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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: 8459710" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>Session 74 (August 27, 2015)</p><p></p><p>Tar Skard 15</p><p>The Council discusses the report from Victor Clutterbuck [attached]. They talk about resettling people over there.</p><p></p><p>Dame Brionna raises the question of whether there was slave taking.</p><p></p><p>Kit plans on reaching out to some of her people embedded over there; none of them are on the fan, but… She plans on reaching out through her farsensor, checking the demographics of the people who died, whether there were particularly targeted groups (elves, halflings), whether there was any sign of slave taking, whether there was any evidence of ritualism (e.g. targets selected for ritual reasons, etc.).</p><p></p><p>There were three embedded agents. The farsensor checks whether each survived. One of them did, but two of them did not.</p><p></p><p>"Was anyone taken prisoner?"</p><p></p><p>"A very few, and our village withstood them—we had strong walls and a knight with us. They seemed to take the fey touched. They also took a couple of young men, particularly those who fought particularly well. Not many. Everyone else they killed, even the little children. No one does that, you know. And burned every bit of food they could reach that they couldn’t carry."</p><p></p><p>"Can you tell me which settlements got hit?"</p><p></p><p>"In this area. I don’t travel far from my ma and da. Our lord out here, he didn’t do so good. Otherwise, they couldn’t have taken this all or killed so many."</p><p></p><p>"Did you see anything of what your lord was doing? Did you see his men?"</p><p></p><p>"No, Sir Darben was here, and his friend who throws fire out of his fingers and lightning out of his ears. We were near to the woods. My ma said that, that she always warned us, that the goblins would come... but not like this, not all organized like this..."</p><p></p><p>The Council discusses how to find and recover the feytouched. Their main thought is that they should talk to the fey. They invite their fey visitor to meet Alistair at the tree.</p><p></p><p>"From the time of the division of our cousins the elves, all of us knew that you would come. It was inevitable—the Creator foresaw it. You do not do well dwelling in mountains and hills and up in trees. You need structures. You do not know what it is to remember everything that has been. So it was thought that a place would be built, a beginning, and some of our cousins would stay there until you came there. But then the Kinslaying came, and that was not foreseen, because it was the work of the Corrupter. And this place was divided against itself, and only the caretakers remained. But then your people arose, and it was quaint. There had to be a strong house, a strong place, a strong base for one of the young gods, such as they are. And the Queen of Singing Leaves and the Tor that is here think that you still bear that blessing."</p><p></p><p>Alistair replies, "And so when you call me structure builder, you mean in that sense—continuing to build that house, that strong place."</p><p></p><p>"That’s exactly right. Your people do many things that are anathema to us. But your house must be strong, or when the prophesied darkness comes, all will be lost."</p><p></p><p>They then ask him about finding the feytouched, and he says he will, but needs to not be in touch with the earth or anything from it.</p><p></p><p>The Council takes him aloft in a voller. He just stands there for about two hours.</p><p></p><p>"They have taken seven prisoners, 4 male, 3 female, all at or just below the age of menarche. They have handed the children to a flying column (not literally) of Chulic mercenaries, about 200. They are desperate people, who come through in small numbers to this plane; bribe them instead of fighting them.</p><p></p><p>"They come through in small numbers in the valley of the dispossessed, and then they spread out. Their males are only trained in war. They have few females or children, but desperately seek homes for those females and children. They come with weapons and armor almost worn to the point of being useless. Hanal has hired several bands; one has even risen to Chuktar.</p><p></p><p>"If you fight them, and they are losing, honor will demand that they kill the prisoners."</p><p></p><p>The fey then awakens the voller, restores it to life. Its hit points double, and there will later be added armor.</p><p>[cont'd]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8459710, member: 7030144"] 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; none of them are on the fan, but… She plans on reaching out through her farsensor, checking the demographics of the people who died, whether there were particularly targeted groups (elves, halflings), whether there was any sign of slave taking, whether there was any evidence of ritualism (e.g. targets selected for ritual reasons, etc.). There were three embedded agents. The farsensor checks whether each survived. One of them did, but two of them did not. "Was anyone taken prisoner?" "A very few, and our village withstood them—we had strong walls and a knight with us. They seemed to take the fey touched. They also took a couple of young men, particularly those who fought particularly well. Not many. Everyone else they killed, even the little children. No one does that, you know. And burned every bit of food they could reach that they couldn’t carry." "Can you tell me which settlements got hit?" "In this area. I don’t travel far from my ma and da. Our lord out here, he didn’t do so good. Otherwise, they couldn’t have taken this all or killed so many." "Did you see anything of what your lord was doing? Did you see his men?" "No, Sir Darben was here, and his friend who throws fire out of his fingers and lightning out of his ears. We were near to the woods. My ma said that, that she always warned us, that the goblins would come... but not like this, not all organized like this..." The Council discusses how to find and recover the feytouched. Their main thought is that they should talk to the fey. They invite their fey visitor to meet Alistair at the tree. "From the time of the division of our cousins the elves, all of us knew that you would come. It was inevitable—the Creator foresaw it. You do not do well dwelling in mountains and hills and up in trees. You need structures. You do not know what it is to remember everything that has been. So it was thought that a place would be built, a beginning, and some of our cousins would stay there until you came there. But then the Kinslaying came, and that was not foreseen, because it was the work of the Corrupter. And this place was divided against itself, and only the caretakers remained. But then your people arose, and it was quaint. There had to be a strong house, a strong place, a strong base for one of the young gods, such as they are. And the Queen of Singing Leaves and the Tor that is here think that you still bear that blessing." Alistair replies, "And so when you call me structure builder, you mean in that sense—continuing to build that house, that strong place." "That’s exactly right. Your people do many things that are anathema to us. But your house must be strong, or when the prophesied darkness comes, all will be lost." They then ask him about finding the feytouched, and he says he will, but needs to not be in touch with the earth or anything from it. The Council takes him aloft in a voller. He just stands there for about two hours. "They have taken seven prisoners, 4 male, 3 female, all at or just below the age of menarche. They have handed the children to a flying column (not literally) of Chulic mercenaries, about 200. They are desperate people, who come through in small numbers to this plane; bribe them instead of fighting them. "They come through in small numbers in the valley of the dispossessed, and then they spread out. Their males are only trained in war. They have few females or children, but desperately seek homes for those females and children. They come with weapons and armor almost worn to the point of being useless. Hanal has hired several bands; one has even risen to Chuktar. "If you fight them, and they are losing, honor will demand that they kill the prisoners." The fey then awakens the voller, restores it to life. Its hit points double, and there will later be added armor. [cont'd] [/QUOTE]
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