[Unbounded World:The Aeterian Expedition] (Now With New And Improved Amulets!)

[Kalanyr]

Verric seems to stare at each of you for a few seconds, before he glances at Teppic, he then moves to his door and shuts it, tapping it once and muttering a word under his breath. (Lochan

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you make out the word "Levir"

), before he moves to his windows repeating the action. (Lochan

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Same word

).

"I am reluctant to discuss this information with foreigners but given Teppic's presence, (Aeterian)

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and his ability to do what must be done if it becomes necessary

, and the circumstances, I will reveal what little we have discovered. The Devotees of the Secret Pact, seem to be a society of some kind made up of members of the nobility, we have been unable to identify any one in particular as an actual member, but the resources they display indicates they must be of the nobility, or priests in fairly high standing. They seem to use a symbol consisting of a blue hand wrapped in white flame, holding an hour glass with the sand spread evenly throughout the glass, and a great sword being swung at the hour glass. Their crimes tend to target members of the nobility, usually wizards, and priests. The missing children also fit in this pattern though I hadn't recognised it until it was drawn to my attention, and as I said before they work in a cycle of 8 in every 9. The symbol looks like this"

The captain sketches a rough image on the desk.

Hand holding hour glass
  __
--\/    
--/\    ------|---
  -- 
            Sword

"I'm afraid we've gathered little more information than this, they cover their tracks very well. Ah, and also we have identified the hand as one of the older symbols of an archfiend, but the priest who informed of this would not give me a name, fearing attracting the attention of the creature, he did say it hailed from Hell however. The greatsword is of course Aeter's favoured weapon which is why I've been so careful in informing you of this. "

 

[Lichtenhart]

"Mmm. So we've got a blue, flaming hand, and maybe silvery wings. Talsia does that says anything to you?"

 

[Kalanyr]

Taslia:

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As you guessed sometime ago, the hand is the symbol of Mephistopheles, Lord of the 8th layer of Baator. The silver wings mean nothing to you far to many creatures could conceivably have silver wings, Mephistophele's common forms definitely don't however.

 

[hafrogman]

Teppic nods along with the captain's words.

"Verric has said most of what I know. In the weeks before I left to meet you, six children from novbe families went missing. While I have been gone, two more have been taken. One child a week for eight weeks, and nobody has been able to find anything out. I do not know if this is related to our current mission, but Voth did mention being approached by a foreigner just before his ordeal. We must decide on a course of action. Duncan has surmised that the place of stone might be the very pyramid that we seek. I suggest we hasten our journey. Verric, if you could continue looking into the society and thr abductions from your end, I would be most greatfull."

[ooc - Voth has been gone for a week, is that enough time for him to have reached the pyramid as a human (I cannot estimate at his traveling speed, post change)]

 

[Kalanyr]

OOC - Travelling at a human speed, it would takes 3 days to reach the pyramid assuming no disturbances. So yes its sufficient time.

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

Talsia nods to Duncan, "I know what evil we face although I will not utter his name here."

"Given proper preparation tomorrow I will be able to cast windwalk on ourselves, making the journey much swifter. I would like to take a moment to ground myself at the steps of the temple however whenever we do decide to leave."

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

Talsia nods to Duncan, "I know what evil we face although I will not utter his name here."

"Given proper preparation tomorrow I will be able to cast windwalk on ourselves, making the journey much swifter. I would like to take a moment to ground myself at the steps of the temple however whenever we do decide to leave."

 

[Ferrix]

Lochan's attention is instantly focused on the captain once he catches the muttering of what could be a name. He moves up closer, still looking around casually, now standing behind Teppic. He leans in a little bit when Talsia speaks. (Teppic:

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whispering into the Aeterian's ear, "have you heard the name 'Levir'?"

) Perhaps the captain is not so forth-coming with information as he seems, it sounds like a name to me, perhaps it is one of the nobility in this secret society.

 

[Kalanyr]

Teppic:

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Levir means "counsel" in Old Aeterian, even in that ancient tongue its a particular archaic and obscure way of saying such a thing.

 

[hafrogman]

Teppic turns his head back to face the archer and whispers back.

Lochnan:

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"It isn't a name."