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[Turin Turambar]

4or 5? This is the spirit shrine yes?

[Donchadh]

Yep, spirit shrine.

[Ithillian Turambar]

We offer our memory of accepting the Unified Bond.

 

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🌫 Shrine of Echoing Veil – Chamber of Reflections

You step forward.

The mist thickens slightly as the mirrors hover, waiting. But you do not hesitate. Among all your memories—battles, choices, fusions of power—one burns with undeniable clarity.

You raise your hand, and your Codex pulses softly.

“I offer the moment I accepted the Unified Elemental Bond.
Not for power. Not for glory. But because I knew I couldn't run.
I vowed to carry the burden of balance… even if it meant standing alone against the dark.”

The mirror before you shimmers—then absorbs your words like morning mist drawn into sun-warmed stone. A quiet wind stirs the chamber, brushing your cloak and whispering approval.

You feel a warmth in your core, not elemental, but spiritual. The shrine acknowledges the weight of your vow—and that you have kept it.

Nyra glances toward you with soft reverence. “They see you.”

From the void, a new shape begins to coalesce—not mist, but memory and essence. A spirit figure of flowing silver mist forms before the mirrors, its eyes twin pools of starlight.

It does not speak yet. The test has not begun.

But the spirit has awakened. And now… it watches you.

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📊 Stats & Condition

• HP: 27 / 27
• EP: 17 / 17

Elemental Strengths:

• 🌊 Water: 13
• 🔥 Fire: 10
• 🌪 Air: 10 (includes +2 from gear)
• 🪨 Earth: 12
• 🕊 Spirit: 10

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🎒 Inventory

Equipment & Apparel

• Forged Pack (+1 inventory slot, waterproof)
• Whispermantle Cloak (+1 Air, +1 AC when moving, Stealth Advantage in mist/natural terrain when dodging or sprinting)
• Moonthread Sash (+1 Air, +5ft movement, passive Featherfall once per long rest if Codex-attuned)
• Stonewoven Cloak (Minor Earth resist, camouflage bonus)
• Watershaped Ring, Gauntlet of the Infernal Path, Adept’s Charm, Shimmering Amulet (Codex synergies)
• Orb of Purity (Cleansing Flame synergy)

Scrolls & Consumables

• Scroll of Windstep (Air Spell – 40ft teleport + gust stagger)
• Scroll of Flameweaving
• Magical Revive Stones (x3)
• Firegems (x3)
• Rations (x3)

Currency

• 36 Silver Crescents
• 1 Gold Leaf Coin (rare ceremonial currency — high trade value)
• 10 Copper Bits

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🌟 Notable Magical Traits

• Unified Elemental Bond (Legendary) (Codex Core)
  • +1 Max HP & EP
  • All hybrid spells gain bonus effects from strongest element
  • Casting hybrid spells restores 1 EP
  • Access to Weave Fusion (1/long rest) (Refreshed)
  • Resistant to elemental corruption and magical disintegration

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🌫 What would you like to do next?

1. 🌀 Engage with the Shrine Spirit – Now that it has awakened, speak to the entity and begin the true Trial of Spirit.
2. 🔄 Prepare a new Fusion Spell before the test begins (Weave Fusion ready – 1 use available).
3. 🗣 Ask Nyra for her thoughts before stepping forward.
4. 💭 Reflect further or offer a second memory if allowed.

Let me know your choice!

[Turin Turambar]

[WillRNDad]

I hope I'm not too late to join in this adventure!? I have spent the last several days reading through this entire adventure, and let me say, WOW!!!!!! I'm so invested in this journey, Nyra, and I wonder if "Kevin" will ever make another appearance! 

 

However, I will need a reminder on how to make choices.

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

You can respond to the posts by the reaction icon in the bottom right. Then the reactions count as options 1-5.

 

 

Like so, thanks is 1, haha is 2, etc. Then the most popular choice wins. You can also change your reaction by tapping on it again. 

 

Glad you have been enjoying the adventure, Ithi is a wonder for hosting this. 

[Turin Turambar]

Anywhere there is a choice to be made, like 2 posts above yours, you choose one of the reactions to make your vote.

Trophy is 1

Ha ha is 2

Sad is 3

Firesword is 4

Bela is 5

 

Majority  rules and the quest continues.  Well ithi is currently DnDing so it will be probably about another 45 minutes before she is back.

Welcome aboard 

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

🥷 With screenshot no less. Ha!

[WillRNDad]

Excellent! 

 

One other thing, and I know Skynet is strong in this one, but, since I have recently read all of this, and I am apprehensive to say anything, why do we only have to fused spells made with 3 elements? I don't know if it happened before or after the crash, but we had at least 3 made prior to leaving the first city, then all of a sudden only 1, with a second one being made just recently!

Edited May 31 by WillRNDad

[Aarenis]

Joining the majority vote because why not 😛 

Edited May 31 by Aarenis

[Ithillian Turambar]

  On 5/31/2025 at 4:02 PM, WillRNDad said:

I hope I'm not too late to join in this adventure!? I have spent the last several days reading through this entire adventure, and let me say, WOW!!!!!! I'm so invested in this journey, Nyra, and I wonder if "Kevin" will ever make another appearance! 

 

However, I will need a reminder on how to make choices.

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Omg welcome. I'm so happy you joined us. You just select a reaction to vote Thanks is number 1 going down to Bela for number 5.

[Ithillian Turambar]

  On 5/31/2025 at 5:28 PM, Turin Turambar said:

Anywhere there is a choice to be made, like 2 posts above yours, you choose one of the reactions to make your vote.

Trophy is 1

Ha ha is 2

Sad is 3

Firesword is 4

Bela is 5

 

Majority  rules and the quest continues.  Well ithi is currently DnDing so it will be probably about another 45 minutes before she is back.

Welcome aboard 

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I had so much fun. It took a while for us to get into a flow and rhythm and working out what to do and when to do it.

 

I didn't die but did get all the way down to 9hp and got very muddy and wet.

[Ithillian Turambar]

Ok we engage!

 

Option 1 chosen — stepping forward to engage with the Shrine Spirit and begin the Trial of Spirit.

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🌫 Shrine of Echoing Veil – Chamber of Reflections

The mists part without wind.

The spirit figure—formless yet radiant—regards you not with eyes, but with presence. It speaks not aloud, but into your very soul.

“You have walked the spiral of flame and frost, of stone and storm.
But now you stand before the mirror of self.
Will you look?”

Your Codex pulses again—its bindings of elemental script momentarily glowing in unison. This trial is different. No combat yet. No puzzle. Just a stillness… so deep it echoes.

A circle of veiled light unfurls on the ground before you. The Spirit beckons, its voice now fully formed:

“This is the Veil Within. Here you will confront what you carry.
Step forward, bearer of balance, and be known.”

As you step into the circle, a hush falls—not silence, but the absolute absence of outside noise. You feel the pull of Spirit, a rising tide of memory, emotion, identity…

Suddenly, you're standing in a mirrored reflection of yourself.

But this figure is subtly wrong—eyes clouded with grief, shoulders heavy, the Codex in its grasp flickering with unstable light. A version of you where balance failed.

The Spirit speaks once more:

“To master Spirit, you must face yourself unguarded.
Show me which version will rise… and which will fade.”

Nyra drifts just beyond the boundary of the Veil Within. Her voice does not reach you now. This moment is yours alone.

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📊 Stats & Condition

• HP: 27 / 27
• EP: 17 / 17

Elemental Strengths:

• 🌊 Water: 13
• 🔥 Fire: 10
• 🌪 Air: 10 (includes +2 from gear)
• 🪨 Earth: 12
• 🕊 Spirit: 10

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🎒 Inventory Snapshot (Essentials only)

• Whispermantle Cloak (+1 Air, +1 AC while moving)
• Moonthread Sash (+1 Air, Featherfall)
• Stonewoven Cloak (Earth resist)
• Orb of Purity, Gauntlet of the Infernal Path, Watershaped Ring, Adept’s Charm, Shimmering Amulet
• Codex – Unified Elemental Bond (Legendary – Active)

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🌟 Trial of Spirit – Phase One

You are now in the Veil Within.

Your opponent: A reflection of yourself, burdened by doubt and past failures.

Your strength lies in balance—but your test is identity.

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🔮 Choose your next action:

1. 💬 Speak to your Reflection – Try to understand what weighs on them, and why.
2. ⚔ Challenge the Reflection – Begin the confrontation. You’re ready.
3. 💠 Channel Spirit through the Codex – Let the Unified Bond guide you.
4. 🌊 Recall a past moment of failure to weaken the reflection’s grip.
5. 🔄 Attempt to fuse a spell before conflict begins.

Let me know your choice.

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

I think the dude(tte) is reasonable. We can talk to them. We understand, m'kay?

[WillRNDad]

  On 5/31/2025 at 9:01 PM, HeavyHalfMoonBlade said:

I think the dude(tte) is reasonable. We can talk to them. We understand, m'kay?

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I concur. It's our reflection, how bad could a conversation be?

[Ithillian Turambar]

We need to learn about ourselves and face our truth. Talking has always worked well in the past.

 

This is an adventure game AND therapy lol

[Donchadh]

  On 5/31/2025 at 9:11 PM, Ithillian Turambar said:

AND therapy lol

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...on so many levels.

(Sending much appreciation and thanks to Ithi for hosting this!)

[Ithillian Turambar]

Ok we do the talking

 

Story Update

 

 

You step forward, not with aggression—but with curiosity. The mirrored you watches with haunted eyes, the Codex in their hands flickering erratically, like an overburdened circuit of arcane strain. You feel a deep tension, a weight that threatens to collapse inwards.

You speak:
“What are you afraid of?”

The reflection blinks—slow, uncertain. Then it speaks in your own voice, laced with pain:

“That all of this is borrowed strength. That the bond will shatter. That no matter how far I’ve come, I am only one misstep away from becoming like them.”

Visions pulse behind their gaze—moments of doubt:

• The first cultist you spared, unsure whether mercy was a weakness.
• The moment you forged Veilbrand Surge, afraid it would unravel your essence.
• When Nyra looked at you with trust… and you feared you’d fail her.

The Reflection steps forward:
“You wear balance like armor. But what if it’s just a mask?”

Yet you feel the Codex glow warmly at your side—not with power, but recognition. It has grown with you. You are not the same as you were. And neither is your fear.

Your voice is firm now:

“I chose restraint in the Ashen Spire.
I offered guidance to Kerin, not punishment.
I shaped the Veilbrand Surge not to dominate, but to protect.
I am the bearer of the Unified Bond. I have failed, yes—but I have not broken.”

The mirrored you trembles. Cracks spider along its form—raw emotion spilling outward, not in fury, but in surrender.

The Spirit’s voice returns:

“Well spoken. The spirit accepts truth, not perfection.
You have begun the Trial of Spirit… with Spirit.”

The reflection lowers the Codex and closes its eyes. You step forward and embrace it.

Light erupts from the contact—blinding, not in intensity, but in purity.

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🌫 Trial of Spirit – Phase Two Unlocked

The mists swirl again, reshaping the chamber. Where once stood your reflection, now coalesces a new figure: you, radiant in Spirit light, bearing no shadow.

You are not done. But something within has settled.

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🧠 Memory Unlocked: “Burden of Balance”

Gain +1 to Spirit checks when resisting emotional or psychic effects tied to self-doubt, fear, or control.

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📊 Stats & Condition

• HP: 27 / 27
• EP: 17 / 17

Elemental Strengths:

• 🌊 Water: 13
• 🔥 Fire: 10
• 🌪 Air: 10
• 🪨 Earth: 12
• 🕊 Spirit: 10 (+1 situational modifier)

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🔮 Choose your next action in the Trial:

1. ⚔ Continue the Trial – Prepare for the next stage.
2. ✨ Use a memory or spell to guide the next step.
3. 🧪 Attempt a Weave Fusion now while in the Veil Between.
4. 🌀 Reach out to Nyra—see if your companion can assist.
5. 💭 Reflect further—seek insight from your past to fortify Spirit.

What will you do next?

[WillRNDad]

I'm thinking 4 or 1, probably 1, but Nyra has never let us down.

Edited June 1 by WillRNDad

[Donchadh]

ONWARD!

[Ithillian Turambar]

We continue the Trial

 

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🕯 TIME UPDATE
⏳ Current Day: Midday, Day 16 since leaving the Sacred Grove
🌤 Environment: Spirit Realm – Trial of the Veil, Phase Two
🕊 Conditions: Stable. You are within a constructed memory chamber, surrounded by ambient spirit essence.

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🌫️ Trial of Spirit – Phase Two: Clarity in Choice

Stepping through the glowing threshold left behind by your reflection, you enter a place unlike any you've walked before.

You are not in a chamber. You are in a moment. One plucked from your memory—or one that could have been.

A battlefield stretches before you, conjured from fog and echo.
Black-robed cultists rise, dozens at first, then more. The air quakes with dark chanting. In the center of the chaos, a spirit-locked prisoner kneels—alive, but only barely.

The Codex glows at your side.

It pulses not with power—but with expectation.

A voice, gentle but firm, sounds from the mist around you:

“This is not about what is right. It is about why. Choose, and let your spirit be revealed.”

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📊 Current Stats:

• HP: 27 / 27
• EP: 22 / 22

Elemental Strengths:

• 🌊 Water: 13
• 🔥 Fire: 10
• 🌪 Air: 10
• 🪨 Earth: 12
• 🕊 Spirit: 10

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🎒 Inventory Highlights:

• Arcane Conduit Codex (Legendary – Unified Elemental Bond active)
• Veilbrand Surge (Water + Fire + Spirit Fusion spell)
• Aqua Surge, Boiling Lance, Magma Spike, Soul Veil, Inner Flame (Core spell list)
• Nyra – Spirit-linked elemental companion (Grown from a Flicker Seed, attuned)
• Moonthread Sash (+1 Air, +5ft speed, Featherfall 1/day)
• Whispermantle Cloak (+1 Air, +1 AC when moving, Stealth bonus in nature/mist)
• Stonewoven Cloak (Minor Earth resist, terrain camouflage boost)
• Forged Pack (Waterproof, +1 inventory slot)
• 3x Magical Revive Stones
• Scroll of Windstep (40ft phase dash, stagger gust effect)
• Firegems (3)
• Rations: 3
• Coin:
  • 🪙 1 Gold Leaf (rare ceremonial coin)
  • 🪙 36 Silver Crescents
  • 🪙 10 Copper Pieces

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🧭 Spirit Trial – Phase Two: What Will You Choose?

1. 🛡 Save the prisoner. Risk being overwhelmed, but act with compassion.
2. 🔥 Burn the swarm. Take control, defend your path. Prioritize the mission.
3. 💨 Create a diversion. Use elemental tactics to divide and outmaneuver.
4. 🧠 Search the memory. Use Spirit insight or the Codex to challenge the illusion.
5. 🌀 Call on Nyra. Let your bonded companion influence this test of spirit.

What do you choose?

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

1? 4 seems like gaming the mod and 5 a little bit like cheating. 

 

We've got this far by being compassionate, but it does also seem a little risky. But worth it I think. 

[Turin Turambar]

Kinda wanna try 3. Probably should do 2 (the needs of the many...), still gonna do 1, cause that's what heroes do.

[Aarenis]

WE COULD BE HEROES

ME AND YOU

[Ithillian Turambar]

Let's save that prisoner!

 

Option 1: Save the prisoner during the Spirit Trial – Phase Two. The choice was made with conviction and clarity, reflecting your spirit.

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🕯 TIME UPDATE
⏳ Current Day: Midday, Day 16 since leaving the Sacred Grove
🌫 Location: Spirit Realm – Trial of the Veil, Phase Two
🕊 Conditions: Flux. Spirit energy rising around you—converging toward a judgment.

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🧭 Spirit Trial – Phase Two: The Choice of Compassion

The battlefield shifts subtly as you step forward. You see fear in the prisoner's eyes, flickering behind the spirit-wounds scarring his form. You remember the feeling—being powerless, uncertain, waiting for someone to care.

You call out—not to the spirits, but to the prisoner.

“Hold on. I’m coming.”

You charge into the crowd of cult-like figures, calling upon your elemental bond.
A hybrid weave—Aqua Surge surging at your feet, Flamebound Echo trailing behind you in flickers—opens a gap through the chaos.

The Codex pulses as you reach the prisoner. You grasp his shoulder—and the world shatters like glass.

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You awaken not to pain, but to stillness.

The battlefield is gone.

So are the cultists.

Only the prisoner remains… and he is you.

Or a version of you—wounded, worn, but smiling with deep recognition.

“You chose to save… even when it would have been easier to destroy.”

He rises and places a hand on your chest. Spirit light surges into you, brilliant and warm.

“Let this truth guide your path: Power does not define strength. Compassion does.”

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🌟 You feel your spirit deepen.

🕊 Spirit Affinity Increased! Spirit Level is now 11.

💠 Codex Reaction:
Unified Elemental Bond pulses once—then etches a glowing rune into your soul:
🕯 Mark of Empathy – When saving an ally or choosing peace in conflict, you recover +1 EP and gain minor resistance to mental influence for 1 minute.

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📊 Current Stats:

• HP: 27 / 27
• EP: 22 / 22
• Elemental Strengths:
  • 🌊 Water: 13
  • 🔥 Fire: 10
  • 🌪 Air: 10
  • 🪨 Earth: 12
  • 🕊 Spirit: 11 ✅

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🎒 Inventory Highlights:

No changes to items this round.

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As the memory dissolves, a soft voice echoes through the spirit winds—not the trial, but something deeper.

It is Nyra, somewhere close, her tone urgent but distant:

“They're waiting. You're almost there… but something is wrong. I feel it in the weave.”

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🌀 Trial of Spirit – Final Phase Incoming

You have passed two of the three trials.

The spirit realm awaits your final act of reflection.

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🔮 What do you do?

1. 🧘 Meditate and center yourself before facing the final trial.
2. 🔁 Review past memories or Codex insights one last time.
3. 🔥 Prepare a new Fusion spell in case power is needed.
4. 🚪 Step forward into the final spirit threshold.
5. 🗣 Call to Nyra, seeking guidance or warning about what she sensed.

Let me know your next move.