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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7803868" data-attributes="member: 79141">Session 236, Part OneA Trip Down Memory LaneHelandra’s memory was dim, despite the boost to her spirit from the plane of ruin, and what she remembered had to be teased out by careful questioning. Gupta called on the others to help, as although she knew Helandra best, and had the closest connection to her, the others knew more about events that preceded her involvement, and – certainly in Korrigan’s case – were more personally invested in what Helandra had to say about Jenny Greenteeth.Korrigan’s first question was, “Why does she want Kai?”Frustratingly, Helandra did not know the answer to that, but she was able to say that getting hold of him was her sole motivation. It wasn’t mere opportunism, but the reason for her existence. Just as Lavanya had come into being with a mission, or series of missions (some of which she could not articulate the reason for either). It was her whispers to the River King that had originated the initial fey bargain with Elizabeth (although this came after she abandoned Helandra, and took possession of the Birch Queen’s sister).They mulled over Kai’s  importance once again and realised that his deep connection with the planes stemmed from his ‘schism-wrought’ blood: Korrigan’s nature had been changed on Axis Island, but unlike many others he had been able to survive the schism and pass his unique nature on to his son.  Gupta asked Helandra if she had experienced different timelines, like Leon and Lavanya had.  Helandra found that intriguing and thought very hard about it.  It would certainly make sense of some of the fragments of memory that did not seem to link to one another or even seemed contradictory. Korrigan asked her if Greenteeth truly served the Voice of Rot, or if her involvement with him was more self-serving. Helandra did not know about Greenteeth’s allegiance with the Voice of Rot, and so the hag’s involvement with him must have come later. Helandra apologised that she was unable to be clearer or provide better answers.Leon asked her about Kasvarina’s encounter with the serpent on Reida, which she had witnessed. Helandra said that Kasvarina’s intention had been to beat the Voice of Rot to the plane of time and commune with it for as long as possible. She succeeded, but her communion was interrupted by the titan’s arrival. Kasvarina was poisoned and… they knew the rest.Lavanya wondered aloud if Kasvarina had created Jenny Greenteeth on purpose, or at very least was aware that her creation would come about as a corollary of her own. “We do need Kai,” said Uriel.Lavanya asked, “What else have her machinations made you do?”They thought about the planar idols (retrieved by Leon at the behest of the mysterious Thinker), and also realised that Korrigan’s latest brush with Greenteeth had showed them the way to the Gyre…Meanwhile, Uru spoke to Uriel about his plan to create a Ghost Assembly. Uriel didn’t know about that precise plan, but he did sense a strengthening of Uru’s connection to the spirits that surrounded him, one that did not necessarily stem from their presence here on Nem. He thought about it for a while and had a sudden revelation: The Voice of Rot once had domain over both corporeal and incorporeal undead. He no longer controlled spirits, but his eye did.  Could it be that the loss of his eye had precipitated this loss of power? And could it be that Uru might now be in a position to seize that portion of the serpent’s portfolio, now that he too was a titan in possession of the Voice of Rot’s eye?Uru set about at once to dismantle the Cyclopean Revelation so that he could get his hands on and begin to study the Eye.</blockquote>

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