Updates - B4

_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/A/Apostate Liturgist.md

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+title: Apostate Liturgist
+---
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+A tall, vaguely humanoid creature with flesh of flowing liquid flame and a pair of great black wings framing its body. By means unknown, it appeared to burst forth from the body of a [[Supplicant|supplicant]] in response to the party’s arrival.
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+As its appearance would suggest, the liturgist possesses some ability to wield and command fire as a weapon.

_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/B/Bloody Butterfly.md

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 title: Bloody Butterfly
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-The popular nickname for a mysterious serial killer currently at large in [[Vesper Ridge]]. Their identity and motive are both unknown, but the pattern of their killings seems to target mages as well as individuals in positions of authority. So far, the [[constabulary]] has been completely foiled in its attempts to catch this killer. The city’s newspapers, especially the popular [[Forum Square Gazette]], report on the Bloody Butterfly’s rampage in lurid detail.
+The popular nickname for a mysterious serial killer currently at large in [[Vesper Ridge]]. Their identity and motive are both unknown, but the pattern of their killings seems to target mages and authority figures. So far, the [[constabulary]] has been completely foiled in its attempts to catch this killer. The city’s newspapers, especially the popular [[Forum Square Gazette]], report on the Bloody Butterfly’s rampage in lurid detail.
 
-The Butterfly’s recent crimes include the destruction of a [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office|Customs Bureau office]] and the bizarrely ritualistic murder of [[Poor Jimmy Ashcroft]] on the steps of [[Cairwick Chapel]]. Eyewitness accounts describe this mysterious figure as “like a walking ghost” and apparently faceless or somehow invisible beneath their (or its?) black veil.
+The Butterfly’s recent crimes include the destruction of a [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office|Customs Bureau office]] and the bizarrely ritualistic murder of [[Poor Jimmy Ashcroft]] on the steps of [[Cairwick Chapel]]. Eyewitness accounts describe this mysterious figure as “like a walking ghost” and apparently faceless or somehow invisible beneath their (or its?) black veil. This description was recently corroborated for the party by one [[Cortis|Mr. Cortis]], an undertaker whose place of business the Butterfly recently ransacked in the process of conducting some sort of dark ritual. Apparently, the Bloody Butterfly seeks to “[[Supplicant|create worshipers]]” for itself.

_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Constabulary.md

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 title: Constabulary
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-An organization that serves as both the police and military of [[Vesper Ridge]]. It is divided into “interior” units that operate within the city and “exterior” units that patrol the roads and defend the city gates against more aggressive [[Barrens]] wildlife.
+An organization that serves as both the police and military of [[Vesper Ridge]]. It is divided into “interior” units that operate within the city and “exterior” units that patrol the [[Barrens]] and defend the city gates against more aggressive wildlife.
 
 Most [[Vesperite|Vesperites]] believe the [[Black Light Mining Company]] must pay the Constabulary to turn a blind eye to their myriad illegal activities, though conflicts between the two organizations do still occur. [[Axelia Vespridge|Duchess Axelia Vespridge]] is the Constabulary’s highest commanding officer.
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+It appears that constable officers are currently carrying out an investigation in the west end of the city, in the wake of the [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office|customs office’s]] destruction.

_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Cortis.md

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+title: Cortis
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+An undertaker, and sole proprietor of a small funeral home near the center of the [[Harbor Ward]]. He had a brush with death when the [[Bloody Butterfly]] broke into his home and drifted down to the morgue to perform some kind of [[Supplicant|sinister magic upon the corpses]] held therein. Luckily for Cortis, the Butterfly seemed to ignore his presence and left without raising a spectral hand against him.

_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/The Chapel of Second Chances.md

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 A “church” managed by a young priestess named [[Sister Linia]] on the site of what was once known as [[Cairwick Orphanage]]. Linia, a priestess of the [[Our Lady of the Black Rose|Black Rose]], opens the building’s doors to the public each morning for services and breakfast. Despite the offer of free food, most [[Vesperite|Vesperites]] are hesitant to set foot in a church of the heretical goddess, and [[Rook]] keeps a close eye on any visitors who do appear. According to Linia, the Chapel of Second Chances is named after a similar church to the Black Rose that stood in [[Vesper Ridge]] hundreds of years ago.
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+A traditional “mourning blanket” for [[Poor Jimmy Ashcroft]] now hangs above the fireplace in the dining room.

_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/E/Emi.md

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 Emi sometimes squabbles with [[Rook]], but the two have a strong bond due to their shared willingness to do whatever it takes to protect their found family.
 
-She carries a pistol concealed in her jacket.
+Equipped with a pistol and an adventurous spirit, she’s keen on solving the mystery of the [[Bloody Butterfly|Bloody Butterfly's]] identity. So keen, in fact, that she tailed the killer after [[Poor Jimmy Ashcroft|Poor Jimmy’s]] murder, and led the party to [[Cortis|the site]] of another [[Supplicant|bloody ritual]]... and perhaps some clues!

_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/H/H.md

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+title: H
+---
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+Apparently the moniker of an upper manager within the [[Black Light Mining Company]],
+and sender of the threatening letter upon [[Supervisor Argrave|Supervisor Argrave’s]] desk.

_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/K/The Keeper.md

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 The reigning deity over [[the Hallowed Lands]]. His faith is widespread throughout both [[Holy Kingdom of Alinor|Alinor]] and [[Lirian Confederation|Lirios]], as well as in [[Vesper Ridge]] between them. Though some other gods still retain scattered followings, there exists no organized religion on the continent aside from His. The Keeper is a god of justice, consequences, and “the natural order of things.” His followers pray to Him to right what they see as the wrongs of the world, to restore order in times of unrest, to restore their health in times of sickness, and to bring punishment to those who wrong them.
 
 The Keeper’s faith is known as [[the Church of the Guiding Way]], and Vesper Ridge’s central house of worship was, until recently, the [[Cathedral of Guiding Light]] in the [[Tower Ward]].
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+The Keeper is often represented in art and architecture by the image of a radiant sun.

_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/L/Leonora.md

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 Formerly a boutique doll maker from the [[Velvet Ward]], her business collapsed after she accidentally offended [[Ofelia Kerrifer|Lady Kerrifer]] and suddenly found herself ostracized from high society. Leonora ended up on [[Pigeons Eaves Row|Pigeon’s Eaves Row]] as she wandered aimlessly through the city a few days later, and the sound of soft singing drew her through the doors of [[Cairwick Chapel]] and into the audience of one of [[Sister Linia|Linia]]'s sermons. In need of a second chance herself, she took a liking to the [[Our Lady of the Black Rose|Black Rose]]’s philosophies and asked to stay for a while. Now she makes a living selling blankets and clothing at the morning market, and trades extra clothes for food for the church.
 
-Leonora does not do well in a crisis.
+Leonora does not do well in a crisis, but she seems to relax whenever she’s practicing her craft.

_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/O/Our Lady of the Black Rose.md

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 Because her doctrine preaches forgiveness and second chances, her faith is seen as heretical by the rigid [[The Church of the Guiding Way|Church of the Guiding Way]]. Followers of the Black Rose are commonly derided as cheaters, sinners, people who must be guilty of awful things to need the goddess’s forgiveness. There is at least some truth to this narrative; convicts and the repentant are among her most devout followers.
 
 Open worship of Our Lady of the Black Rose is illegal in [[Holy Kingdom of Alinor|Alinor]], but not in Vesper Ridge. Even so, her following is highly taboo and public sites of worship are exceedingly rare within the city.
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+After [[Poor Jimmy Ashcroft|Poor Jimmy’s]] death, our party learned of traditional funerary rites of the Black Rose’s faith from [[Sister Linia]]. When a member of the community passes away, their loved ones come together to knit a “mourning blanket” of black yarn embellished with intricate silver or white patterns, each one with a symbolic meaning known to the Black Rose’s devout and representative of the person being commemorated. These blankets are placed on display for an amount of time no shorter than the time the deceased spent among the community in life, and are then given to the family (or descendants of the family) of the deceased.

_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Supervisor Argrave.md

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 A mid-level [[Black Light Mining Company|Black Light]] boss, a manager of personnel and industrial goods on the [[Harbor Ward]] waterfront. He recently filed for a [[Permit of Leave]] and intended to flee the city, until Catalin stole the document and left him bleeding on the floor of his office.
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+On his desk, the party found a letter addressed to Argrave by an individual known only as “[[H]].” This letter, which strongly implied a threat to Argrave’s life, was likely the reason he sought to flee [[Vesper Ridge]].

_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Supplicant.md

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+title: Supplicant
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+The name of a malformed sort of creature discovered by the party in the basement morgue below [[Cortis|Cortis’s]] funeral home. Though the supplicants’ exact nature is unknown, their jagged teeth and nails, burning hot breath, and mess of scar tissue in place of eyes or noses clearly mark them as something unnatural. According to Cortis’s testimony, they were created by the [[Bloody Butterfly]].