Adventure in Emberdel

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<font size="+3">Select Character Image</font> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="https://i.ibb.co/PYWfSDX/IMG-7947.png" width="100%"> <center><<link ">Select" Backstory>><<set $pfp to 5>><</link>></center></td> <td><img src="https://i.ibb.co/JHdPjHC/IMG-7937.png" width="100%"> <center><<link ">Select" Backstory>><<set $pfp to 4>><</link>></center></td> <td><img src="https://i.ibb.co/p36gbyv/IMG-7962.png" width="100%"> <center><<link ">Select" Backstory>><<set $pfp to 6>><</link>></center></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://i.ibb.co/18s33hQ/IMG-7949.png" width="100%"> <center><<link ">Select" Backstory>><<set $pfp to 7>><</link>></center></td> <td><img src="https://i.ibb.co/qrhVs8x/IMG-7963.png" width="100%"> <center><<link ">Select" Backstory>><<set $pfp to 8>><</link>></center></td> <td><img src="https://i.ibb.co/9rv72sR/IMG-7966.png" width="100%"> <center><<link ">Select" Backstory>><<set $pfp to 9>><</link>></center></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://i.ibb.co/nRVysTm/IMG-7901.png" width="100%"> <center><<link ">Select" Backstory>><<set $pfp to 1>><</link>></center></td> <td><img src="https://i.ibb.co/GFfRM9S/IMG-7902.png" width="100%"> <center><<link ">Select" Backstory>><<set $pfp to 2>><</link>></center></td> <td><img src="https://i.ibb.co/2szXKkz/IMG-7903.png" width="100%"> <center><<link ">Select" Backstory>><<set $pfp to 3>><</link>></center></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="https://i.ibb.co/cFzkVQ7/IMG-7969.png " width="100%"> <center><<link ">Select" Backstory>><<set $pfp to 10>><</link>></center></td> <td><img src=" https://i.ibb.co/VvvqLpQ/IMG-7970.png " width="100%"> <center><<link ">Select" Backstory>><<set $pfp to 11>><</link>></center></td> <td><img src=" https://i.ibb.co/V9cZkHK/IMG-7971.png " width="100%"> <center><<link ">Select" Backstory>><<set $pfp to 12>><</link>></center></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

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<font size="+3">Create Character</font> Name <<textbox "$name" "Wanderer">> Pronouns <<textbox "$they" "they">> <<textbox "$them" "them">> <<textbox "$their" "their">> <<textbox "$theirs" "theirs">> <<textbox "$themself" "themself">> <small>[lowercase only!]</small> [[>Continue|Pfp]]

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<<set $profileinit to true>>The dirt and gravel road wound up and down sun-drizzled grassy hills teeming with buzzing insects. It crunched grittily under $name's feet, which were becoming sore after a week of journey. The soles of $their already-worn boots were becoming threadbare and frayed; but despite this dull ache and general weariness, $name remained determined in body and spirit. <<if $story is 1>>After living $their entire early life in a little backwater village, $name was finally off to seek $their fortune in the grand hub of Emberdel: The Place Where All Adventures Begin. Or so that grizzled old wandering dwarf claimed as he dragged his lame donkey's rickety cart through town a year prior. Everyone said the man was a century past sobrietous pragmatism, but his stories of a land filled with every race of intelligent creature gathering together to do business and share culture filled $name's head with wondrous fantasies. At any rate, it was hard not to cast one's mind far elsewhere while cleaning up after the family farm beasts. It took almost a year of saving up gold, but $name was finally on the road and in high spirits. <<elseif $story is 2>>$name's life as the child and future successor of a lord of Riverrhel was a secure yet dull one. Prone to strict manners and inescapable duty, $they often found $themself nose deep within the pages of a book. Once this was the only way $they believed $they would ever experience new lands; until the day the mage came to town, and stopped into the library $name occupied seeking a spell tome. They spoke to $name of a place they were headed called Emberdel; a cultural melting pot, city of a hundred libraries. Naught but a week later, $name found $themself slipping down a rope dropped from $their back window in the middle of the night; a small bag of supplies slung from $their shoulder and a skip in $their step as Riverrhel disappeared behind $them. <<elseif $story is 3>>$name had lived a free and happy life in $their traveling caravan of hunter/gatherers. A life of good hunting, adventure, and loving family. A life of warm mead, warmer campfires and rowdy stories. All of this changed when $their caravan happened upon a necromancer in the middle of working his dark, evil magic on excavated corpses of a burial mound in pursuit of lichdom. They fought bravely, but none of them stood a chance against the black fire that burned them from the inside out and turned their screams to ash. For reasons $they did not know, $name was the only one to survive. Now $they travel to Emberdel, the city of trade and exchange, the place $they are most likely to find whispers of the location of this necromancer. The necromancer $they intend to burn in vengeance. <<elseif $story is 4>>Although $their life of running through the woods with $their adopted and loving wolf pack that had raised $them was a free and beautiful life, $name had become curious about the world beyond the forest. The wolves always told $them to stay in the forest, where there is good hunting to feed the pups and the pack, and safety in numbers. But where the call of the wild held captive the wolves, it was the call of wonder that lead $name's feet to step outside the forest, and to keep walking until the forest had long since disappeared behind $them. <</if>>[[>Continue|Intro2]] \<<if $story is 1>><<pickup '$inventory' 'Wrapped Jerky'>><<pickup '$inventory' 'Bread'>><<pickup '$inventory' 'Waterskin'>><<pickup '$equipped' 'Lucky Knife'>><<set $gold to 7>><<elseif $story is 2>><<pickup '$inventory' 'Journal'>><<pickup '$inventory' 'Waterskin'>><<pickup '$inventory' 'Bread'>><<pickup '$equipped' 'Humming Amulet'>><<set $gold to 112>><<elseif $story is 3>><<pickup '$inventory' 'Vial of Blood'>><<pickup '$inventory' 'Waterskin'>><<pickup '$inventory' 'Wrapped Jerky'>><<pickup '$equipped' 'Hunting Bow'>><<set $gold to 42>><<elseif $story is 4>><<pickup '$inventory' 'Rabbit Carcass'>><<pickup '$equipped' 'Makeshift Spear'>><<pickup '$equipped' 'Wolf-Tooth Necklace'>><<set $gold to 0>><</if>>

"Ho there, traveler!" A gravelly voice called out from behind, dragging $name from $their thoughts. $name turned and startled to see an entire wagon had managed to sneak up on $them, rickety wood creaking and stocky draught horse snorting and all. Perhaps $they ought to pay more attention to $their surroundings. If a whole wagon can sneak up on $them, surely a quiet little theif would find no trouble relieving $them of what little items $they had in $their possession. A great, weathered orc with dark gray-green skin leathery and pocked with age sat atop the wagon, reigns held in massive hands. A nasty old scar ran through his cloudy left eye, and one of his two tusks was broken in half. His silver beard was thick and scraggled, his hair tied back in a tight braid and shaved at the sides. Despite his fearsome appearance, $name did not feel wary; this old orc had a kindly look in his good eye, the muscles in his face relaxed with gentle calm. [[>Continue|Intro3]]

“Tell me, little one; are you headed for Emberdel as well?” The old orc asked, struggling with the reigns to convince his horse to slow as it reached $name’s side. When the horse realized a lovely-looking patch of lush grass stood tall nearby, it had no trouble halting in its hoofsteps and leaning down for a snack. <<link ">I am indeed heading for Emberdel, seeking adventure!" Intro4>><<set $intro3 to 1>><</link>> <<link ">Yes, I seek Emberdel, city of a hundred libraries. " Intro4>><<set $intro3 to 2>><</link>> <<link ">What’s it to you? " Intro4>><<set $intro3 to 3>><</link>> <<link ">Probably, Rork here has been insisting we travel somewhere interesting for some time. They’re very persuasive." Intro4>><<set $intro3 to 4>><</link>>

<<if $intro3 is 1>>“I am indeed heading for Emberdel,” $name said brightly, grinning ear-to-ear, “seeking adventure!” The old orc smiled kindly in return. “I was an adventurer myself, back in my youth. Now these gnarled old bones stiffen at the sight of a sword. It brings warmth to my heart to see new adventurers boldly seeking their fortune.” <<elseif $intro3 is 2>>“Yes, I seek Emberdel,” $name said calmly, “city of a hundred libraries.” <<if $story is 4>>$name wasn't certain where $they'd heard of this title, it simply popped into $their mind.<<else>><</if>> The old orc chuckled, "Ah, a bookworm, then. Well, if it is learning you seek, Emberdel is certainly the place to be." <<if $story is 4>>$name didn't know what a 'bookworm' was, exactly. Perhaps it was like a woodworm? At any rate, 'learning' sounded interesting. <<else>><</if>><<elseif $intro3 is 3>>“What’s it to you?” $name said, scowl twisting $their face. The old orc laughed good-humoredly at $name’s grouchy tone. "Feisty one, are we? Ah, well. I would be too, if I had to walk everywhere." <<elseif $intro3 is 4>>“Probably, Rork here has been insisting we travel somewhere interesting for some time.” $name jut $their thumb to indicate something beside $them, but seeing as nothing appeared to be there, it was unclear precisely what $name was referring to. “They’re very persuasive.” The old orc raised a messy eyebrow, glancing at the empty space beside $name for a moment before shrugging. "Well, Emberdel is certainly a place one could call 'interesting'." <</if>>Leaning forward to rest his elbows on his knees, the old orc winced as his spine complained of the stretch. “Say, little one. I have a proposal for you. I would like to offer you a ride upon my wagon, as we are headed in the same direction; but I wonder if you might do something for me first. Your first quest, shall we say!” [[>Continue|Intro5]]

<font size="+3">Select Character Backstory</font> <font size="+1"><<link ">[Adventure-Seeker]" Confirm>><<set $story to 1>><</link>></font> $name grew up in a nameless, rural farming town. Beyond a dreamy childhood of flower fields and befriending cows, tending the family farm is an honest livelihood. Although poor by way of gold, the table and shelves are never lacking for food to eat, grown fresh, sweet and juicy by $their family and $their ever-generous neighbors. But when an old dwarf rolled into town spouting tales of worlds beyond this one, $name couldn't help but wonder what adventures lie beyond the fields of home. <font size="+1"><<link ">[Knowledge-Seeker]" Confirm>><<set $story to 2>><</link>></font> $name's life began in Riverrhel, a well-off but humble city of moderate proportions. With a father holding a lordship over a region of the city, $name was never quite wanting for anything. Even so, life was rather dull in Riverrhel, and $they often found $themself hiding away in the town's library. Whisked off to lands of knowledge and cultural exchange that $name could only dream of one day visiting, considering $they were next in line for the title. Duty holds no place for fantasy. But the day a mage came breezing into the little library searching for a spell tome and speaking of their destination (a place of a hundred libraries, they so boasted) $name decided $they would no longer stick to dreaming. <font size="+1"><<link ">[Vengeance-Seeker]" Confirm>><<set $story to 3>><</link>></font> Living in an ever-traveling hunter/gatherer caravan was a hard but wonderful life. $name filled $their days with hunting down dangerous beasts for meat and furs to trade, and nights were sat around warm campfires with a belly full of meat, mead and surrounded by rowdy family. Life was plentiful and good. All of this changed one day when $their caravan encountered a necromancer on the road, one so drowned in the dark arts in the pursuit of becoming a lich that his skin was falling away from the bone. A day of horror, screams, blood and black fire. $name was the only one to survive, and now $they seek the necromancer that killed $their family on a mission of vengeance. <font size="+1"><<link ">[???-Seeker]" Confirm>><<set $story to 4>><</link>></font> $name couldn't remember why $their birth parents had left $them in the brush, but wolf mother cared for $them as well as she did her own pups. Although $name was not nearly as good at hunting as the wolves, $they did $their part to contribute to the pack. Life was full of meat, fresh air, and cozy sleeping in a pile of warm, furry bodies. The wolves always said never to step out from the edge of the forest. Outside the forest, there was no hunting, and no hunting meant no feeding the pups. But as the years went on, $name became curious of the world outside the forest.

<font size="+3">Confirm Character</font> <<if $pfp is 1>><img src="https://i.ibb.co/nRVysTm/IMG-7901.png" width="100"><<elseif $pfp is 2>><img src="https://i.ibb.co/GFfRM9S/IMG-7902.png" width="100"><<elseif $pfp is 3>><img src="https://i.ibb.co/2szXKkz/IMG-7903.png" width="100"><<elseif $pfp is 4>><img src="https://i.ibb.co/JHdPjHC/IMG-7937.png" width="100"><<elseif $pfp is 5>><img src="https://i.ibb.co/PYWfSDX/IMG-7947.png" width="100"><<elseif $pfp is 6>><img src="https://i.ibb.co/p36gbyv/IMG-7962.png" width="100"><<elseif $pfp is 7>><img src="https://i.ibb.co/18s33hQ/IMG-7949.png" width="100"><<elseif $pfp is 8>><img src="https://i.ibb.co/qrhVs8x/IMG-7963.png" width="100"><<elseif $pfp is 9>><img src="https://i.ibb.co/9rv72sR/IMG-7966.png" width="100"><<elseif $pfp is 10>><img src=" https://i.ibb.co/cFzkVQ7/IMG-7969.png" width="100"> <<elseif $pfp is 11>><img src="https://i.ibb.co/VvvqLpQ/IMG-7970.png" width="100"> <<elseif $pfp is 12>><img src=" https://i.ibb.co/V9cZkHK/IMG-7971.png" width="100"> <</if>> <font size="+1">$name</font> <font size="-1">[$they/$them]</font> <<if $story is 1>>Adventure-Seeker from Farm Town<<elseif $story is 2>>Knowledge-Seeker from Riverrhel<<elseif $story is 3>>Vengeance-Seeker from Hunter/Gatherer Caravan<<elseif $story is 4>>???-Seeker from Wolf Forest<</if>> [[>Confirm|Intro1]] [[>Redo|Profile]]

"What do you need?" $name asked, standing up straight in readiness to recieve $their first quest. "There is a flower that grows, in that marshland behind you." The old orc reached up with his giant hand to point in the indicated direction. "Bright orange, with fiery tips and powder-blue stamen. My partner in Emberdel has been seeking its seed pods for some time, hoping to cultivate it for his flower store. Alas, these old knees aren't what they used to be; I doubt if I should wade into that mud, I would ever get back out." <<link ">A quest, oh a quest! Yes, I shall get to it at once!" Intro6>><<set $intro5 to 1>><</link>> <<link ">Intriguing, I should like to learn more of this flower. For now, I shall endeavor to retrieve it for you." Intro6>><<set $intro5 to 2>><</link>> <<link ">Ugh, fine. But only because you're going to get me to Emberdel faster." Intro6>><<set $intro5 to 3>><</link>> <<link ">Oh, I wade around in swamps all the time! Back in a splash!" Intro6>><<set $intro5 to 4>><</link>>

<<if $intro5 is 1>>"A quest, oh a quest!" $name can barely contain $their excitement, bouncing on $their heels. "Yes, I shall get to it at once!" <<elseif $intro5 is 2>>"Intriguing, I should like to learn more of this flower." $name said ponderously. "For now, I shall endeavor to retrieve it for you." <<elseif $intro5 is 3>>"Ugh, fine." $name grumbled. "But only because you're going to get me to Emberdel faster." <<elseif $intro5 is 4>>"Oh, I wade around in swamps all the time!" $name said, perking up at the task. "Back in a splash!" <</if>>"I thank you, good traveler." The old orc said appreciatively. "I shall wait here for your return." And so began the first quest of $name's adventure, as $they turned away from the rickety wagon and headed down the hill towards the murky, fog-clung marsh. [[>Continue|QuestA1]]

The swampy marsh was humid and smelled strongly of peat, a sour tang hanging in the fog. The croaking frogs chorused around $name, leaping into the water with a little splash as $they got near. The further $they waded into the mucky grass, the thicker the fog became, the more the sun's rays struggled to reach the surface. <center><table><tbody><tr> <td> </td> <td><center>[[>Move Forward|QuestA2Forward]]</center></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><center>[[>Move Left|QuestA2Left]]</center></td> <td> </td> <td><center>[[>Move Right|Quest2ARight]]</center></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><center> </center></td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></center>

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The marsh grass became crowded by rooty, gnarled trees and spiny water bushes. It was becoming difficult to search for the flower, although $name figured something so brightly colored among the swampy grays and greens was like to stand out. As if to prove $their point, a flash of red swam into the corner of $their eye, and $they turned to spot some red berries clinging to a bush. <<if $inventory.has('Swamp Berries')>>As if to prove $their point, a flash of red swam into the corner of $their eye, and $they turned to spot some red berries clinging to a bush. Opting to pluck a few, $they store the berries in $their bag for safe keeping.<<else>>As if to prove $their point, a flash of red swam into the corner of $their eye, and $they turned to spot some <<link "red berries" QuestA2Left>><<pickup '$inventory' 'Swamp Berries'>><</link>> clinging to a bush.<</if>> [[>Back|QuestA1]]

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