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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... | 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. | |||
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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. | |||
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