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<blockquote data-quote="(contact)" data-source="post: 462573" data-attributes="member: 41"><p><strong>Interlude</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Interlude: Politics occur when warfare whispers.</strong></p><p><strong>(or, “I keep my friends close, and my enemies . . . well, actually, my friends <em>are</em> my enemies.”)</strong></p><p></p><p>Things have not been going well for Zinvellon. After Canon Hazen used the Crook of Rao to banish all fiends from the Flannaes in 586CY, Zinvellon lost Crockport to the Great Northern Crusade. Forced to return to Dorakka in disgrace, Zinvellon saved himself from destruction only by the application of a prodigious amount of sniveling and boot licking. </p><p></p><p>Even his masterful groveling could not have kept him alive for long within the treacherous ranks of the Boneheart, so when the assignment to oversee operations in the Temple of Elemental Evil came his way, Zinvellon realized his redemption was at hand.</p><p></p><p>He managed, with the aid of the Alu-Fiend Anna (and despite the best efforts of his second-in-command Crynnek), to craft a shaky alliance between the surviving members of the Evil Elemental Water cult, a high-priest of Zuggtomoy, worshippers of Grazz’t, and a handful of Lloth’s drow servitors. </p><p></p><p>All the faiths involved reluctantly submitted to Zinvellon’s authority only while it appeared that he might in fact return a fiendish presence to Oerik. Zinvellon was perfectly aware that every one of his ‘allies’ was plotting to cast him down once he accomplished his task, making the success of his mission the second most dangerous thing he could have done.</p><p></p><p>Second, of course, to failing his Dread Master again.</p><p></p><p>The arrivals of the PCs as outside agitators was at first a minor annoyance. Zinvellon immediately suspected Prazraelian cultists, but divinations revealed that Prazrael had no presence nearby (thanks to the PCs). As the party began to uncover the Temple’s agents, Zinvellon’s plans were forced into a faster deployment than he was comfortable with. Iuzian agents within Furyondy and Veluna reported no knowledge in those courts of the Temple’s activities, so Zinvellon confidently discounted the possibility that the forces of Good might be responsible.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately for him, had his subordinates shared freely their information as to the PCs make-up, Zinvellon might have been able to discern the truth. As things fell out, the Iuzian high priest was left to assume that one of his ‘allies’ was behind his troubles. With the (re-) kidnapping of his sacrifices, Zinvellon had had enough. He discounted the drow as a possibility due to their small numbers, and the fact that there were elves among the raiders. Zuggtomoy couldn’t have been behind it, as her priest was murdered by the PCs. The forces of Grazz’t had also taken heavy losses. Crynnek hated him, true, but certainly was not mad enough to directly oppose the will of Iuz.</p><p></p><p>Shortly before Anna was killed, she and Zinvellon settled on a scapegoat. The only group with both the motive to oppose Iuz’s power in the Temple, and who had not been themselves attacked: The Water Elementalists.</p><p></p><p>The night before the PCs assaultd the Main Temple, Zinvellon organized a genocidal assault on the Water Elementalists. Perhaps in the absence of several hundred children to sacrifice, the Water cultists’ blood might appease the Abyssal powers controlling the <em>gate</em>.</p><p></p><p>Zinvellon opened his assault with a pair of <em>earthquake</em> spells. The rest, as they say, was a massacre.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(contact), post: 462573, member: 41"] [b]Interlude[/b] [b]Interlude: Politics occur when warfare whispers. (or, “I keep my friends close, and my enemies . . . well, actually, my friends [I]are[/I] my enemies.”)[/b] Things have not been going well for Zinvellon. After Canon Hazen used the Crook of Rao to banish all fiends from the Flannaes in 586CY, Zinvellon lost Crockport to the Great Northern Crusade. Forced to return to Dorakka in disgrace, Zinvellon saved himself from destruction only by the application of a prodigious amount of sniveling and boot licking. Even his masterful groveling could not have kept him alive for long within the treacherous ranks of the Boneheart, so when the assignment to oversee operations in the Temple of Elemental Evil came his way, Zinvellon realized his redemption was at hand. He managed, with the aid of the Alu-Fiend Anna (and despite the best efforts of his second-in-command Crynnek), to craft a shaky alliance between the surviving members of the Evil Elemental Water cult, a high-priest of Zuggtomoy, worshippers of Grazz’t, and a handful of Lloth’s drow servitors. All the faiths involved reluctantly submitted to Zinvellon’s authority only while it appeared that he might in fact return a fiendish presence to Oerik. Zinvellon was perfectly aware that every one of his ‘allies’ was plotting to cast him down once he accomplished his task, making the success of his mission the second most dangerous thing he could have done. Second, of course, to failing his Dread Master again. The arrivals of the PCs as outside agitators was at first a minor annoyance. Zinvellon immediately suspected Prazraelian cultists, but divinations revealed that Prazrael had no presence nearby (thanks to the PCs). As the party began to uncover the Temple’s agents, Zinvellon’s plans were forced into a faster deployment than he was comfortable with. Iuzian agents within Furyondy and Veluna reported no knowledge in those courts of the Temple’s activities, so Zinvellon confidently discounted the possibility that the forces of Good might be responsible. Unfortunately for him, had his subordinates shared freely their information as to the PCs make-up, Zinvellon might have been able to discern the truth. As things fell out, the Iuzian high priest was left to assume that one of his ‘allies’ was behind his troubles. With the (re-) kidnapping of his sacrifices, Zinvellon had had enough. He discounted the drow as a possibility due to their small numbers, and the fact that there were elves among the raiders. Zuggtomoy couldn’t have been behind it, as her priest was murdered by the PCs. The forces of Grazz’t had also taken heavy losses. Crynnek hated him, true, but certainly was not mad enough to directly oppose the will of Iuz. Shortly before Anna was killed, she and Zinvellon settled on a scapegoat. The only group with both the motive to oppose Iuz’s power in the Temple, and who had not been themselves attacked: The Water Elementalists. The night before the PCs assaultd the Main Temple, Zinvellon organized a genocidal assault on the Water Elementalists. Perhaps in the absence of several hundred children to sacrifice, the Water cultists’ blood might appease the Abyssal powers controlling the [I]gate[/I]. Zinvellon opened his assault with a pair of [I]earthquake[/I] spells. The rest, as they say, was a massacre. [/QUOTE]
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