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[sblock=Arcana DC 15]Daemonic cults are rare groups of heretical non-believers who worship entities believed to be separate from the divine. These demons are powerful individuals of extreme violence and destruction.
[sblock=Arcana DC 20]Numerology is the belief that numbers form an inherent connection between all things. In literature it figures heavily in reading further meaning into the position of letters, the numerical significance of certain words, or the hidden meanings to passages.
[sblock=Arcana DC 25]Other forms of esotericism range from theoritical scientific experimentation to gnosticism to discussions of other-worldly beings beyond the divine and mortal. Theories on those other-wordly beings were recently discussed amongst academics when the Five defeated the great monsterosity that emerged near Daunton. Some postulated that it was a creature born outside of existance in a place conceptually called the Far Realm.
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[sblock=History DC 15]Caput Mortuum were an unusual bunch of adventurers that achieved some small noteriety several years ago. They had travelled to the Jade Empire and recovered an ancestral sword rumored to have been created by the great Western Spirit. Their leader was a warrior named Fforim who wielded the Stormbound Sword. Their second member was an odd cleric of Dayna from Bacarte named Anders. Rosvodiz served the group as their more intellectual member, he was known to be quite reserved and quiet.
[sblock=History DC 20]The daemonic cult that Caput Mortuum ousted had called itself the Umberal Sliver. It had been responsible for the murders of several street people and kobolds living beneath Daunton in the sewers and hidden spaces under the city.
[sblock=History DC 25]The Umberal Sliver were cultists that believed that through sacrifice and prayers they could awaken a monsterosity from beyond. It was the Five who stopped the Brotherhood of the Bright Eon two years ago when they too tried (this time successfully) to summon a creature from the deep. It is thought that knowledge of these creatures from a place called the Far Realm was originally brought to light at the beginning the Imperium.
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[sblock=Dungeoneering DC 25]There are several bolt holes, ancient caverns, and secret passages twisting beneath Daunton's sewer system. The dark things that lurk in the deeps very rarely disturb the surface, preferring to work in the black abyss.
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[sblock=Religion DC 20]Daemonic cults are rare groups of heretical non-believers who worship entities believed to be separate from the divine. These demons are powerful individuals of extreme violence and destruction.
[sblock=Religion DC 25]Other forms of esotericism range from theoritical scientific experimentation to gnosticism to discussions of other-worldly beings beyond the divine and mortal. Theories on those other-wordly beings were recently discussed amongst academics when the Five defeated the great monsterosity that emerged near Daunton. Some postulated that it was a creature born outside of existance in a place conceptually called the Far Realm.
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Incarnation said:
The dead are not beyond reach; those with the correct rites can speak to the passed. Have you tried such?
I have not attempted to contact Rosvodiz' spirit yet, though we can certainly conduct our investigation in that direction. I should have a scroll of Speak with the Dead around here somewhere." the old sage replies, as he looks down at the stacks around his chair.
"Perhaps a search is in order in a few minutes."
Rurdev said:
"How l-l-long ago did they g-go after the c-c-c-cult? Where are and w-what happened to the other m-m-mmembers of the g-group?"
It would've been about 12 years ago that the Caput Mortuum routed out the cultists and prevented what ever twisted ritual was being preformed. The other two members of the group were killed by the cultists while trying to put down the cult." he replies.
[sblock=ooc]Sorry for the delay, hopefully I wont have another one of those till December.[/sblock]