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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gwaihir" data-source="post: 2892839" data-attributes="member: 14487">Location: Antioch, Mongrel and the MitreSeveral days following the Funeral, Randall, Elbereth and Cal sit in the very empty common room of the Mongrel and Mitre inn. They sit near the fire to ward off the chill air which has suddenly come today."We should probably get Trailen up," says Callitheus, " I know he did 24 hours of duty and all, but hes been sleeping a long time. If no one objects, I'll go get him."Trailen comes down the stairs a few moments later, rubbing sleep from his eyes. "Did you see anything other than what you expected? "Asks Randall."Nuthin.""We've spent the day poking around looking for strange elves, following up the leads we had.Didn't find a thing. As far as we know, the only people that had any interaction with pasty elves, are the ones we caught and killed.""I've been sleepin." Says Trailen, biting into a hunk of ham. “The Conclave starts in four days. Trailen, how does this Conclave work exactly? I’m not really knowledgable about the Organized Church.” Asks Callitheus.“Hmm, well, ah, its like this, “ Trailen puts down his fork, takes a large gulp of beer, and begins to ramble.“When a Patriarch dies, the College of Cardinals gathers as soon as it can to plan his Funeral. They also deal with his political will and try to tie up any loose ends. Traditionally the Patriarch is buried seven days after death. The most senior member in terms of service is in charge. So this stuff is goin on right now.Once the Patriarch is buried, preparations begin for the Conclave, which usually starts 7 days after the Funeral. The conclave is held in a building on the High Church grounds and everyone is locked in until they decide on a new Patriarch. They communicate the outcome of votes by black smoke or white smoke. Black means no new Patriarch, White means they have elected a new one.There are ,ah,about 20 Archbishops who get to vote in the Conclave. The longest serving one is in charge of the process and is not eligible to vote. A new Patriarch needs two thirds of the vote to win.Other than that, all the stuff that goes on is really secret. The only ones that know are the Cardinals and they don't talk about it. Not even after. The entire place is protected by Anti-Magic, so you can’t scry what is going on or teleport in or out. The doors are literally locked. I’ve seen the room they do this in, very pretty, but also very small. No magic is allowed, so the Archbishops are highly motivated to get it done. Also, they use tons of guards, physical and magical on the outside, so its really cut off from the outside world.I'm lucky they don't need me for gaurd duty."He takes another large gulp of beer, orders another, and digs back into the ham."What are we going to do now?" Asks Callitheus.*****END OF SUPPLEMENTENTAL PBP GAME: ANTIOCH*****END OF SUPPLEMENTENTAL PBP GAME.</blockquote>

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