Chirade, Insane Elf-Mage.

Art-talk.

Dear Journal,

Before i go about details about what happened this evening, i'll write about Chirade, Insane Elven Mage & his victims.

There were traces about the City with letters signed 'C' that invited certain people for a meeting ... 'then they were whisked away using great magical powers'.

There were rumours of Chirade, Insane Elf Arcanist being behind all of this ... it's victims captured & tortured included Elvadriel & Anna Blake.

One of his strongholds was in Rashamen, in a town where everyone seemed 'acting odd ... listless, dejected, delusional' as Anna put. Strange candles enthralled people, victims were held captive by criminals & Mask's priests ... town was freed by Anna Blake, as she cut down all the candles & fought the opposition with Mind-wards present to prevent sanity loss.

At this point Cerulean Star 3rd, named Tristyn, took upon a mission of finding Chirade using his own magical aptitude ... he coordinated search efforts.

Then Tristyn vanished for days as well.

Dear Journal,

This evening i met Isolde, a beautiful bard of Peltarch it seems ... we talked about art's importance.

Art makes people behave & communicate better, makes them join their minds & words across time & space.

As spectator could see a paint hundreds of years before, another in our times can do so as well, feeling the same.

She complimented my new Scrying Chalice as well.

Then we were interrupted by strange 'tear' in space, a hole in air appeared, people escaped through it - chased by shadowy figures with purple eyes ... who tried to grab them back into the rift.

Isolde closed to heal their serious wounds, i helped to carry Elvadriel away from shadows who tried to take her back.

Then we noticed Tristyn ... it seems they recovered him from Demiplane of Shadows where he was held captive & tortured. They said that three other victims bound to the same 'torture contraption' were killed as adventurers tried to figure out a way to set them free.

i've checked Tristyn's pulse ... barely alive.

Then guards appeared & ordered him in Gaol, into a cell ... on Captain Talbot's orders.

Perhaps his mind was twisted as he was tortured, i don't know.

Perhaps will learn more, as investigation proceeds.

Yours, Chea Allin, Cerulean Star 2nd.




'Tear'.




Adventurers & Tristyn.




Captain Talbot.