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>[check status of pawns]
[“The Sacrifice” Status: Confused. There aren’t any claimable pawns nearby!]
>Allow me to introduce ourselves: We're the Voices of the Many, a collective of spirits that come to advise those who'll play an important part in the fate of the world.
…right. A simpler and more likely explanation is that I’ve gone nuts and is hearing things.
>Tell us about yourself while we wait. How did you come to be on this expedition? What's the situation like around here? Did you come across any strange people or interesting towns?
Err… he paid a lot of coin to be guided up the mountain? Of course, I didn’t think he would be crazy enough to go this far. As for the “situation” around here… well… it’s snowy… cold… boring… as it always is? …and the only town around here is the same town I’m from, It’s called Ängladal and is at the foot of these mountains.
>We must know his secrets about the beard!
It’s fake. I can almost see the steel wire from here.
>Okay, looks like we've jumped back in time. It was the 23rd of the 3rd month of Thane’s season, year 3996 when we left.
Huh… that’s almost nine months… what happen then?
>Just to make sure, this mountain is the Pillar of the Heavens, isn't it?
Yes, one of them… the tallest of them, in fact.
>Wait. Varius? We heard of this guy when we were last in the Serath Kingdom.
Yes, Serath deserts, that’s what they are called! I had it on my tongue but…
>There's no choice, you'll have dig down and follow Varius. All I can suggest is remaining wary and keeping your distance.
Right… just digging myself deeper and deeper…
>...10 magpies he's going to kill you.
…you’re on.
>Ask Varius if he knows from which direction this ziggurat was made to defend against those unfathomable beings. Is he sure it wasn't built to contain them and not as a fortress against them?
It’s was made as a battle ground… one of four, in fact. They were built to fight back and seal the beings into their own world. Sealed by a word from the gods… but the seals are weakening and the words are gone… at least, that’s what the legends says.
Wait, you’re going to poke around a prison for who knows what? What if you unseal this crap!?
Don’t be ridicules. The seals were made by the old gods themselves. A mere mortal like me would never be able to even weaken them, let alone break them. Besides, these beings need a bunch of sacrifices of blood and stuff to even have any power. There’s no need to worry, my boy. Besides, there’s four other seals… one somewhere deep in the fetid jungles to the south, the other two somewhere across the great sea…
…I’m still a bit skeptical about a-
There! It’s open! Quickly! The storm is growing worse and we have much to accomplish!
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