Geas

Geas: a bond; a spell; a taboo, the breaking of which leads to misfortune and/or death.

In a backwater province of the Apollonian Empire, a lowly Brother-Priest has a vision. Leaving a garbled message that something malign has escaped back into the world, he goes missing. But why did he not report this to the proper authorities? Why did he steal treasures from the temple mausoleum before leaving? And what of the message he left behind and the heretical theories it divulged? Plagued by visions of his past, a faithless Inquisitor uncovers the Brother-Priest’s disappearance. Intent on rekindling his faith or revealing the Brother-Priest to be a fraud, the Inquisitor gives chase. If he succeeds then perhaps Spiritual Harmony – the enforcement organisation that oversees the various state religions – will again look favourably upon him. But another is also interested in the fate of the Brother-Priest - a Thaum-Agent awakens and stirs the Guild into action. A collision course is set.