The Big Shebang
This one's a doozie. I sent it out over email as well.
So, I've been doing some thinking and asking some questions. And I have two things to talk about. The first is the prophecy.
Being as how we're trying to find all of the remaining spirit blades before the Bluestar and the evil West people, I think we need more information on the prophecy, our enemies, the spirit blades, etc. So, actually, I should split this up more, share the information I've gleaned already, and then make my proposals.
Ok, On the Note and Prophesy:
1. The Prophesy was written by Raith Truthbearer, a shadowdancer General of the army under the command of (the dwarf who was the friend of the Bluestar, and is now under his control but I forget his name)
2. The journal begins with Raith fleeing from a palace, which from all the clues seems to be in Caer Maelyn. At this point, Thane Apecto was across the sea, the location of Pendra Amastacia was unknown, and Link Woodshadow was leading the King's forces north to guard Caer Albion.
3. When Raith encountered Oberon, the green man was dying. He became this way during his legendary battle with Tiamat, lady of shadow. He gave up his power to IMPRISON her, not to kill her as commonly thought. (Read my other notes on Tiamat)
4. All of this was happening when the Traitor (I assume this is the Bluestar) attacked Caer Albion. I believe this is in Freedom Year 2, the begining of the War of the Damned.
5. Raith Truthbearer was not supposed to be the one to get the message.
6. "Thirteen there were, and thirteen there are, near three hundred thousand tomorrows shall come together to herald this age's end." It has been approximately 326310 days since Oberon said that.
7. Raith wrote this in FY 9, soon before his death in the Citadel farthest away from Caer Maelyn. (This would be Citadel Refuge) He waited to write it until the last possible moment, hoping that Thane, Pendra, or Link would come to hear his message. But they never came. So he wrote it.
Yet somehow, the journal came to be in the possession of Link Woodshadow. There had to be some time between these events, and many people could have seen this journal. We also need to confirm our assumptions on the locations of the spirit blades, and figure out the location of the others. So here's my plan. I'd like to take 1-3 weeks of our 5 week down time and teleport to Citadel Refuge to do research. And here's why:
1. We need to find this information before our enemies do.
2. With the plan we have made, there is no time to go to the Citadel, confirm our assumptions, or find the locations of the other blades. This is something I think we need to do.
3. I've checked into ways of contacting Citadel Refuge without actually going there, and believe me, I've done alot of checking. The closest thing would be to communicate through a Ring Gate (40,000gp) but that only goes up to 100 miles, and CR is further away than that. We'd also have to get the other Ring there, and I doubt we have a 17th level wizard.
That is point one. Now on to bits of information and stuff 2. (of I think 3)
We need to contact Mr. Miagee. Jeremiah, what's your status on that? Reason 1 being that Justice has some questions. Reason 2 being that Xath would really really really like some more information that may prove, disprove, or complicate her theories on Tiamat being involved with the armies of the West.
Point 3. Jaine Rhynn and the Game of Politics aka. Happy Happy fun Land
Ok. We are trying to overthrow the current king and place Jaine Rhynn on the throne of the Falcon Kingdom. This is pretty much going to have to come completely from insurrection/rebellion, because as far as the succession goes, it was pretty legitimate (if a bit underhanded, but most successions are) Not only that, but even if the King is overthrown or mysteriously dies, we have to put Jaine Rhynn in the appropriate political light so that she is the obvious choice for the next monarch. So, we need some dirt on the King.
Here's what we've got.
1. King Tain Hawkson I is supposedly the bastard son of King Maelwys Embries III and a servent girl. However this claim is somewhat suspicious, since the second child of the servent girl is half True Alder, and the King is human.
2. The King never legitimized Tain's claim to the throne until after he had suffered from a "stroke" at which time the majority of the ruling of the kingdom was done by the noble's council. The King was only seen in public once after his stroke. While there is no doubt it was Maelwys, there is much doubt as to whether he actually said anything, or someone spoke for him.
3. The servant girl is now married to a True Alder former member of the King's personal guard.
4. When the time for succession came, the heads of the two other competing families (Rhynn and Filmore) mysteriously died of "accidents" leaving a 14 year old girl(Jaine Rhynn) and 20 year old man (Alric Filmore aka. Mr. Phipps) in charge of their respective houses and up for the succession.
5. There are rumors that Tain threatened the families of the Noble's Council to win their support.
Now, murder, threats, and bribery in a succession are not unheard of, but in todays "enlightened" society, they are certainly frowned upon by the general populace. Now Tain has had over 7 years to cover his tracks, so we won't be able to prove treachery through conventional means that easily. That being said, I have an idea. I'd like to ask one of the clerics to Commune as per the spell. Since it's a 5th level spell, we'd be able to ask 9 yes/no questions to the light/saints/whatnot above. The question becomes what 9 questions. Also. We have to be careful with the wording of the questions as as the deities we recieve our answers from (aka. The Universe) can screw around with the question to suit themselves, though I think this is difficult to do with yes/no, but I've learned not to put anything past Kennon. So. Here are a few of the questions I thought to ask. Feel free to bring up some of your own, or change the wording.
1. Is Tain Hawkson I the biological son of Maelwys Embries III?
2. Did Maelwys Embries III, of his own free will, legitimize Tain Hawkson I as his son and heir?
3. During the succession after the death of Maelwys Embries III, did Tain Hawkson arrange for the deaths of the leader of each the Rhynn and Filmore families?
4. During the succession after the death of Maelwys Embries III, did Tain Hawkson blackmail, bribe, or threaten the Noble's Council to gain their support?
5. Has King Tain Hawkson I allied himself with the Draconic and Undead forces of the West?
6. Is King Tain Hawkson I operating under his own free will?
7. Is Tiamat free from the prison in which Oberon placed her by giving up his immortality?
8. Are the Draconic and Undead forces of the West allied with the Bluestar?
9. Do any members allied with the Bluestar and the Undead and Draconic forces of the West know the locations of the 13 Spirit Blades?
I think this is all three of my points. Please respond. Recap.
1. Teleportation to Citadel Refuge.
2. Mr. Miagee
3. Commune
-Gertie
Please forgive my spelling. And grammer. And punctuation.
Actually, screw punctuation. Nobody should care about that.
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