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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: 8280680" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>[Session 45 cont'd]</p><p>That evening, a page rushes in. “Lord Davion has appeared. He is injured, and he has another elf with him, and the Lieutenant of the Guard thinks that one is dying. He has asked for a member of the Court.”</p><p></p><p>We hurry to the teleport point. Lord Davion is with a tall, probably grey elf, who appears horribly burned. “The molydeus is vanquished, your grace, though I could not have done it alone. This is Lord Leansilas Talawar (“Crystal bough” Talawar, one of the 50 or so grey elves of Singing Leaves and Master of the Eagles of Singing Leaves), a grey elf of Singing Leaves. His ship is lost to him, his men are lost to him, and his place here is lost to him. He wanted to see those for whom he did this thing before he goes to the West.”</p><p></p><p>Alistair kneels beside him. “You can see only those who asked you to do these things, but those for whom he did these things are all the hundreds of thousands or millions of people throughout this continent who will be saved by him.”</p><p></p><p>He smiles painfully. “I can see by that response that it was well done. We pass to the West, one by one, and your people will stand when we have passed away. I can see that you will stand well.”</p><p></p><p>The priest reports to Dame Brionna that his healing cannot touch him at all.</p><p></p><p>Dame Brionna brings in some of the older half-elven and elven children who we rescued. He speaks to them in elven, and then says to Dame Brionna, “You understand.” And then his body dissolves into rainbows.</p><p></p><p>“It is banished. Its greatest servants are banished. Its lesser servants escaped to the countryside.”</p><p></p><p>“It was an ancient demon of Abyssal Knight rank. It had manifested physically on this plane.”</p><p></p><p>“Ah! Then it is not banished. It is destroyed entirely. That explains why it fought so vigorously to the end.”</p><p></p><p>I hope that we will not have to fight anything similar for at least a fortnight.</p><p></p><p>What I don’t understand is why it moved now…</p><p></p><p>Kit: Perhaps something about the moons or the stars?</p><p></p><p>Perhaps… there is a Greater Festival of Mists, and a combination of a full Silver Moon and a new Ruby Moon. But why would it move out into the open.</p><p></p><p>We post bounties on its lesser servants.</p><p></p><p>Reyn: Remember weeks ago, when you sent some people to deal with the shes and the young from the hordes that have been left behind. A group of people went north under an adventuring paladin. A rider brings her a report from an adventuring paladin. The encampment has been sacked, the elderly warriors defeated, and the women and young are fleeing from the Archduke’s justice. Brionna thanks them, but emphasizes that hostages would be highly useful.</p><p></p><p>Next morning!</p><p></p><p>3 Skard</p><p>Report from the boy: All the live things are gone. All the scary things are gone. All that’s left are trash and remnants and things like that. Oh, and some shiny things.</p><p></p><p><<What kind of shiny things?>></p><p></p><p><<Not money. He brought one back.>></p><p></p><p><<Show it to me.>></p><p></p><p><<See? Not money. Not made of gold or silver or something like that.>></p><p></p><p>It’s made of brass, with writing on it.</p><p></p><p>Kit mindlinks Alistair in. It’s Abyssal. Alistair copies it out, careful to not actually write out any of the characters fully, and sends it up to the coven for translation.</p><p></p><p>Lady Constance returns.</p><p></p><p>“Your grace. That is a soul coin. That piece of metal is worth one soul from the 203rd layer of the Abyss.”</p><p></p><p>Kit: What can we do with it?</p><p></p><p>“Well… I would suggest having as many of them as possible gathered and then have a priest of the Lord of Light obliterate them. That will free the souls from the Abyss.”</p><p></p><p>Kit: <<Gather up as many of them as possible.>></p><p></p><p>Are they safe?</p><p></p><p>“Often, there are poison coins among them. They would cause effects like rage, or greed, or other things to those who take them. Only the purest of heart are safe.”</p><p></p><p><<Do you have a place not in the house where you can keep them?>></p><p></p><p><<The pig sty.>></p><p></p><p>Don’t tell the local priest. We can’t let Duchess Brightspan intercept this.</p><p></p><p>We arrange for someone from the Archbishop to go and deal with it discreetly.</p><p></p><p>The weasels find and bring up 220 soul coins. They also find a coin of lust and a coin of murder, which have utterly no effect on the pig.</p><p></p><p>That day passes in peace.</p><p></p><p>Skard 4</p><p>Two priests from the archdiocese are teleported out to the hoard of soul coins. The priests hitch up their robes, gathered the coins (including the coin of lust and murder, which they are disciplined enough to resist), bless the house at the boy’s request (which his mom won’t believe), and then are teleported back.</p><p></p><p>Lady Constance asks a boon of the throne. I ask to be present for the destruction of these things. There is nothing more vile in the world. I know the temple will not welcome me, but I will stand in a corner while they are destroyed.</p><p></p><p>We ask the Archbishop to permit her to attend and she watches as every coin is destroyed.</p><p></p><p>Skard 5</p><p>The day commences normally, and then a report comes in to Brionna. A tired warrior reports. We have pursued the orks as far as we can. They have taken shelter with allied tribes. We captured a handful of their women and young.</p><p></p><p>Did any of the ones you captured have markings of rank?</p><p>One of the young ones. None of the others.</p><p></p><p>Have that one brought here. Deal with the others as appropriate. Don’t pursue further.</p><p></p><p>What of those we captured that are not of rank?</p><p>Deal with the others as appropriate.</p><p>[End session]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8280680, member: 7030144"] [Session 45 cont'd] That evening, a page rushes in. “Lord Davion has appeared. He is injured, and he has another elf with him, and the Lieutenant of the Guard thinks that one is dying. He has asked for a member of the Court.” We hurry to the teleport point. Lord Davion is with a tall, probably grey elf, who appears horribly burned. “The molydeus is vanquished, your grace, though I could not have done it alone. This is Lord Leansilas Talawar (“Crystal bough” Talawar, one of the 50 or so grey elves of Singing Leaves and Master of the Eagles of Singing Leaves), a grey elf of Singing Leaves. His ship is lost to him, his men are lost to him, and his place here is lost to him. He wanted to see those for whom he did this thing before he goes to the West.” Alistair kneels beside him. “You can see only those who asked you to do these things, but those for whom he did these things are all the hundreds of thousands or millions of people throughout this continent who will be saved by him.” He smiles painfully. “I can see by that response that it was well done. We pass to the West, one by one, and your people will stand when we have passed away. I can see that you will stand well.” The priest reports to Dame Brionna that his healing cannot touch him at all. Dame Brionna brings in some of the older half-elven and elven children who we rescued. He speaks to them in elven, and then says to Dame Brionna, “You understand.” And then his body dissolves into rainbows. “It is banished. Its greatest servants are banished. Its lesser servants escaped to the countryside.” “It was an ancient demon of Abyssal Knight rank. It had manifested physically on this plane.” “Ah! Then it is not banished. It is destroyed entirely. That explains why it fought so vigorously to the end.” I hope that we will not have to fight anything similar for at least a fortnight. What I don’t understand is why it moved now… Kit: Perhaps something about the moons or the stars? Perhaps… there is a Greater Festival of Mists, and a combination of a full Silver Moon and a new Ruby Moon. But why would it move out into the open. We post bounties on its lesser servants. Reyn: Remember weeks ago, when you sent some people to deal with the shes and the young from the hordes that have been left behind. A group of people went north under an adventuring paladin. A rider brings her a report from an adventuring paladin. The encampment has been sacked, the elderly warriors defeated, and the women and young are fleeing from the Archduke’s justice. Brionna thanks them, but emphasizes that hostages would be highly useful. Next morning! 3 Skard Report from the boy: All the live things are gone. All the scary things are gone. All that’s left are trash and remnants and things like that. Oh, and some shiny things. <<What kind of shiny things?>> <<Not money. He brought one back.>> <<Show it to me.>> <<See? Not money. Not made of gold or silver or something like that.>> It’s made of brass, with writing on it. Kit mindlinks Alistair in. It’s Abyssal. Alistair copies it out, careful to not actually write out any of the characters fully, and sends it up to the coven for translation. Lady Constance returns. “Your grace. That is a soul coin. That piece of metal is worth one soul from the 203rd layer of the Abyss.” Kit: What can we do with it? “Well… I would suggest having as many of them as possible gathered and then have a priest of the Lord of Light obliterate them. That will free the souls from the Abyss.” Kit: <<Gather up as many of them as possible.>> Are they safe? “Often, there are poison coins among them. They would cause effects like rage, or greed, or other things to those who take them. Only the purest of heart are safe.” <<Do you have a place not in the house where you can keep them?>> <<The pig sty.>> Don’t tell the local priest. We can’t let Duchess Brightspan intercept this. We arrange for someone from the Archbishop to go and deal with it discreetly. The weasels find and bring up 220 soul coins. They also find a coin of lust and a coin of murder, which have utterly no effect on the pig. That day passes in peace. Skard 4 Two priests from the archdiocese are teleported out to the hoard of soul coins. The priests hitch up their robes, gathered the coins (including the coin of lust and murder, which they are disciplined enough to resist), bless the house at the boy’s request (which his mom won’t believe), and then are teleported back. Lady Constance asks a boon of the throne. I ask to be present for the destruction of these things. There is nothing more vile in the world. I know the temple will not welcome me, but I will stand in a corner while they are destroyed. We ask the Archbishop to permit her to attend and she watches as every coin is destroyed. Skard 5 The day commences normally, and then a report comes in to Brionna. A tired warrior reports. We have pursued the orks as far as we can. They have taken shelter with allied tribes. We captured a handful of their women and young. Did any of the ones you captured have markings of rank? One of the young ones. None of the others. Have that one brought here. Deal with the others as appropriate. Don’t pursue further. What of those we captured that are not of rank? Deal with the others as appropriate. [End session] [/QUOTE]
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