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Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)
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<blockquote data-quote="CPaladin" data-source="post: 8798613" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>Session 131 (June 9, 2021)</p><p></p><p>Early morning on Ke-Ras 19</p><p></p><p>Kit is awoken in the wee hours of the morning with an urgent message. [Attached] She nudges Alistair awake and then they walk into the council chamber and send for Dame Brionna.</p><p></p><p>An elven sloop, of darkest crystal, slipped into Canberry airspace and dropped two elven glidewings which dropped into the countryside about a day’s march southwest of the capital. They call for Lord Silverleaves.</p><p></p><p>Brionna also receives a message, delivered by a skaven messenger. [Attached]. Benjamin, a second cousin of Dame Brionna, has been kidnapped from where he was with the skaven by a pale skinned and more powerful illithid and a very pale Shadow Elf. The council expects that they intend to embed another demon thing in him, and then send him back to Brionna.</p><p></p><p>Lord Silverleaves says the ship must be Moriquendarim—only they use dark crystal. He offers to seek the voller. He also says that the glidewings could carry up to 150 pounds each. Historically, they were used to deploy elite troops behind enemy lines. He reaches out and finds the voller, which is crewed primarily by humans, which is unthinkable.</p><p></p><p>(Realizing that that’s the direction of the Tor, Alistair goes to talk to the fairy godmother of the children to warn the Tor. She notifies them immediately.)</p><p></p><p>Dame Brionna asks, “Are they voluntary?”</p><p></p><p>“I can check.” He is shocked. “The humans are completely controlled, no volition of their own, from a far distance. They are like a hive mind. Surely coercion of an extreme variety, but not even our cousins would do such things. The handful of drow are not under control, but have shielded minds. Also, the sloop has stealth protections that make it very hard to notice. It would be almost invisible.”</p><p></p><p>He then begins searching for the cargos.</p><p></p><p>The council discusses, and then concludes that they can’t possibly ask Singing Leaves [because of the hazards of elves fighting cadet house drow--it could restart the Kinslaying] but they could ask House Curinirim.</p><p></p><p>Alistair calls Princess Curinirim’s duty psion through a human farsensor. Alistair flatters them a lot and asks them to help, telling them what Canberry knows. He asks if they can deal with this, and perhaps free the humans. Princess Curinirim’s mechanic assures Alistair that the Princess’s general will launch a man-of-war to intercept. A sloop is faster than a man-of-war, but the angle—and the fact that they don’t appear to expect trouble—may allow them to intercept. He also tells Alistair that Quinliart did not have a sloop.</p><p></p><p>The council plans for Benjamin to be diverted to a townhouse owned by Dame Brionna so he thinks he’s getting taken in, but can then be treated by a redactor. Dame Brionna doesn’t have a townhouse, so Alistair gives her one.</p><p></p><p>Then Alistair and Kit go back to sleep.</p><p></p><p>That morning, Lord Silverleaves reports that he has found the glidewings. Both are of Noldar make, and both have sigils of concealment—they were found more by their absence. They are concealed in the outhouses. The local farmers were knocked unconscious and tied up, and then the elves(?) left some hours ago. One of the glidewings carried goods, at least in part.</p><p></p><p>Kit sends her people to rescue them and find out what they know.</p><p></p><p>Dame Brionna talks to the skaven messenger, “Runrunrun,” who traveled for 9 sundowns to deliver the message. They are very angry that Benjamin was taken—he was a fine smith.</p><p></p><p>Lord Silverleaves then finds Benjamin. “He approaches the city. He is not himself. He is resisting it, in fact, but it compels him onward. It was not embedded well—it is as if they were hurried. He must have come on one of the glidewings, but I think that there must have been another person as well.”</p><p></p><p>The council checks that knocking him out and then having a redactor remove the demon should work. Lord Silverleaves agrees that it should. He also suggests having a coercer present, so that we may be able to learn from it.</p><p></p><p>Lord Silverleaves reports that Benjamin has been laced with a thin layer of eldritch material; if it came into contact with orichalcum, there would be a substantial explosion, large enough to kill and destroy several blocks of common housing.</p><p></p><p>They send the Minister of the Mind, as he is a grandmaster redactor, the best coercer they have, and the Sixth Daughter to take Benjamin by surprise and knock him out.</p><p>[cont'd]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8798613, member: 7030144"] Session 131 (June 9, 2021) Early morning on Ke-Ras 19 Kit is awoken in the wee hours of the morning with an urgent message. [Attached] She nudges Alistair awake and then they walk into the council chamber and send for Dame Brionna. An elven sloop, of darkest crystal, slipped into Canberry airspace and dropped two elven glidewings which dropped into the countryside about a day’s march southwest of the capital. They call for Lord Silverleaves. Brionna also receives a message, delivered by a skaven messenger. [Attached]. Benjamin, a second cousin of Dame Brionna, has been kidnapped from where he was with the skaven by a pale skinned and more powerful illithid and a very pale Shadow Elf. The council expects that they intend to embed another demon thing in him, and then send him back to Brionna. Lord Silverleaves says the ship must be Moriquendarim—only they use dark crystal. He offers to seek the voller. He also says that the glidewings could carry up to 150 pounds each. Historically, they were used to deploy elite troops behind enemy lines. He reaches out and finds the voller, which is crewed primarily by humans, which is unthinkable. (Realizing that that’s the direction of the Tor, Alistair goes to talk to the fairy godmother of the children to warn the Tor. She notifies them immediately.) Dame Brionna asks, “Are they voluntary?” “I can check.” He is shocked. “The humans are completely controlled, no volition of their own, from a far distance. They are like a hive mind. Surely coercion of an extreme variety, but not even our cousins would do such things. The handful of drow are not under control, but have shielded minds. Also, the sloop has stealth protections that make it very hard to notice. It would be almost invisible.” He then begins searching for the cargos. The council discusses, and then concludes that they can’t possibly ask Singing Leaves [because of the hazards of elves fighting cadet house drow--it could restart the Kinslaying] but they could ask House Curinirim. Alistair calls Princess Curinirim’s duty psion through a human farsensor. Alistair flatters them a lot and asks them to help, telling them what Canberry knows. He asks if they can deal with this, and perhaps free the humans. Princess Curinirim’s mechanic assures Alistair that the Princess’s general will launch a man-of-war to intercept. A sloop is faster than a man-of-war, but the angle—and the fact that they don’t appear to expect trouble—may allow them to intercept. He also tells Alistair that Quinliart did not have a sloop. The council plans for Benjamin to be diverted to a townhouse owned by Dame Brionna so he thinks he’s getting taken in, but can then be treated by a redactor. Dame Brionna doesn’t have a townhouse, so Alistair gives her one. Then Alistair and Kit go back to sleep. That morning, Lord Silverleaves reports that he has found the glidewings. Both are of Noldar make, and both have sigils of concealment—they were found more by their absence. They are concealed in the outhouses. The local farmers were knocked unconscious and tied up, and then the elves(?) left some hours ago. One of the glidewings carried goods, at least in part. Kit sends her people to rescue them and find out what they know. Dame Brionna talks to the skaven messenger, “Runrunrun,” who traveled for 9 sundowns to deliver the message. They are very angry that Benjamin was taken—he was a fine smith. Lord Silverleaves then finds Benjamin. “He approaches the city. He is not himself. He is resisting it, in fact, but it compels him onward. It was not embedded well—it is as if they were hurried. He must have come on one of the glidewings, but I think that there must have been another person as well.” The council checks that knocking him out and then having a redactor remove the demon should work. Lord Silverleaves agrees that it should. He also suggests having a coercer present, so that we may be able to learn from it. Lord Silverleaves reports that Benjamin has been laced with a thin layer of eldritch material; if it came into contact with orichalcum, there would be a substantial explosion, large enough to kill and destroy several blocks of common housing. They send the Minister of the Mind, as he is a grandmaster redactor, the best coercer they have, and the Sixth Daughter to take Benjamin by surprise and knock him out. [cont'd] [/QUOTE]
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