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Magile wrote:On October 15th, Horatio, Lily, Aglaril, Toby and Layali all went back to the main lake by Lewyrr to deal with dire crocodiles and other messes. They discovered a shallow hole on the shoreline which went back toward and into the land itself. They wound up slaying more crocodiles and, upon reaching a room filled with eggs, slew what could only be assumed was a matriarch for the dire crocodiles (( it was named "Mama Croc" )). The group set out to destroy all the eggs, but an unusually large egg hatched - what followed next is... odd.

A child with alabaster skin, silver hair and ruby-red eyes was born from the egg. She looked as if she were two years of age, but she acted as if she were a newborn babe. No one knows what it means, but Lily immediately took the child into her care. It was suggested the child should not be brought back to the elves, in case they deemed the babe a blight and kill it. The child was brought to the Gnarled Oak Inn (just outside of the river bank) and Lily was last seen cradling and feeding the child.
Many harmless tests were made to try and decipher the child's nature. Detect Thoughts yielded no answers, nor could anyone knowledgeable with arcana or nature determine anything of use. Some people around the child felt a sense of peace when nearby her, almost a calming effect. The child seems to be infatuated with Zova, enjoys to be around everyone else, but absolutely despises Layali's presence if she is within 8ft of her - to the point of looking agitated or outright crying. There are many theories about what the child may or may not be, but nothing can be proven as of yet.

edit: Of the theories presented, the two most suggested ones are:
1. The child is an Angel-kin of sorts, able to detect what is within one's soul - judging on a black or white basis. This was suggested by Zova, simply because of the way the child reacted to different people. Layali is distraught over this.
2. The child may be a spawn of Myrkul, if the child has a certain brand upon her scalp. This was suggested by Aglaril, based on reading some books Horatio provided. Aglaril really hopes this is wrong.
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Notes from Cam

Dragonborn children being hatched from eggs, the child is definitely not dragonborn in any form your can fathom however.

Yuanti Abominations are also hatched from eggs, but again, nothing about the child leads you to believe she is Yuanti.

*you find a old and tattered book which at first glance looks to be the writing of some madman . . . on closer investigation one bit stands out to you*

The Mother's land a soggy curse
by muted magic most perverse
after rain returns . . . . the sun
When three waters bloody run
Beasts of teeth and leather skin
guard the key to destroy within
bound without lid, key or hinge
purest grace will chaos . .astringe
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Journal discovered many moons ago in the ruins of what once was a temple to Ishtar/Isis, translated ingame by Arizma:

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Arizma's theory is that some of the 'various races' that allied with these enemies of Ishtar (presumably Set?) might've included Drow, that Arizma and company encountered underneath the temple ruins.
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The strange child born from an egg was found to be a small shard of the Earthmother's power on the Isles.

She has offered her blessing to all members present at the grove on that night, and made it clear that to continue, we must return to MacSheehan and find some key that was missed.
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Aglaril (and Arizma) somehow ended up on Gwyneth....seemed like a good opportunity to take a quick advance peak at macsheean while so close by.

It's confirmed that there were at least 3 Cursed ones remaining in the tunnels beneath Macsheean.

One has been successfully put to rest. The remaining ones will require additional means of Removing the Curses that hold sway over them, or else they will continue to reform and rise again and again when defeated.

Aside from dealing with these (which should not be overly difficult with preparation), the tunnels are known to connect to a tower where the red robed Talossan's corpse was found over a year ago. There is a portal in the upper levels of the tower, which leads to a chamber of sarcophagi where the first stone was found. Teleportation will probably be required to exit the chamber as the portal was damaged and operates only one way.


One final note: the eye sockets of the huge skulls inside the ruined temple seem to glow more brightly than during our previous visit. No other changes were discernible within the temple.
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The group traveled into the ruins and freed the remaining three Cursed Ones. Upon the final one falling, we found this scroll on their person:
Prophecy wrote: By backwards thrust and depths unknown
to make unmake a discord stone
blood of a hero and a dragon protector,
willing essence from a bone collector

Place where they were before
in twelve circles on the floor
with the given blood be spread
life sparks with tethered thread.

Bound willing by mothers maid
upon the altar is innocence laid
blood for power and for grace
with silken cord is all encased

When all is as it should be
to inscribe runes, fiends progeny,
upon the brow, warm lips and breast
the dancing lights will do the rest

Life force given brings redemption
offered up without protection
instilled within the form divine
to bring forth the needed sign

Then elder grace to cut the cords
by shadow's dance and eldritch sword.
Call the storm with divine force
to sunder discord at its source.

(( at the bottom, there are three strange runes))
We also found the following loot:

Enchanted Full Plate (+1 AC)
Enchanted Greatsword (+1 Enhancement)
Shandar's Pride (Studded Leather Armor [3/5] with +3 AC, +2 Move Silently)
Ring of Protection (+1 Deflection AC)
Fire Agate x4
Scroll of Read Magic
Scroll of Detect Magic
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Line by line analysis attempt by Camellia
By backwards thrust and depths unknown
to make unmake a discord stone
Likely this means this is a poem to create a means to destroy the discord stones.
blood of a hero and a dragon protector,
Blood of a hero is very generic. Could mean one who does heroic deeds... dragon protector might mean one who actually protects dragons, or a dragon in of itself.
willing essence from a bone collector
Old arcane meaning for a necromancer. The 'willing' essence part however means it will take something away from the necromancer and it must be willing... I can not tell what it will be. The fact that its about necromancy though means we could infer it might have something to do with living energy... but this is a bit of a guess.
Place where they were before
in twelve circles on the floor
Layali has suggested this is a ruin. An placed with lights above in circles.
An important aspect is that only if you have all twelve stones can they be destroyed...
with the given blood be spread
life sparks with tethered thread.
Blood of the hero perhaps? The dragon protector? Needs to cover the stones... the life sparks could be a reference to the essence of the necromancer.
Bound willing by mothers maid
'Mother's maid' could be a virgin, or a worshipper of the Earthmother.. something that must be bound ritually with magic?
upon the altar is innocence laid
Nothing is more innocent then a child.. it's likely about the holy child found recently.
blood for power and for grace
(*scribbles* Blood for the blood god!) - means that blood is to be used as a magical component as well.. grace refers to powering the divine in some way... Horatio suggests it could be another reference to the child..
with silken cord is all encased
a spiders cocoon? All these elements wrapped into a spiders cocoon.
When all is as it should be
to inscribe runes, fiends progeny,
Someone with the blood of fiends.. to inscribe runes? However, what runes? it is uncertain... we might have to look into this more.
upon the brow, warm lips and breast
Position of the runes? On the child?
the dancing lights will do the rest
Bellie suggests the cantrip dancing lights is to be cast...
Life force given brings redemption
offered up without protection
instilled within the form divine
to bring forth the needed sign
Likely the child will die, and the released divine energy will bring some kind of magical sigil...
Then elder grace to cut the cords
by shadow's dance and eldritch sword.
Call the storm with divine force
to sunder discord at its source.
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Aglaril seemed to recognize the three runes at the bottom of the copy he had access to as possibly being Netherese (extremely lucky roll on Decipher Script... plus actually been inside Netherese ruins once)

Comprehend Languages seemed to reveal the runes' meanings translated into (from left to right in order):
. . . Essence . .. Transfer . . . Soul
Aglaril also informed others present that he believe these runes or the words are meant to be part of a ritual of either arcane or divine power somehow. He'd suggest it's vital to protect and keep the original copy, perform some divinations on it as well (preferably with safeguards - muttering something about nasty Netherese magic) to be thorough.

((note: the original note has been confirmed as being inside the Hall's chest))
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Ithildur wrote:Aglaril seemed to recognize the three runes at the bottom of the copy he had access to as possibly being Netherese (extremely lucky roll on Decipher Script... plus actually been inside Netherese ruins once)
Fun fact: Layali can speak, read and write in Netherese. How? Her mentor was a full-blooded Netherese Wizard (and this all happened in-game).
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Arizma suggests using her Legend tome on the note. It may not explain things fully, but it might contribute something.
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Rumours from Arianna wrote: There is nothing unusual around the Isles that would point to how we normally chased after stones. No odd weather, no sudden weather clearing up - everything seems to be normal and the fall and winter weather returns.

While the Ffolk and Northmen are still tense, for reasons we have yet to investigate, there have been no hostilities.
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FYI - I was informed that Bel did not have a key. I gave her a key from the chest. If there is any reason she should not have it. Let her know.
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Arizma placed the scroll obtained from the last cursed on her Legend Tome:
* You place the scroll upon the book which is enveloped by a warm glow for a moment before the book opens. The only thing written is :

taken from the remains of Molow Perhoid Servant of Myrkul*
She suggests this individual be researched, to see if it yields further information or an additional path forward.
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For Those Who Left wrote:Layali went back to the moon well outside of the cave. Upon examining the water, it was a very dirty, murky liquid; however, when staring upon it further with Detect Magic, she realized that whatever magical properties were afflicting the moon well, whether good or bad, is barely noticeable and is slowly fading away.
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Horatio stayed as the others left... he begins a methodical search of the village of Fairview, taking near all night. When things appear to be of needing more detailed look, he donned a light source.

What he found, 3 graves, marked by wooden grave markers, Horatio took note of the names. (rp)
He also found a scrap of purple cloth caught on a nail, of which Horatio believes comes from a sash. He collected, and keeps this small prize to return to the mages. He states that it is his hope this bit of clue will offer some insight into their (raiders) movements.

He stops to call a bird, summoning with a spell to send a message to the Druid Grove of Corwell asking for aid. A day and a half later, he gets his response as he waits in Horst.

Balkr is already there. (IE, the druids sent Balkr as a qualified Druid to know what to do. We need to count on Balkr on this entirely to tell us what we need to do. IMHO, that means we need to fire questions at him instead of NPCs because it's likely he was given the information needed already, and if not, it will help him to ask the questions of the DM he needs to in order to guide the rest of us.)
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