Among the Mages

- Rockwall library vs. Dallas Library - Benchmark workout for Crossfit - Lady Ellilune did indeed send the fire snakes that started this whole thing - The porter's name is Broll, he has been the porter for six years. - He sometimes consents to having her test her spells on her. - The previous porter passed away in a boating accident. - He's obviously very loyal to the Lady, has no qualms about her being an elf ruling over an area of humans, and has no memory of the transformation into a plant / human undead thing, and does not believe the group when they try to tell him about it. - She does not want to get into what happened to the elf on the stone altar, but she does know about the Temple to Chemosh. She does not venture inside it. She recommends that the group not venture into it as she believes they would get themselves killed. - She asks that they bring her the focus he is using to collect his power and says that if he is killed the spell collecting the power would...

- Alex's Skydiving accident story and video - Dan's poor face - Chode - Up a spiral staircase in a branch off the main tower, the party is led to a suite that has a main sitting area and small sleeping cubbies - Acta casts Detect Magic to check for scrying spells - The door is the only things that has been magicked. It will not open. - There is discussion. - Sariel turns into a tiny lizard and squeezes under the door. There are thick vines growing over the door preventing it from opening. Also, the wooden stairs at the end of the stone landing are gone. There is a good 30' drop to the next landing. - Neil takes off his hat and Luca holds his ankles while he leans out of the window to see what he can see there. It's pretty much what you would expect with a view of mostly the ocean, but still some visibility to the village as well. Since the room is in a smaller tower jutting off the main trunk, after about 10' or 15' the wall angles back and becomes a st...

- A month is too long! - Birthday strawberry custard - double birthdays - Late start do to some people leveling at the "table" - Quick strategy session ret-conned into the walk up to the Lady's tower. - Lady Ellilune suspects Valador of being the source of the drain on the Holimion - Valador is Lord Barkridge - She is definitely enchanting / thralling the local human population in order to gain access to their life force as a power source - She asks if they have heard of Chemondoro, which may be the most potent power source on the continent. - It is a lost, magical city said to be protected by enchantments to keep out interlopers. - It is not in the Great Forest of which a subset is the Holimion Forest. - Ellilune says that she believes they should side with her against Valador Barkridge, who she believes is trying to find Chemondoro for his own gain. - Neil gets the impression that she is sincere in what she is saying, but she is definitely keeping back some ...