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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6298950" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 114b - Blue Murder</strong></p><p></p><p>Leon had just departed for the Dreaming. Uru, Conquo, Matunaaga and Rumdoom pressed on to the hilltop village where they hoped to find the reincarnation of Malthusius.</p><p> </p><p>The folk here were hostile to outsiders and steeped in the Old Faith. The elders insisted that Conquo remain on the outskirts and the local children came nervously to investigate. Uru stayed with him in his guise as a small, dark-skinned child and played with the children.</p><p> </p><p>Rumdoom and Matunaaga spoke to the village elders and were told that no deva reincarnation had occurred. </p><p></p><p>But the children told Uru a different story: A middle-aged woman had recently fallen pregnant and given birth to a blue-skinned baby. It had grown to their size in just a few days, but before it could reach adolescence a dark man and a bright pixie arrived from Shale and the baby disappeared.</p><p> </p><p>Uru turned their tale into a rhyme which he sang in the village square at the top of his voice, bringing the elders and the rest of the unit out to hear. A woman marched to the front of the gathering and threw a bag of silver into the dirt, castigating the elders for their greed. Then Uru frightened the superstitious villagers by reverting to his true form and extracted the following reluctant confession: </p><p> </p><p>The man from Shale had told the villagers that the baby was the reincarnation of a traitor responsible for the carnage in Flint (news of which traders had brought to even this far-flung region). He told them that they should put the child on trial in accordance with Risuri law and displayed documents to the effect that he was authorized to conduct such a trial. He said that if the child was found guilty they would be rewarded for bringing a member of the Obscurati to justice. A trial was duly held, the child was found guilty and then drowned. Each of the village elders was paid 30 silver pieces for their aid, including the deva's 'mother' (the woman who had thrown down her silver in disgust).</p><p> </p><p>Unable to think of a suitable punishment for this shocking crime, the unit merely extracted a description of the stranger from Shale: He wore smart, modern clothes and a stove-pipe hat; he bore a pistol and a pocket-watch which he consulted very often. The sprite was female and very colourful but did not speak to anyone but the man. Something about this description rang a very dim and distant bell. (See follow-up email). Unfortunately, none of the villagers could remember being given a name - or rather, they remembered being given it, it was on the tips of their tongues, but no, it was gone.</p><p></p><p> </p><p>Uru daubed a fey curse on the door of each household, and they left the village behind. </p><p> </p><p>In Shale they witnessed feverish preparations for any forthcoming conflict with Danor. (More of which next week.) They wondered how it would be possible for them to find Malthusius now. Governor Stanfield had said that the more time elapsed - and the more incarnations elapsed - the harder it was to access the memories and personality of a deva's former life. Malthusius' arm was lifeless and inert and provided no further clues.</p><p></p><p> </p><p>Then Xabria remembered something that happened in the clergy vault on Odiem when the unit was facing off against Gene, the corrupted Godhand. Golden mirrors had summoned simulacra of the unit, but Malthusius' had not been identical. Rather it had been more youthful figure dressed in esoteric robes. At the time Malthusius had assumed it to be a past life incarnation he had yet to learn about. But when he investigated further and completed the timeline of his former lives, no such figure was featured. </p><p> </p><p>Could it be that this was an incarnation from Malthusius' <em>future</em>? </p><p> </p><p>Xambria immediately took the description of his robes to the only clergy church in Shale, and learned that they were worn by members of the Congregation of Adelbrand - a reclusive clergy sect devoted to introspection and prayer that maintained just half a dozen monasteries in some of the most remote parts of the world. There was only one in Risur, located in the Western Anthras Mountains, though the precise location was not rendered on any map.</p><p></p><p>They sent a message to Stover Delft and received replies from both Stover and Marshal Korrigan...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6298950, member: 79141"] [b]Session 114b - Blue Murder[/b] Leon had just departed for the Dreaming. Uru, Conquo, Matunaaga and Rumdoom pressed on to the hilltop village where they hoped to find the reincarnation of Malthusius. The folk here were hostile to outsiders and steeped in the Old Faith. The elders insisted that Conquo remain on the outskirts and the local children came nervously to investigate. Uru stayed with him in his guise as a small, dark-skinned child and played with the children. Rumdoom and Matunaaga spoke to the village elders and were told that no deva reincarnation had occurred. But the children told Uru a different story: A middle-aged woman had recently fallen pregnant and given birth to a blue-skinned baby. It had grown to their size in just a few days, but before it could reach adolescence a dark man and a bright pixie arrived from Shale and the baby disappeared. Uru turned their tale into a rhyme which he sang in the village square at the top of his voice, bringing the elders and the rest of the unit out to hear. A woman marched to the front of the gathering and threw a bag of silver into the dirt, castigating the elders for their greed. Then Uru frightened the superstitious villagers by reverting to his true form and extracted the following reluctant confession: The man from Shale had told the villagers that the baby was the reincarnation of a traitor responsible for the carnage in Flint (news of which traders had brought to even this far-flung region). He told them that they should put the child on trial in accordance with Risuri law and displayed documents to the effect that he was authorized to conduct such a trial. He said that if the child was found guilty they would be rewarded for bringing a member of the Obscurati to justice. A trial was duly held, the child was found guilty and then drowned. Each of the village elders was paid 30 silver pieces for their aid, including the deva's 'mother' (the woman who had thrown down her silver in disgust). Unable to think of a suitable punishment for this shocking crime, the unit merely extracted a description of the stranger from Shale: He wore smart, modern clothes and a stove-pipe hat; he bore a pistol and a pocket-watch which he consulted very often. The sprite was female and very colourful but did not speak to anyone but the man. Something about this description rang a very dim and distant bell. (See follow-up email). Unfortunately, none of the villagers could remember being given a name - or rather, they remembered being given it, it was on the tips of their tongues, but no, it was gone. Uru daubed a fey curse on the door of each household, and they left the village behind. In Shale they witnessed feverish preparations for any forthcoming conflict with Danor. (More of which next week.) They wondered how it would be possible for them to find Malthusius now. Governor Stanfield had said that the more time elapsed - and the more incarnations elapsed - the harder it was to access the memories and personality of a deva's former life. Malthusius' arm was lifeless and inert and provided no further clues. Then Xabria remembered something that happened in the clergy vault on Odiem when the unit was facing off against Gene, the corrupted Godhand. Golden mirrors had summoned simulacra of the unit, but Malthusius' had not been identical. Rather it had been more youthful figure dressed in esoteric robes. At the time Malthusius had assumed it to be a past life incarnation he had yet to learn about. But when he investigated further and completed the timeline of his former lives, no such figure was featured. Could it be that this was an incarnation from Malthusius' [I]future[/I]? Xambria immediately took the description of his robes to the only clergy church in Shale, and learned that they were worn by members of the Congregation of Adelbrand - a reclusive clergy sect devoted to introspection and prayer that maintained just half a dozen monasteries in some of the most remote parts of the world. There was only one in Risur, located in the Western Anthras Mountains, though the precise location was not rendered on any map. They sent a message to Stover Delft and received replies from both Stover and Marshal Korrigan... [/QUOTE]
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