Editing Interlude – Halfseekers (Pt. 1)

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'''Interlude – Halfseekers (Pt. 1)''' is the 95th chapter of [[Volume 10]].

== tl;dr ==

* [[Jelaqua Ivirith|Jelaqua]] deals with the troubles of her new life as a [Loving Wife] to [[Maughin]] dealing with his disapproving family and having so much free time on her hands.
* Joining a brunch with the [Socialites] of [[Pallass]] who talk about the [[New Lands of Izril]], there she meets [[Melika Blackwing|Melika]], a possible avenue for more, and [[Shirka]] learning of the state of the Second Army.
* The next day Jelaqua tried going to [[The Wandering Inn]] but leaves after feeling restless there, looking for a place to drink she enters a place that caters to the Engineer's Guild of Pallass hearing them complain about their worsening state after [[Wistram Academy|Wistram's]] new products.
* The next morning, Jelaqua goes to the [[Blackwing Family|Blackwing]] Mansion meeting with Melika about helping Maughin with his forge problem making a friend out of the [[Garuda]] after a frank discussion about the choices they had to make in life.
* Due to a request from [[Troydel]], Jelaqua gets roped into a meeting with the other [[Walled Cities]] and the [[Earthers]] they've acquired.
* Inquire about the problem surrounding the Engineer's Guild, Jelaqua gets told that Pallass is heavily focusing on the manufacturing of guns as they are behind other groups like Wistram.
* They meet with the other Earthers learning of their situation, but the meeting ends abruptly after one of them express content about being captives, returning back to Pallass Troydel plans on sending the other Earthers gift from their homeland.
* Trying to go to [[Esthelm]], Jelaqua is instead lead to the [[Garden of Sanctuary|[Garden of Sanctuary]]] where she meets with [[Mireden Raithland|Mireden]] and [[Kevin Hall|Kevin]], instead of crying or raging she believes she has died during the Solstice and this is her in a dream, she stands there waiting to wake up.

== Synopsis ==
After having copious amount of sex [[Jelaqua Ivirith|Jelaqua]] lays in bed with [[Maughin]] feeling insecure that she's not keeping up to her duty as a newfound wife, even with all of the joys of being married and all the sadness that her team is gone she still had to deal with her husband's family. [[Vhiren Dulamet|Vhiren]] and her family has risen up in the world as her son became the best [Smith] in [[Pallass]], she brings bread to Maughin's home inspecting and critiquing Jelaqua's aptitude while making a host of subtle hints of her disapproval of the [[Selphid]]. She leaves with Maughin understanding what his mother did telling Jelaqua that he's with her through and through as he leaves for work, Jelaqua does a few chores around the house think about her [[classes]] and levels and planning to go out later to make peace with Vhiren.

After waiting a while in ''Steelforged Loaves'' she speaks with [[Milden Dulamet|Milden]], the only family member of Maughin's that she has an amicable relationship with, but tired from all the passive aggressiveness that's coming from [[Linteca Dulamet|Linteca]] she shares that she's meeting with some Walled [[Nobility|Nobles]] and leaves the store missing someone to vent her troubles to like her team. Jelaqua eats the average sandwich while all the other wives talk about how poor an investment the [[New Lands of Izril]] are point their eyes on Jelaqua on how her and her team would've done if they've went, she explains how her team would've dealt with the difficulties. [[Melika Blackwing|Melika]] introduces herself to Jelaqua inquiring further into her insights on the matter having to split the group of gossiping wives into two after [[Minsvi|Minsvi's]] blatantly rude remarks, [[Werdin Blackwing|Werdin]] and the other married men arrive at the brunch meeting with the [[Drake]] shutting up his wife closing any further discussions with the [[Garuda]]. Grabbing a drink Jelaqua sees [General] [[Shirka]] right next to her, the two talk about what the restructuring of the Second Army of Pallass would have to make in order to have a defining characteristic unique to them. There aren't many good options for the out-of-favor [General] with Jelaqua returning back to the other [Socialites], she says her goodbyes to Melika free with the rest of her day with nothing much to do.

With a lot of free time on her hand Jelaqua goes to the Grand Bazaar to see if she can find something to buy, entering the Mage's Guild she sees a Drake selling the new products [[Wistram Academy|Wistram]] are offering such as a message book with a bunch of new functions and a [Levitation] spell that can be applied to simple objects. She's amazed by the new magic wondering what will created within a year's time by [[Eldavin]], later she goes on to drink at [[Tails and Scales]] speaking with her sole barmate [[Troydel]] about her troubles with her free time when Maughin arrives complaining about not being able to work on his block of [[Adamantium]] due to his lacking forge and the Engineer's Guild diverting their focuses elsewhere. She brings him home so that he can eat the dinner she prepared and then have more sex.

The next day, Jelaqua with nothing to do for the day decides it's time to go to [[The Wandering Inn]], she thinks about how she didn't go like [[Saliss Oliwing|Saliss]] did for the latest Solstice Event as the previous one her team paid the price for it. She sees the awkward reactions and conversations the inn staff is having about her, not able to take the off atmosphere much longer she leaves putting flowers at [[Liscor|Liscor's]] northern gate returning back to Pallass. With Tails and Scales closed Jelaqua goes out searching for a bar to drink at but many of them are full of patron mourning the loss of the Second Army or [Soldiers] being deploy to the New Lands, she finds a place on the sixth floor that caters to those from the Engineer's Guild and speaking with them she learns that there's no budget for any new projects as it's being funneled towards the New Lands or the top secret project. They also complain that with Wistram's new magics that it's completely outshining all of their work to the point that the Assembly of Crafts is considering cutting their funding further even with Troydel's knowledge, she buys a round for everyone but notices the time and runs back home to make dinner hearing Maughin's complaints about the Engineer's Guild not funding his adamantium forge, she shares her how her day went and they go on to have more sex.

The next morning, Jelaqua thinks of maybe raising a child but dissuades herself of the idea from her experience raising older children as it doesn't solve her problem, she writes to a number of people in high place about Maughin's issue but mostly receives rejection letters except for Melika who she met during the brunch who invites Jelaqua to her home for a chat. Arriving at the opulent [[Blackwing Family|Blackwing]] estate, Jelaqua speaks with Melika about how much free time she has and Maughin's problem, but the conversation becomes sidetrack once Melika learns that Jelaqua has the [Loving Wife] class as the Garuda becomes defensive with her position in life. Jelaqua conciliates with Melika as she would've done the same given the choice sharing her perspective of making a home for oneself seeing the adoration coming from the Garuda who invites her to another brunch to which she accepts.

In a good mood Jelaqua planned on going to The Wandering Inn but gets stopped by a [Guardsman] and set aside until an agent arrives to escort her for Pallass business, Jelaqua puts her foot down not moving from her spot until she's told what's happening with [[Zemize]] complying telling her Troydel requested her out of all people to go with him on a secret meeting of [[Earthers]] the [[Walled Cities]] have acquired seeing if they can ferret out anything from the others there. While on the ride there Jelaqua asks Zemize what's up with the Engineer's Guild with Troydel blurting out that Pallass is behind with the manufacturing of guns as certain resources have dried up. With all of the advancements Wistram is bringing, it's sort of bringing down the sail of any other developments taking the magic out of the magic.

Arriving at the meeting spot Jelaqua is able to see that there are a number of people that are invisible with Troydel being nervous of meeting other Earthers after what happened to [[Erin Solstice|Erin]], Jelaqua is able to encourage the boy to head towards the tent while ordering Zemize to investigate how the other Walled Cities are treating their Earthers. Entering the tent herself she can see that there's around twenty Earthers there but instead of talking with each other the Drakes are doing some sort of presentation on what the Walled City has to offer. Jelaqua grabs Troydel's arm and barges through towards another Earther groups meeting a pair of Spanish speakers learning of their story with help from a [[Mages|Mage]] [Translation] spell, with them hearing that Troydel is from the Spirited Generation and [[Joseph Ortega|Joseph's]] name do the other Earthers there come over to talk. [[Jacques]] becomes angry that home hasn't done anything about their situation and how most of the are basically captives, the Drakes seeing the discontent then begin to capture back their Earthers calling off the meeting. As they return to Pallass, Jelaqua talks to Zemize about how fuck up that situation was with Troydel planning on requesting [[Imani Okpara|Imani]] for stuff from the Earthers' countries so he can send them gifts from home.

Jelaqua walks through Pallass thinking about the situation regarding Earthers and the Walled Cities being behind in the arms race for guns seeing that Pallas in its attempts to catch up are letting things crumble like the Engineer's Guild, discerning the need for change she goes to the one place that cultivated the spark that defined much of her life in this period. Entering The Wandering Inn, she planned on going to [[Esthelm]] to talk to [[Pelt Dooristone|Pelt]] but the inn staff are non-directly telling her to stay for a moment and to prepare for tears as she enters the [[Garden of Sanctuary|[Garden of Sanctuary]]]. There she meets with [[Mireden Raithland|Mireden]] and [[Kevin Hall|Kevin]], but rather than the common reactions of cry or raging like the others Jelaqua instead believes that she died during the Solstice and has been living in a dream. Thinking she's in the lands of the dead she stands there waiting to wake up from the nice dream she's been having.

== Characters ==
( * = First Appearance)
*[[Andrea]]*
*[[Anh]]*
*[[Apista]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Asgra]]
*[[Bealt]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Bellien]]* ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Bevussa Slenderscale]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Ceria Springwalker]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Chaldion Oliwing]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Cidney]]*
*[[Demerra]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Duln]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Edellein Blackwing]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Eldavin]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Elena Othonos]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Erin Solstice]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Errif Jealwind]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Ertan]]*
*[[Eun]]
*[[Felkhr]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Flos Reimarch]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Garen Redfang]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Halrac Everam]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Hedault]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Imani Okpara]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Inti]]*
*[[Jacques]]
*[[Jelaqua Ivirith]]
*[[Jiorf]]* ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Joseph Ortega]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Kasigna]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Kevin Hall]]
*[[Lasica Feltail]]
*[[Linteca Dulamet]]*
*[[Liska Silverfang]]
*[[Luis]]*
*[[Lupp]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Lyonette du Marquin]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Marco]]*
*[[Markk]]*
*[[Maughin]]
*[[Melika Blackwing]]
*[[Milden Dulamet]]*
*[[Minsvi]]*
*[[Mireden Raithland]]
*[[Moass]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Moore of Raithland]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Mordol Dulamet]]* ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Mother of Graves]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Mrsha du Marquin]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Oilene]]*
*[[Peggy]]
*[[Pelt Dooristone]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Rosencrantz]]
*[[Rufelt Owelt]]
*[[Saif]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Saliss Oliwing]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Salkis Blackwing]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Sa’la]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Seborn Sailwinds]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Serafierre val Lischelle-Drakle]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Shirka]]
*[[Todi]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Troydel]]
*[[Ulinde]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Vhiren Dulamet]]*
*[[Werdin Blackwing]]
*[[Ylawes Byres]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Zemize]]
*[[Zevara Sunderscale]] ''(Mentioned)''
*? - ''Discombobulated Theorem's'' [Bartender]
*? - Drake [Mage]
*? - Errif's Wife*
*? - Female Drake
*? - Gnoll [Engineer]
*? - Gnoll [Trophy Wife]*
*? - Portly Gnoll
*? - Salazar's Earther
*? - Selphid Traveller

== Groups/Organizations ==
*[[Halfseekers]]
*Consortium of Enterprise ''(Mentioned)''
*[[The Adventurer’s Haven]] ''(Mentioned)''
*Second Army of Pallass ''(Mentioned)''
*Assembly of Crafts ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Earthers]]
*[[Wings of Pallass]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Four Great Companies]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Walled Cities]]

== Locations ==
*[[Izril]]
**[[Pallass]]
***7th Floor
****Maughin's Home
****''Steelforged Loaves''
***1st Floor
****Grand Bazaar
****The Mage's Guild
***5th Floor
****''Tails and Scales''
****Blackwing Mansion
***6th Floor
****''Discombobulated Theorem''
***8th Floor
****Portal Entryway
***10th Floor
**[[The Wandering Inn]]
***[[Garden of Sanctuary|[Garden of Sanctuary]]]
**[[Liscor]]
***Northern Gate

== Items ==
*Block of Adamantium
*Upgraded Message Book/Scroll
*Levitation Spell
*Boots of Flying

==Statistics==
===Statistics Revealed===

====[[Vhiren Dulamet]]====
* '''Class/Levels:'''
** [Baker] Lv. 28

====[[Jelaqua Ivirith]]====
* '''Class/Levels:'''
** [Loving Wife] Lv. 11
** [Mercenary] Lv. 23
** [Bounty Hunter] Lv. 26
** [Sullen Fisher] Lv. 6
* '''Skills:'''
** [Body: Slow Decay]
** [Body: Fresh Flesh]

==== [[Troydel]] ====

* '''Class/Levels:'''
** [Engineer]

==== [[Liska Silverfang]] ====

* '''Skills:'''
** [Ignore Restrictions: Magnolia's Fees]

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