"Or who's?" Sarrissa wondered aloud.
Learn to control your tongue girl, Jerr-Dann chided.
Sarrissa blushed.
Pero stays quiet as his allies begin to interact with the spirit. Best not to have too many chefs in the same kitchen".
Pero will peruse the books looking for any title that may hint at the existence of their historically deadly foe from the future.
It's clear from the writings that Kiira isn't a name... it's a thing. An object of great power.
[dice=make a DC 20 history, arcana, or intelligence check]
The boy smiles. "Wise questions all." The boy flickers, as he turns the book. The stone on his brow flashes in candlight that is not there. "The history is of this place... and yours." He turns and and laughs. "Don't worry, Raurniel, I'm not going to break your confidence." His smile turns sad for a moment. "Here... take back your diary." A flickering image of Raurniel appears and she takes the book from the boy. The boy smiles and turns, walking through the travelers. Raurniel remains, solid and whole.
"OH! you're.. I haven't seen you in.. a while. The story has moved further, I suppose."
Henris thinks over the name "Kiira" as it keeps appearing, racking his brain about what he might know.
Nehama tries to rack her brain about what Kiira is
Is there a book in here that looks like the one the boy was reading?
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"Our history?" Iym said. "I don't think we've met, small one."
The boy grins. Not yours, some eles'e. You're a smart lad, you'll figure it out." The boy chuckles and then disappears.
Nivian can't seem to find any books like the one the boy was reading. Certainly, nothing like a diary. She finds one that looks to be promising, but it collapses into dust in her hands. She does retrieve enough of one that talks about a kiira: they are powerful artifacts of elven make. Often, they are passed down through familial lines, and they serve s repositories of great knowledge and history for the family. They are said to also possess great power beyond knowledge, often, they hold accumulated magical might and lore of the family.
Both Henris and Nehama remember that kiira are powerful treasured heirlooms in the old elven families. Humans remember them (if at all) for the magical power that they're said to possess. Of course, that would be what a human would care for the most: power. And, yes, kiira often were repositories of vast magical might, they were more venerated for their history and lore. Elven families used the kiira (and their more powerful kin the tel'kiira) for the accumulated knowledge and stories they held.
A malfunctioning kiira could definitely be responsible for the curse in this place.
Henris looks at Nehama and Herrnarrell. "Kiira are magical items that hold vast magical might, as well as accumulated knowledge and stories. If one is malfunctioning, it could have placed the curse on the tower. We should meet the others in the library."
Henris turns to head that way and meet up with the remainder of the group.
Nehama nods her agreement with Henris, adding " It also could be a curse laid by a kiira from her sister. We should ask more. I will stay here and look a bit more though, just incase we missed anything." She then starts to search the room to ensure they had found everything possible.
Nivian pulls detect magic up again... is there anything in here that could be the anchor to this curse... the "kiira" likely would radiate some strong magic if it is around somewhere.
Neither Nivian nor Nehama can find traces of the Kiira. Maybe it's somewhere else in the fort?
If not this one, perhaps another that we find here will aid us in understanding what we face here?"
Nivian searches the library for any other clues or anything else of note.
You have the stairs up in the central room, and you could explore around the wall a bit more.
Henris arrives in the library with the others, then says, "Hey guys, we found Raurniel's journal. It keeps mentioning a kiira. That could be tied to the curse. Any ideas?"
"Oh, hi, um, would you mind reading this page that talks about the kiira to us?"
Sarrissa began slowly walking around the library. Her movement was a combination of pacing and curiosity. She skirted around the room, deliberately staying as far away as possible from the boy so as not to spook him. She tried to focus on the other books in the room. As she walked, her eyes traced the spines. Some of the titles she could read, others she could not. She knew not what she was looking for, only that curiosity guided her. For every tome she witnessed, she grew a little bolder, a little more excited.
Jerr-Dann...do you remember any of this? Do you recognize any of these books? Anything at all?
No my child. My memory of this place is...hazy. I cannot focus on any details. I...feel, like I have been here, like I know this place. Yet I could not tell you anything specific. I...I cannot explain it. Whatever brought us here, this...curse, is obstructing my memories. Be wary though. Whether a kira or something else, there is great power here...immeasurable power.
Raurniel gasps as she examines her diary. "How.. that... I.. Yes. A kiira!? I only just ... The boy. He left it here. He said it was important, but he wouldn't say how. It did no good. I begged it to save us.. but it did nothing. No help came. " She sighs and pulls out a box from behind a bookshelf. Heavyy wards onthe box hid its Art from sight. "This.. is the Kira. Please.. take it, if it helps you... I hope you can learn more from it than I could."
Henris carefully takes the box from Raurniel. "Thank youi. Are any of these wards a trap or do we need a key to open it?"
Henris will examine the box with magically enhanced sight.
You have the stairs up in the central room, and you could explore around the wall a bit more.
Listens for what is said about the Kiira, hoping to learn something from the exchange. She was out of her depth magical, and only offered a few words of encouragement.
You have the stairs up in the central room, and you could explore around the wall a bit more.
Nivian doesn't think the box is trapped. But, it's just enspelled to prevent magic from detecting it.
Nivian tells Henris, who is holding the box, that she doesn't think that it is trapped, hoping he will open it.
Henris nods at Nivian's words, and he opens the box, looking to see what's inside.
Inside, he finds a golden.. chain isn't quite the right word for it. It's forged of gold, all of one piece, flexible and light as silk. It seamlessly flows into a small housing which grows into a small silver crystal. Both sparkle and glimmer in the light, almost shining with an aura.
Nivian uses detect magic to try to identify the aura.
Henris does as well.
The kiira radiates strong a strong aura of enchantment. It doesn't seem to be harmful, however. Rather, the kiira almost seems to welcome Nivian and Henris examining it. But it does not reveal its secrets, yet.
They can sense that it's a helpful tool, and wants to help, but it wnats to protect them, too.
Can we tell if the kiira is the anchor to the curse?
The kiira radiates strong a strong aura of enchantment. It doesn't seem to be harmful, however. Rather, the kiira almost seems to welcome Nivian and Henris examining it. But it does not reveal its secrets, yet.
They can sense that it's a helpful tool, and wants to help, but it wnats to protect them, too.
Iym cast his own divination over the kiira, not trying to hide his excitement at seeing one in person. An actual one, not whatever was on Pero's brow. And still holding its Art, no less!
Iym doesn't recognize this specific Kiira. But, he can tell that it's of an ancient design, one that's only slightly newer than the jewlry he's seen in this tower. But, it's older than anything he's experienced outside of this tower. It almost seems as though this kiira is as time displaced as the travelers are.
Iym doesn't recognize this specific Kiira. But, he can tell that it's of an ancient design, one that's only slightly newer than the jewlry he's seen in this tower. But, it's older than anything he's experienced outside of this tower. It almost seems as though this kiira is as time displaced as the travelers are.
"This is truly ancient, even by the standards of such things...but it seems as though it may have seen fewer winters than this tower. Only just a few, but enough to tell. It shouldn't be here, just like us."
Nehama offers forward an idea based off what her group had said, stating " If this is the reason for the curse, can they be calling for someone? I have heard some magical items have connections with their owners." She was grasping at straws really, since she knew nothing about kiira's, or what they even did. Sure, everyone knew they were magic, but to see one in person was much rarer.
"So, this might be a rather foolish thought, but should one of us try putting it on?"
"So, this might be a rather foolish thought, but should one of us try putting it on?"
"Excellent idea!" Iym did so.
I think that we should destroy it... Nivian says, too late to stop Iym.
Flinches back as Iym places the kiira on, unsure what the results of such a foolhardy idea would spring forward
"I mean...I was gonna do that, but okay, that works too."
... Nothing. Nothing happens. Iym feels neither the storied rush of lore and power filling his mind the legends speak of. Nor, is he struck down by the wrath of the kiira finding its owner unworthy. If there's another way to break the curse, it's more than this.
Henris frowns, looking at the kiira. "So...nothing happened? Do we need to find the Kiira's rightful owner and restore it to break the curse?"
Nivian realizes that she is repeating herself, but she can't help it.
Shouldn't we just destroy it?
Henris frowns, looking at the kiira. "So...nothing happened? Do we need to find the Kiira's rightful owner and restore it to break the curse?"
"Perhaps. Either way...that was disappointing."
"Can we destroy it? Do we have the ability to do so? Does anyone know what it takes to destroy a kiira?"
"Can we destroy it? Do we have the ability to do so? Does anyone know what it takes to destroy a kiira?"
"We cannot. Whatever else it is, this is a priceless artifact of the People. If it's not trapped in here, we must restore it to its proper heirs."
Are you saying we *ethically* can't? That's causing the curse. Will anything less end the curse? If we don't know how or it cannot be destroyed by normal means, then we need to find a way. If we can destroy the curse and not the kiira, then great, but giving Raurniel peace from her life of torture is more important than any heirloom.
Are you saying we *ethically* can't? That's causing the curse. Will anything less end the curse? If we don't know how or it cannot be destroyed by normal means, then we need to find a way. If we can destroy the curse and not the kiira, then great, but giving Raurniel peace from her life of torture is more important than any heirloom.
"Of course, but it makes no sense for a kiira younger than this place to have brought doom upon it and snared those already gone when it first felt the touch of the People. Those here must be cursed by something that they would have known, and would have known them."
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"So let's see what happens when we try to remove it from this place...and maybe we're not the first visitors..."
"If a person traveled back through time, their old version likely wouldn't know anything that had occurred in their future. Maybe someone hid it here in this time period. Assuming a person could travel the through time, there would be no safer place to hide something in their own time. Ugh. This is starting to make my head hurt" Sarrissa said as she began to rub her temples.