The Psionicle, Part VIII

[Dalamar]

Syld thinks for a while where the emeralds might be from and then dissmisses the thought, it was probably the High Priestess giving her thanks or expressing her interest in the deal. Besides, the Council didn't seem to want them anyway.

Syld then rummages through his belt pouch and produces the Eye from it.
"Here is the Eye, or Gem of Clairsentience as you might know it.
I just don't think that giving it to the Staff is a good idea, I don't trust anything that is of illithid make. Maybe we should post-pone the combination of the pieces untill we have them all?"

 

[GnomeWorks]

Osius
"...Do you learned ones also know of another piece we could try to locate?"

"We do not." The githyanki says.

Shardorn is silent for a moment, then speaks up. "...I think that I know where one is." She says quietly.

The blue nods to her. "Then you must show them the way."

Shardorn bows her head slightly in reply.

Syld
"Here is the Eye, or Gem of Clairsentience as you might know it.
I just don't think that giving it to the Staff is a good idea, I don't trust anything that is of illithid make. Maybe we should post-pone the combination of the pieces untill we have them all?"

The Council is silent for a moment.

"What you do with the pieces is up to you." The githyanki says quietly, in an almost threatening tone. "However, as we said before... you will make the decisions that must be made. The Psionicle will be constructed..." She trails off, although the remainder of what she says is unintelligible.

"We have other business to attend to." The blue says abruptly, standing up. "Although yours is perhaps the most important undertaking at the moment, our other duties cannot be ignored."

"You are free to go." The githyanki says. "If we require your services again, we will be sure to send a messenger to alert you."

The other members of the Council stand and join the blue, and walk to the back of the room. There they disappear in a flash of white light.

 

[Dalamar]

Syld looks confused.
"What did I say? They seemed a bit tense when they saw the Eye."
Syld places it back to his pouch and then starts walking away from the room.
"Come on, we don't want to hang here all day. I especially want to hear more of the possible whereabouts of another piece, Shardorn."

 

[Zhure]

Osius

"Yeah, let's get out of here and plan a strategy for getting the third piece. Maybe we can dilute the illithid influence by adding even more parts."

 

[GnomeWorks]

Considering that no one has stated where you plan on heading, I'm going to assume that you're headed to the Ace, as you're all familiar with it. If you wanted to go somewhere else, I can rewrite this post.

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"I cannot give you an exact location," Shardorn says as you leave the clocktower and head towards the Ace. "But I have a general idea."

"As you know, when I left you in the 'Kreen caves, I was following Jirlai and was accompanied by Keth. We travelled that way for roughly a week and a half - Keth and I tracking Jirlai through the plains. We were going gradually west, into hilly terrain." As she speaks, Jirlai nods slowly in agreement.

"The final battle between he and I happened in an old library that was in the middle of the hills, somewhat sunken." She says. "Jirlai took out Keth, and nearly killed me. He then left me for dead."

"I did not die, of course," Shardorn continues as you find a table in the Ace. "I managed to bind my wounds and nurse myself back to health for a few days. I didn't want to leave the library, because I wanted to be able to bury Keth and could not do so before I was completely healed, so I wandered around the library for many hours. There are many interesting books held within... but the most interesting thing there was a huge iron door, covered in ancient runes."

Her voice then grows quiet. "I was able to read parts of what that door had written on it. I managed to decipher parts of it, referencing a psionic artifact held within. I wasn't sure of what it was, but then... I saw that there was a name on the door. Once I saw his name, I knew that there was a piece of the Psionicle sealed away in there, along with Rashida only knows what else."

She closes her eyes. "The name on the door... was Kotrit Ambershon Wayveri."

 

[Creamsteak]

Animus Spends 4 Hours (2 checks) on gathering information on his sister's wherabouts. Pending those results he will return to the group.

 

[Jarval]

She closes her eyes. "The name on the door... was Kotrit Ambershon Wayveri."

Jansson runs the name past himself mentally, seeing if he knows anything about it (Knowledge (psionics) +4, if needed).

 

[Dalamar]

Syld lets all of the tale sink in.
"So, Jirlai... when you left the library, it must've been when you came after the Eye. Or did you stop by at some other place in between?"
Syld shakes his head.
"I'm still not so sure on the dilluding effect. If it doesn't happen, the Staff has gained another power, making its temptations even more powerful.
Maybe we should try bargaining with the Staff. But who of us is willing and strong willed enough to try?"

 

[GnomeWorks]

Jansson - no check required. Kotrit was the one called the Illusionist, back in the early 100's. He started the War of the Illusionist, taking over Ashk with an army of undead, and he himself was one of the most powerful wizards the world has ever known. One of his many acts was shattering the force of psionics, which then retreated into the many gems of the world. Since then, gems have been tied to psionics, even after psionics had been restored. He was destroyed shortly after he did this, though his name is still known - in fact, the second month of the year is named after him, a reminder of the atrocities he commited.

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"That is correct." Jirlai says quietly. "I went to the yuan-ti encampment shortly after I left Shardorn in the library."

 

[Zhure]

Osius

"Shardorn, can you lead us back to the library? I know we've just gotten back to civilization, but we should go as soon as we can."