Myr's Sword (Surraruthru)

[Anastasia]

"Then tell me some useful lore," The titan says, spreading his arms out, "Hit me with your most profound secrets of Creation! Show me the arcana you have recovered from the minds of immortals and madmen! Stun me with your insight into the very workings of this world!"

[Iron Dragoon]

"I have information on Lixer, Asmodeus, and Taelfagn.

Aurora has recently dealt a significant blow against Lixer. We've destroyed a number of his bases. One in Gehenna, one in Earth, and one in Void. The Gehenna base was likely the cause of the disturbance on Astral you mentioned before. During it, a significant amount of Gehenna was destroyed, and even more when we solved the problem it caused on Astral. He was running a number of experiments there..." Surraruthru goes on to describe, as best he can, the experiments Lixer conducted.

"He's also a powerful necromancer, and the Archdevil of Undeath, falling somewhere between an Archduke and a Lord of the Nine. He tends to possess things directly, running some of his power through these proxies. Aurora's destroyed at least two that I know of. He's got a rivalry with Orcus, which could be exploited since he's likely far stronger than Lixer, and we suspect that he and his sister Galsya have a fairly significant rivalry going, which could also be used. In addition to the loss of the bases and experiments, he's also had setbacks in Dis, losing an agent to Dispater's security."

[Anastasia]

"Iiinteresting. Diabolical gossip always plays well for lore," Machos says, smiling widely. "Everyone always wants to know who's betraying who, sleeping with who and manipulating who. It's Creation's grandest stage drama. Plus no matter who wins, you're glad they defeated the loser. There's not a likable soul down there."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Yes. And if someone could engineer a way to increase the friction and start an internal fight... Better for everyone. Also, it seems Taelfagn and Lixer have been working together recently. I'm not sure if it's by Asmodeus' command or not, but nothing good can come of it. Considering how much the fate deities dislike Taelfagn, if someone could whisper in their ears about the little alliance, nipping at Lixer's forces after he lost his bases and his defeat at our hands... Well... Orcus or Glasya might take a shot him. If we're lucky."

[Anastasia]

"That's good lore," Machos claps his hands together, "Alright! So you want to know about the 'loth of secrets?"

[Iron Dragoon]

"Yes. I'm trying to engineer a confrontation to draw out another entity. It specializes in revealing truths, illusions, and lies."

[Anastasia]

"His name is Secretus," The titan grins, "Almost as bad as Anthraxus. Those daemons have all the imagination of an ant. He resides in Niflheim somewhere, though even I don't know where. All I do know is that the passage to his kingdom is marked by six dead olive trees, each of which has an valeoloth hung from it."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Hmm... Kascha, think that's enough to go off of?"

[Anastasia]

"It's a really good start," Kascha smiles warmly, "Thank you! I think we can find out more from there, and the location of the portal to his realm is even more important. Six valeoloths is something we can find."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Yes, thank you Machos. You've been a big help. Hopefully it will lead us to a powerful ally and the defeat of a powerful Yugoloth. And many others."

[Anastasia]

"Good luck," Machos says to you, before starting to fly off.

Anything else to do here?

[Iron Dragoon]

Not that I know of.

[Anastasia]

Fantastic. What's your next move then?

[Iron Dragoon]

Head back, rope some peeps into helping find this entrance, and working on my other to-dos. Those being the Grove and the Living Vault.

[Anastasia]

Who do you want to take with you?