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'''LOREBOOK''': Kyuad has a +18 modifier
 
 
 
==Within the Cadaverous Eye==
 
==Within the Cadaverous Eye==
 
While within this artifact of massive necromantic power these are the things that Kyuad learned...  <br> '''''BILL''':  feel free to ask any questions you have regarding Kyuad's knowledge base from being joined with (or in) the Eye.  I'll answer the questions as best I can.  Some may be purposely confusing or incomplete.  First I'll try and note all the things we talked about to collect your info gained...''
 
While within this artifact of massive necromantic power these are the things that Kyuad learned...  <br> '''''BILL''':  feel free to ask any questions you have regarding Kyuad's knowledge base from being joined with (or in) the Eye.  I'll answer the questions as best I can.  Some may be purposely confusing or incomplete.  First I'll try and note all the things we talked about to collect your info gained...''
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*  '''<font color="990066">Bill's Question:</font>''' What is the Demonbane again?
 
*  '''<font color="990066">Bill's Question:</font>''' What is the Demonbane again?
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  '' '''ROLL:'''  Kyuad (Lorebook +18)  ROLLED:  2+18 20 ''  <br> ''With this roll -  
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::  If you don't know the reference, Kyuad won't know the solution until you learn in-game somehow.  I'll give you a hint though -  it's an honorific of a very familiar NPC - the other player characters will probably know, but please only attempt to find out IN-CHARACTER.</font>
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::  If you don't know the reference, Kyuad won't know the solution until you learn in-game somehow.</font>
::: Eranon said that Ardherin is called Demonbane
 
  
 
===Near Perfect Undeath===
 
===Near Perfect Undeath===
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* "Our masters" refers to what?
 
* "Our masters" refers to what?
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  "our masters" = those that control/made "you".  "You" being the Cadaverous Eye.</font>
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  "our masters" = those that control/made "you".  "You" being the Cadaverous Eye.</font>
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* ''"Yet her black blood moves as with the tethered dead, the fuels of unlife."'' - Here "as with" seems to imply that if the tethered dead stopped moving, so would her blood.  Her blood moves as if her blood were with the Fell (or undead)?  The sentence structure also implies that the tethered dead are the fuels of unlife.  Can this sentence be clarified please?  It's unclear if this is just nonsense or if it is supposed to be saying something, but I can't see any sense to be made out of this.
 
* ''"Yet her black blood moves as with the tethered dead, the fuels of unlife."'' - Here "as with" seems to imply that if the tethered dead stopped moving, so would her blood.  Her blood moves as if her blood were with the Fell (or undead)?  The sentence structure also implies that the tethered dead are the fuels of unlife.  Can this sentence be clarified please?  It's unclear if this is just nonsense or if it is supposed to be saying something, but I can't see any sense to be made out of this.
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  What you "implied" is very much in the direction of what was intended.  I won't offer more meaning though.  That's part of the mystery.  Don't overanalyze the sentence structure though - I'm a GM not a writer. </font>   
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  What you "implied" is very much in the direction of what was intended.  I won't offer more meaning though.  That's part of the mystery.  Don't overanalyze the sentence structure though - I'm a GM not a writer. </font>   
:: <font color="990066">Bill: I don't mean to be critical of your grammar, I totally understand that you aren't typing as if this is ready for print or anything.  But the few mistakes that have had a big affect on my understanding have to be dealt with, of course.<br>As for this question, what I wrote about the implication is supposed to indicate a problem of non-sense.  I'm pretty sure that the implication wasn't supposed to be an impossibility.<br>If I were to guess what this might mean, it would be, ''"Yet her black blood moves as it does with the tethered dead - it is the fuels of unlife."''  This is absolutely '''not''' what the sentence says, but I bet that's what you ''meant''.  Is that sort of accurrate?</font>
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* Is "the Wrath" (Zardrix) the same as "The Thing on Wings"?
 
* Is "the Wrath" (Zardrix) the same as "The Thing on Wings"?
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  Yes.  I like using other references to characters like that.</font>
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  Yes.  I like using other references to characters like that.</font>
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* ''"two and ten times the worth of replenishment of feast and dream is call for the Wrath to maintain the Thing on Wings... "''  Another sentence that doesn't make sense.  It in other words: "12 times" what the value is for a "replenishment of feast and dream" is currently required (from "is call", a present-tense form) so that the Wrath (Zardrix) can maintain herself.  I don't think this is right, because it doesn't make sense given the context.
 
* ''"two and ten times the worth of replenishment of feast and dream is call for the Wrath to maintain the Thing on Wings... "''  Another sentence that doesn't make sense.  It in other words: "12 times" what the value is for a "replenishment of feast and dream" is currently required (from "is call", a present-tense form) so that the Wrath (Zardrix) can maintain herself.  I don't think this is right, because it doesn't make sense given the context.
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  'called'... Try to read what I meant.  Not the grammar mistakes.  Otherwise your thought is correct.  ie. She FEEDS and SLEEPS alot to sustain that body.</font>
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  'called'... Try to read what I meant.  Not the grammar mistakes.  Otherwise your thought is correct.  ie. She FEEDS and SLEEPS alot to sustain that body.</font>
:: <font color="990066">Ah, thanks!</font>
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* Is a maudrial tree the thing you detailed to us before, when we were at Hamlet?  Same thing as that tree?
 
* Is a maudrial tree the thing you detailed to us before, when we were at Hamlet?  Same thing as that tree?
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  Yes.  But in this case "maudrial tree" is really only a descriptive reference for how big her neck alone is...  Think of it as the size of a Redwood!  Walden's home was built into a maudrial tree.  This is a tree of Eredane, from the books...</font>
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  Yes.  But in this case "maudrial tree" is really only a descriptive reference for how big her neck alone is...  Think of it as the size of a Redwood!  Walden's home was built into a maudrial tree.  This is a tree of Eredane, from the books...</font>
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* ''"But the masters may now fear even themselves knowing that ..."'' The masters fear themselves knowing? Or the masters themselves fear that...?
 
* ''"But the masters may now fear even themselves knowing that ..."'' The masters fear themselves knowing? Or the masters themselves fear that...?
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  The masters fear what they know that may become of this mess...  They're afraid of the situation that could happen</font>
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  The masters fear what they know that may become of this mess...  They're afraid of the situation that could happen</font>
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* The masters of the Wrath, from the rest of this information, are understood by Kyuad to be the Order of Shadow, yes?
 
* The masters of the Wrath, from the rest of this information, are understood by Kyuad to be the Order of Shadow, yes?
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  Yes.</font>
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  Yes.</font>
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* ''"... the cutting of the pump from her breast is long lost by the powers of those of Black Blood, this Claws of Zardrix is lost to mankind."''  The cutting is lost?  Or the pump (heart) is lost?   
 
* ''"... the cutting of the pump from her breast is long lost by the powers of those of Black Blood, this Claws of Zardrix is lost to mankind."''  The cutting is lost?  Or the pump (heart) is lost?   
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  The pump is lost.  How to do it is lost.  The "Black Blood" have/had the power find/do it.  But they lost it.</font>
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  The pump is lost.  How to do it is lost.  The "Black Blood" have/had the power find/do it.  But they lost it.</font>
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** Who are "those of Black Blood"?  Is that implied to be those who are undead, or those whose blood is figurtively black due to serving the Shadow?
 
** Who are "those of Black Blood"?  Is that implied to be those who are undead, or those whose blood is figurtively black due to serving the Shadow?
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  No it is not implied that they are undead, they they might be now.  That is unknown to you.  Figurtively black - Yes.  But it is also a name of a people...  Who?  If you don't know, Kyaud won't know until you learn in game.  That's part of the mystery.  </font>
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  No it is not implied that they are undead, they they might be now.  That is unknown to you.  Figurtively black - Yes.  But it is also a name of a people...  Who?  If you don't know, Kyaud won't know until you learn in game.  That's part of the mystery.  </font>
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** The sentence implies that the cutting is the "Claws of Zardrix," but a cutting is an event, not a thing.  I don't understand how an event that is known could be "lost."
 
** The sentence implies that the cutting is the "Claws of Zardrix," but a cutting is an event, not a thing.  I don't understand how an event that is known could be "lost."
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  This misunderstanding is because you don't know what the "Claws of Zardrix" references exactly.</font>
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  This misunderstanding is because you don't know what the "Claws of Zardrix" references exactly.</font>
:: <font color="990066">Well, the pump is lost.  The "Claws" is/are lost.  Might be the same thing.  Might as well assume so for now.</font>
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'''<font color="990066">Bill's Question:</font>''' When did Machiavelli live in Eredane?  ;)
 
'''<font color="990066">Bill's Question:</font>''' When did Machiavelli live in Eredane?  ;)
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  He was a mean elf.  No, seriously - this is just a perfect word to describe a paragraph of info.  Assume it's a descriptor, not a reference to a name.</font>
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  He was a mean elf.  No, seriously - this is just a perfect word to describe a paragraph of info.  Assume it's a descriptor, not a reference to a name.</font>
:: <font color="990066">Hehehe.  Of course you know I'm just ribbing you.  :)</font>
 
  
  
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'''<font color="990066">Bill's Question:</font>''' What are Razors?
 
'''<font color="990066">Bill's Question:</font>''' What are Razors?
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  '' '''ROLL:'''  Kyuad (Lorebook +18)  ROLLED:  4+18 22 ''  <br> ''With this roll -  
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:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  '' '''ROLL:'''  Kyuad (Lorebook +13)  ROLLED:  4+13 17 ''  <br> ''With this roll -  
::  Wouldn't you like to know!  Good catch!  <br>  Razors are Izrador’s personal shock troops, sent by the god himself to deal with special problems. They derive their name from the long obsidian shard talons that rip though their fingertips. Similar shards of obsidian are laced through their gray skin, emerging no more than one inch from the skin’s surface. <br> Unlike most of Izrador’s servants, the razors served the dark god long before his fall to Aryth. They were part of his infernal host when he challenged the gods. They fell with him amid the hurtling comet of the Sundering, and they realized that their bodies could exist indefinitely in this new world. Rather than die, they enacted a bold and vile plan. In their last days, the razors capture and interbreed with as many fey females as they could find. They then performed a horrid ritual that only one out of every four of them survived. When all was said and done, the razors had gained strange abilities enabling them to continue on in this lesser world. <br> Centuries of training, combat, and dedication have honed their fighting skills and tactics to an unholy edge. Unlike other Shadow minions, their fierce loyalty to the Shadow prevents them from diverting from their mission. Razors are efficient and calm, dealing with their foes as quickly as possible so they can continue to their next target. When that target is within their grasp, they gore, torture, and mutilate their targets, bathing themselves in blood and pain, before finally delivering the killing blow<br> Even a single razor represents a deadly threat to even experienced parties of resistance fighters. Unfortunately for the resistance, razors usually travel in numbers. These minions have known each other for centuries; they know the way each member of the unit thinks and fights, allowing them to respond to and support one another as if they had a single mind. A pair of razors is usually a hunting or assassination team sent after a specific target, usually an important part of the resistance command structure. A squad of razors (usually 4 to 6 of the creatures) may also be assigned to deal with a particularly difficult skirmish situation. Entire units of razors are reserved for breaking specific areas or winning key battles. In all cases, the creatures move at great speed to reach their objective, then set to work with vigor. When breaking resistance in an area, they destroy everything and everyone they encounter. When sent to turn the tide of a battle, they ignore the orders of the local commanders, waiting for the moment when an application of elite force will do the most good.</font>
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::  Wouldn't you like to know!  Again, something you'll have to learn of in-characterGood catch though!</font>
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'''<font color="990066">Bill's Question:</font>''' It sounds like '''the First of the True''' are a mysterious people that no one knows anything about now, is that right?  But the '''Rest of the True''' were all humans?<br>Also, is his name really "burial"?  Or is it pronounced (beh-ree-ALL)?<br>Where is Beirial now?
 
'''<font color="990066">Bill's Question:</font>''' It sounds like '''the First of the True''' are a mysterious people that no one knows anything about now, is that right?  But the '''Rest of the True''' were all humans?<br>Also, is his name really "burial"?  Or is it pronounced (beh-ree-ALL)?<br>Where is Beirial now?
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  "Beirial" is a proper name of someone from history.  '' '''ROLL:'''  Kyuad (Lorebook +18)  ROLLED:  9+18 27 ''  <br> ''With this roll -  
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:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  "Beirial" is a proper name of someone from history.  '' '''ROLL:'''  Kyuad (Lorebook +13)  ROLLED:  9+13 22 ''  <br> ''With this roll -  
 
::  Known as "Beirial the Seeker", he was one of the first of the Order of Truth. He helped to spread his version of faith among the holy men of Bandilrin, ultimately creating the Order of Shadow. So he was the "FIRST of the True" as in first member of the Order of Truth to come under the Shadow.  As for pronunciation... I don't know.  I just typed it. heheh</font>
 
::  Known as "Beirial the Seeker", he was one of the first of the Order of Truth. He helped to spread his version of faith among the holy men of Bandilrin, ultimately creating the Order of Shadow. So he was the "FIRST of the True" as in first member of the Order of Truth to come under the Shadow.  As for pronunciation... I don't know.  I just typed it. heheh</font>
  
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'''<font color="990066">Bill's Question:</font>''' Who is Vard?<br>Is Beirial undead or immortal?<br>Jahzir's master is the Keepers at large, is it not?  Or does "master" being singular suggest someone else?
 
'''<font color="990066">Bill's Question:</font>''' Who is Vard?<br>Is Beirial undead or immortal?<br>Jahzir's master is the Keepers at large, is it not?  Or does "master" being singular suggest someone else?
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  If you don't know, Kyuad doesn't know.  Again - part of the mystery to discover...  This is all beyond your ability to know.</font>
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:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  <br> '' '''ROLL:'''  Kyuad (Lorebook +13)  ROLLED:  18+13 =  31 ''  <br> ''With this roll -  
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  <br> '' '''ROLL:'''  Kyuad (Lorebook +13)  ROLLED:  18+13 =  31 ''  <br> ''With this roll -  
 
::  The origins of the Aradar myth are lost in the fog of folklore. Ever-changing songs adapted by the performers in every region alter the language and, so, distort the lineage of the myth until, thousands of years later, fact and fancy have become legend. Though there may be no truth to the legend of Aradar, some common beliefs held by the world’s remaining scholars give it tantalizing verisimilitude. Most songs of Aradar suppose that it is the source or inspiration for all arcane power on Aryth—the site where an elf of noble and pure elthedar blood is said to have found the spark of arcane magic. In modern poems, this elf is called Engalad or, archaically, Engal Ladai. In Erenland, especially in villages with little or no elven contact even before Izrador’s victory, some tales replace Engalad with Aradil, the Witch Queen, despite the obvious historical impossibility.
 
::  The origins of the Aradar myth are lost in the fog of folklore. Ever-changing songs adapted by the performers in every region alter the language and, so, distort the lineage of the myth until, thousands of years later, fact and fancy have become legend. Though there may be no truth to the legend of Aradar, some common beliefs held by the world’s remaining scholars give it tantalizing verisimilitude. Most songs of Aradar suppose that it is the source or inspiration for all arcane power on Aryth—the site where an elf of noble and pure elthedar blood is said to have found the spark of arcane magic. In modern poems, this elf is called Engalad or, archaically, Engal Ladai. In Erenland, especially in villages with little or no elven contact even before Izrador’s victory, some tales replace Engalad with Aradil, the Witch Queen, despite the obvious historical impossibility.
::  However, the name Aradar does share a root with the name Aradil; it’s an ancient male form of the name. Fragments of dwarven and gnomish poetry suggest it was also called elenhath miradil, roughly meaning “wellspring of insight.” Elven myths of old called it simply “Wellspring.” Some believe that Aradar and, by extension, all arcane power—is a gift from the Lost Gods, a bit of their power left to light the mortal world. “One day,” an elf ballad claims, “the gift shall cast a light bright enough to pierce the veil of Shadow and be seen in the heavens.”
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However, the name Aradar does share a root with the name Aradil; it’s an ancient male form of the name. Fragments of dwarven and gnomish poetry suggest it was also called elenhath miradil, roughly meaning “wellspring of insight.” Elven myths of old called it simply “Wellspring.” Some believe that Aradar and, by extension, all arcane power—is a gift from the Lost Gods, a bit of their power left to light the mortal world. “One day,” an elf ballad claims, “the gift shall cast a light bright enough to pierce the veil of Shadow and be seen in the heavens.”
 
::  Already something of a bedtime story by the time the Shadow in the North returned for battle, Aradar was receiving little scholarly attention from the archivists and scribners of the world. When the sacking of academies began across Erenland, few records of Aradar were carried out by fleeing librarians and scholars. The people needed information vital to the success of the war against Izrador, and Aradar was little more than a folktale all but forgotten. It’s generally known that the Scholar’s Tower in Highwall and the great old Library of Moria contains whole books on the subject of Aradar, but those are surely gone. In Cale there was once an inn that sported a mural of the story. There is now little way of knowing what is myth and what is true—if anything—in the legends of Aradar.
 
::  Already something of a bedtime story by the time the Shadow in the North returned for battle, Aradar was receiving little scholarly attention from the archivists and scribners of the world. When the sacking of academies began across Erenland, few records of Aradar were carried out by fleeing librarians and scholars. The people needed information vital to the success of the war against Izrador, and Aradar was little more than a folktale all but forgotten. It’s generally known that the Scholar’s Tower in Highwall and the great old Library of Moria contains whole books on the subject of Aradar, but those are surely gone. In Cale there was once an inn that sported a mural of the story. There is now little way of knowing what is myth and what is true—if anything—in the legends of Aradar.
 
::  The Legend of Aradar illustrates one of the few unexpected advantages of the desperate effort to safeguard the scraps of knowledge that come trickling into the Scribe Archives in Caradul. Bits of the legend that have never before been cataloged together are now being seen with new eyes. Whereas individual stories about Wellspring seem to vary rather substantially, certain commonalities between the tales became apparent in comparison.  
 
::  The Legend of Aradar illustrates one of the few unexpected advantages of the desperate effort to safeguard the scraps of knowledge that come trickling into the Scribe Archives in Caradul. Bits of the legend that have never before been cataloged together are now being seen with new eyes. Whereas individual stories about Wellspring seem to vary rather substantially, certain commonalities between the tales became apparent in comparison.  
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'''<font color="990066">Bill's Question:</font>''' Who is the Order of Truth again?  Who are the Abandoned?  Are both of these the White Mother?
 
'''<font color="990066">Bill's Question:</font>''' Who is the Order of Truth again?  Who are the Abandoned?  Are both of these the White Mother?
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  <br> '' '''ROLL:'''  Kyuad (Lorebook +18)  ROLLED:  13+18 31 ''  <br> ''With this roll -  alot of this info was likely gathered when you were in the Hamlet...
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:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  <br> '' '''ROLL:'''  Kyuad (Lorebook +13)  ROLLED:  13+13 26 ''  <br> ''With this roll -  alot of this info was likely gathered when you were in the Hamlet...
::  The White Mothers are an Orc tribe.  There are a wise few among the orcs who realize that their entire race is only an expendable weapon in Izrador’s war. They know that as soon as he has beaten the fey and won Eredane that he will no longer have need of the orcs, and that in the end he will surely sacrifice them to his unholy intent as well. Those who believe this have become known as the Followers of the White Mother.  
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::  The White Mothers are an Orc tribe.  As for the details... that you don't know exactly.
 
::  However you know a good deal on the Order of Truth.   
 
::  However you know a good deal on the Order of Truth.   
 
::  In the winter of 3893, an old seer came to the court of the Witch Queen, bearing word that he promised was of dire importance, and Aradil agreed to a private audience. Though it is not known what passed between them, or what proof he offered for his claims, the Queen emerged from the meeting in a black and terrible fury. She ordered reports from the northern patrol captains and sent them soldiers to double their numbers. She ordered the old man, a monk from a long forgotten religious order, to send for his brothers and bring them to Caradul where they were installed as secret advisors to the throne. Though the group called itself the Order of Truth, beyond the walls of the elven court, these blind prophets of lost gods became known as the Abandoned.
 
::  In the winter of 3893, an old seer came to the court of the Witch Queen, bearing word that he promised was of dire importance, and Aradil agreed to a private audience. Though it is not known what passed between them, or what proof he offered for his claims, the Queen emerged from the meeting in a black and terrible fury. She ordered reports from the northern patrol captains and sent them soldiers to double their numbers. She ordered the old man, a monk from a long forgotten religious order, to send for his brothers and bring them to Caradul where they were installed as secret advisors to the throne. Though the group called itself the Order of Truth, beyond the walls of the elven court, these blind prophets of lost gods became known as the Abandoned.
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::  Aradil brought the Order of Truth to Caradul in the middle of the First Age as secret advisors on the ways of Izrador.  Since the end of the Second Age, interest in the Lost Gods has spread among the elves and a following has grown around the Abandoned. Aradil has done nothing to dissuade this and in fact believes the renewed faith will rebuild the order’s dwindling membership and may even be a spiritual ward of sorts against Izrador.
 
::  Aradil brought the Order of Truth to Caradul in the middle of the First Age as secret advisors on the ways of Izrador.  Since the end of the Second Age, interest in the Lost Gods has spread among the elves and a following has grown around the Abandoned. Aradil has done nothing to dissuade this and in fact believes the renewed faith will rebuild the order’s dwindling membership and may even be a spiritual ward of sorts against Izrador.
 
::  Almost 800 years ago, the order commissioned the growth of a small temple for the Lost Gods in a quiet grove just north of Caradul. The temple has since been enlarged and the surrounding trees now contain a small community of religious scholars, apprentice monks, and faithful pilgrims from across Erethor.</font>
 
::  Almost 800 years ago, the order commissioned the growth of a small temple for the Lost Gods in a quiet grove just north of Caradul. The temple has since been enlarged and the surrounding trees now contain a small community of religious scholars, apprentice monks, and faithful pilgrims from across Erethor.</font>
 
 
== KYUAD'S QUESTIONS ==
 
(Again, [[Kyuad's Lorebook]] modifier is +18)
 
 
====The Drugal====
 
I seem to remember a lot of information has come our way about these creatures.  They created the Cadaverous Eye to be the librarian of Moria, and then gave it to the dwarves there.  They met with Vrolk during his travels to Fire Peak.  I think it's also come out (though maybe not) that Fesikri, Vrolk's agent, has had contact with them.
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  Here's what/where I remember:
 
:*  you know of the Drugal through the drawings and journals of Vrolk, the drawings were the primary.  They also had images of the "Dreaded Eye Tyrant" that would become the Cadaverous Eye...
 
:*  it was only hinted that the Drugal "created" the Eye.  How it came to be is fully unknown for sure.  You don't know for sure if it was a race or unique.
 
:*  you know that the Drugal used the Eye as a "trojan horse", giving it to the Dwarves of Moria.  It became an amazing "librarian" scholar for them for decades or millenia building the renown library of Moria.  It later did something to open the dwarven city of Moria to fall in battle.  To who/what you have not idea yet.
 
:*  the Drugal dealt with Vrolk in his travels beneath Fire Peak, yes.  They bartered with him for something, giving him the Eye.  Who started the deal and what was arranged is unknown.
 
:*  it was learned that a human called Fesikri helped make the connection with Vrolk and the Drugal.  To what end or who he worked for overall is not known.</font>
 
 
 
 
What else does Kyuad know about them from the 'Eye?
 
* Their history
 
* Names
 
* Abilities
 
* Plans
 
* Anything else?
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  ???  '' '''ROLL:'''  Kyuad (Lorebook +18)  ROLLED:  6+18 =  24 ''  <br> ''With this roll - You can't be sure what it is YOU remember from your studies of myth and legend or what you remember from the merging of minds...  But you do remember things... <br> The origins of the '''Dru-Gal''' are shrouded in mystery, unknown to all (save the enterprising Lore-Master such as yourself) and the knowledge known is rife with conflicting stories.  All of the information presented here may or may not be accurate. The one thing that is a fact is that they have remained hidden to all and purposely create elaborate ruses to maintain that position... Or are they waiting... planting these stories... planning something??  <br> The Dru-Gal (Old Dwarven) for slave-maker, have also been called Mind-Flayers by humans or Ilithids in high elven. Based on Vrolk's illustrations they are monstrous humanoid aberrations living in the moist caverns of the enormous Kaladrun underdark. Their origins vary as told from the tome of '''"The Sargonne Prophecies"''':
 
:: The Dru-Gal refugees from a far distant future. Facing extinction at the hands of some unknown adversary, they sacrificed a large number of elder brains to generate a temporal rift that transported the survivors aeons into the past (in this sense, they are aberrations because they exist before their natural time).
 
:: Dru-Gal come from Xoriat, the plane of Madness. They were created by the Daelkyr in their invasion plans. They are said to be resistant to damage from all weapons except those made out of Obsidian Shards, an exotic material from the Sundering.
 
:: The Dru-Gal are of the Far Realm, an incomprehensible plane completely alien to the known multiverse. They emerged somewhere and somewhen countless ages ago in the [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Timeline_of_the_pathwalker_story?wikidb_session=9c6a92b75a94f5f6f1f204cbf5cc9f6f#THE_TIME_OF_YEARS_ENDS Time of Years], beyond the histories of many mortal races, existing with (or as?!!) the elthedar or alethar and spread from one world to another, and another, and so on.
 
:: The Dru-Gal are descended from the outcasts of an ancient elthedar society that ruled the now-shattered world called Astromundi. The outcast fey eventually mutated, deep underground, into the Ilithids.
 
: However and whenever it occurred, when the Dru-Gal (if they exist at all) are ancient in species, upon creation they immediately began to build an empire of secrecy.
 
: Based on Vrolk's drawings, Dru-Gal have a basic humanoid body, but their head is octopus-like. They have four tentacles around a beaked or lamprey-like mouth.
 
: Dru-Gal are believed to have always been in a period of intense study and experimentation, gathering knowledge of all sorts that will enable them to eventually come from hiding without fear. <br> <br> 
 
:  There are five names that stand out in your mind from the merging
 
::*  '''MAMMON'KHA vermonlord''' is the one that gave over the curse of insects to Vrolk.  The curse that Vrolk reviled so much.
 
::*  '''RHA'ZHULKHAR the dark tyrant''' is the one that developed the plan to infiltrate the men of stone. This one set the trap.
 
::*  '''QUAZI'CONDREL the eye of fear and flame''' is the one that cared for "us" before going into the men of stone's city.
 
::*  '''SHEVINU the betrayer''' is the one that awoke us for '''the Battle of ShadowHold'''.
 
::*  '''GRAZ'ATAZOR grand duke of the cult of Graz'atazor''' is the one that was our only friend. <br> <br>
 
: And there is one thing they fear... the coming of the '''Gor-Araneaes''' ''(in high elven - gor: dark, araneaes: ??)''.
 
: And there is one that hate... the one that brought the prophecy to the Last Age:  an elf called '''Aarndil Moonstruck''' </font>
 
 
 
 
 
====Life and Unlife====
 
Kyuad already knows a lot about the nature of life and the undead in the world.  What kind of additional information could he have gained from the 'Eye?
 
* Known undead lords
 
** From Kyuad's Lorebook prior to the 'Eye's influence:
 
*** '''Zefim Vyle''', a lich who lives in a craggy natural tower on the eastern edge of the Forest of the Sahi. Sunulael has made overtures to Zefim, but so far he has resisted the temptation to join the Shadow.
 
*** '''Gryffith Donne''', the vampire lord who residers amoung the mountain city of Idenor.
 
*** '''The Waylander''', a wildlander who went partially insane and tried to reason with Sunulael. He now flies through the woods of the Caraheen as a stalker in the night, preying on scouts and refugees in the night.
 
* Less common undead creatures
 
* The functionality of positive and negative energy (remember, this is something about which I've written a lot of information, for the benefit of Brandon and Andrew. I'm looking to get a little confirmation or contradiction from another source, if the 'Eye knows anything about this)
 
* Anything else?
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  This one's complicated.  Let me consider it more to see what I can give you.  Remind me about it in the future please.</font>
 
 
 
 
 
====Vrolk====
 
After having spent a lot of time with the ''other'' necromancer, what does the 'Eye know about Vrolk's master plan?
 
* How did Vrolk intend to use the 'Eye to control all the Fell?
 
* To whom is Vrolk loyal?
 
* What does the 'Eye know of Vrolk's agents and allies?
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER: 
 
:*  Vrolk never intended to use the Eye to control all the Fell.  His goal was to become what you've become but in some ways different to maintain his elven beauty. 
 
:*  Vrolk was a master manipulator, as much as he was a student of history.  His knowledge on archeology and astronomy were world class.  He truly did learn/study under Sunulael to learn how to twist the ritual to become a lich and to learn more of his seer abilities and their relation to the stars of the Sarcosan's Sahi.  He also studied for a time under Arderherin prior to him becoming a Night King in the deep jungle forests of the Erethor, where he learned knowledge (but not necessarily practice) of the demonic arts.  It was at this time that he made acquaintences with Aradil's sister Lloth as well. 
 
:*  Vrolk is loyal only to Vrolk.  But his alliegence seemed perfect to Sunulael before ultimately siding with Arderhin to become the lich (like Sunulael) with the lasting body (similar to Ardherin).  Sunulael may not yet know the full nature of the betrayal, in fact it is likely that Ardherin would have kept this secret to avoid meeting the ire of the Priest of Shadow.
 
:*  The Eye never really "knew" anything of Vrolk, as it was/is "dead" since Vrolk recieved it.  The above are mostly deductions that Kyuad could make from his "sense motive" while in the Eye (which gave him a temporary bonus modifier while inside, due to its great knowledge base). 
 
:*  Another thought is that Vrolk (if alive) could be used by many many of the minions of Izrador.  From Night Kings, to Orc/Oruk Generals, to the Order, the Cabal, or even lone Legates or Traitor Princes.  His abilities and knowledge could command a great deal.  So his loyalty could be "for sale" in a way...</font>
 
 
 
 
 
 
====The Cadaverous Eye====
 
Questions abound about this mysterious creature/artifact.
 
* Why and how were the spirits of all Fell released when Kyuad entered the 'Eye?
 
** Does Kyuad now know that this occurred?  It was OOC before I think
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  Kyuad would have "seen" through the eyes of the Cadaverous Eye instantaniously at the time of the necro-release - able to see through all the eyes of every Fell in the world at the same time.  How to parse this info, may hit at later times in images or future in-game Lorebook checks.  So all the info YOU (Bill) know out-of-character can be retained.
 
::  It IS true that for a moment the world was without Fell
 
::  However, soon after another person died and the Fell began again.  It seems there was nothing to stop or hold off these "souls" from "the Guff" and the Fell began rising after deaths again.
 
::  It is also true that you now know about the new evolution of the Fell... Meaning - when a Fell dies it has a chance of coming back as an incorporeal undead! 
 
::  You also know that anyone (capable of becoming Fell) that dies in a 5 mile proximity of the Cadaverous Eye, WILL become Fell.  If Fell die in that proximity they WILL become one of [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Kyuad%27s_Lorebook#The_Lost the Lost] (an incorporeal undead), still unable to reach heaven through the murky Veil brought down during Izrador’s banishment. This further travesty means that these unfortunate souls are still unable to rest quietly. They rise as haunts and shades, cursed to roam the place of their death or familiar locations from their lives.
 
:::  A hypothetical question is... has that unfortunate "ability" also transferred to emit from YOU???
 
:  As to why?  This is largely unknown to Kyuad at the moment.  This is not something the Cadaverous Eye itself would "know".  What makes sense is that it "pulsed" that necromantic energy because it was "interupted" when Kyuad merged with it.  Was this a one time thing?  What will it do in the future?  Those are unknown, but could be investigated possibly in some way...</font>
 
 
 
 
* What would it take to control the 'Eye the way others have intended to use it in the past?
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  No way to know that.  No way to even know if that's an option or possible.</font>
 
 
 
 
 
** Who would know, if the 'Eye doesn't?
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER:  Vrolk definately.  Possibly the Sorceror of Shadow.  Possibly "the Masters".</font>
 
 
 
 
 
* What can the 'Eye do?
 
** What causes others to turn into undead much more easily around the 'Eye?
 
*** Is the 'Eye a portable necromantic conflux?
 
:  <font color=red>ANSWER: 
 
::*  The Eye is an artifact of unknowable power at this point.  Only a few people "know" what it can do and they've only used it for what they wanted, not necessarily it's potential.
 
::*  Think of the Eye as constantly emitting a radiation necromantic pulse that draws in the souls and locks them in the bodies of the dead - becoming Fell or becoming a Lost.
 
::*  For all intents and purposes in many ways the Eye could be considered a portable Necromantic Conflux.
 
:::*  However, you also might consider what/why Vrolk used the Obsidian Spire (itself a construct of shards from the Sundering) and other "influences" such as the Sleepers within the Spire.  You could assume that they were "powering" it somehow, while it also surged necro-seepage back into the spire.  Who knows what would happen if/when the Eye's "internal battery" were to deplete?  (if it could)  But considering that YOU effectively became an internal life battery for the thing since being unplugged from the Spire, who knows if it still "needs" power to continue now.  One thought is that if it doesn't get power it might effectively "break" the damn of whatever's holding back a force similar/greater to the necro-pulse that it emitted when Kyuad merged with it...  This is all conjecture for you to consider and expand on.  Enjoy...  :)</font>
 

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