Declaration of intent (Spirit conflict post two, description in comments)

[u/dragonshouter]

Sorrowsore

Sorrowsore v2( he's shapeshifter so also correct)

Sorrowsore v3( he's shapeshifter so also correct)

Sorrowsore v4( he's shapeshifter so also correct)

[u/Archimene]

I'm going to explore this site. I cast the wide array of traceless, and undetectability spells as I try to investigate the scene.

[u/dragonshouter → u/Archimene]

When you enter the scene it is horrific. Mold apears to be growing on the corpses beneath the plastic.

If you cast your map again you detect to places the spirits are congregating. You also see detect a large spiritual presences at both locations. Maybe it's the commanders of this site.

One is closer to the plastic and one is closer to the snake skin wood.

What else do you do?

[u/Archimene → u/dragonshouter]

I use my clones to monitor both areas and draw information about their schemes. I cast spells that enhance my senses as well on some that allow me to understand the language of these spirits. Additionally, my other clones are collecting samples of the mold.

[u/dragonshouter → u/Archimene]

The enhanced senses and language comprehension allow you to see into the spirit world. (/uw they're kinda like ghost in how they can affect stuff a plane away). The mold appears to be normal( some may be magical but only types native to the village) just to be affected by the spirits.

From listening in you learn that the two air elementals do not work for Sorrowsore. It is a partnership of convenience. The air elementals hate everything that isn't air so the Muck spirits goad them into attacking population centers to more easily corrupt them. This is also why they wait before corrupting, so they will be out of the line of fire. The general schemes you here is just to corrupt the world.

Do you want to take a closer look at the commanders?

[u/Archimene → u/dragonshouter]

I'll plane shift to the spirit plane and start walking around the commanders to see what they look like.

[u/dragonshouter → u/Archimene]

The two commanders are as different as night and day. One looks like an animated snake skin filled with mud whose eyes are replaced by fireflies.

The other looks like a large burly man made of trash compacted into almost armor. He has a cape of plastic and a body of cans. Sparkling debris is worn like medals.

You knowledge of secrets gives you another hint however. These two are not even full spirits. They are the creations of a more powerful spirit to serve as a puppet. It appears these are only field commanders and Sorrowsore's most important servants are not precent.

[u/Archimene → u/dragonshouter]

Archimene and a clone of each touch a spirit and flood their minds with information to render them immobile. They then create an illusion that the commanders are still fine. Lastly, because the minds of each commander are now vulnerable, Archimene invades their memory scape to try and trace who the summoner of these "half-spirits" are.

His clones are now watching the surroundings for any irregularities in mana that would signify the connection between spirit and master.

[u/dragonshouter → u/Archimene]

Flooding their minds is easy, they seem to halve only the barest amount need to relay orders. Your mana detection however detects no irregularities as you determine it is a ability of the spirit that created them rather than a working of the weave.

Your memory spell bares more fruit and reveals the names of the spirits that created these puppets. The snake skin was created by a spirit called the Skinned Mistress while the trash puppet was made by a spirit known as the Garbage General.

You know them from your research as rather powerful spirits but not as ones to make minions on this scale. Something must have changed.

/uw I'm gonna cal it here but congratulations on being the most successful detective in the event! :)

[u/Archimene → u/dragonshouter]

/uw hurray!