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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malvoisin" data-source="post: 3217098" data-attributes="member: 40128">Two days after the successful entry to the vault under Castle Teraknian, the party members find themselves once again gathered around Lavinia's dining room table at Vanderboren manor. Over a late breakfast, the group listens eagerly as Lavinia recounts some memories of her brother."Vanthus and I were quite close growing up, since our parents were rarely around. We grew to depend on each other, and got into a fair amound of trouble together. After one particularly complex prank involving several elixirs of love being emptied into the nearby water tower, our childhoods came to an end. I was sent to the Thenalar Academy to live out the next five years of my life, and Vanthus was shipped out to work on a plantation. When we returned to live in the family manor a year ago, we had both changed. I like to think I benefitted from my time at Thenalar. Vanthus, on the other hand, seemed to have spent his time away nursing his bitterness. He no longer had any time for me...he slept all day, and spent the nights with associates of dubious character. Eventually, he moved out of the house - I believe he may have taken up with a lover in Azure District, but I never learned the details."When our parents died, Vanthus returned for a week to live at the manor, but he had changed even more. That easy sense of humor from our childhood was gone...in its place was a bitter cynicism and a morbid streak that sent chills up my spine. After several arguments, he...struck me with his fist." Lavinia's eyes get a bit misty as she recalls the traumatic event. "I was shocked, and for a moment I think Vanthus was shocked too, but an instant later he was back to his new self, all scowls and menace. He gathered his belongings and left - I haven't seen him since."I know something profound happened at some point to change my brother, but I'm not sure what that was. I believe he's fallen in with a bad crowd, perhaps smugglers or thieves or even killers. Still, despite his attitude, I hope that it's not too late....that if he can be brought back to my side, I might be able to talk some sense into him. I must try to redeem him before he passes forever out of reach. The problem is, I don't know where he is. I'm hoping the six of you can find him."</blockquote>

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