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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Haltherrion" data-source="post: 1873343" data-attributes="member: 18253">Based on Princep's suggestion (and some side bar with Chris that indicates Azz concurs), the following has occurred out of game:The ransom is negotiated as follows:Azz does the communication. Draeca and Princep observe. Muscle is provided by the rest of the party.Draeca casts discern lie and voice of the dragon on Azz, Princep and Draeca (assuming they can be cast on others, if not just herself).The terms are:Acrilug pays no cash for ransom.Acrilug agrees not harm Eidos for one year.Acrilug provides information on the Mottul forces and fortress [I'll write this up later; don't let me forget]Acrilug says the following about creating control rods:There are none in Mottul who can create these rods. The magic required is of the highest strength. All thought only an Archon could manage it but I did find one who could do it: Trasutha the Lost Archon. Yes, she still lives. And I found her in the Misty Isles. She is as ornery and crusty as ever but she enchanted the rod you now posses. The fake rod you have was also intended for enchantment but was left unenchanted to be used as a decoy.Trasutha lives on Padmiron Isle. This isle lies on the lowest level deep in the mists. She has selected Padmiron because it is large and infested with evil creatures so that she is not troubled by many visitors.For the first two rods [the one you have and the one in the Mottul fortress], Trasutha requested two tasks. I imagine she will require a third task from you for your rod for she is not interested in wealth nor magic. What this, I cannot say. I did not perform the earlier tasks but they seemed to involve acquiring knowledging or traveling to certain places.Just about everyone has heard of Trasutha. She was one of the Archons in the Age of archons. She stepped down from her domains and disappeared. She has been sighted a number of times of the centuries but she is still refered to as the Lost Archon. She was always independent and was not allied with Osrid (Mottul's archon) or Marquilla (Eidos' archon).[In the interests of time, since I need time to prepare] Draeca will suggest the following: I assume Princep, Gel or Leonus could find a portal path for us to this place but it may be much faster and safer to activate Mithguard and fly it there. In return for giving Orena the control rod she needs to fly Mithguard, we could acquire a garrison for the castle (to protect it while we are galavanting about Padmiron and other places) and the use of the fortress to get to Padmiron. Tihs gives her the fortress and a high profile role but also removes the fortress from Eidos until we have both Mithguard and Castelleon available to us.This assumes that in addition to a working control rod, we could return from the jaunt with sufficient mercury to fly Castelleon.  </blockquote>

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