Mythodea / Western Seal

Congratulations on 15 Years of Excellence

At Convent of the Elements N.d.E 22, the Western Seal celebrated 15 years of Colin being the Archon of the West.  As part of these celebrations, Validar dedicated a batch of port to him.  Some from East Blackwood congratulated him personally.

Gideon and Adolar

For a few weeks, many in Mythodea had known of the words Mitraspera herself is reported to have spoken. She would call the Tribes of the Elements back into herself to make it possible to be healed. The tribes, however, are made up of people who are loved and cherished by the vast majority of Mythodean settlers. The settlers and tribes have cultivated friendships and familial bonds with one another. They have learned from each other. For most Mythodeans, imagining a world without the tribes is to painful to bear. And indeed, many do not wish to bear it. While some search for alternative ways where the tribes could survive somehow, others seek simply to ease the pain of their slow passing.

Adolar, Chronicler of the Weapons Masters of the New Era, Weapons Master Herald of Enzo Armsmaster of Aeris Lecturer in Glyphology at the Academy of Iathar, was once such man who sought to take the pain of a tribes person into himself. Adolar, the glyph mage, prepared himself to take part in a ritual during the Convent of the Elements in order to draw the pain of the dying Sephor'Asil into himself. He asked Master Gideon Klaud of East Blackwood to be his anchor. Master Gideon, however, would make one nearly fatal mistake.

When the ritual began, Adolar had been physically, mentally and spiritually prepared to take the pain of one Sephor'Asil into himself. How this would happen was not at first clear to Master Gideon. As the ritual commenced there were golden nails with writing on them. They represented the Sephor'Asil. When Master Gideon thought he had the correct cue from Adolar, Gideon took three of these nails and placed them into Adolar. What Gideon did not know was that each nail represented a single Sephor'Asil and the names of them which had been written in a language Master Gideon had not known; Alt Mitrasperan.

The pain of three dying Sephor'Asil entered Adolar at the same time nearly killing him instantly. He was saved by Naldar who had been in a meeting with the Nyame of the North at the time and had abruptly left that meeting to keep Adolar from dying. The Naldar was able to stabilize Adolar but the damage was done. Adolar lay in a coma, his mind likely scrambled. Should the mages and priests of the Western Seal be able to draw him out of it in the future, it is reported to be likely that Adolar will never been the same again.

Liandra zu Wolfenau, Adolar's Rii, brought Master Gideon to the Duchy of Validar camp following ritual. Liandra is said to have been stone faced, cold and direct while Master Gideon's Lord, Dagger of East Blackwood, fought to contain his own sadness for both of his friends who were effectively broken by the events of the day. The High Table of Validar agreed to accept the judgement of the West as it was a Western Settler who was harmed. Lord Dagger begged the Right Hand of the Duchess of Validar, Lady Molly, to take the matter into her hands directly as he was no longer emotionally able to be an effective defense of his Mage, Gideon.

Lady Molly returned later in the Convent to report the results of the Nyame of the West's decision. Upon Gideon Klaud's instance, Gideon would return to the Western Seal with the West at the end of the Convent. From there he would scrub latrines, clean up after the sick and do whatever was needed to assist the mages and priests in their work without he himself using magic to aid. He was to be stripped of his Master Mage title and would not be permitted to take his exams again for a year and a day. In the meantime, he would have to find a new master to teach him again. Effectively, Gideon Klaud has become a student once again.