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Alistair meets Werdna (sane)

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The following is a summarized version of (hopefully) in order events leading up to and including the first defeat of Xanthan from Werdna's perspective, when describing it to Alistair.


The Staff of Gnilda is the result of the combined magic of the wizards Gnilda, Werdna, and Ferda. It destroys its target, while simultaneously removing the target from the normal boundaries of space/time. In this way, it can remove even an invincible opponent from the world by permanently incapacitating them and leaving any contingency plans they may have inoperable. However, the triad of wizards determined that the staff was too powerful to use and created the underwater city Hybrasil to keep it away from any who might seek to use it.

While Gnilda, Gnilda from the Proving Grounds buried deep beneath the Werdna out of anger. Additionally, some time after becoming a lich, Xanthan found a way to achieve godhood, becoming even more powerful and dangerous than before.

Staff of Gnilda was the only way to defeat Staff of Gnilda and attempted to stop him. Separately, Ferda had cursed the staff to destroy the sanity and memory of any who stole it, with the hope of stopping any would-be power seekers from unleashing a catastrophe.

Staff of Gnilda and Lähdevesi was caught in the blast, killed and removed from the normal boundaries of space and time. The party has begun to theorize about how to remove her from the space/time crystalline mass enveloping her, without finalizing her death.

Staff of Gnilda was activated at the cost of a civilization and a now-Staff of Gnilda is unknown.

Werdna was not able to find a way to destroy the Xanthan from his space/time prison.


Some notes.


Werdna was unaware of Xanthan's influence. He does not know for sure.

Werdna went to Werdna to study.

Werdna pimped out our good friend Alistair with some sick fuckin' illusion spells and let him keep his dope af slippers.