Ahead of the Storm - Day 43

Alhaster, Two Months Ago

Either I am losing my mind, or someone is following me everywhere I go. Neither option is encouraging.

It all began last week, just after I finished compiling the Demonomicon information for Shami-Amourae. Pellegri had asked me to set the others aside for the moment and concentrate on that one, as Pelor himself had told her that Shami-Amourae was responsible for the False Prophets. This group apparently has spies infiltrating all the religions of the Amalgamation, in order to try and gain information related to some secret that the Gods may wish to keep from mankind. And while the whole thing sounds a bit like some crazed conspiracy theory, I did plan on researching all the Demon Lords sooner or later, so I didn't mind setting Malcanthet aside for a few days to work on Shami-Amourae.

Yet now, I fear that Pellegri's fears may be all too real, for as soon as I completed the Shami-Amourae report and delivered it to Manzorian (to be passed on to everyone else who is in on our discussions, including Pellegri) - that is when I first felt it, out of the corner of my eye... a shadowy figure stalking me through the streets here in Alhaster, wherever I went. I know now with any certainty the identity of my pursuer, but I certainly have my suspicions: I believe it is one of these "False Prophets".

Could it be that Shami-Amourae, if she truly is commanding these False Prophets from the depths of her prison in the Wells of Darkness, has gained knowledge that I have been looking into her history? If so, I wonder how this knowledge came to her ears. Is one of our trusted group perhaps acting as a spy? Or did she perhaps use means such as our own... Divinations, Communes... Either way, I am certainly frightened.

I will keep myself as alert as possible in these coming days, with a Forcecage spell always at the ready. Perhaps I can turn this troubling development into a positive, and capture our first spy to interrogate. That would surely please Pellegri and Elena. Hehehe, yes - that would please them greatly.

That is indeed what I will do - prepare all my best offensive spells, perhaps even some of the Far Realm novelties I learned from Verodemocrium - and hope to be attacked. That poor False Prophet won't know what hit him...