Striving for 777

[Anastasia]

"A disguise is simplest," Erathaol notes, "As well as a guide who has been there before. Members of Aurora went there, seek their aid and advice."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "Thank you for your wisdom." he says. "If there are any that you believe should have the wisdom of this new spell, please feel free to spread it to them."

[Anastasia]

"It will be done," Erathaol says, and then is gone.

[Nephrite]

Well, he has quite a bit of work to do.

First and foremost, let's send a letter to Aurora to ask for anyone with experience with the Terminal Archives to come visit. If that person also happens to be Hanna, all the better.

Assuming it is not, let's send a separate letter to Hanna to ask her to come and talk about Lathyris and the Lathyris Keystone.

Along with that, can I get a K check on Matomen on Ysgard and CRIMSON?

I am guessing K:L is appropriate, which is 89. If it's a less specialized Knowledge like Planes, then 108. :)

[Anastasia]

CRIMSON just isn't enough to go on. You need more info, it's hardly an unique name.

Matomen is an old, forgotten fortress. However, sometimes it's used by armies on the go as a temporary strong point, and during those times the fortress comes alive. It's situated in an unimportant mountain pass, high up.

[Nephrite]

Moore will see that the letters are sent off, but will make a preparation to visit Matomen fortress!

Whoever wants to go to Ysgard can come with. We'll hit up the Blessing Stone before we go.

[Anastasia]

When you go to the courtyard, you find all four awaiting you.

"Ysgard?" Cresiel begins, looking to Xandra.

"My first guess would be a horde of angry planetars and solars, seeking to right some wrong against Moore, all mistakenly," Xandra says, "Kaja?"

The half dragon smiles rather sharply, "My guess is a reprisal talon from Tiamat. Enough dragons, dragon shamans, wizards, devils and other trash to drown an army in."

To this Jetina smiles, "Moore, Ysgard is guaranteed to have a battle or ten. We're not letting you go unprotected there. Death may not be final is, but it's not hard to take a body off plane. Also, I'd guess on a stampede of angry undead ice kraken from the fjords, all due to Orcus."

[Nephrite]

"...You know, I managed to go to Ysgard just fine the last time and didn't run into anything like that." Moore says with some amount of defiance.

"...It's definitely just going to be some Hellish assassins, by the way." He says with a smile. "I really don't expect anything serious, though."

Assuming everyone wants to go, he will Plane Shift them directly to the fortress.

[Anastasia]

Ting!

You reappear on Celestia. The result is obvious - right now, something is shielding Matomen.

[Nephrite]

Moore blinks as they reappear.

"I wasn't quite expecting that, I admit. Very well, we'll just have to go somewhere nearby and go up." He says.

He will try and aim for whatever the unimportant mountain pass' actual mountain is named.

[Anastasia]

It's Jaggard Peaks, if you were curious.

You appear high up, on a high mountain cliffside, a small cave behind the five of you. It's sharply cold here, the air immediately thin - if not for your necklace you're sure you'd have a bad time. All about you is snow and ice, the sky a brilliant blue and all around and below you are vast mountainscapes.

[Nephrite]

"So whatever's going on is enough to block teleportation. Some sort of battle, I wonder?" Moore asks. "Do any of you need planar protections while we're up here?"

[Anastasia]

"We're fine," Jetina says, "Kaja?"

"I'll say something if I get lightheaded," he replies, "I can manage this."

[Nephrite]

"The good news is we can just fly the rest of the way. Maybe we'll be able to see what's going on." He says.

Moore proceeds towards Matomen through the air!

You even get a pre-emptive d100.
[blockquote]Rolled 1d100 : 53, total 53[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

Gimme a Spot check? Matters.