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Message: <blockquote data-quote="darkbard" data-source="post: 9015225" data-attributes="member: 1282">Arunny recoils at the splash and stench of the black sick, then is overwhelmed by a pulsating sensation of purple in the odor, a bizarre aspect of the synesthesia that often accompanies her visions. But this violet sensation has a recent antecedent—her assault and brief possession by the agents called by the wicked Warlock Hakhaman on this very site weeks before!She staggers and reaches out a hand to steady herself against the spare form of her companion. IBHEA senses his colleague’s disorientation, steps in in her stead. He raises Omthala’s symbol—suddenly radiant in the black night—from the golden chain around his neck and intones, “By the holy power of Omthala, light-giver, mistress of time, … and her Shadowed Son, Delban, king of suffering and restraint [this latter under his breath], I banish you, foul presence, from this mortal realm, to beset this poor innocent no longer!” [HR][/HR]Ibhea uses Shining Symbol (Encounter Power) for a +2 circumstance bonus to his Primary Skill Religion check, r(11) +15 +2 = 28 vs ??, succeeding against a Hard DC up to L12. I’m hoping this first obstacle is set at a Hard DC for the ensuing SC!Having talked over the scenario with [USER=20459]@Nephis[/USER], we believe the slave girl has been infected by the mind seed of some alien entity, that Hakhaman, or those aligned with him, succeeded with the slave girl, at least in part, whereas he was foiled in his attempt to infect Arunny. It may be that Tarquin/Amna/Hakhaman (deceased) are, or are in league with, the dark forces that (1) beset the Empress and (2) seek to divert suspicion of their activity to the Legion of Ruth; that the Inquisition is a legitimate attempt by the Empress to escape from the control of those who close in on her and ferret out this conspiracy.As to the nature of the entity spewed forth from the slave girl: something like a xenomorph, something utterly alien to this realm.</blockquote>

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