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Mhaldor kidnaps a tavern girl, Irilan, at the behest of Jerkin as he could no longer be appeased by the women in the brothel. Shallam, noticing the missing woman, storms the City of Evil to get her back, and after open conflict and bloodshed on both sides, eventually succeeds after more subtle attempts were made during negotiations, unbeknownst to the negotiator, who was then slain on the spot. | |||
'''421 AF:''' | |||
Lorielan cleanses the taint left within her from Slith's former rituals, and aids Tarah in attempting to do the same. However, the ritual goes horribly wrong when a Blackrock dwarf guided by 'visions' does what she claims to be the Lords work, and sets off explosives deep underground Tarah's grove. The resulting backlash caused her to break the vial of tainted blood Slith had made, and the taint overpowered her through using the nearby shrine. The resulting explosion left little to anchor Tarah to the mortal realm until Lorielan's quick thinking bound the Goddess to the Holy Codex while she recovered. Shortly after, the pages began to fade from that same codex... | |||
'''422 AF:''' | |||
Cryptic messages within the codex left by Tarah led her order and others to find Nimbus, the firewolf she had been gifted from Mithraea all those years ago, and that his position as a guardian of her temple would allow him to help fix this situation. Finding the pup with a trainer in the Dardanic Grasslands, they brought him back to the location of the failed ritual in Tarah's temple, and Nimbus cleared the room of it's taint, settling down next to Tarah as his aura of flame flickered over her body, keeping the taint at bay. Things were secured, but there was no progress to fix them, just yet...and time seemed to be running short as Tarah's essence in the codex seemed to be weakening... | |||
Met with another cryptic message, the faithful of Tarah are sent searching desperately across Sapience for a way to save their weakening Goddess. Eventually, they are drawn to Pentharian's temple, and leading Lorielan there as well, merge the codex with the altar there, releasing a burst of light that shoots into the sky, as scores of Platinum Dragons rise up to meet it. A portal forms, and Atanamir bursts into the darker world, and moments later, Pentharian emerges, only to find Slith emerging after him. Atanamir follows Slith back out, attempting to take the Prince by surprise, but that isn't the case as he is nearly cleaved in two, falling away to the ground as Slith sets his sights on Pentharian. | |||
Aegis intervenes, with a cryptic warning about how he knew his plan would draw Slith out into the open, and aids Pentharian by lending him his sword, the Warp Witch. Pentharian slays Slith, and the blood of the undead prince still on the blade, Aegis reclaims it and leaves. Pentharian returns to meet the faithful, but thoughts of Tarah still weigh on all of their minds. Rushing to her temple, it is revealed that Pentharian can touch Tarah without the taint overcoming him, still being tainted himself from the time in Slith's domain. The divine fire of Nimbus doesn't burn him either, and they immediately ponder the messages Tarah left for them, before heading to Lake Vundamere, to submerge Tarah's body in the lake that was her domain. | |||
As Pentharian carried her in, they thankfully witnessed Tarah's essence revive, and return to her body from where it had temporarily merged with Pentharian's, having allowed him to break free of Slith's control. It cleansed the taint of the weary goddess, and the taint from her brother as well, the two of them returning to the surface to embrace, and discuss what had happened. Pentharian has thus returned to the realms, though it is agreed, this could not be the last any of them had seen of Slith...and Mithraea was still held captive. | |||
Meanwhile, Barak, the leader of the Blackrock issues a proclamation that all trade with the outside world was to cease, and all mining operations as well, to focus their intent elsewhere. It is revealed that the Blackrock had recently uncovered the laid of a Dyissan Queen, who bargaining with the former leader of the Blackrock, laid a plot that gave an enchanted amulet to Barak that allowed her control over him. He was freed from this control by the gathered adventurers led by Iocun, and subsequently called for the Queen's death, reversing his former proclamations. | |||
The Wander Inn opens in New Thera, boasting a place for those wearied explorers of Sapience to sit back and take a load off. Simply mind the special rules of delights available only to the most prolific of Achaean explorers. | |||
'''423 AF:''' | |||
The young boys of Tasur'ke go missing, and a party rallies only to discover them on the other side of a large gate for the mansion north of town. After the valet opens the gates, they exchange words, and convince the boys to go home to their mothers, after having stayed for a night of hospitality after jumping the fence to retrieve a ball they had lost. Aurick Manor leaves it's gates open, however, now open to the public, in a manner of speaking. | |||
Nogak, a rebel of the village of Nimick, crafts a public news post to inform all the world of it's existence. A mining town that had long been hidden away, was a refuge for those hiding from the constant Ashtan-Shallam wars of the past. | |||
Shallam receives the Codex of Light by the power of Tarah, Lorielan, and Pentharian. Tarah overcomes her fears of all that had occurred in the Apse during the ordeal with the taint, by the love of Pentharian openly being admitted for her, and the two proceed to join the third Divine to carry out the ritual that would bestow the codex. | |||
A Jaru fisherman beseeches Shallam to help him find an island off the coast with a monastery, that his daughter was to attend for tradition of their family. But it had been so long since he had made the journey, he had forgotten the way. With luck and a large search party, the Isle of New Hope was soon discovered through shark infested waters, and the daughter safely delivered. | |||
'''426 AF:''' | |||
The tritons begin to leave en masse days before a party is held in Hashan, opening a new planetarium. A demonstration is given in the middle of the party by Tavarius, who had donated it all. Denizens and Adventurers the world over were in attendance as the device showed a place in the Southern Vashnars, and the 'host' promptly vanished, only to be found later there. It started with an eclipse. The three stars Hashan favoured began to blot out the sun, and neither the moon, or Ourania had been spotted since. The [[nychtaur]] begins prowling the streets of cities at night, slaying citizens, while in Ashtan, Chaotic vortexes begin slinging people all over Sapience. The forest spirits begin to disappear as well, and Tavarius's location in the Southern Vashnars is protected by a nigh impenetrable shield, no one able to question the man about these events. More on this can be found at [[Eternal Night]]. | |||
'''437 AF:''' | |||
Titania, Propasia, and even Caladriendra begin to speak of prophecy, leading adventurers to speak Propasia's words in front of the sacred elder trees, destroying them but freeing the forest spirits that had still been within since the events of Eternal Night. Lastly, they gathered around the yew-seed given to the forestals by Makali after her birth, as her birth had destroyed the Great Oak which once stood over all. The gathered began to chant, and the tree, began to grow. Propasia entered into it, and the tree was destroyed like the others. But Propasia was not the one who emerged from it. Instead, Artemis, Warrior of Nature, was born. | |||
'''441 AF:''' | |||
A new route is found by Adryn Keep down through the sea, allowing a new path to Shallam, and Riparium. As well, a secluded beach was found with an old man well versed in the knowledge of sailing, but unable to instruct others at the time. | |||
A mage Gaderian loses his staff in a ritual, prompting a search for it. When discovered, he thanks those involved, and returns to his home by Lake Narcisse, now open to all to explore. | |||
'''443 AF:''' | |||
The Vertani of Tir Murann offer apology to New Thera for the Vertani's role in what had happened to their city. Reluctantly, under the counsel of adventurers, Angela, the mayor of New Thera, accepts and the Vertani commission a book of all knowledge of their race for New Thera's library. The book is delivered, and discovered to have nothing no one already knew, leaving the situation ambiguous. Further talks were held in Ashtan between Daqsool and Angela, the leaders of their respective peoples, however the talks turned heated as they both clamored for the head of the other, making that offer to the whole of Sapience. Tir Murann and New Thera are at war. | |||
A firefly breaks loose of Arinas's care, setting fires in the forests of Sapience much to the dismay of the forestals. Arinas explains the jar holding it had accidentally broke, and the adventurers set out to Holly of New Thera to craft a new jar, eventually catching the firefly, and ending the rampant fires. | |||
A crack in the Crystalline Circle's master crystal grows worse, the elemental minions which once protected it having left during Artemis' birth. The Magi House of Shallam grew more worried, while their tutor, Ariela went out into the realms in search of the minions. She was slain by a member of the Blood Congregation, who stole the Star Crystal she had been holding onto, unhallowing it for use in growing into a Master Crystal of their own. Ariela still wandered, and eventually fell sick in a coma, taken by the Circle back to Shallam to rest. Out of options, the members of the house began to have visions, which led them to Erinyes who began a ritual to pull their beleaguered tutor from her entrapment in the dreamrealm, chasing what was thought to be an impossible dream. Eventually, they succeeded, and as Ariela returned to the waking world, she clutched a Star Crystal in her hands, which was fed into the Master Crystal, restoring it to it's former state. | |||
'''444 AF:''' | |||
A traveling merchant selling false wares visits multiple locations around Sapience, while a band of disheveled nobles begins to hunt him down, asking about the phony wares much in time with merchants who'd been swindled complaining about the things they'd bought. Before he could be caught, he vanished again into the unknown. | |||
A peddler was found slain outside of Caer Witrin. Though none knew his name, they offered him a funeral service all the same in his honour, and buried him within the cemetery there. His splintered wagon still stands in front of the village, and without his wares, Frida and Anais were unable to accept commissions any longer. | |||
'''445 AF:''' | |||
The miscreant merchant reappears outside of Shallam, and while those present call for him to reform his errant ways, those within the city find the same bedraggled nobles that had been chasing him before, though seemingly not caring of his presence this time. While they drew crowds and delighted in speaking to them, a heist was taking place within the city, liberating the poor jeweler of much of his wares. By the time the citizens realized what was happening, the nobles and merchant took their leave of the city, having been a distraction. | |||
A wedding was interrupted by knocking at the Basilica door in Shallam, where a wounded wanderer was found, a former associate of the bandits who had made off with Shallam's jewels. He had formerly betrayed his band of thieves, and helped with the heist in Shallam as a means to make up for that act. When the heist was finished, they cast him aside with scorn. The people of Shallam sought forgiveness, and while they did not entirely trust him, he was the only lead they had to finding the jewels. Leading them to the hideout, the Shallamites began quarreling with one another outside on which way to proceed while another group with their own motives snuck into the hideout, and began to lift the jewels from the bandits. They were discovered, but unfortunately for the bandits, just as Shallam came in to attack. In the fray, the new thieves made off with the jewels, leaving Shallam empty handed once more. | |||
'''446 AF:''' | |||
The Buckawns of Forest Watch recover a seed that their witchdoctor makes into a rattle made of Dryad skin after an empowering ritual. All over Sapience, forests began to come under attack by red striped beetles, heeding the witchdoctor's call and the forestals responded in force. Unfortunately, the tide of beetles seemed neverending, and they were slowly driven back as forests were destroyed wholesale. A nevaharr, half-man half-lion, joined the adventurers when they finally cornered the witchdoctor, beheading him as Artemis was called to handle the rattle, believing it's seed to belong to Propasia. It did, in fact, as it was the single seed that contained the power of the forest that had long since been cut down to build Cyrene. Using it's power, they restored life to all the forests that had been damaged, and Artemis sealed the witchdoctor's soul off in Anachai for eternity as punishment for his greed. | |||
'''447 AF:''' | |||
Lord Jakarta of the Ivory Mark was slain at a wedding in Delos by a member of the Quisalis Mark, prompting a search for the one responsible. Eventually, the Quisalis adventurers helped open a pathway under Derillin's lair that led to a nerwork of caves with hard work of dwarves and elementals being overseen by Dakrol, the Swiftblade, Nevon Talkar, and Isiva, the Blood Maiden, who proudly claimed responsibility for Makarta's brutal murder. The moment of exploration couldn't last, as the Ivory Mark stormed the cave and the fighting between the two rekindled anew. | |||
Both Agatheis and Mithraea return to the realms, though it's unclear how Lady Sol was freed of Slith's dominion precisely, there is no doubt that the Elemental Lord had a hand in it. | |||
[[Category:History]] | |||