Chain of Worlds

The Plain of Sighs is covered with scatterings of standing stones. These stones have an emotional aura of depression and apathy. With regularity, storms of uncollected souls sweep over the plain causing necromantic damage to those caught in them

For the most part, we have been able to use summoned steeds to fly above the storms. Additionally, the standing stones offer protection against the necromantic damage to those standing next to them.

At one point, however, a very large storm had enough height to force us to land. In this case, it appeared that several souls were controlling the swarm as a whole. We were able to defeat these souls and the rest dispersed. During the storm, a large ambush predator (perhaps a shadow altered toad) attacked the party and we were forced to fight a two front battle.

The standing stones appear to be people who died within the aura of another stone. While this is the metaphysical reason for their existence, it is not a fully possible theory. The stones are not clustered. As a result, they would appear to have been moved or earlier stones have been destroyed or weathered away.

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I have built a powerful circle of protection against shadow around the Worldtree. The tree seems to understand the protective nature of the circle and has grown its branches to protect the circle from the elements.

As the tree grows, it will push the shadow fell back from around itself.

The shadow fell may have developed around Treacher's Folly due to uncollected evil souls. Treacher's Folly turned to necromancy centuries ago which may have drawn the souls to it until a critical mass was reached. Treacher's Folly was destroyed for this necromantic research.

Oefa believes that she knows there the Aerie of Winter is. On the other side of the Plain of Sighs is a ruin that did not used to be there. The Poxies refer to it as the Sky Ruins and worship it as a holy site.

Unfortunately, the Plain of Sighs seems to be filled with unbound souls. So many that there are actual storms caused by these souls (soul storms)

Oefa will not continue traveling with us but has given us her Map of Unseen Lands to aid us.

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Oefa challenged the leadership of the church of the Father before the fall and was imprisoned during the fall. This likely saved her life as many church representatives were targeted during the uprisings.

Oefa spent 50 years studying the fall and wrote her treatise of soul collection. Upon returning to Ascension, the scriveners wiped her memory of this research.

Oefa hates undead and blames the gods for their proliferation on Haven.

Most of the resistance are followers of Urgrit (the goblin mother goddess). Urgrit seems to be a feral reflection of the Mother. Urgrit followers got their powers back much earlier than followers of Ellessial (the more civilization focused face of the Mother). Urgrit followers regained their powers approximately 40 years after the fall while those of Ellessial didn't until 35 years later (25 years ago)

The patriarchs power (the religious leader in Ascension) regained his divine powers approximately 50 years ago, as much as 10 years after Urgrit. Given the originally goblin alignment of Haven, this may have been an indication of the plane returning to a base level alignment without sentient deities to guide it.

Oefa has been fighting the undead, who have become more organized since the Lich Queen's return.

Most of Oefa's allies are Poxies (goblins who have been changed by the shadow energies of the area. They are highly territorial but hate undead. As Urgrit followers, their primary goal seems to be to preserve nature (albeit in its current shadowy form)

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Amicus (an title meaning learned friend) Meiorin is the name of the Lich. He and Voss sparred about fashion and court standing briefly before we entered into combat.

It turns out that Meiorin's heavily decorated skull was, in fact, a separate creature. His actual skull was hidden within his rib cage. This skull regenerated damage dealt to it.

We were able to force both Meiorin and his gaudy skull to surrender.

Meiorin was acting on his own initiative to attempt to gain status in the court of Lord Duskblade, the regent of the newly ascendant Queen Felocial. He was attempting to desecrate the Mother's holy site.

Duskblade has been receiving envoys from various nations (including both Ascension and Barrera). At the moment, the court is circling those two groups and (not unexpectedly) little progress has been add by either side.

We forced Amicus Meiorin to write us a letter of introduction to the court.

I constructed two magic circles to contain Meiorin and his skull ally. Meiorin as a smaller circle within the large circle that holds the skull. The circles are within a cave which should, hopefully protect them both from discovery and from undo weathering.

I am of the opinion that we may need Meiorin as a bargaining chip at a later date. This is why the circles as opposed to simply destroying them.

Additionally, Meiorin is a Lich of some power. As a result, he is able to anchor his own soul outside of his being. This knowledge will be invaluable in the construction of a well to hold unclaimed souls.

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We entered an old battlefield (where Treacher's Folly fought goblins)

Here we encountered cinder zombies, wights, and ghouls.

We dispatched all but a few ghouls who retreated. These we tracked to the river where we, finally, encountered the Lich.

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Oefa suspects that the necromancer is a Lich that she has encountered before. The Pedrason is an artifact that Oefa unsuccessfully tried to keep out of this lich's hands. The Pedrason allows for a greatly accelerated creation of undead.

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