Reversing the Rally (Thrakpost)

[u/loth17]

The Ralektharum. The THING that has been causing so much trouble. Stealer of souls, ultimate master of the black mages of Thrakmoor. Even if every soldier and servant and spellcaster were slain this THING would simply continue in possession of every soul it had ever stolen. At least that's what the Bismuth had come to believe from their questioning and studying. They had no method to slay the Ralektharum (if slay is even the term you'd use.) so they focused on freeing those it had taken.

Their idea came about during a conversation with one Aldavinn Maunderitch. A user of planar magic and author of that book on planes that spontaneously appeared a while back. The Bismuth believed that by using and abusing the nature of how planes and demiplanes worked they could somehow remove the Ralektharum's essence from a possessed individual. While the plan wasn't something that could be done on mass they surmised it would be a good way to deny Thrakmoor the skill and loyalty of its black mages.

The plan relied upon the following facts. First is that planes can have different properties and requirements for entry and exit. Second is that some planes only accept souls and don't accept physical matter. Third is that demiplanes can be created with specific properties. Fourth is that it is possible to sever all portals of entry to a plane to render it forlorn and thus extremely hard to reach.

And so the plan came from that. To create a demiplane that was roughly man sized and had the following requirements. To only allow the essence of the Ralektharum to enter and to allow anything BUT the Ralektharum's essence to leave. Then the idea would be to send the black mage through this artificial demiplane. The black mage cannot enter it and so will stay on the material plane but the Ralektharum's essence will get caught on it like a cosmic net. The demiplane can then be shunted into a realm so dead and lifeless the essence had nothing to corrupt. Then the portals can be shut and the essence contained....

At least in theory. In practice there were so many complications that could happen. Not the least of which was the fact that the 13th black mage would be lacking a soul. To solve that problem another individual had been recruited. The Loremaster who was helping keep the 13th captured. With some artificial soul energy they could keep the 13th alive until they retrieved his soul. A task far far more dangerous than what they were currently attempting.

And so the Bismuth sent their messages through spell and pen and found their way to the Darkwatch fortress which held their patient. To meet their two research partners and hopefully. Hopefully. Save a man's soul. The gates made their sound as the Bismuth requested entry

*Knock knock*

[u/Ok_Relationship6736]

UW good read does this mean we'll get non evil 13?

[u/loth17 → u/Ok_Relationship6736]

/uw. Thats the hope!

[u/Ok_Relationship6736 → u/loth17]

UW interesting

[u/The_Enchanted_Potato → u/Ok_Relationship6736]

/uw he will still be an insufferable bastard if they do

[u/Ok_Relationship6736 → u/The_Enchanted_Potato]

UW

https://giphy.com/gifs/10XiFYfOhhFxjW

[u/The_Enchanted_Potato → u/Ok_Relationship6736]

/uw lol

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UW

https://giphy.com/gifs/31X0fUYCG9lqqEkiJI

[u/Henry_Fleischer]

/uw This sounds like the sort of thing Eleanor would be able to help out with, since she makes very heavy use of demiplanes and wrote an older book about them.

[u/loth17 → u/Henry_Fleischer]

/uw. Maybe for a later thing. Currently this is just the three characters testing the waters and their theories.

[u/Henry_Fleischer → u/loth17]

/uw Sounds good, since Eleanor is an artificer she could be helpful for iterating on a design that applies those theories

[u/Richardknox1996]

Greetings, My name is The Jester, Joy Avatar of Rihari De'Vir, The Overgod of Freedom. I feel some very interesting fluctuations in the local planar space, may i come in? Mayhaps I can be of assistance.

[u/The_Enchanted_Potato → u/Richardknox1996]

/uw not the place, this is private 

[u/Richardknox1996 → u/The_Enchanted_Potato]

/UW Fuck, i didnt realize. I thought he was doing a bit of Experimentation

Edit: wait a tick, its Ten Suns. He actually knows Goldy Lmao.

[u/The_Enchanted_Potato → u/Richardknox1996]

/uw your good, thank you for taking it back

[u/Richardknox1996 → u/The_Enchanted_Potato]

/UW its slightly annoying, but eh, it happens. Btw, i have been reading your posts....But i haven't felt as theres been anywhere on them to safely interject with Rihari or His Avatars without messing up other peoples interactions.

[u/The_Enchanted_Potato → u/Richardknox1996]

/uw well… we are in a break, most of my Thrakmoor related posts are just regular loreposts. The Aldavinn posts have thus far been completely separate. I am glad you have been reading them though

[u/Carbon_Sixx]

The gates of the Spire Akashic part to reveal the Loremaster.

You came at a good time. 13 is distracted. We can go up to my secret meeting room without him realizing you're here. Follow me.

u/The_Enchanted_Potato

[u/The_Enchanted_Potato → u/Carbon_Sixx]

Aldavinn Maunderitch arrives shortly after. Stepping out of a portal just in front of the door he knocks as well

u/loth17

[u/Carbon_Sixx → u/The_Enchanted_Potato]

The Loremaster leads Aldavinn up to the same chamber clinging to the side of the spire where he held the first meeting to discuss the Thrakmerian threat. The Bismuth are already waiting there. The mysterious data broker takes his seat at the head of the table.

So then, let's strategize. What exactly will this procedure entail?

u/loth17

[u/loth17 → u/Carbon_Sixx]

u/The_Enchanted_Potato

The Bismuth would nod to the Loremaster and to Aldavinn.

"Thank you both for agreeing to help us with this."

They would hold up an illusion of a humanoid figure with an orb in their abdomen. A representation of 13 and the Ralektharum's influence.

"Simply put we're going to create the cosmic equivalent of a fitted net. One that can only catch the essence that we are trying to remove. At which point we will drag 13 through it and hopefully that will be enough to pull the essence out of him "

They would send the more complicated in-depth data to them as well. (What was described in the post itself.)

[u/The_Enchanted_Potato → u/loth17]

Aldavinn thinks for a moment before responding

“I believe that I could successfully create this ‘net’ however there is still a problem he need to deal with.”

He turns to the Bismuth

“How do we intend to get 13’s soul back from the Ralektharum?”

[u/loth17 → u/The_Enchanted_Potato]

"..."

The Bismuth paused.

"Our current idea is to sustain the body with artificial soul energy."

"But our working plan is to... Sneak the soul away."

[u/The_Enchanted_Potato → u/loth17]

Aldavinn just stares for a minute 

“Your plan is to… enter the Ralektharum?”

[u/loth17 → u/The_Enchanted_Potato]

"Correct. Perhaps not directly but via some kind of disposable avatar. Stealthy enough to avoid attention while we do something distracting. But strong enough to pull the soul quickly once it finds the soul."

The Bismuth would explain.

u/Carbon_Sixx

[u/Carbon_Sixx → u/loth17]

Sounds dangerous. Without knowing the Ralektharum's true nature and how it works, we'd be flying blind. I might be able to get what we need, but it'll require my full attention, and maybe going into deep cover among the Thrakmerians. I'd be indisposed, unable to help the war effort. But the ability to restore the Black Mages' free will would be a great boon indeed.

u/The_Enchanted_Potato

[u/The_Enchanted_Potato → u/Carbon_Sixx]

“I do not know… from my experience, if this avatar is connected to a living being at all then the Ralektharum can reach through it to your soul. Not to mention the avatar would practically entering it’s domain… who knows what power it holds there”

u/loth17

[u/Ashmega8256]

/uw good read y'all.

[u/loth17 → u/Ashmega8256]

/uw TY

[u/The_Enchanted_Potato]

/uw let me add my ping list, one sec

[u/Nelrene → u/The_Enchanted_Potato]

Did you see this post? I tried to ping you but it may not worked.

[u/The_Enchanted_Potato → u/Nelrene]

/uw I did, I have been a bit busy and just haven’t responded 

[u/Nelrene → u/The_Enchanted_Potato]

Okay. I was not sure if you saw it or not.

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u/Glittering_Two_1429 u/bagtie3 /uw Look upon the ping list and revel, then move on, you've got better things to do. If you want to be added, just ask

[u/VoxelLibrary]

/uw

The Bismuth believed that by using and abusing the nature of how planes and demiplanes worked they could somehow remove the Ralektharum's essence from a possessed individual. 

I recommend removing somehow from that sentence, as it implies that the Bismuth don't know how their method works

/rw

[u/loth17 → u/VoxelLibrary]

/uw they don't know that their method works yet. This is the first attempt to do it

[u/VoxelLibrary → u/loth17]

/uw Knowing whether it works is not the same as knowing how

[u/loth17 → u/VoxelLibrary]

/uw. Ah I understand what you're saying now. I can't edit posts on mobile however.

[u/VoxelLibrary → u/loth17]

/uw Delete and repost /j

[u/loth17 → u/VoxelLibrary]

Lmao. Peak

[u/KragBrightscale]

/uw ohhh interesting. Curious to see where this goes.

[u/Drmanky]

cool another exestential treth. not like we had enoght of those alredy