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	Ilbani's strange encounter had one other lasting impact on the lives of Moon Mages: while it is a joke among researchers in many disciplines, Moon Mage researchers consider it very bad taste to cite gremlins when an experiment goes awry.		Ilbani's strange encounter had one other lasting impact on the lives of Moon Mages: while it is a joke among researchers in many disciplines, Moon Mage researchers consider it very bad taste to cite gremlins when an experiment goes awry.

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	The very awkward journey of Sophister [[Jon\|Jon Ilbani]] began ten years after the signing of the [[Lunar Accord]]. One of the most striking demonstrations of Lunar magic in the previous decade was the introduction of the [[Moongate]] spell into wide-scale use. Teleportation had long been a hallmark of the far-flung mystics and astrologers, but the moongates had incredible potential to influence commerce and war.		The very awkward journey of Sophister [[Jon\|Jon Ilbani]] began ten years after the signing of the [[Lunar Accord]]. One of the most striking demonstrations of Lunar magic in the previous decade was the introduction of the [[Moongate]] spell into wide-scale use. Teleportation had long been a hallmark of the far-flung mystics and astrologers, but the moongates had incredible potential to influence commerce and war.

	Unfortunately, there were...incidents. In order to complete the teleportation operation, the newly christened [[guild association is::~~moon~~ ~~mage~~\|Moon Mage]]s relied on techniques to induce altered states of consciousness. Meditation, prayer, alcohol, drugs; anything that would surrender the magician's control over his own mind and allow his planar link to rule during the critical moment. These techniques were sufficient for classic teleportation, but proved problematic for forming stable gates. Dozens of magicians were lost per year, and many towns in the empire forbade teleportation within sight of their walls.		Unfortunately, there were...incidents. In order to complete the teleportation operation, the newly christened [[guild association is::Moon Mage\|Moon Mage]]s relied on techniques to induce altered states of consciousness. Meditation, prayer, alcohol, drugs; anything that would surrender the magician's control over his own mind and allow his planar link to rule during the critical moment. These techniques were sufficient for classic teleportation, but proved problematic for forming stable gates. Dozens of magicians were lost per year, and many towns in the empire forbade teleportation within sight of their walls.

	Ilbani was one of a handful of magicians, all of them Sophisters or Celestians, that could reliably generate gates. Unconvinced that it was due to a personal attribute, Ilbani set out to discover what the critical factor was. He presented his findings during a convocation celebrating the 10th anniversary of the guild. Ilbani argued that the common factor among all the reliable gaters was that their techniques were grounded in mathematical exercises. From this, he proposed that high mathematics was at least symbolically important to this magical operation, and further asserted that it may be possible to describe a magical geometery.		Ilbani was one of a handful of magicians, all of them Sophisters or Celestians, that could reliably generate gates. Unconvinced that it was due to a personal attribute, Ilbani set out to discover what the critical factor was. He presented his findings during a convocation celebrating the 10th anniversary of the guild. Ilbani argued that the common factor among all the reliable gaters was that their techniques were grounded in mathematical exercises. From this, he proposed that high mathematics was at least symbolically important to this magical operation, and further asserted that it may be possible to describe a magical geometery.

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	Ilbani's strange encounter had one other lasting impact on the lives of Moon Mages: while it is a joke among researchers in many disciplines, Moon Mage researchers consider it very bad taste to cite gremlins when an experiment goes awry.		Ilbani's strange encounter had one other lasting impact on the lives of Moon Mages: while it is a joke among researchers in many disciplines, Moon Mage researchers consider it very bad taste to cite gremlins when an experiment goes awry.

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	Ilbani's strange encounter had one other lasting impact on the lives of Moon Mages: while it is a joke among researchers in many disciplines, Moon Mage researchers consider it very bad taste to cite gremlins when an experiment goes awry.		Ilbani's strange encounter had one other lasting impact on the lives of Moon Mages: while it is a joke among researchers in many disciplines, Moon Mage researchers consider it very bad taste to cite gremlins when an experiment goes awry.

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	==Emperor of the Line==		==Emperor of the Line==
	The very awkward journey of Sophister [[Jon\|Jon Ilbani]] began ten years after the signing of the p[[Lunar Accord]]. One of the most striking demonstrations of Lunar magic in the previous decade was the introduction of the [[Moongate]] spell into wide-scale use. Teleportation had long been a hallmark of the far-flung mystics and astrologers, but the moongates had incredible potential to influence commerce and war.		The very awkward journey of Sophister [[Jon\|Jon Ilbani]] began ten years after the signing of the [[Lunar Accord]]. One of the most striking demonstrations of Lunar magic in the previous decade was the introduction of the [[Moongate]] spell into wide-scale use. Teleportation had long been a hallmark of the far-flung mystics and astrologers, but the moongates had incredible potential to influence commerce and war.

	Unfortunately, there were...incidents. In order to complete the teleportation operation, the newly christened [[guild association is::moon mage\|Moon Mage]]s relied on techniques to induce altered states of consciousness. Meditation, prayer, alcohol, drugs; anything that would surrender the magician's control over his own mind and allow his planar link to rule during the critical moment. These techniques were sufficient for classic teleportation, but proved problematic for forming stable gates. Dozens of magicians were lost per year, and many towns in the empire forbade teleportation within sight of their walls.		Unfortunately, there were...incidents. In order to complete the teleportation operation, the newly christened [[guild association is::moon mage\|Moon Mage]]s relied on techniques to induce altered states of consciousness. Meditation, prayer, alcohol, drugs; anything that would surrender the magician's control over his own mind and allow his planar link to rule during the critical moment. These techniques were sufficient for classic teleportation, but proved problematic for forming stable gates. Dozens of magicians were lost per year, and many towns in the empire forbade teleportation within sight of their walls.

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	==Emperor of the Line==		==Emperor of the Line==
	The very awkward journey of Sophister Jon Ilbani began ten years after the signing of the Lunar Accord. One of the most striking demonstrations of Lunar magic in the previous decade was the introduction of the [[Moongate]] spell into wide-scale use. Teleportation had long been a hallmark of the far-flung mystics and astrologers, but the moongates had incredible potential to influence commerce and war.		The very awkward journey of Sophister [[Jon\|Jon Ilbani]] began ten years after the signing of the p[[Lunar Accord]]. One of the most striking demonstrations of Lunar magic in the previous decade was the introduction of the [[Moongate]] spell into wide-scale use. Teleportation had long been a hallmark of the far-flung mystics and astrologers, but the moongates had incredible potential to influence commerce and war.

	Unfortunately, there were...incidents. In order to complete the teleportation operation, the newly christened [[guild association is::moon mage\|Moon Mage]]s relied on techniques to induce altered states of consciousness. Meditation, prayer, alcohol, drugs; anything that would surrender the magician's control over his own mind and allow his planar link to rule during the critical moment. These techniques were sufficient for classic teleportation, but proved problematic for forming stable gates. Dozens of magicians were lost per year, and many towns in the empire forbade teleportation within sight of their walls.		Unfortunately, there were...incidents. In order to complete the teleportation operation, the newly christened [[guild association is::moon mage\|Moon Mage]]s relied on techniques to induce altered states of consciousness. Meditation, prayer, alcohol, drugs; anything that would surrender the magician's control over his own mind and allow his planar link to rule during the critical moment. These techniques were sufficient for classic teleportation, but proved problematic for forming stable gates. Dozens of magicians were lost per year, and many towns in the empire forbade teleportation within sight of their walls.
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	Work was slow. Teleportation and other variations of magically manipulated space quickly confounded the understanding of conventional mathematicians. The magicians' formulae grew in complexity every year, until it was as occult and impenetrable as any knowledge can be. As the years went on and the Geometers were frustrated at every turn, they noticed the steady degeneration of Ilbani's mind. Where they saw a sprawling and seemingly contradictory set of proofs, Ilbani claimed that he saw variables changing as they worked. He asserted that errors in his work were because the numbers were conspiring against him.		Work was slow. Teleportation and other variations of magically manipulated space quickly confounded the understanding of conventional mathematicians. The magicians' formulae grew in complexity every year, until it was as occult and impenetrable as any knowledge can be. As the years went on and the Geometers were frustrated at every turn, they noticed the steady degeneration of Ilbani's mind. Where they saw a sprawling and seemingly contradictory set of proofs, Ilbani claimed that he saw variables changing as they worked. He asserted that errors in his work were because the numbers were conspiring against him.

	Things came to a head when Ilbani's son found him sequstered in his workshop, apparently measuring the length of a table over and over again. Each line on the stack of papers he had produced gave a different number. Jares Braun called for him to account for his work, to which Ilbani replied, "I must humbly ask a grandmaster to defer while I host an emperor."		Things came to a head when Ilbani's son found him sequstered in his workshop, apparently measuring the length of a table over and over again. Each line on the stack of papers he had produced gave a different number. [[Jares\|Jares Braun]] called for him to account for his work, to which Ilbani replied, "I must humbly ask a grandmaster to defer while I host an emperor."

	Concerned for Ilbani's safety -- and the political repercussions if he did something catastrophic in the middle of Throne City -- Braun ordered a group of Moon Mages to subdue him and bring him to the guildhall for treatment. The magicians found that Ilbani had barricaded himself inside his workshop, and was screaming geometry-related nonsense at the top of his lungs.		Concerned for Ilbani's safety -- and the political repercussions if he did something catastrophic in the middle of [[Throne City]] -- Braun ordered a group of Moon Mages to subdue him and bring him to the guildhall for treatment. The magicians found that Ilbani had barricaded himself inside his workshop, and was screaming geometry-related nonsense at the top of his lungs.

	Attempts to scry into the workshop returned bizarre results, suggestive that the workshop had been displaced elsewhere in space (Fateweaver Tanan Ulrich took exceptional interest in this effect, but that's the start of another story) and communication with Ilbani resulted only in more shouted babbling about emperors and the conspiracy of numbers. At length, the magicians decided the old fashion approach would work best and physically forced their way into the workshop.		Attempts to scry into the workshop returned bizarre results, suggestive that the workshop had been displaced elsewhere in space (Fateweaver [[Tanan\|Tanan Ulrich]] took exceptional interest in this effect, but that's the start of another story) and communication with Ilbani resulted only in more shouted babbling about emperors and the conspiracy of numbers. At length, the magicians decided the old fashion approach would work best and physically forced their way into the workshop.

	The group went in expecting madness, but not quite the kind they found. All of Ilbani's furniture had been warped into strange curves and edges, the material unharmed but the form little more than abstract art. Ilbani himself was scribbling with mad intensity at a mathematical formula spread across one wall, constantly adding new factors and rewriting old ones. In the center of it all, floating in mid air, was an impossible shape. Witnesses described it as like a cube, but as it rotated various planes on its form appeared and vanished. To a man, they reported a disquieted sense of tearing as it spun, and headaches when they attempted to take the entire shape in at once.		The group went in expecting madness, but not quite the kind they found. All of Ilbani's furniture had been warped into strange curves and edges, the material unharmed but the form little more than abstract art. Ilbani himself was scribbling with mad intensity at a mathematical formula spread across one wall, constantly adding new factors and rewriting old ones. In the center of it all, floating in mid air, was an impossible shape. Witnesses described it as like a cube, but as it rotated various planes on its form appeared and vanished. To a man, they reported a disquieted sense of tearing as it spun, and headaches when they attempted to take the entire shape in at once.

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	Ilbani's strange encounter had one other lasting impact on the lives of Moon Mages: while it is a joke among researchers in many disciplines, Moon Mage researchers consider it very bad taste to cite gremlins when an experiment goes awry.		Ilbani's strange encounter had one other lasting impact on the lives of Moon Mages: while it is a joke among researchers in many disciplines, Moon Mage researchers consider it very bad taste to cite gremlins when an experiment goes awry.

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	The very awkward journey of Sophister Jon Ilbani began ten years after the signing of the Lunar Accord. One of the most striking demonstrations of Lunar magic in the previous decade was the introduction of the [[Moongate]] spell into wide-scale use. Teleportation had long been a hallmark of the far-flung mystics and astrologers, but the moongates had incredible potential to influence commerce and war.		The very awkward journey of Sophister Jon Ilbani began ten years after the signing of the Lunar Accord. One of the most striking demonstrations of Lunar magic in the previous decade was the introduction of the [[Moongate]] spell into wide-scale use. Teleportation had long been a hallmark of the far-flung mystics and astrologers, but the moongates had incredible potential to influence commerce and war.

	Unfortunately, there were...incidents. In order to complete the teleportation operation, the newly christened [[guild association is::Moon Mage]]s relied on techniques to induce altered states of consciousness. Meditation, prayer, alcohol, drugs; anything that would surrender the magician's control over his own mind and allow his planar link to rule during the critical moment. These techniques were sufficient for classic teleportation, but proved problematic for forming stable gates. Dozens of magicians were lost per year, and many towns in the empire forbade teleportation within sight of their walls.		Unfortunately, there were...incidents. In order to complete the teleportation operation, the newly christened [[guild association is::moon mage\|Moon Mage]]s relied on techniques to induce altered states of consciousness. Meditation, prayer, alcohol, drugs; anything that would surrender the magician's control over his own mind and allow his planar link to rule during the critical moment. These techniques were sufficient for classic teleportation, but proved problematic for forming stable gates. Dozens of magicians were lost per year, and many towns in the empire forbade teleportation within sight of their walls.

	Ilbani was one of a handful of magicians, all of them Sophisters or Celestians, that could reliably generate gates. Unconvinced that it was due to a personal attribute, Ilbani set out to discover what the critical factor was. He presented his findings during a convocation celebrating the 10th anniversary of the guild. Ilbani argued that the common factor among all the reliable gaters was that their techniques were grounded in mathematical exercises. From this, he proposed that high mathematics was at least symbolically important to this magical operation, and further asserted that it may be possible to describe a magical geometery.		Ilbani was one of a handful of magicians, all of them Sophisters or Celestians, that could reliably generate gates. Unconvinced that it was due to a personal attribute, Ilbani set out to discover what the critical factor was. He presented his findings during a convocation celebrating the 10th anniversary of the guild. Ilbani argued that the common factor among all the reliable gaters was that their techniques were grounded in mathematical exercises. From this, he proposed that high mathematics was at least symbolically important to this magical operation, and further asserted that it may be possible to describe a magical geometery.

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	==Emperor of the Line==		==Emperor of the Line==
	The very awkward journey of Sophister Jon Ilbani began ten years after the signing of the Lunar Accord. One of the most striking demonstrations of Lunar magic in the previous decade was the introduction of the Moongate spell into wide-scale use. Teleportation had long been a hallmark of the far-flung mystics and astrologers, but the moongates had incredible potential to influence commerce and war.		The very awkward journey of Sophister Jon Ilbani began ten years after the signing of the Lunar Accord. One of the most striking demonstrations of Lunar magic in the previous decade was the introduction of the [[Moongate]] spell into wide-scale use. Teleportation had long been a hallmark of the far-flung mystics and astrologers, but the moongates had incredible potential to influence commerce and war.

	Unfortunately, there were...incidents. In order to complete the teleportation operation, the newly christened Moon ~~Mages~~ relied on techniques to induce altered states of consciousness. Meditation, prayer, alcohol, drugs; anything that would surrender the magician's control over his own mind and allow his planar link to rule during the critical moment. These techniques were sufficient for classic teleportation, but proved problematic for forming stable gates. Dozens of magicians were lost per year, and many towns in the empire forbade teleportation within sight of their walls.		Unfortunately, there were...incidents. In order to complete the teleportation operation, the newly christened [[guild association is::Moon Mage]]s relied on techniques to induce altered states of consciousness. Meditation, prayer, alcohol, drugs; anything that would surrender the magician's control over his own mind and allow his planar link to rule during the critical moment. These techniques were sufficient for classic teleportation, but proved problematic for forming stable gates. Dozens of magicians were lost per year, and many towns in the empire forbade teleportation within sight of their walls.

	Ilbani was one of a handful of magicians, all of them Sophisters or Celestians, that could reliably generate gates. Unconvinced that it was due to a personal attribute, Ilbani set out to discover what the critical factor was. He presented his findings during a convocation celebrating the 10th anniversary of the guild. Ilbani argued that the common factor among all the reliable gaters was that their techniques were grounded in mathematical exercises. From this, he proposed that high mathematics was at least symbolically important to this magical operation, and further asserted that it may be possible to describe a magical geometery.		Ilbani was one of a handful of magicians, all of them Sophisters or Celestians, that could reliably generate gates. Unconvinced that it was due to a personal attribute, Ilbani set out to discover what the critical factor was. He presented his findings during a convocation celebrating the 10th anniversary of the guild. Ilbani argued that the common factor among all the reliable gaters was that their techniques were grounded in mathematical exercises. From this, he proposed that high mathematics was at least symbolically important to this magical operation, and further asserted that it may be possible to describe a magical geometery.

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			==Background==
			This story was originally posted by Gamemaster [[Armifer]] in the Guild Events folders of the Moon Mage folders of the Dragonrealms forum on 10/18/2008.

			==Emperor of the Line==
	The very awkward journey of Sophister Jon Ilbani began ten years after the signing of the Lunar Accord. One of the most striking demonstrations of Lunar magic in the previous decade was the introduction of the Moongate spell into wide-scale use. Teleportation had long been a hallmark of the far-flung mystics and astrologers, but the moongates had incredible potential to influence commerce and war.		The very awkward journey of Sophister Jon Ilbani began ten years after the signing of the Lunar Accord. One of the most striking demonstrations of Lunar magic in the previous decade was the introduction of the Moongate spell into wide-scale use. Teleportation had long been a hallmark of the far-flung mystics and astrologers, but the moongates had incredible potential to influence commerce and war.