🍁Nine Ancient Obelisks

- Alright, then that's what we'll do, and as for countermeasures, I was thinking of using the guard or someone else, because if we know his exact location, then the defenders of order and justice won't be able to brush us off. But I also have a Mindjin talisman in my drawer, which is supposed to neutralize absolutely any entity when used, without requiring the user to have magical abilities, but I don't know how useful it will be against such an opponent.

—Every item will be useful. We must not forget that the curse of the black knight may be cast not by him, but by some sorcerer connected to him. After all, it leaves no physical traces during the first "encounter," and anything and anyone can appear as a vision.

Taking the undead detector, the young man gets up.
—Keep the money for now; you are in less danger. And now I will tell you how I see our next steps. If my sources are correct, the black knight is called Sir Tann Monargot. He is a powerful warrior from the former Necropolis, and as a resident of these lands, you should understand what that means better than I do. In the south, he carried out special state missions, but failed. I can assume that after all the events, he joined the Haranian undead, or perhaps he has gone completely mad. My initial theory was mind magic, but your suggestion about the curse sounds much better. Why is he doing this? Perhaps to sow chaos, perhaps to decapitate the young generation of Asuguh, perhaps he is bound by some pact; it doesn't matter to us.

—We need information about the knight himself, as well as about this type of curse. Has anyone encountered anything similar before? We need to check the archives. I don't understand anything about magic, but it is definitely worth trying to investigate in this direction.

—If it is a "mark" attached to the victim, then perhaps it can be detected and dispelled. Not all spells can be so easily removed, especially those related to the undead, but it's worth a try. Who can do such things?

—It would also be good to show this pendant to a specialist. Perhaps we can learn something else useful from it.

—It would be good to find out how he can move between cities without fear of being discovered. Some special artifact? I have never encountered anything like this before.

—And then we continue to question people and victims. Even with infinite resources, which we do not have, I see this task as difficult. Our only hope is that he really has a lair in the country; otherwise, finding his trail through the pendant will be a matter of great luck. What do you think? Any suggestions or additions?