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-[[people:Charles]], knife in hand, goes running out through the longhouse and into the night. [[people:amer_terrante]] chases after him yelling to all that the demon is getting away, but the confused crowd simply stare at him as the others stagger out of the caverns. Charles leads Amer on a merry chase, eventually leaving him over a snowy precipice. When he offers one last time for Amer to give the knife to his cousin, Amer freely accepts. Charles laughs as he disappears while Amer hides the knife and trudges back through the snow.
+[[people:Charles]], knife in hand, goes running out through the longhouse and into the night. [[people:Amer Terrante]] chases after him yelling to all that the demon is getting away, but the confused crowd simply stare at him as the others stagger out of the caverns. Charles leads Amer on a merry chase, eventually leaving him over a snowy precipice. When he offers one last time for Amer to give the knife to his cousin, Amer freely accepts. Charles laughs as he disappears while Amer hides the knife and trudges back through the snow.
 ==== The First Test ====
-In the longhouse [[people:Rakul Shaleem]], [[people:Brizanthimus]], and [[people:Xarth]] realize that something very wrong has happened. An elderly man and woman do not just own the longhouse, but in fact they are the longhouse – bonded to the spell that creates the cavern and the [[atlas:Tminir Towner#Steward of the Tower]]. They are the first test and no Master can survive the corruption without passing all of the tests. Amer only passed the test of will – he grasped for the power for his own self-aggrandizement – and so doomed those in the valley. Rakul is okay with this as long as the ale continues to flow – the cold dark await us all.
+In the longhouse [[people:Rakul Shaleem]], [[people:Brizanthimus]], and [[people:Xarth]] realize that something very wrong has happened. An elderly man and woman do not just own the longhouse, but in fact they are the longhouse – bonded to the spell that creates the cavern and the [[atlas:Tminir Tower#Steward of the Tower]]. They are the first test and no Master can survive the corruption without passing all of the tests. Amer only passed the test of will – he grasped for the power for his own self-aggrandizement – and so doomed those in the valley. Rakul is okay with this as long as the ale continues to flow – the cold dark await us all.
 Xarth leaves the longhouse to search for Amer, but does not return before [[people:Karina]] finds Briz. She had a map of this village and when she heard that the testing was coming she immediately came here. Briz knows there is no way she could have known the previous master died in time to come here since it has been less that two days – but he cannot argue with her presence in the village. She has a map to return to [[atlas:Bornheim]] and a wagon full of stuff she found – just in case Briz wants to travel with her.
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 ==== Some days you cannot get rid of an Evil Artifact ====
-They reach Bornheim and the city is buzzing with activity and rumors. Countess [[people:Beatrice Hapsteng]] is holding a grand party in honor of the birthday of Baron [[people:Donat Lange]], Lord Marshall of Bornheim. More interesting, and also more problematic, is a growing rumor that Crown Prince [[people:Corwyn Reiner]] potentially has a male heir from the time he spent in [[atlas:Krandryia]]. The boy would an undeclared bastard, but the Crown Prince was well loved by many and his murder by orcs is still mourned. The [[lore:Western Lords]] are already grumbling over the extensive war with [[atlas:Irill]] – if this rumor is true it could mean civil war.
+They reach Bornheim and the city is buzzing with activity and rumors. Countess [[people:Beatrice Hapsteng]] is holding a grand party in honor of the birthday of Baron [[people:Donat Lange]], Lord Marshall of Bornheim. More interesting, and also more problematic, is a growing rumor that Crown Prince [[people:Corwyn Reiner]] potentially has a male heir from the time he spent in [[atlas:Krandryia]]. The boy would an undeclared bastard, but the Crown Prince was well loved by many and his murder by orcs is still mourned. The [[atlas:Kingdom of Dakar#Western Lords]] are already grumbling over the extensive war with [[atlas:Irill]] – if this rumor is true it could mean civil war.
-As everyone settles in Amer visits his [[people:Girardino da Liovla]] only to find that he does not actually want the knife and refuses to take ownership of it. His plans calls for Amer to carry the knife into the Countess' party where he has a man on the inside. Amer, the eligible son of a house that the Countess is courting for an alliance, would not be scrutinized too heavily. His man will find Amer and after an exchange to code phrases would arrange to take possession of the knife.
+As everyone settles in Amer visits his [[people:Girardino da Liovia]] only to find that he does not actually want the knife and refuses to take ownership of it. His plans calls for Amer to carry the knife into the Countess' party where he has a man on the inside. Amer, the eligible son of a house that the Countess is courting for an alliance, would not be scrutinized too heavily. His man will find Amer and after an exchange to code phrases would arrange to take possession of the knife.
 Amer is displeased as this leaves him unable to meet Charles' conditions and also satisfy Girardino. To make matters worse, his cousin arranged for them to meet inside an office within the [[atlas:Districts of Bornheim#Palace District]]. This arrogant display of power shows just how untouchable he currently it in this city. It would be difficult to move against him at this stage of things.
-Amer attempts several other avenues of fulfilling his obligations, but each one meets in failure – even the [[lore:Vulfgrau Trading House]] refuses to intervene unless doing otherwise would cause Girardino's plan to fail. It is a frustrating two days to chasing people down only to find doors closed in his face. It almost seems as if someone or something is acting against him, but who or what that is remains unknown.
+Amer attempts several other avenues of fulfilling his obligations, but each one meets in failure – even the [[orgs:vulfgrau_trading_house]] refuses to intervene unless doing otherwise would cause Girardino's plan to fail. It is a frustrating two days to chasing people down only to find doors closed in his face. It almost seems as if someone or something is acting against him, but who or what that is remains unknown.
 The others have far more luck. Rakul acquires a large bottle of lye along with several barrels. His plan is to kill Girardino and dispose of his body in [[atlas:Districts of Bornheim#The Wash]]. His second plan involves the ship that Girardino has anchored in the bay.