An Elemental Minder:
The elementals send someone to watch over us. They suspect the Aon's are using us to violate some agreement. I was hoping we could contact Serradus about it, but I don't think it will go over too well. Actually, I'm surprised the elementals bothered. I would have figured that, after the incident during the last game, the Aons ans Elementals would already be in open war.
Delivering the Tome to Katja:
We decided it would be stupid to go outside of Eibelstat with the Erebus tome broadcasting, so we send the sniper into town and he bough us enough Essentia (at a ridiculous markup!) to quiet the book. We started the long march back to Keening. After crossing the continental bridge, we noticed a group of Shadar Kai hanging out in the woods. Taking no chances, we struck first and neutralized them. After a pounding, they surrendered. Since they were police from Nashik, we decided to let them go so as not to anger the king of Nashik. The last thing we need is another powerful enemy!
The Nashik police departed, but left us with a court summons. The dark elf in the group pointed out that the beat down must have counted as our bail. I rather like thinking of it that way. Anyway, the court date is only about 8 days away. Curiously, another message magically appeared in the envelope. I don't suspect the cops know about that one. Helmut offered to settle out of court if we give him the Erebus tome. Of course none of us were tempted, but it did start the cruel little gears grinding in our devious minds.
Anxious to get rid of the tome, we followed the setting sun into the portal to Katja's lair. She greeted us immediately, falling from the sky like a meteor, belching smoke and fire. The funny thing is, that's not all that angry on a dragon scale; she didn't set us on fire! Katja was annoyed that we brought the dangerous book without politely warning her, but commended us for disabling its broadcasting. I don't know, but I'll bet my tail she would have killed us all if we had revealed the location of her prison to everyone in the world. She still seemed a bit cross, but that ended when we gave her the shadowstone fragment we took from Belzerius.
Katja's Vault:
Katja made a permanent seal on the tome and asked us to place it in vault in her mansion. Interestingly, Katja's mansion has a lead-lined safe room in the basement. We put the Erebus tome there with a couple of other scary looking artifacts, including a bloodied executioner's axe that kept trying to talk to me. I don't know how she got those things. Ward said he had only been in the vault one other time. I'll have to ask Ward and Katja about the vault in more detail later.
Soul Stones:
We presented the flawed soulstone to our dragon friend. She said the stone would return my team's lost memories, but it would not survive. Apparently, soulstones are a form of concentrated essentia which, like the souls of the Returned, will recharge soon after use. That certainly explains why Eibelstat bought them all of them.
Lost Memories Found:
I spilled the beans about Victor to my team. I didn't want them to feel betrayed when Katja restored their memories. They took it well. I glad they didn't decided to do something nasty, like lock me in a room with a cat. Katja used the fractured soulstone to restore some of their memories. I don't know what they remembered, but all of them seem more eager to cross the rift. I suspect Victor is holding something of theirs hostage as well. Still, I can't help but wonder why they lost them in the first place. I guess it could be a side effect of the way Victor decided to send them into the game.
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