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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carnifex" data-source="post: 1313959" data-attributes="member: 227">A little bit of info on information gathering by the team that I forgot to add into the last update:Kale's questions and inqusitiveness threw up some interesting answers. The ironjacks didn't really seem to have much in the way of long-term plans - not yet - though some of what the travellers said hinted there was some sort of internal split in their ranks that needed to be cleared up soon. The wizard spoke occasionally of 'mechanists' and 'trans-engineers' and of debates and disputes. And there were more Ironjacks still coming over the see as refugees. This band was amongst the first to have arrived, and had travelled forth from the enclave in Iril to explore how far they might extend their influences and to find places to shelter their people from the Sanguinials. Not all of them seemed convinced that even here was safe from their foes. He was able to learn a little about the monastic traditions of Grumand here too - or at least to see a bit more of it than he could find out from Cord. But what struck him was their answer to his questions on the fighting order of Immar - there was no fighting order of Immar that they knew of. The organisation of that faith was too loose for such structures. Of course that didn't prevent the individuals from training themselves in combat and meditation. He found that eavesdropping on the sages threw up little - the two guards, the Naserian and the Huronese, seemed to keep a good eye out for trouble as well. Unfortunately, his questions that he asked of the mimir, about any links between Cryosians or ice mages with Gilamesh followers, Overton, Pendarme, Amegrion, Irilson, Ak'mun'tep, and Tasslik, threw up no answers of any relevance or that he had not already heard chattered from the metal teeth of the little silvery skull. The inquiries of both Sebastion and Kale about the troubles in the region led to some more interesting information gathered. The usual dangers of the region - mostly natural predators, the occasional goblin or dreadspawn band, and more rarely still undead or more vicious beasts - were all still present as ever. But unrest amongst such things was growing, and the native humanoid tribes of the Sarokeans growing more turbulent. It seemed that the monsters of the land could sense the sinister change in the earth as much as the priests of the Stonelord could. It was getting more dangerous to wander these lands now. Certainly, the monastery would be sending representatives to the Grumandic conclave to be held soon.</blockquote>

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