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<blockquote data-quote="Lylandra" data-source="post: 6919206" data-attributes="member: 6816692"><p>The now rather large party (Cuin, Tinu, Hragesh, Torrent, Haddin, Crystin and Durval) is confronted by the burning draconic image of Indomitability. Both Tinuviel and Crystin feel a strong, heated, but eerily familiar determination emanating from it as he speaks out his demands to be set free from the 40 tongues that bind him. Cuin'halar remembers that Indominability brought his "brother" back to life when they fought the Inquisitor in Haddin's cottage, so he promises to help him in return, but he insists that he des it "their way". Indomitability doesn't care how he's set free as long as someone does do the job. Tinuviel, intrigued by the psionic presence, asks the Trillith who he is and why he was bound to the forest. He calls himself a Trillith who was born in the depths of the earth and who wandered the world and this forest for long years before the "elven witch" hunted him down and bound him. He tells them that they have to find his bound body down the stream to release him. The party finally agrees to help him and recieves his boon. </p><p></p><p>They take shelter in the old watchtower by the bridge (my group giggled at the old "speak friend and enter" reference and as the PCs are two elves, this was an easy one for them) and pay respect to the deceased soldiers inside. They decide to take their weapons as they will use it for the defense (and hopefully salvation) of their forest home. The find Bhurisrava's log in the uppermost room of the tower and are disheartened by the priest's succumbing faith in his traditional elven sun god, Ossirian. They conclude that the priest has taken the wounded elves upstream and that he might have hidden his "clues" on whomever set the forest on fire there as well. </p><p></p><p>(Note: He didn't, but this way the party had a nice excuse to visit Nelle)</p><p></p><p>The finally find the dream seeds "for visions of the fire-maker", but agree that they might want to find a safer place to try them, especially when two of them (Tinuviel and Crystin) have strange mental powers and prophetic visions. They exmine the strategic model of the nearby village and find structures that look like a graveyard and a temple. Tinuviel wants to give the guards a proper burial, so he asks Cuin to check out both sites for the right place. They head for the shrine of Anyariel first and spot the two dead bodies in the willow tree at the last minute. They ask themselves why someone would use his last moments to climb up a tree and decide that something must be terribly wrong here. They draw their weapons as they advance and battle the two fire-ghasts. When they fell the last undead, the woman thanks them for her release and the elves are curious enough to search the two bodies for information. They find out their tragic story of cannibalism and are shocked of the madness that hunger and druidic magic gone wrong can lead to.</p><p></p><p>(Note: I gave the woman a short "diary" where I described her descent to madness. They were druids whose animalic instincts took over when their hunger got too great.)</p><p></p><p>The elves head into the shrine and wake up the dormant Ghaele Eladrin who has been sent by Arcadia, the goddess of healing, to "a priest in need" but found none. The elves explain that they might have found the notebook of the priest she is talking about and that they might even know why the priest needed help in the first place (he was desperate and had many wounded elves to tend to), so they claim to be on the same side as Bhurisrava and convince the Ghale to be let into the shrine. Together they head down the shrine and find the statue depicting the battle of Anyariel and the Stag, as well as a dead priest and a Shahalesti in "out of fashion clothes" (citing Cuin) who's lying in stasis. From the other clues in this rooms (smashed glass and something missing on a pedestral), they conclude that someone must have broken in, killed the priest and then took whatever treasure that was hidden here. Tinuviel tries to focus his (currently pretty strong) emotional focus on the pedestral and feels both remnants of love and jealousy. The elves tell the Ghale (who cannot leave the shrine) that they will look for Bhurisrava's people upstream and tell her what they found. </p><p></p><p>After they reunite with the rest of the party (Torrent became the sort-of "babysitter" for Haddin ad Durval, making sure that the former stays away from Crystin and that the latter doesn't harm himself), they decide to look for whomever Bhurisrava has left behind. After a long and dangerous way up the river, they finally find Nelle's grove. After the party tells the old Unicorn that they want to help Bhurisrava's people, Nelle insists that only those with "pure hearts" (aka "Not Haddin") might enter his hideout. He shows them the badly burt elves and reminisces on whether Bhurisrava might have been right and that maybe death might have been a salvation for them. He's sad to hear the story of his friend's death but says that he already suspected something like that. Nelle tells them the story of Anyariel, Timbre and Gwenevere and tells them that Gwenevere felt both love and jealousy. He also mentions strange dreams (which Crystin recites in unisono) about a "Trillith" who is the "child of Trilla". Cuin'halar remembers the name Trilla, as he knows that this was the name of their deceased patron Syana's daughter, but he decides to keep it a secret from the others, especially since Haddin is around. </p><p></p><p>They ask Nelle whether he might need some "celestial help" in tending the elves and tell the uicorn that they have found a Ghaele of Arcadia in the shrine of Anyariel. They suggest that Nelle and the Ghaele might combine their healing powers to a greater effect and that they hope they might find a "cure" for the everburning forest soon. Nelle is hesitant fist, but agrees and uses his boat token to create a boat big enough to carefully place all the dying elves upon. Together they reavel down the stream and bring the elves to the shrine. </p><p></p><p>(Note: I was pleasantly suerprised that my party came up with this idea, but in retrospective it makes a lot of sense since both the Ghaele and Nelle basically want the same thing and the Ghale, being sent by a "god of healing" - Arcadia in my world - would be the perfect healer for Bhurisrava's wounded friends. This turned out to have an influence on the end of the adventure as well...)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lylandra, post: 6919206, member: 6816692"] The now rather large party (Cuin, Tinu, Hragesh, Torrent, Haddin, Crystin and Durval) is confronted by the burning draconic image of Indomitability. Both Tinuviel and Crystin feel a strong, heated, but eerily familiar determination emanating from it as he speaks out his demands to be set free from the 40 tongues that bind him. Cuin'halar remembers that Indominability brought his "brother" back to life when they fought the Inquisitor in Haddin's cottage, so he promises to help him in return, but he insists that he des it "their way". Indomitability doesn't care how he's set free as long as someone does do the job. Tinuviel, intrigued by the psionic presence, asks the Trillith who he is and why he was bound to the forest. He calls himself a Trillith who was born in the depths of the earth and who wandered the world and this forest for long years before the "elven witch" hunted him down and bound him. He tells them that they have to find his bound body down the stream to release him. The party finally agrees to help him and recieves his boon. They take shelter in the old watchtower by the bridge (my group giggled at the old "speak friend and enter" reference and as the PCs are two elves, this was an easy one for them) and pay respect to the deceased soldiers inside. They decide to take their weapons as they will use it for the defense (and hopefully salvation) of their forest home. The find Bhurisrava's log in the uppermost room of the tower and are disheartened by the priest's succumbing faith in his traditional elven sun god, Ossirian. They conclude that the priest has taken the wounded elves upstream and that he might have hidden his "clues" on whomever set the forest on fire there as well. (Note: He didn't, but this way the party had a nice excuse to visit Nelle) The finally find the dream seeds "for visions of the fire-maker", but agree that they might want to find a safer place to try them, especially when two of them (Tinuviel and Crystin) have strange mental powers and prophetic visions. They exmine the strategic model of the nearby village and find structures that look like a graveyard and a temple. Tinuviel wants to give the guards a proper burial, so he asks Cuin to check out both sites for the right place. They head for the shrine of Anyariel first and spot the two dead bodies in the willow tree at the last minute. They ask themselves why someone would use his last moments to climb up a tree and decide that something must be terribly wrong here. They draw their weapons as they advance and battle the two fire-ghasts. When they fell the last undead, the woman thanks them for her release and the elves are curious enough to search the two bodies for information. They find out their tragic story of cannibalism and are shocked of the madness that hunger and druidic magic gone wrong can lead to. (Note: I gave the woman a short "diary" where I described her descent to madness. They were druids whose animalic instincts took over when their hunger got too great.) The elves head into the shrine and wake up the dormant Ghaele Eladrin who has been sent by Arcadia, the goddess of healing, to "a priest in need" but found none. The elves explain that they might have found the notebook of the priest she is talking about and that they might even know why the priest needed help in the first place (he was desperate and had many wounded elves to tend to), so they claim to be on the same side as Bhurisrava and convince the Ghale to be let into the shrine. Together they head down the shrine and find the statue depicting the battle of Anyariel and the Stag, as well as a dead priest and a Shahalesti in "out of fashion clothes" (citing Cuin) who's lying in stasis. From the other clues in this rooms (smashed glass and something missing on a pedestral), they conclude that someone must have broken in, killed the priest and then took whatever treasure that was hidden here. Tinuviel tries to focus his (currently pretty strong) emotional focus on the pedestral and feels both remnants of love and jealousy. The elves tell the Ghale (who cannot leave the shrine) that they will look for Bhurisrava's people upstream and tell her what they found. After they reunite with the rest of the party (Torrent became the sort-of "babysitter" for Haddin ad Durval, making sure that the former stays away from Crystin and that the latter doesn't harm himself), they decide to look for whomever Bhurisrava has left behind. After a long and dangerous way up the river, they finally find Nelle's grove. After the party tells the old Unicorn that they want to help Bhurisrava's people, Nelle insists that only those with "pure hearts" (aka "Not Haddin") might enter his hideout. He shows them the badly burt elves and reminisces on whether Bhurisrava might have been right and that maybe death might have been a salvation for them. He's sad to hear the story of his friend's death but says that he already suspected something like that. Nelle tells them the story of Anyariel, Timbre and Gwenevere and tells them that Gwenevere felt both love and jealousy. He also mentions strange dreams (which Crystin recites in unisono) about a "Trillith" who is the "child of Trilla". Cuin'halar remembers the name Trilla, as he knows that this was the name of their deceased patron Syana's daughter, but he decides to keep it a secret from the others, especially since Haddin is around. They ask Nelle whether he might need some "celestial help" in tending the elves and tell the uicorn that they have found a Ghaele of Arcadia in the shrine of Anyariel. They suggest that Nelle and the Ghaele might combine their healing powers to a greater effect and that they hope they might find a "cure" for the everburning forest soon. Nelle is hesitant fist, but agrees and uses his boat token to create a boat big enough to carefully place all the dying elves upon. Together they reavel down the stream and bring the elves to the shrine. (Note: I was pleasantly suerprised that my party came up with this idea, but in retrospective it makes a lot of sense since both the Ghaele and Nelle basically want the same thing and the Ghale, being sent by a "god of healing" - Arcadia in my world - would be the perfect healer for Bhurisrava's wounded friends. This turned out to have an influence on the end of the adventure as well...) [/QUOTE]
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