Cyr Escunar
No, I don't think I can add anything of importance about Radharc. Situation is eerily similar to one here, general tension, feeling of mistrust and fear, shunning of Bairdéir. Amhran and I were attacked and captured.
True, we were in Maor's house without permission, but I'd expect to be asked why and even to stand trial, not to be drugged and transported in another city, not something you expect as Bairdéir.
I'd say this particular part about disposing of Maor is just local power play, but someone in the background has interests that go beyond that. Radharc Maor could be just as well innocent as Clúns. Except, instead of Maora, main antagonist would be some military high-up.
I think we should concentrate on acompanying Maor on his trip to Radharc. Unless, of course, someone remembered something of importance. What's with that archer friend of yours? Can he be found? Talked to?
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I browsed character info from post #3 and stumbled upon your knowledge of Tóir gan Toradh. So, you might know the folowing:
Tóir gan Toradh was the only city state in Domhan to employ – or even have real knowledge of – Coimirceoir deMarbh (the Keepers of the Dead), who served both in a funerary capacity and as advisors to the royal family of King Aidrian (son Amhrán you met with Cyr).
Traditionally, they were able to communicate with the dead for the answering of questions and for foretelling the future, although both of the latter functions were fraught with peril. The dead have no love for the living and are tricky and evasive in their answers, and the future – which changes constantly as people act in the present – is impossible to predict with great accuracy. Due to their supernatural abilities and their ties to the dead, the Coimirceoir deMarbh were looked upon with superstition and distaste by the majority of the population.
Now, King Aidrian was a dark and brooding man and not a popular ruler. He was harsh, and exacted most of the ‘wealth’ from his very poor people by taxing both their goods and their income. Some five years ago, the peasants of Tóir gan Toradh rose up against their King. In a ploy to quell the riots at the least cost to himself, Aidrian spread the word about that his actions were at the behest of his Coimirceoir deMarbh, whose advice to him was part of a design on their part to bring an army of the dead into the realm of the living in order to conquer his ‘kingdom.’
Ever ready to succumb to superstition, the ignorant populace believed the King and vented their fury on Gofraidh and Ailish Tórramh. Unbeknownst to the King, 14 year old son of he keepers was staying with his best friend Amhrán – the King’s son – and escaped the horrible fate suffered by his parents, who were burned alive by the mob. When he became aware of the troubles outside the palace, he tried to get to his parents side. Amhrán, a perceptive youth who shared none of the negative characteristics of his father, prevented his friend from rushing to certain death at the side of his parents and told the newly made orphan of the King’s plotting.
The child was unable to escape the palace before Aidrian learned of his whereabouts. He was captured and imprisoned, and scheduled to be executed as well for the crimes of his parents (as a further sop to the peasantry).
It is unknown what has befallen then, but two years after that there was attack of Queen Máthair's armies. The King was found dead, horribly tortured and mutilated.
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