Session 85

Queries

Describe your primary function

Book 1

The first tome describes the creation of a magical field designed to hold all of the Conciri's classified documents. The author argues that understanding dangerous magic is essential for combating its misuse, and that such knowledge should be stored for future protection. The solution was the Archive Field, which securely stores documents and retrieves records related to any problem it is asked about. The 'brain' of the archive is a large tome that tracks the topics of each book and their locations.

 

Book 2

The second tome discusses upgrades to the Archive Field, implemented after some thefts occurred. These upgrades mainly involve security measures that trigger if unauthorized beings enter the archive or try to remove documents from its area.

Bring me info on Valiant#35913

Tomes on attempts to recreate

The first set of tomes retrieved discuss efforts by members of the Conciri to replicate the creation of Valiants and other constructs of Concalian design. These books detail attempts to recreate the body and replicate the arcane patterns found in the recovered constructs. Despite their efforts, the members have been unable to make the constructs function as intended. A major issue is the lack of a known power source capable of replicating the constructs' desired capabilities. Even when briefly powered, the constructs acted mindlessly, similar to modern golems. The general consensus is that the true secret behind the constructs' advanced abilities likely lies in the unknown ritual and power source used by the Concalian creators, which is not detectable in the recovered remains.

Another set of ancient and fragile tomes, written in Concalian, documents experimental attempts to upgrade their constructs and provide them with a new power source. Though not noted explicitly, it is clear from the tomes that some event caused the constructs to become cut off from whatever originally fueled their cores. A recurring theme is that the constructs' power cores were draining, leading to eventual shutdown. Each tome discusses a different set of experimental upgrades, and accompanying booklets list the participants and outcomes of each experiment. These booklets detail numerous failures, with the tomes following up by making adjustments or iterating on the procedures. The details of each experiment are extremely complex, generally aiming to establish an additional method for gathering and transferring power throughout the construct's body without disrupting the existing system.

Valiant#35913 appears in the list of each booklet, marked as successful in receiving these modifications. However, in the booklet associated with the final upgrade in the series, there are numerous failures recorded, with Valiant#35913 listed next. There is no indication whether this upgrade was attempted or successful, and the tome describing this final upgrade is missing.

An additional tome describes a method developed to recharge a construct's core by consuming magical items, though it is noted as unsustainable due to inefficiency and the limited supply of such items. Additionally, another tome provides a sort ofpsychological evaluation of the constructs, observing that as a construct's power diminishes below a certain threshold, its intelligence and sophistication begin to decline as well. In the final weeks before shutdown, the constructs reportedly lose all personality and self-awareness, eventually becoming incapable of even basic tasks.

 

Author for experimental tomes: Forgesmith

 

Show me what magical items are stored here

Several books appear. However, none of which seem to be a "list of magical items stored in the archives". The books instead appear to describe research on items of magic that are, or at least have been, in the Conciri's possession. The Archive Field does not seem to keep track of items stored.

 

Mysterious kidnapping records of children from around 25 years ago

An older set of records details fey creatures in the Vincari Forest attacking and sometimes kidnapping people nearby, including children. The records focus on the Conciri's involvement in aiding the Marcandrians in their efforts to locate the missing individuals. These efforts ultimately led to the apparent eradication of the fey in the Vincari Forest. Additionally, a few tomes describe items and beings, including fey, that were retrieved and kept by the Conciri for study.

A newer tome records the enlistment of a magister by House Grimani to prevent fey attacks on people entering the Forbidden Forest, as the House wanted to exploit the forest's resources. The tome includes a section describing information the magister has gotten from the locals, noting that it was not uncommon for people, including children, to disappear in the forest. It was presumed that the fey killed them and dragged their corpses away, with few attempting to search for the missing out of fear for their own lives. The author notes a peak in disappearances around 1325 AD. Despite attempts to communicate with the fey and find ways to keep them at bay, the magister nearly died from a hostile encounter at the forest's edge. He ultimately abandoned the request, concluding that it was not feasible to eliminate the fey without an expanded and more focused effort.

 

To Session 85

Ravanelli Estate

 

 

Cabal Documents on Table:

A large amounts of paper, as well as a few maps, and a couple of books.

Many of the papers seem to be reports regarding ship movements, specifically ships belonging to the Marcandrian Royal Armada. The Huntsman, the Marcandrian capital ship currently docked in Alatri, is among the ships being tracked. Some of the books here appears to be logs of reported movements, spanning back years.

One book, however, seems to instead log outgoing shipments, smuggled out from the city with the help of Privateer ships. Among the goods the log describes are tons worth of fused Concalian crystals. The destination of these shipments is not listed.

Additions with roll:

Ship tracking: The Marcandrian Royal flagship, the Concord, had its last entry about a year ago. They seem to have stopped caring about tracking its position since then.

Privateer Ships listed in log: At least a dozen different ships, among them Edward's Revenge, whose last smuggled goods out of Alatri a few months ago.

Shipment timeline: Seems to have started a little over 2 years ago. Last outgoing shipment was about a month ago. There logs seem to indicate there's been some frustration since the nearby shores off Alatri got infested with sea-monsters. A couple of privateer ships are also indicated as having been sunk due to these sea-monsters.

What was shipped off: In addition to the fused concalian crystals, vast amounts of magic materials and magical items seems to have been among the smuggled goods.

 

 

Documents In archives

These archives contain rows upon rows of letters, documents, and books. The archives seem very well organized. The contents seem to include:

  1. Documents on official agreements, such as treaties, pacts, and trade agreements. These documents outline the terms laid forth by said alliance, trade agreement, and other agreement,
  2. Legal Documents. These includes official decrees, contracts, and charters. These include land deeds, contracts, and feudal charters between House Ravanelli and their vassals – which detail acerage, taxes, and the duties and responsibilities the vassal agrees to in exchange for being granted land. Laws, regulations, edicts, proclamations. Decrees of pardons/amnesty, and decrees of confiscation/expropriation are also among these.
    1. Documents detailing the terms for each of House Ravanelli's vassals can be found here – the terms laid forth for them in terms of taxes, duties, responsibilities, etc, are not always equal.
    2. .
  3. Financial Records. Records detailing House Ravanelli's finances, including accounts, ledgers, budgets, and financial transactions. Some documents also detail inventories of assets, properties, and resources owned by the family.
    1. Ravanelli family seems to historically having been quite wealthy.
    2. There seems to have been a sharp increase in expenditures related to mercenaries, espionage, bribes, etc, starting early 1350. The family seems to currently be running a massive deficit, tapping into the funds they've stockpiled and selling off assets in order to finance this.
  4. Correspondences and Communications: These are records of letters, messages, and other forms of communication exchanged between the ducal family and various parties, including other noble houses, government officials, diplomats, and influential individuals.
  5. Espionage Reports and Intelligence: Reports compiled by spies, agents, or intelligence operatives employed by the ducal house. These reports may contain information on rival houses, political intrigue, military movements, economic activities, and other matters of strategic interest.
  6. Strategic Plans and Policies: Documents outlining long-term strategies, policies, and objectives of the ducal family, including plans for governance, defense, expansion, and diplomacy.
  7. Personal Journals and Diaries: Private writings of family members, such as personal journals, diaries, and memoirs, providing insights into their thoughts, experiences, and personal lives.
  8. Historical Records and Archives: Documents of historical significance to the ducal family, such as records of past events, achievements, and milestones in the family's history.
  9. Genealogical Records. Records documenting the family lineage, ancestry, and genealogy of House Ravanelli, including pedigrees, family trees, birth certificates, and marriage records.

 

Additions with roll:

 

 

Regarding Ravanelli Documents: It seems people have been looking at quite a few of the records. Some seem to be missing, others seem to have been placed back.

Documents include: Personal correspondences, confidential reports, + more confidential versions of what's found in state office.

There are also a lot of documents that either are or that describe the exchanges between the Ravanelli family and other parties, be that other noble families, other factions,  both within Marcandria and abroad. Documents that relates to diplomacy in a sense. The topics are many, though one that often comes up for exchanges within Marcandria are negotiations on promises and favors in return for the other party supporting House Ravanelli's claim to the Marcandrian throne.

 

 

Study and Escape corridor:

 

Escape corridor:

 

 

Night

  1. Narthael:
    1. He's at 35 out of 50 for getting flyer shapeshifting. Though he called the staff useless, and the staff is a part of his mothers (literary).
    2. Valanthe is rather mad, berating Bhin on how hurt Thiala got when Bhin called her useless.
    3. DC15 Persuasion if he wants them to each him how to turn into birds tonight, else he's just going to be berated by Valanthe for a bit more before they leave for the night.
    4. If he succeeds, Thiala will be the one teaching him. It's her turn after all. You can see she there's dried sap on her cheeks, and the lesson is far more transactional than it usually is with her - she's clearly stil lsad.
      1. The lessen consists of her blindfolding you, has you lie on your stomach on the ground, before she starts making gusts of wind to hover you in the air. She instructions she gives, in a somewhat melancholy tone, is to feel and attune yourself to the wind, trying to feel what the bird feels, and in the moment you feel you've aligned perfectly with the wind, shapeshift.
    5. Wisdom check. If he gets 15 or more, he succeeds in becoming a bird, and can from now on shapeshift into flyers.
  2. Ari:
    1. Your dream consists of you, or perhaps someone else, you can't really tell for sure, is sitting with your head dug into your knees, in a muffled-out street as the contours of other beings move past you, up and down the street. You, or whoever's eyes your looking out from, is constantly at the verge of panic, taking quick glances at the vague outlines of the beings moving past while praying that they do not notice you.

 

Conciri Compound

1. Forbidden Archives

  1. Large somewhat circular room, two floors beneath the ceiling. Both the floor and ceiling is covered in thin but deeply interwoven patterns that appears to make out arcane symbols. Braziers and statues are strategically placed along the walls - the braziers having almost solid flames with apparently no fuel source, and the statues holding staves with large iridescent gems.
  2. 3 large tables are placed at the center - two having thick stacks of blank papers, with accompanying ink vials and quills. The last table, the only one with a chair, has a single huge tome.
  3. At the far left and right side of the room, from the perspective of sitting in front of the tome, are two large tables, with the only item on each of these tables being a large lever. On the far forward direction, from the perspective of looking at the tome, is what appears to be a circular staircase going further down, though the stairs are behind rune-engraved metal bars.
  4. At the “north” side is a long corridor that eventually leads to a staircase going upwards.
  5. Bordering each quadrant of this somewhat circular room are four large sections filled to the brim with books. Part of the walls here are windowed, allowing you to look into them, though the thick doors appears to be locked. These doors appears to have medium side slits, akin to a “mail slot"

The Tome:

 

Getting out of the room

Countermeasures:

Artifact Storage

  1. Experimentation area
  2. Countermeasure System