video | un: Caster | transmission from Dorchacht

[futhark]

Name: Caster (Cú Chulainn) and Anon
Date: Septeril 21
Format: video

[ Even if most of his face is hidden under the hood, Caster is a man some might have recognized as the one giving Monsters of the Aefenglom (and later some of the resistance members) enchanted tattoos protecting against compulsion.The room is dark, curtains drawn down, barely any source of light. The poor reception and static betray the source is in Dorchacht, it's not Coven guest-chamber though ]

Yo. This is going to be brief, but there's something we wanted to share. Not long ago, I was gifted an artifact for tracking spells and together with my associate we decided to track the Enchantment in the wall.

[ There's some muffled whisper, the associate is set on staying hidden and anonymous though. But the brief pause is clear that some request or a direction is made. Caster nods and returns his attention onto the watch ]

Right— remember the very first rule Coven drills into our heads? Every magic has a price. Enchantments have a long life-span, but they will run out if not charged. No one is charging the massive wards on the wall — yet they must be fueled by something.

The runes on the walls, most of them are to control and subjugate the will of Monsters. And not just that, as the kid and old man has found out recently, there some spells related to affecting memories too. Browse back the network just a bit, and you'll see the details.

Here is what we found out. The source of Enchantment lies in the heart of the city, in the Coven itself. The points are spread out more within but one is the big double doors that were so protected in the Dream. It's not easy to observe the place without that being too suspicious, but we got something: Monsters who broke free of the compulsion influence are often led inside sometimes Witches that do not look like they want to be there. Most of those who come back do so in a daze. And we've heard there are some who have never returned—

[ Not risking to say that they talked with resistance about it, but that should be just clear enough. Because who else they could have heard it from ]

Some of us have been taken there apparently as well. Are we in full set or is there anybody missing? And those who returned; if any of you knows what's behind that door and how to get there— You know, we thought we'll ask before doing anything ourselves.

[ And if they end disappearing there are information left behind. Not that they are considering doing anything. No sir! ]

｢ ooc: feel free to threadjack and all ｣

Comments

Voice

[fiddlestick]

Thanks for sharing. The thing powering all this being in the Coven makes sense.

It's probably fueling the weather that blocks out the sky here too. Which..whatever it is, it must have immense power to control this much of the city.

[futhark]

Perhaps that room has many uses, and people who enter and leave— [ And how they enter and leave ] their state isn't linked to the Enchantment itself. But it's still a possibility to consider.

I'm not sure if the artifact I have could give us answers about the sky. As one of the requirements to use it is, well, touching the enchanted object.

[ Easy with wall, not easy with sky ]

[fiddlestick]

If it's a power source as strong as it sounds, it having multiple functions is very possible.

Ah...yeah, might be hard to touch the sky. Guess the only way to find out is to tamper with that room, and see if the sky changes.

[futhark]

Are you familiar with anyone who happened to get behind the door? Knowing what made the Coven bring them could be— well, a key. If said someone is too careful to speak in the open, they can always contact us privately.

[fiddlestick]

One person. He mentioned something about the healers in there touching a wall? That's the only thing that stood out to me.

[It was a weird enough detail to remember, at least]

I'd heard from the Resistance that people who get infected with Cwyld get brought there. I've been spending them time teaching Aefenglom's methods of treatment so they wouldn't be reliant on...that.

[futhark]

Cwyld infection fits with what we have witnessed so far.

The wall part is indeed strange— [ And not really alarming, but mages can scramble someone's memories by equally unalarming head pat gesture. The strange part is the more important one here ] Do you know if those walls looked unusual?

｢ ooc: and given since Eren did contact Caster in his inbox, perhaps it can be handwaved that Elliot asked him to ｣

[fiddlestick]

Yeah. This city does have an unusually low rate of Cwyld. I'd imagine that's part of it.

I don't, you'd have to ask him. I can tell him to contact you.

[OOC: oh sounds good!]