(Is also doing a healing spell going to trade off against other spells that could be important later in Haven? Leareth looks like he could still benefit from it but not like it’s definitely necessary for him to function today.)

Blai can burn one of the other first circle spells for it; he has his coat so probably he won't need an Endure himself, or maybe he doesn't need the Forbid Action?

:You cast Endure Elements yesterday - it was just after dark, in Haven - if it lasts until the same time the next day, I think you've got seven or eight candlemarks left on it.: He wasn't yet fully reading Blai's mind at the time, but did note him casting the spell, and had a chance later to get a little up to speed on the spells' constraints while Blai was thinking about them this morning. :And even if we end up outdoors for a long period, it's unlikely we'll be separated, so I can help keep you warm. ...I think it's probably worth giving up to have Leareth fully recovered today, in case he needs to respond to another emergency, but you should keep the Forbid Action.: It seems to go right through standard Velgarth shields - makes sense, no one could possibly have known to develop a shielding technique against it - so it's a pretty valuable last resort to have.

Well, someone else who doesn't have a Worldwound coat might need it, but perhaps Seldan can also keep other people warm. (Though, to be clear, Forbid Action has a pretty easy save, a completely normal person will throw it off more than a quarter of the time.) And after another rigmarole about making sure he's ready, lest he spook this not-technically-Rahadoumi-but-sorta-similar archmage, he'll do the Cure.

That's another instant huge improvement! It doesn't quite hit the hint of lingering backlash from Gating under conditions that were really not conducive to it, but that's nearly faded on its own by now. 

Leareth holds still long enough for the Healer hanging around to confirm that he’s back to perfect health, and then starts getting up. 

:Prophecy, now?:

If Leareth wants the prophecy now! Blai is trying to be really polite about telegraphing all his divine magic!

Honestly Leareth doesn’t seem very spooked about Blai at this point! (He's hard to read but Seldan thinks he could pick up something if Leareth were stressed, especially earlier when he was visibly very groggy.) Probably has something to do with the part where Blai charged out onto a battlefield at considerable risk to himself and got clawed by gryphons for his efforts while saving Leareth's life. 

...Not unreasonable to be careful about it anyway, though, the man has got to be very jumpy in general. 

He addresses Leareth and Nayoki. :Blai prepared another prophecy spell, since we cast the one from yesterday on Brightstar. Do you want him to cast it now?: 

:- I would appreciate that, yes.: 

"Minor Prophecy."

Leareth is in a room with Nayoki and someone is reaching out to both of them with an alarmed Mindspeech message. 

    :Haven - under attack -: 

Three seconds later Leareth has his own scrying-spell up. 

:Iftel: he sends, to Nayoki (it's faster than speaking out loud) and half a dozen people in other rooms. :Gates, gryphons - what are they - nevermind. Are Vanyel and Blai -: 

     :We do not know their exact locations:

Of course not. The Star-Eyed Goddess still has a Heartstone in Haven and it would go as unluckily as possible. :I could -:

     :You are not going in - Vanyel would understand, Blai would understand - you can find Golarion without them, they are stuck without you -:

:I know.: But Leareth is genuinely upset, to an extent that's actually kind of visible. It doesn't actually make sense to put himself at any risk when Vanyel and Blai went to huge lengths to keep the gods from assassinating him, and it's just - still - in the opposite situation they took that risk... 

:We should Gate reinforcements in, we cannot afford to wait for the Heralds to ask -:

...Blai doesn't get much content from the conversation, just a sense of the - genre - but he can see the scry all right, in the vision, so anyone reading his mind can too.

What. 

What indeed. 

:I am confused about what they could possibly be trying to accomplish!: 

:Taking out the Heralds who would otherwise ally with you? Or maybe they know enough about Blai to be trying to capture him.: 

:It might make sense for them to be trying to disrupt your relationship with the Heralds, but as far as I can tell openly attacking Haven would do...the opposite...since I think at this point you would send help if we asked - er, consider this me communicating on behalf of the Heralds that if that happens, I think we need and want your help.: 

It's not, like, incredibly clear that Seldan formally has the authority to speak on behalf of the Heralds, but he really doesn't think the King will disagree once they have an opportunity to explain, though - it's abruptly seeming like it might be a worse idea to go to Haven and provide that explanation, the vision doesn't specify how long before this would happen. 

:Weakening your organization, maybe, if they already predict you would step in to help Valdemar with defense -: 

:Which would be more inconvenient if I were still planning to invade Valdemar with it - I am very confused -: Leareth is pretty sure he's missing something here and he doesn't like it. 

:Can we ask the surviving gryphons, in case this was already under consideration as a plan and they were privy to it?:

:That's a good idea - I mean, we might need them to be un-set-commanded to answer questions usefully, if Jisa's not coming then I don't know who can do it - I did hear there's a Valdemaran Mindhealer in Waymeet but I have no idea if taking out set-commands is in her skillset...: 

Leareth is frowning very slightly. :I am wondering if we ought negotiate to send you to Haven with a team of mages from my organization - it would be better if the Herald-Mages were less thoroughly outnumbered by people who might decide they work for one of the unfriendly gods instead.: 

:The Heralds should probably be kicking everyone out of Valdemar who isn't willing to confirm under Truth Spell that they're listening to Randi's orders and are not intending to go work for Vkandis. Though that still leaves them with exactly one able-bodied Adept-potential mage: As far as he knows the plan is still for Vanyel to join them but he's not entirely sure where Vanyel is right now, he didn't come through the Gate with them. Hopefully he's just still asleep. Anyway, Vanyel does...not really count as fully functional right now. 

Nayoki would offer to go and set-command gryphons at fifty yards again if necessary, but she still has a backlash headache from the last round of that. 

:It is definitely better to know this than not, and - I think worth delaying to communicate more with our Herald contact in Waymeet and obtain permission to send some of our people in advance of when they are needed. ...I still wish I understood what they were aiming for - if the goal is to kidnap Blai, that implies different precautions than if they have just decided to try to conquer Valdemar for some reason.: 

What a horrible messy diplomatic situation. Seldan is just trying to picture King Randale having a conversation where he informs whoever is representing Iftel in Haven that they're being kicked out because someone had a Foresight vision where Ifteli forces were attacking Haven. (Not to mention the part where they almost got his daughter killed, but he isn't sure Randi is going to want to spread it around that she was there at all, and they certainly couldn't have known she was there, so it wasn't exactly an operation against Valdemar.) 

And of course it raises questions about whether it's a good idea to have anyone else in Haven backing up the Heralds - probably the mercenaries aren't going to randomly go work for gods instead, gods don't pay in hard coin, but he's not sure of that...

...do Iomedae's teachings by chance have any useful advice on a situation like this. 

Not that he can think of! The Shining Crusade had a lot of people from a lot of places interested in a common cause but it wasn't really in danger of suddenly deciding Tar-Baphon was okay after all!