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Kenkkis: /* Cycle 20 */

2021-05-30T15:36:47Z

Cycle 20

Kenkkis at 14:48, 16 May 2021

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Kenkkis at 18:11, 14 March 2021

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Kenkkis: /* Cycle 17 */

2021-03-07T16:43:35Z

Cycle 17

Kenkkis: /* Drummer's Adventure Log */

2021-01-31T17:24:15Z

Drummer's Adventure Log

Kenkkis: /* Cycle 16 */

2021-01-17T15:47:59Z

Cycle 16

Kenkkis: /* Drummer's Adventure Log */

2020-11-29T16:17:12Z

Drummer's Adventure Log

Kenkkis: /* Cycle 14 */

2020-11-29T12:08:27Z

Cycle 14

Kenkkis: Cycles 13-14

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Cycles 13-14

Kenkkis: /* Cycle 10 */

2020-10-18T11:35:50Z

Cycle 10

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	We decide to use the initiative we have and grab '''Thuemos''' before she escapes. As she has committed crime, we can perform a citizen's arrest. With '''Nondetection''' protecting from divination we surround the house. The window shutters are closed, so they have noticed that their prisoner is gone. The '''House''' is empty and the occupants have fled. They have taken all valuables and left the '''Wyvern''' head statue trap. All the books are trapped with protective sigils. We exit and head home. I check our rear and see that there was one gith watching on the roof, but it didn't notice us.		We decide to use the initiative we have and grab '''Thuemos''' before she escapes. As she has committed crime, we can perform a citizen's arrest. With '''Nondetection''' protecting from divination we surround the house. The window shutters are closed, so they have noticed that their prisoner is gone. The '''House''' is empty and the occupants have fled. They have taken all valuables and left the '''Wyvern''' head statue trap. All the books are trapped with protective sigils. We exit and head home. I check our rear and see that there was one gith watching on the roof, but it didn't notice us.
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		+	=== Cycle 21 ===
		+	After hearing the results of '''Legend Lore''' about '''Shemeshka''' and intel on '''Alluvius's''' shop ('''Tyvium's Antiquities''') we make up a plan to spy on them. Since '''arcanaloths''' most likely have natural '''Truesight''', '''Mindblank''' won't help against her. '''Zook''' will enter the antiques shop and stay there to watch. '''Riarion''' will check the place out and then keep a watch on who enter or leaves the shop. I will go with '''Stormy''' to first find and then watch '''Shemeshka's''' entourage. Meanwhile '''Hizzkizz''' will go through the '''Doomsday Cult's''' papers and '''Orsik''' tries to find out more about '''Nowhere'''.
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		+	The '''Legends''' on '''Shemeshka The Marauder''':
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		+	''Most criminals in '''Sigil''' know a few things about '''Shemeshka the Marauder''', the so-called '''King of the Cross-Trade'''. Some of them are even true.''
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		+	''But truth and '''Shemeshka''' rarely go hand-in-hand — in fact, they're more likely to nod in passing once every hundred years or so. I could confirm only three irrefutable facts about the fiend for whom the phrase "not worth a yugoloth" was surely coined. One, she is an '''arcanaloth'''. Two, she takes pride in her appearance. And three, she's woven a web of spies that could snap the spines of the factions overnight.''
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		+	''More on three later. As for one and two: '''Shemeshka''' is indeed a greater yugoloth, but unlike so many other dreary arcanaloths, she calls to mind less an unclean jackal than a groomed fox from the fields of '''Arcadia'''. Her spotless coppery fur is soft and tangle-free, and thin white streaks fan out from the end of her snout to the edges of her face. She's never without her spidery razorvine headdress; she clearly wishes to resemble '''Sigil's''' feared queen, the '''Lady of Pain''', the better to make would-be enemies think twice about crossing her.''
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		+	''Of course, the '''Lady'd''' not be caught dead in the garish beads, jewelry, and bracelets that adorn '''Shemeshka's''' exposed neck and arms; each finger sports at least one ring, though I believe few, if any, to be magical. Likewise the fiend's regal robe, a gift from a '''Sensate''' lover ages past. From a distance, the long, loose garment seems a single shade of royal blue; up close, though, it's clear that the gown is actually made of thousands of small round beads, each either blue, green, or violet in color.''
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		+	'''''Shemeshka''' often needn't lift a paw to maintain her cultured appearance, surrounded as she is by an entourage of wispy tieflings. These bootlickers flit about her like moths as she pads through the streets or holds court at '''Fortune's Wheel'''. They clear her path, comb her fur, brush her robe, and arrange the razorvine shoots of her headpiece just so (often slicing their fingers in the process).''
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		+	''One of these groomer-guards, a lean male named '''Colcook''', seems to have the sole duty of toting about a tall, narrow mirror, as '''Shemeshka''' likes to inspect her appearance often. Of all of the fiend's hangers-on, '''Colcook''' is said to be the most loyal, or, at the very least, the one most often noted at her side. His ubiquitous presence is most likely due merely to his own opportunism (he is, after all, a tiefling).''
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		+	''The arcanaloth seems to confound mortals in '''Sigil'''. For the most part, '''Shemeshka''' is the picture of grace, dignified but not imperious. A being who receives an audience feels like he's in the presence of royalty, but he's never made to feel like a larva beneath her feet. When engaged in conversation, '''Shemeshka''' actually smiles — and quite sweetly, too. She seems to be a gregarious fiend, expressively using her elegant hands and long fingers to underscore her points.''
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		+	''Unfortunately for those around her, this amiability can crumble without a moment's warning, giving way to a frightening tantrum of intolerance and hatred. The luckiest berks escape with a mere tirade. Others flee, the victims of a fear spell, or suffer grave wounds from slashes of her poisonous claws. For a few, '''Shemeshka's''' sharp headdress becomes more than an affectation. Quick as lightning, she reaches up and breaks off a supple tendril of razorvine, using it to whip and cut the offender mercilessly. It's little wonder that even her groomerguards seldom last more than a few months at her side.''
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		+	''The fiend's dangerous duality might stem from fact three, as promised above, which places '''Shemeshka''' above her fellow '''arcanaloths''' in terms of both utility and danger. After all, a mind keen enough to direct the dizzying tactics of five or six dozen faction spies must seethe with duplicity and paranoia. Indeed, the fiend enjoys setting her pawns against one another, not just to hone their skills but also to ensure that none rise to betray her.7 Each spy holds a piece, the best two or three, but only '''Shemeshka''' views the finished puzzle.''
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		+	''True to her fiendish nature, '''Shemeshka''' relishes letting mortals know that she's a vault of secrets. However, she reveals her knowledge in a casual, coy manner that knocks most for a loop. While speaking with a friend, acquaintance, or sycophant on the street, the arcanaloth will often drop in a few scattered references to hidden or illicit dealings. "Are you still planning that raid on the '''Armory''' for next antipeak?" she'll ask, smiling. Or, "I do hope the city watch hasn't found that eladrin merchant you buried under your floorboards." Naturally, the "victim" has no idea how '''Shemeshka''' came into such knowledge and suddenly finds himself inclined to treat her most favorably.''
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		+	''Interestingly, it seems that on occasion '''Shemeshka''' purposely deals in false information, which, in testament to her unfortunate influence in Sigil, inevitably becomes the truth. For instance, one day she may plant a rumor that hasn't a shred of veracity - perhaps a whisper that two spiteful cells of the '''Revolutionary League''' are about to go to war. As the news spreads through the '''Cage''', it gains more and more weight until, somewhere, somehow, one or more sods finally acts to make it true. Perhaps an over-eager fool in one of the two named '''Anarchist''' cells hears the rumor and is inspired to actually spark the conflict. In this way, '''Shemeshka''' sets many an agenda in the '''City of Doors'''.''
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		+	''Perhaps because she so enjoys the notoriety, '''Shemeshka's''' role as a master of spies is one of the worst kept secrets in '''Sigil''', though no one's fool enough to discuss it too openly. The arcanaloth dines at '''Fortune's Wheel''' night after night; her tiefling consorts see that no one disturbs her unless it's to buy or sell information. Many visit '''Shemeshka's''' table hoping to earn a few coins or learn things they shouldn't; tavern patrons spy everything from devas to vrocks at her side, and the fiend speaks all tongues with gracious ease. (That is, unless a diner's careless words send '''Shemeshka''' into one of her famed rages.''
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		+	''Her established spies balk at this practice; they face dismissal if an outsider ever delivers a nugget they should have uncovered first. Sometimes, a new informant strikes '''Shemeshka''' as one ripe for employment or exploitation, and she arranges for the sod to be caught in a trap with only one path to freedom — her own.''
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		+	''Ever the manipulator, '''Shemeshka's''' chewed her way into the guts of many a city business, reputable or otherwise. I'd say that fully a quarter of the coins that change hands in the city end up in the arcanaloth's coffers. Though little is known of her past, I suspect she learned her talent for subterfuge and blackmail as a runner in the '''Blood War''', probably moving to Sigil when she realized she could turn a profit here with much less personal risk.''
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		+	There doesn't seem to be any magical items or magical wards in '''Tyvium's Antiques'''. Some other people seem also to be keeping an eye on the place. '''Zook''' follows one of them (a '''bariatur''') to see where they go. They go to the '''Fortune's Wheel''' to see '''Shemeshka''' and pass their findings to her. Then they head to the edge of the '''Lady's Ward''' and the '''Lower Ward'''.
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		+	'''Fortune's Wheel''' in the '''Lady's Ward''' is Sigils grandest gambling hall. The place is posh and there's no hope that '''Stormy''' will pass as a customer there. I'll have to raid our common loot to pay for the feast, gambling, clothes and jewelry to fit in. '''Shemeshka''' enters with her posse, and it looks like some at the edge act as filters to check who can approach her. '''Shemeshka''' is rumoured to be best informed in '''Sigil''', but she always uses the information to manipulate. I follow her to her house in the '''Lady's Ward'''. The house is not a grand mansion and doesn't have a yard. It would fit 10-20 inhabitants.
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		+	The notes from '''the cult''' say that one of the workers at the asylum was passing on information from the '''Oldest Barmy''', who was known to be a seer. He had foreseen the '''Modron March''' a year beforehand.The '''Insane''' was expecting that once the '''Dead God''' has died again he can renew the '''Sigil''' (as a spell) with the gem and start again. '''The Oldest Barmy''' is also the first insane in '''Sigil'''. The '''Asylum''' is about a millennium old. The '''Oldest Barmy''' may be a god, driven into insanity and robbed of most powers. As the '''Gatehouse''' is in lockdown since the '''Oldest Barmy's''' escape attempt, we can assume he is still there.
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		+	Next morning we smell burning and find out that a night club frequented by the '''Sensates''' has been burned by '''Anarchist''' arsonists. There are many casualties and few witnesses. '''Harmonium''' is already on the case investigating it. It looks like this was a low level hit, with no magic involved.
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		+	We head for the '''Gatehouse''' to speak with the '''Oldest Barmy'''. He is in poor shape, but is very excited to be able to get out. He is interested in the goings ons of '''Rowan Darkwood''' of the '''Fated'''. He admits trying to escape several times, but the time hasn't been right before. He says he is a thousand years old and admits that the gem is his. The gem is a component to an ancient spell. He denies being a god, but says that he has a quest for us. He wants to go home, but says that it is just the first step. We leave a receipt in the cell and teleport to our home. From there the '''Oldest Barmy''' leads us to his home in the '''Hall of Records District'''. It is '''the Hall of Records''', the home base of the '''Fated Faction'''. The guards at the door look suspicious about the way he looks. He claims that he is the boss. I notice that the '''Oldest Barmy''' has the same scar over his eye as the leader of the '''Fated Rowan Darkwood'''. I help him in his claim that the current leader is an impostor. We help ourselves into his office, which has already been ransacked by someone. According to the '''Factol's Manifesto Rowan Darkwood''' is a human man from the '''Prime Plane of Greyhawk'''. Rumours say that he has made pacts with the devils in his youth. He also finds the safe hidden behind a painting, and remembers it's code with effort. He is fuzzing about his favorite plate and some other missing. Some of the things in the room he remembers are only days old, so it seems that he has either foreseen them or has some kind of psychic link to '''Rowan'''. His '''gem''' is missing as expected. He remembers how he brought it from '''Pandemonium''' and has been wanting to get it for a long time. He wants it to be able to bring peace and order into '''Sigil'''. There has been a collapse in '''Pandemonium''' and that revealed some old layers where the gem was. He sends us to a quest to get him the gem. First a few days ago someone came to get him and he was plunged into the wrong time. So he really IS '''Rowan Darkwood''' and has been waiting for a thousand years to get to this point. He knows '''Nowhere''' and says that it is a hiding place for the people who want to hide. He will only say that the gem was taken by treachery. This place is not safe, so he will wait us at our home. He was impressed by our marble titan axe and pays us 10 000 gp for rent and also 80 000 gp advance for our quest (as the payment for getting to '''Nowhere''' is high).
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		+	'''Legend Lore''' gives no information on the '''Knowledge of Sigil''' spell or the '''Nowhere'''. We discuss how big a pickle we would need to be in to get the invitation by the '''Guardians of Nowhere'''. We're not desperate enough to claim the bounty from the devils they've put on our head, by I think that stealing the gem from '''Shemeskha's''' pal '''Alluvius Ruskin''' will put '''Shemeshka''' on our trail and could work.
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		+	'''Zook''' tries to spy on '''Alluvius''', but is spotted by her. He flies to a hiding place and after the shop is closed observes '''Alluvius''' searching for something (maybe him?). She carries an improvized net, so she could catch herself an evening snack. Upstairs are a few hidden '''Scry''' spell sensors and downstairs a few hidden golems. '''Alluvius''' is missing, so either she went through a secret door or teleported out (as we others watching the place didn't see her leave). The tower's diameter is 200', so there's a lot to search (especially as the place is brightly lit and very quiet). '''Zook''' can't find any secret doors and in the morning he hears noises as '''Alluvius''' returns to open the shop.

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	'''Orsik''' and '''Hizzkizz''' get close to the pool and kill a few '''lemures'''. More '''devils''' come closer to investigate. The '''hell hound''' sniffs my legs and drools on my feet, but is not dangerous. '''Orsik''' moves to the pool and starts talking to '''Maeldur''', trying to command it. '''Alberigh''' surrounds himself with '''Spirit Guardians''' and the rest of us group around him. '''Zook''' and '''Stormy''' block the staircase to the upper level and '''Zook''' snipes from there. '''Orsik''' is unable to get '''Maeldur''' to cooperate, until he tells it it's name. When we get surrounded by bigger devils and fire giants, '''Hizzkizz''' and '''Orsik''' '''Plane Shift''' out , the '''Maeldur''' and then '''Alberigh''' shifts us to the shores of '''Styx'''. There we hear from '''Hizzkizz''' and '''Orsik''' who tell us how '''Maeldur''' dropped into the '''Styx''' and shifted out with '''Shamiq'''. '''Shamiq''' left behind a tent village with a dinner set for us. After dining, we shift to the dwarven heaven and from there back to '''Sigil'''.		'''Orsik''' and '''Hizzkizz''' get close to the pool and kill a few '''lemures'''. More '''devils''' come closer to investigate. The '''hell hound''' sniffs my legs and drools on my feet, but is not dangerous. '''Orsik''' moves to the pool and starts talking to '''Maeldur''', trying to command it. '''Alberigh''' surrounds himself with '''Spirit Guardians''' and the rest of us group around him. '''Zook''' and '''Stormy''' block the staircase to the upper level and '''Zook''' snipes from there. '''Orsik''' is unable to get '''Maeldur''' to cooperate, until he tells it it's name. When we get surrounded by bigger devils and fire giants, '''Hizzkizz''' and '''Orsik''' '''Plane Shift''' out , the '''Maeldur''' and then '''Alberigh''' shifts us to the shores of '''Styx'''. There we hear from '''Hizzkizz''' and '''Orsik''' who tell us how '''Maeldur''' dropped into the '''Styx''' and shifted out with '''Shamiq'''. '''Shamiq''' left behind a tent village with a dinner set for us. After dining, we shift to the dwarven heaven and from there back to '''Sigil'''.
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		+	=== Cycle 20 ===
		+	'''The Factol's Manifesto''' was banned in '''Sigil'''. Lead by dreams the party found the book in the '''Mirror Library'''. '''Hizzkizz's''' dreams repeat the phrase ''"Who better knows the factions than he who wrote their book? Seek him everywhere and nowhere."''. The book details the faction leaders.
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		+	There is a civil war going on in '''Sigil'''. The doomsday cult has activated in a great scale. There are many supposed signs of the Doomsday:
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		+	* The leaders of the '''Cage''', upon whose shoulders rest all belief, have disappeared.
		+	* Not long ago, an evil power long thought dead rose from the dead-book and slew a number of gods and proxies, heralding an age of death and destruction.
		+	* The '''Blood War''' rages at a pace and in a manner unlike ever before.
		+	* A strange dark force has spread through the planes, bringing misery, gloom, and the death of creativity.
		+	* The powers themselves are more distant and detached.
		+	* The forces of Law and Chaos seem to be increasing in power and influence - as if preparing for a final conflict.
		+	* The "'''Oldest Barmy in the Gatehouse,'''" known for his accurate predictions, has prophesied the faction war's approach and claims it will change '''Sigil''' dramatically and permanently.
		+	* It has been 632 years since the '''Great Upheaval''' and 13 years since the '''First Eschaton'''. Thirteen is of course the number that '''harbingers doom''' (and is the number of the dreaded baatezu). This is coupled with the fact that it is the 130th year of '''Factol Hashkar's''' reign (130 divided by 10 is 13)
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		+	Many '''Factols''' are either dead or missing. '''Transcendent Order''' was asked to find out the '''Factol of Chaos Men''', who had disappeared from the jail of the '''Harmonium'''. Three high level wizards (of '''the Revolutionary League''') attack '''Harmonium''' and destroy it's leader.
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		+	The current status of the factions:
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		+	* '''Factol Haskar, Fraternity of Order''', has been shot on the street. Supposedly by anarchists of the '''Revolutionary League.'''
		+	* '''Factol Sarin, Harmonium''', was killed on the streets by a magical assault. Supposedly by anarchists of the '''Revolutionary League.'''
		+	* '''Factol Rhus, Trancendental Order,''' is known to be outside Sigil doing something.
		+	* '''Factol Montgomery, Society of Sensation,''' is supposedly kidnapped by the '''Doomguard'''.
		+	* '''Factol Terrance, Athar,''' has disappeared according to accidentally heard conversation.
		+	* '''Factol Nilsia, Mercykillers,''' is missing or at least hiding from the public.
		+	* '''Revolutionary League''' blames '''Harmoniumia''' for kidnapping or disappearing their leaders.
		+	* '''Factol Darius, Sign of One,''' is missing.
		+	* '''Factol Karan, XaOsiTecTS,''' is missing having disappeared from the HArmonium jail protected by magic.
		+	* '''Mercykillers -factio''' has split according to their ancient division lines;
		+	** The punishment-centered elements have founded the '''Sodkillers''' -faction.
		+	** Defenders of justice have founded the '''Sons of Mercy''' -faction
		+	** To right Wrongs '''Sons of Mercy''' has released over 1000 innocents from the city jail.
		+	* The parties of the conflict are:
		+	** '''The Enemies of Peace''':
		+	*** Doomguard, Revolutionary League, Free League, Xaositects, Sodkillers
		+	** '''The Opressors of Sigil''':
		+	*** Harmonium, Society of Sensation, Sing of One, Fraternity of Order, Believers of the Source, Sons of Mercy
		+	** '''Neutraalit:'''
		+	*** Athar, Bleak Cabal, Dustmen, Fated, Transcendent Order
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		+	We talk at lenght on what to do about the situation. Attacking the '''Sodkillers''' to prevent them from killing anyone would be straightforward. It won't do much in right now, but will slow down the escalation of the civil war. Together with '''Riarion''' and '''Zook''' I decide to infiltrate the '''Doomsday Cult'''. The cult's base '''"The Chapel Perilous"''' is a second story residential house in the '''Central District'''. We are welcomed there, and '''Riarion''' learns that the cult leadership is elsewhere "for safety". The cultist live here and print their leaflets here. The cult is poor and funded by it's leadership. I work as a street preacher, '''Riaron''' and '''Zook''' start to shadow cult messengers. A messenger goes to the '''Guild Hall Ward''' and slides a message under the door of a building there.
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		+	Next day '''Zook''' will sneak into the building and we will wait outside in street cafes and such as backup. There is an active cooper's shop downstairs. The third floor where the message was deliverd is boarded up. '''Holg c'''alls rats on the streets and causes confusion while '''Zook''' climbs in through the chimney. There are some messages and notes inside. The new notes at the door are wondering why no one has answered, if everything is OK. There's also an invitation to the '''Dark House of Divination''' near the '''Gymnasium District.''' There are also some debts in there. The name on the debts is '''Red Swad'''.
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		+	The '''Dark House of Divination''' is open one story building. It looks expensive. Asking around tells that the an dark elf diviner '''Thuemos Diaret''' lives in the '''House'''. The diviner can't divine the whereabouts of '''Read Swad''' and isn't telling us more. We find one debtor, a devi who isn't interested in finding them as their soul will pay the debt if they die. They have not died yet, so there's still chance to find them alive. At night '''Zook''' and '''Holg''' sneak into the '''House''' to see if there are any clues on the whereabouts of '''Red Swad''' or the mysterious benefactors who invited them there. They here someone sobbing inside. They find a human hanging from two hooks in a "torture theater". They rescue him and we head for his home with some questions.
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		+	'''Alberich''' heals him, and we decide on what to ask him. '''Red''' tell us that he is the leader of the cult and they want to warn people. Someone working at '''Gatehouse Asylum''' has been bringing prophecies from the '''Oldest Barmy'''. Shesmeshka the Wise is responsible for his previous interrogation. A '''fire mephit''' brought a message to them during the interrogation. ''"'''Shemeshka the Wise''' wishes me to speak these words to '''Thuemos Diaret''': '''Knowledge of the Sigil''' spell lies in the place known as '''Nowhere'''. Your friend '''Alluvius Ruskin''' now holds the gem but experiences trouble utilizing it. '''Shemeshka''' demands more information regarding these topics - and soon."'' '''Alluvius Ruskin''' has an antiques shop where he sells gate keys.
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		+	We decide to use the initiative we have and grab '''Thuemos''' before she escapes. As she has committed crime, we can perform a citizen's arrest. With '''Nondetection''' protecting from divination we surround the house. The window shutters are closed, so they have noticed that their prisoner is gone. The '''House''' is empty and the occupants have fled. They have taken all valuables and left the '''Wyvern''' head statue trap. All the books are trapped with protective sigils. We exit and head home. I check our rear and see that there was one gith watching on the roof, but it didn't notice us.

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	Testing the '''Amulet of the Planes''' we first end up in the wrong hell, but on the second attempt we reach '''Maladomini'''. We transport into a ruined city, and use '''Hizzkizz's''' magical roc to scout for The '''Relentless'''. It is some 25 km from us moving in a massive open pit mine. We march toward it in a dull environment of stone blocks. As we follow the fortress '''Orsik''' uses the '''Vuuge''' to see what's happening there. He sees some fire giants with hell hounds. We watch the fortress longer and see that most troops are lemures, lead by white abishai. The walls are guarded by lemures. Sometimes spine devils harass them. The central tower seems to be for anti-air defense. Very few higher level devils are visible. We make a plan on sneaking to the route of '''The Relentless''' and waiting for it to move over us. Then we can climb up onto it and sneak aboard.		Testing the '''Amulet of the Planes''' we first end up in the wrong hell, but on the second attempt we reach '''Maladomini'''. We transport into a ruined city, and use '''Hizzkizz's''' magical roc to scout for The '''Relentless'''. It is some 25 km from us moving in a massive open pit mine. We march toward it in a dull environment of stone blocks. As we follow the fortress '''Orsik''' uses the '''Vuuge''' to see what's happening there. He sees some fire giants with hell hounds. We watch the fortress longer and see that most troops are lemures, lead by white abishai. The walls are guarded by lemures. Sometimes spine devils harass them. The central tower seems to be for anti-air defense. Very few higher level devils are visible. We make a plan on sneaking to the route of '''The Relentless''' and waiting for it to move over us. Then we can climb up onto it and sneak aboard.
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		+	=== Cycle 19 ===
		+	We rest in my '''Mansion''' and prepare sepll in the morning. After scouting and divining the best place for it, we dig holes in the route of the '''Relentless'''. Then we wait for it to run over us. It travels in a straight line, and we easily get under it. I will help '''Alberigh''' climbing, '''Hizzkizz''' helps '''Orsik''' and the thieves and monks ('''Stormy, Zook''' and '''Holg''') as their own group. We successfully climb up the rising edge of a wheel. The scouts move first to check our entry point on the wall.
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		+	'''Stormy''' almost ruins the cover as he greets the first '''lemure''' the scouts meet in a friendly manner. Luckily '''Holg''' is there to tell the '''lemure''' to go to hell. When '''Hizzkizz''' moves closer to the pool, a '''hell hound''' starts barking and running toward him. I try to command '''the dog''' to shut up and it moves toward me. I calm it with a spell, but the devils notice it. A '''barbed devil''' closes toward '''Hizzkizz''' to challenge him and he responds, in common! The fight is on!
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		+	'''Orsik''' and '''Hizzkizz''' get close to the pool and kill a few '''lemures'''. More '''devils''' come closer to investigate. The '''hell hound''' sniffs my legs and drools on my feet, but is not dangerous. '''Orsik''' moves to the pool and starts talking to '''Maeldur''', trying to command it. '''Alberigh''' surrounds himself with '''Spirit Guardians''' and the rest of us group around him. '''Zook''' and '''Stormy''' block the staircase to the upper level and '''Zook''' snipes from there. '''Orsik''' is unable to get '''Maeldur''' to cooperate, until he tells it it's name. When we get surrounded by bigger devils and fire giants, '''Hizzkizz''' and '''Orsik''' '''Plane Shift''' out , the '''Maeldur''' and then '''Alberigh''' shifts us to the shores of '''Styx'''. There we hear from '''Hizzkizz''' and '''Orsik''' who tell us how '''Maeldur''' dropped into the '''Styx''' and shifted out with '''Shamiq'''. '''Shamiq''' left behind a tent village with a dinner set for us. After dining, we shift to the dwarven heaven and from there back to '''Sigil'''.

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 '''Facts about Maeldur:'''
-* '''Maeldur Et Kavurik'''	was a native of '''Mount Celestia'''
+* '''Maeldur Et Kavurik''' was a native of '''Mount Celestia'''
 ** Shining emerald flesh
-* '''Daru Ib Shamiq''' took the	daeva called '''Maeldur'''
+* '''Daru Ib Shamiq''' took the daeva called '''Maeldur'''
-** '''Clan Baern'''
+**'''Clan Baern'''
-** #1 of the '''Three		Glooms''' (the		three layers of thr lower plane of '''Grey Waste''')
+** #1 of the '''Three Glooms''' (the three layers of thr lower plane of '''Grey Waste''')
-** One of the '''baernaloths''',		who		first created '''yugoloths'''
+** One of the '''baernaloths''', who first created '''yugoloths'''
-** '''Shamiq''' told '''Maeldur'''		the words of '''Baern''' to shape it into the form of dark secrets
+** '''Shamiq''' told '''Maeldur''' the words of '''Baern''' to shape it into the form of dark secrets
-** '''Shamiq''' hid '''Maeldur'''		away
+** '''Shamiq''' hid '''Maeldur''' away
-* The transformation gave '''Maeldur'''	new powers
+* The transformation gave '''Maeldur''' new powers
 ** Power over the planes
-** Used to transport '''fiends''':		'''tanar’ri, baatezu & yugoloths'''
+** Used to transport '''fiends''': '''tanar’ri, baatezu & yugoloths'''
-* '''Shamiq''' made	the '''Vuuge''' to let	other speak to it in the words of '''Baern''',	as it could not hear anything else
+* '''Shamiq''' made the '''Vuuge''' to let other speak to it in the words of '''Baern''', as it could not hear anything else
-** '''Vuuge''' also		shows the location of '''Maeldur'''
+**'''Vuuge''' also shows the location of '''Maeldur'''
-** It was discarded by the		'''arcanaloth'''
+** It was discarded by the '''arcanaloth'''
-** It’s held by the '''tanar’ri'''		called '''Tapheon''', who doesn’t know what it is
+** It’s held by the '''tanar’ri''' called '''Tapheon''', who doesn’t know what it is
-** '''Tapheon''' is on		'''the 348the layer of Abyss'''		in his '''Fortress of Indifference'''
+** '''Tapheon''' is on '''the 348the layer of Abyss''' in his '''Fortress of Indifference'''
-* According	to '''Daru Ib Shamiq Maeldur'''	has been moved, most likely by force
+* According to '''Daru Ib Shamiq Maeldur''' has been moved, most likely by force
-* The '''ultroloth''' can control	all of the beings of the lower planes; '''yugoloths, demons''' and	'''devils'''
+* The '''ultroloth''' can control all of the beings of the lower planes; '''yugoloths, demons''' and '''devils'''
 We look for the gate to the 348the layer of '''Abyss''' in the '''Slags''' and find it easily'''.''' We pay a mad modron for the information and find out also the portal key. It sells us both the key and a map of the plane.The key is 10 lbs of eyewing eye discharge.
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 I attune to the '''Vuuge''' and locate '''Maldur''' in the '''Maladom''' layer 7th layer of '''Baator'''.

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 === Cycle 16 ===
-We start planning a trip to the 348the layer of '''Abyss''' in his '''Fortress of Indifference''' to look for the '''Vuuge'''. We hear there’s a gate to that plane in the '''Hive''', in the '''Slags'''. We also get a prophet of doom as our neighbor, and he preaches the coming end of the '''Multiverse'''. I hear a rumour that the heads of the '''Mercykillers''' and '''Fated''' are seeing each other. Legend Lore tells that '''Vuuge''' is a fist sized red gem, made by '''Daru Ib Shamiq''' to communicate with Maeldur. From the dreams we gain insight that the waters of the '''River Styx''' could wipe '''Maeldur’s''' memories clean of the dark words of Baern, restoring it to normality. We visit '''Styx''' to to bottle some of it’s water. Unfortunately the water doesn’t work away from the river.
+We start planning a trip to the 348th layer of '''Abyss''' in his '''Fortress of Indifference''' to look for the '''Vuuge'''. We hear there’s a gate to that plane in the '''Hive''', in the '''Slags'''. We also get a prophet of doom as our neighbor, and he preaches the coming end of the '''Multiverse'''. I hear a rumour that the heads of the '''Mercykillers''' and '''Fated''' are seeing each other. Legend Lore tells that '''Vuuge''' is a fist sized red gem, made by '''Daru Ib Shamiq''' to communicate with Maeldur. From the dreams we gain insight that the waters of the '''River Styx''' could wipe '''Maeldur’s''' memories clean of the dark words of Baern, restoring it to normality. We visit '''Styx''' to to bottle some of it’s water. Unfortunately the water doesn’t work away from the river.
 '''Facts about Maeldur:'''
-* Maeldur Et Kavurik was a native of Mount Celestia
+* '''Maeldur Et Kavurik'''	was a native of '''Mount Celestia'''
 ** Shining emerald flesh
-* Daru Ib Shamiq took the daeva called Maeldur
+* '''Daru Ib Shamiq''' took the	daeva called '''Maeldur'''
-** Clan Baern
+** '''Clan Baern'''
-** #1 of the Three Glooms (the three layers of the lower plane of Grey Waste)
+** #1 of the '''Three		Glooms''' (the		three layers of thr lower plane of '''Grey Waste''')
-** One of the baernaloths, who first created yugoloths
+** One of the '''baernaloths''',		who		first created '''yugoloths'''
-** Shamiq told Maeldur the words of Baern to shape it into the form of dark secrets
+** '''Shamiq''' told '''Maeldur'''		the words of '''Baern''' to shape it into the form of dark secrets
-** Shamiq hid Maeldur away
+** '''Shamiq''' hid '''Maeldur'''		away
-* The transformation gave Maeldur new powers
+* The transformation gave '''Maeldur'''	new powers
 ** Power over the planes
-** Used to transport fiends: tanar’ri, baatezu & yugoloths
+** Used to transport '''fiends''':		'''tanar’ri, baatezu & yugoloths'''
-* Shamiq made the Vuuge to let other speak to it in the words of Baern, as it could not hear anything else
+* '''Shamiq''' made	the '''Vuuge''' to let	other speak to it in the words of '''Baern''',	as it could not hear anything else
-** Vuuge also shows the location of Maeldur
+** '''Vuuge''' also		shows the location of '''Maeldur'''
-** It was discarded by the arcanaloth
+** It was discarded by the		'''arcanaloth'''
-** It’s held by the tanar’ri called Tapheon, who doesn’t know what it is
+** It’s held by the '''tanar’ri'''		called '''Tapheon''', who doesn’t know what it is
-** Tapheon is on the 348the layer of Abyss in his '''Fortress of Indifference'''
+** '''Tapheon''' is on		'''the 348the layer of Abyss'''		in his '''Fortress of Indifference'''
-* According to Daru Ib Shamiq Maeldur has been moved, most likely by force
+* According	to '''Daru Ib Shamiq Maeldur'''	has been moved, most likely by force
-* The ultroloth can control all of the beings of the lower planes; yugoloths, demons and devils
+* The '''ultroloth''' can control	all of the beings of the lower planes; '''yugoloths, demons''' and	'''devils'''
 We look for the gate to the 348the layer of '''Abyss''' in the '''Slags''' and find it easily'''.''' We pay a mad modron for the information and find out also the portal key. It sells us both the key and a map of the plane.The key is 10 lbs of eyewing eye discharge.
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 The '''Fortress of Indifference''' is a narrow and foreboding metal tower. It is about 1000’ tall. There are bodies in the courtyard and it looks like there has been a recent battle. The walls are a scaffolding with humanoids attached, some of them still alive. The walls show battle damage too, one of the walls is partially torn and there are acid burns around. The gate is broken open too. The bodies are demons, yugoloths, humanoids and a white dragon. The tower has two balconies. Unfortunately the rift is also as high as the balconies. '''Alberigh''' makes a forge out of Leomund’s Tiny Hut and repairs his shield damaged by the bebilith. We take a break and prepare to search the tower. We just have to hope it hasn’t been ransacked by the attackers.

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	=== Cycle 15 ===		=== Cycle 15 ===
	We sit down for a while making strategies for the assault on the Flower Infernal (the fortress). We decide on a sneak attack through the front gate using Seeming spell. Zook buys some horses to help us look more like the Tachirrim patrol. Our escape plan depends on having multiple Plane Shift spells. Hizzkizz knows some details about the Nonatrons; they have telepathy with 100 mile range and can heal. We Plane Shift to Gehenna and rest in the Mansion. Once we see one patrol leave out, we head for the fortress. There our disguise gets us in, but we have no clear floorplan so we have to search carefully and act inconspicuously to find our target. We gain access to the lower hall around the stem, but the guards somehow become aware of us and a fight begins. Unfortunately Valron joins the fight and strikes us with a psychic blast, stunning most of us. Riarion manages to Disintegrate it, but we decide to evacuate using the favor we had from the magical horses. After regrouping we scout the fort and find out that the leadership (Dorian, serjeant, paladins and cleric) has ran away with their Nightmares. We mop up the place, knowing we’ve shut down their operation. At least for now.		We sit down for a while making strategies for the assault on the Flower Infernal (the fortress). We decide on a sneak attack through the front gate using Seeming spell. Zook buys some horses to help us look more like the Tachirrim patrol. Our escape plan depends on having multiple Plane Shift spells. Hizzkizz knows some details about the Nonatrons; they have telepathy with 100 mile range and can heal. We Plane Shift to Gehenna and rest in the Mansion. Once we see one patrol leave out, we head for the fortress. There our disguise gets us in, but we have no clear floorplan so we have to search carefully and act inconspicuously to find our target. We gain access to the lower hall around the stem, but the guards somehow become aware of us and a fight begins. Unfortunately Valron joins the fight and strikes us with a psychic blast, stunning most of us. Riarion manages to Disintegrate it, but we decide to evacuate using the favor we had from the magical horses. After regrouping we scout the fort and find out that the leadership (Dorian, serjeant, paladins and cleric) has ran away with their Nightmares. We mop up the place, knowing we’ve shut down their operation. At least for now.
		+
		+	=== Cycle 16 ===
		+	We start planning a trip to the 348the layer of '''Abyss''' in his '''Fortress of Indifference''' to look for the '''Vuuge'''. We hear there’s a gate to that plane in the '''Hive''', in the '''Slags'''. We also get a prophet of doom as our neighbor, and he preaches the coming end of the '''Multiverse'''. I hear a rumour that the heads of the '''Mercykillers''' and '''Fated''' are seeing each other. Legend Lore tells that '''Vuuge''' is a fist sized red gem, made by '''Daru Ib Shamiq''' to communicate with Maeldur. From the dreams we gain insight that the waters of the '''River Styx''' could wipe '''Maeldur’s''' memories clean of the dark words of Baern, restoring it to normality. We visit '''Styx''' to to bottle some of it’s water. Unfortunately the water doesn’t work away from the river.
		+
		+	'''Facts about Maeldur:'''
		+
		+	* Maeldur Et Kavurik was a native of Mount Celestia
		+	** Shining emerald flesh
		+	* Daru Ib Shamiq took the daeva called Maeldur
		+	** Clan Baern
		+	** #1 of the Three Glooms (the three layers of the lower plane of Grey Waste)
		+	** One of the baernaloths, who first created yugoloths
		+	** Shamiq told Maeldur the words of Baern to shape it into the form of dark secrets
		+	** Shamiq hid Maeldur away
		+	* The transformation gave Maeldur new powers
		+	** Power over the planes
		+	** Used to transport fiends: tanar’ri, baatezu & yugoloths
		+	* Shamiq made the Vuuge to let other speak to it in the words of Baern, as it could not hear anything else
		+	** Vuuge also shows the location of Maeldur
		+	** It was discarded by the arcanaloth
		+	** It’s held by the tanar’ri called Tapheon, who doesn’t know what it is
		+	** Tapheon is on the 348the layer of Abyss in his '''Fortress of Indifference'''
		+	* According to Daru Ib Shamiq Maeldur has been moved, most likely by force
		+	* The ultroloth can control all of the beings of the lower planes; yugoloths, demons and devils
		+
		+	We look for the gate to the 348the layer of '''Abyss''' in the '''Slags''' and find it easily'''.''' We pay a mad modron for the information and find out also the portal key. It sells us both the key and a map of the plane.The key is 10 lbs of eyewing eye discharge.
		+
		+	In the 348the layer of '''Abyss,''' we appear at the '''Whispering Gates''' and while attuning the plane forks, we spot the guardian. It is carrying a symbol of '''Kali''', a goddess of death. We climb up from the canyon and walk tha whole day in cold wind until we reach a webbed stone outcropping, a landmark near the '''Fortress'''. We rest in the Mansion and in the morning run into a bebilith that has waited outside to ambush us. Then we walk South scout the '''Fortress'''. With all of the magic we believe this time we will all be stealthy, even the dwarves.
		+
		+	The '''Fortress of Indifference''' is a narrow and foreboding metal tower. It is about 1000’ tall. There are bodies in the courtyard and it looks like there has been a recent battle. The walls are a scaffolding with humanoids attached, some of them still alive. The walls show battle damage too, one of the walls is partially torn and there are acid burns around. The gate is broken open too. The bodies are demons, yugoloths, humanoids and a white dragon. The tower has two balconies. Unfortunately the rift is also as high as the balconies. '''Alberigh''' makes a forge out of Leomund’s Tiny Hut and repairs his shield damaged by the bebilith. We take a break and prepare to search the tower. We just have to hope it hasn’t been ransacked by the attackers.

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	The Squire is cooperative and willing to spill the beans on the order. Doranion Blackarm & Valron Stonefist lead the knightly order of Tachirrim. Both are human-modron hybrids. Valron is in a Nonatron shape with telepathy and is a mighty wizard. Doranion is a female human warrior with modron limbs and leads the knights. They have 50 footmen and knights, 2 priests, 3 paladins with Nightmare mounts and 1 serjeant. They also have prisoners and mad hybrids. They have a few of Valran’s elite hybrids imprisoned. The base has 4 floors, 4 petal-drawbridges with magical portcullis and siege defenses. The others have surgeries, stables and barracks. In the center are the leaders and also the controls for the petals. The inner flower is around 100’ in diameter. The two knights and the priest refuse to talk.		The Squire is cooperative and willing to spill the beans on the order. Doranion Blackarm & Valron Stonefist lead the knightly order of Tachirrim. Both are human-modron hybrids. Valron is in a Nonatron shape with telepathy and is a mighty wizard. Doranion is a female human warrior with modron limbs and leads the knights. They have 50 footmen and knights, 2 priests, 3 paladins with Nightmare mounts and 1 serjeant. They also have prisoners and mad hybrids. They have a few of Valran’s elite hybrids imprisoned. The base has 4 floors, 4 petal-drawbridges with magical portcullis and siege defenses. The others have surgeries, stables and barracks. In the center are the leaders and also the controls for the petals. The inner flower is around 100’ in diameter. The two knights and the priest refuse to talk.
		+
		+	=== Cycle 15 ===
		+	We sit down for a while making strategies for the assault on the Flower Infernal (the fortress). We decide on a sneak attack through the front gate using Seeming spell. Zook buys some horses to help us look more like the Tachirrim patrol. Our escape plan depends on having multiple Plane Shift spells. Hizzkizz knows some details about the Nonatrons; they have telepathy with 100 mile range and can heal. We Plane Shift to Gehenna and rest in the Mansion. Once we see one patrol leave out, we head for the fortress. There our disguise gets us in, but we have no clear floorplan so we have to search carefully and act inconspicuously to find our target. We gain access to the lower hall around the stem, but the guards somehow become aware of us and a fight begins. Unfortunately Valron joins the fight and strikes us with a psychic blast, stunning most of us. Riarion manages to Disintegrate it, but we decide to evacuate using the favor we had from the magical horses. After regrouping we scout the fort and find out that the leadership (Dorian, serjeant, paladins and cleric) has ran away with their Nightmares. We mop up the place, knowing we’ve shut down their operation. At least for now.

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	The others suggest to capture a patrol first and I suggest that after that we attack the base before they know that the patrol is gone. With ”Seeming” it should be easy to get to the drawbridge. We wait for the best patrol to ambush, something that has approximately as many members as we have. We ambush one patrol succcesfully, but the last survivor manages to sound the horn. We get three prisoners; a priest, a squire and two knights. We also take the others’ heads to prevent them from being resurrected. As we return to my Magic Mansion, we discuss on what to do with the prisoners. We can deliver them to Automata to be judged for their crimes against the Modron or put them in Pandemonium for keeping them out of the way.		The others suggest to capture a patrol first and I suggest that after that we attack the base before they know that the patrol is gone. With ”Seeming” it should be easy to get to the drawbridge. We wait for the best patrol to ambush, something that has approximately as many members as we have. We ambush one patrol succcesfully, but the last survivor manages to sound the horn. We get three prisoners; a priest, a squire and two knights. We also take the others’ heads to prevent them from being resurrected. As we return to my Magic Mansion, we discuss on what to do with the prisoners. We can deliver them to Automata to be judged for their crimes against the Modron or put them in Pandemonium for keeping them out of the way.

−	The Squire is cooperative and willing to spill the beans on the order. Doranion Blackarm & Valron Stonefist lead the knightly order of Tachirrim. Both are human-modron hybrids. Valron is in a Nonatron shape with telepathy and is a mighty wizard. Doranion is a female human warrior with modron limbs and leads the knights. They have 50 footmen and knights, 2 priests, 3 paladins with Nightmare mounts and 1 serjeant. They also have prisoners and mad hybrids. They have a few of Valran’s elite hybrids imprisoned. The base has 4 floors, 4 petal-drawbridges with magical portcullis and siege defenses. The others have surgeries, stables and barracks. In the center are the leaders and also the controls for the petals. The inner flower is around 100’ in diameter. The two knights and the priest ~~refuuse~~ to talk.	+	The Squire is cooperative and willing to spill the beans on the order. Doranion Blackarm & Valron Stonefist lead the knightly order of Tachirrim. Both are human-modron hybrids. Valron is in a Nonatron shape with telepathy and is a mighty wizard. Doranion is a female human warrior with modron limbs and leads the knights. They have 50 footmen and knights, 2 priests, 3 paladins with Nightmare mounts and 1 serjeant. They also have prisoners and mad hybrids. They have a few of Valran’s elite hybrids imprisoned. The base has 4 floors, 4 petal-drawbridges with magical portcullis and siege defenses. The others have surgeries, stables and barracks. In the center are the leaders and also the controls for the petals. The inner flower is around 100’ in diameter. The two knights and the priest refuse to talk.

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	We plan to enter the city in dusk and teleport five of us into the ship as a bridgehead and the rest will fly after us. As we approach the ship we increased impulsiveness and loss of concentration. The ship has some kind of a chaos field. The ship is equipped with large ballistae. The ship has a mouth and window domes. The teleportation ends into the brig of the ship.		We plan to enter the city in dusk and teleport five of us into the ship as a bridgehead and the rest will fly after us. As we approach the ship we increased impulsiveness and loss of concentration. The ship has some kind of a chaos field. The ship is equipped with large ballistae. The ship has a mouth and window domes. The teleportation ends into the brig of the ship.
		+
		+	=== Cycle 13 ===
		+	We gather information in Sigil and the Mirror Library. We also do a bit of shopping and sell some unused aramaments. We work on Father Sanuire’s vision, Torch and Gehenna. The object is to find Maeldur, so we can stop fiends from plane-hopping freely. We find out that Daur Ib Shamiq is very, very old. In the library there is the Book of Derelict Magicks, which has some clues.
		+
		+	”''The following text is taken from the pages of the yogoloth text, The Book of Derelict Magicks.''
		+
		+	''In the begining, primal forces raged back and forth across the playing field of the unformed mass of Being. Their struggles twisted and deformed the whole scope of existence as Each sought to be the guiding force for all that was. Good wrestled with Evil, and Law with Chaos, while Neutrality, the field for which The fought, lay between. But They were too evenly balanced, and None could gain an advantage over Its foe. And then Law combined with Good and Evil, as did Chaos, and the war entered a new stage. They raised Their power in these new combinations, but still no resolution came forth, and the war rolled on.''
		+
		+	''Eventually, They paused. They saw that Their struggles had achieved nothing, and knew that something new must come. And so They created Their minions, creatures that could serve Them and work as agents in the primordial struggle.''
		+
		+	''One force created the baernaloths, creatures of sagacious wisdom and unbridled cunning. The baernaloth consulted among themselves for a time beyound imagining, seeking a way that their patron might triumph over the rest of creation.''
		+
		+	''In their wisdom, the baernaloths created the race of yugoloths, setting up the entire caste system and structure of the creatures so that their patron force would gain ever more adherents, followers who could act with power to carry out the edicts of the baernaloths.''
		+
		+	''And thus arose the only race that seeks perfection. Other races claim that their goal is to achieve this ideal state, but these unfortunates allow mistakes and are tainted by their weak philosophies. Only the yugoloths truly court perfection, and only the yugoloths have a chance of realizing this goal''
		+
		+	''[At this point, the text digresses on the merits of the yugoloth race, returning to its original focus hundreds of pages later.]''
		+
		+	''But the perfection of the yugoloths was threathened by the meddlesome hands of Law and Chaos. The early yugoloths had to contend with warring natures and questions of ethics in their pursuit of perfection. One of the first yugoloths to achieve the rank of ultroloth devised a solution: It would expunge all Law and Chaos from its race, forcing these base corruptions into the lesser creatures of the Gray Waste. After much experimentation, the ultroloth finally found an answer in the creation of a magical stone called the Heart of Darkness, and it summoned its fellows.''
		+
		+	''When the ultroloth explained its plan, it was hailed as a hero for its clear thinking and ability. And thus it began to remove all trace of Law and Chaos from its cohorts, passing the purged energies into the multitudinous larbae it had collected. Some yugoloths refused the Heart of Darkness; they fled deeper into the glooms of the Waste and beyond when their brothers turned on them. Their eventual fate is not known.''
		+
		+	''When the ultroloth had finished, its brethen stood tall and pure. The larvae grew and mutated, the forces of Law and Chaos twisting them into impure mockeries of the yugoloth, and the ultroloth drove them forth from the Waste. Those who'd received strands of Law made their way to Baator, while those who'd received threads of Chaos journeyed to the Abyss. Though they varied in form and purpose, all these creatures still carried the essence of the yugoloths; thus will they be controlled when the yugoloths are once again ready to extend their dominion over the planes.''
		+
		+	''The ultroloth general took the accolades of its lessers, and taught a number of the arcanaloths the secrets of the power. When it had finished, it vanished into the misty furnaces of Gehenna, bringing secrets that will drive the multiverse to its knees. Until that time, the yugoloths are free to plot and plan for the future, each seeking a place in the history of the illustrious race”''
		+
		+	Then we head for Torch to get more recent information. We start in the '''Festhall of Falling Coins'''. There we find a rich old drow information source.
		+
		+	We find the old alchemists’ mansion and from there a way to a pocket plane where Daru Ib Shamiq is waiting for us with a table set especially for us. Everything is covered in dust, but the food and drinks are fresh.
		+
		+	The Baernaloth, who created the Yugoloth and more.
		+
		+	We have to swear on our souls that we don’t kill Maeldur when we set it free as it’s sentence is over.
		+
		+	Maeldur has been take away from it’s storage, but it can be found and communicated with . He made Vuuge, which can be used for this. A demon called Tapheon has it, but doesn’t realize it’s power. He is on the 348the layer of Abyss in his Fortress of Indifference.
		+
		+	I ask him about how were things when the universe was new, and he has many cosmic anecdotes to tell. In th ebeginning the Powers were selfish and played only for their own gain. He is proud of Maeldor, and has created many other beings.
		+
		+	=== Cycle 14 ===
		+	Since we’ve found out that the modron-hybrid experiments are still going on and the Tachirrim knights are doing it and ambushing caravans to get test subjects we head to Gehenna to track them. There we follow their tracks from one ambush site to their flower-shaped base (it looks like their symbol). It is in a narrow gulch, on a small islet in the dark water running at the bottom. I scout the area with Stormy and the others stay behind to keep watch on the base as it’s petals are still closed. At one point one steel petal opens as a bridge and a patrol of 4 leaves it. At least two petals are used as draw bridges and the patrols use horn signals to open the bridge. Partrols are usually 6-12 people and there were 4 patrols. There are tunnels within the petals, and they are blocked by portcullis. I estimate that there could be 20-30 knights and 30-40 squires in the base.
		+
		+	The others suggest to capture a patrol first and I suggest that after that we attack the base before they know that the patrol is gone. With ”Seeming” it should be easy to get to the drawbridge. We wait for the best patrol to ambush, something that has approximately as many members as we have. We ambush one patrol succcesfully, but the last survivor manages to sound the horn. We get three prisoners; a priest, a squire and two knights. We also take the others’ heads to prevent them from being resurrected. As we return to my Magic Mansion, we discuss on what to do with the prisoners. We can deliver them to Automata to be judged for their crimes against the Modron or put them in Pandemonium for keeping them out of the way.
		+
		+	The Squire is cooperative and willing to spill the beans on the order. Doranion Blackarm & Valron Stonefist lead the knightly order of Tachirrim. Both are human-modron hybrids. Valron is in a Nonatron shape with telepathy and is a mighty wizard. Doranion is a female human warrior with modron limbs and leads the knights. They have 50 footmen and knights, 2 priests, 3 paladins with Nightmare mounts and 1 serjeant. They also have prisoners and mad hybrids. They have a few of Valran’s elite hybrids imprisoned. The base has 4 floors, 4 petal-drawbridges with magical portcullis and siege defenses. The others have surgeries, stables and barracks. In the center are the leaders and also the controls for the petals. The inner flower is around 100’ in diameter. The two knights and the priest refuuse to talk.

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	We return to Sigil to find more information about Kellington and to prepare. I find some traveller who knows someone has visited there. He says it’s a stale place, with faerie-phobic humans. Hizzkizz finds out that there are no deities there, and the only magic is arcane. They believe in the faerie courts of Spring and Fall, who they blame for their misfortunes.		We return to Sigil to find more information about Kellington and to prepare. I find some traveller who knows someone has visited there. He says it’s a stale place, with faerie-phobic humans. Hizzkizz finds out that there are no deities there, and the only magic is arcane. They believe in the faerie courts of Spring and Fall, who they blame for their misfortunes.
		+
		+	=== Cycle 11 ===
		+	We get a letter from Crux:
		+
		+	”''Dear Friends''
		+
		+	''Hoping that this finds you in good health and spirit, I humbly ask from you a boon. Because of circumstances that concern you directly, I ask that you return to Crux as soon as possible. Once you arrive, you'll see my reasoning to be quite clear. Time and secrecy are of the essence.''
		+
		+	''Yours,''
		+
		+	''Verdis Mov''”
		+
		+	We respond and head there through the gate. We end in a dead world, a cold place with a distant sun. No living things are visible, only ruins and dust. There we encounter ghosts with a message:
		+
		+	''”We are the Forsaken. When this world died, we were forced to live on, without home, without family, without love. Even when we died, we lived on ... and on. And the one who did this to us was he whom we had worshiped. He whom we had held above all others.''
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		+	''We heard that, in time, even he had entered the halls of death, and this gave us joyless satisfaction. But now even that has been taken from us, for he lives again. His servants roam not only this world but those nearby from his former temple. He seeks knowledge of that which he has lost. He seeks revenge.''
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		+	''Yet, as a speck can irritate the eye of a man, a man can thwart the plans of an immortal - at least for a time. For can a man not eventually remove the speck?''
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		+	''Pass through this city now, and taste the fruit of his works. Choose your path afterward as you will. We will plague you no further.”''
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		+	Then the spectres go their ways. We pass through the city ruins, observing a statue of Hades and speculating on the identity of the evil god.
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		+	We reach Crux soon and find Veridis Mov. He tells us that there is evil lurking in Crux. People are missing and behaving oddly. Strangers visiting. When he has told his story, we believe the source of evil are '''visages''', we’ve fought before.
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		+	Soon there’s a knock on the door, and a cry for help. We prepare for a fight as a young woman with her baby are at the door, requesting Verdis’ help. Hammerstone notes that they are undead and the baby runs away (very fast!). We dispose of them both.
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		+	We check the home of this family and find both bodies and and find a map showing a nearby branch of the '''World Tree'''. There is some kind of old '''eagle-people''' holy place there.
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		+	On the branch we find a 150’*20’ hole with wooden eagle ststues and carved niches. Stormy sneaks closer and finds there villagers and '''visages.''' We fight them successfully. While we’re recuperating, a smoky winged being teleports in and brings a message for me. When I read it, I notice that it was not meant for us, but the visages.
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		+	''”Your master commands you to remain near the tree-city. Very shortly, he shall remove the insect that thwarted your previous efforts and shall recover the bloom himself. For at long last, one of the perpetrators has been located and is now securely held within Tcian Sumere.''
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		+	''None shall rest until my vengeance is complete. All who stand in my way shall face the wrath of that which was wrought in the ancient halls of the realm now reduced to only dust.”''
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		+	=== Cycle 12 ===
		+	After the others had chased clues to the '''Negative Energy Plane''' we met back in '''Sigil'''. I go to check out the ”'''Egyptian'''” pantheon’s temples, temples of '''Anubis''', '''Set''', '''Ra''', and '''Ptah'''. These days '''Anubis''' guards dead gods on the '''Astral''' plane. Their priests confirm that lately one diety has died recently, and one dead god has escaped. The dead god is '''Maanzecorian''' (illithid god of secrets). Kiaransalee is not dead. There’s been no clues about portals to the '''Vault of the Drow''', but one is bound to be in '''Sigil'''.
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		+	I got us a job from the '''General Assurance Company''' to retrieve a '''flying ship''' from the first plane of '''Abyss''', the plane of infinite portals. We pack for '''Abyss'''. The portal in '''Sigil''' is a barbershop, and it’ s only open 5 days per month and it only works when the door is open. '''Abyss''' is inhabited by chaotic evil '''demons'''. They are weaker than '''devils''', but more numerous. The '''Molydei''' who guard the plane are one of the stronger demons with a head of a snake and a head of a wolf.
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		+	The ruined '''Abyssal city''' is surrounded by razorplants. We spot a siege by demons, a tower and a white glare. There is no sign of the ship yet. We fight a '''Molydei''', who turns '''Riardon''' into a cat. There is a volcano and lakes of molten iron in the North-East. We see something flying in that direction and head there. Looks like it could be a flying ship. It flies toward a city and then the city bursts into flames. Later when we approach the city, people are escaping it.
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		+	The city is surrounded by a moat of molten iron. There are also the wooden walls covered in razorwire. Those are on fire. Ok the flying ship is hidden in the smoke of the burning city. The ship looks demonic and it’s gleaming eyes shoot beams of fire. We approach the city and prepare to board the ship. Looks like the ship is crewed by demons. They seem to be carrying humanoids and supplies to the ship. They move by flying or teleporting between the city and the ship.
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		+	We plan to enter the city in dusk and teleport five of us into the ship as a bridgehead and the rest will fly after us. As we approach the ship we increased impulsiveness and loss of concentration. The ship has some kind of a chaos field. The ship is equipped with large ballistae. The ship has a mouth and window domes. The teleportation ends into the brig of the ship.