Atrebe

Kor’Sha Experimentation Project Research notes compiled by Relsiir Vailrek Assistant Researcher in service to the Empire

It is an honor to be serving directly with the emperor on his most ambitious of plans, one that will surely bolster the strength of the Sebillissian Empire so that it might stand forever against any enemy foolish enough to face it. Although I will never be able to return to my home within Veksar — a history filled with the triumphs of the iksar.

We are to begin fusing the essences of our kind with the dragons this very eve. our initial tests proved very promising, and the results proved the theories of our top researchers. Once the Emperor heard about these revelations, he ordered the project to be begun immediately. Emperor Atrebe, a brilliant theorist and the overseer our project, is in the primary laboratory at this moment, preparing the subjects for the procedure. I am to meet him within the house, and will begin the extraction of essence immediately. We should know by first light if we will have a successful, viable union of the essences so that we might proceed with the next stage of our experiments.

The Emperor’s theory was absolutely correct – we were able to fuse the essences into something new… something even stronger than before. However, the result has shown a surprising resistance to the magics we had planned to use to shape its growth. We had expected a full test subject by today, but the new essence looks much the same now as it did on the first day. This is contradictory to what we had achieved before, although Emperor Atrebe now says that he had expected this to happen. He won’t explain further, but has retreated to his chamber to think and plan. In the meantime, I believe we will need to discard the current test subject, which is unfortunate.

Emperor Atrebe emerged from his chamber late last nightfall, and hurriedly began talking with the other chief researchers. I was not able to hear much, but it seems that his theory rests in the change of essence we used for the experiment. it seems that we were using a swamp frog essence before, which appeared to be more receptive to the shaping magics we had planned to utilize. It seems, therefore, that the strength of our people is a hindering factor in our own experiments – which is of little surprise, now that I think about it. We will have to plan for this going forward, although I believe that the Emperor may already have something be is working on.

This is the official report of I, Borok, of Timorous Deep! Charged to observe the Di'Zok Sarnak of Chardok for the further defense of the new Sarnak race. In Gorowyn's name go I!

Day 2

I do my best to stay in the shadows as I make my way to Chardok. I will not underestimate their ability to detect me. Though our race is superior to theirs, they will have the advantages of both numbers and home territory. I am not afraid to face one in combat. Let any Di'Zok try to hit me with his weak little arms! But I am not so foolish as to think a full squad of them wouldn't get the best of me. I think of Gorowyn and of our liberation from their repressive regime, and I know my cause is good.

Day 3