Post by Kai Rose on May 16, 2021 15:39:05 GMT -8
Two reports are given to Solomon on an urgent basis.
The second paper is a hand-written note and is clearly meant to be separate and unofficial.
To: Sir Solomon
From: Kai Rose
Priority: URGENT
Re: Keeper Movements Around Las Vegas
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Sir,
I entered the Hedge to hunt a Hydra in a party led by Buck Chasseur as a means of building trust with Spring. Also in attendance were Dame She-Wolf, Lancelot, Benjamin Murphy, Rowan, Linden, Finn and Firebringer. When we tracked the Hydra, we came under attack from a wall of artillery fire that appeared to be blanketing the entire district. In another timeline, we were all killed immediately on contact within milliseconds. Time rewound. I called a retreat into a trench. After we gained some distance through trench runs, Dame She-Wolf shifted the Hedge to take us to a Coven of Hags. The leader was known as the High One. We were able to acquire shelter for the night.
In the morning, once the High One realized what we were running from, we were given three minutes to leave. We negotiated for more time and the chance to escape, along with critical information on what we were facing. Rowan paid his core value; Benjamin Murphy a single Eye of the Oracle; Firebringer her hair; Linden their Metal flesh; and I my Touchstone. (I am spending significant effort on replacing it.)
We gained the following critical information:
The War Machine is burning the Hedge for no reason other than aimless destruction, causing other Keepers to flee. The Keepers cannot enter 'the Valley of the Dead' because our "rotting glamour poisons them" (I take this to mean Las Vegas). They have to hide near here until the War Machine has gone.
Three titles were about. Two remain:
1) The Midsummer Night was destroyed by the World-Eater.
2) The Last Unicorn is hiding in the shadow of the Goblin Market. The only way to oust this Fae is to 'free the Devil'.
3) She of the Sanctuary is infiltrating our Bastions. The bane of this Fae is to 'salt the paradise in Iron'.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
I recommend the Queen be notified forthwith.
Appropriate Oneiromancy experts should be pulled in to look into this. If the Sanctuary has managed to evade the Wards, there is grave danger.
The Market is also high risk if it is being occupied by the Last Unicorn. Who the Devil is should be researched and identified so that we can decide how to destroy that one. Bastion will need to know.
With their locations and banes, tactical solutions may be possible.
From: Kai Rose
Priority: URGENT
Re: Keeper Movements Around Las Vegas
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Sir,
I entered the Hedge to hunt a Hydra in a party led by Buck Chasseur as a means of building trust with Spring. Also in attendance were Dame She-Wolf, Lancelot, Benjamin Murphy, Rowan, Linden, Finn and Firebringer. When we tracked the Hydra, we came under attack from a wall of artillery fire that appeared to be blanketing the entire district. In another timeline, we were all killed immediately on contact within milliseconds. Time rewound. I called a retreat into a trench. After we gained some distance through trench runs, Dame She-Wolf shifted the Hedge to take us to a Coven of Hags. The leader was known as the High One. We were able to acquire shelter for the night.
In the morning, once the High One realized what we were running from, we were given three minutes to leave. We negotiated for more time and the chance to escape, along with critical information on what we were facing. Rowan paid his core value; Benjamin Murphy a single Eye of the Oracle; Firebringer her hair; Linden their Metal flesh; and I my Touchstone. (I am spending significant effort on replacing it.)
We gained the following critical information:
The War Machine is burning the Hedge for no reason other than aimless destruction, causing other Keepers to flee. The Keepers cannot enter 'the Valley of the Dead' because our "rotting glamour poisons them" (I take this to mean Las Vegas). They have to hide near here until the War Machine has gone.
Three titles were about. Two remain:
1) The Midsummer Night was destroyed by the World-Eater.
2) The Last Unicorn is hiding in the shadow of the Goblin Market. The only way to oust this Fae is to 'free the Devil'.
3) She of the Sanctuary is infiltrating our Bastions. The bane of this Fae is to 'salt the paradise in Iron'.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
I recommend the Queen be notified forthwith.
Appropriate Oneiromancy experts should be pulled in to look into this. If the Sanctuary has managed to evade the Wards, there is grave danger.
The Market is also high risk if it is being occupied by the Last Unicorn. Who the Devil is should be researched and identified so that we can decide how to destroy that one. Bastion will need to know.
With their locations and banes, tactical solutions may be possible.
The second paper is a hand-written note and is clearly meant to be separate and unofficial.
If I may speak freely: a common enemy would go a long way to bolstering our ranks and rallying the Freehold behind us -- and lend our office incredible public credibility if we act first. The Freehold needs you more than ever with a True Fae infiltrating the minds of the Lost.
If Cinder could be persuaded to swear to you somehow, her skill set matched with our own could be very effective.
In any event, Summer paid deeply for this. We deserve our due.
-K
If Cinder could be persuaded to swear to you somehow, her skill set matched with our own could be very effective.
In any event, Summer paid deeply for this. We deserve our due.
-K
