GLRP:EMs:Royal Spies:2011:Ordinary Times, Interesting Times

Ordinary Times, Interesting Times

Mission 102, April 5, 2011 - The Synod
With Magnus still recovering from Oswald’s attack the previous week, Sarah Paumera assumed temporary command of the Spies. She presented Adelais who wished to address the group regarding Princess Mirendel.

Adelais informed the Spies that the young platinum had been removed from Castle Britannia since Queen Dawn was no longer available to guide her. Apparently, a vote amongst the Platinum Synod had gone in favor of Mirendel’s placement with an elder of her race. However, the entire Synod hadn’t voted, and Adelais hoped that the Spies might be able to tip the balance in favor of Mirendel remaining at the castle. He said that three votes were all that was needed and then provided a tome containing the names and locations of those the Spies should contact.

The Vote on Mirendel, by Adelais

The first vote-eligible Synod member the Spies encountered was Myroxylon in the library of Terort Skitas. Myroxylon hadn’t voted regarding Mirendel due to being able to see merit in both opinions, and because several books had gone missing from his stash at the library. After questioning how Britannia would educate the Princess, the elder platinum agreed to vote in their favor in exchange for a favor.

The one responsible for the missing books was a lich located several floors below the library, thus Myroxylon asked that the Spies recover his books. When the lich lay dead and the books returned, the Spies were presented with Myroxylon’s vote in the form of a scale.

The next platinum they were to encounter, Cethiba, was found communing with Sudiva on the deepest level of Covetous. While polite about Britannian culture, she was set against Mirendel staying with the Britannians. The Spies did not secure her vote.

The third platinum, Xylosma, they met just west of the labyrinth on the island in the Divide of the Abyss in Malas. This platinum, known as the Silent Watcher because of an inability to speak, used a telepathic crystal for communication. This dragon wished to test the strength and Valor with which the Spies would defend Mirendel against a denizen of the labyrinth, a minotaur totem. The creature’s defeat earned the Spies the platinum’s vote. Only one more was needed.

The last Synod member, Aenvral, was located at the Shine of Honor on Homare-Jima of the Tokuno Islands. He said that protocol indicated that he must test strangers as if they were brothers and sisters, and wished the Spies to take a special oath to care for Mirendel as if she were kin. To do so, the Spies would need to secure an Oath Flower from the Winter Spur. Once the flower was acquired and presented to Aenvral, the Spies swore to protect and love Mirendel as if she was one of their own. Thus the platinum’s vote was earned.

With three votes to tip the balance back towards Mirendel’s continued care at Castle Britannia, the Spies set out to find the elder Cremix. This platinum was found in a canyon in the Serpent’s Spine Mountains north of Britain. When presented with the new votes, the elder seemed perturbed and didn’t believe the Spies had obtained them honestly. When pressed to accept the votes, Cremix lied about the Princess’s whereabouts before admitting he wouldn’t return her. As the Spies readied various weapons, the great dragon’s pretense dropped – for he was not what he appeared. In truth, he was actually a crimson who had slain Cremix and assumed his identity to abduct Mirendel.

The Spies found themselves honoring Aenvral’s oath sooner than expected as they battled the faux Cremix. Upon his demise, a book was found indicating that Princess Mirendel would soon find herself the first meal of a baby crimson soon to be hatched…

The First Meal, by Cherisanth

Mission 103, April 12, 2011 - Blood Wyrm Queen

Dragon Research I, by Edmund Butterfield

Dragon Research II, by Edmund Butterfield

Mission 104, April 19, 2011 - The Fellowship

Crumpled Paper, by Aaron of Trinsic

Honor and Peace!, by Aaron of Trinsic

The Book of Fellowship, by Batlin of Britain

Mission 105, April 26, 2011 - The Xorinite Protocol

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