(Unfortunately, the research you're doing, unless it's reasonably extensive, is 'go to the bar and ask the bard for the legend of the Ghostlord' and you'll have, basically, name and location. Unless you want to research into, like, his personal life, it'll take a day. =P OTOH, I'm not REALLY tracking days closely for this game, so the enemy horde will arrive at the speed of plot, unless you decide to do something silly.<br/><br/>Also, this is totally not OOC talk, this is Draiss communing with the OverDeities about the myriad possibilities of the past, present, and future.)<br/><br/>Lord Jarmaath nods at his questions, answering some others from the rest of the party, mostly inconsequential things, before addressing his. "The horde scattered the bulk of its forces through the Vale, after they crossed the river. The main host is still a good twenty days away, but already, their furthest riding forces harass villages only a day away. Thanks to your efforts, though, we've had ample warning, and most of the villages were evacuated with few casualties, though the loss of farmlands will be devastating. We've already sent representatives to local kingdoms, requesting aid, but they won't make it here before the horde reaches our walls. We've also requested many of the druids in the outlying regions to aid, when the battles end, to save the farmlands.<br/><br/>As far as the priests? We have a number of clerics in the city, but, if you intend to bring one with you to battle the lich directly, I'm sad to say the only one here would be Tredora, the local high priestess of Pelor, and we will need her wisdom and guidance more than anything, in the upcoming weeks." (For reference, she's a Cleric 8, and the rest of the party has, by now, reached about 8 themselves. By the time she'd actually be part of the plot, the PCs would have surpassed even her. You are, quite simply, the most powerful people in a hundred miles, or so, excepting villains.)