After a few minutes he tells the party of a vision and the words of ShenninAshal? about the arrival of River Voices (heros of the Zola Fel cult) who will come to aid the river and its people. He tells them that the stigmata are enchantments but he does not know for what. He asks them to stay and keep a low profile for the day and will return later. he bows deeply to each character and kisses the stigmata on their hands before leaving.
RurikLondro and XingiBulawayo head into the town with Sarky and goto see the agent of Mr. Ingilli. He is not impressed that they lost the raft but pays them their money after they hand over the documents.
At Dusk Sa'ar returns and tells them more about the Stigmata.
He recommends that the party visit the Pool of Kinope, a shrine to Zola Fel in the New Bog of Sun County, which is reveared by the subcult of the Cleansed One. He also tells them that he sees that Gorp are a danger to the purity of the river and that their help may be wanted in protecting the river from this Chaos taint.
He invites them to join the Worship Ceremony at the Zola Fel temple and asks that Sarky and Dagis bring any who would attend. The whole party decide to attend the ceremony which is held by a pool fed from a creek on the [Zola Fel] with a Limestone alter, half in and out of the pool. The ceremony is well attened with 80 or so initiates and their families. There are human, newtling and fish worshippers.
Revered Sa'ar tells the story of how "The Cleansed One Hears the Voice of the River". Later as he casts the worship spell, the stigmata on everyones hands glow for 5 seconds (Sa'ar later tells them that the Breath Air/Water? matrix is now charged. He also tells the congrigation about the party and how they are RiverVoices. This causes a bit of a stir as all the assembled want to kiss the stigmata on the hands of the party.
After the ceremony whilst walking back to the huts of Sarky and Dagis, ReverendSa?'ar tells the party that he has managed to secure a boat to take them back up the river and they can leave when ever they wish. Then he goes on to ask a favour. The locals have been suffering from a family of Mud Sharks that have moved into the area and several newtlings working on the Lunar channel dredging have been killed. He asks if the party (being a group of warriors) could deal with the problem.
The Party agree and Sarky and Dagis volunteer to take them to the lair at first light.
Setting out before dawn, the party, Reverend Sa'ar, Sarky and Dagis head to the dredging in the channels and to the nest of the Mudsharks. Swimming into the water they quickly find the tunnel entrance (thansk to the Rivereyes spell) and enter. Inside are a number of chambers, and several mudsharks. Without much trouble the party butcher the animals.
Searching the chambers they come across a spherical ball about 70cm in diamter with 8 equally spaced symbols around its circumference. There is a ring on the bottom for a hook or teather. As they clean it up it begins to glow.
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