Devaguea visibly flinched at the suggestion of 'just remove it.' "Sadly, that would also remove a significant portion of my skull, as the first time he tried to harvest energies, the crystal cracked and flowed, fusing with the bone. It was... almost as painful as having it implanted in the first place."<br/><br/>Devaguea let the others relate their stories about the place but did impose order on the accounts rather than having everyone speak at once. Even Cynthia adding her own thoughts about the centaur tribe's legends, before adding his own thoughts. "I am certain you would have dealt with the lich fairly handily, assuming he didn't try to use the artifact on you."<br/><br/>He blinked before whapping himself in the face with a wing. "Allison, please make a priority note, get the name of a blind good aligned outsider so we can destroy that thing. While I would not mind them asking for something, they are just going to be swinging a weapon."<br/><br/>The duke shook his head, wing folding back to its resting position. "Though I am not certain this area doesn't have deeper issues. Two issues we have dealt with are probably linked, a third might be linked, and sadly my anger at the ghost made getting his information impossible, so we have no idea if he was... inspired to go where he did. All things considered, I am going to act as if he was."<br/><br/>At the confusion from most of his advisors, he related what the troll leader had said about a 'pretty woman,' the ring of woman's hair on the siege owlbear, and the fact that Akiros had mentioned the Stag Lord had called out to or cursed a 'her' when drunk or sleeping. "I think someone is playing games, though I lack concrete proof of it. It might even be related to the lack of fae in an area that is supposed to be overrun with them."<br/><br/>Done with his conspiracy theory, he turned back to the silver. "If you want to help, I would gladly welcome you to join us. We could certainly use your wisdom and skills, though if you would need to take a bit of time off to recover from your ordeal and visit family, I can certainly understand."