D&D: The Turned Wyrms

[Fi]

Angie ☯ wrote: "Sorry that you are in a reading slump, Fi! Hope it sorts itself out soon.

I think you can skip this set of tasks and join back on the next if you need to...."

Thanks Angie. :)

Catsalive wrote: "I think you'd better give yourself a break & give up on that book, Fi."

Lol it's actually not the poor book's fault, I've just been really exhausted and the only time I have for reading is late at night. But yes, I'll definitely be taking a break for now.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

🌘 Quest 2G: The Whispered’s Shadow

Premise
The veil is sealed, but The Whispered does not let go so easily. Each of you carries the scar of the pact — and each scar manifests differently. Shadows coil in your thoughts, temptations gnaw at your choices, and the godling’s laughter echoes when you close your eyes.

The mark binds you as a group, but how you wear it is yours to decide.

📚 Tasks: The Ripple of the Whispered

1. The Scar Burns
📘 Read a book with a cursed or branded character.
The mark is more than a reminder — it is a wound that does not heal.

2. Twisted Reflections
📘 Read a book with a mirror, doppelgänger, or shadow-self.
You glimpse versions of yourself that are not entirely yours.

3. Tempting Whispers
📘 Read a book where temptation draws someone from their chosen path.
The Whispered is always in your ear, offering another way…

4. Unseen Strings
📘 Read a book where hidden forces manipulate events from behind the scenes.
Whose story is this now — yours, or the Whispered’s?

⚖️ Personal Choice: Bearing the Scar

Each Wyrm must decide how their mark manifests:

1. Embrace the Shadow
📘 Read a book where a character turns corruption into power.
You let the scar fuel you, wielding The Whispered’s gifts openly.

2. Resist the Chains
📘 Read a book where willpower or faith defies darkness.
You fight the pull, even if it costs your sanity or strength.

3. Bend It Back
📘 Read a book where a trickster or manipulator is undone by their own game.
You play The Whispered’s own game, scheming to twist the pact against it.

✨ End Result: The team will finish Quest 2G with four scars worn in four different ways (or overlapping choices), shaping how each Wyrm interacts with The Whispered in the next quest.

[RachelG.]

I happen to be reading a book with a doppelgänger. Would it be okay if I took that one?

[Angie ☯]

Okay by me!

[Catsalive]

I think I have something that fits this one

1. The Scar Burns
📘 Read a book with a cursed or branded character.

[Angie ☯]

Checked us in!

Donna, Fi has decided not to continue.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

🌑 Quest 2H: The Shadow’s Demand

The pact you made was never meant to be quiet. The Whispered is no longer content to linger as scars on your skin and secrets in your minds. Its laughter leaks into dreams, its murmurs curl through tavern corners, and strangers whisper its name without knowing why. Already, shadows gather into cults, oaths, and half-remembered songs.

But one scar remains unanswered. Fi is gone, her choice never spoken. And silence, to The Whispered, is as binding as words. Her absence is a doorway — a gap the godling presses its essence into, a place where it can grow unchecked. You carry her shadow along with your own.

The scar has become a seed. The question is not whether it will grow — but what you will make of it.

📚 Core Tasks: The Spreading Pact
(Complete all)

Echo of the Scar
The mark you carry spreads. It is no longer yours alone.
📘 Read a book where a mark, curse, or legacy spreads beyond the first bearer.

Cult in the Shadows
Others hear the same whispers you do — and some kneel in devotion.
📘 Read a book featuring a cult, secret society, or underground movement.

Dreams of the Whispered
Your sleep is no longer your own. Every dream feels like a test.
📘 Read a book where dreams, visions, or hallucinations alter reality.

The Fractured Team
Do you stand together? Or has the pact already driven wedges between you?
📘 Read a book with a group divided by loyalty or ideology.

⚖️ Personal Choice: Bearing the Demand choose one:
Each Wyrm must decide how they respond to The Whispered’s growing call.

Heralds of the Whispered
You no longer resist — you carry its voice into the world.
📘 Read a book where a character embraces corruption or divine madness.

Chains Broken
You cannot serve. You will not kneel. You would rather face wrath than remain bound.
📘 Read a book where a curse or binding is shattered.

The Trickster’s Gambit
You smile, you nod, you play the role of faithful servant — but you are plotting even as you bow.
📘 Read a book where a manipulator or trickster is undone by clever deceit.

✨ By the end of this quest, each of you will have chosen your allegiance — Herald, Breaker, or Trickster.

[RachelG.]

I've started looking for possible books that will work and was wondering if you two had preferences for the core tasks.

[Angie ☯]

I just happened to read one that worked for this task:
📘 Read a book where dreams, visions, or hallucinations alter reality.

But, I'm happy to change to another if either of you want that one.

I'm also good with any of the Personal Choice tasks, if you two want to pick from those first.

[RachelG.]

I have nothing in mind so unless Cat has other thoughts about the dreams/visions/hallucinations then I think you should use it Angie.

I started looking for books with curses as that seems to be a theme for both the core task and the personal choice. For personal choice can we all read the same one or do we each have to do a different one?

[Angie ☯]

I think it has to be different, but I'm not sure. We can ask.

[RachelG.]

I totally forgot that I finished a book late last night that will work for Read a book where a mark, curse, or legacy spreads beyond the first bearer. I will mark that one on the ss. It's been a crazy week.

[Angie ☯]

For the Personal Choice, Donna's answer is below...

You each may choose individually. They may be the same choice or different. It is a personal decision.

[RachelG.]

Angie ☯ wrote: "For the Personal Choice, Donna's answer is below...

You each may choose individually. They may be the same choice or different. It is a personal decision."

Thanks for asking!

[Catsalive]

I have yet to find anything. I'll aim for the cult but we'll see.

[RachelG.]

Catsalive wrote: "I have yet to find anything. I'll aim for the cult but we'll see."

I added a book that will work for The Fractured Team but if you end up reading a book that works for either of the tasks I completed, please feel free to replace one of them with your own.

[Catsalive]

RachelG. wrote: "Catsalive wrote: "I have yet to find anything. I'll aim for the cult but we'll see."

I added a book that will work for The Fractured Team but if you end up reading a book that works for either of ..."

Will do.