Has anyone seen Jackdaw???

Reyna,

He was here the day after the Feast. Those having met him or asked a question of him, number at least a dozen. A session of questions answered and a brief warning later about this not being the last time we face something like that, he gated out of the Proper.

Judging by the small, impactful choice of vocabulary in his messages, he definitely seems to be writing them in a hurry--and surrounded as they are by sigils meant to ward away otherworldly forces suggest a greater threat than bandits or rabid wolves.

~Nalick

*OOG: written under Nalick's missive*

Nalick (TheBardAbides) wrote: Would the major arcana be all of the spheres of the Weave or what remains of those still willing to stand with Necrophitus, where'er he may hide?

~Nalick

Necrophitus has taken refuge in the Quartz Mountain Academy as of May 1218.

~Irie

One townsmember whom I will not name managed to follow Chase Wiseman/Chad Whitman/Chaz Whimun through the gate, and returned with a book--that self-same book, I presume, to be the "cursed-as-all-hell book" Oakley refers to. It was titled "How to Buy Your Soul Back From the Devil".

"The Devil" is another among the 22 major arcana in a Tarot deck. It follows that that particular Lich Cultist is the one Chase/Chad/Chaz has sold his soul to.

It follows that Chase/Chad/Chaz must be taken with a grain of salt, as we cannot guarantee his loyalty to our side while his soul is in possession of the major arcana Cult of Lichdom.

His behavior the Sunday before last feast was erratic and deflecting. He changed how he pronounced and spelled his name three times, and when asked what he does, offered no less than four different professions, in addition to his darker, scholastic "hobby". He is a demonstrable jack of all trades, so while he's not expressly lying, it is still an attempt to smoke bomb away the details of his identity.

I expect he will purposefully avoid expressing all further information we list as knowing about him as an attempt to continue to hide his identity. Given that, I recommend curating further public posting of what we know of him.

--Mantel Warrane

I can check with the Light Church in Glangsdale to see if there are any ancient texts that can provide information on the history of this battle between Paladins and exemplars and other light aligned warriors having (supposedly) destroyed this transcended lich.

I seem to recall some texts about a "reaper" during my time in the Pontiff's stronghold while searching for information during the Necrophitus conflict.

Drats that we don't have Templars that can fly on the Wings of Faith anymore! Can anyone provide a portal for me to Glangsdale between feasts? I might be able to find those texts again.

Yours in Light,

Thank the Mages' Guild for the portal.

With the move of the Church's center from Loez to Glangsdale four years ago, all of texts I've found have been mixed from their original chronological order and have not been properly dated. There is no way of telling when these events happened, but here is what I found in the Pontifical Library:

There are several mentions of the defeat of a creature who the Church later named the "Reaper." In a more recent document it is mentioned that this creature might be the original source of our image of the "Grim Reaper," but it was made clear that this connection is mere speculation.

There is a passage I found mentioning one of this creature's followers being an "ex-priest of our faith" though there is no mention of which faith (and once again the notes on this subject are not dated).

In a separate, undated scroll there is reference that this ex-priest had given up on faith and became a philosopher, having become disillusioned with the concept of religion and good and evil, eventually finding this reaper and becoming a lich in its service.

Later in the same scroll there is a reference mentioning that this Reaper's lich was known as "The Heirophant" and was destroyed. Other scrolls also referenced The Heirophant being destroyed. However, in all of the documents there is absolutely no reference on whether or not his phylactery was ever found.

This is the entirety of what I could find in Glangsdale.

Yours in Light,

I've just returned from training some younger Hunters, and am unsettled by all I've read above. I will join whomever is searching, and assist with both the hunt for Jackdaw and seeking further information on possible threats.

Please send me a missive or find me in the Proper, to join our strengths together.

Starling, I can assure you all that can be done to find our friend, will be.

Galladel guide us all,
Huntress Lorelai VonRitter