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The Search For Kathea, A Leap Into A Return To Undermountain P4

  Iriisii goes from the doorway, along with the band of writing, tracing some phrases with her fingers, speaking words in an unknown language to others, and sometimes both at the same time to still others, each time the letters remain visible as she makes her way around. Then as she finishes with the last group."      "What now...eerp." As a mandala-like pattern of light begins forming on the floor. At once eerie and beautiful, it traces a path, sometimes crossing over, sometimes running alongside until it reaches the center where it forms a pool of light.      "I take it we are meant to traverse this path?"      "Yes, we are. It will not be simple. It will try and resist us, but we can make it to the center. Let me break the trail first, it will be a little easier for the rest of you following. Telasine follow me, Reaper behind her, then Ciri, Nodens bring up the rear."      They start walking the path fairly easily, even...

The Search For Kathea, A Leap Into A Return To Undermountain P3

     "I don't believe what I am hearing! Vampires offering to fight for you!"      Sighs heavily, "maybe one day if you should decide to stay with me long enough you will learn why they did as they did. For now, just understand that for whatever reason they decided to do so. Now we need to take a closer look at this altar and pit before moving on. I feel that I may be returning sometime later to destroy this and I want to make sure that I seal it up tight before doing that."      She finds strange symbols barely visible running around the top edge of the altar. As she tries to feel any pattern to the symbols, she notes a strange sense of nausea coming over her. These have to be powerful indeed to cause such a reaction. She backs away until the nausea fades. She then inquires of her ancestral memories if they know anything. The only thing they come up with that she can understand is that the symbols are from somewhere outside of Creation, as t...

The Search For Kathea, A Leap Into A Return To Undermountain P2

 The Search For Kathea, A Leap Into A Return To Undermountain P2      Reaper takes one look at the 'star blade' and shouts to Iriisii, "poison! I will see to the assassin, help the Naiad." They change targets on the run, Reaper lays the blade of his scythe against the assassin's neck, "move and die". The coldness of his voice was only matched by the coldness within his eyes. The assassin does not move.      Iriisii does a fast scan of the Naiad, whatever poison was used, was powerful and fast, then as she sees what kind of damage it is doing, she swears a 'blue streak'. She pulls the star blade out and begins pouring healing power into the wound. She slows the damage but also knows there is only one thing that will save her. She pulls her own dagger and prepares to do what she has to after a brief but heartfelt prayer to the 'Mother'.      She places the dagger just barely into the wound to open it to allow Iriisii to work.    ...

The Search For Kathea, A Leap Into A Return To Undermountain P1

The Search For Kathea, A Leap Into A Return To Undermountain P1      Iriisii and Reaper start down into the cave mouth, down into the warren of tunnels, where lies the 'Keep of the First Ones'. And inside of that dark place, lies a locked and 'void metal' sealed 'Dwemer Lockbox', transported there for one sole purpose. To serve as the final and permanent prison for the 'Man of Glass'.        What he truly is, demon, devil, monster, all these names and more fit him. But no one, perhaps even himself, knows his true origins, or what abomination spawned him. All Iriisii knows is that with the help of Geralt of Rivia, and Letho of Gulet, Witchers of the 'School of the Wolf' and 'School of the Viper', she and they were able to bring the 'Man of Glass' down in combat, and she then caused his soul to be split and drawn between two demon inhabited blades.      The blades, she later came to learn, were forged by Arioch, Lord of the Courts o...