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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: 8530969" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>[Session 87, cont'd]</p><p>Kit travels out with Lady Constance to examine the prisoners. Lady Constance begins with the priest. “Ah, yes… what a fascinating thing. It is certainly devil-like, and yes, he is ridden. I suspect that if we force the creature out, he will return.”</p><p></p><p>She carefully sets out a bloodstone, and sprinkles some powder on it, and in a circle around him and around herself. She calls on Levistus, a major devil, who appears as a wispy beautiful woman with black wings and a long wavy sword.</p><p></p><p>“What devil inhabits him?”</p><p></p><p>“No devil of the Nine Hells. Twelve questions I can compel from him, Lady Constance, no more. I am a great noble of Hell, but not the greatest, and it is no devil of mine.”</p><p></p><p>Q: Who do you work for? </p><p>"Most ancient one who has taken many forms in your world."</p><p></p><p>Q: By what name do we know the one you serve?</p><p>"You know him as Arthranax, and you know him as Blue Star."</p><p></p><p>Q: What’s the specific plan with these altars?</p><p>"It will permit the full empowering of one of the greater servants of She of the Bones, and in bringing through one of them, it will require the lives of several greater elves, and that will strengthen the new gods."</p><p></p><p>Q: By what names do we call these beings that you want to make the new gods?</p><p>"You know them as the Archmagus Brutus Incarnus, you know them as the Princess and ruler of Hanal, and you know them as the most ancient Queen of Chaos who shall rise again from the pit to join with Arthranax who is the Blue Star in the new pantheon, for the elven gods will surely fade when their followers are destroyed."</p><p></p><p>Q: Are these the only set of these altars that have been prepared like this? </p><p>"No."</p><p></p><p>Q: Tell us the location of the other altars outside this set of twelve?</p><p>"Twelve lie in the Cortosian Mountains on Khamista; six lie in the midst of the Trade Lands of Zest’Qua; three sets to mirror the three portals."</p><p></p><p>Q: Which religious leaders besides Glor’diadelians and Sytryites have you corrupted? </p><p>"A Miderite or two; many Borsh’troians, demons willingly offer themselves to such thing as do their servants. Despite our best efforts, we were unable to pierce the Temple of Paranswarm except by possession. We did have an Archpriest of Morgrath briefly convinced before he was assassinated at an Ecumenical Council meeting by poison. We cannot touch the elven faiths; they are the only ones who can stop the great ones, but also the only ones who cannot be convinced."</p><p></p><p>Q: Where did they get the bones from to build the altars?</p><p>"Unlike the elves and the sidhe, the lesser fey do not fade away to the west when they die. Half-elven and half-fey bones can be recovered from the cairns. Had to be done quietly though, and was a problem on Zest’qua where there are fewer of them."</p><p></p><p>Q: What other plans do you have in motion to weaken the elves? </p><p>"We would destroy them all if we could, but they are too powerful. We pick away at their least members. It encourages their greater ones to leave. One wood on Zest’qua is vulnerable. The Elven gods will leave when their children have left. We do what we can, but we are not stupid. The time will come—we pick away at their lesser ones, and kill them when we can, and the greater ones will leave, and then the elven gods, and then we will remake the whole order, even without She. We use Her, knowing that her greater ones will be destroyed."</p><p></p><p>Q: Where are the shells?</p><p>"One is deep in the north, north of Hanal, gathering strength from the altars, fewer now. When the altars are gone, it cannot gain more strength, it is what it is. One is in the volcano in Cortose, hiding and gathering strength; none of the Truth boys know what they are serving. On Zest’qua, we could not create the full spread; it is simply lesser creatures. We released one round, and we are empowering another."</p><p></p><p>Q: How long before the creature in the volcano would be complete? </p><p>"Months—too little to feed it, not like Hanal."</p><p></p><p>Q: Why have your people been attacking halflings and gnomes? </p><p>"Happy little nits; their pain and fear is useful to the ones we’re feeding; less rage and anger than humans, more pain and fear."</p><p></p><p>Lady Constance then summons two more, more horrible looking devil figures that then rip apart a black shadow into tiny pieces.</p><p></p><p>Levistus looks at Lady Constance; “Soon enough, Lady Constance, and for doing things like that I may have to keep you for a few extra millennia.”</p><p></p><p>Lady Constance says, “The creature is gone; I’m still not sure what to call it. It was not truly a devil, and yet it took that form. You must find out what memories the priest has when he regains consciousness. It may give us a clue as to how they’re forcing possession on clergy.”</p><p></p><p>“None of them are possessed; what they did they did of their own free will.”</p><p></p><p>The Council talks to the fey; they can reach one more of the villages.</p><p></p><p>Alistair then tells Princess Curinirim about the other five; he also tells her about the shell’s location, because once the altars are destroyed, it will be worth destroying.</p><p>[cont'd]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8530969, member: 7030144"] [Session 87, cont'd] Kit travels out with Lady Constance to examine the prisoners. Lady Constance begins with the priest. “Ah, yes… what a fascinating thing. It is certainly devil-like, and yes, he is ridden. I suspect that if we force the creature out, he will return.” She carefully sets out a bloodstone, and sprinkles some powder on it, and in a circle around him and around herself. She calls on Levistus, a major devil, who appears as a wispy beautiful woman with black wings and a long wavy sword. “What devil inhabits him?” “No devil of the Nine Hells. Twelve questions I can compel from him, Lady Constance, no more. I am a great noble of Hell, but not the greatest, and it is no devil of mine.” Q: Who do you work for? "Most ancient one who has taken many forms in your world." Q: By what name do we know the one you serve? "You know him as Arthranax, and you know him as Blue Star." Q: What’s the specific plan with these altars? "It will permit the full empowering of one of the greater servants of She of the Bones, and in bringing through one of them, it will require the lives of several greater elves, and that will strengthen the new gods." Q: By what names do we call these beings that you want to make the new gods? "You know them as the Archmagus Brutus Incarnus, you know them as the Princess and ruler of Hanal, and you know them as the most ancient Queen of Chaos who shall rise again from the pit to join with Arthranax who is the Blue Star in the new pantheon, for the elven gods will surely fade when their followers are destroyed." Q: Are these the only set of these altars that have been prepared like this? "No." Q: Tell us the location of the other altars outside this set of twelve? "Twelve lie in the Cortosian Mountains on Khamista; six lie in the midst of the Trade Lands of Zest’Qua; three sets to mirror the three portals." Q: Which religious leaders besides Glor’diadelians and Sytryites have you corrupted? "A Miderite or two; many Borsh’troians, demons willingly offer themselves to such thing as do their servants. Despite our best efforts, we were unable to pierce the Temple of Paranswarm except by possession. We did have an Archpriest of Morgrath briefly convinced before he was assassinated at an Ecumenical Council meeting by poison. We cannot touch the elven faiths; they are the only ones who can stop the great ones, but also the only ones who cannot be convinced." Q: Where did they get the bones from to build the altars? "Unlike the elves and the sidhe, the lesser fey do not fade away to the west when they die. Half-elven and half-fey bones can be recovered from the cairns. Had to be done quietly though, and was a problem on Zest’qua where there are fewer of them." Q: What other plans do you have in motion to weaken the elves? "We would destroy them all if we could, but they are too powerful. We pick away at their least members. It encourages their greater ones to leave. One wood on Zest’qua is vulnerable. The Elven gods will leave when their children have left. We do what we can, but we are not stupid. The time will come—we pick away at their lesser ones, and kill them when we can, and the greater ones will leave, and then the elven gods, and then we will remake the whole order, even without She. We use Her, knowing that her greater ones will be destroyed." Q: Where are the shells? "One is deep in the north, north of Hanal, gathering strength from the altars, fewer now. When the altars are gone, it cannot gain more strength, it is what it is. One is in the volcano in Cortose, hiding and gathering strength; none of the Truth boys know what they are serving. On Zest’qua, we could not create the full spread; it is simply lesser creatures. We released one round, and we are empowering another." Q: How long before the creature in the volcano would be complete? "Months—too little to feed it, not like Hanal." Q: Why have your people been attacking halflings and gnomes? "Happy little nits; their pain and fear is useful to the ones we’re feeding; less rage and anger than humans, more pain and fear." Lady Constance then summons two more, more horrible looking devil figures that then rip apart a black shadow into tiny pieces. Levistus looks at Lady Constance; “Soon enough, Lady Constance, and for doing things like that I may have to keep you for a few extra millennia.” Lady Constance says, “The creature is gone; I’m still not sure what to call it. It was not truly a devil, and yet it took that form. You must find out what memories the priest has when he regains consciousness. It may give us a clue as to how they’re forcing possession on clergy.” “None of them are possessed; what they did they did of their own free will.” The Council talks to the fey; they can reach one more of the villages. Alistair then tells Princess Curinirim about the other five; he also tells her about the shell’s location, because once the altars are destroyed, it will be worth destroying. [cont'd] [/QUOTE]
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