[PUBLIC CHANNEL] RINGMASTER'S EIGHTH ADDRESS (D30)

[lordofthering]

[Around the start of the new performance week, the Ringmaster will light up everyone's radios with an important message. Or, rather, some important musing.]

Hello, this is the Ringmaster speaking. I say that for the benefit of any new arrivals - everyone else surely recognizes my voice, by now. The rest of this may leave you in the dust as it will be touching on some carnival history, but you can may questions if you want to get up to date.

So, I spent a lot of time thinking when the lot of you were busy with that Pillar drama. As most are aware, a couple months ago we went on a mission to retrieve an extremely powerful artifact called the Blue Rose, which we have been using to defend the carnival from faerie threats. Which, seems successful so far, given that Nightshade didn't dare enter the grounds the entire time we were there! A victory, indeed.

It got me thinking, though... the Blue Rose actually comes as a set. As I've explained to a few of you, the Blue Rose is an organism created by the first Queens of Arcadia. Only three artifacts of its kind exist, as far as I know, and I fairly sure that none of them are actually in faerie hands.

So, I thought... what if we were somehow able to get the other two? Not only would that be enough to ward off the Courts completely, it would go a long way to defending us against any of the other nonsense we come across! Perhaps we could even go back to business as usual, for a while...

Anyway, in an attempt to be more forthcoming, I am presenting this idea to you for general 'work shopping' purposes. I know that the Blue Rose was a big hassle to get, but we know so much more now than we did then! I think it's worth a second look.

Comments

[lonesomewanderer]

[ Powerful magical artifacts, you say. ]

If you know where these artifacts may be, they would be worth investigating. What happened in your efforts to obtain the Blue Rose?

[lordofthering]

I don't know yet, but I intend to find out.

The Blue Rose was acquired from my 'uncle' - another Wyld Fae called the Prince. I first attempted to negotiate for the possession of the Rose, but all he really wanted from me was marriage, as it turns out. Then he started threatening and kidnapping my people, and other terrible things.

So, we killed him.

[lonesomewanderer]

[ If he came from something other than medieval fantasy, he might bat an eye at the notion of her marrying an uncle. Royal bloodlines are weird. ]

That must have made obtaining the Rose easier. Do you at least know if these artifacts are in the hands of other fae?

[lordofthering]

We actually killed him with the Rose, in the end, so it was a bit of a chicken/egg situation. I can tell you that aren't in the possession of the fae, but that's the only restriction I can think of.

[lonesomewanderer]

So it could be almost anywhere. [ Good thing they travel around. ]

The Rose acts as a weapon and a ward against fae then? What exactly can it do?