Thayan Disguise.

-=- Chea in a Red Wizard Disguise. -=-


Dear Journal,

... as time progress, there are more and more encounters in Narfell with Thay.

... recently came across a Red Wizard - Thayan Archmage's expensively looking robe, and also got a Raumathar Battle-Wizard Staff.


Who are Raumiviri, people of Raumathar?

Raumathar was established by the Raumviran people in -900 DR, setting their capital as Winterkeep.

Raumathar was a great eastern empire that spanned the northeast and eastern regions of Faerun over the span of ~800 years. It included the lands that eventually became the nations of Rashemen and Thay.

The Raumviran people were known to be powerful battle-wizards, capable of wielding both sword and magic against the demonic forces of Narfell they so-often fought.


Being a Witch by myself, Rashemen peaks my curiosity ... and being a Cerulean Knight - trying to keep notes of Thayan moves.


It is spoken that Red Wizards of Thay are utterly evil, unhesistant of deploying darker arts of necromancy, unhesistant of using slaves, ruthless magocracy to it's core, with it's ambitions unbound.


Dear Journal,

... i am suspecting - but am not sure - that conflicts with Thay will increase, so considered using these items i've mentioned earlier.

... i have no hope of infiltrating their ranks - their customs are unknown to me, so they would discover me as a spy very quickly.

They are mostly Wizards, i am a Sorceress witch, as well.

They have women in their ranks, so perhaps this guise can be useful for Charm Person interrogation of Thayan people outside the Red Wizards caste, or just as a means to gain initiative for suprise first-strike attack, when needed.

-- Yours, Chea Allin, Cerulean Star 2nd, a Witch, an Adventuress.




-=- Red Wizard Archmage's Robe. -=-




-=- Raumathar Battle-Wizard Staff. -=-

Thayan Necromancer in Peltarch.

-=- A Guard. -=-


Dear Journal,

A night of duty for a cerulean knight star 2nd.

Guard came to me saying about a man, a crafter named Samson Lightwood being killed, then raised as a zombie ... it seemed murder investigation for a cerulean that i am.

With a fairly known wizard adventuress - Verika - we went to morgue and asked older person there for a corpse of Samson.

Detect Magic spell hinted Necromancy about, and Verika pointed to back of his neck - where black onyx, so called necromancer's gemstone - was placed.

... i've removed it and we went to Cerulean HQ to skry for more information.

The large skrying mirror was pulled and put in place, my scarf on floor before it ... three candles and incense alight ... and a water-full silver chalice in front of a mirror as well.

... i've cast Eagle's Splendour spell, then Clairaudience/Clairvoyance and entered skrying trance.

Image appeared of an middle-aged man, dressed in expensive-looking Red Robes of Thayan Wizards, with magical bracers on his wrists, with bald & tattooed head ... it seemed he was relatively high ranking member of Necromancers, those who serve Zulkir Szass Tam.

He was 'working' on another corpse at the moment ... relatively young girl, with no apparent cause of death.

He was in a small room, with very large table ... behind him trapped doors. On one end of the table a throne, on other end - another throne, with an urn and magical skull floating above the urn.

By girl's looks seemed she was Narfell's native, so whole 'affair' was perhaps very close.

Mage turned the girl around, put onyx in back of her neck and started animating her ... then my skrying spell's duration ended.


Then we went to Ashald's Park where zombie was found and put to rest.

... it seems that Martin the Gardener keeps coming to work there by night, working secretly - as city offices does not want to pay for extra hours.

... he said that he saw zombie coming and screamed for guards.

... guards came and chopped undead with their halberds.


Martin said prayer to Selune and when i positively responded - he offered to go for a drink someday.

... told him that someday we can ... he was enthusiastic at that.


Leaving Ashald's Park i've cast detect magic spell again, followed traces of necromantic energies ... that led us to a house.


... inside the house it was as in skrying vision, large table, red wizard.

... a battle of spells ensued, we won against Red Wizard without having casaulties on our side.


Where this leads, Dear Journal?

... is it an act of war from Thayan Red Wizards?

... is it Casus Belli, a Cause for War?


... i'll write report for the Cerulean Offices tomorrow, and paint the Red Wizard as i did remember him from vision.

-- Chea Allin, Cerulean Star 2nd.




-=- Skrying. -=-




-=- Martin. -=-




-=- a Spell-Battle. -=-




-=- Collapsed Ruins of a House. -=-

The Ice Witch of the Coldstone Mountains.

... this started when a group of crafters gather up on a resource-harvesting expedition ... and i was invited to go with them.

We went south, past ruined Jiyyd - it seemed that Demonic threat is mostly gone, except for occasional hit-and-run occurances.

Then something unusual happened - waves of winter wolves and undead ... also snow goblins ... it was a challenge still ... but still nothing very serious considering battle-worthiness of our group's members.

We went onward quite far, then found dwarven-monks cave where they lived and meditated during times of calm.

Now, however the sight was different - we found them battling against undead, and after we helped them to get rid of that wave - they greeted us and invited inside, mentioning they have been fighting for days.

... inside, there were more of Dwarven Monks, Order of the Endless ... and a sleeping gnome.

Gnome's name was Miranda Greywing, and dwarves were caring for her.

She seemed ill, poisoned ... and dwarves related that she told them about The Ice Witch and her Coven, dwelling nearby.

One of us cast the 'Heal' spell on Miranda, she felt for a while better then vomited.

We had a short talk with her ... she told us that this Ice Witch was once her adventuring companion - until was lured with strange power found near-by ... now she seems to be content on a nothing less than dominating, ruling, ... or killing every life form in the area.

After a while, Miranda turned pale and screamed that she must be out of cave ... turned into werecat, then jumped to exit.

To cut long story short, dear journal - we followed trails, fought Fel Orcs, Wolves, Ice Trolls, Animated Ice Statues, Snow Shamblers, etc. - as we made progress towards blizzard-covered mountaintop, from where Corrupted Druidic power emanated.

Was it related with Defiler, ancient druid of Rawlinswood, ancient druid with corrupt powers that proved to be threat to Narfell years ago?

We passed through land, we passed near strange menhir stones - was it that ancient power source that Ice Witch succumbed to?

With aid of Air Elemental we flew to mountaintop, where we found and fought Ice Witch, her Corrupted Coven.

The trees nearby turned to be treants, awakened by Ice Witch's power, to fight us.

Ice Witch was defeated, her Corrupt Coven as well ... Miranda Greywing was rescued.

After the fight, our crafters found rare woods ... including Darkwood.

We have helped Miranda reach Norwick, and Master Z did arrange for her inn room, and mentioned something about employment after she recovers.

We found some gold, and enchanted items ... i took my interrest in a tiara, simple and beautiful silver headband with a green gem covering forehead. This headband seemed to awaken energy centers and energy channels - not only thrid eye center and crown chakra center ... increasing wearer's wisdom, fearlessness, clarity and focus.

-- Yours, Chea Allin, an Adventuress, a Witch, a Seeker of Enlightened Energies.

11th Arcane Initiation.

Dear Journal,

... i've initiated myself into the Arcane Mastery again, 11th time in this life.

'Energy Channels' in my Mind, Speech & Body were purified & opened, allowing Arcane & Enlightened Energies to flow more freely.


... this lesson took long, but now is complete.

... i can cast curses - no worse than most of the witches, anyway.

... got 'Bestow Curse' spell for that ... and i have many tricks that can be useful with it.


... now i can cast more of arcane spells ... up to 5th circle arcane magick.

My weaker of spells also grew in power & duration, as well as in a number of casts per day.

... i can cast weaker of spells more often, at higher circles, if i use 'Metamagical Still'.

i am more combat- & adventure-worthy since now.

-- Yours, Chea Allin, a Witch, an Adventuress & a Seeker of Enlightened Energies.


       


       


       

Of Weeping Blade, of Druids, Demons, Devils & Dragons.

-=- 'Copp', a Copper Dragon. -=-


It happened that Isolde Garibaldi was guarding powerful Ilmateri Relic, a Sword named: 'Weeping Blade'.

Unaware of what's going on, i've entered Peltarch's commons and noticed a Copper Dragon curled under a tree.

It was my duty to shooo him away, before Commoners and other people get scared.

Most eloquent way was to give him something shiny and ask him to leave.

... i did that: gave him Chaos Shard i've had since a while ... while persuading to fly away.

Soon after Peltarch Guard arrived, and 'Copp' went West.

Adventurers & City Officials - including me - followed.




-=- Grove. -=-


To cut a long tale short, we were invited, transported magically, to a druid grove with nature's followers:
- druids,
- rashemi witch,
- rashemi berserker barbarians,
- good noble dragons,
- ...


We talked a while about weeping blade ... saw some visions then were attacked by devils who wanted the sword.


   

-=- Visions. -=-


After a long combat with a Devil ... which we were losing ... more forces arrived, and one witch ... i think she was called 'Maeve' ... did send herself and the devil along to the hells ... so rest of us could escape with sword.




-=- a Return on Dragonback. -=-


After a return, we went to Jonni's 'Witch & Seer Inn' and tried to scry ... we grasped maeve's location ... and tried a rescue mission.


We suffered some lossess, i am still confused who lived, who died, what really happened.

... i hope those who died can return to life on Prime Material Plane.


Then we got from grove's druids a gift, each of us got:

- 1x Heal Potion,
- 10x Cure Critical Wounds Potions,
- 5 000 gold pieces,
- 1x Briarpatch Crystal.

... it was their gratitude for help in defending their grove.

-- Yours, Chea Allin, a Witch, a Cerulean Star 2nd, Adventuress.

Premature Blessings.

Anheim, my nice martial artist friend asked me to include wrist-work, feet-work - not only distancing - and flat, strong stomach belly in my practices, in my blessings for him.

... i have arcane blessing spell, Cat's Grace.

... well, blessing for friends, curse for foes.

... i think it's best to cast it on him when we both are ready.

... 'Premature blessing is cause, is source of all problems', we think.

... for stealthy types, i have Improved Invisibility arcane bless, arcane spell ... i am Illusionist, anyway.

Occasionally i invoke wisdom in my mind, think: 'Wisdom, Awaken!'.

After this often other invocations works, often: 'Who is friend, who is foe?'.

... then other spells/mantras/prayers follow.

... without prayers i do not function, lose hope - as reality is beyond my comprehension ability, anyway.

Anheim is a nice, quiet, calm, handsome, unassuming friend.

... he believes that martial artists should ... well, minimum force approach with wisdom and compassion.

My daily rites include friends, of course ... as life progress ... my practice evolves ... and our blessings and energies mix ... in a way, spells last beyond their usual durations, i think.

-- Chea Allin, a Witch, a Seeker of Enlightened Energies.