"Yes, she made it much easier for Vanyel to kidnap me and block my magic to question me, and she made off with my shield-talismans as payment. Though, given that it advanced my goals," glance at his alt, "and that I would do the exact same in his place, I endorse that help entirely."

Again, he watches with all his Othersenses, even more curious how the spell will look as it settles onto him, whether he'll be able to feel it on an ongoing basis...

Malduoni smiles, and starts casting again. 

He hadn't in fact been sure Malduoni knew how to do the spell on someone else, none of his researchers had heard of that. His part is the same as before. He is putting a lot of effort into not looking overawed. Yes, these people are thousands of years old and in the business of making and or being gods, but he's supposed to be a bit of a god too. 

It takes about as long as the last one.

Leareth thanks him quite warmly when they're done. 

"Is there anything else we ought discuss now? Leareth and I intend to move his troops today and tomorrow, and some other final preparations. We will likely move in the morning two days from now." 

"Leareth may have already mentioned this but we think Vanyel can Final Strike repeatedly at the Worldwound, and some other Velgarth magic can be used to clean the land around it, which would make it very convenient to be able to actually close it. We are also resurrecting Valdemar's Groveborn, who can Broadsend with better range than any human. Vanyel can make diamonds, though not very efficiently, I assume you're not short on those but if you were we could address that.

If I'm involving Nefreti do you mind if I also ask her to close the House of Oblivion? I'm worried about ending up with two sets of evil outsiders pointed at us."

Leareth blinks. That hadn't occurred to him as an option here either. 

"Of course, as long as it does not risk tipping our hand. And, I think likely you are shorter of diamonds than we are, if you would like Vanyel to die repeatedly. I do have a contingency for that unlikely success; probably your best option, logistically, is for Vanyel to contact Leareth using their magic if it arises - or, hmm, Leareth could leave his end of our mirror here and I can provide him with a replacement." Thin smile. "Leareth, was that his idea or yours." 

"Mine. I think perhaps his Companion would have disallowed it if it had been his idea, but - for the right reasons...and he will come back immediately..." 

"I think he'll hold up all right. Especially if it means the Heralds have few casualties and we are able to resurrect his friends."

"Honestly, I think he considers this plan a very good deal. Less stressful and mentally demanding than ordinary fighting, built-in breaks, and one assumes he will not be dealing with a broken soulbond during the periods where he is dead." 

"I really bet you can Wish broken soulbonds off but I haven't mentioned this because if it went wrong somehow it'd be such awful timing."

"Yes. We ought do it as soon as possible afterward, though. Vanyel can even make his own diamond for it." 

"Well, hurry up and win your war."

He makes eye contact with Malduoni for another long, inscrutable moment. "We are working on it." 

"Is that all." 

"Yes. May your journey home be safe, and may we be fondly remembered in Azir." His lips quirk slightly; it makes more sense as a formal goodbye when the person is not going to instantaneously teleport out.

Malduoni bows to him, replies courteously with his own formal goodbye. 

Leareth has no idea if there's a protocol on what he should say, here, and cannot bring himself to care, so he just nods to Khemet, unsmiling. "I look forward to speaking again after the war." 

Malduoni takes his arm and teleports him out. 

Right. Okay. Next thing is - Taver.

He heads out to do that with some Heralds around so Taver won't be horribly confused when he wakes up.

Savil is happy to be one of those standing by. (Vanyel has gone off to make more enormous diamonds, he thinks he can do two at a time with Lesser Restoration and then have a snack and a nap to speed up recovery on whatever Restoration doesn't fix, and then repeat all day and hopefully get a lot of diamonds that way.) 

Taver is maybe going to be confused because his Herald isn't here, having been Chosen by another Companion - his previous Companion, actually - after Taver's death in battle, and now back in Haven and too unwell to join the war effort, it's an awkward complicated situation all round that won't be less complicated after Taver's return but it's clearly worth it. 

He will take their word for it and do a resurrection.

And then there is a large, snow-white, blue-eyed stallion looking around at the room. He seems calm. 

:Am I correct that something very bizarre has happened in the time since I died: 

Savil stifles a not-very-appropriate chuckle. "Er, yes, rather. You died - coming on two months ago now. Roughly a month ago, Vanyel was accidentally summoned to another world with different magic."