Spoils... a doozie.
Note: Everyone but Vespasian is an NPC. I will never use them in battles without the permission of the opponent, and even then they are not to provide tactical support.
Alix Villeneuve
While Alix is free of the Enarlin curse she is still a tree nymph and she has adopted a few conditions and attributes. Unless stated otherwise the Rowan Tree that she is the representative spirit of is safe aboard
The International in a pot next to the master quarter’s window.
Chlorophyll Skin: While in areas of sunlight the skin cells along her shoulders and collar bone can be flooded with chlorophyll to make food out of the light. This skin must be bare, which is why she now has an updated wardrobe of removable straps and sleeves. She also must be properly hydrated for this process to work, and it results in a sweet smelling perspiration on her shoulder line.
The Soul Blossom: The only one of these nymph abilities with any consistent tactical value. Alix now has a flower that looks no different than an aquilegia or columbine situated on her left ear. It looks like a decoration but it is actually a part of her body. It is a complex and ethereal flower, with five blue pedals that reach out to form a naturally occurring pentagram. In the center of the pentagram, where the pollen would be, is instead filled with tiny fuzzy thorns. When an enemy comes dangerously close, these thorns will shoot out and inject their poison into the victim immediately consuming their soul. The Soul Flower will store the soul within the berries of Alix’s Rowan Tree for a six day ripening period and for that period the soul can be recovered by cutting off the berries before they ripen. After they are ripened, however, Alix can eat these berries to leave her tree, which she is otherwise bound to. The range of the thorns on the Soul Blossom are no more than a few feet and their accuracy isn’t good unless the enemy is right up on Alix. They can penetrate most types of cloth, but they cannot penetrate leather or stronger.
Flora’s Favor: While Alix is away from her Rowan Tree plant life all around her will do anything to keep her comfortable and safe. Flowers might experience accelerated growth, elephant leaves might lean over to provide shade, aurum plants may provide heat in the cold night. Unfortunately most plants aren’t as dangerous as the Soul Blossom, or as mighty as a root walker.
Botany Sense: A branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Botany covers a wide range of scientific disciplines concerned with the study of plants, algae and fungi, including structure, growth, reproduction, metabolism, development, diseases, chemical properties, and evolutionary relationships among taxonomic groups. Alix is now an expert in this field now due to her connection to plants. She can also track down a particular type of plant using a sixth sense hence her ability to locate the Treasure Tree on
Posts # 9&10
Ludivine Villeneuve
Illusion Mist: The mist that Ludivine has used for stealth purposes has now reached new heights. She is now able to become the mist. During this time she is invulnerable, but harmless. She can also move through spaces more than a centimeter wide.
Vespasian Villeneuve
The Conduit: This is a delyn schiavona. This is a unique sword that deserves a bit of explanation. It is basket hilted, but the basket’s complex design is made to completely cover the user’s hand thus making it almost as effective as a gauntlet for protection. It weighs in at a whopping 2.9 lbs with a blade length of 40”. The blade is of a diamond cross-section and has a single, narrow fuller and an unsharpened ricasso area to allow a finger to be passed over the guard and through the finger-ring. I'm willing to take reduced gold for this item.
Intuitive Aptitude: The first of Vespasian’s abilities as Khal’jeren’s Panexicon - the ability to understand the structure and operation of complex systems without special education or training. This extends to supernatural abilities that are possessed by others. As another demonstrates their ability Vespasian is able to figure out how it works and gain the ability for use himself. The catch a) he must witness the use of the ability at least once, b) he can only store three abilities at a time, c) once he figures out an ability he must decide whether to use it at the other person’s level only once, or store it at his level for unlimited frequency d) the limits of the other person’s abilities are his own as well.
At the moment the only ability he has adopted is Neesal Danfras’ teleportation ability, hence the elaborate description of the event on
Post # 13. However, he doesn’t even know he has it at the moment.
Reputation
Alerar: The Villeneuves are now exclusive to Alerar and have decided to work for her interests at home and abroad. They also have non-official covers as low level nobility within the Aleraran society, the exact titles of which I will leave to you to decide.
Raiaera: For those who still believe that Raiaera is still a nation, the Villeneuves are as bitter an enemy as Alerar. If it weren’t for them perhaps Alerar wouldn’t occupy half of their lands right now. They are burned spies, but this information has only reached mid level government officials of the destroyed Raiaeran power structure.
Beinost: The movers and shakers of the city that replaced Anebrilith consider themselves above the race war that consumes Alerar and Raiaera. Most of them hold no animosity towards the Villeneuve Family… but they owe Beinost a favor or two.
Everyone Else: The government of Alerar will drag its feet to announce to the other nations that the Villeneuve Family is working for them now, but with information being so loose in the tattered remains of Raiaera it’ll only be a matter of time before other nations find out. There will be a small window of opportunity during which the other nations will be ignorant of the family’s status.