Chapter 2: Awakening
And now I'm in an orphanage, someone in where I had figured out to be the Seven Kingdoms within Westros. Of course, I had to strictly limit my intelligence, so as to not be proclaimed a genius. That would come with a plethora of issues, especially in this god-forsaken land where your friends were more likely to backstab you. I have no intention of getting killed or worse, become one of Varys' little birds. Even if I could save people, even if I could stop any wars (I had no idea which time period we were in as of yet). I couldn't and wouldn't. Living is far more important than some misguided intention to save people.
So I just had to wait, wait for another few years until I was old enough and could actually start doing training and learning. Believe me, I could not do magic, I had tried again and again, but it seems this world either did not have a magic system (meaning all the mages in the show were 'conjurors of cheap tricks' as Gandalf would put it) or it was based on something inaccessible to me currently, such as divinity. Of course, it wasn't all dull, especially with the mysterious gift I had gotten from the flames…
Flashback:
I opened my eyes, and it was white. Completely white, as in filled with a blankness that wasn't fire. Before I could start to panic and wonder how I got here, a blue, translucent screen popped up in the middle of the space.
[Congradulations! You have unlocked the Forge of Empires System!]
[This is the installation Package, if not used within ten years, this will be lost!]
[Mandatory Quest [Part 1 The Founding]
Establish a kingdom within this world!
Requirements:
Plant a flag with your chosen Crest on a piece of land.
Reward: Full Forge of Empires System/Grimoire
300 Diamonds
5000 Coins
5000 Supplies
1xTown Hall
200mx200m Land
10xForge Points
Time Limit:10 Years]
[This is your first quest and the only one in the installation module. Until You complete it, you may only play a simulation, exactly the same as Forge of Empires back on Universe 623 (Earth). But note, in real life, there are many more factors to be considered, being that of food, water and building times. The full information shall be given when your quest is completed. Now, I can accept three questions, but not on any details of the full system]
"Is there any way to measure my own skills, as in strength, stamina etc?" I asked, as, despite my empire possible being OP, I still needed personal strength so as to not get killed before the high tech stuff comes.
[Certainly, though you can only check it every year on your birthday. This will continue in the full system. Here are your starting stats, note 20 is the average stat for those in Westros:
Strength: 2
Agility:1
Stamina:4
Wisdom:35
Intelligence:40]
Of course, I didn't really expect better stats, being roughly 2 years old. But still, these stats were quite depressing as if someone kidnapped or tried to kill me I would be virtually defenseless. And speaking of which wasn't I just in a fire?
"Wait, system how will I survive? I just collapsed in afire, do you think you could help me out or something?"
[Of course, as you wake up, you will find yourself in an orphanage. The system has teleported you there, as part of the one time deal to save you]
Oh, so it won't happen again. That kind of sucks.
"What about my lineage, anything special about it?"
[No, you are a very distant descendant of house Targaryan, but then again, they did have lots of bastard children, and also of House Stark, although the blood of both is so thin it practically doesn't matter anymore. If you need traits of these houses, you need to get the Genetic Research Lab in the Post-Modern Era.]
Damn, so no riding dragons or having prophetic visions any time soon. And it will take ages to reach the Post-Modern era, not even considering any special requirements. Mind you it usually doesn't take that long, but I don't really see how guilds and events are going to work.
Anyway, that was the end of my conversation with the system for now, and it logged itself out after that. So I opened my eyes and I was there. In an orphanage that looked really run-down, at least to my 21st-century senses. So what could I do, I was stuck in a basket outside an orphanage. If I run, I could die, if I don't I might not get accepted. So what could I do, well I played some of that Forge of Empires Simulation game, of course, starting at the Bronze age. Cool thing to note, it's VR 3D so I could actually interact with the people in it, so that was where I spent my time until the morning when they would hopefully find and I will hopefully not freeze to death.
[[I am Ragu Silvertongue, your advisor. Stating with this modest city, you can forge the empire of your dreams!]]
