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Dragon wars
1/1
While shifting to Gost Yaroch, Ross quirkily ends up on another Id * and learns of the Alfar.
2/1
Mercy's birthday - Ross gives her a song he has spent several weeks composing. He privately performs it for her.
Goruan is killed by Kazra's Chimera.
3/1
Dawn - Gray comes back to life.

The Coven of Lanth can't find Beldorn's demon claw! Cerverantes of Lanth prays to Mordark for another weapon.
Ross takes the Orion theory another stage.
An Id portal opens in Gost Yaroch. An Alfar nearly comes through.
Ross sees Danae Mercy Celeste for the first time and walks away in disgust.
Goruan returns as the spirit of Makailla, DarkMoon.

Making more use of Pendragon's atto plane and planal key, Celese spends time inside studying. She spends the equivalent of 2 days inside and one outside.

4/1
Gray spends the next couple of days trying to Summon the Book of Soloman from his Book of the Arda - just to spite Hethcanter who treasure's Soloman's book like a Bible of Magic.

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The Mordarkian Covens search frantically for its Claw of Demons - unaware that Alyx has stolen it. They even contact Beledon Fetch up in Evermore but he laughs at them, reaches through a portal with his Hand of Fetch and crushes one of the Coven members.

Ross makes a deal with Kitara about backing Aslan.
He visits Yarili and invites all religions to a meeting. He makes it clear he is willing to back Aslan and Kitara, swaying many naysayers among the Yarilian Religions because of his popularity.

5/1
1pm; Ross, Hethcanter and Tess assault Ilbrec's tomb. Ilbrec is destroyed. Tess gets through the Seal when Ross uses the Tears of Ariel on Lullreth's evil magic.
Vincent Kaine of Maloth sends a message demon to the Towers.

Ross and Hethcanter go Id traveling again in Yarili. Ross arrives in the dead town of Arnus Pahvlin.

6/1
After three days, Gray finally summons the Book of Solomon from the Book of the Arda. The Doman intends on hiding the book forever... ha ha.
Ross chats with Androsandra the Eldar and wishes he hadn't.

Trip to the IDS
Ross and Hethcanter explore another Alfar generated portal. This time when they step through they arrive in the ruined town of Arnus Pahvlin (another ID). Ross locates a boy skinning a strange animal nearby. He sees strange striped horses running in the distance. They don't hang around for long.

7/1
Alyx visits S'Rajin Arch Vizier of Kaimyrrh. She fills him in on everything going on and bad mouth's the Resistance. Whilst there she meets Shriven the Seer who mentions the legend of Taurna-San "The Sand Wizard" who followed O-Ra (Orin in Kaimyrrian).
The Sul immediately rouses Kaimyrrh into a state of emergency.
The Sul's elite corps; the Sashre - are sent to Esium, especially Evost Derry.
The Pale Wood undead arrive and camp outside Evost Derry in the Derry Downs.

Laylak's Requiem - The Sithwrog and Llanwrog begin marching towards the Esium refugees.

8/1
The Liberation of Evost Derry
20,000 Haimish assault Evost Derry. Laylak's defenders of Derry have hired Kazra of Kane to help defend the
city. 15 crucible mages, now called the Rainbow Mages - also defend Derry.
A Chimera is conjured up by Kazra, as well as several earth & air elementals.
Thorgustan watches the battle from high up in the sky.
Makaila pinpoints a wraith tomb and several assassins using her veil.
Kasirus marches out in sunlight, inside his Black Colossus (a Minog golem)
Thorgustan destroys Derry's second gate. Kane surrenders the 3rd gate.
A dark-bomb is detonated sending Kasirus plummeting 800' to the ground. A bit of a cock up on his part.
Kasirus' golem is too badly damaged to get up so he has to abandon it.
Gray completely destroys it with a powerstrike.
Thorgustan bursts into Kazra's tower sanctum and kills the mage with one punch to the chest.
Under Derry, hearing the complete failure of his plans above him, Laylak gets Radlin (a human mundane) to use the Abyssmal Goard. A Type 4 Blade Demon called "Shananga" is summoned and sent against the Haimish.
Gray stands against it and wins, much to Laylak's annoyance.
Next Laylak gets another mundane (Pallis) to use the Goard. This time though, Saxon, an Arch Angel of Chaos and renegade Chaos Lord arrives; Saxon kills the summoner Pallis, sends Laylak flying and steals the Goard.
Laylak bursts his wraith's robe in spasms of fury.

Goruan DarkMoon shifts into a dragon's lair deep underground; Tharatnu the Black awakens and he barely escapes alive.
Goruan encounters the "Law-demon"Saxaviel - emmisary of Saxon. Saxon wants to meet people of power, making a complete mistake in picking Goruan !
Goruan, not one for keeping his head down, explores an old Titan city. He enters a Phara (Titan portal) and is reborn. So ends Goruan's normal existance.

Ross visits the Mengale's in Thanatan and learns of the 12 elven houses;- The Norn, Feycha, Menagle, Le'ath'dor, Lokine, Nymhre, Lestri, Kerrin, Sildar, Skare, Elvin and Chani. While there he visits the excavation site of a strange air ship and learns the Elves have discovered 64 pyramids (16 large ones and 1 enormous one). The Mengale say "We will not be initiating any attack (against Esium)" but are concerned about Elluva forcing Rouse upon them. Ross wants the Mengale elves to accept and follow Law but before doing this they need to think about how Arlon will fit into the big picture.

9/1
Saxon gives the Goard to Ruth, DarkMoon's first Spirit who calls herself Eclipse. She tutors under Saxon.

Gray begins his search for the Aurial of Ion and the Fallen Eves. Trying to help Gray, Alyx uses her bird totem to explore Suraan's Mountains of Mankind. The two of them believe the Aurial will help them break Lullreth's evil seals.
Just to make things more complex, Gray discovers some obscure references among his many ancient texts that may hint at Orin's Pale isle and the Dark Lake.
 
 

Gray charges Laylak's Requiem and kills many enemies before dying inside another of Laylak's seals.

Tess completes her Laylak vault finder tank.

10/1
Hollis continues advertising in other countries for mercenaries to fight in Esium. It seems like Esium is where it is all happening - a battleground deciding the Fate of the World.
12/1
Laylak gets his surviving spies to set fires in Evost Derry. If he can't have it, no one will.

At Dusk, Gray returns to the world again.
Gray and Alyx begin plotting how to get mto Sharendayne's Pale Ring
Alyx locates the Fallen Eves. Gray is soon skipping around them.

Ross recruits the Witch of Lanth - Adenya (Not that she's good for anything other than skimpy clothes).

13/1 Morning - Hethcanter gets an earth elemental to let the sea into DarkSea.
Returning to find everywhere flooded, Gray swears vengeance and immediately blames Hethcanter.
Alyx, the new Spirit of Vengeance, thrives off of Gray's anger.
As they can't locate Hethcanter, by way of revenge Alyx and Gray set forth to slaughter everyone in the Temple of Luaci in Yarill. First they get the wrong house and kill everyone in a Convalescence Home for the elderly, dedicated to Saint Patricia. Then they kill everyone in the Temple of Luaci, except the High Priest, who kills Gray instead.

Goruan is back as DarkMoon again.

Thousands of Stars fall into the Dreaming Sea.
A sign of Orion's return?
Goruan shifts to the Sea of Dreams and captures some stones.
Thunder and Lightning storm in Sea of Dreams.
Under cover of storm, most Dark Elves and Black Elves gather up the stones.
Goruan shifts to the isle. Spotted by Dukal Kablu, he is soon captured.
Goruan is taken to the Black Lodge and broken by Belloria.

Ross carries out a recruiting drive in Fanbad. Esium desperately needs new warriors as the war has taken its toll. Talking about Esium with some of the wise men he hears about "the freedom of the 3" and how "the star of Daerune will rise again."
Steel agrees to join up with Ross, but on her own conditions - she should be given every seat on Caer Kemmel's Table of Trade - effectively making her Merchant Queen of Yarili.
Ross and Tess experiment with some Fallen Stars. They make a black dart, white gazebo and bell (all priceless).

14/1 Ross recruits people for the war in Esium. He travels to Gordakar, near the village of Weyrock above the city of G'Kar. Later Ross contemplates attacking Krak Maboul in Hamman Pahnol.

Weirdness abounds - Another Ross comes into existence when using the sword of Law to jump to Yarili. His soul is now bifurcated but only one Ross can be conscious. Ross takes the other Ross to the T.O.H.S and puts him safe.

Ross unsuccessfully bullies Providence into helping him.
That night, Ross rides through Elm on Shantras with star armour. He meets King Korwyn the next day, and Finagis the Elven Sage/Mage.

15/1 Foe captures a Deathwatch - the first to be taken alive in months.

Ross attends a war meeting at the Palace of Elandia. Those present are;- Eldar Councilor Josel, Annakin (Korwyn's bodyguard), Kin Tallow the Diamond Knight, Arwyn Elenda (Korwyn's daughter), Kartanyu (High Priest of Rouse), General Kristian Danta, General Tarmallow Bath, General Rigby, Lady Adele of the Mind Guard, Salien of the Mind Guard and King Korwyn himself. As a result an Elandian strike force is put at Ross' disposal to help destroy the Wraiths and bring order to the "Barbarian states of Esium."
Ross tries breaking the Elandian Godstone. (He actually manages to takes a chip out of it - the first person in a hundred years to do so.)

16/1 Tajin Kahl of the Soranar returns to the T.O.H.S with 333 air efreet. He puts himself at Ross' disposal too.
To annoy the Doman, Ross puts the Keystone of Wan in his sword of Law. Now the Doman cannot use his Book of Arda to reclaim it.
17/1 Dawn, Gray back alive again.
A Kaimnyhrian delegation from Diera, Terek and Munjab give Ross another Prophecy, The Lamp of Delusions and Amulet of Min.
Ross visits Rouse's Temple.
The Eldar withdraw items from Esium on Ross' request, especially those given to Gray and Alyx. Ross' plan is now damage limitation. Also in this way, Ross seeks some revenge for Luaci Temple massacre.

5pm Disappointed by Rouse's refusal to act against Gray and Alyx; Ross visits Luaci's Temple to find Arcturus sheltering in The Light of Luaci.

Alyx borrows the House of Mylin from a supportive Kitara. Hunt is confirmed dead - killed by Deathwatch.

The Spirits of Akilla vote about Makailla; destroy her or let her help? It is decided to not let her help. (She loses by 3 votes)
An attack is planned on Sharendayne's Pale Ring using Rhombard's two phasing rings and one Deathwatch. The Deathwatch is slipped one of the rings and released to spiritually return to the Pale Isle. After a few seconds, Faces (disguised as the Deathwatch,) uses Rhombard's ring to swap places. Once inside she moves to a safe shifting place, removing the ring. Gray puts on the other ring. All the spirits that are going, jump into Mylin's House which Gray then surrounds in his aura. When he sees the ring glow again (Face's has put it back on), he inter-shifts with her leaving The Spirits of Akilla inside the Pale Ring, on the Pale Isle, ready to attack.

The Attack on Sharendayne and Baal
16 sentient trees (the Baalda) grow in a circle around Baal - "God' of Twisted Growth. Each tree is linked to 24 Deathwatch. A total of 800 Souls able to be held in Sharendayne's Pale Ring. Baal is 600' high! Two Pillers of Extinction are hidden in mist nearby.

The trees start "disrupting" (destroying) Spirit's of Akilla but the Spirits fight their way to the centre tree, Baal itself.
Gray is immune to the Baalda's attacks - he kills 11 out of 16.
337 out of 711 Deathwatch are 'killed', but their souls are bound by the Pale Ring and don't escape the Isle. They soon begin to reform. Some Spirit's of Akilia gain entrance into Baal. They are forced to retreat by overwhelming numbers of Deathwatch.
Gray dispatches a Gestalt Deathwatch (Sharendayne's multi-souled warrior).
Alyx nearly dies; she keeps hiding in her sword as showers of arrows fly in.
The Spirit's, Gray, and Alyx flee back to SpiritGuard.
Lies lets himself be captured and tells the Deathwatch a load of very convincing bollocks!
Decay, Stifle and Howl are also slain. Crack disappears.
The attack lasts a total of 4mins 40 secs.
The Spirit's hold a memorial service. Their morale is low.

In the aftermath, various plans are discussed. The spirit Battery volunteers to split herself and send one sixth of her being into the Pale ring as a sacrifice but Gray declines.

18/1 The Resistance communicate again with Kitara using the Gods Mirror. A plan to summon Carnage into the Rings of Saanroe is abandoned. Ross discusses with Kitara exactly who and what Aslan is/will be. Aslan; Unity Inspiration.
"A religion is greater than any treaty," - Kitara. 
"Bollocks", - Ross.
Kitara gives the location of Tana to Ross on the condition he not harm her.

Ross travels on Shantras to Alyx's hideaway in Daya to see Tana;
He lets Sleeping Gas into her room and then goes in for a look - using the Sunstone to test her heritage.
When the stone proves she is the direct descendant of the Sun Kings, he leaves her there.
Shantras gives Tana/Bethsheba a red streak in her hair. But why?

Alyx visits Kitara with the latest news. Kitara asks for Tana to be moved to a new shack.

19/1 The future of Esium
Breakfast in Towers; Fate of Evost Derry discussed.
Ross delivers 120 Koen warriors into Evost Derry (Rilanmos' favour to Ross)
Ross travels on Shantras to Sulin and gives an impressive speech.
The Sulin turn over the SunStone and describe the Raiment of Kings to Ross.
SunStone, SunSword, SunChariot, SunSpear, SunThrone, SunShield, SunSeal.
Testing of the SunStone. 0 of 50 Haimish, 4 of 50 Esians, 37 of 50 Sulin. Beth is the only Resistance member descended from the Sun Kings.
The SunStone only glows in contact with someone descended from the Sun Kings.
It glowed brilliant gold in Tana's palm, far brighter than anyone elses.

The Towers divide up Esia and Poru and propose a FreeTrade road; the Haimish would be exempt but the Poruan 's would charge anyone using it a Toll-tax. A charter of trade is then discussed between Elandia and Evost Derry. 
The Haimish must agree to police the road. The Poruan's will have to move out of Evost Derry, but Ross plans to move them into the now deserted northwestern Esia, making it the new Poru.
The Sulin speak of their Legends; Of Besamma and (Princess) Shekne of the First Tribe. There are now 41 clan tribes under Aruain of the Chudal and Emer of the Burzaine. 

Ross dispatches the efreets against Kane's southernmost invading army.
Kane is marching one army to Esiador, the other to Evost Deny.
Kane's total forces 20,000 to Deny, 40,000 to Esiador.
30,000 on border to Suraan. 29,660 in reserves.
Leaders of army - Gen Orson, Gen Bedelen, Gen Marshran.
W.Daas has total of 28,500 men. (7000 of them at Esiador)

Rumours of Aran, The Hoja Main (Lord of the Landsgard) reach the Towers. Aran the Cat Lord is moving up in the world.

Gray visits Queen Kitara to update her on recent events. "They can all hate me," says Gray, "so long as you and Aslan remain pure."
Midday
"Hum Scuppety Dee" - Gray charges Laylak's Requiem, again.
He activates the Starstone and runs the gauntlet, but Laylak shifts the Requiem just out of reach. 
"Wank wank wank" goes Gray (in a very unpriestlike manner), wandering off dejected. Laylak throws darkball after darkball after the Doman to no effect.
Eventually Laylak throws his artifact axe in anger and loses it to the Doman's greedy little fingers.

Laylak's Requiem is getting closer to Lartus' refugees. Plenty of food for his undead.

Gray, Alyx and Spirit's of Akilla explore the tomb of Demeon the Goblin King. They learn of Klega, a mature black dragon, 60' long (Pow 45). Curses and Hide discover the magical tomb of Thoerbas the Lazailee. They also stumble across a pit of acid with a glow at its bottom.

Laylak tries using the SkyStaff, but gets lightning bolted by it. He screams around his Tomb, kicking the walls in annoyance.

Wearing the body of a 40yr old Daasin woman for safety (who survives the possession), Gray lets Makailla use his Book of the Arda. She recovers The Staff of the Woodlands and the Mirrormir shortsword - items that belonged to Goruan.

20/1 The Towers send Killotta to Kane as an embassador, just to make it clear that they are defending Evost Derry and that Kane shouldn't get any ideas.
Kane's troops are warned not to approach within 100 miles of E.Derry.

Danae Mercy Celeste is now 21 days old, but because of the key, has experienced 10 months with her mother! 

Ross delivers a religion-shattering speech to the Hierarchs of Yarili in the Hall of Light with Hollis broadcasting his words simultaneously to every Lord of Yarili. He convinces many that a single unified God may be needed to overcome the Darkness. 116 out of 267 seats vote Aslan.
Only 23 of 60 Ortha seats vote AsIan. All 9 Emonra seats vote against Aslan.
As 37 abstain, Aslan is still passed. The future of Esium's High Crown is also raised. Many are unwilling to accept Kitara as High Queen (because she has been known to be allied with the Doman! Boo hiss) but are willing to accept her son - Aslan. Kitara sent to Elondil? Pull the other one.
The White Chapter and Sisterhood are allowed to serve the High Crown for the next 7 years without question.

Ai Ochseja of Suraan leads 333 efreet to the Derry Downs. He arrives at 10am on the 21st ready to assist Ross and the Resistance should Kane make a move on Evost Derry.
Ross and the Knights that say 'Haste' - Ross dreaming again.

5am Warned about the Eldar threat to Gray (who still hasn't returned their items), Alyx takes the items back to Mount Eldahar first, flinging them at the Eldar's gates in disgust.

21/1 Hethcanter plans his attack on Laylak's Requiem.
1000 Elandian Emonra knights arrive invisibly outside Evost Derry.
They await Arjuna's signal to attack the Haimish.
22/1 Selling a New God to the Masses
Hollis delivers pro-Aslan decrees from the King to many Lords of Yarili.
Gray sits on his steps, depressed.
Kitara agrees to negotiate an exchange with Lord Ross; the Doman's Keystone for a Starstone Ross needs. Gray has one other condition - Hethcanter must "Plug up the bloody great hole in Yarochy's Estuary" flooding his Darksea.
Alyx doodles with the Jixiliah outside Gray's vault. The Jixiliah, immortal, indestructible, instrument of the Eternal, wins at noughts and crosses.

Hethcanter tests The Bridge's invisibility. But will Laylak still detect it with his Wraith senses?

23/1 Ross spills the beans to the Sulin about Bethsheba and Aslan. In return he hears the story of the First Tribe - formed by Besamma and Shekne, daughter of the Sun and Princess of the line of the Sun Kings. Back in the 10th century the followers of the Sun Kings split into two tribes. Those that wanted to keep to the old ways (the Sulin) and those that wanted to return to the steppes and renounce the Sun (the Haimish) in favor of more animist like beliefs.

The Sulin agree to set one fifth of all sacrifices aside for Aslan, but the rest for the Sun Queen.
Ross gets drunk as a skunk with the Sulin.
The Sulin decide to move; They must reclaim their birthrights and that means going to Evost Derry.
The Sulin were the original loyalists to Sun Kings and the Haimish were rebels. That's why the Sulin believe they have more right to the great holy city of their ancestors.
That night Hollis mist-realms 2000 Sulin to 15 miles away from Evost Derry.

In response 4 Immortals of Emonra descend on Evost Derry. Suranare, Secarndi, Caspar and Lern. They stand guard under the pretense of  trying to prevent Shayr and Gray from interfering but are in fact there to interfere with Ross' plans.

24/1 Ross arrives at Evost Derry, riding ahead of 2000 Sulin!
Astarn of the Plenitude, holy Paladin of Emonra +1000 heavy Emonra cavalry from Elandia are invisible outside Evost Derry (blessed by the immortal Suranare). Seeing Ross approach they think their cover is blown and charge.
Shantras warns Ross of the charge.
To aid his Knights, Arjuna casts a SunBurst spell from Evost Derry's walls and blinds 1300 Sulin, 800 of them permanently !

Shantras, Elder horse of the Earth, opens up a crevasse and many knights fall in.
The Knights of Emonra are eventually driven back when Shantras takes control of many of their horses.
Ross then visits Elandia's Temple of Light and explains how unhappy he is. The Amulet of Miri is used to heal many Sulin. Ross also uses his starstone.
The Sulin then meet with the Haimish and argue.

As Emonra is also worshipped in Elandia, Ross tries a different tack and by traveling to the Elandian Gardens in Elan. He meditates and memorises a place to return to at a later date with his teleportation and then goes to meet Lepin of the House of Light and Abbot Feychen - both devout worshippers of Emonra. In no uncertain words, Ross tells them that Arjuna is pushing his luck. "If you don't put a stop to this, I will." With a meeting between him and Arjuna scheduled for the next day Ross leaves. But the moment he is gone, Lepin and Feychen plan an ambush instead. When Ross approaches the Temple of Emonra, they intend on calling lightning down around him.

25/1 Tess (using her new Vault-locator) locates the tomb of an ancient Queen, 34 miles sw of Esium and 60' below ground. (The Queen just so happens to be the Witch Queen Madisra).

"One cannot gaze into the sun for long before it hurts - a lot." - Ross of Merlendy when talking about Arjuna of Emonra.

26/1 Bored, AIyx goes and attacks the Paladin's of Emonra. Arjuna blasts her from the sky with a Piller of Sunflre, setting fire to her new black dress. As Alyx has been spending time around the Spirit Vanity recently, she gets very mad.

Elandia sends aid
9am. The Elandian Anti-wraith squad arrive in Esium's T.O.H.S. They are received with some skepticism. Many veterans of Esium's ongoing war against Orin and the Wraiths are convinced Elandia is going to get its ass kicked - Ross is one of them.

Benel Joshu visits Esiador's Temple of Emonra and kills a lot of priests, looking for Arjuna. When Arjuna hears about the attack he is very concerned, canceling all public appearances until 2602.

Arjuna, Damaron, Arch Prelate Tanden, Paladin Wenmor and Arch Deacon Axem are in the Temple of Shiene in Evost Derry, hidden in the light of Beshaba-had's Lamp of Truth. (50'rad) Arjuna has been here since the 16/1.
Also with them, on and off, are Fastrid of Rian and Menelly - StarChild of Shiene.

Chief Hurkal of the Haimish and 3 other chiefs are disintegrated by Arjuna.

4pm Gray arrives at the bottom of Mount Eldahar and begins yelling abuse at Elluva.
"I spit on you all... Come no more. I will be waiting... I High Doman of Wan have spoken. I see two great cities defend against a storm... We stand alone." Gray is obviously annoyed about the Eldar taking back their items.

Using the Book of the Arda, Timarkus of Quarmal//Colchos steals Laylak's "Maerledo's Censer." (It takes 11 hours).

27/1 Timarkus of Colchos uses Maerledo's censer to collapse earth underneath Emonra knights.
3000 Haimish charge after the remaining Emonra cavalry.
Emonra 's Elandian cavalry are decimated, but not before inflicting heavy casualties on the Haimish. Shantras goes with the Haimish into battle. Arjuna disintegrates another 450 Haimish!
Asala Priestess of Akilla from Day; watches with Gen Belgard of the Pale Wood. Asala wields the Bone Rod.
Ross goes under Evost Derry to look at the Rainbow barrier and SunThrone.
He defeats Makaila's 3 conjured guardians.
Hollis miraculously finds something in the Throne Room; Arch Prelate Tanden hiding in a nearby cave. Ross goes in and captures him. Then using threats and coercion, Ross and Hollis learn more about Arjuna's plans.

Arjuna lays down the Law of Emonra.
Projecting his voice and magic (a Light Angel spell) over the city of Evost Derry, Arjuna decides it is time to tell his side of the story.
"Haimish and Sulin - You are unenlightened and walk in darkness without end. You must take heed of this warning because if you do not accept the Divine Nature of the Sun God Emonra, his power over life and death, his power over the sun and his divine right to be worshipped here in Evaldevost then he will surely visit his wrath upon you until all your sins are cleansed by fire.
We have a mutual enemy in that of Kane who even now gathers its forces to strike into the very heart of western Daas and even now sends an army to fight you here in Derry. Emonra punishes your leaders, chiefs and wisemen for their lack of courage in not following him into a bright future. They have taken false council from Godless wizards and blasphemers, from the undead and damned who wish to turn this city into a single, giant grave filled with your corpses. Throw off the blindfolds they have put over your eyes and see the Light of Truth Emonra is showing you!"

Minnow, servant of Lady Nox; arrives to take Ross on a planal trip. Minnow unlocks Census' secret door in the T.O.H.S and takes Ross below. They encounter Lady Elsbeth of Chaos.
"You'll be meeting one of my servants soon enough," she says. Minnow and Ross have to defeat two huge giants (a 250' tail Luaci & 95' dog). After that, they sail on the Sea of Death to Eskanu's Isle (Site of the Pre-Orin Undergate) and discover Moruene (Pendragon's daughter?). Moruene fires off a Meteor Swarm at Ross. The Star of Overrule appears above his head the moment she calls upon Eskanu and actually summons him/her. Minnow jumps down and pushes her (with a good grip around her waist) into an inky black pool of stars. They both vanish and Ross shifts away using the Blue Sword of Law  -Hope.

What just happened? What is Minnow's game?
Alyx discovers Ross' foil in the deeps (a lethal gas).
Ross lends Makailla several magic resistance items, including the coller of Antimagic.
Makaila plans trying to get Castellan the Lich to use Gray's Book of the Arda.
Hollis coerces the leaders of the refugees. She puts them all in the mist realms over the next day and transports them closer to Evost Derry.

28/1 A new player in town
Midday
Shefanhow awakens and comes through the portal to Evost Derry. The entire city shudders at his arrival.
The dragon then meets with Tana and swears to protect her, fulfilling its ancient promise to the Sun Kings.
"I am Shefanhow, friend to the old Suns who blazed through the skies 1600 years ago. Anyone who holds the True Sun in their hearts is safe." - Shefanhow.

2pm Arjuna and Diva visit the dragon to find out who's side it's on. They come away a bit miffed when it becomes apparent Shefanhow's talk of Suns has nothing to do with their Sun God Emonra. Shefanhow makes that clear by saying ;-

"Your Sun is like a shadow - it fades in the True light and hides under rocks."

Arjuna retaliates by saying "Who will you side with then? The undead, the magic users?"

"I shall turn my face to Sun and bask awhile." replies Shefanhow.

4pm Gray visits the dragon - conversation does not go well because Shef recognises him as the one who tried killing him recently.

Talking about Berox, ancient cthulian monstrosity from the Time of the Titans - "it's just a big black blob in a pit!" says Alyx. "Let's kill it."
Castellan refuses to use the Book of the Arda. The Lich is destroyed.
Gray powerstrikes Castelan's Black Crystal into tiny fragments.

Everyone’s interested in the new dragon in town…
6pm Makaila and Alyx visit Shef.
7pm Kethry scries Shef for Diva.
Benel Joshu sends Shafro (a shadow demon) to spy on Shef. Shef yawns and snuffs it out.

Makaila gives Gray lots of info on the Orin priests, numbers of undead and places in Esia still under Laylak's control.
Wenmor of Emonra tries burning Ross from a distance, but fails.
The Haimish and Sulin beseech Shefanhow for a solution to their political problems. Shefanhow ignores them.

Gray examines items from the dragon, Klega's lair. Among the objects he identifies Dwarven "Living Fire", a spirit absorbing staff, a necklace of charming voice, a dagger called Goblin Slayer and the 3 extremely powerful Rings of Balance (aka the Rings of Weal).

A second Haimish army begins marching out of the Wilderun. Those chiefs who had misgivings about the attack on Evost Derry are now united. (Plus, who will be the new Great Chief?)

Kane's southern army continue taking lands of Porn, which is really annoying the Doman and Ross.
Gray remembers something about the Needle of Rasalon (aka Spear of Firmament, the Spoke of Heaven and the Landsfall Horn); Makailla divines that the Needle is a communication device. An earth node?
(*The same thing Laylak used to send his original darkwave across Esium*)
Unknowingly, Gray astrally enters the same piller Laylak did. He enters at Dusk and prays for power. As a divine blast of energy enters him, he shouts “Aslan”, causing the name to echo for thousands of miles, in earth, air, water and fire! Gray dies again.
When Laylak turns up minutes later, Makailla and Alyx have already gone.

Arjuna casts a "Light Angel" spell and sends it amongst the gathered Haimish.
Gen Bedelen of Kane is now 200 miles from Evost Derry.

Ross gets nasty.
Ross wanders around E.Derry, tanked up on magic. He enters the Temple of Shiene, provoking Arjuna and the others to attack him. But Ross is impervious to their spells, forcing Arjuna to fire-shift away to another bonfire 780' below.
Ross captures Wenmor, Damaron, Axem, Nesen of Emon and Daitan of Rian. They are transferred to the Towers and thrown in the dungeons.
Arjuna has the Lamp of Truth, but fumbles his Recall Spell to Esiador and can't cast any spells for 8 hours.

Kane tightens the noose.
General Bedelen of Kane continues pushing towards Derry with a staggering 20,000 troops. Only 7 days away, he still ignores warnings from the Doman and Merlendy to turn back.

29/1 Dawn - Gray is back to life again - (so soon?)
Alyx searches with her totem bird for the valley of Rowde.
Ross releases his prisoners - Wenmor, Darnaron etc but is nearly assassinated in Esiador by Emonra mercenaries using poison.
Ross deflects 30 crossbow quarrels fired at him by the Palace Guard in perhaps one of the most defining moments in his rise to fame.
Gray sits on the steps of his vault for many hours, feeling depressed about his life. Remember, for Gray, he has only just learned about the destruction of his religion and read about the last year’s events. It’s a lot to take in for one so young.
Arjuna unleashes a Wall of Blades spell against the Haimish and Sulin shamans gathered beneath Shef's Temple. Shef does nothing to prevent several shamans from being sliced to death.
Wenmor then begins targeting people in Evost Derry, causing them to catch fire. He has the power to focus sunlight. People in Derry begin to think the Sun is angry with them, mobbing the dragon and Tana’s hideaway.
Tana listens to Shef's wisdom and does nothing… The dragon believes things will solve themselves shortly and that she shouldn’t get caught up in it.

Dusk - Gray arrives at Evost Derry like an angel of death and stalks around the city looking for Arjuna. He meets Lament, an Immortal of Sorrow and witnesses Emonra' s Immortals defeat Koen's. Gray hears a door shutting somewhere.

Using the Heartstone of Timis, Gray stands in Derry calling out to Arjuna. "Arjuna - I need your help. Come forth Arjuna, come forth and help me bring salvation." Gray is annoyed when only the Arch Deacon emerges from hiding (Arjuna is still recovering from his massive spell fumble). Gray sends the Deacon away saying, "We will meet. Tell Arjuna to come out." Of course Gray is lying through his teeth and using the Heartstone to coerce his enemies into the open. Once there, the Doman intends on obliterating them.

30/1 Squabbles
Hethcanter waits for Laylak's Requiem to move near his bridge's landing site. At Midday, he steps down his bridge. The Requiem is finally after 6 days, passing right by his landing site. Just as Hollis pinpoints that the centre of the Requiem's radius of darkness is on top of Hethcanter’s bridge, the wizard steps off the bridge and targets his scroll of 18th lvl dispel magic. Laylak's Requiem is destroyed along with some of his items.
Ross and General Brook's men of Merlendy kill the Sithwrog and Llanwrog. Minnow turns up at the towers again.
"Poxy bloody humans," says Ross about Hethcanter's demands for the Wand of Lightning captured from Laylak. "Take, take, take!"

Minnow turns up again, claiming to have no memory of recent events. He throws himself into some heavy drinking and listens to Ross raving about anything and everything. "And as for that Doman, festering little worm that he is. I'll give him a round trip to slap central, right next to slap city!"

31/1 Makailla gives Harga -Haimish's Champion, Ross' Anti-magic coller.

9am Ross and Minnow visit Pendragon's vault in the Corflammes. Minnow suspiciously kills a demon there before it can say something (like reveal he just been there and made a deal with it).
Ross memorises Pendragon's Planal charts that just so happen to have been left, even though the rest has been ransacked.

11am Laylak's Orin troops attack Rudric Boole's conjured troops in Uncus' valley.
Gray uses Etanya's Heartstone of Timis and a shout spell to lure Arjuna out of hiding in Evost Derry. Luckily for Arjuna, he isn't watching or listening to Gray's coercive tongue but Shefanhow is and falls foul of the Heartstone.
The Arch Deacon comes out, but Gray sends him back again. Only Arjuna will do!

11pm The Black Elves whistle up a storm over Derry - to keep out Sorcerors like Hollis.

32/1 Laylak’s Sithwrog and Llanwrog under Evost Derry are due to charge out and massacre everyone, but Alyx stumbles across them first. She uses the Bone Rod to command the lesser undead (zombies etc) and gets them fighting amongst each other. All 245 undead die at 5am.

Alyx delivers another note from Gray to the T.O.H.S wrapped around a brick. 

11am As a squeeky voiced Daasin woman, Gray uses the Heartstone again in Evost Derry, hoping to lure Arjuna out. Again, Arjuna doesn't hear him. So Gray tries a new tactic… 
"I weary of this conflict, let there be a confrontation or peace,"
Damaron, Wenmor, Tanden and Axem come out to meet Gray underneath Shef's gaze.
Harga of the Haimish challenges Damaron to a duel. Just as they draw near to fight, Gray lures them (Heartstone again) all around him. Shef watches (under the Heartstone's effects) as Gray detonates a blast of spirit and kills everyone. The Haimish and Sulin start fighting each other.
The Haimish, believing Emonra to represent the Sun, fear retribution.
300 Haimish and Sulin are slain in the ensuing chaos.
Ross teleports in to try and calm the situation, but fails.
Tana is urged by Shefanhow to act. Tana opens the coffer of the Sun.
She takes up the Spear of Nations and sets fire to the entire rim of Evost Derry. Tana gives her speech;

“We are not going to be drawn into foreign battles... The only truths we are answerable to are the powers of life and death, day and night... Now we crave the Sun. The Sun Rulers were worshipped by our ancestors as Gods and Goddesses. Such was their power over our freedom, that we rebelled against them and split our people. ...I am no Goddess and neither is my child. We the people of the steppes, learned the folloy of worshipping gods that look and act like men. We learned to praise the land and its creatures. We're selling our souls to Daas by using their idea of the Sun... Today we have seen the Doman assassinate treacherously the Paladins and Priests of a God who has already sent its Bishops to blind us and slay our chiefs. The true face of Daas has shown itself today. They say we must take sides, Emonra or AsIan... If we do, we give ourselves to their war. We must choose our own side.
"Why worship a God that stands in front of the Sun when we can worship the Sun itself? The Daasin God is a man, with a man's failures. Why praise the man when we can praise the Sun?"  - Tana of the Sun.

Head to head with the Black Elves.
Benel Joshu appears outside the T.O.H.S. to challenge Ross.
Ross doesn't accept, so Benel leaves.
Ross and Minnow later enter Uncus' lair, knowing that Benel is there and the spirit's of Orion. In fact, Benel, Beleg, Uncus, Rudric, and several Dark Elves (Ulair, Thearen, Sama Sama, Sulak, Jeshiro) are waiting, along with nine spirits of Orion ! Thoth of Mordark is also there. Minnow kills Uncus, Ross fights for 16 seconds before dying. He manages to take down Thearen Joshu before he falls himself.
Minnow lets himself get chased down and killed.

Nox and Minnow move Ross back in Time 8 hours, so that it never happened.
Ross awakens to remember everything.
Ross tells Mnt Eldahar about his experience.
Minnow claims complete innocence.

Dusk - Gray gives the Headstone back to Etanya.
Kane launches a secret assault on Esiador.
The Druids conjure a fog.
Elite commandoes scale Esiador's walls, open its gates and let in troops, many disguised as Daasin civilians; each Kane man has a mission, to burn, kill and cause confusion. 500 men enter the city.
Laylak aids Kane at Esiador by casting 3 darkballs (50'rad).

8.3Opm - Shef is teleported away by Kethry and the Moon sword.
Tana is paralysed by Diva.
Gray saves Tana's life when Diva collapses the Temple on her.
All Tana sees is a 5' blurry shape.
Kethry drops Shef above the northern Kane army.
Shef doesn't breath weapon them, but flies off.
Kethry moves Shef again. This time Kane tries turning the dragon to stone. Shef ignores the magic and alters the alignment (via his aura) of several very important Kane military chiefs.
Shef slam-dunks Kethry into the ground - protected by the MoonStone's sphere of force, she barely escapes. Shef tries tracking her astral signature, but fails.
Cloud, the Spirit of Akilla and Gray, arrive in Esiador to kill Kane troops.
A force wall is cast around the Temple of Emonra by its priests.
The Temple of Luna is ransacked. Kethry is in hiding somewhere else.
Gray kills a few Druids.
Kane's troops poison the wells.

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