The Great Library of Palanthas
An Aesthetic shows you to a small reading room.
Stories of Ansalon from the view of Kaelay.
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Astinus gently places a paper booklet on the table in front of you.
You note the spine bears the word 'Kaelay' scribed in vibrant purple ink.
Author: Kaelay Date Tue Dec 11 16:35:31 2001 Subject The last duel of my soul Shivering in the storm, I turned towards the darken skies looking, searching seeking for an answer to my prayers. Where was Mishakal? Where was Paladine? Have they abandoned us? My heart trembled at the sound of the storm, vanquishing all hope from my mind, everything is lost now. And then there was a cruel and deadly silence, a crimson light flashed trough my eyes and then I knew, there was nothing else in my heart than sorrow, and defeat, anger hate. I might have chosen to dwell in misery, but it would have been for no good. I just followed the wrong ideas, the wrong paths. The judgment has been made: I can no longer follow the path in which I had been abandoned. I see the end of it now, Ill never give up on my hopes tough, the honor of this battle is not for me, but I shall find the honor I so much long for. I will not run from this defeat. Instead, I will see thought it and prevail, I will follow other paths towards honor, even if I must go alone. I have been abandoned by my Goddess, and the ones I trusted to follow. The good ways have been proven unworthy During this battle I have always been alone, and during the occupation of the Knights of Takhisis, Ive seen that there is more honor in her knights than in those who where supposed to be fighting for the freedom of Palanthas. I admire their strength and honor, and I wonder now, looking at these knights, Is that the way I was supposed to have followed from the beginning? I did what I though was the best, but not in a path I had chosen, no it was the path my father had wanted me to follow, and when I entered the Holy Order of the Stars, I followed them for they where my authority and they where the ones to tell me what path to follow. Maybe I just do not belong in this path at all. I will follow the will of the one, the one that will take me under its protection. Under its shadeI will do my part and follow my honor. I will not follow cowards who will run from the enemy and leave their cities occupied by strangers I will no longer follow Mishakal either It is in destiny to be told what will become of me. Gods I wonder who will take me to be his or her follower And as the night falls, I gather my belongings together and walk down the stairs towards the exterior of the tower Author: Kaelay Date Tue Apr 30 18:22:57 2002 Subject Orb search After receiving the vision granted by The Dark Queen, I left in search of one orb that could grant me wisdom to find the lost Library. I could contact Khalifa il Mukhtar and asked him to join me in this search, He agreed. Khalifa arrived at Endevar keep and we prepared to leave. We gathered some things that we might have needed and left to the swamp near the keep. We started walking the dark roads of the forest looking for the Swamp Serpent. This creature, referring to my researches, kept a White Orb that could be used to the benefit of our quest. We watched the roads with much attention, this creature was told to be of great power and highly aggressive. Still nothing, we kept walking until we encountered an old graveyard full of foul creatures and wondering souls. Soon we found ourselves facing these pitiful creatures, until we finally found the path that would lead us to the swamp. And so we walked it, brave with the strength and protection of our Dark Queen we kept our way until we finally saw it. The swamp serpent was there, beyond some plants ahead of us Huge as was told, and it was indeed of aggressive behavior for when we arrived, it was ready to attack us. It indeed held a white Orb; the serpent was coiled around the Orb keeping it. We both engaged in combat with it, until it finally fell to our strength. We had gotten the Orb. Now we just need to find the rest of the people that is also looking for the Library. May Takhisis bless us and help us on our quest for Her glory. Kaelay Marxen. High Priestess of Takhisis. Author: Kaelay Date Sat May 4 13:09:10 2002 Subject a ride on the night, in search of a path. The slash cut trough the bone. A crack could be heard. Finally, I have found the best costume I could find, the armor of an undead skeleton, the helmet of a lost spirit, and several more equipment that would help me disguise as an undead and pass through the gates of Annexamander Lair. Due to the research done previously, I knew my quest kept going on all the way to the Khalkist Mountains. There I would search a village on the foot of the mountains, which would be the first clue in finding the lair. I returned to Endevar and prepared for the next journey, the equipment I had found was to be used, and so I dressed as an undead. I went to the gates of Endevar and called for Kylastra, my loyal friend and dragon. She would help me shorten the way to the Khalkist. We flew north all the night until we finally caught sigh of a small village under the mountain. We landed on the eastern side of the village, in the dark, where we could be cloaked by the shadows and not draw much attention. It was to my surprise that the village was dead actually living dead. I had expected it to be more offensive, though my guessing where wrong and the village seemed quite tranquil. There where all kinds of tortured souls in the village. It was completely dressed in a black sheet and enlighten by the shadowy white light coming from within the floating spirits. These poor lost souls could have been driven astray by whatever creature that holds the key to the Lair. Only the dead roam the streets, only the dead and me. An icy claw crept through my spine giving me the shivers, so much dead and decay startled me and made me hesitate on my quest. But no, I would never abandon such a quest even if it took my life away from me. I remembered the vision granted to me by my Dark Queen. She wanted me there and so I would keep going for Her honor. I will not hesitate again, ever. "Kylastra" I said out loud, "go back to the keep, I will travel this path alone." And so she left, leaving me alone in the dark. But my Queen is with me and She will give me strength. And so She did, renewed by Her strength I started walking among the undead creatures. They didn't even looked at me, I just walked as one among them, they didn't even cared, perhaps they where blinded by their own fear, and anger. Perhaps I was w wrong, but anyways I walked unaware. A path could be seen going up west towards the mountain, it was a dim path lightened by a strange white fog that had arisen during the night. Something within me told me that was my path to follow. And so I did. I followed all the way up until suddenly, the path came to a turn and stopped at a dead end. Though it didn't quite seemed as a dead end. A strong scent of magic could be sensed There was something between two big rocks that could not be seen, and perhaps it was just a moment to have faith, or luck. I walked to the rocks and slowly placed my right hand on the surface of the rock wall in front of me, there was a weird sensation on my hand that left in a second. My hand was touching nothing. I pushed my hand deeply into the rock, and it kept going, it didn't stopped on the rock I could see. It was the entrance to the Lair, I knew I took a deep breath and walked on, I was afraid I was going to crash on the wall, but I didn't, I walked on and saw a dark cave in front of me, actually I could not see a thing, but a cold wind crept around me from the front. And then something came... Kaelay Marxen. High Priestess of Takhisis. Author: Kaelay Date Sat May 11 13:27:27 2002 Subject shadows from the past (the quest for the lost library, part 3) After finding a strange carving on the secret cave of Annexamander y left the Knights of Takhisis to follow my own path to discovering the truth about the great Dark Library. I was sure I had seen the symbol once before, on a statue, most probably on Palanthas, so that was the next place I had to visit. I summoned Kylastra to the place where she had left me previously, on the outskirts of the undead town. She came and I told her that our next test was on my former city home, Palanthas. Hurtful memories live on the streets where I grew up. It was a hard test indeed. I sent word to the tower of the Holy Order of the Stars, that I was going to pay a little fast visit to the city. So if some of the solamnics noticed my good friend Kylastra (green dragon) on the outskirts of the city they would have to worry much on attacking. I was going there with no problematic purposes. We finally arrived at the place where Kylastra would leave me. And so I walked the rest of the way to Palanthas. The gates, the doors, the streets, Its been long since I was here last time. I walked to the Tower of the Holy Order of the Stars and went a few moments inside to catch up with old times. The window. When I last stood next to that window, I was watching the destruction of Palanthas. Back then I was a child of light, under Mishakal. But long ago I left that path to walk another, one with more honor, one where I would not be left alone, one more like me. Still something inside me trembled at the memories, the feeling of the past, when all was chaos and destruction. Anger rose inside of me, anger towards those damned solamnics who let everyone die that day. I had to leave the hall before I when chaotic and changed my mind about getting in and out of the city without killing some of those ... knights. I left the tower with a heart already disturbed, but I had no time to waste with those pathetic fools. I walked to the marketplace at Palanthas; hopefully I'd get to see the statue I was looking for. To my pity, I looked for hours without finding a thing. I had traveled all this way for nothing. I started walking back through the streets until I ended up in front of a small, simple house. It belonged to very fine people; they had been terribly affected by the last war. The owners had lost their lives, I should know, for they where my parents. As for my sister Morgaine, I have heard not a thing. Sometimes I wonder if she is all right, but wherever she might be, she is lost for me. I once heard she wanted to become a wizardress but that is all I know. Perhaps one day I will have a chance to meet her. Anyways, as for my quest I went to the tower again, there I could cast a location spell to see if I could find the statue. Fool of me, I should have done that before I rushed into this city. And so I did, and for my luck the statue was located in Palanthas, It was just not on the marketplace anymore. The statue, most likely, would have been sold and was located on a house near central Palanthas. That was my next target. I went to the house and asked for permission to examine an object of their property. They wanted to decline until I was forced to "mislead" their information. I told them that there was a demon locked inside a statue that used to be in the marketplace and so I was checking the nearby statues to see if the cursed statue was on their homes, to give it "proper" attention. Indeed the servant lady was frightened and since the masters where away, she was in charge of the house. She didn't wanted a demon to be on the loose on her master's absence. I went inside the house and noticed that it seemed bigger from the inside than from the outside. Indeed these people where rich, not that I cared. (cont) Author: Kaelay Date Sat May 11 13:30:52 2002 Subject shadows from the past (Cont.) The statue was located in the main hall, on a stand made exactly for it. The statue was that of a little child playing with a small lizard, some rock flowers adorned the rest of the statue. But the most important thing for me, was the strange symbol carved on the lizards collar. It meant something indeed... (To be continued on quest part 4) ooc- sorry, i was missing the last lines and i had to cut it into 2 :(. Anyways, I hope Trevalin and Aelroth can log on at the same time so we can finish rping the part before this story (i cant rp it by myself, lol) Kaelay Marxen. High Priestess of Takhisis. Author: Kaelay Date Thu May 23 09:04:19 2002 Subject Intrigued (the quest for the lost library, part 4) After I had found the symbol in the statue, I had it moved to my chambers in the Tower of the Holy Order; there I could study it deeply and in peace. It was not long until I discovered its meaning, and mixing its meaning with that of the other symbol we recognized in the cave, I came up with an answer. I had found the basic location of a temple build for Annexamander. The temple was located deep into the Khalkist Mountains, out of sight from a sky search. I would have to go look for it by foot. I knew the search would take long, so I would need provisions for the journey. There was no time to loose. I knew that Aelroth was looking for the symbol he recognized somewhere near Kendermore. And so I told Kylastra to go look for him and tell him where we should meet again, to continue the journey together. We would meet near the undead town near the cave we examined last time, in a clearing in the woods to the east. For now I had returned the cleansed statue to their owners, I had no need for it now, or at least thats what my heart told me. I went to the nearby marketplace to encounter myself in a rather disturbing situation. It seemed that a thief had stolen some objects of great value of a vendor nearby. To my pity, a fanatic cleric had sensed my presence and had arisen a mob to destroy me, a follower of the Great Dark Queen. I had no intentions to trash solamnics, at least not now, I know I hate them much and though i would love to kill a few, I had more important matters in mind. With this present on my thoughts, I took out an artifact that granted me power to vanish in a swirl of mist, and so I did, and I left Palanthas On the outskirt I encountered a stable and went in to purchase a horse. The man for a reason seemed very frightened of me and agreed to sell me the horse with no second thought. He had a beautiful black horse with white mane, I paid the horses price and mounted it, I would go to Lemish for provisions, it was fine by me. (to be continued) Author: Kaelay Date Wed May 29 12:00:59 2002 Subject At last, the Temple. (the quest for the lost library, part 5) My journey to Lemish was swift; my new horse was faster than what he looked and carried me to my destination in no time. I was there the less time I could, I just bought the provisions I though I would be needing and left immediately to the Khalkist Mountains. There, I hoped, Aelroth and Decred would be waiting for me at the meeting place. I rode as fast as my horse could and stopped several times for him to rest. Wonderful horse indeed, a great name was needed, and so I named him Macyl. We did spent some time getting to the Mountains, but when I finally arrived to the meeting place I saw Aelroth and Decred indeed already waiting for me, I also saw my friend Kylastra and... a kender. What in the hell is a kender doing with them? I have no idea, but to judge their faces, it cant be good. After a few days of looking for the temple and finding nothing, we began to realize that our vast supply of provisions was starting to run out, and still no sing of the temple. There where days when we questioned among ourselves if to go back an get more provisions or to keep going and start hunting something. And after long thoughts, we decided to stay and hunt. Two days after we totally finished out supplies, finally, we found it. It was very well hidden, of course it could not have been seen from the air, even though we tried anyways and told Kylastra to fly around and look for it. The temple was marvelous, even though it was totally destroyed by the time. Its still held it beauty locked inside its very soul, The main chamber. It was a huge chamber its excellency could be seen below a thick cape of dust over it. The chamber was held with some columns, though only a few remained standing. After further inspection on the chamber, we found a bone lying in the center of the room, it seemed small at first, but when we started digging curiously, we realized it was not small. After hours of digging we came up with the answer, the bones belonged to a mighty huge dragon, probably a green one, our Annexamander. And below his body, we found several more exits from the chamber, they led to some more rooms packed with tunnels and more chambers, completely empty, but they seemed that they had held something before. This was the final answer. Annexamanders temple was the long lost Library of Takhisis. This is it, we had found it. Author: Kaelay Date Wed May 29 12:22:41 2002 Subject Annexamander (the quest for the lost library, part 6) Now with the temple below our feet we knew this was not only a quest for finding it. This was a quest for bringing it back, the books, the knowledge, and the wisdom of thousands of years. I had been brought here for a reason, as High Priestess of Takhisis I was to bring Annexamander back to life, thus his knowledge was to be brought back to the world of the living. It was within my power to do so. I knew the resurrection spell would drain me much of my life, especially since Annexamander had been dead for centuries. But the satisfaction of bringing my Dark Queens vision to reality was more exiting than the fact of being reduced to ashes. I would do it, it may take my life, but I would have done what my Queen wanted from me. I took some holy water from a pack in my belongings and I took out the symbol of Takhisis and placed it over Annexamanders bones, I poured the water over him and began concentrating and chanting for his return. It was intense the power of Takhisis flowing thorough me, I lost track of time as I lost strength to remain awake. The last thing I remember was the powerful life stream flowing trough me and getting into Annexamander bringing him new life. I saw his eye opening wide, his body totally reconstructed. And I saw myself falling to the floor... I lost consciousness. I was too drained to awake to see the great dragon, but I was still alive, my Queen had gave me strength to bring him back and stay myself here. Kaelay Marxen, High Priestess of Takhisis. Author: Kaelay Date: Thu Jan 25 21:13:51 2007 Subject Prelude Its was nearing dusk. The sky slowly began to turn red. With the darkness of the night aproaching and the silent cry's of the clouds, a figure cloaked in darkness aproached a tower slowly. The clouds in the sky cracked with thunder as the figure neared the tower. Step by step, each time, more and more power building in her. A woman elf seemed to be weary of a journey, but still eager to enter this particular place. Halls where she had been before, Halls that she remembered as clear as the first time she say those penetrating eyes. Those eyes of the Goddess she served, which burned deep into her memory. Finally after a long lost time, she was about to set foot on the tower where she worshiped Her. She neared the door and pushed it, as it opened, a cleric revealed himself in the inside of the tower. "I sent word I was comming tonight... My name is Kaelay Marxen. Im being expected i presume." She entered the tower, removed the hood from her cloak and walked on withouth waiting for the cleric to answer. And so the night fell.
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