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In Which Zero Escapes Sigil

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This entry starts off with the Harmonium, perhaps they went there for help. Though it looks like perhaps there were notices posted about the group instead. They appear to have gone to the Mind’s Eye next, and spoke to the Factol. Whatever they were told looks rather cicular, as they returned back to Cordon’s home for some soup. It unfortunately, looks like there was then a run in with the Hardhats and their electrified man-catchers. Once free of that, they look to have gone to the Civic Festhall, Zero’s own faction headquarters.

It looks like, through some magic trickery, they were led below the city of Sigil, perhaps running from the guards. It appears they found a dirty settlement down below, and a skeleton full of paperwork. Is it possible a rat told Zero to avoid strawberries? I suppose in Sigil, anything is possible. The next few images, do in fact look like she found a group of people eating strawberry cakes in the sewers. Though those little red dots in their chests may have become bat demons. Next we see the return of the colorful wraith and a portal to a starry place with two moons, one red and one white. Naturally, Zero follows her colorful friend through.

It appears as though they arrived in time for a parade in this place where they landed. A well-dressed man greeted then and brought them to what appears to be a town festival. How very nice and fortuitous. It appears that Zero participated in some apple bobbing and then set up to paint pictures for the townsfolk. I’m not sure if there was a corn maze or a very yellow puzzle to complete, as well.

Unfortunately, the second page of notes seems to indicate an attack by a dragon. An earlier part of her notes though, had a very similar shape, so perhaps some part of the parade came alive and attacked the people, and perhaps some of the furniture and cutlery drawn, too. How very exciting! The next image of sitting down for dinner seems to indicate this was dealt with swiftly.

The final images appear to illustrate history or perhaps a song. Sound and silence. Melody and harmony. A forest where perhaps a battle occurred and men died. And a flower beneath an eclipse of the two moons, one red and one white.

Report 26: Save the Library

On By ravonlockeIn Journal, SvalaLeave a comment

Planning

  • The Keeper of Tomes is glad to see we were able to retrieve Mordenkainen.
  • They discuss what must be done and Mr. Trisfir and Mr. Darkfoot are recruited to work with them on the single use disjunction.
  • There are three options to power the device – getting Mystra’s help, using the Mythal, or the power of a demigod.
  • I speak with Oghma about these very dubious options, He tells me that no gods will help us break Mystra’s rules, but that there is great danger waiting for us, though using the Mythal itself to power the item is not a direct threat to the Library.
  • The Mythal seems to be our only way, and two tendays later, Mr. Trisfir emerges with a sledgehammer shaped item, which he intends to strike the Mythal with to break the Timestop spell.

The Mythal

  • We head back down to the Mythal with The Keeper’s assistance.
  • Everything is quiet, even Miirrym.
  • Until the living spell room, this time, however it is a vague two-dimensional shape that begins cutting people down – a Blade of Disaster?
  • One of the worst spells we have come across, but we eventually prevail and move along.
  • Once back in the Mythal library, Mr. Trisfir edits the book we used the last time, to allow for easier access inside.
  • Mr. Darkfoot and Ms. Lendiel head inside with the hammer, and she strikes the Mythal a resounding blow.
  • There is a loud crack in the air, and color and light returns to the room even as the hammer dims.
  • I feel a sense of deific anger at our act, but we do not have time to deal with Mystra right now.
  • Power stops flowing from the Mythal as it begins to pulse.
  • The Keeper and Mr. Trisfir fly in to examine the cracked tablet and begin repairs, which takes several hours.
  • Once done, they return and Mr. Trisfir fixes the conduit in the viewing library, returning it to its original state.
  • Slowly, power starts flowing outward again, refilling the library with the Mythal’s power.

Blackout

  • We head back up to the top, leaving the Undercroft, to find the entryway dark and empty of guards.
  • An explosion draws our attention, and we rush to find Great Reader Ag barking orders as a group fights a Pit Fiend and two Barbed Devils.
  • We join the fight, taking down these infernal intruders, fearful of what else this power outage might have let into the Library.
  • Fighting our way towards the Tower of Exhaultation, we find a Leviathan in the courtyard, which swallows Mr. Trisfir for a short time before Shohei can finish it off.
  • The top of the tower explodes above us and we rush up through the air to find Miirrym in a corporeal form.
  • She is alive and has only the memories of who she was before her death, thinking this is her first attack on the Library those many years ago.
  • We manage to take her down, Questdrone landing the final blow, and the body falls, already decaying to the ground far below.
  • Moments later, power finally reach the conduits in the tower, indicating the Mythal has returned to full power.

Clean-Up

  • Everyone returns below to help with the final mopping up of invaders, Ms. Rosewood and I healing who we can.
  • The final toll in the morning is 40 dead avowed, 3 dead archmages, incredible structural damage and loss of books and artifacts, and a blight on the ground where Miirrym fell.
  • I pledge all of my power to bring back as many of the dead as I am able, while others offer to help with the reconstruction.
  • Back in The Room, another doorway has appeared – this one leading to a dusty room with tattered tapestries and a single ten-foot tall 12-sided crystal with mirrored surfaces.
  • It is a scrying focus, but I cannot see Miirrym through it – I am worried for the dragon.
  • Casting out to Oghma for knowledge, I learn that it is The Mirror of Errant Sight, a lost artifact of Eberron, with a will of its own that does not brook misuse.
  • Ms. Lendiel falls asleep while I study it, and yet, a reflection of her stabs at me so viciously, that I must call Petra for aid in removing ourselves from the room.