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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 3125748" data-attributes="member: 30035"><p><strong>The Observations & Musings of Dalia Sunrule, Letter 8</strong></p><p></p><p>The excitement continues.</p><p></p><p>As a bunch of warforged under the command of one named Scimitar threatened us and demanded the schema we no longer had, the changeling was wrestling for control</p><p>over the sword Black Razor. As Grinner attempted to disarm him, the sword -using the changeling's body- cut deeply into Grinner, who managed to avoid death at -what we believe- the tip of a soul-stealing blade. Left a scar that healing could not remove.</p><p></p><p>The Aerenal elf would not let the sword out of her sight and gave us this information about the sword: Black Razor was created by the demon lords and held by the giants. It is one of 13 created. It absorbs all light, has a large red-faceted ruby in the pommel. It was wielded</p><p>by the fiends in the age of demons. At one point it was held by a warlord of Karrnath</p><p></p><p>I determined that it has a mind of its own and was attempting to use the changeling to take it north to Karrnath to some place called the "Red Keep", and would kill anybody getting in its way. It was afraid of going back to "the dark place", which I am assuming is the vault it</p><p>was in recently.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Scimitar and his minions demanded we accompany him to his master, the "Lord of Blades." I'll have to ask around as to whom that might be. A fight ensued, but I stayed next to the changeling and the aerenal elf to make sure the sword didn't go anywhere. I enspelled</p><p>the room to look empty in case one of the warforged made it this far. I was keeping my eye on the bounty. We now had one half of our commission: the sword. Lukan comes next. He had loped off towards the ziggurat just before Scimitar's gang showed up in force.</p><p></p><p>Casting a spell to improve my companions' prowess, I stayed back to watch the sword, the changeling and the aerenal elf, who was demanding that she take possession of the sword. Shortly after the warforged were defeated, Kylara then took out a black orb approx. 4 inches in diameter and black energy came wafting out of it, shutting down ALL magic in the area, including the sword. I figured the sword to be of a power level unaffected by that, so either my estimations of its power are off, or that orb is more powerful than the sword.</p><p>Take note.</p><p></p><p>At this time that the elf was concentrating upon the anti-magic effect, my companions wrapped the sword in cloth and found a box to place it in. In addition, there were spirits</p><p>emanating from the orb, some of which even attempted to harm the elf. Definitely the look of "escapees".</p><p></p><p>We rested and I did my recitations, then made our way to the ziggurat with the hopes of giving ourselves a six hour window of daylight with which to find Lukan before he could</p><p>escape into the night again. As we breached the entrance, something magical assailed us and caused the normally heroic Caelen to flee. With a quick Suggestion spell, I managed to belay his flight and take up as my bodyguard until such time as we have captured Lukan. It was really a simple version of the suggested verbiage as taught in Semantics 201: The Art of the Deal, in the Academy. I had not only saved a companion and our best warrior, but secured myself a bodyguard.</p><p></p><p>This place was definitely devoted to fiendish gods, as their presence is painted on nearly every wall and tapestry in the place. After encountering several of the "inhabitants" of the</p><p>place, we came upon a room full of sarcophagi. Grinner used his dragonmark to <em>Detect Person</em> for Lukan, and found that Lukan -now free of the influence of Black Razor- was outsmarting us by going UP into the ziggurat, instead of DOWN, as we had assumed and proceeded.</p><p></p><p>Grinner also found the location of the Shield of Light. As you know, there are three items that put together create a map to the tomb where the Sword of Kas is hidden, according to</p><p>legends. The Stone of Kings, the Shield of Light, and the Breastplate of Fire. Unbeknownst to me, my companions had recovered the Breastplate of Fire previously and turned it over to House Cannith, I believe. Will find out more.</p><p></p><p>As we were attempting to retrieve the shield, the door to the room closed, and the water started rising quite quickly. A few Knock spells opened the door just enough for the rest to force it open. Quite a rush, as we were getting perilously close to drowning. I just love days like this. </p><p></p><p>We traversed upstairs, where Lukan is waiting on a giant throne for us. He seems much more like the kind of person I would associate with being a Dark Lantern now that the sword</p><p>isn't controlling him.</p><p></p><p>Wish I had something to control him with.</p><p></p><p>LIST OF SPELLS USABLE AGAINST A VAMPIRE:</p><p></p><p>See previous letter regarding Deathless Knights. Same spells work on</p><p>both.</p><p>(There is an interesting rumor that a vampire cannot attack someone with</p><p>a mirror. Will try to verify.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 3125748, member: 30035"] [b]The Observations & Musings of Dalia Sunrule, Letter 8[/b] The excitement continues. As a bunch of warforged under the command of one named Scimitar threatened us and demanded the schema we no longer had, the changeling was wrestling for control over the sword Black Razor. As Grinner attempted to disarm him, the sword -using the changeling's body- cut deeply into Grinner, who managed to avoid death at -what we believe- the tip of a soul-stealing blade. Left a scar that healing could not remove. The Aerenal elf would not let the sword out of her sight and gave us this information about the sword: Black Razor was created by the demon lords and held by the giants. It is one of 13 created. It absorbs all light, has a large red-faceted ruby in the pommel. It was wielded by the fiends in the age of demons. At one point it was held by a warlord of Karrnath I determined that it has a mind of its own and was attempting to use the changeling to take it north to Karrnath to some place called the "Red Keep", and would kill anybody getting in its way. It was afraid of going back to "the dark place", which I am assuming is the vault it was in recently. Meanwhile, Scimitar and his minions demanded we accompany him to his master, the "Lord of Blades." I'll have to ask around as to whom that might be. A fight ensued, but I stayed next to the changeling and the aerenal elf to make sure the sword didn't go anywhere. I enspelled the room to look empty in case one of the warforged made it this far. I was keeping my eye on the bounty. We now had one half of our commission: the sword. Lukan comes next. He had loped off towards the ziggurat just before Scimitar's gang showed up in force. Casting a spell to improve my companions' prowess, I stayed back to watch the sword, the changeling and the aerenal elf, who was demanding that she take possession of the sword. Shortly after the warforged were defeated, Kylara then took out a black orb approx. 4 inches in diameter and black energy came wafting out of it, shutting down ALL magic in the area, including the sword. I figured the sword to be of a power level unaffected by that, so either my estimations of its power are off, or that orb is more powerful than the sword. Take note. At this time that the elf was concentrating upon the anti-magic effect, my companions wrapped the sword in cloth and found a box to place it in. In addition, there were spirits emanating from the orb, some of which even attempted to harm the elf. Definitely the look of "escapees". We rested and I did my recitations, then made our way to the ziggurat with the hopes of giving ourselves a six hour window of daylight with which to find Lukan before he could escape into the night again. As we breached the entrance, something magical assailed us and caused the normally heroic Caelen to flee. With a quick Suggestion spell, I managed to belay his flight and take up as my bodyguard until such time as we have captured Lukan. It was really a simple version of the suggested verbiage as taught in Semantics 201: The Art of the Deal, in the Academy. I had not only saved a companion and our best warrior, but secured myself a bodyguard. This place was definitely devoted to fiendish gods, as their presence is painted on nearly every wall and tapestry in the place. After encountering several of the "inhabitants" of the place, we came upon a room full of sarcophagi. Grinner used his dragonmark to [I]Detect Person[/I] for Lukan, and found that Lukan -now free of the influence of Black Razor- was outsmarting us by going UP into the ziggurat, instead of DOWN, as we had assumed and proceeded. Grinner also found the location of the Shield of Light. As you know, there are three items that put together create a map to the tomb where the Sword of Kas is hidden, according to legends. The Stone of Kings, the Shield of Light, and the Breastplate of Fire. Unbeknownst to me, my companions had recovered the Breastplate of Fire previously and turned it over to House Cannith, I believe. Will find out more. As we were attempting to retrieve the shield, the door to the room closed, and the water started rising quite quickly. A few Knock spells opened the door just enough for the rest to force it open. Quite a rush, as we were getting perilously close to drowning. I just love days like this. We traversed upstairs, where Lukan is waiting on a giant throne for us. He seems much more like the kind of person I would associate with being a Dark Lantern now that the sword isn't controlling him. Wish I had something to control him with. LIST OF SPELLS USABLE AGAINST A VAMPIRE: See previous letter regarding Deathless Knights. Same spells work on both. (There is an interesting rumor that a vampire cannot attack someone with a mirror. Will try to verify.) [/QUOTE]
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