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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eccles" data-source="post: 3136321" data-attributes="member: 5675">Intrigued by this letter, we finished our drinks, and went to the home of the most powerful mage in the town. After knocking at the door, an elderly man answered and (after examining the letter carefully), led us into a fine old drawing room, lined with expensive-looking paintings. After enquiring after our needs, he brought a tray of nimby and left us.A few minutes later, the doors to the drawing room flew open to reveal a man in his 50s, his head crested with a shock of white hair. His greeting was fulsome and energetic, and he began by handing a gift to Morgan to give to his mother, who had once been one of Allustan’s apprentices. In return, Morgan discussed matters mystical with the mage. The papers we had taken from the Old Observatory were handed to Allustan, together with the ‘necrofirge’ – the tiny green worm we found in Filge’s bedchamber. Allustan asked us if we had heard of the ‘Nethertome of Trask’; although Morgan and I had both heard mention of the book, neither of us knew much of it. “It speaks of Vecna,” boomed Allustan. “Not only Vecna, but also his legacy, in the form of the walking death Kyuss. However, the book also speaks of an older source of evil, ‘The Way of The Ebon Triad”.”According to Allustan, this ‘Ebon Triad’ was related to the creation of the ‘Age of Worms’, which would be brought on by the rising of a three-formed supreme deity of evil. The formation of this supreme being would be assisted by the ‘Faceless One’, a being who would be involved in the ascension of this new god.Allusten’s research also led him to believe that this was related to the new worm-infested undead, and that it could be related to the rumour of an underground ‘cathedral’ which was used by Vecna in aeons past – before his ascension to godhood or even lichedom.We thanked the mage, and were impressed by his obvious desire to assist the town and defend it from magical dangers. He gave us a number of gifts to assist us in our endeavours – a letter of introduction to his brother; a suit of enchanted mithril armour (which was taken gleefully by Flynn); a ring of protection (which we all agreed should be taken by Torvig the cleric to help protect him from the many fights he was finding himself in since our recent adventures began), and a wooden box of complicated multi-coloured inks to help Morgan with his spellcasting..oOo.This meant that Morgan locked himself into his rooms again for 3 days whilst he used up the precious inks to scribe more morbid spells from the book taken from Filge into his own spellbook. We spent the intervening time as best we knew how. In a bar, naturally enough.</blockquote>

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