Land sold to Ms. Treseltine
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We brokered a sale of land from the City to Ms. Treseltine, who has since died. As she has since died, we of House Misrim wish to take over the land ownership. We are claiming the land and any item on it. The city has been paid. If an heir can be found, we will negotiate with them.
I submit this both for the benefit of House Misrim and for Arabel. We shall take the land, but we will protect it.
For the Council of 12 only, there is a machine on the land that has an unknown purpose. Under our ownership, we will safely find the purpose of it. I will keep you informed of what we find.
Polk
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We need to move fast on this. The device is a potential security risk. Sooner we have it secured, the safer we all will be.
Polk
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Polk is, of course, correct. Ms. Treseltine seems to have left no will, thus House Misrim will secure the lands and titles, thereof, and in order to prevent this machination from falling into the wrong hands.
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We need to act now, Clerk we should bring this to a vote.
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Then do so!
-Clerk Pinwell
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Realizing there isn't a complete file regarding this.
A person who thusfar remains anonymous has built a large spire of Onyx, Topaz, and Sapphire deep within the Hullack on the above mentioned land. the structure has 4 outer, smaller spires that are Green, Blue, Red, and Yellow. This structure was disguised by a barn and farmstead built on the above-mentioned land which was burned to the ground along with Ms. Treseltine. Ms. Treseltine is buried at the site of her death. A Fang by the name of Amara was kind enough to mark the grave, and I said prayers to aid her passing soul.
Senior Retainer Aric Polk was keeping a special file on this. He had discovered that the person who created these shards did so with nefarious intent. The details of which have never been discovered.
The central Onyx Shard is producing a beam of energy that can be re-directed given the proper reagents and spellcasting ability. Once an exterior shard (green, red, yellow, or blue) is active, the shard resonates at a frequency audible to only the trained ear.
Each outer spire has the ability to bring about an even that could change the balance of power in the realm of Arabel. This is what Polk believed, this is what I believe.
I'm hoping my peers on the council can help with the specifics of every shards 'whispers' though each has a story that relates to an aspect of our world.
The activated shards begin to build up some kind of energy. The ground around them is encircled in a field of magic visible to the naked eye. The Red Shard has a small circle which was growing when the Hullack Shards were initially activated. The circle around it is small.
The Green Shard has been charging for three weeks. The area around it is quite large, soon it will meet the Onyx Pillar which we believe will activate the next stage of the device.
The 'Architect' of the Hullack Shards is very concerned about the currently activated shard, Green. He says he would prefer Yellow. He was also completely enveloped in shadow magics, and seemed to be on speaking terms with the Rat Queen, Dario Wererat, and Paul. Paul attempted to alter the beam, but failed. The beam remains Green.
Very shortly the shard will activate. I'm not sure what that means, but we're going to need to be ready when it does. I formally request that House Misrim double-checks the files Senior Retainer Aric Polk had regarding the Hullack Shards so that we might inquire directly with their Architect.
If you have any more information regarding the Hullack Shards, Please add it below. We're no longer dealing with a preventative measure, but containment.
-Dawnknight Nicholas Alwin Appleberry
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Current reagent requirements per shard, though I am told these can change.
Red Shard: 7 hawthorne flower
Blue Shard: 8 graveyard dirt
Yellow Shard: 10 angelica leaf
Green Shard: 5 malachite -
Have they found who an Architect is?
Has he told why he prefers one over the other? Isn't the yellow one one of rigidity? Something a Free City would not like?
A Green ones remains the most agreeable for a forest. Life flourishes around it.
- Children of the Redwoods
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Retainer Rismente has been vigorous with his regular checks upon the crystal, perhaps our Misrim councilors could request him to pen down a status report to share his findings? The more the council understands of the crystal, the better it will be prepared to deal with any possible outcome of its.. next stage. We need to work together, for the safety of Arabel.
Ottilie
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the Hullack shards are the creation of Tristain Von Draaken, a lost member of the Black Tower.
He spoke of paying for the resources, some of which were not known to us. An angel, for instance, is trapped within the Blue Shard as is some unspeakable evil trapped within the Red Shard. Within the yellow shard is wealth, and within the green a powerful spirit.
To release any one, the other three must be consumed by the magical energies.
It is far too late to release any of them except the Spirit.
Tristain believes this was a false-gamble on his part, choosing there fairly decent choices against one wholeheartedly bad one - the Red Shard.
He had wished for others to choose and not himself, as a component of protecting himself from the Shards was not involving himself physically.
It appears.. Each of these 'beings' had a choice. None of them could be forced to unwillingly be consumed in this way. We must honor their sacrifice all the same.
The shards speak much differently now. They speak of how they dwindle and beg to be released.. the Green shard thanks us.
I invited Tristain Von Draaken to Eveningstar so that we might better watch over his future decisions. Perhaps the Arcane Observatory could guide him, once it is fully established.
-Dawnknight Appleberry
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He's a manipulative bully, slithering snake with a forked tongue. I advice anyone who come across him to punch him.Be wary of the man, he is as wicked as he is cunning. Clearly a man who cared nothing of others, only focusing on his own personal gain whilst seeing how he can punt off the risks and damages onto others. What is interesting, is that Dawnsquire Thornwind managed to get him to admit that he fears the White Witch, but does not serve her nor plan to fight her.
Luckbringer Ottilie
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The green crystal was completed and the Hullack Forest has become much wilder, deadlier, and natural since. The other three crystals were destroyed, so far I have not seen of Tristain Von Draaken since.
Luckbringer Ottilie
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Moved from Plot Faction: Council of Twelve Peers by S Swifty Willownall
