Let's vote up another Burning Wheel Character!

[Totally Guy]

Anyone care to explain how we suddenly went from "Alexander the Great" to "Desperate Houseorcs?"

Aaaand it looks like that clinches it for Melodramatic Family!

I think it was here.

[Zelphas]

I vote for the Great Wolf mount, just because great wolf. After all, this character could tell any orc just about anywhere to give her stuff, and they would give it to her or die.

The relationships look fine, and they are definitely in agreement with the private lives of your average Caesar.

[Sanguine]

I vote for Great Wolf Mount because it wouldn't make any damn sense for our orc not to have one. As for favored weaponry. Spears.

[Xefas]

I was thinking we had mixed "Alexander (or Alexandra) the Great" with "Scott Pilgrim" myself.

No, no, that comes later. Specifically, when Throgson decides that being King of the Hill Dwarves means nothing without true love, and so abandons his station in its pursuit. He goes to his orc-lover, and asks if she'll run away with him, to leave their lives of constant war and politicking behind. She says she would like to, but she has responsibilities here. The kind of responsibilities that sick seven warbands worth of bloodthirsty monsters on you if you so much as slip up for a second, much less resign to go live peacefully with a dwarf. To be truly free of this life, her entire power base needs to be collapsed, leaving the orc nations in chaos. Only then can her escape go unnoticed. In short,

...if he wants to be with her, Throgson must slay her Seven Evil Orc Mothers-in-Law (which happen to be progressively more dangerous, regardless of which order he confronts them in).

[Fenix_of_Doom]

Anyone care to explain how we suddenly went from "Alexander the Great" to "Desperate Houseorcs?"

I understand you feelings, there are certain part of this character that don't resonate with me at all as well. We(or at least some of us) have however been building up to this for most of the thread, so we're going to have to roll with it,
If anybody is wondering how this came to be, I'd recommend reading all of Xefas' posts in this thread for a shorthand.


Now on to the voting, mu main vote goes to A set of Black Iron Helm and Shield.
But I have an idea, people obviously didn't really realise the full extend of rating gear so low with the resource allocation vote, can't we shift those 15 leftover relationship points into gear(or at least some of them) and get at least some less minimal equipment than this?

As for weapons, I like axes, but I forgot if we actually took that skill, so I'll put spears as my second.

[Sith_Happens]

No, no, that comes later. Specifically, when Throgson decides that being King of the Hill Dwarves means nothing without true love, and so abandons his station in its pursuit. He goes to his orc-lover, and asks if she'll run away with him, to leave their lives of constant war and politicking behind. She says she would like to, but she has responsibilities here. The kind of responsibilities that sick seven warbands worth of bloodthirsty monsters on you if you so much as slip up for a second, much less resign to go live peacefully with a dwarf. To be truly free of this life, her entire power base needs to be collapsed, leaving the orc nations in chaos. Only then can her escape go unnoticed. In short,

...if he wants to be with her, Throgson must slay her Seven Evil Orc Mothers-in-Law (which happen to be progressively more dangerous, regardless of which order he confronts them in).

[Sodalite]

Seconded. I wonder how Lash plays into that, as well?

[CarpeGuitarrem]

But I have an idea, people obviously didn't really realise the full extend of rating gear so low with the resource allocation vote, can't we shift those 15 leftover relationship points into gear(or at least some of them) and get at least some less minimal equipment than this?

As for weapons, I like axes, but I forgot if we actually took that skill, so I'll put spears as my second.

Already accounted for.

[Fenix_of_Doom]

I'm afraid this thread has lost all momentum, perhaps we should give it a round off and wave it goodbye.

[Totally Guy]

Yep. I reckon it can all be concluded in one decisive post. Whether it's CarpeGuitarrem's or not.

Edit: I did my similar thread over the course of 10 days.

[Acanous]

Yarr, I think we just need a final char sheet or something to wrap it up.

[Sith_Happens]

Aw, but we haven't done Beliefs and Instincts yet. That's the part I've been waiting for, so that I can put forward...

Wait for it...

"I will acknowledge only those who address me as '[Name] the Thrice-Great, Indomitable Tyrant of the Seven Invincible Warbands, Whose Skin is Like Winter Night, Whose Mere Presence Causes Those Beneath Her to Shiver in Terror and Cower Beneath Her Wicked Blade.' All others must be slain."

(Would that be a Belief or an Instinct? Pretty sure it's an Instinct.)