Yuler's Capture

# 𝔜𝔲𝔩𝔢𝔯'𝔰 ℭ𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢

## ℨ𝔢𝔩𝔩'𝔰 𝔇𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫

### 📺 ℨ𝔢𝔩𝔩'𝔰 𝔖𝔲𝔤𝔤𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫

After having Council with Gregor, the pilgrims are brought to Zell the Cartographer for some additional information.

Zell was instructed by Gregor to give them access to hidden lore, but he stops himself noting that none had yet seared their Concord into their flesh.

He tells that there is means for each traveler to become connected with the world, that there are many different sources of power, and that The Seventeen all consumed such power.

He remarks that something is amiss with the cycle, and that things are happening too early. He surmises something dark is occuring in the world.

Before he dismisses the pilgrims, he asks where they would like to go, offering them passage through the Grand Elevator that may carry them away from Stalwart Fortress. The group begins to debate the direction they ought to travel.

### ✋ 𝔚𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔩 𝔫𝔢𝔵𝔱, 𝔭𝔦𝔩𝔤𝔯𝔦𝔪?

Options included would see the group:

* Remain at Stalwart Fortress
* Return to The Church of Her
* Seek the Ancient Technology
* Travel to the Drowned Prison
* Follow the Call of The Ancients
* Seek the Crow's Den

They would debate the subject briefly, and play idle mind to trivial matters, all the while something sinister was brewing...

## ℜ𝔦𝔰𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔊𝔲𝔦𝔩𝔡

Somewhere outside Stalwart Fortress, still angrily grieving the loss of their sister, The Dark Blade Guild began accepting donations to begin its celebration of chaos. They were quickly met with a gift of Five Ethereum from a passing stranger.

Shortly after receiving this boon, The Dark Blade Guild intercepted Yuler while he performed his courier duties and sent a harrowing message of his capture back to Stalwart Fortress via courier.

The message demanded that the pilgrims forsake all other avenues, and venture to Crow's Den within 20 hours, or they would kill Yuler.

In retaliatory outrage, a group calling themselves the Apostles of Agora sent parties to capture wayward Darkblades and offered an exchange to the guild should Yuler be returned to them safely.

In response, The Dark Blade Guild made their intentions clear by delivering proof of Yuler's torture.

Thus, the Apostles of Agora killed the first of their two prisoners.

Tensions rose and, in an effort to cull the bloodshed, The Concord of Research offered a table to mediate a peace talk between both parties.

Through the discourse, the Apostles of Agora professed commitment to their cause and justification for their actions. Others simply begrudged The Dark Blade Guild for forcing their agenda upon all the travelers. Some petitioned to leave Yuler for dead, citing the urgency of attending to the Drowned Prison.

Yet, through all the talk The Dark Blade Guild had a solitary message; come to Crow's Den and learn the truth they preach or Yuler would die.

They sent image of his severed finger as proof of their conviction.

𝖂𝖊 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖌𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔 𝖉𝖊𝖈𝖎𝖉𝖊 𝖄𝖚𝖑𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝖋𝖆𝖙𝖊... 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑.

𝕳𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖆𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖙 𝕮𝖗𝖔𝖜'𝖘 𝕯𝖊𝖓.

𝕳𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖆𝖑𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖞 𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖛𝖊𝖉 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖕𝖚𝖗𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖚𝖘...

The discourse closed with much unresolved. Some were swayed to the Darkblades' demands, yet more were committed to their pursuits elsewhere. With time ticking away, Yuler's life hung in the balance while the group continued its deliberation.

## 𝔖𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔭 𝔗𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔰

Despite peace talks and the **hostage situation** with Yuler and The Dark Blade Guild, by midday the travellers had chosen to travel to The Drowned Prisons. Zell began preparing The Grand Elevator, while Remo seemed peculiarly quiet regarding the decision.

True to their word, in response for their demands not being met, Yuler was killed by The Dark Blade Guild.

𝔜𝔲𝔩𝔢𝔯'𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔡.

𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔢𝔬𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔰𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔩 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔦𝔱 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔣𝔦𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔤𝔬𝔞𝔩𝔰.

As recompense for sacrificing Yuler, and their commitment to the ideals of chaos, The Dark Blade Guild was granted 15 Fetid Crow Talons.

𝔜𝔲𝔩𝔢𝔯'𝔰 𝔰𝔞𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔢.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔯𝔬𝔴 𝔤𝔯𝔬𝔴 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔡𝔢 ℭ𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔤𝔫𝔦𝔷𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔭 𝔰𝔢𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔡𝔰 𝔬𝔣 ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔬𝔰.

## 𝔓𝔯𝔢𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰

### 📺ℨ𝔢𝔩𝔩'𝔰 𝔓𝔯𝔢𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰

As Zell prepared a new map and The Grand Elevator for its departure, he awaited decision on when the travellers would be ready to leave.

The decision would be put to a public vote, with options presented in unix timestamps.

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