Draiss nodded at their comments, before pointing out something they had missed. "And there is no telling if it has other entrances. What I am going to do is make irregular incursions in an attempt to get some kind of sensor or drone into it that last longer than a day. However, the point of this was so you all know that there are Beyonders already here, as well as that they have ways to spread their influence without making direct contact. This locket, for example, can grant power in exchange for a minor task, though the hidden cost is that the being is now corrupted by them, and getting worse. This being was enough to defeat several gods and other powerful creatures, and only the fact that they managed to deal significant damage managed to prevent it from going further."<br/><br/>He stared at the cocoon, before shaking his head. "Gammon, did you determine what information the marilith got out of that book? She committed significant resources to getting to it and I know she got at least part of what she wanted, if not all of it? She attacked the Inevitable's main base, and did a massive amount of damage before she was stopped."<br/><br/><em>And I asked the wrong question. I should have asked about clearing a Beyonder taint, not a Chaos taint. Any chance I can get the answer to that?</em>That was a private aside to Gammon, with a mental sigh of regret.<br/><br/>Continued... (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=166073.0)