Corcordant Kitten

The return home to Dragon Keep was almost anticlimatic -- as we destroyed the Aspect, Oleanth managed to alter the cycle of the Isle of Secrets so it would be part of our material plane during the daytime. Thus we were able to Greater Teleport right back home.

Oleanth expressed his gratitude by giving us custody of his Tome of Stuff. For now, I'm keeping it in my laboratory when we're at Dragon Keep, and in my pack when we travel. As it turns out, some more sophisticated defenses may be in order: the day after arriving home, we had an unexpected visitor.

I was in the observatory at the time, relaxing with the familiar patterns of the stars. A guard shouted up the tower shaft that Malakar was under attack near the chapel. I zapped in as quickly as I could using the nearby Platform of Jaunting, and rounded the corner to see a Concordant Killer threatening Malakar and Durthen, as Borrow approached from down the hall. I didn't know a lot about Concordant Killers at the time, but I knew enough to be concerned. Once combat began, it set up a force wall to divide us in half, and incapacitated Borrow and Malakar with a blasphemous word. I dropped the force wall with a disintegrate, but it dispelled most of my efforts to disable it. Finally, in desperation, I attempted to transform it into an Ocelot -- and it worked! Malakar stepped in to pin the angry kitten, and the fight was over.

As we prepared to probe the thoughts of the incarcerated kitty, we were interrupted by another teleporting visitor. I looked up from my spellcasting to see none other than Syneri, the immortal elven archmage and benefactor of humanity. Whoa! Knowing Syneri's legend, I was speechless, but Malakar and Durthen established that he was testing us to see if we were capable of protecting the Tome of Stuff from the Medusan Lords. Apparently Syneri is a member of an anti-medusan-lord capabal called the Ten. (Do they have to rename themselves every time the membership changes, I wonder?)

Syneri is gone now, taking his Concordant Kitten with him. Now our deadline with Witchthorn looms, and we need to raise Livia to face it. I hope she's got a plan!