<em><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Tepet Senex journal entry, Ascending Fire 3, 767</strong></span><br/><br/>Today was asked by my house send in someone investigate a woman called Shimmering Lodestar. She is survivor from Thorns but is suspected to hold unholy powers of anathema. I called today my brightest pupil, Cathak Shizune, to my office. I told her to locate the woman, rumors has it that she is in Nexus, hiding whatever happened in Thorns. I wanted her interview and remain peaceful all time and try keep keen eye out for anything odd about her. I lied to her because knowing her temperament she likely would open the interview with her barrage of elemental bolts, such reckless yet sweet child. I saw the old man today once again, he was following with Shizune when she arrived as one aged retainer and asked questions about her travels when she left. That same old man has creeped around eversince Shizune made question towards Chejop Kejak regarding 'true facts' of first age in history class, disregarding his counter reply for her study Immaculate Order history. But she had refused because it was history written by mortals and even then it was quite cloudy. However Chejop Kejak had dismissed her questions for details but ever since that old man had kept occasionally appearing....is it one Chejop Kejak's retainers or he himself? Hard to tell, as I barely remember sometimes Chejop Kejak and often his name disappears from my journals.</em><br/><hr/><br/><em><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Journal chapter XV, penned by Fhalash, ifrit prince of Red Dunes, son of Blazyon, Ascending Fire 10, 767</strong></span><br/><br/>I begin my new chapter upon princess Shizune called upon her duty towards her master. She was send to investigate and interview woman who was survivor from Thorns accident which resulted former nice city turn a necropolis and dark horrors. I and mistress flew most of past week to reach nexus and once here she started ask around and investigate. Sadly princess Shizune is not expert in such matters but I managed find one nice sweet girl who whispered my ear in bed where find a woman who knows about such things.....sadly woman was way too ugly to my taste to seduce get price free but princess paid information in jade...thanks for gods for her fortunes!<br/><br/>Woman told where find Shimmering Lodestar.....my, she was true beauty. Not in same figure as princess Shizune but she carried a grace and smooth voice which could render thunder fall silent just to listen her sweet voice. However I as Shizune both watched her we saw she was more than a mortal and princess directly questioned it.....the woman showed bravery show her solar brand in her forehead; mark her as eclipse caste! I had heard solars were returning so had been princess Shizune but I swear by my father she was ready barrage her to ash! But remembering master's instructions she remained calm, learned the woman's past and also how she exalted, found out by Cult of Illuminated. I had heard the cult but princess have not.<br/><br/>Shimmering Lodestar told more, about first age and the grand revelations which so far I had told as tales from my father to Shizune and she had doubted them. She looked disturbed, distressed? Not sure, but she stayed three days and I enjoyed hospitality of the maids of the inn near by before we left. It seems princess Shizune grow quite fond of lady Shimmering Lodestar as they shared kisses and hugs and farewells. I update what happened when I can.</em><br/><hr/><br/><em><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Tepet Senex journal entry, Ascending Fire 20, 767</strong></span><br/><br/>Shizune returned today and gave her report, a fascinating story of survival but 'nothing out of ordinary' as she said. My pupil thinks she can lie straight face to me? Despite she rather well told details of Shimmering Lodestar's beauty and charms in erotic detail and use her little visual tricks on me. Those can fool younger men but not me and I had years watched her games! Why she would lie I wonder? Why she would keep such details secret? Anyways I send in my spies to investigate and confirm this.<br/><br/>Quick update;<br/><br/>Yes, confirmed that Shimmering Lodestar is a anathema. I send the memo to my house but I leave it out that Shizune has withold the information. After my house got memo they already had Wyld Hunt ready, they decided take Cynis Siris instead Cathak Shizune as group's sorceress because Shizune had been already contact with anathema, consider it is deceiver they do not want take risks.</em><br/><hr/><br/><em><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Journal chapter XV, penned by Fhalash, ifrit prince of Red Dunes, son of Blazyon, Ascending Fire 21, 767</strong></span><br/><br/>What princess Shizune is thinking?! She heard wyldhunt is send after that solar and she has decided go warn her?! Is she mad?! She is turning against Dynasts! Of course I myself do not care much of Dynasts, I actually dislike them expect princess Shizune of course. But she will become hunted traitor if this is found out! Anyways we hurry now back to Nexus but she stops to do summoning ritual.......<br/><br/><strong>Ascending Fire 23, 767</strong><br/><br/>Oh boy, she indeed had done it. She summoned sobeki from the key travel river past Lookshy to ask it delay wyld hunt once it arrives on boat! I heard she learned this from her friend Cynis Siris who is part of the hunt.....I can see she is troubled by it but she's determined go through this. Also she send flame duck to send message to Captain Velan, her lover as I heard, to delay further the wyld hunt with some excuse. She told the river route. Just hope she's not asking too much from him, as crossing wyld hunt can be dangerous business.<br/><br/><strong>Ascending Fire 28, 767</strong><br/><br/>We arrived to Nexus, it seems princess delay tactics worked as there is no rumors yet for wyld hunt in near by areas. Princess told everything to Shimmering Lodestar. They both backed up things, Shimmering Lodestar had heard there was circle of solars in south have taken over ancient city Chiaroscuro. I and princess have been there before so we depart immediately.<br/><br/><strong>Resplendent Fire 5, 767</strong><br/><br/>Oh my, princess indeed had done it this time! Many years we have traveled together and end up all sort of trouble lectured either by her father or her master.....but this beats them all. We underestimated wyld hunt's resolve, as just half-day from departure of Nexus we heard wyld hunt was after us! It seems they had used sorcery to travel so we both took into air and started fly fast as we could. Shizune could not carry Shimmering Lodestar so it was my task carry her petite frame on my arms.....a task which I do not mind at all. Especially I get good sniff of her scent and view to her cleavage in kimono.....okay, better stop now or my diary becomes naughty novel of my thoughts. <br/><br/>Anyways we flied but soon the wyld hunt was reaching on us, in distance I saw a stormwind rider spell moving towards us, no doubt group's best tracker or sorceress has been using tracking charm on us somehow. Princess stopped and asked me continue to flee, I asked her come with us but she said she has a plan. She asked me run over dark forest in south and go atop the treeline so the stormwind riders can see me. I did as princess told me. I ran and saw forest was infested with wood spiders and recalled this was area known as Dark Whisper wood, a local court of wood spiders and highly hostile for intruders. I and princess have always flied so there had been no trouble pass this area before.<br/><br/>The stormriders approached and I started see six figures inside, heavily armed and their sorceress in center of the storm. Then I heard princess Shizune start chant.....chant a spell which I had heard first time when I was enslaved by that damn dark sorcerer Blackpool! I hurried my steps to get distance, as I knew this is not going be pretty. princess Shizune raised up, blazing as sun in south and finish her incantation while her wings carried her aloft into sight of the stormrider and pointed her hand towards it; with brilliant fiery ray she hit stormrider and like enormous popped balloon stormrider blew off it's passengers widely around Dark Whisper woods! Short moments there was flaring animas of water, fire and wind dragon-bloods and sounds of crashing trees and squeaks of dying woodspiders. Princess joined with me in the flight, her face and eyes looked she had been cried, but there was no tears in her face. But consider she was all burning up and using her birthright font which made her skin dark as southerner and hair dance like made from liquid fire I would not put it away possibility her tears had been turned to mist once they came up. After two days there has been no sign of wyld hunt and we are close to Chiaroscuro. Princess has been sad and quiet all the time.....she is mourning for loss of her former life, or more so her friends in that life, her master and sad for possibility she had killed her best friend; Cynis Siris in dispelling her magic. As always unmaking spell rough manner can lead varied disasters and harm for other sorceress. I tried give my personal comfort but she refused while she looked on campfire rest of the night.....</em><br/><hr/><br/><em><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Tepet Senex journal entry, Resplendent Fire 5, 767</strong></span><br/><br/>The wyld hunt reported in, they had been delayed during their journey both by Lookshy patrol who investigated for smuggled goods which are illegal in Lookshy providence and also sobeki called Crimson Tears asked for toll....in form of live poetry. After that case they were delayed with flood so they took off with Cynis Siris conjured stormrider to reach Nexus. In there they found that Shimmering Lodestar had booked out from the tavern but they found eye witness to tell she headed with some ifrit and beautiful red haired woman towards south with a ship and they found ship but it no longer had passengers but heard ifrit and the woman take off and fly from there towards south. Tepet Jairon used tracking charm to track the movements of those three.<br/><br/>They reached contact above Dark Whisper woods but then Shizune herself appeared and casted emerald counter magic on stormrider! Knocking the team of six wyld hunters to fight off whole night against enraged wood spider population and rescue Cynis Siris from broodmother of the local spider community. So far all are alright altough fatigued expect Cynis Siris had suffered the most and fallen unconscious, she was brought to Hepthagram where my medicines recovered her and she confirmed that Shizune was one to dispel her spell.<br/><br/>Shizune, by the dragons sake what you have done?! I cannot pick you up from this mess Shizune, as you have done grand treason! Why?! Is it because of the 'truth' what you have searched all this years? I hope the 'truth' what you find is worth the price you paid, and what you likely pay more in near future.</em><br/><hr/>