Enter Alyssa

[Anastasia]

"This is all we have on short notice," Delaize speaks up, "Many others are off adventuring. We're working on contacting them and seeing if we can get them back here, but it'll take time."

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa nods.

"I'll make it short and sweet. We've had a murder as you've all heard. Leyral tried to scry on it and was hit with a curse. Beyond mortal magic. It was Shar. A god is directly involved in a murder in our Order and it's fucking Shar. Our ability to defend against that level of magic is limited, but we need to do whatever we can. All of us need to focus on that. You have your specialties and your schools and followers. Use whatever you need, but we need some kind of defense against this kind of interference."

She shakes her head and slumps a bit.

"But before that, Leyral. The curse is persistent and has blinded him. The Selunite cleric on hand can't do much against it. I'm willing to compromise my spellcasting for the rest of day to cast Wish to break it. I'm powerful, but gods are gods. It's best if we cast it in conjunction. Not all of us need to, but some. We may need someone in reserve to use it to restore his eyes if we're successful. And... If there's further traps on the curse. That'll need to be investigated before we try anything else. Volunteers?

[Anastasia]

"Circle magic?" Ule asks, right to the point.

"I say we leave it to the gods. If they wish to smite Leyral, they can also heal him." Madala replies, brushing back a bit of black hair. "We would be better focusing on own defenses."

Before Delaize can add anything, there's a heavy knocking on the door to the room.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa locks eyes with Madala. "We do not abandon our own."

She turns to the door. "Enter!"

[Anastasia]

A page - a young woman this time, "M-ma'am," she says, "I bring news. Regent Ular is dead - he was slain in the Kingdom of Langersun. A-according to the wizard who went to investigate, it was a ritual sacrifice, ma'am."

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa nods. "Thank you. Continue your duties."

She waits for the page to leave and the door to be closed before continuing. "Now it's not a coincidence. Shar, or those with her favor, are aiming to wipe us out. Leaving it to the gods won't let any of us get away unscathed. You're all competent, get your battlemages together and get a plan for defenses together. If a god is taking a swing at us, we need a way to swing back."

She stands fully upright and folds her arms. "The Red Knight made inquiries about me. I'm going to try to find her on Ysgard. Mount Celestia is having some kind of festival. One of us needs to go there and see about either gaining their alliance or at least information. A proxy diplomat won't do it fast enough. Madala, you and your sorcerers are probably some of the best adventurers we have. I want a team that can head into Ooze on short notice. Pull who you need to from the other towers if need be, but don't gut them from figuring out a defense plan. There's a Githyanki treasure ship somewhere there. We need it. Either for a war chest or trade for favor from Vlaakith. I've already got diviners trying to get the exact location. I want the ship and the treasure."

She looks at the other Regents for a moment. "We're the smallest fish in the biggest fight now. Do what you can, but don't expose yourselves for longer than you need to. A Regent is dead; no one is safe going alone. And one last thing; we need to figure out if Shar has followers here in the Order. Internal strife is something we can't afford right now. Anyone else have anything?"

[Anastasia]

Everyone listens carefully, and when done, "Fine," Madala says it all, "This is not a time for quarreling. I will see that a proper party is chosen for Ooze."

Ule quietly takes this all in and adds, "Alone? Going alone?"

[Iron Dragoon]

"I'll take one other most likely. I'm going to Ysgard. Even if they manage to kill me, I'll be reborn on the dawn. And to be honest, outside of those here, anything able to kill me will go through anyone I take like paper, which means they'll either die first, or I'll be forced to fight around them. Unless anyone has suggestions?"

[Anastasia]

"I'll go," Delaize offers, still quiet. "Anything I can do here can be done by others."

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa nods. "That's it then. Madala, let's get the conjurer's to clear space for you. We know roughly the size of the ship. Let's see if we can get a portal or teleport circle big enough for it out on their test island. If we can get enough of an array put together, you might be able to just land on it, mark it, and pull it back here before anyone knows you're there. Best case scenario. Now, back to Leyral. I'll lead the circle and head off to Ysgard once my Magic's stabilized. Who's going to join me?"

[Anastasia]

To be clear here, Delaize was volunteering to go with you and you said you only want one other person. Unless that changed?

[Iron Dragoon]

Nope. I'm good with him. This is for using Wish to break the curse. I figure it's worth trying.

[Anastasia]

Okay, make a caster level check with Wish.

[Iron Dragoon]

CL check.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+29 : 1 + 29, total 30[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

You throw all your magic at it, altering reality itself...and the curse remains, preserves. You do not break the curse.