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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3701086" data-attributes="member: 3448">“We’ll have to take steps to deal with that, then.  What do the cultists seek to do?”“The Goddess of the Pale Bone was cast out to a different universe.  There are doors from that universe to this, but opening the doors has to be paid for with blood.  The sacrifices of the cultists are meant as those payments.  A single worshipper could bring someone through, but it would take many offerings.”“Do you know what happened to the maid after you dismissed her?”“I’m afraid not.  It was only two days later that we found she was trying to bring a here’ku through, but we could not find her then.  We reported her to the Office of Heresy, but the priests did not devote enough time to such things.”“We might be able to locate her.  Would you allow us to take an image of her from your mind for use in scrying?”Dame Brionna’s mother hesitated, clearly troubled, before answering.  “It does not please me, but I would permit a psion to take an image from my mind for scrying.  Your father would probably not.  It is probable that I should meet you elsewhere with the psion.  I do not think he would approve.”“Thank you, Mother.  Our priests will be able to do more to prevent the further progress of the Old Ones than the priests of Berta did.  They could not even prevent the attack of the demons.”Dame Brionna’s mother winced.  “But how were they to have even seen it coming?  It caught everyone by surprise.  Or perhaps not everyone-- some time before the fall, I met a priest of Paranswarm who predicted the destruction of the Southern Kingdoms.  He was a powerful psion-- I think his name was Canon Deloren.  But I had no reason to believe him, especially as priests of Paranswarm would always tend to predict the worst for Bertan kingdoms.”Dame Brionna listened carefully.  Someone who had figured out what was coming could be a useful ally--and someone who knew the demons’ plans in advance might be an extremely dangerous foe.  “Do you remember how you met him?  I would not have thought you would have met many Paranswarmian priests.”“No, I should say not.  He was a member of the entourage of Lady Castilia Mandrath.  She paid a visit to the court, and everyone of consequence attended the state functions.”  Dame Brionna’s mother smiled a little as she recalled a happier time.Dame Brionna thanked her mother and returned to the palace, where she reported on what she had learned.</blockquote>

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