Menetnashte Expedition - Revision history

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	Unknown even to the Umbra, they had themselves been set up. Desert guide and [[Cleric]] of [[Anubis]] [[Fassahd]], who had told the University of the Eye and the tomb, had done so by order of [[~~Ankhtepot~~]]. The [[Ancient Dead]] [[Pharaoh]] had given the order in an effort to rid his [[domain]] of the presence of the [[Vestige]] [[Beherith]], which was the true source of [[power]] in the Eye, as the wards on Menetnashte's tomb were finally starting to decay.		Unknown even to the Umbra, they had themselves been set up. Desert guide and [[Cleric]] of [[Anubis]] [[Fassahd]], who had told the University of the Eye and the tomb, had done so by order of [[Anhktepot]]. The [[Ancient Dead]] [[Pharaoh]] had given the order in an effort to rid his [[domain]] of the presence of the [[Vestige]] [[Beherith]], which was the true source of [[power]] in the Eye, as the wards on Menetnashte's tomb were finally starting to decay.

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	In spite of all the treachery that had been with them from the start of the mission, and in spite of roadblocks thrown in their path by [[John Lancaster Cavendish]], the Expedition stubbornly plodded forward.		In spite of all the treachery that had been with them from the start of the mission, and in spite of roadblocks thrown in their path by [[John Lancaster Cavendish]], the Expedition stubbornly plodded forward.

	Facing Cavendish's [[undead]] slaves, cryptic warnings and attacks from what appeared to be an [[Anubis \| Anubite]] [[Guardian]] [[Cleric]], a mad [[Hazlani]] [[Wizard]] abducting children for experiments, a [[Shadow Fey]] infestation that had stripped a whole town of its [[soul \| souls]], the wrath of [[Diamabel]] and pursuit by his Confessors, not to mention internal tensions and bickering, the Expedition still managed to keep moving forward with the intent of securing the Tomb for the sake of science.		Facing Cavendish's [[undead]] slaves, cryptic warnings and attacks from what appeared to be an [[Anubis \| Anubite]] [[Guardian]] [[Cleric]], a mad [[Hazlani]] [[Wizard]] abducting children for experiments, a [[Shadow Fey]] infestation that had stripped a whole town of its [[soul \| souls]], the wrath of [[Diamabel]] and pursuit by his [[Confessors of Pharazia\|Confessors]], not to mention internal tensions and bickering, the Expedition still managed to keep moving forward with the intent of securing the Tomb for the sake of science.

	What changed the whole game was their gradually learning the true nature of the tomb and the legendary Eye of Anubis. After Diamabel closed the borders of [[Pharazia]] on them, the Expedition located a keep which turned out to be enveloped by the [[reality wrinkle]] of a [[fiend]] trapped inside, allowing them to traverse the closed border -- but forcing them to somehow tackle the fiend, whose bonds were breaking. Having managed to ritually destroy the insidious monster's [[phylactery]], the group was forced to face another fiend, one whose dreams were eroding the barriers between the waking world and the realm of the [[Dreamspawn]] at the monastery near the exit of the [[Jackal's Ruse]]. Bad as it was to face fiends of such awesome power, it was worse to discover both had been bound after having served the Cult of Anuberith, a blasphemous hybrid of misled followers of [[Anubis]] and the veneration of the dread [[Vestige]] [[Beherith]].		What changed the whole game was their gradually learning the true nature of the tomb and the legendary Eye of Anubis. After Diamabel closed the borders of [[Pharazia]] on them, the Expedition located a keep which turned out to be enveloped by the [[reality wrinkle]] of a [[fiend]] trapped inside, allowing them to traverse the closed border -- but forcing them to somehow tackle the fiend, whose bonds were breaking. Having managed to ritually destroy the insidious monster's [[phylactery]], the group was forced to face another fiend, one whose dreams were eroding the barriers between the waking world and the realm of the [[Dreamspawn]] at the monastery near the exit of the [[Jackal's Ruse]]. Bad as it was to face fiends of such awesome power, it was worse to discover both had been bound after having served the Cult of Anuberith, a blasphemous hybrid of misled followers of [[Anubis]] and the veneration of the dread [[Vestige]] [[Beherith]].

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	+[[Carter]]: Archaeology. [[Order of the Guardian]] agent. Male [[human]] [[Factotum]].		+[[Tomas Carter]]: Archaeology. [[Order of the Guardian]] agent. Male [[human]] [[Factotum]].

	+[[Sebastian Marchand-Renier]]: Linguistics. Non-[[wererat]] member of the [[Richemulot]] [[Renier \| Reniers]]. [[Exiled]] due to his aunt [[Louise Renier \| Louise's]] desire to eliminate him in favor of his sister inheriting.		+[[Sebastian Marchand-Renier]]: Linguistics. Non-[[wererat]] member of the [[Richemulot]] [[Renier \| Reniers]]. [[Exiled]] due to his aunt [[Louise Renier \| Louise's]] desire to eliminate him in favor of his sister inheriting.

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	In addition, the majority of the guards and a travelling reported assigned to the Expedition, motivated variously by [[greed]], extreme debt, and [[revenge]] against the [[Council of Brilliance]] and [[Dominic D'Honaire]] in particular, formed a [[qabal]] that sarcastically named itself [[the Conspiracy]]. Their own mission was to take control of the Expedition, neutralize their more scholarly counterparts, and make off with such treasure as could be easily fenced to gather a fortune. Conspiracy leader [[Samael Maleagant]], it needs to be said, genuinely did not intend for any of the scholars to be harmed; in spite of being a longtime con artist and [[thief]], he felt he was not a [[murderer]]. Events spiralled out of control when Pelletier started trying to kill Maleagant as he sensed some of his intentions, and Maleagant's half-brother [[Jervis]] (real name: '''Vladimir "Volodya" Dilisnya''') first poisoned and later stabbed and decapitated him, instead. The Conspiracy abandoned their counterparts at a monastery near the exit of the [[Jackal's Ruse]] [[Mistway]] without camels or food and water and moved on to plunder the tomb. (In this, he greatly underestimated the Expedition's [[spellcaster \| spellcasters]], who could conjure mounts and nourishment, not to mention the group's determination and ability to see through a letter he left behind, claiming they had become dangerous to their stated mission due to various forms of supernatural influence.)		In addition, the majority of the guards and a travelling reported assigned to the Expedition, motivated variously by [[greed]], extreme debt, and [[revenge]] against the [[Council of Brilliance]] and [[Dominic D'Honaire]] in particular, formed a [[qabal]] that sarcastically named itself [[the Conspiracy]]. Their own mission was to take control of the Expedition, neutralize their more scholarly counterparts, and make off with such treasure as could be easily fenced to gather a fortune.
			Conspiracy leader [[Samael Maleagant]] (real name: '''Iosef [[Dilisnya]]'''), it needs to be said, genuinely did not intend for any of the scholars to be harmed; in spite of being a longtime con artist and [[thief]], he felt he was not a [[murderer]]. Events spiralled out of control when Pelletier started trying to kill Maleagant as he sensed some of his intentions, and Maleagant's half-brother [[Jervis]] (real name: '''Vladimir "Volodya" [[Dilisnya]]''') first poisoned and later stabbed and decapitated him, instead. The Conspiracy abandoned their counterparts at a monastery near the exit of the [[Jackal's Ruse]] [[Mistway]] without camels or food and water and moved on to plunder the tomb. (In this, he greatly underestimated the Expedition's [[spellcaster \| spellcasters]], who could conjure mounts and nourishment, not to mention the group's determination and ability to see through a letter he left behind, claiming they had become dangerous to their stated mission due to various forms of supernatural influence.)

	==Ending the Jackal Wars==		==Ending the Jackal Wars==

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	+[[Jervis]] (Vladimir Dilisnya). Male [[human]] [[Fighter]] / [[Blackguard]] of [[Ezra]]. A dangerous psychopath just barely controlled by Samael Maleagant and the main muscle of the Conspiracy.		+[[Jervis]] (Vladimir Dilisnya). Male [[human]] [[Fighter]] / [[Blackguard]] of [[Ezra]]. A dangerous psychopath just barely controlled by Samael Maleagant and the main muscle of the Conspiracy.

	+[[Ulsaon Lowbane]]. Female [[Outlander Half-Elf]] [[Rogue]] / [[Wizard]]. Briefly Liability Mourneswaith's apprentice. Killed in [[Phiraz]] by the fossil of a smilodon, animated by [[John Lancaster Cavendish]].		+[[Ulsaon Lowbane]]. Female [[Outlander]] [[Half-Elf]] [[Rogue]] / [[Wizard]]. Briefly Liability Mourneswaith's apprentice. Killed in [[Phiraz]] by the fossil of a smilodon, animated by [[John Lancaster Cavendish]].

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	'''Professors:'''		'''Professors:'''
	[[Carter]]: Archaeology. [[Order of the Guardian]] agent. [[~~Human~~]] [[Factotum]].
	[[Sebastian Marchand-Renier]]: Linguistics. Non-[[wererat]] member of the [[Richemulot]] [[Renier \| Reniers]]. [[Exiled]] due to his aunt [[Louise Renier \| Louise's]] desire to eliminate him in favor of his sister inheriting.		+[[Carter]]: Archaeology. [[Order of the Guardian]] agent. Male [[human]] [[Factotum]].
	[[Pelletier]]: History, arcane sciences. Motivated by a desire for [[immortality]]. ([[Fraternity of Shadows]] agent))
	[[Andre Theroux]]: Theology. Motivated by a desire to raise his murdered wife and daughter from the dead. [[Fraternity of Shadows]] agent. [[Human]], later Fey-touched [[Archivist]] / [[Cleric]] of the Oracle of the Waters.		+[[Sebastian Marchand-Renier]]: Linguistics. Non-[[wererat]] member of the [[Richemulot]] [[Renier \| Reniers]]. [[Exiled]] due to his aunt [[Louise Renier \| Louise's]] desire to eliminate him in favor of his sister inheriting.

			+[[Pelletier]]: History, arcane sciences. Motivated by a desire for [[immortality]]. [[Fraternity of Shadows]] agent.

			+[[Andre Theroux]]: Theology. Motivated by a desire to raise his murdered wife and daughter from the dead. [[Fraternity of Shadows]] agent. [[Human]], later Fey-touched [[Archivist]] / [[Cleric]] of the Oracle of the Waters.


	'''Students:'''		'''Students:'''
	[[Tomas Eisenwald]]. [[Warforged]] [[Lamordian]] [[Paladin]] of [[Lothurr]]. Aspiring author and genuinely good and heroic person.
	[[Charles Martel]]. [[Dementlieuse]] [[human]] [[Rogue]], later [[Bard]]. Secret agent for the [[Council of Brilliance]].		+[[Tomas Eisenwald]]. [[Warforged]] [[Lamordian]] [[Paladin]] of [[Lothurr]]. Aspiring author and genuinely good and heroic person.
	[[Liability Mourneswaith]]. [[Mordentish]] [[Caliban]] [[Wizard]]. A woman who sought security and discovered she had the courage and desire to fight evil.
	[[Otto Schultheiss]]. [[Human]] [[Lamordian]] [[Rogue]]. A family man and owner of a gun- and munitions-firm, seeking information about the background of his murdered foster son.		+[[Charles Martel]]. [[Dementlieuse]] [[human]] [[Rogue]], later [[Bard]]. Secret agent for the [[Council of Brilliance]].

			+[[Liability Mourneswaith]]. [[Mordentish]] [[Caliban]] [[Wizard]]. A woman who sought security and discovered she had the courage and desire to fight evil.

			+[[Otto Schultheiss]]. [[Human]] [[Lamordian]] [[Rogue]]. A family man and owner of a gun- and munitions-firm, seeking information about the background of his murdered foster son.


	'''Medical Officer'''		'''Medical Officer'''
	[[Kuzan]] of [[Sri Raji]]. A [[human]] [[Cleric]] of the [[Rajian]] [[pantheon]]. Over the course of the campaign, it was discovered he suffered a ''tulpa'', a separate personality that worshipped [[Kali]] ... and that he had been born in [[Prime Material]] [[Har'Akir]] and was an 'acceptable' [[sacrifice]] for anyone wishing to contract [[Beherith]]...
			+[[Kuzan]] of [[Sri Raji]]. A [[human]] [[Cleric]] of the [[Rajian]] [[pantheon]]. Over the course of the campaign, it was discovered he suffered a ''tulpa'', a separate personality that worshipped [[Kali]] ... and that he had been born in [[Prime Material]] [[Har'Akir]] and was an 'acceptable' [[sacrifice]] for anyone wishing to contract [[Beherith]]...


	'''Guards:'''		'''Guards:'''
	[[Allikhain]]. [[Outlander]] [[human]] woman. Killed in an unfair duel by [[John Lancaster Cavendish]] in Ravnika, [[Barovia]].
	[[Jervis]] (Vladimir Dilisnya). Male [[human]] [[Fighter]] / [[Blackguard]] of [[Ezra]]. A dangerous psychopath just barely controlled by Samael Maleagant and the main muscle of the Conspiracy.		+[[Allikhain]]. [[Outlander]] [[human]] woman. Killed in an unfair duel by [[John Lancaster Cavendish]] in Ravnika, [[Barovia]].
	[[Ulsaon Lowbane]]. Female [[Outlander Half-Elf]] [[Rogue]] / [[Wizard]]. Briefly Liability Mourneswaith's apprentice. Killed in [[Phiraz]] by the fossil of a smilodon, animated by [[John Lancaster Cavendish]].
			+[[Jervis]] (Vladimir Dilisnya). Male [[human]] [[Fighter]] / [[Blackguard]] of [[Ezra]]. A dangerous psychopath just barely controlled by Samael Maleagant and the main muscle of the Conspiracy.

			+[[Ulsaon Lowbane]]. Female [[Outlander Half-Elf]] [[Rogue]] / [[Wizard]]. Briefly Liability Mourneswaith's apprentice. Killed in [[Phiraz]] by the fossil of a smilodon, animated by [[John Lancaster Cavendish]].

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 The Eye of Anubis, so the Expedition discovered (in part due to revelations from the Anubite guardian: Menetnashte, still bound to protect the Eye), was not a mystic gem empowered by the [[Lawful Neutral]] [[Anubis]] at all, but a prison for the [[Evil]] [[Beherith]]. If properly propitiated, the Vestige could empower new contractors as it had Menetnashte -- a corrupted ''acolyte'' of Anubis who went on to found a vast Empire.
-The question weighing on the Expedition's minds therefore: what could the likes of [[Balfour De Casteelle]], [[John Lancaster Cavendish]] or even [[Dominic D'Honaire]] then do with the [[damned]] thing...?
+The question weighing on the Expedition's minds therefore: what could the likes of [[Balfour De Casteelle]], [[John Lancaster Cavendish]] or even [[Dominic D'Honaire]] then do with the damned thing...?
 In the end, the Expedition agreed the Vestige had to be defeated, and now for good. The Eye had to be destroyed, Beherith killed.
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-In addition, the majority of the guards and a travelling reported assigned to the Expedition, motivated variously by [[greed]], extreme debt, and [[revenge]] against the [[Council of Brilliance]] and [[Dominic D'Honaire]] in particular, formed a [[qabal]] that sarcastically named itself [[the Conspiracy]]. Their own mission was to take control of the Expedition, neutralize their more scholarly counterparts, and make off with such treasure as could be easily fenced to gather a fortune. Conspiracy leader [[Samael Maleagant]], it needs to be said, genuinely did not intend for any of the scholars to be harmed; in spite of being a longtime con artist and [[thief]], he felt he was not a [[murderer]]. Events spiralled out of control when Pelletier started trying to kill Maleagant as he sensed some of his intentions, and Maleagant's half-brother [[Jervis]] (real name: '''Vladimir "Volodya" Dilisnya''') first poisoned and later stabbed and decapitated him, instead. The Conspiracy abandoned their counterparts at a monastery near the exit of the [[Jackal's Ruse]] [[Mistway]] without camels or food and water and moved on to plunder the tomb.
+In addition, the majority of the guards and a travelling reported assigned to the Expedition, motivated variously by [[greed]], extreme debt, and [[revenge]] against the [[Council of Brilliance]] and [[Dominic D'Honaire]] in particular, formed a [[qabal]] that sarcastically named itself [[the Conspiracy]]. Their own mission was to take control of the Expedition, neutralize their more scholarly counterparts, and make off with such treasure as could be easily fenced to gather a fortune. Conspiracy leader [[Samael Maleagant]], it needs to be said, genuinely did not intend for any of the scholars to be harmed; in spite of being a longtime con artist and [[thief]], he felt he was not a [[murderer]]. Events spiralled out of control when Pelletier started trying to kill Maleagant as he sensed some of his intentions, and Maleagant's half-brother [[Jervis]] (real name: '''Vladimir "Volodya" Dilisnya''') first poisoned and later stabbed and decapitated him, instead. The Conspiracy abandoned their counterparts at a monastery near the exit of the [[Jackal's Ruse]] [[Mistway]] without camels or food and water and moved on to plunder the tomb. (In this, he greatly underestimated the Expedition's [[spellcaster | spellcasters]], who could conjure mounts and nourishment, not to mention the group's determination and ability to see through a letter he left behind, claiming they had become dangerous to their stated mission due to various forms of supernatural influence.)
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	Although the Expedition was supposedly funded by the University, it had actually been paid for by the [[Fraternity of Shadows]] as a consequence of [[Balfour De Casteelle]]'s wager with [[John Lancaster Cavendish]]. Its leader, professor [[Pelletier]], was himself an Esteemed Brother. Unknown to Pelletier (who feared [[death]] from old age and was [[obsessed]] with securing [[immortality]] through the Eye as [[necromancy]] was forbidden to him) the Expedition had been sent out to fail. The [[The Umbra (Society) \| Umbra]] planned for the Expedition, which had been publically announced, to draw out opponents like Cavendish, allowing them to launch a secret operation. Only when the Expedition was unexpectedly successful in finding clues to attain the tomb did they dispatch [[Marcos Vedarrak (NPC) \| Marcos Vedarrak]] to offer support -- and take over control after Pelletier was [[poison \| poisoned]] and later outright [[murder \| murdered]].		Although the Expedition was supposedly funded by the University, it had actually been paid for by the [[Fraternity of Shadows]] as a consequence of [[Balfour De Casteelle]]'s wager with [[John Lancaster Cavendish]]. Its leader, professor [[Pelletier]], was himself an Esteemed Brother. Unknown to Pelletier (who feared [[death]] from old age and was [[obsessed]] with securing [[immortality]] through the Eye as [[necromancy]] was forbidden to him) the Expedition had been sent out to fail. The [[The Umbra (Society) \| Umbra]] planned for the Expedition, which had been publically announced, to draw out opponents like Cavendish, allowing them to launch a secret operation. Only when the Expedition was unexpectedly successful in finding clues to attain the tomb did they dispatch [[Marcos Vedarrak (NPC) \| Marcos Vedarrak]] to offer support -- and take over control after Pelletier was [[poison \| poisoned]] and later outright [[murder \| murdered]].


	Unknown even to the Umbra, they had themselves been set up. Desert guide and [[Cleric]] of [[Anubis]] [[Fassahd]], who had told the University of the Eye and the tomb, had done so by order of [[Ankhtepot]]. The [[Ancient Dead]] [[Pharaoh]] had given the order in an effort to rid his [[domain]] of the presence of the [[Vestige]] [[Beherith]], which was the true source of [[power]] in the Eye, as the wards on Menetnashte's tomb were finally starting to decay.		Unknown even to the Umbra, they had themselves been set up. Desert guide and [[Cleric]] of [[Anubis]] [[Fassahd]], who had told the University of the Eye and the tomb, had done so by order of [[Ankhtepot]]. The [[Ancient Dead]] [[Pharaoh]] had given the order in an effort to rid his [[domain]] of the presence of the [[Vestige]] [[Beherith]], which was the true source of [[power]] in the Eye, as the wards on Menetnashte's tomb were finally starting to decay.

	In addition, the majority of the guards and a travelling reported assigned to the Expedition, motivated variously by [[greed]], extreme debt, and [[revenge]] against the [[Council of Brilliance]] and [[Dominic D'Honaire]] in particular, formed a [[qabal]] that sarcastically named itself [[the Conspiracy]]. Their own mission was to take control of the Expedition, neutralize their more scholarly counterparts, and make off with such treasure as could be easily fenced to gather a fortune. Conspiracy leader [[Samael Maleagant]], it needs to be said, genuinely did not intend for any of the scholars to be harmed; in spite of being a longtime [[con artist]] and [[thief]], he felt he was not a [[murderer]]. Events spiralled out of control when Pelletier started trying to kill Maleagant as he sensed some of his intentions, and Maleagant's half-brother [[Jervis]] (real name: '''Vladimir "Volodya" Dilisnya''') first poisoned and later stabbed and decapitated him, instead. The Conspiracy abandoned their counterparts at a monastery near the exit of the [[Jackal's Ruse]] [[Mistway]] without camels or food and water and moved on to plunder the tomb.
			In addition, the majority of the guards and a travelling reported assigned to the Expedition, motivated variously by [[greed]], extreme debt, and [[revenge]] against the [[Council of Brilliance]] and [[Dominic D'Honaire]] in particular, formed a [[qabal]] that sarcastically named itself [[the Conspiracy]]. Their own mission was to take control of the Expedition, neutralize their more scholarly counterparts, and make off with such treasure as could be easily fenced to gather a fortune. Conspiracy leader [[Samael Maleagant]], it needs to be said, genuinely did not intend for any of the scholars to be harmed; in spite of being a longtime con artist and [[thief]], he felt he was not a [[murderer]]. Events spiralled out of control when Pelletier started trying to kill Maleagant as he sensed some of his intentions, and Maleagant's half-brother [[Jervis]] (real name: '''Vladimir "Volodya" Dilisnya''') first poisoned and later stabbed and decapitated him, instead. The Conspiracy abandoned their counterparts at a monastery near the exit of the [[Jackal's Ruse]] [[Mistway]] without camels or food and water and moved on to plunder the tomb.

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	Unknown even to the Umbra, they had themselves been set up. Desert guide and [[Cleric]] of [[Anubis]] [[Fassahd]], who had told the University of the Eye and the tomb, had done so by order of [[Ankhtepot]]. The [[Ancient Dead]] [[Pharaoh]] had given the order in an effort to rid his [[domain]] of the presence of the [[Vestige]] [[Beherith]], which was the true source of [[power]] in the Eye, as the wards on Menetnashte's tomb were finally starting to decay.		Unknown even to the Umbra, they had themselves been set up. Desert guide and [[Cleric]] of [[Anubis]] [[Fassahd]], who had told the University of the Eye and the tomb, had done so by order of [[Ankhtepot]]. The [[Ancient Dead]] [[Pharaoh]] had given the order in an effort to rid his [[domain]] of the presence of the [[Vestige]] [[Beherith]], which was the true source of [[power]] in the Eye, as the wards on Menetnashte's tomb were finally starting to decay.

			In addition, the majority of the guards and a travelling reported assigned to the Expedition, motivated variously by [[greed]], extreme debt, and [[revenge]] against the [[Council of Brilliance]] and [[Dominic D'Honaire]] in particular, formed a [[qabal]] that sarcastically named itself [[the Conspiracy]]. Their own mission was to take control of the Expedition, neutralize their more scholarly counterparts, and make off with such treasure as could be easily fenced to gather a fortune. Conspiracy leader [[Samael Maleagant]], it needs to be said, genuinely did not intend for any of the scholars to be harmed; in spite of being a longtime [[con artist]] and [[thief]], he felt he was not a [[murderer]]. Events spiralled out of control when Pelletier started trying to kill Maleagant as he sensed some of his intentions, and Maleagant's half-brother [[Jervis]] (real name: '''Vladimir "Volodya" Dilisnya''') first poisoned and later stabbed and decapitated him, instead. The Conspiracy abandoned their counterparts at a monastery near the exit of the [[Jackal's Ruse]] [[Mistway]] without camels or food and water and moved on to plunder the tomb.

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