conversations.from: system
conversations.value: *Courage deserted the young prince on the threshold of battle and he begged for the safety of castle walls. He was slain, back turned to the enemy, an unintended mark for indiscriminate arrows.*
  
  *The army would soon return with his body. But who dared to tell the king--proud and obstinate King Maythis who so carefully guarded his line--that his only son had died a coward?*
  
  ...
  
  A fantasy story to be told in third person past tense.
  
  **Everything** else is open to player design, be it characters, setting, even mythology. For this reason I haven't created any cards.
  
  The only thing I ask is that character backgrounds are brief; 400 words or less.
  
  I'll usually post once during the week and more frequently on weekends. Players are free to post as frequently as they like, including zero-card moves.
  
  Whilst the speed is casual, please tell us if you'll be away for more than a week. If not, I may have to narrate your character out of the game.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Peter's men: Your company of pike, all of them loyal to you: their elected captain.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get into the carriage: There is sure to be items of value inside.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Prince's banner: The ruined tatters of a flag bearing the prince's royal emblem.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Traum Vin: He is  loyal to the Emperor, and by proxy, loyal to you: the Emperor's *Silent*.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Army kit: The standard allotment of arms and equipment given to soldiers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sealed letter: A sealed letter from King Maythis to his enemy in the east: the Emperor of Karsei.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A weapon...: ...for every occasion.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Thoughts of death: The men are troubled by the brutal murder of their comrades.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Awakening...: A name whispered: 
  
  *Soren...*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Invitation: ...to lead the army of stars.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Spectacle: With a dozen soldiers watching, Jun and Vin *work through* their differences. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Border: Where armies of the east and west collide—or once did.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Time to go: It seems that you've stopped. But where? No matter, you must move before you are found.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Peter: The stars converge on him.
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Make sense of this: It's not that your jealous, but **you** are the *Severus*.
  
  Why then do the stars go to Peter?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Black Silent: She is shadow. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: White Silent: She is control.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Red Silent: She is fury. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Blue Silent: She is wind.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Forest bridge: A stream crossing not too far from the city's edge.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Riders ahead!: Riders approach from the other side of the bridge.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Starfall: The stars, they come for you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Create your own: Ditto
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Create your own: Ditto
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Create your own: Ditto
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Create your own: Ditto
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lachlan's body: Lachlan lies there in his eternal sleep.
  
  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Drums of war: A beating of the drum that signals the onset of battle.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Courtyard: Private courtyard within the palace grounds.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Forest path: Trail that leads west from the east border to the capital. 
  
  Bandits and thieves occupy the forested areas north and south of the path.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Calm the men: The attack was sudden and unprovoked. Your men are hungry, tired and grow impatient. 
  
  They look to you for answers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The man who spoke Karseiin: Bound and tossed into the carriage.
  
  The prisoner speaks the native tongue of the east.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: King Maythis: Proud and obstinate ruler of Hymn.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Throne room: Lavish and well lit, it is here King Maythis presides over matters of royal importance.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fashion: Soren requires some form of disguise.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get into the carriage: There is sure to be articles of value.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ambush!: You are under attack by bandits. 
  
  They must have followed you for miles.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Brand: Thief: They will forever call you *Thief*.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A welcome distraction: Jun's captors forget her momentarily as they turn to face their assailants. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Liability: A Disputant works alone; such is their code. 
  
  Soren will only get one, or both of you killed.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Punishment: He did not say it, but the king blames you for his son's death.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Downpour: Rain buckets from the heavens.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Unconscious girl: Who is she and what is she doing here?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Prisoner: Who is he and why did he attack? And what is his relationship to the girl?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Old woman: She has entered your mind.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fortune's fate: How strange a thing which brings you all together.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sergeant Brandt: For years, he fought beside Peter, serving loyally as his second.
  
  Now he lies wounded, to die at the hands of a Karseiin.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Conversation heard: Disputants follow the king's orders without question. 
  
  And something larger, sinister perhaps, is at play.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Clever ploy: The prisoner means to fool the company into going down the wrong path or splitting their numbers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fire for Flame: The tensions between Jun and Skean cannot be contained.
  
  In the middle of it all, Soren deals with Jun's revelations.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Missing pieces: Nothing, it appears, remains of Hymn's forces at the border. 
  
  Karseiin soldiers have also left their position on the other side.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tussle!: A fight starts between the men that wish to stay and those who want to leave. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bannerman: The prince's standard bearer. One of his closest and most loyal companions in life, now only able to follow the funeral cortege of the man he once served.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Unflinching: He's seen the hell that is war up close, in full living and dying colour. There's nothing left in the wide green world that can frighten him or deter him from doing what he sees as his duty.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Impertinent: Being raised as the close companion of a future king has made him far more at ease than he should be with his social superiors. Powerful people don't like lesser men to speak out of turn.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Spectre of Guilt: He can't shake the feeling that what happened to the prince was somehow his fault. What did he do - or not do - to make his old friend turn out this way? And how can he ever make up for it?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Thief: In a world of gods and monsters, those born without special blood learn to move outside of notice.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cunning: If you tried to take what you needed by force, you would have been dead long ago. You've learned to approach things a little more creatively.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Unreliable: You've betrayed and disappointed many more people than you've obeyed and your flighty nature keeps you from thriving in any one environment.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get the Upper Hand: You're tired of living minute-to-minute. There's got to be a better way.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mercenary captain.: A veteran soldier of fortune, elected by the others to command their company of pike.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Resourceful: Some call it luck, but people make their own luck. Surviving requires flexibility and a quick wit.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Proud: Commoners should know to bend the knee, but it seems he never learnt how.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Duty: Chosen by his peers, the duty of a leader is to make sure that every thing is done in the interest of the men.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Court Disputant: Part messenger, part bodyguard, part hunter-tracker, and part assassin: Disputants represent the filthy underside of royal politics. Meeting one normally means you've pissed off the wrong person. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Morally Flexible: Murder, theft, dishonesty: they are all tools to complete the job at hand. The end ALWAYS justifies the means. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Obedient: A life of servitude: a tool to be used by a master. This obedience may not be blind or unquestioning, but in the end the duty it carried out. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Will of the Crown: Do the job, and do it well. Do the next job, and do it well. Do the next job, and...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Commoner: The people trust you because you are one of them, can't hide it, and wouldn't want to anyway.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stigmatic: Disputant's are never known for relationships: friends are rarely made, and enemies seldom live long. They're a perpetual social outsider. Mistrust and fear cloud their words and intent. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Audacious: Taking a decision, any decision, is better than doing nothing.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Low Blood: An obvious foreigner in Hymn and marked with Karseiin slave symbols for those who can read them, you are of the most detestable caste in any country.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Self-Determined: He has faith in his own abilities and experience - sometimes too much.  If he isn't convinced of the rightness of an order, he may decide to follow his own instincts instead.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Healthy Paranoia: Some might call you overly cautious. Others might think you're risk adverse. But you've seen things that'd make them all lose sleep, and done worse than that. Fear is what keeps you alive. Fear is what keeps you sharp. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Enduring: You are no stranger to pain or fear. It will pass and leave you still standing, however scarred.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Royal Education: As the childhood companion of Prince Lachlan, he has received a higher standard of education than most soldiers, even those of noble birth.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Redemption: He is responsible for a lot of things that went wrong, but the time for wallowing in guilt has passed.  It's a time for action - and perhaps by choosing the *right* actions he can atone for his mistakes.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Life of Purpose: Everyone has a role to play, a duty to perform, beholden to a common purpose. With it, life forms meaning; but without, all is lost. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Loyalty: He is a man of duty and honour - true in heart, word and deed to those who have earned his trust or protection.  He would rather die than betray a comrade or an ally.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Memory of Myth: A childhood steeped in superstition may not have completely prepared you for the stories to be true but it certainly gives you an advantage. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Pragmatic: The world is what it is, and to survive a man had to make do with what he has, not what could have been.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Runa: She is dead, but still has power. And though she depends on you to do what she may not, your wellbeing is not her main concern.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Prudent: You know the difference between a time for action and time for the opposite.  Effort does not always equate to progress, and good things come to those who wait.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mortal Beings: Forget the stars and their silly wars. It is the humans, those that breathe and bleed, that you worry about.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Spent: "having no power or energy left."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Callous: You have been subject to much and pulled yourself through it alone. Others can do the same.