Date Played: February 9th, 2026

Location: The Observatory

Players Present: Bonk, Cheri, Imogen, May, Vesolnir

Housekeeping

The group introduced a new leveling methodology. Rather than leveling up between sessions, players now plan their options in advance and choose the moment mid-session when their character levels up – narratively, on their own terms. Players narrow their choices to 2–3 options beforehand and will declare and deploy the upgrade when it feels right in play.

The Observatory Tour

Garnet Lark, assistant to the JoJo posing Doctor, guided the party through the Observatory’s research. The Doctor himself remained in his study, poring over data.

Garnet outlined the cosmological situation the Doctor has spent centuries documenting:

• Drak’lira is not a planet – it is a moon. Luxnox is the gas giant at the center of the local system. Drak’lira and Lumineth are its two moons.
• Lumineth, the smaller blue moon, has an irregular and unpredictable orbit. It is visible with the naked eye but variable in apparent size.
• Luxnox is roughly Saturn-sized – not a Jupiter-scale body, but the dominant gravitational force in the system.
• The orbital data shows Drak’lira’s orbit has been decaying since the Starfall, with the rate of decay accelerating in irregular increments since that event.

The Doctor confirmed the data via field observation – an asteroid was found exactly where the calculations predicted. The measurements are not in error.

Audience with the Doctor

Vesolnir approached the Doctor directly. The exchange was terse but productive. The party offered their assistance in analyzing the data in exchange for continued access to the Observatory. The Doctor acknowledged the value of the offer – what he needs most right now is time, and help calculating the event horizon: the point at which the orbital decay becomes irreversible.

Key points established:

• The decay almost certainly began with the Starfall impact. Pre-Starfall data shows normal multi-body gravitational variance; post-Starfall data shows consistent, accelerating decay.
• The Doctor has not yet calculated the mass, density, velocity, and trajectory of the Starfall body – but believes it may be possible from existing data. This is now on his work list.
• A gradual corrective force applied over time is preferable to a single massive impact-scale event. Less force, applied correctly, over a long enough period.

The Broomstone Revelation

This session’s most significant discovery came from the Doctor’s knowledge of broomstone.

Broomstone emits anti-gravitons. It is the material embedded at the bristle joint of every flying broom – this is why brooms fly. The stone provides lift proportional to the magical energy channeled into it.

“That’s why it’s called BROOMstone” — When the Doctor revealed the broomstone/flying broom connection, Vesolnir crashed out. “That’s my arc, I’m done. I’m out of here.” antics ensued

The Doctor noted that broomstone deposits tend to form at leyline convergences, drawn by energetic resonance. He also observed it accumulating in the gizzards of large avian species, which appear to have an organ capable of sensing anti-graviton emissions – effectively a biological compass for locating deposits.

Vesolnir revealed the resonance stone he carries. The Doctor identified it as a relic of the Star Song Elves, used during world-creation to locate optimal leyline positions for planetary scaping. He confirmed it could be highly useful for mapping leyline convergence points across Drak’lira.

Plan A: The Hedron Network

By the end of the session, the party had sketched a working theory: broomstone-based Hedrons – directional anti-graviton emitters – placed at leyline convergence points across the planet, activated on a coordinated schedule tied to the orbital cycle, could apply a sustained corrective force over time without requiring a single catastrophic energy event.

This would require:

• Large quantities of broomstone
• Hedron schematics (likely obtainable from Zendikar via plane shift – something Elyndin at the Academy may be able to facilitate)
• Precise orbital calculations to determine activation schedules
• Operators or automated triggers at each Hedron site
• Ongoing observational correction as the orbit responds

The plan is complex, resource-intensive, and unprecedented. But it is currently the most viable option on the table.

Threads to Watch

• The Mamalka Sultanate appears to already be using broomstone for flight technology – potentially ahead of the party on this front
• An ancient dwarven automaton built for excavation was noted in a nearby ruin – potentially useful for future mining operations
• Vesolnir has a graviton/anti-graviton spell in development, studied from the broomstones in his possession