The Great Library of Palanthas

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Stories of Ansalon from the view of Kaelay.

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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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