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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 6349708" data-attributes="member: 6696971">Your feet have trod the cold stonework of these corridors countless times. But this time, the bite of the cold becomes something...more. Though you fear it not, it is a palpable thing that sends an unnatural shiver down your spine.Dame Naquel looks at you quizzically when you ask her "what message did she recieve" and "by whom". She answers, "My Lord, I hope this is not a test. * Twas you, in The Great Halls of King's Long Dead beneath the King's Mount not but three days prior. Quinn ferried me down there in secret as your envoy was to be kept hidden from the light's taint as the king's lack of temperance could not be trusted with the administration of justice. Do you not recall? ** You were adorned in full regalia of The Knight Commander of the Iron Tower but you bore an odd signet ring that I do not remember. You told me you had recieved prophecy from Kord and you showed me a crystal orb that gave me the vision of your prophecy. ** You said Lucann would soon be of this world again and I was to secure him and bring him to you at The Breach; the strange northern fault-line where summer immediately turns to winter. I am sorry I could not bring him there to you and I am further sorry that I have made such a public mess of your mission. I bring shame upon our Order."You hear her words but your bones feel a chill as cold as the deepest the north could ever see. In your mind's eye you see the shape of a woman floating in air. Her skin is almost transluscent and her gown and veil flow in a breeze that you can actually feel. Her face is hidden from you but when the veil blows wildly enough her eyes are revealed. They are the dark eyes of Quinn and you know that the same dark, otherwordly force that you faced in the Royal Garden is looking upon you at this very moment. You almost get the sense that if she wanted, she could project her will into this world at this very moment and set evil "things" against you. ** The Dark Archfey is not finished here. Not with this world. Not with this Kingdom. And not with the Iron Tower. She is a seductress, working her cold will indirectly and out of sight. Every insidious shadow must be purified by the disinfectant glow of the light. She preys on the weakness of all things. You know for certain now that it was her will that this place be defiled and your former commander be undone. You also know for certain now that Quinn's sacrifice was in vein. His moral fiber was never going to be strong enough to resist her well-placed lures. He is no longer worldly council to the grieving king. *** He is her mortal avatar as was the dryad before her.* Dame Naquel was easily fooled. Is the rest of your order in such mental disrepair? They should be closely watched.When you arrive at his chamber and set your eyes upon him you know immediately It is really him. Your divine sight assures this. Beyond that, I'll let you two have at it.</blockquote>

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