"A woman called Saraska Bright-Eyes came to us and
said she would unify the tribes of Dragon Pass. We
conducted a divination. The god-talkers said that the
omens surrounding Saraska Bright-Eyes were good. She
might well be the subject of the prophecies about a
true kingdom of Orlanth in Dragon Pass."
I trusted the divination--I have a heroic magician on the ring and had ten current magic at the time.
In short order, I convinced one other tribal king to join the kingdom, then the game said a third had agreed and took me right to king making. Let me cut and paste from the chronicle again:
"The time came for Saraska�s Crown Test. We sacrificed
to the gods so that the candidate might perform well
in the rite of kingship.
Saraska was killed attempting her Crown Test. Orstanor declared that he would rule in Saraska�s place, and proclaimed that he would kill anyone who said otherwise. We fought against Orstanor�s warriors. Our warriors struck deep into their ranks, and drove them from the field. We hit some of them as they fled. Orstanor was forced to flee, and the kingdom he sought to rule was never born. "
Since I haven't seen the feathered horse queen yet I'm guessing this was a false alarm, but I'm wondering if the event can actually result in a kingdom getting formed, or is it doomed to failure? i.e. what if I had supported the upsurber Orstanor?
I'm thinking that using up the rumbling clod of earth from Maran Gor at this point may have been a waste too. Ah well, it seemed like a major crisis at the time.
--Bryan
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