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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joshua Randall" data-source="post: 9598531" data-attributes="member: 7737">Commentary:This section is a fantastic culmination to the cathedral infiltration. Morris Simon paints a vivid picture of the candlelit sanctuary, the thunderous chants, and the creepy statue that comes to life. We learn of the threat posed by the enemy and we get to see the absolute control that Arno and Pazuzu wield over the corrupted paladins. It's unironically great.The crested avian head stretches upward and emits a low, whistling screech from its beaked mouth. [it gets loud and louder until] the chanting and the squawks stop abruptly, leaving a profound silence….This paragraph reminds us of when we summoned Rufyl in book 1, which also involved a whistling noise:As soon as we read the last word [of the scroll that Landor left us], a "shrill whistling noise" fills the room. Something begins to materialize on the desk. As the shape materializes, the whistling noise diminishes, such that it almost seems to create itself from the sound.… bring the commands of Blessed Dyan "so that [they] may do His will!"… "Lord Dyan"...Despite the female name homonym (Dyan / Dianne), Blessed Dyan is a male deity.… our holy mission to spread the true faith throughout Tikandia …As far as evil plans go, this is… sadly historically accurate. In the real world, spreading the true faith wasn't backed up by demons and sorcery. Also in the real world, there weren't powerful archdruids, bards, and ranger-wizards on the side of the "natives". Things still got pretty bad.Still, this begs a question: what has the order of Blessed Dyan been doing up until now if NOT spreading the true faith? They've apparently had some success, given that pilgrims from the Kandian hinterlands were regularly attending services in Saven up until recently. When they stopped attending. Due to the demon. So that worked well.Arno's and Pazuzu's orders are, what, to spread the true faith HARDER?On the subject of faith: conspicuous by his absence here -- Archcleric Oram, whom Arno was "even now" trying to convince to use the Holy Guard against the Kandians. I like to imagine that Arno got tired of using words and decided to have Pazuzu eat Oram.Pazuzu declares that he can feel the presence of strangers…. "Search every corner of this cathedral and Saven!"Neither Pazuzu nor the paladins can pinpoint our location even though we are standing right behind the altar, still wearing our Deeppockets cloak. Detect Magic works in mysterious ways.</blockquote>

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