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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: 8526090" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>[Session 86, cont'd]</p><p>The Archbishop says that Alistair should intend the good of the refugees who have been driven from their lands by the evil that stalks them. It will be assumed to be a reference to the refugees he assists, but it will also be seen as a criticism of the lack of action in Khamista.</p><p></p><p>The main bastion on the east coast of Khamista until the Day of the Dead was an elven wood just south of Krashmere. That elven wood fell on the Day of the Dead. The forces that took the wood swept south, crushed the dozen of human kingdoms (some Glor’diadelian, some Paranswarmian, and some devotees of Balanzar). An elven prince retook the woods, reestablished it as the Woods of Hope. But nothing was done for the humans; so the Patriarch sent the Order of Misty Dawn to stabilize the situation. But the OMD is an order of paladins, and has insufficient numbers to truly resolve the situation. A more military Patriarch would have declared a crusade, and then many of the young men of many of the nations would join the crusade seeking to gain land through it, and they would be rewarded for it.</p><p></p><p>They conclude that they should get the Patriarch to appoint the Duke Mortorose as the King of the eastern refugees.</p><p></p><p>The Council asks the Underminister of Protocol to speak with us to ask some questions about the visit.</p><p></p><p>She confirms that the Queen should not attend, as she is not yet formally a consort, her lands are not formally part of Canberry, and it would be another sovereign attending.</p><p></p><p>"The Patriarch is fond of well-prepared simple foods; he is the first Patriarch in hundreds of years who is not from a noble family, at least not officially. He was heavily favored by the Mages of Northern Aurelian, as well as by several of the spice families in Southern Drucien, but his strongest support came from the Kingdom of Ravenclaw in Zest’Qua. Lady Meredith the Dazzling was a strong supporter of his because she admired his concern for the poor. He does not prefer extremely ostentatious displays; he serves fine wines, but drinks only freshly pressed juice and tea. The rumors say that when he was young he drank tesh, so I would expect that flower teas are acceptable."</p><p></p><p>"What should I say that my position is?" asks Kit.</p><p></p><p>"You are a member of the Privy Council—that will be sufficient in the Ecclesiastical Court."</p><p></p><p>Grandmaster Farsensor visits us. He tells us that that means there must be Nyluthia, because they would need a psionically active creature to bond it to the Seen Unseen. "There are never many—they take too much energy. It won’t be near holy items—they are more susceptible. I will also speak to the Council of the Overqueen—they should send someone down. There may even be a hunt—perhaps a hunt of 13 or 16. Killing a Nyluthia will not be unobtrusive."</p><p></p><p>Grandmaster Farsensor plans on bringing the crystal here, and then seeing about what its guardian is and how to deal with it. It should not be brought to the Holy See.</p><p></p><p>"When the crystal is apported in, a creature will appear. You should attack it. I’ll deal with the wards, and then when the wards are contained, we’ll finish it together." The crystal appears in his hand, and then an explosion begins and is crushed back in. Then a creature that looks like a combination demon-illithid appears. The knight fights it for a bit, then the Grandmaster joins in and dispatches it. The Grandmaster then starts reading the crystal, which almost immediately dissolves in purple light. “It isn’t her nyluthia. It is the One Other. I can tell you the knowledge that it gained, but also that that knowledge was not passed on. It was gathering all the information it could on present negotiations between all the faiths. It was paying particular attention to what the ambassador of Glor’diadel thinks of the ambassador of Sytry. He finds him to be arrogant, supercilious, and a false servant of the light, although of course he would never say that.”</p><p></p><p>The Council warns the Grandmaster Farsensor that the Overqueen must make sure that the hunt has an awareness of the political situation; were the Nyluthia to be in the Embassy of Sytry, for example, an open strike could be very politically awkward. "She must then not send her champion, who is a First Comer with a poor understanding of human expectations."</p><p></p><p>She sends her nephew instead as the head of the hunt, leading 13 chivalry, with an understanding that they must not transgress the human temples or treat humans as simple collateral damage. Also, she says that the cult of Arthranax must be rooted out root and branch.</p><p>[End session 86]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8526090, member: 7030144"] [Session 86, cont'd] The Archbishop says that Alistair should intend the good of the refugees who have been driven from their lands by the evil that stalks them. It will be assumed to be a reference to the refugees he assists, but it will also be seen as a criticism of the lack of action in Khamista. The main bastion on the east coast of Khamista until the Day of the Dead was an elven wood just south of Krashmere. That elven wood fell on the Day of the Dead. The forces that took the wood swept south, crushed the dozen of human kingdoms (some Glor’diadelian, some Paranswarmian, and some devotees of Balanzar). An elven prince retook the woods, reestablished it as the Woods of Hope. But nothing was done for the humans; so the Patriarch sent the Order of Misty Dawn to stabilize the situation. But the OMD is an order of paladins, and has insufficient numbers to truly resolve the situation. A more military Patriarch would have declared a crusade, and then many of the young men of many of the nations would join the crusade seeking to gain land through it, and they would be rewarded for it. They conclude that they should get the Patriarch to appoint the Duke Mortorose as the King of the eastern refugees. The Council asks the Underminister of Protocol to speak with us to ask some questions about the visit. She confirms that the Queen should not attend, as she is not yet formally a consort, her lands are not formally part of Canberry, and it would be another sovereign attending. "The Patriarch is fond of well-prepared simple foods; he is the first Patriarch in hundreds of years who is not from a noble family, at least not officially. He was heavily favored by the Mages of Northern Aurelian, as well as by several of the spice families in Southern Drucien, but his strongest support came from the Kingdom of Ravenclaw in Zest’Qua. Lady Meredith the Dazzling was a strong supporter of his because she admired his concern for the poor. He does not prefer extremely ostentatious displays; he serves fine wines, but drinks only freshly pressed juice and tea. The rumors say that when he was young he drank tesh, so I would expect that flower teas are acceptable." "What should I say that my position is?" asks Kit. "You are a member of the Privy Council—that will be sufficient in the Ecclesiastical Court." Grandmaster Farsensor visits us. He tells us that that means there must be Nyluthia, because they would need a psionically active creature to bond it to the Seen Unseen. "There are never many—they take too much energy. It won’t be near holy items—they are more susceptible. I will also speak to the Council of the Overqueen—they should send someone down. There may even be a hunt—perhaps a hunt of 13 or 16. Killing a Nyluthia will not be unobtrusive." Grandmaster Farsensor plans on bringing the crystal here, and then seeing about what its guardian is and how to deal with it. It should not be brought to the Holy See. "When the crystal is apported in, a creature will appear. You should attack it. I’ll deal with the wards, and then when the wards are contained, we’ll finish it together." The crystal appears in his hand, and then an explosion begins and is crushed back in. Then a creature that looks like a combination demon-illithid appears. The knight fights it for a bit, then the Grandmaster joins in and dispatches it. The Grandmaster then starts reading the crystal, which almost immediately dissolves in purple light. “It isn’t her nyluthia. It is the One Other. I can tell you the knowledge that it gained, but also that that knowledge was not passed on. It was gathering all the information it could on present negotiations between all the faiths. It was paying particular attention to what the ambassador of Glor’diadel thinks of the ambassador of Sytry. He finds him to be arrogant, supercilious, and a false servant of the light, although of course he would never say that.” The Council warns the Grandmaster Farsensor that the Overqueen must make sure that the hunt has an awareness of the political situation; were the Nyluthia to be in the Embassy of Sytry, for example, an open strike could be very politically awkward. "She must then not send her champion, who is a First Comer with a poor understanding of human expectations." She sends her nephew instead as the head of the hunt, leading 13 chivalry, with an understanding that they must not transgress the human temples or treat humans as simple collateral damage. Also, she says that the cult of Arthranax must be rooted out root and branch. [End session 86] [/QUOTE]
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