Sick and plotting

The quest for the gatekeeper's crystal is in full gear now as the Gondish priests might say. Athena keeps wanting the first piece and Valkryn has shown no interest in the trap I set for him regretably.

About that trap: The third piece of the crystal is in the shadow plane for sure very near to the palace of Numias, a powerful shade lord. So I made a deal with Numias to give the crystals over to him contained in heavyy boxes that wouldnt open for a while. I was hoping Valkryn would notice and then go after them.

And find that the boxes did not hold the real crystals, and that while he was making a ruckus I was using the distraction to get the third piece of the crystal. Athena seemed as though she'd take his place but I couldnt do that to my big sister, especially since her husband Dar just showed up again and they're such a cute couple.

Athena continues to torture me with baths, her latest scheme having been to trick me into dressing in robes she made that would automaticly put me in a bath every few days. There was a passing cleric in the forrests and I had him cast remove curse on me to get rid of them, then teased Athena a bit.

The bad part is that the bath and subsequent dampness gave me a cold. Athena made me take medicine and sent out cousin Dayna to check up on me. Dayna is a lot of fun and not nearly as devious as most of the family, so I definately like her. I introduced her and Marmar and then went on to give Marquie a lesson about demons and devils and such. I want her to know plenty about mage craft since she'll soon have to choose a profession and it looks like she's well on the way to being a sorceress.

After Mar got tired during her lessons I tucked her in and kissed her goodnight. I was looking forward to curling up in bed and trying to die to avoid being sick any longer, but a bat came in to warn me about someone being chased in the woods. I went to save him but perhaps I was a bit too sluggish. Sydel was chasing him but she was opposed by a very impressive hero who was even brave enough to slam the elf witch into a tree.

The man broke the prisoner's neck rather than let Sydel retake him for whatever evil purposes she had, and though I despise killing I could see why he had to do it. Sydel yelled at me when I was found but she was pinned to an oak so I just walked away, letting the man handle her since he seemed to have it under control.

Then today I ended up giving one part of the crystal to Athena cuz she really seemed to like it, and then enlisting her in my plot against Valkryn.