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The In<strong>it</strong>iate turned and, beckoned that I was to follow. His beady eyes<br />
sw<strong>it</strong>ched to the slaves and I almost thought I saw a flicker of lust cross his<br />
stony countenance. He beckoned me to follow and disappeared between<br />
the twin flames of the Vault of Kamash, down the steps that led into <strong>it</strong>s<br />
underground chamber. I followed warily and alone, in the chamber, we<br />
talked.<br />
Talarius~FC~Aneesha~Ven~AMB : <strong>so</strong> … the Scroll of Sangerm<strong>it</strong>t – aye?<br />
Gallus~Ven~I : You will never see <strong>it</strong> again, whatever Quintus has told you<br />
Talarius~FC~Aneesha~Ven~AMB seeing the look of disbelief on my face<br />
he continued …<br />
Gallus~Ven~I : It will NEVER ER see the light of day again!<br />
He paused, shocked by his own raised voice<br />
Gallus~Ven~I : The Scroll was deciphered, then the code hidden w<strong>it</strong>hin <strong>it</strong><br />
was broken, this is the translated passage that concerns us<br />
He handed me a sheet of rence as I wondered why he now saw us as<br />
sharing <strong>so</strong>me common cause, I took the parchment and read ….<br />
I had heard that there was <strong>so</strong>me discord amongst the ranks of the Blessed<br />
Ones, of a sect known as the “Revisionists” who questioned the primacy of<br />
the Priest Kings. The scroll described a place and not <strong>so</strong>me ancient Scribe<br />
or In<strong>it</strong>iate. Sanger M<strong>it</strong>t, “overreaching cliff” was one interpretation of that<br />
word. It seems that long ago a craft of the “Others” crashed there, an<br />
accident of <strong>so</strong>me <strong>so</strong>rt or the Priest Kings by now would have vaporised <strong>it</strong>.<br />
I wondered at the author of that Scroll, his motives, certainly he was<br />
skilled to encode the scroll’s real message <strong>so</strong> well that <strong>it</strong> escaped the<br />
notice of those few In<strong>it</strong>iates who must have seen <strong>it</strong> <strong>so</strong> long ago, before <strong>it</strong><br />
vanished into the mists of legend.<br />
Talarius~FC~Aneesha~Ven~AMB : Why was the Sangerm<strong>it</strong>t Scroll brought<br />
to me in the first place? Your doing??<br />
Gallus~Ven~I : No, , we thought <strong>it</strong> lost, but the Dark Ones have agents too.<br />
Talarius~FC~Aneesha~Ven~AMB : I can see why this would interest the<br />
Revisionists<br />
My comment h<strong>it</strong> home and he winced before replying