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Divinus stood at near the balcony and opened the curtains to let some light into the room.

"Let us hope that Cain arrives soon. It would seem the situation has gotten very much dangerous."
He looked over the balcony railing and looked towards the people below. Business was going as usual but gossip has spread like a disease that the Pharaoh is dying or already dead.

Dayan sat up on the bed and looked down at the carpet.
" Why are you not able to, are you not an archmage? To my knowledge, you highly know more than Cain, no disrespect to him."

Divinus smiled at the comment and walked back into the room.
"Cain is very much talented as a... Lunar Mage. But how is he to learn without situations such as these."
This, however, did not please the Pharaoh. Though, the flow of anger did not last long as he collapsed back onto the bed.
"I am practically being killed from the inside out...I constantly hear a whisper in my ear. Is wise to use this as an a...teaching moment?."

An evil smile appeared on the mages face, his face twisting.
"Yes, it would be, even when he fails it would still be a teaching moment."
The thing would grab Dayan by neck,
"Either ways...no one will remember you. No one will come save you...outsider"
His face began warping further into some monster of a mummified corpse. Scarabs would leave its wrappings and begin crawling all over Dayan. They began attempting to bury themselves into the young Pharaohs skin.

He began yelling or at least tried but no sound came out. Only a river of blood began to rush out choking him. His vision began to fade, seeing the dark figure of the thing...darkness.

"Dayan! Dayan! Wake up!"
Dayan immediately woke up yelling. He began checking himself swiping his arms and face.
Divinus had been trying to wake up him..it was all a dream.

"W-what happened." Dayan was clearly terrified and breathing heavily. Shaking, he still got up and went to his desk.

Concerned, Divinus had to ask, "What happened, you were freaking out and screaming. What did you -" then he noticed something on Dayan's neck.
He swiped it from his neck and observed it. It was a small pebble carved to resemble a scarab. This to Divinus made no sense whatsoever. If there is a connection to Scabaras of the Pantheon, he is associated with tranquility and isolation.

This is completely opposite of whatever is inflicting damage onto Dayan...
"Isolation...could that be..." he told himself.

At that moment a Scribe entered the room, following the Scribe was Ridley. The Scribe had placed the Book of the Dead onto the desk.
"As you asked Divinus, and I had sent word to Cain. He should be arriving soon."
"Thank you, and Ridley, thank you for arriving as quickly as you could."

Ridley would bow her head ,"But of course. It's the least I could do."

Divinus would smile, "Follow me, we should check out the tomb. I had my people uncover it again. I could use your assistance. Cain should be arriving soon."

The cold damp air surrounded the two cult leaders as they descended into a small forgotten tomb. Strange writings covered the walls along with scarabs crawling along the walls that are now being illuminated by a still torch.

"Erg, why is this about Divinus? Surely this tomb has to do little with Dayan and his deteriorating health." Ridley would swipe away some of the scarabs that had landed on her shoulders.

Divinus continued leading the way further down, swiping the torch ahead to scare off the scarabs.
"On the contrary, I believe it has everything to do with it. I skimmed through the book of the dead but it made no note of Scabaras. I never believed it to have any affiliation with a god who pretty much represents peace... though a single word caught my eye." he stopped at the bottom step of the stairs.

Ahead of them were several braziers that were lit, the golden fires lighting up the large room. Standing in the center of a risen stone platform was a rusted looking sarcophagus with chains broken at the foot of the ancient coffin.

"Well, I'll be damned, an empty coffin of a fallen Pharaoh! This coffin must be evil!" Ridley rolled her eyes and approached the open sarcophagus.

"So how does any of this have to do with what's going on, or is this just you wanting to play archeologist. None of this will pro-." she was interrupted by a strange clicking noise

Divinus quickly put down the torch and got hold of his staff.
"I know what I'm doing Ridley, don't you dare question my methods. But right now is not the time for an argument. It would seem we are not alone."

Ridley quickly got hold of her sword and looked around. She closed her eyes and listened to where the sound was coming from but...it was coming from all sides.

"Divinus...I am not one to back out of a fight, but I know when we are outnumbered." she gripped her sword tightly. The clicking became louder and louder with each second, the stone walls themselves began to tremble slightly.

"Gah! You may be right. Grab that chain though, there is something about it that recognize." he placed the staff back onto his back and quickly picked up the torch. As he did, Ridley too sheathed her sword and grabbed the chains from the floor and followed Divinus back up the stairs.

As they ran about the found the scarabs attempting to bite at them. Divinus frantically swiping the torch to ward them off but their numbers grew and grew and grew with every passing second.

"Ridley! Get behind me! Now!" Ridley got behind him, as she did he threw the torch down the stairs and grabbed his staff. The moment he had it in grasps, a large blast of fire swiped down the stairs burning the insects in its path.

"Let's get out of here before more appear," Ridley said with awe.
The both quickly stumbled up the stairs in the dark and finally emerged back into the Pyramid. Ridley handed over the chains to Divinus, "That had better be worth all of that."

Divinus would nod, "I hope so as well...I must go to the Grand Library and inspect the marking on the chains further. Perhaps it would provide a further clue as to what we are up against." Ridley would intervene questioning if it even has to do with anything.

Divinus being how he is, dismissed her argument and went on his way to the Library down to the Great Divines catacombs. There he will find what relevance that tomb has in all of this...specifically...Scabaras.

He went down the steps of the library, continuously observing the chains that they had found at the foot of the Sarcophagus. There were faded inscriptions on the metal, and to Divinus, they were largely familiar to him. He finally reached the bottom of the library and approached the dial in the center.

He quickly whispered, "ortum obumbratio.." a dark mist covered the surrounding pool and into a dome shape. He moved the dial piece into a pattern and then a click and the shadow dissipated. An opening in the library was revealed and he swiftly entered, the entrance quickly shutting behind him.

He passed by dorms of his students and scholars, completely ignoring all attempts to get his attention. He went to the very end of the hall where his office is located. He laid the chain on his desk and sat down.

"Very well... let's get started then." he grabbed his magnifying glass and began observing the markings. It took him multiple hours of observing and flipping through book after book. He attempted to match the marking with ones that were similar, alas, none were a complete match.

"I could I swore I've seen these marking before, but I cannot remember!" he swiped the stacks of books that were on his desk. They all toppled with a loud thud, the noise outside his office fell into a silence.

Divinus slumped back into his chair in defeat. That is until he noticed one of the books with a map on its page. It is a map of the Khadarian desert, but his eyes went a certain area. Ullek.

Divinus opened the door of his office, once again the catacombs fell silent.
"James, please come immediately. I need you to do me a favor."

A young boy, possibly of the age of 16, ran over to the Divinus's office. He has been a member of the Great Divine as a training mage for the past 3 years now and was to become not longer a student, but a senior member who will teach the next young pupils.

"Yes, sir?" James pulled down his hood as one way may not be hidden in front of the cult leader.

"Yess...just one moment. I just need you to send word to Cain Dundragon. I am aware that he just next door in the Grand Pyramid, but I must make haste to Ullek."

Dear Cain Dundragon,

I writing to inform you of my findings in the tomb of the Guardian. There Ridley and I found some chains with some rather strange marking. I believe it is prudent that we know what exactly we are facing up against. I, unfortunately, could not translate the marking but I knew I have seen such markings somewhere. That place is Ullek, and I shall be traveling there immediately. It is just east of Sophanem so I shall not be far incasing things go wrong. I shall send a hawk with my finding once I have something.

-Divinus

Divinus folded up the parchment and sealed it in an envelope.
"Take this to Cain immediately, and don't you dare try to see its contents...I will know. Now off with you."

James took the envelope and left the catacombs to send the letter to Cain. Divinus packed his things and began planning his trip to Ullek, in hopes to find answers on the strange markings.