A matter of concern for the Hadereum
In reply to Ketil Deepwalker (msg # 15):
"This is Ketil Deepwalker, who oversees some of the repairs constantly being done in the undercity, and who endeavors to keep down incursions of vermin to the surface. He will assist you in your search, as he is in possession of a key that will open the majority of gates below.
He will help you penetrate the Saturnines lairs. I have some of their remains to show you."
The priest leads you into an antechamber, where a body lies on top of a table under a sheet, which he pulls back.
"Part of the initiation rite of these heretics is to dye their
robes in a barrel of cuttlefish which they prompt to release their ink by
drowning a cat in the barrel. This leaves them with black stained hands,
and many of them with scars on their faces and arms from the claws of the
xats they kill. They also wear these small crescent daggers, tucked into
wooden cross forms, so that they resemble monks in service to the
Tripartate god that is worshipped in the cathedral. Harmless as those sort
are, these definitely are not. The other mark of distinction is not a
constant. Many of them are missing toes, and one expedition discovered a
box full of them among the possessions of a succubus. What their motives truly are is sadly a matter of conjecture, although recently, they managed to assassinate every divinet, oracle, and prophet within the confines of the city. No seers remain, to my knowledge. We recovered some of the tools for divination they had stolen, but none here have the gift or skills to use them."