REFUGEVILLE

I agree with sending someone out in wolf form for reconnaissance. Check it out, and flee the very moment they get a passing understanding of what they're up against. Never tarry for too long with what the Signet can do to people.

One of the villagers musters the courage to go into wolf-form and run upstairs. He looks out from inside the house.



It’s a pillar made of heads. Seven pale, porcelain heads, all of them balanced on top of each other. They are intently observing the Shrunken Head of Asimuth, still yelling. The seven heads are talking amongst themselves.

Top head: “This head is not one of our kin. This one is made of flesh.”

4th head from top: “I wish it would stop shouting.”

The top head regurgitates some sort of towel, dripping wet with spit. The bottom head deftly jams it into the artifact’s mouth. It’s still screaming, but muffled now.

Top head: “That’s better.”

2nd head from top: “This isn’t responsible for killing the Galgom, is it?”

Top head: “Extremely unlikely. Whoever did it has already left.”

3rd head from top: “This place, it looks like someone’s lived here. There is a palisade, a shrine, and other things.”

The top head then turns, and looks straight at the wolf-villager.

Top head: “We should investigate the house. There’s some kind of giant dog in it.”

2nd head from the top: “That’s a wolf.”

Bottom head: “We don’t have time for an inspection. We’re here to retrieve the Galgom’s soul, and we have about twelve more souls to collect before our boss grinds us into paste.”

Top head: “I suppose you’re right. Damn the miscreants.”

3rd head from the top: “Been a lot of these, lately. The slaves are getting braver.”

5th head from the top: “You mean more stupid.”

All of the heads laugh.

The pillar of heads sprouts several insect-like legs and skitters away. That explains how they got past the palisade.



However, just before it finishes climbing the wooden walls, it suddenly runs back to the house.

Top head: “Just a quick search and we’ll go.”

Bottom head: “Fine.”

What should the wolf-villager do?

- Dash out of the house, distracting the pillar of heads.

- Make growling noises.

- Run back down to the basement and tell everyone to block the entrance with rocks.

- Attack the head-pillar.

- Vigorously lick the head-pillar.

- Vigorously lick the head-pillars…. and then gouge its eyes out.

- Pee on the head-pillar.

- Remove towel from the head of Asimuth to annoy the head-pillar.

- Something else.

>_

Population: 12 out of 18 shelter spaces

Wealth: 4 crumbits

Animals:
1 Dog (Relief)
2 Cows (Bilin, Daina)

Plants:
12 tapioca (sapling)
10 mangould (sapling)

Weapons:
Iron Knife x 1 (4 crumbits)
Stone Axe x 5 (2 crumbits)
Stone Shovel x 1 (2 crumbits)
Steel Hooked Chains x 2 (Equipped by Guards, 8 crumbits each)

Guards:
Two Chain-Hook Users

Merchants:
Kori (Miscellaneous Goods)
Ogot (Building Materials)

Stockpile:
323 branches (1 crumbit for 4 branches)
7 beef jerky (5 crumbits each)
1 deer meat (7 crumbits each)
9 rabbit meat (2 crumbits each)
8 fish meat (2 crumbits each)
2 jar of milk (4 crumbits each)
4 loincloths (1 crumbit each)
30 pieces of clay (2 crumbits each)
191 stones

Buildings:
1 stone house (with basement)
1 shrine
1 palisade

Items:
Leather Bag
2 Treated Bandages
Construction Manual

Divine Artifacts:

Shrunken Head of Asimuth - Screams when an agent of the Signet sees Refugeville.

Blessings:

Devoted Wolfpack: Rimewulf’s followers can transform into wolves at night, granting faster movement, enhanced senses and combat strength.

Arara’s Shade: Your people can endure heat that would normally cause heatstrokes. A common blessing for desert-dwellers and those who wish to endure drought.

Call of the Wild: Once per day, you may summon one animal to appear in the village. The animal will always obey your people and never harm them.

Curses:

Marked By The Signet: The Signet will never stop sending scouts.