Edena_of_Neith said:
TO LICHTENHART
Krysophrenos the Gold Dragon is being approached discreetly by several nations and peoples who realize the winds of change are in the air, and feel something must be done.
The Faerie of Faerun (PL 10) offer their sponsorship.
The Metallic Dragons of Faerun (PL 3 because of almost non-existent cohesion) offer sponsorship (these dragons, in demihuman or dragonform, are spread all over the continent) offer their sponsorship.
The Gem Dragons of Faerun (PL 3 for the same reasons) offer their sponsorship.
The Church of Torm the True (PL 3) offers it's support.
The Church of Helm the Watcher (PL 3) offers it's support.
Luruar (PL 3) offers it's support and sponsorship.
Cormyr (PL 4) offers it's support.
Rashemen (PL 7) offers it's support.
The Denizens of the High Forest (PL 3) offer their support.
And finally, the secret (and it IS a secret) elven Flying City in Ardeep Forest (PL 7) offers it's support.
They all have one thing in common: they want Krysophrenos to be a voice of reason and a voice of caution to the peoples of Faerun.
They are not opposed to change, but they believe a strong voice of warning and caution is needed: the dangers of catastrophic change, war, and destruction are imminently possible.
For example, state the Faerie, look at Netheril: too much knowledge, too quickly, and it's misuse led to the destruction of the Weave.
The Crown Wars saw the destruction of entire regions, and the creation of the Drow.
When a dragon is killed - any dragon, even an evil dragon - that takes a vast amount of energy out of the Weave permanently, weakening the Weave and draining life from the world forever. Or so state the dragons.
High Magic would not be drained away like it is, were it not for the Sundering, which the elves in their foolishness used to create Evermeet, and which almost destroyed the world.
Krysophrenos invites everyone of his potential sponsors to his lair, where the Tomes of the Encyclopaedia are being carefully and lovingly edited, to explain them his project.
"I called you here because I wanted to be absolutely sincere to you." says the dragon in his natural form, at the center of a vaste hall. The Encyclopaedia and the Gazette are labors of love and devotion by me and a team of wonderous collaborators.
The Encyclopaedia is meant to offer knowledge and a significative way to improve their life to the people that were formerly prevented from accessing it. It deals about facts, pure and unbiased, but also respect for everyone touched by those facts.
I did not think about the Gazette at first, but it soon became clear that the Encyclopaedia and the Gazette serve the same purpose.
The gazette wants to be a mean to deliver this knowledge in a faster way, to introduce its reader to a bigger world than that they could normally see, and in a way to show them their not alone facing their difficulties, and to carry their request for help farther, when they may be heard.
Both aren't and will never be a mean to spread lies, or to gain power over people thank to their trust.
The easy access to knowledge has destabilized the world we're lived in so far. I do not see where it will bring us, but I do wish to protect the population from its eccesses and its inconsiderate abuse. But I cannot do it alone.
Someone already came here, into this very all and attented to my life, because I wish to speak the truth. I need your support, but only if you understand and support my vision of the Encyclopaedia and the Gazette. Now that you know, Do you still wish to sponsor me?"