#ardowin

[MALE SCHOOL PEOPLE, FEMALE SCHOOL PEOPLE] Na na na heia na Na hi ja na Na heia heia na ja No a (Na ha) Ha na hei o no a na (Ja na) Ha ha ja (Ha ha ja) No a no no a heia no (Na ja na va ja) No a no no a heia no (Na ja va na) No a no no a no (Na va ja na va)

[SCHOOL PEOPLE] Na na na heia na Na hi ja na

[YOUNG HORACE] Do you wanna see a scroll-case? Come on! Let's go and play!

[YOUNG PATHOCLES] I could cover this whole place in snow! I'm not supposed to, though

[YOUNG HORACE] (spoken) Yeah

(sung) Just do it anyway! Do it for your best friend! Cato, please

(spoken) Oh please!

(sung) I can't do the things you do!

(spoken) That's what I'm talking about!

[YOUNG PATHOCLES] You really want to see a scroll-case?

[YOUNG HORACE, spoken] You know I do!

[YOUNG CATO] We'll stay up late and read that scroll-case!

[YOUNG HORACE, spoken] Yes!

[YOUNG HORACE & YOUNG PATHOCLES] Me and you

[SCHOOL PEOPLE] Na na hi ja na Na na hi ja na

Once there was a School Beloved by all A Professor-Librarian, and three students And the story starts When they were small

[MASTERPLASMA, spoken] Students what have you been up to?

[SCHOOL PEOPLE] Cato was a special child From his first frozen tear His magic filled his teacher's hearts With so much love and fear

[MASTERPLASMA, spoken] Pathocles, no! What did we say?

[YOUNG CATO, spoken] Magic must stay a secret

[MASTERPLASMA, spoken] There are just some things we can't do in public

[YOUNG HORACE, spoken] Like run naked in the breeze!

[YOUNG PATHOCLES & MASTERPLASMA spoken] Horace!

[YOUNG HORACE] Let the sun shine on! Let our hearts be light Like this perfect, happy, shiny, summer day!

[MASTERPLASMA] Let the sun shine on

[YOUNG HORACE] 'Cause it's all alright

[MASTERPLASMA & YOUNG CATO] Together we can keep the storm at bay

[YOUNG HORACE & YOUNG PATHOCLES] One, two, three together Clap together, snap together You and me together Knees together, freeze together! Up or down together Students learn together Always be together You and me!

[SCHOOL PEOPLE] Once there was a library With secrets to keep As rulers in a land Where respect for the books Runs deep

[YOUNG HORACE, spoken] Freeze my butt!

[MALE SCHOOL PEOPLE, FEMALE SCHOOL PEOPLE] And so the noble library (Na na hi) Is ever of concern (Ja na) And people love the students' (Na na hi ja) And watch them as they learn

[SCHOOL PEOPLE] Let the sun shine on! Let our lives be free Let the promise of our land be sure and strong Let our hearts be warmed by this library All the winter long!

[MALE SCHOOL PEOPLE, FEMALE SCHOOL PEOPLE] No a no no a heia no (Na ja na va ja) No a no no a heia no (Na ja va na)

[SCHOOL PEOPLE] Na va ja na va

Let the sun shine on Over Ardowin! Let the books be strong Let your learning be true Bless our students fair Whom we love so well! We will look to you

The Starfields is the more pleasant name given to the space between the planes. Also referred to as Inaloc (meaning “Where Nothing Waits” in ancient Celestial), the Starfields are vast stretches of stars and floating debris. It is said to linger in the background of the night sky of Ardowin, with many claiming the dimmest stars are actually peeking through the Veil into Inaloc.

The only people who have glimpsed into Inaloc have gone mad shortly thereafter, often either destroying themselves and their work relating to it or vanishing from society entirely, possibly having found a way to transport themselves there, though no documentation of successful transport of any kind of matter from the Starfields has been confirmed.

What is known is that interplanar travel somehow interacts with the Starfields, using the place as a sort of tunnel between worlds. In fact, the first recorded confirmation of a mortal witnessing Inaloc was in the midst of a terrible teleportation mishap. Thus, those with the ability to safely interact with that space, such as the Icons, can monitor it for signs of massive interplanar movement, signalling the arrival of a large number of entities (or perhaps one very powerful one).

Hey there, now it may not say, but I think I know my good pal Chiti's twang even just written out. I sure do love that Unicorn, I tend to whisper my prayers, I guess with us being storytelling folks, it feels special to also take a moment just to myself to be reverent and worship her magical light. As we go into the cursed lands, I like to light a little candle, and speak a prayer to the Unicorn, telling her how hearing her stories bolster me in these shadowy lands, how I miss my Cuculi family, how I hope they are doing ok. I tend to say a simple prayer at the end of the day.

Yvette - 4 stiff cocktails; she's mean, tough, and now seemingly insane.

Korrin - a twelve pack of imported beer; not even sure how this would work, but it has potential, honestly they remind Penny of people from her past as a diplomat-in-training. What is Korrin if not a Champion/Avatar/Ambassador of this Catatrophe Dragon?

Horace - a case of fine Elven wine; I favor friendship based on academic interest into Horace's experience with occult, less than researched magic and his soft-spoken disposition rather than seeing him like that.

Chiti - 2 vodka crans; that outrider is both interested in theater and handsome with that damn hat and natural charisma. Seems he has a charm that grounds the people 'round him. Reads of a casual fling.

Lorelei - two shots of dwarven whiskey for liquid courage just to ask; I've fumbled it a few times and she seems to be not looking in my direction at the time but she seems like someone I could have something serious with. Given the casual intimacy that she seems to be in the headspace for that I'm comfortable with doing, but less experienced in that type of relationship myself; I'm nervous about opening that part of myself. But hey, it's a leap of faith with these types of things.

Lottie - Six shots of Kobold-branded tequila; Lottie was kind and deeply committed to their cause of saving the Cuculi. Any intimacy there feels like a distraction from her cause and her clear bond with Horace.

Class: Lots

Level: Always

Background: Graduate of Khardûn Academy of Artifice and Arcana

Friend of: Lady Elovir Nadara and Lord Ardan Nadara, Davian Alabaster, Saevel/Roshia Izari, Grimrock Thunderbrew, Qusay Masaharta, Carl

Family: Idiots

Occupation: Lord High Artificer of TukGupland and Townmaster of Tukville.

Currently: Kicking Devil butt in the Greatwyrm’s Pass

GupGup (He/They)

Class: Skipped, cause they’re lame

Level: In the heat of battle

Background: Blood and Bones

Friend of: Khardûnian royalty and the scrawny bunch that defeated that white lady

Family: Small

Occupation: Supreme Warmaster of TukGupland and also of Gupton