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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: 8366255" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>[Session 59 cont'd; body horror stuff in spoiler tags]</p><p>[ISPOILER]Dame Brionna gets a priest to deal with this. "There was definitely an attempt, but your holy aura killed it. You’ll be sick in a day or two, but then it will pass." </p><p></p><p>"Can you delay it? For maybe 6 months?"</p><p></p><p>"I’m not that powerful… for maybe 3 days?"</p><p></p><p>"That will do."[/ISPOILER]</p><p></p><p>He was birthed that way. His mother willingly accepted the touch—otherwise, he would have just been a man.</p><p></p><p>The Council plans an interrogation of the prisoner. He is ranting and bragging and answers freely.</p><p></p><p>"Great Lord, Great Queen make alliance for many children. Free, she rule, he rise. Night comes, I will know. I will change, and your puny cell will not matter anymore."</p><p></p><p>"How did your people hide?"</p><p>"Behind the orc lines. It is in the lost places that the Ram continued to live, after the purge, beyond the cities, beyond the lords, beyond the paladins. But not here—we could not creep back here, the old bitch was too strong. The Master knew that he could not face her yet—but the young one? Pffft."</p><p></p><p>"The Master?" </p><p>"You know that there’s a great adept—how else we do this? He and the others wait—then we play the last part of the Ram’s promise. To distract all of those who could stop the plan. To distract all of those who could keep the Queen captive. That is why he will rise when she returns to the throne."</p><p></p><p>"Is your Master an ally of the Abomination?"</p><p>"We’re all allies of the Abomination. The plan, his force cripples the catmen. United, they more powerful than you think. Not united, eh. Wish we infected you. Old bitch too strong."</p><p></p><p>"Where is the leader?"</p><p>"The others who will change—but we will all change, wherever we are. We set it up—Master set it up. We did as we were told. Has been preparing the binding wards for years—we just used them. Powerful enough to make anyone short of a Noldar join in the sacrifice. Their blood is not for us to take. Their blood is for the Abomination. For us it burns."</p><p></p><p>"Where is the Master? "</p><p>"He is with the others, waiting to change. But he will ascend beyond us."</p><p></p><p>"What will he ascend into?"</p><p>"The Herald of the Ram."</p><p></p><p>Kit contacts her Toe within the army of Debonai. </p><p></p><p><<There’s a huge battle going on near the chaos generator. And the commander I’m under has started withdrawing his people, starting an hour ago. We’re under bombardment by two elven ships. The projector fired once, doing substantial damage to the larger of the two ships. But it hasn’t been able to fire again—I think the drow are winning. The elven ships are still bombarding. The women are taking it on the chin—they’re not yielding an inch, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they died to a man. Woman! Woman! There are Rakshasa on both sides.>></p><p></p><p>Then Kit feels an almost earthquake of her mind. There’s a thunderous kaboom. She can feel the toe falling to the ground. </p><p></p><p><<It just exploded, my lady. I’m quite a distance away, but there’s a hole in the ground I can’t see the bottom of. And there’s plants grabbing people.>></p><p></p><p><<Run! Run as fast and as far away as you can! That’s an order.>>—she loses the connection.</p><p>[cont'd]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8366255, member: 7030144"] [Session 59 cont'd; body horror stuff in spoiler tags] [ISPOILER]Dame Brionna gets a priest to deal with this. "There was definitely an attempt, but your holy aura killed it. You’ll be sick in a day or two, but then it will pass." "Can you delay it? For maybe 6 months?" "I’m not that powerful… for maybe 3 days?" "That will do."[/ISPOILER] He was birthed that way. His mother willingly accepted the touch—otherwise, he would have just been a man. The Council plans an interrogation of the prisoner. He is ranting and bragging and answers freely. "Great Lord, Great Queen make alliance for many children. Free, she rule, he rise. Night comes, I will know. I will change, and your puny cell will not matter anymore." "How did your people hide?" "Behind the orc lines. It is in the lost places that the Ram continued to live, after the purge, beyond the cities, beyond the lords, beyond the paladins. But not here—we could not creep back here, the old bitch was too strong. The Master knew that he could not face her yet—but the young one? Pffft." "The Master?" "You know that there’s a great adept—how else we do this? He and the others wait—then we play the last part of the Ram’s promise. To distract all of those who could stop the plan. To distract all of those who could keep the Queen captive. That is why he will rise when she returns to the throne." "Is your Master an ally of the Abomination?" "We’re all allies of the Abomination. The plan, his force cripples the catmen. United, they more powerful than you think. Not united, eh. Wish we infected you. Old bitch too strong." "Where is the leader?" "The others who will change—but we will all change, wherever we are. We set it up—Master set it up. We did as we were told. Has been preparing the binding wards for years—we just used them. Powerful enough to make anyone short of a Noldar join in the sacrifice. Their blood is not for us to take. Their blood is for the Abomination. For us it burns." "Where is the Master? " "He is with the others, waiting to change. But he will ascend beyond us." "What will he ascend into?" "The Herald of the Ram." Kit contacts her Toe within the army of Debonai. <<There’s a huge battle going on near the chaos generator. And the commander I’m under has started withdrawing his people, starting an hour ago. We’re under bombardment by two elven ships. The projector fired once, doing substantial damage to the larger of the two ships. But it hasn’t been able to fire again—I think the drow are winning. The elven ships are still bombarding. The women are taking it on the chin—they’re not yielding an inch, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they died to a man. Woman! Woman! There are Rakshasa on both sides.>> Then Kit feels an almost earthquake of her mind. There’s a thunderous kaboom. She can feel the toe falling to the ground. <<It just exploded, my lady. I’m quite a distance away, but there’s a hole in the ground I can’t see the bottom of. And there’s plants grabbing people.>> <<Run! Run as fast and as far away as you can! That’s an order.>>—she loses the connection. [cont'd] [/QUOTE]
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