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Dreamer's Au Courant

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Dreamer's Au Courant

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Dreamer's Au Courant

Welcome to the Dreamer's Au Courant, a bi-weekly newspaper covering major events and changes within the city.

In the paper for Friday, 24 September we'll cover two ongoing happenings that effect everyone's time in the city.

The NightStalkers

The news came to us in pieces - something was coming to the city. On Wednesday 9 September, Eldryck Venym gave them a name. He stood in the Center of the city, near the Heart, and warned us to be ready. He told use that The Nightstalkers would arrive. He even provided the date. He promised that they would cleanse the city. That Saturday, Eldryck's statement proved to be correct.. Two brothers - Ravyn Morphus and Nocven Oneirsom arrived in a bloody crossing through the bridge Eldryck had prepared - WishBringer. They appeared as dreamers do, albeit with some disturbing tendencies.

Claiming to be immortal, the brothers had no interest in conversing with the dreamers present. Instead they left for the Lost Caves declaring their intent to hunt - and to feed. The brothers relished in the hunt, and in the kill; the dreamers attempts to harm the NightStalkers themselves bore no fruit. Neither chakram nor arts affected either brother.

A few days later, the brothers were joined by another - Nadia Ivanov. Her arrival was a simple affair, and her demeanor was more controlled.

In the days since, their hunting has led to the complete disappearance of all mares on four of the eight outer planes; the Lost Caves, the Cenotaph of Dread, the Chasm of Souls, and the Ossuary of Dread. For the loss of the mares on each plane, the city shook as the balance shifted.

On Tuesday, 15 September, Kanto led several dreamers in a ritual to create fixed poles that release a regenerative stream of DreamSoul. Dreamers placed these poles through out the Cairn of Sorrow and in a few other hunting spots hoping that the dreamsoul would infuse with the mares and negatively affect the NightStalkers.

Additional attempts were made in other areas as well. A concoction of pure dreamsoul made invisible and infused with the oil of Harrow leaves to hide the scent was injected by needle into each mare in Harrow.

However, the NightStalkers have not been seen since these endeavors.


The Echten Hatchlings
On Wednesday 16 September, the first of the dark mare eggs hatched after being moved to the Lost Sea. Emerging from it near the portal to the Dark Awakening was a small emphant with a warhorn. He proudly declared himself Echten Squire. With this revelation, Sadara attacked him and he was collapsed very quickly. He retreated to the portal of the Ancient Temple and the energies there restored him. After a time, Sadara left and Hrrum told him of the Echt home in the Palisades. The Squire seemed reluctant to believe the tales he was told of the Darkness and the Coven. Nonetheless, he listened and promised to tell his siblings.

On Friday 18 September, the Squire was joined by Echten Hellion, from the egg and nest in the Basin of Stars. Echten Hellion is much less willing to consider the misdeeds of the Coven and the other Echt than Squire. And both remain unfailingly loyal in their declarations. Squire showed Hellion around the home in the Lower Palisades, and both seemed to settle in. After this tour, the Veiled Woman appeared. The Echten Squire didn't seem to know her, and was a bit fearful. She placed a bright green gem into Squire's claws. She told him that he could be redeemed, or judged. When she was asked why, the Veiled Woman responded "For falling short", and left.

On Tues 22 September, the egg in the nest of the Sewers in the Lost Caves hatched, with Echten Trooper emerging. She was hesitant at first to greet the dreamers that had assembled. But after some coaxing and with a tail wrapped around one's leg, she emerged to greet the rest that awaited her. She was excited at the prospect of meeting her brothers, but they did not appear before she left. She has a fondness for games of chance and spent much of her first evening asking dreamers to play with her. She would hand out pairs of maracas that matched her own, when she lost. At her urging, the egg that had been nested at the bottom of Mt Illapse was moved to its mate on the Secluded Beach of the Lost Sea. The two eggs are still there, waiting to hatch.


Later that evening, after the Trooper had left, the Squire returned. He was anxious to explore the Lost Sea, where he had been born. After an encounter with Zirobolus (who didn't seem to like the Squire much), the Veiled Woman appeared again. She welcomed the Squire home, to the Lost Sea. She declared that she had dreamed of his return, and the whispers that perpetually surround her stated that she had planned for his return. But the Squire did not recognize the place as home. The Veiled woman declared that he was the legacy of their efforts, while the whispers declared him an abomination. She proceeded to offer the Echten Squire freedom for the Coven while the whispers promised that she would enslave them to her instead. She proceeded to place three statues and block the whispers while she promised them a more perfect form. The Squire has declined, for now.




A minor edit was made to clarify that the Echten Hellion was not present when the Echten Squire was given the green gem.

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This weeks photograph was taken by Stalros, depicting the two NightStalker brothers in Nightmare Form floating above the FreeSpirit meeting on 13 September.
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Dreamer's Au Courant

Welcome to the Dreamer's Au Courant, a (roughly) bi-weekly newspaper covering major events and changes within the city.

In this paper we'll provide an update on the Nightstalkers. We’ll also touch briefly on several events that have occurred in the city since our last update.

The NightStalkers
The nightstalkers remain in the city, though they have been quiet of late. Dreamers made a serum of pure dreamsoul and injected this mixture into the nightmares of Harrow Glades. These nightmares were previously unprotected. On 25 September, Nadia Ivanov began hunting these mares. She reacted poorly to the injections. At the free spirit meeting on 27 September, Nocven came to berate dreamers for their lack of care of the ‘livestock’. They indicated that this was not appreciated.

On 29 September, Ravyn Morpheus was located in the Caudal Rift. He made it clear that the NightStalkers intend to continue hunting where the meat hasn’t been poisoned. He also made it clear that they will not be returning the dreamer WishBringer. Ravyn Morpheus was injected directly with the last of the pure DreamSoul serum that had been made for the mares in Harrow. He slumped forward, fell to his knees, and faded away. Eldryck Venym was furious, and made his fury known.

As result of these two reactions, additional DreamSoul serum was made. Nathan and others also fulfilled Koriania’s request for an antidote to the serum, as contingency for WishBringer’s return. Nadia appeared again after the antidote was complete, and dreamers chased her down. She was livid at being threatened and insisted that she was not the one who had been overzealous in her hunting. Nathan and others declined to inject her directly with the serum. Nadia declared that she would leave us to the mercy of the brothers and ‘whatever other dregs they bring out’. She declared us a most hostile and poorly developed citizenry and said she would keep to herself.

On 1 October, WishBringer appealed to dreamers to find the WishStones in the place that was but is no more. The first of those stones was found. He appealed dreamers to bring back the balance. Undo what has been done. Undo that which has broken the balance. He said there would be more stones, and implored us to find them.

Work will continue on repairing the crucible in the Primordial Breach as well as restoring the balance of the outer planes that are currently missing mares.

The Focus Guilds
The focus guilds have all largely come back into active status.
  • The DreamSeer guild, called the Society for Education, Enlightenment, and Research (S.E.E.R.) has determined that they will meet on Mondays at 7pm. Discussions about improving and changing arts were predominant, as many are concerned at the availability of two major seer arts (Vision and Chamele) on alterors. These two arts are the only major arts that can be found on alterors.
  • The FateSender guild is just getting started, with its first meeting scheduled for Wednesday 14 October at 7pm.
  • The GateKeeper guild meets every Friday at 7pm. Their current discussions include rebalancing Ward, Shatter, and Blend as well as a new art called Root to prevent a target from using arts that can change a dreamer’s location. They are also working on the potential for new focus boards – both in the dream and on the scrolls here.
  • The Soulmaster Guild, called the Guardians of Soul, meet every other Friday at 7pm. They continue assisting Drizzt Do’Urden’s work on creating an art to hold nightmares. In addition, experiments have begun for an art that will both heal DreamSoul over time while strengthening active shields from a distance. The guild also completed research into the art of Soul Evoke, as there has been much misinformation in the city about the art. Their results are posted to the city scrolls.
Other Snippets
Echten Hatchlings Update
Echten Squire and Echten Hellion were joined by Echten Trooper. Trooper hatched from an egg in the nest located in the sewer section of the Lost Sea. She requested that the egg on Illapse be relocated to the nest on the Secluded Beach. Dreamers accommodated Echten Trooper’s request. These two eggs remain unhatched as does the one on Evernight Plateau. Echten Trooper plays the maracas, and gave out several pairs to dreamers willing to play games with her.

Hidden Vaults
New banners have appeared in every house’s room of the threshold. Simple black with golden lettering and mysterious writing:
I am disappointed. Two vaults now, are in this city, and no dreamer yet has located them. I have placed treasures of some great value within each to those brave hunters who can find my new Hidden Vaults. Good luck.
The search for these treasures continues.

Saffa Kanti
Saffa Kanti arrived in the dream, having been pulled through the portrait in the Sanctuary of Lower Umbric. She is in possession of the Oracular Oculus which allows her to see visions of the future. However, the Oculus requires the use of the Breath of Creation. Saffa used the last of hers to call for help getting out of the portrait. The breath exists in the city – for all cities must have it. Descriptions are hard to come by however, as it looks like nothing at all – like air. In her city, there were great vents built for the purpose of sharing the breath.

Chaos Shrine
The maze in the Chaos Breach was mapped and solved by Laieus and Koriania. Upon reaching the Chaos Shrine at the end, Kanto remarked on its dreamsoul draining abilities and locked the portal until the proper key was found. Kanto showed the dreamers a mirror maze and told them to find the key at the end. With the help of Ballaster, Seveiron, Nmoto, and others Sixx was able to solve the mirror maze through to the end and find the key (called the Unseen Light) within the Lost Caves. On the evening of 11 October, the Unseen Light was used to open the portal to the Chaos Shrine. The Shrine itself currently has no draining nor restorative effects, but there are eight item generators within it.

Sphere of Harmony
On 5 October, North Wind held a Day of Harmony filled with games, raffles, prizes, and fun for all dreamers who attended. Near the end of the festivities, a water spirit appeared in the Chapel of Eternity where dreamers were gathered. As dreamers interacted with the spirit, it became apparent that it was not very talkative. However the spirit placed one quadrant of the Sphere of Harmony within the Chapel waters. North Wind has identified that quadrant as the one of Discord, leaving Courage, Fear, and Harmony left to be found.

Mid-Winter Festival
Toregord is preparing for a mid-winter Festival. To aid him in the preparations for these festivities, he has asked for assistance gathering the following items:
  1. Four Alterors each of Free Action, Protection, Vision, and Chamele with 20-40 minute duration
  2. Elemens of +30 and +35 for DreamSoul, Insight, Will, Lucidity and Resillience
  3. Four Pure Abyss Shields
Donations can be given to Toregord or dropped in the ready room of Mt Illapse. While preparations continue, the ready room is being used for storage of decoration and items. The room will be returned to its former state as the festival concludes.

Other Announcements
  • Cova Esquire has been listed as banned from future FreeSpirit meetings.
  • Drizzt Do’Urden has attained Master Teacher status.
  • Two new dreamers, Zeca Pagodinho and mooonb were spotted in the city. Say hello and introduce yourself!
  • Nathan was initiated into House Calenture.
  • Koriania was promoted to the rank of Knight within the Monastery of the Shadow.
Standing Meetings
  • Mondays at 7pm: S.E.E.R. DreamSeer Guild Meeting
  • Fridays at 7pm: GateKeeper Guild meeting
  • Fridays at 7pm: SoulMaster Guild meeting
  • Saturdays at 7pm: Alliance of the Eclipse House Meeting
  • Saturdays at 7pm: Order of Harmony House Meeting
  • Sundays at 7pm: FreeSpirit Meeting in the FreeSpirit Sanctuary on Edgeward Barrows (the Earth Sanctuary)


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This week’s photograph was taken by Dumah. It depicts the Echten Squire and Veiled Woman in the Lower Palisades on 5 October
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Dreamer's Au Courant

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Dreamer's Au Courant

Welcome to the Dreamer's Au Courant, a (roughly) bi-weekly newspaper covering major events and changes within the city.

In this paper we'll provide an update on the NightStalkers and Lost Sea. We'll also touch briefly on several events that have occurred in the city since our last update.

The NightStalkers and WishBringer
Another Wish Stone was found at the Ancient Temple of the Lost Sea. WishBringer himself appeared to dreamers with a message. Before that message could be completely delivered, he was found by Ravyn Morpehus. WishBringer was collapsed, and Ravyn left the Temple. Ravyn proceeded to the Dark Awakening, where he chased several Dark Mares through the Ancient Temple including (but not limited to)
  • Gobolus
  • Maxtra Ztatha
  • Kotoke Holow
  • Ataraxis
  • Palg Omono
  • Tzayak
  • FoulMoth
  • Tehthu
A few days later, Maxtra Ztatha and others appeared at House Calenture and said that he would help dreamers understand Chaos in return for our help in defeating the NightStalker threat.

Later, on 21 Oct near the conclusion of a shamblix hunting event, WishBringer was seen again. After imploring dreamers to restore the balance, WishBringer iterated that Eldryck Venym knows the way. Eldryck may be untrustworthy, but WishBringer seems to think that the riddle of Eldryck Venym should be deciphered and acted upon in order to restore Balance. Ravyn Morpheus appeared again, and after re-imprisoning WishBringer, Ravyn proceeded to systemically hunt and remove the maren population from both the Albino Caves and Harrow Glades.

This leaves mares of agoknight and higher levels available in:
  • Ossuary of Dread
  • Cairn of Sorrow
  • The Rifts
  • The Lost Sea
  • Threshold Caves
  • The Palisades
There are various groups attempting things to restore the mares and to bring WishBringer out of the clutches of Ravyn Morpheus. One such effort to restore the mares is being led by the Order of Harmony in the Sanctuary of Dona Cleoperra. Other events and attempts are still in the planning phases.

The Lost Sea
The Veiled Woman appeared in the Lost Sea again, placing a staff of emeralds and three statues in the Gathering Hall of the Ancient Temple. Dreamers, led by Dumah freed a man from one of the statues. Bloodied and naked, the unknown man from the statue fell into the Guardian area of the Ancient Temple.

Two subsequent events were led in order to create and activate a beacon to establish contact. The first attempt proved unsuccessful, but the second attempt summoned a woman seemingly from the Sapphire side of the Lost Sea, Mya Deveraux. The Veiled Woman also appeared, greeting Mya as a sister that arrived earlier than expected.

After some initial turmoil, the two both agreed that the Lost Temple should be restored and encouraged dreamers present to begin gathering gems in order to forge and power a new Prime Artifact.

Other Snippets
Giailor
A new dreamer with a sword of light has been spotted in the threshold. Injured and seeking residents from his fallen city, Giailor has yet to wander the dream much. He is quick to accuse various dreamers of hiding from the chaos rather than battling it as he thinks they should.

Grandpa John
Grandma Jo's erstwhile husband has appeared to help her in the market. The man is fond of butterscotch candies and can help with all your market needs.

Echten House Investigation
The GateKeeper guild and SoulMaster guild led a joint expedition into the Lower Palisades on a fact finding mission. Despite no intentional summoning of the Echten, Echten Squire did indeed appear to answer many dreamer questions. Echten Squire declared the Chaos Shrine sacred to the Echt. Jawsman extended a non-aggression treaty to the hatchings in general - though explicitly stated that this pact does not extend to the Darkness that they worship.

Hunting Teacher
Ballaster led a group of dreamers into the Albino Caves to teach some of those with less experience in combat how to hunt the shamblix present there. Several experienced hunters aided, while at least two dreamers collapsed a shamblix solo for the very first time under his tutelage.

Study Hall
North Wind organized the first study hall event on 23 October. Many students and teachers showed up, tasking from each other. The event was attended by several elders as well. Students were able to get new tasks, report on complete ones, or ask others present for opinions and assistance where required for current tasks.

Alder
Sadara has begun efforts to bring Alder completely out of his slumber and bring him fully into the city that we may learn from his wisdom. There are three stages to her plan. For more information, see the scroll she has provided or seek her out in the city.

Focal Shrines
Reports have trickled in that the various focal shrines are not working as they should. These reports have not yet been verified, but they are worth investigation.

Other Announcements
  • On Friday 30 Oct after the GateKeeper meeting, Dumah is going to take the beacon from the Lost sea and try to turn it into a Darkmare repellant. If successful, it can be placed in front of the Dark Awakening portal at the Lost Sea Temple Façade.
  • Drizzt Do'Urden has taken North Wind as his apprentice.
  • Several new dreamers have been spotted in the city! Keep your eyes open.
  • Ironies II was initiated into the Monastery of the Shadow.
  • Toregord was initiated into House Calenture.
  • Flower of Cienn was initiated into House Calenture.
Standing Meetings
  • Mondays at 7pm: S.E.E.R. DreamSeer Guild Meeting
  • Thursdays at 7:30pm: Study Hall in the Main Library
  • Fridays at 7pm: GateKeeper Guild meeting
  • Fridays at 7pm: SoulMaster Guild meeting
  • Saturdays at 7pm: Alliance of the Eclipse House Meeting
  • Saturdays at 7pm: Order of Harmony House Meeting
  • Sundays at 7pm: FreeSpirit Meeting in the FreeSpirit Sanctuary on Edgeward Barrows (the Earth Sanctuary)
Photograph Submissions
If you'd like to submit an area or photograph for consideration, please contact Koriania.

This week’s photograph was taken by Sixx. It depicts the Master's Workshop in the Primordial Breach.
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Dreamer's Au Courant

Post by Koriania »

Dreamer's Au Courant

Welcome to the Dreamer's Au Courant, a (roughly) bi-weekly newspaper covering major events and changes within the city.

In this paper we'll provide an update on the NightStalkers and Lost Sea. We'll also touch briefly on several events that have occurred in the city since our last update.

The NightStalkers and WishBringer
Ravyn Morpheus was coerced into attacking dreamers who promptly retaliated and collapsed him. Dreamers chased him into the rifts, and he lamented being unable to feed. He was restored and collapsed again before being pinned into place. Dreamers proceeded to use DreamSoul, Resilience, and memory to physically separate WishBringer from Ravyn Morpheus. Then the blade of chaos was used to cut the physical link between them.

Ravyn remains a threat to the dream and is still able to feed. Mares remain missing from most of the outer planes. But the first step towards a solution has been completed.

The Order of Harmony continues work on growing its Chaos Pods to restore the maren energies, while the Monastery of Shadow refines a plan with more volatile chaos sources should the pods prove ineffective. However, for either to be of use, Ravyn Morpheus must still be removed from the dream. Without his bridge, he will be unable to return.

The Lost Sea
Mya Deveraux and the Veiled Woman have posted a list of artifacts that they can use in order to restore the prime artifact of the Ancient Temple in the Lost Sea. The lists of relics can be found in the Sapphire Shrine and the Emerald Vestibule. Once complete, the prime artifact will be called the Sun Disc.

The Temple Prime must be crafted with the strength of at least four of the following Relics of Power.
Breath of Power
Feather of Sanctity
Melted Emerald
Shard of Radiance
Rod of Order
Golden Shackles
Some of these relics are already in your city, while others must be excavated or will need to be crafted anew. Emerald gems will be needed for augmentation.

The Temple Prime must be crafted with the strength of at least four of the following Relics of Charity.
Wind of Darkness
Drop of Chaos
Frozen Sapphire
Primordial Seed
Grimoire of Nature
Infinity Key
Some of these relics are already in your city, while others must be excavated or will need to be crafted anew. Sapphire gems will be needed for augmentation.

Grandma Jo had the Grimoire of Nature, and had lost it. Now that it has been returned to her, she has offered to auction it off to the highest bidder at the party on Saturday.


Other Snippets
Hidden Caches
The two hidden caches referenced on the banners that appeared in threshold have been found, and the abyss and gold banners were taken down. Starfall found a hidden cache in Trinity Fields. Sixx found a hidden cache in the East Valley of Totality.

Trappers Guild
Ironies II is forming a trappers guild. This guild will be to empower dreamers and other groups to gather the strength needed for projects missions, or other needs using the abilities of bot h SoulMasters and others in concert with each other. The charter itself is posted elsewhere within the Archive of the Awakened.

Restoring Alder
Efforts to restore Alder continue. Tuesday, 17 November at 7pm in the Soulwell of the Primordial Breach and Wednesday 18 November at 7pm in the Pedantical Lab of the Lost Caves. See Sadara for more information.

Garden
pinhook is building a working on a garden at the Sable Gate in Trinity. He has amassed an assortment of flowers. Dreamers that know him well indicate that there may be some odd effects on him from this endeavor.

Echten
Echten Soldier hatched from one of the eggs on the secluded beach of the Lost Sea. This new member of the Echten army plays the cowbell. Apparently the army continues to grow. They all remain steadfast in their loyalty to the Darkness.


Other Announcements
  • The Bardic Circle will meet at 6:30pm inside the Chak and Flask on Friday, 13 November.
  • There will be a party in the upper level of the Chak and Flask on Saturday, 14 November at 5:30pm.
  • The next Study Hall will be on 19 November in the library. From there forward, the Study Hall is planned on a biweekly basis instead of the weekly schedule that it had operated on.
  • City Guard meeting is Thursday 19 November at 8pm.
  • Thrawn was initiated into House Calenture
  • Magnum has returned and was initiated into House Calenture
  • Starfall has returned and was initiated into the Monastery of the Shadow
  • Chamuel was initiated into the Order of Harmony.
  • Liolira has returned from her known sabbatical and been promoted to the rank of Guardian.

Standing Meetings
  • Mondays at 7pm: S.E.E.R. DreamSeer Guild Meeting
  • Thursdays at 7:30pm: Study Hall in the Main Library
  • Fridays at 7pm: GateKeeper Guild meeting
  • Fridays at 7pm: SoulMaster Guild meeting
  • Saturdays at 7pm: Alliance of the Eclipse House Meeting
  • Saturdays at 7pm: Order of Harmony House Meeting
  • Sundays at 7pm: FreeSpirit Meeting in the FreeSpirit Sanctuary on Edgeward Barrows (the Earth Sanctuary)



    Photograph Submissions
    If you'd like to submit an area or photograph for consideration, please contact Koriania.


    This week’s photograph was taken by Kelos. It depicts the Hidden Vault in the East Valley of Totality
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    If you'd like to contribute articles, events, or other ideas for the paper, please contact Koriania.
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