Holiday: MN proud

 MN proud

MN Pride Standard: Fly a banner high and remind those that need to hear it that you are proud they are here and that you love them.

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ICE is still snatching people in MN and now federal charges are coming out against those that resisted ICE. Donate, volunteer, organize, love, resist the rise of hate 

Find ways to support here.

Be excellent to everyone, except ICE.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: A boarding pike.

 A boarding pike.

Hero's Flag: Nearing the end of the decoration trading sequence, Link must offer the Big Sale Flag to receive the Hero’s Flag. With this final flag, Link can obtain one of the statues available in the sequence. This can also be placed in a Joyous Pedestal on Windfall Island.

When the captain of your ship fell to the pirates boarding your small vessel all hope seemed to be lost. You weren’t even thinking when you picked up the pike that slew your captain and led a desperate counterattack that freed your ship. You didn’t know it then, but that was your first step toward becoming a legendary hero of the seas.

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I always want to play a polearm specialist ala the Sand Snakes from Game of Thrones or a Wuxia spear fighter, but I will probably just make them a spear-themed warband or encounter since I’m a forever GM.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: Sashimono of the Beetle Clan.

 

Sashimono of the Beetle Clan.

Big Sale Flag: Another flag in the decoration trading sequence, this flag is offered in exchange for one of the idols or the hero’s flag. It can be offered to obtain other decorations or be placed in a Joyous Pedestal on Windfall Island.

When two siblings who could not accept the laws of succession called on their followers to wage a bloody civil war one clan chose to forsake their oaths and instead ensure every person on either side of the war could find food. When the war was decided the Beetle Clan was exiled for cowardice and sent out to die in the wastes. It was in those wastes that the clan’s survivors stumbled upon thriving trade roads and took the first steps in becoming the internationally trusted clan of merchants they are today.

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This was my attempt to give Beedle a wholesome backstory that connects to a larger clan of merchants that sort of explains why there is a Beedle in most of Link’s adventures. Link, Zelda, Gannon, etc. are destined to be reincarnated time and time again but is Beedle core enough to the universe’s grand design to be a member of the ever-incrnated?

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: Trident of the Sea Sovereign.

Trident of the Sea Sovereign.

Big Catch Flag: Initially, Link must trade a sickle moon flag with one of the traveling merchants of the Great Sea in exchange for the big catch flag. This is another step in the decoration item trading sequence, so Link can trade this flag for the next flag in the set or place it on a joyous pedestal on Windfall Island.

Legends speak of a great island nation that dominated the seas using god-like magics and wondrous machines. This wonder of the world was swallowed up by the seas they believed they commanded for the hubris and corruption of their sovereigns. While the sea mercilessly crushed the sovereign, the regular people of the island were each given a small fraction of the power held in the Sea Soverign’s Fork so that they might breathe water as well as air and rebuild their nation in cooperation with the sea instead of in domination of it.

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That is a socialist revolution retelling of Atlantis. Imagine searching for the lost city to claim its god-like artifact only to find the fork a powerless token of a failed social order.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: Flags of the high seas.

 Flags of the high seas.

Sickle Moon Flag: This is the first of the flags available to Link in the decorations trading sequence of Wind Waker. I totally, Link must trade either an exotic flower or pinwheel to one of the traveling merchants to obtain this flag. Link can trade this flag for the next flag in the series or a fountain idol. These flags are also decorations that can adorn joyous pedestals on Windfall Island. 

Sailing among the countless islands of the Archipelago means visiting a thousand countries and countless more holds, parishes, counties, and clans. Pride ensures each of these petty fiefs has their own unique flag. This means sailors must have an encyclopedic knowledge of flags, standards, and banners if they don’t want to accidentally steer too close to a rival ship.

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Banner items can be a fun way to incentivize your players to gather tightly in an otherwise inadvisable way. You could also have each of these flags be a trophy, or just invite someone to make their own flag on one of the blanks.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph