Rumors and Leads
This page is for rumors and leads in our everlasting fight against the Octopuses. Eventually, rumors and leads listed here should be made into their own pages when we have enough information on them. Or something. Feel free to edit as you see fit.
- Girls with stone hands. Keep regenerating until completely dead. Are there many of these? Is one of them the one that attacked Gregoria?
- Lord Evelake lives somewhere in castle on a cliff, in the north of Europe near the Caspian Sea. Can maybe be killed with acid, fire, dismemberment, or showing him the Holy Grail. Once he was Estorause of the White Shield. His castle has many secret passages in the cliffs.
- Who was the woman who was amongst the party who fought us when Celdrix was sucked into a gem? Ielanthe was on our side. The question is who was the woman amongst the enemy party? She seemed pretty hardcore (possible ties to Igwolf's descendants?) I don't remember any such woman. I thought it was just Lord Evelake and Lord Valdemar.
There were 3 people who attacked us: Lord Evelake, Lord Valdemar, and Lady Thora.
The woman may have been the offspring of Harald with the sucubus form the One-Year Dungeon. Lord Evelake beat the crap out of Harald after saying "You have offended a Lady I know."
- Ortheia followers. Are they supported by the Amazons? A satyr said that "the old ways are coming back". The old ways means pagan ways , ways of the old magic. Does this include the Octopuses?
(Dan's suppositions): To answer this question: the phrase "the old ways are coming back" is something that is being said again and again by virtually everyone we meet with religous attachment other than Christianity or Islam. Does it include the Octopuses, I don't know but I think they are involved, possibly related to the cause. What I take it to mean is a resurgence and the growth of acient cults and religions springing up all over Europe, Africa and the Middle East (that we know about). Setites in Egypt, Diana worshipers in Asia Minor, these pick ax people in Kiev, these new guys we've heard about in Spain, in all likelihood Throk, and the Bogomils in Bulgaria, I think these are all link to the same thing. The few cultist we've managed to talk to all say this, "the old ways are coming back." (See Mummy's Note.)
I'd say it's a diversionary tatic to keep anyone from looking for or concentrating on fighting the Octopuses. Also, the Ortheia followers were not supported by the Amazons the last time we fought. Now, who knows?
- The information we have so far indicates that Bogamillinery is in many ways the exact opposite of Christianity. A member of this religion Hedwig has traveled briefly with the Byzantine Envoys, summoning "angels".
It seems that the Bogomils and Ortheians have one thing in common: "The old ways are coming back."
- Rocs may be found in Malagasia(maybe Asia Minor?)
- Alexander the Great went into the sea in a bathysphere at the behest of a sorceress
- Tailed People live in the East
thecomicman says: i don't think so. i think they live in the New World, but they went to East Asia first, then made their way to Europe. although some, myself included, have made mention of their resemblance to a certain monkey king of Chinese myth, so who knows?
- There is a race in Africa called Ikulu, or The Shining Ones. Mbana was probably one of these people. Their faces shine in battle, and they worship the Moon. They live West of Abyssinia.
- A White woman know as the "White Ghost" lives in Abyssinia. She is likely a spellcaster.
- Bardas Phocas is headed to the Isle of Lango. A monster or beast lives there.
- In the Polotsk region of the Kievan Empire, there is a cult that sacrifices humans. The members wear tiny pickaxes on their necklaces. The significance of this is not yet known.
- It seems to be commonly believed that all Finns are witches.
- Why is Abyssinia such a hotbed for weird stuff? The Shining Ones, this White Ghost, and the City of Silence possibly filled with Anubis-wannabes. and two out of the three definitely have ties to Igwolf.
- The Caliph has only eight fingers.
- Solid blue men live in the deserts of Libya. The laws of God do not affect them.
- Achmed ibn Fallan, a very wise Arab, has gone to Europe.
- The Caliph once owned a mechanical nightingale, but it has been stolen. Perhaps this is why the Caliph is after Earthstepper?
- Spanish muslims worship a demon beast named Hairy Oh Neo (spelling is mine, but if said as one word that is how it is pronounced).
tcm: Halifax, talk to me about this.
- Noah's son Shem is buried in a crypt in the deserts of Yemen (Modern day Saudi Arabia). A fair-haried bearded man sought it long ago.
- The king of Wales has been sighted, about ten years ago, in Dahman (Western coast of the Persian Gulf). He was traveling with a little girl.
tcm: is this the King that Dylan ap Mabon was searching for?
- Kobolds (the dog-headed men) seem to pop up most everywhere Igwolf does. what's the connection there? they were in Novgorod building dungeons alongside her; they're in the City of Silence, which appears in one of Igwolf's lists... what's up with that?
A tribe of Kobolds also lived in the Year Long Dungeon, which was built by Igwolf. As an aside, the real pronunciation is Igwilf. Also, Kobolds and Cynocephalae may be different creatures. I would guess so, as Kobolds are weak and easy to find, and everything else on that list is pretty badass.
tcm: El-Agalay merely said dog-headed men; i took that to mean Kobolds in the City of Silence and not a Cynocephalus tribe.
Kerry: You know Cynocephalus = Dog head in Greek, right?
