<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/mvy5kM3.png)</div>With the last of Pazuzu's influence destroyed, Desna's counteracting timey wimey fields that held the demonic menace of the decapus at bay also dissipated having finished serving their purpose. Brinewall Castle returned to the ruined state they had first found it in, as the Jade Whores retraced their steps to the vault. The sun and moon discs still fit perfectly into the circular depressions on either side of the portcullis barring the path, causing the iron bars to slowly grind down into the ground.<br/><br/>Deep drifts of dust lay on the floor, while immense stone doors hung ajar to the southwest... only to reveal empty vaults beyond when pushed open. They had long been looted during the original fall of Brinewall Castle, the vault relocked after being stripped bare. As the Jade Whores stepped inside, the dust on the floor swirled into the air, coalescing into the ominous shadowy form of an insane and enraged wraith. It howled in rage and flew through the air to attack-<br/><br/>"Stop! G-grandfather!" Ameiko cried out as the wraith's incorporeal form slipped past blade and arrow unharmed, closing in on her. "I am your granddaughter, Ameiko Kaijitsu!"<br/><br/>As she uttered that name, the the wraith's eyes bulged and it froze motionless in mid-strike. It lowered its arms, then wailed in a mournful voice in Common: “I... know... this... naaaaaammmmmeeeeee...” Before their eyes the monstrous shape of the wraith gave way to the ghostly image of an old but dignified Tian man. "Take the seal away from here... it is no longer safe..." It pointed to the apparently blank eastern wall. It turned back to Ameiko and whispered its last words as it broke apart into dust once more, "You have... your father's eyes..."<br/><br/>Sandra and Spivey murmured prayers for his soul, finally free to move on into the afterlife.<br/><br/>The secret door in the eastern wall was cleverly hidden and would have been nigh impossible to find if they didn't know what they were looking for. As it was, even already informed of its existence, it took Baihu a while before she found the trigger. The secret vault within a vault was only half-excavated - the far eastern portion of the room remained a rough cavern wall. Three identical darkwood chests bound with bronze sat against the base of this rough wall.<br/><br/>Despite Shalelu having first dibs at the treasure, it felt only right to let Ameiko approach first. The central chest popped open at the first touch, revealing an ornate lacquer box. This<em>warding box</em>in turn opened to reveal a jade seal carved out from a single block of pure jade. The<em>Amatatsu Seal</em>created a rapid series of visions in the Jade Whores' minds:<em>An army of terrible oni - with burning skin, glaring eyes, and sharp tusks, wearing strange armor and wielding exotic weapons - emerged in a storm from a vast forest, then descended upon the people of a land - Minkai.</em><br/><br/>This vision is swiftly followed by another:<em>A young man dressed in imperial robes stood over a simple well, a friend at his side. Suddenly, the friend grew nearly three times in size and was sheathed in a frightening suit of jade armor. The jade warrior drew a sword and stuck down the young emperor, then held the bloody sword aloft in triumph.</em><br/><br/>A third vision followed, this time of<em>Five armies raised against the oni, each led by a banner representing one of the five royal families of Minkai. But from the army of oni came five storms, that tore down all but one of the banners. The sole surviving flag, of the Amatatsu family, was blown across the Crown of the World.</em><br/><br/>The fourth vision:<em>A young version of Ameiko's grandfather handing an intelligent, talking sword to a richly dressed Ulfen man in exchange for a bag of gold. He dropped the Amatatsu name and took on the Kaijitsu name, leading the survivors of the last royal family further south with the proceeds.</em><br/><br/>Finally, this vision faded, and the Jade Whores see the last vision:<em>Ameiko, not dressed as a masseuse but in imperial finery, rising from her seat within the arms of the a jade throne.</em><br/><br/>The visions came and went in the span of a few heartbeats, but after they passed, the knowledge they imparted was undeniable. Ameiko Kaijitsu's true family name was Amatatsu, and she was the heir of the last surviving royal family of Minkai, the only person with a legitimate claim to the jade throne that had sat empty ever since the murder of the last emperor. The throne needed to be filled by a legitimate successor who would rally the nation and drive out the oni, before Minkai fell to the fiends forever. The Amatatsu Seal was the proof of her imperial heritage and her birthright, and it needed to accompany her to Minkai.<br/><br/>The Amatatsu Seal was a powerful artifact in its own right, capable of great healing magic up to resurrecting the dead, but it also radiated strong magic that could be divined across oceans and continents, allowing it to be tracked across any distance. Originally meant to allow its rightful owners the ability to track it if stolen, this feature made it dangerous to open the warding box holding the seal, for as long as the warding box remained open, the seal's location could be tracked by hostile forces. One final ward existed on the seal, confounding attempts to whisk it quickly away from its homeland but also making returning a stolen seal home an arduous task - it could never be transported by teleportation magic or dimensional travel. Thus the seal was stored inside a Warding Box, which protected all objects within from all divination while the lid was closed. In this state, no divination spell or ability could detect the warding box or its contents.<br/><br/>Ameiko snapped the warding box shut, but the damage was already done - during the time the warding box remained open, the magic radiating unprotected from the Amatatsu Seal had surely betrayed its presence.