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Mon 13th Jan 2025 10:21

Session 27 Journal Entry

by Callum Virtaernus

And so it comes to this. We have the answers we need to appease the Lord of Blades, and all we can do now is hope that will appease him enough so that he doesn't unleash his entire army upon Waterdeep. Given what I know of him, even if he agrees to come with us to Elturel and then to Confluence, his army will remain here, holding all of Waterdeep hostage as a contingency in case his whim should dictate the city's destruction, or if he doesn't come back. A curious notion given that, if he were to succeed in his endeavors once reaching Confluence, there would be no beings of flesh left in this realm or any of the others. Something tells me that, no matter what we do, there will be bloodshed.
 
I mean to settle this matter with the Lord of Blades once and for all. He is my sworn enemy, but enemies can still have respect for one another. In that regard, I do respect what he can do, what he's capable of, and to some degree, what he represents to the Warforged as a race. They have been made to suffer too many injustices, and as a Warforged I once knew said, "Kick a dog enough times and eventually it will bite." Here we are, and I respect why the Lord of the Blades might be baring his fangs and lashing out, but I can never justify the lengths to which he's gone, or will go to see his goals accomplished.
 
It will end once we reach Confluence, and I will make it known to him I intend to end once the terms of our agreement are satisfied. If he's the god he claims to be, felling a mortal like myself should be of no consequence. And if he's nothing more than a false prophet, the realms should know. All the realms should know, and reconsider what divinity truly is.
 
Just as I am doing now, after my discussion with the Raven Queen. I'm grateful for her council, and gladder still to know the strands of fate are not unchangeably woven, given what I've come to discover with the prophecy detailed in the Book of Vile Darkness and now branded upon my arm. But even more profound was her emphasis on the prayers I heard. That we all heard. It was not lost of me why she would point this out, as there is ample precedent to attest to a mortal's ascendance to godhood. Kelemvor, Cyrric, even the Raven Queen herself were once mortals, just to name a few. They started as adventurer's and warriors, just as we have done.
 
What does this mean for us if a goddess herself is taking note?

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  1. Session I: Fate?
  2. Session II: Deadly Intrigue
  3. Use
  4. Session 4: Finding Floon
  5. Session 5: Found Floon...And a lot More
  6. Nomad and Durnan
  7. Session 6: Nomad's Reflection
  8. A Beast Escapes
  9. Session 7: Nomad's reflection
  10. Old Wrongs and Kindred Souls
  11. Session 8: Nomad's reflection
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  14. Session 11a: Nomad's Reflection
  15. Session 12: Nomad's Reflection
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  17. Session 14: Zora's Reflection
  18. Session 15: Nomad's Reflection
  19. Session 16: Callum's Reflection
  20. Session 17: Callum's Reflection
  21. Session 18: Callum's Reflection
  22. Session 19: Callum's Reflection
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