About Joye, A Librarian
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Title: About Joye, a Librarian
Author: Historian Laurette
A simple civil servant of the Britain Public Library during the time of The Invasion of Trinsic, Joye had the unfortunate luck of being the finder of a crystal ball that gave her two crucial visions that could change the outcome of the war. Unfortunately before she could reveal what she had learned, agents of the Green Liche- Juo'nar, found her and put her to death publicly just outside the library.
Finding herself dead and in the Ethereal Void, Joye lamented her failure to alert anyone about her visions, so much so that another spirit, Lord British's friend Julia, returned to the land of the living to alert Dupre, who in turn contacted the High Mage- Nystul. What follows next is a actual account of events as they happened, from the Great Lakes shard.
After some study, Lord British's High Mage Nystul determined that to get her message, five brave souls would have to be sent to the Void, retrieve her, and --hopefully-- be resurrected. As we gathered at the Library, Sir Dupre scanned the crowd looking to choose these five souls.
His first choice was the notable Alec DeLeon of the honorable BKP Guild, then, for his wisdom and bravery, our own Squire EdGuArDo was chosen! (I arrived just at that point) Sir Dupre then cast about for the other three who would travel.
Well, imagine my surprise and shock when he called out my name! How glad I was to be able to go along on this most perilous mission with my beloved Squire! Then, to our mutual delight, Lady itaP's name rang out! Three Defenders! Alec was then joined by his guildswoman Nephalia of BKP, and our numbers were complete. At this point, we five were whisked off to Nystul's laboratory where he told us that he had incantations and potions to take us to the Void.
He seemed unsure if we would be able to return, but we were undaunted! He spoke the words and we quaffed the vile green potions given to us. My heart beat fast as I felt the poison run through my veins, my life draining away...my last breath exhaled in a cry "Resolute in DEED!" and I was parted from the living...
We found ourselves in that horrid grey that is the afterlife, standing with Nystul still. He said words of power, and an eerie grey gate opened to enfold us. We each of us said what prayers we could and stepped inside...
We found ourselves in a very strange place indeed....the Ethereal Void is a mostly featureless world. As we entered, we met several souls lost in that awful place. Our hearts went out to them as we asked them for news of Joye. In particular, we met Ophelia, who had lost her life trying to save her love Atien. Her tale wrenched our hearts, for she seemed not to understand at all where she was and that her time among the living had come to a close.
We met a spirit known as Eslin who lead us through that terrible cold place. With words of power, Eslin guided us on our way to a strange shrine. Once there, we placed ourselves in strange vortexes and chanted rune mantras each in turn. Suddenly, the spirit of Joye stood before us! She too seemed confused as to where she was, but she followed as we made haste to retrace our steps back. We found ourselves again at the grey gate, among those poor lost souls...they cried for us to take them from that awful place, but even after offering her own spirit to stay that one of them might return, Lady itaP was told it was impossible to relieve their plight. With heavy hearts, we bade farewell to Eslin and saw Joye safely into the gate.
We then stood again within Nystul's laboratory....but to our horror, Joye was not among our number! Quickly, Nystul chanted words of power, bringing her spirit to where we were. We had succeeded! We then stood nervously waiting to see if we would be able to rejoin the living. With a hard effort, Nystul cast words of great power, drawing symbols in the air all around us...
Imagine our relief when blessed color came back into our eyes! We were alive!! Nystul bid us make haste to leave, as Sir Dupre would surely wish to communicate with Joye's spirit at his earliest opportunity. We donned the clothing of the living, bid our deepest thanks to both Nystul and to Joye's spirit for her willingness to return with us. With a final working of great magic, Nystul saw us all safely back to the Library in Britain, where Sir Dupre and many others were awaiting our return.
Cheers and great gladness met us, especially from our dear fellow Defenders. Although Sir Dupre praised us each for our bravery, I know that it was the love of our comrades, their earnest prayers, and our trust in the most Holy Cross that saw us through. With such as that, even the faintest heart can be made very brave indeed!
..end of account..
Dupre learned from Joye two important facts: That Tyball, Malabelles lover whos reported death at Lord Britishes hands caused Malabelle to turn against Britannia, was ALIVE and held by Minax herself, and that Malabelle was in possession of a Silver Moon Key, the only item capable of granting access into the Black Temple from which Juo'nar seemed to partly draw his strength.
Armed with this knowledge, Dupre found either a already-knowing Malabelle, or a book from Malabelle telling him where the Moon Key was at.
With the key and a lantern lit from the Candle of Love, the Death Vortex of the Black Temple was eliminated, leading to the recapture of Trinsic.
The entire Crisis in Britannia itself seemed to come to a conclusion not long after, when Malabelle and Minax fought each other and left no apparent survivers.
Thus it was, that a Humble Librarian saved our realm.
Jan 18, 2006