Heroes, Inc., Day 1: Mysterious Strangers

[kirinke]

"Fin?" Alethia queries. "I do have an amulet that aids in the translations of languages, both spoken and written. Trick is, it doesn't decipher hidden meanings, that you must do yourself. If you need it, I'll loan it to you so you can read the book."

 

[DM_Matt]

Peregion steps into the argument between Timrin and Kaarlo. "It doesn't matter how good a route you took, although they may have been expecting you to take the safest. However, so long as your opponent has access to invisibility, flying and teleportation, almost nowhere is safe.

 

[Hypersmurf]

"Fin?" Alethia queries. "I do have an amulet that aids in the translations of languages, both spoken and written. Trick is, it doesn't decipher hidden meanings, that you must do yourself. If you need it, I'll loan it to you so you can read the book."

Fin nods abstractedly. "Most of this is in... Ancient Mulhorandi, maybe. The amulet would help. The ritual seems straightforward enough, though. Looks like we might be dealing with a fiend of water or ice..."

 

[DM_Matt]

Fin nods abstractedly. "Most of this is in... Ancient Mulhorandi, maybe. The amulet would help. The ritual seems straightforward enough, though. Looks like we might be dealing with a fiend of water or ice..."

The amulet is clearly functioning, but it seems unable to translate anything beyond a little more detail on the demon "rising when the (New or Young) Star of the (Heavens or Sky or gods) falls upon the Guiding Star of the Oceans." The rest looks like the same language, but is either in code or nonsense.

 

[kirinke]

"Hmm." Alethia, says, taking back the amulet, after Fin has finished with it. She thinks a bit more. "That could be referring to a comet or meteor." She thinks out loud. "We may need to take this to someone who is versed in deciphering codes and ancient writings. This book could contain information on where the demon actually is, instead of only the generalities we've been given."

 

[DM_Matt]

Fin gets a telepathic mesage form Hannah:

"Arundel arrived with the evidence you've gathered. We're pulling out all the stops on this one. Mesengers have been dispatched to bring in all relevant experts, and we've got our seers seeking whatever leads they can. Darius Varl [Necromancer] has already looked at some of what you've brought. He thinks the warriors who attacked you are some sort of vampire. There is a relatively rare breed whose demonic nature primarily strengthens their body rather than their mind. They turn to dust when slain, and the necromantic residue on the dust is consistant with this theory. Oh, and he knows what those weapons are. They are throwing stakes, used by vampire hunters. As long as they are made form a single piece of wood and they hit the heart, they'll kill, although for them to penetrate the wielder must be extremely strong. Its odd that these vampires would seem to be carrying them...

Be careful, everyone. I don't have good feeling about all this."

 

[Hypersmurf]

"Hmm." Alethia, says, taking back the amulet, after Fin has finished with it. She thinks a bit more. "That could be referring to a comet or meteor." She thinks out loud. "We may need to take this to someone who is versed in deciphering codes and ancient writings. This book could contain information on where the demon actually is, instead of only the generalities we've been given."

"An astronomer, perhaps," Fin suggests. "If the references to stars are literal, someone who studies the heavens may know what event is described."

OOC:
1. Does Toril have a 'pole star' used for navigation?
2. Do we know of any noted astronomers/astrologers who have observatories in the city?
3. Goran said that the prophecy indicated the demon would appear tonight. Is there any reference to a date, other than the 'stars' passage?
/OOC

When Hannah's message arrives, Fin passes it on to the others.

 

[DM_Matt]

1. Yes, Toril has a pole star, although you aren't sure how something can fall on it.
2. There are three observatories in the city. No notable astrological or astronomical events are expected in the near future.
3. Ancient Mulhorandi uses letters to represent numbers. If you taker some of the untranslatable words near the stars passages to be numbers representing dates, it is possible that it refers to tonight. Of course, they might be words, and you are not entirely sure where the letters and numbers begin and end, but it is certainly a reasonable interpretation to say that it is referring to tonight.

 

[Falkus]

Dyria shrugged. "The things I know about ancient languages and decoding vague prophecies could be counted on the fingers of one foot. And I'm pretty knew to this city. So, you lead, and I'll follow."

 

[Hypersmurf]

Fin gazes up at the Pole Star, looking for anything that seems 'different' about it, or anything in its vicinity. Just in case.

He lets his eyeline gradually drop to the horizon - or whatever blocks it first.

OOC: Do we know, perchance, what direction these red ships are approaching the city from? /OOC