Karnea: Reborn Chapter 2

[Dungeon Master]

Karnea Reborn
Chapter 2
Meeting of Coryn Brinefolk and Karnea Dragonbane
By Adam

"Thank you, my friend. Please see that our 'guest' is seen after, as well. I may have further need of her later.
Also, I may need you to travel to New Ports to check in on Aravis. Not that I don't trust the Prince, I just want a 'second opinion', of sorts."

As the servant brings in breakfast, Karnea orders a messenger to stand ready to deliver a missive. While waiting for him to arrive, Karnea takes out a pen and paper and writes:

"Master Coryn,
Greetings. I have heard much of your exploits in the north and desire to discuss matters of mutual interest. If we may arrange to meet at a time of your convenience, I propose we do so at the library of Palanthus. I await your reply and look forward to discussing our shared Art with you.
Cordially,
Karnea Dragonbane"

Sealing the note in a scroll case, she hands it to the courier and instructs him to deliver it to the hand of the Master of the White Robes in Palanthus.


Messages
By the DM

A message is sent back by an snow white owl, it reads:

Mistress Karnea, the fantastical tales I have heard about you…. Yes, of course I will meet you at the Library… tomorrow night?

Signed

Coryn Brinefolk


So that’s taken Care of…
By Adam

Reading the note from the White Robe, Karnea smiles. "So, that's taken care of. Lord Talron, ready yourself for travel to New Ports. While checking in with Aravis, be mindful of all that you see; any growth in the city, the presence of our Imperial friends, any rumors you happen to hear at the Roaring Griffin. Palainess has the habit of hearing all sorts of things, and he can usually be persuaded to tell someone what he knows, if the ale is cold.
"I will be leaving tomorrow to meet with the Master of the White Robes to discuss some matters of the Conclave. If I am not here when you return, use this," she hands over a small hand mirror. "Hold it before you and speak the word Mencelik."



Goodbye Talron
By Don

Taking the Mirror, Talron will give it a quick inspection, then place is in the pocket of his tunic. Better to keep it close, since he generaly finds a quick use for items she gives him. Bowing to her, he asks "Any special messages for Aravis you want me to give to her?"


A Promise
By Adam

"Just let her know that all is well, and that I will see her soon."



Housecleaning
By the DM

What does Karnea do for the Next day?

What does she think of her new body, face, hair, the fact of being young in body again?


The Meeting

www.dlnexus.com/lexicon/15349.aspx Palanthas,

From the Manuscripts of Berterm, Master Aesthetic

The Great Library is home to the order of Aesthetics and, so far as I know, the greatest repository of learning in all the world. It has been a fixture in Palanthas for longer than anyone can recall. I do not mean this last sentence as a bit of impressive hyperbole—the fact is that no one truly knows when the edifice was built. Though it is made from the same material as all the other buildings of Old City (white stone, dragged down from the Vingaard Mountains by the dwarf craftsmen who fashioned most of our buildings), I can find no record of anyone ordering, designing, or constructing its three massive wings and separate living quarters. Still, the mystery of the structure is nothing when compared to its master.

Though I am now head of my order, I will never be master of the Library. That honor will forever belong to my master, Astinus. Many rumors have been spread about my master—that he is the avatar of Gilean, for example—but very few people know the facts of his life.

As near as I can tell, he walked onto the face of Krynn the moment the
Library was built. Astinus is gifted with an insight into the people and events of our world that is rivaled only by the bard known as the Herald. However, where the Herald’s knowledge encompasses all of the world’s past, my master saw all of her present. He spent nearly every waking hour of his centuries-long life writing down the history of Krynn as it was taking place, pausing only to see the most important of guests or to impart some vital bit of information to the Lord of Palanthas.

To help him in his work, Astinus founded the order of Aesthetics, a brotherhood of scholars sworn to observe and record the unbiased, unexpurgated truth about all the important events of the world. For all the miraculous things about my master, he could write only so quickly. While Astinus captured the overall tapestry of Krynnish history, his Aesthetics penned treatises providing deeper details on the people, places, and incidents described therein. He demanded fairness and neutrality in all things from his followers, telling us time and again that our purpose was to preserve so accurate a record that people of future generations will know the Truth.


Karnea arrives in an alleyway on Aesthetic Way, just down the way from the Library.

There is sword fighting in the distant districts. The Solamnics must finally be doing something about the Black Knight scum. The Dark Knights has occupied the town since Khellendros took over as Blue Dragon Overlord and used the Knights to collect taxes and put down revolts.

The Worm has turned . . .

You make it to the Library and ascend the short amount of steps to Doors. A acolyte opens the door for you and ushers you in to Brother Daris.

Brother Daris introduces Karnea to Coryn, he leads you both to an antechamber and closes the door behind him. There are two high-backed chairs near a fireplace with a circular table between them.

Coryn has olive skin and long black hair, legacy of her aboriginal roots from Ice Reach. She is exotically attractive, young and vibrant, not unlike yourself now.

“It is a honor to meet you, I heard stories of you when I was a little girl.”

[Dungeon Master]

One Prodigy to Another
By Adam

"And I have heard much of your recent exploits. How are things going with your current project? I noticed bit of commotion when I arrived," Karnea says.


Coryn
By The DM

She smiles “oh, they are moving along, though it is the Merchant’s army that is currently retaking Palanthas, There are some Knights, but I think some of the population have had it with the Knighthoods fall into decay. That charge is true to a degree, but not on the whole. The Knights I have chosen to deal with have been noble, and surprisingly agreeable to one such as us. I used to read every story that I could get my hands on, and Palanthas, and Solamnia, and Knights all inhabited my daydreams and thoughts when I went to sleep at night. Upon arriving in Solamnia, I found it to be, in need of assistance, I have turned it into a side project of mine. And you Milady, How goes your travels and adventures?”


The Game begins
By Adam

"Well, as you know, this is a very challenging time for us all. Things are only now starting to get back to some sense of normalcy. There is still much to do to repair the damage that was wrought by the Dark Queen.
"How are things at the Conclave? I only ask because while Jenna of the Red seems to have things well in hand, I feel that more could be done to spread the Orders' influence across the land. Wouldn't you agree?"


Coryn
By the DM

She bites her lip for a moment and considers your question. “What do you suggest?”


Gotcha
By Adam

Gotcha, Karnea thinks to herself on seeing the White Robe's reaction.
"What I mean is that we need to assert ourselves. We cannot be content to hide at Wayreth, or Nightlund, or the Bloodsea. We must get out into the world, show the people that we have not lost our relevance like the Knights. Our philosophies might differ, but we share the Art. Surely you can see the need to strengthen our influence."




Coryn and Karnea
By the DM

“I think I agree with you. High Sorcery has but maybe 80 practitioners in all the lands. Schools are open, and there are students learning there. Besides dealing with the Beloved situation, Jenna has been pushing Wizards to reenter the world, and be apart of it. I know there more that can be done, There are Sorcerers, that is, practitioners of Wild Magic are getting afraid that the Conclave gets powerful again, and then go after them as Renegades. That is something Jenna and myself am not for. We do want them to stop using Wild Magic and join with High Sorcery. Dalamar is taking a stronger stance then that, but then, we haven’t heard from Dalamar is a while. Tell me more of what you suggest, I am interested.


Off Track
By Adam

"I don't mean to get off track here, but you just said that none have heard from Dalamar in some time. Does this mean that my Order is unrepresented on the Conclave?"


Mystery
By the DM

“Dalamar and the Tower of Bloodsea has not been heard of in sixteen Months. Of course Jenna is concerned, but you were reportedly there in that time period from the testimony of a Monk of Majere that we questioned months ago. Wilim the Black is running things at Wayreth at the moment.”

DM Note:
You know Wilim, a Dark Dwarf Savant, and a chosen of Nuitari, he was present at your Test of High Sorcery way back when.


Karnea and the White Witch
By Adam

"Well, Willim will look after our interests, I'm sure. Now, about your first question; I mean that we must establish our presence further than our three existing towers. I believe a tower in Tarsis or Gwyned would be appropriate."


Coryn and Karnea
Real Time Session by Adam and Jamie
Posted and Edited by the DM

Coryn says:
Gwyned has been thought about a lot recently, Tarsis, not so much.

Karnea says:
Also, the Bloodsea tower, aside from being well offshore, doesn't serve the needs of any potential White or Red Robes in the east.

Coryn says:
yes, There was a time that a Tower near Silvanesti was going to built at the Nexus ley-lines there, but alas the Minotaurs.


Karnea says:
Too true. They have never been too friendly to our kind

Coryn says:
Sanction is another one that was discussed

Karnea says:
All I'm saying is that it will be difficult to attract new wizards if we are concentrated in the west. We need to be proactive

Coryn says:
You should meet with Baran, he is the Headmaster at the School of Dark Sorcery in Joltan. It is in Nordmaar. He is trying to push into Nordmaar. Another possibility is in Khur.

Coryn says:
A tower in Khur.

Coryn says:
An untapped region.

Karnea says:
Interesting thought...I'll have to look in on him

Coryn says:
Will you be traveling to Wayreth soon?

Karnea says:
Perhaps. There is something I want to bring up with the Heads of the Orders...

Coryn says:
Its funny meeting you, the solamnics, they call me the White Witch, I smile, I thought of you the first time, as you were the first Witch I had ever heard of.

Karnea says:
It doesn't surprise me that the Solamnics call you that...they view all of us with suspicion and contempt

Coryn says:
I fear for their souls, the Goddess of Shinare has been opening up shop, all across Solamnia. Money and Greed has captured allot of the top Knights.

Karnea says:
Much like after the First Cataclysm...


Coryn says:
But within the decade, Solamnia will have a King, and the Knights will have a chance to find goodness again, its just going to take awhile, sort of like us. We are out there, finding potential students out there and trying to raise the High Sorcery everywhere.

Coryn says:
We are falling short, but we will get them.

Karnea says:
Along those lines, there is something I wish to speak about. As Head of the White Robes, perhaps you can help.

Coryn says:
please.

Karnea says:
If we are trying to bolster our ranks, then why do we continue to bar Kalana Hiewind from the Order? I need not tell you that the actions which caused her banishment were not done of her own free will.

Coryn says:
I tell you this, Kalana is not barred from the Tower of Wayreth, nor would be barred from the Conclave, it is all voted on by consenus and by the Will of the Masters, and by the Will of Nuitari. I do not know how any of the Black Robes feel about Kalana. But I was present with Jenna when she was discussed recently.
A general fear among the wizards are leery that she was made to do the will of Mina and Takhsis. She should come to the Tower of Wayreth and find her accusers and face them, I bet she won't find many, if at all.

Karnea says:
On that, Coryn, I feel you are wrong.

Coryn says:
How so?

Karnea says:
Let us just say that whether she has actual accusers in the Conclave or not, she feels persecuted by them. It would be better if they sent a representative to her to explain this to her. Preferably not another Black Robe.

Coryn says:
Okay, I will talk to Jenna and see this is done.



Karnea says:
I thank you. I can tell you that the last time we spoke she was rather put off about the matter

Coryn says:
Very well.


Coryn reaches into her right pocket and brings out a ring.


RING OF TELEPATHIC COMMUNICATION: These are two finely wrought rings carved from a single gemstone, rarely found near each other. These rings are attuned
to each other so that their wearers can hold telepathic conversations--from any
plane, any distance, etc. If the wearers share no common language, they may
still communicate simple ideas and feelings.


Coryn says:
She gives this to Karnea. If ever you wish to talk to me.

Coryn says:
if you ever need to contact me, you can use the Ring

Karnea says:
Very well. I will keep that in mind.

Karnea says:
And if you happen to hear anything of Dalamar, I would like to hear of it.

Coryn says:
I will.