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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3652791" data-attributes="member: 3448">A few minutes later, the Eldar Farsensor walked into the room and bowed politely.  “You said you had something you wished me to examine?  Ah… I see.  Yes, that would be worth bringing to me.”  He crouched near the circle of crystals.  “You will have figured out that it is a teleport circle, I expect.”“Yes,” answered Kit.  “We’ve recently found out that there are several throughout the palace.”“Indeed?  Interesting.  The worksmanship on this is quite impressive.  Gray elf work, I should say, or perhaps twilight elf.”“Twilight elf, your lordship?” asked Alistair.“The Noldar equivalent of the gray elves.  They rank above the shadow elves and below only the Noldar and the half-Noldar in the hierarchy of the Fallen.  But as I was saying, the teleport circle is nice work, although the wards block it completely at present.  It teleports any who use it to oneof several preset locations.  The crystals also recharge themselves over time, but they will only permit twelve people to use it within any given twenty-four hour period.”“What happens if an additional person tries to use it?” asked Dame Brionna.“Oh, that would not be wise at all.  It shunts the thirteenth person off plane, although it is not clear to where without further study.  Moreover, it drains the life energy of the additional people to power the plane shift, leaving them in a weakened state when they arrive.  I would say that it was a deliberately designed feature, to render pursuit difficult for all but the most powerful.“The most interesting thing about the design, however, is the rune work.  If you observe, there are two distinct sets of runes.  These are standard runes, in the eldar style, although as I said, the work is of high but not eldar quality.  But then there is this second set of runes, which do not appear elven at all.  I should say they were human runes-- from a very old human language, but human nonetheless.”“Could those runes be in the ancient language of Shur?” asked Alistair.The eldar stared at the runes a moment longer.  “They could be… It could be that this is actually… Wise of you to block that.  There may be a small psionic ability tied in to the teleport ability, bleeding away so little energy as to have no effect on the principal psionic construct.  Nonetheless, that small amount of energy could allow eavesdropping.  The wards will have blocked that, of course.”“Can you tell where the eavesdropper is?”  asked Kit.“Not based on a cursory examination.”  The Eldar turned to Alistair.  “If you remove the wards over it, I will disassemble the additional effect and determine the other point to which it is connected.”“Thank you.”  Alistair gestured and the gray mist blew away from the ring.The Eldar knelt into a meditative posture.  A small dome appeared around him.  A sign then appeared, saying “I will be back in 1-3 hours.”</blockquote>

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