【五国】瑟雷恩的阴谋与派系

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本次将有大量坑，并不知道什么时候能填，但愿大学毕业前能抽时间填完。
-施工日记
2018-10-11 血之圣杯施工完毕
2018-12-08 前言和银色火炬施工完毕
2019-01-16 神权政体施工完毕

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阴谋和派系
战后的瑟雷恩许多不为人知的阴谋诡计既在教会预料之内也在教会预料之外。瑟雷恩海港上存在这一些教会都极力否认的不正常的贸易。一些瑟雷恩人确信铁证如山这种贸易就是在不断地彰显着统治者在道德品质和奉献精神上的缺失。其他沸沸扬扬的言论还有诸如要求言论自由,坚持称瑟雷恩掌权者摧毁无信仰组织并且迫害他们,国家政府真的会成超越敌人们所构陷的暴政等等。
所有“残暴的神权统治“的言论，在瑟雷恩比比皆是。市民认为他们在为他们的共同利益而行动,而且他们相信一旦找到证据，这个国家的牧师和圣武士绝对会阻止这样的恶行。尽管统一了信仰，忠诚如一，激情瑟雷恩往往还是会陷入支持政府还是这个国家未来的矛盾之中。

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Plots and Factions
Postwar Thrane has more than its share of plots and intrigues both within the Church of the Silver Flame and beyond. Thrane harbors many extreme orders, including a few the ruling theocracy would prefer to disavow. Some Thranes believe the very fact that such orders persist calls into question the morality and dedication of the nation’s rulers. Others champion ideals such as freedom of speech and expression, insisting that if Thrane’s elders hunted organizations that do not share their beliefs and persecuted them, the nation truly would become a tyranny, more than its enemies already believe it to be.
 For all the rhetoric about the “tyrannical theocracy,” tolerance abounds in Thrane. Its citizens believe that they act for the common good, and they believe the country’s clerics and paladins oppose absolute evil when they find it. Despite efforts to unify belief and loyalty, passionate Thranes are often in conflict with one another about the government and future of the nation.

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神权政体 THE THEOCRACY
瑟雷恩最强大和最有影响力的组织便是本国的神权政体，它是如今同时控制着教会和国家的真正政府。神权政治在共同的信念指引下凝成一体，并以它的凝聚力让一个陷入困境的国家在崩溃中受到鼓舞。但它也是一个年轻的政府，其中充斥了一些少数群体：他们是一群野心磅礴的人在相互钩心斗角。瑟雷恩神权政体的结构类似于银焰教会的结构，它有一系列的等级:牧师负责监管寺庙，主教负责监督较大的城镇和城市，大主教负责巡视一片国土，枢机红衣主教团管理着更宽宽泛的领域，比如立法，枢机红衣主教团有权在需要的时候会通过安格瓦要塞捍卫者来起草新法律，届时13位红衣主教将汇聚在一起，全程监督所有的会议，倾听并感悟他们的精神领袖杰拉•黛兰的话语和智慧。枢机主教们来自不同贵族家庭或不同的组织，但他们都要做出对神权政体及其选民来说最好的决策。在银焰教会中，并不是所有的牧师都能被称为“神权政治家”。只有那些由红衣主教选出并被赋予执行(或制定)法律的权力的人才能获得此殊荣的称号。
神权的法律和教义并非普遍适用于这个国家。相反，主教或大主教有权决定他认为对其管辖范围内的公民最有利的事情。人们会希望这种权力能受到信仰和对教会教义的尊重的制约，但同样有可能的是，主教在决定什么是对什么是错时，完全出于个人利益行事。从理论上讲，红衣主教会监视主教和大主教，以寻找腐败的迹象，但科瓦雷神器的交通设施并没有遍及每个角落，一个小村庄或小镇上牧师或主教的腐败也很有可能逃过监管者的眼睛。
到瑟蕾恩的任何一个城市去旅行，你很快就会知道当地神权政治权利中心领导者的名字，以及他的直接上级，甚至是在方圆数英里内巡视这片土地的最高级领导者的名字。毕竟，瑟蕾恩的政府不是一句空谈，在任何一个比银焰堡或瑟里奥斯特更小的城镇地区，教会的权威都是由一个宣誓过效忠于法律的个人或团体来代表的。
大多数神权统治者都是守序善良的，但即使是他们也会给冒险者们带来不少麻烦，即便他们的初衷是好的（只有守序善良的npc才会为难这帮混邪的冒险者好吗？）。守序善良阵营的神权领导者会把整个城市或地区的需求放在首位，而混乱阵营阵营的神权领导者可能仅仅出于自己的傲慢或野心而行事。邪恶的神权政治也是存在的，但他们必须采取特殊的措施，向瑟蕾恩的牧师和调查人员隐瞒他们的阵营和行踪。
Pc们的介入:牧师、主教和大主教经常招募高尚的冒险家来同威胁着他们的村庄、城镇和地区的邪恶战斗。毕竟，他们有责任确保本国公民的安全。
那些证明自己价值的英雄们可能会卷入教会的政治旋涡，因为他们的事迹被人所知，让其他银焰分教会向他们求助。随着时间的推移，他们必然会无意中冒犯一位主教，因为他们要服务于另一位主教，管理这些关系需要他们的谨慎。
援助教会的PC们也可以呼吁根除潜伏在银焰堡邪恶信徒,杀死栖息在古达坎遗迹中邪恶怪物,救援被拐卖的大主教,调查外国外交官涉嫌密谋谋反教会的证据,找到一些在埃鲁登原野失踪的传教士, 从哀伤故地的失落神殿中找回银焰的文物,或者抓捕那些偷窃瑟蕾恩某个伟人的陵墓宝物的盗贼。

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THE THEOCRACY
The most powerful and influential organization in Thrane is its theocracy, the very government that now controls both church and state. United under a common faith, the theocracy is cohesive enough to efend and inspire a troubled nation, but it’s a young government filled with lesser groups and aspiring individuals who struggle for power within it.
 The structure of Thrane’s theocracy is similar to the Church of the Silver Flame itself, with a series of ranks: Priests tend to temples, bishops watch over the larger towns and cities, and archbishops travel throughout a region. Councils of cardinals govern larger regions and, like legislators, are empowered to Thrane defenders in Angwar Keep draft new laws when needed. Thirteen High Cardinals oversee these various councils, gathering in Flamekeep to heed the words and wisdom of their spiritual leader, Jaela Daran. The High Cardinals accept visitors from various noble houses and organizations and determine what is best for the theocracy and its constituents. Not every priest and cleric in the Church of the Silver Flame is a “theocrat.” Only those chosen by the High Cardinals are invested with the power to enforce (or make) law.
 Theocratic laws and doctrine are not universally applied to the nation. Instead, a bishop or archbishop has the authority to determine what he thinks is best for the citizens in his domain. One would hope this authority is tempered by faith and respect for the Church’s teachings, but it is entirely possible that a bishop may act out of personal interest when he decides what it is right and wrong. In theory, cardinals watch over bishops and archbishops for signs of corruption, but Khorvaire’s marvelous means of transportation don’t extend everywhere. It is possible that a corrupt priest or bishop in a small village or town might escape notice for a time.
 Travel to any city in Thrane, and you’ll soon learn the name of the local theocrat, his immediate superiors, and high-ranking potentates who watch over the land for miles around. Thrane’s government isn’t an abstraction, after all—in any place smaller than Flamekeep or Thaliost, the Church’s authority is represented by a single individual or small cabal whose word is law.
Most theocrats are lawful good, but even they can make life difficult for adventurers despite the best intentions. Lawful theocrats put the needs of entire cities or regions first, while chaotic ones may act out of simple arrogance or ambition. Evil theocrats exist, but they must take special measures to conceal their alignment and agenda from Thrane’s crusaders and investigators.
Getting PCs Involved: Priests, bishops, and archbishops often use noble adventurers to combat
evils threatening their villages, towns, and districts.They are, after all, responsible to ensuring the safety of their fellow citizens. Heroes who prove their worth might become embroiled in Church politics as their deeds become known and other Silver Flame temples call upon them for aid. In time, they are bound to inadvertently offend one bishop by serving another, and managing these relationships will require some delicacy on their part.
 Characters who aid the Church might also be called upon to root out evil cultists lurking in Flamekeep, slay evil monsters haunting an ancient Dhakaani ruin, rescue an abducted archbishop, nvestigate a foreign diplomat suspected of plotting against the Church, locate some missing missionaries in the Eldeen Reaches, recover Silver Flame relics from a ruined temple in the Mournland, or catch thieves who have stolen something precious from the tomb of one of Thrane’s great leaders.

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银色火炬 THE SLIVER TORCH
作为全国最狂热的宗教和政治派别,银色火炬代表着异信徒对瑟雷恩的恐惧。作为诞生于终末战争中的一个秘密组织,银色火炬却在不久前收纳了几个自豪地要成为银色火炬会员的外部人员。而它的“内部圈子”的领导人组织依然保持绝对保密。
银色火炬信仰银焰并搜寻,惩罚,以及消除那些异教徒。其成员(称为火炬手)对政府没有多少信心,他们认为现在这个政府已经为了给那些丝毫不信仰银焰的国家和组织做出太多让步，因而偏离了本来那意识形态纯粹性的正路。这些宗教狂热分子排斥任何非人类种族。国家虽然不会流放表达出这样的观点的公民,但是那些公开声称效忠此教派的人都被密切的监视着,以防他们选择为他们顽固的而危险的信念采取过激行动。
当银色火炬愤怒时,一个人可以指挥一群手持火把和干草叉的暴民在街上久站。许多次,政府的防卫兵突袭了银色火炬的秘密集会,但真要消除这一教派却又将带来许多其他实质性的问题。政府例行公事般的否认他们与银色火炬有任何联系,即使他们承认它确实存在。
火炬手用传道来招募新成员。他们接纳哪些在战争期间有过不好的遭遇的包括哪些被剥夺公民权利的正在错误环境下自找麻烦的青年人。火炬手声称瑟雷恩不应当遵守的王座协定,因为它不发誓效忠于伽利法王室。其他火炬手则有着更荒谬的信仰,如认为忠诚就是要收回和净化哀伤故地。
那些温和的瑟雷恩人是无法容忍银色火炬，除非将他们作为如狂热份子危险性的例子的时候，以及证明国家的神权政治并不像敌人使它看起来的那样狂热和充满仇视。
Pc们的介入：瑟雷恩政府在大多数情况下愿意遵守王座协定，但是旧恨未消。机智的英雄可以扮演一个维护和平,停止银火炬和类似的教派极力煽风点火的角色。
火炬手的偏狭和传道,加上他们作为被保护的公民的权利,使冒险家难以处理他们。火炬手们用法律作为盾牌，并更善于用言语来感染英雄而不是用刀剑攻击英雄。包含非人成员的冒险队可能很容易与银色火炬发生冲突，即便你们根本没犯什么错。银色火炬可能会派间谍来监视并报告冒险者们的活动。如果冒险者们出现一点反对银焰的苗头,银色火炬会提醒当地神权政治家或散布文字声称“哪些自称冒险家的舞刀弄剑的异教徒”极度危险等等类似这样的在瑟雷恩境内的自由行动。

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THE SILVER TORCH
As one of the most fervent religious and political sects in the nation, the Silver Torch represents the very beliefs many outsiders fear when they think of Thrane. Born as a secret society at the start of the Last War, the Silver Torch presently includes several outspoken individuals who proudly claim membership. Only its “inner circle” of leaders maintains absolute secrecy.
 The Silver Torch believes in the Silver Flame and seeks to turn, punish, or eliminate unbelievers. Its members (called Torchbearers) have no faith in the modern government, which they believe has strayed from the path of ideological purity by compromising with other nations and organizations that have little or no faith in the Silver Flame. Sect fanatics ostracize anyone who is not human. The state does not exile a citizen for voicing such opinions, but those who openly profess loyalty to the sect are watched closely in case they should choose to act on their bigoted or dangerous beliefs.
 When the Silver Torch is outraged, one can expect a mob armed with torches and pitchforks in the streets shortly thereafter. On several occasions, the theocracy’s defenders have raided Torch meetings, but eliminating this one sect would call into question the very existence of many others. The theocrats routinely disavow any connection to the Silver Torch, even as they accept its existence.
 Torchbearers use propaganda to gather new mem-bers. They prey on Thranes who have suffered unduly during the war as well as disenfranchised youth look-ing for trouble in all the wrong places. They claim that the Treaty of Thronehold should not apply to Thrane, since it does not swear fealty to the Galifar line. Others maintain even more ridiculous beliefs, such as the notion that the faithful should retake and purify the Mournland.
 Moderate Thranes have little patience for the Silver Torch but hold them up as an example of the perils of zealotry and proof that the nation’s theocracy is not as rabid or hostile as its enemies would make it seem.
Getting PCs Involved: Thrane’s government abides by the Treaty of Thronehold for the most part,
but old hatreds still smolder. Wise heroes can play a role in preserving peace by stopping the Silver Torch and similar sects that endeavor to fan the flames.
 The Torchbearers’ intolerance and use of propaganda, coupled with their rights as protected citizens of Thrane, make them difficult for adventurers to deal with. Torchbearers use the law as a shield and are more likely to attack heroes with words than swords.Adventuring parties that include nonhuman members might run afoul of the Silver Torch through no fault of their own. The sect might send spies to watch them and report on their activities. If the adventurers appear to act against the will of the Silver Flame, the Silver Torch might alert the local theocrat or distribute literature professing the dangers of allowing “swordwielding infidels who call themselves adventurers” such free rein within Thrane’s borders.

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四楼血之圣杯...恩 这个不是坑了
血之圣杯 THE CHALICE OF BLOOD

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Seventy percent of Thrane society is human, and humans hold most positions of authority in Thrane. Despite the presence of a handful of dwarf, elf, half-elf, gnome, and halfling bishops and priests, the theocracy seems to favor the human race over all others, and all members of the Council of Cardinals are human. Nonhuman citizens cannot help but feel underrepresented and disadvantaged. Throughout the nation, cabals of nonhuman conspirators have various methods of retaliating against what they view as a corrupt government. Some advance specific political rivals. Others use their mistrust as an excuse for rebellion. The Chalice of Blood lies between these two extremes.

瑟雷恩社会百分之七十是人类构成的,并且人类享有着瑟雷恩的最高地位。尽管存在少数矮人,精灵,半精灵,侏儒,半身人主教和牧师,但人类占据了神权政体的绝大多数,况且红衣主教委员会所有成员都是人类。非人类公民不禁会感到自己是弱势群体。整个国家中,非人种族的阴谋家们策划着各种报复他们认为腐败的政府的阴谋。一些聚集成为政党竞争，一些人使用他们都不相信的借口引发叛乱。血之圣杯则位于这两个极端之间。
 

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Agents of the Chalice of Blood quietly support nonhuman candidates who show political promise within the theocracy. Legal tactics may include preaching about human clerics and cardinals with sympathetic views, anonymously making donations in support of a local theocrat or his causes, and speaking in public about the good works a nonhuman cleric has performed. Extremists within the group are willing to enact more drastic measures, such as sabotaging the efforts of human religious leaders or even assassinating them outright.This is not to say that the Chalice is strictly antihuman. When the first cabals of the order met, they spoke of an egalitarian society in which all were equal. Unfortunately, arguments ensued over what constituted “racial progress,” leading to various splinter groups that prefer action to words. As long as the vast majority of Thranes are human, the Chalice will have a cause to champion. Coexistence is no longer the watchword it once was within the society. Whenever nonhumans must surrender their agenda to humans in Thrane, zealots within the society speak of spilling blood instead.

血之圣杯的代理人悄悄支持着在神权政治中有发言权的非人类候选人。他们的合法策略可能包括博得富有同情心的牧师和主教的支持,匿名捐款支持当地的神权政治家和他的事业,并且在公共场合演讲非人类神职人员过去的善行。组织内的极端主义分子则更愿意采取严厉的措施,比如破坏人类宗教领袖的努力成果甚至彻底暗杀他们。这并不表明圣杯就是严格的反人类组织。组织首次成立时,他们的目标是构建一个平等的社会,人类与非人类都是平等的。不幸的是,在论证关于什么构成了“种族进步”时，组织产生了争执,一部分人认为行胜于言。只要绝大多数瑟雷恩人是人类,圣杯就会为平等不懈努力。共存已不再是口号,它曾经存在于社会。每当在瑟雷恩的非人类必须向人类妥协时，圣杯的狂热份子就会以流血行动代替空喊口号。

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Getting PCs Involved: Members of the Chalice keep a watchful eye out for exceptional nonhumans to represent them. Good-aligned adventurers make likely candidates because of their power and prestige. Nonhuman clerics and paladins of the Silver Flame are even more desirable. Characters might be approached to help a nonhuman village priest who’s being terrorized by members of the Silver Torch or to prove the innocence of a nonhuman framed for theft or murder.

Pc们的介入:圣杯的成员保持警惕以防止异常的非人类来代表他们。善良同盟的冒险者可能因为他们的权力和威望而成为组织候选人，比如非人类的银焰牧师和圣骑士会非常受欢迎。PC们可能帮助非人类村子中被银焰之炬恐吓的牧师或 证明被以盗窃或谋杀诬陷的非人类的清白。

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五楼信主占坑

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HOST OF THE FAITHFUL
Roughly three percent of Thrane’s citizens worship the Sovereign Host instead of the Silver Flame. Modest shrines to the Sovereign Host can be found in most of the nation’s major settlements, although they pale next to the Silver Flame’s magnificent and ostentatious cathedrals. Groups who worship the deities of the Sovereign Host are collectively called the Host of the Faithful. They can trace their lineage back through centuries of Thrane’s history, and they are as much citizens of the nation as those who hold the Silver Flame as infallible. By ignoring them, the theocracy relegates the Host of the Faithful to second-class citi-zens. In an incendiary postwar culture, worshipers of the Sovereign Host must remain vigilant and find quiet ways to legitimize their religion. Religious intolerance does not pervade Thrane’s society, but devout followers of one religion remember those who openly practice other religions. Many members of the Host choose to hide their religious affiliation, pretending to revere the Silver Flame while attending secret services for the Sovereign Host. While the theocracy tolerates such activity when it is found, Flame devotees are sometimes less forgiving.
Getting PCs Involved: Characters with any connection to the Sovereign Host who spend time in Thrane will hear about the Host of the Faithful. They might be called upon to help Arawai-worshiping farmers find the zealous Flame-worshipers who have been slaughtering their livestock, or they might serve as escort for a merchant who worships Kol Korran and learn more about the religious intolerance he faces whenever he trades in Flamekeep. Characters with family ties to House Cannith might be called upon to help worshipers of Onatar (god of artifice and the forge) build a shrine in Flamekeep and deal with the more violent opponents of the project.

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六楼伽利法皇室占坑

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THE GALIFAR LOYALISTS
(THRONEHOLDERS)
In the darkest days of the Last War, the Church of the Silver Flame rose to power following a people’s revolt against the monarchy. Several corrupt and minor nobles were driven into exile, and Prince Daslin ir’Wynarn retreated to Silvercliff Castle. The events that led to this transition of power have been analyzed countless times since then, and many question the legitimacy of what occurred. The horrific events of the Last War, particularly the annihilation of Shadukar, unhinged many citizens. They lost faith in the crown. No longer were they willing to place their fate in the hands of mortal men and women, yet critics of the government insist that the clerics, paladins, and priests who now serve the Silver Flame are as fallible as the nobles who ruled before them. Now that the war is over and the worst troubles have passed, they say, it is time for the descendants of Galifar to return to the throne.
 The Galifar Loyalists (referred to colloquially as “Throneholders”) believe that Queen Diani ir’Wynarn should lead Thrane into the next century. Many of these loyalists are wealthy nobles whose families have served the Wynarn line for generations, and they trust that Diani will reward their loyalty and support them when she returns to power. In Flamekeep, displays of royal fealty become more subtle and secretive. Lesser nobles hesitate to incur the wrath of the theocrats. However, a scattered band of societies throughout Thrane do more than simply revere their would-be queen. They hold festivals and gatherings for events the nobility supported in years past. Others are willing to extend their loyalty to the nobility to outright subterfuge, espionage, or political opposition of the theocracy. The proponents of monarchy gather all the information they can of the theocracy’s failings, disseminating their critical tracts to all who would (or can) read them. A few know that they cannot tear down a government overnight, so they focus their tirades against a select few theocrats regarded as corrupt or dangerous. The most secretive loyalists form cabals to actually assassinate or eliminate enemies of the nobility, although they typically act independently of any noble. On rare occasions, a noble in exile has used his family’s wealth or connections to fund a group of villains who would tear down theocrats in his former domain. Such scandals, when exposed, vilify all Throneholders. Adventurers on either side of the conflict should choose their allegiances wisely, since failure can have consequences far beyond the punishments meted by a vengeful theocracy.
Getting PCs Involved: Adventurers might find themselves embroiled in a conflict between the Galifar loyalists and members of the Silver Torch or the Whispering Flame (see below) determined to stamp them out. If they choose to ally themselves with the Throneholders, they will eventually come into con-tact with influential nobles eager to see the Galifar line restored to power. They may partially fund the heroes’ expeditions in exchange for information on corrupt theocrats or the occasional “small service.” Such services might include bullying some troublesome Torchbearers, thwarting some Whispering Flame cultists, or helping Queen Diani find powerful allies abroad.

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七楼银焰低语占坑

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THE WHISPERING FLAME
The religious leader of Thrane, Jaela Daran, holds great power within the confines of the Cathedral of the Silver Flame. Outside its sanctified grounds, she is but an 11-year-old cleric, but inside, the Silver Flame grants her immense divine power. A small and secretive cult within Thrane believes that Jaela Daran’s gifts come not from Tira Miron or the couatl spirit that sus-tains the Silver Flame, but from the malevolent demon trapped within the unquenchable fire. Although they would dare not speak such heresy openly, their cult centers on the conviction that infernal voices advise their nation’s spiritual leader. According to the theories, outside forces powerful enough to hide
within the Church of the Silver Flame in Flamekeep avoid detection by the many paladins and clerics who frequent it. While this conspiracy theory may seem elaborate, the cultists of the Whispering Flame do more than simply believe in this idea. They hear the voices, and they obey.
 Only a few evil cults have managed to survive in Thrane—a feat demanding powerful magic, eternal vigilance, and a lack of sanity (or presence of vision, if you prefer). The Knights of Thrane have been ruthless in eliminating such corruption, yet the inner circle of this cult uses an array of spells to mask their alignments, bury their true thoughts, and veil their fiendish schemes. Few gatherings are held; instead, Whispering Flame cultists maintain contact through whispering flame spells (see page 155) and other secretive means of communication.
 Whispering Flame cultists firmly believe that Jaela Daran herself is part of their organization, and that the orders she receives are the same as theirs. Investigators outside the cult hear rumors of Whispering Flame plots to eradicate the last vestiges of the monarchy, ensuring that the Keeper of the Flame’s rule continues unchallenged. Still others fear that the cultists might be capturing monsters from the Mournland to unleash upon Thrane or researching ways to unleash the fiend within the Silver Flame. Such ideas are speculative at best, however. The most pervasive theory is that the Whispering Flame cultists are simply insane, which could be the most dangerous rumor of all.Getting PCs Involved: Whispering Flame cultists lurk within all echelons of society, acting on the visions they believe originate from the terrible fiend bound within the Silver Flame. Although most cultists act independently, their individual misdemeanors often link together into a tightly woven plot. For Whispering Flame cultist example, a cultist in Daskaran might receive a vision
prompting him to kill a House Cannith magewright, steal a key in her possession, and bring it to Aruldusk. Meanwhile, a second cultist might receive a vision that prompts him to travel to the ruins of Eston in the Mournland, retrieve a sealed iron chest from a destroyed House Cannith workshop, and return with it to Aruldusk. Only when the key and locked chest are brought together do the cultists realize what must be done.
 Characters hired by House Cannith to investigate the death of the magewright might blunder into
a Whispering Flame plot to capture a House Cannith talisman built to destroy or enslave warforged. Perhaps the cultists need the talisman to break into a vault guarded by warforged, or perhaps they intend to sell it to the Lord of Blades in exchange for a more powerful weapon or some useful information in his possession. The Whispering Flame’s plots are often tangled in
such a manner, and unraveling them can be difficult. Once the Whispering Flame cultists realize the heroes are onto them, they use whispering flame spells to inform others, and soon cultists begin attacking the characters at every opportunity.

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