Journal of Dark TwoI have received more letters. The first one is from Drazoth the 3rd, and the second is from Don Pedro. I'll open the letter from Drazoth first.
Letter to Dark Two:
Dear Klan Master:
I think that your idea should work perfectly. I will be waiting for you in the Old Dining hall then. Also, a word of caution, Don Pedro is not what he seems, and should be dealt with carefully. I am working to uncover his reason for being here. Until I know more, be extremly careful. He cannot know we are in correspondence, lest he grow suspicious of me.
Regards, Drazoth the 3rd.
Interesting, my first impressions about Don Pedro were right! Now let's take a look at letter from him. After taking it into my hand, I managed to notice a faint lime glow. It was so weak that it was almost impossible to see, but I swear that there's something wrong about that letter - it gives me the same feelings that I had looking at Don Pedro on his arrival. I can't read that! But what can I do? I think that I'll call someone from the hallway to read it out. Always better than taking a curse on myself I guess.
With this in mind I went to hallway and called the first dwarf that showed up, then said:
- Want to get a special barrel of Sweet Pod Rum from the Order?
- Sure I do!
- Then let's go, and if you'll be very brave, you can get two barrels.
We entered my office. I gave him the letter and said:
- Read out this letter.
The dwarf brokne the seal, and started to read.
Dear Dark Two,
It hurts my heart to hear you gave away the relic of my family, however it is your inalienable right to do so. In matter of settling my aching soul, could you at least disclose who is the one you gave it to? Would it be our Inquisitor, who must be learned in those matters? Or one of our military leaders? Perhaps the manager?
I would also implore that you be careful, there is treachery afoot, my bones tell me that... My family has an old saying, Vereor Nox Continet Enim Multa Arcana. There are many more terrifying things than Nifih around.
With Kind Regards,
Don Pedro
When he was reading it, a strange lime glow enveloped the dwarf reading it, then slowly faded away.
- What did you feel? Any difference?
- Nothing. Everything is the same as ever. What about the barrels?
- Take them. Go to the booze stockpiles with this document. The Order would give you your barrels.
With these word, Dark writes the document and gives it to the dwarf, who quickly takes it and leaves. He seals the letter, and hides it in his pocket, then goes to the Order Headquarters to prepare for Festival of Ale. After he took care about everything, Dark Two left headquarters and headed towards Old Doomforests. Then he reached the Dinning Hall. Drazoth the 3rd was already waiting there at the table with bottle of rum in his hand.
Dark Two came closer and sits on the chair.
- Greetings! So you are Drazoth the 3rd? It's an honour to finally meet you.
- It's good to finally meet you as well. So, before we begin discussing the past, is there anything in the present that needs to be dealt with first?
- Well, yes. I received a letter from Don Pedro. I spotted something wrong about it - a faint lime glow. I called someone from the hallway to read it out, and after reading a strange incantation, the glow enveloped around him, then faded. Said dwarf couldn't tell if he felt any difference after that.
I reach for my pocket and take the letter out of it, then give it to Drazoth.
- Here is said letter. I hope you can find out what spell was used here.
Drazoth tries to hide that the conversation is boring for him, though he takes the letter and without even looking at it says:
- I'll see what I can do. Keep an eye on the person who read it. If he starts acting or feeling strange, have him wash himself using soap. I'm not sure weather it will help, but soap does have anti-magic properties. You may wish to stockpile some just in case.
- I'm in friendly terms with PsychoAngel, so stockpilng soap should be easy. Also, I noticed that recently I'm able to detect magic. It started when I became Klan-Master, and then met Don Pedro. How can I improve upon it, so I can recognise magic properties?
- I can provide some training. Meet me down in the caverns when you get the chance. I spend most of my time down there, as I won't be disturbed, nor will my work disturb others. Is there anything else before we begin?
I started to consider all the possible questions, then said:
- I'm not sure... Who, or rather what is Don Pedro? And how he knows my thoughts about Nifih? I sent the report about her only to Chief Inquisitor.
Drazoth shared some basic information about Don Pedro with Klan-Master, mentioning Regenreich, and telling him to be carefull.
- I'll be. I think that we should talk about my predecessor now.
- Certainly. Some of my information about him comes second hand, through my predecessor Drazoth the 2nd. He wasn't able to get very close to Dark One, so the information is incomplete. All I know is that he was allied with some necromancers operating out of a place called SanctumCoal.
- Do you know what he could left as a legacy? Or anything about his actions when he was still in Doomforests? What happened to him anyway?
- I'll get there. At any rate, my predecessor wasn't to successful in gaining information before he was discovered. He managed to hide what he had found for me to obtain before the lesser necromancers killed him.
Drazoth pauses for a moment, trying to hide his emotions, and takes a drink from the bottle. I waited for him to finish, then taken out a bottle of quinoa beer from my backpack and drink. Then I said:
- I feel for you.
After a while I told him to go on with the story.
- When I arrived, I began looking for what my brother had left. He had managed to hide it rather cleverly I must say. Once I had found it all, I began to infiltrate the MechaTechno. Once I had done that, I used some minor magic to send a message to Dark One. We then worked out a time in place to meet face to face. The time was at night, the place was here.
I take another drink of beer. And say that he should continue.
- We met here, and managed to come to an agreement. I also discovered his association with SanctumCoal was something he disliked, as he only wanted answers and they said they could provide them. However, I think they were delaying to try and keep him around longer. At any rate, my original intent was to preform some pre-emptive damage control, as a group of out of hand necromancers could cause great damage.
After a while of consideration Drazoth adds:
- That's all I can tell you for now I'm afraid, as I didn't have much access to his organization. You could do us both a favour and fill in the gaps yourself. The Mad Doctor's notes might be a good place to start, as I know Dark One slipped him some of his own at one point. I think that I should go now.
- Thank you for your time, and answers. If you'll need any help from the order, just write me a letter.
Drazoth the 3rd takes his bottle of rum into his hand and leaves the dinning hall. I decided to leave it too, and go to my office to write a letter to Don Pedro.
To Don Pedro
I'm sorry to hear that, though I think that you must know. I haven't sent the coin to Chief Inquisitor, Millitia Commander or manager. I gave the coin to a dwarf possessing more knowledge about protective wards than myself, so he could make better use of it.
Klan-Master Dark Two
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