Tam Tara Deepcroft - Undead
- Met the Professor in Bentbranch
- Sought to do science.
- Interested in Tam-Tara
- Apparently has some arrangements with the Wood Wailers
- Lenti arrived
- WE ARE STUDYING UNDEAD
- This is incredibly exciting
- going to attempt to discern how they work
- observe, theorize, and test
- perhaps eventually put gained knowledge into use~
- No rituals... yet~
- Thalinias
- Lenti's Chocobo
- Lenti doesn't need scribing materials but may ask me if he runs low
- Undead make Lenti nervous
- he continued to fear for my safety despite assurance.
- Lots of Aether in the area.
- could be felt.
- Different from the sylphlands
- not as strong
- More of a permeating smoke, something in the air, but one could tell it had great power.
- Old
- Pre calamity
- Once was a necropolis
- now houses Lambs of Dalamud
- Already know most of this.
- Atar-
- Lenti's Father.
- Lenti
- Quite powerful fire magic
- Repeated large explosive flares of some sort
- Couldn't completely watch (too bright) but destroyed a number of skeletons
- Attempted to tell me to cease my curiosity
- It didn't work, of course~
- He was still worried for my safety
- Professor seemed pleased with Lenti's power
- Even after skeletons were destroyed, more rose to replace them.
- Undead Observed
- pre-entrance.
- All skeletons of varying condition
- All tall; likely tall elezen or something larger
- All seemed to fit together relatively well
- If patchwork was done, it was likely from the same type of body
- Behavior
- typically seemed to ignore us.
- Theory (Prof): They are all spelled by an Aether similar to what we exude, and thus, by our presence alone, they are not alarmed. Â We feel 'familiar' to them.
- Theory: They may be set to changes in behavior by trigger, and us wandering about simply is not any sort of trigger for a change. Â Likewise, fireflies went unhindered; it may have been problematic for those doing the spellwork to have them react to all things that live, as they would certainly be considered much more of a threat to be eliminated than if they kept to themselves.
- Theory: Also possible it may have been residual Aether of a certain sort from other practices occurring in the area or nearby. Â Aether can cause interesting changes in something where there are high amounts, and it is certainly known to, at times, bring 'mobility' and objects inanimate to a state of 'entity'.
- Movements
- mostly fluid
- but clearly with some hitches
- Would suddenly 'collapse' akin to one dropping hold of a marionette, before they would rise again.
- Theory: This suggests that the magic keeping them upright is in flux and not entirely constant; something can get in the way of it, and thus render them temporarily 'severed' from the source of their power. Â That, or there is a 'fading' aspect to whatever the source of power may be.
- Note: Uncertain as to if they are controlled by a being, or by temporal spellery, though likely the latter; I think that something either akin to a ritual or a magical threading has occurred, and they are being controlled by parameters instead of a conscious.
- Note: I would also think it possible, however, that a conscious knowing the ritual may be able to 'take up the strings' so to speak, of some of them at a given time. Â However, that is purely theoretical trajectory.
- What Disturbs Them
- If one is disturbed, a number of them grow hostile
- Experiment
- A theory was mentioned of aether near them causing them to grow hostile.
- I attempted to create an 'aetherical disturbance of ice' within the perimeter, but not aimed towards any of them.
- Results: They did not grow hostile, nor take notice.
- I then attempted a near flurry, more central to the perimeter, yet aimed at none of them.
- Results: They did not grow hostile, nor take notice.
- The Professor asked me to then aim the flurry towards one of them.
- Results: One was frozen in place, while others were then alarmed and grew hostile to attack us. Â They were all dealt with accordingly, and soon replaced by others who were again, non-hostile.
- Conclusion: They seem only to be bothered if outright attacked, or Aether is damaging them in some way. Â Even if one is unable to do much about this, it will still send off a ripple effect, where others will react hostiley even if unharmed themselves. Â When all those alerted are taken care of, any that remain or take their place will again, need to be triggered before they will take action.
- Typical number of skeletons 'tied to each other': 5
- The Professor
- believes a Voidsent is behind this
- seems near certain
- Mentioned that we will return at a later time to investigate further.
- Doesn't tend to listen to rules.
- Bronze Lake
- Assistant Avis will contact us
- Either by letter or linkpearl
- They returned to Gridania to eat and rest
- I remained
- Lenti hugged the professor
- It was amusing
- Lenti wasn't murdered.. yet~
- New students
- Both Miqo'te
- Faeryn
- Deli
- Deli the Prof's first student
- taught her to use Aether
- "She's a huge rookie but she holds a huge potential."
- Avis also a student
- thus there are 5 of us
- Lenti said he'd bring leftovers.
- The Professor gave me coin to bribe the Wood Wailers with.
- I almost refused, then recalled I shouldn't imply my wealth.
