[Epic] Scions of the Endless Falls

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Caria, Rahveon, and Solarian prepare for their journey to the Court of Stars. Caria works her will on the fabric of the planes, and opens a shimmering gate to the plane of the Eladrins.*

*The Court of Stars resembles an elven forest, a breathtakingly beautiful ancient wood with bright flowers, elegant trees, wild tangles of growth, and hundreds of animals. As you arrive next to a wild pool fed by a crystalline waterfall, one of the little fairy-like coures comes to see you. Explaining who you are, she grins in recognition.*

"Queen Morwel is waiting for you," she says, and flits on ahead.

*Following her through the thick wood, you find yourself in a green hall, the trunks of enormous oaks forming the columns and domes, the floor carpeted with moss, and a riot of brilliant flowers growing everywhere but a single path to the queen and her consort on their thrones. The thrones themselves seem to have grown up out of the ground, and sport elegantly curving branches. Morwel herself appears as an amazingly beautiful elven woman, with hair the color of fire, wearing a dress that seems to be made of sparkling dew.*

*Her consort, Faerinaal, is almost her equal in grace, with hair of silver, and robes of blue the color of the summer sky. They sit at ease, hand in hand, while hundreds of bright coures, the little fairies called petals, sprites, and grigs all flit about their hall. The queen smiles at you, and it is as if a beam of sunlight has fallen on your heads.*

"My friends, so lost. We offer aid in your time of need. What do you ask us of?" she says quietly, a air of sadness about her.

 

[Wrahn]

In response to Solarion:

“Thank you for your trust, Solarion. In truth, I am not sure that a single leader will not cause more trouble than it will solve. Some of those that have survived the destruction are going to resent taking orders.”

“I do agree that we need a clearer focus on what we are going to do however. As I understand the situation, we need to gather up the power of the eleven fallen deities. We need to do this before we confront the three because otherwise we are going to face anyway with dreams of power who are currently afraid to try for the power themselves because of the threat from the three.”

“We then need to deal with the Three, otherwise they will just destroy our world again. This does not necessarily entail their destruction, but that is currently the only option I see available to us.”

“Finally, we use the power of the eleven to restore our world and those that have been killed. Sigrun seems eminently qualified for that.”

I wonder is the others have thought of the implications of what we are attempting to do.


To Su’ryuu:

Don’t forget, she is still very young, I am sure she has some idolized notion of what Tiamat is all about. Experience will teach her wisdom.

“Alright, peace. Perhaps I am overreacting here, perhaps not. I do think you have lead us off into dangerous territory, but Tiamat has provided useful information. Perhaps with luck we might be able to use this to our advantage.”


At the Court of Stars:

*Rahveon bows deeply.*

“Thank you for seeing us your Majesty. As you are no doubt aware, we are a few of the survivors from the world of the Endless Falls.”

“The Gods of Life, Death and Power conspired together and destroyed our world. This was a crime not only against those of us from that world but to the whole of existence. Where there was once a world and life, there is now a hole. Where the Endless Falls offer change and power, in their fear three Gods eradicated it.”

“We come to you to ask for your council. We seek you wisdom in the restoration of our world.”

*Rahveon pauses a moment.*

From everything I have heard of Morwel, she is a being that can be trusted. If we are being spied on, we are in serious jeopardy though.

“Our tale may take a little time to tell, is there a place where we might discuss this in private?”

 

[perivas]

The others' more rational words do seem to have some effect on Caira, although she does manage one last remark clearly targeted at Su'ryuu before letting the matter drop. "Even the greatest fool, or perhaps specifically the greatest fool, can have luck to protect his scaly hide." She then stays silent for quite a while, obviously still pouting a bit...

...until Rahveon completes his verbal assessment of the situation. Caira then animatedly speaks up. "Don't forget that the alliance between the Three would be tenuous at best. Witness how even here we bicker and Their egos must be that much bigger. Besides, the God of Life would have resented how this Act so greatly diminished His domain and yet increased that of the God of Death. As for the God of Power, it must have also irked Him that a source of infinite power and the greed upon which He feeds has been destroyed, although He must be comforted that the number of those who would challenge Him has been significantly diminished for all time. Let us make our way to the Court of Stars."

At the Court of Stars, Caira is happy to let the proboscidean speak, although she does roll her eyes at the suggestion for a more private audience. Great! He accuses her of being unable to maintain a private court. Suggestions such as those are given most often when one attempts to assassinate the queen...I hope that she doesn't think that's what we intend. Before the queen could respond, Caira steps forward and bows deeply to the Queen and her Consort and then slightly to Rahveon. She then recounts the tale of the destroyed world of the Endless Falls, prefaced by these words, I am Caira, a simple dryad, and not accustomed to the telling of fanciful tales. I know that our words are the truth and are fitting for all of the Queen's Court to hear, so I will relate them in simple words without embellishments or sophistries." During the tale, she makes ambiguous the name of Devom and his hollyphant disciple and leaves out remarks regarding other companions seeking aid elsewhere. She ends her delivery with these words. If my skill in tale-telling is lacking, it is because I have only spoken the truth and have not embellished the events as bards may. I hope the Queen will forgive me for this indulgence." She bows deeply at the end.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

At the Court of Stars:

*Rahveon bows deeply.*

“Thank you for seeing us your Majesty. As you are no doubt aware, we are a few of the survivors from the world of the Endless Falls.”

“The Gods of Life, Death and Power conspired together and destroyed our world. This was a crime not only against those of us from that world but to the whole of existence. Where there was once a world and life, there is now a hole. Where the Endless Falls offer change and power, in their fear three Gods eradicated it.”

“We come to you to ask for your council. We seek you wisdom in the restoration of our world.”

*Rahveon pauses a moment.*

From everything I have heard of Morwel, she is a being that can be trusted. If we are being spied on, we are in serious jeopardy though.

“Our tale may take a little time to tell, is there a place where we might discuss this in private?”

*Morwel raises an eyebrow at Rahveon's last words.*

"My court is quite secure against prying eyes and ears, I assure you, Golden One," she chides gently.

*Caria chimes in quickly with the simple and bald story of the destruction of the Endless Falls, and Morwel and her consort have tears standing in their eyes as the story comes to a close.*

"One needs to be no great bard to invoke strong emotions from such a tale," she says softly. "What you have started to do is well and good, and to seek the power of those casually destroyed by the Three to rebuild your world will bring results. However... the fact that those outside the survivors of the apocalypse know that you still live... They will come for you soon. There would have been a terrible war over the remains of your world in any event, but now that it is known that you survive, you that have a true claim upon your world, they will seek to destroy you. For each person that learns of your existance, they will tell another, and another. Soon not just small parties, but armies will start to arrive.

"But 'soon' is a relative time, as no army is too swiftly assembled, and the plans to take over your world would be long in the making. To show that your world is your own, you must warn off or destroy all those who come to claim it, or you will never know peace.

"I offer a final piece of advice. The Three that unraveled your world have tasted a measure of control unknown to all but the greatest of overgods. Hubris affects them, and they grow overconfident. Yet they have enough drive to do this again, and again. Your new world will never be safe until the Three have been banished, bound, or killed," Morwel says, the last in ringing tones like that of a prophacy.

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*Back on the Endless Falls, the githyanki party sends ahead a magical message that they will arrive within the next few days. They expect everything to be "in order" for them. The message is phrased as a demand, as it's clear they expect you to comply.*

 

[Ferrix]

*Back on the Endless Falls, the githyanki party sends ahead a magical message that they will arrive within the next few days. They expect everything to be "in order" for them. The message is phrased as a demand, as it's clear they expect you to comply.*

"We're having guests, come on people look alive, we've got have a party to welcome them," he addresses those still present in the Endless Falls to prepare for the arrival of their "guests". "Are the cocktails prepared? The seating arrangements set up? The works of art in place? No? Well then..." It's like he's arranging a party, although the connotations of those statements leave little to the imagination of what sort of party if the guests start acting up, as he expects.

OOC: Things I'll do in those few days: Manifest Divination to answer the following questions (90%): *What are the abilities of our party guests? *What do they expect to be "in order"? *Will they be violently hostile upon arrival? *Do they know of all of the survivors of the Endless Falls? *Do they know the abilities of those present in the Endless Falls? *Do they expect to be attacked upon arrival? *What is the greatest threat to the Endless Falls from the party guests? *What is the greatest threat to the survivors of the Endless Falls from the party guests? *Have our party guests or the Gith Queen heard that there were survivors to the destruction of the Endless Falls from sources other than Su'Ryuu? -If yes to above: *Who etc. filler stuff. *What do our party guests want the most? *What do our party guests want from the Endless Falls? *What do our party guests want from the survivors of the Endless Falls? -Any suggestions for more questions? -Knowledge checks regarding any answers to the above questions. +50 Knowledge (Psionics) +34 Knowledge (architecture & engineering) +30 Knowledge (history) +24 Knowledge (local) +24 Knowledge (geography) Will probably manifest a contingency but I haven't decided what yet.

 

[Zack2216]

OOC: Hmmm. Well, it looks like you have everything covered. I can't think of anything else.

 

[Wrahn]

Rahveon’s wings flex, ”I meant no offense Your Majesty. I am walking on unfamiliar ground and with so much riding on secrecy, I thought caution was the best decision.”

“I thank you for the warning, I had not considered that others may be moving into the vacuum left by the Endless falls destruction.”

“I hate to impose on you again, but currently we are a little lost as to where to start looking for the realms of the eleven when we get the chance, is there a scholar in your court we could impose upon whom might know the locations?”

(OOC:

Additional questions:

What is the purpose of the visit?
Is an alliance with the Gith Queen possible, considering the wide range of personal goals that the survivors have and the nature of the Gith Queen?)

 

[perivas]

Caira smiles at the probiscidean's awkwardness and seems to be lost in the moment. I forget how the others might be unaccustomed to the trappings of courtly life or at least be a petitioner rather than the petitioned. Though my voice carried great wait with the druids of Misty Forest, I was always the petitioner before fair and wise Oron, and after I left Katress in charge of the Church of the Green Mother, it was again the same. All this is gone now. And these others are just not accustomed to being so humble and so careful in the choice of words. The wet trail left behind by the single tear jolts Caira back to the present.

 

[Kelleris]

OOC: Isida, where/when the heck am I? I don't know if I'm back at the Falls, still in transit, still at the Cage, or what?

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

OOC - I believe you're still in the Cage, most of this is happening simultaneously, and everyone will get back with enough time to do a quick bit of comparison before your guests arrive.