Being clever, Brother Ashen sent our adventurers to Brother Jayer whom I had sent to Undine to comfort Damara. Damara had confided in him that her daughter had been complaining of horrid nightmares involving pictures of a terrible war that killed everyone she cared for and loved. While he was there he scoured the bedroom of the girl in search for further clues. He found nothing, not even the mysterious signet ring.
Brother Jayer sent them to his mentor Lady Felicity whom he knew was praying in Ceannlaidir’s temple. As they arrived there, Felicity told them that she had no information, but if they liked she could throw bones to read the omens. After they returned with the skulls of three different creatures, Felicity interpreted the meaning to be that the god Ceannlaidir was calling the girl forth toHim.
The clever adventurers headed straight away to the temple of veils in Mileth where they found the young girl transfixed by Ceannlaidir’s avatar. Taillte slowly awoke from a trance-like state. The presence of aislings in the room broke Ceannlaidir's spell on her. She handed them a family heirloom and sent them back to me.
When I returned to Undine and handed the heirlooms
to Damara, she knew her daughter had been found and she was overjoyed.
The priesthood of Fiosachd were so delighted with the way things turned
out they dumped piles of gifts and gold into my lap to give to the adventurers
who had helped to find precious Taillte.
After Taillte was safe at home, My fellow
priests and I heard the rest of the story which I happily imparted to the
seekers. Taillte was having visions of war which were sent to her by Lord
Ceannlaidir. After the uprising, the war god had hoped for a monumental
battle. When things calmed, he thought he could stir the people into fighting
by making the child look as though she has been kidnapped. If Damara had
reported the “crime”, it might have worked. I’d like to think that Fiosachd
whispered in her ear that there might be a better way.
What about the ring? As the ring was never found, we now know it was merely an illusion placed by the God of war to incite Damara to anger. Perhaps the great God Ceannlaidir will try his trickery again one day and in the mind of my adventurers, they can’t wait to foil him again!
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