Scene 13: Githtastic
Xilvin appears as Varian summons him.
"Well? You must have found something worth my attention by now. What is it?"
"The Gith, sir, the Prophet of the Empty Heavens, I've found out what he's doing. He's recruiting. He says it's a new faction, but the Defiers are helping him. He's staying with them in the Shattered Temple."
"A new faction? And the Defiers are helping? What is he recruiting them to do?"
"Kill a god."
5 comments:
Specifically, I'm looking if Gith have any special resistance to illusions. Varian's heard about them fighting Mind Flayers before, and does not find it unreasonable to assume that they might.
Also, Varian's gonna look into who the Defiers are. Any specific agenda, known allies, anything like that. If nothing shows up, he'll go to Gurg, having heard about his various underworld connections.
Gith are a tallish humanoid species, mostly identical to humans. A little taller, a little thinner, a longer lifespan, but otherwise very similar. No special immunities. The illithid bred them selectively, but don't seem to have warped them otherwise.
The defiers are a faction that believes the 'gods' are no more than powerful beings, not anything to be worshiped. Some believe in an even higher power, and some believe that the universe is simply self-existent, with the 'gods' as a detail within it.
The Prophet's faction could be a genuine faction, or simply a sub-group of the defiers, a militant wing. His preaching is outside their norm.
In other news, I just discovered that summoning and banishing, along with any other means of magical travel or communication, don't quite work right with Sigil. Things work just fine from one place in Sigil to another in Sigil, but not from outside into Sigil, or from Sigil to outside. The only way in or out of Sigil is through any of the numberless portals.
With that in mind, we're just going to assume that Xilvin was summoned from outside Sigil and sent in. We're also going to assume that he was a willing servant, so we can waive the time limit. We'll have to work out what's in it for him. this current meeting then is happening some time after you returned, at a time and place you had pre-arranged.
Na, just tell me what you might have to offer Xilvin.
Also, if you're looking anywhere for the defiers, I guess they're usually called the Athar. Look here: http://www.planewalker.com/encyclopedia/encyclopedia.php?intEntryID=117
I'm still waiting on the bit about Xilvin. Got anything?
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