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Matt: Text replacement - "Conclave" to "Conclave"

2026-01-16T09:38:23Z

Text replacement - "Conclave" to "Conclave"

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	* '''Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides insight into the situation'''		* '''Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides insight into the situation'''
	* '''There is still no sign of why this blight appeared'''		* '''There is still no sign of why this blight appeared'''
	The blight itself is clearly a curse, and Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides some limited answers. The curse sucks all the life out of the land, turning it into a desert of ash and dust. It is spread by the desiccated monsters - dry patricians and ashwalkers alike. It will last indefinitely if nobody interferes. It can be removed, but it will require a lot of water, and the desiccated monsters will need to be dealt with first. It can be made worse if more people go into the area, become infected with the curse of the Parched, and turn into monsters themselves. It would also be made worse if any ritual that desiccates, dries, or destroys water were laid over the area (such as [[The Flower is Withered on the Stalk]], coincidentally just entered into [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial lore]] by the [[~~Conclave\|~~Conclave]]). The curse ultimately comes from the dry monsters themselves; they spread it.		The blight itself is clearly a curse, and Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides some limited answers. The curse sucks all the life out of the land, turning it into a desert of ash and dust. It is spread by the desiccated monsters - dry patricians and ashwalkers alike. It will last indefinitely if nobody interferes. It can be removed, but it will require a lot of water, and the desiccated monsters will need to be dealt with first. It can be made worse if more people go into the area, become infected with the curse of the Parched, and turn into monsters themselves. It would also be made worse if any ritual that desiccates, dries, or destroys water were laid over the area (such as [[The Flower is Withered on the Stalk]], coincidentally just entered into [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial lore]] by the [[Conclave]]). The curse ultimately comes from the dry monsters themselves; they spread it.

	The curse on the monsters - the ''Navigators of the Waste'' and the ''Parched'' - provides similar results. They are a vector for a curse, and it fills them up with Winter magic. The curse will last indefinitely unless it is removed. It can be removed with ritual magic - Words of Ending for the ''Dry Patricians'', Turns the Circle for the ''Ashwalkers''. Rituals that desiccate or destroy water will make the curse worse, just as they will worsen the blight itself. The curse has come from the Winter realm itself - not an eternal but from the magical realm sometimes called the Wasteland. How it got from there to here, Wisdom of the Balanced Blade does not reveal.		The curse on the monsters - the ''Navigators of the Waste'' and the ''Parched'' - provides similar results. They are a vector for a curse, and it fills them up with Winter magic. The curse will last indefinitely unless it is removed. It can be removed with ritual magic - Words of Ending for the ''Dry Patricians'', Turns the Circle for the ''Ashwalkers''. Rituals that desiccate or destroy water will make the curse worse, just as they will worsen the blight itself. The curse has come from the Winter realm itself - not an eternal but from the magical realm sometimes called the Wasteland. How it got from there to here, Wisdom of the Balanced Blade does not reveal.

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Conclave" to "[[Conclave"

2026-01-15T16:05:05Z

Text replacement - "[[Imperial Conclave" to "[[Conclave"

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	<div style="float:left; width: 400px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=The Blight.jpg\|align=left\|caption=The dead land has no life, no colour, no water. Only a parched and arid wasteland remains.\|width=400}}</div>		<div style="float:left; width: 400px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=The Blight.jpg\|align=left\|caption=The dead land has no life, no colour, no water. Only a parched and arid wasteland remains.\|width=400}}</div>
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	Following the Autumn Equinox last year, a strange blight was found to be growing at the heart of the Great Grasses in Madruga. Following a [[384YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_167\|timely warning]] from the Freeborn Assembly, [[Enchanted#The_Thirsty_Grasses\|initial investigations]] discovered that the blight was home to, and being spread by, horrible desiccated monsters that might once have been human. The [[hakima]] who first examined the site asked the [[~~Imperial~~ Conclave]] to send one of the [[Conclave order\|orders]] to help them. '''Fausta Ankarien''', [[Grandmaster]] of the [[Silver Chalice]], [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Conclave_sessions#Concord:_Silver_Chalice_and_Madruga\|volunteered their own order]] to offer assistance, and the Conclave concurred. The [[Archmage of Spring]], '''Ibiss Briarheart''' also asked [[Ossegrahn\|Lord Rain]] to provide aid if he could, and while [[Rain king\|busy all over the Empire]] following the invocation of an [[Hallow of the Green World\|Imperial enchantment]], he duly sent some of his friends and heralds to see how they could help.		Following the Autumn Equinox last year, a strange blight was found to be growing at the heart of the Great Grasses in Madruga. Following a [[384YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_167\|timely warning]] from the Freeborn Assembly, [[Enchanted#The_Thirsty_Grasses\|initial investigations]] discovered that the blight was home to, and being spread by, horrible desiccated monsters that might once have been human. The [[hakima]] who first examined the site asked the [[Conclave]] to send one of the [[Conclave order\|orders]] to help them. '''Fausta Ankarien''', [[Grandmaster]] of the [[Silver Chalice]], [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Conclave_sessions#Concord:_Silver_Chalice_and_Madruga\|volunteered their own order]] to offer assistance, and the Conclave concurred. The [[Archmage of Spring]], '''Ibiss Briarheart''' also asked [[Ossegrahn\|Lord Rain]] to provide aid if he could, and while [[Rain king\|busy all over the Empire]] following the invocation of an [[Hallow of the Green World\|Imperial enchantment]], he duly sent some of his friends and heralds to see how they could help.

	As the Spring Equinox draws closer, the results of the extended investigation and efforts to deal with the blight bear some dry, bitter fruit.		As the Spring Equinox draws closer, the results of the extended investigation and efforts to deal with the blight bear some dry, bitter fruit.
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	* '''Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides insight into the situation'''		* '''Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides insight into the situation'''
	* '''There is still no sign of why this blight appeared'''		* '''There is still no sign of why this blight appeared'''
	The blight itself is clearly a curse, and Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides some limited answers. The curse sucks all the life out of the land, turning it into a desert of ash and dust. It is spread by the desiccated monsters - dry patricians and ashwalkers alike. It will last indefinitely if nobody interferes. It can be removed, but it will require a lot of water, and the desiccated monsters will need to be dealt with first. It can be made worse if more people go into the area, become infected with the curse of the Parched, and turn into monsters themselves. It would also be made worse if any ritual that desiccates, dries, or destroys water were laid over the area (such as [[The Flower is Withered on the Stalk]], coincidentally just entered into [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial lore]] by the [[~~Imperial~~ Conclave\|Conclave]]). The curse ultimately comes from the dry monsters themselves; they spread it.		The blight itself is clearly a curse, and Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides some limited answers. The curse sucks all the life out of the land, turning it into a desert of ash and dust. It is spread by the desiccated monsters - dry patricians and ashwalkers alike. It will last indefinitely if nobody interferes. It can be removed, but it will require a lot of water, and the desiccated monsters will need to be dealt with first. It can be made worse if more people go into the area, become infected with the curse of the Parched, and turn into monsters themselves. It would also be made worse if any ritual that desiccates, dries, or destroys water were laid over the area (such as [[The Flower is Withered on the Stalk]], coincidentally just entered into [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial lore]] by the [[Conclave\|Conclave]]). The curse ultimately comes from the dry monsters themselves; they spread it.

	The curse on the monsters - the ''Navigators of the Waste'' and the ''Parched'' - provides similar results. They are a vector for a curse, and it fills them up with Winter magic. The curse will last indefinitely unless it is removed. It can be removed with ritual magic - Words of Ending for the ''Dry Patricians'', Turns the Circle for the ''Ashwalkers''. Rituals that desiccate or destroy water will make the curse worse, just as they will worsen the blight itself. The curse has come from the Winter realm itself - not an eternal but from the magical realm sometimes called the Wasteland. How it got from there to here, Wisdom of the Balanced Blade does not reveal.		The curse on the monsters - the ''Navigators of the Waste'' and the ''Parched'' - provides similar results. They are a vector for a curse, and it fills them up with Winter magic. The curse will last indefinitely unless it is removed. It can be removed with ritual magic - Words of Ending for the ''Dry Patricians'', Turns the Circle for the ''Ashwalkers''. Rituals that desiccate or destroy water will make the curse worse, just as they will worsen the blight itself. The curse has come from the Winter realm itself - not an eternal but from the magical realm sometimes called the Wasteland. How it got from there to here, Wisdom of the Balanced Blade does not reveal.

Vsabo: /* Unanswered Questions */

2023-06-06T16:35:50Z

Unanswered Questions

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	* '''Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides insight into the situation'''		* '''Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides insight into the situation'''
	* '''There is still no sign of why this blight appeared'''		* '''There is still no sign of why this blight appeared'''
	The blight itself is clearly a curse, and Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides some limited answers. The curse sucks all the life out of the land, turning it into a desert of ash and dust. It is spread by the desiccated monsters - dry patricians and ashwalkers alike. It will last indefinitely if nobody interferes. It can be removed, but it will require a lot of water, and the desiccated monsters will need to be dealt with first. It can be made worse if more people go into the area, become infected with the curse of the Parched, and turn into monsters themselves. It would also be made worse if any ritual that ~~desiccated~~, dries, or destroys water were laid over the area (such as [[The Flower is Withered on the Stalk]], coincidentally just entered into [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial lore]] by the [[Imperial Conclave\|Conclave]]). The curse ultimately comes from the dry monsters themselves; they spread it.		The blight itself is clearly a curse, and Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides some limited answers. The curse sucks all the life out of the land, turning it into a desert of ash and dust. It is spread by the desiccated monsters - dry patricians and ashwalkers alike. It will last indefinitely if nobody interferes. It can be removed, but it will require a lot of water, and the desiccated monsters will need to be dealt with first. It can be made worse if more people go into the area, become infected with the curse of the Parched, and turn into monsters themselves. It would also be made worse if any ritual that desiccates, dries, or destroys water were laid over the area (such as [[The Flower is Withered on the Stalk]], coincidentally just entered into [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial lore]] by the [[Imperial Conclave\|Conclave]]). The curse ultimately comes from the dry monsters themselves; they spread it.

	The curse on the monsters - the ''Navigators of the Waste'' and the ''Parched'' - provides similar results. They are a vector for a curse, and it fills them up with Winter magic. The curse will last indefinitely unless it is removed. It can be removed with ritual magic - Words of Ending for the ''Dry Patricians'', Turns the Circle for the ''Ashwalkers''. Rituals that desiccate or destroy water will make the curse worse, just as they will worsen the blight itself. The curse has come from the Winter realm itself - not an eternal but from the magical realm sometimes called the Wasteland. How it got from there to here, Wisdom of the Balanced Blade does not reveal.		The curse on the monsters - the ''Navigators of the Waste'' and the ''Parched'' - provides similar results. They are a vector for a curse, and it fills them up with Winter magic. The curse will last indefinitely unless it is removed. It can be removed with ritual magic - Words of Ending for the ''Dry Patricians'', Turns the Circle for the ''Ashwalkers''. Rituals that desiccate or destroy water will make the curse worse, just as they will worsen the blight itself. The curse has come from the Winter realm itself - not an eternal but from the magical realm sometimes called the Wasteland. How it got from there to here, Wisdom of the Balanced Blade does not reveal.

Vsabo: /* Unanswered Questions */

2023-06-06T16:35:07Z

Unanswered Questions

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	* '''Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides insight into the situation'''		* '''Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides insight into the situation'''
	* '''There is still no sign of why this blight appeared'''		* '''There is still no sign of why this blight appeared'''
	The blight itself is clearly a curse, and Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides some limited answers. The curse sucks all the life out of the land, turning it into a desert of ash and dust. It's spread by the desiccated monsters - dry patricians and ashwalkers alike. It will last indefinitely if nobody interferes. It can be removed, but it will require a lot of water, and the desiccated monsters will need to be dealt with first. It can be made worse if more people go into the area, become infected with the curse of the Parched, and turn into monsters themselves. It would also be made worse if any ritual that desiccated, dries, or destroys water were laid over the area (such as [[The Flower is Withered on the Stalk]], coincidentally just entered into [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial lore]] by the [[Imperial Conclave\|Conclave]]). The curse ultimately comes from the dry monsters themselves; they spread it.		The blight itself is clearly a curse, and Wisdom of the Balanced Blade provides some limited answers. The curse sucks all the life out of the land, turning it into a desert of ash and dust. It is spread by the desiccated monsters - dry patricians and ashwalkers alike. It will last indefinitely if nobody interferes. It can be removed, but it will require a lot of water, and the desiccated monsters will need to be dealt with first. It can be made worse if more people go into the area, become infected with the curse of the Parched, and turn into monsters themselves. It would also be made worse if any ritual that desiccated, dries, or destroys water were laid over the area (such as [[The Flower is Withered on the Stalk]], coincidentally just entered into [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial lore]] by the [[Imperial Conclave\|Conclave]]). The curse ultimately comes from the dry monsters themselves; they spread it.

	The curse on the monsters - the ''Navigators of the Waste'' and the ''Parched'' - provides similar results. They are a vector for a curse, and it fills them up with Winter magic. The curse will last indefinitely unless it is removed. It can be removed with ritual magic - Words of Ending for the ''Dry Patricians'', Turns the Circle for the ''Ashwalkers''. Rituals that desiccate or destroy water will make the curse worse, just as they will worsen the blight itself. The curse has come from the Winter realm itself - not an eternal but from the magical realm sometimes called the Wasteland. How it got from there to here, Wisdom of the Balanced Blade does not reveal.		The curse on the monsters - the ''Navigators of the Waste'' and the ''Parched'' - provides similar results. They are a vector for a curse, and it fills them up with Winter magic. The curse will last indefinitely unless it is removed. It can be removed with ritual magic - Words of Ending for the ''Dry Patricians'', Turns the Circle for the ''Ashwalkers''. Rituals that desiccate or destroy water will make the curse worse, just as they will worsen the blight itself. The curse has come from the Winter realm itself - not an eternal but from the magical realm sometimes called the Wasteland. How it got from there to here, Wisdom of the Balanced Blade does not reveal.

Vsabo: /* The Parched Land (Conjunction) */

2023-06-06T16:30:27Z

The Parched Land (Conjunction)

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	It will also, unfortunately, attract ''Ashwalkers'' that will also need to be dealt with. A conjunction of the Sentinel Gate has been located to an area on the very edge of the blight, deep within the Great Grasses. Luring the ''Dry Patricians'' and their minions out of the blight proper is risky - and will likely see the area where the fight takes place destroyed even if the Silver Chalice heroes are victorious - but fighting them within the boundary of the blight itself is riskier still. It might still be wise to ensure that any expedition through the Sentinel Gate is equipped with sufficient potions and herbs, as well as healing magic, to deal with any eventuality.		It will also, unfortunately, attract ''Ashwalkers'' that will also need to be dealt with. A conjunction of the Sentinel Gate has been located to an area on the very edge of the blight, deep within the Great Grasses. Luring the ''Dry Patricians'' and their minions out of the blight proper is risky - and will likely see the area where the fight takes place destroyed even if the Silver Chalice heroes are victorious - but fighting them within the boundary of the blight itself is riskier still. It might still be wise to ensure that any expedition through the Sentinel Gate is equipped with sufficient potions and herbs, as well as healing magic, to deal with any eventuality.

	Success will discover just how hard it is to unmake the Dry Patricians, and that information will allow other covens to use similar methods to deal with a number of the creatures. Hopefully, enough of them will be destroyed to allow a permanent solution to the problem. Failure will mean that it will be impossible to restore the Grasses, and the blight will need to be contained through active magic use. Success will not on its own restore the Grasses, but it will turn a critical problem into a chronic one: “the triage will be over, and recovery will ~~begin”~~. The question of who is ultimately responsible for this disaster remains open.		Success will discover just how hard it is to unmake the Dry Patricians, and that information will allow other covens to use similar methods to deal with a number of the creatures. Hopefully, enough of them will be destroyed to allow a permanent solution to the problem. Failure will mean that it will be impossible to restore the Grasses, and the blight will need to be contained through active magic use. Success will not on its own restore the Grasses, but it will turn a critical problem into a chronic one: “the triage will be over, and recovery will begin.” The question of who is ultimately responsible for this disaster remains open.

	==The Salt Land==		==The Salt Land==

Vsabo: /* The Parched Land (Conjunction) */

2023-06-06T16:28:58Z

The Parched Land (Conjunction)

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	* '''The Sentinel Gate will open at 20:15 on Saturday to the Dry Patch, the Great Grasses, Madruga'''		* '''The Sentinel Gate will open at 20:15 on Saturday to the Dry Patch, the Great Grasses, Madruga'''
	* '''Dealing with the Dry Patricians requires significant ritual magic - covens capable of performing Words of Ending and Turns the Circle will be needed'''		* '''Dealing with the Dry Patricians requires significant ritual magic - covens capable of performing Words of Ending and Turns the Circle will be needed'''
	* '''The Grandmaster of the Silver Chalice is responsible for organising this attempt to deal with the Dry ~~Patrician~~'''		* '''The Grandmaster of the Silver Chalice is responsible for organising this attempt to deal with the Dry Patricians'''
	So far, none of the ''Dry Patricians'' have been destroyed, and even uncovering the information about how it might be done has claimed several lives. It's clear that direct, decisive action is called for. Without the ''Navigators of the Waste'', the ''Parched'' will be less of a problem, and it may become possible to either remove the blight or permanently contain it. The water provided by Ossegrahn will allow the Silver Chalice to quickly attract one or more of the remaining ''Dry Patricians'' to one spot, and present a chance to deal with them once and for all.		So far, none of the ''Dry Patricians'' have been destroyed, and even uncovering the information about how it might be done has claimed several lives. It's clear that direct, decisive action is called for. Without the ''Navigators of the Waste'', the ''Parched'' will be less of a problem, and it may become possible to either remove the blight or permanently contain it. The water provided by Ossegrahn will allow the Silver Chalice to quickly attract one or more of the remaining ''Dry Patricians'' to one spot, and present a chance to deal with them once and for all.

Vsabo: /* Participation */

2023-06-06T16:26:37Z

Participation

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	===Participation===		===Participation===
	* '''Any member of the Silver Chalice order is encouraged to roleplay their involvement in the investigation'''		* '''Any member of the Silver Chalice order is encouraged to roleplay their involvement in the investigation'''
	Any member of the Silver Chalice is encouraged to roleplay that they took part in this investigation. The ritual results mentioned above might have been uncovered by your coven if you can perform one of those rituals, and likewise the insight and exorcism results. Crystal mana costs are handwaved here - the Silver Chalice order as a whole is considered to have provided the mana and liao needed as part of volunteering to help. You may also have ventured into the desert - while dangerous short periods of exposure don't leave any lasting damage as long as one is suitably hydrated. One odd effect the blighted area has is that it sometimes leeches colour out of things, especially cloth. If you have a suitable piece of clothing or cloth that is faded, bleached, or otherwise ruined, you might claim that used to be something much brighter or more vibrant - especially if you are a Freeborn character - and that the desert sucked all the pigment out of it.		Any member of the Silver Chalice is encouraged to roleplay that they took part in this investigation. The ritual results mentioned above might have been uncovered by your coven if you can perform one of those rituals, and likewise the insight and exorcism results. Crystal mana costs are handwaved here - the Silver Chalice order as a whole is considered to have provided the mana and liao needed as part of volunteering to help. You may also have ventured into the desert - while dangerous, short periods of exposure don't leave any lasting damage as long as one is suitably hydrated. One odd effect the blighted area has is that it sometimes leeches colour out of things, especially cloth. If you have a suitable piece of clothing or cloth that is faded, bleached, or otherwise ruined, you might claim that used to be something much brighter or more vibrant - especially if you are a Freeborn character - and that the desert sucked all the pigment out of it.

	==The Parched Land (Conjunction)==		==The Parched Land (Conjunction)==

Vsabo: /* The Walkers of the Waste */

2023-06-06T16:23:05Z

The Walkers of the Waste

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	Wisdom of the Balanced Blade, however, reveals a way they ''can'' be defeated.		Wisdom of the Balanced Blade, however, reveals a way they ''can'' be defeated.

	The Winter divination reveals that the ''Dry Patricians'' can ultimately be destroyed only by the ritual [[Words of Ending]], which tears apart the magic that is sustaining them. It attacks the ashen core that has infused their tissues and filled them with Winter magic. The ritual will need to be performed at magnitude 18 - as if the ''Navigator of Waste'' were an [[Magic_items#Artefacts\|artefact]]. There is some speculation that they might actually be more similar to ''ushabti'' than humans or orcs, although no easy way of proving such a theory.		The Winter divination reveals that the ''Dry Patricians'' can ultimately be destroyed only by the ritual [[Words of Ending]], which tears apart the magic that is sustaining them. It attacks the ashen core that has infused their tissues and filled them with Winter magic. The ritual will need to be performed at magnitude 18 - as if the ''Navigator of Waste'' were an [[Magic_items#Artefacts\|artefact]]. There is some speculation that they might actually be more similar to ''ushabti'' than humans or orcs, although there is no easy way of proving such a theory.

	Fortunately there seem to be only a handful of these ''Dry Patricians'' however. The majority of the monsters encountered in the blight are innocent members of the household, people who have fallen prey to the spreading curse, or those who've died in the area. The magic that infuses them is significantly less powerful - they are still physically similar to normal humans, although their flesh is badly desiccated. Again, ''Insight'' provides no information about them - they are objects rather than creatures.		Fortunately there seem to be only a handful of these ''Dry Patricians'' however. The majority of the monsters encountered in the blight are innocent members of the household, people who have fallen prey to the spreading curse, or those who've died in the area. The magic that infuses them is significantly less powerful - they are still physically similar to normal humans, although their flesh is badly desiccated. Again, ''Insight'' provides no information about them - they are objects rather than creatures.

Vsabo: /* The Walkers of the Waste */

2023-06-06T16:22:26Z

The Walkers of the Waste

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	Wisdom of the Balanced Blade, however, reveals a way they ''can'' be defeated.		Wisdom of the Balanced Blade, however, reveals a way they ''can'' be defeated.

	The Winter divination reveals that the ''Dry Patricians''' can ultimately be destroyed only by the ritual [[Words of Ending]], which tears apart the magic that is sustaining them. It attacks the ashen core that has infused their tissues and filled them with Winter magic. The ritual will need to be performed at magnitude 18 - as if the ''Navigator of Waste'' were an [[Magic_items#Artefacts\|artefact]]. There is some speculation that they might actually be more similar to ''ushabti'' than humans or orcs, although no easy way of proving such a theory.		The Winter divination reveals that the ''Dry Patricians'' can ultimately be destroyed only by the ritual [[Words of Ending]], which tears apart the magic that is sustaining them. It attacks the ashen core that has infused their tissues and filled them with Winter magic. The ritual will need to be performed at magnitude 18 - as if the ''Navigator of Waste'' were an [[Magic_items#Artefacts\|artefact]]. There is some speculation that they might actually be more similar to ''ushabti'' than humans or orcs, although no easy way of proving such a theory.

	Fortunately there seem to be only a handful of these ''Dry Patricians'' however. The majority of the monsters encountered in the blight are innocent members of the household, people who have fallen prey to the spreading curse, or those who've died in the area. The magic that infuses them is significantly less powerful - they are still physically similar to normal humans, although their flesh is badly desiccated. Again, ''Insight'' provides no information about them - they are objects rather than creatures.		Fortunately there seem to be only a handful of these ''Dry Patricians'' however. The majority of the monsters encountered in the blight are innocent members of the household, people who have fallen prey to the spreading curse, or those who've died in the area. The magic that infuses them is significantly less powerful - they are still physically similar to normal humans, although their flesh is badly desiccated. Again, ''Insight'' provides no information about them - they are objects rather than creatures.

Vsabo: /* Overview */

2023-06-06T16:14:05Z

Overview

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	<div style="float:left; width: 400px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=The Blight.jpg\|align=left\|caption=The dead land has no life, no colour, no water. Only a parched and arid wasteland remains.\|width=400}}</div>		<div style="float:left; width: 400px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=The Blight.jpg\|align=left\|caption=The dead land has no life, no colour, no water. Only a parched and arid wasteland remains.\|width=400}}</div>
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	Following the Autumn Equinox last year, a strange blight was found to be growing at the heart of the Great Grasses in Madruga. Following a [[384YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_167\|timely warning]] from the Freeborn Assembly, [[Enchanted#The_Thirsty_Grasses\|initial investigations]] discovered that the blight was home to, and being spread by, horrible desiccated monsters that might once have been human. The [[hakima]] who first examined the site asked the [[Imperial Conclave]] to send one of the [[Conclave order\|orders]] to help them. '''Fausta Ankarien''', [[Grandmaster]] of the [[Silver Chalice]] [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Conclave_sessions#Concord:_Silver_Chalice_and_Madruga\|volunteered their own order]] to offer assistance, and the Conclave concurred. The [[Archmage of Spring]], '''Ibiss Briarheart''' also asked [[Ossegrahn\|Lord Rain]] to provide aid if he could, and while [[Rain king\|busy all over the Empire]] following the invocation of an [[Hallow of the Green World\|Imperial enchantment]], he duly sent some of his friends and heralds to see how they could help.		Following the Autumn Equinox last year, a strange blight was found to be growing at the heart of the Great Grasses in Madruga. Following a [[384YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_167\|timely warning]] from the Freeborn Assembly, [[Enchanted#The_Thirsty_Grasses\|initial investigations]] discovered that the blight was home to, and being spread by, horrible desiccated monsters that might once have been human. The [[hakima]] who first examined the site asked the [[Imperial Conclave]] to send one of the [[Conclave order\|orders]] to help them. '''Fausta Ankarien''', [[Grandmaster]] of the [[Silver Chalice]], [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Conclave_sessions#Concord:_Silver_Chalice_and_Madruga\|volunteered their own order]] to offer assistance, and the Conclave concurred. The [[Archmage of Spring]], '''Ibiss Briarheart''' also asked [[Ossegrahn\|Lord Rain]] to provide aid if he could, and while [[Rain king\|busy all over the Empire]] following the invocation of an [[Hallow of the Green World\|Imperial enchantment]], he duly sent some of his friends and heralds to see how they could help.

	As the Spring Equinox draws closer, the results of the extended investigation and efforts to deal with the blight bear some dry, bitter fruit.		As the Spring Equinox draws closer, the results of the extended investigation and efforts to deal with the blight bear some dry, bitter fruit.