Storyline pt. 4

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### Reuniting with Lord Margrave

At the campsite, the heroes regrouped and began sharing information they had come across while searching for Bayard with Lord Margrave. The key point from the conversation around the campfire were:

* Bayard was at the banquet when the murder happened, and he may or may not been the one holding the knife. He used to be the heir to the Imperial Throne, but lost it during the War of the Three Emperors. Thereafter, Bayard knelt and swore allegiance to Emperor Tertian when he was 14 years old. This was hard for Bayard as he wanted what was best for the Empire but saw Medard as not being well suited for the role that was going to be bestowed upon him.
* One of the smuggles said Bayard Had made mentions of de Monterre. The party knew it was worth investigating as it was their best lead and Armel de Monterre, son of Lord Monterre, was a known an associate of the Prince.
* Bayard had ended up in prison for assaulting a monk from the Blind Saints With the enigmatic dagger, that Bayard kept referring to as the Vile Gestater. Lord Margrave suggested to seek out the *Maleficus Reliquiam,* a tome that held information on relics of the vile and dark powers, in order to get a better understanding of what they were dealing with. The book was held by a specials sect of the Blind Saints at the Library of Atrem.
* On an ending note, Bayard was last seen with a smuggler called Tarn who was know to frequent Tortua Cover.

In tracking down all these new leads, the heroes learnt that it was in fact Armel de Monterre that had murdered the Prince! He had apparently acquired the Vile Gestater from a Cult he had joined while venturing into the Westlands, with there being speculation about a connection with Ancis. Servants at the de Monterre mansion recanted that a bewildered Bayard had just recently murdered Armel with the cursed dagger, repeatedly stabbing him in the heart! Following through on the lead, the heroes confront Lord de Monterre himself at his families Mausoleum where he was trying to restore his dying son’s life amid the dead rising due to the unholy magics he was using. In their dying words, the heroes Learnt that Armel believed he was going to do the Empire good and bring back the Prince back as an Emperor God by a ritualistic ceremony that required the dagger in the Prince’s heart. These all held common notes with information in the Maleficus Reliquiam that the heroes acquired from the Library of Atrem. Gaining a better understanding of the Vile Gestater, the heroes read that it was a ceremonial dagger forged in Ancis in the old times that would release the power of Emperor Gods with the blood of the Imperial lineage. Lord Arden explained that there are cults all around Kovia that wanted to return to the ways of the old and it wouldn’t be a stretch of the imagination to think that one of these cults could mastermind such a coup. They knew now, more than ever, that they needed to locate Bayard and they were clued-in by Tarn the Smuggler, the last person to see Bayard, to seek him further west, into the Westlands, where the Minotaur and Cimmeran Tribes called home.

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