EventAcross the pillars
A Cross the Height of a Man
The runners no longer carry the crosses; they drag them. The latest stands the height of a man, cut green and heavy, and the guides who hauled it into camp say the scout has stopped sending words with the wood entirely, as if nothing he could say would add to it. He is close now. He walks a day ahead of his escort, shaking the gourd rattle, and the towns empty out to watch him pass. His last request, relayed with the cross, is leave to enter the city itself and greet its lords before the column arrives.
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- Crosses on the TrailEventOption A “Let him range. The crosses speak plainly enough.” · 10–15 days later
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Expeditionexpedition_leader exists
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Event chain
Each event is fired by the one it is nested under; the line below it says which choice leads there and when.
- Crosses on the Trail
- A Cross the Height of a Man↳ Option A “Let him range. The crosses speak plainly enough.” · 10–15 days later
- Killed at the Gates↳ Option A “Let him greet the city. He has earned the first look.” · 3–5 days later
Triggers 1
- Killed at the GatesOption 1
Triggered by 1
- Crosses on the TrailOption 1
Scripting 2
Grants 1
- leads_foundOption 2
References 1
- research_progress_weak_bonusOption 2
type = country_event
title = seven_cities_cibola.13.title A Cross the Height of a Man
desc = seven_cities_cibola.13.desc The runners no longer carry the crosses; they drag them. The latest stands the height of a man, cut green and heavy, and the guides who hauled it into camp say the scout has stopped sending words with the wood entirely, as if nothing he could say would add to it. He is close now. He walks a day ahead of his escort, shaking the gourd rattle, and the towns empty out to watch him pass. His last request, relayed with the cross, is leave to enter the city itself and greet its lords before the column arrives.
historical_info = seven_cities_cibola.13.historical_info Estevanico traveled through the northern valleys as something between a scout and a holy figure: he went ahead of the friars with an escort of admirers, carried a ceremonial gourd rattle hung with bells and feathers, and was showered with gifts of turquoise at every town. The performance was the product of his years among the peoples of the interior, and it worked until it did not. The gourd rattle he sent ahead to announce himself at Cibola was, by one account, recognized at the pueblo as belonging to an enemy people, and his embassy was refused before he ever reached the walls.
outcome = positive
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