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 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
+[[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]]