The Sword of Myr, again (Surraruthru)

[Anastasia]

Okay, off to find Gold? If so, how? Mostly asking if you're going to Elena it or just hunt around on your own.

[Iron Dragoon]

Yea, off to Gold. Elena it, likely.

[Anastasia]

Elena pops on in when you request her. She's dressed up in a dragon costume - looks high quality, at least. "Rawr, I'm a dragon now!" she declares, "Gold's off at the phase spiders, talking to Ebony and Moore. Canderella too."

[Iron Dragoon]

"...Thank you..."

Surraruthru wings off to the Phase Spiders!

[Anastasia]

Okay, time for a quick topic hop over to Moore's. I'll move you over there shortly.

[Anastasia]

Elena's not hard to find. "Oghma?" she replies once you ask, "Well, we don't have a lot of them here. Sylvie does follow him, though. She's really good at that sort of thing. She's in the baths, do you want me to tell her you're looking for her?"

[Iron Dragoon]

"Please. I'd like to enlist her help."

[Anastasia]

Elena vanishes and reappears shortly, "She'll meet you in the library in a half hour," she says.

Good to hop along?

[Iron Dragoon]

Yep.

[Anastasia]

A half hour passes. You find yourself sitting opposite Sylvie, who is all fresh and clean. ""You called?" she asks. She concentrates and waves her hand a moment, the scent of strawberries filling the air.

[Iron Dragoon]

"I did. Thank you for coming. Gold suggested I consult with Oghmites about my inquiry. I'm hunting a daemon named Secretus. Canderella has had a run in with his servants in the past. He deals in secrets and lost knowledge. I'm hunting him because I believe he and the Sword of Myr are hunting each other. I'm hoping if I can force a confrontation, the Sword will reveal itself, but all I know of Secretus is that his realm is in Hades. I'd like to capture him if possible, but I lack knowledge of almost everything about him."

[Anastasia]

"You came to the right place," Sylvie cracks her knuckles, "Let's get to it. Give me some time."

> roll 1d20+103 (+15 library, +10 knowledge of the gods, +23 factotum)
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 105 > [d20=2]
> roll 1d20+68 (+23 factotum)
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 69 > [d20=1]

Sylvie's busy for awhile, checking books with growing speed. She whips around, hair wild as she checks more and more. She scribbles notes, works away and finally mutters, "Got him!" It's been over an hour but she's smiling, "That's the trick to it. It's not anathemic knowledge but something different, more like secrets hiding in words and allusions. No wonder you can't find anything about him, the knowledge disguises itself, slips between pages and books like a chameleon. It's a code so well hidden you don't even realize there's a code. Oh, he's been written about before, but that's how he stays obscure. Tricky bastard."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Oh? Anything useful? If we could capture him, he'd be a great source of information, wouldn't he?"

[Anastasia]

"Sure, if you could make him talk." Sylvie says, "He hides himself. He controls secrets, uses them as weapons. He can strike and steal things about you, make them unknown. He could make your spellcasting a secret and you'd forget you could do it. Everyone would. He can do that to almost anything. An abomination." Sylvie's lips curl in a frown, "He takes knowledge and effectively kills it, save to serve him."

[Iron Dragoon]

"That's... really dangerous. This is sounding like we'll need some divine help with this."