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@Ramidel 's guide is very nicely organized.
My Choice Of Rebels INT 2 walkthrough is here. I simply recorded almost every choice made usually without commenting on which are essential to the strategy but hopefully it will be helpful to some extent. This playthrough is as a covert wisard that is skeptical and compassionate whose band chooses to evade the Hegemony in the woods.
XOR final release INT 2 walkthrough
MANY OF THESE CHOICES COULD PROBABLY BE CHANGED TO PERSONAL PREFERENCE WITHOUT BREAKING THE OVERALL STRATEGY BUT IT IS MORE FUN FOR ME TO JUST TRY CHANGES AND FIND OUT SO I HAVE NOT KEPT TRACK OF ALL OF THE CRUCIAL CHOICES.
The intensity of the Hegemony’s violence to its lower castes.
“I can hide you.”
“I don’t know.” I shook my head wildly, hoping my terror looked enough like confusion. “I don’t…somewhere up there, kurios.”
“My family is noble! We’re cousins to the aristarchs of the district!”
…daughter."
“Theurgy.”
“He needed my help! Mother said…always help those in need….”
…I headed back up to the woods, to see if I could find any trace of the helot.
“They’re monsters—the Theurge as much as the hounds.”
“Joana, naturally.” The aging helot who maintains my family’s groves is very dear to me, if not to my father.
I was taken aback by how attractive she was. Lean and sun-parched, of course, but her smile and confident stance were strangely charming.
Our family didn’t adopt Karagond names, we stayed with the old ways.
Alya.
Our family was noble before the Conquest, and we did not take a Karagond family name.
de Serin.
A four-pointed star.
“So. Water enough to sweep away horses, eh?” I offered her an artful smile.
“…was brutally slaughtered…”
That was when I knew I had to see her again and keep talking.
The superstitious nonsense the Ecclesiasts teach to justify the evils of Hegemony.
All the ways that helots are treated as less than human—above all the Harrowing.
Yes: I sincerely care about the helotry.
“There must be some way to keep the Wards up and Xaos at bay without murdering thousands of people.”
“Nothing like a little sedition on a summer evening, I always say.” Quelling my anxiety, I stepped into the sweltering little hut.
Sarcifer, the renegade archmage.
Encyclopedic knowledge and reasoning skills.
I actually ran up to my father and clutched at his arm, desperate to stop him from driving away my only friend.
So I started to teach them.
Swordplay and combat.
“I’m so sorry,” I offered, feeling sick to my stomach.
…kindled my own, against the Hegemony.
I swore that when she needed me most, I’d be ready.
So I waited until morning for a daylight experiment in the woods.
I need to stop this Harrowing at any cost.
Cry, “No Angels would bless this atrocity. You are a liar, Chirex, and your Thaumatarch is a blaspheming murderer.”
I shout, “Chirex, don’t be a fool—you know your Theurgy can not win against us.”
We should try to take them alive and try them for their crimes before we execute them. We must maintain order, or we’re no more than a violent rabble.
I didn’t kill those helots, and I can’t bring them back. If their blood could help my cause, I’d use it.
I take the phials.
I want them to know I’m a skeptic, and to share my skepticism.
He has a point. We shouldn’t punish the Alastors as severely as the Theurges.
“Plunder the nobles’ estates before we leave.”
“We’ll fight them as long as we’ve got breath in our bodies.”
“Radmar!” I exclaim gladly. “We’d feared the worst.”
“Why wasn’t I invited to the meeting?”
“Why weren’t you up at the shack with the others?”
“How do you think the Hegemony knew where to find them?”
“So who do you think could have betrayed you?”
I just stare at her, the doubts obvious in my eyes.
“No, Breden. You’re one of the few I would trust.”
“…and we will replace his tyranny with a new, just order.”
“It can wait until dawn.”
I gently remind Zvad that I’ve asked people to stop calling me kuria.
I’ve shared with them what drives me—the things I truly loathe about the Thaumatarchy.
Zvad—because whether or not she betrayed us, I don’t trust Breden’s judgment.
Koine—the Hegemonic common tongue. Not all of your outlaws are Shayardene, after all.
Actually, I want to decrease the number of mules to Terret.
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I’d be happy to rob the rich and powerful, but it’s rather more difficult than I’d guessed.
I wish I could enjoy their company, but all I can feel when I look at them is the crushing responsibility of keeping them all alive.
I ask our quartermaster what he’d advise.
A healthy diet for all sick outlaws, and a subsistence diet for all healthy ones.
No—I want to be the one bringing us through the winter, even if it does mean wrangling a dozen different numbers.
I sell my father’s sword, but keep mine.
Yes.
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No.
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Acquire more mules.
Send scouts out to find Alastors or Ecclesiasts with mules you could steal. (Fifteen scouts.)
Try something else.
Scout for opportunities to raid the institutions of the Hegemony.
Tax collectors—a mission so sensitive it will require my personal involvement.
MAKE NOTE OF THE TAX WEEK FOR LATER
Yes.
Try to tap into the merchant network.
PICK AN ALIAS
Work with local merchants to smuggle goods over the Whendward Pass.
There has to be a way to convince the merchants to work with us. I ask Zvad to introduce me to Alaine Leybridge.
“The Guild of Shayard wouldn’t have more to gain by breaching the law?”
Try to get sympathetic helots to give us money or food—and perhaps to foster some of our children.
He needs to do something, and this will suit him right.
“These lies are what drove us here, Father,” I say coolly.
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Myself.
Bring Breden, and keep a close eye on her.
No—I don’t want to dishearten my outlaws by breaking up their families.
Acquire more mules.
Try to convince yeomen or merchants to give mules to the cause. (Requires me or Breden)
Try something else.
I want to make or change a standing order (e.g. rations, mules, targeting).
Change the rations.
A healthy diet for everyone in the band.
IF AT ANY POINT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH FOOD FOR THE WEEK, LEAVE THE SICK ON FULL RATIONS. GO INTO THE STANDING ORDER SCREEN AND MAKE DETAILED CHANGES. DECREASE HEALTHY ADULTS ONE RATION LEVEL THEN HEALTHY CHILDREN ONE RATION LEVEL AND KEEP DECREASING UNTIL THERE IS ENOUGH FOR THE WEEK.
Hunt for game other than deer.
I send parties out to snare rabbits and small game.
ALL OF YOUR REMAINING PEOPLE
I head out into the woods to practice in secret.
I cause a bush to burst into flame.
I have to keep it a secret from everyone. Too many people will fear or hate me as a Goete; even my followers might stone me.
I’ll go from tent to tent to help my followers and offer reassurance.
I refuse to immobilize us—even to feed us.
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Raid the winter grain barns in the lowland farm country. (At least seven bandits.)
Raid a Tithe Barn. (Thirty bandits.)
I’ll lead the raid in person.
No—I don’t want the band looking to Breden for reassurance on this.
I cut my hand open, hoping I can make a Change before the Alastors overrun me.
I dim the light from the Alastors’ eyes, half-blinding them.
But I’ve grown up regularly seeing people killed…and for years I knew the day would come when I’d do the same.
It will feed some of the village poor and helotry, not just Alastors. I leave it.
“No—damned be the lying Ecclesiasts.” I strike her down.
Send scouts out to find another Tithe Barn. (Ten bandits.)
Try something else.
Acquire more mules.
Try to convince yeomen or merchants to give mules to the cause. (Requires me or Breden)
As long as she keeps bringing us mules, she deserves to be cheered.
Try something else.
Try to get sympathetic helots to give us money or food—and perhaps to foster some of our children.
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Elery.
Absolutely not. No one should have to give up their children.
Hunt for game other than deer.
I send parties out to snare rabbits and small game.
ALL OF YOUR REMAINING PEOPLE
I return Zvad’s stare without expression. “They’ll just drive more of the helots into our arms. And we’ll bleed the Karagonds harder before this is done.”
By a gathering of all adult outlaws.
A moot, of course. And everyone fourteen and over will take part.
I refuse to disarm or immobilize us—even to feed us.
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Acquire more mules.
Send scouts out to find Alastors or Ecclesiasts with mules you could steal. (Fifteen scouts.)
Steal mules from Alastors or Ecclesiasts. (Fifteen to thirty-five bandits.)
Raid both. (Fifty bandits.)
I’ll personally lead the raid.
I bring Elery.
Her ideas seems ingenious to me. I base our plan on them.
“Join us!”
I ask Breden to reassure them.
Raid the winter grain barns in the lowland farm country. (At least seven bandits.)
Raid a noble grain store. (Twenty-five bandits.)
I’ll send them all, and bring back 68 bushels.
One that is well known for pushing free yeomen off their land.
Let it alone. That grain feeds many household servants, too, and I’d not have them go hungry.
I’ll send Zvad.
Try something else.
I want to make or change a standing order (e.g. rations, mules, targeting).
Change how we’re using mules.
ASSIGN THE UPPER ESTIMATE JUST TO BE SAFE
Scout for opportunities to raid the institutions of the Hegemony.
Temples and monasteries. (Ten scouts.)
Teach more of my outlaws their letters and numbers.
I might want to train up more Theurges one day, and this is a necessary first step.
ALL OF YOUR REMAINING PEOPLE
“Why, Fedrel?”
I ask the full moot to decide his fate.
“Radmar. How’s Poric?”
I refuse to disarm or immobilize us—even to feed us.
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I want to make or change a standing order (e.g. rations, mules, targeting).
Change how we’re using mules.
THE UPPER ESTIMATE PROBABLY HAS CHANGED SO MATCH IT AGAIN
Raid the winter grain barns in the lowland farm country. (At least seven bandits.)
Raid a Tithe Barn. (Thirty bandits.)
I’ll send them all, and bring back 117 bushels.
I send Zvad.
Send scouts out to find another Tithe Barn. (Ten bandits.)
Try something else.
Sabotage the Harrowers in nearby towns. (Thirty bandits.)
Yes—and I want to accompany them to inspect the Harrowers.
It’s hard to shake the fear that once we’ve unveiled the thing, someone will spot us and rouse the Alastors.
I nod grimly and return to my examination.
There’s only one way to investigate this thing properly.
I’ll need to be able to make aetherial blood one day, but have no idea how.
“The better to destroy Harrowers wherever we find them.”
I want the Harrowers doused in oil and set on fire.
Acquire more mules.
Try to convince yeomen or merchants to give mules to the cause. (Requires me or Breden)
Try something else.
Teach more of my outlaws their letters and numbers.
ALL OF YOUR REMAINING PEOPLE
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Raid the nearest temples and monasteries of Xthonos. (Twenty bandits.)
Actually, I want her to lead it without me.
Acquire more mules.
Steal mules from Alastors or Ecclesiasts. (Fifteen to thirty-five bandits.)
Raid the temple and nearby monastery. (Twenty bandits.)
I want to make or change a standing order (e.g. rations, mules, targeting).
Change how we’re using mules.
THE UPPER ESTIMATE PROBABLY HAS CHANGED SO MATCH IT AGAIN
Raid the winter grain barns in the lowland farm country. (At least seven bandits.)
Raid a noble grain store. (Twenty-five bandits.)
I’ll send them all, and bring back 131 bushels.
I’ll send Zvad.
Try something else.
Scout for opportunities to raid the institutions of the Hegemony.
Temples and monasteries. (Ten scouts.)
Scout for opportunities to raid the institutions of the Hegemony.
Alastor garrisons in small towns. (Ten scouts.)
Yes—we need to keep up the rebellion’s momentum if we’re going to draw support.
Teach more of my outlaws their letters and numbers.
ALL OF YOUR REMAINING PEOPLE
I find it hard to stop smiling. The first of a free generation, a rebel generation. This means hope.
I can’t help beaming at Lelyan and the others.
I’d like to play the re-discoverer of the ancient art of Wisardry.
No need for a barley run this week, then.
I BELIEVE THE SMUGGLING WEEK AND TAX WEEK CAN VARY OR AT LEAST TAX WEEK DEFINITELY CAN. I PREFER TO HAVE ZVAD AVAILABLE FOR TAX WEEK SO I MAKE SURE TO SEND HIM TO A GRAIN BARN THE WEEK BEFORE TAX WEEK SO HE WON’T NEED TO RAID ONE DURING TAX WEEK.
I want to make or change a standing order (e.g. rations, mules, targeting).
Change how we’re using mules.
THE UPPER ESTIMATE PROBABLY HAS CHANGED SO MATCH IT AGAIN. IF THERE IS NO ESTIMATE GIVEN, I THINK THAT MEANS YOU CAN SET IT TO 1.
Smuggle goods from Alaine Leybridge over the Whendward Pass. (Seven mules or equivalent.)
Acquire more mules.
Try to convince yeomen or merchants to give mules to the cause. (Requires me or Breden)
I’ll go.
Try to convince yeomen or merchants to give mules to the cause. (Requires me or Breden)
Try something else.
Teach more of my outlaws their letters and numbers.
ALL OF YOUR REMAINING PEOPLE
I send Alaine back a diplomatic suggestion that the reward for conveyance should be more than a tenth of the amount she and her partner saved at the border.
No need for a barley run this week, then.
Rob the Architelone on her winter tax procession. (40 bandits, led by you)
WHATEVER WEEK IS TAX WEEK, LAUNCH THE TAX RAID THAT WEEK.
I want to bring everyone who could possibly help.
I pull out a phial of blood, hoping I can make a Change before I lose the advantage of surprise.
I hamper their ability to fight with many small Changes.
I spare them all.
Sheathe their weapons. Then I invite the sellswords to join our revolt.
I toss each group some coin, grinning, and say, “The Thaumatarch wishes to make amends for his earlier thefts.”
Acquire more mules.
Try to convince yeomen or merchants to give mules to the cause. (Requires me or Breden)
Try something else.
Teach more of my outlaws their letters and numbers.
ALL OF YOUR REMAINING PEOPLE
No—we can still use them to carry the sick.
THERE SHOULD BE NO NEED TO EAT THE MULES, BUT UP TO YOU.
An eight-rayed sun, the opposite of the Hegemony’s omphalos.
I’m delighted to hear it. Let the Karagonds eat their own.
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BASICALLY NEVER BUY GRAIN FROM THE FENCES AFTER WEEK 1. IF YOU NEED FOOD, RAID A GRAIN BARN WITH PREFERENCE GIVEN TO TITHE BARNS AND IF NOT AVAILABLE THEN A NOBLE GRAIN BARN. SEND OUT SCOUTS AFTER MORE TITHE BARNS UP TO AND INCLUDING WEEK 8. DO NOT BOTHER SENDING SCOUT STARTING WEEK 9.
Attack Alastor garrisons in nearby towns. (Thirty-five bandits.)
I chose to include Breden in the raiding party.
Both Elery and Radmar.
I cut my hand open, hoping I can make a Change before the Alastors slaughter my rebel band.
I hamper their ability to fight with many small Changes.
No—we want to be clear that this was rebellion, not just banditry.
SOMETIMES THE TAX RAID COMES AFTER THE ALASTOR GARRISON RAID. WHICHEVER COMES FIRST GETS A BLOOD PHIAL AND WHICHEVER COMES AFTER DOES NOT.
Raid the winter grain barns in the lowland farm country. (At least seven bandits.)
Raid a Tithe Barn. (Thirty bandits.)
I’ll send them all, and bring back 266 bushels.
I send Zvad.
Try something else.
DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF FOOD YOU HAVE STOCKPILED AND HOW MUCH IS USED UP WEEKLY, YOU MAY NOT NEED TO SEND OUT SCOUTS FOR A NEW TITHE BARN IF YOU RAID IT ON WEEK 8.
Teach more of my outlaws their letters and numbers.
ALL OF YOUR REMAINING PEOPLE
“Every helot? Even those whose natural affections run otherwise?” I’m horrified at the thought.
No need for a barley run this week, then.
Raid the nearest temples and monasteries of Xthonos. (Twenty bandits.)
No, I’ll send another outlaw.
Acquire more mules.
Try to convince yeomen or merchants to give mules to the cause. (Requires me or Breden)
I’ll go.
Try to convince yeomen or merchants to give mules to the cause. (Requires me or Breden)
Try something else.
Teach more of my outlaws their letters and numbers.
ALL OF YOUR REMAINING PEOPLE
“It has been costly.” You’ve still got your rage to keep you moving. “And by rhupos, we’ll see ourselves repaid three hundred times over in Karagond blood.”
No need for a barley run this week, then.
Acquire more mules.
Try to convince yeomen or merchants to give mules to the cause. (Requires me or Breden)
I’ll go.
Try to convince yeomen or merchants to give mules to the cause. (Requires me or Breden)
Try something else.
Send missions out to spread the word of our rebellion and recruit new followers. (At least ten bandits.)
I send them to both.
ALL OF YOUR REMAINING PEOPLE
I’ll send Elery.
YOU’VE SURVIVED WINTER. NOW CLICK SHOW STATS IN THE TOP LEFT. PICK “HOW OTHERS SEE YOU”. IF YOU AREN’T ALREADY A HELOT FOLK HERO, GIFT THEM 800 DRACHEMS. GIFT THE YEOMANRY 1200 DRACHEMS IF YOU AREN’T ALREADY A YEOMAN FOLK HERO. BUY ENOUGH WEAPONS SO THAT YOU HAVE 1 PER ADULT. IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH WEALTH FOR THAT, SELL MULES AT 700 DRACHEMS EACH UNTIL YOU DO.
Pay someone to come train the band in using their captured swords and spears. (129 silver.)
I watch them curiously, trying to guess what they’re talking about.
Offer to hire her for another week.
Buy ale, beef, and cheese for a grand feast to celebrate our survival. (307 silver.)
My vision is to free all four provinces, including Wiendrj, from the Thaumatarch’s tyranny.
“I’ve never been much of a dancer. You’ll find better partners, I think.”
I say flatly, “I don’t want to dance with you, Breden.”
Save my remaining silver.
It’s dangerous but unavoidable. We need all the capable leaders we can get.
No. I don’t know if I trust Breden, but I don’t want to risk driving her away.
Cut in, explaining why I’ll test both old and young helots.
“Just so long as you’re killing the right people, at the right times.”
The temptation of a follower who is infatuated with me.
No. I’d rather our rebellion set an example of no one having their family name held against them.
Continue.
The strangers are less important than confirming a safe camp for my band. I’ll send one of the others to deal with them.
Elery.
AND
“Bring them back to the camp. I want to hear what brings them to Whendward.”
I crouch and lap from my cupped hand, keeping a wary eye on the forest and the sky.
I greet them warmly.
“That’s a harsh word for it. Call him a paying guest.”
I apologize tersely for the simple fare and rough accommodation.
I glance at the helots who are pretending not to listen. “I wonder what our orchard-keepers would say if they heard a diseased branch try to blame its fruit?”
Pragmatic outlaw.
Linos.
“Tell me about yourself, Ecclesiast.”
“Tell me more about your master Horion.”
“What manner of philosophy so occupies kurios Horion?”
“How much would his House pay for him in ransom?”
I steer back to other topics.
“Tell me more about where you’re going, and why.”
“Who are these enemies who are so alarming that they’ve sent you into the Whendward?”
“I’m asking you.”
“What do you make of our rebellion?”
“Until a rebellion succeeds.”
“We will bring all four provinces into rebellion, not just Shayard.”
I’ve nothing more to ask Linos.
Despite my skepticism, I give the offer a moment of serious consideration.
“What are the signs of a true Eclect?” I demand. “How can you know?”
No—I don’t want to meddle with religion at all.
“Tell me more about yourself, kurios Horion.”
“What sort of preoccupations do you pursue?”
“Tell me of your cousin the Archon.”
“My father said that when he last visited Shayard, there were whispers that you would rise to the Archonate.”
“Shall we ask him to explain what he heard, milord?” The discrepancy sits uneasily with you.
“Who are these enemies, and why are they so determined to destroy you?”
“You actually believe Strategos Nomiki would pursue you into Wiendrj?”
“Tell me more about where you’re going, and why.”
“What do you make of our rebellion?”
“We’ll end Harrowing.”
“We’ll find another way to fend Xaos off.”
“That’s madness. Barely armed, against Xaos-beasts?”
“A new Ward-wall, you say? How high?”
“What were the Xaos-lands like?”
“And the Storms?”
“Did you go back in when the Storm passed?”
“And yet…there must be a way to protect ourselves without sacrificing helots.”
“Never heard of her. But it sounds plainly true.”
“I’ll free all the lands currently in Karagon’s thrall, and lead as many as will follow me.”
I’ve nothing more to ask Horion.
I offer them a place in the band.
I release them.
“Because I want to meet this curious Theurge.”
We got unlucky. Cousin Hector’s an excellent hunter, and he picked up our trail.
The intense dislike born of Hector’s demeaning attitude and casual cruelties.
We hit back at the wealth of House Keriatou.
I return his grin. “Would you help us do it?”
I include both Breden and Kalt.
Try to incite Brecklander peasants to attack the shepherds and take the sheep themselves.
I hold my tongue, but ask him later, privately.
“Tell me about it.” I lean back and wait for him to speak.
“Did you kill him?” I wouldn’t put it past Kalt.
Nothing I can say will do justice to this. I sit in appalled silence.
“Even though that’s not who you really are?” I say compassionately.
“Maybe I’ll save you instead,” I counter. “You’re not a monster…and you don’t have to make yourself one.”
ROMANCE PREFERENCE HERE. MY MC DOES LIKE KALT/KALA BUT MY MC PREFERS SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT A RO IN GAME 1. YES, YEBBEN MY MC MEANS YOU.
“My name is Alya de Serin—and we’ve business with the flocks of House Keriatou.”
I grin ruefully and mouth Thank you at Breden as we pass into the Brecklander village.
I nod. “As we agreed. No need for you to kill fellow Brecklanders.”
There’s a trick I read about in a book that I think is worth trying.
“Rebels!”
“If that’s true, they’ve made a grave mistake.”
“I’ll not believe in Xaos-demons till I see one, Radmar. This is just a man, and one who needs our help.”
The inevitable Theurge and Phalangite attack coming this summer. Today’s mystery doesn’t affect that.
“Rebels—against the Thaumatarch and all his servants.”
What if there’s a way for us to retreat across a Ward, to a haven where no Theurge or armed Phalangite could follow us? Could I convince the band to follow me into the Xaos-lands?
“It was truly that unbearable?” I try to imagine what could get me to do the same.
I do my best to counter the rumors that we’re responsible.
But I think whoever betrayed us to Chirex is still with us, just lying low.
“Douse that fire,” I order the nearest spectators. “And next time he tries any such nonsense, for rhupos’s sake stop him.”
“You, the hope of the House?” I cry back at him. “Listen to yourself! Cursing the last one of us? You’ve poisoned everything, all your life. If we survive, it’s despite you.”
Continue.
CHAPTER 4. CHOICE OF SUMMER STRATEGY. WITH CHOICES MADE SO FAR, IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO SWITCH BETWEEN EVADING IN THE WOODS AND DISPERSING INTO THE HELOT CAMPS. ACTUALLY FIGHTING WOULD HAVE REQUIRED PICKING RADMAR TO LEAD RAIDS INSTEAD OF ZVAD AND PROBABLY MINIMIZING USING ANYONE ELSE FOR MOST THINGS. I TEND TO LET EVERYONE SPEAK BECAUSE IT FEELS MORE DEMOCRATIC THAT WAY.
“Evade them—keep one step ahead and harry them from afar until they give up hunting us.”
She might be describing the future of our rebellion—but not until after we’ve survived the summer.
“Welcome!” I beam, clasping their hands.
After several minutes’ silence, I finally say, “There are some exercises I can teach you. Mental reflections.”
BUY ENOUGH WEAPONS FOR ALL OF YOUR ADULTS. IF YOU NEED MORE WEALTH, SELL MULES AT 700 DRACHEM EACH UNTIL YOU HAVE ENOUGH.
I intend to survive to spend the rest another day.
Yet I feel no emotion as my mind races, trying to come up with our next move.
“…start slowing them down.” We’re going to harry them from the woods.
A specific number of rebels, namely…
ASSIGN THE MAX ALLOWABLE NUMBER
Attack the Theurges, then the supply train.
Because they don’t know I’m a Wisard, I have a chance to destroy them all with a single dramatic blow.
I use two blood phials.
At the same time, I cut my hand and use Wisardry.
And for a moment, I do too.
No. I won’t take the risk of it spreading. I’ll withdraw deeper into the woods instead.
“Good.”
“You were my mother’s friend, Joana. You could always speak your mind.”
“She failed, Joana. She failed.” My stomach turns. “If there was ever anything in him to save, it died a long time ago.”
I confront and question Breden.
I don’t know what to believe…and I’m not going to see anyone killed until I know more.
I share a white-eyed glance with Alira.
I cut my hand and prepare to use Wisardry to levitate it.
I fight back against the Theurge with all my will.
Rally the outlaws before they break.
I use Wisardry to bring down part of the cavern ceiling onto the hound.
A phial of aetherial blood.
“Serves the old bastard right,” I whisper hoarsely to myself.
“Hurry, then. Let’s move while we can.”
Elated. We’ve survived, against all odds.
We’ll spare them, and leave any future problems to our future judgment.
Go to Szeric as quickly as possible to see if you can find Horion’s secret Theurge.
“Rhupos. A Kryptast? Or did they kill him outright?”
“What if these Alastors learn you’ve helped us?”
Yebben.
“If this segnura Cerlota is still alive, I’ll find her. There are things she knows that the Hegemony fears, and our rebellion needs.”
No one. This is a path I’ll walk alone.
But I’m free of him at last.
EDIT: I changed my Chapter 4 strategy slightly and it appears to give the same results while using 1 less phial of aetherial blood.
During the second week of summer fighting, when striking the Theurges followed by the supply train, merely cut your hand against the Theurges then use a blood phial against the supply train. Switching the order of the blood phial use saves 1 blood phial. If you are willing to take more casualties and have enough remaining rangers, you could also skip using wisardry against the supply train.