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| The party set off to find the thief who has been stealing material from all over Acryn. To their surprise they find the culprit to be the strange clockwork device awoken by Alastair and Carl the previous year; the Engimatic Engine. The engine has been using the stolen materials to create a great portal in the belfry of the Builder's Temple. After the party corner the engine it activates the portal and the party and the engine and drawn into it...destroying the summit of the temple as the portal reacts poorly to a binding ritual cast by Harlon and Carl. | The party set off to find the thief who has been stealing material from all over Acryn. To their surprise they find the culprit to be the strange clockwork device awoken by Alastair and Carl the previous year; the Engimatic Engine. The engine has been using the stolen materials to create a great portal in the belfry of the Builder's Temple. After the party corner the engine it activates the portal and the party and the engine and drawn into it...destroying the summit of the temple as the portal reacts poorly to a binding ritual cast by Harlon and Carl. | ||
| - | The party find themselves within the Labyrinth, a otherworldly realm that seems to trap madness and insanity within it, and seems to be a favourite place for Mages to banish their enemies to. To solve the labyrinth the party help the engine find its centre and the spirit of Egreg, who created the engine, to allow him to escape the Labyrinth. As they journey through the twisted Maze the party encounter the crazed Arch-Mage Oooberous who they unite with his long time live, the sorceress Madam Mimzeron. In doing so, Alastair masters the power of the Killing Sphere and comes to understand its tragic fate. They also meet the ghost of the infamous King of Acryn Rodderick III, and the horse he famously married. More disturbing are the ancient City the party find, it's architecture reminiscent of that of the [[resources:place:the_magisterium|Magisterium]] that contains a creature that calls itself a Dragon-born; 'Chedravartin the Unmaker', that whiles away the ages forging perfection. It claims to be ancient enemy of the primordials, its race the true children of the Dragons. The party recover the concept of Love for the being, after refusing to find it Evil, but then anger it when they attempt to steal its work. They escape when they defeat the being but find themselves unable to destroy it. Still, they succeed in stealing its magical hammer upon which is inscribed the workings of the lost magical rite of Perfection. | + | The party find themselves within the Labyrinth, a otherworldly realm that seems to trap madness and insanity within it, and seems to be a favourite place for Mages to banish their enemies to. To solve the labyrinth the party help the engine find its centre and the spirit of Egreg, who created the engine, to allow him to escape the Labyrinth. As they journey through the twisted Maze the party encounter the crazed Arch-Mage Oooberous who they unite with his long time live, the sorceress Madam Mimzeron. In doing so, Alastair masters the power of the Killing Sphere and comes to understand its tragic fate. They also meet the ghost of the infamous King of Acryn Rodderick III, and the horse he famously married. More disturbing are the ancient City the party find, it's architecture reminiscent of that of the [[resources:place:the_magisterium|Magisterium]] that contains a creature that calls itself a Dragon-born; 'Chedravartin the Unmaker', that whiles away the ages forging perfection. It claims to be ancient enemy of the primordials, its race the true children of the Dragons. The party recover the concept of Love for the being, after refusing to find it Evil, but then anger it when they attempt to steal its work. They escape when they defeat the being but find themselves unable to destroy it. Still, they succeed in stealing its magical hammer upon which is inscribed the workings of the lost magical rite of Refinement. |
| At last the party reach the heart of Labyrinth and rescue the spirit of Egreg from his madness. However, they refuse his request to allow him to possess the Enigmatic Engine, deciding that the engine has a will of its own, and Harlon traps Egreg's spirit within a magical scroll. As the party free the spirit they awaken a guardian of the Labyrinth and in the fight fracture one of the great bonds that hold the Labyrinth's first prisoner. As the labyrinth quakes a Titan made of fractured reality frees itself from the bonds of the labyrinth, tearing open rents to the world as it does so. Most of the party jump through to safety but Carl stands in the face of the oncoming maelstrom and the being collides with him, fracturing his very essence as it frees itself from the Labyrinth. | At last the party reach the heart of Labyrinth and rescue the spirit of Egreg from his madness. However, they refuse his request to allow him to possess the Enigmatic Engine, deciding that the engine has a will of its own, and Harlon traps Egreg's spirit within a magical scroll. As the party free the spirit they awaken a guardian of the Labyrinth and in the fight fracture one of the great bonds that hold the Labyrinth's first prisoner. As the labyrinth quakes a Titan made of fractured reality frees itself from the bonds of the labyrinth, tearing open rents to the world as it does so. Most of the party jump through to safety but Carl stands in the face of the oncoming maelstrom and the being collides with him, fracturing his very essence as it frees itself from the Labyrinth. | ||
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| With the Engine the party return to Acryn only to be arrested for the destruction at the Builder's Temple. After some explanation the Watchmaker's guild agrees to pay for the damage in return for the engine. Alastair attempts to return the device to receive his payday but Harlon and Jarred convince it to flee. Carl is probulated and discovered to have a rift into elsewhere in his chest, Prof. Blacks prognosis is eventual but not immediate doom. | With the Engine the party return to Acryn only to be arrested for the destruction at the Builder's Temple. After some explanation the Watchmaker's guild agrees to pay for the damage in return for the engine. Alastair attempts to return the device to receive his payday but Harlon and Jarred convince it to flee. Carl is probulated and discovered to have a rift into elsewhere in his chest, Prof. Blacks prognosis is eventual but not immediate doom. | ||
| - | (OOC: I've decided to implement a retcon as on reflection I decided that a floating city slightly jumped the shark.) | + | (OOC: I've decided to implement a retcon as, on reflection, I decided that a floating city slightly jumped the shark.) |
| Hiring a boat Harlon sails into the centre of Acryn's bay and invokes two of the great [[resources:npc:draconic_doewemers|Draconic Dowemers]] that he knows. With the 18th Rune of Atrivium he moves the stars themselves within the heavens and earth and sky are connected by an impossibly tall, elegant tower upon whose papery surface is written a story about Alastair. It stretches from the sea into the sky, its summit invisible beyond the clouds. Casting forth the Crimson Key of Vulstragorn Harlon then binds several miles of Acryn's Bay (including the very space that once contained it) within a blue pearl. At this point he is arrested by the city watch for unspecified crimes against magic and theft of sovereign territory of Acryn. During the search of his possessions the scroll containing Egreg is found and one of the guard's rips it, releasing the angry spirit of Egreg, who swearing revenge on Harlon floats away. | Hiring a boat Harlon sails into the centre of Acryn's bay and invokes two of the great [[resources:npc:draconic_doewemers|Draconic Dowemers]] that he knows. With the 18th Rune of Atrivium he moves the stars themselves within the heavens and earth and sky are connected by an impossibly tall, elegant tower upon whose papery surface is written a story about Alastair. It stretches from the sea into the sky, its summit invisible beyond the clouds. Casting forth the Crimson Key of Vulstragorn Harlon then binds several miles of Acryn's Bay (including the very space that once contained it) within a blue pearl. At this point he is arrested by the city watch for unspecified crimes against magic and theft of sovereign territory of Acryn. During the search of his possessions the scroll containing Egreg is found and one of the guard's rips it, releasing the angry spirit of Egreg, who swearing revenge on Harlon floats away. | ||
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| ==Jarred == | ==Jarred == | ||
| - | The Hammer from the Forge of Unmaking that details the lost rite of perfection.\\ | + | The Hammer from the Forge of Unmaking that details the lost rite of Refinement.\\ |
| An enchanted Dagger inscribed with the image of the Oblivi-ant - once per adventure the dagger will animate with a life of its own to aid the wielder, as surprisingly deadly as the Oblivi-ant (essentially summons an animated mastercrafted dagger as an ally, it does SINGLES, 3 RENDS, has one hit & 15 dodges, but can be de-animated with a SHATTER).\\ | An enchanted Dagger inscribed with the image of the Oblivi-ant - once per adventure the dagger will animate with a life of its own to aid the wielder, as surprisingly deadly as the Oblivi-ant (essentially summons an animated mastercrafted dagger as an ally, it does SINGLES, 3 RENDS, has one hit & 15 dodges, but can be de-animated with a SHATTER).\\ | ||
| + | The False Mimir - a silver skull. When struck like a bell it intones ridiculous lies such as; 'Dragons are allergic to pineapples' or 'Acryn was founded by five angry dwarfs', that sort of thing.\\ | ||
| ===Metaphysical Wibble=== | ===Metaphysical Wibble=== | ||
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| ==Harlon== | ==Harlon== | ||
| - | Has learned the lost rite of Perfection (Epic tree: Lost magic)\\ | + | Has learned the lost rite of Refinement (Epic tree: Lost magic)\\ |
| ==Carl== | ==Carl== | ||
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