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The leader of the Vengeful watched the events unfold, mostly pleased with the results. Not all was going quite as planned, but the pieces on the board were moving as intended. Should the evokers and their allies in the Flaming Brazier stubbornly hold on to power in Bezantur as planned, the game would be over before it began.
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Events began in the Flaming Brazier temple. The succession for the slain Eternal Flame was clear, and the most powerful and next ranking priestess in the temple was Rhona, who quickly assumed the mantle of Eternal Flame of the Flaming Brazier. With Sevik Ascand, she immediately began the investigation as to how Mythalanir’s death occurred.
Finding the General of the Fire Drakes in the Commanders quarters on the first level of the Flaming Brazier, she summoned him to her chambers in the lower level and with Sevik standing guard, interrogated him. The General admitted that Sevik came to him with warning of the tharchioness’ intentions toward Mythalanor mere hours before he abruptly left the temple muttering about a ‘dried up old man’. But since Sevik told him the ultimatum was to give the temple 10 days to remove Mythalanir, he did not press the matter when the Eternal Flame left without an escort.
Nor would I, thought the General during the interrogation, since Eternal Flame Klanak Famouth of the Burning House had promised him command of all Fire Drakes in that temple when the Flaming Brazier was consumed in the flames of Kossuth one final time.
After dismissing the traitorous general, despite her reservations about him, Rhona later discovered a letter in the chest of the Eternal Flames chambers signed by ‘KF’ which indicated a summons to ‘the temple - you know which one’. Bringing the letter to her ally, the evoker-proclaimed tharchion of the Priador, Ihsahn, discussion was held and eventually it was determined they should to visit “The Temple”. There they spoke with Ira the head priest of Mask, in the presence of many others such as Ing Lee, Taraska Traynor, Zacho Lyonsen, Kalin Steel, however she was unable to identify the handwriting on the letter or determine who ‘KF’ was.
Alice Blackstone, one of the rising members of the Temple, was tasked by Ira to assist the tharchion in any way possible, and determine who this ‘KF’ was and to what temple the letter was referring. Speaking in cant, she also made sure that anything she found would be reported back to Ira immediately.
Before leaving though, Ira pointed the group to one of the Bezantur message boards. There they found a new ‘order’ from the zulkirs posted by a minion of Szass Tam proclaiming that the decision of the council placing Mari as tharchioness as the Priador overrules any decree by a singular zulkir trying to remove her. Further, to enforce her claim, return order to Bezantur, and bolster the forces of the depleted Priador legion, she is returning to Bezantur at the head of troops provided by Zulkir Tam himself and supported by Red Wizards of Necromancy, Abjuration, and Divination. The last line contained a thinly veiled threat to ‘Oppose them at your peril’.
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As the events surrounding the Flaming Brazier and allied evokers unfolded, Captain Azura and sergeant Taraska, with other legionnaires surrounding them in the legion barracks, had an encounter with Elder Vampire Warrior who told them the same information as would later be posted on the Bezantur Message Boards.
They were instructed that any in the legion who followed the commands of the foolhardy Zulkir Maurin and usurper Ihsahn when Mari returned would be considered a traitor and dealt with accordingly when the city was back under her control.
Later in the day, Ihsahn banished Azura from Bezantur for instructing her legionnaires not to inform him of the encounter and showing no remorse for not doing so when questioned by him about it. This action by the tharchion immediately began to cause even deeper divisions in the legion among those who had grudgingly come to follow, if not respect, their newest captain in her efforts to bring the Priador legion back to greatness, and those who thought she was an incompetent leader like the tharchioness marching toward them.
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Sirien Ilphukiir had his own agenda. The powerful Assassin’s Guild of Bezantur was not to be trifled with, and the gruesome death of their leader -whom none of them mourned- could not go unavenged.
Speaking with Zenak of the guild, Sirien had been charged with finding out who, or what, could have some completely and secretly taken and killed him without leaving much, if anything, of a trail to follow. Second though, and much more importantly, he was to arrange the lethal test to see if he who was next in line to lead the guild, was worthy of the title...
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Szass Tam stood studying the bound demon lord Eltab deep in the Chambers of Twin Burnings in The Citadel of High Thay. He knew now the other zulkirs were too weak and preoccupied to oppose the final piece of his plan here.
Little more than a tenday remained before the moon would be right and the final rune created which would give him ultimate control over Eltab - and the hordes of demons he would summon. With the most of his undead forces moving to southern Thay to ‘enforce’ Mari’s claim on Bezantur, and the tharchs of northern Thay loyal to him and the other zulkirs aligned with him, they would be perfectly positioned to launch attacks from northern, central, and southern Thay.
There would be legions from Eltabbar and the northern tharchs, Demons from Eltab from the High Thay, undead from the south in the first strike coming soon, and death, and more undeath, to follow everywhere. And ultimately, he would finally rule Thay without interference from others.
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Victor slipped through the shadows in the assassin’s guild to find Zenak, the assassin’s recruiter and task-giver. There remained something needed only a master assassin could accomplish. One the Vengeful had known would rise to the power he had finally achieved.
“You will give one final assignment to Azel. Tell him it is for leadership of the guild or simply because it is needed - I don't care which. But he’s going to make a zulkir here in Bezantur 'disappear' because we cannot risk stalemate at this juncture….”
Zenak could not hide his surprise as Victor spoke the name. And by the time he realized he had been holding his breath, only the darkness and shadows remained to hear his trembling gasp.
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Events began in the Flaming Brazier temple. The succession for the slain Eternal Flame was clear, and the most powerful and next ranking priestess in the temple was Rhona, who quickly assumed the mantle of Eternal Flame of the Flaming Brazier. With Sevik Ascand, she immediately began the investigation as to how Mythalanir’s death occurred.
Finding the General of the Fire Drakes in the Commanders quarters on the first level of the Flaming Brazier, she summoned him to her chambers in the lower level and with Sevik standing guard, interrogated him. The General admitted that Sevik came to him with warning of the tharchioness’ intentions toward Mythalanor mere hours before he abruptly left the temple muttering about a ‘dried up old man’. But since Sevik told him the ultimatum was to give the temple 10 days to remove Mythalanir, he did not press the matter when the Eternal Flame left without an escort.
Nor would I, thought the General during the interrogation, since Eternal Flame Klanak Famouth of the Burning House had promised him command of all Fire Drakes in that temple when the Flaming Brazier was consumed in the flames of Kossuth one final time.
After dismissing the traitorous general, despite her reservations about him, Rhona later discovered a letter in the chest of the Eternal Flames chambers signed by ‘KF’ which indicated a summons to ‘the temple - you know which one’. Bringing the letter to her ally, the evoker-proclaimed tharchion of the Priador, Ihsahn, discussion was held and eventually it was determined they should to visit “The Temple”. There they spoke with Ira the head priest of Mask, in the presence of many others such as Ing Lee, Taraska Traynor, Zacho Lyonsen, Kalin Steel, however she was unable to identify the handwriting on the letter or determine who ‘KF’ was.
Alice Blackstone, one of the rising members of the Temple, was tasked by Ira to assist the tharchion in any way possible, and determine who this ‘KF’ was and to what temple the letter was referring. Speaking in cant, she also made sure that anything she found would be reported back to Ira immediately.
Before leaving though, Ira pointed the group to one of the Bezantur message boards. There they found a new ‘order’ from the zulkirs posted by a minion of Szass Tam proclaiming that the decision of the council placing Mari as tharchioness as the Priador overrules any decree by a singular zulkir trying to remove her. Further, to enforce her claim, return order to Bezantur, and bolster the forces of the depleted Priador legion, she is returning to Bezantur at the head of troops provided by Zulkir Tam himself and supported by Red Wizards of Necromancy, Abjuration, and Divination. The last line contained a thinly veiled threat to ‘Oppose them at your peril’.
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As the events surrounding the Flaming Brazier and allied evokers unfolded, Captain Azura and sergeant Taraska, with other legionnaires surrounding them in the legion barracks, had an encounter with Elder Vampire Warrior who told them the same information as would later be posted on the Bezantur Message Boards.
They were instructed that any in the legion who followed the commands of the foolhardy Zulkir Maurin and usurper Ihsahn when Mari returned would be considered a traitor and dealt with accordingly when the city was back under her control.
Later in the day, Ihsahn banished Azura from Bezantur for instructing her legionnaires not to inform him of the encounter and showing no remorse for not doing so when questioned by him about it. This action by the tharchion immediately began to cause even deeper divisions in the legion among those who had grudgingly come to follow, if not respect, their newest captain in her efforts to bring the Priador legion back to greatness, and those who thought she was an incompetent leader like the tharchioness marching toward them.
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Sirien Ilphukiir had his own agenda. The powerful Assassin’s Guild of Bezantur was not to be trifled with, and the gruesome death of their leader -whom none of them mourned- could not go unavenged.
Speaking with Zenak of the guild, Sirien had been charged with finding out who, or what, could have some completely and secretly taken and killed him without leaving much, if anything, of a trail to follow. Second though, and much more importantly, he was to arrange the lethal test to see if he who was next in line to lead the guild, was worthy of the title...
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Szass Tam stood studying the bound demon lord Eltab deep in the Chambers of Twin Burnings in The Citadel of High Thay. He knew now the other zulkirs were too weak and preoccupied to oppose the final piece of his plan here.
Little more than a tenday remained before the moon would be right and the final rune created which would give him ultimate control over Eltab - and the hordes of demons he would summon. With the most of his undead forces moving to southern Thay to ‘enforce’ Mari’s claim on Bezantur, and the tharchs of northern Thay loyal to him and the other zulkirs aligned with him, they would be perfectly positioned to launch attacks from northern, central, and southern Thay.
There would be legions from Eltabbar and the northern tharchs, Demons from Eltab from the High Thay, undead from the south in the first strike coming soon, and death, and more undeath, to follow everywhere. And ultimately, he would finally rule Thay without interference from others.
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Victor slipped through the shadows in the assassin’s guild to find Zenak, the assassin’s recruiter and task-giver. There remained something needed only a master assassin could accomplish. One the Vengeful had known would rise to the power he had finally achieved.
“You will give one final assignment to Azel. Tell him it is for leadership of the guild or simply because it is needed - I don't care which. But he’s going to make a zulkir here in Bezantur 'disappear' because we cannot risk stalemate at this juncture….”
Zenak could not hide his surprise as Victor spoke the name. And by the time he realized he had been holding his breath, only the darkness and shadows remained to hear his trembling gasp.