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Damcyan
-How do you pronounce this? I do it DAM-see-ann (like “Anne” or “ban”)
-King is super busy, can’t be disturbed under any circumstances. Why?
-New character: Harley
-Uh-oh. Damcyan is in financial trouble.
-Harley is allowed through, even though the Chancellor is not. Who is she? What’s her role?
-Edward’s “do not disturb” time is playing his instrument. Lyre or lute or something.
-Harley = royal secretary. Edward seems to really trust her.
-And now we find out why Damcyan is in debt. Its financial support for the reconstruction of Fabul and Mist, and now Eblan.
-“Edward’s Tale: Star-Crossed Damcyan”
-That tital seems literal. A falling star hit near Fabul. (Evil Moon Girl’s.) It hit shortly after the arrival of moon #2.
-Edward is sending a messenger to Baron for counsel.
-Harley takes over the investigation of the falling star.
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Night in Damcyan
-Still no word from Baron, and it’s been a while. Ruh-roh.
-Moving around the castle at night, and I stop by Harley’s room. Asshole king that I apparently am, I read her diary.
-She worries about the second moon
-Studied in Troia as a youth
-“If I could have it so, I would want this life [as a secretary at peace] for myself forever – a life free of war and strife.”
She sounds pretty awesome, and clearly appreciates the peace compared to the chaos of the Zeromus years.
-After Edward goes to sleep, he dreams of Anna near her grave in Kaipo.
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Day in Damcyan
-Time to head out to see what’s up with Harley. She’s been gone too long.
-Cool! I get a retinue of redshirts. (Their names are literally Guard A, Guard B, and Guard C.)
-Not sure where to go exactly. Trying the Antlion Cave.
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Antlion Cave
-My party is weak, but so are the enemies.
-Spoke too soon – the second floor Wraiths can definitely take a hit.
-Three Antlions are chilling out at the end. All are docile, just as Edward said back when we first went to the Antlion Lair to save Rosa.
-And back out.
-An enemy dropped a bronze tail. Wtf is that?
-Headed east to an “Impact Crater.”
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Impact Crater Wall
-For a low level party like this, I like Edward’s “Salve.”
-Weird! I see guards as I move deeper into the crater. Harley’s guards?
-Yes. But they seem to be acting… I dunno, weird. “Sure, King! Keep going in. She’s farther down the crater.” That kind of thing.
-Found Harley, near the bottom of the crater. “It’s as if the earth itself has putrified.” I’m getting flashbacks to Lich/Vampire and their corrupting effect on the earth around Melmond back in FFI.
-Harley looks a lot like an FFIII Scholar.
-She has a skill called “Gil Toss” which does good AoE damage, but which I noticed a bit too late tosses actual gil. XD
-After heading back west to Damcyan, we see a bit of trouble. A Red Wing airship on its way.
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Next time: we see what Baron has to say.
