<strong>Eshalu explaining her menacing vision in the Chapel</strong><br/><br/>Eshalu nodded at Aeryn's invitation. She preferred to remain standing, perhaps because this place, which she understood to be a holy place, had none of the familiar comforts of the primeval sacred groves, overgrown with moss and streaked with freshets of crystalline, freezing meltwater, of her native lands. The reassuring smell of vegetation and sacrificial blood and dark, pungent narcotic brews was strangely absent.<br/><br/>"I sought to commune with the Great Mother, in the manner in which I am accustomed every morning and that is when I<em>heard</em>it," Eshalu paused, slightly taken aback by the inadequacy of words, let alone the few words in the human common speech she did know, to describe the overwhelming sensation of hatred and malevolence that she had felt, "the spirit of the land itself rankles at the presence not only of you humans, but of all life. It hates and it hungers in a way I never thought possible of a spirit. It wished me pain - not just physical pain, but it felt like it wanted to enter into my mind and turn my own thoughts into my enemy."<br/><br/>Eshalu spoke slowly, her words measured. She dared not access the memory, for fear that the sensation would again inundate her senses. "We," she paused, gathering her thoughts, "my People, we can hear the voices of the land when the spirits choose to speak to us. Even on the great-kayak that brought us here, when I rested, I could hear the undines laugh under the waves. Here there is silence, until<em>it</em>speaks. I only wish I had not listened."<br/><br/>For a moment, she feared the entity's taint had followed them. The place where she stood unsettled her, with its quiet, contemplative veneer hiding something ancient, and deeply threatening.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll Result: Eshalu rolled: 4d6<br/>Comment:<strong>Notice</strong> check to spot anything strange or remarkable about the chapel and its layout/structure<br/>Result: 6, 1, 2, 1, with Notice (+2), net result of <strong>+1</strong>, an <strong>average</strong> success<br/></div></div>