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 First, you must travel to the Tang Empire and there convince the Emperor that he must, as a final act of Law before the Thousand Year Gate opens, invade the Reaches.  As the Kings will be summoned by the Tenth Shrine, a summons which they cannot refuse, their kingdom will be without leadership – and ripe for destruction.  This will establish the Emperor’s dynasty as the ultimate ruler of Law before his days end.  Bring your trusted advisors with you, as this will be your new home for twenty years.
-Second, you must convince the Emperor to fund a resistance – to build up a small clandestine force of troops that will invade from the South in the early months of 899 in advance of the naval assault on Teufeldorf and the shores north and south of the city.  I have seen that this plan will be discovered by the Three Kings, but they will fail in their attempts to thwart the resistance.
+Second, you must convince the Emperor to fund a resistance – to build up a small clandestine force of troops that will invade from the South in the early months of 899 TA in advance of the naval assault on Teufeldorf and the shores north and south of the city.  I have seen that this plan will be discovered by the Three Kings, but they will fail in their attempts to thwart the resistance.
 Finally, once you have set these tasks in motion, you must destroy this message.  Seek out a blind beggar named Hosu outside the Emperor’s Palace, and have him work his magic on you.  It will subtly alter your memory, so that you will forget about this note.  Hosu will die and his dust will be scattered shortly after you do this.  Again, the Three Kings will try and stop this, but they can’t.  It has already happened.

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 '''Meanwhile Back at Home'''
-Almost ten years have passed since [[the Burning of Teufeldorf]] and the party’s harrowing adventures into [[Sojourn to Oblivion|Oblivion]].  With the absolute devastation of the Orc Nation to the north and [[Sandal]] to the south, not to mention the disappearance of the [[Tomb Kingdom]] into the Sands of Time, the three kings of the Reaches have enjoyed relative peace and prosperity.  Much of the rebuilding from the war is completed, and the people of the Reaches seem focused on the upcoming celebration of the new century.  For, it is the middle of June 899 of the Third Age.
+Almost ten years have passed since [[the Burning of Teufeldorf]] and the party’s harrowing adventures into [[Sojourn to Oblivion|Oblivion]].  With the absolute devastation of the [[Orc Nation]] to the north and [[Sandal]] to the south, not to mention the disappearance of the [[Tomb Kingdom]] into the Sands of Time, the three kings of the Reaches have enjoyed relative peace and prosperity.  Much of the rebuilding from the war is completed, and the people of the Reaches seem focused on the upcoming celebration of the new century.  For, it is the middle of June 899 of the Third Age.
 You roll your eyes, as another summons from Hylax comes in.  The little gnome has been working on a master plan to have three simultaneous fireworks displays over Teufeldorf Castle, Dwarrowdelf, and Dragonsford Castle at the moment of the new century, six months hence.  “Timing is everything.  We must have the spatio-temporal vortex just right in order to synchronize the effect...”  If you hear any more talk of the fireworks – well, at least he brings good beer and winterweed along with him on his now-frequent visits.

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 Before he left, the Grandmaster of Law left behind a single package, addressed to the Emperor, to be opened one decade to the day from his departure.
-That day is today.  Sitting on his ruby throne, amongst the accumulated wealth of thousands of years, the Tang Emperor – the ultimate authority throughout the island Empire is trembling.  Opening the simply-wrapped package, the Emperor finds four small wooden boxes each addressed in the Grandmaster’s spidery script.  One is addressed to Prince Oda, his son and commander of the Emperor’s personal bodyguards.  The others are addressed to outsiders with a rune to teleport the boxes to their destination.  A single scrap of paper is addressed to the Emperor.  It simply reads, “The Gate Opens.”
+That day is today.  Sitting on his ruby throne, amongst the accumulated wealth of thousands of years, the [[Tang Empire|Tang Emperor]] – the ultimate authority throughout the island Empire is trembling.  Opening the simply-wrapped package, the Emperor finds four small wooden boxes each addressed in the Grandmaster’s spidery script.  One is addressed to Prince Oda, his son and commander of the Emperor’s personal bodyguards.  The others are addressed to outsiders with a rune to teleport the boxes to their destination.  A single scrap of paper is addressed to the Emperor.  It simply reads, “The Gate Opens.”
 '''Meanwhile Back at Home'''
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 == Departing Dragonsford ==
-Upon solving the weighted balance puzzle, the party will be given the note from Baron Valdemar.  This will allow them to use the intervening ten years to build improvements to the Reaches defense.  This will be played out in Wittenagemot.  However, the note makes it very clear that they cannot use their foreknowledge to stop the events of the invasion.
+Upon solving the weighted balance puzzle, the party will be given the note from [[Valdemar|Baron Valdemar]].  This will allow them to use the intervening ten years to build improvements to the Reaches defense.  This will be played out in Wittenagemot.  However, the note makes it very clear that they cannot use their foreknowledge to stop the events of the invasion.
 There is very little “prep” work that can be done by the party, but it will be interesting to see if they try.
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 '''A Weighty Puzzle'''
-It has been a week since the end of the Siege of Teufeldorf.  Several assassins in your hire from the Dark Path return with news from Sandal.  They inform you that Baron Valdemar’s personal apartments in the Sandalese capital were occupied shortly before the siege ended, although they now empty.  Last night, one the assassins snuck into the apartment and found a note sitting on a desk – apparently the only item of interest in the room.  It appeared to be magically sealed, and, following your orders was stolen for your assessment.  As the assassin was preparing to leave, he noticed that an identical note had magically appeared on the table.  He left that one to await further orders.  This morning, the apartments and the entire building were burned to the ground by rioting Sandalese peasants unhappy with the war efforts.  The assassins confirm that all further evidence is lost.
+It has been a week since the end of the [[Seige of Teufeldorf]].  Several assassins in your hire from the Dark Path return with news from Sandal.  They inform you that Baron Valdemar’s personal apartments in the Sandalese capital were occupied shortly before the siege ended, although they now empty.  Last night, one the assassins snuck into the apartment and found a note sitting on a desk – apparently the only item of interest in the room.  It appeared to be magically sealed, and, following your orders was stolen for your assessment.  As the assassin was preparing to leave, he noticed that an identical note had magically appeared on the table.  He left that one to await further orders.  This morning, the apartments and the entire building were burned to the ground by rioting Sandalese peasants unhappy with the war efforts.  The assassins confirm that all further evidence is lost.
 On one side of the letter is a poem:

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 Fuzzwort is expounding on his knowledge of the box, gleaned from his recent decade-long hiatus – most of which seems to have been spent reading obscure texts and forgotten codices.
-The box, he says, is clearly of ancient [[Tang Empire|Tang]] origins.  It is called a kagi – or key, although this particular box seems enchanted with a summoning spell as well.  The symbol of Chaos does not describe the box or its contents, however.  Rather the rune appears to be an address for delivering the box to its owners – you.  According to tradition, this method of summons was used in the late Second Age by the Tang Emperors to bring small groups of people together.  The rune is triggered only after all of its owners have touched it, allowing the box to be carried safely by others until the requirements of the ritual have been met.  In keeping with tradition, the Emperor himself provides for the safety of those who use the kagi, insuring that the summons cannot be used to harm others.
+The box, he says, is clearly of ancient [[Tang Empire|Tang]] origins.  It is called a ''kagi'' – or key, although this particular box seems enchanted with a summoning spell as well.  The symbol of Chaos does not describe the box or its contents, however.  Rather the rune appears to be an address for delivering the box to its owners – you.  According to tradition, this method of summons was used in the late Second Age by the Tang Emperors to bring small groups of people together.  The rune is triggered only after all of its owners have touched it, allowing the box to be carried safely by others until the requirements of the ritual have been met.  In keeping with tradition, the Emperor himself provides for the safety of those who use the kagi, insuring that the summons cannot be used to harm others.
 == Departing Dragonsford ==
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 ''Akane appears as a drunk old woman.  She is always sitting at the bar ordering water, which she turns into whatever she wants.''
-''The yeti will attack whoever has the most beans.  Their grasp will slowly suck beans out of characters.  AC 8.  They are HUGE.''
+''The yeti will attack whoever has the most beans.  Their grasp will slowly suck beans out of characters.  They are HUGE.''
 '''Crypt of Archers'''

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 == Background ==
-This adventure takes place at the Tenth Shrine.  The Legend of the [[The Tenth Shrine|Tenth Shrine]] is well known.
+This adventure takes place at the Tenth Shrine.  The [[The Tenth Shrine|Legend of the Tenth Shrine]] is well known.
 Before he left, the Grandmaster of Law left behind a single package, addressed to the Emperor, to be opened one decade to the day from his departure.