P.S, sort of off topic, but–your avatar is totalllllly appropriate for this.

I also truly appreciate the fact that someone contacted Veighn’s player after reading this and told him to check his email. I would rather not have puked up a public rant to get any answers – but that’s probably another post in itself.

Anyway. It looks like he’s now suggesting what amounts to a partial retcon – which at this point, is the best thing possible for a number of reasons.

I’d ask and ask and ask and ask if they wanted to play and I’d always get a positive but I’d never get them to…y’know, play. Or they’d go play with someone else o.0.

It’s your ball now, your character and your court. Magic is a wonderful thing–in the hands of gods or mortals it is often known to backfire completely. I say something backfires and Alysia gets her chance at some ass kicking freedom.

Antonio, not having seen Alysia for some time, and worrying about his friend, takes her up on her offer to visit Rhilshen – finds there the basics of the scenario, and makes his way to the place of imprisonment.

Now, Antonio is an untrained but powerful psi, having his abilities wakened some time ago by a forced intrusion into his mind that nearly drove him crazy (yes, this did happen, but he’s suppressed the power – I wanted him to just be human, but things happen).

So he arrives, and, finding no reasonable way to rescue her, he flings his sword at the prison walls, sending all his energies in a Camberian-like final push – this effectively shatters Veighn’s defenses, leaving Alysia free to depart. However, since he is untrained, he puts too much of himself into it, cannot stop the power drain and dies, giving his life for her freedom. Very sad.

Someone finds Antonio soon after, and resurrects him. He is now very happy, as someone explains to him that since his marriage vows were the ’till death do we part’ kind, he is now no longer married.

…..

Naah…. too deus ex machina. ::sighs::

Honestly, I’m not sure what your best course of action is at this point. Personally, I would not include her captor retaining any hold on her – that would seem to be setting you up for more problems in the future, maybe even leading into a very similar situation. You don’t need that.

I’d probably not handle it as graciously as you have thus far. I’ve had my main in limbo for like.. a day or two, because of being incommunicado with someone (or complete unwillingness to work with me or telling me I can wait), and it’s made me very *cranky*. So I can only imagine how frustrated you are right now. :\

I’ll clarify to note that from what I saw, it was Brutin’s idea during a conversation with Belial. I’m not even going to guess at the motivations there – and at this point, I don’t really give a damn at all.