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Dragon,

I know what I want from you now. It's a big ask, but it would give me endless statisfaction until my death.

Send someone and think up something you'd wish from me.

Nathaniel

Acolyte Zoe,

Please stop sending so many spies my way. You are stopping every individual you find on the streets and asking them to scout my domain. It was my understanding the Priory consists of intelligent & charming weavers. But you are behaving like an incompetent.

As the primary broker of information inside the Creep, I would very much advice you to engage with me instead. I do not have any heavy opinions about the Priory one way or the other.

Best regards,

NATHANIEL BLACKVALE

D.A,

You were supposed to work for me.

Nevermind, then.

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You know who

[We have placed the Wards.]

[A notice is plastered exclusively in the Creep below Ephia's Well. UNSIGNED.]

[It contains the drawing, by charcoal, of a robed figure, a woman, blood on the lips...]

The Acolytes are in the Process of eating your Dreams.
And for what you may ask? Their insanity has multitude of reasons.

What you dream of, might be grounded in reality.
What you dream of, might be made into reality.
What you dream of, might be seeped from you to strengthen them.

And the most Djinn, nefarious reason of them all, one dark acolyte stands and tops them all.

All she wishes is TO EAT.

We have placed the Wards.

Trust not in me, like some ruler over you, I am your neighbor, concerned for you and us all.

Allow them no entrance! Allow them no presence here! Allow them no spies! Allow them not to take freely from you!

WHAT IS YOURS, IS YOURS.

FIGHT TO KEEP YOUR MIND.

I just came up with the worst idea.

Dragon,

would you like to overthrow a foreign government?

Blackvale

That fraudulent man! Bare feet. Has me crush a SYMBOL of his own faith. Metal and gold. Books of other faiths. Petrification-turning of those loyal.

All the warning signs are there...

You will be freed! I will free you from the shackles this feign-priest binds you in. Perhaps you could all return to being Man? If not, I imagine at least your souls will find deserved rest.


Yes... The Leech... That should be that lazy content bastard's moniker.

D.A.

Please visit, I have need of your services, to suppress and disencourage certain information and behavior.

I would discuss this matter in person.

But only if you have time and effort to spend playing an active role.

The issue(s) at hand require deliberate and immediate action and I have no time for a slow burn waste of time.

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You know who (that pays well)

Dear diary,

I am feeling forlorn. I used to be able to sit by warm hearth in the Krak des Roses, Rosewine readily available. I used to stirr the glass, glance into the wine and daydream about how to furnish my Ashview Manse.

It is true that everyone in Ephia's Well was lesser to my brilliance and that they annoyed me with their bumbling incompetence and mindless arrogance and self-congratulatory nature... BUT, it was a better fate than the loneliness I endure now.

I've made a bit of a friend I think in this silly drunk Genady Toporov. He has stones for brains, but he seems loyal and honest. These two qualities are what I desire most in a friend, because that makes them easy to control. People who are friends but do not listen to my great intellect tend to cause huge problems. Ugh.

But he is unrefined and brutish. Reminds me of Osric and Arjuna. Occasional visitors are either sand covered wandering paupers, flea-ridden wormingers or very old Elves that keep talking about their inevitable decay and death. The only refined gentleman to have graced me with their presence barely visits but when he does I feel a monocle of the old me, a happy tingle!

It's not all bad though, there's no backstabbing Janissaries or Gold League members here and no Arjuna that beats me up all the time. Most my bruises have healed, I just lack an arm is all, but maybe a Djinn or unwholesome Spoke could help me in that regard! Grow it back through some dark and twisted sacrifice. Maybe I could fuel such a ritual with one of my enemies's innards. Mmm... that would be righteous justice. Not that I possess any knowledge in that regard, this is idle speculation...

Maybe I should kidnap that Nadiri Ashley, wasn't she a doctor? And Astronomer? She can ask the Stars or some otherworldly being and then also carry out the operation. But if I beat her up right before the operation then she'll be liable to make mistakes. I can't imagine you can thread a needle when your arms are broken. Such predicaments!

At least I was brought a box of Rosewine yesterday, definitely a highlight in the last two weeks.

Now, if my loyal employees finally get to complete the very murderous work I have given them, coin will flow in and I'll be able to furnish the Real Palatial Pyramid! I must make sure it is more luxurious than the Legate Office, which by the way, is really easy to accomplish. The office seemed made for function and not comfort. Fit for the drones they are! Dull boring cobbled little drones they are, these Ephians... Do they even enjoy good wine? Enjoy good foods? Do they hire entertainment? Do they purchase Art? Do they enjoy a gladiator fight? Do they ever do anything remotely appropriate for someone in power and in riches? No they do not. This is why I enjoyed Arjuna Namahedu initially, he showed some Spokes forsaken personality! Personality!

Do you hear that Ephians? Personality! And joy! EVER HEARD OF THAT? All those Ephians are so focused on their jobs and despite that, despite all their essence poured into being a boring drone, they STILL manage to do a POOR job.

It should be me on the Throne of Ephia's Well, honestly! But it seems I must settle for the second best option, the Throne of Crime! Haha. I do enjoy the thought of being feared... Never quite expected or desired it but, I think I do now! Yes... Make me happy, my loyal underlings! Kill them all and make them scared.

Dragon,

I will convey such. I do not think he respects you the same way. Simultaneously, he has no desire to kill me or you or anyone else he feels hasn't sticked it out with Arjuna Namahedu.

Just be wary, don't create too many connections with troublesome figures. Men like Osric have no subtlety in their veins, and he'll make similar mistakes in the future.

Allow me to be your conduit in Creep dealings and let's keep it publicly hidden.

This is to your benefit.

BLACKVALE

Dragon,

Osric is my neighbor. Yes.

What do you need?

BLACKVALE

Dragon,

Your ambition is to be commended, it almost seems divine! Perhaps proof that it rightfully the domain of dragons, wyverns and wyrms. I believe your desires have trickled down to me and I will have you know that they will be fulfilled. I write to you now because I had a spontaneous idea. Recently, I have come in possession of some more trustworthy employees and I aim to set them to work. It seems that promising the foreign states Water Barrels has been politically awkward, so why not... SMUGGLE? That way you can cut any kind of Water-Deal with any kind of Foreign state! Perhaps then you could also ask something in return from Kha'Esh for example, that is also politically awkward... Slaves? Blood-Rubies? Who knows what you can demand from them. Of course you can't have slaves be slaves inside Ephia's Well or something like that, but you throw some Banda Rossa colors on them and have them chase off some Iakmes orcs or catch the first one, two, three volleys of arrows to have the *actually* useful Banda Rossans survive until weapons clash. Maybe their leadership will purchase them off of you. Alternatively, I wouldn't mind purchasing your very cheapest slaves. The most useless ones. Not in bulk.

As you can hear, I am filled with good ideas and would like nothing more than to work together and create opportunities. Let me hear what the Creep can do!

PS: Don't trust Talis until he has proven himself, he is whispering into everyone's ears and has yet to pick his course. If you are not his course, all you will have told him, is in enemy hands.

With adoration,

NATHANIEL BLACKVALE

They have forgotten me.
I have not forgotten them.

I have made them suffer and this will only continue on.
For some, the conclusion comes soon.

Mighty & Esteemed Speaker Red Lips,

My strategy seems to be working. Thus, I would notify there's room to double our efforts.
Assuming our desired results would be bolstered by it.

If yes, let me know and I shall come to collect another.
If no, feel free to ignore this letter in it's totality.


Nathaniel Blackvale

Rajo,

You might have a difficult time believing that I would without trouble play host to weary guests.

Even if only in business, I am certain many guests shall grace this humble abode.

I have no trouble paying you coin, but since you refuse it, next time in the Windblown Camp, I shall pay sizeable tithe.

Let us meet whenever you are able and complete the transaction.


You have my earnest gratitude. I owe you a favor.

NATHANIEL BLACKVALE