<span style="font-weight: bold">@Jules, Tianna, Arina:</span><br/>Mistress Syrenis listens with a curious smile at Tianna’s question, then, with a deep sigh…<br/>“Well, in order…”<br/>She’s interrupted by the arrival of Arina. The barmaiden gives her a bright smile.<br/>“Of course, my dear.” She promptly serves you a chalice of Mermaid Tears. “It’s two écu, as always, my friend.” She blinks, then turns again at Tianna.<br/>“I don’t know very much about the history of the Cathedral, or the reason it was placed there or abandoned. I know this region was dominion of the Theocracy once – three hundred years ago, if I remember well; Faminburg wasn’t even there at that time, it’s a very recent town. Maybe your friends knows a little more,” she glances at Jules with an ambiguous smile.<br/>“About that bi…About Jaenyn. Yes, I met her. She had such a desperate need of my library, and of some of my powders and trinkets … She came here with two of her young girls, two shy little things  that barely spoke in my presence, and always as gentle and scared as little bunnies. Maybe someone told them some of the stories about me,” she chuckles, amused, followed by a squawk from the tiny dragon. “Anyway. Of course ol’ Syrenis is not a fool, and I politely asked her many questions before helping her. By her face, I’m sure she had no intention to reveal anything at all, but being too rude with me at that point could have resulted in me being rude to her and refusing to help her.” She smirks smartly. “Well. Lady Jaenyn wanted to ‘experiment’ with some mechanic-alchemic devices she had with her. They needed to be completed, and fueled with reagents and power. As she told me, those devices could be imprinted with spells and then consume reagents to replicate spontaneously the imprinted spell. Also, they could use it in reaction to external stimulation – for example to defend themselves. She wanted to complete them and experiment their efficiency – ‘with some simple, harmless spells’, she said. Her students were with her for some practice and field experience, she added.” Syrenis stretches languidly, with a little, cat-like yawn.  After a few seconds of silence, her eyes still close, she adds coldly: “She’s powerful. I hate to admit it, but I’m quite sure she’s more powerful than me … and I’m not exactly  a candid novice. She’s powerful, she’s smart, she’s ambitious…” She opens her eyes – now she looks so solemn and grave, and stares directly at Jules, then at Tianna.<br/>“About these … monsters. I asked some witnesses, and I’m quite sure most of them are the kind of creature you could summon with a common arcane spell – I’m almost sure you know which spell I’m talking about,” her eyes run from Tianna to Arina. “But the, uh, green women… I’m not sure, not sure at all.”<br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><br/>@Jules:</span><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">The cathedral was built when this region was part of the Theocracy and Faminburg still didn't exist. As far as you know, it's not a place of power and no supernatural accident ever occurred there. Since the Theocracy yielded the region to the Blue Kingdom,  the Cathedral have been progressively left unused and abandoned. Faminburg was not built nearer since it was not a convenient place for a settlement.</div></div></div>