47.0 - Intersecting Fates
Sil'Ferrous now will occaisionally see "ghosts" of things now that he's used the last charge of the water temple thing.
Holg is angery at Paritet people due to failed sanity save with Ånd.
Ixen can feel the presence of chaotic forces, as well as their absences. He knows the location of Ild, and the general direction of any other living dragon. He is immune to fire damage, but vulnerable to cold.
Kallista +1 sanity check for rifts
Atani took dream research flyer
Wind magic is out of wack because there's no energy magic to counter balance it, unless And releases some of it.
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Recap
After a tense 8 day ride aboard Blæst's bones with the Himmelafs, the group finally reaches Klipafand, home to the monks, Riner Vand, and Bevarelse. Information is gained from both the Himmelafs and Bevarelse himself; notably, Bevarelse's idea to end the elemental sickness in mortals is to kill all the dragons, Omdanne and himself included. There's much to discuss and a world-altering decision to be made.The Plan
Current Day Water Cycle Day 20 Bevarelse guides them to a room, twisting through the tunnels lit with a mixture of light stones and actual fire little braziers on the floor. There's writing etched all over the walls, running up the ceiling in many cases. The room is simple and cozy, some blankets laid out. Bevarelse grabs a light stone from the hallway and moved it into the room, which has no door. Bevarelse says he has much to try and find the words to explain, so they will talk again in the morning. Writing in the room: "Again I tried to save someone from the insanity. And again I only halted the progression of insanity. And much like the others, they are unaware of change, of the passing of days. "Preservation" indeed. I think it is now time to explore the dreams more. Perhaps whoever sends those has a solution." After Bevarelse leaves, Sil'Ferrous catches him walking past again, heading back towards the Riner. But something seems off. He looks to be mumbling to himself, and he seems very disheveled, and almost transparent?. If Sil'Ferrous calls out, "Bevarelse" does not respond, and keeps wavering down the hallway. He can never quite catch up to Bevarelse, and he twists and winds through the halls, following a path that slopes downwars into darkness. He loses sight of "Bevarelse", coming into a small chamber that has a... dark feel to it. At some point before the chamber, the script writing stops, and only smooth script stone is present along the path. The chamber resumes the script etching, and the writing here is less perfect than what you've seen before. "Why can I not remember the events the dreams show me? They show me events I recount without fail, and others. And others I cannot remember. What are they? When are they? Why can I, the very force of preservation, not remember what these events are? ... I think the true question is whose memories are these events? ... As each day passes I feel less like myself and more like wht Omdanne must feel. I wonder if she feels the opposite? Would that explain her staying quiet and hidden for so long? ... The dreams pull me toward a feeling I cannot describe. It's as if I'm missing something, some part of myself. I feel increasingly empty since the others were gone. Something I couldn't feel when they were alive. ... A name drifted to me this dream. Ataxia. Ataxia. Could that be? ... It is time. Omdanne and I must die. Then my theory will be tested. I keep her claw here, for the exact moment." But also of note in this chamber is stuff lying at the edges, with a dagger in the center.- Preservation's End: A magic dagger that does 1d4 piercing + 100 earth damage. Double damage on Bevarelse. [ [ [ [ [ /ul] NPCs with Bevarelse madness. * Asta Svane, elf: One who reminds them of Kord "Preservation" Varlsonn 14.0 - Crossing * Sune Duus, triton: I'm convinced that I do not actually exist in this world and nothing I do has any real consequences. * Ebbe Kofod, half-elf: I am slowly forgetting all the details of my personal history and will soon not even know my own name. Who needs some love and attention? Kallista. When alone, Korinth will chat with Kallista, promising to teach her and her sister more about their powers, what they can do. They could do so much; strike out together them against the world, explore new horizons, protect and provide for their mother, track down their father. He can start more training now, but to teach the final techniques, he needs to be free from his coin. In fact, if they free him he'll even help in defeating the Servitor—and with his power restored it'd be a breeze. More explanation from Bevarelse. "Since my aspects, or children whichever is easier for you to understand, have passed I have had dreams and a certain... feeling. The dreams have shown me events from the past that I know, and others that I.. do not. I ask myself how this is possible, a time in the past I cannot remember? Something is not right. The strange dreams of the past I cannot recall, on their own, are not troublesome. However.. I .. have felt unwhole. There is something missing from me, even with my aspects returned to me." "Returned to me? Yes. I have the memories of severing them from me, just as Omdanne did for hers. We could not properly contain these powers. Things were going wrong. Bad. We were destroying too much. So, we cut parts of ourselves away, to weaken and stablize us." "And as these aspects returned to me, I no longer felt that old instability. But I feel as if something is still missing. And this emptiness tugs at me, pulls me toward those memories I cannot recall. And I.. do not always feel like "preservation". How can this *crackles forth lightning between his hands* be the embodiment of order and tranquility? Of law and stability? How can my aspects of tempests and death be in the same category as protection? I do not think I am wholly Omdanne's opposite." "Which is why I believe killing myself and Omdanne is an answer. I.. I think.. we... like our children... were once one. One being. Perhaps a being that could not control its power, so to weaken itself, it split." "You have mentioned the in between? The Amalgamation? I know little of it. But I feel its pull, something calls to me that I cannot join because I am unwhole in this world. Because I represent a fragment of the world, and not the world itself. And even if I am wrong about Omdanne and I, I have more certainty that our deaths will release the seals between the world and the Amalgamation. I could feel that barrier open, like a window into a hot forge, as my aspects died." "One being or not, our deaths started opening a hatch for elemental magic to escape. I think it was still catastrophic for mortals because the two largest seals holding all the elemental magic in were still in place." "But the decision is yours. Killing us all would very likely balance out the amount of elemental magic trapped in this world. Restoring the dead would take back the magic from mortals, therefore no more sickness. Let me know your choice." Some depictions of Bevarelse's script writing on the walls. "" What about the monks? Probably some more that remind them of who reminds them of Kord "Preservation" Varlsonn. Can we have an altercation? How can we start to tie in Holg's heritage and Kallista's heritage with this world? Can we turn the script tunnels into a bit of a dungeon? Sil'Ferrous does see ghostly remnants, perhaps he can chase ghosts and get lost, stumbling upon... what? more script equipment? a darker tunnel full of Bevarelse's darker thoughts? the claw of Omdanne?
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Valki: https://5e.tools/bestiary.html#assassin_mm plus fire resistance and can cast thaumaturgy cantrip, hellish rebuke at 2nd-level 1 per long rest, darkness 1 per long rest. Charisma is spellcasting ability.
DC 20 Sanity check
success = Wherever she thought of going
failure = coin flip
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Riner Is
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