-=- A Guard. -=-
Dear Journal,
A night of duty for a cerulean knight star 2nd.
Guard came to me saying about a man, a crafter named Samson Lightwood being killed, then raised as a zombie ... it seemed murder investigation for a cerulean that i am.
With a fairly known wizard adventuress - Verika - we went to morgue and asked older person there for a corpse of Samson.
Detect Magic spell hinted Necromancy about, and Verika pointed to back of his neck - where black onyx, so called necromancer's gemstone - was placed.
... i've removed it and we went to Cerulean HQ to skry for more information.
The large skrying mirror was pulled and put in place, my scarf on floor before it ... three candles and incense alight ... and a water-full silver chalice in front of a mirror as well.
... i've cast Eagle's Splendour spell, then Clairaudience/Clairvoyance and entered skrying trance.
Image appeared of an middle-aged man, dressed in expensive-looking Red Robes of Thayan Wizards, with magical bracers on his wrists, with bald & tattooed head ... it seemed he was relatively high ranking member of Necromancers, those who serve Zulkir Szass Tam.
He was 'working' on another corpse at the moment ... relatively young girl, with no apparent cause of death.
He was in a small room, with very large table ... behind him trapped doors. On one end of the table a throne, on other end - another throne, with an urn and magical skull floating above the urn.
By girl's looks seemed she was Narfell's native, so whole 'affair' was perhaps very close.
Mage turned the girl around, put onyx in back of her neck and started animating her ... then my skrying spell's duration ended.
Then we went to Ashald's Park where zombie was found and put to rest.
... it seems that Martin the Gardener keeps coming to work there by night, working secretly - as city offices does not want to pay for extra hours.
... he said that he saw zombie coming and screamed for guards.
... guards came and chopped undead with their halberds.
Martin said prayer to Selune and when i positively responded - he offered to go for a drink someday.
... told him that someday we can ... he was enthusiastic at that.
Leaving Ashald's Park i've cast detect magic spell again, followed traces of necromantic energies ... that led us to a house.
... inside the house it was as in skrying vision, large table, red wizard.
... a battle of spells ensued, we won against Red Wizard without having casaulties on our side.
Where this leads, Dear Journal?
... is it an act of war from Thayan Red Wizards?
... is it Casus Belli, a Cause for War?
... i'll write report for the Cerulean Offices tomorrow, and paint the Red Wizard as i did remember him from vision.
-- Chea Allin, Cerulean Star 2nd.
-=- Skrying. -=-
-=- Martin. -=-
-=- a Spell-Battle. -=-
-=- Collapsed Ruins of a House. -=-
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