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 If you’d Influenced a monk more nicely, you might have learned that they are Monks of the Cryptic Library; the new Order that is used to weed out heretical sorceries and knowledge, via deep scholarly investigations of hard evidence. It is allied to the Inquisitorial School, which is more about spiritual impurities. They seek purity of Rokarism to aid the “Danmalastan Project”; to bring back the Land of Logic of the Godtime/Zzabur. This is the big goal of the High Ecclesiarch Theoblanc the Pure. Most Rokari “in the know” have become aware of this plan.   [But your PCs are not so aware; this is just teasing you until you find out more] If you’d Influenced a monk more nicely, you might have learned that they are Monks of the Cryptic Library; the new Order that is used to weed out heretical sorceries and knowledge, via deep scholarly investigations of hard evidence. It is allied to the Inquisitorial School, which is more about spiritual impurities. They seek purity of Rokarism to aid the “Danmalastan Project”; to bring back the Land of Logic of the Godtime/Zzabur. This is the big goal of the High Ecclesiarch Theoblanc the Pure. Most Rokari “in the know” have become aware of this plan.   [But your PCs are not so aware; this is just teasing you until you find out more]
 [Boamund failed his Literacy roll later in the monks’ room so he missed these items in his rush: [Boamund failed his Literacy roll later in the monks’ room so he missed these items in his rush:
-i.             Yggite rune stone spelling Sunet, the ravager. With Understanding, would know the Sunet Saga of the Yggites, in which Ygg manifests as a talking stone with three others, and explains that seeds must be offered to it, and then his sword may breathe smoke. +  - Yggite rune stone spelling Sunet, the ravager. With Understanding, would know the Sunet Saga of the Yggites, in which Ygg manifests as a talking stone with three others, and explains that seeds must be offered to it, and then his sword may breathe smoke. 
-ii.            Writings from a “St. Karantino”, obscure Rokari from a century ago, who told worshippers to spit wine on the east wall. A later page has scrawlings similar to the sigil in the crypt. The monastery bears his name, for some reason. +  - Writings from a “St. Karantino”, obscure Rokari from a century ago, who told worshippers to spit wine on the east wall. A later page has scrawlings similar to the sigil in the crypt. The monastery bears his name, for some reason. 
-iii.           Old Seshnelan wood carving: Wood block w/(1st age) carvings of worshippers w/iron weapons dancing around a fire by four stones amid a copse of frightening trees, while they kick ashes to the northern stone. Old Seshnelan text: “Ash on stone, smoke on iron.” +  - Old Seshnelan wood carving: Wood block w/(1st age) carvings of worshippers w/iron weapons dancing around a fire by four stones amid a copse of frightening trees, while they kick ashes to the northern stone. Old Seshnelan text: “Ash on stone, smoke on iron.” 
-iv.           God Learner 2nd age documents: parchments outlining investigations here (when it was part of the mainland), into the strange flora and lingering spirits of Aldryami. These describe many fatalities from investigations via “foes in the trees”, resolved by arming soldiers with smoking blades. They built a structure here to monitor the nexus of power, and found remnants of 1st Age sacrifices near the west wall (upper floor).]+  - God Learner 2nd age documents: parchments outlining investigations here (when it was part of the mainland), into the strange flora and lingering spirits of Aldryami. These describe many fatalities from investigations via “foes in the trees”, resolved by arming soldiers with smoking blades. They built a structure here to monitor the nexus of power, and found remnants of 1st Age sacrifices near the west wall (upper floor).]
    
 It was indeed an old Aldrya tree; once noble and full of Life, now so overwhelmed with fury that it could not tell the Giver from Taker, but used its power of Giver to fill others so full of life that they almost burst. It was indeed an old Aldrya tree; once noble and full of Life, now so overwhelmed with fury that it could not tell the Giver from Taker, but used its power of Giver to fill others so full of life that they almost burst.
 Now what? Well…. Now what? Well….
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 Fraud sees the goat-chicken-THING emerge and skitter, half-crawling on the floor, half sticking with its wood-tendrils to any other surface, up to the monk who is holding his staff defensively in front of the other two living monks (who cower, praying in horror), and Fraud witnesses, in just a few seconds, the monk get torn to bloody pieces. Yikes! He runs downstairs, hearing the shrieks of dying monks as he goes. The monastery begins shaking, more and more, and worsening at certain times when you mess with things. Fraud sees the goat-chicken-THING emerge and skitter, half-crawling on the floor, half sticking with its wood-tendrils to any other surface, up to the monk who is holding his staff defensively in front of the other two living monks (who cower, praying in horror), and Fraud witnesses, in just a few seconds, the monk get torn to bloody pieces. Yikes! He runs downstairs, hearing the shrieks of dying monks as he goes. The monastery begins shaking, more and more, and worsening at certain times when you mess with things.
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 You recall, and later see, some things up in the main hall of the monastery: You recall, and later see, some things up in the main hall of the monastery:
--Murals of Rokari figures, many with torches or burning weapons.  +  * Murals of Rokari figures, many with torches or burning weapons.  
--There is a weathered, large (about 1.5m high, 1m wide) stone set near the middle-bottom of each wall (N S E W); on more thorough inspection. Each has a different symbolic inscription, which is not a familiar rune but what looks like a basic picture. These symbols match those elsewhere (?ash, spit, blood, seeds; ?Fire, Water, Death, Life runes?) +  * There is a weathered, large (about 1.5m high, 1m wide) stone set near the middle-bottom of each wall (N S E W); on more thorough inspection. Each has a different symbolic inscription, which is not a familiar rune but what looks like a basic picture. These symbols match those elsewhere (?ash, spit, blood, seeds; ?Fire, Water, Death, Life runes?) 
--Watcher Nomai’s body has a silver pendant necklace inlaid with a tree surrounded by four symbols. Boamund gets Bog to smash it, atop the altar. +  * Watcher Nomai’s body has a silver pendant necklace inlaid with a tree surrounded by four symbols. Boamund gets Bog to smash it, atop the altar. 
--Tapestries: East = Thirteen men around a table’s feast, spitting wine on the stone floor. North = Woman rips robe, rubs ash on face, scatters it on rocky ground. West = Older man sacrificing younger one on stone altar, covering it in blood. South = Seeds planted around a stone; growing into a large tree, while its roots snarl an evil-looking, black and twisted tree.+  * Tapestries: East = Thirteen men around a table’s feast, spitting wine on the stone floor. North = Woman rips robe, rubs ash on face, scatters it on rocky ground. West = Older man sacrificing younger one on stone altar, covering it in blood. South = Seeds planted around a stone; growing into a large tree, while its roots snarl an evil-looking, black and twisted tree.
    
 You venture upstairs and are assaulted by five transformed “tree-man” monks, risen from the dead and horribly pieced back together. Watcher Nomai is the only one not so risen. But also, the goat-chicken-thing, which had been lightly pecking and sniffing at the north door to the monks’ shack, comes galloping-fluttering in. You venture upstairs and are assaulted by five transformed “tree-man” monks, risen from the dead and horribly pieced back together. Watcher Nomai is the only one not so risen. But also, the goat-chicken-thing, which had been lightly pecking and sniffing at the north door to the monks’ shack, comes galloping-fluttering in.
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 As time drags on, Shrett gets more and more visions, in this order:     (if you’d accepted more lost Willpower rolls, you’d have gained these faster, but it worked out OK) As time drags on, Shrett gets more and more visions, in this order:     (if you’d accepted more lost Willpower rolls, you’d have gained these faster, but it worked out OK)
-i.             Humans drag stones over you, standing them on your roots. They’re heavy, and you try to swat away the pesky creatures. +  - Humans drag stones over you, standing them on your roots. They’re heavy, and you try to swat away the pesky creatures. 
-ii.            Humans light then stomp out fires, grabbing handfuls of ash and spreading it around the northernmost stone. Your roots burn in pain. +  - Humans light then stomp out fires, grabbing handfuls of ash and spreading it around the northernmost stone. Your roots burn in pain. 
-iii.           Men and women drink and then spit on the eastmost stone, soaking it. The rock grows heavy with saliva, pulling you into the Earth. +  - Men and women drink and then spit on the eastmost stone, soaking it. The rock grows heavy with saliva, pulling you into the Earth. 
-iv.           The people bury seeds around the southernmost stone. Sad little trees sprout, but their roots pull on the stone, dragging you down with it. +  - The people bury seeds around the southernmost stone. Sad little trees sprout, but their roots pull on the stone, dragging you down with it. 
-v.            Men and women kill one another by the western stone. Thirsty, you use their life-blood, but the stone grows fat on spilled blood, tearing at your roots, and you grow furious. +  - Men and women kill one another by the western stone. Thirsty, you use their life-blood, but the stone grows fat on spilled blood, tearing at your roots, and you grow furious. 
-vi.           Men stab at your trunk with stone blades, then iron blades. They do nothing to you—except when their blades stink of smoke. These pierce your trunk. You swat and stomp, but there are too many of the creatures. They try to hack into your heart, but you are stronger. They become one with you. You have gifted them with the power of the Giver. You can give Life back even to those Taken, but it becomes your Life. +  - Men stab at your trunk with stone blades, then iron blades. They do nothing to you—except when their blades stink of smoke. These pierce your trunk. You swat and stomp, but there are too many of the creatures. They try to hack into your heart, but you are stronger. They become one with you. You have gifted them with the power of the Giver. You can give Life back even to those Taken, but it becomes your Life. 
-vii.          Some humans bring fire, burning your branches when you try to snuff them out. It scares you, the flames leaping from branch to branch, but the ground shakes and huge waves wash the humans away, quenching the fires, and you sleep in Harmony with the Earth. +  - Some humans bring fire, burning your branches when you try to snuff them out. It scares you, the flames leaping from branch to branch, but the ground shakes and huge waves wash the humans away, quenching the fires, and you sleep in Harmony with the Earth. 
-viii.         The waters recede and more humans come. They cry out dreadful chants. The stones begin ripping and crushing your limbs and roots, drawing you deeper into the Earth, damning you to restless slumber. They etched a cruel curse on the lock, so close to your heart, but they could not touch your heart. That you will not Give. +  - The waters recede and more humans come. They cry out dreadful chants. The stones begin ripping and crushing your limbs and roots, drawing you deeper into the Earth, damning you to restless slumber. They etched a cruel curse on the lock, so close to your heart, but they could not touch your heart. That you will not Give. 
-ix.           First they came, naked but with the stones that sent you to sleep while you were still weak. In your dreams, others planted copses of trees to keep you company. Then others arrived in shining armour and weapons, and tried to slay you, and when they failed they covered you in a stone cave. Still more came after those people, building a grander cave, and you slept on. Others came and cut down your tree-friends with wicked axes and saws; their life-songs screamed. Until a weak one stumbled into your dreams, and now he joins and saves you. He gives you a means of revenge. It is time for the Song of Death; for the Taker to make bloody music, so that the Giver may grow again.+  - First they came, naked but with the stones that sent you to sleep while you were still weak. In your dreams, others planted copses of trees to keep you company. Then others arrived in shining armour and weapons, and tried to slay you, and when they failed they covered you in a stone cave. Still more came after those people, building a grander cave, and you slept on. Others came and cut down your tree-friends with wicked axes and saws; their life-songs screamed. Until a weak one stumbled into your dreams, and now he joins and saves you. He gives you a means of revenge. It is time for the Song of Death; for the Taker to make bloody music, so that the Giver may grow again.
    
 The last vision comes as a sledgehammer into Shrett’s mind, knocking him senseless in a corner of the hall. He comes to and slowly explains what he saw. But he is so shaken, he can barely think. The tree has almost absorbed his mind. Boamund, too, has gained a strong connection and is comprehending what is happening here. The last vision comes as a sledgehammer into Shrett’s mind, knocking him senseless in a corner of the hall. He comes to and slowly explains what he saw. But he is so shaken, he can barely think. The tree has almost absorbed his mind. Boamund, too, has gained a strong connection and is comprehending what is happening here.
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 Days pass; life gets more normal; you have things to do. The colonists are very busy trying to get their lands in order.  Days pass; life gets more normal; you have things to do. The colonists are very busy trying to get their lands in order. 
    
-SOME NEW STUFF:+**SOME NEW STUFF:**
    
 Aria’s Well is assigned a new Talar by Big Ron! It is Ronalio’s old friend from St Thosos: a Hrestoli noble (Pithdaran), Sawwar Son of the Phoenix. A loyal leader, and famed in war vs. Seshnela, who has gone back and forth to the mainland and here over the years, but now has lost his lands there and is permanently resettling. He did fight well at St Thosos. You know him and think he’s a good choice. He immediately ends caste-based rule in St Thosos; although he is a “Talar” he is no Rokari, and as a Hrestoli he is not so firmly bound to his own caste traditions. People in Aria’s Well may choose if they follow caste guidelines or not. Aria’s Well is assigned a new Talar by Big Ron! It is Ronalio’s old friend from St Thosos: a Hrestoli noble (Pithdaran), Sawwar Son of the Phoenix. A loyal leader, and famed in war vs. Seshnela, who has gone back and forth to the mainland and here over the years, but now has lost his lands there and is permanently resettling. He did fight well at St Thosos. You know him and think he’s a good choice. He immediately ends caste-based rule in St Thosos; although he is a “Talar” he is no Rokari, and as a Hrestoli he is not so firmly bound to his own caste traditions. People in Aria’s Well may choose if they follow caste guidelines or not.
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 FRAUD’s new villa remains under construction. He can stay in temporary housing there, or in town, as he pleases. FRAUD’s new villa remains under construction. He can stay in temporary housing there, or in town, as he pleases.
    
-BOAMUND—+**BOAMUND**
 Humbertsville: Humbertsville:
 The former Baronet Humbert’s family is freed from captivity with the Seshnelans in St Thosos. They return to Humbertsville; a new villa is being built for Boamund and Cyroosta. They are a young household (wife, 2 small children; 2 teenage sisters and disenchanted, depressed veteran uncle Silidine who keeps to himself except when entertained by children; and who likes to read poetry). The former Baronet Humbert’s family is freed from captivity with the Seshnelans in St Thosos. They return to Humbertsville; a new villa is being built for Boamund and Cyroosta. They are a young household (wife, 2 small children; 2 teenage sisters and disenchanted, depressed veteran uncle Silidine who keeps to himself except when entertained by children; and who likes to read poetry).
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 A local Hsunchen healer has returned from the wilds! A Wenelian deer (Damali) shaman; Old-Jin Sixtines; a friendly, silly old man with a living, growing antler-headdress, who gets along well with non-animists and is not above taking money for healing skills and spirits. A local Hsunchen healer has returned from the wilds! A Wenelian deer (Damali) shaman; Old-Jin Sixtines; a friendly, silly old man with a living, growing antler-headdress, who gets along well with non-animists and is not above taking money for healing skills and spirits.
    
-SHRETT:+**SHRETT:**
 Learns from the Sottogh elders and Tusynta that, while the truce with the colonists still holds, and Granno keeps the peace with the clans, and the dire enemy of the Rokari necromancers and wall-men is gone, they have no interests outside of the Giranois, and their home. It is a time for them to focus inwards, they say. Times of greater trouble will come, and they are not ready. Quick Sister lets Shrett visit now and then, and the experiences are surreal. Learns from the Sottogh elders and Tusynta that, while the truce with the colonists still holds, and Granno keeps the peace with the clans, and the dire enemy of the Rokari necromancers and wall-men is gone, they have no interests outside of the Giranois, and their home. It is a time for them to focus inwards, they say. Times of greater trouble will come, and they are not ready. Quick Sister lets Shrett visit now and then, and the experiences are surreal.
 He also finds out why the Huru clan have been so scarce of late. They have faced incursions from Good Toad Food; foul monsters. They do not talk much about it, and warn that anyone or thing that they see in their lands shall be killed on sight. The other clans’ elders take this as all the more reason to focus on strengthening themselves. Granno’s essence aids them with magics and advice to the Elders, but slowly; he is still growing in his power. He also finds out why the Huru clan have been so scarce of late. They have faced incursions from Good Toad Food; foul monsters. They do not talk much about it, and warn that anyone or thing that they see in their lands shall be killed on sight. The other clans’ elders take this as all the more reason to focus on strengthening themselves. Granno’s essence aids them with magics and advice to the Elders, but slowly; he is still growing in his power.
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 You notice an odd glance between Gumthun and Ahappi, and Fraud discerns that their look conveys a terrible shared secret, that chills him. You notice an odd glance between Gumthun and Ahappi, and Fraud discerns that their look conveys a terrible shared secret, that chills him.
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