire Jade and Evergreen's Bountiful Bag, wich she would be able to adquire through Komari having been the teacher of Lady Evergreen and by so she probably has the knoweledge to create an similiar item as Evergreen's Bountiful Bag and for the Fire Jade you would just have to adquire an other Molten Core and have Mai create one for Kiyoko.
The story could be that after having an nightmary in wich she whilst in an battle with the PC the latter was left gravely wounded and she couldn't heal him because she didn't know how and that kept haunting her ever since.
So she had been thinking even though she's was not proficient in healing how could she turn that around and be able to help protect the PC with being able to heal him.
As time passed so started noticing she several items the PC possesed but most specificly the PC's Fire Jade and Evergreen's Bountiful Bag and kept thinking to her self till she finnaly got an ideia for an possible way and went to talk with Komari about it due to her being an Kitsuneyasha and by so have had live an very unnatural long life and had been able to adquire a lot of knowledge.
After the consultation Komari mentioned that there was an way but was really difficult to learn and so through some rigorous training with Komari she was able to master an new ability (Perk) on how to redirect the healing part of her draining abilities to heal an other instead.
For the 'At-Will' heal when she went to Komari for help Komari teached here a way to magically imbue the incense sticks so to strenghten the effect of an incense to the point it could serve as an proper heal and to be able to direct the incense's effects in battle so to only affect those she choose to and with wich effects.
She could get an constant source of the base ingredients that would be supplied by Kohaku yet she needed one more component to what she wanted as Komari had mentioned to her that the imbuement strenght could only be as potent as the quality of the mixture of the incense sticks/powders, so she needed a very skilled alchemist for that.
So she search and went to several alchemist she knew but all of them could only supply her with an limited amount to carry around as she was mostly traveling and would need to restock constantly on the mixed material wich only such alchemist could provide, till she finally asked Lyric for help and that solved her last problem as for now she had an travelling alchemist wich would keep her restocked permanently.
Than probably just an small fetch followup quest for the gear items.
The Kiyoko 'Set' quest would only become available visiting her at her home after reaching level 7, having done both quests to obtain Fire Jade and Evergreen's Bountiful Bag, having encountered and unfrozen Lyric and talk about alchemy with the latter.
As in it's relation to Japanese culture it could be the concept off :
"The Cultural Roots of Japanese Energy Healing
In Japan, the concept of "teate 手当て," which translates to "putting hands on," is a cornerstone of traditional healing. This simple yet powerful act involves placing one's hands on the injured or painful area with the intention of alleviating discomfort. It's a practice often seen between mothers and their children, accompanied by the soothing words "itai no itai no tonde ike," meaning "pain, pain, fly away." This cultural custom serves as a foundation for many Japanese energy healing modalities."
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"Distance Reiki: Healing Across Space and Time
One of the unique aspects of Reiki is its ability to be performed at a distance. Distance Reiki, also known as absentee Reiki, involves sending healing energy to a person who is not physically present. This practice has gained popularity as it allows for healing to occur across geographical boundaries and even time zones."
(https://www.bodhiholistichub.com/le...apanese-energy-healing-a-cultural-perspective)
So in essence she learns to while draining energy (Ki or life force) to redirect that energy towards others (similiar to Reiki) and incenses to benefit her party aswell as debilitate the enemy party.
Ex.: of incenses and incense burners: https://www.dreamstime.com/detailed...r-artwork-captures-tranquility-image345073245 and https://vamosarema.com/ , Japanese Stacking Incense Box: https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/a...-period-mid-19th-century-japan/id-f_41026842/ and https://museum.seiko.co.jp/en/collections/timepieces/collect003/ , portable incense: https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/1005007315764566.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2bra .
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For what its worth I wasn't attempting to call you out, just saying that dedicked ryn probably isn't ever going to happen.
Poor Hethia, last new content she got was a Moira bust and the ruins of xadaron quest (where she barely participates)
Sadge
Message received, adding in another 200 pages of Hed Content o7
So not sure if I said this before or if someone else has said it, but I want more scenes of brienne where she's ridiculously sweaty and uses MC as her own personal sweat rag with some face sitting calling it hubby duties an making a whole dommy show of it, like she's a literal muscle mommy/wife plus a massive minotaur amazonian woman, its mind boggling how there isn't more musky sweat plays with her, like there is only one scene that's in the gym of the frost hound where you get to fool around with her while working out and getting sweaty, which my MC can't really do all that often since my MC is tending to brienne's breeding needs like 24/7 so as soon as she is popping the kiddos out, she's dragging my MC back to the breeding cell that is our bed, which I don't mind one bit, just would love more sweaty fun with my smelly sweaty muscle wife.
Also this just came to me while I was typing this but sweaty threesome with sub-arona and brienne, and while I'm at it Azzy too, cuz why not their smelly musky amazon muscle mommies, if that doesn't happen, I was wondering a scene that I wouldn't mind more of is, the scene where Arona wrestles MC for dominance and having them both covered in sweats and oils, like there could be more scenes or a repeat scene of that but not for dominances, the wrestling part could just be sub-arona's way for affection/foreplay for her hubby plus some bullying.
Also this just came to me while I was typing this but sweaty threesome with sub-arona and brienne, and while I'm at it Azzy too, cuz why not their smelly musky amazon muscle mommies, if that doesn't happen, I was wondering a scene that I wouldn't mind more of is, the scene where Arona wrestles MC for dominance and having them both covered in sweats and oils, like there could be more scenes or a repeat scene of that but not for dominances, the wrestling part could just be sub-arona's way for affection/foreplay for her hubby plus some bullying.
While we are in the Japanese theme, there is also the ideias new Companion Sets for both Brint and Brienne in that theme.
For Brint an 'Samurai' damage support set wich would start at him being enamored with the Minotaur culture in the The Old Country but more specificly the samurais there through tales told by 'Yashiko' in the Passion Pasture.
Derived of the current situation of Khor'minos 'Yashiko' finnaly decides to depart with something she has been holding on wich was handed down through her family line, wich is an enigmatic or even to be believed cursed sword wich she tells has been named 'The Poet's Blade'.
Wich for what she has been told belonged to ancient Kitsune samurai that had an profound love for poetry and on his death bed due to grieveous wounds during an major war in the The Old Country gave his sword to an ancester of hers.
On wich she tells the tale of how the blade came in the possesion of her family and that it has been passed down trough the generations:
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An long time ago when my ancester was still young he aspired to become an samurai as he had heard countless tales of the samurai of old, so when he came of age he decided to join the military to reach his aspirations to become an aprentice and eventually an samurai.
Sadly that dream came crushing down after an few years of service when he realised that because he was not of noble heritage and more so of not being an Kitsune it became painfully out of his reach, as those higher in command would simply ignore him or undermine his efforts all together to come even close to meeting an real samurai.
One day while on patrol duty he was so frustrated he started cursing under his breath about the ones that where holding him back and loathing his life and aspirations all together that he didn't realise he went of his designated trail and ended up in an open clearing where an Kitsune man sat in meditation.
The man realising his new guest open his mouth and told him "your enemies would love to have you as their opponent", with that said the minonian boy showed clear anger towards such words and told the man in an angered tone "that let them come" but the man did not reply.
The boy kept looking at the man for some time as he had gone back to his meditative state and was not paying him attention.
The boy now in an even worse mood turned to go away towards where he had arrived, than suddenly the man asked for his name, the boy clearly upset about the whole thing yelled to the man "what do you care" as the man now replied "every opponent has an name".
As hot headed he was in the moment the boy yelled towards the man his name, and after a few seconds the man replied "prepare i am your opponent now".
The boy having had some years of experience in the military taught he would easily and quikly defeat the man and rushed in to discover while he was half way towards the man, that when the man gently stood up grabbed his sword and got in position that he was not facing an mere person but an samurai alltogether.
The battle stance, the sword and how it became lit with an powerfull blue flame it came to the realisation of the boy that without any mistake who had become his opponent.
As swiftly as he arrived was as swiftly as he was defeated, now realising his mistake of having bitten more than he could chew he started pleading for forgiveness but the man simply started walking away.
While the boy was still pleading he realised a thing, that he had finnaly met an real samurai.
Thinking maybe luck stroke his way, so he hastly told the man to wait, and started explaining his aspirations and the string of unlucky things that had happen towards him while persuing the man.
Till finally the man stopped, turned around and said "you think you got what it takes?..." to wich the boy replied that he would do anything.
So the man tested him the next day and so on, as time went by the boy had many moments in where he thougt he could not do it and would be on he brink of giving up, but his now wise mentor always knew how to make him push through it all.
After being with the man for some years now he learned a lot about the man that not only was he an samurai but an renowned one aswell and most above all his love for Haiku, and thus he and the warrior poet became great friends through having served together in the military and had fough various battles side by side through thick and thin.
Till in an gruesome war wich had broke out due to an escaltion of what had been simple petty bickery amongs the nobles of the time.
While on patrol duty with an small group of other samurais my ancestor heared news from an envoy that the post in wich he and his mentor were serving was to be overwhelmly overrun in an short amount of time, so he hasted in defenseive of it
Even though my ancester managed to arrive just in time at the post where his mentor was located to be present in the fight, while still having fought side by side and the day was won it was not enough to prevent his friend and mentor from being grievously wounded.
It was told that at the poet warrior's deathbed he lamented not being able to fight along side him and see this through till the end and more so to be able adquire his final inspiration so to finish his life long goal of making his greatess Haiku about war wich he had been working on for several years now, as his last words he told his friend "the greatest and most memorable battles are not fought by swords but with words" and gave my ancestor his sword for remembrance.
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Since than the blade wich it alone was already an highly praised blade started sometimes manefesting an blue foxfire flame on it's own wich was abnormal because you needed to be an Kitsune in order to be able to create such flames much less an non Kitsune to wield it without any backlash from the flames.
Wich left people speculating that it could have become an Tsukumogami or even be cursed, even so it was passed down in her familly line for ages.
She than explains that she has brought the blade along ever since it was passed down to her, and untill now has found no purpose for it.
As she sees it, it would be more valuable to pass it to someone that could make use of it to help avoid the worse case scenario for this city and so end up in the hands of demons if the battle for Khor'minos was to be lost.
So brint goes to the PC and tells him about it, and so both go to 'Yashiko' afterwards, there she will give the option of who will keep the blade:
If the PC is chosen to keep the blade for himself, the pc will gain an new sword called 'The Poet's blade' and it will end here.
If Brint is chosen he admits even though he does admire the way of bushi (samurais) he doesn't know where to start in being able to properly wield it, thus the PC has an ideia and goes to search for Kiyoko for how brint could learn to use it properly.
Kiyoko than tells the PC is that the proper way would to be an aprentice to an already seasoned practicioner of the way of bushi and there was only one of wich she knew that had mastered the way wich was Nakano, yet that problem had been solved it already had started another as everyone knew Nakano woul simply refuse out right if not just for his stubbornness alone.
Wich eventually leads to the PC and Brint aproaching Nakano and presenting the 'The Poet's Blade' and telling him it's origins wich really intrigues him and afterwards the topic in hand wich he outright refuses to do, both the PC and Brint than try to convince him with the nobility of the goal wich is to save Khor'minos from an demon invasion currently happening wich he simply pushes aside telling them that it has nothing to do with the affairs of the Kitsune.
They also touch upon how it could bring great honor to the essence of the lingering kami (spirit) of an ancient Kitsune samurai wich did not die in peace (as the PC recounts the tale of the Samurai Poet and his fate), so it still lingeres within the sword and using the sword to help end the invasion with the way of bushi would in a way be an extention of him being present in an worthy and noble cause that he also could use to make an worthy poem of and possibly let it move on peacefully, wich they note that that left Nakano very interested.
If Nakano is engaged to Kinu Kitsune Hime she will make an appearance an tell him that 'honor is gained not only in battles but with deeds aswell'.
If the PC's the choises led Kinu to becoming Inari Shoujo and has declined Rindo's concubinage the latter will appear and give the same line (or something else in flavour of Rindo's personality).
If the PC's the choises led Kinu to becoming Inari Shoujo and has accepted Rindo's concubinage Asagiri will appear instead and make an remark of it to him.
This will finally lead to Nakano accepting the request (if not wanting to make an prove his worth pre-quest) and train Brint in the way of bushi (wich will take some time in PC day's, similiar to when training Quintillus second Companion Set).
After the conflict in Khor'minos is resolved when aproaching Nakano whilst Brint is in his new samurai Companion Set the kami of th sword will manefst it self to all present and thank all involved and also tell that it will remain whit Brint till the end of his life as thanks and only after will it finally depart in peace.
There could also be cameos with the 'The Poet's Blade' and Ashelander (weapon) while both are present, be it with the PC alone while having Ashelander (weapon) in it's bag and 'The Poet's Blade' equipped or the PC having Ashelander (weapon) in it's bag and brint is present in his samurai Companion Set.
Companion Set components:
Brint's 'Samurai' Companion Set is an damage support geared to rsoaking up damage from party members while also healing itself and dealing damage.
It has the level 1 Imposing Perk and it's three main stats are (level 8) Strenght (27), Endurance (25) and Willpower (24).
Powers are:
'At-Will' -> Blue Flame Blade (From having the blade equipped);
Recharge 1 -> Steady Strike (or an similiar new Power);
Recharge 2 -> Protect (or an similiar new Power);
Encounter -> Flames Within (while Brint is not an kitsune and so not resistant to foxfire he gets backlashed from the sword's flames but at the same time that invigorates his senses);
Ultimate -> By The Horns.
Equipment:
'The Poet's Blade' -> Modified Swift Sword, with an ability similiar to the dawnsword wich gives the weilder access to the Blue Flame Blade Power.
(This set could also be adapted to Quintillus, but i think it would suite Brint better because of the Imposing Perk and the Minotaur culture of the The Old Country and that linking with 'Yashiko')
For Brienne i was thinking more of an 'Geisha' sexiness/presence based Companion Set wich would deal damage through the usage of muscial instruments and sound.
I have not thought about the specifics yet, but probably i'l add it on later.
For Brint an 'Samurai' damage support set wich would start at him being enamored with the Minotaur culture in the The Old Country but more specificly the samurais there through tales told by 'Yashiko' in the Passion Pasture.
Derived of the current situation of Khor'minos 'Yashiko' finnaly decides to depart with something she has been holding on wich was handed down through her family line, wich is an enigmatic or even to be believed cursed sword wich she tells has been named 'The Poet's Blade'.
Wich for what she has been told belonged to ancient Kitsune samurai that had an profound love for poetry and on his death bed due to grieveous wounds during an major war in the The Old Country gave his sword to an ancester of hers.
On wich she tells the tale of how the blade came in the possesion of her family and that it has been passed down trough the generations:
-
An long time ago when my ancester was still young he aspired to become an samurai as he had heard countless tales of the samurai of old, so when he came of age he decided to join the military to reach his aspirations to become an aprentice and eventually an samurai.
Sadly that dream came crushing down after an few years of service when he realised that because he was not of noble heritage and more so of not being an Kitsune it became painfully out of his reach, as those higher in command would simply ignore him or undermine his efforts all together to come even close to meeting an real samurai.
One day while on patrol duty he was so frustrated he started cursing under his breath about the ones that where holding him back and loathing his life and aspirations all together that he didn't realise he went of his designated trail and ended up in an open clearing where an Kitsune man sat in meditation.
The man realising his new guest open his mouth and told him "your enemies would love to have you as their opponent", with that said the minonian boy showed clear anger towards such words and told the man in an angered tone "that let them come" but the man did not reply.
The boy kept looking at the man for some time as he had gone back to his meditative state and was not paying him attention.
The boy now in an even worse mood turned to go away towards where he had arrived, than suddenly the man asked for his name, the boy clearly upset about the whole thing yelled to the man "what do you care" as the man now replied "every opponent has an name".
As hot headed he was in the moment the boy yelled towards the man his name, and after a few seconds the man replied "prepare i am your opponent now".
The boy having had some years of experience in the military taught he would easily and quikly defeat the man and rushed in to discover while he was half way towards the man, that when the man gently stood up grabbed his sword and got in position that he was not facing an mere person but an samurai alltogether.
The battle stance, the sword and how it became lit with an powerfull blue flame it came to the realisation of the boy that without any mistake who had become his opponent.
As swiftly as he arrived was as swiftly as he was defeated, now realising his mistake of having bitten more than he could chew he started pleading for forgiveness but the man simply started walking away.
While the boy was still pleading he realised a thing, that he had finnaly met an real samurai.
Thinking maybe luck stroke his way, so he hastly told the man to wait, and started explaining his aspirations and the string of unlucky things that had happen towards him while persuing the man.
Till finally the man stopped, turned around and said "you think you got what it takes?..." to wich the boy replied that he would do anything.
So the man tested him the next day and so on, as time went by the boy had many moments in where he thougt he could not do it and would be on he brink of giving up, but his now wise mentor always knew how to make him push through it all.
After being with the man for some years now he learned a lot about the man that not only was he an samurai but an renowned one aswell and most above all his love for Haiku, and thus he and the warrior poet became great friends through having served together in the military and had fough various battles side by side through thick and thin.
Till in an gruesome war wich had broke out due to an escaltion of what had been simple petty bickery amongs the nobles of the time.
While on patrol duty with an small group of other samurais my ancestor heared news from an envoy that the post in wich he and his mentor were serving was to be overwhelmly overrun in an short amount of time, so he hasted in defenseive of it
Even though my ancester managed to arrive just in time at the post where his mentor was located to be present in the fight, while still having fought side by side and the day was won it was not enough to prevent his friend and mentor from being grievously wounded.
It was told that at the poet warrior's deathbed he lamented not being able to fight along side him and see this through till the end and more so to be able adquire his final inspiration so to finish his life long goal of making his greatess Haiku about war wich he had been working on for several years now, as his last words he told his friend "the greatest and most memorable battles are not fought by swords but with words" and gave my ancestor his sword for remembrance.
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Since than the blade wich it alone was already an highly praised blade started sometimes manefesting an blue foxfire flame on it's own wich was abnormal because you needed to be an Kitsune in order to be able to create such flames much less an non Kitsune to wield it without any backlash from the flames.
Wich left people speculating that it could have become an Tsukumogami or even be cursed, even so it was passed down in her familly line for ages.
She than explains that she has brought the blade along ever since it was passed down to her, and untill now has found no purpose for it.
As she sees it, it would be more valuable to pass it to someone that could make use of it to help avoid the worse case scenario for this city and so end up in the hands of demons if the battle for Khor'minos was to be lost.
So brint goes to the PC and tells him about it, and so both go to 'Yashiko' afterwards, there she will give the option of who will keep the blade:
If the PC is chosen to keep the blade for himself, the pc will gain an new sword called 'The Poet's blade' and it will end here.
If Brint is chosen he admits even though he does admire the way of bushi (samurais) he doesn't know where to start in being able to properly wield it, thus the PC has an ideia and goes to search for Kiyoko for how brint could learn to use it properly.
Kiyoko than tells the PC is that the proper way would to be an aprentice to an already seasoned practicioner of the way of bushi and there was only one of wich she knew that had mastered the way wich was Nakano, yet that problem had been solved it already had started another as everyone knew Nakano woul simply refuse out right if not just for his stubbornness alone.
Wich eventually leads to the PC and Brint aproaching Nakano and presenting the 'The Poet's Blade' and telling him it's origins wich really intrigues him and afterwards the topic in hand wich he outright refuses to do, both the PC and Brint than try to convince him with the nobility of the goal wich is to save Khor'minos from an demon invasion currently happening wich he simply pushes aside telling them that it has nothing to do with the affairs of the Kitsune.
They also touch upon how it could bring great honor to the essence of the lingering kami (spirit) of an ancient Kitsune samurai wich did not die in peace (as the PC recounts the tale of the Samurai Poet and his fate), so it still lingeres within the sword and using the sword to help end the invasion with the way of bushi would in a way be an extention of him being present in an worthy and noble cause that he also could use to make an worthy poem of and possibly let it move on peacefully, wich they note that that left Nakano very interested.
If Nakano is engaged to Kinu Kitsune Hime she will make an appearance an tell him that 'honor is gained not only in battles but with deeds aswell'.
If the PC's the choises led Kinu to becoming Inari Shoujo and has declined Rindo's concubinage the latter will appear and give the same line (or something else in flavour of Rindo's personality).
If the PC's the choises led Kinu to becoming Inari Shoujo and has accepted Rindo's concubinage Asagiri will appear instead and make an remark of it to him.
This will finally lead to Nakano accepting the request (if not wanting to make an prove his worth pre-quest) and train Brint in the way of bushi (wich will take some time in PC day's, similiar to when training Quintillus second Companion Set).
After the conflict in Khor'minos is resolved when aproaching Nakano whilst Brint is in his new samurai Companion Set the kami of th sword will manefst it self to all present and thank all involved and also tell that it will remain whit Brint till the end of his life as thanks and only after will it finally depart in peace.
There could also be cameos with the 'The Poet's Blade' and Ashelander (weapon) while both are present, be it with the PC alone while having Ashelander (weapon) in it's bag and 'The Poet's Blade' equipped or the PC having Ashelander (weapon) in it's bag and brint is present in his samurai Companion Set.
Companion Set components:
Brint's 'Samurai' Companion Set is an damage support geared to rsoaking up damage from party members while also healing itself and dealing damage.
It has the level 1 Imposing Perk and it's three main stats are (level 8) Strenght (27), Endurance (25) and Willpower (24).
Powers are:
'At-Will' -> Blue Flame Blade (From having the blade equipped);
Recharge 1 -> Steady Strike (or an similiar new Power);
Recharge 2 -> Protect (or an similiar new Power);
Encounter -> Flames Within (while Brint is not an kitsune and so not resistant to foxfire he gets backlashed from the sword's flames but at the same time that invigorates his senses);
Ultimate -> By The Horns.
Equipment:
'The Poet's Blade' -> Modified Swift Sword, with an ability similiar to the dawnsword wich gives the weilder access to the Blue Flame Blade Power.
(This set could also be adapted to Quintillus, but i think it would suite Brint better because of the Imposing Perk and the Minotaur culture of the The Old Country and that linking with 'Yashiko')
For Brienne i was thinking more of an 'Geisha' sexiness/presence based Companion Set wich would deal damage through the usage of muscial instruments and sound.
I have not thought about the specifics yet, but probably i'l add it on later.
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