In late Dioni 466 a croaking voice was heard emanating from the
Undervault tunnels under the Razine Mountains, calling out to Professor
Pheslida Pheeif-Zluush that he was looking to bring her the requested
supplies. Yarith Shevat of Hallifax was the first to join the Professor
and meet Oblo Bllem, whose still heavily laden wheelbarrow indicated
that Professor Pheeif-Zluush was not his last stop. As more people
arrived to offer their assistance, Oblo Bllem explained that he wished
to meet Archmage Shervalian of Nyalia, in hopes of building further upon
the research done there in the days of the Empire.

Oblo was swiftly escorted before the Archmage, where his companions were
soon joined by numerous Hallifaxians. While the Archmage was somewhat
hesitant, the combined arguments of the mugwump and the Hallifaxians
eventually persuaded him to allow excavation of the ancient ruined
towers of the mages of earth, fire and air, in the hopes that some of
their research might yet be recoverable.

Though Tylwyth, the Keeper of the Black Nest, appeared most interested
in propositioning the working merians, the rest of the brave adventurers
set to work with a will, soon clearing the rubble from the tower
entrances. The adventurers were quick to explore the towers, the first
beings to enter the ruins in centuries. Despite some structural
instability temporarily preventing their leaving the ruins once more,
the towers were soon stabilized, although several adventurers commented
on their sorry state.

All was not well between the Archmage and Oblo Bllem, however. Left to
his own devices, Oblo managed to offend the Archmage with his disregard
for the dangers the gorgogs posed, and the Archmage ordered him off the
island. The mugwump did not go far. Unloading his wheelbarrow, he soon
set up quarters for himself in the southeastern corner of Bondero Bay.
It was here that Falmiis Shevat and Zyphora Windwhisper found him and
agreed to serve as his intermediaries, now that he could no longer visit
Nyalia himself.

The pair swiftly gathered the necessary materials for a catalyst that
Oblo hoped would allow him to release the gorgogs' memories. It took
several of the probes before Oblo had refined his technique, but once he
had, Falmiis, Zyphora and Oblo were able to watch the gorgog's memories
of a visit to Shallamar in centuries past. While pleased with his
success, Oblo Bllem was disappointed in its limited scope, and began to
think of how he might refine his process for the future. Whether his
efforts to use the gorgogs to discover new planes will be successful,
remains to be seen.

Penned by My hand on the 14th of Vestian, in the year 466 CE.