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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 4000739" data-attributes="member: 29014">*A young woman in the back wearing a cloak similar to the Sice Housemistress and Xanthar's stands up to talk after being recognised.  Her aura of beauty and charisma is nigh unearthly, so much so that those familiar with the effects of charisma-enhancing cloaks would be surprised if she wasn't wearing one.  Whether it is partially due to magical effect or simply due to Valessa double-dipping for this girl when she handed out beauty, she is a figure of perfection, with big crystal-blue eyes, silky golden tresses, and a robe that is purposefully cut so as not to be too voluminous and hide her lithe but well-curved physique.  As such, all eyes immediately turn to her, well except maybe the elves.*[SBLOCK=Vanitri, Ashnar, Tenebrynn, Rinaldo]Keeping in mind that the reason I let everyone craft like crazy was that I advanced the timeline two years to give Rayne time to research all this, you recognise an older Laynie--though still eight years younger than the one from the future.  I calculated the other day that after those cards from the DoMT and the cloak she got from Sin, Laynie has a total of +15 to Charisma-based skill checks before any ranks (many of these competence or circumstance bonuses, but still).  Yikes!  She would do as well as someone with 40 Charisma <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" />  If she actually trains in those skills, some day she might catch up to Rinaldo[/SBLOCK] "Xanthar and Ashnar are both absolutely right that Lichwyrm or no Lichwyrm, a protection force is a good idea.  But I agree.  I suggest we not name it after Medibaria.  Call it the Lyruan League after the woman who had the resolve to unite so many people and defeat the Lichwyrm so long ago, a woman who cared for the people of every nation whose delegates are now present in this room."*Xanthar, capitalising on the stir made by the young woman, follows up on her suggestion.*"You are right, of course, Ms. Valsice.  The name should reflect our shared desire to keep our people safe.  As such, the Lyruan League is a fine name.  There are dangerous creatures out there that have ill-intent towards innocents in every nation.  For those who haven't heard, the town of Brimbor was basically destroyed by dragons just the other night.  This information, I think, would be easy for you to verify.  Now, having heard about this Lichwyrm, I'm starting to think that this might be connected to his rise, but you know, even if I decided I don't believe in the Lichwyrm, this would still be a cause for concern and alarm.  A rogue group of dragons strong enough to level a small town banding together?  Okay, maybe our capitals are well-enough protected to repel or thwart such an attempt.  Maybe.  But not a one of us can say that one of our small towns, like Brimbor, could survive such an attack.  Think of it, a whole town up in flames and gone.  All those people dead, their dreams snuffed out.  Right now, the only recourse is mercenaries, adventurers, and they are not cheap.  Tens of thousands of gold was spent to hire adventurers to deal with that threat.  How much better and safer if those funds were used to train our own brave men and women to create a sustainable fighting force?"*Rayne takes the floor to make a few comments.*"At the behest of a wise advisor, I have refrained from taking the floor for a while to allow everyone to talk and each express their own insights and experiences.  But there are a few things you should know if we are going to take the threat of the Lichwyrm seriously.  The most important thing to remember is that though the Phoenix Shard is taken, all hope is not yet lost.  The cultists can begin to awaken the Lichwyrm with the Phoenix Shard, but without more of his power, they will be unable to free him from his bonds.  There is, however, a danger that we must still consider.  We are in grave trouble even if they can awaken him enough to converse.""Of the phylactery shard, there are some whose location is, more or less, known.  However, there are others that no one has ever been able to recover.  You see, so paranoid was he, perhaps rightly so with chaotic and evil followers, that the Lichwyrm kept the locations of his shards hidden from even his lieutenants.  Only his own twisted mind, and guardian creatures bound forever to the shard, would hold the locations.  The cultists, knowing this, never bothered too hard to look for the missing shards--they didn't have the Phoenix Shard, without which they could do nothing, and if they could wake the Lichwyrm up enough to speak, he could tell them the remaining locations.  The forces of good did look.  They were aided by the placing of ley lines, which are somehow involved with the Lichwyrm's power--Professor Tyndall can explain that better.  But several of the shards still remained unlocated, though we at least have a guess of the general vicinity."</blockquote>

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