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<blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 7590997" data-attributes="member: 6776887"><p>There was not much time to act. Byron had just finished his second copy of the Ragesian intelligence as the rest of the heroes rushed past him.</p><p></p><p>The attackers had already inflicted several blows on the woman, who was trying to hold them back with her magic. The heroes hit like a moving wall, with Byron catching up by using <em>misty step</em> out the window of the tower. Blows were exchanged as the attackers dealt with the new threat posed by the heroes. Torrent helped the woman away and healed her. Zed chucked one of the attackers the bridge into the water below. As the other attackers were wounded, they decided to escape and jumped off the bridge, gliding with their six wings to shore.</p><p></p><p>They had heard the woman yelling in Sylvan, so Byron put on his new necklace to talk to her. He learned that the woman's name was Tiljann, that her people were the Seela, and she came from a village to the south. Forgetting that he could now only speak in Sylvan, he relayed this information to the others in a language that nobody else understood. After Byron took off the necklace to relay the information, Zed asked him to ask the woman why the others had attacked her. As Byron got ready to put the necklace on again, Tiljann said, "It's okay, I understand Common," in broken Common.</p><p></p><p>After some nervous laughter and introductions, Tiljann explained that a schism had developed in her village to the south. 45 years ago, the Elven warrior Anyariel, hero of Innenotdar, faced off against a powerful stag of indomitable will and incorporeal nature. So strong was its will that it refused to die when hunted, and it lashed out and killed some of the elves who had hunted it. Anyariel fought it in an epic battle near the Seela village, and the Seela used one of their gifts to aid Anyariel: the Song of Forms. The song gives body and form to that which does not have it, and with the stag now having a physical body, Anyariel was able to wound it. Still, it would not fall. The best Anyariel was able to do was pin it to the bottom of the lake with her living greatsword, a gift from her dryad lover Timbre.</p><p></p><p>Anyariel pulled herself up out of the lake, but her wounds were too great, and she died in her lover's arms. The Seela realized that they would have to continue singing the Song of Forms indefinitely. If they stopped, the creature would become incorporeal again, and resume its rampage. So the Seela sang, and they sang. For 5 years they sang until the forest exploded with fire. As the elves and other creatures of the forest tried to flee the flames, Papuvin, the leader of the Seela, made the decision to keep the indomitable stag trapped at the bottom of the lake, so they sang. For 40 years they have sung the Song of Forms, their village an island among a sea of flames, and strangely, none of the Seela died of old age, sickness, or injuries during this time. They had achieved a sort of immortality like the burning creatures of the forest.</p><p></p><p>But now a faction of the Seela has decided they have had enough. Led by a Seela named Vuhl, they see this strange life here as an abomination and their village a prison. They say that their departure from the natural order of things began when the stag became trapped and the forest burned. They want to stop the song and let oblivion claim them. Papuvin, for the time being, has managed to keep a majority of the Seela singing the Song of Forms in rotation, day and night, day in and day out.</p><p></p><p>Tiljann, on the other hand, wanted to live, but beyond that, she wanted to leave the forest and travel the world like Etinifi, a Seela who left the forest in search of help shortly after the forest started burning. She had decided to leave the village and see if other parts of the forest held any answers to help resolve the conflict in her village. That was when she was attacked by some of the Seela who wanted silence to fall on the village.</p><p></p><p>After hearing Tiljann's story, the heroes decided to escort her to the mouth of the White River to see if it held any of the answers she sought.</p><p></p><p>[gm]The Seela rebels got a few big hits on Tiljann while the heroes dithered on whether (or how quickly) to help. I was worried that Tiljann might die before the heroes finally leaped into action. Of course, it helps that Torrent took the initiative. The players kind of snapped out of their discussion and realized time was passing while they were discussing.</p><p></p><p>The players had been hungry for more information about what was going on, so Tiljann's explanation was welcome.[/gm]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tormyr, post: 7590997, member: 6776887"] There was not much time to act. Byron had just finished his second copy of the Ragesian intelligence as the rest of the heroes rushed past him. The attackers had already inflicted several blows on the woman, who was trying to hold them back with her magic. The heroes hit like a moving wall, with Byron catching up by using [I]misty step[/I] out the window of the tower. Blows were exchanged as the attackers dealt with the new threat posed by the heroes. Torrent helped the woman away and healed her. Zed chucked one of the attackers the bridge into the water below. As the other attackers were wounded, they decided to escape and jumped off the bridge, gliding with their six wings to shore. They had heard the woman yelling in Sylvan, so Byron put on his new necklace to talk to her. He learned that the woman's name was Tiljann, that her people were the Seela, and she came from a village to the south. Forgetting that he could now only speak in Sylvan, he relayed this information to the others in a language that nobody else understood. After Byron took off the necklace to relay the information, Zed asked him to ask the woman why the others had attacked her. As Byron got ready to put the necklace on again, Tiljann said, "It's okay, I understand Common," in broken Common. After some nervous laughter and introductions, Tiljann explained that a schism had developed in her village to the south. 45 years ago, the Elven warrior Anyariel, hero of Innenotdar, faced off against a powerful stag of indomitable will and incorporeal nature. So strong was its will that it refused to die when hunted, and it lashed out and killed some of the elves who had hunted it. Anyariel fought it in an epic battle near the Seela village, and the Seela used one of their gifts to aid Anyariel: the Song of Forms. The song gives body and form to that which does not have it, and with the stag now having a physical body, Anyariel was able to wound it. Still, it would not fall. The best Anyariel was able to do was pin it to the bottom of the lake with her living greatsword, a gift from her dryad lover Timbre. Anyariel pulled herself up out of the lake, but her wounds were too great, and she died in her lover's arms. The Seela realized that they would have to continue singing the Song of Forms indefinitely. If they stopped, the creature would become incorporeal again, and resume its rampage. So the Seela sang, and they sang. For 5 years they sang until the forest exploded with fire. As the elves and other creatures of the forest tried to flee the flames, Papuvin, the leader of the Seela, made the decision to keep the indomitable stag trapped at the bottom of the lake, so they sang. For 40 years they have sung the Song of Forms, their village an island among a sea of flames, and strangely, none of the Seela died of old age, sickness, or injuries during this time. They had achieved a sort of immortality like the burning creatures of the forest. But now a faction of the Seela has decided they have had enough. Led by a Seela named Vuhl, they see this strange life here as an abomination and their village a prison. They say that their departure from the natural order of things began when the stag became trapped and the forest burned. They want to stop the song and let oblivion claim them. Papuvin, for the time being, has managed to keep a majority of the Seela singing the Song of Forms in rotation, day and night, day in and day out. Tiljann, on the other hand, wanted to live, but beyond that, she wanted to leave the forest and travel the world like Etinifi, a Seela who left the forest in search of help shortly after the forest started burning. She had decided to leave the village and see if other parts of the forest held any answers to help resolve the conflict in her village. That was when she was attacked by some of the Seela who wanted silence to fall on the village. After hearing Tiljann's story, the heroes decided to escort her to the mouth of the White River to see if it held any of the answers she sought. [gm]The Seela rebels got a few big hits on Tiljann while the heroes dithered on whether (or how quickly) to help. I was worried that Tiljann might die before the heroes finally leaped into action. Of course, it helps that Torrent took the initiative. The players kind of snapped out of their discussion and realized time was passing while they were discussing. The players had been hungry for more information about what was going on, so Tiljann's explanation was welcome.[/gm] [/QUOTE]
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