[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

He looks at you as if any fool should know. Then his expression softens. "Oh, sorrow! I realized not you were one of those mad priests. Perhaps I am tested. These are Xerneas, Landorus, and Cobalion - Royalty. Kingdom. Knighthood. The three Legendary Pokemon of Sarimanok's House. Healing hands, deadly hands. Healing hands, deadly hands. The word of Sarimanok they spread and his rule they enforce. They teach us how Pokemon might be contained within magic crystals such as adorn the horns of Xerneas, and the fruits of Landorus' orchards. They teach us to battle as allies with Pokemon, to train with them as has done no other era under any king before Sarimanok. The Trio represent the future of the world."


Like the artist, the lower caste don't know quite what to make of Terra. Eventually they decide you are some sort of cleric. They're all whispering to each other as they stealthily pocket the uncut gems and (valueless) Pay Day metal. Finally a little girl runs forward. "What deity serve you, sir priest?"

Terra gets 2 XP.

The mountain of a man tilted his head and gave the artist a semi-confused frown for their initial statement, for he wasn't angry nor a particularly religious man, but he soon shrugged it off and continued to listened. If they believed something about him he scarcely understand but were not being deliberately offensive by it, he could simply accept it without qualm and move on. It was simpler to do so, than needlessly raise questions about it. No harm meant, no foul given!

By the end of the skilled painter's brief run down of Monarch's Trio, he had become fascinated with the Legendary patron dieties and the functions/capabilities they endorsed/created. How could he not, when they and the 'old' king helped usher in technology, systems, teachings, and philosophy that would/was forever innovating and changing the world to what it would become? Such interest, however, was tempered by the fact that he also knew what sort of man Sarimanok would become, and the inevitable dissolution of the vast, wealthy kingdom they forged. Right 'now' , all was well with their rule, but sooner or later that would sharply change for the worse....

Dense as he could be, Terra knew better than to voice such doomsayings, as he knew not only would it be a bad idea (speaking ill of the king and the ruin of their kingdom would probably considered treasonous, or at least in highly poor taste/contemptuous), but that it wouldn't amount to anything. What happened would happen, and their was nothing significant he could do about it unless he wanted to screw up the timeline (which he didn't).

So in the end, the rugged wanderer just nodded back to the artist, feeling a strange mix of enlightenment and sorrow from the lesson they gave.

"Ah. I understand. Thank you for teaching me, sir. Hm.....have another question now, though. Is their not a Legendary Pokemon that.......represents.....Commoner? Royalty.....Knights.....Kingdom itself.......all cannot be without the people making it up. Without their support.....all would fall. So is there a Legendary that looks out for Commoners?"

With the little girl, he was caught a little off guard by her innocent question, as again he didn't consider himself a religious man and therefore held no particular Legendary/Mythic Pokemon in worship. Still, he knew that not giving her an answer would be rude/weird, so just couched down to ruffle her hair and said the first thing that came to mind.

"Hm.....Latias and Latios, little one. They are elusive, wandering, free spirited......but help those in great need, and protect those under their care. Just like me. That is why I serve them. Pray.....and they will lead you to a bright future, like they did for me. Promise."

(Iron, I noticed you didn't bring up the weapons wagon, so I guess Terra was turned away from it/didn't learn anything more significant. I actually wanted to see if it was possible to trade the Treasure Maps to get a weapon, as a pristine 'relic' such as that would fetch a high price in the Modern Era [Especially since Bill/Nathan can verify its authenticity!] , but if that isn't possible....oh well!)