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15th day of Resplendent Fire, RY 769
Forgotten Manse	28 Nov 2007

Fly to the manse, taking pains to fly high enough to avoid being spotted. On the X hour trip, they checked the communication water at noon. Ranesk answered, but no Cruxis or Regret. Transfered booty to manse.

16th-28th day of Resplendent Fire, RY 769

Spent two weeks combing over the books and investigating the tech (warstriders in particular). Doing other training. (Specifics still need ironed out.)

After a ton of arguing, decided to remove the original page of the Empty Canvas recipe and give that to the lunars, without making a copy. Jorias secretly memorized it. Varden also secretly made a copy.

1st day of Descending Fire, RY 769

Circle takes Cloudwalking Ingot (and Ranesk) to the lunar camp. Varden stays behind with Forgone Vitriol to "work on the warstriders". Ranesk makes a big impression, and Korlysto has a very long, private talk with him. During the feast held in the circle's honor:

• Guen tries to clear Iron Monsoon's name, and is very successful.
• Gutts tries to make himself (and only himself) look good, and impresses those impressed by physicality.
• Stag tries to be unnoticeable, and succeeds perfectly.
• Adrios tries to come across as a strong silent type, but fails to make much of an impression.
• Jorias says very little, but fills in details of Guen's story on occasion. He attempts to paint Guen in a good light, and succeeds reasonably well.

2nd day of Descending Fire, RY 769

After resting, the group meets with Korlysto privately. He suggests that the attack on Wyr'palja may have been a precursor to the Usurpation. He also wonders aloud about what the correct choice is between loyalty to your mate versus those around you. Guen makes a long, impassioned case that Iron Monsoon acted correctly in killing Wyr'palja.

Korlysto eventually asks for the formula, which is handed over. He clearly realizes that it must be a page from a larger work, but comments on it only briefly. He then asks them what they want.

• Guen asks for the cunaria plant, or information on how to acquire one. Korlysto suggests that he has contacts in heaven that he can ask, and will do so.
• Gutts asks him to locate Cruxis and Regret, indicating where they were last seen. Korlysto doesn't know much about that part of the world, but has heard rumors that a strong lunar there, Ten Stripes has vanished as well. Thinking they might be connected, he gives Gutts a skull covered with writing that he claims will allow them entrance into Ten Stripe's territory without being eaten.
• Stag, told a favor is due him, asks if he might take it later on, to which Korlysto agrees.
• Adrios stoically says that he "needs nothing", which impresses Korlysto.

After the meeting, the circle heads back to the manse and plots their next move.

3rd day of Descending Fire, RY 769 - 26th day of Descending Air, RY 770

The circle's next move turns out to be self-exploration. After so much time together in the Wyld, they all go in separate directions to get in touch with their inner magic (and thereby raise their Essence). These journeys take four months, after which, they agree to meet back at the manse.

On his essence trip to Yu-Shan, Adrios discovers that blue cunaria in two places: a field on the grounds of the palace of the Maiden of Endings, and somewhere within the Violet Bier of Sorrows. Edict prevents it from growing elsewhere. By now, few have heard of it. Finds out possible allies who might be willing to get it: Lytek, god of exaltation, who hates the deathlords. Nara-O, head of the Forbidding Manse of Ivy, who would be interested in the process. Both would ask for serious favors in return. Lytek would probably be more discrete.

On his way home, Jorias retrieves a note from Bezul, suggesting business proposition: essence containing gems for artifacts of similar power level. Or, refills of two levels lower.

27th day of Descending Air, RY 770
Forgotten Manse	15 Feb 2008

Fly to Kardak's place. Find it in ruins. Ambushed by cyborgs.