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Lord Bleakstorm

Summary

Lord Bleakstorm is a dead-but-active, time-aware figure associated with Castle Bleakstorm and a devoted follower of Bridged. He can send messages and people through difficult routes outside the Barrier, manipulate or observe time at a cost, and move beyond the Dome without being easily found by Browning. His history lessons and records connect him to Snowsorrow, gnomes and the Founders, Great Farmuth, Icefang, Valentinhide, and the hidden routes between realms. Although he is dead, he remains active and has repeatedly asked the party to save him.

Known Details

  • Earlier notes mentioned Lord Bleakstorm as an auction/history figure.
  • On Day 38, Lord Bleakstorm appeared as the elderly gentleman from the vision of Provitsa’s birth, delivered a message from Icefang from outside the Dome, and gave Eliana a snowflake coin that served as a one-use portal to Bleakstorm.
  • Day 38 says he looked no different from his pictures because he was dead, and that he could not remain inside the Dome for long because Browning would find him and send minions after him.
  • On Day 42, the party reached Castle Bleakstorm. Bleakstorm said he could send people back in time at a cost, could not see Ruby Eye, and warned about difficult trips outside the Barrier.
  • Bleakstorm reported that Peridita was heading to Hartwall, that Garadule was growing stronger at Gravel Basers, and that Bridged’s sister was nasty trickery, Valentinhide.
  • On Day 44, Lord Bleakstorm appeared as a history teacher in the old mage school and taught about Bridged, Valentinhide, Great Farmuth / Great Farmuth, and gnomes.
  • Lord of Bleakstorm and the Gnomes says Bleakstorm connected gnomes, merfolk, Great Farmuth / Great Farmuth, and possible gnomish Grand Towers technology.
  • On Day 46, Highgate reported that a mutual friend sent out of the Barrier had visited Lord Bleakstorm while trying to find a way back in.
  • On Day 47, a restored trophy plinth in Lady Evalina Hartwall’s laboratory named Shaman Bleakstorm's Tome on the Significance of the Number 5.
  • On Day 57, Bleakstorm appeared in the Provista / Town Hall vision-space with an ice auroch sculpture, wanted the party to save him, and said Icefang’s spirit remained in the Dome because Icefang died there.
  • On Day 59, Lord Bleakstorm was described at Bridged’s Belburn temple as a follower of Bridged, eternal and tricksy, with “our lady’s ear personally.” The Bleak Stormers were expected to bring more temple ink.

Open Questions

  • What day is Dirk missing, and what did Bleakstorm’s time device detect?
  • What exactly happened when Ennui tricked Bleakstorm into releasing Leedus?
  • How much of Bleakstorm’s history of gnomes / Founders and Great Farmuth is literal geography, and how much is hidden route lore?
  • What does it mean that Bleakstorm wants the party to save him, despite being dead but still active?