to: everyone

[ushiri]

[ While he doesn't really like or trust mass broadcasting like this, he's gotten to a point of frustration where he's throwing some amount of caution to the wind: ]

In Thorne there isn't much useful information recorded about their gods, at least not in the castle.

Considering recent events - anyone else having luck in their research? The mirror, the poison berry - have these symbols appeared before?

[ He knows he's not the only one that's been looking for information. ]

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[shadowthief]

[It's a little bit like it's her time to shine when this call-out come across her vision while she's perched in the window of Kaz's room- religion, gods, folklore, these are the things that Inej has focused her research on since arriving in this world almost a year ago. At first, it had been because it was a comfort in seeking the familiar. Now, it's more of a mission to understand the cultures they're surrounded by.]

I have two passages discovered when I was in Solvunn, the first I found myself on a scrap of paper tucked away in a book in hurried handwriting-

Ever searching
Ever longing
Lost and greedy
Wails of mourning
What has been found is never enough
Her reach is vast and cutting.

The other, someone else mentioned being told by one of the old-timers, also in Solvunn-

Speaking between the trees yet voiceless,
Dozens of eyes but faceless,
No mouth to feed and always hungry,
fury which could level cities,
His good grace maintains our temperament.

Everything I've ever found or been told about the gods here, though... it all amounts mostly to cautionary tales for children. I know there must be hidden truths in those things, there always are, but they do not make it an easy search. Cadens' people aren't keen on the gods, anyway, they think of them more as relics of a time long past.

[Which is frustrating, but she's learned to deal with it in her time here. There are plenty of dissenters and unbelievers of the Saints back home, too.]

second part is private

[ushiri]

That's
ominous

[ The next message is sent directly and only visible to her. ]

It sounds like the speech of Oracles. They passed down prophecy wrapped up in riddles.

Do your people believe in demons?

[shadowthief]

To say the least. Finding anything beyond it has so far not gone well.

[Private]

I wonder if Lady Elin in Nochwich might know more that she'd be willing to discuss.

[True fortune tellers are rare, but revered by her people. To say she respected the woman was an understatement.]

Yes.
...Why?

[ushiri]

I didn't get a chance to meet her. What was she like?

Curious about overlaps. Our scripture talks about an empire of demons. Someone from Solvunn mentioned that the people there consider the heralds more like a plague than gods.

feel free to drop <3

[shadowthief]

Like most fortune tellers. A bit aloof. But I trust her. Foolish, perhaps, but... hard not to. They're very respected by my people.

There are a few stories of my Saints defeating demons. They're always presented more like... beasts, I suppose. Do you know Dean? He might know something more worth comparison.

[ushiri]

Foolish? Maybe so. But I always enjoy hearing about your home.

I've met Dean a few times. Do you know him well?

[shadowthief]

Likewise.

Fairly well, I think? He's one of the grumpy men trying to adult at me on occasion.

[ushiri]

I didn't realize we had enough for you to grow a collection.

[shadowthief]

A few. Dean and Geralt, mostly? Sam's not really so grumpy in my experience, though.