Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 519: The Stolen Hammer of Orpheus
For Noshir, who was familiar with the plot and character settings, this news was not a secret at all in his eyes, but Raphael's address to Gotash did make him a little concerned, because he actually said that there was some personal grudge between him and Gotash?
This was a very unusual thing. As a great devil, Raphael had countless people who hated and feared him. However, the number of people whom Raphael could remember, or even had some personal grudges against, could be counted on one hand.

Although Gotash had been a slave in Hope County before, and even managed to escape in the end, this kind of thing would at most make Raphael unhappy for a while, and he would not remember it for too long. There was no personal grudge at all. After all, there was only a slight connection between them. But now with Raphael's tone...

"Could it be that Gotash did something to anger Raphael during this period of time?"

Noshil was not sure, he just guessed it in his mind, but soon, Raphael's detailed explanation that followed completely confirmed Noshil's previous guess.

"... This is more or less the relationship between me and that ungrateful bastard. Alas, mortal life is so fleeting. In my memory, Gotash was just a skinny and pitiful little bastard at that time. He only managed to escape from my house with a little bit of luck and cleverness."

"But I have to say that guy did accomplish something that no one had ever accomplished before. Although this outrageous act slightly damaged my dignity, I didn't bother looking for him anymore because of his hard struggle. After all, he was just a slave and not worth my efforts."

When Raphael said this, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he continued to speak to Noshil.

"But I didn't expect that this little bastard would dare to come back to my house again after disappearing for more than ten years. He didn't even remember my raising him for more than ten years. He even dared to team up with another guy to break into my storage room while I was not in Hope County and stole my most precious treasure."

A sneer suddenly flashed across Raphael's face. He turned to look at Noshir and spoke to him slowly.

"The former slaves turned into thieves, and now they even dare to come back to steal the property of their master. How shameless and filthy and hateful they are! These damn thieves have disrupted my peace and broken my order and rules. In my world - in my house, my order and rules are the most important laws."

"They committed the gravest sin, stole my precious treasures, and brought chaos and disorder to my home. This damned humiliation can only be paid with their blood."

Noshir frowned.

"What treasure? What did that guy take from your house?"

Nosil's words awakened Raphael from his extreme emotions. He regained his elegant demeanor and continued.

"A hammer, a hammer that can bring you destruction." ...The Hammer of Orpheus?!

Noshir instantly understood what Gotash had taken away, but why? What was the use of the hammer? That thing was just a thing that could...

"That is my most precious collection, and also a legendary key that can open every lock in the world. It can easily release any prisoner imprisoned in the Iron City of Disri. The cellar of Nagus can also be easily broken into by this hammer. But the real purpose of forging it is not for these guys. The lock that can really match this hammer is actually the real name of this hammer."

“I call him Orpheus, the Hammer of Orpheus. You may not understand what this name means. In fact, it means the end of the great plan of the illithid, the beginning of the division of the Githyanki, and your impending destruction.”

The thoughts in Noshier's mind flashed like lightning. In an instant, his brain began to work rapidly, quickly piecing together all the existing clues and coming to a vague conclusion as quickly as possible.

The theft of the Hammer of Orpheus only means one possibility, that is, Gotash and his companions may have now turned their target to the legendary Astral Prism, the treasure that runs through the entire plot of Baldur's Gate 3, but which Noshir in this timeline thought would no longer appear!
Just as Nohill was brainstorming, Raphael's subsequent words quickly confirmed Nohill's guess.

"In order to prevent you from not understanding, I will first explain the origin of this hammer in detail. Well, actually, there is no need to be too detailed. You just need to know that this hammer can open a lock. The lock is a Hell Magic Contract from ancient times. The name of the person locked by this Hell Magic Contract is actually the name of this hammer."

“The legendary Orpheus, the Prince of Comet, in the true history of the Githyanki people, he is the original leader of the Githyanki people, the child of Gith, and the most orthodox royal bloodline of the Githyanki race, the absolute commander, and the highest heir to the throne… It should have been like this.”

“But unfortunately, the Githyanki race is born with a strong tragic color. In ancient times, when the legendary Mind Flayer Empire was still glorious, the ancestors of the Githyanki people had just overthrown the rule of the Mind Flayer Empire and changed the name of their race to Gis. When they were about to embark on the road to glory, a very hidden rebellion took place.”

"Well, the specific details of this rebellion are strictly confidential in Hell, so I won't tell you the whole story. You only need to know that the original queen of the Gith Yanki, Gis, disappeared in that incident. Gith's chief of staff, Vlaakis, replaced the throne of Gith and blocked the existence of the Comet Prince from the tribe. Then, in the long time that followed, he maliciously distorted the true history of the Gith Yanki in order to protect Vlaakis's own rule for a long time."

“However, truth will eventually come to light. Although Vlaakis has tried his best to spread negative rumors about Orpheus among the Githyanki, Orpheus is the true orthodoxy after all. As the true blood of Gith, his body contains the fundamental power that enabled the Githyanki to defeat the mind flayer empire in ancient times.”

“That is a powerful skill that can forcibly extinguish all psychic reactions in a large area, making both ordinary mind flayers and monsters like the Elder Brain lose their ability to resist. As long as Orpheus can break free one day and show this power to the Githyanki people, he can directly gain the support of at least half of the Githyanki people in an instant, and this will definitely seriously shake Vlaakis’ rule.”

(End of this chapter)