[Excerpt from Athanor’s journal:] I have determined to undertake the hunt for the others’ charms. I ween I have an advantage in unlocking the secrets of these treasures: I observe that charmed items — mine, at least —phosphoresce, but so faintly that I suppose I should never have noticed it if not for my close […]
Author Archives: Markham
Quest for the Murderer pt. 6: beneath the tide
[Fragment from an unnamed grimoire:] … have dealings with specters who require servitude and return power. Magicians enthralled to such cannot be put to rest, no matter the mortal hurts inflicted upon them; either the Specter must be overcome or else the aegis which holds the thrall’s heart must be broken. The magician’s life ends […]
Quest for the Murderer pt. 5: the mace
[A page from Adelmar’s diary, recovered from an abandoned asylum behind a barrier of thorns:] Flown again. My pursuers shall discover my most recent refuge before the sennight is out, but they shall find it empty. This makes thrice. Hunted day and night, night and day, and now depleted, enervated. Ever watchful for portents of […]
Quest for the Murderer pt. 4: the writ behind the song
The haunts of the nine: for Morrigan, the gallery; for Aleister, the library; for Chiara, the chapel; for Erasmus, the ossuary; for Freya, the chantry; for Adelmar, the observatory; for Helmold, the salon; for Lorrcan, the garden; for Athanor, the solar. Seek the mace which does no harm. This message provides insight as to where […]