The Faerie Fountains
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Lunday Alystos 7, 566
This letter is addressed to pixies and friends of the faerie folk:
I have uncovered pieces of artifacts that predate any mortal creature and many immortals. Evidence suggests these fragments immediately postdate the alignment of our cosmos into its current form.
I believe them to be capable of transforming faeries and their relatives into other varieties, some known and some relatively unknown: dryads, naiads, sprites, and so on. Indeed, I believe them to be the origin of these races.
I am undertaking the ambitious project of attempting to restore these artifacts to their original functioning. The enchantments they use, though beyond me, are largely intact, and I believe could be renewed through a proper restoration of the original material and form.
However, these objects are extremely large, and I require assistance gathering their constituent substances. If you'd like to assist, please drop off materials at my cabin in -37, 4 in Gardagh:
-- 10 dekans of coruscar -- 10 dekans of ruby -- 1000 dekans of warpstone -- 2500 dekans of brass -- 5000 dekans of glass -- 5000 dekans of mahogany
The following particular items would also assist me:
-- Ng'galgath Fthalg -- Peacemaker -- the Eye of Svarog -- 3 lenses of change -- 9 xyrikallixai -- 9 portable holes
These materials and items will enable me to, hopefully, craft the first three fountains. I have set up systems to ensure that items will remain in my cabin, provided they are not disturbed -- some assistance in guarding them would also be appreciated.
Yours, Aislynn
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Tyrday Alystos 14 566
Friends and citizens,
I have constructed the Eithel Veryn, which facilitates transformation into dryads. All of these fountains appear to be tied to particular locations, and this one functions in Arborlon, where it will now reside.
I no longer need mahogany, and have used 3 of the xyrikallixai and portables holes for their material, 1 lens of changes for the transformation magicks, and the silima in Peacemaker.
I have learned something about these fountains in reconstructing this one. They all have an associated drawback, which one can learn by touching them as an eligible-to-be-transformed faerie. They carry with them a small chance of permanent but minor attribute degradation as well as the certainty of a long-term but temporary drawback.
In the case of Eithel Veryn, the drawback is that it appears to prevent one from obtaining wingless flight for a month or so after transforming to a dryad.
Yours, Aislynn
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Eriday Gettrellyn 5 566
Friends,
I have completed construction on Eithel Nyor. It is located in the mountains of Calais 21, -35, 4.
I no longer need brass or ruby, and have used the Eye of Svarog, a lens of changes, and 3 more xyrikallixai and portable holes.
One more fountain remains in this set, after which I will begin to search for pieces of additional fountains besides these three, of which there may be half a dozen or more.
Yours, Aislynn
(Eithel Nyor transforms to puck, and has the drawbacks of anhedonia, analgesia, and numbness for about two weeks.)
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Lunday Alystos 1 567
To all the folk of the realm,
After many mishaps and much hardship, the materials for Eithel Exoma have been gathered and assembled. It is located in the Exoma, in a relatively calm pocket, where it can be observed, studied, and used safely.
I am pursuing further research into additional fountains, but until that research is complete, there is no more need for materials.
It has been a pleasure collaborating with so many, and it is truly a blessing to reawaken old fey magicks that will enliven and diversify an entire race of beings.
Your humble servant, Aislynn
(Eithel Exoma transforms to serentyll. Sets luck to -30 for a duration of 6 months.)
[A mystical repository is found within the aforementioned cabin, touch relevant items to it to donate them. -Xao]
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A new Faerie Fountain, Eithel Drachna, was added on December 18, 2021 with change 7871. This fountain is located in Kentaur Isle. The fountain is protected by an emerald gate that must be bypassed first for any hopefuls. This gate is located behind the waterfall (-8, 7, 0) in Kentaur Isle. When bathing in the fountain's waters, the character will be turned into a Drachannach. They are also granted the trait of Albinism for some unknown period of time.
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A new Faerie Fountain, Eithel Aranea (it has been IDed, apparently it has no name of its own, so this is its new name) has appeared as of change 8207 (only visible to developers). This one wasn't created by Aislynn: speculation includes Nachthla willing it into existence just because, or to increase the amount of spiderforms in the cosmos. It transforms you into an atterkop with the penalty being 10 heliotoxicity, heliocausticity, and light sensitivity for an unknown period of time. It is located at 9, 0, -9 (Nachthla's floor) in Spiderwood. The previous explorer had terrible orienteering, we apologize, hence the coordinates were corrected. It looks like this while not identified:
You see a large octagonal tsadlakar-rimmed jet fountain. Obvious exits are north and south. > l fountain This exquisitely-crafted fountain is composed of jet containing a pool of bright green liquid, a jet of which arcs upward from the middle of the pool spectacularly and apparently without the aid of any sort of piping or other mechanism. The surface of its tsadlakar rim is deeply incised with etched lines in the pattern of a spiderweb. You estimate that it is worth something upward of three thousand five hundred gold. It looks about five dimins tall and twenty dimins on a side.
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A new Faerie Fountain, with an unknown name (I suppose we can call it something like Eithel Aqua or Eithel Naida) has appeared also probably as of change 8207. This fountain transforms you into a Naiad, with the downside of muteness for an unknown length of time (more than 2 weeks, less than 1 month). It is located at -2, -25, 1 in Castigon, and so at global coordinates -2, -106, 1.
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