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[personalwar]

[ Given everything that 76 has learned in the past few days, there's no doubt in his mind that he needs to inform the rest of the refugees about what might be coming. That bandit seems to have been telling the truth, or maybe what 76 saw up on Namarak Mountain was staged, but that seems like way too much work for no real gain that he can foresee.

Enough of the details have checked out that a warning seems necessary. Only a few of the refugee group had actually been on the missions to transport the heart and the skull, and there's no telling that all of them learned what he did.

While this is his first time posting on the network, 76 doesn't introduce himself, but just gets right down to business. Who he is isn't really important here. ]

Word probably got around that Nithor's skull and Ysverai's heart were being transported back to Olympia and Wyver, respectively. Well, things didn't really go as planned. Both caravans got attacked on the way by a group of bandits. I managed to chase down one of them and question him. He was surprisingly forthcoming.

Assuming he was telling the truth, and that's seeming more and more likely at this point, it was the heart that they were really after. These bandits are part of the same group responsible for the abductions, and they took Ysverai's heart up to Namarak Mountain to perform a ritual.

Apparently, that ritual was to revive Ysevrai, and if you've seen some of the skeletons of the old dragons, you know what that means.

I went up to the mountain to see if I could interrupt the ritual, but it was already over and cleared out by the time that I got there. I did find a cryptic note that looked like it was written in blood. It said "He Shall Rise Again."

According to the radical I interrogated, this dragon could mean the end of Olympia and Wyver and everything else. I don't know how much I believe that, but we need to be ready for anything. If you've seen anything, let me know. If you have questions, I can try to answer them, but this is most of what I know.

[ Not everything, though. There's one detail he's still sitting on. But Wyver family drama isn't something he wants to report to all of the other refugees, aware of what kind of unrest that could cause among the natives. ]

Comments

[personalwar]

I wouldn't necessarily trust any of the shamans. It's possible that some of them are connected to this group. Digging through more of the Khalo records might be worth doing, though.

[song_of_ice]

If they are willing to share. Khalo Village only recently allowed others in. That might be a bit much for them to give. There is no harm in asking though. Even if they don't know anything, they could tell us something about the Wyvern Shamans.

[personalwar]

They didn't seem to care that we were digging through their massive library. Granted, there's a chance that they hid some things away, but at this point we need to exhaust every option.

[song_of_ice]

We would need to organize a group to go to the library and search through the materials available. We could also begin questioning some of the leaders of Khalo village. It would at least give us a place to start and earn their cooperation.

[personalwar]

You volunteering?

[song_of_ice]

I am, but it isn't something I can do alone.

[personalwar]

I never said you had to. But you've been here for a while, haven't you? You could probably rally some people together.

[ Just so long as 76 doesn't get stuck with that job. He's fine with delegating here. ]

[song_of_ice]

I could.

[That seemed to be a job he always fell into.]

What do you know of the men who performed the ritual? Who was the one you interrogated?

[personalwar]

I don't know his name, but I left him in Ryder custody. I'm heading back to Wyver now to see if we can learn anything else from him.

As for the group itself, I don't know too much, except that they oppose the idea of peace between the two nations. At least some of them are loyal to Wyver, or what they believe Wyver should be. They don't like the way Shanrian is ruling.

[song_of_ice]

If you do find any more information, be sure to tell us.

These are the same people that kidnapped our own?

[personalwar]

Yeah, it's the same group. I'm guessing that the abductions were just another way to throw a wrench into any peace attempts.