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[Epic] Scions of the Endless Falls

Rahveon bows to the tiny celestial, ”We seek the resting place of eleven deities who were of the Endless Falls and we destroyed along with it. We suspect they are in their own divine realms, but we are unsure of their location.”

“Any information you would have on this or that would be relevant to our quest would be greatly appreciated.”

“The Eleven are Sava, Illion, Wiqu, Predara, Topan, Virgo, Muthor, Ekuna, Xelcule, Orphaldo, and Brath.”
 

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*Those remaining on the island of the Endless Falls are witness to the arrival of the githyanki party in all their savage splendor. They arrive by gate, far beyond the borders of the isle, in a neat twisting of space that you may not have noticed, had there been anything but nothingness to conceal it. A party of githyanki sail through with grace, holding up a precise formation against the disorientation of having neither sky nor ground. Then again, they do have practice at it.*

*The party consists of eleven individuals. Four are warriors, two men and two women, in the elegantly decorated and elaborate armor of their kind. The bear gleaming silver swords in their hands, marked with arcane runes. These are clearly the special silver swords that are capable of severing the silver life-cord of those traveling out of their bodies on the planes. Their forging is a secret known only to the githyanki, and there are other, stranger powers these swords are said to possess. Two are in heavily-embroidered trailing robes, bearing jewel-encrusted staves in their hands; clearly arcanists of a stripe. Two others were robes of a more somber hue and severe cut, with far less embroidery, their ornaments being their skins, tattooed more elegantly than any court gown. Swarms of gems circle about their heads like tame insects. Most likely these are the psions. One wears light chain armor, concervatively decorated, with a bow in her hands, and a huge quiver of arrows upon her back. As she draws closer, it's clear that her armor extends over her entire body, and worked into it are the images of a thousand vanquished foes. The next is a man wrapped in pale straps, his hands gleaming with metal bindings, belts of metal encircling his body at specific intervals. He carries no visible weapon, but has a stance of complete insurance in himself. The last is the most decorated, his robes putting the arcanists' in the shade with their splendor, his impressive height exaggerated by an elaborate headress that gives an impression of the Gith queen on her throne.*

*The group floats down towards the isle slowly, missing nothing, and pause about a dozen feet above the surface, clearly waiting for you to make the first move.*

Wrahn said:
Rahveon bows to the tiny celestial, ”We seek the resting place of eleven deities who were of the Endless Falls and we destroyed along with it. We suspect they are in their own divine realms, but we are unsure of their location.”

“Any information you would have on this or that would be relevant to our quest would be greatly appreciated.”

“The Eleven are Sava, Illion, Wiqu, Predara, Topan, Virgo, Muthor, Ekuna, Xelcule, Orphaldo, and Brath.”
*The little coure nods, and seems to be thinking, a wealth of knowledge present in her guileless blue eyes.*

"I know their places, and I know their names! Let me go and write them down for you!" she says, and then is off like an arrow. Surprisingly, she is back nearly as fast, bearing a scroll longer than she is. Opening it up, you see the names of the eleven gods, each name spelled out in special runes. Below it lie the names of planes, sketches of maps, names of geographical features. It's not precise, and it's obvious that a learned being, like a wizard, would be able to make the journey shorter by using the inscribes names.

"Those that are left with the gods may move them slightly from time to time to hide them from enemies, but they should be close. Remember to let them know your intentions clearly, for they will be awfully jumpy right now," she warns.
 

As the gith approach, Arion draws close to Su'ryuu, silently and stealthily, and whispers a few quiet words of "encouragement," painting a vivid picture of the bloody vengeance the gods deserve and the importance of this meeting. *The effect is death of idols: 90 rounds of inspire courage +4, hopefully long enough to get through the talking and into the (probable) battle.

Arion stands impassively, carefully hidden in the shadows beside Su'ryuu (about 10 feet away and slightly toward the newcomers), and waiting for her to make the first move. He holds Akumunaga in his right hand, the blade tilted towards the ground, gleaming darkly. He is cloaked in defensive spells, suppressing his aura, disguising the strength of his magic, and concealing his thoughts. Despite these protections, the tainted power of his blade permeates the area, ready to draw blood at a moment's notice, and may add an unidentifiable edge of unease to those who are attuned to sorcery.

(By now the rest should be well away from here, as we agreed. I'm assuming some time lapse between our decision and their arrival with this post.)

*Taking 10 on Hide for a 109 with improvisation. Arion has his zone of silence up, and has pass without trace, false life, footpad's grace, undetectable alignment, Nystul's magical aura (all items), glibness, tongues, and misdirection active.*

*Arion is also readying an action to use the yin and yang dances if the gith attack.*

{OOC:

Isida said:
Opening it up, you see the names of the eleven gods, each name spelled out in special runes. Below it lie the names of planes, sketches of maps, names of geographical features. It's not precise, and it's obvious that a learned being, like a wizard, would be able to make the journey shorter by using the inscribes names.

Ha! A cryptic pseudo-map written by an excitable fey? This thing might as well have "GIVE ME TO A BARD" written at the top in glowing letters! :D :p }
 
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Isida Kep'Tukari said:
"Those that are left with the gods may move them slightly from time to time to hide them from enemies, but they should be close. Remember to let them know your intentions clearly, for they will be awfully jumpy right now," she warns.

Caira muses aloud, "No doubt they will act as the disciple of Devom did. Thank you very much. Now, let us head back and bear the good news to our comrades."
 

Reclining about six feet physically below the surface of the land near the supposed meeting place on a shelf of granite that just happened to be there, Sigrún clicks his tongue in the grayness of the ethereal plane. Feeling the urge to start shaping the grayness around him, he refrains, the expenditure of energies may well be detected.

"You'd be amazed at how boring it must be to be buried when you are dead. All this earth above you, the only 'sound' you hear is the vibration of feet stamping on you forgotten grave. Oh, how exciting..." he projects to Akumunaga and Arion, "you should really try it, although I imagine you might already have, in a more literal fashion, at some point in your career considering your profession."

OOC: If stuff starts going down, he'll manifest a few powers before emerging.
Currently Active Powers: Inertial Armor (31 hours), Overland Flight (31 hours), Mind Blank (1 day), Energy Conversion (310 min.), Detect Hostile Intent (310 min.), Etherealness (31 min.)
Innate Powers: Detect Psionics, Psionic Darkvision, Detect Remote Viewing, Psionic Tongues
Item Effects: Touchsight, True Seeing, Deathward, Freedom of Movement, Hustle, Adaptation
 

Tsk, tsk. Never reveal your secrets, my master used to say. Although why you would think I spend a great deal of time underground is beyond me. I wonder when Su'ryuu is going to speak up. I mean, I know the dramatic staredown is traditional and all, but this is taking quite a while.

{OOC and FWIW: My "profession" is bard. I've been barding qute handily for quite a while now, and I've been stealth-barding this whole time. Not sure why that would indicate being underground at any time... You've got fair knowledge skills, but my past is something I try to keep on the down-low, if you know what I mean. And I have the resources to have done so, of course.}
 
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OOC: Sorry for not keeping up, I moved recently and started classes. :D
Su'ryuu will have her psionic focus up, but she will have no powers up.

IC: Imbeding her ax into the ground, it's dire energy's killing all close proximity plant life, she calls out to the Gith party.


Let's put on our best face here. Taking 10 on diplomacy-
"Welcome to my humble abode! Please, come down so that we can begin surveying the area."


OOC: Can anyone link the rogue threads with our characters? They seem to have disapeared...
 



Erm... Hard to say. Could be good news, could be bad. There's a well-known
diplomat with them, though so they obviously want to parlay before anything
bad happens...


...and when it does, eliminate the male arcanist. He poses the greatest threat to you.
 

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