When Gestanerk left, the Kerubar arrived....

Yadamonerk has thought hard on this, and is sure that he is the one sending Kerubar to the excavation site.

Why else would they be obsessed with the relics that they can't even eat.

Not hard at all for Gestanerk--he could talk to Kerubar!

Always he sent them to fight somewhere else, and then picked up relics easily. Very good system, yes?

Perhaps too good, Nyerk. One day, he told us he would take the half of relics he finds from then on for himself!

Yadamonerk is ashamed at such behavior from a Shugo. Not only is it selfish, but also against Union rules!

One or two extra relics is easy to...ignore. But half is too many. Gestanerk disappeared that night, and Kerubar arrived soon after.

How can a Shugo betray other Shugos like this! He must be stopped, Daeva. Will you help the Excavation Union?

Gestanerk was close to the Human Hecuba, working there behind Chaurinrinerk.

She will know where Gestanerk is. If she doesn't talk, say you will tell Crios that Hecus is Black Scent.

Is complicated, but true. Just say it, same way, yes?

Yadamonerk was sure the famous your character would help, nyerk.

Other Daevas were here, but none so skilled as you. Why use a hatchet when the scalpel fits better in hand?

Deal is waiting for you. Come back when ready to trade.

I've never been in a place like this, where Shugos outnumber Humans.

Some Shugos are okay, but more are stingy, and even rude!

Anyway, you seem quite close to the Shugos. Are you joining the Shugo union, or something?

Gestanerk? That sounds like a Shugo name. Go ask of one of them.

Was he in the Meniherk Excavation Union or something?

I don't pay much attention to Shugos--I can't even distinguish one from the other. They look alike!

Wh...what? I, I...that, Gestanerk...all right, all right! I'll tell you everything.

I was close to Gestanerk. He told me we could make big money using Kerubar. I was interested, but we couldn't work out an equitable split.

The last time I saw him was in the south of the Crimson Barrens. Haven't seen his furry face since then, and good riddance! You have to believe me!

(The body of a Shugo with ripped and torn clothing does little more than gather dust.)

(Lifeless fingers clutch a sack, on which is written "Gestanerk.")

(A folded remnant of paper peeks out of a vest pocket.)

Hecuba has been nervous and frightened since you left.

Yadamonerk feels same way. Your face says you have bad news.

What is it, Daeva? Where is Gestanerk?

Gestanerk is dead? Left alone in the dirt? No Shugo deserves this end, nyerk.

This letter does not explain much. Perhaps if Yadamonerk had the rest of it....

1. Ask Hecuba where Gestanerk is.

2. Find Gestanerk somewhere in the Crimson Barrens.

3. Talk with Yadamonerk.

Yadamonerk claims that Gestanerk is able to control Kerubar, and may be responsible for hindering the excavation. Ask Hecuba--his Human associate--where he might be.

Yadamonerk said that Gestanerk must be sending the Kerubar to dig up relics, and wanted to find him.

None of the shugos had seen Gestanerk since he left the union, but Hecuba was close to him, and you went to ask her. At first she feigned ignorance, but you used something that Yadamonerk had told you against her, and she told you where she last saw Gestanerk.

In the south of the Crimson Barrens, you found Gestanerk, dead, with a torn scrap of a letter in his pocket. You took it to Yadamonerk, who was saddened by his death.