Dionysus Mostly boring nautical stuff, until it comes to the parts where he has conversations with the Lord of Night.

Arlie_B interesting, who was this lord of night? How'd he get his power?

Dionysus The Lord of Night is the First Incubus.

Dionysus And he got his power through over a billion years of being the Lord of part of the Hells.

Dionysus He apparently made a deal with Laird that he'd give him the power to be young & virile forever if Laird would sacrifice every one he killed to him.

Dionysus He also bought Laird's soul in exchange for the sword Laird had--which was made of blood.

Dionysus Is, rather.

Dionysus Anytime that sword kills, it gets stronger, by a very little bit.

Dionysus Anyway, the Lord of Night needed the power Laird's sacrifices would provide because he was helping an individual called the King of Thorns launch an assault on the Summer Country.

Dionysus Laird was his servitor here on Shem. He mentions a few other people he knew to serve the powers invading the Summer Country.

Dionysus D'Laney Hleeh, whom the party killed early on, was a minor servitor of the King of Thorns.

Dionysus And apparently, a Hollow Tim is a servitor of a Lord Borreliosis that he mentions as one of the allies of Rex.

Dionysus Hollow Tim, Arlie'd know, is one of the people in Civitello's cabal.