Enacting the Pillar Plan – Plus Tykels’ Objections
Miss Leafi sums up the preparations for the Pillar Plan to protect the Landing, in walks Tykel Rone, pleading with the Mayor not to do it. Then … aiming a crossbow at him! He vows, when the plan backfires, he’ll shoot Mayor Crux… more of the prep plans follow:
Category: Towns
Topic: Wehnimer’s LandingDate: 03/20/2018 04:59 PM CDTFrom: LEAFIARASubj: Enacting the Pillar Plan (March 19 story recap)Bullet points* As Mayor Cruxophim and adventurers prepare in the mayor’s office for the plan with the bone pillars, Tykel Rone enters the room and pleads not to go through with it, saying it dishonors the death of his niece Kalie in 5111. He takes aim at Crux with a crossbow, but is dissuaded by the crowd; however, he vows that when the plan comes back to haunt us, he’ll shoot Crux in the skull before the end comes.
* The crowd awaits the Town Council’s overseer, but a town crier announces that Alendrial DeArchon is occupied and has appointed Dame Evia of the Order of the Silver Gryphon to supervise and report. Evia delegates note taking (but not necessarily reporting) to Leafiara.
* At the first bone pillar, Leaoh and Lylia among others draw shadow energy from Hapenlok and Madmountan while Cruxophim, Goblyn, Magister Raelee, Xorus, and others stabilize and focus the energy–among other surrounding activities including anointing the area with Hlendril’s spilled blood. Hap and Mad are recommended to think of dark times to better urge out the shadows. No unexpected incidents occur and the cracks in the pillar seal up with whorls of a shadowy black substance.
* The pillar at the Coastal Cliffs had already been activated, but the group briefly drops by to see it. Hap, who had been to the shadow realm twice, reports feeling better after having the shadow energy extracted.
* At the third bone pillar on the Glatoph, Leaoh, Lylia, Nakaira, and Xeldome among others draw shadow energy from Lornieh and Xorus, then later Leafiara. Meanwhile others continue the procedures from the first pillar, this time joined by Hapenlok and Madmountan as participants instead of conduits. The weather of the already chilly area intensifies throughout the process, leading Meureii to start a controlled fire, but otherwise there are no further incidents and ice crystals in the area fuse into the pillar, repairing it.
* Afterward some of those involved report feeling their life force drained, but Crux says it was to be expected and Hap and Leafi claim to feel better after having the shadow energy extracted.
* At the fourth bone pillar–the last one not already activated–procedures continue as before, this time with energy drawn from Evia, Leafi, and Rekarth. This time some of those present report feeling their life force drained even if not directly participating, and toward the end of the process a woman’s voice is heard from within the pillar calling for help as the pillar seems to tremble. However, the voice fades as the ritual ends and the pillar’s cracks are infused with living shadows. Several people including Evia, Leafiara, Leaoh, Lornieh, Lylia, and Mourne report minor fatigue from the rituals, but none make it out to be cause for concern.
The (inclusive, lengthy) log can be found below!
https://gswiki.play.net/Rise_of_Rone_-_Enacting_the_Pillar_Plan
From within the pillar, the shrill voice again echoes from its ashen depths, “Heeeeallp m……” Then, like the ushered silence of night, the voice is quieted and the cracks of the bone pillar are infused with living shadows, creating a pattern of black whorls across its surface.
For the briefest of moments, the light of the moon bleeds to black and the glow of the stars in the sky are shrouded in a veil of shadows. But just like that, the radiance of the moon and stars returns to hold their pattern across the sky.
Well. You all heard it. The bone pillar was asking for “heal.”
Glad I was able to fix her up with those last shadows.
– Xorus’ player
“(If you really want to understand Marlu, I suggest reading “The Call of Cthulhu” by H.P. Lovecraft.)” – Varevice (2000)