Editing Chronicle - Sutur (section)

== Sutur ==

Once we were finally ready to enter the gate that [[Lanzi]] opened, we spent a few moments preparing. I called on [[Odin]] to strengthen [[Morwath]] and bless us all before we proceeded and [[Morwath]] prepared offensive dweomer for himself. We then stepped through, hopefully prepared for a tough fight. We entered a similar sized room, knowing that we were within [[Lastar]]'s tower in [[Sutur]]. Gith were guarding the doors around the chamber, but at the centre, bent over books and scrolls on a table, were [[Guerin]] and Cillian!

We were hit by fire by ice as the Gith reacted to our appearance. [[Morwath]] responded with a bliding ray of light sweeping across them. I managed to create an area of silence around Cillian just as a Gith struck me with his sword. A moment later a wall of thorns appeared in a U-shape around the room. [[Melai]] had one aim alone and charged towards [[Guerin]] screaming an Elven battle cry. [[Hintzu]] helped to clear a path, loosing arrows at anything in her way and felling one of the Gith. [[Melai]] struck with Agan, doing massive damage, but then Cillian dispelled the thorns and the Gith were on us once more, hurting [[Morwath]].  [[Melai]] landed another blow, but an explosion of dweomer threw her bodily backwards, landing amongst us.

[[Lanzi]] appeared now, hurling a lightning bolt, killing several Gith, and firing magic missiles at Cillian but without effect. Both [[Lanzi]] and I were using dweomer against [[Guerin]] and Cillian, but they were resisting our attacks. [[Hintzu]], meanwhile, felled another two Gith with arrows before charging to attack [[Guerin]] in [[Melai]]'s place. [[Lanzi]] lowered Cillian's resistance to magic and then tried more dweomer, but she still proved resistant. His new familiar created a spray of colour in the air that stunned at least one Gith, helped by [[Morwath]]'s sunray. It was clear that Cillian was healing [[Guerin]], keeping him in the fight despite his wounds, and he struck a powerful blow to [[Hintzu]]'s side, felling him. [[Morwath]] threw a number of darts, which then split into about two score, and at least one struck Cillian. [[Melai]] was still alive, despite [[Lanzi]] almost striking her with another lightning bolt, and more magic missiles were fired at Cillian, who we realised was still healing [[Guerin]]. A stinking cloud was conjured by one of the familiars, keeping some of the Gith at bay, but at the same time [[Melai]] fell to another blow from [[Guerin]].

A huge fist appeared in the air in front of Cillian, clasping her lightly and preventing her from casting. [[Morwath]] called on thunder and lightning from his staff, killing several Gith. I charged forward, knowing that we were lost without both [[Melai]] and [[Hintzu]]. [[Melai]] was closest, so I shrugged off the blows from several Gith and used the power of my mace to resurrect her. [[Melai]] rose quickly, took one long look of hatred at [[Guerin]] and slew him with the power of her mind alone! [[Lanzi]] renewed the attack of dweomer against Cillian, but at the death of [[Guerin]] she disappeared (most likely fleeing to some sanctuary previously selected for just such a purpose).

With [[Melai]] fully recovered, I turned my attention to [[Hintzu]]. Fortunately, although seriously wounded, he had not been slain and I was able to heal him quickly with [[Odin]]'s grace. [[Melai]] fired a lighning bolt into the massed Gith, killing three, and between [[Morwath]] and [[Lanzi]] they raised a wall of thorns and set it alight to allow us time to catch our breath.

Notes on Mythos

Norse - stability until Ragnarok
Greek - young usurps the old
Egyptian - rebirth
Oriental - rebalancing of Yin/Yang through disasters

Do the positive/negative ages mark a shift in Mythos?
Gods are not equivalent (alternate names), but exist separately.
Lanzi may actually be Lastar reincarnated.

-- Notes on Gates --

Natural locations of gates are:

Olga - Ethereal
Nagrad - Water
Malek - Positive
Zundar - Negative
Tiris - Fire

Sylvan Elves not necessarily of the Prime - Glade might be another natural gate.

-- Powers on the Prime --

Inwe acts as a negative agent for all the Gods, but has aspirations of becoming a Goddess. She also desires power on the Prime, possibly as a backup.

Iki/Malor is building power on the Prime and encouraging the coming of Ragnarok so that he can inherit the Prime afterwards. He is seeking protection from a -ve Earth dragon.

Who is the +ve power/bloom on the Prime?  Who rules the Inner Planes and what can we do for them?

The lord tends to stay on their plane, but they have a champion on the Prime and their power is affected by the blooms. If the blooms are 'in bloom' at the same time then powers are balanced (elemental link?)