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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: 8485212" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>Session 80 (April 14, 2016)</p><p></p><p>Tar Skard 20</p><p>The Council receives a report about marriages and bloodlines throughout the continent. [Attached]</p><p>Quan is a fey term for the body.</p><p></p><p>We have five cellars, including a collection of high glass golems who scry in a special seeing pool in the fourth cellar (the First Repository), which is beyond a veil that can only be entered by members of the blood or by those with special rings. Also the fifth cellar, which has an empty crypt.</p><p></p><p>The 100 year plan involves three families of the City of Life, that have been marrying into noble families and cadet branches of the royal families, that then inherit. Alistair's mother’s family is not part of those three; she seems to be the only one of that family. They have also traced three relatives of his mother who survive—there are two children who escaped the dome, and are safe. There is also a noblewoman inside the dome who is being tortured. The Council's fear is that they can use her relationship to him for arcane purposes.</p><p></p><p>The Grandmaster Farsensor confirms that they could use the blood connection to scry on Alistair and to read his mind. Were he near them, he could be harmed, but within the palace, he is safe, except that his mind could be read. It is unlikely that they were able to get him to cooperate. The person trying to read his mind is a low level grandmaster—unusual among humans. They abruptly cut off contact about 300 years ago, and expelled the elven bard who was present.</p><p></p><p>In Debonai, for example, where a similar pattern repeats, the royal family seemed likely to die off, and then the family into which the City of Life had married would succeed.</p><p></p><p>We speak to Lord Davion, and he gives us permission to use his bag of life holding, which can hold up to 500 people. We put the Sixth Daughter in command; Lord Davion recommends that we ask our guest to assign two of his people; Dame Brionna and Kit each assign 20 people, along with various members of the Ministry of Magic and of the Mind.</p><p></p><p>The Council talks to a sidhe lady, who talks about the tree’s squirrel, who is immortal and full of life.</p><p></p><p>The sidhe offers to send the gigglers as a diversion—they are not fey themselves, but they are their pets. They cause uncontrollable laughter, and chaos is well within our power.</p><p></p><p>Also, she announces that there should be a ball within the next few months, and Alistair and Kit should both be present and be radiant. "You will both be magnificent." She gives Kit armloads of clothes. "It is important—it appears in the prolipsis. You must impress."</p><p></p><p>The Council agree that the priorities are: 1. Disrupt the ritual; 2. Capture some of the distillate of Heavenly Essence; 3. Rescue the prisoners (esp. Alistair’s relative).</p><p></p><p>The fey says that they are likely to succeed in our first goal, are doomed to fail at the third, and that the second is on the knife’s edge.</p><p></p><p>There are four gallons of distillate, each in a diffuser on a short plinth, arrayed around a bizarre design placed within the cathedral.</p><p></p><p>In addition to 40 iron golems, there will be about 4 legions of troops: 3 of foot, and 1 of cavalry, plus some dozens of church knights, perhaps 100. An Archmaga, and a group of psionicists—a farsensor of significant power and a half-dozen coercers. Those are probably not local—she did not recognize the farsensor.</p><p>[End Session 80]</p><p></p><p>[There's also a second message, directly to Kit. I don't have any notes about our talking about it, or interacting with its info in any way.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8485212, member: 7030144"] Session 80 (April 14, 2016) Tar Skard 20 The Council receives a report about marriages and bloodlines throughout the continent. [Attached] Quan is a fey term for the body. We have five cellars, including a collection of high glass golems who scry in a special seeing pool in the fourth cellar (the First Repository), which is beyond a veil that can only be entered by members of the blood or by those with special rings. Also the fifth cellar, which has an empty crypt. The 100 year plan involves three families of the City of Life, that have been marrying into noble families and cadet branches of the royal families, that then inherit. Alistair's mother’s family is not part of those three; she seems to be the only one of that family. They have also traced three relatives of his mother who survive—there are two children who escaped the dome, and are safe. There is also a noblewoman inside the dome who is being tortured. The Council's fear is that they can use her relationship to him for arcane purposes. The Grandmaster Farsensor confirms that they could use the blood connection to scry on Alistair and to read his mind. Were he near them, he could be harmed, but within the palace, he is safe, except that his mind could be read. It is unlikely that they were able to get him to cooperate. The person trying to read his mind is a low level grandmaster—unusual among humans. They abruptly cut off contact about 300 years ago, and expelled the elven bard who was present. In Debonai, for example, where a similar pattern repeats, the royal family seemed likely to die off, and then the family into which the City of Life had married would succeed. We speak to Lord Davion, and he gives us permission to use his bag of life holding, which can hold up to 500 people. We put the Sixth Daughter in command; Lord Davion recommends that we ask our guest to assign two of his people; Dame Brionna and Kit each assign 20 people, along with various members of the Ministry of Magic and of the Mind. The Council talks to a sidhe lady, who talks about the tree’s squirrel, who is immortal and full of life. The sidhe offers to send the gigglers as a diversion—they are not fey themselves, but they are their pets. They cause uncontrollable laughter, and chaos is well within our power. Also, she announces that there should be a ball within the next few months, and Alistair and Kit should both be present and be radiant. "You will both be magnificent." She gives Kit armloads of clothes. "It is important—it appears in the prolipsis. You must impress." The Council agree that the priorities are: 1. Disrupt the ritual; 2. Capture some of the distillate of Heavenly Essence; 3. Rescue the prisoners (esp. Alistair’s relative). The fey says that they are likely to succeed in our first goal, are doomed to fail at the third, and that the second is on the knife’s edge. There are four gallons of distillate, each in a diffuser on a short plinth, arrayed around a bizarre design placed within the cathedral. In addition to 40 iron golems, there will be about 4 legions of troops: 3 of foot, and 1 of cavalry, plus some dozens of church knights, perhaps 100. An Archmaga, and a group of psionicists—a farsensor of significant power and a half-dozen coercers. Those are probably not local—she did not recognize the farsensor. [End Session 80] [There's also a second message, directly to Kit. I don't have any notes about our talking about it, or interacting with its info in any way.] [/QUOTE]
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