Well Kass nothing has worked out as we thought it would. Josephine is dead (not that we could have done much with her anyways because of her True Faith) and the sword is with the fae now, after one of our own Bahari stole it from us and brought it to Josephine.
Yes you read that correctly, we had a rat in our Garden and I'm just as annoyed with that as you are, trust me. But I think we have a solution for that now. Our new Entrancement powers should work wonders on our breathing friends and see if their loyalties lie with the Dark Mother and not with some other pathetic beliefs. And if we have another rat? Just surround them and give them one of our addicting kisses. Turn them into a double agent and offer them the reward of more kisses if they do our bidding. I think that the other Lakha are trustable. No need to do anything to them.
Obviously I couldn't study the sword as it was gone, so we might have to find other material for that. But I have another idea altogether as well. How about a ritual to bring us closer to Lilith? A dark communion of sorts! I can't say exactly what kind of effect that would have on us, but if we delve deep enough maybe, just maybe, we can test their true faith for what it's worth. Make us appear so demonic to them that their True Faith will be repelled by our unholy will. But, as I said, maybe we'll find another relic sooner rather than later or we could just speak to some theologians with weeks on end and get a better understanding. Maybe we can even use that collar which we still have to capture someone with lesser True Faith and see if that does something for us. Whatever you favor, I'll follow right behind you.
S/NM