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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3793945" data-attributes="member: 3448">“We also wanted to speak with you about several artifacts that were stolen from the Church in Debonai,” said Dame Brionna.  “The Archbishop’s Crook, which was made of laen.”“Oh, yes, and quite intelligent.  The temple was both very pleased with the gift and at the same time something like appalled.  We knew that the Temple served the Lord of Light, and that there were devas and angels who served Him, so we bound an archangel in the crook as a gift.”Dame Brionna stammered, “But… but… what does the archangel think of this?”“He was rather surprised at first.  But he can come and go as he wishes, and quite likes it there now.”  Lord Silverleaves nodded at Dame Brionna’s reaction.  “You see, that was the same way the temple reacted.  We learned a great deal about human psychology through those discussions.  What were the other artifacts?”“A high glass chalice.”“That would be the Chalice of Simonea-- the material that became that Chalice was at one time soaked in the blood of St. Simonea, one of our people.  We thought that since holy blood had touched it, it might help assuage the temple after the crook.  The Chalice is an ocular device.  If you put pure water in it, visions will appear.  You can compel the type of vision, but the chalice can be tricky to interpret.  I believe that the temple uses it for eucharist, and the people believe it can cure dread maladies, but that is probably just common rumors.”“And the last artifact, a lamp of laen?”“That has been taken as well?  The Lamp of Havens.  It has no fire in it; instead, the Lamp is filled with water from the Overqueen’s fountain, the only substantial amount in human hands.  The water can give life to anything, but Galadriel alone can touch it without causing great change around her, because she bears the Ring of Water.”“That may be what they were after-- that would surely be useful to the Abomination’s plans,” said Alistair.“And they may have simply known that they needed a laen artifact and grabbed all of the ones they could get to,” added Dame Brionna.Kit looked at the Grandmaster Farsensor.  “Can you sense where they are?”“I can probably find the crook, but not the others.  Perhaps they are being kept together, however.  It will take hours of meditation.”</blockquote>

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