Thread: The Weight of the Crown (JellyFish & Greeneyed23)

Hama spoke from behind her. I might be idiotic but i require no service. nor was it I who decided that the royal family must greet guests. i believe that was your mad a hundred and seven times great uncle Joffree. he had a number of interesting ideas. He took Aretha's arm and lead her to her place, where fortunately there was a comfortable chair. As they walked he explained further. he was the one that decided to use frog liver's as pain killers, required all the maids in the castle to wear their clothing inside out, made his chamberlain serve naked, and tried to paint the throne pink. Very funny fellow. Did you know his left foot had seven toes? Good morning. he helped her sit then walked to the center of the room where again the jade Dragon was waiting. He sat patiently his fingers laced twiddling his thumbs patiently as he waited for everyone to join them. Everyone was to have a seat at this meeting and it promised to be lengthy. When everyone had arrived Hama held up his hand and touched the head of the Jade Dragon. as he did a huge length of curved wood appeared before the chairs and grew legs, forming a round circle around Hama and his chair, while a sphere table appeared before him. Allow me to apologize for the inconvenience with a recent discovery of the dwarves. Java beans. He pressed the head again and silver goblets of immense worth appeared filled with a rich, intoxicating smelling beverage that simply via the smell broke the air of fatigue in the room. Do be careful. it's rather strong. he touched the head again and before each person appeared golden plate and silverware. I do apologize but i shall have to ask you to work with these. I- Duncan cried out as his plate filled with his favorite meal. by the gods! Hama clapped happily. Ahhh good you've worked it out. you simply think what you want and the plate with deliver. Now I suggest everyone take some time to eat while i further explain the issues we will face with the Rezda. is that agreeable to everyone? He looked first to Patis who had just summoned up a huge plate of bacon, eggs, and flapjacks, complete with his favorite raspberry syrup. the king looked up and smiling sheepishly nodded. Hama then looked to the Dwarves. ladies and gentledwarves We are all very grateful for your discovery. May I speak with your permission? The Dwarves gave their consent with waves of their forks. Smiling Hama turned to the Orcs, the placement had been utterly random. My friends? they all nodded. As did the Amgi, both races of Elves, and the other representatives. finally he turned to nila. your grace I assume i have not overdone my welcome by displacing your marvelous kitchens?N Nila, delicately eating her own froze, then blushing, stood and spoke. Nay friend Dragon. My cooks will be glad to have the break.. We all thank you. Will you not have something yourself? Hama bowed. Your generosity is endless Your Grace but no. It is rude to eat while talking yes? She nodded smiling and casting a sidelong look at her sons who all remembered to chew with their mouths closed. Hama smiled as she sat and his round table lowered into the floor so he could step up onto it. he turned to Jesa , who was eating her favorite pink diamonds, Lady Amgi May i borrow your caster? She stopped then magicked a bracer to him. thank you. He snapped it into place and began to speak. As you have seen the Rezda are far more resilient than yourselves. In addition to the numbers we will require to defeat our foes, and the immense wealth needed to supply them, i have come to advise your miners and smiths, especially the Dwarves and Elves, of a mountain of turbium. Everyone murmured the word. turbimum was the rarest metal in existence and was so strong it could resist even an entire thunder of dragons for hours. The very doors of this hall were coated with turbium and the locks had been forged of the stuff. This room had never been breached will the locks were in place. Hama nodded and gestured showing them all an image of a rather lonely mountain far to the north on the opposite side of the land of the Vast Desert. The dwarves and Elves all gasped as they recognized both the mountain and the stone. Mt. Drno is made of turbium? Hama nodded again. Aye. Pure turbium from the very tip of the peak to several hundred feet before the ground. but even with that surplus there is not enough to arm or armor, even just a neck plate, for every soldier you will be able to field. So i propose this. each of you have specialized warfare groups, your greatest warriors. i suggest you train them solely to fight Rezda and when they ready you arm them in turbium and supply them with weapons of the same, all of imbued with powerful magics from all races, including my own. These warriors will serve as both our front lines and our elite forces. must they must trained and work together. That is the price. We Dragons have already located a place suitable to this specialized training. Naturally the place was not far from Mt. Drno so transporting the armor and weapons would take little time. That i leave up to you. But before you make your decisions i advise we discuss one more thing. how to kill a Rezda. A nude image of a Rezda appeared. they had no visible genitalia and their scaly skin was complete, while they seemed to have gills over their ribs as well and their fingers and toes were webbed. The image grew until it was the same size as Hama. The greatest strength the Rezda have is that they can breath both water and air. But they are highly susceptible to toxins and poisons. As he spoke a hand appeared with a simple but effective poison that the humans used in a weakened state to treat illness. Bericane powder has a rather wicked effect upon their bodies. i will spare you the images of the reaction itself as you are eating but... The powder flew up into the Rezda's face . It's eyes sealed themselves as did it's gills. It seems every Rezda is deathly allergic to the powder. They suffocate less than a minute after exposure. The image indeed did just that. Hama sighed. the drawback is that you have such a limited supply of Bericane powder and what little you do have will be needed as the only known antidote to the bite of a Rezda. But should the time come it is a possible weapon. moving on. He showed them how the Rezda, while not very flammable, had issues with fire in significant quantities. it sears their eyes. however we have evidence that they have developed hydrokinesis of sorts. They can move and produce water at will. This is very dangerous as together they can form whole tsunamis. Their magic one on one is rather weak however. He demonstrated a Rezda hurling a water blast at a Amgi who easily shielded himself from it then hurled a ice block into the creature's flesh killing it. Personally I believe it is because they are too angry to be good magicians. And the talent is very new. Only seen in actual use since they emerged. He then went through their actual physical weaknesses. Due to their biology their ribs are solid bone with no spaces, and their heart is in the exact center of their chest. however you can strike from above, from the space around the throat, and below from below the sternum. he touched the two points which glower. These are difficult strikes however. Far better are their blood vessels. There is one in their neck, just below their jaw, protected by the spine. there is one in their nether region, and the third and fourth are in their hands and feet respectively. their spines snap like any others but they are very sturdy so attacking there is ill advise. They are weak in the groin area however. A slash or stab there can open a lethal wound. Cutting off hands or feet will do much the same. of course you can also decapitate them or open their brains to the air in a number of ways but again their bones are very strong, especially in that area. They do possess temples, but they are placed farther back, behind what we call the ear. He grinned touching the ear. this is their biggest weakness. they are especially sensitive to loud sounds and shockwaves. Their ears serve as emitters and detectors like those of bats so if you can disrupt that you can effectively destroy the Rezda. As he spoke a dragon's head appeared and gave a mighty, though silent, roar. the Rezda's ears ruptured and it fell to the ground thrashing until it died. We believe that the blood vessel in the neck supplies directly to their eardrums as they almost always die from blood loss if they have not been otherwise dispatched. We are honestly not sure. he finished and the image vanished. Those are all methods. of course the issue is if they get close enough and unless you can match their strength, which we judge to be about equal to or above that of the Elves, you are doomed. So we need spears. long swords. And arrows by the billion. kill or maim them at a distance then use other techniques to cut them down. otherwise you will not survive and will likely become one of them. He sighed having finished for now and sat the table raising and cleaning itself as his own food and drink appeared. His food was raw bloody meat and no one could see what he was drinking. he ate calmly while the delegates discussed possibilities. He ate quietly and delicately, using his napkin appropriately and never belching. he watched and listened as he ate several plates of meat,, clearly rather hungry himself. His goblet, like the others, also refilled itself instantly but it was it was still impossible to tell what eh drank. the java beans had everyone else wide awake and a rather energetic which seemed to please him. Hama caught Aretha's eye and winked. Whatever it is he saw in her apparently greatly pleased him.