Jondesu

Koralis, the true ruler of Laesire, surveyed his kingdom. He didn’t need to stand atop a high building to do so. Instead, his kingdom was arrayed around him like the court of the Taishin. Here were the beggars, the swindlers, the cutthroats and thieves, the burglars, the assassins and the thugs. They were the true power of the city, and from his den he could change the fate of anyone he wished. Men prospered or disappeared on his command, and businesses changed ownership, flourished, or sank into oblivion as he wished. There were few who stood up to him, and none who lived to protest his rule. The Taishin could control Lossand, and remain unaware of him, but here in Laesire, his power was unchecked. ———————————————————————————————————————— At the outskirts of Laesire, however, another solitary man surveyed the city. Here in the Jewel of the Sands was treasure untold; not riches and goods, no, though there were those as well. The treasure he wanted was more ephemeral. The lives of men to command, hearts to fear him, tongues to whisper his name. Ihsan, Master of the Black Sands, was here to claim his new home. ———————————————————————————————————————— As the city went to sleep, not because the sun was setting, but simply because all men must sleep, Koralis’ beggars and swindlers brought his share of their profits to him, but his burglars and assassins went to work. Arlin, quiet as a spider, crept into the house of one of the merchants who had refused Koralis’ offer of protection. The man and his family would serve as lessons for the rest of the city, a reminder that Koralis’ offers were not to be refused. Just inside the window, Arlin paused and surveyed the room, an old habit that had served him well many times. On this occasion, it allowed his eyes to adjust to the low light inside the house, the curtains drawn to give a semblance of dusk. He took in the furnishings of the small study he had entered, with a desk and chair, shelves of scrolls and books, and a lockbox with the man’s profits likely stored inside. He wasn’t there for the money, however. That would also be left as a message. What he failed to notice, however, was the man standing by the window, waiting for him to enter. Ihsan’s spies had entered the city months earlier, infiltrating Koralis’ gangs, as well as the merchant classes and even the police force. Now, on the eve of his arrival, they had prepared a message of their own. Arlin felt the small blade pierce his back, neatly puncturing his kidney, rendering him immobile and silent as he collapsed breathlessly to the floor. When the merchant’s family awoke, they found the assassin dead in the study, with a simple message attached to his back: “This city is mine. The Black Sands claim it as their own.” The Game General Rules: Roles: Rollovers are currently planned to be at 8PM Eastern Time. Player List: Signups will run for a week, ending at 5PM EST on Dec 20. Extended signups will run through Friday, Dec 22, at 5PM EST. We will take a break over Christmas, either via a longer cycle or a gap between cycles. Quick Links:

I would thoroughly agree with banning people who drop out and don’t return, though as mentioned, I’d be wary of that with people who just don’t post for a cycle or two. Three total cycles in a row without a post would be enough in my opinion, though. Maybe less so this game, but there should have been no reason not to vote.

When you say single use, that’s per game for all of those. Interesting way to make people think about their actions if so.

Ouch. Just a tip to the Elims, I was going to try to stay active, and would have at least continued to vote each cycle, more than once most likely (I was going to code a message into my votes using the first letters of the people I voted for. Sorry Wyrm. I was trying to circumvent your rules, but only for fun purposes.) Inactivity is literally game breaking. I’ve been guilty of being less active than I feel I should be, even missing a cycle here or there, but this was absurd. I wish I knew what to do about it, though I’ve already built an inactivity filter into the game I’ll be running soon.

Removing vote from Devotary of Spontaneity. Voting for Roadwalker.

Voting for Devotary of Spontaneity.

Okay, I changed my mind, since I won’t have to post any analysis or anything, I think I can keep up with this game well enough to not be a detriment to whichever side I’m on. EDIT: not sure if there’s even a point to a character name, so I’ll be Jon.

This is very minimalist. I’ll sit it out, but it’s intriguing.

I’ll take a spec doc link if there is one. This sounds intriguing, but I don’t have the mind power available right now with RL stuff.

I mistook Wasabi mustard for regular mustard once, but that was more understandable. It wasn't the green Wasabi color, it looked mostly like regular mustard (or maybe a dijon mustard). Not my favorite sandwich ever.

I guess I like it for flavor, and because it would make some of the things about Sel more intriguing. And it makes for a more tragic story.

There’s a theory (can’t remember if there’s any proof) that Aona and Skai were lovers. That relationship could have shaped their interpretation of Devotion and Dominion either to make them more compatible or less.

That’s a very good point, well said.

Umm, that's kinda exactly what he did. Sure, he hoped he would instead be able to kill TLR, but he essentially committed suicide.

Actually, I think the conflict is less than you think, and more because of Brandon being tricky. The WoB you quoted doesn't say he was on Scadrial, it says he was in Scadrial. I suspect both the solar system and the planet would be called Scadrial, and Brandon was saying that Kelsier technically hadn't left the Scadrian system, even if maybe that's more of a Cognitive distinction than an actual physical space one, but had (at least mostly) left the planet Scadrial.

I actually suspect Taldain's technological progress had something to do with worldhoppers in the first place. Metallurgy from Scadrians could certainly help creating guns, and others could have had similar insights that would make big differences (I just can't think of any other specific examples right now). We know there was travel to and from Scadrial already at the time of TFE (via Hoid), and I doubt there were no Scadrians off-world by then. Traveling off Roshar shouldn't be too difficult. We don't really know about Nalthis, and we know it'd be very difficult to get off Sel, but it's obviously possible as well.

That's actually surprisingly plausible, and I say surprising since I haven't seen anyone else mention it (though I haven't been on this part of the forums much for a little while). I'd never have thought about it, but it seems very doable. I guess the question is whether TenSoon really "remembers" Kelsier's DNA after that long, but I suspect he could.

Two false Elim claims... can this please stop? Doing that only hurts us and makes it more likely the Elims will win.

Sorry, Roadwalker, but being weird doesn’t quite add up. We have a lot of weird players, with unique play styles, and what you’ve been doing is reading really wrong to me. I’m not as convinced on the Lemon lynch, so you get my vote this cycle. Edit: I know I said that I was getting a good feeling from you before and in our PMs, but after looking back and after your post claiming to be Eim, which I suspect was to capitalize on the fact that Walin did that and was not in fact an Elim, I changed my mind.

I’m a little surprised to not have been targeted, but at this point I’ll probably garner more suspicion if they leave me alive for a few cycles, so maybe they’re banking on that, or had reason to think Sart was a threat. I’ll come back with some analysis in a little while I hope.

That’s fair, Rand. Tacking on a final vote could be an easy play for an Elim, but the fact you’d posted suspicions of Walin prior is good, and I had some of the same reservations about voting on a new player.

Ugh, I don't get why Walin would have claimed to be Elim like that, when he was village. It certainly didn't lead to anyone changing their votes that I could see. I do wonder which Elims may have participated in this particular lynch. It was unlikely to cause them to draw suspicion to vote on Walin, considering the sentiment against him. I don't have time to go check right now, is the order of the votes in the original post the order in which they voted, or no? Of Manukos, Lemonelon, Striker, Roadwalker, Arinian, and randuir, I'm probably most wary of Manukos, Lemonelon, Striker, and Rand. I know I indicated that I wasn't as suspicious of Striker before, and I'm somewhat holding to that, but I'm still wary. Roadwalker I've gotten a good feel of from their posts, and Arinian seems to be playing pretty much his standard style, so they're less of a concern, but if they did vote 4th and 5th, that opens them to new scrutiny. Rand adding the last vote would be suspicious too, but if that isn't the case then it isn't as much of an issue.

Walin, I don’t for a moment buy your list of teammates. I’ve tried to do the same as a cornered Elim in previous games, but only to sow some chaos, not actually giving up my team. Time for you to go, though.

Div lay down to sleep that night with a sore throat and a wary eye around him. It sure hadn’t been Jost that tried to poison him, which meant he had had friends. Or fellow killers, which didn’t always mean friends. Div had experienced that distinction himself. He pointedly tried to avoid thinking about Rodin these days.

I’m inclined to agree with Rand on the conclusions about those who voted on myself and Joe. I have more than a healthy dose of paranoia keeping me from fully trusting them, but for now I’m putting them on the more likely village side. Rand himself I’m not sure on, but he’s not super suspicious either. I hesitate to jump on yet another bandwagon, but I independently came to the conclusion that Walin’s defense of Joe was very suspicious. I mostly doubt that we’ll get lucky enough to find another Spy this quickly, and I’m not usually prone to lynching newer players either ( @Walin, is this your first or second game?), but I can’t ignore the suspicion. Edit: Oh, and Walin, you can just use s instead of strikethrough to do this.