26th of Eleasis - A Discussion with the Abbot
The next day, Jellen, Jode and Brannic waited to speak with Abbott Toler following the afternoon mass.
One of the Adepts ushered the Regulators into the Abbotts study and instructed them to wait. After a few minutes Abbott Toler entered the room. He quickly removed his ceremonial vestments and hung them on a nearby stand as he moved around his desk to sit in front of the waiting men.
"Thank you for coming Gentlemen. I appreciate your discrection in this matter." Toler said with a warm smile.
"The reason I have asked you here is to reveal to you some of the information we have uncovered so far in the ruins below. I wanted you to get this as soon as we were able to verify what we found."
Toler leans over and unlocks one of his drawers with a key suspended around his neck. From the drawer he pulls a small stack of parchment. He spreads the pieces of parchment across the desk for Jellen, Jode and Brannic to see. On the paper are several drawings of what appear to be banners fluttering in the wind and a floating city crashing down. Along with the pictures are several arcane symbols along with some writing in a language no one there seems to understand.
After giving the Regulators a moment to review the documents Toler begins to speak again.
"From what we have been able to determine, the ruins below were used as some sort of spying outpost. The spies were gathering information and sending what they found to their masters. So far from what we can gather, it seems that the spies were ordered to catalogue the entire valley and report back whatever they found. There seemed to be a particular interest in what the local Netherise Archmage was up to. We were not able to determine all the writings. Some of the tomes were in very poor condition and it has taken quite a while to restore them to the point where they could be read. Our divination magic has revealed the contents of some of these books, but others seem to defy our ability to read them. To that end, I had a scribe transcribe the images we were able to recover and also note the text we were not able to decipher. My hopes are that you and your comrades will fare better than we have."
He wipes a bead of sweat from his brow.
"I must tell you that even though this information is quite old it is also quite detailed. Some of the other books we started restoring last night contained images which I find very disturbing. I'm hoping to discuss this further with the Bishop once he arrives. In the meantime, I do not wish to frighten the townsfolk. Until we know if this discovery contains a threat to this town I think it is best if we keep this investigation as quiet and discrete as possible. I have not even mentioned this to the Mayor or Council yet."
With that Toler, fills the cup sitting on his desk with water from a cistern and quickly drains it.
"These papers are yours to take with you. Now then, I'm sure you gentlemen have some questions you'd no doubt like to ask of me?"
One of the Adepts ushered the Regulators into the Abbotts study and instructed them to wait. After a few minutes Abbott Toler entered the room. He quickly removed his ceremonial vestments and hung them on a nearby stand as he moved around his desk to sit in front of the waiting men.
"Thank you for coming Gentlemen. I appreciate your discrection in this matter." Toler said with a warm smile.
"The reason I have asked you here is to reveal to you some of the information we have uncovered so far in the ruins below. I wanted you to get this as soon as we were able to verify what we found."
Toler leans over and unlocks one of his drawers with a key suspended around his neck. From the drawer he pulls a small stack of parchment. He spreads the pieces of parchment across the desk for Jellen, Jode and Brannic to see. On the paper are several drawings of what appear to be banners fluttering in the wind and a floating city crashing down. Along with the pictures are several arcane symbols along with some writing in a language no one there seems to understand.
After giving the Regulators a moment to review the documents Toler begins to speak again.
"From what we have been able to determine, the ruins below were used as some sort of spying outpost. The spies were gathering information and sending what they found to their masters. So far from what we can gather, it seems that the spies were ordered to catalogue the entire valley and report back whatever they found. There seemed to be a particular interest in what the local Netherise Archmage was up to. We were not able to determine all the writings. Some of the tomes were in very poor condition and it has taken quite a while to restore them to the point where they could be read. Our divination magic has revealed the contents of some of these books, but others seem to defy our ability to read them. To that end, I had a scribe transcribe the images we were able to recover and also note the text we were not able to decipher. My hopes are that you and your comrades will fare better than we have."
He wipes a bead of sweat from his brow.
"I must tell you that even though this information is quite old it is also quite detailed. Some of the other books we started restoring last night contained images which I find very disturbing. I'm hoping to discuss this further with the Bishop once he arrives. In the meantime, I do not wish to frighten the townsfolk. Until we know if this discovery contains a threat to this town I think it is best if we keep this investigation as quiet and discrete as possible. I have not even mentioned this to the Mayor or Council yet."
With that Toler, fills the cup sitting on his desk with water from a cistern and quickly drains it.
"These papers are yours to take with you. Now then, I'm sure you gentlemen have some questions you'd no doubt like to ask of me?"
posted by GM/Brannic | 5:46 PM
1 Comments:
::: Jellen takes a step back and scratches his bald shiney head then and begins to speak:::
"Wow I am quite dumb founded by this information you have collected. I agree that this information is quite alarming. I am not really sure what to make of it really. And even consider what its meaning for the region could mean."
"I am quite nervous about keeping this from the Mayor, council and even the townsfolk, but agree in that we need to understand this further before acting."
::: Jellen then looks over to Jode and Brannic :::
"Boy I am really not sure what to do about this...Jode or Brannic do you have any ideas how we should proceed? I wonder if we should try and get a hold of Seraph. He always has something to say about things in general. I am sure he might be able to throw in some kind of story from his youth way way back."
::: Jellen then continues scratching his head nervously, almost waiting for some kind of intelligent insight to materialize :::
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