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<blockquote data-quote="Shieldhaven" data-source="post: 1974137" data-attributes="member: 23427"><p>The Eldeen Reaches do not agree with me at all. Druids are thick on the ground here, and some number of them – gods only know how many – believe that nondivine casters – arcane, such as myself, and psychics like Kelvin – are a blight upon the land and need to be eradicated. There’s no solid way to tell them apart from any other druid, except by the ravening hatred that may or may not be obvious. Another group of them encourages the death of nature so that it may be reborn. This seems remarkably backward to me, much like slaughtering a herd of cattle so as to cause more cattle to be born by some means of spontaneous generation. The Wardens of the Wood seem all right, as mankind and nature are indeed intrinsically dangerous to one another. One group is identified by their connections to the fey, and a last group she called simply the “enforcers of nature.”</p><p></p><p>Our guide never came, long though we waited. One of the d’Ghallandas gave us a map to the observatory, so we headed off on our own. We found the body of Derwin the guide along the way, identified solely by his red hair and green cloak. He was dead, and swarms of insects were slowly devouring him. We were attacked not long thereafter by four skeletal wolves. I missed badly with my first scorching ray, as the undergrowth obstructed my shot somewhat. When we had finally engaged them in melee, Maeve managed to turn all of them. We did not dare give chase, and continued on our way. They attacked again just two minutes later. Realizing that we could not hope to outrun them, we destroyed them. We took a few minor wounds. Fel stopped mocking my failure with the scorching ray once he became the beneficiary of my Feline Grace spell. I think he had forgotten about the time before, when we first got the axe, that I cast the spell on him. He had borrowed Maeve’s mace to fight the wolves. I suspect that he will see such encounters as a good enough reason to invest in a pair of light maces.</p><p></p><p>We arrived not too much the worse for wear at the observatory. The wolf that had been shadowing us for the last mile or so turned out – no great surprise – to be a druid. She introduced herself as Kayleigh, and offered us some information on the observatory, the eclipse, and so forth. The observatory is built according to the instructions and traditions of dragons. The important things to look for during the eclipse are when and where the moon is eclipsed and which stones of the observatory it is between. The moon is tied to neither Lyrandar nor Phiarlan/Thuranni, but a lost house, or possibly a house yet to come. Quite a confusing situation, but there you have it. It was Kayleigh who gave me a brief rundown of the druidic orders.</p><p></p><p>The eclipse drew near to the Ring of Siberys. I might have made more observations, but we were attacked by enemies hidden in the forest. One of the druids turned into a bear and went on a rampage through the woods. The rest of the druids created walls of thorns and continued their observation unhindered by the battle. The four of us did what we could to fight; Gerron and Fel squared off against a floating undead eyeball that was very difficult to bring down. There was another caster out there, but I was unable to catch sight of him at any point. I used several sunrods in this attempt. He cast arcane bolts at Maeve and me, but my Shield of the Eldritch Forge was able to turn them aside easily. I used several more charges off of my wand; it is now nearing its halfway mark, and I will need to make sure I have the money to replace it when the time comes.</p><p></p><p>Once the attack had subsided, we returned to observation. At the totality, one of the druids keeled over and bled profusely from eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. His blood pooled on the stones and formed words in Draconic. I used my scroll of Translation to read the words; I only managed to catch two lines of the six before the words faded back into a meaningless puddle. Another of the druids copied down more of the words, but he would not tell me what he had read – I’m not entirely sure that he was able to read that dialect of Draconic. </p><p></p><p><em>The brazen ones shall approach from across the years</em></p><p><em>The labyrinthine key arises from the depths</em></p><p></p><p>I talked to Kayleigh after the attack. She admitted that they knew someone was likely to die, but didn’t see fit to tell any of us that because we didn’t ask. I am very angry about this – we most certainly did ask her what else we might need to know. I guess in the future I’ll have to ask people if they’re deliberately being evasive in the hopes that it will get us killed. She indicated that the necromancer who attacked was probably part of a Cult of the Dragon Below. Some things in the prophecy that we gained match up with the draconic Prophecy, though that needs a lot of clarification. We wanted to stay the night at the circle and travel in the morning, but then all of the druids left and we thought better of it. We headed back to the Ghallanda camp wounded, low on spells, and overwhelmed with new questions.</p><p></p><p><strong>Some questions that remain:</strong></p><p>Well, the obvious one – how does the prophecy relate to everything and everyone else? Will the druid who got all of the other lines actually send me any of them? Did we do something (aside from, obviously, helping to defend them from attack) that caused the druids to dislike or distrust us? How does this relate to the axe, if at all? Was Kayleigh hoping that one of us would be the one to die? Who killed Derwin? Is there any way to avenge that death now? Why does the Cult of the Dragon below want to stop anyone else from learning about this prophecy? Or is their hatred for druids general, and this incident simply an attack of opportunity? Who are the brazen ones? Could the axe be “the labyrinthine key” that has risen from the depths? Both the old fortune-teller and Brother Jared called it a key, and it is hardly a stretch to say that it rose from the depths. Across the years – actual time travel, which is not possible according to the magic theory lessons that I have had, or waking from a long slumber, or simply coming back into a coterminous position (as with the planes) after a long time of being in a remote position?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shieldhaven, post: 1974137, member: 23427"] The Eldeen Reaches do not agree with me at all. Druids are thick on the ground here, and some number of them – gods only know how many – believe that nondivine casters – arcane, such as myself, and psychics like Kelvin – are a blight upon the land and need to be eradicated. There’s no solid way to tell them apart from any other druid, except by the ravening hatred that may or may not be obvious. Another group of them encourages the death of nature so that it may be reborn. This seems remarkably backward to me, much like slaughtering a herd of cattle so as to cause more cattle to be born by some means of spontaneous generation. The Wardens of the Wood seem all right, as mankind and nature are indeed intrinsically dangerous to one another. One group is identified by their connections to the fey, and a last group she called simply the “enforcers of nature.” Our guide never came, long though we waited. One of the d’Ghallandas gave us a map to the observatory, so we headed off on our own. We found the body of Derwin the guide along the way, identified solely by his red hair and green cloak. He was dead, and swarms of insects were slowly devouring him. We were attacked not long thereafter by four skeletal wolves. I missed badly with my first scorching ray, as the undergrowth obstructed my shot somewhat. When we had finally engaged them in melee, Maeve managed to turn all of them. We did not dare give chase, and continued on our way. They attacked again just two minutes later. Realizing that we could not hope to outrun them, we destroyed them. We took a few minor wounds. Fel stopped mocking my failure with the scorching ray once he became the beneficiary of my Feline Grace spell. I think he had forgotten about the time before, when we first got the axe, that I cast the spell on him. He had borrowed Maeve’s mace to fight the wolves. I suspect that he will see such encounters as a good enough reason to invest in a pair of light maces. We arrived not too much the worse for wear at the observatory. The wolf that had been shadowing us for the last mile or so turned out – no great surprise – to be a druid. She introduced herself as Kayleigh, and offered us some information on the observatory, the eclipse, and so forth. The observatory is built according to the instructions and traditions of dragons. The important things to look for during the eclipse are when and where the moon is eclipsed and which stones of the observatory it is between. The moon is tied to neither Lyrandar nor Phiarlan/Thuranni, but a lost house, or possibly a house yet to come. Quite a confusing situation, but there you have it. It was Kayleigh who gave me a brief rundown of the druidic orders. The eclipse drew near to the Ring of Siberys. I might have made more observations, but we were attacked by enemies hidden in the forest. One of the druids turned into a bear and went on a rampage through the woods. The rest of the druids created walls of thorns and continued their observation unhindered by the battle. The four of us did what we could to fight; Gerron and Fel squared off against a floating undead eyeball that was very difficult to bring down. There was another caster out there, but I was unable to catch sight of him at any point. I used several sunrods in this attempt. He cast arcane bolts at Maeve and me, but my Shield of the Eldritch Forge was able to turn them aside easily. I used several more charges off of my wand; it is now nearing its halfway mark, and I will need to make sure I have the money to replace it when the time comes. Once the attack had subsided, we returned to observation. At the totality, one of the druids keeled over and bled profusely from eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. His blood pooled on the stones and formed words in Draconic. I used my scroll of Translation to read the words; I only managed to catch two lines of the six before the words faded back into a meaningless puddle. Another of the druids copied down more of the words, but he would not tell me what he had read – I’m not entirely sure that he was able to read that dialect of Draconic. [I]The brazen ones shall approach from across the years The labyrinthine key arises from the depths[/I] I talked to Kayleigh after the attack. She admitted that they knew someone was likely to die, but didn’t see fit to tell any of us that because we didn’t ask. I am very angry about this – we most certainly did ask her what else we might need to know. I guess in the future I’ll have to ask people if they’re deliberately being evasive in the hopes that it will get us killed. She indicated that the necromancer who attacked was probably part of a Cult of the Dragon Below. Some things in the prophecy that we gained match up with the draconic Prophecy, though that needs a lot of clarification. We wanted to stay the night at the circle and travel in the morning, but then all of the druids left and we thought better of it. We headed back to the Ghallanda camp wounded, low on spells, and overwhelmed with new questions. [B]Some questions that remain:[/B] Well, the obvious one – how does the prophecy relate to everything and everyone else? Will the druid who got all of the other lines actually send me any of them? Did we do something (aside from, obviously, helping to defend them from attack) that caused the druids to dislike or distrust us? How does this relate to the axe, if at all? Was Kayleigh hoping that one of us would be the one to die? Who killed Derwin? Is there any way to avenge that death now? Why does the Cult of the Dragon below want to stop anyone else from learning about this prophecy? Or is their hatred for druids general, and this incident simply an attack of opportunity? Who are the brazen ones? Could the axe be “the labyrinthine key” that has risen from the depths? Both the old fortune-teller and Brother Jared called it a key, and it is hardly a stretch to say that it rose from the depths. Across the years – actual time travel, which is not possible according to the magic theory lessons that I have had, or waking from a long slumber, or simply coming back into a coterminous position (as with the planes) after a long time of being in a remote position? [/QUOTE]
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