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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lylandra" data-source="post: 9684968" data-attributes="member: 6816692">Info warsSince no one knows Gidim as well as Xambria Meredith, Gabriel suggests to picks her up to let her examine the airship. Just as he thought, he finds her in the RHC hardquarters in Flint after doing a quick teleportation.  When he tells her what awaits aboard the airship, her eyes gleam with both dread and curiosity. The moment she steps onto the Leviathan, something within her seems to clickshe touches the controls like a pianist reacquainting herself with a long-lost instrument.“The systems are intuitive,” she says, awed. “It’s like they were made for someone who... err... well...  someone like me.”The Leviathan rises higher into the skies as it appears to be quite easy for her to steer the fleshy airship toward Risur.We then return to Seobriga to meet up with Glaucia to inform her about what happened in Ursalina. The Executores receives us in her office, her eyes ever sharp. We recount everything - from Salome’s fate to the Gidim infiltration. Glaucia listens in silence, but her brows lift in expectance when we finally mention the Obscurati.“I assumed they had more influence,” she mutters. “But if what you say is true…”“They were mere pawns, in this game at least” we confirm. “The real threat came from the Gidim.”Glaucia nods while she appears almost disappointed for not receiving more material against the Obs. However, her sister's statements are enough for her to approach the Bruse again.Bruse Cavallo and Corta Nariz are next on our list to be informed of the events. We assure them that Ursalina should now be free of Gidim, but parts of the city lie in ruins after the Leviathan's emergence from the caverns below. “But how to deal with Ursalina is up to you, Bruse Cavallo. We won’t interfere, This is for Ber to handle. Risur has no intention of undermining your sovereignty.”, Gabriel adds humbly, as he understands that it would also be a sign of a lack of power if Ber were unable to act on its own in such internal affairs. Cavallo takes this positively, as expected. We also inform Cavallo about the Leviathan and what we've learned about the creature so far: its planar capabilities, the embedded navigation device, and the implications for the world’s future.  “If we’re to prevent greater threats,” Gabriel explains, “we must study this creature. But we invite Ber to send its own scholars - independent ones - to participate. Provided they’re not under Ob influence.” Cavallo seems to agree with the approach. To further strengthen Beran sovereignty, we also agree that, officially, the Dawn Knight, as a declared independent agent, had worked alongside the heroic Executores to liberate Ursalina. The Obs, on the other hand, not only underestimated the threat posed by the Gidim, but also had no chance against their influence and had been instrumentalized for their plans. In the light of these facts, Cavallo sees little point in maintaining the appearance regarding their pact with the Obscurati.We also discuss some proclamations that Risur would like to send to various official, oppositional and neutral bodies in order to inform as many parts of Lanjyr as possible about the current situation. Since we can assume that “ordinary people” might not understand everything we say, we want to follow Gabriel's idea and ask the dockers to “translate” and distribute the proclamations. Finally, we explain that the goal should be to convene a conference to vote on the new world order so that all voices can be heard:- Risur apologizes for those who died in Methia. However, the tower collapsing was not an attack, but rather an accident caused by the interaction of a plane-bound artifact called the “Crown of Reida,” which makes memories real, and the appearance of the Colossus Borne, who climbed the newly created “Lance of Triegenes”. The power of the artifact is known to the officials of Ber, and its effects were seen in Alais Primos as the “second victory over Srasama,” for which a spontaneous holiday was declared.-  The Colossus Borne was created by the Obscurati under Cauldron Hill in Flint without the knowledge of the Risuri government. Flint itself was threatened with being trampled by the Colossus, and the visitors to the peace conference are witnesses to this misfortune.- Our world is being threatened by invaders from outside our sphere. The Ancients suffered from the easy accessibility of our world to “visitors” who fought their planar conflicts on our world and showed little consideration for its inhabitants. Risur has already been the target of an invasion from Jiese, and the phenomenon of the hiveminds can be traced back to invading Gidim. The latter had established a base in Ursalina, Ber, with the aim of establishing a permanent connection to our world in order to use our minds as food. And it will certainly get worse, as there are also signs of an impending invasion by the Golden Legion and thus a second demonocracy. Therefore, the planar barrier should be reestablished with the highest priority.- The Ancients created a livable world through a ritual on Axis Island. To do this, they limited our plane connections to eight planes. Before their intervention, our ancestors were only slaves and playthings of Outsiders. The world was dark and without protective boundaries. Through their plane travels, the Ancients found suitable worlds and linked them to ours in order to shield us and keep our lives possible. The Dreaming was actually one of these planes.- The Obscurati changed the plane configuration of the Ancients by repeating the ritual. Their goal was to create a new world that they believed to be better. The Colossus Borne was necessary for this purpose. The ritual failed due to sabotage by cultists of the End of the World, who were also followers of the Titan “Voice of Rot.” The loss of the sun is a consequence of this failure. The Colossus was slain and still lies on the Axis Island.- The world will end. Since our world is bound to Baden, a plane doomed to death, in the current plane configuration, we will sooner or later be crushed in the Gyre.- We need a new plane configuration if we want to save our world, have a sun, and have a future. The new configuration should also protect us from invaders and enable all the peoples of Lanjyr to live a good life. One of Risur's main goals is to ensure that this world has a future.- The King of Risur has tasked the Dawn Knight with bringing new light to the world. In this role, she serves not only Risur, but all the inhabitants of Lanjyr. He therefore asks that the Dawn Knight not be viewed as a foreign agent, but rather that she be given support in this task and seen as an ally of the people.- The Obscurati ritual involves a subtle, well-hidden form of mind control designed to make the world's population docile and receptive to the ideas of the Obscurati. The current king of Risur was able to prevent Risur from sharing this fate with the rest of the great nations. That is why we were declared their enemy.- Risur has no interest in war with Danor or any other nation, provided that they do not engage in aggression against others or even their own people. Even after the Obs attempted to assassinate King Aodhan, the attack on the life of the king's sister Ethelyn, and the invasion of Flint, Risur refrained from retaliation.- Danor was founded, among other things, for the purpose of supporting the Obscurati and advancing the level of technology necessary to do so. Instead of enabling prosperity and freedom for its people as a whole, the Danoran population became the unwitting tool of the Obscurati for centuries.- Nicodemus, leader and founder of the Obscurati, is the immortal spirit of the philosopher Miller. He is not bound to any body and therefore does not have to fear death. The source of this information is one of his long-time companions.- Once the threat posed by the Hiveminds has been averted, Risur will invite an open exchange about future plans for the world. To this end, every visitor will be granted safe passage as long as he or she abides by the laws of Risur. The goal is to ensure that all inhabitants of this world are taken into account in the plans for the salvation and new beginning of our world.After the statements are finalized, Bruse Cavallo takes the floor.“In Ber, we face beasts honestly and directly. We name them. And we'd be damned to let anyone control us, lest our own thoughts“, the old orc growls.With no grand ceremony or pomp he then publicly denounces the Obscurati, listing their manipulations, their exploitation of the Beran spirit and identity, and, last but not least, their attempt to wipe our the order of the Executores dola liberta. The streets erupt in shock, anger, resolve, but several also in disbelief. We still get the impression that the majority agrees to their Bruse's statements.Cavallo then asks us to join him in visiting the most important stations in his country over the next few days to deliver the news in person. For several days, we accompany the Bruse through Ber, not as royalty or diplomats, but as witnesses. In one quiet evening between cities, Gabriel turns to Auryn as he has been pondering over something for quite some time now.“I just wanted to thank you for stopping me, back then on the Leviathan. I would’ve ended them,” he says, voice low, almost as quiet as a whisper. “Those Berans. I saw only the horror, what had befallen them, not their will. Not their love for freedom as Berans. I imagined... them being Risuri. I wanted to end their misery, quick and clean. But you saw what I couldn’t.”Auryn turns to him with a warm smile, looking at him softly, yet surprised that he'd bring up that topic.“If there is any chance that someone can be saved, then I will always choose life. I'm just glad that you gave me the chance to try.”Gabriel nods, then takes her hand and looks her straight in the eyes. “I didn’t choose you to be 'my light' without reason. I am still prone to walking in the shadows. But you pull me back every time.”„It is my job after all“, she retuns wich a small chuckle. „As long as I live, I'll be there for you. I promise.“(More diplomacy, yay! As you can see, we really have a heart for Ber and the Berans. And Bruse Cavallo has been a true friend ever since we helped him and his family back in adventure #6. I guess this is one of the parts where our group deviates from the textbook, as Ber turns toward Risur and Tiz gave them more of a rebellious spirit towards the subtle mind control. So Ber and Risur were standing pretty much side by side at this point. We agreed to make truth our weapon, even though we knew it would be heard to near impossible to score actual points in the northern regions of Lanjyr. Still we wanted to play with open cards, and we did want to get the message of the imminent threat of both the Gyre and the Gidim out in the public. Regarding the idea for the conference? We thought that Nic's idea of the symposium was kind of neat. He just chose the wrong people. So we tried to do something similar, but do it right this time. Not the first time we had an exchange of “well, Nic had a point here. His execution was just really lacking”Also that part about "my light"? Still getting goosebumps. I mean, Auryn is still very much haunted by She Who Writhes at that point, but she does know of her importance for Gabriel)</blockquote>

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