conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Dissatisfied with the tempestuous existence within the unformed reaches, the Primordials carved creation whole-cloth from the very fabric of the Wyld chaos. They formed and set the gods as keepers of their treasure and it was good. For a time.
  
  Jealous of their masters who played games and lived lives of leisure while the gods were forced to work unceasingly, the gods granted power to mortals. Exalting them in the god's image, and tasking them with the overthrow of their Primordial masters. With the Primordials laid low, the Exalts were left as custodians of creation while the gods retreated to the vacated games and leisure and it was good. For a time.
  
  Oppressed by their Celestially Exalted rulers' corruption and excess, the Dragonblooded Host struck at the height of Calibration, imprisoning the reincarnating Essence within a vault of jade which was sunk to the deepest reaches of the Inland Sea. While a scant handful of the Solars escaped execution, they were ultimately declared anathema, hunted, and killed, at the behest of the newly formed Dragonblooded Shogunate and the Immaculate Order that rose to prominence by placing the triumphant Terrestrial Host at the pinnacle of spiritual perfection and it was good. For a time.
  
  None of this mattered as the Great Contagion consumed 9 out of every 10 people living in Creation.
  
  None of this mattered as the Fair Folk and Wyld barbarians swept through what was left of the Shogunate to finish the job.
  
  Emboldened by imminent annihilation, the Scarlet Empress seized control of the Imperial Manse and the Realm's defense grid. She drove back the Fair Folk, defeated the barbarians, and claimed control of creation under her new empire within a span of hours. With peace restored, the Empress established a line of noble houses to hold her Scarlet Empire together while retaining complete and undisputed control and it was good. For a time.
  
  None of this matters for the mortal Patricians and peasants. More than ten generations have passed since the Empress took the throne. They have never known a world without the constancy of the Scarlet Empire, without the threat of the wicked Anathema, without the taxes of their local Satrap. They toil, live, love, and die, and for them it was good. For a time.
  
  Today is a Time of Tumult. The barbarians pushed to the edges of Creation are restless. The grip of the Empire has tightened. The boundaries of the Realm are lawless. The dead rise to claim whole cities. The Anathema have returned.
  
  Tomorrow is a time of uncertainty. Filled with danger, adventure, and injustice, more than anything, tomorrow needs heroes. You are not a god capable of shattering mountains nor are you an Exalt for whom the rules of creation are bent if not ignored. You are mortal; toiling, living, and loving, in the shadow of spirits, demons, and tyrants Dragonblooded or otherwise. You are mortal, yet tomorrow still needs heroes.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fate smiles on you ... either that or she just hasn't seen what you get away with yet
conversations.prefix: Lucky:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: How you got this is a long story. A useful effect with little to no cost. How long it will last? That's another story.
conversations.prefix: Artifact (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Found anywhere thieves and assassins work, this rooftop route is the most secure and efficient way of getting somewhere unseen fast.
conversations.prefix: Starlit Path:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Poisoned by an ambush, she has minutes left.
  
  Is she worth the cost?
conversations.prefix: Save the Mark:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've been shot in the back ...
  
  You may also be dying...
  
  Who can you reach in time to save yourself?
conversations.prefix: Save yourself:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bedraggled, poisoned, and possessed ... he's in worse shape than the last time you saw him.
  
  What has he gotten himself into this time?
conversations.prefix: Help Skiron:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This tattered and much amended sheaf of folded paper has hand written scrawl throughout.
  
  On every other page is drawn an intricate circle. Each circle has a crude symbol inside.
  
  What could this book possibly help with?
conversations.prefix: Dropped notebook:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wards, potions, enchantments, a modest array of minor yet useful magical bits
conversations.prefix: Trinkets:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ever since the Guild took over security in the market, you've had to become a little more creative in going about your business.
conversations.prefix: Watchful Guards:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What ever you need it to be
conversations.prefix: Market Stall:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: far from the safety within
conversations.prefix: Outside the walls:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You work for someone, maybe yourself, either way there's something you're expected to do.  What is it?
conversations.prefix: got a job to do:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have been wronged. Was your family killed while you watched? Has someone stolen your birthright? Are you in exile for something you might not have done? Revenge will make you feel better ... promise.
conversations.prefix: a dish best served cold:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Making your living exploring the ruins of the past isn't just a job; it's a passion. It helps that it's lucrative as well
  
  __________
  Suggested:
  
  Strength - Resourceful
  
  Weakness - Impulsive
  
  Asset - Resources
conversations.prefix: Scavenger Lord:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Skin of your teeth, baby!
conversations.prefix: Daredevil:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hand, eye, fingers, ear, whatever.
conversations.prefix: Missing a Piece:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What ever your goal, it's big. Rule your own kingdom carved out of the scavenger lands? Own a complete collection of first age documents? Make a name hunting demons? You name it, you make it big!
conversations.prefix: Make it Big:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Thieves, Assassins, and Spies with friends in high places
  __________
  
  Suggested:
  
  Strength - Underhanded
  
  Weakness - Secrets
  
  Asset - The Starlit Path
conversations.prefix: Silrascan:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: interpreter, scribe, researcher, you do it all and then some. If it involves knowledge, you may just be the expert they're looking for
  
  ----------
  Suggested ...
  
  Strength - Lore
  
  Weakness - Curiosity
  
  Asset - Artifact
conversations.prefix: Savant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: 100 gods heresy, Immaculate, Illuminated Monk, what ever your path, it's a spiritual one.
  
  __________
  
  Suggested...
  
  Strength - Spiritual
  
  Weakness - Zealous
  
  Asset - Spiritual Authority
conversations.prefix: Holy person:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The best mercs come from Nexus. With no ties to anything but Jade and your word, you can do as you please.
  __________
  
  Suggested:
  
  Strength - Strategic
  
  Weakness - Intimidating
  
  Asset - Masterwork Item
conversations.prefix: Nexus Mercenary:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Everyone dies eventually which means job security. It also means few people want to piss you off, they may regret it ... eventually.
  
  __________
  
  Suggested:
  
  Strength - Respected
  
  Weakness - Creepy
  
  Asset - Last Rites
conversations.prefix: Sijan Mortician:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Few dare to venture where you find comfort. As bizarre as the Middle Marches might be, you know it's moods (sometimes literally) and can find people, places, or things, lost within.
  
  __________
  
  Suggested:
  
  Strength - Unorthodox
  
  Weakness - Twisted
  
  Asset - Wyld Fruit
conversations.prefix: Wyld Ranger:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Earned or otherwise, you can somehow manipulate the energy of creation. While you can't shape it directly, you *can* use it to power magic or pay spirits (or less savory beings).
  
  __________
  
  Suggested:
  
  Strength - Channeler
  
  Weakness - Beacon
  
  Asset - Essence Pool
conversations.prefix: Awakened Essence:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dedicated to a local god or the immaculate dragons
conversations.prefix: Shrine:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A soft front for some casual business. Important stuff happens further in
conversations.prefix: The Guild's Parlor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Comfortable, inviting, lively, and a damn good place to discuss your next adventure.
conversations.prefix: Local Inn:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Where the shifty come to do business
conversations.prefix: Silrasca Haven:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The back room where real business is done
conversations.prefix: The Guild's Haven:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: never completely empty. busy during the day, sparse at night.
conversations.prefix: In the Streets of City:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Not quite chittering, though not regular enough to count by. No one strays too close, no one comes out alive.
conversations.prefix: Clicking Tomb:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Out of the way and perfect for dirty deeds. Why are *you* here?
conversations.prefix: Back Alley:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hustle and bustle. Never sleeps. Anything for a price.
conversations.prefix: Public Market:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Things are a little soft on the creation side here
conversations.prefix: Wyld Patch:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Less a "land", more a "hole" to the underworld
conversations.prefix: Shadowland:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: you have a way with words. sealing a deal or discerning something's true worth
conversations.prefix: Savvy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Something in here isn't right. broken or mystical, there is a maddening cadence that distracts from possible dangers.
conversations.prefix: Mechanism Room:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sense energy, spirits, ghosts, demesnes, most anything magical
conversations.prefix: Sensitive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: spirits (and subsuquently trouble) are drawn to you like a magnet
conversations.prefix: Beacon:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Some how you have access to the energy of creation ... can't *do* much with it but there ya go
conversations.prefix: Essence Pool:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hey, I know that!
conversations.prefix: Lore:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can be ... a bit intense sometimes. for some reason people might find this off-putting
conversations.prefix: Zealous:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Anticipation, preparation, experience; these things tell you how best to proceed regardless of the circumstance
conversations.prefix: Strategic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Can use Essence to slightly boost your physical capabilities
conversations.prefix: Channeler:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are in charge of something that belongs to someone else. if something happens to it ... well, it's not going to be pleasant
conversations.prefix: Liable:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Speaking to, understanding, and interacting with immaterial spirits is part of your training
conversations.prefix: Spiritual:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: No matter what you do there's an undertone of menace that colors your interactions. makes it hard to find dates ...
conversations.prefix: Intimidating:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You position is held in such high esteem that it just comes with the job
conversations.prefix: Respected:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gets you into trouble more often than not
conversations.prefix: Curious:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: can find a use for most anything
conversations.prefix: Resourceful:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Something lingers in the air about you. Something that tends to unsettle people and spook animals
conversations.prefix: Creepy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Maybe you *were* raised by wolves or maybe you're just not from around here. The locals find you uncouth and you often offend or seem brutish without trying
conversations.prefix: Barbarian:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A powerful tool when dealing with the dead, undead, or dying. Part comfort to the living, part appeasement of the deceased ... whether they want to or not in some cases.
conversations.prefix: Last Rites:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The ability (and more importantly the will) to do what is necessary, even when it's not entirely legal
conversations.prefix: Underhanded:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: physical, mental, spiritual: the wyld leaves it's mark on everyone who spends too much time there. You got off luckier than most but it still causes you problems sometimes.
conversations.prefix: Twisted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Around here it pays to appease the spirits ... you just tend to go out of your way to make sure you cover your bases
conversations.prefix: Superstitious:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Yours, his, the guild's ... you've got lots of secrets, some of them are best left untold.
conversations.prefix: Secrets:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: They didn't really see that coming. where did that come from?
conversations.prefix: Unorthodox:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can do just about anything you set your mind to. it may not be pretty, or even quality, but it got done.
conversations.prefix: Jack of all trades:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are fortunes favored child; or maybe she just hasn't seen what you're getting away with yet.
conversations.prefix: Luck:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There is something you excel at. Masters could learn a thing or two from you. What is it?
conversations.prefix: Prodigy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes spontaneity can be more trouble than it's worth
conversations.prefix: Impulsive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's always something tugging on your attention. Trying to focus is like trying to ... words ... what was I saying?
conversations.prefix: Distracted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Weapons, Armor, tools, how ever you got it it's sharper, stronger, and easier to use than any other of it's type. Sure looks pretty too.
conversations.prefix: Exceptional Item:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A weakness of character or a physical addiction, there's something you indulge in you can't do without
conversations.prefix: Vice:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Nothing gets past you, pin drops and trace odors are written bold to your perception
conversations.prefix: Keen Senses:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes being another face in the crowd has it's benefits. Of course if you show up everywhere people are bound to recognize you.
conversations.prefix: Innocuous:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What ever you've done or whoever you work for certainly has made an impression.
conversations.prefix: Reputation:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sure it hurt, you'll just deal with it later. Of course, everyone has a limit, yours is just higher than most.
conversations.prefix: Pain Tolerance:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: How you got this is a long story. A useful effect with little to no cost. How long it will last? That's another story.
conversations.prefix: Artifact:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Barter, services, jade cash, if you can use it to buy something, you've likely got it.
conversations.prefix: Resources:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: some impart health, some impart strength, some impart insanity, few can identify which does what until it's too late. Can you?
conversations.prefix: Wyld Fruit:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Elementals, little gods, the faithful and unfaithful alike think twice in the face of divine service.
conversations.prefix: Spiritual Authority:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Merchant Prince working for the most powerful trading company outside of the Realm (and sometimes inside too)
  
  __________
  
  Suggested:
  
  Strength - Savvy
  
  Weakness - Liable
  
  Asset - Connections
conversations.prefix: Guildsman:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Contacts, fences, and warehouses, if you need something you have just to ask
conversations.prefix: Connections:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Her name is Brin, but calling her the mark keeps it from getting personal. You didn't ask what she's done to earn it, but a job's a job around here. Right?
conversations.prefix: The Mark:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Graft, garrote, or greed. You are given a measure of leeway in who, how, and what ... as long as you do your job, everyone wins. Right?
conversations.prefix: Meet your quota:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The press of bodies makes it extremely difficult to move with any haste unnoticed.
conversations.prefix: Crowded Market:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ever since the Guild moved in, they have taken over policing the market square. For better or worse, this has had a significant effect on your activities here.
conversations.prefix: Guild Guards:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: alchemy, geomancy,
  exorcism, summoning; some may specialize, others cover more than one. All of the arts are useful at some point.
  
  __________
  
  Suggested:
  
  Strength - Sensitive
  
  Weakness - Distracted
  
  Asset - Trinkets
conversations.prefix: Thaumaturge:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Something is trying to influence you. If you're not careful you could wind up doing something you'll regret.
conversations.prefix: Fight the Compulsion:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's poison and then there's what *you* got hit with. It's going to take more than an antidote to survive this one.
  Who can you find to fix this?
conversations.prefix: Find Help:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Time is limited and your location is sub-par for treating wounds. You're in the back alley of Makers Way, what is close enough to suit your needs?
conversations.prefix: Get to safety:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: For those times when someone is too sick or injured to return home they stay with the aging healer. It is temporary lodging at best but a good place to gather your thoughts before putting yourself back in harm's way.
conversations.prefix: Iaolus's Recovery Room:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: "He’s a dog leech now. It doesn’t mean he’s forgotten how to do all the old things, it just means that he isn’t exactly allowed to, anymore.”
conversations.prefix: Maestro Iaolus:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Thieves, Assassins, and Spies with friends in high places
  __________
  
  Suggested:
  
  Strength - Underhanded
  
  Weakness - Secrets
  
  Asset - The Starlit Path
conversations.prefix: Silrascan:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The ability (and more importantly the will) to do what is necessary, even when it's not entirely legal
conversations.prefix: Underhanded:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Yours, his, the guild's ... you've got lots of secrets, some of them are best left untold.
conversations.prefix: Secrets:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You work for someone, maybe yourself, either way there's something you're expected to do.  What is it?
conversations.prefix: got a job to do:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: If there's one thing you've learned in the business, it's while no plan ever survives contact with reality, you'd be a fool to set off without a plan in hand.
conversations.prefix: Chance favors the prepared mind: