In reply to Mancini (msg # 570):
An elderly, and honest looking fellow in worn leathers with a silver inlaid orichalcum item at his belt
shrugs and smiles.
"We have been dealing with some questionable people lately, no offense."

In reply to Mancini (msg # 570):

- Of course! Security measures must be maintained at all times, I understand that.
Suleiman demonstrated the guild papers.

"As they say, it's hard to know who to trust."  The speaker has wavy red hair and light violet eyes -- and a left hand that doesn't seem quite human, with its wiggly, snake-like fingers.  He wears gloves, one tailored for the snake-fingered hands, leather armor, and has a mount on his leather helm for a candle lamp.  "I'm Ardenas, by the way, called Barehand; I'm a martial artist from the Gathering Chi Academy under Master Albreth.  Is it okay if we call you Suleiman?  Seems quicker."

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 573):

A striking figure descends the staircase into the central room.

She is well over seven feet tall, with ebony skin set off by an orange silk Sari.
More striking than that is her corona of flames for hair, third eye, and four arms.
She is definitely otherworldly in origin.

"Who goes there, another mage?"

Mancini accepts the paperwork and examines it closely.

(Ooc: 20:25, Today: Mancini rolled 12 using 3d6.  Detect Lies 13. – 12

20:25, Today: Mancini rolled 14 using 3d6.  Observation 14. – 14)

He looks up for a second as Kalima descended the stairs, saying, "Yes, it seems the Mageguild has sent help in the form of Suleman...", before returning to the papers
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In reply to Mancini (msg # 575):

"Why do the Mage guild care again? They are The ones I would expect to deal with the devil."

The. Speaker is a tiny green humanoid of grumpy disposition.

In reply to Aoife (msg # 576):

"Now Aoife, not all mages are power hungry to a fault. Sederic is the name."

He holds out a hand in greeting.

"Mind you, as far as mages go, I am really only a dabbler..."
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Suleiman accepted the greetings of everyone who introduced himself to him with the same peculiar gesture as he greeted Mancini.


- As long as I am the only Suleiman in town, - Suleiman smiled ironically.


- I must admit that I am extremely fascinated by your unimaginable companion with four arms and three eyes, - Suleiman told Mancini. - But I don’t know what to call her.


- The most skilled magicians I know were also unpretentious, - Suleiman bowed to Sederic slightly.
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"I am called Kalima, destroyer of demons."
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"In a city the size of Northport, with good relations to Valdassya, I wouldn't count on you being the only Suleiman -- but you're the only one I've met, as far as I can recall."

- O mighty Kalima, Destroyer Of Demons, I humbly hope to learn from you knowledge about fighting demons, - said Suleiman and bowed slightly again.
- Speaking of which... - Suleiman turned to Mancini, - May I inquire what actually is going on here and how I can be of assistance?

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In reply to Suleiman (msg # 581):

"This area has seen a tremendous increase in demonic activities. There have been multiple cults and even an accursed shop selling items infernally tainted."

- Did you possibly catch a high-ranked cultist or the shop's master and interrogated them?

"The shop master dissolved into dust I am told once we got him out of the shop - apparently he had wished for conditional immortality."

Ardenas holds up one finger, then digs in his pack.

"I kept his ashes, or most of them, wrapped up in his cloak.  If you have the means to interrogate him through them..."

"It seems the more we investigate, the deeper the nefarious scheme goes. I guess maybe some direction in finding the mastermind would be greatly appreciated, Suleman."

"Ardenas has the closest we have gotten to a lead. Every time we find a new name in the demon shop's ledger, we find some messed up person thinking they can take a shortcut to deal with their problems."
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In reply to Ales Konstantin (msg # 586):

"Such as....wait, what was the latest line we need to check out?"

Suleiman looked at the ashes.
- A necromancy specialist is needed here. Maybe a Reconstruct Spell will be helpful, too. Alas, I'm not that kind of investigator... But I am pretty much sure the Mage Guild should have one. I would recommend visiting them unless you already did that.



- I assume the names were buyers. Have you got a clue about the supplier?

"The shop was outside the world, proper -- at one point the main room had two doors leading onto different streets, a hundred yards or so away on the outside, and no more than fifteen yards apart on the inside.  It seemed to be inside other buildings where there was no room for it, and appeared in different places at different times.  At one point, we saw a customer use a door that didn't even led to Northport.

"There was also a pentagram in a back room and at one point Sederic chased a demon into that; we have reason to believe the shop was supported and likely supplied by demons direct from Hell."

for refreshment on some of this, especially for those who's characters were there with other players:

Hunting for a specialty shop:
link to a message in this game
and what went on with Sederic in the pentagram room:
link to a message in this game

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 589):

- Very interesting, indeed! May I inquire if the construction of such extradimensional premises is a habit of this town or it is as unusual for locals as for me?
- Also I heard something about sigils found on the roofs in several places. Can I see one of those? How many sigils were there and in what places?
- I assume you did not show the ashes to a Mage Guild specialist, maybe it is time to visit the Guild?

In reply to Suleiman (msg # 591):

Aoife is happy to hand him the remaining tile...

"There were quite a few more, spread around in a pentagram, but we broke them as we understood they could be used even if in different locations.

I am not aware of other extra-dimensional premises, and I suspect strongly it was not a local who constructed it."

2GM: Does the sigil tell anything to Suleiman?



- So you say that if we mark the locations of the sigils on the town map, the shape will be a pentagram, right? And what was in the center of the pentagram - a building or anything else?

Aoife shows him the map. I believe it is earlier in this thread...

In reply to Aoife (msg # 594):

OOC: I scanned the thread and found a lot of mentioning of the map but no picture nor link. Nothing in the Game Map menu too.
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