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Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)
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<blockquote data-quote="CPaladin" data-source="post: 8848862" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>Session 140 (March 9, 2022)</p><p></p><p>30 Tar</p><p>Passes uneventfully. Lord Davion, Lord Silverleaves, and the Sixth Daughter are completely silent, because of the capabilities of the Twilight Elf.</p><p></p><p>31 Tar</p><p>The Council receives a report about a child, the nibling of the Empress Caitlin, who is in captivity in the hands of Clan Moulder. [Attached.] They bring in Empress Caitlin, and begin discussing a rescue operation.</p><p></p><p>Kit has a contact on her fan on the Isle. It was initially dormant, but then woke up shakily. It has become much steadier. She reaches out to that contact, which she hasn’t had mental contact with before. This is, unlike most of the agents on the fan, male.</p><p></p><p><<Ah, my lady. It is good to have the contact of your mind again.>></p><p></p><p><<Greetings. I think you were expecting my predecessor.>></p><p></p><p><<Yes, I should have realized that. You are my third. My first one was the one who immolated himself when the old lord died.>></p><p></p><p><<A tradition that we are trying to wipe out.>></p><p></p><p><<You should eradicate it entirely. Yours is not the only human kingdom with that affliction.>></p><p></p><p><<Brightstar, we have need of your services. Where are you located physically?>></p><p></p><p><<I am in the new capital city of Prince Annarrgeal Airui`taur.>></p><p></p><p><<I had hoped you might be. There is a human child nearby—a child of the royal house of the Southern Kingdoms—in the possession of the Moulder.>></p><p></p><p><<A survivor? That is fortunate indeed.>></p><p></p><p><<The child is close kin of the Queen of the South Kingdoms. The Queen of the South Kingdom is also Empress Caitlin of Canberry.>></p><p></p><p><<I did not even know that enough of the Southern Kingdoms had survived outside the Kingdom of the Isles to have an Empress.>></p><p></p><p><<She is married to the Emperor.>></p><p></p><p><<It's wonderful news. I am sorry to hear that her father must have passed. He was a good man.>></p><p></p><p><<That's what i've heard.>></p><p></p><p><<Her grandfather was also a good man, and her grandmother was insane, but that's perfectly acceptable. A lot of us are.>></p><p></p><p><<Well, she is so far a very good Empress, and a very good person.>></p><p></p><p><<Wonderful to hear, please convey my regards... well, no, don't convey my regards I suppose. But we are all pleased to know of this.>></p><p></p><p><<I'm sure she will be happy to know that the revived Kingdom of the Isles will hold her in high regard. But returning to the matter at hand. You understand why we need to act quickly. You understand why I'm calling on people who are already in place down there.>></p><p></p><p><<Absolutely. We need to mount a rescue, to get them out before any kind of harm could come to them. They have a number of compounds north of the holding of the Aragoni.>></p><p></p><p><<Can you find out which compound?>></p><p></p><p><<I can. My prince does not know of our connection. Historically, we have always been a small elven wood, and we looked to the royal house of the Kingdom of the Isles to watch over the humans and others of this land. We stayed in our woods, and they took care of human matters, and all was well. However, the Prince saw what happened when the royal house fell. The Aragoni started taking slaves from the survivors, and he said that we could not do nothing, so we saved as much territory as we had the troops to hold, took in as many refugees as we could find, and have sustained the Kingdom of the Isles as best we could. I will personally, however, reconnoiter the Moulder encampments. It will not take long if I do not have to come near the Aragoni. They would be able to end my work.>></p><p></p><p><<Alright. Keep yourself safe. I trust you. You have been at this job much longer than I have.>></p><p></p><p>She hears a ringing laugh in her mind at that. <<I will travel by steed to our northern border, and from there, reconnoiter each site individually. It should be two to three days total.>></p><p></p><p>They put together a rescue team to be ready when they know where: Many Hands, some tough operatives from Kit’s people, a priest militant recommended by Bishop Waters who can get down in the mud as necessary.</p><p></p><p>Around dinner time, a strident psionic message comes through to Dame Brionna from Lord Davion. <<Dame. We have the child.>></p><p></p><p><<Safe?>></p><p></p><p><<Yes. We have captives. We have other prisoners who are now safe. I regret to say that the principal escaped—a Contingency I believe. In my youth, I would have offered my throat to admit his escape from our effort, but we did achieve the main objective.>></p><p></p><p><<The thanks and commendation of the Empire. How did the principal escape?>></p><p></p><p><<He had chained Contingencies set up. Even though we had him psionically, and had sufficient force to defeat him, once we wounded him near death, Contingencies went off and he was moved—not by a teleport, perhaps gate, to the northwest. There was a barrier that dropped immediately that we could not pursue. We have the ship, we have the papers. The ship was a human vessel, but it has been modified with some disturbing modifications—the black box replaced with a Noldar one, and a vegetative intelligence formed in the ship. If it were complete, it could have made things more dangerous, and we do not know how many ships they may have done.>></p><p></p><p><<Do you have both of the children?>></p><p></p><p><<Yes, I intend to return with them. It will comfort the young one, and they are terrified as well. They miss their friends and their family, and they were nearly sacrificed as well. A number of other captives were there, that seem to have been taken opportunistically and held in a cell below deck. I'm going to return, however, with the boys that are close to the young lord, and my men will return the ship and the other rescued prisoners.</p><p></p><p><<We have several captives. Rappa. They are not corrupt in the way that the Enemy is corrupt, or that the elven leader is. But they are not a good people. They came through the gate and then were immediately snapped up as mercenaries. Perhaps they are running short of loyal followers.>></p><p>[cont'd]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8848862, member: 7030144"] Session 140 (March 9, 2022) 30 Tar Passes uneventfully. Lord Davion, Lord Silverleaves, and the Sixth Daughter are completely silent, because of the capabilities of the Twilight Elf. 31 Tar The Council receives a report about a child, the nibling of the Empress Caitlin, who is in captivity in the hands of Clan Moulder. [Attached.] They bring in Empress Caitlin, and begin discussing a rescue operation. Kit has a contact on her fan on the Isle. It was initially dormant, but then woke up shakily. It has become much steadier. She reaches out to that contact, which she hasn’t had mental contact with before. This is, unlike most of the agents on the fan, male. <<Ah, my lady. It is good to have the contact of your mind again.>> <<Greetings. I think you were expecting my predecessor.>> <<Yes, I should have realized that. You are my third. My first one was the one who immolated himself when the old lord died.>> <<A tradition that we are trying to wipe out.>> <<You should eradicate it entirely. Yours is not the only human kingdom with that affliction.>> <<Brightstar, we have need of your services. Where are you located physically?>> <<I am in the new capital city of Prince Annarrgeal Airui`taur.>> <<I had hoped you might be. There is a human child nearby—a child of the royal house of the Southern Kingdoms—in the possession of the Moulder.>> <<A survivor? That is fortunate indeed.>> <<The child is close kin of the Queen of the South Kingdoms. The Queen of the South Kingdom is also Empress Caitlin of Canberry.>> <<I did not even know that enough of the Southern Kingdoms had survived outside the Kingdom of the Isles to have an Empress.>> <<She is married to the Emperor.>> <<It's wonderful news. I am sorry to hear that her father must have passed. He was a good man.>> <<That's what i've heard.>> <<Her grandfather was also a good man, and her grandmother was insane, but that's perfectly acceptable. A lot of us are.>> <<Well, she is so far a very good Empress, and a very good person.>> <<Wonderful to hear, please convey my regards... well, no, don't convey my regards I suppose. But we are all pleased to know of this.>> <<I'm sure she will be happy to know that the revived Kingdom of the Isles will hold her in high regard. But returning to the matter at hand. You understand why we need to act quickly. You understand why I'm calling on people who are already in place down there.>> <<Absolutely. We need to mount a rescue, to get them out before any kind of harm could come to them. They have a number of compounds north of the holding of the Aragoni.>> <<Can you find out which compound?>> <<I can. My prince does not know of our connection. Historically, we have always been a small elven wood, and we looked to the royal house of the Kingdom of the Isles to watch over the humans and others of this land. We stayed in our woods, and they took care of human matters, and all was well. However, the Prince saw what happened when the royal house fell. The Aragoni started taking slaves from the survivors, and he said that we could not do nothing, so we saved as much territory as we had the troops to hold, took in as many refugees as we could find, and have sustained the Kingdom of the Isles as best we could. I will personally, however, reconnoiter the Moulder encampments. It will not take long if I do not have to come near the Aragoni. They would be able to end my work.>> <<Alright. Keep yourself safe. I trust you. You have been at this job much longer than I have.>> She hears a ringing laugh in her mind at that. <<I will travel by steed to our northern border, and from there, reconnoiter each site individually. It should be two to three days total.>> They put together a rescue team to be ready when they know where: Many Hands, some tough operatives from Kit’s people, a priest militant recommended by Bishop Waters who can get down in the mud as necessary. Around dinner time, a strident psionic message comes through to Dame Brionna from Lord Davion. <<Dame. We have the child.>> <<Safe?>> <<Yes. We have captives. We have other prisoners who are now safe. I regret to say that the principal escaped—a Contingency I believe. In my youth, I would have offered my throat to admit his escape from our effort, but we did achieve the main objective.>> <<The thanks and commendation of the Empire. How did the principal escape?>> <<He had chained Contingencies set up. Even though we had him psionically, and had sufficient force to defeat him, once we wounded him near death, Contingencies went off and he was moved—not by a teleport, perhaps gate, to the northwest. There was a barrier that dropped immediately that we could not pursue. We have the ship, we have the papers. The ship was a human vessel, but it has been modified with some disturbing modifications—the black box replaced with a Noldar one, and a vegetative intelligence formed in the ship. If it were complete, it could have made things more dangerous, and we do not know how many ships they may have done.>> <<Do you have both of the children?>> <<Yes, I intend to return with them. It will comfort the young one, and they are terrified as well. They miss their friends and their family, and they were nearly sacrificed as well. A number of other captives were there, that seem to have been taken opportunistically and held in a cell below deck. I'm going to return, however, with the boys that are close to the young lord, and my men will return the ship and the other rescued prisoners. <<We have several captives. Rappa. They are not corrupt in the way that the Enemy is corrupt, or that the elven leader is. But they are not a good people. They came through the gate and then were immediately snapped up as mercenaries. Perhaps they are running short of loyal followers.>> [cont'd] [/QUOTE]
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