Meeting at the Cold House
The Elegant Nova Of Innovation laughs excitedly.
"I already knew that it was wise and agreeable, but your affirmation is still pleasing to me, feline-lord. It is so invigorating to have a peer halfway-capable of my intellect! I am certain that our alliance will be the finest thing to happen on this planet.
Now, I am also certain that you are wondering to yourself how you can trust me to be a loyal ally. Do not take the time to worry over it. I can already tell that you are strong enough to make treachery disadvantageous and cunning enough to be a fine ally and an aggravating enemy. Going behind your back or betraying you would be an act of senseless villainy, and I do not enjoy senseless villainy. It is not logical at all to alienate potential allies.
Now, on to other matters. Is there any technological secrets that you would want your creations to possess? I know the secrets of textiles, of tools, of nations and their building, of chemicals and potions. If you want, I could even teach you how to finely manipulate genetic-morphic fields. For the right price, of course, as anything else would be unwise. This is, after all, an exchange of equals working together for the common good of our races."
Expansion of the Raposa
I. In this time, Eijas of Hawks, King of the Raposa, called up the clan chieftains and spoke to them for three days and three nights, and these were his words.
II. That the Raposa were the natural rulers of the world, and the catfolk were fit only to be their servants and slaves, concubines and laborers. And hearing this, the Raposa agreed.
III. That the Raposa united were more powerful than all of the Raposa alone, and that being one race created by Our Lady Of Science, they should all work towards the common good. And he took up branches from the mountain trees, and bound them together, and not one Raposa could break them.
IV. That the catfolk were natural hunters, though the Raposa were designed to be perfect, and they would need weapons to subjugate the catfolk clans, and cunning beyond what they had already displayed. And hearing this, the Raposa agreed.
V. Hearing this, Eijas of Hawks pointed to the sky, at the coming storm, though all about him trembled. Said he: we are Raposa, we are the masters of all we see! We are the storm, for we cannot be stopped, and upon seeing us every lesser race shall tremble!
VI. Thus was born the Storm Accords, for they were the rites of the Raposa nation which was born that day. No one Raposa could come to agreement on a name for the nation, so they called themselves simply the Coming Storm.
VII. The Raposa were more cunning than any other now, for they knew secrets of thread and spindle, which they used to make coverings for themselves, and nets to catch the catfolk; they knew the secrets of metal and stone, which they used to make weapons for themselves and tools for crafting; they knew the secrets of wood and plant, which they used to make shelters for themselves and medicine to keep themselves alive.
VIII. In all this, the Raposa were blessed, but not by divine intervention but by the nature of their creation. Cunning they were, more than any other race, and skilled in the creation of clever things, and delicate work was their delight.
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Yeah, despite the fact that it's not direct divine intervention, I think it's still worth 1 ACT to advance the Raposa.