Dantia/Storylines/Mana Surges & Wild Magic/Phase 6: The Sorcery Messengers
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This page relates to phase 6 of the 10 phase event known as Mana Surges & Wild Magic.
Many of these individual "events" are times when one or more of the Sorcery Messengers arrived unannounced, and chatted with those who gathered. In an effort to keep this page streamlined, and since the Messengers are largely giving their same talking points each time, the details of each conversation are documented on the Sorcery Messengers page.
Asildu at Overhealers Anonymous Meeting
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-09-36 Jul 28, 2024 |
Breath of the Heralds Asildu, a Human Scholar, made their first public appearance at an Overhealers Anonymous meeting.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for a more detailed account of this messenger and their interactions. |
Log courtesy of Ayrell |
Valenal at the Crossing Empath Courtyard
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-09-36 Jul 28, 2024 |
Avatar of the Summoning Valenal, Elemental Conduit of Elanthia made their first public appearance at the Crossing Empath Guild Courtyard.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for a more detailed account of this messenger and their interactions. |
Log courtesy of Allye |
Player Story: By Saragos
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-09-40 Jul 29, 2024 |
Saragos is desperately trying to open a portal to rescue his wife Navesi and the others who have disappeared. He's working against time and his own limitations, attempting to accomplish in a short amount of time what previously took a team of adventurers much longer. Despite feeling the task is impossible, Saragos continues to strategize, practice, and even considers using dangerous shortcuts, all while others around him offer support he barely acknowledges. | Full story on Pastebin |
Player Letter: Daervlan eth'Riel to Saragos
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-09-40 Jul 29, 2024 |
Saragos receives a magical message in response to his previous communication with Daervlan eth'Riel. The message, appearing as a glowing sheet of paper, offers condolences and support for Saragos's efforts to rescue the missing individuals, while also confirming his suspicions about the nature of their disappearance. However, before the message can be fully conveyed, it abruptly vanishes in a flash, leaving Saragos with incomplete information and a warning about caution and surveillance. | Full letter on Discord |
Player Story: By Nawain
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-09-40 Jul 29, 2024 |
Nawain, exhausted from days of continuous work, is pouring immense amounts of holy power into a complex magical structure at Arhat's Tower. She's creating a metaphysical construct that she hopes will serve as a bridge or beacon to find and bring back the missing individuals. Despite her fatigue and the physical toll it's taking on her, she persists in her efforts, praying to multiple deities and sending an antinomic godling on a mission to pierce through the planes and locate the lost ones. | Full story on Pastebin |
Miraena at the West Gate of Crossing
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-09-40 Jul 29, 2024 |
Messenger Miraena, Voice of the Heralds of Elanthia, made her first appearance just outside the West Gate of Crossing.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. |
Log courtesy of Casari |
Miraena at the West Gate of Crossing
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-10-04 Jul 30, 2024 |
Miraena returns to the West Gate of Crossing to speak with more adventurers.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. |
Log courtesy of Casari |
Player Event: Wild Seaside Mammoth Ride
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-10-04 Jul 30, 2024 |
Shaylynne and Allye organized an expedition to investigate wild magic, gathering a group of adventurers at Acenamacra Pier to board a sea mammoth. Unaka served as an interpreter, questioning the Merelew driver in Asaran about wild magic, riptides, and missing people. The driver confirmed issues with magic and riptides but claimed limited knowledge on most topics, including any information about missing individuals. | Log courtesy of Allye. |
Asildu and Miraena at Gaethrend's Court
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-10-08 Jul 31, 2024 |
Miraena and Asildu meet for the first time in Gaethrend's Court.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. |
Log courtesy of Maraisel |
Player Story: The Messengers by Tirost
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-10-12 Aug 01, 2024 |
Tirost and his sister Lymira discuss the various messengers promoting their views on sorcery and wild magic. Tirost expresses concern over the sincerity and motives of these messengers. Despite their doubts and disagreements, Tirost and Lymira resolve to remain united and continue their efforts, each stepping back into the night with their own concerns and responsibilities. | Full story |
Player Event: Wild Magic Negotiations and the Arbiter in Darkness
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-10-12 Aug 01, 2024 |
Urbaj invites all interested parties to discuss possible violations of the Agreement made between the Traders and the Arbiter in Darkness, and how this may be able to be used in the search to better understand Wild Magic. Urbaj provides a history of the existing Agreement and begins a collective editing of his first draft notification.
It is at this event that Steward of Recursion Liraxes, Warden of Adaptation, makes his first appearance. Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. Expand for details. Originally posted to Discord by Urbaj: Fingers steepled and brow furrowed, Urbaj rereads the words written on a piece of parchment paper. Several spent glossy axinite runestones litter the floor around him. Eventually, he sits back, lets out a long exhale, and nods to his patient aide. "This is just a draft. Please make a few more copies for the meeting tonight so we can discuss it."
As the aide rushes down Bank Street toward her destination, one of the sheets slips from her ledger to the curb. It reads:
Day 374 of Year 449
TO: The Arbiter in Darkness
CC: Guildleader Ansprahv Drensyld; Lord Veahmic Turmar
RE: NOTICE OF BREACH OF CONTRACT
Arbiter in Darkness:
This correspondence pertains to the contract executed in the 425th year between the Arbiter in Darkness and House Turmar on behalf of the Trader Guild ("the Agreement").
Specifically, you have breached the obligation under the Agreement to preserve access to Lunar magic for all Trader Guildmembers in exchange for their non-interference with the Plane of Probability.
Whereas the Trader Guild has dutifully adhered to its obligations, on or about the 186th and 354th days of the 449th year, for extended periods of time, all Guild access to Lunar magic was fully severed, potentially as a result of interference from the extraplanar entity known as Liraxes. While we have no evidence this was done with your cooperation, it remains your liability.
Subsequent instruction from the Negotiants affirmed that the Agreement remains in effect. Therefore, unless you remedy this breach of contract, we will take measures to protect our rights under the Agreement. Suitable remedies may include, but shall not be not limited to:
1. Demonstrable efforts to destroy, weaken, or restrict the entity known as Liraxes.
2. Strategic tutelage regarding the entity known as Liraxes.
3. Additional magical tutelage heretofore withheld.
4. Reimbursement of 1,000 platinum Kronars to each affected member of the Trader Guild.
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N/A |
Player Event: Paladin Meeting Regarding the Bulwark
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-10-12 Aug 01, 2024 |
Madigan and Khearkrash call Paladins to join them in an attempt to reach the five missing adventurers. While attempts are being made to harness holy magic, the group receives a vision, and the are joined by Unaka.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. Expand for details. The vision received: Thunderous steps approach, and you hear an ox snort loudly. Your spirit sings and you feel a comforting weight squeeze your shoulder, a stern but encouraging hand pushing you forward. A kind and deep voice echoes all around you, The security you seek is forged in sacrifice and tempered in purity. Those that threaten our world cannot and do not diminish your achievement. A massive ox muzzle snuggles against your cheek, nearly knocking you over, the enormous horns stretching over you. Entirely black eyes gaze down at you, and the ox snorts amiacably before turning and vanishing. A brilliant flash of light momentarily blinds you. When your vision clears, you see a confused looking Gor'Tog woman standing nearby, radiant and proud. The voice echoes, She will guide you. |
Log courtesy of Gretae |
Asildu at the Temple of Light, Charges of Heresy
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-10-16 Aug 02, 2024 |
A vigil is held by Ezerak for his missing wife, Ayrell, where Asildu attends.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. |
Log courtesy of Anuril |
| 449-10-16 Aug 02, 2024 |
Immediately following the vigil, Briaen issues charges of Heresy against Asildu.
Expand for details. CHARGES OF HERESY: Asildu has publicly confessed to heretical beliefs, declaring devotion outside that of the Immortals. Such a proclamation starkly contradicts the principles of faith and the veneration of the Immortals, amounting to a blasphemous affront to our sacred traditions. The Holy Inquisition unequivocally denounces Asildu's blasphemous declaration. His misguided pursuit of power and existence outside the reverence of the Immortals reveals a grievous departure from the path of righteousness and a blatant defiance of the divine order. Asildu, Seeker of the Heralds, is hereby called to repent for his heretical actions. Let him seek the mercy of the Immortals and renounce his blasphemous ways. The path to redemption lies in the earnest return to faith and the veneration of the divine beings who guide and protect us. Let this edict serve as a solemn warning to all who may be tempted by the lure of heresy. The pursuit of power outside the divine guidance of the Immortals leads only to spiritual ruin. Remain steadfast in your faith and dedicated to the worship of the holy deities who illuminate our path. The Holy Inquisition remains vigilant in its sacred duty to protect the purity of our faith and the sanctity of the Immortals' worship. Any actions or proclamations that undermine these sacred principles will be met with the full measure of our divine authority. In the unwavering light of the Immortals, let us reaffirm our commitment to faith and veneration. Together, let us stand as a bulwark against the encroachment of heresy and uphold the sanctity of our divine traditions. Issued under the Seal of the Holy Inquisition, this Day in the Pursuit of Righteousness, 16th day of Nissa the Maiden, 449 AV. Signed & Sealed, Knight Penitent Briaen Huns, Dawnsworn of Berengaria |
[Full letter] on Discord |
Unaka at the Glaes Spatula Cooking Competition
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-10-20 Aug 03, 2024 |
Unaka attends the Glaes Spatula Cooking Competition.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. |
Log courtesy of Allye |
Nawain Receives Messages from the Missing Adventurers
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-10-20 Aug 03, 2024 |
While performing one of her ongoing ritualistic processes in Arhat's Tower, Nawain feels a moment of magical disruption then hears brief messages from the missing adventurers, which she relays to others.
Expand for details. Message from Ayrell: "Ezerak? Ez, if you can hear me, I am alive. Tell our children... tell them I will find a way home. Protect them, please. I beg of you. We are trying to find a way out, but the world is in danger and in desperate need of your help. You must keep fighting! Do not give up!" Message from Dantia: "We are alive, together, and fighting. Ours is a battle, but you and the world are at war. You must take action, not just talk! Fix the imbalance! We will fight together again, my love." Message from Mazrian: "Anuril. We are alive and will escape if possible. You know your duty. Don't miss your shot at killing them to save us, and don't let anyone else. If I don't make it, tell those punks I'll see them in the void." Message from Miskton: "Vaerek, hope this reaches you. Spread the word. We are all still alive. Our magic is suppressed. No physical restraints, but no objects or landscape to interact with. Passage of time difficult to gauge. No sign of captors. Do not believe we have moved far from initial entry point, but difficult to judge." Message from Navesi: "We're still alive. We've searched, researched, experimented exhaustively, and there's no way out from this side. The others seem optimistic but I think I may see things more clearly than they do, and I am losing hope. Take care of our children. I love you." |
[Log] courtesy of Nawain |
Asildu at Overhealers Anonymous
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 449-10-24 Aug 04, 2024 |
Asildu returns to Overhealers Anonymous to discuss his viewpoint on sorcery.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. |
Log courtesy of Ayrell |
Valenal on the Streets of Crossing
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 450-01-16 Aug 12, 2024 |
Valenal reveals that his connection with Elemental Plane entities led to their influence over his mind, and they are now concerned about recent energetic disruptions between their planes and the Plane of Abiding amid the chaos of wild magic.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. |
[Log] courtesy of Avrenka |
Story: By Miraena
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 450-01-20 Aug 13, 2024 |
Miraena, protected by the Heralds, struggles to convince adventurers in Crossing to forsake sorcery, as they largely ignore or even violently reject her pleas, leaving her disheartened. Despite witnessing the devastating effects of sorcery on her village and others, she realizes that words alone may not be enough to change their minds. With renewed determination, she resolves to take more drastic measures to protect her family and the common people from the looming calamity caused by unchecked sorcery. | Full story |
Player Event: Beseeching Elanthia to Find
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 450-01-20 Aug 13, 2024 |
Waydren gathers Rangers and Empaths at Arhat's Tower in an attempt to beseech Elanthia itself to assist in locating the missing adventurers. As they connect with Elanthia through the Empathic link, they feel its essence as a vast collection of living things, syncing their heartbeat with the planet's pulse. They become aware of Elanthia's perception of time as layers of sediment that tell the story of ancient, vibrant life and the rise and fall of civilizations. However, this balance is disrupted as civilizations begin harnessing mana, leading to localized extinctions and spreading unnatural blights. The primary guardians struggle to contain these wounds, and as a result, Elanthia now harbors only cursed, blighted life that continues to drain its vitality. As they focus on Arhat's crumbling tower, they witness the event that traps their compatriots in the Null Prison, sensing their presence in the vicinity but remaining unreachable.
Expand for details. The visions received by Empaths and Rangers: From the familiar grasp within Elanthia's soil, you find something different -- something deeper. As the vines encase your body, you can feel the presence of Elanthia as one large collection of living things. With the aid of the Empathic link, you feel as though you have connected with Elanthia itself. Your heartbeat slows, matching the pulse of life covering the planet. Though searching for information on a specific moment in time, you become distinctly aware that Elanthia perceives time on a scale unfamiliar to you, as layers of sediment each sing their own song of epochs and days from before the rise of humanity on this world. Your senses reach back to a time when the planet was teeming with wildness. Vibrant, uncontrolled, untamed life was once present here, in this very location. You sense the rise and fall of countless civilizations here, in this very soil. Under the careful watch of a cultivating eye pruning and fertilizing the natural life on the planet, you feel the influence of guardians maintaining the balance between wildness and civilization. Existence, self-contained and free of outside influence, remained in balance such that life could thrive. However, you also sense that this time was short-lived. You feel a distinct time when these gardeners sustaining the balance could no longer entirely fight off outside influence. As each civilization learned to harness the flowing streams of mana, it crumbled beneath a localized extinction, leaving a bleeding wound where no life could bloom. What was an embrace of wholeness now twists into a litany of trauma, as unnatural blights spread from festering eruptions long forgotten. You feel the overwhelming loss of Life within each wound, as disease propagates alien, twisted life from outside of the plane in each laceration. As portions of Elanthia have died, outsiders have planted their seed and begun cultivating to expand their own presence through new pathways into existence from elsewhere. As new pathways came to take what was here, lesser guardians attempted to assist the caretakers. They attempted to contain the wounds, and to cultivate life, but their impact was severely limited, as it was dependent on a connection to the outside, as if drawing from a well some distance away to put out a raging fire. The wounds continued to fester and bleed. The primary guardians, who were reliant on the balance of life to continue cultivating, focused on what good they could do, leaving the outsiders to attempt to contain the blights. Within each of these wounds, Elanthia has never recovered. Only unnatural life, blighted and cursed, can thrive in these conditions. They are no longer part of the balance within Elanthia -- and they take more from Elanthia with every iteration. The pain now grows, welling to an unsustainable level, and you find yourself feeling the weight of Arhat's crumbling tower above you. Your senses focus on this location, and your connection with Elanthia helps guide the memory of the nature surrounding this tower to the specific point in which your compatriots disappeared. Pushing out the influence of everything outside of this focal point, your senses sharpen. You witness the flash that rent many into the Null Prison, and the return of all but five. Curiously, you still feel the influence of their life in this very moment in time and in this very space. All five beings strangely appear to be here within the vicinity of the Tower -- but entirely out of reach, as if in a space that is not tangible in any meaningful way. Your spatial awareness slowly returns to normal as the link with Elanthia fades. |
Log courtesy of the Grey Dragons |
| 450-01-20 Aug 13, 2024 |
Liraxes and Valenal make a joint appearance at the conclusion of the Beseeching Elanthia to Find event.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. |
Log courtesy of Ayrell |
Player Event: A Picnic: A Wild Mystery
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 450-01-24 Aug 14, 2024 |
A picnic is held at the center of the excavation site in the Crossing as an open forum to discuss and debate wild magic and the current missing adventurers. Unaka arrives and participates in the discussion.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. |
Log courtesy of Amailia |
Player Story: Nawain Chooses Life
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 450-01-28 Aug 15, 2024 |
Nawain struggles with self-doubt and frustration after a failed battle with necromancers, haunted by memories of her past and feeling helpless despite her training. As she works on her alchemy, she finds solace in her father's reassuring voice in her mind, reminding her that losses are opportunities for growth. Determined to overcome her fear and keep a promise to Enelne, she pushes forward, casting aside thoughts of vengeance to focus on her mission. | Full story on Pastebin |
Player Event: Prepping the Contract Proposal to Liraxes
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 450-01-28 Aug 15, 2024 |
Parkons invites interested parties, especially Traders, to begin collaboration on a contract with Liraxes. That contract can be found here. | N/A |
Player Event: A Diplomatic Approach to the Heralds
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 450-01-28 Aug 15, 2024 |
Ruea organizes an event to attempt peaceful communication with the Heralds. Asildu attends and offers to act as a connection to the Heralds. Through this connection, it's implied that the Heralds want sorcery to cease but don't seem to have or care about the missing adventurers. This led to debate about whether the Heralds actually have the missing people, or if another entity might be responsible.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. |
Log courtesy of Ayrell |
Player Letter: From Sir Madigan to the Grey Dragons, ODS, Iron Circle, Black Foxes
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 450-01-32 Aug 16, 2024 |
Madigan expresses concern about the world's current state and the lack of decisive action. He presents three potential courses of action: assisting Liraxes in building a device to attain balance, supporting Asildu's call to cease sorcery, or promoting Valenal's approach of increased sorcery use. Madigan urges the recipients to provide input on these options, emphasizing the need for action and a unified front to either prove a chosen path correct or allow for adjustment if proven wrong. | Full letter on Discord |
Player Letter: Saragos to Valenal
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 450-01-32 Aug 16, 2024 |
Saragos writes a letter to Valenal, asking him to pass a letter on to Daervlan eth'Riel. In the letter to Daervlan, Saragos asks what we should be ready for, opinions on the causes or resolution of the problems with Wild Magic, and the identity of the kidnappers of the missing adventurers. | Full letter on Discord |
Liraxes at Asemath Academy
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 450-01-32 Aug 16, 2024 |
Liraxes meets with adventurers in Asemath Academy.
Visit the Sorcery Messengers page for more info about this messenger and their interactions during this event. |
N/A |
Upcoming Player Event: Evoking the Missing
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 450-01-32 Aug 16, 2024 |
More information is needed on who kidnapped the five missing people - Ayrell, Dantia, Mazrian, Miskton, and Navesi - both to help rescue them and to unravel the mysteries of who is behind this. Saragos requests Bards who are available attempt to Evoke the kidnapping itself at the site of the disappearance in search of clues about the culprit and their reasons. It will be difficult to filter for this, as Arhat's Tower is rich in history, which may prevent any new insights, but desperation has always been an effective goad. | N/A |
Upcoming Player Event: Holy Magic Discussion
| Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 450-01-40 Aug 18, 2024 |
Nawain and Maintain wish to discuss the implications of Truffenyi's guidance on the use of magic as it relates to Holy magic users as well as other questions arising from the effects of Wild Magic on the guild's spell matrices. They invite interested magic researchers as well as Clerics and Paladins of all levels of practice to come and share their experiences with their magic since the arrival of Wild Magic. | N/A |