Lunar: Magic Empire Session 92 Log ============================================================ Cast of Characters: Rune as "GM/Narrator, Quark, Canth, T'lain, Jarrek, Shea, and ~Rein" Seath as "Earendil" GORN as "Rein" Hahn as "Kadan" Aes as "Valina" Mia Ausa as "Geint" SOLaike as "Tarrant" Dyne as "Arzel" Ayeye as "Ayeye" ============================================================ GMRune: -------game on------- GMRune: Earendil lies on the ground, his lifeblood rapidly flowing from him from the gaping wound where his right arm once was. The party crowds around him with concern. Earendil is most certainly unconscious. Ayeye: Can someone heal him? Quickly?! GMRune: Tarrant had begun to apply pressure to the wound, but the blood flow is difficult to stop. Kadan looks back at the remains of the obscenity that they just defeated. Kadan: Curse you, Nissa! Tarrant: Hey don't worry, Ear, everything is going to be fine. Ayeye looks at the remaining people nervously. "We can't let him die!" Valina is crying loudly on Earendil. Geint nods. Valina: DON'T DIE EARENDIL!!!!! Valina: NOT NOW. ;_; Tarrant tries to make Earendil think of something else. "So how does it feel to have saved the world, you're going to be a hero for all ages!" Kadan shakes Rein by the shoulders. "Isn't there anything you can do for him?!" Valina: Please... ~Rein looks wide-eyed at Earendil's wound. "I don't know...! I've never used magic to heal a severed limb." Geint: Maybe... the dragons can help him! Geint: I still have one last use of being a full adult dragon... I could... I could get Ear out of here and get him help.... Valina: ;_; Valina: Earendil!! Please... Stay with me. Ayeye: Where could you take him? Valina is crying and all that. Geint: Anyone! I could go and get the dragons to help! Arzel remains quiet, hood drawn over his head. Earendil barely returns to consciousness and manages to hoarsely whisper, "Valina." Ayeye runs to Geint. "Well do it! Do something!" Valina: ;_; Valina hugs Earendil tightly... Valina: Earendil!! I... I love you. ^_^ Geint: ..Okay...! Earendil: You're safe . . . all . . . matters . . . Valina: NO! Your turn... it is your turn to be safe. Valina: Your turn to be with me.... Valina: We can have a family! Earendil gives a weak smile. Valina: The childern.. can grow up in peace! Your childern! Our children... Geint thinks really hard... Valina: Don't give up on me! Not now! Valina: This isn't your time!!! We are going to see our grandchildren smile... Kadan kneels down next to Earendil. "I feel so bad never telling you how much you taught me. I could never admit it before." GMRune: Geint begins to glow with a powerful red aura. A light shimmers about her as she grows larger, much larger, and the walls of the Citadel cave in around her as her massive form breaks a hole in the audience hall leading towards the sky. Valina holds on to Earendil... getting his blood all over her. Earendil: Glad to . . . have known . . . you . . . Kadan's brow shows a rare tenderness. "You're a very brave warrior. I feel so much stronger having met you." Valina: NO EARENDIL!!!! Valina: Not now! Valina: We... are going to be happy together... Geint: Okay okay! Everyone on! Valina: From now on... we ;_; are going to be happy. ~sniffle~ Earendil weakly grasps Val's hand. "I . . love you" and falls back into unconsciousness. Kadan: Hold on, Earendil... Valina: ;_; I... love you.... Valina cries and falls on Ear's unconscious body. Geint: Hussle him on me! We're gonna save him! Kadan helps hoist Earendil up. Valina: Ahh! ~Rein dutifully goes and picks up the Sword of Althena from Earendil's other arm and then climbs on Geint's back. Kadan helps Earendil up, then joins the others on Geint. Arzel climbs on also. Ayeye hurries and climbs onto Geint. ~Rein takes the arm too. Valina holds on to Ear... as she climbs on. Geint: Everyone ready? GMRune: Everyone is on board Geint. Geint: Hold on tight! Here we go! Geint lifts off, heading swiftly for the nearest dragon or dragon's cave she can spot. Kadan holds on tight. GMRune: Geint flies from the city of Killith, and as she does so the party sees the cloudy skies and the strange rain falling around them. Though wet, it does not feel like water, and you can see that the land beneath you is not glistening wet as it should be. And yet, you see water. The people of Kilith are panicking, and for some reason they appear to be trying to use their magic but it's not working. GMRune: Canth's cave to the north is the closest to the party. It lies just across a river some miles from Killith. Valina peeks down... Valina holds on to Ear tightly. Geint swiftly flies to Canth's cave! Kadan turns his gaze away from the city. GMRune: Geint approaches Canth's cave. Valina: ;_; Valina: Hold on earendil... hold on for me. Valina: Please... Geint: He's not here... Valina: O_O Valina: ;_; Valina: What are we going to do??? Geint lifts off again, speeding to Shade's cave. Valina: Ear!!! You can't die on me... I... I just won't let you! Kadan: Keep his eyes open, Valina. Valina: Ear! Ear! Can you hear me!!! Valina: Talk to me, Earendil! Geint thinks. Valina: Earendil... Valina: Please!!! Arzel whispers quietly, "The magic is being washed from the land... I doubt dragons would stay on the land..." Geint: No wait... Earendil's eyes barely open. Geint flies to Vane. Valina: Good! Geint: I know where they'd be... Valina: Earendil... Valina: Stay with me... Ayeye watches Valina and Earendil nervously. Valina: Please... GMRune: The rain continues to fall, rising in a great flood across the face of Lunar as Geint wings over the mountains and rivers on her way back to Vane. Valina: ;_; Don't die... don't let the world fall apart... Valina: Don't let my world fall apart... GMRune: As she approaches you all notice something is markedly different about the area. You see an island in the sky, slowly moving in an orbit around the Goddess Tower. It's a majestic view, a sanctuary from the storm. Valina: O_O Kadan scratches his head. "What the...?" Valina: Earendil!!! Wake up... You have to see this!!! Earendil: What . . .... Arzel bows his head. Arzel: At least some will be saved... Valina: Earendil... it is flying... GMRune: On the great expanse of the island you see a small town with two spires rising behind it. It is intimately familiar and almost impossible to believe, but it is there. Below you is a crater of wet earth where the town once was. But now Vane flies, an island in the sky. Valina: o_O Geint looks for the dragons and goes to them. GMRune: Geint nears the floating city and she sees two draconic forms hanging off the edge of the island. Hundreds of people are milling about on the island that is clearly too small to permenantly hold such a bunch of people. Ayeye stares, momentarily forgetting about the wounded Earendil. "Wow..." Valina focuses back to Earendil... Valina: Earendil.. Quark and Canth raise their heads as Geint approachs. Shea is standing beside them in her part-human, part-dragon form. Geint: Hey! Canth! Shade! Quark! Geint: Earendil--! He's hurt! Quark roars with pleasure. "Good to see ya, Geint! I see you're successful." Quark: Hurt? Geint: Yes...!! He could die! Valina: Help him please!!! Quark and Canth scoot over so Geint can land. Geint lands. Quark wriggles out of the way as Canth steps forward to inspect Earendil on her back. Valina: You... You can save him... right?? Canth lifts a paw and carefully plucks Earendil from Geint's back and lays him on the ground. The blue dragon begins to glow beneath the droplets of rain. Canth: I can. But I am afraid I will not be able to restore his arm. Even my power only goes so far. Kadan: This rain... I've never seen anything like it. Geint: You mean he won't have an arm? O_o; Canth: I am afraid so. I am sorry. Geint: Oh. Well, at least he'll be okay. Valina: ;_; I don't care!! As long as he can live!!! Valina: I can ... work for him. Canth hums, a great reveberation rising up in his throat. He breaths on Earendil, and the blue light flows from him to the Dragonmaster, forming a seal over the gaping wound at his shoulder. The magic swirls about the injury, mending the torn flesh and forming a new layer of skin above it. Valina: I love him. Geint: And he'll have a story for anyone who asks him about it...! GMRune: The color begins to return to Earendil's face. Canth: There. That is all I can do. Arzel watches the rain around him, seemingly ignoring what is going on. Ayeye: He will be okay? Geint: Uhm... can everyone get off me now? ^^; I want to be small again. Ayeye leaps off Geint. "Sorry!" Canth: I think so. Arzel slides off Geint. Valina hops off. Tarrant stomach growls. ~Rein gets off. Geint turns small after everyone gets off. Kadan adjusts himself. Geint flies over to Quark. Quark smiles to Geint. Geint: Hi, Quark! Valina goes to Ear and comforts him. Quark holds out a paw and offers something to Geint. "This is for you, Magintna." Geint takes it. GMRune: Geint receives Quark's shapeshifting ring. She can resume her human form once more. Geint slips on the ring! Earendil's eyes slowly open and sees Valina over him. "Valina?" Valina: Earendil... you're going to be ok! GMRune: There is a brilliant flash of light and Geint appears as a pink-haired human once more! Earendil: What . . . what happened? Kadan: We're all here, Earendil. Valina kisses Earendil... Valina: Long story... Earendil attempts to prop himself up, and suddenly realizes something is wrong. Valina kisses Earendil more passonently.... Earendil seems distant. Geint makes sure her bows are on strait. Ayeye stands away from the scene, looking somewhat sad. Earendil: So . . . it wasn't a dream. GMRune: After Earendil wakes, the party sees someone approaching them through the rain. It is T'lain and he looks weary and haggard. Arzel stops staring at the rain to turn and look at T'lain. ~Rein tries to help Earendil stand up. Kadan: Ah... it's you, T'lain. Earendil: Thank you. Valina helps Earendil too. T'lain bows his head. "It is good to see you are all alive." His gaze flickers over Earendil. "I know the price you have paid has been great." Earendil adjusts his cloak to cover his right side. Ayeye frowns. "It is all over then?" Earendil: Yes, but if I hadn't acted, it would have cost me much more that my arm. T'lain lets out a tired breath. "Yes, all over." Earendil looks into Valina's eyes. T'lain: Just about. Valina looks back into Earendil's eyes. Ayeye sighs. Valina holds on to Earendil... Jarrek appears beside T'lain. He holds a curious staff in his right hand. It is wooden with a golden serpent coiled around it. "T'lain, we dug the graves but..." T'lain nods to Jarrek. "I know." Valina looks at the ring Earendil gave her before the final quest. Earendil: Graves? Valina: o_O T'lain: Mileria and all the elves. They sacrificed themselves to wipe away the magic of the land below. But when their magic was done there was nothing left... Kadan: Mileria... Valina: Oh dear... Earendil lowers his head. T'lain: They're all gone. But then I suppose a world without much magic is not a world for them... Earendil: Par too? T'lain: Yes. Par as well. All of them. Valina: Oh dear... Ayeye frowns more, and steps further back. Valina: Par... Valina hugs Earendil tightly... Jarrek turns to Ayeye. "There is something else, and since you've been gone so long I don't know if you'd want to take part in this..." Valina: What? Earendil: We won't let their sacrifice go to waste. Ayeye looks up. "What is it?" Jarrek: The last of the Urdians from Mertyl are here. We have the Serpent Staff now. Valina: No... we will create a better world... Jarrek lifts the Staff, which is in his hand. Kadan: Right. The Serpent Staff... Kadan: How is it that you can touch that accursed thing? Ayeye nods. Valina: We can't let such power be in the hands of an individual again. Jarrek lifts his head. "I am a descendant of Zara, and a part of the fifth house to the throne to Maharahd. Over the course of time the second through fourth houses have been eliminated. With Nissa in ruins, I am the heir to the leadership of the Urdians. The Serpent Staff is my birthright." Earendil: What do you intend to do with it? Kadan: Yes, what do you intend? Jarrek: I... and all the Urdians of Mertyl are the only ones of our people can use magic now since we are gathered in Vane. And once the rain stops I will open the gate between worlds one final time. We Urdians will leave Lunar and take our troubles with us. There will not be another opportunity for something like this to happen again. Tarrant drifts off, thinking of what was just said. Ayeye: Leave?! Jarrek looks to Ayeye. "You are welcome to come with us, my sister, but I know you have made many friends since you've left us." Ayeye looks at the others and back to Jarrek. "Where will you go?" Jarrek's gaze is uncertain, but he meets Ayeye's gaze readily. "We don't know yet, but the first suitable world we find will be the one we choose. I will probably destroy the Serpent Staff once we get to the other side." Tarrant: How do we know we can trust you? Ayeye looks back to the others again. Geint: O_o Kadan folds his arms and looks at Jarrek with no expression. Geint: Ayeye. I wouldn't want you to have to go... Jarrek: The Serpent Staff is not evil in itself. It exists to protect and serve the people of Maharahd. I don't think you need to fear its misuse again. Earendil: Now that I know the truth, the only honorable thing to do is to ask you to stay. Kadan: It is true that the damage caused by the Serpent Staff was mostly due to Kargeth's hostile intentions. Ayeye looks up to Kadan. Kadan: I never thought I'd be this close to the staff and be considering letting it go unbroken. The way things change... Jarrek shakes his head. "War started once because the Urdians were defeated. Who is to say it won't happen again? Those without magic are no danger now, but if we leave we are sure to take any powerful resentment with us." Geint: ... Geint: Everything's so sad and it shouldn't have to be this way... but I guess it does.... Arzel looks at Kadan, and then to Geint. "Things rarely end the way one suspects.." Valina: ... Kadan exhibits a rare smile. "No, Geint. I don't think this is sad at all. Things are different now. The final page has been written on a great many lives recently, but the future for those left looks promising." Ayeye frowns, and turns to Jarrek. "I... I am sorry... I think I want to stay here. I do not know where I will go, or what I will do, but, I want to do it here..." Kadan: Ayeye! Valina: Ayeye! Kadan looks down. "Are you certain, Ayeye? When I first met you, you felt like you didn't belong anywhere, but once you met Jarrek again, I thought you had found your family and would want to..." Jarrek smiles and takes Ayeye's hand in his own. "It's okay. I understand. And it's good to at least know you're all right. I'm sure you'll be fine." Valina hugs Ayeye. Ayeye smiles at Valina. "Well, I guess I am homeless now!" Valina: Ayeye... Valina: I know this great little spot... Valina: On Caldor. Kadan holds Ayeye's shoulder. "Did you find what you were looking for? You told me your dreams were haunting you. Did you learn what you needed to learn from Zara, Jarrek, and the others?" Earendil loudly clears his throat. Ayeye smiles. "Thank you, Valina." Ayeye turns to Kadan. "Yes, I think so..." Kadan smiles at Ayeye. Arzel walks over to stand beside Geint, and slowly takes her hand in his own. Ayeye: What about you, Kadan? Geint smiles very brightly at Arzel. Kadan loses his smile and looks at the ground. "I don't know. I never thought I'd be alive the day the Empire fell. I've been dreaming about a time like this for so long, I don't know what to do with it now that I'm here." Ayeye: I know the feeling... Kadan: My whole life has been either scrounging to survive under the shadow of the Empire or attacking it directly. All my thoughts and actions have centered around it. When I look at my past, it seems so hollow now. Kadan holds the Star Halberd. "I only hope Kate is at peace now. She and I would be celebrating right now..." Valina: As for me.. Ayeye: I am sure she is. Valina: I just can't wait to get back home... Valina: And settle down a bit. Valina: ^_^ Valina: Teach Earendil how to farm! Earendil: Yes, I miss the city streets. Earendil: Um, farm? Arzel looks at Kadan, looks around at the rain, and smiles weakly, "Well..you suceeded in your quest to drive magic from the world.." Valina: Well... grow food! Kadan holds his mask. "I understand now that the fight Kate and I were leading did not start with us, but the spirit lived on from generations ago, ancestor to descendant. I suppose I'll just need to see where the future takes me." Valina: Live the simple life. ^_^ Valina: Go back to Caldor. Valina: ^_^ Valina: Or... Valina: Just go wherever destiny leads me. Earendil: Caldor? Valina: Perhaps. ^_^ It is peaceful. Geint: So Arzel! Where are we headed? Valina: There is this great spot in the middle of the mountains... has great natural hot springs... Valina: It is heaven! Tarrant is envious of everyone else's great plans. Earendil: Really, hmm? Valina: Please, Earendil... let's go there... just for a while at least. Valina: Yes! Ayeye looks at Kadan. "I think the bush and I are going to keep wandering... There is probably a lot more out there..." Arzel looks back at Geint. "Where would you like to go?" Valina: I discovered it with my brother years ago. Valina: I always wanted a house by those springs. Kadan: How strange that the world holds so little for us now... and yet has no boundaries on what we can do. Kadan smiles at Ayeye. Valina: Ayeye... if you're ever on Caldor... you know where to stop... Ayeye: I promise I will visit you! Valina: ^_^ Geint thinks. Geint: I really don't know what I want to do. O_o; I'm not even sure where we'd live..! Earendil: But um, delay your visit till after the honeymoon. Kadan ducks his head in a bit sheepishly. "Well, Ayeye... if you're going to continue wandering, would you... by any chance... need any company?" Valina: ^_^ Valina: That's right... Valina looks at the ring Earendil gave her. GMRune: As the heroes talk the storm clouds above them begin to lighten somewhat, though the rain continues swirling through the land below. Jarrek turns and leaves the group. Ayeye smiles brightly at Kadan. "Yeah! That would be great!" Arzel smiles at Geint. "I guess we'll have to decide that when we go along... I for one have had enough excitement for once." Valina looks... Kadan smiles, his face much brighter than it has ever been. Valina: Jarrek? Geint: Well uhmm... do you want to stay in Vane or in my cave? Valina: Hey... did Jarrek leave already? Arzel: The cave... hmm... the cave had a pleasant temperature... not to mention a relative remoteness.. Geint: So... you want to go to my cave? ^_^ Great! Geint: We can finally have a full conversation for once by ourselves! Arzel nods and smiles. Earendil takes a look around and finally notices that the horizon is considerably closer than it should be. "Um, where are we?" GMRune: The rain continues to lighten. Arzel: Earendil... we're on Vane... which is now floating in the sky. Earendil: Wha? Geint: Cool, huh? ^_^ Geint: ...Don't fall. ...It's magic! GMRune: Farther in Vane a group of people gather together with their piles of belongings. They stand near a strange disk of stone embedded in the ground. Arzel: Vane flew into the sky to escape the ran which would wash the magic from the land... Earendil: Floating in the sky? . . . Well, I've seen stranger things. Geint looks somewhat hyper right now. GMRune: The rain ends. Though the clouds are still present they begin to filter sunlight through them. The Goddess Tower gleams brightly in the light. Valina: Ohhh... Valina: Pretty... Valina: It looks really pretty from up here. GMRune: The people move on to the disk on stone and disappear small group by small group. Arzel looks around slowly. "I guess it's over..." Valina: Nope... Geint: Just beginning! Valina: It is just beginning. ^_^ Geint: Hee! Earendil: Yes. Valina: We don't know what is going to happen from now on. T'lain: Jarrek and the rest of the Urdians will be leaving a few moments I expect. After the last of the Urdians go through the transporter to the ground below I suspect Jarrek will open the gate. Earendil: A new chapter for us all has opened up. Hopefully it will be happier. Arzel shrouds his face with his hood once more, and nods quietly. T'lain: Perhaps you all would like to see them off? Geint nods. Valina: Yea. Earendil: Let's go. Ayeye: I would like to. Valina stands by Earendil. Quark: We'll meet you down below. Quark hopes off the edge and glides down below. Shea and Canth follow him. Earendil takes Val's hand and heads for the stone circle. GMRune: The last of the Urdians travel down from the Vane to the ground, leaving plenty of room for the party to access the transporter. Valina: ^_^ Geint: C'mon Arzel, let's go! *Follows Ear and Val* Tarrant follows behind. Ayeye rushes to the transporter, dragging Kadan after her. Arzel follows beside Geint. GMRune: The party uses the transporter and find themselves teleported to the ground below. You find yourself standing on a similar disk, surrounded by grass. Surprisingly the ground around the disk is quite dry, and there is no sign of the water. However down here you can almost tangibly feel the absense of the world's mana. Ayeye shivers. "Everything feels....wrong..." Kadan follows Ayeye. Arzel shudders as he feels the lack of mana about him. Earendil: Empty. Ayeye looks for the Urdians. GMRune: There are fully two hundred Urdians assembled here, and Jarrek stands at their head, apparently on a rock he is using as a makeshift platform. Ayeye smiles and waves at them. Jarrek smiles and waves back at her. Other Urdians turn and also wave to Ayeye, they appear to recognize her. Valina puts her arm around Earendil's back. Jarrek inclines his head to his people and lifts the Serpent Staff above his head. GMRune: The staff glows, bright with a hopeful green light. A swirl of darkness appears before Jarrek. A multiple of landscapes flitter in and out of view within the darkness. Some of them are bright and healthy, much like Lunar, and others are sickly and dying. Others still are mediums between the extremes. GMRune: The hum of magic grows around the Urdians and the Serpent Staff flares brighter in response. A single picture is selected, and the image of it becomes stronger as the intensity of the magic grows. Valina shields her eyes. GMRune: Finally the the landscape stabilizes and the dark border swirls still larger, growing in size until three men can easily walk abreast through it. Kadan: ... Jarrek lowers the Staff, though it continues to glow. He looks to the closest of the Urdians and nods to them. They begin to pass through the enchanted portal. Valina: Let's hope the best for them... Ayeye continues to wave. "Goodbye, and good luck!" Kadan: Farewell, Jarrek. Best of luck. Earendil: May you find peace in your new world. Jarrek waves back to Ayeye. "Farewell. Take care, my little sister. I leave here with every hope for you, for Lunar, for my people, and for myself as bright as the morning star." Kadan: ... GMRune: The last of the Urdians pass through the portal, leaving only Jarrek. Ayeye smiles. "I will not disappoint you!" Jarrek steps down from the rock and up to the portal. He takes one last look towards Ayeye, smiles a final time, and passes into the new world. GMRune: The gate closes behind him. And thus the threat of the Magic Empire was gone, and the last magic-using remnants of the Urdian race left the world of Lunar entirely. All save one. In the years to come Lunar would enjoy a new era of peace and prosperity. Magic would eventually spread out once again throughout the land, but this time held in check by the power of the four dragons, Althena, and the citizens of the floating city Vane. The world will miss the richness and diversity of life the era of the Magic Empire possessed, but the sacrifices of the dryad and elven races have not been in vain. Though the names of those who fought in this battle to save Lunar will fade into the mists of time, the results of their labors will stand for as long as Lunar lasts. But oblivious to the long range impact of their work, those involved in the fight for freedom lived the coming years to their best... And now the fates of the forces of light... in order of their appearance in the tale of the Magic Empire... Kadan - Accompanied by Ayeye he wanders across the face of Lunar in search of a new purpose in his life. Perhaps one day he will find it. Or perhaps it already travels with him. Arzel - Returns with Geint to spend some time in her volcano before going back to Vane to continue his study of magic and how to use it in this new Lunar with so much less mana. Tarrant - Gets a beautiful wife and becomes world- reknowned for his natural magical talent (and inability to take damage from all weapons). Quark - Returns to his cave in Caldor Isle somewhat mellowed by the recent events. The centuries to come will find him a settled dragon. Earendil - After recovering from the loss of his arm he marries Valina. At her insistence they move to Caldor Isle. They have two children. Ayeye - Wanders around Lunar with Kadan, supposedly "homeless" but quite welcome nearly everywhere due to her chatty ability to strike up a conversation. Rein - Completes his training as a priest and leads the life of a wandering monk as he seeks answers to the questions raised by the events leading up to the fall of the Empire. Eventually he returns to the valley of his mentor to record Mendren's teachings. He then takes on apprentices and founds what becomes one of the most prestigious academies for those who would serve Althena. Shea - Visits Rein on occasion, but becomes more the black dragon she needs to be in order to keep the balance of power on Lunar. Par - Passed away as a part of the mass suicide of Lunar's elves. Valina - Married to Earendil, she moves back to Caldor Isle and founds the village of Burg in replacement of her old home. Geint - With Quark's shapeshifting ring she takes human form often to enjoy her time with Arzel. The Bush - Strange plant that it is, it remains with Ayeye for the rest of her life. After that? No one *really* knows... Liana - After a time of mourning, Liana Ausa recovers from Par's death and founds a Magic Guild in Vane. Elanor - Restores Earendil's home in Shelladon and helps rebuild the once proud Shelladon militia. Canth - Satisfied with the heroes' victory, Canth passes from the land, leaving behind a young flying cat (air bunny?) named Acwalandar. Mileria - Passed away after serving as the conjunction between the magic of the elves and Althena. Ghaleon - Lives in Lunar's far future. Elron - Died when Par and Dayus attempted to remove him from the cylinders in Killith. Bask - Executed by Lord Kargeth for betraying the Empire. Seera - As with many dryads, she passes away from a mysterious malady that no one can cure. Her death is likely tied to the magic that bound the livelihood of the dryads with that of the Empire. Jael - Slain in the service of his beliefs. Lira - Works to ease the pain of the surviving dryads. T'lain - Returns to his Spire and continues his magical research. He chronicles the story of the Dragonmaster and his friends so that perhaps one day their story may return to light. The Cat - Lives in the future as Ghaleon's companion. Jera - Executed in Killith shortly after Damon reported her betrayel and her assisting the heroes escape from House Flysse. Ellis - Maintains the Temple of Althena in Shelladon, eventually becoming the Bishop. Dayus - Returns to Shelladon and displaces his father as the new leader of the city. There the former warlock is held in high esteem by the populace. Jarrek - Departed the world of Lunar with the last of the magic-possessing Urdians. Atrillas - Rests in peace now that Valina has fulfilled her destiny. Kaytel - Slain in a misguided attempt to avenge Jael. Althena - Disappears into her tower, not to be seen again for many centuries to come. ----------------- Cast Laurie Tom as GM/Narrator/various NPCs Bryan Haro as Earendil Josh Dammeier as Rein Brian Peterson as Kadan Josh Eckley as Valina Nicole Peters as Geint Luke Manion as Tarrant Daryll Wilson as Arzel Michael Gibson as Ayeye Thanks go to Hahn, TrueBlue, DMLou, and Cecil for GM rules and inspiration for GMing, DNW for keeping us all entertained and being a such a cheerleader, Working Designs and GameArts for the wonderful world of Lunar, the various people I stole images from for the web page (not that there were a lot), and our loyal viewers. GMRune: And thus Lunar IRC RPG V: Magic Empire concludes... GMRune: ------end session------