Rhiannon PNP OOC & Discussion

[Tilmamir]

It's time to do some serious delving into what our quest is.
Obviously: "save the world"

We have been focusing on
Tree of Bastion
Death of Dion XIII
Keth Anar / Gems / High Temple
Who are the Biggest Bad Guys ( Zorin Greyblade, Delsarrian, Anar?, ... )

We need to focus our questioning on finding the right focus - if we find the Tree, and it can not save the world...

How about questions like
Is there an undead army forming to surge southward toward us.
Will an army pass through the ruins at Bastion soon?

or

Will finding the tree to replace the tree of Bastion halt the undead incursion?
Is there anything in the High Temple Pyramids that we have not seen?
Is there anything in the High Temple Pyramids that will aid our quest to prevent or fight the battle to come?

or

Was the eighth "lost" ship found by Rhian and his followers?
Was the eighth "lost" ship hidden or lost on purpose for evil intent?


more question along these lines...

 

[Paeter]

ok

in vision rhian was worried like a father for the eith ship

we4 need to ask questions of the tree and of freeing the one guy from the amulet who can help us. he may know where the eighth ship landed where the other tree is etc...

 

[Gwaihir]

Here is the list of Goals/Quests Tilmamir came up with awhile back, and my comments.


OVERARCHING OR WORLD "PLANS" --------------------------
CHURCH / STATE:
Can we "Fix" the Church vis a vis the State i.e "Marns Quest" Still Unknown

LIZARD:
Can we get the lizard men involved again? (When the blight is gone) TBD

BLIGHT:
How do we counter the undead "blight" (replant the talisman, the tree) That seems to be one possible way that might work.
Randall's personal Quest - to avenge the evil done to the
land and restore the balance of nature. Find and Kill Bad guys. Always Positive.
Can we replant the tree at Bastion? Is there a seedling? Yes there is a seedling
Is the lost artifact (with man who ran from oasis town) a seedling
or seed pod of the tree? If so, can we find it? Replant it?
Who has it? Where? Why? Based on last session, you know the most likely place for it to be

TARSUS:
How is the Siege of Tarsus going?
Why the seige now?

LION AND LAMPOST:
What really is at the Lion and Lampost Ruin?
Why did it have a Crypt?
Why would his Salix's bones be there?

SALIX BONES:
Where are St Salix's Bones? (were they really found?!) Seem to have been found.

ANTIOCH:
Who is responsible for the murders? Really.
What is going on behind the scenes? clues
- St. Cuthbert "denomination" returns
- Sailix'sbones found and returned
- several seemingly unrelated murders...
- pasty funny eyed elves with white hair...
- Patriarch dies...


ALDERWEG: The Keep subplot ,background for now.

TIME LORDS:
What is the role of the Chronomancers?



----------------- DELSARIAN LINE --------------------------
Where did Arcade go? What is his role? Apparently it involves spying on you.
Who is the BBEG in Malta (Greystone's master)?
Who is Arcade's "Master"

DELSARIAN HOLD
Who are the Seven Champions?
Whose Phylactery do we have? - Good forgery - burned
Where is Delsarian's phylactery?

FELNORAN REFERENCES
The possibility the vamipre is Felnoran. You know that he is alive.
Who is in Felnoran's grave if not Felnoran?
Felnoran: what was his role?
Can he come back? What about his keep? (our keep?)



----------------- KETH ANAR / HIGH TEMPLE --------------------------
Whats really going on with Keth Anar?
What about the high temple, where was it, where is it now? You found it and explored it.
Should we bring three Star Sapphires to the high temple? Done.
How do we get two sapphires out of the museum? Done.
How do we get the third out of the stores in Malta? Done. You were busy at this for quite a while.



------------------------- OTHER ----------------------------------
What about the 'oasis village' destination when fleeing? The Hold of Stonefast. Ancient Dwarven fortress
( Stone Cavern? or something) The place Angus kills the dragon. yes.

Was it the last dragon? It would be really lucky for you if it was, though there has been no evidence to suggest this.

Who is in the dagger of captured souls. My guess, someone who is "finally dead"
If you stick the dagger into the phillactary and 'capture the soul' ... what happens? Why not Try it, if you can find another phylactery.
Can we communicate with the souls to find out who they are? presumably before release? Not sure, but Wish is really powerful
Can we safely release them? Never said it would be safe


What about the Phoenix dagger: a phillactary, or truely the
soul-shard of a celestia. Might be worth checking out.

 

[Paeter]

did not know about oasis or phoenix dagger! interesting

 

[Tilmamir]

Randall takes the time to talk to Edmund, retired chief of staff, a little more.
Being blunt, he says
" Sir, I can afford, perhaps, one more attempt at the commune spell. However, I believe our situation is dire and that several attempts more will be needed to determine a course of action.
Could I convince you to, perhaps, waive the fee, if we can show you the nature of the threat to Rhiannon?"

"If this next series of questions does not convince you that we need pro-bono help, I will gladly pay for the effort you spend. Since you, one of those considered for the Patriar-cy, are a holy and righteous man, I believe you can see the wisdom of this."

" I will pay for this set of questions, regardless of how you answer."

Randall hands a paper with the following questions on it.

1. Will the vision we saw, undead armies attacking Antioch and overthrowing the southern lands, begin within a year?I
2. Is there an undead army forming to surge southward toward us.
3. will an army pass through the ruins at Bastion soon?

4. Will finding a tree, a Holy Tree, as I will call a tree such as the Tree of Bastion, halt the undead incursion?
5. Is there anything in the High Temple Pyramids that we have not seen?
6. Is there anything in the High Temple Pyramids that will aid our quest to prevent or fight the battle to come?
7. Is Felnoran known to us by another name?

8. Was the eighth "lost" ship found by Rhian and his followers?
9. Was the eighth "lost" ship hidden or lost on purpose for evil intent?
10. Does the eighth "lost" ship contain the seedling of a Holy Tree?
11. Are the seven known ships of Eire still present at this time?
12. Are the seven known ships of Eire in Antioch?
13. Is the staff Randall carries the same type of wood as the seven ships hulls?

14. Did the Royal Cuthbert Family, probably Lord Cuthbert of Bastion, intentionally destroy the Holy Tree at Bastion?
15. Is there secret knowledge of the Royal Family and its past actions that would cause the people to loose confidence and turn back to the church?

16. Is Merizanius's soul in the middle of the occupied gems?
17. Do we need to regenerate a body for Merizanius?
18. Will Merizanius be hostile and dangerous to us when released from the gem?

 

[Gwaihir]

I understand that there is a grave threat to Rhiannon, so I shall comply. Return in three days for the casting of the spell. For 2000 more gold, I shall cast the spell twice more.

When you return, He cast the spell and provides answers to the first set of questions:

1. Will the vision we saw, undead armies attacking Antioch and overthrowing the southern lands, begin within a year? Yes
2. Is there an undead army forming to surge southward toward us. Yes
3. will an army pass through the ruins at Bastion soon? No

4. Will finding a tree, a Holy Tree, as I will call a tree such as the Tree of Bastion, halt the undead incursion? Unclear
5. Is there anything in the High Temple Pyramids that we have not seen? Unclear
6. Is there anything in the High Temple Pyramids that will aid our quest to prevent or fight the battle to come? Nothing More
7. Is Felnoran known to us by another name? No

8. Was the eighth "lost" ship found by Rhian and his followers? Yes
9. Was the eighth "lost" ship hidden or lost on purpose for evil intent? No
10. Does the eighth "lost" ship contain the seedling of a Holy Tree? It did.
11. Are the seven known ships of Eire still present at this time? No
12. Are the seven known ships of Eire in Antioch? No
13. Is the staff Randall carries the same type of wood as the seven ships hulls? Yes

14. Did the Royal Cuthbert Family, probably Lord Cuthbert of Bastion, intentionally destroy the Holy Tree at Bastion? No
15. Is there secret knowledge of the Royal Family and its past actions that would cause the people to loose confidence and turn back to the church? Unclear

16. Is Merizanius's soul in the middle of the occupied gems? Yes
17. Do we need to regenerate a body for Merizanius? No
18. Will Merizanius be hostile and dangerous to us when released from the gem? No

 

[Tilmamir]

To the party the night after getting this info...

So, we know the following:

In Rhiannon's history:
Fact: the eighth ship was lost, not hidden for evil reasons
Fact: the eighth ship later found.
Fact: eighth ship had carried the seedling
Fact: none of the seven ships exist today

Incidentally: Randalls staff is made of the same type of wood - perhaps the same wood?

Fact: The Battle of Bastion repelled the lizard men, but also destroyed the tree (or did it?)
Fact: Lord Bastion, a Cuthbert and the first king, organized the trap for the lizard men.
Fact: Lord Bastion did not know the purpose of the Holy Tree.

Fact: Another seedling of the Holy Tree exists, but its location is unknown.
.....The Holy Tree seedling, the living one, may be in one of a few places...
.....Malta - in the cache of the High Temple stuff
.....Antioch - in the stash of the Patriarch ** most likely **

Fact: The undead army is massing for attack, but not through Bastion.

We need to release Merizanius now.
We need to get into the library of the Patriarch.
We need the church and the King to be ready to repel the undead army. Where?
We need to research more about the eight ship - why is it not mentioned?

 

[Gwaihir]

Another possibility

Fact: Another seedling of the Holy Tree exists, but its location is unknown.
.....The Holy Tree seedling, the living one, may be in one of a few places...
.....Malta - in the cache of the High Temple stuff
.....Antioch - in the stash of the Patriarch ** most likely **
.....Where-ever the eighth ship wound up. I submit that given what you know, THIS is the most likely, not the Antioch Hypothesis above.

 

[Tilmamir]

Hence the research into the eigth ship. Any record of its location, how was it found, what of its people...

Was it shipwrecked?
Is it in a place we can get to?

more questions to be abswered before or during the next set of commune questions.

 

[Gwaihir]

You will need to ask these questions of an appropriate person. That there was an eighth ship is not common, or even uncommon, knowledge.