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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4393549" data-attributes="member: 3285">Vengeance in Freeport: Part 3a - The Temple of CadicThe room was as cold as night in the northern seas.  Friezes and mosaics covered the walls—scenes of plundered ships aflame, treasure being buried on tropical beaches, cold justice meted out to the disgraced or the betrayed.  “Well, this is different,” said Dril.From above there was a cold, rusty creak.  Beldin looked upThe whole ceiling was lined with nets, ropes and chains, like the mast of a sailing ship. On the ground, pews dominated the room; about thirty feet before the end, there was a raised platform decorated with nautical paraphernalia—a captain’s wheel, a walking plank.  Above them all hung the focus of the room: a golden skull and crossbones superimposed over two crossed swords. Fires smoldered in the empty sockets.“Cadic’s a…different kind of god,” said Kham with a smirk.  There was a scuffling sound from behind the altar and a deep, whiskeyed voice called out, “Visitors, praise be Cadic! What wind brin's ye aboard? Lookin' for a blessin', be ye? Perhaps ye be sailin’ out soon, for I do smell t' sea about ye?”A looming figure staggered out of the shadows, muscled and weather-beaten, dressed in captain’s gear—a knee length coat and tricorner hat—with a gold hoop in one ear.  He was missing one leg and walked with a crutch. “Me name be Father Peligro—but ye may call me Peg-Leg.”  Sebastian crossed his arms.  “Peg-Leg, we are looking for a book known as the Cycle of R’lyeh.  Our contacts indicated you might know something about it.”Peg-Leg clomped his way over to them. “Aye, R’lyeh, that name be old…many stories about that name…I credit none o' them, meself.”Dril sneered.  “He’s lying.”“Then perhaps you know of a magical sextant?” asked Sebastian, rapidly losing his patience. “It’s got something to do with the island of R’lyeh.”“Aye, thar be many relics, many magic items…but I do not recognize this one, me hearties.”Kham took out his pistols.  “I don’t care if you’re a priest.  You need to stop—“Just then, the doors burst open.</blockquote>

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