[Rosalie] Chapter 6: Training Knights

[Throndir]

"You're right... maybe some sort of cap I can quickly put on and off. And fair enough. I'll keep silent about the demons... But..." He looked at you a bit more seriously then.

"If there's one, there could be more. That little girl you brought along with you too. Where did you say she was from? From what I know there's nothing north of here after the forest, except the mountains."

[Oath]

"I know. I want to talk to the elder dragon first, and see what she knows before we alarm anyone. I'll take Valeriya with me first thing in the morning. As for Amie she said that she is from Meldoran, I don't know anything about the geography of your world, but she said she came from the north.

[Throndir]

The captain shook his head.

"Nope, can't say I heard of that place before. There is a chance that she came from another Shifting. It's a term coined by those Idorian mages over a decade back to describe those events where new lands suddenly appear. It feels like in the past decade or two, there's been more of those lately."

[Oath]

Rosalie thought for a moment. "Has it been happening more as more heroes arrive? I guess you might not know what's going on in other places. Either way, if there is a new land to the north, we will have to see what we can do. They might be even closer to the demon kingdoms than we are. Also, for tonight you should just stick your spear into the ground so we don't burn anything else. Would you like to go with Valeriya and I when we go talk to the elder dragon?" It would be important to find these new people, especially if others were strong, and make an alliance against the threat that so obviously threatens both groups. Rosalie was cautiously optimistic.

[Throndir]

The captain nodded his head.

"Perhaps not the most recent events... But let's see... Heroes are usually summoned rarely. The first one was around 50 years ago or so? After that... the Idorian Academy City, back when they still had a country, had summoned a hero. At least, that was what was said, but he had apparently died shortly after. Then two more heroes were summoned. One from the Felencorp, and another by the elves to our west. Then the Isikawa Sovereignty summoned theirs perhaps two years ago now. Our own kingdom, the Antwarch Dragon Knight Kingdom's summoning ritual is almost ready too... So apart from you, Rosalie, we'll have another hero with us."

"I'll come with you to meet with the elder I'm the highest ranking knight here! Well, apart from you of course."

[Oath]

"Interesting, It seems that heroes are not as common as I thought. We should head back to the rest of the camp before they suspect too much but I'll make sure to come get you in the morning. You have a dragon of your own that you can ride up with us correct?"

Rosalie didn't mean to be rude, but she hadn't been introduced to Charles' dragon partner assuming he had one.

[Throndir]

Captain Charles shook his head.

"I did, but no longer." He looked somber for a moment, but it passed quickly.

"There's a path that goes up from here. What I do have though, is a horse." He grinned. "I'll meet you up there in half an hour though. That's around the time it should take for a horse to climb up mount Velothia."

With that, he stuck his spear into the ground, the burning point of it, buried into the dirt.

[Throndir]

Having this encounter with the demon and this feast occur on the night of Day 8. We are also going to be doing downtime exp training rules for Rosalie. Exp isn't as good as killing stuff yourself, but will at least help. Reducing exp earned by half, as you only have 4 hours in the day due to the heavy training your character does.

Day 2
Training Check: 16 - Success
Training Check (Hertha): 16 - Success
Training Check: 15 - Success
Training Check (Hertha): 10 - Fail
Forced Training Constitution: 8
Training Check: 8 - Fail
Training Check (Hertha): 12 - Fail
Fatigued Status - Take 15 damage non-lethal

Encounter: Giant Mushroom

Day 3
Training Check: 7 - Fail
Training Check (Hertha): 3 - Fail
Training Check: 15 - Success
Training Check (Hertha): 15 - Success
Forced Training Constitution: 14
Training Check: 17 - Success
Training Check (Hertha): 17 - Success

Encounter: Downtime XP - Rosalie, Valeriya, Alyona, Dragonknight, Dragon - 4 hours
+600 XP

Day 4
Training Check: 15 - Success
Training Check (Hertha): 4 - Fail

At the middle of Day 4, you were able to use the sword well. You begin learning to Flash Step.

Training Check: 6 - Fail
Training Check (Hertha): 12 - Fail
Forced Training Constitution: 24
Training Check: 13 - Fail
Training Check (Hertha): 19 - Success

Encounter: Downtime XP - Rosalie, Valeriya, Alyona, Dragonknight, Dragon - 4 hours
+600 XP

Day 5
Training Check: 13 - Fail
Training Check (Hertha): 8 - Fail
Training Check: 13 - Fail
Training Check (Hertha): 10 - Fail
Forced Training Constitution: 18
Training Check: 23 - Success
Training Check (Hertha): 11 - Fail

Encounter: Downtime XP - Rosalie, Valeriya, Alyona, Dragonknight, Dragon - 4 hours
+600 XP

Day 6
Training Check: 10 - Fail
Training Check (Hertha): 12 - Fail
Training Check: 24 - Success
Training Check (Hertha): 14 - Fail
Forced Training Constitution: 20
Training Check: 7 - Fail
Training Check (Hertha): 17 - Success

Encounter: Downtime XP - Rosalie, Valeriya, Alyona, Dragonknight, Dragon - 4 hours
+600 XP

Day 7
Training Check: 22 - Success
Training Check (Hertha): 13 - Fail
Training Check: 9 - Fail
Training Check (Hertha): 11 - Fail
Forced Training Constitution: 16
Training Check: 24 - Success
Training Check (Hertha): 19 - Success

Encounter: Downtime XP - Rosalie, Valeriya, Alyona, Dragonknight, Dragon - 4 hours
+600 XP

Day 8
Training Check: 11 - Fail
Training Check (Hertha): 14 - Fail
Training Check: 9 - Fail
Training Check (Hertha): 16 - Success
Forced Training Constitution: 8

At the middle of Day 8, you were able to use Flash Step well. You begin learning Air Dashing.

Training Check: 21 - Success
Training Check (Hertha): 22 - Success
Fatigued Status - Take 18 damage non-lethal

Encounter: Giant Boar

Rosalie to decide what new Training to do during Day 8.

[Oath]

Next step of training will be airdashing.

"Sorry to hear about your loss. Let's continue enjoying the night, and save the hard work for the morning. We'll have to talk to the elder and decide on the right course of action and Valeriya is probably drunk by now."

[Throndir]

Trainings
Air Dashing: 2/10

Captain Charles nodded.

"Sounds good to me." Captain Charles said, looking over to the rest of the merry-making, indeed Valeriya was with the others cheering loudly. The Captain grinned.

"Sorry we got off on the wrong foot by the way. Never heard of a dragon making contract with a..." He paused. "Well, you know what I mean." He finally finished.

"To think we'd be having this feast and bonfire at a time like this too... I didn't think it would be possible. Before you arrived even, it was pretty sullen here. We all knew the trainees would soon be sent to the front lines with the rest of the knights and footmen. But you taking them out to the fields every day... A lot of them are pretty inspired, ya know?"

Feel free to wrap this up, we can move you to Ch 7 soon, with meeting with the Elder. Or let me know and I'll just continue to next morning.

[Throndir]

The next went on, with the partying finally finishing. Eventually when it was done, Captain Charles mentioned he'd meet you up at the peak of the mountain the next morning.

Amie, the foreigner girl also came up to you telling you that the knights were kind enough to let her use one of the tents. Captain Charles assured you that 'nothing funny' would happen, and the dragon knight that had come along with you on your trip even promised that he'd make sure Amie was comfortable.

With that, both you and Valeriya made your way back to her home. Every evening, Valeriya's little sister, Alyona, would find a way to sneak in bed with the two of you, and even now she was a distance behind, trying to be sneaky, but obviously failing.

The night came and passed, and the morning soon greeted the three of you.



Making your way towards where you were first summoned, you see Captain Charles already waiting. He had the spear that you enchanted as well, and like before, it was still burning bright with the enchantment.

"Hero Rosalie... My daughters Valeriya and Alyona... Captain Charles tell me that you seek an audience?" She asked.

Lots of time jumps, feel free to interrupt with any action.

[Oath]

"Yes, elder, it is about what we found yesterday when we were out hunting. I'll get straight to the point. There was a large demon that was wandering through the woods, chasing after a girl that claims she is from a strange land. I don't think she's a hero. but she does have some combat ability. We didn't want to alarm the trainees, and figured that it would be best to talk to you directly to formulate a plan of action." Rosalie was unsure of what to expect, but surely the elder would be able to provide some sort of guidance.

[Throndir]

"A demon? This far in the Antwarch Kingdom?" She asked, concern in her voice. She glanced at the captain for verification.

Captain Charles nodded.

"It's as our hero said. Well, I didn't see it personally, but one of the new dragonknights, Braxton, ran into it. I wrote a report of it last night. The girl Rosalie mentioned is staying with the knights, at the training camp."

The Elder sighed when she heard the news.

"The Hierdsvain Valkyrie should have prevented the attacks on Antwarch ground. Not to mention the Hierdsvain mountains to our north, that act as a barrier." She mulled for a second.

"Have you any news from the Hierdsvain valkyrie? Their southern fortress should have held the demon's attention. Has their been any news from your superiors Charles?" The Elder asked. You noticed that she dropped the man's title.

At that, the captain shook his head.

"We only got this news now. I sent in the report, but it will likely be a few days til we hear anything back. I know the kingdom has more than enough to worry about."

Finally the Elder turned towards you.

"An allied group, the Priests of the Wind Temples will be visiting us today. I've already been busy handling some of the Antwarch traders for permission to trade with them, along with readying the supplies we are giving them. Rosalie, the wind priests have always been seeking out a hero, and I would like you to meet them. They may be able to aid in the investigation of that lone demon that was found."

"In the meantime, Captain Charles... do you have anyone back in camp willing to investigate the matter? Also, please bring the girl that was being chased up here."

Captain Charles nodded at both requests.

"We can send one of the trainees. They may be new to flying on a dragon, but they're trained knights and soldiers of the kingdom. I'll have one of them scout up north, and report back on anything they find. They should be back within a few hours."

The Captain will be heading back down, feel free to state any more actions or question, otherwise we'll have another scene change.

[Oath]

Rosalie nodded. "Unfortunately that is the case. The girl, Amie, seems like she is a bit confused about the geography as well, so it may have been some weird event. I'll meet the priests. I don't know anything about them, but I'll do my best not to offend." She paused a moment.

"Also, Elder, on the topic of the demons, I tested it out with Charles last night, it seems that one of my powers can enhance a weapon. My own training sword is still covered in flames, and now Charles' spear is as well. It may be possible for me to outfit our warriors with weapons that could give them an advantage in the upcoming battles."

She pulled her sword from the icy sheath, to display the flames, pointing it towards the ground.

[Throndir]

The Elder nodded as she stared approvingly at the weapon.

"Exploring your new found abilities and learning to use them is the key in winning this war. How often can you enchant weapons such as these?" The Elder asked. "This war has been going on for over a hundred years now. And I've seen both the resources and manpower of the human kingdoms continue to falter. Many of my children have fallen over the decades as well. These..." The Elder said as she pointed to wards your weapon.

"They are much like the ancient magic items of old. From before the kingdom of Felothia and Antwarch. When the Hierdsvain Valkyrie was still a fledgling nation. These certainly can change the tide of the war."