Diplomatic Immunity--Preface: Vasha's Discovery

[Bront]

"Well, I think origin, use, and power are what we're looking for," Vasha says. "We know what they are for, but not exactly how they work."

Vasha begins to search through the text for any relevent information on the Jewels and their secrets with Alyz.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Together, they are able to determine the following:*

*Origin--according to Mojiin legend, the Jewels were created by Arris as a by-product of her generation of all life, and they were sent away from her body as tears of joy, sailing through the stars, hidden in the inky blackness to keep them safe in case they are ever needed.*

*Power--the
*Use--a secret Mojiin ritual, unknown even to Valthos, as he never advanced far enough in Preserver training to learn it, will release the full power of each Jewel, returning the life energy to Arris in three different ways for each Jewel. Valthos postulates that it may be possible to release the power of any Jewel in various ways without the ritual, though not all at once. He is sure that he could figure it out if he actually had one of them to study.*

*Power--the power of the Jharym Arris will restore all the lost water to Arris. However, Valthos thinks he can use it as a source of personal power.*

 

[Bront]

"I don't see anything about transfering the power to a person. Let's see about usage of power and transfer of power."

Vasha looks for any reference of using the powers, or transporting them. She also looks for references to Amaranthia as a side note.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*They don't find any references on transfers, which is not too surprising, considering that any theory on transfer would be impossible to conduct without access to the Jewel itself. Alyz suggest not to even look for Amaranthia in Valthos's records, since knowledge of Amaranthia's existence would be an anachronism.*

 

[Bront]

"Well, that doesn't help with why I can do what I can do. Are there any legends or prophicies about it?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Hmm...before you were done with work, I found an ancient Mojiin prophecy about the jewels of Arris returning to bring rebirth to the entire world. It seems to be written after the era of the Dragonlords, though, so I'm not sure that's it's any more than wishful thinking."

 

[Bront]

"Perhaps it is a simple extrension of my being a nymph, an ecomancer, and a child of Arris. I'm pretty sure there's not many like me."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Yes, you may be the only one in fact. That may have made you special in just the right way that you could contain the power of the Jhyram Arris in particular...Hmm...I bet if we did some Ecomantic research together on you, we could try to figure out how it worked, and maybe reverse-engineer it to get back the Jewel if we want, so that we can put it somewhere safe and thus keep you safe from those awful Dragonlords."

 

[Bront]

"What if that is the secret to unlocking the power though? If there were others like me, would they be able to learn to do this too?"

"Oh, did you find out about buying me out of my contract?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

"What if what is the secret to unlocking the power? Putting it inside of you? I don't think that's true, since the ancient Mojiin teachings seem to suggest a ritual on the physical jewel is the key to releasing the true power of the jewel...In fact, I'm a little afraid you might be leaking it."

"Oh, they said that they'd let me buy your contract out, but we have to give them a grace period while they search for a replacement."