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A Clandestine Meeting
"Scout Kyrstig has an important report to share: a secret meeting between Loknashra and the leader of the Cult of Drugoth hints at their true motives in the region..."
Background
Scout Kyrstig has an important report to share: a secret meeting between Loknashra and the leader of the Cult of Drugoth hints at their true motives in the region...
Objective 1
Kyrstig is ready to describe what she saw earlier.
You should talk to Kyrstig.
- Kyrstig: 'A little while ago, I was looking around the Thing-fold, admiring the grand and ancient structures, when I heard someone walking whose voice I did not recognize.'
Objective 2
- Listen to the conversation
Kyrstig is describing what she saw transpire between the Angmarim cultist and Loknashra.
You should listen to the conversation.
- When I got close, I realized it was an Angmarim man, and Loknashra!
- A private conversation between those two must be important, so I moved into position to eavesdrop
- Loknashra says, "So? What was so important that we had to meet alone?"
- Loknashra says, "I do not believe you foolish enough to attempt to kill me. Not by yourself."
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "Kill you? Oh no, I would never wish harm on my prized pupil. Do you still not trust me?"
- Loknashra says, "Hmm. Distrust is in our nature."
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "I understand. It is a useful survival instinct."
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "I wished to speak with you about the staff you reclaimed from the <race>."
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "You can sense the power coursing through it, can you not?"
- Loknashra says, "...Yes. What is this, really?"
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "It is no mere trinket. It is the very staff Drugoth himself wielded in his physical form. It is the weapon of a powerful Gaunt-lord."
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "While the Warlord has his own reasons for marching up the Father's Path, the Cult of Drugoth has other aims, and they require that staff."
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "The fell spirits are easily called from the winds at this high elevation. We have need of them in all their legions to fuel a ritual."
- Loknashra says, "What ritual?"
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "A ritual to impart the power of the Gaunt-lord to a chosen member of our cult, the new wielder of the Staff of Drugoth."
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "It is my hope that the one chosen... will be you."
- Loknashra says, "Why me? I have not yet mastered your magic."
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "No, but you will soon. Your strength and cunning have made you a natural."
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "The ritual would make you incredibly powerful. I can think of none more deserving."
- Loknashra says, "Why not receive it yourself, then?"
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "Hah... my duty has always been to teach, to spread the word of our master. If you accept, I will facilitate your transition to our new leader."
- Loknashra says, "...I accept. I will use this new power to win this war in the name of the Frost-horde."
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "Excellent!"
- Loknashra says, "Dushtalbúk must not find out about this. The Warlord is prone to envy."
- Ugarad the Harbinger says, "Of course. It will be our secret, then."
- Kyrstig: 'A secret ritual? This sounds like something we should try and prevent!'
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