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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 678000" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Epilogue - Chapter 2 of 3</strong></p><p></p><p>Epilogue: Chapter 2, “The Return of Li-Tak”, June 3, 1019:</p><p></p><p>Other than the surprise return of Li-Tak, the remainder of the wedding continues smoothly. Isaiah delivers what for him is a surprisingly brief sermon, only lasting about an hour. Following the ceremony a grand reception is held at Jerry’s Tavern. </p><p></p><p>Li-Tak sits at a long table at the reception, and several members of the Silver Moon, including most that had gone on the mission to the orient, immediately seat themselves with him for a conversation that borders on interrogation. Mojo begins with “We thought you had died.” The elderly Heian gentleman replies “I did. I died of natural causes 326 years ago.” Lannon comments “Well, you sure look to be in pretty good shape for a corpse.” </p><p></p><p>Li-Tak says “In the weeks immediately before my passing I wanted to make sure of the future that was in store for my offspring. I had originally planned to leave that to my apprentices, but I outlived them all. So I used a time travel device, and went forward, to see what would become of my daughters. I went 400 years ahead, and what I found greatly upset me. Morgarth had taken over the castle and turned the castle into a place of great evil. He and his followers had abused and killed most of my daughters. I could not allow that to happen. In the course of my research I discovered that he had been close to being defeated 74 years earlier. That was when the Silver Moon Adventurers had attacked his castle, but were forced to retreat. So I then returned to the past, and set into motion a series of events to help turn that defeat into a victory.” </p><p></p><p>“Ah, that explains all of your prophecies”, Serita comments. “Yeah, he cheated,” Lono interjects. The old man smiles and says “Yes, the rumors of my being a great prophet were a bit exaggerated.” “But if you went back to your own time then why are you here now?” Cassie asks. Li-Tak answers “I had to show myself that the changes I made were going to work, so I went forward again to check. I found out that things went well this time. Once that was done, instead of going back again the full 400 years I decided to make a few stops along the way, this being the second.” “And you knew exactly which day to come to?” asks Cassie. “Yes, the King of Phlooredah 70 years from now knew the date, as it was his grandparents wedding day. I came here because I wanted to see my daughters once more, on their day of great happiness, and also to thank you for rescuing them.” “Wow, that’s a first,” states Mojo, “A man who is glad that the Silver Moon stole his daughters.”</p><p></p><p>“How exactly did you do this time traveling?” Mark asks. Li-Tak reaches into his backpack, pulling out a two-inch square white cube, with drawings on each side, and say “Does this look familiar to you?” Most of those present immediately recognize it, as they used an identical device on a mission for the Council of Dragons in the year 1014, where they retrieved a stolen dragon egg from the past (1991’s Module 58, "Egghunt") </p><p></p><p>Fiona asks “But how did you get it to land on the correct side to bring you here right now? Each side has its own time change, and it only works once a day. When we used it before we sometimes had to roll it for several days until we got the side that we needed." Li-Tak then removes from his pack a small bamboo frame with a solid piece of wood on one of the six sides. He shows that the cube fits inside of the frame, commenting “When you roll it in the frame the side with the wood always lands on the bottom, so you just set the one you want on the top. This frame is really easy to make, it isn’t even magical.” Several members of the Silver Moon let out screams of anguish, after hearing how simple his solution is. ARRGH!”, says Mark. Fiona says, “Great! We could have skipped all those days in the volcanic swamp! And the ice age.” </p><p></p><p>Li-Tak states “I arrived here yesterday, and have spent the past day up in your mountaintop city, with my Pond Dragon friend Hoturu.” Hiroshi says “Okay, this is all starting to make sense now. I couldn’t figure out why a species of dragon native only to the Heian Empire has been living on this Island for the past fifteen years.” Li-Tak says “Yes, that was one of the other things that I set into motion long ago. The Council of Dragons assigned him here prior to your group’s first arrival on this Island. It was his job to guide your team to Empire in the year 1018, although that measure actually became unnecessary since your ship’s crewmember had also come from there.” </p><p></p><p>Regarding the orient, Cassie asks Li-Tak a number of questions regarding the origin of the Hengeyokai. He explains how the Zhentarim had caused great suffering to the people that lived in villages near the castle, having physically changed their bodies to be more obedient to the Zhentarim. Li-Tak explains how he further modified their bodies to alleviate this suffering. He goes into detail about this and the history of the biosphere (which can be found at the EN World Plots & Places thread “Village of the Blessed Children” at this link: </p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29982" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29982</a> )</p><p> </p><p>They then ask what he will do next. He explains how he has to return to the past, as it is essential that his last offspring place his body in the crypt in order to keep history from changing again. Lono interjects “About that crypt, could you go a little lighter on the traps this time? That place was way too lethal!” Li-Tak explains how he did not make the crypt, that it was a dwarven temple from over a millennia before his own time, and the traps had been left by them. “Dwarves, that figures, those guys are overly paranoid,” Lono comments, earning him dirty looks from both Lannon and Hiroshi. </p><p></p><p>Li-Tak says that he will use the 4th side of the cube to first bring him back 330 years, to a time immediately before the Anti-magic shell was in place, so that he can teleport directly to the castle. He will then use the 5th side to go forward in time 4 years to the year of his death. “What about the 6th side?” Fiona asks. He smiles, and says “I have that set to go 326 years forward, on the off chance that you might want to do me one last favor.” “What?” Cassie asks. </p><p></p><p>He answers “Regardless of the time that I am in I still only have ten days left to live, before I die of old age. Since what I had set in place worked this time, I have no need to make any further changes in the past, other than having my body there for my children to find. It therefore makes no difference if I live out my last days here or there. But if I were to die here then somebody else would have to bring my body back. Should you agree to do this the 6th setting on the cube would bring you back to the present.” Cassie immediately offers to do this, not wanting to let an opportunity pass by for him spend several days explaining the library to her in greater detail.” This greatly pleases him, as it will also give him time to spend with his daughters in their new home and get to meet the men that they plan to marry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 678000, member: 8530"] [b]Epilogue - Chapter 2 of 3[/b] Epilogue: Chapter 2, “The Return of Li-Tak”, June 3, 1019: Other than the surprise return of Li-Tak, the remainder of the wedding continues smoothly. Isaiah delivers what for him is a surprisingly brief sermon, only lasting about an hour. Following the ceremony a grand reception is held at Jerry’s Tavern. Li-Tak sits at a long table at the reception, and several members of the Silver Moon, including most that had gone on the mission to the orient, immediately seat themselves with him for a conversation that borders on interrogation. Mojo begins with “We thought you had died.” The elderly Heian gentleman replies “I did. I died of natural causes 326 years ago.” Lannon comments “Well, you sure look to be in pretty good shape for a corpse.” Li-Tak says “In the weeks immediately before my passing I wanted to make sure of the future that was in store for my offspring. I had originally planned to leave that to my apprentices, but I outlived them all. So I used a time travel device, and went forward, to see what would become of my daughters. I went 400 years ahead, and what I found greatly upset me. Morgarth had taken over the castle and turned the castle into a place of great evil. He and his followers had abused and killed most of my daughters. I could not allow that to happen. In the course of my research I discovered that he had been close to being defeated 74 years earlier. That was when the Silver Moon Adventurers had attacked his castle, but were forced to retreat. So I then returned to the past, and set into motion a series of events to help turn that defeat into a victory.” “Ah, that explains all of your prophecies”, Serita comments. “Yeah, he cheated,” Lono interjects. The old man smiles and says “Yes, the rumors of my being a great prophet were a bit exaggerated.” “But if you went back to your own time then why are you here now?” Cassie asks. Li-Tak answers “I had to show myself that the changes I made were going to work, so I went forward again to check. I found out that things went well this time. Once that was done, instead of going back again the full 400 years I decided to make a few stops along the way, this being the second.” “And you knew exactly which day to come to?” asks Cassie. “Yes, the King of Phlooredah 70 years from now knew the date, as it was his grandparents wedding day. I came here because I wanted to see my daughters once more, on their day of great happiness, and also to thank you for rescuing them.” “Wow, that’s a first,” states Mojo, “A man who is glad that the Silver Moon stole his daughters.” “How exactly did you do this time traveling?” Mark asks. Li-Tak reaches into his backpack, pulling out a two-inch square white cube, with drawings on each side, and say “Does this look familiar to you?” Most of those present immediately recognize it, as they used an identical device on a mission for the Council of Dragons in the year 1014, where they retrieved a stolen dragon egg from the past (1991’s Module 58, "Egghunt") Fiona asks “But how did you get it to land on the correct side to bring you here right now? Each side has its own time change, and it only works once a day. When we used it before we sometimes had to roll it for several days until we got the side that we needed." Li-Tak then removes from his pack a small bamboo frame with a solid piece of wood on one of the six sides. He shows that the cube fits inside of the frame, commenting “When you roll it in the frame the side with the wood always lands on the bottom, so you just set the one you want on the top. This frame is really easy to make, it isn’t even magical.” Several members of the Silver Moon let out screams of anguish, after hearing how simple his solution is. ARRGH!”, says Mark. Fiona says, “Great! We could have skipped all those days in the volcanic swamp! And the ice age.” Li-Tak states “I arrived here yesterday, and have spent the past day up in your mountaintop city, with my Pond Dragon friend Hoturu.” Hiroshi says “Okay, this is all starting to make sense now. I couldn’t figure out why a species of dragon native only to the Heian Empire has been living on this Island for the past fifteen years.” Li-Tak says “Yes, that was one of the other things that I set into motion long ago. The Council of Dragons assigned him here prior to your group’s first arrival on this Island. It was his job to guide your team to Empire in the year 1018, although that measure actually became unnecessary since your ship’s crewmember had also come from there.” Regarding the orient, Cassie asks Li-Tak a number of questions regarding the origin of the Hengeyokai. He explains how the Zhentarim had caused great suffering to the people that lived in villages near the castle, having physically changed their bodies to be more obedient to the Zhentarim. Li-Tak explains how he further modified their bodies to alleviate this suffering. He goes into detail about this and the history of the biosphere (which can be found at the EN World Plots & Places thread “Village of the Blessed Children” at this link: [url]http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29982[/url] ) They then ask what he will do next. He explains how he has to return to the past, as it is essential that his last offspring place his body in the crypt in order to keep history from changing again. Lono interjects “About that crypt, could you go a little lighter on the traps this time? That place was way too lethal!” Li-Tak explains how he did not make the crypt, that it was a dwarven temple from over a millennia before his own time, and the traps had been left by them. “Dwarves, that figures, those guys are overly paranoid,” Lono comments, earning him dirty looks from both Lannon and Hiroshi. Li-Tak says that he will use the 4th side of the cube to first bring him back 330 years, to a time immediately before the Anti-magic shell was in place, so that he can teleport directly to the castle. He will then use the 5th side to go forward in time 4 years to the year of his death. “What about the 6th side?” Fiona asks. He smiles, and says “I have that set to go 326 years forward, on the off chance that you might want to do me one last favor.” “What?” Cassie asks. He answers “Regardless of the time that I am in I still only have ten days left to live, before I die of old age. Since what I had set in place worked this time, I have no need to make any further changes in the past, other than having my body there for my children to find. It therefore makes no difference if I live out my last days here or there. But if I were to die here then somebody else would have to bring my body back. Should you agree to do this the 6th setting on the cube would bring you back to the present.” Cassie immediately offers to do this, not wanting to let an opportunity pass by for him spend several days explaining the library to her in greater detail.” This greatly pleases him, as it will also give him time to spend with his daughters in their new home and get to meet the men that they plan to marry. [/QUOTE]
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