Character Connections

• Chartreuse – Dreams of Hawkwind. Why don’t you come with me?
• Eldrox – The artifact isn’t itself evil but through it was channeled terrible energies.
• Helm – St Cuthbert wants helm to slay the high priests of the three cults and ensure the doors to the Black Cathedral remain closed.
• Radon – What does Radon think of what’s going on with the three cults?
• Voxi – The artifact is a machine. A key of sorts that touches upon other worlds.
• Zaffre – There is dark magic here – old magic of demon princes. Zalthor must be killed.

Strong Start

Mercenaries come in – what’s all this then??

Scenes

• Mercenaries in the chamber. The artifact is silent.
• Infiltrating the throne of Gurin.
• Conversation between Gurin and Zalthor Darkthrone.

Secret and Clues

• Zalthor Darkthrone seeks the Black Cathedral. He is close, but he needs the obelisk under Valentin’s Folly to be under the control of the Black Harbinger.
• Zalthor’s other high priests are dead – Gurin must not fail him.
• Gurin secretly fears the obelisk. There’s a reason he has not gone to find the obelisk himself.
• Voxi’s great granduncle, Gaven Fiddlegibble, worked for Valentin of Valentin’s Folly. He built a chamber to hide the artifact Valentin had found and protected it with a key.
• Gurin now has the key but it will not activate for him. He is no artificer.
• Zalthor has a priestess named Territh Skullborn who serves him still