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<blockquote data-quote="narayan" data-source="post: 7592022" data-attributes="member: 6677509"><p><strong>Willambervale Somberthaine, Telerai Ghostcloak</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>As you turn and rush to the door you find it shut fast. Even throwing your full weight against it is no use. You know it is magically held. Telerai can control this door (and many others within this strange and ancient tower) 'at will' with just a thought. He probably sealed it behind you as soon as you entered. </em></p><p> <em></em></p><p><em><strong>Telerai:</strong> <span style="color: #000066">"Petulant fool!"</span> You hear Telerai mutter in an unfamiliar, eerie, chillingly hollow voice. <span style="color: #000066">"There is no use resisting. You will not escape my power any easier than your former master."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>As you turn back around to stare at Telerai with confusion you see a flash of arrogant delight pass over his features, along with something else... something stranger. For an instant it seemed like you could see through his body as it shifts into an incorporeal form of an entirely different sort of elf, the like of which you have never seen before. It is vaguely intangible as a mere ghostly visage of its former form. The most striking difference you see are the ears, which have longer, sharper points while also appearing far more frail and thin, though equally elegant. </em></p><p> <em></em></p><p><em><strong>Mormhaor:</strong> <span style="color: #000066">"Didn't you ever wonder why Telerai called himself 'Ghostcloak?'. The title speaks of his predilection to seek out the spirits of the dead. A pastime that earned him nothing but scorn and suspicion among the living. Why else would you think he chose to dwell here? Here where the ancient spirits of the first elves still linger... He wanted to glean something from us that everyone would respect to justify his interest. Secret knowledge and ancient power."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000066">"I set the idea in his head long ago that it was his destiny to become master of this tower. Slowly over decades I coaxed him to feed more and more of his own spells into the tower with fleeting glimpses of its potential rewards. A necessary lie you see. Myself and the other 'mormhaor' require fresh magic from the living to sustain ourselves. Of course, his desire to possess control over the tower also made it all too easy for me to possess him when I decided the time was right."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000066">"You on the other hand always resisted us, as sometimes happens. You are Tosi Elama. The history of your ancestors and my descendants is inborn into your instincts. My urging to Telerai to train you and keep you by his side were not enough. No matter. You are here now, and so is the egg."</span></em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>The spirit who has possessed Telerai notes your anguished and fearful expression.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000066">"Do not despair! Telerai lives on as part of me. So far as anyone will know, Telerai will finally achieve all the goals he ever wanted, and more... much more. And so shall you. But first, you must accept me as your new master..."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000066">"My true name is difficult to pronounce in what you now call 'elvish', but it shall suffice to refer to me as Archaeroseth-the-deathless, indomitable and all-powerful Hîr Istari."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>[Willambervale:</strong> Make an intelligence check.<strong>]</strong> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>[Note:</strong> In truth you beat him in initiative. We shall consider you moving to the door to be a 5 ft. step. You can still make a standard or move action before his turn.<strong>]</strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="narayan, post: 7592022, member: 6677509"] [b]Willambervale Somberthaine, Telerai Ghostcloak[/b] [I]As you turn and rush to the door you find it shut fast. Even throwing your full weight against it is no use. You know it is magically held. Telerai can control this door (and many others within this strange and ancient tower) 'at will' with just a thought. He probably sealed it behind you as soon as you entered. [B]Telerai:[/B] [COLOR=#000066]"Petulant fool!"[/COLOR] You hear Telerai mutter in an unfamiliar, eerie, chillingly hollow voice. [COLOR=#000066]"There is no use resisting. You will not escape my power any easier than your former master."[/COLOR] As you turn back around to stare at Telerai with confusion you see a flash of arrogant delight pass over his features, along with something else... something stranger. For an instant it seemed like you could see through his body as it shifts into an incorporeal form of an entirely different sort of elf, the like of which you have never seen before. It is vaguely intangible as a mere ghostly visage of its former form. The most striking difference you see are the ears, which have longer, sharper points while also appearing far more frail and thin, though equally elegant. [B]Mormhaor:[/B] [COLOR=#000066]"Didn't you ever wonder why Telerai called himself 'Ghostcloak?'. The title speaks of his predilection to seek out the spirits of the dead. A pastime that earned him nothing but scorn and suspicion among the living. Why else would you think he chose to dwell here? Here where the ancient spirits of the first elves still linger... He wanted to glean something from us that everyone would respect to justify his interest. Secret knowledge and ancient power."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066]"I set the idea in his head long ago that it was his destiny to become master of this tower. Slowly over decades I coaxed him to feed more and more of his own spells into the tower with fleeting glimpses of its potential rewards. A necessary lie you see. Myself and the other 'mormhaor' require fresh magic from the living to sustain ourselves. Of course, his desire to possess control over the tower also made it all too easy for me to possess him when I decided the time was right."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066]"You on the other hand always resisted us, as sometimes happens. You are Tosi Elama. The history of your ancestors and my descendants is inborn into your instincts. My urging to Telerai to train you and keep you by his side were not enough. No matter. You are here now, and so is the egg."[/COLOR] The spirit who has possessed Telerai notes your anguished and fearful expression. [COLOR=#000066]"Do not despair! Telerai lives on as part of me. So far as anyone will know, Telerai will finally achieve all the goals he ever wanted, and more... much more. And so shall you. But first, you must accept me as your new master..."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066]"My true name is difficult to pronounce in what you now call 'elvish', but it shall suffice to refer to me as Archaeroseth-the-deathless, indomitable and all-powerful Hîr Istari."[/COLOR] [B][Willambervale:[/B] Make an intelligence check.[B]][/B] [B][Note:[/B] In truth you beat him in initiative. We shall consider you moving to the door to be a 5 ft. step. You can still make a standard or move action before his turn.[B]][/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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