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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Endur" data-source="post: 2372251" data-attributes="member: 3346">Belaver goes for a walk in the morning and encounters his Uncle Joman in a wagon.  Uncle Joman offers to give Belaver a ride back to town.  Uncle Joman says,  "I was just doing my good deed for the day.  Dumping a couple of old rugs in the river.  Those old rugs will flow down the river, enter the great ocean, cross the world, and they will arrive in some country that has never seen a rug before.  They will be considered artifacts and proof that the Gods exist."  Joman laughs and thinks it is quite the joke.Craven gets called into Canoness Y'Dey's office."Craven, Law and Order are important.  Very important.  Law is how civilization survives.  While doing things for Good is important, Law is in some ways even more important."You will not leave Hommlet again without notifying me first.  No leaving messages with Terjon or Calmer that you are leaving town.  You must ask permission from me."And when you are given permission to leave town, you will take Xaod with you.  I understand that he has not been the most effective mentor.  And that sometimes he sleeps late.  But he is supposed to be your mentor, and you will take him with you if you leave Hommlet.  It would also be good for him to be away from the Bars of Hommlet."Finally, I have a gift for you.  When fighting the forces of evil and darkness, it will help to have a compass to make it easier to keep your feet on the straight and narrow path of justice.  This necklace contains a holy relic, a fragment of bone of one of the greatest saints of our order.  When the path is dark and the way is lost, this may help."Canoness Y'Dey removes a necklace from her neck and hands it to you.  You know that she has worn this necklace for as long as you can remember (at least ten years).Lylamwyn is shocked and amazed to discover that the female cultist is alive and in custody in the morning and able to talk and answer questions.She says her name is Chenashi and she happily tells Lylamwyn that the cult's agents in Hommlet are Elmo and Vesta.  Chenashi resists Lylamwyn's first Detect Thoughts spell, but his second spell gets past her mental will.  Lylamwyn sees several images in her mind: 1) Several weeks ago: The tall man with the black goatee shaking hands with Karlun Fies the Miller and the group of cultists setting up a hiding place in the basement beneath the mill.2) Day Before Yesterday: The tall man with the black goatee handing a vial and some coins to Maridosen with instructions to add the vial to Vesta's drink.3) Yesterday in the wagons before the fight: A dark haired woman with a tail, cloven hooves, and horns on her head waves a wand and becomes "Vesta."4) Yesterday in the wagons before the fight: Master Jaroo, wearing plain brown robes of the Old Faith, laughs and his face melts and becomes Elmo.</blockquote>

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