Editing The Anointed (section)

==In the Temple of the Goddess==

[[File:Temple of Alazara.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The Vestibule of the Temple of Alazara on Iradon]]

Once the away team arrived at the [[Temple of Alazara]], Bowen invited them to bathe and then join her for evening supper.

This gave the away team a much needed opportunity to discuss the situation that they were in and to attempt to develop a plan of action. It had by now become apparent that the rumors that they had heard of the Anointed of Alazara, seemed too closely to mimic the descriptions of [[Eva Straton]].

With the likelihood of the Anointed and Eva being one of the same, the question became one of restricting damage done to the [[Iradonian]] culture and attempting to do so while preventing any further violations of the [[Prime Directive]].

With only a supposition to work with it was decided that the team needed additional information and that they would attempt to acquire it from [[Bowen]] during the evening meal.

Once their baths were completed, the away team joined [[Bowen]] in the dining hall of the temple. They were treated well, with those members of the away team that were posing as leaders of the team seated at the table while the others attended them.

[[Jennifer Caskie]], [[Susan Rivers]], [[Matthew McLaren]] and [[John Linskens]] were all seated at the table. It had been decided ahead of time that [[Jennifer Caskie]] would be portraying the leader of the team to avoid endangering the security of the true leader of the team [[Susan Rivers]].

During the meeting stories of the Anointed were discussed, and it quickly became apparent that there was no longer any doubt that [[Eva Straton]] and the Anointed of Alazara, were one and the same person.

Looking for a clue to unravel the planet's origins and discovering that the temple was the oldest of it's kind on the planet, [[Matthew McLaren]] requested, and was surprisingly granted access to the temple's Altar. he would be allowed to inspect it the following morning. He was able to convince Bowen that he was a scholar interested in studying ancient artifacts.

All their hard work was nearly lost however, when Bowen noticed that three of the members of the away team were not drinking any of their Ale. With the exception of Matthew, they had decided to minimize their consumption, which was interpreted as an insult. Fortunately, the situation was explained and rectified.

Among the things revealed at the dinner was that [[Bowen]] was able to determine that [[John Linskens]] was having mental problems. She revealed that she had some ability to ready auras as well as a limited empathic ability. It was also determined that this was not something that she was born with, as only male members of the species possess telepathic abilities. Instead, the powers were derived from the Goddess. Later Matthew determined that it was an [[Iconian]] device that enhanced the normally very weak telepathic abilities in the Iradonian women.