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	This, too, will fail. With all of that doomsaying finished, I will get to the point. It is my sole interest in this world to study the various branches of forbidden knowledge, so-called "dark magic", and the secret orders or dark religions who skulk the night in search of power. Witnessing the ritual that opened this portal with its twelve-pointed star, I could not help but be struck by how this was not Ithzir magic at all. It was the kind of blood magic I have known from the summoners of the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Arcane Eyes\|Arcane Eyes]]. Lord [[Grishom Stone]] has floated such cocoons far into the air in the past to transform children into winged monstrosities whilst raining fiery vathors from sky portals.		This, too, will fail. With all of that doomsaying finished, I will get to the point. It is my sole interest in this world to study the various branches of forbidden knowledge, so-called "dark magic", and the secret orders or dark religions who skulk the night in search of power. Witnessing the ritual that opened this portal with its twelve-pointed star, I could not help but be struck by how this was not Ithzir magic at all. It was the kind of blood magic I have known from the summoners of the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Arcane Eyes\|Arcane Eyes]]. Lord [[Grishom Stone]] has floated such cocoons far into the air in the past to transform children into winged monstrosities whilst raining fiery vathors from sky portals.

	Glethad would have said as much to you all on this matter, I imagine, if he was not whisked away to be used as a sock puppet to speak with the Ithzir. And since this Lord of the Emerald Sun has not deigned to speak with me, in spite of the Ithzir probes into my mind, I will give you all my advice for warding the world.		[[Glethad]] would have said as much to you all on this matter, I imagine, if he was not whisked away to be used as a sock puppet to speak with the Ithzir. And since this Lord of the Emerald Sun has not deigned to speak with me, in spite of the Ithzir probes into my mind, I will give you all my advice for warding the world.

	Seek [[Estrion]]. There is a powerful shaman called [[Akhash]], the [[Tehir]] Spiritcaller who broke that beautiful troll curse on [[Drangell]], who is capable of drawing the spirit of Estrion from Darkstone Castle. They have warded such portals before, when Stone sought to destroy this town. That being said, Estrion will undoubtedly wish us to kill [[Sheru]], which would be possible if we caught him up in the storm. Indeed. I suspect this ancient monolith that has phased into existence on Melgorehn's Reach is the regulatory element that suppresses the celestial alignments from shredding the mountain. Sheru might be baited into the moon chamber with the soul of Estrion.		Seek [[Estrion]]. There is a powerful shaman called [[Akhash]], the [[Tehir]] Spiritcaller who broke that beautiful troll curse on [[Drangell]], who is capable of drawing the spirit of Estrion from Darkstone Castle. They have warded such portals before, when Stone sought to destroy this town. That being said, Estrion will undoubtedly wish us to kill [[Sheru]], which would be possible if we caught him up in the storm. Indeed. I suspect this ancient monolith that has phased into existence on Melgorehn's Reach is the regulatory element that suppresses the celestial alignments from shredding the mountain. Sheru might be baited into the moon chamber with the soul of Estrion.

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	There is a hidden portal on the [[Lysierian Hills\|northern side]] of Darkstone Bay in a [[The Monastery\|monastery]] overrun with [[monastic lich\|monastic liches]]. These were once monks of [[Kai]] who guarded the gateway. It would seem they were hiding the work of the Sage [[Uthex Kathiasas]]. He was working in a shadow realm he called "the home of broken lore," which some consider to be the surface of Lornon and others another plane of existence. I suspect these interpretations are not contradictions. It might well be both at the same time, extra-planar experiments from the [[First Age]].		There is a hidden portal on the [[Lysierian Hills\|northern side]] of Darkstone Bay in a [[The Monastery\|monastery]] overrun with [[monastic lich\|monastic liches]]. These were once monks of [[Kai]] who guarded the gateway. It would seem they were hiding the work of the Sage [[Uthex Kathiasas]]. He was working in a shadow realm he called "the home of broken lore," which some consider to be the surface of Lornon and others another plane of existence. I suspect these interpretations are not contradictions. It might well be both at the same time, extra-planar experiments from the [[First Age]].

	Uthex was working with forging extra-planar entities from energy, "power given physical form," much as many of us suspect the [[verlok]] were fashioned by sorcerous arts. There has long been esoteric lore that [[Eorgina]] and [[Fash'lo'nae]] were engaged in extreme planar magic on their moon while the dragons were distracted, not only conjuring major demons but [[History of Fash'lo'nae ~~(saved post)~~\|spiriting away forbidden knowledge]], if indeed any of the legends from that time are true at all. "[[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|The Broken Land]]" may be a pocket reality formed from material within the moon, allowing them to hide works of transmogrification magic from whomever would have stopped them.		Uthex was working with forging extra-planar entities from energy, "power given physical form," much as many of us suspect the [[verlok]] were fashioned by sorcerous arts. There has long been esoteric lore that [[Eorgina]] and [[Fash'lo'nae]] were engaged in extreme planar magic on their moon while the dragons were distracted, not only conjuring major demons but [[History of Fash'lo'nae\|spiriting away forbidden knowledge]], if indeed any of the legends from that time are true at all. "[[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|The Broken Land]]" may be a pocket reality formed from material within the moon, allowing them to hide works of transmogrification magic from whomever would have stopped them.

	There is a dome on the surface that is constantly draining power from its surroundings with [[Anti-mana\|dark essence]] [[Flows of essence\|flows]]. This would have been the mechanism Uthex used to incarnate flesh from spirit, "spirits born of death," giving a quasi-immortality to those who reside in its reach. The intriguing thing about this artifact is that there may be little upward limit on the power of the entity. It might be possible to fashion beings as intrinsically powerful as "gods" while retaining control over them as one would a golem. It is in equal measures necromancy and demonology. [[Marlu]] himself may have been made as a servant of the Dark Queen.		There is a dome on the surface that is constantly draining power from its surroundings with [[Anti-mana\|dark essence]] [[Flows of essence\|flows]]. This would have been the mechanism Uthex used to incarnate flesh from spirit, "spirits born of death," giving a quasi-immortality to those who reside in its reach. The intriguing thing about this artifact is that there may be little upward limit on the power of the entity. It might be possible to fashion beings as intrinsically powerful as "gods" while retaining control over them as one would a golem. It is in equal measures necromancy and demonology. [[Marlu]] himself may have been made as a servant of the Dark Queen.

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	- Lord Xorus Kul'shin		- Lord Xorus Kul'shin

			''(21st Olaesta, 5116 M.E.; '''Status: Public''')''

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	Upon reflection I have decided there is no special interest in withholding my insight into the raid on the high seas. When we left sight of [[Wehnimer's Landing]] and passed beyond the horizon of the Reach, it was not terribly long before we encountered a ship flying [[The Crests of the Turamzzyrian Empire#County of Torre\|the crest]] of the County of [[Torre]]. It was difficult to discern our precise location, but if we were beyond Darkstone Bay, we still could not have been far from it. Their ship was clearly an imperial transport seized by pirates, and indeed was carrying a treasure trove of [[plinite]], for which I was merely present to witness and discern its authenticity. Lord [[Brieson]] will [http://www.tinyheroes.com/forums/GemStone%20IV/GemStone%20IV%20Announcements/Important%20Announcements/thread/1712092 find me] beyond reproach.		Upon reflection I have decided there is no special interest in withholding my insight into the raid on the high seas. When we left sight of [[Wehnimer's Landing]] and passed beyond the horizon of the Reach, it was not terribly long before we encountered a ship flying [[The Crests of the Turamzzyrian Empire#County of Torre\|the crest]] of the County of [[Torre]]. It was difficult to discern our precise location, but if we were beyond Darkstone Bay, we still could not have been far from it. Their ship was clearly an imperial transport seized by pirates, and indeed was carrying a treasure trove of [[plinite]], for which I was merely present to witness and discern its authenticity. Lord [[Brieson]] will [http://www.tinyheroes.com/forums/GemStone%20IV/GemStone%20IV%20Announcements/Important%20Announcements/thread/1712092 find me] beyond reproach.

	Many of you have expressed concern that the mages aboard this ship may have been imperial magisters. I would like to ease the burden on your consciences and assure you, yes, the Frontier's Heart was used to slaughter members of [[the Hall of Mages]]. And by the gods, there were no survivors. Your fellows murdered all of them. I am quite certain they were not merely hiring an escort of cut-throats as I witnessed these factions fighting with each other.		Many of you have expressed concern that the mages aboard this ship may have been imperial magisters. I would like to ease the burden on your consciences and assure you, yes, the Frontier's Heart was used to slaughter members of the [[Hall of Mages]]. And by the gods, there were no survivors. Your fellows murdered all of them. I am quite certain they were not merely hiring an escort of cut-throats as I witnessed these factions fighting with each other.

	I would speculate that the vessel was seized out of [[Maelstrom Bay]] by the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Bayrunners\|Bayrunners]]. However, the pirates were not formidable enough to defeat the mages on their own, so the volatile wares were safely locked behind a massive steel door with rune wardings. The [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Brotherhood of Rooks\|Brotherhood of Rooks]] were perhaps the contracted recipients of the stolen plinite, as there is little reason for such a ship to be this far north. There were what struck me as clearly being mercenaries on board as well as the pirates, so I imagine [[Rysus]] was informed of the trouble by his hired hands, and took the liberty of using some fine upstanding citizens under the flag of Wehnimer's Landing to spare himself the expense of paying the middlemen. Regardless, Rysus has acquired the means of stopping the Ithzir, which the [[Turamzzyrian Empire\|Empire]] was willing to allow conquer us all.		I would speculate that the vessel was seized out of [[Maelstrom Bay]] by the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Bayrunners\|Bayrunners]]. However, the pirates were not formidable enough to defeat the mages on their own, so the volatile wares were safely locked behind a massive steel door with rune wardings. The [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Brotherhood of Rooks\|Brotherhood of Rooks]] were perhaps the contracted recipients of the stolen plinite, as there is little reason for such a ship to be this far north. There were what struck me as clearly being mercenaries on board as well as the pirates, so I imagine [[Rysus]] was informed of the trouble by his hired hands, and took the liberty of using some fine upstanding citizens under the flag of Wehnimer's Landing to spare himself the expense of paying the middlemen. Regardless, Rysus has acquired the means of stopping the Ithzir, which the [[Turamzzyrian Empire\|Empire]] was willing to allow conquer us all.

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	''(18th Olaesta 5116 M.E.; '''Status: Public''')''		''(18th Olaesta 5116 M.E.; '''Status: Public''')''


			===The Piracy of Plinite===
			'''''(OOC Context: The Hall of Mages denied Magister Raelee's request for high quality plinite, which under Pylasar's plan would be used to shoot down floating pyramids, while letting the portal close naturally with the storm. The Brotherhood of Rooks showed up with Rysus offering to steal a cache of stolen plinite from pirates, which turned out to be real except the ship was also loaded with imperial mages. Xorus is telling the truth. The logs show the two groups in separate waves, with the marksmen shooting arrows into the mages. However, he was floating other interpretations as well, such as a rogue group of mages were bringing the plinite to us anyway. Or we walked in on a pirate mutiny. The Rooks took the chest and returned it to us a few nights later, except one of the piles was missing. The plinite was used in modified pylons to blow up the pyramids until the portal closed on its own, which as Xorus noted would have been dangerous to collapse early, but at the risk of allowing them to anchor themselves here and merge our worlds. The mana storm was more violent than they have been before, with the background mana bursting into flames, which was seemingly more damaging to high level spellcasters. The Reach burst with a cascade of red energy at one point that ignited the Dragonsclaw and town. Likewise, as Xorus had warned earlier about this plan, the pylons exploded at the peak of the storm. The infused mana in the plinite was instantly converted into a horde of elementals, which may have been formed by the storm earlier as well rather than bleed through from the Confluence. Allegedly a very large sea-blue eye was seen in the sky when the portal was closing, and when it did the Hendoran outpost was suddenly in our world again. The night before there was a rescue attempt to the Ithzir plane Kol Tar'sken using the soulstone, where the environment clearly showed all of the unusual background effects recently seen from the Reach. Roughly 30 Hendorans out of 110 were saved in an uncorrupted state, including Sir Thadston, while the rest were slaughtered along with Ithzir seers and archons. The fortress was badly damaged the next night when it returned.)'''''


			Upon reflection I have decided there is no special interest in withholding my insight into the raid on the high seas. When we left sight of [[Wehnimer's Landing]] and passed beyond the horizon of the Reach, it was not terribly long before we encountered a ship flying [[The Crests of the Turamzzyrian Empire#County of Torre\|the crest]] of the County of [[Torre]]. It was difficult to discern our precise location, but if we were beyond Darkstone Bay, we still could not have been far from it. Their ship was clearly an imperial transport seized by pirates, and indeed was carrying a treasure trove of [[plinite]], for which I was merely present to witness and discern its authenticity. Lord [[Brieson]] will [http://www.tinyheroes.com/forums/GemStone%20IV/GemStone%20IV%20Announcements/Important%20Announcements/thread/1712092 find me] beyond reproach.

			Many of you have expressed concern that the mages aboard this ship may have been imperial magisters. I would like to ease the burden on your consciences and assure you, yes, the Frontier's Heart was used to slaughter members of [[the Hall of Mages]]. And by the gods, there were no survivors. Your fellows murdered all of them. I am quite certain they were not merely hiring an escort of cut-throats as I witnessed these factions fighting with each other.

			I would speculate that the vessel was seized out of [[Maelstrom Bay]] by the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Bayrunners\|Bayrunners]]. However, the pirates were not formidable enough to defeat the mages on their own, so the volatile wares were safely locked behind a massive steel door with rune wardings. The [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Brotherhood of Rooks\|Brotherhood of Rooks]] were perhaps the contracted recipients of the stolen plinite, as there is little reason for such a ship to be this far north. There were what struck me as clearly being mercenaries on board as well as the pirates, so I imagine [[Rysus]] was informed of the trouble by his hired hands, and took the liberty of using some fine upstanding citizens under the flag of Wehnimer's Landing to spare himself the expense of paying the middlemen. Regardless, Rysus has acquired the means of stopping the Ithzir, which the [[Turamzzyrian Empire\|Empire]] was willing to allow conquer us all.

			- Lord Xorus Kul'shin

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	===Blood Cult Plaguebringer Moral Panic===		===Blood Cult Plaguebringer Moral Panic===
	'''''(OOC Context: Children with blue blood were rescued from yellow cocoons in Slither Creek in [[The Graveyard]], where there were magically augmented versions of the local snakes. Xorus is somewhat disingenuously trying to get everyone to kill the children so they cannot be used for ritual magic, and seeding the idea that the Hendorans might be corrupted and should be abandoned. It went seemingly unnoticed that Grishom Stone had previously transformed children with blood magic in red cocoons to turn them into winged fiends that attacked the town, and that Mayor Walkar got the town warded against the red sky portals using a pact with Estrion. Shortly after this letter other cocoons with children were used to open a portal to this specific Ithzir world. It widened the next night and allowed a floating Ithzir obsidian pyramid to enter, which was shot down with pylons and sunk in Darkstone Bay.)'''''		'''''(OOC Context: Children with blue blood were rescued from yellow cocoons in Slither Creek in [[The Graveyard]], where there were magically augmented versions of the local snakes. Xorus is somewhat disingenuously trying to get everyone to kill the children so they cannot be used for ritual magic, and seeding the idea that the Hendorans might be corrupted and should be abandoned. It went seemingly unnoticed that Grishom Stone had previously transformed children with blood magic in red cocoons to turn them into winged fiends that attacked the town, and that Mayor Walkar got the town warded against the red sky portals using a pact with Estrion. Shortly after this letter other cocoons with children were used to open a portal to this specific Ithzir world. It widened the next night and allowed a floating Ithzir obsidian pyramid to enter, which was shot down with pylons and sunk in Darkstone Bay. While Xorus does believe the children are being slowly transformed into Ithzir, he believes they just learned this method from Grishom Stone. One boy later exhibited telepathic and telekinetic powers, addressing Xorus by the translation of his Ur-Daemon Cult title. Memories were being collectively experienced telepathically. The boy demonstrated mind control powers.)'''''

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	===Regarding Ithzir Blood Magic: An Immodest Proposal===		===Regarding Ithzir Blood Magic: An Immodest Proposal===
	'''''(OOC: There was a blood ritual where six yellow cocoons, containing blue blooded children, floated hundreds of feet up into the air. Melgorehn's Reach shot moon beams at them causing them to crack open. The children interlocked their limbs to form a twelve pointed star, and then they were obliterated as this turned into a red star sigil which opened up into a portal to this particular Ithzir plane. Xorus was quiet about recognizing that Grishom Stone has done this before, the Ithzir had been probing his mind since he told them Aralyte killed Althedeus using their language. Most recently, they had made him re-live getting badly damaged by the flow storms of the Drake's Shrine, possibly because it is a place of great power considering Bekke re-lived absorbing a great amount of elemental energy once. The focus at this point was on the curator Vynessa asking us to plan for closing and warding against the portals, while others focused on using Aralyte's soulstone to rescue the Hendorans, which Lylia consented to knowing it would at least temporarily drain it. It ~~was~~ ~~charged~~ in the ~~first~~ ~~place~~ ~~using~~ the blood of the Ur-Daemon ~~Ith'can~~ on Teras Isle a year earlier. The monolith Xorus is speaking of on the Reach had changed its appearance, now with a krodera and veil-iron orb artifact, with some unknown function. Between these letters was a disingenuous one where Xorus suggested the Ithzir conquer by converting the inhabitants with a plague, making them all a magically transformed blood cult, unsuccessfully trying to convince everyone to kill the children who had been rescued from a cocoon.)'''''		'''''(OOC: There was a blood ritual where six yellow cocoons, containing blue blooded children, floated hundreds of feet up into the air. Melgorehn's Reach shot moon beams at them causing them to crack open. The children interlocked their limbs to form a twelve pointed star, and then they were obliterated as this turned into a red star sigil which opened up into a portal to this particular Ithzir plane. Xorus was quiet about recognizing that Grishom Stone has done this before, the Ithzir had been probing his mind since he told them Aralyte killed Althedeus using their language. Most recently, they had made him re-live getting badly damaged by the flow storms of the Drake's Shrine, possibly because it is a place of great power considering Bekke re-lived absorbing a great amount of elemental energy once. The focus at this point was on the curator Vynessa asking us to plan for closing and warding against the portals, while others focused on using Aralyte's soulstone to rescue the Hendorans, which Lylia consented to knowing it would at least temporarily drain it. It is an analog to the eye of Ith'can that was charged with the blood of the dead Ur-Daemon on Teras Isle a year earlier. The monolith Xorus is speaking of on the Reach had changed its appearance, now with a krodera and veil-iron orb artifact, with some unknown function. Between these letters was a disingenuous one where Xorus suggested the Ithzir conquer by converting the inhabitants with a plague, making them all a magically transformed blood cult, unsuccessfully trying to convince everyone to kill the children who had been rescued from a cocoon.)'''''

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	If the infidels in the town bring the attention of an Ithzir seer within the Broken Lands, your [[Sheruvian harbinger\|harbingers]] will be immune to its mind powers. It will be severed from the weaknesses in the veil and you may experiment on it as much as you wish. With the use of the kiramon and the mind of the seers, the crystyl may yet become a most dangerous weapon, one my order will have great interest in using in other ways.		If the infidels in the town bring the attention of an Ithzir seer within the Broken Lands, your [[Sheruvian harbinger\|harbingers]] will be immune to its mind powers. It will be severed from the weaknesses in the veil and you may experiment on it as much as you wish. With the use of the kiramon and the mind of the seers, the crystyl may yet become a most dangerous weapon, one my order will have great interest in using in other ways.

	Regarding the other matter, I am of little help. I am unaware of any of our brethren in the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Erudites of Fash'lo'nae\|Erudites of Nydds]]. While I wish to meet with the Watchers of the Eternal Eye, and perhaps the [[Fash'lo'nae\|Grandfather]] can even be asked directly, you may want to speak with the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Sheruvian Order\|Sheruvian Order]]. Kidnapping a [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire\|#The Celestial ~~CenobitesCelestial~~ Cenobite]] has its own merits, and after all, they will not refuse the cooking in your kitchen. I would avoid eating the Ithzir. Their blood seems to be bursting with riftworms under the present conditions.		Regarding the other matter, I am of little help. I am unaware of any of our brethren in the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Erudites of Fash'lo'nae\|Erudites of Nydds]]. While I wish to meet with the Watchers of the Eternal Eye, and perhaps the [[Fash'lo'nae\|Grandfather]] can even be asked directly, you may want to speak with the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Sheruvian Order\|Sheruvian Order]]. Kidnapping a [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Celestial Cenobites\|Celestial Cenobite]] has its own merits, and after all, they will not refuse the cooking in your kitchen. I would avoid eating the Ithzir. Their blood seems to be bursting with riftworms under the present conditions.

	By the Night's Terror,		By the Night's Terror,

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	''(11th Olaesta 5116 M.E.)''		''(11th Olaesta 5116 M.E.)''

			===Blood Cult Plaguebringer Moral Panic===
			'''''(OOC Context: Children with blue blood were rescued from yellow cocoons in Slither Creek in [[The Graveyard]], where there were magically augmented versions of the local snakes. Xorus is somewhat disingenuously trying to get everyone to kill the children so they cannot be used for ritual magic, and seeding the idea that the Hendorans might be corrupted and should be abandoned. It went seemingly unnoticed that Grishom Stone had previously transformed children with blood magic in red cocoons to turn them into winged fiends that attacked the town, and that Mayor Walkar got the town warded against the sky portals using a pact with Estrion. Shortly after this letter other cocoons with children were used to open a portal to this specific Ithzir world. It widened the next night and allowed a floating Ithzir obsidian pyramid to enter, which was shot down with pylons and sunk in Darkstone Bay.)'''''


			The impression I draw from these interactions with the Ithzir is that they regard themselves with a collective identity. More individualistic than the hive mind of an insect, and yet with no special regard for individuality. Such would be the way of their religion. It is quite possible they have no need for conquest, seeding the valences with their own blood. In the transformation of the physiology of their inhabitants, all worlds become reborn as organs of the Ithzir. The blood cult which suffers no others.

			These orphans are most likely plaguebringers, and by now, so too may be the soldiers of the outpost. I would call for extreme prejudice on this question, in light of such hostility without malice. The Ithzir will require no legion of their own and no gateway to another world if they are able to make us in their own mirror.

			Lord Xorus Kul'shin

			''(15th Olaesta 5116 M.E.)''

	===Regarding Ithzir Blood Magic: An Immodest Proposal===		===Regarding Ithzir Blood Magic: An Immodest Proposal===
	'''''(OOC: There was a blood ritual where six yellow cocoons, containing blue blooded children, floated hundreds of feet up into the air. Melgorehn's Reach shot moon beams at them causing them to crack open. The children interlocked their limbs to form a twelve pointed star, and then they were obliterated as this turned into a red star sigil which opened up into a portal to this particular Ithzir plane. Xorus was quiet about recognizing that Grishom Stone has done this before, the Ithzir had been probing his mind since he told them Aralyte killed Althedeus using their language. Most recently, they had made him re-live getting badly damaged by the flow storms of the Drake's Shrine, possibly because it is a place of great power considering Bekke re-lived absorbing a great amount of elemental energy once. The focus at this point was on the curator Vynessa asking us to plan for closing and warding against the portals, while others focused on using Aralyte's soulstone to rescue the Hendorans, which Lylia consented to knowing it would at least temporarily drain it. It was charged in the first place using the blood of the Ur-Daemon Ith'can on Teras Isle a year earlier. The monolith Xorus is speaking of on the Reach had changed its appearance, now with a krodera and veil-iron orb artifact, with some unknown function. Between these letters was a disingenuous one where Xorus suggested the Ithzir conquer by converting the inhabitants with a plague, making them all a magically transformed blood cult, unsuccessfully trying to convince everyone to kill the children who had been rescued from a cocoon~~. This letter was written shortly after the portal had widened enough for an Ithzir obsidian temple to fly through, and the Ithzir were still occupying Melgorehn's Valley~~.)'''''		'''''(OOC: There was a blood ritual where six yellow cocoons, containing blue blooded children, floated hundreds of feet up into the air. Melgorehn's Reach shot moon beams at them causing them to crack open. The children interlocked their limbs to form a twelve pointed star, and then they were obliterated as this turned into a red star sigil which opened up into a portal to this particular Ithzir plane. Xorus was quiet about recognizing that Grishom Stone has done this before, the Ithzir had been probing his mind since he told them Aralyte killed Althedeus using their language. Most recently, they had made him re-live getting badly damaged by the flow storms of the Drake's Shrine, possibly because it is a place of great power considering Bekke re-lived absorbing a great amount of elemental energy once. The focus at this point was on the curator Vynessa asking us to plan for closing and warding against the portals, while others focused on using Aralyte's soulstone to rescue the Hendorans, which Lylia consented to knowing it would at least temporarily drain it. It was charged in the first place using the blood of the Ur-Daemon Ith'can on Teras Isle a year earlier. The monolith Xorus is speaking of on the Reach had changed its appearance, now with a krodera and veil-iron orb artifact, with some unknown function. Between these letters was a disingenuous one where Xorus suggested the Ithzir conquer by converting the inhabitants with a plague, making them all a magically transformed blood cult, unsuccessfully trying to convince everyone to kill the children who had been rescued from a cocoon.)'''''


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	There is a hidden portal on the [[Lysierian Hills\|northern side]] of Darkstone Bay in a [[The Monastery\|monastery]] overrun with [[monastic lich\|monastic liches]]. These were once monks of [[Kai]] who guarded the gateway. It would seem they were hiding the work of the Sage [[Uthex Kathiasas]]. He was working in a shadow realm he called "the home of broken lore," which some consider to be the surface of Lornon and others another plane of existence. I suspect these interpretations are not contradictions. It might well be both at the same time, extra-planar experiments from the [[First Age]].		There is a hidden portal on the [[Lysierian Hills\|northern side]] of Darkstone Bay in a [[The Monastery\|monastery]] overrun with [[monastic lich\|monastic liches]]. These were once monks of [[Kai]] who guarded the gateway. It would seem they were hiding the work of the Sage [[Uthex Kathiasas]]. He was working in a shadow realm he called "the home of broken lore," which some consider to be the surface of Lornon and others another plane of existence. I suspect these interpretations are not contradictions. It might well be both at the same time, extra-planar experiments from the [[First Age]].

	Uthex was working with forging extra-planar entities from energy, "power given physical form," much as many of us suspect the [[verlok]] were fashioned by sorcerous arts. There has long been esoteric lore that [[Eorgina]] and [[Fash'lo'nae]] were engaged in extreme planar magic on their moon while the dragons were distracted, not only conjuring major demons but [[History of Fash'lo'nae ~~(saved post)~~\|spiriting away forbidden knowledge]], if indeed any of the legends from that time are true at all. "[[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|The Broken Land]]" may be a pocket reality formed from material within the moon, allowing them to hide works of transmogrification magic from whomever would have stopped them.		Uthex was working with forging extra-planar entities from energy, "power given physical form," much as many of us suspect the [[verlok]] were fashioned by sorcerous arts. There has long been esoteric lore that [[Eorgina]] and [[Fash'lo'nae]] were engaged in extreme planar magic on their moon while the dragons were distracted, not only conjuring major demons but [[History of Fash'lo'nae\|spiriting away forbidden knowledge]], if indeed any of the legends from that time are true at all. "[[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|The Broken Land]]" may be a pocket reality formed from material within the moon, allowing them to hide works of transmogrification magic from whomever would have stopped them.

	There is a dome on the surface that is constantly draining power from its surroundings with [[Anti-mana\|dark essence]] [[Flows of essence\|flows]]. This would have been the mechanism Uthex used to incarnate flesh from spirit, "spirits born of death," giving a quasi-immortality to those who reside in its reach. The intriguing thing about this artifact is that there may be little upward limit on the power of the entity. It might be possible to fashion beings as intrinsically powerful as "gods" while retaining control over them as one would a golem. It is in equal measures necromancy and demonology. [[Marlu]] himself may have been made as a servant of the Dark Queen.		There is a dome on the surface that is constantly draining power from its surroundings with [[Anti-mana\|dark essence]] [[Flows of essence\|flows]]. This would have been the mechanism Uthex used to incarnate flesh from spirit, "spirits born of death," giving a quasi-immortality to those who reside in its reach. The intriguing thing about this artifact is that there may be little upward limit on the power of the entity. It might be possible to fashion beings as intrinsically powerful as "gods" while retaining control over them as one would a golem. It is in equal measures necromancy and demonology. [[Marlu]] himself may have been made as a servant of the Dark Queen.