text; un: stormborn

[thebrideoffire]

There is a great deal to discuss. Wrathion has provided much of the news that I have learned, but there are two further pieces of information that I feel is relevant. The last sacrifice to Sanwon was the child of Hyang-Won and Anui. She seems to have been from Waicai and while she moved past her beliefs, it never fully disappeared.

When the volcano started to heat again and it was time for someone to go, she gave her child. He was the last sacrifice. She waited until Hyang-Won was at hunt. When he returned and found his son gone, he was frantic and angry. He disappeared into the woods where a man that Hyang-Tai calls 'the Traveler' followed to calm him. It's not known what was spoken of, but apparently when Hyang-Won returned, he was changed, as were his beasts. They became as they are now. Not creatures of the woods.

Anui was gone and the villages were quiet. I think it may be possible that whatever curses this place is related to that and perhaps to the traveler. He is the reason for the House of Ravens, those that go in but never come out.

It might be possible to find a way to undo this curse, as we have had to undo the curses of ancestors here, but I am not certain how.

I do ask that someone accompany me to the House of Ravens, but only those that may wish to know more. I made a promise that I must fulfill and it may offer more answers.

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un : dappled peals of the parted seas (voice)

[beitangmoran]

We're working on finding our way inside.

Given what we now know of the Beastmaster, I don't think he likes the place overly much, but this... Traveler seems to have his fingers in many pies, and he can calm him down and was there when he changed into what he is now?

[New target acquired. This Traveler fellow seems to know a lot and manipulate powerful forces.]

What promise did you make?

[thebrideoffire]

I think that he is responsible, though it is hard to say if the malice comes from him or if he meant to offer another type of relief. Hyang-Won seems to now search for the child. The Serpent Woman and the dark waters, those are his attempts to find the boy.

[She's a bit at a loss, knowing little of magic, but all of this feels a little familiar. A bigger curse than the ones they grappled with.]

Hyang-Tai asked me to look for her nephew.

[beitangmoran]

We can look for the child if he still lives. And if he does, I think handing him to his aunt to keep him safe might the better choice.

[Moran does feel some kinship with the seer, something unexplainable to anyone who hasn't carried the particular burden of knowing the future. And honestly, she's probably better situated to actually care for a child than either of its undead parent now.]

[thebrideoffire]

My thought was to return him to her as well, as she personally asked me to find him.

[And the seer would decide after and Dany could only hope that the boy would be well once he was found.]

[beitangmoran]

We do have to account for the possibility we might not find him, still. For whatever reason, because this place is not just a place of worship.

[thebrideoffire]

Then I will find a sign that he was there and perished. I do not wish to return without proof.