Log:A message from Gaia

The Regent Legacy 2014/07/04 	 Ghost 1

Gaia sits in her throne room, she strokes the great bear on her left behind the ear, deep in thought. Her great hall empty except for herself, the doors closed. Closed since the death of the Regent, and the incursion of whomever had taken Artemecia's mind and body. Gaia had felt no such incursion to her realm, and that one of her Captains could be so controlled so completely was disturbing to her.

A soft rumbling begins to resonate from the walls of the room, it is the alert that somekind of elemental is forcing its way into the chamber, Gaia stands, and sends a command to the earth sentries bonded to the very gems and walls itself. "Bring me the intruder!" she commands, and suddenly one of the sapphires falls from the wall. She checks for others, but there is none, with a flick of the wrist, the gem flies to her hand and she looks within it.

A minor earth elemental, one that abounds wild on almost every plane is trapped within. In its almost mindless eyes, seems purpose. It is a being of her command so she links to its mind, "What business do you have elemental?" she asks, neither angry, nor chastisingly, instead, her role of mother earth resumes.

...Oh great earth mother, I am compelled by a Fae on the plane of the Regent to present a message. Forgive my instrusion....

Gaia nods and says, "Fulfill your obligation.."

The elemental says in the mindlink, ...Is there another soul child of Regent that we're supposed to be looking for? Someone else his soul bonded to? Was there anyone else aside from Jennifer, Jessica, and Artemicia?" She's not sure if she's on to anything, but she adds, "And tell Artemicia...no, nevermind. I just hope that she'll be alright in time. End message.

Gaia nods to herself, and says, "I shall answer that myself Elemental. Go now, thine obligation is complete."

With that she places the sapphire back in the wall, and the elemental is released.

Ghost is in Colonial Heights. She's tracking down reports of a Fae disturbing the peace here. Part of her job, offical and unoffical, is trying to keep relations between Undermoon and Earth in reasonably good shape. Misbehaving fae don't help that. But it seems her journey here has been largely wasted. She found the culprit. A teenage human boy returning from a fancy dress party in fae styled clothes having had too much to drink and engaging in mindless vandalism. Something the boy is unlikely to do again after the scare Ghost put in him. Now she's returning to the Embassy and since the night is calm and balmy she's doing so on foot.

Ghost is pondering the knotty problem of Lyost as she walks. He has been granted a pardon by King Zorimon but it would surely be wise to remove him from the embassy grouds for a while. She had intended to ask Paragon to house Lyost as a guest but the state Paragon was in precluded that. So what to do with him?

Ghost snaps out of her introspecive mood. Sheer reaction sends her hand down to her belt to activate her armor. But armor is unlikely to be effective against what she is sensing. So she casts a quick spell and vanishes from sight; mortal, magical, and mystical. And sends a warning to the Embassy that she is about to investigate something immencely powerful in Colonial Heights. If she doesn't report in within tem minutes, call the Princess Guard out.

Ghost amends her message after a moment's thought. Make that fifteen minures.

Ghost thinks. o O (Why am I not running in the opposite direction? This heroism thing must be contagious.)

"You send a message using a child of my realm to me? If you have that power, then perhaps you should have simply requested an audience." says a form that rises from the asphalt and concrete, it rises until a full form, no taller or larger than a normal human appears. She is of a greenish hue though, and her magical levels rival or surpass any you have ever witnessed. It is on a godly level, if you have ever witnessed such. "Why do you seek information on the Regent, and his Children. What right or need have you?"

Ghost falls back on Fae etiquette. She drops respectfully to one knee. o O(So much for my spell of invisibility) "The need to ease the emotional pain of another, your grace. The person known as Paragon, whom you have encountered I believe, was sorely vexed by the dream she had of being at your court in the guise of one Artemicia. I am a messager in this. I do not have the ability to travel to the elemental planes myself nor to survive there should I do so. I do have the ability to summon a lesser being from your realm and used that ability to pass a message from Paragon to you."

The being says, "Remove your vexing cloak, I shall not harm you. I would warn you though, Other lords of their realms would not be as forgiving as I. I would warn thee of Pele, and Persephone they are the most volitile." she doesn't seem to see you so much as simply know you are there. "You asked if there are other children of the Regent. I shall answer you, but show thineself.

Ghost drops the cloaking spell. "As you command, your grace. . o O(Anyway I may need that mana for a quick exit to the astral if this all goes wrong.)

Gaia kneels and looks you over as she would a wounded animal, "Rise child. Thou are a strange fae, but I sense the fae about you...This paragon, who is she? and how did she invade the mind of my Knight Captain?"

Ghost stands, "Paragon is one of the two who stood witness to the passing of Matthew Regent is what I have been told by her. The other being a woman named Chen. Probably Chen Li. As to invading the mind of Artemicia, I have no knowledge as to how that happened but I can say that it was not by any intent of Paragon and the emotions induced by the dream have proved most painful to Paragon. In particular the loss of Regent and of Regent's soul daughter. Paragon felt those emotions as strongly as Artemicia does."

Gaia's look softens, and she nods, "She was witness to the concencration of his final resting place." she says softly, "This explains much."

She offers a hand and says, "Come with me."

Ghost takes Gaia's hand and follows. . o O(What have you gotten me into, Paragon? And the worse thing of all is that if I could bug out right now I wouldn't. What happened to the pragmatic mercenary old version of me?)

They sink into the ground, which is a strange sensation, the earth does not part for the two, rather, they meld with the stone, dirt, and other items that lie beneath the surface, a sensation of movement is felt, and then they are rising out of the earth to stand once more upon the apparently solid ground.

She has taken you to a clearing, your night vision shows that while it is not large, it is a beautiful vantage point of the city and the ocean. In the clearing is an iridescent stone, approximately 2X2, upon it is some kind of carving.

"This is where the Regent bid his exodi to lay his soul to rest. What Paragon bore witness to was not the death of the Regent, that had happened days prior, this was where he chose rest. I only understand that some great event in his life took place here, Jessica and Jennifer..I have met them, they were his one true love, I believe something significant took place here, but it was something he did not share, even with his Exodi. He kept his secrets, and they were respected." she says softly, from her hand you feel compassion, warmth, and love pour through her to you.

"You would know if there are other children, let me first explain what it is that has occurred..."

Ghost simply nods.

"The Regent is a being of great power, not a god, but having formed a pact with many gods, his soul has been altered, as with all souls, his is eternal, but it will ever serve a purpose. To protect the realms from evil. It is his fate to die in its defense." she pauses "There has not been a Regent of Earth for many millenia, but his return was inevitable. It simply awaited the time and place that it was needed. With the curse, there can only ever be one decendent of the Regent who may carry on his legacy." once more she pauses in thought, "To explain how the soul children of the Regent come to be, one must understand that he is as much of the realms as he is of earth, but he can only copulate on Earth. Elsewhere, it is his soul...or a piece of it that merges with another and from that other comes the progeneration of a child of the Regent." she smiles, "Do you understand?"

Ghost thinks on Gaia's words. "No. I can't say I understand. Not fully. But I think I get enough of the guist of what you said to work with."

Gaia nods, "When the Regent forms a strong bond with an elemental being, his soul attaches itself to the soul of the elemental, as our souls once bonded with his. It is a unique trait that he has, and was why we were drawn to him. The process is never forced, the reciever must share the same bond with him as he with them, and the process is not voluntary, it simply happens when there is enough of an emotional bond with the Regent."

Ghost hazards an informed guess, "... and hence a soul child is formed?"

She continues and says, "The answer is that there may be many who bear the bond, and yes, thus a child is born. The Regent spent nearly 4 centuries in the realms, supporting all of them. But...there can only be one. In the end, only one of the Regent's children may inherit the Regent's legacy."

"Do you understand the ramifications of what I have said?" she asks quietly.

Ghost says, "Hopefully I'm misunderstanding. Because if only one can inherit, what happens, or happened, to the other soul children? Artemicia's daughter died. Do all the others who don't inherit also die?"

"The tales have said that when the need arises, only one shall be the inheritor, There can only ever be one of the Regent's soul children on a plane of existance at any one time..except for this place, where he began. Artemicia's daughter, Arianna was the Regent's child on the Plane of Earth. How many others there are are unknown, but before any shall reach their majority, there shall be a critical mass. That much is known."

Ghost blinks, "Critical mass. That sounds... bad... to anyone from a nuclear capable culture. What do you mean by critical mass?"

She says "As those that bore witness, they are too attached to the Regent, and perhaps, because the Regent has bonded his soul with those that bore his soul children, They also bear a common bond. I believe it is why Paragon was able to enter my realm without my knowledge, and entered the mind of Artemicia.."

"There shall be a reckoning. As I imagine, there shall be an inheritor. For over 10000 years, there has been no incarnation of the Regent. Then Matthew Regent was born. The final and only decendent of the Regent before him, Archanois Regent, there has been no soul children in millenia, and I did not always rule the realm of earth. There have been others, I have ruled for a long time, but The soul children were never well understood except through our scryers."

Ghost takes a while to think through what she's hearing. "Let me see if I have this clear. As far as Earth, that is the planet not the plane, is concerned the line of the Regents has died out? Mathhew Regent had no children by any mortal human woman. There are an unkmown number of soul children, although at most one on each elemental plane. And only one will inherit the Regent's legacy? There doesn't seem to be any human connection to the Regent's legacy left. In other words, all this has nothing to do with Earth?"

Gaia nods, "Only in as far as the Children are concerned, yes, although one may consider that a very narrow view."

Ghost says, "I have narrow goals, your grace. While I sympathize with those who grieve the loss of the Regent I am only involved to the extent of assisting Paragon in dealing with her own issues regarding this matter. I have sufficient to deal with in manipulating the Twilit Worlds and dragging them kicking and screaming into this century."

"If the right child does not inherit the Legacy of the Regent, there shall indeed be much screaming brought to this century...and this world. The Regent's purpose is to protect the realms. What happens if the Regent denies his own purpose. If his or her heart is black? It is an issue, perhaps you should be briefed. Especially if the Fae have created a permenant portal to this one."

Ghost says, "Is that even possible. Uh... Yes, I suppose so or you wouldn't have raised the possibility. So what happens if the new Regent's heart is black? Does he still get the support of the rulers of the Planes? Or will there be a civil war with some supporting him and others opposing?"

Gaia sighs, "I can only speculate. The Lords of the realms are obligated to provide the Regent with power. We are bonded to his soul, and his soul is immortal, it rides the wheel, is shall return, to which incarnation, I cannot say. No one can."

Ghost says, "There's one way to make sure which gets the legacy. The last one living. I guess that might be trickling through the minds of some of the rulers who wouldn't object to a black-hearted Regent. If there are such rulers?"

Gaia nods, "Sadly..there are always such rulers, or those who wish to be rulers. I must return to my realm. Every moment here is a great deal of time lost in my own realm."

Ghost says, "So what can we do? You've convinced me there could be a problem. How can we, human heroes, help?"

Ghost thinks. o O (Well partly human in my case but...)

Gaia simply says, "Prepare for the worst, pray to whomever you diefy for the best. I know it is not much, but it is all I can offer right now. We will do our best to understand the situation, and contain it."

Ghost says, "You'll keep us informed? And remember we're on hand. Don't sell us short. Our intervention can make a difference."

Gaia smiles, "Child, I am forgiving, Others not so much. I understand and share your concern, but you would be best to not over step your boundries should you meet any of my fellow rulers.." She smiles once more, touches your hand and you are transported back through the earth to Colonial Heights..

Ghost looks around. "Back home. Maybe." she says out aloud. Then thinks. o O(Don't talk to me about over stepping my boundaries when we're equally on the firing line as you. If you'd have kept Regent alive in the first place we wouldn't have been having this conversation. Four hundred years. One true love. And you couldn't find the time to win back that lost love in all that fo9ur hundred years, Matthew Regent? My love died. Your's was there and you couldn't be bothered to go after her. If yoyu had fathered a child on Earth the legacy would have passed down along that line I'm sure." Ghost is deeply angry at the moment. Nobody, not even a Godess, tells her where boundaries lie.