Gem of Judgement

an object of power. Also known as the (Left) Eye of the Serpent. Has a Pattern within it. Can be used to create a new Pattern & is beleived to have been used by Dworkin to create the first Pattern.

Red Pendent Book
3/13/2019 - Aeolous - The Red Pendent Book - The book has been left in the Australian embassy for anyone to read. I have now fully read it and here is a brief synopsis of the most relevant bits.

Best selling book: “Red Pendent” - murder mystery. Author: Janice Swiftie Digging into the book more - the author is fuzzy as to where the detective (no name ever given, book is written in first person POV) actually found the red pendent stating only that it was ‘well hidden’ and that it was found after reading the ‘Greater Key of Solomon’ (book). The book then took a turn to a more ‘Da Vinci Code’ type of work as the detective had to do some sort of very complicated ritual involving the gem that was harder than anything he ever did in his life before and nearly killed him. By doing this, he kept the demons at bay and saved the world. He then returned the gem to its ‘rightful owners’ who were some sort of monks that live upon a mountain and guard the Red Pendent for a time in the future when it will be needed again to keep the demons at bay.

We managed to locate a digital copy of the book "Greater Key of Solomon" and determined it was just some religious spellcasting nonsense. Unfortunately we were not able to print this book out, but you can find it in Shermer Illinois. We used the public library's computers to access it. We were not able to determine anything further.

3/13/2019 - Glenn James - Conjecture:

the detective = King Random red pendent = Random's necklace = the redstone Greater Key of Solomon = Solomon's Knot = the pattern very complicated ritual = walking the pattern the demons at bay = courts of chaos ‘rightful owners’ = amberites or amber royalty upon a mountain = amber castle

3/13/2019 - Aeolous - Mmm. I'm not so sure on some of that. I'm thinking whoever the detective is (it may even be Swiftie) isn't King Random. I'm thinking that Random is the "rightful owner" in charge of keeping the gem safe. The courts of chaos might be the Demons, I can see that. It sure would be nice if Random wasn't always so damn cryptic about everything.

3/13/2019 - Glenn James - I kinda had the impression that Random was an impostor since he knew all the 1920s lingo.

3/13/2019 - Joshua MacKay - I believe the author of the book also dabbled in cinematography and like the film is his way of trying to help/give clues.The detective is us. The ritual could potentially be repairing the broken Pattern in the firewall.

3/13/2019 - Aeolous - Now I'm starting to wonder if the demons are everyone outside of the firewall and that whoever made our pocket shadow doesn't want them coming in. Or maybe not everyone – just some. After all, nobody on the other side of the firewall has been able to cross over into our pocket shadow, yet we do so freely into theirs. Saving the world could literally mean saving our pocket shadow. In fact, it may be that Zog is the one being kept out specifically, especially when you consider the message that was found in The Asylum about Zog's eye. Perhaps this eye is the red gem. I'm willing to wager that Random knows exactly what the firewall is and what it's there for. I'm going to stop thinking now. This is hurting what little of my sanity I have left.

Red Stones
2/25/2019 - Aeolous - MMO Land immediate attention - When Joshua, myself and Doc were stranded somewhere in MMO Land, we stumbled upon some sort of cave, inside of which was a statue with 2 large gems in its eye sockets. Joshua had the lovely idea to just take them out. 2 Large skeleton Warriors rose from some bone piles and attacked us (they were quite tough to kill). We managed to kill one of them and left the other trapped in a pit. We then took the gems with us. They were worth about $10,000 each. Joshua later sold them to help with the upkeep of The White Dove but we don't know to whom.

2/25/2019 - Joshua - MMO Land immediate attention -Yes, they were sold months ago to a Jeweller Beastkin SA.

2/25/2019 - Joshua - MMO Land immediate attention -It's the Jeweller two doors down from the knife shop (near Clems) if anyone wants to try and track them down.

2/28/2019 - Aeolous - [Encrypted] Alex. Get rid of that damn hammer - Oh I almost forgot. There was somebody masquerading as you (really really well) looking for your magical black dildo in Kinleyville, but they left via a trump card with some other unidentified person before we could find out more. What's so special about your black dildo?

3/1/2019 - Joshua - [Encrypted] Alex. Get rid of that damn hammer - They are now a subject state of the humans. The Alex Kinley copy is likely dead (killed with all the undead whom he was with). Suspect may be a Dora, so may pop up again after licking runes. Was after red stones, We are not sure why as yet

3/10/2019 - Joshua MacKay - The red stone - Unless people have already worked it out, we should try and establish which zone the red stone (jewel) is in (assuming it’s in a zone we have access to). Zones I have seen shadows of the red stone and thus can be eliminated as to where it currently is - beastkin, Gotham. What of others... (At the moment I wondering If the “evil overlord” in gothic has it in their possession)

3/14/2019 - Joshua MacKay - I’ve recalled that the large gems we retrieved from a statue in mmoland were red. We had initially thought they were blue but that was a trick of the light.

3/17/2019 - Aeolous - G'day - *Sigh* You realise you can just type into it, right? Anyway. Joshua's dead. Yes. Dead dead. Not dead-and-then-come-back-to-life dead. Now since Raslen was the one who told me all this, I may be a bit spotty on certain things. Joshua and Doc somehow found the Red Gem in question. No idea how they did that. Anyway. I believe then they went to the Smurf zone (dressed up as rabbits, obviously) and eventually got to some bridge that they had to cross. An old man asked each of them 3 questions about the pocket shadow that we are in and if you fail to answer one, you get thrown off and die (Raslen found that out the hard way (not dead dead, the other dead)). The questions were like "what's your favourite colour, what is the flower shop in Burlington called, etc" and they were different for each individual. Then for whatever reason Joshua decided to try and do whatever ritual was described in the Red Pendent book which involved creating some sort of new Pattern. He failed and died. I also believe they attempted to contact King Random on several occasions but each time he completely ignored them and was just seen writing. No idea what's up with that. Raslen if I missed anything during your adventure, obviously fill them in.

3/17/2019 - Raslen Rad - G'day - Ah, there we are, thanks Freddy. Joshua has gone walkabout in the Pattern. He made a valiant attempt to walk his own pattern where the Gem of Judgement was being kept. Ghost wheel, perhaps? Doc can confirm that. We got there by sneaking into Gargamel's bedroom and using the book on the nightstand to get to the gem. The Doc is probably still as cross as Frog in a sock so me and Freddy here thought we should at least let it be known and the Doc can help fill in some details as he sees fit. I didnt know him long, but I can say confidently that Joshua Mackay was a good man. Fair dinkum. He saved my life, probably more than once, in the short time I knew him. Loved and admired by the people of Kinleyville and other mysterious places. Feared by his enemies. Respected by his peers. I wish him luck in his walkabout. Now, Freddy, what button do I pu....

Making a New Pattern
3/19/2019 - Aeolous - How the fuck are we gonna fix this? - If I'm understanding this correctly, the pocket shadow that we're in may soon cease to exist unless we get a new P (Pattern) according to Janice Swiftie (JS). I'm pretty sure that's what Joshua was trying to do (F). Though I have no idea why all of a sudden we need to do this. What prompted it? What happened to the old Pattern? Was it the removal of the Gem of Judgement by us? Or did this already start when Random lost the gem? Anyway. If Joshua couldn't do it, I sure as fuck don't stand a chance. Not even sure I'd get past the blasted old man on the bridge with his questions. I still don't even know what the fuckin' Pattern is really. So… what do? Should we ask someone in Amber for assistance? What is actually going on with Random? What about his wife? Fiona perhaps? Are they also being affected by this? Will they also cease to exist or is it just our pocket shadow? Oh fuck I'm not ready to not exist. There's so much I haven't done yet. Like, I wanna build a robot. Yeah I know we have them already but I want my own one. And I want to shoot lightning out of my nostrils. And I want to go to another rock concert; I haven't been to one in for ever. Also I want a donut that instantly regenerates once you take a bite out of it. Fuck diabetes, I'm immune to disease. Wait. Am I immune to being fat? There have been studies linking obesity to a form of disease. Oh fuck I haven't used a proper computer in forever. I can feel my mind slipping. Soon I won't be able to even to use a rootkit. I'm turning into a savage. Oooga booga. Okay. I feel better now. I could really go for a cuppa.

3/18/2019 - Raslen Rad - How the fuck are we gonna fix this? - Those are good questions, mate. I suspect it has to do with the Gem. That cranky old fella on the bridge contacted us via a hologram or something and seemed pretty excited about getting his shyte back, so he's clearly out looking for it, he'll eventually find the Doc and the Doc will make nice with the bloke and she'll be apples.

Effect on the Realms while Missing
3/17/2019 - Aeolous - WARNING: Changes are Happening - 3 distinct events happened during our travels recently. 1. We noticed that the leaves on many trees in MMO Land, Burlington and Beastkin appear to be changing to that of an autumn-like colour. It seems that the season is changing. This has never happened before. I can only assume it is happening in all of the zones. The people in MMO Land are freaking out and the tensions between the DORAs and normies (yes that's what I'm calling them) are at an all-time high.

2. The old man's face from the bridge (Click Here) appeared out of thin air while we were in our house in Kinleyville and told us to return what was taken. I can only assume he is talking about the red gem.

3. Clem. BE EXTREMELY WARY OF HIM. He is no longer the brain-dead barber we all know and love. He appears to have gained some semblance of consciousness or free will. When we went to hop to another zone, he said "why thank you" when Raslen complimented him on my haircut. This immediately struck me as odd and after a bit of questioning, he started acting more and more creepy, even forgetting to ask us "where you headin'?" when we asked for a hot towel and a shave, instead creepily going to put the towel on our faces. We went out and tried to "fix" him by turning the pole upside down and right side up again (this was in MMO Land still). Clem then locked the door and put up the "closed" sign. We Trumped over to the Embassy and went back to the Clem's there. It was still open. Clem was even more creepy, but we tried to be nice and just get to where we were trying to go. Raslen got into the chair but I had an ominous feeling and quickly smacked the towel away from him and dragged him out. As we were leaving, we looked back and saw Clem following us out of the barbershop. Yes – he left the barbershop. We managed to lose him a bit and ran back to the embassy while also trying to draw him towards us. We waited just outside where the guards were and allowed Clem to come up to us. When he did, all he said was "a man chooses; a slave obeys" and then he left. So, yeah. I don't know about you guys but I don't trust him any more.

Oh and he did some creepy thing where he turned his head, then his torso, then his legs thing. Reminded me of an android. Is Clem an android?

3/17/2019 - Things which need doing (excerpt)- It appears that the removal of the Gem of Judgement is causing some huge changes to occur in our pocket shadow. How or why is unknown. Figuring out a way to stop this (as it can only be bad) would be of great benefit. Clem's odd behaviour may be related to this.

3/20/2019 - Aeolous - The Ice Torcs from the Ice Tower- Completely null? Alien Postapocalypse. Unfortunately, Clem's is currently out of order over there after a fight broke out over it and we haven't had a chance to fix it. That and the fact that Clem is acting extremely weird due to the whole Gem of Judgement which I'm sure you've heard about. Still, should you be brave enough to try and use Clem's in its current state, you can still get there. You just won't be able to use it to get back. You'll need to trump/shadow walk/find a gate somewhere.

3/17/2019 - Joshua - WARNING: Changes are Happening - posted link to Justin Hayward's song Forever Autumn

Effects on Joshua MacKay
3/21/2019 - Tom Tom - He lives!!!! - Ok, here it goes as best as I can: So Doc seen a glow inside the Gem of judgement he did some really strange shit!! This is before me walking the pattern today, we’ll all of a sudden he came out with a ball of energy which by the way scared the shit out of a lot of people!! Well this ball of energy was the essence of Joshua McKay, from what was occurring we didn’t have to much time. The glow was fading and Honestly we could have probably lost Joshua for good all together. So we searched for a brave soul to be the host body of Joshua McKay!! It probably wasn’t the best of choices so i’ll Let you guys see for yourselves who his host body is!!! Let’s just say he was a Brave soul!!!!!