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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Echolocation" data-source="post: 7974474" data-attributes="member: 7011911">"The great skyseer Nervard Sechim has passed from this world and onto another. He no longer looks upwards with us. Instead, he looks down over us from the heavens above." - Pazamu addressing the Cloudwood crowd after Nervard dies peacefully in communal stargazing with tens of thousands of people.Session 16 Recap (Courtesy of Angharad's player)After the rather dangerous rally by Nervard, Team BAD was back at the RHC headquarters, planning what they were going to do, Kaea being asked to identify that strange amulet, but failing. Angharad also asked Kaea if the Court would be able to sabotage the parity lake factories, so the workers could leave, but was told it would take a week or so, but that Angharad would enjoy how the court would do it. And then began the frantic rushing of the party as they split, heading to different places to help with the evacuation, Lisandra to her family, where she found The Family helping out with Otis and the kids. Otis saying everyone but Connor was there, I'm sure that isn't going to be a problem..Ella went back to her family, and when she was there, gave Andy back his lucky rock, though I believe Ella could still use it.. Then gave Gran Clara the note with Effie's post life words, spending a quiet moment or two together, before getting back to the business of herding the gnomish tribe. Avvakir went to help Ruki, and from there, to help a few other families evacuate, not getting things from his own house at all. Angharad though, decided that Rhys could look after himself.. kinda, and went to make sure Cador and his younger sister Teri got out safe with their few possessions, Teri eager to met Lisandra and Ella, who she called Ellie. When everyone had made it to the Cloudwood, Anghard kinda dumped Cador and Teri on Ella's family, asking permission first, but knowing he wasn't the right one to look after 2 young children, and then proceeded to call out Gariad to look for Nervard, conveniently avoiding the fall out of all the emotional people around him. Thus, Team Bad went to see Nervardonce again, finding out that he had spoken to Gale, who seemed happy with us, and the Team offered one of their messenger feathers to Nervard, so they could stay in contact easier, and then, it was time for the next speech. The team sat with he druids for this new speech, and once again, Nervard's voice, at a conversational level was heard by the entire crowd, telling us to look up as one people, setting aside our divisions, to embrace the unity of the heavens and the promise of the future, as everyone looked to the nights sky, and listened to Nervard speak of the celestial. Read out descriptions here Mat.And as people were silent, Pazamu with heavy heart would call out that the Great Skyseer Nervard Sechim has passed from this world, and onto another. He no longer looks upwards with us. Instead, he looks down over us from the heavens above. In a quiet night of introspection, Ella and Lisandra returned to their families, to be close to them for just that little bit longer.With the next day, the Team spoke to Delft about how they wished to speak to Lt. Dale, and then approach the Mayor and Killian cautiously. Ella had a breakthrough with Lisandra's necklace though, working out it was tied to the bleak gate, seemingly that it would make the creatures of the bleak gate not realise that the wearer is from the material plane. And leading to a conversation that maybe the energies of the bleak gate caused metal to rust, it had been seen a few items now. Dale when the party made it to him, seemed almost excited about the Mayor being arrested when the team had stopped carefully stepping around the point, and just let Angharad bluntly mention it, not wanting Dale to get in between the two parties.Armed with a bit more knowledge about the Mayor, and Cillian, that Cillian had once been an RHC agent apparently, Team BAD went to Mayor Macbannin's mansion, ready to do their duty, and as they arrived, the mayor himself opened the doors and greeted us, seeming his normally cheerful self, and during the conversation with him, it was noticed that Cillian and many other servants where clustered behind the windows, watching us, instead of doing whatever the Mayor seemed to think they should be doing.. But as the conversation went on, with the Mayor insisting that people where just overreacting, Ella noticed that he seemed to be avoiding some points, or outright lying to use, like when he said he had no idea what was causing the fading of creatures tied to the Bleak Gate.. When the RHC officers had lost their patience with the Mayor putting us off, him joking about us needing a warrent, and one being offered to him, he attacked the Team, while shouting for Cillian to check the reservoir. The servants lobbing their shoes at the Team as the fight started. The Mayor, meant to shield the world from the curses and dark knowledge of Cauldron hill showed how far he had fallen, turning those curses on the party, Lisandra back on the heal, ghosts attacking her, driving her to wroth, Angharad seeing a clone of himself, fears of the unseen court and their mind games back, over reacting and lashing out, and lastly, Avvakir, with a truly vicious curse, spiting up insects as a mass of them was forming inside of him. Even as these curses were sent out, blows done to the Mayor would not harm him, dropping servants to their knees as they took the pain for the Mayor, a cruel but intended use for that ancient, foul spell that was repurposed when the Team helped Nervard up Cauldron Hill, only a scant few days before.And with the last curse of bugs open Avvakir looking like he may not be able to hold on, the mayor was taken down, surrendering to the team, and telling us he needed to be taken tot he underground reservoir so he can reverse whatever Cillian has done, even as more rents in the ground opens around the party, witch oil roiling in these earthen wounds.</blockquote>

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