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Name: Voidsent Coin Search
Type: Artifact Acquisition/Research
Status: Current/Open
Parties Involved: Aether Cats, Black Jacks Crew, The Immortals
Classified: Critical
Description:
Long ago, Clark Cobbyn discovered a map amongst the ruins of a Miqo’te Keeper village. The map was cryptic though, and was missing key elements to understanding what its purpose was. Despite his crew’s eagerness to solve the map, Clark elected it was too dangerous to proceed and let the map become dormant for 18 years. Now a father of two and facing middle age, Clark chose to avoid the risk to his family in pursuing the map, which he believed to be linked to the destruction of the Keeper village. His son, Thaddeus, has taken the map to try solve this mystery and find the treasure at the end.
So far, our adventurers have discovered their recovered part of the map has led them to the location of antiquated coins that are aged well over two centuries. the coins were part of a larger collection that were once used by a Miqo'te clan in a ritual to summon a voindsent several centuries ago. For reasons unknown, the Clan broke apart and separated the coins, hiding them across Eorzea. According to legend, bringing the coins together will allow a person to control the voidsent, who has since grown in power and is taking efforts to stop those in search for the coins.
Name: Expedition: West
Type: Exploration
Status: Open/reoccuring
Parties Involved: Aether Cats, Black Jacks Crew
Classified: Medium
Description:
The young captain Thaddeus is eager to expand his horizons and prove his legitimacy as captain of the Solem Nox. They have finally made all of the final preparations to their ship. The Aether-net shield generator is complete! The ship is presumed to be capable of surviving the treacherous trip west of Limsa, into uncharted and unexplored seas and land. A weather anomaly created by a strong current of aether flow, called the Frost Fog, has caused hardship for adventurer and explorers in the past. The Aether Cats have devised a means to get past this collection of chaotic weather that includes strong winds, hail the size of people that cuts through ship lumber, and intense seas. Their new tech installed on their ship should provide the protection needed to travel through this weather and explore the islands.
Chronicled journey thus far, including islands explored and charted
Name: Tawlyn's Circle
Type: Treasure Hunting
Status: Upcoming
Parties Involved: Aether Cats, Black Jacks Crew
Classified: Medium
Description:
The Aether Cats will be investigating an area in the South Shroud that is the source of supernatural lore and legends. The area is in the shape of a circle, and no matter the direction you traverse into the center, strange things begins to happen. Magic and aether get incredibly strong and laws of nature start to get flimsy the deeper you go. Local legends speak of a story that's several centuries old. A strong mage who fled her lover during a feud holed herself up in a manor tucked deep in the circle, and she barricaded herself with magic. The magic mutilated the lands, creating a circle of unstable aether. Her lover, a hunter, fled into the woods after her.
Legends say she haunts the woods and chases away any after her reported treasure kept at her manor. There have also been accounts of a faceless hunter patrolling the woods, still in search of his fleeing lover, and kills any he comes across with his axe.
Name: Vashnu Temple
Type: Treasure Hunting
Status: Successfully excavated
Parties Involved: Aether Cats, Black Jacks Crew
Classified: Medium
Description:
The crew will be investigating a legendary sunken temple off the coast of Cape Deadwind. According to tales, the temple was filled with the royal coffers of a fleeing Sultan centuries ago, who became influenced by a zealot of a nomadic tribe.
Name: Temple of the Forgotten Samurai - Yanxia
Type: Treasure Hunting
Status: Successfully excavated
Parties Involved: Aether Cats
Classified: Medium
Description:
The crew has been hired by a wealthy Ishgardian nobleman to investigate an ancient Doman temple in Othard. Originally a location for samurai pilgrimage, it had been transformed into a samurai execution site during Imperial occupation. Now, it lays abandoned and closed up, though local legend and myth say it's been haunted. Tucked deep beneath the temple supposedly lay a series of crypts, where spoils of war and gem-encrusted swords are kept.