Ayrell/Logs/Wild Magic 09072024/A Vigil for Meraud

A Vigil for Meraud

Event Date: 09/07/2024

Event Instance: Prime

[Eyes of the Thirteen, Eye of Meraud]
The gem-kissed wolf tracks end their journey at an inscription carved before a polished black granite altar veined in deep purple alexandrite. Sitting on top of the structure is a stunningly detailed statue sculpted from polished granite as dark as the stone from which the altar is made. Encompassing the platform is a faceted dark crystal dome that refracts the incoming light with the glow coming from the braziers into a dimly hued array of color and shadow. You also see a baby wolf that is sitting, a happily muddy white boar with a bright green damask scarf on it, a night-black monkey with bright red eyes, a crystal wolf bead, a coppery saluki puppy flaunting a goldenglow glaes collar and jadeleaf snood, a crystal wolf bead, a pile of lavender, a sand-hued lynx with a tufted black-tipped tail that is sitting and a tall silver candlestick.
Also here: Reverent Istercal, Ezathiel, Khhsath, Soultaken Isaish, Khozh Elizzibiana who is shadowed by the spectral image of a grey-eyed viper formed of fire and smoke, Tempest Knight Saragos who has a fiery visage, Shadow Tracker Sliyder, Great Lenko who is kneeling, Mountain Lord Ezerak who is kneeling, Wild Card Elore who is kneeling, Back Alley Hack Phierre who is kneeling, Forest Sprite Lileath who is kneeling, Valynn who is kneeling, Holy Lash Nawain who is kneeling, Heart Tender Kethrai, Death's Messenger Buzan, Holy Vengeance Imroth who is kneeling, Forgiven Numinor, Niliaevat Raesh Isen Malorna who is circled by ephemeral phantom sharks, Neophyte Calabra who is kneeling, Macabre Katriwen who is kneeling, Reriyn, Lady Knight Elurora who is kneeling, Tezirite Luna who is kneeling, Sothios who is engulfed by a tsunami of cerulean light, Soul Surgeon Zynell who is emanating a bright holy aura, Knight of Meraud Tirost who is surrounded by seven circling blades of ice, Mageling Aerilia who is kneeling, Knight Errant Trajan who is kneeling, Light of the World Gwenddolyn who is kneeling, Bioexorcist Karthor, Planar Pilgrim Maintain who is kneeling, Plague Doctor Marienn who is trailing a lambent blood-red afterglow with every movement, Thinker Couri, Healer Leilanie who is kneeling, Dawnsworn Briaen who is surrounded by a corona of fiery light, War Healer Misteeus who is kneeling, Sublime Mender Kerennya who is kneeling, Court Advisor Aaiyaah who is kneeling, Desert Dancer Zersha, Paladin of Eylhaar Arkalye who is kneeling, Fearless Crobin, Reverend Gragnel and Dharasadan.
Obvious exits: up.

Maintain recites:

   "O lord of foresight we pray for your intercession!
    We seek the power to free ourselves and our allies from their prisons."

Lenko begins to pray.

Elore holds a single finger up to her closed lips and gives her head a slight shake while leveling a firm stare at Phierre.

Lord Knight Hebion came across Meraud's shrine.

Calabra begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Zersha dimples at Hebion.

Khhsath kneels down.

Maintain begins to pray.

Hebion bows to Zersha.

Luna smiles at Ysilda.

Khhsath bows his head in acknowledgement.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Crobin pats Hebion on the back.

Hebion snaps to attention and hails Elurora with a crisp hand salute.

Elurora stands up.

Elurora snaps to attention and hails Hebion with a crisp hand salute.

Nawain begins to pray.

Elurora kneels down.

Ysilda smiles.

Calabra's offering is consumed in a blinding flash of light. When your vision clears, a glowing Meraud orb rests in its place upon the altar.

Istercal glances heavenward a moment and utters a desperate prayer.

* Holy Guardian Unaka joins the adventure.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Khhsath gets a bag of lavender from inside his dreamweave saddlebag.

Elurora begins to pray.

Ezathiel nods to Aaiyaah.

Ysilda kneels down.

Khhsath reverently places a bag of lavender atop the black granite altar.

Nawain growls low in the back of her throat.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Zynell gets a night-black starlight velvet prayer tapestry stitched with loimic and fey-bone from inside her encompassing shadows.

Zersha stands near Hebion.

Calabra begins to pray.

Khhsath stands up.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Zynell reverently lays her prayer tapestry at her feet, smoothing out its corners.

Zynell sits down on the prayer tapestry.

Trajan stands up.

Istercal gets a festive prayer tapestry woven of many multicolored cloth strips from inside his supply satchel.

Calabra takes off a kertig pilgrim's badge hammered into a knotwork raven.

Zynell bows her head and mutters a short prayer in a hushed voice. Raising her head, she glances to the shadows with a knowing smile.

Phierre grins at Elore, his dimples flashing into view.

Elore shakes her head as if clearing it.

Ezathiel smiles at Nawain.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Calabra presses his pilgrim's badge reverently to a polished black granite altar, as he bows his head in meditation.

Nawain smiles at Ezathiel.

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Istercal puts his textbook in his dreamweave pack.

Nawain nods to Ezathiel.

Lenko takes off an anloral panther pin.

Istercal reverently lays his prayer tapestry at his feet, smoothing out its corners.

Lenko continues praying.

Istercal humbly kneels in the center of the prayer tapestry.

Numinor glances at Maintain.

(Maintain returns to a proper kneeling position and his tongue briefly lolls out of his mouth involuntarily before he rolls to his feet.)

Maintain stands up.

Lenko runs his fingers along his panther pin and mutters to himself.

Aaiyaah stands up.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Istercal begins to pray.

Nawain stands up.

Luna stands up.

Elurora stands up.

Calabra just kissed a kertig pilgrim's badge hammered into a knotwork raven!

Maintain says, "Thank you brothers, sisters. Thank you benefactors. Thank you Paladins."

Misteeus stands up.

Calabra puts on a kertig pilgrim's badge hammered into a knotwork raven.

Aerilia stands up.

Ezerak stands up.

Imroth stands up.

Leilanie stands up.

Ezathiel bows to Maintain.

Elore stands up.

Shaylynne's group came across Meraud's shrine.

Kethrai mumbles a word of general praise.

Gragnel nods to Aaiyaah.

Karthor pushes his spectacles up the bridge of his nose.

Aaiyaah sweeps a gold-inlaid tyrium great helm accented with royal blue off his head and in front of him in a large arc, fluidly stepping backward and bowing to Maintain at the same time.

Phierre leaps to his feet!

Ezathiel hugs Elore, who wraps her arms around Ezathiel with a warm smile.

Maintain gives Aaiyaah a slight nod.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Valynn grins at a baby wolf.

Veteran Apprentice Anuril came across Meraud's shrine.

Anuril takes his rightful place beside Kethrai.

Tirost praises Maintain.

Lenko bows his head and mutters a short prayer in a hushed voice. Raising his head, he glances to the shadows with a knowing smile.

Kethrai places his hands on Anuril's shoulders and directs a soft, rumbling purr in his direction as Kethrai presses his forehead against Anuril's.

Elore wraps her arms around Ezathiel, giving Ezathiel a great big bear hug!

Calabra offers Katriwen a cobwood pilgrim's badge shaped like a Harawep's Spider.

Isaish grumbles ominously, "May Ushnish's ire not focus on me, nor on my family, that disease and famine may pass us by. May he spare our town from his wrath, lest lava flow and floods strike down."

Maintain whispers something to Aaiyaah.

Holy Guardian Unaka came across Meraud's shrine.

Katriwen accepts Calabra's pilgrim's badge.

Anuril smiles at Kethrai.

Illiya hugs Crobin, who wraps his arms around Illiya with a warm smile.

Elurora snaps to attention and hails Unaka with a crisp hand salute.

Katriwen moves a sprig of lavender to her left hand.

Katriwen moves a cobwood pilgrim's badge shaped like a Harawep's Spider to her right hand.

Aaiyaah nods to Maintain.

Unaka waves.

Valynn rises to her feet fluidly, like a large, graceful cat.

Karthor waves to Unaka.

Katriwen presses her pilgrim's badge to her lips reverently.

Shaylynne waves to Unaka.

Illiya bobs a quick curtsy to Unaka.

Briaen nods graciously at Unaka, giving her a polite smile.

Maintain bobs a brief, respectful bow towards Unaka.

Gwenddolyn nods to Unaka.

Sliyder nods to Unaka.

Nawain glances at Unaka.

Tirost bows to Unaka.

Aaiyaah says, "Thank you Maintain, fantastic job as always."

Zersha grins at Unaka, her dimples flashing into view.

Kerennya waves to Unaka.

Nawain nods to Unaka.

Calabra begins to pray.

Phierre looks over Unaka very closely.

Aaiyaah throws back his shoulders, snapping to attention and with a sharp click of his heels, renders Unaka a crisp salute.

* Liraxes returns home from a hard day of adventuring.

Kerennya stands up.

Luna nods politely to Unaka.

Kethrai bows to Unaka.

Valynn raises a hand to her chest and bows her head to Unaka.

Aerilia nods to Unaka.

Calabra pets his baby wolf.

Elore smiles.

Unaka quietly asks, "Is it time to pray?"

Calabra pets his baby wolf.

Maintain says to Aaiyaah, "It is this lowly monk's privilege to intercede with the Immortals."

Trajan nods politely to Unaka.

Ezathiel places his hands on his thighs and bows deeply at the waist towards Unaka, holding the position for a moment before returning upright.

Maintain bows to Aaiyaah.

Aaiyaah nods to Maintain.

Aaiyaah bows to Maintain.

Calabra begins to pray.

Katriwen presses her pilgrim's badge reverently to a polished black granite altar, as she bows her head in meditation.

Valynn smiles at Maintain.

Aaiyaah says to Unaka, "We have begun and continue, please join us."

Calabra pets his baby wolf.

Lenko stands up.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Imroth takes off a nightfire opal pilgrim's badge beset by darkstone symbols of the Void.

Aaiyaah says, "The floor is yours."

Unaka nods.

Great Lenko roves up.

Aaiyaah motions to Gragnel.

Gragnel nods.

Unaka kneels down.

Gragnel dusts himself off.

Istercal steps towards Maintain to join him, but Maintain steps away.

Istercal begins to pray.

Great Lenko came across Meraud's shrine.

Imroth puts on a nightfire opal pilgrim's badge beset by darkstone symbols of the Void.

Gragnel gets a pitted iron comb from inside his wool longcoat.

Katriwen puts on a cobwood pilgrim's badge shaped like a Harawep's Spider.

Zersha gazes upward.

Buzan takes off a pilgrim's badge.

Gragnel runs his iron comb through his hair.

Lenko begins to pray.

Istercal continues praying.

Unaka quietly says, "I will listen to the Holy leaders for now, and join in prayer."

Gragnel puts his comb in his wool longcoat.

Unaka nods to Aaiyaah.

Gragnel clears his throat.

Lenko runs his fingers along his panther pin and mutters to himself.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Aaiyaah nods to Unaka.

Gragnel matter-of-factly says, "Greetings, I am Reverend Gragnel. I am a preacher in the service of Damaris and I hail from Wolf Clan."

Buzan puts on a pilgrim's badge.

Gragnel winces.

Gragnel gazes off into the distance.

Katriwen moves a sprig of lavender to her right hand.

Gragnel sadly says, "Crolin... Brigetta... Randal... Wolfjaw... Suza..."

Crobin pats Unaka on the back.

Elurora touches Gragnel with a confident grace and familiar smile.

Gragnel shakes his head.

Gragnel frowns.

Maintain bobs a brief, respectful bow towards Gragnel.

Kerennya gets a sympathetic look on her face.

(Nawain rubs her palm against her thigh, gazing at Gragnel.)

Briaen gazes at Gragnel.

Aaiyaah kneels down.

A pained expression crosses Tirost's face.

Leilanie manages a sad-eyed grin for Gragnel.

Elurora pats Gragnel on the back.

Gragnel distractedly exclaims to himself, "Now, where was I? Oh yeah!"

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Katriwen reverently places a sprig of lavender atop the black granite altar.

Ezathiel sighs.

Elore stretches out a hand to a baby wolf.

Katriwen begins to pray.

The baby wolf shies away from Trajan.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Gragnel loudly asks, "Now, some of you I know, some of you I don't. Ain't that the way it goes sometimes?"

Lenko smiles at the baby wolf.

Valynn gazes at Gragnel.

Firehawk Casari came across Meraud's shrine.

Gragnel matter-of-factly says, "Regardless, I hope we are well met on this day."

Arkalye prays fervently.

Gragnel loudly says, "Now, like I said, I'm a preacher in the service of Damaris. However, I revere all of the thirty-nine."

Katriwen's offering is consumed in a blinding flash of light. When your vision clears, a glowing Meraud orb rests in its place upon the altar.

Elurora gazes at Gragnel.

Gragnel loudly says, "As such, I have prepared something in honor of Meraud."

Gragnel clears his throat.

A baby wolf begins barking at you.

Anuril nods to Gragnel.

Kethrai gazes silently at Gragnel.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Gragnel recites:

   "Oh, Meraud.
    Bringer of magic and seeker of knowledge.
    Lupine lord of the written word.
    On this day we once again bring praise to your name and your glory."

Katriwen gets a glowing Meraud orb from atop a polished black granite altar.

Gragnel recites:

   "You, who in your wisdom has seen it fit to guide us so many times in the past.
    Once again, we ask that you extend your guidence to us now.
    We who are the children of you and your fellow Immortals."

Unaka bows her head slightly, hands held lightly in front of her. She watches the proceedings with a sense of stillness.

Leilanie kneels down.

Katriwen puts her orb in her war belt.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Calabra pets his baby wolf.

Gragnel recites:

   "We beg of you to pull back the veils which cover our enemy from sight.
    Share with us the knowledge of how to resolve this calamity that has befallen us and our loved ones.
    Enlighten us on how to achieve the safe return of both friends and clans."

Arkalye begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Maintain begins to pray.

Gragnel recites:

   "We few, we hopeful few...
    Gathered here to honor you...
    Gathered here in your name...
    We beseech you for wisdom."

Calabra continues praying.

Elurora begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Calabra gets a sprig of lavender from a pile on the ground.

Leilanie begins to pray.

Aerilia begins to pray.

Kerennya begins to pray.

Ezathiel kneels down.

Karthor makes a reverential grunting noise.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Gragnel recites:

   "We pray that you find it within your graces to grant us this boon.
    We pray all these things in your name, Lord Meraud.
    We hope you look upon us with favor as we show our devotion to you today."

Ezathiel begins to pray.

Calabra reverently places a sprig of lavender atop the black granite altar.

Calabra continues praying.

Couri begins to pray.

Calabra begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Gragnel loudly says, "Thank you all."

Ezathiel nods in agreement.

Ezathiel stands up.

Gragnel nods.

Aaiyaah nods to Gragnel.

Elurora smiles at Gragnel.

Imroth's ears flip forward for a moment.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Elurora praises Gragnel.

Aaiyaah adds to Gragnel's praises.

Briaen nods to Gragnel.

Katriwen nods to Gragnel.

Calabra prays fervently.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Aaiyaah says, "Briaen, the floor is yours."

Kethrai continues to praise Gragnel.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Ezathiel pats Gragnel on the back.

Calabra's offering is consumed in a blinding flash of light. When your vision clears, a glowing Meraud orb rests in its place upon the altar.

Zynell grins mischievously at Gragnel.

Phierre's ears flip forward for a moment.

Aaiyaah motions to Briaen.

Gragnel stands near Elurora.

Briaen nods graciously at Aaiyaah, giving him a polite smile.

Tirost nods to Gragnel.

Calabra gets a glowing Meraud orb from atop a polished black granite altar.

Briaen stands near a polished black granite altar.

Istercal puts his case in his dreamweave pack.

Arkalye just kissed some polished black onyx prayer beads carved into miniature jackals!

Nawain's ears flip forward for a moment.

Arkalye prays fervently.

(Elurora places a friendly hand on Gragnel's shoulder for a moment.)

Briaen says, "I have prepared a short prayer, I ask for your focus while it is delivered."

Ezathiel kneels down.

Katriwen gazes at Briaen.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Gragnel nods to Briaen.

Elurora gives Briaen a slight nod.

Ezathiel bows his head in acknowledgement.

Elore glances at Briaen.

Zersha gazes at Briaen.

Kerennya nods to Briaen.

Luna gazes at Briaen.

Valynn gazes at Briaen.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Shaylynne gets a sprig of lavender from a pile on the ground.

Phierre gets an enormous whiskey bottle of dark green glass from inside his beverage holster.

Istercal gets a sprig of lavender from a pile on the ground.

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Grinning, Phierre pulls a swig from an enormous whiskey bottle of dark green glass.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Phierre puts his bottle in his beverage holster.

Maintain's ears flip forward for a moment.

Calabra continues praying fervently.

Istercal grows still in communion, a sprig of lavender held aloft in his hands as an offering to some deity.

Like a window opening to a sunlit garden, a small rectangle of light expands in the air before Istercal, filling the area with a multitude of invigorating floral scents. From within, a slight arm with alabaster skin reaches down to touch his offering, transforming it into a glowing Hodierna orb. The arm withdraws, and the window closes.

Briaen says, "Think of those who need us now. Think wisely on the gifts you are granted and how you might best use them in the coming struggles."

Arkalye prays fervently.

Istercal puts his orb in his dreamweave pack.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Briaen kneels down.

Briaen bows his head.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Ezerak kneels down.

Ezerak begins to pray.

Valynn bows her head in acknowledgement.

Nawain glances heavenward a moment and utters a desperate prayer.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Elurora cocks her head.

Briaen recites:

   "O Meraud, Keeper of the Arcane, Lord of the Tempest and the Wolf. We stand at the edge of dark days, where chaos swirls and danger looms."

Ezathiel begins to pray.

Calabra peers quizzically at a baby wolf.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Calabra pets his baby wolf.

Istercal prays fervently.

Calabra begins to pray.

Briaen recites:

   "You, who command the storm and bend the lightning to your will, we call upon your power to protect us from the devastation that threatens to consume all."

Imroth begins to pray.

Leilanie gazes down at the floor.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Unaka begins to pray.

Luna begins to pray.

Briaen recites:

   "Though your rage is mighty and your path is often shrouded, we beg for your guidance through the storm. Let your lightning strike down those who would harm us, and let your wolf Kleinzack watch over us in this hour of peril."

Elurora begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Calabra begins to pray.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Elore frowns at Phierre.

Briaen recites:

   "In your mercy and in your fury, shield us with your untamed might."

Phierre grins at Elore, his dimples flashing into view.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Kerennya begins to pray.

Briaen recites:

   "Grant us the knowledge you seek, O Meraud, that we may wield it in defense of these lands."

Luna begins to pray.

Istercal gets a bag of lavender from inside his supply satchel.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Phierre gazes at Elore.

Istercal reverently places a bag of lavender atop the black granite altar.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Phierre covers his mouth with his hand.

Istercal gets a snuffed altar candle from inside his supply satchel.

Briaen recites:

   "Illuminate the unseen paths and reveal the hidden truths, so that we may stand strong against those who would tear our world asunder."

Arkalye prays fervently.

Calabra begins to pray.

Elore holds a single finger up to her closed lips and gives her head a slight shake while leveling a firm stare at Phierre.

Maintain offers Aaiyaah a crystal wolf bead.

Elore appears to be trying hard not to grin.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Briaen recites:

   "As you unravel the mysteries of the arcane, share with us your foresight, that we may protect our people and honor your relentless pursuit."

Arkalye prays fervently.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Istercal strikes a piece of black flint against a polished gold-handled tail knife, causing a shower of sparks over the altar candle which smolders, then bursts into flames.

Aaiyaah accepts Maintain's wolf bead.

Karthor bows his head in acknowledgement.

Calabra begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Maintain begins to pray.

Istercal attaches a polished gold-handled tail knife onto his tail.

Istercal puts his flint in his dreamweave pack.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Briaen recites:

   "Let no shadow of ignorance cloud our vision, for in your wisdom, we find our strength.  We gather and pray, in your name.  For your Grace.  Hear us, we beg of you."

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Briaen gazes upward.

Gragnel gazes upward.

Calabra begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Zersha gazes upward.

Maintain gazes upward.

Istercal holds a burning altar candle high into the air for all to see.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Briaen stands up.

Elurora stands up.

Kethrai mumbles a word of general praise.

Briaen nods to Aaiyaah.

Ezathiel stands up.

Leilanie stands up.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Calabra puts his orb in his punka pack.

Leilanie dusts herself off.

Maintain stands up.

Ezathiel nods in agreement.

Aaiyaah says, "Thank you Briaen."

Arkalye prays fervently.

Maintain bobs a brief, respectful bow towards Briaen.

Elizzibiana stretches her arms.

Briaen gives a gracious nod.

Aaiyaah praises Briaen.

Kerennya stands up.

Luna stands up.

Calabra lowers his head, closes his eyes and begins breathing slowly.

Elurora praises Briaen.

Unaka quietly says, "Thank you."

Istercal glances heavenward a moment and utters a desperate prayer.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Aaiyaah says, "Tirost, the floor is yours."

Aaiyaah motions to Tirost.

Tirost nods to Aaiyaah.

Marienn gazes at her fingernails.

Gwenddolyn stands up.

Tirost stands near a polished black granite altar.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Calabra gets a glowing Meraud orb from inside his punka pack.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Briaen stands near Maintain.

Calabra begins to pray.

Tirost gets a crystal wolf bead from inside his watersilk bag.

The Meraud orb glows faintly in Calabra's hand.

Calabra pets his baby wolf.

Valynn gazes at Tirost.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Calabra gives a baby wolf a studious look.

Tirost kneels down.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Calabra reaches over and tickles his baby wolf playfully. It gets a twinkle in its eyes and begins to tug on Calabra's finger.

Tirost chants in a baritone voice:

   "O Meraud, immortal lord of magic,
    Who ever seeks new knowledge
    Undaunted by trial or sacrifice,
    Direct us."

Briaen gazes at Tirost.

Calabra begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Cateress Allye's group came across Meraud's shrine.

Tirost chants in a baritone voice:

   "Guide us to wild magic's source,
    Or, if mortal powers be too feeble
    To restore the sacred balance,
    Inspire us to assist as we can."

Calabra prays fervently.

Nawain kneels down.

Maintain nods.

Leilanie kneels down.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Maintain begins to pray.

Tirost chants in a baritone voice:

   "Watch over our people,
    And keep steadfast my heart,
    So that I might honor all that you have given me,
    And bring no shame to those who have in me placed their trust."

Calabra bows to Allye.

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Allye curtsies gracefully to Calabra.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Calabra begins to pray.

Tirost bows his head.

Allye smiles at Tirost.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Medir smiles.

Tirost stands up.

Kerennya smiles.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Unaka begins to pray.

Tirost stands near Briaen.

Ezathiel pats Tirost on the back.

Medir's ears flare as he angles them to catch every sound.

A baby wolf begins barking at you.

Allye kneels down.

Briaen nods to Tirost.

Kerennya says, "Someone needs to pet that baby wolf."

Aaiyaah says, "Thank you Tirost."

Medir gazes at a baby wolf.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Saragos nods to Aaiyaah.

Tirost nods to Aaiyaah.

Zersha nods at Kerennya, obviously agreeing with her views.

Calabra pets his baby wolf.

Intern Souhei came across Meraud's shrine.

Calabra nods to Kerennya.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Aaiyaah says, "Saragos, the floor is yours."

Aaiyaah motions to Saragos.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Calabra winks at Aaiyaah.

Maintain stands up.

Leilanie nods at Kerennya, obviously agreeing with her views.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Maintain pats Tirost on the back.

Ezathiel gazes at Saragos.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Elore leans on Ezathiel.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Elore smiles.

Ezathiel smiles at Elore.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Ezathiel smiles at Tirost.

Medir ponders.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Saragos nods to Aaiyaah.

Saragos kneels down.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Aaiyaah smiles at Saragos.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Saragos recites:

   "Meraud.  We don't talk much, but I have spent my life in pursuit of magical knowledge so that we mortals might take an active hand in saving our world.  You have appeared to me and gave me orders, and I have seen You smile upon our bold efforts to solve the current problems, to use magic and ingenuity to actively repair magic and restore broken processses in accordance with Your will.  I want to do more.  I wish to do more.  But I must focus the bulkrescue my wife and my friends, who have been trapped within the Null Prison."

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Hebion nods to Zersha.

As Gwenddolyn starts to place her Meraud orb on the altar it leaps from her hand and suddenly glows brightly, hovering just above the altar before it bursts into a flash of excruciatingly beautiful light which instead of dissipating, streaks around the area as tendrils of light representing every color of the rainbow.

Then, an instant later, the multicolored lights gather around Gwenddolyn and mix together, forming a white mass of brightness which completely obscures her from sight. Slowly, it appears to seep into Gwenddolyn, until all the light is gone and Gwenddolyn appears somehow changed.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Saragos recites:

   "The Kaldar see you not only as a god of magic, but also of passion, and love, so I hope you can understand the demands of both which require I focus my attentions on them.  I intend some of the most creative spellwork that we've ever done in that pursuit.  I beg that you bless these undertakings."

Maintain begins to pray.

Lenko smirks at the baby wolf.

Saragos recites:

   "Should You see fit, I would also beg a boon.  We are desperately attempting to narrow down the location of the Souls of our friends as they belong to You, and serve You, and were indeed serving in their even in their actions when they were taken from us."

Arkalye continues praying.

Valynn smiles at Aaiyaah.

Calabra begins to pray.

Arkalye continues praying fervently.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Saragos recites:

   "I remain your not very humble servant - you know me, and I am a Warrior Mage after all -  and I will strive to do Your will."

Saragos begins to pray.

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Maintain glances heavenward a moment and utters a desperate prayer.

Luna tilts her head towards her gold amulet and closes her eyes.

Nawain glances heavenward a moment and utters a desperate prayer.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Allye smiles at Saragos.

Souhei begins to pray.

Luna hangs a circular gold amulet with tiny stars hanging from delicate links around her neck.

Aaiyaah says, "Thank you Saragos."

Arkalye continues praying fervently.

Aaiyaah says, "Valynn, the floor is yours."

Arkalye prays fervently.

Aaiyaah motions to Valynn.

Illiya praises Saragos.

Valynn stands near a polished black granite altar.

Elurora smiles at Valynn.

Nawain nods to Saragos.

Valynn kneels down.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Ezathiel gazes at Valynn.

As Calabra starts to place his Meraud orb on the altar it leaps from his hand and suddenly glows brightly, hovering just above the altar before it bursts into a flash of excruciatingly beautiful light which instead of dissipating, streaks around the area as tendrils of light representing every color of the rainbow.

Then, an instant later, the multicolored lights gather around Calabra and mix together, forming a white mass of brightness which completely obscures him from sight. Slowly, it appears to seep into Calabra, until all the light is gone and Calabra appears somehow changed.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Ezathiel nods to Aaiyaah.

Calabra begins to pray.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Valynn quietly says, "My Lord Meraud. You know well that I follow Kuniyo and the Huntress and in these stressful days, I would beg a boon of you."

Arkalye begins to pray.

Katriwen gets a glowing Meraud orb from inside her war belt.

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Zersha gazes thoughtfully at Valynn.

Katriwen puts her orb in her war belt.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Nawain glances at Briaen.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Calabra begins to pray.

Nawain gazes at Aaiyaah.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Nawain gnaws on her lip.

Calabra prays fervently.

Valynn softly says, "I would ask you accept this simple ranger's offering to show you homage and ask for the knowledge to pull back the curtain and help illuminate the location of our friends."

Nawain gives Aaiyaah a slight nod.

Phierre shakes his head as if clearing it.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Istercal gets a bag of lavender from inside his supply satchel.

Nawain nods to Aaiyaah.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Calabra pets his baby wolf.

Tirost puts his bead in his sling bag.

Calabra gets a bottle of fresh milk from inside a swirling eddy of incandescent light bound by a gold-striated coralite frame.

(Valynn places the wolf figurine on the altar)

Arkalye prays fervently.

A baby wolf sniffs at what Calabra is holding in his hand.

Calabra puts his milk in a swirling eddy of incandescent light bound by a gold-striated coralite frame.

Allye bows her head.

Katriwen gets a glowing Meraud orb from inside her war belt.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Istercal nods to Maintain.

Katriwen puts her orb in her war belt.

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Istercal begins to pray.

Leilanie bows her head in acknowledgement.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Kerennya bows her head in acknowledgement.

Valynn says, "I will endeavor to honor you as we all work for a solution to ...our missing friends."

Calabra mumbles something under his breath.

Calabra begins to pray.

Valynn bows reverently to a polished black granite altar.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Istercal's offering is consumed in a blinding flash of light. When your vision clears, a glowing Meraud orb rests in its place upon the altar.

Anuril gazes off into the distance.

Ezathiel smiles at Valynn.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Valynn quietly says, "And Lord, please forgive this baby wolf. He knows not what he does."

Istercal nods to Maintain.

Aaiyaah grins.

Elurora giggles.

Gragnel smirks.

Valynn glances at a baby wolf.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Elurora covers her mouth with her hand.

Tirost smiles at Valynn.

Ezathiel chuckles.

Valynn rises to her feet fluidly, like a large, graceful cat.

Karthor peers at a baby wolf over the rim of his spectacles.

Misteeus chuckles.

Kerennya grins at Valynn.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Elurora praises Valynn.

Luna smiles at Valynn.

Imroth grins at Valynn.

Kethrai whispers something to Anuril.

Aaiyaah winks at Valynn.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Illiya smiles at Valynn, revealing the dimples in her cheeks.

Aaiyaah says, "Thank you Valynn."

Anuril laughs!

Anuril coughs.

Gwenddolyn says, "I am sure Meraud is enjoying the baby wolf."

Anuril nods to Kethrai.

Aaiyaah says, "Ezathiel, the floor is yours."

Briaen grins at Valynn.

Katriwen smiles at Valynn.

Unaka nods to Gwenddolyn.

Tirost nods to Gwenddolyn.

Aaiyaah motions to Ezathiel.

Ezathiel nods.

Allye grins.

Valynn grins at a baby wolf.

Zynell ponders.

Valynn holds a finger up to her lips.

Ezathiel stands near a polished black granite altar.

Imroth stands up.

Ezathiel gets a pine wolf bead from inside his rucksack.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Ezathiel reverently places a pine wolf bead atop the black granite altar.

Swelling with pride, Imroth's ears seem to stretch, giving him a more imposing look.

Ezathiel kneels down.

Ezathiel recites:

   "O wise Meraud, Keeper of the arcane,
    Guardian of mysteries beyond mortal sight,
    We humbly seek Your boundless wisdom,
    That we may walk in the light of true knowledge."

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Unaka quietly says to Aaiyaah, "I would go at the end."

Ezathiel recites:

   "Illuminate our minds with the flame of understanding,
    Guide our hands in the weaving of spells,
    Grant us clarity in the shadows of doubt,
    And patience when the path is obscured."

Aaiyaah nods to Unaka.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Calabra begins to pray.

Imroth begins to pray.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Maintain begins to pray.

Ezathiel recites:

   "O Lord of Magic,
    Your power flows through the fabric of all things,
    A web of unseen forces, ancient and strong.
    In Your grace, shield us from harm,
    Protect us from chaos, both within and without,
    That we may honor You in our words and works."

Arkalye prays fervently.

Calabra pets his baby wolf.

Ezathiel recites:

   "Bless us with Your eternal presence,
    That we may wield magic not for selfish gain,
    But in service of balance, truth, and the greater good."

Arkalye prays fervently.

Tirost mumbles a word of general praise.

Ezathiel recites:

   "By Your hand, may we be wise,
    By Your will, may we be protected.
    In Your name, we place our trust,
    O great Meraud, ever watchful, ever wise."

Calabra begins to pray.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Ezathiel recites:

   "Amen"

Arkalye prays fervently.

Ezathiel offers his bead to the gods in homage of their greatness.

Ezathiel stands up.

Kerennya begins to pray.

(Ezathiel takes his place within the ranks of the crowd gathered.)

Calabra says, "Amen."

Nawain's rage dissipates.

Illiya smiles at Ezathiel, revealing the dimples in her cheeks.

Ezathiel bows his head in acknowledgement.

Tirost nods to Ezathiel.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Aaiyaah says, "Thank you Ezathiel."

Ezathiel smiles at Gragnel.

Valynn grins at Ezathiel.

Elurora praises Ezathiel.

Ezathiel nods to Aaiyaah.

Zersha grins at Ezathiel, her dimples flashing into view.

Aaiyaah says, "Aerilia, the floor is yours."

Arkalye prays fervently.

Ezathiel blushes a bright red color.

Calabra bows to Ezathiel.

Aaiyaah motions to Aerilia.

Istercal quietly says, "Amen."

Aerilia nods.

Zynell squints at a polished black granite altar.

Ezathiel smiles at Calabra.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Valynn smiles at Aerilia.

Arkalye begins to pray.

A baby wolf in Calabra's arms snuggles against him.

(Aerilia approaches the altar.)

Aerilia reverently places an ebony wolf figurine atop the black granite altar.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Aerilia recites:

   "Lord of Magic, I have seen Your visage and Heard your voice
    I shall tread the path that You have laid before me
    On the day that we reveal our foe
    I pray that You deliver the killing blow."

Aerilia offers her figurine to the gods in homage of their greatness.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Illiya smiles at Aerilia, revealing the dimples in her cheeks.

Ezathiel kneels down.

(Aerilia returns to her place in the crowd.)

Arkalye prays fervently.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Aaiyaah smiles.

Zersha grins at Aerilia, her dimples flashing into view.

Leilanie begins to pray.

Aaiyaah says, "Thank you Aerilia."

Aaiyaah says, "Nawain, floor is yours m lady."

Stargazer Mistanna came across Meraud's shrine.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Aerilia smiles.

Aaiyaah motions to Nawain.

Leilanie smiles at Mistanna.

Nawain gives Aaiyaah a slight nod.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Ezathiel gazes at Nawain.

Calabra begins to pray.

Mistanna beams at Leilanie!

Kerennya smiles at Mistanna.

Elurora gazes at Nawain.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Valynn gazes at Nawain.

Mistanna waves to Kerennya.

Tirost smiles at Mistanna.

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Mistanna smiles at Tirost.

Arkalye begins to pray.

(Nawain rubs her palm against her thigh and gazes towards the altar.)

Arkalye prays fervently.

Nawain recites:

   "Great Meraud, wise wolf of magic and knowledge,"

Calabra begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Kerennya begins to pray.

Calabra prays fervently.

Nawain recites:

   "We come before You with hearts full of gratitude, thanking You for the wisdom You bestow upon us and the magic that weaves through our lives. Your guidance has led us through the mysteries of the unknown, illuminating our path with Your divine light."

Arkalye begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Calabra begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Nawain recites:

   "We seek Your continued presence, Meraud, to guide us in our journeys. May Your wisdom sharpen our minds and Your magic fill our spirits with wonder and creativity. Help us to see beyond the veil of the mundane, to understand the deeper truths of the world around us."

Arkalye begins to pray.

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Nawain recites:

   "Grant us the courage to pursue knowledge without fear, and the humility to accept the limits of our understanding. May we honor You in our quest for enlightenment, always seeking to use our gifts for the greater good."

Ezathiel bows his head in acknowledgement.

Istercal begins to pray.

Mistanna begins to pray.

Calabra begins to pray.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Leilanie begins to pray.

Maintain begins to pray.

Elurora begins to pray.

Kerennya begins to pray.

Istercal nods to Aaiyaah.

Ezathiel nods.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Gwenddolyn begins to pray.

Ezathiel continues praying.

Valynn bows her head in acknowledgement.

Nawain recites:

   "Thank you, Meraud, for Your endless patience and Your unwavering support. We ask for Your guidance in all that we do, trusting in Your infinite wisdom to lead us towards our true purpose."

Arkalye prays fervently.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Gwenddolyn begins to pray.

Black Fox Xionara came across Meraud's shrine.

Nawain recites:

   "In Your name, we give thanks and seek Your truth."

Xionara joins Malorna's group.

A peculiar shift in the lighting at the other end of the platform bounces off of the multiple facets of the dome, setting the shadows into motion. At random moments, the light hits the golden sigil on the altar, illuminating it for all to see.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Nawain chants in a mezzo-soprano voice:

   "In Meraud's name."

Crobin nods.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Elurora begins to pray.

Crobin nods to Zynell.

Ezathiel begins to pray.

Nawain lifts her face to the sky and howls. The haunting song of a wolf resonates through the area.

Gwenddolyn begins to pray.

Luna begins to pray.

Zynell grins mischievously at Crobin.

Allye mumbles a word of general praise.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Calabra prays fervently.

Leilanie nods in agreement.

Phierre lifts his face to the sky and howls. The haunting song of a wolf resonates through the area.

Imroth lifts his face to the sky and howls. The haunting song of a wolf resonates through the area.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Tirost nods to Nawain.

Kerennya begins to pray.

Ezathiel praises Nawain.

Illiya smiles at Nawain, revealing the dimples in her cheeks.

Aaiyaah says, "Thank you Nawain."

Souhei begins to pray.

Ezathiel stands up.

Elurora stands up.

Briaen nods to Nawain.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Elurora praises Nawain.

Aaiyaah says, "Istercal, the floor is yours."

Numinor glares at a polished black granite altar.

(Nawain falls quiet, gazing intently at the altar, obviously taking a moment to offer silent communion.)

Aaiyaah motions to Istercal.

Istercal nods.

Luna stands up.

Istercal adjusts his challis cassock into place.

Ezathiel pats Nawain on the back.

Valynn smiles at Nawain.

Istercal holds a burning altar candle high into the air for all to see.

Gwenddolyn tries to stand and fails.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Calabra smiles at Nawain.

Istercal recites:

   "Meraud, Lord of magic and seeker of the unknown, hear our prayers."

Gwenddolyn bows her head and chants a mantra.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Phierre's tail gives a few quick upward flips that look like a goodbye wave.

Valynn quietly says to Nawain, "Nicely said."

Istercal recites:

   "Visit upon us mortals a vision, and show us the way forward."

Gwenddolyn stands up.

Istercal recites:

   "We fervently seek knowledge in your name and through your grace."

Back Alley Hack Phierre saunters up, leading his group.

Maintain begins to pray.

Istercal recites:

   "Let us not dwindle in darkness and ignorance, but guide us in our quest."

Nawain smiles at Valynn.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Nawain glances heavenward a moment and utters a desperate prayer.

Istercal recites:

   "We gather here, in this holy place, to beseech your aid through the gift of magic."

Valynn smiles at Nawain.

Calabra begins to pray.

Istercal recites:

   "Meraud, let your light shine upon us in our darkness all that we may find our path and bring our friends home safely. Amen."

Aaiyaah smiles.

Istercal begins to pray.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Kerennya begins to pray.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Xionara frowns.

Aaiyaah says, "Thank you Istercal."

Elurora tilts her head down.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Aaiyaah says, "Kethrai, the floor is yours."

Illiya praises Istercal.

Ezathiel gazes at Kethrai.

Ezathiel kneels down.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Maintain whispers something to Briaen.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Calabra reverently places a tiny replica silver bowl atop the black granite altar.

Nawain glances heavenward a moment and utters a desperate prayer.

Calabra begins to pray.

Calabra prays fervently.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Kethrai recites:

   "Meraud, we seek not merely knowledge, but understanding.
    To separate the wheat from the chaff and the truth from the half-truth.
    Give us the wisdom to know what we can't, what we can, what we should, and what we must."

A tremor rocks the ground, shaking a polished black granite altar and sending the silver bowl tumbling to the ground.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Maintain begins to pray.

Elurora nods to Kethrai.

Saragos nods to Kethrai.

Allye gazes at Kethrai.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Kethrai begins to pray.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Kerennya begins to pray.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Imroth begins to pray.

Aerilia begins to pray.

Saragos begins to pray.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Aaiyaah says, "Thank you Kethrai."

Kerennya begins to pray.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Aaiyaah says, "Illiya, the floor is yours."

Ezathiel bows his head in acknowledgement.

Calabra begins to pray.

Crobin hugs Illiya, getting a smile in return.

Calabra pets his baby wolf.

(Illiya reverently approaches the altar)

Valynn smiles at Illiya.

Illiya kneels down.

Elurora gazes at Illiya.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Illiya says, "Quiet Great Meraud, we beseech you in this time of peril. Our friends have vanished, the clans are encased in vines, and wild magic continues to wreak havoc upon our land."

Arkalye begins to pray.

Illiya says, "Quiet In this time of need, we ask that you guide us towards the answers we seek."

Maintain begins to pray.

Zersha sighs.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Illiya says, "Quiet Help us to understand the source of the wild magic and the fate of our missing friends. Grant us the wisdom and the strength to overcome these challenges."

Illiya says, "Quiet Hear our prayers, and may your blessing be upon us all."

Katriwen begins to pray.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Illiya coughs.

Calabra prays fervently.

Illiya stands up.

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Hebion gazes thoughtfully at Zersha.

Illiya bows reverently to a polished black granite altar.

Kerennya begins to pray.

(Illiya returns to stand with the others)

Arkalye prays fervently.

Ezathiel praises Illiya.

Briaen nods to Illiya.

Aaiyaah says, "Thank you Illiya."

Valynn nods at Illiya, obviously agreeing with her views.

Elurora praises Illiya.

Allye nods to Illiya.

Maintain whispers something to Briaen.

Valynn praises Illiya.

Aaiyaah asks, "Do we have anyone else who wishes to speak before Unaka takes the floor?"

Ezathiel gazes at Unaka.

Calabra bows to Unaka.

Illiya smiles at Valynn, revealing the dimples in her cheeks.

Calabra begins to pray.

Illiya hugs Crobin, who wraps his arms around Illiya with a warm smile.

Aaiyaah says, "Beautiful words and prayers thus far. Thank you everyone."

Xionara softly asks Anuril, "Do think Meraud will deign to answer?"

Aaiyaah says, "Unaka, the floor is yours."

Xionara glances at a polished black granite altar.

Unaka nods to Sliyder.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Imroth's ears flare as he angles them to catch every sound.

Unaka gives a slight nod.

Anuril looks at Xionara and shrugs.

Unaka stands up.

Elurora gazes at Unaka.

Ezathiel softly says, "We can only hope."

Valynn gazes at Unaka.

Zynell bows her head and mutters a short prayer in a hushed voice. Raising her head, she glances to the shadows with a knowing smile.

Ezathiel gazes at Unaka.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Unaka moves slowly toward the wolf statue, gazing at it for several long moments.

Unaka kneels down.

Gwenddolyn kneels down.

Gwenddolyn begins to pray.

Ezathiel bows his head in acknowledgement.

Calabra begins to pray.

Unaka says, "Meraud, god of knowing and understanding. I am trying to understand. Truffenyi needs this, and so do we. Please, help me understand. Help me understand wild magic, so that I will know what to do, and where to strike."

Elurora kneels down.

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Gwenddolyn prays fervently.

Allye bows her head.

Karthor bows his head in acknowledgement.

Maintain begins to pray.

Ezathiel begins to pray.

Aerilia begins to pray.

Unaka says, "Also, you should know that the people here are good people. I don't know if you care for them the same as Truffenyi does, but they wield your magic well, and they worship you well. If you ask me, you should help them."

Elurora begins to pray.

Luna bows her head in acknowledgement.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Ezathiel smiles.

Gwenddolyn begins to pray.

Nawain glances heavenward a moment and utters a desperate prayer.

Briaen gazes upward.

Ezathiel begins to pray.

Calabra begins to pray.

Zersha gazes upward.

Valynn begins to pray.

Unaka bows her head before the statue, shutting her eyes and taking on a countenance of serenity. Her breathing slows.

Calabra prays fervently.

Gragnel reaches out and touches a polished black granite altar.

Gragnel shivers slightly.

Gwenddolyn begins to pray.

Katriwen begins to pray.

Ezathiel begins to pray.

Nawain begins to pray.

Aaiyaah begins to pray.

Arkalye begins to pray.

The braziers flare with silvery flames and the massive wolf statue flickers. Bizarre shadows stream along the walls.

Ezerak blinks.

Ezathiel blinks.

Imroth's ears flare as he angles them to catch every sound.

Marienn tilts her head to one side.

Couri stands up.

Buzan chuckles.

Crobin flicks one ear back as though listening for something.

Karthor narrows his eyes.

Time slows and the air takes on a golden light. Everything goes silent.

Luna takes a deep breath.

Mistanna begins to pray.

Allye quirks her ears outward in surprise.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Kethrai gazes upward.

(Ezathiel listens intently)

Elurora squints.

Xionara folds her arms across her chest.

Gwenddolyn begins to pray.

Lileath casually observes the area.

Calabra smiles.

Numinor chuckles at Xionara.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Valynn gazes at a statue.

Calabra begins to pray.

Misteeus ponders.

Kethrai glances at something on top of a polished black granite altar.

Istercal glances heavenward a moment and utters a desperate prayer.

A shaggy black wolf suddenly appears before you, majestic and full of presence, its eyes piercing you as if looking directly into you. Without warning, its mouth breaks open in a toothy grin, and it pants, trotting over toward a particular spot on the stone floor, standing next to a familiar looking worn stone. The wolf looks at you intently, then looks at the worn stone intently, then looks back at you, and wags its tail happily. In a flash, the wolf and stone are gone.

(Crobin hands relax down at his sides watching the altar)

Katriwen begins to pray.

Ezathiel casually observes the area.

Malorna casually observes the area.

Turning to one side, Luna gazes into the distance for a moment before fluidly dropping to her knees, places both hands before her, and brings her forehead down to touch the floor.

Maintain's ears flare as he angles them to catch every sound.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Anuril squints.

Allye trills softly to herself.

Kethrai quirks one ear sideways in confusion.

Karthor acts puzzled.

Illiya ponders.

Valynn gazes at Saragos.

Nawain gives a slight nod.

Arkalye prays fervently.

Luna stands up.

Aerilia nibbles her lip thoughtfully.

Istercal prays fervently.

Gwenddolyn nods.

Ezathiel raises an eyebrow.

Tirost glances at Saragos.

Imroth's left ear begins to twitch in what appears to be a nervous reaction.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Gwenddolyn stands up.

Khhsath's eyes darken with thought, and his tail grows very still.

Ezathiel gazes at Saragos.

Karthor strokes his beard in thoughtful contemplation.

Anuril ponders.

Everything goes dark for a moment and you watch as thirteen saplings sprout from the ground and begin to rapidly grow, leaves unfurling and branches extending. The ground ripples and a gust of dry air washes over you, pulling moisture from the ground and from the young trees. They wither, dropping leaves and bending slightly, but recover, and continue to grow. After some time, the ground ripples again, and the gust of air returns -- though the trees are larger and more established, still they suffer. The trees continue to grow into mighty, towering behemoths, their canopies intertwined with one another, twinkling stars embedded within them, and their roots glow in the darkness. The ground ripples once more, the gust of dry air returns, and the trees weather the storm. The vision fades.

Ezathiel furrows his brow.

Marienn raises an eyebrow.

Calabra pets his baby wolf.

Saragos says, "Thank you, Meraud."

Saragos begins to pray.

Allye slowly empties her lungs.

Calabra says, "Thank you my lord."

Calabra bows.

Calabra begins to pray.

Kerennya mutters something into the air about hrmmm.

Couri inhales a great swallow of air.

Elurora chews on her lip, looking deep in concentration.

Mistanna nods.

Ezathiel inhales a great swallow of air.

Luna kneels down.

Ezathiel slowly empties his lungs.

Nawain ponders.

Arkalye begins to pray.

Unaka appears entirely caught up in a trance, her hands held firmly in prayer before her.

Karthor strokes his beard in thoughtful contemplation.

Nawain gazes at Unaka.

Luna stands up.

Briaen moves over to guard Unaka.

Luna takes a deep breath.

Gwenddolyn says, "So that is quite clear, the thirteen immortals will survive."

Aerilia smiles.

Istercal nods to Gwenddolyn.

Calabra begins to pray.

A hooded figure swathed in black robes appears before you, holding his arms wide in front of him, fingers bent in a gesture often used by mages preparing spells. "Watch carefully," he says. Four shimmering streams appear before him, separate strands standing apart. Slowly, he brings his hands together, and the streams close in on one another, twining together in an intricate weave. The man draws something that looks like liquid light away, pooling it in his hands, then takes a drink. "There. You see?" He turns and suddenly vanishes.

Saragos nods to Mistanna.

Ezerak nibbles his lip thoughtfully.

Allye tilts her head, clearly curious about something.

Shaylynne squints at Medir.

Istercal gasps!

Nawain blinks.

Maintain slowly empties his lungs.

Karthor scratches his head and looks around with a confused expression.

Kerennya furrows her brow.

Ezathiel blinks.

Calabra begins to pray.

Nawain ponders.

Malorna glances at Xionara.

Leilanie stands up.

Ezathiel furrows his brow.

Aerilia furrows her brow.

Elurora slowly asks, "He wants us to drink mana?"

Valynn furrows her brow.

Ezathiel softly asks, "HOw?"

Khhsath makes a grunting noise.

Calabra says, "It would appear so."

Misteeus raises an eyebrow.

Calabra says, "The essence perhaps."

Leilanie stands near Couri.

Luna glances at Nawain.

Malorna asks, "Like the blue liquid int he tubes in the device?"

Couri smiles at Leilanie.

Unaka slowly opens her eyes, gazing again at the statue. She blinks a few times.

Unaka stands up.

Xionara chuckles at Malorna.

Karthor scratches his head.

Aaiyaah stands up.

Trajan shakes his head at Malorna.

Leilanie whispers something to Couri.

Nawain ponders.

Elurora quietly says to Allye, "You're going to have your cateress work cut out for you with that one."

Kethrai gazes at Unaka.

Elurora looks at Allye, obviously trying not to grin.

Valynn quietly asks Elurora, "Do we not do that when we harness a mana surge?"

Calabra begins to pray.

Medir nods to Shaylynne.

Trajan says to Malorna, "'I wouldn't drink that, no."

Unaka quietly asks, "Did you all see what I saw?"

Allye gives Elurora a wry grin.

Maintain stands up.

Calabra prays fervently.

Aaiyaah nods to Unaka.

Briaen nods to Unaka.

Mistanna nods to Unaka.

Aerilia says, "I think so."

Nawain asks Unaka, "What did you see?"

Istercal reverentially says, "I believe he is telling us it's safe to combine them into one..."

Calabra nods to Unaka.

Elurora quietly says to Valynn, "Not quite so literally."

Leilanie asks Unaka, "What was it that you saw?"

Anuril snorts, loudly.

Ezathiel gazes at Unaka.

Gwenddolyn says, "It is an answer, but understanding what it means is the challenge."

Nawain gazes at Unaka.

Valynn nods.

Leilanie smiles at Couri.

Tirost lets out a long, contemplative breath.

Maintain says to Unaka, "He offered guidance. Maybe understanding. A blessing."

Allye gazes down at her hands.

Kerennya nods at Gwenddolyn, obviously agreeing with her views.

Unaka says, "Three visions. A wolf. Trees. And a hooded man."

Aerilia nods to Unaka.

Nawain nods in agreement.

Katriwen nods to Unaka.

Illiya nods to Unaka.

Ezathiel nods to Unaka.

Karthor nods to Unaka.

Imroth nods.

Buzan nods at Unaka, obviously agreeing with her views.

Calabra nods to Unaka.

Khhsath gives a slight nod.

Trajan nods to Unaka.

Shaylynne nods.

Briaen whispers something to Tirost.

Kethrai says, "Feral magic is... definitely not safe."

Allye angles her ears forward, gazing curiously at Kethrai.

Leilanie nods.

Imroth asks, "Did he drink the combined mana streams?"

Gwenddolyn says, "The first vision was of the stone."

Istercal nods to Imroth.

Karthor nods at Kethrai, obviously agreeing with his views.

Ezathiel softly asks, "The man seemed to weave four mana streams into something drinkable?"

Kethrai asks, "But we might have been seeing it was nourishing to him?"

Gwenddolyn asks, "The stone in the tower?"

Mistanna asks, "Four streams... mingled together. Are we supposed to use sorcery?"

Mistanna acts puzzled.

Calabra nods to Gwenddolyn.

Saragos says, "He takes a drink. Maybe Meraud was showing us what the Gardener is doing."

Unaka asks Gwenddolyn, "What stone is that?"

Aaiyaah asks, "We have time here to discuss. Initial thoughts?"

Ezerak stands up.

Gwenddolyn asks, "The wolf gets the stone?"

Ezathiel stands up.

Imroth nods to Mistanna.

Buzan ponders.

Ezathiel stretches his arms.

Illiya says, "Weaving mana sounds like it could be sorcery."

Tirost whispers something to Briaen.

Shaylynne rubs her head.

Ezerak says to Aaiyaah, "Thank you for holding this. I must go."

Imroth says, "Meraud seems to think it is safe."

Nawain says to Unaka, "It's the worn stone at Arhat's Tower."

Briaen nods.

Lenko puts his tome in his wyvern skull.

Maintain quietly says to Briaen, "Four streams. Four sources. This overwhelmed monk feels that is entirely too clear."

Gwenddolyn says, "But the stone in the first vision is significant."

Aaiyaah sweeps a gold-inlaid tyrium great helm accented with royal blue off his head and in front of him in a large arc, fluidly stepping backward and bowing to Ezerak at the same time.

Mountain Lord Ezerak swaggers up.

Calabra says, "I do not believe Meraud was out to harm us."

Briaen nods to Maintain.

Gwenddolyn nods to Nawain.

Crobin nods.

Istercal nods at Maintain, obviously agreeing with his views.

Shaylynne says to Illiya, "I think when it's all four it's feral.."

Shaylynne glances at Kethrai.

Aerilia says to Imroth, "Or worth the risk, in any case."

Calabra nods to Shaylynne.

Allye says, "Mixed..."

Saragos says, "I think in the vision with the stone Meraud may have been answering my question, to narrow down where the five missing people are."

Gwenddolyn says, "That is the key to getting them back, that stone."

Unaka asks Nawain, "The one that got all cracked around it?"

Aaiyaah nods to Saragos.

Nawain nods to Unaka.

Kethrai nods to Unaka.

Mistanna says, "Or maybe it just means that casters of all four types are supposed to work together."

Illiya says, "Stone 139."

Mistanna ponders.

Allye nods to Saragos.

Unaka asks, "Tell me again, does that stone mean something?"

Luna nods to Illiya.

Gwenddolyn nods to Illiya.

Ezathiel pleasantly says to Misteeus, "Good idea."

Luna says, "Yes."

Nawain glances at Saragos.

Karthor strokes his beard in thoughtful contemplation.

Crobin ponders.

Ezathiel pleasantly says to Mistanna, "Good thought."

Kethrai says to Unaka, "It's the stone where Navesi was standing, but we can sense all five of them there, as if they're... anchored there, attached to it."

Leilanie nods at Couri, obviously agreeing with her views.

Anuril snorts, loudly.

Unaka nods to Kethrai.

Tirost nods to Kethrai.

Saragos nods to Kethrai.

Calabra nods to Kethrai.

Saragos says to Kethrai, "You got it out before I did."

Saragos grins at Kethrai.

Medir quietly says, "If Meraud wants me to drink, drink I shall."

Unaka asks, "So what do you think the wolf wanted with it?"

Gwenddolyn says, "That stone is keeping them imprisoned."

Luna nods to Medir.

Elizzibiana chuckles at Medir.

Imroth says, "Just like the gardener. They were reduced to a speck."

Calabra asks, "So perhaps we must destroy the stone?"

Xionara softly says, "Feral magic to banish the prison magic."

Medir gets a generous dram of Chelsea Estate's Special Reserve scotch from inside his cartographer's cloak.

Saragos says to Unaka, "I think it was telling us that their souls are there. I asked where the souls were."

Istercal says, "Perhaps we were on the right path when we attempted to break the prisoners free... but we needed to add other magic users."

Allye babbles something incoherent at Calabra.

Xionara scratches one ear, looking bemused.

Nawain says to Calabra, "No."

Nawain slowly empties her lungs.

Unaka nods to Saragos.

Imroth nods to Saragos.

Kethrai gives Saragos a slight nod.

Xionara softly says, "Maybe, maybe not. Four streams..."

Unaka asks, "Oh, wow. You think Meraud knows?"

Gwenddolyn nods to Unaka.

Maintain pats Medir on the back.

Buzan asks Xionara, "How many types are there?"

Nawain nods at Briaen, obviously agreeing with his views.

Gwenddolyn says, "It would make sense, he is the god of magic."

Saragos says, "I think knowing where our souls reside is something that the Immortals know better than anyone."

Medir takes a sip of his scotch.

Medir nods to Saragos.

Aaiyaah nods in agreement.

Unaka nods to Saragos.

Gragnel says, "His goal is always knowledge. If he wanted to know, he would find a way."

Anuril rubs his head.

Unaka says, "Yeah. That makes sense."

Elizzibiana says, "Five? Life, holy, elemental, moonie and feral."

Imroth blinks at Elizzibiana.

Mistanna chuckles at Elizzibiana.

Xionara softly says, "No, not five."

Shadow Tracker Sliyder goes up.

Izathri came across Meraud's shrine.

Imroth says, "Feral is a name for the combination of the four mana types."

Elurora gazes thoughtfully at Imroth.

Calabra nods to Imroth.

Aerilia tilts her head to one side.

Luna says, "Liquid light."

Kethrai says, "Life, Holy, Elemental, and Lunar... Necromantic is a combination of three of them. Feral is just a kind of spell using all four."

Elizzibiana says, "Well, sorry but I consider it a type."

Khhsath went across Meraud's shrine.

Buzan says, "Sounds like one of each type to harness into liquid light."

Imroth chuckles.

Aaiyaah says to Saragos, "Whenever you are ready , I will be there to support you in your efforts my friend."

Elizzibiana nods to Buzan.

Reriyn asks, "Blackfire would be considered feral?"

Shaylynne ponders.

Casari shakes her head at Reriyn.

Calabra ponders.

Mistanna nods at Aaiyaah, obviously agreeing with his views.

Shaylynne gets an electrum kathla of eight incongruous medals depicting adventures of yore from inside a pink and white checkered voodoo case covered in downy feathers.

Calabra stands up.

Reriyn nods to Casari.

Leilanie gnaws on her lip.

Elurora grins at Shaylynne.

Katriwen quietly says, "I think Blackfire was just elemental and holy, from my reading."

Allye gazes at Shaylynne.

Buzan ponders.

Maintain nods at Kethrai, obviously agreeing with his views.

Tirost thoughtfully asks Unaka, "Could you make anything of drinking liquid light?"

Medir asks, "Did anyone ask Liraxes what, exactly, th'blue liquid in the machine is?"

Unaka fixes Tirost with a heavy, ponderous stare.

Buzan says, "Do we not have one of each type currently here? Just saying..."

Shaylynne asks, "Has anyone tried Temporal Eddy?"

Shaylynne points at an electrum kathla of eight incongruous medals depicting adventures of yore she has.

Calabra ponders.

Aaiyaah says to Medir, "Not yet, but definitely something we need to find out."

Calabra removes an electrum kathla of eight incongruous medals depicting adventures of yore from his neck.

Zynell bows her head and mutters a short prayer in a hushed voice. Raising her head, she glances to the shadows with a knowing smile.

Calabra rubs an electrum kathla of eight incongruous medals depicting adventures of yore.
Calabra's blue glass moon shudders and sways as if buffeted by an invisible wind.
An instant rush of black and blue fire explodes into being, consuming Calabra's right hand and turning it into ash!

"Burn him! Burn him!" You hear the cries echo around you as everyone in the vicinity immediately gives Calabra a wide berth!

Calabra's electrum kathla falls to his feet.

A pained expression crosses Allye's face.

Imroth chuckles at Calabra.

Aerilia winces.

Shaylynne babbles something incoherent at Calabra.

Xionara begins chortling at Calabra.

Karthor peers at Calabra over the rim of his spectacles.

Calabra says, "Oops."

Unaka asks, "Hmm. Sounds like people think he's mixing the different mana types? Is that right?"

Medir nods to Aaiyaah.

Allye touches Calabra with a confident grace and familiar smile.

Misteeus snickers.

Calabra says, "Not the kathla."

Nawain nods to Unaka.

Aerilia nods to Unaka.

Buzan says to Unaka, "That's what I got out of it."

Imroth nods to Unaka.

Aaiyaah nods at Unaka, obviously agreeing with her views.

Aerilia says, "I would assume so."

Calabra says, "Thank you."

Nawain says, "In a very particular weave."

Calabra hangs an electrum kathla of eight incongruous medals depicting adventures of yore around his neck.

Elurora ponders.

Malorna says, "Do all four at same time."

Imroth exclaims, "If sorcery is good enough for Meraud to drink, then it is good enough for me!"

Unaka says, "So... and then he's drinking it."

Nawain nods to Unaka.

Leilanie ponders.

Aaiyaah asks Saragos, "Do you think we can take what we learned here and add it to your efforts?"

Allye nods to Unaka.

Hebion says, "Or was he just showing that the weaves can be opened and closed and things can come back out."

Illiya asks, "He could be mixing the mana types, but I think he could also be weaving them in a distinct but separate way. The null prison was like that wasn't it?"

Elurora nods at Illiya, obviously agreeing with her views.

Unaka says, "Sounds like it would make a good drink. I like it when there are different flavors in a drink."

Casari nods to Illiya.

Xionara nods to Illiya.

Unaka shrugs.

Briaen nods at Hebion, obviously agreeing with his views.

Istercal says to Nawain, "Perhaps we went about weaving it wrong... it didn't seem destructive in this vision, he drank it. Perhaps we need to weave them together and then draw them in somehow."

Nawain says, "Nod ill agree."

Elurora says to Illiya, "That's what I was wondering."

Allye looks at Unaka, obviously trying not to grin.

Anuril says to Illiya, "Yes but no holy there."

Imroth grins at Unaka.

Mistanna chuckles at Unaka.

Crobin says, "Always wanted to taste mana."

Medir nods to Crobin.

Karthor says to Illiya, "I like that much better'n the alternative."

Gragnel chuckles at Crobin.

Zynell offers Unaka a bottle of Black Tarr ale.

Crobin says, "I bet it is spicy."

Calabra smiles.

Nawain says to Istercal, "We didn't integrate everything. It was complicated enough trying to keep two seperate."

Medir praises Unaka.

Nawain ponders.

Unaka declines Zynell's offer.

Medir takes a sip of his scotch.

Gragnel stretches out a hand imploringly to Zynell.

Istercal nods at Nawain, obviously agreeing with her views.

Unaka says to Zynell, "I try not to drink and pray. Except for Glythtide."

Zynell offers Gragnel a bottle of Black Tarr ale.

Gragnel accepts Zynell's Black Tarr ale.

Medir ponders.

Medir puts his scotch in his cartographer's cloak.

Elurora looks at Unaka, obviously trying not to grin.

Aaiyaah asks, "Does this help any of us understand then who may have taken them? Who have the knowledge and ability to?"

Zynell says to Unaka, "That is who i conjured the drink from."

Tirost asks Unaka, "If the weaving of the strands does represent sorcerous casting, then perhaps the golden liquid represents the way it sustains the Immortals?"

Medir gets an applewood wand topped with an autumn jasper pumpkin from inside his cartographer's cloak.

Gragnel says, "I always drink when I pray. Helps the words come out betterer."

Medir twirls the applewood wand through a simple series of gestures. A goblet of Glythtide's merry wine appears in his left hand!

Gragnel takes a sip of his ale.

Istercal puts his lavender in his supply satchel.

Istercal stands up.

Trajan says to Unaka, ""Drinking and beseeching don't mix well."

Zynell looks at Unaka and shrugs.

Medir puts his wand in his cartographer's cloak.

Trajan nods at Unaka, obviously agreeing with her views.

Istercal carefully gathers up the delicate folds of a festive prayer tapestry woven of many multicolored cloth strips.

Medir moves a goblet of Glythtide's merry wine to his right hand.

Leilanie taps something inside her faesilk pack.

Unaka nods to Trajan.

Istercal puts his tapestry in his supply satchel.

Mistanna flashes a quick grin at Gragnel.

Calabra examines his kathla.

Casari asks, "Do the Immortals... need to consume mana?"

Medir ponders.

Casari tilts her head to one side.

Crobin nods.

Kerennya gets a gold-rimmed goblet of Chateau talan reserve from inside her mariner's rucksack.

Unaka says to Tirost, "Huh. Maybe? I mean, Meraud would know better than I would."

Xionara paces back and forth.

Medir closes his linen khandur.

Aerilia ponders.

Tirost smiles at Unaka.

Maintain says to Trajan, "Glythtide might disagree. But one must have their own code."

Imroth says, "Seems to me like they were taken by the same sort of magic that the Gardener was imprisoned with."

Tirost says to Unaka, "Better than me too."

Aaiyaah nods to Imroth.

Kethrai says, "Or maybe the golden liquid represents divinity... The kind of thing they get from the Font of Creation."

Medir nods at Maintain, obviously agreeing with his views.

Trajan nods to Maintain.

Nawain nods at Kethrai, obviously agreeing with his views.

Leilanie gets a short-stemmed glass snifter of toffee-hued cognac from inside her faesilk pack.

Tirost nods to Kethrai.

Gwenddolyn nods to Kethrai.

Medir says, "Devotion looks different t'different people."

Unaka says, "I've never heard of Immortals needing mana before."

Medir shrugs.

Leilanie offers Mistanna a short-stemmed glass snifter of toffee-hued cognac.

Illiya says, "I didn't see where the liquid came from exactly, I don't think it necessarily came from the mana weave."

Allye asks, "Could the streams represent anything other than types of mana?"

Mistanna accepts Leilanie's toffee-hued cognac.

Saragos nods to Unaka.

Mistanna beams at Leilanie!

Illiya asks, "Where did anyone see a golden liquid?"

Leilanie smiles at Misteeus.

Veesu came across Meraud's shrine.

Leilanie smiles at Mistanna.

Gwenddolyn says, "It was in his hands."

Karthor strokes his beard in thoughtful contemplation.

Illiya asks, "Was it golden though?"

Nawain says, "It was."

Illiya ponders.

Imroth says, "I think Meraud was just demonstrating the safety of sorcerous combination."

Aerilia says, "It just looked like liquid light to me."

Istercal bows to Veesu.

Medir nods to Aerilia.

Malorna says, "Beer."

Nawain ponders.

Malorna ducks her head.

Lileath asks, "Have not the visions of some linked the use of sorcery to an unquenchable thirst for power? Is this drinking or consuming the light actually good?"

Veesu nods to Istercal.

Illiya says, "It just looked like liquid to me as well."

Allye nods at Aerilia, obviously agreeing with her views.

Elurora nods to Illiya.

Gwenddolyn says, "Does it mean that it is literally in his hands."

Valynn nods in agreement.

Crobin ponders.

Trajan nods to Imroth.

Veesu goes up.

Gragnel takes a sip of his ale.

Luna says to Illiya, "To me as well."

Gwenddolyn asks, "This whole outcome?"

Allye says to Aerilia, "To me as well."

Casari says, "Before the visions, there was a golden light."

Calabra nods.

Kethrai says, "It was like... liquid light in his hands."

Trajan says, "It was surely metaphorical."

Gragnel tilts his Black Tarr ale side to side, making the light play off it.

Luna nods to Kethrai.

Aerilia nods to Kethrai.

Medir takes a sip of his wine.

Kerennya takes a sip of her reserve.

Grinning, Mistanna pulls a swig from a short-stemmed glass snifter of toffee-hued cognac.

Allye nods to Casari.

Kerennya takes a sip of her reserve.

Zynell bows her head and mutters a short prayer in a hushed voice. Raising her head, she glances to the shadows with a knowing smile.

Mistanna puts her cognac in her watersilk bag.

Saragos says, "A golden light typically signifies the presence of the Immortals."

Illiya nods to Nawain.

Aaiyaah asks, "What could the liquid represent if not an actual drink?"

Briaen asks, "Gathered faith, may I remind all in attendance here to a gathering held shortly at Arhat's Tower, in honor of one of our lost. Perhaps we should depart, in collective support of his hopeful return?"

Calabra says, "Or something holy."

Maintain says, "The Immortals practice a type of magic above those available to mortals. This unlearned monk supposes they might subsist on whatever mana that uses."

Mathematician Avrenka came across Meraud's shrine.

Casari says to Saragos, "Or a Heraldic spire."

Mistanna asks, "Aai Consumption of the mana?"

Istercal nods to Briaen.

Casari winks at Saragos.

Luna nods to Briaen.

Maintain bobs a brief, respectful bow towards Avrenka.

Gwenddolyn says, "The thirteen trees grew powerful and that vision shows they surviving."

Imroth nods to Briaen.

Mistanna asks Aaiyaah, "Consumption of the mana?"

Aaiyaah nods to Mistanna.

Medir nods to Mistanna.

Hebion ponders.

Luna asks Briaen, "May I join you?"

Ezathiel nods to Briaen.

Istercal bows.

Lileath says, "But a black robed individual taking the light away as they drink it? I'm a simple ranger, but seems a little worrying."

Hebion joins Zersha's group.

Hebion nods to Zersha.

Imroth says, "I must make a stop before the tower."

Briaen nods to Luna.

Imroth says, "Take care everyone."

Calabra nods to Lileath.

Luna joins Briaen's group.

Ezathiel waves.

Zersha curtsies gracefully.

Reverent Istercal strolls up.

Izathri goes up.

Ezathiel strolls up.

Calabra waves to Imroth.

Imroth stands up.

Holy Vengeance Imroth trudges up.

Numinor says, "Meraud appears like this. Black robed and hiding his face."

War Healer Misteeus goes up.

Desert Dancer Zersha goes up, leading her group.

Souhei stands up.

Intern Souhei goes up.

Gragnel says, "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Nothing wrong with black robes."

Katriwen nods to Numinor.

Kerennya says to Lileath, "I believe the black-robed person is Meraud."

Gwenddolyn nods to Numinor.

Aaiyaah says, "Thank you all for coming and your amazing words. Huge success. I look forward to working with each of you on deciphering this vision."

Gragnel adjusts his simple cassock into place.

Zynell stands up.

Zynell carefully gathers up the delicate folds of a night-black starlight velvet prayer tapestry stitched with loimic and fey-bone.

Death's Messenger Buzan goes up.

Zynell puts her tapestry in her encompassing shadows.

Aaiyaah says, "A special thank you to Unaka for attending."

Aerilia gestures, and a lucent white water ball forms in her hand.

Maintain bows to Aaiyaah.

Unaka nods to Aaiyaah.

Calabra says, "Thank you for the wonderful prayer."

Aerilia taps a lucent white water ball that she is holding.

Briaen says to Aaiyaah, "Thank you for gathering the faith."

Aaiyaah says, "And Maintain, fantastic job my friend."

Calabra says, "Everyone."

Aerilia ponders.

Aaiyaah sweeps a gold-inlaid tyrium great helm accented with royal blue off his head and in front of him in a large arc, fluidly stepping backward and bowing to Maintain at the same time.

Unaka says, "Oh, yeah. I'm glad I could."

Medir's tail swishes through the air.

Aaiyaah sweeps a gold-inlaid tyrium great helm accented with royal blue off his head and in front of him in a large arc, fluidly stepping backward and bowing at the same time.

Valynn praises Maintain.

Calabra bows to Unaka.

Allye smiles at Unaka.

Briaen says to Maintain, "You have done well, Humble One."

Gwenddolyn says, "It was meraud, and it seems he was trying to tell us that this wild magic problem in in his hands."

Nawain slowly empties her lungs.

Tirost smiles at Aaiyaah.

Gragnel gives a slight nod.

Gragnel just left.

Zynell gives a gracious nod.

Aaiyaah says, "With that, vigil adjourned....please hang around if you want and discuss."

Trajan nods politely to Unaka.

Calabra says, "Have a safe and peaceful evening everyone."

Tirost praises Maintain.

Calabra bows.

Kethrai bows to Aaiyaah.

Illiya bobs a quick curtsy to Unaka.

Maintain bows to Tirost.

Aaiyaah sweeps a gold-inlaid tyrium great helm accented with royal blue off his head and in front of him in a large arc, fluidly stepping backward and bowing to Kethrai at the same time.

Katriwen stands up.

Xionara bows to Unaka.

Aerilia stands up.

Lileath stands up.

Maintain touches a hand to his mouth and offers a prayer for Tirost's continued safety and good fortune.

Tirost bows to Maintain.

Firehawk Casari goes up.

Valynn rises to her feet fluidly, like a large, graceful cat.

Elurora stands up.

Elurora snaps to attention and hails Unaka with a crisp hand salute.

Medir leans on Shaylynne.

Calabra waves to Crobin.

Allye nods to Medir.

Elurora hugs Illiya, getting a smile in return.

Trajan says, "The more information we get, the more questions arise."

Elurora hugs Allye, getting a smile in return.

Calabra bows to Allye.

Crobin waves to Calabra.

Allye hugs Elurora, getting a smile in return.

Aaiyaah nods at Trajan, obviously agreeing with his views.

Valynn grins at Medir.

Elurora bows.

Gwenddolyn nods to Trajan.

Unaka nods to Trajan.

Allye stands up.

Katriwen hugs Allye, getting a smile in return.

Allye curtsies gracefully to Calabra.

Lady Knight Elurora goes up.

Katriwen waves to Shaylynne.

Allye hugs Katriwen, getting a smile in return.

Shaylynne hangs an electrum kathla of eight incongruous medals depicting adventures of yore around her neck.

Unaka asks, "I feel like maybe we're getting closer?"

Nawain nods at Maintain, obviously agreeing with his views.

Raising his Glythtide's wine to Valynn, Medir gives her a toast.

Valynn nods to Trajan.

Nawain stands up.

Unaka rubs her head.

Trajan nods to Unaka.

Aaiyaah nods at Unaka, obviously agreeing with her views.

Nawain joins Briaen's group.

Crobin ponders.

Illiya nods to Unaka.

Luna nods to Unaka.

Aerilia nods to Unaka.

Valynn nods to Unaka.

Tirost asks Crobin, "Are you going to Arhat's Tower?"

Maintain asks Aaiyaah, "Will the Paladin be attending Ruea's meeting?"

Nawain nods to Unaka.

Mistanna nods at Unaka, obviously agreeing with her views.

Katriwen waves to Anuril.

Kerennya takes a sip of her reserve.

Crobin says, "Um I am not sure."

Kerennya takes a sip of her reserve.

Trajan says, "There a certainly some dots to be connected."

Aaiyaah says to Maintain, " I am going to try."

Khozh Elizzibiana hobbles up, leading her group.

Reriyn goes up.

Aaiyaah nods to Maintain.

Maintain nods to Aaiyaah.

Tirost smiles at Crobin.

Mathematician Avrenka goes up.

Crobin says, "I am willing to."

Shaylynne nods to Illiya.

Medir turns a goblet of Glythtide's merry wine in the light, looking at it admiringly.

Illiya hugs Crobin, who wraps his arms around Illiya with a warm smile.

Gwenddolyn asks, "What is this meeting?"

Tirost says, "I'm headed that way."

Crobin hugs Illiya, getting a smile in return.

Malorna says, "Im willing to go where im needed."

Zynell nods to Crobin.

Crobin joins Tirost's group.

Trajan nods to Briaen.

Aerilia joins Tirost's group.

Trajan joins Briaen's group.

Kerennya stands up.

Soul Surgeon Zynell patters up, leading her group.

Sublime Mender Kerennya glides up.

Tirost smiles at Aerilia.

Macabre Katriwen wanders up, leading her group.

Briaen says to Gwenddolyn, "In but a short few minutes. At Arhat's Tower."

Unaka asks, "I'm going to head to my rest soon. Does anyone have any questions for me before I go?"

Medir joins Shaylynne's group.

Allye joins Shaylynne's group.

Tirost says, "Moving in five."

Aerilia asks Tirost, "If you don't mind?"

Xionara scratches one ear, looking bemused.

Arkalye stands up.

Paladin of Eylhaar Arkalye trudges up.

Karthor says, "Right then, well I s'pose I should be off. Take care folks."

Xionara softly asks, "Another meeting?"

Shaylynne wanders up, leading her group.

Tirost says, "Not at all."

Briaen snaps to attention and hails Unaka with a crisp hand salute.

Aerilia takes a drink from her water ball.

Aerilia takes a drink from her water ball.

Tirost bows to Unaka.

Karthor raises his hand in a quick salute.

Dharasadan goes up.

Mistanna says, "Fortune favor all. Dream sweet when you do."

Aerilia bobs a brief, respectful bow.

Mistanna waves.

Light of the World Gwenddolyn goes up.

Kethrai asks Anuril, "Shall we?"

Knight of Meraud Tirost drifts up, leading his group.

Karthor just left.

Valynn grins at Mistanna.

Anuril nods to Kethrai.

Trajan shakes his head at Unaka.

Maintain says to Unaka, "Thank you for attending, and for your prayers."

Briaen says to Unaka, "Strength of the Ox steel your resolve, Unaka."

Xionara softly says, "On to next."

Xionara nods to Numinor.

Unaka nods to Maintain.

Xionara nods to Malorna.

Unaka nods to Briaen.

Trajan says to Unaka, "'I'm certain to have more questions later, though."

Forest Sprite Lileath goes up.

Unaka says, "Endurance of the ox in getting through this problem."

Xionara softly says to Unaka, "Thank for support."

Mistanna salutes before turning and wandering off to find some rest.

Unaka nods.

Malorna nods to Xionara.

Trajan snaps to attention and hails Unaka with a crisp hand salute.

Briaen grins.

Numinor nods at Unaka, obviously agreeing with her views.

Maintain says to Unaka, "Idon watch your back, Paladin. We need your strength."

Black Fox Xionara slinks up.

Aaiyaah says to Unaka, "We know more but more importantly, I believe now more than ever our faith continues to strengthen in the Immortals. Thank you for being here to help us."

Unaka nods to Maintain.

Dawnsworn Briaen goes up, leading his group.

Forgiven Numinor pads up.

Unaka says to Maintain, "Don't worry. Still strong."

Kethrai quietly says, "I'm not sure I want Idon watching my back."

Unaka flashes a wide grin at Maintain.

Maintain grins at Unaka.

Unaka nods to Aaiyaah.

Maintain says, "Still tall, even if this one is currently on springs."

Unaka says, "Keep having faith. Good bye, everyone."

Maintain bows to Unaka.

Valynn waves to Unaka.

Aaiyaah sweeps a gold-inlaid tyrium great helm accented with royal blue off his head and in front of him in a large arc, fluidly stepping backward and bowing to Unaka at the same time.

Leilanie waves.

Anuril sighs.

Holy Guardian Unaka strides up.

Kethrai stands up.

Heart Tender Kethrai glides up, leading his group.

• Unaka returns home from a hard day of adventuring.