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    Kleandridas


    Kleandridas rises to his feet, spear in hand as he gazes up into the hills "Do you hear that? Unearthly singing from the hills." He looks up towards the slopes. Looking around and seeing Mikhail looking up, "WHere do you think its coming from, if we take the direction we can head there in the dawn light?"

    Gazing out into the darkness, even with his one good eye, "Its not wise to traverse the wilds in the dark without those who are used to such things."

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    "You're an elf, old man," Aegea says, "surely your eyes aren't as weak as those of humans."
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    Philistion

    The young doctor strains to hear the singing, but then begins fumbling in his belt. He pulls out small bandages and hands them out to the others.

    "I don't need to remind you that these voices may have drawn people to their doom. There will be a delicate balance between listening to find out what's out there, and not wanting to hear any more. When you reach that point, stuff these in your ears. It might help, it might not. It's worth a try."
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    Kleandridas


    Kleandridas looks to Aegea with a hard gaze. "I see fine, my eyes are sharp as two of most mens. Its the other I worry, I don't want to spend the next 3 days tracking lost sheep through the hills." As he says the latter his eyes stray to the less obviously military minded members around the fire. "If you wish we can jounrey up now, but best pray for Artemis's blessing to help light our way."

    As he glances at Philistion before taking the cloths and tucking them in the back of his helmet. "My thanks, What manner of beast would you think it is?". He pulls on his shield, and bangs it in place and checks the edge of the sword at his waist before nodding to Aegea and gesturing to the mountain path. "If you want to then lead on...."

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    Probably not a Satyr - sounds femalish and there are no pipes
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    Could be a Harpy or Oread
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    You've heard of a type of singing fey that lives in fresh water - Rusakla or something? But they live amonst the Northern Barbarians where its colder


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    ”You said ‘Without those who are used to such things.’ Group’s got that in us, so let’s get a move on,” Aegea retorts, taking the lead.

    “My ears aren’t quite picking it up, but if it’s singing in the mountains you’re hearing, it may be a harpy or an oread. Might also be a rusalka in a nearby lake. The latter are a type of fey, so... best to be on your most polite behavior, if so.” The elf gives a mischievous grin. “Our kin do after all tend to not live entirely alone, and we’ve already had other humanoids disappear in these mountains mysteriously.”
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    Peridokles hauls himself to his feet.

    Yes, nothing could be better than running around in the rocky hills looking to find something when we can't see.

    He pauses and looks down at the bandages in his hands.

    Or hear. Oh, we're going to have fun trying to keep together. I can save this for when whatever it is that I can't hear gets a bit louder, I suppose.

    Despite his obvious discomfort of leaving the fire to go running around in the hills, he doesn't seem all that distressed by the idea.
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    I assume you are all going?


    Good luck to yeh, you've more guts than I

    With a near full moon it's easy to see where you are going, Berenice is in the rear with a very unhappy looking Breetha whilst Alkimos is sticking close to her and acting as rearguard.

    The singing does seem to be getting nearer, whilst also coming from the direction of the pass to Argos. After about a mile out however the singing abruptly stops.

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    There is a rustling and a pattering over to your right, apparently moving faster than you and parallel. Several hundred yards off however, heading towards the pass

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    Kleandridas


    The elf bounds from rock to rock, spear and shield in hand slightly crouched over as he runs freely up the mountain. To the others it's the first time Kleandridas has looked happy, the elf's shiny eye gleaming in the moonlight.

    As the singing stops he raises the spear to signal a pause and turns to look at the others before scanning the horizon and the dark star lit peaks

    "Strange to stop when so near. Be wary, ready your shields, it may be a trap."

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    M N Blooded One - Wood Elf Ranger 2 / Scout 4, Level 6, Init 6, HP / , DR 1/ S/P, Speed
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    Aegea pauses, and for once doesn’t tease the Spartan soldier. ”Remember that if they don’t fight, we don’t have to either. We’re the guests here, after all.”
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    Agoros was strolling around, amused to see Aegea and Kleandrikas exchanging quips, but the Spartan suddenly turns dead serious. The mercenary squints, trying to assess the surroundings, and cautiously raises his shield and his spear.
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    Mihail has no trouble seeing in the dark with his true Darkvision. He'll have his shield and sword both readied in case they're needed, and keep an eye out.

    I agree with you, Aegea. Rusakla seems the most likely, though they normally live in colder climes.

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    Peridokles can't really hear anything, or see all that well, but he's happy to stumble on, and offer advice should anyone think to ask him.

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    Whatever that is, it has overtaken you and is continuing to head toward the pass

    You pressing on or awaiting developments?

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    Pressing on warily!
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    Aegea gives a shrug, before continuing onwards.
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    The group travels little more than 5 minutes more before in front of you you hear a light pattering sound abruptly drowned out by a terrified scream and then silence. Whatever that was happened about 400m in front of you

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    Philistion

    Relying on elvish eyes and the light from a starry sky, Philistion opts to take this moment to stuff gauze in both ears, just in case. Wincing at the regrettable necessity, he pulls a bow that is much larger than the bag it comes out of, and a quiver of slender arrows, out, and quickly slings the quiver over a shoulder.

    "Oh dear."

    Cautiously, he walks in the direction of the disturbance.

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    Peridokles starts at the scream, and then starts heading towards the sound, more swiftly than before. His eyebrows rise up at the sight of the bow. The good doctor has been hunting lions? Of course, when one from the elven tribes says they're not trained for war, that means something very different to the same statement from a human.

    It strikes him, quite suddenly, that while everyone was carrying pointed weaponry of some kind, he had nothing. A sling, suitable for large game. Except no proper ammunition save for a a pouch of smooth stones he'd found on his journey. It worked much better with proper leaden shot, but they were expensive. And heavy. Armour similarly. Useful, of course, but so much easier to move around without it, that he'd left it at home. He did have a weight of lead in an old sock, in case someone tried to relieve him of a day's taking. At least he hadn't left that at home.

    Home. If he wasn't back by next thursday to pay the rent on his little room, what would happen to it? Would anything bad happen if... he didn't return? Would anyone really care? Would they even notice?

    His steps slow. Maybe. Maybe it would be better if he wasn't the first to arrive. Someone with a large axe or sword, and clad in metal plates could arrive before him. He could arrive second.

    A vivid image of just such an axe, swung by a muscular warrior of impressive size, biting into his unprotected flesh, flashes across his mind.

    Or he could arrive third? He keeps moving as a string of helpful diagrams blur through his head, showing angles of attack versus the optimal position he could stand in so as to best harm the enemy. They eventually settle on the mathematically optimal solution - him, right at the back, behind a tree. His likely contribution far outweighed by the chance that his lifeblood spraying from a mortal wound might temporarily distract someone competent.

    Would it be better if he didn't arrive at all?

    His steps falter and slow to a stop as the others rush on. Would it? Would they be genuinely be better off without some gabby perfumer hanging around, doling out crumbs of dubious wisdom like a retired fishwife? What use would he really be against, against...

    What were they fighting again?

    The spirits of the vengeful dead, come to consume their still beating hearts and drag them into underworld.

    He starts moving forward again. Well, fine. Put it like that, maybe he could be some use after all. And it would certainly be an interest phenomenon to see. Although it did seem unfair that, here, in the scattered midst of Mycenae ruins, there were the restless dead in great profusion, just waiting to be controlled.

    Two could play at that game, couldn't they?

    Aiolos!

    The spirit snaps into focus, a long slender Egyptian hunter, sandy coloured and spotted, sleek, and deadly to anything less than about four inches long. It is, in the manner of it's kind, licking itself, in an ungainly sprawl of fur and outstretched limbs. It drifts on as he moves, unbothered by the occasional bush or tree passing through its form. No matter, it was not like anyone else could see it anyway. A strictly private hallucination.

    Get your head out of your crotch and listen. Are there dead people about?

    Aiolos stares back, unblinking.

    I mean living dead people. You know, spirits of the dead? Can you find some? Volunteers?

    An ear flicks, then the creature arises and shivers, as if settling itself for an unpleasant task, before bounding into the night.

    Aiolos glances at the others, realising he was drifting behind, and picks up the pace. An idea was gnawing at him. An axe striking into unprotected flesh. A spirit of the dead leaping in the way, having no fear for its own form. No, too sluggish.

    And could the dead block an axe blade? What were the dead made of, really? He'd had a fascinating discussion on this back in Eleusis. Preparing for the great ceremony, on the surface, before they had gone down deep, into the dark. How had it gone? In the dead of night, after a long day's travel, could he remember?

    Oh yes.
    If the dead have form, and can act, if they can be restless and vengeful, then they must have a semblance of life. And for the dead to act as the living, to be one with the living, that semblance of life can not be in all ways different to that of life.

    He settles into the rhythm of it, could see Ailos returning, herding vague forms before him. Thin, and vague, but numerous. And invisible, save to his sight.

    And if that semblance of life is similar to life, then it must be possible for this life in death to become life in life. For death to bring forth new life, as Demeter brings forth...

    He stumbles, a tree root hidden in the darkness tripping him up just as neatly as his near mention of... that name. This was no time to draw the attention of She Who Thirsts. Particularly if their quarry had revenge in mind. With haste he brings his scattered concentration back into focus, as the spirits of the dead arrive and start to drift around him, slow at first, but faster, and faster still.

    Furthermore, if life can bring death then death must surely bring life, or else the world would be a bowl emptying out, and the signs all around us, like the bones of sea giants thrown up upon the shore. Combine these three observations with the unspoken mysteries of Elusis, of the Cthonian gods, and secrets of Nut and Geb, and let death bring life!. Let me dance against Nehkbet, just as you seek sanctuary against Babi, in this my flesh!

    He shivers as icy forms start to flow into him, one by one in a steady stream. He grits his teeth as he feels his warmth gradually overwhelmed by the bitter cold of the grave, a bit more, he could take just a bit more... enough!. He exhales a breath he had not realised he was holding, and feels the spirits of the dead settle within him.

    He picks up the pace, plucking from his sleeve a thin wand, this one tipped not with perfume, but with bronze. He moves with confidence now, the wand growing larger and heavier in his hand as he heads onwards, following the others.

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    Eleusis is the site of the Elusian mysteries, probably the most famous secret ceremony in the Greek world, in honour of Demter, agriculture, and life more generally.


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    Nut and Geb are Egyptian, respectively the goddess of the sky and the god of the earth. They are responsible for life generally, and much of Egyptian mythology revolves around trying to prevent them having sex with each other any more than they have already.

    Nehkbet and Babi are also both Egyptian. Nehkbet is the goddess of vultures, Babi the god of evil baboons.


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    Nehkbet devours the dying. You ward her off by dancing, to show that you are still alive.
    Babi consumes the dead, including the spirits of the dead.

    The Greek deities generally represent natural and cultural forces given a human face. Cthonic deities are... well 'dark gods' would be a good description, but 'not remotely human' would probably be more accurate.


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    Peridokles is practicing arcane necromancy, this case binding the spirits of the dead into his body for a period of time.


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    Mihail will make sure he's near the front of the group. He takes advantage of his darkvision to doubletime through the terrain. He won't break silence. Not yet. But he is prepared to shout as soon as he sees anything moving.

    Mihail also makes a hand signal in the direction the sound came from, expecting that Kleandridas at least will be right alongside him as they advance.

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    Kleandridas

    Kleandridas bounds up the slope on long legs. He nods respectfully to Mikhail advancing alongside him, one good eye scanning the terrain.

    Glancing over his shoulders at the others he'll nod to Aegea and mimic the hand signals of the goliisth to advance up the mountain

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    Aegea nods at the Spartan and quickly follows along. She draws her bow and pulls an arrow, though she suspected that both would soon be discarded on the ground.
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    Those at the front of the group crest a slight rise in the path that ordinarily you'd barely notice because it would hardly stop you seeing anything much above ground level. Except that all there is to see is at ground level - a huge carpet of feet and hands that look mostly humanoid in origin but with the odd paw and hoof.

    They are jumping and flopping around a lightly armoured figure lying unmoving on the path, apparently concentrating around his wrists and ankles. As you arrive one of his feet detaches and joins the horde flopping about.


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    ”Well uh... I think we found one of the missing soldiers...” Aegea says, trying to make heads or tails of what she’s looking at. She nocks an arrow, and calls out to the mass of appendages. ”Do you speak?” First in Greek, then in Sylvan.
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    Kleandridas

    Kleandridas pauses at the slight lip in the ground as he surveys the scene with the dancing feet and hands independent of any other bits of the body. "By the Gods, what has cursed these limb so...", glancing a the more magically entuned allies he shrugs and drops into a fighting stance beside Mikhail, a faint clang as his shield locks up beside the goliaths. His large and heavy spartan shield looking like a child beside the enormous metal wall Mikhail carried. Nodding to the goliath he murmurs, "As one?" waiting for the inevitable charge of the stomping and grasping limbs.

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    Philistion

    The young doctor is silently appalled at the view spread out in front of them. He could only think about all of the poor people who had been the original possessors of those feet.

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    As one. By Athena, what is that thing?

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    I'd also like to try to identify that...thing. Hopefully Peridokles is willing to discuss it with me.
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    This would be something that would explain the tracks back at Mycenae

    Further out from this immediate area there are some places where tracks seems a mess - imprints of hands and feet but in no kind of pattern or order. They don't seem to lead anywhere - they are just there in a couple of metre radius of walls or fallen pillars

    Also:

    Atreus then learned of Thyestes' and Aerope's adultery and plotted revenge. He killed Thyestes' sons and cooked them, save their hands and feet. He served Thyestes his own sons and then taunted him with their hands and feet.

    So logical this would cause a hand and foot based - whatever the hell this is; or someone created it inspired by this

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    For spirits - you cannot pin it down as they seem to be all around but only in rat sized spots that are apparently unintelligent but give off a vibe of pain and malevolence

    That would also be explained by this


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    It's undead, but otherwise outside anything you've heard of and possibly unique

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    The Children of Thyestes does not respond to Aegea and in fact seems to be ignoring you entirely concentrating on making more of itself from the poor wretch before you

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    Agoros promptly locks shields with Aegea and Kleandrikas, looking with bewilderment at the grisly spectacle before them all.
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    Philistion sheepishly takes the gauze out of his ears, since the creature seems to be made of hands and feet, not mouths. His voice is high and tremulous.

    "A cursed thing, neither alive nor resting peacefully in death. A reminder of a great evil, swollen to an even greater evil. I might be able to harm it, but would need to touch it to do so. An experiment I am, I admit, not overly eager to engage in. Sometimes, knowledge isn't worth the pain in gaining it."
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