Dicing with Death: Episode 204

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==Synopsis==
The hero of Nekkraut, Divan, during Winter: learns new spells, hires an apprentice - Cassandra, identifies the Amulet of Velthara, sets up a copper mine, plans to establish currency and taxation, invents new spells - and , helps Atropos with her seeing problem, and helps Chronos build a temple of Velthara. He then makes plans to gather dwarves to help him build his tower.
==Recap==
===Winter (Divan Age 20)===
It is Winter in Ancient Bravo in the growing town of Nekkraut. More and more settlers come to the town, making it grow from only a few hundred people to almost a thousand. The qanat is now complete with a steady river flowing out of the hillside. As Platos is pleased with tribute, the flow of the water flows even stronger for a time. 
During the winter Divan invents a new spell called . Divan also learns the spell and tests how it works.
Divan takes on a young woman named Cassandra as a wizard apprentice. Divan visits Akitos about building Cassandra a hut near his. Akitos has become an important person in town due to his construction efforts.
Heffer the blacksmith tells Divan the need for fuel for his forge. Divan decides to start up charcoal projection using Grekos as the staging point for this. Heffer's forge becomes operational, Divan has the blacksmith smelt down his gold ingots to craft masks for the spell.
Divan tries to use for terraforming by getting earth from the elemental plane of water, however, the portal duration is limited. Divan tries to extend the duration of the Gateway with other magic.
Divan visits Chronos. Chronos lives in a side chamber of the qanat, away from the water flow. Divan finds Chronos praying before the Amulet of Velthara. Divan uses his magical crown, Sorona, to spy in on the prays and hears thoughts of violence and desire for vengeance. Divan borrows the Amulet of Velthara to try to it again.
Amulet of Velthara:
* Allows the bearer to perform a ritual to mark a person for vengeance. When you mark a person you always know the direction they are in and the distance away.
* An aura that turns people's thoughts to Velthara subtly.
* Act as a bag of holding for a single weapon with the use of a command word. The weapon melds into the amulet and out. Divan tries to figure out the word but can't figure it out right away.
* A detect grudge (find a person desiring vengeance or has a current grudge)
Divan also identifies the 3 potions from the Sea Witch's lair as 2 potions of healing & a new potion of Sweetwater.
Divan returns the Amulet to Chronos and tells the giant of the properties of the amulet discovered so far.
===Spring===
The Uncle Vinnie's vineyard is now planted and is now growing.
A vein of copper is discovered in Nekkraut under the cellar of one of the new colonists, a person from Romulus. Divan finds out about this over dinner with his family and Helen's his fiancée's family. Divan says the mine will be owned by the city itself and not by any one person, Thrace.
Divan, the giant, Akitos, Cassandra, the elder, Helen, and others go to Thrace's house under-construction. Divan strongarms Thrace into the town taking custody of the mine. Thrace storms off from the town, indignant. 
Divan sets up a copper mine and puts the elder's wife in charge of it. He decides to start producing copper coins engraved with Divan's head on one side and Helen's on the other, mixed with symbols of Mathis & Safia. The plan is to give out the coins at Divan & Helen's wedding and introduce taxation around that time.
Divan invents a new spell called . Cassandra learns , , , , and . She fails to learn , , , & .
With Divan's rise in prominence, Atropos the Witch is more and more losing her status to the people of the region.
Divan goes to visit Atropos and finds she has gone completely blind and her apprentice Hera is taking care of her. Divan gives Atropos a mask so she can see how Nekkraut progressed. Atropos reminds Divan of his destiny. Divan gifts Atopos both masks so she can see again, as well as give Atropos & Hera some new clothes since theirs have gone to rags. Divan also wants to teach Atropos .
One day, Chronos comes back to town, bloodied, and informs Divan he has taken vengeance on a giant that decided to build his home where Chronos parents' house was destroyed. He also tells Divan that he has discovered a new property of the Amulet, a Burning Touch ability that burns a symbol of Velthara on a caster's hand. Divan helps Chronos build a Temple Of Velthara in the cyclops cave. 
Divan decides to gathers dwarves to help him build the tower.
== Experience ==
No experience
Category:Divan Episodes
Category:Dicing with Death Episodes