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<blockquote data-quote="Lylandra" data-source="post: 9236117" data-attributes="member: 6816692"><p><strong>Episode 59</strong></p><p><strong><em>What you wish for</em></strong></p><p></p><p>After our exchange with the Father of Thunder, we return to Bole to contact the new Chief Inspector of the RHC, Shaiaila Lundquist, and tell her about our disturbing news regarding the Voice of Rot cultists. We also explain that we want to take care of the Ash Wolf and the burning forests, and she tells us that the wolf has been seen near Muleshoe. She adds that the Titan is usually quite peaceful, and that the fires started before the Ash Wolf was first seen. We thank her for this info and muse that this could be an indication that someone had deliberately provoked the wolf's anger or tried to frame him as the culprit.</p><p></p><p>We ask Ms. Lundquist to have her teams look for clues regarding the Voice in our absence as we prepare to move to Muleshoe. On our last night in Bole, we are unexpectedly visited by El Extrano, who "unsurprisingly" shares information with us about the global situation. The kobold is quite honest about the situation in Ber, saying that there is utter chaos and mayhem in some places and that the situation does not necessarily look like a new "golden age" for his nation. Besides, many would listen to the propaganda against Risur, even if he doesn't really know why. The Bruse has also been invited to a meeting in Cherage, so he is considering sending an emissary as to not upset Risur. Still Cavallo needs to know what the global players are up to in this new world.</p><p></p><p>As we get that El Extrano is still being utterly honest with us, we agree to tell the kobold what really happened: that we suspect that the Obscurati ritual was sabotaged by conspirators among the conspirators (the Voice of Rot cultists), and that the whole of Ber is probably under some kind of mental influence thanks to the lighthouse fine-tuning effect. We stress out that we and all of Risur have no interest in a fight with Ber, but rather want to do some reconnaissance and maintain our good relations, so we would like to talk to Beran officials in the near future. El Extano seems both satisfied and “unsurprised” and he agrees to deliver our news to the Bruse.</p><p></p><p>The next day we teleport to Muleshoe, from where we can already see the fierce forest fires. We learn from the militia that these fires are unusually hot and don't really suit the Ashen Wolf. We let a guide take us to the most recent of these fires and discover planar traces of Jiese in the fire, which also does not align with the magic of the Wolf.</p><p></p><p>Just as we are about to investigate the origin of the fire, a huge wolf suddenly jumps between us, grabs our guide, bites him a few times and then throws him away in a high arc. We immediately assume that this must be the Forest Titan and call out to the Ashen wolf as it approaches again. </p><p></p><p>The Wolf growls at us, but then ceases his attack as it looks like he... actually has a few things to discuss with us. </p><p></p><p>“Deceitful humans, you have murdered my child! According to the old pacts, I demand compensation for my loss!”</p><p></p><p>“My deepest condolences for your loss, oh Ashen Wolf!”, Gabriel calls out to the giant creature.</p><p>“But I doubt that humans are responsible for this terrible deed. The people here are neither powerful nor stupid enough to take action against the Titan's children. They respect you, this much you know.”</p><p> </p><p>“But we have seen fires of unusual kind devastating the woodlands, so maybe someone is trying to frame both you and the woodcutters so we go at each other's throats?”, Auryn adds. </p><p>We promise the wolf to look into the matter and ask him to let us see his child's body first so we may look for clues of the true murderer. The Wolf agrees to this suggestion, shatches us up, throws us into his fur and rides with us to his cave. There where we are greeted by a group of giant dire wolves who appear to be more of his children.</p><p></p><p>The Ashen Wolf lets us slide down his back and then explains that he loves and cares for all his children, as he lost his mate in the last grand “world rearrangement”, and her children are all he has left of her. We examine the dead wolf and discover that his wounds must have been inflicted by an obsidian scimitar. Which, in turn, is absolutely not a Risuri weapon. Since there were also planar traces on the "extremely hot fire", we turn to the Wolf and ask him where the outlandish fire came from. </p><p>“The temple of Av. Strange, isn't it? There have never been any fires in that temple.”, the Titan says. However, he also warns us that nightmarish monsters sometimes come out of the Dreaming from over there, and we suspect that there might be a leaky portal inside.</p><p></p><p>We also realize that the Wolf, just like any Titan, is a being that exists both in the Dreaming and the Waking as a Titan and can probably give us more information than the rather simple Father of Thunder. So we ask him about the current state of the plane and learn that the Dreaming still exists, but it feels very far away. Also, there is no planar border anymore.</p><p></p><p>We remember that Av didn't just disappear, but moved to a different place in the planar structure instead (that of the Plane of Death), and that Jiese is now in Av's place instead. This would very logically explain where the Jiese planar traces came from. But to our terror, this could also mean that some sort of planar invasion has already begun, as the “leaky” - or worse - open portal could now lead to Jiese.</p><p></p><p>We thank the Wolf for this information and let him lead us to the vicinity of Av's Ziggurat. Just outside the old temple, we see evidence that our fears have probably come true, as a group of fire drakes are loitering in front of the entrance. Auryn tries to speak to them in their language, but they run back to their masters: salamanders, wielding obsidian falchions. Looks like we've found our potential killers. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(that was really pretty straightforward in comparison to the complicated plot that was the murder of Rock Rackus)</span></p><p></p><p>We get rid of the drakes that simply want to eat us for breakfast and then try to negotiate with the guards. They laugh at our puny attempts and brag that their noble kind serves a "master" they call "Sultan Küyler", while they seem to regard us as lesser beings. But hey, if we'd just submit to them, they'd maybe let us live as their slaves. Needless to say that we are not up to such shenanigans. </p><p></p><p>We overpower the two guards easily and catch them in our Absurdist Web before venturing into the (brass-clad) Ziggurat. There we find more salamanders gathered around a vizier. We assume that this could be said Sultan Küyler, get rid of the guards and grab the fleeing vizier, who can't cast more powerful magic here, just like anyone else. A fact that seems to be quite terrorizing to the high salamander. After his capture, the Vizier is a bit more talkative and introduces himself as a servant of the great Sultan Küyler of Jiese. We ask him (rather politely, considering the circumstances) to speak to this Sultan, as the King of Risur himself has come to grant the newcomer an audience.</p><p></p><p>The vizier sullenly leads us to the sultan's room, where Küyler is lazing around with two female salamanders. We pass by an efreeti, who mentally tells Gabriel that her name is Lieshi, and that she has absolutely no desire to serve Sultan "stinky beast" and see her bottle misused as a drinking vessel. Instead, she would be interested in his demise. Gabriel smirks briefly at her comments, and replies that he might come back to this later, depending on the circumstances. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, the Sultan turns out to be not the brightest candle on the cake. So it takes King Gabriel quite a while to explain to the turbaned salamander with little going on beneath said turban that he is trespassing, tried to annex land that isn't his, and that his people have killed one of the inhabitants of his land. However, King Gabriel wants to be generous and offers the Sultan that Risur and Jiese could coexist peacefully and trade with each other if the salamanders play by the rules. The Sultan is obviously interested in trade relations, but will only put his expansion on hold for five years. At the same time, he seems to have little respect for the local people and still has his eye on Risur, so Gabriel bluntly tells him to pack his bags and return to the much more glorious Jiese.</p><p></p><p>The Sultan, on the other hand, has had enough of the “local lord” and summons his Efreeti with her bottle.</p><p></p><p>“Efreeti, I wish to make this creature disappear”, he says, pointing at Gabriel. Lieshi sighs and then casts a spell of destruction on the King, which fortunately fails, but leaves gushing wounds instead.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(this came... really abruptly. Totally plausible, but harsh as hell <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> )</span></p><p></p><p>“If this is your answer... then negotiations are over.”, King Gabriel says dryly and immediately attacks the Sultan's guards while shrouding the room in silence to prevent further wishes. </p><p></p><p>“Clever. And just like I told you. His demise would be most enjoyable.”, Lieshi says mentally. </p><p></p><p>Auryn is not as calm as usual, however, as she just saw a very potent and destructive attempt on Gabriel's life. She gives Küyler a piercing death glare before she charges him directly. </p><p></p><p>After dealing with Küyler's guards, Gabriel pursues the remaining viziers and follows them into a room containing a portal to Jiese. There, he deals with the remaining salamanders. Meanwhile, Küyler poses no threat to Auryn under the veil of silence. As the Sultan finally collapses under Auryn's furious, relentless blows, the bronze bottle of Lieshi rolls out of his hand. All of a sudden, the Sultan's concubines pounce on the object simultaneously. However, Auryn is able to knock them down and grab the bottle. The danger seems to be averted for now, and one by one we collect the salamanders to put them in the Absurdist Web. Gabriel ceases the zone of silence and we then turn to Lieshi and ask her how on earth she ended up in the Sultan's service.</p><p></p><p>The Efreeti tells us that after an unhappy relationship in the City of Brass, she was tied to a bottle and sold to the family of the current Sultan. They then created a special relationship with her through various contracts, rituals, and wishes. Eventually, the part of the Plane of Fire that contained the mines where Küyler Satrab was located was cut off and turned into Jiese. After the death of the Chief Warden, a battle broke out for his successor. It was won by "the fool" Küyler, who was able to declare himself Sultan of Jiese. So yes, his tales of armies and followers were certainly true.</p><p></p><p>However, she herself wants nothing more than her freedom and the opportunity to travel the planes - which seems to be possible now. But we would have to free her first. In return, she would grant us three wishes. Like closing the portal or something. Since she hit a nerve with that, we take a closer look at the portal ourselves and find out that it could be closed. But not necessarily forever. Still we don't want to spend a wish on something so mundane, so 4we close it by hand and bury it under a pile of rubble thanks to the Royal earth shift.</p><p></p><p>We then explore the temple and free a group of lumberjacks who have been imprisoned in the Ziggurat by the Sultan. Then we turn our attention back to Lieshi, who, bit by bit, turns out not to be the nicest person in the planes. We think about her offer for a while and wonder if we really want to let her go, since she seems to enjoy corrupting wishes. But since she has no interest in Lanjyr and we can make good use of the wishes, we agree to her deal.</p><p></p><p>But before we finalize on our wishes, we use the opportunity to learn more about the planes from Lieshi, as she appears to be centuries old and have a bit of experience. We also learn from her that the Golden Legion and Egal the Shimmering are only one legion of many under the devil-prince Moloch, who in turn is primarily interested in material things. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, we must assume that the power of her wishes is limited (after all, she was - thankfully - unable to destroy Gabriel), so we refrain from making any wishes against Nicodemus or the Obscurati. Instead, we decide to play on her areas of expertise: </p><p>First, we wish for unrestricted access to the new magic, as she just demonstrated that she had quite the knack for magic.</p><p>Second, we wish for knowledge of what happened on Axis Island.</p><p>And third, we ask for all information about the planes, especially those to which our world is connected. After all, we don't want to make any mistakes when we perform the Axis ritual again.</p><p></p><p>Lieshi grins briefly as she is refreshed by the fact that we didn't really make any selfish or obnoxious wish. She duly fulfills all our wishes and then disappears somewhere in the planes. </p><p></p><p>In return, we learn that the ritual on Axis Island involves, among other things, petrified trees (like the one we found Avilona's amulet in), which are placed in cavities for the different aspects of the world and connected to symbols of the corresponding plane. To do this, however, a large golden seal representing Vona had to be lifted, which in turn required Borne. However, there were huge outbreaks of magic (which was probably normal) that even affected the Colossus. Mages had been sent to protect it, and had barricaded themselves in bunkers. But then there had been explosions, the mages had been killed, the magic had injured Borne, and the slab had collapsed on him. With the known consequences. So we assume that this is the part where the cultists of the Voice must have attacked the ritual. </p><p></p><p>As for the planes, we now understand that the milky “Gyre” we see in the heavens is a kind of disposal device for planes and planets that are no longer needed, which was about to swallow the ghost moon Baden. Because of our connection to Baden, our world (and possibly the other planets as well) is now in danger of ending up in the Gyre. In any case, we now have a comprehensive compendium of the planes and planar connections, and we agree to use it to make things right again.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(Tiz was pretty surprised by our mundane but yet clever wishes. First of all, we were pretty terrified of corrupted wishes, as we know that Tiz knows how to do that. And that he loves doing that. So we thought about stuff that would be useful and hard to corrupt. The first one was a no-brainer, as the lack of high-level magic was annoying, and having an advantage here might give us an edge over possible Obs spellcasters. The second and third one were a long-term investment, as we really want to avoid repeating the mistakes of the Obs. And knowledge is power in this regard. We also thought in hindsight, that knowledge about the Gyre and its nature might help us convince Nicodemus to work together in order to prevent the inevitable.)</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lylandra, post: 9236117, member: 6816692"] [B]Episode 59 [I]What you wish for[/I][/B] After our exchange with the Father of Thunder, we return to Bole to contact the new Chief Inspector of the RHC, Shaiaila Lundquist, and tell her about our disturbing news regarding the Voice of Rot cultists. We also explain that we want to take care of the Ash Wolf and the burning forests, and she tells us that the wolf has been seen near Muleshoe. She adds that the Titan is usually quite peaceful, and that the fires started before the Ash Wolf was first seen. We thank her for this info and muse that this could be an indication that someone had deliberately provoked the wolf's anger or tried to frame him as the culprit. We ask Ms. Lundquist to have her teams look for clues regarding the Voice in our absence as we prepare to move to Muleshoe. On our last night in Bole, we are unexpectedly visited by El Extrano, who "unsurprisingly" shares information with us about the global situation. The kobold is quite honest about the situation in Ber, saying that there is utter chaos and mayhem in some places and that the situation does not necessarily look like a new "golden age" for his nation. Besides, many would listen to the propaganda against Risur, even if he doesn't really know why. The Bruse has also been invited to a meeting in Cherage, so he is considering sending an emissary as to not upset Risur. Still Cavallo needs to know what the global players are up to in this new world. As we get that El Extrano is still being utterly honest with us, we agree to tell the kobold what really happened: that we suspect that the Obscurati ritual was sabotaged by conspirators among the conspirators (the Voice of Rot cultists), and that the whole of Ber is probably under some kind of mental influence thanks to the lighthouse fine-tuning effect. We stress out that we and all of Risur have no interest in a fight with Ber, but rather want to do some reconnaissance and maintain our good relations, so we would like to talk to Beran officials in the near future. El Extano seems both satisfied and “unsurprised” and he agrees to deliver our news to the Bruse. The next day we teleport to Muleshoe, from where we can already see the fierce forest fires. We learn from the militia that these fires are unusually hot and don't really suit the Ashen Wolf. We let a guide take us to the most recent of these fires and discover planar traces of Jiese in the fire, which also does not align with the magic of the Wolf. Just as we are about to investigate the origin of the fire, a huge wolf suddenly jumps between us, grabs our guide, bites him a few times and then throws him away in a high arc. We immediately assume that this must be the Forest Titan and call out to the Ashen wolf as it approaches again. The Wolf growls at us, but then ceases his attack as it looks like he... actually has a few things to discuss with us. “Deceitful humans, you have murdered my child! According to the old pacts, I demand compensation for my loss!” “My deepest condolences for your loss, oh Ashen Wolf!”, Gabriel calls out to the giant creature. “But I doubt that humans are responsible for this terrible deed. The people here are neither powerful nor stupid enough to take action against the Titan's children. They respect you, this much you know.” “But we have seen fires of unusual kind devastating the woodlands, so maybe someone is trying to frame both you and the woodcutters so we go at each other's throats?”, Auryn adds. We promise the wolf to look into the matter and ask him to let us see his child's body first so we may look for clues of the true murderer. The Wolf agrees to this suggestion, shatches us up, throws us into his fur and rides with us to his cave. There where we are greeted by a group of giant dire wolves who appear to be more of his children. The Ashen Wolf lets us slide down his back and then explains that he loves and cares for all his children, as he lost his mate in the last grand “world rearrangement”, and her children are all he has left of her. We examine the dead wolf and discover that his wounds must have been inflicted by an obsidian scimitar. Which, in turn, is absolutely not a Risuri weapon. Since there were also planar traces on the "extremely hot fire", we turn to the Wolf and ask him where the outlandish fire came from. “The temple of Av. Strange, isn't it? There have never been any fires in that temple.”, the Titan says. However, he also warns us that nightmarish monsters sometimes come out of the Dreaming from over there, and we suspect that there might be a leaky portal inside. We also realize that the Wolf, just like any Titan, is a being that exists both in the Dreaming and the Waking as a Titan and can probably give us more information than the rather simple Father of Thunder. So we ask him about the current state of the plane and learn that the Dreaming still exists, but it feels very far away. Also, there is no planar border anymore. We remember that Av didn't just disappear, but moved to a different place in the planar structure instead (that of the Plane of Death), and that Jiese is now in Av's place instead. This would very logically explain where the Jiese planar traces came from. But to our terror, this could also mean that some sort of planar invasion has already begun, as the “leaky” - or worse - open portal could now lead to Jiese. We thank the Wolf for this information and let him lead us to the vicinity of Av's Ziggurat. Just outside the old temple, we see evidence that our fears have probably come true, as a group of fire drakes are loitering in front of the entrance. Auryn tries to speak to them in their language, but they run back to their masters: salamanders, wielding obsidian falchions. Looks like we've found our potential killers. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](that was really pretty straightforward in comparison to the complicated plot that was the murder of Rock Rackus)[/COLOR] We get rid of the drakes that simply want to eat us for breakfast and then try to negotiate with the guards. They laugh at our puny attempts and brag that their noble kind serves a "master" they call "Sultan Küyler", while they seem to regard us as lesser beings. But hey, if we'd just submit to them, they'd maybe let us live as their slaves. Needless to say that we are not up to such shenanigans. We overpower the two guards easily and catch them in our Absurdist Web before venturing into the (brass-clad) Ziggurat. There we find more salamanders gathered around a vizier. We assume that this could be said Sultan Küyler, get rid of the guards and grab the fleeing vizier, who can't cast more powerful magic here, just like anyone else. A fact that seems to be quite terrorizing to the high salamander. After his capture, the Vizier is a bit more talkative and introduces himself as a servant of the great Sultan Küyler of Jiese. We ask him (rather politely, considering the circumstances) to speak to this Sultan, as the King of Risur himself has come to grant the newcomer an audience. The vizier sullenly leads us to the sultan's room, where Küyler is lazing around with two female salamanders. We pass by an efreeti, who mentally tells Gabriel that her name is Lieshi, and that she has absolutely no desire to serve Sultan "stinky beast" and see her bottle misused as a drinking vessel. Instead, she would be interested in his demise. Gabriel smirks briefly at her comments, and replies that he might come back to this later, depending on the circumstances. Unfortunately, the Sultan turns out to be not the brightest candle on the cake. So it takes King Gabriel quite a while to explain to the turbaned salamander with little going on beneath said turban that he is trespassing, tried to annex land that isn't his, and that his people have killed one of the inhabitants of his land. However, King Gabriel wants to be generous and offers the Sultan that Risur and Jiese could coexist peacefully and trade with each other if the salamanders play by the rules. The Sultan is obviously interested in trade relations, but will only put his expansion on hold for five years. At the same time, he seems to have little respect for the local people and still has his eye on Risur, so Gabriel bluntly tells him to pack his bags and return to the much more glorious Jiese. The Sultan, on the other hand, has had enough of the “local lord” and summons his Efreeti with her bottle. “Efreeti, I wish to make this creature disappear”, he says, pointing at Gabriel. Lieshi sighs and then casts a spell of destruction on the King, which fortunately fails, but leaves gushing wounds instead. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](this came... really abruptly. Totally plausible, but harsh as hell :D )[/COLOR] “If this is your answer... then negotiations are over.”, King Gabriel says dryly and immediately attacks the Sultan's guards while shrouding the room in silence to prevent further wishes. “Clever. And just like I told you. His demise would be most enjoyable.”, Lieshi says mentally. Auryn is not as calm as usual, however, as she just saw a very potent and destructive attempt on Gabriel's life. She gives Küyler a piercing death glare before she charges him directly. After dealing with Küyler's guards, Gabriel pursues the remaining viziers and follows them into a room containing a portal to Jiese. There, he deals with the remaining salamanders. Meanwhile, Küyler poses no threat to Auryn under the veil of silence. As the Sultan finally collapses under Auryn's furious, relentless blows, the bronze bottle of Lieshi rolls out of his hand. All of a sudden, the Sultan's concubines pounce on the object simultaneously. However, Auryn is able to knock them down and grab the bottle. The danger seems to be averted for now, and one by one we collect the salamanders to put them in the Absurdist Web. Gabriel ceases the zone of silence and we then turn to Lieshi and ask her how on earth she ended up in the Sultan's service. The Efreeti tells us that after an unhappy relationship in the City of Brass, she was tied to a bottle and sold to the family of the current Sultan. They then created a special relationship with her through various contracts, rituals, and wishes. Eventually, the part of the Plane of Fire that contained the mines where Küyler Satrab was located was cut off and turned into Jiese. After the death of the Chief Warden, a battle broke out for his successor. It was won by "the fool" Küyler, who was able to declare himself Sultan of Jiese. So yes, his tales of armies and followers were certainly true. However, she herself wants nothing more than her freedom and the opportunity to travel the planes - which seems to be possible now. But we would have to free her first. In return, she would grant us three wishes. Like closing the portal or something. Since she hit a nerve with that, we take a closer look at the portal ourselves and find out that it could be closed. But not necessarily forever. Still we don't want to spend a wish on something so mundane, so 4we close it by hand and bury it under a pile of rubble thanks to the Royal earth shift. We then explore the temple and free a group of lumberjacks who have been imprisoned in the Ziggurat by the Sultan. Then we turn our attention back to Lieshi, who, bit by bit, turns out not to be the nicest person in the planes. We think about her offer for a while and wonder if we really want to let her go, since she seems to enjoy corrupting wishes. But since she has no interest in Lanjyr and we can make good use of the wishes, we agree to her deal. But before we finalize on our wishes, we use the opportunity to learn more about the planes from Lieshi, as she appears to be centuries old and have a bit of experience. We also learn from her that the Golden Legion and Egal the Shimmering are only one legion of many under the devil-prince Moloch, who in turn is primarily interested in material things. Unfortunately, we must assume that the power of her wishes is limited (after all, she was - thankfully - unable to destroy Gabriel), so we refrain from making any wishes against Nicodemus or the Obscurati. Instead, we decide to play on her areas of expertise: First, we wish for unrestricted access to the new magic, as she just demonstrated that she had quite the knack for magic. Second, we wish for knowledge of what happened on Axis Island. And third, we ask for all information about the planes, especially those to which our world is connected. After all, we don't want to make any mistakes when we perform the Axis ritual again. Lieshi grins briefly as she is refreshed by the fact that we didn't really make any selfish or obnoxious wish. She duly fulfills all our wishes and then disappears somewhere in the planes. In return, we learn that the ritual on Axis Island involves, among other things, petrified trees (like the one we found Avilona's amulet in), which are placed in cavities for the different aspects of the world and connected to symbols of the corresponding plane. To do this, however, a large golden seal representing Vona had to be lifted, which in turn required Borne. However, there were huge outbreaks of magic (which was probably normal) that even affected the Colossus. Mages had been sent to protect it, and had barricaded themselves in bunkers. But then there had been explosions, the mages had been killed, the magic had injured Borne, and the slab had collapsed on him. With the known consequences. So we assume that this is the part where the cultists of the Voice must have attacked the ritual. As for the planes, we now understand that the milky “Gyre” we see in the heavens is a kind of disposal device for planes and planets that are no longer needed, which was about to swallow the ghost moon Baden. Because of our connection to Baden, our world (and possibly the other planets as well) is now in danger of ending up in the Gyre. In any case, we now have a comprehensive compendium of the planes and planar connections, and we agree to use it to make things right again. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)] (Tiz was pretty surprised by our mundane but yet clever wishes. First of all, we were pretty terrified of corrupted wishes, as we know that Tiz knows how to do that. And that he loves doing that. So we thought about stuff that would be useful and hard to corrupt. The first one was a no-brainer, as the lack of high-level magic was annoying, and having an advantage here might give us an edge over possible Obs spellcasters. The second and third one were a long-term investment, as we really want to avoid repeating the mistakes of the Obs. And knowledge is power in this regard. We also thought in hindsight, that knowledge about the Gyre and its nature might help us convince Nicodemus to work together in order to prevent the inevitable.)[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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