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'''Session 14: ''' After the Inauguration (20 Huenti 785 to  
		27 Huenti 785)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Weeks pass between  
			the battle and the inauguration.  Tchau goes to Iott to finish  
			his business so that he can end his official service.  Emmerick  
			restlessly waits in Mydir for an assignment.  Solaris and his  
			cohort, Ri and Jonathon, spend a glorious time in Mydir.   
			Olokas reads the holy book he was given and spends time learning the  
			ways of the knights of the white sword from Sir Kaelis.  Saren  
			spends the weeks taking classes at the paladin academy.  When  
			time comes for the inauguration, they are all invited to attend.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> 
						Inauguration day is a huge spectacle.  Solaris is  
						mobbed by hundreds and can do little except appease the  
						masses.  The others gather for the first time in  
						over a month and look around the area.  They meet  
						several dignitaries, including Aianna Cadmurren or the  
						Destroytian Republic.  She listens intently to  
						their story of the recent battle and invites them to sit  
						in her box to watch the proceedings.  When it ends,  
						she bids them farewell.  The group decides to meet  
						the next day to discuss the next course of action.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">They meet  
						at Saint Toppin's and are greeted by Roger, a cleric has  
						been assigned to help them in the past.  They talk  
						about possibly going back to the desert temple among  
						other things until Joseph arrives.  He says that  
						while they were relaxing, he was tracking down a lead.   
						The source of the creatures that are smuggled into Mydir  
						he believes is a cleric of Falan opposed to his and  
						Emmerick's order that left Pacyr a decade ago.  His  
						name is Torrence.  Joseph believes he is operating  
						out of Hertoplowis right across the border.  The  
						group agrees to pursue that lead.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">They go  
						to question Riles, the smuggler that they arrested  
						before the battle.  He tells them again of the  
						structure of the operation.  He tells them that he  
						has two competitors that smuggle meat into the city, Mod  
						and Jackson.  He tells them how he contacted others  
						and the name of the messenger, Doug.  Taking that  
						information, the group stakes out the other two  
						smugglers.  They find nothing and decide on the  
						third night to put a barrel out behind each of their  
						houses, the signal for the messenger.  Two nights  
						later, Olokas and Ri see the messenger approach  
						Jackson's house.  They capture both of them.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group  
						interrogates the charmed captives.  Emmerick  
						removes an evil necklace from Doug.  He tells them  
						more about the operation, and about Torrence, the ring  
						leader who is living in Hertoplowis.   
						Unfortunately, the necklace, once removed activated.   
						Clement reveals, through Joseph, that as soon as the  
						necklace was removed, everyone nearby was scryable.   
						The necklace should have also exploded in a fireball and  
						killed the former wearer, but the magic of the  
						University prevented those wards from activating.   
						Olokas has some choice words with Emmerick.  Doug  
						further tells them when the next shipment is due in  
						Mydir.  The group decides to stake out Mos'  
						warehouse.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Two days  
						later, the find a Mos and a man leading sheep into the  
						city.  They capture and charm them.  They ask  
						the other man what he is doing and find out he is  
						delivering sheep for slaughter.  The next day, they  
						confirm the story with two local butchers who were  
						illegally buying animals for meat.  The captured  
						man has an item which he says can contact his associates  
						and possibly Torrence.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> '''Session 15: ''' A Southern Diversion (27 Huenti 785 to 1  
		Kiusta 785)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group discusses  
			the options.  Clement agrees to send Swift to speak with  
			Jezzalia to determine what if anything is in the desert temple.   
			Emmerick and Tchau will go and try to find Torrence in Hertoplowis,  
			allowing the others, who will be more likely discovered in that  
			nation, to stay in Mydir.  The two are teleported to a nearby  
			town and walk into Hertoplowis.  They take Jarin, the dwarf who  
			they had freed from the slavers and was willing to help identify  
			Torrence.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Sir  
						Kaelis visits Olokas the next day and suggest, if he has  
						nothing else to do, that he spend some time learning how  
						to ride a horse, in his continuing effort to become a  
						knight.  He suggest that they could ride to the  
						Polar Rim Mountains, two days away and visit the mines  
						to see if they had any mithral or admantium.   
						Solaris agrees, wanting to get away from the worshipping  
						throngs of Mydir after more the six weeks there.   
						Saren goes as well.  Ri, not being able to ride at  
						all, remains.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">For two  
						days they travel and Sir Kaelis teaches mounted combat  
						and riding.  They reach the base of the mountains  
						and camp.  The next morning, they go up to the town  
						of Desartalla, a sledgehammer dwarf mining town.   
						They go to the inn, the Mountain Fountain, although  
						Solaris stays at the shrine of Hemator.  They ask  
						the merchants about metals, and try to talk to the  
						mayor, but it is his day off.  The next day, they  
						find Dean Major Icehammer, the dwarven military  
						commander.  He is at his office in the viewing  
						station above the town.  They introduce themselves,  
						and like to everyone, Solaris is awe-inspiring.   
						Olokas asks if their is anything that he can do to help  
						the town.  The Dean tells them he will consider it,  
						and that they have horses and are fast makes them useful  
						to him, as his dwarves are slow.  They leave.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The day  
						before, Solaris and Saren had noticed one evil man at  
						the inn.  They also noticed evil presences  
						occasionally flying overhead.  This day, they again  
						notice the presence and soon after, the man at the inn,  
						this time alone.  Saren stares him down.  The  
						man leaves and they follow as discretely as possible.   
						They follow him to another inn and then out of the town  
						when he finally notices and begins to run.  They  
						give chase down the mountain and he begins to jump over  
						boulders to speed his descent.  Solaris tries the  
						same but nearly kills himself.  Surviving, Solaris  
						is able to magically hold the man and the group brings  
						him back to the town.  When they reach the gate,  
						the guard opens it and they are all attacked by icy  
						winds and cold.  The flying evil presence appears,  
						and they more of them.  The cold kills the  
						prisoner.  The gate guard falls to the ground and  
						Aker takes him to safety.  They others defend until  
						Solaris is able to fly and engage them.  Olokas  
						jumps off the wall after he climbs it to attack.   
						One of the creatures, humanods of air and ice, larger  
						than the average man, descends and grabs the backpack of  
						the dead man.  It throws the pack to another one  
						before Saren, Olokas, and Sir Kaelis destroy it.   
						Solaris, having destroyed one, gives chase.  Before  
						he can reach it, it uses some illusion ann escapes.   
						Solaris tracks it to one of the mine entrances.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> '''Session 16: ''' From Diversion to Mission (1 Kiusta 785 to  
		3 Kiusta 785)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Solaris  
						returns to the others and they revive the guard.   
						Soon many other dwarves arrive.  They all wait for  
						Langus Icehammer, the Dean Major whom they spoke to at  
						the guard post.  They tell him everything that  
						occurred.  He has the body taken to the temple and  
						tells the others that he will have information collected  
						and sent to them.  They go and rest and wait.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">As they  
						are waiting, and Anklelent arrives.  At first, they  
						think it is Swift, whom they had met with Clement.   
						It is not.  Rather it is named Gales and it  
						announced that it is there to aid the chosen one  
						Solaris.  Its first mission is to retrieve the  
						other companions.  After Solaris mentions creatures  
						summoned with gems, it also says it will stop at the  
						Guardian Temple and inform them, as they have been  
						looking for such creatures.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Gales  
						goes to Hertoplowis and finds Emmerick and Tchau.   
						He finds them as they are about to attempt to capture  
						Torrence.  Unfortunately, his arrive sets off an  
						alarm, and Torrence does not leave the inn.   
						Emmerick convinces Gales to help them before he takes  
						them away.  His plan is simple, scare Torrence into  
						surrendering.  Emmerick enters the inn, followed by  
						Tchau flaming and Gales.  Torrence is frightened,  
						but flees magically.  Gales tries to do the same,  
						but cannot.  Instead, he flied the others out of  
						the nation until he can teleport them to Mydir.   
						Once there, he drops them off and goes to the Guardian  
						Temple.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Gales  
						tells the guardians what has occurred with Solaris.   
						They agree to send someone to investigate, and pick  
						Dovan (a former companion of Solaris) to go.  The  
						two teleport to Mydir, where they meet up at the  
						University with Tchau and Emmerick.  After  
						introductions, Emmerick tells them that he will remain  
						at the University to speak with Clement.  They pick  
						up Tchau's familiar Almantiro and teleport to Desartalla,  
						where they find the others.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">For two  
						days, the groups is fed information by the Dean Major.   
						He then meets with them.  The group decides to go  
						into mine 4 to look around.  The Langus says he  
						will provide a guide and get the mayor's permission.   
						By the next day, the group has both and the go into the  
						mine by late morning.  It is raining.  Their  
						guide is named Bromek.  Almantiro and Gales wait  
						outside, as does Sir Kaelis, who just recovered from a  
						stomach illness.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">For  
						nearly two hours, they go down into the deepest shaft of  
						the mine.  They find nothing.  When the reach  
						the last room, Dovan senses outer planar creatures.   
						They notice the floor is illusioned.  A gust of  
						wind comes up them from behind and knocks Aker, Saren,  
						and Bromek into the pit.  Solaris and Tchau jump  
						after them, quickly giving themselves the ability to  
						fly.  Dovan hides.  Olokas searches the room.   
						Aker hooks the floor quickly and stops his fall.   
						Saren attacks the air and cold creature as he falls by  
						it.  Solaris and Tchau are bombarded by cones of  
						cold, which exhausts Tchau's protection spell and nearly  
						kills him.  Solaris is attacked are barely hurt.   
						Tchau flees, damaging one of the creatures as he does.   
						Solaris follows after him and heals him.  Aker  
						climbs out of the pit.  Dovan waits and watches.   
						Olokas turns invisible.  The wounded creature flees  
						magically.  The others, after a speech by Solaris,  
						disappear.  Dovan notices movement and senses a new  
						outsider presence.  He lets it pass him and rush  
						down the tunnel towards Solaris.  It attacks and  
						hurts Solaris, showing itself to be a drow elf.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> '''Session 17: ''' Clash of Demigods? (3 Kiusta 785)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Saren and  
						Bromek catch themselves and realize that they are closer  
						to the bottom than the top.  They begin to descend.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group  
						moves to Solaris, attacking jinn as they get closer.   
						Solaris, Tchau, and Olokas attack and do little to the  
						drow.  Dovan destroys a jinn.  Aker aids Tchau.   
						The jinn attack from outside the tunnel with more cones  
						of cold, forcing Aker to flee into another tunnel and  
						out of the fight.  Solaris tries to help the  
						situation with holy storms and blessings, but the drow  
						dispels them.  Tchau leaps into lightning form  
						through the drow and several jinn, but he is attacked  
						and nearly killed, although his magical defenses so  
						badly harm the two that hurt him that Olokas is able to  
						dispatch them easily.  Another jinn throws Tchau  
						into the pit, but is nearly destroyed in the attempt.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">A new  
						gust of wind knock Olokas into the pit, but he catches  
						himself with his grappling hook.  Dovan flees into  
						hiding to avoid the drow.  Solaris and the drow  
						continue to exchange spells and attacks.  Olokas  
						goes after Aker and finds him.  Dovan hides and  
						senses another jinn and destroys it.  Olokas turns  
						invisible and with Aker's help destroys another two  
						jinn.  The drow nearly kills Solaris, who moves  
						away and is soon joined by Dovan.  The two  
						magically light the area and the drow leaves.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Down in  
						the pit, Saren and Bromek see the falling Tchau.   
						They manage to catch him and heal him, but remain in a  
						precarious position.  Tchau magic does not function  
						much, but he is able to send a message to the others  
						before the three descend again.  A voice from below  
						them yells for help.  When the get to the bottom,  
						they find a human and many dwarves.  The human  
						tells the three that they all slaves, held for mining.   
						They ask the man if there is another way out, and he  
						says there is, but it is through frost giants.   
						Tchau says he can defeat them, and the head out.   
						On their way out, they are confronted by another jinn,  
						who they destroy.  Tchau sends a message to the  
						dwarven guard post, telling them of their progress.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Solaris  
						and the others make it to the outside of the mine and  
						send Gales to tell the Guardian Temple what has  
						happened.  They look for the Dean Major.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> '''Session 18: ''' Do Not Engage (3 Kiusta 785 to 7 Kiusta  
		785)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">In  
						Desartalla, Solaris and the others tell the dwarves what  
						has occurred.  The Dean Major calls out the militia  
						and begins to establish a defense.  Solaris  
						contacts Hemator for information about their new enemy  
						and for guidance.  Solaris also contacts Dourvan,  
						the quasi deity, who sends the grandmaster of his  
						knights and high cleric to the town.  They will not  
						arrive for several days.  Dovan sends the news to  
						the Guardian Temple, they tell him to remain and report.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">In the  
						mines, Tchau and Saren communicate as best they can with  
						the outside.  Saren get help in the way of potions  
						from an unknown benefactor.  They relay information  
						they get from the human and the dwarves.  A meeting  
						is planned for the cave mouth, where Gales will teleport  
						everyone to safety once they all meet.  Gales  
						scouts the cave and keeps watch.  He notes that  
						there are a dozen giants at the cave mouth.  When  
						the time comes, Solaris, Olokas, Dovan, Aker, and Sir  
						Kaelis will teleport and meet Tchau, Saren and the  
						others.  The two days of preparation pass.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Finally,  
						the time comes.  Tchau sends word and shortly after  
						flies out of the cave invisible to scout.  He sees  
						the giants.  Then, for no apparent reason, the  
						giants form up and ready themselves for attack.   
						They do not see Tchau.  Sensing the fight, Tchau  
						attacks alone, killing a giant and wounding another  
						badly.  As the giants attention is turned to him,  
						the other appear.  Solaris is immediately almost  
						killed and forced to defend himself.  The plan  
						turns away from any hope of defeating the enemy.   
						Jinn appear and kill a dwarf, while freezing others.   
						Aker, Sir Kaelis, and Olokas attack the invisible drow.   
						Dovan hides and waits.  Solaris defends and  
						coordinates Gales in taking away the dwarves.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Tchau  
						kills the jinn.  Saren attacks the giants.   
						The drow nearly kills Aker and Olokas, and then kills  
						Sir Kaelis.  Before he dies, the unnamed human and  
						he recognize each other.  The human makes it to  
						Kaelis' body and is able to stop Olokas from dying after  
						using Sir Kaelis' holy symbol.  The giants attack  
						and try to grab everyone, they luckily fail.  Gales  
						returns.  Solaris takes the remaining dwarves in a  
						plane shift.  Sir Mital takes Dovan, Olokas, and  
						Aker the same way.  Tchau and Saren fight off the  
						giants and then leave for Desartalla with Gales.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">On the  
						planes, Sir Kaelis awakens.  He talks to Sir Mital,  
						who is it revealed is his master, and Sir Kaelis the  
						former squire.  Sir Kaelis walks off into the  
						heaven.  The others wait for Solaris to be able to  
						return them to the world.  Solaris and Sir Mital go  
						off and talk.  Olokas trains with his new master.   
						The dwarves are grumpy in the odd place.  They  
						eventually return to Desartalla, or at least nearby  
						until Gales finds and teleports them.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> '''Session 19: ''' An Unwanted Exchange (7 Kiusta 785 to 18 Kiusta  
		785)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">On the  
						planes, Olokas is approached by Camet Gemblade, who  
						offers to help him learn sword smithing.  Olokas  
						spends most of his time on the planes learning.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Saren and  
						Olokas return to Mydir.  There they meet with  
						Emmerick and Ri, and also Tchau.  They spend hours  
						planning how best to get Torrence out of Hertoplwis.   
						It is decided that they need more information and that  
						Ri should go in and collect it.  Ri travels and  
						when he reaches near Torrence's home, bar, and temple,  
						begins to collect information and relay it back.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">In Mydir,  
						Olokas trains and learns and the Radiant Shield and from  
						Sir Matel.  Services are held for Sir Kaelis.   
						Clement readies scrolls and the wagon the group has  
						requested for their mission.  After more than a  
						week, Ri sends to them that he has found Torrence in the  
						temple where he is hold up with a dozen guards.   
						The group sets off for the temple.  After they  
						reach it, they spend a day planning with Ri, who has  
						charmed eight of the guards.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Emmerick  
						enters the temple from the front with the other  
						faithful.  The others use the charmed guards to go  
						in through the attached building.  The servants  
						flee from them.  They make it to the entrance to  
						the temple and hear Torrence and the acolytes go into  
						the sanctuary to start services.  They wait.   
						Inside, right after services begin, Emmerick interrupts  
						and condemns Torrence.  The confused faithful  
						listen to the two clerics for a few moments.  One  
						rises to stop Emmerick, but others subdue him.   
						Some leave the temple.  Emmerick signals the others  
						and magically anchors Torrence, who casts spells to  
						defend himself  The room begins to fill with cold  
						smoke, harming everyone.  The other break through  
						the door.  Tchau turns into lightning and leaps  
						through one acolyte and Torrence, killing the acolyte  
						who soon rises as undead.  Saren and Olokas each  
						subdue another acolyte.  Ri assaults Torrence  
						mentally.  Tchau eliminates Torrence protections by  
						engulfing him in fire and putting a cloud over his head.   
						Ri tackles him as more undead rise.  They begin to  
						drag Torrence away when another cleric, this one of  
						Everentual, arrives with guards.  They try to stop  
						the group, but fail as they flee.  Olokas and Saren  
						begin to leave and are blocked by a cleric of Han~Sui,  
						they are defeating him when Tchau shows up and  
						incinerates the near helpless cleric.  Emmerick  
						remains to confront the cleric.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The  
						group, without Emmerick, flees the temple and reaches  
						the wagon.  They tell Joseph what happened and he  
						decides to stay and watch to see what happens to  
						Emmerick.  The other flee the city and cross the  
						border without incident.  In the temple, the cleric  
						of Everentual waits with Emmerick.  The living  
						faithful leave, the undead are destroyed.  A new  
						cleric arrives, baring the symbol of Falan.  He  
						takes Emmerick into custody in the name of his sect.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> '''Epilogue: ''' <br /><ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Upon  
						reaching Mydir, the group turns their prisoner Torrence  
						over to Clement, and they all take turns questioning  
						him.  They learn little, as Torrence is a fanatic.   
						He is eventually sent to a prison where he will languish  
						for decades.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group  
						gets a message from Joseph.  He is in Hertoplowis  
						trying to stay close to Emmerick and relay information  
						about what is happening to him and when might be the  
						best time to attempt a rescue.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group  
						is left to wait.  As the days roll by, Ri goes to  
						Solaris and spends time with his mentor.  Saren  
						contents himself with study and practice in Mydir.   
						But the short-lived Olokas and the fiery Tchau are not  
						content.  After two weeks, they take what they know  
						and head into Hertoplowis.  Their mission does not  
						succeed, but they and Aker return to Mydir.   
						Clement talks with them and tries to calm them.   
						Their actions may well have put their enemies on an even  
						greater guard.  Clement decides that he will turn  
						to plan B, which is to get other allies of Falan's  
						religion, those unknown to Hertoplowis, to complete this  
						task when needed.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Clement  
						begins to collect his agents for the mission.   
						Olokas after two months, with no word from Joseph and no  
						events of note in Mydir or Pacyr, Olokas decides that it  
						is time for him to travel home.  He says his  
						goodbyes and spends a week with his friends.  He  
						says that he will return if called, when needed.   
						He and Aker leave, bound for the orcish town of Aslut.   
						Soon after, with little fanfare or explanation, Tchau  
						leaves as well.  He mumbles some things about not  
						liking in in Pacyr and nothing to do.  He says his  
						formal goodbyes and leaves heading north into lands with  
						little power. </li></ul> 


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