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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cinerarium" data-source="post: 838762" data-attributes="member: 9349">A Brief InterludeHammer 1, 1362 Demos Reckoning, Purseton We finally made it to Purseton, and have acquired transportation to Harren.  Hopefully these riddles will resolve themselves soon.  The new year brings little hope.Hammer 1, Harren We have arrived in Harren with the evening tide!  I slept a few fitful hours on the ferry, my dreams plagued with the memory of Riley’s death.  How long will his tragic end haunt me?On a more pleasant note, it is good to be in a city again, though my fears have followed me here.  The bandit attack on Gunnstein’s and my caravan so long ago (only a few weeks!) is hard to forget.  Pell and Kazir managed to completely decipher the obelisk runes using magic.  They are indeed written in the dead tongue of the Epalian Empire, now long since turned to dust since the fall of Epth a’Non in Kazir’s homeland.  A correct version (it seems I may have embellished in the translation) reads thusly:…hunted until nearly all were lost.  Thus did the Twin Evils lean forward unto the lands of Men and whisper of their Coming.  The Gul-Drimm were heartened by the promise of What Would Come and thus… sunken and buried in the realms betwixt life and death… the blood of Heroes to awaken the Hexan… to reign….  Contrast this with my original translation, included here for ease of reference:…six sacrifices to seal his slumber… one… blood to awaken him… darkness falls… at dawn. I find it hard to doubt the magical skills of my companions, but I’m nonetheless surprised my translation was so poor.  I must study Epalian further if time permits.In fact, now that we are in Harren I believe I will myself go to the Library of Oghma to research the Gul-Drimm and Hexan further.  The Twin Evils mentioned may be Bane and Bhaal, as those dark gods are often seen as twins.  I shall stop by the library tonight before retiring to Happy Harlan’s where the rest of the party is staying.Hammer 1, at Happy Harlan’s Ah journal, I’m not sure what to make of what I discovered today.  Most of the research at the library was basic research considering the great ages of Ostia Prim; perhaps in the morning I will discover more. Nearly as exciting is the library itself!  So many tomes in one place, preserved lovingly by the Binder’s faithful.  I feel a twinge of guilt that I have not yet visited the temple of Deneir here in the Sevencity.  I must do so as soon as possible.</blockquote>

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