<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=315895.msg15280536#msg15280536">Quote from: JoanieSappho on 17-02-2020, 19:47:18</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">But, I like the idea of your sword being from a close relative of Elinor's.  Her mother, maybe. <br/><br/>As for mine, the Who is Most Invested in Your Destiny would make sense to be Hoshino, possibly with me grabbing up her Who Are You Willing to Risk Death for one.<br/><br/><strong>What was the most horrific part of the Last War for your house?</strong><br/>Mind Control Magic. And there's a <em>reason</em> we made sure Blue lost those libraries and people ...<br/><br/><strong>What animal represents your house? Why?</strong><br/>Dog. Loyalty is super important to us (and that's partly why mind magic causing people to betray us was such a horror), as is going for the throat and hanging on until we or they are dead. <br/>Also this gives us an excuse to have puppies around.<br/><br/><strong>What is the main grievance your house has with each of the others? One answer for each house, So Red house will have one grievances for yellow and another for blue.</strong><br/>Blue: Mind control stuff, and the things you got up to with all that lore and those cunning minds that you <em>used</em> to have.<br/>Yellow: Civilian deaths. They were just a bit too indiscriminate when they got to our cities (and that's why our rulers turned around and used some of what they'd taken from Blue to <br/>ruin their territory).<br/><br/><strong>What plot do you believe each of the other houses is planning? One plot for each house. Red believes Yellow is plotting blank and Red believes Blue is plotting blank.</strong><br/>Blue: They're trying to rebuild their weapons and infiltrate us. Again.<br/>Yellow: They're digging themselves in to their lands even deeper than usual, just getting ready for things to kick off again so they can bunker down and sweep in once we've exhausted ourselves against Blue.<br/><br/>And for me;<br/><strong>Describe a location at Hope Academy that would make for an awesome place to have a sword fight.</strong><br/><br/>A long, narrow gap between two overgrown, crumbling walls, covered in creepers and flowers despite the constant shade.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Playing off the suggestion for the Scorpions to have grieved us with civilian deaths, and with Elinor's mother's sword being the one in Sekhmet's possession, Lucca could definitely be the answer to that question "Between Lucca and Elinor, who did I most personally harm?" And true to her utterly Devoted nature, Lucca would try to push down her own feelings and woes and claim that Elinor suffers most due to her mother's death in the duel, but Lucca's home might have been the one that took the brunt of the civilian casualties.<br/><br/>I had some of my own ideas for answers to those questions, but I think I prefer Joanie's answers more. Only other alternative I might pitch is Tigers for our House Animal, majestic and powerful beasts<del>made endangered by outside forces</del>. Still leaves us open for having a bunch of cats around. But Dogs are also a good idea.<br/><br/>Lucca's ideal place at Hope Academy for a sword fight is a small dock set up by the river running along the academy walls. Just enough rigging and stacked supplies to allow for some acrobatics, and a good "ring-out" win condition just off to the side.