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Hello. I hope everyone is safe and well within our new boundaries. Please feel free to reply if you would like to check in with anyone.

While in Solvunn I made the effort to reach out to the god Umbvagher to see if he would answer some burning questions on our mind. Umbvagher is one of the New Gods who we know for certain now were Summoned in 1700. Umbvagher is responsible for showing some of us that vision last year, indicating we too will become gods as he did in time.

I knew that some people were concerned that we had no choice but to follow this path, so I asked him if there were Summoned in his time who did not become gods. He said that not everyone ascends so it is not written in stone that will happen to us.

When asked if people were able to voluntarily leave, he told me the following: "You should tell your friends that if you ever want to do something here? There's always a cost. That's for gods and mortals both. And there's no turning back once you make up your mind, so you better be sure you know what you want."

He also informed me that the Singularity has never acted this way in his recollection and he thinks we may have to act. He said that some of the gods may be willing to help, but others like Zorne want the chaos.

I am afraid he was not able to provide me with many details but I thought it wise to share what I can with the collective.

divinityfrompain

Uhhh roll call? I know I'm not the only one who suddenly found herself elsewhere. Thorne's ... real interesting.

If someone in Solvunn could check on the orchardists, I would appreciate it, they're a really nice family and they'll be worried.

magicalarchaeologist

To the Summoned –

Right then, sorry to blast this into all of your eyeballs first thing on this fine morning, but it seemed like the sort of thing most of us would be interested in discussing. We’ll get right to the point.

Some new nonsense is happening with the Singularity. A few weeks ago, Dion and I paid it a visit on the Horizon side. I didn’t offend it but we didn’t get much out of it. In light of recent events, we’ve gone back, and it seems as if it’s feeling a bit more lively now.

In our initial meeting, the only feeling, if one can call it, was a sort of vague recognition of us, particularly so when I made mention of our potential future. My personal experience with the Singularity is quite limited; however, other experiences indicate this is not unusual. What is unusual is this new state of the monolith as of now, a sort of alert consciousness.

Istredd’s taken it upon himself to do some proper follow up, so we’ll let him get on with what he’s found.

The Dimming happens on December 21st of every year but the Singularity starts waning throughout the month of December. It is dormant on that day, enough that people can visit in person. I've been there twice. It is the natural cycle of the Singularity. Cid saying it's feeling a bit more lively is deeply concerning, it is supposed to be slowing down right now.

After hearing about the tremors causing havoc on the outskirts of the crater, I decided to investigate. I had a suspicion. Going inside of the crater around the Singularity kills the natives of this world. We are instead thrown into the Horizon. Many of us experienced that in April during the collective vision we had, when our territories threw us in there.

I am sorry to say my worry was well-founded. The tremors from the Singularity pushed into the territories and the crater has taken ground. I recommend that no one from the Summoned investigate closely. For right now we don't know if this is reflective of what's to come or just a strange one-time incident. I don't want anyone to panic, but we should keep an eye on it.

I currently do not have an answer as to how to stop it or how to force it into dormancy. I know that there are people in our community who have a connection to it. If you could approach it and see if it will communicate anything worthwhile, or see if there is a way to calm it, that might be helpful.

For now, I would recommend those who are near the base of the crater give it adequate leeway. From the amount of power it appears to hold still, we can only estimate it will continue to grow.

[OOC: Purple is Cid, blue is Istredd, gold is Dion.]

ancunin

As you all know - Claude, Steve, and I, as your Conclave representatives and per your ~~incessant~~ request have worked out a deal with the government to assist with funding a medical clinic for the Farhill Mining Camp.

Many of you have volunteered labor or supplies to help with the set-up, which will now be expected since we have the necessary approval. However, with the current unfortunate state of the weather, the actual timeline is up in the air.

If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to contact Claude or Steve.

( OOC: Link to the proposal approval! All volunteers are welcome. With the event coming up and the potential changes to the game setting there's no official log planned for this right now, so feel free to ICly plan out contributions and work here!

UPDATE: The Free Cities will set up a portal stone for volunteers to reach the camp more easily during the storms, which will be available until the portal disruptions at the end of the month! )

nadine_he_loves

Hi everybody, I'm Nadine. I'm a medical professional in Cadens, for newer people who don't know me.

Two things. One, I'm sorry to the people in Solvunn and Thorne who get product from me once a month in Nocwich. I hope you've got seeds or plenty of stock still.

And this second one is mostly for Summoned in the Free Cities, but I have an important announcement about Salves & Stitches. We're moving! Sort of.

The apothecary will be moving to its own storefront nearby, and the current location will be purely a medical clinic. We've grown too big and have too many patients and customers for just a couple of rooms to handle it all. We can't even accommodate more than one overnight patient as things are. It was fine when all we could offer were stitches and bone setting and other basic things, but at this point... We need more space.

Vegas Botanicals will continue to sell out of the apothecary.

We're currently in the process of the move, so if anyone can lend a hand transporting stock and equipment, that would be really great. I can offer refreshments and some coins in exchange. Thank you in advance.

And a reminder that clinic services are free to all Summoned, and we're pretty much always hiring. In fact we're down a staff member, so if anyone's looking for a job...no medical skills necessary, we also need front desk staff and normal shop staff, too.

I think that's it.

itookashot

I like to think that we group of Summoned should celebrate each other's accomplishments, and SOME OF US are too humble to share. But we have enough friendships across borders that it seems just inherently wrong to keep things to ourselves.

With that in mind, our beloved genius Viktor is being awarded an honorary degree at the esteemed Grand Academy of General Science for his impressive technological work. I know that many of us have benefited from his work and therefore he will have to live with the acknowledgment of that whether he likes it or not.

SO even though he hates this and he's probably going to uninvite me from his shop forever, I want everyone to know! To the Free Cities folks, we'll be attending the ceremony to cheer him on, and there will be an afterparty at his shop. I believe Hilda has the invitations detailing where to go and when.

Also they gave him a great nickname called the "Doctor of Illumination" which I love.

If you find me murdered by being bludgeoned to death with a cane, know this: I regret nothing.

takeatrip

Does the name M. Creed mean anything to anyone? We found it inscribed on a ring in the possession of the woman in the altar, so the easy assumption is that the ring has some connection with Josselyn Creed, but it's possible the name could also be a coincidence.

Also, if there's anyone who was looking into connections between Josselyn and others, or who have just met a lot of people and are good with faces, there's an image of the last person to touch that ring available in my domain. There's a stack of papers with the picture on it on the bar when you go into the hotel, feel free to take some.

[And just... Ignore that this is both very direct and leaving out a ton of context ~~sorry especially to new people~~ because this is enough for what he's trying to accomplish and clearly that's the only thing that's important.

((ooc: also threadjacking and conversations amongst each other are totally fine!!))]

thedreamer

𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘! 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙸𝚏 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚝, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝! 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 — 𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎.

[ Helpful! ]

𝙸 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 [ ever ] 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚎? 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢.

𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜! 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝.

𝚃𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝙲𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜: 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙰𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚜? 𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚢? 𝚆𝚑𝚘'𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚒𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐?

𝚃𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎: 𝙰𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎? 𝙱𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝙸𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜, 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚜, 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚏?

𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 — 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝! 𝚆𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚐𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚙. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙!

godshattering

𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘢𝘨’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩? 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵-𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦, 𝘚𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.-- 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?

I’m not sure they have a name for the aftermath of a dragon having a bbq, Hilda. But that’s probably close enough. I know the Inn renovations have been keeping a lot of us busy, but the devastation from the aftermath of the monster attacks left a lot of places either completely destroyed or close to it.

The Red Path was important for a lot of reasons to the natives here and if they want to get some vegetation and seedlings replanted there so it’s not a wasteland come spring. That means we’re a little limited on time to get things transferred and planted before winter officially hits. At least what the desert calls winter, anyway...

Anyway indeed and before we get too far into Sylvain’s thoughts on the weather - we’ve come up with an idea on what to do. It involved a little fundraising and some talking here and there, but we’ve found those willing to donate funds to purchase some supplies to make this happen or the supplies themselves from merchants around Cadens. Some of the soil we brought back from the Nether will also be going to good use here in hopes of making sure everything planted does as well as it can, and hopefully it’ll be good as new soon. Or, well, as close to it as we can get, considering.

While we’ll be out there working on this regardless, we wanted to extend the invitation to anyone else who might be willing to join in. It shouldn’t take up too much of your time, and any help would be greatly appreciated to help the Red Path recover a little quicker. Promise there’s also a round of drinks back at the Sarstina for anyone who stops by.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦!

( ooc: Similar to the repair efforts of Libertas, feel free to use the above as a backdrop for whatever your characters might get up to the rest of the month! )

theidlemaiden

𝘏𝘪 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 — 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘢ï𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 — 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴!

[A combination of deep exasperation and resignation doesn't show in Altaïr's 'handwriting', but if it could, it absolutely would.]

We discovered a pair of mated lizards in the woods of Solvunn some time ago. One appears entirely normal, the other is half-mechanical, with gears in its midsection. It should clearly be dead regardless of where those gears came from, and yet it both lives and has fathered eggs.

[Unspoken: 'That's fucked up, right?'

Hilda's handwriting interjects, clearly addressing Altaïr. ]

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 “𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥” - 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦!

[He feels as though he should be too dignified and composed for internal bickering in front of others but he absolutely is not.]

Miracle implies the presence of divinity. This is clearly something else. I would like to know what, and to know whether any other Summoned have encountered anything similar.

[ Somewhere Hilda is rolling her eyes and mimicking him but thankfully everyone else is spared the theatrics. ]

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘪 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 – 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴.

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦!

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unwings

It’s time we address the behemoth released from the shrines.

For those who weren’t in the pit, we shared the cavern with 4 occult shrines that produced a steady flow of blood. When the exterior of each was removed, a second was beneath - an armored figure with a spiked halo knelt in prayer, bleeding from empty eye sockets. Save for one other - a standing, armored skeleton-like humanoid carrying the upper half of an iron maiden, and wielding a spiked ball at the end of what appeared to be a chain of its own small intestines.

When the last of these shrines were opened, pillars of writhing flesh struck through the pit’s ceiling. Later, it was apparent these were the monster’s legs, and some were crushed underfoot when it began to retreat from its cage.

Proximity to the shrines caused a flood of sinister whispering and visions of a shadowed figure, and those of us succumbed to the ritual’s effects felt a certain draw to them. It’s unclear if the acolytes were hoping we’d interact with these shrines, as they never intervened, but the monster’s escape caused the eventual collapse of the pit and did them no favors.

Did anyone in the rescue team see where it went, after it broke off from the cavern? Best we learn what this creature is and what it’s capable of before we encounter it again.

There will be a cross-faction book exchange and research effort hosted in Istredd's domain regularly. Please come by if you’re interested in helping with this, sharing books not available in your faction, or any other pursuit of this world’s knowledge.

And, if anyone’s seen Dean Winchester - in the Horizon or otherwise - Sam, Jo and I would appreciate a word.

unwings

Hello. My name is Castiel.

I overheard a pair of soldiers discussing Prime Minister Marlo’s declaration of martial law, and indefinitely postponed elections. They implied she has a history of election bribery, and mentioned the disappearance of someone named 'Latimer'.

Does 'Latimer' sound familiar to anyone? What else have the rest of you heard?

This message goes to the Summoned of the Free Cities only. For obvious reasons, let’s keep the suspect nature of our leader to ourselves for now.

falcony

[ as per the way with this weird magical letter system, sam's tight, blocky letters will come across everyone's eyes. ]

SORRY IN ADVANCE FOR EVERYONE GETTING THIS
I KNOW HOW ANNOYING THESE THINGS CAN BE
BUT THERE'S ENOUGH NEW FACES I FIGURED IT'S WORTH IT

FOR ALL Y'ALL WHO DON'T KNOW ME - NAME'S SAM WILSON
I'M OVER IN CADENS, THE FREE CITIES, AND HAVE BEEN HERE A HOT SECOND
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME

BUT THAT'S NOT THE REASON FOR ME REACHING OUT.

BACK HOME, THERE'S THIS HOLIDAY
WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY STARTED FOR BULLSHIT REASONS THAT DON'T MATTER HERE

WHAT MATTERS IS THAT THIS TIME OF YEAR ALWAYS HAS ME CRAVING CERTAIN KINDS OF FOOD
AND SINCE IT'S BEEN A SEC SINCE I'VE HAD ONE OF THESE- WHAT BETTER REASON TO HAVE A BIG DINNER?

MY PLACE IN THE HORIZON, IN ABOUT THREE DAYS' TIME
DINNER - DON'T SHOW UP EARLY UNLESS YOU PLAN ON WORKING
STOP ON BY, HANG OUT, MEET SOME PEOPLE, RELAX WITH SOME MODERN AMENITIES, ETC.
THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND KNOW THE DRILL
AND THOSE WHO DON'T, I'VE GOT ONE MAJOR HOUSE RULE - NO FIGHTING.
OTHERWISE, COME ON BY

IT'S NOT THANKSGIVING BUT IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH
SEE Y'ALL THERE!

PRIVATE-DIRECT TO; STEVE, NAT, TONY, STEPHEN

WANDA'S COMING BY EARLY TO HELP WITH THE TURKEY
SHE MADE NO PROMISES TO STAY, BUT I'M GOING TO SEE WHAT I CAN MANAGE
IF YOU CAN HELP IT, TRY TO SHOW UP AS CLOSE TO TIME AS POSSIBLE

hextechhead

Hello everyone in Free Cities, this is Jayce Talis again. I was talking to the Libertas relief workers about next steps and the rebuilding effort since there were a lot of destroyed buildings and homes.

It's in early stages but volunteers for manual labor would be very appreciated now, and maybe those of us who have construction skills could be of more help in the future. I know not everyone is into heavy lifting, but I'm sure there are other things people can do, even if it's handing out meals or running errands there while they get things moving.

[Then, briefly, a hastier set of handwriting:] If you're at a loss, I'll be happy to assign you something to do.

I said I would ask other Summoned if they can volunteer some personal time, especially since we did an impressive job with the heavy lifting in the mines. There won't be any payment, but we'd offer higher discounts for our store.

Thank you,
Jayce Talis
& Viktor who had to interject

techmaturgy

[There are two sets of handwriting here–one careful, deliberate, the other slightly hastier. Still the message is fairly coordinated, and it’s not hard to imagine that the two people willing these words into existence are probably doing so from the same place (because they are).]

Hello everyone, I hope you're all having a good day. My name is Jayce Talis and I have a business in Cadens with my partner Viktor. We're inventors and scientists back home, and we've adjusted to life here creating a variety of objects that might be of interest to people. I'm a blacksmith so primarily my work involves blades, tools, both regular ones and multi-tools, shields, canes, and collapsible versions of everything I make as a family expertise.

[Viktor, for his part, is a bit more to-the-point.]

We’re also in the business of custom projects. Given an idea, I’m reasonably certain we would be able to bring almost anything from concept to completion. Within reason, of course–we’re still working under certain technological limitations, but if a particular tool or device is of interest to you, it’s worth describing to us. We’ll see what we can do.

We wanted to let people in Cadens know that you can come to us and request what you're looking for. We give 15% off everything for the Summoned, but if you're new to the area and can't pay, you can consider anything on loan until you can save up. No hurry, we know it's hard to get started. Unfortunately we're not 100% sure if they'll let us ship these things to the other locations right now, but if that changes we'll let you know. Sorry.

Something that’s also of interest to us is the general working conditions of the mines in Cadens. We have a few ideas for basic improvements and increased safety, but any work we do will require the removal of outdated equipment. Unsurprisingly, the government is not necessarily keen on funding such an endeavor.

So what we're hoping for are volunteers in Cadens who are willing to do some heavy lifting with us to get the dangerous old machinery out of there. It is a volunteer situation although we'd be happy to make you something in thanks.

If there is interest, Jayce and I plan to extend an invitation to our domain, to exchange notes. A meeting of the minds, of sorts, for those of us who are more scientifically-inclined.

We'd really love to pick the minds of fellow scientists, inventors, or tech experts from all locations.

Thank you for your time!
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assembles

Hey there, everyone. My name is Steve Rogers and I'm one of the people most recently summoned to the Free Cities. I'm also a good friend of Sam Wilson's — we've worked together for a number of years. I know he's made quite the name for himself here.

I've only been here for a little over a month, but in that time I've noticed a sudden increase in military activity within Cadens. There's increased drills and training exercises, equipment moving in and out, that kind of thing. I went by Fort Wilbridge and tried to ask some questions, but all they really had to say was that they were acting out of an abundance of caution. Almost like they're expecting something.

It seems suspicious, so I was wondering if anyone else has noticed a change in how the factions are behaving, whether it's something I haven't picked up on in Cadens or something going on in Thorne or Solvunn. I figure it might be a good idea to compare notes so we won't be completely blindsided if something else is coming our way.

That's all I've got for now, but it's nice to meet you all. In a manner of speaking, anyway.

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