The Arch of Etruscus

A New Deal or The Arch of Etruscus

(you end this night on the date: Föstudagur, Águst 16 3841)

After being so rudely interrupted while trying to restore power to part of the Skedic homeworld, you arrive back in Aja over two years after you left. Tar-Um-Lok decides to stay behind to deal with the demons and help get the power grid back on line.

Gendra, the governor of Aja, has been in negotiations with Ankar regarding the sharing of runic information. Because of your rep in avoiding the Misarlon, you have become the people of choice to work for Ankar in his mission to recover runic items that have been hidden across the land. In order to protect Ankar's interest, Silus has been sent to join your party.

The first task you have been given is to obtain a rubbing of the runes found on the Arch of Etruscus. Although legends of the Western Empire claim the arch was brought to Idelstone after the first BloodMoon War, it turns out that it is a fake. What else? Oh, yes, Ulves has taken over Idelstone and claimed it for himself in the name of the monster hordes of the western slopes of the Old Kingdom. The icing on the cake: eight dwarves, members of the Ipinidaan, are tailing you.

Silus arranges a quick exit b y ship and you find yourself in Otiven in no time where, again, Silus makes arrangements for you all to act as traders bringing goods up to Udohorn. Four of the dwarven Ipinidaan have tracked you here, but do not seem to pose an immediate threat. Oki does some mind delving investigation, discovering that they have warned the Misarlon of your plans. Specifically, they have had communication with a female elf, Mirella. Oki plants some false memories in the dwarves in order to sow the seeds of discord, and it works well enough to distract the dwarves.

You arrive at Udohorn without much trouble and after some busy work, you get your rubbing of the true Arch of Etruscus. The arch itself is part of a small dwarven temple devoted to ancestral prayer. After getting what you came for, Farallon is confronted by Mirella who beseeches you all to cease and desist your pursuit of runic knowledge. She makes the claim that it is somehow a trap – a trap that the Skedic in particular have fallen into – to seek this knowledge. Perhaps the Skedic cataclysm was a self-fulfilled prophecy? And maybe the Misarlon, having failed to get you through the use of force, are trying to use a little honey, or at least confusion.

You bring the information from the arch to Ankar in Gevril. Ankar spends some time explaining his project to you and how it relates to his vision of uniting the Eastern Territories and beyond. He invites you all to attend a party he is throwing that night which will be attended by dignitaries from all over the east.