If Ronan allows Chuq a moment with the skull cap, he will ask the Night Court some confidential questions via Brice about Thorfus:
1. Like Brice Hissell & Marchmain Sithis, the Xen Tel machine has captured Thorfus Ironhand’s and his uncle Dolman’s souls. Does Brice know if either souls are reincarnations from the time of the Dwarven empire or contemporaries of her own lifetime as we know them?
2. If they are her contemporaries, Chuq can deduce how Xen Tel acquired Thorfus’ soul, does Brice know how Xen Tel captured Dolman’s soul?
3. How does she feel about Xen Tel capturing her soul?
4. How does she feel about Xen Tel torturing and tormenting Thorfus’ soul?
5. Did Xen Tel capture Chuq’s soul?
6. If yes, how does she feel about that?
7. Has Xen Tel ever threaten her or her afterlife?
8. Is she concerned that Xen Tel might torture her soul as he does Thorfus and Dolman?
9. Has Xen Tel made any promises to or about Throfus Ironhand?
10. What was her opinion of Throfus Ironhand before her death?
11. What was her opinion of Axel Rhumkul before her death?
12. Did Xen Tel capture Axel’s soul?
13. What is the Dark King’s actual identity? Which Lord Marshal was/is he/her?
14. Does she know which/who is the current vessel of the Dark King? (ie, and Islander, Colonial, or Undying?)
15. Does she know the identity(ies) of the Dark King’s lieutenants?
17. What is the Dark King’s mission/agenda and how does it help or rival Marchmain Sithis’?
18. Has she ever considered the fate of the Brother’s of the World Forge if her Xen Tel Crusade succeeds? What did she think/feel about their fate?
19. Does she know of any other reincarnations from the Ancient Dwarven empire? If yes, who and where are they?
20. Chuq will solicit any comments/opinions/theories from the Night Court about any of these questions.
Chuq is quickly becoming paranoia incarnate xD
Interesting bunch of questions though.
Thanks +John Carlson​. Only asked now because I didn’t want to forget to ask these questions. Yes, Antony Nicklin​, Chuq is internally having a ethical crisis of faith. The conceit that his body was used to betray the Boyz is weighing heavily. Taking things very personally, he wants to free all the souls trapped by Xeno Tel. Success is more about destruction of the orbital palace rather than foiling Xeno Tels plans. Think of it as his white whale. Next step would be to have the night court assess Thorfus when he uses the scrying mask and the control circlet. Also, can they defeat the blocking circlet or insulate an undying circlet from a higher echelon control circlet? On the return trip to Midmark, perhaps they could attempt to inhabit an undying cube? Imagine having them inhabit different dwarf metal items so that we can communicate telepathically with each other over greater ranges than the broachie talkies.
I understand why he’s heading that direction. I’m just making light of how much Chuq and paranoia are becoming synomonous, which is saying something for this group.
The whole thing is a serious matter though. It’s invasion of the highest degree and a violation that would be doubly unacceptable to a monk, considering thier tempering of body and mind.
And yeah, definitely agree with those experiments. Canis is probably going to go ahead and craft simple effigies when he Stone Shapes the rock beneath the Experimental ships as an alternate. By far the best outcome would be blocking intereference to Thorfus’ circlet though.