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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 1452" data-attributes="member: 114">That same night the two captured were-rats and the body of Crail are taken to the temple of Asura. Knocking at the side door, they are allowed in by a local acolyte - but to their surprise are told that Alkanar is unable to see them because he is unwell... but a new high priest, Daros can speak to them!Daros meets them in the main temple sanctuary - a big, bluff man, with the shaven head typical of the religious natives of Singh. He is pleased to meet Lysander, and tells Azrin to “speak up man! If you’ve got something to say, spit it out!”. He introduces them to a companion of his, Felgar - a female Jazumai who came with him from Singh. His duties will place him in charge of the temple until Alkanar recovers, then he will be moving on. He is pleased with their nights activities but disappointed to hear of the death of Crail, their recent high-profile convert. Although Alkanar always believed in waiting for holy days for performing the mightiest magics, Daros tells them to leave Crails body here and return tomorrow after dawn. Even though it is only Moonday, he will pray for the power to raise Crail from the dead.The next day the party assembles early at the temple, and Daros performs the rite of resurrection, breathing new life into the young rogue, their friend. They spend the rest of Waneday with Crail, helping him to recover from his ordeal and planning their next steps. Several clues seem to point towards evil activities up in the West Hill district, and the arcane bookshop with the lecherous bookseller would seem to be near the centre of the problems. Auriel leaves them to spend a few days meditating in a grove outside the town.Walking through the fair and talking with the guards at the West Hill guardpost, they find out a little more about strange goings on - mysterious deaths (“we don’t know what killed him, but it wasn’t sword or blows. He seemed real pale-like though” . There have also been mysterious mists rising up in the middle of the afternoon. Azrin suggests that maybe this is to allow people to move in and out of the bookshop covertly... That afternoon, as they are checking out the jewellers mall close to the arcane bookshop, mist billows out across the square. Without hesitation, Lysander charges into it...</blockquote>

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