Lundar's Library

I’ve lately been hearing a number of arguments against trading orga
stones with the ‘Brions, and one of the main concerns seems to be that
the ‘Brions will somehow use the stones against us. Despite the
assurances given by the ‘Brions that the stones will not be used to
harm exiles, some people claim that we who support the trade are
“providing the ‘Brions with powerful weapons.”

To these exiles, I would like to point out that the orga stones
are not “weapons” as they suggest, but teleportation devices. It is not
we who are providing the ‘Brions with Bloodblades and other tools of
combat.

Still, some exiles will argue that the stones could still be
used against us. They argue that with the teleportation stones, the
‘Brions will be able to teleport directly into the heart of Puddleby
itself– along with their powerful minions, and wage a destructive war
against us.

I understand how this might be seen as a plausible threat to
someone who does not understand how an orga stone works, but to those
who do understand the workings of the stone, this scenario is less likely. There are several reasons for this.

1) The orga stones cannot be used to teleport between islands. This
means that the ‘Brions would already have to be on Puddleby island to
teleport into our town.

2) The orga stones must be used to first “mark” the area in
which the user wishes to teleport to. This means that for the ‘Brions
to teleport into Puddleby, they would have to physically walk into town
center, create a “mark”, then return to their troops before teleporting
into town.

3) The orga stones require that all those being teleported must
be cross shared. This limits the number of troops that the ‘Brions
could teleport into town to 30, in addition to the ‘Brions themselves.

While this does not completely remove the possibility of the
stones being used destructively, it does greatly limit their utility to
be used in such fashion.

I’d also like to point out that the ‘Brions have very little
motivation for mounting an attack against Puddleby. The ‘Brions have
never before attacked exiles except in self-defense or in retaliation
to aggression on the part of exiles. For all indications, they wish
only to work with exiles, or otherwise be left alone. There would be
nothing for the ‘Brions to gain by making war against a deathless foe.

Finally, perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind is that we are not trying to wage a war with the ‘Brions. Quite the opposite, we are tying to improve
our diplomatic ties with the ‘Brions by settling the issue of the orga
stones, which has been a sore spot between Puddleby-Brion relations for
the past decade. It is those who oppose the trade and actively work to
hamper our efforts, who threaten to destroy our tenuous relations with
the ‘Brions, and throw Puddleby into open conflict and war.

Day 254, Year 547

The mystic and Ethereal scholar Drablak
reports that he is now able to determine the names of the various
sectors of the Ethereal Plane. The name of the sectors seem to
correspond to precious gems, with names like Ruby, Topaz, Amethyst, and
Emerald. Read more about Drablak’s discovery on his webscrolls.

Day 249, Year 547

Mil’asanti, n. 1. An event which causes a large amount of death, genocide. 2. ELF hunt.

F’nom tan’ki to all the rescuers who helped us escape from Alchemist’s Folly!

Day 242, Year 547

There will be an FMOCR(Full Moon Orga Camp Raid) shortly before noon on
the 62nd of Summer(OOC: around 12am pst today), in which we will
attempt to win a teleportation stone from the Orga for trade with the
‘Brion brothers. All exiles are welcome to come and support our efforts.
***

We did not go through with the FMOCR today because we lacked the
necessary fighter and healer support. Likely we will have better luck
during the next fullmoon, which falls upon a better time than the past
two have.

Afterward, in town, there was a small disscussion between the
proponents and opponents of the trade with the ‘Brions. There were many
good points raised by both parties, as well as a handful of concerns. I
will strive to speak with the ‘Brions regarding these concerns, and
address them here on my scrolls.

Day 232, Year 547

I guess I haven’t been paying much attention to the calendar, because
the Chaos Storm today took me completely by surprise. So far I haven’t
noticed anything new besides a few renovated buildings.

In other news, I’ve now officially moved my webscrolls to this new location. My old scrolls at http://lundar.puddleby.info/
will still be available for a while, as I move all of my old scrolls to
this new shelf space. I’ve already moved most of my scrolls here, and
they can be accessed via the “Navigation” bar on the left side of this
scroll.

Day 229, Year 547

Today the Journeyman Hepta advanced to the station of Full Mystic.
F’nom grudos, Hepta! This promotion is especially special since it is
the first Mystic promotion that has been held in recent years.
Hopefully Hepta will use her newfound powers for the benefit of the
Guild and the exile community. Norm has also written about Hepta’s
promotion on his webscrolls.

The entries for the Puddleby Pie Project can now be viewed on the following scroll.
There are a few great works of art, and the rest of the pieces are
quite amusing. If you donated money to the project, you can vote for
which piece you feel should be displayed in the museum, by sending a
letter to Prue via the Puddleby Post Office, box #1126.

Day 220, Year 547
Today, at my clan’s monthly clan meeting, we discussed having a joint-clan hunt with clan Open Hands in the near future, which sounds exciting. Afterwards, we decided to visit the Trainer’s Grotto in the Orga Outback,
with the help of Delirium, Rincewind, Thalion, Magnels, and Angela, but
we were forced to turn back in Hatred’s Hollow, when Thalion and Yazza
were fried past healing.

Day 219, Year 547

I just got back from a massive raid on the Orga, which nearly lasted a
whole day. It all started around 7:00pm last night, when large forces
of Orga moved into north and south East Field. The Orga forces
consisted of dozens of Orga Rages, Warlocks, and Furies, and we were
hard pressed to keep them at bay, since there were only a handful of us
in the lands at the time.

Eventually we defeated the Orga, but we were far from done yet.
While we had defeated the Orga that were near town, I sensed that there
was some sort of disturbance in the Orga Camp itself. A large party of
exiles soon set off for the Orga Camp, and we encountered hundreds of
Orga all over the Tanglewood, even in the usually safe Meadow.

After several hours of fighting, we were able to push the Orga
back all the way to the snell west of OC. This is where the Orga chose
to make their stand, and it was quite a stand, at that. I don’t think
I’ve ever seen a greater concentration of Orga before in a single
place. Wave after wave of attacks we made against the Orga, and each
time we just barely avoided being completely massacred.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Eventually though, more and more exiles arrived to aid us in our
battle against the Orga, and we slowly made progress. Under the
leadership of the fighter K’pyn, the fighters were organized into three
squads which attacked the Orga relentlessly, while a large group of
healers healed the wounded in the Meadow.

Finally, at around 1:30 in the afternoon today, we were able to
defeat the last of the Orga forces to west of Orga Camp, and by 3:30pm
we had taken the Orga Camp as well. A few exiles ventured into the
Snagglewood, but they did not discover any unusual activity. The rest
of us retired to town, exhausted from the nearly twenty-one hour long
raid.

There still remain many unanswered questions though. Why were
the orga massed in such great numbers? Could it be because we did not
obtain a stone during the last full moon? Also, during the raid, there
was a strange Orga that would push exiles out of the snell west of OC.
Was it being friendly, or was it just trying to clean up the mess?

View a Vision Stone from the raid, and decide for yourself.

Day 213, Year 547

Today, Hrothgar and I investigated the Arachnoid Caverns in search of clues about the Dark Feelings
that some exiles get while visiting the cavern. We started by exploring
the west side of the cavern and worked our way east, leaving no rock
unchecked. We even tried speaking with some of the friendly Arachnoids,
but they didn’t offer us much information. One of the Arachnoids told
us that “The rocks will speak to some who listen, deep below,” but none
of the rocks seemed very talkative.

Afterwards, Hrothgar and I decided to explore the Deep Cavern,
with the aid of Sasha, Aughra, and Thorin. Upon entering, I sensed the
very dark feeling that we had come here for, but we didn’t get to
explore for long because all of us were soon felled by the powerful
Arachnoids. We ended up having to be rescued, and we left the caverns
without learning anything new. The dark feeling remains a mystery.