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Message: <blockquote data-quote="helium3" data-source="post: 4445893" data-attributes="member: 31301">"Ahem."Petra Shellendo uncomfortably clears his throat. Pieter steps back quietly, nearly fading into the background in that peculiar manner of his. Little Tatiana stares at all of you. She is a fierce hawk of divine vengeance, observing those who will escort her to her prey.Mumbling again now, the old man's pain is so obvious only the most cold of heart would fail to be moved by it. "I'm so glad you came."Looking at the ground to the right of the kneeling Ranver, he vaguely gestures at the ruins of the once wondrous grotto. "You can see why I need your help."He takes a faltering step backwards, pulling his hand from Ranver's and clutching the broken half of the Sea Witch's face to his heart, "But it is so much worse than this defilement, this desecration."He shakes his head, eyes shut tight, "They stole it. They could have taken anything else but they didn't. They took the one thing they shouldn't."Only now do your eyes take in what's missing and what remains. The grotto had been lined, was lined, with small mahogany tables upon which holy vessels of copper and silver had been placed. The tables had been smashed, but many if not all of the vessels remained."It will take months to reconsecrate it, if I even have the strength to perform the ritual. And who knows, the Sea Witch is a fickle goddess. She may not choose to restore her protection."It's not like it was really all that impressive as far as holy relics go. The Ring of Erath was far more valuable, what with the enormous ruby set into its thick band of gold. And the bright coruscating aura surrounding the Circlet of Pelor could be downright breathtaking at times.No, the gold coated feather in the glass fronted mahogany box that dangled from a platinum chain around the neck of the Sea Witch had not been the most inspiring of Holy Relics. But now it was gone. Nowhere to be seen. The only obvious item to have been stolen from the temple.A hint of panic begins to form in his voice, "You must get it back. You have no idea how important it is. Without the Exarch's Feather we are lost."</blockquote>

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