FINAL TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

FINAL TRIAL

[The doors at the other end of the city do not open for the Titled. However, whatever is going on in there still brings forth bright lights from within, and ultimately, it is to the steps of the entrance that everyone is drawn to. It's not the most formal setting for figuring out the truth of the matter before them.

Eric's brought the snacks, at least.

The Dragonborn sits at the top of the stairs, looking down as everyone congregates.]

...Having this key...I am certain I can open the door with little difficulty. But before I do we must make certain we know and understand exactly what we will be facing. What we are facing. These people...they are doing something and we must ensure we can somehow stop it.


[The end is near. The objectives of this quest are simple:

Who is the Mastermind? What is going on in this world? And...of course...why did the Mastermind want to kill 15 strangers?

Good luck, Titled.]

Comments

[carries_war]

That would explain the mummification. I thought they might've just left the corpse in the sun for a while, but being deliberately drained of blood would also explain it. I wonder...if she was someone Alexis knew.

[intercessing]

A mummy?

[carries_war]

Not the sort most people think of, but...a corpse that was so dried out, it didn't rot. The paper about Snow-Throat was tucked away in her clothes.

[socialhacktivist]

It sounds like they were married. She was looking for them as soon as we got her out. It seems like she expected that they had to be here-- that they're just the kind of person that can't help but get involved.

[carries_war]

Seems about like the Alexis I've gotten to know. But I'm talking about...someone who's already dead. She had the note with Alexis' handprint on it tucked into her clothes.

[socialhacktivist]

Oh...

[Oh no. That sounds... bad.]

Well we won't know if we don't ask. The connection might be important.

[They can't afford not to look into it.]

Paging Cessy

[carries_war]

Yeah...

[He turns toward Alexis]

Did you see the corpse in the coffin on our way out?

Re: Paging Cessy

[intercessing]

...I didn't, but I did see the coffin.

I...it looked like the Night Mother's.

[carries_war]

Night Mother? Who's that?

[intercessing]

The true leader of the Dark Brotherhood. A group of assassins...that...I was also the head of.

...I was the head of a lot of organizations, it seems like.

[carries_war]

Sounds like it.

[He can't even really judge the assassins thing, since he was raised as a mercenary himself. He'll just trust that Alexis wouldn't kill innocents.]

Was she a vampire?

[intercessing]

No. She was an ancient, wedded to Sithis, who founded the Dark Brotherhood.

[carries_war]

Was she already dead before all this, then?

[intercessing]

Yes, many centuries ago. It is she who is still prayed to, though, when one calls for the aid of the Dark Brotherhood.

[carries_war]

But I'm guessing her corpse isn't supposed to be hanging out in a locked room in a fortress at Snow-Throat.

[intercessing]

No, it is not.