A Briefing for the Xanathar concerning the Grand Game
From the Hand of Ahmaergo—
I am very sorry that we have failed you lord Xanathar. You should not have been surprised by the revelations of the emissaries of the Zhentarim . The litany of what we now know—
The Eye you hold is one of Three which belong to the Stone.
The Eye which should have been yours has been taken from Neverember’s get by Manshoon to Kolat Towers. We currently seek to capture a Zhentarim lieutenant and take possession of one of the pass-amulets which would allow us access to the Towers. Unfortunately, Manshoon’s agents are well-trained and have either evaded our attempts or destroyed their amulets before we could secure them. Through Nihiloor’s enhanced interrogations, however, we have ascertained blueprints for the Towers which will prove essential when it comes time to take that which by right belongs to you.
We have also learned that Manshoon himself resides in an extradimensional citadel, accessible from a portal of some sort at the upper level of the Outer Towere.
The disposition of the Final Eye is uncertain to us at this time.
The gnome Dalakhar was an agent of Lord Dagult Neverember, seeking to reclaim Neverember’s Engima, which you had by rights taken from our former Open Lord.
The Enigma is, in fact, the Stone of Golorr. I have agents en route to Candlekeep to delve deeper into its secrets. The Stone once belonged to the Abolethic Sovereignty, and was reputedly stolen from the Vaults of the Floating City of Xxiphu by Mask, the Lord of Shadows. As a Xxiphuan Artifact, it is likely that the Stone predates the creation of Toril itself, granting it, within the circles of mysticism, a position of primacy. Its true powers, and thus the reason why Neverember sought to blind it, are unclear to us, but from a position of primacy it would be capable of feats impossible to duplicate even by Mystra herself in this Age.
I am very sorry that we have failed you lord Xanathar. You should not have been surprised by the revelations of the emissaries of the Zhentarim . The litany of what we now know—
The Eye you hold is one of Three which belong to the Stone.
The Eye which should have been yours has been taken from Neverember’s get by Manshoon to Kolat Towers. We currently seek to capture a Zhentarim lieutenant and take possession of one of the pass-amulets which would allow us access to the Towers. Unfortunately, Manshoon’s agents are well-trained and have either evaded our attempts or destroyed their amulets before we could secure them. Through Nihiloor’s enhanced interrogations, however, we have ascertained blueprints for the Towers which will prove essential when it comes time to take that which by right belongs to you.
We have also learned that Manshoon himself resides in an extradimensional citadel, accessible from a portal of some sort at the upper level of the Outer Towere.
The disposition of the Final Eye is uncertain to us at this time.
The gnome Dalakhar was an agent of Lord Dagult Neverember, seeking to reclaim Neverember’s Engima, which you had by rights taken from our former Open Lord.
The Enigma is, in fact, the Stone of Golorr. I have agents en route to Candlekeep to delve deeper into its secrets. The Stone once belonged to the Abolethic Sovereignty, and was reputedly stolen from the Vaults of the Floating City of Xxiphu by Mask, the Lord of Shadows. As a Xxiphuan Artifact, it is likely that the Stone predates the creation of Toril itself, granting it, within the circles of mysticism, a position of primacy. Its true powers, and thus the reason why Neverember sought to blind it, are unclear to us, but from a position of primacy it would be capable of feats impossible to duplicate even by Mystra herself in this Age.
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Report, Intelligence
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