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Message: <blockquote data-quote="silentspace" data-source="post: 2022881" data-attributes="member: 14316">Alba looks at Manzanita quizzically. "They survived? It's strange that they did not return..."Then, after a moment's pause, "'This' staff? You are holding Linace's staff?" A gasp goes through the crowd. "Please, follow me." The gnomes take the group down some steep stairs to their lair. This level, lower than the keep's dungeons, has different stonework. It is gnomish stonework, and is newer, though still many centuries old. There are maybe a dozen brightly lit galleries connected by hallways. Most of the doors are sized for smallish-small persons. You realize there are many more smaller chambers beyond, that would be difficult for medium-sized persons to go through (Zook can go into these chambers, though he feels quite large in them). Several of the large galleries hold murals of Redbeard's band performing heroic deeds against cultists and demons. Linace is seen in some of the murals, though never with the staff. Alba points out one image of Linace holding the staff as he is conducting some sort of ceremony."I don't believe Linace used the staff against the demons, only for religious ceremonies. The levels below are extremely dangerous. I would advise against going below. We believe the demon is still safely locked away.  "It is said that after he was trapped, but before he was fully entombed, the demon swore that he would serve whoever could free him for a year and a day.  It is said that many came to free the demon and gain it's services, but none could get past Redbeard's Band.  With the aid of many bards, Redbeard began to spread rumors far and wide, rumors that the demon didn't exist and was just a myth. There were quite a few funny songs made, poking fun at evil, gullible people who went searching for the demon only to find nothing and look foolish. They even created new history books, erasing any mention of the demon. After Redbeard's band left, our ancestors did what we could to continue that tale. Over time, those who had actually lived under the demon's rule passed away."Now that you know about the demon, what will you do?"</blockquote>

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