Leo
As Leo moved through the streets just outside of the castle, he suddenly saw someone. Inquisitor Shyther. The supposedly missing Inquisitor was moving through the streets back towards the castle. Something wasn’t right about him, no. He appeared to be deep in thought, was that it? Just…not quite here…not quite right.
Not seeing Leo, Shyther passed right by, heading on an unchaning course towards the castle.
Oren & Dist
“Ah,” The man said. “As I said before, you are free to leave at any time you wish. Although I suggest that you do not leave yet, because if you do, then you won’t get to hear about what exactly you’re facing.” The man leaned forwards, twirling the gold coin between his fingers.
“You’ve upheld your end of the bargain, now I shall uphold mine.” He took a deep breath. “Currently, form what I gather, you appear to be under the illusion that you are suffering a rebellious plot to overthrow your government orchestrated by the so called ‘Brystkel-Luchper’ cult. To explain just how wrong you are, I am afraid that I shall have to use a simile.” He stopped twirling the coin, instead holding it up to the Inquisitors. “See this coin. It has two sides.” He turned it over. “Yet you only see one side at a time,” He flipped it over again. “Or, you see neither side.” He turned the side of the coin to face them. “The conspiracy you face is the coin. You are not facing one psychotic cult. You are facing two. The Brystkel and the Luchper cult are two separate entities, and they both stand for completely different things. They both believe that the world will end soon, and thus it can only be saved by their respective cult taking over the world. However their methods differ. The Brystkel believe that the world can only be saved by an entity of shared pain whereas the Luchper believe that the world can only be saved by an entity of light and purity. However they also believe that the end justifies the means, and are prepared to do anything to achieve their goals. That is just what you are facing. The two cults have been murdering their way up your aristocracy whilst attempting to pick each other off. Meanwhile you’ve just been running around in circles.” The man leaned back, placing the coin in his pouch. “But that’s not all, I can tell you more, and I will, because I want you to succeed. Both cults use teams consisting of three assassins. Each cult has sent a team into your royal court. So there are six assassins. Or at least there were. Three of the assassins are dead. Lords Rothaw and Uurden were Brystkel assassins. Your forces killed Rothaw, Uurden was killed by the Luchper. Barn Vorashti was a Luchper assassin, and he was murdered by Rothaw. So that leaves you with one Brystkel assassin, and two Luchper ones. I know their names. The remaining Brystkel assassin is the Royal Armourer, Lord Stallar. As for the Luchper assassins. I only know the names of one of them, his name is Lord Liemorder. If I were you I would arrest them both immediately, and interrogate Liemorder to uncover the name of the third Luchper.”
The man stood up and moved over to stand next to them. “Now I’m afraid that is all I know about the threat facing you, now it is up to you to decide what you shall do with the information. Now if you will excuse me I have over business to attend to. I must get my troops ready for the finale tonight!” He smiled stepping through the tentflap. Suddenly he paused. “Oh, did I not mention? The remaining assassins will make their move tonight. And they’ll have called in support from the other cultists. Good luck!”