April 13th, 2025
Iustitia, Custodia 17th, 1194
Sigmund communes overnight:
Is Ralzer being controlled by a god? — No.
Is Ralzer being controlled by a powerful, non-god outsider? — No.
Is Ralzer’s Influence a threat to his existence? — No.
Did Ralzer gain this influence upon touching the crystal? — No.
Is Ralzer a product of Kaajh’Kaalbh? — No.
Ralzer works on his spell and Sigmund buys new clothes to match his deity.
Ty visits Archmage Sandoval and catches her up on Ralzer’s teleportation experiment. She suggests tracing his lineage for clues; maybe there was some kind of bargain done at his birth.
Ishtar visits the Assembly of the Four Corners (Namas) for his appointment. Thelessa is a Guardian of the Earth that will assist him. She performs the commune and suggests that the Well of Knowledge in Delanshire may be another method of investigation.
Is Ishtar a son of the Grand Incinerator? — Yes.
Was Ishtar truly reincarnated? — Yes.
Is Ishtar’s current life a punishment? — No.
Is there a way for Ishtar to recall his past life? — Yes.
Should Ishtar recall his past life? — Unclear.
In Ishtar’s previous life, did he have power over the element of fire? — Yes.
Should Ishtar continue to strengthen his connection to fire? — Yes.
Does Ishtar need to return to his own time? — No.
Graynor is looking for a horse “worthy of Madri”; something with colors similar to theirs.
Mors, Custodia 18th, 1194
Sigmund communes overnight:
Is Ralzer being influenced by a powerful outside force at all? — No.
Does Ralzer own his own soul? — Yes.
Is Ilythia good aligned? — Yes.
Is Ilythia evil aligned? — No.
IS Ilythia lawful? — No.
Is Ilythia chaotic? — No.
Is Ilythia morally neutral? — No.
Is Ilythia ethically neutral? — Yes.
Does Ilythia have a favored animal? — Yes.
Is there an extant formal church with hierarchy dedicated to Ilythia? — Yes.
Vita, Custodia 19th, 1194
Sigmund communes overnight to see what kind of energy the Gilarabrywn uses: It uses all of the elements, except for sonic and cold.
The swords are finished and we head off to battle. When we enter the citadel, we feel an unveiling effect that was not present before. Near the Gilarabrywn is Blitzcrank, a herald of Kaajh’Kaalbh—he watches, but not not engage.
During the fight, some arcane tentacles emerge. A large black variety with icy-blue suction cups; a tentacle of the void. They have an aura of slow, can cast reverse gravity, wall of blindness, slay living, and phantasmal affliction. They lace their spells with madness to cause confusion. There is also an incorporeal version called a shadow tentacle. It inflicts a nightmare curse that can be cured with dispel evil, dream, and remove curse. It can cast wall of ice and the cold version of fire shield. In The Illuminated Shadow Investigator Vale encounters these creatures after being framed for the murder of Archangel Lathiel by Artorious Balen. Vale is sent to the outer plane prison of Malak Seres. There he must forge an alliance of planar criminals to escape the Gaol of the Void. The tentacles are part of the prison’s defense system and Vale must destroy the hive mind controlling them in order for his escape plan to work.
We manage to kill the Gilarabrywn—with Ralzer delivering the final blow to it’s arcane knot, ensuring it will not reanimate later. Blitzcrank then kills the last remaining tentacle and begins to leave. He states that he was only there to observe and confirms that he still works for Kaajh’Kaalbh.
We follow him as he heads towards the underdark mushroom forest and goes to the altar of Xhal’ith. Ty asks if Xhal’ith and Kaajh’Kaalbh are the same, Blitzcrank says they are not.