It appears that this Alu isn’t the only problem in the area. It appears that my compatriot is plagued by an entity that appears to mean to do harm to the people around them, and also there seems to be a vampire roaming about. While I believe both of these to largely be distractions to the Throne’s main goals, they do seem to be serious threats.
The entity plaguing my compatriot seems to make them lose control of their abilities. This was kept under control by keeping them suppressed for most of market. But, as could be surmised, a wizard that needs to be constantly suppressed is not a particularly effective wizard. My concern is they seem to have a thirst for knowledge that is outside of their control at their current capabilities. It isn’t uncommon for our kind. Mages are notorious for not being able to control their urges for knowledge, but the smart ones are able to pull themselves back before their urges consume them. I hope that my compatriot can learn their limits.
The vampire apparently took over a Cyanahim monastery. Apparently the monks all became pawns of the vampire to help the vampire in some ritual. The unfortunate part is a number of mages and a knight of House Dragomir visited the monastery and similarly fell under the thrall of the vampire. Foolish lot. They fully knew there was a vampire in the monastery before stepping foot in it. Hopefully the affliction they were under passes.
There was some progress made with this Alu character. He was being burned by the Inquisition, but somehow he was able to turn into a ghost and escape final death in the purifying flames. He was also able to turn the town against each other seemingly by harnessing feelings of hatred. I did meet one of the Inquisition who works with House Drake. I must meet up with her and discuss if there is anything that can be done; if there has ever been something like this to have happened. For someone to be able to escape the Purifying Flames is chilling.
Lastly I was ordained as a priest under the order of Nuraniel during market. While I always thought I would some day enter the priesthood, I did not plan for it to be so soon. However, after seeing the state of the operation in Njordr, I felt I could be of more use not just as an agent of the guild, but also as a member of the church to help with the rampant problem of Malefic. While places of war are always going to have an excessive number of malefic, it appears that the meddling of heretics has increased this number. I am happy to help in any manner I can that the Guild can be more efficient, and the Throne can focus on their goal of winning Njordr. Also the only way to defeat the forces of darkness is with the light of God and Benulus, and the Church is only strengthened by an increase in it’s numbers.
