THE HOTEL ROYAL

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Norticus: I have consorted with many humans over the centuries, but few left a lasting impression.
Norticus: It is difficult to remember their faces, much less their names. But one in particular stands out.
Norticus: Lucien Poiret. An architect. “Freemason,” he called himself. Quite clever, for someone so short-lived.
Norticus: He was a senior member of the Société Occulte -- a group in contact with my kind since your Middle Ages.
Norticus: They understood us well enough to write their own spellbook based on Dark Aether rune magic. You know it as the Tome of Rituals.
Norticus: They always changed their meeting sites to maintain secrecy... until Lucien designed what would become their mystic fortress.
Norticus: He erected the Hotel Royal above the catacombs that run beneath Paris.
Norticus: Underground tunnels lined with bodies, laid out in a rune magic pattern to create a dimensional nexus.
Norticus: It is no mistake that Kortifex sealed off the hotel’s rooftop to further Von List’s plans.
Norticus: If we cannot stop his undead army from rising in earnest, the Hotel Royal will become a rallying point...
Norticus: ...a place of power to ensure our enemy prevails.