BS7 - Chapter 3: War Progress
Valtor and Amara stood in front of the Sector Conquest map, waiting for Jake as he entered with Ophelia, Tanda, Ava, and of course, the rest of his girls in spirit. The party went to sit down at what was a rather modern looking conference table, while the two Eternum floated in front of the large hologram in the center, as if standing on the circular table. Ophelia and Tanda framed Jake’s sides, with Ava sitting on the other side of Ophelia.
The sentient armor wearing scholarly robes had changed. His helmet was now open-faced, allowing Jake and others to see his spiritual visage. He was now a bald middle-aged man, with what Jake would call an epic handlebar mustache. Upon accepting the Framework’s aid in his evolution, a spiritual body was forged within his arcane-infused frame.
Amara and any Tier 2 Eternum were the same. She had long and wavy hair, middle-aged looks, reading glasses, and flowing robes. Her spirit visage was like a motherly scholar, that now stood next to her floating book.
Their spirit visages could interact with the world somewhat, but the Eternum became what was very much like a turquoise colored, flaming, floating ghost. From what Jake understood, there were very few advantages to this.
It appeared it would even allow them to be much like a hermit crab–and move their flame to other objects if they so desired. It also meant that their spirit would not necessarily die if their arcane frame was destroyed, their visage able to house their spirit flame.
The flames of their hearths had only increased, but they had received even more control over their unliving flames. And now, it seemed like they would be nurtured with either auril or nethril, making it truly like the Framework had helped them become more a part of Highlands.
Jake smiled at them. “How’s Rhia and Junior doing, Valtor, Amara?”
Valtor grinned, taking a deep breath that Jake knew he didn’t need. “Fantastic. Just wonderful! After helping claim Ariminum and Argos, Rhia moved on to a few more PvP matches for the fun of it, before moving on to the second Tier. As for Valtor Junior, he’s still learning and training, and spending time with our brethren helping around the HQ’s, like many of our new young.”
Amara said, “As you know, many of the beastkin warrior families after aiding in claiming a world came back home, to do their duty, as it were. We had clashed on thirteen Tier 1 worlds, and after a year, we have since managed to tip the scales heavily in six of them, making excellent progress to save those worlds and push them toward the Raid–and claimed two of them already–Ariminum and Argos. We were driven from two entirely, the enemy already too entrenched.”