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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: 8528364" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>Session 87 (April 20, 2017)</p><p></p><p>29 Tar-Skard</p><p>Kit shares a report from the City of Silver Pools (near the Crystal City and City of Chimes, near Hanal). [Attached] Two days ago, a flood of refuges came out of Hanal, being pursued by more apparently Order of the Ram troops—extremely muscular, some growing horns. Only a few hundred of the beasts, but they took down several thousand troops from the City of Silver Pools. There were some sidhe from the local tor around, and they knew what to do—burning the bodies of the beastmen, and only men touching the bodies.</p><p></p><p>Kit sends a note to her scribe, asking him to identify who the Ankle was that went missing.</p><p></p><p>Dame Brionna has an update on the military situation in Hanal. [Attached] The bad news is that the official Hanalian Air Guard has gained control of the skies, defeating the rebel vollers. They also have control of the seas, but mostly with large ships—they have destroyed most of the warships opposing them, but they can’t stop small ships very well. Snatterkaz’s forces—and the forces of the 5 kovs (out of 36) who have sided with the rightful princess—have roughly equal numbers of knights and high quality infantry, but they are badly outnumbered. The Inquisition army has taken a fair amount of territory in the Southeast, but is now stymied—basically outnumbered and waiting for reinforcements.</p><p></p><p>There is an Eldar man-of-war that has taken station over Snatterkaz—they’re not communicating, but they shot down Hanalian Air Guard vollers that attempted to attack.</p><p></p><p>There is a Curinirim armada with supporting vessels; they have destroyed some previously uninvolved villages in Hanal, for no apparent reason. We speculate this may be part of a pattern of revenge.</p><p></p><p>Grandmaster Farsensor scries on them at our request. The Noldar Admiral is a coercer—powerful, Grandmaster level, but he will not notice Grandmaster Farsensor. (Naval officers in the Noldar service are generally coercers.) The destroyed villages have altars made of desecrated elven and fey bones.</p><p></p><p>A page raps on the door. Sir Alacare of the Order of the Endless Black very much desires to see a member of the council. The Order of the Endless Black is an order of primarily paladins in the service of Paranswarm.</p><p></p><p>“I fear that I come with news that is less than desirable, and also with a request for aid that I assure you we will pay for in good coin. First the news: The Inquisitor General has discovered a grave violation, that requires informing the Ecumenical Council.”</p><p></p><p>The Council asks if it’s desecrated fey bones; it was. They ask that he inform the Inquisitor General that he must evacuate the village where it was found immediately.</p><p></p><p>The second aspect is that they have captured some of the people responsible including the priest of the village. There was a holy revelation that he was not the true priest, although he appeared to be and knew things that only the priest would have known. Three were interrogated by the Inquisition’s methods; none revealed anything.</p><p></p><p>The Council calls for Lady Constance. She’s about to head out to examine the prisoners when she hears about the altars of fey and elven bones. Lady Constance says that she would think they are all linked together. "These are ritual altars, I would assume not used by the servants of the Blue Sun. These altars were used to maintain small waypoints for the Unmentionable. Their attempts to influence certain of the Archdevils of Hell in their last efforts. Those altars are attempts to bring small bits of souls—shells, really—into this realm. As long as they are not disrupted, the shell will gather more power, until it becomes real.</p><p></p><p>"There will be either 6 or 12; if it is 6, it will be here and here and here. If it is 12, here and here and here as well; that one can’t be in a village, so it will be in the countryside.</p><p></p><p>"There are different ways for one of the Elder Evils to pass through to this place. The way that they prefer has already failed. If it is only 6, they are bringing through minor servants. If it is all twelve… they are trying to bring through one of the great ones."</p><p></p><p>The Council asks Lord Silverleaves if he can determine how many of the altars there are. After a brief meditation, the Farsensor awakes. "Without undue difficulty, I was able to discern 10 more of those altars."</p><p></p><p>Sir Alacare looks at the map. "We could get to these two with an easy push; that one could be reached by a flying column. The other six are out of reach."</p><p></p><p>The Council plans to contact the fey; if they can’t reach the other six, then we’ll inform House Curinirim of them.</p><p>[cont'd]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8528364, member: 7030144"] Session 87 (April 20, 2017) 29 Tar-Skard Kit shares a report from the City of Silver Pools (near the Crystal City and City of Chimes, near Hanal). [Attached] Two days ago, a flood of refuges came out of Hanal, being pursued by more apparently Order of the Ram troops—extremely muscular, some growing horns. Only a few hundred of the beasts, but they took down several thousand troops from the City of Silver Pools. There were some sidhe from the local tor around, and they knew what to do—burning the bodies of the beastmen, and only men touching the bodies. Kit sends a note to her scribe, asking him to identify who the Ankle was that went missing. Dame Brionna has an update on the military situation in Hanal. [Attached] The bad news is that the official Hanalian Air Guard has gained control of the skies, defeating the rebel vollers. They also have control of the seas, but mostly with large ships—they have destroyed most of the warships opposing them, but they can’t stop small ships very well. Snatterkaz’s forces—and the forces of the 5 kovs (out of 36) who have sided with the rightful princess—have roughly equal numbers of knights and high quality infantry, but they are badly outnumbered. The Inquisition army has taken a fair amount of territory in the Southeast, but is now stymied—basically outnumbered and waiting for reinforcements. There is an Eldar man-of-war that has taken station over Snatterkaz—they’re not communicating, but they shot down Hanalian Air Guard vollers that attempted to attack. There is a Curinirim armada with supporting vessels; they have destroyed some previously uninvolved villages in Hanal, for no apparent reason. We speculate this may be part of a pattern of revenge. Grandmaster Farsensor scries on them at our request. The Noldar Admiral is a coercer—powerful, Grandmaster level, but he will not notice Grandmaster Farsensor. (Naval officers in the Noldar service are generally coercers.) The destroyed villages have altars made of desecrated elven and fey bones. A page raps on the door. Sir Alacare of the Order of the Endless Black very much desires to see a member of the council. The Order of the Endless Black is an order of primarily paladins in the service of Paranswarm. “I fear that I come with news that is less than desirable, and also with a request for aid that I assure you we will pay for in good coin. First the news: The Inquisitor General has discovered a grave violation, that requires informing the Ecumenical Council.” The Council asks if it’s desecrated fey bones; it was. They ask that he inform the Inquisitor General that he must evacuate the village where it was found immediately. The second aspect is that they have captured some of the people responsible including the priest of the village. There was a holy revelation that he was not the true priest, although he appeared to be and knew things that only the priest would have known. Three were interrogated by the Inquisition’s methods; none revealed anything. The Council calls for Lady Constance. She’s about to head out to examine the prisoners when she hears about the altars of fey and elven bones. Lady Constance says that she would think they are all linked together. "These are ritual altars, I would assume not used by the servants of the Blue Sun. These altars were used to maintain small waypoints for the Unmentionable. Their attempts to influence certain of the Archdevils of Hell in their last efforts. Those altars are attempts to bring small bits of souls—shells, really—into this realm. As long as they are not disrupted, the shell will gather more power, until it becomes real. "There will be either 6 or 12; if it is 6, it will be here and here and here. If it is 12, here and here and here as well; that one can’t be in a village, so it will be in the countryside. "There are different ways for one of the Elder Evils to pass through to this place. The way that they prefer has already failed. If it is only 6, they are bringing through minor servants. If it is all twelve… they are trying to bring through one of the great ones." The Council asks Lord Silverleaves if he can determine how many of the altars there are. After a brief meditation, the Farsensor awakes. "Without undue difficulty, I was able to discern 10 more of those altars." Sir Alacare looks at the map. "We could get to these two with an easy push; that one could be reached by a flying column. The other six are out of reach." The Council plans to contact the fey; if they can’t reach the other six, then we’ll inform House Curinirim of them. [cont'd] [/QUOTE]
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