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:: REDEEMER NOTES ::
:: General ASSESSEMENT ::
"Redeemer: Grace the Seamstress
This curse has two primary driving forces -- guilt and grief -- which in turn creates a secondary driving force of rage. Most of the surviving guilty parties had strong enough regret to insulate them from spreading the curse, but one of the council members was without feeling and I had to put him down before it caught up to him and created a new infection site. Feelings have a much greater impact than fact in this instance.
Of the drowned children, there was only one soul with unfinished business -- apparently she was worried about her best friend, the only survivor by the name of Sami Jones. By the time I had arrived, Sami had already left town with her family, much like most of the other bereaved. Rosemary was patient and lucid.
She seemed to have a calming influence on the nearby soul of The Piper, but once I promised I would deliver her message to Sami and she passed on, it seemed to enrage the Piper. There seems to be two layers to whatever is holding him here, and the only one he will admit to is a personal injustice of a debt owed. Offering payment didn't seem to change anything, and I suspect it's a matter of WHO and not WHAT. The mayor on the other hand is beyond consolation, and until he can forgive himself he will remain entwined by the curse.
It's my general assessment that we have two options to dispel the curse - either get a Cleaner in to brute-force it or we need to find Sami Jones. A lot of this curse seems to hinge on the fact she survived."
:: EFFECT ON MORTALS ::
"Redeemer: Grace the Seamstress
This curse will definitely have a corrupting influence on the natural living, and the more guilt, grief or anger they have the faster it will take hold. Thankfully there's a feeling of unease and the curse itself seems to have drawn quite a lot of vermin to the town so only the desparate or criminal would hold up here.
If we find anyone living here it's going to be a priority to get them OUT before dealing with them. They'll probably be in ill health, so the stronger we can make them first, the better they can resist the influence and the easier they'll be to deal with."
:: NOTE RE: SAMI JONES ::
"Redeemer: Grace the Seamstress
I've left this note in case I can't find Sami. The problem is Rollen people avoid strangers, especially Fae and doubly so for anyone with the smell of Rotland on them and Sami doesn't seem to leave any sort of trail. I've been told that she has blue eyes, and this is extremely uncommon for Rollen but they have very strong communities and may hide her if you start asking around without a believable cover-story. I would suggest that you say something along the lines of 'I found something Rosemary would have wanted her to have' and then let them find you. They'll likely relay the message back to Sami and my guess is she'll be curious enough to follow up. Tread lightly; Sami has a formidable fae form that can render the immortal. Do NOT reveal you have a message; the Rollen will not react well to communications from the dead.
Should you locate her personally, tell her that Rosemary says:
'Dear Sami - Please don't feel bad about what happened. It wasn't your fault, and you're not a monster. You'll always be my best friend. Nobody blames you, not me, not any of us. I hope that some day you can go back to being the Sami I knew. Love, Rosemary'
You can reveal the source. Rollen generally aren't hostile to the truth, just very cautious around unpredictable beings from outside the mundane.
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