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    Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)

    [Session 78, cont'd] (Kit pauses to consult with the rest of the Council. Alistair checks Canberry's map of the Underdark, and finds that there are reaches of the upper Underdark that at least go close. Kit plans on reaching out to her agent to try to find the younger sister, and also to find...
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    Aphonion Tales: Adventures in the Spice Lands and the War in Hanal, a tween and teen D&D game (edited notes, posts Tuesdays, most recent 3/7/23)

    Session 34 (November 14, 2021) 20 Tar-Chund (Lammes) The group discusses the fact that it would take approximately two months (55 days) to travel across the Sunken Lands to reach the rock that carved out the Sunken Lands. Noah makes some oblique invocations of Whimsey asking that they be...
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    Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)

    Session 78 (March 17, 2016) Tar-Skard 18 Dame Brionna meets with Father Waters after morning services. “I… I… I fear, Father Waters, that I am guilty of the sin of pride. There have been a number of occasions recently where I have been faced with a combat that I knew was beyond my fighting...
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    Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)

    [Session 77, cont'd] "We should check the repository. We never gave it much mind. We must mourn our dead—we lost dozens. And with roughly 15,000 Hanalians leaving the field…" "Your majesty, is there a way to warn the Ecumenical Council of this?" "The Overqueen maintains a Star Priestess of the...
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    Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)

    Session 77 (February 25, 2016) Tar-Skard 18 (during the night before dawn on the 18th) Dame Brionna is awoken in the night by a gray elf messenger, who asks her to accompany him to observe a battle near the City of Chimes. The Council agrees of course, and she takes a standard investigatory...
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    Aphonion Tales: Ravenskrag and the Shadowline, a preteen D&D game (lightly edited notes, COMPLETED on 1/20/23)

    Session 32 (July 10, 2021) 10 Ghast They have 7 more days of travel to get to Ravenskrag. The next several days of travel pass uneventfully. 15 Ghast In the morning, Merreep notices a bright light, near to the ground, slowly coming closer. It’s in the west, so clearly not the Sun, and not a...
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    Aphonion Tales: Adventures in the Spice Lands and the War in Hanal, a tween and teen D&D game (edited notes, posts Tuesdays, most recent 3/7/23)

    Session 33 (October 17, 2021) 19 Tar-Chund As they head to the Hanalian refugee encampment, Noah asks the satyr leading them who is in charge, so they might be able to set up embassies. The satyr is confused by the whole concept and says that they don’t need to talk with anyone. Noah also...
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    Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)

    [session 76, cont'd] The Council calls in Dame Brionna’s sister, who has some expertise and responsibility in these matters. "Do you know a Baron Werner?" "Yes, a young man. He has fallen head-over-heals to a young woman attached to the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Life; she’s head-over-heals...
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    Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)

    Session 76 (October 27, 2015) 17 Tar-Skard The Council asks about whether to ask for Curinirim’s help with a grandmaster coercer, whether to hire an illithid, whether to hire a Zaplona-Argoni coercer. The Council talks with Lady Constance. She asks whether it was a single aboleth. "To affect...
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    Aphonion Tales: Ravenskrag and the Shadowline, a preteen D&D game (lightly edited notes, COMPLETED on 1/20/23)

    Session 31 (June 26, 2021) 20 O-Zar The group discusses what to do next. Runor and Merreep want to travel back to recover their owlbear. They also confirm that the eagle they freed and befriended is still with them, and check in on the quasit they have partially reformed—who is still sleeping...
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    Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)

    [Session 75, cont'd] The Council sends for Duchess Emma, to discuss her prophecy. She leaves her guard behind and then approaches. She is a striking young woman, in the way that a deadly viper is striking. Armored, elegant, but somehow not appealing. "I have always had the sight. It takes me at...
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    Aphonion Tales: Adventures in the Spice Lands and the War in Hanal, a tween and teen D&D game (edited notes, posts Tuesdays, most recent 3/7/23)

    Session 32 (October 3, 2021) 6 Tar-Chund They plan for the interrogation of the doppelgangers. Noah will be good cop, Elyn bad, and Iados will pretend to be a secret infiltrator serving the Queen-Empress. Sr. Agnes casts zone of truth. They both fail. “What are your names, you two?”...
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    Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)

    Session 75 (September 24, 2015) Tar Skard 15 Kit touches base with her agent in the City of Life. The agent spoke with a captain of the guard; while most are simply being held at this time, two of the eldest have been taken away from ordinary captivity and have not been seen again. And papers...
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    Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)

    [session 74, cont'd] Shortly after noon, Kit gets an incredibly urgent feeling. Kit thought the node was dead, but it is pulsing enormously insistently. <<Emergency report to the Mouth. Oh, thank the Light. All hell has broken loose in the City of Life. Suddenly, a few hours ago at most, the...
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    Aphonion Tales: Ravenskrag and the Shadowline, a preteen D&D game (lightly edited notes, COMPLETED on 1/20/23)

    Session 30 (June 12, 2021) 17 O-Zar The next couple of days pass uneventfully, with training and other routine duties. Evening of 19 O-Zar They are summoned by Sir Clarence’s personal captain about 2 hours before the dinner. His office is surprisingly opulent. “Sergeant Brunnhilde, you are...
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    Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)

    Session 74 (August 27, 2015) Tar Skard 15 The Council discusses the report from Victor Clutterbuck [attached]. They talk about resettling people over there. Dame Brionna raises the question of whether there was slave taking. Kit plans on reaching out to some of her people embedded over there...
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    Aphonion Tales: Adventures in the Spice Lands and the War in Hanal, a tween and teen D&D game (edited notes, posts Tuesdays, most recent 3/7/23)

    Session 31 (September 19, 2021) 16 Chund Noah gives the rest of the group armor with Hanalian symbology on it, and encourages them to wear it while representing Princess Anastasia. The rest of the group largely agrees. Noah also suggests using magic of Whimsey to disrupt their enemies. The...
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    Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)

    Session 73 (March 24, 2015) The Minister of Magic, the Grandmaster Farsensor, and several underlings of the Minister of Magic assist with preparing the ritual. A gallery has been set up to observe the ritually prepared space. The Council makes sure that the people in the galleries have all been...
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    Aphonion Tales: Ravenskrag and the Shadowline, a preteen D&D game (lightly edited notes, COMPLETED on 1/20/23)

    Session 29 (May 29, 2021) 16 O-Zar (cont’d) They head to the palace from their meeting with the Bishop. The guards recognize them, and they are immediately taken to the Dogaressa. “Hail and welcome back. What news?” Runor says, “We think there may be a demon pretending to be human, and...
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    Aphonion Tales: Adventures in the Spice Lands and the War in Hanal, a tween and teen D&D game (edited notes, posts Tuesdays, most recent 3/7/23)

    Session 30 (September 5, 2021) 15 Chund Noah attends court. There is a fair amount of coming and going, mostly of representatives of other countries who are concerned about the possible fate of Hanal. Noah addresses the Princess and tells her that they had previously been doing mercenary work...
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