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June

2020-07-20T06:14:40Z

Scott:

A HORN BLARES

Tempus Viridi asks why it should help the party. It goes to restrain Gundark. Natural 20. Poison seeps out of its scales.

Dwayne and Gimblenock grab hold of Gundark. Ophion grabs a hold of the dragon's torso, 40-50 feet down (Tempus Viridi is 180 feet).

There's a minute of flying, followed by a bang (Time Void portal) and the party is back in the First Halls of the Green (the Green Dragon's library), an arcane lacuna, frozen in time.

Tempus drops the dwarf, now Rueben. Giant vines are moving beneath the floor and walls, erupting and entwining the walls.

Tempus demands Rueben solve the problem of the Egg in 24 hours. Threatens Gundark.

Rueben is hunting for information on how to deal with the egg.

Essen casts Divination and meditates.

Ophion looking for info on Time Voids.

Rueben and Gimblenock find information on the Elder Things.

Gimblenock has a Hypernova Artifact (Apocalypse-class weapon), stolen from a noble of Durentis.

Ophion finds that ancient dragons are not bound to the planes, nor spaces. Dragons are descended from the Elder Gods.

Dwayne builds a book fort resembling a motif of a bird. The Osirian - the symbol of the Xerarch (a leader of the Alin).

Ophion and Essen investigate ways to activate the Osirian. Discover there is one beneath Holocene. The are rumours of a huge Osirian that can teleport to the Alin homeworld.

Ophion notices Dwayne creates a pyramid vista, the Alin homeworld, out of paper. The Jaguar World according to the Karkade.

Gimblenock finds a Ring of Resistance vs. lightning.

Party notices Ruebens' veins and eyes are turning black. Essen and Gimblenock hear a buzzing coming closer.

Rueben is in the Otherwhere. Huge shapes in the dark. Architeuthis. The Book of Creation is in front of him. Using the ink to find the answers. All hear a ticking sound. Getting louder and
slower. "How did the Alin Xerarch move the object out of this space?" - It cannot.
* The final battle chamber between the Alin and the Dolg Catar.

Rueben can move the egg outside of time, bringing it to the attention of Architeuthis. Party needs to get to the Osirian.

Tempus Viridi arrives.

Tail wraps around Ophion and lifts him. Rueben makes the case.

Party teleported to a chamber, back into time. Wooden chamber from earlier.

Kord Mobius commands the Wraith Assembly to kill the party.

A baby green dragon briefly appears. The party follows it through a small opening.

Gimblenock out first. What were the lower levels of Holocene. Skeletons everywhere, some Alin. External courtyard. Kord Mobius is sat on a stone block.To his right is another
warlock, Caraticus Angon, the Spear.

Magic is easier in the courtyard.

Gimblenock and Rueben note pieces of bronze visible in the courtyard. Party stealths past. A golden light is briefly visible. Mobius and Agon are illusions.

Rueben notices the warlock casting the spell. Smells the poison gas. A green dragon is perched on the well. Leaves a small amulet at the well.

Party formulates a plan. Rueben and Gimblenock (invisible) out first. Dwayne and Ophion out next when Mobius springs trap.

Professor floats into the air. Kord Mobius appears 40 feet in the air.

Gimblenock grabs the amulet, which resembles the Osirian as a badge.

Mobius flies another 120 feet up with Rueben.

Ophion Faerie Fires the area where the warlock was sighted. He responds with Eldritch Blasts and drags Ophion 320 feet toward him. O responds with Hellish Rebuke (6 damage).

Gimblenock dashes after warlock, to encounter four Trolls. Attacks warlock, Vologases. 27 damage. Sees the last possessor of the amulet in his mind, additional 6d10 damage.
68 total.

Dwayne Dimension Doors to Kord, grabs Reuben and teleports back to ground level.

Essen casts Spike Growth at the archway the trolls are emerging from.

Kord Mobius drops to the ground and casts Power Word Kill on Ophion.

Spike Growth deals 15 damage. One Troll on Essen, one on Gimblenock, two on Dwayne.

Something is trying to worm into Gimblenocks mind. Tries to convince Gimblenock to turn. Gimblenock takes Vologaises down to 2 HP. V Dimension Doors out.

Dwayne tears through Trolls and gets a visit from Mama Tet. Dwayne becomes Mama Tet.

Mama Tet casts Fireball on the area. Kills the Trolls and Ophion. Casts Meteor Swarm on Mobius. 67 Fire damage and 54 Bludgeoning.

Mobius disappears over the horizon. Mama Tet swaps out with Dwayne. Gimblenock turns into an Alin, and goes to activate the Osirian.

Sim Arclight appears with the rest of the warlocks. "Stop the Servant of the Ink."

Rueben grabs Gimblenocks amulet. Valt appears and embraces Rueben. Architeuthis appears. Gundark comes back in.

May 2020 part 2

2020-05-25T04:22:16Z

Scott: Created page with "MEPHISTO'S BROOD - FALSE NAME GIVEN FOR ENTRY Essen finds nothing hidden. Rats - Auto Crit. Resist most physical. All attacks against swarm have disadvantage. AC = 14. Rats..."

MEPHISTO'S BROOD - FALSE NAME GIVEN FOR ENTRY

Essen finds nothing hidden.

Rats - Auto Crit. Resist most physical. All attacks against swarm have disadvantage. AC = 14. Rats are a female making herself into the swarm - Skar.

Rats swarm. Hit Dwayne, Gimblenock and Essen.
* Ophion casts Cloud of Daggers (3rd Level) in front of Dwayne.
* Essen casts Dispel Magic. Swarm is Spell Level 17. Advantage succeeds. Cohesion of swarm broken.
* Gimblenocks casts Dazzling Colours. 35 HP of rats go blind (1/7th of swarm).
* Gundark takes magic shield and moves to support Dwayne. 13 damage first attack. 9 damage second.
* Dwayne hits for 10. Sweeping Attack for 22.
* Cloud of Dagger for 15.

Ophion hears "Vault loves Ophion. Ophion loves Vault" Feeling of being embraced by a Giant Squid.
* Essen rolls INT.
* Ophion disperses another swarm with Firebolt and heads towards the tunnel.
* Essen casts Sunbeam. 38 damage. Two swarms dispersed.
* Gimblenock casts Firebolt. 17 damage. Follows Essen and Ophion through tunnel.
* Essen casts Spike Growth.
* Cloud of Daggers deals 11.

Skar cancels Swarm spell and backs away from party.

Party heads down into tunnel. Dim light. Flourescent algae.

Party finds a series of chambers. Three sarcophagi per chamber. The elite dead of the Dol Karta.
* Plundered by tomb raiders in the past.
* Gundark and Gimblenock see floating figure. Moving through a mirrored space. Notices G & G and vanishes. One of the Alin.

Party can hear Kord Moebius calling out about Tereshia. Same speil as last time.

Further down. Emerald green light.

Path with steps - two painted, transperent black children head down. Gundark smells treasure.

Party head toward emerald path. Notice secret doors that cannot be opened.
* Draconic text spiralling on the walls. Becomes glowing the further down.
* Dwayne notices a baby green dragon, which scurries away when noticed.

Gundark hears "What is the colour of the deep green?"

The illusion breaks away to reveal a huge cavern. Crystals hanging from the ceiling. Precious metals and treasures abound. A gargantuan Green Dragon. Vines and plants are growing.
* Gender discussion occurs and the dragon demands Essen step forward.
* Parent dragon is 80". Babies are about 3".
* Gimblenock takes eggs from upstairs and places them on the ground.
* Magic sigils floating in the air. An underground library.
* Tempus Viridi, the vizier to all green dragons in existence.
* Gimblenock upsets the dragon, wets himself and is now Frightened.
* An older green dragon becomes visible, swoops up the eggs and disappears.
* Tempus wants Reuben.

Kord Moebius rants about the "horror below us (Tempus Viridi)".

Party goes down some steps into a chamber containing an egg. Tempus says 'The Professor knows. This is the horror the Witches fear. It's older than the Alin."

Message for Gimblenock to send to Rueben -
"Professor Rueben. Ophion says you're a dick. Tempus Viridi needs you in Hollowseen. An egg against Tereshia. Warlocks are choosing. NOW! Your brother is alive."
* Rueben is not on this plane. Spread across all planes. In the Time Void.
* Holocene is Kunoh's birthright.

"I am not your puppeteer. That is someone else." - Tempus Viridi.

"Memorandum understood and understood. Inform Tempus Viridi, his will acquiesced. Implements successful. Respectfully await a tick-tock mind. Ophion. Questions."

Tempus Viridi touches Gundark on the head which switches places with Rueben.

Rueben walks toward Tempus Viridi and offers his respect and service. The dragon storms off and demands Rueben solve the puzzle of the egg.

The black children appear. The scenery breaks away to reveal the Milky Way again.
* What is an automoton? A grotesque machine imitating life
* What is a machine? Dead pieces act together to simulate work
* What is life? Many dead pieces working together grasping for the elan vital
* What is a witch? Many pieces simulating one
* What is a story? Half truths wrapped in lies simulating a truth
* Time past and time future

Introductions are made.

Everything goes dark except for a younger Mama Tet who appears, looking young and displaying more of her power. Talks in riddles about time. Talks about the Witches.

* Time present and time past
* Are present in time future,
* And time future is contained in time past.

* Bipeds
* Cannot bear reality.

* So we write
* Time past and time future
* What might have been and all what has been
* Point to one end, which is always present.

* Time past and time future
* One witch of too few pieces for the whole
* The simulcram
* One witch of far too many pieces for the whole
* The story

* Time future and time past
* Which witch is which?
One of the witches = Sim Arclight, the other = Toreja

Kord Moebius - "Rise Sim Arclight. The new Witch."

The egg reads "Vault loves Reuben. Vault loves Ophion. Vault loves everyone. Everyone love Vault. Vault saves all. All love Vault. All hail Vault."
Green tendrils seep from the egg.
- THE EGG IS VAULT.

Discussing ways to shift the Valt Egg into the Time Void, when Rueben is replaced by Gundark.

Sim Arclight's voice booms through the caverns, everyone sees what it looks like. Commands the faithful warlocks of the Wraith Accord to descend and destroy the party.

Wraith Accord

2020-05-22T04:56:10Z

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Some covens of northern warlocks are loosely affiliated under the “Wraith Accord”

Kord Moebius is the strongest of the northern warlocks

Tempus Viridi

2020-05-22T04:38:16Z

Scott: Created page with "* Vizier to the Green Dragon King and Queen, identifies as neither male nor female * Dwells in the green dragon warrens around Holocene with its wards and apprentices * Has ma..."

* Vizier to the Green Dragon King and Queen, identifies as neither male nor female
* Dwells in the green dragon warrens around Holocene with its wards and apprentices
* Has made a pact with Kord Morbius to watch over the Wraith Assembly
* Will allow warlocks attending to approach without reproach and will not interfere with undead provided they avoid the first hallways of the Green
* Has exprssed interest in the Professor

Holocene

2020-05-22T04:33:09Z

Scott: Created page with "* Holocene was established by the first Khan of the Dolg Catar among the ruins of eons old Green Dragon lairs. The lairs were acres of hills 100s of metres high built entirel..."

* Holocene was established by the first Khan of the Dolg Catar among the ruins of eons old Green Dragon lairs. The lairs were acres of hills 100s of metres high built entirely of fallen trees and featured mazes miles in length
* The location of the fortress was selected as the lingering power of millennia of Green Dragon habitation meant had given the location power, particularly in relation to crossing into and manipulating magic and other dimensions
* All the great fortresses of the Khans had fallen fell one by one to the Undying advance of the Carkade and the Alin prior to Holocene falling

Wraith Assembly

2020-05-22T04:20:37Z

Scott:

*The Wraith Assembly has been called by the northern warlock Mobius Kord, who is the strongest of the northern warlocks
*It is foretold that at the height of the Wraith Assembly, one of the warlocks “a chosen one” will be raised by the Great Beyond to become a witch, the 1st true witch since the fall of the Sarpadian Empire
*A series of cryptic messages from the Great Beyond will be received by attendees during the Assembly

Ojasi

2020-05-22T04:05:37Z

Scott:

The Ojasi control a vast sway of territory, exacting tribute across a large area in the cold north. They are well known and feared elite mercenaries and have worked across the world.

Mercenaries in pay of the Silver Host Khanate who are constructing an Orc Horde in the Yavimaya.

*Viceroy Diban Tilbu name is on the titles presented to the Ojasi; he is the highest advisor to the Jumulka Khan of the Silver Host
*Arranging by force, bribery, gifts and promises peace treaties among the larger Orc tribes
*Included in the treaties are allowances of the migration of the other Orc tribes if they’re travelling under the seal of the Ojasi
*Will use the Orcs to strike at the eastern flank of the Jorentes Kingdom, disrupt trade & travel through the Yavimayan Forest, raid into Jinserric territories, burn the estates of any Steelhold City-States that support Jorentes or seize ports on the Azul Sea coast
*Their main aim however, when the time is right, will be to form as an Orc horde will be to assault the upper reaches of the Dwarven Kingdoms of Karkoram, Darnulir, Kurwuhrum, Halborimm and Gurnbadihr
*Most of the Clan Chiefs have been promised the title of War Chieftain; the Ojasi have yet to decide who they will elevate to that position, but will make a strategic decision at the time

Ojasi leadership
*Set up base in the ruins of Cyolonore, an elven city destroyed at the end of an elven civil war 500 years ago between the Houses of Liodon and Feydor, under which dwelt one of the domains of the Witch Queen Emtariath
**Field Marshall Durob Guralar
**High Constable Uzgmmok Uzgafim (keeping and maintenance of armaments)
**Constable Rugdamul Gatimph (lead Arcanist, Shaman, Handler, Spotter)
**Constable Glusrul Orbhug (lead 4 peers)
**Peer Ogolmorz Shuzzor (lead 5 grunts)
**Peer Bugadumph Burogash (lead 5 grunts)
**Peer Hansh Muruolg (lead 5 grunts)
**Peer Snamok Bugk (lead 5 grunts)
**Arcanist Ulmumol Kharhash
**Shaman Uraghulakh Lurnbul
**Handler Bogrh Shammgog (Trolls, Wolf Trolls, Troll raptors)
**Finder Hanzamph Magrob (leads 5 spotters)

Ojasi call to arms
Comrades, arise!
Look above and see that the end has come
We stand upon the ruins of our ancient enemy, the watchers of the Sapphire Crown
We now strike against those who would stand on our corpses to avoid the flood of impending catastrophe
Those that would make our bodies a living shield to hide behind as the walls between worlds come crashing down and the fearful symmetry of the Spaces unravels
Now is the day
Now is the hour
Let every Orc throughout Yavimaya arise and join our comrades in the deep, who as we speak ascend towards the light
Our days living in the shadows are numbered
We will be oppressed no more
No longer will suffer the greatest of persecutions of all who have lived
Arise
We are Grumush’s chosen and our day is now!

Silver Host-Ojasi Alliance agreement is sealed as follows:

An agreement declaring that alliance exists between Ojasi of Fel Voggoth and the Khaganate of the Silver Host
Be it enacted by Viceroy Dilban Tilbu , 1st servant to the Great Khagan Jumulka and Grand Marshall Rartuck Deathband, foremost among the Ojasi
First. That the Silver Host - Ojasi alliance is declared to exist, and has existed since the fifteenth day of the Summertide in the Year 1471
Second. That the Ojasi and Silver Host will be united to bring about the destruction of all nations from the Blue Host to the Radiant Sea
Third. That the Ojasi and Silver Host will follow the war instructions declared at the Conclave of the Khaganate in the Deepwinter of 1473

The war plans of the Ojasi Orcs included:
* Timetable for raids against the Steelhold city-states
* Timetable to be ready to raid the eastern Jorentes with raiding forces – depends on the success of war against the Blue Host and its ancillary nations
* Locations of weapons stockpiles left by the Silver Host for the Ojasi
* Disposition of forces to assault the Dwarven Kingdoms of Karkoram, Darnulir, Kurwuhrum, Halborimm and Gurnbadihr in the Jorentes borders – 3 options:
* All the Kingdoms commit to support Jorentes against the Orcs
* Some of the Kingdoms commit to support Jorentes against the Orcs
* None of the Kingdoms commit to support Jorentes against the Orcs
* The secret routes to be held by the Ojasi in northern Jorentes and disposition of forces
* What to do, depending on which cities were attacked first
* Code names for contacts in the Andromeda Ridge Fortresses in Eastern Jorentes
* Schematics of tunnels beneath Crinis Minor, Crinis Major, Andromeda
* Schematics and battle strategies to deal with the eastern fortifications
* The distribution of Jorentes military at different times of the year
* Movement reports from spies over the past 4 years in Eastern Jorentes and the Dwarven Kingdoms
* The preferred order of war in the east
* Magical duplicate masterkey to the Dwarven stronghold of Karkoram – attuned to the Field Marshall
* Correspondence between the Ojasi and the Deep Orcs – complete blueprints of Karkoram, the expected military forces

Dolg Catar

2020-05-22T03:53:35Z

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Lost millions to keep the Alin trapped in their own realm while their Carkade allies attacked them from the other side

The last stand took place on the Red Fields where the Carkade assailed the last Dolg Catar fortress that contained the final wormhole to the 12 Alin worlds

Their remnants dispersed in small groups across the world

Karsus Tchella

2020-05-22T03:49:19Z

Scott:

A Great Old One who draws its power from the Horned God

Is the "Arrival" so feared by the Sundial Warden Korjay Scuben

Solar Storm

2020-05-22T03:48:29Z

Scott: Created page with "Solar Storm is the Jorentes Kingdoms magical forcesand currently involved in a secret war with the Mirror Host"

Solar Storm is the Jorentes Kingdoms magical forcesand currently involved in a secret war with the Mirror Host

Sunscale

2020-05-22T03:47:00Z

Scott: Created page with "The secret spy network for the Kingdom of Jorentes"

The secret spy network for the Kingdom of Jorentes

Valt

2020-05-22T03:41:46Z

Scott: Created page with ":<u>In Game</u> An Elder Thing named Valt stalked and distractedly communicated with Maybellina and Rubens when inside the Moranth artefact in the Otherwhere."

:<u>In Game</u>

An Elder Thing named Valt stalked and distractedly communicated with Maybellina and Rubens when inside the Moranth artefact in the Otherwhere.

November 2019

2020-05-22T02:20:55Z

Scott: Created page with "* BMG successfully escaped from the Ojasi military encampment with sealed battle plans * Pursued over by Orcs westwards towards the Kingdom of Jorentes, Dawn message spelled H..."

* BMG successfully escaped from the Ojasi military encampment with sealed battle plans
* Pursued over by Orcs westwards towards the Kingdom of Jorentes, Dawn message spelled Helm who agreed to rescue all of them for the price of the Blue Chalk
* Battle plans were delivered to the Jorentes military who hailed the BMG as heroes of the Kingdom
* The Sundials Warden, Korjay Scuben, saw something so terrifying when he was using the Sundials looking over the Helegu khaganate that he collapsed and entered a deep coma, before lapsing into a coma his final words were “Dolg Catar” and "Arrival"
* Jorentes reached out seeking information about the ‘Dolg Catar’
* Spies sent into the territory of the Blue Host are going missing and secret societies they use to learn more about what has happened either vanish overnight or refuse to have anything to do with it all because of the "imminent death" omens associated with looking into the “Dolg Catar” and "Arrival"
* Sunscale, the secret spy network for the Kingdom of Jorentes asks BMG for assistance, starting with travel through Helegu controlled lands to the home of the Blue Catar, one of the many steppe tribes supporting the Helegu.
* Andjav Teasliph, who is the head of the Solar Storm (the Jorentes Kingdoms magical forces) has lost a few of his people to this, and as he is currently involved in a secret war with the Mirror Host (the Helegu's imperial magicians) can't spare anyone else to investigate
*With the commencement of the discontinuance event, teleportation spells are now routinely failing in transit, leading to deaths, disappearances, failures to launch and off target landings at best

Gimblenock
* All gnomes of importance are being summoned to a meeting with the Living Ancestors - Xoser, Selphina, Fenyaris
* The gnomes are terrified, since the Architeuthis event the sacred machines ceased responding:
** Blinding Ark
** Petrifying Tablet
** Bracelet of Nightmares
** Jar of Storms
** Hand of Agony
** Malediction Microlith
** Elemental Door
** Faith's Arch
** Nightmare Disc
** Mirror of Delirium
** Canopic Jar of the Scourge
* Even the sacred masterkeys failed to reactivate them
* Since the early arrival of the green comets the machines have reactivated, however this has been much worse - they’re haunted and are responding erratically
* There are things in the Spaces that are coming through and the Living Ancestors can’t lock them out
* Give one of the Masterkeys to Gimblenock
* All the sacred artefacts were crafted using the Gnome relic Crucible of Blackflame. Only 100 crucibles were ever created for all the gnomes in all the realms in all of time. As each extinguished it was never to be lit again.
* If Gimblenock is ever in the presence of blackflame the masterkey will burn and he must plunge the masterkey into the substance, recharge the key and return to the Living Ancestors

Dwayne
* Dwayne dreams of men in golden masks who will lead him into the dragon’s belly
* a non-Euclidean hallway with three roads;
* undeniable strength under a red sky,
* undeniable respect under a frozen sky; or
* undeniable contentment under a crystal sky
* Helm tells Dwayne that the Semseers had 2 messages for him:
** “The 13 manifold Minds are Six,
** Another never wakes but peaks at the borders,
** Six are too few for the Spaces,
** If existential vanishing you desire – choose Six,

** Your Ruby red love
** One of Three Faces
** Lost is the Third before they are One
** Your problem of Six
** They may resolve
** Do not choose the One”

** “The Triquetra is a prison of their own making,
** Cross it so you may oppose the southern warlord
** Don’t cross it and watch,
** The final son of Holocene,
** Rise,
** As the Hero of the Age
** And you stay in Shadow”
** Is it real?

Essen
** Essen's brother knows the Ojasi leadership are “soul sick,'' they are terrified are no longer existing.
** He heard the shaman and arcanists whisper in hushed tones that existence is crumbling. It is undefining. That in order to have any chance of surviving the end, they must destroy to survive. When the Ashen Forge has turned absolute cold, when Nishrak is silent and the outer realms forgotten by the Spaces, the Ojasi will be standing, where no other will
** Essen’s brother took on their father’s blood debt
** 500 years ago, Elwin of Zinwel (grandfather) made an alliance with the banished first son of Liodan, Elyon
** Elyon was dissatisfied with the limits of Elven traditions and rites, including his demand to be the keeper of Sapphire crown - vigorously denied by the rest of Liodan, as it was a position given not taken and would require the death of those in front of him in the order of succession
** Denied influence from within, he sought greater and greater power outside, including turning to the patronage of the Nine Hells.
** When this was uncovered, he fled and was banished in absentia, leading him to trade with the Witch Queen of the Aphotic, who offered to place him as the head of the Western Liodan in return for securing her vault during the time of the Ardreth discontinuance (named after the Elven magician who foresaw its coming)
** Their grandfather and uncles had squandered their position of influence
** Their father had been ruthless over the past 100 years in dominating and destroying those who he deemed responsible for laying low their clan, but required the help of Elyon to slowly madden the First among the First, allowing their father to claim the position of the First
** Their father optioned his debt to his first born - Essen, but his brother discovered this when he came of age and took on the blood debt to Elyon and was sent to use his skills in training the Wolf Trolls and other forest beasts of the Ojasi, and serve at the whim of Elyon.

Grundark
* The many dwarves of the Saturn Mountains have outposts in Solis Major
** “You are not alone
** Sless will reunite the last of your tribe.

Dolg Catar
* The Blue Cathari and Northern Cathari are the last steppe tribes that recall Dolg Catar facing the rage of the twin armies of the Undying and the Shapeless
* All the great fortresses of the Khans fell one by one to the the advance of Twin Armies

Blue Host Helegu
* Pretenders to the Khanate have thrown their lot in with the Silver Host
* The Silver Host have used this as a pretext for invasion, citing the softness and weakness of the Blue Host and their betrayal of the Helegu way
* Vassal states and territories include:
** Northern Barbranid States
** Chalcoli Territory
** Kingdom of Lengyel
** Yamnaya Dynasty
** Cotofeni Republic
** Cernavoda Principalities
** Kurgan City-States
** Tiszan Holds
** The Badens
** Steelhold States
** Stone
** Elves of Volodar
** Elves of Tarathiel
** The Sundamar Elves
** Slave Cities of Jydengiss (Gnome)
** Torromel Clans (Dwarves)
** Uthoc-Longreach Kingdom (Dwarves)

Arrival
* The last stand between the Alin and the Dolg Catar took place on the Red Fields where the Carkade assailed the last Dolg Catar fortress that contained the final wormhole to the 12 Alin worlds
* With the commencement of the discontinuance event, parts of the Alin Advance are reaching this world
* Cosmic horrors trail in the wake of the Alin Advance and are entering the mortal world
* The Arrival that sent the Sundials Warden, Korjay Scuben into comatose was his mind brushing with Great Old One Karsus Tchella

Alin
* The Alin who have survived for the last 6,000 years trapped on their 12 worlds have existed in a state of total war with undead, white wasps and other cosmic horrors.
* To survive their many enemies the surviving non-undead Alin made a pact of servitude with the Great Old One Karsus Tchella
* The Alin subscribe to the Dark Forest theory
* The few who "survived" the fall of Alin and were left behind were turned undead and are now answer the clarion call of the Carkade and Ammutseba.

Karsus Tchella
* A Great Old One who draws its power from the Horned God
* Is served by Titans

May 2020 part 1

2020-05-22T01:54:35Z

Scott:

Climbing thin stairs. All bar Gundark see a couple of Green Dragons circling party, about a half-mile out.
* Three different dragons. Look to be taking turns circling.
* Gundark realises 3-5 other humanoids have travelled ahead of party.
* Essen checks. Definitely 5.
* Two distinct groups.
* One had an incoporeal passenger.

Party comes to a fortified ruin. Sarpadian bodies scattered. Fresh earth. Ejected out of the walls (?). Drawn out by something.
About 30 bodies in total. Think Roman Praetorian Guard.
Essen investigates.
* No bones taken.
* Fresh bones with flesh recently removed (human).
* Not teeth, but filleting knives.
* Evidence of a fight.
* Ophion noticed a whole lot of Eldritch Blast effects.
* Evidence of bodies reforming (?).
* All skeletons have arcane scrimshaw.

Skeletons reanimate at night. Two of the skeletons are from the group of 5 who came through yesterday (Lvl 14 and 16 Warlocks).
* Symbols of Kord Moebius on skeletons.

Party moves on. Gundark fails CON check.

Party reaches top. The mist rolls in. Two tiny green dargons appear in the mist. Whispers in Draconic, 'The Professor'.

Ophion replies, 'Not the Professor, his brother.'

A gargantuan green dragon slams to the ground, same as Dwayne spoke to last night. 'Needs Professor' and flies away.

Ophion turns into Rueben to prove his existence. Swears on his blood to Gundark. O answers Essen's questions about past.

Four purple lights emerge from the fog. Look like spectres, one pulsating.
* Dwayne takes 10 Necrotic damage.
* Doesn't wake up.
* Same to Gundark.
* Next is Ophion.
* Critically fails 'wake up' roll.
* Essen attacked by
* Hypnotic Spectre.
* Giblenock Fireblasts it.
* Ophion takes another 10 necrotic.
* Responds with Hellish Rebuke.
* Ophion takes down Hypnotic Spectre with a Fireball.
* Essen takes down two regular spectres with Sunbeam.
* Third flies away.

One of effect - Necro damage equal to level added to one attack. User takes equal damage. CON checks over next three days (11,13,15),
if failed 2d8 hit points.

NEXT DAY

Party avoids undead (zombies, wights, skeletons) during travel. That night, baby green dragon rests between Gundark and Ophion, looks
at Gimblenock, says in Common 'Warlock? Wraith?' Touches Essen 'Wraith Assembly?' Keeps insisting.
* Sniffs Gundark 'Professor? The Bad Thing? But Professor will stop the Bad Thing. Uncle Arky says this is the Professor.'
* Claws Gundark across the face and darts away into the fog.

Reach final plateau. Vast battlefields. Huge forest. 50 miles across.

Party sees a crowned figure - Phraates, one of the Warlock Kings - level 20 warlock. HP 145.AC 18. Essen sees two invisible companions with him. He whispers
"State your coven.' 'We have none.' He disappears.
* 64 psychic damage and Stun to failures. 32 damage to pass (Ophion, Dwayne).
* Two more warlocks appear. Eldritch Blasts to Dwayne. Gundark dragged towards enemies.
* Maddening Darkness. Party is encased in darkness.
* Dwayne Dimension Doors out of darkness and attacks Phraates. 18 damage.Knocked prone. 30 damage. Maddening Darkness ends. 32 damage.
* Ophion casts Evard's Black Tentacles on the two warlocks.
* Gimblenock acrobatically crosses the field WHILST drinking a healing potion.
* Phraates uses Word of Pain on Dwayne on Gimblenock.
* Warlock 1 attacks Gimblenock with Eldritch Blasts. 2 attacks Dwayne for 24 Radiant damage.
* Ophion fireballs the warlocks for 28 damage.
* Dwayne again attacks Phraates for 20 damage.
* One warlock falls to the tentacles. Ophion hits Phraates for 25 with Firebolt.
* Gimblenock Firebolts Phraates.
* Phraates walks past Dwayne - Attack of Opportunity for 7. Grabs Warlock 1 and planeshifts away.

That night, whilst the party sleeps, one of the Bakenzenzi appears - 7"2', shapeshifter, - with an acacia tree behind him.
Milky Way behind him.
I speak of a girl, the sixth child of ten.
The stealthiest.
The nastiest.
While hunting in the deep forest
She drank from a well.
A well that drew water from a much older time.
With eyes buring bright
She returned to the forest hut with her siblings.
One by one.
One per week
Her siblings died.
Her eyes were dry while her siblings filled theirs with tears
On a liminal night
At a liminal time
She took her 2 remaining siblings to drink from the well
She alone returned
Her siblings now fuelling her
ONE OF THE WITCHES - EMTARIATH
A WEAKNESS REVEALED.
* Previous story was for Sili.

**One of the children never graduated - FIND THE WORD OF POWER TO CONTROL SILI**

Next day. Climbiing to final plateau. All bar Dwayne and Gimblenock fail. Dwayne saves Essen and Ophion.
Reach the top. The Wraith Assembly is happening (a meeting of warlocks) to choose the new Witch.
* The 50 mile desolation is a pucker mark from one of Arcetutheis' tentacles when it last penjetrated this reality.
* Holocene was built by the Dolg Catar before the Carkade and Alin arrived
* It rested upon a green dragon warren used for hundreds of thousands of years
* the Star Warrior lead the last of the Dolg Catar at Holocene when he fought the Alin
* After the Alin were defeated , Holocen sunk into the warren of petrified wood of the Green Dragons
* The party sees a glimpse of Kunoh grabbing Rueben.

Therian Coven - Skeleltons on lower plateau. Party agrees to use their name of questioned

Kode Moebius - "The Great Terisia braved the currents of the great dark..."
* Statue of Toreja in the middle of the room. Skeletons on floor. Fetishes on the statue.
* Ophion examines fetishes. Flashes of Musaset and Siadrake, leaders of covens who have entered already. Essen rfecognises a symbol
of the Great Old One Karthis T'Chellar (?), draws power from the Great Horned One, placed by Kord Moebius.

Move on to a limestone cavern. Pass through a door and see the Wraith Witch. Ophion gives name.
* All hail the great Belial (lieutenant of Asmodeus).
* The Wraith Witch is the gatekeeper of the event.
* Purpose of the Wraith Assembly is true anoint the first true Witch since the Sarpadian Empire.
* A Witch is a warlock who has thrown off their patronage to become a patron in their own right.

Head deeper into the fortress. Find 6 petrified dragon eggs. Gundark removes them.

"...anoints her successor persons..."

Shield (+5). Legendary. Blue. Round. Star decal. Dolg Catar. Magical, requires attunement. Gundark picks it up. Gundark and Essen to
determine who you wield it.

A skittering is heard. Skar and her coven have transformed themselves into thousands of rats and are heading for party.

ESSEN ROLLED 21 INVESTIGATION AS GAME ENDED.

April 2020

2020-05-22T01:35:32Z

Scott:

Party travels for two days. Encounters some zombie hordes. Easiliy taken care off.

Climbing plateau. Freezing cold.

Pass through three battlefields, centuries old. Helagu related. Investigate one site. 20,000 plus dead. Three sets of footprints. Recent, within 24 hours. Human. Prints appear in random patterns. Ribs of fallen chief snapped off recently - Prince Andari of the Babrana Kingdom, good battlefield commander - for Warlock magic

1) Speaking with the dead in question.

2) Used for summoning of a patron

3) Attempt to gain strength/abilities of the fallen.

Essen takes three ribs for himself.

Fog starts to rise out of the earth. Whispers in the fog. Common. "...number of power" "...or not see" "...first witch". Ophion remembers that Mama Tet would know the answers; she grew up with the Witch Queens in the shadow of the Sorceror King.

Glimpses of figures in the fog, still at war.

Ophion hears strong deep voice whispering from the future
"...this wraith assembly she speak from behind the Unknown Vale, and anoints her succesor persons"
Spoken by the wearer of the crown of a long destroyed undead boy-king - Kord Moebius - underground, surrounded by a throng "...anoints the First Witch of the Great Age, the Age of the Undefining".
* Essen hears, from the past, are the dead telling of what the three warlocks were saying (the dead were repeating phrases from the last 24 hours) ..."sharper than the horn of the god ...swifter than comets of green... 12 lost worlds looking for the lost 13th."

Spirits reach for party. Ophion and Gundaek back away. The other hear the three warlocks speaking in the past about the party
"What does Tempest Viridae see(1), or not see(2), or not want to see(3)?"
"Death has come to raise it's throne on this strange world."

Essen now lookin with human eyes (possessed by a Helegu warrior), looking to cast something on the party. Gimblenock paralyses Essen. Ophion exorcises the ghost.

Dwayne possessed by a Babrana warrior, as is Essen. The others can see an overlay of the ghost possessing them.

"The great Toreja braved the currents of the deep void, of force of will crossed the threshold."

Gimblenock tries to speak to the ghost. "Where is the great Khanja Mulka? Did we win? What about Brahnels' gate and Volk's Bridge?"

Ophion tries Hideous Laughter. Fails. Has a feeling of floating in a sea of bliss (Jari's daughter?), tries again. Fails.

Essen rejects the spirit. Dwayne attacks the party. Goes through Grundaek and into Gimblenock (the ghost despises gnomes).

Missing line = left behind this mortal world......the Great Beyond.

*Multiple people to become ONE person. Poessibly the party*

Ophion tempted with answers in return to restoring Mephistopheles to power and gaining intel on Vulerai. Denied.

Party rests.

Travelling agin. Dwayne notices the feet of a wicker man, ash scattered around. Burnet remains of three humans in protective circles. Investigate circles.
Different set of three warlocks. NOT those from the future. Ophion and Essen note the symbolism of the "Coven of the Sun Child's Rage". The Sun God exists in the Wyrding.
The Sun Child burnt them all rather than allow them to pledge to a witch.

Some in the party notice cigar smoke and evidence of Loa ritual near the Wicker Man. Size 13 footprint. Not Mama Tet.

Some in the party see black woman 6"4' passing by. Another warlock. Mohawk. Another walked between Ophion and Gimblenock, touching G. He did not feel anything.

Next day, more battles. Older. Sarpaedian. 700-800 years old. At night, Will-O-The-Wisps appear. Gimblenock, Essen and Dwayne dig for treasure. Each has to fight a creature on their own.
* Gimbleock fighting a Zombie Master (aspect of Baron Samedi). Destroyed with assist from Ophion. Gains Keoghtom's Ointment (d4+1 doses. Regains 2d8+2 hit points. Cures poison and disease.)
* Dwayne fights Skeleton Warlord. Demolishes Skeleton. Gains Scroll of Fire, Earth, Air and Water Serpents, gifted to Ophion.
* Essen fighting Undead Ilithid. Dwayne takes it out. Potion of Gaseous Form. Essen gains Wand of Secrets.Gundark gets Potion of Invisibility. Dwayne gets Staff of the Adder, command word is "DAWN", gifted to Essen.
* Ophion gets third level spell scroll (player choice). Gimbelnock gets Cap of Waterbreathing - command word "SEAWEED".

Four days of travel. Mist and fog are now permanent. Come across another ancient battlefield. Majority of bodies are non-human (dragonborn, orcs, goblins). This is at least 1,500 year old.

Keep climbing. More cigar ash. More Loa footprints. Appeared during rest. Nine sets of warlock footprints through the party's camp. Ophion and Gimbelnock notice ghosts walking through the camp and group.

Climbing up. The fog gets thicker. Dark fog, similar to a storm bank.

Dwayne on guard. A large, emerald green creature leaps out of the fog and lands in front of him. An emerald dragon, gargantuan in size and with timeless eyes that miss nothing. Dozens of two dimensional figures scatter in it's wake. Looks at the party individually.

The Dread Child makes an appearance. Spoke on behalf of the Starless Communion at the Palanquin Convention. Standing at a fire in front of acacia trees. The sky is moving in slow motion.

"There was a time when the people lived peacefully beneath the canopy of the deepest dark of the rainforest
Those among them who were talented in all things arcane were sent to the village of the shrines to hone their powers, before being sent out among the people to use their talents for the betterment of all.
For generations the people lived peacefully, living as their ancestors had lived before them.
But history comes and history goes, and history was visited upon the people.
The Semud, who lived beyond the rainforest of the people invaded in numbers too numerous for the people to resist
With soldiers as numerous as fire ants on the rainforest floor, the Semud advanced slaughtering all who opposed them and enslaving all who submitted
In desperation the Elders taught the children in the village of shrines the words that would destroy the Semud magicians in combat.
Secretly each of the children another Word, one that when spoken would compel the children to obey.
For the words that would destroy the Semud magicians when spoken by the children would consume them at the time of speaking, life for life
The village teachers could not risk the children failing to speak the words or rebelling once they learnt of their fate.
The most cunning of the children learned of the Word and their fate when speaking the words.
Refusing to die for Elders who had betrayed them and the people who who had forsaken them the children planned
A gift from the Loa, gave the children temporarily power to overcome their teachers
Each teacher was assigned 2 children and to succeed all the teachers would need to be defeated at the same time
A single living teacher could simply speak the Word and the children would be sent to their fate, regardless of how many teachers were taken by the Wyrding
Among all the children, one teacher was charged with training the 2 youngest, the 2 weakest, the 2 most likely to lose heart and not act against their teachers
It was decided that the youngest should use the Loa gift first and when they had succeeded to out a lit lantern in the doorway of their hutch
This way if the youngest failed to act the hand of the other children would not be shown
On the morning the shrines were to be honoured and the children would be awake and active before the teachers they acted so their movements would be unremarked
When the Semud soldiers and their battle magicians reached the village of shrines in the days following, they found nothing but the charred remains of 13 adults, a 13 pointed holy sign left for the Loa and the cooling embers of the first and now last village of the people

Dwayne talks to Gundark about 'The Professor'. The Green Dragon was the Vizier of the King and Queen and they are waiting for us at the top of the plateau.

Party see a man/woman from the future. Sim Arclight, the first witch of the Age of the Undefining.

Gundark finds floating white crystals in the air. Very thick fog (<10 feet visibilty). Can constantly hear the undead. Thousands of them.

Grundark sees visions. Ophion leads him on.

Keep travelliing. Near the top.

February 2020

2020-05-22T01:07:50Z

Scott:

Watched over by thr mercenary army "Meat for the Machine" is a circle of monks dressed in yellow moving slowly at first, gaining speed and dancing, moving through air. Necromancer on palanquin. Carried by zombies - taut skin, darkened. Gold finery wearing a wide brimmed short crowned black hat.

Ribbons of light begin to form images in and around the monks. As the light stretches it forms images of the past.

Huge elven trees. 50 metres across. Hundreds metres tall. Starting to fill the valley floor. An image of the past. The dance fuels the spell.

6000 years in the past. The Alin floating through the forest. Set upon by Wild Elves. The last of the Alin folds itself into two-dimensions appearing as shimmering shards of glass suspended in the air before vanishing.

The Alin were heading north.

VISION OF THE PAST - Green light falls from the sky and burns the top of the trees. Huge horn visible in the sky. The top of a staff appears and sweeps down. A fraction of the Horned God.

One of the zombies notices the party. Turns to Necromancer and gestures for silence. Necromancer slumps. Zombie is now an old black woman. (Mama Tet!) Walking stick. Heading toward a hilltop. Turns back "Ghost. Do not hide in the shadow. Approach." to Dwayne.

Party heads toward her. "There's three gaps (hidden by black time), three hedge-whores and three others". Waves cigar in the air, magic symbol appears.
* She wants the name of the 'three others'. Keeps talking about black time. "When he comes back, and he is..."
* "You'll have to excuse the sleeping Dread Children. The Starless Communion, whom I serve."
* "If you want to know where Holocene Hall is, and you do..." She takes an Inspiration and 5th and 6th spell slots for 2 long rests.

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Mama Tet has the name (Ganymede. One of the male witches used to anchor the Witch Queens during their failed ascension ritual. Slipped into time). Smiles. All can hear the roar of the Time Void. She walks into it.

Ophion appears. Six months into his future. Notices the dwarf resembles Rueben. Dwarf notices engineering of Armour of Televesin, starts to freak out. Party look for a place to rest.
* Essen learned from Mama-Tet
* 6000 years ago, Alin. Ruled 12 other worlds with the Kaarkade. Dolg Catar lost millions to keep the Alin trapped in other realms. Something happened to close the realms.
* Holocene Fortress. The home of the Star Warrior, the last of the Dolg Karta. Sunk into the groung and became The Red Fields.
* The surviving non-undead Alin made a deal with the Great Old One, Karsis Cachela. Servant of the Horned Gods.
* The Titans are coming.
* The Horned God is using the Alin to break free from his prison between the spaces.
* The Carkade abandoned the Alin.
* The Alin need to get back to this realm for 'something they left behind'.

****NEXT DAY****

Horses approach. Not Helegu. Heavier horses. 12 Outriders from 'Meat for the Machine'. Following tracks, weaving toward the party.

Using druids as hunters in hawk-form. Almost detected Ophion.

Party escapes using 'Pass Without Trace'. Ophion noted Grundarks tattoo matches Ruebens.

Party heads into the deep forest. Noted totems demarking Terethiel Elven v. Helegu boundaries.

* Elves here butchered by the Helegu in the past. Isolated community. Suspicious.

Essen finds correct place to cross into the territory.

Old Elven woman appears, Surifael, garnts entrance to the forest.
* Dwayne 'will lead [us] against the opressors.'
* Ophion is called 'The Ruin of Tethys.' Grundark 'The Slayer'.

Onai appeared three months ago in a sacred grove. Nick and Onai run off together. Onai is the beacon for the owner of the Sapphire Crown.

Craw Wurms are threaded through the forest, co-existing.

Three elves, two women, one man. 'Are you here to look for the owner of the Sapphire Crown (worn by the last Eldar king of Atlantis). Entrusted to the Leodarn elves (family of Heian).
* 'Will you slay the Alin? There have been incursions recently.'
* The only Alin breeding reservoirs are on this world.

THE HISTORY OF THE MULTIVERSE IS EXPLAINED.
* 31 Eldar Gods. 13 from previous universe. 18 from the current.
* Radial Energy 'The Divine Spark'. Only 6 are awake. Need at least 7 to maintain reality.
* Alin tried to conquer this world. Resisted by the Carrkade.
* The last Atlantis was destroyed by an allegience of the Old Ones. A large force of Titans. Uber-level spells, Apocalypse-class artifacts were used against the Titans.
* Tethys is a Titan. Ruled over the Janto. Physically destroyed. Connected to the Janto via dreams, possible conduit to Tethys' return.

The gnome notices three crystal shards, spinning behind the elvish delegation. Goes to steal a ring from one (Ring of Air Elemental Command). Ophion and Essen notice. O tries Tarsha's Hideous Laughter and fails. Essen 'trips' forward. Gnome uses distraction to steal ring. Ophion's tail creeps over the gnome's shoulder. One of O's sister's appears in the armour.

Party heads south toward Holocene Fortress. Essen casts 'Divination' asking "What are we supposed to find at the Fortress?"
* Six ruby bright specks of light moving in the dark, three on each side. Hear a flock of birds flying overhead, feathers dropping. A 'Day of the Dead' mask of green, filled with flowers.
* The three Witch Queens. Holocene Fortress is were the original ritual to steal Hecate's spark took place. Toreja linked herself to this place.

**TWO WEEK LATER**

Arrive at the Red Fields, avoiding armies. At night, can see the undead.

As climbing the top, an army of ghostly warriors (AC 11. INI 11) rise from the ground to attack. Resistant to non-magical attacks. Immune to cold, necrotic and poison. Resistant acid, lightning, thunder, fire.

Grimbelnock (gnome) hits one for 33. Grundark starts glowing due to Ancestral Axe and attacks. Destroys previously wounded ghost. Dwayne attacks next, followed by Essen casting Sunbeam.
Destroys 2 ghosts. Ophion destroys 1 with Firebolt.

Final ghost casts Horrifying Visage. All bar Essen fail. Grimbilnock kills it.

END SESSION