Category:The Duumvirate

THE CAMPAIGN UNFOLDS...

Before the full onset of winter in early 874, Avish Shandar permanently took residency at his tower in the wilds outside of Hathbell, thereby quietly assuming his office of Captain of Scouts for Lord Marnaus, and training his band of followers as the new spies of Hathbell and the Kanosian League. With suspicions of the growing power of the Blackstone Triumvirate thus allayed by the voluntary removal of the ninja elf, Lars St. Morning Glory and Demetrius Hammerhand could rule the Valley of Mazaros and all its dependencies unimpeded by the jealousies of the lords of the Furnorkanasos, and therefore the great wizard and dwarf lord became known as the Duumvirate, the two masters of Castle Blackstone.

Player Characters

Demetrius Hammerhand, 12th level neutral dwarven fighter, Lord of Blackstone, Thane of Bagras Dragonfriend, Knight of Five Pillars

Lars St. Morning Glory, 16th level neutral good human mage, the Wizard of Blackstone

Athander, 1st level lawful good Solamnic Squire of the Crown

Oruvyn Torgidal, 8th level neutral good gnomish cleric of Flandal Steelskin/9th level thief [play in hiatus]

Current Party Non-Player Characters

Sayeen (Pr/♀he/D11/Os/N) 11th level neutral half-elf druid-initiate of the ninth circle

Kandalantas (Pl/♂b/F6/P6/FO/LG)

Campaign Journal

Duumvirate Campaign Journal

The Quest to Mount Celestia to Recover the Enchanted Red Dragon Mail

ACT I: Lunia

ACT II: Mercuria

The Brave Lord

The Palaces of the Brave Lord

The Adventures of Larweiaen, and the Celestial Princess

On the kalends of May, 874, Larweiaen returned to the Palace of the Brave Lord after a month of adventuring in search for the rune of eternal youth of Forseti, as had been agreed. He did not return with the dargoness Maevix nor with the valkyrie Brysilber, with whom he had gone forth, but he did return with a beautiful child princess of seemingly divine stature, who floated above the ground, seemingly in a permanent and inviolable state of nirvana. Larweiaen reported his adventures thusly to his wondering companions:

Larweiaen Report 1: The valkyrie "Brynsilber" (Bright Silver) led Larweiaen and the dragoness Maevix far and wide, questing for mystics, diviners and rumormongers for intelligence on the location of the Whispering Bard and the gnome Mayben. During this time, Larweiaen met militant montheists who worshiped Athian, and Larweiaen quickly assessed them as a variant of Mandadorians, with whom he nearly came to blows. At length, the valkyrie insisted upon approaching the Golden Spire, the seat of Domiel, the ruling Archon of Mercuria. They however never reached Golden Spire, for by chanced they halted near a celestial mountain of a strange goddess and unmoving goddess, whose petitioners and pilgrims were devastated and outraged that an invisible thief had stolen the Eternal Youth of their goddess: a literal young girl perpetually seated by the goddess' side. Inquiring after the matter, the party learned that the high priest of the violated goddess had hosted a traveling gnome the very night of the abduction, but he disappeared in the aftermath, not to be found.

Larweiaen Report 2: Expected to return to the halls of the Brave Lord at the end of thirty days and running out of time, Larweiaen reluctantly split ways with Brynsilber, as she wished to continue to the Golden Spire, and appeal to Domiel for aid. Larweiaen however wished to pursue the possibility of tracking down the gnomish abductor, and so they parted for a time. Riding upon Maevix, they rested at the castle of King Kariant, a dead monarch, but there Maevix became enraptured by Kariant's golden dragon Semantcor, who spoke of the Platinum Dragon, and who offered to introduce Maevix to the Platinum Dragon. So enticed, Maevix departed with the gold dragon, wishing to see this greatest of dragons, idly commenting that the Platinum Dragon might proffer useful advice to their situation. Thus abandoned, Larweiaen turned to drink at a tavern outside King Kariant's castle called the Wishing Swordsman. There, feeling abandoned, he became inebriated, but hazarded upon a saddened halfling woman. Speaking at length with her, he saw contrition and admission in her eyes and heard it in her words, and seizing upon his intuition and on her vulnerability in drink, he at last realized she was a great thief, as she spoke of stealing Demetrius' armor up from off the sacred tree on the 4th layer of Mt. Celestia. Knowing he had hazarded upon a companion of Zaalbuk, he knived at having her tell her story, and she admitted to the theft of a great many things besides Demetrius' red dragon armor, such as Forseti's immortality, the little girl of the goddess Kumari, and other great things besides. She said she was once the servant of Zaalbuk, but was becoming disillusioned with his quest for godhood. The Whispering Bard, she said, had gone onto a realm on Mercuria called Goldfire where the companions of Zaalbuk were all to meet when their assigned quests were complete, but she and the gnome had one last divine theft to execute on the Third Layer. But she feared Mayben and Zaalbuk, and was steeling herself with drink for her last great theft, the details of which she would not disclose to Larweiaen.

Larweiaen Report 3: That very night, Larweiaen demanded the halfling thief reveal the resting place of the gnome. The halfling showed Larweiaen a deserted field which she assured was covered with illusionary magic, but that somewhere in the field the gnome slept, for he slept beneath the earth. Larweiaen thus broke an aqueduct and flooded the plain, and he began digging where the water fell. Discovering a tiny tunnel, Larweiaen crawled with the halfling until he found a macabre chamber with the little girl (still serene and untainted looking) bound to a pole, and an unnatural looking astral-projected gnome seeming to sleep in a pile in front of her. Attempting to release her, he was suddenly challenged by a hideous and impossibly large grin from the gnome, which immediately transformed into a giant white mole with vile eyes and blood in its mouth. Larweiaen battled the monster, wounding its dark muddy flesh, and stole the little girl back. Clawing his way from the earth, Larweiaen was met by a wall of terrors and evils conjured from the darkness of night, and so he fled. Running with the girl in his arms for many miles, Larweiaen at length came upon magical horses, seized one, then mastered it and rode it back to the domain of the Brave Lord in all haste, fearing the spells of the evil gnome. The magic of the gnome followed Larweiaen, even amidst the plains of paradise, for the following night a great wall of black demonic shadows threatened to overwhelm him, but the celestial girl in his custody, unmoved and unblemished from all occurrences, radiated a great ruby aura, and burned the evil shadows away, all while remaining perfectly serene and unperturbed.

ACT IV: Solania

The Symposium at the Tavern of the Black Owl

The Hexiad, as Described by the Forgiven Thinker

Delia: The greatest of them is Delia, the Paraclete, an elven princess. Beauty, puissance, war, love and majesty are her domains. Through her chiefly may one pray for intercession from the Black Fire, and in all the Multiverse, she is the Deputy and Vice Regent of the Black Fire, and closest to the One.

Karbanion: Then next is the Whispering Bard, whose mortal name is unknown and denied to me. His mystery is deep, but he is a very great player of music, though he sings no words, save for whispers beneath his breath. But he is also a very great druid, and with his strings once ruled all the druids of Concordant Opposition, the heart of Divine Nature. But he has found his own freedom as a transcendent hierophant of his order. To him all Nature has been given as his his domain, and all worlds and universes can be seen through his eyes. His music follows the very chords of existence, and with universal music he shall play on the chords of fate of all, in service to the One. Magic and regeneration are also his domain, so that all may know the magic woven into all things, and so that none may reduce Nature in his despite, as all things shall grow by his will, in service to the One.

Nelda: Next in precedence is the halfling Nelda, the thief. Skill and ownership are her domains, as well as desire for personal possessions, as well as flippancy and chance. Humor and hardness fall under her, but most of all the vicissitudes of fate are bound by her thieving hand and dagger. The lock and key are given to her, and although small commands and possesses more than most any can know or imagine.

Belmona: Fourth is Belmona, the dead halfing knight and priestess. Though dead, as a petitioner she lives again. Death, rebirth and resurrection are her domains, as well as is faith and devotion. She is the servant of nature, and patroness of priests. She is also MIstress of Motherhood, and alone of the Six she in her life had children, and they and their line live on in perpetuity. Hope and salvation is gate which she opens and guards, and womankind shall find their grace through her. Her sign is the Rabbit, as quickness and fecundity is her servant.

The Jet Knight: The fifth and least is the Jet Knight. The son of an aasimon warrior and drow drawn from darkness, he is a heroic paladin, riding a black unicorn in white gold. Heroism and valor are his domains, but also folly and shortsightedness. Though physically the most powerful of the six, save for Delia, he is the least of them, for not through such force shall the multiverse be truly governed. Soldierly is his, service, and the mundane of existence, though he ever aspire higher. His is also fondness of riches and splendor, which he governs, as well as the vanity of mortals and powers, though he be contrarily be thrift and humble in spirit despite his outer display of largesse and pride. Controversy is his, rage is his, spite and endurance. The aggrieved call for justice, and both fair justice and violating vengeance are his, as the One decrees.

The Nameless Evil Gnome: But the Sixth and last is separate. In power, skill and combined might he is the greatest, even beyond Delia, but he is accounted separately, though part of the Six. He has no true name I know, for ever his name is false, and ever he deceives. Ever he may come in false forms, though such forms always be small and petty, as he is. But though small his shadow is very great, and may be weaved over all things, even false worlds and universes, to deceive even grandest and vainest mind. In defiance and treachery he serves the One, but whether in lying service, open rebellion, or secret plotting, all that he does is never in despite of the One's will. Evil for evil's sake is his. He is the cheater of life and death, the trickster and charlatan without peer. or pity He is the servant of a false Power, the Gnawer in the Dark, of unrestrained greed and violence without cause. Though he ultimately knows the Truth, and despite all his treachery and power, he cannot outwill the will of the One. Ultimate despair and misery are his, and all things evil, and all the Lower Planes and death. He is the curse of hate, and the servant of Doom. But he is also mystery, and the Diver in the Dark, who through dark waters remains unseen, slipping past all boundaries to explore all realms, from the lowest secrets to all but the loftiest peaks, though he himself is ever trapped and marooned, and may never truly touch and feel the Light most high. He is regret and murder, and is ecstasy in blood. His order among the Six is unknown, for he hides and deceives, and one never knows truly where he lies, save that it is always in darkness.

Campaign Chronicle

All days of the week follow the Kanosian, as opposed to the Encyclonian or Abbadonian, reckoning. Annamane corresponds to Hebdomon (Sunday), or the day of worship to the Deity, in the Abbadonian Rite. To avoid unnecessary confusion, roman months are retained, although the Encyclonian monthly system has largely replaced the constellation months of the ancient Kanosians."

August, 873: The Nikoloi depart Blackstone for Elvenspire to craft and enchant red dragon scales as armor for Demetrius

12 March, 874: The Nikoloi return to Blackstone empty-handed

28 March, 874 (Annamane): Bishop Nikolos casts the astral spell on the party. Upon entering the Astral Plane, the spirits of the heroes are set upon by a great astral storm, and party is violently separated.

03 April, 874: Having saved the bishop from captivity or worse in an astral city, Demetrius defeats a githyanki scouting party and at last discovers a color pool to Mt. Celestia. The entire party is reunited and reconstituted on the starlit shores of Lunia, the First Heaven. Leaving the holy shores, the party is given transport on a longship, and taken to a town upon the Courtlands, the realm of the god Tyr. A dispute between the Bishop and Demetrius ensues, and the party separates for a time.

04 April, 874: The party reunites, discovering that the inhabitants of the Courtlands war with one another, and they begin to ascend Mt. Celestia.

07 April, 874: The party encounters a sleeping immortal frost giant, who seeks his daughter at the abode of a local demi-god. Meeting the gnome Oruvyn in the same encounter, the gnome tricks the frost giant, and they escape him for a time. Arriving at the demi-god's abode, Oruvyn summons the frost giant, and the party does battle with him. Demetrius and Oruvyn release the giant's magical bracelets, and the archpriest Nikolos banishes the evil frost giant. The demi-god is physically destroyed, but his wife provides the party sanctuary while they recover. The party discovers the giant's treasure, of a singing silver harp, who may turn all who listen to silver. They leave the wife of the demi-god the harp, but cause the harp to return to life many silver statues. The rest they return to Castle Blackstone, using the astral magic of the bishop.

10 April, 874: At the outer bounds of the Courtlands, the party is set upon by a valkyrie named Brynsilber. With much struggle, the party subdues her, with Larweiaen restraining her combat fury. Brynsilber declares that she is a proxy of Forseti, a lesser god of Tyr's realm, who's secret rune of immortality has been stolen, ostensibly by an astral projecting gnome called Mayben and a similarly traveling bard, perhaps with accomplices. Brynsilber has been sent to find these thieves, punish them, and return Forseti's immortality. She agrees to join the party, discovering that the gnome Oruvyn but holds the false enigma of immortality.

13 April, 874: The party passes the 2nd Gate of Mt. Celestia, entering Mercuria, taking with them Kandalantas, the last of their followers who were transformed from silver, for unlike the others, Kandalantas, a bariaur warrior and priest, possessed a living soul. They are invited to sojourn at the palace of the enigmatic Brave Lord. Thereat, the heroes elect to stay within the realm of the Brave Lord for a month. The Nikoloi and Oruvyn spend a full month of prayer with the Brave Lord during his holy month, gaining much inner wisdom, whereas Lars and Sayeen make love in the gardens of paradise belonging to the Brave Lord, thereby conceiving a child in Sayeen's astral body of fine sand. Larweiaen and Brysilber fly to appeal to the ruling archon of Mercuria for succor, although become separated, with Brynsilber continuing on the Tome Archon's court at Golden Spire, while Larweiaen became diverted to another quest. Demetrius spent the month at first in leisurely hunts in the gardens of paradise, but at length pursued the sanctum of the Son of the Brave Lord, who forged for Demetrius the Sword of Accounts, a blade made of black shadow and Demetrius' own blood and sense of justice.

15 May, 874: Lars teleports without error back to Lunia, to the magical Forest of Eternal Autumn where he first encountered the owl-like sage Talmas, the noctral. Not finding the planar creature, Lars instead met the seer Torlandan, a priest of Tyr, who presented a vision granted by Tyr to Lars, along with the prophetic words of Tyr through his priest, which were thereafter imprinted permanently in Lars' mind.

16 May, 874 (Ammane): The holy month of prayers of the Brave Lord comes to an end, and along with his month of rigorous prayer, Oruvyn concludes a month of nocturnal labors upon the forge of the Brave Lord, learning much lore. Outside of the Brave Lord's palace, Lars and Sayeen are accosted by holy spirits and then an archon for fornication, and to avoid further sins before the Brave Lord, are married at his palace by the archpriest Nikolos. As agreed, Larweiaen returns from his adventures beyond the Brave Lord's realm, bringing with him the enigmatic Celestial Princess, whom he has saved from the gnome Mayben. After considerable deliberation, the party agrees to split ways, seeking to outmaneuver and entrap their enemies. Demetrius and Larweiaen travel to the Third Gate to head-off Mayben, should he attempt to pass there. The Nikoloi and Demetrius' minior Agerik travel to the Crystal Tarn to use the divination powers there to learn more of their enemies. Lars, Oruvyn, Sayeen, and Kandalantas take custody of the Celestial Princess and proceed to attempt to take her back to her holy mountain.

21 May, 874: Lars and his party arrive at the castle of Sir Relbenor, making secret camp outside. Seeking to understand her, Lars experiments with the Celestial Princess, and touching her is granted a vision and spiritual journey to her holy mountain. Spiritually entering the holy mountain, there Lars encounters a monstrous mole, and enters into combat with him, followed also by Sayeen. Observing Lars' spiritual struggle, Oruvyn touches the Celestial Princess and joins Lars in spiritual combat. Greatly wounded, but inflicting their own wounds, the heroes flee, leaving the combat at a draw, but not before Oruvyn speaks to the evil mole. Receiving an evil vision from the being, in which he is threatened to deliver the Celestial Princess to the mole's servant, the evil gnome Mayben, at a lake of holy fire, on the second layer of Mt. Celestia.

22-24 May, 874: Oruvyn resides at Sir Relbenor's castle, feasting and telling the tale of his adventures to Sir Relbenor and his knights. At length, Oruvyn and then Lars convinced Sir Relbenor to send one his knights, Sir Nathandar, to accompany them on their quest to return the Celestial Princess to her holy mountain.

29 May, 874: Lars and Oruvyn's party meets with a "school" of tiefling merchants, in the realm of the Fallen Titans.

02 June, 874: Lars and Oruvyn's part arrives at the Lake of Holy Fire, in the realm of azer Lord Eudaeus, a high pries of the fire god Girru. Considering crossing the Bridge of Eudaeus to cross the lake, the party eventually meets the azer high-up Krazuth Chaldamene, a living azer spirit, who pledges to escort the party across the lake. At length, the party crossed the bridge to the island upon which lies the great Temple of Unconquerable Flame, where they are hosted by the great among the azer.

03 June, 874: Lars utilizes the power of the Celestial Princess, attempting to scry her home and eventually attempts to scry the evil "Mole" Lars fought in-between dimensions. Propelling his soul through spiritual realms of evil, he is detected by the Mole, and clawed in the face, leaving an ugly scar. Krazuth Chaldamene recommends that the party travel across the lake on a ship, for the Bridge of Eudaeus on the far side of the island remains incomplete.

04 June, 874: Lars attempts to teleport without error to the throne room of the Celestial Princess, using her power by touching her enchanted clothing. Having never actual seen the physical place, Lars instead teleports himself to the artificial dimension underneath Mt. Celestia. Being a physical being in a dimension without physicality, Lars encounters the dimension bracing and flexing in reaction to his presence, and he is eventually violently expelled out at random location on Mercuria, the Celestial Princess being pulled unharmed with him. Recovering himself, Lars teleports back to the Temple of Unconquerable Flame. Upon returning, the party learns that a construction barge on the Lake of Holy Fire is sunk by an unknown force, leading to the death of the azer crew.

05 June, 874: The party descends from the Citadel of Unconquerable Flame to the city below, the Vermilion Port. Lars brings the Celestial Princess, whose awe and glory becomes observed by the multitudes in the city. For a time, the party follows the azer Krazuth Chaldamene to discuss preparations for raising the mysteriously sunk azer barge. Oruvyn meets the sailor Hamza ibn Lahyan while cleansing himself in the Lake of Holy Fire.

06 June, 874: Late in the night Ourvyn returns to the docks to speak to Hamza the Jann. In the depths of the night towards dawn, Oruvyn discovers along the dock warrens a halfling woman he believes to be Nelda, so described by the Nikoloi and then later by Larweiaen. Seemingly well-informed about Oruvyn and his friends. Oruvyn and Nelda bargain with one another, Oruvyn offering to end the party's efforts to foil Nelda and Zaalbuk's plans should the red dragon scales be returned, and with the halfling representing her party's own terms, and leveraged threats:

• It is claimed that the Nikoloi have somehow been apprehended. The archpriest, called "the Schoolmaster" is said to be somehow in the custody of Nelda and her party. Nelda says he is unharmed, and that he will be returned if the heroes relinquish their custody of the Celestial Princess. The bishop is said to be under a spell, and it is inferred he is no longer free. Nelda warns that if they do not return the Celestial Princess, the bishop will never be found nor released, and because he is the caster of the astral spell that enables most of the party to travel across Mt. Celestia, that they will never be able to return to their bodies upon the world without him.

• Nelda seems unconcerned about the dragon scale armor, and says she and her party are more than willing to provide its current location, and even open a magical doorway to that place. They will do this if the Celestial Princess is returned to their custody.

• Nelda says that in seven nights (night of 13th of June) she and her party are prepared to make an exchange for the Celestial Princess, returning Archpriest Nikolos to them unharmed, and providing the location of the red dragon scale armor, along with a magical doorway to gain access to it. The exchange is to occur on the Island of Cromen, at a location called the Mouth of the Dragon. Upon the island there are ruins of the Temple of Golden Flame, whereat they mean for the exchange to take place. Nelda balefully warns that the return of the Princess is Inevitable, a matter of Fate, and that as Zaalbuk is the Mover of all things, he is also the Mover of evil, and that the heroes risk great woe upon them should they refuse this generous offer. Nelda says that they must take the offer in good faith, and that they are but to sail with a single ship, and not a ship of war, nor are they to muster upper planar beings to hover in the wings to aid them, otherwise there will be no deal.

06 June, 874: Oruvyn buys ruby fire wine from an efreeti merchant on the docks of the Vermilion Port. Partaking himself, Oruvyn, still appearing as a young adolescent, grows somewhat inebriated, and exchanges a ruby for ten barrels of the mystical liquor. Oruvyn openly shares all the barrels upon the docks, and when the law-keepers of the port break up the drinking gathering, Oruvyn gives away the remainder. Oruvyn then wanders the streets of the town itself, seeing many of the wonders and prodigies of the Vermilion port, pushing a remaining barrel in front of his. Eventually, another law-keeper approaches Oruvyn with two azer guards, finds Oruvyn and mentions that he is missed at the Citadel of Unconquerable Flames, and is besides creating a nuisance in the town.

Exhausted, Oruvyn climbs up the Stairs of Ascendant Fire to return to the Citadel of Unconquerable Flames. There in late morning he awakens Lars and Sayeen, and informs them of what has happened, and of the bargain offered by the other party. After initial discussion, Lars settles on probing the greater mysteries of the Celestial Princess. Falling into deep meditation, he strives to plumb the truth of her existence, and beholds an ancient scene between the Celestial Princess and a royal mortal offender, and how when outraged a dire goddess appeared to overwhelm the king, and threaten to destroy him, his sons, his kingdom and even all the world for his outrage. Then, on a spiritual plane, Lars beheld the goddess herself in her true form. His faith manifested in spiritual defense, and he was not annihilated for viewing the goddess' true form, but all the same Lars gave a great cry and swooned. Greatly alarmed, Sayeen tried to restore Lars, but he had fallen into a death-like coma. Sayeen and Oruvyn feud over whether to take Lars to the most powerful azer clerics to restore him, or whether to keep him with Sayeen in their no-fire quarters. Oruvyn even uses spells, eventually holding Sayeen in place so that he can call for Krazuth Chaldamene. Eventually the archpriest-general Arband is brought, and Lars is healed to his full capacity, and his soul having passed through death and rebirth without dying, Lars' wisdom is artificially and permanently boosted.

Restored to his senses, Oruvyn and Lars discuss what is to be done. Sayeen becomes now acutely suspicious of the Celestial Princess' influence over her young husband, and greatly urges Lars to turn responsibility of her over to the azer. Upon regaining himself, Lars has a change of direction, and initially wishes to keep the Celestial Princess, and bring her with them to reunite the party with Demetrius. Sayeen and Lars quarrel for a time, but their lovers quarrel ends, and for a time they consider returning to their physical bodies on the Prime Material Plane. Indecision strikes however, and at last allowing Oruvyn to sleep, Lars decides to contemplate their next action in greater depth.

? July, 874: Demetrius and Larweiaen, long at wait before the Third Gate for Mt. Celestia, encounter the halfling Belmona, the man Adolphus, and the seemingly halfling named "Mr. Wayfair." Larweiaen detects an issue, sensing a lie and seeing that Mr. Wayfair cast a shadow in the light of pearly light of the Third Gate. He grabs Mr. Wayfair, suspecting him of evil. Mr. Wayfair enspells Larweiaen to paralysis, but not before Demetrius is brought to the ready, coming forth to fight. Determining the halfling woman is Belmona, Demetrius attacks her mercilessly, accusing her to be a thief, and quickly slays her. Demetrius then faced Adolphus, who was angered at Belmona's death. Adolphus was quickly defeated himself, but allowed to escape, fleeing up through the Third Gate. Demetrius then faced Mr. Wayfair, who was quickly destroyed himself, but not before cutting Demetrius' left arm off with a spell. Upon his destruction, Mr. Wayfair's illusions evaporated in black smoke, his body collapsing into a pile of withered blue ice. In the aftermath, Larweiaen recovers his senses, and discussing the matter with Demetrius, decides to chase after Adolphus, to learn what he can from him.

28 July, 874: Maevix the Copper Dragon arrives with the party at the Third Gate.

30 July, 874: The gathered party crosses the Third Gate into the Heaven of Pearl.

02 August, 874: Lars travels in his dreams, and then brings with him the party. Arriving upon the shores of the Bay of Strife, they encounter Galatea, Prophetess of Love and Strife, chained to a great rock. With great art, Oruvyn unlocks the god-sealed chain, and Demetrius breaks it. Thus freed, Galatea offers to assist the party, for she is motivated to stop Dark Oruvyn, whom she has met, and whom she believes is trying to End the Multiverse.

03 August, 874: Using a plane shift spell, Bishop Nikolos, Demetrius, Lars, Oruvyn and Agerik enter upon the realm of Empedocles, upon the Mountain of Love and Strife.

04 August 874: The party recovers upon the deck of the ship of Naidros and Oudros. Agerik and the gnomes go exploring the depths of the ship and discover Oudros' stashed box containing the real Golden Prophet statue, which has the power to grant wishes. Oruvyn wishes for Evil Oruvyn to be brought before him so that he may merge with him and defeat him. He uses the power of the Eye to Power Word Stun Evil Oruvyn. As he moves to embrace him, the gnomes begin willing 'wishes into being, one of which is a giant pile of money that covers Evil Oruvyn and nearly crushes Oruvyn. As Oruvyn and Demetrius dig, the treasure mysteriously vanishes, along with Evil Oruvyn and Elbermorkin. The Bishop Nikolos wishes Evil Oruvyn back only for him to wish himself away again before Oruvyn can grab him. Demetrius wishes Evil Oruvyn back once more and again Evil Oruvyn is spirited away by his own wish, this time taking him away but dumping him into a pool of water which burns his fiery body. Lars wishes the evil counterpart back yet a fourth time, and Oruvyn is able to successfully merge with and destroy the Evil Oruvyn once and for all. Demetrius and Oruvyn order the gnomes away for their part in what nearly became a debacle, offering them to make any final wishes they possess before they do.

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14 August, 874:

Quests

Transport the Six Gnomes of the Erlking...