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Good - looking forward to more Turkey adventures. Seconding compliment for the catacombs - Phantom of the Opera-esque.

Relic of Atlantis like Excalibur? Relation of gematria to Lovecraftian hyper-mathematics? Also like the social/political/religious interplay of this one.

t. semiurge

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The Black Auction was a cornerstone post for a reason! Nothing creates plot like a bunch of people who all want one item and have to play nice.

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Yeah I wanted to work in the Black Auction situation somehow and this seemed like the place to do it. Originally it was set in Cairo but I have something else planned for Egypt now.

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I love me some flavourful underworld villains. This could almost be a Guy Ritchie cast. If Guy Ritchie did Cthulhu-Mythos-in-Turkye. I like how the crime is rather mundane but leads into a (literal) mystical underworld. Also: The catacombs of that city are awesome.

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