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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3081631" data-attributes="member: 3448">“We have already confirmed that one of these priests had been corrupted, as well as the Mother Superior of the Order of Blessed Hope.  They have been dealt with.  But the rest…”“Let’s see if there is a reply from the Abbess.”  Ilsbet pushed through the letters and drew forth a letter back, with a clear notation that it had been delivered to the palace.The letter detailed the Abbess’s findings.  She confirmed that all six of the clergy that the Archduchess suspected were indeed corrupted, as well as the Mother Superior of the Order of Blessed Hope and five of the seven nuns on the list.  The Abbess was confident that the other two nuns were in fact clean but noted that there were thus probably two unknown members of the coven devoted to Borsh’tro.  The coven almost certainly had thirteen members to mock the organization of the elven druids devoted to Eiru.  The letter also stated that the coven had not performed summoning rituals, but appeared to be assisting skaven in infiltrating the City.“We’ll need to arrest all of the rest of these,” said Dame Brionna.  “I just hope that not too many people die in the process.”“And we need to find the other two coven-members,” added Jacques.“And their spares,” said Ilsbet.“Why do you think they have spares?”“People die when they get involved in demon-worship.  Any sensible coven would keep some apprentices to replace members who died.”“I don’t know,” said Dame Brionna.  “I would think they would be too worried that the spares would be a threat.  They might try to kill their way into the coven.”“So?  I doubt Borsh’tro would discourage that.  And as long as the people training the new apprentices figure that they’re not the weakest members of the coven, they still end up ahead, with a stronger group afterwards.  I suppose there’s some danger that an apprentice would kill a member and die in the process, but wouldn’t they view that risk as acceptable?”Dame Brionna and Jacques exchanged a perturbed look.  After a moment, Jacques responded, “I still think they may prefer a safe coven rather than take the risk of war within  They could always recruit replacements after a death, and each time they recruit a member they risk discovery.  But we should at least start by finding the remaining members we know exist, before we worry about any possible replacements.”Ilsbet nodded, and began searching the desk more carefully.  “There appears to be a concealed drawer back here… the space isn’t accounted for by the drawers we can see.”Jacques looked in again, felt around carefully, and finally pulled a hidden catch and opened a metal panel set flush into the back of the main drawer.  He drew out to gold rings, each glowing dimly with an internal light.  “Definitely magic,” said Ilsbet after a moment, “although it’s not clear what they do.”  She looked them over more carefully.  “The writing on this one is in Engarthan-- the Eldar runic script.  It says the ring is to bring health.  No indications of what the other does.”</blockquote>

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