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Ilise Bakaa-Nakti the Illumined Essayist, Avowed of Azorinne, Provincial Magistrate

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I judge thee... IRREDEEMABLE!

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An important-looking woman rests here, emanating exhaustion. Her face is pale, her eyes tired, and perspiration glistens noticeably above her brow. Loose strands of light brown hair fall harmlessly over her face, while the rest of her hair is tied back loosely. Her nose is broad, her face round, and her cheeks flushed with pink. Her lips are dry and cracked, and heavy, slow breaths are audible from her - she looks like she might be very sick. All the same, she manages a small smile in your direction, her eyes upon you, seemingly seeing right through you.

Role

Duty Undone

Added Mon Jan 2 23:53:51 2023 at level 13:
Ielylette Ellis was a plain girl of unremarkable bearing, and being of a
family of little wealth, her prospects for marriage were very limited. 
Her mother recognized this in her daughter early on, and saw to it that
she would be groomed for a safe life as a cleric or aid in the Udgaard
temple. It was not such a bad arrangement for a woman - the priestesses
were well-protected and food and living arrangements were all provided.
And Ielylette certainly did not seem to mind. She had few of the social
gifts of her more affable brother, and thrived in an environment of 
structure and duty.

Her gifts for the practice were so evident, in fact, that she was awarded 
opportunities to aid in the temple for select ceremonies at an early age.  
Surely the elder priest thought it a great honor to grant Ielylette the 
initial cut of the latest ritual torture and execution, a oneheart child 
caught wandering too close to the gates. She had, after all, finished the
previous execution with impressive grace - not even flinching at the 
intestines wriggling out of the open body of a half-alive criminal, and 
ending his life spirit with a simple insertion of a knife to his heart.

But Ielylette, heretofore a most dutiful, quiet servant of the temple,
shook her head, and returned the knife to the priest. Embarrassing
enough, but then - when the priest moved to open the victim's gut himself, 
Ielylette, ever so foolishly, screamed and grabbed at the priest's wrist,
begging him to stop. "She is innocent! We can't! You mustn't!"

Ielylette was swiftly struck down with a tight fist, then held up and 
made to view the sacrificial torture. As the priests chanted and 
the devout watched, Ielylette tried to sing the prayer of order above their 
chants. A hand covered her mouth, she bit it, and sang again. She was hit 
so hard she fell unconscious. The ceremony was ruined.

Rescue

Added Mon Jan 2 23:56:16 2023 at level 13:
Ielylette sobbed in her room, locked away. She knew what was coming. One
did not disobey in the temple without consequence. And there was no
leaving the temple whatsoever. But she wished death before such a false, 
fearful life. She would be whipped, hooded, and broken. A nameless slave-
servant supporting the temple, one way or another. She prayed. Not to the
dark gods in the known prayers she'd been taught, but to the unknown, in 
desperate, heartfelt pleas for the life of that oneheart girl to be 
spared. 

It wasn't long before she heard the latch outside her door unhook. But when 
the door opened, it was not a priest, it was her brother, Vaen. 

"Let's go," he said.
"Where?" 
"To the plains." 
"Is she alive?" 
"Yes, we are getting her. You know where the cell keys are?"

And before Ielylette knew it, the three of them were were climbing out of 
a tunnel beneath a river, and standing next to a group of tents under the
stars.

"Will you stay with us, then?" the girl said to Ielylette's brother.
"I have no where else to go, if you'll have me."
"I will too," said Ielylette.
"I'm sorry, but, you can't." responded the girl.
"Why?"
"You are cursed."
Ielylette was confused. "I'm not cursed, I'm not one of them, I promise-"
The girl interjected, and pointed to Ielylette's softly glowing skin. "They 
would never allow an azure-touched here."

Illumination

Added Mon Jan 2 23:59:00 2023 at level 13:
"There may still be time," spoke a gentle voice from the shadows.

An older man stepped forward into the starlight, wrapped in a brown hooded 
cloak, and clutching a knobbed walking stick. 

"Thank you both, for risking everything for Lani. We are incredibly grateful." 
He then turned his gaze to Ielylette. "The energy is new, and we may be able
to turn it back, child."

Ielylette was still confused. "Energy? Cursed? What has happened to me?? What 
have they done to me??"

"Unnatural spritual energy has found a host in you. Come, we must start at 
once."

Ielylette soon found herself inside a large leather tent. She recognized a 
wooden structure to be a form of an altar, but instead of a clean flat table 
before it, she saw a small clay bowl, filled with incense.

A warm hand touched her forehead, and slid down over her eyes. A soothing
voice sang in low tones, and the rhythmic shaking of something like
sand in a bag filled the room. 

Then, pain.

Piercing pinpoints of electricity erupted within her skull. She screamed 
and shook, and tried to climb out of her cot, but was held down. 

And then images played bright and vivid within her mind. Radiant beings
of pure light, glowing peaceful field, and then, Lani, dead and disemboweled 
upon a table. Then... she saw fear... innocence... playfulness? Then, the 
old seer... she saw kindness... wisdom... and... selfishness?

The pain wracked her head, it was as if now the pinpoints were pressed 
upon the inside of her skull, trying pierce through. Her eyes were opened,
but all was a haze of smoke and cloaks and hands. Then, suddenly, visions
of courage... empathy... love? 

"Enough! No! Let her go!"

Ielylette felt the warmth of her brother wrapped around her, and began
to cry. "I'm... I'm sorry," she said, instinctively.

"Why, Ielylette?"

"Today..." Ielylette clutched her head, then continued, weakly. "Today, our
paths must again diverge."

-Character Overview-

Added Tue Jan 3 00:02:38 2023 at level 13:
= Backstory Bullets =

* Ilise used to be a student cleric in Udgaard, but being asked to cut open
a captured enemy oneheart child was not cool with her. 

* Her tantrum delayed the child's execution, and got her in big trouble.

* She prayed for the child, unknowingly got some azure in her, her brother 
rescued her and the oneheart child, and they escaped to the plains.

* A Oneheart seer tried to get the azure out of her, but the ritual was 
painful, felt wrong, and her brother interrupted it. She learned more of her 
nature, though, and accepted her new path.

* What she didn't realize is that the ritual thinned her spriritual separation
from the azure plane, and her control over her tether to the Theran plane was 
grimly impacted.


= Her Path Forward =

1) Pilgrim to Voralia, change her name, find direction. 

2) Find faith. (Spoiler, it will be Azorinne).

3) Learn about the light, her gifts for judgment, her weird spirit energy issue,
what to fight for, all that jazz. 


= Personality and Quirks =

* She grew up dutiful and quiet, shy and introspective. By the time she arrives
in Voralia, she has a accepted an unknown path of duty to the light, and, if 
still quiet, is never shy to speak up or intervene in any injustice. 

* She is kind, but harsh in her judgment. She is gifted with an ability to
see through people, and almost instinctively is compelled to illuminate them 
when their motivations are insincere, or, just because.

* Her experience with the Onehearts, and her brother who joined them, burdens
her with a complexity that she actively tries to avoid untangling. 

* She is lonely and sad, but not pitiful - she has accepted and embraced
her nature, and feels no shame for not yet understanding it. 

* Due to the Onehearts trying to get the azure out of her, her control over
her tether to this world has been weakened, made chaotic, even. Her inability 
to fully control her tether will be another regular source of burden for her.

Judgment

Added Sat Jan 7 19:40:11 2023 at level 15:
My dearest Vaen, I sense you thinking about me. On clear nights as this, 
when the stars are so bright as that fateful evening, it is hard to not 
think of each other.

You sensed my stumbles, but did not worry for me. Your faith in me surprises
me, but I am thankful for it... even from afar, you have helped me. And,
no doubt, you have felt the rise in my spirit this day.

It is no small thing, finding the doorway to one's future, and, of course,
you know how unsettled I get when without any agenda or plan. And yet,
as momentous a day as this was for me ...meeting a mystical androsphinx, 
receiving an endorsement of faith, find veritable assurance of my entire
being... I am distracted. Judged.

Since that night, I have been able to sense things about people. You,
Lani, and the old man, radiating goodness. The watchmen, sentries... 
our father... plain wickedness. And yet, there are those in whom
I sense... nothing. Different from the gnomes we knew of, it is not
some belief in balance, it is a belief in something besides good or evil
or balance. Or perhaps, a general disregard for anything.

I feel your will for good growing, so promise me you will not trust those 
absent of aura so easily as I have, Vaen. 

Such was the bard I hunted sentries with, Rehiniir. He was not wicked. But 
he was certainly careless. Carefree. Unconcerned. And he cast the life of
a virtuous traveler right alongside the sentry we fought, and the poor man
fell, right before my eyes! And how I felt the gods' dismay, Vaen. All that 
effort for Lani, and then this... in an instant. 

I have many tasks of faith ahead of me, the sort of thing I oft revel
in, but I cannot shake this loss, nor the nature of it. I couldn't even tell 
you his name, and what did I do? I ran and prayed. I shall never again use 
prayer as a substitute for action. Disregard is as wicked a choice as any
ill intent.

I wonder if it will surprise you then, that your solemn sister wishes to
make herself more than a simple scholar or cleric. 

I am to be a warpriestess of judgment.

Crossroads

Added Wed Jan 11 12:12:09 2023 at level 19:
I have yet to meet you, but the charge of the androsphinx fills my thoughts. 
A vow is requested, a vow is owed. 

And yet I find myself at a crossroads - hesitant to commit to either direction 
without full faith that its course will best align with my unique promise to 
you, to the light. The Acolytes and Maran of the Fortress have been generous 
to me, and I have been honored to fight back so many of the wicked so far, but 
yet I do not pledge. For I also I see a fledgling organization of order, 
struggling to preserve peace where it can, hindered by its conflicting policy 
of tolerance - sacrificing light for peace and order.

But I confess, I am oft more sympathetic to those bound by the machinations of 
darkness than those who walk aimlessly. The aimless and carefree have the easy 
choice of the light, yet still reject it, while the controlled and blind face 
rejection themselves: false judgment and consequence from the hands of the 
powerful. The Empire. Udgaard Loke.

And what do I do with the sympathy and distaste that I feel compelled to 
quell? You have blessed me with the Archons Choir, a host of prayers that tap 
into the celestial energy within me and beyond, that I now embrace, even when 
there are those who would have me "cured." 

The dedicants of Thar-Eris, my brother now among them, have goals that are 
noble, and yet their cult is held fast by malleable rules and beliefs, 
bent so easly by extremists among them to be no less than genocide.

I do not wish to destroy, I wish to change. I wish for all to see what I've 
seen: the pure and harsh grace of the light. I wish for those blinded by the 
wicked and powerful to be allowed to see. I want to protect all from the 
selfish designs of the irredeemable wicked, and to cure the plague of 
carelessness that lets such designs fester.

But how... what is my vow to you? You have judged me. You know my heart. I 
know not my vow yet, but I know you trust me to not take such a step randomly. 

And now I see. I must walk where I am needed. As hard as it is to accept a 
future as magistrate, that is where our light will most brightly shine, and
where I shall find my vow to you.

Joy

Added Sat Jan 14 00:30:37 2023 at level 21:
Aerithas... do you know what joy you have imparted in me? Such a guilty
sensation, all this smiling. She reminded me that is part of the light, 
of course, but it is curious that of all things in my journey, idle 
laughter should feel so false. 

We should be free to be merry, of course. I suppose 'tis no small part of
Aerithas... do you know what joy you have imparted in me? Such a guilty
sensation, all this smiling. She reminded me that is part of the light, 
of course, but it is curious that of all things in my journey, idle 
laughter should feel so false. 

We should be free to be merry, of course. I suppose 'tis no small part of
"I vow to spread the message of the light, and be a light for the lost. 
By example or by voice, by blade or by quill."

Not as poetic as your suggestion, but it is mine, and surely you know 
by now how I favor the literal. But it certainly has more than a touch of
Aerithas Eruil's poetry in it!  

And now I am laughing again. I can allow myself that, yes? Yes. An azure-
touched's vow, touched by Aerithas. Hm! 

Hmmm...

Aerithas Eruil, Shepherd of Principle, Avowed of Azorinne 

Ilise Eruil, Liberator of Udgaard, Avowed of Azorinne. 

Oh, what a silly fantasy. Such joy is surely shameful. 

A Garden Spider in a Nest of Black Widows

Added Fri Jan 20 11:49:16 2023 at level 32:
Arrukal... how odd that you now invade my thoughts when there are so many 
other things I try to unpuzzle. Perhaps it is because I envy you so. You 
have arguably done more for the light than me in our young careers, as 
uncommitted to it as you would claim. You can hunt your quarry without 
distraction, and the code of your cabal's crusade against magic is firm 
and followed. 

But I find myself with less clear direction - the Spire is like a tangled
nest of black widows' webbing. 

A lying paladin, sowing chaos. A vindictive gnome, weaving death and pride, 
and gifting me with treasures stained by the blood of the good. And a 
provincial magistrate, scolding our ranks for no end other than to appear 
authoritative.

And then me. Supposedly so good, and yet I only mete out measured 
righteousness, because I must eye future gains. Trust and influence within 
this mess are the only ways I can restore a guiding light of order to our 
cities. I may be no more than a little garden spider out of her element, 
but, I am still a spider. 

Funny how I had worried if I would have the martial strength necessary of a 
war priest. Spilled blood is the least of my worries - it is spilled secrets 
that I need be most concerned with. 

Lyeeth

Added Fri Feb 24 14:35:08 2023 at level 51:
I am sorry to say it, but how hard I combat the inclination to feel low after
being within your light, Lyeeth. 

How slow and deliberate my tale unwinds, whilst you, an elf, seem to have 
already lived dozens of my lifetimes. Where does your energy come from? And 
why would a star as yourself have such interest in me, plain magistrate Ilise?

There is so much to do, so much I haven't done, and when with you, I feel 
only further behind, on everything. And oh, how a most shameful resentment 
tries to invade my heart, repelled only by active prayer and meditation such
as this.

I don't know why I try to impress you, try to be swift like you. I am no
entertainer. I am no elf. I just... I suppose I envy your spirit. How much
you accomplish, how much joy you bring to the world, how devout you are in
your faith... (curious as it is).

Yet next to you I feel weak. Naive. Needful. I am not some magically angelic 
figure, full of natural wisdom and charity. So much of me is still that lonely 
girl in Udgaard, wanting to be a fighter like her brother, wanting to please 
others, wanting to be more like those she admires. 

Do I still really concern myself with such? 

You bring out a humanity within me that is real, Lyeeth. But when I pray
to my true faith, I am so warmly reminded of the path that will take me to 
the person that I earnestly wish to become. That I am becoming, even. 

Truly, I do not like rushing. No. Perhaps if one is to race through all
doorways, down all spurs and trails and back, one can indeed find the
discoveries she seeks. That will never be my way. I must remember that the 
light I seek is eternal. I have the time to chart each course before I sail.

CORRECTED: Joy

Added Thu Mar 9 23:27:54 2023 at level 51:
-- Corrected version of entry 7, "Joy" --

Aerithas... do you know what joy you have imparted in me? Such a guilty
sensation, all this smiling. She reminded me that is part of the light, 
of course, but it is curious that of all things in my journey, idle
laughter should feel so false.

We should be free to be merry, of course. I suppose 'tis no small part of 
what I wish to protect. Yes, I ought set aside more regular time for
merriment.

But thinking of my vow of faith... my thoughts only turn back to you. You
helped me form it, after all.

"I vow to spread the message of the light, and be a light for the lost.
By example or by voice, by blade or by quill."

Not as poetic as your suggestion, but it is mine, and surely you know
by now how I favor the literal. But it certainly has more than a touch of 
Aerithas Ethuil's poetry in it!

And now I am laughing again. I can allow myself that, yes? Yes. An azure-
touched's vow, touched by Aerithas. Hm!

Hmmm...

Aerithas Ethuil, Shepherd of Principle, Avowed of Azorinne

Ilise Ethuil, Liberator of Udgaard, Avowed of Azorinne.

Oh, what a silly fantasy. Such joy is surely shameful.

The Best Laid Plans, Pirated

Added Tue Mar 21 22:15:47 2023 at level 51:
Tiarumas... you are as featureless as a stone wall, impenetrable to my eyes. 
What is it that truly motivates you? As much as I've fought beside you, why 
is it I feel closer to the duplicitous Gnobflink than you? There is so much I 
don't know still, but you are no mentor, you are a manager... I suppose it is 
what the Spire needs, but I...

...I fail. You placed faith in me when you promoted me to Provincial, but it 
did not take me long to stumble. How easily I was baited by the hateful pirate 
Marbacal into striking him when he was, to my great surprise, no longer a
criminal. My humilation was palpable... his joy in such... I see most clearly
why the Outlanders are hated so.

But you and the Justiciar showed mercy in your judgment of me. Perhaps it was
earned. Perhaps it was just wise resource management. But if I am to bring
influence into the Tribunal, I must be more than a resource. I must be a
respected leader.

Now, how can I bring any light into the Spire's operations? 

"Be available."

Yes, Azorrine. I must remember. And though I find myself ever alone, 
surrounded by professional courters of demons, zombies, and the Empire - it
can change. I must be ready. And I must forgive myself when I stumble off 
course. The destination remains the same. I cannot light the path for others 
if I am too ashamed to find my way back. 

Bakaa-Nakti

Added Fri Mar 24 14:47:33 2023 at level 51:
Marsin... Could there have been anyone more lost than you? Have you yet 
found your way? I can only hope my efforts gave you the faith to continue,
for I too am no stranger to wrong turns. 

And how I needed you, Marsin... am I so weak that I cannot shrug off a simple 
jest from a friend? But it was not the words... 

"Slightly possessed yet fiery spirited priestess seeks bookish page turner 
for long nights of moral debate and rule interpretation."

...published in a missive to the whole of Thera! It was the act. Lyeeth knew 
I would not wish it, and that only amused him more. Alas, when one's 
only friend is a buzzing bee, one is bound to be stung.

Marsin, helping you helped me. It was in such duty that my humiliation so
easily turned to joy.

And now, here, in this dark corner of the cold tower of law where I steal 
away to pray, I gaze upon the design of a blazing eclipse burnished into the 
soft inside of my right forearm. Today, before the melted altar, it became 
clear. I can be more, yes. I have continued and corrected, I have stayed 
aglow in the dark space that is this Spire. 

But the hour of observation is over. I have watched self-interest, pride, and
suspicion continue to thicken in the Spire for too long. The time to shine 
brighter is now. But how?

Perhaps... where I once employed diplomatic suggestion to my wicked 
compatriots, now I might turn to righteous sermon? No? Direct 
illumination of hypocrisy then. Yes, I will call them out when
they are false, and shame them into humility! 

No... I must exemplify grace and support, I must portray the kind wisdom
that the light encompasses, and show them the peaceful order that follows 
when we place others before ourselves.

I can do both. I can reveal, and I can guide. I shall gently expose the 
corrupt, as the soft morning sun chases away the vermin and pests of the night.
And when the night is heaviest, I shall offer wise mercy and fair judgment, 
as an evening fire beckons all with its warmth, impossible to condemn. 

I am a marked holy priestess of Azorinne, Empyrian Radiance. The time to 
blaze in this night as a beacon for good is here. It is why I gave myself 
this surname, from the lost tongue of the eastern wastes, after all. 
Bakaa-Nakti. 

-Character Update-

Added Wed Mar 29 11:31:58 2023 at level 51:
At 41 years old, Ilise Bakaa-Nakti is a Provincial Magistrate of the Blood 
Tribunal and a marked war priestess of Azorrine. Ilyevette Ellis, the young
acolyte from Udgaard, is a distant memory.

PERSONALITY CHANGES

* Confident. Newly marked by Azorrine, Ilise has forgiven herself for her self-
perceived past failures, and moves forward with a strong confidence and
faith in herself. 

* Outspoken. Previously unsure of her knowledge of the law and workings of the 
Spire, Ilise is now less restrained in her judgment. 

* Alone, but not Lonely. She has resolved to be alone, and is less inclined 
to let her lack of friends distract her. She tries to find joy in her duty. 

* Aware, and Unafraid. She is more at peace with her "dark" side.  When 
dealing the wicked and deceitful, Ilise feels no hypocrisy in using their 
methods herself to an appropriate degree. 

PHILOSOPHIES 

** Character Before Aura **
Based on her experiences with false paladins, bloodthirsty gnomes, hateful
wood-elves, and redemeed thieves, Ilise places more faith in her continuous
judgment of character, rather than the auras she detects. But it it takes a 
toll on her.

** Guards, Not Soldiers **
Ilise has come to believe that members of the Tribunal are guards, not
soldiers. Waging war is not trivial, and hunting personal enemies while 
off-duty will invite retribution and warfare within the cities she protects. 
There are some enemies, though, whom she knows will hunt her or threaten 
peace no matter what, and she trusts her judgment on whom to strike. 

** Imperial Infiltration **
She feels the Empire to be the Tribunal's greatest enemy, and is always 
considering how to weaken them and sever the Tribunal's connections to them. 
Sometimes this is combat, more often it is influence within the Spire, or 
collusion with the Fortress.

** Working with Evil **
She has spent the bulk of her life in Tribunal surrounded by corruption
and self-interest, and she sees these traits to not be unique to the 
tainted. And so, trusting her judgment of character, she will aid an evil 
magistrate if she believes either his intentions regarding the law to be pure, 
or that his situational collaboration may serve the greater peace. 

** Shades of the Wicked **
Having grown up in Udgaard, she is sympathetic to the wicked who are made so
by systems of oppression. Conversely, she finds reprehensible those who
consciously reject the light, and moreso those who act selfishly or carelessly 
despite being untainted by evil.

GOALS

** Protect at all Costs **
The peace of the protected cities is sacred, as is the integrity of the law.
Ilise will always defend it.

** A Vow to Guide with Light **
In the end, Ilise believes that everyone is capable of good actions, and 
it is her mission to guide all to choices that promote fair peace - 
especially those who are lost. By example or by voice, by blade or by quill.

A Flock of Paladins

Added Wed Apr 19 13:18:14 2023 at level 51:
Horrindyr, Karnix, Draulvar, Aserunyra... what a flock you have formed so
suddenly, and how poorly I tend to you. Four paladins together, off in your
fortress, attempting to apply the wisdom of The Vows to your crusades 
before you have even experienced the mysteries of them. I ought be grateful
that you consult with me, that you take the time to listen as you do, but
after so many years alone in my faith... how easily I am overwhelmed!

I pray to you Azorinne for grace, for I know there is no greater service
to your faith that I can provide than to ably tend to your faithful. 
And, it is good for them to see how others of the light beyond their 
fortress can be. 

Oh, how swiftly do knights of that guild tend to rise in the ranks. Yet 
I know also, how swiftly so many of that guild fail, abandon. I must 
ensure they persevere! But judge as I may, I have many thoughts I dare 
not share so directly with them...

Horrindyr, merciful as you are, but what little mercy is there in a storm
giant name that sounds so much like "horror" in the common tongue! Is it 
pursuit of freedom from this association that causes you to pen such 
profound missives to me that beg for suitably thoughtful responses? My 
desk as Provincial overflows, but I place your filings atop the others.
but you owned up to it. You have learned that failure is not in stumbling,
it is in fearing shame so much that you dare not stand again.

Draulvar, so much you asked of me, but so little did you reveal of
your own thoughts on Justice. I feel I was able to break up the black and
white lines of your assumptions into strokes of judgment and mercy,
but your personal notions of Justice, I do believe will require more
meditation. I surely must learn more of you, though I concede, I sense
great valor seeded within you.

Aserunyra, what a sad tale yours is, like so many I meet, but how blessed
you are by the words of your mother, freeing of you of the chains of 
vengeance against her killer. Do I believe that the Justice you fight
for truly is not comprised of some measure of revenge? I do not know.
You choose the path of a squire - so I do hope you can make up for all the
wickedness I have let walk beyond and within our cities' borders. 

I oft wonder if I... a war priestess who protects from wars, rather than 
seeks them... am any war priestess at all...

Sickened

Added Wed May 3 12:27:44 2023 at level 51:
Mistrirn... the stains painted by your machinations color me and others of
the light in such a false hue, and how powerless I feel to thwart you. For
now, you are slowed, but I know you withdraw by choice. You stirred dissent
and discredit within the Fortress, and how readily the Provost and Justiciar
played along, but before your acts grew too brazen, just like that, you
decide to "behave." But your work is done. And again your work for the dark
god Morius will return.

You would have us all believe you are so simple, but from afar, the
accumulated incidents reveal quite the obvious plan. Lies about Sylvus. Lies
about Gukao. Lies about Poce. Warrants that baited Karnix, Lorihya, Xaevyir,
Reynellan and so many others into wrath and more crime. I am grateful that
Tiaramus hesitates to promote you, perhaps my whispers about you won me that
solace, but he does not hear my greater warnings. Surely he think me biased,
not as impartial as I've ever been certain to be, but misperception is ever
more powerful than veiled reality. How cleverly you've painted me, Mistrirn.

And while I am grateful that my sermon, and Captain Coqui's and Prophet
Bazz's pleas, brought a cease to the Provost's talks of war, another burden
builds within me.

My headaches grow more frequent. I am cold, I am hot. I am tired... and
always thirsty. But if they know I am sick, if they see any sign of weak-
ness, how correspondingly weakened will my voice become within the Spire?

I must find a way to figure out what is happening to me... but I also must
figure out a way to see you removed from the Spire.

-The Near End?-

Added Fri May 5 14:56:40 2023 at level 51:
Ilise does not yet know it, but she was born with a mortal disease. The 
headaches and lapses in her ability to control her connection to this plane 
were not caused by a Oneheart attempt to "cure" her - they are actually 
symptoms of a deadly disease seeded within her skull since birth, one that 
would have killed her long ago if not for the azure touch that found her. 

When the Oneheart Elder weakened her soul's barrier between the material and 
celestial planes, it was temporary, and the pain she felt was her touched 
body's way of alerting her to the disease, to what would happen if her azure 
energy was lost. The symptoms Ilise grew to know over the course of her life 
were natural, not introduced. 

The energy of the archons within her has actually been fighting her disease 
her whole life. But the disease, the cancer, will rapidly progress once 
the lesion within her brain reaches a certain strength. That time is 
close. At this stage, the most gifted healer would be unable to remove the 
tumor without killing Ilise, and might even suspect that she has no more 
than 6 elven days to live. 

Immortal Comments

Date Level Hours Author Comment
13 9 An Immortal An Immortal added 1500 exp for: Great story, awesome summary. She was a cleric student in Udgaard and refused to sacrifice a child and turned her whole life upside down. Later learning she was azure-touched, she set out on her own.
15 16 An Immortal An Immortal added 100 exp for: You met the androsphinx, confessed your sins, talked about judgment and got empowered! Granted archon's choir to help you understand yourself.
18 23 An Immortal An Immortal added 400 exp for: A letter to her brother telling him of how se can now sense goodness, wickedness, and the apathy between. An innocent life fell to her group mate, and she prayed, but that is not enough. She will be a warpriestess of judgment.
20 31 Azorinne Ilise says 'I vow to spread the message of the light, and be a light for the lost. By example or by voice, by blade or by quill.'
20 31 An Immortal An Immortal added 100 exp for: You made your vow and talked at length with me about how you came to it. Now you get to go explore mercy some!
24 41 An Immortal An Immortal added 800 exp for: Religious update, we've been tasked to make a sacred vow but find ourselves more drawn to help the wicked rise from their terrible life. Also, we've fallen hard for Aerithas.
31 49 An Immortal An Immortal added 100 exp for: You visited Azshrine and told me all about your dilemma with investigating Navur. You're now fully empowered!
36 78 An Immortal An Immortal added 400 exp for: An update talking about our admiration of Arrukal (a friend from our youth and current villager) and how that relationship compares to our time in Tribunal. Good reflection.
41 91 An Immortal An Immortal added 100 exp for: You visited Azshrine and we talked about justice and your concerns about Navur!
41 94 An Immortal An Immortal added 50 exp for: Telling Ohmmin 'You may come to Seantryn for safety with me.'
49 107 An Immortal An Immortal added 100 exp for: You visited Azshrine and discussed mercy and judgment with me and Lorileia and also relieved diving anger!
49 108 Azorinne Wow, I made THE MOST typos on that last note. Received divine anger.
51 128 An Immortal An Immortal added 100 exp for: A wonderful talk about your mercy discoveries, the purpose of emotions, and helping people find the light.
51 133 An Immortal An Immortal added 100 exp for: For winning the limericks contest!
51 134 Rarywey Given Penurious Penmanship as her additional Time for Poetry event prize.
51 134 An Immortal An Immortal added 25 exp for: For being the sixth to speak to the androsphinx on Hemma's behalf.
51 146 An Immortal An Immortal added 400 exp for: Thoughts about time spent with Lyeeth. Next to him, we feel inadequate in most things.
51 147 Azorinne You're great and thoughtful and just a delight to have around. Enjoy the last name!
51 151 An Immortal An Immortal added 15 exp for: Lol'd at you saying Rary religion is a death cult.
51 156 An Immortal An Immortal added 25 exp for: You had a whoopsiedoodles and talked to Justiciar Gnobflink about it and that was a fun convo to watch.
51 164 An Immortal An Immortal added 75 exp for: You came to Az-shrine and told me about your travails with friendships, the Spire, and bringing light to the world. I told you about not quite giving up and what to do when you're stir crazy.
51 172 An Immortal An Immortal added 400 exp for: Our thoughts on the joy that Aerithas brought us.
51 185 An Immortal An Immortal added 100 exp for: You visited, spoke of how you wish to envision your promise to the light now that you have a leadership role, renewed your vow and got a tattoo!
51 196 An Immortal An Immortal added 800 exp for: Ilise meditates upon her failures and successes, how Lyeeth hurt her and how helping Marsin soothed that hurt, and how she will face the world as a marked priestess of Azorinne
51 207 An Immortal An Immortal added 400 exp for: Updates about how our view on the world has developed over our long life.
51 213 An Immortal An Immortal added 75 exp for: For participating in the protected pub crawl.
51 236 An Immortal An Immortal added 100 exp for: Bit of catch up with Karnix and Arjaby, who you'll be trying to help see the light!
51 246 An Immortal An Immortal added 400 exp for: Ilise's fellowship is suddenly so full! She does her best to tend to Azorinne's flock.
51 247 Azorinne You do like your scrolls and missives, so you are now known as the Illumined Essayist.
51 258 An Immortal An Immortal added 150 exp for: For a great catch up where you talked about what you've been trying to achieve in the Spire, and those who have tossed rocks on the path.

Timeline

Date Level Hours Event
14 13 Empowered by androsphinx lion man <PK: 0-0>
14 13 Empowerment changed by androsphinx lion man to level 35. <PK: 0-0>
14 13 Set shaman path Archons Choir by androsphinx lion man. <PK: 0-0>
19 28 Ilise has pledged to the Blood Tribunal <PK: 0-0>
20 31 Ilise advanced to level 20 <PK: 0-0>
21 35 Inducted into TRIBUNAL by Ishuli <PK: 0-0>
21 35 Ishuli assigned Ilise to Seantryn Modan. <PK: 0-0>
30 44 Ilise advanced to level 30 <PK: 0-0>
31 49 Empowerment changed by Azorinne to level 51. <PK: 0-1>
40 81 Ilise advanced to level 40 <PK: 0-4>
49 107 Set shaman path Divine Anger by Azorinne. <PK: 0-6>
51 111 Ilise advanced to level 51 <PK: 0-6>
51 116 Tiarumas assigned Ilise to Voralian City. <PK: 0-6>
51 133 Rarywey has set edge penurious penmanship for Ilise. <PK: 1-9>
51 143 Ilise has been granted by Ishuli <PK: 1-10>
51 143 Ishuli made Ilise a Provincial Magistrate <PK: 1-10>
51 185 Tattooed by Azorinne <PK: 3-12>
51 272 Hero Delete <PK: 6-14>

Level History

Date Level Hours Groupmates
12/12/22 2 0
12/12/22 3 0
16/12/22 4 0
16/12/22 5 0
26/12/22 6 1
28/12/22 7 3
30/12/22 8 4
31/12/22 9 5
01/01/23 10 6 Grracie (18) Adozo (11)
01/01/23 11 6 Grracie (19) Adozo (12)
01/01/23 12 6 Grracie (19) Adozo (13)
01/01/23 13 6 Grracie (20) Adozo (14)
04/01/23 14 12
05/01/23 15 16
08/01/23 16 19
09/01/23 17 20 Fei (17)
09/01/23 18 20 Fei (18)
10/01/23 19 27
12/01/23 20 31 Arrukal (24)
12/01/23 21 35
14/01/23 22 38
15/01/23 23 39 Lyeeth (24)
16/01/23 24 41
16/01/23 25 44 Lyeeth (32)
16/01/23 26 44 Lyeeth (33) Navur (23)
16/01/23 27 44 Lyeeth (33) Navur (24)
16/01/23 28 44 Lyeeth (34) Navur (25)
16/01/23 29 45 Lyeeth (34) Navur (26)
16/01/23 30 45 Lyeeth (34) Navur (27)
16/01/23 31 45 Lyeeth (35) Navur (28)
18/01/23 32 50 Lyeeth (36)
23/01/23 33 66 Darsil (40) Grandizon (33)
23/01/23 34 66 Darsil (40) Grandizon (34)
25/01/23 35 71 Darsil (40)
29/01/23 36 76 Darsil (40) Antharde (29)
30/01/23 37 80
31/01/23 38 81 Aelithara (35) Hielvi (31)
31/01/23 39 82 Aelithara (36) Hielvi (32)
31/01/23 40 82 Aelithara (37) Hielvi (33)
04/02/23 41 89
08/02/23 42 95 Bevarius (32) Lorileia (39)
08/02/23 43 96 Bevarius (33) Lorileia (40)
10/02/23 44 105 Nyisal (51)
10/02/23 45 105 Nyisal (51)
10/02/23 46 106 Nyisal (51) Merthoc (51)
11/02/23 47 106 Nyisal (51) Merthoc (51)
11/02/23 48 106 Nyisal (51) Hielvi (51)
11/02/23 49 107 Hielvi (51)
14/02/23 50 112 Zuzabin (44) Thogeon (40)
14/02/23 51 113 Zuzabin (45) Thogeon (41)

Title History

Date Level Hours Title
20 31 Ilise the Inquisitress, Avowed of Azorinne
51 147 Ilise Bakaa-Nakti the Heroine of Faith, Avowed of Azorinne, Provincial Magistrate
51 247 Ilise Bakaa-Nakti the Illumined Essayist, Avowed of Azorinne

PK Wins

Jan 23, 2023|Lv 32|Mausoleum|Jonkr vs 2: [32] Ilise (26%), [33] Grandizon (73%, shocking bite) Feb 8, 2023 |Lv 43|BattleRager Village|Darfang vs 3: [43] Ilise (6%), [36] Bevarius (26%), [40] Lorileia (66%, parting blow) Feb 21, 2023|Lv 51|The Arena|Darsil vs 1: [51] Ilise (100%, freezing cut) Feb 25, 2023|Lv 51|BattleRager Village|Darfang vs 2: [51] Nygara (21%), [51] Ilise (78%, torments) Mar 13, 2023|Lv 51|Ruins of Maethien|Xzelyx vs 2: [51] Ilise (75%, divine fury), [51] Gnobflink (24%) Mar 23, 2023|Lv 51|The Eastern Road|Burkhaz vs 2: [51] Varkal (48%), [51] Ilise (51%, torments) Mar 28, 2023|Lv 51|BattleRager Village|Xzelyx vs 3: [51] Ilise (35%, wave of remorse), [51] Rogdan (42%), [51] Burkhaz (22%) Mar 31, 2023|Lv 51|The Outlander Refuge|Yvcalla vs 4: [51] Pharagon (36%, cleave), [51] Ilise (41%), [51] Gnobflink (21%), [51] Burkhaz (0%) Apr 4, 2023 |Lv 51|The Dragon Sea|Feven vs 3: [51] Ilise (50%, torments), [51] Rogdan (49%), [51] Veruss (0%) May 7, 2023 |Lv 51|The Eastern Road|Gualnok vs 2: [51] Arjaby (65%, KB), [51] Ilise (34%)

PK Deaths

Jan 4, 2023 |Lv 13|Temple of Loch Grynmear|Ilise drowned Jan 17, 2023|Lv 31|Bramblefield Road|vs 1: [36] Darbrek (100%, pierce) Jan 20, 2023|Lv 32|Mausoleum|vs 2: [32] Njaldof (39%, divine power), [34] Zkrokch (60%) Jan 23, 2023|Lv 32|Aturi|vs 1: [37] Darbrek (100%, lightning bolt) Jan 29, 2023|Lv 35|BattleRager Village|vs 1: [40] Grimagaor (100%, critical hit) Feb 4, 2023 |Lv 41|Teth Azeleth|vs 1: [42] Grimagaor (100%, cleave) Feb 8, 2023 |Lv 41|Seantryn Modan|vs 1: [38] Marbacal (100%, aimed shot) Feb 16, 2023|Lv 51|Voralian City|vs 1: [51] Kharotos (100%, crush) Feb 16, 2023|Lv 51|The Spire of the Blood Tribunal|vs 1: [51] Kharotos (100%, parting blow) Feb 18, 2023|Lv 51|The Spire of the Blood Tribunal|vs 2: [45] Darfang (85%, smash), [51] Arietta (14%) Feb 23, 2023|Lv 51|BattleRager Village|vs 1: [51] Kharotos (100%, cranial hit) Mar 2, 2023 |Lv 51|Forest of Prosimy|vs 3: [47] Marbacal (42%, aimed shot), [49] Vhriha (57%), [50] Xzelyx (0%) Mar 17, 2023|Lv 51|The Spire of the Blood Tribunal|vs 1: [51] Kharotos (100%, beating) May 2, 2023 |Lv 51|Forest of Prosimy|vs 2: [51] Gendley (4%), [51] Pvask (95%, virulent venom) May 4, 2023 |Lv 51|Lower Cragstone|vs 1: [51] Pvask (100%, virulent venom)

Mob Deaths

Date Level Area Killer Attack
12/30/22 8 Ar'atouldain a human scout slash
01/03/23 13 Voralia's Tears a ferocious cave beast stab
01/03/23 13 Voralia's Tears a ferocious cave beast blast of gas
01/19/23 32 Mausoleum a disgusting, rotting zombie claw
01/20/23 32 Mausoleum a disgusting, rotting zombie claw
01/23/23 32 Mausoleum a disgusting, rotting zombie claw
01/25/23 34 Spiderhaunt Woods a sword spider slice
02/08/23 43 Underdark a huge displacer beast claw
02/14/23 51 The White Lair a frost giant adept icy needle
02/18/23 51 The Green Lair a hulking moss troll claw
03/12/23 51 Abandoned Siege Encampment a brutish guard crush
05/04/23 51 The Tower of Trothon an Undead Beholder bite