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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 1684393" data-attributes="member: 9255">EBERRON: LOST TREASURESSEGMENT:  010“Ture Derrock of The Aurum”The dwarf left his chambers far below the surface of the mountain’s surface.  Ture Derrock walked the dark halls without any light.  Even if he didn’t have his darkvision, he knew these manufactured halls well.  He had walked them now for about 230 years.  He paused at a suit of ceremonial armor believed to be magical and worn by his late great, great grandfather.  After listening and looking down both directions of the long hallway he raised and lowered the visor on the armor.  After about a ten-second wait, a secret door slowly and silently opened beside the armor.  He stepped through and pulled a lever on the opposite side.  There were three levers.  One closed or opened the secret door.  The other two were unpleasant for to touch, much less pull.Ture adjusted his expensive tailored outfit.  He checked his glowing timepiece to be sure he was not late.  He was not.  He walked down a set of steep and winding stone steps.  Every few hundred steps there were a landing with a locked door.  These doors lead to vaults, prisons and rooms that served his needs.  Eventually, he would reach the door that reached his current destination.  The meeting room of the Aurum.The Aurum.  What was the Aurum?  At the basest definition, it was a network of ambitious wealthy people looking to control all of Khorvaire.  In truth, it was so much more.  Each member had his or her reason for joining the Aurum.  Some were for the power.  Others for the prestige.  A few others for revenge.  Ture agreed to be a member for one purpose and one purpose only –to destroy House Kundarak.This was no easy task.  He wanted to remove the House and transfer its riches and power to his family’s name.  He knew he could not destroy it.  To destroy it would prove dangerous to the world and to him.  Khorvaire’s economy was balanced through the house.  To destroy the house outright would destroy the world’s economy.  Doing this, would cause strife within the Aurum and Ture knew his life would be short in that case.  Worse – there were destinies worse than death.Finally at the door, he carefully unlocked the door after reciting the proper password.  Once inside, he gave a new password that kept these wards and traps at bay.  Twenty minutes later he arrived.Antus ir’Soldorak was there of course.  He was the head of the Aurum and its secret inner circle referred to as the Shadow Cabinet.  He too, had issues with House Kundarak.  However, he had even more ambitious plans.  There was also Duran Wartorn.  A human from the Shadow Marches that has made money through the sales of Eberron Shards.  Jenna Hall whom once lived in Crye until it was destroyed.  She is a human of great wealth and greater secrets.  Very Dangerous.  Joel Highwater, a half-elf from the Lhazaar Principalities and a pirate researcher and specialist of the islands.  It is believed he knows where the lost treasures are and draws from them.  And finally there is Lika.  She is from Sharn of Breland.  Many believe she rules the lower levels of the city and has great influence within the sewer levels as well..Individually, any of these people could crush any one person, from commoner to merchant to even royalty.  Together, the possibilities were endless.The meeting goes as expected.  Each individual speaks of their efforts and profits.  Joel Highwater is very quiet …even for himself.  He is the only one to have a set back to report. Osmand Promise came close to discovering his true operation.  As it stands, he did discover and sink his secret underwater ship.  He hopes to rebuild it …over Promise’ dead body.The meeting finishes and each wanders and talks to each other to keep up the image of working together.  Antus seeks out Ture.“How does the Lost Treasures fare Ture?” the proper dwarf speaks to the likewise proper dwarf of House Derrock.“The assassin named Whisper found and killed the commoner in Passage.  He did not retrieve the object however.  I am following that up with another agent.  House Kundarak has hired a party of adventurers to seek out and retrieve the other goods.  They will fail.”“Good.  Be sure they do.  I do not wish for the Kundarak dwarves to learn of our operations.  Now is not the proper time.”The two dwarves smile and eerie grin that would make an orc barbarian cower.</blockquote>

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