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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ReeboKesh" data-source="post: 2917727" data-attributes="member: 40101">Sunday, March 23rd, 603 AR“On the trail of Alexia”As I write in my journal I cannot shake the feeling that a new chapter has begun in the book that is Alexia Ciannor. This morning Father Dumas called us together with some promising news. His spiritual divinations had revealed to him the possible next phase in Alexia’s mysterious plan. He told us that his errant niece was heading for an ancient temple of Cyriss, the Clockwork Goddess, located in the jungle-like bayous north east of Corvis. He believes she is seeking an ancient mekanikal artifact that can bring the dead back to life! Obviously she wants to resurrect her mother Lexaria Ciannor from the dead and not reanimate her like the four undead coven witches that she commands. At this point in the conversation I heard Father Darius say, “Curse her blasphemous ways!” Looking at Yama Khan confirmed that he was thinking the same as I, with this device Cromwell could be resurrected as well! Father Dumas suggested we go to the docks and procure a steamboat to take us up the Black River and into the bayou. He also suggested seeing Captain Helstrom about hiring on additional help. I am sure he meant no disrespect to Cromwell’s memory.After Father Dumas left our presence I turned to Father Darius and told him that we would be taking Cromwell’s body with us and if there was a chance that this resurrection artifact did indeed exist, we would use it to bring Cromwell back to life. I heated argument started between the stubborn priest, and Yama Khan and myself. Father Darius refused to acknowledge any possibility that this device could do what we were told it could do and even argued that the actual idea of resurrection was blasphemous to him and the teachings of Morrow and that he would destroy the artifact given half the chance. It was almost as if Yama Khan and I were of one mind, for we both agreed at the same time, to not discuss this matter further with Father Darius. We left the church to find a boat willing to ferry us up the Black River. I thought has occurred to me, the ring we found in the Undercity bore the inscription “In Cyriss there is truth”. Could this be an omen telling us to disregard the teachings of Morrow and the other Gods on the subject of resurrection?At the Falling Star Tavern we spoke with a Captain Edem who directed us to seek out a boat called The Fortune and its owner, Captain Squint, in the morning. I tipped him for the information and Yama Khan and I have returned to Cromwell’s old room in the Gargoyle’s Pole Inn, which Yama has continued to rent. As I finish up this entry Yama Khan and I have decided to retrieve Cromwell’s body from the City Morgue and place it within a large chest. Yama Khan said he would apply some preservative chemicals to it so that it does not give off the customary foul odor of a rotting corpse. We will carry this chest aboard the boat we hire and if Father Darius asks about it, we will simple say that it contains our possessions. I do not enjoy lying to the young priest but I will not allow his stubborn religious views to stop me from bring my friend back to life.____________________________________</blockquote>

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