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You have the resources necessary to convince Chief Kothis to send out patrols. They return after a few days with good but troubling news.

They were able to warn people away from the Ziggurat's overt slaving patrols and speak with others so the disenfranchised among them did not leave to serve the mystic. But though none of the River People got close to the Ziggurat, different people have similar stories about it. Strange shapes, they say, dwell in the Ziggurat and obey Stralchus. They are visible sometimes at night, gliding like serpents down the steps of the pyramid he has built.

Are they the Icons? Did they make the Ziggurat? If so, what does that mean for you?

"We can't spend all our time in speculation," Vecla says. "We helped as many people as we could, and now we need to consider the prism." She looks to Control.

"Local traders claim to have seen huge crystalline structures out on the northern plains," Control says. "People say they have healing properties, and a sufficiently pure crystal may serve as our prism."

"Let's waste no time," Therko says.

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