Session 20: Auranos, the Wind Elemental

Afternoon, 4rd High Summer, 498 CE

Revana, Ekhart, Sanglant, and Remy ventured deeper onto the island, toward a town that they saw.
- The town appeared to be deserted, except for these white shapeless creatures milling about.
- Sanglant approached, attempting to make contact with what he thought were some wind spirits.
- A wisp latched onto Sang and possessed him, causing his possessed body to turn on the party.
- The party fought to subdue Sang, as his body was mumbling about wanting purpose.
- They dragged him away from the town, causing the wisp to exit his body and return to the town.
As the party was gathering themselves after the altercation with the wisp, they noticed a strange bunny woman run out of one of the buildings inside of the town.
- The creature avoided the wisps and then darted into the forest to west.
Without any other leads, the party followed the creature into the Azurewood.
There, they met Auriel, the Wind Spirit.
- Auriel didn't remember anything from before she was sealed in here near the Infinite Library.
- She mentioned that the Master of the Library would occasionally exit the library and take someone from the town back to the library.
- She also mentioned to not go too deep into the woods, as there were angry spirits guarding something in there.
- He hadn't done that for a while now, and those that remained in the village had become lifeless wisps.
- Auriel also mentioned that the Master of the Library's assistant was still outside the library.
- She could be found on the shore of Lake Loane, to the east of the village.
- Auriel mentioned that there was something called a Bell Guardian guarding the entrance to the Library.
The party made their way to Lake Loane, avoiding the town of Fortune along the way.
- There, they met Karma, who was a Wind Spirit barely holding on to her physical form.
- She had been ordered by Auranos, the Master of the Library, to keep an eye on the outside.
- She told the party that if they wanted into the library, they would need to wait for an appointment.
The party decided to head to the entrance of the Library, and see if they could find a way passed the Bell Guardian.
- They arrived to the Bell Guardian sitting between them and the Library entrance, which appeared closed without any sort of handle or lock.
- When Sanglant approached, the Bell Guardian attacked him, swinging his mighty bell at Sang and destroying part of the stairs.
- The party realized they could use the Guardian's slow attacks to damage the front door to the library and get in.
- After a short, harrowing battle, they managed to trick the guardian into destroying the front door, and entered the library.
Inside, they found a never ending library, stretching forever in each direction.
- Ekhart called for his father, but no one answered.
- A small fox-like wind spirit stopped what it was doing and motioned to the second floor, where there was a study.
- The party thanks the fox and travelled up the stairs.
Inside the study, they met Auranos, the wind spirit, and had a length discussion with him.
- He was no longer the Wind Elemental.
- He had two children; Ekhart and Cidmuir.
- When he demanded Ekhart from Delrune, she betrayed him by sealing him away in his library, and taking Cidmuir back to the physical world.
- Wind Spirits cannot use their power of foresight to see past great acts of love.
- He mentioned that Cidmuir was the new Wind Elemental.
- Having a child was part of his plan, as only a human born spirit would have the power to cast the spell he needed.
- He said that he foresaw that, one day, Terra would wake. This would cause the Faerealm and the Darkness to disappear.
  - This would also cause all life on Terra's surface to die.
- His plan was to save all the spirits from the destruction of Terra waking up by open a planet sized portal, which would allow all the spirits to live, while all live on the physical world would end.
- He also questioned whether Revana was actually talking to the real Terra.
- When pressed with whether Terra wanted to wake up, he said that as a spirit, he is part of Terra's will and so his desire for it must equate to her desire to wake.
- He also questioned whether Revana was actually talking to the real Terra.
Ekhart, realizing that there was nothing more to gain from talking to Auranos, and fearing that any more conversation would be an attempt to manipulate them into doing his bidding, he tried to signal to Delrune that they needed to leave.
- Ekhart and Auranos had a Divination-off, battle of the wills.
- Ekhart ended up winning, and the party was transported back to the physical world safely.

Evening, 4rd High Summer, 498 CE

When the party arrived back in the physical world, they were all in their own separate jail cells.
- Ekhart noticed these were the stockades below the University.
- Delrune told them that they might have been compromised, and she panicked and put them all in jail while she figured out a way to find out if everyone was okay.
- She left, telling them they would be back shortly.
The party talked briefly about what they learned, and where they needed to go next.
A few moments later, Delrune returned with a few handfuls of spell scrolls she had prepared.
- They were Dispel Evil and Good scrolls.
- She used the first one on Ekhart, and nothing happened. She then released him from jail, and they continued to use them on the rest of the party.
- Sanglant and Revana were clear, but when Delrune went to use it on Remy, she melted away and turned into a giant wind monster.
They all realized that Remy was still in the Infinite Library.
- Ekhart and Revana returned to the Library, while Sanglant returned to keep and eye on the monster.
- They quickly found Remy reading some books and were teleported back by Delrune.
- They used the last scroll on Remy, and she seemed good.
Ekhart asked Remy why she wandered off like that, but she said that Ekhart had told her to.
They figured that Auranos had decieved her with some magic or she had been possessed.

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