Hmm, question, what do the two women with the King look like? Do they look like nobles? Maids? Concubines?
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As they explored the grounds and found the Menagerie Zelera's expression dropped into a frown. Confining nature for others amusement was very inappropriate and she may need to intervene. She decided that she and Gunoke would need to investigate this place before they left. "Hmmmm, we should make sure that menagerie is not abusing nature at some point. Other than that we should probably settle in and get the annoying introductions out of the way," Zelera said.
Zelera was quite curious about what this trip would be like. She had never experienced one like it before and given what she knew of these...Pitaxians, she suspected they were due no small amount of mischief to be wrought upon them. It was best to be cautious though,, as far as she could recall they were a hostile power to their republic, and she doubted they were friendly to nature or the fae. "Well," Zelera said, "there are certainly a lot of people here. I wonder what we should do first...," she trailed off as she looked around thoughtfully. Gunoke, a silent passenger on her shoulder for now, was matching her and looking around. Given their propensities some kind of trouble was sure to follow if an eye wasn't kept on them.
Zelera smiled and said, "Well then, I think we can make this work then. Let's get to planning the wedding!"
Zelera was quite pleased with the idea of officiating the wedding and asked Tessara, "So what kind of things do you want for the wedding? Are there particular things you want done? I've never officiated something like this before, and we don't really have particular traditions for weddings."
Zelera listened to Tessara's reasoning and the mention of Tessara having such a long life and the difficulties that can bring made an errant thought cross Zelera's mind. Was she going to live an extremely long life too now? She had died once already and come back and she was now bound to the Lantern's Kings will to keep her alive. She supposed that, so long as she kept in his good graces she would continue to exist. "If it helps any I may live much longer than you will at this point so you may not be alone when the time comes." With the gloomy thoughts her last few words had brought Zelera grinned and said, "But enough of such gloomy thoughts, this is a wedding we're talking about! I would be happy to provide my services and perform the ceremony." Zelera came over and embraced Tessara, enveloping her in a hug as she said, "I'm so happy for you!" ____ The went as winter's went, Gunoke managed to stay indoors where it was warm so he didn't have to hibernate through the winter even if he was a grump about it all. Zelera spent some time at the land she had taken over, making sure that Melianse's pond was safe and that the land was being treated well, at least until winter really set in at which point she stayed indoors until it blew over. The seasons turned as they always did and it was spring almost before she knew it! With spring came the awakening of life and the chance to get outside more. Zelera had become quite...difficult as she was cooped up longer and longer so it was a great relief to finally be out and about once more. It was one such day when she got the summons from Colwyn and listened to what he had to say. When the announcement was over Zelera moved aside with the others to discuss the contest and listened as she pondered it. "What kind of contest is it?"
Hmmm, not in a place I can check the map right now but Zelera would like a forested area for her own uses, preferably fairly close to our capital and near a river or stream if possible.
It was nice to be back again and Zelera did her usual routine, relaxed in her favorite tree, pull a few pranks, and eventually went to take care of any business that had come up from the local population, fey or otherwise. It was during this time that Tessara found here and brought up her request. "I'm honored you came to me Tessara but I must ask, are you sure you want me to perform it? The Eldest hate the gods and Marten is a paladin," Zelera responded. Then, after a moment, a rather amused smile crossed her lips as she continued, "Having said that the Lantern King would likely enjoy the humor in one of his performing a wedding ceremony for a paladin dedicated to two of the gods with biggest sticks up their asses to be a rare chance to pull one over on them and get away with it."
I agree, leave the dragonflies alone. They aren't a problem if we don't provoke them and it would cause an unnecessary disturbance to nature to go after them at this time.
Zelera, with only one mummy not engaged, cast a prayer and a barrier of whirling blades surrounded it!
Gunoke flew up in the air and flung a bolt of electricity at the mummy that Mouse was attacking.
Zelera didn't really know anything about bog mummies other than to assume they were an undead of some kind and she hoped Niadroub had a better idea than she did. There were some things she could do, the main one being the preparations she took every day. [ooc]I plan to cast blade barrier between us and the two that are on the same side together. If someone moves into that area, then I will do that for the single one instead.
Zelera was relieved to be back at the town again, as odd as that seemed to her, it had become something like her home and she was glad to see it still there and in one piece. She made her way back to her "office", namely her favorite tree, and clambered up in the branches as Gunoke tooke off to check out what mischief there was to be had in the rest of the town. When Siofra found her Zelera was speaking with Brownshanks, a satyr with white fur on his lower half except for two long stretches of brown fur down the back of his thighs, who had become her assistant and covered her duties when she wasn't around. "And that's all for now boss lady," he said as he turned to leave when Siofra chowed up. he paused and gave her a lascivious grin as he said, "Hey sweetcheeks, when you gonna let me show you how a real Satyr plays huh?" Zelera glared at him a bit, it was Brownshanks only downside, his constant flirting with everyone in an obvious attempt to get some action. He was a raunchy goat but good at his job, so she put up with him. Normally she would call him on treating a guest that way but she knew that Siofra could handle herself. When Siofra was done and Brownshanks took his leave Zelera smiled and invited Siofra to join her up in the lower limbs of the tree. "It's good to see you again and oh do I have a story for you!" She began to tell her friend about their most recent adventures, particularly any specific instances that would let her razz Marten in story and song. She made sure all of them got something Siofra could use to tease them about, including herself, she was equal opportunity after all.
Sorry, for some reason the discussion thread quit popping up for me. Yeah, I'm here and working on a post today. It will probably take a bit but I'll get one up.
Finding the boggarts went reasonably well and dealing with the bringing them around was even easier! It helped they had already dealt with the naga and when they had the head off of the corpse to take back to the boggarts Zelera looked at Gunoke and said, "So, guess what happened when we fought that thing?" Gunoke looked at it thoughtfully as he examined the remains of the massive naga, not paying too much attention to what she was saying as she came up behind him. In position Zelera leaned closer to him and said, "She killed me right at the start of the fight before I could react to her presence." Gunoke was so stunned as he heard the truth in her words, he even forgot to beat his wings and began to fall. Zelera had her hands under him to catch giggling at his reaction. He blinked turned around like some creepy wooden doll, and flew right up in her face yelling, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT [i]KILLED YOU!?""{/b] Zelera laughed and said, [b]"Exactly what it sounds like. Fortunately, the Lantern King decided my work was not yet done and there were yet jokes to be played. He brought me right back into the fight a few seconds later and we killed the naga." Gunoke sighed and plopped back in her hands as she muttered, "Our parents are gonna kill me..." After they had returned to the boggarts and finished things there, they began to talk about their next goal and Zelera nodded with Marten as she said, "I agree, I think the people are more important. The mummys can't be left for long but they can rot a bit longer I imagine."
I'm here, getting caught up today.
That is the wand of cure light all tapped out, and the scroll of cure serious.
Zelera was quite glad teh fight was ober but realized how badly Marten was doing. "Before we go much further we should heal you up Marten." Zelera called on a prayer and healed the of the paladin's wound.
"Is that sufficient for now?'
Zelera was quite pleased more of the skeletons had gone down but they weren't finished yet. With a pair of skeletons close together Zelera called down a pillar of holy fire upon them.
Gunoke, meanwhile, took aim at another skeleton that was closer to them with a blast of raw force this time.
With their leader already dead and only skeletons remaining Zelera moved up a bit closer and sent out a pulse of positive energy to wash over the skeletons in range of her causing their forms to start to erode.
Gunoke took his target, aiming for one in further back, as a small stone was grasped by his power and sent flying at one of the rear skeletons.
With everyone in close for the moment Zelera took the chance to cast a prayer to aid them all.
Gunoke took off from Zelera's shoulder and flew up higher in the air as high above above Martin's head as he could before unleashing a blast of electricity down at Marten's target.
Working on a post now.
Zelera listened to what Waffles found with some concern and said, "I don't have any buffs left at this point. I do have a blade barrier so I can try to delay the skeletons on one side. I can also hit a group with flames from above if we get them close enough together."
Working on a post, I will have it up sometime today.
Yeah, realized that as I started on Gunoke's level up. Going to take Toughness on her, she'd already died once, so some extra HP is a good thing. Gunoke
Will +1 Skills: 4 (only took two, I had taken two more points than I should have already.) Fly +30=+5+8+3+6+8
Infusion: For Throw
Feat: Toughness (+9 additional HP) Forgot Fav Class as well when building him, that has gone into HP as well (assuming he gets that, not sure if he does.)
BAB +1 F/R +1 Skills 2+1+1=+4 Diplomacy +16=+2+11+3
+1 CL
Summon Fey 1 upgrades to Summon Fey 2 Gunoke is still to come.
Zelera was rather annoyed about that anti-life shell stopping them from getting close to their enemy but there was nothing much she could do about it just then. Zelera moved to Marten and converted some of her magic into healing power to help with the worst of his injuries.
While Zelera began her spell Gunoke began gathering power. He knew this one was going to hurt but he needed to do as much damage as he could. When he was finished he unleashed a bolt of electricity that lashed out at the bastard with maximum power behind it.
Zelera was glad she had her blessing up when the barrier suddenly appeared and deftly tried to dodge as she channeled the blessing into avoiding the worst of the damage.
Gunoke zipped further in as well to start working on the bastard that cast that spell! He zipped forward and pulled in the power he needed to launch a stone he grabbed with his power and send it careening into the bastard with enough force to knock the unwary on their ass!
With everyone alive and mostly well now Zelera took to the task of healing everyone as much as she could. That fight had been rough, and she had already channeled on the undead before she started to bring Marten back, so she began to expend the rest on her companions as they discussed what to do next.
"I can do more if I need to but that should get both you and Dusk largely healed for now Marten," Zelera said. "I can do more once we get somewhere safe and are able to take more time.
Zelera realized just how badly things had gone when her spell did not revive Marten and she felt a sense of loss. He was too good for his own good, and all too orderly which made him a wonderful target for her pranks and it was just not acceptable that he was gone before she had tired of him! She looked at the others and said, "I need time now, keep watch here while I handle this and do not let me get interrupted." Zelera pulled a scroll carefully from her pack and began to unroll it as she started to read the ritual inscribed upon it's surface. The casting seemed to go on, and on, and on, and on, far longer than a normal spell would and she kept unrolling more and more of the scroll as she went. After ten minutes her chanting rose to a crescendo and the scroll turned into a pure white light glittering like that of a diamond and sank into Marten's lifeless husk.
Assuming he accept. Zelera then pulled out a second scroll from her pack and began to read from it. It took considerably less time to complete than the first one but still longer than a normal one. When she was done this one turned into a glow that suffused Marten and he glowed slightly before some of the wanness cleared from his face. Zelera looked up and said, "I can't do anything about the remaining weakness until I can prepare my spells again tomorrow so we should probably rest until then."
In that living campaign, a number of years ago, we played a mod that at one point the parties sorcerer, I think it was, got strafed by two red dragons breath attacks that it took two breath of lifes from the two clerics in the party to save him.
In the living campaign I am involved with my cleric managed to get access to the feet that let's you take a spell as a spell-like ability 3 times per day a few times, one was lesser resto (or regular, can't recall which), the second was plane shift, and the most important was Breath of Life. She hasn't really needed them but one of these days they might very well come in handy.
Zelera was about to cast a heal spell on Marten but realized it wouldn't work so she did something different. She cast a prayer and bent down to kiss his lips firmly, breathing life into him anew.
With the Paladin alive once more she called on more the Lantern King's power to heal his wounds.
As Zelera did that Gunoke unleashed a blast of electricity at one of the few remaining zombies.
I can fix that, I have breath of life!
Sorry bout that, not gone until next week. I'll get Gunoke's action in momentarily.
I will be off at Gencon starting 7-30 until 8/4.
Zelera moved up behind Marten to get a little closer to the fighting even as Gunoke unleashed another blast, this time of electricity at the undead fighting Marten, though this time he grunted in pain at the backlash of energies tearing through his body. Once he had Zelera pulled on divine energy and sent a burst of positive energy washing over the area, battering the undead with it's effects. +8=28
Zelera moved up as the rocks came down and made a ramp to reach the skeletons. once she was where she wanted to be she cast a prayer and called down a pillar of divine fire on top of the center of the skeletons.
Gunoke took flight and began to hover above her where he unleashed a blast of raw force at another of the skeletons
I'll be gone from 7/30 until 8/5 for Gencon.
Hearing Mouse scream Valeria quickly cast the first silence spell she had ready. It had been necessary to wait until they knew it was time since the spell would only last so long. She spoke the prayer and put the spell on Marten himself before she drew her dagger and prepared to cast the spell again on Niadroub.
I have two prepared already and could add a third.
Fair enough, and yes, I was referencing that Niadroub. Zelera just doesn't have the magical knowledge to know for sure. I kind of thought there was an additional check but I couldn't recall.
With everyone finally back to normal Zelera felt herself relax a bit more. As they discussed their next moves she found herself trying to determine how they could deal with that feeblemind effect. It seemed she was highly resistant to the effects due to the divine power that had been granted to her, but she knew even she could be affected, and they would be dead if that happened again. Eventually Zelera said, "I think there are better solutions to resist the effect of that ability but I don't know what they are and depending on a fairly low level spell against such an effect seem like a poor idea to me." She looked to Niadroub and asked, "Do you know of any abjurations that would block the effect of that ability?" When they got to the point of talking about going back Zelera began to speak again and said, "Alright, I can get us back, but I can't guarantee exactly where we will come back where we left from. I would guess that going somewhere more familiar would be the better option for a more accurate return. As best I can guess we could come back anywhere within five hundred miles if we try to go back to where we were which would not be pleasant. Alternatively, I can sense a rift in that direction," Zelera pointed towards the nearest rift, "And while it will come out someplace definite I can't be sure what is on the other side nor how long it will take to get there."
Working on a response today, it'll be a bit though
Having made it through the night Zelera finished her prayers and was able to bring two more back from being the mental equivalent of newborns. She made the two choices that seemed most logical to her under the circumstance with Mouse and Vibenia. When she was done with them, she looked to said, "Well, a few more days and everyone will be back to normal. I can only restore two people each day but we will have everyone back up soon. I will give you the same warning I did Martin, do not accept anything from anyone not part of our party unless I give you the OK. We are in the First World and you do not want to risk being beholden to the fey. I also recommend keeping any faiths not directed to the Eldest to yourself, the gods abandoned the First World long ago and it has been a sore point ever since." With a sigh as she sat down to relax while wiping drool from Gunoke's chin Zelera said, "I can get us back when we are ready, but we will need to wait until we are all better prepared. Those things may still be there when we return, and I can't guarantee we will get away safely again. It was luck that we gathered everyone, and I could shift us away from there."
Post incoming today.
Zelera finally couldn't help it and started laughing a she said, "No Marten, we didn't die, though it would have been close. I managed to get everyone together and shifted us to the First World. I could only heal one of us today so I decided the one best capable of physical combat would be best to protect everyone until we can get them back to their senses." She looked around at the vibrant life around them and said, [v]"We need to keep everyone safe until I can prepare the appropriate prayers to restore them tomorrow. I also can't shift us back for a day."[/b] Zelera considered what to do next and said, "We need to keep everyone together and safe. Do not let them accept anything from a native without my OK and I would try not to avoid mentioning religion if you can. The denizens of the First World don't like the gods or their servant very much."
Do note folks that I can't restore everyone in one day. I had one heal spell available and I have to wait until I rest or it wears off before I can bring anyone else back.
Zelera finally had everyone together and deftly dodged the brutes attack and, just like that, *POP* they were in the first world. Zelera had to hope they would be safe for a time. She was cautious as she looked around to make sure they were safe and, once she was sure, the first thing she did was cast a spell and then, as it went off and hit Marten with a heal spell, she composed herself and looked at him gravely as she said, "It was a nice run Marten, it seems we have all died though. Well, you are all dead, my patron reincarnated me...again."
Sadly Zelera couldn't manage to keep a very straight face, she never was very good at lying, but she did try.
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