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 ===2025-03-21===
 We finish the fight against [[Sud]] and [[Great White]].  It's a tough fight, but we are victorious!
+[[Sud]] dies, but as he's dying/dies, he rips open his chest  and t-poses on the party.  Moments later, he begins speaking in a voice that's not quite his, but much deeper.  He introduces himself as [[Naseal]], owner of the [[Eclipse]] harrowing card.  He congratulates us for doing a swell job fighting the [[Harrow Gang]].  He goes on to say that we are lacking in evidence that our cause is just and that people will want answers.  However, he'll help us out in exchange for us killing the [[Empty Throne]] cardholder.  At this point, we surmise that he does not know that we know his human identity, [[Naseal|Korvald]].  We elect to keep that information close.  He wants us to get to [[Velkaton]], capital of the [[Thousand Sword Alliance]] when we receive a summons.  Then, from there, we will need to get to the wedding party we are hosting in [[Valcastle]].
+There, at the wedding party, is where the [[Empty Throne]] will make his move and likely reveal himself.  [[Naseal]] doesn't want us to tip anyone off that we're working with him.  He also advises us that "We did not get all the undead caches when fighting the [[Crows]]"
- We find some cannons in a tower and start dragging
+We learn that [[Taron]] was finding the cards under orders/request of the [[Eclipse]].  What a dirty traitor!(jk)
+[[Del]] attempts to interfere with [[Orion]] who is trying to pick up the [[Waxworks]].  [[Naseal]] says that the card will not work for [[Orion]], but [[Orion]] vows to figure it out.  [[Naseal]] taunts him.  [[Bianca]] attempts to stop [[Orion]], having sworn death and destruction to the [[Harrow Gang]].  [[Naseal]] asks [[Sees-Nails]] to say hello to [[Elena]] and "that bastard [[Dram]]".  [[Dram]] the heroic is the first hero, some people believe, to have driven out the dragons from [[Sanctuary]].
+[[Orion]] finally manages to pick up the cards.  [[Del]] wants [[Orion]] to ask some questions about the [[Empty Throne]] while holding the card.  [[Orion]] wisely decides to use [[Del]] as a guinea pig instead.   [[Del]] takes the [[Snakebite]] and tries to say "The Empty Throne is", but some magical compulsion or geas nearly kills [[Del]].  Everyone laughs and hands the cards over to [[Taron]].  [[Orion]] dips to go investigate the library they passed through.  He finds some spellbooks and he notices that there are some codes hidden within the messages.
+As we muddle about, we receive a letter from the [[Empty Throne of Trusscia]].
+===2025-04-04===
+th of Humid.
+We learn that we are summoned to the head of the Thousand Sword alliance to stand trial/answer a summons on our actions in [[Bassari]].  We learn the trial is on the 18th of Humid.
+Some stuff happened with the religious leaders of the town.  We are now interrogation the shark shark we captured.  We learn the [[Harrow Gang]]'s purpose in [[Bassari]] was to cause chaos to take the focus off [[Sud]]s.
+We learn that the [[primal obsidian]] is getting moved to [[Velkidan]].
+We learn that the [[Eclipse]] is the recruiter for the [[Harrow Gang]].
+We think the [[Eclipse]] is a scrawny little bitch and we're gonna wreck him.
+We learn an older dwarven gentlemen, too sharply dressed(likely [[Naseal|Korvold]] summoned the captured demon.
+We kill the shark lady/[[Great White]] and dispose of the corpses of the dead.
+==12th of Humid==
+We have some time to kill until the 18th of Humid
+[[Taron]] spends the day holding office hours of mayor, since we killed the last one.
+[[Orion]] writes down the demon trapping runes underwater.
+==13th of Humid==
+[[Orion]] learns the targeting location of the teleportation circle.  It will take us to [[Velkaton]]
+==14th==
+We setup the ritual teleportation spell to [[Velkaton]].
+==15th of Humid==
+We depart for [[Velkaton]] a bit early so we can prepare. We use the coordinates of the teleportation circle we found in the mansion.  It takes us to a dimly lit room.  We notice a teleportation anchor inside the room.  It appears we are in a warehouse of sorts.
+[[Velkaton]] is a fort town.  The oldest and most prestigious area is the '[[Upon Hill District]].  It is quite ritzy.  It holds the [[Council of One Thousand Swords]].  A halfling woman in a trendy coat and a sunflower approaches us.  It is [[Piper]]!.  She runs up to us as we leave the warehouse.  She says it's a warehouse for the [[Harrow Gang]] activities in the city.  She's been stalking it for a while.  We explain to [[Piper]] how we got there.   We eventually come to the topic of the court/investigation.  She explains that, as sword holders, we have rights.  We can refuse questions.  She tells us to avoid interactions or currying favor with certain people.
+These people are [[Voices of the Many]].  They suck.  [[Lady Vaishali Dronabu]].  She sucks and is an upstanding elvish woman.  She is a socialite, a mover and a shaker.  She likes making backroom deals.  She's a real snake.
+After the trial, [[Piper]] wants us to help her clean up some caches of undead zombies/monsters that she's identified.
+===2025-04-18===
+==16th of Humid==
+Prep for trial
+==17th of Humid==
+Prep for trial
+==18th of Humid==
+Day of trial.
+We enter into the central chamber.  There are three spells that seem to affect us.  A barrier to keep us inside a central area, a barrier to obscure our vision of the attending sword holders.  They are visibleish, can't quite make them out, and a zone of truth.  Everyone passes the check for the zone of truth except [[Orion]].
+We also note that there are 6 [[primal obsidian golem]]s.  These are rare and fantastical golems, requiring a lot of [[primal obsidian]] to make.
+Zowa? calls for a quorum of holders.  A voter in the fog shouts to hurry up and start the trial.  The judge is not [[Korvold]].  It is [Maglar]], warden of the jail in Richdjfdlkf?.  He will be the prosecution.  He presents his case to the sword hodlers.  It seems fairly even, but the case does seem highly political, even if there is some truth to it.
+Our rebuttal is solid and diplomatic.  [[Lady Vaishali Dronabu]] shows her support for us.  We reveal [[Sud]]'s involvement in the smuggling of [[primal obsidian]] into the continent without going through proper channels.  This generates a mummer through the crowd.  Eventually the vote is called.  It works in our favor.  [[Maglar]] votes against us, but the votes assigned to him by [[Korvold]] are for us.  We win with a whopping 724 votes in favor of us.  Afterwards we talk with [[Piper]], [[Rowan]], [[Rowan's Wife]], but [[Lasdy Vaishali Dronabu]] shows up and interrupts us.  Apparently [[Taron]] set the party up to owe [[Lady Vaishali Dronabu]] a favor in exchange for her votes.  She wants us to invite her to the bridal party.  Also, we learn that she is banging [[Korvold]].  This party will be the biggest event of the year and she wants to ensure she'll be there. Even the [[Kingdom of Summer]] will be there as well as 2 [[Aspects]] of the [[First Light]].  [[Citrine]] and 1 other.  We learn of the [[Order of the Dran]] and [[Platinum Shields]]
+==19th of Humid==
+A bunch of crafting happens for [[Orion]]
+We go with someone to explore a possible [[Trusscian Floating Fortress]] remnant.  It's out on the ocean bottom continental shelf.  As we arrive, there is a megalodon attack.  We defeat it quickly and descend down to the suspected location for the wreck.  [[[Sees-Nails]] approaches the underwater structure and notes it was attached to another, larger structure.  It is smooth with no visible damage.  It was just..disconnected.
+We enter a bubble of oxygen.  [[Orion]] detects that the structure has a coating of //divine// magic instead of  //arcane// magic as expected.  [[Sees-Nails]] opens a door.  We look in and there is a colorful room with the remains of food.  Also noted is that there are no bodies even though it's clear there should likely be some.  There are piles of clothes, as if they were raptured.  We see two winged humanoids floating and singing discordantly.  They are [[choral angels]] which normally sound beautiful, but these do not.  There is a fractured looking glass effect on their flesh and bodies, as if they are a part of a broken reality.  We kill them and they shatter along some sort of weird lines.  There is also the vibe that they wanted us to kill them, even though they fought us.  It was a mercy killing of sorts, since something very unnatural was happening.  [[Orion]] identifies the cracks as divine in nature, but not normally associated with angels of any sort.
+As we continue exploring, we come across a puzzle.  It is a colored light puzzle.  There is a room with some documents.  [[Orion]] recognizes them as a maintenance schematics for the [[Trusscian Floating Fortress]].  He takes them for future study.  We analyze the documents best we can in the moment and learn that the Fortress is not powered by [[Primal Obsidian]], which everyone thought it was. We do not yet know for sure what powers it.
+We open another door and find two flaming angels with blue cracks all over their body.  They look like they're in agony.  We fight them.  The angels say "All who live have sinned.  We lived, we died, we live on against our will".  An angel reaches out and grabs [[Sees-Nails]] head.  The angel leaves a [[First Light]] symbol brand.  [[Orion]] identifies the angels as [[Balisse Angel]]s aka [[Confessor Angel]]s.  They are traditionally associated with the [[First Light]] and [[Sarenrae]].
+We defeat the angels and open another door.  Inside are 7 cots aligned with a simple pedestal.  There is a chipped, floating, black orb floating over the pedestal.  [[[Thalacos]] notes it is a stone shaped like an [[Aspect Stone]].  [[Orion]] considers this advanced heresy.  There are also profane runes, runes that combine Trusscian runes with First Light runes in some unholy combination.  [[Orion]] also notes that there is no [[Aspect]] that bears resemblance to the one they see before them. (see sweet video)
+===2025-05-16===
+Two beautiful, resplendent angels appear in the room.  They do a ton of damage.  [[Orion]] identifies them as [[Guardian Angel]]s.  We defeat them.  [[Del]] runs up and opens up a compartment in the pedestal. There is a bit of loot.  [[Piper]] lets us know that the runes seem to pull energy //out// of the beds towards the stone.  The floor is a bit charred and there are clearly markings indicating that.  The pedestal pulls energy from the stone and sends it into the fortress.  [[Orion]] and [[Lawrence]] take note of all the runes.  [[Orion]] recognizes that pulling the orb will pop the bubble of oxygen that's keeping the air in.  [[Del]] volunteers to pull the orb into a bag and everyone else can leave early to get to the diving bubble.  [[Orion]] and [[Lawrence]] emphasize grabbing the orb with a bag and not with hands.  [[Del]] ignores their advice and grabs the stone.  He feels a message, a power coursing through him asking to lean into the power and accept the great power.  [[Sees-Nails]] takes the orb from [[Del]] and experiences the same thing, pondering it, staring at it.  [[Orion]] gently takes the orb from [[Sees-Nails]] and hides it on his person.  [[Orion]] also grabs a clockwork heart from one of the famous Trussican [[clock work soldier]]s.
+===2025-05-30===
+==26th of Humid==
+We talk to [[King Rowan]] who is free balling it inside his house at [[Velkaton]].  We discuss using a teleportation circle to go as far west as possible towards [[Valcastle]].  He agrees and will get us a teleportation circle half off.
+We teleport to [[Red Castle]].  It is the center castle of [[King Rowan]]'s territory.  We head east towards [[Valcastle]]].  We arrive and barely recognize the location since it's been so heavily reconstructed for the bridal party.  The walls are a newly white.  The party opts to rename [[Valcastle]] to [[Whitecastle]].  We head to the manor where we meet [[Erieet]] the house manager.  [[Ariat]] believes [[Queen Ryleigh]] is making odd decoration choices for the bridal party. [[Ariat]] is very stressed out.  There is a passive aggressiveness between [[Queen Ryleigh]] and [[Princess Lena]].
+We are excited, the drake's egg hatched.
+==27th of Humid==
+Downtime
+==28th of Humid==
+Downtime
+==1st of Caure==
+Downtime
+==2nd of Caure==
+Downtime
+==3rd of Caure==
+Downtime
+==4th of Caure==
+Downtime
+==5th of Caure==
+[[Del]] meets [Elissa]] again after fleeing from her in the Fae.
+We head off to fight the rest of the undead caches.  We arrive at the location told to us by [[Piper]].  We open up a cave to find some charcoal zombies and some ghostly characters.  They are corralled around a teleportation circle.  We defeat the undead creatures.  [[Orion]] studies the circle and finds that it's running on a timer that will trigger and teleport the zombies to the city center of [[Red Castle]] downtown the sunrise of the day before the wedding.
+===2025-06-20===
+==6th of Caure==
+Downtime activities
+==7th of Caure==
+Downtime activities
+==8th of Caure==
+Downtime activities
+==9th of Caure==
+Downtime activities
+==10th of Caure==
+Downtime activities
+==11th of Caure==
+Downtime activities
+==12th of Caure==
+Downtime activities
+==13th of Caure==
+We head out to another cave system, better prepared for fighting ghosts and other undead creatures.  We open it.  As the party gets ready to fight, [[Orion]] casts [[Loose Time's Arrow]].  Suddenly he disappears.  He sees a mountain top with a dilapidated structure and he hears a voice that he can't quite make out say "if this is the 2nd location, there must be a 3rd location at the other point".  He blinks back to the party and the spell finishes casting.  We defeat the monsters.  [[Orion]] identifies a creature as a [[prowler wight]].  The teleportation circle is set to complete 1 day before the [[Betrothal Party]]/[[Bridal Party]].  It would send them to a different part of [[Red Castle]].
+==14th of Caure==
+We go to a remaining cache.  There [[Orion]] casts [[Loose Time's Arrow]] again.  He blinks out again.  This time, [[Orion]] can get a bit of his bearings and identify the location.  He recognizes a [[Temple of Desna]] and hears someone say again "If there are two temples here, there must be a third at the other point of the triangle".  [[Orion]] sketches all the information he  can down and begins investigating the effects of the magic.
+==15th of Caure==
+We travel to [[Castle Town]]
+==16th of Caure==
+We travel to [[Castle Town]]
+==17th of Caure==
+We travel to [[Castle Town]]
+==18th of Caure==
+We travel to [[Castle Town]]
+==19th of Caure==
+We travel to [[Castle Town]]
+==20th of Caure==
+We travel to [[Castle Town]]
+==21st of Caure==
+We travel to [[Castle Town]]
+==22nd of Caure==
+We arrive at [[Castle Town]].  We visit the mine/tavern of the [[Miss Stone]].  We learn it was sold off for a pretty penny and she retired somewhere nice.  The town is bustling and busy and that's good.
+We head out to find the last known cache of undead zombies.  It is in a structure similar to the Sarenrae Temple from before, the one with the black dragon scale.  However, the structure looks like the preservation spell wore off completely.  It is in great disarray.  However, the door is still a hard, shuttered door.  We open it.  There are several [[Desna]] items.  There is a tube with a gem.  [[Orion]] identifies an item as a Starless Scope, [[Guiding Star]].  A lucky foot-style item is discovered.  [[Orion]] realizes that this is the location he saw in his blinks after casting Loose Time's Arrow.  He says the line "If there are two temples here, there must be a third at the other point of the triangle".
+We find the zombies and start fighting them, we win.  The teleportation ritual is for 2 days before the bridal party.  It is pointed at [[Castle Town]] and not [[Red Castle]].  We realize we have a problem.
+We discuss going to the suspected 3rd triangle point, a temple of Sheylin.  We take 3 days to travel there.
+==23rd of Caure==
+Travel
+==24th of Caure==
+Travel
+==25th of Caure==
+The temple of Sheylin is in good shape, the magical preservation spell appears to be fully charged.
+===2025-07-18===
+[[Orion]]  enters the temple.  It is very well preserved.  There is a stained glass window of [[Nirvana]], sheylin's domain/the good place.  There is also a 5 panel fresco that seems similar to the damaged one from the Sarenrae temple.  It reads as follows:
+Panel 1: A group of worshippers pleading to Sheylin.
+Panel 2: Serenrae, Desna, and Sheylin are in a circle conferring with one another.
+Panel 3: The trio of goddesses are pulling a piece of [[Nirvana]] into a moon shape.
+Panel 4: Sheylin splits the light from the moon into 7 colored gems.  They are: Ruby, Citrine, Heliodor, Emerald, Sapphire, Iolite, and Amethys
+Panel 5: There knights in a star pattern.  They have one of the 7 gems embedded in their armor.
+===2025-07-18===
+Under the panels there is a quote from [[The Testament of the Radiant Prism]]:"By the grace of Desna"(See Discard)
+[[Orion]] recognizes that there is an apocalypse that can/could be happening.
+The party goes up to the last locked door.  They realize that there needs to be an offering of a piece of art for Sheylin.  [[Orion]] is inspired and takes the [[primal obsidian]] chunk from the mine and begins crafting something like a manic dwarf.
+==26th of Caure==
+Downtime/Crafting
+==27th of Caure==
+Downtime/Crafting
+==28th of Crafting==
+Downtime/Crafting
+==1st of Fall==
+Downtime/Crafting
+==2nd of Fall==
+Downtime/Crafting
+==3rd of Fall==
+Downtime/Crafting
+==4th of Fall==
+Downtime/Crafting
+==5th of Fall==
+A week later he produces a prism shaped object with the [[moon of the first light]] on one side and [[balmara]] on the other, with  7 rivers of light flowing between them.  He offers it up to the temple and it accepts the craftwork.  The door opens to a room filled with preserved art pieces of the highest quality.  An untold number exist there.  The prism [[Orion]] offers disappears from his hands and reappears on a pedestal.  He is rewarded with the [[Glaive of the Artist]].
+[[Del]] and [[Sees-Nails]] attempts to steal some of the artwork.  Strong magics punish them for their sins until they return the artpieces.
+We return to [[Valcastle|White Castle]]
+==14th of Fall==
+We have a month of downtime before the start of the bridal party.
+==1st of Elada==
+A giant treeant approaches the castle.  It is [[Charkon]], an enforcer of the [[Thorngrave]].  He is here to see [[Bianca]] and attend the party as an emissary of the [[Queen of Mushrooms]]
+He visits [[Bianca]] and it is quite endearing and heartwarming.
+==4th of Elada==
+There is a fight at the casino.  [[Obsiliuss Ferro]] is [[Hamish Duff]] of [[Bulwark]] get into a fight at the card games.  [[Del]] insults the slightly more stuck up, nepo baby [[Hamish Duff]] and [[Hamish]] storms off in anger.  It takes some effort to keep [[Hamish]] from just leaving the party, which would be a great insult to [[King Rowan]] and ill omens for the party.
+==11th of Elada==
+[[Lady Vaishali Dronabu]] shows up and demands to see [[Taron]] and wants to be shown to her room.  There some things happen that are odd and sets the party's off.  We decide to spy on [[Dronabu]].
+[[Orion]] turns into a small fly and sneaks into her room.  He investigates about while she is there, but as he's leaving, she senses something.  It is highly odd and very, very perceptive of her.  Still, nothing comes of it and [[Orion]] leaves.
+[[Taron]] and [[Lawrence]] and [[Sees-Nails]] go to visit her.  We learn that she has a harrow card, but it's unknown which one.
+DAY OF THE BRIDAL PARTY.
+We open with a challenge to see who will announce the bride and groom.  It is a competition consistent of several parts.
+Suddenly there is an attack!  A mighty warrior dwarf and a black dragon appear, dropping undead monsters that begin marching onwards.  The dragon makes a speech.  It is the [[Eclipse]]!
+===2025-08-15===
+==14th of Elada==
+It's the day of the bridal party! Woo!  We prepare for a competition titled "The Noble Quadrathalon".  The winner will receive honor and stuff!  [[Sees-Nails]] does not join us for the competition, but opts to watch [[Lady Vaishala Dronabu]] in stealth.  Things begin happening with her.
+The rest of us begin lining up for the archery competition!  It's great.  Suddenly, a dragon-like shadow passes over us and drops a series of crates that open to reveal small, weak zombies.  The guards begin fighting these small zombies before several more crates drop, revealing 3 more powerful undead monsters that split off to attack some of the major party events: the casino containing [[Elysia]], the music stage/dance floor, and at the end of the archery line.  These are more serious creatures.  The [[Serapis]] the [[Citrine Aspect]] ignites his power and transforms into a 15 foot tall knight-like character with a citrine faceplate that exudes holy light.  He creates a powerful barrier to protect the nobles that had started fleeing towards him.  The party splits up to maximize saving the civilians around the party.
+The [[Eclipse]], aka [[Naseal]] aka [[Korvold]] lands on the roof of the mansion after dropping one last crate that reveals a dwarf-sized man wearing a [[primal obsidian mask]] and a [[primal obsidian golem]].  We know little of the former, but this appears to be a 7th [[primal obsidian golem]]!  We begin fighting the undead.  [[Del]] and [[Taron]] head towards the Casino, [[Lawrence]] moves into an overwatch position and starts kiting the undead at the music stage, [[Ayin]] and his eidolon dragon [[Cornu Bella]] head off to fight the undead at the archery range while [[Bianca]] charges head first towards  the masked dwarf and the golem.  [[Orion]] follows not far behind, buffing party members as he can.  [[Taron]] and [[Del]] handily fight their undead monster, a type of Mummy. [[Ayin]] struggles with the wraith, but does his best.  [[Lawrence]] leads the other wraith on a merry chase, plinking away at it.
+The masked dwarf figure has a card that seems to increase gravity and anchor people to the ground.  He taunts [[Bianca]] and starts slow walking towards the mansion, which the [[Eclipse]] sits upon, talking to someone within.  The golem and the dwarf are both too much for [[Bianca]], so she focuses her attention on the [[primal obsidian golem]], but with some handy help from [[Orion]], the monster is reduced to pieces.  The tables on this fight are turning when suddenly an explosion echoes out of the mansion!
+===2025-08-22===
+==14th of Elada continued==
+We slay the remaining creatures, including the masked dwarf figure known as the [[Warden]].  We identify the card he was wielding as the [[Demon's Lantern]].
+[[Naseal]] climbs our roof top up, says we did well, but that more is expected of us.  He flaps into the air and over the corpse of the [[Warden]] and destroys it in a blast of draconic acid before flying off, leaving us with just the items behind.  The remaining small zombies and undead are defeated by the guards and we declare victory for the moment.  The place is a mess.  No deaths, but several casualties.  Some party goers start leaving, shaken by the events.
+[[Piper]] informed [[King Rowan]] of [[Queen Ryleigh]] as delicately and capably as she could. He is upset about the events, but disappears to collect himself.
+We spend some time talking to [[Sees-Nails]] about his experience.  It turns out that [[Queen Ryleigh]] is the [[Empty Throne]] [[Harrow Gang]] card owner.  She supposedly disappeared into a teleportation portal created by Lady [[Dronabu]] after attempting, and nearly succeeding, to kill [[Piper]]. She used an [[Urgathoan ritual dagger]] to almost permanently, without chance of resurrection, slay [[Piper]].   The queen left behind a note that says "I left behind the parts you men care about".--[[Empty Throne]].  Apparently [[Queen Ryleigh]] cut off the fleshy bits of her body from shoulder down her entire body, leaving only the [[primal obsidian]] that was her prosthesis intact.
+[[Piper]] explains what happened before [[Sees-Nails]] bravely saved her.  She had been talking with [[Queen Ryleigh]] who had just shown her that the [[primal obsidian]] prosthesis had spread on her body.  [[Piper]] talks about how after [[Queen Ryleigh]] added the prosthesis, she started hearing voices.  This was initially attributed to the massive amounts of drinking she started doing, where there were also small bits of lost time.  [[Queen Ryleigh]] was supposed to receiving help from a doctor for this.  As [[Queen Ryleigh]] became more and more politically involved in the kingdom and world, she started losing more and more time.  [[Piper]] suggests that this is when the [[Harrow Gang]] activity picked up, since she became the [[Empty Throne]].
+Moments after the undead were dropped by the [[Eclipse]]/[[Naseal]], it seemed like a light switch flipped and [[Queen Ryleigh]] stopped acting like [[Queen Ryleigh]] and attempted to murder [[Piper]] and blame it on us.
+We tell [[Piper]] that we believe that [[Naseal]]/the [[Eclipse]] is [[Korvold]], the large and powerful sword holder in the [[Thousand Sword Alliance]].  She says that it's probably best if we don't reveal our information, keeping it close to our chest and that we should proceed carefully.  She does suggest that [[Korvold]] was thought to be out of his mansion and that we should perform a raid of some sort on the abode to find any information before [[Korvold]] finds out that we suspect who he is.  She also asks if we can decipher whether [[Korvold]] was always [[Naseal]] or if [[Naseal]] took over [[Korvold]]'s life, considering [[Korvold]]'s rise to power is very well documented.  We reply that we don't know, but we suspect the two have been one in the same forever, but we don't know for sure.
+ As the group is breaking up to rebuild the announcement party, [[Serapis]], the [[Citrine Aspect]] grabs a hold of [[Orion]] and pulls him off a bit, talking with him.  The two discuss the future of the [[Belmara]].  Apparently the [[Prime Aspect]] is quite ill and the conclave will be voting on the new [[Prime Aspect]] soon.  [[RUBY ASPECT?]] is currently favored, which bodes ill for [[Belmara]] and peace, already with the actions in [[Trusscia]] concerning the [[Rabbit Prince]] and the pacification force are hinting at terrible events to come.  [[Orion]] also shows [[Serapis]] the [[Corrupted Aspect]].  [[Serapis]] steps back, saying that [[Orion]] should carry it, since it has quite negative effects if an [[Aspect]] touches it.  He is puzzled and concerned that there is one at all, since [[RUBY ASPECT?]] was supposed to have destroyed all of them.  If there is one, there may be others as well, a very concerning prospect.  [[Serapis]] warns [[Orion]] to not use the corrupted aspect, as it is powerful and evil, and he should take it to the [[Citrine Academy]] for destruction, or at least containment.  [[Orion]] agrees.  [[Serapis]] hands [[Orion]] a lanyard to wrap around his shoulder, giving him a promotion in the clerical ranks of the [[First Light]] for his hard work and effort during the day and lately.  [[Orion]] beams with pride.
+[[Prince Rowan]] gives a rousing speech, saying that although the forces of evil have struck a sour blow, it only highlights how good and powerful the alliance forming will be. "
+The party continues, reforming with a few less guests and some initial hesitancy.  However, once the alcohol starts flowing again and the music beats, the party livens back up.  [[Charkon]] summons the betrothed [[Princess Leena]] and the [[Prince of Frogs]] to the party, deeming it safe for their arrival.  There is much joyousness at a party that will be remembered.
+Later, [[Prince Rowan]] wants to buy the crates that dropped the undead from us, declaring that it is ours by combat, but he would like to purchase them immediately.  We agree and sell him the crates for 2000 gold.
+===2025-08-29===
+==15th of Elada==
+The day after the party, there is a strange discordant vibe in the air.  It is an awkard combination of relief, concern, unsurety, and the general hangover of an exciting party. Whilst preparing his daily meditations and spells for the day, [[Orion]] experiences a thought, a moment, a vision.  He sees, or rather feels, himself transported to somewhere else.  Perhaps another plane of existence.  There are golden concentric circles appearing and disappearing, phasing.  He looks in the distance and sees, what perhaps could be, a woman.  Her hair is a fire, appearing to float immersed in water.  She holds forth a pendulum in one hand and it swings back and forth in its precise, mathematical course.  [[Orion]] awakes.  There, before him, is an owl.  How it got into his room, or where it came from is unknown.  Still, [[Orion]] ponders it before accepting the reality before him.  He opts to name the owl 'Sir Harold Oskle Oswald the Third', aka Sir [[Hoot]].
+The [[group]] discusses their next course of action to take.  [[Ayin]] had a dream about a certain character, but he doesn't know much more than a name of [[Rafa]].  He speaks to [[Serapis]] about [[Rafa]] after introductions by [[Orion]].  [[Serapis]] describes that according to heretical lore, [[Rafa]] was a dragon that trained [[Dram]] the first hero and his fighters to fight the dragon.
+[[Ayin]] also speaks to [[Sees-Nails]] and they identify the location of where the training camp was, roughly.  It will take a month of walking there or a week plus a teleport to reach their destination.
+We need to go to [[Red Castle]] regardless for the teleport.  We offer to escort [[King Rowan]] to [[Red Castle]] and he's going to leave in 3 days
+==16th of Elada==
+Downtime
+==17th of Elada==
+Downtime
+==18th of Elada==
+The party discusses whether to go to find informatin about [[Rafa]] or continue with our plan of investigation [[Korvald]]'s mansion. However, as we are talking a messenger arrives and describes a horrifying scenario.  There are undead attacks happening on the eastern side of the continent in small villages.  Just after the attacks happen, knights in black armor with gold crests show up to dispatch the undead.  They are bearing a mark we titled the [[Shattered Throne]].  Thereafter a woman appears with long golden hair appears, described to be [[Dronabu]], and  starts shouting the nobles have abandoned them.  She leaves a note [[NOTE]] that claims that the nobles and leaders have abandoned them, but the [[Obsidian Empress]] will appear and save them and that the people should support the [[Obsidian Empire]].  We assume that it is the Empty Throne/[[Queen Ryleigh]].  [[King Rowan]] is informed and he is angry.  He wants us to deal with this.  We agree and teleport to [[Velkaton]] and begin dealing with this problem.  We escort [[King Rowan]] to [[Red Castle]].
+We teleport to [[Velkaton]].  Almost immediately we hear a newspaper hawking a hot off the press news about the wedding, describing the wedding as unmitigated disaster with many casualties.  It points fingers at the [[Lords of Whitecastle]] for working with the [[Harrow Gang]], especially listing [[Taron]] as a member.  It continues to slander the group's name.  We decide to investigate that, since we know for sure that it's going to be a problem.  The newspaper publisher is [[Peacock Fixedseed House]]