Domestic Duties
Seasonal Adventures are a group activity that allows you to participate in unique story lines, get exotic rewards, and obtain an even more unique badge for your beasts import. Some stories will differ in paths you can take, the lore included, and other aspects of story telling. You’ll never know what twists might be thrown your way!
This Quest will end June 30th, Midnight EST
Rewards for full story completion:
– 1x Overflowing Treasure Chest,
– 1000-2000 Beads,
– 1-3 Trait Shards,
– One (1) Claw of the Great Hunt, One (1) Glittering Talisman, One (1) Muddy Notes, One (1) Abandoned Foraging Basket and One (1) Machuahuitl
– the special Milestone Badge shown up on top of the page.
Claw of the Great Hunt:
The chances to roll rarer loot are increased in Hunting Activity rolls.
Glittering Talisman:
The chances to roll rarer loot are increased in Fishing Activity rolls.
Muddy Notes:
The chances to roll rarer loot are increased in Discovery Activity rolls.
Abandoned Foraging Basket:
The chances to roll rarer loot are increased in Fishing Activity rolls.
Machuahuitl:
The chances to roll rarer loot are increased in Tetl Expedition Activity rolls.
The story begins here
At the end of Winter, the world is thawing. Rivers are running, the Terror Birds are dancing and creating nests, and the Mammoths are returning to the Steppes for calving. As the flowers are budding and the frost is retreating back to the Northern regions, the rest of the world is starting to prepare for the warmer seasons.
Most tribes are starting to clean out their food stores, swapping their Winter coats for jerkins and combing their beasts. Herds are resuming their migrations for pastures renewed and prides and packs are following after them for easier hunts.
But not everyone shares a similar habit with Spring cleaning…
Start Quest
In the wake of Spring, you and your beast are on the move. Maybe you are scouting out new grazing pastures or looking for bushels where berries will grow, or perhaps you and your Beast are just happy that Winter has finally passed.
But as you and your Beast are passing by a tribe, one of the villagers waves you down. It’s a small tribe and they have a lot to do, the wise woman tells you. She is young for someone in her position but she seems dedicated to the role as she points over to the tribe, asking you and your Beast to help the tribe with its tasks for the year.
Depict you and your Beast coming across the tribe or speaking with the Wise Woman as she asks for your help; the tribe should be small but location is up to personal interpretation.
Path 1 – Quest 1:
Agreeing to help, the Wise Woman smiles with relief and gestures for one of her own to come towards you and your Beast. “They agreed to help,” she said, and the villager bows their head in thanks.
“The winter snows had forced us to move and many of our tools had been left behind, some broken. Could you help us repair what we have?”
Depict you and your Beast meeting with one of the villagers after agreeing to help or show them examining the broken tools laid out ready for repairs, or illustrate this part of the quest.
Path 1 – Quest 2:
Sitting down, you and your Beast start to get to work to help repair the broken tools. Axes, hoes, bows, they are all in mixed states of disrepair.
Some tools need new stone heads for axes or arrows, bows need new sinew rope. It’s going to take a lot of pine pitch glue to get through all this.
Depict you and your Beast starting to repair the broken tools, or illustrate this part of the quest; are they making new axe heads or carving new handles?
Path 1 – Quest 3:
The pile of tools needing to be repaired is starting to get smaller as you and your Beast work tirelessly to help the tribe.
While you are helping them, the villagers around you are praising you for your hard work while also giving you and your Beast helpful tips on how to many sinew tougher and how to properly make and store pine pitch glue.
Depict you and your Beast handing out the fixed tools to their respective owners or listening to the older villagers teaching them new tips and tricks on how to make better things, or illustrate this part of the quest
Path 2 – Quest 1:
You and your Beast barely got out the words ‘yes, we can help’ before the Wise Woman puts her hand on your shoulder to lead you to a shaded part of the village. There, you see many women sitting around surrounded by baskets. Some empty, some full, some starting to get full. But mostly, a lot were empty.
“Our food stores took a nasty hit thanks to the cold. Lost a lot to frost; there are many things you could do to help us, even a root would suffice.”
Depict you and your Beast being led to where food is being prepared; fish having scales removed, nuts being shelled, or meat being sliced to be salted or dried, or illustrate this part of the quest.
Path 2 – Quest 2:
With so much to do, you aren’t sure where to start or what is needed to be done first. So, you and your Beast ask what to do first – or where the help is more needed.
One of the women, heavily pregnant, tells you what needs to be done first, but reassures you and your Beast that which ever you pick would help either way.
Depict your and your Beast starting to help with food preparations, or illustrate this part of the quest. Are they helping to cut the fish or shell the nuts? Maybe they are rubbing salt onto meat?
Path 2 – Quest 3:
The nuts have been carefully shelled and sorted – with some being cheekily eaten by the young children hiding behind the baskets – and the fish are ready to be roasted under hot ash. The strips of meat are coated in salt, some plain, and the villagers are looking rather happy to see their food stores back to normal.
Many of the villagers have come over to watch you and your Beast work tirelessly to help them and once the final basket has been filled, you are given the final task.
Depict you and your Beast finishing preparing the food or taking them to the food stores to be put away, maybe they stole a nut while no one looked or snuck a treat to one of the children, or illustrate this part of the quest.
Epilogue:
The tools have been fixed and given back to their owners and the food stores that had been dwindling and looking miserable were now full and ready for the year. The villagers are very happy with the help you and your Beast have offered and have invited you to stay for the night; the Wise Woman has suggested a small party to celebrate finishing their daily duties before the sunset.
With rabbit-hide drums thumping and a bone antler flute whistling, you and your Beast are able to enjoy the fruits of their labour with a new tool and some good food that you helped prepare.
A job well done that you and your Beast can be proud of.
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