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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: 8385025" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>[Session 60, cont'd; again, body horror stuff is behind spoiler tags]</p><p>Kit calls up Lady Brina in Debonai</p><p></p><p>“Ah! Things seem a bit better. I wouldn’t call them stable yet… Well, there was some bizarrety at Court a few days ago. Various courtiers burst into green flame.”</p><p></p><p>“That’s to be expected,” says Alistair.</p><p></p><p>“That’s to be expected?!” says Kit.</p><p></p><p>“That’s to be expected?!?!” Lady Brina exclaims.</p><p></p><p>The Council explains the Order of the Ram event.</p><p></p><p>The capital is quiet. It has been since people burst into green fire. Plus, dozens of men—hundreds even—who are missing, unexplained.</p><p></p><p>The Council explains that their children will need to be checked for taint.</p><p></p><p>If things continue, people should even be able to travel within the next couple of weeks.</p><p></p><p>* * *</p><p>That evening, 20 uniformed drow and two walking chests teleport in.</p><p></p><p>* * *</p><p>Midnight-ish, a guard approaches Dame Brionna.</p><p></p><p>“Dame Brionna, be an odd group approaching the West Gate.”</p><p></p><p>“Odd how?”</p><p></p><p>“They be men… more or less. The man who spoke to me who was looking for you said their eyes glow green, and they be bearing some great bone thing between them.”</p><p></p><p>“How was it shaped?”</p><p></p><p>“Rather like an eagle wing, but much larger.”</p><p></p><p>“Right, let’s get there.”</p><p></p><p>“They be cursing, dame.”</p><p></p><p>Dame Brionna can detect its evil from within the ramparts.</p><p></p><p>“Thank the Lord of Darkness we’ve reached it. It be trying to make us assume our other forms. We be Grand Duchess Fenris Rufus’s bodyguards.</p><p></p><p>“Her Grace be returned to Ergmoth. Her Grace be… not well. We belong with her and her husband before he passed.”</p><p></p><p>They start transforming into werewolves. A group of paladin’s rush up from the cathedral at our request.</p><p></p><p>* * *</p><p></p><p>We talk about where the paladins should move the wing. We consider several bad options, and then Kit decides to wake up Lady Constance.</p><p></p><p>“Only one thing to do to contain that evil. I’ll put it in Hell.”</p><p></p><p>“I’ll have to talk with the Archduke about that.”</p><p></p><p>“I won’t put it near Tiamat. That would be bad.”</p><p></p><p>We link up via a mindlink.</p><p></p><p>“If you haven’t researched how to destroy it—you haven’t yet, have you?”</p><p></p><p>“No.”</p><p></p><p>“Then we need to constrain it until you can destroy it. Two options, one possible for me. You could put it in the heavens, but I can’t—very difficult, impossible for me. The other is to put it in Hell—not the Ninth level, which Tiamat rules, but I have some pacts with Dispater, in the Second Level. He’d probably accept it if he could use it to taunt Tiamat with.”</p><p></p><p>“Which would be more secure?” Kit asks.</p><p></p><p>“Well, the Heavens of course, but you’d need someone who can open a gate to there.”</p><p></p><p>Alistair wakes up the Archbishop. The Archbishop can’t cast Gate, but the Patriarch might be able to. We agree to send a sending to the Patriarch, telling him he has until nightfall of the day. He also suggests we ask the chief midwife.</p><p></p><p>We ask her, and she can’t create a gate either, but she can ask for a holy deliverer—a celestial midwife—which could then bring it back. So we ask, and Gunnora sends a giant celestial stork with a sling. Alistdeair leads it to the Wing. It gets it in its sling, caws 20 times to Alistair, and then takes off before disappearing.</p><p></p><p>* * *</p><p>Dame Brionna speaks with one of the werewolves, where he has been gorging on a side of beef. She asks him what happened to Lord Davion. “He was stricken down in the field. The other elven folk—the light elves—have taken him to their woods—their city?”</p><p></p><p>"The Forest of Singing Leaves?"</p><p></p><p>"Yes, that’s what their captain said. To take him to a redactor. He was grievously wounded."</p><p></p><p>"Two-thirds of our number fell. It was better defended by the fanatics than we expected. I thought I knew every type of were in the world—but I was fooled."</p><p></p><p>"Strange weres?"</p><p></p><p>"Yes—they changed into a mixture of ram and human, and their touch burned like fire. Their claws were not claws but hooves, and when they struck they struck like silver."</p><p></p><p>[ISPOILER]"Did they touch any women among you?"</p><p></p><p>"We realized that they could not touch the Grand Duchess, because when they touched women, the women burst asunder, with horrible infants. We committed the unspeakable, because there was no choice."</p><p>[/ISPOILER]</p><p>* * *</p><p>We ask the Archbishop to research how to destroy the thing.</p><p>[cont'd]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8385025, member: 7030144"] [Session 60, cont'd; again, body horror stuff is behind spoiler tags] Kit calls up Lady Brina in Debonai “Ah! Things seem a bit better. I wouldn’t call them stable yet… Well, there was some bizarrety at Court a few days ago. Various courtiers burst into green flame.” “That’s to be expected,” says Alistair. “That’s to be expected?!” says Kit. “That’s to be expected?!?!” Lady Brina exclaims. The Council explains the Order of the Ram event. The capital is quiet. It has been since people burst into green fire. Plus, dozens of men—hundreds even—who are missing, unexplained. The Council explains that their children will need to be checked for taint. If things continue, people should even be able to travel within the next couple of weeks. * * * That evening, 20 uniformed drow and two walking chests teleport in. * * * Midnight-ish, a guard approaches Dame Brionna. “Dame Brionna, be an odd group approaching the West Gate.” “Odd how?” “They be men… more or less. The man who spoke to me who was looking for you said their eyes glow green, and they be bearing some great bone thing between them.” “How was it shaped?” “Rather like an eagle wing, but much larger.” “Right, let’s get there.” “They be cursing, dame.” Dame Brionna can detect its evil from within the ramparts. “Thank the Lord of Darkness we’ve reached it. It be trying to make us assume our other forms. We be Grand Duchess Fenris Rufus’s bodyguards. “Her Grace be returned to Ergmoth. Her Grace be… not well. We belong with her and her husband before he passed.” They start transforming into werewolves. A group of paladin’s rush up from the cathedral at our request. * * * We talk about where the paladins should move the wing. We consider several bad options, and then Kit decides to wake up Lady Constance. “Only one thing to do to contain that evil. I’ll put it in Hell.” “I’ll have to talk with the Archduke about that.” “I won’t put it near Tiamat. That would be bad.” We link up via a mindlink. “If you haven’t researched how to destroy it—you haven’t yet, have you?” “No.” “Then we need to constrain it until you can destroy it. Two options, one possible for me. You could put it in the heavens, but I can’t—very difficult, impossible for me. The other is to put it in Hell—not the Ninth level, which Tiamat rules, but I have some pacts with Dispater, in the Second Level. He’d probably accept it if he could use it to taunt Tiamat with.” “Which would be more secure?” Kit asks. “Well, the Heavens of course, but you’d need someone who can open a gate to there.” Alistair wakes up the Archbishop. The Archbishop can’t cast Gate, but the Patriarch might be able to. We agree to send a sending to the Patriarch, telling him he has until nightfall of the day. He also suggests we ask the chief midwife. We ask her, and she can’t create a gate either, but she can ask for a holy deliverer—a celestial midwife—which could then bring it back. So we ask, and Gunnora sends a giant celestial stork with a sling. Alistdeair leads it to the Wing. It gets it in its sling, caws 20 times to Alistair, and then takes off before disappearing. * * * Dame Brionna speaks with one of the werewolves, where he has been gorging on a side of beef. She asks him what happened to Lord Davion. “He was stricken down in the field. The other elven folk—the light elves—have taken him to their woods—their city?” "The Forest of Singing Leaves?" "Yes, that’s what their captain said. To take him to a redactor. He was grievously wounded." "Two-thirds of our number fell. It was better defended by the fanatics than we expected. I thought I knew every type of were in the world—but I was fooled." "Strange weres?" "Yes—they changed into a mixture of ram and human, and their touch burned like fire. Their claws were not claws but hooves, and when they struck they struck like silver." [ISPOILER]"Did they touch any women among you?" "We realized that they could not touch the Grand Duchess, because when they touched women, the women burst asunder, with horrible infants. We committed the unspeakable, because there was no choice." [/ISPOILER] * * * We ask the Archbishop to research how to destroy the thing. [cont'd] [/QUOTE]
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