Cardani, Cardetan, Stapura and Danalne hunt for level 2 Gorm in order to scare off the entire Gorm herd from ruining the weather in such an aggravating manner.
Hunt phase went fairly as safely as one can expect. Mourning Bull gave some brain damage, and Overwhelming Darkness had Cardetan go on a homicidal streak and lash out some damage to every survivor. Reflecting on his deeds, he made a shadow puppet play for the other survivors, demonstrating his Ruthlessness. It was infectious, though, as Cardani regressed back into being Combo-Master and Danalne received Crazed. Danalne found a broken lantern near a broken lantern oven that had been ravaged by the Gorm. At least Kalmani Retreat has been more fortunate. However, this settlement appeared to have been right next to the entrance to Fetid Grotto.
Approaching the cave somehow made sense. All survivors who had waist gear removed their armor points and used them as protection against the noxious elements. Danalne, who did not have waist armor, would have coughed her lungs out if it wasn't for Dried Acanthus.
Showdown was quick, but terrifying. Opening move of the Gorm, Wallop against Stapura, already had heavy body injury scaring my up-and-coming club master. The survivors tried to burn their survival points by buying extra attacks - or, at least Cardetan did, who once again had a grand total of eight wounds done to Gorm, with Cardani in second place with five and Stapura third with two.
Showdown lasted for five rounds only. First Gorm did Wallop, second it started hiccuping, and continued to hiccup with Thunder Foot also kicking in. Two last turns it attempted to scratch survivors who were dashing out of reach.
Danalne had a dubious role in the showdown - she was to fish out the trap card. Lure Paroxysm gave a heavy hit to her skull helm and knocked down both her and Cardetan.
The master hunter was down! Time for Cardani to steal the kill, aided by Stapura who got his weapon proficiency eligibility on the last possible turn. Survivors emerge from the cave victorious, but at a heavy cost. Cardani, who deals the killing blow, has the corrosive bile from Gorm to burst all over her, scarring her and giving her -1 permanent strength. She gains +1 permanent strength from triggering second age, so she didn't exactly lose anything - except for the benefit from milestone, of course.
Stapura convinces other survivors not to kill the pitifully squealing baby gorms, and all receive Honorable disorder as a result.
Lantern Year 13 - Dark Dentist
A total of six endeavors were generated for this lantern year.
1st: Settlement innovates Nightmare Training.
2nd Stapura convinces the other outsiders to breed. Ougrano and Murlu receive Murrano.
3rd Settlement pays the hefty price to special innovate Scrap Smelting.
4th Cardetan learn Extra Sense fighting art.
5th Lucky Intimacy from Augury was not so lucky, and Newarbabolact uses her re-roll to save Murlu. The couple received Ouglu instead.
6th Enewarbabolact uses some drums to get even more confused about her possible identity.
Then settlement has to face a familiar threat in the form of The Hand.
Cardani, Cardetan, Enerwababolact and Danalne encounter him, and The Hands little funny trip to underdeveloped settlements was inconsequential. Danalne drew all attacks towards her, as she had most of all auras and most armor points. She didn't get hit even once. Some survival and five points of brain damage were all damage that was received. Only casualty was The Hand being a sore loser and removing one Dried Acanthus by punting a lantern straight at Cardani's face. The Hand must really hate her, considering she got nearly killed two years ago.
All participants received strength except for the star of the match, Danalne, who gained the blessings of the loudest applause. She now has admirable value of +4 permanent evasion.
Lantern Year 14: Elder Council
Elder council tells the story of Beast of Sorrow, which is kind of nice addition to campaign set-up. A lone White Lion is definitely a stuff of legends, when there have been none to begin with.
And as settlement innovates Pottery, maybe next I'll be able to hunt the Gigalion, too. Because this definitely means a second hunt for Screaming Antelope, this time with level 2.
Six endeavors were generated again, but one was reserved to settlement event.
1st Elder council tells the tale.
2nd Settlement innovates Pottery.
3rd Pottery is used straight away to ferment love juice, which turns into twins for Danalne and Zamarias.
4th Stapura listen to shared experience of Kalnetan to trigger his second age milestone.
5th Stapura learns Extra Sense fighting art from statue.
6th Shrine is used successfully.
I'm actually thinking my survivors might actually be able to take on level 3 antelope, although Cardetan would need to lose some insanity for it. That's not possible right now, so it'll be a plain level 2 hunt with Cardani, Stapura, Murrano and Ouglu.
Year 14 hunt & showdown
First I was bothered about the Migration of antelopes. Then Voice of the Wind has Murrano stuck with repeating just his name whenever he tries to communicate. A rumbling stampede, however, begins the showdown immediately and when Cardani slaps the antelope with five damage on a speed 4 attack, I feel bad that I didn't take higher challenge. Had I only known Stampede would begin the showdown so early...
The antelopes performance is pitiable. Only a few points of damage were caused by trample, and one trap removed four points of insanity from Stapura. Murrano dealt the final point of damage, and the survivors in question vowed to seek for greater challenge. Maybe sunstalker level 2, or even Lion God...? Anyway. Lantern year passes.
Lantern Year 15 - Phantom
Phantom sets insanity to 0 for all the returning survivors. Perhaps their guilty conscience punished them. Settlement develops the Hours Ring, so I'm pretty confident now to take on the Lion God. Also, since settlement could muster the resources to build Blacksmith, the Iron reward seems ideal.
1st Settlement innovates Arena.
2nd Settlement builds Blacksmith
3rd Matchmaker Stapura makes family Gnotti with Flowerista by receiving Flopura, a half-plant child.
4th Cardani attempts some Nightmare Training and receives strength.
5th Cardetan tries to use Nightmare Training, but nearly gets killed as a result.
6th Shrine ritual is a success.
Next hunt is going to be the Lion God level 1.
LY 15 Hunt & Showdown
Ouglu, Danalne, Cardetan and Cardani survive otherwise uneventful hunt phase, except that Danalne encountered some mushrooms that implanted something in her.
Then the, uh, showdown.
Turns out first six and then four damage to head was too much for Kalnetan to handle. Luckily he made five wounds to the Lion God on the first turn. If he only would have lived... But didn't, thanks to some poor monster reactions, coupled with poor hit locations.
After that survivors went on berserk mode or at least Cardani did. She'd have to do eleven more wounds to Lion God pretty much alone. Danalne and Ouglu both had hemophobia from mining operation gone wrong, so they were mostly out of the game until the very late stages.
Much to my surprise Cardani looked like she was going to solo a God. That was until she ended up with four bleed tokens. Whiplash is such a harsh card, and even more so when 66% of your team is hemophobic. However, Danalne was able to dash to soak up last remaining AI card that was a basic relentless card. Since there were no other cards left in AI deck, I figured that Relentless would not trigger.
Looking back now, Danalne wasted one use of Grace of Dormenatus. Now she's going to pop it once more and then be gone. Had she not received post-traumatic stress from her encounter with the fungi, she could've done that next year against Manhunter level 3, but, well, what can you do.
However, I couldn't know the trap card was at the very bottom of the Hit Location deck. I thought I needed a lot of armor points just to survive Vengeance, but turned out Cardani was able to slay the monster with only one card remaining in hit location deck. Precise cut. And Necromancer's Eye is finally in settlement storage!
Lantern Year 16 - Plague
Alright. So now the downfall began. Zamarias, Newarbabolact, Kalovim, Murlu suffer plague, and Newarbabolact nearly gets killed herself, but saves herself with the re-roll from Infinite Lives. None of the nominated survivors die, but have to miss next hunt.
Two Love Juices turn into Ardanet, Vararda and Masneta Masvar.
Four endeavors.
1st Enewarbabolacty drums for another re-roll.
2nd Settlement innovates Sacrifice for upcoming Gracious Host.
3rd Murrano fails to study the sculpture.
4th Shrine ritual is a success
Next is coming the fight with Manhunter and then right after fight with Slenderman.
Kalmana Retreat
Population 20
Without sheet: Danarias and Zamalne Zamarotte, born on LY 14., Ardanet, Vararda and Masneta Masvar born on LY 16.
Settlement Locations:
Skinnery
Organ Grinder
Bone Smith
Gormchymist
Gormery
Leather Worker
Weapon Crafter
Plumery
Barber Surgeon
Blacksmith
Innovations:
Lantern year 0: Language,
Lantern year 1: Symposium + Nigredo,
Lantern Year 2: Ammonia + Inner Lantern,
Lantern year 3: Paint
Lantern year 4: Storytelling
Lantern year 5: Lantern Oven + Bloodletting
Lantern year 6: Sculpture
Lantern Year 7: Hovel
Lantern Year 8:
Lantern Year 9: Family
Lantern Year 10: Dark Water Research, Clan of Death, Whip Mastery, Unarmed Mastery
Lantern Year 11: Shrine
Lantern Year 12: Song of the Brave
Lantern Year 13: Nightmare Training + Scrap Smelting
Lantern Year 14: Pottery
Lantern Year 15: Arena
Lantern Year 16: Sacrifice, Knowledge Worm
Sculpture: Extra Sense
Gear:
1x cloth
2x stone nose
3x monster grease
2x bone blade
1x luck charm
1x gaxe
1x Knuckle Shield
1x Wisdom potion
1x Power Potion
1x monster tooth necklace
Full rawhide armor
1x Rawhide Boots
1x Rawhide Whip
1x hunter whip
2x bandages
1x whistling mace
Vespertine Bow
Skull Helm
Full Gorment suit
Full Leather suit
Leather Shield
Reverberating Lantern
Flower Knight Badge
Bone Sickle
Bone Pickaxe
4x dried acanthus
Hours Ring
Necromancer's Eye
Storage:
Meaty Rib (bone, organ)
Stout Heart
Bladder
4x pelt
Small Feathers
1x Broken Lantern
1x Scrap
1x Monster Bone
4x Monster Hide
1x Monster Organ
1x Love Juice
1x leather
1x Iron
3x Fresh Acanthus
1x Nightmare tick
1x Crab Spider
1x Lonely Fruit
1x dark water
1x Salt
Survivors of note:
* Survivors from previous settlement *
Zamarias Zamarotte, last remaining from the original original four starting survivors from Deluge.
- Entitled material hoarding (Hoarder) Prima Donna with Spiral Ganglia.
- Dealt the killing blow to Gorm in last settlement, and has hunted Gorm and Flower Knight, and is a Butcher survivor of Kalmana Retreat.
- Blinded in one eye.
- Watched a Phoenix pass over the settlement.
- From his hazed memory, he remembered the dire warning from lantern year 6 on lantern year 9: Slenderking is about to arrive. He remembered the horror and gained Spiral Ganglia.
- Has dream-twins with Danalne, Danarias and Zamalne.
- Suffered plague during LY 16.
- Sword specialist with three points in proficiency.
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Kalnetan Masvar, mourning parent of a child lost in time and space. One of the original four of Retreat.
- You don't want to anger him. He's Berserker with Burning Ambition and Hyper-Sensitivity. He is Secretive of his dealings in the settlement.
- Shared the feast of Mesul during Unnatural Hunger, triggering Cannibalize.
- Fought spiderlings during Season of the Spiderling, but slayed an unnamed survivor whom he had just saved from beneath a silk nest.
- Placed second in debate contest and fight contest, and was last in race contest during Triathlon of Death.
- Was imprisoned in a pod of dark water between the planes of existence.
- Has two children with Nasanovim.
- Has children with Cardani.
- Apparently can't feel secure being alone, and right after Minovas died, formed a family of Masvar with new and improved Cardani.
- Has heard the forbidden word.
- Took part in shadow puppet play.
- Took part in dreaming the hunt for Screaming Antelope in vivid detail.
- Has hunted Gorm twice in previous settlement, and Screaming Antelope and Phoenix in the current one.
- Whipped a level 1 gorm dead.
- Dealt the killing blow to Butcher
- Dealt the killing blow to Manhunter on Deathblow location, with a whip. LY 5.
- Encountered another Manhunter on LY 10.
- Dealt critical wound to Slenderman, gaining permanent evasion.
- His eyesight was scarred beyond repair by Bone Witch Surastus.
- -3 permanent accuracy , +8 permanent strength, +2 permanent evasion,
- Courage 7 (stalwart), Understanding 7 (tinker)
- Whip specialist with six points in proficiency.
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Kalovim (who suffered plague during LY 16) and Nasalne, doomed children of Nasanovim and Kalnetan.
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Danalne Masvar von Zamarotte of Dormenatus, the first savior of the settlement. Daughter of Cardani and Kalnetan.
- Defended the settlement from The Hand, and received his full blessings.
- Found Broken Lantern from Broken Lantern Hoard during hunt for Level 2 Gorm on Lantern Year 12.
- Honorable from not slaying infant gorm.
- Took part in The Hand's playful little visit during LY 13, and took all attacks towards herself except for Line Up and Soft Chuckle - without getting any hits. This impressed The Hand so much, that she now sports +4 permanent evasion.
- A mushroom implanted something into her during hunt on lantern year 15.
- Hunted level 2 Screaming Antelope on LY 14.
- Haunted by Phantom of Ill Conscience on LY 15.
- Hunted Lion God level 1 on LY 15.
- Has dream-twins with Zamarias, Danarias and Zamalne.
*Kalmana Retreat original survivors*
All of the above have unbroken lineage from the previous settlement, Kalmana Deluge. Below are original people of Kalmana Retreat.
*
Cardani Masvar, who has Binge-Eating disorder and Vermin Obsession. Let's not think how those two combine. Or heck. Let's do!
- Braved the Storm in the very first lantern year, but was blinded as a result. Later on her new body, this eye has healed.
- Was "blessed" by the Cleaner Birds during hunt for Gorm. Then she encountered Flesh Monolith, and during Unnatural Hunger she was one of the survivors who ate Mesul. Then, back in the settlement, she took what was left of Mesul and showed everyone how beneficial it is to eat corpses, and not disgusting at all.
- Fought off spiderlings during their invasion.
- Came back from the dead with her brain recorded by Sleeping Virus Flower, and then reconfigured an unnamed survivor's brain to match hers.
After coming back from the dead, formed Masvar family with Kalnetan.
- Is training to become unarmed master. One-eyed cannibal with excessive craving for food, martial zen master with Extra Sense and Combo-Master.
- Hunted Gorm on lantern year 1, 6, 7 and 8, Level 2 Gorm on 12, and Screaming Antelope on lantern year 3 and 10(twice then), level 2 Screaming Antelope on LY 14, Flower Knight on year 5, Phoenix on 11, Lion God on 15.
- Manhunter survivor on LY 10.
- Saw Dung Beetle Knight in the distance, and got obsessed with vermin as a consequence.
- Has heard the forbidden word.
- Took part in shadow puppet play.
- Took part in dreaming the hunt for Screaming Antelope in vivid detail.
- Surastus the Bone Witch came and fueled Cardani's desire to eat human flesh. Brutally she murdered Nengar, a promising axe-master. Settlement did not approve her skull-eating habits and murdered her before other damage could be done. But this only grows the flowers in her heart.
- After coming back from the dead she has shown far less tendencies to feast on human flesh.
- Defended settlement from The Hand, and her efforts were so valiant that The Hand's thunderous applause nearly killed her - if it wasn't for the intervention of Newarbabolac, she'd have died.
- Remembered the White Secret and got lost the ability to age naturally. Gold Smoke Knight... here we come!
- Investigated Golden Light.
- Caustic bile from slaying level 2 gorm scarred her, giving -1 permanent strength.
- Haunted by Phantom of Ill Conscience on LY 15.
- Gained strength from Nightmare Training on LY 15.
- +5 permanent accuracy, +10 permanent strength, +1 permanent evasion, +2 permanent luck, +1 permanent speed.
- Has children with Kalnetan, and is mother of first savior of the settlement.
- Courage 8 (prepared), Understanding 9 (tinker + ageless)
- Unarmed Master.
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*Lineage of Plants*
Enewarbabolacty, a plant-based survivor who breathes new lifetimes into her as the seasons pass. This is probably what also gives her Ghostly Beauty. Her name was originally Warbabo, but continues to grow as she gains new lifetimes.
- Is the daughter of Worba and Warbo, two survivors who were raised from a flower seed.
- Hunter Gorm on LY 6, and slayed a Gorm on LY 7.
- Tried to save Minovas from being beheaded by Hooded Knight on lantern year 10.
- Fought The Hand, and saved Cardani from applause that was so loud it was lethal.
- Saved the settlement from losing all resources on Principle: Conviction.
- Saved Murlu from dying during intimacy on lantern year 13.
- Saved herself from dying to plague on LY 16.
*
Flowerista Gnotti, a survivor of Warba's and Worba's progeny.
*Outsiders from the Darkness on lantern year 9*
Ougrano Outsu
- Slenderman survivor.
- Has children with Murlu, Ourlu and Murrano.
Murlu Outsu
- Slenderman survivor.
- Manhunter survivor, who tried to sacrifice herself but instead shrugged off at least four severe injuries when being constantly barraged by the Manhunter.
- Clumsy enough to burn herself with her lantern.
- Has hunted Phoenix.
- Suffered Plague during LY 16.
- Has children with Ougrano, Ourlu and Murrano.
- +2 permanent strength, 1 courage & understanding
Murrano Outsu
- Had his own name stuck in his head for the whole lantern year of 14 whenever he tried to communicate.
- Haunted by Phantom of Ill Conscience on LY 15.
- Hunted and killed level 2 Screaming Antelope during lantern year 14
Ouglu Outsu
- Haunted by Phantom of Ill Conscience on LY 15.
- Hunted level 2 Screaming Antelope during lantern year 14.
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Stapura Gnotti, a quixotic and stylish (wardrobe expert), binge-eating outsider with motion sickness, with whom Logar switched places when Logar touched a statue he encountered during hunt.
- Took part in dreaming the hunt for Screaming Antelope in vivid detail.
- Has hunted Screaming Antelope twice on lantern year 10 and Gorm level 2 on Lantern Year 12.
- Has heard the forbidden word, and took part in shadow puppet play, and encountered Lorekeeper as a consequence, whose secrets made Stapura a binge-eater.
- Knows enough secrets and was nominated as the Thundercaller.
- Honorable from not slaying infant gorm.
- Haunted by Phantom of Ill Conscience on LY 15.
- +1 permanent movement, +2 permanent accuracy, +4 permanent strength, +1 permanent evasion
- Courage 5 (Matchmaker), Understanding 5 (Explore)
Flopura Gnotti
-Is half of a plant.
-2 points of Club proficiency
Dead or missing survivors of note:
Nengar, blotted out berserker with a Purpose and the firstborn of the settlement. Vestiphobia.
- First departed on a hunt on lantern year 3 against Screaming Antelope. Year 5 against Flower Knight, and years 6+7 against Gorm. He is also a Butcher survivor.
- Fought off the spiderlings, but got frenzied in the process and killed an unnamed survivor.
- Craving for human flesh in the form of Marrow Hunger.
- Murdered by Cardani. Purpose fulfilled, I suppose.
- +3 permanent strength, +1 permanent speed.
Qyillus, one of the original four from both Deluge and Retreat
Cause of death: Valiantly defended the settlement from spiderlings during Season of the Spiderling, failing in that but perhaps her example encouraged the remaining survivors to try extra hard and achieve victory?
- Has taught the secrets of language twice to different settlements an spoke some reason to the settlement during Endless Screams.
- Considering the above, no surprise she won debate contest during Triathlon of Death, and was third during race contest and lost fight contest. After all, she wasn't that much of a fighter anyway if we read into her Enfeebled disorder.
- Has hunted Gorm, and slain one Gorm and one Screaming Antelope.
- Enfeebled and Megalophobic disorder
- +1 permanent accuracy, +1 permanent strength. 3 courage (matchmaker), 3 understanding (tinker).
Warba and Warbo, the progenitors of plant based survivors in Kalmana Deluge.
Nasanovim Minovas, mourning parent of a child lost she can't clearly remember any more. One of the original four of Retreat.
- Encountered an elderly bee that doomed her and her future children.
- Believes she has a higher purpose, though, and has Quixotic disorder. She has become Tenacious and is Blotted Out.
- Shared the feast of Mesul during Unnatural Hunger, triggering Cannibalize.
- Won the fight contest, and placed second during race contest and third during debate contest in Triathlon of Death.
- Deranged expression. With a history like hers, I'd have one too.
- Forgot her name from first non-violent visit of Slenderking.
- Made a sculpture of her vague memories about the Slenderking, imbuing it with her Extra Sense.
- Killed the Slenderking on lantern year 9.
- Was slain by Hooded Knight on lantern year 9.
- Has two children with Kalnetan.
- Has hunted Gorm thrice and is a LY 4 Butcher and LY 5 Manhunter survivor. She killed LY 8 Gorm.
- +1 permanent accuracy, +2 permanent strength and +2 evasion, courage 7 (matchmaker) and understanding 3 (explore).
- Doomed Path: You may always choose Path of Doomed during Overwhelming Darkness. If you do, gain +1 on your roll. When you are one of the parents during Intimacy, the children will inherit this ability.
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Logar, the twice widowed apathetic and megalophobic trailblazer. He is also a seasoned hunter without much actual hunt experience.
- Is the first father of the settlement, and has four children - Nengar, Rastgar, Lostus and Suragar with two different mothers, one of whom is dead and another has been banished from the settlement. No wonder he's apathetic.
- Won the race contest, but placed third during fight contest and lost the debate contest during Triathlon of Death. Especially debate result seems thematic - he was the only participant from Kalmana Retreat, others were from the first settlement.
- Is health-conscious after watching four survivors die from Necrotoxic Mistletoe.
- +1 permanent movement, +1 permanent strength, +1 permanent evasion.
- Hunted Gorm on lantern year 2 and is LY 5 Manhunter survivor.
- Turned into statue on lantern year 10 hunt.
*
Cardetan Masvar, the first survivor whose lineage mingled with that of another lineage. He's the son of Cardani and Kalnetan.
- Took part in dreaming the hunt for Screaming Antelope in vivid detail.
- Has heard the forbidden word.
- Took part in shadow puppet play, twice. Became Ruthless as a result.
- Dealt killing blow to Manhunter on Lantern Year 10.
- Dealt killing blow to Phoenix on lantern year 11.
- Hunted level 2 gorm on Lantern Year 12
- Took part in The Hand's playful little visit during LY 13.
- Honorable from not slaying infant gorm. So he's honorable and ruthless at the same time.
- Nearly got killed while trying to use Nightmare Training on LY 15.
- Died to Lion God on LY 16.
- +2 permanent accuracy, +3 permanent strength, +1 permanent evasion
- 2 courage, 3 understanding (analyze)
- Is training bow with four dots in proficiency.
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Surastus, a banished survivor who tinkered with lanterns and got disfigured. Before departing, suppose she was the "old crone" that offered Sleeping Virus Flower for Cardani. She's revisited her settlement, and caused Cardani to murder Nengar. Scarred Kalnetan's eyes.
