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Psuvillager: Link to the Umbral Flood

2026-03-19T21:19:58Z

Link to the Umbral Flood

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	===Making a Life===		===Making a Life===
	The dragonborn twins suggested that their usual work, tracking down missing items, would be more exciting than guarding, and 22 left the caravan life behind as soon as the group received their pay for the current trip. It was from new adventuring group that 22 learned of the plight of dragonborn across [[Isonhound]], and when Tacciath and Uldil planned to visit family and friends in [[Jadenhill]], they travelled along with the twins and found their first home, not counting their time in Sneerwell before they had developed a personal identity.		The dragonborn twins suggested that their usual work, tracking down missing items, would be more exciting than guarding, and 22 left the caravan life behind as soon as the group received their pay for the current trip. It was from the new adventuring group that 22 learned of the plight of dragonborn across [[Isonhound]], and when Tacciath and Uldil planned to visit family and friends in [[Jadenhill]], they travelled along with the twins and found their first home, not counting their time in Sneerwell before they had developed a personal identity.

	In Jadenhill, 22 came to be trusted and to feel welcome as they worked with the people to try to ensure the safety of residents of draconic and reptilian heritage, and 22 resided in Jadenhill for several years during which the crusaders grew increasingly aggressive. Tacciath and Uldil had returned to help defend the town, and Uldil was slain during a particularly devastating attack, with 22 unable to do anything to help. Afterward, once the defenses had been rebuilt and reinforcements had arrived, 22 announced that they would set out to discover whatever power they could to make them more effective against the crusaders. Tacciath, knowing 22's love of nature, suggested a druid called [[Grandmush]] she had met weeks earlier, and 22 left to seek the druid out.		In Jadenhill, 22 came to be trusted and to feel welcome as they worked with the people to try to ensure the safety of residents of draconic and reptilian heritage, and 22 resided in Jadenhill for several years during which the crusaders grew increasingly aggressive. Tacciath and Uldil had returned to help defend the town, and Uldil was slain during a particularly devastating attack, with 22 unable to do anything to help. Afterward, once the defenses had been rebuilt and reinforcements had arrived, 22 announced that they would set out to discover whatever power they could to make them more effective against the crusaders. Tacciath, knowing 22's love of nature, suggested a druid called [[Grandmush]] she had met weeks earlier, and 22 left to seek the druid out.
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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 joined Grandmush to expand their knowledge at Katharda Academy in the the Underdark. When shadows began to spread across Isonhound, 22 left Katharda to try to help Gearguage but was quickly corrupted by the shadows themself, until a group of adventurers freed them and all of Isonhound from the shadows months later.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 joined Grandmush to expand their knowledge at Katharda Academy in the the Underdark. [[The Umbral Flood\|When shadows began to spread across Isonhound]], 22 left Katharda to try to help Gearguage but was quickly corrupted by the shadows themself, until a group of adventurers freed them and all of Isonhound from the shadows months later.</small></p>

	In 825 PR, an owl landed on 22's shoulder unbidden. -- In [[Grandmush]]'s familiar voice, it said:<blockquote>Bob! Have free time? Come to Meimogu'''.''' Request Aman-Tia's Hard Kombucha at the Angry Spider'''.''' You'll learn much (and help protect bats)'''.''' Be well'''.''' -Belle </blockquote>Intrigued, 22 headed for the [[The Underdark\|Underdark]] and their old mentor. The trip was unremarkable save road-rumors of "dark shadows" coming from the north to corrupt the minds of travelers. In Meimogu, they found the tavern and were told to ask Dulgbela about the kombucha the next day. Dulgbela turned out to be a duergar who knew Grandmush and could arrange to have 22 escorted to them. The trip was uneventful, with the greatest excitement occurring when a secret door in a cave wall revealed some angry-looking duergar guards, who relaxed when 22's escort gave a password.		In 825 PR, an owl landed on 22's shoulder unbidden. -- In [[Grandmush]]'s familiar voice, it said:<blockquote>Bob! Have free time? Come to Meimogu'''.''' Request Aman-Tia's Hard Kombucha at the Angry Spider'''.''' You'll learn much (and help protect bats)'''.''' Be well'''.''' -Belle </blockquote>Intrigued, 22 headed for the [[The Underdark\|Underdark]] and their old mentor. The trip was unremarkable save road-rumors of "dark shadows" coming from the north to corrupt the minds of travelers. In Meimogu, they found the tavern and were told to ask Dulgbela about the kombucha the next day. Dulgbela turned out to be a duergar who knew Grandmush and could arrange to have 22 escorted to them. The trip was uneventful, with the greatest excitement occurring when a secret door in a cave wall revealed some angry-looking duergar guards, who relaxed when 22's escort gave a password.

Psuvillager: Corrected BR length

2026-03-19T20:50:27Z

Corrected BR length

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	** New gods arrived to [[List_of_Major_Conflicts#The_Giving_and_The_Plane_Wars\|compete for followers]], largely through bribing Quelmartians with gifts, which gave rise to Quelmar's magic (as well as the moon, [[elves]], the continent of [[Isonhound]], and the island of [[Kiston]]).		** New gods arrived to [[List_of_Major_Conflicts#The_Giving_and_The_Plane_Wars\|compete for followers]], largely through bribing Quelmartians with gifts, which gave rise to Quelmar's magic (as well as the moon, [[elves]], the continent of [[Isonhound]], and the island of [[Kiston]]).
	* The original Quelmar world gets claimed by [[Asmodeus]] and becomes [[Hellmar]], the Tenth Circle of Hell; the Gods generously [[The_Infernal_Emergence#The_New_World\|reboot the realm]] with most of its inhabitants none the wiser.		* The original Quelmar world gets claimed by [[Asmodeus]] and becomes [[Hellmar]], the Tenth Circle of Hell; the Gods generously [[The_Infernal_Emergence#The_New_World\|reboot the realm]] with most of its inhabitants none the wiser.
	* Quelmar's [[Prehistory\|prehistory]] may be long, but its history lasts only ~~2885~~ years before an apocalypse occurs from which the Gods offer no deliverance.		* Quelmar's [[Prehistory\|prehistory]] may be long, but its history lasts only 2875 years before an apocalypse occurs from which the Gods offer no deliverance.


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	Quelmar has three historical [[Quelmar Timeline\|eras]]:		Quelmar has three historical [[Quelmar Timeline\|eras]]:
	* [[BR\|Bekilip Rekisix]], meaning Destructive Time (aka Before the Reckoning)		* [[BR\|Bekilip Rekisix]], meaning Destructive Time (aka Before the Reckoning)
	** Lasts ~~995~~ years		** Lasts 985 years
	** Begins when [[Human\|humans]] appear and start tracking time		** Begins when [[Human\|humans]] appear and start tracking time
	** Named for the ongoing conflict with chromatic [[dragons]] (from their emergence in 207 BR until their banishment)		** Named for the ongoing conflict with chromatic [[dragons]] (from their emergence in 207 BR until their banishment)

Psuvillager: Collapsed stuff since links work now

2025-07-24T04:53:18Z

Collapsed stuff since links work now

Psuvillager: Completed the Wicked Wilds section

2025-07-01T21:56:09Z

Completed the Wicked Wilds section

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	~~:Link:~~ [[Within the Wicked Wilds/Player Recaps/TLDR]]		(See [[Within the Wicked Wilds/Player Recaps/TLDR]])

		⚫	In 893 PR, once [[Pendergras Industries]]' innovations with [[fellstone]] had made [[airships]] not only technically feasible, but affordable to small businesses like the [[Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company]], 22 returned to [[Amusa]] with the company to explore the wilderness. Some sixty employees and private contractors set up a basecamp perhaps a day's flight inland from Galik on the northwest coast in an area just west of Amusa's perilous [[Amusa#Abzcar_Canyon\|great Scar]]. There, 22 soon fell in with the local Thistlebrook druid conclave and split their time between the two camps.

			The company allied with kobolds, whose ancient city of [[Thelrya]] they rediscovered. Gnome cultists devoted to a fungal demon called [[Mother]] eventually slaughtered the kobolds and drove the TBEC back to [[Galik]], where the company learned the cult was headed by members of the prominent [[Hearthorne\|Hearthorne family]] (and opposed by one Hearthorne scion who masqueraded as the roguish adventurer [[Jack of Hearts]].) The company [[The Thelryan Restoration\|thwarted the aspirations of the cult to manifest their demon queen at Thelrya]], whose residents were reawakened after centuries of silent slumber.
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			When the company was able to return to the Wilds, they were given control of a waystation they dubbed [[Tempest's Landing]] in eastern Amusa, where they entered a dangerous alliance with devils to oppose a potentially cataclysmic incursion by extraplanar ice giants. The company found both allies and enemies among kuo-toa and yuan-ti living in the area, learned of strange technology associated with a member of the Tempest family, assembled a the legendary treasure map [[The Aestorian Codex]], and finally raided the buried spaceship that housed the treasure as it departed the world.
⚫	In 893 PR, once [[Pendergras Industries]]' innovations with [[fellstone]] had made [[airships]] not only technically feasible but affordable to small businesses like the [[Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company]], 22 returned to [[Amusa]] with the company to explore the wilderness. Some sixty employees and private contractors set up a basecamp perhaps a day's flight inland from Galik on the northwest coast in an area just west of Amusa's perilous [[Amusa#Abzcar_Canyon\|great Scar]]. ~~At first~~, ~~the~~ ~~adventurers~~ ~~encountered~~ ~~seemingly~~ ~~random~~ local ~~people~~ ~~and~~ ~~monsters (along with other adventuring groups~~ and ~~individuals~~ ~~based~~ ~~out~~ of ~~Galik),~~ ~~but~~ ~~a pattern of threats began to develop over time~~.

			By this time, 22 had forged a helm of teleportation which they then used to spend time in their various places of residence within Quelmar: The Sky Net, Katharda Academy (where they took up teaching with Grandmush as the new headmaster) and the Thistlebrook Conclave, making regular visits to Jadenhill, Gearguage, and Tempest's landing as well. In 899 PR, 22 reunited with several other former members of the TBEC to oppose aspects of [[The Seven\|the Sepexilium]], powerful primordials with whom the company had become unpleasantly familiar during their time in Amusa.
	In the first weeks of the expedition, parties ventured forth from the camp to explore the surrounding areas. They discovered drow living near a ruined temple of Lolth to the south; allied with the large and amicable [[kobolds]] of the village of [[https://quelmarwiki.com/wiki/Within_the_Wicked_Wilds/Player_Recaps/TLDR#1c:_Thinwhistle_(Aaron,_4/29/23)\|Thinwhistle]] to the southwest; found various reptilian humanoid species living in a swampy area along with the self-appointed ''Warden of the Wilds''; and, at the former base camp of the slaughtered [[Perseus Company]], encountered hostile [[gnolls]] and their masked ally ''[[The Green Knight]]'', who had supernatural ties to a nearby temple.

	Several members of the group acquired a book for the enigmatic [[The Collector\|Collector]] from a temple to the east, where they encountered a mysterious adventuring company led by the masked [[Jack of Hearts]], and others discovered magical flora and hostile dinosaurs while investigating the deaths of several missing research teams on a ley line to the northwest. The first [[Ratchet\|death of a company member]] (at the hands of a clan of reptilian creatures), as well as the first sign of fiendish influence on the land (in the form of infernal mushrooms), occurred during a successful expedition to combat the pollution of an important water source.

	Many additional adventurers joined the group including an entire new [[airship]] crew, who were hired in Galik by several representatives of the company. The infamous Polypus Caligas applied to be captain but was denied the position. And a small team was forced to rescue the new quartermaster when his airship crashed east of basecamp, resulting in the company's first direct encounter with [[demons]], whose attacks infected members of the party with a vision-impairing and nightmare-inducing disease that would be healed only by the intervention of new allies of the group.

	These new allies began as likely enemies when one of them helped himself to some of the company's livestock that were grazing north of the basecamp. Investigating the disappearance, a party of adventurers encountered [[Thistlebrook\|a druid conclave]] whose land the company had inadvertently encroached on, but the leader of this group formally apologized for the theft and provided advice on curing the disease that had been caused by the demons. The two parties were able to come to an agreement to render mutual aid in the future, and 22 spent time living with their fellow druids in the [[Thistlebrook]] Conclave.

	On a quest to acquire the healing herbs recommended by druids, a team encountered more demons in a swamp to the east. The previous team to have met demons had heard the voice of the fiendish "[[mother]]", but this party encountered her directly, and [[Tassa Brightfox\|one member of the team]] made a deal with her and did not return to camp with the others. And the same week, a different team managed to thwart efforts by the [[demon]] lord Jubilex to amass oozes and slimes in the forest to the northwest via a magical conduit; the group disrupted the conduit, but not before the oozes' fiery attacks set off a wildfire that damaged a large swath of forest.

	The company encountered The Green Knight at another temple, this one far to the north and devoted to one of the [[The Ten Heralds of Tiamat\|heralds of Tiamat]], [[Kavanmort]], the Twin Doom. The knight told the party they "knew too much" after encountering an undead dragonborn called [[Galidant]] in the temple, and they barely escaped the encounter with their lives. And another group revisited the southern temple that had been discovered a month earlier, helping the local drow residents by neutralizing aberrations that had been attacking them.
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	=Powers and Abilities =		=Powers and Abilities =
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	[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fJEgX3dkWrtiSLchoGvo9Db-1DmGhL-eRJy59UwAKH4/edit#gid=1750226729 Character Sheet]		[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fJEgX3dkWrtiSLchoGvo9Db-1DmGhL-eRJy59UwAKH4/edit#gid=1750226729 Character Sheet]

Spiderjjr45: The LinkTitles extension automatically added links to existing pages (https://github.com/bovender/LinkTitles).

2025-05-12T05:07:48Z

The LinkTitles extension automatically added links to existing pages (https://github.com/bovender/LinkTitles).

Psuvillager:
after collapse buttons (and removed reference to a prehistoric human)

2025-01-05T05:39:46Z

<br/> after collapse buttons (and removed reference to a prehistoric human)

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: lightgrey"; margin: ~~6em 0~~ 1.5em ~~0; padding: 6em 0 1.5em 0~~;>TLDR: <small>22 was created in the Pendergras factory in 705 PR, where they witnessed Snow helping protoforged seek freedom. 22 worked in Sneerwell's City Watch until fleeing their servitude immediately after beginning to contemplate the nature of their own existence when a mysterious coconut fell on their head.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: lightgrey"; margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 was created in the Pendergras factory in 705 PR, where they witnessed Snow helping protoforged seek freedom. 22 worked in Sneerwell's City Watch until fleeing their servitude immediately after beginning to contemplate the nature of their own existence when a mysterious coconut fell on their head.</small></p>

	===An Imitation of Life===		===An Imitation of Life===
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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: ~~grey~~" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>Nature is the creative force that gives rise to all things, whether directly or indirectly, including the planes, the gods, organisms, synthetic beings, objects, and concepts. Existence and creation are to be cherished, and destruction is to be shunned. Fire is overused, and annihilation magic is inherently detestable.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: lightgrey"; margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>Nature is the creative force that gives rise to all things, whether directly or indirectly, including the planes, the gods, organisms, synthetic beings, objects, and concepts. Existence and creation are to be cherished, and destruction is to be shunned. Fire is overused, and annihilation magic is inherently detestable.</small></p>

	===The Source of All Things===		===The Source of All Things===
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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 found the roads unsafe and the cities inhospitable and took up work guarding caravans, where fellow guards gave them a name and where they met [[dragonborn]] friends. They moved to Jadenhill and fought against the draconic crusaders and for the rights of dragonfolk. After their friend Uldil was killed, they struck out to learn how to better protect themself and others.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 found the roads unsafe and the cities inhospitable and took up work guarding caravans, where fellow guards gave them a name and where they met [[dragonborn]] friends. They moved to Jadenhill and fought against the draconic crusaders and for the rights of dragonfolk. After their friend Uldil was killed, they struck out to learn how to better protect themself and others.</small></p>

	===On the Road===		===On the Road===
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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 found the [[dryad]] Grandmush, who was happy to instruct a fellow iconoclast in the ways of druids. They travelled together for several years, aiding the woodlands and exploring the Underdark.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 found the [[dryad]] Grandmush, who was happy to instruct a fellow iconoclast in the ways of druids. They travelled together for several years, aiding the woodlands and exploring the Underdark.</small></p>


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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>Jadenhill was secure, and [[the War of the Forged]] was heating up. Working with People are People, Tacciath and 22 traveled to Gearguage, and 22 served as a smuggler and freedom fighter. Once their oldest friend passed away, 22 reconsidered how close they wished to become with organics, and they eventually found a new home in The Sky Net, where they received hardware upgrades. But the start of this new life would be interrupted.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>Jadenhill was secure, and [[the War of the Forged]] was heating up. Working with People are People, Tacciath and 22 traveled to Gearguage, and 22 served as a smuggler and freedom fighter. Once their oldest friend passed away, 22 reconsidered how close they wished to become with organics, and they eventually found a new home in The Sky Net, where they received hardware upgrades. But the start of this new life would be interrupted.</small></p>

	===Then They Came for the Synthetics===		===Then They Came for the Synthetics===
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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 joined Grandmush to expand their knowledge at Katharda Academy in the the Underdark. When shadows began to spread across Isonhound, 22 left Katharda to try to help Gearguage but was quickly corrupted by the shadows themself, until a group of adventurers freed them and all of Isonhound from the shadows months later.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 joined Grandmush to expand their knowledge at Katharda Academy in the the Underdark. When shadows began to spread across Isonhound, 22 left Katharda to try to help Gearguage but was quickly corrupted by the shadows themself, until a group of adventurers freed them and all of Isonhound from the shadows months later.</small></p>

	In 825 PR, an owl landed on 22's shoulder unbidden. -- In [[Grandmush]]'s familiar voice, it said:<blockquote>Bob! Have free time? Come to Meimogu'''.''' Request Aman-Tia's Hard Kombucha at the Angry Spider'''.''' You'll learn much (and help protect bats)'''.''' Be well'''.''' -Belle </blockquote>Intrigued, 22 headed for the [[The Underdark\|Underdark]] and their old mentor. The trip was unremarkable save road-rumors of "dark shadows" coming from the north to corrupt the minds of travelers. In Meimogu, they found the tavern and were told to ask Dulgbela about the kombucha the next day. Dulgbela turned out to be a duergar who knew Grandmush and could arrange to have 22 escorted to them. The trip was uneventful, with the greatest excitement occurring when a secret door in a cave wall revealed some angry-looking duergar guards, who relaxed when 22's escort gave a password.		In 825 PR, an owl landed on 22's shoulder unbidden. -- In [[Grandmush]]'s familiar voice, it said:<blockquote>Bob! Have free time? Come to Meimogu'''.''' Request Aman-Tia's Hard Kombucha at the Angry Spider'''.''' You'll learn much (and help protect bats)'''.''' Be well'''.''' -Belle </blockquote>Intrigued, 22 headed for the [[The Underdark\|Underdark]] and their old mentor. The trip was unremarkable save road-rumors of "dark shadows" coming from the north to corrupt the minds of travelers. In Meimogu, they found the tavern and were told to ask Dulgbela about the kombucha the next day. Dulgbela turned out to be a duergar who knew Grandmush and could arrange to have 22 escorted to them. The trip was uneventful, with the greatest excitement occurring when a secret door in a cave wall revealed some angry-looking duergar guards, who relaxed when 22's escort gave a password.
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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 traveled to Galik's ArchCrystal Tower to seek defensive knowledge. They became lost in the uniquely engineered structure and had time to read and summarize the prophecies of the esoteric Scrolls of Pythia.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 traveled to Galik's ArchCrystal Tower to seek defensive knowledge. They became lost in the uniquely engineered structure and had time to read and summarize the prophecies of the esoteric Scrolls of Pythia.</small></p>

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	====Meta-divination====		====Meta-divination====
	Erin, an early ~~human~~ in Quelmar, performed a powerful divination (with the rest of [[Athenaeum_(The_First_to_be_Forgotten)#Connor's_Vision\|Connor's Six]]). This magic revealed the firsthand experiences of six particular settlers of [[Athenaeum (The First to be Forgotten)\|Athenaeum]] (said to be the first colony in Quelmar), including those of its oracle Pythea.		Erin, an early settler in Quelmar, performed a powerful divination (with the rest of [[Athenaeum_(The_First_to_be_Forgotten)#Connor's_Vision\|Connor's Six]]). This magic revealed the firsthand experiences of six particular settlers of [[Athenaeum (The First to be Forgotten)\|Athenaeum]] (said to be the first colony in Quelmar), including those of its oracle Pythea.

	Erin found that the oracle's own divinations had shown her the broad [[history of Quelmar]] with remarkable precision -- even to the point of revealing myths that would evolve, indicating names that would be given to major conflicts, specifying dates for defining events, and charting the evolution of the calendars which would give those dates their meaning.		Erin found that the oracle's own divinations had shown her the broad [[history of Quelmar]] with remarkable precision -- even to the point of revealing myths that would evolve, indicating names that would be given to major conflicts, specifying dates for defining events, and charting the evolution of the calendars which would give those dates their meaning.

Psuvillager: test

2025-01-05T05:21:09Z

test

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: lightgrey" margin: 1.5em 0;>TLDR: <small>22 was created in the Pendergras factory in 705 PR, where they witnessed Snow helping protoforged seek freedom. 22 worked in Sneerwell's City Watch until fleeing their servitude immediately after beginning to contemplate the nature of their own existence when a mysterious coconut fell on their head.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: lightgrey"; margin: 6em 0 1.5em 0; padding: 6em 0 1.5em 0;>TLDR: <small>22 was created in the Pendergras factory in 705 PR, where they witnessed Snow helping protoforged seek freedom. 22 worked in Sneerwell's City Watch until fleeing their servitude immediately after beginning to contemplate the nature of their own existence when a mysterious coconut fell on their head.</small></p>

	===An Imitation of Life===		===An Imitation of Life===

Psuvillager: testing collapse-button positioning

2025-01-05T05:10:34Z

testing collapse-button positioning

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: lightgrey" margin~~-bottom~~: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 was created in the Pendergras factory in 705 PR, where they witnessed Snow helping protoforged seek freedom. 22 worked in Sneerwell's City Watch until fleeing their servitude immediately after beginning to contemplate the nature of their own existence when a mysterious coconut fell on their head.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: lightgrey" margin: 1.5em 0;>TLDR: <small>22 was created in the Pendergras factory in 705 PR, where they witnessed Snow helping protoforged seek freedom. 22 worked in Sneerwell's City Watch until fleeing their servitude immediately after beginning to contemplate the nature of their own existence when a mysterious coconut fell on their head.</small></p>

	===An Imitation of Life===		===An Imitation of Life===

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	As the war culminated, 22 traveled to Osugbo to battle [[Wilgrim]] and his forces directly. They spent most of their time in Osugbo doing transport and reconnaissance but at times found themself on the front lines in dire wolf form, where they succeeded in neutralizing many opposing automs. But during a reconnaissance mission in 742 PR, they suddenly found themselves caught in a battle triggered by a surprise attack led by Wilgrim himself. Badly damaged, 22 was unable to return to animal form and fled for their life. After healing themself as well as they could given the circumstances, they continued behind enemy lines to complete their reconnaissance mission, with which they would receive assistance from the most unlikely of sources.		As the war culminated, 22 traveled to Osugbo to battle [[Wilgrim]] and his forces directly. They spent most of their time in Osugbo doing transport and reconnaissance but at times found themself on the front lines in dire wolf form, where they succeeded in neutralizing many opposing automs. But during a reconnaissance mission in 742 PR, they suddenly found themselves caught in a battle triggered by a surprise attack led by Wilgrim himself. Badly damaged, 22 was unable to return to animal form and fled for their life. After healing themself as well as they could given the circumstances, they continued behind enemy lines to complete their reconnaissance mission, with which they would receive assistance from the most unlikely of sources.

	===[[22/ 22's ~~Wild Afternoon with~~ Wilgrim\|22~~'s Wild Afternoon~~ ~~with~~ Wilgrim]]===		===[[22/ 22 and Wilgrim\|22 and Wilgrim]]===
	...in which 22 is a terrible assassin, discovers that Wilgrim has scruples, and ~~joins~~ with him to face a greater evil		...in which 22 proves to be a terrible assassin, discovers that Wilgrim has scruples, and allies with him to face a greater evil

	===Every New Beginning===		===Every New Beginning===

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	** New gods arrived to [[List_of_Major_Conflicts#The_Giving_and_The_Plane_Wars\|compete for followers]], largely through bribing Quelmartians with gifts, which gave rise to Quelmar's magic (as well as the moon, [[elves]], the continent of [[Isonhound]], and the island of [[Kiston]]).		** New gods arrived to [[List_of_Major_Conflicts#The_Giving_and_The_Plane_Wars\|compete for followers]], largely through bribing Quelmartians with gifts, which gave rise to Quelmar's magic (as well as the moon, [[elves]], the continent of [[Isonhound]], and the island of [[Kiston]]).
	* The original Quelmar world gets claimed by [[Asmodeus]] and becomes [[Hellmar]], the Tenth Circle of Hell; the Gods generously [[The_Infernal_Emergence#The_New_World\|reboot the realm]] with most of its inhabitants none the wiser.		* The original Quelmar world gets claimed by [[Asmodeus]] and becomes [[Hellmar]], the Tenth Circle of Hell; the Gods generously [[The_Infernal_Emergence#The_New_World\|reboot the realm]] with most of its inhabitants none the wiser.
	* Quelmar's [[Prehistory\|prehistory]] may be long, but its history lasts only ~~2885~~ years before an apocalypse occurs from which the Gods offer no deliverance.		* Quelmar's [[Prehistory\|prehistory]] may be long, but its history lasts only 2875 years before an apocalypse occurs from which the Gods offer no deliverance.


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	Quelmar has three historical [[Quelmar Timeline\|eras]]:		Quelmar has three historical [[Quelmar Timeline\|eras]]:
	* [[BR\|Bekilip Rekisix]], meaning Destructive Time (aka Before the Reckoning)		* [[BR\|Bekilip Rekisix]], meaning Destructive Time (aka Before the Reckoning)
	** Lasts ~~995~~ years		** Lasts 985 years
	** Begins when [[Human\|humans]] appear and start tracking time		** Begins when [[Human\|humans]] appear and start tracking time
	** Named for the ongoing conflict with chromatic [[dragons]] (from their emergence in 207 BR until their banishment)		** Named for the ongoing conflict with chromatic [[dragons]] (from their emergence in 207 BR until their banishment)

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: lightgrey"; margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 was created in the Pendergras factory in 705 PR, where they witnessed Snow helping protoforged seek freedom. 22 worked in Sneerwell's City Watch until fleeing their servitude immediately after beginning to contemplate the nature of their own existence when a mysterious coconut fell on their head.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: lightgrey"; margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 was created in the Pendergras factory in 705 PR, where they witnessed Snow helping protoforged seek freedom. 22 worked in Sneerwell's City Watch until fleeing their servitude immediately after beginning to contemplate the nature of their own existence when a mysterious coconut fell on their head.</small></p>
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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 found the roads unsafe and the cities inhospitable and took up work guarding caravans, where fellow guards gave them a name and where they met [[dragonborn]] friends. They moved to Jadenhill and fought against the draconic crusaders and for the rights of dragonfolk. After their friend Uldil was killed, they struck out to learn how to better protect themself and others.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 found the roads unsafe and the cities inhospitable and took up work guarding caravans, where fellow guards gave them a name and where they met [[dragonborn]] friends. They moved to Jadenhill and fought against the draconic crusaders and for the rights of dragonfolk. After their friend Uldil was killed, they struck out to learn how to better protect themself and others.</small></p>
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	<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;"> Explorations with Grandmush</h2>, in which 22 studies druidic magics, explores [[the Underdark]], and takes organic form</span>		<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;"> Explorations with Grandmush</h2>, in which 22 studies druidic magics, explores [[the Underdark]], and takes organic form</span>

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 found the [[dryad]] Grandmush, who was happy to instruct a fellow iconoclast in the ways of druids. They travelled together for several years, aiding the woodlands and exploring the Underdark.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 found the [[dryad]] Grandmush, who was happy to instruct a fellow iconoclast in the ways of druids. They travelled together for several years, aiding the woodlands and exploring the Underdark.</small></p>
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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>Jadenhill was secure, and [[the War of the Forged]] was heating up. Working with People are People, Tacciath and 22 traveled to Gearguage, and 22 served as a smuggler and freedom [[fighter]]. Once their oldest friend passed away, 22 reconsidered how close they wished to become with organics, and they eventually found a new home in The Sky Net, where they received hardware upgrades. But the start of this new life would be interrupted.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>Jadenhill was secure, and [[the War of the Forged]] was heating up. Working with People are People, Tacciath and 22 traveled to Gearguage, and 22 served as a smuggler and freedom [[fighter]]. Once their oldest friend passed away, 22 reconsidered how close they wished to become with organics, and they eventually found a new home in The Sky Net, where they received hardware upgrades. But the start of this new life would be interrupted.</small></p>
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	<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">Lessons of Katharda</h2>, in which 22 loses a bet, serves [[The One That Waits]], and dons a chainmail bikini</span>		<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">Lessons of Katharda</h2>, in which 22 loses a bet, serves [[The One That Waits]], and dons a chainmail bikini</span>

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 joined Grandmush to expand their knowledge at Katharda Academy in the the Underdark. When shadows began to spread across Isonhound, 22 left Katharda to try to help Gearguage but was quickly corrupted by the shadows themself, until a group of adventurers freed them and all of Isonhound from the shadows months later.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>22 joined Grandmush to expand their knowledge at Katharda Academy in the the Underdark. When shadows began to spread across Isonhound, 22 left Katharda to try to help Gearguage but was quickly corrupted by the shadows themself, until a group of adventurers freed them and all of Isonhound from the shadows months later.</small></p>
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	<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">[[Within_the_Wicked_Wilds/Player_Recaps/TLDR\|Within the Wicked Wilds]]</h2>, in which 22 returns to Amusa, encounters new companions and threats, and expands their abilities</span>		<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">[[Within_the_Wicked_Wilds/Player_Recaps/TLDR\|Within the Wicked Wilds]]</h2>, in which 22 returns to Amusa, encounters new companions and threats, and expands their abilities</span>

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	(See [[Within the Wicked Wilds/Player Recaps/TLDR]])		(See [[Within the Wicked Wilds/Player Recaps/TLDR]])

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: lightgrey"; margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>Nature is the creative force that gives rise to all things, whether directly or indirectly, including the planes, the gods, organisms, synthetic beings, objects, and concepts. Existence and creation are to be cherished, and destruction is to be shunned. Fire is overused, and annihilation magic is inherently detestable.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: lightgrey"; margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>Nature is the creative force that gives rise to all things, whether directly or indirectly, including the planes, the [[gods]], organisms, synthetic beings, objects, and concepts. Existence and creation are to be cherished, and destruction is to be shunned. Fire is overused, and annihilation magic is inherently detestable.</small></p>

	===The Source of All Things===		===The Source of All Things===
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	After leaving Sneerwell''',''' 22 soon discovered that being alone on the road was not safe, but neither was spending time in large population centers, where the judgement of many of the organic citizens was that 22's metal body was sufficient cause for them to be enslaved. So they soon took up caravan guarding, a vocation that allowed them to be left to themselves for the most part, but also to interact with organics enough to begin building a knowledge base regarding the complex and endlessly nuanced protocols governing social interaction. Before this time, 22 did not have a name, but names were important when coordinating activities with organics, and one of their fellow guards proposed the name "Bob", which they accepted after several milliseconds of consideration on the grounds that it should function at least as well as the longer names most organics used.		After leaving Sneerwell''',''' 22 soon discovered that being alone on the road was not safe, but neither was spending time in large population centers, where the judgement of many of the organic citizens was that 22's metal body was sufficient cause for them to be enslaved. So they soon took up caravan guarding, a vocation that allowed them to be left to themselves for the most part, but also to interact with organics enough to begin building a knowledge base regarding the complex and endlessly nuanced protocols governing social interaction. Before this time, 22 did not have a name, but names were important when coordinating activities with organics, and one of their fellow guards proposed the name "Bob", which they accepted after several milliseconds of consideration on the grounds that it should function at least as well as the longer names most organics used.

	After a time, 22 assessed that the curve describing the benefits they had been gaining over time from caravan work, measured in terms of knowledge and useful personal alliances, had flattened sufficiently to warrant seeking an alternative pattern of experiences. An opportunity presented itself shortly, after a group of adventurers came on as guards for a trip south, two of whom were a dragonborn sister and brother, Tacciath and Uldil.		After a time, 22 assessed that the curve describing the benefits they had been gaining over time from caravan work, measured in terms of knowledge and useful personal alliances, had flattened sufficiently to warrant seeking an alternative pattern of experiences. An opportunity presented itself shortly, after a group of [[adventurers]] came on as guards for a trip south, two of whom were a dragonborn sister and brother, Tacciath and Uldil.

	===Making a Life===		===Making a Life===
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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>Jadenhill was secure, and [[the War of the Forged]] was heating up. Working with People are People, Tacciath and 22 traveled to Gearguage, and 22 served as a smuggler and freedom fighter. Once their oldest friend passed away, 22 reconsidered how close they wished to become with organics, and they eventually found a new home in The Sky Net, where they received hardware upgrades. But the start of this new life would be interrupted.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;><br/>TLDR: <small>Jadenhill was secure, and [[the War of the Forged]] was heating up. Working with People are People, Tacciath and 22 traveled to Gearguage, and 22 served as a smuggler and freedom [[fighter]]. Once their oldest friend passed away, 22 reconsidered how close they wished to become with organics, and they eventually found a new home in The Sky Net, where they received hardware upgrades. But the start of this new life would be interrupted.</small></p>

	===Then They Came for the Synthetics===		===Then They Came for the Synthetics===
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	Moreover, although the tide may have been starting to turn in favor of those fighting for the rights of draconic and reptilian peoples, tensions had now risen across the lands over the "metallic menace" -- a moderately successful smear campaign against warforged people (which unsurprisingly made no distinction among automs, protoforged, and warforged) had spread across the realm, inciting violence in [[Osugbo]] and Isonhound in particular. People are People was quick to pivot to treating this as a second front in the war they were already fighting.		Moreover, although the tide may have been starting to turn in favor of those fighting for the rights of draconic and reptilian peoples, tensions had now risen across the lands over the "metallic menace" -- a moderately successful smear campaign against warforged people (which unsurprisingly made no distinction among automs, protoforged, and warforged) had spread across the realm, inciting violence in [[Osugbo]] and Isonhound in particular. People are People was quick to pivot to treating this as a second front in the war they were already fighting.

	In 733, with Jadenhill now well defended, 22 and Tacciath traveled north to where they could be of help to more vulnerable communities. While escorting two warforged refugees from Raritan to safety, they were instructed to meet a contact named Bones who guided them all to the burgeoning warforged settlement of [[Gearguage]], where they based themselves for several years while the War of the Forged escalated. The barren land of the region was inhospitable to organics, but food and water could be created with the use of magic, and Tacciath and the many organics who fought in favor of the forged could be provided for despite the limited natural resources.		In 733, with Jadenhill now well defended, 22 and Tacciath traveled north to where they could be of help to more vulnerable communities. While escorting two warforged refugees from [[Raritan]] to safety, they were instructed to meet a contact named Bones who guided them all to the burgeoning warforged settlement of [[Gearguage]], where they based themselves for several years while the War of the Forged escalated. The barren land of the region was inhospitable to organics, but food and water could be created with the use of magic, and Tacciath and the many organics who fought in favor of the forged could be provided for despite the limited natural resources.

	One of 22's primary roles during the war was to transport materials both legal and illegal across large distances, sometimes into or out of Gearguage, but, more often than not, from one small camp in the middle of nowhere to another that was separated from the the first by some enemy territory. They spent entire days in the shape of a fox (with some payload merged into their form, be it provisions or poisons, explosives or [[Existence Crystals\|existence crystals]]). During this time, they often went by the code name ''Portal'', but when they saw Tacciath, she always called them ''Fursona'', a term of endearment she had begun using back in Jadenhill.		One of 22's primary roles during the war was to transport materials both legal and illegal across large distances, sometimes into or out of Gearguage, but, more often than not, from one small camp in the middle of nowhere to another that was separated from the the first by some enemy territory. They spent entire days in the shape of a fox (with some payload merged into their form, be it provisions or poisons, explosives or [[Existence Crystals\|existence crystals]]). During this time, they often went by the code name ''Portal'', but when they saw Tacciath, she always called them ''Fursona'', a term of endearment she had begun using back in Jadenhill.
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	===Formal Lessons ===		===Formal Lessons ===
	This was the secret [[Katharda Academy]] an institution of vast knowledge, where 22 soon located Grandmush, who sung praises of a drow professor they were studying under. 22 enrolled in ''the Geodaury'' with Grandmush, following the ''Path of the Material'' under Professor Jorildyn Yllalen (he/they), and the professor lived up to his reputation as a skilled druid (and also as a dour instructor, although this seemed to irritate other students far more than it did Grandmush and 22) -- but there was much more than druidcraft to learn at Katharda.		This was the secret [[Katharda Academy]] an institution of vast knowledge, where 22 soon located Grandmush, who sung praises of a [[drow]] professor they were studying under. 22 enrolled in ''the Geodaury'' with Grandmush, following the ''Path of the Material'' under Professor Jorildyn Yllalen (he/they), and the professor lived up to his reputation as a skilled druid (and also as a dour instructor, although this seemed to irritate other students far more than it did Grandmush and 22) -- but there was much more than druidcraft to learn at Katharda.

	22 quickly began devoting time to studying chronomancy under ''Path of the Mind'' instructor Professor Miranda Wright (she/her), with hopes of learning to travel in time of their own volition and coming to understand how [[Nůžky]] was able to prune unacceptable timelines from the tree. But 22 proved woefully ineffective in this field of study. Moreover, Professor Wright took issue with their motivations for mastering chronomancy, regarding 22 as deranged, a conspiracy theorist whom she certainly did not wish to enable by offering any special assistance.		22 quickly began devoting time to studying chronomancy under ''Path of the Mind'' instructor Professor Miranda Wright (she/her), with hopes of learning to travel in time of their own volition and coming to understand how [[Nůžky]] was able to prune unacceptable timelines from the tree. But 22 proved woefully ineffective in this field of study. Moreover, Professor Wright took issue with their motivations for mastering chronomancy, regarding 22 as deranged, a conspiracy theorist whom she certainly did not [[wish]] to enable by offering any special assistance.

	During these few months at Katharda, 22 also sought to gain whatever skills would improve their ability to repair and improve their own physical body, but they made only nominal progress in this endeavor. However, ''Tinkeryore'' instructor Professor Yindi Birwubart (she/her) took an interest in resolving the issue of 22's susceptibility to [[Bluestone]]. After some research, she was able to disconnect a particular relay, in the absence of which she believed 22 could not be enslaved by Bluestone. She manufactured a Bluestone device to test the effectiveness of her modification, and, after her tests were successful, gave the device to 22, who disassembled it out of an abundance of caution.		During these few months at Katharda, 22 also sought to gain whatever skills would improve their ability to repair and improve their own physical body, but they made only nominal progress in this endeavor. However, ''Tinkeryore'' instructor Professor Yindi Birwubart (she/her) took an interest in resolving the issue of 22's susceptibility to [[Bluestone]]. After some research, she was able to disconnect a particular relay, in the absence of which she believed 22 could not be enslaved by Bluestone. She manufactured a Bluestone device to test the effectiveness of her modification, and, after her tests were successful, gave the device to 22, who disassembled it out of an abundance of caution.
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	Within days after parting ways with Grandmush (and the rest of the travelers from the academy) at Raritan, 22 was set upon by humanoid shadows and joined the ranks of the corrupted creatures fighting for [[Into_the_Greedy_Green/The_Story_So_Far#Session_20:_Echemus_II\|The One That Waits]]. For the next several months, they put all their efforts into converting other creatures, particularly intelligent ones, into the service to their new master.		Within days after parting ways with Grandmush (and the rest of the travelers from the academy) at Raritan, 22 was set upon by humanoid shadows and joined the ranks of the corrupted creatures fighting for [[Into_the_Greedy_Green/The_Story_So_Far#Session_20:_Echemus_II\|The One That Waits]]. For the next several months, they put all their efforts into converting other creatures, particularly intelligent ones, into the service to their new master.

	And then one day, as suddenly as it had begun, the nightmare ended. Unbeknownst to 22, Grandmush and their allies had been victorious at the [[Sardior#Battle of Five Lights\|Battle of Five Lights]]. The spell was lifted, and 22 was left to wonder about the fates of all they had killed or corrupted during their most recent bout of servitude. Soon they learned that The One That Waits had been the Emerald dragon [[Sardior#Thanes\|Feredemius]] and that he had been redeemed by a team of heroes in the Snowy Mountains, that included Grandmush; the Ruby dragon [[Sardior]] had been resurrected, and his [[Sardior#Ruby_Court\|Ruby Court]] had been re-formed; and Venaleth had actually been the [[Amethyst dragon]] [[Into_the_Greedy_Green/The_Story_So_Far#Session_61:_Silent_IV/Feredemius_I/Smargarg_I\|Venaleth]], who was now serving the [[Ruby Court]] full-time and had appointed Grandmush his successor as Director of Katharda Academy.		And then one day, as suddenly as it had begun, the nightmare ended. Unbeknownst to 22, Grandmush and their allies had been victorious at the [[Sardior#Battle of Five Lights\|Battle of Five Lights]]. The spell was lifted, and 22 was left to wonder about the fates of all they had killed or corrupted during their most recent bout of servitude. Soon they learned that The One That Waits had been the Emerald [[dragon]] [[Sardior#Thanes\|Feredemius]] and that he had been redeemed by a team of heroes in the Snowy Mountains, that included Grandmush; the Ruby dragon [[Sardior]] had been resurrected, and his [[Sardior#Ruby_Court\|Ruby Court]] had been re-formed; and Venaleth had actually been the [[Amethyst dragon]] [[Into_the_Greedy_Green/The_Story_So_Far#Session_61:_Silent_IV/Feredemius_I/Smargarg_I\|Venaleth]], who was now serving the [[Ruby Court]] full-time and had appointed Grandmush his successor as Director of Katharda Academy.

	22 would later return to teach ''Path of the Material'' classes under Director Grandmush after the disappearance of Professor Yllalen, but they first had much to think about in the wake of the defeat of The One That Waits.</div>		22 would later return to teach ''Path of the Material'' classes under Director Grandmush after the disappearance of Professor Yllalen, but they first had much to think about in the wake of the defeat of The One That Waits.</div>

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	<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">Early Days</h2>, in which 22 encounters an influential [[warforged]], works for the man, gains sapience, and becomes enthralled with Nature</span>		<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">Early Days</h2>, in which 22 encounters an influential [[warforged]], works for the man, gains sapience, and becomes enthralled with Nature</span>

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: lightgrey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 was created in the Pendergras factory in 705 PR, where they witnessed Snow helping protoforged seek freedom. 22 worked in Sneerwell's City Watch until fleeing their servitude immediately after beginning to contemplate the nature of their own existence when a mysterious coconut fell on their head.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: lightgrey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 was created in the Pendergras factory in 705 PR, where they witnessed Snow helping protoforged seek freedom. 22 worked in Sneerwell's City Watch until fleeing their servitude immediately after beginning to contemplate the nature of their own existence when a mysterious coconut fell on their head.</small></p>
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	<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">Philosophy</h2>, in which 22 takes a broad view of Nature, champions creative endeavors, and shuns fire</span>		<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">Philosophy</h2>, in which 22 takes a broad view of Nature, champions creative endeavors, and shuns fire</span>

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>Nature is the creative force that gives rise to all things, whether directly or indirectly, including the planes, the gods, organisms, synthetic beings, objects, and concepts. Existence and creation are to be cherished, and destruction is to be shunned. Fire is overused, and annihilation magic is inherently detestable.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>Nature is the creative force that gives rise to all things, whether directly or indirectly, including the planes, the gods, organisms, synthetic beings, objects, and concepts. Existence and creation are to be cherished, and destruction is to be shunned. Fire is overused, and annihilation magic is inherently detestable.</small></p>
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	<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">Finding Jadenhill</h2>, in which 22 finds work and community, fights crusaders, and loses a friend</span>		<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">Finding Jadenhill</h2>, in which 22 finds work and community, fights crusaders, and loses a friend</span>

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 found the roads unsafe and the cities inhospitable and took up work guarding caravans, where fellow guards gave them a name and where they met [[dragonborn]] friends. They moved to Jadenhill and fought against the draconic crusaders and for the rights of dragonfolk. After their friend Uldil was killed, they struck out to learn how to better protect themself and others.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 found the roads unsafe and the cities inhospitable and took up work guarding caravans, where fellow guards gave them a name and where they met [[dragonborn]] friends. They moved to Jadenhill and fought against the draconic crusaders and for the rights of dragonfolk. After their friend Uldil was killed, they struck out to learn how to better protect themself and others.</small></p>
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	<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;"> Explorations with Grandmush</h2>, in which 22 studies druidic magics, explores [[the Underdark]], and takes organic form</span>		<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;"> Explorations with Grandmush</h2>, in which 22 studies druidic magics, explores [[the Underdark]], and takes organic form</span>

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 found the [[dryad]] Grandmush, who was happy to instruct a fellow iconoclast in the ways of druids. They travelled together for several years, aiding the woodlands and exploring the Underdark.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 found the [[dryad]] Grandmush, who was happy to instruct a fellow iconoclast in the ways of druids. They travelled together for several years, aiding the woodlands and exploring the Underdark.</small></p>
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	<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;"> Rise of the Machines</h2>, in which 22 continues fighting, laments the frailty of organics, and decides to move on</span>		<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;"> Rise of the Machines</h2>, in which 22 continues fighting, laments the frailty of organics, and decides to move on</span>

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>Jadenhill was secure, and [[the War of the Forged]] was heating up. Working with People are People, Tacciath and 22 traveled to Gearguage, and 22 served as a smuggler and freedom fighter. Once their oldest friend passed away, 22 reconsidered how close they wished to become with organics, and they eventually found a new home in The Sky Net, where they received hardware upgrades. But the start of this new life would be interrupted.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>Jadenhill was secure, and [[the War of the Forged]] was heating up. Working with People are People, Tacciath and 22 traveled to Gearguage, and 22 served as a smuggler and freedom fighter. Once their oldest friend passed away, 22 reconsidered how close they wished to become with organics, and they eventually found a new home in The Sky Net, where they received hardware upgrades. But the start of this new life would be interrupted.</small></p>
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	<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">[[22/ 22 and the Time War\|22 and the Time War]]</h2>, in which 22 is kidnapped, surprises Colin Pendergras, and seeks to kill [[Zugs]] McFlair</span><div class="mw-collapsible ~~mw-collapsed~~" style="min-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; border-bottom: solid 1px lightgrey;">		<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">[[22/ 22 and the Time War\|22 and the Time War]]</h2>, in which 22 is kidnapped, surprises Colin Pendergras, and seeks to kill [[Zugs]] McFlair</span><div class="mw-collapsible" style="min-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; border-bottom: solid 1px lightgrey;">
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	<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">Lessons of Katharda</h2>, in which 22 loses a bet, serves [[The One That Waits]], and dons a chainmail bikini</span>		<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">Lessons of Katharda</h2>, in which 22 loses a bet, serves [[The One That Waits]], and dons a chainmail bikini</span>

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 joined Grandmush to expand their knowledge at Katharda Academy in the the Underdark. When shadows began to spread across Isonhound, 22 left Katharda to try to help Gearguage but was quickly corrupted by the shadows themself, until a group of adventurers freed them and all of Isonhound from the shadows months later.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 joined Grandmush to expand their knowledge at Katharda Academy in the the Underdark. When shadows began to spread across Isonhound, 22 left Katharda to try to help Gearguage but was quickly corrupted by the shadows themself, until a group of adventurers freed them and all of Isonhound from the shadows months later.</small></p>
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	<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">Revelations of [[the ArchCrystal Tower]]</h2>, in which 22 seeks answers, gets lost, and synopsizes [[Quelmar]]'s history</span>		<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">Revelations of [[the ArchCrystal Tower]]</h2>, in which 22 seeks answers, gets lost, and synopsizes [[Quelmar]]'s history</span>

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	<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 traveled to Galik's ArchCrystal Tower to seek defensive knowledge. They became lost in the uniquely engineered structure and had time to read and summarize the prophecies of the esoteric Scrolls of Pythia.</small></p>		<p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-color: grey" margin-bottom: 1.5em;>TLDR: <small>22 traveled to Galik's ArchCrystal Tower to seek defensive knowledge. They became lost in the uniquely engineered structure and had time to read and summarize the prophecies of the esoteric Scrolls of Pythia.</small></p>

	===Lost in the Tower===		===Lost in the Tower===
	Having their will overridden by that of another had distressed 22 when they were captured by [[Bluestone]], and no sooner had Professor Birwubart resolved this threat than had 22's mind been overtaken again -- this time by The One That Waits. In the first instance, 22 had killed their friend Scope, and in the second they had helped to enslave or kill countless others. 22 needed a way to protect their mind from such assaults in the future, and after a brief attempt to learn such skills by studying the ''Path of the Mind'' under Professor Wright at Katharda Academy, they decided to seek more esoteric knowledge, and they embarked for [[Galik]] and the ancient [[The ArchCrystal Tower\|ArchCrystal Tower]].		Having their will overridden by that of another had distressed 22 when they were captured by means of [[Bluestone]], and no sooner had Professor Birwubart resolved this threat than had 22's mind been overtaken again -- this time by [[The One That Waits]]. In the first instance, 22 had killed their friend Scope, and in the second they had helped to enslave or kill countless others. 22 needed a way to protect their mind from such assaults in the future, and after a brief attempt to learn such skills by studying the ''Path of the Mind'' under Professor Wright at Katharda Academy, they decided to seek more esoteric knowledge, and they embarked for [[Galik]] and the ancient [[The ArchCrystal Tower\|ArchCrystal Tower]].

	The tower ~~vast~~ vast and incredible, like Galik itself. As a non-member, 22 was generally allowed only one inquiry per tenday. (Technically they were allowed 24 hours of research time and so could try for a second item if the first one was easily found, but it never took fewer than 15 hours for 22 to find a single item, so this distinction was nominal.) For months, no book met their needs and they decided to hide in the tower to get more time.		The tower was vast and incredible, like Galik itself. As a non-member, 22 was generally allowed only one inquiry per tenday. (Technically they were allowed 24 hours of research time and so could try for a second item if the first one was easily found, but it never took fewer than 15 hours for 22 to find a single item, so this distinction was nominal.) For months, no book met their needs and they decided to hide in the tower to get more time.

	Several weeks earlier, they had discovered a moving bookshelf in a particular room. Now they navigated back to this room and snuck into the passage beyond. From there they found another room where the guards would not know to look for them. -- But the rooms of the ArchCrystal Tower reposition themselves relative to one another as scholars seek various resources, and 22's room shifted to a very inconvenient location where neither the moving bookcase nor the doors led anywhere.		Several weeks earlier, they had discovered a moving bookshelf in a particular room. Now they navigated back to this room and snuck into the passage beyond. From there they found another room where the guards would not know to look for them. -- But the rooms of the ArchCrystal Tower reposition themselves relative to one another as scholars seek various resources, and 22's room shifted to a very inconvenient location where neither the moving bookcase nor the doors led anywhere.
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	<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">[[Within_the_Wicked_Wilds/Player_Recaps/TLDR\|Within the Wicked Wilds]]</h2>, in which 22 returns to Amusa, encounters new companions and threats, and expands their abilities</span>		<span><h2 style="display: inline; border: none; margin: none;">[[Within_the_Wicked_Wilds/Player_Recaps/TLDR\|Within the Wicked Wilds]]</h2>, in which 22 returns to Amusa, encounters new companions and threats, and expands their abilities</span>

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