Editing Mordenkainen

[[File:Mordenkainen.png|frameless|left|Archmage Mordenkainen]] [[Mordenkainen]] is a mage of considerable power who was revealed to the members of [[The Eternal Order]] during the [[Battle of Toldoth]]. As he confirmed in a later conversation, during this battle, [[Mordenkainen]] summoned a host of Devils, including [[Moloch]] himself to fight the Demons that were flooding into the town.

This was actually not the first time [[The Eternal Order]] crossed [[Mordenkainen]]'s path, however. A [[Magistery]] party came across what could only be described as an experiment, apparently put in place by [[Mordenkainen]] that had resulted in a group of [[Troll| Trolls]] gaining limited intelligence, adopting a young red dragon wyrmling, naming it Garnet, and then becoming encrusted (along with [[Garnet]] and the cave in which they lived) with living gems. 

Due to overzealous truth-telling, and a terrible misunderstanding, the party was forced to eliminate the [[Troll| Trolls]] in self-defense. They were able however, to harvest some of the gems, and to save and tame the young dragon [[Garnet]] (See [[Game-Summaries:4/27 Recollections]]). A return to the cave to investigate the progress of the gem investigation revealed a note from -M (who we now know as [[Mordenkainen]]) who admonished us to not destroy his experiments, should we encounter them in the future.

==Wisdom of Mordenkainen==
Some members of [[The Eternal Order]] were able to meet [[Mordenkainen]] outside [[The Brown]]'s chambers in the wake of the [[Battle of Toldoth]] below is a summary of what they learned from him in this short meeting:

*Some of the Magister's who had participated in the battle, disappeared into the portal to [[Avernus]] at its conclusion. [[Mordenkainen]] believes these Magisters, including a Blue named Felicia who had alerted us to the call to reinforce [[Toldoth]], had chosen their words with the Devils poorly. "I'm sorry, but if I had to guess" Mordenkainen stated, "she probably said something binding and a devil with the ability to seal contracts bound her to it immediately."

*[[The Artifact]] that powers the Training Dungeons, also apparently known as The Codex, is in fact a powerful magical item known as [[Mystryl's Knot]]. '''Mordenkainen''' was not pleased that it had been left vulnerable in our absence from the [[Magistery]]. "You have [[Mystryl's Knot]] here in the tower and you left it completely unguarded? I knew you were all rash, but by Baphomet's big ones, you need to keep a closer eye on your house."

*It is likely that some entity from [[The Far]] is attempting to reach our plane through [[The Artifact| Mystryl's Knot]]. "You're probably close, something or someone from the outside would be my guess. Maybe you should all remember why you are all here in this tower."

*It also seems that the recent incursion of Demons into our plane at the [[Battle of Toldoth]] is part of a larger plot to sow the seeds of Chaos, that also includes the [[Silence of Lolth]] and its ripple effects on our plane. "Chaos weaves an unknowable web, but I do my best to keep it from netting the realm into insanity. There is most certainly a larger plot driving these things, I would encourage you to figure out how, and then let me know when you do."

*[[Danifae]] is perhaps more dangerous than we have previously believed. She is responsible not only for the Plot by the [[Black Ice Gang]] to release the [[Chaos Curse]], and the pending invasion of our plane by forces from the [[Underdark]], but she is also responsible for the Portal from the [[Abyss]] that brought the demon hordes to [[Toldoth]]. "[[Danifae| Danifae Yauntyrr]]. Yes, she opened the portal in Toldoth. [[Danavus]] chased after her into the [[Abyss]]. [[Danifae]] has a substantial amount of power, the day may come when I have to end her life, but...it is not this day."

*He also has special relationship with dragons (or at least some of them): 

     '''Jeroy''' - ''points at [[Ember]] with [[Garnet]] hiding under her coat'' - "Archmage - do you want to say hello to your old dragon before you leave?"
     '''Mordenkainen''' - ''looks at Jeroy without pausing'' - "I did."