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PRINCE EDGAR, BARON OF SPIRE TEN

COURT Unseelie
TITLE The Fae Lordling
OCCUPATION Baron of Spire Ten
ABLE TO FAST-TRAVEL Has cleg mounts, Ravensong and Duskwhisper
RESIDENCE IN 2,701 Spire 10
RESIDENCE IN 2,702 Spire 10

MAJOR EVENTS

HIGHLIGHT
Spire 10 Completion [ ✖ ]

HIGHLIGHT
TBD [ ✖ ]

PLANS
Rising Baron, will work on R&D for Unseelie court, protect artifacts, maybe mentor shardless, breed and raise clegs...

SUMMARY OF KNOWN DETAILS
...barony stuff...

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

SPRING IN 2,701 (Mar, Apr, May)

MARCH - Works to protect Spire from freeze magic. Will plant the rose hedge surrounding Spire 10. Attempts to get mining operations set up to mine the blood granite. Begins outfitting R&D lab with suggestions from other researchers. Begins mentoring shardless?
APRIL - Plants herb garden for locals and Rin. Begins research studies in lab. Mining operations commence. Possibly breeding clegs? Maglor brings tack for clegs and new wardrobe for Edgar? Spire 10 officially completed?
MAY - R&D/mining operations continue, develop locket-alternates for communication. Protect all plants in Spire 10 lands. Seeking buyers for blood granite. Saber retrieves mysterious artifact?

SUMMER IN 2,701 (Jun, Jul, Aug)

JUNE - Visit Jabberwock-damaged lands and attempt to heal using magic and any R&D developments in that field
JULY - Attend Treun tournament! Likely doesn't actually compete, though, unless invited to do so.
AUGUST - Begin golem R&D to see why golems are acting up.

FALL IN 2,701 (Sept, Oct, Nov)

SEPTEMBER - Attempt to fix communication issue? Attend Treun festival?
OCTOBER - Attends Samhain party!
NOVEMBER - Keep watch for escapees that might come to Spire 10?

WINTER IN 2,701/2,702 (Dec, Jan, Feb)

DECEMBER - Attend Yule party! Does not participate in hunt.
JANUARY - Attend Caer Scima re-opening!
FEBRUARY - Attend art festival?

SPRING IN 2,702 (Mar, Apr)

MARCH - R&D research into undead?
APRIL - R&D into menial chore appliances? Additional cleg breeding?
TBD - TBD?

( codes by whambam )

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Wan made it to the outskirts of the town around the Tenth Spire a few days into May, coming along the roads that led into Caer Scima. He walked alone, though he had passed a small cart and donkey heading back the way he'd come just a couple hours before. They'd asked him about the state of the roads and general travel hazards he'd encountered on his way. None really, save for unstable ground he'd had to make his way around. Something they were already pretty aware of.

He greeted the townsfolk with a smile and asked if there was anyone he could speak to about staying for a time and helping out. He was fine sleeping outside the town, but if he was going to be around and didn't know for how long, he may as well help out. Of course with the town as small as it was and Wan being a shardbearer, he was directed to speak to the Baron of the Spire himself.

Wan did so, going right up to the gates of the spire and politely asking the guards if the Baron was available to speak with.

It didn't take long for Edgar himself to come down to greet him.

"Hello, and welcome to the Tenth Spire!" he said, "I am Edgar. I hope the roses gave you no trouble?"

"None," Wan said back, offering a polite bow. "I'm Wan. Were the roses supposed to give me trouble?"

"The fact that they didn't speaks well of you," Edgar said. "Please, come in, make yourself comfortable. It's my pleasure to welcome you. But brings you out this way?"

Wan would follow where Edgar led as he cast his glance back the way he had come and the roses that lay upon the paths he'd walked. He was very curious now about what they would have done had they not thought well of him. Something he'd like to find out more about during his stay.

"I'm traveling the lands and learning what I can about them and the people that live in the Drabwurld," he answered easily, honestly. "I'm planning on staying here for a while, though. I don't know how long yet. I'm staying until Harry Potter is done making something for me and brings it to me. I need a place for him to find me easily. Since this Spire is on the edge of the Troll Lands, I figured I could venture into them every few days without missing Harry's arrival."

"You're certainly welcome to stay here as you like," Edgar said, leading him inside, "But what business do you have with the trolls?"

"None," he replied with a shrug. "Like I said, I'm traveling the lands and learning what I can about the people that live here. The trolls are people that live here. I want to learn their ways just as I want to learn the ways of the other peoples of this world."

A measure of tension visibly relaxed in the young baron, and he nodded.
"It's good to hear you say that. So few people are willing to see the trolls as people. They take one look and think they're monsters, but they aren't. They have a culture all their own, but... so few take the time to see it."

Wan tilted his head to the side, a little surprised to hear that. With so many different kinds of people that weren't human in the Drabwurld it seemed strange that some groups would still get treated that way.

"Well, some people can be monstrous," he tried joking, doing his best to make it obvious before continuing. "But you sound like you know a lot about them. Will you teach me what you know of their ways? I still want to meet them and learn from them on my own, but learning what's polite and what isn't before I go in there couldn't hurt."

Edgar smiled faintly at the joke. A little close to home, that one. Not that Wan could have known that.

"I have a particular... empathy with trolls," Edgar said with a shrug, "They aren't quite the same here as where I came from, but I spent a lot of time among them back in Eldritch," Edgar explained, "They have some... traditions others find a little off-putting, but they aren't bad people. Just misunderstood."

He blushed a little.
"Oh, but you'll probably want some rest and refreshments before we start getting into the particulars of trolldom. Is there anything I can offer you?"

"No, I'm fine," he answered, smiling brightly. "I know what it's like to live among a group of people that are misunderstood. I'm sure I can deal with the strange traditions."

Though he didn't know for sure what he was getting into, from what he'd heard about trolls, he assumed there was probably a lot of violence in their culture.

"They can be... rough. They aren't terribly fond of the smell of flowers though. One of the reasons why the roses are in place. They don't harm the trolls at all, but they do deter them from getting overly close."

He cocked his head just a little.
"...have you ever encountered a troll before?"

"Don't like flowers, got it," he said, nodding along before shaking his head. "No. But I want to."

"They aren't very trusting of outsiders, admittedly for good reason. I got lucky. They have limited trust in me. We have our agreements. But my word is far from law to them."

He fidgeted.
"Still, it might work better if you're given a proper introduction. As a friend."

"Sounds like some friends I have back home." The spirits didn't exactly accept him right away, but their trust grew and strengthened over time. And that came from living among them and learning from them. He expected it would be much the same for the trolls. If he had to work harder to prove himself, so be it.

"But I'd like that, thank you. Could we do that tomorrow? Or the next day? If there's anything I should do before we go out, I will."

"I suggest you bring a bit of brimstone with you, just in case. Not much, but... Thrown onto a fire, the fumes will put a troll to sleep for a little while. At least, it works for the ones in Eldritch. I'm not certain if it still works here. I haven't had reason to use it. But... just in case things don't go according to plan, it's good to have an out that won't end... messily," Edgar said.

"But, yes, if you like, we could. They prefer the dark. Do you mind night travel? We can use my clegs, if that would be easier."

Wan shook his head, "I don't mind at all. And I can fly on my own. I'd rather not have one of them decide they want to drop me mid-flight because it's funny to them. And if something goes to the point it can get messy, I can get us out of there fast. I don't want to put them to sleep and have them even madder at me later if I upset them. I'd rather try to work things out."

The latest reports had come in from the quarry, and Edgar was looking them over, making sure all was in order. Things were progressing well, but... the irony of the situation hadn't escaped him. Perhaps solutions were in order.

Going down toward the research facility, he paused at Hiro's door and knocked.

"...Hiro? It's Edgar. May we speak?"

Anything Hiro was doing in his lab wasn't really that important, but the sounds from the inside sounded worse than they really were. A crash, a bang, and a few books falling to the floor rang through the room as Hiro opened the door and stepped out of the room. There was a slight grin as he looked up at Edgar, head tilting in question as he slid the door shut. He had a feeling that if Edgar came down this way he wouldn't be returning to his work anytime soon.

"Hey, dude. What's going on?"

"I..." He paused. "I would rather explain this where we aren't going to be overheard. Would you mind coming with me? The laboratory will be fine."

Because that certainly wasn't ominous. He raised an eyebrow, nodding in response before gesturing down the hall they were in. "Sure. Lead the way. Everything okay?"

"Sort of."

Edgar headed down the long corridor into the lab, making sure there was no one else around.

"...it's the blood granite. I hold control over the only known current supply, and being near the stuff is... not a risk I should probably be taking considering its nature and mine. You see how this is problematic?"

He followed with ease, a hand coming up to rub at his eyes briefly. He'd been working for the last several hours on something or other so the break, no matter how grim the subject matter, was more than welcome. He hummed in agreement as Edgar relayed the problem.

"Absolutely." Having a guy who could be severely damaged by the stuff be the head of supply and demand? Definitely, definitely not a smart idea. "So my next question for you is how do we fix it?" He looked over the baron for a moment, tilting his head. "I could build you armor, maybe, but that probably won't help too much in terms of keeping the effects off of you."

"Not to mention that the last time I wore armor, I was lucky King Otar prefers to have it enameled over so no iron actually touched me. Iron's worse than the blood granite, but that doesn't make it pleasant. Still... I don't think armor is going to send the right message." Edgar shook his head.

"I'd rather we take a closer look at the material. Small quantities, nothing too dangerous, even for me. Learn about it. Test its limits. See if there's a way to buffer it or develop an immunity of some sort. After all, if I'm going to be the only one with access to it, I should know everything about it, don't you think?"

"Okay, so no armor." That was a good thing to note and just one more thing to file away into his memory bank. He perked up considerably though at the word "test" and he looked up at Edgar as they continued to walk.

"Great idea." It'd be a decent break from his own projects, anyway. "I have enough tools that we can use to break everything down and start testing out the chemical properties of it and seeing what we can extract..." The last few things were mumbled to himself as his thoughts moved ahead. "Let's do it. Do we have a piece already that we can start looking at?"

"I had a little bit brought into the facility already. Just a handful. Literally. It's not like I can't get more if we need it, though."

Sure enough, sitting on one of the lab tables was a little bundle about the size of an apple or a baseball wrapped in cloth.
"I had to wrap it up, just for safety. Touching it... Well, direct contact should probably be kept to a minimum in my case. I'll let you unwrap it."

"I know very little about it, but it's valuable to certain people, and that, at least, is economically good news for the spire. But, whatever we learn about it... This might not be something we want to be sharing with anyone outside this facility, you understand?"

"Well then you'll be happy to know that most things that go on in here are never shared with anybody outside of the facility," he assured him as they ended the lab. Quickly striding across the room, he hardly wasted time before unwrapping the cloth. He was being careful though, just in case this somehow negated his own magic.

"I don't know a lot about the blood granite either. Why's it so valuable? Do we really know? Other than the whole 'damaging to magic-users' thing."

"You know, I tried asking that. Never did get a straight answer," Edgar mused. "But, if we can succeed with this... I think we could make it a lot more valuable, and useful to more people."

He looked intently at the rock on the table.
"I know that the magic-dampening powers are cumulative. The more granite you have, the more effective it is. But it can't drown out everything. Powerful being like the monarchs might be inconvenienced by it, but not harmed. It was also suggested once to me that small amounts added to restraints could keep magic users in check. But I haven't tried this, really."

"Which means more money for us and more ways we can utilize it in our projects. I like that idea." He crouched down to eye-level to examine the blood granite, fingers running over it carefully before he frowned. To him, it was still just a piece of rock.

"So it's like kryptonite to some people and food poisoning to others. Something that could be made for imprisonment in some cases but might be useless against somebody more powerful. Sounds like what we really need to do is figure out the limits without causing a lot of damage to our test subject. Maybe use it against a magic object and see how much of it negates the power. What do you think?"

"It's worth a try. But, it should probably be a magic object that we can stand to lose."

Edgar considered.

"Maybe one of the roses? I could bring some in from outside... That's probably about as safe as anything."

"How much power is in one rose? We might want to test on a few of them if we're going that route." That isn't to say it was a bad idea. Actually, he seemed rather amicable to it.

"Mostly just enough to give them something of a mind of their own. It's technically fairy magic. Not a lot, but... it's a start. And we can afford to use a few roses for the cause, instead of something more... precious."

He shrugged.
"Is there something else you would like to use?"

"Nah, I think that'll work. Think we can use maybe four of them? Couple of them for control tests and a couple for actually testing out the properties. I don't know a lot about fairy magic or how it really works but it should give us enough of an idea so we can start moving on to something bigger."

With his mind made up, he stands upright again away from the granite. "Where do we get them?"

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