As a god that symbolizes lies, deception, conspiracy, strife and death, Cyric’s believers and followers in the continent of Faerûn are undoubtedly a group of selfish lunatics who do not use any means to achieve their goals.
Especially his church, many of which were former believers and priests of the "Three Gods of Death" who fell in the Year of Turmoil, namely Baal, the god of murder, Melkor, the god of death, and Bane, the god of tyranny.<
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These people are originally full of contradictions, and each has his own small circle.
Let alone coordinating and cooperating with each other, we're just lucky that we didn't fight directly.
Internal members of some sects and organizations will even hold each other back in order to compete for leadership.
Murder, frame-up, frame-up, annexation...
Similar things happen almost every day.
And all this is exactly what Cyric, who advocates chaos, wants to see.
Sometimes, in order to enjoy the wonderful performance of his followers fighting each other, he would even give two very high-status priests different or conflicting "revelations" and "oracles" at the same time.
Then I sat by and watched the two sides fighting each other to a bloody head.
Finally, coupled with some young people who are extremely thirsty for power or driven by ambition, the current chaotic situation of Cyric Church is formed.
So when the Cyric believers in Calimport learned that the elector Malik had lost a sacrifice that was intended to be dedicated to the "Lord of Lies", they immediately took action in unison.
Among them are members of the Thieves Guild, as well as some unscrupulous businessmen, adventurers and nobles.
Of course, their purpose was not to help Malik retrieve this item. Instead, they wanted to grab this item and then sacrifice it to Cyric themselves in exchange for more power and benefits.
If possible, it would be best to replace Malik as the new chosen one.
As the followers of Cyric took action in unison, the churches of good gods such as Ilmat, the God of Suffering, Tyr, the God of Justice, Heim, the God of Guards, Lathander, the Lord of the Morning, who were hostile to them, also immediately took notice of the news.
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In addition, the old enemies, the Harpers Alliance and the Zhentarim, known as Faerûn's two "shit stirrups", have also inevitably begun a new round of overt and covert fighting.
All of a sudden, under the cover of night, all kinds of intelligence spying, message passing, assassinations, and small-scale battles were staged one after another.
As the true behind-the-scenes ruler of the entire Calimshan, [Tangled Talisman] naturally cannot turn a blind eye to this.
At dawn, a detailed piece of information was sent to the hands of "Lord of Talisman" Lagon.
After reading all the contents on the sheepskin, the Lich immediately asked in a playful tone: "What exactly is in that box? It actually made the people of Cyric Church so violent?"
"I don't know. But there is definite news that the contents of the box were fished out by a fisherman from Baldur's Gate Harbor near the mouth of the Chongsa River. Not long after he fished the thing out, his wife, children,
Relatives and friends all died violently. Later, one of Malik's men happened to know something and bought it at a high price."
Ebeni Arbor told all the information she had collected...
"Interesting! Send someone to Baldur's Gate to investigate what is in the box. By the way, find out whose hands the box is now." Ragon ordered without thinking.
Ebeni Arbor nodded quickly: "Understood! I will arrange for people to go to Baldur's Gate immediately. In addition - I have almost locked the target as to whose hands the box fell into."
"Oh? Who is it?" Lagun asked with interest.
"Yesterday at noon, Soth left the city gate with his little werewolves and went to a place in the wild to perform a magical ritual to control lycanthropy. He did not return to the hotel until nearly midnight. Counting the time, his suspicions are quite high.
Big. Most importantly, he has the necessary strength to do this."
Ebeni Arbor carefully stated his speculation.
Since after arriving in Calim Port, Zuo Si's route of action is often very single and he almost never wanders around, so it is easy to deduce where he is at what time.
And compared with those people or organizations who know nothing about it, [Entanglement Mark] is very aware of how dangerous this guy who looks like a ten-year-old boy is.
Not to mention anything else, the powerful magic equipment alone is enough to knock many self-proclaimed "experienced" and "powerful" adventure teams to the ground and explode their hammers.
What's more, Zuo Si is also very good at making and using poison.
If he strikes first, the average team won't even have a chance to resist in front of him.
When Lagun heard these words, the two dim lights in his eyes suddenly flickered, and it took a full minute before he said: "If the box is in Soth's hands, this matter will become particularly interesting.
.Conceal the information for now and wait until the third day after he and the caravan leave Calimport before revealing it to the Harpers, Zhentarim and Cyric Church guys."
"As you wish!"
Ebeni Abo put one hand on her chest and bowed deeply, then turned around and touched the teleportation rune, and the whole person suddenly disappeared without a trace.
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At the same time, in the hidden hideout of the Harper Alliance branch in Calimport, several humans and half-elves gathered under the statue of the Goddess of Magic, discussing intensely about the strange changes in the Cyric Church.
One of the male half-elves, whose age was indistinguishable, said in a very serious tone: "Everyone! I believe you all know very well.
Since Cyric became a god, he and his followers have caused many terrible disasters, disputes and troubles in just two years.
In particular, Malik, a businessman-turned-voter, used deception and lies to establish a huge power in Port Calim.
Many illegal smugglers and thieves guilds have close contacts with him.
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They even cooperated with some lords of the war-torn Kingdom of Tethyr in the north and a few profit-seeking merchants in Amn to capture innocent poor people and civilians and sell them to Calimshan as slaves.
At the same time, they also frequently use assassinations to get rid of those righteous people who hinder their expansion of power.
So whatever Malik is planning, we must thwart his plot."
"But what to do? We don't even know what his lost "goods" are now." Another human woman questioned.
Although members of the Harper Alliance often use methods such as assassination, in the final analysis they are still an intelligence organization.
Without collecting enough information, taking action hastily will most likely fall into a well-planned trap, or suffer violent retaliation from the enemy.
"Don't worry about that.
I've already sent messages to the Askatra and Baldur's Gate branches.
They should investigate the whole matter soon.
Now, what we have to do is to destroy it without stopping.
Make sure that no matter what they try to do, they will end up with failure."
When saying these words, the male half-elf's tone was full of unquestionable determination.
"What will the Zhentarim do? They will definitely intervene too!"
Another senior Harper member who participated in the discussion raised concerns.
But the half-elf male responded nonchalantly: "Don't worry! The Zhentarim in Calimport are in the middle of a fierce internal fight.
Of their two leaders, one defected to Cyric, while the other continued to choose to serve Bane, the dead god of tyranny.
If nothing else, the guy who serves Bane, the dead god of tyranny, should be very happy to cause a little trouble for another competitor.
In addition, inform Khalid and Jahira not to leave Calim Port yet.