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Sender ID: weenwoon (Hythlodaeus)
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Warnings: the cursed honse.

[ The message has no text, only pictures of The Honse taken at the Raiders of the Lost Arts's crew island... with all the new fun sea-themed filters over them! Somehow, the addition of wave effects and clipart shells do not make the thing look any better! Enjoy, Escordvi.




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[weenwoon]

[ ... Pandaemonium? Words of Lahabrea? He would like a talk???

Hythlodaeus looks shocked by what Erich relays to him. Sure, they have the honse to deal with for now, but... ]

Erichthonios, what happened in Pandaemonium?

[beshackled]

Chief Keyward Athena wished to transcend the limitations of humanity. To that end, she began a series of secret experiments within a laboratory hidden within Pandaemonium. When it was discovered that she was experimenting upon her own child, Lahabrea came to confront her. But in his quest for answers, he bonded his soul to hers -- and in exchange for those answers, she seeded her corruption within him.

Fearful of its spread, he tore his existence in two, sealing the corrupted emotions and memories away into a crystal, and ended the life of his wife. But he was not the only one Athena had placed her influence upon.

Her influence remaining over Keyward Hegemone even after her death, the corrupted soul was recently released from the crystal -- and this was the reason you might have noticed a sudden cessation of communications from Pandaemonium. Hephaistos gained a new body. The creations of Pandaemonium were all released, and my father's corrupted half cast a spell of mental manipulation over Warder and Keywards both, its hold strengthening when his subjects were under extreme stress -- fear or anger, both served to further his grasp upon them.

He experimented upon the Keywards, turning them into Hemitheoi, fusions of man and mythic creation. They were driven mad. Aggressive. Dangerous. And through his control, loyal to his cause...

Keyward Hegemone is the only surviving Keyward. We were able to capture her ere she could end her life like Hesperos. Agdistis, I was told, was so corrupted in body that what little was left of her returned to the star. I did not witness it, captured by Hephaistos as I was at the time...

...so you see why I cannot bring myself to hold this creature in contempt.

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[ That's. A lot. Much more than what Hythlodaeus ever expected. It takes him a minute to digest all that... and even then he struggles to believe it. ]

... Thank you for telling me, Erichthonios.

[ He can't imagine it being easy to share. The child that Athena experimented on must have been...

No, it's not his place to ask right now. Perhaps later, after they've dealt with this little disaster, and if Erichthonios is amenable, they can talk about it. ]

I have no ill will towards this creation, either. It had no [hand] choice in being made. And if we can indeed undo these magicks, I believe that we should.

[beshackled]

The only thing preventing me from making the attempt this very moment is the state of its... legs. Or lack thereof. Were I to separate the essences now, we could end up with a legless horse.

[And that would be torturing the creature further.]

Whoever did this is crude in their methods. They are far behind Athena's work. But they must be stopped--especially if they seek to follow in her steps.