Prologue
Aibrean 4, 392
Report on the traveler Jade Winward.
Jade arrived on Fomhar 17 in one of the rooms at The Green Dragon. Reports state that she visited the healer Mike before making a name for herself as a zombie healer in the streets, where her existence came to our attention. She also visited and was rejected from the library, making contact with The Glass Phoenix afterward to light sculptures. An interview was arranged for the 18th, where she demonstrated multiple magics and was given a library pass and study room to familiarize herself with the customs of our world. She was particularly motivated by books.
Jade met Prince William on the morning of the 19th, who escorted her to meet the royal family. She then went to the library to receive her class schedule and was taken shopping by the princesses, who seem rather attached to her. The blood magic classroom at Dracona was converted to her workshop.
On the 20th, Jade had a near miss with death. She has a special ability called accelerated growth that she uses at night. It has caused significant physical changes, to the point where she doesn’t remotely resemble the same person who arrived. Her body couldn’t support the rampant growth she forced upon it, and Mike barely saved her. She spent most of the rest of the day in her room at the library before being attacked by a mesmer on her walk home. It seems her blood is a potent attraction for them. She barely managed to attract the attention of the guards, who then killed the creature.
On the 21st, Jade visited the guards who’ve been attacked by mesmer and healed the taint left behind, though she has not shared the knowledge of how to do this with any of the other healers, as far as we’ve been able to discover. She also identified a doppelganger using her magic, as well as providing plans for a trap to stop mesmer attacks in the future. She showed an aversion to having guards by trapping her escort in the compound with a wind wall in order to explore the city. We have confirmed that she went to the church and attended a telling before returning to the library to read. Other stops are suspected, but not confirmed.
Jade started school with the other students on Aibrean 1st. She is receiving private tutoring in archery and small blades, as well as spending time healing students in the infirmary. She had a run in with Brodie in her fire class, and contracted five queen fellacai and their mates during her contractual magic class. She visited the art gallery after her business class, where it has been confirmed that she met and healed Duke Vincent. Of note is that she had an altercation with the gate guards at Dracona and retaliated with magic. A second mesmer attack occurred while she was on the roof of The Green Dragon, and she managed to kill or knock out three mesmer before help arrived. Also of note is that Jade has figured out my capacity as spymaster and asked that we stop following her.
Aibrean 2nd, Jade visited the guards again. She has taken Frank’s kidnapping by the mesmer personally, and called a Hunt. She left her guards at the compound again, and we’ve traced her purchase of crystals to Keenan’s Stone. Other stops may have been made before she reached Dracona, but have not been confirmed. After healing students, she went to her workshop and attempted to create a weapon which exploded on her. She managed to eliminate all the evidence very quickly. She is receiving private tutoring from Delaney, and bonded two fellacai to her. Reports thus far indicate that the bond is stable. She insisted on performing a contract with Brodie as well to prevent future harm, and promised to take him on the Hunt. She managed to convince Count Edmund to change his lesson to be entirely about Basaigh Woods before attending the water magic class. In her light magic class, she threw a fit at the lack of progress and took over the class to create more offensive and defensive breakthroughs. The amount of instant damage she can create and heal is growing at an astounding rate.
On Aibrean 3rd, Jade participated in the intermediate obstacle course and made it through on her first try, even with four people shooting arrows she’d enchanted at her. She attended archery and small blades after healing. Lightning and illusion seem to have passed without incident, though she attacked my assistant when he startled her in dark magic. It seems to have upset her beyond what would be normally accounted for. It’s possible the stress of a new world and the attacks are placing great strain on her mind. She also seems to lack clothing boundaries, or awareness of how her changes affect those around her. She has figured out that I used compulsion on her several times, though she did not pursue it further.
Aibrean 4th, Jade visited the Gates while using illusion magic and lied to gain access to the dukes. She also uncovered another doppelganger and helped conduct an interrogation. The results are included after this report. The dukes taught her how to make spatial bags, and she adapted the concept to create ‘rings of holding,’ as she calls them. After a failure to learn spiritual magic and a lesson in life magic from Queen Ashanna, Jade spent the time attaching illusory images to crystals of a wide variety of things from her world that she wished to create, and enlisted us to help her create a business and production line. Metal and wind classes passed with only a small altercation with Duchess Ri’Tine that appears to be resolved. She performed a miracle after dinner by healing Kevin Elliot’s foot with the help of Scylla, Mike, Cody, and their apprentices. She made it to The Green Dragon afterward without incident, where she stayed during the mesmer raid and moved the Hunt up. They leave in the morning.
Conclusions:
Jade is kind and thoughtful when treated well, but lashes out against those who disrespect her in any way. She can be persuaded by books, food, raw materials, and works of art. She does not react well to being watched or told she cannot do something. While she does not seem to want to fight, she is uniquely suited for it and tends to blame herself for things out of her control, which leads to a sense of duty. Her charisma, stats, and learning skills are growing in leaps and bounds. It is assumed that she will quickly be beyond any power to control by force, and it is highly recommended that she is kept as an ally. It is also believed that she has become the target of a Dark One. Spies have been sent out to try and gather more information from our neighboring countries.
If she survives the hunt, she will be a very powerful ally, with the potential to become an enemy we cannot control.
S.
Chapter One – Sense and Sensibility
Day Ten
Jade’s senses were screaming in bitter agony, every cell in her body begging for relief. The familiar terror of weakness held her tightly in its grasp. She grasped at the red dots filling her mental vision, trying to comprehend what they were telling her.
Warning: You have siphoned more than your body can currently accommodate. Time spent adapting has been doubled. Adaptable reduces penalty by half.
Warning: Your body lacks the energy to complete the siphon changes.
There was food next to her, but she knew she’d never reach it. Her brain felt like she was slogging through mud before she finally remembered that she was in a room filled with magical light. With a mental yank, she began to drain the energy of the light around her, grateful she’d lit it up brighter than a Christmas tree. Relief hit her veins like a soothing breeze and she felt her muscles slowly unclenching from their taut positions.
As soon as she was able to move, she reached next to her and began eating quickly in the new darkness. The light saved her. She finally became aware of her babies fluttering anxiously around her and took a few minutes to soothe them. A glance at her pocket watch confirmed that it was about six, and that she still had at least three cycles of her siphoning to go through. When she finally felt full again, she moved wearily to her writing supplies and jotted out a quick note, sticking it through the small crack beneath the door.