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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3607258" data-attributes="member: 3448">“Moving on from the gifts, there is an issue that you should be informed of.  Your grace will of course be aware of the recent completion of the Inquisition on Drucien.  The Inquisition took action against many groups with vile practices.  What you are probably not aware of are the two most pernicious of those groups.  While the Grand Duchess has been firm with any practice of demonism, she has been gentler than many in her position would have been.  For other groups, there could be no mercy or hesitation at all.  The two pernicious cults were the cult of the Abomination of Shur and the cult of the Many-Tongued Worm.”“We are well aware of the Abomination of Shur.  The Archduchy has been taking strong action against the Abomination and its allies.”“That is well, but it is the Grand Duchess’s belief that the cult of the Many Tongued Worm poses the greater long term threat.  Lord Paranswarm received no less than 9900 members of the cult to his Eternal Darkness.  Furthermore, three separate factions of the cult indicated connections to the outer duchies in Canberry.  The lack of an Inquisition may have allowed things to breed that should not have.”“There will be no Inquisition here,” responded Alistair, “but we can investigate them.”“Holy might will need to be brought to bear if they are located,” warned the Archbaroness.“While we do not have an Inquisition, we have many church knights.”  Dame Brionna’s tone was perhaps a little huffier than ideal, but the assumption that the Inquisition was an altogether good thing offended her.“Scribes will forward to you the most relevant confessions and names.”“Can you tell us anything about the cults that we could use to begin our investigations in the meantime?” asked Kit.“Some of the situations were grim.  Fortunately, only a few seemed to impact Canberry.”  The Archbaroness thought about the most important pieces of information.  “We believe the cult of the Many Tongued Worm has a connection to the rise of the island in the Eastern Sea.”Alistair looked up intently at that.  “An island of black stone?”“Yes,” confirmed the Archbaroness, pleased that Canberry was aware of the island.  “We have tried to investigate by ship, with ships from Masque, but no ships have returned, even though we sent four warships with full complements of marines, mages, and priests.  The vollers have been more successful.  Two from Hanal have seen it with the aid of optical devices and reported negotiations with the ratmen.”</blockquote>

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