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-====== Summary 368: The White Pillar God (2025-01-24) ======
+====== Summary 369: The White Pillar God (2025-01-24) ======
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-Tying up some loose ends—
-From the Monastery down south:
-In Makris’s notes: Letter, unsigned: “You know that Pehraln is expecting a detailed progress report. The Wanderer and he don’t always see eye to eye so you should be careful. I’d stay out of Estali if I were you. Well done finding a copy of the Tome of the Third Eye That Opened in your old library.”
-Pehraln (you’ve heard that name before, and Kenwill sees it in the documents from Makris and soon says that, ahh, that is the name of the nice visitor from some weeks ago, who was like Fraud in that he was covered up a lot, swaddled in bandages and such. He did not have a lisp, no. Kenwill didn’t talk to him very much; those that did are dead)
-From Unn’s notes:
-“I’ve heard of this new threat, a Telmori Tergavi who goes by the name of Black Eyes. I hope that Pehraln has found a way to be rid of him. If our ally gets the Tome of the First Eye That Opened, that concern may vanish.”
-Pehraln is mentioned in some vague connections along with other mysterious people (maybe some of them the same person, or not?) such as The Wanderer and Quintus.
-Black Eyes commented: “No one should be surprised at this history if they know it. Partan had a history of very destructive wars with Tinaros many years before. It is surely is no coincidence that another County ruined Partan. Coincidences like this do not happen in Safelster. Now that the Estali have destroyed Partan City, and other important changes have happened in the world, many believe the beast people will revert to their primitive spirit cults. The Serpent Beast Alliance is succeeding in making this happen now. Many do not like that idea. Many do. But—enemies of both sides conspire to use this conflict against them all, and I am sure that some of those enemies are on Partan. But to go there without knowing where to go would be a fool’s errand. The place is cursed and haunted by angry spirits, and worse. There must be some specific location—a temple, a fortress, a gateway to a hidden world, or whatever—from which the enemy’s power flows toward Estali. You can see where I’m leading- the enemy of Partan and Estali is Tinaros and that is Argin Terror. But who is the connection? Argin Terror is acting in Estali through agents; who and how? That would tell where the connection is on Partan.”
-And
-Tells of spirit of slain person from Erenplose (friend of Boamund): Pehraln  joined the hero band masquerading as a scholar; betrayed them in Erenplose, ensuring all but him died at the hands of him and his agents, and he hurried back to Ralios, returning to Estali. He got something he wanted in Erenplose.  His “friends” became mournful, cursed spirits, one of whom Black Eyes interrogated.
-The two astrologer/scholars (Arkati of some flavour) you helped in their villa along the river, gave you a starseeing message: “The stars have seen that The Wanderer and Pehraln seek it, but Black Eyes knows where it is.” i.e. the Tome(s)
-Madam Magthyra:
-You drop the name Pehraln and she gets interested. Bog and Shrett notice that she recognises the name and is trying to act casual about it, so Bog blurts out asking what she really knows. She gives him a stony look but offers in reply that she is deeply suspicious of this person, and has had her people investigate him, learning a few things. He is not from Estali and probably not from Ralios. Her people haven’t seen much of him, but he has been spotted in a heavy dark robe trimmed with dull yellow, and he appears to be heavily bandaged. She motions to Fraud, noting that Pehraln does not wear a mask like him, but still seems to hide something of his nature. She soon divulges some more information, that she knows he has some allegiance to Argin Terror of Tinaros, allied with or part of his cult, and acting from the island of Partan (which Black Eyes also told you).
-She also gives the new information that she knows Pehraln has a ship, called The Effervescent, which he uses to do whatever his business is on Lake Felster, probably between Tinaros, Partan and (lately) Estali. He keeps it moored at/near the harbour when it is here (it is here now, she notes) and has a warehouse there. You explain you’re looking for allies on your quest and seek to defeat the growing Chaos threat, and she responds that Pehraln wouldn’t be missed, in her opinion. As for allegiance and such, well, she’ll see how things develop, but she values the trust you’ve earned with her, and she praises your resourcefulness and strength. Clearly you’ve made an impression. Some of you might wonder how much she is calculating about how you fit into her obscure schemes…?
-That ties things up better.
--John
-From: Hutchinson, John <JHutchinson@rvc.ac.uk>
-Sent: 25 January 2025 16:03
-To: Colin Driver (colinpdriver@googlemail.com) <colinpdriver@googlemail.com>; Gordon Alford (gordon_alford@hotmail.com) <gordon_alford@hotmail.com>; Pete Nash <the.iqari@gmail.com>; Tim Evans <tim@tim-evans.com>
-Subject: Giraine summary 369: The White Pillar God
-Howdy,
 You’re progressing through the ice tunnel. Parts of the ice continue to move, then sudden fractures open up within the tunnel, with sections moving upwards or downwards relative to each other. You adeptly avoid getting snagged in a crack and needing saving from being splattered.
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 A refresher—you know some things in Estali that are leads yet to be pursued:
-  - The Krarsht-like murders remain unsolved.
+  * The Krarsht-like murders remain unsolved.
-  - You know of location of Pehraln’s warehouse, dock and ship The Effervescent near the river’s mouth.   [Madam Magthyra told you this, and of its link to Tinaros and Partan island; the Admiral also had a storied history with Estali’s confrontations with Partan]
+  * You know of location of Pehraln’s warehouse, dock and ship The Effervescent near the river’s mouth.   [Madam Magthyra told you this, and of its link to Tinaros and Partan island; the Admiral also had a storied history with Estali’s confrontations with Partan]
-  - I may be forgetting something else?
+  * I may be forgetting something else?
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+==== Tying up some loose ends ====
+From the Monastery down south:
+In Makris’s notes: Letter, unsigned: “You know that Pehraln is expecting a detailed progress report. The Wanderer and he don’t always see eye to eye so you should be careful. I’d stay out of Estali if I were you. Well done finding a copy of the Tome of the Third Eye That Opened in your old library.”
+Pehraln (you’ve heard that name before, and Kenwill sees it in the documents from Makris and soon says that, ahh, that is the name of the nice visitor from some weeks ago, who was like Fraud in that he was covered up a lot, swaddled in bandages and such. He did not have a lisp, no. Kenwill didn’t talk to him very much; those that did are dead)
+From Unn’s notes:
+“I’ve heard of this new threat, a Telmori Tergavi who goes by the name of Black Eyes. I hope that Pehraln has found a way to be rid of him. If our ally gets the Tome of the First Eye That Opened, that concern may vanish.”
+Pehraln is mentioned in some vague connections along with other mysterious people (maybe some of them the same person, or not?) such as The Wanderer and Quintus.
+Black Eyes commented: “No one should be surprised at this history if they know it. Partan had a history of very destructive wars with Tinaros many years before. It is surely is no coincidence that another County ruined Partan. Coincidences like this do not happen in Safelster. Now that the Estali have destroyed Partan City, and other important changes have happened in the world, many believe the beast people will revert to their primitive spirit cults. The Serpent Beast Alliance is succeeding in making this happen now. Many do not like that idea. Many do. But—enemies of both sides conspire to use this conflict against them all, and I am sure that some of those enemies are on Partan. But to go there without knowing where to go would be a fool’s errand. The place is cursed and haunted by angry spirits, and worse. There must be some specific location—a temple, a fortress, a gateway to a hidden world, or whatever—from which the enemy’s power flows toward Estali. You can see where I’m leading- the enemy of Partan and Estali is Tinaros and that is Argin Terror. But who is the connection? Argin Terror is acting in Estali through agents; who and how? That would tell where the connection is on Partan.”
+And
+Tells of spirit of slain person from Erenplose (friend of Boamund): Pehraln  joined the hero band masquerading as a scholar; betrayed them in Erenplose, ensuring all but him died at the hands of him and his agents, and he hurried back to Ralios, returning to Estali. He got something he wanted in Erenplose.  His “friends” became mournful, cursed spirits, one of whom Black Eyes interrogated.
+The two astrologer/scholars (Arkati of some flavour) you helped in their villa along the river, gave you a starseeing message: “The stars have seen that The Wanderer and Pehraln seek it, but Black Eyes knows where it is.” i.e. the Tome(s)
+Madam Magthyra:
+You drop the name Pehraln and she gets interested. Bog and Shrett notice that she recognises the name and is trying to act casual about it, so Bog blurts out asking what she really knows. She gives him a stony look but offers in reply that she is deeply suspicious of this person, and has had her people investigate him, learning a few things. He is not from Estali and probably not from Ralios. Her people haven’t seen much of him, but he has been spotted in a heavy dark robe trimmed with dull yellow, and he appears to be heavily bandaged. She motions to Fraud, noting that Pehraln does not wear a mask like him, but still seems to hide something of his nature. She soon divulges some more information, that she knows he has some allegiance to Argin Terror of Tinaros, allied with or part of his cult, and acting from the island of Partan (which Black Eyes also told you).
+She also gives the new information that she knows Pehraln has a ship, called The Effervescent, which he uses to do whatever his business is on Lake Felster, probably between Tinaros, Partan and (lately) Estali. He keeps it moored at/near the harbour when it is here (it is here now, she notes) and has a warehouse there. You explain you’re looking for allies on your quest and seek to defeat the growing Chaos threat, and she responds that Pehraln wouldn’t be missed, in her opinion. As for allegiance and such, well, she’ll see how things develop, but she values the trust you’ve earned with her, and she praises your resourcefulness and strength. Clearly you’ve made an impression. Some of you might wonder how much she is calculating about how you fit into her obscure schemes…?
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