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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 624139" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chinese Take-out</strong></p><p></p><p>Chapter 85, “Mark’s Fate”, September 28, 1018, 10:30 P.M.</p><p></p><p>The other members of the Silver Moon party join those who just returned from the Abyss, and are filled in about what has taken place. The two acquired spell books are examined. Each book contains eighteen pages, of which six are blank (having been cast as scrolls), leaving a dozen spells. In addition to the standard spells, each book also contains some new spells. Cassie and Fiona consider these “great finds”. </p><p></p><p>Mark returns the borrowed Nargblade to Narg Junior. The elvan boy says “I feel funny taking this from you. In my timeline, after you defeated Mordenkainen with it, the party felt that you had earned the right to carry it. It was yours for the next thirty years until your death.” “My death!” Mark exclaims. “I guess I shouldn’t have said anything about that,” the boy comments, “Sorry.” The boy doesn’t say anything further, although Mark is clearly agitated by this revelation. Mojo finally yells “Look kid, you can’t just drop those bombshells and then clam up. Tell us what happened, and we’ll make sure to avoid it this time around.” </p><p></p><p>The boy replies “Well, I guess it won’t hurt for you to know. Mom always said that if Narg were around it wouldn’t have happened anyway, as he would not have allowed Pamela (a high priestess of Loviatar who has opposed the group before) to survive their prior encounter.” Pamela!, it figures,” says Narg, “You mother was right, with me here to stop her there’s no way she’ll still be kicking around thirty years from now to kill my buddy Mark.” </p><p></p><p>“So what exactly happened?” asks Cassie. “Or will happen, gee this gets confusing,” states Lannon. The boy begins his story, telling about a wedding to take place on the Island in the year 1048, during which Prince Matthew married one of the next generation of the Silver Moon. The boy explains that “The gathering in one place of the royal family, the Silver Moon, and others who had crossed her was far too tempting a target for the exiled and defeated Priestess Pamela to pass up. She disrupted the ceremony by summoning her goddess Loviatar to the Prime Material Plane to kill all present. </p><p></p><p>A massive battle followed, during which the good-aligned divine beings of Ilma, a warrior maiden of Ukko; Shatran, ascended hero of Mielikki; Chato, bird spirit of Hotoru; and the Demigod Finder Wyvernspur were each summoned by followers of theirs who were present. Finder eventually managed to open a dimensional portal to a plane where Loviatar would be forever imprisoned. Mark and King Matthan sacrificed themselves knocking her through this portal.” “The wimp Matthan did that? I don’t believe it,” exclaims Mojo. Narg Junior replies “Yes, he died a hero, sacrificing himself while protecting his daughter-in-law whom Loviatar was about to kill.” </p><p></p><p>The boy continues “At the climax of the battle two dozen heroes lay dead, including my stepfather Mojo. Finder was able to successfully resurrect all of them except for the illusionist-thief Blip and a young fighter named James-Shang. My mother had protected me during this battle, and I felt guilty that she had not been able help fight because of me. I decided that day that I too would become a great fighter and hero. Mark had dropped the Nargblade during the battle, and it was now given to Mojo to hold until the day that I was of an age to properly use it. A statue was erected to honor the four heroes lost that day, placed near the entrance of the Narg Memorial Baseball Park. Later that summer the widowed Queen Jennifer was elected to her third term as the continent’s ruler. Shortly thereafter she and her long-time lover Mojo were wed in a private ceremony.” </p><p></p><p>Before they can ask the boy any further questions Barthrock arrives to announce his travel plans. Barthrock says that he will bring with him for the first trip up the river approximately half of the bugbear army, to guard the books and other items at the destination point. He has these bugbears rest, while the remainder of the bugbears spend the night under the dwarf Tokrah’s supervision transporting the filled bookcases to the river and loading them on the ship. The three cargo holds are filled with 60% of the library’s contents (ninety bookcases). Also loaded onto the ship for this trip are approximately half of the food supplies of the castle, as well as the tarps, tenting, cots and other supplies of the bugbear army. </p><p></p><p>September 29, 1018:</p><p></p><p>Barthrock departs, with the twelve giants hauling the first ship load from the library. Marching on shore alongside are approximately half of the bugbear army. On the ship itself with this trip are three Silver Moon members, Fiona, Lono and Mark, as well as the monk L, druid Dratakke, cleric Davvid and magic-user Kebbark from Barthrock’s team, and finally the cat Henegyokai Ebony Shadow (who is annoyed at Lono’s suggestion that she ride in a pet taxi). </p><p></p><p>At the castle Tokrah lets his team of bugbears sleep and relax for the day. Chandra, the other member of Barthrock’s team still at the castle, spends the day with Li-Tak’s daughters, assisting them with packing. Hiroshi and Kim-Sung also spend time on the fourth floor with the girls with linguistics lessons as most of the girls have only a very rudimentary knowledge of the common tongue (although they are all fluent in the Kara-Tur language (Chinese) and about half are fluent in the Heian language (Japanese). </p><p></p><p>The other members of the Silver Moon spend the day exploring the castle, continuing to look for secret doors or concealed treasure, while also making a mental inventory of what they may wish to take with them in the third ship load. </p><p></p><p>September 30, 1018:</p><p></p><p>The party members at the castle continue their explorations. Barthrock's group arrive with the ship at their destination, and immediately begin unloading the cargo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 624139, member: 8530"] [b]Chinese Take-out[/b] Chapter 85, “Mark’s Fate”, September 28, 1018, 10:30 P.M. The other members of the Silver Moon party join those who just returned from the Abyss, and are filled in about what has taken place. The two acquired spell books are examined. Each book contains eighteen pages, of which six are blank (having been cast as scrolls), leaving a dozen spells. In addition to the standard spells, each book also contains some new spells. Cassie and Fiona consider these “great finds”. Mark returns the borrowed Nargblade to Narg Junior. The elvan boy says “I feel funny taking this from you. In my timeline, after you defeated Mordenkainen with it, the party felt that you had earned the right to carry it. It was yours for the next thirty years until your death.” “My death!” Mark exclaims. “I guess I shouldn’t have said anything about that,” the boy comments, “Sorry.” The boy doesn’t say anything further, although Mark is clearly agitated by this revelation. Mojo finally yells “Look kid, you can’t just drop those bombshells and then clam up. Tell us what happened, and we’ll make sure to avoid it this time around.” The boy replies “Well, I guess it won’t hurt for you to know. Mom always said that if Narg were around it wouldn’t have happened anyway, as he would not have allowed Pamela (a high priestess of Loviatar who has opposed the group before) to survive their prior encounter.” Pamela!, it figures,” says Narg, “You mother was right, with me here to stop her there’s no way she’ll still be kicking around thirty years from now to kill my buddy Mark.” “So what exactly happened?” asks Cassie. “Or will happen, gee this gets confusing,” states Lannon. The boy begins his story, telling about a wedding to take place on the Island in the year 1048, during which Prince Matthew married one of the next generation of the Silver Moon. The boy explains that “The gathering in one place of the royal family, the Silver Moon, and others who had crossed her was far too tempting a target for the exiled and defeated Priestess Pamela to pass up. She disrupted the ceremony by summoning her goddess Loviatar to the Prime Material Plane to kill all present. A massive battle followed, during which the good-aligned divine beings of Ilma, a warrior maiden of Ukko; Shatran, ascended hero of Mielikki; Chato, bird spirit of Hotoru; and the Demigod Finder Wyvernspur were each summoned by followers of theirs who were present. Finder eventually managed to open a dimensional portal to a plane where Loviatar would be forever imprisoned. Mark and King Matthan sacrificed themselves knocking her through this portal.” “The wimp Matthan did that? I don’t believe it,” exclaims Mojo. Narg Junior replies “Yes, he died a hero, sacrificing himself while protecting his daughter-in-law whom Loviatar was about to kill.” The boy continues “At the climax of the battle two dozen heroes lay dead, including my stepfather Mojo. Finder was able to successfully resurrect all of them except for the illusionist-thief Blip and a young fighter named James-Shang. My mother had protected me during this battle, and I felt guilty that she had not been able help fight because of me. I decided that day that I too would become a great fighter and hero. Mark had dropped the Nargblade during the battle, and it was now given to Mojo to hold until the day that I was of an age to properly use it. A statue was erected to honor the four heroes lost that day, placed near the entrance of the Narg Memorial Baseball Park. Later that summer the widowed Queen Jennifer was elected to her third term as the continent’s ruler. Shortly thereafter she and her long-time lover Mojo were wed in a private ceremony.” Before they can ask the boy any further questions Barthrock arrives to announce his travel plans. Barthrock says that he will bring with him for the first trip up the river approximately half of the bugbear army, to guard the books and other items at the destination point. He has these bugbears rest, while the remainder of the bugbears spend the night under the dwarf Tokrah’s supervision transporting the filled bookcases to the river and loading them on the ship. The three cargo holds are filled with 60% of the library’s contents (ninety bookcases). Also loaded onto the ship for this trip are approximately half of the food supplies of the castle, as well as the tarps, tenting, cots and other supplies of the bugbear army. September 29, 1018: Barthrock departs, with the twelve giants hauling the first ship load from the library. Marching on shore alongside are approximately half of the bugbear army. On the ship itself with this trip are three Silver Moon members, Fiona, Lono and Mark, as well as the monk L, druid Dratakke, cleric Davvid and magic-user Kebbark from Barthrock’s team, and finally the cat Henegyokai Ebony Shadow (who is annoyed at Lono’s suggestion that she ride in a pet taxi). At the castle Tokrah lets his team of bugbears sleep and relax for the day. Chandra, the other member of Barthrock’s team still at the castle, spends the day with Li-Tak’s daughters, assisting them with packing. Hiroshi and Kim-Sung also spend time on the fourth floor with the girls with linguistics lessons as most of the girls have only a very rudimentary knowledge of the common tongue (although they are all fluent in the Kara-Tur language (Chinese) and about half are fluent in the Heian language (Japanese). The other members of the Silver Moon spend the day exploring the castle, continuing to look for secret doors or concealed treasure, while also making a mental inventory of what they may wish to take with them in the third ship load. September 30, 1018: The party members at the castle continue their explorations. Barthrock's group arrive with the ship at their destination, and immediately begin unloading the cargo. [/QUOTE]
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