OOC Kingdom of Ashes V - Brood city, baby!

The_Universe said:
What you learned isn't necessarily true, only what the Bluestar remembers.
Yes - which is why it would have motivated her to learn more instead of accepting things for the way they are.

No doubt, Justice never would have questioned the validity of her Church's founder until that encounter with Big Blue.

But, it doesn't matter because it didn't happen.
 

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Xath, in character, told Justice that she didn't want any memories of the Bluestar because of the madness that she feels every time she tries to access info about Mordred. As for the information that Xath gave the Bluestar about Mordred, here it is. No complete prophecies, just tidbits.

Darkness reigns as liege once, and again
Should the sword of Kings fall to Goddess’ son!

Death will not bar midnight’s Imperator!

Along the way, Mordred claims both thrones (Falcon and Dragon), diverting a small part of his Fists to subdue the Caesarian Emperor. He is actually of truer blood than either of them (although his immortality remains a mystery) and because most of the imperial armies are fighting Maelwys and Destro on Prydein, there is little resistence on the continent.

After Mordred is defeated at Caer Hextor, the war dies down to limited skirmishes, but within 5 years, Maelwys is undisputed King of Prydein and the Ringed Continent.

Mordred had risen to claim the throne over all of the ringed continent by reuniting the sundered dragon empire (Caesaria and Byzantium had once been part of the same empire, but the throne had been sundered by the petty wars of a hundred generations). For a little over a year, Mordred the Black was Emperor over all the Ringed continent, and his capitol was at Caer Hextor, his home on Mordred's Isle

However, the legends say that after the battle in which Mordred was killed and his armies scattered by the forces of the resurrected Falcon Kingdom , Aregonn found something in the dark, arcane libraries of Mordred's castle...something that changed him.
4000 BL (1932 nd year of the Falcon) Tiamat, disguised as a mortal, seduces Morgath. Unkown to Morgath, a son is born of the union—Mordred the Black.
2730 BL (1253 rd year of the Dragon) Mordred the Black establishes Caer Hextor on an island south of Prydein. He then organizes the Fists of Hextor, a mercenary company.
4 BL (2223 rd year of the Sundered Empire) Aron Greyclaw allies himself with Mordred the Black, bringing with him (officially) the Kingdom of Prydenisti Elves.
2 BL (2225 th year of the Sundered Empire) Mordred the Black claims both parts of the Sundered Throne, proclaiming himself (correctly) heir to the united Dragon Empire. Mordred turns the united might of 2 empires against the rebellious Prydein. While Gorak and a dwarven warlord, Arutha Bloodaxe, lead the Falcon King’s army against the forces of Emperor Mordred, the Woodshadow, the Apecto, the Amastacia, Aregonn Bluestar, General Zao Jade and Quarion the Great lead a second army against Mordred’s stronghold at Caer Hextor. The Woodshadow kills Aron Greyclaw, and his son Daran, making himself rightful King of the Prydenisti. The Apecto brings his holy Light to bear against Mordred, revealing his true, monstrous form (a Shadow Dragon). The gathered forces defeat Mordred’s army, and Mordred himself is killed shortly after.
 

Xath said:
However, the legends say that after the battle in which Mordred was killed and his armies scattered by the forces of the resurrected Falcon Kingdom , Aregonn found something in the dark, arcane libraries of Mordred's castle...something that changed him.


Accessing the Bluestar's memories, I want to know more about this.
 

Xath said:
Xath, in character, told Justice that she didn't want any memories of the Bluestar because of the madness that she feels every time she tries to access info about Mordred.

Justice ruled this an acceptable price to pay for the glimpse into the past - no matter how one sided the representation of her ancestor may have been.
 
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From the SRD:

Sending
Evocation

Level: Clr 4, Sor/Wiz 5

Components: V, S, M/DF

Casting Time: 10 minutes

Range: See text

Target: One creature

Duration: 1 round; see text

Saving Throw: None

Spell Resistance: No

You contact a particular creature with which you are familiar and send a short message of twenty-five words or less to the subject. The subject recognizes you if it knows you. It can answer in like manner immediately. A creature with an Intelligence score as low as 1 can understand the sending, though the subject’s ability to react is limited as normal by its Intelligence score. Even if the sending is received, the subject is not obligated to act upon it in any manner.

If the creature in question is not on the same plane of existence as you are, there is a 5% chance that the sending does not arrive. (Local conditions on other planes may worsen this chance considerably.)

Arcane Material Component: A short piece of fine copper wire.


If the afterlife *is* on another plane, Justice can attempt to contact Quarior via Sending. Granted, she can't cast it very often (3 times/day, I think?)... but, it's the best solution I can think of to get some information from beyond the grave. ;)
 

Queen_Dopplepopolis said:
Kennon - is there a knowledge check that can give us some insight as to what we should expect in taking down the wall? I know nothing can give us all the answers - or the correct answers for that matter.

But, is there some sort of knowledge we can roll to determine any little sliver of information?
Ask a specific question, and I'll tell you what to roll, if there's something that you can find out.
 

But, if Khaz Borak (sp?) is truly crawling with undead... just send Justice in, give her 10 minutes, and she'll take care of it. Once that's done, we can mess with whatever powers the wall.

*ARCHON EGO* (wee-ooo-wee-ooo) ;)
 


Queen_Dopplepopolis said:
Justice ruled this an acceptable price to pay for the glimpse into the past - no matter how one sided the representation of her ancestor may have been.
I don't care if you keep it - just justify it IC with the other characters. This board (or the IC one) is a perfectly acceptable format for doing so. I think it's cool, too - but fair's fair.
 

The_Universe said:
Ask a specific question, and I'll tell you what to roll, if there's something that you can find out.
Is the ward in the wall powered by some source of Holy energy?

Is the ward in the wall powered by a powerful artifact?

Has anyone tampered with it in the past?
-if yes, who? how?
-if no, has anyone tried?

Has there ever been a time when the ward seems to have weakened?
-if yes, when? what happened?

Do we have any dwarves in Hyrwl that would have lived at Khaz Borak? Visited? Could they draw us a map? How detailed?
-Do they know anything about what powers the ward?
 

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