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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord_Raven88" data-source="post: 2872835" data-attributes="member: 31975">Ununkua'em asks around for a notable Sage and is eventually directed to the house of Marteen the Wise, getting Marteen to agree to help is no small task in itself, but after agreeing to meet his exorbitant fee of 100 gold crown Marteen deigns to answer your questions.  After describing your vision in full Marteen takes on a thoughtful cast "Hmm I can't say I've heard of this Gnorgrak fellow, but I'm pretty sure that the metal and stone construction you described from your dream is infact an ancient device called a Deadgate, according to ancient lore this device once activated steals the soul energy of those who've died within a few hundred miles of the device, this energy can then be used by the creator of the Deadgate for all manner of purposes, such as magical item creation, and to even to power spells, naturally anyone who controls this device would be a deadly and powerful foe to all living creatures"~~~~Whistling a merry tune Silvanyck heads off to the prestigious Virtuoso Academy, Silvanyck easily gains admittance to the meeting hall which is fulled with both aspiring and accomplished master musicians, making his way over to a senor group of bards Silvanyck makes his introduction and pleads his case to the honoured masters, having heard of Silvanyck own fame the group willingly agrees to helps in exchange for an ancient elvin lovesong.After describing his dream to the master musicians they there is much heated discussion "I have heard of this Jarl Gnorgrak that you speak of and the tales about his tribe is both horrific and true, I've also heard tell that his fortress is located high up in a narrow valley in the Crytalmist mountains two hundred miles due west of here....""Yes yes old man you're partially correct, it's about 70 miles from Solon, as I hear it, the area around Solon has been suffering much troubles over the last year, apparently there is a group of four dwarves who've been harvesting the heads of the locals, the rumour has it that each of them is both a powerful  warrior as well as being a skilled Wizard, also it seems that unlike other bandits, all they're interested in are the heads of there victims...""This stone and metal construction you speak of can only be the fabled Deadgate that is mentioned in Eliads Laments, if it is truly one and the same, then this is the first reported appearance of one in over 5000 years...""...I hear that despite all the troubles going on around Solon that the Government has refused to lift a finger to help the locals, what with the Giant uprising in the west and the threat of an invading Orcish horde to the south who can blame them really..."~~~~Since Ilshana is in the courtyard of the Gods it's an easy walk for her to the Temple of Oghma, after speaking to an acolyte Ilshana is granted permission to speak to the High Priest Hedrick after making a suitable donation to the poor box (50gps), Ilshana then goes on to describe the vision that she was sent to her in great detail."This is grave news indeed my child, much of what you have described is a mystery to me, however I'm certain of two things, firstly the pit that you described can only be a portal that leads to the abyss, what ever the purpose of this strange device it bode ill for all, if it isn't stopped.""Secondly the creature that you described that arose from the pit must be Orcus, Demon Prince of the Undead, you can't allow for this device to be completed, it must be destroyed at all cost.  Due to the nature of your mission my child I'm willing to offer further aid if it is within my power."~~~~OOC: Sorry Question you don't have a magical message stone, so I'll assume that Troile decided to wait for the others to return.</blockquote>

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