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<blockquote data-quote="darkbard" data-source="post: 9288557" data-attributes="member: 1282"><p><em>Today I approached the Goliath Pa'avu about these strange occurrences. I told her about the weird visions I've been having, my shadow, the fire, the doubled eagle in the tree. This started only after whatever you and the merchant did in the Congress of Savagery, I pointed out. I know something strange happened that day. I am not a child, and I do not need protection. What I need more than anything is knowledge if I am to rule as I desire. The Half-giant wrinkled her brow and brought me to speak with Chanvati.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The merchant was dining in his estate with the barrister, my former advisor. It shames me to think that she once counseled against the very betrayers who solicited and succumbed to the madness that almost destroyed our realm. And that I repaid her wisdom by casting her out. Will her presence always be a reminder to me of my folly?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Chanvati welcomed me to partake of the delicacies served at House Audaseie. Humble fare of roasted fowl and leeks, jellied crayfish, figs, dates, almonds, and wine. Still, enough for basic sustenance, I suppose.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I repeated my questions to the merchant, who exchanged glances with Pa'avu. I knew they were conspiring to keep something from me!</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>He addressed me by my title and asked if I knew the Fables of Genga, a work, presumably of fiction, in which I was tutored at the age of eight, tales of heroism and fantastical journeys, outrageous creatures and hair-raising danger. Not fiction at all, claimed he! Indeed, the appearance of one of my ancestors, Emperor Makara, who bestowed upon Genga the title of "Rose of the Desert," should suffice as evidence of the truth of Genga's exploits, for his journals corroborate several of her more startling escapades. What was I doing in the royal library if not reading the journals and letters of my forebearers?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>He asked me to cast my memory back to Chapter Forty-Two, in which Genga traveled back in time to fight and slay a devil on the day of its ascension to full Pit Fiend status in service to Asmodeus, ruler of the Nine Hells. This demon, Vretavorlax, had insinuated itself into the court of the Emir of Itirilmish, much as the Caiphon-worshippers had done in my own court. Unfortunately, the Emir was a man with little care for his responsibilities as ruler, instead whiling away his days with wine and a hundred fawning courtesans. And so he was caught unawares when one of these courtesans revealed himself to be Vretavorlax in disguise, and the wine the Emir had just consumed poisoned with an agent so foul no magic or healing power could save his life.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Thus, Genga enacted a powerful ritual to travel back in time, defeating Vretavorlax before he ever assumed such power, undoing the chain of events that led to the Emir's death, and returned to her own time to find the Emir hale and safe, his life never cut short, though still a feckless fop.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>What has this to do with my visions, I pressed.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The merchant explained that, similarly to Genga, he and Pa'avu had traveled something he called the Chronotope, back in time to save my Gladiator Champion from a terrible defeat she suffered, one that tempted her to bring shame upon herself in trying to reverse it. Where Gae'al had failed, he and Pa'avu succeeded, and they returned to our time having erased her pain and suffering. However, such alterations of time always come with a price, he said, and he fears that the "ripples" I experienced may be the result of their tampering.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>And so now I know the truth, he told me. That sometimes secrets must be held, even from an Empress for a time, when an individual's soul is at stake. But also that Gae'al has no recollection of these events, nor does anyone else, for they literally have never happened for us! Yet the fact that I am experiencing these ripples is clear proof of my Imperial destiny, the power of my blood and lineage, for there can be no other explanation for why I should be able to see "across timelines, if only in part," as he put it. And also by practicing patience and respecting Gae'al and Pa'avu's requests for privacy, in the long run I learned a most esoteric piece of knowledge, that pertaining to an alternate timeline to our own! I think I understand what Chanvati meant by all this, but I shall need to ponder it further.</em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p>Chanvati is making a Primary Skill History check to draw a parallel between the strange events partially witnessed by Scheherezade and the time travel of Genga, intersecting with Scheherezade's own family history in contrast with the ancient ruler of the now-fallen Emirate of Itirilmish, r15+16=31 vs 22 Moderate DC. <strong>Success</strong>. I'm also invoking <span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Master Tectuktitlay’s Imparted Wisdom Consumable</strong> (Immediate Reaction)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Trigger: You rely upon Master Tectuktitlay’s Imparted Wisdom to make a Knowledge Primary Skill Check and succeed. Effect: <strong>Gain 1 extra success in the Skill Challenge</strong>, for it was on the subject of the Fall of Itirilmish that Chanvati and Tectuktitlay spoke.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darkbard, post: 9288557, member: 1282"] [I]Today I approached the Goliath Pa'avu about these strange occurrences. I told her about the weird visions I've been having, my shadow, the fire, the doubled eagle in the tree. This started only after whatever you and the merchant did in the Congress of Savagery, I pointed out. I know something strange happened that day. I am not a child, and I do not need protection. What I need more than anything is knowledge if I am to rule as I desire. The Half-giant wrinkled her brow and brought me to speak with Chanvati. The merchant was dining in his estate with the barrister, my former advisor. It shames me to think that she once counseled against the very betrayers who solicited and succumbed to the madness that almost destroyed our realm. And that I repaid her wisdom by casting her out. Will her presence always be a reminder to me of my folly? Chanvati welcomed me to partake of the delicacies served at House Audaseie. Humble fare of roasted fowl and leeks, jellied crayfish, figs, dates, almonds, and wine. Still, enough for basic sustenance, I suppose. I repeated my questions to the merchant, who exchanged glances with Pa'avu. I knew they were conspiring to keep something from me! He addressed me by my title and asked if I knew the Fables of Genga, a work, presumably of fiction, in which I was tutored at the age of eight, tales of heroism and fantastical journeys, outrageous creatures and hair-raising danger. Not fiction at all, claimed he! Indeed, the appearance of one of my ancestors, Emperor Makara, who bestowed upon Genga the title of "Rose of the Desert," should suffice as evidence of the truth of Genga's exploits, for his journals corroborate several of her more startling escapades. What was I doing in the royal library if not reading the journals and letters of my forebearers? He asked me to cast my memory back to Chapter Forty-Two, in which Genga traveled back in time to fight and slay a devil on the day of its ascension to full Pit Fiend status in service to Asmodeus, ruler of the Nine Hells. This demon, Vretavorlax, had insinuated itself into the court of the Emir of Itirilmish, much as the Caiphon-worshippers had done in my own court. Unfortunately, the Emir was a man with little care for his responsibilities as ruler, instead whiling away his days with wine and a hundred fawning courtesans. And so he was caught unawares when one of these courtesans revealed himself to be Vretavorlax in disguise, and the wine the Emir had just consumed poisoned with an agent so foul no magic or healing power could save his life. Thus, Genga enacted a powerful ritual to travel back in time, defeating Vretavorlax before he ever assumed such power, undoing the chain of events that led to the Emir's death, and returned to her own time to find the Emir hale and safe, his life never cut short, though still a feckless fop. What has this to do with my visions, I pressed. The merchant explained that, similarly to Genga, he and Pa'avu had traveled something he called the Chronotope, back in time to save my Gladiator Champion from a terrible defeat she suffered, one that tempted her to bring shame upon herself in trying to reverse it. Where Gae'al had failed, he and Pa'avu succeeded, and they returned to our time having erased her pain and suffering. However, such alterations of time always come with a price, he said, and he fears that the "ripples" I experienced may be the result of their tampering. And so now I know the truth, he told me. That sometimes secrets must be held, even from an Empress for a time, when an individual's soul is at stake. But also that Gae'al has no recollection of these events, nor does anyone else, for they literally have never happened for us! Yet the fact that I am experiencing these ripples is clear proof of my Imperial destiny, the power of my blood and lineage, for there can be no other explanation for why I should be able to see "across timelines, if only in part," as he put it. And also by practicing patience and respecting Gae'al and Pa'avu's requests for privacy, in the long run I learned a most esoteric piece of knowledge, that pertaining to an alternate timeline to our own! I think I understand what Chanvati meant by all this, but I shall need to ponder it further.[/I] [HR][/HR] Chanvati is making a Primary Skill History check to draw a parallel between the strange events partially witnessed by Scheherezade and the time travel of Genga, intersecting with Scheherezade's own family history in contrast with the ancient ruler of the now-fallen Emirate of Itirilmish, r15+16=31 vs 22 Moderate DC. [B]Success[/B]. I'm also invoking [SIZE=4][B]Master Tectuktitlay’s Imparted Wisdom Consumable[/B] (Immediate Reaction) Trigger: You rely upon Master Tectuktitlay’s Imparted Wisdom to make a Knowledge Primary Skill Check and succeed. Effect: [B]Gain 1 extra success in the Skill Challenge[/B], for it was on the subject of the Fall of Itirilmish that Chanvati and Tectuktitlay spoke.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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