Tag: Miran cache #25

From Miran Cache #25: 

…I have several sources of information. The religious order conducting the excavation was almost eager to share with me the many things they have discovered. Mostly mundane items pertaining to the obscure Kusinne rituals of this region. Household shrine items and the like.

They wouldn’t let me enter the excavations themselves, which seem to be unusually active even they they are supposedly leaving soon. They almost seem to be constructing new tunnels.

Secondly, I have befriended a blind girl of the local Vamto clan, who is very knowledgeable about the local people and has supplied me with much casual gossip, only a fraction of which is relevant. But it makes the locals much less suspicious of me, and gives me forewarning against them.

Faithful to the Adjudicators,

Aspandhat

Excerpt from a letter from Chayi:

With the Withering Season upon us, the laborers in the villages have left their fallow field and have taken up their other pursuits. Many seem to have occupied themselves with exploring the ruined tower and the surrounding environment. Not all of them: today I saw a blind girl, a daughter of one of the local clans, apparently. They seem to keep her sheltered in the village.

I have heard rumors that someone has found a dagger with a black opal in the hilt that sounds very similar to one that the heretic Adjudicators used during the time of Devastations. But many strange things are being found nowadays: there are many ingots recovered from the ruins, of some unknown metal that seems to react strangely to lodestones. Perhaps I will be able to tell you more of this when I see you next.

Faithful to the Adjudicators,

Aspandhat

An excerpt from a letter found in Miran Cache #25:

A great many small metal frogs have been spotted in Kucha, all of them pointing towards the capital. According to rumor, they are connected with Symness and secret meetings. There are mutterings in the streets about unholy rulers and of some kind of connection with the recently excavated tower…

An excerpt from a letter in Miran Cache #25:

Most esteemed friend, I write to you from the quaint village of Chayi.

The locals have been assisting some kind of religious expedition to the ruins outside of town; I gather they hope to find something of significance to their beliefs. The rumors of treasure appear to have spread far and wide, which is no surprise, for it is all these farmer have to talk about. Well, when they’re not complaining about the storms or floods, or worrying about being stalked by fearsome winged desert creatures.

The local farmers showed me a dry channel that they said used to lead to the citadel, before the land changed. They told me stories about the lack of water causing the place’s abandonment long ages ago.

They weren’t quite clear about what caused the change, though I thought it reasonable to assume that some shift in the water underground or a change in the river was the most mundane explanation.

By the time this letter reaches you, I will be accompanying a caravan to Aksu, together with some of the local youths. They tell me there is an academy at Aksu where they hope to study. A fine occupation for our youth, I dare say.

An excerpt from a letter found in Miran Cache #25:

My friend, the aftermath of the war has left the markets of Miran and Loulan in disarray. The merchants who fled the turmoil left behind sadly empty markets and silent bazaars. The crops of the north will be  welcomed here in the southern oases.

On the other hand, the remaining merchants have been doing a brisk business in weaving equipment.

The guards tell tales of packs of giant winged cats that stalk the caravans in the southern regions of Lop-Nur. I urge you to exercise caution if you travel that way.

An excerpt from a letter found in Miran cache #25:

Of late, the relations between our peoples has been serene. It is a common sight in the markets and meeting places to see Kusinne pilgrims comparing notes with Eonic travellers. I have been told that even your religious guidebooks are including notes based on these discussions…

Excerpt from a letter discovered in Miran Cache #25:

Ease your worries, my friend: the fighting was mostly far to the East. A few of the nomads came as far as the city, where they made quite an impression on the people. But I am happy to report that the city is mostly unscathed. Life for the merchants here in Niya has returned to normal, though the markets remained anxious in the aftermath of the victory over the Middle Kingdom.

From a letter discovered in Miran Cache #25:

…around the campfire, the faithful followers of the Path of the Road speak of their concerns about the roads in Niya no longer being safe. There is an undercurrent of fear that the high-born of Niya no longer support the Kusinne Paths like they should, though few dare to say it in so many words.

The discipline of the Green Banner Army leaves much to be desired, but chaos is something merchants fear above all else…