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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 2981608" data-attributes="member: 2209">Lily introduced herself before my posting"Well met Kay. Please allow me to make introductions and offer you vittles and drink from the establishment. Voadam pays for some more food and then waits for them to be alone again before starting his tale "I am Voadam the Green Wizard and I asked Brother Markus to send to the greater Church to get involved in the current situation, I am pleased at the Church's rapid response to the serious matters at hand. As they indicated these are Sir Seifer Dagmar, Elgath, and Lily. The others of our band are called Skitha and Zzerki."I sincerely hope that the cultist you seek is Demmin Nass or one of his underlings, and that the tome you seek is the Tome of Xiphid."We have discovered that Deminn Nass the infamous master of black magics is also a cultist of the Demon Lord Xiphid. He has worked long to bring back that dread fiend who ruled the world ages ago until his banishment at the hands of great heroes. Nass has succeeded in a ritual to bring back what I believe is an Aspect of Xiphid allowing the Lord a presence to walk the world again. The aspect is bound by Nass and must obey his explicit commands but works machinations to free himself of the necromancer's direct rule and turn to his own plans."An Aspect is a projection of the demon Lord with but a fraction of his power made manifest but still as powerful as many true demons. Dangerous, but given the proper knowledge of his weaknesses and with sufficient preparation and resources I believe we could defeat the Aspect."I believe Nass is working to bring the Lord more fully into this world and that he will eventually strike at Balstion to do so, though he has apparently many operations working at the same time."Nass is known for his atrocities and for his creations of unique undead horrors of great power. A cleric who is experienced at fighting undead horrors will be most helpful in our work to counter Nass. Our comrade Grokkun, a Johan cleric, was also a hunter of undead but he is working on research into the church tomes for lore on Xiphid that we might use to battle the Aspect."I have tried to rally the church of Johan, the Wizard's Guild, and the City of Balstion against these threats. Making them aware of the dangers so that countermeasures can be taken.""We ourselves also have a plan of action. I have learned of the Tome of Xiphid that is reputed to hold knowledge of the Lord and is held by a tribe of lizardmen in the swamps who will only grant access to it for those who meet their challenges and pass their tests of worthiness. Whether they hold it to aid in defeating the Lord should he return or if they are Xiphid cultists themselves I cannot say. But as soon as we can obtain a guide we plan to journey into their swamp and obtain the Tome."</blockquote>

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