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Cold as Ice

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Hawken

Wanderer
Re: Cold as Ice

I searched all of the Trammel cities and the only thing that I was able to find was in Vesper. There is a new building in the middle of Vesper called the Vesper Research Center. Inside this building are three NPC, one is called the educated and the other two were called students.

The really odd part was the building is outside the guard zone even though it is in the middle of town. You walk up to the building and you get the message "you have left the protection of the town guard" and when you walk away from the building you get the message "you are now under the protection of the town guard".

The bookcases were odd too. They did not show having inventory so I double-clicked on one to see if they were locked but received no messages nor would they open.

When I said "News", all three NPC's replied with "I have no news at this time."

EDIT: I tried some of the key phrases and words from the 'Cold as Ice' event with no effect. However I tried marking a rune and the rune reads "A Recall Rune For The City Of Vesper (Trammel)(House)" and the rune is colored blue. Also, Myrius the Educated carries a magery spell book that when moused over reads "A Book Of Poetry, Blessed, 0 Spells"
 

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vividos1

Wanderer
Re: Cold as Ice

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Vanth is a chthonic figure in Etruscan mythology shown in a variety of forms of funerary art, such as in tomb paintings and on sarcophagi. Vanth is a female demon in the Etruscan underworld that is often accompanied either by additional Vanth figures or by another demon, Charun (later referred to as Charu). Both Vanth and Charun are only seen in iconography beginning c. 400 BC, in the middle period of Etruscan art, although some earlier inscriptions mention her name.[1] Vanth has no direct counterpart in Greek mythology, and is very frequently, but not always, seen winged. Although Vanth has no real Greek counterpart, she has been compared to the Greek Furies, the Erinyes, especially in older publications,[2] This is an unlikely association since she is almost always shown in Etruscan iconography to be a benevolent guide, not an avenging spirit, which the Furies often represent. Her other attributes include the possession of a torch, key, or scroll, and she is shown often to be bare-chested with cross-straps across her breast, adorned with fur boots, a rolled short chiton, and sometimes with unattached sleeves. In fact her dress has been attributed by Scheffer as specifically the dress of a huntress.[3]
Vanth is involved in a variety of different types of scenes in Etruscan art[4]; the most common types associate her presence with occasions of slaughter and murder, including scenes from the Trojan cycle. Occasionally she is shown rising up out of the ground in such contexts, as seen on an ash urn from Chiusi.[5] Sometimes she is even shown as a solitary figure decorating the sides of ash urns. Other scenes in which Vanth is present involve the meeting and escort of the dead, in the role of psychopompos, who are either walking or being transported on horseback, wagon, or chariot.[6] In general, Vanth is associated with death and the journey of the deceased to the Underworld, but in a variety of different ways; she is present in scenes of the moment of death as well in scenes where the deceased is already fully dead and journeying to the Underworld. She is depicted as a benevolent psychopompian figure, in contrast to the menacing Charun, her sometime companion.
The materials that Vanth is identified as carrying, which include a torch, key, scroll, or sword, also relate to her role as guide in the Underworld. The torch can be used to light the way for travelers to the Underworld, although some scholars interpret it as a status symbol or as an indication of office,[7] and the key unlocks its doorway. Additionally, the scroll may reveal more about the nature of this demon, as one instance actually displays her name inside, vanθ.[8] Vanth has been interpreted as a goddess of fate, and using this association, the scroll may contain the destiny of the deceased. However, in total, Vanth is depicted as a young, vibrant female chthonic figure, sometimes in the company of other Vanths, and sometimes with Charun; She is a figure who assists with the journey of the deceased to the Underworld

Other Etruscan Chthonic (or underworld) figures include Charun, Aita/Calu, Phersipnai, Turms Aitas, and Culsu
 
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Nostradamus AKA Dex

Wanderer
Re: Cold as Ice

I may be wrong but I believe this research center may be the library Mardoth and others in umbra mentioned a while back. Mardoth had said, once given a contribution of gold.. that it wasn't enough to fund the library. I assume this research center is linked in some way, I'll try to see if I can gather any information..
 
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Nostradamus AKA Dex

Wanderer
Re: Cold as Ice

When Myrius the Educated is given gold he states "What a wonderful gift! This will work wonders with adding books to the collection". The two students simply reply, "It would not be fair of me to take your money without offering information in return".
 
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vividos1

Wanderer
Re: Cold as Ice

Long have my labors been in pouring over text after text on the matters at hand. I have seen many a great struggles in our lands but nothing as vast and interwoven into the fabric of our future as the present!
Despite the wealth of tales, victories and dead ends, I have some further questions for all those involved and some things to think about.
I have only just begun my inquery into these affairs but it seems to me that the follow statements are true:

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Lolth is yet still alive
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Trickk still roams the lands
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Now, for questions:

Has anyone seen or heard mention of the "Demonweb Pits" ...the fabled home of Lolth?
Has anyone seen anything unusual at the "Abyss" in Ilsh? (Lolth's "Demonweb Pits" were on the 66th level of the Abyss in DnD lore)
Has anyone heard of or seen anything relating to Corellon (Elven god who banished Lolth)
has anyone seen a bottle of Fairy Wine....maybe vintage 63? (useful for thwarting Lolth ;) )

Now for some thoughts:

In the DnD lore, Lolth used orcs frequently for her plans specifically in allying herself with Gruumsh the leader of the Orcs in attempt to overrun Corellon.


Thank you all brave and galliant warriors, mages and scholars.
 
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