"Most unusual," Maximilian confessed, then in a lower voice, "<em>but I assure you he has his reasons</em>."<br/><br/>Delia's investigation took some time--there were many pieces to this puzzle, and some real effort had to be exerted.  Her work was well rewarded.<br/><br/>After cross referencing all of the attacks, it became clear the daemon was raping and murdering its way along the waterfront in a swivel.  It lined up with a constellation known as the Serpentine Dagger, and the next place D'zuk would strike to complete the circuit would be the hilt--landing on a warehouse, what was being stored there was information she could not get here but would be easy enough to find out once in the harbour district.  Aligned with some long-forgotten aquatic menace, the name of which had been deliberately expunged from the records, it seemed the water was somehow key to its goals.<br/><br/>As for those who might have summoned the entity, items collected from the scene suggested the Seekers of Balandur, an Occult organization known to seek the aide of corrupting forces in the pursuit of worldly wealth and pleasures.  It was likely this chain of events had some economic motivator behind it.<br/><br/>As for weaknesses, while nothing stood out, studying the daemon's glyph allowed her expedite the process of banishing or exorcising it from possessing a human, should the latter prove necessary.  Equipped with that knowledge, where it would be and in the vaguest of terms why, Delia had drawn a considerable amount of information from the tomes.  Over an hour had passed, however, and if the schedule held the daemon struck again tonight.<br/><br/>She did not have much time to prepare.