It was the year when they finally immanentized the Eschaton. -- Robert Anton Wilson, the first line of the Illuminatus! Trilogy.

In which Mordred has the Best Day Ever.

( It works! Mordred adjusts the sword and begins to stab at Corwin with all his might...until the floor falls out from beneath him, which really screws up the attack. )

Corwin takes a Dream Quest to get to his new body in Tir Na-Nog'th. In it, he is confronted with the decisions he made through his life and realizes some of the consequences.

( 'The boy's ritual is from the furthest, maddest part of Dreaming,' Dworkin says to Corwin. 'A body, yes, but at what cost?' )

Deirdre makes the journey through Dream, to Tir Na-Nog'th, and around the Pattern to where her new body awaits her through the Dreaming. This is a purely spiritual journey through symbols brought to life to reach her final destination.

The journey is Tarot-based.

( The Devil does not stop Deirdre as she passes, but her children do not bother to try to free themselves from their vices. The Devil calls out as she passes: 'Some use their desires to reach the tops of mountains, Fool! Do not forget that!' )

Liam, Deirdre, Mordred, Igraine and Portia head up to Tir Na-Nog'th when the Moon is full to perform the Ritual of Body Building. They have the knife, they know the chants, they have seen the procedure. Now they merely need to grab two bodies, get them into the Center of the Pattern, and perform the proper rituals of bleeding to bring Deirdre and ( Read more... )

Liam, Igraine and Mordred ride deep into the deepest wilds of Shadow to search for a knife, the same knife they saw in the Dreaming. Mordred does not eat it this time....

( Blood is spilled, and where it hits the floor it begins to run down the grooves of spellforms. )

In which Liam leads Mordred, Igraine, and Tariq out into Deepest Dreaming far beyond where the normal Dreams lie, deep into where the Dreams are corrupted by Chaos, to show them a Blood Ritual performed by the Brotherhood of the Black Onyx. They bear witness to the ritual in all its horror ( Read more... )

The team spent a night overnight up in the periodical section trying to figure out what to do about the library and the blue-winged angel they encountered in the stacks. Pascal, a trained librarian and researcher, finally pieces together that something is bound in the foundations of the building. Something big. Something important. And they ( Read more... )

On a tip, Liam takes Pascal Solaris, Taran Solaris and Melina Solaris out to a very strange library in Shadow, built into a ziggurat on the top of the mountain. Within millions upon millions of books sit on shelves, caretaken by no one, and readable by anyone, Chantris or otherwise. And they're not the only people who know this library is out ( Read more... )

In which Pascal Solaris, Sir Taran Solaris, Melina Solaris, Liam Chantris, Queen Alice, Lord Bercilak and Dirk return to the tomb, gain admittance, face a maze of twisty passages all alike, discover the center chamber, and learn what there is therein.

( Taran nods, somewhere between reassured and nervous at this instant support, but sets off for the third tunnel. Someone is not comfortable with being led by intuition. )

In which Pascal Solaris, Sir Taran Solaris, Melina Solaris, Liam Chantris, Queen Alice, Lord Bercilak and Dirk head to the underwater shipwreck to fight undead sharks, undead tentacle-headed pirates, and real sharks to retrieve their bounty and complete their quest.

( Alice slowly walks over to the side of the ship and looks through the water, 'I am sure it would be much worse to be dragged down under the water and drowned by the living dead.' She then jumps into the water. )