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My brother was killed many years ago, while on a mission for Lord Recluse himself. Paolo was a member of the Wolf Spiders then, and he was leading the back-up squad for an infiltration mission run by a Night Widow, who was herself my best friend. Paolo was my older brother, but treated her as a second sister, and had volunteered to act as her back-up for a routine assassination. But the operation went wrong, all were killed, and the building was gutted by fire. But I have recently learned that something may have happened that night. The building still stands, and though it has been abandoned for years, I believe that in the confusion, the buildings security systems may have recorded the events of that night. It would be deemed unproffessional of me to investigate this myself, and I must send someone strong because the place has become a hideout for the mutant vagrants called 'The Lost'. So I seek a free contractor like yourself to do this deed and find this information. This will likely be the start of something large. One old secret usually covers others.
I must know what became of my brother. I must know how he died. Or if he died...
Find the surveilance information, and look for any other clues.
Post Mission Debrief: On the video! That face! that's Paolo! I had thought for so long I had been able to forget him, but I knew I never could. And there he is on the screen, still breathing, still alive. it pains me to watch his last moments, but here, look! He wasn't gunned down with the others! He ran back into the fire to find the Night Widow he was there to protect. He couldn't see that she was dead.
My poor Paolo. He was never harsh enough to have been in Arachnos. This and the story of Magus Mu'Rakir confirm what I feared. My brother Paolo is alive, and living in misery as the mutated monster called The Wretch. Give me a moment, __________, and I will tell you all that I know.
I am a Seer of the Fortunata, blessed or cursed with visions. Mine are under no great control, often the strongest ones come in sudden flashes. I was conferring with Ghost Widow herself one day, when I met Wretch. It was the first time I was ever in his direct presence, and the sudden vision that overcame me almost sent me into unconciousness, such was it's power. I saw my brother Paolo, my brother who I had thought dead for years, trapped beneath tons of rubble, eating rats and drinking mutagenic water to survive the horrible burns. I saw the ghost of the woman I had called friend throughout our training years soothing his deranged mind, urging him to live. And when the vision cleared, I saw Ghost Widow and Wretch before me. Then I knew I must learn the truth. |
