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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9624494" data-attributes="member: 59816">"We had hoped to have the full support of the Duke," answered Ashfell, not entirely sure what delay Tommi was referring to, "But, yes - we must not wait any longer."He nodded to Morgan and said, "Without further ado, then. You have had various troubles with a mysterious 'Titan' known as Sing-Axe. Agents of Thay have attempted to force Escella, Titus, and Shalendra to act under his influence. But he is not a Titan. He is an Atropol named Xingax. An associate of Szass Tam, the Lich-King of Thay. A hundred years ago he was killed in Thay by a Warrior Bard named Bareris. But, as many extraplanar creatures do, his 'death' in the material plane simply banished him to his original plane: The Abyss. He should be trapped there, unable to return to the material, but there are ways to free him. This is the Thayan's goal! To free Xingax from the Abyss."He let that sink in for a moment before continuing, "I will not explain why it must be done here on the sword coast - it is a complicated matter of prophesies and planar alignments, and not as simple as a Planar Shift, due to the various rules surrounding planar travel for non-mortals. But there are two places that it can be done, locally. It is almost certain that they are attempting to do it at Dragonspear Castle - this is where I want you to go, as soon as possible. But there is another possibility, which Delfen and I will check before joining you south."Lord Darfin stood and said, with concern in his voice, "There is a third place. And it explains what they intended with my sister's involvement. It is a family secret, but I trust everyone here. In the past, some members of my family were Fey'ri; half-demons. My father's most sacred charge was to guard a place hidden in the Ardeep Forest - the House of Long Silences - that once allowed my accursed kin to travel to and from the Abyss. I will go there immediately and make sure that it remains secure. I truly hope that I will find that our success against the troubles at the Floshin Estate prevented the Thayans from gaining access to that location.""Yes, that is very troubling." said Ashfell, who seemed very much to wish that he had known that ahead of time, to add it to his research, but he let it pass, saying, "We have work to do. Are there any questions?"</blockquote>

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