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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 4249289" data-attributes="member: 29014">(OOC: I assume a Light spell?)*The writings appear to be written in magic runes that phoneticise out to words in Old Medibarian which are themselves a cipher.  There is also a blank square on the wall underneath which sits an ancient piece of chalk, brittle with age.**By combining Read Magic, Elektra's knowledge of Old Medibarian, and Vanitri's ability to crack ciphers, they manage to put together the following message:*Once the Emperor had nine beautiful princesses, and he split up his land to nine generals, each of which took the hand of one of the daughters and became kings, creating nine kingdoms that spanned from sunrise to sunset.  Each of the new kings was on excellent terms with the kingdoms to either side, and the entire court was ordered to spend much time with their corresponding associates from those two adjacent kingdoms, and they quickly became blood brothers.  In all, the court consisted of a king, a grand vizier, a high priest, a court mage, a general, a spymaster, a treasurer, a chamberlain, a steward, a chief retainer, a master of the servants, and a lowly cupbearer.  Each gives orders to the next in command and receives orders from his direct superior.All was well for one hundred years, until he unity of the kingdoms became threatened by splinter factions that began to grow, mainly from the extremes, kingdoms with only one neighbour, the elite, and the meek.  These factions threatened to wipe out all the kingdoms, for fractiousness is the mark of death.  All factions were started by a single man, but others soon joined most of them.  The faction leader could convince hsi blood brothers, his superior, or his subordinate to join, and they could continue in turn with their own blood brothers, direct superior, or direct subordinate.  Blood brothers would never turn one against another, nor a direct subordinate against his own direct superior, so they would never be a part of two separate factions, though one might be uncommitted. Even so, for the most part cooler heads prevailed, as most of the courtiers refused to join a faction, forming their own uncommitted group dedicated to unity, in the same way as the other factions formed theirs, by uniting blood brothers, direct superiors, and subordinates.  But yet, though the unity faction was by far the strongest, cracks in the kingdom were beginning to build...A wise spymaster conducted an infiltration of each nation, and he determined that given any member of the uncommitted group, there were factions waiting to pounce on him from almost every direction--in fact, for each of the uncommitted man's blood brothers, either the blood brother is a member of a faction, the blood brother's direct superior is a member of a faction, or the uncommitted man's direct superior is a member of a faction--possibly more than one!  And the same is true regarding each of the uncommitted man's blood brothers and the direct subordinates--either the blood brother is a member of a faction, the blood brother's direct subordinate is a member of a faction, or the uncommitted man's direct subordinate is a member of a faction, and possibly more than one.  Here were the factions that the spymaster found, with the rest being uncommitted:Erilan Clan:  Formed by Isidor Lanvall, only 1 man, Isidor Lanvall himself   Elcryss Clan:  Formed by Cymbeline Klymene, only 1 man, Cymbeline Klymene himselfOssian Clan:  Formed by Galifar Boreas, only 1 man, Galifar Boreas himselfTyndall Clan:  Formed by Ferris Cibber, only 1 man, Ferris Cibber himselfEssentia Clan:  Formed by Iole Alcestis, 2 menFalryn Clan:  Formed by Gorgias Hyllus, 2 menKirijin Clan:  Formed by Amphion Leonides, 2 menLyrual Clan:  Formed by Aegina Ixion, 2 menWyrwood Clan:  Formed by Ariadne Atreides, 2 menCyranian Clan:  Formed by Iryana Faedra, 3 men Henge Clan:  Formed by Felis Ligeia, 3 menPlynth Clan:  Formed by Hekate Indrall, 3 menPhoenix Clan:  Formed by Danae Avani, 3 menArrias Clan:  Formed by Alcyone Gerontius, 4 menAmyrin Clan:  Deionira Jamilan, 4 menHyacinth Clan:  Formed by Callista Eurystheus, 4 menTurpin Clan:  Formed by Belinda Doris, 4 menAzurite Clan:  Formed by Isaac Darius, 5 men</blockquote>

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