Chapter 10.02 Y

Chapter 10.02 Y

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February 11, 2024

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Chapter 10.02 Y is the 3rd chapter of Volume 10. The Y stands for Ylawes.

tl;dr

The Silver Swords guard the Yorrned Caravan into the New Lands of Izril. Zedalien reconciles the different factions in Inserelad’reanum.

Synopsis

This chapter focuses on the New Lands. The Silver Swords, together with Vuliel Drae, as well as Rasktooth and Infinitypear (a.k.a. Poke Duo), have taken a contract to protect a caravan travelling to the New Lands. Close to the border, they reach the Drake city of Goisedall that used to rely on fishing but has now had to pivot to another industry – making cloth out of blue cotton-like plant tufts that are blowing over from the New Lands.

The expedition leader is an [Ore Merchant] called Yorrned, who has the goal of setting up a mining city once they find a suitable vein of ore. The group sees their first share of trouble as they find out that their wagon wheels are not made for off-road travel, but they push on.  They encounter monsters along the way, known species like Corusdeer and a Kelpie but also entirely new species, such as Lamprey Shufflers, Featherballs and Landsharks.

Along the way, Ylawes is struggling to build team cohesion with this new group of adventurers. Vuliel Drae are inexperienced and lacking cohesion, and Poke Duo are discriminated against by the rest of the caravan, even though their presence is tolerated. Dawil tries to bring them together by making a forever-stew with them, which is promptly “ruined” as Infinitypear throws in some sugarcoated cockroaches. The Antinium runs away and fears death as his punishment, but Ylawes manages to console him and even brings himself to eat a bowl (with great effort).

As their journey continues, the merchants become more and more insistent about hunting Corusdeer, and after Ylawes and the others press the issue, they are startled to find out that their Runes of Preservation have been failing. Falene explains that this is due to the New Lands being a mana-negative zone, meaning that she recovers her mana much slower and that simple runes will fail quickly if they’re not reinforced on the regular. They try to make the best of it and rush to find a place to settle down as quickly as possible, so they can start mining and farming.

The second part of the chapter deals with Zedalien’s troubles, who has joined the half-elven colony project. Multiple groups of half-elves are working together, or trying to, so politics are hampering their efforts. Their mages are struggling with the mana-deficient environment as well, and worst of all, their imported magical trees aren’t growing as they should. They discover that this is due to a simple but unavoidable issue – the ground is simply too saline for most plants, and will hamper the farming efforts of all factions, not to mention certain smaller expeditions.

Characters

( * = First Appearance)

• Silver Swords
  • Ylawes Byres
  • Dawil Ironbreaker
  • Falene Skystrall
• Yorrned *
• Vuliel Drae
  • Insill
  • Dasha
  • Larr
  • Pekona
  • Anith
• Poke Duo
  • Infinitypear
  • Rasktooth
• Dulc *
• Tivete *
• Votto *
• ? - [Cook Helpers] *
• Zedalien
• Hareithion *
• Jespeire
• Iturtexi
• Ikeiret / Voice of the Earth
• Ruveden / Lady of the Woods

Locations

• Izril
  • Goisedall
  • New Lands of Izril
    • Inserelad’reanum

Creatures

• Waisrabbit
• Corusdeer
• Lamprey Shuffler (First Introduction)
• Kelpie
• Featherballs (First Introduction)
• Bushpig (First Introduction)
• Landsharks (First Introduction)
• Sword Crabs (Mentioned)

Plants

• Fimie-seeds = Blue seed tufts
• ??? / Yellowish green grass
• Crabgrass (Mentioned)

Vehicles

• A Hunting = Warship converted into a watchtower

Items

• Chests of Holding

Statistics Revealed

Yorrned

• Class:
  • [Ore Merchant]

Falene

• Spells:
  • Tier 4:
    • [Mana Barrier]
  • Unknown Tier:
    • [Stabilized Ground]
    • [Stone Floor]
    • [Magic Pictures]
    • [Detect Life]
    • [Eagle Eyes]

Unknown Merchant

• Skills:
  • [Caravan Unslowed (Mild Terrain)]

Unknown Farmer

• Skills:
  • [Fast Growing]

Ruveden

• Class:
  • [Lady of the Woods]

Ikeiret

• Class:
  • [Voice of the Earth]

Zedalien

• Skills:
  • [Detect Flaw: Extended Range]
  • [Meet the Deadline: Rush Work]
  • [Ignite Creation]
  • [Read Between the Lines]
  • [Exquisite Insight]
  • [Survey the Competition]
  • [Resource Locator: (Resource)]
    • [Resource Locator: The Passphrase of Imlerith]

Jespeire

• Skills:
  • [Area: Fleet of Foot]