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The Fishwives arrived at Gravenhollow, a magical library run by immortal [[giants]] in the [[Underdark]]. | The Fishwives arrived at Gravenhollow, a magical library run by immortal [[giants]] in the [[Underdark]]. | ||
[[Ka-Ess]] learned that the lizard conqueror of his dreams was [[Yazkur-el]], who millennia prior threw off the tyranny of the matriarchs and united the Lizard and Serpent people and conquered the known world. Yazkur-el vanished mysteriously, though not before treating with the newly-arrived Elves and building temples and pyramids to his glory. | [[Ka-Ess]] learned that the lizard-conqueror of his dreams was [[Yazkur-el]], who millennia prior threw off the tyranny of the matriarchs and united the Lizard and Serpent people and conquered the known world. Yazkur-el vanished mysteriously, though not before treating with the newly-arrived Elves and building temples and pyramids to his glory. | ||
[[Cheeky]] learned of the history of the [[Cat Lord]] and [[ | [[Cheeky]] learned of the history of [[the Cat Lord]] and [[her people]]. The Cat Lord led the tabaxi to this plane from another (perhaps the Feywild, though the records are unclear), to rescue them from some [[eldritch being of unfathomable power]]. To close the doorway and protect his people he traveled into the Shadowfell and challenged an otherworldly evil called the Twisted One to a ball game, wagering his life against [[the Twisted One’s eye.]] There is a lengthy account of the game, but suffice it to say that the Cat Lord won the eye, though barely escaped the wrath of the Twisted One. He used the eye to permanently close the doorway from which his people had come. | ||
[[Ilabrar]] learned that he was the descendant and heir of King Elashor the Ceremonious, last monarch of the [[now-destroyed]] [[Kingdom of Nindrol]]. Elashor’s older brother Mourn the Oathbreaker went mad and the kingdom was further weakened by a decades’-long civil war in which Elashor prevailed, though at a great cost. When the Sahuagin attacked, the kingdom fell. He further learned that he was a relation of the current empress, and that Elashor had twin daughters who survived the destruction of the palace. | |||
[[Sathul]] had a vision of [[the obsidian orb]] being used to open a doorway between our plane and the Far Realms. He was suspiciously not disturbed by this. | |||
[[Ardrick]] discovered the location of his lost brothers, several of whom were in the city of Karne. | |||
== Cross-Index: Location == | == Cross-Index: Location == | ||