I mean dc14 fort save is pretty easy to beat

Let the chickening commence

Dame Drakesbane

I write to you on the red gem and the events that led to Councillor Tyrells death and the vote to remove Ethel

Due to her romantic relationship with Miel, the holder of the ring, Several of the council felt her actions were deceptive, dangerous and not in the spirit of the council.

For example forming a link between herself and the ring which she claims you knew of but was hidden from the rest of the council and creating a decoy ring to try and decieve the precept.

Due to the decoy being destroyed in Zuguks lair and many seeing the links effects at first Ethel wished to break the link in the cave but was strongly advised against it due to the group being worn out.

A few days later I came upon Ethel, Miel, Tyrel, Grete and Venople in the palace arena preparing some manner of ritual, I asked them the purpose and advise they not perform it in the palace due to the risk to the royals.

They refused to say what it was for and told me to wait outside and not let anyone else in, Unfortunately Misa was able to sneak past me and enter without me noticing the door open.

During the ritual I felt the ground shake and heard combat within the room, fearing the ritual may have failed I entered the room to put down the threat and saw strange beings appearing like magical energy attacking those within.

Tyrel yelled at me to get out of the room which I did.

Soon after I heard more commotion in the room and scratching at the door, I opened it to see if there was another threat and a cat ran out,

It was caught and taken back in, It was then Tyrel collapsed from exhaustion and burst into flames.

It was then revealed the purpose of the ritual was to remove the link from Ethel and put it on her familar hoping it would eventually fade.

Had the council been notified of the ritual and it been performed elsewhere it is most likely the tragedy that claimed Gareth could have been avoided.

Pierre

A vote is still needed from Councillor Signe,

We must remember we should not abstain from votes

Pierre

@Cadiz

You may object but you cannot vote yourself against a vote for your removal.

From your own admission

Since the creation of the ring, I tied my essence to it to protect Mr Shepard from any possible failure on my side in its creation. This meant, that the draining and discomfort was directed at myself rather than Mr Shepard. It also ensured that whilst my body felt an addiction to feed the gem, I was unable to do so, since it was not in my possession. As time went by, the side effects became stronger and stronger, and thus Mr Shepard decided we needed to remove the link. As destroying it would had meant certain death for myself.

You tied a part of yourself to the ring, Which may well be a magical crime as it is magical tampering with the composition of the body or its humours I would summise.

-Magical Crimes- Animation or Control of the Undead. Summoning of planar beings from both lower and higher planes. Magical tampering with memory, mental states, or other compositions of an individual's body or their humors.

Whilst you may not have held the real gem you certainly made a decoy and tried to trick the Precepts Councillor, I would suggest a charge of Evasion of a Peace Official is fitting as well

-Evasion of a Peace Official- Intentional deception, evasion, or misdirection aimed at a member of the Council or Militia.

Had you done neither of these things a link would never have had to be moved and Councillor Tyrel would still be alive

I have to support the Precepts call for your removal

Pierre

Stop trying to shift blame Ethel.

This was all your fault, This entire debacle was caused because once more you chose to operate in secrecy and not reveal this ritual was planned to the council at whole. Much like you have hidden much about this ring from the council to try and keep the Precepts councillor in the dark. Worst of all you commited this in the palace where the Royals reside. Had the wards failed more they may have been placed at risk. When I first came upon the ritual before it began I advised the palace was an unwise location.

Let us go over this saga from the beginning

You made a decoy ring to trick people, By your own words you tied part of yourself to the ring, Which according to the lawbook of this land may very well be a magical crime

-Magical Crimes- Animation or Control of the Undead. Summoning of planar beings from both lower and higher planes. Magical tampering with memory, mental states, or other compositions of an individual's body or their humors.

Note the council as a whole did not exempt you from this.

Only after the decoy ring was destroyed did you wish to break this link after Miel was seen feeding the ring to allow you to throw Zuguk off you.

The only reason I entered the room during the ritual was because I heard combat from within so entered to put down the threat so there was no chance of spilling out and harming others

Pierre

I consulted with Tilvertons loremaster and have learnt the following of Neima

The root meaning of the name is delightful and kind,

She was once a kind being who cared for the world as if it were own and fell in love with a mortal man, She witnessed calamity over many years and slipped into despair to become as she is now

Other stories say she can take the form of an undead monstrosity.

Unfortunately there was no information on which region they resided in

Pierre

Miel held a ritual to Mielikki in the forest which called a dryad.

He asked it about the gem. It seems it was stolen and may be the heart of a spirit called Neima.

Soon after the dryad was slain and corrupted guardians of the forest attacked and drove us out.

It is likely this will get worse until the heart is returned, This Neima is rumoured to be underground but we are unsure where.

We will need to learn more on the spirit to find out where they may be

Pierre

I have written to Miel and suggested a hunting festival with offerings to the forest spirits if he can attempt to speak with them to learn where Zuguk may have fled, As the orc seeks to corrupt the forest if it obtains the gem I very much doubt the forest wants it in there

Pierre

A group was assembled to slay Zuguk last night, Upon entering the forest we blew the horn, An orc and goblin came out and threw the head of the orc we had sent to infiltrate at our feet, Then said it was Zuguk and wanted to take the ring in return for peace, We tried to get some information from it but Signe attacked and the goblin fled.

Both Miel and Veneople tracked it to firefall grove and we found a cave Zuguk was laired in, After a gruelling battle we made our way to Zuguk and did battle, unfortunately he was able to best us and destroyed the false ring Ethel had, Miel charged the real gem with blood which allowed Ethel to lift Zuguk off of her and he fled.

Information learnt from the goblin after indicated Zuguk is more of a title than a name, That he had lost over half his army in our attack and he would still seek the gem.

It should be a priorty to hunt this orc down and end him

Pierre

After last night's events I have a question on this gem.

Why is there a link between Ethel and Miel to it, It seemed to harm her when he dripped blood on it to try and empower it.

Is this link intentional?

Pierre