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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 4990685" data-attributes="member: 60965"><p>Session 26, Part 2</p><p></p><p></p><p> “He fought Thessalock?” Harold said, incredulously.</p><p></p><p> “And died. Thessalock has one of what we now know as the True Stones. I raised Archeras this morning,” High Cleric Granath said. “As I'm about to go do for your friend. If you'll excuse me.”</p><p></p><p> “Magistar Archeras died?” Harold repeated, staring at the doorway the dwarven High Cleric had just passed through.</p><p></p><p> “I overheard the troops talking about the Magisters' endless battle against Thessalocks liches. They teleport somewhere into the Crystal Towers mainland every morning and wreak havoc until the Magisters can track them down and destroy them, then they just return the next day.” Suniel shook his head. “I could see why your people are... grim.”</p><p></p><p> Harold turned on him, pointing his finger in Suniel's face. “You are part of this, elf. This is your doing too, don't deny it.”</p><p></p><p> “I am more sorry for that than you will ever know,” Suniel said. “But there's nothing else I can do about that now, so I've moved on. I know it's hard to hear right now, but there are more important things that we can have a hand in than the Crystal Towers...”</p><p></p><p> Suniel trailed off as Harold walked out of the room.</p><p></p><p> “Touchy, touchy. Guess he-”</p><p></p><p> “Not now Kormak,” Suniel said, raising his hand to silence the dwarf.</p><p></p><p> A few minutes later, Granath returned from the next room. “Your friend is alive, though a bit confused. He began talking Kobaldish the moment he awakened and asking for someone named Meepo.”</p><p></p><p> Kormak walked past, followed by Keeper, but Granath stopped Suniel. “I overheard what you were saying and Archeras told me what the Seer from the Island said. All I have to say is this; if the Stones you seek will activate the Crystal Towers Defenses, then by all means do so. It's hard to fathom an even larger threat looming with the future of the Crystal Towers already teetering on edge, but I have the feeling that who or whatever created the Crystal Towers themselves made them for some larger purpose. I'm proud of the Crystal Towers and what we stand for, but we are, in a sense, merely squatting in the abandoned ruins of some civilization far greater than we can likely even imagine.”</p><p></p><p> Suniel bowed to Granath. “I will do what I can. And to be fair to the Crystal Towers, those ruins you spoke of were abandoned for a reason. From what little I've learned of our Elarim fore-bearers, they may indeed have been powerful, but whether they were 'great' is open to argument.”</p><p></p><p> Granath nodded. “Well, go see your friend, I'll go find our fiery Free Agent and share with him what I shared with you.”</p><p></p><p> “Thank you, I'd appreciate that,” Suniel said, bowing again as Granath left.</p><p> </p><p>“...luckily for you, Suniel stopped me, otherwise you'd have come back as the only half-dragon ever to sport a mustache,” Kormak was saying as Suniel walked in.</p><p></p><p> “Ah, Suniel. I had the strangest vision and Kormak told me I died,” Bail said. The half-dragon sat on a cot, his back and head leaning against the wall. “The Great One spoke to me while I was on the other side and told me things were going to be all right.”</p><p></p><p> Suniel shook Bails hand. “Glad to have you back with us.”</p><p></p><p> “Gilderalin made a personal visit to you while were dead? And what makes her so great anyway, she mostly just seemed bossy when we met her before,” Kormak said.</p><p></p><p> Suniel squinted at Bail. “You've admitted that Gilderalin is your mother, but why do I get the feeling it is another dragon you truly follow?”</p><p></p><p> At that moment, Harold walked in and glanced at Bail. “Ah, you're alive again.” He looked at the others. “My Skyland returned.”</p><p></p><p> “<em>Your</em> Skyland?” Kormak said.</p><p> </p><p>“Returned from where?” Suniel said at almost at the same time.</p><p> </p><p>“I sent the Seer on a diplomatic mission to the elves of the One Tree requesting their aid against the Ashen Towers,” Harold said.</p><p></p><p> “You did what?” Bail said, sitting bolt upright then wincing. “You risked a True Stone and a Skyland on <em>what</em>?”</p><p></p><p> “Easy buddy,” Kormak said. “Slow down, you were dead fifteen minutes ago, remember?”</p><p></p><p> Harold ignored Bail and Kormak, focusing on Suniel. “She said that there was a monstrous Ashen Towers creature that landed on the island and roosted there during the night. She hid from it and it left the next morning, so she turned around and came back.”</p><p></p><p> “So, let me guess where this is going,” Kormak said. “If we want to leave the Crystal Towers, first we need to track down and kill another Ashen Towers beasty like the one that just killed our friend Bail here?”</p><p></p><p> “Technically, it was one of the wights that actually killed him, the Nightwalker merely mortally wounded him,” Keeper said.</p><p></p><p> Everyone glanced at the construct for a moment, then returned to their discussion. “If we fly anywhere, we can expect that thing to come back,” Harold said. “So I suggest we set an ambush for it.”</p><p></p><p> “Why are we taking the Skyland?” Kormak said. “Don't we have a perfectly comfy turtle on the other side of the Span?”</p><p></p><p> “Harold is right,” Suniel said. “The Skyland travels far faster than the turtle and can also avoid any terrain that might impede us. An ambush is probably our best option.”</p><p></p><p> “Want to draw straws on who gets killed this time?” Kormak said.</p><p></p><p> “Agreed, Suniel,” Bail said. “Much as it pains me to do what this human says, it is probably the fastest way to find the rest of the True Stones."</p><p></p><p> “Ok, I guess I'm in,” Kormak said. He pointed a finger at Harold. “But if this thing kills me, I blame you.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Sky, post: 4990685, member: 60965"] Session 26, Part 2 “He fought Thessalock?” Harold said, incredulously. “And died. Thessalock has one of what we now know as the True Stones. I raised Archeras this morning,” High Cleric Granath said. “As I'm about to go do for your friend. If you'll excuse me.” “Magistar Archeras died?” Harold repeated, staring at the doorway the dwarven High Cleric had just passed through. “I overheard the troops talking about the Magisters' endless battle against Thessalocks liches. They teleport somewhere into the Crystal Towers mainland every morning and wreak havoc until the Magisters can track them down and destroy them, then they just return the next day.” Suniel shook his head. “I could see why your people are... grim.” Harold turned on him, pointing his finger in Suniel's face. “You are part of this, elf. This is your doing too, don't deny it.” “I am more sorry for that than you will ever know,” Suniel said. “But there's nothing else I can do about that now, so I've moved on. I know it's hard to hear right now, but there are more important things that we can have a hand in than the Crystal Towers...” Suniel trailed off as Harold walked out of the room. “Touchy, touchy. Guess he-” “Not now Kormak,” Suniel said, raising his hand to silence the dwarf. A few minutes later, Granath returned from the next room. “Your friend is alive, though a bit confused. He began talking Kobaldish the moment he awakened and asking for someone named Meepo.” Kormak walked past, followed by Keeper, but Granath stopped Suniel. “I overheard what you were saying and Archeras told me what the Seer from the Island said. All I have to say is this; if the Stones you seek will activate the Crystal Towers Defenses, then by all means do so. It's hard to fathom an even larger threat looming with the future of the Crystal Towers already teetering on edge, but I have the feeling that who or whatever created the Crystal Towers themselves made them for some larger purpose. I'm proud of the Crystal Towers and what we stand for, but we are, in a sense, merely squatting in the abandoned ruins of some civilization far greater than we can likely even imagine.” Suniel bowed to Granath. “I will do what I can. And to be fair to the Crystal Towers, those ruins you spoke of were abandoned for a reason. From what little I've learned of our Elarim fore-bearers, they may indeed have been powerful, but whether they were 'great' is open to argument.” Granath nodded. “Well, go see your friend, I'll go find our fiery Free Agent and share with him what I shared with you.” “Thank you, I'd appreciate that,” Suniel said, bowing again as Granath left. “...luckily for you, Suniel stopped me, otherwise you'd have come back as the only half-dragon ever to sport a mustache,” Kormak was saying as Suniel walked in. “Ah, Suniel. I had the strangest vision and Kormak told me I died,” Bail said. The half-dragon sat on a cot, his back and head leaning against the wall. “The Great One spoke to me while I was on the other side and told me things were going to be all right.” Suniel shook Bails hand. “Glad to have you back with us.” “Gilderalin made a personal visit to you while were dead? And what makes her so great anyway, she mostly just seemed bossy when we met her before,” Kormak said. Suniel squinted at Bail. “You've admitted that Gilderalin is your mother, but why do I get the feeling it is another dragon you truly follow?” At that moment, Harold walked in and glanced at Bail. “Ah, you're alive again.” He looked at the others. “My Skyland returned.” “[I]Your[/I] Skyland?” Kormak said. “Returned from where?” Suniel said at almost at the same time. “I sent the Seer on a diplomatic mission to the elves of the One Tree requesting their aid against the Ashen Towers,” Harold said. “You did what?” Bail said, sitting bolt upright then wincing. “You risked a True Stone and a Skyland on [I]what[/I]?” “Easy buddy,” Kormak said. “Slow down, you were dead fifteen minutes ago, remember?” Harold ignored Bail and Kormak, focusing on Suniel. “She said that there was a monstrous Ashen Towers creature that landed on the island and roosted there during the night. She hid from it and it left the next morning, so she turned around and came back.” “So, let me guess where this is going,” Kormak said. “If we want to leave the Crystal Towers, first we need to track down and kill another Ashen Towers beasty like the one that just killed our friend Bail here?” “Technically, it was one of the wights that actually killed him, the Nightwalker merely mortally wounded him,” Keeper said. Everyone glanced at the construct for a moment, then returned to their discussion. “If we fly anywhere, we can expect that thing to come back,” Harold said. “So I suggest we set an ambush for it.” “Why are we taking the Skyland?” Kormak said. “Don't we have a perfectly comfy turtle on the other side of the Span?” “Harold is right,” Suniel said. “The Skyland travels far faster than the turtle and can also avoid any terrain that might impede us. An ambush is probably our best option.” “Want to draw straws on who gets killed this time?” Kormak said. “Agreed, Suniel,” Bail said. “Much as it pains me to do what this human says, it is probably the fastest way to find the rest of the True Stones." “Ok, I guess I'm in,” Kormak said. He pointed a finger at Harold. “But if this thing kills me, I blame you.” [/QUOTE]
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