<em>Issue 5,430, First Edition</em><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;">Rierdran Embassy Site of Mass Suicide</span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Cults in Karrn, Delusions of Grandeur</span><br/><strong>By Campbell Garrett, Reporter Extraordinaire</strong><br/><br/>Adriana Ir'Wynarn, aged 20, is in the esteemed line of succession for the crown of Aundair.  In her youth, she had been a remarkable scholar and attained in her teens the posture and wisdom of a lady thrice her age.  She could write, she could sing, she could draw, she could entertain.  Now, she cannot speak.  Now, the only communication that Miss Ir'Wynarn can use is that of a dog's bark.<br/><br/>She was the lucky one, the sole survivor of a Bacchean night of festivity that ended in a mass suicide of at least 300 people last night at the Reirdran Embassy, most of them Karrnathi citizens.  Arcane and religious experts agree that this is the work of the Path of Inspiration, a Reirdran cult that has entwined itself with Reirdran interests abroad.  But how could something like this occur in today's modern times?  How is it that these secretive cults can inspire, enlighten and recruit even the most distinguished of people?  And how is it that the Karrnathi government continues to permit such cults to exist within its government?<br/><br/><em> Con't below, re: an informative, rather glib history of Kaius' I involvement and feuds with cults, a brief history of the Path of Inspiration, a second-hand retelling of Quori and a small note on Aundair's reaction.</em><br/><br/>The Path of Light and the Reirdran Embassy could not be reached for comment.