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	;The D'Arbres Chronicles Episode V		;The D'Arbres Chronicles Episode V

Martin: /* Part 5: Date Unknown, Day 2, Late Breakfast. */

2026-02-01T06:49:53Z

Part 5: Date Unknown, Day 2, Late Breakfast.

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	We take Tinerel's corpse and Gallalad's sleeping form to the palace. Sabine checks her tattoos -- no dragons. Unsure of how to hide Gallalad (and desperately tired) Mortimer curses Gallalad into a pillow and sleeps on him, having odd nightmares as a result. The next day, leering of spending another nightmare filled night sleeping on him Mortimer transforms Gallalad into a spade.		We take Tinerel's corpse and Gallalad's sleeping form to the palace. Sabine checks her tattoos -- no dragons. Unsure of how to hide Gallalad (and desperately tired) Mortimer curses Gallalad into a pillow and sleeps on him, having odd nightmares as a result. The next day, leering of spending another nightmare filled night sleeping on him Mortimer transforms Gallalad into a spade.
	===Part 5: Date Unknown, Day 2, Late Breakfast.===		===Part 5: Date Unknown, Day 2, Late Breakfast.===
	Much worrying and paranoid discussion and then off to see Astronia.		Much worrying and paranoid discussion and then off to see Astronia. Room decorated with many banners. He thinks the booby trapped item that injured Hora may have come in to the camp inside the chest.
	Room decorated with many banners.
	He thinks the booby trapped item that injured Hora may have come in to the camp inside the chest.		Foras opened the chest (it was keyed to his ITN) and then passed the chest onto Hora. Kohath would have enough information to deduce the use of the items. Astronia believes that Foras trusts Kohath. Foras could complete the ritual much faster but this would require chaotic energies and could cause Foras to "fall into darkness".
	Foras opened the chest (it was keyed to his ITN) and then passed the chest onto Hora.
	Kohath would have enough information to deduce the use of the items.		Is this the plan of the saboteurs? To force Foras to rush the ritual and fall? Astronia has been drained by dragging us through time. Will try to time-scry the logging incident and see the saboteur. After his short association with us Astronia can how speak common.
	Astronia believes that Foras trusts Kohath.
	Foras could complete the ritual much faster but this would require chaotic energies and could cause Foras to "fall into darkness".		Head off to speak with the Hero: Hero's quarters smell and look like an Alehouse -- stale ale, vomit, trampled grass, and sacked out elves. Meet Hero's companions: Loren, the squire; and Stahl, the Horsemaster. All are big guys, extremely heavily built for elves. Two are merely huge, one enormous, with big sword, shield, mithril armour.
	Is this the plan of the saboteurs? To force Foras to rush the ritual and fall?
	Astronia has been drained by dragging us through time.
	Will try to time-scry the logging incident and see the saboteur.
	After his short association with us Astronia can how speak common.
	Head off to speak with the Hero:
	Hero's quarters smell and look like an Alehouse -- stale ale, vomit, trampled grass, and sacked out elves.
	Meet Hero's companions: Loren, the squire; and Stahl, the Horsemaster.
	All are big guys, extremely heavily built for elves. Two are merely huge, one enormous, with big sword, shield, mithril armour.
	Braegon has friendly arm-wrestle with Hero and loses. Hero's strength 40+?		Braegon has friendly arm-wrestle with Hero and loses. Hero's strength 40+?
	Kesrin the Hero not too bright, but very committed to the cause.
	Loren		;Kesrin
	oversees 40 guards		:the Hero not too bright, but very committed to the cause.
	day-to-day security left to Madren (head guard).		;Loren
	~~claims~~ Hero used to be great wit (one too many blows to the head?)		: oversees 40 guards day-to-day security left to Madren (head guard). Claims Hero used to be great wit (one too many blows to the head?) says Hero's strength of will may fail after Hero departs Loren plans to become hero for hire.
	says Hero's strength of will may fail		;Stahl
	after Hero departs Loren plans to become hero for hire.		:not so bright otherwise same sort of answers as Loren.
	Stahl
	not so bright
	otherwise same sort of answers as Loren.
	Back to our rooms. Considerable discussion regarding the ritual, time travel, and the nature and origin of demons. Braegon heads of to earthwalk around, under the camp and examining around the tunnel area.		Back to our rooms. Considerable discussion regarding the ritual, time travel, and the nature and origin of demons. Braegon heads of to earthwalk around, under the camp and examining around the tunnel area.
	~~Diagram of Bomb~~
	Braegon returns having found an empty space -- appearing to him during an earthwalk as a dark area into which he cannot see. The area is some 55 feet below the chief Architect's rooms and some 20 feet away from the bound tunnel. Scrying reveals a roughly spherical cyst filled with glowing material, a golden ring, a number of golden wires and some rubies.		Braegon returns having found an empty space -- appearing to him during an earthwalk as a dark area into which he cannot see. The area is some 55 feet below the chief Architect's rooms and some 20 feet away from the bound tunnel. Scrying reveals a roughly spherical cyst filled with glowing material, a golden ring, a number of golden wires and some rubies.
			[[File:TimelyGhostBomb.png\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Diagram of the Device]]

	Astronia advises us to contact Hora who arrives and views the device via scrying. Hora is in excellent health, though a little paranoid, believing that we attempted to kill him with the booby trapped dagger. He is much more worried however by the device, and scuttles off quickly to study it at a distance. The party discusses Gallalad the pillow and the possible effects of the device.		Astronia advises us to contact Hora who arrives and views the device via scrying. Hora is in excellent health, though a little paranoid, believing that we attempted to kill him with the booby trapped dagger. He is much more worried however by the device, and scuttles off quickly to study it at a distance. The party discusses Gallalad the pillow and the possible effects of the device.
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	We return to the workshop of Master Hora who has been studying the suspicious underground remotely. He feels that the nature of the device is to absorb and concentrate mana and then release it explosively to damage rock and even break bound earth. There is a discussion of possible components: Naga, Sphinx or more likely Manticore blood for its highly corrosive properties; strange metal; warpstone; and that rubies could be protecting against corrosion. We discuss plans for disarming the bomb and decide that it best be done quickly.		We return to the workshop of Master Hora who has been studying the suspicious underground remotely. He feels that the nature of the device is to absorb and concentrate mana and then release it explosively to damage rock and even break bound earth. There is a discussion of possible components: Naga, Sphinx or more likely Manticore blood for its highly corrosive properties; strange metal; warpstone; and that rubies could be protecting against corrosion. We discuss plans for disarming the bomb and decide that it best be done quickly.

	===Part 6: Date Unknown, Day 2, Evening.===		===Part 6: Date Unknown, Day 2, Evening.===
	The plan is to tunnel below the device and then tunnel the area of the device causing to fall deeper into the earth and detonate in a cavern, lessening the pressure effects of the explosion and for the over compression to escape along tubes. Braegon carves underground tunnels leading from near the device to the south-west edge of the camp. Foras is requested via Astronia to gather all of the project team at the volunteers' camp for a morale raising speech.		The plan is to tunnel below the device and then tunnel the area of the device causing to fall deeper into the earth and detonate in a cavern, lessening the pressure effects of the explosion and for the over compression to escape along tubes. Braegon carves underground tunnels leading from near the device to the south-west edge of the camp. Foras is requested via Astronia to gather all of the project team at the volunteers' camp for a morale raising speech.

Martin: /* The Camp */

2026-02-01T06:43:00Z

The Camp

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	====The Camp====		====The Camp====
	Map of the Project Camp		Map of the Project Camp

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	====Miscellaneous====		====Miscellaneous====
	;A Nightmare		;A Nightmare

Martin: /* Epilogue */

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Epilogue

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	===Epilogue===		===Epilogue===
	Historical research on Foras and Astronia has revealed that both used serious chaos magics during the time of the War of Tears, and that both "fell into darkness". Foras we know of, but it appears that Astronia too became one of the demons, taking his new name from the title of his office: Seir, the Willing Prince.		Historical research on Foras and Astronia has revealed that both used serious chaos magics during the time of the War of Tears, and that both "fell into darkness". Foras we know of, but it appears that Astronia too became one of the demons, taking his new name from the title of his office: Seir, the Willing Prince.
	====~~Appendices~~====		===Appendices===
	1. The Inquisitors		====The Inquisitors====
	J’athro “The Gibbet” L’Roi		* J’athro “The Gibbet” L’Roi, 6’7” and 144lbs, A tall male elf with faintly weathered features and short steel-grey hair wearing plate mail the colour of wet slate.
	6’7” and 144lbs.		* K’lyn von Todd, 6’3” and 108lbs, A tall female elf with shoulder length brown hair and aquiline features. She is clad in partial plate which has a subtle greenish iridescence in the metal. Her shield bears the arms of the High Elven Royal guard and she has rapier with an elaborate basket hilt at her hip. One her shield the symbols for Warrior/Protector and Water have marked on her shield in layer fine, wet sand.
	A tall male elf with faintly weathered features and short steel-grey hair wearing plate mail the colour of wet slate.		* A’tuni D’Noso, 6’5 and 140lbs, A handsome and athletic male elf with shock of black hair, attired in sleek reddish scale amour. He wields a broadsword with a large garnet set in the pommel and a shield with a copper coloured face on which the old symbols for Hunter/Guide and Fire are daubed in ochre.
			* Sabine “Sabi” Sciuto, 5’7” and 85lbs, A young, short, slightly built, and somewhat pale Elven woman dressed in impractical-looking confusion of styles and garments. Rugged boots peer from beneath a tattered ball-gown and black lace and studded leather compete with fetishes of knotted hair and bones and at least one shrunken head. The old runes for Inquisitor/Seeker and Dark have draw on her cheeks in charcoal.
	K’lyn von Todd		* T’manth Magi, 6’4” and 165lbs, A young Elven female with a round, somewhat innocent face and a cow-lick, dressed in forest greens and greys. She has a stout-looking longbow and paired Shortsword and dagger at his side. On her chest the symbols for Guide/Hunter and Air have been carefully outlined and at her cuffs and throat the glint of a fine mail like a snake’s scales can be seen.
	6’3” and 108lbs.		* Illya Drake, 6’ and 120lbs, An almost stooped and elderly Elven male with slightly thinning blond hair and care worn features. He is a little shorter than average, and wearing a loose white robe over his travelling gear. He carries a non-descript staff, carved from a dark, close-grained wood and shod with silver at both ends. A fine white paste (crushed shell) has been used to paint the symbols of Inquisitor/Seeker and Light on either side of his face.
	A tall female elf with shoulder length brown hair and aquiline features. She is clad in partial plate which has a subtle greenish iridescence in the metal. Her shield bears the arms of the High Elven Royal guard and she has rapier with an elaborate basket hilt at her hip. One her shield the symbols for Warrior/Protector and Water have marked on her shield in layer fine, wet sand		====The Camp====

	A’tuni D’Noso
	6’5 and 140lbs.
	A handsome and athletic male elf with shock of black hair, attired in sleek reddish scale amour. He wields a broadsword with a large garnet set in the pommel and a shield with a copper coloured face on which the old symbols for Hunter/Guide and Fire are daubed in ochre.

	Sabine “Sabi” Sciuto
	5’7” and 85lbs.
	A young, short, slightly built, and somewhat pale Elven woman dressed in impractical-looking confusion of styles and garments. Rugged boots peer from beneath a tattered ball-gown and black lace and studded leather compete with fetishes of knotted hair and bones and at least one shrunken head. The old runes for ~~Inqisitor~~/Seeker and Dark have draw on her cheeks in charcoal.

	T’manth Magi
	6’4” and 165lbs.
	A young Elven female with a round, somewhat innocent face and a cow-lick, dressed in forest greens and greys. She has a stout-looking longbow and paired Shortsword and dagger at his side. On her chest the symbols for Guide/Hunter and Air have been carefully outlined and at her cuffs and throat the glint of a fine mail like a snake’s scales can be seen.

	Illya Drake
	6’ and 120lbs.
	An almost stooped and elderly Elven male with slightly thinning blond hair and care worn features. He is a little shorter than average, and wearing a loose white robe over his travelling gear. He carries a non-descript staff, carved from a dark, close-grained wood and shod with silver at both ends. A fine white paste (crushed shell) has been used to paint the symbols of Inquisitor/Seeker and Light on either side of his face.
	2. The Camp
	Map of the Project Camp		Map of the Project Camp
	3. Miscellaneous		====Miscellaneous====
	A Nightmare		;A Nightmare
	~~====~~Mortimer's nightmare from sleeping on the Gallalad pillow~~:====~~		:Mortimer's nightmare from sleeping on the Gallalad pillow

	You felt as thought you were running, along a cobbled path, occasionally		You felt as thought you were running, along a cobbled path, occasionally

Mandos: /* Part 1: Duesday 1 Meadow 805 */

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Part 1: Duesday 1 Meadow 805

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	As I write these notes it is strange to think that the odd events herein are both but a few weeks in the past and are also ancient history of some thirty millennia. But I am getting ahead of myself and should sensibly perhaps begin at the beginning.		As I write these notes it is strange to think that the odd events herein are both but a few weeks in the past and are also ancient history of some thirty millennia. But I am getting ahead of myself and should sensibly perhaps begin at the beginning.

	It was the afternoon of Duesday the first of Meadow in the year 805, by the Western reckoning, that we were asked to attend on Dramus, an elf of no little refinement and means, and learn of the details of work requiring the skills and abilities of experienced adventurers. Hugh D'Amberville, Baron Newcourt, had sent word of supernatural events in the area of the village of D'Arbres, far in the north of his lands. Newourt's vassal Sir Christopher Reynard, himself a member of the Guild, holds the fief that includes D'Arbres within its extent, but as he was inextricably involved with actions against the Dark Circle, Newcourt desired to have a Guild group investigate in Reynard's stead, and had passed word to this effect to the Guild, by way of Dramus .		It was the afternoon of Duesday the first of Meadow in the year 805, by the Western reckoning, that we were asked to attend on Dramus, an elf of no little refinement and means, and learn of the details of work requiring the skills and abilities of experienced adventurers. Hugh D'Amberville, Baron Newcourt, had sent word of supernatural events in the area of the village of D'Arbres, far in the north of his lands. Newourt's vassal Sir Christopher Reynard, himself a member of the Guild, holds the fief that includes D'Arbres within its extent, but as he was inextricably involved with actions against the Dark Circle, Newcourt desired to have a Guild group investigate in Reynard's stead, and had passed word to this effect to the Guild, by way of Dramus .

	The information that Dramus relayed was plain enough; a ghost was haunting D'Arbres, much to the consternation of the locals who desired it stopped. Standard Guild rates were to be paid, along with a bonus provided by one of the several fairy courts that surround the village, calculating to a grand total of 250sp per week. The calibre of the assembled persons seemed perhaps in excess of the requirements, although jokes were made about the Guild sensibly dispatching a Namer and a Necromancer given the nature of the work, but since my companions had no complaints about the arranged fee our considerable experience was no impediment to accepting the mission.		The information that Dramus relayed was plain enough; a ghost was haunting D'Arbres, much to the consternation of the locals who desired it stopped. Standard Guild rates were to be paid, along with a bonus provided by one of the several fairy courts that surround the village, calculating to a grand total of 250sp per week. The calibre of the assembled persons seemed perhaps in excess of the requirements, although jokes were made about the Guild sensibly dispatching a Namer and a Necromancer given the nature of the work, but since my companions had no complaints about the arranged fee our considerable experience was no impediment to accepting the mission.
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	At this point Roke took the simple-minded course of asking aloud if the doors might "please open", at which, to the considerable shock of all, the doors opened, a wave of sepulchral air washed over us, and all fell to darkness.		At this point Roke took the simple-minded course of asking aloud if the doors might "please open", at which, to the considerable shock of all, the doors opened, a wave of sepulchral air washed over us, and all fell to darkness.

	===Part 2: Date Unknown, Day 1, Morning.===		===Part 2: Date Unknown, Day 1, Morning.===
	We each awoke, sitting bound in a forest, accompanied by five strange and equally bound elves and watched over by another elven man. It dawned upon us that the five others were indeed our companions, though the bodies were not our own, not even those of the party who are normally elven. The count of males and females did however appear off, and it transpired that Pent's new body was, in addition to being elven, of the female persuasion.		We each awoke, sitting bound in a forest, accompanied by five strange and equally bound elves and watched over by another elven man. It dawned upon us that the five others were indeed our companions, though the bodies were not our own, not even those of the party who are normally elven. The count of males and females did however appear off, and it transpired that Pent's new body was, in addition to being elven, of the female persuasion.

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