Down in the Depths

It has been a couple of days since your recovery of Krinn, but he has been somewhat silent at this point. Kevin has interacted with the docent, getting some information about the project that he has managed for the Cul'sir Dominion many aeons ago. Krinn didn't understand at the time, but he now realizes how far in the future he (and you all) really are compared to when he was commissioned to his task.

You all have attempted to investigate some of the tunnels, but realize that the tunnels are different than even Krinn's maps indicate. But he says to Kevin, "Something is coming. The giants had me monitoring the shifting of the moons, the times when our planet became coterminous with other planes, and they devised these caverns as a means of containing and funneling threats, and also as a means of traveling to those planes."

He shows you an astral map, showing Eberron in the center, the Ring of Siberys, and the whole planet orbited by 12 moons ,each labeled with the moon's name (and in parentheses indicating the plane and domain associated with the moon), and a 13th black space with a label that says "Crya (Dal Quor)".

"If you are up on your ancient history, the giants and the denizens of Dal Quor got into a major war, which ended in the Cul'sir Dominion destroying Dal Quor's access to our plane. They did that through access to these planar tunnels and caverns.

"Now watch this:" The cycling of the moons seems to fast-forward to the current date, and he says, "There is an unprecedented event that will occur, which hasn't occurred in about 35 million years: we will have a multi-planar convergence. Each of the moons of Eberron will affect our station here in Stormreach all simultaneously.

"We will need your help to manage and mitigate the disaster that would ensue if that were to occur. Also, we do not know how Dal Quor might be affected by this convergence. Will the destroyed bridges to that plane be fixed? Will denizens from other planes conspire with those Quori spirits to infiltrate this world? I just don't know what the implications are. I know that Xoriatites are meddlesome beings, but who knows if Thelanisians are equally meddlesome. Do you get my meaning? This is a strange time for us to deal with, and we have many places to visit if we are to mitigate the chaos.

"Will you help me?"

"This sounds disastrous," the decay druid grumbled, "and far beyond our capabilities alone. We should seek help from amenable powers in Stormreach. Perhaps such powers can provide resources we lack for both exploration and combat."

Mrak pulled his lip thoughtfully for a moment. "How much time have we got?"

Gunnar's eyes open very wide. He speaks as close to a whisper as he ever gets (which isn't very).

"What a legacy we could build under such dangerous times! The legacy of the Mror Howlers could be secured for all time."

As Mrak hears Kevin's retelling of Krinn's words, Mrak touches the ball in Kevin's hand and he sees the docent consciousness and the same things that Kevin is seeing: the labeled moons, the planet Eberron with its surrounding Ring of Siberys.

He asks the above question, and the consciousness says, "Based on my estimations, it will happen in about 2 months' time.

"There may be a way to circumvent this convergence. There are ancient notes and tomes in the catacombs, one particular esotericist by the name of Gryndl'sir, he was a brother of one of the giant emperors, and he studied these comings and goings of manifest zones and such. Perhaps he wrote something that could tell us how to mitigate the effects of the convergence."

"Who are we to say that his convergence is a bad thing? All we really know is that is it different and that there will likely be change. Change is a good thing! The world can be so boring sometimes. This would surly spice it up." Alin raises and eyebrow and scans the other for reaction. "I think good Gunnar and I are on the same page, this event may be a way to build something new."

Setting yourself on fire is also a change from the boring life.
There is a potential for something really bad, but we find Gryndl'sir notes down below, they could make a more informed decision whether or not we should work against or with this change.

Grab what you need for an underground treck and lets get down there.

"I think I have everything needed except for a large amount of food, I have five days worth of traveling rations and no capacity to carry more."

Gunnar makes an offer to Alin.

"If you buy enough for the two of us, I'll haul it for the both of us. I'm short on coin but not on muscles."

Carrying capacity is not a problem. One of my creations is a dimensional storage*. Bedroll, climbing gear, food stuff, bring it over at I will carry it.

"I wouldn't count on taking a trip to the store too often. If there will be more portals, I foresee the danger of somehow ending up in one of the less hospitable planes. Even if we don't get sucked down a dimensional hole, we've already seen one thing that can come through them to our world, and slaadi are only one of many such horrors."

Kevin starts to pack the items from his shopping spree. There is plenty more room for your stuff

"There were times I spent weeks in the caverns under the Wastes. I'm ready for what comes."

Lets go then. Kevin takes a few steps and his battle cat raises with the smooth sound of polished metal against metal. In the door he looks back to see if there is any objections.

"I feel as ready as I will ever be, have you consulted our spherical friend on the destination?" Alin thinks for a moment "Can you do some of your fancy tinkering to make its map visible to us all or to allow it to communicate to the group?"

Mrak cracks his neck and moves aggressively toward the door.

Gunnar lets everyone else go first. What's the hurry? Besides, he'll be better able to everyone's back better from the back of the line.