Mummy's Mask - Shifting Sands [IC]

[Gwynfrid]

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It's hard to find a deserted place in the middle of a major city. The best bet would be inside the library, or inside the well. I'm going to assume you settle on either of those.

Oathday, 30 Abadius

After a restful, undisturbed night spent in Vershab's small but comfortable extra-dimensional room, the group gets back to the Dark Depository, their minds on research. It appears nobody has come around the place in their absence, and the arcanist's wards are still in place. After dismissing them, he gets back to work.

Spoiler: research

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Vershab is the only one with a change to do anything really.
Knowledge(religion) including library bonus (1d20+22)[27]

Vershab ends up finding scraps of a personal journal, by a priest of Nethys named Khnenti, who clearly became obsessed with the mystery of the Sky Pharaoh. One extract reads, “The Mask of the Forgotten Pharaoh is said to contain a portion of Hakotep’s soul, his ka, which gives the mask its magical abilities.” The document details the magic abilities of the mask, confirming the information the group uncovered in Wati. Khnenti seems to have set out upon some sort of quest to unravel these mysteries. There is also brief mention of the Sacrosanct Order of the Blue Feather hoping to commune with the Sky Pharaoh to learn his “darkest secrets,” but with ambiguous results.

Vershab concludes that he's found everything he could in this room.

Spoiler: Scrolls

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These are scrolls of animate dead, contagion, ray of exhaustion, and symbol of pain.