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India mission summary
Jan. 12th, 2018 08:49 amSolace, Andie, Scout, Riddick, Nessa
The Knights were briefed on their mission by Solace: they were to had to Khajjair, india, to a mountain temple of the elven goddess of dreams, Sehanine, where two moon elf sisters had quarantined themselves to complete a ritual they believed would seal the Veil entirely. A large group had gathered to prevent anyone from entering and disrupting the ritual. They were to investigate the nature of the ritual, and ensure the fanatics didn't injure anyone else.
They spent a week gathering intelligence in the town near the temple, and heard strange reports about the way these cultists were dogmatic to the point of violence. They headed up to the temple itself finally, to find hundreds camped in the way. Riddick caused a distraction, as Andie ran in to scope out the temple, where gifts were left on the steps and discovered a second balcony entrance. Nessa telepathically lifted them up while Riddick continued to fight in the crowd.
Nessa, Faye, and Andie came upon the two elven sisters sitting facing each other at an altar, a glass bladed knife in one of their laps. The girls confronted them, and were told that they were doing a ritual of 'truest sacrifice' to summon the goddess herself to mend the worlds. Nessa brought up that Sehanine was not a goddess who usually supported sacrifice, and Andie talked them into dropping the knife, the two sisters, Aenith and Methenith, crying into each other's arms. Methenith explained that Aenith had had a dream telling them about the ritual, and said that she was willing to die to save thousands from losing their memories and families. Their attempts to reason them out of it went south, and Aenith went for the knife, ready to kill her sister, but Nessa psionically froze her and Andie grabbed the blade. When Aenith unfroze, she sliced at her sister's throat - only to find the knife gone. Methenith was horrified that her sister would have gone through with it and Nessa quietly implored Aenith to tell her sister the truth, having read her dark thoughts.
Aenith admitted that she wanted to be free of her service to Sehanine, a vow she had taken and held to because of her sister, how she had never been able to live up to her. Methenith tearfully told her sister that she would have let her leave if she'd only known, and Nessa ordered Aenith to leave and never come back. Nessa asked Methenith to tell the truth to the cultists gathered outside.
The Knights were briefed on their mission by Solace: they were to had to Khajjair, india, to a mountain temple of the elven goddess of dreams, Sehanine, where two moon elf sisters had quarantined themselves to complete a ritual they believed would seal the Veil entirely. A large group had gathered to prevent anyone from entering and disrupting the ritual. They were to investigate the nature of the ritual, and ensure the fanatics didn't injure anyone else.
They spent a week gathering intelligence in the town near the temple, and heard strange reports about the way these cultists were dogmatic to the point of violence. They headed up to the temple itself finally, to find hundreds camped in the way. Riddick caused a distraction, as Andie ran in to scope out the temple, where gifts were left on the steps and discovered a second balcony entrance. Nessa telepathically lifted them up while Riddick continued to fight in the crowd.
Nessa, Faye, and Andie came upon the two elven sisters sitting facing each other at an altar, a glass bladed knife in one of their laps. The girls confronted them, and were told that they were doing a ritual of 'truest sacrifice' to summon the goddess herself to mend the worlds. Nessa brought up that Sehanine was not a goddess who usually supported sacrifice, and Andie talked them into dropping the knife, the two sisters, Aenith and Methenith, crying into each other's arms. Methenith explained that Aenith had had a dream telling them about the ritual, and said that she was willing to die to save thousands from losing their memories and families. Their attempts to reason them out of it went south, and Aenith went for the knife, ready to kill her sister, but Nessa psionically froze her and Andie grabbed the blade. When Aenith unfroze, she sliced at her sister's throat - only to find the knife gone. Methenith was horrified that her sister would have gone through with it and Nessa quietly implored Aenith to tell her sister the truth, having read her dark thoughts.
Aenith admitted that she wanted to be free of her service to Sehanine, a vow she had taken and held to because of her sister, how she had never been able to live up to her. Methenith tearfully told her sister that she would have let her leave if she'd only known, and Nessa ordered Aenith to leave and never come back. Nessa asked Methenith to tell the truth to the cultists gathered outside.