Day 25 - True or False: Who to Trust
Well, today started with a blast and an insult, when at 4am the Z'nir guards woke us up, told us to dress our best, and then led us to the hangar. It was all a flurry with the DOSK, their entourage, their military, and a spot for us off to one side. It was then I saw the airships come. Four huge airships made out of Sora wood and powered by air elementals making their way toward The Great Crag Mountain. And just as they approached, the harpies from The Great Crag did a flying display showing their prowess. Then as if in response, the airships set off a large display of fireworks. I can tell they did not do their homework on how to approach the DOSK. Heck, I was insulted with such displays of wealth and frivolity. I couldn't even fake it, the anger all over my face them getting me out of bed while I was nice and snuggled and sleeping for this. Once the displays of power were over, it just got worse as individuals started to feather fall from the airships instead of taking the ladders. Florid displays happened, which the DOSK find insulting as they like plain and direct communication. Not the fakeness that comes with diplomacy. The spokesperson for the Breland/Dragonmark house delegations was the head of House Jorasco - Ulara d'Jorasco. She greets them very formally and with too much flourish but accepts the offer of lodging and sustenance that the DOSK present. Benne Roche who is the representative for Breland also presents herself, but in a slightly less display of foppery. The head of House Deneith presents himself and kneels providing an apology for the mess in Greywall. When all is said and done, the House groups make one more unwise decision and, instead of excepting the help with luggage by the harpies, each bag had a feather fall token attached and the luggage floated to the hangar floor in a wasteful show of pretentiousness and wealth. Then it was time to leave, and the tubes were full. I looked at my group and bid them a good night, took Tarryn's hand, and dimension doored to our room. The others were transported by harpy to another entrance and escorted back to our area.
The one good part about the arrival was getting the opportunity to speak with Hazel d'Orien. We were able to tell her about the Lower Dura to brace her for the fallout and she seemed extremely excited to watch them all go down in flames with the accommodations. She also delivered a letter to Tarryn from his mother and sister which he was excited to go read.
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Tarryn and I got back to our room, he read his letter letting him know they were fine, that they were told he had become a bit of a hero and were moved into better lodgings with a reward for them to hold until he returned to Sharn. House Orien provided all of this. Now that he knows his family is safe, it is my turn to see how my family is and I finally performed the scry spell watching for my mother. I watched for the whole 10mins of her getting ready and making breakfast for the family. And I cried to know they were safe. Now I can eat breakfast.
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Now the rest of the day is kind of a mash up of meetings with good people and not so good people and the discovery that we have to stop a bombing.
The DOSK summoned us immediately to meet with them and, with great pains to themselves, asked for us to help them and to keep Droaam's best interest at heart. At this point, the seer (ST) has a vision, now prior to the vision, I could feel the psychic energy testing our wills. Two of our number simply checked out and were unfocused at that point. Then there was more discussion and another wash of energy tested us once more and I was the only one to keep my wits about me. And once the vision flashed before us, I was forced once more to challenge my will and I rose to it to keep my mind intact. The vision was of a gathering within the mountain where Breland, Droaam, and Dragonmark representatives were gathered in a meeting, or cocktail hour, or a dinner where in the middle of the room there was a sucking sound followed by a boom, bright white light and then there was nothing. This could mean the end for the region if we do not find the bomb before this event takes place. In order for us to succeed, the DOSK provide us with their personal natural rings that they and their heads of order wear to move freely throughout the mountain. This will grant us access to areas we would not normally be able, and they are not telling anyone below the existence and will deny any information about the rings. Hra Dirtcast shows us how to use the rings and about the symbol carved to show stone passages that run through.
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Then we traveled back to our rooms where we found Alepoison there with a medusa having been told to build us a private meeting room and put sending stones in there so that we would sooner get messages and requests. We decided to ask for an assistant to monitor our schedule and messages. That wonderful person is Inkwell, and he is amazing. With all of the chaos from the rest my party, I need to know there is someone I can trust who is sane. Turns out we missed several messages having had many to request an audience with us. Those Don Jon Raskin of House Sivis, Endinwel Cromelon - the historian, Ulara d'Jorasco, Benne Roche - the Rep for Breland. However, the first person I wanted to meet with was Hazel.
While we were waiting for the meeting room to be completed, Ice and Toox decided to evaluate the rings that the DOSK had given us. Ice decided to travel through all of our personal rooms without asking to assess. It is a good thing that Ripper's room was further away allowing Ice not to be attacked. When he was going through the walls, I started to take psychic damage. The mind link rings coupled with the natural ring was giving me mental feedback. I took about a quarter of my health in damage, but more like an eighth because I'm resistant to mental damage. I had to take a little time to adjust my focus with the changes. It also makes the mind link work throughout the mountain and so to begin with.... everyone was screaming at me when they tried to communicate through the mind link. I also threatened Ice to never go into my personal room without invitation or emergency again. The next time that he does so, I promised him that he would be hurt.
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We met with Hazel in our personal meeting room, and she gave us a bit more dirt on what was happening in Little Dura (that is what they are calling the copy). All heads are setting up one of the buildings for their house and making the mistake of claiming the top floor for their personal area. They are either hating it, taking it as an insult, and some want to go back to the ships. Anyone from Lower Dura can tell you that is the worst place to be because if there is a fire, you are in trouble. Except Merrix who is enjoying this whole experience immensely and has set up his experiment space on the ground floor of his House. Hazel wants to be in on the action and wants to help, so has offered to keep an eye out for us and report. I was also able to meet with Hazel privately about working for House Orien and she loves the idea. She would really love for me to come work for them, but we need to make sure that the split from the Tyrants is clean and will have to address once we are back in Sharn. She also did not seem surprised when I thanked her for introducing me to Tarryn. I am not hiding anything affection wise about Tarryn, which is good, I think.
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The meeting with Don Jon Raskin was great. He offered any assistance that he can provide on behalf of House Sivis regarding any messages when needed to convey.
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The meeting with Ulara d'Jorasco went as expected. She requested us to meet with her in her office at Little Dura. We ended up meeting with her, Kwanti d'Orien, Elvinor Elorrenthi d'Phiarlan and Elar d'Thuranni. So, the healer house, the two elven spy/assassin/performer houses, and House Orien. We entered in the following order: Me, Simon, Ice, Toox, Hult, Tarryn, and Ripper (who was wearing one of his "disguises" with a cloak labeled "carrier of heavy things". Simon astounded me with his air of pretentiousness, between myself (Performance 28) and Simon, we represented our small group. They wanted our help to settle any confusion with the people of Droaam. They noted the fine work of building Little Dura and that it was done very quickly. They asked how the DOSK knew they were coming. We danced around the truth but did not tell them much of anything about that. They commended our efforts to stop a war with our work in Greywall. They want help from us to support Breland and the houses of Dragon marks with setting up trade routes. I think they just want Droaam's money! And they reminded us that technically Droaam is not recognized as its own country and owned by Breland's king. Oh, and that, with the greasiest of smiles, that they were here to help. I think d'Orien is the only decent one in this room. He particularly walked over to Tarryn to shake his hand and thank him for the good that he has done for his House. I could not have been prouder, and it showed all over my face.
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Endinwel Cromelon - was great. he just wants to be in the room where everything happens to take note of things that are making history. his job is not to interfere, but to document. He also is an expert about the Wizard Tiranil and has been searching for him. What he doesn't know is we have his dead body hidden in the wagon, but we are preserving it with Gentle Repose in the hopes to have him raised and his brain corrected. And I'd love to get his opinion on my song "The Death of Delphyne".
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Benne Roche - Female Halfling - Representative for the King of Breland. She comes across as being from old money as opposed to being rich and flaunting it. She was practical, but a practiced diplomat. She is part of the envoy and by two guards (the guy was adorable). Wants to foster relations with DOSK. She is here with full authority of the King and expresses that the houses are acting alone and for themselves, not for the betterment to Breland. She provided vague promises of wonderful things for any assistance we could provide her.
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I have just awoken from sleep and am a bit foggy regarding what happened after the meeting with Benne Roche. Once the meeting was over, I had a headache, but with all of the mental exertion today, I was not surprised. But not long after the headache comes on, I felt exhausted, and everything started getting a little blurry. I remember Tarryn confirming with Inkwell that that was our last meeting. He must have noticed the exhaustion having seen me this way a couple of other times in the past week or so. Tarryn then helps me gather my things and gets me back to our room to lay down to nap. Then I experienced something I've never done before; I saw something in my sleep. I've never dreamed myself... there are no dreams or nightmares of my own. I do not connect to the realm of dreams. All I remember is darkness and blackness, the sense of a nightmare. I must meditate before bed tonight and hope to be guided better.
Celosia's Journal Ordered oldest to newest
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Day 11 – Trip to the Great Crag
18th of Therendor in the year 999YK
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Personal Journal - The Kiss
Morning of the 19th of Therendor 999 YK
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Day 12 - Planning and Plotting
19th of Therendor 999 YK
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Day 13 & 14 - Book and Banquet
21st of Therendor in the year 999 YK
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Personal Journal - Giving Myself Some Grace
22nd of Therendor in the year 999 YK
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Day 15 - Past, Present, and Future
22nd of Therendor in the year 999 YK
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Day 16 - The Longest Day Ever
23rd of Therendor in the year 999 YK
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Days 17 - 20: The Testing and the Resting
27th of Therendor in the year 999 YK
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Day 21 - Back to Normal and Poker
28th of Therendor in the year 999 YK
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Day 22 & 23 - Credits & Debits
2nd of Eyre in the year 999 YK
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Day 24 - The Great Crag
3rd day of Eyre in the year 999 YK
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Personal Journal - Then the Horse Came Down
4th day of Eyre in the year 999 YK
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Day 25 - True or False: Who to Trust
4th day of Eyre in the year 999 YK
18th of Therendor in the year 999YK
Morning of the 19th of Therendor 999 YK
19th of Therendor 999 YK
21st of Therendor in the year 999 YK
22nd of Therendor in the year 999 YK
22nd of Therendor in the year 999 YK
23rd of Therendor in the year 999 YK
27th of Therendor in the year 999 YK
28th of Therendor in the year 999 YK
2nd of Eyre in the year 999 YK
3rd day of Eyre in the year 999 YK
4th day of Eyre in the year 999 YK
4th day of Eyre in the year 999 YK
The major events and journals in Celosia's history, from the beginning to today.
Look of Love
Tarryn loves me. At least that is what his eyes say. I hope to hear him say it soon. I promised not to say it first no matter how much I feel it. I miss him so much already... but Benne Rowich must die and the demon defeated.
09:22 pm - 09.12.2021Poem - Chances What are the chances that I would have found someone whose mere glances make me come unbound To open my heart with each passing day and if we're apart I still feel the same way Danger we’ve faced it with braveness and fear care, love and dry wit and still we are here I hope you’re my partner with driving and dances Though life may get harder with you I’ll take the chances
06:34 am - 03.10.2021Personal Journal - Then the Horse Came Down
[u]The horse came down[/u] I once saw an unusual sight The horse was flung And then the horse came down I once saw a remarkable sight The shaft was sprunge The horse was flung And then the horse came down I once saw a breathtaking sight Th...
03:39 am - 02.09.202125 - True or False: Who to Trust
Well to today started with a blast and an insult, when at 4am the Z'nir guards woke us up, told us to dress our best, and then led us to the hangar. It was all a flurry with the DOSK, their entourage, their military, and a spot for us off to one side. it ...
03:30 am - 02.09.2021Day 24 - The Great Crag
The back of the Edhellen is pretty comfortable when all is said and done, but there is of course difficulty sleeping next to someone and of course a lack of privacy. I will endeavor not to drink or eat something out of the ordinary that I don't know what ...
05:45 am - 06.08.2021Day 22 & 23 - Credits & Debits
I feel so much better this morning, day 5 after the meeting with Xor'chylic's meeting. Woke up again with Tarryn after a fun night of games for two in our room. I wonder if he knows how I feel already without me telling him. It might mean that I will wait...
03:25 am - 28.07.2021Day 21 - Back to Normal and Poker
I feel so much better than I have in a long time. This morning I woke up apparently wrapped in Tarryn’s arms. I remember telling him how happy I was and then fell asleep wrapped in my emotions and remember feeling safe, warm, and loved. That must have b...
10:34 pm - 20.06.2021Days 16 - 19: The Testing and the Resting
(23/3/999) I just woke up after having been passed out for 2 hours. Met with Xor'chylic and we talked. So tired... cannot focus for very long, but must say that I am glad to have served my party as well as I did and I deserve this rest. It is not eve...
05:31 am - 10.06.2021The Longest Day Ever
There has been so much that has happened that it is hard to believe this all took place in one day. I'll try and document what I can before our afternoon appointment today for I am sure that my journal tonight will have more to tell. I woke up next to...
05:15 am - 08.06.2021How can a person both make you feel comfortably normal and yet special at the same time? Maybe he doesn't realize how lonely and how hidden I've been. But to be acknowledged as his, in public no less, is something I have not truly experienced before. And I like it. I wonder if he will start holding my hand or have be take his arm when we walk together in public.
08:20 pm - 17.05.2021Tarryn called me honey today. It’s a weird sensation.... good, but weird. I tried to control my reaction as I normally would, but it caught me off guard and made me shiver. I hope he gets to come back to the inn a little before bedtime. I think he and I need to “talk”.
05:10 am - 12.05.2021Became a Couple
Tarryn and I have now reached an understanding that we want to treasure each moment we have together for as long as we can. Could we be falling in love? Maybe, but we definitely took that next step of commitment. I mean, it doesn't feel like just a fling anymore.
03:58 am - 30.04.2021Day 15 - Past, Present, and Future
This morning started with a number of uncertainties: Can we defeat the Wyvern? Can we recover the body of Tiranil? Will I come back to see Tarryn again? The gods I hope so! I do not want our time together to end, especially like this and I never get to se...
03:52 am - 30.04.2021I wrote him a letter and practically told him that I loved him. I don't think I love him... I don't know, but I do want him... I do like him a whole lot.... I do mean what I said in the letter. Dammit Celosia, why did you have to put yourself out there like that!
04:32 am - 07.04.2021Giving Myself Some Grace
This morning, I have a slight sense of foreboding, but it stems more from what we are about to do than what I have experienced recently. With so much going on lately, I find myself doubting my own abilities, my own strengths, and I really have no reason t...
04:55 pm - 02.04.2021Here is the rendered character mini. Can't wait to use her.
03:49 am - 01.04.2021Day 13 & 14 - Book and Banquet
It is clear that we will be here a couple of days longer due to the transcription of the book "A Collection of the Life and Times of One Tiranil Amastacia, Volume 8, Part 57" by Professor Simon Twoorb. The knowledge wrapped up in this journal shines a lig...
05:21 am - 31.03.2021I sit here on the floor of my (our?) room with my back against the wall trying to prepare my mind and my senses for the day ahead. I'm not sure what the next several hours will bring, but our party is more prepared for any further attacks and surprises. I have switched my free flowing hair and my normal proper lady look for a tight braid and adventurer apparel in hopes to help focus my emotions and my mind. Back in the war, I did not have this new worry now. I did not have any romantic entanglements, but now I do and I'm glad to have that complication. But I'm I being foolish or selfish to let myself be so involved? I should not worry about such things until there is something to worry about. I mean, it has been about 2 weeks now and he is still here wanting to kiss me and be intimate with me. I should cherish these moments.....
11:00 pm - 25.03.2021Planning and Plotting
After a rough day yesterday, I was determined to bring the group together, talk about what happened yesterday and see if we could come up with a plan on how to deal with attacks on the road, who handles what, and ways to make the wagon safer for those ins...
03:07 am - 19.03.2021The Kiss
After yesterday, I woke up not sure of what the day was to bring. The one thing I knew was that I had to step up and be a leader. We needed to pull together and make a plan. I was not surprised that when I woke up, Tarryn was not there; I could hear him d...
04:36 am - 17.03.2021What is with this crazy hermit mage just being such a dick to have all these traps around his house in case some party killed him and went looking for his house to pillage? That is so rude to the party that killed him. I mean, he attacked us first!
02:55 am - 17.03.2021I wonder if all people who manifest Dragonmarks in Eberron are born in the month that is attuned to the mark. Like if all those with the Mark of Passage have birthdays in Aryth (November).
07:20 pm - 14.03.2021That should make us feel like Ice is here with us.
02:28 am - 14.03.2021It has come to the point that I now have to step up and be the leader. We have to have a little meeting and I want it to be serious but not too serious. So, I'll clear the table, place a map out on it, make sure to have things to represent our party on the map, and, since Ice is still away from the group, I think I should put his big stuffed pink unicorn doll in a seat to represent him. Yes, that will be good.
01:55 am - 14.03.2021It's just the family cow!
01:22 am - 14.03.2021Day 11 – Trip to the Great Crag
Where to begin but the beginning. This morning started out so wonderful waking up beside Tarryn after our touching evening. Bathing together and... well he is such a good man. Gentle and a little timid to the newness of whatever is happening between us. A...
05:51 pm - 13.03.2021To put ink to paper is more than an act. It can write the dearest note to express a perfect love or craft a thought so powerful to lead men to war. It can heal the deepest wounds or spread the biggest lies. And yet the activity of putting in to paper is simple and solitary. Therefore it is proof that it is the thought conveyed that are the real force that spreads, not the writing.
12:45 am - 13.03.2021I think I'm in.... Like a whole lot!
It has been 10 days on the road and this loose romantic relationship with our driver is starting to turn serious. I guess that is something that can happen when a crazy Wyvern riding mage almost kills us all!
12:23 am - 10.03.2021Made a Friend
Finally was emotionally honest with a long time party member. Guess it was easier to start a romance with our waggoneer than it was someone I've trust with my life, but not my personality/emotions.
12:20 am - 10.03.2021The list of amazing people following the adventures of Celosia.
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Birthplace
Sharn - Lower Dura
Current Residence
Middle Central Plateau
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Mother
Brother Kana - 13
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