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Linaras, 7th day of Reapember, 2008
High Watch rising 23
The Palanthas Herald

Temptress Abducted!

by Kendermage, Staff Writer
Last Updated: Majetag, Fleurgreen 13, 2008

Palanthas – The woman called the Temptress was abducted from the Temple of Takhisis earlier today.

According to Kryon Darkwind, Caretaker of the Temple of Takhisis, the woman who calls herself the Temptress was forcibly taken from the Temple.

"They just came in like they owned the place and took her," said Darkwind. "There were five of them, led by that strange cleric of Zivilyn that was here last week harassing her. I tried to stop them but for some reason my newly returned clerical abilities failed me."

Darkwind described the other four individuals that accompanied the cleric of Zivilyn. One was described as being a figure of indeterminate gender in black robes and wearing a mask of gray stone. Another was described as a dwarf –sized minotaur with red skin and wielding an oversized axe. A third was described by Darkwind as a sort of humanoid griffon. The fourth kidnapper was more of an animal; a cat sized dragon according to Darkwind's account.

"I heard the Cleric of Zivilyn tell the miniature minotaur and the griffon thing to bind the Temptress. She made an attempt to stop them, but without her magic was overwhelmed. I can't understand it. In her temple, the might of the Temptress should have been unchallengeable. Yet she could not summon a single spark of magic; nor could I. The kidnappers must have neutralized the magic of those in the building."

Darkwind delivered his report to the City Guard who graciously took the report and told Darkwind they would look into it.

"People go missing in this city every day," said Guardsman Heinrich Whitmore. "I can't give special treatment to Darkwind's Temptress just because he says she is a god. Personally I'm glad she is gone. She made my skin crawl."

Some witnesses report seeing the five individuals described by Darkwind boarding a strange boat docked at Blue Crab Pier.

"It must have been a gnome ship," said Aegir Kegstand, a retired dockhand. "That thing had so many contraptions on it; I couldn't tell how it managed to avoid sinking. What was weird is one minute the boat was there, but when I blinked me eyes it was gone. I really gotta lay off the dwarf spirits."

No record of the ship could be found by the Harbormasters Office, though plenty of people remember seeing the boat when it was docked, none could recall seeing it arrive.

The Imperial Navy has begun a search for the strange vessel.