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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maidhc O Casain" data-source="post: 3208168" data-attributes="member: 29558">RookOnce everyone is assembled in the Captain's cabin, Rook will begin:"I've been in touch with a person who has information very useful to our mission.  This information is recent, and was given without expectation of recompense.  I choose not to reveal the identity of my source for personal reasons, but will vouch for reliability.  The information is as follows:Last night's Masque was organized by two brothers from the north, one or both of which are high level necromancers, clerics, or mages.  One of the brothers we eliminated last night (my assumption is that this was Pelgarth).There was an altar at the Masque with an attending block of ice.  The altar was to an evil spirit/deity, and it appears as though great and evil magics had been worked on the altar and the ice.The intent of the Masque was to harm/capture/enslave as many of the powerful nobles, merchant princes, and sea captains as possible.It is highly likely that the missing residents of Mermaid's Rest were sacrificed on the altar and were transformed into the evil creatures we battled last night.  The creatures may be called 'Vacrals,' though this is unconfirmed.  It is known that their song is addictive and that their touch drains victims of wisdom.A reference was made in some context to 'Tyrroth,' and this may bear looking into.This ends the information given to me.  Again, this information was given without request for compensation of any sort, but my source has respectfully requested that if we should happen across any pearl earrings engraved with tiny arcane symbols he would be interested in buying them from us.  They are links in a communication system to which he holds the master link."</blockquote>

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