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A great earthquake hits the ground, and tsunamis roll outward, and will move towards the Norwald fleet to drop it. Storm clouds roll in, and in two rounds, lightning begins to fire from the clouds, crashing into the island and punishing it. A great Lightning Bolt cascades into Alzar and hits him for 46 damage, no save – it’s immortal magic, unfettered by the boundaries of someone taking physical form. The bolt slays the griffin, and Alzar begins to fall to the ocean. He has two rounds before hitting, and uses one to enter OtherSpace, grabs some potions, casts the Fly spell (did not memorize it, but is using the Spell recall spell) and then leaves, flying under his own power.
A great maelstrom has formed, one more, with a giant whirlpool, earthquakes, electrical storms and more. While the Dreadnoughts of Death have returned to their place of creation else-where and else-when the Norwald fleet is being pulled back, soldiers are in the water from ships and boats that were broken, and the full frenzy of the immortals against Alphaks is catching the Norwald bystanders up. Alzar flies over to search, and suddenly..
The Maelstrom is over. The sea, sky, and others are all calm. No remnants of the island. A small merchant fleet from the Barony of Qoadhar is saling by, and Alzar spots it and flies over. Baron Norlan is on board, sailing to Alphatia on secret business. He introduces himself to Alzar, and Alzar takes him into a cabin in their ship and speaks behind closed doors and away from prying eyes.
Is Baron Norlan heading to the capital? Yes. To solidify his relationship with them? Yes. “To ask for Princess Mariella’s hand in marriage?
Baron Norlan looks very suspiciously at Alzar, and doesn’t answer. Don’t worry Baron, I have a good spy network in the capital. The Empress Eradne is going to say no. Alzar asks about the spy Baron Norlan sent to him recently, and he’s not sure what Alzar is talking about. Must have ben sent by Alphaks, not Norlan. In order to keep Baron Norlan of Qeodhar from going to Alphatia and causing a diplomatic issue, he agrees to initiate relations, and to give the Barony most favored trade status, which will result in a loss of tariffs for their goods in his March, but in increase of trade with his merchants, so they get ore wealth, but he gets less.
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