: Possibly one of the nine, or some surviving eastern mage
: who knew where to look for the artifact.
: If you will remember, Alric's army was east of the
: Cloudspine when it was destroyed by the Deceaver;
: therefor it is reasonable to guess that his army was
: the eastern army, charged with disrupting the darks
: movement through the passes and recovering lost
: artifacts before the Fallen could get to them.
: I would say there are a great many artifacts left in the
: city. It's just that the people who would know where
: they were located are all dead.
: As far as I know, the Eblis stone did not come from
: Mirthemni, but was delivered to Alric from a small
: city in the North (forgot its name, been awhile). And
: as vast as the catacombes are, I doubt he had the time
: or inclanation to spend the lives of his elite
: warriors on such a dangerous hunt. Plus I don't know
: if Bungie had come up with the ideas for the Ibis
: crown or Bawmung by the time they had finished TFL.
: Drunken Ghol
"A berserk reached us yesterday, having come all the way from Willow 1400 miles away..."
Seraph
P.S. The Bungie hadn't thought of them idea makes more sense then the story idea.