MORE FUN WITH THE ILLUMINATED ORDER
"Yes, Decius," I said, as I entered his room, "I understand you have need of my services." "Yes," he replied, "I do. There is a vampire hunter that must be dealt with." "Alright." I replied. "What's the mission?" "One of the Buoyant Armigars from the local stronghold has come to suspect my existence, and is even now hunting for me. Now, I have already set up a series of false clues that will lead him to a decoy location in the underworks below. You understand the Order's need for secrecy. It is vital that this fool be silenced for good before he stumbles upon me. Check in the sewers below and you'll eventually find him, and probably in the false dwelling I've set up for him to 'find' me in." |
I could hardly wait to get down there. |
As expected, I found a few rats (or, rather, they found me), but they posed little threat to someone who slew four dragons. I headed down several of the tunnels, finding mostly dead-ends, until I came across one that ended with a door. I figured this must be the phony lair that had been set up. Putting on the Ring of Weapons, I opened the door and stepped inside. |
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I finally had no choice but to use my broadsword to put an end to his anger. |
Decius Mus was happy with the results and promoted me to the rank of Inquisitor of Obscure Arts. He then told me about a shipment of books that were confiscated by the Gnisis Temple when the courier bring them was found dead just outside the temple doors. Two of the books aren't very rare at all, but one of them, called "The Outside" is exceedingly hard to find. Getting the other two would be nice, but "The Outside" was a priority. I'd have to go to the temple at Gnisis to find the books for him. |
I arrived in Gnisis late, nearly 8pm. I headed straight for the temple, knowing that somewhere inside was at least one book I needed to retrieve. |
Among a number of books were the three books I was looking for. However, just to my right was an ordinator, keeping an eye on my activities. "Go on about your business," he growled, "but remember, I'm watching you." I checked several of the books on the shelf, put them back, and left the room. |
.....and no one was killed. |
"I am worried about something that has happened here recently." he said. "Remember that Armigar you killed in my phony lair? Well, the head of his group, Ulms Drathen, as become suspicious. I prefer not to kill someone of his stature, so we must rely on an alternate means of ending his threat to me." "Exactly how to you interfere with the Armigers?" I asked. He smiled, walked to his desk, and after fumbling through a few drawers, finally came away with a prized possession: an odd-looking flask, which he handed to me. "We shall simply make him forget that he has any reason to suspect anything." he replied. "Exactly how does one forget things like this?" I asked, "And what am I doing with this flask?" "We will accomplish this with water from the Pool of Forgetfulness, which you will find just east of the Ghostgate, in a cavern named Sharapli. It's located just outside of the fence itself." he replied. "Take that flask, fill it from the pool, then go to the Armiger stronghold here in Molag Mar - look for Drathen. Near him will be a pitcher of water. Pour the water from the pool into the pitcher. When he drinks from it, he'll forget all recent events here." Seemed easy enough. |
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From here, I felt I could easily levitate to my destination quickly. |
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The gale-force winds and ash made forward motion difficult, if not impossible. |
I decided I was close enough, and headed to towards the ground, where I would continue the search for this cavern, and it's strange pool. |
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COMING UP: THE POOL OF ... UH, UM,
SOMETHING, I FORGOT IT'S NAME.