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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1115478" data-attributes="member: 1210">SummoningsLike a breath of fresh air, she steps through the gate.  Her eyes are a deep violet color, her hair the silver that only certain breeds of elves develop.  She stands as tall as a human woman, a purple cloak clasped at her breast with a silver rose.  She smiles and it is as if mother’s praise, understood for the first time, rained down on each of them as they were babies.  “Garnet,” breathes Lester, falling to one knee, and the others follow suit.  “I’m glad you’re here, darn it!”“Greetings, friends,” the goddess intones seriously.  “The time is late, but let us hope not too late.”“What’s going on?  Is this the dark before the dawn?” the L cries.  “Boccob told the Eye that things are urgent, that Felenga is attacking Darkhold without relent!”She nods.  “He must be stopped.”“How?” asks Drelvin, and the goddess smiles softly at him.“You know how,” she answers, and the image of the terrible artifact called the Deleter comes unbidden into the minds of the entire party.  The Deleter, recovered for just this reason… a weapon of unknown properties, but surely of great power- perhaps even great enough to defeat Felenga, the Dark One, and his minions of Elemental Evil.Our heroes discuss matters briefly, but there really isn’t much doubt as to what they must do next.  And soon.  They must carry the battle to Felenga.  They must delete him.“Who’s going to wear it?” asks Malford.  “My divinations said that Sybele was best-qualified…”  She has no interest in it.  “You saw the bones of the last guy’s hands!” she exclaims.  “I need my hands to fire my bow and fight with!”  Nor is anyone else especially looking forward to putting their hands in the weird, organic glove-like things.  For a moment they all disavow the device, but someone’s gotta wear it if they’re to have a chance against Felenga.“Fine,” Drelvin snorts at last.  “Give them to me.”As the archer pulls the moist thing over his hands and shudders as it settles, clamplike, around his wrists, the rest of the party discusses who else they can call upon for aid.“Heaven,” Orbius suggests. “The positive energy plane,” Horbin reasons, “since we’re going up against undead.”“I’ll summon a great elemental power!” Lester enthuses.  “Our party is in full flower!”  He goes first, attempting initially to summon the elemental prince of good air, but it seems too powerful for him to call.  Sweating, he releases the spell and tries again, this time summoning the strongest air elemental he can.  After a few moments of bargaining, he agrees to help it free its brethren from some sort of imprisonment in an engine in exchange for its help in fighting and destroying Felenga.  Horbin opens a gate to the positive energy plane, summoning a weird energy being named Glantri, that asks only that Horbin agree to summon it three more times in exchange for its aid.  With a smile and a shrug, Horbin the Holy agrees.Finally, Orbius calls to Heaven with a gate and is awestruck when a solar emerges.  It, too, agrees to help- in exchange for Lester’s agreeing to the reinstatement of his geas.“Well,” the L reasons, “we’re on track anyhow… no reason not to take it back now!”And then they make ready to move.“I still think we should assault the Temple first, and save for last the worst,” the L gripes, but Garnet turns her compelling eyes on him and he quickly changes his mind.“Will you fight beside us?” Malford asks.Garnet smiles.  “I am the Triple Goddess, or that aspect of her called Sabine.  My two sisters are within Darkhold even now, aiding the Master of that place in his defense.  I remain out here as backup in case they should fail.”“In other words, no,” Lester whines.  “We shouldn’t even go!”“I must remain without,” she confirms, “but I can still help you greatly.  I will aid you in communication, linking you all together telepathically.  And I will take you there.“I will take you to Darkhold.”*A couple of notes- Lester is now speaking in rhyme (thanks to the touch of Spukoni), and Thrush and Sybele quietly announced their forthcoming wedding.  Astute readers may have noticed a mysterious conversation between Thrush and God-King Malford back <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1062655&goto=posted" target="_blank"> here</a>; that was when Thrush asked Malford to be his best man…. JNext Time: Into Darkhold, after Felenga!</blockquote>

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