Forever lies ahead

[Anastasia]

"Are we going to go ourselves, Alyssa?" Emily asks right off. "It could be dangerous for others."

Bastian nods a bit, "Fine. I'll see if I can find someone tolerable and trustworthy enough."

"Which rules out all the natives," Dolmaya frowns, "But there's enough there to still work with others, loathsome as it may be."

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa turns to Emily, "Eventually, but the issue is the attention. Whenever we go, we'll instantly have every eye on us, and the last thing we need is for someone to figure out what we're doing before we've found it. I personally don't want to see any Abyssal get their hands on whatever might be there. So, we have to rely on a more hands off approach until we have something reliable to go on."

[Anastasia]

"Well," Bastian grunts, "Have you offended any demon lords, Alyssa? Anyone who may make a point to notice?"

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa tries to look innocent, "I... may have ignored ambassadors and messages from... Malcanthet..."

[Anastasia]

"Hmph." A little murmur from Bastian, "At least it wasn't a direct insult."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Well, I honestly doubt she's the sort to let it go. By nature she's not acclimated to being ignored, so... She'll definitely take interest in my showing up on her doorstep, so to speak, after ignoring her."

[Anastasia]

"Well, we can't let that control us, either," Emily counters, "Otherwise we may as well not go anywhere."

"Still, it's better not to provoke her, do you think she'd care?" Is Bastian's counter back.

[Iron Dragoon]

"I have no idea. And Emily, we're not letting it control us. We're doing as much reconnaissance and ground work as we can before we possibly expose a flank to her. We'll be going ourselves when we're ready."

[Anastasia]

"Well..." Emily begins, but nods.

Okay, moves from here about this?

[Iron Dragoon]

Well, probably research and Bastian investigation to get at least clues, then scrying to whittle down from there?

[Anastasia]

Sure, we'll start with an K:P check on it, declare precisely what you're researching first. Include any library bonus you have for your library.

[Iron Dragoon]

Okay, so. First I'll be searching for anything that's 'hidden' on the 10th layer. By that I mean things or areas where treasure hunters (or whoever) have gone looking for stuff and never found it. Building on that, I'll then look for any areas mentioned multiple times. After that, I'll look for more out-there, strange things related to the 10th layer.

K:P/Libarary/Bibliotheca/Cunning Knowledge:

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+113 : 10 + 113, total 123[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

Previous info for it, for reference.

The 10th layer of the Abyss, simply known as 'That Hellhole'. It's known of a dark place of pain, fire, feeding and misery.  Granted, that's the Abyss in general, but it tends to be a free for all at the best of times. Fire is common and deadly there, fire fueled by pure hatred that burns anything and corrupts those who channel it there.

What is known about That Hellhole is minimal. It's said to be a realm of darkness and fire like you learned before. Gnawing and clawing things are there, and it's said that few last more than moments before being torn apart. Most of the layer is hidden as a result and few return from the fanged beasts there - things said to have many arms and mouths, that rip and bite their foes apart.

It has no known demon lord that rules it, or perhaps such a figure is hidden. Instead the things with in tear and eat, and swarm any who enter the layer. As your divination showed, you absolutely cannot channel fire there - fire spells, fire abilities or anything - without a serious risk of corruption. What far fewer know there is that fire is both effective against many of the denizens and the more you channel, the stronger the corruption and the difficulty to resist it becomes.

[Iron Dragoon]

I want to follow up with research on the description of the creatures and the corruption. Sounds like limbo or far realm style creatures, and I have an idea for the fire stuff.

[Anastasia]

Sure, another K:P check.