Privateers of Lssthp II [IC]

[TriciaOso]

"Professor Siduri" (Servius falls back on old habits) "Does this traitor have a name? It sounds as though you are hinting at a goal of releasing Herself (or is it Herselves?) from her prison. That would be catastrophic! What kind of fool would seek that?"

Does this traitor have a name and a face, and perhaps a magical signature that can be traced? Is the ship and departure date known? Is this a mission of imprisonment to face justice, or are we seeking to bring back only a head?"

"His name is Trionyx, a young tortle monk of my order. As a child, his lifeforce became bound to an artifact of Shetyw, one of the ancient and obscure deities we study in my part of the Library. He joined us because he burned with curiosity about the god that preserved him, but despite his best efforts, it seemed only fragments remained. He has been in the unusual position of the prophet of a god whose will is a mystery... a god who may not even exist outside the shard embedded in Trionyx."

"And now, we believe, he has become convinced that Shetyw is merely one more mask of Tiamat. All of that frustration and zeal, converted in a moment into an ambition to... well, an ambition to seek out the Sunhome, first and foremost. "

"We cannot be entirely sure what he intends there, but what you have spoken is indeed what we fear. In any case, he has stolen the text and taken ship for the Sunhome Isles. It is a book of dark magic and the foulest heresies. No good can come of it being loose in the world. Our primary mission must be to retrieve it; what becomes of Trionyx, I'm afraid, is of secondary importance."

Her face is grim as she says this; it seems as if she regrets it, but has no doubt.

"As for his ship... that is another little mystery. The frigate Broad Fin was in dock while the mount recovered from injuries sustained in battle. Her crew was ashore. Yet it seems he stole it--alone--and broke out of dock. It took some time to put the two disappearances together; we are a week behind him, or a little less."