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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 2825851" data-attributes="member: 9255">EBERRON: THE CREATION SCHEMA02/18/06SEGMENT 197“The Creation Forge”It has been nearly three years since she began this quest.  Three. Long. Years.Lady ir’Vown d’Cannith was about to reach one the biggest goals of this quest.  Merrix was about to show her the hidden and secret Creation Forge he has beneath Sharn.  This quest began when trying just to learn if the forge existed.  Then Kim Elderich had her learn more.  He wanted to know how it ran, how often he ran it.  How was it powered?  What were its limits?  Did it have limits?  Each question answered created two more questions.She finished getting her boots on then her magical cloak.  She collected her four wands.  An unexpected benefit of becoming Merrix’s wife, she was able to train under his exclusive wand use squad.  These specialists could use multiple wands at once.  It gave her power she did not expect to have when agreeing to this mission.  Finally she put on the device that allowed her to teleport at would if an emergency should ever happen.   She and Merrix were traveling into the sewers.  Too many opportunists lived or prowled there to not take precautions.She took the private lift from the penthouse to ground level.  Here she made certain no one was watching her.  Kim warned her that recent activities of his might draw international attention to him.  This obviously included the Dark Lanterns.  However, the Lord of Blades still sought her punishment and the Emerald Claw led by a twisted elf named Demise would confront her at anytime to learn more about the Schema.The Schema.The Creation Schema.Even with her studies and Xulo’s help she knew little about it.  When next Xulo contacted her she was going to demand answers.Now going underground through a stairway that went to the upper levels of UnderSharn she side stepped into the shadows.  Here, using her skills as a thief and the cloak that magically hid her she waited for several minutes.  She wanted to be sure no one was following her.  There were the recent problems with undead within the sewers.   Kim and his grandchild dealt with it along with the governments of Breland and Zilargo.  But was it clear yet?  Doubtful.Feeling it was safe finally, she continues on to a marked stairway.  Using her Cannith ring she gains safe access as the door opens and the traps within shutoff for twenty seconds.  She quickly enters as the door begins to close again thus resetting the traps.She travels through several more tunnels; some recently made while others date back to the Age of Goblins.  It is difficult to say which were better made.  Finally she reaches the final hallway.  She knows she has been detected and is now being watched by the workers here- all warforged of course.  She could slip in undetected but that would tip off Merrix of her other talents.   All in time. When Xu- Kim says to.Brush greets her as the secret door opens.  This small warforged scout still had bits of paint on its chest and hands from painting.  It amazed her that an artificial creature could have the imagination and need to paint.  Maybe Merrix was right.  Maybe these are something more than a construct used for war.  In truth, it didn’t matter to her.The next room was huge.  Dozens of warforged did their regular duties for Merrix.  Most labored at building the bodies for more of their kind.  Like Brush, each of these showed a talent for art.  They each strive to create a more beautiful warforged.  There was talk of creating new designs.  Some of these would convey gender.  This was a major taboo and against the Treaty that ended the war.   But was the existence of what dominated the center of the chamber.A Forge!“There you are dear!” calls out Merrix from a worktable.  He was here discussing something with his top artificers, all warforged.  “Welcome to Genesis.”The structure looked almost organic.  It stood over thirty feet tall and steam constantly emitted from it.  She could see large dragon shards placed all over the structure.  There were two openings.  A moving belt carried a built body into the structure and then when the process was done it carried the body out.  She watched as a bell rang.  Several warforged made their way quickly to the Forge.  Merrix, without a word leaves her to join them.   She watches everything and notes every detail.  Including how he left her and now ignores her.  She begins to understand his real love.  The warforged.  The bell becomes a quiet alarm and lights begin to pulse from within.  The belt begins to move and the air is full of magic and excitement.  A burst of steam that nothing to warforged and proves only slightly painful to Merrix emits.  Then out comes a warforged.  She is amazed by it.  It is …female.Merrix is first to speak to her.  “Welcome Alpha.  Welcome to House Cannith.  I am your father.”</blockquote>

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