Editing Interlude – Blackmage

{{Infobox_episode|title = Interlude - Blackmage|published = November 1, 2018|wordcount = 12,531|previousChapter = [[Chapter 5.33 B]]|nextChapter = [[Chapter 5.34]]|link=[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/11/01/interlude-blackmage/  Interlude - Blackmage]}}'''Interlude – Blackmage''' is the first side story chapter of [[BlackMage]], the 36th chapter of [[Volume 5]] and 14th chapter of [[Book 8]], '''Blood of Liscor'''. 

== tl;dr ==
[[Aaron Vanwell|Blackmage]] switches from [[Centrists]] to [[Revivalists]].

== Synopsis ==
[[Aaron Vanwell|Blackmage]] narrates about his arrival at [[Wistram Academy|Wistram]]. He’s being personally tutored by [[Half-Elves|half-elf]] [[Archmage]] [[Feor]], earning some resentment for this favour shown to him. He’s tasked with and fails so far to identify any [[Earthers]] among the newly arrived students. 

At the banquet he’s party to discussions about ‘movies’ and questioned about Earth. He’s aware of the different factions and how his patron and his [[centrists]] have power over him. He joins the other student and contacts secret brokers [[Beatrice Stogrehn|Beatrice]] and [[Montressa du Valeross|Montressa]] to organise a a distraction. He uses that to slip Feor’s leash and discover a major lost laboratory. Montressa, having secretly followed, leverages his lack of ability to secure and make use of the lab in conjunction with her connections to move Blackmage and the secret laboratory’s knowledge to their faction instead. 

The [[revivalists]] are lead by Archmage [[Nailihuaile]], a [[Lizardfolk|lamia]]. The next day she discusses their new position as Blackmage’s patron with him. A boat arrives with new students, but also many Earthers aboard, latter in particular welcomed by the revivalist faction. 

Feor considers how to proceed, revealing access to sources such as [[Falene Skystrall|Falene]] and [[Typhenous]], and that he’ll send teams out with certain tasks, among them being one for [[Liscor]] to retrieve [[Magical Door|a certain magical door]]. 

== Characters ==
* [[Aaron Vanwell|Aaron Vanwell / Blackmage]] (''First Official Appearance'' - ''Real Name Revealed'')
* [[Feor]]
* [[Teura]] (''First Appearance'')
* [[Cognita]]
* [[Cessic]]
* Gelia (''First Appearance'')
* Foulton (''First Appearance'')
* Welaiat (''First Appearance'')
* Failess (''First Appearance'')
* [[Rievan Forstrom]]
* [[Montressa du Valeross]]
* [[Beatrice]]
* [[Nailihuaile]] (''First Appearance'')
* Humans from Earth (''First Appearance'')
== Locations ==
*[[Wistram Academy]]

== Creatures ==
* [[Golems]]
** Sand Golem
** Magma Golem (''Flashback'')
** Metal Golem (''Flashback'')
** Giant Armored Tin Golem (''Flashback'')
** Flesh Golem (''Flashback'') (''In Dark Text'')
** Iron Golem (Rusted)

== Items ==
* [[Serkonian Lance]]

== Notes ==
* This Chapter has a Hidden Text that needs to be Highlighted to be seen. It is found as part of the paragraph that states; <em>'''Three giant creations stared at him across the room''',</em> which is:
**''The fourth bounded towards him, a creature of stitched flesh and shadows. It rotted as it bared its teeth, its jaws opening wide,'' wide—
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